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Sigh....
Anyway, I was asked a few times what are my favourite flowers (most probably coz I think it's sorta a tradition to give flowers on a person's graduation day). And I realised that I didn't have one. Maybe African Daisies comes close, but I wouldn't exactly call it a favourite. I know for sure I don't like Tiger Lilies. Reminds me of big stuck-up, ostentatious 'tai tais'. African Daisies are more like fun-loving wild childs; carefree and friendly. :)
So if you really wanna get me flowers, I would prefer African Daisies. But I would actually really really love a wide angle camera... :D
Going out now to some steamboat buffet place in Sunway Mentari called RNC Seafood Steamboat where apparently, they serve cheese soup...yummy!
ktxbai
Bondi Beach in Malaysia



Bondi Beach Grill and Bar is not the place for you if you are looking for fine dining. They offer a more simple and natural fare, and their food is cooked with olive oil. According to the management, theirs is a backyard barbeque concept; but what sets them apart is their specialty sauces which complements the food. Any barbeque maestro will tell you that a good barbie is determined by the sauce.

Their beverage list is pretty decent. There are no special concoction beverages (the fanciest they have are smoothies), but it’s adequate enough. The cheapest are sodas and ice lemon or orange tea (RM 9), and the most expensive (not counting alcohol) is freshly squeezed apple or orange juice (RM 15). Beers, alcohol and a wine list are also available. Bondi Beach is currently having happy hours all night long, even including weekends.
Ice Orange Tea
RM 9
The first dish we were served was Grilled Oysters topped with Buttery BBQ Sauce. The appetizer portion comes with two oysters while the main portion comes with 10 oysters. If you are squeamish about oysters like me, this dish might change your mind. The BBQ sauce with a dash of Tobassco really made the difference. I was slurping it all up!
Grilled Oysters topped with Buttery BBQ Sauce
RM 21/RM 32
The second dish was Prawn Pinwheels, which are “spiced tiger prawns grilled on a bed of curly endives”. The appetizer portion come with 3 skewers of prawns, the main portion comes with 5 skewers. Now, I’m not a huge fan of prawns, but I’m telling you, this dish was my favourite for the night! The prawns were so juicy and succulent, with that delicious taste of perfectly grilled food. Ooo...I’m drooling already just by thinking about it!
Prawn Pinwheels
RM 16/RM 21
What was served next was the Seafood Kebabs with Dill from the ‘giant skewer’ category which has tiger prawn, soft-shell crab, squid, tenggiri, courgette, cherry tomato served with tartare sauce on what else but a giant skewer. One of the tiger prawns I tasted was not so fresh, but I think that was the only exception (I still prefer the Prawn Pinwheels though...). The soft-shell crab was a nice touch to the dish, delicious too I might add, with its char-grilled taste. Squid and tenggiri fish were not bad too. The tenggiri was soft and flaky.
RM 38
I’m a firm believer that you shouldn’t cook your steaks past medium rare. So the Rib Eye was quite a disappointment for me as it was a tad over done for my liking, which made it quite tough.

RM 28

RM 21

RM 28

RM 3 per bowl

RM 8
The Apple Cinnamon Comb was better, especially eaten warm with the cold ice-cream.

Rm 12

Hmmm....Might I suggest fried Mars bars for the dessert menu to spice things up....? *grin*

