Departure Lounge@Mont Kiara

Last weekend, me & D did our usual food hunting after some nice recommendations from my colleagues ^^ We ventured as far as Mont Kiara this time round *adventurous look* Went there as early as 10am (yes, we woke up at 9+am on a SUNDAY morning!~) to look out for the great food over there. After several attempts to look out for the hidden spot, we finally found the DEPARTURE LOUNGE located @Mont Kiara, Hartamas.

Upon stepping in the restaurant, we noticed the homely look of the restaurant with ample of travel books displaying on the book shelves. How I wish if we’ve got a big book shelve like dat@home! *hints*

Photos of places all over the world welcoming us ^^

After sitting for few minutes and no one was serving us, we realized that it is actually a self service order from the counter~ *paiseh* Ohwell, there are simply 3 easy steps to choose your order; 1st; Choose what you want to order from the wall menus, 2nd; pay the bill and lastly, just wait at your seats for your orders to be served.

I ordered a cup of cappuccino (D ordered the same and claimed that his leaf decorative cappuccino is nicer) =.=




















I tried their signature club sandwich packed with ham, cheese, grilled chicken, half- boiled eggs and salad to make up a filling breakfast ^.^v
















D’s sandwhich is more filling- croissant with slices of chicken, egg, tomato and lettuce tossed in the ceaser style salad. But, I still prefer mine ;)

Overall, the food is just nice but we thought it was abit pricey tho~ Needless to say, we skipped our lunch on that day~ Ohwell, however, is definitely a good way to spend your Sunday morning ^^

Departure Lounge
No. 10, Jalan Solaris 4,
Solaris Mont’ Kiara,
50480, Kuala Lumpur.
Tel:03-6203 0362

Memory~

Last week, a colleague of mine passed away tragically as she got swept into a current during her holiday at one of the local resorts/ beaches. She was probably caught in a rip-tide where she lost footing and got pulled around. We were all saddened when we heard the shocking news. She was only 33 and left behind a husband and daughter.

Although I was not very closed to her but she is a respectable person whom we’ve always looks upon as a capable superior. Her sudden death makes me ponder upon the meaning of life….. Every single day, we spend so much time rushing to meet deadlines/ working on a big goal but at the end of the day, but, do we really bring these materials down with us...? Or memories of our loved ones? Suddenly part of me was being swept away too, I felt that life is unpredictable and after the passing away of a close one, the only thing that cross my mind is to cherish our loved ones and to spend quality time with our family & friends.

My condolences to her families and May you rest in peace~

Recap 2011 <{=•••••

Just one more day for the year to draw a close, so I took a moment to pause and reflect on the special moments I’ve made for 2011 #^_^#
Here are just a few of my highlights in 2011:

1st company trip to India
My first trip to India was exciting because finally I got to have face-to-face interaction with my India partners & clients {{{(>_<)}}} If next time I go, I plan to visit Delhi and Taj Mahal (hopefully) ^^

Bali trip
D and me took a Bali trip back in July ∩__∩y Nice and sweet trip ^^ Enjoy the beach, temples, spa & massage and food in Bali ^^ And, the proposal, of course #^.^#

The proposal
On our third night in Bali, D called me out to take pics at the balcony of the hotel. He was scribbling something in the air using his mini torch light. I was abit suspicious wondering what was happening O_o While he was trying to scribble “something” and when we were busy taking pics, suddenly D dropped to one knee and pulled out the red box from his pocket, asked me to marry him #^.^# X3
And i said yes #^.^# and cried my eyes out! hahaha Good thing nobody was in there at that time #^.^# When I opened the red box, there was no ring in there and I playfully kicked D and threaten to throw the red box to the garden hahaha And he quickly pulled out the ring from his pocket #^.^#
It was a very lovely ring (^_^)∠※
It wasn’t cheesy but just really him ;p
Thank you, D! This has got to be the sweetest trip ever #^.^#

Uncle Cheung’s concert
This has got to be the best concert I’ve watched so far!! {{{(>_<)}}} The man is simply awesome with his showmanship! ^^ Can't wait for his next show/ concert! ★~★

That's just a few of the things that have been going on in 2011 - what have been your special moments? ^^ Goodbye 2011 and hope to have a great a year ahead!!















