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I love January

2012-01-13T12:00:00.002+08:00

I constantly have to remind myself to remain cool for the month of January. First, because my birthday is approaching I don't want to be all grumpy and ugly even though I'm getting another year older. Secondly, January is supposed to be a happy month! A month filled with festivities and holidays! :D Who doesn't love holidays right. Especially when it comes with free ang pows. Well, not so much for me because I have to start giving ang pows this year and no ang pows for me!! Dem.. It's ok it's ok.. chill chill.

There are somebody in the office who really drives me to the wall this few days. Not going to reveal the details but when I tried to analyse the whole thing, trying to think of an excuse why she keep repeating the same silly mistakes.. I just can't!! How difficult it is to make sure that the amount of things you received, the same amount of things go out while you have all the records with you? Even a five years old can do a better job I think.. Gosshh.. *Breath in breath out.. x10*

Putting that aside, I've been watching many videos about make up and stuff on Youtube these days. It's all started with the famous Cassandran Bankson flawless foundation video and leads to a few others. All of a sudden I feel all inspired and wanted to look pretty too! I admit I'm a slow poke when it comes to self grooming. Not that I've never groomed myself but I don't pay much attention to my make ups, hairstyles and dressings most of the time. It's time to stop being so laid back! People says there are no ugly woman, only lazy one. True true!

There are a few things which I wanted to try out. Since my birthday is coming, I will make a wish list. Basically to remind myself that I need to save more $$$ to get all the below (which is also pretty impossible).

Skincare and Make Ups

~~1. Make Up For Ever (MUFE) foundation.~~ Bought the Mat Velvet Foundation!

Based on the reviews that I've read, Mat Velvet is suitable for oily skin and it gives a really matte and velvety look just like what it claims. Whereas the HD foundation gives superb coverage. The layers can be built from sheer to heavy depending on your preference.

2. Smashbox Anti Shine *Saw this at Sephora and priced at RM110. Didn't get it because I think the Mat Velvet foundation is good enough for oil control. Full review soon!

As per the product name, this is good for oily skin. Usually my t-zone gets oily really fast. This would be good to apply on the oily areas before putting on the foundation.

3. Hourglass Veil Primer

Almost the same as above. Suitable for oily skin as well.

4. Tarte Clean Slate Face Primer

This product got such a good rating in Sephora. Probably the cheapest among the 3 primers which I've listed? Let me check it out this weekend if it is available at Sephora Malaysia.

5. Eye Shadows (any brands)

I've been using the same Kate eye shadows which hubby got me close to 5 years ago *shock* He got me two, 1 in brown shades and 1 in pink shades. Usually I only use 2 colours from each palette and both still have plenty left till date lol. I was looking at Urban Decay Nude palette which was really a hit and go out of stock all the time. But it's too expensive and I don't think I need that many of brown shades.

~~6. Sephora Lip Attitude Glamour in Dolce Nude~~

The picture below is in Innocent Beige. I will check out all the colours and decide which one to buy. I don't like lipstick because my lips are very dry and chapped all the time. So I will just dab on Vaseline and that's it. But a little bit of colour will definitely enhance a person's look, I think.

7. Mario Badescu Glycolic Acid Toner *Sephora don't have this.. They only have the cucumber one :(

Looking at the product's name you should already know this is for acne prone skin. Although my skin clear up a lot now but I still apply Mario Badescu products to prevent acne. Currenly I'm using Artistry Essential Balancing Toner which almost finished. This Artistry set of skincare is the only skincare that I used until the last drop thus far. Except the facial cleanser which I don't quite like because after rinsing, I still can feel the product on my face. Actually it is meant to be that way. It's not the cleanser but the good properties of the products will remain on the face. I didn't finish it and have been using soap for quite a while. Will talk more about this in another post.

8. Clarisonic Mia or Mia 2 *Mia is available at Sephora too. Price at RM580 or something.

I would prefer Mia 2 because it has 2 speeds control. The one selling at Sephora is Clarisonic Plus which cost about RM800+. Crazily expensive! The last time I checked (which was quite long ago) they do not have other models except Plus. There are other sellers selling Mia at RM550 with travel bag and an additional brush head. Might consider to get one when I have the money. Otherwise I will get a substitute which is No. 9.

9. Silicone Facial Cleansing Pad

If no money to get Clarisonic, get this! lol Why not? It's only RM20+ :P This is not the hair brush thingy that we used to wash hair ya. This is a pad that made of silicone and used to exfoliate the skin.

*ATTENTION TO ADAM LEE! IF YOU WANT TO BUY ME THIS PLEASE SEE PROPERLY! -.-*

Cooking and Baking

1. Electrolux Built-in Oven

I'm still surveying on the models and other brands. Electrolux seems very promising but the price is very very expensive. Not going to get this for the moment unless money suddenly falls from the sky -.-

2. Braun Multiquick 7 Kitchen Machine

A good food processor/ chopper/ blender/ and whatsoever is definitely the best kitchen helper. Don't you see even Jamie Oliver used chopper all the time in his cooking shows? Quality comes with a price and there is no such thing as cheap and good when it comes to kitchen appliances (I think). You don't want to chop your fingers off with buying a cheap one right. Something similar to this Braun Multiquick would be good ;)

Other Random Stuff

1. Victoria Secret Gift Set

I've never tried on any of the VS body mist, lotion, or body wash before but I heard they smell good? I was expecting the price for VS product will be very expensive but surprisingly, it is not! Averagely, it price around RM45-RM50 per bottle. There's even a sale on the website which even cheaper.

Most of all, the 1 which is on top of my wish list is this.....

LEE HOM 2012 MUSIC MAN CONCERT TICKETS!!!!

I've watch the first Music Man concert and it was GREAT!! This is something not to be missed seriously. I still remember there were so many uncles aunties went for the concert. Wish I will be able to attend to this one as well *fingers crossed*

Accomplished X'mas wish list

1. Amy Tan books collection (Thanks hubby for getting me all the books, got an extra one somemore lol)

2. Ipad 2

Goodbye 2011 and Hello 2012

2011-12-31T10:19:00.003+08:00

The year is coming to an end and before it ends, I want to leave a final footprints ;) This year has been really busy with all the wedding preparations and money spending. Let's recap back what I've achieved in 2011 :D

Light speed decision of having the wedding ceremony this year after CNY and speedily gets all the preparations done ever since then all by ourselves and my beloved family. Thankful to God for all the blessings and make our journey a smooth one.
Finally signed up to the gym after much procrastination in the hope of losing some fats before the wedding. Successfully cut down 4% of body fats in a month. Although it's still far from perfect, it's good enough not to be reminded that I'm obese -.- (Yayaya.. I know I need to get my lazy bum back to the gym really soon).
Attached to a new company and started to learn a completely new industry. Coping okay and managed to get some sales closed. Still have far far far more to learn.
Venture into a few business which I'm currently working on. God please bless my journey and make it all well and worthy :)
Successfully lost another 3kg after skipping the gym. All thanks but no thanks to gastric and food poisoning. Currently weighing at 47kg and most importantly, waist is measured at 26.5 - 27cm. Hello waist! It has been so long since I last saw you LOL..
Got my tooth filled by the best dentist ever. This deserves another post by its own.
Receive an unexpected gift from Audrey which totally makes my 2011 ends perfectly :D I will work harder to recover from this year damages so that we can catch some shows together in the future! hehehe..

I think that's all? Seems like nothing much that I've done lol.. It's okay I'll do better next year :P

HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone and have a great countdown tonight!! CHEERS!

Acne Rant

2011-12-08T17:22:00.001+08:00

Watching this video really brings back all the memories during my 'dark' period. Please watch this if you too are suffering from acne.

Perhaps I had blogged about my acne problems before, I don't know and didn't bother to check back my old entries as well. After watching the video above by Cassandran Bankson, I started to check out all her other videos about her acne updates. In one of her video, she talked about how frustrated she is about her acne and how her families and others always say that they understand her feelings, but actually they don't! I can totally relate to that and all of a sudden I feel like pouring my thoughts out.

My acne started when I was 11 years old. Initially I planned to talk about how great and perfect my life was before that but let's cut the story short. My classmate once told me, "It's okay your skin will heal one day and you will be all pretty again". Who would have thought that 'one day' actually took more than 15 years. And my skin is not even close to flawless now, but the good thing is the acne has stopped. Thank God.

I forgot how the acne started but as long as I remember, pimples started to pop up like crazy on my face. It wasn't even pimples, I think it is called cystic acne. Normal pimples are smaller in size and once it is matured, there is a whitish/ yellowish thing inside which some people will press it out or it will burst by itself. But cystic acne is like big bumps which you can't press or do anything! I used to get those huge ones with purplish/ blackish blood inside. I know it sounds gross but yeah that's what I used to have all over my face.

Being at the young age, I have no clue of how to treat my skin. Even my parents were as clueless as me. We lived in a small town with limited facilities and financially we couldn't afford to seek treatment. Internet was not even available at my home back then. So what my parents could do is ask me to wash my face regularly, follow whichever traditional methods which they 'think' might be helpful and control my diet.

As if having acne is not frustrating enough, parents and relatives just can't stop giving comments, complaining and sighing at my face. Not forgetting their friends too. Wherever I go, there will be someone commenting or giving me weird looks. Is it my fault that I have acne? Well they used to said that I got acne because I never take care of my skin that's why. How ridiculous is that? Until a point of time, I started to look down whenever I walk so that nobody will see my face and I try to avoid mirrors, face to face contacts etc. Basically I had turned into a pessimistic person with super super low self esteem and zero confidence.

That's how I spent my teenage years, dealing with peoples' comments and opinions and living in a world where nobody can understand.

I strongly agree with Cassandra that whoever claims that they understand how do we feel, they actually don't. How can they possibly understand it if they have never been through it before? I couldn't even describe how miserable it is.

Grandma used to ask me to follow her skincare routine which basically apply her trusty Hazeline Snow on the face to sorta cool down the face and stop the acne. Of course that's not what Hazeline Snow does lar but back then I just followed since I know nuts about skincare. And it doesn't work. Then mom asked me to follow her routine and use 'bedak sejuk' to dry up the acne. It is powder but made into little 'chocolate chips' shape. Mix some water with it and apply to the face. After few minutes it will dry up and you will look like ju-on :x The powder is very drying but at the same time it dries up the skin. So basically these are not the correct methods to treat acne. I started to use Neutrogena Cleanser since secondary and after a couple of years, I think my acne had stopped. I don't think is the cleanser though but I just got older and no longer 'ching chun' LOL. Please if you can afford, find a dermatologist and don't simply try things. Otherwise, do a lot of research before you try a product.

In the beginning of this year, I started to get many bumps again on my face; cheeks, chin, forehead. They just kept coming one after another. I couldn't figure out why so I went to a friend who is a beauty consultant to let her fix my skin. But let me tell you that beauty facials are only works for people who has no skin problems and wanted to keep their skin clean and healthy. If you have acne, first you have to treat it and make sure your skin is stable before you go to any beauty centre. What they generally do is clean and massage the face. If there is a pimple or acne, they will prick it and it hurts like hell. Then it will leave a big holes on your face.

Honestly I have no confidence with beauticians. Until a fine day I went to Sephora to get some mineral make ups for my face. Then there was this SA who recommended me Mario Badescu products to treat my acne. He also explained to me what could possibly caused the breakout. When he tried to remove my make up, he said that my foundation is very stubborn and super hard to remove. That could be the reason why I was breaking out like mad. Dirty face, clog pores, breakout.. it all make sense to me. Immediately I stopped using the foundation and I make sure my face is properly clean after I applied make up. Voila, my breakout stopped and my skin is kinda settled down.

Such a long rambling post so I will talk about my personal experience with Mario Badescu products in other post. If you are also having acne problems, please please do not simply listen to others and try on any products. Each products work differently for different people. So better understand your own skin and condition before putting something on the face. Good luck!

Wishlist

2011-10-31T13:00:00.001+08:00

Dear Santa,

I've make a wishlist to ease your job. Please don't trouble yourself to get me something else. I'm very easy to please, just get me one of the below and I will love you forever <3 Thank you very much ;)

This is not in my wishlist but this cookies cutter looks cute lol. I don't mind having it hehe..

My message to Dr. Rohaya Mohammad, chairperson of the Obedient Wives Club

2011-10-13T16:25:00.001+08:00

Dear Dr,

I cant help to notice the sensation created from your latest group. Coming from another religion and from another point of view, I (my personal opinion) is that your concept and the gist of the setting up of the “group” is good. For the 1^st time, this topic is being championed openly by the fairer sex, and I applaud you for being a very brave Muslim woman who is daring and openly talking about the most taboo topic – sexual health and relationship. However, while I may not be sure what was actually mentioned or whether there were misinterpretations in the mainstream media, I felt that some of your comments were not accurate.

For instance, when you mentioned about the case where the husband bludgeoned the wife because she didn’t prepare meals or the probability of her not “servicing” the hubby the night before. I would like to mention that there is never an excuse to be physically abusive to the wife or anyone in particular. While I agree that it is the “responsibility” of the wife to fulfill the husband’s needs, but it could be possibly the very fact that he was someone abusive, selfish and doesn’t bother about the wife’s needs, which was why she refused his advances. We should never justify the wrong with another wrong.

I would like to also comment on some of your statements where they seem biased towards blaming the wives, as it seems as if their lack of sexual appetite is the root cause for many evil deeds. Example, due to the lack of love making, the men turn to rape for pleasure. I can assure you that while there may be instances where this could be true and happened previously, but generally, whatever the reasons, it is WRONG to outrage the modesty of anyone for whatever the reasons. Furthermore, the term Obedient may not go well and it is degrading among the wives. Obedient, to many, is a form of action where we normally associate with living things of lesser intellectual, such as, an obedient dog who is able to perform stunts and obeys the command of the master.

While I do agree that a healthy sexual ratio is imminent in fostering good ties for the couple, I felt that this a responsibility that both the husband and wife should share equally. While it is always easier to blame the wives for not giving in to their hubby's needs, there has also been a serious lacking of the husbands to ensure that the wives’ emotional needs are well taken-cared off too.

Again, I would like to highlight the concept of having a venue for women/wives to voice out or even learn more about a healthy sexual lifestyle is something marvelous, especially during a time when we have been debating/dabbling about having sexual education for the umpteenth’ time. However, I strongly feel that the approach needs to be changed to gain a wider audience and recognition. Why not start by naming the club with something classy so that the public will not “label” the members as someone who is attending obedient school? Call it the Women’s Lifestyle Club, for instance! Furthermore, get the husbands to join in, there’s got to be a reason why the wife refuses to get intimate with the husband. It could be something emotional, it could be something physical, or it could even be something medical. Once the couple is able to find the root cause of the bedroom rot together in a neutral environment, there is no reason why they would even want to work and iron things out together and eventually, lead a healthy sexual lifestyle.

I stand to be corrected,
Cheerio,
Adam Lee

Engagement vs ROM vs Wedding Ceremony

2011-09-27T10:29:00.000+08:00

Ladies and gents,

This may be a topic that no one really bothered to understand fully, but for you budding brides out there, we really hope you are clear between the definitions of the words ROM, Engagement and Wedding Ceremony

Engagement

Engagement happens when you lovers announce your intention to get married. You may have an engagement ring to show that you are engaged, or just a verbal “agreement” between both parties that both are planning to get married some time soon. When this happens, your status is now changed from bf/gf to fiancé and fiancée. So the next thing to do is to go and plan for your Registration of Marriage or ROM

ROM

Registration of Marriage. Means when u put your signature down in front of the Registrar and the witnesses, you are now LEGALLY married in the laws of Malaysia. Hence, once you have registered, your partner is NO LONGER your fiancé or fiancée, but instead, he/she is now your HUSBAND AND WIFE!

Wedding Ceremony

Wedding ceremony is a ceremonial event based on the different cultures. You may do it before or after the ROM, couples might want to blessed in the house of God, or offering tea to your new added family members, or even tying the Thali. But these are all just ceremonial and religious based

So for those of you who still think that you are not yet married after the ROM, please stop being confused and stop thinking as such. ROM the most important event where you n your partner will walk out of the Registrar’s room as Husbands and Wife. Why I am writing this is because many out there are still thinking/believe that they are still fiancé/fiancée after ROM. It has happened to some of my friends that they wanted to “call-off-the-wedding” which actually means divorce and they are not aware with this fact, there are also those who after the registration but happily saying they are just engaged n still not married...

Stop the confusion people! ROM means you are already married and you have a written agreement to prove it!

cheerio

Confuse-cious

2011-08-24T09:47:00.000+08:00

I'm really confuse of what do I want to achieve in my career. Have you ever thought about that? Sometimes we are just too 'numb' with our daily jobs it didn't even come across our mind. Suddenly, it strikes me and I've been thinking, what do I want to achieve and what can I achieve? I can't find the answer.

When I was with the first company, I clearly knew that I wanted to be in the managerial level, to be able to manage projects and enjoy the fruitful outcome. Unfortunately, the projects didn't bring any value to the company and I realized that I can't continue to do this forever. Knowledge is everywhere but definitely it doesn't come by itself. So I chose to seek for other opportunities and take up a completely new challenge hoping that I will be able to learn more and fill up the weakness in me. It did widen my horizon, at the same time enhanced the way I interact/ communicate with customers. Although I felt cheated but it was a good learning experience.

Currently, again I'm in a completely completely new industry (I don't understand why I keep doing this to myself -.-) where I don't have a clue of what is happening around me. It feels horrible not knowing your field of work and the evil colleagues started to challenge and attack you every now and then. Random people had been asking me how did I end up here? I can't tell them the true reason but it's not so important now. My only option is to excel and meet the expectations. But how?

I'd explained to numerous people about my situations but no one seem to understand. A technical person who used to work in software development and all of a sudden, she has to do sales for an analytical lab, write reports, interpret test results, meet potential customers and talk about quality testings? Doesn't it sounds.... tough? A very simple example if we turn the other way round. If you are a chemist and I ask you to design a database, does it sounds ridiculous? This is exactly what is happening. I'm not complaining for I'm willing to take any obstacles/ challenges but sometimes I just hope that people around me will be more understanding. Let me tell you it's not easy, try to be in my shoe. My superior have been asking me many times what is my marketing plan in order to start my own customer base. To be honest, I have no idea what is a marketing plan -.- Project plan yes, marketing plan? No.

As much as I want to do more and try to meet whatever expectations put on me, I do need time. To learn up the new technical aspects of this 'alien' industry. Otherwise, how to market and sell? I don't believe in short cuts and not knowing what is going on, then try to bullshit all the way just to get the deal. One day for sure you will hit the wall. To clear things up a little, I'm not a superwoman alright? People takes minimum 3 years to get their degree in chemistry or microbiology but I'm expected to get the grib of things within few months. I wondered what I get myself into. Sigh.

Workout Progress

2011-08-15T11:12:00.002+08:00

If I’m not mistaken it has been a month since I joined the gym. I had been through 5 sessions with my personal trainer, Jack so far. The last time I did the body assessment was when I signed up for the package which was on 24th July. According to the machine, I was obese and my fat mass percentage is a whooping 31.8%. Still, I’m sceptical with the machine’s reading but anyway, workout is good no matter you are fat or skinny. Ever since then I started to visit the gym quite regularly, like 3 to 4 times a week at least. Except the time when I got really bad muscle soreness until I couldn’t move. Trauma seriously -.- I strongly reckon good rest and fill the tummy with some food before workout. Otherwise the body will be too weak for the workout.

Throughout the 5 PT sessions, I’ve done some workout with the machines (both upper and lower body), resistance training and cardio workout (which I will do it by myself now to save the session). Let’s share one of the toughest workout thus far which I’ve done. It was on last Tuesday whereby Jack asked me to do a few sets of exercise on power plate. An hour before the session, I attended the body balance class which was great! I love it and I plan to be a regular. Body balance focuses more on stretching and balancing. Which is something that I’m very weak of than many other things like cardio. I like how soothing and relaxing it is but at the same time it is fun. The movements are slow but still, I sweat a lot more than I walk on the treadmill.

Surprisingly after the class I didn’t feel tired but all energetic and pumped up. So I was ready to go for the power plate session. Hell, the power plate exercise is tough! Altogether I had to do 3 sets. Each set comprised of 3 different exercises and each set had to do 3 reps. It was really intensive, I especially hate steps because each time I have to do 2 minutes of steps. I’m really surprise that I managed to pull off all the reps and finished them without feeling dizzy but I did feel tired though hahaha. It was a great workout because I did feel that my body was being pushed more than usual. What is more surprisingly was, after the workout I didn’t feel any bad soreness like I did before. Probably it was because of the stretching I did in body balance class. I find it really helps a lot. The soreness subside in just 2 days 

After the PT session, Jack did an assessment again and the new reading showed that I lost 4% of fat and 1.5kg in 4 sessions! Jack said 4% equals to 2kg of fat (according to my fat reading). He and another personal trainer looked at my assessment in shock lol. Of course many would have done better than me but for a person who never did any sort of exercise before, I guess this is a pretty good start. Currently my fat percentage is at fair level, 27.8% YAY!! No more obese muahahahaha.. *shake butt* The positive me says that I can be back in shape very soon! Gotta try harder and harder ;)

As for my diet, I still eat like normal but I pay more attention to the calories intake and the time I eat. Nothing very healthy in my meals though. I don’t fancy raw vegetables, oats, wholemeal bread, brown rice etc. However, my meal intake has reduce tremendously since don’t know when. I only take half or quarter of the servings and my tummy already full. Recently I’m addicted to salmon spread with crackers. I can eat that all day long! It’s super yummy and healthy too (I think).

