Grandpa's 73rd Birthday

Last Saturday, we celebrated my grandfather's 73rd birthday at Uncle Yan's house in Bangsar. It's so near BV.. OMG!!! If I reside there, BV will definitely be full of my shoe-prints. Mom made the birthday cake+cupcakes and she also cooked a few dishes, granny cooked, Josephine cooked and I made Konnyaku jellies.

Mom made the cupcakes days earlier and the fondant/gum paste the day before. I helped her out on bits and chunks. We were very satisfied with the cupcakes. They look too cute to munch on..


Uncle Yan is a professional photographer so most of the clearer pictures were taken by him with his big butt Canon and ultra bright lights. I stole his space and lights which made my pictures pretty clear too using my N95 (used to belong to Hub).





And here is Uncle Yan and Josephine's girl-girl, "PIPI"

Pipi is aging gorgeously.



Photogenic some more...

FOODZ by My Mommy

Marmite Meat.. I put it as Meat but it actually starts with "P"



Curry Chicken without Coconut Milk which you'll never get 'jelak' for more



Sambal Prawns with Pineapple

FOODZ by Granny

Lamb Chop



Mushroom with Vegetarian Chicken



Stir-fry Cabbage with carrots and dried bean curd strips

FOODZ by Josephine

Freshly fried Spring Roll.. this is the best spring roll I've eaten..



There's one more dish that Josephine created but I didn't snap a picture of it. The dish was the 'Delicious Sweet Spare Ribs'



GRANDPA'S BIRTHDAY CAKE

I know it's a little blur... below is the pro-snapped

and... the cake zoomed in...

The Proud Mama to the Birthday Cake



The assistant cum sweet tooth



Let's get to the Cake Blowing part.

Grandpa and Granny but I call them 'GRAMS' together for short


Whoa Granny can't wait to blow the candles!
"Po, your 'ngau-yat' is in December!"



Make a Wish but seems like Granny wants to 'main tepuk-tepuk tangan'!


and.. the BBK.. Big Birthday Kiss

People who Ate, Drank and be Merry!

So not ready for a shot yet


That's more like it hehe!


Dad craved for some loving as well


Edmund


Elaine with her butterflies again..


Javier


Judith


Joe


Javier hooked onto Ed's iPhone


Uncle Yan, the host, the photographer, the singer, belting out his hits
(I SO want his karaoke machine)

After the hearty meal and some persuasion to sing my famous 'The Moon Represents My Heart' (thanks to granny anyway), we left and bring the kids around. We thought of stopping by for drinks in Bangsar area or maybe get by a drive-thru but then changed our mind and went back to Cheras instead. We've always wanted to dine at the Old Town Kopitiam by the road along Taman Midah but it was always so effin' packed. To our delight, it was empty as in half-full... got DBKL-lah!

Kids got to order what they want for the night...

French Fries.. when was the last time we had these?


Joe ordered a Revive Float


Judith a Root-Beer Float


Javier got himself only a cup of Ice Lemon Tea because he doesn't know how to read the menu yet, hence the not-so-fancy drink


Whereas, Hub and ME dug into the Ice-Cream in Toast.. it's delicious and it's freaking good. Even the kids love them (RM4.50 for double isn't that bad).


Make sure you go try a plate today!!!

Dining at Shang Palace

A few days ago on Merdeka night, we dined at Shang Palace, Shangri-La Hotel, KL. We were very eager to try this place because it's said to be one of the best Chinese restaurants around.

When we enter, it was very palace like with the big red wooden doors...sorry for the blur picture.. we were kidding around.



Atmosphere was okay because it was still early, there weren't many patrons yet. We got a room to ourselves. Yippie?


Menu picker!

Calories counter!

This tea was awesome... so flavoury and I love the cute cup.


MIL's requesed for a Peking Duck came true!!!


What's left of the duck meat..


Pork Ribs - not very tasty.. very chewy.. no wonder they provided us with a knife each... aahh


Scallops on toufu... just OKAY

Veges minus the soy sauce... soy sauce at the side so you can soy-flood your veges how much you want!


There was also a fish dish but I didn't get to snap a picture because the waiter had already cut them in portions before serving us... and there were 4 bowls of soup too which were the best of everything in Shang Palace.

Food Lover Potraits

Nancy



Javier and Hubby



Cecilia
(after a tired day at the 'Say No to Plastic Bags' event)



MIL



Nancy and ME



This is the only one thing we have yet to try.. THE MAZE

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Verdict for Shang Palace :

• Food hmm 5/10 (could do 'much' better)
  
• Atmosphere 6/10 (chairs were comfy but doesn't go with the deco)
  
• Service 5/10 (wonder why the grumpy face)

Overall - pretty disappointing
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psst~ I actually thought Shang Palace, Shangri-La, KL would look like this..Shang Palace, Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore

PAO-TAI

Hub's X-Trail got a flat tire this morning. The newspaper delivery man noticed the flat tire before anyone else did. Luckily Hubby can tag sis's car to work.

During noon time, the mechanic came and check on the car and changed the tire to the spare one so that he can drive it back to the shop to replace/remove the nail. It was drizzling the whole time but it was the heavy drizzle not the light kind so, I as a good Samaritan shelter him with an umbrella from the rain. Poor him all wet and dirty.

Flat tire.. super flat! Maybe I was too heavy!

The Mechanic was so shy.... aiks

It looks weird like that.. curvy tire

Gone is the spare tire... when was the last time we opened this, dear?

The mechanic left with Hub's car... I gave him my number so that he wouldn't have to call here and there to get to me. Maybe he got it the wrong way. He told me after he brought the car back, "If there's anything you can call my number. Even in the middle of the night also no problem!" Lol!

I just flexed my eyebrows giggling and said "OK!"

Our Very Own Merdeka Eve

On Saturday, we had our very own Merdeka Eve Celebration. No, we didn't wait till the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 COUNTDOWN. We had dinner at home, quite a number of workers from FIL's workplace came over to makan-makan as well. We grouped ourselves automatically. There were the kids' group, the modernize young adults and the soulful Indonesians plus FIL who was wandering around aimlessly....

After dinner, we went off to different directions..



Kids' Group

Kids were busying themselves upstairs playing their very own imagination games complete with 2 bowls of junk food and several cups of carbonated drinks courtesy of YéYé.




Young Adults

We, the modernize ones were busy watching comedian superstar Russell Peters. We laughed our hearts out. The folks watched us laugh because they don't get the jokes like we did. We 4, hub, ME, Cc and Nancy were pretty much addicted. As you know and if you didn't know, Russell is one of best comedians I've seen and heard so far. Though he covers mostly on racism matters, nevertheless what he puts together are purely facts and is as true as me and you.




Below is a snippet of what we were watching... and beware it's not for the racist minds

The Soulful Indonesians

Why soulful? They were singing, strumming, drinking, smoking, etc.... they were blasting their music and we did too with our remotes and hysterical laughter. They were banned inside the house because, there is absolutely no smoking inside when the kids are around. PERIOD!



After we ran out of battery, the energy bar deteriorates so we chill till about 10pm then ME, hub, the kids, Cc, Nancy and FIL left the house to the mamak stall behind for food and drinks pampering.

Hub and ME

Judith with wooden antlers

Hub can't get enough of X-Men

Cc's growing love for junk food... perhaps not with that look of 'Guilty Pleasures'

The Poker Table.. FIL with his 2 faithful bodyguards waiting for their pay only IF he wins.

What a night! We got back at 11.45pm.. put the kids to bed after a shower which was already 12.15 by then.. we watched some shows and end up sleeping at about 1.30am. PHEW!!!