4 Happy Seasons @ Wangsa Maju

Was at home the whole today. Since darling did not go home to his HOME, so we had another day to spend together, or more accurately, evening. We were supposed to go to Fullhouse at Jalan Yap Kwan Seng for dinner but it was fully booked for a reception. My main purpose was to try out my new LuPy(Lumix FH20 Violet). Many reviews said that the food wasn't really good but I saw the price was ok ok. A set for like Rm20 and below. Not bad lor.. I chose the Jalan Yap Kwan Seng outlet because it's newer and we can get the KLCC night scenery. Too bad it was fully book. Sad Sad.

So I came up with the idea of trying out at Restaurant 4 Happy Seasons @ Wangsa Maju.

Like the name 4 Seasons means the theme of the restaurant is Winter, Autumn, Summer and Spring.

Ok Picha time...

Stupid face

a shot of the sky on the way

Restaurant 4 Happy Seasons @ Wangsa Maju ~ can see Wangsa Walk from across the main road

white Christmas tree

menu

winter area

the chandelier soo nice..

me me

Darling squinting his eye

Autumn leaves tree

Darling's Vanilla mango blended @ RM5.80

My calamansi bottom with green apple jelly, grape jelly n sour plum topped with mango puree @ Rm 5.80

It tasted like the ice-cream which is green on the outside and vanilla in the inside.

very very sour and errmm.. I dun remember tasting any mango..

this drink was ok but very sour

top view

Mongolian Chicken @ RM16 ~ Fried then cook with black pepper sauce. It was quite hard instead of crispy

Sizzling HOMEMADE beancurd @ RM12 which tasted very much like Japanese Egg Taufu

the autumn leaves tree indicates its the autumn area

me with my very sour drink

jus wanted the roof picture

darling soo tired

I was sitting in the autumn area.. the pic is the entrance to winter area

the beach mural indicates summer

the fan in the summer area.. nice

the lightings in the summer area

the dining in the summer are

coming down the stairs ~ hate my ugly face in this pic

in front of the restaurant

After all I would only rate 4/10 for the food and 6/10 for the design and concept of the restaurant.

Err... Winter it was cold and white.. no snow also.. or ice..

Autumn... I think only the Autumn leaves tree indicated that it was autumn.

Summer.. It was the beach mural but if it's day time, it will totally feel like summer no doubt.

Errr.. Spring?? Sorry I didn't go in there.

Well, maybe you all can just go there and have a drink and experience the faked 4 seasons, just to have the feel.

Ok, that's all I gotta say. Thank You!

My Journey of Getting A .....

My Journey of Getting A

DSLR MICRO 4 THIRD

Compact Camera. FML.

Whenever I go to some nice place, or eat some really exquisite food, I would be like… Dang… no camera! All these while, you’ve been looking at the photos which I’ve captured with my SE C510 phone. Oklar.. still lucky I got a camera phone rite? The only reason I bought this phone was that it’s 3.2 MP Cybershot apart from the reason that my beloved sleek N76 decided to fail on me. Since I’ve so much trouble getting clear pictures under low light condition, I’ve decided to get myself a camera. My very first own camera.

About last year or so, DSLR was really a big hit and it’s not a norm anymore to see people carrying humongous black optical gadgets around their neck. Before that, I usually only see my uncle does that besides those professional photographers. Rarely see normal humans with DSLRs. There’s even once when I was at a wedding, and a lady was joking with her friend, telling her how ridiculous my uncle looks with his big, old fashioned camera. What she didn’t know was that the camera that my uncle was using was more high-end than her very slim and stylish compact. “Look who’s laughing now.”

So, last year I’ve decided to safe up my money to get a camera. (Yes, I’m a poor student. I need a year or so to get a darn camera) I made a lot of research and was really poisoned by the DSLR quality. But there’s one tiny bit of problem. DSLR are indeed too big for me and it doesn’t quite suit my image, does it? Plus I really gotta think about the portability. And I know, I’m the kind of person who really hates “troublesomeness”. So, I’ve decided to pass with DSLR.

Searched again, I found Lumix G1! It’s not a DSLR but it has DSLR quality images. Just that the camera is smaller because it doesn’t have the mirror thingy and no built in view finder. This type of camera is called a Micro Four Third. Up to date, Olympus and Panasonic(Lumix) are the leading brands which came up with Micro Four Thirds technology. One thing I like about Lumix G1 is that it’s LCD screen can swivel. How cool is that! It make’s our lives easier when we wanna cam-whore. But then I’ve got to give up this also because my friend said that it’s a little too big for me still and there are other smaller models. Heck!! I’m so small mer??

