tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137138132011-11-28T07:27:38.744+08:00A place to share my life happenings, random thoughts, my travel logs, food, cooking, and things that are fun and interesting.firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.comBlogger3601100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-5697508147235319172011-06-12T14:42:00.001+08:002011-07-04T14:59:54.052+08:00

We pre-celebrated my brother's birthday this year. It was his 21st birthday, so we did something stupid different. We decided to go for a karaoke session to celebrate the occassion at Neway karaoke in Cheras.So we sang for 3 hours straight, from the evergreen songs to the current pop songs. I'm amazed none of us got sore throat after that. It just sinked in to me that my little brother has turned

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If you want to try making these lemon mufffins, just try to Google on the Internet, because unfortunately I printed the recipe but didn't bookmark the url. This is a simple recipe, with just a handful of easy-to-get ingredients and can be whipped up in a jiffy.fresh out from the ovencooling on the rackwithout icing sugar dustingwith sugar dusting

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Long beans has never been a favourite in my cooking menu. But it's good to go with omelette, fried rice, curry etc. It usually sits at the bottom of the fridge until I realise oh-you-are-still-here-and-not-wilted-yet, then I'm forced to think of a way to prepare it.This time I cooked it spicy style. I added some mushrooms since I had some to spare. Ingredientslong beansfew stalks of mushrooms1

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I couldn't think of a gift idea for N's birthday. So I told him I will bake a cake for him since I've been doing some baking projects lately. But I had to bake this cake one day late as we were both working on his birthday. And this is the second time I'm baking a birthday cake for him :-) I had lemons in the fridge and I love lemons…so I decided to bake a lemon cake. This is a very simple recipe

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I'd a few leftover apples in the fridge. Can't seem to finish them before they turned soft. And then this recipe caught my attention – Apple Crumble! It looked so simple to make with just a few ingredients. I had too much peanuts and sunflower seeds, so N & I first spent some time to "kopek" the peanuts from their shells. Then I cooked the apples with sugar and water until it turned soft and

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I’ve always believe Kiko loves me as his “mommy”, but I have never thought how much was his love for me. But I think I know, at least he seems to love me more than daddy N. You see, Kiko has this silly behavior whenever he sees me coming down the stairs in the morning and when I come back from work. In the mornings, as I walk down the last flight of stairs, he would be eagerly waiting at the

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N & I have been observing (and some experiments) for some time if Kiko understand the concept of "bedtime".  Our routine when it's time to go to bed is to switched off the lights, and calling him to go back to his crate. When he was much younger, a lot of coaxing had to be done, which included carrying him straight into his crate. And on some other nights, he would be reluctant to return to his

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I skipped reading the newspaper one day, and then it had to happened on that day that I missed out my brother's winning picture in the Star's thumbnails submission. I was pleasantly surprised when sis shared with me the news during last week's trip back home. I'm pretty sure I would have known it was my brother had I spotted the picture in the newspapers. N said the picture caught his attention

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I have been eyeing the small living area on the first floor since we moved in. It was not big enough to be a proper living room or a study area. And you couldn't squeeze in bulk furnitures that will block the corridor. It was always an eyesore to look at the empty space.We had earlier fixed up the bamboo panels bought from Ikea to screen off the gap of the staircase railings, so that it will

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Read about this X-mini Happy's product review on CNET. This is a portable music player with an all-in-one design. It is small enough to be portable anywhere, measuring a little more than 6cm when expanded.MP3 songs can be loaded in microSD card or SD card (with SD to microSD adapter). It also allow connection via the 3.5mm headphones jacks. The navigation control for the mp3 player is not exactly

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N & I actually celebrated our first wedding anniversary a day late. Yeah..he actually forgot it on the day itself! Of course I was a bit pissed at that, but my usual self just would not allow me to blow the top. He messaged me the next day confessing his blunder, and promised to bring me out for a nice dinner. I thought probably it's also a blessing as we would not have enjoyed celebrating it on

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I was trying to get a good shot of Kiko in the DIY bib, but he was a reluctant model. Knowing how timid the lil fella is, it then occurred to me put him on the step of the staircase to avoid him moving too much. He hasn't figure out how to descend the staircase.I think all the flashlights made him blurry eye. I caught him on my camera looking tired and getting all droopy eyes... poor thing... The

