Earlier on, I believe those who have followed my blog would know that I've helped a friend with his wedding photography. After given him the whole bunch of edited photos, he then requested if I could help him with printing of the album. I've mentioned to him earlier about this Photobook Malaysia. Having all the photos printed in 4R size and put into a photo album, why not make a photobook? I felt honoured again that he appreciate my ideas and asked for my help again.

I was working on the photos layout using "My Photo Books" software, downloaded from the Photobook Malaysia website. The nightmare began when I realised there were too many photos with too little pages to fill in!!! 282 photos in 40 pages??? Additional page is at RM12.80 per page!!! That is insane! Anway, I went ahead with it. Then, I got another photobook printer from Christine. What a life-saver!!! She recommended EcazStudios to me, which offers similar quality to Photobook, but at a much lower price. RM369 for 11" x 8.5" hardcover book with 100 pages!!! But then, there's a small catch. Either you layout your photos using Photoshop, OR iPhoto. The latter is a software which is ONLY available in all Apple's computers. The PDF file I saved from Photobook, is watermarked as "proof". There's no way I could use that for printing. It's either I use Photoshop to lay them out once again, or I go to the Apple store using their computer there and then.

It was a bit troublesome for me. But since I have promised my friend, I'd have to keep to my promise. After dragging it for so long, today I finally finished everything in Apple store in KLCC. 2 and half hours standing there, no chair or stool for me. Yes, they let me stood and worked! Eventhough they provide good service, leaving me standing and working for more than 2 hours had kind of put me off. My lower back started to ache after 1 hour into standing. Andrew was in KLCC too with his cousins, they were having fun whilst I was working on the photos. Finally got it done and I could then join Andrew for the fun.

No fun it was! It was getting so crowded by the time I finished my lunch. Took some photos for the children, bought something for my sister and we headed back home.

Supposed to go to Klang for "bak kut teh", but Andrew's friend just had it this morning. So, he brought us to try some other specialty in Klang, fish soup in a pot. It's nice, something unique that I've never tried before. It tastes a lil' bit like the fish head noodles, but this is without the milk. I love soup. Hence, I love this. :) We couldn't finish the soup, it's served in a big pot!!! The pot is of the size of those steam boat pot, there was only 3 of us. But we managed to finish most of it. :D I shall go again since the soup is nice, probably with more friends.

Andrew's cousins, also my cousins. :)

The yummy pork ribs in marmite.

The big pot of fish soup.

Yesterday, again Wan Yi came to pick me up around 4pm, she had made an appointment with the chinese sinsei in Cheras. I wonder how I could repay her enough for her kindness. I am very fortunate that I've always been surrounded by people who are willing to fetch and send me whenever needed. I have always told myself, always, that I will have to remember to do the same to others if I have the chance. It doesn't mean that I have to repay to the same person who gave me a lift, it could be repaid to others who's in need.

I am glad that the sinsei said that my health has improved a little bit. LOL! Yeah, just that teeny weeny bit. :) But still, that is an improvement. I shall continue to take good care of my body. After all, no one is responsible for my health except myself.

After seeing the sinsei, Wan Yi asked I have any place I'd like to go. Of course I didn't expect to go anywhere other than visiting the sinsei and heading back home. She then made an impromptu suggestion of going to Ikea! Gosh...... Again, it's kind enough of her to offer me a lift home afterwards. Okay, I must admit I couldn't resist the temptation of Ikea-ing too! LOL! It's been quite a while I hadn't been to Ikea, more than half a year! We spent some time in finding the right and shorter way to go to Ikea from Cheras, nearly got lost. Luckily we made it. :)

Can't believe we were having so much fun in Ikea too. Laughing all the way through, jokes, ideas, admirations, impressed with the designs...... We spent more than 2 hours in Ikea! I only bought a pair of brushes for bottles cleaning. LOL!

Everytime I go Ikea, there's one thing that both Andrew and I must have. Of course I wouldn't miss it too eventhough Andrew wasn't with me. The ice-cream!!! It's only RM1, and it is yummy! You don't believe that a RM1 ice-cream would be available in such a place and yet it's yummy? Go have one the next time you visit Ikea (it's right opposite the check-out counters). :) The other thing that is nice in that lil' cafe is the curry puff. But it's quite expensive though, RM1 each. I bought 3 curry puff and the ice-cream. Yum yum!!! Wan Yi and her dearie husband got some hot dogs for themselves.

