I simply love this witty parody of an "ad".
Pro-pixel intensifying fauxtanical hydro-jargon microbead extract. Way to go!
Friday, February 17, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Brunei: The Trip That Wasn't Exactly A Holiday Volume 2
Continued from Volume 1.
~*Day 3: Weekend Stay at The Empire Hotel*~
During dinner the previous night, K suggested a day out with both the family (ie both mummies and 4 kids) so off we went on a car ride in K's family MPV the following afternoon.
For lunch, we had Japanese food at Kaizen Sushi.
Here was what we shared!
This was my bento set. It's a beef and salmon sashimi bento set which was absolutely delicious! I loved how my beef was done -- almost like a medium rare. I thought it was quite rare for a beef to be done this way without request.
This was K's set.
The children thoroughly enjoyed their garlic fried rice.
Hong Zhi was still very shy towards me then. However each time he saw his good friend Leanne talking to me, he would also try to get into the conversation. When I talked to him, he would shyly hide his face and simply not answer me. In the photos below, he agreed to be photographed only to hide his face when I snapped.
After lunch, we hung out at a kids' book store and toy store. I love all the traditional toys there. I really appreciate good old wooden toys as opposed to electronic gadgets. In our modern world, it is not uncommon to see each kid having his or her eyes glued to an iPhone, iPad, PSP or DSLite.
I always told kh that our future kids shall not be fed with technology during their childhood. I'm not too sure if it would be a different story when the time comes. Most of my friends who are parents are quite sure that I would eat my words.
The kids had so much fun playing with the wooden doll house and farm house, as well as all the other educational wooden puzzles that they almost could not peel themselves off the toy store when it was time to go home.
In the evening, kh picked me up and we headed for The Empire Hotel for a weekend stay.
He claimed that the hotel stay was supposed to be the highlight for my birthday instead of the chicken rice.
Since its opening in 2000, The Empire Hotel has become synonymous with Brunei, reflecting the country's majestic and cultural heritage. Majestic yes, the colour of gold was ubiquitous in the hotel.
Our Deluxe room for the weekend.
It came with a balcony too.
It always amazes me how my dear hubby could pack so neatly. We shared the luggage and he helped to pack my stuff in while I was out enjoying myself with the kids in the afternoon.
After checking in, we decided to get changed and take a walk in and about the hotel.
It was too early to have dinner so we made do with high tea instead.
The food on the tiers looked really luscious but they did not taste as good. The cakes were too sweet and the sandwiches were too salty.
My tea was fine though but how wrong could tea go?
After tea, we walked about the hotel till the sun set.
The Empire Hotel has got its own cinema building. Since our walk took us there, we decided to catch a movie.
It was about 9+pm after the movie and dear hubby was famished. What should we find open at that time but Spaghettini!
Kh decreed that Spaghettini shall be my official birthday treat and that I should tell everyone to erase Tian Tian Chicken Rice off their minds.
We were allowed to pick and choose our starters from a rotating tray (as seen on the top left picture of the collage). I love the cold appetiser which consisted of cold duck and pieces of tuna carpaccio drizzled with a tangy dressing (top right). Our mains were not too bad. I forgot what we ordered but I preferred mine (bottom right) over his (middle right).
Drinks and desserts to share.
More sights in the hotel.
Just in case you need, here's a video of The Empire Hotel which I found on YouTube.
~*Day 4: The Empire Hotel and THE Teh-C Special*~
We were trying to capture the beautiful view from our balcony with us inside but failed.
For our usual buffet standards, we ate quite little for brunch.
The rest of the afternoon was spent watching movies on tv and then off we went to explore another part of the hotel.
I love the sunset hue of the following two pictures and how the tree branches framed the tranquil scene so wonderfully. They have not been colour edited at all and I was trying to get kh to capture the same hue for the rest of the pictures but he could not do so anymore. I guess it was the right timing and amount of light at that time.
At night, we walked more parts of the city which I hadn't been to yet.
Not long after, we stumbled upon a pet shop.
I do not usually like white rabbits except for that creamy rabbit sweet but this rabbit is simply lovely.
Do you have an aversion for mice's tails? Kh does. He simply could not bear to look at their pinkish tails and had to turn away from the cage. Mice's tails also remind me of tails being chopped. Blame Three Blind Mice and The Witches by Roald Dahl. I could not wipe the chopped tails images off my mind.