Childhood BFF

2011-08-10T10:35:00.002+08:00

The thought of being positive does work, I think. I warned myself to be positive otherwise I will kick my own ass :P After a week of hell from eating dead cat, something happy happened and really made my day. Just after I reached home the other day from airport, I received a facebook message from somebody who is not in my friend list. As usual I don't entertain or approve strangers. So before I delete the message, I looked at the name over and over again to recall whether I know this person. The weird thing is he knows my full name, spelled correctly! After browsing through his albums, ahaa… he is my best friend from primary school! I was having a hard time to recognise him because he put on some weight, we all did I guess. The moment I found out the guy is him, I was so delighted. Then we started messaging at facebook, catching up on each other’s life. He is married and will be expecting his first baby very soon. Congratulations banyak banyak Hafiz!!

From our message conversation, I’ve come to know that another of our best friend is in his friend list. There were actually five of us back then. I will talk about that further later on. I quickly browse through his friend list. To my surprise, he sent a friend request to me very long time ago and I didn’t approve it *smack head* As I said I don’t approve strangers ma. After accepting his request, my detective mode turned on and I started to browse through his photos, try to find out what’s his job, married or not, who is the wife etc. We actually liked each other during primary. Detail story later hahaha.. I dropped him a message to say hi and asked whether he still remember me and what’s with the name at his facebook. Last night, I received his reply and this is what he said “mesti ingt...kekasih lama..hahaha..still nama shahrul lagi..skrg di mana?dh kahwn?”. All the old memories flashed back and it feels so good that after 20 years, I’m able to find back all my best friends back at primary. What is good about that is they remember me as much as I remember them :D

Now let’s start the story telling time. Back at the year of 1989 (I hope I got the year right. I’m actually counting my fingers lol), I was one of the very few Chinese girl in the school. I was in Red class which was considered the second best class. The top class is always Yellow colour. In the beginning, I was having a hard time in class because I couldn’t understand BM. But all my classmates love me (probably because I’m the only Chinese in the class) and they started talking to me although I didn’t understand a thing hahaha.. I guess we were communicating using body language but somehow we managed to communicate. It’s wonderful how kids communicate to each other despite the language barrier. There’s this girl from my class who really liked me. Feel bad that I’ve forgotten her name  She adored everything I did, even the way I kept my pencils, ruler and eraser in the pencil case lol.

After 2 years in the Red class, I managed to climb up to the Yellow class in Standard 3. I had a Chinese best friend but at the same time I mixed with my Malay friends a lot. I started to join Pancaragam because I love music and performance. I couldn’t recall whether it was in Standard 5 or 6 that the five of us, 3 girls 2 guys formed our best friends circle. All of them are Malays and I was the only Chinese. All of us were in the same Pancaragam group and we were all school prefect. Two of them were actually the Head Prefect (Shahrul and Mai). Hence, everyone thought that they were the perfect match, bagai pinang dibelah dua :P At the same time, I had a crush on Shahrul too. I did feel that he liked me too lah.. from the way he treated me but we never confront each other though. Kids ma..

We will travel by bus all the way to Shahrul’s house to lepak or to Farhana’s big bungalow, just lying on the grass compound looking at the sky. Her brothers were super good looking ok. While we were lying on the grass, we came out with the idea of calling each other Ah Long, Ah Ngah and so on, like a family. Imagine how good friends we were.

I remember Hafiz once asked me, how I want my bf propose to me. I told him that I want to open a florist in the future and I hope my bf will come to my shop one day, bought a bouquet of white tulips, kneel down and ask me to marry him. He was like “Awhhh.. so romantic”. Of course that is only a childhood dream la. But I still wish to own a shop though.

In Standard 6, I already started to have acne problem. The pessimistic me started to grow from then. Thankfully, my best friends were always there for me. I told Hafiz that I felt very shy with my acne but he asked me not to worry, I will be all pretty again when I grown up. True or not, I really thanked him for being so encouraging. The day when UPSR results were announced, we were so nervous we hold each other hands hoping that we all got straight A’s. Mai and Shahrul both got 4A’s, can’t remember what Farhana and Hafiz got though. I was the last one being announced to get 4A’s. On the last day of school, we were really sad, me especially. All of us will be going to a different path. I won’t be able to see Shahrul anymore huhuhu.. He called me after a week or so and I was really surprised by his call. He asked me where I will be studying, I asked him the same. After that call, we’d never seen or call each other anymore. So did the rest of us.

It’s amazing how online networking connects people. It has been 20 years and we’ve found each other again. Today, all of us are married, some with kids, some are expecting a newborn. We live a different life now but the friendships and memories that we have, never dies. To my best friends, Shahrul, Hafiz, Farhana and Mai, I wish all of you the best of everything. Thank you for being a big part of my childhood memories. Cheers.

p.s. Next up, the result of my two weeks gym effort ;)

Eat dead cat

2011-08-09T00:12:00.000+08:00

Home sweet home. Back home safely from a four days business trip to Brunei. It was indeed a very very very quiet country with very minimal development. By 9pm, the road will be all empty and you can just lie on the road if you wish lol. A colleague of mine literally sit in the middle of the road and took a photo hahaha. Imagine how dull and bored the life there. Well, I guess the locals are used to it. One of the challenges in Brunei is to find decent food. It's really hard to tell which shops are good because almost all the shops look the same and the food they serve balik balik nasi goreng, mee goreng. Some put all the funny funny ingredients in their food too. Nothing much to share though since we didn't explore the city much.

The past few days I've been dealing with my emotions caused by somebody at work whom I should call her 'Ms. Nonsense'. Unfortunately I can't reveal much details about work related issues openly. But she successfully listed herself in my hate list. Seriously, I have no idea what is wrong with her. All the while she is the one who cari pasal with me and blasting me without any reasons. And when I questioned her (based on her nonsense excuses), she couldn't answer and she started humiliating me that I know nothing about lab work. I was asked to ignore and not to reply to her nasty emails and that was what I did. Deep inside I hoped that someone will at least warn her for her bad attitudes. To my disappointment, it's totally opposite from what I'm hoping for. In the end, it sounds more like I am the who is at fault. Speechless.

This incident clearly shows me that the person who knows how to get sympathy, will always win. Even if you are guilty, you only can keep quiet and gulp down all the blames. I'm really disappointed. My new motto in work will be 'Ignorance is bliss' *big sigh*

P.S. I need someone to talk to leh.. the 'dead cat' still stuck in my throat

Pre-wedding Indoor Photoshoot

2011-08-04T12:56:00.000+08:00

Must blog about this because it's once in a lifetime! Honestly, I don't like to take photos especially if it's taken by somebody else. When I was a kid I like to take photos so much because back then I looked super adorable. But everything changed once I've got acne and my teeth became not so nice anymore :s

The weird thing is both of us didn't feel nervous or anything about the photoshoot. It is just another task in our to-do-list and we just want to get it done. This year, we have listed many things in our to-do-list and by far, we have completed more than half of them. Way to go yo!

Back to the photoshoot. Last week, the SA from Victoria gave us a call to remind us about the photoshoot session. We were told to be there at 10am. We were so gung ho we still went to the gym the night before and at 10:00PM we were rushing to the tailor's place to get Adam's suit and tux. Initially we planned to push off early because the traffic will be heavy in the morning. Due to our gung ho-ness, everything was done last minute; ironing la, packing la bla bla bla. Luckily we still reached there on time heh.

The bridal shop just opened. Only the make up artist and the shop assistant were there. The make up artist (forgot her name :s) did my make up and she was really quick. Most importantly, her make up is very very nice!! For once I don't feel my make up is too thick especially the eyes. Just when our make up is done, another couple came for their photoshoot as well.

The indoor photoshoot started around 11PM. Our photographer is Abbey and her assistant is Jess. We were asked to go into the studio. The studio is quite small, with a few different settings. Hard to imagine that all the nice indoor photos came out from this small room :P Before the shooting starts, Jess taught us a few tricks on posing. I was a bit kekok especially when Abbey asked me to smile showing my teeth. She asked me to relax and smile naturally but the problem is I don't usually smile showing my teeth in photos. Anyway I give it a try as she said it's ok, she will snap and show me whether it's nice or not. When she showed me the first few photos that she took, OMG! My jaw dropped. My first reaction is 'Is it me in the photo?' LOL *thumbs up to Abbey*

As the shooting went on, we were more relax and the whole thing seemed much easier. Altogether, I've changed three gowns and one kua. As usual all comes with different style. The first gown gave a very soft, smooth and romantic feel. Second evening gown is more sexy (i think) and the third evening gown Adam called it the sailormoon style =.=

The whole indoor shooting finished at 3 something and we quickly changed for outdoor shooting. The sky was dark and to our dismay, it started drizzling huhu. We did go on with the plan and Abbey tried her best to capture whatever she can while the sun still bright. However, few minutes later it started to rain so we waited in the car hoping that we can continue later. There were another few couples having their photoshoot as well. So funny to see all the couples standing there waiting for the rain to stop. We waited until 6:30PM and decided to postpone the photoshoot to a different date. So kind of Abbey and Jess to help us arrange a date on Saturday so that we don't have to take leave. They even don't mind to work extra hours just let us have the photoshoot. So nice right?

In a way I find it as a blessing in disguise because we were actually a bit tired. And now we get to shoot another time, it's even better ;) I didn't take any self shots because I can't be carrying my phone around ma. But here's one for your eyes only :D

Pain is friend

2011-08-01T14:54:00.000+08:00

As I've mentioned previously, I joined the gym and had been visiting the gym quite often (as compared to never done any exercise before). The first work out with the trainer was good, although I was a little bit slow but I managed to finish the entire session without feeling dizzy. The day after I went again just to do some cardio exercises since the previous session I only did 15 minutes with the minimal 3.5km/hour. Surprisingly I can 'walk' quite long on the threadmill without feeling anything. I increased the speed to 6km/hour.

However, yesterday was a big disappointment :'( We were rushing back from hometown back to KL to join the session. I was in a hurry since morning therefore I didn't eat much. Not to mention that I didn't take breakfast. I only had a few spoons of noodles and 5 fish balls around 12pm. By the time we reached home it was already 2:45pm. So we quickly packed our clothes and rush to the gym. I was feeling really really tired from the travelling and my stomach is empty. But training still had to go on, so I continue with the session. I had a lot of difficulty throughout the whole session, literally no energy and I could feel that I'm getting gastric. In a nutshell, I couldn't achieve what I'm supposed to *sigh*

Feeling really down thinking of my performance. So I compensate back by walking 40 mins on the threadmill and burn off 200 calories after the session. I actually don't feel a thing, weird. For the rest of the evening I can't stop blaming myself for being so useless. Why others can do so well while I can't even do the simplest work out?

This morning I woke up with a sore thighs and neck. Barely can stand, walk or sit. Basically any movement that requires my lower limbs :s I wondered how am I suppose to pose for Wednesday photoshoot. Tomorrow I have another training session leh. Life is seriously full of pain.

I am obese

2011-07-24T00:16:00.001+08:00

Apparently I'm obese! Omaigodd!!! *devastated*

Though I know that I have excess fats everywhere but never would I expected that I'm actually obese *tears* Don't you think that the machine at the gym was intentionally tweaked in such a way so that it gives bad readings so that everyone will sign up to their gym? Hmm... Well anyway, since I did realize that the fats on my body is increasing, perhaps it's time for me to start working out my body. For the sake of healthier body, I've signed up :( I feel a bit guilty for dragging Adam into the fire. So nice of him to join the gym with me, and paid for me in advanced :'(

Things which I hate about gym's strategy in order to get the customers to sign up:

1. Someone will call you up randomly and claim that you are entitled for a free one month trial = Big fat lies

You are entitled to a free one month trial IF you sign up. If you ever walk in to the gym and the first thing you tell them is you want to claim the one month trial, they will treat you like shit. So please don't bother to visit unless you plan to sign up.

2. They will attack every single thing about your body as if your world is going to end tomorrow if you don't sign up with them. They are the savior. Blerhh... True experience, they keep humiliating me and couldn't stop reminding me that I'm obese wtf.

3. The SA will explain the package to the customer and when the customer is hesitating about the price, they always always pretend that they can give some special discount because you are the last customer of the day lah.. last day of promotion lah whatever bullshit and they will cut some fees somewhere. Everyone knows that is part of their strategy loh.. Use better tactic lah.

So why do we sign up despite all the lies? It is the cheapest among all the gyms and classes which I'd enquired before. Initially there is a processing and joining fees which cost more than a thousand for two persons. Those fees are unnecessary okay. They just simply charge for no reason. What do they have to process? I frankly told them I boh lui wan lor. Save their saliva and save my time. So they waived off the fees and we only pay about RM380+ for two persons (inclusive of the first month membership plus some discount from citibank. Thank you citibank). Monthly fees come to RM165 but I will have to top up for the personal trainer. Since I'm new to gym, it's better to have a personal trainer before I start spoiling the machines or worse, hurting myself :s We managed to get my brother a free two weeks trial as well. Sign up for gym also requires bargaining nowadays. Pathetic.

I bet customers are more willing to sign up if gyms are more honest about the services and promotions that they offer.

Any female kaki interested to go to the gym with me? Military training starts next week *freaking out mode*

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Little observation that I made yesterday while shopping at Midvalley. Almost 90% of the human that I saw especially ladies are 'obese' lor (according to what the gym claimed) -.-!!

Victoria Wedding Gallery - Gown Fitting

2011-07-15T12:27:00.000+08:00

We’ve went for the gown fitting session yesterday and it went well (I think). We are probably the easiest customer to deal with. Just thought of sharing my experience with Victoria Wedding Gallery, who knows it might be useful to somebody out there.

A flash back to a few months back, the SA who is in-charged of our booking called me and asked when is our wedding and when we planned to take photos. That was because initially we couldn’t confirm our wedding date. Therefore we couldn’t fix the date for the photoshoot as well. Thank God she called because we had forgotten to inform them that our wedding banquet will be in October and we planned to take photos in July! Right after I told the SA the dates, she quickly find an available slot for us. We would have known that it will be very hard to get a slot last minute, especially we prefer to book Abbey Choo (Victoria’s top PG) for the shoot. If you would like to book Abbey as well, you must tell the SA in the very beginning. Otherwise, they will assign other PG for you. Initially our pre-wedding photoshoot is in July, considering that the BS requires at least 3 months to get the album ready. But they offered us another PG because Abbey is fully booked. After discussing with Abbey, she is so kind to let us have the shoot in August and she said the album will be ready in October before our wedding. Let’s put our fingers cross ok.

So yesterday was the gown fitting session. I did some readings in forums and ask for some opinions of the things that I need to prepare. The main dilemma being what to wear inside for the fitting -.- I know it may sound silly but every bride-to-be will ask this before the fitting lor. It actually depends on the gown that you choose. For fitting, I would suggest to wear nu bra if possible. I wore strapless bra and I think it’s not that comfortable. Since the bra itself has a layer of padding, plus the padding from the gown, it became too thick. I did take off the bra when I tried on some semi see through and bared back gowns. It’s much comfortable. The SA followed me to the fitting room and helped me to wear all the gowns. So if you are shy to be naked in front of the SA, it’s better to wear nu bra.

Always make an appointment prior to the gown fitting session and try to do it during weekdays. You will have all the time you want to try the gowns and to avoid changing of gowns later on if you are in a rush. Most importantly, the SA will be more attentive to your needs. The package that we signed up for includes 7 gowns and 1 Chinese traditional costume. We were asked to choose 2 gowns first, 1 for indoor, 1 for actual wedding day. They have a few types; mermaid, can can and A-line. I suggest checking on their album and picking the gowns that catch your eyes. Try out different types of gowns and see which one suit you the best. It’s very difficult for us to flip through their gowns on the rack and decide which to try because first, they are super heavy and second, we can only see the front design because the tail is too long. They will fold it up to the hanger. At the end, all of them look the same lol. So what we did is we ask the SA to recommend and bring some to try out, after that we couldn’t get any one that we like and we start browsing the album. I guess it is love at first sight. We both like the first gown that I tried on in February when we were signing up the package. Luckily it is still available hehe.

After that, we had to pick 4 evening gowns; 2 for actual day, 2 for indoor. Evening gowns are more colourful but I noticed the colours balik balik dark purple, dark brown, dark blue, maroon or red. I don’t quite like dark colours except black and I prefer very simple design. So I’ve chose 4 bright colours for evening gowns which relatively simple. Lastly is the outdoor gown. We had also eyed on a semi see through gown back then in February. After trying it out, we straight away book it. As for the traditional costume ‘Kua’, the size is standard and the SA didn’t let me try on it. You can choose to replace the Kua with a cheong sam though. Due to my meaty body, I stick to the Kua T____T

Overall, the whole session took 2 and half hours. My justification is the SA from Victoria is very attentive and patience. She kept giving me gowns to try on although we have shortlisted like 7 already and she will recommend the gowns which she thinks suit me the best. The down side is Victoria doesn’t allow photography in the shop. So it’s difficult to recall how the gown looks on me especially after trying so many pieces. The good thing is they don’t mind you trying it over and over again if you’ve forgotten.

714

2011-07-13T15:03:00.000+08:00

Tomorrow is one of the days that we have been anticipating. Gown Fitting!! I’ve been determined to trim down some of the excess fats under my chin (I hate double chin!), my arms (my arms are fatter than his omg), my waist (spare tyres for sale! Lelong leong) and my hips. See the amount of fats that I have *faint* But I failed kaw kaw lah. I have been eating like a pig *oik oik* ever since don’t know when. There were times I went for exercise but it was just hangat hangat tahi ayam. Few days after that I continue my pig out regime :x There were also times that I seriously cut down on carbo intake and successfully lose 3-4kg. Current weight remains at 51-52kg, depends whether I have shit or not LOL.

I also have been doing my homework compiling ideas for next month pre wedding photo shoot. Most of the photos that I’d came across are either taken at the beach, forest or buildings, very romantic. But when I put the romantic idea and us side by side, it just doesn’t click :x We are not those romance romance kind of couples. If I have to use one word to describe us, that would ‘SOT’. Yeah, we are very sot and we like to make fun of each other all the time. Crazy couple we are.

There’s one thing which I don’t understand when I looked at all the wedding photos. All the brides are gorgeous!! There is a difference between artificially gorgeous and naturally gorgeous. All of them look so natural! How can all the brides look so beautiful? I don’t believe just by putting on a wedding gown and dab on some make ups will transform someone from an ugly duckling to a swan lor *sceptical* Or it really will? It’s either the photographers only posted all the nice photos or it’s true that all brides are born to be pretty. I’m really afraid thinking of how I will look like in photos because I hate camera. It’s almost a mission impossible to capture a nice photo of me huhuhu.. Unless I camwhore in front of the mirror lah. I can’t smile I can’t pose what should I do when the camera is pointing at me? RUN!

Let’s hope that the bridal allows photo taking tomorrow. Then I will have something to share ;)

11-04-11

2011-04-12T09:19:00.000+08:00

It was a memorable day to us and our families. We had been through many obstacles and challenges to finally tying the knot. It is the blessings from God that we finally be as one. I couldn't ask for more than having You as my husband, Adam Lee. May both of us 8 nin hou hap, jou sang guai chi lol.

Bye Bye to my ukur tanah job

2011-02-24T15:19:00.000+08:00

I have far too many drafted posts in my blogspot, what a shame :| All were accumulated since last week. My stress free goyang kaki honeymoon is going to end very very soon huhuhu.. I will be reporting to work next week. On the happy side, at least I'll get a stable income cause 'ukur tanah' doesn't earn me a penny hmpf! I'm getting cold feet thinking of the entirely new job scopes, new working environment, new colleagues, new everything. New means seriously new and I'm not joking. I've no idea what is it all about (only a very brief idea) and it will be a whole new challenge. Fingers crossed that I can pull everything together and work things out. Needless to say, I have to put 200% to get the hang of things before I can manage the entire lab.

Besides that, we have also booked for our pre-wedding photoshoot package! Hooray! It was love at first side lol. We did some survey (He did to be exact lol) and added a few bridal shops (BS) to our list. Victoria Wedding Gallery was the first that we visited. We both like their simple and natural concept. I have to agree that it is the better to visit the BS at their shops compared to the exhibition. You will get to check on their gowns, and they might let you try on one or two pieces, like what Victoria did. It feels awesome to be able to try on the beautiful wedding gowns and see for your own eyes how gorgeous it looks on you (or the other way round just like me LOL) before making any booking. So far we are very happy and satisfied with Victoria's service. They are very straight forward, no putar belit telling us stories and wasting our time. Some BS will tell la this and that we normally charge this much, but now they give everything for free. Sounds worthy but actually not at all. Some will even charge differently for different gowns selections and it will be a bit risky to sign up a package before seeing the gowns (I think la). I'm anticipating for our photoshoot but at the same time, I'm so worried how it will turn out cause I ain't no photoshoot material lo. I don't know how to pose and worst still, my smile is ugly with my crooked teeth :'(

As I mentioned before, this year will be very hectic with many many big plans. Besides wedding, I'm planning to get our house reno done as well. It has been dragging for far too long. But the problem is we had already moved in, with furnitures and all. Somemore if there's nobody keeps an eye over the dog, she will go berserk when the workers come. Hmm... how ar?

