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Dinner at Kang Le Shabu Shabu Restaurant

Sophia Tsen and I are so happy to have our dining buddy Lily Tan back from KL eventhough it is only for a few days. She came back last night and tonight the three dining buddies had steamboat.

Lily wanted something ‘ching’ (clear) so I suggested this restaurant in Damai, next to The Hut. Previously the three of us had been to this restaurant for the same kind of food but it was under a different management.

Each person has his or her own individual stove and the temperature control is on the right just below the table top.

We ordered a family set.

After we finished the beef in the family set, Sophia wanted to have more beef. So we ordered another set of just beef.

While eating it was good to catch up with one another and enjoying each other’s company.

The soup tasted quite concentrated.

We only put in the corn cob almost at the end and therefore the soup would have tasted even better if we had put in earlier. Nonetheless my soup tasted delicious with the plenty of prawns I cooked inside.

At the end I think the soup tasted an over saturation of cholesterol.

We finished everything except the cabbage.

Sophia suggested dessert at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaves. But the comfortable sofas were occupied with people and we ended up at Maple Café.

They ordered one of each Oreo Soft Cheesecake and Tiramisu to be shared among the three of us.

Inside Maple Cafe toilet

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AK Vs. MH

I do not know about you all but if I am given a choice of flying between Air Asia (AA) and Malaysia Airlines System (MAS), I still give MAS the thumbs up.

For a short person like me, you would not believe but my legs cannot even reach the floor of the AA plane. But I do not have this same problem when I fly MAS.

Since MAS has been in the red in recent years and with the popping up of budget airlines worldwide, travelling domestically using this airline has become rather expensive. So most people now just thought of flying AA and seldom bother to go into MAS website to give it a chance.

During my recent return trip to KL during the Labour Day long weekend, I was surprised I could travel for as low as RM260. I bought the tickets one and a half months earlier.

No doubt by travelling to KLIA one has to take into consideration the cost of travel on the KLIA Express of RM35 as compared to taking the Skybus of RM9 one way from LCCT to Sentral.

A fortnight ago one of my colleagues told me that as a registered member of MAS, one has the opportunity to buy MAS return airtickets to KL a couple of days before departure date for as low as RM120 or so. I have been trying this out but so far I have not proven what he said to be correct, most probably because most MAS flights are full by departure time.

Anyway tonight I went into MAS website and found a gem I want to share.

1. Go to http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/en/home.aspx

2. Click on MAS Stimulus Package

3. Click on Grab now besides Grab a Deal MAS Stimulus Package

4. Sign up by filling in your details and for Select Your Group:* tick Others and I put ‘Local’ at the Please Specify

5. After signing up, then Login

Right now MAS is offering the following for domestic flights:-

MYR0 Special Travel Period: 01 Jan – 31 Mar 2010. Sales Period: 16 - 24 May 2009

MYR9 Special Travel Period: 17 Jun – 31 Dec 2009. Sales Period: 16 - 24 May 2009

Happy hunting for your bargains!

Rainy Season?

Up until last Saturday, the weather had been extremely hot and during the weekend I could not go for exercise due to the rain.

The rain has been coming down these four days and as a matter of fact, it is raining right now.

The weather has become more and more unpredictable as time goes by.

I have only become more appreciative of the rain recently eventhough that would mean I have to wash the car more often. I still prefer cool weather more than hot.

Thank God recently my health has improved slightly as well. I do not feel as cold as before when I am in an air-conditioned room.

Brake So Hard

Last Friday night as I was leaving my housing estate near the former S.I.T. (now the True Jesus Church) junction, I saw four cars queuing up to turn right into that junction.

Two cars managed to turn in before I arrived at the junction. I did not expect the third car to make the dash because there was no way the driver can manage to go in without me banging on his car.

The problem was the driver really tried to make the dash and I had to brake so hard until my handbag which I put on the front passenger seat dropped to the floor. This was the first time it happened.

I think either the driver thought that he would be faster than me or he did not expect a car to be there at all.

Thank God for His protection upon my life and the ability to brake in the nick of time.

When I shared the same thing during life group that night, Sharon Lai mentioned that how could a driver miss not seeing a yellow car. That really beats me.

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