Pic of wisdom tooth. Hehhe.

So sorry for not posting anything up earlier!

Don’t know what I’ve been doing. Oh, right. I’ve been very busy working the past 1-2 weeks. Quarter end. Very busy period for us.

ALCO, BNM submission, RBC, I’m sure you don’t know what I’m talking about. Good.

 

Right, here’s the picture of my removed wisdom tooth!

 

 

I thought it was huge! It was split into two parts for the dentist to take it out, so I had a hard time making it stand without falling.

 

 

Becoming a badminton fanatic these days. The things we do just to play badminton on Saturdays! Last Saturday we spent one hour searching for a new location. The stadium which we usually play in was fully booked, so we scouted out another place, which turned out to be either non-existent or 99% invisible to us, because we looked up and down (with the GPS too) for an hour and couldn’t find the place. I kept thinking that if JY or my brothers were back we could all play together! Hey I’m becoming a much better player. Anyway, we were in BSD, couldn’t find the place, went to NPNG to find the courts fully booked, and drove all the way back to Wangsa Maju to play! That was last Saturday. Just played again this evening. Now my left arm is aching, and it hasn’t even fully recovered from last weekend’s activities ><

 

 

I went for Yoga lesson too (again) last Sunday, but this time with a partner!! Finally! It turned out to be better because I wasn’t so bored because I wasn’t alone and the group was much smaller in the afternoon sessions. I have a better appreciation towards yoga after some explanation from the instructor and encouragement from AY and KM (they have been going for yoga lessons for 2 months now). So, I’ll probably be going for it again. Tim, when are you going to join me ??!!

 

You must be thinking why am I so health/weight conscious that I have to go for so many kinds of sports these days. Back when I was in US I hardly exercise. Maybe it’s mostly because I have a companion now (and a group who are all badminton fanatics) so in a way I’m pushed to play sports. Also it releases stress, and since I’m playing sports I can eat anything I want and maintain my weight!

 

So …. I went for diving, took out my wisdom tooth. Next in line is attending my forex course and also my trip to Bali !!  can’t wait. Oh and also a string of birthdays in Nov.

 

Alright good night KL. :):):)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Personal Experience on the removal of wisdom tooth

 

Preface:

I was already warned that  it’s going to be a tough surgery. Not so sure on how much I wanted to believe though. In my mind I keep thinking I just want to remove the tooth and get it out from my mouth. If I don’t remove it now, if I back out now, someday later I will come back again and say I will need to remove it again. I’ve already done that once, so might as well get it done and over with.

 

The doc told me during the consultation:

“This is a difficult surgery because your tooth is buried very deep inside. This is also a high-risk surgery because due to the fact that your tooth is buried deep inside, it’s very very close to the nerve. From the two-dimensional x-ray, you can see the nerve right along your wisdom tooth, but since it’s two-dimensional, we don’t know whether it’s below the tooth, or beside it. If we hurt the nerve, chances are you’ll lose some senses below your lower lip. If you do lose some senses, it might come back, but I have patients who never got back that senses either.”

 

“So what do you think?”

 

“Do you want to do it…? It’s your call.”

 

“Um… Yes”

 

“Well, I could try and open it up during the operation. If I could see the nerve and it’s too close to the tooth, we will abort the operation, Ok? “

 

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Come the day of the operation.

 

I was nervous the whole damn day! ><

 

But I went there and the doc was very supportive. Local anesthetic was given and it didn’t really hurt much. The doc even asked if I had any ipod or songs from my phone to listen during the operation (to distract me). So I used it and honestly, it didn’t help very very much because I didn’t use two earphones to listen (had to keep one out so that I could hear what the doc said during the operation), and the operation was much more distracting than the songs from the ipod.

 

Then the surgery started. And I didn’t feel any pain.  I tried to ignore the warm liquid feeling in my mouth (presumely it’s my blood!) and I closed my eyes half the time because I didn’t want to see the tools that the doc was using. Don’t need anything extra to freak me out!

 

But with all the years of experience in the dentist’s office, I guess I am kinda used to it. What with braces, retainer, tooth filling, normal checking/cleaning blabla… Used to having the lamp shine at me. Used to have my mouth held wide open for some time.

