Journal of My Life

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Eating Out @ Face to Face

Eating Out @ Face To Face Noodle House, Damansara Perdana

07/06/08

my brother introduced this shop to me but i havent got a chance to try out... so, over the weekend, i went there for lunch... it was famous for the special Pan Mee... this branch was at Damansara Perdana, quite easy to find as it was facing the main road... :)

the shop and the menu.... all green in colour !!

there're few types of chili to choose from...

Lok Mei (RM 2.00)....

Fried Wantan (10 pcs for RM 3.80).....

Top: Creation's Minced Pork Pan Mee (RM 4.80), Bottom: House Special Dried Hot & Spicy Chili Pan Mee with egg (RM 4.80)....

my Minced Pork Pan Mee... there's something so special about it... it was so tasteful and yummylicous... !!

Restoran Face to Face
11A-1, Jalan PJU8/51,
Perdana Business Centre,
Damansara Perdana.

Saturday, June 7, 2008

BBQ Dinner

BBQ Dinner at Ewa's Place @ Damansara Heights

04/06/08

another backdated post.... last Wednesday, we went over to Ewa's condominium at Damansara Heights for a BBQ dinner... it was the CrAzY Wednesday where there're traffic jam all over the places - due to the fuel price hike !!

at first, all of us planned to go back home and change our clothes, but changed our mind later due to the unforeseen circumstances.... TRAFFIC JAM !!

most of us reached her place at 8.30pm, after braving through the stupid jam... =.="

Bok was the first to reach followed by me and Rachel... hehee... :)

Rachel and Bok....

not long after, Hugo BOSS joined us...

Ewa and her boyfriend - Charlie.... he was such a good cook !! most of the food was prepared by him...

we had some chips while waiting for our main course...

my steak... quite a small portion... :)

Bok's plate full of salad...

everyone were so busy eating... except me - looking at the camera.. hahaaa...

after our main course, Charlie taught us how to eat the CHEESE with apple.... seriously, i dont fancy those cheesie-thingy... !!

Iskandar was the last to reach, when we're about to finish eating.... all of us chit-chatted while watching tv... we went home separately at 11pm... still, there were lots of car queueing up at all the petrol station...

* faint *

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Quote of The Day

Petrol price up by 78 sen !!

Petrol price up by 78 sen - and will be reviewed monthly

PUTRAJAYA: The Government announced yesterday an increase in petrol and diesel prices, stating that it can no longer continue to subsidise fuel. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the new prices were still at a 30-sen per litre discount from market prices.
In other words, if the market price is RM3 per litre, Malaysians will be charged RM2.70 at the pump. He said the price would be adjusted monthly based on the global oil price.

“Malaysians still pay lower than the market prices as far as petrol is concerned,” he told a packed press conference when announcing the restructuring of the subsidy package.
Abdullah said that although the restructuring would result in consumers having to pay more, prices were still lower compared with Singapore and Thailand.

He said the Government would save RM13.7bil through the restructuring. From the savings, he said RM4bil would go to the National Food Supply Guarantee Policy, RM1.5bil for subsidising cooking oil and RM400mil to subsidise rice imports to make the price uniform in peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak. The Government would also spend RM200mil on flour subsidy, RM100mil on bread subsidy and RM7.5bil was meant for contributions to the subsidies for petrol, diesel and gas.

On top of that, Abdullah said, the Government would have to fork out RM5bil to pay to owners of cars and motorcycles eligible for rebates introduced under the restructuring of subsidy package.“Our effort is certainly not an attempt to be popular but we try our best to help the people. We cannot satisfy everyone,” he said.

Abdullah said demand for public transport would go up with the rise in fuel prices and the Government was currently addressing the need to improve services. He reiterated that the public should make changes to their lifestyle, saying they must ensure there was no wastage in resources such as water, energy and food. He said if certain adjustments were made, the public would not be “too badly affected by price increases”.

He said the hike in fuel prices would cause a projected increase in inflation of around 4% to 5%. It would also have an impact on the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth but was confident that it could be maintained at 5% this year. Abdullah said the Cabinet committee on anti-inflation had to come up with a system to ease the public’s burden from higher fuel prices.

