Happy Birthday Wendy Ooi !

Chef Dennis ... Cook-up a Storm !

Monday, 27 August 2007, Brother Dennis was on his off-day and he was supposed to be resting at home as he was down with flu and fever since Saturday, 25 August 2007. However, Brother Dennis volunteered to be the Chef of the Day ! He even sacrified his beauty sleep by going to the Tanjung Bungah Market early in the morning to buy all the groceries and ingredients that he needed for his cooking.

At 6.00pm, our Chef started with his preparation and cooking .... By the time we were all there at about 8.30pm, the dinner was already ready.

It was a superb dinner and everyone of us (Soo Theng, Nanthini, Voon Choong and I) have enjoyed his cooking very much ! Thank you Dennis and we all look forward to the next one .... in the not too distant future !

Movie Marathon Day !

Sunday, 26 August 2007, Brother Dennis and I decided to watch "Contract Lover" at GSC Gurney Plaza. This romantic comedy is by my favorite actor, Richie Ren @ Richie Jen and new come actress, Fan Bing Bing, probably from Mainland China.

Contract Lover is about Fatt (Richie Jen) is from a family of martial arts experts, but he ends up being a businessman instead. He intends to introduce his girlfriend (Kate Tsui) to his father (Yuen Wah) but is skeptical if his father could accept her modern ways. Hence, Fatt resorts to hiring a temporary girlfriend to test out his father.

Zao (Fan Bing Bing) has just graduated from university and urgently needs money. She takes up the job and signs a contract with Fatt to be his temporary lover. Fatt brings his hired lover home to meet his father, only to expect the unexpected. The ending was good and I am so glad that we have chosen to watch this movie....

Finished Contract Lover at about 5.00pm and being too early for our dinner at CHA, Traders Hotel Penang, we decided to watch another movie ... This time, we have chosen to watch Rogue Assassin by Jet Li.

Rogue Assasin is an action packed movie with lots of killing, fun-shots and sword fighting ! The story .... After his partner Tom Wynne (Terry Chen) and family are killed apparently by the infamous and elusive assassin Rogue (Jet Li), FBI agent Jack Crawford (Jason Statham) becomes obsessed with revenge as his world unravels into a vortex of guilt and betrayal. Rogue eventually resurfaces to settle a score of his own, setting off a bloody street war between Asian mob rivals, Chang (John Lone), head of the Chinese triads and Yakuza boss Shiro (Ryo Ishibashi). When Jack and Rogue finally come face to face, the ultimate truth of their past was revealed. The movie ending was unexpected ... something that we could not have guessed !

After the movie, we head on to CHA, a tea-dining bistro serving local chinese and Huaiyang specialities for a wonderful dinner hosted by Soo Theng, Nanthini and Voon Choong ... we had Stewed Pork, Prawns in Salted Eggs, Kailan with Salted Fish, Chinese Wine Chicken and Fried Cod Fish with Soya Sauce. For dessert, we had "Woh Peng", a Chinese Pancake. It was a superb dinner ..... Thanks to our 3 good friends for inviting both Dennis and me to savour this unique cuisine !

Perfect Stranger ... with Perfect Ending !

Saturday midnight, 25 August 2007, we (Dennis, his DM Peter, Ravi Firdaus and me) went for a midnight show ... Perfect Stranger by Bruce Willis and Halle Berry.

Storyline .... When investigative reporter Rowena Price learns that her friend's murder might be connected to powerful ad executive Harrison Hill, she goes undercover with the help of her associate, Miles Hailey. Posing as Katherine, a 'temp' at Hill's ad agency, and Veronica, a girl Hill flirts with online, Rowena surrounds her prey from all sides, only to discover that she isn't the only one changing identities. The closer Rowena gets to finding the truth, the more we see how far people will go to protect it.

Definately a worth watching movie .....

Simply Lepak .... at Mount Pleasure !

Friday, 24 August 2007, we all met at Soo Theng's beautifully decorated apartment for a simple "Chicken Porridge" dinner with Panfried Luncheon Meat and Ladies Fingers. Nanthini who is not a fan of porridge brought along her dinner ... Chapati, a Chicken Dish and her home made Ikan Bilis which we all liked very much !

