Lifestyle & Leisure
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Food up North! Part 1 – Kampar
Last weekend, we made a trip up north to Penang and stopped by Kampar, Perak, then to Penang, and then on the way back to Ipoh. What’s most famous in these places??? FOOD What else! This is found in Kampar, Pakis with Sotong. I love this as the Pakis really reminded me of Midin back in Sarawak, my favourite kind of vege. How nice, my fave vege is found freely crawling and growing in the jungles of Borneo. This is chicken shredded Hor Fun, or Kai Xi Hor Fun, or also same as Ipoh Hor Fun. Due to baby being extremely fussy at that coffee shop which was extremely hot,…
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Old Penang Guesthouse Review
When looking for a hotel, we had to take a few things into consideration: location, price, availability of extra bed, usage of fridge, hot water and parking. Not to mention the safety of the house, because we were travelling with our children who were in their infancy. Hence, we were looking for guesthouses which specifically had Roof safety systems, which’d allow us easy access to outdoors in case of fire. Which led us to book OldPenang Guesthouse. Old Penang is situated on Love Lane off Jln Chulia. At nights, hookers roam the streets, but Kajang town also got. Besides, we are usually back at the hostel before dark. I love…
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Yi Kou Tian Cafe Review
Last month, I visited this new cafe in Bdr Teknologi Kajang that seemed to serve interesting looking food and desserts. They serve a variety of Tong Sui, homemade kuih and other rice dishes. I love Yam Kuih, so glad to see them serving it. I ordered the herbal chicken rice. It was ok, but a little disappointing in appearance and content. Notice the difference of the real thing and the one in the menu? No vege! What if I had ordered just because of the vege. I called over the waitress…and asked her why no vege. All she can tell me is that it’s up to the cook. Wah! I…
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Add a dark edge of vignette to a photo
Dark Edges or Vignettes are often used to direct the focus to the centre of the photo and away from the clutter of the background. It’s good for portraits where the character is in the centre. First off, you need to have Adobe Photoshop. I am using Adobe Photoshop CS2. 1) First open up your photo in Adobe photoshop. Go to Create New Layer. Shift+Ctrl+N in windows. 2) Use the Paint Bucket tool to Paint the layer White. 3) Open up Layer Style by double clicking the white layer in the layer window at the right corner. 4) This brings up the Layer Style window. Tick Inner Shadow and Set…










