Happy Chinese New Year Buffet Lunch at Cititel Hotel

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Above is a video assembled by me with free chosen Chinese music that I gave credits to at the end of the video. Unfortunately for Instagram video, it was cut to only 1 minute at the most, unless it is IGTV where you can watch for a longer time. This was a series of photos and videos taken at Cititel Hotel during the 2nd day of the CNY. We also tossed yee sang, a small plate enough for the remaining 4 of us, since dad is with Jesus now. The CNY decorations were awesome and I took the liberty to snap a photo of the decor for posterity. It was a buffet lunch with half price for senior citizens. Mum's best friend and a church member, Eng Kooi, had passed away recently due to old age. According to mum, his wife went to bed early not knowing that her hubby had passed on in the sitting room by the next morning. It was a silent funeral, not many people knew about it and he was eventually cremated.

Anyway, CNY is supposed to be a happy occasion and I shall dwell on pleasing kinds of stuff this lunar year of the rat. Below are my pictures that you can take your time to swipe to the left by clicking on the ">" button on the right side of the photos of my Instagram account. I am aware I am not popular with some readers here and some of you may be stalking this blog of mine, but who cares? I cannot go around pleasing everyone. You are bound to make foes out of people especially when they see you doing well and want to imitate you but hate you at the same time.

Here are the pictures below: Enjoy my friends!

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One Secret to Prevent a Heart Attack

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The gist of the video is this: Stress releases cortisol that triggers a heart attack due to environmental stress and mental stress! This video was presented by an Indian Geriatrician, a specialist who treats older people. The video is very informative and certainly applied to dad, who at that time, we were not aware of the seriousness of the stress that he went through staying in a nursing home. Even though there were food, shelter, and maids, the stress came from his bloody room-mate who was fondling the maids and hanky-pankying around at night while dad was his room-mate trying to sleep at night. Before this joker and womanizer came, dad had the room to himself. Hence, he had complete privacy.

So, this video is shown in tribute to dad's suffering and the 5th heart attack that took his life. Moreover, dad was stubborn. When he knew he had the first sign of a heart attack, he was very reluctant to go for surgery and bypass. I am not sure if money was the root of the problem or the lack thereof. The last straw was when his youngest sister dated a married man and his wife came to complain to dad, which added to his stress and due to his aging cognitive thinking, he mistook mum to have an affair instead! Therefore, he lost all hope to live and surrender everything to God and I was the last one to see him that fateful night. He complained of chest pain even though I touch his heart slightly to pray for him. From the nurses, dad woke up at 3:00 am to request for a cup of Milo at IJN and eventually passed on early in the morning at around 5:00 am on 17th December 2018.

Dine like a Don at Uncle Don's

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I was having dinner at Uncle Don's last week where the tag line states "Dine like a Don", whatever that means. A quick check-up in Google defines "a don" as "a university teacher, especially a senior member of a college at Oxford or Cambridge." Wow! What an honor! The food that we ordered was fish and chips with veggies on the side, and for me, mushroom soup with butter garlic slices, since I need to lose weight. Hence, I had a lighter dinner than the usual heavy complete meal. The ambiance was full of upbeat music with many patrons outside seated on high chairs with high tables ordering beer and alcohol.

There were many stands of congratulatory bouquets of fresh flowers sprucing up the entrance of the restaurant, newly opened in Penang Times Square, facing Dato Keramat Road. The waiters and waitresses were attentive and responsive. Perhaps "new brooms sweep clean." And I hope they maintain this good service. This place was formerly occupied by Beer Factory, but unfortunately, it could not take off. So that place was left vacant for quite sometime before the Kuala Lumpur establishment took over, by Uncle Don's - Dine like a Don!

Splendid Ocean Theme of Chinese New Year Decorations in Queensbay Mall

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I was in Queensbay shopping mall yesterday and took the liberty to video record the awesome decorations of an ocean theme. There was a giant inflatable oyster with a shiny pearl, even the floor has an ocean theme and such. I was there during dinner time to drink avocado mixed with pineapple juice, and 'Hokkien' beehoon. I am also trying to lose weight, and have gone down to 72kg from 80kg. I still need to lose some weight for a healthier BMI. My doctor had advised me to avoid sugars and complex sugar like carbohydrates present in rice, bread, and noodles.

As you can see from the video, the decorations filled up the entire central atrium, with giant bubbles hanging from the ceiling and sea creatures with seaweeds and algae, etc. When I recorded this splendid video and put it on my Instagram account, I was followed by QueensbayMall Instagram. Apparently, they like my video of almost the whole decoration taken from the 2nd or 3rd floor, I cannot quite recall. Anyway, enjoy my work.

Awesome Chinese New Year Decorations in Gurney Drive's 2 Upscale Shopping Malls, Penang

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Above is a video taken by me of the beauty of Gurney Plaza Chinese New Year (CNY) Decorations with neon lights, music, and the 1970s era of time. Even the floors have floor stickers of pebbles and decorations. I can feel the atmosphere of CNY coming with the festive season just around the corner. We will have a simple reunion dinner of ala carte meals each; just 4 of us since dad has gone to be with Jesus. The video speaks for itself; and if a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth a million words!

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Above is another short video taken at Gurney Paragon when Gurmit Singh of the comedy "Phua Chu Kang" fame who was the invited host for the count down to 2020. Now Gurney Paragon is next to Gurney Plaza with 2 towers of Condominiums above. However, Gurney Plaza is more popular since it was managed by the Capital Land of Singapore. The REITs ticker name is CMMT, of which I have a few lots. At the moment, it is not doing so well but gives dividends regularly. So there, you have it, 2 videos of the high-end shopping malls in Gurney Drive, Penang

Dancing and Singing with Free Buffet Dinner at Quayside in 2019

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Pretty performers in glittering dress.

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The video was captured by me during a year-end party in Quayside Condo in 2019. The upbeat music certainly keeps us condo residents entertained with sequined dresses, ostrich feathers and more. The 70s hair was done nicely to fit into that era. The performers were pretty, slim and sexy too. Well, they did their best to entertain us with high expectations and no less. This was taken after our buffet dinner of mains, turkey, desserts, drinks, ice-cream, satay, fried 'koay teow,' etc.

Also, the dancers changed their colorful costumes belting different numbers each time they come on stage. It lasted till midnight or so, but we went back after the lucky draw prizes were announced. Some of the Caucasian residents danced to the beat and stayed up late till the end. In the meantime, enjoy my simple video shot using my iPhone X.

Psychology of Colors and Starbucks

God made the rainbow to have seven colors from white light, which are split up into all the seven colors after a thunderstorm. I love colors and used to play around with my paper of colorful paints. MacDonalds chose the colors red and yellow so that you get excited when you see yellow and buy more food, while red makes you impatient so that you eat and quickly leave after that. Hence, there is a reason why red and yellow are now very popular colors. Companies and banks like Ambank copied or rather created the same colors for their logos. Grey and earthy colors make you look insipid, while bright colors make you stand out from the crowd.

Below is a detailed infographic from webfx.com, which has come out with examples of logos of various colors accordingly. For example, Starbucks and Seven-Eleven chose green as their logo theme. For your information, you might like to know that "If Howard Schultz gave up after being turned down 242 times by banks, there would be no Starbucks." Below is a picture of Mr. Schultz.

Here is a very nice long and detailed infographic by webfx.com with the corresponding company logos sorted according to their color themes. Just check it out yourself, and this picture is worth a million words. When I saw it on Pinterest, it caught my attention, I thought this must be written as a blog post for posterity. Simply click on the infographic to enlarge to its original size to read more details below: