Snowflake @ Pavilion

Snowflake? Though is only available at Subang SS15... But now at Pavilion.

Okies... Let's take it closer. At first I did not notice that it was located in front of Padini Store after I meet up a friend at Starbucks just another floor up. Till then...

Before that I was recommended by one of my blogger friend, Ai Wei to try this place. A nicely build up desert stall. Seems the staff are busy preparing the desserts.

Snowflake Desserts serves Taiwanese desserts like Milk tea with pearls, soya bean with yau char kwai, grass jelly snow & etc. It used a finest & freshest ingredients to create unique desserts. Basically this Snowflake stalls is own by one of the Taiwanese guy called Jimmy.

Once I place my order, the staff will give me this kinda cute device. Is a "Beeping UFO"... It will beeps & vibrates which mean to let you know that your desserts are ready for collection at the counter.

They have 3 typed of series which is Grass Jelly, Taro Balls & Soya Ice Series.

Green Bean + Lotus Seed + Pearl. (Rm5.90)

Green Bean + Taro + Pearl. (Rm5.90)

Sweet Potato + Lotus Seed + Pearl. (Rm5.90 also)

Is packed with young & old patrons. The place has a very simple decor & almost minimalist concept kiosk. The desserts are reasonably priced & quite affordable yet the potion is big. Love the taste of it which had a clear base & very refreshing, quick cool down from the scorching heat. The taro balls never disappoint me as I compare with others places, chewy like bubble gum. Beh~ tahan!!

Otherwise, it's all nice & cheap! And not forgetting that they are delicious too you know...!!


Snowflake
P4.01.00 & E4.01.00
168, Jalan Bukit Bintang,
55100 Kuala Lumpur

Cheapskate in Malaysian Consumer

Cheapskate is a person who is reluctant to spend money, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts & some necessities.

Do you take advantage of FREEBIES: free things, samples, free price checking, coupons (get free coupons), first-time customer perks, money, free services that pay (surveys), software, frequent flayer miles, rebates (Earn Rewards for Shopping, Taking Surveys & more! ), registration services, bill reducers, meal planning tips, calendars, Internet access (deals), portals, websites, gift ideas, etc.?

Here the scenarios of being cheapskate's:
One of the customer walked in the store one day.

Me - Hello...

Customer - Oh Hi... (the customer seems to self service himself while looking for something)

Me - Is there anything that I can help you sir?

Customer - Ohh... yah, I hear that Apple had came out a new touch screen.

Me - Is the iPad, just announce few days back at States.

Customer - When you gonna sell it & how much the price?

Me - I had no idea because it was announce in States even in Malaysia haven't confirm the actual price. Only we need to wait Apple Malaysia to release the price.

Customer - Ohh... like that arrr, I though you all know better then us. Though you are Apple mah. (slowing an insult face)

Me - Seriously we have no idea. If you interested, you can leave your number or email at lease I can keep you up-to-date. Is that ok?


Customer - Ok never mind. Anyway do you sell iPhone 3G S here?

Me - Yes, we do sell it as well but you have to tight up contract with Maxis plan.

Customer - What?! Maxis again... Hmmm... Like that arr.. So have no idea when iPad available in Malaysia?

Me - Still have no idea. (cough** in my mind this guy change topic so fast)

Customer - By the way... Do you know anything about jailbreaking? I bet you worked in Apple sure know how to do it.

Me - Come again?! Sorry sir, we as a Apple Premium Reseller don't deal with Jailbreak phone & it's against Apple regulation.

Customer - Ohh... So iPad works in iPhone OS, rite? (acting stupid or what?)

Me - Yes, it work similar with the iPhone OS.

Customer - Like that... Next time iPad come in Malaysia, I can Jailbreak it. Sure you know rite?

Me - I don't know sir. (Then pretend to serve other customer by walking other side) [my mind say "what the hell with this jerk?"].

This customer look around the flayers then walked away from the store. One of my colleague smile at me & ask what happen? (I show my tulan face) That guy so CHEAPSKATE...!!! doesn't know how appreciate Apple products. Cheap skate minded malaysian, always onto crazy prize even it is a mistake, grow up please, it is a mistake, dont take it for granted, if you want it to be yours, buy it with legit price, not cheap skate.


