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All I can remember from the “delayed” Shui Lin’s birthday celebration is a lot of foods and a lot of pork! So much food that I have to break yesterday’s event into 2 parts. Part 1 is about the “launching” of Shui Lin’s latest fashion, the E-diot cum birthday celebration at the Checkers, Damansara Height. Part 2 is our second round celebration at Vintry at Medan Damansara. I won’t be writing much though, because I realized pictures tell better story then me writing, so enjoy!

For her birthday, we gave Shui Lin three T-shirts all designed in-house. The main designers are TC and Calista…hahaha…the rest of the team which include myself are the opinion – givers…hehehe! It is still team work, okay!

Yeah, that is the “launching” of Shui Lin’s latest fashion, the E-diot…

See, how happy is Shui Lin. I think she is too ecstatic, that she got nothing to say but to dance…

Shui Lin with one of the designer, Ms. Calista Lee…

Now, you know you are “spaztial” to us, Shui Lin (hehe). Happy Belated Birthday, to you…

Let’s talk about the food at the Checkers. This is the first time I came about a restaurant that has no signboard but with extremely yummy food owned by two very “interesting” owners. You will know why later…

1. TC, the mastermind from the shirt design to the dinner and Calista…

2. Shui Lin, Hiew, Linda and KF, my clan master…

I have done some short research on the Checkers at Damansara Height. Some called the restaurant the “best kept secret in town”. I have to agree with that statement. This restaurant isn’t easy to locate and most interestingly, the restaurant doesn’t even have a sign board!!!

I thought sign board is the cheapest publicity for any business???

Even without a signboard, this place is full almost every evening (from what I heard). The seats in the restaurant is kinda limited also. If I am not mistaken, there are only maximum 15 “single” tables available in the restaurant. People normally go to the restaurant in a group, so I assumed the restaurant can fit maximum 5 groups only. Therefore, if you wanna dine at the Checkers, please book few days in advance…

Once you are there, follow this sequence… find the younger owner, talk some crap with him for a while, ask him what he has for the day other than in the menu, listen to his recommendation, order and wait for your food. After a while you will notice what’s so “interesting” about the owners. Checker have two owners, if I have not mistaken…

Next is the food… I am not a good commentator when comes to food. I have very limited vocabulary when come to describe food. But I can assure you, the food at Checkers are delicious (see what I mean) and they use the best ingredients for their food…

1. Grilled Expensive Mushroom and Grilled Tomato Soup…

2. Some Pasta (which I don’t remember the name) and Mexican Sausage…

3. Some Pasta (which I don’t remember the name) and the famous Lord of the Ribs (LOTR)…

TC, cutting the LOTR for us…

4. Stuffed Grilled Calamari (just don’t ask what is the filling) and Pork Chop…

5. The fat layer from the Pork Chop and Scampi with bread…

I hope the pictures have done a good job by showing to you how good is the food at Checkers. You already have the visual, what is lacking is the smell and the opportunity to taste. If you are interested to dine at the restaurant, I have already included a map and address to the restaurant. Book in advance using this number: 03-2095 3304 before going there…

Be prepared to pay for the food and don’t be late or you might lose your booking. Just don’t show the “e-diot” face like Linda if you so happen to arrive late…haha! Sorry Linda… you are still my favorite person in office…

Part 2 is coming…

Like everyone else, I always look forward for weekend. Weekend means a lot for me. It’s the time for me to refresh and also to recuperate. Before I end my weekend (only 1 hour) away, I thought I would just recall what I did this weekend…

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What did I do this weekend?

1. Attended Cell Group on Friday. Now, I know prayer is as easy as ABC!

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2. Celebrated Jarance and Jen Li’s birthday on Friday. See what all these people did to Jarance (our CG leader)? They put clips all over Jarance’s face and attempt to pull them off one shot. The plan, however, was canceled because the pain is simply unbearable!!

Jarance… I have to tell you I am not part of the cospiracy. I was only assigned as a photographer. So don’t hate me… hehe!

