Thursday, September 3, 2009

Unbeatable scores!

DAMM IT! Baby Cheng had frustrated me! A LOT! I really mean A LOT!! She had beaten my high scores for the Minesweeper "Expert" with 99 bombs!

She was extremely excited with her result that she called me up at work, telling me of her achievement.

Arrggghhhh!!!

Minesweeper's High Scorers


I am sure that there are still many other better players that can beat this score, but wow..at least, this is something that we can be proud of, despite me always having my wrist twisted. Not bad huh?

-Shookie-

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Crustacean Dinner at Restaurant Vong Fatt for Merdeka Day!

Crab-bies. Yeah! Sounded happy? Still, I am not the number one fans of the crab-bies. Baby Cheng is.

Baby Cheng is a food fanatic whom really love eating to the max! Me? Second. Lolz. She doesn't seem to be able to reject good food. Haha..

She wanted to have the crustacean on the Merdeka Day. Her day was rather unpleasant because she was spending her whole day being at home, on a very important project, i.e. studying for final. I wonder if she really did study well with full concentration since the whole family was on an outing to Mid Valley without her. Bet NOT!!

So, the story goes on with us having dinner at a seafood restaurant in Seri Kembangan. I've forgotten to get the name card, so no details this time. But..but..but..the restaurant is located very near to Chan Yew Kee (previously know as Starlight), in Pusat Perdagangan Seri Kembangan.

The restaurant that we went to is - Restoran Vong Fatt. It started its business since quite awhile ago, and was recommended by my dad's friend.

Restoran Vong Fatt located near to Chan Yew Kee


Inside the restaurant, we saw their menu was stick on the wall.

Plenty of choices to choose from!


And, some publishing about the restaurant. Perhaps it was recommended in the newspaper. And well, one in Japanese (I wondered if it was recommended in the Japanese newspaper? Internet maybe?).

Ads sticking on the side wall of the restaurant


Here are the dishes that we had ordered:
  • Sweet and Sour Crab with fried Mantou
  • Kangkung Belacan
  • Sweet and Sour Pork a.k.a. "Gu Lou Yoke"
  • Dragon And Tiger Reunion a.k.a. "Lung Fu Wui" (This is their special dish which I bet you will not be able to try that at any other places!)

Sweet and Sour Crab (with Mantou)


Top: Kangkung Belacan
Bottom: Sweet and Sour Pork


And here comes the main dish of the day!

Dragon And Tiger Reunion


I bet I do not need to say more about the other norm dishes, because, well, they do taste normal. Nothing spectacular, except that the Sweet and Sour Pork was a little soft (not crunchy at all). I will only give an average rating to those dishes.

So, for the Dragon and Tiger Reunion (this was directly translated from Cantonese "Lung Fu Wui", lolz..), I've to say that this dish is very special. It was spicy and moderately milky, with some seafood taste. I can find crab, prawns, squid, "Lala", "Tin Kai", and some Chinese herbs.

The whole pot was served on a portable burner, to heat up the pot and to keep warm.

The first few sips was a little strange though the taste was acceptable. Soon after, you will taste the sweetness of the seafood. I will definitely recommend this!

However, during our visit, we had an encounter with the not-so-fresh prawns. But the shop is kind enough to replace all our prawns with fresh fish slice. Not bad hor? And the service is quite good. They keep apologizing for the non-fresh prawns, which made us felt a little "pai seh" for the complaint. And a little drawback for this dish is that it is quite pricey, at RM48 per pot.

All the dishes were quite small in portion. Nevertheless, give it a try! It is worth to try something new.

Till the next post, tschus~

-Shookie-

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

A New Experiment with Ettusais

Ettusais, it shall be read/pronouns as "et-tu-seh". Ettusais is well known for their medicated acne skin care, target mainly on adult acne!

A little curious on the reason of this new exploration into a totally brand new skin care? Well, my skin is getting bad lately, as well as Baby Cheng. Hers is at a much more worsen condition than mine, probably due to stress from exams and lack of sleep.

The newly repacked balancing Artistry essentials were too oily for my preference. Oil control does not work very well on my skin. Pimples keep resurfacing even though I do apply plenty of Artistry Blemish Gel. I preferred the old balancing Artistry essentials, sadly, it's not in production anymore. Yet, I've to admit that some Artistry products are awesome! I'm into their Blemish Gel and Time Defiance Skin Refinishing Lotion.

So, to start off, I google-d around for details. Some netizens said that Ettusais is a Japanese brand name under the name of Shiseido. It might be true. Reading from the packaging, it was written in Japanese.

Plenty of positive feedback from bloggers on Ettusais products. Hence, I decided to give it a try. By the way, this is the link to their website: http://www.ettusais.sg. They have a wide range of anti-acne products. Note that the price in S$ is higher (after conversion to RM).

Here are my damages:
  • A 3-step skin care consists of Acne Gentle Wash, Skin Version Up Extra (serum with collagen), and Aqua Shooter Extra (toner). First, rub the soap until foamy, gather the foam and apply it to the face. Wash as usual (gently, of course!). 2nd step, immediately apply the Skin Version Up Extra. This will enhance the skin to absorp better. Lastly, apply the Aqua Shooter Extra. The combination of this 3 steps shall give a moist skin. If not, apply the moisturizer.
A 3-step skin care.

  • Pore minimizer set. Zero Pore Coat for day use (can be used as a base), and Zero Pore Mask for night (A few drops on the face will do. No need to wash.).

Pore Minimizer Set

  • Acne Nighttime Defense. Apply this at night as the last step. It helps to regulate the oil production hence the skin will be less oily.

As a token for purchasing these stuff, the kind product assistant gave me some samples. She was not stingy though. She gave me plenty of samples on the products that I did not purchase. Love it till the max!

Medicated Acne Gentle Make Off (make-up remover), and Medicated Acne Daytime Defense (powdery foundation)


Medicated Acne Real Fit Concealer (concealer), Medicated Acne Clear Spots Superior (acne gel),
Medicated Acne Whitening Essence (scars lightener) and Medicated Acne Whittening UV EX (oil block, can be used as pre make-up base)


My real damages:

Huge damages!

  • Acne Gentle Wash - RM39
  • Skin Version Up Extra - RM72
  • Aqua Shooter Extra - RM88
Good news was that I managed to get these at a promotional price - RM139!
  • Zero Pore Coat - RM57
  • Zero Pore Mask - RM76
Another promotional package at - RM89!

However the Acne Nighttime Defense wasn't in the promotional item list. It is retailing at RM90. My total damage, RM319!

This time I really need to stay grounded. No money shall be spent anymore!

-Shookie-