Who is this man ?

On Saturday, we were suppose to go to facial but the lady who was suppose to open the shop, threw out the wrong key and we were force to wait 45 minutes. The appointment had to be re-scheduled and in the end we decided to go shopping instead.

We met up with Chong Yee and went for Dim Sum and it was there that we met something really unusual. At first, I thought my eyes was playing a trick on me but maybe its for people to decide.
I met a man who is a splitting image of Keith Wong, even when i showed it to his mother, she could not believe it was not him.

Its quite amazing that you can actually find someone that looks so like someone you know...

Here is the photo of the guy. I will try to find my friends photo and we all can be the judge

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Kungfu Panda (2008)

Wow !! What can i say ! Watched this on Sunday night and I can truly say we have a new champion for animated cartoons. I never thought any animated cartoon could have overtook my favorite Monster Inc, but i think this one could be it. - Kungfu Panda ( 2008) !

Among some of my favorites were : Monster Inc, Toy Story, Shrek. But this one beats them hands down. If you ask me, i think it is the pure absence of those annoying songs that Walt Disney always seems to add into their movie, which often drives me crazy. These songs are nothing more than Disney's weak attempt at trying to imitate Bollywood and selling the soundtracks on CDs.

Another reason is possible the movie had none of those moral issues dilemma faced by the heros in both Shrek and Toy Story, which had been the reason Monster Inc was always my top choice, until of course today. It was a movie not only for the kids but the adults. I laughed all the way through.

This movie featuring some of Hollywood's biggest names like Jack Black, Lucy Liu, Angelina Jolie and Jackie Chan, was well worth the money to watch. The plot was a typically Chinese Kungfu plot, where a bumbling panda was chosen as the dragon warrior to defeat Shen Long ( aka the Baddie)

Though the plot was a typical plot, it was the little things in the movie which made it really funny to watch. The actors especially Jack black carried his role very well and played his part to perfection. The beauty of this movie is that you never felt it was too long nor too short. Just like what Goldilocks would say, " It was just right." The movie was well scripted and i never once felt dragged along by the movie's plot.

If indeed there was a film that was a laugh a minute then folks this must be it. I highly recommend this movie to everyone 8.5 / 10

I have included the trailer

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Really ingenious answers

Below are some samples of exams questions when students are stressed out. I suppose students are getting more enterprising. Its better to try then to leave it blank

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Devotion passage - Matt 7

Matt 7:15-23

A Tree and Its Fruit

15"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

21"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' 23Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'

The men that God loves

Its been for some time now that i have wrote a devotion, so today i thought i should pen something about what God has been speaking to me. This passage is so powerful that i thought i should expand on it.

Some people believe that once save is always save, but this passage gives us a stark reminder that "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' 23Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'"
God is giving us a precursor that some of us who proclaim to know God, who in his name could drive out demons may have forfeit their rights by their life and action. What the bible essentially is trying to point out is that, just because we call ourselves Christian, we still need to change our life and do the will of God. The people God was trying to warn here are Christians who may seem zealous for God. They could be leaders or people in ministry, who seem to be doing the will of the father but something is missing in their life.

The bible also illustrates earlier that you can tell a good tree by its fruit, what God wants Christian to realize that you can tell a true Christian by the fruits in their life, so what is the fruits - Well in Galations, the bible mention the fruits of the spirit : Love, Joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

What the bible essentially mean is that God measures our love for him not by the works we do, because we can never do enough to please God. But by the life that we live and how we have changed.

Have your fruits been growing ?

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Stomp the Yard & Step up 2

Seems like hollywood is creating a lot of great dance movies. After watching so many dance movies, i would definitely rank these 2 as one of my favorite dance movie of all time. It reminds me of the good old days at my secondary school, when we use to practice dance steps and going to club. I still remember myself, david, mike Lim choreograph a dance routine.

After watching the movie, i wanted to get off my feet and those sweet moves, but alas the only thing that probably i am capable now is some belly dancing. Well i am sure me, kris and vic would make an awesome threesome.

