Warisan Square Christmas Gift Vouchers

My colleague gave me a booklet of Warisan Square Christmas Gift Vouchers.


Shopping vouchers are available for the following outlets.

Salabianca, Satine, Joan, Island Shop, Eve, Baleno, BLay, Chambers – 5 vouchers of RM10 each (Terms & Conditions: Applicable for one voucher per transaction only. Applicable to minimum purchase of RM50.00 & above in a single receipt. Not exchange for cash. Valid from 24 November – 31 December 2007).

Charles & Keith - 5 vouchers of RM10 each (Terms & Conditions: Applicable for one voucher per transaction only. Applicable to minimum purchase of RM100.00 & above in a single receipt. Not exchange for cash. Valid from 24 November – 31 December 2007).


Food vouchers are available for the following outlets.

Fish & Co., HengLong, La Manila – 5 vouchers of RM10 each (Terms & Conditions: Applicable for one voucher per transaction only. Applicable to minimum purchase of RM70.00 & above in a single receipt. Not exchange for cash. Valid from 24 November – 31December 2007).

Any takers? I certainly am not able to use any of the vouchers except for maybe Fish & Co.

Christmas Concert at Yayasan Sabah Auditorium 9 December 2007

This Christmas Concert was organized by The Association For Members Of Chinese Church Music Kota Kinabalu.

I invited Tang Lee San to join me and we sat with Lily Tan, Stephanie Chong and her sister Fui Na. Since we bought the RM30 ticket, we were seated higher up than when I was there during the Jesselton Philharmonic Orchestra’s performance. This time there was no way I could video the performance. So I resorted to audio recording only.

We started of with singing carols ‘All Come All Ye Faithful’, ‘Joy to the World’, ‘Noel’, etc.

There were solo, duets and trio performance in singing or instruments and both together.

The highlight of the evening was the presentation by the Choir of The Association For Members Of Chinese Church Music Kota Kinabalu accompanied by the Yap Ling Ensemble. I really enjoyed myself and I was glad Lee San enjoyed herself as well.

Lily Tan was trying to take photos using her new digital camera throughout the performance. I gave up with mine after two shots because they did not turn out well.

Increment 3 December 2007

We usually receive our salary beginning of the following month since at the end of each month I have to wait for everyone’s OT claim before I can finalise the payroll. Sometimes there is exception to this case, like when the bosses decided to pay exactly at the end of the month. Then all OT claims would be paid at the end of the following month.

A few days before end of November 2007, my bosses told me there would be increment at the beginning of next year. I was looking forward to that.

But to my surprise, on 3 December 2007 when I passed all the payroll slips for the boss to sign, I discovered that I was given an increment of more than 10%. Wowee! I was so happy. I really did not expect the increment until January 2008. God is so good to me. (God is indeed no man’s debtor. We sow what we reap). The November increment is on top of the less than 10% increment at the end of July 2007. Yeah!

Lunch at Recipe House on 2 December 2007

Fried Fish Fillet Set


Sushi Set

Sharon Lai, Monica Leong and I went to Recipe House, Damai Plaza for lunch. I have been to this place once to dine in and takeaways many times.

Monica ordered the fried fish fillet set while Sharon and I ordered the sushi set. The food were very fresh and yummy. Burp! Haha

Dinner at Beijing Restaurant on 26 November 2007 (Photo)

Dinner at Beijing Restaurant on 26 November 2007

Tracy came over from Sandakan 24-27 November 2007 to visit Lee San and family. I didn’t have a chance to meet up with her until our dinner on 26 November 2007.

Tracy, Lee San and I went to Beijing Restaurant at Kg. Nelayan, Tun Fuad Park, Bukit Padang for buffet steamboat.

The first thing I discovered when I went to look at the buffet spread was that the ice cream freezer had been tugged away at a corner which meant no more ice cream for dessert. The buffet spread had dwindled down a lot as well. *sigh*

This time the rain came down quite heavily until we had to shift our table inward to prevent the rain from getting to us. I like it a lot when the rain comes down during steamboat time. :)

We had chicken soup and were making full use of both the steamboat and teppanyaki set. Yum yum

Once again, I enjoyed the marinated lamb and shitake mushroom and had both of these the most. Tracy and Lee Shan were enjoying a variety of food.

Our conversation centered around food and work. It's interesting to find out that we encounter similar problems at work eventhough we work in different places. Relationships are too complicated.

When it was time to pay the bill, the waitress told me a new management took over recently and therefore I cannot use the Servay member’s card for 10% discount entitlement. Not only that, the price of has gone up from RM25++ to RM29++ per person. She also mentioned the absence of the ice cream freezer.

