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Did I mention that I'm technically not an Ipoh girl?? I was born in a small town called Tanjung Malim, near the borders of Selangor and Perak. I spent the first 2 and 1/2 years of my life there; so I always think fondly of Tanjung Malim as the place of my babyhood days.

We stopped by Tanjung Malim on the way back to Ipoh to have lunch with Uncle Steven and family AND also to celebrate my Papa's birthday!!! Here's a picture of the crowd of us :-

Uncle Steven and Aunty Irene brought us to this restaurant called garden Seafood which appeared to be a tourist-y place because there were tour buses depositing tourists by the tables. The decor was interesting though because there were antique furniture scattered all around and antique clocks hanging on the wall. The atmosphere was cozy though and the food was quite nice.

After we had finished with the courses, they brought out Papa's birthday cake. I went to the counter to ask for a lighter to light the matches and they handed me the BIGGEST HUGE-ASS lighter I've ever seen in my life!! See a picture of it!!!:-

I'm behind in updates as usual, many apologies if my updates confuse you on my whereabouts. My blog is more of a recording and sharing place. Not a live feed. Sorry!!! =P Just a quick one here:

My parents came down to spend the weekend in Klang before we all headed back to Ipoh for the week long Raya break. Ben was to join us this trip back to Ipoh since he has never been to Ipoh before (technically, he has spent 2 hours in Ipoh before and I don't count that.) and also for my family to spend time and get to know him.

We had lunch at Tony Roma's when they came to pick Josh and me up from Sunway. The 5 of us (Ben came along to) shared an appetiser and two main courses and we were SO full after our meal. We could barely finish all the food even with Joshua there.

We went to Klang where I did a load of washing. Bless the person who invented the washing machine. I felt so happy not having to bend over the pail and splashing around trying to get my clothes clean. I guess it holds true when people say,"You won't miss it until it's not there." Anyway, Klang was fun. This trip down, my whole family learned never to trust 'Sale', 'Special Offer','Special Discount' signs in shops anymore. I won't elaborate here because it's just such a long story. Ask me about it if you want to see me ranting first hand. =P Whoever started the trend of putting fine print 'up to' in 'Discount' signs should be whipped!! It's just so misleading and unethical.

Putting that aside, I finally had Klang Bah Kut Teh!!! We went to a shop near the old Klang Jusco recommended by my Yee Cheong which we found very good on our previous visit. This one serves it different from the big claypot I'm so used to in Teluk Pulai. You get your own individual bowls with your individual hunk of meat at this shop. See:-



I made myself salivate looking at that picture. Goodness. =.=
More salivating coming up. Plenty of food overload posts coming next from my trip back to Ipoh!!!!! Stay with me!!!

I was ecstatic when I received the e-mail from Nuffnang informing me that I had won two tickets to the premier screening of Resident Evil in 3D. I practically leaped on the spot with a big grin on my face and waving my iPod around. A few days later, Ben smilingly told me that he also got the tickets. What composure compared to me. =P

Well were both super excited because we had really hoped to watch the 3D premier and also to get the Resident Evil merchandise which will be available upon the tickets redemption. Since we had two extra tickets, Joshua and Abel were our guests and we went to have dinner with Mr Sasi before collecting our tickets.

Since the screening was in GSC MidValley, we had dinner in Pastis since they had the 'Buy 1 main course, free 1 main course' dinner promotion. I shared a Beef Lasagna and the Virgin Mojitos with Ben. Sasi, Joshua and Abel ordered a main course each too.

After our dinner, we went up to GSC to collect our tickets. This time, the ticket collection booths were very unorganised. Only MY FM had a booth with a sign. There was a line in front of an empty booth which after enquiry; only did I find out the other bloggers were just randomly lining up in hope that it was the correct booth. Ben and I were 3rd in line.

Just as the booth open, a couple of teenage boys CUT into the line right after the first couple collected their tickets. It made us see RED!! I spoke up and said to the Nuffnang staffs in charge of the booth,"Excuse me!! They are cutting the line." and to the two boys,"You should line up from behind!!". Ben said the same thing to them. And if you would believe me; those two boys actually had the CHEEK to turn back and say to us,"We were here very long already!!" and quickly tuned back and looked at the Nuffnang staffs to get their tickets. The staff looked like they didn't really know what to do and I couldn't really do anything since the other bloggers behind also didn't say anything. (In fact, there was ANOTHER line cutter directly in front of us who had slipped in a few moments before.) I felt so indignant and I really REALLY wanted to make a scene and give those two cocky little, over-gelled, over-spiked haired boys a good dressing down!! My hands flexing and I was fuming. Even Ben who's usually the quiet one was red in the face and breathing hard. The girl behind me tapped me lightly on the back and said to me,"Never mind, some people are just thick skinned." Thick skinned??? More like lacking in basic social etiquette in my opinion!!

