January Randomness.....

Too much to write about recently
till i didn't know where to start
from as Chinese New Year was very
happening and filled tremendously


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visited Pavilion on the 26th Jan
was my first time heading there
and felt myself being so "kampung"
managed to capture a few shots of
the buddy bears of 146 countries


walking along the pathway of food
and beverage and managed to had
the chance to dine in one of my
aunt's opened restaurant at the
well-known shopping mall


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26th & 27th January catching up
with old friends - the VR1 guys,
high school mates, super old
college mates etc. it is hard
to write in words but the
moments will be remembered
than writing it in words


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Chinese New Year is all about
food where yee sang is totally
not missing away from any day
during CNY, had a ex-company
and known as father's business
partner who organized a CNY
dinner and also my own company's
internal lunch, and again is
about FOOD... Huat Ahhhhh~


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the randomness of some college
friends came to my house for
CNY visit too and well had
great fun where again something
that CNY couldn't stay away from
aka gambling of the blackjack


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tested a new Korean Restaurant at
Jaya One named, KimchiHaru where
i had it for dinner overall was
just moderate and it will be the
first and the last time to dine

Viral Factor 逆战

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Viral Factor (逆战) was considered my first movie of 2012 released. It was a coincidence that it was Chinese New Year, and I had the time to join two different groups into the cinema to watch this movie twice. I remembered Jay Chou's most actively played role in the movie was "Initial D", and his some other movies were more to Romance - "The Secret".



It was all the way where I heard friends telling me of how good the movie, "Viral Factor" is, maybe it is due to the presence of Jay Chou and Nicholas Tse. Also, the filming venue was mainly in the few familiar venues that we known of, our country Malaysia. I went for the movie with the similar reasons.



Frankly speaking, I did not expect the movie to start with a Prologue, where Jay Chou himself unpredicting the character whom always gives him an helping hand which was his brother, Man Fei (Nicholas Tse). With the two main international actors mentioned above playing the role as brothers revolves around an unknown virus that could be global threat along with the relationship of the brothers.





The starting point at Jordan was filled with explosive action packed scenes. The guns and the tanks that duel between the officers and enemies was well shot with good sound effect and audio. With a simple story told to the audience that reflects of how the people in Jordan deal with blackmailing and enemies retreat.





Not forgetting to mention that Nicholas Tse's acting was good in the movie. Nicholas' acting was undeniable so much above Jay which the point of excitement was given to the film. Being a bad side of himself in the enemy, his background was reflected of how he was brought up with purpose in life of taking good care of his father and daughter, which is somehow not a wrong path but was being forced by situations.






The surprising part of the movie was they managed to shot those scenes in the busy and crowded area of Kuala Lumpur, for example Jalan Parlimen, Jalan Raja Chulan, the amain pathway of Pavilion, KL Sentral, Golden Triangle, Port Klang, Pudu... etc. There was so much of actions and gun fights mentioned at the areas.



Somehow to review back the malay language spoken in the movie was a little spoilt to the movie as the language spoken could not be even spoken fluently. Also, there was a particular scene where the exterior of flight showing Air Asia and Malaysia flag. With the usage of Perodua Myvi seems to be showing the audience the "good" side of our own countries' productivity. My question is why couldn't they use Malaysia Airline and Proton?



Somehow, to continue writing, I will perhaps recommend you guys to watch it in the cinema and enjoy the short plot of the whole movie.


Movie Rating: 8.5/10

The Tranquerah

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feeling honoured to be invited by Elaine
to Burt & Whye Leng's house for CNY
home visit, on the spot itself during the
visit to their house only i knew that dinner
was at this long-heard Nyonya Restuarant
named, THE TRANQUERAH

