For the past week, SBS (one of the broadcasting stations in Korea) has been on the rampage of hunting down and suspending the accounts of members who had uploaded their videos. Some noted members include coolsmurf and gomdorii. There're probably lots more which I still don't know.
Anyway. SBS accused them of infringing and violating copyrights, yada yada, blah blah and all that jazz. The shows uploaded by them such as X-Man (which had ended its run few years ago) and Ya Shim Man Man (older seasons) were all deleted without warning.
In my opinion, to be fair, they ought to give them warning first. Why leh? Firstly, if it was not for these users, the non-Korean speaking people would not have a single clue about Korea. And they are talking about magnifying the hallyu wave. These people took time and effort to translate the Korean and add English subtitles to these shows so that people like me can actually watch it, understand it, enjoy it AND learn bits of Korean along the way. I say, if not for them, Korea's break into international market would have been much slower.
Fast forward a week. Now here's what happened. There was a rehearsal for the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony rehearsal. Before the real thing, media from all over the world are invited and allowed to see a sneak preview of the opening ceremony before the Games officially start. Embargo. Keep the information and news to yourself until the big guys say it's OK to spill.
SBS is now in hot soup over copyright infringement and embargo violation because they released a video of the rehearsal to the world. China is pissed for obvious reasons. Imagine how hard they have choreographed and practiced for the past years. And now half the world has already seen it before the real thing. That just kills the enthusiasm and surprise factor.
It's like you and your group members practiced so hard to prepare for a performance and you even kept the theme of your play a secret. You ask a few friends or people to come in and see your rehearsals. To give comments and tell them to publicize it. Then, someone goes and tell others the funny lines, punch lines, storyline and how it all ends. Wah lao, you won't get pissed ah?
If you ask me, I think it's plain ignorance and disrespect on SBS's part. No matter what they say about how they were just trying to heightening the enthusiasm among the people towards the coming Games, that does not justify your wrongdoing. If I am a poor woman who has 2 small children to feed and I steal bread from a bakery because I need to feed them, that does not justify that my act of stealing is not wrong. Stealing is wrong. Whatever intentions that is.
First SBS puts people's life into misery - both the people who have put in much effort to subtitle and make available videos, and those who can't get enough of these videos. Accusing others of copyright infringement. And now they're under fire for the same thing. Oh, the irony... it just kills.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Friday, July 11, 2008
Medical Checkup
Was wondering why was I so tired when I woke up this morning.. Even after 7 hours of sleep. Then I remembered (while I was walking around Midvalley) that I had walked to Sunway Medical Centre from my campus for the compulsory post- and pre-employment medical checkup just yesterday.No wonder I was tired. OK. I know it's not a big deal to walk that distance, and what's there to be tired of? But it's been a while since I walked that much. Cut me some slack. Plus there wasn't much of a rest time I had. Sit down, get up, walk here, walk there. I think I've pampered my legs too much.
This was my first full medical checkup, which went quite smoothly. First was the X-ray session. Which went pretty fast, although the nurse had said that it would take quite a while. I had to sign a statement prior to the X-ray that says that I am NOT pregnant. Now. That I know for sure, but they were not gonna take any chances. My aunty's visit had come late this time, and earlier they even said that I had to do the pregnancy test to show that I am definitely NOT pregnant. Which I had to pay out of my own wallet. Good thing the dreadful aunty came visiting after all.
Then there was listening and yakking with the doctor session, the blood test and urine test. The nurse said if there is anything abnormal about my tests' results, she would call me. So to not get a phone call from her means that everything's OK. I didn't hear from her. Happy!! X-ray showed that my lungs are OK and that I have a heart. Good news right? :P
Friday, July 4, 2008
Doing the Karen Cheng
Don't know if this passes as "Doing the Karen Cheng"... Only it's times three.
Took this after our exodus from Aquaria KLCC. This was the bathroom near the exit. Has a gigantic mirror. Yup. This is the best camwhoring picture we can get. The others were either blur or bad. Haha.
I guess when God made us, he didn't put in the "camwhoring" gene. If not, we'd be so vain.
Took this after our exodus from Aquaria KLCC. This was the bathroom near the exit. Has a gigantic mirror. Yup. This is the best camwhoring picture we can get. The others were either blur or bad. Haha.