 

Anyway, back to the surgery. After 10 mins or so, the doc stopped and sighed, looked at me and said:

 

“We have a situation. I can now see the wisdom tooth, and as we expected, it is buried very deep inside. However, there is something extra. There are bones above the wisdom tooth”

 

…………. how is that possible?

 

“How come?”

 

“It happens. It’s just the way it is structured.”

 

“……………….. . Ok.”

 

(you know, I’m very amazed by the doc’s ability to understand what I’m saying when my mouth is wide open and I have a damn hard time talking during the surgery)

 

“Your tooth will never come out ever, because the bones above are blocking it”

 

“Will it hurt my other molar if it comes out sideways?”

 

“No it will never come out sideways”

 

“If I continue this surgery, I will have to remove a lot of bones. It’s your call again. Do you want to remove the wisdom tooth, or not? “

 

“…………..  .” ( I was thinking about the crowding-my-teeth problem)

 

“Please continue. ”

 

“Hm.Ok. I will remove the bones, and I will try to move the tooth. If it is rock solid, I will abort the operation. I won’t be spending one hour trying to make the tooth move. Alright?”

 

My heart sank after hearing what he said. Inside I kept praying “Please be guai and move !!”

 

Then came the grilling sound. Ugh. That was not fun at all. Even with the anestetic I could still feel the pressure and it caused some discomfort. After 10-15 mins, it was doc’s first attempt to remove the wisdom tooth.

 

I could feel the pressure when he did it. I could also feel the tooth moving slightly at the 2nd try and my heart skipped a beat. Yes it moved! (although it hurted a little when it moved. The doc said it’s normal.)

 

The doc must have sensed my relief because he said

 

“Yes it moved a little. But it’s not enough. It is moving but we do not have space for it to come out.”

 

Then he started grilling my wisdom tooth. Don’t know how he did it because I didn’t really wanna watch anything. And it continued…. god knows how many attemps he tried on removing the tooth. It must have been 5. Or more.

 

A normal operation lasts for 30-45 mins.

 

Mine lasted for 1.25 to 1.5 hours.

 

After what seemed like a long time (when I’m almost dozing off to sleep because the medication has kicked in), the doc announced that “your tooth is out btw.”

  

I was so relieved by then!! Then he started cleaning and stitching up the wounds.

 

” Can you see the nerve?”

 

“Nope. Because it’s very very wet.

 

I didn’t care anymore. It doesn’t hurt at all when he did that. I just wanted to see the tooth but he said later. He stitched 5 stitches. Is that considered a lot of stitches? I asked my mom about it later and she was like “Whooooaaaaa I only had one the last time.” >< WTH. But then mine was buried and it was buried deep inside. Hers was partially out.

 

After the surgery, the doc actually said to me.

“This is an extremely difficult surgery. I had to use all my years of experience on this.”

“I had to use the microsopic lens if not I wouldn’t be able to see the tooth because it’s too deep inside!”

 

THANK YOU DOC ! For still believing that you could do this even though there were quite a few unforeseen circumstances.

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Epilogue

I have the tooth now with me. Took some pictures but the camera is upstairs and I’m lazy to get it to load it here. Will do it and edit this post maybe tomorrow or Friday.

 

I am taking medication to reduce swelling, antibiotics, and painkillers. Ate porridge during dinner and I am feeling so hungry now. Slept at 10pm and woke up at 1am feeling wide awake. Only 3 hours ? Why!

 

So now it’s 2.41am and I am blogging my experience up here. The anesthetic has worn off, and I am beginning to feel my senses again. Also, I think my nerve wasn’t injured. I could still feel some senses at the part where the doc had warned me beforehand on where the senses would be lost.

 

Happy removing wisdom tooth to the rest of you guys out there who wants it removed ( or are still thinking about it). I still have two left But judging from this experience, I might just not remove it for the rest of my life. The doc remained very pessimistic on the remaining wisdom teeth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kg Salang, Tioman Island

 

Hello!

 

I’m back from Tioman, and I’m still alive ! With not much of a scratch even!

