Flood on 21 Aug 08

21 Aug 2008, when I was at Jln Sg Besi around 6pm, I was caught in traffic jam for 1 hour. The road from 3 lanes became one lane because of terrible flood. This happened near HSL Electrical shop & Toyota Service Centre.

Freebies from Aesop

I got these samples from Aesop; Cleansing Masque, Body Balm & Eye Serum but I haven't try it. Actually i redeemed it with the newspaper cutting :D

Trip to Sungai Petani, Kedah

Last Friday, I went to Sungai Petani with HM, KV & JD for 2 days 1 night trip. The purpose for this trip was because KV participating in the mental arithmetic competition.

Before we went to Sg. Petani, I thought Sg. Petani is a small & rural town. But when I reached there, it was totally different from what I thought earlier.

Sungai Petani (abbreviated "Sg. Petani" or "SP") is a town in the state of Kedah, in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia. Sungai Petani is the second largest town in Kedah after Alor Star. The name Sungai Petani has its roots from sungai meaning river and petani meaning farmer in the Malay language. Sungai Petani in full means "Farmer's River", due to the huge concentration of paddy fields and farmers in the state.

The town is clean and foods are not expensive. We stayed in Park Avenue Hotel (PAH) which is next to the Sg. Petani (South) Tol. A few hotels is near PAH within the walking distance and Giant Hypermarket is just nearby about 5 mins drive. The Store supermarket & GSC cinema is just 10-15 mins drive from PAH. Even within 5 mins walk, we can find restaurants, hawker stalls, kopitiam and mini-market, very convenience.

From KL, we stopped by Tapah Tol for a rest and had a breakfast there. The breakfast actually was bought from KL and we had it there and bought drinks from Dunkin Donuts.

We arrived Sg. Petani around 12pm. We stayed in this hotel.

The room cost RM100 nett with king size bed but w/o breakfast. We added a bed cost RM60 nett with one breakfast voucher. So the next morning we just paid RM16 nett plus the breakfast voucher, the whole family had breakfast at the coffee house... so "dai" :)

The new renovated swimming pool.

We had a dinner at the Japs restaurant - Hatsuhana 初花. The menus & price are similar to Kiku-Sakura and NipponTeh. We order one teriyaki chicken set, one teppanyaki salmon set and one agedashi-dofu. The foods were very tasty. The dinner cost RM60.00 and the appetisers, green teas & towels are FOC.
Inside the restaurant, there is a reading corner with varieties of mangas, magazines & newspapers.
On Saturday morning after breakfast, we sent KV to the competition hall. The competition was held at SJKC Sin Kwang. Her tag number was A606. A6 means Category A, age 6.The organiser did prepared a T-Shirt for each category A participant. They have to wear the T-Shirt for the competition, without the T-shirt is no allow to enter the competition hall. Other categories are allow to wear their own clothes.

KV won 4th prize in the competition, she got a tropy too. We left Sg.Petani around 12pm after the prize presentation ceremony.

Jae-Drien (柞希) in Candid Video

I took this video last night when JD climbed up & down the sofa while his aunty was watching chinese drama 胭脂雪(Starrings 范冰冰, 霍建华&刘雪华). He noticed that I was taking the video but he kept pretended.

AGM Meeting

This morning i went to attend the Selangor Dredging Bhd AGM meeting. Here are the gifts i got it from there; a marble cake & a flask.

Mid-Autumn Festival

Next month, on 14 Sep 2008 is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Everywhere selling mooncake, even Starbucks selling mooncakes too. I bought a box of Starbucks' mooncake from Ida, because her sister was bought it for staff price.

Actually I'm prefer to eat tranditional branded mooncakes likes Tai Thong, Overseas, 玉壶轩 and etc ... I bought Starbucks' mooncakes not because of the taste, it was because of the packaging and the ceramic cup :D . In the Starbucks' mooncakes gift box included of 4 pcs mooncakes - Tiramisu, Green tea chocolate, Hazelnut Latte & Berries Cheese.

