Sunday, October 4, 2009

Healthy Burger - Freshness Burger 's Veggie burger

Last Saturday, I had a tasty burger !! It's Freshness Burger 's Veggie burger ...so satisfying !! It has avocado sauce, Japanese tofu , lettuce, tomato ...I like it may be because it has Japanese taste hehehe
Freshness Burger is selling Japanese taste burgers and drinks. I had a macha latte during my previous visit ! Macha is my favourite !! I can't recall seeing this restaurant in Japan.. hmm may be is a Hong Kong 's chain but selling Japanese taste burgers...

I quite like the cozy environment in this Causeway bay branch.


Various food and drinks from the menu .

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Best Dim Sum for me


hmmm I am thinking to blog about 'Dim Sum' , rather it is called 'Yam Cha' in Hong Kong. Hong Kong has the best Dim sum among all the countrie I have visited. I had tried a few Dim Sum in a few Chinese restaurants since I came. Today, I would like to blog about the best Dim sum I had so far. Few weeks ago, I was very glad to have a Very Important Visitor to visit Hong Kong and I wanted my guest to try best cuisine here during his trip.
Hehe this restaurant is Lei Garden in International Financial Centre at Central. Lei Garden is a famous Chinese restaurant in Hong Kong. It has a few branches in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong friend told me that the Wan Chai branch is cheaper in price and I should try the signature Mango and Pamelo dessert in Lei Garden, it is very famous Hong Kong dessert which originated from Lei Garden.
More information about this restaurant :
http://www.leigarden.hk/English/Culture.asp
http://www.fotop.net/euniceleo/euniceleo344
http://www.foodnut.com/250/lei-garden-restaurant-review-hong-kong/

Lotus Leave Rice - Best !!!!! So yummy !!! we couldn't finish so I packed it back , it is super delicious with lots of scallops, mushroom, prawns... !! Taste and smell so delicious , totemo oishii !!



Roast BBQ pork ( Char Siew ) and Roast Pork ( Siew Yuk)
The Roast Pork skin is very crispy !! I miss it so much !! I just read the Openrice ( HK Food recommendation website) This is one of the signature of this restaurant .

Friday, September 18, 2009

Hong Kong , here I am!

My Dear friends and my blog supporters :P... I think most of you know I am presently working in Hong Kong .... Sorry for not updating my blog for almost 6 months... I think my blog had been hibernating for too long time, it is time I wake it up !!!
I arrived on April 10th and started working April 12th, time flies and now is September. Somehow I had some fate with this place and finally I am here. Few years back ,an ex-colleague who is a Hong Kong citizen was transfering back to Hong Kong from Malaysia, he wanted to recommend me for a position in Hong Kong. but risk management in banking application was not my interest so it didn't happen.
Last year while I was working in Japan ,I came across a very attractive offer in Hong Kong but I was very happy in Japan with an interesting job and a very nice boss therefore I refused to move or change...hehehe....
5 months here, too much to tell till I am not sure which topic to kick start.. hehe..I didn't blog earlier because I was too busy to adapt myself to my work and to my life here....For work is because I was switching back to more hands-on work now, in Japan was more of coordinating, managing and human skills. Presently, I am recalling all my technical knowledge. New job, new office, new boss, new life ,new people, new accomodation, new culture.... etc.. too many new things....... At last, I would say kind of adapted to my working life... and keep learning and adapting to the surrounding...In this process, I have to thank my mum, good friends of you, very nice and kind supportive friends of mine in Hong Kong.
hehe ok.. let me think which topic to begin blogging about Hong Kong .. may be food ? Food exploration is still my mission here !

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Body Vive


Last Saturday, I tried a new exercise called 'Body Vive' in the gym. It was launched for some times but I never participated till last Saturday. Body Vive Release 10 was released last Saturday. My combat class was then cancelled to be replaced by the new lauch of Body Vive. One of my friend in the gym asked me to try the new class.......... I thought I wanted to do Cardio originally... on a second thought.....why not try something new ???????? Life might be more happy and interesting when new things enter your life ? May be ??? Therefore, I went !