The Killer Vegetable
BabyLern's whole family loves bitter gourd. I don't. In fact, it's probably safe to say that I almost hate it. Usually I don't mind bitter stuff like super black and concentrated coffee, or even those Chinese medicine thingy that Mumi makes me drink whenever I am sick. But the bitter gourd has this kind of bitterness to it that tastes really bad and weird. Yucks!
So when the small little wrinkly vegetables arrived on the table, TheParents encouraged me to have one, and my heart dropped. I don't wanna put that thing in my mouth, but how could I refuse them??? Luckily BabyLern came to the rescue and told them that I didn't eat bitter gourd. Phew!
But TheParents refused to give up, and asked me to try one. And by one I mean the whole baby bitter gourd (which is more bitter than the normal one), not just like, one spoonful. BabyLern came to the rescue again, and said that we'll share one. He took one baby bitter gourd and cut it into 4 pieces. He looked up at my face, and then proceeded to cut 1 piece further into half. So now that small piece more or less come up to a spoonful...a TABLEspoonful, not TEAspoonful *sobs*.
So that spoon was hovering in front of my face. Couldn't bring myself to take it the last few centimetres to my mouth. *sniff sniff* Omg, it smells so not good! Looked up and saw everyone looking at me expectantly. Gave a little smile (more like a grimace actually), took a breath and put the damn spoon in my mouth.
The first chew didn't seem so bad. Then came more chews. And I was reaching for the rice, and my drink....anything to get the taste off my tongue!!! TheParents were looking at me and asked how was it. Dilemna-ing now. To tell the truth or to lie? To say "It was good!" or "It sucked! I hated it! *ptui ptui!*"? In the end, I settled on somewhere in between the two.
"It was ok. *smile and shovel more rice into my mouth*"
Went home in one piece. Looks like the little green bitter vegetable didn't do much damage.
Bleurgh! Can still taste the bitter gourd in my mouth now. *rubs tongue with chocolate*
Meet The Parents
OMG...he suddenly sprang this on me when I least expected it, even told his parents that I'm coming along already. Crap, was freaking out, wondering if I was dressed appropriately, or if I looked ok...after all, first impressions DO matter...I was seriously panicking there, so much that BabyLern said that I didn't have to go if I didn't want to. But hey, I have to get it over and done with sooner or later right? They were already expecting me anyway...So what the heck...just let me hyperventilate a bit more, then I'm ready...
It turned out ok I guess...We went to Manhattan Fish Market. BabyLern and I ordered the Premium Fish Catch Whole Fish Platter from their 'Strictly For Sharing' menu...They seriously gave a whole fried fish. Yucks, I hate eating stuff with the bones still attached, probably coz I'm too lazy to take the time to remove them...would recommend the Manhattan Seafood Platter For Two instead, or if you like their fried mushrooms (which are really good) try the Fishermen's Giant Fried Platter, I think it comes with more servings of prawns also.
I kept asking BabyLern if his parents said anything bout me after the dinner...Gosh, it's like sitting for exams liddat...No wait, I think exams are less stressful... O.o
The Hunt For Red Meat
So last night BabyLern wanted to go dating *hugs* and we ended up at Sunway Pyramid. We practically walked all over Pyramid in my quest for the best and cheapest place that offered beef...thank god I have a boyfriend who is so accomodating...The most obvious choice would of course be Tony Roma's, but for Rm50+ a pop, I don't think so...So went to the directory to search for restaurants which sound like they serve big juicy beef. Haih, to cut a very long story short (we WERE walking for more than 1 hour just looking for beef u know...ONLY BEEF...wasn't looking at other stuff :s) there are no restaurants in Pyramid offering nice big juicy beef for less than RM30....so we went for plan B, dinner at TGI Friday's (it was a Friday after all...hehehe...).
I ordered the Jack Daniel's Sirloin which was kinda a disappointment coz it only came with mash potatoes and almost 1/3 of the steak was fat..yucks...! Sigh...and it cost me RM39.90, not including taxes...Hey wait, correction, it cost BabyLern RM39.90, not including taxes...Thanks so much, love you baby!
And guess what? My cravings are still not completely satisfied. *sniff*
Me still want big fat juicy beef steak!!!
Steamboat buffet!!!
Today the stars must all be alligned, coz we're going to makan steamboat buffet tonight!!! *drool* SingingMan won't be with us coz he's back in his hometown, but I managed to rope in CincauAaron...Hmm, must try to psych him into going to Malacca with us also!!!
~lalalaa~ Steamboat buffet! Steamboat buffet! Can't wait!
SummerSplash yang tak jadi...
So we went walking around Sunway Pyramid. Checked out some cameras and finally, ended up whiling the time away at MPH, but they had limited choices of books there so got kinda bored after a while. Nearly 3pm, we decided to go and try our luck again...WTF, went there and saw that the line was even longer than before...!!! Ok, forget bout it, dun wanna go in adi...So, in the end we went to J.Co to hang out....haih...wore my swimsuit for nothing....I kinda hate crowds btw...the only time I would line up with all those crazy people like that is when there is a super huge and great rave....yeah baby!
Nearly 4pm, I was starting to panic adi. Was supposed to go home with Cincau coz I have to be back at Bkt Jalil by 5pm coz got family dinner later, but still couldn't get hold of him. How now???!! Finally he messaged SorryWrongNumber saying that he was at Carl's Jr with his friends. Oh, thank god! Went there to meet up with him, and he was eating this thingy that had fries with meat sauce all over it....OMFG!!! It was so GOOD!!! Or maybe it was just my hungry tummy talking...but seriously, it was good!!!
Finally, Cincau finished his food (with lots of help from me... XD) and we left...But as usual, Cincau misplaced his car again... -_-" Reached home at 5.15pm, and BigSissy said she wants to leave for UncleKC's place adi, which is like now!!! Omg!!! Pack, pack, pack!!!
Vietnam - Day 1
Real 'jeruk'-ed turtle, I swear!!! I think....
Tortoise Tower, a pagoda on a tiny island in the middle of the lake. Sorry la, it's damn far out ok....camera don't have such 'canggih' zoom...
After the temple, we wanted to get tickets for the Water Puppet show. Went to the theatre which was just across the road, but it was closed till 1.15pm. Dang....
A word of caution....if a lady selling stuff comes up to you and puts her basket thingy on your shoulders and asks you to take a picture, be suspicious, be VERY suspicious. Most probably you'll have to take your wallet out for that picture (read: forced into buying what she's selling). SissyDear was one such gullible victim, as evidenced by this picture.
It's only 11 something in the morning, but SissyDear was feeling hungry, so we went around looking for food. Found this little shop (and I do mean little....it was more like, tiny) selling 'pho' (rice noodles). They were barbequeing some meat to be eaten with the noodles. We were sort of apprehensive with what kind of meat it was, tried asking the lady selling the noodles, but she didn't speak English. So we did the touristy thing....Mummi flapped her arms like a chicken and moo-ed like a cow....which of course resulted in laughter from all of us, noodle lady included. *swt* I still don't know what meat it was, but as long as it wasn't dog or cat, it's all good....
Bun Cha, which is basically noodles with barbecued meat and it came with a heaping basket of veggies. The noodles is kinda like bihun, only a little thicker and softer. The meat was in a soup that tasted a bit like they added vinegar inside, sweet and sour-ish. The first few spoons of the soup tasted fine, but after that it became a little too much for me....
Walked around after lunch. Mummi and SissyDear were in shopper's paradise. Those two can really shop! I was getting kinda tired and cranky after a few hours. At around 2pm, they decided to go back to the hotel to rest. Finally!!! Our room was ready. It was quite big actually, with air-conditioning, hot water, TV (with HBO, Cinemax, AXN, Cartoon Network, Animal Planet) and fridge. They even give towels, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, and toilet paper! Oooo, and they even clean your room everyday! Not bad for USD5 per person, per night. Sweeeet....! We were so tired, we took a nap....like, for nearly 4 hours....woke up at dinner time. Big mistake. Should have gone and seen the sights more and not wasted so much time. Actually, it was kinda amazing that we managed to sleep that long. You see, our room was on the first floor, which is probably not the room to choose if you are a light sleeper....remember that I mentioned earlier, how the Vietnamese love their honks? Well, try sleeping through all that honking that is practically right out your window....
Went to try this place recommended in Lonely Planet, Cha Ca La Vong. Sells something called Cha Ca fish, which is grilled fish. And it's the only thing that they have there. Quite pricey, 70,000 Dong per person, drinks not included. Apparently, the whole street (Cha Ca Street) sells Cha Ca fish, so you can probably get it cheaper at another shop. Not sure bout the taste though.....
Some weird veggies I haven't seen before and pho which goes with the fish. The Vietnamese sure love their pho....They gave peanuts too, which I wasn't sure was an appetiser or was supposed to be eaten with the fish, cause it all came at the same time (I ate it with my noodles...hope there wasn't a Vietnamese somewhere there secretly laughing at me.... :s)
Cha Ca fish in a pan on a charcoal burner thingy. You're supposed to put the veggies in the pan to cook....at least, that's what the lady did.....Monkey see, monkey do.....
After dinner, me and SissyDear were planning our itinerary. And yup, we wasted some time today. Should have gone to see all the sights in the city, then we would have time to go on another day tour. As it is now, we have to choose between the Hoa Lu-Tam Coc tour or the Perfume Pagoda tour...no time for both. Sigh...
Went back to the hotel, and asked the girl working there, Thoa, what was there to do at night. She recommended that we go to Hoan Kiem lake for some ice cream, Thuy Ta Cafe. We were sort of expecting the special Vietnamese ice cream, but turns out, it was like what you can normally find in Malaysia. Not worth it some more, 13,000 Dong for a single scoop on a cone. The view of the lake at night was beautiful though. A lot of people come here at night to sit by the lake. Quite a number of couples there too.
Walked around a little, looking at the shops, mingling with the crowd, and I have to say this...I was in 'leng chai' heaven!!! Hehehe.....
Oh, and here's a guide on crossing streets in Vietnam:
- Summoning up the guts: Watch the locals cross. See how they miraculously get across in one piece? You can too!!!
- Offer up a prayer to the big guy above, and ok, now put your left foot out....and, no, don't put it back in...this is not the Hokey-Pokey ok???!!! This is a matter of life and death!!! Now, pay attention!!! Ok, left foot out, then right foot, left foot, repeat....
- When doing Step 2, make sure you are looking at the vehicles coming towards you. No, you are doing this so you can avoid them, you are looking to make sure that they are paying attention, and that they spot you, and THEY will avoid YOU. If not, then so sorry, your luck....
- WALK, DO NOT RUN!!!!! Do not make any sudden movements, or you'll just startle them and most likely make them run straight into you.
- Still alive? On the other side of the road already? Congratulations!!! *clap clap* You've managed to cross the road in Vietnam!
*If you still can't master the steps above, look out for any locals crossing the road and cross at the same time. Watch carefully where they step, and when they move. If this still doesn't work, then I also cannot help you already. Good luck waiting for the road to clear up enough so that you can cross.
UVNation Pt 2

