Happy Chinese New Year!!!

hey all... Since I won't be around till next Wednesday, I've been busy updating the blog. hahah... going to Kluang. The place full of mosquitos and durian trees and rambutan trees and the toilet is outside the house. hahah... The quiet house is gonne be packed with relatives and it's gonna be a noisy CNY again... as usual. XD

Will be departing like 8.30am. It's like 2.14 am now? Need to sleep need to sleep... Posted many post, have fun reading them. :) Still in process of packing and blogging. hahaha.... ok ok... off now.

Actually I am just here to wish everyone....

Happy Chinese New Year!!!
Hope everyone have a prosperous CNY and get lots of Ang pau!!!

For those who are not in Malaysia,
I hope you guys enjoy your CNY as much as I enjoy mine. :D

I've got shingles and it hurts!!!

I've been on mc for nearly the entire week this week. :( I only went to work for one and a half days out of 5 days. I'm so sick! Not fever or flu or whatsoever but shingles!!!

I got it since last Thursday. I was having some rash on my left chest and my left neck. Not knowing what was it, I went to see doctor the next day. Then the doctor told me I had food allergy. She said: "It's DEFINITELY food allergy" I never had food allergy before in my entire life and it's very unlikely I will found that I am allergic to certain food at the age 25 right? Anyway, I finished the 3 days medicine and my rashes never got any better but went worse.

I went back to see her after that and so happen it was another doctor on duty on that day. Man... I was lucky it was not the first doctor on duty. The second doctor told me I had shingles! I was shocked coz I didn't know what shingles was at that time. She told me it's DEFINITELY not food allergy coz if it is, I would've developed rashes all over my body rather than everything is on the left side.

Well... After that I got to know a bit more about Shingles. It's also known as Herpes Zoster and it's caused by chicken pox virus in my body and it reactivates coz my immune system is low. Basically everyone who has chickenpox before are at risk of getting shingles. I can't get shingles from anyone nor can I spread shingles to anyone. However, I can spread to people who hasn't got chickenpox before (usually children) and they will get chickenpox rather than shingles.

I got shingles for more than a week. Doctor says it take 2 weeks to heal. :( On the 5th and 6th day, my rashes starts developing blisters. I tell you... the blisters are DAMN PAINFUL!!!! You know how's the pain like? If you google shingles, they will tell you that it's like needles piercing your body. For me, it was like someone pouring anticeptic on you open wound!!! It was DARN painful that I can't sleep the entire night and I sooo wanted to cry. :(

I went to see my family GP the next day and request for a stronger pain killer and also to double confirm if I've really gotten shingles. The doc told me that my current pain killer can't kill the pain coz shingles are actually attacking my nerve. The pain are from my nerve!!! So I had to take a medicine call Neurontin which will reduce my nerve pain and I found out that people who have fits takes this medicine too! Darn scary right??? Not only that, this medicine is damn expensive and it cost RM 4 each capsule. I am also on medication for 7 days and I have to take the medicine 5 times a day and that's like every 4 hours I has to swallow a huge tablet.

Well...CNY is so near...and I think I am finally getting better. The doc told me to stay home. So I am off work till next wednesday. Coz of Public Holiday and also I took one day leave on wednesday. If I've gotten the correct diagnosis since the first doctor, I wouldn't have suffer SO MUCH!!! :( :( I will not see that lousy doctor anymore!!! She could've killed me....I hate shingles!!!

Anyway...if any of you guys wants to know more about shingles, you can visit the site below.
Information on Shingles

La Gourmet House @ The Curve

I've always like going to The Curve. I love the food that can be found there. As far as I can remember, La Gourmet House have been around The Curve for a very long time but I never got round trying it. So this time, I've decided to give it a try with my bf.

It was a windy day so we decided to sit outside. We can enjoy the wind and also enjoy the view. hahah... See everyone passing by with lots of purchases in their hands.

