Architectural Houses and Korean Dinner

DURING the Raya break I was back at KL with Ning. One day we've decided to tour around some area where I seldom been, some area that has beautiful houses. Ya know, those houses that goes BOOM and shout 'ME'!

Talking about nice houses, I will usually think of Damansara Height, Bukit Damansara or the Bangsar area. These areas have a higher number of bungalows and nice mansions. I suppose many Datuks or angmohs are staying around there.

So off we go!!!

Referring map for location

I came from the road Jalan Istana towards Jalan Damansara, passing by the Istana Negara, National Museum and Galleria Sri Perdana (residence of Tun Mahathir from year 1983-1999). There you'll find interesting houses and surprisingly the area is kinda secluded and there are many trees along that hilly area.

 This is Idamansara at Damansara Heights

 

 A Castle-like house

 

I call this the louver house =) 

Then we have one that looks like a...ship?

Coming out from Damansara Heights to the Pusat Bandar Damansara (PBD), we then continued to Bukit Damansara at the other side of PBD. It is another hilly area where they are many houses built along the steep, contour area.

 

 Such as this one

 

 This cantilevered house can be seen from Jalan Beringin

 

The National Science Centre which is also located nearby at Mont Kiara

There is one particular highlight for our jalan-jalan cari rumah - the YTL Residence. Previously I was searching for this HUGE mansion owned and resided by the three generation of Tan Sri Dato' Seri Yeoh Tiong Lay and luckily I found it. This time I wanted to brought Ning to see the house.

 

There is a security at the entrance

I didn't take much of its photo fearing that the guard will come and stop us. The only photos of the inside  I could get is from the internet. Amazing house you can find in Malaysia huh. It is just unbelievable!

 (Source) Click here for more info

 

(Source) Look at the scale between the snake-like house and its neighbouring mansions

Later on, we headed to Mont Kiara since we were nearby the area. I saw an APT hair saloon and decided to had my haircut there. RM25 for cut and wash by junior stylist. And I pretty much like it!

lalala~

 Hello, it's me. BOOM!

After the haircut, I brought Ning to Plaza Mont Kiara for a Korean meal. That was actual the plan for bringing her out for a dinner. However to my dissapointment the restaurant where I planned to bring her was under renovation (or closed down I don't know) so we changed to another location in Desa Sri Hartamas.

 

Sura - One of the restaurant the hairdresser recommended me earlier

 

Ooo..use charcoal one

 

 Hungry Ning

 

 Starving me

There was only us and another table of people in the restaurant. My guess it because it was a weekday, hence the less customer. Anyway, we ordered one set of beef and another set of pork as recommended by the waiter. So here goes:

 

 As usual, Korean meal comes with lots of side dishes

 

 Steamed egg

 

BBQ beef

Roll-up the beef filled lettuce with some sause

 

 We couldn't finished the side dishes as it was already close to full

Fruits and dessert are served after the meal

In Brief

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MBS Carnival

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Randy and Pik Shen's birthday

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Fathers' Day

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Chia Sheng's birthday

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INTI Orientation cum Fashion Show

DUE to time constraint, I can hardly blog these few days. If I have the time, I'll blog more of those above when I return to KL. I will be leaving for Bangkok with dad later at 1.40pm. Booked the ticket last week when AirAsia was having a promotion at only RM9.99!

Anyway, will upload some photos of Bangkok when I come back. Dunno what is going to happen there for the next 6 days. Hopefully no bomb and protests in the street. Hehe.

Sa-wat dee! Ciao...

KONAD - Korean Nail Art Design

THE other day I visited my friend, Catherine who was helping her aunt out with her new shop in IOI Mall, Puchong. Well, it's not a shop actually, more like a stall located on the concourse area.

Catherine's aunt is trying to set up a nail art design store. All the products of the are imported from Korea. And she told me that her aunt is among the first to import and starting a business of this in the country.

At first she wanted to give me a try for free. But of course I didn't want because it looks so girlish. Somehow in the end I agreed to give it a try. Just a finger won't make any difference. So I requested her to choose a not-so girlish design.

She explained all the products and also the steps while doing it for me. It looked simple as it is. Anybody can just learn and use it without any difficulties. If you are creative, you can even decorate you nails with different mix and match of patterns and colours.

Clockwise from the bottom: 4 different plates, base coat, top coat, coloured nail polish (black and blue), stamp chop and scrapper

Firstly, she applied the base coat to the fingernail. It gives the nail a base layer and it will also protect the nail.

After that, I left my nail to dry a little while under this cute little nail dryer.

This is also imported from Korea

Next she applied the KONAD coloured nail polish on the desired pattern on the plate. There are many plates for you to choose from and each of the plate has seven unique patterns.

After applying the colour, she scraped off the excessive polish from the plate using the scrapper.

And using the stamp chop, she then pressed it on the pattern so that the image will stick on the surfaces of the stamp.

Before stamping the image on my nail. There!

Once again, leave the nail to dry.

Lastly, a top coat is applied on the nail. This acts as an outer layer for the nail and make it shine as well.
The results was not bad afterall. Easy and fast. So I decided to let her to do on the second finger.
And then the third one. Haha.
But then I asked my friend to removed the last one as it was too flowerish for me.