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I was randomly surfing on ebay and stumble onto pets apparel, and then one thing led to another, and before I knew it, I was looking at this - How to make a dog sweater from a sock. Yup, you read it right.I was so inspired that I ransacked my clothes drawer and rummaged through to pull out my old pair of old socks which was ages ago since I put them on. I did a few measurements on a reluctant

firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-6481943976502605732010-03-05T00:48:00.005+08:002010-03-05T00:53:00.246+08:00

Here's a photo my cousin brother took using his DSLR camera during the CNY at his house.A very first "professional potrait" shoot of Kiko. He looks so photogenic, you can see the fur behind his ears are really growing out.N & I love this photo!

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If you have been busy surfing around my blog, you would have notice some changes on the colours, alignment, fonts etc.. It was me playing around with the blogger template, trying to change the look of the blog.I've chosen this simple floral template, and still trying to fix some of the alignments & contents placement. So please scroll abit here and there to hunt for the usual links.

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This is one of the old draft posts which I never got to it to update and publish it. This was months ago when I bought a new recipe book by Amy Beh. Amy is the featured writer for the cooking conundrums column in The Star newspaper. You can also find her recipes on here.The original recipe was for a vegetarian loh mai kai. However, I preferred the non-vegetarian version, so I added the waxed meat

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There was a local event in celebration of the Chinese New Year today. As usual, I try my best to participate, mostly as audience and grab the door gifts :PThe big prize of the day was a big hamper waiting to be won. All that was needed to win was to name the 12 chinese zodiac animals in sequence. The first time the question was asked, I had not raise my hand. I hesitated. But when the question

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I realised I've slacked on my blogging...a lot. Have not been posting anything since the last 2 months. But it's ok, I've done many things outside of blogging world :PSince this is the last day of 2009, I shall look back over the year that had passed...Jan - Feb: still busy into wedding preparations and invitations RSVPs, busy on my new house renovations. and alot of cleaning, tidying and

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This is one of my favourite dishes and it’s so easy to prepare especially if you are already planning to cook rice using your rice cooker. I called it steam prawns with cucumbers.Ingredients (serves 2 to 3 persons):- De-shelled prawns (10-15 middle size)- 1 cucumber, cut into wedges- 1 tomato, cut into wedges- 1 tsp of oil - chopped garlic- Sprinkle of salt- Dashes of white pepper (optional)Steps

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The smell of money can't be wrong... I was eyeing the mail delivery man making his rounds in the office, and then he stopped at my cubicle. There's a mail for me, one that I was looking forward to.Yes, the RM50 cheque from the Star has arrived. Finally I got my cash prize for the candid photo I submitted weeks ago. And here's how the cheque looks like, proving to you it's not fake ok? (of course

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It was a beautiful Saturday, and like any kiasu people out there, I wanted to be the first 100 early birds to register for a free gift at Ikea, and oh my, I got it. Yeah sweet! A limited edition yellow-colour book ends (those that you "kepit" at the end of your books to prevent it from tilting forward). And the day was also the 5th anniversary of N & I being together as a couple (not as married

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A colleague told me about some stalls in the local morning market in my neighbourhood, so I decided to check it out two weekends ago. I told N that we shall wake up earlier on that fine Saturday, have dim sum for breakfast then head to the morning market. And we decided to bring Kiko along. We were sure the dim sum place would allow us to sit outdoor with our pet.Hah! How wrong were we. We told

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Apart from the Grand Canyon, I do not have much knowledge about Arizona. So I looked up abit on the Internet on Arizona.Arizona is actually located in the western United States, and best known for its desert landscape, also has primarily very hot summers and mild winters.Since I have not stepped foot in any dessert location, I have always thought dessert landscape primarily has only scorching

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I took this candid photo of dad feeding the monkeys at Bukit Malawati at Kuala Selangor, but the monkey got the better of him, clutching him from the back trying to get the whole pack of food for himself.And this candid photo won me RM50! yeah..you read it right. I submitted the photo to The Star daily thumbnails with a funny title and caption: Piggyback monkey - Hey mister, I actually prefer a

