Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Thai food

We unexpectedly tumble upon this restaurant while killing our time waiting for our movie to start. At the Summit USJ, on the ground floor. It actually was opened quite some time ago, but it being located in the far end of a corner of the already 'peaceful' shopping complex, its only natural for us not setting our asses in there.

But, boy-oh-boy it was a pleasant surprise!

Called the Black Canyon, they serves fusion Thai cuisines. It certainly didnt come across our minds that this hidded restaurant is actually chic and unique. What impressed me first was their VERY well presented.

They call it a 'Magazine Menu' where they inserted few articles on health and wellbeing in the menu. Their 'Magazine Menu' has very beautifully taken pictures of their cuisines as well as offering a good lot of variety. They offer so banyak choice, they have one menu for food and another for drinks. Ya, a norm to have separate menus rite? But you must go see theirs to know what I mean. Their drinks menu again impressed my ass off. Make you wanna drink every single one. Dont even start on the pics of their desserts...

And here, you get what you see. Their food is well presented and look 85% like what pictured in the menu. Unlike some restaurants' whose menu's pics look ' theen har mou tik ' but turn out looking like hell being ran over. And, OMG, their tomyum is fabulous! Fell in love with their tomyum liao! :P Go and try, I will recommend this place to go when one is in the Summit USJ. Its quiet with good decor as well as comfortable settings. Price is alrite as their food came consistent with their price.

Rate : Customer service 7 /10 , ambience 7/10, food 7/10, price 6/ 10.

Another place I've tried lately is the Dapur Vietnam in OneUtama. Well, before my experience there, I received good reviews about them. Not that they are very bad, just not as good as I anticipated. Tried their beef noodle - was nothing impressive or extraordinary but me and C definitely liked their fried onion * sowwee, i forgot what they were actually called :P * which is actually stuffed onion dipped in batter and deep-fried. Yummy!

As for the drink, feeling adventurous that noon, tried their speciality - forgot what-its-name, but its a mixture of dried longan, white fungus, red dates and agar-agar. It tasted like soap to me. Eewwww!

Maybe should try other stuff the next time there, as they have some interesting dishes on their menu.



Rate : Food 5/ 10, Customer service 6/10, Price 4/ 10, Ambience 6/10 ( if you like privacy, their high-walled cubicles provided just that and their dark lightings in the restaurant clouded the atmosphere with comfortable, cozy settings.

Apa macam? Pretty anot? Look classy anot? :P

Yours truly wrapped this up meself *hehe* Even the ribbon is handmade by meself.

I am not telling whose present this is! :P The recipient will know eventually *heehee* Nothing la, just wanna gloat about my pretty package, couldnt help feeling proud with my 'hasil' *wink* :)

Saturday, September 16, 2006

Help Stop Child Porno!

Dear friends, hop on over to this site to light a candle to the petition to help fight child pornography! Mari....marilah beramai-ramai...

Disgusting women

It never fails to amaze me how ill-mannered some women can be. In this entry, it would be, how disgusting women can get.

Any gym member will be able to give you many accounts on the disgusting habits some women potray in the changing / shower room. I know I am not 100% saint-like myself, but I've been raised and taught to always be civic minded and look after my own actions. Certainly this lesson has not been taught to a good number of other people.

At times, I thought men would be the ignorant gender when it comes to cleanliness and manners of the public amenities. I was given a stiff lesson to return my thoughts.

At the gym's ladies, I encountered a pair of STAINED panties on the floor of one of the many shower cubicle. It just lied there. Abandoned. WTF? Your mother teach you to leave your blood-stained panties on the floor of the shower cubicle isit? Well, maybe at home you have a maid or maybe maidS to pick it after you - but in a SHARED showers??? If you plan to discard the stained property, there is an invention called the garbage bin. Okay, I assume that pesky piece of garment accidently fell off while you check out from the showers. BUT, are you that careless when it deals with STAINED PANTIES? I dunno about other females, if I were to in possession of such item, I take extra care to make sure it wont be seen by another human being and carefully dispose it or whatever.

That is story numero uno. Another encounter was also in the showers cubicles. I saw some women left STAINED SANITARY PADS on the soap holder! WTF??? The stained panties i can still forgive by assuming the owner didnt notice the escaping panties, but used sanitary pads? Dont tell me you can forget that? Yet you remember to collect all your toiletries? Again, your mum forgot to teach you where to dispose used sanitary napkins, isit?

