Seremban Part1

I love Seremban, land of funny looking roofs, land of siew paos and yau yee mai fun, also land where this glowing lass first came into the world screaming and kicking.

Recently Ben and I took the chance to visit my parents there. Also to meet some old friends and fulfill our food cravings. Yes, Penang is a wonderful melting pot of food galore but there are just somethings that tastes really different.

Mader knows best. My fav since I was a toddler; other then lor mai kai. This is what I grew up calling "wor pau" a pau (bun) that has a brown pork and peas filling and toped off with yellow cake on top. An ingenious creation for those craving pau, cake and pork.

Like any other maders out there, your baby need feeding. So this is the spread for the last 4 days we were back. Needless to say at the end of our trip, I avoided the weighing scale like the plague.

Oh and the pièce de la résistance, home made bak kut teh! It's basically a pork and strong chinese herb based broth often eaten with rice.

Enough of the food, let's get some sights shall we?

Where I 1st kicked and screamed. Previously it was known as Hospital Besar Seremban or a direct translation would be The Big Hospital of Seremban. Now it's named after royalty. The odd thing is, most Malaysian hospitals are named after the Queens of Malaysia. Hmm...I'm sure they have their reasons.

The iron bridge leading to my alma mater.

1 of the 2 main roads in Seremban town.

Heading towards old part of town.

Old shopping mall.

Next up,

Familiar? Forgive my lack luster smile. Severe dry lips as explained here can do that to a girl.

How bout this? Yup, we were in Melacca to visit my freshly delivered niece! She's one big beautiful girl~ But a story kept for another day.

Back to Seremban.

I think we have one of the most diverse balanced pasar malam (night markets). The one's I know of in Seremban and love are on Tuesdays in Rasah Jaya and Thursdays opposite Bukit Mewah high school (Grand Hill). Sadly I could only attend one during our stay and that was only for 10 minutes as we were rushing back from Melacca.

Even at 10 pm. People sea, see see...

Though I was dead tired, still I insisted on this....

It's bak gua (meat jerky) but prepared and presented in a different style indigenous to Seremban. If you know of any other places do let me know. Seriously, especially in Penang.

A simple and yet mind blowing treat. Wholesome smell and taste of the barbecued bak gua, enveloped in a barbecued bread with some chicken floss (chickens don't have teeth), sliver of cucumber and chili sauce. Simple yet my ultimate pasar malam pleasure.

Slightly energized we actually made a trip to our old dating haunt for Bens' old lover

Seafood chowder. Still as tasty but in words borrowed from Cheesie...

CHEAT ONE! Ah well...

Some chewy calamari to end the night. Funny how we tend to see somethings differently now and yet some things still stay the same.

Well that's it for now.

More pictures coming up soon my lovelies...

6 Hunks, I'm Crazy about them!

CONTEST ENTRY

WELCOME to the dating game show called LOVE BITE! We have a lovely contestant here with us today.

Hello there Glow, welcome and let's see if we can find a hunk for you.

I'm so excited to be here! In fact, I'm feeling a little hungry...

You lucky girl, we have 6 hot hunks for you to choose from tonight so let us begin.

The 1st Hunk is Ched (short for Cheddar)

Ched is a hard, smooth hunk, he's firm when it comes down to business.

He sure is a dashing one? Can I have him now?

*ignores Glow* Next up, a Hunky Italiano.

Parma (Parmesan) is our typical Italian product, a real hard one.

Oh my, you do look very... manly indeed.

Don't make up your mind just yet! Let's move on to the other hunks lined up for today.

Hunky Monte or Jack (Monterey Jack) is a mellow and mild guy, perfect for chilling.

Aw...you remind me of Jason Mraz.

and... who's the next Hunk?

Say hello to the mild, er... delicate Hunk Moz (Mozzarella) He's all gooey on the inside and out.

A real... softie.

Hehe *nervous laughter*

Hunk number 5 is real hardcore...

Hardcore nerd and fanboy that is. Hunk Prov (Provolone) has been a die hard fan of many if not all computer based games. In fact, he clocks in more time in front of the screen then actually eating, sleeping and sanitation rituals put together.

Oh wow, what a dedicated hunk we have here.

And lastly, a really funny Hunk, the big cheese of TV,

Hunk Ray ROMANO!~

EVERYBODY LOVES ROMANO!~

So which will it be?