To be honest, I didn't find myself liking the exercise, I think it was too low impact for me. I could hardly sweat. However, it is indeed an interesting class may be for aerobic lovers. The exercise requires you to use ball, a string( not sure what is it called). It has a little dancing steps involved also. Overall , it is a good exercise . I dind't like it because I like more high impact exercise. Anyway, I have tried so I knew how it was like ! Must try new things in life , try already , don't like just don't repeat !!! Must eat new things also, eat already don't like just don't eat again !
For some of you who wish to know about Body Vive :
先週土曜日Gym で新しいBody Viveをしました。BodyViveあまり好きじゃありません

私の趣味My Hobbies

今日のTopicは私の趣味です。
今日日本語でHobbyをならいました
私は趣味がたくさんあります。音樂をきくことです。次にGym でBody CombatとRPMすることですそれからKaraokeで歌うことです。おいしい食べ物を食べることですと買い物すること、旅行をすること、映画を見ることやBloggingも趣味です 。
私はとても欲ばりです!

2008年の新しい趣味はBlogging です、三か月からかきはじめました。もう一年しています。
2009年の新しい趣味はRPM です。RPMはGymでGroup Cycylingするです。RPM はとても おもしろいです。そしてにきやかですが疲れます.

毎年外国へ旅行をします。時々外国で仕事をします。寒い国がとてもすきです。
下記の国へいくたことが:
1)日本のOsaka,Kyoto,Kobe, Nara, Tokyo
2)AustraliaのMelbourne,Sydney,Brisbane、GoldCoast
3)中国のShanghai, Beijing,Tianjin, Hangzhou, Wuxi、Suzhou
4)ThailandのPhuket,Krabi,Hatyai
5)TaiwanのTaipei
6)AmericaのTexas
7)IndonesiaのMedan
8)UKのLondon
9)FranceのParis
10)Singapore
11)Brunei
12)Hong Kong
13)Korea
日本がいちばん好きな国ですから日本語をならいでいます。日本語をならうことも新しい趣味の一つになりました。


おいしい食べ物を食べます。英語で  Eat delicious food !
いるいるな国の料理が好きです。
私はりょ理があまり上手じゃありませんが簡単な料理はだいじょうぶです。
私は中国料理や日本料理やWesternりょ理などが好きです。
India料理はからいですからあまり好きじゃありません。

Body combat が 得意です、2006から3年間しています。Combatの友達 たくさんです。Combatの先生は私の友達です。

音楽、ジャズとクラシック、広東語の歌、中国語の歌、英語の歌、全部聞きます。毎週、私と友達いしょにジャズBarでうたをききにいきます。先週から、ジャズのBarに新しい歌手が来ました。うたはKaraokeで友達と歌いますとても楽しい。

週末 いつも買い物します。かばんと靴を集めます。日本のかばんが好きですからBurberry BlueLabelのかばん とSamantha ThavasaのかばとPinky & Dianneのかばんを買いました。

私の生活はにきやかでと楽しいです !

Time to do translation !! Why I always start with Japanese ( perhaps my broken Japanese :P) then followed by English ? I wanted to practise my Japanese so I would like to write in Japanese based on what I have learnt so far, I thought writing will help in my learning of Japanese. However, I only have limited grammar and vocabulary, therefore I could only start with those usage I have learnt then only do English translation. :P If the other way round, I couldn't cope with it ! :P

Here I go ...........

Today topic is My Hobbies ( sound like a primary school student 's essay ? kekeke but my hobbies are definately not kid hobbies ok !)

Today I learnt the new vacab of hobby in Japanese '趣味'pronouced as 'Shu Mi'.
I have many hobbies including listening to music, doing Body Combat and RPM(Group cycling) in the gym, singing in Karaoke,eating delicious food, shopping, travelling, watching movie, blogging. I love all these activities !

In 2008, blogging was my new hobby, from March last year till now, coming to 1year soon. RPM ( Group cycling in the gym ) is new hobby of this year. RPM is very interesting and lively but very tiring . ( it actually burn lots of calories and also requires good stamina).