These stories are among the ones I paling beh-tahan. Other disgusting things people did there are such as leaving their fallen hair all over the hair-dryer counter, leaving toilet papers all over the floor, not budging eventhough they know they are blocking another's access at the lockers, those 'stares' and many more.

Seriously, there is no civic awareness among Malaysians - even in women. Only God knows, prolly the men's room will fare better manners. It really disgust me to know that women are also so ignorant and selfish - where are your manners? And you claim you are highly educated and of upper class, yet you cant do a simple task such as using provided amenities and leave it in the condition as you found it? You cant perform simple act of ethics using shared amenities?

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Busy week...

Sorry folks, for not blogging lately. Had been busy with classes and also since this semester I participate in a club, it added to my equation of workload :/

Working with dongkois only contribute additional stress and frustration, but I am able to manage my anger - still able to, yet :P And dunno if it is due to the hectic-manic-ness, I seem to be forgetful leh... SERIOUSLY carelessness to the max!

I was rushing off for an interview at 9.30am this morning, and in all the hush of preparation and fuss of looking presentable, I actually speeded off to Uni without my handbag! Seriously 100% dongkoi-me! I was lucky not to be stopped by a police or watever without my IC and driving license! Not to mention my handphone and money and makeup and matric card! Thank God they didnt ask for my matric card to enter the interview room *phew!* And it was too late to drive back to USJ... I was lucky yet not so too :P

Oh, yeah... I spent one hour and a half without my hp and wallet... The experience of not having my mobile with me is alright, but to not have my wallet was S-C-A-R-Y... *eeeeeks!*

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Monokuro Boo Frenzy

Okie... Before I start, saya mau menjelaskan bahawa my previous post of monokuro boo has and carries no intention of wanting you people to get it for my birthday. It was all just a joke and a catch to wrap up that entry. Please do not get offended thinking I initiated the need for people to get me birthday gifts . I hate it most when people feels that it is an obligation to get me birthday presents for any sort of reason. There is no need for it. If one is truly sincere, their action will speaks all.

So please, if anyone gotten offended, sorry and seriously, there's no obligation to get me a birthday present just because. If you are truly sincere, believe me, I WILL KNOW and of course, I CAN TELL *muahahahaha!* If one just gives me monokuro boo because they thought I hinted about it in my blog and actually gets me one, - they thought they are getting something I want as they dunno what I like, well, it tells how much they actually care enough to know and understand me. It means you just get what you are told to do, which was and is not my intention. Some might feels that its better to get you somthing you likes than actually getting something you doesnt. Well, that is them, not me. If you know me, my birthday is seen in my eyes as a celebration of MYSELF by MYSELF for being blessed another year of life, for rejoicing the anniversary of my birth to the world. Friends who care enough to celebrate this occasion with me are welcomed and hugely appreciated, not obliged. Birthdays are not only just about presents. Thanks, but no thanks, please, I truly wasnt implying that anyone must get me something. If you dont actually loves me, dont bother k... Friendship and love is not measured by buying the right gift for my birthday. No point going all out for my birthday or getting me a present whereas throughout the rest of the days in the year, you didnt bother to contact me nor sincerely go yumcha with me because you enjoy my company, when you are too 'busy' to spend one minute and 20sen to sms me? When one is willing to entertain others in their limited, busy life than to contact me thinks getting me what I want will erase their negligence towards our friendship? And those keep saying they remember my birthday and "intend" to celebrate with me but every year also gives excuses when it really arrives is another pest I wanna squash. PLEASE, just dont.

If one is really sincerely my fren and loves me, every sms, every meeting we had is already the ultimate birthday present for me. Thanks loads, I know who you people are. I lurve you people! *mumumuaks*


Okay, this entry was supposed to be a happy one where I wanna share with you all my latest purchase of Monokuro Boo merchandises. Yeah, one can see i am infected - most of my stuff has monokuro boo's indentation *wink*

Piggy keychains! The one for my car keys got bells some more! * heehee *



And here's what I managed to scout - a notebook, a badge, a HP strap, stickers and wrapping paper. I even bought a pair of monokuro boo hairclips! *heehee*

Live to eat

Do you eat to live or live to eat? Well, in Fatty Luck's case, its live to eat. Being the glutton himself, he'll do anything, just ANYTHING just to eat, even to a very tiny fragment of food - serious la. Very, very different from 'yau sing kak' Iro...