Fish Head Soup with Rice Vermicelli

Today, Roy brought me & JT to Cheras for lunch. We had fish head soup with rice vermicelli and fish pastes. The soup very very tasty and yummy. Thanks to Roy for this wonderful lunch.

蕉赖四楼湖滨鱼头米粉, 浓郁淡奶汤底.

T ' ESTIMO

This is the gift for HM. A lipstick from Kanebo - T'estimo (serumdrape rouge). I don't know whether she will likes the colour that I chose and i hope she will likes it. Actually the colour is glossy pink, but the picture shown a bit reddish.

La Source

Crabtree & Evelyn having promotion now, I bought a bottle of shampoo and free a bottle of conditioner. Big saving!

Graduation & Concert 2008

In May 2008, KV sat for her first RAD Ballet Exam of Pre-Primary. The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is one of the largest and most influential dance education and training organisations in the world.

Since KV has passed the exam and now she is in Primary. If possible, next year she can sit for the Primary exam. I hope KV can builds up her interest in ballet and able to continue learning until Grade 5, Intermediate or even higher to Advance grade.

On 20 Sep 2008, KV will participates in the Graduation & Concert 2008 which is organised by William & Luisa DanceWorld. KV has been learning ballet since she was 4 yrs old. This is the first time she takes part in the concert. The ticket for this concert is a bit expensive, cost RM30.00 per adult and without neither dinner nor refreshment. I bought 5 tickets and will go with my parents, mother-in-law and HM. JD is below 5, so he is no need to buy ticket. The tickets that I bought were the first row and the middle seat, very nice seat.

Toyland

JD favourite toys are cars. Everyday he loves to play with his toy cars. Even he will puts a car beside his pillow while he is sleeping, when he wake up, the first thing is to find his car. Wherever he goes, his will carrying his toy bag full with cars.

Yesterday KV helped him to arranging those cars and asks me to take photos for them. In the photos, only part of his toy cars.

Lunch at MED@Marche

Yesterday I went to MED@Marche, Renaissance Hotel with HM for lunch. We didn't bring KV & JD so that we can enjoy our own sweet time there :)

The set lunch was RM49++ per person. The set lunch included appetizer, main course & dessert. Before the waiter take our order, they served us the assorted breads with vinegar & olive oil sauce. I like the sauce very much, because i like vinegar. I even have it with my main course.

I took some photos of our lunch.

Appetizer
Avocado caesar salad
Appetizer
Roasted turnip soup & chives

Main
Baked chicken breast with almond sauce and fennel
Main
Parmesan, aubergine and linguine (see the plate so BIG)

Dessert
Mango fool with red berry sauce (this mango pudding very nice, yummy !)
Dessert
Rhubarb galette
The food was very nice & healthy but they served very very very small portion (the plate was big). Luckily they served with breads, if not we need to order another set. Hi Hi !

2008 Beijing Olympics flag bearers and country order

Here is a list of who will carry the flag and lead their country into the Birds Nest at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The list of countries entering the stadium is in Chinese alphabetical order. It’s an IOC rule for countries to enter the stadium in alphabetical order of the local language. Australia for example, is usually one of the first countries, but will be the 203rd country. Greece always leads the procession with the host country entering last.

