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Event: Project Banjir Astro Kasih
Project Banjir Astro Kasih
The require items for Project Banjir as follows:
- Diapers
- Infant Milk
- Milk Powder
- Mattresses
- Toiletries (Toothbrush, Toothpaste, Soap, Sanitary Pad)
- Food (Rice, Cooking Oil, Dried Food Items)
- Detergent
- Blankets
- Towels
- Beverages (Mineral Water, Malt Drinks, Tea, Coffee)
- Clothing
Locations:
27 December 2014 (10am to 7pm)
TESCO Ara Damansara, Selangor
28 December 2014 (10am to 3pm)
TESCO EXTRA Ipoh, Perak
29 December 2014 (10am to 6pm)
TESCO EXTRA Puchong, Selangor
30 December 2014 (10am to 3pm)
TESCO EXTRA Seremban 2, Negeri Sembilan
31 December 2014 (10am to 3pm)
TESCO EXTRA Desa Tebrau, Johor
Source: Astro
Christmas Day
Christmas or Christmas Day (Old English: Crīstesmæsse, meaning "Christ's Mass") is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed most commonly on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of Christmastide, which ends after the twelfth night.Christmas is a public holiday in many of the world's nations, is celebrated culturally by a large number of non-Christian people, and is an integral part of the Christmas and holiday season.
While the birth year of Jesus is estimated among modern historians to have been between 7 and 2 BC, the exact month and day of his birth are unknown, and are not the focus of the Church's Christmas celebration. His birth is mentioned in two of the four canonical gospels. By the early-to-mid 4th century, the Western Christian Church had placed Christmas on December 25, a date later adopted in the East, although some churches celebrate on the December 25 of the older Julian calendar, which, in the Gregorian calendar, currently corresponds to January 7, the day after the Western Christian Church celebrates the Epiphany. The Council of Tours of 567 "declared the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany to be one unified festal cycle", thus giving significance to both December 25 and January 6. The Second Council of Tours stated that: "There are feasts on each day between the Nativity of the Lord and Epiphany, except the three-day period on which our Fathers established for the beginning of January private Litanies in order to tread down the custom of the Gentiles. These three days it declared not to be joyful but to be days of penance and fasting. The date of Christmas may have initially been chosen to correspond with the day exactly nine months after early Christians believed Jesus to have been conceived, or with one or more ancient polytheistic festivals that occurred near southern solstice (i.e., the Roman winter solstice); a further solar connection has been suggested because of a biblical verse identifying Jesus as the "Sun of righteousness".
The celebratory customs associated in various countries with Christmas have a mix of pre-Christian, Christian, and secular themes and origins. Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift giving, completing an Advent calendar or Advent wreath, Christmas music and caroling, an exchange of Christmas cards, church services, a special meal, and the display of various Christmas decorations, including Christmas trees, Christmas lights, nativity scenes, garlands, wreaths, mistletoe, and holly. In addition, several closely related and often interchangeable figures, known as Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, and Christkind, are associated with bringing gifts to children during the Christmas season and have their own body of traditions and lore. Because gift-giving and many other aspects of the Christmas festival involve heightened economic activity, the holiday has become a significant event and a key sales period for retailers and businesses. The economic impact of Christmas is a factor that has grown steadily over the past few centuries in many regions of the world.
While the birth year of Jesus is estimated among modern historians to have been between 7 and 2 BC, the exact month and day of his birth are unknown, and are not the focus of the Church's Christmas celebration. His birth is mentioned in two of the four canonical gospels. By the early-to-mid 4th century, the Western Christian Church had placed Christmas on December 25, a date later adopted in the East, although some churches celebrate on the December 25 of the older Julian calendar, which, in the Gregorian calendar, currently corresponds to January 7, the day after the Western Christian Church celebrates the Epiphany. The Council of Tours of 567 "declared the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany to be one unified festal cycle", thus giving significance to both December 25 and January 6. The Second Council of Tours stated that: "There are feasts on each day between the Nativity of the Lord and Epiphany, except the three-day period on which our Fathers established for the beginning of January private Litanies in order to tread down the custom of the Gentiles. These three days it declared not to be joyful but to be days of penance and fasting. The date of Christmas may have initially been chosen to correspond with the day exactly nine months after early Christians believed Jesus to have been conceived, or with one or more ancient polytheistic festivals that occurred near southern solstice (i.e., the Roman winter solstice); a further solar connection has been suggested because of a biblical verse identifying Jesus as the "Sun of righteousness".
