Endless Reminiscences..

June-October Updates

2011-10-15T10:02:00.000-07:00

I feel so lost and confused. I have never felt this way before. It feels like there are way too many life-changing decisions to make in a short time span. One wrong move and it will change my life 360 degrees. Not knowing what i want in future make things even more difficult.

Should i accept the job in USA?

Should i accept the job in Zurich and not go back to my loved ones?

Should i reject the offer in Zurich and look for a job outskirt of Zurich?

I thought choosing a dissertation topic was tough but this.. this would determine what my future's gonna be like. One wrong mistake and it will be a disaster. Okay fine, i might be exaggerating. I'm only saying this because i always used to know where i'm heading or going with my life. But i don't know anymore now and yeah, I'm bloody freaking out!

Mainly because I just hate how things would turn out unexpectedly. I never liked surprises or unplanned things in my life- minus the good birthday surprises ;) Well, i'm just not that type of girl that can spontaneously pack her bags in one night and venture into somewhere and start looking for a job or earn a living by the streets. I'm also not that type of girl that muddles along with her life, waiting for money to drop from the sky or a miracle to happen. Thats why i hate working with laid-back people. I hate it when they always tell me "relax, everything is gonna be ok" or "relax, everything's gonna fall into place". Like seriously? Nothing's gonna fall into place if you don't plan and prepare! And you will damn know that i'm right when it happens!

Dissertation and tons of reports are killing me slowly as well. I just feel so tired this semester. Let's just say, luck is not on my side this time. I'm practically forced to carry two huge handicapped groups on my shoulder and let me tell you, this burden weighs a ton! No, i'm not gonna say more about it because everyone can crystal-clearly see whats exactly happening.

Lesson learned: Don't be too hardworking because people will notice. And when they notice, they tend to take advantage on you i.e. rely on you for everything. Well, you can say that it's good from one perspective because since you do all the work, you get all the knowledge. Coz lets face it, teachers are not blind. They know you do all the work. You get recognition and the others don't. On the other hand, it's not so good as well because you're being bullied indirectly by doing the work for them. To relate to what i've just said, it actually depends what type of person you are.

Yeah, first few paragraph into my dusty old blog has been nothing but complaints after complaints. On a brighter note, i've been travelling a lot this second half of the year. Thanks to all the money that i've earned, i could live comfortably and also managed to take some leisure trips to a few neighboring countries like Milan, London, Budapest and Munich. Lets just say, i'm just making use of my time here in Europe :) It's a once in a lifetime opportunity. Oh, do you know i'm also an opportunist? I grab one whenever i see one - of course it doesn't apply to e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g

Apart from travelling, i've been actively attending my uni's events too like Hollywood Night, International Night, some fieldtrips and i was busy organising a wine event too, which turns out to be a success :) Thank god!

Went to Milan and it was the best pistachio ice cream i've ever tasted! I'll be going again in December. Bad thing is, it will be winter ><

In Milan as well, i tasted one of the best sushis! That was lobster sushi and omfg, it was sooo good! Great service and ambiance too.

Another reason we went to Milan was to shop. But of course, Prada was not within our budget. This is just a picture of us standing in one of the oldest Prada shop in Italy.

A week after that, i went to London to visit my family, to attend my brother's graduation actually. Congrats kor!

Catched up with my sisters and gossiped a lot! Fool around and talk lots of crazy things too with her. Sigh, i miss her so much!

My mum was as pretty as ever.

No matter how old i am, I will always be daddy's princess :)

Had some really good food in London and damn, so cheap!

Then during semester break, we went to Budapest in Hungary.

It was also known as the city of healing waters. This was one of the oldest Spa and Thermal Healing resort in Budapest. We really pampered ourselves to the max here.

Then it was IMI's 20th Anniversary. The theme was Hollywood night and my girls and i decided to dress up as Charlie's Angels :D

One of my favourite costumes there was Avatar. Omg, they spent like 6 hours painting their body and all of us were so impressed! I voted for them for best-dress.

Not long after our mid break, we went on a roadtrip to Munich in Germany for Oktoberfest!

Yeahhh.. whats oktoberfest without beer in a giant mug? ;)

Of course, whats Oktoberfest without great friends around?

There were lots of crazy people with their traditional oktoberfest costumes. We went on several rides, drank QUITE a lot and ate lots of burgers and steaks. There were all so cheap! Like really cheap!

A random picture of hayley and myself in their hats :)

We're all happy people :) With troubles hidden behind the smiles.

Came back not long after that, it was International Night. And so, i put on my lovely cheongsam!

The hongkies decided to wear their military uniform. Look how cute are they..

A full length of myself in cheongsam with Hayley.

This picture was taken when all of us came back from our internships in July. Went to Zurich for a sushi dinner and ice cream, to celebrate our '1 year' of friendship =)

Yes, another casual trip down to Zurich again for sushi :) Awww, how i love you girls so much..

Then, the big day of my wine event arrived. I had butterflies in my tummy throughout the event, finger crossing that everything would be alright.

It was a full-house! More people wanted to come but we're sorry, we're full.

My events group and volunteers for our event.

Christoph organised a BBQ dinner and oh, the steak and chicken was soooo nicely marinated! It was nicely grilled too as the steak and chicken was so juicy and finger licking good! :D

Went to Busker's Bern Festival where the churro's there was fantastic! Love the combination of churro's, cinnamon sugar and vanille creme.

On Viet Anh's birthday, we decided to surprise him with a cake and cooked him a nice dinner.

Went to SuisseEmex, a marketing and communication trade show. Something similar to Zagg or Food Hotel Malaysia.

The very first group picture of this semester. That was when we all came back to school from our internships. We went to the Blue Ball's to celebrate our 1 year of friendship in Switzerland :)

I wish i can put up more pictures, only if i am given more hours in a day. I wanted to write a post not about my updates but simply to vent my frustrations. Then i thought, why not just update a little more about my life in Switzerland for the past 4 months?

And wow, looking at the pictures, i can't believe so much had happened within just 4 months.

Time flies and i'm scared. I really wish time would just stop and let me sort out my confusions before it starts ticking again.

But you and i both know, it's impossible.

Good night world.

MyTable application

2011-09-24T12:42:00.000-07:00

It's been a busy month. I just got back from a lovely evening in Zug. It's a small but beautiful city. I went there to meet up with my friend and i got back with a satisified tummy. Thanks to MyTable, i found a nice oriental restaurant that serves delicious food!

Yes, i was at Suan Long Restaurant, Zug :)

So here's how i got to know about this cool application:

Recently i've gotten myself involved with a very interesting project to create a mobile application for MyTable company. It's basically a restaurant reservation system that is very convenient and user-friendly.

Just got off work and want to bring your date to a nice restaurant but have no clue where to go and have not made any reservation? Just download MyTable application to your phone and choose from a variety of restaurants to dine, based on your selected location. Click on the chosen restaurant and start booking. Don't know how to get there? Simply, the map, telephone number and information are all provided in that application. So what are you waiting for? Download this application into your phone and start using for FREE :)

Tschüs!

2011-07-06T02:09:00.001-07:00

In just a blink of an eye, my internship has ended.

Now i'm back to IMI for my degree course. It's amazing how time flies. And it's true when people say time flies when you're having fun.

Because.... my internship has been nothing but fun.

Sometimes i wish it doesn't have to end.

I miss all the crazi-ness of my colleagues, the never-ending dramas and the sweet things they constantly did for me.

Sure there were bad times there but you can't expect life to be smooth sailing all the time. Sometimes it's the bitter part that makes life more interesting.

I'm glad that we were able to bond so closely just over a short period of time. All of them have been so helpful, kind and sweet to me.

Sometimes i don't think of them as my colleagues but instead, a family :)

Leaving this awesome place was more difficult than i'd imagined. I almost burst into tears when they were giving me the last few big hugs. I wish i can post up the pictures that i took with them but my stupid SD card went bonkers. So all the pictures were erased. Now all i have left is this little double luck bamboo which they gave me as a present and a card from all of them as a memory. But to remember such great colleagues like them, that i've grown fond of, who needs pictures? They will remain in my heart forever...

So, BA course commenced yesterday and so far, i'm not liking anything except seeing my old buddies.

I'm tired because i've been working till the very last day before school starts.

I'm frustrated for not getting what i want.

I'm annoyed that we don't talk as much as before.

I just want to get away and relax for a bit before all these assignments start pouring in.

Latte macchiato, Monique taught me this and i will remember this drink not because it's special but because it is Monique who taught me :)

Pistachio ice cream with rahm. I will remember this not only because it's delicious but because Marco brought me to this lovely garden and he has been an awesome friend during my working days in Rigi.

Jana!! I will miss you the most :( My everyday breakfast partner. We gossip, curi makan, tell jokes and we went hiking together in Films, Graubunden!! Our next stop should be Shaffhusen, or however you spell it. I miss you!

Christoph. Hmm.. what should i say.. i shall thank you for helping me out so much at work. I'm short, i can't reach most of the things but you're always there to help me and make me smile. Glad to have known you :)

And thank you so much to others.. Gino.. Marcel.. Kumar.. Jorg.. Maya.. Eveline and Frau Ruckstuhl :) Will definitely miss you guys! <3

Now, random picture time~~

Dressed up and went to Bern for a visit.

While working in Rigi, i went up to Bern a few times. Simply because, Bern was like love at first sight. It was such a beautiful city. Had lots of sweet memories there too :)

You are the Love of My Life

2011-04-23T11:27:00.000-07:00

You are the love of my life

I knew it right from the start

The moment i looked at you, you found a place in my heart

You are the love of my life

You give me reason to live

You taught me how to be strong

With you is where i belong

No one's ever touched me, quite the way you've touch me

People search a lifetime to find what we have

You are the love of my life

One thing that's good in this life

I'll spend the rest of my day just loving you

yes, you are the love of my life :)

2219: Best Sushi Restaurant (so far..)

2011-04-05T06:15:00.000-07:00

I suddenly have cravings for sushi. It's not good at all to have such cravings especially when you're in Europe, where it's not widely available and its price will cut your throat.

Since i can't do much, i might as well turn my sushi cravings into words... yes, that is by blogging about my 'best sushi eatery'.... at 2219 :)

I visited this little sushi restaurant about 2 years ago and i fell in love with it instantly! It was like love at first sight/taste. When i was back in Malaysia, i would visit this shop at least twice a month (actually twice is quite an understatement :O)

Anyway, reasons why i like the sushi here;

Look at the size of Chuka Idako (baby octopus) and the generous filling of potato salad and chuka kurage!

They serve fresh sashimi's. Their salmon sushis' are my favourite. I like the thickness and the freshness of the salmon. It's thick, cold (right from the chiller) and so fresh i swear i've never tasted so fresh salmons before! In places like Sakae or Sushi King, their salmon are so thin, it can even compete with the thickness of an A4 size paper. Plus it doesn't make up to the price you have to pay. I regret every single time after dining at those commercialised sushi restaurant! ><

Apart from the freshness, the amount of fillings and toppings for Nigirizushi (oblong shaped sushi) they serve are a lot. For instance, Potato Salad Sushi; They put damn lots of Potato Salad on the rice. Get what i mean?

Ebi Tenpura Maki and Soft Shell Crab (A must try!)

Besides ordering their Nigirizushi (e.g. salmon sushi), i like their Makizushi too especially Ebi Tenpura Maki. It's rolled sushi wrapped with seaweed and the filling consist of a shrimp tempura (see picture above). When you take a bite of this sushi, you can taste that the rice is cold but the tenpura is actually still hot. This only tells you one thing; it's freshly fried prior to ordering. Not only that, you can also taste the freshness of the shrimp because it 'bounces' as you chew it. Hmm, pardon me as i've run out of words to describe the amazing-ness.

Their Soft-Shell Crab is absolutely delicious! Again, it's freshly fried and i seriously don't know how to describe the awesome-ness of this dish. It's definitely a must-try dish too!

I was savouring the soft-shell-crab. Damn delicious i tell you!

Their Tempura Udon is a MUST-TRY too! I've tasted Udon soup in several Japanese outlets and i don't find them that nice, probably because i feel thirsty after consuming them (which tells me that they must have sprinkled lots of ajinomoto). However, this Tempura Udon in 2219 is different. The soup is seasoned proportionately, just the right amount of sweetness and saltiness. After consuming the soup, it will somewhat makes me feel at peace. Oh they serve together with Tempura (shrimp) too. Guess i don't have to repeat the crispiness of the batter and the freshness of the shrimp *wink*

Tenpura Udon (i forgot to take the picture of the tempura)

Unagi Kabayaki. This is seriously so nice, compared to Sushi King or other Japanese Buffet. But it's very pricey, RM 25.00.

A little reminder, if you plan to have dinner, you should go at least 2 hours before you get hungry because they cook damn slow.

Chao!

Sushi 2219 Restaurant

No 12, Jalan 2/96A,

Taman Cheras Makmur

56100 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: +603 91320669

My internship journey so far..

2011-03-20T12:11:00.000-07:00

I've been awfully busy lately with work. The weather here is getting better day by day. Sunny and cooling. As much as i enjoy such weather, i'm stucked with work. But to be honest, i'm quite happy working here. Been receiving many compliments from my superiors on my work performance. They said i move quick, really observant, hardworking and i work with brain. Yess... Their remarks, especially the owner's constant compliments really motivates me to work even harder. She loves putting both her hands on my face and say 'You are a really good girl, you work very very well and i appreciate it'... *on cloud nine*... Hehe.. Anyway, at least i know my efforts did not go down the gurgler. Sometimes they puji me until so geng but i think i'm not that good only lor. You can say i'm humble but i really don't think i'm thaat good.

Apart from work, i've been cooking a lot too in my room, which is more like a studio apartment with a kitchenette attached. Although i'm allowed to go back to the hotel for meals, but i feel so lazy.. it's not far away, just 5 minutes walk. But I enjoy going out on my off-days, let my hair down, shop for groceries and just look at things around me.. then come back to cook a nice and satisfying meal for myself. As lonely as it may sound, but it's blissful. Spending the entire day to myself, reflecting myself and reminiscing the sweet and bitter memories.

I feel that it's a good start too to start cooking now so that i'm well-prepared to cook for my husband in the near future. At least i know what and where i should improve on by experimenting a few dishes myself. Not being mushy, but my bf said he absolutely loves it whenever i cook for him. Hehe. He said the food i cook taste extra delicious because he could feel that i cook with love <3 >

Well, i'm alright now. Coming back this time to Switzerland was OK. The initial stage (the first 3 days) was terrible. So homesick but i adjusted pretty fast and i'm coping well now. Met a few nice colleagues and we've been hanging out from time to time and would chat over a drink. Life's pretty good so far. Working isn't too bad after all, not as bad as i thought it would be.