Dinner at Grace Point 16 November 2007

Before I went for my KL trip, Sharon Lai already suggested we go out for dinner when I came back. I chose Grace Point because on the night after Sharon, Monica Leong and I had dinner together at Yoshimi Japanese Restaurant at Warisan Square some time in September 2007, we met our church Chairman Thomas Chin & family and they said they had dinner at Grace Point.

Grace Point is located near Graceville, next to the Sembulan Memorial Park : ‘Double Six Monument’.

Courtesy of http://www.sabahtourism.com/attraction.php?ID=72&mID=2
Double Six Monument
[ Location : Kota Kinabalu (Capital City) ]
The Double Six Monument is located in Sembulan, marking a significant tragedy in the history of Sabah. On June 6th, 1976, an airplane carrying Sabah’s fifth Chief Minister, Tun Mohd. Fuad Stephens and six other State ministers crashed, killing all on board. The Double Six monument was erected on the exact spot of the fatal crash.

Grace Point is a place managed by the Sutera Harbour Resort group and various types of food are being served. There are Malay (Nasi Lemak), Western, Baba & Nyonya, Chinese (House of Noodles and House of Rice), Korean, Indian, Thai, Claypots, Wagamama Japanese Restauran, Dovist Seafood Restaurant, etc.

I had Asam Laksa, Sharon had burittos and Monica had claypot rice. My Asam Laksa was not appetizing at all. It was too soupy and didn’t taste nice. Sharon and Monica said their food was ok. (The food didn’t deserve to be taken so I did not bother to take any photos of them)

I have known Sharon for a few years while Monica since the beginning of this year and on that night, we found out that three of us love to play Scrabbles. Each of us has a set and we are thinking of bringing out our set the next time we get together. Haha! Playing three games simultaneously! Talking about being desperate!

Apart from the food at Grace Point, there is a park for children to play in and a jogging track. And before you go home, make sure you visit the toilet! I think the toilet at Grace Point has to be the nicest you can find in Kota Kinabalu, if not Sabah (for the present time, that is)!

As we were about to adjourn to have satays for supper elsewhere, Sharon could not start her car! Ronnie & Catherine Khoo and some friends were leaving at the time as well. When they saw that Sharon had problems with her car, the men from that company helped her to start the car and afterwards to jump start the car but to no avail.

Sharon called her mechanic and he rushed from training in Kyrugma House to Grace Point to help. He found that the parts at the top of the battery were loose and after he tightened them, the car was ok again. PTL!

What a memorable evening!

Rhema Learning Center Thanksgiving Night 15 November 2007

Chloe Chong moved in to live with us since beginning of 2007 because her dad has been busy going outstation for work most of the time and sometimes she has to be alone in the apartment.

Before she moved in, we enquired about transportation cost to and from her school from drivers who operate ‘school bus’ from our neighbourhood. Since she would be the first one to get on board and the last one to arrive home, the cost would be more than RM200 per month. Because of the expensive cost, she changed school to Rhema Learning Center joining her cousin Barnabas Ng.

At the beginning of the year when Chloe started to attend this school, she could hardly read or speak English and I spent some time with her at night doing her homework. But I could not do it for long because I usually feel so tired by the time I arrive home from work.

Anyway, at the Rhema Learning Center Thanksgiving Night I was completely amazed by how much Chloe has come to where she is now. That night I can say she was the ‘star’ because she was involved in so many performances. She also won some academic awards for all the hard work she had put in throughout the year.

Barnabas also did very well on his part in speaking Mandarin that night. He also won some academic awards. Well done to both Barnabas and Chloe! Keep up the good work kids!

LCCT 13 November 2007 (Photo)

LCCT 13 November 2007

When I arrived to queue up to check in, there were already a lot of people waiting on the queue. But the check in counter was not opened yet. And when it did open, service was at an extremely snail pace.

When it was my turn, the Indian guy said I had to pay RM30 for the extra 2.8kg or I had to carry the 7.8kg luggage up the plane with me! I opted for the latter and was adamant not to pay him a single cent. Must be my bad luck that day because the plane was not full and this was the first time I was ordered to do so!

I had early dinner at McDonalds and the place was fully packed with people. I had to wait two minutes in order to get a seat.

The flight back to Kota Kinabalu was delayed by half an hour. I had the whole row to myself on the plane so I had a good rest that night.

As a whole, I enjoyed this trip to Kuala Lumpur very much. I had the privilege of listening to MPO at Petronas Philharmonic Hall at KLCC and meeting a friend after almost ten years, ate a lot of good food, the weather had been favourable – not too hot and not much rain, and I had a relaxing time. What else can I ask for???!!!