I guess when God made us, he didn't put in the "camwhoring" gene. If not, we'd be so vain.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
The Chronicles of Tolerance TRULY Tested
Just why do I hate him??
1. He is arrogant. He thinks the world is revolved around him.
2. He thinks he is such a big shot. Get this. This guy thinks that anything that he feels like it's said against him is a set-up sabotage purposely planned by others... like lecturers who are so "free" to plan all this nonsensical thing. Who does he think he is har? The Yang DiPertuan Agong of Malaysia? The President of United States? This is the real world, not a soap opera.
3. He is a total bitch. While bitch is often used to described a female, I think the world has already evolved to accept that this term can also be used on males BECAUSE this guy is the epitome of the meaning of the word "bitch". He bitches worse than girls and his behaviour itself... well, catch my drift. Need I say more?
4. His sarcasm. Sometimes uncalled for and unprovoked. Like you leave him a note to tell him to clean up after using your table, he tells you that you have no right to tell him that in full sarcasm steam, with all other unrelated insults (also in sarcasm). His sarcasm is not even a single ounce witty. His sarcasm is just engineered to purposefully insult and hurt others. He doesn't care what he says.
5. He thinks he is right. Oh yeah, in his own world, he is ALWAYS right. Even if he's obviously sesat and serong, he is always right. Everybody else is wrong. Always.
6. He is a two-faced buffalo. He has the nerve to bitch about me to others behind my back. Telling all how high and mighty he is, and how I have no right to be in the lab since I am no longer a student AND he has the right to KICK me out of the lab. Then he comes, sits at my table for lunch and explains to me jokingly and all smile-smile about why the lab was so messy and the equipment that came out of nowhere. If he were to explain to me nicely in words (no sarcasm), I might have changed my mind about him. That hypocrite. That bitch. Now you see why I say point #3 totally applies to him?
My note: "Do not use this Dr Emily's bench to do your work, as you are not her student and use your own bench. Also, please clean up after your work's done."
His reply?: "As if you are. I don't hear you having any postgrad studies in plan. So it's basically none of your business. Besides, steam distillation is your supervisor's work.. you want you can ask YT, etc."
(These are not the exact words, but as I recall them. The meaning still remains the same though).
You see, if he had just mentioned that last part only, I would have been fine. But what's up with the first two? And according to logic and the university, I am still technically a student until my results are released. Which is July 11th. So I still have the right to be there if I want to. Get your facts right before you say anything. But hey, he always thinks he's right (point #5). No point arguing with him?
7. He demands respect from others, but gives none in return. Come on lah, this guy doesn't even respect the lecturers. Talk about no big, no small. I don't deny that I've lost all respect for him. What, publish papers and papers... so what? What is the use of all those papers and so-called "fame" when your personality is like shit?
8. A hypocrite. Points fingers fervently at others about what he perceives as their "misconduct" when he himself commits one which he claims it to be completely acceptable and not a misconduct. Like I said in point #5, he is ALWAYS right in his own world.
9. For his age, he behaves shamefully. And he takes all petty things soooooo personally that he hits them with words really personally even in a professional setting. So much that it is embarrassing. Even to us who are watching it, we feel embarrassed.
10. He blows things out of proportion. An honest gesture and straightforward explanation of things, he says that they are conspiracy and politics purposely directed to defame him. Honestly, who has the time to do all this things? Let alone waste energy on him. What for lah, seriously? Drama queen.
11. He is completely unreasonable. He makes all kinds of explanations to justify his "right" statements. Even if they don't make sense. You know how people often use facts and twist them around to suit them?
12. The more I talk to him, the more I hate him. Now I'm at the point where I don't wanna talk to him at all if possible. This guy needs some serious knock with a sledgehammer to bring some sense and realism to the head of his.
I can just imagine if he reads this right now, he'll officially proclaim me as an eternal enemy and will bitch about me 100% of the time even more to others. But what do I care? This is my blog, I have the freedom to lepas steam here. And this is considered mild already, kay. I rather be known to hate you than pretend to be OK with you. I'm sorry, I can't pretend to even be neutral with you.
1. He is arrogant. He thinks the world is revolved around him.
2. He thinks he is such a big shot. Get this. This guy thinks that anything that he feels like it's said against him is a set-up sabotage purposely planned by others... like lecturers who are so "free" to plan all this nonsensical thing. Who does he think he is har? The Yang DiPertuan Agong of Malaysia? The President of United States? This is the real world, not a soap opera.
