My children have done me and my husband proud! Not only have they passed their exams, they also did quite well. So to reward my daughter, who has taken and passed many papers and is now closer to her goal, I gave her a treat: lunch at Seri Carcosa.
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This if from the girl who has sat for 2 out of five papers.....she studies hard
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This is from the boy who studies hard.....ly
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Carcosa Seri Negara will be closing on 26 December 2009, because its present lease has ended.
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you can stay here.....for RM1000......starting rates!
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used to be the official residence of the British Resident or High Commissioner
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romantic and whimsical Carcosa by night...harks back to the colonial days
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presidential (or residential) suite, anyone? you can only book up to the 20th
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you can imagine white ladies with wide brimmed hats served by local waiters here
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or white (procelain china white) Malaysian pseudo chinese girl (no wide brimmed hat but wind blown hair, Levi's and spaghetti strapped tank top Tee)..she just finished another Paper and is famished!
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never knowing what is colonialism, she is a BANANA in almond shaped doe eyed glory
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er, both of us have shiny beacon faces cuz we lost each other while waiting for each other at Lake Club
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I chose this corner for its English manor looking walls
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My appetiser: smoked ocean trout tartar with quail egg, horseradish cream and toasted bread..very yummy
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her starter: mediterranean fish soup with green shelled mussel, king prawn and potato..yummy,yummy.mmmmmmm
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main course: pan fried cod fillet with parsley butter, caatalonian ratatouille and potato
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close up of the dish......(french cuisine)
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mine: veal dumpling served in butter monte, young vegetables, fried capers and mashed potato
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a trip to the ladies revealed trimmings in 'gold'...but, leaky taps!
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tea and coffee to round up the meal: no free flow of cream and sugar! After he had gone, she found that she did not have enough sugar and cream in her tea!!!
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fresh flowers for every table
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photo taking time around the place
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I was told lunch time is over, now is tea time: you can have tea on the verandah like this, in the drawing room and on the lawn
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I met Wai Loon under the grand staircase...there was a society event going on
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he's back from Perth and is on assignment
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for this snooty event.."where prestigious brands meet high society"
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the event was held at the balcony, when we went out for more photos
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my zoom is fantastic right?......8 times optical zoom
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to show you how much I zoomed!
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more high society ladies getting their pics taken
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so nice....reminds me of a wedding of my niece in Singapore at Alkaff Mansion
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on the way to my car, I saw this off the beaten path...reminds me of "the road not taken", which I loved as a little girl, before it became hackneyed to death by school boys (and girls) taking it for school literature. (the poem, not the path).
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