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I wanted to cook chicken today, however I'm running out of ideas for chicken dishes.I guess God heard me, so when my MSN homepage came out on my IE browser, this caught my eye "Simple chicken dishes". Immediately I clicked on the link and a whole long list of chicken dishes were displayed for my choosing. I thought this Crunchy Sesame Chicken sounded like a simple dish to prepare.I printed out

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I bought a microwave oven during the recent CIMB Perfect Living '09 fair. And I've been experimenting with microwave oven cooking for the past few weeks. There were spots and misses. But overall, I scored more. I had some chicken fillet in my fridge and I was trying to figure out how to cook it. As I flipped my microwave oven recipe book, I saw this...Chicken Satay! Well, I did have the main

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I've done abit of gardening around my house, so here are some pictures I took of my beautiful flowers last weekend. The roses have wilted though. I've yet to take a photo of my compost bin, I shall do so this weekend (if I don't forget :P). I can't name some of the plants here, so I'm going to describe it as best as I could here (according to pictures' sequence)1. Purple flowers (aster??) -

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09/08/2009N and his colleagues organised a trip to Ulu Kemensah (near Zoo Negara) on last Sunday, deep inside a malay kampung, on Sunday morning. The place was so remote, that we had thought we lost our way. But with the reassurance of a Malay pakcik, our car was the first to arrive. We had to parked at the road side, so the earlier you arrived, the better you are to get a nice parking

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I've volunteered for the Batik painting event in the Company's Diversity event today. I was so eager to volunteer because I was so jakun have never done it before.Eventhough my team mate ditched me last minute and fortunately managed to find a replacement team mate, it did not dampen my spirits. Yup, memanglah semangat and spirited :PI must say my new team mate done quite well in the colouring *

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There was a flash flood at the main entrance road to my housing garden after work yesterday, so we decided to have dinner elsewhere while waiting for the waters to subside before we could go home. We ended up at Alamanda because it was the nearest shopping mall and the journey there was traffic –free.With nothing specific in mind, except for hot food, we decided to eat at Black Canyon Coffee

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Woof woof,Daddy and mommy had taught me a few tricks over the past few months, and besides learning the tricks, I gained a few milligrams along the process. Hey, I need treats to learn better and faster, you know? ;-)Daddy was training me last night, and mommy decided to record my "show" on her camera. So please enjoy my brief performance in the movie clip below. I'm good, ain't I? You can

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I've always like gardening. It gives me a sense of achievement to see my plants grow taller each day or a new flower now and then. Of course, gardening also means the hard and dirty work of pruning out weeds and watering the plants etc.I was reading sites on gardening few days ago and read about composting. This sounds interesting. You can create rich soil from your kitchen waste. And you can use

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Woof, woof,Greetings...This is Kiko posting on mommy's blog again. Daddy and mummy were eager to bring me to the park ever since they brought me home from the pets shop. After the first outing on the neighbourhood, daddy decided to bring us to this public park. This is my first "family" outing to a public park!. I met another shih tzu dog named Momo there. She is a friendly dog, too friendly in

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We went to the Malaysia Dog Day. Oh my! There were so many dogs and puppies. Even when we parked our car, we could see the owners getting their dogs out of the car, and walking to the venue. Once we were there, we proceed to register ourselves at the registration counter. Then we were busy checking out the stalls and other dogs, and snapping pictures of some cute dogs that we saw, or chatting

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Today I felt like eating bittergourd. I used to hate eating bittergrourd when I was younger. I guess it is an acquired taste. Somehow I learned to like it when I grew older. And now it has come become one of my favourite vegetables (well, depending on how it is being cooked laa.. :P)I've always just do plain stir-fry bittergourd with garlic or thin bittergourd slices egg omelette. But today N was

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I tried cooking my first pumpkin dish this week, with a little advice from my MIL. It wasn't that hard at all :PIngredients:pumpkin, cubeddried shrimpsred onions, julliennedgarlic, dicedpeppersaltcooking oilwaterSteps:1. Heat the cooking oil in the wok.2. When the oil is hot, put in onions, garlic and dried prawns to fry until they turn a little golden brown.3. Stir in the pumpkin cubes and

