Enchanted

Weekend Treat

2010-09-06T02:56:00.004+08:00

Weekend is the only time for me to rest and relax. The other days of the week are devoted to 3 things. Work, work and work! Stress level is getting a lil higher as my workload is getting heavier. Not to mention, the long list of feedback and errors to be amended. I usually end up with an exhausting brain and aching back every weekday.

So, cinema and gym are my only escapade activities on Saturday and Sunday. Sometimes, may go for shopping. I do all these alone by the way. Don't ask me why. Some people may find it silly to watch a movie on their own. But I enjoy spending time by myself. I have the freedom to watch any movie at any time and anywhere. No need to compromise with others. Agree?

Watched 3 movies for the past 2 weeks...

Grown Ups is damn hilarious. These guys never fail to make the audience laugh like mad throughout the show. It's true how things might have changed from the last generation. But kids nowadays are certainly too hooked up with technological gadgets and have no interest towards outdoor activities. Parents should watch this.

Piranha is bout man-eating fishes. All you can see is horribly bitten dead human bodies from the beginning to the end. Totally speechless. It's no joke to weak-hearted person. Please do not have your meals before the show. You may end up puking.

Step Up 3 is freaking awesome. Loves everything bout it. The music, the dance moves, the actors and actresses. It seriously turned me up. A must watch! You'll never regret.

Malaysia Turns 53

2010-09-06T01:50:00.007+08:00

Independence Day is supposed to be a public holiday for Malaysians. But not for those working in my company. We work for many different countries, therefore we follow their public holidays. Despite of this reason, we still preserve Malaysian culture. All staff has to wear traditional outfit during certain occasions and Independence Day is one of them.

It's been a long time since I wear baju kurung or qipao. The very last time should be during National Service when I had to perform a drama. So, I find myself a lil awkward in baju kebaya. Bro said I look almost like a tree. LMAO...

What do you think???

Love to see my colleagues in traditional outfits of different races. Malays wearing qipao, Chinese wearing baju kebaya, Indians wearing Punjabi suit. We practise One Malaysia!

Colourful Malaysians

Somehow, I agree with Azli that we looked as if we were going for Raya celebration instead of going to work. Maybe 2 in 1 since Raya is near the corner.

No holiday for Raya as well. We'll be celebrating it with our computers.

End Of Training

2010-09-06T01:15:00.004+08:00

27 August 2010 marked the end of my training period. Will still be considered as a trainee till the confirmation day somewhere in January. I faced many ups and downs together with the other 6 trainees for the past 2 months. We turned from someone with zero knowledge into semi skilled staff. Everything we gained today all thanks to our lovely trainer, Yogi.

Love her

In order to show our gratitude, we organised a pizza party that evening. Was so worried the pizzas from Domino's would not be delivered as it was my 1st time ordering through their website. Haha... Noob!

Yummylicious

Let me introduce you to my fellow colleagues. They have been my close buddies since I joined the company.

(From left): Dayang, Bee, Haizrie & Nana

(From left): Yogi, Tasnim, Azli & me

Multi-racial team

Foosball competition in the locker room after dinner. Haizrie and Nana vs Yogi and Bee. Tonnes of laughter could be heard.

That's juz part of our working life!

Movie On Screen

2010-08-23T00:01:00.007+08:00

These are the movies I watched for the past 2 months. Due to time constraint, movie quantity goes down but quality goes up. Sort of a good thing huh?

Eclipse is a long awaited movie. The plot is far better than New Moon. You can see more lively action scenes rather than romance on its own.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice is entertaining. Filled with magical tricks and humorous dialogues. Laughter is the best medicine.

Salt thrilled me to the max. Those stunts made my jaw dropped. You just couldn't have enough. In addition, Angelina Jolie looks super hot with black hair.

Inception is one of the most complex movies I have ever watched. Requires a lot of brain storming and imagination to fully understand the whole story. It taught us a worthy lesson though. Never try living in your imaginary world!

Love In Disguise has wonderful music and what's more? Lee Hom captures every lady audience's heart with his look and mesmerising songs. I cried at a few scenes. Crystal Liu is good at being emo. Touching indeed.

See You Again

2010-08-22T23:19:00.009+08:00

The day Aunt Rosalind and Lauren flew back to US...

Had our last reunion lunch at Madam Kwan's.

Reserved our table the day before. Uncle Wai joined us too. Had not seen him for ages. He used to visit us and be one of my playmates when I was a child. But he refused to have his photos taken due to his age. Speechless.

Bro and I reached the restaurant 1st. While waiting for the rest, we camwhore nearby.

So cute... =P

It was my 2nd time dining at Madam Kwan's. Previously I tried its Nasi Lemak. Not bad. This time I tried its Nasi Bojari. Taste superb. The fried chicken is so tender. Thumbs up!

I managed to take the photo of each sub-family. The 3 children - Aunt Rosalind being the eldest, followed by my dad and youngest Uncle Bernard.

1st child

2nd child

3rd child

Strolled around Empire Shopping Gallery for an after meal exercise. I bet everyone has gained weight since Aunt Rosalind arrived to Malaysia. She had been feeding us the food heaven. LOL...

