New bags

I went to Seoul with the idea of visiting the Lapalette flagship store in Myeong Dong to buy a bag there. It was pretty easy to local the shop and we found it in no time on the 1st day we reached Seoul. They were having a 10% sales on all normal priced items and more on past season items.

Frankly speaking, the designs were a bit disappointing. Unlike the past seasons where I had laid my eyes on, current season designs were not that appealing. However me being me, I managed to buy 1 home at the SGD 316 with the exchange rate at 793 with OCBC card. This is before tax rebate. I got rebate of around SGD20 at the airport.

Myeongdong Flagship store

 I actually did not know the price of this bag in Singapore but since I am there with the purpose of buying and it is within my budget, I decided to just buy. It was a bit difficult to get it home though. Since it was a hard structure bag and it took up half a compartment of our luggage.

There was 1 inner compartment in the bag and a big compartment with a zip on top of the bag. I couldn't really put in much things but it was just nice for work with an umbrella, a wallet, a pouch, a handphone and my keys. Mum commented that it was too ladylike for me. Muhahaha

My new bag from Korea

I got a surprise yesterday when the hubby asked early in the morning when we woke up whether I have any bag in mind to buy recently. I was thinking, hmmm I just brought like a week ago? Turns out that he had just got his bonus payout and it was a bit more than what he expected. He decided that he could get me a bag of my choice.

Don't ask me why bag only but not other things. I didn't know and didn't ask. I have learn over the years to just accept without questions asked. After checking his budget, I immediately went into shopping mode. It was not a high budget but not too shabby to start with.

Still I was spoilt for choice.  The mode of shopping is to visit Deluxemall forum. This forum is 1 of my favourite where sometimes I am able to find super good deals and  I am too lazy to go out to shop recently. Of course, I must exercise caution when buying too since there are sometimes scammers.

I went through the pages for fun in nearly every brand and suddenly came across a deal that looks too good to be missed. It was a sale for Coach Borough Bag. The very same bag that I initially wanted Mummy and Bro to help buy back from the US when they visited last year.

They didn't in the end as it was the latest model back then and they only visited outlets with the tour group. Unlike the other Coach designs, this bag was with a modern Office Ladies look complete with block colour material.

And so, the rest is history. Turns out the seller was a tai tai who brought the bag on impulse for Chinese New Year last year and she didn't even used the bag since all the cards and papers are still intact. She had sought to sell off the bag at 50% of the price in Singapore boutiques which is maybe around the price on US website.

I was excited to found such a deal and immediately sealed it with the seller. One might feared that the bag might be used before but when I checked the bag there were no signs of usage. Even if there is, she hide it well as I couldn't detect any.

This is not my usual colour of choice for bags -Bright red. But for no apparent reason, I had initially wanted it in this colour when I first set my eyes on this design. So I take it as it is fated to be mine, hurhur.

Coach Borough bag in Red

Anyhow we went to collect the bag without further ado and ta-dah I have a surprised new bag from Mr Love. Happy to bits.

New bag

Travel Companion

We are back from the Korea trip on last Saturday  but I have yet to upload my pics or blog about.

Out of respect for Mr Lee Kuan Yew who had just passed away, I shall defer the posting of photos till after his funeral. 

After all, it doesn't seems appropriate to post the happy pics in the mourning period.

Anyways a brief description of the trip. We spent 10days in Korea, 3days in Busan,1day in Jeongdongjin,1 day in Gaypeong,1 day for DMZ tour,3days in Seoul and finally the last day we took a noon flight home.

It was not Mr Love's favourite destination of all but he gave in knowing how much I wanted to go for the trip. It was not without hiccups. I fell sick there twice with high fever maybe due to not well prepared enough for the cold. Seriously I rather be the one sick rather than him since it was torturing to continue the trip while being sick.

But I do appreciate the we time we have together, away from comfort of home, burden of work, distractions from family etc. It is just the both of us in a foreign city and we only got each other. I always love this kind of feeling which is why we try to go on an annual trip.

Going on a trip even with your closest one is not easy. It's a do or break thing. Many a time, either one will have to give in. For instance, Mr Love is recently obsessed with a online game where he need to win 3 sets a day in order to gain extra bonus or something on that context. He would park himself on the couch every night when we reached the apartment and try to hit the quota.

Sometimes, I would get frustrated for not going to shower and rest on time but many a times I need remind myself that we are on a tour and need to maintain the good ambience. 

