Month: August 2008

The Original Carwash

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This place is so unique! I heard of it but never know where the actual location is. Never had the chance to go until few days back to celebrate someone’s birthday. Not telling you who, later he “perasan” *LOL* I’m going to talk about The Original Carwash and not the birthday 😛

How to go there?
It’s located at Rubber Road, opposite ING office. Do you know the Singapore Chicken Rice at that area? It’s just further up and you will see it. You can see the wall from there.

It’s owned by one of our very own tycoons’ sons in Sarawak. Neh~ That one renovated the KIA one and other airports in East Malaysia hahaha… No wonder the architecture got such similarity with all the glasses.


I didn’t expect the place to be so classy. When we reach there we were in awe! Start snapping and snapping, it’s so dark and it’s not easy to take nice photos even with my camera, I tried out many settings and none really worked well. I did a lot of editting to the photos in this post. It took us a long time just to take these photo 😛 Hehehe… Another two friend was waiting and waiting inside hahaha…

The environment is really nice, great place for hanging out with friends and just relax. There’re two sections, the outdoor and the indoor. If you guys are chatterbox, then the outdoor one is great for you. If you want quiet and relaxing dinner, you can sit inside but we broke the silence in there 😛


Once we got in, we start taking photos everywhere! This is because only us and another group of diners, so we snapped away, if there’s many diners then we won’t dare 😛 The management was amused or irritated by us, I have no idea 😛 Bad, bad…


Left: The menu. In fact you can download the whole menu, exactly the same, you can even print it out clearly from their website, www.theoriginalcarwash.com. They specialised in Thai and Western food. The menu is proudly presented to you by the founders of Bla Bla Blah, The Junk and The Living Room.

Right: Our drinks. (R-L)
Dragonfruit Juice (RM6.50)
Berries Thicks (RM5)
P. Butter Chocolate (RM5), I ordered this and it’s very sweet with lots of peanut butter, so rich! If you are eating something there, don’t order this, if you just go there for a drink, you can order this.
Orange Juice (RM5.50).
Not to forget the bottle there is The Original Carwash mineral water in the middle that costs RM3.50.


Tom Yam Goong Soup (RM18) and Tom Kha Gai Soup (RM12). Both are spicy, if you can’t stand it, then don’t order it. Tom Yam Goong Soup(thai hot seafood soup with lime, lemongrass and chilli) is spicier than Tom Kha Gai Soup(chicken with galenga and home made coconut milk).

The coconut milk aroma in Tom Kha Gai Soup is really thick! If you have Tom Yam Goong Soup before Tom Kha Gai Soup, you can’t even taste a hint of spiciness to the Tom Kha Gai Soup. Hahaha… In fact both soups are really thick! Not so bad.

Each of them can be shared among 5-6 persons.


Chicken Chop (RM20), the plate was so HUGE! Bigger than me!! *LOL* The portion is BIG!! I mean the fries and the salad, the chicken chop is standard size.


Lamb Chop (RM25), according to the birthday boy, it’s not so bad just many bones hahaha… But that’s how lamb chop is, bones!! 😛 That’s why I never like to order lamb chop hehehe… The plate is HUGE like mine so does the portion of salad and fries.


Par Mek Pat Pong Ka Le(RM18), stir fried squid with curry sos comes with a plate of rice and veggies. Can share this with 2-3 friends!! Hmm… Nothing to rave coz I couldn’t taste well after the Tom Yam Goong 😛


Par Ped Ka Min (RM18), stir fried fish with turmric, thai style comes with a plate of rice and veggies. It’s bitter -.-” I think it’s after me having the Tom Kha Gai Soup, I can’t taste anything but bitter hahaha…. So, don’t know how to comment. The others said that it’s salty but it’s bitter to me. Can share this also with 2-3 friends.


Left: Fettucine Carbonara (RM23), so cheesy, if me, I sure can’t finish it. It tasted good though.
Right: Our table for 5, if another friend manage to join us, I don’t think the table can fit all the food we ordered hahaha…


Lastly, before we went off, we took some photos at the other side of the restaurant, you get to see a Ferrari 355 GTS there and lots of antique. You can also buy fruits there.

Was so FULL that night. Total damage was RM159.50.

The Original CarWash Restaurant
Address: Lot 211-214, Jalan Rubber, 93400 Kuching, Sarawak
Phone: 082-256396
Fax: 082-236396
URL: http://www.theoriginalcarwash.com

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Toy & Anime Convention at tHe Spring

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Went to tHe Spring yesterday to find out about the Toy & Anime Convention. Goodness gracious! You called this convention?!?!? More like toy fair and only one small portion for anime, so misleading. Lots of toys on sale with discount up to 50%, is there 70%? No idea… Didn’t really go tru’ them.

There’s a remote control car track for remote control car lovers to play with.


There’s a new game called Nerf, some sort of like laser tag or paintball but this is using soft bullets. They have a Nerf Gun shooting ground that you can play for free. There’s even cards or block games like UNO or Jenga for you to play on the spot.


More toys and there’s also a small section for you to taste some drinks and junk food. If you are thirsty or hungry, go get some free food and drinks samples there 😛


This is the small section by SAMS of Swinburne. The so called anime section, just this small section. The figurines were so nice!! It’s not cheap, the students had invested a lot in it, it’s their hobby and they are showcasing their collection at tHe Spring.

If you would like to get toys or see these figurines, you can always go to tHe Spring on 20th-31st August from 10am-9pm.

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Jambu With Patrick

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Today is 20082008, someone’s birthday today hahaha…

Patrick came back to Kuching for a short stay before heading back to UK. Since he’s leaving on Thursday, we met up with him last night at Jambu after several changes of time :P. I went there with Allen. It’s my first time go to Jambu. It’s a really nice place albeit a bit spooky hehehe…


The place is too dark to take any nice photo especially the signboard, summore it’s located quite far away from the entrance. Located at Crookshank Road, just road side before you reach Civic Centre. We sat at the back which is outdoor, you can see the settees with very colourful cushions.


