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I went to London in March 09 to attend a convocation. My cousin graduated from Master of Finance and I was there to celebrate the special moment with her.London is a beautiful city but I still love Vancouver the best. Maybe I am not into city mode of life. London is kind of heavy for me. Plus, I love chinese food or asian food, the FISH and CHIP is losing its attractiveness. Because this is a

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Used to write blog about food when I was in Brunei. Eversince I came back to Vancouver, i have put a switch on my blog writing activity. Maybe, the winter makes me very lazy or maybe my work so i could temporarily turn it off...haChinese New Year fell on Jan 26, 09. This year is the Year of OX. It is my year...oops.. did i just reveal my age. I make a list of what i would like to do this year and

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I woke up this morning by a phone call. Someone in the office forget that I am not supposed to be at work on Christmas eve. Fresh blanket of snow cover the ground again and the scenery is so beautiful that I can't help to take this picture to show everyone the Vancouver 2008 Christmas scenery. Merry Christmas to all of you, keep warm and enjoy!

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Christmas is less than 30 days away, have you done with your Christmas shopping yet? I always find shopping a very exciting event in Vancouver. You might wonder why. Simple, you never know what kind of deal you will get. This book is a good deal itself. I went to Richmond Mall to meet up with friend for coffee. After the meeting, I went to Coles book store to grab some magazine. Then something

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This is the time to shop shop shop! Went to Disney Store today and bought this musical box for a kid. I am sure she will like it a lot. Disney stories like Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty never fail to attract young girls between the age of 3 - 10. I did not know that they actually have Disney exclusive Xmas items every year as well.. Anyway.. thought it would be nice to share

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Before you realise, you will be hitting the end of the year soon. After the scary Halloween Day, Canadian is preparing for the upcoming Christmas event. It is the time to celebrate the year with great appreciation! This year, with the financial tsunami, every household seem to tighten the belt a little to save for the rainny day. However, no one will stop celebrating Christmas because of the

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Working life is boring after you have been in the same field for 10 years. Oop! Hope i did not leak out my age! Some people are good at figure out the math! I am not a toy person but I do like small ornaments. Usually little ornaments excite me. At my workstation, I have this Disney Display with a Budda. Anyone who ever passes by my desk, will immediately draw to those creatures. Amazingly,

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Halloween is a big event in Canada and USA. I happened to pass by a residential area in New York City and can't help to take the pictures of this house. The owner is very creative and he should deserve a prize for job so well done!New Yorker, I must say you are awesome!

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A friend mentioned to me the other day that we should go burger hopping in Brunei. The idea is so fascinating that I decided that I should start the process in Vancouver. My first Burger store will be Tom & Jerry at Hasting and Renfrew, Vancouver next week. I have spoken to few of my coworkers and we decided to try out the famous burger next week (when i recover from my stupid flu). In the

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I was in New York during Canada's Thanksgiving (oct 9 - 13). Visited a friend that I haven't seen for a decade and spent lovely time with her. We went to the 86th Observatory floor of Empire State Building and took some cool picture of New York City at night. I used my Canon PowerShot SD800IS and took as many pictures as I could. Here you go.. the beautiful New York City with Mimi's camera.......

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Grocery shopping is fun in Vancouver. Because we have different kind of Asian in town (Cantonese, Taiwanese, Chinese, Vietnames, Korean, Filipino, Japanese), a grocery shopper can locate other Asian ingredients in a superstore. The closest resemble of Brunei/Malaysian hometown grocery carrier is located at Landsome Mall. The name of the stall is called "Best price". I love to visit the stall

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Organic is a big thing now. Consumers will pay more for anything that label "Organic". Anyway, the title of this blog is just for fun. I haven't been baking for a long time. Today, I decided to bake a cheesecake.So, what is fun? First, I have a scale that gives me grams instead of the ounces as per recipe. Then, I have two kind of butter, one salted and the other unsalted. Then, I don't have the

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Unlike most of my friends in Vancouver, I am not much of a choco chick. However, I love to try out new stuff whenever my cooking mood or dessert mood kick in. Few weeks ago, I managed to buy a cheap and small fondue set (C$6.99) and decided to invite my friends to come over for the choco (aka

