CNY [Horse Year 2014]

Horse year, my year ♥ 

Owning only few days for CNY holiday, every moments deserved to be an important event. And these would be my power reservoir to become a better me in the new year.

Get a brand new outfit for the brand new year ♥ 

Reunion dinner on the preceding day with family.
The warmness that should never be missed.

Red packet "angpao" from parents for good luck.
Not forgetting to go around to get more angpao from other adults! This is the best chance to get extra pocket money. Hee~

Yu Sheng (tossed raw fish salad) on the 7th day, for continued wealth and prosperity.

Jade Emperor ritual prayer after the mid-night on the 8th day.
The day is more important than the first day for Hokkiens.
Fireworks, celebrations and good food~ ♥ 

And of course, gatherings of family and friends!

Tomyummy Noodles House 东炎不败 @ Perak Road, Penang

Tom Yum Noodles with Fried Fish Slice and Green Salad

I'm a Tom Yum lover.

I'm blessed with the growing chains of restaurant selling good Tom Yum all around Penang. I would never miss to taste each of them. Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ

This is the first branch of the restaurant. The restaurant features an open kitchen with an attached counter placing the fresh food. There are a great variety of noodles and sides to be chosen. The mix-and-match becomes so trendy these days uh~

Tom Yum Ramen with Bacon, Bean Curd Sheets and Green Salad.

I would love to highlight their soup. The soup base is thick, spicy and savory. I guess their extraordinary soup base is what outweighs them from other restaurants and stalls. I'm particularly in love with the bacon. Bacon + Tom Yum soup would be the reason for my next visits. For the fried fish slices, I'm not in a flavor of them. My best fried fish slices of choice would still be from the humble stall near the Queensbay mall. 

Price-wise, it depends on what you add. You can get a bowl of noodles from RM 5 to RM 20.

Taste-wise, I would say that it is at the rate of higher than average.

I dined in at a late hour. I didn't want my supper to be too heavy with such a large portion. I requested for a small bowl and here it goes! So cute! ♥

Things go irresistible when Tom Yum comes in. Slurps~

Field-Trip: A Gather of Coursemates

Time flies and we're in our final year now. We'd been spending our time in hustle and bustle. Study, study, and STUDY!

Field-trip? Hmm.. It's a really strange term for us. Staying back at laboratories and rushing for laboratory reports are what best define our student life, especially during our final year. Yeah, final year project! FYP FYP FYP~ Sounds haunted? Haha~ This is something more than enough to drive you crazy. 

If you don't believe, check this out. We're so short of time and managed to grab our lunch in the bus. Tabao lagi~ 

And we couldn't afford any waste of time--nap whenever and wherever we could!

So... Whatever it is, here we go!

-First Trip-Fermentation-@Dec 3, 2013

Ready, set and GO!

Station 1: Cocoa Boutique, Kota Kinabalu

Hmm.. Out of surprise, we visited a Cocoa Boutique. I feel nothing more than speechless to visit a boutique shop for our field-trip. It supposed to be something to gain us some insights on chocolate making. Though, it is a boutique shop! Seriously, we were like tourists. We listened to the short briefing on their poster presentation, had sample chocolate bites in our mouths, and were persuaded to buy some chocolate from them. That's it! Wow!  

The excited gang

Briefing briefing~

Never miss anything! Claps! =)

Cocoa Ferment Trough

 

A variety of flavors to be chosen from

Chocolate-making in progress! Camera, action!

Hey I know it's dark-brown in color but it isn't chocolate~

Managed to selfie with our gorgeous Mdm Ros! =)

Ice-cream Potong spotted!

Let's Potong~ =P

Souvenir giving

Station 2: Botanical Garden, Lok Kawi Wildlife Park 

This site was a spontaneous decision since we had a spare time for more visits. Lok Kawi Wildlife Park? I'd been here twice. Honestly I don't like this place. For me, a zoo is somewhere business hits on. Supposedly, wildlife are native faunas which live in a natural and undomesticated state. When it comes to exposing public on wildlife, I do think that a conservation park instead of a zoo should be established. Animals deserve to live in their natural habitat but not in cages. 

Orangutan? Proboscis monkey? Gibbon? Otter? Sun bear? Ehh~ No no no. We're going for the Botanical Garden. Regrettably I'd never know that there's a botanical garden in this park. Here we go!

First thing, check in yourself!

A lot of nature treasures in this garden

Green green world

Hmm? A free ride?

Station 3: Sabah International Dairies Sdn. Bhd. (SID)

Do you love milk? It's hard for me to resist the rich, smooth texture of milk and other dairy products. When it comes to the art of coffee, textured milk is the key for perfect lattes and cappuccinos. The finest crafting of milk is so appealing while fresh milk is an essential for me. Nom~ So, let's explore the milk-making process!

The meeting room was crowded by us

Our President of the day =P

Chocolate-flavored milk for the children, and us. =D

The generous sharing from the managerial personnel there. We learnt a lot man!

Viewing every departments of the factory

-Second Trip-Virology-@Dec 16, 2013

Makmal Diagnosa Veterinar Kota Kinabalu (Veterinary Diagnosis Laboratory)

And now, we made our way to another visit for Virology with Ms Tinie. Here they provide comprehensive and cut-edge services and clinical diagnosis for cows, goats, flocks, cats etc. 

Here we go!

Wow~ Aisha~ Super Model! The smile kills me. Bahaha~

We were briefed from laboratory to laboratory.

All about micropipette! Ahh!

Light refreshment after visiting

Ah~ You want grab the food from me? No way! =D

Ehh?

 

Tired. Shoo~

This amazed me! An egg under candle-light. I saw it moving!

Nonetheless, the field-trips marked some great moments for us to gather and have fun. Every fantastic moments that I've been experienced with my dearest course-mates and lecturers are something I'd really cherish. And of course I grabbed most of the photos from them. Hehe.

Here's my greatest gratitude to the organizers of the trips. Hey future biotechnologists, you guys are AWESOME! Let's have more fun soon! =D