Aunt Rosalind and Lauren checked out from the hotel at 2pm and we moved to KLIA. The plane would be departing at 7pm. So, we spent the next few hours having family talk and snacking on McDonald ice cream and fries.

Gonna miss them so much. Looking forward to see them again.

Take care my dearies...

Seafood Galore

2010-08-22T03:12:00.016+08:00

Picked up Aunt Rosalind and Lauren from the hotel last Saturday evening for dinner. That's been our routine for the past 2 weekends. You see... Everyone was busy working during the weekdays. Left Saturday and Sunday for us to organise family gatherings.

My family lingering at the hotel lobby

Lauren trying to finish reading her Eclipse novel

Wen Hao and I enjoying Smarties

After a long discussion, the adults decided to go all the way to Klang to savour the best seafood. The name of the restaurant is Restoran Seafood Kebun Kelapa located in Pandamaran. Dad told us we occasinally dine there when bro and I were still kids. Wow... The restaurant has been up and running for so many years?

Mouth watering dishes

Look how deliciously everyone was eating.

The noise from hammering the crabs can be heard throughout the whole dinner. Wanna thank my dad for settling my crab shells. Hehe... Yeah, I'm a baby daughter!

Happy family

Uncle Bernard & Aunty Agnes

Thanks Aunty Rosalind for all the good food

Durian Party

2010-08-22T02:41:00.007+08:00

Just a short post on DURIANS...

It's the fruit that is always on Aunt Rosalind's A-Must-Have list whenever she comes back. Well, I would say most of my family members are durian fans. Just nice it was durian season recently. Uncle Bernard bought a big box of durians and we had a durian party at his house.

Sorry to the kids who hate the smell. While the adults were enjoying their king of the fruits, the lil cousins had sushi at the other corner in front of the tv. LOL...

Speaking of durian ambassador, who's more qualified?

Yeah, I look a lil weird and my bro looks too happy.

FAILED.

Food Tour

2010-08-21T23:46:00.017+08:00

Aunt Rosalind's visit was like a "Jalan-Jalan Cari Makan" program. Everything bout food. My blog is temporarily turning into a food blog too.

It was Aunt Rosalind and Lauren's 2nd weekend in Malaysia. Our journey started with lunch at De' Chiengmai Thai Seafood Restaurant in Sungai Buloh.

Looks so traditional huh?

As promised, there are more photos of my family members taken this time around. Introducing the roots of the Leong family...

Dad, Uncle Bernard, Aunt Rosalind & Grandma

Waiting for makan session

The adults ordered quite a number of food. But they managed to empty every plate and continued with desserts. I tasted only a few as I didn't have the appetite.

Yummy Thai delicacies

Self service mix & match dessert corner

I was actually more keen with the camera than the food. Hahaha. Paparazzi on duty!

4 cousins (Lauren, me, bro & Wen Hao), incomplete without Wen Han

Finally, a complete family portrait!

Headed to Midvalley after we were done at De' Chiengmai. As usual, looking for a car park was tough. We found one near the cinema. Apparently, the basement was full but the ones in Zone G and H were quite vacant.

First thing to do, shopped for Uncle Eddie's formal wear at the Robinsons, The Gardens. Next, booked a table for dinner at Dragon-i. Aunt Agnes and Uncle Bernard brought the kids to the arcade while the rest of us chilled out at Baskin Robbins to pass time.

Sharp at 6.30pm, we reached Dragon-i and there was a long queue of diners waiting to be seated. Luckily, we booked a table earlier.

Ordered ala carte dishes. My La Mian with Shanghainese pork chop tasted the best.

Mmm mmm...

I know the photos of food are very tempting. More to come. Stay tune!

Visitors From US

2010-08-21T22:24:00.006+08:00

Aunt Rosalind and Lauren came to Malaysia for a 2 weeks visit on 1st August. Uncle Eddie didn't follow them over. So, I took a lot of photos just to keep him updated. He named it the "Rosalind-Lauren Official Holiday Journal". LOL...

We met up with Aunt Rosalind and Lauren in the evening for reunion dinner. They only come back every 4 years. We keep in touch through email all the while. Thanks to technological advancement.

Needless to introduce the restaurant...

The food is not bad. But the price is expensive. Dinner for 11 pax costs us almost RM400.

*wallet became slim*

Wondering why only photos of food were taken but not the family members? Since everyone was so busy enjoying the meal and some of them looked pretty tired, I let everyone settle down before I snapped my heart out the next time we gathered.

The very next day, all trainees in my company were on leave. Accompanied Lauren to Cosmo Theme Park located in Times Square while Aunt Rosalind and Aunt Agnes ran some errands. Had lunch at Sushi King 1st.

My Unagi bento

Ain't she cute?

I personally hates going to the theme park for 2 reasons. 1stly, I'm afraid of terror rides. I don't trust the rides are safe. I was nearly flung out from my seat in one of the rides. Shit man! I held so tightly onto my lil cousin to ensure she was in place. I swear I'll never go there ever again. 2ndly, it's childish to play along with the other kids. Those young fellows kept staring at me.

But then, I'm glad Lauren had so much fun. It's wonderful to see that bright smile on her face. What's more that an elder cousin sis can ask for?

