Devi's Corner @ TTDI

Devi's Corner is one of the popular mamak restaurant in KL/PJ area. As far as I know, there are about 3 branches - Bangsar, Desa Sri Hartamas and Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI).


Devi's Corner @ TTDI

My thoughts:
I like Devi's Corner, especially TTDI as the place is clean, the crowd are decent, the staffs are friendly and helpful, clean toilet and the food here is nice.

Normally, when I'm here, I ordered only these:


Our very own Malaysia's flavour - Garlic Cheese Naan & Tandoori Ayam


Garlic Cheese Naan


Tandoori Ayam (Chicken)


Dal


Milo Kosong Ais

The Great LYN Nintendo DS Meet up - July edition

Hi guys, it's the monthly The Great LYN Nintendo DS Meet up



July 2007
Time : 1200hrs - 1700hrs;
Date : Saturday, 21st July 2007;
Battleground : Armada Hotel;
Status: IN PRODUCTION;
Photo Gallery: COMING SOON;


The July Edition
For a change, we are going to have something different and more comfortable. We are gonna have a Hi-Tea Buffet LYN Nintendo Gathering, it's RM35++ person at Hotel Armada. Currently, there's a "2+1" promotion going on, i.e. if we can get a group of 3, it'll only cost less than RM30 per person.

You can find out more HERE.


Facts
From previous outings, I see averagely most of us, spent RM20 on drinks and food alone. This one... FREE FLOW!!! You can eat & drink until you vomit, from 12pm - 5pm.


Now wat?
Now we need confirmations on headcounts, so that we can make reservations. And once you have put your name(s) down, please respect & honour it. Your attendance will be crucial to the gathering.


Payment
we'll take the TOTAL amount, then divide by attendance on that day. It'll be great, if we can find a group of 3s, e.g. 3, 6, 9, 12, etc.





How to get there
By own transport... Here's a MAP.

By bus... If you are coming from Kota Raya or Sunway/Subang Jaya, Metrobus No 10 will stop at Asia Jaya.

Fore more info, read:

• Metrobus Route;


• Rapidkl Bus Route;

By LRT... there's only 1 LRT station at Asia Jaya - Asia Jaya Station, under the Kelana Jaya Line (formerly known as PUTRA line).

Fore more info, read:

• Kelana Jaya Line;

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Read also:
• The Great LYN Nintendo DS Meet up - November edition;
• The Great LYN Nintendo DS Meet up - August edition;
• The Great LYN Nintendo DS Meet up - July edition: Photo Gallery;
• The Great LYN Nintendo DS Meet up;

The Great LYN Nintendo DS Meet up

Introduction
The Great LYN Nintendo DS Meet up is a monthly gathering, organised by Forumers of Lowyat.NET (LYN) -> Special Interest -> Consoles Couch -> Nintendo.

The first The Great LYN Nintendo DS Meet up was at McD, Sungei Wang in December 2005, with only 5 participants. Today it has become a monthly event/tradition in KL/PJ area, and bi-monthly in Kuching, Sarawak. With 8-10 participants averagely in each gathering.

Forumers will start voting for venues and dates at the forum board, either early begining of each month or end of previous month. The gathering Time will always starts at 11am/12pm, and ends after 3pm or later (because the NDS will run out of juices by then).

Selection on venues is normally based on these 2 main factors:

• easy access of public transports; &


• affordable hang-out areas;

Considering many of the forumers are still studying, who are heavily dependent on public transports to move around, and pocket money from family.


Activities
During the gathering, forumers will share informations, such as tricks & tips, latest games releases, latest gossips in the game industry, technical questions/supports, fellowships, chill out, have fun, eat, drinks, tok-kok, and of course - go Multiplayer mode on the DS.

Normally, the gathering will kick start with Mario Kart DS, then follow by other popular games listed below:


Games we play

• Mario Kart DS;


• Meteos: Disney Magic;


• Elite Beat Agents;


• Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!;


• Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2;


• Tetris DS;


• Pokemon Diamond;


• Pokemon Pearl;


• BomberMan Land Touch!;


• Club House Games;

Preparations
Make sure you have enough sleep the night before, and you NDS is fully charged.


