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Poured RM100 worth of petrol, paid RM50

Published by in experience, personal on February 29th, 2012

Yeap, you read that right. No this is not a scam nor some sales pitch. It was just one of those days when everything goes better than expected. Angeline and i spent about 2 hours discussing locations on photo shoot with the bridal house and it was time to meet up with Jess Lim aka BlurJess aka The Lonely Pork of Porkless Land. She was in Penang for a day or two and we wanted to catch up with her. Along the way, i had to make a quick pitstop to refuel and that’s when the above titled incident took place. I did the usual. Parked my car, walked to the machine, realized i didn’t bring my card. Walked to the counter instead and gave two RM50 notes and my Bonuslink card. The attendant then signaled to me that i could start refueling. As i hit the RM100 mark, i walked back to the counter to get back my Bonuslink card. “Ada satu ringgit?” the attendant asked me. For some reason, i took out one ringgit without thinking and i was given back my Bonuslink card but i also got back one RM50 note. Being all confused, i tried asking the

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Penang Heritage Food Trail: Joyous Cafe

Published by in food, penang on January 1st, 2012

Joyous Cafe is an adorable looking cafe on Union Street which provides full month packages with customized baby cards, customized selection of box designs. All packages are easy to deliver right to your doorstep. Besides that, they are also selling healthy fruit juices and snacks. They have highly creative concoctions help to de-stress and detox, while at the same time help to improve your skin’s radiance. Joyous Cafe was our 2nd stop of the day for Penang Heritage Food Trail. It was a good thing too that we had our stop here after having a pasta overload session in Soul Kitchen. Conveniently located at Union Street, it’s very hard to miss it as it’s just before Maybank.

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Penang Heritage Food Trail: Soul Kitchen Trattoria

Published by in food, penang on January 1st, 2012

I am gonna be frank here. I have always heard about Soul Kitchen but never had the chance of dropping by, simply because i was rooted to KL for the last few years. 2011 however was different. I was back in Penang and when i was told that the 1st stop for Penang Heritage was Soul Kitchen, i was ecstatic. I checked out their Facebook page before hand and true enough when i arrived there, i was greeted by the beca and the owner’s new bike. Located at Muntri Street, it’s hard to miss this place if you are coming from either Love Lane or Penang road. Michele and Tonio who run this place are not your usual couple you would see in cafes. They are a Malaysian German couple who met in Munich and ended up getting married here in KL before setting up this business. As i was walked into this cafe i could sense on why they called it Soul Kitchen. It was cosy, every where you look it was eye catching and not forgetting both Michele and Tonio who were kind enough to introduce the place as well as the food that would be served. Soul

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CSL 3S Center finally lands in Penang

Published by in ads on September 1st, 2011

With the growing appetite of owning a Smart Phone, let alone a normal handphone, brands these days are differentiated by 1 common question where a customer will ask before purchasing … “Eh warranty how ar? and where is the service center?”. 2 weeks ago i was invited to the official launch of CSL’s 3S Center which is located at Megamall Penang and boy oh boy the crowd that was already there was ridiculous. Frankly i was clueless on what was the agenda on that day and i only knew that the center was opening. Little did i know that, there were also selling certain CSL models at a special price. This ultimately made a line right in front of the CSL 3S Store. The first person in line which his proud new toy/gadget/phone, depending how you see it. Proudly making his order and patiently awaits for the crew to key in his details. The 3S center had a wide range of CSL phones on demo where customers had the chance to use as well feel the phone before purchasing. This is key in any businesses, demo units. This was one funny clown. He took random people’s Rm 1 and changed

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Charlie Brown Cafe Malaysia

Published by in food on May 3rd, 2011

I finally had the chance to drop by Charlie Brown Cafe last Saturday after going through a Bake At Sugar session. Both Sugar and Charlie Brown Cafe are located at the 1st floor of Straits Quay, Penang. The setting of Charlie Brown Cafe brings back a lot of memories when i used to watch them when I was small. It had an impact in me that till today I use some characters name as my nick As the cartoon has made an impression that could last a lifetime, i wouldn’t say the same for the cafe. The service was little slow and I just didn’t like how things were managed. The excitement that was built over the month when I saw the phrase Coming Soon, went down the drain almost instantaneously. The food and beverages were nothing to shout about. It was those typical cafe style kinda menu. Nothing special. I asked Angeline if she would drop by again and she gave a disappointing “no”. I would have answered the same. I am better off hanging out at Old Town or even Starbucks.