Mr Love on the other hand gets irritated easily if things don't go that smoothly during tours especially if we lost our way. There are sometimes I didn't know where the heck we are. I knew he was not very pleased since he would expect me to do my homework already. But he would wait patiently for me to sort things out this time especially without the help of wifi, I only can rely on either gut feelings or to ask the locals and try understand them. 

I always remember a older girl friend once told me that if you are able to travel with the person and survive without much quarrel or argument, then this is the person you can spend your life with. I always remember her words and every time when we go overseas, I remind myself this is the guy who I decided to spend my life with after travelling with him once before our marriage.

Of course, over the years our travel habits did not change. The only thing that changed is our mindset or thinking. But most importantly, we are usually able to find back the initial feelings we had for each other during the trips and bonded closer after each trip.

This is my travel companion, my life long partner. I look forward to more trips in future where we can create more of our own memories :)

A Great Loss

We woke up to a different  Singapore yesterday. A Singapore without our founding father -Mr Lee Kuan Yew.

Mr Lee had passed away peacefully on 3.18am on Monday morning (23rd Mar 15) as per the official press release. This ends nearly 2months of suffering for him as he was warded for severe pneumonia in early Feb causing him to miss Lunar New Year celebrations.

The days leading up to his death, reports came out that his health is worsening and at 1 point there are even fake reports of him passing on.

All these happen while we are still holidaying in Korea and we keep checking our Facebook for updates about his health. As much as we hoped that Mr Lee Kuan Yew will be here to celebrate SG50 with us, we also hoped that he would not have to suffer by holding on. I recalled he once said that he wanted a quick death in an interview. By praying that he will hold till Aug is like hoping he will suffer more with his poor health. It's a tough choice of what we should  pray for.

While I may be unhappy about the general policies of the political party that Mr Lee Kuan Yew founded and lead and advised till a few years ago, I believed strongly that he did us good.

Without him, I will not be entitled to a world class education though its stressful.

Without him, I will not get to enjoyed the world class public transport system although now its worsening.

Without him, I will not know how important racial harmony is and learnt how to coexist with people of different races&religion. There is no Chinese, Malay or Indian. We are Singsporeans and are all treated equally.

Without him, I will not be able to travel so freely with our ever so recognised passport. He put our little red dot on the world map and made us famous be it of the correct or wrong reasons.

Without his iron fist ruling, we wouldn't be as safe as we are now. It is when we travelled then I realised how much Singapore had shaped me into a fine person with my education and the laws.

Whenever others knew we were from Singapore, they treated us with more politeness knowing that we will reciprocate. This, I believed takes a long time to let the world know.

Mr Lee Kuan Yew dedicated his whole life to build the Singapore where I grew up and called home. He had visions of what many didn't have and that brought us this far in our achievements. He had a stronger will power than us commoners and thus earned him of his status as our founding father.

As his life comes to an end on this very sad day, I hope he finally have time to rest and joined his beloved wife in heaven for some much needed couple time.

Dear Mr Lee Kuan Yew, thank you for building us the Singapore that we are proud to call home. There will never be another man who will have the same good vision as you, same fighting spirit as you and as selfless as you to contribute to our country. I hope you will be well wherever you are :)

Hello from Busan

It's been 4 days since we started our Korea tour and its our last morning in Busan before moving up to Seoul for 2nd leg of the tour.

So far,we love the cold cold weather although sometimes it's freezing our asses off when the wind blows.

Mr Love was surprisingly in love with Korean cuisine,making life much easier for me during meal times since he pretty much have no complaints over what we are eating. It's a chore to get him to eat anything besides fried chicken if you know him well..

Unlike what I have heard,Busan is actually pretty interesting. Those who told me other wise might mean that there isn't much shopping to do here but I wun mind. The sights we went to are breath taking and the people here are friendly and helpful!!Many a times when they see us looking lost,they will offer help without us asking. Even the grannies offered their help though they only spoke Korean. I'm so touched by their great hospitality. Hopefully Seoulites are this helpful too:)

Thank you Busan for the great 3 days here. I hope I get to see you again real soon

Wisdom and Patience

Dear God,

I pray that you can grant me wisdom and patience to overcome the challenge faced this week. In midst of all the work I need to clear, all the stupidity of the inconsiderate people and problems faced, I hope you will bless me to go through all of them and emerged stronger than ever.

I know I can put my faith in you and will get through these.

