Simple Life 简单的生活

Last Sunday, I went to this restaurant famous for its Loh Shee Fun for dinner. Its was full downstairs and we have to go upstairs.


Established since 1983. 26 years in existence, it must be damn good to last so long and so good business.
Menu with lots of dishes for your selection.
Well, it is easy. look for the Chef Recommendation. SInce it is just three of us we ordered the famous Loh She Fun, vegetable and Sweet and Sour Pok Rice. Will be back to try the others.
This is the famous Loh She Fun and definitely one of the Best in Malaysia. It is a branch out of Jalan Sultan’s Seng Kee Restaurant which is famous and pioneer for claypot Lou Shee Fun. The restaurant owns by the same family and the taste are similiar with the original recipe.

Ben Thanh market has long been one of Saigon's most famous landmark. The market has been in existence since the French occupation. The original market was located on the shores of Ben Nghe river by old fort Gia Dinh. Its proximity to the fort and the river where merchants and soldiers would land was reason for its name (Ben meaning pier or port and Thanh meaning fort). In 1859, when the French invaded Saigon and overtook fort Gia Dinh, Ben Thanh Market was destroyed. It was rebuilt shortly thereafter and remained standing until it was moved to its present location in 1899.

Built on a landfill of what was once a swamp named Bo Ret (Marais Boresse), the new Ben Thanh Market is located in the center of the city. Under the French government, the area around Ben Thanh Market was called Cu Nhac circle (Rond point Cuniac), named after Mr. Cuniac, the person who proposed filling the swamp to create this area. The area was later renamed Cong truong Dien Hong.

Everyone who has been to Saigon would recommend the Ben Tanh Market. All prices of goods are up for haggling. We found some nice lacquer pictures, hand-embroidered pictures and handbags, souvenir t-shirts, Vinamit dried fruits, blue mountain coffee and jasmine flower tea after 3 hours of shopping! The place is terribly humid and quite a maze. Shoppers must be prepared with lots of drinking water, patience and stamina!

Below are some random pictures that I took while I was there.

Air Asia will be flying direct to Chengdu from 20 October, 2009 and with ticket from RM129 on sale till 30 August, 2009. What a deal and a nice destinations with lots of nice attractions.Yesterday, while I am talking about it with my friends, we can resist the deal and make an impromtu decision to book the flights to Chengdu from Nov 5-10, 2009. Well, we will be looking forward to the trip and make arrangement for the hotel & ground arrangements. Hope to get some good deals during the up coming MATTA Fair.

Anyone have any good foods recommendation in and around Chengdu.?

Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, who marked his 100th day in office as the prime minister today, made 11 announcements pertaining to government efforts to provide for a better life for Malaysians.

These announcements were made at the "100 Days of Najib with the People" function at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) which was telecast live by Radio Television Malaysia (RTM).

The announcements were:

1. A 20 per cent discount for users of the pre-paid Smart Tag and Touch n Go cards who pay toll 80 times or more in a month.

2. The government offer for sale of 44,000 units of public housing to people renting these premises in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur.

3. A 50 per cent discount on the licence renewal fee for hawkers and petty traders in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur with immediate effect.

4. The government's raising by 3,000 the number of taxi permits, the applications for which will be approved over the next three months.

5. The introduction of drastic measures to reduce crime and fight corruption.

6. Facilitating applications for registration of births in Sabah and Sarawak.

7. Construction of additional roads in Sabah and Sarawak.

8. Upgrading of water and electricity supply in Sabah and Sarawak.

9. Reduction to RM211 the fee for learning to ride Class B2 motorcycles of 250cc and below, beginning Sept 1.

10. Increasing by RM150 million the allocation for Tekun Nasional, with RM15 million to be made available for young entrepreneurs from the Indian community.

11. Introduction of the new Amanah Saham 1Malaysia (1Malaysia Unit Trust) with a size of 10 billion units.

When he entered office in early April, he owned one of the lowest approval ratings of any incoming Malaysian Prime Minister.

I have visited HCMC and back for more than a week. Too lazy too update and finally found the time to share some info about Vietnamese foods. While in Vietnam, this is a must try noodles called PHO. The other is the famous Vietnamese coffee.

I did some research on what the I must try when I am in HCMC. Someone recommended me PHO and not to miss this PHO shop called PHO HOA. I told my tourguide that I must try this noodles and would like to skip my morning breakfast at the hotel, he said that one is famous with the tourists as well as local which is PHO HOA but the other one is the most popular among the local called PHO HONG VAN. He brought us to PHO HONG VAN on the 3rd day and PHO HOA on the last day.

Well before you wonder what the hell pho is(say "fur") , it is a thin and white long thing, the most delicious noodle in the whole of Vietnam.

This is the shop where the local patronise so it must be good. We went there at around 8am and the shop is packed with mainly local.

This shop is clean and tidy.



Pho Bo(Beef noodles Soup) & Pho Ga (Chicken Noodles Soup).

Some local vegetables which you can add to the bnoodles soup or eat it raw. One of them is mint plant and the other I am not sure.

And Vietnamese taugeh.

Chilly and lime.



Sinec I do not take beef, I ordered PHO GA (Chicken Noodles). Wow, it is really delicious and the best noodles that I had while in HCMC. I will definitely be back if I ever return there.

And Vietnamese Coffee ( CA PHE) too. It’s a drip filter. A metal coffee filter uses a screw-down mechanism to compresses the coffee grounds into a super-dense layer through which hot water is filtered. Because it takes at least five minutes (often longer) to drip through, the coffee is rich in flavor and essential oils. It’s also rich in caffeine!

•Iced Vietnamese coffee with condensed milk
Cà phê sữa đá = "coffee milk ice")
Pronounced like: cah-FAY soo-ah (rising tone) dah (high tone)

My son started taking Piano lessons recently and he is currently practicing at home using a borrowed Casio Keyboard. Keyboard do not have the hammer effect and the keyboard is very light so it is mot suitable for practicing.

I am contemplating to buy a Piano for him and his Piano teacher recommended the Acoustic Piano over the Digital Piano. A reasonably good used upright acoustic piano will costs from RM6k and above. And it will also required tuning twice a year at RM80 each time. It will also required a heater.


And this Casio Celvanio AP-500 Brand New will costs around RM4.5k and no regular tuning required. It has scaled hammer effect for the traditional piano effect feel.

Since I have no music background, it is a dilemma to choose between the two. Any good music experts who can share and advice me which should be a better choice for a beginner.

My old friend has ventured into food business and he started this restaurant few months ago. Two Sundays ago, I brought my family to patronize his restaurant. Their special dish is Famous Menglembu Wan Tan Mee.


Just like most kopitiam this days, you have to write down your own orders. The menu for foods and drinks give you are wide varieties of choices.

The decor & environment is simple and cosy.

This is their Famous Soup Menglembu Wan tan Mee. The wan tan noodles is delicious but I would prefer the quality of Char Siew to be better. After eating those famous Char Siew, I find their Char Siew quite ordinary.

And this is the Dry Version.

Vege Chai & fried Egg Set.



Fu Chook Barley & Pu Er Char.

It is very easy to find as it is located just opposite UOB Bank. So if you are around this area, you may want to give it a try.

Try my luck again in this year Mercedes Trophy for the Hole-in-One Prize of a Mercedes E200k which was held at the Saujana GCC over 3 days from June2-4, 2009. Played on the June03, 2009 and did not play well enough to win any prices nor the Hole-in-One or Lucky Draw.

However, make some new friends who are my flight mates on that day. It was an enjoyable day. Will try again next year. :)