Conclusion:
Typical Malaysian cry babies.. always complaint & expect something back in return when things don't go their way... is having the same problem la friend, other products as well...if you can't stand budget, then don't be a cheapskate.

** Base on the conversation with the customer, I did not do anything wrong yet totally makes me Tulan at all... So hope my reader(S), don't be a CHEAPSKATE... Think first before you act, k?

Chili's Bar & Grill @ Mid Valley

This is certainly the case for Chili’s! This is a nice place to hangout after a hard day at work. The popular American casual dining place with a well-stocked bar. For my case, I need to find out what so unique about this place.

Getting myself 16oz of Guinness beer (Rm12.95) just to chill my tiredness from work.

Monterey Chicken (Rm24.95) Marinated, grilled chicken breast with BBQ sauce, cheese & diced tomatoes. Served with mashed potatoes with black pepper gravy & seasonal veggies. Absolutely thumbs up! Know what? So juicy & tender in your mouth.

This is a Fajita Quesadillas (Rm32.95) Chicken with grilled onions & Jack cheese in buttery toasted tortillas. Served with sour cream & pico de gallo. A dish that tries to lure in some more Asian fans. Tastes good for the first few bites but it tends to get old pretty soon. Haha....

Chocolate Brownie Sundae (Rm12.95) Warm chocolate cake with chocolate fudge filling. Topped with vanilla ice cream under a crunchy chocolate shell. Lastly was our dessert, the nicest we had for the whole night. Ironically, we also enjoyed the dessert the most.

The interior of the restaurant is lightly dimmed lights, creating a soothing feeling, mind & soul after a hard day of work. Casual American or Tex-Mex style restaurant. Chili's serves mainly steaks & burgers.

For those disobeyed Chili's rules... You know what it mean?

After my investigation for this place. It serves enormous amounts of food in one serving & I am pretty sure this ain't your so call one proper portion or recommended portion a meal.


Chili's Bar & Grill
Lot G(E)-12, Mid Valley Megamall,
Lingkaran Syed Putra,
59200 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-2287 6788

K.T.Z Food (记得食) @ SS2, Petaling Jaya

Since the day of announcing the new iPad from Apple. Everyone was talking. So we decided to go to ss2 looking for some desert. So we came along with this stall just located behind the ss2 Seri Murni Restaurant. Since when everyone was raving about hong kong style tong sui.

Who cares when you get to savor desserts that are packed with fruity flavors. Mango Loh (Rm6.00), served with loads of fresh mango chunks. Best Selling of all time!! Yummy~~~

Winter Grape Fresh Honey (Rm4.00)... so fruity & juicy. Enough to get rid of my thirst.

Tong Yuen (Rm1.20 per piece) x4... Is a a chinese food made from glutinous rice flour.

Peanut Butter Dessert Soup (Rm2.60). Sweat & Creamy desert...

Chicken Boxing (Rm5.30). A deep fried drum stick chicken.

Loh Mai Kai (Rm2.90) It contains glutinous rice filled with chicken, chinese mushrooms, chinese sausage, scallions & sometimes dried shrimp. Loh Mai Kai as the name goes is a Cantonese dish.

Curry Chicken Noodle (Rm6.80) Another amazing dish that really makes you hot. The dish contains chicken meat, fish cake & tau pok. In this dish, the curry plays an important part in dish that usually a more watery curry base is preferred in this case so that the noodle is not hard to shallow. Don't judge how the taste! I scare of spicy food~~~ =.="

Vietnam Spring Roll (Rm4.30) Lite & simple fried snack.

Steam Dumpling (Rm5.30) wrapped with shrimp.

I can assure you that the service is attentive here, without imposing service charge. There were more than 10 waiters standing by. Well another night had gone with iPad topics.

Slogan for K.T.Z 记得食 in Cantonese remember to eat (dessert)....


K.T.Z Food

No. 66 & 68 Jalan ss2/67
47300 Petaling Jaya
Tel: 03-7877 8499

The iPad™ Review

Sometime we hear alot of rumors on internet regarding the Apple tablet PC. Yeah! It's the rumored for longtime tablet computer from Apple. The Multi-Touch screen on iPad is based on the same revolutionary technology on iPhone/iPod Touch. But the technology has been completely re-engineered in a larger screen.

