tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53320696925114309072024-10-07T14:20:29.893+08:00This blog is about the journey of My life - Family,Travel, Food, Friends, Career, Personal Excellence and all the experiences that I came across, and the happenings around me, etcUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332069692511430907.post-21839457452154012002012-11-06T22:50:00.000+08:002018-01-25T12:44:13.783+08:00

I have totally forgotten about this blog until I found it while trying to change my FB profile.  As I was reading my last post, I found that it had been a while since I last wrote.  All because of the Final Project syndrome....and of course I am now back at work. Last Saturday was my convocation.  I couldn't be happier than receiving the  Academic scroll since the last

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I have just realized that I have not been putting anything on my blog since August 2010.  I really don't have any excuses, except that I have been putting in lots of efforts in my studies and assignments.  Little did I realize that it is now a new decade - its 2011. I must emphasized here that the few months before the last decade ended have been quite rewarding for me.  I'm proud

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I am a determined person and work hard to perform my best.  So, going back to the books after such a long, long time can be very intimidating.  Like other students, I of course have my fair share of testophobia- fear of taking exams.  Not really fear of failing the tests but fear of not getting the BEST RESULTS!  Let's face the facts - at 46, your brain&

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It left my jaw hanging in bewilderment last week (on Sunday 17 July and Monday 18 July) when I completed my "family tree" and "wheel of influence" in preparation for the "Transform to Perform - for a True Leader" which was held yesterday. It was a bonus session my trainer Bryan Ng has offered to the class of Personal Effectiveness Leadership Coaching Programme. The astonishment I had did create

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Well, life for the past two months has been a stark contrast with when I was still working. Besides the sleepless nights (morning??) of World Cup fever, I truly have the liberty of putting 4 hours of sleep, and get back to my ‘work’, I mean my studies and assignments. I find that my 24 hours have been put to thorough use more meaningfully – for example spending more quality time with my hubby and

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My dear friends who know that I love travelling, you gonna be disappointed b'coz this story is not about any trip to North Atlantic nor Greenland.  I'm writing about exploring my iceberg. Well, the sessions that I have been attending since end February 2010 has thus far been an eye-opener as far as self-discovery is concerned. One particular

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Many of us have the habit of doing the same thing day after day, month after month, and year after year. How many of us really ever sit back and reflect the burden of hectic life @work? How about the loss of our precious time when we got stuck in heavy traffic when commuting to work? Has it ever cross your mind of changing or renewing your life? I found

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  I just realised that I have not been putting up "my journey" here since the last post about my holiday to Macau.  Wow, how time really flies, and now it is already March!  What have I achieve during this time -- God knows how I have spent my time.  Can I request for another 12 hours daily?! Talking about how time flies, my little godson has grown quite a bit 

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This post is dedicated to the food I enjoyed (or don’t enjoy!) the most in Macau! On the first day we touched down and since our “Executive Room” is not ready, we headed to Hotel Lisboa for the famous Dim Sum at Portas Do Sol on the 1st floor of the hotel, which coincidently located just a short walk from Emperor Hotel. Portas Do Sol s often raved about as having the best dim sum in Macau.

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I took advantage of the Air Asia "no admin charges" promo and landed on Macau on 19 Dec 2009 with my husband.  It was quite an  experience to land on the airport runway built on reclaimed land.  I think this was the first time I landed with "water on both sides".  There was also fear of "crash landing" onto the sea!! Anyway, Macau was not as great as I have read about,

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I met up with my X-colleagues last wednesday.  We all decided to have dinner at the new Lala Chong restaurant in Ara Damansara.  We (Sharon, Dr Yew, Desmond, Lim, Michael, Lai Wan,  ET Ong and myself) had our great time gathered around, chat and catch up with things.  It was also a very good excuse to enjoy some good food, and a excellent way to let out some

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When it comes to Fish Head Mee Hoon, I am rather picky about it.  This is because I really love to cook my own version it, preserving the white natural taste of fish soup without adding any evaporated milk.  Furthermore, MY own version of  Fish Head Mee Hoon comes with generous pieces of deep fried fish head and taste fresh! Anyway, I found out there is this 

