Fabulous Time at The Big Bad Box Sale and 6th Read malaysia Book Fair, MIECC

Mamarazzi read that the Big Bad Wolf is having Big Bad Box Sale in MIECC. Was surprised when we got there to see that there is another book fair going on. Nice surprise.

Went in the main entrance, pass by all the booth when we finally came to the Big Bad Box Sale in Zone A.

First thing...queue up to buy a Big Bad Box. Yes...a very nice new concept where we buy an empty box from BBWS at RM79.90 or RM99.90..depending on size, then we take that box and fill it up with the books that we want.

The queue was long and there were many using BB1M . Thank goodness that the staffs seems to be have have hands like octopus . The queue moved quite fast. The BBWS staff in blue T-shirt on the left was very helpful . He reminded those who are using BB1M vouchers to get their Identity Card ready for inspection  at the counter.

After we got our box, Mamarazzi went off book hunting while I wait with Papa

Gosh! Mamarazzi took so long to fill up a box. Must be "kiasuism", wanting to stuff as many books into the box as she can

 I phoned her twice when she finally emerged from the sale. 

P/S : Mamarazzi suggest for you to bring a trolley to carry the box around or deposit the box at the storage area while you hunt for books. She didn't bring trolley. Adoi...hands lengguh liao baru noticed the storage area.  

 

 Then it was my turn pulak....Off we went to check out booth of other vendors pulak. 

Mamarazzi saw this booth selling super cheap shoes. RM5 to RM10 a pair and it was from CN...is it called Cartoon  Network? She asked the lady why so cheap and the lady said coz it's old stock. 

Mamarazzi bought two pairs for me.

Ni anak Mak betul as i also kiasu la...wanna wear my new shoes immediately

 Ready? Nice...wokay...time to jalan!

Saw many exhibitors there. Went and play at various booth and also had free drinks. Pretty soon, it was papa's turn to phone Mamarazzi pulak.

Time to go off from the sale lo...I was not satisfied but Mamarazzi said , no worries...she bought loads of books for me from the sale.

Once got home, I asked Mamarazzi whether can open the box or not. Guess what she said? she said NO. Have to snap photo first. Blerkkkkk....

Fuiyo....so many....can guess how many in the box ka? saw in Facebook , one lady managed to squeeze in 75 books! Wah lau leh! That's average RM1.33 per book leh. Hmmm....how about Mamarazzi....will she be able to top that?

 The above are what she managed to squeeze into the box.

She managed to grab quite a number of comics and graphic novels leh. Previously she didn't buy those coz it was price at RM20 -RM30 a book and being kiasu she was counting...what such thin book RM20 RM30...too stingy to buy. But since this round already bought the box...can sumbat the higher priced books lor though it's thin.

1..2...3...4...5... Can you guess how many books she managed to get and average price per book? No prize for guessing the correct number and price ...hehehe.....

The Big Bad Box Sale will be is on from now till 30th March 2014. Time 11am to 9pm. Venue : MIECC Seri Kembangan

An Adventure to Bookaville and Gifts

 Hi ya! We just came back from Bookerville, The Magical Town of Books. Mamarazzi was excited when the advertisement that there are up to 5.0 Millions books offered at an attractive discount.

The Book Fair had started since 19th March but she waited today to go as tomorrow I don't have class. Can relax a bit

Pretty exciting for me as she told me that she heard that there will be story telling time and loads of activities for family.

I "set" Mamarazzi hair while waiting for Papa. Said want Mamarazzi to look good mah.

 Finally arrived around 4pm. Hmmm....not much crowd. Good. Can browse without being "sardined".

The first hall we went to was full of Malay books. Not very keen so we walked out to the English books hall.

 On the way, spotted Pororo and friends.... Snap a photo with them 

 Hey! Dibo and Bunny was there too!

 

Hey ...your carriage is waiting.......still reading? 

Outside the halls there were plenty of vendors promoting their products that is related to education. There were some activities at the vendors booth but bad Mamarazzi didn't stop. Said don't play la. Later sit down play then have to listen to their sales talk. If don't buy then paiseh pulak. So end up I didn't play any lo...only play one or two games at Astro booth.

