Golden Palm Spring Hotel.. Hubs 31st!!

Hehehe ... My husband was worried when another year has passed and the BIG 30 came and gone . And now the year has passed again and i guess its still hard for him to acknowledge that he is another year older. But hahaha in reality i like older guys hhahaha , so rather then make a small birthday celebration like i always do with cake and all ( i did celebrate his real bday in 

Singapore a week plus ago.. more on that later.. hahaha ), i decided to just make it about US. 

First because its our first celebration as husband and wife , and also i realize that  even after all these 8 years together, it still feels like yesterday that we just met . hehehe , i know corny much ?? hahah But its true , he's still the guy i feel for years ago except he is much more better and mature ...=). um... So this year i decided to do it in a couple kind of way . Hubby and i have been picnicking at the Bagan Lalang/Gold Coast Sepang quite a few times since last year, and we always kinda envious and wondering how the Golden Palm Tree resort and Spa a 5star hotel would look like. Quite a few of our relatives, families and friends have been  there and i have heard and seen such beautiful pictures.. haha .. I sound jealous don't I ?? Well, in a way i was ...=)

But lucky for me and opportunity came about and i found online a promotion that gave us am opportunity to check the place out with Spa package for 2pax including steamboat dinner for two. It was definitely a steal as the original amout for it was almost rm800 worth .  Since it was our first time there , we found everything we saw so interesting ..=). From the moment we parked our car at teh parking lot till we reach infront of teh spa ... hahaha Here's some of the pictures we took before going into the main building ...??

The outside really did look gorgeous.. hahah .. Imagine in a long stretch on desolated beach and suddenly you see this Majestic place if you may say it .. hahaha ...=)... For me i love the lobby of the hotel as its unique and very artsy looking... hahha .. Me likey ..!!!

When we arrived, we were even served drinks too.. 

Althoughi think they made a mistake when they passed it to us .. thinking we were the hotel guest . 

But both of us enjoyed the refreshing ice thai pandan tea.=)

I love how they have the pick-up and drop off place for the buggy .

Really makes the guest feel important ....

The entrance to the spa was also very interesting . Gorgeous like the villa itself. 

Since we were quite early , we had time to explore a bit of the surrounding and boy did we like what we see,... Lolz, My husband was really excited.. ahhaha He went around with our camera and start snapping up everything that he sees.. hahaha .. Since i cant put everything here, i had to choose some and of course ut will be our photos hahaha.

The beautiful foot baths that awaits us

Beautiful decorations welcomed us ...=)

Me and hubs enjoy getting out feet soaked in lavander milk,
scrubbed and getting some foot massage  

I was sooo feeling it.. ahhaha .. taste of small luxury ...

Hubby enjoying getting the foot bath and massage ..=)

We truly enjoyed the welcome foot bath... wah... it was sooo awesome!! After the foot bath, we were soon ushered to the bed where we were given a luxurious papaya and ginger body scrub and lavander aromatherapy and hot stone massage . Wow, it was sooo relaxing .... !! We really felt relaxed, pampered and all our worries was swept away by expert hands ...

ooo.... it was such an awesome 2hours 30 mins..!!

After the luxurious  pampering, it was soon turning dark and our tummy has started its beautiful orchestra ..=)..LOLZ!! Since the package did include dinner, we make our way to the STIMBOT steamboat restaurant ..=). I was prepared to think that it wouldn't be enough, but we were given a huge helping of seafood, a variety of seafood balls, noodles and vegetables. Not to forget they even gave us fried rice , fruits and refreshing pandan teas . We only added a coconut for each one of us to enjoy and end our spa day ...=)...

All in all, it was an definitely an awesome day out and the most luxurious budgeted birthday and the first of his bday celebrating as husband and wife . So , this day will always be something we will always cherish always and forever..!!

Luv u hubby ... and Im so happy ur mine ..!!! 

May happiness and blissfulness shine on us always and forever..!!

FFS- Forefront Idol 2012

Well, another year has come and gone.. and its been more than a year since the last Idol was crowned .. hahaha .. Well last year the joyful singers was 'Moi' and a Mr.Jack Tan.. hahaha .. So this year the same system was done for the paring of couples. And since we have more teammembers this year, basically almost everyone has a partner. Although there were a few people that cancelled last minute, we sorted through the pairings...=)

Well, we've done soo many activities that we have to somehow start to recycle some of the ideas. And i guess for this year we did miss a month or two here and there , heheheh, so even though its the fasting month this activity did bring some excitement to our daily routine. .=)

We started out , my going each seperate ways. Since it was a fasting month, we all went our own ways for breaking fast. I was happy as i had awesome ppl surrounding me ..=).. Para, Ian, Wawa and myself broke our fast at Papparich at the mall nearby our office, Cittamall. hahaha , its always a fun thing going out with them.. The laughter and 'conversations'we had was pretty interesting hahaha . After breaking out fast, we were soon on our way to Sunway Giza. 

