Sunday, October 11, 2009

Long Vacation (Foods) 悠长假期 - 饕餮篇

3 - 11 October 2009,零九年十月三日至十一日
My fun and exciting long vacation (FOODS)
我那好玩有趣的悠长假期 (饕餮篇)

将这一篇命题为饕餮 (tāotiè,龙生九子之一,好食) 是最适合不过了,毕竟我打从启程到再次回到 PJ 都是被众多美食环绕着的,谁让我有一位厨艺超棒的妈妈呢~ 太幸福了~ XD

Indeed nothing's better than naming this topic 'Tao Tie' (a gourmet master, believed to be one of the offspring of the ancient oriental dragon) since I was showered by all kinds of delicious cuisines from my departure back to hometown til the time I get back to PJ again. Couldn't help since I have such a splendid and wonderful mum with top-notch cooking skill~ Lucky~ XD


Chic Mayo Sandwich + Hot Coffee at
Dunkin Donuts of Sungai Buluh (breakfast)
清早在 Sungai Buluh 的 Dunkin Donuts 点了
鸡肉美奈兹三文治与热咖啡当早餐

'Xue ge gao tong sui' (Hasma dessert)
雪蛤膏糖水

Soy Sauce Chicken & Roasted Meat
酱爆鸡块拌烧肉

Stirred Petai
炒臭豆

Spicy & Sour Style Steamed Fish
酸辣蒸鱼

Coriandrum sativum
切成段的香菜

The fish tasted better if you put some coriandrum onto it
撒在鱼上拌着更好吃呃

Varieties of 'Bing Pi' mini mooncakes
各种风味的迷你冰皮月饼

We get to enjoy mum's home-made breakfast daily
每天都能吃到妈妈亲自烹煮的早点

The urn for our home-brewed traditional
Fuzhou Red Kojic Rice Wine
这是拿来酿造福州红曲米酒的陶瓮

Mixed Vegetables in Fermented Red Bean Curd
南乳炒斋菜

Fresh Prawns in Oyster Sauce
蚝油明虾

Belacan Fried Chicken
Belacan 炸鸡块

"Ba Zhen" Soup
八珍汤

Fried Rice
炒饭

Bowls of Laksa~
一碗又一碗的叻沙面料

Laksa soup
叻沙汤头

*Pouring the hot soup*
淋上热腾腾的叻沙汤

Asam Laksa
亚参叻沙

Pan-fried Fish
脆皮干煎鱼

Pan-fried Long Beans Omelet
长豆煎鸡蛋

Pan-fried Kampung Fish
煎甘榜鱼

Stirred Vegetable
清炒蔬菜

American Ginseng & Dried Scallop Soup
泡参干贝瘦肉汤

Stewed Potatoes with Meat Chunks
马铃薯焖肉块

Fuzhou Red Kojic Rice Wine Chicken Soup
福州红曲米酒鸡汤

有流口水吗?我全都吃过了,你们叻?不需要妒忌啦~ 人家那么久才回家那么一次 XD

Feeling hungry? Well I got to eat them all, but what about you? Don't be jealous~ It's not easy for me to get back home you know XD

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Long Vacation (Memoirs) 悠长假期 - 寻宝篇

3 - 11 October 2009,零九年十月三日至十一日
My fun and exciting long vacation (MEMOIRS)
我那好玩有趣的悠长假期 (寻宝篇)

打开封尘已旧的记忆之门,有什么是在你多年后蓦然回首还是会为之感动、感触、或感慨的,割舍不去的事与物呢?看着那一堆被深埋在泛黄锦盒里,却还是舍不得将之丢弃的点点滴滴,才惊觉原来自己曾经年轻过,原来不知不觉中我真的已经慢慢地老去,原来哪全都已是再也回不去的从前了...

Ever wonder, when you finally decided to opened up the tightly sealed pathway of memories, what could it be at the other end that would touch your souls, something so deep that you would never managed to abandon nor let it go? Looking back at those I hid and treasured and protected so much, suddenly I realized that I was too, once a youth, but getting older as time goes by, where there is no way for me to turn back time and ask for a take two anymore...


Souvenirs from my very first
individual oversea trip (Singapore)
首次单身出国 (新加坡) 买回来的纪念品

A present from Eric, Teoh & Suki
Eric, Teoh 和 Suki 三人送的礼物

I thought I could never see my Tarot set again...
well in fact the cards' holder was my very first
cross-stitch handicraft production
以为再也找不回了的塔罗牌,
装着牌子的布袋是我的首个十字绣作品

This marked the finale for my five years' time
as an university undergraduate
大学的五年就这么地正式地成为过去

Do I still remember the vows from two years back?
两年后的今天还记得当初的梦想吗?