TRANQUERAH refers to a road in Malacca
a part of Malacca city was originated
from the Portuguese word, "palisades"
which means entrenchment or outworks
made from stakes driven into the ground
a fortress to protect the town

this restaurant named, The Tranquerah -
Malacca Nyonya Cuisine which located at
Red Carpet Avenue, Encorp Strand provides
a unique dining environment where East
meets West that serves authentic Nyonya
cuisine a heritage setting design place

meet Aunty Florence Tan which is the recipe
contributor to The Tranquerah which serves
unique and aromatic Nyonya Cuisine

anywhere that you could still find chairs
made of biscuit tins these days? This reminds
me of Old School time and also the Malacca's
era of Baba and Nyonya living lifestyle

look at the menu which was design to feel
"old school" with the yellowish-brown paper
and the cursive writings reminds me of those
time when ball pen was invented

when it comes to Nyonya cuisine sambal belacan
is never disappearing from the serve on table
it is the most unique small dish to with the
main course that will never go missing

PONG TEH - famous peranakan nyonya dish where
chicken or pork stew are cooked with fermented
soybean paste, potatoes and shiitake mushrooms
this dish is surely be found on a Nyonya meal

IKAN CINCARU SUMBAT (Stuffed Fish) - lots of
sambal been stuffed into cincaru to marinate
and provides the juiciness of the fish while
infusing flavours of sambal into the fish

CINCALUK OMELETTE - made by fermented shrimps
known as "gerago" or "geragau" caused saltiness
sauted with big onions and chilli before breaking
the eggs to give a stir by adding the cincalok
and cook it over low to medium heat in a pan
the salt is ommited as the shrimps were the ones
causing the saltiness and calamansi juice is
squeezed before serving this dish on the table

SAMBAL BENDI (Ladies Fingers) - the stickeness
of the ladies fingers lies in the sambal belacan
provides a great kick of taste of the chilli

SAGO DELIGHTS & BUBUR CHA CHA - the sago delight
is made into alike jelly form accompanied with
sweet gula malacca cream gravy while the bubur cha
cha is thick and creamy with the strong taste of
the brown sugar, which is known as "gula melaka"

i felt myself travelling back with a time machine
while entering the washroom, which is totally so
"old school" design

(photo taken from : Photos of The Tranquerah in Wall Photos)

the promotion for Set Lunch from
Monday till Friday (12 - 2:30pm)

THE TRANQUERAH
62A-G, Red Carpet Avenue
Encorp Strand, Jalan PJU5/22
Kota Damansara, 47810, Petaling Jaya

Tel: 603 - 6142 4106
Email: nyonyaplace@gmail.com
Facebook: The Tranquerah
GPS Coordinates: 3.155291, 101.592850












(photo taken from : Photos of The Tranquerah in Wall Photos)

Thank you, Elaine

a random CNY house visit at Burt and
Whye Leng's house located at Kota
Damansara in the evening where the
lady house owner spent her time boiling
"tong shui" and homemade "yee sang"



dinner with all brothers and sisters
at The Tranquerah, Red Carpet Avenue
a Malacca Nyonya Cuisine restaurant
supporting Burt being a partner of
the Malacca Cuisine restaurant



after filling up our half-loaded tummy
a sudden birthday song to be heard and
a slice of cake with a candle appeared
from behind of where i was sitting -
a small birthday surprise from Elaine

My 23rd Birthday Cake aka Fruit Cake

Thank you to my Bible Stude mentor, Elaine
for giving me a small birthday surprise !~

I'll Be Waiting For You

作曲：Oh Bong Jun
作詞：張美賢
編曲：韋景雲
監制：Johnny Yim




情緒這樣放任 被你控制幽禁
無止境去傷害 但我也想接近
如你將把我吞 在你嘴邊也是吻
愉快感 最親切又震撼



離去了又接近 跟你太相襯
誰想一世安份 又錯過戀愛運
迷信刻骨銘心 下半生不愛別人
夢見的 將有日變真



I 'll be waiting for you
感覺未可以逃避 等到共你在一起
等到下季雪花飛 You let me know
心裡未捨得痛悲 相信就快有驚喜
只要認真不放棄



離去了又接近 跟你太相襯
誰想一世安份 又錯過戀愛運
迷信刻骨銘心 下半生不愛別人
用滿死交換永生
I 'll be waiting for you



感覺未可以逃避 等到共你在一起
等到下季雪花飛 You let me know
心裡未捨得痛悲 相信就快有驚喜
只要認真不放棄



遇著風急雨飛
為你尋找到空氣
仍是你 不怕死
直到行盡了天地



( waiting for you )
感覺未可以逃避 等到共你在一起
等到下季雪花飛 You let me know
心裡未捨得痛悲 相信就快有驚喜
只要認真不放棄