Before I left, she showed me one last product. It is called the Pro Salon Case contains all the full set. It has 19 different nail polishes, a big image plate contains 268 designs, 3 stamps, 3 scrapers, 2 top coats, a base coat, cuticle oil, two-way buffer, nail trimmer, tweezer, sponge, glitter etc etc.

Those who wish to open a nail art design shop will have to purchase this. And it looks so cool.

The briefcase of the famous Double O Seven James Bond (minus the butterflies).

Guess how much does it cost?

만녕 하세요 3

3rd February 2004 

Went to meet Inah at 9am then had breakfast at one of the coffee shop below the hotel. It was the first time she tasted the kaya pao.

After the breakfast we headed to KLCC by monorail and LRT. Once there, we went to collect the skybridge visit pass from the counter. It is free of charge but tickets are given out on a first-come, first-served basis.

The visiting time we got was 12pm and since it was still early, we went for a walk at Suria KLCC and the park outside. When it was about time, we gathered at the basement and there was a guide bringing us up to the 41st floor by the express elevator. Then we were given 10 minutes of time to enjoy the view and to snap photos on the South Korea-made bridge at 170m above the street levels. 

Me with Inah

After that we took LRT to Masjid Jamek and walked to Puduraya Bus Terminal to get the Genting Highlands bus tickets for the next day. As it was lunch time, I brought Inah to eat char siew rice nearby Chinatown  Since my school is just nearby, I brought her there and showed her around.

On the day, the weather was freaking hot! We had a cool refreshing air mata kucing drink at Chinatown then went to Sin Ma Kotaraya to buy a Korean movie VCD. Inah recommended [My Tutor Friend].

From there we then walked to Dataran Merdeka, the Sultan Abdul Samad Building and the Masjid Jamek. We also visited the National History Muzuem, which was my first time also. After a long walking distance we rested a while at the Masjid Jamek McD's before taking a bus to send Inah back at Bukit Bintang.

At night, I asked Khong Jin out to join us for dinner. We met up with Inah outside the Bukit Bintang KFC and she brought along her new Korean friends who were staying next to her room. They just got to know each other the night before. The two Koreans are actually sisters, Hyu Jin and Hyu Jung. They were already been in Malaysia for quite some days.

Me, KJ, the Korean sisters

We walked to TGI Friday's (the one on Jalan Sultan Ismail) from the hotel for dinner. The Korean girls gave Khong Jin and I a treat! It was a nice and enjoyable moment at there.

After meal we went for a walk at Bukit Bintang. Khong Jin and I went back by LRT after sending the girls back to the hotel. What a nice but tiring day!

Well, I am happy at least. And the next day was even happier! =D

만녕 하세요 2

2nd February 2004

It was raining in the morning. Dad fetched sis and I to the backpacker hostel where Inah stayed the night before. She already checked out the place and brought along all her luggage.

First, we looked for a budget hotel in the Bukit Bintang area came to this Town View Inn. It is located at Jalan Alor, not far from the Bintang Walk. The environment was far much better than the one in Puduraya. For about RM60, you'll have a windowed room, with own bathroom and a bed, of course. Plus, there are many eating places just right below. The receptionist told us that there were two Korean girls also staying just right beside Inah's room. Perhaps they could meet up if they want to.

After she checked into the room, dad brought all of us for breakfast at Ah Koong Fishball Noodle Soup in Pudu. We had kuey teow soup and dried noodle etc.

Then dad drove us to the new Admistrator Centre of the Federal Government of Malaysia - Putrajaya. There wasn't many cars and people as it was a newly developed site at that time. There are mainly government buildings including the Prime Minister's Office. And the bridges there were nicely designed.

We also visited the Putra Mosque. Inah and my sis were required to wear the pink robes when they entered to mosque, for religion custom purpose.

After visiting Putrajaya, we went back to KL and went to Central Market. Visitors like Inah will get to see a variety of stalls selling all kind of merchandise such as personalised T-shirts, handicrafts, portrait artists and souvenirs.

Inah got herself a 'Welcome to Malaysia' T-shirt and dad bought her a mini model of the Petronas Twin Tower, as a souvenir.

Next, dad brought us to the National Muzuem. I have not been there for like n years already. I think I wouldn't be going there if Inah didn't come to KL.

We went home back to pick mum up after visiting the museum and invited Inah to come our house but she was kinda reluctant to enter. Too shy I guess. So we went to Esquire Kitchen in Sg. Wang for lunch together.

There were some difficulties between our conversation. We are so used to Manglish and Inah speaks Korean as her first language. Therefore it took us some time for to figure out what we were trying to say. Haha. After the meal it was already four something so I sent Inah back hotel to rest before heading went home. 

At 9pm, waited for Inah at the hotel lobby then went for a walk together at Bukit Bintang. There wasn't so many people at that time. I believe Seoul is much more happening and crowded than here. Probably it wasn't holiday season in Malaysia there the area seemed to look a bit dull.

We then walked Berjaya Times Square and it reminded her of Lottle World in Seoul. We had a drink and some chat in BB Walk. She was having headache and a feeling a little drunk after that I sent her back to the hotel.

to be continued...