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I Had These for Two Continuous Nights!

Today I’m going to share about some really good domestic experiences.

Almost eight out of ten times when we had to eat out or order take away for dinner, we (or I?) opt to get our food at this hawker centre in Tanjung Tokong, Penang, just right beside Penang Chinese Swimming Club. And almost 9.9 out of ten times when we were there, I had my favourite Tomyam noodles.

This week, for two continuous night, I had the exact same dishes. I’m starting to remember the girl who lived in Singapore for a few months and had Singapore fruit rojak for FOUR continuous days – yes that’s me, and I did fall sick after that.

The first dish is, of course, my favourite Tomyam noodles. Sour, spicy with lots of big prawns and chicken (I ordered without fish).

This is the stall selling the heavenly dish. That’s the stall owner on the right. I heard that her wife, the chef, is from Thailand.

And lately I’ve been quite into fried oyster, a typical hawker dish in Penang. The stall selling fried oyster in this hawker centre wasn’t really impressive, but about 1-2 months ago, I *think* they’ve either changed the owner or done something with the existing chef, and I’m loving this mouth-watering dish from them!

This is the stall selling my favourite fried oyster.

So if anyone of you happen to visit Penang (or if you are in Penang but have never been to this hawker centre), this is how it looks like. It’s just right along the main road of Tanjung Tokong so you are not likely to miss it. The name? Restoran Tanjung Tiga Dua Lapan a.k.a Restaurant Tanjung Three-Two-Eight. Teehee.

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Pooch Green Saturday: Reusable Chopstick.

* May the party of boo-ing begins! *

I know. I have missed so many posts on the supposedly daily green steps. This is the first thing on my New Year’s Resolution and within a month, I’ve already failed. Boo.

So I thought, perhaps it will be easier for me to keep up if I make it a weekly post. And WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF IT WHEN I MADE THE DARN LIST?!

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I’ve been owning this pair of reusable chopstick since quite a while ago. I don’t remember bringing it out together much but I’ve been improving on that lately. I’ve rejected quite a number of disposable chopsticks when I ate out. Just like the tiffin carrier, it could be a little inconvenient at first, but it’s really just a matter of making it into a habit. After all, it’s our own health and earth that we are eating.

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While We Were Waiting.

We made two storage bins using samples for our label and thought of donating at least one of them to craft hope for Haiti.

Storage bin for Craft Hope for Haiti.

Wah actually wanted to donate both. We haven’t made a decision yet, since they won’t be open for donation until next week. We will see.

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And while we were busy taking photos, check out this little girl (my niece!) with an awesome little drawing on her knee.

Look at the smiley on my knee!

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I Wasn't Lazing Around...

Over the past two days, while waiting *patiently* for our new labels to arrive, I was working on our never-perfect website. We were supposed to have it up by the end of Jan 2010, but of course, was caught in the middle of all the work. So I took this waiting-opportunity to work on it. The only thing is, I wanted all the product photos – if possible – to have our new labels on. I guess I’ll just have to wait a little more…

Here are some sneak previews. Still a lot of work and detailing. For those who didn’t know, this is how me and Wah work. I sketch and draft in Illustrator or whatever scrap paper, and he does the coding. Why? You may ask. Well that’s because I draw better and he codes better. That’s what partnership is all about, right?

I wonder if we can have it up by the end of February 2010…

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All It Takes Is A Little Consistency and Humour.

After the unexpected exposures and sudden boom in sales earlier this month, things have kinda fallen back to a manageable level.

I’m kinda exhausted. Now this whole business thing is hitting me. I kinda realise that to successfully run our online business, I have to practically market and promote 24 hours a day – this sounds kinda obvious for any form of business but for some reason, I don’t REALISE it as much as I do now. Well the good – and bad – part about an online business is that your limit is probably the moon.

OK. Time to grow up. Fast.

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For the past two weeks I’ve found and read this new blog and am seriously loving it. dooce®. If you didn’t know, the author, Heather B. Armstrong is one of the most popular “mommyblogger” in the world, and was recently named by Forbes Magazine as one of the 30 most influential women in media (quoted from Design Happens). She is (or sounds) real, and absolutely hilarious – and I think she is nowhere near the type of traditional ‘mommyblogger’ that we’ve known. And most of all, together with her family, she has two dogs, with the younger one also named Coco (ooopss, sorry, it has to be COCO!! for her) and happened to be an awful dog.

Perhaps all dogs named Coco are awful?

Yes Coco, you hear me. Knowing that other Coco-s out there are as bad (or worse!) as you are, it makes me feel A LOT better.

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