 

Remember what I said about waking up at 2am? LOL. So I forced myself and Hendrik to sleep at about 9pm – and we both groggily wake up at 2am for PT to pick us up. And then when everyone asked each other what time they slept, we actually slept the earliest ! (one of them didn’t even sleep)

 

So it was 4 guys, and 2 girls, on a road trip to Kg Salang.. driving up to 120km per hour on a one-lane road in the middle of the night. My eyes were closed so I see nothing.

 

Reached Kg Salang @ Tioman Island finally at about 10am on Friday. This is what I saw when I stepped down from the ferry.

 

Did I step into an island in paradise?

 

Since when Tioman got so pretty?? I’ve heard all the hypes on Redang and Perhentian (saying that it’s better than Redang), but hardly Tioman. So, pardon my lack of enthusiasm when I found out we were going to Tioman for our diving lessons.

 

But this ?!?!

You can see that the water is clear towards the shore, and it’s such a pretty shade of blue and green.

 

Everyone was wow-ing at the sights, except for the dive instructor of course. I guess we never expected any of this. It made my trip worthwhile! This place is by far the best beach that I’ve been to, honestly I think it’s even better than KK.

 

A closer look at the beautiful shore.

 

I will not like Penang’s beaches anymore.

 

My dive instructor said Kg Salang is quite untouched by tourists, so the corals are still alive and well. A good place for beginners to dive, and facilities and food suck but that’s why tourists are rare and corals are alive. See, you gain one, you lose one.

 

 This you’ll see if you snorkel. It’s a different picture altogether when you dive.

 

I think. I enjoyed diving. Even though I had to carry 15-20kg of weight with me and paddle across the ocean, even though I had to climb up the boat with 15-20kg of weight and it was so so so heavy. Even though I vomitted twice on the ocean due to sea sickness. Even though the sun was glaring at me.

 

DESPITE ALL THAT, seriously, diving was cool.

 

(Sure I was panting and whining when I had to carry the weights but now that I’m back and now that I think about it, it ain’t that bad after all)

 

It was like what other divers had told me, under the ocean, it’s really calm and peaceful. Once you’ve passed the anxiety and have mastered the technique of mask clearing and breathing, an exciting advernture lies ahead. You see very cute underwater creatures with amazing colors, you see very beautiful corals and when you look up, you see the ocean above you and it’s just a different experience. Don’t worry, as long as you have your tank turned on and you have air to breathe, you’re relatively safe underwater.

 

I’ve seen a big turtle, a shark ( !!!), many nemos, touched a mini jellyfish, and many other species that I’ve never even heard of. We had to ask the dive instructor each time the names of the creatures that we saw to jot it down on our log book (something similar to a diver’s diary).

 

I think I’ll go dive in Bali. I can’t wait to do a leisure dive and pay people to carry the weights for me!

 

 

 Sunset in Tioman.

We actually did a dive in that Island. It’s called Soyak Island, and it was a wrecksite ! (Meaning we saw sunken ships there)

 

Still can’t believe I can be that adventurous, but after it’s all said and done, I’m glad I did it. It was fun. And it was really a holiday. My 012 had no reception AT ALL. And there were no newspapers to be sold. Internet is available for RM13 per hour.

 

I’ll see if the dive instructor keeps his promise and mails us the pics taken underwater. Yep he brought his underwater camera. Will post it online!

Weekly updates

 

At the rate I’m going, pretty soon my next title in my blog will be “monthly updates”

 

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Seriously I have no more free time!! Ok, actually I do. I just use it to play games, chat with my mom, DINER DASHHHHHH (I just completed the last challenge so excited that I’m finally done with the game!!), play with my dog, watch tv…..

 

Anyway, I have so many things to update.

 

1) Tioman Island

I’m heading there tomorrow night. Night = 2am start driving. 2am start driving  = WTF.

So as you can see, not looking forward to it at all.

Plus the possibility of drowning underwater in Tioman, so NOT FUN to think about that at all.

 

Ok Jack just went to Perhentian for his diving course and he liked it a lot, so I think it will be a great experience for me even though I need to wake up at 2am to drive down to Tioman, even though it will be so hot I will be sun burnt, and even though the sea is salty and I will have scratches all over. I shall not whine and I shall just go ahead and just TRY AND SEE IF I LIKE THIS SPORT. 

 

I will stop whining.

 

Sagittarius are supposed to be adventurous and loves nature blabla.