3. He is a total bitch. While bitch is often used to described a female, I think the world has already evolved to accept that this term can also be used on males BECAUSE this guy is the epitome of the meaning of the word "bitch". He bitches worse than girls and his behaviour itself... well, catch my drift. Need I say more?
4. His sarcasm. Sometimes uncalled for and unprovoked. Like you leave him a note to tell him to clean up after using your table, he tells you that you have no right to tell him that in full sarcasm steam, with all other unrelated insults (also in sarcasm). His sarcasm is not even a single ounce witty. His sarcasm is just engineered to purposefully insult and hurt others. He doesn't care what he says.
5. He thinks he is right. Oh yeah, in his own world, he is ALWAYS right. Even if he's obviously sesat and serong, he is always right. Everybody else is wrong. Always.
6. He is a two-faced buffalo. He has the nerve to bitch about me to others behind my back. Telling all how high and mighty he is, and how I have no right to be in the lab since I am no longer a student AND he has the right to KICK me out of the lab. Then he comes, sits at my table for lunch and explains to me jokingly and all smile-smile about why the lab was so messy and the equipment that came out of nowhere. If he were to explain to me nicely in words (no sarcasm), I might have changed my mind about him. That hypocrite. That bitch. Now you see why I say point #3 totally applies to him?
My note: "Do not use this Dr Emily's bench to do your work, as you are not her student and use your own bench. Also, please clean up after your work's done."
His reply?: "As if you are. I don't hear you having any postgrad studies in plan. So it's basically none of your business. Besides, steam distillation is your supervisor's work.. you want you can ask YT, etc."
(These are not the exact words, but as I recall them. The meaning still remains the same though).
You see, if he had just mentioned that last part only, I would have been fine. But what's up with the first two? And according to logic and the university, I am still technically a student until my results are released. Which is July 11th. So I still have the right to be there if I want to. Get your facts right before you say anything. But hey, he always thinks he's right (point #5). No point arguing with him?
7. He demands respect from others, but gives none in return. Come on lah, this guy doesn't even respect the lecturers. Talk about no big, no small. I don't deny that I've lost all respect for him. What, publish papers and papers... so what? What is the use of all those papers and so-called "fame" when your personality is like shit?
8. A hypocrite. Points fingers fervently at others about what he perceives as their "misconduct" when he himself commits one which he claims it to be completely acceptable and not a misconduct. Like I said in point #5, he is ALWAYS right in his own world.
9. For his age, he behaves shamefully. And he takes all petty things soooooo personally that he hits them with words really personally even in a professional setting. So much that it is embarrassing. Even to us who are watching it, we feel embarrassed.
10. He blows things out of proportion. An honest gesture and straightforward explanation of things, he says that they are conspiracy and politics purposely directed to defame him. Honestly, who has the time to do all this things? Let alone waste energy on him. What for lah, seriously? Drama queen.
11. He is completely unreasonable. He makes all kinds of explanations to justify his "right" statements. Even if they don't make sense. You know how people often use facts and twist them around to suit them?
12. The more I talk to him, the more I hate him. Now I'm at the point where I don't wanna talk to him at all if possible. This guy needs some serious knock with a sledgehammer to bring some sense and realism to the head of his.
I can just imagine if he reads this right now, he'll officially proclaim me as an eternal enemy and will bitch about me 100% of the time even more to others. But what do I care? This is my blog, I have the freedom to lepas steam here. And this is considered mild already, kay. I rather be known to hate you than pretend to be OK with you. I'm sorry, I can't pretend to even be neutral with you.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Suzan's Farewell (26-06-08)
Lunch Session: Wendy's
The reason why we had to have split sessions for Suzan's farewell was... well, as you know... the more people involved, the harder it is to get synchronized free time and availability. Haha. True or not, true or not?
Mei Qi was not free for the dinner, so Suzan had lunch with her. I tagged along. And dragged along three others. Haha. Since we all technically have no work, and are officially unemployed.
Aku malas nak tulis panjang-panjang. Nanti tulis sampai malam besok pun tak habis-habis. So I will post up some pictures and mention only the highlights.
Jason, on a date with four pretty girls. Hahahaa.
