2nd Anniversary vs Valentine Day

14 Feb being a very special day for me & Fern. No, not just simply because of it is Valentine Day......it is the day I'm in a relationship with a special girl for the very 1st time. I admit that, she is not the 1st girl I like, but surely will be the last girl I love......I guess...... [ Hmm~~~this means alot ya...haha :D]

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We are in love for 2 years, since 14 Feb 07. Ya, 14 Feb 09 is our 2nd anniversary day, and we celebrated our 3rd Valentine Day that night in COCO's Cocktail Bar & Restaurant, located at Taman Bulatan, Miri.

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Well, because of it was Valentine Day, so not much choices on the menu......they only have 2 similar Valentine Day Dinner Sets, which only the main dish is different. So we ordered each one each.
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The , "Pure Love"

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First we were served with two complimentary glasses of Red Wine, together with a stalk of Rose , of course is for Fern. 5 minutes later, the "Pure Love" was on the table......err......a food or a table decoration? Well it was a disert, a very thin slice of raw beef with lemon, black pepper, fine salt and mini salad on top. I can't see any black pepper & fine salt, too little added? The salad was without any mayonnaise sauce too! It was tasteless and almost spoiled my appetite!
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Minestrone Soup, "I'm Yours"

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15-20 minutes past, "I'm Yours" was served to us in a plate-liked bowl, no should be hat-liked bowl??? What ever lah......it was big, around 30cm in diameters, however the bowl-shaped portion that held the soup was just around 10cm diameters X 2cm deep. So I guess the volumn of soup = a small cup of "Kopi-O" or may be lesser?

It was minestrone soup, which suppose to be an Italian thick vegetables soup, right? This one really disappointed me, no obvious vegetable cubes found, but just few small pieces of ......err......may be onion? The soup not only looked alike the diluted tomato sauce of canned Sardine, taste alike too!

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Main dish of dinner set 1, "Deep Ocean Secret Love" (Fish Fillet)

Main dish of dinner set 2, "Power of Love" (Chicken)

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Finally the main dish that we long awaited was appeared in front of us, one was "Deep Ocean Secret Love", which is pan fried dory (fish) fillet topped with creamy garlic sauce and served with alio-alio pasta; another one was "Power of Love", which is crumbed chicken breast deep fried to golden brown topped with special sauce, cheese served with vege salad and potato. Not bad, is delicious!
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The disert, "Arise My Love"

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The last, "Arise My Love", the classic Italian pudding was being served. Wow, it was so sweet, as sweet as ours love & memories......so even though overall we not really satisfied with the "Valentine Day Everlasting Love Dinner Set" by COCO's, we did had a great moment & sweet memory in the 3rd Valentine Day (2nd Anniversary Day) celebration!

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Phobia Of ...... ( I )

Wishing all 靓仔靓女有情人终成眷属......Happy Valentine Day!
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In most cases, no matter how good or great is a thing, please not go too far and don't be too desire on it......it will just lead to the opposite...... [ 适可而止，物极必反 ]

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The days before I quit......the days I still working in the previous company, firstly I worked 6 + 1/2 days a week (yr 04 - 05), then 6 days a week (yr 06 - 07), and later 5 + 1/2 days a week (yr 08). I always claimed that I have limited of rest time for relaxation and enjoy the life. I wished to have more rest!
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Since I quit from my job position in Dec 08, I have been jobless for almost 1 and the 1/2 months......Great, my wish came true, I really do have an enough rest all these days, even more than enough......well, tell you a truth, I'm not really feeling good with recent situation!
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Rest moderately does make me feel fully charged & more energetic; however the excessive rest caused me suffer a living hell, I felt even more weary & fatigue! I'm tired of having a tedious & everlasting rest at home......I'm phobia of being over rested and charged! ~sigh~
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What am I doing all these days? Luckily I stay not far from Fern's house, so can go there on foot everyday for online purposes (either searching new jobs, play with Facebook/Friendster, YM/MSN chatting or checking emails...etc); sometime help her mum doing some light housework, like sweep the floor, tidy up the dried clothes, and look after Fern's 1 year old nephew......he is cute, but naughty!
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How soon can I escape from the current situation? It would be very much depend on how soon can I find a new job, I think? Hope to get the first call for interview very soon.......dear potential employers, if you see this massage, please don't hesitate to contact me at 013-838xxxx, I'm ready for the 1st interview......and what ever that I will have to undergo......
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CNY's Updates

