Meet Blueapple of http://lobaksoup.blogspot.com.

I got to know Blueapple during my pre-U days, but at that time, I only knew her as my friend’s girl friend and nothing more than that. In fact, it wasn’t the first time we meet each other. We even yamcha-ed together before, when my house mates and I were visiting some friends in Cyberjaya few years ago.

I can safely say that it was blogging that brought us together and became friends. In fact, one of the reasons that made me started blogging was because of her blog too. I would say I got to know her as a blogger more than as a uni-mate.

“Whoaaaaa…! You’re so tall!” - Blueapple.
“I remembered that you used to be taller. - Jason.

Our meet up was a very brief and short one. The shortest and fastest meet up I ever had, it didn’t last more than 10 minutes. Still, nice meeting you!

Note : I was having lunch at Sakae Sushi, The Curve last Saturday when Blueapple called to tell me that she’s nearby too. Hence, I walked over to meet up with her.

I was never a Japanese food fanatic as there are few reasons that made me dislike them. However, it all changed when I met up wit Ah Kit, Ah Yong and Li Sui for dinner at Sushi King. It was exactly a month ago (July 18) when I had that sushi dinner with them. It must be the atmosphere, the people and the mood that changed everything and since then, I started to crave for sushis.

Hence, when I was in KL for Emil’s concert, I decided to satisfy my cravings once and for all. Together with JiNz and Sook Ying, my buddies and I went to Sakae Sushi at The Curve for lunch. Before that, I was thinking of Shogun or Sushi Groove at 1U or Sakae Sushi at The Curve but considering that buffet won’t be that money worth as we had 3 girls with us and Sushi Groove is a little on the expensive side. Hence, Sakae Sushi it was.

Upon entering the restaurant, we were led to another section of the restaurant where the lowered “floor” and tables are able to accommodate up to 8 people. Green tea for all of us, but I would prefer my green tea to be chilled before instead of pouring the hot water into the cup and adding the ice cubes after that.

If the items and sushis that you want to eat are not on the conveyor belt, you use the terminal / computer to order them. First, select the category that the item is categorized in. Then, select the item and its quantity. Proceed to confirm your orders and wait for the food to be served. That’s the screen saver actually, not the menu / interface. There’s a menu for you to refer to on every table, so, no worries.

Since I was seated the furthest from the terminal / computer, I couldn’t order what I want to order. My orders had to get approval from the floor before the orders were placed. What type of friends are these? Clockwise from top left, Li Sui, Ah Yong, Ah Kit, myself, Sook Ying and JiNz and sis was holding the key (mouse) to order the food.

I don’t know what they ordered so I will just let the photos do the job. The food tasted really good, far better than Sushi King actually.

However, there was a bowl of chicken curry with rice tasted very Maggi-curry-powder-ish, the good thing about it that it has a lot of cubed potatoes. There was another bowl of unagi that came in soup form, which I wasn’t very fond of. The soup’s strong taste has overpowered the taste of unagi itself. The oyakodon (chicken meat and egg with white rice) tasted as good as Nadeje’s too. On the other hand, I heard Sook Ying was complaining that the chawanmushi (steamed egg) tasted very plain, as in, nothing but eggs. Most importantly, my our unagis! We ordered a total of 4 plates of unagis and it was snapped up in no time, by me, of course.

Since there were 6 of us, we ordered a jumbo sushi combo plate, which consists of 38 sushis in one big plate. We never know it was going to give us one helluva of a time to finish all 38 sushis.

The girls weren’t much of a help also, leaving 3 guys behind to finish the remaining 18 sushis. We stuffed and stuffed and stuffed, there were 8 more. We stuffed and stuffed and stuffed, there were 5 more.

It came to a point where we had to order a plate of unagi and put a piece of unagi on top of the sushi to make us eat more.

We stuffed and stuffed and stuffed, there were 2 more. We stuffed and stuffed and stuffed, there were 1 more. Finally, we gave up and we left 1 pitiful sushi behind.

