row, row, row your STEAMBOAT

for those who know me, i am a STEAMBOAT addict (alongside with other weird addictions that i have like i am addicted to chappati, dal, naan, wheatbiscuit, soybeans). the evening after the recording, i was kinda hungry and my fren wanted to take me out for dinner. so, i took the op to suggest this little nook in IKANO POWER CENTER, called PELAU KETAM STEAMBOAT.


F/N: this blog is not so complete with the prices and all... i couldn't get hold of the receipt (-_-").


so, i am just gonna show you guys some pixies and the overall rating of this place.

the dipping sauces.super HOT! very healthy as in they wre homemade sauces instead of the sauces that came in bottles. one is made from red chilles and the other is made from bird eyes chillies that'll just send your tastebuds to space!

a la carte: japanese soft taufu. yeah, i know, nothing fancy. but it is really fresh and the cubes were huge! once you boil them in your soup, the melt-in-you-mouth phenomena literally happens. rm1.80

the soup: you have choices of either tomyam soup or chicken soup. the tomyam soup costs more than the chicken soup. they are bottomless (i like!). each diner have their own bowl of soup and their own built in hotplate. so, you can spike your own soup with anything you want. i did mine with soy sauce. you won't have to worry about what others would mind to have in their soup. hygiene wise, you have your own individual soup therefore you can drink the soup straight from the steamer if you can't wait (like me leyyy....)

see the dumplings in the top part of this pic? i like the dumpling loads! rm5 for 4 pieces. it is filled with loads of vegies and somekind of mince meat, possible chicken or fish or shrimp (i am betting on fish). the set: this set is for 2 (even this we can't finish cause my fren wasn't eating much and i was full with soup), rm 21.80. it came with fresh, huge prawns, fish pieces, some processed fish producrs, loads of greens, crabstick, fried stuffs (which i didn't even dare to touch), mini noodles, quail eggs.

i would highly recommend this place for those who want a more refined environment while eating steamboat. the prices are a little higher than the usual steamboat that you get at seafood eateries but it is definitely worth it.

PULAU KETAM STEAMBOAT

lower ground floor (opp uncle chin and QQ jellyhouse)

ikano power center

KCK ......thank GOD for lutfi! we WON!

ok....i can't actually talk much about what this is all about. but definitely, this is something worth waiting for (in the TV i mean). really fun, funny, and yeah.... for the first round....the BLING team (lutfi and i) won!!! weeeeee.......!

so, this is the pixies of the experience and feeling (read: SUPER HAPPY!!) of the day.

rainy day. while waiting for other contestants, i filled in the release form.

up to do hair and makeup. aiyarrrkkk.... why la my face so blahdy fair one?? like kena tekap with tepung gomak je...!

reading the recipe. talking with the opponent. trying my best to remember the ingreds. gawsh!!! i am so bad at following recipes.

we weren't allowed to take any pixies while the recording was going on. but it was dead FUNNY and exciting. just wait for it to air la yeah!

post recording. waiting to be on the chopping board (read: judged). excitement overcame the kan cheongness that we were having.

the winning dish. may lack in presentation. but definitely tastes GOOD! thanks to lutfi. if he can cook, anyone can!! ehhehe

serving my partner and his friend (aiyarrkkk...didn't get his name) the WINNING dish.

family, friends, contestants, hosts, judges savouring the food that were prepared. clearly, i was asking fabes to have more of the mee. he said it was not bad. as everyone else said too. even the judges ate seconds and thirds....especially AMBER CHIA!! woot! woot!

the WINNING team and the WINNING dish with the 2 funny and uber kool hosts: PHAT FABES & RINA.

me. still serving.

finally, i got the courage to try the food. not because i am afraid that it is not nice, i was sure it was nice. but i am afraid to eat high calorie food. but for this, i took 3 slivers of mee and tried. yeah, it was nice. no wonder the judges liked it.

chef zam, amber chia, me. whatelse am i doing right? camwhorring le.

the battle in me

i woke up today

with this question in my head: "who am i?"

my insides were having a battle against each other

particularly my muscle groups (MG) against my will (W)

W wanted to go for a morning run

mainly because, if it didn't it'll feel like wack

it'll feel all fat and down low

but MG were too lazy

MG were making loads, tonnes of excuses

and then came my conscious (C)

C said: "tell me the story"

MG said: i am farking lazy

W said (while crying): "i don't want to become fat again"

MG and W battle it out in the presence of C

my whole body was doing things

without giving a damn shaite about how I feel

it made me want to read this book....

damn it

i just remembered: i don't even have this book in my personal library

(@_@")

C made a final decision

"go run", it said

MG had to give in because W was bawling away

equipped with my radio mobile

and a whole load of will power

i ran

i was happy at first

but something was bothering me

even with my bandana which was giving me a tight band-like headache to keep the earpieces from running wild and falling out while i run

the earpieces of my radio mobile went against me

i look like an accident

not waiting to happen

but already happening

hampeh......