Moved to Sungai Wang later in the evening. Bro joined us for dinner at Super Noodle House after he finished work. Aunt Rosalind missed its delicacies especially roasted duck.

Window shopped for another 2 hours before sending them back to the Empire Hotel. I was seriously tired at the end of the day. Had joint pains due to over usage of strength to hold my cousin during the rides at the theme park.

Please... No second time!

Hectic New Job

2010-08-21T21:14:00.011+08:00

Nearly 2 months since I started working with HDPM. What HDPM stands for? Go find it out. It's inconvenient for me to reveal the full name here. Prohibited!

Anyway, I find myself slowly adapting to the company's environment, culture, policies and procedures. It's really different compared to the audit firm I worked with during practical training. Security and confidentiality are top priority. Not used to follow so many tight rules and regulations. Very tiring at times. But as the proverb says, "When you are in Rome, do like what the Romans do". Fortunately, the managers and fellow colleagues are friendly and helpful. Glad to know them all.

My department consists of more than 130 staff, divided into 3 major categories and 8 operating teams. Seems like I've gone back to my school days where the Chinese is the minority. I speak in Malay and English since I joined this organisation. There are only 8 other Chinese staff who I'm still not close with. Pathetic eh? Not a bad factor though.

There's so much to learn. You just can't claim yourself as an expert even after many years of working experience. Changes to policies and procedures happen everyday. Cascades will be delivered to the mail box. It's our own responsibility to get ourselves updated. Well, one of the disadvantages working in the banking line. Oppsss... Looks like I've drop you guys a hint.

*wink wink*

Did I ever mention bout my abnormal working hours? Mine is from 3pm to 12am. Wondering why? I'm serving UK clients. I gotta follow UK working hours and I gotta brush up my English. Duh! One thing I like bout it, I fear of no massive jam and I can speed on the road.

Staff is not allowed to bring in any electronic device into the processing floor. So, I wasn't able to take photos as I wish to. Participated in a number of activities in these 2 months - Inductions, Birthday Bash, Netball. Too bad, the photos taken by the Human Resource team are kept inside the internal drive. No one can possess them in private.

Will post the few photos I've taken recently. Hope there are more to come soon...

3rd Day Induction for KLC & Cyberjaya staff

Buka puasa in Nando's

Our dinner

Catching Up

2010-07-03T22:56:00.008+08:00

Hangout with my ever close gang - Luke, Kok Loong and Shi Min last Friday. 3 persons weren't able to join us. Jia Lun and Wey Shin are still in the UK undergoing their 3 months top up degree program. Joo Sim is currently working in Penang.

To begin with, we had lunch in Sushi Zanmai, The Gardens before moving to Midvalley for our movie session. Oh yeah, I wonder how many of you know bout this... Kok Loong and Shi Min are now an item!

*hoo haa hoo haa*

Congrats to both of them. I was super shocked the night before when I saw their relationship status in Facebook. I thought it's a prank. OMG... How come I didn't know this earlier? Big bang discovery. These people are good at keeping secret eh? Since there were only 4 of us, Luke and I on the other side took a photo of ourselves too.

Okay, I know what you guys wanna comment bout. I received lots of questions whether we are a newly made couple as well. The answer is a big NO. We juz so happened to wear the same colour tops. Why? Coincidence is a crime? LOL...

Enough with clarifications. Let's move on to food.

Luke's Unadon

My Nuki Saba

The couple's sushi

It was a pleasant lunch though I didn't really fancy the food I ordered. Gotta appreciate every minute we spent together as we won't be able to hangout so frequently after this.

A group photo at the end of lunch

This world is big yet so small. Yes... We ran into Sean at the same restaurant. Now you see how many coincidences we had in a day!

All in white

Seriously, I found myself feeling terribly awkward the whole time. We no longer walk together in a bunch as before. Luke and I walked ahead, leaving the couple behind having their own sweet time. Hmm...

Movie of the day was Knight and Day. Luke's choice. Great movie. Lots of action, humour and you also get the chance to enjoy seeing the good looking Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz for 2 hours.

But the 1st thing we did when we reached GSC was posing with the Toy Story 3 poster.

Puzzled Woody lost his right arm

The culprits!

Kok Loong and Shi Min left earlier as they had another plan later in the evening. So, Luke and I went for dinner at Carl's Jr while waiting for our next show.

Save the best for last. Toy Story 3, everyone's favourite childhood animation is superb. Most touching compared to the 2 previous ones. I left the cinema with teary eyes. A must watch movie for June.

Lining up next for July:

Back Up Plan
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Salt

Exam Silly

2010-07-03T20:35:00.006+08:00

I've been bugged by exam for nearly 2 months. Those days were so hard to live through. No fun at all! Went through the same routine everyday. Besides 2 meals a day, toilet business, 3 episodes of drama and 6 hours sleep, I spent most of my time munching on books and notes and whatsoever study materials. So dull right?

Well, this 4 lettered word brought the most chaos. The tremendous tense and heart-weakening moments. I took the remaining 3 papers - P3, P6 and P7 last month. So wish to pass all and I'll never see those papers ever again. But I doubt it. No wonder students always say June sitting is a killer.