I remember when I was young, Syrian hamsters were all the rage. Hence it was something out of the ordinary when my sister brought home a pet mouse. I took a long time to get used to holding it and having its tail wrapped around parts of my hands.
During the late evening, we were supposed to have dinner with the rest of kh's colleagues. I forgot what the celebration was for but I knew it coincided with K and her hubby's wedding anniversary.
We had dinner at Seaworld Neptune.
We spent quite some time looking at the "live seafood".
The food tasted as unappealing as it looked. It was the worst meal I had in Brunei.
Seaworld Neptune was supposedly very raved about and kh's colleagues who were long time "denizens" of Brunei also felt that the standard that night had dipped drastically as of the service.
As usual, I would order Teh-C Special. Boy was I glad that they offered the wheatgrass variant here. Their Teh-C Special would be their only saving grace.
If you don't already know my addiction and undying love for this drink, refer to Volume 1.
After dinner, everyone gathered outside the restaurant. Some of them were engaged in conversation while others were entertaining the kids.
Ethan is so cute! I love him. Kh recorded a short video of K and Ethan playing peek a boo while I was carrying him and his expression was simply adorable. The video would remain private though.
There was no other night activities to engage in in such a laidback place that we went back to the hotel's cinema to catch a movie. Our 3rd movie for the trip was Pirates of the Carribean.
I would end off this post with a photo proof of how some people have got huge rebel streak in them.
The final volume would be up soon.
~*Day 3: Weekend Stay at The Empire Hotel*~
During dinner the previous night, K suggested a day out with both the family (ie both mummies and 4 kids) so off we went on a car ride in K's family MPV the following afternoon.
For lunch, we had Japanese food at Kaizen Sushi.
Here was what we shared!
This was my bento set. It's a beef and salmon sashimi bento set which was absolutely delicious! I loved how my beef was done -- almost like a medium rare. I thought it was quite rare for a beef to be done this way without request.
This was K's set.
The children thoroughly enjoyed their garlic fried rice.
Hong Zhi was still very shy towards me then. However each time he saw his good friend Leanne talking to me, he would also try to get into the conversation. When I talked to him, he would shyly hide his face and simply not answer me. In the photos below, he agreed to be photographed only to hide his face when I snapped.
After lunch, we hung out at a kids' book store and toy store. I love all the traditional toys there. I really appreciate good old wooden toys as opposed to electronic gadgets. In our modern world, it is not uncommon to see each kid having his or her eyes glued to an iPhone, iPad, PSP or DSLite.
I always told kh that our future kids shall not be fed with technology during their childhood. I'm not too sure if it would be a different story when the time comes. Most of my friends who are parents are quite sure that I would eat my words.
The kids had so much fun playing with the wooden doll house and farm house, as well as all the other educational wooden puzzles that they almost could not peel themselves off the toy store when it was time to go home.
In the evening, kh picked me up and we headed for The Empire Hotel for a weekend stay.
He claimed that the hotel stay was supposed to be the highlight for my birthday instead of the chicken rice.
Since its opening in 2000, The Empire Hotel has become synonymous with Brunei, reflecting the country's majestic and cultural heritage. Majestic yes, the colour of gold was ubiquitous in the hotel.
Our Deluxe room for the weekend.
It came with a balcony too.
It always amazes me how my dear hubby could pack so neatly. We shared the luggage and he helped to pack my stuff in while I was out enjoying myself with the kids in the afternoon.
After checking in, we decided to get changed and take a walk in and about the hotel.
It was too early to have dinner so we made do with high tea instead.
The food on the tiers looked really luscious but they did not taste as good. The cakes were too sweet and the sandwiches were too salty.
My tea was fine though but how wrong could tea go?
After tea, we walked about the hotel till the sun set.
The Empire Hotel has got its own cinema building. Since our walk took us there, we decided to catch a movie.
It was about 9+pm after the movie and dear hubby was famished. What should we find open at that time but Spaghettini!
Kh decreed that Spaghettini shall be my official birthday treat and that I should tell everyone to erase Tian Tian Chicken Rice off their minds.
We were allowed to pick and choose our starters from a rotating tray (as seen on the top left picture of the collage). I love the cold appetiser which consisted of cold duck and pieces of tuna carpaccio drizzled with a tangy dressing (top right). Our mains were not too bad. I forgot what we ordered but I preferred mine (bottom right) over his (middle right).
Drinks and desserts to share.
More sights in the hotel.
