New Journey Ahead....

Last Friday, I attended a friends wedding lunch at SPRING VALLEY Restaurant located at Mid Valley Megamall. As many of you would know that CHINESE Wedding Ceremonies includes a GRAND BANQUET whereby family, relatives, friends and guests alike are invited to celebrate the joyous union of the newlyweds!

During the BANQUET which is usually held at restaurants or hotels; 8 to 10 dishes will be served to guests. Itinerary of the BANQUET often includes slide shows of younger years of the couple and how they met, photos of their wedding potraits, speeches by the couple & family members alike, toasts, cake cutting ceremony, performances etc. Therefore it can be said the same for the wedding banquet I attended.

The only surprise I had was when the MC announced that my friend; the bride got to know her now husband through the net! I know that at this time and era, a lot of friendship as well as relationship begins via online but still that announcement really caught me by surprise. ^^

Anyways, I would like to thank both Soo Shin & CK for inviting me over to celebrate their joyous union and wishing them both lots of coming happy memories & time spend together (not forgetting the little MINI SS&CK) . A gift from me with a wedding quote from ROBERT FROST:-

Two such as you with such a master speed

cannot be parted nor be swept away from one another

once you are agreed that life is only life forevermore

together wing to wing and oar to oar

WISHING YOU BOTH A WONDERFUL JOURNEY AHEAD!

Can you say "Shabu Shabu" ?

From Wikipedias description; Shabu Shabu (also spelled syabu-syabu) is a Japanese variant of hot pot which also means steamboat for us locals in Malaysia. I've heard friends keep mentioning about this Shabu Shabu phenomenon for a year or so now but I've yet to test it out. Since Apple recommends that Puchong has one of the best Shabu Shabu restaurant; I am obliged to try it out.

We reached the restaurant about 8.30pm and I was shocked to see the queue! Frankly speaking, I know queuing is very common in KL for popular food joints but for a Japanese steamboat? What's more shocking is that we have to wait for 30 minutes for a table for 2 person?? o.O

During the long wait, I just glance around and found that the restaurant comprise of 4 storeys which includes the Ground Floor where they have a tea house. The above 3 floors are for Shabu Shabu business! WOW! 3 whole floors and yet still have to wait? When it's our turn, we have to pay upfront; each person costs RM26.50! Did I mentioned it's buffet style?

Anyways we took the lift up to the 3rd floor and to my surprise, the place looks like a canteen! Seriously, I did not expect it to be so but how else would they serve buffet style efficiently and fast without the assistance of a conveyor belt just like a sushi restaurant? It seems everyone is seated with their own hot pot whereby you have a control panel to increase or decrease the heat of your pot with just a push of a button.

I feel that it's not suitable for a group food gathering joint as it really feels like you're eating alone all the while! I mean you have your own pot with your own food and that all of the patrons are sitting in 1 straight line...how do you even have a decent conversation right?

Well for RM26.50, they do serve quite a number of varieties of food but I would not advise on the seafood as it's not fresh during my patronage there. The best dish is their famous thinly sliced pork which is quite tasty. It's recommended by most of my friends or colleagues who have visited the place and I do agree. As for the rest of the dishes, it's nothing to shout about at all.

My Rating for this place (based on my own personal opinion ONLY):-

-Ambience : 2 out of 5

-Food : 3 out of 5

-Price : 3 out of 5 (if you can eat a lot)

By the way, please take note do not simply take as much dish as you want; as they will charge customers on wastage of food which is in a way good to prevent patrons wasting the food!

If you're interested to visit the restaurant, it's just behind Giant Hypermarket at Bandar Puteri Puchong; one of those 4 storey shophouses with a big Shabu Shabu signage. Apologies as I've forgotten to grab their card :P

Birthday Celebration @ Neway

Romantic Song @ Neway

Someone just turned a little wiser on October 15th and he is none other than my buddy Kar Wing. He and I goes waaaayyyyy back....yea, like wayyyy back ^^ It's been about 7 months since we last catch up ( we caught up when I was in Perth this March 09 ) and he still looks skinny as ever! Bro, teach me how you keep your body so slim lar! :P

Anyways since he's back to visit his family in Malaysia & coincidentally it's his WISEN UP DAY, we went to Neway 1 Utama to celebrate his BIG DAY! We were kind of lucky since we were given a room that fits for 15! Such HUGE ROOM for the 5 of us ONLY! Practically you can jump up and down and monkeying around....

Since we did not manage to get a cake from any cake shop, we decided to order 1 from Neway and wow it's really expensive! I believe it's about RM48 for a 500gm cake and it's not even tasty. Sorry for ruining your cake experience there bro....

Birthday Cake from Neway

My bro HAPPILY singing away

3 BEST of FRENS

Lovely ain't it? :P

GONG XI NI oh!

New Style Singing?

We sang and drank, laughed and jumped around till the Neway staffs have to KICK us out! It was practically 4am that time and that really proves how much fun we really had or DRUNK!

Anyways BRO, here is to you! May your days, months and coming years of life filled with much joy, love & laugther!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Wild CAT!

Continued from previous photography session A TIMID CAT shot at TTDI park; we headed to a recent popular beach which is only about an hour plus away from KL City. The beach is currently well known as SEPANG GOLD COAST.

Below are some SEXY shots of CAT; unleashing her potential to be a FUTURE HOT MODEL!

Below are some candid shots taken during the photoshoot session with beautiful settings & crazy ways to taking shots ( DISCLAIMER : PLEASE DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! )

Alice trying out a "DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW"

Sister BONDING session

Kid with matching clothes/pants & pail ^^

Hope you enjoyed the photos and feel FREE to give comments! Lastly, let CATs last photo provides you with a LOVELY & SUNNY DAY AHEAD!

CHEERS!