Celebrity Fitness and Theobrama chocolate Lounge

I went for and event at Celebrity Fitness and came away happy and contented because made a new friend, did combat exercise, joined a gym,got a hamper and got the opportunity to try out a new place called Theobroma Chocolate Lounge, a place that I had hitherto not heard of!

Celebrity Fitness at Bangsar Village.

The scented soap mini stall.

gift ideas made from  spa soaps.

These were served to us : Dark, light and white chocs.

The door gifts consisted of healthy muesli and cereals, with dried strawberries and cranberries, and a box of mashed potatoes with roasted onions! Plus RM20 voucher for scented soaps and 2 week free trial for Celebrity fitness. There was also a card for lunch at Theobrama Chocolate Lounge and 2 vouchers for their chocolate drinks. The scented soaps made from natural ingredients, shown here ylang ylang, aloe vera and mulberry green tea.

The soaps are presented  in a beautiful silk box. 

Will use the soaps as gifts for friends.

The goodies that I got shown here altogether.

Pure Belgian dark, white and mild chocolate buds! forgot to see how much it costs at the shop.

The chocolate mug burner. From the attached card :

"Create your own tantalising Hot Chocolate....Direction: 1. Warm 400ml of milk in 60C until it is hot to the touch. 2. Add in 60g chocolate buds and stir until well blended, ready to serve. Grain some chocolate and sprinkle on top for a lush flavour"

I was very lucky.....mine was the first name they called for the lucky draw, and there are only 4 prizes (2 of this and 2 of the soap bouquets). I am glad I got this because I like the mug and burner!

Picture with flash.

This is Eroline Dragon, a 25 yr old Sino Kadazan from Sabah. She calls herself Carol.

 She is a divorced mother of two, she had her first baby at 18 and is only 2 yrs older than my daughter. She readily offered to let me keep my stuff in her locker bec I did not know you have to bring your own locks for your locker! I am such a noob when it comes to gym..bec I am not a member of any!

Our free grub from Theobroma Chocolate lounge with ice blended chocolate drink!

Bubbly and friendly Eroline...at my age I cannot be bothered to make new friends but she made me her friend.

group shot (spotted me?)

Beautiful designer chocs on sale at the choc lounge.

.....tantalising array. (but this Samsung camera phone sucks!)

Menu: Chicken Ham and Cheese Sandwich, Mini tuna Canapes on Baquette, Spiced Quiche, Side salad, Waffles I pc of Chocolate Nougaline, Fair Lady Frappe(Belgian Dark Chocolate Ice Blended)

The venue was Celebrity Fitness, Bangsar Village II. Joining fee RM189, registration RM99, (both waived) monthly RM149 and 2 weeks free trial, plus 3 sessions free personal trainer.

Girl serving us chocolate buds...please see above picture!

boy giving us a session of combat dance.

FRIENDS the sitcom, 10 years later

this is my 10 going on 11 year old


it is deja vu


10 years or so ago, my two big ones were always watching FRIENDS


Now she never misses it


watches every single episode, if possible....some of them I have seen before..with the big ones, all those years ago.

Douglas Lim: Stand up comedy Show at Royal Lake Club, 15 May 2009

On Friday, May 15 2009, we went for Douglas Lim's Stand up comedy dinner and show at the Royal Lake Club. Me and my escort outside the Banquet Hall. Dress code: Lounge Suit for men, smart casual semi formal for ladies. I am dressed in Elle top and pants, with my trusty Carlo Rino bag and Charles Keith platform wedges from Vivo City, Singapore.

Douglas Lim and his special brand of "china man" humour. He is not so well known outside of Malaysia and he was last seen in a local sit-com: Kopitiam.

He touched on a lot of Malaysian politics, and poked fun at the local polticians' goofs and gaffs.

He also made spoofs of the three races...all in all quite harmless good fun!

I caught a shot of him running towards the podium after his introduction.

Before the show started, I headed for the Ladies and saw him standing at the offing, waiting for his cue and excitedly asked for a pix with him! His manager (a stylish lady took it for us)

dessert: Baked Philadelphia cheesecake

Ken's main course: pan seared sirloin beef with asparagus pink pepper and corn sauce

my mains: grilled red snapper with olive oil and Balsemic vinegar

the menu

we enjoyed our dinner...not as lavish as the Expat's Wine dinner though

RM80 for member, RM100 for Ken (he is considered non-member) expensive or not?

blur! Douglas Lim menu without flash

with flash

from my son:

On Friday night went for dinner and stand up comedy by Douglas Lim, one of the cast of Kopitiam from way back at Lake Club. Events at the club would always mean a chance to rub shoulders with Datuks and foreigners which is fun. Everybody is always very warm and friendly. I will admit that it was not as funny as i expected it to be but funny enough. He made a lot of jokes on race, government servants, Singaporeans, the situation in Perak, Chua Soi Lek, Amber Chia and Najib.







The final and presumably the punchline of the night was a joke about how he wished he could be Najib not because he had all that power, but because he could drive his car on Jalan Tun Razak at 20km/h while going left, right, left and right again until somebody would drive up next to his car, unwind the window, and scream, "Your father's road ah?".

Cast iron wok vs non stick kuali

 This is the brand of the cast iron woks which are now quite scarce.....

I ordered new cast iron woks from Yong Heng Batu Pahat because it was  too troublesome to buy them in KL (lack of parking, traffic jam, etc).  In any case, it is difficult to find shops that still stock these woks. They are so cheap! Only RM28 for the 46cm one and RM32 for the 48 cm. The name of the shop is printed there so you can look for it in Batu Pahat.

Uncle Terry had to deliver this new MyVi to Benny his brother in Kuala Lumpur, so brought the woks to me from Batu Pahat.

Uncle Terry at my  house. He kindly collected and delivered the woks to me at my house.

Here they are: two new old fashioned cast iron woks (18 inches and 19 inches), quite rare now in modern times.

They will  replace my expensive RM100 over non stick kwali  (I had to collect points to buy this wok at Parkson)

The new woks were also to replace the old cast iron wok that served us so well,but  it has grown thin.

Luckily this brand still makes cast-iron woks...my 90 yr old father-in-law likes to use these.

I actually fought with my FIL over this wok...he did not like my red wok, he says it is too flimsy

and fancy, but the old wok is now worn and needed to be replaced.

When the woks came,he was so happy he took it to his workstation and started to smoothen the edges.

Isn't his work station awesome??

It has soldering and welding facilities and would put any Kemahiran Hidup (Living Skills...a subject taught in Malaysia) laboratory to shame.

He is scraping the rough edges of the wok that can cut you. Next, he sandpapered the interior of the wok to get rid of the black colour and remove some of the iron remnants.

BTW he was so enthusiastic..he overdid the sandpapering!!! The wok now had a miniscule hole cos he scraped away the iron pastings over the holes!!!!