People said be positive and put all the negative thoughts away. But I can't seem to do that (most of the time). Every single little thing will get me worried and scared, work especially. Everytime there's something new in my life, I will get cold feet. Seriously, I need a lot of positive energy around me. SmellybuttAma, give me some of your positive energy and I will give you many many of my fats in return. Deal? LOL

p.s.: I bought so many cheapo stuffs recently that I'm wanted to share. Nothing fancy but they are cheap! Let's see if I'm not too lazy -.-

44 Months Anniversary / 2011 Valentine's at Croatia

2011-02-13T14:11:00.000+08:00

It's so true that everything that makes a girl pretty is painful!! And believe me, I'm not one of those girls who enjoys spending hours to do their make up and hair, whatsmore picking the outfit. I barely spend 10 minutes for make ups? Another 10 minutes to dry my hair, if it's wet. Otherwise 5 minutes would be sufficient -.-

When I was so determined to make myself look a lil bit better, accident happened! Shiat! The last time I curled my hair, I burnt my fingers. It was on my birthday, how great was that. Today even worse, I burnt my face!!! My skin literally peeled off the moment it touched the hair curler. Ban hair curler!

Look at it look at it!! Po siong la sei mou.. The pinkish part is where the skin peeled off, whereby the dark crest around it is the skin which kena bakar. Sigh.

After that still got mood to go out makan and took pictures. Nasi sudah jadi bubur, pain also have to eat ga.

We went to this Croatia restaurant called Dubrovnik Restaurant at Solaris Mont Kiara to celebrate our 44 months anniversary as well as early Valentine's. As usual I am a bit skeptical when it comes to new makan places but this one seems to get many good reviews.

Complimentary dish: Breads with some spicy sauce. (There were 6 pieces of bread, not 2 yea. We whacked 'em too fast)

Appetizer: Krumpir Soup (Mushrooms soup with potato cubes).

Main: Chicken Parmezan and Cevapi & Djuvedj (Grilled lamb and beef sausages with Special Croatian vegetable rice).

Dessert: Apple Pita (Apple pie with vanilla ice cream).

Among all the dishes, I like the soup and apple pie the most. The soup is very creamy and full of taste. Portion is just nice. Otherwise we would be stuffed with breads and soup before the main comes. At first we would like to order their famous Lamb Rack. Too bad habis liao :(

There are not many choices to pick from the menu as I'm not a 'chicken' person. But thinking of the cheesy and creamy sauce in Chicken Parmezan, I was already salivating slurpss~ The sauce is really delicious but can be very 'zai' if taken too much. If you like cheese, this dish will not fail you.

Since they don't have Lamb Rack, we go for the grilled lamb and beef sausages. The sausages taste great, very meaty. It goes very well with the spicy sauce. Not my favourite favourite dish but it's acceptable. Adam said he likes the Special Croatian vegetable rice. It taste a bit like nasi briyanni.

Check out Adam's blog for more food photos ;)

Time flies and it has been 44 months we've been together. There are many big plans this year and let's hope that things will go smoothly as planned. Before anything else, I shall end my honeymoon and get a job. I'm getting too comfortable enjoying myself at home and adding up a few kilos blerhh.

Happy Anniversary and Happy Valentine's! <3

Knock knock!

2011-02-13T03:44:00.001+08:00

Check out my new blog header! All photos were stolen from Adam's blog. These photos were taken at my little hometown. All these old buildings still remain at the town, which is the best place to take nostalgic photos. Oh and the food is actually from my parents stall ;) Since now we have a new toy, we shall take more beautiful photos of every corner that we go! This new toy takes freakingly awesome photos yo.

Supposed to write about our anniversary and valentine's dinner but I was busy watching So You Think You Can Dance. And now the clock is already close to 4am, time to hit the bed. Good night!

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2010-10-21T09:12:00.000+08:00

Mind is troubling with all sorts of emotions, both personal and work. There are so many 'Whys' in my mind. Is this some kind of joke? If it's just a dream, why it felt so real? I believe it's all fated and God has his plan, or is it so?

Shitbrix

2010-08-05T11:26:00.000+08:00

This word makes me laugh everytime I think of it LOL. Adapted from The Gutter Food of Fail Uncensored. It's nice to read when you are darn bored or you feel like shit. Thanks Audrey for sharing this site :)

Again, it has been a while since I last posted. Nothing interesting to share also. My life revolves in the same cycle; eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep work. Guess not only me. The blogs that I frequent also haven't been updating. Probably everyone faces the same thing as me. Boring huh?

Almost a month since I joined the new place. Things have been doing better than before, but have to admit that there are many little things which I'm not too impressed. One very important thing that I've learnt is that in order to survive in any industry, our ears have to be very smart! I'd trained my ears to be 'Masuk telinga kanan, keluar telinga kiri'. Many times the customer, or the boss, or whoever might say something which doesn't make any sense, that's when our ears play the role. Sometimes we just have to take things more lightly, life will be easier and happier.

I used to be very grumpy whenever someone criticized me, especially on my work or pinpoint my mistake which isn't my mistake -.- I am still the same but today I wanna make a change and starts to wave things off. No point argueing or defending, sometimes you are just the unlucky one.

Done with all the rantings. I probably have to plan for some interesting activities to cheer up my life a little. What is life if I spent 20 yrs in education, another 30-40 yrs at work and the remaining 10 yrs (if I'm lucky) to enjoy my life? I'm not sure if I can still travel around enjoy my life when I'm in my 60's to 70's :s Take pictures muka also berkedut kedut already huhu...

Anyone up for any activities? Trips? Let's do it while we can, old liao want to do also 'yao sam mou lik' ah.. Bangkok trip anyone??

Life is pain

2010-07-11T16:20:00.001+08:00

I strongly agree. Why life can't be much simpler? Why life has to involve money? Though some people might not agree, I do think that we work our ass off just to survive in this materialistic world. I hate making decisions because I just don't have the capability to judge which is better. I'd decided and I must accept the fact. But I'm not happy at all. At least until this moment I feel that I'm very depress. I may sound silly and I don't expect anyone to understand. All I need is a room to lock myself up till I find the courage.

I am back

2010-07-11T00:08:00.000+08:00

Blog is revived, finally! Not that I have anything to talk about heh.. But it's gonna be useful if my friends (mainly ex-colleagues) if they are interested to know what is going on in my life, after leaving the 'family' *sob sob*. Still can't get over how sad it is :'(

Everytime I visit my colleague's blog, it kinda reminds me how close we used to be, how fun it was to work and chilled with them. On my first day in the new company, I logged in to gtalk as usual (It has been a routine) and one of my colleague said he felt as if I was in the office like usual. Too bad I'm not...

Guess I have to accept the fact that I'm no longer there no matter how hard it is. However, our friendships remain the same guys ;)

First day in the new office was 'odd' because it is a completely different environment, working culture and people altogether. I reached around 8:30 a.m. (Thanks to Mr. Adam for fetching me the past 3 days), expect that there would be somebody in the office but no leh. Patiently waited another 30 minutes while the neighbours broke into their office. Apparently something went wrong with their office door lol. Couldn't take the wait any longer I went down and waited at the fast food outlet. I was told that my new colleagues don't come to work so early :s Wasn't doing anything on the first day, just some briefing and did some readings.

It was more fun the second and third day cause I get to go out to the sites with my seniors and was assigned to more work. Although the morning session was kinda boring, I tried to get as much input as possible. Don't want to waste the opportunity to learn. We also worked extra hours on Friday, even during the weekend (at home) but I would say I feel more alive compare to before. At least I'm doing something meaningful and worthy.

I'm still trying my best to cope with the new working environment. The downside would be I was asked to give a presentation very soon, on an unfamiliar topic -.- I was hoping that at least they allow me to adapt myself first before going through this. Frankly speaking, my mind was filled with all the negative thoughts on the first day. There are a few things that turned me off so badly or should I say that I'm over estimated a few things? Hope it gets better soon. Let's wait and see.

:(

2010-03-11T10:31:00.000+08:00

Last night Bobo gagged again. It is the second time she gagged in the middle of the night. The first time was on Tuesday and it repeated last night around 3:47 a.m. Somehow she has serious gagging only during that time, though she did cough/gag a little bit once a in while. The first time it happened I thought it is nothing because she is all fine after that. She eats like normal, acts like normal and doesn't look like she is sick. But after last night, I'm really really worry of her. I searched through the net what could be the reason of the gagging. In fact I only got to know the term 'gagging' from uncle google. It seems that the most probable reason could be Kennel Cough. Of course there are other infections or sickness which can cause gagging as well. Hopefully nothing's severe *fingers cross*. We will bring her to the vet this evening. Let's hope she is fine.

Some pictures of the cutie pie. She is such a good girl. Before we move to our new home, we were thinking she will have problem adapting herself in this new place. We will have to potty train her again because her 'toilet' will be placed at a different spot now. What if she pee/poo on our sofa? or on our carpet? So far she is behaving well, really well. We placed her toilet upstairs, in her room. She has to do her business there, no where else. And she did! I don't know how she can learn so fast even before I teach her anything, she already know where is her toilet. She will go upstairs to drink water and eat her food too. Pandai :D

POTONG!!!

2010-03-02T14:41:00.002+08:00

Update: P1 sucks, we are back to Streamyx and currently using their 4mbps package. It works wonder! Download speed up to 400kbps furhh!

Just a short one before I blog about my new home. Too lazy to dig out the camera's cable. So the post will remain pending until I'm willing to drag my lazy bumb to look for it.

A few minutes ago, Si Adam messaged me furiously saying that P1's customer service is a no brainer. Oh btw, we just "POTONG" our ever slow Streamyx and trying out P1 for a week. Unfortunately our new place doesn't have coverage. Ngam ngam 300m away from the signal (or whatever it's called). When the sales person approached us the other day, he confidently told us there is a coverage! Memang proven sales persons are the biggest LIAR on earth, tadak honesty langsung. I tried putting the gadget almost at every corner of the house, nearly want to put it outside the house already, still the signal is not turning green. The best we got is yellow, means good but not the best. After clarifying with P1 customer service only we got to know that our area is not within coverage. What the heck.

Anyway we still proceed to potong because streamyx is not any better. Every month have to fork out over hundred bucks for the telephone line and internet but all I get is just shitty connection. Moreover we just moved and it requires all the line transfer blah blah blah which takes don't know how long. Kasi potong aje lah. I'm not an internet freak so I don't think I will hook on the net for very long even during the weekend. Tentatively 20GB of maximum download should be more than enough. It's quite crappy because after 20GB the bandwidth will be cut to half, which is less about 500kbps? Don't know why Malaysia ISPs are crappy like that.

Back to the story. So Si Adam called up P1 to enquire about their terms and condition if we were to continue with their service. Then the stupid customer service fella told him that there is a pro-rate of RM44 for Feb. Which means we have to pay RM44 for that 1 day (we activated the line on 28th Feb) of usage? For heaven sake I only used it for like a few minutes due to the shitty connection and your reseller told me that there is coverage? Of course Si Adam being Si Adam, he tembak the fella. Poor chap yang ditembak said he also not so sure what is the terms and will get back to us after he clarified. Apa punya customer service ni? Don't know anything pakai hantam aje reply to the customer.

When Si Adam told me, I explained to him why. Customer service's job is not to solve customer's issue. Their job is to stop customer from complaining and making noise. They will tell u all sorts of crap so that you'll believe whatever they said are making sense and eventually you will hang up the call feeling satisfied. Sorry ar, if customer service are that good to solve all our issues, they won't become customer service liao. They would have become the techincal person or whatever. So no choice we have to bare with them. Those who are good of course they will direct the issue to somebody else who can give us the solution. I'm not judging all the customer service people k, no offense. There are some good ones, but very rare. And there are bad ones, everywhere (especially the 'wanton').

Gong Xi Gong Xi

2010-02-24T09:24:00.001+08:00

Not too late to wish everyone Gong Xi Fa Cai, another few more days before CNY ends. Back to the usual routine until next year we hear the fire crackers again.

I'm stressing out for the past 2 months, subconsciously. Only my period tells -.- The dateline of our S&P is getting nearer and nearer but there is no news from the vendor when they will be moving out. Initially they planned to move out end of 2009. Tangguh tangguh until 2010 liao. Not that I can't wait to move in or what but we have to answer to our current landlord as well. Caught in the middle, my only concern is whether we have a place to stay in the end. I don't want to spend my nights beside the road or under the bridge. Either one doesn't sound good to me.

After many many attempts of rushing, chasing, scolding the lawyer and the bank, finally we reach the second step before owning the house completely. Final step will be cheque redemption and title release. According to the vendor, they will allow us to move in first so that we don't have to bear another month of rental at our current place. We are suppose to get the keys by today, which I hope we WILL!!! Otherwise really have to duduk merempat already. Kesian wei.

Already started packing our barang but don't know why after packing so many boxes, there are still a lot of barang lying around!!! The amount of rubbish we have really crazy lah. Shoes alone already few boxes. Padahal kaki cuma dua je. I don't dare to imagine how many rounds we have to take in order to move everything. Anyone has lorry ke, van ke, truck ke, pajero ke boleh pinjam tak?

If everything goes smoothly we should be moving to the new place this weekend. Let's wish things will be fine and house warming will be on its way very soon :)

Replay, Tik Tok

2010-02-06T14:28:00.000+08:00

Two new videos by Kurt Schneider which I love.

Many of them commented that the original version by Kei$ha is better but I choose to differ. I actually prefer this than the original one. I don't find anything so special about the original version though. It's just another pop song being over played by the radio? Seriously I don't wanna listen to it over and over again. Yeah maybe the song sounds nicer with a faster beat but she is undeniably great! How can someone looks so pretty and the voice is so good?? Oh Lord. ~~I want her~~ I want to be her pls.

Latest cover by Sam Tsui. Again I prefer his version than Iyaz's. Many times I will only start liking the original version after listening to Sam's. Example Jay Sean - Down.

Enjoy the videos.

Pointless

2010-02-03T09:43:00.000+08:00

Have you done your new year shopping? The malls are crazily crowded during the weekends. Even the Pak Guard also geleng kepala when we drove into the parking lot -.-

As much as I like sales, I hate this time of the year. Everyone is so crazy over shopping, snatching clothes and marching to the fitting rooms. Have to wait forever to try the clothes and worse, the queues at the cashiers are never ending.

I never do any new year shopping since don't know when. Anyway CNY is just staying at home watching some old school shows.

Last Sunday after a scrumptious lunch at Xenri (which I'm yet to blog because too lazy to resize the photos), we braved the traffic and headed to Midvalley. Thought I could do some shopping because I have so many things in mind that I would like to buy. Somehow I lost my shopping vibes when I reached there. Window shopping for 5 hours and get nothing but a lazy pants from Carrefour which costs RM5.88. Very cheap maybe you should get a pair also :x

Same thing happens to me quite frequently. Many times I am all excited, semangat berkobar kobar want to invade the shopping malls and brought the whole mall back with me. However when I reached there, my mind will go all blank and I couldn't recall what I wanted to buy initially. Not only that, sometimes I get so emo for no reason and don't feel like shopping anymore. Padahal I'm the one who wants to go there in the first place. Tak pasal pasal Si Adam kena bising bising from me.

Is it the hormone? Don't know lah but I guess it is due to self esteem or lack of self-confidence. I think I know what triggers the emo me. When I walk around the mall and see so many pretty ladies or ladies who dressed up nicely, look back at myself.... shorts, t-shirt, sandals, dull and boring pony tails, make-upless urgghhh... the emo me will take over me (so confusing lol).

So, added to my previous new year resolution (which is to 'be grateful and stop complaining') I want to boost up my confidence level and think that I'm the prettiest in the planet muahahahaha.. ok I'm joking. At least to be confident with my body, my face, my everything. This gonna be real hard but I must!!!!! I'm sick of being emo and walking in the malls pointlessly. I pay for the parking for gawd sake!

Officially 27

2010-01-25T09:09:00.044+08:00

I love 25th January, not only because it is my birthday but somehow I feel that it is a good day! Updates on my big day, I received an unexpected surprise in the office!!!! A huge bouquet of flowers. The first thing that crossed my mind is "Oh.." and paused for a second. Too surprise don't know how to react lol.

Who else will send me flowers if not him. But frankly speaking, there was a moment I thought the flowers were from somebody else. Because there was a year someone sent me a bouquet of teddy bears to my office as well. Moreover the message on the card was rather suspicious. What "......many many happy in returns." As far as I know, only those who are not so close to me will write something like that, i.e friends, colleagues. Anyway there is a secret code that assure me it is from him. Thanks dear for the beautiful flowers :D I love it but I love 'bak hup' even more. So you 'sik jou' lah next year heh.

Since it is a Monday, I don't expect any big big celebration. Anyhow I'm getting old huhu what to celebrate right. Both of us were suffering from flu and stuff, so it's best to have something not too heavy and heaty for dinner. We went to Sushi Zanmai for a light meal.

After dinner we have ice cream cake for dessert hehe. Another surprise from him because I've never expected any cake this year. That's why I baked cupcakes the other day. Must be the non-stop 'ah chi ah cho" I made last year for not having a proper birthday cake *successed yay*

Full of loves ice cream cake from Baskin Robin. He always get me this if we are celebrating together. I'm not a big fan of the usual cake, the most I will take a piece and that's it. Ice cream cake is the best. The good thing of my birthday is it is so close to Valentine's. So I always receive beautiful love cakes hehehe.

The handwritting so messy wan -.-

Pweety!!!

Make many many wishes. Ice cream also melt already.

Blow the already very short candle lol.

It may not be a fancy birthday celebration but there is nothing else I could ever ask for. Thanks for everything <33333

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! to me!

Reserved this first for the sake of my big day. Will fill up the post when I can think of what to write later lol.

In the mean time I shall indulge you with photos of my baking project during the weekend.

Chocolate Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting for the family, in conjuction of my big day of course *wink*

2010

2010-01-06T10:49:00.000+08:00

Everyone is talking about their new year resolutions but me. I never have any new year resolutions but I do have new year wishes :) Well, wishes cannot be revealed otherwise they won't come true. So I shall keep them to myself. Anyway they are the same every year. I ain't that greedy after all.

I was longing for 2010 to come because somehow I feel that 2009 was quite a sad year? With the leaving of my grandfather just after new year, my friends grandparents and many of the well known celebrities i.e. Michael Jackson and Yasmin Ahmad. The only milestone which I've achieved last year was buying a property. But that also in progress and yet to be completed.

Although it is only the fifth day of 2010, things have been great so far. I started the year with the company of great friends, having BBQ and taking polaroid photos to remember the special day. It was awesome.

On the first, we went shopping. Due to time constraint, I only managed to visit 2 stores but brought back 2 dresses, 1 cardigan, 2 tops and 2 necklaces. What a fruitful day, but painful to my wallet. Later that night we had steamboat at our favourite restaurant, Hoi Tong along with his family. The chicken wings were so delicious I ate 4 or 5, I think. I was planning to gobble more but the rest of them already full and sleepy :x

First movie of the year, Avatar. Everyone probably already watched it but I'm happy to watch it only in 2010. We catch the movie at 11:30 p.m. at the new Tropicana City. Not really new but it's new to us lol. The mall is quite nice with plenty of shops, of course it has our happy place also. Brought two bottles of Schwarzkopf shampoos because they on 50% discount. Darn cheap compare to normal price. Though the movie is fully booked but the cinema is not as crowded as others. I especially like their cinema seatings which have a bigger space for our legs. While waiting for the movie to start, we went to 'da kei'. After so many years not playing, it is fun to feel young and kiddy again. The whole 2 hours 43 minutes was fantastic. As if I'm living in Pandora, feeling the pain of the Na'vi when Hometree is destroyed, and the joy when they gained victory. Avatar is WOW! nuff said.

Day after continue shopping again. Midvalley was so crowded, we spent quite some time looking for parking. All thanks to the car below. Selfish fella that occupied two parking lots wtf. Bought another working pants, skirts and blouse at the end of the day.

4th Jan, back to work. It was a peaceful day.

5th Jan, work.........again. But it was great because I was credited with my hard work whereas the rest of the demo isn't that impressive. So I sorta save the demo from sinking to the sea :)

6th Jan, which is today. I shall continue in next post because I have good news to announce! :D

Happy New Year

2010-01-01T12:23:00.002+08:00

Happy year 2010 folks! Wish everyone will have a blast and blessing year ahead. Cheers.

Complication

2009-12-19T15:31:00.000+08:00

When you are single, you wish you have someone. When you are attached, you think it's better to be single. I always thought that being together is very simple, very happy. I hate complicated relationship whereby I have to worry so many things everyday. However, happily ever after most likely only happen in fairytales. In reality, we have to go through so many obstacles, so many arguements, so many tears. It's best to have someone who has the same goal as you, who always walk in the same direction as you. But somehow, the other half feels that he/she ends up in a very difficult situation whereby he/she doesn't know how to please you and everyone anymore. There is no way a person can please the whole world. The only way of doing it is by living in your own world. Nobody in this world will die without you. Why can't we take things a little bit easy, and not pushing it to the limit all the time? I feel suffocate whenever my partner wants to please so many people and without his notice, he actually forgetting about me. You may see him/her everyday, but you only spend a few hours eating and perhaps sleeping together? That's all. After all the longing of having a good holiday somewhere, finally both are free from work. But one wants to go back to his family, the other wants to go back to her family. And how about spending some personal time together? How to fulfill everything? I seriously don't know how to handle all this unless one is willing to sacrifice. It's never easy to have a long lasting relationship, never. There are things you will miss, there are things you will gain. Can't be a greedy pig hoping that you can gain everything. If you are not willing to commit, do not get attached. No doubt there are times you have to give in but that's a part of being together. I choose to give in and take things in a less serious manner. I'm tired of fighting over the same thing again and again. Until one side is ready to give in, this will be never ending. I don't want to argue, I don't want to complain, I don't want to worry anymore. I will learn to accept.

