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An Engineer, a daughter, a mother to an adorable child who has passion in photography, food & travel. My photography covers food, people, landscape....whatever that caught my attention in just a click! I admired people who actually put effort in food arrangement before presenting it to guests. Presentation gives the first impression. I love to eat and also sharing it to my readers. I also love to travel. I meant who doesn't? Because that's the time when you are work free. LOL! You don't have to be rich to travel. A local trip is considered as traveling too. What matters most is the time. I am reachable at 'thammelissa@yahoo.com' Thanks for your visit!
Food, Life

Selamat Berpuasa

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Puasa or fasting has began 2 weeks;  just before the actual day of Hari Raya which falls on 10th September 2010. It is compulsory for the Muslims to fast for a month. During the entire fasting month you can get assorted Malay delicacies sold in Pasar Ramadan. Example; cooked dishes, wide range of kuih muih, noodles and assorted rice. For those who are on business, they will normally set up their stalls by 4pm and closes at ‘waktu berbuka puasa’; about 7pm.

As for me, I do look forward to join in the fun on the pasar ramadhan. Because I can get huge range of food under 1 roof. 😉

Here are the food I managed to try.

roti jala

ikan bakar

murtabak

cakes

ikan bakar bercili

kuey teow goreng

Otak-Otak

kerang bercili

popiah goreng bercili

ayam percik (Malay style BBQ Chicken)

siput sedut / balitong

I wish all my fellow Muslim friends, SELAMAT BERPUASA!!  🙂


Chinese, Family, Food, Non-Halal, Petaling Jaya, Sunway Pyramid

CANTON-I of Sunway Pyramid

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We were at Sunway Pyramid on Sunday for a family weekend shopping spree.

Then, we decided to have our lunch in CANTON-I because I misses their porridge very much! CANTON-I serves Hong Kong cuisines. (Of course its not so pure as in Hong Kong lorr..). We ordered individual meal instead of set. Upon ordering each of us punya food….the captain whom took down our order kept insist us to order the ‘roast goose’. Therefore we ordered for quarter size. And its not cheap ler….quarter size already RM48, if request for thigh side additional of RM8.  @_@ Moreover she kept insist us to get half bird.(which will be RM88)

when it comes to Chinese cuisine; a pair of chopstick is a must.

a kiddy bowl & a set of culinary for Vernice


Vernice feeding grandma even before the food arrive :-p

sea coconut + longan drink

from left:  cham, lemon tea, milk tea

fried carrot cake (lo pak kou) – NICE

signature egg tarts – freshly bake & yummy!

char siew rice (bbq pork rice)

5 combination rice (roast pork, roast chicken, braised egg, braised beancurd, sausage) – this is good!

century egg with shredded meat porridge – my favorite!!

the porridge is very smooth.

this is the roast goose that I mentioned above. Taste OK. The skin is crispy.

sis enjoying the meal

mum enjoyed her meal too….while brother is duno talking to whom =p

Mel had a satisfying meal too….with a big damaged on the wallet 😦

Vernice with both grandma & grandpa  😉

Everyone was so kenyang. Shopped in the mall to sort of exercise after the meal ^_^

Address:

Sunway Pyramid

G1.112, G1.113

Ground Floor Blue Atrium

No.3, Jalan PJS 11/15

Bandar Sunway

46150 Petaling Jaya

Tel: +603-5636 2888

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Friends, Life, The M.A.W., Work

moving forward

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I’ve being thinking of this journey for quite some time. Just that I have no idea where is my starting point, how should I move forward. Apart from interest; there’s lots more to make it succeed. I’m very delighted that I have partners who are sharing the same interest as me and have the courage to take one step ahead. Everything is not easy. If you do not take the first step; you wouldn’t know it!

I have no idea how far it could be, No idea how far could it expand, No idea how much of crowd could I bring in.

All we hope is to provide you with best quality products & in-trend collections. If you think we deserve so; please support us at The M.A.W.or

FACEBOOK- The M.A.W.

Work

Finally

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Yea…..FINALLY!!

My boss got me this Acer Veriton M680G PC after much years of suffering.

No longer need to restart my PC because of the lagging & slow performance, No longer facing the HANG HANG problem, No longer encounter the “LOW MEMORY” error.

Its fuss free now!!  YIPPIE!!!  🙂

Life

what do you think??

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Well….I’ve always like to try different type of hairstyles.

I like changes on my look when I gets bored on the same old style.

However I’m restricted to only certain hairstyle due to my chubby face  :-p

(not ideal for very short hair) 😦

I do understand that hairstyle does play an important role on a person’s look.

Need you help here….what do you think?? Which hairstyle would suit me MOST?


CHOICE A

-the medium length layered cut-


CHOICE B

-Bob style with long fringe-


CHOICE C

-Bob with short fringe- (current hairstyle)


Chinese, Food, Fusion, Non-Halal, Seremban

Lunch at Boston又一城

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The usual Saturday; as we will normally dine out. Because my mom will not cook on Saturdays. It was 2 weeks back; brother’s (Marcus) first week in college & returned home on weekends. Marcus suggested to lunch at Jusco Seremban 2.

Mel: What to eat over there ler??

Marcus : Today eat from Boston又一城 lor.

Mel : Ohhh…ok lar…can oso.

Actually this wasn’t my first time dining there; just that its my first time blogging it with photos as well. Hope to share with the viewers also ma…. *wink*


Sis’s order – Spicy Vegetable Rice

Its tasty. But sis claimed its a lil dry. They should have include a small bowl of soup perhaps.


Spicy House Noodles

I like this noodles. I ordered for ‘kuey teow’. The soup is abit spicy with assorted fish cakes, chicken meat, bean sprout.



