flab·ber·gast (flăb‘ər-găst‘)
tr.v., -gast·ed, -gast·ing, -gasts.

To cause to be overcome with astonishment; astound. See synonyms at surprise.

Last week I received a call from Jimbo and says he’s heading back to KL from Johore with Alkapocino with a package for ME! I was flabbergasted! What more when he said it is from Happyghost. Wah!

Yeah, Ghostie mentioned many times to me that he has reserved 2 bottles of wine for me. That was almost a year ago. Just that, whenever he’s in KL for a business trip, his boss will be with him thus make us quite inconvenience to meet up.

Awww…. isn’t that dog cute???As you know, I’m a sucker for cute stuff. So aint gonna sacrifice the Shadow’s run.

And this two bottles of red wine was added to my collection of wines!

Note: These are just part of my wine collections. I have more in the cellar ;). The best part is….. I can’t drink. Just a little. sheesh…..

Thanks Ghostie for the red wines.  And not forgetting JC being the DHL guy all the way from JB and Alkapocino the UPs guy all the way from DP. *muaks!

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Oh ya! Talking about wine collections, I am also a hard liquor collector.

As you can see, I am running out of space for display and all those liquor is sandwitch in the small display cabinet thus making them look not so outstanding. I’ll have to think of what to do next.

Short Talk: I so love to see the way Zidane (France captain) bang that Italian guy’s forehead yesterday. Like watching wrestling lidat, wakakakaaa. Anyway, Italy win. Boohoo.

The first time I set my eye on the famous Kampar Chicken curry bun, I know I must bake one myself too. Ain’t too difficult cos I just put 2 recipes together.

Curry Chicken in a bun is a combination dish of curry chicken which was pre-cooked and wrapped in parshment paper or aluminium foil and bake them in a bun or bread. This is how I do it.

55g of yeast, 600ml of warm milk, 60g of sugar to be fermented for about 30min or more. In a mixing bowl, place 1kg of high protein flour, 8g of salt, 180g of sugar, 180g of butter and rub the flour till it became like bread crumbs. Add in 2 large egg into the fermented yeast, mixed well and add to the flour. I don’t use a electric bread mixer as I prefer to knead them manually altho it may take quite sometime to form a smooth dough.

Let them raise for 40minutes in a warm room.

Punch them down and knead the dough again. Repeat the process twice.

Place your pre-cooked chicken curry in aluminium foil….

… and wrapped them tightly.

Divide the dough into 2 portion and place the packet of curry in the centre.

Wah, didn’t know my finger looks so sexy when camwhoring. wakakakaaka!

Leave them in a baking tray for about 15min to allow rising.

Before and after raising.

Bake in a oven at 220C for 15min and reduce the temperature to 180C for another 15min.

The finishing product….

Crusty on the outside….

soft and fluffy inside ….

Cut or break open the bread and dipped in the curry chicken.

Remember! Must eat them while it’s hot to enjoy the crispy crust. We ate that for lunch and had leftover. What we do is bake them again and the bread is even more crusty.

I bake another one for my sister using a rectangle tray. Look more pleasant and nice.

Do you intend to adopt a Chow Chow? Drop me a note.

Since my buddies Sila and Lilian are doing it, I might as well join in the fun to create a little travel map. Basically they show countries you’ve visited and produce a map of the world with those countries in red.

Mine looks like this….

Create your own visited country map at World66.

Wow! Look at Australia. I’ve only been to 2 states and they shaded it all red. wakakakakaa….

Basically these are the country/states that I’ve been too.

1. Oslo, Norway
2. Amsterdam
3. Paris (item 2 and 3 falls under France)
4. Brisbane, Australia
5. Perth, Australia
6. Phuket, Thailand
7. Singapore
8. Seoul, North Korea
9. MALAYSIA!!! wakakakaaaa….

Althogether 7 countries and that is only 3% of the world that I’ve conquered! Boohoo! Anyway, I shall include Maldives in my travel list in May 2007 ;).

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Updated – 3.34pm

Lilian, thanks! for highlighting my mistake. I’m sucks at Geography. *paiseh.  So, if Amsterdam falls under Netherland, woohoo, another red paint on the map.

Check this out…

Kate Bosworth & Brandon Routh

Look up in the sky..it’s a bird…it’s a plane…no it’s a guy in form-fitting tights, that’s the spitting image of our mind’s eye’s Superman…now how’d they do that.

There’s a lot riding on this Superman’s broad blue shoulders. Not only does newcomer Brandon Routh have to deal with a comparison to the late Christopher Reeve (the definitive screen Superman) but “Superman Returns” has to blow the stink off two very weak sequels, “Superman III” and “Superman IV.” Many has shown two thumbs down for the “Returns”.

