Disney on Ice!

If.....by any chance that you dont know who Cinderella, Snow White or Belle are.....then this post is not for you!


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Recently i had the opportunity to watch Disney On Ice - The Princesses' Wishes in Stadium Putra, Bukit Jalil.

I have never been to the stadium and never dream that i will fork out money to watch the so-called princesses.......not macho mah! Anyway, i was persuaded to be there and i have to admit that i was impressed with the stadium & the whole setup. The seatings & steps are a bit steep though, it looks pretty dangerous for little children who can just slip and fall 20 feet down.

The tickets prices ranging from RM 58 until RM 228, if you are worry that you need a binoculars to watch the show if you are holding a RM 58 ticket, please dont be! I can assure you that you can still enjoy the show, the distance is not that far away....unless you want to see Cinderella's nostrils or you are really a BIG BIG fan!

The whole show was really impressive, entertaining and refreshing....for the young ones and young at hearts!

The merchandise are really expensive though....i mean really...really expensive. This cup of ice costs RM 30.00...........yes, you saw it right ...RM 30.00!!!!!

There was no way that i was going to spend RM 30 for that.......i rather keep this pop corn box as momento!

Conclusion.......i felt like 10 years old again. Definitely will go again in the future! Sob.....sob........i missed my childhood!!!!

Christmas in Lawas

This is sort of a belated Christmas posting.....dedicated to Ms TMK...

Lawas is a small town strategically located between Kota Kinabalu, Labuan & Brunei, therefore this town is quite developed. Majority of the people are Lun Bawangs who are staunch Christians, so Christmas meant more than Santa or presents for these folks.

I went to a village called Kampung Long Tuan to celebrate my 2008 Christmas. This village is about an hour away from Lawas town, the road to the junction of the village was tarred but the road from the junction to the village was not that good, so it was a bumpy ride thereon.

Church services started days before Cristmas on daily basis, i went there on Christmas eve for a service.

The Pastor used bahasa Lun Bawang and sometimes Bahasa Malaysia to preach so non Lun bawang can actually understand the sermon. Besides that, there were presentations put on by the village youths which i think was quite impressive.

Since the road back to the place we stayed was quite dark and slippery, we went home before the countdown. On top of that, we need to be in church again the next morning for Christmas service. The young ones also were too sleepy to celebrate Christmas countdown.

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On Christmas day, we went again to the church which was located about 500 meters from the village.

Since the service started early in the morning, many just brought their breakfast with them to the Christmas service.

This is the Christmas theme which meant ' Christmas is God's gift for mankind". By any chance it was wrongly interpreted, please let me know!

The Lawas MP, YB Datuk Henry Sum Agung also attended the service. What impressed me most was the YB arrived much earlier that many of the villagers and actually stayed until the service ended. For the record, he also attended the Christmas eve service. The YB was very friendly and approachable, no big hoohaa on his arrivals. The Peninsular YBs shld learn a thing or two from YB Henry!

While there were many fans.....stand fans, wall fans but its still hot & humid in the church due to too many people, youngs ones needed additional fans.

Some even left with less clothes after the service.

After the service, the youths will just hopped on any vehicle to the village where all the houses were.

The houses in Long Tuan were huge, i was told this village was one of the most successful & properous villages in Lawas. The people were really blessed there. I believe they reaped what they sowed!

I knew that Sarawak layer cakes were famous for the taste but i never knew that they can make an art out of it, the cake was so nice that i just put a piece in my hand and admired it, too nice to eat!

In short, it has been an eye opening for me celebrating Christmas in Lawas in 2008, the people were very friendly, from their YB to the ordinary folks. The food and cakes were finger-licking-good! It was sort of a faith renewing trip for me when i saw these God fearing people love & faith towards God, its just refreshing!

New Year Wishes

Happy 2009!!! I wish to thank to those nice people who sent me the best wishes on the new year's eve. I tried to send wishes through sms to as many people i could but to those who did not receive, treat this as a belated wishes lah!

I want to share a sms that i received which i think is very interesting and funny!

Read below:

"May you be as handsome as your mother think,

As rich as your children believe,

and may you have as many women as your wife suspects,

I wish that you may have the courage of David,

The meekness of Joseph,

The faithfulness of Moses,

The obedience of Abraham,

The wisdom of Solomon,

...and the penis of Goliath!!!!!"

Cute huh?

Once again, may all your wishes come true!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas has had a long and varied history. It has been celebrated by many different people in many different places and in many different ways.

Every one of us celebrates Christmas for different reasons; church goers are happy because it is the day that Jesus was born some 2000 years ago, children are happy with all the gifts & cookies, holiday makers are glad because this is the time you can go to most of the places and see wonderful lights decoration, parents are happy to see their children return to their nest, some are just happy because it is a holiday! Whatever reason it might be, aren't all of us agree it is a joyous season? A season to love and cherish the love ones! How we wish that it is Christmas every day.

If your love ones are not with you today, just cherish the moments you had together!

Mr Big wishes you a Merry & Joyous Christmas! May God bless you!!!

"Tang Yuan" or "Kuih Ee"

Its the time of the year again where you can see aunties at home making small round Tang Yuan (glutinous rice) by rolling little pinches of glutinous rice flour into round balls of red and snow white hues. The children normally will try to help but ending up messing the whole house with white flour,.............. its Dong Zhi or the Winter Solstice Festival. We Melaka Peranakan (Baba & Nyonya) call it "Kuih Ee", literally means round cake.

Dong Zhi is the second most important date in the Chinese Calendar, after Chinese New Year. It is also the day of the longest night and shortest day, signaling the start of winter. While we don't have winter in Malaysia, the Chinese here still celebrate this festival. The downside of this festival is one is considered 1 year older when you eat the Tang Yuan, as the elders believe.

White tangyuan

The size of the white tang yuan is bigger than the red one.

Basically there are 2 types of tangyuan, the sweet and the salty one. For the sweet type you put the white & red tang yuan in a bowl before you pour sweet syrup in. Gingers were added in the sweet syrup to add some spicy taste and pandan leaves for its aroma.

The smaller red tang yuan.

I believe it is for auspicious reason that the Chinese put in red tang yuan to mix with the white ones. Newly weds are supposed to eat sweet kuih-ee on their wedding day too, for good luck and sweet marriage i suppose.

As for the salty type, only the white tang yuan was used and it was cooked like a normal soup. Beancurd, chicken or pork slices were added in the salty tang yuan.

I prefer the sweet type though....it brings back fond childhood memories!

Nowadays tang yuan comes in many types of fillings, kiwi paste, strawberry, peanuts.......i have not seen durian fillings though. Besides that the tang yuan are also very colourful nowadays ranging from blue to yellow.

If you have no clue on how to make tang yuan, no worry, you can just drop by any supermarkets and pick up instant tang yuan. Go home and just boil them.

Dont find excuses for not celebrating.....you will still get older whether you eat tang yuan or not!