It's hard to describe how saddening I was after the 1st paper. OMG... Totally unpredictable questions. Start sweating once I flipped open and read the 1st question. Hands trembled non-stop like nobody's business. Oh boy! I never experience such a thing during last December sitting.

As usual, I'm putting in my least expectation to avoid huge disappointment at the end of August. That's when ACCA results will be released and we'll all see how good or bad we fare. Either we cheer or we cry out loud!

Internal resits had juz over last week. Absorbing what I've read for P1 and P3 is not easy. Brain went rusty after half a year of rest on those subjects. Burnt the midnight oil for 2 weeks at McDonald's to memorise business models and all sorts of theories.

*sigh*

Fortunately, I'm still alive. Still afford to laugh. Still afford to smile. Wahahahaha...

Not gonna think too much for the meantime. Better look forward to my new job. Time to move into the next stage of life.

Past Time

2010-07-03T19:53:00.010+08:00

Where did I stop in my last post? Hmm... I couldn't recall. Never mind. I'll start off introducing the dramas that I have watched so far. A mix of Taiwan, Korean and Hong Kong. Sorry for annoying you guys with my drama post.

Summer's Desire

Calling For Love

Scent of Love

Mysteries of Love

Ghost Writer

A Man Called God

King of Bakery, Kim Tak Goo

Life without dramas is boring. Thanks to those producers for making my life colourful.

K-Drama Fever

2010-06-02T18:18:00.005+08:00

Question: What I did in the past few weeks of study leave?

Answer: Non-stop Korean dramas online streaming... XD

Boys Over Flowers

You're Beautiful

The Woman Who Still Wants To Marry

Oh! My Lady

Prosecutor Princess

Personal Taste

Cinderella's Sister

I give Korean romance dramas 2 thumbs up + 2 toes up!

Bro In His 20s

2010-06-02T16:54:00.007+08:00

Celebrated bro's 20th birthday 2 weeks ago. Dinner in TGIF. At last, we broke the birthday in Wong Kok Char Chan Teng chain. LOL...

It was an unplanned celebration though. Since we were around the Pavilion area, we might as well kill 2 birds with one stone. Without nice clothing and makeup, we walked into TGIF with t-shirts, shorts and slippers. Only bro was in his formal wear as he juz finished work.

Ordered 2 different set meals that comes with an appetizer and main course each.

4 persons portion

(Clockwise from top left): Clam chowder, Shanghai chicken salad, Boneless wings, South adobo chicken

The food was awesome. I'm in love with the salad. Unique taste.

The happy couple

Sleepy & pale looking sis

Bro had his free piece of chocolate mousse cake too. Looked fairly nicer than mine with a strawberry on it but the texture was horribly dry. Eww...

Birthday boy

Not-so-fresh cake

3 big pandas. Haha...

End our night with a horror movie. Bloody intense. The way he kills is so cruel. I was extremely frightened by its ending. Damn.

Had nightmares for the 2 following nights. Freddy Krueger, the bastard!

Gaga-fied in Genting

2010-06-02T13:00:00.011+08:00

It's been more or less a month since my last post. I'm really slacking in updating my blog eh? Well, nothing much happened lately and I have no enthusiasm to write up something. Juz received the photos taken in Genting from Shanny bout 2 weeks ago. We went for a day trip after my internal exam back in April.

Had lunch at Four Season's Restaurant in Wangsa Maju before driving up to Genting.

The food is only so-so...

Reached Genting almost in the mid-afternoon. Weather was superb, slightly cloudy. Camera was taken out from the bag and we began with what we are good at most.

CAMWHORE

You get!!!

Basically, our trip was all bout photo shooting and gathering at Starbucks. You know right? Most students' hobby during past times. Hahahaha...

Yeah... We love it!

Guess we are a lil too "old" to play at the theme park, so hanging around wouldn't do any harm. Of course we didn't juz sit and watched people play. We planned our own game.

Sounds so wrong? O.O

Found this cute caterpillar at the theme park exit. Long enough to measure the height of a kid. I purposely leaned against it to show that I'm obviously TALLER!

We walked from one hotel to another. Went into Highland Hotel casino. Not as impressive as I thought. Will visit One World Hotel casino next time. Heard it's way better.

Genting trip is never complete without jumping actions. A-must-to-follow trend.

Jump so high that we could touch the sky

Starbucks drinks at the end of a tiring day was the best treat ever. Java Chip, Mocha Latte, Chocolate Chip... You name it!

Picture of the day goes to...

*tadaa tadaaaaa*

Totally Gaga-fied

There are more photos. Hundreds of them. Outrageous ones!

But only for "private view". Ngek ngek...

April Baby

2010-04-29T21:13:00.008+08:00

Sze Yi's birthday also falls in April. 16 days after mine.

We went to the same place for dinner. How boring! Pavilion is really lacked of affordable restaurants. What to do? Oh never mind... What we care is the food and ambiance.

Ordered something different this round. Tried their cheese baked rice. Eww... Taste very weird. I wonder if it's something to do with the cheese. I prefer Kim Gary's.

Had the giant birthday milk tea for free again. Twice in a month. LOL...