Kai Si Hor Fun (Kuey Teow with Shredded Chicken)

If you like something soupy & clear….this would be the best choice!

The soup is very tasty & not too oily.


wat tan hor

This is equally good. The gravy ain’t too thick nor watery. Just fine enough.


must not miss out the flaming hot ‘cili padi’


from left:  milk-tea(nai cha), cham (tea+coffee+milk), jasmine tea


wall deco


deco 2

Boston又一城 (Jusco Seremban 2 – Seremban, N.Sembilan)
Lot G51, Ground Floor, Jusco Seremban 2 Shopping Centre, 70000 Seremban, NSDK
Tel / Fax : 06-601 5375

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Chinese, Food, Friends, Non-Halal, Seremban

Everyone’s favorite Crabs @ Restoran Sin Yit Sing, Seremban

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Ashley & Wanyi really love the ‘siew hai’ or ‘marmite grilled crabs’ here. Especially Ashley.  After the fruitful day; its time for dinner.

Awww…that was fast!!  We reached the restaurant at around 6.40pm. It was already 50% of customers dining there. Wow…so early la those people…

We made our order while waiting for Alex to join us at around 7.10pm. We ordered simple dishes to eat with rice. Because our main motive was to eat crabs! Therefore we only ordered; 1 stir-fry vege(yau mak), minced pork japanese tofu , 1 coconut chicken soup & 1 KG marmite grilled crabs.

this soup is real tasty. boiled with some light herbs & chicken meat



the stir-fry vege


minced pork cooked with japanese tofu – we felt that its a lil too salty


dipping sauce for the crabs


1 KG of marmite grilled crabs with alot of crabs roe price at RM55/kg.

1 kg approximately 2-3 crabs depending on the size.


this restaurant is famous for this marmite grilled crab


check out the crab roe


Ahaa…finally there’s someone(Alex) to take a picture of 3 of us – take 1


take 2

Dinner has come to an end…. it was already 8.30pm. Without even realizing the time. Sent A&W to the train station and there goes the whole day….  😀

Restoran Sin Yit Sing
103, Taman A.S.T.,
Jalan Labu Lama,
70000 Seremban
Tel: 012-602 0122/ 012-678 0968

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Food, Halal, Seremban

Cendol at “Haji Shariff”

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Another round of food…..  The “lou shu fun” has occupied 70% of our stomach I guessed. Still got some space allowable for cendol right??

You see…..can’t deny that Alex is referring me as a “great eater” now….Awwww…only applicable on weekends lar; my dear…..  @_@

How can you ever resist a cool ice shredded drink on these sunny days.

They have assorted cendol & ABC served here. Price from RM1.50. I only can remember the ‘cendol kacang merah, cendol jagung, bandung cendol’, & duno what already….


check out the red beans


stir it well. because the fragrant gula melaka is beneath the bowl


rojak without the noodles.

(mixture of sliced cucumber, tauhu, kuih udang, bean sprout, an egg with the thick sauce)


Haji Shariff’s Cendol

Address: No. 44 Jalan Yam Tuan,

70000 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.

Contact: 016-6128505


Chinese, Food, Non-Halal, Seremban

“YI POH” Lou Shu Fun & “SIEW PAU”

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After I fetched Ashley & Wanyi from the train station; I drove them here:-

“Restoran Yi Poh” for the famous ‘lou shu fun’. We ordered 2 big bowls of noodles to be shared among the 3 of us. Why sharing?? Because I told them after the noodles; we gotto head over for cendol & rojak. Besides lou shu fun, the restaurant has other type of noodles & side orders as well. (ps: the drinks are lousy.unless you order the canned drinks).


Its the konlou lou shu fun with minced pork & char siew(bbq pork)


mix it well




you need to add these chilies into the noodles for the extra ‘kick’



ok ok….don’t gaduh yea…everyone has the same portion :-p

After the ‘lou shu fun’; we went over to the ‘seremban siew pau’ which is located just opposite this restaurant.


the name of the shop



assorted bakery


freshly bake siew pau



Wanyi’s purchase.

Ashley claimed that the siew pau from “Empayer Siew Pau” is more nicer. However Wanyi’s family felt that the one from here is nice. Therefore; I think it depends on individual’s preference.


Ahaaa….this is nice. Wanyi finished the whole pack  😀

Restoran Yi Poh

Address : 26GR, Jalan Seng Meng Lee, Off Jalan Temiang, 70200, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
Contact No : 016-612 2711
Business Hour : 7.30am to 6.00pm

Kedai Siew Pau Asia

26GR, Jalan Seng Meng Lee,
Off Jalan Temiang,
Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

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Friends, Photography

A & W in town

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It was last day for month of July 2010. A&W was in town. Where? Seremban town lor. For what?? To find Mel…. (still guessing what is A&W ar?)

A&W = Ashley & Wanyi lor…… 😉

Yeap…both of them took KTM to Seremban. They arrived at about 1.30pm. I’ve planned the 1 Day iternary for them…but subject to changes of cause.

Since they have not taken their lunch, I brought them to this ‘YI POH LOU SHU FUN’ —->  Siew Pau —-> Cendol & Rojak —-> Seremban Siew Hai(Crabs). We had all of these in ordered. Began from lunch to tea break & finally dinner. After the lunch and siew pau, I brought them to Lake Garden for ‘gals photo-shoot 😀

It was a sunny day. We were sweating all over….Eewww…sweaty sweaty..

But we had fun though. And the outcome of the photos were not bad too(self praising…beh paiseh). Because of the good lighting & nice background!!


the 1st model – Ashley


the 2nd model – Wanyi



A & W – Ashley & Wanyi

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jump jump jump….retake so many times :-p


I like this shot very much. Thanks to Wanyi


cute ma??


This is my best shot I suppose. Like it very much….