The celebratory customs associated in various countries with Christmas have a mix of pre-Christian, Christian, and secular themes and origins. Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift giving, completing an Advent calendar or Advent wreath, Christmas music and caroling, an exchange of Christmas cards, church services, a special meal, and the display of various Christmas decorations, including Christmas trees, Christmas lights, nativity scenes, garlands, wreaths, mistletoe, and holly. In addition, several closely related and often interchangeable figures, known as Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, and Christkind, are associated with bringing gifts to children during the Christmas season and have their own body of traditions and lore. Because gift-giving and many other aspects of the Christmas festival involve heightened economic activity, the holiday has become a significant event and a key sales period for retailers and businesses. The economic impact of Christmas is a factor that has grown steadily over the past few centuries in many regions of the world.
Courtesy to Wikipedia
Dōngzhì Festival (Winter Solstice Festival)
The Dōngzhì Festival or Winter Solstice Festival (Chinese: 冬至; pinyin: Dōngzhì; literally: "the extreme of Winter") is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Chinese and other East Asians during the Dongzhi solar term (winter solstice) on or around December 22 (according to East Asia time). In 2014, the festival falls on Monday, December 22.
The origins of this festival can be traced back to the yin and yang philosophy of balance and harmony in the cosmos. After this celebration, there will be days with longer daylight hours and therefore an increase in positive energy flowing in. The philosophical significance of this is symbolized by the I Ching hexagram fù (復, "Returning").
The origins of this festival can be traced back to the yin and yang philosophy of balance and harmony in the cosmos. After this celebration, there will be days with longer daylight hours and therefore an increase in positive energy flowing in. The philosophical significance of this is symbolized by the I Ching hexagram fù (復, "Returning").
Image Courtesy to NoobCook.com
Traditionally, the Dongzhi Festival is also a time for the family to get together. One activity that occurs during these get-togethers (especially in the southern parts of China and in Chinese communities overseas) is the making and eating of tangyuan (湯圓) or balls of glutinous rice, which symbolize reunion. Tangyuan are made of glutinous rice flour and sometimes brightly coloured. Each family member receives at least one large tangyuan in addition to several small ones. The flour balls may be plain or stuffed. They are cooked in a sweet soup or savory broth with both the ball and the soup/broth served in one bowl. It is also often served with a mildly alcoholic unfiltered rice wine containing whole grains of glutinous rice (and often also Sweet Osmanthus flowers), called jiuniang.
In northern China, people typically eat dumplings on Dongzhi. It is said to have originated from Zhang Zhongjing in the Han Dynasty. On one cold winter day, he saw the poor suffering from chilblains on their ears. Feeling sympathetic, he ordered his apprentices to make dumplings with lamb and other ingredients, and distribute them among the poor to keep them warm, to keep their ears from getting chilblains. Since the dumplings were shaped like ears, Zhang named the dish "qùhán jiāoěr tāng" (祛寒嬌耳湯) or dumpling soup that expels the cold. From that time on, it has been a tradition to eat dumplings on the day of Dongzhi.
Old traditions also require people with the same surname or from the same clan to gather at their ancestral temples to worship on this day. There is always a grand reunion dinner following the sacrificial ceremony.
The festive food is also a reminder that celebrators are now a year older and should behave better in the coming year. Even today, many Chinese around the world, especially the elderly, still insist that one is "a year older" right after the Dongzhi celebration instead of waiting for the lunar new year.
In northern China, people typically eat dumplings on Dongzhi. It is said to have originated from Zhang Zhongjing in the Han Dynasty. On one cold winter day, he saw the poor suffering from chilblains on their ears. Feeling sympathetic, he ordered his apprentices to make dumplings with lamb and other ingredients, and distribute them among the poor to keep them warm, to keep their ears from getting chilblains. Since the dumplings were shaped like ears, Zhang named the dish "qùhán jiāoěr tāng" (祛寒嬌耳湯) or dumpling soup that expels the cold. From that time on, it has been a tradition to eat dumplings on the day of Dongzhi.
Old traditions also require people with the same surname or from the same clan to gather at their ancestral temples to worship on this day. There is always a grand reunion dinner following the sacrificial ceremony.
The festive food is also a reminder that celebrators are now a year older and should behave better in the coming year. Even today, many Chinese around the world, especially the elderly, still insist that one is "a year older" right after the Dongzhi celebration instead of waiting for the lunar new year.
Courtesy to Wikipedia
Deutsches Haus @ Jaya 33, PJ
PG-01A, Ground Floor, Jaya 33,
Jalan Semangat, Section 13,
46100 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor.