Dentist is too scary

2009-12-18T16:13:00.000+08:00

After so many years I thought I will never ever have to see dentist anymore. Too bad after 10 over years, I'm now in the same frightening situation again. When I was a kid, one of my temporary tooth was badly decayed. After much threatening by mom, I finally followed her to the dental clinic. However, my legs were shaking when I reached there. Once mom was done with the registration, I can't help and cried nonstop. I told mom I don't want to see dentist, I don't want to extract tooth. Mom didn't bother me so I rolled on the floor and cried louder -.- At the end I still have to go in but thank god the dentist was really good. He saw my eyes were flooded with tears quickly told me he won't simply extract my tooth. At last he got my tooth filled :)

But the filling didn't last long. When mom was admitted to the hospital to deliver my brother, she asked me to be good and get my tooth extract. Since it is a temporary tooth, new tooth will grow back. I promised her I will as long as she can have a smooth and safe delivery. So dad brought me to the same clinic and finally my tooth was extracted. It wasn't pain because the tooth was so badly decayed. Dad then brought me to visit mom in KL (mom was in a private hospital in KL). I happily told mom my gigi cabut liao.

Don't know how many years later, another tooth decayed pulak but this is a permanent tooth. From my last experience, I had the courage to visit the clinic by myself. I went to the same clinic again but too bad the good dentist wasn't there. The clinic actually belongs to another doctor called Dr. Ho. No choice I have to let him treat me because I'm afraid after this I won't have the courage anymore. My mouth was widely opened, he use a tool pointed on my tooth and asked me is it this one. God knows which one he pointed so I told him it is the one with a hole. The tooth is at the front so I guess he has no problem seeing it. Then he started drilling my tooth and filling it. I was relieved when he is done. BUT when I checked on my tooth after leaving the clinic, I was shocked to death. The tooth that he filled is not the one with a hole!!!!!! He drilled an innocent tooth and filled it WTF! I was so angry but there is nothing I can do.

From that time onwards, I learn one thing. When you are on the chopping board, it is all up to the doctors. Eventhough you realized they did shits, nothing can be done. They can't give you back the tooth. I got my tooth filled at the other clinic and it is all good until now.

Only the filling which Dr. Ho did came out some time back. I was too terrified to see any dentist so I just leave it. Last night the tooth chipped when I was having dinner. Sigh. What to do, can't leave it like that anymore otherwise it will get worse. I searched through the net for recommended dentists and found Joon Dental Clinic. There are many good comments for Dr. Joon. I made an appointment later at 7pm. Pray hard that my tooth only requires filling and hopefully it is not too expensive. Let's see how it goes :(

Purederm Moisturizing Cucumber Pack

2009-12-14T10:48:00.004+08:00

I'm supposed to do this review long ago, at least a month back. But I was too busy attending wedding banquets (nearly every week) hence the delay. Anyway, better be late than never right.

Before I start, let me just give a short description of my skin type. I think I have combination skin although most of the time I find my skin very oily. Many people says the skin produces more oil if it is lack of moisture. Meaning my skin is dry?? Not too sure so to be on the safe side I go with combination skin :x (This is so wrong please do not follow. You should visit a dermatologist or something to know your skin types ya). Besides that my skin feels really rough when I stop pampering it with tons of facial products. With my hectic schedules (non-working lol) and 'hangat-hangat tahi ayam' attitude, I only apply skin care for a short period of time. After that I will be so lazy. That's when my skin gets super rough like sand paper.

If you do not know, I think everyone knows la except me who only knows the importance of skin care quite recently wtf. The most important thing to keep your skin healthy and beautiful is keep it hydrated. Without proper hydration, whatever products that you use also useless because it is difficult for the skin to absorb. Other than moisturizer, mask is a common product to keep the moisture of the face. There are so many brands available in the market. My favourite always will be Neutrogena Deep Hydrating Mask, but the price is quite steep. I've tried many other brands especially those from Taiwan, I would say not bad.

Purederm is a new brand to me and I only got to know it from BeautySenses. First time I dare to try something which I've never heard before, all because of the taukeh. Purederm is from Korea and.......and........ that's all I know actually lol. To know more please visit BeautySenses and ask the taukeh.

For your information, I'm not the kind of person who will apply a lot of make up unless there is a special occasion. Because I have so many wedding dinners to attend, my face was all tight and dry due to the excessive of 'ICI' (make up).

This was taken during one of the wedding night.

I was touching my face last Friday and to my horror, it feels exactly like sand paper no joke! The next day, I quickly grab a packet of Purederm Moisturizing Cucumber Pack and apply it on my face before sleep. If you are in the dilemma not knowing types of skin do you have, whether the masks suit you or not, no problemo. Because it is for all skin types!

A wash off facial mask which contains Cucumber extract, Olive oil, collagen and vitamin E
For All Skin Types

Ingredients:
Cucumber extract - moisturizing and make skin healthy
Olive oil - brightening and softening skin.

Directions:
Thoroughly cleanse & dry face. Open the pouch and apply mask to face and massage evenly. Rinse with warm water after 5-10 minutes.

The mask has a very thick consistency and gives a very refreshing cucumber smell. From my opinion, the mask is sufficient for 3 applications unless you want to put it on your neck, hands and legs as well -.- I used morning and night though. Behind the packaging, it is written Do Not Eat. Maybe because the mask looks like jam haha. Very easy steps, wash your face or remove all make-ups if you applied any, apply the mask, leave it for 10 minutes then rinse off. There is a sudden cooling sensation after applying the mask. Especially when the wind blow on the face, very soothing. When it starts to get dry my face actually feels a bit warm. After rinsing the mask off and pat my face dry, I can feel the difference already. Very very fresh and clean kinda feeling. If you notice there are some masks that gives this similar effect and some didn't. Whether it is really effective or not, first thing at least it gives the instant smoothing effect. The best thing is NO MORE SANDPAPER!!!! fulamak.. My face feels so soft.

It may sound fake or something but seriously, try it to believe. Even I don't believe it so I used it again the next morning. It was hot and humid outside but my face is not as oily as before. All thanks to well-hydrated skin :))) Of course the mask is not magic potion or something, so you can't expect it to give such a drastic change. However, it works to at least keep my skin hydrated and moistured.

Purederm Moisturizing Cucumber Pack is only selling at RM2.90 at BeautySense. Not super duper cheap compare to other Taiwan masks but considering the fact that I can use it for a few applications it is actually much much cheaper!!!! I will try other Purederm samples which I've got and review more on the products.

2009-12-10T09:37:00.000+08:00

Banana Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting

Made this last Sunday to compensate the sucky food from Jogoya we had on his buttday. Seriously, the food at Jogoya becoming worse and worse. I'm not sure whether it is only during promotion period they downgraded the food quality or what. All the dishes which I like such as escargot in peanut sauce, king crab soup, chinese herbal soups and others are not available this time. They only serve all the cold dishes which taste even worse than my cooking. Don't put too high hope on the food if you are planning to go there for the first time. You will be so so so disappointed I tell you.

Many things going on for the past few weeks, I'm too lazy to update anymore. In short, we have attended many many weddings. Congratulations to all the newly weds especially my beloved cousin and Mr. and Mrs. Wong! You know who you are ;)

Sam Tsui and Kurt Hugo Schneider

2009-11-21T13:08:00.001+08:00

Before I said anything, watch this video.

What do you think? I think it is BRILLIANT!!!! Thanks to my colleague who shared this video after a day of boring work. The moment I heard Sam Tsui's voice, I stunned for a minute. The first question I asked my colleague is "Do you have the full album?". Too bad Sam doesn't have an album.

Apparently Sam Tsui and Kurt Hugo are two very young and talented individuals aka teenagers. They DIY the whole recording by themselves, not one but a lot of other beautiful covers as well as College Musical which are available at youtube. Check out Kurt's channel http://www.youtube.com/user/kurthugoschneider. How can they be so talented? I wondered what I was doing when I was at their age :/ Probably just being a couch potato and wondered what to eat next :x

Many of their fans suggested Sam should participate in American Idol, whereas I don't quite like the idea. Probably I'm disappointed with AI's winners all the while. Anyway, I believe both of them will go real far with their talents.

p.s. Kurt looks super cute in Bonnie Hunt Show <33333333

The Interview With God

2009-11-19T09:11:00.001+08:00

Early in the morning a colleague of mine shared this wonderful link (http://theinterviewwithgod.com/popup-frame.html). I guess everyone is trying to find hope and a reason to stay put.

I dreamed I had an INTERVIEW WITH GOD

"So you would like to interview me?" GOD asked.

"If you have the time," I said.

GOD smiled.

"My time is eternity...

what questions do you have in mind for me?"

"What surprises you most about humankind?"

GOD answered,

"That they get bored with childhood,

they rush to grow up,

and then long to be children again."

"That they lose their health to make money...

and then lose their money to restore their health."

"That by thinking anxiously about the future,

they forget the present,

such that they live in neither the present nor the future."

"That they live as if they will never die,

as die as though they had never lived."

GOD's hand took mine

and we were silent for a while.

And then I asked,

"As a parent, what are some of life's lessons you want your children to learn?"

"To learn they cannot make anyone love them.

All they can do is let themselves be loved."

"To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others."

"To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness."

"To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds in those they love,

and it can take many years to heal them."

"To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most,

but is one who needs the least."

"To learn that there are people who love them dearly,

but simply do not yet know how to express or show their feelings."

"To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see it differently."

"To learn that it is not enough that they forgive one another,

but they must also forgive themselves."

"Thank you for your time," I said humbly.

"Is there anything else you'd like your children to know?"

GOD smiled and said...

"Just know that I am here."

"Always."

Tak Tahan

2009-11-13T09:33:00.001+08:00

I know it is a bit rude/ harsh to call the Morning Crew as Boring Crew, but I seriously feel so. I used to be a loyal fan of them when R was around. J and R is the most perfect match ever although some people claim that the earlier MC is even better? To me I find both of them are really funny (not in a lame way) and creative. They always come out with new ideas and bring 'em on air. One of them which I really like was the Merdeka idea. They brought in different 'Malaysia Icon' everyday and interviewed them, too funny for words :D Even by thinking of it makes me smile. Who will forget 'Yes No Erm Ah'? Everyone loves this game. People start practising at home in order to beat the 'unbeatable' J and R lol.

Ever since the new setup of MC, I don't listen to the same station like before anymore. Sometimes it bored me to death listening to their lame jokes I have to switch station. The games are not fun, their jokes are lame, dull and boring. Until now I still didn't get the idea what so funny by making fun of somebody's height? I mean so many guys out there who are short, what so funny about it? Maybe the first few times ya lah it's quite funny but everyday joking about the same thing.. durhhh???

This morning the topic is about the leaving of J, not literally leaving he is just taking a week off. And E is making a big fuss of it, isn't he a drama king? Ya lah it could be a gimic or whatever, but first it is not funny, second it doesn't make sense. What's the big deal of J going on leave? Hallo?? Somehow I just don't get it. I personally prefer last week show when M replaced E for a week. There are more sparks and chemistry between M and J (Michael Jackson comes into place pulak dah) instead of M and E. Not only me, even si Adam also found both of them funnier. When we were on leave we still on the radio and listened to them. Normally we only listen to the radio while driving to work.

There was once both the MC were on leave, so M and J (another announcer) replaced the MC. Suprisingly they are very good! I actually hope that they will be the new MC. All in all it is about how good the two announcers partner together, just like a couple. Perhaps they are good individually, but when they are put together it becomes dull and boring. I agree that both of them are good, but not being the MC.

No offense just voicing out my 'tak tahan-ness' after listening to drama king this morning.

Wonders of Photoshop

2009-11-10T16:42:00.001+08:00

Update: Did a slight liquifying to make the eyes smaller.

There was once a contest to photoshop one of Xiaxue's photo and see who can come out with the best. Of course the queen herself also participated in the contest. I have to give a big applause to her because she has the courage to share her ugliest photo to everyone :clap clap clap:

The result of the contest was out and obviously none of the participants beat Xiaxue. I didn't participate because my photoshop skill isn't that good either. But today I give it a try and see what's the outcome.

Scroll down..... (Xiaxue's way lol)

Jeng jeng jeng...

Ok I gotta admit that the face proportion and the makeup and all don't really fall into place lah. But that's the best I can do :(

Best Egg Tarts

2009-11-04T09:58:00.000+08:00

Comes from my oven lol. The shape may be slightly out lah since this is my first attempt and I don't have the proper trays/cups. But the outlook didn't do its justice ok. I never expected it to be so good because I didn't follow the recipe completely. The original recipe cater for 20 tarts so I have to follow my instinct, reduce here and there, increase this and that in order to come with this. In short it taste unbelievable good I don't know how to describe lol.

Hoi Tong Steamboat

2009-11-04T09:46:00.001+08:00

So I went to Hoi Tong again last Saturday, just the two of us -.- because it was raining and it's difficult to get people on a Saturday night. It was already full house when we reached there about 8pm. Have to take number and wait for table :s We waited for half an hour, standing there watching people eating. We were number 3 on the line. There were another 2 couples before us. The gf of the first couple was so angry already because of the wait. Her face was as black as arang and she kept jeling at the bf. Kesian the guy.

There are so so so many steamboats restaurants around but we still drive all the way to Serdang because this restaurant has both steamboat and bbq. Why not go to Talipon you ask? Talipon sucks lah. The one at Kelana Jaya already tutup kedai. So you can imagine how good is their food lah. Not only that, Hoi Tong also provides a wide varieties of food. I think is better than Yuan at Sunway Mentari.

A small portion of the usual steamboat items. Fu chuk, fish ball, pork ball, vege ball, quail egg, fish noodle, dumpling and many other balls.

Some seafood. They have crab, prawn, fish fillet, clams, green oyster (green shell one don't know what is it called), bamboo clam (chuk tan), scallop, lala and some other shell seafood.

Hand was shaking while taking this photo. Marinated meat like ikan pari, ikan bolos, ikan kembong, bawal, lamb, pork, beef, chicken wings, fish egg, balitong, chicken satay etc.

Besides all the above they have a whole lot more of other food such as fruits, the watermelon is super sweet we had 2 big plates, jelly, ice cream, fried rice, ginger duck, curry chicken, lots of vegetable selection, noodles I can't remember so much liao. They have 2 soups, tomyam and normal soup. Of course you can ask for both which we always did. Another reason why I like this restaurant so much is the soup base. Normally if you go to any steamboat restaurant their 'ching tong' is super plain like water. But this one they cook the soup with herbs so it taste really good. Same goes to the tomyam, they didn't just cook it with tomyam paste which you can buy at supermarket. They really put all the ingredients to make the soup base and the good thing is the tomyam is not spicy.

If you are planning to go there I suggest you to make a reservation first. Hoi Tong Phone Number: 03-89436580 and 019-2582509.

Direction:

From the Kuda roundabout before Palace of Golden Horses turn in to the highway and pay the toll. Mines Waterfront Business Park is on ur left. Keep to the left and go up to the flyover. Turn right and go all the way straight. South City Plaza is on your right. There is a Petronas in front (left), before Petronas turn right. Go straight until you saw a burger on your left or there is a road sign showing SK13, turn left. Go straight there will be rows of shops on your left, and some restaurant on your right like what Homemade restaurant lah, Hakka restaurant lah.. Hoi Tong is in front there only.

House Hunting Part 2 - 宝物沉归底

2009-10-30T11:27:00.000+08:00

Since we missed out the last potential house, we sort of give up Kota Kemuning. I started to consider Puchong although I don't quite like it. An agent contacted us that he has a nice unit at Bukit Rimau. So we arranged a visit on a Sunday with high hope. The morning itself we were busy cleaning our room because I couldn't stand the amount of fur flying around anymore. I was so grumpy looking at our messy room. We have so many rubbish and no where to put. In short our room looks like a rubbish dump.

I was comtemplating whether to proceed with the appointment since I'm not in a very good mood. Anyway we still make it and reached there earlier than the agent. We tried to look for the house first based on the address. Who knows that house actually at Kemuning Greenville! If you follow the previous house hunting post I did mention that Greenville is not what we are looking for. We called the agent why on earth did he tell us the house is at Bukit Rimau. He replied the place is called Bukit Rimau Greenville wtf. Lesson of the day, if you saw any Bukit Rimau advertisement especially on the internet, probably it is referring to Greenville. Double check with the agent first before heading over. Don't get me wrong we have nothing against Greenville. But it's really shocking to see so many cracked porch at that area.

We continue making rounds at the other part of Kemuning if there is any nice unit. Spent about 4 to 5 hours, visited an empty unit and made many many calls. We were about to give up until we saw a unit with a super big banner which has the agent's contact number, beside it there was a hand written sign board with the owner's number. We called up the owner to enquire about the house and found out that the price is way way out of our budget. The owner didn't say much about the condition of the house. He confidently asked us to see for ourselves whether it is worth. Maybe it is fated, supposingly we arranged the visit on another day since the owners will only be back after few hours. Instead of heading home, we waited for the owner.

The moment I stepped into the house, I knew this is it!!! This is my dream home! The house has almost everything that I'm looking for. What wow me the most is the superb condition, interior design, decorations and most importantly it has a walk-in wardrobe! OMG!! Which girl doesn't want to have a walk-in wardrobe you tell me. The owners are amazingly kind. We had a good chat talking about the house, till our hometowns and all.

I was so excited and straight away called mom to tell her the good news. I told mom I love the house very much and I want it to be mine. After the last experience we are kinda worried if this house again being taken by somebody else. But wouldn't it too fast to make the decision? Moreover the cost is not within our budget. Once we reached home, quickly I grabbed the calculator to do some rough calculations whether we can afford it. The good news is we can, the bad news is we will be pretty broke lol. Anyway we made another arrangement with the owner for a second visit. This time my parents will go along. If they are happy with the house confirm we are getting it! It is better to get more inputs from other people because we might be blinded by certain things.

I will just put everything into the same post since things have been progressing and I'm sorta backdating it now :s

Few days after, my parents and their friends (unexpected guests haha) came all the way from hometown to see the house. We reached there slightly earlier so we parked the car in front of the house and waited for the owners (owners were out for dinner or something). Si Adam almost wanted to press the door bell but I stopped him. Then I noticed the floor at the porch was a bit different from the other day. I asked Si Adam "Did you notice the floor the other day? I didn't know the floor got polka dots one." Even he didn't notice it maybe because that day the owner's car was parked at the porch. After awhile I suddenly macam feel tak betul aje.. something's wrong here. Alamak!!! We went to the wrong house!!!! Quickly all of us rushed into the car and speed off. My parents was like wtf like that also can :x

Finally we reached the house also lah lol. To cut things short, parents are very happy with the house. They went Ooohh.. Ahhh.. and Woowww.. especially my mom when she saw the walk-in wardrobe. Macam ibu macam anak hahaha. I will decribe more about the house in the next entry. As a conclusion, we sorta confirm the house. After all the ooh ahh ohh ahh there are tons of things need to be done. You think so easy can get a house ar..

Book Shopping

2009-10-29T09:29:00.000+08:00

Was out of idea what to have for dinner last night when my parents suddenly cancelled the dinner plan. I was craving for Hoi Tong Steamboat since I had it last weekend, couldn't get enough of it. Thought of bringing them to try since it was a cold night after the rain. Steamboat would be good, what else if it comes along with bbq... furhh fantastic. Anyway plan tak jadi so we ended up at JM Briani House and bloated ourselves with nasi briani, chicken, beef and tauhu bakar. We were extremely full after the meal so I suggested we go to our happy place to have a walk. If you are not aware our happy place is referring to Carrefour -.- We are so unromantic.

At first I thought of checking out the price for some electrical stuff mainly washing machine, fridge and LCD TV (don't know lah is it called LCD or Plasma as long as it is flat). Need to do some budgetting on that if things go smoothly :wink: Later on we saw a lot of books for sale and I got super excited. I have something in books although I don't read much. It makes me super happy whenever I am surrounded by books and I can't stop buying them when I started.

Some of the books that I've bought. I like any book that is based on true story. So you can tell which are mine and which are his lol. Somebody always live in fantasy hahaha.. Each only costs RM5 isn't it dirt cheap?? Plan to go back another time to grab more. Happy place never failed to make me happy :D

'Real' Estate - 接受現實吧

2009-10-28T13:26:00.001+08:00

OMG I didn't realise that there are people commented on my previous posts and what makes me even happier is that I don't know them hahaha. That means other than me, Si Adam and pump pump there are others who read my blog (or they just so happen to bump into here lah). Anyway thanks for sharing the furniture links, too bad I am from Malaysia :(

Today let's talk about the 'reality' of house hunting. Let me clarify that I am not an expert or somebody who is pro in real estate or whatever okay. Just sharing my own experience but I welcome questions (chewahh.. bunyi macam expert pulak lol).