Love,
A very tired Lele

My favourite month of year is here

March is finally here. This year, it is really a month of celebrations. Besides still in CNY where we are still doing house visits to Mr Love's relatives. Partner is getting married in a week's time where I am tasked to be the gatecrash IC & MC of the dinner. March is also the birthday month of 2 other sisters besides myself and of course our 7th Year ROM anniversary.

This year, we finally managed to plan my long awaited trip to Korea departing on my birthday. Its 2weeks away but I am far from ready. Am still doing last minute read up and planning and luggage are still near empty though I reckon packing will be fast.

I foresee next week to be a crazy week where Mr Love and I will rush like mad to clear the work load before our 7days absence from work. Besides that, I would like to find time to juggle planning, packing and liaising for Partner's wedding preparation. Man, just thinking of it makes me tired. Muhaha But I am sure it will be all worth while.

As we countdown to the trip, I got more excited. After all, I had dream of going on this trip for the longest time and keep getting push back.

I hope Korea will be good to us and Mr Love will then be agreeable for future trips.

Till I am not so tied up, then I will update more on the recent events:)

Happy March and Spring Peeps, I hope your March will be as good and exciting as mine!!

Happie Goat Year- Reunion & Day 1

 Reunion dinner of eve of CNY is at my parents in law house where my Mother in law will prepare hotpot & hot plate. It's easier to have hotpot since we can cook whatever we like and also preparation only involves cutting up the meats, ingredients, most of all my mil need not cook up a storm on that day. We have been having this every year since I married in.

Yu sheng

Hot plate & hot pot

We arrived early at 9am to my in law's place and played with the kids while waiting for them to get ready. See the little nephew who is like a wringgly worm, cannot take good photo with him. But he is adorable to play with.

Moving here & there

Gotta hold him tight for a photo

 Noticed that Mr Love didn't hold this little worm in any of the photos becuase he cannot handle the movements, even I struggle to hold properly sometimes.

And a 3 person photo

 And we started witht he annual greetings. Mr Love's family is more traditional than my in this year. In our household, we need not do this. I dun even say Happy new year to my parents, ever since I got married Mr Love is the one who wished them and I am just in charge of giving the ang baos which I suspect they are more interested in.

Wishing my parents in law good health

My younger sis in law wishing us

Aiden wishing us but he was not happy with too much photo taking

Lastly, Brenden wishing us with help of his mummy

Super love this shot

We will then take an annual family photo before moving out to grand-dad in law house for family gathering.

Annual family photo

Aiden says he want to follow us

 Since Aiden is much older now, he will chose to stay with us since his parents have to give more attention to his kid brother. But he is very well behave, giving us no trouble when with us. We can bring him to walk 20min back & froth to the convenience store and he would entertain us with his chats along the way. Then the the playground before going home.

As much as he loves being with us since we spoilt him, I also love his company since he is very chatty and listens well whenever he needs to:)

A photo @ Ah Gong's place

With Mr Love's pretty cousins

Happie Goat Year -Preparation

In a blink of eyes, we entered the year of Goat. This year, Lunar New Year came a bit late in late Feb giving us more time to prepare. But as usual, I left things till the last minute to complete. Hehe.

Preparation for CNY is usually span across a few week, getting new clothes (good excuse for me yay..), storing some food like fishes (年年有余）, prawns, chicken and hanging up China Leeks (蒜） is a must do for my house though I am from the younger generation.

Cod fishes

 My colleagues were amazed by my "Auntieness" since not all of them follow the customs now. But these were past down from both my mummy and mother-in-law. And since it is not too bothersome, must as well follow.

Tiger prawns

Happy Goat year

 Not sure have anyine noticed, but the prices of CNY cookies now are crazy! A small bottle of Pineapple tarts costs at least SGD15, Medium bottle of Deep fried chiku will set you back by SGD12.50. BBQ pork is SGD 50 for a kg.

I am not a big fan of CNY cookies either is Mr Love and since we are not expecting visitors in our house, we skipped buying the goodies this year. Hehe There are alot of wastage the previous year and it is sinful to throw the food away.

That being said, we still went ahead and make the deep fried chiku on the weekend before CNY. 1KG of chiku costs SGD6 though we need to skin it and slice and deep fried 1 by 1. Time consuming but Mr Love loves it.

Homemade goodies

 Then not forgetting I got wonderful neighbour who will gift us her very yummy pineapple tarts every year, hehe I need not buy any since Auntie's version win hands down. We finished her prawn crackers way before CNY and thus it is not in the picture. Muhahaha.