Oh my, this is one though choice to make. They are all so yummy in their own way. I think I might go crazy over them.

Well then how bout the Mystery Door then? There is no telling what's behind it. That's why it's called the MYSTERY DOOR~

Hey are you trying to trick me or something?

Hmm...it's so difficult to just choose one of the hunks so.... I'LL DO IT! Mystery door it is!~

CONGRATULATIONS! You have just won yourself the MOTHERLOAD of HUNKS!

CHEESUS CRUST! Really?

YES!

All the 6 yummy cheese Parmesan, Mozzarella, Romano, Cheddar, Provolone and Monterey Jack.

Deliciously cooked into one hot steaming pizza.

Only the best hunks at Pizza Hut.

Oh my, it's Love at 1st bite, no wonder the show is called the Love Bite^^

Something hard, mellow, smooth, full bodied, delicate and a little nutty is always good.

I LOVE THEM ALL.

Plus these hunks will keep my bones and teeth strong, my skin GLOWing, boost my immune system and helps with PMS! No other hunks but these hunks of cheese can do that.

I definitely made the right choice of choosing the Mystery Door to Pizza Hut. Why?

Cause now I know for sure that

I’m crazy about Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese!

Elizabeth Arden

On a hot, dusty day a cowboy rode into a small town. After dismounting, he walked behind his horse, lifted it's tail and kissed it where the sun don't shine.

An old man rocking by the general store witnessed the whole thing.

"Whatya do that fer?" he asked.

"Got chapped lips," the cowboy replied.

The old man asked, "Does that help?"

The cowboy said, "No, but it keeps me from lickin' 'em."

Yes licking chapped lips actually makes it worst. But you don't need to turn to such unsavoury methods to stop liking your lips.

In recent months, my lips are so chapped from undergoing medication from a dermatologist for my skin condition. Yes, makeup does wonders doesn't it? but I'm tired of hiding under a great wall of china layer of make-up, so I opted for profesional help.

The medication I'm under can have adverse effects, good thing I've got a personal doctor to poke and prod me concerning my health. Lucky me, the worst effect I got was chapped lips. Really chaped lips. Look...

As dry and cracked as the dead sea even with loads of water. It hurts at times too. Not a pleasant experience.

So far I've tried countless products but none really work.

They either end up making my lips

• cakey and waxy,
• requires constant application or
• just plain doesn't work.

So time to bring out the big guns. Something that provides 8hours of protection. Remember this is not an advert. I'm just sharing.

I use to use it for my lips. It was a gift from my brother. He has good taste. But after years of not having lip problems, the time has come for me to call upon this product.

Darn, I forgot I used it to the core. No prob, I'll just pop out to get some more.

It's so difficult to find this brand in Penang, so far I only know of Parkson in Gurney Plaza which were good enough to carry it.

Taadaa...

The nice lady there, I think her name was Ms. Mei , was kind enough to recommend me the cream instead as it's more absorbing. About RM 90, RM20 more then the lipstick version but....

THERE'S A SALE!

Buy the tube and get a jar free. This is probably going to last me a very long time as a lil, and I mean just a small dab, goes a long way so I'm going to pass it on to...

someone in my family^^

Sorry readers. Starting my Christmas shopping early this year.

Only bad thing about this product is the fact if you over apply it, there's a strong medicated smell. So go try out at their counter 1st.

Disclamer: I do wish I was paid to do this piece but sadly no, just sharing my personal opinion of something that works for me to my glowing readers.

Missed me?

Ever been back from a holiday and you feel like you need another one?

Exactly what I'm feeling on this Monday morning.

Touched down yesterday in Penang airport after 4 days of galavanting around central Malaysia seeing beautiful faces, eating delicious food and going familiar places. All lovely indeed. So of course there will be updates soon so stay tuned my lovelies ^^

Fleur de Tissu

Fleur de Tissu.

Tissue flower?

No not referring to those lovely flowers made out of folded tissue paper we use to make back in school.

Just remembered cloth in French is tissu.

Why the sudden memory recurrence?

Been staring at a dress I was wearing.

It's a simple dress I bought about a decade ago for only RM10 but I still have it now and it still fits! Granted that it is a baby doll dress so plenty of space to grow.

The whole reason why I bought it was because of the sweet prints like this flower on a cloth.

Fleur de tissu.

Do you still have something you bought at a bargain a decade ago? Do you still treasure it?

Do share...