As i am writing this, i am watching the last dance in stomp the yard. Great dance move. Good movie plot. I am still in the dark how step dancing works, but it was a well worth the watch. Will probably work some of these moves in my dream

If you like some dance action, these 2 movies are sure to set you on fire. Don't take my word for it. Rent the DVD or watch it on foxtel.

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Don't Mess with the Zohan

Just watch this movie on Monday, with Kev and Jialin. My wife wanted to watch this as well. Well with Adam Sandler in the movie, i thought at least it should be reasonable and i was not too disappointed. I have not watched the trailer so i do not know what to expect, but i thought lets give it a shot.

If you do not know about this movie then here is a quick synopsis :

This is the story about a Mossad agent Zohan Dvir, who fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist. He romances his clients by giving them "special services" in the back room. However, he is eventually recognized, and risks losing his newfound life and career.

This movie borders on the Naked Gun style comedy, but redeems itself with really funny moments, that is in my opinion still acceptable comedy. Thank goodness it did not try too hard to make itself to be a lampoon sort of comedy. If it did that i think this movie will be a disaster.

I do notice though that alot of Adam Sandler's movie has cameo's from alot of his friends in the hollywood which includes John McEnroe. If you are bored with how the movie is heading just count how many stars appear in the movie.

This is probably a guy movie, if you are the titanic sort of movie fan then i would suggest you to give this movie a miss. Rate 6.5 /10

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Definitely Maybe

After doing the pool with Allen, because my housemate Kris was too lazy in his room doing his usual afternoon routine and Victor was nowhere to be seen probably off chasing stuff. But thanks to him most of the poolside is done.

And after a nice evening Sunday dinner, we decided to rent a nice movie to watch on a relax evening. So we choose a movie called "definitely maybe" , it was sort of a romantic drama. Directed by Adam Brooks. With Ryan Reynolds as a 30-something Manhattan dad is in the midst of a divorce when his 10 year old daughter, Maya, starts to question him about his life before marriage. As he relives his past, it soon became clearer who is truly the love of his life.

This movie is not a big budget movie but it does deliver on the plot and occasionally delivers some priceless moments. If you are in the mood for love, this is a good movie to watch. This is one movie that Kris actually sat through with me.

Here is the youtube trailer

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Twin Dragon Chinese Restaurant

Ok ! I know its cliche but What a find ! These little restaurant hidden in the middle the heartland of Southland suburb is like a diamond in the ruff. The place looks a litle tired and the menus were written in broken englis. When I first step in, i thought this was it ! What did i get myself into !!

Well, the first sign that I shouldn't just judge the book by its cover, is when I saw next to us a group of aunites chomping away at the the foods with such bravado that you would think they had not eaten for days ! I knew we are onto something good.

I found later that the restaurant was bought over 6 months ago and there was a new chef. I believe from the dishes, it must be a teochew chef. One thing i like a out a good chinese restaurant is when they have dishes that is not on the menu.

I am not being biased but most chinese restaurant here serve Australianize Chinese food. Lemon chicken, mongolian lamb or beef, black bean beef, honey prawn. You can almost memorise the menu, so i am always on the lookout for something unique. And this restaurant has plenty.

Every dishes we ate was something new, except the vegetable dish, so if you are out in Willeton, make sure you try it out !


Spinach Sambal - Thats not too bad



Braised Duck


Chilli Pepper Squid



Beef Brisket



Fooking Spare Rib



Overall an 8/10 for the delicious food.

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The Incredible Hulk (2008)

What an interesting movie !!! I thought this was a sequel to the previous hulk. But apparently this was a remake of the old Ang Lee's incredible hulk. My brother Kris told me, this was done by Marvel studio so not only it is staying more true to the original hulk, but it is finally linking all the super hero movies together for the one big Movie - THE AVENGER in 2012

So if you are not a comic geek like my brother Kris and like to know more about the universe he lives in. Then you have to watch the full super hero series. Here are some tid bits which i have learned from Kris

In Ironman - if you watch the end bits, you will see Captain America's shield in the background when Tony stark is in his lab. And if you stay behind for the credits. Samuel L jackson comes on and told tony starks he wants to start an Avengers initiative.