We were all done eating our lunch, except for Suzan who was only halfway through. Too much beef to swallow :P
Hmmmm... where to go next?
Dinner Session: Sushi Groove
"Life is too short to eat bad sushi". Amen!
Except that I don't eat much sushi.
The stuff in my food was moving! The Bonito flakes are scary. After mixing my curry chicken bibimbap gao-gao, they stopped moving... thank God! I think I prefer Han-Woo-Ri's bibimbap though. Much more delicious.
Girl-of-the-Day with her food.
Jason's food. He swore that he will never touch the vege. True enough. The vege still looks untouched and EXACTLY the same after the meat vanished down his stomach.
While the other XX species had ice-cream for dessert (sesame or green tea ice-cream), the XX star-of-the-day had an alcoholic drink called Japanese Slipper. Tasted little bit like honeydew + alcohol. The strength of the alcohol taste was 50 times less shocking than Soju. Haha.
Standing: Tall One, Fat One, Big One, Yet-to-be-nicknamed One
Sitting: Indonesian Star*, Pretty One, Fair One
* Note: Suzan's original nickname was Indonesian Maid. But since she was the star of the day, we changed it to Indonesian Star. Haha.
Right now, a secret conversation shall be revealed about our planning around Suzan's farewell since it's not a secret anymore now that it's over. It was her idea to have a farewell dinner. But we kepoh-kepoh went and add a farewell gift and a cake. Secretly lah, of course.
Jason: What does Suzan like?
Me: Three things... Food, books and bangles. Oh yeah, music of weird naming bands. Get her a cake lah.
Yi Vern: Hmmm, OK. What flavour cake?
Mei Qi: Chocolate, she loves chocolate.
Ta-da!!
We really felt like singing the Happy Birthday song when the cake was brought out and placed right in front of her. Haha. Oh, she really loves chocolate cake doesn't she? Haha.
We stayed there until they were closing. And they still didn't chase us out because they were closing. They just patiently waited for us to finish up our conversation, cakes and camwhoring. We voluntarily went outside to settle the bill among ourselves.
This is us settling the dinner bill outside Sushi Groove. Next time must bring calculator everywhere I go lah. Had to count the old school way.
To see the rest of the pictures, click here.
Hui San! Hope you enjoyed the chocolate cake and book (completely randomly picked... nobody read it before, so give us your verdict). Have a safe trip and take care of yourself over there in Medan. Anytime you miss us, just look back at these pictures (and whole lots more in your camera).
The reason why we had to have split sessions for Suzan's farewell was... well, as you know... the more people involved, the harder it is to get synchronized free time and availability. Haha. True or not, true or not?
Mei Qi was not free for the dinner, so Suzan had lunch with her. I tagged along. And dragged along three others. Haha. Since we all technically have no work, and are officially unemployed.
Aku malas nak tulis panjang-panjang. Nanti tulis sampai malam besok pun tak habis-habis. So I will post up some pictures and mention only the highlights.
Jason, on a date with four pretty girls. Hahahaa.
We were all done eating our lunch, except for Suzan who was only halfway through. Too much beef to swallow :P
Hmmmm... where to go next?
Dinner Session: Sushi Groove
"Life is too short to eat bad sushi". Amen!
Except that I don't eat much sushi.
The stuff in my food was moving! The Bonito flakes are scary. After mixing my curry chicken bibimbap gao-gao, they stopped moving... thank God! I think I prefer Han-Woo-Ri's bibimbap though. Much more delicious.
Girl-of-the-Day with her food.
Jason's food. He swore that he will never touch the vege. True enough. The vege still looks untouched and EXACTLY the same after the meat vanished down his stomach.
While the other XX species had ice-cream for dessert (sesame or green tea ice-cream), the XX star-of-the-day had an alcoholic drink called Japanese Slipper. Tasted little bit like honeydew + alcohol. The strength of the alcohol taste was 50 times less shocking than Soju. Haha.
Standing: Tall One, Fat One, Big One, Yet-to-be-nicknamed One
Sitting: Indonesian Star*, Pretty One, Fair One
* Note: Suzan's original nickname was Indonesian Maid. But since she was the star of the day, we changed it to Indonesian Star. Haha.
Right now, a secret conversation shall be revealed about our planning around Suzan's farewell since it's not a secret anymore now that it's over. It was her idea to have a farewell dinner. But we kepoh-kepoh went and add a farewell gift and a cake. Secretly lah, of course.
