On the 5th day of CNY, FL came to my house and we were exchanging books to read while savouring some keropok. Isssshhhh, just can't stop eating them! Then we went out for dinner. Didn't want to go for our usual satay celup dinner so I brought her to Da Jia Le for porridge based steamboat. 2 pax + 1 paddy frog, and 2 drinks, the bill came to about RM 38. Kinda reasonable considering that it's CNY season.
On the 6th day of CNY, I went up to KL for our annual CNY gathering with my housemates. It was a 2D1N affair so are you ready for lots of pics? Hehehehehehe...
WT, K and I drove up to KL to meet the rest of our housemates. FF couldn't make it in the last minute coz her blood pressure shot up and her doctor advised her to rest for the next 3 days. WT herself wasn't feeling well but she still managed to drive all the way up!
The 3 of us stayed at Park Royal Kuala Lumpur. Considered quite a good quality hotel around KL and the location is strategic, at the heart of the golden triangle. The other hotels' rate were all very high due to CNY so this is the best deal we could get. No complaints though :)
Let's take a tour of this hotel... In case you don't know, we need to flash our keycard in the lift before we could go up to our floor, I supposed it's good from the security point of view... but a little troublesome if a group of people were put on different floors, like in our case, K's room was on a higher floor and he couldn't come down to our room without our keycard.
Anyway, see for yourself this reputable hotel's room layout. First thing on your right is the bathroom :-
I'm standing beside the full length mirror and this is the view of the room from outside looking in.
This deluxe room comes with 2 double beds, which are comfy :)
And this is the view from the bed. We have a television and the long desk, which was later filled with bottles and bottles of drinks and junk food!
These are the things laid on top of the mini bar but we did not touch any of them. We couldn't even finish what we've brought!
I kinda like the simple lamp they have in the room. This is the table lamp. I like the long, side lamp as well but did not snap its picture :P
When everyone arrived at our hotel, it was time for our reunion lunch, as some of them had to go back for dinner. CO booked a table for us at a Taiwanese restaurant just behind our hotel - Jalan Imbi - so we walked there although the sun almost killed me!!! Let's see... there were 2 Taiwanese restaurants on the same row and we went to the one beside Oversea Restaurant. It's called Fong Lye Taiwan Restaurant.
And it has cute cutlery :)
While waiting for the rest to arrive from Seremban/Tangkak, we took some photos and had fun matchmaking "certain people" Hahahahahahahaahhaa... Okay, actually some of us including yours truly were very, very, very hungry coz I did not even take my breakfast and it was past 1pm already. To divert my attention from the drumming effect of the tummy, I had to crack jokes and take pictures, ermmmm... it worked for a while, then it's back to "I'm hungryyyyyyyyyyy"
May I present you our Couple #1 - CY and CN (trying hard to get a baby Tiger)
Couple #2 - KS & SK (Yikesssss, put their initials together and you'll get symmetry, didn't realise this until now! Okay, they're gonna get a house soon, then get married)
Couple #3 - KC + wife + son (His wife is a Vietnamese. They met when he was working in Vietnam. He's back for good since January 2010). Look at how his son tilted his head in synchrony with his!!!
Supposedly Couple #4 but I got dragged in, aisey man! This has been our "project" for the past few years, but we have yet to see it "blossom" Hahahahahahhaha... K, WT & I. Trust me, K is a good man *ahem*
We have the guys - CO, YL, KS and CY
Then K insisted on being one of the guys, hahahaha, okay okay, insider joke!
Highlight of the afternoon : Conversation between K and YL
"Eh YL, so how many kids do you have now?"
Everyone was stunned for a good 5 seconds or so. Reason being - YL is not even married yet! Upon realising his blunder, K said,
"Eh eh, sorry, coz NL told me you were married, aiyoh~"
To which YL counter attacked K very, very innocently,
"I heard you and WT are a pair now right"
Boyyyyyyyy, I couldn't help myself, I burst out laughing so hard that my jaw ached afterwards! You see, YL is the serious, and very sensible/proper kind of person. Very straight and honest... and the way he replied as a matter of fact was really superb!!! Unbeatable! You gotta be there to know what I mean!!!