Oh and lately i've been indulging in hell lots of junk food. I've been buying huge packets of Paprika chips! It's so addictive and i can't stop! Feel like couriering some back home for my loved ones to try. I've been eating lots of cookies and drinking lots of hot chocolate too at work. I'm getting worried about my weight now.

My szechuan style chicken with bamboo shoots :) Very tasty gar... hehe

When i'm lazy or not in the mood, i would just fry an omelette to complement my noodles.

Or when i'm super lazy, i will just cook plain instant noodles.

Had a mini sleepover with Patrice at my place. We chatted till 4am! I believe we could go on..

I made tong yuen for our supper :)

Went to Bern to visit Eean. Ended up spending whole day walking around Bern and found myself in love with this little city. Will definitely make a trip to Bern again soon.

My boss (whom is also the owner of the hotel) forced me to go to Luzern to witness the Fasnacht festival. I wasn't interested but she was so insisting and even gave me a day off. She said since i'm in Switzerland, i have to see what does a Fasnacht carnival looks like. I had no choice but to go.

It's a festival where they celebrate the beginning of a fasting season for a type of Christian prayer called 'Lent'. They would dress up in weird costumes and this is my favourite costume :)

Treated myself with 'Ngau Lam' rice after witnessing the carnival.

It was Patrice's 21st birthday... and i bought her this :) Made me realised that all of us (the banana gang) turns 21 in Switzerland. I always believe it is 'fate' that brought us together :)

I went to Geneva Motor Show with Marco, my chef colleague (in german, motor show is called Auto Salon). It was really nice of him to take me to this exhibition. A real eye-opener.

Pagani bla bla bla... yes i managed to see many sexy and sophisticated cars..

But this Audi A6 caught my attention the most. One car that i would buy and drive next time is this car.. not other racing cars or mercedes. This car is not-over-the-top, elegant and absolutely sexy (if i'm the one driving it, of course *wink*)

The beautiful view that greets me everyday (the path i use to walk back and forth to work)

This was captured in the evening. The view from my apartment.

Was taken in the evening. I absolutely adore such colours of the sky <3

So mesmerizing.. i swear i can just gaze upon it by my window all evening.

Chinese New Year

2011-02-02T23:00:00.000-08:00

First and foremost, Gong Hei Fatt Choi!

It's my 4th day back in Switzerland and i'm having an off-day.

For a start, i treated myself with some Tambun bicscuits. Eating them makes me feel more like a chinese again... yes, after past few days of eating pasta, spaghetti, potatoes, salads... i wouldn't say i'm sick of western food because it's only my fourh day here. Not to mention, they prepare really delicious meals. Not in big portions, but that's good, keep myself slim :D After all, i promised everyone back home that when i return here, i would be.. thin.. again XD You guys have no idea how much have i indulged in back home. The beef noodles, nasi lemak with sotong, sushi, chicken rice, roti telur, char kuey teow, pan mee, mum's sui kao, chinese style pork knuckles, seafood... oh i should stop.

I know you guys must be wondering how have i been, since my last post was so suicidal. Well, i'm alright now. At least i'm not crying as much anymore. I feel a tad stronger mentally now :) (not self-praising ok!) But i'm not feeling very well though. Been sneezing and having runny nose ever since i arrived. The funny thing is, all doctors in msia said i will recovery instantly when i go back to Switz due to the cleaner air. I kinda pity my body. It has to adapt to cold-hot-cold weather drastically.

Anyway, right after having brunch at the hotel, i headed straight down to Luzern. Met up with Tiffany and Monica, chatted over a cup of hot chocolate :) We headed to school too, wanted to collect my Certificate but stupid admin close so early.

I had dinner alone and treated myself with Beijing Duck Rice at a Chinese Restaurant and a cup of hot 'Ying Yong'.. The chinese auntie at the restaurant came over to my table and gave me a packet of angpao and wished me Xin Nian Kuai Le with a smile. I was so overwhelmed. It's not about the money inside the red packet. They made me realised one thing; Even though they are living in Switzerland for 20 over years, they still remember that it's Chinese New Year today... and i believe, Chinese, no matter where they are, should not forget this day. It's a day that reminds us where we come from, our roots, our cultures and that's what brings us together.

Coming to Switzerland definitely made me appreciate Chinese New Year more. For the past 20 years, it was all about the "ang pao's"... till today. From this day on, i will learn to appreciate the other meaning of this celebration.

Beijing Duck Rice for dinner on Chinese New Year :)

First time receive angpao from Switzerland :)

Now, this is my room... it's a sharing room but my roommate is hardly around. So i practically have the whole room to myself most of the time.

My part of of the room. Can you spot my another soft toy? Hehe

The attached bathroom and kitchenette. I guess it must be a studio apartment, since it's so spacious.

The dressing table..

Inside the toilet...

Neatly packed clothes..

Nicely hung clothes... XD

And ta-daaaa.... myself in uniform, ready to work :D

My first ever Swiss friend, Maya. She's such a sweetheart. She's my roommate too :)

Alright peeps. That's all for now. Time to hit the sack!

Once again, Happy Chinese New Year!

I'm listening to 'How Deep is Your Love'. It reminds me of us singing along together in the car, holding hands. I miss you bee.

The most painful journey

2011-01-31T10:41:00.000-08:00

... in my life so far...

Looking at the screen in front of my seat, seeing the image of the plane flying further and further away from home tortures me. Each time i think about home, i forced myself to sleep, or else the tears will just flow out non-stop. But still, i can't help it. I kept bursting into tears wherever i was, from airport, plane to trains. A lot of passengers and cabin crews must have noticed, due to my swollen eyes, extremely red nose, excessive mucus flowing out and red cheeks. But i don't care. Is it wrong to cry?

You've guessed it right, i'm feeling homesick again. This time, it's worse than before. At least previously, it was my first time travelling abroad. I was excited then. Also, i had Eean, a friend to accompany me throughout the journey.

This time, i'm all by myself. Not that i have a problem with that. It's just that i know going back this time only means that i won't be seeing him and my family for probably a year, or more. I don't know how am i going to go through this.

I just feel damn depressed. I don't wanna go back! But i don't have a choice. It's just so damn tiring and difficult to start all over again.

Also, I regret for not requesting to work after CNY. Bee, if you've asked me earlier, i would have definitely made that request. Apparently, Mrs Ruckstuhl (the owner of my hotel internship) would have allowed me if i wanna start work after my celebrations. But, nasi sudah jadi bubur.

13 hours in the plane, i didn't watch any movie except Beauty & the Beast. Why? Because watching it reminds me of us watching it together at my place. I was sleeping on your thigh and you were brushing my hair. Well, I just didn't feel like watching any other. I remember how excited was i coming back to Malaysia, up to the extent of not wanting to sleep and ended up watching 5 movies in a row.

You're right. Going abroad make us appreciate each other more. But i don't think i need to go through this once more to know that. I mean, i know that already. I've experienced it. I wish i can turn the plane around, fucking quit the internship and be where i belong, which is home and your arms.

I miss everyone at home too. I miss mummy's voice, daddy's cute actions and sis's lame comments.

I think after degree, i might just want to continue my internship in Singapore. I'm just so sick of being away from home already.

I wish what i'm feeling right now is just physical pain, but it's not. It's fucking not.

I miss you...

so much, it's tearing my heart out

Having the blues

2011-01-19T02:00:00.000-08:00

Surviving the Jams

It's a torture to get trapped in massive jams

It's a gamble everyday...

"Which lane is faster?"

Committing sins everyday...

"Fuck you, for hogging the lane!"

Making wishes everyday...

"I wish my car can fly"

Jam reminds me of...

driving back from Taylors,

driving back from Citibank,

driving back from Crowne Plaza,

driving to and fro Ipoh with him,

As bad as 'traffic jams' may seem,

They bring back memories of my past..

both sweet and bitter ones

Driving through the traffic makes me creative

I store cashew nuts in my car

Eat em' when i get stuck in d jam

But when it's jam-less, i get slimmer

Coz it prevents me from eating

-Jeanette W.

I know my poem sounds stupid. i thought about it while i got trapped in a jam just now. that's what i always do. Driving makes me think a lot, especially when i'm alone. not that it's a bad thing. it makes me feel at peace sometimes. having some space to myself, listening to soothing musics and reflect my day... sounds as though i'm meditating in a car, while going through a jam.. wtf?

Anyway, i met up with my Citibank buddy, See See just now. I was so so so glad to able to meet up with her! Didn't know that i miss her this much.. Brought her to Levain Boulangerie as she really wanted to try out the cafe which everyone has been talking about lately, especially in facebook. Yeah, where else could it be? I insisted to meet up on weekdays because i can bet my bottom dollar that it will be packed like sardines on weekends... also my weekends have been reserved by my Liebling and Familie.

I'm not going to do a Food review about this little cafe, not now at least. I just wanted to blog. There's something inside me that i wish i could express but i just couldn't find the right words.

You see, meeting up with her makes me feel a little depressed. Sure we did have a great time catching up over our afternoon tea... we talked about food, jobs, education, boyfriends, movies .... we chatted and laughed to ourselves the entire afternoon without even knowing that we sat for more than 2.5hours.

Can't see the problem, can you? The thing is, i feel selfish. i feel like i'm a bad friend. For all the times which i could have gone out with her, i chose not to. i always.. always.. always.. choose him over them.. i wonder when will i ever stop? when will i be able to find the balance in life?

i feel like slapping myself because all i ever do is whine and complain about everything, and never seem to do anything about it.

someone shoot me.

Jogoya @ Starhill

2011-01-16T07:36:00.000-08:00

Being a sushi fanatic, i think it's time for me to do a review on my favourite sushi eatery. I've been trying out different japanese restaurants for the past 5 years or so and figure that it would be great to pen down my opinions on food, another word: Food Review. I have never really done a proper food review in my entire 7 years of blogging. I shall start with the best Japanese Buffet Restaurant. (Not my favourite sushi eatery but that will be my next post :))

To the best of my belief, Jogoya @ Starhill is the only Japanese Buffet Restaurant that i'm satisfied with so far (in terms of price and food quality). For daily rate, dinner cost RM88++ while lunch cost RM77++. I went during ladies promotion in December with my mum and sister whereby ladies get 50% discount. The 3 of us cost RM152 in total. To me, it was a real bargain! It was donwright cheaper than Shogun, Taoz or even Daidomon that cost you easily RM65 nett per person! So ladies, do look out for their promotions because without it, you will have to pay around RM102 nett each... which i think isn't worth it because they serve the same selection of food with or without promotion. Occasionally they have the buy 2 free 1 promotion too.

Anyway, speaking of the quality of the food. During Japanese buffet, i usually only take fresh oysters, sashimi's, certain side dishes, appetizers and tempura.

Let's start with Sashimi's...

I gotta say Jogoya serves really fresh Sashimi's. I like how the salmon's are thickly sliced. Tuna and squids are fresh too. I like to start my buffet with sashimi and usually will not eat other food unless i'm done with eating Sashimi. Very fussy hor? I don't know why, i just like it that way. To me, other food like tenpura, oriental dishes or even other japanese side dishes all have very strong flavors which will affect my taste buds, thus make me can't grasp fully the delicate flavor of sashimi.

For appetizers and side dishes, they have quite a wide range. The only few that i always take, in any Jap buffet, are Wakame (green jelly-like seaweed), Kurage (jellyfish) and Chuka Idako (baby octopus).

Oh and they served really fresh oysters too. They're not as big Tenji's palm-sized oysters (which btw, wasn't true to what they've advertised and it wasn't fresh at all. Had a bad experience there at Tenji). But Jogoya's oysters were undeniably fresh and i always like them with some oyster vinegar sauce.

My way of digging in the oysters: I like to cut the abductor muscle first, then spoon some oyster vinegar sauce on it and slide it down from the shell to my mouth... Hmmmm... describing it makes me hungry...

Moving on, i tried their tempuras and they were pretty good. Batter was fluffy and crispy. It was nicely deep-fried as it wasn't chewy and you can still taste the freshness of the shrimp. I like to dip my entire tempura in Tentsuyu sauce (some traditional sauce for tempura) but my mum was so cute, she took tomato sauce instead (see picture above). I was speechless, well she must have thought it was the same with eating fried chicken or something. We couldn't stop laughing for awhile. Till today, it tickles my funny bone every time i think of it. I adore her to the max :)

One thing about Japanese Buffet Restaurants these days, they don't serve Unagi's anymore! I used to dine in frequently at Shogun (at Sunway Pyramid) and they used to serve Unagi Kabayaki. Till about 2 years ago, they stopped serving! Even in Jogoya, they only serve you if you have the VIP card. My mum had it, so we ordered and the portion was huge! Tasted good, too :) If you plan to make a visit to Jogoya, you can, in actual fact borrow the card from someone and present it upon arrival.

My sister and I got addicted to their coconut. My advice, don't drink too much. Makes you full quickly because they're pretty sweet. Also, difficult to stop once you've taken it.

Since i am not a fan of oriental chinese dishes in Japanese Restaurant, i didn't try many. I had a bite of almost everything there though. All i can say is they were average only lor and some were below average. Black pepper lamb tasted horrible, cod fish was alright, escargot was below-average (prefer baked cheese escargot), steam pomfret was average, curry crab was below-average, BBQ chicken was pretty good and that's about it. They have dim sum corner, herbal soup section, steamboat counter, dessert area and a special area for tea too.

To sum up my experience in Jogoya Starhill:

Quick replenishment, overall good service, good quality of japanese food, wide variety of oriental dishes but tasted below-average, nice ambiance but a little too dim but worth the money overall :D RM50 per person only lehhh... usually RM102!

Price (thumbs up), Quality (thumbs up) = Satisfactory

My companions for the day, cute sis and pretty mum.

Beh tahan... ate so much, i looked like a pregnant lady..

My Blessed Life

2011-01-08T09:11:00.000-08:00

Didn’t surprise me at all that my previous post was 5 months ago. Look, although I’ve not been able to physically pen down my thoughts here, I’ve been mind-blogging from time to time. Anyway, I’m back in Malaysia now for a 2 month break and I’m going back at the end of January for an internship there. Doing internship in Switzerland. Wonder why am i not excited.