After dinner, we lepak lazyly with our notebook and at the same time, watching Perfect Stranger by Bruce Willis and Halle Berry. We ended the evening just as the clock ticks midnight.

Pick-up "Royal Pig" !

Wednesday, 22 August 2007 @ approximately 7.30pm, Nanthini called me to inform that Voon Choong was on his way back from KL and at the same time informed that she was going to the Bus Station to pick him up. She invited me to tag along ... so I went lah .. we arrived at the Sungai Nibong Bus Station just before 10pm as Voon Choong had informed that his ETA was 10pm.

Waited, waited and waited until almost 10.30pm but he was no where to be seen. Nanthini tried calling him for many, many times until our "mobile phone almost pecah" but he still did not answer his call. Well, finally, we have managed to get whole of him and was told that there was a slight delay.

Rather than continue to stand at the bus station to wait for our friend, looking as though we are "selling ourselves", we decided to buy McDonalds behind USM.

Went back to the bus station and Voon Choong was already there waiting. By that time, it was already 11.00pm, we were all so tired to go anywhere else ... we decided to head home !

Nyonya Dinner & Chor Ti !

Monday, 20 August 2007, Nanthini was on lobby duty until 8pm while Voon Choong was busy with his work.... so, I had to eat dinner on my own at Linda's Kopi Tiam. At about 8.30pm, both Nanthini and Voon Choong invited me to join them for a dinner at Hot Wok. I went there for a dessert instead, ordered a Mango Sago which was so horrible with no taste at all !!!

Nanthini suggested that we all go back home for a shower and to meet up again at about 10.30pm at Starbucks Island Plaza. We met again and had our Latte, while Nanthini had Lemon something, something which is actually a refreshing drink with Equal.

Guess what ? Instead of surfing net or updating our blog, we ended up with "Chor Ti", our favorite past time card game !!!! We ended the evening just before midnight !

It's "Choo Char" & Richard Gere !

Sunday, 19 August 2007 ... went to Pulau Tikus market in the morning with Nanthini to buy supplies for our dinner. Came back home and started our cooking in our respective homes.

Pick-up Voon Choong from work at about 5pm, off to "7th Street" market to buy some of the supplies that we have missed out in the morning. Went to Nanthini's house to pick her up and also her delicious Green Curry Chicken.

Arrived back at Dennis and Voon Choong's apartment. Started cooking the balance of the food .... menu for that night was Green Curry Chicken, Black Soya Sauce Pork, Prawn Fritters, Fried Siput, Boiled Cockles Meat, Acar Awak, Seo Bak and Tofu in Salted Fish Soup. Dennis came back from work at approximately 7.45pm and by 8.00pm, we were all seated for dinner.

After a hearty dinner, we all sat down to watch Unfaithful by Richard Gere and Diane Lane. The story is about Edward and Connie Sumner who are a wonderfully maintained middle-aged couple living the American dream. Together with their eight year-old son, a dog and a housekeeper, they share an enviable life in the suburbs of New York City. But no life goes unchallenged: This happy marriage, dampened by the routines of affluence, falls prey to an outsider when Connie has a fateful collision with a stranger on a Soho street. It's an encounter which assaults her with mystery, spontaneity, charm and risk. It will pull Connie into an affair which will become her obsession. When Edward innocently learns that his wife has lied to him, suspicion propels him to to uncover the devastating details of her infidelity. Tormented by the knowledge, he confronts her lover, only to discover a level of rage within himself that he could never have imagined.

Well, after Unfaithful, being wide awake, we all continued with another movie by Richard Gere .... Pretty Woman .... the actress is none other than Julia Roberts. The story began with a self-involved corporate raider Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) who has recently split up with his girlfriend. Seeking directions to the Beverly Hills Hotel, he makes the acquaintance of free-spirited hooker Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) and decides to put her on a 3,000-dollar retainer as his "date." He Cinderellarizes her by bankrolling a full wardrobe and cosmetic makeover.

