LOVE LIFE, CHERISH MOMENTS

   I believe many of the teenage girls and even boys have encounter the all-so-famous Gossip Girl, an American TV series which influence the fashion and life style of youngsters. To be honest, i was a huge fan too. Blair's colourful head band, Serena's gorgeous outfits, The Van der Woodson waffle breakfast, Chuck Bass' sinful parties which all happens in the Upper-East side of New York City. For us, Malaysian girls, we can only fancy and dreaming that we were in the show, indulging in all those luxuries and of course, sweet scandal. =). However, as time passes, we now can enjoy the more-or-less same standard of high society living, if you are willing to pay... ;) Anyway, message of the day is, we, Penangnites also have our own Upper-East side of Penang Island, which is the Gurney-Straits Quay area.

   I went to Upper-East side of Penang yesterday to experience the fine living in Penang together with my high school friend, introducing Ms Victoria Yap!!! round of applause* XD. We both adore these kind of stuff: hunting great food, shopping, chilling and just being lazy. LOL. I had so much fun and excitement. Grateful~

   We started off with Straites Quay. This is the second time i visited it. I'm feeling so embarrassed now, after all, i'm a true, born Penangnites, how could i not come here more often?!!! Thanks to my hectic uni life~ sigh. The last time i came with few of my friends and it was so different compared to 10 months ago. More shops, more yacht, and of course, Christmas decor!!!! Oh gosh, i LOVE Christmas!!! ok, let's not go further into the whole Christmas thing yet. Well, Straits Quay was initially a beach, after developed by E&O, it became one of the leisure, fine dining, recreation center as well as residence for some wealthy people. The main concept of this newly emerged center is all about European and water-side enjoyment, something like  Petronas Quay in Langkawi Island with a slight touch of Venice-Paris feel. It's a white building with nicely trimmed copper coloured fences, tropical plants and whole lot more of popular overseas restaurant such as Irish bars, Blue Reef Fish and Chip, Subway, Charlie Brown Cafe and tonnes. The best thing is, it's just sitted beside the sea, over-looking the Prai Jetty and Georgetown, and accompanied by clusters of modern bungalows. So perfect for a sunny brunch meet up right?


   We finally decided to visit delicious, after browsing through floors of awesome food outlets. Vic ordered a Classic Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Ice-cream while I chose a simple Strawberry Cheesecake with berry jam. Due to lack of caffeine, i ordered a Flat White to spice things up a little bit. Well, what to say? It's delicious after all!!! You won't be disappointed with their sweet treats huh?! :) (satisfied smile). Vic's chocolate treat is indeed very chocolaty and sweet while mine is just nice. The sourness of the strawberry goes well with the sweet jam and the rich flavor of cheese and cream. My flat white was great too. With an addition of 2 packets of brown sugar, it immediately brings up the true essence of coffee and milk. Love that!!!





























    However, i must say, what impressed us the most is the ambiance of it. As usual, this chill-out place has all the features of a typical delicious outlet, bird-cage lights, huge white tree in the center, turquoise pillows, wooden furniture with white touch, very relaxing and comfortable. The unique thing is the sea-view and outdoor decor they have there. They used wooden beer cart to plant some medium sized tree and arranged some wooden bench just beside the cafe. Great view, cool environment, sweet surprise~










    After chit-chatting plus chilling, we left there unwillingly. LOL. We continued our journey in Gurney Plaza. Just spent time shopping, chattering, giggling, gossiping (oops), watching movie. It was indeed a pleasure to meet up with an old friend and share so many things about life, love and dreams. :). After that, we settled our dinner at Chicago Ribs House. We weren't that hungry so we ordered a half-rack pork ribs, Flaming style with 2 sides. Really adore the presentation and the taste of the ribs. The waiter poured a shot of whisky on it and light up a blue flame. I was blown away by the smell of alcohol and the slight burnt of the skin. [Note: i'm not an alcoholic.>.<] Moreover, the ribs were well cooked, succulent and flavorful. Love the interior decor too. Something like Chili's and T.G.I.F, but more American, well after all, it's Chicago right

   Conclusion, it was a tiring day but an awesome one!! I really love Penang!!! I do not want to leave her!!! LOL. The 1-day Upper-East side experience was rewarding, hope that through this post, you can understand  Penang better and i'm more than happy to show you more next time~ Stay tuned!! xoxo

   Hello peeps!! I'm back in my home sweet home AGAIN. LOL, and i'm all set to start off my to-do-list, ok maybe not so set but anyway i'm feeling positive. Hmm, nothing much for this post, basically it's just some crap and it's not so read-worthy lol but i'll still gonna write it, just some updates.

   Alrite, so last weekend i went to Tambun for seafood, but the restaurant was just standard, and the environment was average and not worth writing. However, i did go to Queensbay Mall on Sunday for a shopping spree with mummy!! <3 So much of a return and i must say this:" a loads of shopping bag girl is a happy girl". lol.

   I found a ladies boutique here which i must mention. It was initially spotted by me in KL but i didnt know that they started a branch here in Queensbay Mall!!! I must say i was so excited when i see dressingpaula here. Without any hesitation i dragged mummy there with me and started scanning+choosing+trying+figuring-whether-to-buy-or-not. LOL. The shop's main style is sweet and feminine and urban, which hit my fashion buds too! ^.^ The price is above average, which ranges from rm79.90-rm159.90. Blouses, dresses, short pants, trousers, skirts, gowns, accessories, you name it, they have it all!