Every year, I will travel. Sometimes is for work purpose. I love cold countries ( 4 season country is so much more interesting ! )

List of countires I have been before ( personal trip and business purpose). I thought I maintain this list so that I will keep adding new countries to this list.
1)Japan :Osaka,Kyoto,Kobe, Nara, Tokyo
2)Australia:Melbourne,Sydney,Brisbane、GoldCoast
3)China:Shanghai, Beijing,Tianjin, Hangzhou, Wuxi、Suzhou
4)Thailand:Phuket,Krabi,Hatyai
5)Taiwan:Taipei
6)America:Texas
7)Indonesia:Medan
8)UK:London
9)France:Paris
10)Singapore
11)Brunei
12)Hong Kong
13)Korea

Japan is top of the list, my number 1 favourite country therefore I am learning Japanese ! :) Learning Japanese is a new hobby too .

Eating delicious food is another hobby. I like many different types of cuisines/ meals. I am not good in cooking myself ( haha only good in eating !! ) simple cooking perhaps ok... ( simple as in ? ... haha a guy asked me before simple as in ? I told him making sandwich consider simple cooking ? hahahaha... i think he was scared away by my asnwer ! kekeke.. in fact I could do more than sandwich, I did some cooking while I studied in Australia, I believe is whether I wish to do or not if I have time, I can do ! )---> all the comments in () are not written in Japanese hehe too complex to write till I learn furhter !

I like Chinese, Japanese , Western meals. I cannot take spicy food therefore I don't like Indian cuisines. ( I also eat Vietnamese food , sometimes Thai food ( selectively for not too spicy type) .

I am quite skillful in Body combat ( haha use the word skillful coz I learn this new vocab in Japanese). I started in 2006 till now is more than 3 years. I have many body combat friends and some trainers are my friends too.

I like music, Jazz , classical, Cantonese songs, Mandarin songs, English songs. Every week, I will go to a Jazz bar with my friend to listen to live Jazz singing. Since last week, there is a new Jazz singer singing in the Jazz bar. Sometimes go Karaoke with friends is very enjoyable.

Weekend, will go for shopping ( cutting down shopping a lot more at this current economy situation). I like Japanese brands handbags therefore I bought Burberry Blue Label, Samantha Thavasa and Pinky and Dianne in Japan.

My full if full of fun , lively and enjoyable !

Friday, March 20, 2009

Which Japanese name suits me ?どれ日本の名前がいいですか


Yesterday while I was having dinner, I suddenly thought of having a Japanese name.日本の名前がほしいです hehehe

My Japanese teacher will assign or give Japanese class student a Japanese name which will be used in the class. For example, if your Chinese character can be translated to Japanese then it is easier. If not , she will take longer time to think of one for you. I am not sure if teacher will give me one or may be because I stay in Japan for some times before, so I might prefer to choose one myself.


First in the list I thought of is Yuki. 雪 (snow)

Few Reasons :
1)I like to see yuki 雪!! When i first saw snowing in osaka although tiny snow, I was so happy !
2)I like cold weather !!
3)I was born in January (winter snowing times )
4)Yuki also sounds like Yuuki ( 勇気)which means courage, courages, something I have ? or had ? or something I always need to have.
5)Yuki sounds modern ! hehehe
6)Yuki has another kanji character of 幸 which has the meaning of happiness, good fortunehttp://www.20000-names.com/female_japanese_names_02.htm

Mum and my other friend suggested Kawaii ( pretty/cute) . There was a lady named Kawaii in the Hong Kong series we are watching so idea came from there. haha but I dare not use this name, difficult to carry this name... especially as times goes by kekeke

I tried to do a research online and found this website :
It is a good website which gives me ideas of what is the meaning of my Japanese friends' name.
I realised Mei is a Japanese name ?http://www.behindthename.com/name/mei-2
hmmm...

Many ideas in my mind .. hehehe since I like Doraemonどらえもん cartoon... should I use a gal character in the cartoon ? Shizuka 静香 meaning is quiet.hahahah...
For Japanese's lady name, I like one of my friend's name the most is Kumiko 久美子.. but I don't want to have the same name ....hehhehe..
While shopping with mum, saw a accessories shop by the name of Yumiko. So mum suggested to have the name of Yumi. I checked YUMI (由美): Japanese short form of names beginning with Yumi-, meaning "cause-beauty." hmmm... Yumi or Yuki ? hehehe...