Jason: What does Suzan like?
Me: Three things... Food, books and bangles. Oh yeah, music of weird naming bands. Get her a cake lah.
Yi Vern: Hmmm, OK. What flavour cake?
Mei Qi: Chocolate, she loves chocolate.
Ta-da!!
We really felt like singing the Happy Birthday song when the cake was brought out and placed right in front of her. Haha. Oh, she really loves chocolate cake doesn't she? Haha.
We stayed there until they were closing. And they still didn't chase us out because they were closing. They just patiently waited for us to finish up our conversation, cakes and camwhoring. We voluntarily went outside to settle the bill among ourselves.
This is us settling the dinner bill outside Sushi Groove. Next time must bring calculator everywhere I go lah. Had to count the old school way.
To see the rest of the pictures, click here.
Hui San! Hope you enjoyed the chocolate cake and book (completely randomly picked... nobody read it before, so give us your verdict). Have a safe trip and take care of yourself over there in Medan. Anytime you miss us, just look back at these pictures (and whole lots more in your camera).
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Hardbound Thesis!!!
This probably officially ends my life as a Honours student. Because now, we just have to wait for the results to be released. On July 11th.
Haih... Two more weeks to go. The wait will be so agonizing.
You know, seriously, I have come to a point where I don't care what I get anymore. It is a reward and a relief to have finally gotten over with the research, presentation, thesis writing, viva and then examination. I think it was a nightmare because they were in back-to-back weeks.
And my internal marks were mostly close to high distinction but not there. Mostly borderline cases, like literature review 79%, poster 76% and presentation 78%. Borderline right? Which is what make me even less optimistic. Haha.
Dang. Now I have to start thinking about whether to do postgrad or work. But I think I'm already considering postgrad (80%) compared to work (20%). Then I have to hunt and apply to universities. Then comes a question, where do I want to study?? Aiyoh..
For now I will torture myself with another semester as a lab demonstrator while I think about what's next.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Dinner @ KoreanTown
Phaik Ee, Suet Wan and I had established a mission from way before we had finish our semesters.
Our mission = To go check out the KoreanTown in Jalan Ampang AND try out the Korean food.
Haha. Well, I guess we aren't bad at keeping our promises. Phaik Ee even called in countless others, but only Wei Lun and Voon Chia could make it. But you know, it gets harder to meet up with old school buddies as years go by. So when you get five people together, it would be a miracle! Too bad Ashley couldn't make it at the last minute, otherwise it would have been six.
Just Monday, the five of us went there in a car. Driver of theday night was Suet Wan and her faithful old Proton Saga with no power steering. And it's a manual car. Fuiyoh, where can you find a girl who can drive a stick these days? Cho power! I still remember how, but I wouldn't dare to anymore.
Anyway when we arrived there, we still had to pick a restaurant to try out. At first, Phaik Ee came up with a brilliant strategy - We pick the restaurant with the most leng chai. Yup, it didn't apply. Most of the workers there are neither Korean nor Chinese. And even if they were Korean or Chinese, they were ahjusshis and ahjummas. We actually chose the restaurant by playing lat-ta-lee-lat-ta-leet-tam-plom (in Chinese we call it 黑白 - literally translated as black white). Han Woo Ri restaurant won the elimination.
When we finished ordering the food, the waiter actually said that we ordered too little for our crowd of five. Good thing we just went ahead with the stuff we ordered and said we would order later if it wasn't enough. I was soooooo stuffed up with food by the time we finished.
Gila one the waiter.
But man, the food was sooo delicious I'm dying for a second round now.
Appetizer
Hmmm. I did not count the number of these small dishes of appetizer. But I estimate that there's about 11 or 12 of them. Had no idea what half of them were called, just stuffed them into mouth, chew and swallow. Haha. There were eggs, bean paste sauce (looks like sambal but not spicy), sweet sauce, tauge, kimchi, asparagus and plenty of sour vegetables.
BBQ Pork
Don't have to worry about not knowing how to or how long to BBQ the pork or burning the pork, the Han Woo Ri waiters will do it for you.
We ordered two types - just the plain pork meat (RM25), and the marinated pork meat (RM29). The price differ slightly, but the taste - oh my goodness - the marinated pork was awesome! My suggestion? Just order two plates of the marinated pork. The plain pork meat is just too plain for RM 25. Not worth it.