Our goodies thes year. Gifts & homemade

I've got a habit of buying new bedsheet every year to the horror of Mr Love since the cupboard is bursting with all the past year's bedsheet. Hehe. See my 2015 version of 花开富贵 nice?

2015 花开富贵

 Lastly not to forget the 年糕（步步高升） & 发糕  from the 2 mothes and viola the preparation is complete!!

年糕& 发糕

Of Bonus and Increments

It's time of the year again for bonus and increments not for all companies but at least for mine. After going through last year's scary exercise, frankly speaking any form of payout before CNY is a bonus for me.

Of course there are some who had forgotten about the lesson last year or mistakenly think it's a good year for 2014 and then expect a lot or rather much more from the payout.

There are mixed reactions to this year's payout which is not unexpected.

It's only natural than we compare with one and other but in the process how not to let the whole thing affects yourself is the biggest challenge.

I ever saw an article on this which tides me through the difficult time when I got shortchanged for a bonus payout once.

A guy got 10,000 bucks for his bonus this year and with below scenarios, there were different outcomes.

1). He found out that most of his colleagues got similar amount as him and he felt relieved. Therefore he called home and told his wife he will be buying additional dish back for dinner.

2). He found out that most colleagues got lesser amount than him and he felt elated. Therefore he called home and told his wife no to cook but he will bring the whole family out for dinner.

3). He found out the most of his colleagues got a larger bonus than him and he felt dejected. Therefore he called home an told his wife not to cook his share as he has no mood to take dinner.

Morale of the story, even though the bonus amount is the same but because there were comparison done the person's mood got affected greatly.

Many a times I will remind myself about this story and would be able to cheer up.

Truth is, bonus is suppose to be a happy thing regardless of the amount what other people gets. If you think you are compensate enough for the year of work done than you should be glad for the payout.

That said, not many get compensated based on their hard work. There are many other deciding factors and should you lack one of it, it would affect your payout greatly.

Personally, I think it's the greatest time of the year and you should spread the happiness with your family members.

In my case, both my parents get a sum of monies for their pre-new year purchases for clothes or goodies. Then will set aside another sum for the ang bao during CNY and lastly a feast on the day we go back on the 2nd day of CNY. The amount varies each year with my bonus payout every year, even without any payout last year, I did give them a token sum. Afterall, CNY is a happy occasion for us Chinese, I can do without a proper celebration but I cannot let the family suffer with me.

Like all couples, we do gift each other during bonus period and whether my mood is good or not directly impacts Mr Love the most. It's unfair to take it out of him in the case the payout is not up to my expectations.

Hopefully everyone will have a good payout this year and can have a good year with their love ones.

愿得一人心，白头不分离

I was told by many girlfriends that to know whether the man you married is Mr Right or not, you can observed him during times that you need him (i.e when you are sick).

Not that I wanna test him intentionally but sometimes things just happen.

Mr Love was with me whole day on the day of surgery. The worries he have are no lesser than mine though I can feel that he is trying to stay calm. But judging from his refusal to leave my side to go for his meals and the look on his face when I was wheeled down to the OT, I can really feel his worries, love and concern for me.

He later told me that during the 1 hour plus when I was having the surgery seems so long and he waited anxiously for the nurses to call him. The surgery took longer than expected and therefore it kept him on edge till the call came.

I can sense his relieve when I came back to the ward with him helping to set out my dinner and making sure I was comfortable enough to eat. Can see that he is tired out from the whole day event and it took quite a lot of persuasion before he agreed to go home and rest.

The past few days while I am recuperating at home, he went out of his way to make me comfortable though he had to report to work.

I will cook simple lunch and leave the dishes for him to wash when he returns from work. He would make sure my breakfast and dinner are well taken off and knocking off on time so that he could buy dinner in time for me.

I know that when I wakes up in the middle of night to the toilet, he would also stir awake and make sure I am well back in bed before falling asleep again.

Yes, during the difficult times not only me are suffering. My closest one is also suffering with me.

I know I am blessed to have found him and married him :)

The worst is over

Finally I went for D&C procedure on 20th Jan 15. It was a nerve wrecking wait up to the day of surgery and the day itself was especially bad.

Was told to fast since 12midnight the previous day to prepare for admission at 10.30am on the very morning. Was told that I will be administrate some medication and need wait 2hours for the medication to take effect and operation is scheduled at 1pm or so they claimed.