1st Feb 09 @ Sunday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Fern arrived Kuching at 6:45P.M. by AirAsia. After a light dinner at home, went to fetch Evin to meet with Apaw & YH at Kota Padawan. Lter visited an old classmate (Form 5), KC's house. Quite a long time not meet with KC already, almost 9 years since stepped from Secondary School's gate. Well, just knew that she has just married end of yr 08, not been informed.
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We had a great gathering, recalled lots of sweet memories during the school time, really lots of laughs; we also noticed that we can't remember some old classmates' names when we came across the Form 5 Class's photo.

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2nd Feb 09 @ Monday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Brought Fern to have a window shopping in Spring Shopping Mall, located at Simpang Tiga. Well, even it claimed that is the largest shopping mall in Sarawak, for me nothing special; it is shopping paradise for most women who shopping as an interest for sure......
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Most restaurants which in the past only available in Peninsula (West Malaysia) are found in this shopping mall, e.g Big Apple, Fish Market, Kenny Roger, StarBuck, and Sushi King. As what I knew, we mustn't visit these restaurants too often, or it will burnt a hole in your pocket... But sometime, we just can't resist the temptation of "eating" and the habit of excusing our self for one or two time(s) or occasionally......so what to do? GAH loh...why should we hesitating? won't spoiled one lah...... :p
So, ehem~ehem~~~ I bought 2 pieces of donuts at Big Apple, and dined in Sushi King Restaurant loh.

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3rd Feb 09 @ Tuesday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Visited Jong's Crocodile Farm, located at 18th Miles, 1KM from Siburan Village (新生村) and approximately 30KM from Kuching City Centre on the Kuching-Serian Road. The entrace fee is RM10 for adult and RM5 for children below 15 (Sarawakian), while for outsiders (Non-Sarawakian), the entrace fee is RM16 each. So before buy the ticket, the receptionist will ask you to present the identity card to determine the ticket type.

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In the farm, you can see crocodiles of different species (freshwater, saltwater...etc) and age groups (from young to old)......Please be reminded that the crocodile feeding show is scheduled at 11a.m and 3p.m dairy, so if your time is not too tigh or too rush, please select a right timing to visit the Jong's Crocodile Farm.

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aaaA crocodile injured in fighting is being treated by farm workers

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Besides crocodiles, you can see other animals in the farm area too, such as mammal species e.g honey bears, otters, wild boars, deers, goats, monkeys and etc; bird species e.g peacocks, roosters, pheasants, gooses, ducks, ostriches, eagle, owl and etc; fish, snacks, lizard.....etc.

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4th Feb 09 @ Wednesday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Visited the Kuching Boulevard Hypermarket for the 1st time. Not much different from the Miri Boulevard Hypermarket in the structure & look...just the size is bigger I think...? So, it was very obvious that Fern is not in mood to window shopping at here, as nothing special. I guess only one corner did attract her attention, i.e Momoe Concept Store. She bought a handbag here, of course, I'm the one who pay the bill lah...... >$<
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5th Feb 09 @ Thursday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Visit and sight viewing at Malaysia-China Friendship Park (马中友谊公园), located in Tabuan Height, Song Road, Kuching. The park was built in 2005 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Malaysia - China diplomatic relation, it symbolizes the long term friendship between the two nations as well.
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Chinese architectural designed arch, one of the entrance to the park.

