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Qing! Qing! Qing Ming!

March 29, 2009March 30, 2009 dixonthum

This year’s Qing Ming is done today and we all woke up at 5am and started our journey to Nirwana Memorial Park in Semenyih at 5.30am… The earlist we have ever done. And still there was jam already… But compared to last year, the jam was short, just at the main entrance… lucky!~

When we reached there, it’s all dark… Can’t even see a thing! No road lamps and all… Sigh… But still, there were earlier groups of people there already… praying and offering goods to their dead relatives… OMG!!! Did they camp there overnight or what?!?!? Haha!

As usual, after offering fruits, food and incense to our grandparents (from Pa’s side), we started our "picnic"… Eating the food offered… Not sure is this a tradition for eating the food offered or not but we’ve been doing this since last time… So… MAKAN!!!!!!!! Haha!

nirwana (8) Food and fruits offered…

We makan or "they" makan??? Hehehe…

Food & Drink

Honey Cake from Indonesia

March 29, 2009 dixonthum

Got a surprise gift from a relative – a honey cake from Indonesia… Looks like a big slice of "kuih" to me… tasty and sweet…! Its honeycomb-like texture melts in the mouth once in… Taste even better after reheating it in the oven… Love it! Thanks for the cake ya!!! 😉

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BBQ @ Home

March 22, 2009March 22, 2009 dixonthum

What a great day!!! We had BBQ at home… Chicken wings, catfish, potatoes, taufu pok (beancurd), sausages, watermelon and our "chewy mutton"!!! Yummy yummy… It was indeed very lucky as it would always rain when we wanted to BBQ in our past experience but for today, the weather was cooperative enough! 🙂

Preparing our materials – chicken wings and "chewy mutton"…

Mein preparing the special "salty chilli sauce"…

WATERMELON : sweet and juicy!!!

Let’s start the fire!

All set!

"Siu gai yik! Ngor ji sai jung yi sik"… 烧鸡翼！我至小忠义食…

Our "self-made" waterfall…

Our BBQ site…

Can you see the "mer-man"?! Haha! 🙂

Food & Drink

Steamboat for Dinner

March 15, 2009March 15, 2009 dixonthum

Pa suggested to have steamboat for dinner… At first, we wanted to have shaved ice in 100 Yen in Taman Desa, so we drove there and coincidentally found a steamboat restaurant called Hao A One Steamboat… RM14.00 per person and any additional plates of fishballs or other kinds of food would cost RM6.50 per plate… Burp! Very full!!! We better skip the idea of shaved ice… Haha! But we had an enjoyable steamboat moment together…

4 pax plate…

Coconut & "leong fun"

Our steamboat pot!!! Hot hot hot!

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Our New Bed!

March 15, 2009March 15, 2009 dixonthum

Finally, after all the while living with backache and uncomfortable sleep… Our new bed is finally here! It’s also an item which we’ll be shifting in to the new house when the house is ready… Can you see how anxious and excited are we on our new house?! Haha!

The mattress is a queen size Master Coil with 12 years warranty, free 2 pillows and 1 bolster… For the first time, Mein and I can’t wait for the night to come to enjoy our good night sleep!!! Wuuhooo!!!

Also the bedsheet was chosen because of its bright colour and flowerish design… Grabbed it from Jusco with 70% off! Great offer…

Last week, we’ve been staying in the room, cleaning and rearranging the furniture just to fit the bed in… This morning, we went to Pudu to buy the floor mat. And now, our room is just like what we’ve always wanted it to be! Ooohhh… how great! We’ve worked hard for it and will be working harder to achieve our next target…!