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Woof, woof, Mummy has took more pictures of me few days ago, because I look so cute! So I picked my favourite picture with daddy to share with my beloved fans :-)You can check out my other cute pictures in mummy's Flickr page. Woof,Kiko

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As most of you have already known, my blog is not about celebrities, and eventhough I’m an avid fan of celebrities news, I don’t blog about them.But I thought this is just a small tribute to both icons who have brought much joy to us with the entertainment skills… I was driving to work this morning when I heard the King of Pop – Michael Jackson, has passed away due to cardiac arrest. I was

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We just heard it over the radio. Malaysia Dog Day is on this coming Sunday, June 28th (10:00am - 6:00pm). Check it out at http://www.puppy.com.my/k9day/. The location is at Chin Woo Stadium, Jalan Hang Jebat. Admission if FOC! Here’s the location map. And do read up on the FAQs and Do’s & Don’ts.Anyone interested in bringing your doggie? Or practising your photography skills? If you are going

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Woof, woof (that's puppy language of saying "hi")Mommy took a recording of me sniffing during my first walkabout. So here's me walking about. My tail is wagging and I'm so excited about sniffing new smellsOh btw, ignore the background noise of daddy talking to the neighbours.Woof,Kiko

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Kiko was 4 months old yesterday! My yoga class was cancelled last minute. Wait a minute…what has the yoga class to do with Kiko’s 4 months old?You see…I usually don’t bring my running shoes when it’s Yoga class day. Since it was cancelled last minute, I can be running “kaki ayam” in the gym right? Abaden..?So N and I skipped gym session and got back from home early yesterday, and since it was

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I got this in my inbox. I thought I was going to read about the story about the princess kissing the frog…or maybe not…"JOKE OF THE MONTH"- THE COMPUTER PROGRAMMERA man was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess." He bent over, picked up the frog, and put it in his pocket. The frog spoke up again and said, "If you kiss

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N was out with Kiko to see the vet for Kiko's third vaccination, while I stayed at home to prepare dinner on Friday's after work evening. I was running out of ideas how to cook chicken. I don't want to eat oyster sauce chicken or steam chicken. And dinner has to be on the table when N and Kiko are back.Without any plan in mind, I decided to marinade the chicken with some salt, chopped garlic and

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My garden weeds are growing like nobody's business, and besides the little purple and white flower plants I bought last month, my garden looks kinda bare. My bum was itching to visit the plant nursery, so I bugged N to bring me there.I like those bamboo trees that sway in the wind, it has so "zen-feel" in it, and looks like it's the in-thing nowadays. So we got two matured bamboo trees, which

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I've bought a bunch of pisang emas a few days ago. When I bought them, they were still greenish yellow in colour. But they turned yellow in just a day. Anyway, that's not my point. My point is yesterday night, I enjoyed my first homemade banana honey milkshake. Not that I never drank banana milkshake before, but having it prepared by N is not an everyday's luxury ok? :P I finally bought a Philips

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After more than a week of sniffling and coughing, my flu is finally on the upper end of recovery route :) I woke up yesterday morning feeling better already. My nose amazingly didn't "run", and my coughing was lesser. I think I owe it to the "morning sleep-in till 10am" on the last weekend. Thanks to N who considerately didn't wake me up when he quietly woke up earlier to feed breakfast to Kiko,

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I was checking work emails yesterday afternoon while Kiko was soundly sleeping away in his crate. And then I caught sight of him sleeping with his all four paws facing upwards...like this..I quickly took my mobile phone and snapped this photo before he was awakened by my gesture. This little fella is getting naughtier with all kinds of antics. He may look as if he's sleeping soundly, happily

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First it started with coughing because of the phlegm in the throat, then I started to sneeze and sniffle. The sniffling got worse and my coughs were continuous, like I was going to cough my lungs out! Finally went to see the doctor who gave me the flu tablets, cough mixture and lozenges to sooth my sorethroat.Due to the recent A(H1N1) virus outbreak, the doctor took extra precautions when

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While picking up Kiko from the pet shop in Ikano Power Center (Location map), we had stopped by this place selling Pan Mee in Ikano for lunch. I forgot to notice the name of the stall, however it is called 面粉居(Mian Fen Ju) in Chinese, basically means "house of noodles". The menu shows different varieties of Pan Mee, and limited drink choices.I wanted something spicy so I ordered Curry Chicken Pan

