One evening in London

London was nearly a month ago but there was this one night when I went walking in London around the area of The Strand, Piccadilly Circus and Soho alone. It was a cold evening and I just let my tired wife sleeps while I went walking around, taking in the sight and sound of London.

Here are the pictures that I took that night :

Comedy Club London guys giving out flyers

Jamie Oliver Italian - the celeb chef new venture

As Malaysian as one can get (in Soho)

Where you buy cheap sports t-shirts (info by Niki Cheong)

tkts - Where u buy cheap theater tickets

Lee Chong Wei can cook!

With some help, our badminton superstar which Malaysia can claim as its own, who has been the No. 1 badminton player for the past 2 years. The icing on the cake with this meeting that we had on 30th September was that he had just won the Japan Open by beating the rival who has been making a mockery out of him for the past few meetings. 

Yes, the person my wife and I met was Datuk Lee Chong Wei and the person that he beat at Japan Open was Lin Dan. And yes, the meeting was not while he was giving us a lesson in badminton but while he was introducing us to the new convection oven by Samsung.

The event was held at Cilantro Culinary Academy and he was showing us how to cook a pizza. He is Samsung brand ambassador and his endorsement of a convection oven is very much evident as who else would need a convection oven more than a bachelor like him who is always on the go for training and games.

With some instruction from a chef from Cilantro, he used the CE103V Convection Oven, other than two other convection oven CE117AE-S and CE107BAF-S, which are already on sale at all Samsung retailers in Malaysia.

So, why Samsung convection oven? Here are some data for you to digest :

1) It has triple distribution system which ensure the distribution of microwave within the confine of the oven which can make sure you get your food fast!;

2) If you hate to clean as much as I do, it is good news with the steam-powered self cleaning system which can clean within minutes;

3) And to make you clean all the grease and oil which is part of any Malaysian cooking, the smooth ceramic enamel interior will make cleaning easier with a damp cloth.

After watching him cook and letting others there took pictures with him, thanks to Advertlets which invited us and arranging us to meet and greet our No. 1 badminton player, it was our turn Advertlets bloggers with him :

Missing the kids...

Three more days before we come back home and I am missing my kids or better yet cats. Just some pictures to remind me of them and really hoping my sister-in-law is taking care of them....

Naughty Jelly

Sleepy Jelly

Blueberry n Wolfie, our 'adopted cats'

Muffin at her moody best

Cookie trying to win the whole bed in the Who Can Stretch the Most game...

Raya in London

While people are counting their Eid days in Malaysia, we are now in London being tourist...

My nieces meeting us in Heathrow

Was here since 5 days ago which was the second day of Eid and we will only go back to Malaysia on the 21st.

Our Raya outfit this year on the first day of Eid

I do have relative and friends here and we kind of the Santa Clause (pun intended) as we brought food and so many 'pesanan' from their relatives in Malaysia to them.

One luggage is full only with food from Malaysia to our relatives here in England

So far, we have done  the London Tour, the shopping, the museum visit (some of them) and even a few meetings (chance or planned) with the said relatives and friends. 

London Eye seen from Westminster Bridge

Tate Modern

Trafalgar Square

The Meridian Greenwich Line which has Kuala Lumpur on it

Bicester Village, the shopping heaven for some

 

There are more to come...

How has your Ramadhan 2010 been?

It is not actually Ramadhan 2010 but more of Ramadhan 1431. How has it been for everybody else? 

I have feast on so many good food (like always) that the supposed diet that comes with fasting didn't happened. 

Managed to attend only 1 buffet at a restaurant and that was due to my brother-in-law wanting to treat us to something nice.

Had a feast with a few social media and real life friends/clients at my office in the early day of Ramadhan.

Invited staff and a few friends to the house to taste my wife's cooking.

Managed to not 'ponteng terawikh' with the congregation at the surau in my housing area.

Basically, it was a good Ramadhan. And it is hard to say good bye to it but now, I just can't wait for Eid.

Have a great one everyone....

How to cure fear of flight

My wife is afraid to fly though she has been on a flight alone from Malaysia to Frankfurt, Germany in 2005 all by herself. Thanks to me who was trying to cure her of flying. She is still afraid to fly and each time we are on a plane (which is every other month as we travel a lot), she will hold my hand and grip it really tight.

Meiying is on the let, seen here with Jerine

So, I did not take the offer by Meiying, a social media friend, who told me maybe I wanted to take my wife on a small plane flight all over KL for our anniversary. I told her again the same thing when I met her at the Social Media Club KL 2 weeks ago. However, she still invited me for a flight session with Reuben Lim who wants to create awareness for KL by Air which is offering these flights at affordable price. So, casually, I mentioned the invite to my wife, Nani, who immediately said "Yes!", without waiting for me to finish the sentence. It was kind of a surprise for me as she was so enthusiastic about it. I know I should have asked her earlier before we celebrated our anniversary but it is better late than never right?

Next thing I know, here are some pictures and videos to tell the story (notice that my wife is sitting in front, all excited and now she wants to do it all over again) :

The entrance to Sg. Besi Airport (it is a TUDM base)

Our fellow fliers that day (the excited looking girl is Claudia)

As it was near Merdeka day, flags were all over Royal Selangor Flying Club

Meeting Reuben for the first time (the guy in blue)

Nani and Jerine in the inside of RSFC

Signing our lives away to Reuben

Walking to the plane

The Cessna that we flew on

A still excited Claudia (she looked very different climbing down, whiter actually)

Reuben briefing us on the safety requirements

When it was our turn, Nani bravely sit at the front

Jerine and I were at the back

Some view from the plabe

Our lives in Nani's hands for about 30 seconds

Batu Caves

Safe landing

Here are some videos of our flight. The take-off (from inside the plane), the stunt that Reuben did (look out for Nani's scream near the end) and the smooth landing.

 

 

Here are some other blog posts by Meiying and Jerine about the flight :
 

Meiying : Private flight around KL
 

Jerine : I just died and went up to heaven
 

If you want more information, you can contact Reuben at le.aviateur@gmail.com or KL by Air Facebook page. Basically, their charges is RM600 per hour (our flight was just 20 minutes) if you fly using a Cessna (from Sg. Besi) or RM1000 per hour if by CR22 (from Subang airport).