Dragon Lady! - Forbidden City: Portrait of an Empress

Watched Forbidden City tonight. Preview show... it was yet another memorable musical. I simply love the musical. This is the 2nd time I am watching it! Better seats now... last time was cramped up in the corner, numbed legs cos of the seating! Kit Chan was superd, yet again! Impressive performance... just hope her voice dun crack when she sings so high... after all... a major role she is playing! Imagine she will be performing till 30th September!

Btw, this is the chair that the dragon lady used in the musical...

Funny man Hossan and Sebastian provided the laughter... even during curtain calls... of cos it was accidental, but it provided us with some laughter!

New York New York - CityLink

Latest culinary addition at City Link- New York New York. Always a queue without fail... after the meal... I wonder WHY?.....

The Fried Mushroom Cappuccino... it was really errr... foamy... didn't really like it... soup was rather salty!

Fried mushroom... yeah... I think I was feeling mushy that day... ordered another mushroom dish... comprising only 2 types of mushroom... Golden Mushroom and Shitake, I tot there were many types of mushrooms, why limit it to only 2 types? Rather expensive!

Looks kind of undercook isn't it? Sigh... disappointment... looks like it was just popped into the mircowave and put on high for 20 secs to melt the cheese before serving it... the food came out rather fast... kind of weird!

I think I can do this myself.... the meat ball was like any other meatballs... it was quite dry! Hardly any sauce at all... LOUSY!

Verdict: A no no... do not waste your time standing in the queue for this... though the decor is nice, the food really is lousy! I think you can get better food elsewhere!

Can you spell 'Gabbana'

The Devil Wears Prada

A delightfully movie about the all-time most impossible boss in the history of impossible bosses. Meryl Streep. She is a goddess. Acting is so effortless for her... her performances are flawless People say she is the highlight of the film. Yes! She is!

Goofs in the movie that I read....

Continuity: When Andy is talking to Christian in the bar, her hair keeps changing position between shots.

Continuity: When Andy goes to the fashion party on Nate's Birthday her hair ornament is a white butterfly, but when she finally gets home it has changed to a white flower.

Continuity: The height of the candle in the cupcake alternates between shots.

Continuity: When Andy is having dinner with her father, his glasses are on/off between shots.

Continuity: When Andy Sacks is talking to Nigel, outside New York and photographing the "Urban Jungle" shoot, at the end of their talk Andy pushes her hair behind her ears with one thin strand in front of her ear. The next time you see her, a second later, all her hair is over her ears.

Factual errors: At the end of the movie when Miranda calls Andy in Paris, Andy looks at her T-mobile sidekick and its ringing. The phone shows Miranda's name and under it, it says, "Connecting." For it to say that, Andy would have had to call Miranda and her phone wouldn't have been ringing.

Miscellaneous: When Andy leaves the office the door clearly says pull but when everyone goes through it they push the door.

Thai Express - Raffles City

Thai Pancake - $6.90

Honey Chicken with Rice - $8.90

Garlic Beef with Rice - $13.90

Tang Hoon Ball Soup = $6.90

Try it.... the chicken is nice... the beef mediocre... the pancake is ordinary!

Hossan Leong doing what he does best!

We Live In Singapura

Sang Nila, Utama
Saw a lion, alamak
Name the village Singapura, then run very far

Years later, ang mor came
Stamford Raffles was his name
Posed for statues very nice, we kenna colonize

(instru)

Singapura very strong
Big guns all, pointing wrong
Japanese, came on bikes, invade us from our backside

War is over, ang mor back
Singaporeans no respect
Commies come, make a fuss, Singapore independance!

CHORUS
I live in Singapura
It’s not perfect living
But at least it’s interesting
I live in Singapura
Though it’s kind of crazy
We win other country

David Marshall, Lim Yew Hock
National Anthem starts to rock
Yusof Ishak the big man, guess who’s PM?

Malaysia say, come join me
Two of us be same country
Then not happy, Then make PM cry

PM Lee lead country
Build jurong and HDB
Made the country clean and green, opposition cannot win

JB Jeya no more funds,
Chee Soon Juan won’t eat his buns
Lim How Doong, what a goon, ‘Don’t talk cock’ in parliament

CHORUS
I live in Singapura
It’s not perfect living
But at least it’s interesting
I live in Singapura
Though its kind of crazy
We win other country

Kick out from Malaysia Cup
Michael Faye pain in the butt
S-League, Tea Dancing, Ah Bengs love Modern Talking

McDonalds Hello Kitty
Everyone drink Bubble tea
Crushing cockroach Margaret Chan, James Lye is VR Man

(instru)

Reclaimation, Tuas Causeway
Malaysian water buay ho sei
Mahathir’s friend Datuk Anwar, Mathathir says he’s chow Ah Qua

NDP, aunties rush
Everyone it’s fun to flush
Bubble gums are all banned, ask your friends buy from thailand

CHORUS
I live in Singapura
It’s not perfect living
But at least it’s interesting
I live in Singapura
Though its kind of crazy
We win other country

Driving car, not funny
Bid on cars with C-O-E
E-R-P, Road Tax, PARF until I want to barf

Why our locals have to pay?
Foreign talent are okay
Housing estate upgrade
by contractors who go pok kai

IMF must follow
Want to protest, go indoors
M-R-T not so fast
Newater they laugh at us

I live in Singapura
It’s not perfect living
But at least it’s in-teresting
I live in Singapura
Though its kind of crazy
We win other country

Baby bonus, maid levy
Singtel Shares give out for free
Jack Neo, Kit Chan, sexy pastor Ho Yeow Sun

Beckham parties with models
Has affair but no one knows
S-league, go world cup, can come true if they don’t suck

Mahathir then Abdullah
Bar top dancing at the bars
Budget airlines start to pa (ie fight) Stop speaking Singlish lah

Gay is okay says PM
SM Lee becomes MM
PM Lee the same name, here we go all over again.

