小龙仔、小龙女来报到！

刚刚才迎接了2012年的到来，转眼间，农历新年紧跟在后，商场及电台整日都在播放新年歌。

今年是华人最爱的龙年，已知道身边的几位亲戚朋友将增添龙宝宝！在此，祝福她们母子/女平安健康。

2012年的第一顿午餐

2012年的第一天，我们宣告破产！

不对，我们好像经常都宣告破产噢！哈哈！

既然都已经破产了，当然就要节衣缩食啦！

粗茶淡饭之一：番薯粥 + 菜脯煎蛋 + 一小块的辣腐乳

你以为我们很可怜吗？决不！这可是最简单美味，同时又能勾起儿时回忆的住家菜。加了番薯，白粥也变得香甜可口；再佐以咸咸辣辣的腐乳及微焦的煎蛋，绝对让你一口气就可以把它们解决清光。

新年愿望：知足常乐（自我安慰，哈哈！）

Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012

Have a guess, what had I done in the last day of year 2011? In the morning, after my breakfast at our usual coffee shop, study for my final exam (3 more days to go, huhu...) + FB. Afternoon, went to AEON shopping mall at Bukit Tinggi to have lunch with brothers-in-law. We started to think about activities for the new year eve on the way back from Klang. After seeing the movie posters alongside the cinema in the shopping mall, we realized that it has been quite some time we didn't go for a movie. So, we are going to have one for new year eve.

It's too convenient for us to have movie, there is one MBO cinema just opposite to our condo. Can you see it? In this SPark building. This photo is taken from our car park, to show you how near it is. hehehe....

It is not big as TGV or GSC, but still is the BEST in this neighbourhood! We like it because it is near to our house and not too crowded. You won't see long queue at the ticket counter. However, it still can be full for those high demanding movie. Last time, when we went to watch "Transformer 3", to our surprise, it was full.

This is the one we watched last night, "Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadow". Since I am a fan of Sherlock Holmes, how could I miss this show?

A must-have snack for movie: 1 large popcorn + soft drink. It make the show PERFECT!

After the movie, we went home to rest while waiting for the countdown and fireworks. We have a 'hot spot' for fireworks performance, on the hilltop right in front of our condo. We walked ourselves up to the hill, to an open area, with clear view of KLCC twin towers. Out of our expectation, we can actually see the fireworks performed by various places. 

That's all for the day...

X'masGift

I know when you see the post title, you must be talking to yourself like this: "What? Still talking about X'mas? Does she know that today is already year 2012?"

Ok, ladies and gentlemen, please forgive me for the delay of the post content, since I'm busy mar!

Well, this is my X'mas gift, specially bought by my Santa Claus from Sweden! Chocolate with liquor as you can see the brand on top. Chocolates with liquor & dark chocolates always are my favourite! Thank you, my dear Santa!

Kechara Oasis 如意轩 @ Viva Home

Recently quite busy with my study and work, almost 1 month did not update my food hunting stories. Well, better take a short break, spending some times refreshing my memory on the nice food I had in these 2 months. 

最近有点忙，很久都没和大家分享我在这两个月内享用过的美食了。脑袋被一堆的方程式搞糊涂了，还是暂时抽离一下，写些提神的东西。

We went to Viva Home, a shopping complex with special theme, I'm sure you know what theme is that based on its name. Yes, lots of home- related stuffs can be found here. We actually planned to go there before moved to new house. But, until now only we have the chance to visit there. Well, we spotted a nice set of living room furniture, including sofa, coffee table & console table. Did we buy it? NO! Why? Because.......we cannot afford to have it right now. See? I try to comfort myself, not now, maybe in the future, only God knows when is the right timing. Haha!! 

上个月尾，我们去了Viva Home，一间拥有各式居家物品专卖店的大商场。我们很喜欢其中一套家私，是那种线条简单却很有禅味的沙发＋咖啡桌＋电视架＋摆设小桌子。一看标价，我的妈呀！只是咖啡桌就要差不多两千块钱。我们就赖在那舒服的沙发不舍得起身。

Since our dream do not come true, then must have some compensation (a poor excuse, I think.). We're attracted by this restaurant. It is a vegetarian restaurant, I think can be considered fusion as they offer Tibetan's, Thai's, Vietnamese's, Malaysian's vegetarian cuisine, as stated in their menu.

既然物质享受买不起，就满足口腹之欲吧！一看招牌，就知道是一间充满法喜的素食馆。他们提供了多国的特色素食。

A pot of hot tea always is a good choice when you can't decide what to drink with.

一壶热茶，为洗去油腻而准备。热毛巾温暖了被冷气吹冻的双手，同时也唤醒了沉睡的细胞。

Top: Appetizer from the house - preserved papaya. 

店家为我们送上了他们自家腌制的木瓜酸，清脆爽口，真是一道好开胃菜。

Bottom: Deep fried round momos. 

藏式炸圆饺

A unique Tibetan dumplings with potatoes, vegetables, herbs and cheese served with chili oil. (as stated in the menu) 

以马铃薯，蔬菜，香料及奶酪为馅，佐以辣油。

I never been to Tibet, so I can't tell you how authentic this dish is, but I can tell you, the chili oil is really spicy! It is a perfect match with the cheesy deep fried momos!