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We had our very first housewarming party earlier this month. It was almost an impromptu party, as we only decided to have a party a week after C&Y's wedding, so that the couple could join in the fun before they flew off. It was most fortunate that most of our friends still managed to come on that day. N & I had just brought back Kiko the previous day, we were busy attending to Kiko and still had

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There this perfume from Christian Dior that I like particularly - Miss Dior Cherie. It was a gift from N from one of his business trips because I did not get to tag along :PThis perfume's smell was abit too strong for me. I only use it during night functions, particularly when I know I'll be in air-conditioned room. It has this very strong sweet smell, though with my inexperienced nose I can't

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Angkor Wat is on my mind. That will be one my next holiday destinations for this year.My fingers cramped from clicking on AirAsia’s website, searching for the lowest fares.My eyes got blurry from scanning pages and pages of travel info about Cambodia.My focus got diverted from work thinking about places I would visit in Cambodia.So anyone interested to join me and N? I’ve set my eyes sometime for

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Woke up at 6am to catch the sunrise. Took photos.Saw 3 sharks right in front of our bungalow. Took more sunrise photos at the beach. Snorkeling around our water bungalow area. Called off joining the snorkeling trip organized by the resort & hung out at the balcony reading “The Gift” from Cecilia Ahern from the library. Short nap in the room.Woke up for lunch, had Club Sandwich and Chocolate

firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-83705877263063740372009-04-29T09:38:00.004+08:002009-04-29T09:58:09.503+08:00

N & I have finally got ourselves a puppy! A long haired chihuahua (吉娃娃), that is. And a cute one too. This little cutie is only two weeks and a half old when these pictures were took at the pet shop in Ikano. We got it for RM1,799, with some discount vouchers thrown in by the shop. We could get anything from the shop on 15% discount for the first purchase.We had scoured the Internet on puppies &

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I prefer to cook noodles or porridge for weekend lunches at home. So I flipped my recipes book for ideas..."Stir Fried Vegetables with Pasta"...aha..that's something easy and I've most of the ingredients.1. First, chopped up the vegetables (you can substitute any of the veg e.g. capsicums, beansprouts, courgettes etc. ):- baby corns cut into 2cm and halved, - carrots cut into strips- cabagges cut

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Last Friday I was “discharged” from having to cook dinner :) I think it was also god’s will that there was a blackout when we were just about to leave the house that night. (how to cook in the dark leh…) So we went to Sunway Pyramid.We had a hard time finding a parking lot, and our stomachs were grumbling, the time was already 8:30pm. And being not familiar with all the eateries in Sunway Pyramid

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We were woken up by the morning prayers from the mosque nearby the hotel. It was not even 7am local time, but the skies were bright already. We went to the sixth floor for the breakfast. The place was small and no other guests were around yet. We chose a seat with a nice view overlooking the jetty and the sea. We were expecting a buffet breakfast, but were glad when the waiter served us toast,

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I was doing random surfing and clicked on this really good quiz. The analysis actually reflects my personality. You will get to know what you are really good at, and what are your preferences when choosing a job.Here’s my score. What’s yours?Score:Number of A's: 2Number of B's: 3Number of C's: 4Mostly D's: If you answered mostly D's, your ideal career is probably creative. Possible career

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I had bought the Maggi sambal pedas paste during one of my groceries shopping trip. And got some petai and limau purut leaves from the pasar borong last week. N had volunteered to "kopek" the petai so I had no excuse to not cook the sambal udang petai dish. This was my first try at cooking this dish, so both of us were abit excited. You must be thinking that both of us must be crazy to be excited

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Our honeymoon trip started the day after our wedding banquet. It was a late evening flight to Maldives, lucky it was a direct flight with MAS. I must admit it was a shock to find that there were so many Indians on board with us. Do not get me wrong here, I've nothing against Indians. I'm just not used to boarding flights with so many Indians onboard, and almost all of them are males! I'm guessing

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Legally married on the 16th of March 2008! We registered at JPN Putrajaya. Arrived there around 9:30am. There were already some couples waiting in line.The staff were most courteous, we even took a photo with the staff. Eventhough the waiting time was a little long, we did not notice it as we were busy snapping photos. Our turn came around 10:30am.