Just in case you need, here's a video of The Empire Hotel which I found on YouTube.
~*Day 4: The Empire Hotel and THE Teh-C Special*~
We were trying to capture the beautiful view from our balcony with us inside but failed.
For our usual buffet standards, we ate quite little for brunch.
The rest of the afternoon was spent watching movies on tv and then off we went to explore another part of the hotel.
I love the sunset hue of the following two pictures and how the tree branches framed the tranquil scene so wonderfully. They have not been colour edited at all and I was trying to get kh to capture the same hue for the rest of the pictures but he could not do so anymore. I guess it was the right timing and amount of light at that time.
At night, we walked more parts of the city which I hadn't been to yet.
Not long after, we stumbled upon a pet shop.
I do not usually like white rabbits except for that creamy rabbit sweet but this rabbit is simply lovely.
Do you have an aversion for mice's tails? Kh does. He simply could not bear to look at their pinkish tails and had to turn away from the cage. Mice's tails also remind me of tails being chopped. Blame Three Blind Mice and The Witches by Roald Dahl. I could not wipe the chopped tails images off my mind.
I remember when I was young, Syrian hamsters were all the rage. Hence it was something out of the ordinary when my sister brought home a pet mouse. I took a long time to get used to holding it and having its tail wrapped around parts of my hands.
During the late evening, we were supposed to have dinner with the rest of kh's colleagues. I forgot what the celebration was for but I knew it coincided with K and her hubby's wedding anniversary.
We had dinner at Seaworld Neptune.
We spent quite some time looking at the "live seafood".
The food tasted as unappealing as it looked. It was the worst meal I had in Brunei.
Seaworld Neptune was supposedly very raved about and kh's colleagues who were long time "denizens" of Brunei also felt that the standard that night had dipped drastically as of the service.
As usual, I would order Teh-C Special. Boy was I glad that they offered the wheatgrass variant here. Their Teh-C Special would be their only saving grace.
If you don't already know my addiction and undying love for this drink, refer to Volume 1.
After dinner, everyone gathered outside the restaurant. Some of them were engaged in conversation while others were entertaining the kids.
Ethan is so cute! I love him. Kh recorded a short video of K and Ethan playing peek a boo while I was carrying him and his expression was simply adorable. The video would remain private though.
There was no other night activities to engage in in such a laidback place that we went back to the hotel's cinema to catch a movie. Our 3rd movie for the trip was Pirates of the Carribean.
I would end off this post with a photo proof of how some people have got huge rebel streak in them.
The final volume would be up soon.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Happy Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentine's day to all my friends and readers
Happy Valentine's and 11th year to my dear hubby.
Happy Valentine's and 11th year to my dear hubby.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Brunei: The Trip That Wasn't Exactly A Holiday Volume 1
Back to updating backdated entries yet again.
~~~
In the month of May last year, the hubby was posted to Brunei for a month within a short notice even though he was due for another 3-month overseas detachment soon after.
He was not able to make it back for my birthday week and suggested that I went over for a few days instead. Thinking about his back to back overseas postings, I packed my bags and brought work there to do even though I had a very able department back at home.
Everyone at work told me to enjoy my holiday to which I exclaimed, "I'm going to BRUNEI. Nobody goes to Brunei for holiday."
Brunei is not a holiday destination in it's own right and you know, I did not even treat that trip as a holiday as in my very "atas" city girl mind, I thought that there was NOTHING I could do at Brunei but work.
How wrong I was.
Other than doing a few hours of work, each day was packed with activities and lots and lots of pigging out. Though Brunei is not a fantastic place for long term relocation, it certainly offers quite a fare amount of entertainment for a week's stay. Last but not least, the food in Brunei was AWESOME to the max!
~*Family Dinner Cum Supper Before I Flew Off*~
In my family, there is an unspoken rule of eating out together for everybody's birthday. Everyone had to make time for dinner and nobody was to be absent. Therefore, there were times when a birthday celebration could be advanced or way belated as long as everyone was present.
It was an advanced birthday dinner for me.
I always love good old zi char at hawker centres.
By the time I ended work that night, dinner had become a supper affair. Nobody's complaining as long as we got together to eat.
~*All Packed and Ready to Go*~
I would always bring a book whenever I travel and at that time, I was reading The Great Gatsby.
It was a few hours flight and upon landing, there was a warm welcome from kh and his colleagues.
