I just love Korean Food especially the kimchi pot hot pot with different vegetables, taufu and noodle. Yummy :P~~~. I also love the BBQ meat but the beef was a little tough and pricey. I kind of like the pork better. Of course, you must have the ginseng chicken soup too.

Daorae, the Korean BBQ Restaurant is at I-Avenue in Penang island. The service is very good and the food is simply delicious. When my family was there, they gave us a room and had our private dining. The chef came and visited us and my children were amazed at how tall his chef hat was.

Overall it is a good place to go. There were many little dishes that were given free with plenty of cool tea. The place is run by Korean and I would want to go back there again. Now enjoy the pictures….

When I was in the Colorado Springs, I stayed in Hyatt Summerfield. Initially I booked Hyatt The Place which is more upper class. However there is no DIY laundry service, so I downgrade myself. I wanted all my laundries clean before going home.

Hyatt Summerfield in Colorado Springs is very spacious. The room has a kitchen, a living hall and a bedroom. I believed land in US is always available which makes most hotel room spacious. The room was very clean. The only complain I had was the security latch to the lock was broken and every morning I received a 6am morning call. I feedback the morning call problem to the front desk, every morning but they told me they were fixing it. It wasn’t fixed till the day I checked out. It was really annoying having to wake up an hour early. I am not a morning person.

I came back and wrote a feedback on Hyatt website. I was pretty pleased that the customer service responded to me immediately, apologizing about the bad experience. On top of that, they added points to my membership. Now I get a free night stay at any Hyatt hotel. Cool eh. Kudos to the customer service folks! For compensating me on waking up early to shut off the morning call.

Hyatt Summerfield Hotel in Colorado Springs was very near to Garden of The Gods road and you can visit the rocks there. It is very beautiful all season. I visited it during winter and it was splendid. Next, you can go to Manitou Springs. Lots of beautiful places in CS. I don’t mind staying there.

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I accidentally found this Korean Drama online and yesterday I watched it on YouTube. It created rainy weather in me. The story was so touching and made me cry almost on every episode. The story plot is about 2 gals being switched at birth. One landed in a rich family and the other in the poor family. The rich gal had an accident and the parents found out she is not their biological daughter. Later they found that their daughter is living with the poor family.

Sad to say that the rich gal gave up her place and goes to her actual biological mother. She had a very close relationship with her brother. The rich family had to leave for the states and left the rich gal all alone with the poor family. The condition of the poor family was bad. It was just so sad.

Years after, the rich family son came back to look for her sister. The interesting part came when the son’s friend, another rich guy acted by a charming actor named Won Bin came into the picture. He really makes every gals heart melt. The friend also love the girl but the girl love the brother. The brother also love her very much but he had a commitment to her fiancé.

The love from the friend is just unbelievable and his acting was superb. Not to mention he is good looking and charming!

Well, sad to say that the story had a depressed ending. You go find out what it is. It is a great story. You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_6jbC59hnQ&feature=related

If you want a good cry, this is a good drama to watch.

I love basil especially in my Vietnamese noodles called Pho. My friend planted a lot of these and she gave me a few. I was so happy because finally I can have my own basil plants. In fact I was looking for it last year but no one has it.

Basil is good for people who is diabetic and asthma. Hey even my children loves to eat it just like that. I hope it will sprout more basil leaves then I can make some pho at home.

Yeap, I will start an herb garden soon. I love planting but I don’t have green hands like my father in law.

Last time when I was at Victoria Secrets, I walked in and walked out empty handed. I am not a lingerie person. There wasn’t anything for me. This time around, I walked in and I got these goodies.

I am not sure whether it is cheap or not but I know that we cannot get any here. It was 5 bottles for US$25 or 7 bottles for US$30. I also got lots of sweet smelling sanitizers from there. Maybe they should open a chain of Victoria Secrets in Malaysia. I am sure lots of ladies, even men would be interested.

One guy who took a hanger of lingerie and asked the sales lady loudly, ”Is this set complete?” “Do I need to get anything extra?” That was funny. The sales lady got shock for a while and later helps him. I used to subscribe to VS catalog and I like most of the blouses there. However the shipping is costly. Lets hope it will come here soon!

Authentic & Brand New
RM450 (shipping included in West Malaysia)

If you are interested in this Coach bag, drop me an email or comment.

Many hotels claim to be green. Often I see a card in the hotel telling us to limit the usage of towels and leave it in the tub if it required washing. They encourage us not to waste energy for the washing, waste labor or waste detergent. I am not sure they want to cut down on expenses for more profit or they want to help the environment.

One of the hotels I stayed to had this sign. However I am surprised that they use foam cups and plates. It takes a very long time for polystyrene material that makes the foam cup biodegrade. Materials that are not good for the environment. I bet they want to save money of labor to wash the plates or cups. They do provide plates and cups but it was not very visible. Cutleries are all plastics.

Next time if any hotel tells you they are green, better take it with a pinch of salt. They want to be green if it can help them save cost.

I got a pack of all in one necklace DIY jewelry. It was on sale. I kind of like the pattern. A few days ago, I opened it and started putting it together. Inside, has all the material needed to make a necklace. Instead of making a necklace because I seldom wear one, I made a bracelet instead.

Here is the finish silver bracelet. I am wearing it now. Just lovely. By the way, it is less than RM20. Do you think I can sell this?

Today my friend relayed this story to me. Take it with a pinch of salt. She has a sick relative suspected of high fever and flu. She took her to the clinic to check, hoping for a blood test. The doctor said that she should have gone to the hospital and not come to the clinic. My personal thoughts: The doctor was afraid of a true case of H1N1. He refused to do a blood test for her. Well the doctor has a point, if she is truly H1N1 or flu, she will be spreading to others in the waiting area. Maybe even close down the clinic for a week.

So my friend took her to a private hospital emergency wad. The hospital told her to wait at the emergency waiting area. There were people there too, also in danger of getting her flu. Finally she got to see the doctor again refuse the blood test. The doctor said if he was to do a blood test and it is a true H1N1, they may need to close down the hospital. He directed her to General Hospital, GH (aka public hospital). My personal thoughts: Yeah, should have just sent her away to GH quickly and not have her wait in the waiting area, right?

She went to GH and also directed to the waiting area with lots of people in queue. She had to wait longer until 2am. Finally her turn came. It is funny, when the doctor heard her symptoms, quickly he grabbed a mask and put it on. He also gave her one to put on. GH didn’t have a proper quarantine waiting room, put her in a secluded area. She finally got the blood test done. My personal thoughts: I wondered why they cannot put up a proper secluded waiting area and gave out mask ahead for flu symptoms patients. The process need to be changed. GH is way under staffs and there are too many patients.

The blood test result state that she has dengue. Actually my friend already suspected that her relative got dengue because of the red spots. However doctors refuse to listen or maybe too scare to do the blood test. Poor sick gal had to go through the terrible ordeal, waiting and rejection. Is that how we get treated if we are sick? Something for the govt to ponder.

I saw some lovely ribbons from Hobby Lobby and Michaels, the craft store. Immediately I got some home, not some but a lot…hehehehe. I love doing craft but I will limit myself to do craft that I can use. Besides getting ribbons, I got 2 rolls of yarn to make a hang bag, when I have time. I also got some nice charms and beads.

So I got the clips and ribbons:

With the online free tutorials to make beautiful bows, I made these. Does it look professional? They are all for my gal to wear on her hair.