A few to begin with:

Real estate agents these days aren't that nice anymore. Some are very 'lansi' aka cocky they don't bother to do business.
Be prepared to call/sms tons of agents but none will get back to you.
Stay cool when you face agents who only serve richer buyers and leave you aside.
Some agents have their own websites but they never update it for ages.
You may realise some of the agents drive better car than you. In other words they may be richer than you so don't be surprise.
Be prepared to spend a lot of time driving around looking for available units which may end up with nothing.
Do not rely completely on properties websites, first the status of the house is not updated, second many owners do not advertise on the internet.

To be continue....

House Hunting Part 1 - 失敗為成功之母

2009-10-22T12:07:00.001+08:00

Continue from last post whereby we went house hunting at subang and sunway. We came home with a list of available units and contact numbers. After making a few calls to check on the prices, we decided to slash out subang and sunway from our options. Looking at the condition of over 10 to 20 years houses in such a congested area, we definitely can get better than that.

We took a break and thought of maybe we shouldn't be rushing about it. In fact we should take as much time as we need to find the right house. So we were back to procastinating. Until a day we started browsing through iproperty again to try our luck. After a little research on the internet, I was thinking why don't we give Putra Heights a try. It is not too far from Puchong and Subang, which probably the best for both of us since our working places are like one at the north and one at the south. That is the reason why it is so difficult for us to locate a place.

We went and visited two units, both are at this seksyen 8. The first house we visited is tenanted. The house is very crampy and there is no living room upstairs. We knew it is not the one that we are looking for when we stepped in. Moreover the agents are so 'cannot make it'. Service is bad, no manners, bias to rich buyers and cocky. The agent brought us to another empty unit but it is not any better. Somemore we don't like the environment because it seems like the house is surrounded by bushes :s

Later on we found out that this seksyen 8 probably is the only place that cost below 300k. So no luck in Putra Heights. The week after we continue searching at Kota Kemuning, Si Adam's favourite :x Again we went and visited a few units. Initially we thought that Kota Kemuning might have some cheap houses since the area is out of town. But there aren't many units available except Greenville. Many people thought that Kota Kemuning is very far, near to industrial area hence the air quality is bad therefore the houses will be dirt cheap. Sorry to say that it is not. Whoever that has never been there before will not know how much the place has been developed. The place is so huge, with a few schools inside, rows of shops everywhere, petrol stations, police station, hospital and carrefour which are in development, this place definitely is not as 'ulu' as we thought of. It slowly emerged into a town.

We spent almost the whole day there and finally we found a house at Liparis. We are lucky that the agent stays nearby and immediately he came over to show us the unit. Tenanted house but the owner not staying there anymore, fully renovated and it comes with fittings, 3 units of airconds, water filters, wet and dry kitchen. Price at 300k, sounds reasonable to us. Although the build up looks small but we were still very interested. So before we leave the place we asked the agent to check on a few things with the owner. The agent was rushing us to pay the 3% deposit to secure the house but we didn't want to make an impulse decision based on the first visit. Who knows the very next day the agent sms-ed and said the house already sold. To my surprise I didn't feel disappointed at all although the house may be quite worthy. I told myself that there must be something better waiting for us :)

To find a place I call HOME - 选找我的家

2009-10-20T10:17:00.002+08:00

All these years I never realise how lucky I am to have a house to live without any worries until today. We should all feel thankful that our parents give us a complete home and all we have to do is just behave and take good care of the house. But still we are complaining the house got no aircond lah, the furniture is not nice lah, no bathtub lah, no LCD TV lah, the house is too small lah bla bla bla. Come on people, do you know that we don't pay a penny for the house but our parents did? While we are busy complaining, our parents are busy working their ass off to pay the house loan and other things. If I ever made noise before, I would like to take back all my words. I am sorry mom and dad.

It comes to my realisation that buying a property is not at all easy. As I always say, "You think buy vegetable in the market meh". But little did I know, heck it is much more difficult that I thought!! Since I've just started getting involve into all this housing stuff, I would like to capture every single of my experience throughout the journey. Mainly because I want to remember all the ups and downs, secondly who knows somebody will find it useful some day.

Things started after so many pushings from the family and I finally agreed that it is the time to have my own house. My parents are very eager in this and my mom will always do the job brainwashing me. All the while what I will do is waved them off because I am not ready for this life commitment. However, it strucked me when people around my age are tying the knot and start building their families. I have to admit that I am no longer a kiddy and there is not much time for me to fool around.

We have been scouting around a few prospective areas to find a unit which suits our requirements. Most importantly, something that we can afford. To be frank, we are not rich brats or earning big bucks here. We are just a mere citizens who work for people and earning probably less than 0.0001563422% of what we've earned for the company. Being a typical 'slave', I would say it is rather challenging to afford a house over RM300k in KL/PJ area. Most of my colleagues, friends and relatives who are about our age will opt for apartment/condo for their first house. The price is more affordable and it is near to the city. Of course they are a lot of successful people out there who is more capable than us.

The first house hunting began at Subang and Sunway areas. There are still plenty of houses for sale but nothing suits our needs. The houses that we found are mostly single storey, price could be below RM300k if it is 2 rooms and 2 bathrooms or if it is at somewhere like usj. Well since Subang is a well-developed place, the price wouldn't be too low and the traffic of course won't be any better. Houses in Sunway are mostly leasehold and of course it is not cheap either. So the options here are to pick a house near to town but it could be leasehold or some where further from town but freehold. The thing is not too much about leasehold or freehold, but more about the price. Both seem priced at more or less the same.

To be continue.....

Uhuk uhuk..

2009-10-16T16:05:00.003+08:00

Why the clock always ticks so slow when we want it to be fast? Another 1 hour and 30 minutes before I can go home. Hopefully I manage to control myself from vomitting. I already went to the toilet for uncountable times since morning. Vomit 2 times, diarrhea 2 times and I'm still feeling it. I shouldn't eat nasi lemak and drink teh o ice anymore. Just by typing it now makes me wanna puke. What can I do so that the clock ticks faster? Even when it is 5:30 p.m. I still have to walk a long distance to reach car park and drive all the way home. Sigh.

Chicken Hot Pot, Kuchai Lama

2009-10-13T11:49:00.003+08:00

New makan place added into my list, Chicken Hot Pot at Kuchai Lama (refer to sidebar). It was my first visit although I've been to the opposite cafe (Wingz Cafe) for a couple of times. It was a completely different dining experience. It is not steamboat, nor clay pot but a combination of both. When my colleague explained to me I was not able to get the idea. How come clay pot then suddenly it can turn into steamboat pulak?

The concept of the restaurant comes from Chongqing, China. Just out of curiosity, I searched for Chongqing in Wikipedia and found out that one of their attraction in is Hot Pot.

"Hot pot is Chongqing's local culinary specialty. Tables in hotpot restaurants usually have a central vat (or pot) where food ordered by the customers is boiled in a very spicy broth. As well as beef, pork, lotus and other vegetables, items such as pig's kidney, brain, duck's bowels, and cow's stomach are often consumed."

The food serves at Chicken Hot Pot is exactly the same like what it describes above. Menu comes with a few meat selections; beef, chicken, pork ribs, prawns and fish head. Customers can choose to have small, medium or large pot except fish whereby they only have one size. Prices ranging from RM18+ to RM34+. Besides that, they also have different level of spiciness. We tried medium spicy for both fish and ribs but somehow the ribs turned out to be more pedas. We were sweating like a pig while enjoying the food but it was really syok hehe.

The food may look alike because the sauce is about the same colour, but actually they taste very different and unique. The fish pot has a sourish taste and very appetizing, while ribs pot has a very rich meat flavour which cook together with lotus root. We ordered another pot of chicken and it tasted as good. It has a very strong taste of spices.

Once you are done with the meat, you can request the waiter/waitress to add soup into the pot. Again the soup has spicy or non spicy. Now the pot is filled with soup, it turns into steamboat. There is a small selection of fish balls and vegetables which the customers can choose from. Prices are stated on each item. Since the hot pot already full of taste, the soup turns out to be really delicious. I've never eaten a steamboat as rich as this. The downside is they have very limited varieties of steamboat items. Steamboat is not their main focus anyway but i still appreciate the idea of having hot pot and steamboat at the same time.

The only thing which I hate is they charge for refilling ice. Each time of refill cost RM1.20. Ridiculously isn't it? RM1.20 I can buy a huge packet of ice from 7-eleven and last me for days. Undeniable they are good in business la.They take every opportunity to earn your bucks. They know if you order a pot of chinese tea you will order for ice. Since the food is hot and spicy, you will have to refill the ice. Pandai betol.. A pot of chinese tea only how much? If they don't charge for the ice they will earn lesser comparing to other drinks which priced at RM5 and above. So you see the difference?

According to my colleague who've been to Chongqing, all the girls there have very fair and smooth skin like tau fu fa. When she asked the local business partner she was told that it is due to the spicy food that they consume. Chilly is good for detox, hence it helps to remove all the toxics from the body. I think the spices that they use for cooking also helps a lot. So, if you want to have tau fu fa skin you have to eat more chilly lol.

Pictures below credited to www.foodstreet.com. I didn't take any photos eventhough I went back again the day after -.- I was too hungry.

Medan Selera Jalan Othman

2009-10-08T16:49:00.000+08:00

Initially I planned to drop by the mini market to buy some vegetable and prepared for dinner. But it was already late by the time I reached home. So straight away we headed out and went food hunting. My dad mentioned before that axian reviewed this makan place at Jalan Othman. My parents wanted to try it when there were around but we were clueless where the hell is the place. So this time I brave myself to be the white mice before bringing them over.

Actually this medan selera not exactly situated at jalan othman. It is next to the wet market and opposite jalan othman. There are plenty of stalls inside but most of them were closed when we reached. We quickly looked for the Hakka Yong Tau Foo which happens to be very famous. The stall is called Seong Kee Hac Ka Yong Tau Foo. Don't ask me why they spelt Hakka as Hac ka.

We ordered 11 pieces of yong tau foo and a plate of rice. Not forgetting a plate of Sun Pun Zi (Da Pu Abacus). It took a while for the dishes to come. So we ordered tauhu bakar while waiting.

Tauhu Bakar RM2.40

Very crunchy, taste fine. Not super delicious but not bad either. I prefer JM Briyanni's tauhu bakar more.

Soupy Tauhu Pok, Bittergourd, Lady's Finger, Fish Ball and Chilly

Fried Sui Kao (Dumpling), Fu Chuk and Brinjal

The yong tau foo was so so only. We expect something better since the stall had been reviewed by a tv show. But to our disappointed, it is not that good. The size is rather small and the fish filling is so little. On top of that, it is very pricey. RM1 per piece, chilly and bittergourd is RM1.20 per piece. I still prefer the yong tau foo restaurant at Ampang which we frequent. Price at RM0.90 per piece and their yong tau foo is huge.

Da Pu Abacus RM15

According to the lady boss, this portion is for 2 persons. They don't sell 1 person's portion. It may look a lot from the picture since it is a close up. To be honest the portion is not big at all, more suitable for 1 person. Taste wise ok ok only, nothing to rave about. I remember my grandma made this before when I was young. It tasted nothing like this. This sun pun zi was too plain for me. Total bill came up to about RM27.

Verdict of the food test: I won't bring my parents over. Food is not that good, doesn't worth the money. Better reserve the tummy for other food.

Japanese Buffet Promotions

2009-10-07T14:46:00.006+08:00

Always craving for japanese food but no idea where to head to? Don't ask me because I also don't know hahaha.. I used to hate japanese food so much. Hear me right 'used' to and now I am loving it. It all started when Si Adam brought me to Rakuzen. At first I refused to go because the idea of eating raw food sounds yucky to me. But he convinced me saying that they serve cooked food which taste super delicious. If you never been to Rakuzen you gotta try it. Of course the price isn't cheap lah since their food is very good in quality.

Speaking of japanese buffet, I have been to a few. Check out the following promotions. You don't wanna miss it if you like to eat as much as I do.

Jogoya

4th Anniversary Celebration

-Ladies Privilege
-2nd ladies guest only RM19.90
-Valid from 12th Oct 2009 till 30th Nov 2009 (Monday to Thursday)
-Valid for all meal period
-Promotion only valid for adult price.
-Not Valid with other promotions or discounts.
-Promotion not valid for public holiday and eve of public holiday
-Price subjected to 5% government tax and 10% service charge.

BUY 2 FREE 1 for AEON Group Member
-Jusco 25th Anniversary Celebration
-Jusco Card
-AEON Express Card
-AEON Credit Card
-Present J card, AEON express card or payable via AEON credit card
-Valid for SUPPER period
-Valid from Friday to Sunday (18th September 2009 till 31st October 2009)
-Promotion only valid for adult price.
-Not valid with other promotions or discounts
-Not valid for public holiday and eve of public holiday
-Normal price are subjected to 5% government tax and 10% service charge.
-Free meal price are subjected to 10% service charge.

Do visit their website for other promotions. I only list out the above 2 because I personally feel these 2 are the most worth it. For example the first promotion, not bad huh being a lady. Got special privilege I feel like a VIP lol. Let's just say you go for dinner session, which cost RM88++ per person, and your friend will be charged for only RM19.90. Provided you and your friend are female lah. Other gender tadak, sorry bang. Plus taxes the bill will be around RM124. So, if share the bill each of you only have to pay around RM62. That's cheap considering normal price is about RM100+ plus tax. Correct me if my maths is wrong k -.-

Tenji

Lunch and Supper Promotion RM49.90++

-Lunch promotion only available on weekdays.
-Supper promotion available everyday.
-This promotion valid from 01/10/09 till 30/11/09.
-Discount vouchers are not applicable to any promotion.
-Tenji reserves the right to end / vary the promotion anytime without prior notice.

Again check out their website because they have many other promotions as well. Let's do the math again and see whether this worth. Without promotion, lunch will cost RM77++ while supper is RM88++. Now both is only RM49.90++ so total up will be around RM57 per head. Obviously it is so much cheaper than usual right? If you choose to go for lunch that's even more worth because you get to eat from 11:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Count yourself how many hours is that. Tell you it is super syok after eating for so many hours after that go home and sleep ;) When I told my parents Tenji got promotion again they went mad, see the madness?

Daidomon

Dinner Buffet
Monday to Thursday RM43.90++
Friday, Weekend and Public Holiday RM53.90++

Lunch Buffet
Monday to Friday RM36.90++
Weekend and Public Holiday RM43.90++

Never try this restaurant before so can't really say much. But the promotions are quite tempting. Normal price for dinner buffet and lunch buffet are RM78++ and RM68++ respectively. Just by looking at the price difference I think it worth a try. Try google this restaurant and you will find some reviews about it. The promotion last for the whole month (If I'm not mistaken). I'll probably pay a visit some time soon.

Gen Japanese Restaurant

Japanese Buffet at RM49 (if I'm not wrong)
Thursday to Sunday 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

I went to this restaurant last month? but I can't recall the exact price. You have to purchase the coupon at Legend Hotel's booth at The Mall and present the coupon when you make the payment at Gen Japanese Restaurant. Well I'm not sure whether the promo is still available because it was in conjuction of MATTA Fair. However according to the sales person the coupon is valid throughout the year. If you like pure Japanese cuisine then this would be a good place. I prefer more varieties therefore Jogoya is always my first choice. Normal price is RM69 so even without the promotion I think the price is not too bad.

I have a baby boy!!

2009-10-07T10:50:00.001+08:00

in my dream :smack head:

Since the day I looked at the photos and videos of my cousin's baby girl, I can't stop myself from thinking about it. To be exact she is my dad's cousin and an aunty of mine. Are you confuse yet? Anyway, she is only 3 years elder so we are like cousins. After her marriage last few years we lost contact. She was too busy making babies that's why we didn't keep in touch wuahahaha.

Guess what so ngam today is her girl's 2 years old birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY QING QING!!! QQ is such an adorable kid. Everytime I watched her videos I couldn't stop laughing. She is just too cute :D

Back to my imaginary baby boy. I had a dream last night and in the dream I have a baby. Not sure what is the name of my baby boy but I saw my mom was there with me. The dream was kinda short so it didn't capture the process of me being pregnant and how I deliver the baby lol. Just tiba tiba I have a baby sleeping next to me and he is growing crazily fast!! This moment I look at him he is this big, the next moment he becomes 1 size bigger. Crazy or not??? Somemore I asked my mom "Eh, he grown up so fast. Good la can save money". wtf..

Never before I have such a strong desire for baby. All the while whenever I think of the pain during labouring I will get cold feet. If you ask any mother in this world they will tell you giving birth is the most painful thing ever. Pain until you can't regconize your father and mother. Eh seriously, everyone said this I didn't make that up. I am really curious how these women went through all the pain.

My cousin did share with me her wonderful experience. To my surprise she really enjoy the whole process. Even the pain is quite unbearable, she still enjoy every single moment of it. According to her she likes the feeling of giving birth a lot. I bet I won't be able to understand the feeling until the day I am lying on the (((()))). After listening to her, suddenly I have the urge of having my own baby. I don't know why. She couldn't be that influential. I just don't know why.

I told mom the same thing and she was more excited than me. Every parents wish to see their kids walking down the aisle, and after a year or two they can play with their grandchildrens.

Who are you to judge?

2009-10-07T10:22:00.001+08:00

No human is perfect I believe everyone heard of this before, but how many of us really understand the meaning? When we said nobody is perfect, that means human by nature has imperfection. Regardless of physical appearance, behaviour, attitude so on and so forth. I believe that makes each of us unique and differ from others.

However, in certain circumstances this uniqueness will bring a lot of problems to someone. Without our realization, human actually likes to judge.

Addition to How To Cure Mouth Ulcer

2009-10-07T10:19:00.000+08:00

I found out something very interesting when I checked my blog traffic. To my surprise they are quite a number of people ended up at my blog when they search for ways to cure mouth ulcer! Wow.. I never know my blog can be so informative. Anyway I hope the 2 ways which I suggested here do help and didn't make your ulcer worse yea.

On top of that, I discovered another way too. But trust me, this is freaking painful, no joke. I couldn't remember when I had this super huge ulcer in my mouth and it didn't heal eventhough I kept taking ice cream. So 1 day my dad cut a pineapple and asked me to take some. I did ask him whether the pineapple is sweet because I know if it is sour it will cause a lot of pain to my ulcer. I think my mom said it is? But hell NO. I just took a small bite and the pain already killing me. After that I was jumping like a monkey in the house.

Despite the pain, it did heal the mouth ulcer the very next day. I guess pineapple works the same like salt? Pain but it also heals. Seriously you don't want to try this unless you have no other option.

88 Seafood Restaurant

2009-10-06T15:35:00.000+08:00

Jumaat yang lepas me and Si Adam memberanikan diri untuk mencuba 88 Seafood Restaurant buat pertama kali setelah merujuk internet untuk tempat-tempat makan yang best. Jarang sekali saya berani mempertaruhkan makan malam dengan tempat yang baru. Takut tak sedap nanti I emo pulak. Disebabkan harga restoran ni yang amat berpatutan, apa salahnya mencuba kan?

Malangnya, map yang diberikan oleh website tertentu amat mengelirukan. Mula-mula kita ingatkan restoran ni kat Kampung Cempaka. So kita pun round and round dalam Kampung Cempaka puas mencari nama 88. Tak jumpa-jumpa jugak sampai ke entah mana semua jalan pun dead end. Tiba-tiba Si Adam mendapat idea mungkin restoran tu kat Aman Suria kot. Sebab dalam tu pun namanya Sunway Mas jugak. So off we went.

Bingo, memang 88 Seafood Restaurant situated at Aman Suria. So sesiapa yang nak pergi janganlah pergi ke Kampung Cempaka pulak. Kita sampai pada pukul 9 p.m. memang restoran tu dah penuh sangat. Dahlah stucked kat jam hampir 15 minute, lepas tu sesat lagi 20 minute adoi. Bukan senang nak cari makan.

Menunya amat comprehensive semuanya ada. Takut takde duit je.

Guiness Pork Rib (RM12)

Salted Egg Squid (RM10)

Steam Pak Sok Kung (Catfish RM15)

Today's special Japanese Sawi (RM3)

The speciality of the restaurant is the price for fishes. Hampir semua lauk ikannya amatlah murah dan berpatutan. Manalah nak dapat ikan sebesar tu dengan harga RM15? Kalau ada tolong kasi tau I. Jika anda visit the restaurant please check out the list of dishes for Today's special. Harganya lebih murah berbanding yang lain.

Dishes yang kita order tu memang terlampau banyak bagi 2 orang. Tapi tak boleh tahan lah tengok gambarnya yang enak-enak belaka. Selain harganya yang murah, makanan pun sedap. Kalau tidak buat apa semua orang pergi sana kan. Total bil cuma RM44.50 termasuk 2 mangkuk nasi dan 1 teko teh cina. Lain kali tak tau nak makan kat mana, tak payah susah-susah perah kepala otak. Pergi je 88 Seafood Restaurant ;)

Bunga-bunga cinta

2009-10-05T14:19:00.000+08:00

Check out layout yang baru ni. Cute betol.. sungguh tak macam saya. Aku ni macho ok. Tak main girly geli lol. Apa yang cun sangat pasal layout ni? Cuba mouse over kat header tu.. cuba cuba.... nampak tak?? Awan dan rama-rama tu bleh gerak babe. Hebat bukan? Atau pun aku je yang syok sendiri -.-

Siap ade slot untuk advertisement haha. Siapalah nak advertise kat blog aku ni. Letak je lah, manalah tau masa depan nanti ade rezeki kan. Harap-harap layout ni akan membawa banyak tuah kepada tuannye ;)

Oh blog template, dimana engkau

2009-10-05T10:04:00.001+08:00

Aku masih mencari-cari blog template yang baru. Tak jumpa jumpa lagi ni adoi hai. Tidak mengapa, dalam proses cari mencari tu boleh jugak kita blog.

