Saturday, May 14, 2011

100 Day Project: Day 63 – Sports awards

I got stuck for this. Because the only sport awards that popped into my mind were those I won 12 years ago! I was pretty active back in my secondary school days, joined any event that I thought I sanggup. So, I have medals for pingpong, volleyball and basketball (now please do not simply assume that I’m good in playing in those sports ya).

Then… I finally thought of something.

I did, sort of contributed to the recent award won by our school earlier this year!

Our school won the first place for the PIBG sports day in April.

Teamwork.

Smile

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Marilyn Cake House

Because Thanis always said that I’m the “source” of KB/Seria good food, finding hidden gems that only local (as in Belait) people know, so it kind of motivated me to do this post. Or maybe more, next time.

When we (my colleagues and I) are a little tight in our lunch budgets, yet wanted varieties, we’ll go for Marilyn Cake House. Located along Jalan Pretty, just next to Nanyang… a gift shop that you must totally go if you’re in KB btw.

What’s good in Marilyn? Marilyn used to be a bakery and just recently (in 2003) expanded to café so don’t be surprise if you see shelves and shelves of bread loaf, along with other pastries.

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Their (salted-veggies) menu, with new revised prices.
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And we what always ordered…

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Beef lagsane, $3.80

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Mi Goreng special, as in INDOMIE! The waitress will asked if you want one packet or two packets.
$2.50 for the above one, one packet.

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Onion Rings, $1.80

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Beef Burger, $3.50

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Poutine, $3

Now.. this is something most of you should order because I don’t see much restaurant selling poutine.

If you don’t know what poutine is, Poutine is a dish consisting of French fries topped with fresh cheese curds, covered with brown gravy or sauce and sometimes additional ingredients.

I didn’t order Plum Soda that day but that’s my favorite drink in Marilyn. If you know me, you’ll know that I seldom order cold drinks but for Plum Soda, I WILL! MUST ORDER PLUM SODA!

100 Day Project: Day 62 - Last Place You Traveled To

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Taiwan, which I became this hardworking blogger and blogged every single little details I remembered about the trip because it’s by far, my favorite. With 3 of my favorite people in the world, family, lover and a friend.

My wish is, travel to at least one new place/country every year.

Monday, May 9, 2011

100 Day Project: Day 61 - School Class Picture

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Back when everyone was thinner and center-parting hair was the “in” thing.

Saturday, May 7, 2011

100 Day Project: Day 59 - A Picture of A Random Item That You Own

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The two new things on my table, Green Tea & Lemon Body, Room & Linen Spritz and Japanese Cherry Blossom Puree Body Lotion. Totally Red heart it!

Friday, May 6, 2011

100 Day Project: Day 58 – A Picture of Your Favourite Animal

Without a doubt, pigs.

(sorry my dear Muslim friends…. don’t get offended ya)

Because I was born in the year of boar and I think pigs (plushies, cartoons, and only certain real life pet pigs  and not wild boar) are cute!

And…

1. Pigs are very intelligent and learn very quickly. They are the fourth smartest animals (humans are first, primates are second, dolphins/whales are third and pigs are fourth).

p/s: Next time cannot say people stupid like pig okay.

2. Pigs are some of the cleanest animals around, refusing to mess anywhere near their living or eating areas when given a choice.

3. Pigs can not sweat because they have no sweat glands. They roll around in the mud to cool their skins.

Nah, cannot blame them for liking to roll in mud one.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

100 Day Project: Day 57 - A Picture of Your Favourite Holiday

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Chinese New Year of course, especially if 48 is back. Good reason to pig out, perfect reason to meet up with friends and dry-swimming / open-plastic-fan.

If only the holiday is longer. Kasian wah, how can we only have one day off for CNY?

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

100 Day Project: Day 56 – A Picture of Something That Makes You Happy

Food and sleep make me HAPPY!
Pretty obvious in what animal year I was born in kan?

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Eat, Play, Love in KB

After filling up Haji Maidin, next stop, NAAFI!

p/s: Haji Maidin is the name given to Atul’s car by herself. Don’t play play, car also naik haji.

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The girls and their hauls.

It’s so funny when the staffs in Naafi can actually identify that they’re all from BSB just from the way they dressed. I guess, it’s the same as.. I’m always in t-shirt, short pants when I go Soon Lee get something and only bother to dress up a little when I go BSB.

After shopping (for chocolates and keropoks and dips and more chocolates!), I brought them to Nul Hajika for some Roti John HK Style with Cheese sauce and Mee Gulung.

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Tina and Dee dividing their hauls.

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Now, this is the legend…. wait for it… dary Mee Gulung of Nul Hajika. I love Barney Stinson!

There’s no “mee” in the above picture but….


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*tada*, when you cut open the egg, the delicious mee kuning is all inside!
It’s like Nasi Pattaya, instead of rice.. it’s noodle with yummy sauce. You got to try this!

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Next, the lagi more legend-wait for it-dary Roti John HK Style with cheese sauce!

The girls just kept repeating that it’s nyaman and ordered a second serving for this. Tips, order some french fries to dip in those yummy cheese sauce. You’re going to love it!

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Corn soup with crab meat. This one no need to intro la… very common.

After makan-makan, we went to the town for some mini-shopping. Called it “mini” because we only went to Nanyang and Bodyshop. And before the sunset and the rain comes, we dropped by Billionth Barrel Monument.