You can always join us, even if you don't own a Nintendo DS, 'cos 99% of LYN Forumers are friendly people ^0^... BUAYA ALERT!!!

For more info, kindly visit - LYN Nintendo Board.

HAVE FUN!!!

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Read also:
• The Great LYN Nintendo DS Meet up - November edition;
• The Great LYN Nintendo DS Meet up - August edition;
• The Great LYN Nintendo DS Meet up - July edition: Photo Gallery;
• The Great LYN Nintendo DS Meet up - July edition;

BEWARE!!! SMS Scam Syndicate...

I received an SMS at 2am this morning, from an unrecognisable number. and here's the message in Bahasa Indonesia:

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06.07.07 02:15
+6281513067154

Pengumuman dari PETRONAS MLYS,TAHNIAH! SimCard Anda bertua me-menangi undian hadiah Cek Tunai RM 10,000. Sila hubungi : 00621386541178 . Trima kasih.

(Translated version)
Notice from PETRONAS MALAYSIA, CONGRATULATIONS! Your SimCard had just won a lucky draw Cash Cheque RM 10,000. Please contact: 00621386541178 . Thank you.

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It's one of those SMS Scam Syndicate from neighbouring country, hoping they are able to fish some ignorant souls.

anyway, here's my reply to the fella:

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06.07.07 02:25
mr-penman
May God bless u & 4give ur sins.

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hope the fella understands English... wanted to reply in Bahasa Melaysia, but I was too sleepy.

-_- zzzzzzz

Play-Asia.com Summer Smoothie: 20% off ALL in-stock items

YEAH!!! it's the Play-Asia.com Summer Smoothie: 20% off ALL in-stock items - Only until Thursday, July 12th 2007!!!

^0^

Thank goodness, nothing on my list... hmmm... actually got Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2. Too bad, I need to save some $$ for my car repair.

>i'(

It's really good deal!!!

Facts
ai-yah! I just bought Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (Konami's Best) 2 weeks ago from Play-Asia.com!!! now available at US$ 19.92 (~69.31 MYR)... other wise...

-_-!!

>_<

New Super Mario Bros.

This is a remake based on the original Super Mario Bros., released 20 years ago. Of course, this version comes with nicer graphics, more complex musics, new items, more challenging maps, and new features, e.g. "SAVE"... it's really more than just an enhanced version.

If you are familiar with Mario Titles, you'll find classic elements from previous titles, such as Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES), Super Mario World (SNES), and so...


Gameplay
The concept is still pretty much like any other side-scrolling platform - Mario Titles. You need to collect coins & items, in order to assist you to complete the game. And of course, to save the Princess Peach, only this time from Bowser Jr.. All together, there are 8 worlds, with about 10 levels in each world (including hidden levels).


Features

• Star coin - collect 5 of them, you can unlock secret path to Toad Houses, that gives you free items, i.e. 1-up mushroom, Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, Starman, Blue Koopa Shell, Mega Mushrrom, & Mini Mushroom.


• SAVE - You can "SAVE" your progress of the game, after you have defeated a Tower/Castle for the first time, or spend 5 Star coins at any Toad Houses.


• Mini Games - Beside playing the main story, there are 18 mini games, solely playable only with Stylus. You can kill time with these mini games, while waiting for bus/train, in Single Player mode, or compete in Multiplayer mode, when you are with a group of DS friends

My thoughts
It's a classic Mario side-scrolling platform game for any old school fan.

There are a couple of "Power Ups" are not available in this title, as I strongly believed Nintendo is holding them back for new releases in the future!

I personally find, this is one of the best Mario titles, this is definitely a good buy!


Where to get
You can order it from Play-Asia.com.


Release Date: 15 May 2006;
Genre: platform;
Version: US;
Mode: Single player, Multiplayer;
RANK: 4.5/5;

Welcome to the Annual Hazzy Fiery Festival

OH MAN! It's the annual Hazzy Fiery Festival!

OUENDAN!!!

