The age Meatball wish to go back to

Bites Tale : I wish i didn't spend so..o.. much in shopping (must start to get rid of this habit) and have a savings instead!!! Because i found the thing i most desire now.. but i don't have enough savings to 'get' that!!

Thanks Bento Pet for this Tag: The Age That I Wish To Go Back To.

This is really tough for me. After so much thinking, It would be wonderful to go back to when I am 12 year old.

May be for some, 12 year old is still very young and wonder why I would wanna go back to that age. But to me, that’s was the most important year.. because it’s “decision” year.

I wish I could relive my 12 year old with a “stronger” behaviour.. I’ve never really thought which secondary school I’d like to study, what stream (science / art) I would like to be in or what I wanna achieve in life. I have this “parents, u decide for me lah!!” attitude.

Sometimes I really wonder what if I had not been so “care-less” about myself… what can I achieve now? Just for example, I used to love dancing so much when I am in my primary school days and my mum has asked me not to join dancing club when I entered to high school because she doesn’t want me to neglect my studies. But to me, I don’t see it as a problem as I didn’t really put my 100% on my studies, but then, I didn’t said what I want to her but to “obey”. So I stopped dancing till now. L

This attitude of mine even “followed” me till I graduated from my high school.. I even let my dad and my sis to choose for me what to study in college and what course to take when my dad rejected my idea of study mass communication.. I am all “you choose for me I follow only lah!!” attitude. But I didn’t really put effort in my studies, because it’s boring to me. (Luckily, I graduated. But still, what if…)

Come to think of it, what if, I didn’t let go dancing.. will I be very good in dancing? and what if, I stand on my own decision in studying mass communication, what/where would I be today?

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Instructions:
Title: The Age That I Wish To Go Back To
Requirement: Write about the one age that you wish to go back to and why?
Tag Mode: 5 bloggers
1st - You leave their blog and post link and add to the list below.
2nd - Let the blogger you want to tag know they been tagged by comment in their blog or etc.

The Age that they Wish to Go Back to:
Amidrin wish to go back to age 22 to correct back some mistakes in life.
Lemonjude wish to go back to age 6 to enjoy kid’s life.
Hui Sia wish to go back to age 16 to meet her first lover again.
Giddy Tiger wishes to go back to a childhood life with no worries in the world.
Rinnah wishes she could turn back time to the happiest days of her life.
Ehon doesn’t wanna go anywhere.
Chen wanna go back to age 19 to take a different pathway in life.
LB prefers to go forward, but failing that, would wish to be in China cir. 220 BC Qin Dynasty.
Everyday Healy wanted to be back in 2005, just to hear her grandpa said "Goodbye".
Sting feels that she should go back to save her rabbit...

Bento Pet has Déjà vu-d "that time in my life" eighteen years ago...

Meatball wishes she could continue dancing and study what she wants...
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Now i wanna tag these 5 friends of mine :-

1. Aron
2. Icehippo
3. Sharvy
4. Zekerene
5. Sweetiepie

Sunday Market at Gaya Street

Bites Tale : Went out with my girlfriends last night. We are supposed to do some online shopping for Chinese New Year.. we thought we only need to provide the shipping address to send the things to London (my friend's bro) or to Singapore (my cousin) since they don't ship to Malaysia, everything was ok until the last part, where we need to enter the billing address.. turned out that the merchant don't accept credit card from Malaysia! Sigh... But we did had fun browsing the website last night! ;)

I seldom have the chance to get out of the house on Sunday mornings because i have a clean freak mum. Since everyone is busy with work on weekdays, Sundays has become the official "Cleaning Day" at home.

Luckily for me (so that i can have 1 day off from doing cleaning at home.. hehehe...), my uncle came back from Canada and he has some friends from UK who were also in town, so he asked my parents to bring them to see Proboscis monkeys and fire flies on 1 sunday. My mum has no choice but to "grant" us a day off from the weekly cleaning. She even brought us to this famous sunday market before meeting up with the others in town.

This sunday market is not only an attraction to the tourists but also to the locals... you could get about almost anything here from clothings, souvenirs, books, local delicacies, plants, pets etc. Not only that, i personally think this is also a place for you (the locals) to bump into your "long-time no see" friends. That's what happened to my mum, she met her kindergarden (pre-school) classmate! I wonder how they could recognise each other after more than 45 years!!!

Anyway, these are some of the pics i took at the sunday market specially for those who hasn't been to the sunday market for a very long time (like me!) and those who are not from KK.

Pic : Some miniatures made of don't know what but they're cute!

Pic : Sarongs and rotan bags

Pic : Want some "bling-bling"? They're selling pearls too!