I knew our hospitals are crowded but never expect it to be this crowded even with an appointment for admission. There was no bed for me when I was admitted and I was placed in a high dependency ward to wait for my surgery. This also caused some confusion later in the operation room when the nurses and doctor realized I was sent down from a high dependency ward. I explained it was due to lack of bed space just before dozing off from the anesthetic.

Waited for 1hour before a doctor came along to explain and re-confirm my consent for the surgery. Another hour passed before they came and administrate the medication for me which will need 2 more hours of waiting before I can be sent down to the OT. Mr Love was there with me but did not have a chair even to sit beside my bed. He did not dare to leave me as we did not know when I will wheeled into the OT. It was agonizing for the both of us. Finally, after much persuasion then he went for a fast lunch.

The medication took effect and I was in pain. Not unbearable but it was certainly uncomfortable. By then, I went without food and water for 14-15hours and was weak from the lack of food. But there was no other way out. By hook or by crook, I must go through it today.

Was finally wheeled down at 3pm with Mr Love looking on worriedly even to the patient's lift. This is when the nightmare begin, at least for me.

Was first put in a waiting area near the OT and told to lie there in the bare back operation robe. The air con is on to the maximum and I was shivering even when covered up with a blanket. It takes 15minutes for someone with the OT came to push me in to what they called Induction area.

Its just right outside the OT and I can hear clearly the on going operation inside. It was scary to hear the medical team going around their work and the sounds of the equipments. I was alone there for 10mins and was chanting prayers in my heart to calm myself down as well as to pray for a smooth procedure.

Someone came and repeatedly confirm my identity and medical history. It's a pain in the ass to keep answering the same questions ever since admission but there was not much of a choice.

Time check at 3.29pm when I was finally wheeled into the main OT which big equipments all around and the busy medical team preparing for my surgery. It reminded me of the day when I went for cleaning up my miscarriage. I don't like the feeling. Right up to when I was breathing hard in the gas, I was praying for the procedure to be smooth. That is how scared I am.

I did not know how long exactly the procedure is but when I woke up, am already in the recovery area waiting to be wheel back to the ward. My first words to the nurses were I am hungry and I wanted food. Time checked now is 17:00 and it had been 17 or 20hours since I went with food and drink. They promised me that food will be waiting when I am wheeled back to the ward. Told them to inform Mr Love that I had regained conscious.

Stayed a night at the hospital for observation but did not get much sleep all night. The nurses keep coming in to take my temperature and bp every 2 hours. Was so glad to see my bed when I discharged.

The worst is over now although recovery was not up to expectations. Hopefully I can resume my normal activities by next week since I am confined to the sofa and bed these 2 weeks although I do get up and do some work, no thanks to the colleague who refuse to stand in for me even though I was out of work due to medical reasons and not leisure.

Piggy bday trip to Melaka-Part 6 Last Min shopping/Lunch/Returning home

Upon check out, we decided to make our way to Mahkota Parade which is directly opposite Dataran Pahlawan for more shopping though was looking for anything in particular.

Once upon a time when I was in Pri 5, my school brought me on a field trip to Melaka and Mahkota was the most atas shopping centre in Melaka during that time. Fast forward to nearly 20yrs later, I am here again. Really feels old. Hehe

Crossing the road to Mahkota parade

 Once inside, mummy start to say she want have lunch. But those restaurants inside are not to her liking. We walked around the whole mall and couldn't find anything to her liking.

We then decided to go outside to check out the shop houses whether there are any suitable restaurants there.

There is a Nonya restaurant named Nonya Suan along the shop houses and so we all went in since every one is famished.

Nonya Suan Restaurant, Melaka

Interior

Restaurant was half filled and we got a table in no time. I was in charge of ordering which is no easy task since need to take in everyone's likes and dislikes.

Grass jelly drink

Otah was 1st served and it has a sour taste to it. Not to mistake it for being spoiled but because I think they added assam to it. We all liked otah but couldn't really get pass the assam taste.

Assam Otah

Big pot of rice

Next up is omelette which is piggy bro's favourite.There was nothing special of this dish but still we finished it in no time.

Omelette

Then came Ayam Buah Keluak. Piggy bro and mummy couldn't eat spicy food and so this is specially ordered for them. We liked this dish a lot. The chicken was cooked till tender and the black bean sauce is superb.

