"The Wedding Part 2: The Morning Session (IV)!"

Continued from (III)... finally we're home~~



Praying

There were also some funny rituals which I guess were to "have kids soon", that kind of stuff :P


Kids rolling on the bed...


The boy hit through the bucket wrapped with red paper and picked up whatever was inside. The old aunties say these days the rituals are far more simplified than what they had at their time... phew~~

Break time

Give ang pow to the kids


Give ang pow to buddies who helped out

And then it was time for Pour Tea Part 2: my family's side :D


Dad

Mom... she has waited a long long long long time for this I think :P

Wife gets another jewellery gift...




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and so on. My family side is small compared to Wife's side, so it didn't take long to finish and then change positions:


Give to Sis...

Cousin... "My, you've grown up!"

Kid #N+1
...

That's it! The morning session has ended, time to take some photos:


Family


Relatives from Penang


Relatives from KL


Best Man & Bridesmaid


The Gang.. and kid in green


Brothers: Jason, Kang, Eric, Anand, TSG, CK, Raymond, TS... Someone forgot to inform CK that the official theme for the guys was white :P


Sisters... oops... Best Man #1 and #2 decide to crash in!


"We want a pic of just the Sisters!" Okok.. the Sisters: XM, LY, Sab, Veann

There was a lunch arranged for all the guests, who must be dead tired since we were all up and about so early today. But while they went for lunch, Wife and I had one more task for the day:

Photo shoot @ Melaka Historical City: The Stadhuys. Braving through the massive traffic jam (it was on Sat 26 Dec, one of the busiest holiday period in the year!)




The pic I like the most... but Wife blinked :-S




Next: The Wedding Part 3: The Dinner!

"Luke Skywalker (Snowspeeder Pilot) & Cloud Pilot with Bespin Cloud Car"

Finally scored a Luke (in Snowspeeder outfit) figure last Friday! I was searching all over the place, and usually when you least expect it, it will appear :P



with Dak Ralter



Dak : "Feeling alright, sir?"
Luke: "Just like new. How about you, Dak?"
Dak : "Right now I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself."
Luke: "I know what you mean."


Crash!! Unfortunately their journey didn't last long...

2) Bespin Cloud Car with the pilot




Oh dear, we need two of them to fill up one Cloud Car :-S

"Star Wars diorama: Jabba's Palace & Bounty Hunters"

Here's my newly bought Jabba the Hutt with Throne!



Jabba the Hutt comes with his throne, Salacious Crumb, and dancing girl Oola!

In Star Wars collection, there are 2 scenes in particular which fans just love to recreate: Mos Eisley Cantina and Jabba's Palace. With Jabba and his throne, we can finally recreate Jabba's Palace! Can fit in all those obscure aliens inside too :P

2) With the purchase of Dengar from the Vintage collection, we now have the complete bounty hunters from Ep V: Dengar, IG-88, Boba Fett, Bossk, 4-LOM, Zuckuss



"There will be a substantial reward for the one who finds the Millenium Falcon. You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want them alive. No disintegration."

"Food Adventures: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"

Not every food adventure gave good results. Sometimes, you try something which just doesn't quite cut it:

1) XuanXin Ramen Kitchen @ Gurney Plaza

We loved Xuan Xin Restaurant at Gurney New Wing Level 3, so their new Ramen Kitchen would be nice too rite? So we went for their value set (RM14.80) comes with a drink, ramen and sides.


Kiwi and grape. Not nice.


Pan fried dumpling. This was nice.


Xiao Long Bao.. umm.. no way this will beat Dragon-i's version!


Szechuan ramen. It's ok, but it was just basically ramen with nothing much else.


Ramen with garoupa belly in superior soup. Ok, this was nicer. The fish pieces were also nice.

Verdict: We'll skip their Ramen Kitchen and stick to their actual restaurant!

2) Ben's Diner @ Sunway Tunas

This is a shop just beside Four Seasons. Since we went to Four Seasons one time too many, we decided to try this shop. I read several other blogs, it seems to be worth checking out...


Mushroom soup. So-so.


Salmon. The salmon's pretty fresh and tasted good too.


Pork shank. This was recommended by the waitress and she also pointed to me the newspaper cutting where they were interviewed. Wow. Should be good rite? Well, when it first came, I was immediately turned off by the sheer size of the serving. Seeing a whole piece of meat and bones just doesn't do it for me. The first few bites were ok and the sauce was matching too. But the more I ate it, the more I felt geli that we didn't finish it, quickly paid and went off.

Disclaimer: This is my personal opinion only. It's not my intention to spread bad things about this shop. Please don't go and sue me :P

And that ladies and gentlemen, is why sometimes we just stick to the "old favourites" like this:

1) Daorae Korean BBQ Restaurant


This time we didn't go for their BBQ, but we still get the side dishes.


KimchiJjiGae, same as the first time (RM17). Basically kimchi soup with tofu, vege, meat. Served with a small bowl of rice. Highly recommended!!


Dolsot-bibim-bab (RM19). This was basically rice with vege and egg in stone bowl. Tastes ok, nothing special. See, even old favourites might not be guaranteed nice!

2) The Best of the Best: Dragon-i @ Queensbay Mall

The Real Deal. Xiao Long Bao. Just look at it. We had several colleagues who came from China, and they loved it too.

Leopard: "Ermm, they don't have it over at your place?"
China colleagues: "They have, but it doesn't taste as good as over here." !!


Beancurd with variety of mushroom (RM18). This was unbelievably good. The key is the freshness of the material and the sauce that gels everything together.. Highly recommended!!


Sauteed Diced Chicken with dried chilli (RM20). Superb! A bit spicy though, so beware :P The chicken pieces are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Wicked!


'Tang yuan' with mango and sago (RM10). This was nice too, but not as good as the mixed fruit version.

One thing that draws us back to Dragon-i is the food quality, which is consistent everytime. This is probably the surest place to get great food. We go there pretty often until the waitress also recognize use and gave me 10% Modolala discount without having to show the badge :P

"Shang Place @ Krystal Point"

Last Sat's new-food experiment brought us to Shang Place at Krystal Point. One of those restaurants at Krystal Point which you can see while stuck in the rush hour jam~~


Their signature dish, braised pork with mantou (RM15). The meat is tender and the sauce tastes sweet. Nice. Too bad about the mantou though.. so small only! :-S


Tofu (RM8). So-so only.


Broccoli with mixed stuff in the middle (RM12). Nice. We wanted to try another broccoli dish with fish maw which was recommended in other blogs, but when I saw the price was RM35, immediately changed plans! :P


Desert. Honey dew Sago (RM3.50). Nice. Freshly blended.

When we went on Sat around 6.30pm, the place was fully reserved, so they offered us a small table somewhere in front of the projector screen. Not the best place to be seating, I must say. They even forgot to bring us the broccoli dish until we reminded them. Come again? Hmm... it's ok, but lets try the other places in the long list first! :P

"McD's GCB"

McD's new GCB - Grilled Chicken Burger. "Love at First Sight"? Ermmm.. it's ok la.. nothing too special. They just give a piece of chicken fillet. The GCB set costs nearly RM12 I think... I still prefer Chicken McDeluxe though.. nicer and cheaper some more! :P