Sigh. Will bring my blue camera and I will show you pics after its over!

 

2) My wisdom tooth

Almost 2 years ago I nearly took out 3 of my wisdom teeth in US. Went for the X-ray and consultation, fixed a date, but I backed out last minute because I had no one to fetch me home after that. I regretted not doing it then and there in US.

 

Now in KL, when I want to pull out my wisdom tooth (bear in mind it’s not teeth, the dentist said I shouldn’t even think about the other 2 yet!!), I get the exact same question from everybody (from dentist to nurse to colleagues to family and friends). “Why do you want to pull it out? Is it hurting? Is it urgent?”

 

Seriously does anyone understand the phrase precaution is better than cure? No? When I was in US nobody gave me the impression that I only had to pull it if it’s urgent, everyone took their wisdom teeth out even before it came out and became a problem. Ok so mine’s still buried inside, but it is already giving me hassles (crowding my teeth). And I just want to get through this once and for all Sigh. But the doc is saying that it’s too near to the nerve blabla may hurt the nerve may have problems…. (but the dentist in US didn’t say anything about that?) so I’m not so sure. After my previous dentist experience in US, I’m not going to trust any ABC doc in KL anymore. The dentist in US examined my teeth and told me that the filling work done by previous dentist in KL was crap!! She had to take out all the fillings and redo it again just to repair the situation. I was so pissed off by that – I would never go back to that KL dentist anymore. So I went to this recommended doc in Jln Ipoh, and I hope and pray and hope and pray harder that he will do a good job in taking this wisdom tooth out. Pls dont let me regret further by not doing it in US !! One reason that drew me to get my wisdom tooth out  in KL is that I’ll have my mommy here to fuss over me…………… sigh. *Pray again*

 

3) Took up a Forex course

And dragged 2 friends into it, possibly 3!! Which reminds me – Kinz PLS ask me the rate and let me tell you the details. I forgot about it the last time we met up…..

 

4) Pictionary

When was the last time I played Pictionary? Probably like 3-4 years ago. Played it last last weekend at Tim’s house and omgosh it was SO FUNNNN. Played with the weirdest group ever hahhaa we had TimTim of course, Kinz, Yenni (who just came back from Singapore), Khai Mun (who only knows Tim and I), Keem Ming (who only knows Kinz and I), and me.  So there was very minimal introduction before we started playing the game. Kinz the joker actually suggested Yeni, Khai Mun and Keem Ming be grouped into a group so it would be a good ice-breaker! LOL so funnnyy! Anyway we split into 2 groups with lat da li lat da lit dam boommm….. and the game began.

 

It was such a fun fun fun afternoon. Don’t know to describe it but those who played pictionary before would know. I still remember funny images like popcorn, queen elizabeth, cable wires…. we really should play again someday lo. Can we play mafia the next time please please please…. I’ll suggest that next time.

 

5) My brother will be back in Dec!!

At least one will !! Can’t wait lo, it’s been a year! Awwww… I wonder if he’s still my baby brother. I know, he’s already 20. I get it. I think I should start planning my holiday leaves. Hmmm….

 

Ok I really need to get packing so I’ll stop here. I’ll twitter if I get the chance (but very very very unlikely). Diving instructor said only 019 has reception there in the remote island. We’re not really going to Tioman Island, its Salang Island I think, somewhere near Tioman? Not sure. I’ll just cling on to Hendrik Tan for dear life and hope he doesn’t abandon me there with a 012 that has no reception.

 

WISH ME LUCK !

Random.

 

Want to finish up my FSA modules but I am SO LAZY I just keep procrastinating.  ><

 

Last year, this time around, I was touring in Paris. In fact, I still remember Tim and I both reached Paris through Eurostar (woke up at 4am for that too omgosh) and we were searching for bathrooms to shower, and we saw CY  while walking up the stairs or something! And after shower we had a nice cosy lunch looking at the river……….

 

Paris brings back a lot of memories. Sorry I still haven’t posted any pics up, but I guess facebook has plenty (from Tim and CY’s pic album).  It just got me wondering, last year I was in Paris, where will I be next year? (not necessarily working elsewhere la, maybe just travelling or something).