Ok Ok never mind. Continued my quest and I found out about GF 1 and EPL-1. The image quality of GF 1 is really good and this time, this camera is really small enough for me. I don’t think there is anything else smaller than this except of course, Compact Cameras. Just probably the kit lens is big but micro four thirds are not meant to be pocketable. Moreover I will invest on pancake lens in the future after my piggy bank is being filled up again, cause I’ve been poisoned by some lowyat forumers with their really powerful pancake lens’s image quality. Again like always, I will always face a problem. GF 1 is way too pricey and with that price tag, I don’t think I can get it any sooner. So sadly, I’ve got to say bye bye to my dear Lumix GF1. This means I’m left with the last hope, the EPL-1. To me, EPL-1 comes second after GF 1 for the image quality and auto-focus. Auto Focus is also very important to me because I take a lot of my nephew’s picture (Marcus) and he moves real much. Quite hard to get a clear picture of him. But then, quite a number of reviews said that GF 1 and EPL-1 can produce almost the same amount of usable pictures when snapping kids’ photos. So I guess, no difference in that. Price of EPL-1 is also very reasonable which is only 2.4k like that and I could bargain for a cheaper price. So, I’ve set my mind onto this camera and saved my money every month, made sure that my piggy bank is full as fast as possible. Only till last week when I’m sure that my piggy is well fed, I told mummy about this camera and she objected straight away upon hearing the price. She said there’s no need for me to get such an expensive camera blah blah blah.. My heart broke. Tore into two and fell apart. Well that was my last hope of getting a DSLR Micro 4/3. All this while I’ve been saving my every cent and this is the ending that I get? Sighhh!! I should have asked her earlier. If I knew this is gonna happen, I would have gotten a camera long ago. Even before my bday! I would have better pictures to post up for my Singapore trip. I could have gotten myself a nice bday present and adding a bag to my collection instead of just staring at them on my computer screen. Haiihhh all my fault lar..

I couldn’t wait any longer and I must get a camera by this week or latest next week so that I can make it for Marcus’s 1 year old birthday celebration. (dun even noe if I could make it if they are making it on a weekday!) But I still need one to start on my FYP. I can’t possibly present 3.2 MP pictures for my final year project report, right? Everything gotta be prefect and oh btw, I’ll be doing on Garbage Enzyme. Interesting topic. Most of the topics that I’ve chosen for assignments and all usually got something to do with ‘going green’. So, it’s not weird that my FYP should be something about helping the world too.

Went around MV with darling today and of course I did my research before going. Found out about Lumix FH20. The latest Lumix series for compact cameras this year. So some photos, not bad also lar.. since one guy from flickr is also quite professional and he claimed that this camera is not bad at all, so I might as well give this model a try. Quite reasonable price also lar for a 14 MP, 8X optical zoom, HD video and 28mm wide angle. But what attracted me the most was not all that features. Obviously the image quality was already out cause my mind was already deadly poisoned by DSLR quality. Guess what?? It was the colour of the camera which gave me the urge to buy it. I know some of you could have guessed it right by now. It’s VIOLET aka PURPLE. So goddamn excited when I saw this colour. So scouted around for the best price. One Panasonic booth in the exhibition centre in MV gave me the lowest price. RM750 with all those standard freebies like case + tripod together with a 4GB memory card instead of 2GB. Shangri-La offered with RM760 but once she said she doesn’t have purple I just said bye bye to her and walked out from the shop. NO PURPLE NO TALK. Lucky I did my daily weekly routine on shoppingNsales website and got to know that Fotokem is setting up a booth in centre court G floor and doing promotion. So walked over there to have a look. The sales guy offered me Rm770 but he gave me extra freebies. Standard ones like casing+tripod together with 4GB memory card. He added another 2 GB memory card but it wasn’t from Panasonic but wth rite?? It’s free, just take lar.. and he also gave me a screen protector and a very cute memory card holder/case. I suppose the sp and 2Gb memory card could have caused at least the extra RM 20. Had a hard time thinking whether I should get that model or not and if I should get it from the exhibition hall or here. But in the end I got it from Fotokem. They have a really good sales person. Even before I said I wanted it, he already wrote down the receipt, wth!!! But in the end I still bought it larr…

We took some pictures around MV and the pictures look clear on the LCD screen of the camera. Came back home and I transferred it into my PC, the quality was not what I really expected. I suspect is my skills, it must be. And of course, I can’t put all the blame on the poor compact since my brain had been fatally infected by the ‘DSLR feel/quality’ that I’ve always wanted and dreamt of. I even have the thoughts of making a mini photo shoot for Marcus at his house. I have even thought of the poses. Now that I don’t have a DSLR or M 4/3, I’m sorry Marcus… If you want, ask Ah Mah to buy me a DSLR or ask Mummy bring you go studio ok?? Since I’ve purchased this camera I might as well just love every bit of it and try to forget about Micro 4/3. Maybe mummy is right. This is not the right time for me to get a M 4/3 and it’s way too expensive for me to handle. Maybe in 2 years from now I will get one and do a little of travelling. Hopefully by that time the price will drop. And oh, bye that time, I dun think I’ll go for epl-1 anymore more GF 1. I have a new favourite. Ricoh, introduced by darling. We tried it in one of the shops and totally loved the crispness and crystal clear image quality. Plus this camera might be better in the sense that if the LED(I think) of the lens spoil, then can change together with the lens whereas Lumix and Oly have to change the whole body.