祝我生日快乐

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主唱： 温岚
曲： 周杰倫　
詞： 鄭中庸　
編曲／製作： 邁可林


我知道傷心不能改變什麼
那麼　讓我誠實一點
誠實　而沒有不能控制的宣洩
只要關上了門　不必理誰



一個人坐在空蕩包廂裡面
手機　讓他休息一夜
難　想切割切掉回憶的畫面
眼淚不能流過　十二點



生日快樂　我對自己說　
蠟燭點了　寂寞涼了
生日快樂　淚也融了　
我要謝謝你給的　你拿走的一切



還愛你　帶一點恨　
還要時間　才能平衡
熱戀傷痕　畫面重生　
祝我生日～快樂

Happy Lunar New Year

Wishing everyone a prosperous lunar new year

May the year of DRAGON bring us luck,
strength and good health !~

Path - Will you give it a try?

introducing you this application - Path
launched in November 2010, for the current
moment that only runs on iPhone and Android
which was build by a team of 22 people

as the value of the team is to keep things
simple so Path provides the simple way to
keep a journal of your life on the go
this could also help people authentically
express themselves and share their
personal life with their loved ones

Begin the journey to explore Path
with mewith the pictures shown below :

PERSONAL HOME PAGE

this is a view of your personal Path page
which includes a cover on the top and your
activities below. You can cuztomize the
cover with your own favourite photos in
your phone album or even a fresh capture

HOME TIMELINE

a view of the homepage which is totally
alike the timeline of Twitter or Facebook
but i personally thinks that it looks
more alike to Twitter's interface




NOTIFICATION / ACTIVITY

Path also included a notification for users
to interact with their friends but it is
known as "activity". the notifiation is
shown at the bottom bar and there is
the "activity" page alike the
Facebook "notification" page

EMOTIONS / EXPRESSIONS

the most interesting part is about emotions
it is a interaction for users to interact
with friends of their sharings by a smile,
laugh, frown, gasp and even a love that
represents you "love" the sharing. this shows
that it is more in expressing rather than
giving the dull feedback only with words




INTERACTION BUTTONS

Next, let's look at the choser button. One
button to post photos and videos, who are you
with, where you are, what you're listening to,
what you're thinking, and when you go to bed
and wake up in the next day.




PHOTO & VIDEO SHARING

you can take a photo or choose the photo from
your favourite album of your phone




FRIENDS / PEOPLE

you can even tag a person whom you're with
while you share a photo, being at a place,
listening the music or sharing own thoughts

CHECK-IN TO PLACES

the location sharing actually works by
searching the location from Foursquare
it works simultaneously with your phone's
GPS or map location finder




MUSIC SHARING

the library of musics or your favourite
tracklist are searched from iTunes
through searching the song name,
followed by the song's artist




GO TO SLEEP / I'M AWAKE

you can even share with your friends that
have you go to bed or you're awake with
the "go to bed" and "awake" button




SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS

sharing of your activities can be share to
public or been private, and also to
Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Tumblr

PATH'S MAIN MENU

the simple menu also shows how the application
seems to be user friendly and allows user to
be a fast learner to catch up with the udpates




PRIVACY SETTING
Path shows a highly recommended privacy
where the user's profile is locked down. Professor
Robin Dunbar from Oxform University proofed
that number of trusted relationships for human
includes 5 best friends, 15 good friends,
50 close friends and family




Path does not need a website for the controlling
it is all settled and experience from mobile device

Well, what are you waiting for ?


log onto https://www.path.com


Start using Path today !

CNY Snacks

a look of these 3 bottles of CNY
home-cooked snacks - * YuMssss *

Oloiya's CNY Gift Pack

Here is a new look of what Oloiya （我来也）
thanks to my aunt for giving this CNY
gift pack which she bought the voucher
from everyday.com online :