 

I think I’m going broke this month >< spent RMX,XXX amount on facial treatment  (((((( I still haven’t gotten over it, and then I think I’m going to spend another RMY,YYY amount on a forex course, and not to mention I’ve already spent RM Z,ZZZ on the diving course, and also the tioman diving trip towards the end of sept.

 

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X+Y+Z ~~ almost RM10k.

 

wtf.

 

My stocks didn’t earn me 10k. I’m going to hope and pray that forex will. Oh shit, I just broke rule No. ##  which is – Don’t rely on praying.

 

Going to sleep now. I’m so moody! I can’t complete the Diner Dash level argh!

Two things…

 

a) I went for diving lessons again last Saturday. Even though I still hate hate hate the bloody sun, I think I’m beginning to enjoy diving!! Went underwater (albeit just the swimming pool) for 20 mins and I love it!! It is actually very fun being underwater.. the whole experience just changed for me after I got myself a new mask (RM 170 though). Just one thing to note: we HAVE to check how much air we have left. It’s easy to be distracted underwater. And the whole 20 mins below there I didn’t remember checking it at all. Imagine how dangerous that could be! ><

 

Oh, if both my brothers are reading this, THEY SHOULD LEARN DIVING. I’m 100% sure they will love it. Then 3 of us can go diving together! ho bo!

 

b) I attended a very interesting seminar last week. It’s called “critical thinking and decision making skills”. I really like the speaker’s style by providing so many examples, so many group activities (and into different groups too) and making the point through illustrations. I went there knowing no one and it wasn’t so bad after all. Other people did come and talk to me, vice versa, and it’s sometimes.. nice to go there meeting new people and new friends. And I forgot to bring my name card!!!

 

But I believe this seminar is very beneficial. It might not apply so much at work, but at home, with friends, family, loved ones. Every single day you make decisions, sometimes you have some time to think about it, sometimes no. Nowadays I try to think from different angles, try to understand reasons why, and try to see the other person’s point of view. The speaker gave us one example which I still remember… and its something like this:

 

A man wants to renovate the house, so two construction workers went to have a look at the house and came back to the man. Construction worker A said : “hey your house is the one in white.” Construction worker B said :” No, his house is the one in black!” So they argued and argued. Each insisted they’re right. The man looked at both construction workers, laughed and said “If you stand from the north, the house is black. If you stand from the south, it’s white. I’ve painted my house in two colors.”

 

So, both are actually right. The key is just understanding where they’re coming from…

 

Can I just add one more thing in before I sign off?

3)

This friday is ASM night. ASM = Actuarial Society of Malaysia.

 

aaaaaaahhh.

 

and I’m performing.

 

I’ve been 摆上台 by none other than JS to SING omgggggggggg. (luckily he is accompanying me or else!)

 

I know I can’t wait. I can’t wait for it to be over!! But you know, consolation prize is still RM50.

 

Wish me luck!!!

Thoughts on life in 2009

Ah… for once I’m not going to post any pics up.

 

Tired of going to Picasa, uploading it to WebPicasa, and then C&P-ing the links to the blog. I’ve not written for a very very long time.

 

How’s everyone? Everyone says I’ve been busy. Well, I really am. This 2009 has been a busy year for me. Never thought work could eat up so much of my time, and I couldn’t believe that my life after work can be so crazy. Never knew I had so much energy. Previously in US, I’ll usually take a nap after work, from 6-8pm or something (and some of the times waking up late and missed American Idol argghh!) Now, once I’m back home, I either

 

a) eat at home which happens about once a week or

b) eat out (4 times a week)

 

and just so that everyone knows, eating out, driving, waiting for food, blabla, can be quite exhausting.

 

Anyway, been thinking about my careeer path lately. I am split between music and finance. I am so screwed. I like both, and I want both. Was talking to a colleague about forex trading and he got me interested. Actually I’ve been quite interested in that but just nobody I know knows anything about it and I don’t know how to get myself involved. Just like two years back Joe (a colleauge and good friend in US) introduced me to trading shares online and I got hooked (and screwed too, since 2 years ago was 2007 and shares has been dropping ever since heheh) but you know, it’s a knowledge and it’s just good to get yourself exposed.