I started to smell the ashes & smogs like... NOW!!!

oh man! when are people going to learn?

when are the government(s) (here and there) going to do something about it? -_-"

zzzzzzz

Go watch - An Inconvenient Truth

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales

You play as the adorable Chocobo entering magical picture books, to rescue all your friends, who are trapped inside these books. These magical books are based on the popular existing fairy tales and folk stories, features in the Final Fantasy Universe.

Gameplay
Everytime you solved a mini game or micro game, either you unlock a secret path (which leads you to another quest), or you are rewarded with 1 card, or release one of your friends.

The cards you collected will be use it to battle bosses, or play against your friends, in multiplayer or Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection mode.

You can also compete with your friends on all the mini games or micro games you've unlocked.

My thoughts
If you like mini games, puzzles and Final Fantasy series, then you won't want to miss this title.

Facts
Chocobo is actually a spin-off title from the Final Fantasy series.

Where to get
You can order it from Play-Asia.com.

Release Date: 16 April 2007;
Genre: adventure, puzzle;
Version: US;
Mode: Single player, Multiplayer, Online multiplayer;
RANK: 4/5;

Kampar Noodle 金寶粉@ How Ye Kee 好義記, Section 17

I went out for lunch pretty late today, around 3pm. And at that hour, it's very difficult to find food.

However, I just know the right place to go - Restoran How Ye Kee.


Restoran How Ye Kee

When I arrived, most of the stalls are cleaning up, thank goodness, Kampar Noodle is still available.


Kampar Noodle Stall

My thoughts:
Well, Kampar Noodle is the type you get to mix and match your food. Just walk to the stall, greet the uncle and aunty. Choose your items, leave the bowl there, tell uncle how do you like your noodle:
a) soup;
b) dry;
c) dried with curry gravy;

For today's lunch, I had:


Dish: Kampar Meehoon (dry) with 6 items
Price: RM 6.40


Facts:
Other then Kampar Noodle, you can try the wantan noodle, chicken rice & the popular "big fried" which is famous for their fast wok (available from lunch til dinner).

Wong Kok Char Chan Teng 旺角茶餐廳@ SS2 - Part 02

ok... here's some review finally...


two mentally unstable & bored customers... -_-"


My thoughts:
Wong Kok Char Chan Teng offers a variety of nice, delicious & colourful menu. 200 over drinks, desserts, snacks, main courses, etc... It'll take me probably 200 times, which each time covering 1 item, before I can cover completely of the entire Wong Kok Char Chan Teng menu.

Not to mention, they'll have promotional dishes each month...

For tonight, we had:

our dinner


our drinks


Shredded Pork Potato Rice 薯仔肉碎菜飯


Fried Udon with Black Pepper Beef 黑椒牛肉冬面


Ice Lemon Green Tea 冰凍檸檬綠茶


Stocking Milk Tea 絲襪奶茶


Facts:
The SS2 branch has just extened the shop recently. It seems like they took over the pub next door.

I also found out that, Wong Kok Char Chan Teng is offering a lifetime membership with only RM10.

With this membership, members get enjoy 10% off on everyting. At the same time, members get to collect and earn points too. With every RM1 spent, you earn 1 reward point. Current rewards redemption is available only in cash vouchers form, there'll be more gifts/rewards coming in near future.


My Wong Kok Char Chan Teng Membership card


Wong Kok Char Chan Teng 旺角茶餐廳
No. 2, Jalan SS 2/67
Ground Floor
47300 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia

tel: +60-3-7874 8611

read also: Wong Kok Char Chan Teng @ SS2 - Part 01

Sony Bravia Roadshow @ 1Utama

see until I drool...

My Name is Fame 我要成名

Release Date 日期: 21 September 2006;
Languages 語言: Cantonese 粵語;
Classification: U;
Running Time: 1 hour 36 minutes;
Director 導演~: Larry Lau 劉國昌;
Cast 主演: Lau Ching-Wan 劉青雲, Huo Siyan 霍思燕;
Genre 片種: Comedy, 喜劇;
Trailer 預告短片:


WARNING! SPOILER AHEAD!!!

