RuehYinn & Juleen @ blueepinkk.com

— Backdated Post (24 June 2008) —

We were blessed with tickets to Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Musical Broadway yesterday. It was the premier show and of course we were very excited and looking forward for this performance. It was also the first musical play that we went together as a couple.

I drove down to KL after work and met up with RuehYinn at KL Convention Centre. Since it was still early, we managed to do a bit of shopping at KLCC .

At about 7:30 pm, we started making our way to Plenary Hall at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. Along the journey, we kept discussing about what to expect of the Beauty and the Beast. It was so intense and detail that we didn’t even realized we were already at the Plenary Hall.

There was a pre-cocktail session from 6:30- 7:45 pm, but we did not have time for that, so we followed the throng of crowd into the hall. There were many people in the hall…

We were lucky that our seats were not too far away from the stage. We were sitting just 9 rows away from the stage. Look at the screen on the stage, it is so captivating…

Beauty and the Beast Broadway Musical was staged here for the first time, and this romantic story has proven to be a hit with the audience. The show did not start sharp at 8pm. However, with our excitement and joy, we waited patiently for the show to start. The seats in the Hall were almost 95% filled for that night.

At last at 8.15pm, the show began and the rest were history…

We enjoyed the show very much throughout. We were swept away by the casts’ excellent show in the musical play. However, almost at the end of the show there was a slight technical glitch but was quickly resolved.

RuehYinn tried to get some good shots during the play so that we could put them up on our blog. But most of the pictures didn’t turn out to be what we expected. Too bad we did not have a telephoto lense yet, else we could have taken nicer shots . Here are some of the nicer photos. Tada…

Beauty and the beast…

Beauty and the prince at the end of the show…

Overall it was a wonderful and worth while experience. The costumes were awesome, the singing and dancing were beautifully choreographed, the setting and lightings were lovely. We will definitely go for more musical broadway in the future.

If you would love to see the show, you can click on the following link:-

Beauty and the Beast Website

Hope you guys will enjoy as much as we did !

What do you do when you are feeling stressful and bored at the same time?

You read…yes, you read!! Just grab a book from your bookshelf and read. If you don’t have any book to read at home, just grab one from the bookstore, pay for it and read. Normally I sleep when I feel stressful and bored.

But if I still feel the same after a good and loOooOog sleep, I will read…

By now, you should know that I am currently very stressful and bored at the same time. So much so that I got myself 3 books today. And thanks for SL’s privilege card, these 3 books only cost me RM 75… and they aren’t any lousy books okay. Unbelievable isn’t it ? …

and the books…

I got myself:-

Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb, who claimed you don’t need to have the skills and strategies to be successful. All you need is just luck and nothing else!

Blink by Macolm Gladwell, who claimed snap judgment can be far more effective than a cautious decision. When you need to make a decision, just use your instinct ! The power of thinking is when not thinking at all…

Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, a book co - written by an economist and a Wall Street Journalist who explores the hidden side of everything like … why do drug dealers live their mothers, what makes a perfect parents and what do school teachers have in common with sumo wrestlers?

Why am I getting all those weird books? Frankly, I don’t know. But I think it’s always good to look at the other side of the coin. My FM, Mr. TC, always advice me, “Never accept the face value only” and “there are always two side of the story“. Hopefully by reading those books… I will become smarter and not …

becoming nuttier !

Anyway, please allow me to give you some tips on how to get cheap books from the Times bookstore at the Pavilion:-

- Firstly, choose the books that interest you

- Next bring the books to the counter. Don’t pay for the book just yet. Request for the Privilege Member form and fill in all the required details. The membership fee is RM20 for 2 years.

- Upon filling the Privilege Membership form, you will receive 20% discount on your 1^st purchase and RM 3 instant rebate. That is a lot of saving, my friend!!

- Lastly pay for your books and membership fee!

You will also get this card:-

Despite the RM20 membership fee, I think the membership is cool because you are entitled:-

- 10% discount off books and stationery with no minimum purchase at all Times bookstores in Singapore and Malaysia.

- 5% discount off wide selection of magazines at all Times bookstore in Malaysia only.

- Best of all, you get 10% discount off on food and drinks at the café. If I am not mistaken, the café are reserved for members only.

Go visit Times bookstore now. I am not promoting for them and I don’t get any commission okay. Just remember, don’t buy books to accumulate DUST ….!!

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Lessons that we can learn:-

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.

~Mark Twain

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

~Charles W. Eliot

Others have hearty breakfast every morning but I have to reject people every morning !!! Yes, virtually every morning at Kelana Jaya LRT’s parking space. And No, I am not a mean person. So who do I reject every morning? I reject this guy every morning:-

Oh no, did he see me???

This nice fellow will approach me every morning to solicit his car wash service. Despite being rejected every morning he never gives up on me. See how persistent is him:-

First 2 minutes… (he waited for me to come out from the car)

5 minutes has passed… (still waiting for me after got rejected by another person)

Persistency is a virtue. And because it is a virtue, I will be persistent too… I will insist not to allow him and his friends to wash my car !!

But why RuehYinn?? Simply because… (seeing is believing)

Who would spend the money on car wash and your car get dirty the next minute when you exit the parking? The whole parking space is full of potholes filled with muddy waters. There is no way I can avoid those potholes given that the parking space is full of cars. And because I’m a person with some common sense, I won’t waste my money that way. Now do you know why I wouldn’t even spend RM5.00 for the car wash?