In this Hulk - Tony stark comes on and mentions again about the Avenger's initiative

Marvel is truly starting to link all the comic hero together, good move ! Hope DC is watching and learning !

Stay tuned folks ! For the other series Captain America,Thor and Avengers. It finally coming together !

The movie itself was not as good as Ironman but it was much better than the original Ang Lee's hulk. This one was less drama and the pace was well-timed. The movie makes more sense and tackles on the hulk's issue of being a dumb green beast, because in the comics the hulk was able to change without having to be angry and also maintain Bruce's intelligence. There is a glimpse at the end where we see him change to hulk while meditating.

So if you want to know more read Kris's blog. Overall 7/10

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3:10 to Yuma

Watched this DVD last night, sounded like a chinese movie but anyway since Russell was in it, i thought it should be ok. Its an remake of an old western flick. The story lack depth and like old western film the dialogue was not so easy for the uninitiated in English.

Simple storyline, but there are parts that made no sense. Maybe its the old western movies. You see the bad guys and their posse ride into town their wanted people, no one stops them even though every villagers apparently have guns.

One part saw them ride into town, offered money to the town folks to shoot the sheriffs and the people escorting Russell Crowe the baddie. And the town folks actually got out their guns, the stupidest part was when the posse was out-numbered by the gun-slingling town folks, the town people did not even try to apprehend the bad guys but turn on the sheriff.

Not much to crowe about, if you get the drift.

Certainly one to miss - save your money for something better.... still among the new DVDs out

The top - Rogue Assassin, Rush hour 3

Enjoy your weekend

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What an eventful week - quick update

After the computer drama, i thought all was over. But every day something interesting happens, i suppose we have to take it on the chin when it comes. I got my access card for the city parking, but the card is having a hard time reading on the machine, so i have to keep pressing the intercom the whole week, hopefully i will get a new card soon.

Then 2 days ago, the western power fuse blew and caused a major blackout in our house. It was good time playing hide and seek. But we decided to sleep since it was 11pm. But i can say western power was pretty efficient, a guy came to fix in the middle of the night and all was well in the morning

But i think the best blessing we had was when we went to Saowanee's Place, we got so many free food. Like the fishcake and also the pork leg ( not on menu). Never ate so much in my life, the pork leg was delicious one of the best I ate, so i suggested to the boss to put it on the menu.

I will put the review of the restaurant later today. Yes ! Finally bird got a job at the restaurant. I wonder if she can cope with the Aussie english. hahaha..... It waits to be seen...

And finally my brother Kris got a camera and is also starting a blog. hope that its not all comics again. There are not many geeks out there though, so hopefully his blog will have other interesting stuff.

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From 2 to 4

What an interesting weekend ! My computer decided to go on a hooky and shut down 5 of the 6 sata ports, burn 2 of the 4 memory chips and created memory havoc on the hard drive. But though many died, there was still a remnant remaining in the previous computer and i manage to salvage many parts. Needless to say it was a tedious weekend trying to fix the "old boy". I would have more luck making my housemate Kris do a belly dance. Anyway send it to the pros to get it sorted out and now its a new and improve - Quad Core, 4 gig processor.

Though the exterior did not change the inside was totally transformed. Like they say "Men looks on the outward appearance but the wise IT people looks on the inside." It took me a couple of days to load the softwares test the drivers and update those that needs updating.

But 1 lesson learned - Never leaver your computer on, during a heavy thunderstorm.

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Some interesting news from around the world

HE was once the heaviest man in the world. But Manuel Uribe, the Mexican dubbed 'half-tonne man' plans to get married.

And he hopes to stand on his own two feet for the first time in years so that he can walk down the aisle for his wedding.

But for now, he weighs 324kg and can do little more than sit up in bed, reported the Telegraph.

He is so obese that when he went outside his house on his 43rd birthday on Wednesday, it was only his third outing in six years.