Couple in red

Didn't take many photos coz the mood wasn't there. I finished my finals in the morning. Darn tired the whole day. I looked like a big panda lost on the street.

Though I was only left with 10% energy, I still enjoyed myself. I talked lesser than usual though. Kinda quiet throughout the night.

Amount spent on dinner... RM50.05. Nice figure!

No point going to Pavilion if it's not for a movie. We watched Date Night.

The couple in the show is hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing at their dirty jokes. Gosh...

Virgina = Face???

Third Go

2010-04-29T19:08:00.007+08:00

Last round of celebration at Fullhouse, Sunway Pyramid.

All girls dinner. Phui Mun was not able to make it last minute. Fell sick after having her breakfast. Poor thing. It was the second time she was MIA from my birthday celebration with former hostel mates.

According to original plan, we would be dining at a steak house in Cheras where only Phui Mun knows the way. Since she wasn't be able to join, we changed venue to Fullhouse coz it's nearer to Ivena's house. Another reason... I hadn't been to that restaurant before.

Being a birthday girl is such a bliss. I went to 3 new places for celebrations. Marvelous!

I'm seriously in love with its Wok-Sher Chicken Chop. Oh lord... Taste like heaven. Highly recommended. Rating 8/10.

Posing with our yummy-licious food

Things ain't always perfect. Well, that's undeniable. 3 of us were enjoying our food to the last bit and look what Ivena found in her vege.

Baby cockroach???

OMG... Are you kidding me? Absolutely unethical for a fine restaurant like Fullhouse to be so careless in handling their food. We did lodged a report to one of the waitress. But sadly, no action was taken. Guess that would be our first and very last time going there.

Anyway, it didn't affect our mood for photo shooting. Though this branch may not be as big as the ones in NZX and Jalan Yap Kwan Seng, still the interior is so pretty. Everything in white. I felt I was in a fairyland.

Can my future home have a dining set like this?

Poh Yee found some pillows with "I Love You Today, Tomorrow & Forever" sew on them. So sweet. Specially dedicated to Cheng. Ngek ngek ngek...

As we were walking out from the restaurant, we took some photos with the Fullhouse mascot and yellow Mini Cooper.

My beloved seniors

Fat Mini Cooper model. Sob...

Thanks Ivena for the treat. Looking forward to next year's birthday.

Oh yeah!

First Time At Naili's

2010-04-29T17:53:00.005+08:00

Was kidnapped by my housemates to a restaurant named Naili's Place right after tuition the night after my birthday. Hehe... It's situated in Taman Dato' Senu, Sentul.

I didn't know it's so near to Pakcik Zainal's house. Juz 2 minutes away. We took bout 20 minutes to reach the place from Wangsa Maju as Cheng wasn't sure of the way. I didn't look into Google map as this was supposed to be a surprise supper.

It was our first time going to this restaurant. Very uniquely designed. Everything seems to be made out of wood, from the skeleton of the building to the furniture. The idea is great but the wood attracts a lot of insects especially ants.

There's a variety of food and drinks. We ordered pasta, lasagna, chicken wings and some ice blended drinks. The taste of the food is slightly below average. Drinks are not bad.

We walked around the place, taking photos at every corner. The designer did a really good job. Every corner has a different concept. If only their food can be improved more, it'll be perfect. Another thing would be the quality of their service. Unsatisfied with the staff. I understand the place is big. So they must at least move around to see if any customer need them.

The birthday cake was up next. Bought by my roommate, Poh Yee. I was so touched then. The first cake I ever had for my birthday this year. Thanks so much. Muax...

My housemates. Love you guys!

Cut cut cut...

We ate the cake by scooping it instead of cutting into slices. Hahaha.

Ready to attack

Last stop: Fullhouse...

Double Two

2010-04-29T02:42:00.009+08:00

Sorry to my long abandoned blog. Finally, some free time for updates.

Unofficially completed my 4 years studies in TARC. Amazing huh? I'm impressed on how I managed to survive so well throughout the whole course. Muahahaha. Shouldn't be too happy so early. I hope I'll pass all 3 papers this semester and pass the remaining 2 papers that I'll be resitting in June in order to graduate. Really under pressure!

Getting myself away from studies for a while. Taking a short break as it is. So, okay... In the midst of preparing for the finals, I officially turned 22. Yup, you get me right. It was like yesterday when I was a 21 year old and now, I grow a year older.

Nothing big, nothing special this year. As usual, those who never fail to celebrate my birthday did it again this year. I'll start off with the one I had with bro and his gal.

Wong Kok Char Chan Teng in Pavilion

This was my choice for the birthday dinner. Heard this one has a nicer interior compared to the other branches so I decided to give it a try. Looks like a bar or a club from the outside, isn't it?

Our food & drinks

Fantastic interior, delicious food, affordable price and most importantly the companions were my family. What more could I ask for?

The love birds

We realised the restaurant offers free birthday milk tea drink. We asked for it after we finished all our food. Oh my... The size of the glass is huge. We shared among the 3 of us of course. I couldn't finish the whole thing by myself.

