Restoran Woo Lan, Family Dinner

WOO LAN RESTAURANT
19, Jalan Scott,
50470 Brickfields,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Telephone : 603-2274 8368

Our latest family dinner with Uncle S was at Woo Lan Restaurant, Brickfields.  Situated in an ancient shoplot at an old, untouched street of Jalan Scott, (this street's name is also untouched! ..read: unchanged) and the food was wholesome and yummylicious....

 concoction of vegetables, prawns, bamboo shoots and meat as a starter

 the second starter or appetiser: mee sin (mee sua) with scrambled eggs and deep fried seaweed

 main course for each table: sour cream sea food curry (sotong, prawns and fish)

 look at the rich, thick creamy santan gravy!

 honey chicken

 sambal kangkong

 wok fried greens ( enough wok hei or panfried flavour!!)

 fantastically fresh fish with blended ginger

 perfectly caramelised pork trotters

 look how wonderfully done it is!!

 simple and delicious!!!

 crowded too!!

 steamed egg and tofu

cousins...growing up!

below is the location of Woo Lan:

Time: 6.30pm

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes divorcing

By The Associated Press | Associated Press – 7 mins ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Cruise and Katie Homes are calling it quits after five years of marriage.

Holmes' attorney Jonathan Wolfe said Friday that the couple is divorcing, but called it a private matter for the family.
Cruise, 49, wed the 33-year-old Holmes in 2006 in an Italian castle after publicly declaring his love on Oprah Winfrey's television show, emphatically jumping on her couch. The couple has a 6-year-old daughter, Suri.

The plan to divorce was first reported by People magazine.

Cruise, currently starring in "Rock of Ages," was previously married to Mimi Rogers and Nicole Kidman, with whom he has two children.

Gardens by the Bay, Singapore

Gardens by the Bay, Singapore is officially opened! 

29 June 2012

Turning Singapore from Garden in a City, to City in a Garden.

Amazing.
...
Pic by Jensen Toh

Saturday June 30, 2012

Singapore unveils iconic mega park

GARDENS by the Bay’s first garden Bay South, which took the National Parks Board five years and S$1bil (RM2.5bil) to create, has opened its doors to the public.
Described by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as “a jewel in the skyline of the Singapore city”, the mega park features two of the world’s largest cooled conservatories, more than 2,000 plant species from nearly every continent and 18 Supertrees, which are vertical gardens of up to 50m tall.
The country’s latest icon is also kitted out with green technology –horticultural waste, for example, cools the twin domes. The gardens have six dining outlets, with two more opening later this year.
The attraction is open from 5am to 2am daily.
The two conservatories and the OCBC Skyway, a 128m-long aerial walkway, are open from 9am to 9pm daily. — The Straits Times / Asia News Network

Preview of BRAVE

Me and my daughter caught the Preview Screening of Brave 

a day before it opened in the cinema

went to the screening at e The curve

the best seats ha ha ha...right in the middle

 this is what they call the "couple seats"

joined seats with no handles in between!

Instagrammed!!

My review of the movie: strong scottish accent of Merida needs 

getting used to, movie was a tad too long,

and the other movie goers had a lot of reactions to the scenes!!!

Big macho hunk next to me actually jumped out of his skin 

at one of the action scenes:

and chubby girl next to J had a lot of OMGs and guffaws, chortles, and giggles.

Salute by Wacoal Launch Party 22.6.2012

Went to the Wacoal Launch

Closed Door Party at

Parkson Pavilion

 At the entrance I saw these mannequins

and thought they looked particularly lifelike tonight.....

 Until they blinked!!!........

yes, they are more than LIFE LIKE....

.they are ALIVE..

real models trying to look like "bluff" models.

 MC for the evening, beautiful and elegant, but I do not know her name!

 went with my daughter's friend, SY

 You can also buy the Salute line of lingerie,

rather pricey though, even with RM50 vouchers given.

 Papparazi and bloggers getting ready for the catwalk show...hardly Victoria Secret, but as close as you can get to VS.

 There they are!!! In a variety of poses and lots of eye-popping undies and unmentionables

 purple dream

 frothy sensation

 burst of trailing blooms

 floating netted wrap

 ah...the food.....

 chocolate canapes

 spooned bites

 we only managed to get one Japanese scallop, yummy,

baked with cheese

2 sets of doorgiftts: two-way bags, wacoal briefs, undies bag,
face blotters, non woven bags, vouchers.

5th day of 5th Moon..Dumpling Festival.

Dumpling Festival is today.

I have not gotten any dumplings to eat!!

Please bring a bunch of dumplings to my house, NOW!!

 for me to eat!

五月五，是端阳，民俗节日不能忘; 

荡起浆，推开浪，龙舟下水喜洋洋。
端午节快乐！

This year, it will fall on: 23 June 2012http://www.chinatownology.com/dragon_boat_festival.html

Dragon Boat Festival
Dumpling Festival
Duan Wu Festival 端午节

On the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, Chinese communities celebrate the Duan Wu Festival 端午节, also known as the Dumpling Festival, Dragon boat Festival.

As it is a Chinese Lunar date, it falls on different days on the Gregorian calendar. This year, it will fall on: 23 June 2012

The festival commemorates Qu Yuan 屈原, a patriotic poet from the Kingdom of Chu 楚国 during the Warring States period 战国时代 who committed suicide upon hearing the fall of Chu’s capital city to the Qin armies 秦军.

He was believed to have drowned himself in the Miluo River 汨罗江on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month in 278 BCE. Civilians around the area row their boats out to try to save him or to recover his body. They beat on drums and gongs to frighten away fishes and sea creature to prevent them from eating his body. When these efforts proved futile, they threw rice dumplings into the river to prevent the sea creatures from attacking his body.

Qu Yuan came to symbolize patriotism and on his death anniversary date, it became a custom to organize Dragon boat races 赛龙舟and to consume dumplings 粽子

In 2009, the Dragon Boat Festival was designated as "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity" by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).

Other Chinese heritages in the list included the Mazu worship and Nanyin.

The following articles explore different aspects of the Dumpling Festival.

Qu Yuan屈原

Qu Yuan, the main character around which the dumpling festival revolves.

Read about the historical period that Qu Yuan lived in as well as see photos of his, hometown, temple, and tomb. These structures are being submerged by the three gorges dam 三峡construction.

Zong Zi (Dumplings) 粽子

The food item that is closely associated with the Dumpling Festival.

Dragon Boat 龙舟

The dragon boat custom that evolved from civilian’s attempt to save Qu Yuan to an international sports event