Latest member in Seow family (by Kenny)

We recently celebrated our niece's (my younger brother's baby daughter) full moon with a gathering among families and friends.


Can't imagine we are uncle and aunty now. It sounds gross what our neice would call us in Cantonese (I'll be called 'Tai Pak' and Rebecca will called 'Tai Pak Leong'. We told the parents that we would rather stick to English which sounds so much nicer, Uncle Kenny and Aunty Rebecca. Besides the foods, we had the opportunity to meet up with some relatives whom we can only meet either on festival sessions or gatherings like this.




We would like to warmly welcome our new additional member to the Seow family, Seow Zou Ee. We love you very much :).

Memorable Trip To Langkawi (by Kenny)

This is my maiden posting on the blog. Since everyone is into it, I thought of giving it a try. So this is my first blog on the recent vacation we took in Langkawi.

Recently I took my wife for a short break to Langkawi. Both of us are really excited as it has been a while since we step foot to Langkawi. Below are the events of our memorable tour.

The flight from LCCT to Langkawi took about an hour. Upon arrival, I rented a car as it would be more convenience for us to move about. To our surprised, we were offered a brand new Nissan Latio 1.6 for only RM 240 for 4 days and 3 nights.



We adjourn to check in at the hotel. We checked in at Langkasuka Resort which is 5 minutes away from the airport. Overall the resort was up to our expectation with a nice swimming pool and a marvellous beach view. We had a slight discomfort initially due to the air conditioning in our room but it was rectified.

Upon checking in, we took a short rest before heading for the hotel's swimming pool. Later in the evening, we drove to Tanjung Rhu beach to see the sunset. It was indeed a wonderful view.





After the beach, we head down to Kuah town for our dinner. We eat at a small chinese hawker stall called Wonderland Seafood which is reasonably cheap. We took a short trip to one of the largest shopping mall in Kuah town before heading back to our hotel and rested.


Day 2: After our breakfast at the hotel, we drove to Oriental Village and Langkawi Cable car. The journey was about 30 minutes away from our hotel. Upon arrival, we took the cable car ride to the peak. The view from the peak was fantastic as you can view the whole of Langkawi island. It was rather misty and cooling. We meet a couple of friends from Rusia and Pakistan.


We took the opportunity to buy some duty free stuffs in Oriental Village. We also managed to take some photos with a hawk and an eagle. Rebecca dare not put them on her hand fearing that the birds would tear off her skin with their sharp claws. On the other hand, I was having fun time with them.



Our next destination is the Underwater World to see the various types of fish. They also have Penguins (like the ones in Happy Feet) being display there. Our timing was just perfect as it was feeding time for the sharks. We are trilled to see so many types of fishes of which I've not seen before. It was really an enjoyable experience.








As we were tired after a long day of walking, we adjourn back to Kuah for our dinner. We had our dinner at the same place we had before as it was really worth the money. This time around we ordered tiger prawns with some other seafood dishes. After dinner, we decided to heal our soaring feet by doing foot reflexology at one of the shopping mall. We reached back to the hotel almost 10.30pm. Despite our tireness, we managed to enjoy ourselves by singing at the karaoke lounge. Although I'm backing up in Sunday worship but I can still manage to belt out some oldies together with my wife.

Day 3: After our breakfast, we were all ready to begin our tour in this wonderful island. We started off by visiting Mahsuri Tomb According to legend, Mahsuri was wrongfully excuted due to teachery.
Before her last breath, she laid a curse that Langkawi will not be peaceful and properous for the next seven generation. She bleeds white blood that proves her innocent.


On the way to our next destination, we drove up to Gunung Raya to see what is up at the peak of the mountain. It was quite misty on the way up to the peak of about 2,500meters above sea level. We saw a lovely resort that is currently under construction As there was a coffee house within, we took the opportunity to see what's the outlook of the hotel.
It rather a nice relaxing place to unwind and relax. We were told that the room rate would be about RM 1,500 per night. We managed to take some shots. You be the judge whether it's worth spending RM 1,500 a night here.

We drove to our next destination which is the Wildlife Park located near the hotspring. We didn't go to the hotspring as we had tried that before when we were in Sabah.



We were quite relunctant to go in initially as we thought it would be as boring as the Bird Park in KL. Moreover the entrance fees is rather high at RM 24 per pax. To our surprise, we were given a 50% discount as we are holders of MYKad. We didn't regret at all as we had great time feeding the animals and birds. We managed to take some photos.


We head down to the famous Lang Square in Kuah town to take some photos. Such a wonderful view.
A it was getting late, we were quite tired after a long day's walk and we decided to head back to our hotel and treat ourselves by dinning at the hotel since it was our last night in Langkawi. We had steamboat coupled with some side dishes of prawns and sqiuds. We really enjoyed our dinner and surprisingly it only cost us RM 76.00 with all the seafood.

