Because my mom insists that her birthday should be celebrated 3 days in a row - pre pre birthday, pre birthday, and birthday, we'll be having a 3 day celebration.
Yesterday was her pre pre birthday. wtg. We were supposed to go to RakuZen but the place was packed to the ceilings, so we made do with Kinpachi instead.
sushi selection platter. the eel was.. mmm scrumptious. 4/5 stars
vegetarian handrolls .
I dont like veggie or roe. so 2/5 stars
roasted quail's eggs.
too hard. 2/5 stars
Chawanmushi.
THE BEST CHAWANMUSHI I'VE EVER EATEN! 5/5 stars
yumm yumm
haha. underestimated the wasabi.
tempura. don't like prawn so I didn't try it.
some pregnant fishy thingy. Don't like it. Didn't eat.
Nabeyaki Udon. not that good. 2/5 stars
chicken covered with melted cheese and served with spaghetti sauce. the cheese... mmm..but so weird to eat with spaghetti sauce. minus 1 star.
3/5 stars
That be all. terlalu malas to elaborate.
Kinpachi is located in SS17 , the upper level of the row of shops facing the main road.
Hopefully, we'll get into RakuZen tomorrow. =)
jwC
edit: I'm thinking of starting a food category for this blog. OBVIOUSLY, If I DO do it, it'll be better than this entry lah. and the pictures will be better too. SO What do YOU think? Comment below, terima kasih banyak.
For those of you who missed the opening ceremony last night, here's the official website for the Beijing Olympics. http://en.beijing2008.cn/
Seeing the opening ceremony live on television yesterday was just spectacular. I was in awe of the grandiosity of it all, the thousands of people used for the performances, the tour through the historic timeline of China, from The Great Wall to the latest landing on the moon by China's astronauts.
The performances took its millions of viewers through a journey of China's greatest achievements, from thousands of years ago till today and I felt so very proud of her success (cos I'm chinese ah wtg), of her rapid growth and her glowing mark on the worldmap. Never again will anybody look down upon China, for she has shone her brightest and must be acknowledged and respected. Gone are the times that people used to belittle the chinese.
I've never shunned my roots or my mother tongue, but this bring back a very distinct memory of several people i know of who shed their chinese heritage the way a snake sheds its old skin. One guy even told me that it was "uncivilised" to speak in mandarin. I cannot take the shallowness and stupidity of such thinking.
Confucius' 3000 diciples, who came out chanting the lun yu
A dancer dancing on a large piece of paper depicting the great wall of China, which an earlier performer drew with practised brush strokes.
I personally love dances like this, with their long sleeves, so mesmerising.
A performer playing the pi pa.
formation of the great wall of China. (and later on, chinese characters)
The most spectacular performance, and believe me, they were all very very good, was the word formation one. I thought it was mechanical at first and almost died when the performers came out after the show was over. The fluidity, the synchronised waves of action, the individuality of each performer, for no two had the same moves, was just.... amazing. Simply amazing.
The performers under the moving boxes. Note how they're all at different heights and bear in mind that they each have different movements. One single error could ruin it all. Imagine what an extra stroke could do to a chinese character.
Taichi performance.
Again, very fluid, very organised, very impressive. Especially when they formed a pigeon and even made it seem as though it was soaring by having the performers who made up the wings run up and down.
The sphere on which Sarah Brightman and Liu Huan performed "You and Me", the theme song.
I wonder... how many of us will be more interested in China's history now? How many people of the WORLD will look her up and read about her 5000 year history? (is it 5000? I think so) And how many stupid ones will feel ashamed of their mother tongue and roots as a chinese?
For those who are interested, here's a site for you to read up on China's History.
TOmorrow's Taylor's Charity Carnival Day, themed - Taylor's Give Back.
( I THOUGHT OF THAT GENIUS LINE - GIVING BACK WEEK)
go support, buy stuff ah yada yada. Malas wanna promote.
I received this message earlier:
Hi! This message is from P1, about the flower dedication. You had received flowers from your fren, so we are delivering it to you... Please come and collect the flower tml morning at guard house, 8 am sharp. Thx.
=.= first of all, it's hazy now, everyone knows that. and this person wants me to stand around waiting for some flower which he/she should be delivering TO ME. Not ME picking it up from THEM.
Secondly, and the main thing that really ticks me off, is THE COMMAND that DEMANDED me to be there at 8am SHARP.
SHARP U KNOW. wth.
So I replied:
You're supposed to be giving me flowers but command me to be there at 8 sharp. Right...
Dahlah I'm having sore throat and my nose is flowing like niagara and this fella wants me to inhale more polluted air and synchronise my watch to be there at 8 am SHARP. mimpilah, anda.
I know I'm being very bitchy ah. But I'm sick. So I win.
MY DAD IS SUPER FUNNY ah! we were having dinner - fried rice. and he had tobasco with it. He took a tissue to wipe his mouth after he finished his dinner. Then, unknowingly, used the same tissue to clean his nostril and said he felt a 'burning" sensation. Thinking his right nostril was problematic, he dug his left one too. Only to feel it burn up as well. TheN ONLY HE REALISED THE TISSUE WAS THE SAME ONE HE USED TO WIPE TABASCO OFF HIS MOUTH. HAHAHAHAHA. SO HE FINISHED DINNER WITH TWO BURNING NOSTRILS! HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAA. AND HE PROUDLY TOLD US SUMMORE. WTG !
Sultan of Brunei 's Private Airplane This Airbus 340 aircraft was 'remodeled' in Waco . Yes, the sinks are solid gold and one of them is Lalique crystal . The Sultan bought the aircraft for roughly $100M; had it flown to Waco , brand-new, had the interior completely removed; and had the folks at E-Systems (now Raytheon) install $120M worth of improvements inside and outside
Seriously. A SOLID GOLD sink??? Why? If your sink is SOLID GOLD, does it mean that it sprouts out the fountain of eternal youth?? The only thing more stupid than this is a solid gold toilet bowl. And that exists too. These people are either insane, bathing in money, or insanely bathing in money.
If you have so much to spare, throw some my way can? All I want is an RM150 top from Somerset Bay.
I can think of a million and one ways how the money spent on this airplane can be put to better use. But I guess you can think of them yourself.
I just have to know. How many starving people can USD300 million feed?
The competition went... okay, on my part. I screwed up a couple of the notes and was a little out of breath at some parts, but all in all, it was great. My leg was shivering as I stepped on the pedal though. Kecemasan yang teramat. Could've sworn I released some pee wtg.(harhar joking ah)
this is the song, if you're interested. But I sang it a tone lower.
For a song that I heard less than 5 times and only learned the chords for the piano accompaniment yesterday night, I think it turned out fairly well lah.
And there are no words i can use to thank all my friends for being there just to support me (and Yi MIng) today. Germaine, Babyface, Alia (who was ill), Sean, Fifly, Rachel, Mandy (yes ah?), Ying Xian, Babi Jia Shen, Jack, En Lin, Theng Seng .. I hope I didn't miss anyone out. Thanks so much yo. terharu dengan teramat. =,) I sincerely love each and every single one of u lah, pai seh.
jiaweiC