Happy Moo-Moo Year to All

First of all, I would like to wish everyone a Happy Moo Year and may this year brings joy and prosperity to all... Hope the economy recovers so that no worries will be pondered to those who worries too much... Just Have Fun...

Doesn't this look like a heart shape?

Happy New Ox Year to all

PS: Picture is courtesy of TKY.

Adding to My Collections

Got this for myself as a belated Christmas present (2008), Birthday present (2008) and also for the New Ox Year (2009).


It is really a good buy. I am quite particular about the price and how worth it is to the price. This is quite worth it, even my honey-bunny says so. He did encourage me to get it, so I was willing to fork up for it as I got encouragement. The bag is full leather and water repellent with zip.

Thank you dear... for encouraging to buy this and said that it looks good on me...

New Hair Do to Usher the New Lunar Year

Basically, it is exactly like my current design. Originally, I have a straight long hair but many people commented that I look better in curls. Ever since 2005, I have been keeping long curls and have been doing it at Hair Do, Kuching. My first curl was born in somewhere September 2005 in Hair Do on top of Eagle's Nest. Most Kuching-ans would now where the shop that I am talking about. It was their first shop. Then they expanded to Sarawak Plaza where I did my 2nd curls follow-up there because that is where Thelma runs the place. The first place is by her husband.

Now, this new hair do is my 5th. I refresh my curls every year. The last curl I did was in August 2008. I somehow make a point to do it at Hair Do whenever I have the chance to come back to Kuching. Haha... You can say that I trust Thelma alot on my hair style.

I just love my curls. My hair used to be longer (to where the bra strap is) ut I had to cut it recently due to many split ends. According to Thelma, since my hair is more square at the back, then it will have less split ends because less hair is exposed to the dry air. No my hair is merely below shoulder. Well, I just love my curls. I can never get bored with it... because my darling loves me in curly hair and I am proud to wear the curls for him.

History of my curls:-

2005

September, First curls were born with Highlight done to it. Took me 5 hours to get the hair done. Very conventional method. Rollers with clip and heater extender where you place your head into the "pod". Costs me around RM550.

2006

Mid year, Japanese curls. Technology is just heated rollers. Color dark brown-Burgundy. Took me 4 hours to get it done. Costs me around RM350.

2007

August, Japanese curls. Just curls for 3 hours. Costs me around RM300.

2008

August, Japanese curls. Took me 2.5 hours. Costs me around RM250.

2009

January, preparing for the CNY. Took me 2 hours. Just curls. Wanted to color it but rather not waste the money. Costs me RM250 (package: for curls RM175 and treatment).

Gosh..as the years go by, the time gets shorter to have curly hair. Who knows that in future, it might just take few minutes. Haha.. if this happens, I would want to have different hairstyles daily. Makes the appearance fresher.

PS: Pictures taken with SE W880i.

Zhou's Kitchen

Module CNY Dinner was held at Zhou's Kitchen in Jurong Point Complex. Zhou's Kitchen is actually part of the Tung Lok Group which has many other restaurants. I have been to the Tung Lok Seafood at East Coast Park and now Zhou's Kitchen.

Well, all I can say is that the place is damn far from where I am staying right now and it took me 1 hour just to reach home and it was non stop walking/chasing for the bus. If I has missed the bus that night, then I would have to wait for another 15 minutes for the next bus. Luckily me and colleague (who stays near me) did not halt at the elevator but just continue walking. As we reached the pick-up point of our bus, the bus was about to leave... we were the last 2 passengers for that bus. Phew....

Anyways, the dinner was good. It is a buffet style with seafood varieties. The famous dish is the chili crab. There are many other sushi varieties. My favourite among all is the chocolate moose. Yummy... I think I had a couple of it that night.

PS: Pictures are taken with SE W880i. Sorry, not may pictures taken of the food because I was too busy engulfing the food.

A Day Out in Kota Kinabalu, Day 2

Being in KK for 2 full days made me realised how much I miss Malaysian's food. Especially the roti canai with thick curry chicken gravy. Yummy...

I enjoyed myself with a chapati breakfast (above) while my brother enjoyed his roti canai (below).

Cinema in Centrepoint, Sabah

Centrepoint Sabah reminds me of Saberkas, Sarawak and mixture of modern shopping complexes. The bottom part of Centrepoint is quite old and cheap and affordable outlets, while the top part (5th floor onwards) is much more classy which houses brands like Guess, Levi's, Nike and so forth. Imagine, the top floor houses a cinema.

Christmas decoration in Centrepoint, Sabah

Ngiu Kee in Sabah

Ngiu Kee is originally from Sarawak. Being in Kuching for around 5 years, seeing Ngiu Kee in Sabah is no surprise.

City Parade is combined with Centrepoint (if I am not mistaken)

The Old shops of Sabah business district

Colorful shop. This is quite a unique shop as there is no railing/grill at level one. Imagine, someone can just walk out to the balcony and jump down to the ground floor. It is quite dangerous if there are children around.

After walking around the city area, we headed to the "waterfront", which is more like an open market.

These three kids were posing for my brother's camera but I just piggy back and shot their pics. They are quite cute to pose for the camera but after capturing their happy faces, there asked for money. There were saying Satu Ringgit... (RM1....). How horrifying but my brother and I just ignored them. It is not my being to just give money to someone like that.

The prize for fishing by the waterfront. This is actually a fresh sea water fish.

Pictures above are things being sold in the local market. The place selling all these handicrafts is called Filipino Market.

Next we headed to the Salted Fish Market.

Tailors by the salted fish market

Dried Abalone

Dried Sea Cucumber

Fish Maw

Dried Seahorse

According to the shop owner, he says that this sea horse is a traditional medicinal which benefits the health. It gives a higher inner energy level to the body. How to consume it? Soak it in hot water and then drink it after a few hours of soaking. It is not cheap to consume this.

Shark Fins

All those hanging items are various grades of shark fins

Sea Cucumber

I cannot remember what is this called but I think it is Sea Urchin

RM795 Shark Fins

RM925 Shark Fins

My brother bought shark fins for his in-laws which costed him around RM250. He was already complaining that it is so expensive... Hahaha.. I told him that it is only once a year thinggy... Nothing wrong to spend that much for food.... What a bad influence I was. Haha.

Mini Bus in KK is actually a van. How cute is that? Now buses in KL, SG are all modern, tagged with card-reading system (cashless). This van still collects cash from passengers.

This old lady actually comes from the outskirts and came to the town to sell her harvests to earn a living. Pity to see her doing this at such age.

It is not avacado but to Aaron, he felt so digusted because it looks like snake's skin.

Aaron capturing the cat's image for Gwen

Aspiring chess players for Sabah

My brother Aaron, semi-professional photographer

He does photography for his daughther. Haha. He and his wife loves to take picture of Gwen alot.

An old shop that sells drinks. How authentic is that.

The heart of KK. KK's central market.