The anxiety to have my own name cards
拥有自己的名片时的心动

The deserted autograph
从未写满的纪念册

Booklets by "Youth Monthly Magazine", since Form 5
中五收集至今的 《少年月刊》 心情手记

Used to be a Girl Guide without any prior notices
曾经狠狠地先斩后奏加入女童军

How I hope I could attend campfire once more
好想好想再去一次营火会

My tag as a librarian
图书管理员的名牌

Felt so bad to throw any single present away
再怎么简单的礼品都舍不得丢弃

"Gu zheng"... such an old memory
* a kind of Chinese traditional instrument
古筝... 感觉上真的已是太遥远了

The bitter sweet memories for the glories...
奖座背后有些怎么样的快乐与悲伤?

正在读着我的回忆录的你,又有什么想要好好去查看一番的记忆吗?

What about you? Anything nostalgic in mind?

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Long Vacation (Penang) 悠长假期 - 槟岛篇

4 - 6 October 2009,零九年十月四日至六日
My fun and exciting long vacation (PENANG)
我那好玩有趣的悠长假期 (槟岛篇)

周日晚饭后跟着芬姨和老弟启程回到槟岛,感觉上真的是既熟悉却又陌生得有那么一点儿的无奈,想想看离开该岛已将近一整年了,果然最无情的还是光阴呃...

Were on the way back to Penang Island together with aunt and bro after dinner on Sunday night, everything seemed to be so familiar yet kind of quite out-of-the-blue for me too... couldn't help since it'd been almost one whole year since I was gone...


GPS, the common gadget in our cars
卫星导航系统已是我们车里的必备零件

On the bridge
飞驰在槟威大桥上

I was there for more than a year
这是我在槟岛生活了一年多的家

Night view from the balcony
阳台所见的夜景

周一带着老弟到 e-gate 和 Tesco 去吃吃走走看看逛逛,本来还以为能够拍到一些槟威大桥的美丽相片来留念的... 失败了啦 T___T

Guided bro to e-gate and Tesco area on Monday for some dining and window shopping session, actually initially I thought I'd be able to get some nice shots of the Penang Bridge... mission failed though... T___T


Our apartment
我们的公寓

On the way to Subway
步行着到 Subway 去

The Subway of e-gate
这就是 e-gate 那儿的 Subway 店面

Their work space
柜台和点菜并制作区

Get the same sandwich for my bro
帮老弟点了一样的三文治

Everything except green pepper, olive & onion
不要青椒,不要橄榄,更不要大葱

You have such a nice sister ain't you? XD
姐姐对你还不赖吧~ 我疼你吗~~

Very fresh, very nutritious, and very full~
很新鲜、很丰富、很饱~

The Subs of the Days
每天都有不同的优惠品

Breakfast sets
早餐的特价

Mum's red Kembara, taken from level two
从楼上拍摄的红色 Kembara

Would surely get bro there if we needed not to
worry about sore throat or so
要不是担心喉咙会受不了,早就请老弟喝一杯了

特别选购了一对木偶送给宇轩 (干叔叔的长子,感觉上新郎好像也算是我的半个小弟呃?) 和他的新婚妻子。抱歉啊,十月十一日当天一大早就得驾车回去了,无法参加你们的喜筵了。希望你们会喜欢这小小的礼物咯 XD

Bought something cute for Yu Xuan (dad's god brother's eldest son, well this made the groom kind of like my younger brother too I guess?) and his newly wedded wife. Sorry for not be able to attend to your wedding banquet on 11 October as I'll be driving back to PJ early in the morning. Anyway hope you'd like the dolls XD


Dainty box
还蛮精致的礼盒

For the newly weds
祝宇轩夫妇俩新婚快乐

接着,我们还杀到所谓的 Penang Times Square 去 “考察” 一番。大致上除了忙碌的建筑工人和各类承包商之外就什么都没有了; 就连老弟一到步都 “忙着” 观察天花板呵水管和冷气系统等,这就是他实习期得来的职业病吗?

Next, went over to the so-called Penang Times Square for some "site inspection". Well, basically nothing much yet but full of busy workers and contractors here and there; even bro was "busy" looking at the ceilings and piping and cooling system by the time we get there, side effect of his internship I guess?