 

This colleague of mine who’s been telling me about forex trading told me some things which I find very useful. If you play these games, you have to be discipline and stop. You have to have a stop loss limit. I took that into heart and thought long and hard about it – and sold off my Apple shares that night. I was earning 45 bucks per share and I didn’t want to sell it off. Why? I don’t know why. I just want to see if it will go up higher. But how much will I be satisfied? I guess I’ve never given much thought on that. So A (the colleague) was saying if I don’t have a goal, I will never be satisfied (no matter how high it rises), and I will never sell it off when it goes down (believing that someday… it will bounce back up again). Maybe this is something that everyone already knows but just didn’t practice it. It can be a dangerous thing.

 

There is a course on forex trading which he recommended – which I think I will go if I can find the time. Sigh.

 

Then I talked to another friend about music. She’s been a music teacher for 4 years and she’s teaching in Yamaha – the school which taught me when I was a kid! In fact, this friend is kind of my senior in music classes, she’s been attending the class before mine every Sunday (at 2pm omgosh I still remember), back in those days when we were still tweens lol (it’s a word whom they refer to kids who are yet to be teenagers). So, she told me some stories and it got me excited – I’ve always always wanted to teach group classes in Yamaha, because I attended those as a kid and I so enjoyed it! Believe me it’s very very fun. You sing, you clap, and you perform as a group. So yeah, was thinking about that … wondering how I can fit both into my schedule …. Maybe this is something that I will think about 5 years down the road… or something…

 

A lot to think about … and half a year has already gone by. Again, first half – hard work, 2nd half – more towards funnn! Timtim’s coming back in Sept!! Can’t wait to see her and I’m planning to go scuba diving this year. If you know me, you know I’m not the adventurous type – it was Hendrik who wanted to do it, and he kind of want me to join ….. >< so yeah I’m joining. I mean, you only live once right, so I musn’t be scared of this! PLUS – I’m supposed to be a good swimmer.

 

And then there’s the mcseifu trip coming up… once a year. Hope it becomes a tradition. The last 2 mcseifu trip was SO FUN. Sigh, thinking about the last one in Europe… bring back very fond memories. The weather, the scenery…

 

Anyway gotta go back to work – took half day leave to study. So I’m going to study!

~ A trip to Ipoh ~

 

So, AY’s wedding is finally over….

 

 

Stole this from Shan who stole it from Andy. I think both of them won’t mind gua…

 

From registration in February (which reminds me, they still have liquor in Luna Bar!!), 2 wedding dinners, 1 house party and another wedding party, (and waking up at 6am!!) now it’s all done. AY has officially become a MRS. hehhe

That’s her on her official wedding day. On July 9th.

Very excited on that day. It was my first time playing the zi mui, giving all the tough games to the heng dais. Don’t have any pics though, the photographer took a lot, and when I get hold of the pics, I will post those funny pics up

On their balcony garden

Left to right : Hendrik, me, AY’s sister Ai-Nee, and KY the wedding planner

 

Was browsing through facebook and saw some pics posted up by KM’s friend – Shan. Sorry I couldn’t resist your pics were too good!! I had to steal it and post it up here. But the credit goes to you of course.

THIS IS THE WEDDING DINNER VENUE ON THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BIG DAY.

Spectacular picture isn’t it? It’s really very nicely decorated. And the wedding dinner is at her grandma’s house by the way.

And that’s the 3 of us!

 Me, AY, and KY – best of friends, taken at 7atenine last Saturday during the wedding party. Love this pic !!! I have a similar one in my camera, but since mine’s not DSLR or whatever, the picture’s dark, blurry, and just ew. This one – thumbs up. Thanks Shan if for some reason you’re reading this!

( Seeing the quality of the DSLR and comparing it to my compact – sigh the difference is just so painfully obvious. Hate my own camera.)

 

Spent three days two nights in Ipoh as well, attending the groom’s house party on that night and their wedding party the next day. Toured Ipoh like I’ve never toured before! Oh gosh, with the GPS, seriously you can go anywhere, and also with the help of some Ipoh folks – thanks to Khai mun, Poh Yoke and Poh Lian who answered our calls when we were semi-lost in Ipoh town.