It is just for the fun of having one Jap name may be used in Japanese class or...., I will keep considering and thinking..
Feel free to share your ideas with me too !!

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Cherry Blossom in Penang ?Penang に桜 がありますか

I received these beautiful flowers photos from my friend。私の友達君子にきれいはなの写真をもらいました。Looks like sakura ( cherry blossom) ? 桜ですかIt is not sakura but ........................桜じゃありません...
These photos are taken in Penang. Penang で写真撮りますした。There was one tree full of these flowers near my house but I didn't take photo .私のうちの近いにこちらはながありましたが写真を撮りませんでした。
Chinese name : 風鈴木學名:
English name :Tabebuia sp /紫葳科 (Bignoniaceae Trumpet)
Originated from :(Tropical America)產地: 熱帶南美洲,委瑞內拉

Sometimes, I wonder are these flowers from sakura's family ? May be is sakura's sister ? brother ? cousin ? こちらは名は桜の家族ですか。The blossom season is almost same times as sakura.
Penang City council had planted these trees ? Definately is an tourist attraction, we saw exceptionally many of these trees blossomed with beautiful flowers around. My friend just told me that there are professional will take photo for your if you pay 20 RM ( 500yen) at one of the area with many of these trees.( very business minded ! )

Feel free to enjoy the photos then !...............
















Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Samantha Thavasa New York

Today , back to an English post :) I posted an Japanese article about my hobbies but I realised I made some mistakes after I started learning chapter 18 in my Japanese class today. So I thought I want to learn this new grammar and revise my article and repost it.
Therefore, let's talk about handbag !! Why this topic ???? hahaha ...okay ... I did survey of my blog's traffic and I realised the most popular blog is the Blue lable Burberry http://limeiblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/burberry-blue-lable.html !! haha so Japanese brand handbag seems very popular ! or may be is a women's topic ? or a shopping topic which is ever popular !
So I thought ok.. let's write about Samantha Thavasa now !!
Samantha Thavasa is a Japanese brand 's handbag. Founder is a Japanese by the name of Kazu Terada. It has many sub brands under Samantha Thavasa umbrealla such as Samantha Vega,Samantha Thavasa New York, Violet Hanger, Samantha Tiara (jewellery),Samantha Thavasa Deluxe, Samantha Thavasa Petit Choice, Samantha Silva (jewellery), Samantha Thavasa KINGZ (Men'sline). There are different ranges and different classes of handbags among these Samantha's brand.
I was introduced to this brand when I did my shopping. Most major departmental stores and airport has Samantha's shops. Posters of Victoria Beckham as model were displayed in the shops. At one point of time, I nearly bought one in the airport but I hesitated, for the style and price..... in the end didn't buy ( haha must control a little of my shopaholic 's habit !, see.. so dont' say I don't resist or control myself ! in fact recently due to the current economy situation, I already cut down all my shopping :( )
2008 Summer sales in Osaka, I finally bought one Samantha Thavasa New York ! at 50% off !! hehehe... !! so happy ! I added one Japan brand handbag to my collection !

One Saturday, I was wondering around in Namba Park. Then I realised there was 50% off sales in the shop. So after selecting and comparing a few models, I bought one ! haha and on that day, while I was in the shop, I remembered my boss called me because there was an incident happened at client site....I tried to recall and helped as much as possible, talking on the phone... temporarily stop my mind from thinking which hangbag to buy ..hahaha...


Took a photo with the sales assistant of the shop. She is kawaii (cute ) right ? She was very patient helping me to make my choice.



Ok ! finally show you, this is the one I bought !!! Originally I wanted to buy white colour but I think white is hard to maintain so I decided to go with this one, may be a little formal style... with a lock ! just anusual design which was not in my collection before.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

I am 1 year old today !


I have just turned 1 year old today !!!
Today (March 11th ) is my blog first anniversary. 今日私のBlogの誕生日。
I started this blog while I was in Japan. Time flies and I am back home now. Last year was very nice memory for me, a beautiful dream which I hope I am still in the dream !! refuse to wake up !!
Many thanks for your great support of my blog , specially to my frequent visitors, blog supporters!! I will keep up my blog !

