this week's progress

a week is incomplete without some sort of updates on the blog.

this week has been a very busy one....work and leisure wise. even going out for leisure activities seem like keeping an appointment. i have to make myself free for these leisure outings and clear the timetable. but in the end, of course the day is full again, occupied till bed time.

first time trying this fruit which comes by the name of 'abiu'. it is a fruit that originates in australia but is now grown in malaysia. however, it is not mass-marketed yet. it is as big as a big orange, its skin is thick and yellow in colour. you cut it and eat it like how you are going to eat an orange. inside, the flesh is like that of a persimmon although it is not as sweet. it is quite bland actually. even the seeds look like those of a persimmons albeit bigger. i think you can get this fruit at tapah rest area on the way to ipoh...but it is quite expensive. about rm9 a kilo. you will only get 3 or 4 in one kilo.

cny is no doubt in the air for the ppl living in this house. this is the first house in my row with complete lightings and decorations. it is such a vibrant and bright sight on a dark night. i am looking forward to seeing more similar lights soon especially in my row. haha..my rented house is the only one bare. it might soon be an ex-rented house. wait for more updates.


went to ipoh yesterday for a movie. heck, today is a working day so i din go home. i so much wanted to go home for shirley's wedding buffet...my neighbour. it must have been so merry.

well, i am heading down to kl as soon as work is over to attend her wedding banquet in federal hotel kl. so i dun think i can call an early night today. yee is back from australia and she has a friend from hk with her. i wonder if we are going out to bbintang after dinner. what a waste not to. shirley has booked a room for us in the hotel. bless her and many congratulations to her on her big big day!


had dinner at a newly opened cafe called cafe takahashi in kinta city. been there twice....and both times also it was sooo quiet. the food is quite pricey for ipoh...so let us see how long the cafe can last. it is a japanese fusion cafe.


gyoza...aka dumpling

chicken chop with bbq sauce and wasabi mayonaise

scallop and prawn pizza

egg plant and seafood baked curry rice

egg and chicken cutlet spaghetti

we also ordered another grilled salmon...just a thin slice, not much. 5 of us had a hard time trying to clear everything. i guess i ordered too much. the dumpling and chicken chop can be deleted from the order list.

i supported malaysian made movie this week- tiger woohoo, a film made for the cny locally. the sales of the tickets for this movie have been very brisk, i only got my tickets because i booked them earlier. it was quite funny and quite a refreshing chinese film. the views of the sea in kelantan were wonderful. the cast was made up of characters with their own eccentricities thus giving the audience a plethora of laughter. it will only take locals to understand their jokes and the slangs they use, u get a mixture of english, bm, mandarin, cantonese and hokkien. well done.

i got these from one of my colleagues today. she went to japan in the hols if i am not wrong. all from aji-chiban- preserved scallops and chicken wing. she let me try duck tongue yesterday but the thought of eating duck tongue made me only try a very small bite. i love the scallops.

tata for now. the bell is going to ring soon. time to head home and get ready for the dinner tonight. i wish i have time for a nap.