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Tourists D, A, and T.

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Playing the I-shoot-you,you-shoot-me game.

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I showed them this because that particular animal has been bugging me for quite some time. I think it’s a dugong.. but still, it doesn’t quite look like a dugong!

Apakan tu?

Well, clearly… Tina was not interested. HAHHAHHAAAHAA

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It started to drizzle a little and hence we headed to our next destination…. my house! For toilet breaks and refreshing, and introduced them to my mom. And now, I can easily tell my mom who are those girls I had frequent dinners with in BSB. It’s really hard to explain when you don’t have a tech-savy mom you know.

Macam… “Ma, errr… I go BSB ah… Having dinner with friends. Who? Err.. I know them from blog one.. Internet… Ah.. Don’t worry, they’re nice people!”

For dinner… BUCCANEER!

I tell you, everyone loves that place! It wasn’t quite what they imagined at first, hearing babies wailing, kids running around, adults makan-makan, talking-talking. Not exactly a dim-lighted romantic place with cheesy lobby music. It’s very… how to say.. family-oriented.

We ordered….

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Fresh Oysters! BND24 for a dozen!

To be honest, I’d never ordered this before in Buccaneer and I just don’t know what to expect. But the oysters were really really fresh! And they’re not karit with the dipping and lemon! Unlike some, only one thinly sliced lemon on top of oyster.

I can literally taste the ocean!

It was gone in 5 minutes!

And Atul took 3 minutes to eat one. Hhahahhaa. It was her very first time trying fresh oyster and … she didn’t take it very well. The facial expression on her face when she “chewed” the oyster was priceless!

Nevermind, more for us to nom-nom!

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Dee’s pumpkin soup – BND4

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Seafood Pasta – BND9

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Dinner roll – BND0.80 each.

Sebenarnya, those dinner rolls are complimentary. One for each and served warm. Atul loved it so much that she ordered two more!

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Grilled seafood platter – BND23

THIS IS VERY GOOD TOO! The calamari was grilled to such perfection! It’s not rubbery at all and it’s easy to chew them. I want the oysters and this seafood platter again!!!!!!


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Garlic bread with cheese – BND3.50

Forgot to take a picture of Tina’s milkshake. She ordered Banana and Avocado Milkshake that is not in the menu and asked the waitress if they could make it for her. They did! Good kan? Talk about good service!

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Last last, fruit platter… complimentary too!

 

 

 

So, there.. blog post done!
No more hutang. Hahaahhahahaa.

If you’re new to KB and have no idea what to do, where to go, what to eat.. feel free to ask me.

Winking smile

100 Day Project: Day 55 – A Picture of The Last Movie You Saw In Theaters

Arghhhh!!!! Those washboard abs!

And Sheepy gave this movie a Malay name,
PAHLAWAN PENUKUL!

Monday, May 2, 2011

The how-to: First self-service petrol pumps in Brunei

If you follow me, or any of us in twitter (which you totally should if you have not! Click here), you’ll know that yesterday was GB (Girly bloggers) very first road trip down to Belait. One word, SUPER FUN! Okay, make that two.

I’m going to break the trip into several posts… so that I have more posts to blog about instead of one lengthy one. *marketing skill wtf*

So, imma start with… How to fill up your car at the petrol station!


Roxana Shell Service Station, or “Roxette” for Tina, is the very first self-service petrol station in Brunei. I do know that there’s a lot of people who don’t go there anymore because of the “self-service” part. For me, honestly, I kind of enjoy doing it myself… (rather than daydreaming and getting all impatient in the car). Some drives all the way to KB just to get diesel (because the other petrol station in Seria tak ada diesel) !

Atul wanted to fill petrol for her car and I asked if she wanted to do it herself and she replied me a BIG YES!

So this is what you do.

1. Off your car engine. Hahahhahahhahahhaa. Okay, lame. I’ll be serious this time.

Here’s the steps that you don’t even need to remember actually.

1. Walk into the shop.

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2. Queue up and when it’s your turn, tell the shop attendant your station number, type of gas and amount you want to fill. Pay upfront. No, you can’t use your credit card on the fuel pumps to pay. They do it at the counter.

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The world always looks brighter from behind a smile~ Author unknown

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The station numbers.

3. Then open the fuel cap.

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and entertain your friend and smile for the camera.

4. Lift the pump handle and insert the nozzle into the fuel cap, pull the lever until the fuel begins to flow. Keep an eye on the counter display which will increase as the fuel enters your vehicle in both price and volume.

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popping her fill-petrol cherry.
Hmmm.. I just realised, SEBENARNYA, banyak cherries si Atul di popped last Sunday.

5. Remove nozzle when done, close the fuel cap.

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Ta Da! You’re done!

It’s not complicated at all, kan?

100 Day Project: Day 54 – A Picture of The One Thing You Would Bring If You Were Stranded On A Deserted Island

Honestly, the first thing that popped in my head is this…

Sunday, May 1, 2011

100 Day Project: Day 53 – A Picture of Someone You Think Is Hot

Takeshi Kaneshiro.

Embarrassed smile

since, a long long time ago~

100 Day Project: Day 52 – A Picture of Your Favorite Sport

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Swimming.

Both wet and dry… if you get what I mean.

100 Day Project: Day 51 – A Picture of Your Dream Car

Because I think Mau’s dream car is super cool.. I’m going to post something similar, but vintage.

I want this one!