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Bedsetting day was set on March 13th. Bedsetting is a simple ceremony which basically means putting the new bed in the wedding couple's room and laying on new bedsheets.N's mom was the one who set the bed for us. She put some coins in the angpows (red packets) and put them underneath the two legs of the bedframe (near the headboard). This is supposedly to offer and pray to the "Mother of Bed" (

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Betrothal Ceremony （过大礼） was set on March 8th. N's two sisters accompanied him with a car loadful of betrothal gifts visited my house in the morning.We set up the gifts as offering to the gods, then prayed to the gods as sign of thankfulness and ask for gods' blessing towards our coming wedding. Here are glimpses of the gifts.2 pairs of old coconuts - signify grandparents & granchildren.fruits in

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See we're all in pink! Except the bride-to-be of course :p Photos courtesy of LolipoopsPhotos courtesy of munmun

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I want to show my appreciate for all my lovely ji-muis who came for our inaugural meet up last weekend. You all have been very supportive in going PINK for the event! (actually my evil intention is to "test water" if you ladies will really wear my theme colour on the big day :P ) Lolipoops - eventhough has a prior date with her friends, but was first to arrive with Vay. And thanks for lugging her

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Upcoming event - Ji Muis First Gathering at Cupcake Chic Secret Recipe (The Curve)* You ladies will have the privilege to preview my wedding albums! See you there ;-)Cheers, Firethorn Note: This post has been updated.

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My two sis had helped me to come up with these DIY photo cards. I've personally chosen five of my favourite photos. And the cards are available in a few types of pastel colours. So you'll be getting your pick pretty soon. Here's a preview ;-)p.s. Thanks to my two sis!

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This is the e-invitation that I designed at www.mypunchbowl.com and sent to our wedding guests. I liked the romantic feel of the card's dark maroon colour and the golden cupid at the bottom. I choosed this photo as I feel the green theme brings out the fairy tale feel, and also because this is our favourite photo! - Simple thoughts - I wish,that my friends will be there to share my joy,simply

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We went shopping for wedding bands on Christmas eve. People were busy doing last minute Christmas shopping while we were busy finding the perfect ring. Oh ok...maybe it was just me. Trying to find something blink-blink which would wind pretty round my finger. N just wanted something simple with no blink-blink obviously. He said as long as I'm happy with the ring. Whatever. So finally we got this

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Another birthday, another year...the one before the big "three-O" .No surprises, nothing fancy.Simple dinner with mom and sis, ordered our favourite food - udang masak petai, sotong masak merah, kailan masak ikan masin (i'm salivating as i write this haha), and ais kacang for dessert.I like the cake. It appears good on pictures. Matches my apple-green finger nail polish :P

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I haven't been blogging about food for a long time. I thought I should blog about this place - Plus One Shabu Shabu. As the name implies, it's all about shabu shabu (steamboat) - Hong Kong style. Personally, I don't know what's so hongkie about it. The ingredients looks kinda same to me. Looks like the selling point about the food is the soup. Well, I guess that's something hongkie.To start with,

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Here's a preview of the wedding photos of yours truly..."Proposing"at the train stationIntimate moment in the "woods"HK's neon lights backdrop

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Tadaa!!! This is the pink shoes I ordered from HK. I love the heels! I had to fork out extra to have that gold stainless steel heels haha... well, it's reusable. The shop assistant told me that if the shoes have worn out, you can bring the heels back to the shop for another new pair of shoes. How cool is that! Well, not that I'll return to HK for another pair soon. haha..