Agak janggal rasanya bila membuka blog ni tetiba dalam bahasa melayu. Ada tak rasa gitu? Lantak lah kan.. nak wat cam mane.

Malam tadi masa dalam perjalanan balik ke KL, saat saat nak masuk je toll tu dah nampak jam yang gila sangat sangat. Kita pun berhenti kat tepi jalan sambil tanya kat abang toll tu ape benda pulak kali ni. Tiap tiap kali kita nak balik rumah je accident la, repair jalan la.. tak habis habis ke ni. Menurut abang toll tu memang diorang buat jalan lagi. Entah ape benda yang diorang buat, tak bleh ke buat hari yang lain? Orang semua sibuk nak balik KL hujung minggu ni masa tu jugak diorang nak buat jalan. Abang toll tu pun kira baik jugak la, dia suggest kita guna jalan yang lama. So apa lagi, kita pun buat u-turn tengah tengah toll tu nasib baik tak dilanggar lori ke ape (touchwood). Zaman dulu dulu memang I pernah ikut jalan lama tu sekali. Itu pun member yang bawakkan manalah aku tau jalan hutan tu. Kalau anda drive sorang sorang hah baik jangan cuba jalan tu. Gelap gila tak pe, jalan macam belut. Tension gila tau. Dalam hati tertanya tanya sampai ke tidak ni. Nasib baik akhirnya berjaya jugak kita keluar dari hutan tu dan masuk semula ke highway.

Disebabkan Sabtu yang lepas tu mooncake festival, parents pun tak habis habis suruh I balik sambut sama sama. Ok lah, tak sampai hati nak kecewakan diorang. Walaupun diorang ade kenduri kahwin malam tu, tak lupa diorang siapkan makanan untuk kita. Sanak saudara pun balik sambut sama sama, meriah sungguh. Memang seronok kalau duduk kat kampung. Makan memang takde masalah, masalahnye cuma perut tak cukup tempat. Malam tadi pun lepas kita makan malam sama sama barulah kita menuju balik ke KL masing masing. Tak sabar sabar nak tunggu bulan depan bila saudara aku tu kahwin. Semestinye meriah :)

Akhirnya aku tersedar

2009-10-04T16:07:00.000+08:00

Setelah sebegitu lama blog ni dilahirkan, taklah lama sangat sebenarnye tapi yang penting akhirnya aku tersedar! Idak bukan sedar dari mimpi, mimpu tu memang ade tapi bukan tu maksud aku. Aku tersedar bahawa aku tak bleh menulis blog dalam bahasa orang putih. Hah.. terkejut bukan? Mentang mentanglah aku speaking dalam office tapi kalau nak mengarang ni memang susah gila. Dahlah grammar aku tak power, asyik asyik guna perkataan yang same je. Tu pun takpe, yang susahnye aku nak meluahkan isi kepala aku tu dalam tulisan. Memang tak jadi. Kot kot tu lah pasal aku malas nak blog. Justeru itu, mulai ari ni aku nak mengarang dalam bahasa!! Maaflah bagi rakan rakan yang datang dari barat, ahem kalaulah ade.. kalau dah tak paham ape bleh buat kan. Tak mainlah international international karang. Yang penting aku bleh blog hape bende yang aku suke. Jangan main main, aku punya bahasa pun bleh tahan gak. Tak sia sia bersekolah kebangsaan dulu dulu.

Puas aku bercerita pendahuluan, meh aku kasi tau cam mane aku tersedar. Semuanye akibat satu emergency break. Hampir berhenti jantung aku masa break tu. Entah kenape tiba tiba inspirasi tu datang. So mulai sekarang aku nak memelayukan blog ni wuahahaha.. ok tak? Jangan bimbang rakan rakan sekalian masih bleh komen dalam bahasa orang putih ke, cina ke, jepun ke, ape ape je lah asalkan aku paham. Nantikanlah layout yang baru sebab aku dah muak tengok template ni.

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2009-09-23T09:08:00.000+08:00

I feel so emo right now. I don't think anybody can understand how I feel. Sometimes it is not my choice to have such a low self esteem. No matter how hard I try to overcome this feeling, it still lingers inside me. What should I do?

DIY Blog

2009-09-18T14:03:00.000+08:00

I've created a new blog called Do It Yourself La (www.do-it-yourself-la.blogspot.com). Kindly visit if you are interested in DIY. I'm so eager to create more DIY pieces and share them in the blog. Guess I will be more active in the other blog than this. I just finished sewing my first masterpiece! Err.. not entirely sew by me but I gave it a transformation hehe. Other than DIY ideas, I will post my cooking/ baking adventure and some random stuff which basically covers everything that we can do by our own. If you ever have any DIY ideas to share, do let me know so that I can include them in the blog. Please support! kthxbye.

It has been awhile

2009-09-10T09:37:00.008+08:00

Hallo.. it has been a while since the last post. During this period of time, I feel like closing down this blog. I've thought of why I should continue blogging. Frankly speaking, I don't claim myself as a blogger because I am just not qualified. Well I do like to read blogs, in fact there is a list of blogs I must visit everyday before I start my day. Some people may not understand why do we like to read blogs. Why do we like to read people's lifes, and after that go 'Ooooo...Aaahh..' at their lifes. I'm not sure about others but as for me, it could be because my life is not as intersting as theirs? Or I always wish to be in their shoe or maybe achieve the same like them but I can't? I do get envy at them but at the same time adore them. Most of the bloggers that I like have such a great personalities. Yeah it's true that I don't know them personally but I think they are pretty true to themselves when they blog.

My everyday blog hoppings exercise tells me the commonalities among the bloggers. Mainly for females bloggers as I'm more towards girly blogs. Good english, study at oversea (past or present), long fingernails with nice manicure, rich or at least earn good income, good fashion sense, beautiful/ pretty, very good in health and beauty, take good camwhore pictures, smart/ intelligent/ good grades etc.

I'm getting lazy to list out the rest. My point is, I have none of the above mentioned. I'm not saying that those are the requirements or whatever for being a blogger, NO. But being a blogger at least your english has to be good at least? Since you are expressing yourself through words. Sad that my English is not too good. May not be worst but not excellent either. Blame my laziness in reading the newspaper since young. My vocabulary stop expanding ever since huhu.. But I'm not regretting because newspaper is sad. I have an impression that newspaper tends to tell all the bad news rather than good news. It makes me more depressed reading all the bad news everyday. I remember the only column that I read was the comic section and TV Guide hahaha. How could that possibly enhance my vocabulary right.

Ok back to the point. Besides the fact that I don't have all the qualities being a blogger, the main issue being I'm clueless on what to write. Well my life is as plain as paper, there's nothing much to share. Talk about some deep thoughts bla bla bla... nah not that I have. Beauty, fashion and health? No idea. For your information I only started putting make up since I get into the corporate world. Even that time I've got no idea what the hell is mascara, eye liner, primer, sunblock etc. Leave alone all the skincare routines. Only recent year I've discovered all these. Thank God for that. Since I'm not born with good skin and photogenic face, I don't take pictures of myself too often. I always wonder, if your face has acne scars and all (not any scars but more like holes??) and your salary is very limited to get your hands on high end, quality make up products, is there any way or technique which still gives a flawless look with cheap make up? I'm still thinking how to achieve that. Who doesn't want a flawless skin? Even it is made up so what. People says that's fake! Argh.. who cares. As long as it makes me feel good about myself you think I care what you think?

Oh there is something that I want to ask everyone. Something which I don't understand for a very long time. Since I was a kid, I like to cut my nails. In other words, I dislike having long fingernails. It went into an extent whereby I disliked people with long fingernails too! Whenever I saw somebody with long nails, even aunties I will glare at them -.- As I grew up I sort of accepting others having long nails, but definitely not myself. So nowadays many girls like to keep very long nails with nice manicures etc. My question is, how do they maintain or take care of their nails? Will the blings blings peel off when they wash dishes? or wash clothes (hand wash)? Last weekend I was cleaning my room. So I dismantled the standing fan and washed it. After that I found out my nails were all black!! (yah the fan was super dirty). Then I wondered to myself, even short nails like mine became so dirty, what about long long nails? Then I asked Adam because I really really want to know. You can guess his answer. Then I asked him does he likes girls with long nails? With blings blings and all? He warned me don't ever ever think about it -.-!!!!! He will kick me away if I ever have long nails like that wth. I want to clarify that I have nothing against long nails or manicure ok. I'm just curious on how to maintain it because it ain't cheap you know. Of course you want to keep it for the longest time after spending so much.

Coming back to the story, I've sailed too far away from the topic lol. Many times I wanted to complain and voice out all my anger, dissatisfaction, frustration, depression etc. in the blog. Especially when it comes to work, we have to so much to talk about. But putting everyting openly on the internet equals to suicidal. You wouldn't know if your boss is reading what you typed there. You wouldn't know if the person you are bitching actually found out your blog and happen to know everything. So there are a lot of restrictions. Then might as well I swallow everything and keep it to myself?

Another question just pop up in my mind. Would you choose to have many readers but you are restricted to what you write, or less readers but you can bullshit whatever you want? I'm neither one of them because I don't have readers kuakuakua.. Well I have friends who read (I hope) :wave to pump pump: :wave to whoever pops up:

So this post ends here without any conclusion. Till I know what to write next ;)

Quick Update

2009-08-27T17:42:00.003+08:00

Woohoo I'm having a long holiday until next Monday! Started on leave today as my family are here in KL. Just came back from shopping therapy and brought back so many things. Each of us has something hehe.. Will see if we can make it to second round of shopping afterwards ;)

Oh yah.. finally I found the Panasonic Heated Lash Curler!!! Yes!! No need to pay extra from Ebay US.

Tomorrow we are going to Tenji for japanese buffet yay!! Can't wait for it..

Till then have a nice weekend <3

I'll start from this

2009-08-14T12:20:00.001+08:00

Intellectual level increases 1%

Durian Cake

2009-08-13T09:56:00.002+08:00

Yummylicious Durian Cake, soft and juicy!

Bullets post

2009-08-11T08:43:00.006+08:00

Went to Shabu Shabu for dinner during the weekend. The old couple who was sitting beside me are uber cute and funny! The wife keep asking for chicken meat whilst the husband keep looking for cheesy meat balls lol. They did influence us to eat more corn though. At the end four of us were holding a chopstick stucked to the corn and munching our way.

Completed one of the tough project which gave me tons of headache. Yay I am FREE!!!! Spent some time thinking about my future. Should I look for another job? Or should I stay and work for another few years and get married and stay at home rotting? You people who gets to work on something you are interested and get a good pay, you are damn lucky. I hate you!!!

Had a super nice supper at Jogoya. It was extremely crowded! This is my second visit and it only gets better. Absolutely enjoy the dining experience and the food really worth the money. Would definely pay another visit before the promo ends. Too bad neither my colleagues nor friends are interested to join. What a waste.

Dad's birthday on 31st July and I still owe him a present. What to buy? I'm planning to bake him a cake but my last experience didn't give me much confidence. Might bake him a Durian Cake since now is the durian season, provided if I have the time before going back.

Celebrated Valen's birthday with a few friends at Seoul Garden. Feels great meeting up with the gang. We gotta do more gatherings or meet ups folks. But Seoul Garden at Plaza Pantai sucks to the max. Officially in my 'Ban List' hmpff!!

Had a great time chatting with pump pump last night and to our surprise we share so much in common!!! Woww.. I believe we are meant for each other :wub: :wub: Can't wait to see you my dear.

Got sick again on Saturday. Thank God I recovered pretty fast and still can have Shabu Shabu the next day. But Ah Pat was not in the clinic! I miss you Pat. Don't you know you have healing power?

Dropped by IOI mall to burn some fats after a heavy dinner. And there was FOS clearance woohoo~ Grabbed 3 pieces of t-shirts at only RM30 darn cheap. Normal price for a piece already RM25-RM30. Cheap things are good!! Haiyah too bad I didn't manage to grab the jeans shorts. It was only RM7!!

Visited Daiso for the first time and fell in love with it. Truly a shopping heaven especially for the ladies. I can spend hours and hours in there checking every corner of the stalls. Japanese stuffs are really adorable. I would have grab a lorry of goodies back if I'm not broke.

Planning to take leave but don't know when. Want to go for vacation afraid of H1N1. Take leave just to stay at home?? Mom asked me to take on Thursday but how about Friday? I don't wanna drag my lazy ass to work only for a day durh.

It is my appraisal month and I'm yet to receive any notification. Is it my job to remind the management every year? Hello???

Planning to get a sewing machine but the cheapest also starting from RM550 and above. Oh gosh.. I seriously want to sew and start my DIY projects. Am gonna start a new blog with all my creations hoho..

L'egere and Curls

2009-07-20T16:39:00.007+08:00

I've been using L'egere BB cream since few weeks back. After reading so many good reviews I can't wait to get my hands on it. Unfortunately my bank account always empty before end of the month. So have to wait until recently only manage to buy it.

If I'm not mistaken I purchased my first BB crean which is from Missha last year. Well, that time I wasn't know much what is BB cream and what brands were available. So just simply buy 1 which I came across. It wasn't too disappointing but the colour is too dark for me. Whenever I apply it I can't dab any compact powder on top of it otherwise I will look like 'Bao Ching Tian'. Therefore I stopped using it until few months back. The seller is really good though. She gave me plenty of samples to try on. There is another type of Missha BB cream which is more fluid and the colour is much lighter. Can't remember the name but the tube's colour is red. I prefer that 1 much more. I read from somewhere that you need to warm up this particular silver tube Missha BB cream first for easier application. Anyway I don't know how to do so.

So the best option is to get L'egere. For a better review of L'egere you can google it up. Plenty of beauty bloggers reviewed it. I personally like L'egere for its fluid texture and easy to apply. It spreads effortlessly and the coverage is quite high. If you have normal skin without any serious acne problems or very deep acne scars, I think it covers perfectly. Problem is my face has quite some acne scars. I'm still learning on how to cover 'em completely. Luckily those scars are not dark in colour. Otherwise it would be more obvious and harder to cover. Another reason which I like L'egere so much is because it doesn't give those sticky feeling on my face. It absorbs very quickly and it didn't give any uncomfortable feeling on the face.

Overall it is a very good BB cream and I'm planning to get another extra tube next month :)

On the other note, I finally curled my hair with hair straightener! Thank you Lord. I was so depressed thinking that I'd spent about RM250++++++ for more BeautyMaker products and somemore I have to get a hair curler which probably cost RM100++. I'm gonna be so so broke. All thanks to Youtube, it saved my arse lol. After playing with it 1 time I finally tried it last Wednesday's morning before leaving the to work. It works!!! The curls look unexpectedly beautiful and natural. The best is it only took me 15 minutes. This is the kind of curls which I always wanted to have. Everytime I went for perming my hair turned out to be like Maggi Mee :/

*Photo contrast and brightness was adjusted to show better photo quality due to the lousy camera phone I was using. No additional PS was done.*

Btw, I trimmed my own bangs all the time. I'm too stingy to visit a saloon just to trim my bangs. Surprisingly it doesn't looks too ugly haha... But some parts are thick, some are thin, some long some short :x

Annlakshmi

2009-07-02T09:23:00.013+08:00

Due to the request from my beloved pump pump, here goes the update. Actually I'd planned to blog about this since last Sunday but I had been procastinating so....

Anyway work is driving me crazy. More on it the next post.

Last Sunday I was invited to attend a farewell dinner for one of my colleague and his wife (I pulled Adam along though). They are going back to India which I think could be a better choice for both of them. Wish them all the best in everything. Since some of the attendees are vegetarian, I already expected that we will be going to some vegetarian restaurant. Well, I am right :) The restaurant is called Annalakshmi. Before the dinner, I did some research on the restaurant. At least I know what to expect and also to find the map lol. Apparently, Annalakshmi is a very well known vegetarian restaurant, not only among the Indians but also the Chinese. It was located at Midvalley but now they had moved to Brickfields. Couldn't believe that you never bump into this restuarant before while you were shopping at Midvalley huh? So do I.

Some introduction of Annalakshmi which I found from their website.

Annalakshmi is the Hindu Goddess of Food and the adage "athithi devo bhava" meaning "the Guest is God" is the motivating factor. This factor is a tribute to the Goddess of Plenty, Annalakshmi. These ideals, the warmth and the service very soon capture the imagination of diners. Annalakshmi provides food for the soul by providing a good meal to those who walk in.

Annalakshmi has been a household name for more than a decade in India, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. It is largely run through the work of voluntary staff that includes mothers and grandmothers all of whom know what it takes to prepare a wholesome meal with homely love.

It is guided by the inspiration of a monk, Swami Shantanand Saraswathi, disciple of Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh.

Annalakshmi Restaurant

Polished, private and yet utterly unpretentious, its success is the result of its underlying philosophy - serve, love, give. It is a philosophy based on the ancient adage - "athithi dhevo bhava" meaning “the guest is God” manifested through the service of largely voluntary staff - housewives who know what it takes to prepare a wholesome meal and a miscellaneous team of doctors, teachers, technicians, clerks and accountants providing polite, unobstrusive service. With ingredients prepared specially, each item on the elaborate menu reflects the ancient culinary art of India.

Annalakshmi stands out for yet another reason - the array of delectable dishes is served in an ambience that reflects four thousand years of Indian Visual Arts. In every way then - food, ambience and service - it is a restaurant where vegetarian dining is a cultural experience.

Eat as you like, pay as you feel

The food served in Annalakshmi is not prepared by hired chefs with secret French recipes hidden up their sleeves. Instead it is prepared with the care and love by homemakers - mothers, grandparents, sisters and brothers. This filial connection is what makes the concept of Annalakshmi, an unique one.

You cannot put a price on the food prepared by a mother or a wife, and this is why at Annalakshmi you - eat as you like and pay as you feel.

Main entrance of Temple of Fine Arts. The building looks really classy and for some reason I didn't expect this kind of architecture to be seen around Brickfields. All the while I thought Brickfields is like a little Indian town full of traditional arts and temples. We were a little bit afraid to step in at first.

Took picture of the tree outside the building while waiting for the others. They have a really cute wooden mail box. Initially I thought that was a bird cage lol.

*Picture credits to http://masak-masak.blogspot.com/*

This is the entrance of the restaurant. A huge wooden door with cravings. So beautiful! You will see a lot of traditional paintings, artworks and decorations in the restaurant. Which serves a good place not only for good food, but photography. I didn't take any pictures of the interior though because my superior and colleagues were there. Don't want to look like a jakun :/ I will definitely be going back to the restuarant for more dinings and pictures.

Just a short summary of the introduction above, Annalakshmi is the Hindu Goddess of Food and they are motivated by a simple philosophy which is "Guest is God". In Annalakshmi, they gives the best services and food. And the best thing is you eat as much as you want, pay as much as you want. Cool isn't it? Of course don't be a cheapskate eat without paying la. The profit is used for charity so there is a good purpose for us to donate and enjoy the food at the same time.

They have a line of buffet which consists variety of rice (plain rice and rice with herbs something like nasi briyanni), all sorts of curry, vegetables, snacks, putu mayam and many others which I don't know the name, as well as dessert. Besides that, you can also order from the kitchen. The menu change from time to time because their chefs are all volunteers. So it depends on whoever is on duty I guess. Same goes to the buffet. I believe they serve different dishes for lunch.

When I said their give the best service, I really mean it. We were inside the restaurant waiting for some other colleagues. Within 10 minutes we were asked 3 times whether we would like to order some drinks. And mind you, not in an irritated way. They were all smiling and asking politely. We couldn't say no anymore during the third time so we ordered some warm water.

Once everyone is arrived, we ordered our drinks from the kitchen. They have fruit juice, lassi, tea etc. They even told us that watermelon is not sweet that today so they are not serving it. Can you believe it?? I am very sure if it is other diners they will put more sugar only to make it sweet. Thumbs up for their honesty and superb customer service. Since I did a little bit of homework the night before, I knew that their Manggo Lassi is good so I ordered one. We also ordered some capati and another kind of roti which I'd forgot the name. It looks like poori but it is not oily and made of curd which gives a little sourish taste. After that, we off to the buffet line.

*All pictures credit to http://khkl.blogspot.com*

Don't be surprise if you couldn't understand the dish names at the buffet. Even my colleague who is from India also unable to understand it lol. I was asking her what is this what is this along the line but she kept saying don't know.. apa ni -.- At the end I just put a little bit of everything on my plate. But I do remember that I took Brinjal Curry which is really really good!!! And some mix vege curry, curd, dhal curry where the dhal really 1 biji 1 biji like kacang putih, spinach puree and papadum.

The food is really delicious and no other mamak can compare to this. Not sure about other Indian restaurant as I didn't go to many of them also. But so far this is the best authentic Indian vegetarian food that I've tasted. Can't believe a carnivore myself can have vege as meal haha.

*Picture credits to http://masak-masak.blogspot.com*

*Picture credits to http://bangsar-babe.blogspot.com/*

They serve really good capati. It is fluffy, soft and good enough to eat even without curry. Again, mamak can't serve this kind of good capati. Oh yah, the waiter did mention that they have tandoori and naan also only it is not available that day.

