"The trip that was not meant to be..."

Well, things didn't go exactly as planned. I had finished packing on Friday night for the trip to KL, excited and all. But on Saturday 2AM, I woke up to go to the washroom. As I was coming out, I slipped and fell forward, hitting my head on the floor. THUD!! That is one sickening sound! I was just one or two steps away to go back to bed, and now I'm lying on the floor clutching at my bleeding head! Wife was shocked speechless. Drove me to Pantai emergency and had the wound cleaned up. Fortunately, the wound is an abrasion (superficial) and does not require any stitching. More importantly, the Doctor asked if I fainted, or if I had double vision, or blurred vision, any of these and I would need to go for CT scan. Luckily I did not, but if any of these develop over the next few days, it could be a symptom of internal bleeding... :-S

Hey, I don't look too bad rite?


Look again... now I am Two-Face!

Actually, when I bought these tickets a few weeks ago, I had a funny feeling like I was not going to get to sit the bus. Oh well, at least I live to fight another day! And so did Arsenal, who scored an epic 3-5 victory over Chelsea on Saturday nite! I was so happy cheering that I almost forgot that I had injured my arms during the fall! :P

"Wedding week again!"

No update this weekend as I'm traveling to KL to attend Mr Raymond &Ms Sheau Yee's wedding at Doubletree by Hilton! :D

"Captain America: Hydra army growing!"

Happy Deepavali! It's a holiday today, so let me spam some pics of my newest acquisitions: more Hydra troopers from Captain America!


Red Skull and the growing Hydra army! I was so happy to have found another pair of Hydra troopers in Parkson :D


Cap in trouble...


... nah, he can handle anything! :D

"Six-course lunch @ Ming Garden, Penang Times Square"

For Wife's birthday, we went to Ming Garden restaurant at Penang Times Square.



The grand entrance, complete with the lion.

The six-course meal (each person gets one set of these):


1) Appetizer


2) Shark's fin soup


3) Wrapped in silver foil...


... aha~~ hoi sum, mushrooms, fish maw...


4) Fish slices


5) Yee mee with crab meat


6) Dessert

Verdict:
GOOD: Great food! #1-5 were just plain awesome. Even the yee-mee, which I usually don't like. #6 is so-so.

GOOD: Nice environment. Plenty of table and quiet ambiance.

BAD: Loooong waiting time... Dish #1 took forever to come, and while #2-4 came at the right pace, #5 took ages again. And we had to keep reminding them where is #6. We ended up spending nearly 2 hours there!

BAD: Portion is way too small.

BAD: The set costs RM45 (I think) PER PERSON. Yeah, it's plain excessive.

Maybe next time we'll just go for the usual dishes :P

"Marvel! Thor! Captain America!"

Lets welcome Dr Doom, from the Marvel Universe line!

Don't worry, this line will be purchased very selectively... only figures which have good sculpt/paint/appearance will be inducted into the collection :D Such as this guy, Dr Doom... looks menacing and "generic" enough to fit in any universe.

Lets get an update on the other Marvel collections going on:

1) Thor. Easily my favorite movie of the year. Which is why I'm taking extra effort to complete the main characters:


Frost Giant, Odinn, Thor. Loki, Volstagg, Fandral, Hogun

I need Sif, the Destroyer and probably King Loki as well. Maybe a few more Frost Giants might make it look even more interesting ;)

2) Captain America. It's a nice enough movie, although kinda draggy towards the end.


Hydra (Dark Threat), Hydra soldier, Red Skull, Crossbones, Captain America, Winter Soldier

The Hydra soldiers are perfect for army building... if u can find more! Distribution from Hasbro again sucks to the max, as it did with Thor's line. The shelves are overloaded with multiple versions of Captain America. Come one, let loose on the cool figures!

And now, with the Avengers trailer already out, we can look forward to another round of Marvel fest next year! Avengers Assemble!!

"Visitors from Japan"

We had some visitors from our Japanese counterparts over the past 2 weeks. Communication (language) was at times funny as both sides were trying to guess what the other is saying! Only their manager can speak fluent (more or less) English.

Here, at the end of their visit, they invited us to Kampachi for dinner. Hopefully we've hinted enough to them to request our boss to send us to Japan for any follow-up issues! ;)