The bill came up to RM287 and for the amount we paid for the lunch, it was a really satisfying meal. We should have ordered a smaller sushi combo plate or opted to pay more but get those small plates of sushis, then, we won’t have to suffer and stuff ourselves with sushis towards the end of the meal.

Most importantly, I got my cravings for unagi quenched.

No more sushis for… Hmm… 2 weeks. - JiNz

One word to describe it…

The concert started at 8.15pm sharp and ended at 12.45am, that’s more than 4 hours and 30 minutes of nothing but Emil Chau. Seriously, I don’t even know how to blog about the concert as I am “literally” speechless. Almost everyone in the stadium would sing along with Emil whenever he sang hits songs like “其实不想走”, “朋友”, “爱相随”, “风雨无阻”, “花心”, “让我欢喜让我忧”, “在爱我吧” and many more. The feeling was just indescribable.

When it came to the last song “朋友”, I turned my heard towards Chee Yong and Chun Kit, I smiled and felt grateful for having them as my buddies since I was in kindergarten / 6 years old.

Another to-do-item is off my to-do-list.

Seriously, even if Emil is (definitely) going to sing the same old songs again, I will still go to his concert. Why? Because he is Emil Chau and that reason itself is good enough.

P/S : No pictures as I couldn’t sneak in my big @$$ camera.

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The Star - Wakin’s Best

I am off to KL in a short while.

No Mille Crepe delivery this this time as it was just roughly 5 weeks ago since my last delivery. I want to make it exclusive and it’s won’t be nice when you eat it too often, right? Besides, I want to go KL without the pressure of delivering the cakes on time and making sure it won’t melt, as in, in a more relaxed mood.

I am staying at Seri Kembangan / Bukit Jalil area this time, no more Kajang. My buddies have graduated and moved to somewhere nearer to KL city. As for Saturday, I will be at The Curve for lunch with my buddies and blogger Sook Ying and JiNz.

Then, it will be WaKin’s concert at Bukit Jalil later at night. Can’t wait for it. Simmy, don’t worry, I will call you half way during the concert, ok? Ha!

Sunday? Not sure yet though but definitely won’t be long as my buddies will be going Sunway Lagoon and I need to rush back Malacca. However, I need to make a trip to Bangsar to pick up my house mate, Sanjev.

Anyway, I can be contacted at 012-6842434.

Adios!

The last time Emil Chau / Wa Kin was in Malaysia for his very own concert was roughly 4 to 5 years ago. At that time, I couldn’t make it to his concert because I don’t have any extra cash and my parents wouldn’t sponsor me the tickets. Hence, I had to give it a go and even until today, I still feel 遗憾 (regret?) for not joining my buddies, Ah Yong and Ah Kit, to his concert.

Fast forward, Emil Chau is back in Malaysia for another concert to mark his 20th year in the music industry. With my current financial status, I have no reason for not attending his concert anymore. After much discussion and arguments with Ah Yong and Ah Kit, we bought the tickets.

Venue : Putra Indoor Stadium, Bukit Jalil
Time : 8pm
Date : July 14, 2007
Ticket Price : RM223

20 years or 2 decades, that’s long enough for a baby to grow into a young adult and yet, he’s still producing albums and performing in the music industry. How many artists out there have such achievement or are still in the industry after so many years? Not many, in fact, only a handful of them.

In such competitive world where a new artist can be forgotten in a blink of an eye or after 1 album, it’s really not easy to stay put and stand strong. He only uses his vocal to make a name for himself, compared to others who ventured into singing, acting, show hosting and etc yet not able to make it big. He has produced more than 30 albums, including Mandarin, Cantonese and English in 20 years. Isn’t that a marvelous report card?

Most importantly, he’s my idol after all these years. He may be old, his songs may not be funky or pop, he may not have the handsome or sissy / gay look, he may not dance, he may not be able to play more than 7 instruments, he may not be able to rap, still he’s one heck of a singer and 20 years of achievements and experiences have proven it.

Need I say more? Download or listen to one of his hit songs - “让我欢喜让我忧“.

See you there!

P/S : Any other bloggers going too? Maybe we can meet outside before we go in? Ha! I wonder if I will bump into you. Heh!