A Bouquet From Singapore

I received a lovely bouquet of roses and lilies from Mel that was delivered to G Hotel in time for my pre-birthday bash last Saturday. I invited her for the party but she was not able to make the trip back to Penang so she sent flowers instead. So thoughtful of her.

Such beautiful flowers

I just love the fragrance of the lilies

A photo of me with my bouquet the morning after

Thank you, Mel!

Oh Sushi

I wanted to take Hubby to Delicious for a delicious dinner but the crowd of people waiting to be seated made us change our minds.

So I pandai-pandai suggested Oh Sushi instead.

The table setting

Hubby ordered this with plain rice

He got this glob instead. The pieces of prawn were raw!
I had to eat them.

I ordered this...

...and was not disappointed. At least the food
looked like the photo in the menu and the portions
were generous compared to Hubby's meagre portion.
But taste-wise it was just as disappointing. : (

'Bee's favourite maki that we tar pau-ed back for her

Dinner cost us RM68.45 with a plain rice and 2 ochas. Not worth the money. We shall never go back to Oh Sushi.

In my opinion Edo-Ichi at Island Plaza serves the best Japanese food on Penang Island. Taste-wise it is worth every ringgit you spend there.

Everybody, Somebody, Nobody & Anybody

Found this among my collection of stories, illustrations and what-nots.

Once upon a time, there were four people;

Their names were Everybody, Somebody, Nobody and Anybody.

Whenever there was an important job to be done, Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.

Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.

When Nobody did it, Everybody got angry because it was Everybody's job.

Everybody thought that Somebody would do it, but Nobody realized that Nobody would do it.

So consequently Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done in the first place.

Author Unknown

Gifts from London and Paris

I love gifts and the honeymooners are back bearing gifts from London and Paris.

Another William & Catherine souvenir to add
to my collection and a Longchamp coin purse

I'm gonna tell my grandchildren that the reason for grandma's Kate and William obsession is 'cos their mom and dad were married the same year as Kate and Will and only a mere 2 months apart.

And the Longchamp coin purse is such a timely gift to replace my already worn, shabby and grubby coin purse.

Thank you both!

Angpow and Dream Come True

Yesterday I received my second angpow for my birthday from the wonderful people at Ken Ray.

My beautiful, beribboned angpow

I'm gonna be a movie star, a glamour queen for a day. Thanks everyone for making my dream come true and for giving me something that will bring back plenty of good memories in the years to come. : )

Angpows and Wedding Gifts

Angpows are the norm nowadays when it comes to gift-giving. It's more convenient and practical both for the giver and the recipient.

In the past, the giver would have to crack his or her head to think of and purchase a suitable present within his or her budget, wrap it and lug it to the wedding venue.

The recipient then has to transport all the cumbersome packages home after the party. Since there are bound to be duplicate presents and presents that one cannot or do not want to use, storage then becomes a problem, especially if space is limited at home.

The Chinese, being smart and pragmatic people that they are, solved all the above problems with the angpow.

The practical angpow

For the giver, it saves time and effort. And no matter how big the gift is, when converted to cash or cheque, voila, it is still small enough to fit into the pocket or a purse!

Likewise, the angpow slips easily into the pocket of the recipient and the cash can be converted into something that the couple really needs or desires. It can be easily "stored" or invested and, for many couples, is a timely help to defray some of the cost of the wedding.

I am glad to say that the majority of our guests were very considerate to give us angpows for our babee's wedding and we only had one huge present to bring back with us after the dinner.

40 Green Apples

Today is Day 3 of our "Eat One Green Apple a Day for 40 Days" project.

38 more to go including the one for today

The reason for embarking on this project is for weight loss 'cos most of us (at the office) have a lot of "sai tor" to get rid off. We're optimistic that we should see results in time for my birthday bash which is a mere week away from today.

The project is going well and should be a great success because there are five of us on board and we're reminding and encouraging one another to fulfill our daily quota of apples.

In addition, the apples supplied by one of our gang are really delicious. I normally find green apples too sour for my taste but to my surprise these are crunchy, juicy and not sour at all. Yums!

And they are so much cheaper than red apples. Yay!

I can truly say that I'm looking forward to sinking my teeth into my apple for today.