Food Adventure @ Cristang

Ever since we got our yearly big payout aka bonus, my colleagues and i have been more willing to spend a little bit more for lunch. On the same week we got the payment, we went to a restaurant which normally we would only go on paydays. The following day we went to Kin Kin Curry Pan Mee at Medan Tuanku. Today we went to an interesting place called Cristang at 8 Avenue, near PJ Hilton. Their speciality, pork burgers!

Cristang signage - "Pork in all its glory"

As i was in a meeting when they made reservations and ordered food via phone call to the place, i was told that we will be tasting 5 types of pork burgers. From other blogs, the burgers looked big and there were only 3 guys, 2 of whom have bigger stomach so i was sweating already before we left office. As many people are still away on extended holiday for Hari Raya, Federal Highway was quite clear and we reached the place in less than 20 minutes. Since we made reservations and have ordered in advance, we just had to order our drinks before our burgers were served in around 10-15 minutes after we were seated.

The menu for selection of Pork Burgers, i suppose P denotes pork :p
Premium BavariCUM?
Nice ambiance
P2 Burger - Pork patty (P1) with bacon
P3 = P2 + Chili Con Carne (something like yuk sui with chili)
P4 = P3 + petai, busuknyer
P9 = P1 + Kimchi + Vegetable side dish
P10 Mk 2 = P3 + jalapeno ie more spicy
Dessert = Fried butter cake with icecream
After the 5 shared burgers, we snapped up this dessert in about 2 minutes according to timestamp XD
Tapau for another colleague who always have noon meeting, P3

Since this was quite an adhoc lunch outside, nobody brought a camera and my phone camera was said to be the best so i was tasked to take the pictures. However we were all quite hungry and so nobody remembered to take pictures hence the more than half eaten burgers before picture was taken scenario above :p

As you can see from the timestamps, we were like beasts and managed to gobble down the 5 burgers in around the same time that it took for us to get to the place. I would recommend the burgers with at least the Chili Corn Carne level. I don't like petai so i quickly washed P4 down with my drink.

Although everyone got a little slow when the last piece of the shared burgers were lapped up, we did agree to a dessert which was highly recommended by my colleague who suggested the place. I am also not a big fan of butter flavoured foods but i had no problem finishing this dessert well within 2 minutes. Almost like sekejap ada, sekejap tarak.

In summary, YUMMY!!! Porku burger hontonyi oushi, sugoi, besto. The damage for each person inclusive of drinks was RM39. IMHO it was worth the price, porkstifaction =D~~

The damage even before i board the plane

After a very long absence from vacations, i finally managed to grow enough balls to want to go on a vacation which does jive with my new year resolution to want to use my passport at least 1 more time before it expires next year. As with most vacations, there will be costs involved for the travel. Being a calculative person, i do keep track of my expenditure from time to time especially when im on a tight budget.

Now let's take a look at the damage before i even board the plane to my destination :

MAS return tickets to New Zealand : RM2880 + 9% interest for 12 month installments ~ RM261.6 per month
JetStar return tickets to Christchurch : NZD132 ~ Rm303.6
Air NZ Auckland to Wellington : NZD60 ~ RM138
Car rental from Wellington to Auckland : NZD152.75 ~ RM351.33
Accomodation at Rotorua for 2 nights : RM400

Misc preparations :

International Driving License : RM150
Sunscreen : RM25
Shoes : RM100
Waterproof camera bag : RM100
Socks : RM75

So in total that's already more than 4.5k before i even leave the country ...

Im planning to bring NZD2k so that's another 4.6k, 10k for a trip because i don't have a travel partner who wants to go to nearer destinations like HK, Taiwan etc :( What to do, everyone have gone to those destinations before or have made other reservations later this year.

Some randomness to end my post :)

The stuff which are going to be in my backpack, maybe not the waterproof camera bag :p

Some test pics which i took with my camera inside the waterproof camera case :

Perhaps it works better underwater?

Wisdom minus 2

After more than a month of suffering, i have finally managed to purge 2 wisdoms. Unfortunately i am still clutching my cheek because its now quite swollen and i dislike eating time. Not just because i can't use my whole mouth to chew, i don't feel like opening my jaw wider than an inch, reminds me of the surgery that i had to keep it ajar while 2 strangers are looking into it and one of them shoving metal instruments into my mouth to remove my unwanted wisdoms.

I look like half a chipmunk now, one side of my cheek is stuffed with a nut so it looks swollen. Can't have much of expressions too. The skin is stretched so much so that it is uncomfortable to make a smile.

On 1 hand im glad that im rid of a menace that has caused me some sleepless nights due to the intensity of the pain that it spread up to my head. Those nights i had to take a ponstan just to resume sleep. Awoken in the middle of the night to a pulsing headache is something that i won't want to experience too often. On the other hand, im clutching my face as if shyness is just showing on the left side of my face.

The meds that im taking now are quite a mouthful, mostly antibiotics to make sure that my wound won't become infected as its surrounded by bacteria which are naturally living in my mouth. Surprisingly i had not taken a single painkiller so far as the pain is much more tolerable than i imagined except for the fact that i will get hungry and will need to use my mouth.

Also since i required stitches to close up my lower jaw wounds, the doctor left quite a long trailing surgery thread that is making my tongue busy to try to get rid of that annoying piece of thing from between my jaws. Hopefully it will dissolve faster than what im told because its really getting on my nerve! Feels like a piece of food stuck at the back of my mouth ...