We headed to the car-park with our satisfied and filled tummies. Hahahaha! Wan Yi suggested again to have dinner together, in Klang!!! She was making me feeling oh-so-guilty to have her send me back home all the way from Klang and they'd have to go back Subang again. Luckily my knight in shining armor called just at the right time. :)

Andrew: Going dinner? Later I come Subang pick you up, don't always let people send you home.
Me: Sure not???
Andrew: Yes LAHHHH!!! Either you wait for me or you ask her to send you back, you choose!

Hehehe... I am fortunate to have such an understanding husband too. So, I went to Klang with them without feeling that extra of guiltiness.  :) We went to Boston again. This time, the food was nicer. We waited 1 and a half hours for the food!!! People, if you do not have the patience, that is definitely a place you wouldn't want to go despite of their good food.

Went to Wan Yi's house to wait for Andrew. Watching TV, eating mooncakes...... Gosh... Meeting with Wan Yi would definitely make you feel guilty of yourself. I was practically eating all the time!!! She certainly knows how to keep your mouth busy and keep every corner of your tummy filled with nothing but food!!! LOL! Well, no one to blame but myself. She can't force me to eat too if I could resist myself from eating. Hahahaha......

I reached home around 1.30am. What an unexpected day filled with fun! Thank God for giving me a bunch of good friends while taken away some bad ones from my life. LOL!

Photos time! (Photos taken using my iPhone, not of good quality I must say.)

The yummy ice-cream!

The hot dogs!

Steamed lala clams.

Deep fried crayfish with Nestum (oats).

Saw this huge bus was on tow on our way back to KL. Huge bus with small tow truck, incredible.

Last night, I was nervous for Melissa, the soon-to-be bride. Why? Because she was having difficulty with her slideshow, it just seemed that she couldn't convert it into DVD format. Wan Yi and I had spent the night the try to solve it for her too. Hahahahaha...... Luckily this morning she SMSed us that she finally settled it and it's working good. Phew! I didn't realise that I worried so much and I was having this nervousness until this very morning.

Since I had a late night, woke up late today, 12pm!!! LOL! Got up, did some facial mask, iron Andrew's shirt, Facebook-ing for a while, shower, body scrub, make-up, dress up, styled my hair...... Geez... It was then 5pm! I was all ready waiting for Wan Yi to come pick us up, but she was late. Luckily the journey to Seremban was pretty smooth.

Got there at 7.30pm. Melissa looks so so so beautiful! Gave her a big bear hug. Hahahaha...... It's fun and nice to see all the familiar faces again, Christine, Samantha, Berry and Nicole were already there with their husbands. So much fun we had running between 2 tables taking photos. LOL! We were so crazy doing all the crazy things, talking all the silly talks, and we laughed so much and loud! Hahaha......

Finally, time to say goodbye. Promised to give Melissa a big "tight" hug... Hehehe... Felt my eyes tingling. I have always felt emotional attending friends' wedding reception. Don't know why.

May Melissa & Alex live happily ever after. :)

This morning, saw a friend posted a photo in Facebook. I was so curious and yet excited. Dan Brown has got new book???

Just so that if you don't already know Dan Brown, he is the author of the famous "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels & Demons", which have become the big movies in cinema.

I am a fan of his after his publication of The Da Vinci Code. Love the little riddles in the book and how things are all intertwined with one another. That's the beginning of it. After The Da Vinci Code, I bought Angels & Demons. Again, I fell in love with the riddles and symbols, and the Illuminati. Finished that, I thought I'd take a break from all the Dan Brown stories and imaginations. But I missed his stories so much! I bought the Digital Fortress and Deception Point! Geez...... Guess what? After reading Deception Point,  that has become my favorite of them 4. You just can't praise enough of how brilliant Dan Brown is to come up with such plot! LOL!

