The Best Thai Chicken Laksa Lemak

Today, my colleague who is also a friend from The Northam All Suite, Penang, by the name of Ms Ong Siew Hong has kindly invited Michelle Koay and me to her house during lunch hour to savour her Nyonya mum's Homecook Thai Chicken Laksa Lemak. The ingredients are similar to our Penang Asam Laksa except that this Thai Laksa is cooked using chicken meat to substitute for fish. The other extra ingredient used is "Kiam Chye" @ Salted Vegetable which actually made this laksa unique in it's taste.

I must say that this is the best Thai Laksa that I have ever eaten. Yum, yum, it was so delicious that I ended up having two big bowls of it. Ahyo, come to think of it, my Totalife Diet is down the drain today because of my greedy craving for the laksa !

Thank you Siew Hong for the invitation and I look forward to be invited again to sample your mum's Nyonya Lam Mee which I also made to understand that it is her speciality.

Totalife 12th Anniversary Celebration

Saturday, 17 November till Sunday, 18 November 2007, as a qualified DO, I was given a FREE ticket to attend Totalife 12th Anniversary Majestic Celebration at Genting Highlands. A total of 130 of us departed from Penang on Saturday at approximately 7.30am and with 3 stops in between, we have managed to arrive Genting Highlands at 3.00pm to check-in at First World Hotel.


At 6.30pm, we all assembled at Genting International Convention Centre, Grand Ballroom where the Majestic Celebration was held. Many awards and cash bonuses were given out to their Achievers of many different levels. A slimming contest was also held with the contestants who have managed to shed- off 30kgs and above. The main highlight for that evening was a live performance by Elaine Kang who has sung a number of oldies such as River of Babylon, Hero, Celebration and many others.

A trip to Genting Highlands would not be complete without a visit to their casino. I have taken this opportunity to check-out their new slot machines and have heavily invested in their 2 cents machines !!!

We departed for Penang on Sunday at 4.00pm and by the time I arrived back home, it was already 11.30pm. The trip has been an eye-opener for me ... witnessing how much Totalife has helped it's members to lose weight and gained back their curves. I am very convince that I also can have those curves if I controlled my eating habit.

All the Best to Huan Lin

Wednesday, 14 November 2007, my sales team members from The Northam, All Suite and I decided to throw a Farewell Dinner for our colleague, Mr Loo Huan Lin, Sales Coordinator. Huan Lin had tendered his resignation to pursue his studies for a Master Degree in Communications. Golden BBQ Steamboat Restaurant located at Nagore Road was the chosen venue to celebrate Huan Lin's farewell. The food varieties were great and the price was reasonable i.e. at only RM19.90 nett per person, we had unlimited food from the buffetline.

Here's to Huan Lin, we all wish him all the very best of luck and success in his future undertakings.

Stardust ... The Magical Adventure

Monday, 12 November 2007, I invited Soo Theng and Nanthini to join me for a movie and Soo Theng suggested that we watched "Stardust". Stardust begins in a sleeping English Village of Wall, so named for the cobblestone wall that has, for eons, kept the villagers safely apart from the supernatural parallel universe that lies just on the other side.

A young man named Tristan (Charlie Cox) tries to win the heart of Victoria (Sienna Miller), the beautiful but cold object of his desire, by going on a quest to retrieve a fallen star. His journey takes him to a mysterious and forbidden land beyond the walls of his village. On his odyssey, Tristan finds the star, which has transformed into a striking girl named Yvaine (Claire Danes). However, Tristan is not the only one seeking the star. Lord Stormhold's (Peter O'Toole) three living sons not to mention the ghosts of their four dead brothers all need the star as they vie for the throne. Tristan must also overcome the evil witch, Lamia (Michelle Pfeiffer), who needs the star to make her young again. As Tristan battles to survive these threats, encountering a pirate named Captain Shakespeare (Robert De Niro) and a shady trader named Ferdy the Fence (Ricky Gervais) along the way, his quest changes. He must now win the heart of the star for himself as he discovers the meaning of true love ...


All well, ends well, of course, this fairytale ends with both Tristan and Yvaine settling down and they both ruled The Kingdom of Stormhold for 80 years ....

A combination of Grand Adventure, Magical Effects and Romping Sense of Fun ....

Introducing The Yeap Family

Sunday, 11 November 2007, I decided to update my Family Tree ... and not forgetting our "Extended Family" in my blog. Take a look to see how cute they all are ....

Our Family Tree : Brother, me and sister-in-law

Our Extended Family : All the woh-woh and miow-miow

3rd Quarter Celebration @ The Northam

Tuesday, 6 November 2007, The Northam, All Suite has organised their 3rd Quarter Service Excellent Award and Birthday Celebration for those who were born on the month of August, September and October.

My only reason to attend this celebration is to go for the "makan-makan" (he ! he ! he !). Some of the food from the high tea are Fried Mee Mamak, Quiche Lorraine, Curry Puff, Chicken Lobak, Fruit Tartlettes, Chocolate Cake, Mini Samosa, Fried Chicken, Fruit Skewers and many others ....

Photos taken at East & West, venue for the celebration

The celebration ended at approximately 5.15pm.

Short Shopping Spree (3-S)

Friday night, 26 October (immediately after work @ 7.30pm) to Sunday almost midnight, 28 October 2007, we (Soo Theng, Nanthini and I) were away to the capital city of Malaysia. Soo Theng's main trip purpose is to attend their "class of 89" reunion dinner at One World Hotel while our (Nanthini & I) main purpose is to shop, shop and shop.

On the way to KL, we have actually stopped at Ipoh to have the famous "Ngah Choi Kai and Ipoh Hor Fun" in Loh Wong Kopi Tiam. We arrived at Traders Hotel, KL just as the clock striked midnight.

Taken from "3-S"

The next morning, we went to "The Pavillion" the latest shopping mall at Bukit Bintang area and I must say that this is one of the biggest mall in Kuala Lumpur with many different Anchor Tenants from many different brands. After "heavy" shopping, we headed back to the hotel for a short rest before heading to Estee Soo's condo to drop off Soo Theng.

Soo Theng and Estee went to their reunion dinner while, Nanthini and I went to 1-Utama to continue our shopping. Later, after we all returned to hotel at about 10.15pm, Nanthini joined her sister, Shanthini and hubby, Jegan and friends at Sky Bar and they were later joined by Soo Theng and Estee.

Sunday morning, we all continued shopping at KLCC before going to IKEA for more shopping in the afternoon. At about 7.30pm, we headed home to Penang and reached back to the island at approximately 11.30pm. We have all truly enjoyed our "3-S" .... Short Shopping Spree.

Until the next one .. most probably just before Christmas ..... :-)

October Babies

Tuesday, 23 October 2007 at 5.30pm, Michelle and I decided to throw a little Birthday party for all our "October Babies" in Northam Hotel's Sales & Marketing Department ... Loh Sze Chin on 14th, Jack Soo on 16th, Nina Tan on 20th, Ong Lay Sim & Lilian Ooi on 25th and Loo Huan Lin on 31st.

Right pix fm R to L : Nina, Lay Sim, Jack, Lilian,
Sze Chin & Huan Lin

Well, to all the Birthday Babies ... I wish you all, a Happy Birthday and many happy returns on your special day !