Happy "Rat" New Year!

I wanna wish all my friends, my colleagues and readers (IF I have any) a very HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! May your year ahead will be filled with good health, abundance wealth, prosperity and joy! And of course, those who are attached - faster get married lah... And for those who aren't attached YET, faster faster get someone to love lah!*wink*wink*

In conjuction with new year, this blog entry will be ALL about new year.

For me, Chinese New Year means:

1. Eat like an ogre. (Put away that weighing scale!)
2. Guilt later.
3. Firecrackers from neighbours. (Jet, you are right... Maybe we DO aged already! When I was young *oh my, I sound like an old lady* I love the sound of firecrackers banging here and there. But NOW, I was super annoyed with it!)
4. Red packets.
5. Reunion dinner with high school friends.
6. Meeting up with relatives. (Then, the aunties will *concern* about when you will get married, what's your plan for future, when do you wanna change job, change car, yadda yadda yadda...)
7. A reason for shopping.
8. HOLIDAY!

This year's celebration is extra special for me as I was in Kota Kinabalu for the past 3 years, and didn't celebrate Chinese New Year with my family.

Put away the emo side, let's see the CNY check list:

Fake flowers on dried branches. If got money, pussy willow is the best. Decorations for the trees.Wall decorations.A very joyful couple.Kuih bakul. Eat on the last day of CNY. Cut into slices and dip into beaten eggs. Fry until golden brown. Then it's ready to eat! Another option - place sliced kuih bakul in between sliced yam, and dipped into beaten egg, then fry! Mandarin oranges ("kam" = gold). The more sour it is, the more I love it!
Biscuits.Biscuits..Biscuits...
Biscuits!And more biscuits!What's a CNY without prawn cracker......and Shandy?Fatt Choy statue and bamboo tree to usher in good luck and prosperity!*Fa Chai, Fa Fa Chai*

I'll be starting work on 11th Feb... ughh! It's not something I'm looking forward to.

GONG XI FA CHAI again to all! This is the day where you can have great moments with your family and friends. Enjoy every minute of it, and appreciate the people around you... Happy celebrating!!!

Guess What I Spotted?

As I was shopping for Chinese New Year goodies, I spotted not only ONE, but TWO DICKS in TESCO!

Whould you like to have a bite on SPOTTED DICK?

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!

Let's gather!

2008.

I'm 24 years old.

Am I still YOUTH-ful enough for this event?

Malaysia's Youth Lifestyle Showcase! As a programme by youths for youths, we've got over 18 exciting activities lined up just for you! Registration for
the activities is up. Don't miss out on the most electrifying and mind
blowing youth event of the year!

Register yourself at their website or go to Cineleisure, Level 1.

High School Gathering

I'm sick, and I'm bored. I got two days off work (hoo-ray) and I'm blogging here. Haha...

This is one backdated blog entry on our Korean Feast gathering on 29 December 2007. Last gatehring of the year 2007, and we have already make plans for the year 2008. PLAN 1: Chinese New Year "lou-sang" gathering to be organize by Jet as she mentioned earlier in her blog that Regent Restaurant in Bukit Kaya serves good food. Now, as Jet is the organizer, we can have abalone, Beijing duck and shark fin soup (*save the sharks people, STOP eating them*) for Chinese New Year 2008! PLAN 2: A trip to Krabi, Thailand! Our Redang/Perhentian/Lang Tengah trip on 2006 was a success one, and we wanna have another trip just like that, this time we'll use passport! Hahaha...

Redang, Perhentian and Lang Tengah Island hopping trip.

As for the Korean Feast, all showed up (refer to my previous post) except Siow Mei (Singapore celebrating Christmas with Mr. Merlion) and Vennie (her mummy dearie's birthday celebration). We ordered the Steamboat and Barbeque Set (RM250) for 6 person (but total of us were 11 person!).

Pictures courtesy of Sher Hui.From left: Siew Yee, Tsu Ann and Connie.

Steamboats and BBQs were done by the staff and owner of the restaurant. We were there just to eat and chit-chat. Ah, and guess who we met there? Xiang Ying!!! And with her sister Xiang Min and their parents. Xiang Ying just back from Singapore by train and went to Korean Restaurant for dinner! What a shock! I'm so happy to see you!

Third row (from left): Xiang Ying, Poh Yan, Kelly, Rose and Suet Mun. Second row (from left): May Jet and Mei Wah. Sitting (from left): Siew Yee, Tsu Ann, Connie, Lily and Sher Hui.

And so, we pass around the food, we eat, we babbled and we pass the bowls around again and we chat... Last time, we talked about the bad teachers, gossips about friends, couples etc BUT NOW, we talked about work, who's gonna get married first, being "ji mui", gossip PY's friend, and WORK! How different of now and then...

Everyone's busy-busy with the food.

Photos were little because we were busy eating and chatting. Even the photo-queen Jet are taking less photos that night.

Jet's busy with food.Poh Yan's busy texting and receiving calls on her phone!Put down the phone and take picture with me!

The owner of the restaurant, the charming Mr. William and Mrs. Justina were so friendly that he offered free kim-chi and rice-wine classes and even 10% discount the next time we're going there! Thank you Mr. William!

Taken by the not-so-profesional "Dai Cheong Kam" staff.After removing the table. Aahh, so much better...

After the night ended, Lily and Jet move on to another makan-makan session, while we stand outside the restaurant and chit-chatted there, with Kelly telling us dirty-but-stupid jokes.

01.01.08

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all!

It's been a amazing 2007! I have stepped into new year, additional a number increased into my age. I never admit I am old, just getting wiser! Haha...

The great things (I'm not gonna mention my BAD things) I've done in the year 2007:

1. Graduated!
2. Got a job, with great colleagues!
3. Got my very own car.
4. Bought my first investment - unit trust!
5. Got my first credit (plastic) card!
6. Bought my first oversea holiday package.
7. Got my hair permed (after a loooOOoog time of consideration).
8. Actively selling and buying from eBay.com (e-commerce mar...)

Where did I go on New Year's Eve? I didn't go anywhere, just rest at home. But I went to Bukit Tinggi, Pahang on 30th Dec. The place does not live up to my expectation. Disappointed with the place and the each and every RM of the food and souvenirs (which can be easily bought from Sungai Wang Plaza). The pictures from Internet shows beautiful view of the place, but when I go there in person, the things were not as seems as how they are promoted. I will blog on that later...

I haven't figure out what's my resolution for the year 2008. What's your New Year resolution?