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Oriental Treat

Last night we had friends over for dinner. This time we decided to serve something oriental instead of doing our regular Western. On our menu were mixed veg, brinjal with dried shrimps, chicken in gravy (prepared specially by Bart) and pork ribs 'tau cheong' soup. For dessert, we had lychee and we washed all of that down with Whispers of Summer (a pleasant blend of passion fruit, orange and other fruit juice).


[The Eastern Spread: All ready to be savoured]

Mixing Juices

After meeting the Malaysian Idol finalists, we headed to Chulia Street for our favourite fresh mixed-fruit juice. The stall is just in front of the Betel Nut Cafe, facing Love Lane. You can order any mix you dare to try. Our favourite mix is banana with pineapple. Since today they were out of bananas, we tried a glass of apple and pineapple, and another glass of guava and pineapple. Very refreshing... ahhh!


[Fruit Mix Mania: Dare to try nangka with papaya?]

After our dose of mixed-fruit juice, we headed down the coastal highway and ended up having dinner at Sri Tanjung, a place for ikan bakar and Malay-Thai cuisine.


[Dinner at Sri Tanjung: Grilled ray fish, deep fried squid and kailan with salted fish (not in photo)... RM20]

Sri Tanjung is located near the Penang Bridge, across the highway from the N-Park and E-Park apartments. It is hidden from view on the highway due to tall hedges grown by the roadside. The turning into Sri Tanjung is also very inconspicuous. Be very alert if you intend to go there for the first time. Missing the turning would require you to make a very, very long round trip to get back on the correct side of the highway.

Idols on the Island

We were at Gurney Plaza to meet six of the seven Malaysian Idol finalists. We got their autographs, too. The Idols who were present were Nita, Daniel, Farah, Adam, Faizul and Ash. Xerra couldn't make it. Unfortunately, they had all run out of autograph cards. So, I resorted to giving each of them name cards to sign on :o).


[Difficult to get close: Quite a turnout... lots of screaming girl-fans, especially of Daniel]


[Up Close And Personal: Aha! Finally... getting closer...]


[The Autographs! (From L to R, top to bottom) Daniel, Nita, Farah, Adam, Faizul and Ash]

Second Encounter

Angie and I presented at the 57th Catholic Engaged Encounter Weekend held at College General, Penang from 12-14 August 2005. Twenty-five couples attended the Weekend. We were on the presenting team with Fr. Gerard Theraviam (making his debut with CEE Penang), and Chris and Lina Baptist. This is our second time presenting.


[57th CEE Weekend presenting team: (from L to R) Bart, Angie, Lina, Chris and Fr. Gerard. Photo taken by Peter Liew]


[Participants of the 57th CEE Weekend with the presenting team and supporting couples]

CEE Penang's website: click here.
Photos of the 57th Weekend: Album 1 and Album 2.
Peter and Gladys' post: click here.

Doodle Duck

Angie was in a doodling mood the other day. This was what she drew on a used envelop. Does the song sound familiar?


[Quack Quack!]