From Bermuda to Melaka in 2 months!

I finally did it! Was telling Genna, my best pal about my intention to cut my hair real short like I did back in school when I was 16 but just never had the guts to do it. Well, below are photos showing my transitions since I left Bermuda and got back home. In two months, I just did it batch by batch! Haha. The weather proved to be a real motivator for me to have them chopped!

First day arrived in Melaka. Really long hair as it was really expensive to get my hair done in Bermuda.

After my first visit to my hairstylist.

Then a 2nd visit to my hairstylist again.

Then my mum colored my hair dark cappucino, after my hair needed a touch up again in just 2 weeks! The bright blonde was too much to maintain, so we got a darker color. Hey, I missed my old dark hair. :) Also, check out my newly acquired limited edition nail polish from MAC- Peppermint patti in Hong Kong.

Then finally today, another visit to my hairstylist and got it cut even shorter. Looks like this is here to stay for at least another 2 months. Hey let me know what you think..

KL April 14, 2009

Back in KL after a hectic trip to Hong Kong, I would not personally recommend a holiday to Hong Kong as it was probably the most stressful trip I have had so far. Language was definitely some problem there and the inability to read Chinese probably made it even more difficult. Anyway I will be puttting up some posts about the HK trip soon. Back in KL and my aunty dragged me for some Chinese acupuncture as I have had some problems with my back and shoulders due to my job nature, staring for 15 hours at the laptop sitting on the chair after 5 years especially in audit has taken a great toll at my health. Well, I was conned the fact that I thought it was only a consultation with the Chinese doctor and just needed to take some medication. But, I was sent to a room and the next thing I knew, look at the amount of needles that was poked into various parts of my body. I was really frightened but it was sort of cool as it was not as painful as I had expected. I actually asked my mum to count the number of needles used on me and I think there was about 24 or 28!! The only bit that was painful was on nearby my thumb surprisingly. Well, honestly I can't wait for the next session.. or maybe NOT! :)

Then I packed us some appetizer from my favourite fruit rojak from Jalan Batai and this is the best fruit rojak in town. Still great after all these years. Awesome!

My favourite char kueh tiow stall from Jalan Batai. Delicious!

My afternoon treat! Teppanyaki durian ice cream from One Utama. This was so good!!!

Family dinner again April 7, 2009

This is me again, after a haircut again in 2 weeks. That's how quick my hair grows back at home. This is my 2nd or 3rd visit to my hairdresser and I am already planning for another visit this week! Weather's been extremely hot back at home, like around 33 to 34 degrees Celsius.

Later that night, we all went for dinner and below are some photos. This is one of the dishes that we ordered and this was an additional dish as we were still hungry after having what we ordered. This is the sweet and sour pork ribs. It was ok as I thought the ribs needed some tenderizing at least.
Mum, Dad, Laura and her hubby, Dylan.

The inseparable duo- Laura & Dylan. (opps the other way round, but whatever..)
Me and Mum
Me and Dad.
Caroline to the addition.


Caroline and Belle.

Typical soup- shark fins soup. Yes, I know this is not very friendly to the sharks, but I am pretty sure they are fake ones. Not directly from a shark, which makes it OK. Rationale, real ones should be really expensive and is there still anymore sharks swimming with fins???

As you can see, its mostly made up of eggs, crab meat and starch. Try spot the fin? None.

Sesame boneless chicken. Oh this is good and even better for lazy people, just chew the whole piece down. Tasty!
Stir fried choy sum.
I like this cod fish duo. Like a yin and yang style, steamed and fried slice of cod fish. Yummy!

Bean curd with minced meat. This was good too.

Family Dinner on April 21, 2009

Dad was in a jolly good mood and said he will take us all out to dinner and I suggested this home-styled cooking restaurant after seeing some photos of my friend taken having dinner here and coincidentaly, this was a long lost restaurant that my dad took us too before. Overall the food was good and the price was excellent! Very affordable and we are heading back here again soon!

The couple that cannot be separated and yes, you can hear their phone bleeping non-stop (or at each 2 minute intervals) if they are not together. I told this couple that they should just pick up the phone and finish off the conversation instead of texting back and forth! haha. Anyway this is Dylan and Laura (my 2nd sister)

Belle (youngest sister) and my Grandma.

My Mum, myself and Belle

Me and my Grandma
One with Laura

And of course, one with the Boss (Dad)

Mum and Belle.
See how Belle is photographed ALWAYS holding on to her brand new handphone?

This is my 3rd sister; Caroline. She was kind enough to take all the photographs during the dinner and of course I was even kinder to use our new Nikon D60.

First dish. House specialty tofu. Very tasty and I could taste some bean curd sauce.
Another house specialty- dong po yuk. Something like braised pork. Very good also.
Stir fried brinjals with long beans and minced meat. Tasty!
Stir fried ginger chicken with kei chi. Very good! It was so tender that Mum mistook it for frog! Ha ha
Stir fried bitter hourd with cucumber. This was for Dad. I think it was just OK. But I don't take bittergourd. So, no comment.
House specialty- steamed fish. Quite tasty and the fish was very fresh! Nice one.

Another afternoon tea session, Uncle John Kopitiam, Melaka Apr 6, 2009

Kevin and I decided to try out this new kopitiam (coffee shop) in Melaka Raya as we always see this place packed with customers especially at night. Well, the food was OK and better than the other kopitiam we used to frequent so we might decide to change our hang out spot as this place was more economical, it was like at least RM1-1.50 cheaper than the other place. And I think for the same or better quality, I'll definitely make the move. I am reluctant to pay RM3.80 for a glass of iced coffee.

The shy boy, trying to avoid being photographed.

The not so shy girl, posing for the camera.

His standard kopitiam food- French toast and iced white coffee.

"Malaysianised" French toast. There is peanut butter inside the two layers of toast, topped up with honey and butter.
My standard order. Iced white coffee with a slice of toast- kaya and butter.