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

新友達- Japanese Learning with new friends

今日二人友達 いしょに 日本語を ならいました
清美ちゃん と 君子ちゃん は Malaysia 人です。
日本語の授業 が にきやかですした
日本語はとても むずかしですがおもしろいです
私は日本語を勉きょしますから日本がいきたいです

日本語の授業 8時半から10時まで。
私は新ものをならいました
10時に 日本語の授業おわりました それから私と二人友達Gurney Plaza へいきました
DOME Cafe へ朝ごはんをたべにいきました。
私はおいしいパンを たべました、 熱いChocolateをのみました それから 友達 いしょに 宿題をしました。宿題はたくさんですそしてむずかしですが おもしろいです。
2時間Dome Cafe で宿題をしました そして私たちは清美ちゃんの店へ宿題をしにいきました。
清美ちゃんに日本の旅のPampletsをみせました。
Hokkaido がすきですからHokkaido へいきたいです。Okinawaがあまり好きじゃありません。
Hokkaidoの海鮮が新鮮とおしいです。

4時半にうちへ帰りました。

My Diary on March 3rd

Today I studied Japanese with 2 other friends. Kiyomi chan and Kimiko chan are both Malaysian. Japanese lesson was very lively. Japanese language is difficult but interesting language. I study Japanese as I would like to go back to Japan. 

Japanese lesson started at 8:30 till 10:00. I learnt new thing. (My Japanese might be wrong here ).At 10 o clock, lesson was over. After that, I went to Gurney Plaza with 2 classmates.We went to DOME Cafe to have breakfast. I had delicous bread(breakfast set) and hot chocolate.After eating, we did our homework together. There was lots of workhome given and difficult homework ( as it was a revision covers all the previous chapters) but interesting to do together with classmates. We almost spent 2 hours in DOME doing homework. Later on, we changed venue to Kiyomi chan's shop to continue the homework.

When we finished doing all the homework, Kiyomi showed us all the pamplets about travelling in Japan. I like Hokkaido and I would like to go there. I think I don't prefer Okinawa as I think the beach is more of warm country place. Hokkaido's seafood is fresh and delicious.

At 4:30 , everyone went homeCheck Spelling.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

日本語 Japanese Language Learning


12月22日から 日本語 を べきょします。
私の先生 は 日本人 です。先生とPenang 人結婚しました。Penang に十二年 います。

1週間に五回 べきょします。1日に1時間 一人 べきょします。今は全部で32回です、2月ぐらい
月曜日 から 金曜日 まで 7時15分 おきます。
それから 車で 先生のうち へ いきます。
8時半 から 9時半 まで ならいます。
9時半 おわります そして 朝ごはんを 食べます。
午後 宿題 を します。
週末は べんきょしません 休みます。

もうひらがなを べんきょしました
かたがな は まだです

日本語は難しいです がおもしろいです
私のBlog は 日本語で かきます。
日本語の 歌をうたいます
ともだち は 日本語の 映画 かします
私は Hero をみました、それから The Innocent Witch をみます

今日 は 日本語を 勉きょしません
先生ど家族 旅行を します。水曜日 帰ります
私は木曜日 から 勉きょしま
私 は ひらがな を 複習
ひらがな は Computer で 書きま おぼえます。手で ときどき 覚えません

がんばって !日本語 を ならいます!

I just thought of giving a try to write a small paragraph of hiragana ! Practise and Practise !
Japanese friends and Miki are welcome to correct and comment. :)
Let me do translation now for my non Japanese visitors :P ( perhaps Japanese friends who doesn't understand my Japanese writting ) :P:P !!

From December 22nd , I started learning Japanese.
My Japanese teacher is a Japanese, she married a Penang guy and has been living in Penang for the past 12 years.
Every week, I go to class 5 times, 1 hour per day for a personal class. Until now, I have taken 32 lessons about in 2 months times.
From Monday till Friday , I wake up at 7:15 in the morning. Then I travel to teacher's house by car. My class starts from 8:30 till 9:30. After 9:30 , I will eat my breakfast. Afternoon, I will do my homework. I dont' study on weekend, rest days for me .
I have learned Hiragana but Katakana not yet.
Japanese is interesting but difficult.
I try to write my blog in Japanese, sing Japanese songs, watch Japanese movies.
My friends lend me Japanese series.