XOXO
sassycat

Uncle Cheung "1/2 century" concert in Malaysia ^^

Yea the world tour is finally here in Malaysia!! {{{(>_<)}}} After much abuzz and warm-up sessions by singing K the day before the concert, we finally managed to catch our beloved “God of Songs” tonight <333 Wore a red turtle neck blouse to match the ticket’s colour ^.^ While, my friend showed off her “FB- LIKE” t-shirt =.= To get ready for a shot with her Uncle Cheong’s banner lolz

The man appeared on stage around 8.20pm greeted by round of applause and cheers from the warm and friendly fans ^.^ Jacky donned an immaculate, white suit kick-start the concert with tap dancing. Didn't know he can actually tap dance! Wonderful performance to begin with ^^

This was followed by a short montage of videos starring himself and actress Shu Qi as a couple, directed by Andrew Lau. The movie tells the bittersweet from a couple to a married couples. During the show, he belted some of his most popular hits such as 'Hua Hua Gong Zi', 'Chu Wen', ‘Ni De Ming Zi, Wo De Xing Ming' and some of his tender love ballads. I was almost moved to tears in one touching scene during their wedding ceremony (kinda remind me of my future wed lolz) *emo* He even did a little cha-cha here and there to compliment the musical show. The cantopop singer even joked that he used to be a wood but he’s now a dancing wood lolz

After the jazzy musical performance, here came rock and roll! He reappeared in a glitter red suit and to much surprise, he performed a rock version of ‘Wen Bie’ livened up by laser /^.^/ There was even an electric guitar performance to officiate the rock performance. No offence but quite impressed that he still able to hop around like an Energiser bunny at his age!!

The well-loved Hong Kong performer even paid a special tribute to his deceased godmother, Lydia Sum by dedicating a song for ‘Fei Jie’ referring her as a very important senior and even performed a split at the end of the song. The audiences were momentarily in awe by the sudden surprise O.o Again, it’s hard to believe he’s 50!! Uncle boleh! He even jokingly said that “not to try this at home” lolz

After the show, he introduced his jazzy melancholic love songs to the audiences. Dubbed “ Private Corner”, he thanked the fans for coming and it marked his 101 concert *woah* He even whistled when he sang ‘Wo Zen Den Shou Sang Le’ *salute again* and I was almost touched to tears again︸_︸

Just as if it was not enough, he depicted a cartoon life-story of himself before continued to belt out his greatest ballad hits like ‘Xue Lang Wu’, ‘Li Kai Yi Hou’, ‘Qing Ren De Yan Lei’ with 'Mei Tian Ai Ni Duo Yi Xie', 'Xin Ru Dao Ge', ‘Yat San Zhong Gan Ni Zau’ and ‘Zan Ching Lau Lou’. Some of the couples were even captured in the camera on 'Ni Lai Ting Wo De Yan Chang Hui' *giggles* Me and my friend were singing and swaying along those love ballads like yesteryear #^_^#

Just when we were swipe away with the melancholic love songs, the Heavenly King turned around and broke out in dance on stage (° ο°)~@ And we went grooving and singing along to the upbeat dance tunes!! I even PUT MY HANDS UP lolz After performing to the non-stop dance tunes, the heavenly king even joked and said “I’m 50 years old now, I should take this opportunity and dance while I still can.” before breaking out to dance further. {{{(>_<)}}} Really salute the showmanship of this man!~

After a whirlwind journey back into time (and yes we started to feel backache & sore throat lolz) Imagine Jacky performing for a consecutive 3 hours!! The energetic bunny finally thanked the fans for making the show possible. He said “This could be my last concert and I don’t know if I will still able to dance during the next concert tour as I will be 75 years old on my 4fenzi3concert,” and ended the more than three-hour long concert with his ever- popular ‘Zhu Fu’ in a glittering cabaret dance set. It was just nice even without an encore ^.^

I hope we will still able to hear him singing live again >.< I heard from my friend the next day that we are considered lucky as it was his first performance in Malaysia and before the concert started the next day he announced that he was sick and apologized if he couldn’t perform well in the concert >.<

