思慜の小天堂

An embarrassing encounter

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 12:02:00 +0000

As you guys know, I'm working in a call center (sort of middle-man) in one of the entertainment complex (consists of hotels, casino, night club and restaurants) and we used to transfer the call to relevant department for further assistance.

On 23rd June 2012, I worked at 7am in the morning and it was freaking cold out there. I'm still half-awake when I'm in the office. Guess what happen to my first call? I was totally awake after that call.

"Will you be able to get me two condoms please?" (Frankly, this was my first time handling this type of call. and I really don't know how to response him.) I was afraid I didn't get him clearly. Condoms? I asked him again! I just got him to stay on the line with me. I need to check that out. Luckily, I had this male colleague (like my dad) to help me to speak to the concierge for that. I then tried to calm myself and go back to him that we had that sorted for him.

OMG! I'm damn curious about him. Therefore, I tried to run through the database to find out who the hell is that and realized that he just checked in at 5am on the day itself.

At the first glance, I'm certainly losing my mind- not sure how to response to his inquiry. This is a western country and I shouldn't be embarrassed to his question at all. Besides, my other colleague just exclaimed that at least he was practicing safe sex. (What could I say? ..............................) Anyhow, that's true!

My very first home-made soy drink!

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 01:00:00 +0000

Hehe...I'm @ home again!

Yesterday, I had soaked 500g soy bean before going to bed in order to make soy drink today. To be honest, I just learned that from my dad. >,< Did you know? I still remembered how he made the soy-drink though it happened really, really long long long time ago! Besides, we were using the traditional way of making soy-milk. It was definitely not an easy process and time consuming too. Therefore, I would definitely enjoy them to the fullest.

Guess what? One thing that I missed out was the screw-pine (what we called as pandan leaves) :( We were not able to get them in Australia.

If you asked me, how it taste? Of course, I couldn't compared the one I bought from market as mine is:

- a total fresh (without preservative)

- full of bean aroma

- using raw brown sugar

That's absolutely a very good experience for me.

Bali Trip- Day II- Part II

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:09:00 +0000

At about 5pm, we checked in to the hotel and this is the one we stayed for the last 2 nights...

Lobby Area

The way to the pool...

The Balinese pool

The normal pool

One of the restaurant

Stay tune, you might be seeing me in my swimwear...

>,<

Bali Trip- Day II- Part I

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:16:00 +0000

We started our journey at about 8.30pm and our first destination was Warisan Budaya. According to Sugi, it was the very old temple in Bali...

painting

After all, we visited Ulun Danu Temple & Tanah Lot before checking in to the Intercontinental Hotel in Jimbaran

The best part is the hotel stay in Intercontinental. Check it out on the next blog!

Bali Trip- Day I- Part IV

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:26:00 +0000

d) We head off to Tegalalang Paddy Field after visiting of Kintamani Volcano. Due to that was harvesting season, we can't see the green-land but still it was a nice place..

e) At about 3.30pm, we returned to Jimbaran for Sunset Dinner. It was really amazing to dine in under the sun. I bet you will love it too.

that's our table no#

jagung bakar

Lemonade

Airport is just about 15min from Jimbaran ~ that's the reason why!

Kiddo having fun

that's my plain water

kite flying (belongs to my tour guide)

the cycle of sunset

our dinner- ikan bakar & prawns

More to come...

Bali Trip- Day I- Part III

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:35:00 +0000

c) Kintamani Volcano- Basically, we had our luncheon (which cost us about AUD20++ for two of us with two glass of juices) while enjoying the beautiful scenery.

the whole picture of kintamani volcano

Zoom-ing

from the restaurant view

my lunch

keng was enjoying his meal

the other restaurant

just like the old days...

Bali Trip- Day I- Part II

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:29:00 +0000

Don't let the music stop, will continue from yesterday

a) Barong and Keris Dance- To be honest, I'm kinda confused with the show as they spoke in their language. Still I would like to share with you...

b) UC Silver- The process of making the silver.

c) Coffee Plantation before heading off to Kintamani Volcano

Free one (far to near)- Ginseng Coffee, Ginger Tea, Bali Coffeee, Lemon Grass Tea, Hot Chocolate

Tasting session

Here comes the paid one.... KOPI LUWAK (AUD5)

unprocessed (poo-poo) from Luwak

the roasted one

powder

We did try the Kopi Luwak-make no difference for me! (but a little bitter)

In a nutshell (pic a) unprocessed washed kopi luwak (pic b) cocoa (pic c) summary

(pic 1) roasted coffee (pic 2) cangkul - coffee crusher (pic c) shifter (pic 4) summary

Fruit stall- Guava, Salak, Passion Fruit, Mangoes & Mandarin

Bali Trip- Day I- Part I

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:38:00 +0000

Hei everybody, I'm just back from Bali! It's definitely an AWESOME trip for both us. I would say, we really enjoyed to the fullest during these 3 days.