香辣的辣油，足以抵消奶酪的油腻感，却让我的舌头被辣得麻麻的。

Top: Butter Mushroom

奶油茗片

Deep fried oyster mushroom served with special butter sauce (as stated in the menu)

奶油酥炸鲍鱼菇

Bottom: Vietnamese Eel

越南鳗鱼

Stir fried mushroom in plum sauce, red chili, mango & basil. (as stated in the menu)

素鳝炒梅子酱，红辣椒，芒果及罗勒

I think they also put some passion fruit on top of it. Can you see the black seeds with some juicy orange stuff? It tastes like passion fruit, sweet & sour. Thumbs up!

我觉得除了餐单上所写的食才，他们还放了些许百香果肉。虽然是炸香菇，但因为多了芒果及白香果，酸酸甜甜的，一点也不觉得油腻。

演唱会

最近这几个月，有很多场的演唱会，比如：让人为之疯狂的王菲，刚刚圆满结束的张学友1/2世纪巡唱大马站，八月份的陈奕迅，即将来临的许志安，等等。。。

我原本很想去张学友的那场演唱会，可是，就因为犹豫不决，结果，门票两下子就售罄。在加场，却因为工作的关系，没法实现了。

因此，当我一在电台听到动力火车明年将来马举行演唱会，就赶快上网搜索详情。一开始开放网上及电话订购，加上有10%折扣，当机立断，买下了2张门票。前天，特地去主办单位的办公室领取门票。

十年前，我们就曾说过，要一起去看动力火车的演唱会。十年后的今天，诺言即将兑现！

期待2012年2月25日。。。

Strawberry Moment @ De Garden, Ipoh

Last night, we went to the De Garden located at Ipoh, opposite the Jusco shopping centre.  There are a few food & beverage outlets in the building, such as Wong Kok Restaurant, Burger King, Ayam Penyet, Daorae Korean BBQ, Papparich and etc.

After wandering around the building for minutes, we finally decided to try this.

Chocolate Banana Mousse cake with strawberry

Tiramisu Mousse with vanilla ice cream.

Ice Blended Strawberry Mocha

Strawberry juice

Speechless ...

Last week, I gave my students test as per scheduled in the teaching plan. To me, the questions asked are extremely easy! As long as they pay full attention in the class, do their revision (by just need to study the notes and tutorial questions), they can score well in the test.

However, from my observation in 10 weeks, many of them do not attend the lecture classes, only a small number of students pay attention in my class when I was trying my very best to keep my voice louder in explaining and providing them suggested answers. Can you imagine half of the class are talking with each others, treat you as transparent, although you'd "remind" them about your existence?!

OK, I went too far from my story. Back to the test, after finished the test, I heard various "sounds" & noise made by the students. Suddenly, I heard 1 of the student complaining to his friend about the vocab used in the questions.

"I don't know what is the meaning of 'pessimistic' lah! The English ah, very high standard, like the degree level English, not diploma level one."

I looked at him for a few seconds, wondering " Har? English also can be classified into  DIPLOMA & DEGREE level? " Can anyone tell me what to say?

I was speechless...

志工初体验

上个周末，我们报名参加由世界宣明会主办的“童路有你，共享改变”巡回展志工计划。这项计划主要是让更多人接触到它们的“儿童助养计划”。这是我们第一次当志愿工作者。既然是第一次，就由最简单的工作开始 -- 派发传单！

世界宣明会通过与贫苦社区的合作，帮助该区居民为自己的孩子、家庭及社区建立长远的未来。大家一定有听过“饥饿30”吧？那是世界宣明会的主要常年活动之一。虽然我们不曾参加这项活动，但是，在大约3年前，我们就通过“儿童助养计划”，助养了新疆的一位小女孩。

我们觉得想要更深入了解它们的活动，就必须亲身参与活动，于是，就有了这次的初体验。此次的巡回展是配合在谷中城举办的第二届妈妈与小孩展览，只占了小小一个角落。

巡回展的设计展现出世界宣明会的社区发展计划的几项主要活动：

1。医疗保健

2。干净水源

3。教育机会

这是当天乐捐一定数额就可获得的商品，包括：BROS特别为与世界宣明会合作而设计的水壶 （大、小）、记事本、印有“我是儿童助养人”字眼的T恤，还有，群星为马来西亚世界宣明会15周年庆录制的VCD。

十号胡同 @ Lot 10

我们终于到这个地方了！其实，我们想到这里已经很久了，只是，之前住在一个相对来说是离闹市偏远的地方，所以一直没行动。趁着哈芝节公假，我们特地到位于Lot 10的“十号胡同”。

“十号胡同”有什么特别呢？这里集结了二十几家传承了至少50年的街头传统美食，也就是说，在这里可以一口气品尝各种具有南洋特色且绝对品质保证的美食。

 

牛肉丸面 -- 看似普通的牛肉丸，一点也不平常，很弹牙。

另一道平凡中更能显得出师傅功力的美食，叉烧云吞面。本人是非常喜欢吃干捞云吞面，在小贩中心用餐时，如果没有其他事物吸引的话，一定点一碟干捞面。只是，我又很不喜欢有碱水味的面条。何荣记的干捞面，没有淋上很多酱油，可是味道适中。还有还有，叉烧嫩嫩的，再加上一碗应该是下足材料去熬的高汤和云吞，满分！

最后，再来一碗榴莲口味的挫冰。一“片片”的挫冰，绵密幼滑，让我顾不得冰冻牙痛，一口接一口。

好吃的食物，结局只会是这样！