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Chinese architectural style restaurant on the pond in the park

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A giant stone statue of Admiral Cheng Ho,
a square wishing pool,
14 stone murals with image & information of each state in M'sia

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Close view of the giant statue of Admiral Cheng Ho

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2 of the 14 stone murals which represent the Penang and Sarawak

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Fountain with 7 pillars
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Please head on to the following links for more information & photos of the Malaysia-China Friendship Park:
1. Malaysia Food Blog, Malaysia Travel Blog
2. amei79's facebook album (you must log in your facebook a/c)

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CNY's Diary

26 Jan 09 @ Monday

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First day of CNY, went for a worship at The Sarawak Buddhist Monastery & Association in the early morning with family, later not going out for a whole day. Open House at home, the guests' visitation non-stop since 11a.m - 8p.m. Since most guests were my eldest brother's colleagues & friends, and the house is almost fully occupied with people (in the guest room & dining room), so no choice, just stay up stair online, watch movie & etc.
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The Sarawak Buddhist Monastery & Association (photo grabbed from Picasa)

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27 Jan 09 @ Tuesday

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2nd day of CNY, Marvin, MM & her husband (SY) visited my house. We later went to visit a doctor friend at Asajaya, Samarahan, which located roughly 1 hour + (70KM+) from my house. Like last time (if not mistaken, is 2 years ago), we ate some durian there!
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A wonderful day with a little bad ending......when we were on the way back to Kuching, we experienced a mild car accident, Marvin's Wira was knocked by a Kancil from the back a round about (the one near by Sungai Jernang/下港). Well, just a mild accident, Wira's left break light and the bumper are broken; the condition of Kancil was more serious, the cooling system is damaged & leaking.
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28 Jan 09 @ Wednesday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

3rd day of CNY, at home in the morning. Accompanied Marvin went to Samarahan Police Station to make a report on the car accident in the afternoon. At night, joined Apaw, CK & YH, we visited Evin's house, and later meet with Midman, SF & Denis at JoJo's house. Lastly we played Black Jack at CP's house with some other x-secondary schoolmates. I won RM100+ and reached home at 4a.m.
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29 Jan 09 @ Thursday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

4th day of CNY, another raining day. No program, just stay at home the day time. At night, went out with Marvin again. We went to Spring Shopping Mall and hang out there for a while without any purpose. We then went to visit MM's house and supper near by Jalan Song......can be considered as a boring day! :)
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30 Jan 09 @ Friday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

5th day of CNY, had lunch with Marvin, KK & Jonathan at "人间茶室" nearby Medan Pelita. After lunch, watched a movie "家有喜事2009" [ All's Well Ends Well ] in Kuching Star Cineplex.
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At night, relax at Ruby Health Recovery S/B with my eldest brother & brother-in-law again. We enjoy the sauna for about 20 minutes til whole body bath with the sweat, and then proceed to the steam bath room, before have the 2 hours Chinese style body massage.

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The Days Before CNY's Eve

Sigh~~~so careless, I left my digiter camera in Miri, while the charger and other camera accessories are with me, so photo taken & uploaded in my post... Will ask Fern bring it to me when she comes over on 1/2. Between, my LG handphone, don't what gone wrong, the battery can't be recharged since I reached Kch. : (
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I do nothing meaningful since I back to Kuching last 3 days (22 Jan 09), most time stay at home, either online (check mails, search job, play with friendster/facebook, download movies...etc) or watching TV. quite boring actually!
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Yesterday (24/1) was more wonderful...I went out with my eldest brother & 5 years old niece in the noon to had our lunch in "老行家", a franchise at Song Road. We later went for a spin around the Samarahan District. My old home was here during my childhood (8th Miles, Muara Tuang), anyway I can't recognize this place anymore, as it was recently crowded with housing areas, with well developed infrastructures (road); which last time here still covered by wide forest with bad rocky lane!
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I visited my old school (primary school, SRB Chung Hua Sungai Jernang), well not much changed, just been expended with a new building only, and looked cleaner. We looked around in the new campus of UNIMAS too. Wow it was really huge & magnificent compound! I heard that the old campus has been abandoned and not in use.
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I went out again at night with my eldest brother & brother-in-law, we went to yamcha in "The Best Corner" (第一品), a cafe at unknown location :p... we then went to have one hour of leg massage in Ruby Health Recovery S/B (红宝石养身休闲中心) at Setia Raja Road, before had the supper at Pasar Besar Petanak. We reached home almost at 1:30A.M.
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