One thing that really caught my eye once I sat down was this. hmm... You can sit at your place, press the button to ask for the bill or water? I never got to try it, I am not sure it works though. haha... coz... all the waitresses was standing outside, I don't get a chance to try it. :p

Since I lost my receipt... I can't remember what I ate. But as you can see, what I had is actually sausages with mashed potato and some salad. It says in the menu that the sausages suppose to be cover in tomato sauce, for some reason mine came with mustard. hmm... Anyway, the sausages taste REALLY good. :D The mashed potato taste really good too. Personally I don't like mashed potato to be overly mashed till its creamy. I like it a bit dry and hard and I don't mind it with chunks of potato too!

The salad was really unique. Everything is sour. =_= I've never had salad like this before... but it didn't taste bad, it's unusual for me, but it taste quite nice.

My boyfriend ordered lamb pie. It looks more like lasagna than pie to me though. The pie taste excellent too! The top layer is nicely baked and inside there's loads of minced lamb. :) Smells good and nicely cooked.

The sauce for the pie came seperately. If you have the pie with the gravy, it taste even better! yummy!!!

The meal didn't come cheap though and it's not to say overly priced as well. Average each meal cost RM 20++ and not to forget 10% service charge and 5% govt tax. The food is good, I will definately go there again and try other food from their menu. :D

Paddington Pancakes @ Plaza Damas

I know I haven't been blogging for a looong time. Anyway... here goes... haha... Some time ago, my ex-colleague - WN came all the way from Old Klang Road to Mont Kiara to find me for lunch. We ended up having pancakes at Plaza Damas.

We all know that paddington pancakes are expensive but we never knew that they actually have set Lunch! The have set breakfast as well. Since the day we went was a Thursday, we had Atlantic Thursday which is actually fish burger.

Set lunch comes with softdrinks or tea. I had Earl Grey Tea. It comes in packet and a glass of hot water. No sugar provided, there's honey for you though. Depends on thick you like your tea, you can take out your sachet of tea anytime. I had to take it out after a while coz my tea was getting too thick!

Then... the main course came... To our horror!!! It's HUGE!!!

Look at it... it's HUGE!!! How can any normal human finish this fish burger? There's like 3 slices of pancakes and the fish is like so huge... comes with chips as well. >.< _=" The">

Chatuchak Weekend Market

Note: Finally... I had time to edit all the photos for Xell. Lots of photos ahead!!! The food looks really yummy la, I feel so hungry when I am editing the pictures. Anyway... sorry for not having any post in a veeerrry loong time, will update loads before CNY. :D

The moment we touched down in the new Bangkok Airport, we separated into two groups. I was with ah Ya, my sis and YP and we wanted to head off straight to the Chatuchak Weekend Market as we arrived in Bangkok on a Sunday evening and we didn't want to miss it. So, H and his wife went to the hotel to check-in and to inform the hotel we will be checking-in late, as well as bringing all our luggage to the hotel... I don't think we can drag our bags around the market....

Anyway, the market was super packed with people, and I heard that the crowd is the worst in the evening and poor me... I felt like fainting just shoving my way through the crowd, it was really difficult for me to even browse through the shops as the crowd behind me kept pushing me to the front. And I even got separated from the rest many many times, thank goodness I brought my hp along and I could still sms out.

Shot of the crowd...

A rare sight to be seen in the market.... a deserted alley...

The market do reminds me of the 'pasar malam' (night market) we have here in Malaysia, but more on a large scale. It's terribly huge and we were quite lost in there as we didn't get a map of the place until much later. Therefore, I highly recommend that you get a map before entering the place!

Street performances by children... it was tearful listening to the boy playing his violin, it was a sad piece...

And the shops in the market.... oh my...

We had something to eat there too... I can't remember what was the name of the dish I had, but it's like fried kuey teow except the noodles were bigger than kuey teow...

