Taylor Swift the Red Party

Went to the Red Party to collect Taylor Swift Concert Tickets for youngest daughter as she had a ballet competition.  This contest was submitted and won by her using her dad's fb account, NOT WON BY ME,  the Contest Queen!!!

I think we were the oldest people at the party, but nvm, I am very thick skinned!!!!

This is my instagram picture or rather my instagram picture using her account and as of now, I had 70 likes!!

AIA printed this picture for me,  can you see Taylor Swift photobombing our pic???

Surprise! Surprise!!! our pic was selected to be in the AIA collage, but no prizes for that!!!

the girls/hostesses at the red party are pretty smoking hot, don't you think?

this is how to submit entries to win tickets, ....later I will show you how my daughter did hers.

at the party...the venue was very hot HOT!!!! sweltering hot, after Beijing and Tokyo, I do not know how we manage to do anything in the heat of the afternoon sun.  My face was bathed in perspiration and even the ice cream did not help.

We met Alwyn who collected the tickets that J won using his sister's fb account.

Jenn's Blue TuTu

Jenn has a dance competition coming up and she has her tutu tailored

 the other girls in their contest costumes according to the dance they have chosen

 Jenn and friends in their practice leotards

 dancers strike a pose in the costumes they have chose

don't they look beautiful????

 look at the details of her costume

 carefully and painstakingly hand sewn

 so pretty and creative

designed by the tailor himself

 even the costumer who sews it loves to watch Jenn dance in it, while he admires his own handiwork!!!

 look at the corset top

 with dangling tassels and blue petals studded with sequins and beads

 comes with matchting belt, arm bands and a head piece

 she is already a winner in this costume!!!!

Mother's Day Dinner at Wasabi Restaurant, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 2 May 2014

We had our Mother's Day dinner at Wasabi, 

Mandarin Oriental, using our Elite Card half price voucher

Japanesese inspired restaurant 

top two pictures from the website

 it is situated at the basement near the carpark

 sushi platter which costs RM200

 the young ones

 the oldie

 do they look alike?

 continuity from the newer generation

 Japanese garlic fried rice

 my group

 teriyaki beef

fragrant and delicious

 soft shell crab

so good you chew up everything

 udon

 we all shared this

Our Mother's Day dinner may be subdued and elegant but it was enjoyable as it was dinner shared by a cosy few, with people that matter.

Last smile of Sultan Azlan Shah

Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak dies, aged 86

on May 28 2014

THIS IS HIS LAST SMILE ON HIS DEATHBED

surrounded by his great granddaughters....

his grandaughters are true beauties.....

Source Twitter : Cucu Almarhum Sultan Azlan Shah, anak kepada Raja Ashman. This is true princess beauty.

Japan: Nanda Crab buffet in Sapporo THE BEST!!!!

freshfish at Nanda - The Best of Sapporo Japan
www.best-of-sapporo-japan.com/freshfish.html



Nanda has one of the best seafood buffets in Sapporo with lot's of fresh crab and freshfish. The cost is 3480 yen per person for 90 minutes.

In Sapporo we were reccommended this restaurant: NANDA Crab Buffet

 Looking for it was a nightmare!!!

 It was wet and cold and we did not know where to go...

 we passed many shops

 and crossed many streets

 we asked many people but none of them had heard of Nanda

 We walked round in circles

and came back to the same place!

 This Japanese girl is so helpful although she does not know what Nanda is

 Actually, it was not her fault, the landmark Novotel Hotel had changed its name to Renaissance and we were told it was next to Lawson, but Lawson is EVERYWHERE, on all street corners!!!

 we really do not know where else to go!!

 We are lost again!

 So glad to find Lawson, but look round the corner, there is another Lawson

 Lost.....

 Lost....lost.... 

 SO HOPELESSLY LOST!!!!!

 THEN, Vincent saw the small sign (in Mandarin!) Nanda!

(out of sheer desperation, he saw it!) 

Basement 2 F!!!!!!

 Address: South 5, West 2, Cyber City building, Basement 2

Telephone: 011-532-7887

Opening times: 16:00〜22:30

Reservations are required for large groups. Restaurant seats 226 people.

 We were so glad, so hungry and so happy we dashed to Basement 2 F!!!!!

so we reached Nanda!!!


waaa!!!!!! crab craws!!!! so gigantic!!!!

heheheh hahaha!!!!!!

 we piled the crab claws on our plate with a vengeance!!!

 we also took a hairy crab EACH!!!!

 President bought us a gigantic Sake bottle

 scallops and shellfish galore...

 we could not help grinning!

 D with her array of crabs

 Steve knows just what to select

 he enjoyed himself! just loved his crabs!

 what the interior looks like...the earlier batch has left because there is a time limit of 90 minutes

 the drink selection is extensive! hot and cold drinks, latte, cuppucino, espresso, all sorts of juices, sparkling drinks soft drinks......all at the push of a button

 all sorts of meat also available...

 live crabs too

 to save time, we take the boiled crabs, ready to eat!!!

 snails, or escargots too

 He is picking the choicest and most expensive stuff first

 hairy crab of course!!!!

 see????? wow!!! now to enjoy!!!

 She is choosing stuff for grilling

 boiled prawns

so excited, so spoiled for choice!!!

 still got time for photos!!!

 mussels

 shell fish, bi valves

 cooked food, garlic rice, nuggets

 steamed food, fried food

 kim chee, pickles, eggs, spicy vegetables

 cold shoba noodles, sauces, miso soup

 condiments for miso soup

 all sorts of soya sauce and gravy

 dessert and sweets

 marbled meat

 endless display of slivered meat

 belly pork

 sausages and frankfurters too

 all sorts of vegetables for grilling

 sushi!!!!

 more sushi!!!

 tempura prawns

 tempura vegetables

 miso soup

 venison curry

 papa grilling crab claws

 Father and daughter having a blast

 all seafood only!!! 3480 yen is so cheap!!!

She is clever, she  chose seafood only!!!

 so nice! so happy!

 this alone is worth the 3000 yen

and this!!!

giant bottle of sake shared but still not finished!!!

 sake!

He shows how to eat oysters

 slurp, suck, swallow, enjoy!!!!

 use the scissors, pick and fork provided to attack the crabs

 the finished shells!

BURP!!!!!

We ate till we got literally chased out!!! hahah!!!
Verdict of the restaurant: good value for money, lots of choices, great dining experience but time was too short!! The drink station was literally swtiched off right on the dot of the expired time!!!