Pic : Saw which one you like?

Pic : Plants

Pic : "Pirated" purses

Pic : I like the umbrella!

Pic : Beads Necklaces

Pic : Sabah Souvenirs

Pic : Colourful Magnets

Pic : Paintings by local artist

Pic : Sea shells

These are only some of the things you can get from the sunday market, there's so much more to see.. although you'll get all sweaty after a visit there due to the hot weather that day and the crowd, but it's worth to go even though you don't have anything to buy!

Pic : Can you see which one is not real?

Walking the journey together...still...

Bites Tale : I've got a "Money Can't Buy" pendant... there's only 1 in this world.. and yes, it's from him... specially made for me... by him.. i.e. with his own hands... Though you'll think it's rough and not nicely shaped, but it's perfect to me!

Some friends have been wondering what's happening between him and i. And some are worried about how things are going. Luckily after a few days of "cooling-off period", we both made an effort to talk about it last night and decided to continue "walking the journey" together.

So what were we fighting about?

The big "C" word.

If you have ever read about the book : "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus", you'll learn the differences between how men and women see things differently.

Like for our case, he sees things 1 by 1, subject by subject while i tends to lump everything together... he is kind off laid back while i am those very nervous type... he is someone who can tackle ad-hoc things while i am those who prefer to plan early and if possible, try to settle foreseeable happenings before it happens so that nothing can affect what i have planned. The worst thing is, i am extra sensitive especially in negative thinking.

So, when it comes to taking our relationship forward... i get worried. He is the one i wanna be with, but sometimes his "laid back style" makes me worried... it's like i can't see what is his planning for his future... and for "ours"...

I thought that may be he has been so used to being a bachelor all these years (umm, yes, i'm his 1st gf), he may find it difficult to talk about his planning or he has no planning at all... in actual fact, he scares that he can't fulfilled what i wished. What if he failed? That's why he rather do things "quietly" and hope to show me the result. But he is not aware that this "silence" makes me worried... just in case he is hesitating that i might not be the right one for him.

He is bad in time management.. not that he purposely wants to be late, but when he wanted to do something... he encounters "distraction".. just like he wishes to meet me for lunch yesterday, and he said to me he won't be late this time, but just before lunch, he received a call from a friend who needed help, the friend was injured... he scared that the devil in me comes out giving me negative thinking and wanted to look for me for lunch still, but i rejected. In a way, i understand that he did not do it in purpose again this time... but i'm also a bit upset.. because it seems like he just can't make it on time for me..

But at least, we've got a "fruitful" discussion last night where both of us speak out our thoughts and feelings, and also discuss on how to tackle such differences and what to foresee in the future. (What a waste on all those tears..., come to think of it, he's right... i should have let him talk in the 1st place instead i was too upset to listen and asked him to leave... my bad!)

Meanwhile, thanks for everyone who is concerned about us.

And... more blogging about food again!!!

Meatball's feeling Miserable

Bites Tale : .........

Taking a few days off from blogging... there's no bites tale today.. i just can't type like how i normally do..

Something's not right with me... 1st bitten by a bug, then gastric and i think i cut my eye lid on wednesday.. it's itchy and a bit swollen now.. and i fight with him last night... it's suppose to be a "cold" joke... just to get his attention... but... sigh...

I just don't know how to continue to type this... it took me more than half a day to type this para 3... really got no mood to blog today... I wanted to book a ticket flying to KL tomorrow and back on sunday just to take a break.. guess how much is the flight? Approximately RM600 not including charges, that's air asia, ok?... sigh... (so this plan has automatically been cancelled!) better use it for shopping / eat!

But, .......

8 Random Facts about Me

Bites Tale : After too much eating over the past 2 weeks, I'm sick!

I've been tagged by Massy.

The Rules:

• Link to your tagger and post these rules.

• List eight (8) random facts about yourself.

• Tag eight people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).

• Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving them a comment on their blogs.

So here goes :-

1. I must wear a necklace whenever i go out, without it.. i felt like i'm naked.. LOL!
2. I like anything made of flour - pizzas, breads, cakes, donuts, pies... that's why i am called "meatball"!
   
3. At 157cm, I am the shortest in my family.
4. I wear Size 5 shoes... that's a bit awkward because i considered having very small feet despite my body size.. and i have "elephant's leg"!
   
5. I don't know how to wear those skinny high heels... just can't balance my body!
   
6. Compared to my siblings, i have a round but sleepy eyes... kinda like garfield's or the bollywood actor, salman khan's while they have mata sepet.
7. I keep my nails short.. cos i have short fingers... and my hands look strange if the nails are long!
8. I like to take photos but i don't like to be taken photos of... i think i look ugly.. :(

Now for people i wanna tag..