In actual fact, they weren't giving me a warm welcome. It just so happened that everyone ended work late and were famished for supper. We bonded over supper but as I was still very new to the group, I was too shy to whip out my camera to take photos of the very delectable local fare.
The situation soon changed in the impending days to come and it became a drill for everyone to wait for me to finish taking photos of the food before they started. Some of them even helped me to arrange or tilt the plates.
~*Day 1: My Birthday*~
In the morning, kh got ready for work and told me to go downstairs as he wanted to introduce me to the rest of his colleagues. He told me to take my camera with me but I brushed his suggestion aside while wondering aloud that it was a really strange idea.
When we got downstairs, the "office" was dark and the curtains to one section of the room was drawn. Upon pulling aside the curtain, everyone shouted "Happy Birthday".
I was truly surprised and touched beyond words for it was not just the people I met at supper the night before but the whole team at Brunei who had gathered, including the "boss". I felt so embarrassed for I'm nothing but an unimportant person next to many important people there.
Besides the very simple words flashed on the projector, they also ordered a durian cake in the shape of a durian.
Somebody brought a camera and thanks to him, I have these photos to keep for memories.
After the cake cutting, I went back upstairs to do my work and surfed the Internet while the hubby was working.
This was my very cute old-fashioned Mickey and Minnie wallpaper at that time. I simply love old fashioned Mickey, don't you?
I had to clear my email notifications from Facebook every few hours. Facebook is amazing, really. You realised that so many more friends care about you to wish you happy birthday on your wall.
[Read the above with some sarcastic humour, will you?]
In the late afternoon, the wife of one of kh's colleagues came over with her daughter. The whole family had relocated due to the husband's posting to Brunei and both husband and wife are very familiar with the country like the back of their hands. His wife had volunteered to show me around the city till the guys ended work.
The first and only time I saw both mother (K) and daughter (Leanne) was a few years back. Leanne was a mere toddler back then.
Now, she's such a vocal little 5-year-old. I love her to bits! In the photos below, she belted up her bearbear for fun and pushed the stroller herself. She claimed she was driving bearbear.
I really envy the close bond between K and Leanne!
We visited a mall and had some shakes at Dairy Queen.
Very soon, I became Leanne's favourite person. Before I came into the picture, kh was her favourite person in Brunei. Throughout the duration of the trip, she often stuck to me and forgot all about kh.
In the evening, we headed to the family's home.
Leanne has a little brother called Ethan who is really such a darling as well.
Kh was let off early as the "boss" told him to take me out for a good dinner.
I was so full and could not think of eating anything. Kh suggested Tian Tian Chicken Rice which was around the corner. It is supposedly famous in Brunei.
The chicken was tender; the rice was fragrant and tasty without it being greasy. Most good chicken rice has got relatively oily rice with a rich chicken taste but not for this. I gobbled down everything within minutes even though I wasn't hungry.
I haven't seen such old-school Chinese calendar in years.
After dinner, kh showed me around the city before we went to the famed THE Mall. Yes, it's accented "THE" as claimed by the people there. THE Mall is the most happening mall in Brunei. It houses the most popular cineplex in Brunei.
There was not a shop that I fancied there except for a shop which sold computer stuff. I bought a mouse as I had forgotten to pack my mouse into my luggage.
Other than the cineplex which sold cheap movie tickets, there was nothing about THE Mall that enticed me.
We ended the day watching Fast 5 which I enjoyed surprisingly. It departed from the theme of street racing which was prevalent in all the other films in the Fast series. I liked the humour and action throughout the show.
The chicken rice birthday dinner became the talk of the office for the next few days. Everyone excitedly asked kh where he had brought me to celebrate my birthday and was flabbergasted when he told them "Tian Tian Chicken Rice".
That night, I was video skyping with my bestie Tiff who was in San Francisco back then. Upon hearing that the hubby had brought me to eat chicken rice for my birthday, she gave him the universal sign.