 

So, of course, we went around tasting Ipoh food, which was obviously delicious – Ipoh wins Penang btw, just reconfirming what everyone already knows. Ipoh serves delicious and healthier food (see, Penang is always about char kuay teow (spicy and fried), sotong bakar (super fried), assam laksa (spicy), prawn mee (spicy), and all other spicy stuffs). Back to Ipoh!

 

 

First stop – Ipoh HOR FUN (怡保河粉）

Best ever tasted. Sorry to those who do not share the same opinion.

 

AY loves the custard served in this shop as well….

 

For me I think it’s too sweet.

Khai mun, pls remember the name of the coffee shop from now on …. hehehe.

 

2nd stop…

 

Was told by Poh Lian I think that this place serves the best Ipoh White coffee (was searching for it because Hendrik wants to try it out). Ok its actually quite good actually (compared to 天津 )…

 

 

Ipoh white coffee lovers should definitely try it out… but btw, their 猪肠粉 suck!! It tastes sourish (maybe due to the addition of green chilli or whatever)

 

Wanted to try out this popular place for dinner – but we passed by it for two consecutive nights only to realize that both nights they are closed !!!

Damn geram. Apparently from what I heard/know, they only open half the time.. so only those lucky people get to eat it.

 Oh oh, and we passed by this popular place for Dim sum, which recently opened up another outlet, right opposite their rival! LOL. Did not go inside because I don’t think Ipoh’s Dim Sum is better than KL’s. yet.

Can someone tell me I’m not crazy and that this place really looks like those restaurants in olden TVB series (like 迎春楼 in those 古装戏）

On another note, we toured Ipoh’s Hotspots as well !

If Gua Tempurung can be considered a hot spot

The place was so quiet that we didn’t really dare to walk up to the counter which according to the lady there you have to climb the stairs to get up – it’s at the entrance inside the cave – which we highly doubted, and also we didn’t see any stairs.

Took some pics….

 this is still in Ipoh

and moved on to Kellie’s Castle.

Picture taken from the car

Saw the bear treee !

Only to realize that it was first spotted only 2 years ago – and it was also reported in TheStar.

 taken by my photographer boyfriend

Overall, very fruitful trip to Ipoh, and if it’s not for AY I wouldn’t have had taken off on both Thurs and Fri to head down to relax in Ipoh! Thanks AY ~ and thank you for the hospitality when we were in Ipoh…

 

 

Don’t worry – KY and I will plan a trip to go Ipoh again soon, now that we know there are extra beds in your house, and also a blue-ray player!! NICE.

Cava +++

And we stopped at Cava the last time…..

 

Cava is a Spanish/Western restaurant situated in Bangsar. The first time I went there was last year, with Hendrik. That was one of our first few dates after being together, and the ambience was good, service was good, wine was good.

 

But I forgot what I had for dinner at that time.

 

2nd time was with his group of friends – they had a gathering there. 13++ of us, had many bottles of wine, many plates of dessert, again I forgot what I ordered for dinner (I must have shared an entree with Hendrik), and the bill was quite hmmm…

 

So 3rd time, I went with my family, finally – (well I gotta try the food first before recommending it to my dad. It is a must here in the Cheangs)

Dad and Mom – Free from H1N1

 

Me and Hendrik – please pardon the poor photography. It took my mom multiple tries and finally my dad said he’ll take over my mom to try to take a less shaky picture, and here it is. The best pic among the lot. I wonder what’s up with my image stabilizer blue camera. It doesnt seem to be helping at all ><

 

Then I took over and started taking a few of our dishes….

 

Baby octopus. My fav food recently.

 

One thing to note: DO NOT TRY Michelangelo’s baby octopus dish. It is so huge it’s like eating octopus itself. Seriously. Hendrik and I went for the first time and ate it and we were like “wth?”, then 2 months later we forgot about it and went there again, and ordered the same appetizer again!!! >< And it doesn’t even taste nice.

 

Cod Fish with Pasta. Super tasty Dish.