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Today, I thought of the Indian uncle's rojak and cendol stall near my house.It wasn't because of I was hungry ( I just had lunch then, mind you).I recall months ago I was enjoying an afternoon snack at the stall with N. It was a hot afternoon. Nothing fancy about the food. But the cendol was cold and refreshing under the hot afternoon sun.No candle lights dinner nor romantic song, but both of us

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Psst..did I tell you I just ordered a custom made shoes from HK?I thought I would just buy off the shelf, but the temptation was too hard to resist! I just had to choose the shoes pattern, the colour, the straps, the heels (height & design) and specify my design of the add-on shoes accessories, have my foot measurement taken, pay a deposit..and the shoes will be ready in about 10 days!Wow~ I

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We got the photo shoot package from this shop (MyDreamWedding) in HK. * Read about our pre-wedding photo shoot package huntAll in all, we had these in our package:- 50 photos (including softcopy in a DVD)- 1 big photo with frame (for putting above the couple's bed)- 1 medium size photo with frame- 1 small size photo with frame- 1 big photo album (for 50 pics, including touching up photos &

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I was spending my last weekend in HK, so N organised a trip to Cheung Chau island. It is one of the outlying islands in south of HK island. Mainly a fishing village there, so our plan was to enjoy a seafood dinner after a tour around the island.We started off with a traditional Dim Sum lunch at Lin Heung Lou Restaurant in SheungWan. If I remember correctly, you should get out from SheungWan MTR

firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-43907462403010762042008-08-31T00:26:00.004+08:002008-08-31T00:33:37.946+08:00

I feel blue today...oops..actually it's my fingers and toes...I've yet to try out this new colour, I thought this colour looks so peaceful and sweet when I bought it.I decided to be a little more adventurous today, erm...I mean with my painting tool..with different combination of colours. Daisies seem like an easy choice. Plus it looks kinda cute with the baby blue base.

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What an odd title for this post. Yup, you read it right. We had Pot Luck at J's house this time. Since this year, this has been a ritual for my lunch gang. We would take turns hosting a pot luck gathering.This time we had herbal chicken, fried rice, fried noodles, satay, fried pork strips, barley dessert, fruits and ice cream. No photos on the food as I was too hungry to think of snapping photos.

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Besides shopping for nail colours, I had actually shopped for shoes yesterday.I was in a "photography mood", so I snapped some pictures of my new pair of shoes.I got this pair which was on 20% sales discount from Viss. Something simple yet feminine enough for work or formal events. I liked the rose-like pattern, and the dark brown and copper colours show off the designs quite well.And of course,

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Lollipoops and I had went shoe hunting at Pavillion KL on one fine day. I thought I had better chances there to get a pair of nice fancy shoes for my wedding photo shot and also of course for the wedding itself. Not quite actually. First of all, the price tags are much heftier, but not necessarily nice to catch my fancy. Secondly, there ain't too many shoes shop around Pavillion with vast enough

firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-69230145109466823492008-08-16T17:16:00.008+08:002008-08-16T18:06:38.195+08:00

My initial plan was to get new eye shadow colours. But when I stepped into Elianto shop yesterday, my eyes spotted this "RM5 for one". Those colourful nail colours were hard to resist.I had used its nail colours before, so I knew it was worthy buy. And again, I was thinking to myself, let's just get a top coat polish and one fancy colour. I ended up buying two more...but still no top coat

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Hmm...thinking who should be on my list..1. 2nd sis2. lil sis3. yen4. amidrin5. munyee6. vay fern7. michelle ?? (married already still qualify or not leh?)Gals,If you read this post before I notify you, leave me a comment and let me know if you will be on my ji-mui's gang ya? You'll get my formal invitation soon. :-)

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We went, we saw, and we chose!It's going to be at Concorde Hotel. For those interested in their wedding packages,. click here.The catering manager we spoke to was Mei Ling.

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Due to his posting in HK, N and I had this idea of taking our pre-wedding photos in there. We were worried about the price and the logistics, but when we saw what they've to offer, we're totally impressed. I had actually saw this bridal shop advertisement in one of the local bridal magazines. The local company in KL would arrange to have the couple take their wedding photos in HK. I visited

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It was a little over one month after the proposal before we arranged a meeting for both sides' parents. I was nonchalant about it...until few days before the actual day they were supposed to meet. We were cracking our heads about :- when's the best day and time to visit- what should the guy's family bring for gifts - what should the girl's family return in gifts- who should come along- how to

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I realised I did not put up any photos in my previous post. So instead of me flashing the blink-blink at all places, I'm going to "flash" it here. Oh, and also the cutie and yummy props as well.If you want to know where to get the nice blink-blink, you know who to ask.If you want to know how big is the blink-blink, small enough to fit onto my finger lah :P

firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-12136400241426993632008-05-15T16:41:00.004+08:002008-05-15T17:23:13.751+08:00