Mr Uribe and his bed had to be dragged outside his garage bedroom and onto the pavement outside his house in Monterrey in northern Mexico, reported Reuters.

On his birthday, he received presents of suckling pig and lamb. He sat on his bed, wearing only a bedsheet, and drank a beer.

And this after he has already shed 235kg since March 2006 on a diet of grapefruits, egg-white omelets, fish, chicken and vegetables.

He now looks set to break another world record - the greatest loser of weight - as he tones up for his wedding to hairdresser Miss Claudia Solis.

'We are in love, and this year my birthday wish is to be able to stand when we get married,' he said.

SO THERE IS STILL HOPE FOR EVERYONE IN HIS WORLD.

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BIRD is coming and Kris is Moving

Yes ! My house has official become a village. 5 people in 3 bedroom house. My sister-in-law, Bird is coming this weekend ! My wife will be happy, at least got someone to talk to besides me. Kris will be sad cause he is moving back in with Victor, and Victor will be happy cause finally ! Kris is back in his room to hear the nightly musical from Victor. To be a good friend, i have decided to buy some earplugs just in case.

Looks like a bigger house is in store, so will be praying that God can open up the door and hopefully the market will drop in price. Planning hopefully to buy a house with more bedroom. Probably not tear down this house, but continue renting - Lets see how.

Probably need a really big house with many rooms though. 6 would be idea, 7 would be fantastic. But all i can do now is wait.

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The Food and Wine Show

^{wa wine & food}

Perth Convention Exhibition Centre -- JULY 11, 12, 13 2008

Show Hours: Friday 11 July - 10am - 6pm
Saturday 12 July - 10am to 6pm
Sunday 13 July - 10am to 5pm

Ticket Prices

Show Entry Ticket Prices (incl. GST)

Adult	$25
Child (6-16yrs)~	$16
Groups (10+)	$20
Concession *	$20

As I am planning to start a food club and do some restaurant crawl. I thought it best that we can start the first initiation by going to this Food and Wine Festival. Of course, its not so much food but the wines, that are most attractive.

This is a good festival to discover new and unexplored vineyards. It was here i discovered Woodland wines, which was a great find because we managed to buy a carton of their best release, before the price shot up after great comments from James Halliday. The bottle we bought was a steal at the pre-released price

If you love wine and love food, this is a place to sample them. They also have wine shows we can attend and book, where they teach about wine. So we are planning to visit the show again to do some sampling and hopefully buy some good ones for my collection

If anyone is interested, please let me know if there is more than 10 people going we can get group discount. We will probably go on Sat as i suppose its the best time to go.

You can let me know personally or post a comment, so i can know how many people.


THE FOOD CLUB MOTTO : EAT HARD ! LIVE WELL !

Hahahahh..... of course, exercise too.....

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One of My Favourite Movie

Basic 2003

	John Travolta	...	Hardy
	Connie Nielsen	...	Osborne
	Samuel L. Jackson	...	West

This is one of my favorite movies of all time, If you have not watched it. I highly recommend this movie. Go to blockbuster or something. If i am not watching Stephen Chow, Jim Carrey or comedy genre movies. I like to watch movies that make my brain think for once.

Most movies are so predictable, that you sort of know the ending before the ending comes. Most film always start with the hero being abused or not treated well, then comes a slight moment of climax where something happens to his life or he did something really amazing. Then in the moment of euphoria, a tragedy happens - the wife dies, the girlfriend got kidnapped or his friend got killed. Then hero wows revenge on his enemy and plans for the last glorious battle. weird isn't it, that people will pay to watch the same storyline over and over again.

BUT !! This movie is absolutely a twister, it got me on the edge for the whole of the movie, cause of the twist and turns, i could not tell who was actually the good or bad guy until right at last minute of the movie.

So you could understand why i enjoyed this movie so much. So if you like to use your brains for once watching movie, then i highly recommend this film. But if brain not functioning then i suppose, skip this. It will give you a headache trying to think.