It was the same place that we held last year Forefornt Idol .. 

Funny enough it was at the exact same room... =)

 This was taken before the event started.. 

Where everyone just arrived and the food and drinks just being placed 

on the table for everyone to indulge . 

I guess everyone was pretty nervous .

 And we were informed before the date that  way each pairing was to be scored . 

10points for singing, 

10points for entertainment 

10 points for any surprise value  added for the pairing . 

And the pairing are divided as below..

Jack & Nabil

Ian & Jeff

Parames & Chiao

Adhwa & Affendi

Dina & Andy

Faranadia & Joseph

Jin & Darien

Shih Ying & Sylvester

Marissa & Rosman

Vicky & Amirul

Lai & Ernest

And soon the singing began .. hahaha .. I'll update soon with videos..=) 

Me with my awesome buddies .. from L-R Nabil,Parames, Wawa and Me..
The only ppl that are missing are Ian and Mervyn..!!=)

My partner Andy , Ian and I .. Goofing around hahaha 

 Everyone truly had a blast that night. There were quiet a few surprise performances, hehehe  where chinese singing malay songs, malay singing chinese songs and people who we all assume would be singing slow/low or high/fast songs tend to go the opposite ways.. And it was definitely interesting how everyone interacted with their partners ... hahaha 

All in all it was a very interesting night !! 

And I think everyone truly enjoyed themselves ..!!!!!

Even the CEO and COO enjoyed themselves .. hahaha .. It was definitely awesome seeing everyone interaction  and support everyone gave each other for each performances...=).. After all 11 pairs have show their performance skills , soon we were crowning the new 2012 Forefront Idol. The torch has been passed down to ........... * drum-roll please*

Congratulations to the FFS 2012 Idol winners!!!Mr.Amirul and Ms.Vicky

So that was how we conclude the night. Well... not really hahaha ... Since mostly everyone left early , the ones that are left were enjoying the rest of the 90mins enjoyed and sharing the microphone.. And thats how we end the awesome glorious night away .. By Singing the night away ... hahha .. Lets see whats instored for us next and who will the next FFS Idol..!!1

Cannelloni... so yummy !!!!

I have always wonder how canelloni was made. Especially watching all those Italian cook or travel tours of Italia. Well, safe to say i ahve finally overcome my fears of cooking italian. hahaha , although i go thru the shortcut way... hahaha .. 

But i am proud that i at least tried . So i am now sharing a bit on what and how i did it ... It was actually very easy ... Although there are many varieties, mind you this was my first attempt. So , be prepared for me to make more types and variety . ...

Here we go ... 

Here are the things that you may need for your canelloni. The sauce was premade and refrigerated do it's something u can do. As bolognese sauce can be use for many many things and dishes ... =).. hehehe 

1) Canelloni shells you may get any brand that you may find at your nearest supermarket

 2) Cheese, i prefer to mixed mozzarella and cheddar cheese or u can
choose either one will do

3) I used my home-made bolognese sauce (beef/chicken/vegetarian).
This was pre-made about 2 weeks ago..=)  

The steps ??

1) Preheat the oven to 180 celcius.

2) Stuff the canelloni with the bolognese sauce .

 (put it in a sandwich bag or a plastic bag and tie it with a rubber band. Snip one of the ends out and this will help the stuffing easier..=) )

3) Start arranging the stuffed canelloni in a oven safe dish. Make sure there is a bit of space in between.. (thats just how i do it ..=))

4) Cover the stuff canelloni with a bit of the sauce. 

(Just how much of sauce u want.. you mayb add according to your liking ..=))

5) Of course the last part is the CHEESE!!! 

(Sprinkle them on , hahaha, up to your liking i like mozzarella mixed with parmigiana and cheddar ,,=))

6) Place the oven safe dish into the oven and cook for about 18-20mins..=)

AND TADDAAAA... Enjoy your Canelloni..!!! 

These were how mine turned out..!!!!

hahaha ,.... Hope it was easy enough instructions and hope you guys get to make it yourself and enjoy this awesome dish ..!! hahaha .. Till next time..!! Ciao..!!