  

Finally we came to the English hall. Mamarazzi recalled that in MPH  facebook, they advertised that they have  "Five Stars Billionaire" by Tash Aw

She went hunting for it. Found one but different cover . That was at RM46+.  After some hunting...found one more at RM15.

Mamarazzi was surprised at the small hall size. Nearly half the hall was occupied by vendors selling stationary while middle section were devoted to books.

We walked a few rounds hunting for discount. Frankly, she had not expected high discount here coz this is a book fair and not warehouse sale but she had expected more "latest" titles that what was on the shelves.

From what she observed, there were not much selection there . In some shelves, a whole row was devoted to book of the same title. Where are the 5.0Millions books which is said to be on discount? They have not put out all the books yet ka?

Okay okay...must give constructive criticism.....suggest the organiser to :-

1) separate the normal priced books properly from the books that is on discount .

2) to use clearer signboard instead of "Children" , "fiction" and "Young Adult". Maybe put romance, horror, sci-fic separately.

3) If possible , please arrange books according to author name .

4) Would be helpful if staffs can familiarised themselves on location of books.

5) Put out more titles instead of letting single titles occupied whole row on the shelves like what is in Bahasa Malaysia section.

6) allocate separate area for Author meet/speaker speech as it's not so nice to have it at the same area. It felt like disrespectful to the author who is giving a speech while bargain hunter walking around hunting for books. 

feel free to add on the list of suggestion.

Since there were very limited selection, Mamarazzi dropped me at one of the booth coz I wanna play the games there. Meantime, she went to pay for her purchase.

 Managed to buy only two books at an okay type of discount. Yeah yeah....Mamarazzi is very stingy.

RM15 each.

But when she came home , she checked through MPH Clicks Facebook again...Hmmm... why in there "Five Star Billionaire"  listed as RM13.50 but she bought was RM15? Could it be the RM13.50 have limited copies only? Weird. 

Oh well....life is full of unexpected things......

 

Detoured to dinner in Bandar Puteri Puchong. Though of eating the "hot Soup". Arrived there..the shop gone. Don't know whether moved or closed down. 

In the end had Thai Food.

On the way back home, detoured to USJ coz Papa wanna have tapau Nasi Lemak. but since pass by Kee's Puff shop lo.....might as well buy some Puff la. Sweet Puffs to sweetness what is left of the day.

 

Speaking of sweet.... It's sweet that Uncle Arthur Poslaju  some tidbits to Mamarazzi. Gosh...paiseh la.. Thank you very much Uncle Arthur.

 

Oh well...at least Mamarazzi managed to get two books...better that two of her friends who came back empty handed.

She can read her book while enjoying the music that SK sent her. Thank you very much SK. Sorry to trouble you to select the songs for Mamarazzi ya. She really had not expected to win your giveaway. Congratulation on the 8th Anniversary of your blog and may there be many more to come.

Mamarazzi's Super Smokey Kung Po Sotong(Squid)

Bored with the baked sotong and what not..Papa suggested Mamarazzi cook Kung Po Sotong la.

Mamarazzi pok pek pok pek say diificult la...so many things to prepare. Googled...

Need sotong...spring onion, ginger, onion, garlic, dried chilies, glutinous rice wine, oyster sauce, light soy sauce and dark soy sauce

okay.....sotong - checked!

Spring onion- Checked!

Not much...better than nothing la.

Ginger- checked!

Onion...garlic..checked....

Dried chilies...oppss...ran out....err....Sibu chili can ah? used one only. 

All those sauce got la....

Hmm...how come recipe never say nothing about kacang geh.....In restaurant they put gajus wor...Mamarazzi doesn't have gajus so just fried some peanuts la.

According to recipe boil the sotong with some spring onions and ginger

Yikes...sotong shrunk so much leh after drain.

Next step really die kau kau leh...no time to snap photo at all...

according to the recipe....put a bit of oil...throw in the ginger pieces and the dried chilies to fry...wah lau eh....her first time....

in the beginning just stir fry as usual...then out of the blue she start choking...mak oi.....sooooo much smoke and the smoke very "spicy:" type leh...adui...one piece of dried chilies really so spicy leh.......fast fast put the fire to small....opened all the windows wide and even opened the kitchen back door too...Lucky no neighbour was watch else will think Mamarazzi gone mad.

