Mermaid

Colin and his favourite toy- OSIM Mermaid! It's cute to see him humming and pretending to vacumm his tortoise. Can't wait till he grows up and help with the household chores..hee...

Cheap books @ Atria

Now you don't need to wait for MPH and Times Warehouse Sales to buy discounted books! The Big Book Store has an outlet @ Atria (2nd floor, used to be Parkson Grand) selling paperbacks for RM12 - RM18! The books are quite up to date books (The ones I bought are published in 2005) by bestseller authors. Here's what I'll be reading for the next few months...hehe...just started on 'Love and Other Impossible Pursuits', so far so good...

Santarina

Last Saturday, we went over to my aunt's place for early christmas dinner. My grand aunt (she's a fantastic cook) made top hat (yumsss!), her famous noodles and curry chicken! My aunts were feeding us with grilled seafood, teriyaki chicken, bacon and sausages over the hot plate..so much food! Burp!

After dinner, my uncle dressed as Santa Claus to give out presents to the kids. This year (the 3rd appearance), santa's identity was revealed! The first year, my cousins were tricked in believing that my uncle was Santa Claus. Last year, they asked why my uncle is never around when Santa's around...heee...smart kids.


Chui chui is this year's Santarina! She had so much fun being the MC- introducing the games and giving out gifts.



We played statue dance (no pictures- I was busy dancing..heee), Poison Ball....



And Musical Chairs.


We had so much fun! Bubble enjoyed herself too...Merry Christmas and A Blessed New Year Everyone!

Craving...

...for Kuai Lin Ko and Roasted Goose Rice.....had Maggi Mee during lunchtime cause need to rush some work....

HK food....

is simply YUMMY! On our last night, we found the famous wan tan mee shop at Hau Fook Street- it was worth every effort! The wan tan is HUGE...four wan tan is enough to cover the whole bowl! Each wan tan is packed with 6 prawns (yes, I counted out of curiousity)and it cost us only RM7.50 per bowl! What a steal! Here's a picture of the wan tan mee I had the night before the discovery....


Can you spot the difference in the size of the wan tan? Mouth watering rite?

For those who will be visiting HK, here's a picture of the shop....:)

In search of my roots

Last weekend, my parents and I went to Penang to visit my relatives. Besides the usual stuffing ourselves with 'duck egg fried kuey tiow', curry mee, ah pong and more more food, my uncle, dad and I decided to visit some of the heritage sites of Penang. We started out our 'self guided tour' with Fort Cornwallis (Francis Light built this Fort, with help from the Sultan of Kedah shortly after he so called 'discovered' Penang at 1786) which I was impressed cause the last time I was there, there were no proper signages to explain the significance of the Fort. With as little as RM3 per person, the 'star shaped Fort' offers a little gallery with some artifects (pieces of broken bowls and metal) and explanation on the history of the Fort. There's also a cannon, chapel and gunpower room to visit. Did I mention we took pictures of our ourselves, standing in front of the statue of Francis Light- us wearing the oldern time army hat (not sure what it's called) and holding a rifle? It was good fun! We tried to look serious...haha...not posting it, a bit shy...hee..
After Fort Cornwallis, we headed to 'Khoo Kongsi' (it's my second time there and nothing has changed). In the early times, 5 main hokkien clans migrated to Penang - 'Khoo', 'Cheah', 'Yeoh', 'Lim' and 'Tan'. They formed the main Chinese community in Penang, each has their own associations, which are known as 'Kongsi'.
The visit to 'Khoo Kongsi' inspired us to seek for 'Yeoh Kongsi'! With no proper directions, we drove along Victoria Lane looking left and right for 'Yeoh Kongsi'. Just before we gave in to our rumbling tummies, we found it! It's not opened for the public- still much refurbishment work to be done. Still, it didn't stop us from snapping pictures throught the gates..hee....

Our final stop was Cheong Fatt Sie mansion. Althought the entrance ticket is more expensive than the rest (RM12 per person), it was worth the price as we learned a lot from the guided tour. Restoration work is still being conducted as it was left in a bad condition (which I will not spoil the fun and tell you why). Lucky for us, most of the restoration work inside of the mansion is completed, so we had the chance to view it's beauty and understand the feng shui elements of the architecture. No photography allowed in the mansion- I've only managed to take pictures from outside. It's sure worth visiting! Our 'tour' completed with the famous Penang road cendol! Yum!

Jigsaw completed...

tada! It's not easy to fit oil painting jigsaws (especially those with white background). The pieces look the same so need extra patience to track the brush strokes. Can't wait to start on my next project- angels (raphael), yes another oil painting. Can't wait to get this one framed!