After a delay of more than 4 years, we decided to take the plunge and book our family trip to Gold Coast, Australia. We booked our flights in November last year, so we practically had to wait a year for our trip. But it was all worth the wait (and the rising Aussie dollar)… The Flight Day 1 started the night before – Our AirAsia X flight on Sunday night from LCCT. I had my reprehensions about AAX, while its much cheaper than any other option, there are some drawbacks to consider. 8 hours to pass at night is a long time. If you can afford it, get the XL…

Yesterday was our wedding anniversary. I had a wedding dinner on Saturday, so we decided to go for dinner on Sunday night itself. Sunday was a very long and tiring day. It started with the Fellowship Hall Duty in Seapark church. followed by Project Timothy from 2 to 5pm. So for dinner, I had intended to go back to this place we like in IOI Boulevard, but recently I’m really into this thing about trying new things and broadening my horizons. So we tried this place called Las Vacas in Kelana Jaya. This relatively new restaurant opened in 2007, they have another branch in Mont’Kiara. This halal restaurant specializes in…

Woke up early Saturday morning and found out that the kids did not have to co-curriculum classes (what? really?! We have a Saturday free?!!) So immediately i told my wife “Let’s go visit Logos Hope!” Actually, in all the many times Doulos has visited Malaysia, I have never had the chance to visit it, so it has been kind of a big regret for me. Now that Doulos has been decommissioned, i rather not miss the chance to visit Logos Hope this time around. So after dim sum at my new favourite restaurant, we drove down straight all the way along the Kesas and arrived at the Cruise Centre. Waiting…

Just got back from the premier of the new Datin Seri Tiara Jacquelina play called ‘The Secret Life of Nora’ at Istana Budaya earlier this evening. Snagged two complimentary tickets for me and my wife. Well, I’ve no yardstick to measure local musical productions by (this is the first local play I’ve watch, I’ve never been the artsy type) but I’ve gotta say it was enjoyable. The storyline was 60’s campy kitsch but enjoyable, the songs memorable and catchy. The sets were pretty good and moved seamlessly thru the scenes (of course, can’t compare to the revolving stage at the Queen’s Theater when i watched Les Mis in London). But…

Apparently my mom thinks i need a new car. The 15 year old Wira I have is starting to have Alzheimer’s, so its probably a good idea. She wants me to get a 7 seater, so that when she comes visit me, she and my sister can fit into the car with my family comfortably instead of squeezing everyone into a sedan car. Well, if you know about the cars available in the market, you’d know that 7-seaters are either MPVs and SUVs, and MPVs are either compact or big ones. There are a couple of criteria, we have a budget limit of less than RM100k, which seriously limits the…

We’ve found an awesome place to eat, its a surprise why we’ve not heard of this place before. The place is called Restoran Siu Siu (recommended by Kien and May) located on near Robson Heights behind the MCOBA building. Just turn into the road beside the MCOBA building and you’ll see it on your left partly hidden by a hillside secondary jungle. We were last Friday lunch during the Hari Raya week long break. It’s an old fashion restaurant, reminiscient of a small town. No frills, no airconditioning or paper towels here. They have a few specialties, like claypot crab rice, claypot prawn rice, sang har mien (fresh prawn noodles),…

What’s a ‘staycation’? It’s a vacation where you and your family stay at home instead of going off somewhere. Or in Malaysian terms, no money to go somewhere far for holiday so we stay at home lor. Since my great company gave me the whole week off (so nice of them), and with my MIL visiting, i took the chance to go to some of the places i haven’t been for a long, long time. Actually my 9-day long staycation started last Saturday and Sunday, but it was mostly taken up by my usual weekend stuff (we managed to visit 5 car showrooms on Saturday afternoon) so it doesn’t really…

Sure you’ve watched the movies. Some of you may have read the books, too. But not many would know much about the man who created the magnificent lands and creatures of Middle Earth. I was quite thrilled initially to read about JRRT’s early life and how his Christian faith help shape the ideas his writings, having read quite a bit about this matter in the past. This booked offered a quick introduction (only about 130 pages) and it did provided a good background story to how he formulated his ideas as a child, wrote, re-wrote and published his books. For me the stories of his early childhood were interesting, but…

Unless you have been off the internet for the past 1 year, you must have heard or seen about this recent online coupon or discount craze. I’m talking about those group discount websites like Groupon and WeBuy and the dozens of similar websites. Discount coupons have been around for decades – in the 80’s some of my friends’ mothers would cut out coupons from newspapers and magazines that offer discounted items or free samples. When the internet started, a few companies started it, but it never really caught on in the US until Groupon and Living Social popularized it in the scale we have today. Sometime in the mid of…

There’s probably no evangelist better known through the decades than Billy Graham. I’ve always been interest in his writings and his life story (i’ve read a recent biography and many of his books from the 70’s and 80’s). This books presents the life and thoughts of the man in a different, collecting thousands of Billy Graham’s quotes in one book, culled from his writings and speeches. The book is organized in different categories, ranging from the tradition to the contemporary. Some of the categories are specific (like ‘Young People’ and ‘Worry’) some are a little too general (like ‘Life’ or ‘Addiction’). In his ministry Billy Graham has probably preached a…