Picture Time....

Lumix FH20 named him LuPy

Case

Box

Cute Memory Card Case

Normal Mini Tripod

Nike

Darling

Darling with Giant Nike boots

ohh... Saw Red Mummy and Beautiful Nara at Astro Beyond

me

Write the Future

Darling support Netherlands

Oohhh.. I love this one!

yes I watched Prince of Persia.. Romantic indeed..

GSC Signature.. First time there and first time Premier class

fountain blue

fountain purple

fountain green

fountain red

Oohhh... thats all about it.. Sorry no food pictures this time. Didn't quite eat anything since had popcorn for lunch in the cinema and just Nasi Goreng Thai for supper. Soo tired now.. Good night everybody.. shall explore the camera more tomoro... i mean later in the afternoon. Nites Earthlings..

What If - Kate Winslet

Here I stand alone

With this weight upon my heart

And it will not go away

In my head I keep on looking back

Right back to the start

Wondering what it was that made you change

Well I tried

But I had to draw the line

And still this question keeps on spinning in my mind

What if I had never let you go

Would you be the man I used to know

If I'd stayed

If you'd tried

If we could only turn back time

But I guess we'll never know

Many roads to take

Some to joy

Some to heart-ache

Anyone can lose their way

And if I said that we could turn it back

Right back to the start

Would you take the chance and make the change

Do you think how it would have been sometimes

Do you pray that I'd never left your side

What if I had never let you go

Would you be the man I used to know

If I'd stayed

If you'd tried

If we could only turn back time

But I guess we'll never know

'Cos I tried

But I had to draw the line

And still this question keeps on spinning in my mind

What if I had never let you go

Would you be the man I used to know

What if I had never walked away

'Cos I still love you more than I can say

If I'd stayed

If you'd tried

If we could only turn back time

But I guess we'll never know

We'll never know

p/s:- Loved it from the very first moment I heard it till now.

Bulletin Post: Down with a cold

It's the first week of a new semester and I'm down with a cold. Started coughing on Sunday but it was no big deal. I know what BIG DEAL is. Then suay suay dis morning woke up with runny nose pulak. Thanks to supplementary paper, my class had been canceled today, or else I would have to drag myself out of bed for an 8 o'clock class. SOOO EARRLLYYY!!!! 3 8 o'clock classes in a week this sem. Shitty timetable. Well, it's not that runny nose is something serious. Still can run through my schedule as usual if I want to but of course when you're not in good health you'll give million and one excuses to lay on your comfy bed the whole day. About runny nose, it's still controllable for me, just hate the slimy liquid running out from my nose every single minute. I just hate fever, because I'll be like a paralyzed person and can't wake up from bed even to go to the toilet. And it usually takes a longer time to heal completely.

Had Mee Suah soup @ Rm4.00 for lunch . The hot soup definitely makes me feel warmer and the hawker lady was so generous. 6 chicken balls, oh soo yummy.

Mee Suah Soup with 6 chicken balls.

Before coming home, I walked over to the pharmacy to get myself some medication for my runny nose and also cough. Clarityne works wonders for me all the time. Take one tablet a day, and head to bed. Usually will feel soo much better once I wake. At least no more slimy liquid dripping down from my nose. *wats tat slimy liquid called?* It's works for me everytime and only one tablet will do. Hope it works again this time.

Clarityne

Still haven't clear off my old notes from last sem to make space for the new ones. So many more things which needed to be done but I have to go sleep now. LOLS.

Ok Ok.. Bye everyone. Wishing everyone to be in good health and in good mood!

Goodbye My Love (OLD POEM)

Walking hand in hand,

Strolling down the beach,

This is where we stand,

A star upon our reach.

Once I had a dream,

Something similar to this,

Maybe not all is true,

but part of it at least,

In my dream I saw your face,

Smiling back at me,

I tried to smile a little,

Embarrassed, so you see.

But all of a sudden,

The dream just ended,

Paused a little,

Kept me stranded.

Was it because I was embarrassed?

Was it because I was shy?

Was it because I had to smile,

And gave it a little try?

And then I remembered about,

The purpose I was here,

To have our last meeting,

Something which I fear.

It was a silent night,

Warm and cozy,

Never once I had this feeling,

Something so nasty.

This might be the last time,

I am seeing you,

And his might be the only chance,

I'm telling what is true.

The truth which is,

Can never be wrong,

My love for you,

Is really strong.

But no matter what,

Or how strong it is,

We can't fight Him,

The power is His.

Ans so as humans,

There's nothing we can do,

Just listen to him,

And break the chain in two.

'Goodbye my love',

To you I said,

'I'm sorry to tell you,

There's no use to wait.'

'For I don't want you,

To regret for life,

Let go the burden,

Never you strive.'

'And so on this lovely night,

We bid our last goodbye,

Witnessed by the bright moonlight,

Baby don't you cry.'