Aurora

GUEST PHOTOGRAPHER: Ernesto Olivares Busto

How stunning is this! This season's first amazing northern lights played and swayed in the skies over Reykjavik last week, granting a stunning display of plasmic green for anyone who bothered to look up into the midnight heavens.

The key elements of an auroral show - crisp weather, ionized solar wind and darkness (not available in the summer months, remember) - plus the gorgeous lighting of downtown Smoke City came together beautifully for Ernesto and his camera. Be sure to keep an eye out for them this weekend because, as SpaceWeather.com puts it, "The onset of northern autumn means it's aurora season. For reasons researchers don't fully understand, equinoxes are the best times to see Northern Lights," and today is the Autumn Equinox. In addition, a nice flow of solar wind is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field this weekend.

Ernesto is the caretaker of Our House, an award-winning hostel that I mentioned in a previous post. He takes consistently amazing photos of his adopted city, many of them from the balcony of the hostel. Go visit his Facebook Page, Rvk Pics, to see more of his great photography.

So, Gleðilega Haustjafndægur, everyone! May you find lovely balance in your life!!

Snow Skin Mooncakes for sale

I am selling homemade snow skin mooncakes. 1 box consist of four mooncakes. 1 box cost RM56.

My mooncakes comes with a choice of filling:
1) Lotus
2) White lotus
3) Yam
4) Red bean

Free delivery. To order, send me an email to obinetreats@gmail.com or sms or whatsapp your order(s) to 0122002169.
Tell me:
1) quantity ( as in number of boxes)
2) type of fillings
3) Full Name
4) Contact number
5) Address for delivery
6) Date of delivery

Since It is freshly baked, so special request such as lesser sugar or additional Almond bits for your mooncakes is possible.
Orders need to be sent in at least two days before the delivery date.

Any further inquiries, please email obinetreats@gmail.com.
Also, for more Obine treats for parties or tea or functions, visit obinetreats.blogspot.com

Humour #2: He is famous

Mc Donald's Samurai Burger

Another burger to add to my recommended BURGER LIST!

"Let your tastebuds bow down to the Samurai Burger. A formidable mix of juicy quarater pounder beef patty, dipped in sweet teriyaki, topped with special sauce, flanked with crunchy lettuce and golden toasted bun. It's simply a mouth-watering force!"

Mc Donald's new Samurai Burger was pretty good! I did not have much expectation of it, but it surprised me. I opened the burger box and saw a pretty decent size burger. When i took one bite, it was actually very delicious that a second and third bite was not vey far away. I liked the sauce that was drenched onto the burger pattt. Also, the burger patty was not dry and it was tender to my liking. For drinks, we had a choice of carbonated drink or a drink called Samurai Fizzy. I chose Samurai fizzy which was actually a mixture of ribena and sprite. It was good too!!

Price for samurai set:
Regular set: rm11.15 ( includes tax)
Large set: rm12.45

So should order large since the price difference isnt that big. Also, there is a spicy shaker powder for fries provided if you order the large set.

Try it... Its really good!

My burger experience rankings. Click on links to read more:

First place: Kaw Kaw Burger, Puchong Utama

Second place: Abang Burn Burger Bakar, Taman Dagang

Third Place: My Burger Lab, Taman SEA

Fourth Place: Mc Donald's Samurai Burger

Fifth Place: German Deli, Ampang Jaya

Sixth place: Chilli's Cheeseburger, KLCC/Midvalley

Humour #1: The Apple

If you can't afford an Apple laptop, herr is the next best thing:

McDonald's Samurai Beef Burger

Update: I tried the burger, blogged about it and I loved the burger!! Click to read

Samurai Beef Burger - Another burger to try!
I read somewhere that it was sold in McDonalds long long time ago and it was the most delicious burger.... Gotta try it to find out! It is for a limited time only

My burger experience rankings. Click on links to read more:

First place: Kaw Kaw Burger, Puchong Utama

Second place: Abang Burn Burger Bakar, Taman Dagang

Third Place: My Burger Lab, Taman SEA

Fourth Place: Mc Donald's Samurai Burger

Fifth Place: German Deli, Ampang Jaya

Sixth place: Chilli's Cheeseburger, KLCC/Midvalley

Village Park @ Damansara Uptown and Dessert @ Tong Pak Fu

My friends and I met up for lunch yesterday at Village Park at Damansara Uptown. I was there at around 11.30am and parking, I must say, was a nightmare. Illegally parked cars everywhere due to lack of parking spaces. It was also the time of the day where the policemen were giving out summons to those cars.

Village Park was famous for their nasi lemak. I had nasi lemak with ayam goreng which cost RM8.30. It was  more on the pricey side. Anyway, the nasi lemak was not the super spicy kind of sambal and the rice was normal... As for the fried chicken, I liked it because the chicken was not dry nor tough. Pretty good.

Would I go there again? Due to the parking problems, I would not suggest to makan there. Stress only when eating thinking of getting a summon. The food was ok la. Nothing to rave about....

After that, we went to Paradigm mall for dessert at Tong Pak Fu. It was my first time there eventhough I have seen it around a lot. I had the green tea shaved ice. It was good. Not too sweet. I didn't like the jelly or balls that came with it though. Now this place was something different and worth another visit.

Had a great time catching up with my friends :)