1 Greece (GRE) Ilias Iliadis Judo
2 Guinea (GUI)
3 Guinea-Bissau (GBS)
4 Turkey (TUR)
5 Turkmenistan (TKM) Guvanch Nurmuhamedov Judo
6 Yemen (YEM)
7 Maldives (MDV)
8 Malta (MLT) Marcon Bezzina Judo
9 Madagascar (MAD)
10 Malaysia (MAS) Azizul Hasni Awang Cycling (track)
11 Mali (MLI) Daba Modibo Keita Taekwondo
12 Malawi (MAW)
13 FYR Macedonia (MKD) Atanas Nikolovski Canoe / Kayak (slalom)
14 Marshall Islands (MHL) Waylon Muller
15 Cayman Islands (CAY)
16 Bhutan (BHU)
17 Ecuador (ECU)
18 Eritrea (ERI)
19 Jamaica (JAM)
20 Belgium (BEL) Se’bastien Godefroid Sailing
21 Vanuatu (VAN) Priscila Tommy Table tennis
22 Israel (ISR) Michael Kolganov Canoe / Kayak (flatwater)
23 Japan (JPN) Ai Fukuhara Table tennis
24 Chinese Taipei (TPE) Lai Shengrong Softball
25 Central African Republic (CAF)
26 Hong Kong, China (HKG) Wong Kam-po Cycling
27 Gambia (GAM)
28 Benin (BEN)
29 Mauritius (MRI)
30 Mauritania (MTN)
31 Denmark (DEN) Joachim Olsen Athletics (shot put)
32 Uganda (UGA)
33 Ukraine (UKR) Yana Klochkova Swimming
34 Uruguay (URU) Alejandro Foglia Sailing (Laser)
35 Uzbekistan (UZB)
36 Brunei Brunei (BRU)
37 Barbados (BAR)
38 Papua New Guinea (PNG)
39 Brazil (BRA) Robert Scheidt Sailing (Star)
40 Paraguay (PAR) Vi’ctor Fatecha Athletics (javelin throw)
41 Bahrain (BRN) Rakia Al Gassra Athletics (sprints)
42 Bahamas (BAH)
43 Panama (PAN) Irving Saladino Athletics (long jump)
44 Pakistan (PAK) Zeeshan Ashraf Field hockey
45 Palestine (PLE)
46 Cuba (CUB) Mijail Lopez Wrestling (Greco-Roman)
47 Burkina Faso (BUR)
48 Burundi (BDI)
49 Timor-Leste (TLS)
50 Qatar (QAT)
51 Rwanda (RWA)
52 Luxembourg (LUX)
53 Chad (CHA)
54 Belarus (BLR) Alexandr Romankov
55 India (IND) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Shooting
56 Indonesia (INA) I Gusti Made Oka Sulaksana Sailing (RS:X)
57 Lithuania (LTU) S(aru-nas Jasikevic(ius Basketball
58 Niger (NIG)
59 Nigeria (NGR)
60 Nicaragua (NCA) Alexis Arguello
61 Nepal (NEP) Deepak Bista Taekwondo
62 Ghana (GHA)
63 Canada (CAN) Adam van Koeverden Canoe / Kayak (flatwater)
64 Gabon (GAB)
65 San Marino (SMR) Daniela Del Din Shooting
66 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)
67 Saint Lucia (LCA)
68 Sa~o Tome’ and Pri’ncipe (STP)
69 Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)
70 Guyana (GUY)
71 Djibouti (DJI)
72 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Talant Dzhanagulov Judo
73 Laos (LAO)
74 Armenia (ARM) Albert Azaryan Gymnastics (coach)
75 Spain (ESP) David Cal Figueroa Canoe / Kayak (flatwater)
76 Bermuda (BER)
77 Liechtenstein (LIE)
78 Congo (CGO)
79 DR Congo (COD)
80 Iraq (IRQ)
81 Iran (IRI) Homa Hosseini Rowing
82 Guatemala (GUA) Kevin Cordon Buezo Badminton
83 Hungary (HUN) Zolta’n Kammerer Canoe / Kayak (flatwater)
84 Dominican Republic (DOM) Fe’lix Sa’nchez Athletics (400m Hurdles)
85 Dominica (DMA)
86 Togo (TOG)
87 Iceland (ISL)
88 Guam (GUM)
89 Angola (ANG)
90 Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)
91 Andorra (AND)
92 Tonga (TGA)
93 Jordan (JOR) Zeina Shaban Table tennis
94 Equatorial Guinea (GEQ)
95 Finland (FIN) Juha Hirvi Shooting
96 Croatia (CRO) Ivano Balic’ Handball
97 Sudan (SUD)
98 Suriname (SUR)
99 Libya (LBA) Mohamed Ben Saleh Judo
100 Liberia (LBR)
101 Belize (BIZ)
102 Cape Verde (CPV)
103 Cook Islands (COK) Sam Pera Junior Weightlifting
104 Saudi Arabia (KSA)
105 Algeria (ALG)
106 Albania (ALB) Sahit Prizreni Wrestling (Freestyle)
107 United Arab Emirates (UAE) Maitha bint Mohammed Al Maktoum[41] Taekwondo