Rating 8.5/10

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Prince Caspian - 6/10

So many reviews say that it was better than the first one. And almost on par with Lord of the rings. I went in with a bit of apprehension, you can never trust reviews. Of course you can't take my review wholesale also, one man's meat another man's poison.

My housemate Victor loves oldies and those stereotype damsel in distress movies, while the other room mate loves Sci-Fi, comedy and also actoin. My wife loves thrillers, while i love action, comedy and thriller.

Maybe that is why Kris has been my housemate for all the years i have been in perth - 10 yrs. We should actually celebrate our one decade anniversary ! So KRIS... lets hold a party.

I can only say that the movie certainly did not disappoint, it was action every minute. The plot was simple and there were alot of fight scenes. But i still feel it lacks the depth to truly carry it, children book.. what can u expect.

The fight scene was reasonable but not as awesome as LOTR, so if you half-expect that kind of battle, please dont go.

But all in all its a movie worth seeing and not a bad one to boot. For entertainment value i give it a 6 /10

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The Christian Drumming King

I was chatting with Esther recently and the topic of good drummer came up. She told me she saw a video of a very good drummer. Then i was reminded of this group introduced to me by my friend Steven chow, called Tourniquet.

In the Christian Pop and Heavy metal culture. He is apparently the best drummer in the Christian circle and I think ranks among the top 15 best in the world. He is seriously very good, he writes all the songs in the group and I think its the only few Christian band that features drummers are one of the lead.

Some of their music is super have metal, like noise in the market, but that is me the non-heavy metal guy. Imagine Steve used to play this early in the morning to worship God, when we were house mates, can you imagine the racket. I seriously did not know how he do it, but i suppose God would appreciate all music.

BUT ! I must say their slow songs are EXTREMELY EXTREMELY GOOD ! Very deep lyrics - I think if you want to listen Crawl to China might be the slow album.

Anyway here is a preview of their concert and the drum solo. Ted has a video which shows him demonstrating his skill, he had a super full set of drums and he played a classical music on drums. I tried to find it but unfortunately, we are out of luck.




Watch the rhythms, beats and the technique, its serious not easy.



Hope Allen pang can be like this one day, with regular practice.

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Griff Restaurant - Belmont

GRIFF RESTAURANT

Unit 5 / 237 Knutsford Avenue,
Cloverdale WA 6105

The Saturday night we were home earlier than expected so we thought we should spend sometime relaxing. So guess what ! We did our annual ritual, that is to open the Entertainment book account with a visit to Griff restaurant in Belmont. This is the 3rd year in a row, Griff was our first place of visit. Their food was tasty for a cafe, and locating beside reading cinema helped as well.

If you ever are staying near belmont, and have entertainment book at hand, make a trip to Griff for a dinner and then go for a nice movie. This time we watched Chronicles of Narnia : Prince Caspian ( will review later )

But i can say is, I have always enjoyed my usual sojourn to Griff and this time was no exception. Their food is always well cooked and done to my liking. Casual atmosphere so you can even go in with singlets and shorts and won't feel under dress.

This time we eat oysters, Esther had a salad and i had the Baramundi dish. Cannot complain, maybe it was the thought of a relaxing saturday night or maybe it was the upcoming movie everytime i go there. But its always very enjoying

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Aquarium Restaurant - Perth

Aquarium Chinese Restaurant

• 202 Great Eastern Hwy
  Ascot 6104 WA

This was one of the chinese restaurant that was located near my place. We had tried it once before and thought since Lydia was with us, we decided to give this place another go. I read many reviews on the the restaurant online, this place i can say was designed to WOW the Aussies.

Everything in there is so upmarket that, everytime i go in with my slippers, t-shirt and shorts, i always somehow feel under dress. Lydia and Esther walked behind in case i got kicked out, but its not my fault, its a restaurant in the suburbs, what can they expect. Anyway we got in there alright, as long as you have the money, they would be happy to serve you.

