i am old

suddenly i am feeling old...

i can't stay up as late as i used to be three months ago...

i can't drink as much as i could....

i can't party, i feel lethargic, i feel sleepy most of the early nights...

i went out for dinner last week. had two glasses of white wine and my client challenged me a few rounds of pools. being my client, i have no choice but continued drinking with him.. as i feel it's a bit weird going out with a married unker, we joined my friend for more drinks and pool.

challenge me pool?? unless he is real good, my chance of winning is high. wahahaha... we played quite a few and won some money.. and of course we drank some whiskeyssss....

i was ok that night but totally down the next day. totally out.. reached office about 9am and left home to sleep at 11am. vomitted twice and slept whole day. i wasted a wine dinner the next day because i was too sick to drink. didn't have the chance to taste all the great wines. sigh...

I AM OLD... :'(

Phantom of the Opera

i have been waiting for the day. tickets were booked more than six months ago and the confirmation email has been sitting in my desktop for months. finally, here comes the phantom....

suppose to wake up and leave early from muar but the usual me drag, drag and drag and we left, it's close to noon. sunny day, blue blue sky and nice traffic.

it's sunny, isn't it

we are on the second link loh...

3/4 of the fairy wheel is up.. said to be the largest in the world.. they're singaporean leh... kekeke...

bak chor mee (minced pork noodle) for lunch and head straight to vivocity. it's huge but too crowded. had some nice donuts, starbucks and we left to Parkway Parade. walk a lil' and eat again. ha... non-stop eating..

dinner at geylang for beef kuey teow and nice porridge before we joined Eric for karaoke. Nice to meet up with the guys although the pub is like those in Muar. :p

sunday was assigned specially for the Phantom. the show starts on time at 2pm. seat is a lil' far from the stage but this is what i can afford. show started with the scene in the auction house and chandelier lite up. show was great except the fat lady sitting beside me was humming all the way which frustrated me a bit. sigh... and she was kicked on the neck by the gal behind her.. hehe... accidentally of course.. :p

me n ed

sunset on the north-south expressway

it's a nice but tiring trip. luckily i wasn't the one who drove.. :p

Singapore hosting F1

there have been talks between Bernie Ecclestone and Singapore tycoon Ong Beng Seng about hosting a F1 race in Singapore. street circuit like Monaco is expected beside it will be held at night.

some interesting facts i found.

1. Mr Ong was borned in Malaysia
2. Mr Ong and his wife owns hotel chains and franchises like haagen dazs, hard rock cafe and fashion brand Armani (club 21 to cover the fashion range)
3. The share price shot up 26% after the talk of holding f1 races in Singapore
4. Brought in Michael Jackson and Three Tenors concert
5. Hanged out with Demi Moore, Robert Deniro and Jackie Chan

it would definitely be interesting to watch a street race at night on the busy Singapore streets. however, it's so near to the Sepang and i wonder it's feasible to have another round of race in Singapore. to pull hundred thousands of crowd paying thousand dollars to a race is not an easy task for sure. the super duper high costs of building a F1 homologated circuit is another challenge. of course they can build only a temporary structure for the pit like Albert Park, which can be converted for other usage during non-F1 season, it is still a costly and challenging project.

it's said that the result will be out in two weeks and let's keep our eye open for the final conclusion of the discussions.

my lil' nephew

i went back this CNY only realised how much weight my lil' nephew has put on. i won't or in fact inappropriate to call him lil' nephew now. he is 8 years 2 months and 35 KGS. my goodness... i dunno how much my sis-in-law has fed him!!!

but he is cute.. always the lil' nephew that i love. my grandma's favourite being the only great grandson of her. he is so lovely. he is the one calling my granny for meal, the one sweeping the floor of my sis's lil' office, the one holding his mum's hand to sleep and not his two elder sisters. surprise??

and i found out something this time i went home. he has a funny habit when he sleeps. he loves to stuff himself in the gap between the wall and the mattress. his mum said he is the one having all kind of funny position and i think she is absolutely right.

look at him.. so nice.. kekeke...

gaya mesti ada.. :D

now you agree with me?? that's my lil' nephew. kekeke...

Ti Gong Poh Pi

For Hokkien, the 9th day of CNY is big!! It's TI GONG'S birthday!

Normally we have family gathering cum prayer and lion dance as entertainment. And normally the lion dance my uncle engages has those pillars that they use during competition. Cut it short. These are the photos.

Tong tong chiang....

look at me...

look... this lion belongs to KL.. keke..

Ti Gong, you must poh pi gua oso..

It's my year leh... why y'all treat me like this? :'(

me n my little cousin. isn't she cute??

this has some special meaning but don ask me plsss....