Mango Lassi which doesn't taste too sweet and very refreshing. Must try!

After we finished the food, we took some pictures with the couples. Pictures not with me still waiting for it :( Then the waiter came to offer some tea, massala tea and all. I didn't order since I was already bloated.

It is a very good dining experience at Annalakshmi. My ratings:

Food quality and taste: 5/5

Ambience: 5/5

Service: 5/5

Price: 5/5

p.s. Dress code try to avoid short skirts, pants, japanese slippers, sports apparel and sport shoes.

For more reviews, please visit

http://khkl.blogspot.com/2009/05/annalakshmi-temple-of-fine-arts.html

http://masak-masak.blogspot.com/2009/02/eat-what-you-want-give-as-you-feel.html

http://bangsar-babe.blogspot.com/2008/02/annalakshmi-mid-valley.html

Annalakshmi
Temple of Fine Arts
114-116,
Jalan Berhala
Brickfields
Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03 - 2272 3799
Website: http://www.annalakshmi.com.my

(Pork free. Closed on Mondays. Open for lunch from 11.30am to 3pm and dinner from 6.30 to 10.30pm)

Twit Tweet

2009-06-29T09:10:00.002+08:00

After more than year I'm adding back my twitter to the blog. I don't understand why the sudden craze maybe people are getting lazier to update their blog. At least I do -.- For me blogging is just a place to record something and it doesn't give much meaning to me other than that. Come to think about it, putting everything personal online almost equal to going out naked? Hm.. anyway there is always a bottom line. I can never be a blogger for a simple reason my England no good lol. Looking back at what I'd posted in twitter, that put a big smile on my face.

Me is sick

2009-06-15T09:34:00.003+08:00

The sick is still haunting me and it gets worse day by day. This morning my throat was ______ (pls insert adverb) pain. The cough is getting bad, neck is pain. Arghhhh...!! I need to see Ah Pat tonight! Everytime after I see him somehow I'm feeling better, even before I take the medication. See how geng is Ah Pat?

Btw, we had a very nice Sunday hanging out with the old timers from OWL. Brings back the good old times where we used to hang out almost every single day after work. I couldn't believe it has been a year since I last seen everyone. Time flies huh. No worries we will have more gatherings upcoming. The next one must include the gang from LNT/OWL/BND hohoho.. Most of them couldn't make it this time because all were 'curi ayam' the night before. Unable to wake up <_<>

During the night we went to Guardian for a quick shopping to grab whatever necessary to heal my sore throat.

While Dr. Lee was checking on the 'ubat' section, my eyes spotted on this super cute Sunplay Skin Aqua Lotion. I believe this is a sunscreen lotion and it contains SPF 50+ PA+++. Don't ask me what's the meaning of all these + but I guess the more + it is the better it will be haha. There is another 1 which has lower SPF but the prices for 10g are the same, which is RM4.88. Obviously I get the 1 with higher SPF lo.

I used it this morning while putting on the skincare. The lotion is very watery and very easy to blend. Most importantly, it doesn't feel sticky at all as it blends very well into the skin. I will use this sunscreen first before I stock up on the Beautymaker's 1. Btw, I will do a short review on the Beautymaker products which I had been using since last last week. Stay tuned. In the meantime, check out my sidebar ngek ngek ngek.

2 Years Anniversary

2009-06-11T12:03:00.013+08:00

Update:

A little bit update on the annivesary gift that Adam got me. I was on sick leave last Thursday. Before he left to work, he asked me to close my eyes. I knew he got something for me just that my brain was not fully functional due to the sick so I was unable to guess what present it will be. He is quite predictable you see :p But this time he got me!! Good job good job.. :claps:

When I opened my eyes this is what I was holding.

If you do not know, I don't use any perfume or in the other word I don't have any lol. Not to say I'm allergic or dislikes perfume just that if you ask me to spend probably 200 bucks on it, I rather use the money on other stuff heh. Moreover I don't think I'm smelly :p So this certainly is the best present ever because he knew I wouldn't get it myself. I have to give him another credit for getting this newer 1 instead of the older 1 because I did mention that I prefer this smell better. Nah don't bother which 1 and which 1 cause I can't remember the name either. He said CK is his first and now it has become my first as well :)

So, what did I get for him?? Nothing T_____________T I admit I'm the worst gf ever. I know what I want to get for him just that I don't have the chance to go out alone. Not my fault not my fault!! Well, as usual owe first la. Promise must get the present this weekend.

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At last I still decided to go for sick leave. My body needs a good rest due to the overload pressure and all. Definitely need a good break. Although one day may not be sufficed but better than nothing. After taking a long rest I woke up at 11 a.m. and gave mom a call telling her that I'm sick and on sick leave. To my surprise, this is the conversation:

Me: (look for mom's contact and dial) *Ring ring...*

Mom: Hello?

Me: Where are you? (obviously she's at outside)

Mom: Errr... err.... why? (when someone answers a question with a question that sounds fishy)

Me: No la I'm on mc.

Mom: You want to take mc? (so blur)

Me: I'm already on mc la

Mom: OHHhh!! You are at home????

Me: Ya la..

Mom: Ok I'm coming to your place now! (o.O as if we are living in the same taman like that. padahal we are at different state)

Me: Huh??? You very free ar?

Mom: Ya la actually me and your dad is on the way to Genting. Very sien at home. (Geng.. I salute my parents)

Me: Only the two of you?

Mom: Ya la. Never mind I'm coming down to your place now don't want to go genting d. (My parents are so 'lomantic' only two of them go genting)

Me: Oh ok.

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Notice something from the conversation above? My mom never asked me what sick I'm having leh!!! And if you are thinking the reason why she is so excited to find me is because I'm sick, beeepp..WRONG! Make a guess and I'll reveal the answer later -.-

p.s. Adam bought me a present for our annivesary yay! Something unexpected good job finally my bf knows how to surprise me a lil bit :pat on Adam's back:

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2009-06-10T22:35:00.004+08:00

Updated: Photos taken last night in front of Old Town Sunway. Lorry 'tumbang' for don't know what reason. The driver is safe though.

Throat started to feel pain, eyes are tired, head feels heavy, all are the symptoms of getting sick. sigh. Always fall sick at the wrong time why am I like that. Tomorrow is our 2 years anniversary :( Somemore I plan to hang out with the geng during the weekend. Please don't kacau me and go far far away. I don't want to get sick. It feels awful not being able to enjoy food and spend the day on the bed restless :((( Fingers cross I will feel better tomorrow. Otherwise will have to take sick leave and visit Ah Pat. Ah Pat is my favourite doctor and he is super nice :)

p.s. I'm at Old Town

FML

2009-06-09T14:30:00.005+08:00

I tried to avoid using this but I can't find any other words best describe today's feelings. Although it is overuse, it doesn't matter. I may join the the club. FML!!!!!!!!!!!!

Officially Broke

2009-06-04T11:22:00.004+08:00

Yay my parents kena lottery! Boo I'm officially broke -.- I got too excited from the news and splurged RM257.94 on Beautymaker products imagining that I am the 1 who won the price. I had been hunting on Kevin Beautymaker products ever since I read on the reviews by some beauty bloggers. The products seem to be very good and most importantly the price is very affordable. I wouldn't say it is cheap considering all the taxes, handling fees, profit as well as local postage, most sellers set the price slightly higher. However, the brand is really cheap at Taiwan. I've ordered some skincare and make up base so hopefully the parcel will reach tomorrow :fingers cross: After I tried on the products I will do a small reviews whether they are really that good or not. Almost all the reviews that I came across are from overseas like US, UK etc. whereby the weather is not as humid as M'sia. So I am really excited to see whether the products will work the same here.

Oh btw, I did ask my mom to sponsor my Nintendo DS Lite but she wasn't that interested when she found out that it is a video game gadget -.- I wanted a NDSL so badly and had been waiting for the price to drop since last year. How come after so long the price still more or less the same 1? I checked at Lelong.com.my it costs over RM600? My brother was asking why the hell I want a NDSL but not PSP. 1. PSP is much more expensive unless somebody buy for me I wouldn't mind 2. I don't like PSP games although the graphic may be nicer because it's too violent for an innocent girl like me :muntah: 3. NDSL games are much cuter and more fun to play with.

Something not so related to share with you peeps. Before that, how many of you use eye primer? Frankly speaking I have no idea what is eye primer or make up primer. Even now I still couldn't understand why do we need to use so many things to put on a make up. Maybe I don't have the 'beauty genes' yet. Yeah I think it can be developed lol. Well, eye primer is to be used on the eye lid before eyeshadow to help the colours pop out and 'tahan' longer. Some even helps to control the oil on the lids so that your eyes make up will not smudge. I experience smudging very very often and all the while I've no idea why. You know sometimes the eye liner will smudge and move down to the lower lash line and you look like a panda. In order to stop that, I was searching for a good eye primer and the most common 1 is Urban Decay Primer Potion. UDPP is consider 1 of the well-known good eye primer in the market. Price at $17 (about RM65-RM75) you may get it from Sephora or Ulta? I don't know because none of them are in M'sia. So the only way is to get it from pre-order. Anyway I didn't get it because it take far too long and the price isn't cheap. Not to mention postage fees that would probably add up to RM80. Instead of using eye primer, I try to use liquid foundation as a primer before I put on eyeshadow. It may not be that effective since the properties and functionalities are different but no harm giving it a try. Surprisingly, it works for me. It didn't enhance the colours that I have to agree but it did help to control the oil and my eyes make up stay longer without smudging :)

Next I am wondering whether to get the Manly 120 palette or not. Buy or no buy.

p.s. This week shopping for working outfits!! I'm not excited at all thinking that my purse will go empty ............again. Shopping is evil. sigh.

Bobo

2009-06-01T09:42:00.004+08:00

Bobo with her messy look before taking the shower. So not cute.

After shower, now she looks like a dog.

Bobo begging for food. One of the trick that she knows beside Bang, Sit, Hand and Roll.

How to cure mouth ulcer

2009-05-26T09:14:00.010+08:00

Update: Check out the new addition here.

I've discovered 2 enjoying ways to cure mouth ulcer. Well, it's not scientifically proven though so if it is not working don't blame me.

Method 1: Eat ice cream. Doesn't have to be Häagen-Dazs, Baskin Robin etc. you just need a cheapo 20 cents ice cream and it is efficient enough to cure the ulcer. If you are stingy like me you can make your own ice cream by freezing some orange juice or whatever juice you like. Of course if you are rich you can opt for an expensive 1. Preferably don't mix with any toppings. Example if the ice cream has chocolate chips topping, the heat causes by the chocolate defeat the whole purpose. Remember we are suppose to decrease the heat so that the ulcer will not be as swollen. Science talk: inflamation = high temperature. This method is working for me because I just tried it last 2 days. I was having a big ulcer and had difficulty in eating. Somemore I tergigit the same ulcer and double its size wtf. Then Adam got me a cheapo lime ice cream with vanilla I think the brand is Mat Kool or something lol. I just stucked the entire ice cream into my mouth and after finishing it, the ulcer is not that swollen anymore! The next day, it was 90% healed and not giving me any pain. Yesterday, completely gone! Geng!

Method 2: Drink beer. Not advisable for those who is allergy to alcohol. I tried this ages ago without me knowing it. Last year on the very same week before I attend my cousin's wedding dinner, I had this stupid mouth ulcer. I was very frustrated because imagine there will be tons of good food serving in front of me but I can't enjoy it. Worst punishment ever! As far as I know, if I were to tell my mom she will ask me to put Bonjela or salt -.- Whoever rub Bonjela or salt on their ulcer are insane I tell you. Never heard of a saying "Don't rub salt into the wound"? It sounds nicer in Chinese but too bad I'm don't know how to write. So few days before the wedding dinner, I was having happy hour with my colleagues at a bar (or is it a pub? how to differentiate?) and start gobbling on beers. Oh yah for your information I only drink Tiger Beer :D Right after the drinking session, straight away the ulcer is healed! Is it magic or what? Well, actually come to think of it, it makes sense also since beer is cooling I suppose.

Ok finish. Will I get a Nobel Prize for discovering this? lol

Whoever in my FB will know that I failed terribly in my shopping mission. I shopped for 7 hours and I only came back with 1 cardigan and a pair of heels! How can??? And the parking is freaking RM7 at Midvalley. I always pay RM1 only at 1 Utama hmpff.. Biggest reason why the mission failed is I was strictly looking for outfits below RM50 and you know working outfits always cost more than that. Why must be below RM50?? Look at the picture below.

This cobalt blue peplum dress is by Dorothy Perkins and I brought it home the week before -.- It costs more than RM200 can you believe it? But I can't resist because it looks so gorgeous on me. Finally I can see my body features in a good proportion wtf. Normally I look like a pear you see sigh. Therefore I'm on shopping diet, diet only not ban ok.

However that 7 hours were not completely wasted because I found a store at Isetan Gardens which has a very nice collection of working outfits. Their collections are so girly and sweet, not like those typical mature, serious kinda clothing. Although the price is slighly higher but the material is really good. I hate buying those shirts that shrink after washing and they get crumple easily. I am so gonna visit the store next month :DDD

p.s. MU lost to Barca huhu.. never mind at least the the traffic is super clear this morning. I bet a lot of fans took leave to watch the match. Why can't we have this kinda football match everyday so that the traffic remains clear forever lol

X-Men and Music Man

2009-05-03T01:06:00.015+08:00

Update:

Finally I can spare some time to finish this post. Oh btw, Friday's presentation went really well. I'm so glad and proud of myself. Last week was really stressful. At first I couldn't decide on the topic and was comtemplating between the two options. After many many thoughts, I'd agreed with the boy and settled with the topic which he is familiar. At least he could provide me with all the information I required. But then whatever he told was too general and I am very sure that wouldn't be sufficient. So I had to read up a lot of journals to find out the Science behind it. And he kept scolding and questioning me why would I want to know so detail. Until a point of time I got really sick of it and felt he was really annoying. I am not the kind of person who will bother how much others will put in into whatever they do. But I just cannot accept myself being a joke standing in front and open my mouth wide when people ask me questions. That will be so shameful! Bare in mind that there are so many doctors in the company. And I don't appreciate the attitude whereby people tend to give up even without trying. Well, it's proven that what I did is correct and it's all worth it :)

Okay back to the post. It seems kinda outdated to talk about X-Men Origin: Wolverine when everyone probably already watched it. Anyway it is a very good movie. All the fighting scenes was great and all the mutants look so 'cool'! I never like Hugh Jackman in X-Men I or II for the fact that he intended to 'spanar' Jane from Cyclops. Or did he? Arghh whatever but he does like Jane right. After watching the movie at least I feel he is quite ok lol.

Then on Saturday was Lee Hom Music Man Concert!!!!! I was so excited about it because I'd missed his concerts for many many times. Last time was studying ma, so no money to watch. Then after started working nobody go with me also. Sigh. Even this time also the same la Adam doesn't want to go. But everyday I bising bising until he cannot tahan and booked the ticket. YES!!! He always say Lee Hom is gay la he doesn't like his face la bla bla bla. Hmpf!! Malas layan him as long as I get to watch my Lee Hom :wub:

We went out pretty early that day, 5:30 p.m. we headed to McD to pack some food then straight to Bukit Jalil. Initially we thought it won't be that many people going because Adam said tickets are still available. That was so wrong! By the time we reached Bukit Jalil, it was already packed. So many mui mui chai roaming around -.- I felt so old. Also got alot uncles aunties la. Meaning everyone loves Lee Hom tak kira tua ke muda. Yay!

Sorry to disappoint but we didn't take many photos because we were sweating like a pig while waiting at the entrance.

See the crowd? When we got into the stadium there were a lot of empty spaces. Only after 8 p.m. the seats were filling up. I looked left, right, up and down, those people who sat around us were not youngsters but errmm...middle age? Don't know la but I was surprised they were munching kuachi while watching concert -.-

Daniel performing for the opening. His performance okok la at least to get the crowd into the mood. But the second lady who performed was a no no. Don't know what the hell she sings. We were boo'ing at her, so bad I mean us :p

After that the light was all deam and we heard a long intro from don't know who maybe Lee Hom himself couldn't hear clearly, and I got bored. The intro was too long ler.

Then jeng jeng jeng.... music man was flying down from the sky lol.

*All nice photos credited to http://www.lurker.smugsmug.com/ and all ugly photos credited to Adam Lee*

The theme for the concert is superhero. So the screens was playing all sorts of superhero animations from the comic. And of course Music Man is 1 of the superhero! The whole effect was so great.

I was screaming, singing and waving my 'light sabers' like mad throughout the entire night. I think those people around me felt like whacking me. Tell you what, the couples sat on our left was sitting there crossing their arms and showed no expressions at all. What the heck. Ingat ini panggung wayang ka? At least clap la. Apa pun tadak. Then the 2 guys in front also the same but worst cause 1 of the fella paid RM138 to record the whole concert. He was looking at his tiny camera's screen instead of the stage. Gila ka apa? The 1 at my right still ok at least there were singing and clapping sometime. The couple on top were busy eating snacks I think swt.

I like how the whole arrangement is made, the songs, the effects, lightings, graphics and all. He performed a mixture of all the songs from all his albums. From the 2nd very first album before he joined Sony Music until the latest Heart Beat album. I was so excited everytime the music of some old songs were played. Reminded me a lot of old memories. Still remember the first time me and my friends attended his Evolution tour back in 2002 at Sunway Pyramid. We were like any other fans queuing up to get his signature and shake his hand. Back then he was not that famous yet. We can tell as we could line up twice just to shake his hand again lol. Yeah so I met him before and I honourly have his signature ^^ He is not just an idol to me but more like an inspiration and motivation. Somehow I feel motivated after watching his performance or listening to his music. Don't ask me why. That's how I got straight A's in 2002 anyway :wink:

Couldn't believe it has been a week. Everything is still fresh in my mind. I tell myself I will never ever miss his concert anymore! Never! If Adam doesn't want to go I will 'fly' him and look for somebody who is willing to go to be my bf wuahahahha.. joking :p

The concert last for about 2 hours 30 minutes I think. Very very worth it. I would say Lee Hom's concert is the only chinese concert I am willing to spend money to attend.

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Just came back from Lee Hom Music Man Concert! One word FANTASTIC!!!!! Aftermath of the concert, throat is pain, sweat like a pig and very the hungry. BUT.. I had so so so much of fun!!!! :shake butt: Too hungry and tired to blog now. Let my body recharge first ;)

Another weekend gone

2009-04-13T11:40:00.007+08:00

I am out of things to blog already. My life is just repeating the cycle of work, eat and sleep everyday. Wanted to post some of random buys but too lazy. Tak kan everytime post picture of my buys only ma. Somemore all are al-cheapo stuff .

Supposingly we planned to celebrate our 1 year 10 months anniversary at Jogoya during the weekend. But I was emo-ed at Adam Lee because he always unintentionally say something that hurt my feelings. And he always complain about me!!!

Like last Friday, I was undecided of what to have for dinner so I just wait and wait and we kept talking the same thing throughout the night. What to eat ar? Don't know. How am I suppose to know what to eat everyday?? You think I'm chef ar? Then when I took so long to decide he started to complain why am I so hard to please (food per se) while he can eat every damn thing. I where got hard to please? Just that I couldn't think of what to eat only ma. Somemore if I pay for the food of course I have the right to be choosy wert.

Back at hometown where I don't have to worry about food as my dad will settle everything, I won't complain even if the food doesn't suit my appetite or whatever. I just hate it when I have to decide what to eat every single day. So tiring you know. I also malas want to argue with him so the whole night I kept my mouth shut and he tido as usual wth.

Anyway we couldn't make it to Jogoya because the place is fully booked!! Who says economy is bad?? Wasted the car petrol only went all the way to KL and spent RM5 for parking.

Random photos ahead cause nothing to blog liao.

What I wore

Ping Pong t-shirt: Forever 21
Purple stars legging: Forever 21

Random faces with my self-cut fringe

Last Friday's lunch at a Vietnam Restaurant. Can't even remember the name of the restaurant apatah lagi the dishes lol.

Vietnam famous dripping coffee. Not mine cause I hate coffee. Allergic to coffee and I hate any drinks/food with coffee.

I would rather stick to Jasmine tea somemore got extra jug for me to top up leh. So much worth it hoho. But then how to finish ar the tea so much? I only managed to finished 3/4 of the glass and left the jug untouched. Next time should order 1 to share :p

Chili, basil, lime and taugeh to be put into the noodle.

My yummy beef noodle. Very very nice!!!!

Below are some unrelated food photos. Sorry for the ugly garnishing cause I didn't bother to deco it. I was hungry ok.

Nasi lemak. This is the second time I cooked nasi lemak and it tasted so so much better than the first 1 :slurps: I wouldn't want to eat nasi lemak elsewhere anymore.

Sambal petai. My grandma used to cook this. I miss this dish so much ever since she stopped cooking. Now I can cook it myself woohoo!!

Stir fried cabbage with garlic. Adam Lee said this is my signature vege and he likes this a lot. Maybe because the way I cook it always got some sauce.

Adam Lambat

2009-03-28T16:54:00.005+08:00

Hm..how to start this.. I used to tell my friend, love can be simple or it can be complicated. Depends on how you look at it. But somehow, it just emerged from simple to more and more complicated and you don't even realise it. People said understanding needs time. However, I think it doesn't apply to all. Sometimes the longer you are together, the more you don't understand each other. I've read a very good book before, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gray. The book really tells everything about men and women. I think it is a good book for couples. He always said that he doesn't understand why am I like that, why am I like this. Same goes to me, although I didn't tell him but I also don't understand why is he like that, why is he like this. So complicated. Most importantly, there is a trust and love between each other, anything can be solved. Peace lol..