This restaurant, would have beat many other chinese restaurant hands-down in terms of ambiance and design decor, no RED PILLARS, BIG CHINESE LANTERNS, what a relief. It was modern and contemporary. So the moment you enter, you somehow expect with great anticipation what dishes are in store that will whet your appetite. I heard Eugene and Esther chan had their engagement party there, so if hong kong people eat there, it should be good and rightly so.

There were some usual suspect dishes that you can tell was more catered to the Australian taste buds rather than the asian. But if you were abit more discerning, you can pick out good dishes as well. Unfortunately though, the dishes is not cheap especially those which are catered towards the asian taste buds, lets just say that unless you have a deep pocket. I suggest you avoid this place, if not i might see you washing plates at the place during my next visit.

The price ranges anyway between $20-$40 for standard dishes and Seafood to the hundreds. Of course, i do admit having tasted the steam fish on previous occasion, the quality of the food was exquisite. I suppose they have to ensure its fresh and the dishes are exceptional, with the amount we pay, i would lodge a complain if its not.

Anyway, overall i can give it a 7/10. The only thing that brought it down was orginality of the dishes. There is nothing in there that, i have not tried before, but quality and ambience wise, fantastic !

PHOTOS



Aquarium Chicken - Not bad at all






Chilli pepper squid- Not the best but still edible




Boxing Chicken - What can i say, fried chicken with tomato sauce



Beef Kailan - Ok this one is nice, well cooked and tasty

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Korean BBQ restaurant

Last friday, was the Curtin's staff celebration for Winston's ( i think that is how his name is spelled), birthday. And we went to a Korean Buffet at Myaree. I was invited by default because of my wife and Kah Sang was also invited on default because of Vivien.

Well i can say finally !! A korean buffet !! It was hard trying to find a korean buffet because i think Aussie's eat too much and korean style buffet would be deem an unprofitable venture. It was like going back to the good old day's in Singapore, the place which we used to call Seoul Garden. The price was the usual price $35, well all i can say its still worth the money, as they have prawns.

People always say you can tell a Singaporean by the way they eat buffet. Here in order of priority.

The No.1 dish which we will take is prawns or any seafood, and pile them up on one single plate,
And guess what YES !! You are right they have prawns. Then after the seafood is done, comes the meat dishes and in order of preference - Beef ( because they are more expensive), pork and then lastly chicken. Of course we will have the little rice and drinks on the side. Then after that a pinch of vegetables so that we have a little fibre and last but not least we will wait 15 minutes and then the finale desert. Of course for those with a bigger gut, second and third rounds are always on the card.

But in any case, this restaurant have the lot, although the variety is not as much as in Seoul garden but i can say it is sufficient enough.

If you like to make this a day out, UTOPIA is just round the corner and they have karaoke room as well. So i can truly say it would make a good small gathering if indeed one should want to spend time with their friends - and yes we did the singing thing till 2 in the morning.

Here are the photo of the happy boy, the gang and the food.

THE BIG SPREAD







THE BIG COOK OFF - THE WAITRESS WAS SHOWING US HOW TO COOK.






HERE IS THE BIRTHDAY BOY. I suppose Age is a sensitive Question even for a guy.... so won't say the age.














OK, so if you need to go for a nice meal and sing song.. try this place out

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Saowanee's Place - The best thai

What a place to be ! Of all the thai restaurant, i think this has got to be one of the best. In terms of taste and texture, I can certainly say this one beats Thai Corner anytime, it would be a close call though with Dusit thai, which have an impressive array of dishes.

But this place is a homely, great if you like a cosy and friendly atmosphere. The owners are friendly and would come out often to greet the customers.

One of my favorite dishes is the garlic and pepper fish, followed by the thai salad. then the tom yum soup - clear soup is the better choice.

The price is slightly cheaper than dusit thai, so its pretty reasonable. I like the pork leg dish but its only for preferred customers only and if you order in advance. We had the privilege of tasting it and it was delicious.

TOM TUM SOUP



FISH CAKE




PORK LEG




GARLIC AND PEPPER FISH




If you ever drop by Perth, this is one thai restaurant to try !

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