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Malaysian food is not so popular as Thai food in Canada. So far, the popular dine out being Sushi, Korean, Vietnamese, and Thai. To precisely recommend anyone a restaurant or food stall that carry authentic hometown favour, I would say the Banana Leaf restaurant did a good job. However, their price is expensive too.Being a passionate food lover, I discovered a new and affordable food stall that

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My house has a little Lotus pond. Whenever summer is here, you could see the Lotus Twin sunbath themselves early in the morning till late evening daily. Not only they catch many attention of our neighbours, they are a classic decoration of our vancouver house. Even our neighbour pinky rose wanted to share the joy with us.

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The first day of Summer (June 21)finally arrived, we had great weather, around 21 degree Celsius. So, this mean the Berries season arrives too. Among the berries, I love Strawberry the most. The eye catching colour of the fruit and its seductive outlook, you just could not resist to TOOTH Print it with a big bite. Juicy, yummy and simply fruity! Look at them, they are so good!

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I always fancy the artwork of Japanese people. They take every minor detail into consideration. My cousin just came back from Japan last week and she bought me a pack of Candy. When I first received it, I thought she bought me an expensive gift. The wrapping is so beautiful that I do not wish to unwrap it. Now, I am in the dilemma to keep the wrapping or to eat the delicious candy inside that

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Breakfast is never my regular meal. As I mentioned earlier in my blog, I am a BRUNCH person. So my breakfast choice (if i ever need to have one), will be 2 semi-boiled egg with a piece of bread or a pack of cracker (digestive or non-digestive) or simply a cup of freshly brewed coffee. Lately, I discovered something new. A packet of NATURAL/REGULAR QUAKER oatmeal and 3/4 cup of water/milk. Not

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Kids are very fortunate this day as they could have a wide selection of toys from BARBIE to DORA THE EXPLORER, BARBIE HOUSE, etc, WE adult love to buy fancy toys for the children but have you ever thought of some simple food ingredient could be a great education toy for childrenAsian family loves to teach the kids to use chopstick for meal. However, it is not always easy for the kids to master

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I ran out of facial mask and was browsing a few products for the past 2 days. My skin care product is a Canadian product by Elizabeth Grant - where you could only purchase from www.theshoppingchannel.com. In general, I have to stock up the product whenever there's a show on a particular season. A friend happens to use LUSH facial mask lately and recommends the product to me. The store sells

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My morning breakfast is coffee. A cup of coffee, I feel alive! Ha! That is me, so me! My stomach wont do the drum beat till about 1130am daily, so, I have no choice but to start Brunch on my daily routine in Vancouver. In Brunei, lunch selection is easy because you have limited choice of luncheon location. In BC, I can choose location and variety. Taiwanese in Burnaby, Ramen in Edmond,

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This appertizer cost about $8.99 and it comes in 1 size only. It is a finger food when you happen to dine in a western restaurants like Red Robin, Milestone, Earls, Montana. It is a baked potato with cheese, bacon bits and spring onion on the face. To enjoy this dish, you would dip it in a bowl of sour cream. The skin is crispy and the bacon bit is the signature of the entire dish!. If you

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My family loves to go to Miri (neighbour of Brunei) once or twice a month. One of the reasons is that our liquor stock is low and the rest is mainly food. In Canada, my friend and i would go to the Beliingham (the STATE). Because Canadian dollar is almost at par with US dollar, shopping is more attractive. In term of the traffic, its about 90min to cross the border and half an hour drive to

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Doggy Cola is very popular among my group of friend. Why? He is the one and only non-human species in our group. Of course, he knows how to get your attention. He will sit on your leg, kiss you and have that look that you could not resist in hugging him. We brought him to a park today and guess what, he was overwhelmed. He just run, run and run. Gosh, you better be fit enough to run with

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Spring is here again! Though Vancouver has a weird weather, the snowman decided to surprise everyone with flurry of snow during the 2nd weekend of April 08, we do start to have nice weather. I went to Killarney Park (near my house) and took a walk with my friend today. And can't help to take a picture of these nice, healthy and blossom tree near a playground. Would be nice to have a scoop or

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