Lamb @ Las Vacas

Rockstar have been going with his bro(s) to this place which he always brags to me about after... and with much pestering, he finally brought me there.... 

Fresh beef & lamb for picking... 

Choosing our meat.. 

Random stuff while waiting..

Ugly pictures of us..

a pose Rockstar is always in... with his handphone.. 

Finally it arrived.. 

5 slabs of well-done beef with 2 sides of fries and garlic bread..

Verdict : Delicious!!!! Cooked to perfection. Meat was tender and soft. The fats just oozes and melts in my mouth... Total meal with drinks cost about RM70. Good value for the amount we had.. 

We couldn't finish it so we packed them for lunch the next day. I heated it up again and enjoyed my beef steak for the 2nd time... Not as good as the night before but the meat still maintained its flavour..

And then the following week, Edwin (me twinnie fiance) had cravings for lambs.. so we found ourselves back at Las Vacas. It was a Saturday night and we arrived in time to get the last table. The rest were fully reserved. 

Beef sausages. Big and and full of beefy taste :)

Our 6 slabs of beef..

Salad side

Garlic bread side

Total meal for 4 person with drinks : RM100

Verdict : Beef didn't taste as good as the first time. Maybe its due to the number of patrons that night. The meat was kinda tough. And what I did't like was that the food got cold really fast.  However, I will definitely go back for more... Its good, and cheap and cooked to my liking :) and maybe next time, I'll use my hands...

Las Vacas

No.23, Jalan SS 5!/11,

Kelana Jaya 47301, 

Petaling Jaya

tel : 03-7874 0881/2

www.lasvacasmeat.com

All about kids

Rockstar is again out of the country... which leaves me a lot of me time. So far on my list I have - Justice League Doom, Criminal Minds Season 4 & 5, Hawaii Five-0, lots of blog posts and of cos catch up on back dated work and Boys' Brigade SOP's, paperwork and planning. 

Clay Pot Loh Shi Fun. Breakfast with Rockstar before his flight. 

Anyway, my weekend has been pack again... After being so long as Captain, I realized I miss teaching and working with kids on a more personal basis. So this year's plan its to do just that.. I've have started teaching Target Badge class; which is the first thing Recruits need to attend. So this whole year, I will be dealing with 13 years old kids most of the time. So far, I have yet to strangle them or kick them out my class... hopefully it'll stay that way :)

Due to lack of officers, I have also taken up a role as a Squad Officer. Squad 4 is under me. I have 5 boys and 1 girl age ranging from 14 to 16 years old. It's been good so far. I'm trying to change their perspective of seeing me not just as a 'garang' captain but a friend. 

I've also decided to play a bigger role at Kidz@5, Saturday service children ministry. Its really different when I deal with Sunday School children and Boy's Brigade children. Now, I can understand better why our founder, Sir William Alxander Smith, started The Boys' Brigade. But this is a younger bunch from age 4 - 8 years old. 

It's tiring switching from  4 years old kids to 13 years old, then to 17 years old and then to 25 years old and even 45 years old every weak. But I'm relying on God's strength and grace. :)

Here's some backstage pictures with kids form Kidz@5 & Babez@5 during last year Christmas presentation which I have yet to post up. 

Youngsters are constantly on the go. Hard to keep up with them :)

Free Advice

Sorry for the lack of post lately. Been super busy with wedding stuff and work..

Guess what? I went for my pre-wedding photo shoot yesterday and gosh, its super tiring. But despite having to stand on heels the entire day and smiling and posing at weird angles, I had fun. *surprise! surprise* And might consider another photo shoot but this time a more casual one..

Anyway, here's some stuff I learned and wanna share :

1. Go at separate timing to prevent time wastage. Rockstar & I arrived at the studio about 9.30am-ish. I finished my make-up and hair-do about 11.30am. He went for breakfast and spend the rest of the time sleeping on the coach. Girls normally need longer time to get ready.

2. Talk to the photographer before the day. We only meet the photographer on the day itself and it took some time before we got comfortable with each other. And we actually wanted something more natural and relax but he had a different mindset, which is also good cause he manged to direct two noobies in modelling :) But we didn't get to use much of the props that we lugged around the entire day.

3. Choose your photographer wisely. We wanted something more natural and relax which the photographer was not. I'm not saying he is no good but he had a different style. He is more professional and experience in serious shots. If you want something more casual, he would not be able to provide it for you.

4. Remember to check for additional cost. We paid RM3988 for the whole package... but apparently it wasn't enough. We have to pay another RM90 for body foundation, *anyone getting married and wanna share half a bottle?*,  RM70 for 2 pairs of eyelashes, RM140 for 4 bottles of ampule, RM12 for facial sponge. And we were not informed that the photographer, videographer and make-up artist will be sitting in our car and since our car couldn't fit, we had to pay them additional RM50 to cover petrol and parking to use their own car.

5. Check the number of dresses (indoor/ outdoor/designer/ new design) that they have before signing up for a package. A lot of dresses couldn't fit me as I am quite petite and apparently not all dresses can be taken for outdoor photo shooting. And also, check the cost if the gowns get damage. One of the dresses I tried had a damage cost of RM1k. Not worth the paying. Select something easier to maintain. And yes, the possibilities of damage is high. eg. wine stains, water and mud stains if its raining, torn fabric caught on heels or chairs, or even your diamond ring.

6. Bring photos and pictures of what you want and show it to the photographer. He or she will at least have some ideas. If you like certain hair styles, bring and show your make-up artist. Don't just expect her to understand what you want. But listen to their advice too as they have experiences.

7. Bring books/ newspaper/ iphone or something to pass time. Girls need more time to get ready and in between shots, change of dress means change of hair-do and make - up; which will take up approximately 30- 45 minutes each. There will also be more solo shots of girls. 

8. Wear comfortable heels. I brought 4 pairs but ended up wearing 1 of my moist uncomfortable pair the entire day. Talk about having to stand on one leg, balance on my toes, at an awkward angle, smiling and making sure I look effortless. Gosh!!! And 100% of the time, my shoes didn't show. So you can't even see if I am wearing my nice 5 inch heels or just flip flops. 

9. Remember to keep you chin up, relax your shoulders, push your chest up, turn your face to the light and smile :)

Overall, I am very happy with the outcome. Even though I have not seen the pictures yet, I saw some through the camera screen and it looks better then I expected. Just hoping that the photos comes out good and that we don't look weird. I can't recognize myself under the make-up and hair-dos. :)

Yeah! I need to lose weigh pronto... been piling on the kgs :(