   Another awesome detail about this boutique is the interior decor and some interesting quotes written on the wall. It makes me feel that wow, this brand has got style and ideas. That's why i love it so much!! However, sadly, i couldnt find my size so i left with nothing. SOB!!!! On the other hand, my mum was so satisfied and took me so long to drag her out of there..sigh..

   Conclusion, i love shopping and i will not stop until i drop!! Wahahaha..evil smirk* till then..adieus~

old town IPOH~

   Alright, so today i went to this awesome place~IPOH, a pit stop before heading back to my campus to meet up with my friends. It was an early early morning and i don't know why, i have this thing for MORNING. I feel incredibly charged, energy, cheerful and all hyped-up in the morning, and so was this morning. When we arrived at this place called Foh San Restaurant, OMG, adrenaline rushing as i haven't have a proper dim sum breakfast for who-knows-how-long ago. Ohh, for those who don't understand what dim sum is, it's actually a Cantonese dialect, which means light refreshment, bite size with lots of variety and flavor, served on a plate or small steamer basket, but in this modern era, it kind of evolved to become a style of Chinese cooking and it's well accepted internationally.

Foh San Restaurant

   Erm where were we? Ohh right, ok this Foh San Restaurant is situated at the old and inner part of southern Ipoh town, which is a really really classic. Well Ipoh is well known for its interesting architecture among the hills and rock mountains and caves but not many heard about its dim sum huh? I basically grew up travelling up and down and Ipoh has been a must for us to stop by whenever we travel. Okok, back to the dimsum. Well the thing i like about Foh San is her generous portion, traditional flavor, unique interior design and the blend of western and oriental with a pinch of modern Hong Kong atmosphere in the restaurant.

   So sorry readers as i could'nt take many photo of the food as i was very very hungry that time. Nevertheless i shall write them down eh? The restaurant has all the traditional and typical dim sum such as siew mai, har gao, (basically dumplings) and the infamous egg tarts. I especially adore the egg tarts and the dim sum as they were really fresh and you can taste each of the ingredients within and well-mixed. However, i don't fancy their chee cheong fan (rice noodle roll). :-/

   The restaurant moved and renovated the building years ago, that's why you can see the building standing out from those old buildings surrounding it. The interesting part about Foh San is it has all of an olden China building, like small floor tiles, arranged in a nicely planned pattern, wooden windows, wooden tables and chairs, modified chinese summer house blended with a touch of south-western europe, like the lamp and decor. Total up, these gave us a lovely, sophisticated yet elegant feeling sitting there while having a sip of pu er (chinese tea). Awwww...mesmerizing~

   Moreover, with noises made by joyful kids, chit-chatting customers, bumble-bee-ish general workers cleaning the table, alert waiter and waitresses promoting their trolley of food, sweating chefs inside the hot and steamy kitchen, tensed supervisor monitoring the whole restaurant and so much more. The whole picture was crafted onto my brain, so vivid and amazingly beautiful.





   Many of the young people do not appreciate the beauty of Chinese culinary anymore. Many would prefer westerners' french fries over dim sum, the fine art of Chinese cooking. I'm not criticizing anyone or any culture cause i respect all the culture in the world, but what i'm trying to say is you never know if you never try. Just give it a shot, who knows, perhaps it may tackle your taste bud so powerfully and you may be surprised. Cheers~

   Ok, so i've created this blog in the midst of a gloomy morning..it's just one of my to-do-list during my 6 weeks holiday. I've imagined the perfect life i would like to have during my pre-exam period..that was really awful, everyday the same routine, study-eat-study-eat-sleep, with minimum socialisation, without any good food, pimples popping out (thanks to the stress), and i really don't wanna talk about that..(terror goosebumps). Well, back to the point, just to update my humble life, sharing my honest experience about quality living and some here-and-there photos.

   So, the checklist..it reads something like this~
1. eat tonnes of holiao (Hokkien dialect, which means good food!)
2. visit some new-found awesome restaurant and cafe in my hometown
3. travel to exotic, (ok maybe not) island and beaches
4. SHOPPING!!!

my awesome hometown!! <3

5. photoshooting session with my pretty cousin
6. bake some mouth-drooling dessert
7. meet up with my old friends (studying made me a social recluse. T.T)
8. change my closet style
9. hmmm..till i think of something else..

 
    Yup, so these are basically the fantasy i had during exam period. I know it's pathetic to have this wish list as these are just some very normal stuff that an ordinary student can do during a weekend but not for me, cause that day when i chose to take this path, i'm no longer an ordinary student, we are the future health workers, huge responsibilities, hence forget about those typical campus student life. For most of them, it's nothing but their way of life, but for us, it's a luxurious dream..
                                                                                                   
 
   Ok, sorry for that, I sounded a lil bit too whiny and pathetic right? Anyway, it's a big step for me to blog about my life and experience as I used to be the sensitive little girl that wrote about her feelings in a book..however, i had have enough of that, mos probably i don't have the energy to pen down everything word by word and i think it's time for me to blog about interesting places, food and exciting getaway places as i really really love sharing these with people. Awww..(big smile carfted on face :D)

   Alright, that's about it then, gotta go set up and fine-tune part of the blog. Stay tuned for more, and watch me, i'll make sure i accomplish everything on that list before 2012!!! Chiao~