Finally Mr. Steve Jobs unveiled the newest product from Apple claimed to be able to 'slay' all the smart phone or netbook in the market. Perhaps not, but there is a lot to this story beyond the obvious own making A4 chip? Generally speaking, the iPad's goal is not to replace your netbook, assuming you own & love one but something gonna make it different. Since on that night itself, I was excited & how could it be look alike. Upon I look on the internet, to my amaze what I found is just a look like iPod Touch with bigger screen. It still cool & comes with 2 typed of models.




iPad specs

• Display: 9.7 inch
• height: 1.5 lbs
• 0.5 inches thin
• Battery life: 10 hours
• Accelerometer and Compass
• Speaker, Microphone, and 30 pin connector
• Wifi 802.11n
• Processor: 1GHz Apple A4 chip
• Storage: 16-64GB Flash
• Full captive multi-touch

Basically this is an U.S price but haven't confirm in Apple Malaysia price.

The tablet's multitouch screen measures in at 9.7 inches, meaning that it's got a significantly smaller than the smallest MacBook, but a much larger screen than the iPhone. It's powered by a 1GHz Apple ARM A4 chip, and has 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of flash storage.

On that early of the morning, one of my client called up & asking when it's gonna arrive? What the price? When you gonna sell it? Duh~~~ Hell !!! I know about it... I am not suggesting that the iPod or iPhone is a worthwhile replacement, but I am saying that, for better or worse it's still a good products to be launch by Apple. Just wait for the fully announcement in Malaysia.

Apple Latest Creation

So this year gonna be something different from Apple. Like Apple's other events at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, the invitation is light on details. A lot of rumor had been release on website for the Apple Tablet Computer. Something that we don't expected to know much about it. For those Apple Fan, please relax & don't over excited. Just wait for the official announcement from San Francisco.

Along with the expected new device, signs point to possible MacBook Pro refreshes, software updates & more coming up. With that in mind, here are few things I'd like to see from Apple's event. Maybe I will keep on track for what going from Apple. Most importantly, the launch of the Apple tablet is significant because it will underscore the remarkable change of heart by Steve Jobs, the man who is widely considered to be one of the most powerful figures in technology. You are the man!

Dolphins Runs Emo?

It was rare to have a Dolphins & Sea Lions Show available in Malaysia. This event was proudly present by our Home Minister. There is a 'Dolphins & Sea Lions show currently taking place on the grounds of Sunway Pyramid shopping mall. The Sunway Group is not the show's proprietor & claim to be only hosting the shows from Dec 1 to Feb 7 2010.

On last week I was accompany by Janice to shop around at Sunway Pyramid. That day was crowded with people & besides that I hear they had a show going on at Pyramid, A Dolphins & Sea Lions show. You know as Malaysia climates is not suitable for Dolphins & Sea Lions. So that why from far I can see a huge tent with air cons blowing inside to maintain the temperature.

As I know the ticket is not cheap. If you have Malaysian citizen MyKad or buy anything from Sunway shopping mall will entitle to get discount. OK that was good. Upon I enter, to my amaze & eager to watch the show hosted by Sunway Group.

The place was small & even the fish tank also small, enough for two dolphins swim around. These dolphins from Jakarta, Indonesia. Now they were trained to entertain & the owner who gain millions of dollars from capturing these innocent animals...

Dolphins are mammals, not fish. They are warm blooded like man & give birth to one baby called a calf at a time. We all love to see dolphins & for many people the only way in the past to do this was by visiting an aquarium. However aquariums varied in their care & housing of the dolphins in the past & some may have been quite substandard. Tragically, in the past many of these dolphins were mostly violently captured from the wild, taken away from their families & forced to live in small barren tanks.

As I try to continue to complete the show as my patient runs down. I felt sorry to these animals. I told Janice, every day these animals are required to perform 3 shows with each show lasting about an hour & 5 shows on weekends, think about us humans if we can ever work that hard every single day doing a same thing. Over & over again. More like torturing...

The host was ridiculously dumb. Guess what? Where is your international language? He should have entertain the crowd by English & not saying Malay. I look around that they have some foreigner could not understand what is he talking about. The host talked nonsense & not even a single educational information were delivered throughout the show, mainly for the children around. The show was suppose to make people happy & more on education about this species.

After the Sea Lions show complete then later for the Dolphins. But...