故事摘要: - 取之於 Sensasian.com
潘家輝(劉青雲) 在他二十出頭的時候，便攀上了他事業的高峰--- 奪得電影金像獎最佳新人獎，輝認為自己的成功，是個人的努力加上實力，輝被電視台力捧，他卻不懂得珍惜機會，不但變得越來越挑剔執拗，而且經常批評別人，輝的事業和人氣下滑，漸漸由男主角變為男配角，再由男配角變做二、三線，甚至淪為色魔奸角……最後，連電視台也容不下他，輝意志消沉，在機緣巧合之下，當上了臨時演員的領班，遇到對演戲滿腔熱誠的吳曉菲(霍思燕)……

Synopsis: - taken from Sensasian.com
Pn Ka Fai had reached the summit of his career in his 20s - he was awarded the best new male actor academy award. Fai believed that his success was a result of his own efforts and expertise. He became more and more fastidious and pertinacious, As a result, Fai's career and popularity declined, Fai was very depressed. He then became the leader for temporary actors, and coincidentally, he met Ng Hiu Fei (Fei), a girl who was very devoted to acting. Fei was willing to try and take up every opportunity, and she was not afraid of suffering. He decided to teach her his secret acting techniques. Fai was influenced by Fei and had rebuild his devotion for acting, by which he marketed himself to film directors for taking a role in their films.
When Fai realized he fell in love with Fei, Fei has to leave Fai to go to Japan to start her journey to a superstar?


My thoughts 我的感言:
这几乎是一部描述了每个好演员，奋斗一生，终获承认，而中间经过了多少曲折和坚持，又何足为外人道的「毕生電影人事迹」。劉青雲就是这个不幸的好例子，在娛樂圈闯多年，超级男星质素，但从未获得影帝之奉，直到现在，还他一个公道。

“凡事要尽心尽意尽力去做，不要因为遇上困难与挑战就轻易放弃。”

“劉青雲，你是得既！”

Product Info 產品资料
Title 名稱: My Name is Fame 我要成名;
Region Code DVD區碼: ALL;
Video Format 影像格式: NTSC;
Screen Format 影片畫面: Letterbox 16:9 Vista;
Audio Specs 影片聲音: DTS , Dolby Digital 5.1;
Release Date 出版日期: 18/10/2006;
Language 語言: Mandarin 華語, Cantonese 粵語;
Subtitle 字幕: Simplified Chinese 簡體中文, English 英文, Traditional Chinese 繁體中文;
Remarks 特別收錄: Deleted scenes 刪除片段, Trailer 電影製作, Making Of 電影預告;

Where to get
You can order it from:

• Sensasian.com


• YesAsia.com

Hong Kei Dim Sum @ SS22

If you are looking for a nice place to have dim sum during weekends or public holidays, Hong Kei Dim Sum is a good choice. It's located at SS22, or another more familiar name - Damansara Jaya.

It's just beside RHB Bank, outside Atria Shopping Complex (near the KFC exit).


the environment


My thoughts:
These are my favourites...


Siew Mai


Fish Balls


Woo Kok


Century Egg Porridge


Char Siew Bao


Jasmine Tea


Facts:
I believed Hong Kei Dim Sum got the most ceiling fans installed... -_-"

Marco's Pizza @ Kelana Jaya

Marco's Pizza is located at quite a strategic location. It's directly accross the LRT station at Kelana Jaya. However, parking is a problem.


Marco's Pizza @ Kelana Jaya

Marco's Pizza is an "open" concept restaurant, where customers get to see the kitchen's activities. The kitchen as a see-through glass window.

Besides that, there's a "pizza" bar counter, where you can choose to sit, dine and see, how the chefs prepare your pizzas with fresh ingredients.

Another intersting sight worth mentioning, is this huge stone oven, where the chef bake your pizzas. You don't get to see that often in Klang Valley.


the environment


another "Pirates of the Caribbean" fever...