Left: Just outside the washroom.
Right: At one of the corridor.


Left: In the ladies hehehe… Lots of mirror, camwhored a bit in there until the guys thought that I fell into the toilet 😛 The toilet is so fancy and so clean *LOL*
Right: One of the decor just next to the flush button.


Left: Potpourri just below the sink.
Right: Some spices as decor above the sink.


L-R:
Nachos beef(RM20), a moderate portion served with Mozzarella, Jalapenos, Guacamole and sour cream. It’s really tasty, recommended. Great for sharing.

Patrick ordered some beers(RM9 per mug), he drank it himself of course hahaha. Even if he ordered for us, I won’t be drinking, I can’t drink hahaha… I just don’t understand what’s so nice about beer also hahaha…

I ordered Pina Colada(RM10), Patrick thought it’s alcoholic drink 😛 Hehehehe… Nuh~ This is the non-alcoholic version, it’s a mixture of pineapple, coconut milk topped with French Creme, I think it’s very nice, sour and at the same time the coconut milk and French creme gave balance to it, this is a very sinful drink I should say.

Allen ordered banana milkshake but apparently the bananas weren’t ripe yet, still hanging on the tree and they didn’t tell him about it until he asked for his banana. So he ended up ordered Yellow Jacket(RM10), a drink with mixture of pineapple, orange, and lemon. Sounds very sour right? According to him, it’s sour!! 😛


Left: Some of the decor you can see from the window before going to the back.
Right: The view of the restaurant before going in.


More views of the building.


Group photo, it’s very hard to get nice colour photo in such dark place. Thanks to Patrick, he paid for everything. Nice meeting you.

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Some Extras From Ten Ichi

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Since these few months, I had been getting bad/unfortunate news from my friends, it’s like a chain reaction. Sigh… Life is so fragile, unexpected, short, twisted etc. I can’t do much to help them but can only pray for them. May God bless all of you.

Was supposed to post this up long time ago but lazy 😛 Anyway, just to show you some extra stuffs from Ten Ichi that you can get. I don’t know their real names though, I’ll just use common names hehehe…


Left: I don’t remember what’s this 😛 It’s a kind of fish dish with potato salad. The fish is quite salty and it’s meant for eating with rice.
Right: Grilled sardine if I’m not mistaken. In fact this is not the local sardine, it’s imported and the flesh is nicer from the local one. I don’t like local sardine, as for this, it’s not that bad still I don’t really like to eat fish with lots of bones 😛


Fried ice cream. The ball is big. It’s different from what you get at food fair. It’s only RM3.50 if not mistaken. The ice cream is just the usual ice cream that you can get from the market. If only they can provide the filling with Japanese ice cream that they make themselves. That would be really special and of course price would be higher but I think for people that know how to appreciate it, they will think it’s worth it to spend this kind of money.

That’s all for the day 😉

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Photos of Celcom Blackberry Night @ Boulevard

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Here’s the photos that I took last night. My new camera made my life easier. I don’t have to spend too much time on taking steady photos.


This fair is located just outside of Boulevard. I think it will go on until the end of August.


You can “throw” your money here if you like 😉


This is the latest addition to Boulevard Mall. Children can play here but parents please keep an eye on your children and don’t leave them there playing alone.


This is the highlight of the night, BandItogether08 where all the local bands would be performing.


Last night, there were 6 bands and I only saw 3 as I didn’t stay till the end.
Left-right: The two MCs, the two lead singers of blue-something-something, another group which I don’t remember the name.


The bloggers that went last night. Obviously everyone was lost and didn’t know what to do but sat there and watched the performance hahaha…


Hunted up and down for Blackberry to test and there’s none but notebooks and Wii bowling competition. Guess who won it? Wombok!! Hahaha… He didn’t wear his mask last night.





Finally the twist, the girls came out with the 3 Blackberries.


We got to touch and test them a bit but it’s not good enough. Couldn’t hog it for long as there were many people waiting to have a look at them and we can’t feel the usefulness of it. The first one, the navigation is on the side. The second one, it’s using joysticks to navigate. Both aren’t really nice to use, they are very hard to navigate, the joysticks one has built-in camera. You need to get used to their navigations for smooth navigation. I didn’t manage to test the third Blackberry as I had no idea where it had gone to.


After that, it’s time for STM to perform. They sang lots of songs, new and old songs.

After that, I was thinking of leaving because there’s really nothing to do there except sat, watched and listened. It was late too and my parents were waiting, they had done their shopping but who knows…

My “Blueberry” moment. -.-” You can see how Silas reacted to it. GOSH! So embarassing…


When I went up the staircase, aikss… it’s really shaky, I almost lost my balance. When going down, I was so scared ARG! DAMN shaky!! I’m very bad in balancing!! Luckily I didn’t fall and manage to got hold of my composure. Once down there, I was in a state of shock and everything went blank for quite a moment even when I’m leaving.

I think I had made a fool of myself talking up there and making some crazy requests which I don’t see those bloggers down there respond to it. They might be embarassed with what I had say. There were two more went up, one I know, one I don’t. I’m not sure was there any other bloggers went up after I left. I heard complains that there’s no freebies for them. *SHRUG* I know I got it because I was the first one reporting to them.

By the way, this event got nothing to do with kuchingbloggers.com, we were not involved in any of the organising or planning of it. We were only asked to inform the bloggers in our database about this event that everyone was invited. I know there were many people complaining and pointing fingers to us but you guys had pointed your fingers at the wrong direction.

Read the feedback here if you want.

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