Day 4: We are ready to pack up for our journey back to KL. After breakfast, we checked out and head to the airport for our departure back to KL.



It was a memorable trip which is fun. I would definately be coming again next year, maybe with my parents and also my in-laws as I know they would enjoy it.

Fun times with my girl friends

During the Hari Raya, my hubby was away in Ipoh for a client's open house. I however was busy on second day with my close buddies, Vivien, Joyce and my sister Daphne too (Chrissy is now Down Under...........we miss u dearly Chris........dun bully the koalas and kangy's oki =) )

Initiall Daph, Joyce and I were at Zanmai Sushi at One U. We ordered their California rolls and had green tea. We waited half an hour to be seated. Then Viv called up and said she oould not find a car park. So we shot off to Taman Tun to pick Viv from her condo and off to Porto Romanos us gals went!

The food was great and the attention excellent. We were the only ones there initially and so the waiters were attentive and nice to us. After a heavy lunch.....overate we did..........we took some pics around the nice restaurant. They had a nice shell theme and the place was cosy indeed.

I love this gang and always look foward to our birthday n sometimes just bcoz meals that we have together. One musketeer now missing down ounder......sob sob.

A month of weddings......

Finally, I am able to re-enter the blogging world..........been really bz lately. So what has been happening on these recent weekends? Weddings weddings and more weddings....


It was a client and friend's wedding late September at Overseas Restaurant at Jaya One. Long wait for the ceremony.......as is usually the case at all chinese weddings. Then for two consecutive weekends, it was the wedding of the year...... Edwin & Wendy. Edwin is Kenny's cousin. And so it was a bz weekend. First weekend in Sri Petaling for the tea cereomony then off to Bangsar Seafood at nite for the dinner.

The following week, it was off to Genting for Edwin and Wendy's second wedding dinnner. It was fun time getting dressed and making up with my sisters in law Lena and Lindy. I learnt some technices how to apply makeup better. Hehe!

Dinner was late...as usual........with most chinese wedding dinners it is always fashionably one hour late. There were six of us at the table as some did not show up. Later one of the aunty's got bored at the main table decided to join us. Ample food indeed that nite.........Altogether it was fun.

No more weddings till December.........and we will also be celebrating our first anniversary...this December!!!

family times

I have been pretty busy lately. This is one of the rare Saturdays I get to sneak off to the office to clear admin work. I decided to take a break and add in some precious photos taken during some of the family gatherings we had in 2007/2008. Now that I am married I am blessed to have an extended family in my in-laws!! =)

The Flu Season Again

The last two weeks have been challenging for us. My other half came down with a flu and I tried to be the best dutiful wife to take care of him. So it was boiling soups, porridge, herbal teas etc. He was better in about 5 days but is now having a trailing stubborn cough and sinus congestion. I did catch it but I managed to fight it somewhat and am just having a sinus congestion. We have been dutifully using the neti pot to try to clear it off. It has helped and I have not needed to resort to antibiotics to tackle the problem.

On a lighter note, if anyone out there needs a job or have friends that are looking for temporary jobs, do let me know. School leavers and those who are wanting to earn some extra income can apply. The company is conveniently located in PJ. Do drop me a line if anyone is keen ya?

I will be posting more photos here in future..........just got a new camera and I am trying to figure out how to use it.

Our favourite babies

I love going to worship services on Sundays. It is good to be able to have a corporate worship service with friends and be refreshed in God's presence. It is a time we get to serve the Lord on the worship team and move in His presence also!

Besides that, Kenny & I also love to "kidnap" the babies around us. All the cute babies like Rachel, Sarah and Janson. They are all irresistible! Baby Sarah is always sooooooo cute and so cuddly. She doesn't mind being carried and tickled! Baby Rachel is now begining to do some very cute baby talk. She chatters during the service and can be quite amusing when she does that. Kenny loves her to bits!

It is also our prayer n hope that the Lord will soon bless us with our very own bundle of joy! Amen!

THE WONDER OF THE NETI POT

I recently found a great relief for my stubborn and chronic sinus problems. I have been using nasal sprays and every now and then end up on antibiotics when the sinus gets infected.

One day, while chatting with my friend Sharon who is residing in US, she mentioned this neti pot that had helped relief her chronic sinus problems. She told me that she now does not need to go for surgery anymore and that this wonder pot helped her. This set me off on an extensive research on the net and around the pharmacies for this "pot" None of our pharmacies here had the pot. Some had customerse asking about it also. Then another friend mentioned that she saw it on Oprah Winfrey where they interviewed Dr. Oz. And I managed to see it on the net.

How does it work?

