Event for the Semester: July Part 5

31th July 2008

I've wanted so much to watch the Mummy, so Carmen, Wei Liam, Kenneth, and I headed to the Cineleisure Damansara to catch the latest episode of the Mummy.

We had dinner at the Winter Warmers at the Curve. This is my second time coming here, Carmen once brought me here some time ago. This place isn't really cheap. But they serve good food and tea English styled.Tea is served in a pot, it is refillable.
A cup of tea.
L-R: Me, Wei Liam, Carmen, Kenneth.

31th of every month, Baskin Robbins have promotion of 31% discounts on all hand-packed ice-creams. So after our movie, we had to queue up and it was a really long queue. People were basically coming here just because of the promotion, or so it seems. We bought a pint of this Baskin Robbins hand-packed ice cream.3 flavours inside. This hand-packed ice creams is not cheap even after discount.
Guess who finished the last of it? Carmen! It was funny looking at her eating just like a cat. She really enjoys good ice creams and good food :)
A satisfied Mr. Phuah. At the back ground, there are still many queuing up for the promotion.
Hey you two advertising for Baskin Robbins? :P

The tie that we bought for Wei Liam.
A silver tie for him to wear on his convocation day.
Wei Liam trying on his new tie....
Ta-da! New tie fixed to new owner.

New tie courtesy of Carmen, Shen Wei, CY, and me.

And oh, The Mummy suck big time this round.

Event for the Semester: July Part 4

7th July 2008

Just another Monday. Right after class, my classmates and I headed to the Wong Kok Char Chan Teng in SS2 for a drink.
Looks like in deep discussion...what's Wai Leong and Hut Lim (the 2 guys on the right) staring at?? These 'yam jin' fellas....haha

Sykao and Rachel enjoying a mini 'Chocolate Fountain'.

This is actually a nice place to just sit down, have a drink, maybe have a meal, and just chat and chat. Another place for a drink and chat would be the Old Town Kopitiam at the Jaya One. I swear we sat down for almost 2 hours there just for drinks and chatting!

I just hope Wong Kok comes out with new food and drinks to satisfy those are bored with their menu, it's just the same as other Hong Kong styled cafes and restaurants.

Event for the Semester: July Part 3

6th July 2008

Right after our Sg. Gadai waterfall trip in Ampang, we headed to the Ampang Look-out Point for dinner and yum cha. This is one place where you can enjoy the night view of KL, one should not miss out coming here.

We were all tired climbing down the steps at the waterfall, now it was time to climb up the stairs at the Ampang Look-out Point. Huff, puff....huh huh....tiring!Browsing through the menu...at Gasoline.
Order! Order!
The waiters here are mostly either foreign Indians or local Chinese. These guys are busy taking our orders.
And while waiting for food and drinks to be served, there are card games for customers.Playing 'chor dai di'. Me: "Yay, I win again!" Kuo Sean: "NO, this is impossible! How can this happen?!"
There's lots of photo taken here...
Left-to-right: Kuo Sean, Wai Leong (a.k.a. Tan Sri), Jason, Hut Lim (a.k.a Yang Zhong Wei)

Chee Hao and me. No, he is not my elder brother!
Left-to-right: Siau Chuan, Hui Lee, Rachel
Well, everyone did agree that Hui Lee looks much better without tying her hair, it just seems she wouldn't listen...haha
"Hello, who order this?" - Things get out of hand with the waiters confusing which drink is for which customer, and with us not remembering what we ordered! As you can see, I'm still busying playing 'chor dai di' :P

Weird, no pictures of food or drinks were taken! Nevermind, there is still a next time....I hope!

It's a bit hazy in KL as you can see from the picture above...
Sunset view from Ampang Lookout Point. The Petronas Twin Towers and the KL Tower is visible at the background.
All these pictures are courtesy of Jason...I think! Please correct me if I'm wrong.
And at night, the cityview of KL. L-R: Kelvin (a.k.a. 'fei fei'), Khai Chuan, Rachel, Hui Lee, me
Front two: Chee Foo, Andrew

The view is just awesome! One thing that I always liked about KL at night is the view of the Petronas Twin Towers with its bright lights. That was back then in KTAR when I was staying at the hostel in Setapak. I can clearly see the towers at my hostel then.

So much for KL nightviews at the Ampang Look-out Point. Will come again sometime....

Event for the Semester: July Part 2

6th July 2008

Sunny day, this is the by far largest gathering and event by IA Year 3 Semester 2 class. Today we are heading to Sg. Gadai waterfall which is near Ampang. We headed there early in the morning only to face traffic jam at the Federal Highway. This must be a joke. Fortunately it was not a heavy traffic. We gathered at Chee Foo's house. His father is actually the Penghulu for Kg. Ampang Baru. He resides in a double storey bungalow house, his porch is big enough to 4 cars I think!

Chee Foo brought us to a nearby Yong Tau Foo restaurant for breakfast. Ampang is famous for its yong tau foo for your info. Since it's nearby, we did some morning exercise by walking there.

Let's roll....walking past the temple.

The yong tau foo place is fully packed with people on a Sunday morning, the photo above is only part of the shop. Very nice yong tau foo, I'm getting all hungry now recalling the taste.

