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Miri Raya weekend daytrip 11.9.2010'

Miri town from Parksons upper parking...taken with my cellphone cam*

day-trip from a couple of weekends ago during the Raya (Eid Fitri) weekend holidays...it was either go to the Istana(palace) for Open House or Miri...from my place its less then an hour during normal traffic but we don't go that often even-though you get great currency exchange Bnd$1=Rm$2.2+...don't be fooled...you always end up spending more then you need to BUT the food is always cheap but great.

*cellphone cam

8 out of 10 times i always come here for lunch...roasted duck/char siew rice open air restaurant located near the 2020 cafe in Pelita commercial centre...near where the main pubs/clubbing areas. Damn damn cheap but great stuff...not as great eaten after-wards if you take-away...gotta eat on the spot right after they chop it up.

we always order a plate of this...stir fried 'meeding'(?) or 'pakis' with baby shrimps...its a fern type of vegetables which grows wild on the highway heading into Miri town...you can often see people just picking the stuff off the road sides on a daily basis...great stuff...not available in Brunei or the mainland West Malaysia...odd.

had this kolo-mee at one of the many residential food-stalls opposite E-mart on the way home...not great but ok.

still no Singha Thai beer...so got this to try out...Miller draft beer...and yes you can bring in a limited amount of alcohol/beer into Brunei only for non-Muslims...just fill out a yellow declaration form at the customs on the way back...

*cellphone cam

Parksons...always crowded and always traffic jammed but the upper building parking makes it easier nowadays...

*cellphone cam

old-town or 'lau par sat'...mum always likes coming here to buy cheap supplies such as incense etc for the house prayer-altar.

*cellphone cam

We always make effort to pray here...the old temple in town...gives me a sense of well being.

*cellphone cam

Monkey prince *my 5 year old nephew certainly likes these day-trips. No-no toys haul...broke -_-."

damn...

this was Xena played by Lucy Lawless *gotta love such a name* around 1999 during the 4th season of the successful show Xena: Warrior Princess which ran from 1995 all the way to 2001...

I'd hit that in a heartbeat...BUT 11 years later...

its showing isn't it...the pounds years have not gone down well eh?

Finally...

Mini project

arghhh...can't...resist...so after many years not buying SW action figures...i got one...

P*U*S*A*

unfinished/finished 1:16 projects...

Dragon 1:16 Kampfgruppe Hansen & Tamiya 1:16 WWII German Elite Infantryman

Grazie Mauri

first starter: Squid Salad 4.5/5 yummers score (me BIG salads FAN)

second starter: Beef Carpaccio 4/5 yummers score

first main course: Mixed Seafood Spaghetti 4.8/5 yummers score

second main course: Chicken & Pineapple Pizza 3.9/5 yummers score-bit bland :(

Desert: Strawberry Ice Cream with assorted sliced fruits 3.5/5 *meh...

obviously refurbished as i remember Sushi Tei had a really claustrophobic & stale feel...atmosphere score 4/5 didn't like that the loo was upstairs & climbing up those stairs with a heavy full stomach was daunting...

the new Grazie Mauri @the former Sushi Tei in Gadong (opposite Pizza Hutt Gadong)...$20 'all you can eat' Ramadhan menu...pretty good value for money as i said...as long as you finish all the food on your plate you can order whatever is on the menu-we even had a serving of Fresh Fish Fillet served with lemon butter sauce but that was a bit salty so 3/5 yummers score for the fish.

the promotion goes on until Raya me thinks...anyways if you wanna try out the many Sungkai (breaking of fast) promotions going on at the moment...give this a try simply for the great money for value.

I'm not a food blogger nor do i want to claim to be one but i LOVE yummy food so for a more 'professional' local look at Grazie Mauri click here.

And a shout out to Amy...thanks for the photoshop actions :p

ps:all shots using flash off night mode on my Nokia E63...cos i don't carry my Cybershot everywhere ok?

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"Not as clumsy as a blaster"-Obi Wan Kenobi

...her name is Mini...*cough cough...

found this in an old Taiwan car magazine i bought some time ago...& I'm not really that into cars LoL...they say sharing is caring so I'm showing you guys (and gals) love by sharing these scans of this sweet piece of ass...the profile on the mag reads her name as Mini...trust me...@32c those puppies are far from 'mini'...

anyways i think I'll review this on my next post...still feeling lethargic even after a whole week off after a major work project,coincidentally there's a bit of buzz online about some deleted scenes for the bluray release of the original StarWars trilogy soon...one scene called the 'missing lightsabre scene' in ROTJ...
click the above screen grab of the scene to watch the clip,you can actually hear super-nerds having a massive nerd-gasm watching it..so funny...notebook batt flat soon so I'll catch you soon...enjoy Mini :p

Vanity Fair #534 Feb 05 issue.

random scanner fun...

dug this up from my cabinet...Vanity Fair mega-page cover as SW:ROTS came out years ago...such a cool portrait with all the important characters from all 6 SW movies...the circle is now complete...now whats that about a live action TV series Lucas has been talking about for years? Sorry but Clone Wars the cartoon series really doesn't do it for me...busy couple of work weeks ahead so I'll catch you guys later.

You musn't be afriad to DREAM a little bigger DAH-LING

GO*SEE*IT.