I think the car park’s management should consider to repair the road, else it will look like this one day:-

Yes, those potholes at the parking space will be as big as the Arizona Meteor Crater one day… It won’t be a POTHOLE anymore, it will become a CRATER !!!

The funny thing is sometimes they would use reverse psychology on me too. This is our conversation:-

Car Washer: Cuci kereta boss? (translation: Car wash, sir?)

Me: No, no (waving hand only)

Car Washer: RM5.00 saja. Murah. (translation: RM5.00 only. It’s Cheap)

Me: No, no (waving hand only)

Car Washer: Tapi kereta boss sangat kotor! Itu tayar pun banyak kotor! (translation: But sir, your car is very dirty! That rim is very dirty also)

At this point of time, I will just stop responding and walk away !! Upset but still a happy man inside… haha!

I will only allow them to wash my car if they hire …

while keeping the old rate, i.e. RM 5.00 per car wash! He he…

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Moral of the story: Successful business needs common sense!

—Backdated Post (22 June 2008)—

Last weekend, we went to check out the newly launched Lagoon Villas. This is a two storey town house development equipped with lift for each unit in case you are taking the unit upstairs. How cool is it? This development houses only 125 units and they are gated and guarded. We visited the showroom but we were not impressed. We like the idea of low density development with good ambiance, however, we still prefer landed property for that price. The price for the town house is around RM300k plus. Probably our opinions are biased since we have bought our house in that area too, instead of Lagoon Villas it is Lagoon Homes :-). Here are some of the pictures we took when we checked on the construction progress of the Lagoon Homes:-

1. The type A

2. Type B (the one we bought)

3. Type C

By the way, if you consider to purchase either a Lagoon Home or a Lagoon Villa, you will get one of this behind your house. A beautiful human made wetland.

I think this development is called “lagoon” because Gamuda thinks the wetland is a lagoon. They have few developments which they named them Canal Gardens, Lake Edge, and Kota Kemuning Hills. As far as I know, Kota Kemuning has hill and beautiful lake but we don’t find canal and lagoon. No wonder you can see some cynical people gathered at the launching of Lagoon Villas with special message on their T - shirt. Apparently, they are from Kota Kemuning Canal Garden Community Club:-

Whatever it is, we still like Kota Kemuning. Apparently Kota Kemuning’s tag is “The Epitome of Klang Valley’s Finest”. If you would like to find out more about Kota Kemuning you can click the link below:-

Kota Kemuning Website

or check out:-

Lagoon Home Community Club Blog. You will find fun people inside there, including us…he he

—Backdated Post (22 June 2008)— JuleenW

Good day people… It was a beautiful Sunday morning. RuehYinn and I started our day with a good breakfast. As much as we can, we try to have breakfast together every Sunday morning before Sunday Church Service. How sweet is that? Usually, we will go to our favorite breakfast spot somewhere near his house.

RuehYinn ordered Wan Tan Mee and I ordered the Tai Poh Mee. I am sure that you are familiar with Wan Tan Mee, but not with Tai Poh Mee. Basically, Tai Poh Mee’s noodles are slightly thicker and curly. In a plate of Tai Poh Mee, you will find generous amount of Char Siew meat, fried Wan Tan and of course few slices of Chai Po (pickle vegs). Don’t be deceive with the appearance of Tai Poh Mee. Although it looks like Wan Tan Mee, the taste is totally different. It’s delicious especially for those who are sick of eating Wan Tan Mee. Here are the pictures of Tai Poh Mee:-

And here, RuehYinn’s Wan Tan Mee. Looks delicious and yummy too:-

I personally love noodles more than rice. I like this Tai Poh Mee because it tastes great, and you hardly find this noodle around. In fact, this is the first time I heard of such noodle. What more at Kota Kemuning, where people claimed you hardly find good Chinese food.

The next time, you have a chance to try Tai Poh Mee in Kota Kemuning, try to dip the fried Wan Tan into the soup. Allow the soup to sip into the fried Wan Tan and soften it before eating it. That’s my favorite way of eating fried Wan Tan. Let me caution you though, if you aren’t a big eater just settle with a small bowl of Tai Poh Mee because it is very filling. I guess it is also due to the size and texture of the noodle. To tempt you guys further, here are the macro pictures of Tai Poh Mee and Wan Tan Mee… look at the Char Siew meat!! Yum Yum…

And as usual, a picture of our drinks…

The price for regular Tai Poh Mee is RM4.00. For the big bowl, it is RM4.50. However, if you wanna stick with Wan Tan Mee, the regular (small) bowl is only RM3.50 and the big bowl is RM4.50. I think it is pretty reasonable especially during this time when everything is expensive due to inflation.

I recommend all of you guys that stay around Kota Kemuning to try this fantastic noodle. Even for those that are not staying in Kota Kemuning, let’s get adventurous and go try out the noodle too…Cheers!

You can find the store at:-

Restoran NTS (Kota Kemuning branch)
Tai Poh Mee/Wan Tan Mee
Jalan Anggerik Vanilla S 31/S,
Kota Kemuning, 40460,
Shah Alam, Selangor.