The Vanilla Place, Empire Subang

Hey peeps! Sorry for the longggg break.. Truth is, I was a little down recently and I didn't want to fill my blog with emo/sad posts. Hehe. Mr Choe's back ache is recovering now (he had slipped disc) so I hope this is the beginning of the ending of the down time. Hhahha.

This girl's outing that I decide to post is one that happened weeks ago! Ee Vonn, Kareen and I went to The Vanilla Place at Empire Subang for a lunch date. I haven't dated them since and I miss them both!! I am not much of a food blogger like Kareen but I'll just post pictures of the food and comment a little. Hehe.

The Vanilla Place

Kareen + Pesto Pasta.

Her pesto pasta was good it seemed. :)

Me + Aglio Olio.

My aglio olio was so-so only.

Ee Vonn + Nachos with Beef.

Nachos was nachos. Hahhaah. 

(Now you know why I am so not food-blogger-material)

Next, food pictures!

Pesto Pasta.

Aglio Olio.

Nachos.

And brownies for dessert! Warm brownie served with ice-cream, one of the simplest luxury in life.

I am a sweet tooth so this was what I enjoyed the most. Hahha.

I like this picture of me, but my hair got in the way of Kareen's hair.

So this is a better picture. Hahah.

My OOTD

Crochet hairband: Ipoh Parade

Black turtleneck top: Macy's

Turquoise/beige sailorpants: Kenanga

Yellow handbag: Coach

Black ballerina pumps: Zalora

Kareen's OOTD

Necklace: RarelyCloudy (coming to you real soon!!)

Black top: Uniqlo

Red capri pants: H&M

Wedges: Vincci

That's all I know. Hihi.

Colourfully coordinated outfits make me happy!!

Life, and death

I just came home from a funeral of an aunt who lost the battle against breast cancer. This is an aunt who was so strong to have fought this battle twice, this is an aunt who stayed jovial despite her cancer, this is an aunt who fought her battle to her last breath and for this, I salute her. And I respect her family for fighting this battle together with her too. They have been taking time off work to care for her, encouraged her, tried all options to nurse her back to health.

Unfortunately, everything has an ending.

Sometimes, attending a funeral put things back in to perspective. It reminds us of what's really important in our lives. It makes us see the real kind of love within a family. It brings back memories, some long forgotten. It makes us put aside all differences and reunites us in times of gloom. It holds a family together.

And it helps me too. It helps me understand better, the effect of my work, as a life insurance advisor. It helps to push me further, to overcome challenges that come my way. If my aunt can be so strong in the face of a killer disease, so can we, as healthy and fit people, overcome obstacles and challenges in life. It reminds me, that we only live once, and that everything I do, I put my heart and soul into it, because I only live once. It reminds me too, to extend kindness to all, to be a good daughter, a good partner and a good friend to everyone, because we never know when.

Thanks aunt, for teaching me strength and perseverance. May you always be remembered.

Cars are not a girl's best friends

I don't get along well with cars, or, well, maybe just for the past month.

My little Meevi got into accident.

Drove home without realising there is a nail in my tyre.

Good: I learned how to change tyres. So you can call me up the next time you need to do an emergency tyre change.

Bad: Had to change two of my tyres because they are no good already.

Took a nail to make me realise my tyres are botak already.

Car engine could not start.

Mr Choe's friend had to come all the way from Subang to help me find out what's the problem.

He finally nailed it down to a faulty relay, phew!

Thank goodness Mr Choe has a friend who owns an automotive service center in Subang who's willing to ride all the way here to help me check on my car. If not I'll probably have to hire a tow truck.

If your car needs any service/repair, just ask me for his number ok!

Conclusion, I repeat, cars are not a girl's best friends.

First in the group - Mrs Lee

Finally, the first one to get married in the gang is Miss Neow Ti Hooi!

