The Gift of Summer in Calgary, Canada

shot with Scott's HTC phone.

I hope to catch the summer....

its like a glimmer of hope to proof

that i'm alive on this earth and living.

living is not just breathing.

living is this current moment

where i am enjoying myself,

browsing all ur pictures and writing out my thoughts.

what is THAT UGLY THING????!

i hope its name is not DINNER???! ohmylord...... i think this is really BBQ DINNER!!!!!!!

Chicken Butt STUCK onto a BEER BOTTLE ??? fresh greens, clear yellow, clean plates, cold drinks

and a warm dinner on a summer evening. how i wish..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here's a gift wrapped in PINK this summer for your friend. a grand little petite gift, a dream come true,
sleep well, and when you open your eyes,

you will see love.

Food @ Bijou @ Mont Kiara

Photos courtesy of EngSeng.
Can't remember the meal's exact name,
but these are from the dinner menu,
you won't go wrong with these keywords :)
i like Bijou, quiet, secluded, for a get together.
Starters - Wild Mushrooms (i like this)

Starters: Tuna Thingy

Main Course: Beef Steak (i like this)

Main Course: Chicken

Dessert: Espresso + Ice Cream (Highly Recommended)

Bijou @ Mont Kiara

Taipei - 3 & 4th

Tonight, Janice wants to bring me to ShiLin area,
so she can do some shopping for her babies & colleagues babies.
I can't wait, my last trip to ShiLin was brief, i didnt even enjoyed it!
Everywhere theres..... SMELLY TOUFU. it smells like shit.
but there are really people enjoying it. Jan brought me to this famous stall, "Zhong Cheng Hao"

to eat fried clams with eggg.. "Oh Jian"
and thats oily beef soup... okay bah...
not like its the best food, maybe just not my taste.

Herbie was thirsty,
so i bought him an icey-lime-drink for NTD35.
He drank a gulp, went "Ahhhhh...." and pass it back to me.
(=_=)........... these things dont come in baby size,
and i have to drink it all for him, so bloated!!!!
Final day, final meetings, all three are new contacts,
very nervous.... but i should enjoy it, its my last day here!
This is the view from the hotel lift to lobby.

after my first meeting in that godforsaken FAR place in Neihu,
I took a cab back to the city, cost me NTD300+
to reach my next destination, so i ask the cab guy,
to drop me at a place where i can eat,
and later walk to my client's office.
so here i am, in my formal office wear,
caught in the busy morning market,
which smells of fish and fresh produce...... pheewww!

then i saw the sign "Pork Rice" heheheheheheh!!!!
the main dish is the pork rice in the middle 'Zu Lu Fan'
with side veges like toufu and vege, the portion is really big.
But i finish it all in an hour's time.... so full!
how to meet client??? sure want to sleep!!!

the meeting was a success, and when i say bye bye to them,
i feel a deep relieve, i made it all!!! i think i did great!!!
cos we all speak the same language!!~ hahaha...
went back to the hotel to shower before i head out to meet Ed.
It was POURING like crazy, Taipei's weather is weird!!!
So we had BBQ + Steamboat, The double storey outlet is directly,
right across the ShiLin Train Station,
this meal cost us both NTD1,000 (@_@)!
and i was sooooooooooo angry that Ed paid for me!!!!!
p.s. below is a really yummy mushroom, dont think
we have it malaysia due to the weather difference....!!!
That's Edmund, looking like a Taipei citizen himself!
hahahahahahahahahahaha, i bought some stuff from Shilin,
then, because i really want to check out where he studies,
where he lives, and where he hangs out,
we took a train to his territory, lol~~ it was an amazing experience,
the train is double the size of Putra LRT in width,
its double the brightness of Putra LRT,
it smells cleaner, and they even have a section
for ladies to travel in, during late night journeys,
Train from ShiLin Station to switch at Taipei Station,
onto a different route towards Taipei Xian (county??)
cost me only NTD35!!!! Compared to me taking a cab
to meet my client in the same area, cost me NTD200!!
what a FFFFuuuuugeee difference! (@_@)

this is Ed's bicycle which he use to cycle to school,
ooooooooh, i've never cycle to school before!
i want i want i want!! but because it was till raining,
i didnt manage to go to his homey, or near the school,
and its getting late, so i better go, i wanted to take the train,
by myself, and see how well i can do...... but first, thank you Edmund!