Next, was the waxing legs part. Again, they pulled the tape altogether. I pity Jarance, but if they (CG members) don’t take advantage of Jarance now, then they will never have the chance to take revenge on him for all his scolding in the past..hahaha! Jarance, we know all your scoldings are good but still… (hehe)

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and Jen Li happily enjoying her birthday cake… (looks adorable, like a rabbit )

This month alone (though only 1 week has passed), we have celebrated 4 friends’ birthday. Happy Birthday to Sophie, Jason, Jarance and Jen Li !! In fact, many more birthday to celebrate this month including mine!

This trigger my mind to think why are there so many September babies?

My ‘intelligent’ mind came out with this theory… Since pregnancy period is 9 month, so the parents will have to “make baby” or “make love” in the month of December. Therefore, the key for the question lie on the month of December. Normally, there are a lot of holidays on the month December and when you have ample of time and no work stress, the next thing you do is to “make a lot of love” with your spouse. Correct? Hahaha… What do you think? Do you think my theory works?

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3. Send my car for repair on Saturday morning.

So happen Jolene’s car broke down during cell group. I recommended her to this workshop in Taman Megah, whose service and pricing are pretty reasonable. We met up on Saturday morning and spent half of our Saturday waiting for our car to be done. She spent RM200 to replace the whole radiator and I spend RM98 to replace the door handle.. sigh!

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4. Attended Sunday church service and fellowshipping. As usual, Juleen and I spend our morning in church and fellowshipping with our brothers and sisters in Christ. We managed to watch the movie “Money Not Enough 2″ by Jack Neo. The movie is not too bad, however, you got to understand Hokkien, else you will have to read the subtitle throughout the movie.

Overall, I have a good gathering in the afternoon. And I noticed something. I noticed Jarance wasn’t “traumatized” by the Friday’s experience and I have the evidence (look below). So I guess for his next year birthday, we can up the level a bit . Still can laugh “la” Jarance…laugh more!! Hahaha…

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5. Went jogging with Juleen and BoBo. Did I mentioned I have to sweep and mop the house on every Sunday? I am fortunate to have Juleen helping me out every weekend. Since we finished our work early and still have time before dinner (she will come over to have dinner with my family every Sunday and I ‘ll do the same every Saturday), Juleen suggested we went for a jog. I agreed! Somehow nowadays, I hate staying home doing nothing… Jogging is good!

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before we start jogging, we have to get the energy from the ice cream first… haha!

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Juleen and BoBo…

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First picture session…

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Second picture session… (now I wonder we were jogging or photo taking?)

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One thing I like about Kota Kemuning is that we have all the infrastructure and facilities. One of it is the public park where all the family members can spend their weekend together feeding the fish and picnicking…

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We left before the sun set! Beautiful view at Kota Kemuning’s lake…

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I have beautiful weekend this week and I am ready to go back to work! Need to work extra hard, so that this year I can get a reasonable pay rise… seriously need it . Nine month has passed, three more month left for this year. I wonder how much I have fulfilled my 2008 New Year Resolution…

I finally join a yoga studio to keep up with my exercise routines. Its been a while I skip my exercise due to work. The yoga class is fee is not cheap but luckily it can be paid by installment. Else it would have burnt a big hole in my pocket. Besides, this studio is close to my house and there is no hassle of finding parking in shopping malls or crowded business areas.

Why do I like Yoga? I prefer yoga because this gentle exercise not only can help me strengthen my posture and flexibility, but also beneficial in mental therapy. I have benefited form Yoga in the past and i think it is time for me to get back to Yoga .

I have some tips to share with you guys…

1) Don’t be too aggressive about exercising. I noticed many of my friends around me exercise irregularly. They started exercise very passionately but burn out pretty quickly too. As for me I would definitely not put my money into joining gym membership because it requires too much of commitment in terms of money and time.

You’d have to join the package for a certain period of time. And driving to a mall could cost a little more. When your passion to exercise diminished, you are more likely to regain your weight and sharp increase in percent of body fat.

Generally some exercise like going for a walk, slow jog once or twice a week can do wonders too to stay healthier. Try at least 3 times a week, up to 5 times as your body get used to that routine.

2) If you want to lose weight, set a reasonable goals for yourself. Be realistic and work hard to reach that goal.

And don’t forget to combine working out with a healthy diet. Eating healthily will always help to keep the extra weight off.

— If you would love to know more about Yoga and health tips, you can leave your comment and I will reply promptly —-