Till we meet again

After almost nine years, I tendered my resignation on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Last Monday, July 14, 2014 was my last working day and now I'm taking a break before I start work at a new place.  July 31, 2014 will mark my 9 years and a month with my current employer.

As the tradition goes, I had farewell breakfast, lunch and dinner. My first farewell lunch was at Black Market with my ex-boss, my boss of 8 years on Thursday, June, 26, 2014. That was my first and only lunch alone with him. 

The following day, June 27, 2014, I had farewell lunch at Mitasu Japanese Restaurant with a colleague from Corporate Direct Department.

On Tuesday, July 1, 2014, I had breakfast at Black Market with an ex-colleague who is currently working at Tokio Marine Insurance Berhad. I had fruity pancake… yum yum

On Friday, July 4, 2014, I had lunch at Spasso Milano with four colleagues from Broking Department and a colleague from Agency 1.

On Monday, July 7, 2014, I had lunch at Capriccosa Restaurant with a colleague from Single Actuarial Organisation. We had my favorite pizza ~ four kinds of cheese ~ Quattro Formaggi,

  seafood pomodoro spaghetti ~ mussels, calamari, tuna and clams in homemade tomato sauce ~

 lemon tea and soup.

On Wednesday, July 9, 2014, I had lunch at Kamimura Japanese Restaurant with two colleagues from Underwriting Department and an ex-colleague who are currently working at MSIG Insurance Berhad.

That night, I had dinner at BBQ Thai located at Jalan Klang Lama with another colleague from Broking Department. 

It is an open air restaurant and it also has wooden huts.

It opens daily from 5 pm to 1 am.

 We ordered Thai BBQ lamb, 

kailan with salted fish,

steam squid in Thai sauce,

Thai style cassava with coconut milk

and pandan juice.

The next day, July 10, 2014, I had breakfast at Delicious Cafe with another two colleagues from Underwriting Department and a colleague from Broking Department. I had All Delicious Big Breakfast ~ two eggs, chicken sausage, beef bacon, grilled mushroom and tomatoes ~

while the three of them had Eggs Royale with smoked salmon on toasted English muffin,

Eggs Benedict with turkey bacon on toasted English muffin 

and Croque Madame with turkey bacon, fried egg and cheese sauce on toasted multigrain.

 The breakfast set comes with coffee, tea or juice.

I had lunch at Fish & Co with two ex-colleagues who are currently working at Tokio Marine Insurance Berhad and an ex-colleague who recently joined ACE Jerneh Insurance Berhad. 

On Friday, July 11, 2014, I had lunch at Sushi Zanmai with ten colleagues from Health Department.

I also had a piece of New York Cheese cake from Coffee Bean.

That night, I had dinner at Busaba Heavenly Thai Restaurant located at Bangsar Shopping Centre with another three colleagues from Health Department.

We had our starter,

mango kerabu,

tomyam soup,

fish fillet in Thai sauce,

pandan chicken

asparagus

and desserts,

Lastly, on Monday, July 14, 2014, I had dinner at Komugi Cafe, Pavilion with a colleague from Broking Department.

Komugi offers authentic variety of handmade Japanese breads, cakes and confectioneries.

 We had Caesar salad, omelette with cheese

Praline chocolate gateau, yam coconut and strawberry macaroons

and hot chocolate.

These non-stop free meals are making me fat... Hope to get rid of the fat before I start work at the new place.

In the morning, I received a bouquet of Winnie the Pooh

 a plant

cards

and in the afternoon, a piece of cheese cake.

Till next week, thanks a lot, everyone! Nice knowing all of you! Till we meet again...

No matter where I go,
happy memories that we've shared together...
Will always travel with me,
Goodbye and take care!

Melaka

On Saturday, June 28, 2014, I drove to Melaka with two colleagues for an overnight "eating" trip. We left KL around 9.50 am and reached Melaka at 11.20 am. We had an early lunch at Hoe Kee Chicken Rice shop. Well, of course, we had chicken rice :) 

We walked to Hard Rock Cafe right after lunch. 

Next stop was Taste Better durian puff followed by Nancy's Kitchen where we had curry laksa, spring roll (popiah) ~ steam spring roll served with turnips, cucumber, fresh bean, coriander leaves, eggs and garlic ~ and top hat (pai tee) ~ hat-shaped cone filled with vegetables ~

Before we checked in the hotel, we had desserts ~ chocolate fruits plate, papaya snow ice with papaya and mixed pudding with pearl topping ~ at Big Bowl Ice, 23, Lorong Bukit Cina. 

Hotel Equatorial Melaka is a 5-star 22-storey international business class hotel located at Bandar Hilir. It features 496 rooms with view of the Straits of Melaka or historical St Paul's Hill.

After resting for a few hours, we walked to the night market at Jonker Walk where we had our dinner.  We also had Portuguese tarts, curry balls and both of them had dim sum, durian cendol and fried oyster.

Can't miss the largest pineapple tart which was recorded by Malaysia Book of Records in 2004.

Can't leave Melaka without having their satay celup... Satay Celup is a dish where an assortment of raw and semi-cooked seafood, meat and vegetables on skewers are dunked into a hot boiling pot of satay gravy. Capitol Satay Celup Restaurant, located at 41, Lorong Bukit Cina, is the most talk-about satay celup restaurant in Melaka. Capitol Satay Celup owned by Low Yong Cheng's family is the pioneer of satay celup in Melaka. The business has started since mid-1950s. The queue at Capital Satay Celup was too long to wait so we decided to have satay celup at A'Famosa Satay Celup Restaurant which is across the street. It was still a long queue at Capital Satay Celup when we walked back to the hotel.

We reached the hotel around 11 pm. After a good night sleep, we checked out around 10.30 am the next morning.  Our only stop before we left Melaka was for nyonya kuih from Baba Charlie Nyonya Cakes located at 72, Jalan Tengkera Pantai 2. Baba Charlie Nyonya Cakes was established in Melaka in 1988. The business was passed down by Baba Charlie's grandmother to his mother and then to himself. It specialised in all kinds of traditional nyonya kuih.

We reached Kajang around 12.45 pm. Didn't take many photos on this trip.  We were disappointed with the food. Probably coz we tasted better ones.

Till next week, looking forward to the World Cup final this Monday morning.

Hair Treatment

After having my hair coloured and bleached, I have to face the consequences ~ hair treatment. For that, I decided to go to Hairworx Studio. It is located at No.22, Jalan Kuchai Maju 9, Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park, off Jalan Kuchai Lama, 58200 KL.

With the RM250 package, I have to go for two sessions. Went for the first session on Sunday, May 25, 2014. I was there around 2pm and left before 5pm. Gosh, even the treatment was almost as long as the coloring...

Went for the second session on Saturday, June 14, 2014. I was there around 2pm and left before 4pm. Glad that the second session was shorter than the first one.

The services were alright but a bit pricey. With the damage on my hair, guess I gotta continue this treatment on a regular basis :(
Probably at another place?

Till next week, gonna watch the British GP this weekend.