The Dolphins when into emo... They could not perform the show as the host & other staff try to convince the both Dolphins but could not do anything. All the ticket were recorded & ask to come back again any time. I did not angry... I felt sympathy for those animals. People would ask why I went into these show? I only could answer, I just wanna to find out the true how do they treat these animal.

Dolphins runs emo as what we human does. They have feeling & so do us...

Tony Roma's @ The Gardens

Having a lunch at Mid Valley is quite difficult due to too many variety to choose for. Anyway I was stopped by a restaurant called Tony Roma's. It say is the best steak especially the Rib Steak. Tony Roma’s definitely tops the list of most people when it comes to having big treats.

Anyway I decided to go in & have a try. The environment not bad & the waiter direct us to the sit. I look left, I look right... Hmm... seems the waiter is busy & makes me hard to get the order. The steak knife was big... Really big... I guest it design to cut the steak more easily.

Back then, Tony Roma's is originated from Miami (United States) famous with the rib steak. Considered the pioneer of Baby Back Ribs, Tony Roma's can now be found all over the world. So I didn't try the Rib Steak due to my budget.

This is a Bun served with garlic butter. Basically is part of the complimentary meal that you order together with the food as a starter.

We order an Tropicana Orange Freeze & Pineapple Sunrise (Rm8.90 each) drinks to clear our thirst.

Roasted Garlic & Rosemary Chicken (Rm31.90) Two grilled boneless chicken served with rosemary sauce & sprinkled with romano cheese. It also comes with rice but change to mash potatoes (upon request)... Anyway the taste was great.

Mojo Chicken (Rm25.90) totally grilled till it perfection. Served with brown mustard sauce & topped with pineapple salsa. The chicken was so tender even you take a few bite.

With such an extensive choice complementing the already vast variety of items on menu. Well after that I had to back to work as my time was limited. A great taste with a great place. Hopefully next visit I would try the Rib Steak!

Tony Roma's
Lot No. LG 217, The Gardens Mid Valley Center,
No. 1, Medan Syed Putra
Tel: 03-22828243

Her Name is Apple

Been sick for these few days. Flu & fever... that almost make me uneasy. Sometime I feel lazy to go to work as usual. Anyway I had 2 days rest at home already make me enough. Boring... only doing some recovery. Eat medicine then sleep then wake up to take food & medicine again. Keep on repeating for 2days.

These few days always rain. The weather was cold, might the course of making me sick. Besides that I was so weak that & hardly to move. Lucky I got restock food at home. Housemates on working, left me alone. As usual internet was my favor. Still have her keep on accompany me. My new girlfriend! Let me introduce...

She is small & good looking.

Nice figure.

Sometimes she give me alot of information & always makes me happy.


Her name is Apple...





Full name Apple Mac Mini~~~

She was generate by Intel Processor enough to fulfill your requirement that running 2.53Ghz, 4GB DDR3 1066Mhz of speed & 320GB Hard Drive that enough space to storage all my personal collection. Integrated with Super-drive, Wifi, Bluetooth & could support up to 2 LCD Display, full supported by Nvidia Geforce 256MB shared graphics & control by Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard version... Anything? iLife '09 also pre-loaded!

She is so gorgeous... Small yet powerful.

Besides that Mac mini had come with 2 specs of model & 1 more server typed.


The Server... Never stop rolling~~~

Anyway I got my own keyboard, mouse & monitor that could save my budget. As I say everyone could own a MAC... never less the price just affordable. Even I sick, she just accompany me all the time. Until I recover, I back to work left her at home. Hmm so bad of me. At nite accompany her again. Please don't mad me arrr....

Is Inferior to This

the day is breaking & your heart
it used to belong to me
i should go now & your hand
is it a little reluctant to let go

every toy that had to be left behind
at least they brought joy before
every relationship that had to be ended
is just a choice made
if the beautiful memories are hard to forget
then why is the hurt still remembered

why not we stay in this embrace till dawn
if concern is a kind of compensation, what else can't be forgiven
we might as well return to the place where we hugged
as proof that feelings are always kind, what's cruel is people grow up

what was coming had come & what was leaving had left
what else do we need
you are mine & i'm yours
it's only an overly gentle song

if the beautiful memories are hard to forget
then why is the hurt still remembered