WE LIVE IN SINGAPURA!

Personal LCD TV

I was watching "KANGXI LAI LE" up and down the trip! Did not know this show quite funny! Xiao S is a funny woman! I like the one she did with Coco where they were talking about fingers expression during singing! That was a memorable one!

Dinner at Le Meridien

The queue was super long at the Le Meridien Food Court - the korean store... but I like their Saba fish very much.... so I patiently waited!

Also ordered the beef..... was wonderful... not oily... I saw from the posters they put up beside their store that their food is cook in water, there is no oil used... wow! amazing!

This egg with prawns was from another stall... lousy! $6 for it and i hardly see any prawns!

Breakfast at Impiana KLCC

Stayed at Impiana KLCC Hotel & Spa... the spa is not ready yet... the hotel is a 5 mins walk to KLCC...

Breakfast - Good spread.... we spent almost an hour and a half at breakfast! Sorry, did not take much pics of the breakfast... was busy eating and enjoying myself!

Dinner at Mdm Kwan KLCC

Chendol... was so rich with coconut milk! Red bean is nice!

The chicken was good.... the rendang was good.... the prawns were so so....

The curry chicken was super delicious man... the coconut was thick and fragrant! Super yummy!

The best was the hokkien mee... so nice! so so so so nice! Next time go back and eat this again!

Total bill: about RM60/= and I am claiming this from someone... could that someone please pay me back... if not I blackmail you!! You should know who you are!

I Luv A&W

The rootbear float in the traditional mug... so wanted to 'steal' the mug home!

Was quite hungry when we arrived.... so settled for a Corney dog to fill my tummy! Hate the onions!

Ice cream waffle.... stingy on the topping! And... the maple syrup must pay one.. RM0.75 cents for 1 small mini tubbleware... and butter also... same price!! KOAZZZZZZ!!

KL Trip (2nd - 3rd September 2006)

Took LUXURY BUS... Fully Air-conditioned Semi-Deck Coach 29 Seater with seating arrangement of 2 by 1 :- Seats was not too bad! Comfortable

Onboard Guide Service :- The trip there was served by Henry. Very joker... but too bad no one in the bus appreciated his humour!

Bento Breakfast was served.... bento yeah? Sound so japanese! Some eggs, sausages cut till very curly! 2 pieces of sweet cake and salad!

Nice decor right?

The decor... pink... flowers... pictures... gold frame... black table... brighten up my day!

Kuriya - Raffles City

Had dinner with William, Xiaowei and dear at Kuriya (means kitchen in Japanese)

The place to enjoy high quality food & good rice wine. Too bad we are not into sake. The menu offers a wide range of dishes prepared in various Japanese culinary styles, from grilled, steamed, hotpots, deep-fried to sushi and sashimi. With such extensive offerings combine with descriptions of the various dishes, browsing through the menu does take time. And really we did take a lot of time... actually reason being... the ala carte food were very ex and we dunno what to eat! Too expensive!!! So verdict.... Nice decor... expensive food... good company!

Tong Shui Cafe

糖水 – Tang Shui in Mandarin, and Tong Shui in Cantonese.

We ordered the Crispy Mango Prawn Roll... might as well call it prawn roll... no mango at all... the Banana with French Toast and Maple Syrup was ok... weird to eat banana with bread though. The Paper Wrapped Chicken was not bad... Drinks we had Pomelo Mango and Eight Treasure tea. - $25/=

Dinner with Martin

Martin is flying off... so had dinner with him at Sushi Tei, the one at FES.... didn't really take alot of pictures cos was so hungry! And the waitress who served us was new... so the food served was not what we wanted... in the end, the manager reprimanded her and Xiaoming saw her crying in the pantry area! Poor thing... but it was not our fault! Blame it on the menu!

Hing Wah

Nice 'beh ka' fish... fried till golden brown.

Bee hoon with mussles, fatty meat, mushroom, peanuts and fried seaweeds. But I prefer the one at Maude Road

Mint Chocolates!

My dear really knows how to spoil me.... so many mint chocolates.... all these cost $25... and also afew more kgs

Sketches

Not eaten here for a long time! I enjoy the whole meal... sorry... again too hungry! Forgot to take pictures!

Chippy - British Take Away

Was at Raffles City walking around before the Fireworks festival... walked pass this many times... but just looking at the oil was quite sinful.

Tried their fish and chips... watched the crew deep-fry the fish pieces right in front of me and waited eagerly for it to be ready. Got real worried when I saw how oily it was. How did it taste? Well... nothing to shout about la... :)

After this... I got ulcers... see... how heaty the food is... next to try is the fried sausage with cheese....

Fish Steamboat + Pork Ribs

My last meal before I had chicken pox!