eating spree

I'm on an eating spree. At least that's what it seems like.

Grandparents and relatives from mom's side came down to Ipoh on Sunday to celebrate my grandma's 80th birthday. Usually we all go to T.Intan, since that's where most of them are but decided to have a change this time around. 

Dinner was at Menglembu East Ocean. After many pictureless posts, here goes. I shall make you drool.. Lol. Pictures taken by my cousin, was too absorbed with the food to bother.

"Fatt Tsoi" soup. Whatever it stands for, it was full of good stuff. 

Cold dish/4 seasons. The presentation was great

Fried Cod Fish

Roast Lamb with "Man Tou"

"Ha Lok" style Prawns

Vegetable with Yam.. I actually liked it alot. Hah.

Wan Tan Noodles..

Some "Tong Sui".. I think it was Sweet Potato based.

Chintoi

Other pics

The flowers we got for grandma

8/15 grandchildren.

I was glad and I think nearly everyone was too. Good food and good company makes a worthy dinner. 

T.Intan seafood restaurants are better in terms of freshness and price.. That being said, I was in T.I for the past few days. Went down with Mum and John on Sun afternoon and came back today. Been eating prawns for the past 3 days. And I downed around 500g of crabs two days ago. I can imagine what I'd be if I'd been living there all my life. Hah. Still, I'm thankful for being so blessed. 

Picture of the day.. 

John and Isabelle

Till then!

fearless

So go on, go on and break my heart
I'll be okay
There's nothing you can do to me
That's ever going to burn me

So go on, go on and leave my love
Out on the street
I'm fearless
Better believe I'm fearless, fearless

If this is how it hurts
It couldn't get much worse
If this is how it feels to fall

Then that's the way it is
We live with what we miss
We learn to build another wall
Till it falls

CNY Celebration was held today; yes a day after Chap Goh Meh. Haha. It's also a part of our Moral project; so many sold food and drinks today; along with performances and stuff. My group originally planned to act but our sketch turned out too lame even though we have great talent (not talking bout myself) so we didn't audition and decided to go along with our back-up plan. After all; many teams didn't perform at all. And yea the highlight of the event (at least for me) was the Food Eating Competition.

I saw the notice; asked Eng Hoe if he was gonna go; obviously he did. Then later on in the afternoon; a girl from the group who organized the competition told Eng Hoe the time it was gonna be held. The conversation went something like this:

Organizer: (Looks at me) You're in.
Me: WHAT?? (Looks at Eng Hoe) Why am I in??
Eng Hoe: We thought it would be cool so we put your name.
Organizer: You're the only girl inside.
Me: Great.

Food competitions aren't alien to me though; I remember competing in one and only one back in 2006 for the Youth Christmas Celebration. The food was a tub of ice-cream; compete in pairs and it was RIGHT after dinner. No one mentioned there was a competition till we finished eating; so I didn't save any space. It was sickening.

I suddenly get this nostalgic feeling. I guess I miss those days. :)

Anyway, this time the food was Ngaku chips, 2 love letter rolls, some biscuit thing and 2 oranges. Prior to the competition; the guys were discussing and decided to let me win. Yes it was pre-planned. But according to some of them, they really couldn't eat as fast and felt like puking. LOL. I think I tried gobbling everything up; thanks to my friends who were cheering for me. Guess this is what happens when you're the only female. Hah. It was fun though. =D.

That's all for now. There's still Lit work to do. Till then. :)

of food and fears

Random pics taken when I was back in Ipoh..

Crispy Roast Chicken at one of my family's favourite shops.

Went to Connaught for lunch today with Kenneth who drove, Eng Hoe, Myat, Julius and Eunice. I think the shop was called Madam Chiam Curry Noodles. Or something like that.. Anyway, we went there for their Pan Mee... Which was also really good. They had small, big, or big big, big big big, big big big big, you get the picture.... Haha. I ordered double big but they gave me a normal big one. So yeah, after finishing one bowl, I immediately ordered another one. I ate nearly as much as Eng Hoe. 5.20 a bowl by the way. Cheaper than Kin Kin.. And thankfully we reached just in time for me to get to class.. It was a funny ride back; dropped Myat and then Eunice home, and there were many road bumps on the way, the bottom of the car hit most of it and there was a loud sound each time. And every time that happened, Kenneth started blaming Eng Hoe for it. And they started 'arguing'. Me and Julius just watched.



And yeah, I found out something today; a fear I had few weeks back actually came to pass.. In a way, it's a bit disturbing.. And it kinda stresses me out even though it might not be as serious as it appears to be. However, there's still this sense of peace in me that can't be explained. It's Him, it has to be... No one else could ever make me feel this way. Despite the things that are going on; I know that He will come through for me and all I need to do is to trust Him. He's given me great friends too; I know I don't have to go through it alone..

Through the joy and the pain, I'll exalt His name.

Psalm 46:1 -God is our refuge and strength, our very present help in times of trouble.