I asked N if I can post this in my blog, and he gave me the go-ahead and suggested I put the "free advertisement liner" (see below).N has actually went for this Mother's Day baking class sponsored by the company. So the cake you are seeing below is the cake he has done (*looks very professionally done, I must say. Not sure about the taste though because obviously it was not meant for me.

firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-45347748469407976962008-05-11T23:37:00.005+08:002008-05-12T00:05:34.004+08:00

Dear blog readers,I'm putting backdated posts, apologies for my long disappearance. I've been on a trip and there've been so much happenings and so much work to catch up that I didn't have the mood to sit down to blog.March 29 is to be (*is already) a significant day in my life. Because this is the day N proposed marriage to me! (*sigh...finally someone wishes me to be his wife & nag him for the

firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-18476429628321316492008-05-11T23:18:00.006+08:002008-05-12T00:00:33.453+08:00

Finally stepped into the studio apartment that I bought with dad few years ago. Some furnishings have been fitted, but it's not cleaned up yet. Took some pictures on the interior.The entrance, room, balcony, toiletThe kitchen areaThe pool area

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I decided to had a haircut last weekend. Getting bored with my same old long hairstyle.(If you wonder why I seldom change hairstyle...I don't like to visit the hair saloon :P)I was contemplating which hairstyle will suit me..short or medium?wavy or straight?I wanted a make over. So I decided to visit a "trustable" saloon, one which I visited once long ago, and was pretty pleased with the results.

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I just got tagged by Amidrin again. But sorry Ami, I won't be doing this tag because I just can't recall any most embarassing moments. Brief reflection on the past 3 weeks. dearie has went started his job relocation to HK (yahoo! I'm free! :P but it's no fun on the weekends without him)CNY has came and will end today (eat, sleep)Valentine's day has came and went (no celebrations this year)work

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Yesterday in the gym... I was doing the weights, one, two, three...Then a male friend, D, walked over and popped this question, No, no, he's not proposing to me lah...D: "I got a question to ask you since you are a girl. Imagine lah..just imagine hor..your boyfriend is going to propose to you. Would you prefer he does it in public or private har? Have you ever thought of this question?"Me: "Hmm..

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Last Saturday, I was busy preparing some konnyaku jellies again for the little dinner gathering at Mich's place. This time around, I remembered to snap some pictures while I was at it. I couldn't get the usual brand from the Giant supermarket I went to. So I resorted to this brand. It costs around RM2.19 per packet.And I got this small bucket of Nata De Coco too (about RM5.49).Then I prepared the

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Last night, I was doing idling surfing and read some interesting posts which I would like share them here.I came across an interesting post about women by Twiggy. Speaking of which, makes me think about how much a woman sacrifices in her married life. I bet these sacrifces come along as we go about life, it's a continuous decision we've to make. Perhaps it's due to conventional perception of a

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Let me set it straight before I start, I did not cook this. I only helped in preparing the ingredients, and a little of stirring and mixing the ingredients in the wok.Mom was in her better moods on last weekend, so I helped her out in the kitchen. It was fried mihun for lunch. We had garlic, onions, cabbages, eggs, carrots, mushrooms, tomato, ikan bilis (anchovies) & of course mihun for

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Just got alerted by my colleague, the toll will begin from 12.01am on 17th Jan (Thursday)!There are 2 toll plazas along the highway, and toll rates are as follow:Salak Selatan : RM1.50 for carsPutrajaya : RM2.50 for carsLooks like one month FOC travel is over, I'll resume my old route to work tomorrow then... :-(Related postsHow to get on the KL-Putrajaya Highway from Cyberjaya. My test drive on

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I went to Low Yat last weekend, without the intention of buying any gadget. Ended up buying a wireless router, a headphone with mic, and a cd album. All these gonna cause a dent in my wallet this month. But I'm very excited and happy because I finally got wi-fi installed at home, yay! :DSo now I can surf and chat on my pda, any spot in the house. Haha..this is so cool! I kept shelving the idea of

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