Office Birthday Celebration

While in the Panama office, I managed to join their office monthly b'day celebration which is usually held on every last day of the month.

Last time, it used to be in the evening (teatime) but this round it was in the morning (breakfast).

It was just a simple and brief celebration with staffs gathered in the common area to sing the birthday song in Spanish and English, then followed by some 'makan-makan'.

As it was still early, the b'day cake was kept for lunch. The office admin was kind enough to arrange the helpers to serve this with ice-cream for the 'after lunch dessert'. It was yummy.

Meanwhile, breakfast was ready for everyone in the office. Yay!

What's on my plate - hojaldres (deep fried dough, like Chinese 'ham chim peng' but without the filing and is not sweet), some grilled meat and sausages. Wash down with a cup of orange juice😂

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The weather outside the office. It was sunny and hardly rain in Panama...

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My breakfast in the hotel - some leafy greens, salad, and smoked salmon.

Weekend laze around in the room. It was too hot and sunny to go out during the daytime.

Stayed at 14th floor, I can see the office buildings (on the opposite) from my room. Not my office, but some other companies. My office is located some 10-15 minutes' drive from the hotel.

The hotel desk is too small for me to work😅

But the bed is huge. Backpain after slept on it. I prefer a firmer mattress😅

I Love Yoo!

Tried out the 'mee kantin' in I Love Yoo! outlet in Pinnacle mall. The 'mee kantin' turns out to be dry pan mee with sambal, soft-boiled egg, crunchy youtiao, spring onions and fried shallots. Taste bland but sufficient to fill the stomach. The soy milk is included with the set. RM11.90 nett.

Soy milk is not too sweet and I can taste soy in it.

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"126 Mixed Rice" shop is offering 50% discount after 8:30pm, so I went in to join the queue.

I had curry veggies, stuffed beancurd skin, pork belly, and a stuffed okra. All for RM6.60 nett after discount. Free flow of Chinese tea and soup self-service.

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Brewmaster lunch set promo is still ongoing. Uploaded the menu here for my own reference. So far I've only tried the chicken chop.

Family Dinner at Yang Ming

[Throwback] Family dinner in the neighborhood Chinese restaurant.

Ordered the following:

Pork ribs in marmite sauce.

Stir fried green leafy.

Yam basket with kungpoh chicken.

Claypot curry fish fillet with assorted veggies.

All dishes taste good, my favorites are claypot curry and yam basket😋

This restaurant has become our regular dine-out place after Tasty Wok (Bukit Jalil) has shut down.

2013 Seafood Restaurant

A simple celebration on my mum's birthday.

Tried out this new neighborhood Chinese restaurant located within the same building as The Store supermarket. I think this lot was previously occupied by some China-style hotpot restaurant. 

This place is spacious and has a few private rooms.

We ordered the following:

Yam basket with kungpou chicken

Stir-fried kailan...with some shredded seaweed & anchovies topping

Shrimp & tofu in pumpkin sauce

and a sweet & sour pork buried underneath the ice-cubes (please see the topmost picture above, in blue bowl)

I prefer the sweet & sour pork served warm instead of with ice-cubes😂, but my annoying sis did the ordering....so let her be.

Total bill came to RM168.80 nett.

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Dessert was birthday cake bought from Berry's....a Japanese cheesecake.

The Westin Hotel - Laundry

Stayed in The Westin during my last trip to Panama (in Feb-Mar)

A deposit of USD300 was required during the check-in.

The hotel is located in the Coste del Este neighborhood commercial area with a few office buildings nearby.

By evening the place turned quiet after most of the offices closed. Even the Starbucks closed at 8pm.

Just some snap shots taken from the 9th floor where the pool is located.

Quiet on both weekday and weekend's evening as well. I guess their people don't go out at night, unlike Malaysia with lots of nighttime mamak, steamboat/hotpot place, malls etc.

This neighborhood consists of mixed development of commercial and residential buildings.

I stayed in one of the tall apartments here back in 2023...guess which?

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During the weekend, I drop-off some clothes for the hotel laundry. Then the next day I received a 'note' informing me that the clothes were ready but I wasn't in the room, with a "Do Not Disturb" tag hung on the door when they delivered it. 

Such a nice courtesy.

Flipped the card, same message but in Spanish.

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The room has a huge screen TV with multiple channels, which I hardly watch.

how many channels are there?

the TV is so thin and flat....The above side-view shows how 'thin' it is!

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OK, my clothes finally arrived (the next day) while I was in the room. And it came in a box, sort of a gift box😂

So delighted to receive a box of my own clothes😂

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My typical breakfast of rice with beans and some local dishes in the hotel's cafeteria. I tried ropa vieja (shredded beef). The flavor abit like "Ayam brand tuna with chili".....beef version, instead of tuna.

Ordered an omelet too.

When I wasn't in rush and have ample breakfast time (normally during the weekend), I would have a fruit bowl with assorted nuts too.

Grand Cha Chaan Teng @ SkyAvenue

This is a new restaurant located in SkyAvenue mall nearby the casino entrance. Although the name is 'cha chaan teng', but most of the items in its menu are local food instead of HK-style cha chaan teng food.

Ordered the following:

Curry noodles....the ingredients are fishballs, fishcakes, sotong, prawn, taupok...

Shrimp kampung fried rice...OK, not bad, it has anchovies and generous portion of shrimps.

Nasi lemak ayam berempah. Chicken abit on the dry side but portion-wise ok.

Ordered a take-away roasted duck (half bird). Chewy yet succulent meat😋

and a box of egg tarts consists of 3 pieces.

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Zongzi festival is on this Saturday. Bought a box of rice dumplings.

It is frozen-type. Need to reheat before consumption. A box consists of a bakchang, nyonya-chang and an alkaline rice dumpling.

This year their bakchang has dried oysters instead of chestnut. I prefer the latter.

Which do you prefer?

AGM

Went for an AGM for a company that owns the kit kat and milo brand...

It was held in the M World Hotel Bandar Utama, formerly known as Avante hotel.

The meeting started at 10 but most shareholders were already there in the early morning to collect their freebies/breakfast and participated in the 'fun fair'.

They have a mini 'fun fair' with food samplings and games to win more freebies, which are their food/beverage products.

Free Kit Kat and Milo ice-creams too....

Here are the free breakfast pack and some 'food freebies' that I got....

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Hong Fu Lao Dim Sum

Had dim sum on last weekend. It has been some time since i last had one.

Ordered the following:

Xiao long bao - RM8.50

Tastes OK with flavorful pork broth beneath the doughy skin wrapper.

Shrimp cheung fun - RM7.50

There are roughly 6 medium size fresh shrimps wrapped inside the rice noodle rolls. Sambal belacan is provided by default. Smooth cheung fun with pleasant savoury taste from the soy sauce😋

Mushroom, chicken and waxed sausage rice - RM13.90

Boneless chicken thigh meats with few pieces of lap cheong and shiitake mushrooms, on top of white rice doused with their signature dark soy sauce. Taste 'homely', like my mum-cooked rice-pot chicken rice.

Total price after service charges and tax: RM34.70 nett

I will definitely order these items again.