I’ve not blogged for so long and so much had happened, I really do not know where to start. Well, my life changed ever since I left to Switzerland. It has been a wonderful 5 months studying abroad. I still remember vividly the day when I first arrived. I cried myself to bed, woke up the next day and continued crying and it went on for days and then weeks… I was so homesick that I wished I could turn back time and settle on pursuing my tertiary education locally. Coz you know, it sucks so bad to be away from home. It hurts so bad to be here while your boyfriend is there. It still gives me hell now and then but I’ve learned to get used to it. I learned that it takes courage and time to get out of your comfort zone and adapt to a whole new environment. Even though it has been just 4 months of studying in Switzerland, I find myself a more ‘improved’ person. I learned, observed and experienced so many things while studying abroad. I really find myself more independent, whereby I do my own laundry, clean my room on a weekly basis, manage my finances (I have an excel spreadsheet of my expenses, no joke!), compare grocery prices like any typical aunties in the market and making my own decision. One most important element I’ve learned is ‘appreciation’. It’s horrible to know that I always take things/people for granted last time. Anyway, I know I was never the same anymore. And this overall makes me a happier person, for sure :)

Coping with long-distance is not something new to me. My relationship started off with long distance anyway, 2 years ago. Just that this is slightly different as we don’t get to meet as often as we like because we’re like… 6000 miles away. And since we don’t live high on the hog, we definitely can’t afford RM4.5k plane ticket! But I’m really delighted with the ways we handled this ‘challenge’. Long emails everyday, sms everyday, webcam every weekend, sending postcards… I’m still wondering where is the snail mail which he ‘wanted’ to send me… Anyway, now that I’m back, I will definitely treasure our time together. Nothing has changed, our feelings for each other is still strong and we’re enjoying each other’s company ...

In Switzerland, my days couldn’t be any happier if it wasn’t for my friends. I love you all to bits. I wish I have time to write more about each and every one of my lovelies in Switz but I don’t have much time. I’m only left with 19 days here. So I’m trying not to spend so much time on the net, instead more quality time with my boyfie and family members. Sigh. Time flies. And soon I have to start packing already. But guess what? I haven’t unpacked also. There’s just too much to do here and I’m not ready to go back! :( It’s so contradicting you know. I started my post with the title ‘My Blessed Life’ and here I am complaining…

Sigh. Anywayyy… pictures below to sum up my ‘adventure’ in Switzerland, which a lot of you must have seen them since I always post up pictures in my facebook.

I'm going to start my first picture with Cows.. Yes, apart from Swiss Knives and Chocolates, Switzerland is famous for Cows.. and these 3 greeted me almost everyday when i walked to school.

Our first trip together to Mount Pilatus. The scenery was breathtaking!

The very next week, we went up to Mount Titlis. First time play snow! It was a memorable day.

Went into an ice cave :)

First time rowing boat in my life :)

Our occasional visit to Lake Lucerne during Summer :)

That's Viet Anh btw, my first Vietnamese friend :)

Our coffee session at Starbucks by the lake.

Camwhore while preparing to go Zurich!

Lovely Patrice and myself at Zurich.

Then, it was International Night. Had lots of fun and not to forget, great food :)

A group photo that night.

During our mid-term break, the four of us (Hayley, Tom, Eean and myself) went to Italy!

We visited Vatican City for a day :)

We went to Florence for two days!

Buying souvenirs at Michelangelo's statue.

Shopped at Florence...

We took many pictures with many naked statues and we ate lots of ice cream :D

Had the best Hot Chocolate in Italy! Seriously, it was the best i've ever tasted in my entire life!!!

Oh, and i've had the best Carbonara too... best ever in my entire life :D

We went to Rome and of course, we visited the Colosseum

The shot of the day in front of Colosseum.

I don't remember where was this.. But people, meet Eean! Good looking but too bad, he isn't available :P

Weeeeee~~ Hayley, i miss taking pictures like that with you :( Remember we took pictures with the moon everyday when we were in Italy??

First time overnight in airport. I still remember how cold it was!

Parents couriered instant noodles over to me to help reduce my homesickness :)

Not long after, we came back and celebrated Dustin's birthday :) We managed to surprise him.

Got invited to a Japanese theme lunch at Swiss Room. That's our uniform btw.

Went to Gay Bar for the first time :)

Celebrated Peggy's birthday with my Hong Kong friends :)

Celebrated Mid Autumn Festival by having steamboat and then followed by 'drinking session'

School trip to Zagg. Something like FHM in KL Convention Centre. Except this Zagg is a lot smaller.

Went up to Jungfrau Mountain, a small town called Wengen for Internship Probation.. which i got rejected :(

Celebrated Tom's birthday with Vietnamese/Thai cuisines. Great dinner pals!

Occasional dinner (eating out) with the gang

Sometimes when i'm too lazy to go campus for dinner, i'll cook maggie mee for myself... adding some seafood to it :)

Sometimes i join my Hong Kong friends for dinner. That's cola chicken btw. Thanks Ken & Tiffany, for all the wonderful dinners!

FunFair at KKL..

We went to Geneva during our Revision Week.. to eat Dim Sum :D

The group that went to Geneva, posing behind the famous fountain.

We looove taking pictures together! I miss you girls so much ><

Oh look at my handbag. You know what? When i brought it back, my boyfie said it looks like 'Siu loong bao'.. =.="

This was taken in Geneva as well. Wish we can sit down on grass like this in Malaysia. Or lie down on the grass like some couples we saw over there with our loved ones.

And then we went SKATING, the very next day :)

During exam week, Ah Fong (my good buddy from Malaysia) cooked for me. He's a great cook and a wonderful friend :)

Then exam was over... time to start packing and fly back to Malaysia

This was sort of our 'farewell dinner'.. where Gary cooked Bak Kut Teh for us.

Guys, meet Kylie :) My Sushi buddy!

We celebrated the end of our exams over sushi dinner :)

After dinner we head to SkyBar for a drink and on our way, we built 'SnowBaby'

At SkyBar...

The next day, we went shopping for souvenirs.. chocolates, to be precise *wink*

Miss you Guys! + Tom & Viet Anh!

This lovely card was presented to me by Viet Anh. He's so emotional sometimes and i find it very cute coz you hardly see such in a guy.

Went to Basel for a last trip before i come back to Malaysia..

The pretty christmas fair in Basel...

Beautifully decorated streets...

Our last group picture during Eean and my farewell.

Writing this post makes me miss so many people back there. Without them, i don't know what my life in Switzerland would be like. I'm so glad to be able to meet you guys. To all you people, i will be coming back pretty soon.

Ahhh.. it's 3.41am!

Good night world!

p/s: I wrote this post as i've promised Patrice i would do so... i hope you enjoyed reading it. Muax!

Auf Wiedersehen Malaysia

2010-07-25T10:00:00.000-07:00

it means Goodbye, in German

Hey guys! This will be my last post before leaving Malaysia.

Many people asked me how do i feel. Actually, i dont really know. I'm having mixed feelings about leaving home. I'm excited but at the same time scared, nervous and i'm so terribly afraid of feeling homesick.

An evening outing with Jermyn and my two dears @Desa Park City.

Gorgeous sceneries and i wanted to feed the fish so badly :(

Posing with Jenny and Wi Wen. I love you girls! ♥

Besides 'photo shooting' like models, we cycled too. So i'm pretty sure we did burn off some calories :)

Head off to an event called 'Bon Odori' at Shah Alam. It was a last minute thing so we didnt get to prepare and wear kimono's... Or else you'll see us in another episode filled with pictures of kimono's.. Hehe

As for my farewell with Citibank buddies, i brought them to Caffeiness.

Working in Citibank has gotta be my best job so far.. it's the one that brought us together. Really glad to meet you both. I hope to be back for more outings with the both of u :(

My last farewell with my dears @Oldtown.

Will miss camwhoring with them...

Will miss resting my head on his comfy shoulder :(

Hmmm.... i wonder when will we camwhore again. U know last time, i'll just grab you next to me and then *chik chak*... I miss those moments :(

I will miss their hamsap jokes, gossips and insults.

My farewell + Sister's birthday with my family and relatives.

We're the three sisters.. although the one in green is a bit old

It's the shot-of-the-day for us both!

Going to physio sessions has opened the door to a new friendship between Cindy and myself. I'll be waiting for u to visit me. Hehe.

Look, i'm standing next to Ethan! Oops, i meam Domo Kun. Hehe

Spent the last Saturday with him and Cassy at MidValley

Going abroad made me realise alot of things about the people around me here. And to the people in this post; you guys mean the world to me.

xoxo ♥♥

Busy like a Bee

2010-07-14T08:39:00.000-07:00

Okay fine, i’m not thaaaat busy.

Well, my life is just so full of activity for the past few weeks. Travelling, hanging out with friends and relatives, shopping, packing (yes i’m still packing although it has been a month). Oh not forgetting the World Cup too, that has been keeping me quite occupied.

*Burps* ooops! Clearly it’s because of too many durians :)

You know, i’m quite disappointed Germany didn’t win the World Cup this year. When they got knocked out by the Spaniards, i felt like killing myself – yes, i was thaaaat upset! But well, they got 3rd place. So, I’m still proud of them, i have been supporting this team since i was 12 and will continue to support them till the end. And i’m pleased to see that Brazil and Argentina didn’t make it this far this time around. Hehehehe... ahhh i just cant wait to see them again in 2014 and more importantly, i hope i can watch it with him. This year’s world cup is special coz it is with him i’m watching.

12 days more... and seriously, i still cant believe i’m going to Switzerland... One minute i’ll be lazing on the bed and the next i’ll be like “oh Shit, i’m going to Switzerland alone!” and no, i’m not being dramatic. You see, I’ve not travelled to anywhere alone in my entire life, i hope it isn’t complicated. How nice if i have a companion. Sigh....

I’m gonna let the pictures blog about my activities...

The famous Tangkat Beef Noodle @ Jln Imbi branch.
The original shop is Restaurant Kuang Fei at Tangkat.
To those that cant eat beef, it's just too bad.

阿忠烧鸡翼
This is the best siu kai yik i've ever tasted. The skin is so crispy, the meat is so juicy and it's so nicely marinated that i can faint! It's Ah Zhong Chicken Wings @ Taman Muda, Ampang Cheras just opposite Paragon Mall.

This siu kai yik got featured in the show called '1day 5 meals' too!

That's my disgusting bf whom i adore very much.

Dinner with the family @Restaurant Siu Siu. Located at Robson Height, Kuala Lumpur. Very near to Kuan Cheng Girl School.
The dish above is friend pork intestines. I fell in love with this dish at that instant.

This Char Siew is another recommended dish. This definitely took me by surprised. Not too sweet and just the right amount of fat meat.

This claypot curry butter prawn is absolutely fantastic! This has gotta be the best dish of the day. They serve along 'man tau' bun for you to dip into the curry. I must go back for more of this!

Salted Egg Crab? Direct translation. Hehe.
Well, this is not too bad either. Very huge crabs with very very sweet flesh. They gave damn alot of salted egg, made my mummy very happy :) And surprisingly, it's not thaaat expensive. Just Rm38.

Enjoyed my dinner so much here @Restaurant Siu Siu. If only i knew this place earlier, i would eat here every weekend. Yes, it's thaaaaaaaaat nice!

Met up with Nadia at our traditional yum char place. Wont be seeing her for the next two years or so coz she might be going to UK when i get back. I miss you Nad!

Dinner with the girls @TwoTwoOneNine. I'm going to miss eating sushi here with you guys :(

Watching World Cup at my place with him. World cup made me put on weight :( U know, munching Ramlee burgers... Takoyaki... Longan & Lychee syrup... Seedless grapes... Haihhhh...

Went up to Ipoh recently. You know it's a must for me to eat Ipoh's delicacies or else i wouldnt go with a peaceful mind :P Hehehe. Anyway, the dish above is Taugeh Chicken. I miss dipping the chicken slices and its gravy into my noodles. The combination of these is brilliant!

This sotong kangkung is different than the usual ones... very smooth sauce made using pumpkin and other ingredients. And i'm gonna miss it.

Had supper with Alex, Fabian and bf @Tong Sui Kai.

Head on to Adrian's house to watch World Cup 3rd & 4th placing.

That's Alex and my bee.

The next morning, jermyn's mum brought me to Tai Shi Keok. We ordered 3 different kinds of drinks, Red bean, Passion fruit and i dont know whats the last one. Green bean? Well, it tasted exactly like the Red bean.

Because we waited sooooo long for the fried stuff, we ordered poppiah.

That's my bee's expression when i didnt allow him to order Char Koay Teow.

And so they finally arrived. I will not come back here again because nothing special lor, except the friend triangle fish meat.

We spotted this @Tai Shi Keok. Caster Eggs or Custard? It's like they caster the eggs with some spells :D

The very same day, we went to Adrian's house for a gathering and also to celebrate Alex's birthday. Managed to capture this while we were on our way.

The bunch of us that night. Damn, Alex your face damn freaky!

The next day, we ate Char Koay Teow because Kafe Macy tarak buka. And this was his expression when he gets to eat CKT. Very obedient.

This CKT is not the dry type la but very nice :)

That night we went out for supper again with Fabian, Alex and Jermyn @Tong Sui Kai but different stall. The mixed fruits with shaved ice very nice hor?

The next day, it was time for me to say goodbye to ipoh and Brandy. I love her to bits.

On our way back. Notice how round my face is?
We bought lots of durians back, worth RM100+

Reached his aunt's house and found another puppy! Too bad i wont be able to see him grow up :(

So smooth la his fur and he's soo cute. Like a soft toy.

Awfully Emo

2010-07-07T11:19:00.000-07:00

I feel so depressed right now. Looking at the days left to spend with him and my dear ones really scares the hell out of me. I kept saying i still have so many things to do and that i don’t have enough time. I reckon that isn’t quite true. I mean i’ve done what needs to be done, things like buying all the stuff that i need, packing and cleaning up my shelves and wardrobes. I guess it’s not that i have many things to do but just too little time left for my lovelies and I. Sigh.

I know studying abroad to some people is a dream come true. It is to me too but it’s daunting at the same time coz i’ll be going to a place where i know absolutely nobody and it also means i’ll be leaving behind friends, family and him whom are all so precious to me. And... Looking at how much my parents sacrificed for me, how much my friends supports me and how much Jermyn cares for me, it suddenly dawns on me that i’ve never really appreciated the time we’ve had and more often than not, i take them for granted. I guess this guilt will forever be with me.