Everytime I went to the bookstore, I would definitely go check him out if he has any new book. And everytime I was disappointed. Come on, 4 books and you aren't writing anymore? 5 0r 6 years after the last book and no more? Gosh...... So sad......

Then, now we have The Lost Symbol!!! And it's the Robert Langdon series!!! I gotta grab it! My gosh, it is only available in hard cover. I don't usually buy hard cover book as I don't find the need of having hard cover for a novel, and it's more expensive. But for this time, I was just going to break free from my own traditions. Hahaha. I bought it! My first hard cover novel (yes, seriously it's my first, except that Jamie Oliver hard cover cook book). I just couldn't wait for the paperback, I want to read it now. All right, for this long weekend, it's just going to be Dan Brown, Robert Langdon and ME. Hahahaha......

Okay, enough of Dan Brown. I'm sorry if I was babbling. :P I'll tell you later if The Lost Symbol worths all the attention of mine. LOL.

Finally I could upload photo to Wordpress. The hard cover book costs RM99.90, but currently Kinokuniya is having a 30% discount on the book, with purchase of any other value of book/magazine! If you want it, go grab it now!

很奇怪吧，面档竟然有肉骨茶？！是的，你没看错，我也没看错。那里明明就写着面档。也许早市卖面，晚市则是肉骨茶吧。

昨晚看完戏，Andrew的爸爸，也就是我的家翁，说带我们到Kuchai Lama去吃肉骨茶。他说好吃。到了那，还没坐下来，我就看见了。。。饭桌上有一只小蟑螂！！！我的天啊。。。勇敢的Andrew把它拍走，然后一脚把它给踩死了！*晕倒* 硬着头皮坐下来。猪脚醋没了，所以只叫了肉骨茶。

肉骨茶来咯！！！唔。。。汤头不是很有味道，感觉就像普通的一碗汤，没什么药材味。肉嘛。。。汤味没被肉吸收，肉也只是肉味。豆腐干（tau fu pok）也没什么味道。生菜似乎油腻了一点，咸了一点。好失望啊。。。唯一的好，就是便宜！三人份的肉骨茶和一碟菜，才RM38而已哎！我和Andrew常去的那家，两个人加一碟菜都要RM32了！但是一分钱一分货，好吃的贵一点没关系。不是吗？:)

三个人的分量还蛮多的，胃口不大的三个人，叫二人份其实就够了。

很抱歉，我的iPhone竟然没把地址给储存起来。只存到了店名！店名是“好易记肉骨茶”。从电话里的地图上，我只看见Jalan Gembira，Jalan 1/128，大概是在Taman Gembira的附近。实在是太抱歉了，不好意思。经一事，长一智。下次我会小心存好地址了。

下一次，我将会介绍一下那间我和Andrew常去的。对我们来说不远，就在我们所住的附近罢了。

如果你也是肉骨茶爱好者，要留意了哦。:)

I think this is my 5th post about Michael Jackson. I know I never blogged about him while he was alive, and to blog about him now may only make me looking as if following the trend and news. Well, he IS now everywhere, on the TV, internet, news, music store, bookstore...... How can one-self not think of him when practically we are surrounded by him? Before this, when he was alive, the world had never been surrounded by this much of Michael Jackson. Don't you agree? Not even when he was involved in all the accusations and having his concerts.

MJ's most anticipated "This Is It" video, is coming soon. It's a video all about his rehearsals on his never-get-to-do-it concert. Finally, we will get to see Michael Jackson performing on the stage for one last time.

Since he was an idol, I've never met him and I would never meet him now, he has always been in my heart and mind, he will always stay in my heart. In fact, him being dead doesn't really change anything, except that no more "new" news and songs from him in the future. No more live performances. Oh yes, how could I forget! His great contributions to the children and the world. With his death, no one could or would continue what he was doing. That would change a lot of things. How sad. Guess most of the parents now would be begging for MJ to be alive instead of cursing him and calling him names that he had never deserved.

Enough of Michael. Now I am waiting impatiently for his video. Saw the trailer of it, awesome! His dance moves are unbeatable! You rock the world, Michael!

P.S: "Man In The Mirror" just can't stop playing in my head! Weird......