Here's an example of his never give up and I'll-do-all-that-it takes-for-food attitude of Lucky's :

1) Bro enticing him with a piece of cake. Fatty is sniffing very hard and tried to reach that cake.

2) Lucky : Alamak... ! Kenot reach! Argh!!! Must push my muzzle into the bar...! Come on! I can do it! Cake! Here I come!!! Gimme...gimmeeeeeeeeee....!!!!!


3) Still cant reach it, my bro start provoking him by threatening to eat the cake himself, Fatty Luck launch into his last stretegy - FIGHT!!! Lucky : GRRRRR!!!! GIVE IT TO MEEEEEEE!!!! ( and start crashing the gate)

So, folks, inila muka those who live to eat - his never give up spirit is actually credible as he really WILL DO ALL IT TAKES TO GET THE FOOD. * wink* Are you like this? :P

Sunday, September 03, 2006

Monokuro Boo


My latest fav - Monokuro Boo!

Am attracted very much to its piggy appeal :P Especially the perempuan pig with the ribbon! Macam saya! *heehee* But only sometimes she will wear the bow :P

In Japanese "monokuro" (モノクロ) means "monochrome" while "boo" (ブー) is that sound that pigs make. Appropriately enough then, MonokuroBoo consists of two adorable plush pigs in black and white who just generally sit around in front of cute patterns and quaint slogans like "Simple is Best" and "Happy?"

One trip down to Sgwang and Times Square and I witnessed all those lil boys and girls still in their secondary school uniform happily ber-paktoh. Well, no surprise ya, but can see almost all of them has matching Monokuro Boo figurines or keychains - neh... those one pair ones - where the bf got one half and then the gf got the other half? *sigh* Contamination of my Monokuro Boo! But then again, it was originally created to come in pairs, therefore it is a no wonder many couples will choose to have the pairs.

Memang so very the cute leh!!! I mean the pigs, not those teenage couples :P Wat do you think - you are the black pig or the white one? :P

I am looking for its stationeries leh... Their letter sets, notebooks, stickers... But kenot find... *sad* Most of them hafta online purchase leh... *sigh* but actually, all their merchandise i oso wan.. *heehee* Since my birthday is coming... *WINK*WINK* :P


My new fav porridge place

If any of you can recall, I am someone who lurves porridge. No, not due to influence of the fairy tale of the girl and the 3 bears tingy. I, well, just like it, hehe... Though I dont seem like someone who lurves porridge, hor?

All these while, I liked the porridge sold by the stall in the USJ 2 coffeeshop. Tried the well-known one in Petaling Street, but it didnt hold my favor. Am still planning to go try this famous one in KL - anyone knows how to get there ar?

The USJ 2 porridge stall auntie's porridge lost its placing in my porridge heart * :P * after I tried this shop's :



Pei tann sau yuk juk - by Maharaja Laut restaurant in Taipan, USJ. Served in the traditional claypot, it kept the porridge hot till the last spoonful. Their porridge taste rather authentic - gave me the home-cooked porridge feeling, unlike those MSG porridge most commercial stalls sell. Not only the authentic taste, but also the generously incorporated porkballs and century egg pieces - YUMMY!!! Their serving for one actually is enough to fill 2 stomachs.

Memang porridge is their specialty there, though they do offer a variety of other chinese noodles and snacks.


And tong-sui too! Tried their bubur ca-ca which is a lil too sweet to my likings.

Some might feels that this shop placed the price of a pot of porridge a lil too high. For me, I think its alright to pay rm5.90 for a claypot of porridge which is enough for 2 AND has generous servings of ingredients in it.


Come on over for a bowl of porridge with me there anytime, ya!


Rate : Price 5 /10, Food 6/ 10, Service 5/ 10, Ambience 6/ 10 ( its usually rather quiet there, and whats best is to consume hot porridge in air-conditioned place? :P), Presentation - em... how do you judge the prettiness of a pot of porridge? :P