I’m still pretty upset over losing my best friend over some silly fight, even though it has been more than 2 years already. I really do miss her. Every now and then when i think back, i blame myself for being over-expressive. It’s heart-breaking coz you told me in Standard 6 that no matter what happens, we will always be ‘best friend, bestest friendship’. I remember, we both knew it sounded silly at that instant but we couldn’t find other words to describe it back then. Oh well, i hope the best for her. Even if she may have forgotten me, i will not and will never forget her... for she was once my best friend.

I have not written any post as emo as this for a looooooong time.

Well it's almost 2.30am and i hope Germany will cheer me up later by hammering the spaniards!

My Holidays so far...

2010-05-25T03:00:00.000-07:00

... has been great!

In less than an hour, i spent RM305 buying 4 blouses of which 3 from Element and 1 from Soda. I’m quite a fan of element, i find their formal clothes outstanding. And until now, i’m still thinking of the blazer i spotted in Zara. Everything about that suit is simply gorgeous, from the material to the design and how it suits me so perfectly but i left that shop with a heavy heart. I didn’t buy coz it was so expensive. The very next day, i bought my future-uni-bag from Sachs, my boyfie calls it ‘sucks’. I spotted another one before that in Renoma but it cost RM499, too expensive and i had to force myself to forget about it. U know what i’ve been telling my bf? After graduating, I wanna work, get a reasonably high income and then shop without the need to look at the price tag! ><

So anyway, i went shopping with my mum and sister yesterday. It has been so long since i last went out with them. It made me realise that ever since i have a bf, i sort of neglected them. As u know, i spend every weekend and any possible time i have with him. Although they (my family) didn’t utter a word about this but i feel terrible, I feel bad for the way i treated them, u know, taking them for granted. I think it goes the same to my friends. How often do u see me hanging out with them? Well, i reckon that explains why i don’t really have many friends. But no, i’m not complaining. Come to think of it, I’m happy the way it is, not so many friends but they’re so close to me and that’s more than enough :)

So apart from being so hooked up to him and facebook games, i’ve been watching gossip girl. Yes i can’t wait. I was suppose to watch them when i’m in Switzerland, to kill boredom coz i heard there’s not much entertainment over there. But thanks to my itchy hands and curious mind, i’m halfway through Season 1 now. But that’s ok, i still have Dexter, Californication and Glee to watch during my uni days in Switzerland. Peace.

I’ve been having migraine since yesterday. Was feeling better this morning but i guess the pain is back. I’ve been so cheerless lately. I dont know why. Been caging myself in my room learning german. Yes the people in lucerne speak Swiss-German but since it’s in Central Switzerland, you may find influence of French as well.

I gotta go. Dont wanna be late for my physio session. Been having this chest pain and doc said it’s due to my back bone. Complicated.

Pictures to sum up the places i went-the people i met-the things we did
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This is Wild Mushroom Pizza, was having lunch at California Pizza Kitchen.

Guess i dont have to introduce anymore *wink*

Yours truly, after some shopping.

His main course at Chillies, fish fillet marinated with Chillies' special sauce

Mine was Grilled Lamb and the mash potatoes were soooo delicious!
I seriously dont know how to take food pics.

Us at Chillies, KLCC.

On Sunday mornings, we love having dim sum with my family..
Dim sum at Cheers Palace. Previously known as Unique Fisherman.

Met up with my dears at Tan Char House, nearby leisure mall.
Their settings and ambience are pretty similar to Gasoline's. We didnt order any food. Just ordered drinks, mostly catch-ups, cam-whoring and collect our online products. Next stop would probably be... Quattro? :D

Made cottage pie for him <3 size="2">minced beef with veges, topped with baked mash potatoes.
Feels really good when he kept asking me to cook something for him.

Love the colours of these sweets, oh and their cute little images too :)
He bought for me :D

A random shot of my shirt. So cute right?

Loving the Holidays

2010-05-07T00:08:00.000-07:00

The ending of my two months contract in Citibank marks the beginning of another episode of my holidays... So, i have roughly 3 more months here before flying off to Switzerland. Damn, 3 months seem really long (knowing the fact that i wont be getting any income) and short (knowing the fact that i only have 3 months left to spend time with my lovelies)

Working in Citibank wasn’t that bad. Pretty relaxing, especially if you have a partner there who shares lots of common topic with ya *wink* We would chat all day long even if our superiors were just in front of us. I guess she was the only one whom i could connect pretty well with, probably because she’s only a year older than me. Damn, i really miss those tea-times too where we would hang out and buy fruit juices/frappes from San Francisco. They’re quite worth it especially during their promotional periods, ‘buy 1 free 1’ and 40% discount for all juices and smoothies. I guess working there wouldn’t be this fun without her :)

Anyway, I’ve gone up to Ipoh again last weekend with Jermyn to celebrate his dad’s birthday. Spent the entire weekend with his family and then drove back to KL on Monday. Have u ever tried eating durians while driving? Well i had and we’ve done it so many times, i think it has become our routine. We love buying food from Ipoh like their Kangkung Sotong, durians and would even stop by the R&R’s for their Kacang Rebus. My darling would feed me while i drive and sometimes we would stop by some R&R’s to catch a 10 minutes sleep. Simply blissful :)

Apart from that, we’ve caught so many movies but i didn’t have the time to blog.

2 months ago we caught Alice in Wonderland. Honestly i wanted to love this movie. I’m not sure if it was the director or the script, it has failed to meet my expectations in some ways. I think Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) and the Red Queen(Helena) were the only characters that kept this movie alive. Alice’s character was so dull and wooden that i wished Cheshire Cat would give her a slap.

Clash of the Titans was just an average action movie that doesn’t deserve my 10bucks! I’m still wondering, why isn’t Pegasus white in this film???

How to train your dragon, was simply lovely from the beginning to the end :) Beautifully written scripts, it didn’t have stupid lines whatsoever, great animations. Everything about this piece is aesthetically beautiful. Oh, lovely dragon btw. I don’t know is it just me or what but i notice Toothless( the dragon) bear a resemblance to Stitch from Disney movie Lilo & Stitch, probably because of the eyes, nose and ears.

Next up, Ip Man 2 and Iron Man 2. I’m more enthusiastic to watch Ip Man 2 actually, heard it’s bloody fantastic.

From left: Sue Wei, myself and See See. Having lunch at Secret Recipe.
Sigh, i miss them :(

Everyone, this is the morning view that greeted me every single morning while i walked to citibank from petronas twin tower. I didnt mind the distance despite wearing heels as i enjoyed the cool air and thats d only exercise i get for the rest of the day.

The view from 44th floor pantry.

my partner in TSC dept. Damn i miss her..

Was having dinner with Jermyn at Little Penang before heading to PC Fair.

Walking back after pc fair.

At Tenji Japanese Buffet with college mates. I still prefer Pyramid's Shogun. Tenji ain't that great, not worth my RM102! But i dont care la, as long as we get to meet up.

Managed to meet up with them before their internship. We sooo have to meet up again.. as u can see, Collie is missing in this picture :(

Went to The Laundry Bar after our buffet. So hot i cannot tahan, so we went back early.

Oh i bought a new digi cam. Still not very sure of how to use. Not many people to camwhore with :(

First manicure session! No $$$ :( So cant do fancy stuff :(

Base on the previous picture, can you identify who did which manicure design?

Triple C

2010-03-06T08:39:00.000-08:00

Cny + Citibank + Cat

I just realised it has been really long since i last blogged but it didn’t seem that long to me. Maybe because there’s so much happening around me lately and i haven’t got the time to just sit and wait for time to pass. I remember how it was like to stay at home for 4 weeks... i was dead-bored.

Working in Citibank makes me feel more alive. But there’s a downside to it, whereby i have to wake up early, long working hours (9-6pm), stucked in jam for another hour and by the time i reach home i was pretty much exhausted to do anything at all already. But at least i don’t feel so useless all the time. I mean, i’ve got a job there, a real one. I’ve got daily tasks, goals to achieve, dealing with something serious and something new to look forward to every day. Not to mention, i get to meet a lot of really nice people there. My colleagues are great; funny and annoying bunch of people :) Oh, and a lot of leng chai and leng lui working there too, mostly Chinese la.

Except for one thing, i really really, really miss getting up at 10a.m. And back then, my daily goals at home were to watch Desperate Housewives and accomplish little projects like making personalised book for friends, personalised calculator for my sister, baking and cooking... Ahh... i really missed those little activities of mine.

So anyway, i was supposed to catch Alice in Wonderland but they said there’s no such reservation number aaaanndd there wasn’t any seats left already. I think my bf was more disappointed than i am. U know, there’s a Cat in the movie and he’s obsessed with cats! He has a cat by the name of Meow in Ipoh and she has been sleeping with him for the past 10-15years! Which... automatically made me his 2nd wife, his cat being his first of coz. Yeah i admit i’m kinda jealous coz she.. i mean ‘it’ knew him longer than me and they look so happy together (u’ll see in a picture below) I know that sounds irrational, forgive me, but i hate cats! Really! I wouldn’t be this ill if it was a dog! Ughh!

Enough is enough.

I’m gonna update the rest with pictures ><

The reunion dinner night. Hmmm... everyone adores my monster shirt; i'm guessing u know who bought it for me. Yupe, it's my bee. It's one of his souvenirs for me from bangkok.

On first day of CNY 2010. It was freakingly hot lorr... I remembered the freakishly hot weather more than the angpau. Ishh..

I was at this Kai Si Hor Fun shop during the 5th day of CNY at Ipoh, it was where my parents met his parents :)

Before i start work, i have to... HAVE TO at least meet up with my dears. I mean, it has been really long. I missed them :(

My dear, i read a comment on ur facebook where people are, again, saying that we look alike. Haha, although i still dont agree with them but that's our trademark right? :D

And i'm glad you like this personalised book from me :)
*Image credits to Jenny Yap

Everybody, for those wondering who is my bee's first wife. This is 'it'. Her name is MEOW.

Have you seen him take pictures with me like that before? No right?? So now u know why i'm mad??? Hmph!

See... he even took picture of another cat he spotted in a restaurant. He claimed that cat seems to sit near him whenever he visits that restaurant. *pfttt*

Let's look on a prettier note, i made this for my sister :)

And i suddenly have cravings for this Seafood Nasi Lemak from Caffeiness. My dears, this is the nasi lemak that i'm dying to take you guys to try. I hope we can make it one day :) A little pricey but the food at this Cafe really not bad 1 lerr.

Oh, me and food again. I realised it's very often i take pictures with food. And look at my face... so round. It indicates only one thing - i've gained weight, again!

Bye Telemarketing.. Hello Citibank!

2010-02-10T06:30:00.000-08:00

My blogging has been decreased so much, all thanks to Country Story, work work work and work.. of coz, not to mention, the bee has been occupying my free time too..which... leads me to watching Desperate Housewives only after he goes to bed. But nah, i aint complaining. Leading a busy life is always better than pondering what to do next. I've been through that for like 5 weeks before landing myself on this Telesales officer (telemarketing)

Speaking of that, I've resigned coz Citibank wants to hire me. Yes, u read it right... CITIBANK WANTS TO HIRE ME... and start work like, immediately. I rejected and i insisted that i'll only start after CNY, which they agreed :)

So yeah, yours truly is gonna work at Citibank, Jalan Ampang. Like o-m-g, it's so bloody near to shopping malls like Avenue K, Great Eastern Mall and KLCC!! I'm soooo thrilled, to be surrounded by so many professionals, goddamn-expensive cars, sky-rise buildings....

ok ok... i should stop bragging.

Then again, there are some unfavourable conditions. For instance, i have to wake up early (when i say 'early', i meant 6a.m) to avoid the massive jams. If you listen to the radio everyday, you'll know roads like Jln Ampang, Jln Tun Razak, Jln Sultan Ismail and Mrr2 are hot-spots for extreme traffic congestions. In addition to that, I strongly believe traffic jams are caused by people who drives at fucking 40km/h on highways using middle/fast lane.... and busybody motorists that brakes completely to look at an accident/car crash. Like what on earth??? You're creating jams by satisfying your curiosity, you SOB! (Oh hell yeah, Desperate Housewives use a lot of 'SOB' :D)

Another burdens are my expenditures :( Food will be awfully expensive, considering you're in a city. And parking.. gosh.. RM7/day :( Well, on the brightside, thankfully, i do not have to worry about Petrol :) Hehehe..

During the 5 weeks of boredom, i came up with baking Shepherd's Pie :)
Darling said it was lip-smacking... i dont know how true was that but i love it too!

Decided to take a break from this lousy hot weather and we both went up to Genting.

Last but not least, celebrated my birthday with my family and him. It was a pretty simple celebration but come to think of it, it'll be my last year celebrating with them... i know i wont be able to do this for the next two years... sigh, thinking of this makes me wanna cry..

Before i end this post, i would like to THANK everyone who wished me. I may have not replied you and i'm truly sorry. It was totally unintentional. Thanks again everyone :)

Have a good night sleep :)

2nd Year Anniversary

2010-01-24T21:07:00.000-08:00

It’s Monday and i’m so very happy now.

It’s a bright sunny day and i’ve got a new job! Starting on 1st Feb!

But anyway, the boy and i went to Malacca & Johor two weeks ago.

Here are the pictures :)

My my... look at his yawn.. So huge XD

We went to Coconut House in Malacca as they're famous for their woodfire pizza.
Pizza was good and so was the pasta.

My bee and his pasta

This was us at Coconut House after checking-in to Puri Hotel

At Puri Hotel's garden. It was a typical Peranakan Hotel. The garden was lovely :)

On our way for breakfast buffet.

We had Nyonya Laksa and Cendol at this Jonker 88 Street.
Tasted quite ordinary actually but it was listed in the 'hot-spot destination'

At Jonker Street. Hotel Puri is just behind this street, so it was very convenient.

We went to Johor Bahru, my darling was actually on his business trip. But i tagged along :)

We had really tasty Nasi Lemak here, i forgot the name of the place.

We could see Singapore from this Nasi Lemak stall.

Random Stuff

Was at Starbucks with my darling, having sips of coffee while reading some magz. We usually just buy some magazines and read them either at Starbucks or OldTown. We love doing this on a weekend-basis.

That's my darling reading his Computer-Car-Politic stuff.

Remember this 50th Anniversary Barbie? My darling got it for me last year :)
Thanks bee!

He bought this for my as a souvenir from Bangkok.
Very disgusting but i like it in some ways. Reminds me of him. Always.

Yesterday was our 2nd Year Anniversary. We caught Toothfairy featuring Dwayne Johnson. I remember we caught Gameplan exactly two years ago, also featuring Dyawne Johnson.