 

Dessert.Yum

 

Did I mention I went to Yoga on Sunday? I forgot which Sunday it was, maybe it was last Sunday. OMG so damn painful. For 2-3 days my arms were like… numb. The muscles were all aching at new places. Yoga is good, but the room was so hot it’s like doing yoga and sauna together. I went for the class @ California Fitness, and phew luckily I went for Yoga 101. Initially I thought I could do better and take the immediate level (well, because, I went for quite a few pilates lessons back in US so I thought yoga is sap sap sui. Plus, I did some yoga with Wii Fit. It counts right?) Luckily I didn’t. Yoga 101 was tough enough. *sweats*

 

And I finally met Minn’s boyfriend! wa wa wi wa. After almost 2 years. We met up @ Delicious Bangsar on sat afternoon for tea. Here’s a picture:

 

Together with Kinz… Hahhaa

 

My mom saw it and she said “yl, don’t you think minn and her bf have such fu chai seong (夫妻相)??” and I was like “really?!?!”

 

Then I looked again and I guess I probably agree with my mom. You guys do look a little alike!

 

And I found one thing that’s super funny. Kinz was asking Hendrik on sat afternoon if he has more jokes to tell, because he found Hendrik’s jokes quite funny the other time. So Hendrik was like… “err… don’t have wo”. Then the next day I accidentally saw some sms histories from Hendrik’s iphone. He sent an sms to a friend on sat afternoon saying simply :-

“tell me a racist joke”.

 

and his friend’s reply was?

 

“WTH??? NOW?”

 

LOL. talk about trying hard. Kinz you should be happy!

Oh well….

 

Hehehe…

Was kinda hoping KM will continue updating my blog so I wouldnt need to blog..

 

Kidding la!

 

I think I’ve given myself too many excuses to neglect this blog. Work, sleep, and more work has been my excuses so far, but if I think about it, I still have time to go shopping.. I still have time to hit the gym ( I actually went yoga the other day omgosh %^$%^#$$ damn freaking pain), and I still go to the movies. Which, by the way, Angels and Demons the movie is really good. I enjoyed it a lot, and I would say its quite comparable to the book ! These days they’re getting better and better at recreating the story books. Very nicely done.

 

So, what’s new? Pappa Rich Shamelin has almost reached its 2 months anniversary. Contrary to what everyone of my friends think, I DON’T go to the shop every single day. AND I don’t work part-time there during the evenings. >< but business is flourishing, they are expanding slowly, which is good news. Everything’s good so hopefully more people will come to Pappa Rich Shamelin.

 

My mom went to Jakarta last month, and lost my camera in one of the bathrooms in KLIA airport. I lost my beautiful pink camera. It is pink and it is beautiful, and it is now in the hands of some unethical woman who didnt return it to the lost and found counter.

 

So then I bought another new camera. It’s blue and it looks better in the pictures. My brother was quite shocked when he knew I bought a blue one, because I HATE BLUE. I didn’t know what happened to me when I bought it in Amazon. Something must have kicked inside me and told me to give blue a chance, and @#$#@$%$#,  I did. Oh well, never mind.

 

I’m also thinking of where to travel to this year. I’m going to Bali in November! My family is also tentatively planning to visit Shanghai next year. Where else is good?

 

Also, I saw someone at work who looks like AE, the girl whom I long liked and hated and pitied. Liked her because I think we’ll be good friends if we really get to know each other. Hated her because she’s prettier, pitied her because she is naive. I’ve always wanted to know her, because my perception of her is actually good. I like her so much more compared to HE. Maybe one day we will finally get to know each other ?

 

My parents went to US and back. They have officially home quarantined themselves (kind of) for 6 days. H1N1. Is it that big a deal? Is Malaysia’s media going too crazy about it, or is US media hushing up? Something to think about huh, because my parents felt silly in LA airport when they were the only ones wearing masks. There was minimal reporting in CNN in US. Both my brothers were like “swine flu, what’s that?” in Iowa. (where 23 confirmed cases were reported now).

 

So, I dont’ know. But I think after 6 days my parents (and I too) are safe from H1N1. You guys can come visit me now.

 

I don’t know if I have any readers left. I feel so disappointed with myself. I think I haven’t given enough effort to liven up this blog. My life is completely different now than before and sometimes I’m not sure if I like it. It is also different from my life in KL .. like maybe 2 years ago. It wasn’t like that in 2006. It is a little scary that it’s always changing. Makes you not sure what to look forward to when you don’t know what to expect.

 

Going to Cava, Bangsar for dinner later with my parents and Hendrik. No pictures this post because I lost my camera, my beautiful pink camera. Oh well….