We've got a new bike!!! (24 Feb 2008)

We spent RM230 to buy a new mountain bike this afternoon. But we haven't have chance to fully use it as we already sent the bike to Boon's youngest sister who is studying in a local university for temporary usage. Anyway, I was still able to catch a photo of Boon sitting on it. :p

Birthday Celebration @Chandelier (22 Feb 2008)

Boon brought me to have my birthday celebration dinner at Chandelier Restaurant (halal restaurant) which is located at Jalan Syed Putra towards the Federal Highway and is nearby the Mid Valley Megamall.
Address: No. 22A, Jln 2/87 G Jalan Syed Putra (Off Taman Seputeh), 58100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Opening Hours: 5.00pm - 2.00am
The restaurant provides jockey parking service at RM5. The environment of the restaurant was romantic. There were big trees around giving cool air to the customers. The food was nice and tasted good too.
Drinks & food that we ordered:
Ice Lemon Tea (RM8)	Bloody Mary (RM16)
Chandelier Pizza (RM32) - chicken, turkey ham, pineapples, chillies, mozzarella cheese	Pollo Valdos (RM32) - chicken wrapped with ham, served with potato sauce and cheese
Mushroom Soup (RM14)	Fried Anchovies (RM11.80)

Birthday Celebration @Elcerdo (20 Feb 2008)

On Monday, my "family members" in my company were asking me for a dinner on yesterday to celebrate my birthday which will be on this coming Friday. They finally decided to have dinner at a pork food restaurant, Elcerdo - nose to tail eating at Werner's place.(http://www.elcerdokl.com/). My friend told me that the owner of this restaurant is a Malaysian lady and her husband is an Austrian. This restaurant served Spanish and German styled food. The area of the restaurant provided jorkey parking at RM10.

The food that we ate were as below which were recommended by the supervisor of the restaurant:

1. Lentil & Vegetable Soup with German Sausage served with bread

2. Jamón Serrano from Spain - Imported High Quality Spanish Cred & Air Dried Ham served on Rock Melon and Salad with Balsamico Dressing

3. Pan Fried Goat Cheese wrapped in Jamon Serrano - Coated in Bread crumbs and fried in Butter & Olive oil served on Salad with Honey & Balsamico Dressing

4. Oven Baked and Smoked Pork Shoulder served with Ravioli and Mushroom Sauce

5. ROASTED SUCKLING PIG “COCHINILLO AL ESTILO SEGOVIANO” Half Piglet served with Bacon Potato,Winter Vegetable and Mustard & Beer Sauce

Because I was the birthday girl, I was requested to use a small plate to chop the half piglet into portions and then I needed to break the plate for luck and love. This is the culture from Spanish. This was our first time to experience their culture.

6. EL CERDO SPECIAL 22% A delectable Digestive consists of `Spirit, Wine and Juices’ My colleague bought me a strawberry birthday cake. After finished our food, my colleagues requested the waiter to serve the cake for me. The restaurant was playing a special mixed birthday song and the waiter was bringing out the birthday cake with a fireworks on it. Everyone were singing me the birthday song. I was so surprised for having a special birthday cake presentation. I was requested to make a wish before I blowing off the candle. One of the waitress told me that the piglet toy was a gift for me in which I need to put it together with me everyday as it will help me to make my wish come true. Putting together with the cake were 7 cups of "Elcerdo Special " wine.

I was happy for having an unforgetable birthday celebration with my colleagues. It was the most expensive birthday dinner that I ever have. The total charges on the bill was RM500++. The environment of the restaurant was nice and comfortable. The waiters and the waitresses were friendly and helpful. But the food was a little bit salty to us Asian people and costly.

佛光山东禅寺 Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Temple (17 Feb 2008)

昨天2008年2月17日是农历正月十一，即农历新年的第十一天，也是Boon的妹妹的生日。我们外出吃晚餐为她庆祝生日后，便开车前往仁嘉隆(Jenjarom)一间非常闻名的佛寺-佛光山东禅寺参观花灯展。其实从吉隆坡市开车到仁嘉隆需大约一个小时的路程，然而由于我们不熟悉到那里的路线，所以我们花费了超过一个小时的时间才找到目的地。我们到达的时候已是将近晚上10时。节目结束于晚上10时，而花灯则会在10时30分关灯。幸亏我们还赶得及观赏花灯，还不枉白走一趟。呵呵！ 昨晚也还蛮多人参观东禅寺。或许是因为农历新年就快要结束了，再加上昨天是星期天的缘故吧！所以许多人都赶在这天来参观花灯展，而我们亦是如此。东禅寺的面积可真大呀！有宽敞的停车场，还有宽阔的寺庙，寺庙内还有一巨大睡佛躺卧在内，寺庙外还有很宽阔的花园供花灯展使用，园内还有许多雕像，另一端还有一片空地栽种了许多菊花。哗！果然是真有份量的佛寺！ 虽然时间短促，然而我们还是来得及走马看花般的参观完毕这个闻名的佛寺，且还拍了一些照片。

佛光山东禅寺的交通路线: http://www.fgs.org.my/events/cny/2008/memo/2008dongzen_Map.jpg

Photography Practise during Chinese New Year (8 Feb 2008)

In the second day of Chinese New Year, Boon went to Titiwangsa Lake and Thean Hou Kong Temple in the evening to practise photographing. Below are some of his shots: