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omnomnomnom time

Finally got my lazy arse out of the house and went clubbing on Friday night in Zouk. It was a pretty good night because my best friend who hasn't gone clubbing in 2 years came out with us!

And then we had a BBQ the day after.

Very burnt but very tasty chicken wings marinated by MeatWorks. The burger we had was awesome, but too bad I gobbled it down faster than I could take a pic :)~~~

Biggest dog this side of the world.

The next day I went out for dinner in KL- guess where I wanted to eat at? On the way to Changkat Bukit Bintang in KL...

...to eat at El Cerdo!

This is situated in a row full of restaurants- still very much a hive of activity on a Sunday night.

Jamon Iberico- very very delish. Everyone who goes there should definitely order this.

Customised mirror reflecting how we were to eat the suckling pigs. It has been said that pigs are one of the animals which you can eat every part....I remember watching someone on MasterChef cooking a wild boar head. Imagine the presentation of that dish. How do you eat something if it's staring right back at you? :s

Iberico ribs- tasty, but I've had better ribs.

Another dish everyone should definitely try- this is the seafood risotto with scallop, king prawns and calamari. The rice is amazing.

And finally, the pièce de résistance ... half a suckling piglet. Came with its own theatrics!

Chopping up the piglet and when done, you were supposed to make a wish and break the dish you used to cut the piglet for good luck (and for your wish to come true) :)

Complimentary mini margaritas to 'digest' our meal. So kewt!

It was the 8th day of Chinese New Year and a day the Hokkien people 'pai tin gong', which literally translates to praying to the sky god. So we made an inpromptu drive down to Klang to watch some fireworks and look at kongming lanterns floating in the sky. It was so beautiful in the sky- there were fireworks going off everywhere once it was past 12am, and we saw the sky dotted with kongming lanterns.

If you squint hard enough you'll be able to see the kongming lantern floating in the sky in between the trees. Don't mistake it for a dust speck! The last pic shows more clearly the lanterns floating in the sky.

Heading to bed now- it's 3am :\ and I have a facial tomorrow at 10.30am. Good nights!

Reunion dinner

On the eve of Chinese New Year, most Chinese families will return to their hometowns to have dinner with everyone else- from kids to grandparents, from aunts to uncles...you get the gist. The Reunion Dinner is a pretty big deal for Chinese people and shops in Malaysia even close earlier on the day itself so everyone has enough time to get home to have dinner with their extended families. For me, we always head back to my Grandparent's house to have the dinner with other family members.

It's tradition to have yee sang for Chinese New Year- with the belief that the higher you mix the ingredients, the better the year ahead will be for you.

'Lou ah, lou ah!'

Our Reunion Dinner spread consisted of yummy steamboat ingredients! Yummmm....*salivates at the thought of the food I had.

My mom with my grandparents and her 2 brothers.

And with all their grandchildren! Minus my sister who's in Melbourne, and my dad who was still at home with visiting relatives.

Heading to Bangsar tomorrow, hopefully most of the boutiques are open?

I suddenly had an idea...

..to transfer my memory card to my mom's camera and voila! Pics uploaded :D Brilliant, if I do say so myself.

Came home to my veryveryveryveryveryveryveryvery old Care Bears. They look so vintage. The one on the left looks nothing like the one on the right, and they both look NOTHING like the one I have at home now. Dad gave them both a good wash before I returned.

It's Chinese New Year at home when you can see decoration all around, hampers and red-coloured stuff everywhere.

Fatt Gou, anyone?

Let me humour you with a pic of how I looked 13 years ago. This was taken in London Chinatown. And my sister- bahahahahaahahah.

And that's me on the left, probably 21 years ago? :D

A corner of my house that isn't red.

Opened this up to find...

An edible Chanel eyeshadow palette cookie! Complete with brushes. So cute. But Mom warns not to eat it as it's been sitting in the house for a very long time.

The old black leather sofa got upgraded to an L-seater. So comfy!

Delicious Chinese New Year lunch fare. From L-R: Sliced abalone with snow peas, random pineapple, 'lin gou' and mouth-watering salted chicken made by my grandma.

Lotus Root, or better known as 'Lin Ngau' soup.

Braised sea cucumber with fish maw, mushrooms and scallops. Mmmmm.....I could never get this in Melbourne.

Self-explanatory.

Salted chicken (from the picture above) accompanied by chicken gizzard. Trust me, it tastes wayyyyyyyyyyyy better than it looks.

'Lap cheong' (which is chinese sausage) with 'Mou Kou'. I have no idea how to translate that.

Since I was in Melbourne last year and missed Chinese New Year, these are my angpows from last year! I happily spent the day before the actual Chinese New Year opening these.

And these are for this year :) It's a good excuse to still be a kid not be married. 

I've been shopping for beauty products which have achieved cult status in Japan. No harm in giving them a go, right? The mascaras and eyeliner are from Majolica Majorca and the moisturiser is from Aquamoist. I went a lil bit crazy and also bought the cleanser from the same range. The mascaras have fibres in them which stick to your lashes to make them longer and thicker.

Saw this at a counter whilst Mom was paying for some stuff. Rainbow-flavoured Mentos! I don't really feel like eating it now that I've bought it. Maybe I should have just taken a picture of it :s It's got raspberry (that's the one with the SOLD sticker on it). As far as I can remember, all raspberry flavoured stuff tastes gross- like medicine...cough medicine to be precise.

And have I been indulging in yummylicious hawker food. This is Ipod Hor Fun- nothing in Melbourne can beat this. Team this with red-hot chilli padi and ginger and you've got a winning combination.

My arteries would come out and strangle me if they could but how can you not gobble down authentic roti chanai, roti planta and tosai rawa with their respective fish curies, dhal and coconut curry? Wash all that down  with Teh Halia (Ginger Milk Tea)to feel a lil bit healthier (Ginger is good!)

Will post up some of my buys in the next post- especially the dress I ordered online and got it shipped from Singapore. It's sooooooooooo pretty!

Gong Hei Fatt Choi everyone!

Gong Hei Fatt Choy!

For non-Cantonese speaking readers, that's Happy Chinese New Year to you!

I'm currently back home in KL city, nomming on heaps of Malaysian food (hawker food, home cooked food, mamak food, you name it).

I have plenty of pics BUT this laptop I'm using can't read my memory card, so no pics just yet- hence no update for the past few days.

Basically all I've been doing is eating and shopping. I've already been to Sunway Pyramid, 1 Utama and Pavillion and today I'm heading to Midvalley....and it's only my 4th day back :) What else is there to do here?

Alrighty, off to eat brekkie and then shopping round 4!

Have a good one peeps!