Semester 3: 95%

Finally, I feel a bit more relax. All of my assignments have been submitted and my tough paper is finally over (1 more paper to go). This semester, I encountered a lot of non-contributors, imagine only a few people have been working actively on the assignment. Your guess is right - I was working like hell for my group assignments. I have spent some days during my year end vacation working on them. Luckily, I have supporters along the way, who have given me the strength and support that I need to survive through this.

Perak 1 Day Trip

It’s been a long time since I joined my ex-colleagues for a trip. I received a call from HS/CJ/Jason one day. No details were given except that it is a “makan” trip and the date. A few days before the trip, I received a sms from Queena asking me for my confirmation and to bring a swimming suit. I was shocked as no one prior to that told me that we will be going to the Lost World of Tambun!

Anyway, everything ended well. 10 of us departed from Penang at around 6.30am in 2 cars. I was so sleepy that I almost slept through the whole journey there. We had dim sum at Mei Ge, opposite the new Fu San. As we just reached, the waiter and waitress put all the food on our table to let us choose. Yummy~

After dim sum, we went for white coffee before departing to the Lost World of Tambun.

CJ borrowed me her swimming suit and luckily, the right size. The rental of each locker cost RM10 – very expensive. Jason was trying to squeeze everything into 3 lockers, but not successful. We are a bit disappointed with the theme park as they have very little choices when it comes to water games and obviously, even fewer choices when it comes to non-water games. The queue at the counter was super long as you will need to buy coupon first before ordering. We were starving and feeling dizzy after riding the “pirate ship”. In the end, we took twisties, some biscuits and soft drinks for “lunch”.

After that, we drove for about 30 minutes to Kampar, near UTAR for Curry Chicken Bread. Looking at the aunty as she sliced the freshly bake bread and the curry chicken with sauce inside the bread, it’s really mouth watering.

Then, we departed back to Ipoh for Lou Wong Bean Sprout Chicken Koay Teow. Crunchy bean sprout, smooth “bak zhang” chicken, fish balls and meat balls - yummy~ “kam kat” (a drink) there is nice too.

Klang Bak Kuh Teh

Recently, I visited 2 Bak Kuh Teh shops in Klang – Mo Sang Kor and Seng Huat. According to my “tour guide”, in Klang, Bak Kuh Teh is served in a small bowl in the morning and normally, they only serve claypot Bak Kuh Teh at night.

For Mo Sang Kor, they have 3 outlets in Klang. The meat is very soft and tender and the taste is just nice, not too thick or watery. The funny part is they don’t sell Yao Zha Guai. You will need to get them from somewhere else.

Seng Huat has been established for many years and they have more variety for its side products, such as tofu. It is normally known as “under the bridge”. Comparatively, their Bak Kuh Teh is more salty and the customer service is not so good.

Semester 3: 70%

This semester is extremely hectic. I was stuck in classes, assignment and work almost all the time. For many weeks I had been having sleepless nights and working endlessly on my assignments. Guess my coursemates were suffering too. Suddenly, I felt that I am an assignment producing robot, “printing” assignment after assignment. With 4 assignments due around my birthday week, I really had little time to enjoy the celebration.

Semester 3: 0%

Next week marks the beginning of my Term 3. I have just collected my course materials for this term and was marking down the important dates on my calendar. A number of things will need to be completed on the first 2 weeks of December – 3 assignments due and 1 presentation. Looks like I won’t be able to enjoy my birthday this year. Gosh… I really need to plan ahead.

PCGHS Alumni?

Phaik Imm informed me that our high school has an alumni association in KL/Selangor! I browsed through the website for more info and they have being around for more than 30 years! The seniors in the photos (I believe) are as old as my mum or perhaps even older! I checked the activities list, they are quite active – karaoke, dinners, classes etc.

http://pcghsalumni.com.my/

More of Chili's

The portion, the taste… … really value for money.