Ayam Buah Keluak

We saw the next table eating some tofu dish and decided to order the same. Was told it was their signature tofu. The tofu was deep fried and some thick gravy was poured over it. It's a bit salty but still good with rice.

Signature tofu

Lastly is black bean deep dried fish. I was a bit disappointed being not able to order Assam fish but then again no one else can appreciate that so I gave up the idea.

The fish was pretty fresh but the black bean sauce was too diluted.

Black bean sauce fish

The sweet tooth mummy insisted in order dessert though we were all full. Mr Love and I ended up sharing 1 and both mummy and piggy bro ordered 1 each.

Our chendol

Piggy bro's durian ice kachang

The bill came up to SGD80. Not too expensive but wasn't too impressed with the food. Should have done more research to find a better restaurant. But never mind, there is always the next time.

We went back to Mahkota Shopping center for some shopping and went walking around. Given the our strong currency at the moment, everything here seems to be cheap. But must control too since we did not have much cash left after days of spending.

Pretty display

Mummy shopping in Daiso

Started walking back to our hotel at 3pm since the bus departure time is at 4pm. Pick up is at our hotel which is super convenient. There was a representative from the bus company taking attendance and coordinating with bus boarding which makes the return leg fuss free.

Traffic for bus at the 2nd Causeway was smooth and we cleared the customs in just under an hour. Should we drove, I think it waiting time will be much longer. Am happy that we chose Coach option.

It's nice going to Malacca after so many years later but we didn't really get to see much with the lack of research. Since it's convenient to go there, I reckon we will be making the trip in near future:)

Piggy bday trip to Melaka-Part 5 Dim Sum breakfast

Since we did not buy buffet breakfast with the hotel, the task of looking for breakie falls onto my shoulder.

Read somewhere about a famous dim sum joint in Jonker street and decided to come here for breakfast. Rise and shine @7am to prepare to walk there but we dilly dally till 8am before making it out of the hotel.

Morning view of Melaka city

Name of the joint we are going today is called Low Yong Moh Restaurant ( 32, Jalan Tukang Emas, 75100, Melaka, Melaka, 75200, Malaysia).

I am not sure the best way to get there but here's ours:

1). Turn right once you enter Jonker street (where 三叔公 is located).
2). Walk staright and you will past the Cheng Ho Maritime museum 
3). Turn left onto the 1st street (Jalan Tukang Besi)
4). Walk straight till you see a mosque on your left.
5). The restaurant (or coffeeshop) is right opposite the mosque.

It was full house when we reached and there was a small crowd infront. Luckily, there were a few tables of guest leaving at the same time and we got a seat soon.

It was pretty chaotic, so no point being shy. Make your presence known to the workers there so that they can direct you to a seat when available. Standing there waiting for them to acknowledge your presence will maybe push you back by 3 or 4 tables.

We sat down and then waited for the helpers to bring the food to us to choose. Just like any other dim sum joints. The famous da pau was sold out though and so Mummy ordered Char Siew pau.

Loh Mai Kai

Pricing on the wall

Char Siew Pau

We ordered mostly one of all the available things, only skipping some that we usually don't eat.
Actually despite all the good reviews of this dim sum joint, I don't particularly find their food very va va vroom.

Perhaps it's due to different perference, but I seriously prefer our dim sum back in Singapore.  Also, those served to us are not even lukewarm, some are cold already. This is a big no no for dim sum.

The steam selects

One dish stands out though, their Lotus leave gultinous rice. The fragrance of the leaves seeped into the rice, giving it a very fragrant taste and the saltiness was just nice. I loved it.

Lotus leave glutinous rice

Fishballs & Otah

Service here was mediocre, perhaps due to the large crowd they have to handle. We had a hard time getting attention from the servers. We ended up getting the fried food selection ourselves since those serving them keep missing our table.

Fried food selection

Old school sign board

See the large crowd standing outside

Bill came up to RM89 for the 4 of us including tea. I must admit that we are all very full from the meal. Luckily we did not have to wait long for a table. If you asked me, I wouldn't think it is worthwhile to wait a table with the food standard.

Then again it is just my taste buds. If you are here on weekdays, you can consider dropping by to try their dim sum.

Were so full after breakfast that we decided to walk around the city before going back to the hotel. Walked down a street of old shop houses opposite St Paul's church but no shops were open. We then went to the street in the church compound to check out the gift shops.

Then it's back to the hotel to prepare to check out before we proceed to some last minute shopping. 

Old shophouses

Gift shops in church compound