New York, New York

Father's Day was last Sunday.

It was the same day that the four cousins (me and my brother and my cousin Anna and my cousin Tata) went 1 Borneo to spend the afternoon. I suddenly mengidam to visit that place, like pregnant symptom pula, haven't been there since the last time I came back last holiday during Chinese New Year.

It was a normal window shopping shopping day. I came back home with empty hands but stomach was filled up with a superb meal at New York New York before heading home.



Reading the magazine menu

Deciding on the food

So happy with the variety of food, can't stop smiling

After flipping the menu over and over again, all four of us decided to order A BURGER and SHARE among ourselves. L-O-V-I-N-G, don't you agree? =P

Four of us, ONE BURGER.

No money bah... had to buy present for daddy (kan Father's Day)~~~

So while waiting for the food to arrive, the girls started to camwhore snap some photos.

Then, the food arrived.
*pink=babi, yellow=babi-er, purple=babi-est*

Whops!! I didn't mention it was a giant burger, did i? Like what the menu mentioned, it was indeed super sinful. Yet, we couldn't wait to get our hands on it.

It was so so so sinful and yet it looked like it came down from heaven
*look at the light on the burger*

OMG!! burger's bigger than our faces
Oh yeah baby, it is finally inside my mouth

*munch*munch*munch*
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From this

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ended up like this

The taste was pretty good minus the oily+soggy french fries, nothing extraordinary except for the size of a quarter of the whole burger is bigger than the usual burger from McD/KFC/BK. I would say it's almost the same size with Carl's Junior burger. Price was RM40++ for the entire burger plus the french fries around it la.

I wouldn't mind going back there for another meal there with the same order if I had more than 4 person sharing the burger (5 or 6 would be nice). Or maybe I should try something else there? =D



Anyway, I received a gift from Anna on the way to the restaurant.
HANDPHNE HANGER/ACCESORY with attached emergency kit.


So have you figured what de heck is this?
It's pretty obvious, isn't it? it's a cond*m

According to Tata, it comes in handy like pepper spray for emergency purpose.

CUTE eh??

Chicken Chilli

Attention to all chilli lovers~~

What do you think of chilli sauce with chicken flavour?
Would it have the same taste like chicken stock mixed with cili padi? >.<>

And guess how much they cost?
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No kidding man!
Freeaggin RM800 per bottle!!!

Are you willing to pay such price for a bottle of chilli sauce with some taste of chicken in it?

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I think they meant RM8.00 per bottle anyway =P

Island o Island

I always knew Sabah has beautiful islands.

When I first entered UKM 2 years back, the beautiful nature of this home of mine is the thing that I described most when people ask me about Sabah. These places of wondrous beauty made me proud to be a Sabahan. Doing so much promotion to my friends in campus, I wanted to go to these places myself as well. Minus Mount Kinabalu, I went to most of the places I mentioned to them but those were long long donkey years ago. I decided I should pay visits to these places sooner or later. However, it is always the thoughts that comes with no action. Procrastination is my number one friend. When I finally decided to do something about these thoughts, there will be always some things that come in the way. Among them, strong wind and rainy season - definately not a very good time to go on any boat.

Now, I can finally cancel one item in my things-to-do list namely going to the island. I really didn't care which island to go cuz I believe they are similarly beautiful. Of course, the most convenient ones would be the islands in Tunku Abdul Rahman Park consist of Manukan Island, Mamutik Island, Sapi Island, Sulug Island and Gaya Island.

So three days ago...

Off I went to the island with Allison, Dayang and Syawqi. Oh yes, four of us went =) We met up in Jesselton Point (jetty) around 10.30am and bought our tickets -RM20 includes return trips for two island Manukan Island and Mamutik Island

The view from Jesselton Point

The 3 muskateers

Dayang was so thirsty that she wanted to finish the whole bottle of water


She asked more for water from me after she finished hers and I refused. That's why she had sad look.


Dayang was thirsty that she finished whole bottle of water whereas Allison was so hungry she started eating straw.