Quite empty when we got in...duh, still bright so de vampires not out yet...
Things finally picked up n every1 started dancing. Dat time DJ Desire was on de decks. She played quite a good set, but I can't really dance 2 Tech-House n Techno 4 very long (I'm more of an R&B person), so we headed over to Urban Room. But they weren't playing R&B yet, so we just sat at the side for a while. Hung around just enjoying de music, then we went 2 get drinks. N you know de damn bloody fucking thing???!!! We were supposed 2 get coupons n redeem those for drinks, but WTH, there was only like 1 girl there selling the coupons. Eh, hello....this is an event where an estimated 20k people are supposed 2 attend, n you only station 1 girl there to sell coupons???!!! *grumble grumble* *push push* Finally got de coupons for our drinks. Went 2 de bar n I heard some people saying that there was no more beer. Like, WTF??!! It was only 10 or 11 sumthin n you guys ran out of beer??!!! Then de girl behind de counter said that de beer is on de way, but it won't be cold. Double WTF!!! Who likes 2 drink warm beer???!!! Talk about poor planning...couldn't de organisers anticipate the crowd size n sufficiently prepare enough drinks??? Luckily, my vodka sprite was still available, thank god! Cool bartender gave me equal parts of vodka n sprite. Usually they only give 1/4 liquour n de rest mixer. Luv you man!!! Drank up n was feeling REAL good. So I dragged de rest of de gang back on de dance floor. Benny Benassi finally came on with lots of fireworks (like, real, exploding, colourful fireworks) but we could only hear it. And de damn malu thing was, right after he came on and all that fireworks display, technical error pulak. I'm not sure whose fault it is la, but I don't think it was Benny's. WAKAKAKA, you have an international DJ coming 2 Malaysia n your equipment crashes??? Oh, so damn memalukan. Poor Benny....haha....they finally got it fixed, Benny played, every1 happy. Oh, n I sort of seriously, m not 2 say really absolutely positively have fond feelings for shufflers. One, they hog de whole dance floor. Two, they can practically dance all nite, ergo they hog de dance space de whole nite. Three, you can't flirt dance with a shuffler, so you can never pick up any cute shuffler guys. Four, they stomp, not step, STOMP on other people's feet. Bloody assholes....I have bruises all over my feet already.
Main arena when DJ Desire was spinning

