Happenings - March/April 2014

Well, this is an overdue post after being left out earlier

probably b'coz i hav totally forgotten about this event

 GUESS WHAT THE EVENT IS?

 nope, it isn't any superstar concert...

but instead it is the company annual dinner!

how could i ever missed out in posting such important function of the year?!

probably coz it was held in the beginning of the year where too many happenins' around tht overshades it.

anyhow, the company never fails to have the annual dinner @ Shangri-la Hotel.

I dun have to tell u how sucks the food was, coz i hav been mentionin' this N times.

The food was mediocre, nothing to shout about...

 the only food that pass my palate is the dessert...which is actually plain vanilla ice-cream with choc lava cake. 

Total disappointment rite?

i'm pretty sure the below leftover food is mch * (infinity) better than what is being served at the hotel ballroom. Well, I shudn't hav complaint mch since the dinner was entirely F.R.E.E. & fully sponsored unlike some of my previous company where staffs need to pay (a certain minor sum) to be eligible to attend.

March passes fast, and soon it was April...

April is another hectic month due to rushing some deadlines, but i managed to squeeze-in for a Vitagen talk!

back in being a kiddo again, listening to health talk and sampling Vitagen ;-)

it reminiscent back in those primary school days where Vitagen van came to my school...
havin' a brekkie during ofis hours is GOOD once in awhile ;-)

Meat Dumpling - Wonton

One of those cold nite in Shanghai, i went with a group of tourmates to this wonton shop. It operates even after midnite and is still having patron droppin' by....at 1am plus...

yea...i was there at around that time coz someone needs to take-away (to-go) a bowl of hot wonton soup for his supper.

 here's the menu board...if u can read chinese

 here's one that i had...the smaller version of wonton with pork filling

 and the larger one which I know as 'sui kao' (in cantonese)...but tastes pretty mch similar to that of wonton...

Tastewise, i still prefer the HK version...as it has huge and juicy shrimps stuffed in every wonton.

Shanghai version is too bland, jst like the local ones in KL.

 on another hand, I tink their instant noodles are much more superb than what we have here locally

they hav spicy szechuan beef noodle....

as a hopeless junkie, i bought the large bowl...it was huge that I gotta share with mum

it tastes so yummielicious!

slurrppPPPPppppp!!!

Breakfast @ nearby Yu Garden, Shanghai

Our first meal in Shanghai was at one of the prominent vegetarian restaurant nearby Yu Garden.

When we reached the place, all these had been laid on the table waiting for us. The soy bean drink was still piping hot, plus the buns (Chinese bao) were fluffy

 we were served with vegetarian buns, fried glutinous rice cake and red-bean paste 'ang ku' (tortoise cake)

The bun was superb, the angku was fresh...

just i thought that were the only food for breakfast, i was surprised that the waiter came with these bowl of noodles for each of us, individually...

we were fed to the brim!

nevertheless this vegetarian noodles was yummie, with mushroom and beancurd skin stew in dark sauce.

 here's the eatery place ;-) We were seated at upstair.

 the surrounding is like a heritage village with oriental-ancient-like architecture buildings..being a tourist-packed area, this place is crowded even during the morning...but it doesn't matter as the air is fresh during spring ;-)

well, there goes my very first meal in China "mainland". Was surprised that it tastes good, despite numerous negative remarks (from frens and families) on how sucks the Shanghainese food are. Not impressive though, but considered "okay"

Bon Appetit!

Monthly Birthday Celebration @ Office - Month of April'14

One can never slimmed down if they are working in my office....

coz....

FOOD IS ABUNDANCE

with daily free lunch and monthly b'day party...it is undeniable that you will easily gain weight...

as usual, my lunch gang had invited me to tag along at the party despite we aren't the April babies...

*thick skin me....jst go for the sake of eating ;-)

as soon as the candles blown-off, i was the first to queue for the satay...yeapz! i oni 'attack' the satays!

and ignore the rest of the food in the buffet line...

there were also fried rice, fried chicken, and fried foo-pei (beancurd skin). But i took none of them - was too engrossed into Satay...

sandwiches and currypuffs....yummielicious!

wish i could hav more currypuffs...it was really yum...

but my stomach couldn't feed in anymore....coz i had a bowl of
n.o.o.d.l.e.s

yea...that's my bowl of noodles with chili paste and extra fishballs/fishcake!

a very satisfying meal especially after having the satays....teeeheeeheee....

Bon Appetit!

Flight Meal: KL - Shanghai, China

My flight to Shanghaiwas at 1:45am...It was a midnite flight and reaching there in the morning.

Packets of peanut was served moment after take off...as the breakfast will be a few hours later...which will still be in the middle of the nite (alrite, it is actually during the wee hours in the morning)

i had a western breakfast consists of omelette, potato wedges, sausage and baked tomatoes.

It was served with the usual stuffs of fruits, yoghurt and bun with butter plus a cup of tea.

this meal lasted me for a few hours before my stomach starts growling again at about 9 plus...

luckily the trip organizer had arranged for another breakfast, else i would be starving till lunchtime.

On my flight back home, i took the late noon flight...hence lunch was of more solid dish consist of noodles, chicken and mix vegetable. It comes with fruits, tiramisu and bun as usual.

The tiramisu was superb!

Overall, the food is okay as it suits my palate well.

Bon Appetit!

Nestle Hamper

It's time of the year where we collect our exclusive Nestle hamper....This is supposed the door-gift during their AGM, but it was distributed separately after the event

 anyhow, all of us were so excited to receive the goodies, especially when they are EDIBLE

 see the happy face of this soh-poh and her Kit-Kat

my fav of all are Maggi mee, for sure!

GreenGoose Guest House, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Let me take u a tour of the room in GreenGoose...

Here's my "VIP room"

Why so?

coz the room is unusually spacious than a standard hotel room

it even have sofa at one corner. 

 and a walk-in closet with dressing table. But i found this space a bit wasted coz normally people dun have such big luggage that would occupy the whole wardrobe

 even the bathroom is like a stage!

u can sing, dance and practise ur movement coz there is a mirror sliding door...and when u r taking bath from that bathtub, u can see urself naked from the reflection of the sliding door mirror

 the toilet bowl...ok, nothing fancy about that

 this place is like a mini apartment except that it doesn't have a pantry

 other than that, all basic necessities are provided, such as fridge, tv, air-cond, hair dryer, wifi

well, that's about my VIP room....

I got to know that not all room are the same. My colleague got a smaller room with lesser amenities and in run-down condition. So i consider myself lucky to have a better room ;-)