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Last night as I got into my bed, I just can't keep thinking of what to cook on Saturday.  My mood of cooking just came back. Ha, it's been sometime since I last cook Mee Jawa....the last time was Chinese New Year early this year.  So, it's gotta be Mee Jawa tomorrow, I dreamt! Well, it is not difficult to make MY Mee Jawa.  A good bowl of Mee Jawa lies on the gravy,

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On a bright Sunday today, the five of us made our way to discover Pudu's best kept "siew yoke" or Roasted pork. This place is notorious for its parking, and hence we set out at 11.30am from Puchong, despite the fact that this outlet will only start selling at 12.30 pm as stated.We ordered 3 strips of the roast pork, each costing RM13.50. When it came, the serving was quite SMALLfor our BIG

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Just running out of ideas what to post here. Then, I thought why not start to write on the fish head makan trail, which I have been enjoying. Furthermore, just last week Dr Tan invited me for lunch at this place, but we changed the destination when I told him that I've been on numerous occasions. The F4 Fish Head in USJ was introduced by my sis-in-law some years ago. When I first got here many,

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The journey of working life to me is much like preparing for a journey. If I know where I want to go, I will plan the best route to arrive there quickly and safely. My career is where I have spent most of my life, and there are uphill and downhill (less!!) journeys over the years. But, I have been lucky enough to find a career that suits me, fit my passion and of course utilises my skills.Making

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I just came across an article about defiant teens – defined as children that have no respect for authority and mainly disrespect their parents. Defiant teens, angry teens and rebellious teens can affect the entire family. How true! Well, this is timely and real, as I and my elder sister is facing such person. I am sure my sister will find herself wondering what she did to deserve such treatment

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At about 3.30 am this morning, I received an SMS that my 2nd uncle has passed on. Though I was sad, my Buddhist mind leads me to think that he has good karma to passed on this way. I just can't bear to see him entering the next phase of suffering in the days ahead like any other cancer patients. When I visited him at the UKM Hospital on 5 July, I was prepared to see a very sick man just like

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We finally set foot to Rawang in search of the Lan Che (sis Lan) Steamed Black Tilapia. So much has been publicised and we finally why not give it a try. So, leaving SJ at about 4 something, we cruise along the NKVE and exit Rawang Tol. After tol, at T-junction, turn right, and following the road straight ahead. We have to pass Lafarge, APMC, and after Sek Men Taman Garing (something like that)

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Sharon pointed out to me that we must not miss Zhouzhuang since we are already in Shanghai. Zhouzhuang which is situated between Shanghai and Suzhou and only an hour drive from Shanghai, is actually a nice ancient water village, with many old houses with unique courtyards, canals and boats. These houses are linked with pathways and arch fateways which present quite a unique view, which you can

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The Alluring Beautiful West Lake (Xi Hu) An old Chinese saying : "There is heaven above, Suzhou and Hangzhou below." This lake and its surrounding is a GIANT scale traditional Chinese garden. The panorama is just so pleasing. Like Sharon rightly put it - It would be wonderful without the crowd! The area around the lake was full of people, but the scene of wooden boat against the

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Although tired, we decided to go out for a quick bite. After all, this is the only dinner that we have in Hangzhou. Furthermore, how can I miss the "Tung Po" meat, which Hanzhou is famous for. Here are a few shots of what we had for dinner that nite. Crystal Jade is a very cosy and the ambience is very nice. Here is a shot of the indoor garden where I was sitted. The food that we ordered

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It was still rainy when we left home. Traffic was bad, especially during Friday and this was further accentuated with the rain. Taking a train to Hangzhou is a whole experience for me, and Sharon of course. Sharon is so "human-phobia" - guess she's not used to see so many human beings at one spot! Anyway, we bought First-Class ticket, that only cost Rmb 64 (bout RM35) for a very comfortable ride

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When the rains get heavier, we decided to walk into a mall. We found a restaurant with our surname ‘shen’ at the shopping mall at Nanjing Lu. Since it was raining outside, we decide to have lunch here. Not sure how good the food is, we ordered the Shanghai version of ‘nien koh’ (glutinous rice) - Fried glutinous rice ; ‘Siew loong pau’ - the quintessential Shanghai cuisine; fried noodles,

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