Overall, it was a good show and I personally thought he deserved to be crowned the KING of the ‘God of Songs’ lolz Even though it has been a week since his concert, but, the good memory is going to last for a few weeks, I think~ Ciaoz!!~

Michelle’s Oriental Wedding

It was an auspicious day for Michelle and her hubby, Khong Meng on last Saturday, Nov 26. And, I had the chance to be invited to this really posh chinese restaurant: West Lake Garden Chinese Restaurant@ Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa ^^

Arriving just past 7pm, we were just in time for cocktail party to mingle around and chit- chatting. Met up with a few other colleagues, whom dressed to nine and shortly after, we were ushered to our dining tables. The wedding dinner started at 8pm sharp sharp! And I were quite impressed already because the last wedding dinner I went to, dinner was served@9pm =.=



























The grand entrance for the new couple ^^














Cosy and simple ambience ^^














Too bad not all seats were fully occupied~
















Me in white dress #^_^#





















My angelic colleague ^^
















There were plenty of bright coloured tanglungs dangling on the bamboo sticks to cheer up the Chinese inspired wedding dinner ;)





















Out of boredom, I played around with the effects on my foon by capturing a ghostly effect of the wedding banquet. It turned out to be quite spooky lolz





















The chinese wedding banquet started off with much fanfare when all the zimuis donned in red walked out from the grand entrance towards the stage while sprinkling rose petals down the aisle before the bride and groom walked in ^.^v
















After few dishes, this was followed by cake cutting ceremony and they did the pouring champagne pyramid thingy. Overall, the dishes that night were great and I personally like their nourishing “monk jumps over” soup comprising of shark fin, abalone and some chewy fish ^^ Just a little disappointment was their garlic chicken which was too salty for my tastebud ︸_︸

Red bean paste rolled up like a strudel, yummy!





















I find their dessert, Mango Puree and Vanilla Ice Cream very unique. I’ve never come across one yet, and enjoy every sip of it ^^





















Cool huh?















An obligatory pic with the newly married couple before bidding goodbye ^^
















P/.s: Blessed wishes for the newly weds ^^

XOXO
sassycat

Vineria, BSC

Time flied and here came another birthday celebration #^_^# Sad to say, this year also signified my last year to enjoy life as a single. However, it’s always felt good to hang out with a group of close “zi muis” to catch up with each other. I’m glad that we still maintain our golden friendship after so many years.

To compliment my “prime” birthday celebration this year, we had a slightly posh meal in a fancy restaurant cum bar, Vineria in BSC. Upon entering Vineria, you would have noticed many Italian masterpiece were hanging on the wall and like most Italian restaurant, part of the décor is their Italian produce and wine on the shelves. Not only looking like an authentic Italian restaurant, one thing unique about this restaurant is the half moon shaped interior design. Great ambience to begin with!

After looking at the comprehensive list of the authentic Italian food, we finally ordered portobello mushroom pizza, pasta with smoked salmon & tomato based seafood soup. Overall, the food tasted good but the portions were not that big~ So, we ordered extra pizza in the end ^^ Carn-whoring around with the food, paintings, place, people and even entrance lolz

A pleasant place to hang out for an evening leisure with friends ^^

Thank you everyone for the birthday celebration and wishes *muacks*







































































































































































































































































XOXO
sassycat

The Big Bad Wolf Book Fair@MAEPS

D and I went to the Big Bad Wolf Book Fair last Sunday after we heard about the super cheap fair. Wanted to stock up some books for our new Ikea book shelf *kiasu*#^_^# We managed to find out the remote place which is located near MARDI, Serdang.

Super excited upon seeing many bookworms carrying bundle of books on their way back {{{(>_<)}}} The book fair was indeed a hit!! By the time we reached there, I realised their books were getting lesser. Not many left but we were still so excited about it ^^

We went crazy grabbing our favourite books as it costs RM8 ONLY in average!! It’s the cheapest book fair I’ve been to by far! Managed to get hold of some best-selling books ^6^ D even got some general science book because it’s filthy cheap!! RM20 for hard cover general knowledge book?! How crazy! Well, can’t resist to take a snap of my purchases that day ^^

Time to indulge myself in books once again =)

P/s: Look out for tram on your way to pick you up from their open car park to the hall ∩__∩y





















XOXO
Bookworm Cat