Triple Play

Chicken Fajitas

Foong Lian Claypot Chicken Rice

This restaurant at Jalan Yew was recommended by Anil. I like the “lak cheong” in the claypot chicken rice and its soup. It is really delicious. One small claypot chicken rice cost RM7.50.

Chilly Pan Mee

This place in Kota Damansara was recommended by CC sometime ago. Normally the shop is packed. The noodle is tasteless without the chilly. But, it tastes much nice after adding in the chilly.

Jobstreet: The Malaysian Youth Career Survey 2009

I have just read the results of this survey and find it interesting. Do you agree with the results?

http://results.youthsays.com/jobstreet/

Ketam Steamboat Seafood

This place in Bandar Menjalara was recommended by Jason. According to him, the Tomyam soup there is not bad. Well, it is much better compared to the other Tomyam that I have tasted in KL. We ordered the steamboat set for 2 pax and the portion was huge. The portion for 2 pax is actually recommended for 3 pax.


The kuih that the people are selling here is quite nice as well. A bit pricy though.

Farewells

There were quite a number of farewells for these few months – Edmond, Steve and Falah. All the best guys! On the other hand, there are a number of new faces as well.

Sakura @ Jalan Imbi

Sakura is not a Japanese restaurant but a Malaysian restaurant at Jalan Imbi, KL. This restaurant seemed to be one of the popular dining places for tour groups. It is famous for its Nasi Lemak and indeed, it was really nice and the portion was very huge. The environment and service was good too.

Of course, it comes with a price. After tax and service charge, the Nasi Lemak costs RM17.

p/s: I heard from my colleague that this restaurant is the parent company of Madam Kwan.

Kim Tek Bak Kuh Teh

Recently, YS introduced to me this Bak Kuh Teh shop at Kepong/Selayang. According to him, the Bak Kuh Teh here is very popular. Normally, it will be sold out before 12pm. Indeed, the meat is very tender.

MMU Convo

Recently, I attended the convocation of my 2 juniors, Lisa and Loo Mun. It had been a really long time since I met them and Lisa can’t recognize me at first. *sob sob* It was a nice hang out with some old friends and I met a few new people as well.

Nette, omedetou!

Congratulations Nette! You have made it for the JAGAM scholarship. I am really happy for you. Keep up with that spirit when you are in Japan.

Puti Bongsu Batam

This restaurant near KLCC is serving Padang cuisine. Padang is a city in Indonesia.

Quoted from Wikipedia, “The cuisine of the Minangkabau people is commonly called Padang cuisine. Padang restaurants are common throughout the country and are famous for their spicy food and their unique way of serving it. Padang food is usually cooked once per day, and all customers choose from those dishes, which are left out on display until no food is left. It is served in small portions of various dishes, but constituting, with rice, a complete meal. In a Padang-style restaurant, the table will quickly be set with dozens of small dishes filled with highly-flavored foods such as curried fish, fried tempeh, stewed greens, chili eggplant, curried beef liver, fried chicken, and of course, sambals, the spicy sauces ubiquitous at Indonesian tables. Customers take - and pay for - only what they want from this array of dishes.”

The food is nice but not healthy. This restaurant is a bit pricy and the seafood dishes are extremely expensive. 1 sotong is RM5!

Pasta Zanmai

Pasta Zanmai is a restaurant selling Japanese-style pasta and assorted Japanese food. A friend of mine highly recommended this restaurant but I find the pasta so-so only. The assorted food is quite nice though.

This one is yummy. It's like a thin crust pizza with scallop.

This one is nice too!

Shanghai 10

I visited this restaurant sometime ago with my colleagues for lunch. At that time, there was a buy 1 free 1 promotion for siu long bao. The food there is okay and a bit pricy. For the taste, I still prefer Dragon-i.

Semester 2: >50%

Currently I am half-way through my second semester. There are a lot of readings for this semester. For the past few weeks, I had been reading and writing a lot. I was introduced to Harvard Business Review (HBR) for my reading materials and I find them very information.

http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/