In his heart, K was cursing NL like hell for giving him false information. The funny thing was.... when NL arrived later, K confronted him and NL denied flatly, hahaahaha.. these guys are really masters of Tai Chi!
Now the lovely girls :) CN, WT, me & SK standing
And how can I resist from taking one picture with our "director" aka best buddy of mine, WT
Okay now feast your eyes with the food pics. We ordered about 7 dishes including yee sang that afternoon. the bill came up to about RM480.00 for 12 people. Not very expensive I would say!
This is the appetizer. I don't know what it's called, but it's really appetizing, hahahahhaa
Then we have this 4-flavour Cold Dish. All I know is that there were taiwanese sausages, scallops with some kind of nuts, pork ribs and "siput" - which I did not eat at all :P This dish itself cost RM120, not very worth it right!
Next we had the dual flavour prawns - salad/mayonaise prawn and deep fried prawnballs. This is yummy :)
We had two types of vegetables. The first is this. I don't really know what kind of vegetable this is, but in the menu it's called "Flies' Eyes" - Mata Lalat, what a name!!!
And the second type is this beans. It looks like long beans but it is not. Nicer than long beans. I forgot its name :P
And everyone's favourite- Ma Poh Tofu. Not that spicy, so I still can take it :)
Lastly, we have this 3 Cup Chicken. A must have in Taiwanese restaurants. However, we sort of kena con by the lady boss. She kept insisting that there won't be enough for all of us, so she suggested that we order the big one. We gave in. Alas, it turned out that the chicken pieces were BIG and there was certainly enough for everyone, in fact, we had to force some people to finish it up!!!
Then we were given this little cup of drink at the end of our lunch course. It's something like chilled lime juice. Very, very nice that I thought of stealing CO's coz he sat beside me and he was still busy finishing up the 3 cups chicken, hahahahahhaa~
After that, our table was cleared to make way for the lou sang. We ordered a small one which costs us about RM36 if I am not mistaken.
Topped with fresh salmon slices
This is how it looked like before they made a havoc out of it (-__-")
And this is how ganas my lovely housemates can be!!! Boyyyy~~ we were so so so noisy when we lou sang, and everyone just simply cucuk their chopsticks and korek the poor yee sang... look at how it was scattered all over the table! tsk tsk tsk~ Bikin malu saje, hahahahahahaha~
After a very fulfilling lunch, we went to 7-Eleven across the street to get some mineral water, 100+ and snacks before going back to the hotel. We called off the bowling outing, I suppose we're all getting old, we would rather sit and relax in the room than to bend down and throw some 10kg ball which will eventually land into the longkang at the sides :)
Really relax and talk only ke? Of course not! How can we not gamble? Hahahahaha, this is our routine every single year. It used to be at K's house, and this time eventhough we're in a hotel, we still can do it! All of us sat on the floor and played Blackjack, or 21. I think we're really kaki judi in the making coz we gambled for 2 hours++ non stop, hahahahaahaha! ishhhhh~
Then they had to leave and K went swimming. That guy, didn't even tell us to bring our swimsuits. He said it's such a waste to be paying RM200++ for a night's stay if you don't fully utilise their facilities!!! So while he went swimming, CO rested in his room, and WT & I tried to sleep. WT was drowsy from her medication where as I could not sleep at all!
At night, we went to have dinner at Pavilion. We almost ended up in some sushi restaurant but changed our mind in the very last minute. So we chose this place since director loves the egg yolk buns.
Yeah, it's Dragon-i. And look at these... nah, not the two guys. I actually wanted to take the snapshot of the decoration behind them :P
We wanted to have something light and not so oily since we had a scrumptious lunch that afternoon..... this is their appetizer, boiled peanuts which are really soft and nice.
Chicken with cashew nuts and capsicum
Sliced fish with long beans and potato strips
Steamed tofu with mushroom
Stir fry spinach
And of course the mouth watering egg yolk bun, our dear WT's favourite
So yummy that she had to tapao 2 sets to bring back to Malacca!!!
After dinner, KS and SK headed back home while K, WT and I managed to persuade CO to spend a night with K since he's staying alone. Urghhh~~ it sounds so wrong here huh, hahahahha... "spend a night with K" *gasp*
We went up to K's room, then just to see look see look. It's smaller than ours imagine how K and CO could have a romp in this cosy, tiny room imagine if we had to fit in almost 10 people in here to gamble! No way!