Coincidence? *wink*

I wrote him a love letter

Made him an envelope

Sealed with a kiss :D

Happy Anniversary, baby!

I love love love you. Truly, madly, deeply, forever!

My New Hairdo

2010-01-19T07:31:00.000-08:00

I’ve been dragging to talk about my new hairdo but i guess sooner or later i have to do it.

So, it has been 19 years & 10 months of having natural and beautiful long hair. Well, i dare to declare it was beautiful coz almost every hairstylist commented that i have very soft straight hair.... oh, not to mention it has a natural brown colour to it.. and guess what? I didn’t perm or straighten or dye my hair in my entire life before. **i know u’re jealous** Muahahaha

Ok... i should stop bragging.

So, I don’t know what hit me but i had a sudden urge to get a digital perm that week.

Well, i reckon it has almost been a month since that day. I liked it the very second i saw my face with the curls and all.

But as time passes, i find it tricky to maintain. It gets tangled up easily coz i’m not allowed to comb it and i find it very very dry compared to before i permed it. I know those chemicals aren’t healthy for hair but sigh, it’s too late. I’m trying to find ways to muddle through it now.

Ya know, when i still have my natural soft hair, i used to wash my hair every single day and i used wooden combs instead of plastics coz fyi, plastic combs are terrible to hair as they causes split ends, hair loss and etc. Wooden combs, alternatively, are anti-static and they detangle your hair easily, gives you a healthier scalp, faster hair growth and less split ends. But sadly, hardly anyone knows about them. So to all my girl friends, get a wooden comb for a healthier hair :)

But anyway, my point is, i'm not allowed to wash them every day from then onwards and worse, i don’t even dare to wash my hair now! I’d go to the saloon like 3 times a week for them to wash and blow dry so as to keep the curls as wavy as possible. Argh, i’m so lousy at keeping curls.

BUT... i admit i do appear more mature in curls, which is a good thing coz a lot of people thought I was 16. Like wtf??! But i was happy in some ways when people thought like that. Ngek ngek ngek... :D

On another note, i’ve been pretty busy catching up with ALL the seasons of Desperate Housewives. Oh, and i’ve only completed Season 1. Another 5 more seasons to keep myself busy throughout this loooonggg break. Hehe.

So here are the pictures that i know u’re dying to see :P

Haha.. I know i’m such a bitch.

This was the first time i got my hair permed. I didnt know what to do with the fringe so i clipped it up like usual.

Then i realised i'm the type of girl that NEEDS FRINGE or else my face would look like a potato, particularly in photos..

Well, it still does look like a potato... sometimes..

But nevertheless, i still adore my wavy curls....
... although it gets on my nerves most of the time :)

Have a good week lovelies!

Cameron Highlands

2010-01-07T20:14:00.000-08:00

My New Year’s Eve was awesome this time. It was actually just a family trip to Cameron Highlands but coincidentally met many of my mum’s friends over there. So, we just decided to celebrate and travel together in Cameron.

Hmmm.. where shall i start..

I’ll just skip the same old drink-n-countdown moments coz what i really wanna run through is my experience with the locals there.

So, Aunt Wendy’s childhood friend, Ah Kwan owns a huge plantation in Cameron. She planned an adventurous trip for us around Cameron’s plantations. It’s totally different from visiting BOH Tea’s plantation ya know, i mean hers are kinda isolated whereby we travel through this very narrow and rocky road leading us to a place called Bertam Valley. I was surprised coz all these while i thought Cameron is made up of just Ringlet, Tanah Rata and Brinchang. But anyway, this Bertam Valley is somewhat a long forgotten place and very kampong-ish too! There are way more range of plantations in Cameron than just Strawberries, Tea leaves and Cactus that you can find in Bertam Valley.

I don’t know about you guys but i get to experience riding on the back of a farm truck, going up the muddy and awfully steep hills (gosh.. more exciting and thrilling than any rollercoaster rides man!), stop by at various farms and pluck all kinds of cultivated fruits, veggies and flowers, riding all the way up to the top of a hill and see the mist that lies beneath us and just so much more... Ah, I missed them so much!

This exciting activity is once in a lifetime opportunity coz nobody is allowed to step into their plantation as it belongs to them, it’s like their private property or something. I’m thankful i got the chance to experience something that money can’t buy. And this journey gave me a whole new meaning of ‘farmers and their farms’.

Thus, i will continue to play hard in Country Story! :D

Let me intro from left : mei li, Aunt Wendy, Esther, Christy, myself, sis, michelle
mid row: Diana, Carmen
Last but not least; Uncle Melvin.

There were more people actually, just that they were busy drinking and steamboat-ing
So anyway...

A full moon on new year's eve! Anyone noticed?

My dad and i on new year's eve. A lot of people say that i look like my dad.

Enjoying my mocha frap at Starbucks during midnight.
As if the weather is not cold enough.. still drink frapp.. yes i know.. i d o n t c a r e
Muahahaha

First stop was the vineyard. First time harvesting grapes! Woot!

Next stop was the.. erm, rojak veggies..

coz there were so many diff kinds of veggies...

Next stop was the Flower farm..

Yours truly

Sister n bro at the flower farm

After plucking the flowers...

Oh, all the screaming and adventures i had won’t be fun without these people...

My long hair... i kinda missed them. Still not used to curls T.T

This was Ah Kwan's mum's farm. Her farm is way way way up hill.

My sis..

It was very very misty throughout the entire journey uphill as u can see our hair are soaking wet.

I still remember it was so bloody cold and wet here and i was wearing shorts .. coz i know it's gonna get dirrrtay. Eh seriously, it was a lot colder than genting lor..

At this point, i wish my eye could record how beautiful it was..

I Wanna Get Married

2009-12-20T07:50:00.000-08:00

but i'm too young :(

Last week had been nothing short of fabulous and of course, I was busy as hell! But it's not over. There's so much more to look forward to in the next few weeks!

Well let’s do a lil recap first… watched movies with my darling on Sunday, had a very fun night out with Collie and the boys on monday, shopped with my cousins on tuesday, catch up on my HK dramas on Wednesday, continued shopping on Thursday and balik kampong on Friday till today!

Spent the entire Friday with Jermyn’s parents at Ipoh. Gosh, I really love them to bits. I feel so lucky to be part of them. They’re really nice to me and they so sayang me lo, I feel guilty for not visiting them often >< (that’s why u see a bulging tummy :D it represents happiness! I think so). Ahh.. I wonder when is our parents gonna meet.. These days, all I tend to think about is marriage and how-many-kids-should-I-have. I dont know why i have this sudden desire to get married. Oh and guess what? I’ve not even reached 20! I’ve not even graduated fully and I’ve not even started working. Like wtf???!!

Never mind about that. I’ll just dream on and hope that time flies yea…

I’ll just let the pictures do the talking. I’m sleepy.

Night world!

Steamboat for dinner!

Headed to Ethan's house for 'drinking session'

I was still sober after many many rounds. hehehe..

The group; ethan, john, david, ian, alvin, hee, collie and moi.
The game's pretty addictive ya know... :)

At my grandfather's 80th b'day

My pretty mummy, bro and sister.

My sister and myself. Gosh, i guess i've put on a lot and a lot of weight.

My handsome boy, enjoying his Belgium fries.

Belgium fries with cream of mushroom dip, the one my boy has been craving for for the past 1 week!
This little boy of mine lovessss potato.

I love you my potato bee :)

And So My College Year Has Ended

2009-12-12T09:27:00.000-08:00

I hate when blog posts start with “I haven’t blogged for ages” but I feel I need to say it! It’s been almost two months and I have been very busy, no doubt! Since I’m having holidays now (presumably a long one), I can now devote time once again for blogging.

I’ve graduated from my diploma last week with Very Honourable Pass- not something I should be proud of cos I aimed for ‘congrats from jury’. I’ve put my best foot forward and gave all that I could for the past two years. I felt like a dagger just pierced through my heart when I know I wasn’t one of the few ‘chosen’ ones. But well, there isn’t anything I can do now. I guess the least that I could tell myself is to never have too high expectations on whatever I’ll be doing in future- the higher your aims, the greater your disappointment. Not that I’m giving up, but I think it’s time for me to take a break from all these shit. After all, there are more important elements in life than achieving good grades. Arghh… I need a vacation badly, just anywhere that can take me away from this depression! Sigh…

Anyway, it has been a wonderful 2 years at Taylor’s College. My whole new adventure at taylor’s didn’t begin that smoothly. There were more downs than ups in my first year-caught myself mixing with the wrong companion, struggled to stay happy and constantly having to endure pain and frustrations. I don’t even wanna elaborate on that, it was horrible! My second year was a lot better and relationships among group members grew much stronger. I’m really gonna miss you guys so much. We’ve wasted one year not knowing how much fun it could be to really spend time together as a group. I hope we will still keep in touch in future. Who knows, we might be sitting at Ole-Ole Bali two years down the road chatting away about our life then :)
Oh wells, no more exams and datelines to worry about now (till my degree starts, of course). I feel so free! It's like there's nothing to fret about for school, so I start to worry about trivial, stupid things at times like my nails, my hair, the need to shop more despite having shopped quite a bit the last few weeks, yes even in the midst of my exams!

Ah, one more thing, I’m thinking of joining some fitness centre since I’ve got so much of free time to burn off tons of excess fats! The boy said I’ve put on weight during exams but didn’t wanna tell me since I was already so stressed up on my studies then. But joining fitness first is a little too pricey laaa… Sigh, I reckon I’ll just stick back to jogging with my macho bee.

Chef Tan's leaving too...

My kitchen partner... and a truly amazing friend :)

You never fail to reject my offer to camwhore together and thats why i love you XD

And i love you too Chooi Yin! Glad that you've finally found a suitable blazer :) :)

From left; Ethan, Ian, Mr Yeoh and Gibet aka John

I really like Mr Yeoh's classes.. so cheerie and filled with laughters

With our dearest Ms Lay Bee. And SHIN! I just realised we never take picture together :(:(

Chester, yours truly and John at the new lakeside campus

More lakeside pictures...

Our last day of kitchen practical class.

At Buffalo Steakhouse. U know collie, we're always holding knives whenever we take picture in front of a food. Dont believe? See next picture!

See.... Hehehe..

I miss you guys already :(

Our sing k moments right after Ole ole bali. Shin looks so cute here!

The genius from group 3! Am really proud of you for getting Congrats! :)

Cant resist taking picture with the cute snow man in tight-fitting gold suit

Haha, i really love cam whoring with you and collie! :)

At caffeinees with my darling right after an outing with my lovelies

Ahem... i'm just showing off my new Louis Vuitton. Forgive me XD

A closer look at my first ever RM 2.7k Louis Vuitton handbag all the way from Paris! Thanks mom!
I'm a happy girl again =)

Hmmm... inseparable... from my new branded bag yo..

And of course, inseparable from you too darling :)

On the way to my darling's company dinner.

Wish you were here

2009-10-16T09:21:00.000-07:00

I’ve been having holidays on Friday for the past 3 weeks! That saves me up to RM9 bucks for parking! Woot! I’m happy :)

Well, last night’s kitchen class was tiring. My station started off badly with the brioche dough but we tried to amend it. But hey, it turned out pretty good in the end. I’m glad :) Our Fricassee de Volaille a l'ancienne was… I don’t know what to say, really. I mean, it was ok just that the chicken was over-stewed and the sauce was too watery… We should have added more flour before that. But never mind..

On the other hand, we’ve actually planned to head out to Zouk tonight but because DJ Paul Van dyke is coming, all tables have been booked like.. 2 weeks ago. So my girls and I decided not to go since it will be packed like sardine. It sucks when it's crowded i know, you can hardly move. My boy wont like it either as the people there will be standing so close to each other and all the crap. If you get what I mean…

Well, I feel weird... as though I've got stuff to do but I'm not doing any. I've got no more assignments due! So damn unbelievable right. Haha it's so hard to adjust to being 'assignment-less' after having to submit gazillion assignments on a term-ly basis for the past few terms. I need to rest and slack a bit before I start prep for the exams.

Hmm, I miss the boy. Havent seen him for the past 5 days, felt like a month. I wonder if I can survive it out there in Switzerland without him. I’ll miss him for sure but i aint got a choice. Sigh…

Anyway, I’ve been cooking quite a bit at home from mushroom soup to chicken with mushroom sauce… All mushroom dish ehh.. hehe.. I absolutely love mushrooms lor.. and anything creamy :) And omg, I felt so guilty after drinking whipping cream during pastry class. Yes, u read it right, I DRANK WHIPPING CREAM. Wonder when is the boy free to go jogging with me… hmmm..

Haha.. i'm excited for the weekend too! Nothing's been confirmed but we'll sure be doing stuff and i cant wait!

At Canton-i having lunch with my sweetest heart.

But when there's newspaper around, my sweetest heart will pay as lil attention as possible to me :(

Here's my bee, having his takoyaki. I've never come across anyone so sweet and cute like him :)

Cooked chicken with mushroom sauce at home. Here are the steps;

1. marinate the chicken with salt & pepper. Seared it a lil.
2. put it on a roasting tray with chopped leek, celery and onions
add in a bouquet garni or fresh mixed herbs
3. Moisten with a little instant chicken stock
4. Leave it over medium heat on the stove or oven.

My end result :)
Google up some mushroom sauce recipe. Very easy.

Thought it was too plain, so i chopped the remaining celery and onions and cooked them with oyster mushroom. Sprinkle some salt and pepper. And that's about it :)

Updates

2009-09-23T10:31:00.000-07:00

Well I decided to remind myself to never watch stupid crushed-to-death, horror, disgusting, hit-by-truck, freak accident, thriller films ever again! Never waste your money AGAIN, Jeanette!

Yeah… sadly we caught Final Destination. Of course there were other cheerful, heartwarming comedies like G-Force and TheUglyTruth but I decided to accompany my darling (as you know, he is a ghost/horror film fanatic) Well, being predictable as always, I closed my eyes the entire time… well, not really. Only the parts where I knew someone’s body/head’s gonna get crushed/chopped/sliced etc. ARGhhh... I didn't fancy anything at all in the movie, not the songs and definitely not the story.. Hate hate hate it!