I have watched 'Hero' and going to start 'The Innocent Witch'
Today I do not study as my teacher has gone for holidays with her family.
She will be back on Wednesday so I will resume my class on Thursday.
I will take this opportunity to revise my Hiragana. I can remember using computer to type but handwritting sometimes I will forget about the characters.

I will work hard in my Japanese Language learning !

hehehehehe..... not bad also, after I translated, it seems a long paragraph hehehe... Although I am learning like a kid but I think I am happy with my progress so far ! I wish to learn like a smart kid too ! hehehehe....! and I wish I could talk to my kid friends like ui chan, Uta chan, Yuusei chan , kosei chan , Tatsuma chan in future ! oh ya, another new kid friend is Aime chan ( Japanese teacher's daughter) hehehe

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Toilet in Japan

きょは勉きょしません それから BLOG かきます
Topic は 日本のお便所
hahaha ! Today I did not go for Japanese class as teacher is busy.Therefore, I have time to post a new article. Today topic is Toilet in Japan !!
haha the topic might sound funny ! and more funny is this crazy gal took so many pictures in a toilet !kekeke .Well, I found that there are many interesting features in the toilets in Japan, really good functions that I think we should have it in our country. One key point is also the cleanliness. Most of the time, all the toilets are clean and the floor is dry. I hate the toilets here, most of the time is flooded !
Let me walk you through those interesting features :

'Clean Gel ' for cleaning the toilet bow 's seat for hygeine purpose.

Baby friendly toilet ! In fact most of the toilets or at least 1 or 2 of the toilets will have baby seat. So mother can carry baby to go shopping !

Close up of the baby seat. If I am not mistaken, the baby chair is for baby till 2.5 years old or 2 years old , it does stated age or weight of the baby.

3 in 1 basin ! First you put your hand to get the soap , then wash with the water. Thirdly, you can dry your dry in the basin too ! haha what a good features ! One time you finish the whole process ! Japanese's invention is wonderful ! save place, save time , save effort !

Good hand dryer design
You put your hands inside the dryer so the water will not drip all over the place. Another good invention !

Make- up place ! Almost all Japanese lady will make up. So clean and comfortable make up room is important in the toilet.

今 母と Shopping Complex へ 行きます。私たち 映画を見ます それから 晩ご飯を食べます、そして gym 行きます。7時半にCombat Class と RPM Class を します。

Now, I am going to shopping centre with my mum. We are going to watch Andy Lau movie. After that having dinner in gurney. I will proceed to gym to do combat class and RPM after dinner !

Monday, February 2, 2009

Chinese New Year's photo shots

Today is 9th day of Chinese New Year........therefore , new year must blog new year related stuff ! Signature Ox Year picture taken by Joshua ,my cousin .I like this picture ! professionally taken !

3 sisters of Chia Hui , myself and Min hui.... with my closest cousin sisters





Solo picture with seaview background

All cousin sisters ! haha I am the eldest but shortest among all ! full of new year mood ! We had family gathering for buffet lunch in Traders hotel on the second day of Chinese New Year. It is a yearly CNY event where everyone gathers together.

Joshua just passed me many photos taken during our family gathering on first day and second day of Chinese New Year. However, I just chose a few samples to post here. I like all the photos he took, some he took without my awareness ! so glad to have a professional photographer in our family !!! Everyone just kept asking him to take photo for us so he had to run here and there ..

If you share the photography as interest, I am sharing Joshua 's blog : http://me.fazai38.com/ showing many nice photos and nicely enhanced photos ! ( haha must advertise a bit for my cousin who is also designer for his creativity and good job done !)

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

茶道 Japanese Tea Ceremony


Today is second day of Chinese New Year, I tried a new event 茶道 Japanese Tea Ceremony. My Japanese Sensei invited me and my friend Tamako chan to her house. Her friend is holding a tea ceremony to introduce this Japanese culture to people.