Evan Almighty !

Saturday night, 18 August 2007, Nanthini and I went to GSC Gurney Plaza to watch the 10.15pm movie called Evan Almighty.

The story is about newly elected to Congress, Evan leaves the city of Buffalo behind and shepherds his family to suburban northern Virginia. Once there, his life turns upside-down when God appears and commands him to build an ark. But his befuddled family just could not decide whether Evan is having an extraordinary mid-life crisis or is truly onto something of Biblical proportions...

Prior to that, we had Grilled Chicken Foldover from McDonalds for our dinner ... my very first time having it and I'm loving it ! Thanks to Nanthini for introducing it to me.

Moon's Farewell

The time has come for all of us to bid farewell to our colleague, Ms Moon Yeoh, Events Executive who will be leaving for KL to join her fiance who is the Front Office Manager of Prince Hotel.

Moon will be taking up the position of a Sales Coordinator in Cititel Mid Valley, KL. We all wish Moon all the very best in her new job !!!

Ratatouille !!!

The long awaited animation ... Ratatouille finally was screened in the Gurney Plaza Cinema. Nanthini, Dennis, Voon Choong and I decided to catch this animation on it's first day i.e. Friday, 16 August 2007 at 9.15pm.

"Ratatouille" is about a lovable rat - Remy - who constantly risks his life in an expensive French restaurant because of his love for good food, as well as a burning desire to become a gourmet chef. Obviously, this is rather far-fetched for a rat but opportunity knocks when a young boy, who desperately needs to keep his job at the restaurant despite not being able to cook to save his life, makes Remy a partner.

The two of them learn to avoid the insane head chef, bring the rest of Remy's family up to his culinary standards, win the boy a girlfriend, and of course, produce the finest ratatouille in all of France!

Yet Another Drinking Session !

Drinking and Chor Ti are one of our favorite past time ... Monday, 13 August 2007, Soo Theng, Nanthini, Voon Chong, Dennis and I decided to hang out at QE II for a booze session and Chor Ti.

Well, for a beginner like Dennis, I must say that he has played extremely well, especially towards the end ... must be the "beginner's luck".

Prior to that, we went for a simple dinner (Ipoh Hor Fun and Steamed Chicken) simply because most of the "Choo Char" were closed due to the 1st day of Hungry Ghost month !

Pink Ladies !

Coincidently, Tuesday, 14 August 2007, most of the sales gals are in pink ... the "Pink Ladies" all in the row gave their best post with their best smile for the camera !!!!

Wild Dreams !

I know it may seems silly to put the photo of my bed into this blog, but what the heck, it's my blog and I just wanted to remember it always....

I have always been a fan of animal prints ... from paw prints to leopard's spots and tiger's stripes. So for my bedsheet and bedspread, I have decided to go for an animal print one !

My Cozy Corner !

Well, two-third of our time are spent in the office and I always believed that we must take every effort in making our working place and environment to be conducive, comfortable and cozy for a healthier working ambience. My offices have always been my "Nerve Centre" ... it's the place where I have the most pleasures and pressures at the same time !

My Team at Gurney !

Some of my saint and angels at The Gurney Resort Hotel & Residences !

My Team at Northam !

My angels at The Northam, All Suite ....

Puffy & Me !

Man's best friend has always been a dog ... but for me, my best friend is a cat ... My brother and I adopted a "Himalayan Persian" cat three years ago .... Puffy is her name because of her fur which looks so fluffy !

My God Sons !

I became a god mum when my friend, Linda Lee @ Nur Dini Lee binti Abdullah gave birth to her elder son, Mohd Aiman bin Saiful Anuar.

Then, I became god mum for the 2nd time when Linda had Mohd Affiq bin Saiful Anuar. It's so nice to hear both of them calling me MiMi which actually means "God Mother" !!!!

My Friends !

The heading says it all .... my friends whom I hang-out with almost every day.. From playing badminton to movies ... kopi sessions to drinking sessions .... from karaoke to never-ending makan-makan ...

Thank you for accepting me in your circle of FRIENDS !!!