I’m just thinking, can Brandon Routh win the hearts of movie goers like how the late Christopher Reeve affirming the role of Superman as our ultimate superhero saviour and break the movie boxoffice?

One thing I realised that this hensem chap has got the 5 ‘S’ criteria that I’m looking for in man.

Superhero, Saviour, Sexy, Slender and Single! He definitely deserved the ‘S’ that boldly crafted on his sturdy, six pack chest. 😉

The above ticker bar tells all. Yay! I’ll be in Langkawi in less than 2 weeks. I so needed to get away from the City and let my mind loose for a while. With 3 little devils in tow, it’s hard to plan for a holiday. We can’t go anywhere adventurous. The princess and prince who is 6 and 4 y/o prefer places where they can run loose. We have been to Genting Highland numerous times. Having to see them on the spinning saucer cup or jumbo ride over and over again really gonna make me puke. Wherelse the Baby Princess need to get a nap in between and her calls for milk!

Why do i choose Langkawi?

Firstly…

I managed to get a fair price on our budget carrier i.e. Air Asia for RM9.95 only (excluding taxes which cost more than the seat!!!). And since the kids have not gone on the plane before, I think it’s a good start for them especially my prince who is a automobile geek. I haven’t mentioned a word to him about the trip for I am very sure he will bug me every single day tho I’ve mentioned it to my princess and yesterday we had a little conversation about the flight.

Princess: Do they serve food in the cabin?
Queen : No!
Princess: But I saw Mr Beans’ and they served food.
Queen: Our flight cost us only Rm100, whereby Mr Bean’s cost him RM1000!!!

So my princess is a bit dissapointed about the real luxuries you can enjoy in a plane and I’ve found out she is a very good observant too (die la lidat!). I turned to the King and told him I am prepared to forked out RM5 for a small tube of Chips just to see the kids happy.

Secondly…

if not of the existance of Langkawi Underwater World, I would not have step into that island and I’ve read a lot of good review on their aquarium compared to KLCC Aquaria. I just have to go and witness myself on all the good things that I’ve heard. Plus, Langkawi Underwater has penguins!!! Aquaria don’t have. That win hands up for Langkawi, definitely!

Thirdly…

unlimited invitation from my friend (Raymond) who is a chef (to be precise ‘Executive Chef’!) in The Datai. Holy cow! I’ve just done a google search on their Hotel and the room rates for a nite in the deluxe room cost RM1,135.00!!! … and no, I’m not putting a nite there nor get a sponsorship from Raymond. Basically, I get to dine in their 5 star lounge and probably savour one or two dishes cook by the Chef (hmmm… dream on. lol) for free. Unfortunately, he have to leave the island on my 2nd day there which means I have to explore the island by myself. *ggrrrrr….

So much for such an important event my digi cam decided to give me a little hick-up last week. But, ah well, at least I have time to get it repair. Was thinking of getting a new cam but if I do that, I’ll have to cough out another RM1K. Talking about cam, I’ve sold my Sony DSC T7. Longggggggggg story. (actually I don’t like that cam at all). Mean while, I’m trying to brush up my photography skill here and hopefully will have a few nice shots (at least) to put up in the blog when I return. *keeping my finger cross*

Why??!! Why it has to be me? (Fyi, I’m not Oops!-I-did-it-again. Touch wood!) Before I was pregnant, I have this silky and smooth skin on my body. Weighing only 40kg. Pregnancy definitely ruined everything :(.

Imagine if you put on average of 2kg for 9 whole month and by your 40weeks you weight 60kg, the skin on your tummy has already stretchhhhhhh 20 times of it’s originate state. And when it stretches that big, our skin gets thinner and thinner and instead of exploded (kaboom!!!) and all your intestines, baby, womb all splattered on the floor, your body instinct tells your skin to split into small silvery line which is costing damages on the elastic fibres that help skin stretch.

Many women uses various types of creme, lotions, and oils to try to prevent stretch marks from forming. Unfortunately, while such products soothe and soften the skin, there is no medical evidence to prove that they actually work! So beware of advertisers trying to sell you expensive products claiming that they prevent stretch marks! Some women will think that that particular brand of lotion they use is not effective. It’s wrong. Whether you get them or not is simply a matter of genetics… that is, how elastic your skin is. There’s nothing you can do. I used 6 tubes of lotion and by my 3rd trimester….. it turned out pretty…. (go filled in the blank yourself)

This is how it looks like at 30 weeks.