By the way, anybody watch American Idol this Thursday???? Did you watch Adam Lambert's performance???????? If no you gotta watch it at youtube. It was freaking awesome!! I remember once I posted David Cook's video during the Mariah Carey week and I said that was amazing. But Adam Lambert is 200 times better k! :push away David Cook: Sorry David Cook's fans. Adam Lambert is the best now. I don't think anybody in AI can sing that well and hit those notes. He seriously has the range and every single week he tries to give something different to the audiences. How amazing is that. Although the previous week he didn't get much compliments when he sang Ring of Fire, still he performed something different. Rather than watching the same performance everyweek like ahem.. Megan ahem.. Michael (oh, he is out). I can foresee the two finalist will be Danny and Adam and Adam will win yay!!! :syok sendiri:

Here is the video of Adam Lambert singing Track of My Tears. I have been listening to this on and on. Anybody has the full song please please let me know :beg: I even downloaded not one but a few videos with the same song wuahaha.. Enjoy~

p.s. I was saying Adam Lambert in malay is it pronounce as Adam Lambat? After that I start calling Adam Lee as Adam Lambat lol. For the first time we like the same singer.

Skin Care Haul

2009-03-26T21:45:00.005+08:00

This parcel came in the afternoon. Nicely wrap with bubble wrapper, what a nice seller. Too bad no free samples was found in the big box T___________T I was checking every inch of the box and wrapper :Disappointed:

I read a lot of reviews about this France ampoules and Joreins mask from Lowyat. Actually the bigger rave is the Gold Ampoules but I wanted to try the cheaper one first whether it suits my shitty skin :( The price is rather reasonable, RM75 for 3 boxes of ampoules somemore free 3 vials and 2 masks. Since I wanted to try the Joreins mask since forever but couldn't make up my mind which one to choose (because there are too many types!!! and almost every types has same functions; hydrating and whitening), this is the best option. Free things always the best hoho!!

It took me a while to choose the ampoules (again) -.- Sometimes I just don't understand why there are so many types, makes people's life so difficult :shake head: Anyway the ampoules are much easier to choose as I only picked those with hydrating function and specifically for oily and acne skin. Sigh, that's how shitty my skin is. I hate my skin to the max. I have a lot a lot of pimples scars just like the moon surface. Maybe my parents used to say my face as smooth as the moon when I was a kid, which is quite true now damn. Blame the acne gene in me, my brother shares the same fate though. But his pimples are just the normal one, unlike mine which was so so horrible I think that is some kind of skin disease or something. Sigh. That's how I turn to become an extreme pesimistic. Wherever I went, there were people judging and complaining my face. As if my face annoyed them so much hmpfff!!! Hate those 8 por!!!

Anyway, I bought the Clarifying, Mandarin, Purifying and Vit C ampoules. I love the ampoules bottles very much. It looks expensive cause it made of glass lol. But the thing is, how to open the bottle? Break the glass?? :imagine breaking beer bottle scene: I asked Adam to open a vial for me so I can use that after I clean my face. Then I asked him how many times can I use for one vial?? It is definitely too much for one application. He kept saying "Use all la.. open already cannot keep also. Glass bottle how ma. Pour all on your face like wash face like that"

-_____________________- And he started to get annoyed when I questioned him few more times "Are you sure??" So no choice, I used up the entire vial in one application wtf. After that only I come to know that we can keep the remaining ampoules in a bottle or something. Damnit. I just wasted 2 applications!!!! ADAM LEE YOU PAY ME BACK!!! argghhhh... He somemore told me never mind la, first time have to use more one. Otherwise don't know the skin can absorb or not. What theory is that? durh.. Lesson of the day, never ask your bf's opinion about skin care or cosmetics (if he is a noob like Adam Lee). He will show only a confuse face and ask you to use sabun instead o.O

The other day I went to Sunway Pyramid to survey some skin care products. I want to get a good eye product for my dark circles because my eyes look like kena tumbuk almost every single day @.@ All the while I've never bother about my eyes, all I know is they are big wuahahaha... and now they have natural smokey eyes but at the lower lid huhu..

A beauty blogger, Fuzkittie uses this L'Occitane Eye Balm in her daily regime (not sure whether she still using it now though). The price is pretty steep, RM133 for a tiny jar :S Of course I didn't get it la. I'm broke this month. But the nice SA gave me a sample to try!!!! :big wet eyes: I lap you!!!! If it is really good I will definitely buy it eventhought the price is killing me. My poor eyes need help sob.

I think everyone heard of this already lo. Cellnique Skin Action Sebum Gel. Reviews said that it is very efffective in removing blackheads and whiteheads. Since I have quite a lot of whiteheads, I really need something to remove 'em. They are just so so annoying. I bought this from Lowyat cause the price is slighly cheaper, but not cheap :((( Had been using it for a couple of days but no visible improvement yet. Patience patience......

Bought this Majolica Marjoca Lash Expander Frame Plus mascara at Watson for RM40+ (not that I want to remember how must it is pun :w). This mascara is really good! I like the shape of the brush. There's one side with a comb so that you can remove the clumps. Nicely thought. It really lengthen the lashes after a few applications and it stays for a long time. The mascaras that I used before were so easy to remove even without make up remover. Meaning they doesn't last at all as mascara melted or what la I don't know. But this one is so hard to remove. It is a compliment ok :p I need to get a new eyelash curler. My cheapo one always terkepit my lid ouchhh... and I need an eyelash heater as well. Where to get it ar?

Yeah that's all I spent this month. There are so many things in my next month To Buy List such as pretty eye shadows in warm colours (gold and brown range) cause I don't like any other colours, Laneige Strawberry Yogurt Peeling Gel or any other good scrubs (recommendation please..), Juju Aquamoist Moisturizer (my current Neutrogene Moisturizer doesn't work on my skin anymore), compact powder and blusher (still looking for a good one) and I wanted to get some SKII samples to try on as well. If you think I must have tons of skin care and cosmetics you are so wrong. I only have 2 eye shadows and a few refills which I got from warehouse sale, 1 foundation, 1 concealer, 1 expired blusher, 2 mascaras and 1 lipstick. So sad la.. I use the same thing everytime I make up T_____T

It's me

2009-03-25T17:13:00.004+08:00

Hello. It has been awhile since my last posting. The blogging spirit has gone far far away from me. Many times I have the urge to log in to blogspot and write something, especially when I'm down and frustrated. However, things that I wanted to write may be too personal to post on the blog. People might get annoyed or something. And there are times I don't feel like allowing who and who to read the content but blogspot doesn't allow private post. So I ended up keeping everything to myself. Eventually, I will forget about it. But still, the major reason why I'm not blogging is because my life is bored to death. Nothing interesting to share also.

Since today I came home early, why not dropping a few words.

Some updates on what I've been up to recently:

1. Work and more work (sucks to be me)

2. Rotting at home during the weekends

3. Avoiding from the malls to prevent any damages to the wallet

4. Read/watch a lot of beauty blogs

5. Very much into skin care and make up (started to splurge a lot)

6. Travelling to each other's hometown every weekend (so many people kahwin)

7. Nagging and complaining about him, in front of him (that is my only entertainment)

8. Cook a lot (sambal petai, nasi lemak, curry chicken, bubur chaha, gula melaka + santan agar agar etc.)

That's about it. So sien my life.

Anyway today I'm a grumpy girl. I was in bad bad mood ok. Since thing already passed I'm not gonna say it but I was so disappointed the moment I saw that message. How the hell people can be so damn selfish 1. And then I realize 1 thing, no matter how many friends you have, how good your network is or whatever, still there will be a time you are all alone. Nobody gonna lend you a hand. All they care is their own ass. Fair enough. I think I have to stop being nice to fit into this cruel world. No big deal, I still manage to stand strong and count on myself. Puik.. to all selfish jerks.

Spam

2009-02-17T08:47:00.002+08:00

Just a quick one to express my frustration. I notice there are more and more spams in my mail box!! If you think these spams are coming from viagra company or whatever trojans or viruses heck you are so wrong! They all coming from blogshop yo. I've no idea why these people are so free to check on other people's chatbox to get your email and start sending all the updates notification. Hey I never subscribe to any of your blog ok??? wtf. So far I've only subscribed to a few and I clearly remember which and which. It's freaking annoying everytime I open my mail box and see tons and tons of "We've updated with bla bla blah come visit us". Who cares what you've updated??? If I want to know I will subscribe la is it so hard to understand?? Damn. Although I owe a blogshop but I never never spam anyone's mail box unless they requested for a notification. This is common sense wert. You never ask people's permission and start sending all the shits don't you think you are damn rude? If you still insist, the least you could do is to put a note saying that "Sorry if you think this is a spam. Do let us know if you want to be removed from the mail list". Can you????????

Stop sending me all your nonsense!!!!!

Once in a blue moon

2009-02-11T08:20:00.008+08:00

It has been some time I never wake up so early and driving to work with the moon above. The sky is semi-dark and not many cars on the road. But these days I realize everyone going to work pretty early. I saw the road heading towards federal was jam like hell. I wonder how these people can stand the heavy traffic. Maybe they have no choice also. No work no money sigh.

I had been complaining to the bf that I have backache since the office moved to this jungle as I have to WASTE at least 1 hour 45 minutes in the jam, everyday!! That if I'm lucky. Driving with the same amount of time is fine with me but stuck in the jam is a big no no. I hate driving seriously. And somemore there are so many idiots doing their stunts on the road @#$%&

Not sure is it because of this, I started to feel so tired going to work. Every morning whenever my alarm rings, I started to feel so emo. Just like a kid who doesn't want to go to school, I will sit on the bed making ugly faces and almost rolling on the floor crying (jk lol.. not until that stage yet). But seriously I feel so relunctant pulling myself up. As I remember, I was not like that 2 years back. I was so passionate about working (regardless of what I work on). Going to work was so exiciting cause I always got the chance to explore something new, putting my ideas onto work and everyone in the office was really nice. As if you are at home, no kidding. Unfortunately, when the company grows, people started to change as well as the working environment. Sad to see where we are now.

Don't know why suddenly my left eye is so pain. I can feel it is slightly swollen but not noticeble. Had been suffering since afternoon and somemore I was wearing contacts. Couldn't imagine how I go to work tomorrow if I have to wear the cacat-ted glasses :S God please, I hope this is not another conjunctivitis. I can't take it especially in this critical moment (strive hard for money moment I mean sob). Hope the eye will be much much better tomorrow :(((

My 'auntie' could be on her way to visit me. Hence the emo me. I'm not sure whether I'm a bad temper person but sometimes little things will piss me off. Especially during the pre-auntie visiting period. For example just now I was so hungry but didn't feel like going out for dinner due to the pain. So I asked the bf to pack char siew rice for me, extra light soy sauce and oil and less char siew sauce. Yah, I know I'm quite demanding in food but I'm not choosy k. I eat every damn thing for your information. I was imagining having the delicious char siew rice while waiting for him cause too hungry wtf. But it turned out the other way!! The char siew rice he tapao-ed got extra extra char siew sauce and I didn't see any light soy sauce and oil due to the overflow of char siew sauce arghhhhh!!!! Then I got pissed off and emo at one corner. I know it is not his fault la... is the chicken rice fella's fault. But I can't help to emo. And I can't tell him why I emo cause it sounds ridiculous to him that I emo the char siew rice -.- You just can't share how heavenly or how sucky the food is with somebody who doesn't have any demand in food. Good for him I guess.

Today is another month of our annivesary. Happy anniversary dear. Although we are not celebrating anything since you quitted your job, I still love you the same. Celebration is a bonus, but having you is priceless. I know you are very frustated with yourself from making all the wrong decisions, but who doesn't? Everyone makes mistake in life, and that's what make us a better person. Learning from mistake and never repeat the same. I bet you know all these better than me. Stop blaming yourself and strive harder for a good job. I pray to God that you will get the job offer and everything will be all good. Please don't be like a dead fish. Only the weaks one will :) May God bless you <3

Things didn't turn out too well for some of us in the beginning of 2009, may all the good things come along our way soon. Love.

Random

2009-01-25T14:07:00.016+08:00

Update: Just realize there's no date above only time. Spoil my plan of reserving the post durh..

Happy Birthday to me!! <--- I typed this last last Sunday (25th January). Purposely did that to reserve a birthday post ^^

But actually today is 4th Feb. Jeng jeng jeng.. Deja vu!! lol. So I'm writing this post today not 25th ok? You geddit???

This year birthday 'ngam ngam' falls on the day before CNY so I was at home having steambot with the family. No fancy celebration, no presents huhu. But mommy is generous enough to sponsor me a new glasses cause the present one is so out of shape. All because of my dog GRRrr!! Thank God she didn't eat the entire thing -.- At least I still can use it for a couple of months. I am dead broke remember. Camwhore with my poor glasses before I bury it.

*Sorry for the low quality photos cause I used the bf's pariah hp to take lol. But I like <3

Good hair day :DD I seriously love my hair now. It is so easy to maintain and save so much of time and money!! Last time I used to hate my hair so much cause it gets messy easily. Everytime I blow and straighten my hair nicely the moment I stepped out of the house it's all gone -.- Even worse during my secondary. I blame the curly gene inside me hmpf. Why I never knew the wonder of rebonding back then. Sigh. However I still love my original brown hair. Yeah, my hair is brown colour not black and it is super obvious. When I was a kid I was blonde somemore geng mou. Surprisingly nobody in my family has brown hair :s That's why I used to wonder whether I am adopted lol. But not now cause as I grew up I look more and more like my mom, especially the body size T_____T.

Happy Moo Moo Year

2009-01-24T01:55:00.003+08:00

My sleeping schedule is kinda upside down since the beginning of the week. Was diagnosed with sinus and am suffering from real bad headache, especially when I'm under the aircond. Which means I had to stand the pain everyday I went to work. It is so bad that. I hardly can use my poor brain and do my work. But I have to. I was given a day of MC on Tuesday but still I went to work due to some meetings and I didn't want to miss that. I rarely get any headache unless I'm lack of sleep and dead tired. Usually 2 tablets of panadol and a good rest will heal the pain. This time is pretty serious cause the pain keep coming back everyday on and on. I feel so reluctant going to work everyday cause the pain really killing me. Moreover, my workloads have be increasing just like the inflation rate (is it?).

I believe I've done my best to make sure everything will be as good as it can be and catch up with the timeline. Too bad there is always somebody, who happens to be the so-called expert is not expert at all! I doubt how this people got their first class degree eventhough they know nuts about their own field. Imagine an expert who suppose to provide all the key information needed but the person dare not be sure with his/her own information and keep saying "I think", "Maybe". wtf. Worst thing is, they are not aware of what they are talking about. Because of 'this' people, we had to spend unnecessary effort to re-work and clarify everything. What I hate is, 'this' person is still in dreamland and didn't realize the consequences caused. Come on, wake up! Another thing which I hate is when somebody keep telling me "Cannot lah, how to finish. No time to do". Unless you are as busy as Bill Gates, otherwise don't tell me you've got no time! Somemore they never even try in the first place already complaining. Sigh. Everything is because of 1 thing, MONEY. Myself not earning big bucks every month but still I work more than anyone else. I still passionate with my work although I hate the fields ><>

It is 2:33 a.m. and I'm still awake. As I said earlier on, my sleeping schedule very out these days. Due to the headache, I need to rest and catch some sleep after work :S Poor Adam has to wait for me to wake up to take 'supper'. Sorry dear. The headache is really really bad otherwise I won't be so down and tired. Far too many things for me to cope with and I have no choice but to neglect something, and put it aside at the moment. I may treated you so cold recently that doesn't mean I don't love you anymore. I just need some time to pull myself together again and hopefully the sick will get better after CNY. Sorry for all the waitings and rantings. We hope for the best after chinese new year :)

My birthday is coming tomorrow, 25 January. I always love the number 25 cause it is x'mas. I love white x'mas ^^ However, this year I don't feel excited at all for my birthday and CNY. Nothing much I could expect, or seriously I got no time to feel excited. Bf is jobless I don't want anything from him. I will feel so bad if he got me a present. So please don't. You can owe me just like how I owe you and we will end up owning each other forever and ever lol. Mom said this year CNY she won't be buying any cookies (due to the bad economy kot). CNY cookies is the only thing resembles CNY mom! To us I mean. We don't bai bai and our reunion dinner is pretty simple, it's just another normal dinner at home. Nothing fancy. Somemore now no cookies no packet drinks T___T = no CNY sob sob. I can see my CNY will be spending most of the time watching the usual old-dated/repeated 10000000000000x tv shows or movies and work, work and work from home!!!

Anyway, after such a long post I want to wish everyone Happy Chinese New Year. May all the good things come along your way, good health and live happily.

p.s. Btw, can anybody tell me am I a dog or a pig? Of course I mean my zodiac la, what are you thinking huh. All these years I thought I'm a pig cause my family told me so and they said I do carry the pig genes damn -.-I actually agree with them wuahahaha...

2009-01-19T09:39:00.003+08:00

Went to Sunway Pyramid jalan jalan on Saturday cause I have a COD appointment at night. And burnt some money :(( It has been months I never shop for anything, nothing seems to interest me especially clothes. My current obsession are only shoes and bags. I prefer to shop for my clothing somewhere else instead of the congested shopping malls. Somehow I couldn't find anything I like in the malls anymore. Maybe my taste has changed and it is a good thing cause I really need to save and earn more moolah for my City woohooo~

News or newspaper are never my thing but at least I'm aware that the economy is very bad now. But how come all the shopping malls still so congested 1? We were at Jusco Midvalley last night and queueing up for about 30 minutes but still couldn't make the payment. Stupid machine spoilt liao -.- At the end we gave up and just window shopping. If not cause I have to help my mom and brother to buy some stuff, I don't think I will go out for shopping during this festive season. I still prefer thrifing for vintage stuff ^^

Us at pyramid. I love their big ass mirror.

What I wore. Aged Nichii dress (is it called dress? or jumper? arhh...cincai la), FOS cheapo black tee, thrifted belt and nine west bag, black tights and nine west flats.

I love love love this thrifted Nine West bag! It is so cute and spacious. And the price is unbelievably cheap. That's why I like thrifting!!! :hyper:

Look at the number of compartments. Got space to put IC and cards somemore (not shown in the picture). Please ignore the glue stain at the label. The sewing a bit out so have to glue it :p It still looks pretty to me nenene~

Hello

2009-01-14T22:30:00.005+08:00

It has been awhile since my last post. Well, I'm not the only one getting lazy I guess. Some of my favourite blogs are not updating as frequent as before also. I'm so out of blogs to read :(

Just to update a lil bit so you know that I'm still alive and kicking :)

Although the new year was started horribly with the loss of my grandpa, life still has to go on. I felt so sad looking at his face for the last time and thinking that my grandma has to be all alone. How I wish she could stay with my family at least somebody can look after her. But things wouldn't be that easy in life. I only hope and pray for her good health and may she live happily. One of my new year resolution (I rarely have one) will be visiting her more frequent. Such a shame that I can't remember the last time I met her. What a shame of me. Things are so complicated in our family. Anyway, I love my grandma a lot because she was the one who took care of me when my parents were working long long time ago. I was left with my grandma most of the time, oh.. those sweet memories when I slept beside her. It was so warm and safe. There was one time my parents went for vacation and they left me with my other grandma (my mom's mommy and I call her popo). I couldn't sleep at night and cried asking my popo to call my grandma to pick me up. Guess until now my popo still remember that haha. I miss those good old times. When I saw her last 2 weeks, she ages a lot. From that day onwards, all I wanted to do is to talk to her more and more.

Sometimes I think what makes human? I just don't get it how some people can be so mean. Not to anybody but their own family you know. There is this family I know where the son is married for half a year and the wife got pregnant. Know what, they planned to keep the baby in a separate room and cause the house doesn't have enough rooms, everyone in the family wanted to kick the poor grandma out and maybe rent a house or something for her, alone (or maybe with a maid). wtf. What is this??? Just because your baby is coming out you want to kick a 80 something old lady out of the house so that your baby can have a room by himself/herself?? WTF!!! I bet the entire family is crazy. They must be watching too much Sun Wu Kong (Journey To The West) and thought that they bursted out from stones or something. Bullshit.. without the grandma who do you think you are? I am damn pissed off when I heard this shit. Even animals have feelings and love but this bunch of .. I don't even know which kingdom they fall into omg... have none!!! And tell you what, they go to church every week and seem so religious and all. I wonder what they learn in church. One day karma will hit you all.. we shall wait and see hmpf!!

I have been working very very hard recently. Real hard that I don't have any free time for myself! Even my weekends are full with workload. Another new year resolution is to earn more and more moolah!!! I love the new Honda City!!!! I want I want!! Hint hint: somebody's birthday is just around the corner :rolleyes: But then driving a cool nice car in KL is disastrous. You know what I mean.

Sorry for the delay of my hair pictar. Nothing special it just so red :S

Ok gonna stop now, want to watch sun wu kong already at wah lai toi hohoho.. tu lah, some people tak dengar cakap cikgu. Pengaruh telivisyen terhadap kanak-kanak amatlah teruk sampai nenek sendiri pun nak halau hmpf!