My thoughts:
We've been here many times. Personally, my favourite is the pizzas (however Little Italy in KK, Sabah is still the best for me!!!).

so we had:

Hawaiian Pizza - Regular, thin crust


Penne Royale with spaghetti


Passion Fruit and Orange

Generally, it's a nice place to have dinner!

However, try to avoid going there during weekends, especially Saturday night. I've bee there a few weekends before, they have problems handling large crowds. Due to shortage of staffs? You'll get unpleasant experience at weekends. However, weekdays nights are fine!


another endorsement by wildchild... -_-"


Facts:
The seafood restaurant a few shops away - King Crab, is under the same group.

Marco's Pizza
No. 81-85, Jalan SS 25/2
Taman Bukit Emas
47301 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia

tel: +60-3-7803 5000
fax: +60-3-7803 3805

Hooked on You 每當變幻時

Release Date 日期: 28 June 2007;
Languages 語言: Cantonese 廣東話;
Classification: U;
Running Time: 1 hour 36 minutes;
Director 導演: WingCheong Law 羅永昌;
Cast 主演: Eason Chan 陳奕迅, Miriam Yeung 楊千嬅, Farini Cheung 張睿玲, Huang Bo 黃渤, ShuiFan Fung 馮淬帆;
Genre 片種: Comedy, Love 劇情;
Trailer 預告短片:
Watched it at: Golden Screen Cinema;

WARNING! SPOILER AHEAD!!!

故事摘要: - 取之於 Yahoo!電影
1997年的夏天，27歲的阿妙跟欠債纍纍、拈花惹草的賣魚父親，被逼來到富貴墟打工抵債。見盡街市中人際關係交錯糾纏的她，決心不嫁給街市的男人。她訂下三年計劃，目標是在30歲前幫父親還清欠債，離開街市，找一個值得嫁的人，打破宿命。
同樣是賣魚出身的魚佬是一個將一生都投資在富貴墟的街市惡霸，面對機靈的阿妙，二人展開生意上的連番惡鬥。隨著超市的出現，街市陷於困境。魚佬為了拯救富貴墟，被逼與勢成水火的阿妙合作。最後，雖然救市失敗，但過程中，魚佬與阿妙都對對方產生了特別的感覺，可是，一直嫌棄街市的阿妙始終跨不過愛上街市男人的心理關口。
不久，妙父因心臟病離世，為免與魚佬在富貴墟朝夕相對，阿妙乘著政府宣佈清拆富貴墟之際，決定離開街市。她參加了政府再培訓計劃的化妝課程，希望藉化粧為自己換一個新的臉孔，從此告別過去。阿妙在化妝界開始了新生活，世界忽然間變大了，有著一種未知去向、又恍似重生的天空海闊。

Synopsis: - taken from Golden Screen Cinema
Miu (Miriam Yeung) works as a fishmonger at the Prosperity Market to pay off the debts of her father. She gives herself three years to settle her father's debts, leave the wet market and find a man worthy of her. At the market, however, she finds herself at loggerheads with Mr. Fish (Eason Chan) in the neighbouring stall. A fierce battle ensues but the two are forced to work together when a new supermarket threatens their business at the Prosperity Market. Will Miu find her Mr Right, or is he a figment of her imagination?

(Source: RAM Entertainment Sdn. Bhd.)



My thoughts 我的感言:
人需要跟著時代而改變，卻不可忘本。要把握時機與及珍惜身邊的一切，因為錯過了或失去了，就沒的再回頭。
我想信這就是這部電影要表達的訓息。
我們為了追尋夢想，往往太過沉迷與再呼成果，結過在過程當中，毀了本來應有美好的回憶，以及忽劣了身邊所愛的人。 因為那才是最珍貴！

“我不是失敗，只是成功發現罷了…”

We have to change according to circumstances/time, however we shall never forget our roots. When there's a valuable opportunity, we have to grab it, and not to neglect those we love and care. 'cos the moment we missed out that great opportunity or lost our love ones... there's no turning back."

I believed that's the message of the movie.

To achieve our great dreams, doesn't mean we have to be too focus and borthered by the results/outcome(s), which caused us to miss out the fun in the process, and neglected those around us. Because those are more valuable & important then the results.