I heard you guys! It’s dem aweful ugly right. This is one of a big sacrifice of motherhood and I haven’t come to other parts of body like thigh or breast.

The saddest part is looking at celebrities or even my girlfriends posing in their 2 pieces bikini. Envy! Envy! and each time when I look at Britney, I’d go “Why? Why it has to be me??!!” 🙁

Have been doing this many many times ever since I sent my maid away.

Came out squeeky clean and dry under the sun even faster. I’m not sure about you, basically i dump any washable item into the machine.

I’m sure you have heard lots of good review about Klang BKT and the ever famous and common type is the soupy with lots of herbs in there. There is a shop selling dry BKT.

Dem! Makes me hungry again by looking at this pic.

They are cooked in savoury thick gravy with shreaded cuttle fish (yau yee). For first timer, they will thought that it is salted fish. But to someone who cooks, wtf, the smell of cuttle fish is so different from salted fish, you know!!! A few ladies finger was added to the sizzling claypot. My view on this? It is better than the soupy type. At least something new to my tastebud as we have been eating BKT for donkey years. Also a bit sien liao.

This is my favourite part. It’s the end of the leg. I’m not a lean-meat person. Basically of the mixed type. Fat skin and a little lean meat in them. Yummy.

Location wise leh…. just those shoplot outside my house and if you want to know where my house is, kindly e-mail me. Anyway, Klang not very big la.

We was given a invitation to the Perdana Suite for the recent Japan GT Championship held on 23rd to 25th June 06.

What could I say more when we had the VIP parking and the pass in hand. Over the years, fans had always been treated with a legandary race in Sepang. They can expect the same thrill and excitement at this year race too.

Birdview from the balcony in the Perdana Suite.

What is a Perdana Suite or what is so special about the Perdana Suite? Perdana in Bahasa means Prime. When you put the Menteri which means Minister next to it, you got Perdana Menteri, that is Prime Minister. And a suite is like a rating for a hotel room in a 5 star hotel. Hmmm….. am I making myself confusing here? …which means, Perdana Suite is the place where the Prime Minister sit and watches the race and guests there are basically by invitation from the VIP, that is none other than *hush, hush!*.

Other than posh lounging, exotic buffet spread, highranking VIP’s sharing the same table as you and familiar faces standing next to you watching races from balcony…..

Drink Excel. Excel is good for you!!!

… enough said. I’ve been floating on cloud nine the whole afternoon. Even the blazing sun and humid weather is like a perfect windy weather walking on the white sandy beaches on Mauritius bay 🙂

One more show off stylo pic for the readers!!!!

You want more pic on Alex Yoong? 😉 Ain’t it looks like a *cough, cough* family pic? Muahahaahaaa….. beh tahan.

More birdview pic from the Suite’s balcony –

F1 race before GT race. After the positioning of F1 cars on their track, mechanics making final check on the cars before the flagoff. Something that you don’t get to see on teevee.

With its track measuring up to 20 meters width, the 5.543km Formula One track provides plenty of overtaking opportunity. Driver also have large run-off grass area, allowing them to return to actio if any of their overtaking maneuvers fail to provide the desired results.

I don’t understand why they have to haul the eight tyres in and out from the track. Not that the tyre will go puncture or melt by the hot tarred road. *ish..

Ok, ok. Enough of camwhoring. Was supposed to go for the pitwalk too but missed it by merely 30seconds 🙁 before the allocated time. We tried the outdoor grandstand. Spectacular view amidst the blazing sun and humid weather. Can’t even stand being 15min there and we have to yell for the air-con again.

You see, as a privillage holder of the Perdana Suite pass, we can enter just any room we like. Found this room for GT Club members. It is just above where the pit stop is and we had the closest pit view looking at the pit crew members changing their tyre, switching drivers and so on. The best part is one of the car (no. 13 Endless Golden Cruiser, if i’m not mistaken) failed to start up and you can see all the panic mechanics running around the pit with their equipment and busybody Japanese chick reporter broadcasting live there. Not forgetting the original Vroommmmmmmmm……… unfiltered ear-piercing sound when the cars zoom by. A totally different experience you had there compared to watching any live telecast from the teevee.

Just as when things started to heat up, the digi cam battery started to die on you (always!). Boohoo! There goes all the pretty japanese umbrella girl walking on the street. The crowd which is hugely boosted by the presence of the gorgeous GT babes is as popular with the presence of more than 45,000 spectators on race day.

I have more pics from the other camera but it takes sometime. So, tune in….

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….. to be continue…….

*evil grin!!!!!*