The neti pot looks like a little aladdin's lamp. You have to place in it a saline solution made of warm filtered water and some non-iodised salt. Place the spout of the pot in one nostril and tilt your head. Amazingly you will find the saline solution flowing out of your other nostril. Yes I know it sounds gross but it works!!

How did I get the pot?

I asked Sharon to get the pot and the salt for me from US. I tried it two weeks ago and found that I could breathe so much easier. Now, Kenny and I dutifully "clean out" our noses daily.

So for those of you sinus sufferers, this is a good solution. Much better than spraying all that sterroid into your noses and introducing toxin to our fragile bodies.

I showed the neti pot to my regular pharmacist in Damansara Utama PJ. Hope she will bring it to Malaysia and all of you can soon find it on the shelves of our local pharmacist.

A million thanks to Sharon for sharing n shipping!

DATING ALL OVER AGAIN

It was a nice weekend that I spent with my laokong (i.e. husband for those of you who r not familiar with Chinese :) ). We spent Friday evening looking for a dinner spot before cell meeting. Ended up at ss2 PJ. Having parked our car near Poh Kong, we noticed a whole bunch of folks flocked around the shop next to Poh Kong. We walked over n saw that they were watching Malaysia's very own Olympic medalist doing his stuff on the court. It was fun n thrilling watching the match together with these guys............even the regular Alliance Bank guard was there cheering! Some of these guys placed bets n were anxiously waiting for the match to go on.

We decided to try out "The Cave" restaurant. We had been wondering what it was about. They stated on their banner it was a "couple cafe". Hehe. It was fun. We were ushered right up to the first floor. The whole place was dimly lit and had the setting of a cave.........very rough walls all around. We were seated in one of the caves. Each cave could seat at least four people. They had big scatter cushions all around the sofa. I could not even order my food and my hubby had to do it for me. The lighting was just way too dim for my eyes. I had a ceasar salad with turkey ham and a fruit flavored tea (ymmy!) and Kenny had a carbonara based pasta with iced lemon tea. The food was average in quality but it was a fun experience. The aircond was super cool and they offered me a scarf of which I glad accepted. So dinner ended and off to cell group meeting we headed. It was inspiring sharing by Kim San and Wei Yin on the mission trip they made. Will share more another time.

Saturday evening saw us at The Pavillion, Bukit Bintang. We went by MRT from Brickfields. Er, it was a date but we had my sister tag along............haha. So we shopped about and got some good bargains on clothes. We ended up at Sakae Sushi for dinner and had a long wait for our food as the place was jam packed. Later, we walked around Bintang Walk. Man, the whole place was jam packed with tourist but it was fun! By the time we got home was passed midnite.

I enjoyed the time spent with my darling hubby. It is good to take some time off our busy schedules to just have undivided attention for each other. It helps to bring us closer. Ahem.........I hope that when the young ones come along, we will be able to find willing aunties and uncles to babysit for us while we go off dating once in a while to keep the fire burning!!

A hectic weekend

This was a rather hectic weekend for both of us. Saturday saw me at the hair saloon trying to "rescue" my hair. It all started on Tuesday night when I had my hair rebonded and had a hair cut. I was told not to wash my hair until Thursday morning. I dutiful followed the advice. After a nice hair wash on Thursday, I set out for the office with Kenny. I touched my hair and it felt strange. Soon Kenny began to notice that I had that "afro" look. Omigosh!! The hair was all dried up and frizzy. So I marched right back to the hair saloon that Saturday and had them "redo" it. It seemed better after that.........but it was still rather dry.

Anyway, it wass off to a meeting with some friends for a potential business "tie-up" discussion at McD over at Centrepoint. Nothing formal - just shorts and tees over some burgers. Then, it was off to our usual dinner at my in-laws at USJ. On the way there, I received an sms from Stephanie requesting for backup in church during the worship service. So I said I would back her up on Sunday and got the dress code and all.

Come Sunday, we had worship service. Then off to lunch with my sister Daph and then back to office. I had a bunch of clients coming over later that nite to sign some documents on an urgent basis. I tried to keep awake while preparing the documents................zzzzzzzzzz......Then off home we went. Took a nap in front of the TV watching the awesomely strong women weightlifting. Then it was off to a steamboat dinner at Bandar Puteri with my folks and sister. You guys should try the porridge steamboat there. It is cool!

Then after dinner we took a quick round at Giants and ended up buying some new plants for the house. We started this new hobby a week ago and now our little balcony boasts of some 15 pots of an assortment of indoor ferns!! Hehe! It is more my hubby taking care of these new "babies". He even bought some anti slip mats to spread out on the floor of our balcony.