~*Day 2: The Day I Discovered I Love Teh-C Special*~
In Singapore, we could order tea (teh) from a food centre in many ways. Refer to the list below:
- Teh, tea with condensed milk
- Teh-C, tea with evaporated milk and sugar
- Teh-C-kosong, tea with milk and no sugar
- Teh-O, tea with sugar only
- Teh-O-kosong, tea without milk or sugar
- Teh tarik - Malay tea mixed with evaporated milk, usually of the Carnation brand. During preparation, the tea is tossed repeatedly from one mug to another to create a thick froth (hence the name teh tarik, meaning '"pulled tea")
- Teh halia, tea with ginger water
- Teh-peng, tea with ice, also known as Teh-ice
- Teh-siu-dai, tea with milk and less sugar
- Teh-gah-dai, tea with milk and more sugar
My favourite type of tea to order in Singapore is Teh-peng but once I discovered Teh-C (aka Teh-Si) Special in Brunei, I could never quite go back to my Teh-peng roots. I was in agony for the next few months after I got back from Brunei for I craved for Teh-C Special every single day.
I especially love the Teh-C Special variant with wheatgrass. I would feature this variant soon. The one shown below is a concoction of red tea, evaporated milk and gula melaka.
My love for Teh-C Special is unabashedly shared by a Kuchingnite who had a whole page dedicated to this delectable and highly addictive drink. To know more about this drink, head over to http://tehcpeng.net/thedrink/ where the author has done such an awesome write-up on it, I wish to steal his words.
The rest of our dinner that day at Hai Wai Tien deserved some spotlight too.
Our company for dinner.
Besides Leanne's family, another Singaporean family has relocated to Brunei for the same reason and I was acquainted with them that evening. While 5-year-old Leanne has a younger brother, 4-year-old Hong Zhi has a younger sister with both younger siblings being of the same age. They are all such lovely little kids.
Volume 2 coming soon!
~~~
In the month of May last year, the hubby was posted to Brunei for a month within a short notice even though he was due for another 3-month overseas detachment soon after.
He was not able to make it back for my birthday week and suggested that I went over for a few days instead. Thinking about his back to back overseas postings, I packed my bags and brought work there to do even though I had a very able department back at home.
Everyone at work told me to enjoy my holiday to which I exclaimed, "I'm going to BRUNEI. Nobody goes to Brunei for holiday."
Brunei is not a holiday destination in it's own right and you know, I did not even treat that trip as a holiday as in my very "atas" city girl mind, I thought that there was NOTHING I could do at Brunei but work.
How wrong I was.
Other than doing a few hours of work, each day was packed with activities and lots and lots of pigging out. Though Brunei is not a fantastic place for long term relocation, it certainly offers quite a fare amount of entertainment for a week's stay. Last but not least, the food in Brunei was AWESOME to the max!
~*Family Dinner Cum Supper Before I Flew Off*~
In my family, there is an unspoken rule of eating out together for everybody's birthday. Everyone had to make time for dinner and nobody was to be absent. Therefore, there were times when a birthday celebration could be advanced or way belated as long as everyone was present.
It was an advanced birthday dinner for me.
I always love good old zi char at hawker centres.
By the time I ended work that night, dinner had become a supper affair. Nobody's complaining as long as we got together to eat.
~*All Packed and Ready to Go*~
I would always bring a book whenever I travel and at that time, I was reading The Great Gatsby.
It was a few hours flight and upon landing, there was a warm welcome from kh and his colleagues.
In actual fact, they weren't giving me a warm welcome. It just so happened that everyone ended work late and were famished for supper. We bonded over supper but as I was still very new to the group, I was too shy to whip out my camera to take photos of the very delectable local fare.
The situation soon changed in the impending days to come and it became a drill for everyone to wait for me to finish taking photos of the food before they started. Some of them even helped me to arrange or tilt the plates.
~*Day 1: My Birthday*~
In the morning, kh got ready for work and told me to go downstairs as he wanted to introduce me to the rest of his colleagues. He told me to take my camera with me but I brushed his suggestion aside while wondering aloud that it was a really strange idea.
When we got downstairs, the "office" was dark and the curtains to one section of the room was drawn. Upon pulling aside the curtain, everyone shouted "Happy Birthday".
I was truly surprised and touched beyond words for it was not just the people I met at supper the night before but the whole team at Brunei who had gathered, including the "boss". I felt so embarrassed for I'm nothing but an unimportant person next to many important people there.
Besides the very simple words flashed on the projector, they also ordered a durian cake in the shape of a durian.
Somebody brought a camera and thanks to him, I have these photos to keep for memories.
After the cake cutting, I went back upstairs to do my work and surfed the Internet while the hubby was working.
This was my very cute old-fashioned Mickey and Minnie wallpaper at that time. I simply love old fashioned Mickey, don't you?