I think i understand why some people would not want to have any teeth removal procedures being done in the evening because if the bleeding have not stopped before you go to bed, you might drool blood onto your pillow. Yes, there are a few blood stains on my pillow =_=

Since my lower left jaw's wisdom tooth damaged my good working tooth, i need to go back to the hospital to get it fixed and also schedule for another surgery to remove my last wisdom. I think i will do that after my trip, don't want to be not able to use my mouth to taste the wonders of New Zealand :D though most of the food there are red meat, which i do not fancy =_="

Eels - Fresh Feeling

This is the first time i heard this song and imagine my reaction when google results turned up that a fish is singing it LOL. Not really sure why i liked it but perhaps it was a very suitable song to be playing in the background of a drama that im watching. The lyrics don't really stand out too much nor does it have those striking words that might jive with your life's events. Anyways, here are the lyrics :)

Eels - Fresh Feeling

You don't have a clue
What it is like to be next to you
I'm here to tell you
That it is good
That it is true

[Chorus : ]
Birds singing a song
Old paint is peeling
This is that fresh
That fresh feeling

Words can't be that strong
My heart is reeling
This is that fresh
That fresh feeling
[End Chorus]

Try
Try to forget what's in the past
Tomorrow is here
Love,
Orange sky above lighting your way
There's nothing to fear

[Chorus]

Some people are good
Babe in the 'hood
So pure and so free
I'd make a safe bet
You're gonna get whatever you need

[Chorus]

That fresh feeling
This is that fresh feeling ...

Last of my 20s

As many of friends would have voiced out before me, I am now officially into my final year of 20s. Its not like the big 3 0 scares me because i have always been said to be older than i look.

Anyways the signs have been there all the while. When i was 15, a distant aunt commented that i looked like a 25 year old and should get married @_@||| I almost fainted and i was really seeing stars after hearing that. Now that im getting balder, i look more like someone entering the 40s zzz

There had been quite a few "first"s for me this year. The most obvious one would of course be my trip to New Zealand WOOT! Have been quite down for many reasons and i was looking forward to have a trip hopefully with some friends but many of whom have made their plans well in advance or maybe i should say that i was the one too slow to want to join them? Well whatever the reason, i think i prefer decisions made not too much in advance and hence my sudden urge to travel partly due to the several promotions held by a few airlines. If i had company, i would most likely would have travelled to Hong Kong or Taiwan or Korea or a place in the region. But as things developed, i could not find a friend to go with so i just went big and picked New Zealand :)

I have always wanted to go New Zealand especially after watching Lord of the Rings. There is a strange attraction about it. Of course then there is an outstanding conversation i had with a very good friend of mine that i would love to visit her there. So after many many days of asking around and consideration, i just went for it not knowing if my bonus will be able to cover for my expenditures but what the heck. If you think too much sometimes, it just won't happen.

I also did something uncharacteristic of me, something which i never thought i would do. Anyways, i tried it and it did not work out as well as i wanted it. Well at least i have done what i have always tried to picture i would do. Guess the things in movies only happens in movies.

Something coincidental happened in my game too :p

Ranked 888th in the game after gaining 18 rankings on 8/8/2010.

That's a lot of "8"s to my liking XD the number of players online i finally got it after my 3rd screenshot :D Just wanted to make it look more nice :p

Looking forward to my trip and hope that my work won't be piling up when i get back tomorrow but i already know i have loads to do.

Typing on my wet pillow

I just experienced something which i NEVER EVER expected from a western movie which surprisingly lasted for 2 hours for its category. I cried from beginning till end of the movie. Fortunately, i did not watch it in a cinema, else i'd be heading straight to my car and drive home without ever lifting my head to see anyone. My eyes are so swollen that any blind person would have known that i had cried my heart out.

I must admit that i am sometimes quite a sensitive person, emo perhaps from time to time due to various reasons. I have sometimes require a vice to help me unblock my unhappiness, something like a volcano looking for a way to blow its top.

Like i said, never had i imagined that a western movie would stir my emotions so much. Korean movies have done so to me but seriously i really did not expect to sleep on a wet pillow from a western movie.

Last but not least, who would have thought that Gerard Butler would be in such a movie. From a 300's squad leader to this, one of his many lovey-dovey movies. I'd give this a 2 thumbs up and prepare a box of tissues :p

What's the movie? "P/S : I Love You" :)

Unwanted wisdoms

Ironic as it may sound, many people pray and search for wisdom when in actual fact there are 4 growing in your mouth :p The wisdom tooth, today according to my dentist is called the unwanted/useless tooth. So, are you searching wisdom whereby there are 4 unwanted wisdoms in your mouth waiting to wreck your life?

Im using such a harsh word because the dentist told me that the amount that i have to pay to get rid of just 1 unwanted wisdom is RM600! @_@" The bad news for me is that i need to get rid of 2! What's worse, yes there is more bad news, a tooth adjacent to my left lower jaw's wisdom tooth is dead. So the cheapest solution is to get rid of 3 teeth =_=" reason being that if i wanted to save the dead tooth, i need to fork out around RM1900 =_=|||

Should have went to GH when i first got the referal letter. Perhaps it would have just been RM100 or so. Now i have to get rid of an infection first before any consideration can be made to perform the surgery to remove the 2 wisdoms. I hope the next dentist is not going to tell me that i can't do both tooth at the same time. That would be a double whammy because as today's dentist explained to me that my jaw would hurt for at least 3 days ... =_=||| and the dentist would happily give me 3 days MC. That's all great and dandy but its bothering me now!

Although i have gotten some painkillers but i have not taken any as yet because the pain was still bearable but now, the pain level is rising fast. So maybe i need to start popping painkillers tomorrow. The antibiotic course that i must go through will take around 5 days. So maybe, just maybe i will try to flaunt it and visit yet another dentist this Saturday to try to resolve this unwanted wisdom. Antibiotics, please work, i just i want to get rid of my unwanted wisdoms ...

Come to think of it, i might need to pop a painkiller tonight before i sleep :( Not to mention the headache about the amount i have to spend to get rid of these unwanted wisdoms ...