The Ugly Truth, on the other hand, was a wayyyy better movie. A romantic comedy is typically my type of show, always! This one is filled with adult humor (and some crude comments), oh, it got me rolling with laughter throughout the movie as well as the rest of the audience. It gets a lil horny sometimes, so definitely not one to the kids. Go watch it! You’ll have a good time :)

Another interesting note; I finally get to meet up with my dears. It has been awfully long since we last met… and you girls still look fabulously good! Had a great time catching up with them. We got really drained shopping the entire day, from clothes to shoes to accessories etc. Oh, we had a fantastic time chatting over some sweet desserts too :) We should do this more often, when we’re not so broke or when our purse is slightly thicker of course :)

Will upload the pictures soon!

Bonne nuit!

Head Over Heels

2009-09-21T08:44:00.000-07:00

So it's been some time... doubt anyone missed me? Haha. Oh wells, I had to blog, cause I made some interesting stuff over the weekend to share with you guys.

Before that, I’ve gotten my time table for the next term (which is gonna be my final term to finally graduate from diploma). Of all the terms, term 6 has gotta have the best time table! So darn free, no more 8a.m classes and we could sneak home so darn early. Good news to my darling coz I get to have lunch with him too :)

Anyway, my brother has left to London last Friday to pursue his engineering course and I wont be seeing him for the next two years or more. My eldest brother on the other hand has moved out for his career purposes. So, there are just four of us left (my parents, sister and myself). Hate the horrible feeling of emptiness sometimes. I used to think that my house is small and too crowded for 6 people but I guess not anymore.

Sigh, I love my siblings. I pray to have them as my siblings in my next life too. I would want my boy (definitely), my family and my friends, everyone just the way they are. Damn, we should never take the life we lead for granted. We should live each day like it's our last and I do try my best to stick by that. Ok I'm drifting off.

On the other hand, I’m knee-deep in reports! I still have like… 6 more to go.. Argh, I’m so gonna be tied up this break, again! Yet, I still have time for movies..hehe.. gonna head out for a movie after this.. either catch final destination or TheUglyTruth. I’m so excited for the latter one and I bet I’m gonna close my eyes the entire time of Final Destination. The boy is on his way now..

Bye folks!

Few days before our final Term 5 exams we go cheong-k.. and i havent started studying.

Then, the weekend has finally arrived.. and it's time to hit the books!

Got too fed up and freaking tired of studying, so i gathered some ingredients and started making Creme Caramel. Also because i've been longing for something sweet like this for ages..

1st- make caramel and then spread it out on a mold.
2nd- make custard mixture and fill it in d mold and bake for 20minutes, 150 degrees C.

For accurate measurements and recipe, go ask Mr.Google.

And tadaaaaaaaaaaaaa.... my creme caramel.
You should really try this recipe out. It's really simple and gorgeous for snacks/dessert.

After exams, on our way to the airport to send my brother to London.
People assume i'm the younger daughter... how nice of them :D

Today, at Vivo having some pasta that doesnt taste very good.. i dunno.. taste weird..

After our meals.. i love the 'young look' i have, compared to many younger people :D
If you get what i mean...

2009-09-04T21:25:00.000-07:00

Oh wow, I didn't realise that I haven't quite blogged in more than a month, seeing that my last post was on 3rd July? Amazing... haha yeah, I guess I'm that lazy these days, or I'd like to say busy too!

Swamped with assignments, yes I am! But thankfully I’ve completed all of them and I’ve got no worries for now.. except maybe the final exam and psr.

My first assignment was a pain to complete. It was about organizing an event called Midsummer’s Muggles Feast, featuring witches and wizardry. I was in charged of table setting and completing 11 centre pieces was… troublesome. But luckily my bee helped me out. Merci :) And I’m glad the guests and my team mates liked my centerpiece. At least my efforts are not wasted.

Anyway, darling and I caught many movies for the past 7 weeks and of all the movies, the one which I truly enjoyed was Disney's Pixar Up. The first 5-10 minutes of Up is nothing short of beautiful. Truly, it was the most emotional portion of the entire film. They were portraying the story of Carl and his wife Ellie and the wonderful life they share together. Carl is such a lovable character that you feel for him from the very beginning and you feel his joy. When his wife passes away, you feel his loss. By the end of the whole sequence, I was in tears…

The Proposal is a really nice romantic comedy,, I like the growing chemistry between Sandra and Ryan Reynolds, very entertaining and sweet. I’ve always enjoyed such film. I think I like it even better than those blockbusters. Probably won't have you rolling with laughter, but it is an enjoyable diversion. If you go see it, chances are that you will be happy you went. So, go watch it! Don't miss it while it is still in theaters. Et oh mon dieu, monsieur Ryan est très beau et charmant!

G.I. Joe was unexpected. It got draggy a lil towards the ending but it was great. Love the futuristic technology involved, it was cool but I think there’s just too much of it. And yeah, too much of anything isn’t good right? Except for money i guess :D

Well, over the Merdeka weekend, I went to ipoh with Jermyn to visit his parents. Had lots of fun there tasting ipoh’s delicacies. His mum is always really nice to me la.. felt so warm there with them.

Anne;Shin;Ethan;Jeanette
It's our french video and we got the best video award :D
And i admit it's darn good ya know.. not being proud or anything.

MidSummer's Muggles Feast (Event)

That's sonia, our witch and Collie

Director of Table Set-up, Director of Entertainment and Director of Deco!

My table set up.

A closer look at my center piece.
Hmm.. i really spend a lot of time on this.. x12 no.

Fellow witches..

Me, mr.gym and Jackie..

Some Group 3 Moments

Me and Yin at Taiwanese Restaurant during break.

During pastry.. that's ethan btw.

During our kitchen practical. The girls of group 3

During FHM at Convention center, VIP Lounge.

You and I

Having lunch at madam kwan, pavillion.
We met Madam Kwan too, in person!!

Us in Genting together with Alex and his friend.
Forgot to take a group photo. Sigh..

Holidays

2009-07-03T02:17:00.000-07:00

So the break has been nothing short of fabulous. We had so much fun at Ipoh, with baby’s family of course :)

Lots of stuff to mention but I'm lazy to write much now, perhaps later if I'm really that bored.

I think i've put on weight.. again! Had lots of durians for the past 2 weeks. Hmm, i love durians. I wonder if they have durian perfume. Wanna get some and put in my car :)

I didn't catch any movies last week but I plan to, this weekend, if possible.

Speaking of movies, I really wanted to get the tix for the Transformers movie last week but I've decided to give it a miss due to swine flu cases every where.. and i'm scared :/

It’s refreshing when you get a chance to sit down with a friend and chat over tea for hours at an end.

Come to ipoh, if i dont eat this kai si hor fun, i feel very guilty and bersalah to myself. Hehe.

I love it so much.. really cant find any where as good as this.

Had this at Ipoh's famous curry mee shop.

Tried the famous Ramli mee rebus. Darn, it's so good! Hardly find good ones in KL.

Had this mee rebus just before he head to Lost World.

Us at Lost World theme park. Our wet look :)

He looks like my cat, i mean totoro.

Had dinner with his parents at Same Taste. This shop is famous for their tong fun crab.

Moi et l'abeille

My time table for next term seems pretty free. And oh, i've not started my PSR. Pretty hard to allocate some time for this report. Sigh. Hopefully term 5 turns out better than the previous terms.

I Was Once His Beautiful Girl

2009-06-16T09:28:00.000-07:00

I’m writing about what lies beneath this beautiful and meaningful song called Beautiful Girl by Jose Marie Chan. (If you like soothing songs, I bet you’ll like this one)

On 8th February 2008, I recall my bf sang this song to me on this date when the clock strikes 12.00a.m.- It was my birthday :)

I still remember he said the lyrics in this song was exactly how he felt towards me when we first got together.

Since then, this song became ‘our’ song.

He sang this song to me over the phone countless times when I couldn’t sleep.

I’ve even planned to put this song on our Wedding day- 8 years down the road, we’ll dance a waltz upon our grand entrance, illustrating myself in a beautiful white satin strapless bridal swing dress at a lavishly decorated ballroom in a prestigious hotel, with a single spotlight glaring... right at us.

Every time I listen to this song, I feel loved and fortunate.

Listening to this song, over and over again, is one the greatest joys in life.

Because this song keeps reminding me of how blessed I am to have him.

This morning, as I put on my mp3, I came across this song.

This is the first time I’m listening to this song with so many emotions inside me.

I felt not only loved and fortunate but depressed, angry, confused, betrayed, disappointed and weak.

I cried myself to sleep last night, shedding tears of regret and sadness.

I woke up this morning, reading and replying his messages in tears.

I’m in a daze.

…

Training Review

2009-06-15T01:54:00.000-07:00

12th June 2009 marks the end of my 2nd industrial training *heave a sigh of relief*

I’m so glad the training is over. Actually it wasn’t that bad considering I have 2 days off per week excluding public holidays but I’m just glad that I do not have to wake up at 5.55a.m in the morning. Nevertheless, Crowne Plaza was indeed a good place for training. It was better before I heard coz they gave out trainings to trainees. But we received NONE this time, probably due to economic crisis thus cut down trainings for us. So not cool!

Anyway, I chose Crowne Plaza for convenience sake and not because of friends. Was surprised to find out Shin, Anne and David also chose this hotel. Also, i wanted to try out a whole new different environment – not any prestigious and luxurious hotels like Hilton, Mandarin Oriental or Le Meridien. I wanted to experience a different type of hotel, preferably an averagely-prestige hotel like Crowne Plaza. Damn shit coz I thought it was just 3 or 4 Stars but later on found out it was 5 Stars. I was shocked but never mind, it didn’t look like a 5-star anyway. Omg, I’m so mean. Never mind. I went to the same departments like before – Front Office and Housekeeping.

Anyway, I like the people over all but then again, I missed Le Meridien Hotel.

End of training marks the beginning of PSR. GAhhhh.. I feel so reluctant to start doing this bloody Professional Situation Report. I’m still thinking of the topics and I’ve been thinking for the past 3 months and guess what? I still can't figure out what topic to do. I’m so doomed.

On a brighter note, I’m gonna have a little reunion with Vann tomorrow. Hehe. Feel like pigging out at Chinoz On The Park. We’ll see what our tastebuds are in the mood for then.

Oh, another thing. I caught 17Again with the bf and my sister. Omg, Zac Efron left me speechless! He was so charming in the movie. I've always admired him since High School Musical 1. I remember my sister and i used to scream over his name whenever we watch High School Musical and we've already watched it so many times coz it keeps repeating on Disney Channel. But still, we could never get enough of him. Anyway, I read so many reviews about this movie and there were countless remarks saying "I-thought-Zac Efron-was-just-the-wanna-be pretty boy-with-his Disney-effects-but-boy-i-was surprised-when-i-watch-17 Again- Zac Efron-CAN-act-and-my-opinions-have-changed-about-him. He-is-definitely-a-talented-star " See people, dont underestimate him!

So, about the show. It was witty and well-acted. Totally hilarious, sometimes greatly acted and awesome direction for the most part and a genuinely an enjoyable and moving film. I enjoyed Zac Efron's performance in all his movies but would love to see him in a serious grown up dramatic role.

Au revoir!

Very expensive chocolates. Arranged them for Tiffins to sell and helped to eat as well :)

The doughnuts which i made, starting from the dough to frying and dipping them in choc/sugar. Gosh, i remember i ate so many of them.

This is Abel and Chef Adnand. They were the best people around during my training.
Bee was jealous over Abel coz he was very nice to me :) Hehe.

I made this hand bouquet myself when i was a florist. Very nice lehh..

This is a Rose Corsage, which Kak Zura taught us.You can use different type of flowers or even fake ones.

Wearing another corsage, made by yours truly :)

That's Kak Zura, teaching us how to create this.. bunga besar using Eustoma and Ping Pong flowers.

At the lobby :) Isn't it pretty? Kak Hajar, Shin and yours truly's work :)

The fruit basket... do u know how much do we charge the guest for this? - RM120
i hear also wanna pengsan adi.

Bumped into Selina during my last day. She's so sweet. She was my trainer at Pastry Kitchen.

That's Poh Leng, from Taylor's too but she's in Higher Dip.

Sigh.. somehow i still miss Le meridien. I dont know why.

And i miss my baby :(

It's Been Good

2009-06-08T04:50:00.000-07:00

I’m not a big fan of American Idol. But I was so darn disappointed that Adam Lambert didn’t win :( I was speechless when he sang “Play that funky music”. I was thinking “Wow. This guy CAN sing!” He instantly made me fell in love with his voice again when I heard him sang “The prayer” with Noa Dori. Gosh! His voice just keeps on hitting the high notes and its soooo therapeutical, a voice I would prefer to hear anytime over the radio or anywhere else. But yeah, I’m still wondering why he didn’t win. So what if he’s gay? This guy is exceedingly talented! He has an AMAZING vocal range that I’ve never heard before in my entire life, even better than so many American Idol Winners over the past 8 Seasons!

Anyway, i had an awesome weekend. Went to The Curve on Saturday with my bee to attend Barbie 50th Anniversary. I’ve started a collection of Mattel’s iconic Barbie doll ever since I was 5 years old. I never really thought about becoming a Barbie collector coz my girl friends think it’s weird. But somehow the passion was always there, hidden somewhere. I was lucky enough too coz my mum loves Barbie as well; she would bring me to choose my own dolls whenever I get distinction for my piano exams. Now that I’m 19, I’m still very much a Mattel Barbie fan. I would visit Toys R Us every now and then to look at the dolls and constantly search for their latest collectible editions. So, I went to the Curve on a mission to get this Doll :

50th Anniversary Barbie

But bad news, it was not for sale. According to the sales girl, she said it’s for display only. Then we asked her where could we get this doll? She said no where. =.=” WTF??!! Of course I won’t give up larrr.. I came home and searched for it and apparently, it’s available at Toys R us. So I’m most probably going there next weekend to look for it with my bee :) Hehe, I think I’ve turned my other-half into a Barbie fan. Oopss.

2009 Holiday Barbie

2008 Holiday Barbie

Stunning in the Spotlight Barbie.
Hmm.. wish i can own this. Barbie can be so expensive, it could hit RM1000+!

After that we head to Bukit Bintang and took a stroll to Parkson and Metrojaya to check out the sale. Bought a POLO handbag, tried on a few clothes and then put them back, decided that i'll shop again once i loose weight. I think i've put on weight... too much of unnecessary fats in my body! But come to think of it again, i did not overindulged. Could it be hormonal imbalance? =/

So, as for dinner that day, we’ve decided to try Yaki Yaki Japanese Buffet Restaurant for 50% discount. Hmm.. in some ways, I still think Shogun is better. There’s no unagi and chukka idako. I mean, how can a Japanese Restaurant not have Unagis?? And I don’t quite like the layout of the restaurant. The sashimi corner was alright, the salmon was fresh and so was the oyster. The tempura was good, better than shogun but limited variety. We’re not into Barbeque so it wasn’t a plus point either. But I would bring my friends here as they’re more affordable compared to Shogun. Talking about Shogun, I prefer the outlet at Sunway Pyramid anytime. 1Utama used to be quite OK but apparently, it’s not anymore. Barely anything is fresh, replenishment was slow and food wasn’t as good as before anymore.