Though it was just 4 days 3 nights but we're like King and Queen (especially the last 2 days). Thank GOD that I managed to book-in two different hotels with very good staff rate. Normally, you might need to pay about USD200 ~ $350++/ night for a 4~5 star hotel, I'm just paying about USD $59~ $70/night (including tax). A nice deal, right?

Luckily, we had booked the hotel car to pick us up. Therefore, he was waiting for us once we arrived at Ngurah Rai Airport 2am on 4/6/2012. Frankly, we had no plans at all. We thought of deciding the destination when arrived. Again luck is on our side, the concierge recommended a nice English tour guide named Dedek Sugi on a private tour. We paid USD55 for 11 hour on the first day, we visited and/or watched on the first day:

Barong Dance
UC Silver
Coffee Plantation
Kintamani Volcano
Tegalalang Paddy Field
Jimbaran

Before proceeding on, I would like to share some photos taken from the hotel...

I didn't dine in at any of the restaurant in the hotel but I managed to swim @ the pool for 1.5 hours on the second day. Stay tune for more as I have lots of photos to share. Cheers. >,<

My First Concert in Perth

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:43:00 +0000

I made it to the concert. Just one word to describe- big WOW

Basically, this is the event schedule for the concert:

Door Open: 6.30pm

Support Act (Johnny Ruffo): 7.30- 8.00pm

Interval: 8.00- 8.30pm

Main Act (NKOTBSB): 8.30- 10.30pm

Frankly, the support act is crappy. The problem is the support act is not on the big screen. The entire dome became so excited when NKOTBSB showed up on the stage. There were disco king and queen as everyone is crazy following the beat and song. Guess what? I manage to get really closed up with Brian and AJ (BSB) as they were walking passed by us while singing

the stage

my ticket

New Kids On the Block (NKOTB)

Where is the BSB photo?

Good question- I was being caught. We're not allowed to take photos or recording (Iphone or mobile camera is fine). After all, I didn't manage to take photos of them.

Anyhow, I enjoyed a lot. >,<

Step by Step, Uhh Baby... Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:39:00 +0000

Did you realize that my header belongs to two famous boy-band?

That's right! Please welcome the NKOTB (New Kids on the Block) & BSB (Backstreet Boys)...

Guess what? I'm going to their concert falls on next Tuesday, 29th May 2012. My colleague had bought the ticket already and I heard that we're kinda close to the stage (seating instead of standing)

Frankly speaking, I can't wait. I had spoke to my hubby about it already as he was not really into it. So I thought I might not be able to go anymore. WHO KNOWS? On Tuesday morning, we received email about the concert with staff discounted rate. My colleagues then asked me whether I'm interested or not?

I knew I will be having lot of fun and crazy (with my colleague), singing along with the boys..

Noren 暖簾

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:12:00 +0000

Recently, I bought two Noren 暖簾 (Japanese Curtain) for our house. When I open the entrance door, I could see the door (to alfresco).

According to the Chinese believe or feng shui, door alignment will influence the feng shui energy at home. As feng shui is all about creating a balanced and harmonious flow of energy in your home, the direct alignment of two or more doors will create a harsh quality of feng shui energy resembling 'sha qi' 杀气.

This is a one of the them with cute seven blowfish, fugu ふぐ. Japanese said "Your (あなた）Anata smiling face(笑顔 egao） is（の） Shichifukujinしちふくじｎ（七ふ神） (the seven Gods of Luck)". This is a good luck curtain!

On 23/05/2012, I received the noren and got that installed! (Still waiting for another one)

P/S: Don't you think that it's kinda short. Therefore, I'm still seeking for a long one....

Parrots 鹦鹉

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Sat, 12 May 2012 13:53:00 +0000

Check this out! There are heaps of parrots @ my backyard.

P/S: Just ignore all the conversation from my mum, sis, hubby and I.

Photos during my family visit!

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Sat, 12 May 2012 13:34:00 +0000

a. Entrance to Caversham Park

b. Family Portrait (with the Wombat)

c. Kangaroo with baby joey

c. Owl in action

c. Her name is not MINTY is BRENDA

d. Children having fun feeding the lamb.

e. We went to Mary Poppins Musical Show- That was awesome!

f. Strolling @ King's Park

g. BBQ @ my place

h. Champagne while BBQ-ing

i. Sea-view while enjoying lunch @ Fremantle

j. Our luncheon

j. One of the statue in Fremantle

k. Visited Kuan Yin Temple

h. A gift to my sis

i. Taken at Fremantle

P/S: Most of the photos are taken by my sis Qxing (with her Iphone)

寂寞难耐

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Sat, 12 May 2012 04:18:00 +0000

I'm lonely again after mum and sis were returning to Malaysia today! :(

I wish I could go back with them...........