When it was our turn to collect our tickets, we were disappointed to see that there were only notebooks and PV Gloves as the merchandise that came with the tickets. They promised more merchandise than that in their contest post here. But anyway, we just took our tickets and went to get ice-creams in McD to cool off.



We went into the cinema at 9 p.m. and were given 3D glasses for the movie. It took a while for the movie to start and we were pretty restless because the screen was blank. I can't believe I actually wanted to watch ads. =.=
The movie was action packed and gore-filled; just as I expected. I still enjoyed it though because the plot unfolds very quickly and there's a lot of eerie, suspense moments where you just know a zombie is going to APPEAR and grab hold of a victim. I liked the slow motion fighting scenes and the dry humour in the movie. However, I was a little disappointed that the 3D elements in the show did not contribute much to make the show more enjoyable. I thought there would be bullets flying out at me or zombie tongues flicking out of the screen but I didn't get any of that. I would recommend that viewers watch it in 2D instead. Overall though, I think Resident Evil : Afterlife is worth watching. Only don't pay too much attention to the logic of the show. =P

I finally got to SING K again after soooooooooooooooooo long!!!! Yay-ness!!! I didn't sing myself hoarse this time though. Plan to do that NEXT time. Yoong do you read me??? The K-Lunch was crappy though, and I'm glad that I exchanged my food for a drink.

We had an awesome dinner that night, thanks to Ben's Suk Suk. We went to Seo Gung in SS2 and had KOREAN!!! I think this place is related to Da Sa Rang in in SS15 because the decor and menu looks similiar to me. Anyway, I was SOOOOO happy to get to eat Bibimbap again. I would have been totally contented with just the Bibimbap but Czetrine ordered the Family Set which was a total FEAST for all of us. The whole table was full of food and I was urged to eat eat eat eat. Not only because they were generous, but also because all of Ben's sisters and him couldn't stomach Korean food. =.=

Well, I did my best. I ate so much that it was hard to move. I didn't manage to get pictures of all the food in the set but I did my best. So scroll down to droll.

And we have come to the end of another of my food overload post.
Does anyone know of a starvation camp which I can sign up for to balance this off???

Did I mention that Ben and I actually won tickets to Step Up 3D but we mistook the date and ended up missing the tickets?? Well, now you know. It was a waste of a win because I was really excited about the show. But anyway, we did eventually get to watch Step Up with his sisters and Aunty.
It was quite a good show. It has many vividly colourful backgrounds and incredible choreography. Although there is really no solid storyline, it doesn't bother you because the dancing scenes will get your rapt attention. I just wanted to follow every move they make and see what move will come next. Made me wish that I could DANCE too!!! Haha!!!

After the movie, we had lunch in this Thai place in The Gardens (I didn't take note of the name, oops!) where the food there was extremely spicy!! I am quite a spicy-resistant person and yet I declare that the stuff there is spicy!! But despite that it was quite alright. I like how they served the pineapple rice. See:-

Time for another update!! I've been getting to spend more time with Ben since he's finished his course; which I love, and it also means I see a lot of the rest of the family too. And they're good company, I must say.

We went back to Pitstop again for lunch the other day since his sisters loved the place. We played the board games again while waiting for our food, which (again) took quite long to appear at our table. We ordered from their sets again, I had the Black Pepper Lamb Chop set this time, and the portion was HUMONGOUS!! Two big slabs of lamb meat and it tasted pretty good.

Ben and I used our student cards to get the student discount again. This time, I tried giving them my ACCA student card alongside my Sunway Student ID to see if they would give a discount on another of the sets we ordered. Surprisingly, they allowed it. Nice.


On a separate occasion, I followed them to BSC to collect Andrew's contact lenses from BSC and we stopped by Coffee Bean for a quick drink and bite before heading back. Our quick drink and bite turned into a nice, long chat session. I had an Ice Blended Caramel and shared a Caramel Macchiato Cake with Ben (I know, caramel overload. I didn't realise it until the orders were put in.)




And the reason they're cool is because the coloured based have Velcro lining at the bottom and are removable. So I can switch the colours of my slippers. Demonstration!!!:-