In the boat ready to take off to the island =)


The jetty in Manukan Island

Me and Allison went parasailing. My first time doing this!!! The view from up above is amazingly splendid!! It is nothing like what I had in mind (I thought it will be fast like roller coaster). In fact, it was exactly the opposite. Minus the part where we both we practically "thrown" into the water tasting the salty seawater, it's totally slow and easy where you can enjoy the same view as fellow birdies see. But don't worry, you actually have the option whether to be dipped into the sea or not. Me and Allison wanted to do the the adventurous way.... and surely we ENJOYED the adventure =D

I wanted to try the other water sports like snorkelling, flyfish etc but I was short in cash. Same goes with the rest of us. I totally forgot bout spending money for water sports cuz all I have in my mind earlier of the day was just to relax in the island. It's alright. Will be back for more =P So with not-so-much cash in hand, there are still things you can do in the island - picking up seaweed, jump in the beach, play with the crystal clear water, relax while tanning your body and most importantly take photos.

We left the island at 4.30pm with sunburn, sandflies bite and stickiness.

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But heck! We had fun and laughter spending time with each other along with the breathtaking scenery!!! And most importantly, we had good photos~~!! Credits to our photographer Mr Syawqi (yup yup, all the photos I used were taken by him and belongs to him of course =) that is why there is watermark in every photo). Looking forward to the next island trip. YAHOO!!

At the end of the day, I was fully satisfied with the whole island experience. Not a tiny inch of disappointment from what I expected. I shall visit the island more often since me and Al came to a realization that the islands are so freagggin near and we took it for granted all the while.

By the way, Sipadan Island in Tawau of Sabah has been nominated as the official New 7 Wonders of Nature. You can now vote online with your email address and the last date to vote is 7th July 2009. If you have more than one email address, you can vote more than once. So my dearest friends, click here to vote.

If you are clueless about Sipadan Island, you can click here for some information. However, I reckon you go google and have a look at more available information and breathtaking photo. Try here for some photos I found online.


If you think that the photos from Manukan Island and Mamutik Island is fantastic, I am sure Sipadan Island which is already known as a world's diving spot definately would not disappoint you. After all we as Malaysians especially Sabahans, won't you be proud to be staying in a country with an island that is recognized by the world? How cool can that be?!

Go vote NOW!~~!! Don't forget to spread the news and tell your friends about it, ok?

Yes yes yesh!! Support Sipadan! Vote for Sipadan =D

P/S: It's Daddy's Day.

Wishing all fellow daddy-ies Happy Father's Day including my Daddy!! Remember to give your daddy a HUGE kiss~~

Nickname

babygirl is the nick I once used as my nickname for chatting - mIRC, ICQ, MSN

Figured that I should no longer use that nick since I no longer have the mighty number 1 in front of my age anymore. I am officially old hehe~~

So, why "brench"?

Someone asked me before if it's my boyfriend's name. I am not trying to offend anyone here but I have not seen or met anyone with that name yet =) And here is the answer, nope... "brench" is not my boyfriend's name.

Like everyone else, I have different nickname called by different ppl.

Brandy- started by DD during school days

Brenda C - since we had 3 "Brenda's" with the sequence of B, C and D for our surname, we were pretty much identified being called Brenda B, Brenda C, and Brenda D.

Bren - regular short form for my name

Da - another short form used by my cousins

Ayam Brand - forgot who started this but this was way back that I don't remember when exactly it happened and I believe people who has the same name with me who lives in Malaysia pretty much have similar experience with me, right right? Siapalah yang tidak pernah dengar pasal Ayam Brand, kan?

Brench - Countable people actually call me by this name since I started to use this nick online.

So again, why "brench"?
It might be pretty obvious for some of you who already know me. Some might have figured it out either by yourself or I might have told you myself. For those who doesn't know yet, it's for me to know and for you to find out =D

Last but not least, this is my first entry and I hope there will be more to come hehehe~~ I have always thought that I suck in writting. Well, I am giving it a shot with the hope that I can keep this going =P

<^(o-o)^> Ciaoz~!