What is Gen-Y expecting?

Gen-Y. I am myself born in Gen-Y, the years between late 1970s and mid 1990s.

There are many publications talking about Gen-Ys on how these bunch of people reacted in the reality world etc, especially employers.

Gen-Y wants high income less work...
Gen-Y wants flexible working arrangements...
Gen-Y wants more time commitments on social media....
Gen-Y spends the moment they earn....
Gen-Y doesn't know how to save...

Etc.
Etc.

Oh well. Here's what I thought.

Gen-Ys are those lucky kids whereby their parents would have strived to earn as much money as they could in order to give themselves and their children better and more comfortable life. Perhaps this could have given the kids to think that money come into our pocket so easily and they taken all these for granted. I have few friends, their daily pocket money or even shopping pocket money from their parents during school days is already more than what they would have earned by themselves. Of course these guys thinks that employers are not paying them enough! Look! What is the cause to this phenomenon?

Alright, maybe everyone may think differently. I do agree that our employers are not paying us enough with the escalation of living costs these days. I believe all these are chain effect and income will never be higher than living costs. Once we are paid higher, our employer will definitely factor all these increased in costs into their products they sell and subsequently affecting the consumers and hence, increase in living costs again. It's a forever and ever kind of thing.

Myself, I've never live in the high pocket money life. What I'm earning now give myself a fair bit of comfortable life. I can have things which I wish to have without thinking too much. I can say that I spend like nobody business. I don't save much as I have nothing much to save after the monthly fixed commitment and spendings.

Well, I do agree that commentators have been saying that Gen-Ys do not save. Saving, is an important part of financial management but how much to save it's all depends on what is the appetite of each individuals. No one can comment on this. my point of view is that why must you sacrifice in your spendings to make your life comfortable and happy while you can? Life is so fragile and no one would ever know what will happen in the next moment. Albeit you have saved a million dollars and you have not enjoyed your life all these years just because you want to save the money, and in the end of the day you do not have the life/strength to enjoy what you have saved for your later life. What's the point then?

Perhaps many baby boomers will think differently from what Gen-Y does, but the world has evolved and things have changed. There's no right or wrong in everything. It's all depends on how you put things together.

Live or leave?

Live or leave?

Live, it means live on and continue where you are.
Leave, it means leave from where you are.

To decide whether to live or leave is a very hard decision. Many of the times, I have had the thought of leaving. I do not want to stay in the place anymore. I want to go to a place where I could do something that I want. But, what do I want to do?

To live on, I was wondering if I can handle all these which I will be facing in the near future.

I wish I will continue to receive powerful support from the right persons.

The masterpiece of ours

Recently, my sister learnt flowers arrangement and she has gone for few occasions to assist in the flower arrangement service to decorate the locations.

It's her own occasion now and she has made a few flower arrangement for herself. Look at how lovely is it!

I'm just so lucky to get the chance to capture flowers. How do they look?

Social media in recent days

In recent days, almost everyone has got a smartphone or a tablet, if not a computer. As such, these people can't seem to live without social media apps and of course myself!

Look at these social media apps on which have been installed in my smartphone.

Facebook - A must have social media app to me. On Facebook, I've got many friends who are living all around the world. We do not meet each other for a real long time but Facebook has given me the chance to know what is happening to my friends.

Facebook Messenger - This app is part and parcel of Facebook app which allows me to chat with friends on Facebook.

Instagram - An app to post interesting photographs with various filters. It links to Facebook and Twitter.

Hangouts - This app used be to known as "Google Talk" or we commonly called it GTalk. I started using GTalk since I started working. My seniors likes using GTalk while talking to each other. Hmmm... for some reasons. Recently, Google has come out with Hangouts that replaces GTalk. It's a little difficult to adapt with the new app honestly. My contacts in my earlier GTalk has gone missing and I have to manually add in our contacts one by one. I do not really appreciate this thing.

Twitter - I used to twit a lot when this app firstly launched. Unlike Facebook, it is mainly an app that allows its users to post a short note. It is now an app for me to know the latest news as I've followed many news page.

Weibo - This is like a Chinese Twitter. This app is quite awesome. Many artistes from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong has official accounts on this media. It allows me to follow these artistes and I get updates about them through this space. Quite cool! There are also various interesting accounts that gives me good reads. 

Skype - Skype is commonly used by people for video call over the computer. Honestly speaking, I've not used the app on my phone. I'm not sure why did I even install it. LOL!

Line - This app is just another messenger app but it comes with very cute stickers. However, another interesting part of Line is that it comes with few side games. You can send any game requests to your contacts on Line.

Pintrest - This is an interesting app. It allows us to pin any pictures onto the wall. You can also repin other's pictures as well by categorising them into various category. Oh well, I hardly use this app but I will still browse through it when I'm bored.

WeChat - This app is quite similar to Line app. The interesting part of this app is that you can add and chat with anyone in the world. What you need to do is just searching by shaking your phone or let the phone identify users using GPS function. That's sounded cool but I'm refraining from that. I will not chat with strangers too easily.

Viber - This is an app which is commonly use for voice call via internet data. It is useful when you have unlimited internet data else it wouldn't help much in cost saving.

Last but not least, Whatsapp! Looks like many people can't live without this app anymore. This app has almost replaced the traditional SMS. It's like an all time app where we will be chatting, sending pictures, emoticons, voice messages, etc. 

There are countless applications on Google Play or iTunes for social media. How many of them are really very popular among the users around the world?

Mama Kitchen Restaurant @ Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI)

I was introduced to Mama Kitchen many years ago and I visit this place quite frequently. I finally decided to have a review on this restaurant. 