Then WT and I went back to our room and I asked her to take her bath first since she wasn't feeling well. While waiting, I put the sparkling juice into the fridge and I can't resist this...
Oily face.. so oily that you could fry an egg on it, wahahahahahahaha.... well, coz we've been out the whole day, all the way from Malacca, what do you expect? Perfectly clean face? Impossible!
Then K and CO came down to our room to chit chat while sitting beside the window. My favourite spot of the room. I love sitting there, sipping the sparkling juice and munching Mister Potato while looking at the night lights down the street. KL is a lively place. Exciting night life. But I still don't like the lifestyle here although I've spent some 4 years here previously. I'm a kampung girl who values life's simplicity :)
Next morning, I was woken up by K's phone call. I thought it was still early as the room appeared to be dark after we have drawn the curtain the night before. Turned out it was already 9am. CO had to leave to meet up with his friend, so K went to swim (again!) while I bathed and got ready while waiting for WT to wake up. I think she was really knocked out by the strong medication!
From our room, this is what I can see. Familiar? I told you it is strategic, didn't I!!! Berjaya Times Square, Sungei Wang and even KL Tower!
And I managed to capture this monorail moving just below me. I remember few years back when my family and I stayed over at KL Plaza, we brought lil Min to experience the monorail and she felt so cheated coz we sat from Sg Wang to Berjaya Times Square, which was only one stop away. She complained to my dad that "haven't sit down, have to get down already" Hahahahhaa!
After that the 3 of us, K, WT and I walked over to Pavilion to have our breakfast. Breakfast of the day? My favourite Subway <3 It's weird I always have this stupid habit. Whenever I have to chance to eat or do something, I wouldn't eat or do it. But once it is out of reach, I yearn for it. One of the things I regretted not eating often enough when I was still in KL is Subway. Now, each time I go up to KL, I make a mental note to find Subway restaurant and EAT it! heheheeheheehehe!
Breakfast that day was on K :) I had sandwich number 12, my all time favourite, Turkey Breat and Turkey Ham coupled with hot milo. I opted for Parmesan bread with all toppings except for pickles and olives. Dressing? Mayo and mustard :) Wah liau eh, I tell you, it's so damn satisfying, I could go for seconds :)
K wanted to sit at the high table, to get the "feel" of it. Like how ang mohs dine, hahahahaha.. We chatted about life, our career, our housemates. And I did what I love to do - people watching! It's interesting, trust me!
K was saying that this trip is pretty relaxing and hard to come by. A break from our daily routine whereby we're always rushing for something. He even told his mum that they should sometimes take a day or two off, check into a hotel and just R E L A X and you know what his mum said? "Xiao ar! Waste money to stay in hotel when you have a house in Malacca!" Hahahahaha!
Before going back to the hotel, we spotted Chic Cupcakes and wanted to try. I don't think K would love sweet things like this, so both WT and I chose one cupcake each and when I handed my money to the cashier, K fought to pay for us. Alas, the cashier took his money. My money is smelly is it? Hahahahha, anyway, thanks a lot K :)
We brought it back to the hotel room to eat. On the way back, WT stopped at Hagen Daaz. Both K and I stared at her. Oh hullo, you are sick, and down with flu, you're not supposed to be eating ice cream! This is what she sad to defend herself, I can faint I tell you!
"Doctor said I cannot drink cold water mar, he didn't say I cannot eat ice cream"
(-___-")
Anyway, this was what I had. Not that nice. A bit too sweet for my liking. I would prefer SO's cupcakes, anytime!
After that, we went back to Malacca. I drove back as WT was still kind of sick. We talked all the way back and so the journey seemed to be shorter and faster. K came to my house to pick up his car, while WT and I headed downtown to get a body massage, hehehehehehe.... while waiting, we hopped over to McDee at Dataran Pahlawan to grab our late lunch. The massage was so-so only, shit, I still miss the Indonesian one in Taipan. So far, I've been to a few massage places and all of them can't measure up to the one in Taipan, in terms of service and price. See? This is also one of the things I've regretted not doing often enough back then! *sigh*
Okay no more going out like crazy after this. Going back to work the very next day, shucks~
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