“What is important is that we want to ensure the restructuring will encompass a mechanism that will protect and benefit those in the lower and middle income group. “We are truly committed in ensuring these groups will not be burdened by the increase in petrol and food prices,” he said.
Asked if the subsidy restructuring would result in Malaysians going to the streets to demonstrate their unhappiness, Abdullah was confident the people would not resort to that.

The Changes

Price increase

Petrol – RM0.78/litre

Diesel – RM1/litre

Electricity:Commercial and industrial – 26%

Retailers and small restaurant operators – 18% (for first 200kWh per month)

Residential – new pricing structure for users above 200kWh per month

Prices effective today (per litre)

Petrol – RM2.70 (previously RM1.92)

Diesel – RM2.58 (previously RM1.58)

Rebates
> RM625 per yearFor private vehicle with engine capacity of 2000cc and below, including private pickup trucks and jeeps with engine capacity of 2500cc and below.
> RM150 per yearFor each private motorcycle with engine capacity of 250cc and below
> RM200 reduction on road taxFor private petrol and diesel vehicles with engine capacity above 2000cc
> RM50 reduction on road taxFor private motorcycles with engine capacity above 250cc

Source from TheStar.com.my

p/s: does that means i have to cycle to work ??? * faint *

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Short Trip to HK

another short trip to Hong Kong... this time via Air Asia... cheaper ma... heheee.... not gonna write much about it, just let the photos do the talking.... afterall, who wanna read all the grandmother stories here.... :P

this is the proof that i took Air Asia... hahaaa....

my first dinner once i touched down... started with a soup of the day...

i had little bit of rice plus these local delicacies..... roasted duck, vegetables, braised beef and mutton "satay"...

very full lerr....

then, the next morning, i had dimsum for breakfast, complimentary from the hotel i'm staying...

pastries and buns...

yummylicious....

me and the golden mustard bun... my mum's favourite...

the jakun fella and the phone at the lobby... hahaa....

camwhored in the taxi to Ocean Park....reached liao.... hoooraayyyy !!! it was my first visit to Ocean Park, so must take lots and lots of photosss.....

is it a Sealion mascot ?? hahaa...

took the cable car to the other part of the Ocean Park... it was so windy up there with a magnificient South China Sea view...

visited the Shark Aquarium.... help me !!!!

and next, the Sea Jelly Spectacular.... it houses lots and lots of jelly fishes.... so many species and different sizes...

pretty jelly fishes....

me and the "terbalik" jelly fish....

then, i went to the Atoll Reef.... saw lots of fishes including the famous Nemo - clown fish....

my first ride - Flying Swing....
the Flying Swing made me dizzy, so i went for a relaxing one - Ferris Wheel ~~(for children)~~ !!

had this fried chicken for lunch....

next, was the Ocean Theather, which is a MUST if you visit Ocean Park !!!

some performance before the show started....

the place was full... by the way, is it called "People Mountain, People Sea" ??? hahaaa.....

here comes the sealions...

followed by 3 cute dolphins....

Ocean Theater....

i tried my luck in this basketball game to win some plush toys... but i FAILED miserably !! i think it's either the ball too BIG or the basket too SMALL !! :(

hot air balloon....

then, i went to visit the Panda's home....

Le Le and Ying Ying sleeping together.... on the right, it was Jia Jia.... all of them were sleeping soundly except An An....

An An.... he was so cute, and showing us his eating skills....

Ching Ching and An An.... hahaa....

i love this pic very much... do i looked like the panda ???

huge panda eating the bamboo stick....

this panda looked a tad bit scary with its teeth !!

lastly, there was a performance by some acrobatic dancers...

next, it was dinner time !!!

meet up with my sis's bf - Jack... we had a scrumptios dinner at Little Sheep restaurant (Xiao Fei Yang)...

the boss looking at the menu...

ordered a set for 2 persons which cost him around HKD800 plus... that's crazy !! the set comes with lots of seafood including sashimi (my favourite) !!