As the label of the restaurant suggest, it serves good loh see fun. I seriously come here for only one or two dishes.

More often than not, my family will start to order without looking at the menu as we have known what is good here. What I want to give a praise here is the sambal chilli sauce. I personally think it's really good and matches the taste of the loh see fun well.

I'm a garlic fan and often request for garlic and mix them with the sambal chilli sauce.

Here comes the big sized pot of lou see fun! Look at the freshness of the egg. The pot comes with minced pork and some prawns.

Other than loh see fun, my mum just loves having cantonese fried noodle. Their cantonese fried noodle is not bad actually.

These two dishes are actually up to my expectation. One bad thing about this restaurant is they can be inconsistent at times. One time may be very delicious, the other time may be disappointing. But I still will revisit the place after some time hoping that there is some surprises. In fact, this time of my visit, with the above photos, they taste good and satisfying.

The restaurant is located in TTDI.

Mama Kitchen Restaurant
48, Jalan Datuk Sulaiman,
Taman Tun Dr Ismail,
60000 Kuala Lumpur.

(Closed on Thursday)

Nyonya Restaurant at SS2

There are few restaurants in SS2 serving nyonya cuisine. I recently visited the Nyonya Restaurant at Jalan SS2/24, Petaling Jaya.

The ambience of the restaurant gives me a very calm feeling. Guess that's the effect of their colourful Nyonya arts in the whole space.

 We have ordered a few dishes and they came by to have all spicy dishes. Woah! Such a tongue tester to me.

Sayur Paku dish with shrimp. To be honest, I rarely have the chance to eat paku and I never know how tasty this greeneries is until I have this plate of dish.

Here comes the Curry Kapitan. Look at the gravy! Oh my gawd! Best of the best! This is the type of gravy I love.

Sambal Petai. I seriously want to give a thumbs-up to the owner of the restaurant. Petai comes with two different species, one is Petai Padi and another is Petai Papan. Both have the pungent smell which many people dislike but Petai Papan actually taste less strong than Petai Padi. The owner of this restaurant uses Petai Padi for their Sambal Petai. This really gives me a great satisfaction to my cravings.

Brinjal or we call it Eggplant. I never like eating Brinjal. The slimy texture of the vegetables is quite disgusting in a way. But honestly, this dish is well cooked. I've eaten even a few slices of it. But again, it's spicy. Perhaps that's the reason why it doesn't tastes as disgusting as I thought.

 Last but not least, Assam Fish Head. Thinking of this dish, I'm drooling already. The sour taste together with the spiciness of the gravy.

We had the Cendol as desserts. This is quite disappointing. Guess it's because I have had the best cendol before this.

Overall rating of this restaurant, I will give 8/10. The fact is the dishes served are genuinely tasty with good ambience. On the pricing, I think that's what PJ prices are. I believe it could be cheaper. I'm not sure. But it's worth a place to visit.


Nyonya Restaurant (Pork Free)
52, Jalan SS2/24,
47300 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor

Business hours:
Monday to Friday
Lunch: 11.30a.m. to 3.00p.m.
Dinner: 6.00p.m. to 9.30p.m

Saturdays and Sundays
Lunch: 11.30a.m. to 3.00p.m.
Dinner: 6.00p.m. to 10.00p.m

Joss sticks at the temple

We often see joss sticks at the temple. People who pray at the temple will burn joss sticks to the God of Honour of the temple they are at.  

I don't go to temple very often but I will do once in a while. Some will go on every first day and the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar. It depends on individual culture and belief I suppose.

I don't know a lot about the Chinese religion background but I thought it is good to get some blessings from the God of Honour at the temple I used to visit.

The temple I visit is often visited by overseas tourists and I find it interesting to see the Englishmen being so interested with our culture and take that as a scene of photography. I've decided to be one today as well. I hope my shot taken is not that bad.

Enjoy.

GoodSkin Labs - Circleplex-2

Dark circles, it is often the concern across all generation. Of course, it is also the major concern by myself.

I have dark circles under my eyes since I was very young. I think it's because of too much crying when I was a baby and not having enough sleep. Haha! Oh well, on top of that, I often do not get enough sleep since I started working and puffy eyes, dark circles etc are attacking me. It troubles me a lot. I've been using a lot of products and none of them can help much of it.

About few months ago, when I was browsing through the shelves of the local pharmacy, I was introduced by the shop assistant to the GoodSkin Labs - Circleplex-2.

The packaging comes with two compartments of cream. One for day use while the other for night use. The one for day use is a little tainted while the night cream is more moisturized.

After few months using the product, I do not think my existing dark circle has any reduction effect. What I believe is, at least, it has prevented my dark circles becoming worse. One plus point about this product is, it actually helps reduced my puffy eyes in the morning. Often, I wake up in the morning with very serious puffy eyes, however, after applying the cream by massaging it over the eyes, I could feel the immediate relief under my eyes.

This eye cream comes in the size of 10ml each for the day cream and night cream and it can last me for really a long time. It's worth the value to have it as part of my daily facial use.

As what I often believe, Good stuff are meant to be shared.

Pitbull - Timber (feat. Ke$ha)

It's going down, I'm yelling timber

You better move, you better dance

Let's make a night, you won't remember

I'll be the one, you won't forget

What a catchy music this song has.

Thumbs up to Pitbull with the new song featuring Ke$ha. I seriously find Pitbull is really good at selecting the right female voice to feature in his songs. From the last Feel This Moment with Christina Aguilera, and it's now - TIMBER.

I can't stop playing this song through my music player. It is really a great song that could cheer my tiring day up. Good stuff.