When she can breath baru throw in the onions and the sotong and the whatever sauce. ....stir a bit and add the peanuts...serve with some spring onions on top.

One taste aje, Papa asked...how much chili you put ah..... mak datuk soooooo spicy....

 

For me...I eat the steam fish lor.  Teo Chew Steam Fish. yumm...

As for the sotong...well...Mamarazzi die die have to eat la

Southern Thai Restaurant, Jalan Meru Tambahan

Pass by this place many time. Each time saw many cars stopped and "makan" here. 

Okay la...one day we pass by here early...around 5.30pm. Not crowded so we stopped and have an early dinner lo.

A bit moody coz was sleepy leh...was tengah syok syok sleeping in the car. 

Sat down aje, someone brought ove a basket of Otak Otak. You eat you pay.  You don't eat you don;t have to pay.

Hmm....very red leh. Don;t know the taste coz Papa ate. Mamarazzi and me dare not eat coz scared spicy.

Mamarazzi ordered Kerabu Mango(Mango salad). Hmmm.... spicy but yummy.. according to her la...Papa tried a bite...then second bite then third bite then fourth bite....then....ah...you probably know by now Papa don;t usually like to eat Kerabu Mango, right?

Also we had fried Burung Puyuh.  If you have been following my blog, you probably know that I don;t really like to eat meat. Lazy to chew.

Mamarazzi said this taste good la and asked me to try some....here is where I turned into Dracula. Mamarazzi said the best parts are the bones. Nice to bite and suck suck. I tried....hmmm...really yummy leh... the salty taste and all.

Paa end up ordering one more burung puyuh for me and Mamarazzi.

Initially didn't feel like having tomyam coz Papa's tummy was not well but end up ordering a small one. Wah...very spicy la for us.

Papa likes to eat this. So ordered some lo. It took soooooo long for this to be cooked. Maybe they need to defrost it first ah? We finished our rice and all the dishes, and they were still cooking thing.

When it finally came, Papa had a few pieces only. Maybe it just doesn't suit his taste la.

Apart from this Kerang dish, all the rest of the dishes were up to our expectation.     

Again...as this place is like kinda kampung place, Mamarazzi doesn't have the exact address. But it's located near the traffic light where jalan Meru Tambahan meets Jalan Kuala Selangor; right where the main road to the New Bandar Seri Coalfield is.

Hawker Food at Restaurant Pin Chou, Klang

It was middle of the week and Mamarazzi was lazy to cook. Don't like eating much pun.

Papa drove punya drove...saw this Restaurant Pin Chou. Did a google search and found that some praises the food here. Most praise was for the Tong Yuen.

It was getting late. Not many stall closing liao. Gosh 10pm they started to close ah...so fast geh. 

I opt for dry Wan Tan Mee la. Quite big plate. Good for those who doesn't like oily Wan tan Mee coz not much oil. have to eat fast else the noodle will stick together coz not much oil. But I was slow lor....

Saw Mamarazzi's plate of Hokkien Mee. I asked for a taste and I fell in love with it. Okay la...I traded my plate of Wan Tan Mee with Mamarazzi's plate Hokkien mee.

According to Mamarazzi, she had not enjoyed that Hokkien mee coz not much ingredient in it. Probably coz it's near end of day la not much of ingredients left.

Papa had Satay

He also had fried mihun. Not bad leh according to him. 

Of course....since many people praise the Tong yuen ..Mamarazzi also ordered a bowl la. Ordered the small tong yuen without "inti" type.

Two sips....Mamarazzi said fuiyoh beh tahan...no wonder so many people praise the Tong Yuen there la. Coz the "suop" is loaded with ginger taste. Lucky Papa gets to finish off the bowl of Tong Yuen. Mamarazzi said too hot for her but Papa said not hot enough leh. The one in Indonesia Tranz Studio food court more "hot" leh.


Here is the address if you wanna try out the food there :
No. 112, Jalan Pekan Baru, 41050, Klang, Selangor, 41150, Malaysia