And dearie Vann, i was so touched reading your posts about me and us :) Yeah, i missed our morning breakfast session the most :) Next, has to be our Kitchen moments, there were so many dramas since Term 1. I remember how we cooperated together during our last kitchen session, preparing Kerabu. It was the best i gotta say! Despite being close in college, we hardly ever hang out. Let's just say i'm just so lazy to get my ass out my house to KLCC. I mean, the journey is so tedious. But now that i have a car, i dont mind meeting you up this coming break. But still, i dont wanna drive coz the parking is so bloody expensive! Yes, i'm very stingy particularly when it comes to parking. But for you Vann, it's alright :) Hope everything is fine with you there with Darren XD I miss you <3

Remember this? After our visit to Westin Hotel at Pastamania!

My bee enjoying his tempura at Yaki Yaki Jap Buffet Restaurant.

A picture of us :)

7th June 2009
Last but not least, Happy Birthday Wi Wen Dear :) Hope you had an awesome birthday. I miss you loads!

Wi wen dear at Dragon-I, having lunch with jenny and myself :)

Bringing Splendid Back!

2009-06-03T23:56:00.000-07:00

I've been away from the bloggin world for quite some time.

i've been pretty much occupied by the boy... hence the silence of this blog. Lol, the boy is so addictive i must say. oh well, training, work and family have been keeping me busy too! But i'm not complaining, as everything's good! Superbly good in fact.

Well, freaked out or not, hard work sure did pay off. And so, i shall work extra harder for the upcoming term as the grades i've gotten for my previous term were pretty good so far. I would very much love to get distinctions for everything. Well, i will definitely try to. But having said that, i have not even started my PSR. Fantastic right?

My training at Crowne Plaza hotel was pretty interesting. Somehow this training semester flew by much faster than any other. I have only 1 week left for training. Oh wow. That also means i'm gonna be on holiday from 15th June onwards till 6th July. Yay!

Besides working everyday from Monday to friday, the bee and i managed to spend time together during weekends. Yes, working at Crowne Plaza Hotel permits trainees to get TWO OFF DAYS :)
Now you're jealous lehh.. XD

So my most recent movie was Terminator Salvation. Gosh the movie was so bloody good! I wanna watch it again! We loved it, every minute of the movie. Christian Bale was alright. Nevertheless i still prefer Edward Furlong as John Conor in Terminator 2 : Judgment Day. I recall i watched it 4 times repeatedly just to catch a glimpse of him! Oh, john conor was a kid back then. He was so cute lorr..

Anyway, i was impressed with Monster vs Alien too! The trailer didn't get me excited at all but the movie turned out superb! It was so hilarious till it got me smiling through virtually the entire film. My favourite character has gotta be B.O.B coz most of the laughs were generated by him. Oh and President Hathaway did a surprisingly good job too! Love the clever and witty dialogues by DreamWorks Animation!

Next was Angels & Demon. It was alright i guess but i dont wanna elaborate more on that as i'm not interested in Dan Brown's work which revolves around ancient history, architecture and symbolism.

Night at the museum 2 was funny but boring at times. We both dozed off a couple of times throughout the film. Few comical scenes to me include the Cupids' singing by Jonas Brothers and the cute little Albert Einsteins.

So apart from these, we've also caught Sniper, Paul Blart, Fast & Furious, He's Just not that into you. We're gonna catch more movies this weekend. I can't wait to watch 17Again starring my oh-so-cute Zac Efron and hopefully indulge in some yummy food, like the ones in El Cerdo. Oh i missed the food, the yummy suckling pig especially.

But i'm glad that i dont need to drool at the sight of Zac Efron coz i've got my own Hot Boyfriend, who's been working out regularly. Those muscles are hard like rock, right bee? Hehehe. Ok la, i'm not into muscular men and all. I like my man to be fairly tall, fair complexion and handsome, with a good body, not muscular and with a tummy for me to lie on. And i'm so glad my bee has all these qualities *glee*

Oh i forgot to mention that i took a trip back to Ipoh with my bee to celebrate his dad's birthday. Stayed with his family for 3 days, met his relatives, indulged in Ipoh's lip-smacking food and gained weight :( And mum's been nagging a lot about my weight for the past 1/2 year. Sigh.

This is us at Ipoh's famous fish head noodle shop.

Jermyn's cousins and his sister at El Cerdo.

Credits to Jeanne for this picture :)

These are fruit tartlets. I made them when i was in Pastry Kitchen.

That bee made me pose with his fav croc.

It's actually a tissue box holder.

Had ribs with my dad and his friends at Vintry.

My mum and sis. We were celebrating Mother's Day.

Ordered palm-sized baked oysters.

The bed which i made at Crowne Plaza Deluxe room. Hehe.

Me in Housekeeping uniform. Oh, i was a supervisor when this picture was taken.

Overall i didn't get to take many pictures for the past 9 weeks. The month of May wasn't a good month overall for my bee. His car broke down on the way to Johor, involved in an accident near Batu Cave, car broke down again after getting fixed at 1Utama and other unfortunate events. But i'm happy my bee is still around, despite getting involved in a death-defying accident. Hope June will be a better month for you bee and hope your unlucky streak in over :)

A Night Out

2009-04-02T22:48:00.000-07:00

My 1 week of break spells G R E A T .. so far.

I just had lunch with Jermyn. Boy, I miss him…

Did most of the things I wanted and planned to do. Glad to catch up with my dears and spend time with them. Still, there are number of things which are yet to complete :

- watch confessions of a shopaholic
- make crème anglais
- exercise … still procrastinating…

Yeah, apart from that I’m really tired today. My thigh hurts and suffer from terrible footsore, probably due to excessive dancing with super high heels at MOS. Complain the pain to my mum and she said I’m not supposed to dance with this 4 ½ inch pointy heels. Tried dancing bare footed but david kept stepping on my feet. But it didn’t irritate much probably because I was ... tipsy?

Jenny, my dear was… almost completely drunk. She was drunk as a lord! And she vomited a couple of times. Wi Wen, Jermyn and Wei Lun combined forces to help save your life my dear. U should really thank them, especially wi wen and Jermyn (for sending you back). But for the most part, I hope you girls had a whole heap of fun :)

As for me, at least I was still in control of myself, unlike the time back in Barcelona. Hmmm, I still miss hanging out with those people at Barcelona. I miss Collie, the only girl companion whom got blind drunk with me.

So yeah, headed to MOS with Jermyn, Wi Wen, Jenny, David, Ethan and Anne last night. John was supposed to come but… it’s ok la. Next time we go Poppy ya John?

My dears, are you all still up for another night like this? Or is this the first and last time? :)

I miss you girls.
and I miss you too, Jermyn :(

My bee and I at The Harrots, having our dinner.
Better put our picture first, later that Si Jantan Bee jealous :P

the "twin sisters" at The Harrots.

Before my dear goes fishing... hehe.

My dears, at Pyramid while waiting for david's arrival.

Ethan, yours truly and david. Hehe, surprise to see Ethan lehh..

Anne, myself, Jenny and Wi Wen dear. This picture was before 1 of us KO.

Feeling tipsy.

Jenny, my dear started to feel unconscious (as you can see from her face )

Us at the dancefloor. Nice eh the effect of this picture?

I like this shot of you two :)

The hang fook couple :)

Here's my bee, must be laughing at Anne.

"Rise from the dead"

2009-03-29T08:41:00.000-07:00

I’m so bloody glad that my exams are over! I'm so alive right now. And even better, i’m having a week’s break before I go for my next industrial training at Crowne Plaza Hotel.

Well over the past few weeks, I’ve been catching tons of movies despite being so busy with school workloads and exams. During the weekends, we love:

Having breakfast together, to cuddling, to taking afternoon nap together, to catching movies, to having dinner, lazing around, to hunting for good food, to catching a late night movie, to having supper and to end our day with a late night phone call.. those are our ideal weekend activities. (Oh, referring to Jermyn Bee and I of course )

25th March 2009 was my parents’ 25th Anniversary. Celebrated it with my siblings and some of their closest friends and invited Jermyn along :D I love you guys so so much!

Well, we watched Hotel For Dogs yesterday. I realised this movie is not showing in TGV and GSC. Hmmm. Never mind about that. We caught it at MBO (fellow ampang-ians should know where la hor?) Pretty simple tale about some kids rescuing lots of stray dogs. I don’t know why, I feel that this movie is not good enough. I mean, it’s quite boring at times. Not quite worth our 9 bucks lor :(

Love Matters was a good show. It was ridiculously funny. I hope my future husband’s dick wont turn up like that guy. Ooopss. I mean, his is gonna be filthy healthy yea?

Let’s move on to Watchmen. I guess it was alright. So maybe I'm a teeny bit disappointed even though, really, I went in with no expectations as I really don’t know anything about the Watchmen. Interesting super heroes but the movie was a little slow-moving. Entertaining nevertheless. I especially liked Rorschach. I dunno why.

The art direction was good, but I think all that special effects is kinda beginning to bore me. I mean, it's like in almost every action movie these days.

So… during this 1 week break, I promised myself that I’ll

- exercise (First time hear me exercise lehhh…)
- make crème anglais
- watch Confession of a Shopaholic
- organize an outing with my girlfriends
- visit MOS with them
- tidy my wardrobe
- pack my term 4 notes
- pray for good results (PLEASE MAINTAIN MY GLOBAL AVERAGE!!!!!PLZ OH PLZ)

Mickey and myself :)

Mrs Bee and Mr Bee *hugs*

My beloved mum and the lady boss of the restaurant. *Hope she will not come across my page*

My mummy and daddy- 25th Anniversary

The family.

The lotus, blooming outside the porch. Aint it beautiful?

Alright.. I gotta sleep. Meeting up with my dears tomorrow for brunch.

Au revoir!

Valentine trip

2009-03-09T17:03:00.000-07:00

The weekend was an extremely beautiful one! =)

Since this blog is usually about the boy and i, u guys must be wondering what we did for valentine lehh..

Valentine week was mundanely hectic. I had millions of assignments to complete and billions of stuff to revise. Alright, i was exaggerating but that was how i felt at that moment. Serious. So, we postponed our valentine trip to 7th-8th March, where we could enjoy another day break yesterday (public holiday) We were torn between Genting, Malacca and Ipoh. Genting Highlands seem like an ideal place but it would be crowded, especially on weekends and the food.. oh dear.. having a plain soup noodle would cost like having a lobster soup noodle. Besides, we prefer hawker food. Not sure if u realise this but hotel food aint as good as hawker food and i'm n-o-t kidding.

Malacca just seems awkward and neither of us are familiar with that place. So we just head on to Ipoh, the origin of good food & white coffee. Besides, our plan for this trip was nothing but to enjoy food and food and more food. Yeah, that's the whole idea basically.

Apart from that, we caught a late-night movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' after having Siu Kai Yik with Alex & Adrian. This movie was a very enlightening one, to me at least. Overall, the movie was really good. It's definitely on my Top20 list. I'm too tired to elaborate more. Go watch it you guys.

U know, i've never celebrated Valentine's Day before. I never had a chance to during my schooling days and we couldn't celebrate it last year as we were both 400km away. So i really do enjoy my Valentine trip this year. I get to spend my entire day with the boy, eat the Ipoh Kai Si Hor Fun which i have been craving to eat for the past x months, day dream about Juliette (our future daughter), chat and gossip all day.. I just love spending time with him.

Sweetheart, i love you. Thank you for all the things that you've done for me. I could not find any other guy who could sacrifice so much and love me wholeheartedly like you do. Having you, just means i have all the happiness i ever need for the rest of my life. And i must be the luckiest girl alive =)

Ipoh's famous loh shu fun. Very special & different that the ones i ate in KL.
Pretty pricey but worth it.

Ipoh's famous kai si hor fun. Sigh, i'm still craving for it even after having 2 bowls of it there.
I even gulped down the sup to the last drop! How insane, i know.

My bee and his kai si hor fun.

The char koay teow- ipoh's style.. quite ok lar..

Lastly, the bee couple =)

Marley & Bak Kut Teh

2009-02-28T17:50:00.000-08:00

I've finally completed my Kopitiam work. Group leader had decided to hand on the hardest task to me and big david. Hope they're pleased with the results and i wouldn't have done it without my Bee's help. Screw them if they don't accept.

So, my Saturday was fine. It has been so long since i last blog about my Weekend with my darling. We've been spending time together every weekend, just that i dont blog. Lets just say, i'm too busy to blog.. and oh, too tired.

We caught Marley & Me, starring Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson. It was a tender-hearted, easy going film that would appeal to any dog lover. It wasn't any fairytale or about a rich kid driving a Porsche. It was about a newlywed building up a family, rasing kids, careers, facing their ups and downs in a marriage and most importantly, how Marley (the adorable yet horribly destructive dog) changed their life. This film touched my heart lorr.. A should-watch movie.

Gosh, i love that dog man! I love naughty dogs... they amuse me :D I was a bit tearful towards the ending. But yeah, i know i tear easily.. especially when arguing with Jermyn.

Anyway.. we head on to Jalan Imbi for the famous Bak Kut Teh. Pretty pricey but... delicious!

Hmmm... makes my mouth water..

Gloomy 'friday'

2009-02-26T18:38:00.000-08:00

I woke up this morning with a terrible headache. Thought of not going to school but on second thought, I’d better go for there are two mid term assessments today. Driving was a tad difficult cause I was sneezing all the way from my house to connaught toll. Federal highway’s traffic condition has been really massive lately, even at 6.45a.m! … which means I have to leave even earlier next time. Fantastic right? as if waking up at 6a.m is not early enough!

Just completed my Econs test and I think I did badly. Econs still seem spanking-new to me, as I’ve not studied them during secondary school. I know that’s not an excuse. Argh, I’m so dead if I don’t pass this term.

I’ve been rather down lately. There isn’t any exact reason to it. But most probably due to stress and period cramps. These 2 weeks are like mid-term-assessment marathon. Still have kopitiam assignment, due next Tuesday. An upcoming interview at Crowne Plaza Hotel on Monday. French project and so forth. Hopefully I’l get accepted to this hotel cause I have no idea where else to go.