BiBimpBap
Bibimbap apparently literally means mixed rice in Korean. White rice mixed with a whole lot of other junk stuff in it (as you can see from the picture above) such as egg, pork (we changed it from beef) and bunch of various veggies which we neither knew their names or existence. If veggies were cooked this way, my mom would never had a problem getting me to eat veggies when I was younger.
Bibimbap is like chak fan in Malaysia. Except that we don't stir and mix our chak fan gao gao like the way we lou the yee sang during CNY, unlike bibimbap. Bibimbap was said to have originated in those days by the ahjummas. You know food leftovers from here and there? They had no idea what to do with them, or how to serve them as a dish the next day. And takkan wanna waste food right? So they came up with a brilliant idea to mix all those leftovers together, add in the sauce (black bean sauce?) and ta-da, you get bibimbap!
Anyway, I forgot where I read that piece of information from. We couldn't finish this dish though. I have no idea how people can eat one bibimbap by themselves. It's just too much for one person. There are five of us, and we can't even finish it!
Kimchi Omelette (Pancake?) & Kimchi Jjigae
The Kimchi omelette (pancake?) was good. One thing I love about this omelette compared to the fu yong dan is that this omelette/pancake has generous quantities of their ingredient. There is so much sotong, there is pepper, there is a host of other things which again I have no idea what they were.
And the Kimchi Jjigae is my favourite among all! I can't bring myself to look at this picture. It just brings back the memories of how wonderful this soup was and makes me moody because I can't have it right now. I so wanna learn how to make Kimchi Jjigae.
Dessert
Have you seen anyone eating watermelon with chopsticks? No no, the Koreans don't do that. People who eat watermelons with chopsticks are strange. Want to know who was the culprit? Nah, I ain't telling.
Soju
Everyone, except Suet Wan (the driver - know why she isn't drinking?), tried out Soju. This fella has about 20% alcohol content which is really ridiculous that I felt like I'm drinking ethanol directly from the bottles in my lab. Oh, the smell and taste of alcohol is so strong.
It was a difficult first two glasses (shot glasses which weren't big) but by the time I got to the third, I began to taste sweetness and spicyness of the drink. It wasn't too bad. I think I might be branded mad by the rest of them for saying that this drink is kinda delicious.
What's worse is that my parents might kill me for saying what I just said. But they don't know my blog URL anyway. Haha.
The three merry drinkers. OK-lah, we didn't risk it by ordering one bottle each. We three shared one bottle. We are still good girls :P
Korean Ice-cream
Despite complaining that our stomachs were full, we still toured the supermarket although our overloaded stomachs probably switch off the "food desire" switch in our brains. Yah, and at the sight of ice-cream, the switch was switched back on.
Never had this much fun in a year (since Penang)! Especially with my school friends. I actually don't recall hanging out with schoolmates was this much fun back in the school days. Maybe that time we were so accustomed to the fact that we see each other's faces everyday and took for granted the company of the greatest people on earth.
Wished we had all day though but we all have our colleges and work to go back to during the day. With all the craziness and pressure we endure while the sun's up, perhaps simply the company of friends at sundown is what gives us life more than what it is, keeps us sane, and keeps our feet on the ground and our heads straight. Unless you downed too much Soju, of course.
Our mission = To go check out the KoreanTown in Jalan Ampang AND try out the Korean food.
Haha. Well, I guess we aren't bad at keeping our promises. Phaik Ee even called in countless others, but only Wei Lun and Voon Chia could make it. But you know, it gets harder to meet up with old school buddies as years go by. So when you get five people together, it would be a miracle! Too bad Ashley couldn't make it at the last minute, otherwise it would have been six.
Just Monday, the five of us went there in a car. Driver of the
Anyway when we arrived there, we still had to pick a restaurant to try out. At first, Phaik Ee came up with a brilliant strategy - We pick the restaurant with the most leng chai. Yup, it didn't apply. Most of the workers there are neither Korean nor Chinese. And even if they were Korean or Chinese, they were ahjusshis and ahjummas. We actually chose the restaurant by playing lat-ta-lee-lat-ta-leet-tam-plom (in Chinese we call it 黑白 - literally translated as black white). Han Woo Ri restaurant won the elimination.