108 Argentina (ARG) Manu Gino’bili Basketball
109 Oman (OMA)
110 Aruba (ARU)
111 Afghanistan (AFG)
112 Azerbaijan (AZE) Farid Mansurov Wrestling
113 Namibia (NAM) Mannie Heymans Cycling (mountain bike)
114 Tanzania (TAN)
115 Latvia (LAT) Vadims Vasil,evskis Athletics (Javelin Throw)
116 Great Britain (GBR) Mark Foster Swimming (50m freestyle)
117 British Virgin Islands (IVB)
118 Kenya (KEN) Wilfred Bungei Athletics (800M)
119 Romania (ROU) Valeria Bese Handball
120 Palau (PLW)
121 Tuvalu (TUV) Logona Esau Weightlifting
122 Venezuela (VEN) Softball Team Softball
123 Solomon Islands (SOL) Wendy Hale Weightlifting
124 France (FRA) Tony Estanguet Canoe / Kayak (slalom)
125 Poland (POL) Marek Twardowski Canoe / Kayak (flatwater)
126 Puerto Rico (PUR) McWilliams Arroyo Judo
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) Amel Mekic’ Judo
128 Bangladesh (BAN) Rubel Rana Swimming
129 Bolivia (BOL)
130 Norway (NOR) Ruth Kasirye Weightlifting
131 South Africa (RSA)
132 Cambodia (CAM)
133 Kazakhstan (KAZ) Bakhyt Akhmetov Weightlifting
134 Kuwait (KUW)
135 Co^te d’Ivoire (CIV)
136 Comoros (COM)
137 Bulgaria (BUL) Petar Stoychev Swimming (marathon)
138 Russia (RUS) Andrei Kirilenko Basketball
139 Syria (SYR)
140 United States (USA) Lopez Lomong Athletics (1500metres)
141 Virgin Islands (ISV)
142 American Samoa (ASA)
143 Honduras (HON)
144 Zimbabwe (ZIM)
145 Tunisia (TUN)
146 Thailand (THA) Manus Boonjumnong Boxing
147 Egypt (EGY) Karam Gaber Wrestling (Greco-Roman)
148 Ethiopia (ETH)
149 Lesotho (LES)
150 Mozambique (MOZ)
151 Netherlands (NED)
152 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)
153 Grenada (GRN)
154 Georgia (GEO)
155 Somalia (SOM)
156 Colombia (COL) Mari’a Luisa Calle Cycling (track)
157 Costa Rica (CRC)
158 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
159 Peru (PER) Sixto Barrera Wrestling (Greco-Roman)
160 Ireland (IRL) Ciara Peelo Sailing (Laser Radial)
161 Estonia (EST) Martin Padar Judo
162 Haiti (HAI)
163 Czech Republic (CZE) Stepanka Hilgertova Canoe / Kayak (Slalom)
164 Kiribati (KIR)
165 Philippines (PHI) Manny Pacquiao
166 El Salvador (ESA)
167 Samoa (SAM)
168 Micronesia (FSM)
169 Tajikistan (TJK) Dilshod Nazarov Athletics (hammer)
170 Vietnam (VIE)
171 Botswana (BOT)
172 Sri Lanka (SRI) Susanthika Jayasinghe Athletics (sprints)
173 Swaziland (SWZ)
174 Slovenia (SLO) Urs(ka Z(olnir Judo
175 Slovakia (SVK) Elena Kaliska’ Canoe / Kayak (slalom)
176 Portugal (POR) Nelson E’vora Athletics
177 South Korea (KOR) Jang Sung-Ho Judo
178 North Korea (PRK)
179 Fiji (FIJ) Makelesi Bulikiobo Athletics (sprints)
180 Cameroon (CMR) Frank Moussima Judo
181 Montenegro (MNE) Veljko Uskokovic’ Water polo
182 Chile (CHI) Fernando Gonza’lez Tennis
183 Austria (AUT) Hans-Peter Steinacher Sailing (Tornado)
184 Myanmar (MYA)
185 Switzerland (SUI) Roger Federer Tennis
186 Sweden (SWE)
187 Nauru (NRU)
188 Mongolia (MGL) Mahgal Bayarjavhlan Judo
189 Singapore (SIN) Li Jiawei Table tennis
190 New Zealand (NZL) Mahe Drysdale Rowing
191 Italy (ITA) Antonio Rossi Canoe / Kayak (flatwater)
192 Senegal (SEN)
193 Serbia (SRB) Jasna S(ekaric’ Shooting
194 Seychelles (SEY)
195 Sierra Leone (SLE)
196 Cyprus (CYP) George Achilleos Shooting
197 Mexico (MEX) Paola Espinosa Diving
198 Lebanon (LIB)
199 Germany (GER) Dirk Nowitzki Basketball
200 Moldova (MDA) Nicolai Ceban Wrestling (Freestyle)
201 Monaco (MON)
202 Morocco (MAR)
203 Australia (AUS) James Tomkins Rowing
204 Zambia (ZAM)
205 China (CHN) Yao Ming Basketball