And i took a train that i gauge is near my hotel,
when i get down....... i still need to take a cab to my hotel,
and it cost me NTD100..... so i guess im not that streetsmart,
hahahahahahahaa, but i like this great city with great helpful people!

Story of Dan & Ann - 2

See??? I told you, its never gonna end...

until I said so!!! haha.

I saw this on my desk this morning, wow!

i know Ann's on a Coast to Coast U.S. tour

(or something like that)

and SUDDENLY out of nowhere,

here comes a new year's greeting!

my heart can only melt soooo many times,

dah-lah in office got a few BerryFreaks

everyday warm warm & nice nice...

now many of you from afar (you know who you are!)

makes me want to work triple times harder/smarter/faster

so i can sell sell sell and get comission and and and

send happy happy nice nice things to every everybody!!

and fate has it ....that tonight,

i'm meeting SantaRinaDan and friends for dinner!

speaking of coincidence of Dan & Ann....(^_^)...

p.s. Ann, you can really cook, haha!

cos according to the guys,

Dan looks so much chubbier now!!!

he used to be this skinny LITTLE kid.

and TA-DA! meet the peeps!

so i tagged everyone in facebook, and guess what i found?

Dan, Ann & Fei shared something in common,

we are all born on the 10th!!!!!!~~ (@_@)!!!

"Fly Cemetary"

This is how i start my BUSY day today (^_^)

LUNCH - RacunRyan at the Foodcourt.

December babies - see my boss expression?

complaining about TOO MANY PEOPLE

celebrating birthday with him (-__-)lll

Boss asked, "Whose idea is it to buy a cake with RAISINS?"
"Whats the problem boss?" someone asked

"Its a FLY CEMETARY!" Boss exclaims

MandaT seen here with the mini Christmas tree

for tomorrow's 10th annivesary/annual dinner.Saffron, One Bangsar.

Thats MaryBerry in the background

trying to fix the 'red curtained wall'While FifiMadu hangs the ornaments

& RacunRyan test the projector & slideshows
ME? I was busy cutting red tapes.

Pulau Ketam

```Wedding Dinner to attend in Pulau Ketam```

I was happily snapping away photos of my bro

at the McD just outside my place....

rarely he look so WIDE AWAKE!

"Jie, this picture so pei la..."

He's always hungry. We took a KTM train
from Sentul to Port Klang, 1 hour 15mins for RM9.60.

Port Klang! Now to ferry ourselves into the Floating Village!

The port does smell HORRIBLE. sorry. it is indeed.

Lil Kev & Liang - nephews "wah lao..Jie, its like an AeroFerry!!!"RM6 one way trip. We sat in here,

wondering how to save ourselves IF this SINKS.

We transfer to an OPEN boat at one stop

Once you enter, you will never want to

relieve the Fsmelly experience EVER again.

and yes, PEE & POO straight into the SEA!!!!
Finally, the floating village, our destination

all connected by wooden planked bridge!

And a proper CEMENT school too!!! The tide is low, you can see some

mud-filled fish...and also tons of rubbish

I was shocked to see ALL of them GROWN UP!

They are all taller than me now

when they use to be soooo SHORT & TINY NEPHEWS!! Monique, my fav niece and her newborn! :)Ah-boy and Ah-girl

and we used to share a bed together

when we go on holidays!!! it amuses me sometimes to see

-authentic local folks-

in authentic flashy clothing and hair colors.

ah....the FREE entertainment...when dinner was over,

as usual we have to automatically

baby-sit nephews & nieces who's nearest to us

so i whoop out my reliable Nokia

and all the games and kept him entertained

in the ferry back to the portand KTM home again....i really wouldnt recommend Pulau Ketam

unless you really have nothing to do

during the weekend, and have never

experience the smell & sights of a fishing village b4.

then you go la...and tell me how u like it. :D