F/N: after about 45 running minutes, i felt so much better. W was damn happy and fresh. MG were complaining at first but after a while, they were happy too because they get to tone themselves rather than feeling sluggish.

moral: whatever excuse you make to yourself for not wanting to exercise, shove it up your @$$ and just go for it. it'll make you so much better for the whole day.

short legs or TOO long sighted?

oh my GOD!!! i swear, this is sooooo FUNNY! i mean, come on.... i am so emotionless and not many things could actually make me laugh my heart out. but for this one.... if you don't laugh, seriously, you have no funny bone left in you.

pp/s: courtesy of pott. hey, i did not sleep thru this one at all! amazing!

"Fly Fm?"

aiyaaarrkkkk! i have been trying for this cash call since before they officially started. i was so bloody doped on tuesday morning when i texted them and i got a call immediately after that. eagerly, i answerd "fly fm" instead of my usual half-hearted "hello". i was hoping and wishing hard that i won something. all my rainbows were gone when it was the pagi show's producer called up just to give me a "test run". haaaaiiiishhhh.... don't play play lorrr.... i got heartbroken already la like this....i got STUMPED (first episode).

then today, i answered "fly fm?" (see this time got question mark cause i was doubtful that they'd call me). my bubble that was half blown was busted yet again when it wasn't the cash caller that called me. it was the kam cheong people calling me about the change in my call time. haiiiyahhh..... *cry cry cry* STUMPED (second episode)

please la FLY fm.... call me for the cash call thing. you know my number and i really answer my fon with "fly fm". my friends seriously think that i am working with the station already cause of this.

this is what my imaginary fortune cookie read today. i am still actively texting in for the cash call. CALL ME ALREADY, FLY FM!!!

I am WAITING like mad here.....(@_@)

drama, drama, drama

......boy, we sure do have loads of actresses and actors in our government now, eh? does tears touch your hearts? not this kind of tears, i hope.

got this courtesy of an email from my lovely lovely aunt... kekekekek

i am still wondering: why is the lady in orange crying as well? does it really hurt that much not to be in the stand anymore?

maybe it's MAYBELLINE. kak pidah trying her hands on endorsing SUPER RED HOT LIPPIES that have been her signature look since before i was born.

haven't some people heard of the word "CHANGE"?

shy, shy cat?

pp/s: i did not edit any of these. they came in the mail just like these exactly.

"ne me quitte pas"

DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE, MAKE IT POSSIBLE

when i first went back to my room

no one was there to wait for me

but "we" were there

"we" were looking and smiling at me

with the words above "us"

"DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE, MAKE IT POSSIBLE"

thanks to you

i have successfully engraved these words in my head

never give up

never fall back

never say never

GAMBATTE!!

i thought you were weak

but alas, i was wrong

you are strong, ok maybe not as strong as me (hehehehe)

it is just that you need to realise it

do not throw away the courage and strength in you if they don't believe you

i do, i BELIEVE you

yes, i want you to change

even though i have come to like you as the way you are

change for the better, not for the worse

don't loose yourself or give in to obstacles or "officers"

whatever it is, don't stop being you, who i have got to know

"ne me quitte pas"

i don't think i can face you being someone else

"ne me quitte pas"

i don't think i can accept the fact that you are getting weak

"ne me quitte pas"

don't go crazy on me

PROMISE!!

pp/s: i am so not a les. but when you have a GREAT gf, you can't help yourself but care.

Plastic, Very Crunchy ("waiter,could i have some PVC in my deep fried chicken please?")

i got this via email from Pott. interestingly, i actually took time to read this particular email. usually, anything from him will make me sleep halfway thru the subject of the email. but somehow, this particular one caught my attention. this is a cut-out-and-scan piece from NST, dated 29/2/08 (see, means this is something new, or is it?)


so, the news goes that the latest trend in making the ever loved and craved for malaysian snack (i.e: anything deep fried and sold by the roadside. read: artery clogging food) more crunchier and last that way longer, is to fry 'em up with oil that has been infused with PLASTIC aka PVC (polyvinyl carbon). gawwwsshhh!!! i wonder where did they get this "brialliant" idea from. i mean, even as a scientific person, i would never have thought that plastic could make food crunchier and at the same time, do not alter the taste of the food, let alone stopping the customers from coming back for more. there must be an incident somewhere or somehow that these vendors accidentally dropped a piece of plastic in the hot oil and when he took out the food that he was frying, he attempted to taste them or check for its consistency. to his surprise, it is much much more crunchier! voila! the new SECRET RECIPE of goreng-goreng (fried) stuffs! just add plastic and it's artery clogging good.


so now, what you'd be paying for is (no matter how cheap it is): food that has no beneficial nutritional value that'll fill you up for literally 45 mins and get you hungry all over again, satiety that lasts for barely 2seconds (that is why you are munching on it constantly), more padding under your skin (good news for the ones who want to look young, at least you don't have wrinkles yeah), clogged arteries that'll make you gasp for air, and the surprise......poisonous PVC in your system that could harm your immune system and reproduction (hey, think of it this way, you don't have to use RUBBER or PILLS.....just plastic!!). wooooaaa!!! this is so value for money (NOT!).


therefore, please, be EXTRA careful, better yet, stop eating all these junk. they ain't doing you any good in any way at all. if you ever caught these dumb asses putting plastic in their food, call the authorities immediately. if you get it on camera, that'll be even better.


do your part, save the others.


F/N:haven't this ignoramus heard of this thing called BREADCRUMBS or CORNFLAKES??? these could make 'em crunchy too you know....aiiiisssshhhhhh (-_-")