I had to clear my email notifications from Facebook every few hours. Facebook is amazing, really. You realised that so many more friends care about you to wish you happy birthday on your wall.
[Read the above with some sarcastic humour, will you?]
In the late afternoon, the wife of one of kh's colleagues came over with her daughter. The whole family had relocated due to the husband's posting to Brunei and both husband and wife are very familiar with the country like the back of their hands. His wife had volunteered to show me around the city till the guys ended work.
The first and only time I saw both mother (K) and daughter (Leanne) was a few years back. Leanne was a mere toddler back then.
Now, she's such a vocal little 5-year-old. I love her to bits! In the photos below, she belted up her bearbear for fun and pushed the stroller herself. She claimed she was driving bearbear.
I really envy the close bond between K and Leanne!
We visited a mall and had some shakes at Dairy Queen.
Very soon, I became Leanne's favourite person. Before I came into the picture, kh was her favourite person in Brunei. Throughout the duration of the trip, she often stuck to me and forgot all about kh.
In the evening, we headed to the family's home.
Leanne has a little brother called Ethan who is really such a darling as well.
Kh was let off early as the "boss" told him to take me out for a good dinner.
I was so full and could not think of eating anything. Kh suggested Tian Tian Chicken Rice which was around the corner. It is supposedly famous in Brunei.
The chicken was tender; the rice was fragrant and tasty without it being greasy. Most good chicken rice has got relatively oily rice with a rich chicken taste but not for this. I gobbled down everything within minutes even though I wasn't hungry.
I haven't seen such old-school Chinese calendar in years.
After dinner, kh showed me around the city before we went to the famed THE Mall. Yes, it's accented "THE" as claimed by the people there. THE Mall is the most happening mall in Brunei. It houses the most popular cineplex in Brunei.
There was not a shop that I fancied there except for a shop which sold computer stuff. I bought a mouse as I had forgotten to pack my mouse into my luggage.
Other than the cineplex which sold cheap movie tickets, there was nothing about THE Mall that enticed me.
We ended the day watching Fast 5 which I enjoyed surprisingly. It departed from the theme of street racing which was prevalent in all the other films in the Fast series. I liked the humour and action throughout the show.
The chicken rice birthday dinner became the talk of the office for the next few days. Everyone excitedly asked kh where he had brought me to celebrate my birthday and was flabbergasted when he told them "Tian Tian Chicken Rice".
That night, I was video skyping with my bestie Tiff who was in San Francisco back then. Upon hearing that the hubby had brought me to eat chicken rice for my birthday, she gave him the universal sign.
~*Day 2: The Day I Discovered I Love Teh-C Special*~
In Singapore, we could order tea (teh) from a food centre in many ways. Refer to the list below:
- Teh, tea with condensed milk
- Teh-C, tea with evaporated milk and sugar
- Teh-C-kosong, tea with milk and no sugar
- Teh-O, tea with sugar only
- Teh-O-kosong, tea without milk or sugar
- Teh tarik - Malay tea mixed with evaporated milk, usually of the Carnation brand. During preparation, the tea is tossed repeatedly from one mug to another to create a thick froth (hence the name teh tarik, meaning '"pulled tea")
- Teh halia, tea with ginger water
- Teh-peng, tea with ice, also known as Teh-ice
- Teh-siu-dai, tea with milk and less sugar
- Teh-gah-dai, tea with milk and more sugar
My favourite type of tea to order in Singapore is Teh-peng but once I discovered Teh-C (aka Teh-Si) Special in Brunei, I could never quite go back to my Teh-peng roots. I was in agony for the next few months after I got back from Brunei for I craved for Teh-C Special every single day.
I especially love the Teh-C Special variant with wheatgrass. I would feature this variant soon. The one shown below is a concoction of red tea, evaporated milk and gula melaka.
My love for Teh-C Special is unabashedly shared by a Kuchingnite who had a whole page dedicated to this delectable and highly addictive drink. To know more about this drink, head over to http://tehcpeng.net/thedrink/ where the author has done such an awesome write-up on it, I wish to steal his words.
The rest of our dinner that day at Hai Wai Tien deserved some spotlight too.
Our company for dinner.
Besides Leanne's family, another Singaporean family has relocated to Brunei for the same reason and I was acquainted with them that evening. While 5-year-old Leanne has a younger brother, 4-year-old Hong Zhi has a younger sister with both younger siblings being of the same age. They are all such lovely little kids.
Volume 2 coming soon!
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