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April 13th, 2011

Major Dubai Upload

by elena.kwok

DUBAI!!!

Dubai was a beautiful place. I would love to go back there for the FOOD but I wasn’t fond getting driven by crazy cabbies. Somehow, I find Malaysian drivers are quite polite.

We’ve taken quite a number of pictures of the sand, the skyscrapers, the food and most importantly, the scenery.

The interior of Wafi Mall

The Pyramid

The Horus

We are very serious when we choose our dish for lunch

Noodle Factory Menu which is simplified.. and yes the prices can be a little notch higher

Jake’s Yaki Udon with Lemongrass Chicken & Tiger Prawns

Elaine’s Korean Kimchi with Grilled Beef

And… my Singapore seafood laksa in coconut curry broth

(so, we’ve got Japanese, Korean and Singaporean)

The view from Noodle Factory

Nice to see only

Please find Jake’s masterpiece below.. this picture looks so real and yet it looks like pastel art drawing

Taken at the junction near Dry Docks

(it was man-made to look like part of the docks)

The Burj Khalifa

The musical fountain

Candylicious attracted both the young and the old

At The Top is where we shall go

Security Check

Dubai strives for inspiration and it really gave me some. Thank you!

We were lucky enough to buy the tickets on-line early. It was sold out on the day we went.

View from The Top but we weren’t exactly at the top. I would probably go weak in my knees if I was on top of the world

There’s still a long way to go…

Pricey souvenirs

The names of People who contributed to Burj Khalifa, both physically and mentally

Our amazing view from Novotel, World Trade Centre

Dow Cruise (Dinner + Sightseeing)

It was COLD…..wind blowing cold air.. shivers

DHS 1 to cross the river using this mode of transport

The many skyscrapers of Dubai.. I just love the building designs

SALMONTINI – fine dining (Elena-jakun)

Classy decor

It was snowing inside Mall of Emirates :p

Even the utensils are scaled

I really loved the lemonade with mint leaves

The best seafood soup or should I say broth… EVER!

(can you spot the chunky salmon, tuna and mackerel and dory?)

My dish which was Salmon with couscous and spicy Harissa sauce

(eventually, I surrendered cause I found out I’m not a fan of couscous)

Jake’s Duck with Risotto which was cooked to ‘perfecto’ @ ‘al-dante’

(which eventually became my dish and I would prefer risotto over couscous)

OMG… Fudge Sundae = Paradise

This is the cafe’ for the wealthy.. they rest and have a cuppa and we enjoy the view

Guess what branded stores are these below:

ANSWERS: Top: DIOR, Middle: GUCCI, Bottom: Louis Vuitton

What a fantastic wrap! Bread with mint leaves, bay leaves, goats’ cheese, pickled and condiments

Mixed Skewers

FYI, Sephora will be opening at Starhill Gallery soon! Be sure not to missed it!

On our way to The Palm

Pictures below are of Atlantis, The Palm

For our last day in Dubai, we went for Desert Safari

Dining Area

There were performances too by the locals; belly dancing, fire show, etc.

THE END

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March 11th, 2011

OH yeah… it’s been some time since I’ve halted on blogging. There were so much going through my mind and life that for a minute there; well probably for days, I thought my blog would be shutting down.
There’s just not enough time for me to sit down in front of my lappie and blog; let alone cropping pics and resizing them. I’m leaving for another exhibition later today and finally, I have the time to sit here and start typing (sorry didn’t managed to post them before I left for KLIA - so this is a week due).
In between packing and tidying, I found the time to re-size some pictures of Frankfurt. Forgive me, I did not fair well in beautifying them. Besides, there were only a few. There’s not much of Frankfurt these days that wowed me besides the food and the cold weather I have to endure.

Anyways, just a short description with ‘points’ of the days I spent in Frankfurt.

COLD
DRY
FOOD
CASTLES
INFECTION
PAPERWORLD
ACCESSORIZE
JET-LAGGED

There you go… COLD is for the weather. DRY is also for the weather as it was sooo cold that our skin dried up pretty much till it was flaky. Yuck! I know! Therefore, we got ourselves Nivea’s SOS Therapy which cannot be found here :p. And then there was FOOD which was yummy at times, bland at times and what’s with the big portions? CASTLES…seriously, Elaine loves castles. Everywhere she goes, she has to visit a castle. No matter a town away, how high we got to climb, she must visit a castle. By the way, she’s looking for castles with existing bedrooms. She wants to witness how does the bedroom of a medieval era looked like. For me, I enjoy looking through the ruins and its structure. Now, that fascinates me. And then, there’s INFECTION. Urrgh.. I was actually having coughs and sore-throat while flying. So with the air pressure + the altitude, I googled and found out I was having ‘Otitis Media’. It sounds resonating but I actually thought I was going deaf in one ear. So, I visited the ER, got my consultation, prescription and that’s it. Don’t worry, I’m all fine now. The reason of Frankfurt visit is of course for the PAPERWORLD exhibition. This year our booth was slightly bigger – YAY! ACCESSORIZE… omg so many Accessorize shops in Frankfurt. I got myself a beautiful necklace and Judith plenty of girly stuff and of course souvenirs for family members. After getting used to the cold weather in Frankfurt, it was time to fly back to Kuala Lumpur. We arrived the night before CNY so it was kinda rush. Then, that’s where the JET-LAGGED comes in. That’s my description of Frankfurt. Photos are below:-