Then it was time to depart to our destination, Sg. Gadai Waterfall. If you ask me how to go there, I can't remember! I doubt many can remember the route there. 4 cars on the move...
Part of our convoy:
We stopped at a road sign waiting for Khai Chuan's friend to lead us to there. Notice the signboard says Waterfall 14 km:
We finally reached there after some time. We had to climb like a gazillion stairs before reaching a nice spot. On a Sunday morning, it's expected there's many people.
Waterfall!
Group photos:
The water is very very cold!!! Compared to taking a cold shower or swimming in the pool, this is twice the coldness...brrr.....Then it was lunch time, picnic style. Self made sandwiches, boiled eggs, water, other tidbits.
Lu tengok apa? ("What are you looking at?")

Alex with a very lansi face. Someone please throw him off into the water! :P

It was a good experience as it's my first trip to a waterfall. But I must say it is quite tiring to climb up and down the waterfall. Also, the toilets there are really really dirty. Too dirty that even I can't bear to stand and pee in there!

Goodbye Sg. Gadai, will come back next time!

Event for the Semester: July (updated)

Date unknown, somwhere in the first week of July 2008.

Please excuse my short term memory, I have trouble recalling the exact and specific date for this event. It was steamboat at the Waterfront, Ampang. We were actually pissed that 'someone' who actually is from Ampang got lost in directions and causing us hungry fellows to be caught in heavy traffic jam. It took us 1 and a half hours just to reach Ampang when it would take less than an hour.

But apart from that incident, it was a good day. All-you-can-eat steamboat. It's not just steamboat, you can also cook teppanyaki style. Most of us from the IA class came with some bringing their girlfriends along, so it was 3 tables for us.
That means 3 woks for teppanyaki and 3 pots for steamboat. There were sushi served at the counter as well. We came as a group but sat down as 3 different groups. That means no stealing food from each other's table. And so we had this crazy idea and the 3 tables were actually competing to cook the best dish! My table's specialty, prawns! :P

Actually each table cooked using prawns but with different ingredients. There was no clear winner to this, so collectively we cooked well! :P

Another specialty...chicken, fish, and ham cooked with eggs. Yummy!

Group photos for IA Year 3 Semester 2 Class (girls not included). 6 people were not present.

Right after we headed to Ampang Lookout Point for a KL night scenery. Nice view!
Sorry, no photos available!

Event for the Semester: June

25th June 2008 - 1st July 2008
Today's topic is about all the events and activities participated by SK, short for Soon Kim (me!). I will only post events with pictures and photos. There are other events with no photos, so I won't be talking about it here :P

The month of June! It was my semester break. These days semester breaks are getting shorter and shorter. My classmates Alex and Kelvin a.k.a. Fei Fei paid a visit to Ipoh on a Wednesday by bus - en route to Penang to visit Yeow Kuong.

Hut Lim and I brought these 2 big eaters round Ipoh to eat. It was non-stop eating, starting from the place 'underneath the big o'l tree' in Pasir Puteh for lunch. Good yong tau foo and hor fun served there. Next stop was Nam Heong, where we brought them to drink Ipoh's famous Old Town White Coffee in the evening. After the rain we headed to Menglembu, the place where Hut Lim resides. Food is cheap there, as we tasted 'Lok Lok' for 60 cents each stick and a big takeaway packet of 'Leong Cha' for just less than RM1. Night time dinner was Lou Wong's Chicken Bean Sprouts in town, followed by supper at 'Tung Kui' or the Eastern Section of Ipoh as we say it in Cantonese. This place is just behind Jusco and nearby Tesco, fully packed with cybercafes, food outlets and mamak stalls, pubs, snooker centres and other various shops. It is a popular hang out spot for youths in Ipoh at night as this place and GreenTown are the only 2 places with entertainment still open till late nights.

The next morning was dim sum at Foh San Restaurant. For those who don't know, Ipoh is also famous for its dim sum. The egg tarts were specially fresh and delicious, and you can't find har gao with this big sized prawns in KL or PJ.

Then it was time to head to Penang. The journey takes around 2 hours from Ipoh. Upon reaching the Auto City, Yeow Kuong brought us to eat before bringing us to his 3 storey bungalow house. Rich. Haha. We headed to the Penang Island itself to stay in Yeow Kuong's old condo in Bayan Lepas. For these few days, the activities were mostly eat, eat, eat, and eat. (No prize for guessing how I gained weight). No joke, most of us can eat a lot! From Penang's famous Har Mee to Char Kuey Teow, cheap and good steak, steamboat...you name it, we ate most of the local delicacies.
Unfortunately there was no photo taking, a big thanks to short term memory.

Ah, here's a group photo though...at the steamboat place.
From left to right: Yeow Kuong, Hut Lim, Kelvin, Alex, Me

Ever seen a cute panda? Here:


It was also this trip that I've visited my uncle and aunt living at the Gold Coast Condominium and get to see my sister and my cousins. Miss them all.

The trip ended with us heading to Bukit Tambun for seafood. It was delicious and cheap. RM 100++ for 5 people. Good? Si beh ho!