First, we were asked to eat okashi(sweet/candy/chocolate) , then we were taught how to turn around the bowl and drinking tea. Nihon go (Japanese) sensei told tea master that I couldn't take much caffeine so they prepared a different tea ( mild) one for me.

Later , we were taught how to make tea, folding the Chakin (茶巾). It was difficult to fold the chakin. We were told , it took nearly 1 week to learn how to fold it by another student who showed us. I was fully focus in attending to the tea ceremony so I dind't take any photo. The student who showed us is a guy. All along I thought tea ceremony is a lady's hobby because I never heard from Jap guy friends that they go tea ceremony. :) Today, Japanese teacher told me tea ceremony started by man. I discussed with my Japanese teacher , we both agreed Tea ceremony is a very high cost hobby as you need to have many Kimono ( which is super expensive !! ) plus the fees to learn tea ceremony. Ladies and men wear kimono in tea ceremony.


To learn more of this Japanese tea ceremony : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony
http://www.holymtn.com/tea/Japanesetea.htm

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Gong Xi Fa Cai !

To all my friends and relatives who celebrate Chinese New year , I would like to wish you ' Gong Xi Fa Cai' May the Ox year brings you tonnes of happiness, prosperity, good health. May all your wishes come true !
I just had my reunion dinner. Reunion dinner on Chinese New Year eve is the most important event in Chinese New Year for all Chinese. All family members from all parts of the world will try to gather together to have the dinner together.
What I will doing in this Chinese New Year ? Relatives visiting, ex primary school classmate gathering . Oh yeah, my Japanese sensei invited me to Japanese tea ceremony on Tuesday. I am going to explore this new event ! Watching TV with many new year special shows , Gym as usual !

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Brunei Trip

おとといはBrunei へきました。きのは帰りました
Brunei はとてもつまらないです。私とOracle Malaysia の会社員ひこきでBrunei へいきました
火曜日Penang からKuala Lumpur まで、Kuala Lumpur からBrunei まで 。私ぶらぶらにAirport.
金曜日の晩十時に うちでした。今 くたくた。

私 Nasi Lemak を たべました

BruneiのえびCraker を かいました

hhahaha not sure how many mistakes I made from the above. If you notice , please correct me.

Now English version ! I got a 4 days short job since last week. It was a pre-sales job so I prepared pre-sales material and flew to Brunei for 1 day presentation. It was my first time to Brunei.

My impression of Brunei is a very ulu place ( village), small place. However, I was there only a short while and busy with work so not much time to feel bored too. Customer took us to eat Chinese dinner, the dinner was good and quite authentic Chinese food. Next day, he took us to eat Nasi Lemak( according to him best in Brunei) but I think can find better one in Penang or not comparable to Madam Kwan's nasi lemak.

After lunch, I asked what is the signature souvenir I can bring back to Malaysia. I was told ' Keropok" ( Prawn cracker) . So they took me to minimarket to buy prawn craker but it was raw type. Need to fry it ! ahhaha I told the customer if I buy this and pass to my friend in Penang may be I will be scolded kekeke so I decided to buy instance cooked crakers, end up I bought Junk food ! kekekeke...

I saw the mosque with gold plated roof on my way back to Sheraton Utama hotel. It was a very grand mosque. Nothing much about the hotel except the buffet breakfast was good. I wanted to take some pictures in the airport but we were all told to check in earlier and need to be seated in the gate earlier as the sultan was coming back from other country and the airport will be closed for certain section. Anyway, it was a good and short trip , as I added a new country to total country visited list of mine !

Hey ! hehehe I wanted to check what I wrote in Japanese make sense or not, therefore I pasted the paragraph in the Japanese translation website, this is the English output below generated by the translation tool'

''It came to Brunei the day before yesterday. Coming returned. Brunei is very trivial. From Penang to Kuala Lumpur from Kuala Lumpur to Brunei on Tuesday when it lived in Brunei with me with company employee of Oracle Malaysia. It is Airport in my. It was within in ten o'clock of the evening of Friday. It is dog-tired now. ''

I guess not too bad right ? errr both , my written paragraph and the translation tool accuracy ! hehehe

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Birthday celebration

Cousin, friends asking how did I celebrate birthday ...I had Thai dinner with my family. Mum bought me a fruit cake. She took the exact candles but I refused to put the exact candles ............for a reason !!!!