Cheeky birthday gal

The corner where we sat is overlooking KLCC and Petronas Twin Tower scenery. So, bro and I took a photo each with the ever famous "Malaysian jagungs". LOL...

KL Nightview

The diners

Went for a movie after the meal. I juz love this one.

Never expect it to be so interesting. The whole cinema was almost full. Imagine that! We watched it on normal screen though. Bet 3D would be much better.

Sis & bro

Thanks for the outing, bro!

Next stop: Naili's Place...

Sashay For Two

2010-04-04T02:58:00.010+08:00

Had a pleasure afternoon yesterday. Was on a date with my lil foster brother, Alan in Pavilion. Didn't get to meet him for almost a year. We were busy with our studies and didn't even get to bump into each other at college. Only managed to keep in touch through Friendster, MSN and sms.

I couldn't recognized him the moment I saw him. Maybe I wasn't used to see him wearing a cap and dressed up so sporty. Haha... Well, still looking good as usual. No matter how he changes, he's one of the best foster brothers I ever had.

Lunch at TGIF.

So far I've tried Chilis and Tony Roma's. Food and ambiance are satisfying. TGIF for the 1st time. Sounds familiar eh? Yeah, I said the same thing bout Tony Roma's. I seldom have a chance to dine in such fine American food restaurants. So pardon me ya!

Took me quite some time to look through the menu. Unable to make a choice of order. Alas, still prefer having chicken.

My Sizzling Chicken with Cheese

His Fish & Chips

I don't mean to make a comparison. But Chilis and Tony Roma's are more value for money in terms of portion and their food taste far better than TGIF. Seriously...

Anyway, its quiet environment allowed us to have a good chat. There are many things bout each other that we gotta catch up with since we have not met for a long time. Couldn't stop chatting the minute we met.

We had a piece of chocolate mud cake for free towards the end of our meal. Alan requested for it since his birthday has just passed while mine is approaching. But we declined their offer to sing us a birthday song. Too dramatic.

Chocolate mud cake

Apparently, the cake is the best thing of the entire meal. Most of you know how I hate chocolaty stuff. I mean I love chocolates but not chocolate flavored thingy. But this one kinda melt my heart. Not too sweet, juz nice.

Aries think alike. Both dressed up in red.

After lunch, we went strolling around. Basically we were window shopping from an end to another end, from the top floor to the lower ground floor. Tired of walking for an hour, we dropped by Snowflakes to have a dessert. We had a hard time looking for the stall. I even called Jia Lun for directions since this is one of his favourites.

Famous "Bestsellers"

I personally think it's not bad. Love the herbal jello but not the artificial chewy yam and sweet potato balls.

Okay, last agenda of the day...

Saw its trailer some time ago. Never cross my mind to actually watch it in cinema. Maybe download it or something. But I was convinced by lots of friends who have watched it and gave 2 thumbs up.

I agree with them. This is unlike any other ordinary cartoon show. I thought the story would revolves around the scenes that I saw in the trailer. I was wrong. Never expect the ending to so well done. You must watch it to believe it. By the way, I teared twice during the father-son talks. Very touching!

Gotta sign off. Only 3 hours sleep before going for Ching Ming.

*yawn*

Subang Buddies

2010-04-01T17:52:00.008+08:00

Received a surprise call on Tuesday night. The screen of my handphone showed the caller is SHANNY KONG. Oh dear... Wasn't sure with what I saw with my own eyes. Heart was yelling in excitement.

The minute I answered "hello", the male voice from the opposite line said "Laura?". Oppss... It was Jon. Hahaha. So, they planned to have dinner with me yesterday. Really touched. Came all the way from Subang juz for me. Despite I'm still having a flu and a cough, I couldn't possibly turn them down.

Jon offered to be my chauffeur. A very good advantage, needless to drive myself. We went to Cannes Tea House in Genting Klang.

Jon, the good looking gentleman

No photos on food. Basically, our evening was filled with small talks, jokes and card games. Thanks to Shanny for coming up with self created games. We had loads of fun exercising our brain doing maths and memorising names. It was kinda torturing for me as I was in a blur state of mind due to my flu and cough. Still, I enjoy their companions very much.

My dear baby Shanny

Oh yeah... Forgot to introduce this guy over here. He's Bryan. Shanny's honey bear. This is our 1st time meeting each other in person. Kinda awkward. But he's good in socializing, very friendly juz like his gal and soon we managed to mingle as if we have known for long.

Nice meeting you, dude...

Moderate dinner, perfect dates create great moment! Spent only 3 hours together. Seem to be short but I treasure it alot.

The diners

Hope to see you guys again soon...

The next time we meet might be in Subang. My turn to pay you guys a visit.

*fingers crossed*

Wacky Classmates

2010-04-01T01:17:00.009+08:00

As promised, here's the post on 2AFA4 farewell cum gathering. It happened last Saturday. Almost full attendance. Indeed something to be proud of. Oh... Did I mention it was my 1st outing with these people? Really excited the night before.

Fetched Jia Lun along and see what he did in my car while I was driving.

Forcing my Paddington bear to imitate Keren Zui. In case you don't know who I'm talking bout, click here.