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1st BeaniePlex in M’sia by TGV Cinemas is in Penang

Published by in penang on January 29th, 2011

I had the chance to be at the Grand Launch of TGV’s new cinema in Penang last week thanks to Kenny Wong, COO of TGV. The cinema has been operating for a few weeks now and it’s conveniently located at 1st Avenue level 8. In fact prior to the invitation, i have watched 2 movies there and i can tell you the seats are awesome. The leg space especially. If there’s still knocks on the back of your chair then it’s definitely on purpose! I arrived slightly late as Angeline could only leave work sharp at 5pm. We were joined by Emily who saw us walking towards the cinema. Upon registering, we were given goodiebags that had potato chips, calendar and a small beanie bag. At this point of time i just didn’t know what has the beanie bag got to do with TGV Cinemas. I spotted Chun Huey and Wah in front and ended up joining them. We were served with cocktails and even had the choice to have beer or shandy. It was later announced that TGV Cinemas in 1st Avenue would be the first cinema to serve beer! Not that i am drinker or what but that’s

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It’s easy to register as a voter!

Published by in personal on May 19th, 2010

I finally reached the legal age to be a voter and to be a responsible citizen, i registered myself at a nearby post office. Surprisingly, it took me less than a minute. Probably the longest part of the whole process was waiting for your turn. I dragged my brother along, just to show him what i was suppose to do. We walked to the post office near Sunshine Square. All that was required was my Identification Card (IC). Then i was asked a rather confusing quetion: Man@counter: “Kamu ini apa?” (What are you?) Man@counter: “Chrisitian?” Me: “Oh agama?” (Oh religion?) Me: Hindu Paper work doesn’t have the option of mix or chindian, etc. Anyway that doesn’t really matter. The guy behind the counter then printed out a slip for me to check my details and asked for my signature. THAT’S IT! I am finally a voter! The next elections will be in the year 2012, unless you know ler something crops up in my area. I am only saying that cause there’s so many by-elections recently that you just wouldn’t know what would happen next. So for those who have reached the age of 21, go and register! It’s easy

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I paid 9 Chicken McNuggets for a date

Published by in personal on April 14th, 2010

It was the eve of my birthday and i had just flown back to Penang to spend some time with my family and also Angeline. I haven’t slept the day before because of some last minute datelines and just before i called it a day, i received a message. Not from a usual sender. !!!!!! ROFLMAO!

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Sui Wah to Hennessy to Flash Bang

Published by in entertainment, just for laughs, nightlife, penang on September 29th, 2009

Coming from a closely-knitted family and being always stuck in front of the computer all day long, i never liked clubbing. In fact the ones in Penang are usually in town and i was living on the other side of the island, … in a kampung … … called Kampung Jawa. The most happening place in Kampung Jawa was this mini mart called Sui Wah and that’s it. I grew up and left for my degree, Sui Wah grew up and it’s now Sunshine Square, still the most happening place around Kampung Jawa. Shifting to Melaka and KL to further my studies did open my eyes big big, well it depends on how you interpret my sentence. I think i have gone to pubs and clubs in KL more times compared to Penang. Actually in Penang i have only gone once … -_-” That also my friend drank my share of the beer, swt.

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The Chronicles of Cambodia 1 – Food in Phnom Penh

Published by in adventure, backpack, cambodia, experience, food, fun, holiday on February 2nd, 2009

The long awaited trip was finally here and to be frank i was more scared than excited. Imagine having the responsibility to make sure all six others were taken care off but at the same time enjoy the planned backpacking experience. I had request from a few on what they would love to do and see. So trying to please everyone was close to impossible. But i did try my best to incorporate all The idea of Cambodia was actually first conceived when a few of us were in Redang and after scouting around for tickets on AirAsia, we finally found a suitable date. I have gone through tonnes of iternaries from different agencies, trying to a get an overall view on what is normally organized. But having pledged that i am gonna make it a backpacking trip instead, i had to make sure that the budget was kept to a bare minimum. I had to read on main historical points in both Phnom Penh and Siem Reap so it would be easy for me to set the route on where to go and when. After reading a number of blogs on how they experienced their trips to Cambodia, i

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