Arrived home 5 minutes before midnight.

It’s weird to be able to wake up in the morning without the help of the alarm clock when it’s NOT a working day…but I can’t seem to HEAR the alarm go off when it’s a working one. *heh!*

I have a confession ler…when I said I fell asleep yesterday night on the “Christmas list”, it was actually my own wish list ler. Shy for a moment towards Anne but now tell “whole world”.

Anyway, today was quite an eventful day. Yesterday I was feeling lazy, bored and weird (because I arrived home before 10pm with nothing to do when it’s a public holiday today!)…and I think today made up for everything yesterday night was not.
Woke up at 815am, thinking I overslept and left Anne waiting at the station.
*hehe*
Picked her up and headed to OneU (with Phoebe low on fuel)…just to be stuck in a “hopeless” situation of not being able to get a parking. In the end, after near 45minutes of wasted time…I had to go.

Sorry for wasting your time, Anne! Felt so bad…

I took off, recharged Phoebe…emptied my bladder and drove back to OneU. Yea. Mad.
(When I was leaving, I saw the looooooooooooong line of cars waiting to get into the carpark…it’s crazy!!!)

I got to the TTDI traffic junction and saw the jam towards OneU (massive! And knowing Malaysians, they even blocked off the yellowbox) – did a quick consideration and turned left to head back home. Was near to messaging Anne to apologize again but in the end, I decided to make a U-turn and headed back to OneU.

(I believe with all my heart that if You would just nod Your head, everything will fall into place. Even if it seems like the smallest thing in the world.)

OneU’s parking entrances were blocked off and all the cars were directed to the open area. When I finally got in, there weren’t many lots left. I took the one nearest to me at the moment and just parked there. I’m in no position to go around to scout for the “best parking” (ie nearer to the entrance). I arrived at 110pm to meet Anne, KinFei and Danny for lunch at Yoshinoya.


Would you believe it if I told you that this is the first time I’ve ever stepped into Yoshinoya?

Before long, time to head to Subang to pick Sze-Mien. It was raining! Bah! Had to walk in the rain to get back to my car. There were still a lot of people looking for parking in that open area – even when my parking lot is considered the furthest away from the entrance, it is still wanted. One car followed me all the way, barging through a lane that’s supposed to be opposite in direction…should’ve offered to give me a lift back to the car right? Cis.

SM and I spent our time in Starbucks till about 615pm? We had to leave to pick JoFo up so that we wouldn’t be late for dinner at 7pm.
What to do but to walk/run in the rain again? Halfway through, SM started giggling/laughing like a gila. Instead of acid rain, probably she got hit by drugged-rain.
*shrugs*
Now you know I’m not the only one with giggle/laugh fits. Birds of feathers flock together, they say.
*hehe*

***

We went to Carnaval Churrascaria – a place for Brazilian barbeque. The place was suggested by Lydia (SM’s colleague) and it is a corner shop around the Atria square.

This was Hoey’s message on directions to get there (which is really good! She went early to recce! *hehe*)

coming from LDP turn left after petronas/BHP/ss2. Go straight pass 2bumps, pass school, turn left at junction wif Fisherma’s friend billboard, take 1st right turn then left again, restaurant is all d way to the end.

The restaurant is at the corner lot at the end of the road and what she meant by coming from LDP is from Sunway’s direction.
She found the restaurant at 514pm (from her message) and she gave us the directions an hour later – she must’ve been bored! *hehe*

Apparently Churrascaria means barbeque in Portugese. It is a buffet dinner and there is no menu – the “meat waiters” (they are called Passadors) would come to your table to offer you all the different meat/cuts of meat. There are about 12 different cuts of meat, they say.
It IS a very meaty affair…good for all carnivors out there!

[Girls, I just only noticed in the note outside their restaurant - it probably explained a lot on why we were feeling so stuffed/uncomfortable after our heavy meal. *hehe* It says, "If you are unaccustomed to eating large quantities of meat, try not to over eat. It can cause discomfort."]

We is pigs!!!

*haha*


This is ShirleyTemple – Lemonade, Lime and Grenadine syrup.
Sze-Mien’s glass was a darker shade of pink…not very consistent, huh?


