Mi cumpleaños

Mi cumpleaños = my birthday in Spanish. Since my current interest is Salsa dancing, Spanish language became one of my latest interests too. Couldn't help it right, most Salsa music are sung in spanish. I really think Spanish songs are very beautifully meaningful.

Oh well, i celebrated my humble birthday yesterday with my family (mum, sisters & bro-in-law.. dad was really busy and bro's not in Penang). It's not like one of those special surprise 16th and 21st birthdays i had but it was just nice, having dinner and chatting. Of course there's cake too. And definitely ice-cream cake. Ice-cream cake is usually, 'almost' a must for my birthdays.. :D



That'll be me making a wish with my mint flavoured ice-cream birthday cake which both my sister and brother in law were having a hard time cutting it for us. :)


The little cheeky looking me, licking off the cream from the plasic knife. Hey, it's cream! Cream shall never go to waste!!

Good Questions

"Great designers are set apart by their ability to ask good questions."

Wow wow wonderful

Last night was one of the greatest saturday night ever. There weren't any pictures taken last night but the whole moment will be played over and over with a smile on my face. It is one of those moments that'll never be forgotten. That night will be the night of August 19th 2006 at Brasil 68, Kelawai Road of Penang.

For any of you who didn't know what i have been doing on most of my saturday nights the past few months (about 5 to 6 months) back in Penang, well well.. being me, who's crazy over 2 main things; ice-cream and dancing... of course i won't be eating ice-cream every saturday, it'll be a sin. So i'm sure by now, you would've guessed it. Yes, i went dancing.. Salsa and Merengue dancing. OOOooooh la la...

One thing missing about last night was that both my sisters couldn't make it. It would have been a greater night if the girls could make it. So what happened last night was.. as usual, once i get there with a few friends of mine, particularly my very great 'dance partner' whom i feel very comfortable dancing with and who is also a great dancer, we would start dancing non-stop. We'll stop for some drink and a little rest to catch our breath of course. But while we were half way through dancing, enjoying the night, the manager stopped us for a little while to sing a birthday song with a group of people, celebrating some guy's birthday. So everyone happily sang the first birthday song. When the song ended i requested to my dear Brasilian manager friend for the 2nd birthday song to be sung for me since my birthday will be up in a few days. So i had the whole group of people, half of them were strangers, singing birthday song for me.. Hahhaha... And guess what, they even offered me to blow the candle on the cake they bought for their friend. They lit it up the 2nd time for me!!! I was really shy and i thought, i shouldn't just blow someone else's candle.. But everyone insisted.. So, what the hell.. i just went ahead and blew it.. That'll be the one and only time i'm going to do that, i guess... muahahaha.. It was so spontaneous and FUN!!!

I think the best brithday ever is to be able to dance through the night with some great dance partner and hanging out with some close friends.. Later in the night, a few friends dropped by. I really appreciated them coming. I really had a great time chatting and dancing... and meeting new people. You wouldn't believe me, i was smiling throughout the night!!!! It was awesome..

-- Oh by the way, me and my dear 'dance partner' had successfully done that particular dance move we've been trying to achieve for a while... :D --

The Earl of Sandwich

Ask people who put together the first sandwich, and most of them will say the Earl of Sandwich. Here is how the story goes:

James Montagu IV, the Fourth Earl of Sandwich was enjoying a winning streak at the card table, which he refused to leave for 24-hours. To sustain himself, he ordered slices of meat between two slices of bread. Although it's believed the Earl actually ordered this snack, he really didn't invent the sandwich.

The Romans ate sandwiches, and so did European peasants. However, it should be acknowledged that the Earl of Sandwich did start this trend, and Englishmen started using the word "sandwich" as early as 1765.

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