Tel: 03-79605736 | 03-79311983
Website: http://www.deutscheshaus.com.my/
Free dinner from my cousin, Sean...PORK night!!!
Bacon Salad - Too sourish
Pumpkin Soup - the pumpkin flavor is not there
Streaky Bacon - not too bad (if slightly crispy, it would be better)
Pork Knuckle Platter - slightly dry but the seasoning is good
Baby Back Rib - Nicely grilled with slightly sourish gravy
German Sausage - good to go with sauerkraut
Rating: 5.5/10
Mr. Chizu @ NSK Trade City, Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park, KL
Mr. Chizu
Unit 40, Basement 2,
NSK Trade City,
Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park,
58200 Kuala Lumpur,
Wilayah Persekutuan.
Tel: 03-7971 4737
Website: http://www.mrchizu.com/
Other outlets: The Mines, Leisure Mall
We got an surprise!!! An invitation from Mr. Winston Lee (owner of Mr. Chizu) to try out their Freshly Half-Baked Cheese Cake. It offers in 3 different flavors: Original, Choko and Matcha.
Original Flavor Cheese Cake - RM13.00
From left: Original | Choko | Matcha
Generous Mr. Winston offered us to try out 3 different flavors of Freshly Half-Baked Cheese Cake. I will always go for Original flavor before indulge to others. The taste of cheese is light which only lingers in your mouth for a short moment. However, the texture is soft and moist which keep you continue eating without feeling full. Choko flavor covers the cheese taste while Matcha flavor brings out the cheese taste.
From the kitchen, we able to sight cleanliness of the place and well maintained equipment.
Cake Mixer used to mix the Cheese Cake ingredient
Well mixed ingredient: Philadelphia Cheese, Tartar, Sugar
Weighing consistency and removing bubble trap within the cake
Steam-Bake process creates soft and moist inside with slight hard texture at top
Stamping of Mr. Chizu signature logo - custom made stencils from Japan
Finished product will be secured in a custom made box
Other great offerings at Mr. Chizu as shown below:
Rating: 7/10
Xenri D' River View Japanese Cuisine @ Old Klang Road (Updates 2)
Xenri D' River View Japanese Cuisine
No. 9, Wisma Elken,
Jalan 4/137C, Batu 5,
Jalan Kelang Lama,
58000 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel No : 03-7783 8118
Website: http://www.xenri.com/
This is the first time bring my wife to have our anniversary dinner. She loves it very much with the interior setup and cool ambiance. The food is still that good after so long since the last visit.
Freshly Made Tuna Spread - Thumbs UP!!
Wasabi + Soy Sauce
Edamame - Nicely steam and fresh
Fried Silver Anchovies
Deep Fried Salmon
Sushi
Fried Vegetable + Prawn + Fish
Sushi Platter
Rating: 8/10
Wan Tan Noodle @ Jalan Tiong Nam, Chow Kit (Update 1)
Wan Tan Noodle
Jalan Tiong Nam, Chow Kit,
50350 Kuala Lumpur.
Rating: 5/10
Jalan Tiong Nam, Chow Kit,
50350 Kuala Lumpur.
After some time back from the previous post on the same place (http://foodtobuzz.blogspot.com/2014/07/wan-tan-noodle-jalan-tiong-nam-chow-kit.html), here is the the mihun soup they offered which I think it is not as tasty as aunty prepared it.
Rating: 5/10
Balakong Pan Mee @ Batu 11, Selangor
Pan Mee @ Balakong
Jalan Indah 3/6
Taman Indah, Batu 11,
43200 Balakong, Selangor
Open from 8am – afternoon
Rating: 8/10
Jalan Indah 3/6
Taman Indah, Batu 11,
43200 Balakong, Selangor
Open from 8am – afternoon
One of my favorite but very far from me. It is run by their family members. It is cheap for a big bowl. Remember to order their "sui kow".
Rating: 8/10
Hing Ket Grill House @ Kampung Jawa, Klang
Lot 3569 Batu 3¼
Kampung Jawa, 41000 Klang,
Selangor.
Tel: 03-33713913 / 33710861
Business Hours: 11.30 am – 2.30 pm, 5.30 pm – 10.30 pm
Lunch treat from an insurance agent during our visit to a branch. The place is new to me as I hardly really travel all the way to Klang.
Fried Glass Noodle
Mee Mamak
Fried Yau Mak
Lala Fried Mee Hoon
Kam Heong Clam
Grilled Lamb
Fried Oyster ("O-Chien")
Grilled Squid