Post without Title

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Sun, 06 May 2012 11:51:00 +0000

Dear all, how are you lately? I am fine here as I'm still on my holiday mood. :)

It's been a week and I realized that I could live without Facebook. Before that, even though I didn't post much on Facebook but I've been accessing Facebook all the time (no matter where I'm- in the train, before/after working hour, break-time, lunch time and etc). It's too much and that's not what I want! However, sooner and later, I will be disconnected from my circle of friends. Furthermore, I'll definitely missed a lot of nice photos from Billy, Jessica and Vanice. On the other hand, I'm happy that I won't be hearing anything about MCA, DAP, Stop LYNAS and so on [ I just hate that!]

Luckily, I still have some friends kept me updated. First and foremost, congratulation to two of my friends- YH and Ven that they are gonna be hottie mama soon. Recently, they had a gathering @ Sze Ming's house with Lian and her son presence. I missed the fun again! :( Besides, Angie and some ex-colleagues are going to Gui Lin 桂林 on 9th May 2012. Have a safe and enjoyable trip. Angie, do remember to share some photos when you're back!!

Mum and sis had been here since 2nd May 2012. Of course, we visited some place of interest in Perth- Fremantle, Kings Park and Caversham Wildlife Park and tomorrow we will be heading to Perth CBD for some shopping. I will upload the photos once I have them filtered...

I'm kinda exhausted and tired right now, I guess I have to stop here...

P/S: Remember to keep me updated at leeseeming@gmail.com. Thank you.

Announcement

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:18:00 +0000

Finally, I decided to deactivate my facebook account >,< In case there is anything urgent or you would like to share your photos with me, drop me an email at leeseeming@gmail.com.

聊聊闲话

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:30:00 +0000

聊聊闲话, 不要当真!

昨天跟colleague很无聊的提起one night stand 一夜情

很不出奇的, 她告诉了我很多..

她问我, 是否很坏?

你们知道我如何回答吗?

If you're still single, take the chance to explore

but just remember, safety always come first!

那是我对洋人的说法. 对唐人, 我会说同一番话吗?

满 interesting 的 topic 吧?

她也反问了我, "你呢"? 答案很简单- 只有No..

她又问: 你会想吗?

我发现所谓的一夜情,只会出现在PUB而已! 你人为呢?

我本人都不属于那世界的人, 机会等于零..

我也很坦白的说: 不会...

我重复的我自己, 我会吗? 我真的不晓得..

I might or I might not...

Heheh...

她是single, 又有泡pub的习惯, 所以见怪不怪

更何况, 她是洋人...

你呢? 你想过吗?

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:49:00 +0000

Listening to LiteFM Malaysia while blogging in the middle of the night! :)

Heheh....I will be going off for a short-breakie as mum will be reaching Perth on 2nd May. I can't wait at all because we have heaps of program and in the meantime, I just wanna stop thinking of my job for the time being.

Just recently, one of my sis visited Perth to attend business meeting. Unfortunately, I didn't spend much time with her as that was a last-minutes trip. But still we managed to visit the Raeburn Orchard, that's kinda close to my house.Feel free to browse the photos here.

On the other hand, since our PR will be expring soon, my husband and I had discussed about getting Australia citizenship or still keep holding the PR. Frankly, I really do not mind taking up the so-called "exam" (before you could apply for the citizenship). Definitely one thing for sure, I won't be renouncing my Malaysia citizenship.

I do have lots to share but I have to knock off...

Before I left, this is my alfresco area with the solar butterfly light!

Another solar display...

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:44:00 +0000

We bought the solar dragonfly lights just for AUD10. Plan to get another one!

It looks nice during night time..

Coffee Cake & My Plants

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 05:47:00 +0000

A quick question, are you a coffee lover? I just love the strong aroma every time I walked pass the coffee shop. Undeniable, I love the pastry, bakery or dessert that's made of coffee. Therefore, I would love to share the recipe with you here..

Ingredient

180g soft butter chopped

150g caster sugar

1/3 cup honey

3 eggs

225 self raising flour

1/3 cup strong espresso coffee (liquid)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C.

2. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

3. Add honey and beat until well combined.

4. Add eggs one at a time. Beat well after each.

5. Lastly, add flour and coffee

6. Bake for 45minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted in the center.

---@-@-@---

Here are some of the vegetables in my garden. They are purely organic plantation, only utilizing water with sunshine and horse-dung (and left-over fruits and veg. compose)

空心菜 Water spinach

大小洋葱 Spring Onion

番薯叶 + 胡萝卜 potato leaves + carrot

还在多多努力@番茄 tomato

也在加油@葡萄 grapes

I'm back with full of excitment waiting out there....