When we finished ordering the food, the waiter actually said that we ordered too little for our crowd of five. Good thing we just went ahead with the stuff we ordered and said we would order later if it wasn't enough. I was soooooo stuffed up with food by the time we finished.
Gila one the waiter.
But man, the food was sooo delicious I'm dying for a second round now.
Appetizer
Hmmm. I did not count the number of these small dishes of appetizer. But I estimate that there's about 11 or 12 of them. Had no idea what half of them were called, just stuffed them into mouth, chew and swallow. Haha. There were eggs, bean paste sauce (looks like sambal but not spicy), sweet sauce, tauge, kimchi, asparagus and plenty of sour vegetables.
BBQ Pork
Don't have to worry about not knowing how to or how long to BBQ the pork or burning the pork, the Han Woo Ri waiters will do it for you.
We ordered two types - just the plain pork meat (RM25), and the marinated pork meat (RM29). The price differ slightly, but the taste - oh my goodness - the marinated pork was awesome! My suggestion? Just order two plates of the marinated pork. The plain pork meat is just too plain for RM 25. Not worth it.
BiBimpBap
Bibimbap apparently literally means mixed rice in Korean. White rice mixed with a whole lot of other junk stuff in it (as you can see from the picture above) such as egg, pork (we changed it from beef) and bunch of various veggies which we neither knew their names or existence. If veggies were cooked this way, my mom would never had a problem getting me to eat veggies when I was younger.
Bibimbap is like chak fan in Malaysia. Except that we don't stir and mix our chak fan gao gao like the way we lou the yee sang during CNY, unlike bibimbap. Bibimbap was said to have originated in those days by the ahjummas. You know food leftovers from here and there? They had no idea what to do with them, or how to serve them as a dish the next day. And takkan wanna waste food right? So they came up with a brilliant idea to mix all those leftovers together, add in the sauce (black bean sauce?) and ta-da, you get bibimbap!
Anyway, I forgot where I read that piece of information from. We couldn't finish this dish though. I have no idea how people can eat one bibimbap by themselves. It's just too much for one person. There are five of us, and we can't even finish it!
Kimchi Omelette (Pancake?) & Kimchi Jjigae
The Kimchi omelette (pancake?) was good. One thing I love about this omelette compared to the fu yong dan is that this omelette/pancake has generous quantities of their ingredient. There is so much sotong, there is pepper, there is a host of other things which again I have no idea what they were.
And the Kimchi Jjigae is my favourite among all! I can't bring myself to look at this picture. It just brings back the memories of how wonderful this soup was and makes me moody because I can't have it right now. I so wanna learn how to make Kimchi Jjigae.
Dessert
Have you seen anyone eating watermelon with chopsticks? No no, the Koreans don't do that. People who eat watermelons with chopsticks are strange. Want to know who was the culprit? Nah, I ain't telling.
Soju
Everyone, except Suet Wan (the driver - know why she isn't drinking?), tried out Soju. This fella has about 20% alcohol content which is really ridiculous that I felt like I'm drinking ethanol directly from the bottles in my lab. Oh, the smell and taste of alcohol is so strong.
It was a difficult first two glasses (shot glasses which weren't big) but by the time I got to the third, I began to taste sweetness and spicyness of the drink. It wasn't too bad. I think I might be branded mad by the rest of them for saying that this drink is kinda delicious.
What's worse is that my parents might kill me for saying what I just said. But they don't know my blog URL anyway. Haha.
The three merry drinkers. OK-lah, we didn't risk it by ordering one bottle each. We three shared one bottle. We are still good girls :P
Korean Ice-cream
Despite complaining that our stomachs were full, we still toured the supermarket although our overloaded stomachs probably switch off the "food desire" switch in our brains. Yah, and at the sight of ice-cream, the switch was switched back on.
Never had this much fun in a year (since Penang)! Especially with my school friends. I actually don't recall hanging out with schoolmates was this much fun back in the school days. Maybe that time we were so accustomed to the fact that we see each other's faces everyday and took for granted the company of the greatest people on earth.
Wished we had all day though but we all have our colleges and work to go back to during the day. With all the craziness and pressure we endure while the sun's up, perhaps simply the company of friends at sundown is what gives us life more than what it is, keeps us sane, and keeps our feet on the ground and our heads straight. Unless you downed too much Soju, of course.
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