My day

I dreaded this day every year my whole life.  It's a day when it struck you that you are soooo old now.  You suddenly realised that there are soooo many things that you wanna do but yet to do, so many dreams yet to be achieved and then you wondered where have all those years gone?  I've never planned what I'm gonna do when it comes.  I just know that I'm gonna take the day off work.

This year, the celebration started on Monday morning.  A colleague bought breakfast for me at Subway Cafe, Wisma UOA, Damansara Heights.  In the evening, my cousin bought me dinner at Seed Cafe, Mid Valley and mango yogurt cake.

On Tuesday, of course, I received tons of birthday wishes via sms and a colleague even recorded herself singing the birthday song to me ~ so touched...

In the evening, a friend bought me dinner at Hokkaido Ichiba, The Gardens.  We had yaki udon

 eel with omelette don

miso soup

agedashi tofu ~ tofu tempura with sauce ~

ebi gyoza ~ prawn dumplings ~

and last but not least, chocolate tuxedo from Starbucks

Today, I'm back to work with belated birthday wishes.  My department bought lunch for a colleague  and I at Ben's, Pavilion.  Love the chocolate truffle.  

In the evening, after work, another friend bought me dinner at Seoul Korea (not the country ya, the restaurant), Taman Desa.

They serve the customary side dishes - kimchi, mushrooms, seaweed, anchovies, peanuts, lady fingers, cucumber and others...

 As main dish, we choose Mae-Bulgogi.  It's Korean's favourite Beef Bulgogi (marinated beef, mushroom, glass noodle in special soup)

The portion is huge and the soup is delicious! I am so full :)

Thanks a lot friends!!  The day is now over. I'm a year older, hopefully a year wiser, healthier and happier (?)

Till next week, wishing myself a year full of good health...

Coconut milk jelly

With nothing planned for the weekend, I decided to make coconut milk jelly (agar-agar). I've made it so many times before but not this year... Ta daa - here it is

The ingredients are a packet of agar-agar, sugar, coconut milk, water, eggs, salt, pandan leaves and green colouring.  The ingredients are so easy to get and it is easy to make.

Yeah, I made it! Again!! 

Till next week, let's try something else

Eating Thai food

Decided to go for dinner at Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park after work last Friday. With so many choices, we just drove around and saw this cafe - Thai Kopitiam.  I'm a big fan of Thai food so we decided then and there to have dinner there.

We choose the tomyam seafood soup set

and the curry seafood set.  

Both sets come with fish cake,

 white rice,

 mango and sticky rice

and lemongrass.

The food tastes good especially the tomyam seafood soup but the sticky rice is realllyyy sweet.

Till next week, let's have more Thai food ^^

Driving on Seri Wawasan Bridge

Putrajaya is the federal administrative capital of Malaysia.  I've been to Putrajaya before but always during daytime so last Thursday I went there in the evening.  I've always been fascinated with the government buildings and bridges in Putrajaya.

One of the main bridges in Putrajaya is Seri Wawasan Bridge which was completed in 2003.

This futuristic cable-stayed bridge has a sail ship appearance and it connects Precinct 2 on the Core Island to the residential area of Precinct 8.

There are many places to visit in Putrajaya.  Among them are the Agriculture Heritage Park, Botanical Garden, Putra Bridge, Putra Mosque, Putrajaya Cruise, Souq Bazaar and Wetland Park. Haven't got the time to see or visit all though :(

Didn't even managed to take many photos that evening but gonna come back for more :)

Till next week...