We didn’t use this little food tong because we didn’t know WHAT it was for…till at the end when Hoey saw how guests at other tables made use of it. *hehe*
So now I tell you.
When the Passadors come to you to offer certain meat, they will slice it off their skewers. Instead of letting it plonk/splat onto your plate, you use the food thong to hold the meat as the Passadors continue to slice through the meat.


Cold salad bar – good to have some to balance out all the meat you’re going to have.


They have side dishes also with rice.


I took these, thinking that meat would be served later…so I wanted to have something first. Hungry mah!


It didn’t take them very long to come by! This is on of the Passadors. It is a bit scary when they hold those skewers and knife so close in proximity to your body and face…


Before I could finish my “side dishes”, my plate was piled up with different types of meat. One type of beef “bled” on my plate and soaked my salad…needless to say, I left that aside (the salad, not the beef! *hehe*)
*shudders*
Since it came right from the skewer, no time for the piece of meat to rest before it gets served on my plate.
The garlic bread is yummy! I think they added mayo in!
The prawn…err…that was the first and the last time I saw it being served. *hehe*


This is the garlic beef – if you don’t like garlic, probably not a choice you’d want to take on…though personally, the taste and smell of garlic isn’t that strong on this piece of meat.


Chicken ham – Hoey and Kohpu (*hehe* something to do with error in workmail) liked this. I find it a bit salty to be taken on its own.


BBQ chicken – yummy! Not dry, not uncooked. Just nice!

I geli to eat something and taste blood in it. That’s why I usually avoid drumsticks – from bad KFC experiences. *hehe* I never ate the drumstick, only skim the outer layer (flour and skin! *haha*)


Ah! Now it’s ready to be eaten – with a little pink it in. Not bloody. Literally. *hehe*
I tried asking the Passador on what is this type of meat called – but I didn’t understand/catch him except for the word “beef”. No one else understood despite me asking about three times. Didn’t dare to ask more than that…you do remember Passadors are carrying skewers and knives? Very sharp knives.


Chicken wrapped with beef bacon


BBQ lamb – taken with freshly chopped mint leaves.


BBQ fish – the marinade makes it taste like I’m having otak-otak.

They also served grilled pineapple and chicken sausages but I didn’t have them. Gimme the REAL meat!

Ended the dinner with Sze-Mien’s cake. We actually finished the whole cake!
Thanks to Hoey for picking a greentea variety – a light cake that helps you forget the amount of meat you’ve taken…

***


You think we’d end the night just like that? Went for coffee (again! For SM and I, that is) at BlackCanyon, CentrePoint.


Kohpu’s Cappucino.
It’s served with a small (shot)glass of Jasmine tea and alphabet crackers.


Hoey’s Mocha.
Also with a small (shot)glass of Jasmine tea and alphabet crackers.
NOW I remember who started “playing with her food”.


She didn’t have an “O” so she improvised by bitting of the jutting bit of “Q”. Can still see the crumbs, even!


JoFo’s Jamaican Blast – coffee with Rum syrup.
Here, “J” was created with a “T” and a broken piece of biscuit.
We is creative!

…or childish. *hehe*


I took the Jamaican Blast, too!
First sip reminds me of Rum&Raisin ice-cream. Has a combination of sweet, sour and bitter.

Kohpu found “FER” in her crackers and gave them to me…I thought it was only for pictures. So I passed it back to her after taking pictures.

“Eh! You all touch already, I’m not going to eat that okay!”

*hehe*


Sze-Mien’s Vienna coffee.
Served with a small (shot)glass of Jasmine tea and alphabet crackers. A cinnamon stick is provided as a stirrer. It smells delicious!

“What’s different about this coffee? Why you like to order this?”
“Because got whipped cream!”

Trust our dear SM to have such a profound explanation. You must be ever ready to answer difficult questions in your daily life.


Can’t see it after I re-sized the picture.
Hoey was excited, “Look! Got message!”

A drink from Paradise… available on Earth

It’s their tagline ler.


LiMay’s Pochino Ice-Cream Coffee – combination of expresson, rum syrup and Bavarian ice-cream.

Thank you SM and LM! For helping me “check” and complete my Diabetes papers! *hehe*
While they were engrossed in the Diabetes books, I was working on my last paper…or at least, I looked like it. *hehe*

SM and LM were looking through questions, Hoey and Kohpu talking across their table, JoFo and I were also telling each other grandmother’s stories…so, I was perpetually stuck at Question4. Till the end of the night.

Yay for friends!

*hehe*