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:43:00 +0000

Long time no see. How's everyone out there?

I have confirmed that I'm not going back to Malaysia this year. As you knew that, my mum and sis will be here in May.

Just to update you guys as well, my parents in law will be here too in October. So, we plan not to go back and will be flying off to Bali for a short break.

How's Bali comes across my mind?

Supposedly, my husband and I will be staying in Perth city's hotel (for fun and relaxing) on 30th June 2012. Due to certain circumstances, I have to cancel off the reservation. So, I was trying to search for a another day and luck is on my side, I manage to lock that in on 16th Mar 2012. Ya, you're right! That's tomorrow...

Since I'm in the booking already, I was attempting to look for accommodation in Bali or Sydney/ Melbourne. I realized that it's cheap to stay in Bali. Again without second thought, I booked that in for 2 different hotels in Bali.

After all, only I submitted my leave but the scheduler told me that she might not be able to approve because there are two-staffs on annual leave. I'm a bit upset about it. Who knows, on 14h Mar, she emailed me that I could book my flight. What a relief!

Of course, it's time to book my flight! It's $100 different from what i viewed a day ago. :( Why not Jetstar? Previously, I tried and it was so much expensive and already given up. But still, something telling me that I should try. Guess what, I managed to secure another $100 for the trip.

P/S: I'm really kinda "po zai" type of person. I would love to go for holiday trip but still I want to save up as much I could. That's me... See Ming Lee 李思慜. Hehehe...

Homemade Pork Jery (肉干)

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:22:00 +0000

Chinese new year is around the corner, I missed my aunt "Bak Kwa" so much. Since I'm not going back , why not I just try making one? Finally, I found the recipe from Sonia

Ingredient

450g minced pork
100g sugar
1tbsp light soy sauce
1/2tbsp Chinese rice wine
1/2tbsp fish sauce
1tbsp oyster sauce
1tsp dark caramel sauce
1/8tsp Chinese five spices powder
A dash of Pepper
1/2tsp salt
2tbsp honey

Method
1. Mix all ingredients in a big bowl. Blend and stir the mixture in one direction until the meat becomes gluey. Store in the fridge for several hours.
2. Spread the marinated minced pork thinly onto the baking tray (using fingers to spread).
3. Bake at pre-heated oven at 160C for 20mins. Remove from oven. Increase the oven temperature to 240c.
4. Wait to slightly cool, cut into your desired size and place them in the same baking tray.
5. Grill one side at 240C for 10mins, remove from oven.

6. Flip over another side, wait oven back to 240C and grill for 7mins or until golden brown with slight burnt.
6. Once done, let it cool and enjoy!

P/S: First attempt is always awesome for me! >,< If I could get rid of the 猪肉味, that will be absolutely perfect (I should put more five spices powder to cover up the smell)

Solar System

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:56:00 +0000

We thought of going 'GREEN' and after consideration (with discount of the solar panels), we decided to go for the Solar System. Since photos speaks louder than word, here you go...

1.5kw solar panels

2.0 kw inverter

Early In the Morning

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:49:00 +0000

It's 6 in the morning while waiting for the next train!

My train is here finally (in a minute) and I'm heading to Maddington (third station)

Priority seating- just for elderly, pregnant ladies, mother with pram (baby).....

Unlock Nokia Mobile in Australia

noreply@blogger.com (李思慜) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:57:00 +0000

In Australia, the mobile carriers are pretty smart. Why I said so?

Basically, if you're on a contact with carrier A for 12/24 months and you decided to move to other carrier after the contract (stick with the same mobile phone). Definitely, you're able to do so and they are able to port the same number to different carrier for you.

First and foremost, you will need to unlock your mobile phone before you can use it for other carrier. I did that once already and they charged me AUD30-AUD35 to unlock my Nokia 6510 while my husband was being charged of AUD4-AUD45 to unlock his Sony Ericsson.

Right now, I found a way where you could unlock it for free (Undeniable, you will need to bear the consequence!)

This steps is meant to be for Nokia only!!

Step 1: Use the existing carrier SIM and just enter ' *#06# ' - We're looking for the IMEI

Step 2: Write it down and make sure you're getting the correct IMEI

Step 3: Follow the prompt in Unlock Your Device

Step 4: You will get the unlock code (that's really important- and make sure the details matches)

Step 5: Press #

Step 6: Press * three times to get p

Step 7: Press * four times to get w
Step 8: Press * twice to get +

It should look like: #pw+ (15 digit unlock code)+1#

E.g.: #pw+123456543456786+1#

It will then restart the mobile phone itself (meaning to say you have successfully unlock the phone)

Anyway, just be mindful that it will locked itself after 3 attempts and I understood that you're no longer able to use the phone!!!

P/S: I managed to unlock 2 Nokia mobile without any trouble! >,<