The artist impression
电脑绘图

Main entrance, facing Jalan Dato Keramat
面向 Jalan Dato Keramat 的主要入口

The proposed monorail
计划中的单轨火车服务

Broken? The digits were changing like crazy
这个电表是坏了哦? 数字一直在变幻着呃

Penang Times Square

Basically nothing much there, yet
至今并没多少的店铺而已

The stage
广场里的舞台

Sculpture of a tin smelting working
运锡工人雕刻

Another sculpture
右边的溶锡工人

The one facing the main road
向着大路口的雕饰

Felt so nostalgic by reading the copy
看到这个... 感觉真的很熟悉很怀念

Tin mining was a great success decades ago
很多很多年前锡米可是让不少大马人引以为傲的

Any destinations in mind?
有你想去的地方吗?

Water kept flowing from the center point
不停地在流水的摆设

What if they keep the fish there~ XD
如果里边养鱼的话会不会像这样啊~ XD

Halloween Fiesta
连万圣节也有庆典呃

该是午餐时间了,一丛 Penang Times Square 出来就指引着老弟到了 Jalan Nagor 去吃久违了的 US Pizza;之前他老是埋怨说找不到啦不懂得在哪儿啦等的,现在应该终于知道了吧 =.=

Well, almost time for lunch. Guided bro to the US Pizza outlet of Jalan Nagor right after we left the mall; before this he kept complaining about things like unable to locate the shop properly and so, I hope he'd remember the location now =.=


The KOMTAR building
永远的光大高楼

The shop front
US Pizza 店面

Notice board next to the entrance
门边的宣传板

First time ever to see such a neon sign
第一次看到这一种霓虹灯叻

Bro, with the same pose as usual
老弟每次都是这一种甫士

Ice Lemon Tea
冰柠檬茶

Twelve slices of Tomyam Chicken Pizza...
two for me and TEN FOR BRO!!!
被分为十二份的东炎鸡披萨... 我二老弟十!!!

The garden next to the counter
柜台边有天窗的小庭院

Kind of reminded me of a shop in Melaka...
让我想起了马六甲的某间店铺...

后来的我们还到了皇后湾商场去选购一些绿茶,不经意地在一楼那儿发现了这么一间名为 "Yokoso Shiyuki Beauty & Novelty Mart" 的店铺,里边有很多很可爱的猫咪摆设呢 @___@ 真不知当初我是怎么控制得了自己不去买下任何东西的...

We were then stopped by at Queensbay Mall to shop for teas, and happened to bump into a cute shop located at the first floor with the title "Yokoso Shiyuki Beauty & Novelty Mart", they got lots of cute cat themed decorative items there @___@ Wondering how I restrained myself from purchasing any...


Queensbay Mall
皇后湾商场

The outlet, photo from Yokoso Shiyuki's official web
店面外观,相片是从 Yokoso Shiyuki 官方网站找来的

The yukata doll is a must for all outlets
每间分行都会有这么一个和服娃娃

最后,姐弟俩终于都结束了一切的奔波回到公寓里去迎接我们热乎乎的晚餐了,当然接着还得帮老弟打包那些需要搬回家的东西、准备终止 Streamyx 服务 (异常的乱来呃,工作人员们有没有搞错啊 =.=) 的文件及相关零件等... 周二正午就正式离开槟岛了~

We siblings then decided to call it a day and went back to our apartment for dinner, and to get ready for bro's house shifting, Streamyx termination (a great headache, what a mess =.=) and so... and officially left the island on Tuesday's noon~


Tomyam Seafood Bihun for dinner
晚餐是热腾腾的东炎海鲜米粉

Rainy Tuesday morning... =.=
周二的早晨... 还是大雨天 =.=

One of the missions: to move bro's PC back to SP~
任务之一就是帮老弟将电脑搬回家~

My DIY book shelf~
这是当初自己亲手组合的书柜~

Would like to snap some photos of the 5th floor
本来想去五楼照相的

Raining again, too bad T___T
老是不停地在下雨 T___T

Bye bye Symphony Park
再见了馨园

到此为止啦~ 至于身在槟岛的各位... 对不起,请原谅老是躲起来没出来聚一聚的我,毕竟我是有苦衷的,很多很多的事务正呼唤着并等待着英明的我去处理呢~ XD

That's all ~ As for those who're in Penang still, my sincere apologies for not meeting up, well as you know I got piles of tasks waiting for my brilliant judgments and consultancies as usual~ XD