My sis had rice noodles soup, and the dish sounded something like kuey teow.... hahaha

The famous pattai dish... this actually had more taste than the rest...

And you can add in extra stuffs for additional flavouring...

Along the way, ah Ya spotted this shop, which sells this sweet desert that reminds us of ice kacang, but it's just ice shavings (but it was more like ice chunks) with santan, sweet syrup, sago and red ruby...

And we had ice-cream too... in a paper cone... I had lemon-flavoured ice-cream....

Along the streets of the market, there's loads of stalls selling finger foods and more food....

Check out these sites for more details on the market....
http://www.bangkok-city.com/chatuchak.htm
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/ChatuchakMarketBangkok.shtml

Bored through my skull!!!

Ok... I know this blog haven't been updated lately. Been busy... been lazy... been unhappy... Many things happen la. haha... Actually I did try to update on weekend, for some reason I can't log in.

Anyway, I am currently bored through my skull at work. Not cause I have no work, it's more like... there's nobody around. >.< My office has 2 sections, one are the BAs and Sales, the other room are all SEs. Anyway... everyone is out in full force meeting client today. Some very important client so... even all the BAs are involved, except for me. :( I am still consider new here... besides I know nuts about the BI tool. haha... so the entire section only has me and another account girl. *sighs* Things will be like that for 2 days! But all the SEs are still around la...

Here's a couple of update over what has been going on for past few weeks.
1) A bit upsetting in office, with my dearest partner in crime and also the only girl in BA and sitting next to me leaving the company. She's got a better offer, who wouldn't go for a better offer right? Just that it makes me feel a bit lonely at work lor. :(

2) Actually, there's a couple more of my colleagues resigned too! Better offer as well, can't blame them. But they're like the people I know best at work. All ciao-ing... Upsetting right? Why can't I get a better offer huh??? Anyway, it's really a dumb thing to do - leaving a company coz everyone else is. So... I'll probably stick around a bit longer, I just got confirmed anyway. Which leads me to the third item...

3) I got confirmed! lol... Looks like I owe some of them a meal. It's an early confirmation though. I am suppose to go through a 6 months probation and I am now at my 4th month. Fast, congratulate me! The confirmation also comes with a sligth increament la.

4) CNY is coming... what more to do other than... Spring cleaning! Man... How I ate spring cleaning, but I don't have a choice kay! Still have to clean...

5) Planning my UK trip with Xell and Snakebyte. Blardy MAS flight tickets during Mas Travel Fair is still blardy expensive la! So call Travel Fair. >.< Blardy flight tix so expensive, damn those airport tax and the blood sucker fuel surcharge! They really should reduce the blardy fuel surcharge.

Anyway, planning the trip was A PAIN!!!! Coz we need to fly to Belfast from London so need to book more flights. Plan the date, then book accomodation. Now... all our Credit card has officially burst. hahaahaha.... But glad to say, everything has been well planned!!! UK here I come in May!!!

6) I've already applied my leave for the trip!!! 11 days!!! hohoho... it's gonna be a loooong holiday and being SUPER broke when I get back. But I'm sure it will be all worth it. The next thing to plan is the itenary of what and what-not to see in London. hoho... Being there for a year, I'll have to be a tour guide for the rest la. Damn~ ahahahaha

7) Apart from all the good things and bad things that happen... There's ONE pain I have to endure throughout my employment in my current company, which is - I have to suffer working with a c2pid person and have to answer and listen to all her c2pid questions. I am so going to die. I dunno how long I can tahan her before I actually chop her into pieces or maybe just strangling her. She should just stay at home and take care of her kids. She's so incompetence in her job and so blur and most of all STUPID. I hate to use this word on anyone, but sad to say, she is. =_=

That's all for now. I still have a lot of things lining up, waiting to be posted on the blog. But heck, when I am home, I'm tired. I'll work harder to post stuff la. hahaha... I'm planning to switch my blog some where else too. See when I'll get it done. Ciao for now~~