I’m just so sick of everything right now. I’m tired.. I’m sad.. I’m disappointed.. I’m sleepy.. I’ve been cursing a lot lately (which is sooo not ME anymore) I feel as if I cant breathe with so many dramas going on currently. I slept at 2a.m last night playing Jane's Hotel. I’m not addicted to YAHOO games, just play for the sake of… releasing tightness?

Whatever.

Cny & Bday Updates

2009-02-10T16:46:00.000-08:00

Alright, let’s take a quick recap on my Chinese new year. I would say I enjoyed every bit of it this year. From wearing my lovely new clothes to receiving lovely compliments from relatives and most obviously, receiving ang paus. Frankly, this year’s total ang pau aint that much, could it be due to recession? But never mind. As long as I get to see those that I’ve been longing to see in my hometown. That’s more precious than anything else of course.

Visited Jermyn and his family on the second day of CNY. Wanted to join them for dinner but mum didn’t allow. She thinks that I should only have dinner with his family when we’re about to get married. I know… how conservative. Jermyn drove me around Ipoh, tried an assortment of Ipoh food and met up with some of his friends.

As for my 19th birthday, I had a lil birthday party. Invited only a few like Jenny, Wi Wen, Xiemin, Nadia and Natasha. Invited a few more too but they couldn’t make it. Well, thank god they couldn’t come too coz I wouldn’t know how to entertain each and every one of them. So, as for my birthday party, mum cooked Laksa, Prawn Wan Tan, Bread Roll with Prawn, fried tom yam rice and other sweet delicacies. Really glad that they loved my mum’s cooking. Will organize more gatherings like this if possible, ok my dears?

I’ve been really occupied with school lately. So many tests and assignments, all due around 20th Feb. Sigh… I’ve been driving to school lately. Cant really afford to leave late because the parking lot will be full (which then requires me to park at jockey) and traffic madness will begin, esp at d Federal Highway. Kesas highway toll is just way too expensive btw. Thus, student lounge is the place for me to hang out whenever I arrive early. And yea, I’m currently blogging here too.

Managed to catch The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and we loved it! It was really such a beautiful movie. Brad Pitt was Amazing amazing.. and Amazing! I've never really liked him that much. Really, i dunno why. I just don't drool over him. But the movie was awesome, a really unique and catchy storyline- a man aging backwards. How cool right.. It was simply a masterpiece. No wonder they won the Oscar award.

On the way to visit my godparents.

Met up with Bee's friends.

Celebrated d last day of cny at Carl's Junior (lunch)
He came all d way to my college, how sweet right..

Yours truly. The burger was almost as big as my face

On the way back, i drove over to his house to give him a surprise visit. Had dinner with him then.
I know.. how sweet of me right..

On my 19th birthday..

Invited a few people..

My best childhood friends.. Nadia and her sis, Natasha

My b'day cake and pressie..

Camwhoring at my room, while nad and nat were busy playing cards with my bee.

Us again..

Anniversary

2009-01-24T08:52:00.000-08:00

24th January 2009 marks my 1 year anniversary with the boy. Its exactly 1 year since i laid my eyes on you. I loved you even before i met you. Meeting you dear, only affirmed the love that bloomed in me.

I never though it was possible to find someone whom i would love so much... and this deep. In fact, it is him that i realised i could love wholeheartedly. I would give anything, just to make him happy. This selflessness never quite existed in me. He does make me a better and stronger person.

He is my best friend, my loving companion and simply.. my everything. He respects me, listens to me and suffer my imperfections and my shortcomings largely without complaint. He teaches me and correct my wrongdoings endlessly and patiently. No matter how many times i ignore him, yell or even slam his phone, he never .. i repeat.. never scolded me before. Instead, wisely reason out with me and tries to talk to me. He appreciates every little thing i did for him and for us, from making hard-rock muffins to drawing fat cows =) Till today, i still smile gleefully whenever he says 'i love you'. I still jump with joy whenever i see him.

You once told me (19th April 2008) that you will be the man...

that make sure i will find the meaning of true love
that make sure i will live my happiest day in my life with you
that will not take me for granted and leave me alone to suffer

And you know what dear?
You're my true love, days with you are the happiest days in my life and you're always there for me regardless of anything. 393 days of knowing you and i love every single minute of it. Even those tears i shed, i'm glad they were for you and only you, cause you're worth everything i've gone through.

Bee, i love you. Truly madly deeply. I will love you forever.

Happy Anniversary darling.

Je t'aime l'abeille.

Bon Novel An Chinois!

2009-01-23T06:56:00.000-08:00

Omg, this is really happening to me. It feels like i've lost touch with blogging. While bathing i just kept thinking about what to say and how was i gonna say it. Blah, how absurd i know.

Lets start with the easiest.

Well, ever since school started, i haven't really got the time to sit down blog my heart out. First 3 weeks of college was pretty fun but tiring. Classes are all so packed like sardins- i could barely breathe sometimes. Assignments just came pouring in as if the monsoon season was just starting. I've got 5 assignments with due dates just around the corner, assessment soon after cny break and so forth.

We've already started french lesson this term. I'm always talking french to my boyfriend. Actually... more like bragging about it.. hehe. I find french pretty interesting to a certain extent. I could grasp word by word but will lose it all when the French start talking like bullet train. Seriously, i dont know how am i gonna pass my French Listening test. *faint*

Apart from school, I'm really looking forward to Chinese New Year this time. So keyed up and excited! I have no idea why coz i've never really looked forward to it before, not in the past few years. Probably because this time, i cant wait to wear my new year's clothes. They're frigging beautiful okay and i'm sooo lovin it! And yes, i usually have difficulties hunting for CNY clothes. Always end up trying them only to find i look fat, or its too old or its too pricey or they ran out of stock or etc. Always had bad experience shopping for CNY clothes. So, i'm pretty satisfied this time considering i manage to find a lot that suits my preferences =) I'm so happy *glee*

Pictures taken in January 2009

Bro's cake

My brother turned 21 on 13th January.

My family. Looks like my sis dominated the whole picture.

My last shot with vann. Will miss her greatly :(

Mango sald with squid, prepared by Vann, ethan and Myself.
Hehe, nice lehh the presentation..

Fruit carving (Orange and Grapefruit)

John enjoying his fruit carving. Hehe

David and his cheeky smile, Mark Ian (Restaurant Manager of the day) and macho John.

Collie, Alvin and Ethan

Chooi Yin and myself.

All the girls of Group 3!

Wondering why were we dressed in malay costumes?
We were serving malay banquet style that day =)
Oh ya, non of us are malays.

During Food Sci class. John, show this pic to your dad. He'll be proud.

Collie, moi and Chooi Yin

Chooi yin and myself after French Class.

Bon Novel An Chinois!
Happy Chinese New Year!

Au revoir!

Happy Birthday My Dear Jenny

2009-01-21T18:45:00.000-08:00

To my dearest Jenny..

Happy 19th Birthday!

So sorry to post this up so late. Trust me, i've been really busy with school and heavy workloads. I'm dedicating this post specially for you.

Well, i met her only during form 4, thanks to the class monitor who made us sit together. If not, maybe we wont get to be this close. Throughout my form 4's and 5's, school life wont be this amazing and colourful without her. We've gone through good and bad times together. My school life sure was brighter having her around.

I remember how we used to go against the prefects, hit and whack each other with the chair and i still remember the mark u left me with the scissors. No my dear, i'm not making you feel bad cause it's just a small mark on my wrist and it didnt hurt a single bit. Also, those last few months in school with you, xiemin and wi wen that we all dreaded going are special. All those sms, phonecalls and etc. Planning which day to skip school, sharing juicy gossips, playing mafia... i truly treasure them a lot.

Thank god we're still as close as ever. We'll just keep making memories yeah =)

Once again, Bon anniversaire. Which means, happy birthday =)

May all your wishes be granted =)

Random Events & Outings

2009-01-04T02:20:00.000-08:00

Visited Mickey and Jerry.. and also Champagne and Rusky.

Everybody, this is Mickey!

Mickey came n rest his head on my leg

Jerry got jealous, and came into the picture.

This is Jerry.. very kuat jealous punya..

I was playing with them.. love touching his paws.

My darling, tickling Jerry while Mickey sat and watched.

Now, the two Basset Hounds - Champagne and Rusky.

Rusky.

Leaving them.. going for a movie with my darling

Bye champagne! Bye Rusky!

30th December - Mummy's Birthday! We had dinner together with Jermyn.

New Year Gathering
Went to Neesh's house for a small gathering. I drove there all by myself in my *new Proton Saga. Hehehe, it's an achievement ok? I hardly drive and park alone! Daddy bought me a new car cause i can't really handle manual. I mean, i could but i prefer auto of course. Who wouldn't? *Wink*

Sweet dreams people!

Happy 2009

2009-01-04T00:27:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year you guys! I hope you had a good time bidding farewell to 2008 and welcoming 2009 with arms wide open. Yes?

I had a ball celebrating the New Year this time. We organized a barbeque party at Jenny's Condo and there were 8 of us. I was in-charge of marinating the chickens, Jenny bought cheese sausages, Wi wen bought sotongballs and drinks while Xiemin bought ice cubes to keep our drinks cold enough to cool ourselves from the bloody hot BBQ pits. My bee did it in a different way - soaked himself in the swimming pool =) Funny boy...

Anyway, i'm thrilled that you guys loved my chicky wings. Of course, you need skills to marinate them, or else you'll be eating tasteless chickies. So, credits to me yea? Hehehe. We intended to have supper (yam char session) later that night but we were already so stuffed and drained of cleaning the mess. So, yam char plan cancelled. I dont think we'll be heading back having bbqs anymore, not in the next few years at least.

Well, i'm glad we had a fantabulous week and i'm sure you dears enjoyed too. It was extra special because i get to meet my dears, catch up on gossips and had a heart-to-heart chat. I'm glad you girlies are still with me today. You ladies are a special bunch. I think of all of you daily. Sometimes, i end up laughing to myself thinking about all the crazy stuff we did. I can see us growing old together, shopping and having coffee while our kids play together. Alright.... that'll be in some years to come, i know. After all, we're only 18.. turning 19 soon.

Oh well, i'm gonna leave behind some pictures. Gonna grab some brownies to munch. I'm hungry.

And Jermyn, I miss you, you crazy, intelligent, handsome boy of mine. You drive me crazy!

Wi Wen, Xiemin, myself and Jenny

The Bee Couple. I love this shot.. =)

Jun Yuen came too! And... i look a lot older than him lehh.. Ishh! ><

Wi wen and her bf. Wi wen ar, you very hang fook lor bf taking Culinary Arts. Next time can cook for you. Unlike me, have to cook for that fatty bee ><

Xiemin dear with Jun.

Wi Wen and Xiemin enjoying MY chicky wings =) Hehehe..

My beloved bee can't wait to eat.

My dear (redhead) and myself.

My dears, we took very few pictures this time. And I dont have a single shot of Jenny's bf! He was quite shy though.. Or maybe he doesn't like to take pictures? Anyway, it was a waste that we couldn't enjoy the Mafia game like we used to. Fret not, we will still have gatherings like this in future.

Love you girls! Muacks..

Movie Marathon

2008-12-28T20:41:00.000-08:00

The Day The Earth Stood Still was such a letdown! Not that i was expecting much from it, since well the storyline wasn't that amazing, even the trailer wasn't that impressive, to me at least. But but, it was really disappointing! So little from Keanu Reeves, the way his character was introduced and the way he left... Damn!

I caught Beverly Hills ChiHua Hua with my sister and thought the movie was fine. I mean, the plot wasn't that deep but i would tolerate that as it IS a Disney movie, typically designed to convey clean and straight ideas to people. And damn, the rating was only 2.2! I think most of them are bias towards the blockbuster sort of movies.

Anyway...on Christmas, Jermyn had Dim Sum with my family and then we head on to Times Square. We caught Yes Man starring Jim Carrey. To be frank, I don't quite fancy Jim Carrey and felt the movie was pretty boring, if ya asked me. The storyline wasn't catchy at all and somehow, i felt Jim Carrey don't suit Carl Allen's character in the movie. But surprisingly, the rating was 7.3! Whatever.

Well, i spent the entire weekend going out with Jermyn. We slacked at his aunt's place on Saturday, playing with Mickey and Jerry. Baby brought me to MBO Cineplex at UO (very near to his office), recommended by his colleagues. I find that place pretty comfortable but still, TGV win hands down! Haha! There, we caught Ip Man, which i first embarrassingly pronounced it as EYE-PEA MAN. Anyway, Donnie Yen was incredibly awesome! It's a good martial arts movie, worth every penny.

Then we had western food at Taman Billion. Alex, the next time you visit KL, we'll bring you there since you love western food =)

At night, we watched Bedtime Stories, starring Adam Sandler! I love this movie to the max! Adam Sandler never fails to amuse me. I dare to say, it's one of the best movies i've caught within this year. It's a comedy movie that revolves around Skeeter Bronson fighting hard for the hotel business with a little twist of romance sort of thing from the help of his niece and nephew through their bedtime stories. Get it? No? Well, another typical disney movie. Go watch it! It's awesome i tell you!

Then on Sunday, we caught Australia at Cheras Selatan TGV together with my sister. The movie lasted almost 3 hours! At first, i thought the movie was all about cattles but it was actually leading u from one adventure into another, experiencing bombing of Darwin, Australia by the Japanese forces. I'm quite disappointed with this movie actually. So little romance but i guess they remove all the romantic aka haram scenes. Sigh...

So here are the pictures ...

My Christmas Gift from Jermyn. I've always wanted a Music Box jewelry. Thanks dear =)

The interior of the jewelry box.

The interior of the jewelry box after putting my accessories.

The jewelry box, next to my Evening Dress Doll Jewelry Stand on my dressing table

The necklace with a fairy pendant, a gift from Jermyn as well =)

My lebah, can't wait to eat.

Yours truly.

We both had Grilled Lamb Leg.

See how happy he is........ when he gets to eat.

We also ordered an appetizer- Cheese Fondue dipped with minced chicken n fries.

Love the cheese sooooo frigging much! But not more than him of course.

A shot of us before leaving to watch Bedtime Stories.

I had such a gorgeous movie-marathon week. It has been such a long time since i last enjoyed a movie marathon. Feels good =)

Tomorrow is Mummy's birthday.

Oh by the way, Happy Belated Birthday Ethan!