This was at Urban "Room", I think...
Alex De Ghost!!! EEEEEKK!!!
Met a couple of people dat nite. Nick, StanTM's fren; Jasper; Marcus, his gf Junee Foo (who turned out 2 b StanTM's 'khai mui', small world), Syami, Gigi, n Edwin (I think I saw Gary too); Point Blanc, dat 'Ipoh Mali' guy (I didn't even know who he was at 1st, until EmilyBoo mentioned dat song *blush*. I took a pic with him!);
Me and Point (mind u, it was taken rite b4 we left n I was all sweaty from all dat dancing)
n OMFG, I saw Ooi Yee Ker also!!! Haven't seen her since secondary school. Didn't talk 2 her though, she was working 4 de event n was very busy.
We finally left about 1 sumthin, went 2 Jasima at TTDI for 'yum cha'. Heard EmilyBoo ordering Indomee Double. Haven't eaten dinner yet n haven't ordered a double before so I ordered dat too, thinking dat it was just cooked using 2 packets like I do at home (well, I use 1 1/2, but I can't say "Boss, Indomee satu setengah" can I??? Then heard Celine ordering Indomee with 'telur mata lembu'. Huh??? Telur mata LEMBU???!!! Alex: "Mata KERBAU isit???". Me, Celine, Alex n the fella taking our orders started laughing. WAHAHAHA...dat was good! Then my Indomee came...Like, huh??? Wat on earth is this?? It was just noodles fried with cabbage, some meat n egg, n it was like loaded with pepper. I thought Indomee goreng is supposed 2 be Indomee instant noodles with a fried egg on top???!!! Yer...so not nice...I only ate like 1/4 of it n gave de rest to CincauAaron n EmilyBoo. N it cost me RM7...yer, such an unsatisfying dinner/supper. Went home, n started on 'UVNation Pt 1' post. THE END!
My ticket stub n wrist tag
P.S. I missed Benny Benassi's hit track Satisfaction! Crap! I was waiting de whole nite for it summore... :(
P.P.S. I heard dat they ran out of water at de rave at 1am....isn't dat kinda like, dangerous??? Oh, those poor clubbers...
*pics "filched" from Celine, EmilyBoo n CincauAaron...Sigh, de 1st ever time dat I post pics on my blog, it had 2 be of clubbing....
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