10 pm sharp we clocked in at the office. Parked the car right in front of the office and looked across and saw a couple that had just arrive also. Assuming it was the new clients we walked over and asked wether they were the ones and vice versa. Hehe! My other client was supposed to arrive before them to make the formal introduction but that was now no longer necessary. So at 1145pm we were done. We said our goodbyes and locked up the office and headed to the lifts. To our horror both lifts had been turned off. So I remembered I had the security office no. in my handphone and in a matter of minutes they lift was turned on. Gladly we took it and made our way home. So glad to have my hubby to accompany me throughout the whole time. Even the client commented that it was good of him to be there!! So it was a tiring but fruitful weekend all in all!

DRAMA AT THE SERVICE STATION

DRAMA AT THE PERODUA SERVICE STATION AT JALAN 227 PJ

It started off as a normal visit to the service station. I had handed the car keys to the staff and was letting them know what needed attention in my car. All of a sudden, the staff started shouting "oh, sudah bakar!" I was puzzled and thought it was a fire within the service station. Then the attendant that was taking down my request pointed outside the building to a lamp post that was on fire. There was intermittent small explosions that was taking place. Then the guys started pointing to a kanchil that was parked pretty close to the lamp post. They quickly got out a trolley and about 4 of the men managed to push the car off to a safe place.

As the lamp post continued to send out sparks and all the curious onlookers had gathered around the scene, but maintained a safe distance from the fire. Soon, a fire engine arrived, and in a matter of seconds they managed to put out the fire. They however remained there for some time and the mini explosions started up again. Then came along the Tenaga folks. Soon the whole drama was over.

It was however one very very hot waiting for my car. The electricity in the service station had been cut due to the fire. So the moment they called out my car no. I rushed to the clerk, quickly settled the payment and was out of the place in a jiffy.

My Second Encounter With The Big "C"

Recently, during a visit to my doctor for a skin allergy, Kenny asked the doctor to do a pap smear for me. I had never done this test before as a single as I couldn't bear the thought of someone examining me in that part of my anatomy.

During the test, I saw the look of shock on my doctor's face and I knew something was not right. I was bleeding and she told me that there was something in there. As I got off the examining table, she asked me to call Kenny to her office as she wanted to explain the situation to both of us. As we set nervously in front of her, she said that there was a polyp in there and that I should get it removed asap. During that time, I walked out to take a call. The appointment was then made to see her husband at Tawakal Hospital on the following Friday. As we drove home, Kenny told me that during the time when I stepped out to take the call, my doctor told him to be prepared that the growth may be cancerous. I already suspected that as I saw the "horrified" look on her face and how she said she was so sorry to have to tell me that there was this "alien" object inside me.

So off to Dr. Fong's clinic at Tawakal on Friday and the appointment was made to have it removed on the following Tuesday. Early Tuesday morning, I was up by 5 am. I spent some time praying before preparing to leave for the hospital. We left our home in the pouring rain. As we were about to arrive at the hospital, a Kanchil sped by from behind and hit us at the back. Before we could do anything the car had sped off. I determined in my heart not to let the incident affect me. So at 7.30 am we signed in. They took my blood sample, my blood pressure etc. Off to the operation theatre and it was all done in 20 minutes.

When the general aneasthetic wore out, the doctor came in to check on me. He insisted both of us take a good look at the polyp. It was a gross pale looking tissue the size of an adult thumb. I was discharged on Wednesday morning and went home to mom to recuperate.

On Friday afternoon, my family doctor called me up and was so glad that she could not wait to tell me the biopsy results - the growth was benign!! Praise the Lord for His saving grace and mercy again. He did it once for me way back in 2001 when there was a growth on my tongue.

On Saturday afternoon, I went back to my family doctor for the detailed biopsy report. They said the growth was inflammed, bleedy and had very perforated walls. So it was not a normal polyp that is usually small and smooth. My doctor said that she and her husband felt very uneasy when they saw it and thought it was a malignant growth. Thank God for His hand upon our lives.

Ladies, please do go for a regular pap smear test as this could save your life! My doctor said that regardless of whether a person is married or not, it is essential to have this done in order to have early detection of any abnormality in the cervix. I thank God that my hubby insisted I did the test.

My first posting on my blog!

Well, this is my maiden post on my very own blog spot! Having seen so many of my buddies blogging, I got inspired to start my very own blog. So folks, welcome me on board in this "virtual journaling"!

Much has taken place in my life in the past one year! I have a new love in my life......and his name is Kenny! I thank the Lord for bringing my soulmate into my life and we have been discovering this new phase in life called marriage in the last 7 months. It has been a wonderful and interesting journey and I thank the Lord for His hand and guidance on our lives through this phase of our lives.

I thank God for the many friends and family members that have been there for me all these years. It is also wonderful to have found a new family in my in-laws. More folks to love me and to love! I am so deeply touched by the love they have bestowed on both of us through these months. May the Lord throughly bless them richly in their health, career paths and their walk in God!

Well, this will be all for my first posting! I am looking forward to penning down much more of the chapters of our lives in this virtual journal!