Reached Pavilion within half an hour. A lil traffic jam along Jalan Bukit Bintang. Luckily we were not the last to arrive at Tony Roma's. Lunch supposed to start 1pm, but further delayed for 45 minutes.

The menu

Pictures of food and drinks in the menu are so tempting. Too bad I was sick. Had a sorethroat for 2 days. Gotta avoid myself from heaty food and cold drinks. So, not many choices to be chose from. I ordered Mojo Chicken and apple juice.

Various dishes ordered by us. Yummy-licious!

Justina & I posing with our meals

Took hundreds of photos before and after we finished our lunch. Too many to be uploaded here. So please refer to the album in my Facebook. Haha...

2AFA4 class rep & his assistant

Thanks to these 2 bosses in handling every class matter so well for the year. Salute!

Bill for 27 persons total up to RM 1,040.20. OMG...

Worth it anyway. The food portion is horribly large and we spent like 3 hours plus photo shooting in the restaurant. Brought happiness to each and everyone of us.

All the jolly faces

Next round at Sungai Wang Greenbox. By the way, our class has a potential singer wannabe. Wanna know who?

Angie aka Lady Gugu with her "manager"

We sang like nobody's business till our throats were dried and our voices turned course. Got so high when it comes to singing RnB songs. Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Leona Lewis, BEP - you name it.

Hidden talents

There was even a Titanic parody when we sang Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On.

"Rose" Jia Lun & "Jack" Yee San. Ngeks...

We called it a day around 9.15pm. Out for almost 9 hours huh? Very tiring at the end.

Coincidentally, it was still Earth Hour when I walked back to Starhill to get my car. Lingered a lil while with those people who were celebrating it in the lobby.

60 minutes lights off

Zubinos Coffee Shops

2010-03-30T19:07:00.014+08:00

Final presentation of the semester.

Spent ages doing research, compiling report, goggling images, producing video, preparing slides and setting up our dummy consulting company, Rubicon & Partners. Restless nights for almost a month. Thanks to Zubinos, there are acne scars all over my face.

*long sigh*

But all the hard work paid off when our presentation ended in a good way. Mr Tan didn't comment much bout our performance. Overall satisfactory. But as far as I can see, each group did a hell lot better than the previous presentation on Dutch Lady.

Kudos AFA2!

It has been our custom to take group photo at the end of every presentation. Juz to record down the look we had in formal wear. Exceptional physical appealing eh?

The "professional" consultants & Mr Tan (aka Mr Luis Zubino)

A close up with Mr Tan. Smiles of relief!

As the so-called Assistant Project Manager, ehem ehem... I wanna express my token of appreciation to my beloved groupmates - Justina, Yik Hua, Cai Feng, Karmen, Victoria and Zi Ying. Without you gals, our assignments wouldn't turn into success. Sorry for my short temper all these while and thanks for bearing with me.

*sending flying kisses*

My beautiful ladies (Karmen MIA)

Jin Hui who acted as the Project Manager of the other team, took the opportunity to take a photo with us too. Well, my team has the most female members. 7 of us.

Ahh... Such a bliss

Done with indoor photography, we continued with outdoor. Wahahaha. Camera addicted kings and queens on the go.

My class rep, Mr Joe

I personally requested to pose this way. LOL...

Part of the guys from my class. Handsome???

Proud being SBS students

Moved to a 3rd spot for our photo shooting. The ever famous TARC graduation arch.

Solo with the giant pile of books

Nice one

Nothing Is As Silly

2010-03-30T11:59:00.007+08:00

Another further delayed post from me. Sorry guys... My blog has turned into an ancient diary dumping area eh?

Went to Times Square last 2 weeks on a Sunday. Did some shopping and bought the dress that I wore during my class gathering. Will blog on the event soon. Currently down with a heavy flu. Couldn't sit for too long. Else, my nose will be blocked by those disgusting mucus. Eww...

*achhooooo~~~~*

By the way, has anyone watch this movie yet?

OK, I know what! Those who have NOT may be anticipating to grab the tickets at the cinema. Those who have, let me guess, should be cursing as for the money they paid made them waste 90 mins watching a silly to the bones kinda movie. Let's put it short. One word exactly... Rubbish!

The slogan on the poster says it all. Coming To Hit Your Funny Bone. Yeah, you'll laugh from the very beginning and you'll continue to laugh and laugh and laugh to a point where you notice you were all the while laughing at a bunch of fools but there ain't any development on the plot. Totally meaningless. I heard this is a cantonese version for Scary Movie. So, I shall conclude both movies suck big time.

Strictly, no second time!

But there was something that brighten up my day. Had dinner at Leo's then after.

Juz opposite Neway Karaoke

Ordered their set meal of Thai fried rice that comes with a glass of iced lemon tea and slices of watermelon. Cost only RM6++ and it taste fantastic. Nice fragrance. Mouthful of hot tomyam flavor.

*slurppp-iness*

Rating 8/10

Bad movie. Good food. Compensation works that way! Haha...

I'm addicted to this new Taiwan drama. It has good looking actors and actresses. Worth waiting for an episode per week.

*ngek ngek ngek*

P.S. Man <偷心大聖P.S.男>

That's all for now. Gotta hop under my blanket and get some rest.

More updates to be released. Stay tune...