Last weekend we all made a special trip to Melaka for Ti Hooi's wedding. And it seems that age is catching up... After the weekend of driving to and fro Melaka, and hosting friends for 4 days, I was so so so exhausted... Stop! That's depressing! Let's talk about the fun stuffs shall we? Hehhehe.

The Wedding

We crashed the morning "pick-the-bride" session! To our disappointment, Mrs Lee did not expect us to be at her wedding during the morning where she was supposed to be wedded off to Mr Lee. To her surprise, we told her we were going to be there, the night before. Hahahha. At least we gave her a pretty late warning, if not, she will be shocked, not surprised. hahaha.

I'm sorry I don't have most of the group photos...

Let you in a secret, we are actually second cousins. Hehhe. 

Details of my dress, up close.

Getting ready for night reception. :))

OOTD:

Pink dress - Chic-in-Pink (find them on Facebook!)

Black ribbon - to give a waist line to my dress

Nude pumps - Aldo

Wah the dramatic light effect..

Again, group pics are not with me and Doris's phone crashed so we can't get the group pics yet...

Random selca shots. The term selca I learned from Chuckei's blog. ahha.

Eh, can you see my curls?? :P

When I get my hands on the group pics, will upload!! I also wanna remember how we all looked like at this wedding haha.

The Food

Gosh we ate so much I could not believe! Non-stop eating! Luckily we could burn some fat by walking and shopping on Jonker Street. I forgot to take pics of famous Nadeje mille crepe cakes!! Had them 3 years back and missed them ever since so this is my chance!! Hahaha. But sorry, no photos. :((

Jonker88 cendol.

Can you count the number of hands attacking the poor cendols??

We ordered ordinary/default cendol, mango cendol, sago cendol and sago gula melaka.

I liked sago cendol the most!

Then, off to the shop beside Jonker88 for some Nyonya Asam Laksa, different from Penang Asam Laksa but quite nice.

A bit spicy though, so we ended up with few glasses of iced lemon tea. haha.

Next day, the eating spree continues!!

Amoy Nyonya pancakes, just outside famous confectionery store, San Shu Gong. (pic below)

Great for breakfast hehehe.

This is where I bought their famous pineapple tarts home.

Mum loves pineapple tarts and she commented San Shu Gong pineapple tarts are very nice!

Then, as brunch (wth), we had Muar Chee.

Chicken rice balls for lunch!

Note that breakfast, brunch and lunch all happened in the same hour!! Hahahha.

Don't know the name of this shop but it's opposite San Shu Gong.

Coconut jelly as dessert.

And this Ting Ting candy as fun treat. Hehhe.

The name Ting Ting is apparently derived from the sound of the hammer (I don't know what I should call the tool, haha) knocking the candy.

So much effort goes into making this small pack of candy.

There are so much to eat on just one street! 

The Crafts

I just wanna highlight some cute crafts I saw along the street.

Pop-up cards.

Mini wire sculptures.

Classic hand-painted porcelain.

This is so classic we don't even use them anymore!

But maybe, time to bring back the classics!

Decorative bulbs.. Maybe one day. :D

The After-Party

When we came back to KL, Ti Hooi (now Mrs Lee) invited us for a lunch get-together because she misses us too much! ahahhaa. And we went to Pavillion.

And we wanted to verify that mille crepe cakes in Melaka are still the best.

Verdict: Hokkaido Mille Crepe Cake 0 - 1 Nadeje Mille Crepe Cake

Ginza Cafe for lunch.

Don't ask me why September set lunch menu can still be used in the month of October. Lol.

Tried the curry udon for myself! :)

And when I came home that weekend, I got a surprise gift waiting for me!!

Aldo clutch from Bangkok.

Years ago, Mr Choe got me a Coach wristlet, also in the same type of champagne gold.

He felt that it's probably too small for me now, what with the invention of huge smartphones. haha.

So this is the substitute for that, in case I need a bigger champagne gold clutch. Hihi.

Phew!! Long post! That's because I had a longggg weekend! ;))