Mid Autumn Festival

I bought a box of mooncakes from The Baker's Cottage today. This is a must have in every household, even more so if we were to buy for in-laws or future in-laws. Giving gifts during festive seasons is deemed good manners and show that we have been brought up properly by our parents.

But how I wish the mooncakes would taste better. Nobody really like to eat them because they are too sweet. But we buy the expensive stuff because they are a must-have and I honestly think the box cost more than the cakes itself.

The mooncakes we bought from the shopping centers never fail to look like the dummy plastic food the Japanese restaurants put out for display. They are odourless, no real texture to chew on, the lotus paste and salted egg yolk are hard and brittle .... and only have one kind of taste... sweet.

Frankly, if I have a choice, I would prefer those fresh baked mooncakes sold from homes. The crust is crispy, the salted egg yolk is definitely fresher, and the lotus paste is hot and fragrance if just taken out from the oven..... hmmm .....

Anyway, unless we know some aunties who would do it from homes, we have to be contented with the machine-made mooncakes churned out from the factories every year.

Happy Mid Autumn Festival everyone!

Making Paper Roses

Aaahhh ..... at last. I managed to get my paper rose right after so many fail attempts last sunday.

I learn from watching how they do it in youtube. I felt so guilty folding the roses as my exam papers pile up at a corner waiting for me to mark and I have a deadline to beat! But once I started I couldn't stop unless I finish the mission.

Today is the third day I made the attempts to fold the rose, after putting in several hours of real concentration. and I have to hide in a corner at work to do it, under the pretext of marking exam papers. shame on me! What would my colleagues think of my crazy obsession during this crucial time of completing my works.

but once i did it, i was washed over with real satisfaction. I folded a few more and put in on my table. kakakaka .... now i can go back to my work. i managed to overcome my distraction.


they are also called kawasaki roses.
this one is difficult to make, because it can bloom or close
the one i folded look something like this.

Watching Fireworks Again

I have taken these photos from United Subang Jaya Forum and Art Lancer. Heck knows I shouldn't lift photographs from other people, but I really wanted to have a photo here to illustrate what I am going to write now. This is by far my most favourite burst of fireworks display. It fell down gently in a golden shower, holding us in captive with its beauty.

We were there early, starting our journey at 7.30pm. When we reached there it was raining and we took shortcuts through the wet muddy field among tall grass to get to the Sri Gemilang Bridge where they would launched the fireworks.

We huddled close under the umbrella in the rain and munched on snacks and chocolates as we waited patiently for the fireworks to start. Again, hundreds and thousands of people flocked to Putrajaya that night just to catch the probably once-in-a-lifetime spectacular sight like this.

Going back traffic was messy as ever but it doesn't really bother us much. We reached Puchong around 1230pm and there we stopped for supper... ^-^ it had been a great night.

Popular Food Guide in Malaysia

This book is exactly like the one we bought at popular bookstore near Ikea last Sunday. Our mission hence is .... jalan-jalan cari makan local food ^-^ hmmm.......

@ Zoo Negara

Mama dear came near me when I gave her some grass.

King Yeung is also trying his luck. Hahaha ^-^ .... see King Yeung's face ... and his empty hands! how to make the deer come to him with no food at all? at least must have pau yee and yee chi mah!

King Yeung the caffeine addict - APM coffee vending machine number one customer.

This baby is cute! We took his photo as we waited for the animals' show to start. We sat there for near to 45 minutes and the crowds is getting bigger.

The show only lasted for 30 minutes. The orang utan is especially cute. very adorable ^-^ ...

Zoo Negara is a nice place to hang around even at 3pm in the afternoon. the surrounding trees give cold shade and the breeze is light and cooling.

Another hungry beast. i wonder if the zoo really feed them well. The ground inside the fence is bare. Not a blade of green grass can be seen. the rusa ate them all.

Pink Flamingoes.

waarrgghh .... papa bear is ferocious. Scary. He is more than 8 feet when he stands tall on his hind legs. Guess what....he loves gardenia loti!

This little poor deer looked so innocent and hungry, but we got nothing for him.

The two swans look very elegant but their table manners is far from graceful. must teach them some.

This orang utan stretched out his hand asking for food from us. When we didn't give him any he just looked away. He got that very hau lian look on his face.

This is a very fake looking camel with one hump. He was shamelessly pee-peeing in front of us when we take this picture

The semester is over and I can afford to take leave for longer visit. Last Saturday King Yeung and I went to Zoo Negara. Why Zoo Negara? Hmmm … I don’t know. It seems as if this is a must visit place during school trips when I was in primary school.

We met Mun Ming, King Yeung's cousin sister, and Ah Kei Kor, her husband-to-be there, at zoo negara. I must admit it is a bit weird paktoh there and meeting familiar people too. We just grinned sheepishly at each other.

But who said nobody go to zoo negara anymore? It is full of people lining up for tickets during school holidays and during the animals’ show a lot of them have to stand cos got no seats.

Anyway, it is a fun day for both of us and at the end of the day, after the long walk, we just sit down on one of the benches and snack on kacang, iced drinks and fried onion rings before heading to wangsa maju for fat man lok lok by the road side and claypot lou shu fan at one the many food stalls there.

Visitor Info - Opening Hours and Rates

Zoo Negara by Day is open daily from 9.00am – 5.00pm
Zoo Negara by Night is open on Saturday, Sunday and Malaysian Public Holidays from 9.00am – 10.30pm.

Rates
Adult RM15.00

Children (3yrs old-12yrs old) RM 6.00

Senior Citizen (60 years above) RM 6.00

Free entry if it is your birthday!
(Please bring along I/C or birth certificate as proof)