I told I might want to blog this picture but I did not want to publish my age in the blog kekeke
It has been 2 years I was not at home on my birthday. In 2007 , I was in London. A group of Dell colleagues gave a surprise birthday party . In 2008, I was in Osaka, it was second week after I first arrived in Japan. I had dinner with a few colleagues , then I remembered I bought myself a piece of crepe cake . kekeke.. birthday must eat cake !

Once agains, thanks for your emails, sms, facebook messages of birthday wishes ! & also presents of earing, shu umera's eye shadow, crabtree hand cream, Giodano top, Juicy Conture handbag !

My wishes will come true !!!

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Thanks for your Birthday Greetings !

Big thank you to everyone for remembering my birthday, your wishes and presents are greatly appreciated ! It just turn 12 o clock not long ago, getting older by another year but......... as long as life is getting more interesting , happier, prettier , successful then I am happy to grow elder ! kekekeke
きょは わたしの誕生日です!1月15日
日本友達,どもありがとございます
わたしの'wish'は 日本へ行きます 
毎朝私 勉きょします
月曜日から金曜日まで勉きょします
Special thank you note to all my friends in Japan for remembering my birthday and all the birthday wishes . haha I don't know how to say wish in Ningo go, tomorrow I will ask my sensei.
If you see I make any grammar mistake, please leave me a comment so that I will correct it. Domo arigato !

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

2nd Attempt of RPM !

This evening, I had second class of RPM !! killing class ! 50 min, sweat like raining ! whole shirt was fully wet. Tonight class was pretty full. For RPM class, we got to register 10 min ahead because there are limited bikes in the cycle room. Therefore, it is on first come first serve basis.
Now , I start to enjoy a new hobby ! kekeke ! My instructor John kept pushing me " Li Mei, faster faster ....." " Li Mei accelerate" hahaha so paiseh(shy) nya ...Whole class might also know who is new and who is Li Mei. This is new hobby, I need some more time to master it . Unlike body combat , I am a senior student now ! senior combater kekeke
Just now, we were asked if we all wanted to add one more track. I was sitting on the fence. In the end, he added one more track. hahaha if is combat class, normally I will vote eheheh but RPM is new student, so I be a quiet new kid in the class !
Oh ya ! in the class, the instructor trying to push everyone to work harder by saying ' I will never give up ! " hehehe...powerful slogan to bear in mind !

Monday, January 12, 2009

Friday small Party

Last Friday night, I had a small birthday party with my good friend to celebrate our birthday ahead. We are both January girls ! haha I didn't 'purchase' Gigi's photo copyright, therefore, I only have my photo here !
We had dinner in Waka Japanese restaurant. Since came back from Japan, couldn't really find a very satisfying Japanese meal . hehehe... I miss Japanese food in Japan !!!
After dinner, we went to our usual hangout place 'G Spot Jazz Bar' in G hotel. G actually stands for Gurney. Gurney Drive is a popular place by the sea, near my house.

The bar has a Brazillian singer who sings Brazillian jazz songs. Every 3 months, the jazz bar will change singer. First time, I went there, there was a British singer, it was her last night singing there. G spot became my usual hangout place because I find it less crowded compared to more disco place .. hehehe , and less people smoking there so it is not smoky place, suits me. It is more of this reason than anythingelse. :P hehe The singer might think I am her fans ... actually is not. hehe... more of the place I prefer , anyway, there aren't many this type of hangout places in Penang. Last Friday, Brazillian singer performed exceptionally well, the best performance so far after I been several times. Perhaps, there were more people on that night so she was more movitated.
I had 'Pink Perfection' Mocktail. It is a combination of fruit juices of strawberry, watermelon, pineapple ?????... haha I forgot the content ...oh ya , another reason, it has nice juices there. as you know I do not drink alcohol. Most of the times, the juice is nice. However.... 2 times, they mixed pineapple can drink in the pineapple juice .. then I got to think ... may be apple juice , water melon juice is better choice since you can easily tell if is a apple can juice and so far i think there is no water melon can juice ! kekeke