Hope Ti Gong poh pi my family, my dear friends and myself all the best in this Piggy year, a healthy and prosperous year!!

Gong Xi Fat Cai

Gong Xi Gong Xi to all my dear friends. For those who are married, please wait for me as I am coming to collect Ang Pow from you. For those who are not married, please call me so that we can all go collect Ang Pow together. kekeke...

so difficult to have all of us together

I used to collect lotsa Ang Pow from relatives and dad's friends and even dad's customers who frequent our restaurant. Relatives still give but most of dad's friends and customers don't give me anymore. WHY WHY WHY??? It's simple!! They thought I am married!! Sigh Sigh..

New year now is not like those days. We used to have firecrackers, lion dances, red lantern and those red CNY decorations everywhere. After the reunion dinner, all kids gathered to play cards and firecrackers till midnight. I remembered those days. Although I sleep late on the new year eve, I can still wake up so early and dress up to welcome relatives to our house. I always carry a small bag to keep all my Ang Pow. Once uncles and aunties leave, I will open up the Ang Pow and peep how much they give. kekeee... If you ask about my feeling now, I will just say "damage control". kakakaa.... Try to reduce the gap of the inflow and outflow. :D

Leave aside the Ang Pow issue. CNY is always a gathering time for old school mates. We gather and play mahjong together, we drink together, we update each other, we chat till dawn.... and we all go watch movie at the one and only cineplex in Muar once a year. The auntie at the ticket booth can't understand English so we have to translate the movie title and describe the movie in Hokkien to her whenever we call to enquire on the show time.

It goes like :

B : "auntie auntie, the movie hor... ther... the one la... got the green green colour man one ah.... got show ah?" (in hokkien ok!!)

auntie : "wu wu... 7 diam, 9 diam pun wu..." (got got.. 7 o'clock... 9 o'clock also got..)

So you know which movie I am refering to?? hehe... it's Incredible Hulk.

CNY is also an eating season. Everyday every moment I am eating. Normally I put on 2-3 kgs during new year. sigh sigh... that's really bad!!

It's already the 4th day of CNY. So fast, another CNY. I wish all my dear friends a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous in this year of Boar and may all your wish comes true. :)

Pre CNY Dinner at Hakka

This is actually some company's annual dinner. and so happened that our dearest Charlie knows the boss well and always join in the celebration. and so lucky that i was invited to the annual celebration :p

The dinner was held at Hakka Restaurant in KL. although i really miss the "crappy meehoon" (actually is fried meehoon with crab :p) we had the last time but too bad people don't normally have this dish on their annual dinner menu :( sigh sigh... but i tried some other of their signature dishes that i have never tried earlier. kekeke...

It's near to CNY so yee sang is a must. norwegian salmon leh... i hardly low sang for the past years but this year is an exception. i already 'low' three times till to date. I was reading the Lilian Too's column yesterday on NST and she says year of Fire Boar is good for sheep, which is me. wahaha... the luckiest of all zodiac. all sheeps will enjoy good health wealth, success, upward mobility and career opportunities. and most importantly, singles could get married this year. wish me good luck all my dear friends!

Cool cool.. don't get too excited.. come back come back...

The yee sang was paired with Italian Patrizi Moscato d'asti DOCG. they all love it but i think it's too sweet for me. as a starter or with dessert may be but i still think it's too sweet for yee sang.

Then we had the soup. according to the emcee, it's called "monk climb over the wall" because there is no abalone!! kakakak... i like the Chilean Los Riscos Chardonnay more than the Moscato. it sounds like mosquito to me. :p

Then we were served with the Hakka famous crispy pork knuckle and some smoked duck air flown from Bangkok. Duck from Bangkok??? I prefer those with shoes.. kekekee... got me?? anyway, i don't really like the taste of the smoke duck. it's like eating some charcoal coated duck. The Italian Castelli Del Duca Sangio Vese was perfect though.

Then we had the pomfret and mustard plants. they are just normal i would

say. nothing fancy. but we had Argentinean Toro Del Piepra Reversa Cabernet Sauvignon with these two dishes. i prefer the sangio vese though.

the last dish for the night was steamed rice with those chinese dried meat. the chef at Quilin master it better. Hakka one a bit tasteless. may be because of the wines down the road, couldn't really taste the food properly. kekek... forgive me Danny.

I should not forget to mention about the Australian Farm's Shiraz. It's great but it will be better if it's served earlier of the night. When they poured the shiraz into my glass, i can't really remember what i drank already. that's probably the tenth glass or more of the night. i am lucky i could drive myself home safely. haha...

I should say Robert, the owner of the company, organise the event really well. free flow of wines all night long with nice food at reasonable price. charlie, thanks for inviting me to the fun-filled dinner. i love wine and dine!!