Olympics Beijing 2008

There is another 6 more hrs to the Olympics Beijing 2008. I have been so exciting since the past few weeks, because everyday there are so many news reporting this big event. I'm really looking forward to watch the opening to night.

In order for me to support Olympics Beijing 2008, I want to collect some souvenirs and I decided to collect the McD Coca-Cola Contour Glass.

Now I had collected 4 glasses which are Basketball, Swimming, Archery & Volleyball. I have planned to get my final collection (Athletics) by today.

Perfect Livin'08

Today, I went to this home & lifestyle exhibition with Jason & Roy. Over 500 booths in this exhibition - from interior designers and decorators to electrical & home appliances, bath & sanitaryware, kitchenware, home furnishing as well as decorative ornaments.

The exhibition is opened to CIMB Bank Group's customers and public from 7 to 10 Aug 08 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. If you are a CIMB credit card holder, you can redeem a free gift at the registration counter and you also entitle to buy any product at a special rate.

This photo was took inside the exhibition.

This is the free gift for CIMB credit card holder. It is a keychain + mini-torchlight + measurement tape + multi-purpose screw driver.

Men & Women in BLACK

Today, the official visit of KSU to MFPC, we wore formal. While we waiting for him at the recep area, we took this photo :D. Thanks Ida to help us take this pic.

Simple Dinner

Yesterday, we decided not to go out for dinner, so we bought luncheon meat, eggs & baked beans for our dinner.

If not mistaken, this was either the 4th or 5th times she cooked dinner for us since we have been married for 8 yrs.

Even though the dinner was very simple but the important thing was she managed to cooks for us and we had it together and very enjoyed that moment. Even the next day, KV asks her mommy to cooks the same thing for her, she loves it very much.
KV & JD were enjoyed the dinner.

Jae-Drien & Ker-Vie (1)

100 days of JD. Yummy yummy drumstick.
5 mths old of JD. We took this picture at Registral of Marriage, Putrajaya. Don't confused, not our registration. We went there to attend my brother Joe & Ching Hooi ceremony of registration. The place there very nice and they have a proper setup for you to take picture.

6 mths old of JD with KV. JD face looks more squarish than KV.
8 mths old of JD. The fingers are more tasty than the pacifier.
Took this photo at Mid-Valley in 2005 during X'mas.
Guess ... who is JD & KV?

................... the answer is left handside is JD and right handside is KV.