Parisukat
Aron
Icehippo
Sue Sue
Cheesecakeerian (Don't forget to vote for her ya!)
Levian
Forever Tulip
Deana

P/S : To Bento Pet, i didn't forget your tag! will do it!

Makanning at Borneo Proboscis Lodge, Kota Klias

Bites Tale : I had my lunch at Ma Baker's Cafe today and as i was snapping pics on my food, the cafe owner, Christina, approached me and asked why was i snapping pics on the food... so for the 1st time ever, i told someone i have a food blog (i hope she'll forget how i look like and what's my name!!). Then, she told me she has seen others taking pictures on the food and her cafe before and when she asked why, they ran away... i took the opportunity to tell her also that there's so much raves and good verdicts about her cafe in the internet world i.e. in blogs and also Ravejoint... that's how i knew about her cafe and that's why i'm there.. in my quest to get my hands on nice food!! (P/S : Will be blogging about her cafe soon, so stay "tune" ya!)

Remember about my 1st trip to Borneo Proboscis River Lodge?

As the 1st trip was packed with tourists from Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan, i didn't have the chance to take pics on the food they served as the food station was always crowded, so i couldn't blog about it. I went there again with my family last week and this time, i make sure i get all the food pics i want!

So here goes... 1st, the afternoon tea break (they called it Hi-Tea) at 4pm where they'll serve you with some local malay dedicacies with coffee and tea before the river cruise (if you want to see pics on the river cruise, click the link in the 1st para!!) :-

Pic : Banana Fritters

Pic : Kuih Ondeh-Ondeh (My favourite!!)

Pic : Not sure what is this.. is make of sago

Pic : Mini Donuts

Pic : Chinese Red Glutinous kuih with red bean paste fillings

Then, dinner was ready when we came back after our river cruise, my uncle from Canada was surprised that their cooking was quite good (He had a bad experience just a day before the trip when a local renowned resort served "smelly" crabs to him and his friends... so i guess may be he kinda expecting the worst at this place which is far away from the city!) .. Yes, indeed.. although their selling point was the river cruise to see proboscis monkeys and fire flies... but they also make an effort to ensure nice cooking and variety for their guests.. which i really appreciate!

Some of the food pics i took that nite :-

If i remembered correctly, apart from all these.. there were also beef soup, chicken soup, japanese beancurd in garlic oil, some other dishes and also fruits. However, the only drinks they served was plain water.. if they could offer some cordial, it would be better.

Although they are charging slightly higher than the rest of the lodges there.. but i think it's really worth it and i would never hesitate to recommend it to anyone who wants to go for Klias river cruise!


Borneo Proboscis River Lodge
Kota Klias Wetland

Tel : (6)087-209221

Website : http://borneowildlife.org


















Pic : How many Proboscis Monkeys you see in this pic?

Ngau Chap... Where is the best Ngau Chap in KK?

Bites Tale : Sigh... the more i look at this photo.. the more i'm mad with the photographer.. he/she is supposed to capture HER best feature... if she can't be the finalist.. it's the photographer fault!!! She's much much prettier than this.. go check out THIS and THIS... big difference lah i tell you... I really hope she wins... Do vote for her HERE ya (and bear with the photo)! Please, please...

In case you are wondering what Ngau Chap is... it's actually Beef Soup served with Rice Vermicille or Noodle.. (I think Ngau Chap is cantonese... or hakka? may be lah.. not sure about that :P)

To be frank, i haven't actually tasted real good Ngau Chap.. every shop that serves Ngau Chap kind of has its own flavour... some with white carrots, some without.. but to me, as long as the broth is thick enough.. it's nice, but i have yet to end my quest in searching for the best Ngau Chap. So this time, i'll just introduce a place which my parents like to go when they are craving for Ngau Chap :

This shop is located at Gaya Street... I am very lousy in identifying the exact location so i can't tell you what shops are near by.. i only know it's at the corner of a row of shop.. think is the 2nd or 3th roll of shops if you come from opposite Jesselton Hotel. There are 2 stalls there.. one serves Ngau Chap and one serves Laksa... so the Ngau Chap one looks like this :

I tried to cut down on beef but i just can't resist this :

Pic : Meatballs Soup with Rice Vermicille

Hahaha... meatball eats meatballs... and this is how their Ngau Chap looks like :

Overall the taste is quite good, soup is thick enough and they give generous portion of beef.

So, anyone out there who knows where the best Ngau Chap in KK is... let me know ya!

New Loi Kee (Ngau Chap Stall)
Kedai Kopi Kinabalu
Gaya Street
Kota Kinabalu