Surprise Turned Failure

2010-03-23T16:55:00.009+08:00

I was extremely busy lately. Been working myself like a cow since last weekend till Thursday. Gluing my eyes on the lappy screen and my butt stuck to the chair for long hours. Miserably tortured by a 7 lettered word.

Z.U.B.I.N.O.S

Thank god it's all over. Heading back to my carefree routine, but soon to be terrorized by final exam. Poor me!

Anyway, I didn't fail to remember what day "317" is supposed to be.

My pig baby's birthday. Who? Errr... Birthday boy to be introduced later. Some story telling as a kick start.

We initially planned to throw him a surprise house visit. But we changed plan. After going through a lot of hooks and crooks, we were back at our original plan. Long story. To cut it short, 2 words... Plan failed!

The moral of the story:
Never plan something at the very last minute

Here's the pre-birthday celebration outline:

6.20pm
Bought a cake from Baker's Cottage. Cappuccino Temptation. Then, picked up Kok Loong and Shi Min from their home.

6.40pm
Reached Restoran Tong Jieng in Danau Kota. Waited for an hour before the arrival of the birthday boy and his mates.

7.45pm
Birthday boy was given the chance to make the order. Everyone at the table sent eye signals without the birthday boy noticing. Pretended as if we were coincidentally having dinner at the same restaurant. Lame excuse, I know!

Kok Loong being our "servant". Reason not to be disclosed =P

8.50pm
Everyone was too full for cake. Oh my... What should we do? Paid for the bill and waved bye happily at the birthday boy. But secretly making our way to his house in Cheras.

9.20pm
Successfully locate his house after making a few wrong turnings at the Hospital Pantai roundabout. Hid in the kitchen while waiting for him to finish his bath.

9.30pm
While we were anxiously waiting to surprise him from our steaming hideout place, our slippers at the front door betrayed us. Expecting us in the kitchen, he came in cheekily. Still we popped out with sweat dripping from our face and sang him a birthday song.

Happy 22nd Birthday, Piggy Luke

May I present you our beloved chubby AFA2 printing manager, Luke Ooi Cho Loong...

Birthday boy

Family portrait (incomplete without his big bro)

His parents are really friendly. Mum prepared our drinks and do the washing while dad had a chat with us. Such a warm hospitality. Oh yeah... His younger bro, Yang Yang is not to be missed too.

Yang Yang's new big bro & big sis

All of us couldn't help ourselves to take photo with Yang Yang. Ain't he the most adorable creature in the house?

The rest are some random photos taken in kitchen. Yes, his kitchen has been our background of the day.

Good looking "mummy" & "son"

Man & women in black

Not enough with twosome photos with Yang Yang, we made it a threesome. Abandoned the birthday boy for his bro instead.

Very heart warming right? Like a "family". Woohoo...

Aiyo... Kok Loong spoiled the whole scene.

10.50pm
Left Cheras after a tiring night. Back to Wangsa Maju with all smiles.

Big Guy's Surprise Visit

2010-03-13T04:08:00.003+08:00

8.45pm. Received a sms from Wey Shin while having dinner.

"Laura, are you free? I yamcha with Thian Hoe in Sri Rampai now. You wanna join? Can come slightly later. Take your time. Thian Hoe said if you don't come means don't give him face."

*in shock*

What a short notice! Sped to Old Town in Rampai Business Park within 30 mins. Normally, I don't give a damn for unplanned hangout. But it's a request from the dearest big guy who came all the way from Subang Jaya, so I made it an exception.

The very last time I saw Thian Hoe was somewhere in January when I was doing my CNY shopping in Midvalley. Bump into him coincidentally and chatted for a very short while. Yesterday, we managed to sit down at ease and updated each other with our current issues from A to Z while sipping the famous milk tea and white coffee. Woohoo...

Big guy in green

He seriously changed a lot since he left TARC 2 years ago. Absolute positive changes. He's been doing very well in studies and turns into a responsible leader. Physically, he has slimmed down so much that he claims to be a lost of prosperity. Gotta see him with your own eyes to believe. One word... WOW!

The threesome

Had a great 3 hours talk with these people. May we have another night like this sometime soon.

(From top left): Wey Shin, Thian Hoe, Me & Chen Ling

All About Movies

2010-03-13T03:02:00.005+08:00

Managed to catch 2 movies at the cinema lately.

72 Tenants of Prosperity was a treat from Poh Yee's boyfriend. He got his 1st pay from his 1st job upon graduation. Thanks Cheng Cheng! Hehe...

I think this is the best CNY movie for 2010. I'm not bias coz it's a collaboration of more than a hundred of famous Hong Kong film stars. But the overall story is pretty good. Well, there's a purpose behind every scene with a touch of humour and musical. It's not only on a "just for laughter" basis. Worth watching. We left with aching tummies resulted from laughing too hard.

There are a number of high ratings on Alice In Wonderland. Very curious to know how good the movie is. Getting the tickets was a nightmare itself. I tried to reserve the tickets through GSC website and phone call. Unfortunately, every session was fully booked. Shocking much? Luckily, Luke helped me bought them using online payment. Thanks for your help, pig baby...

It was bro and his gal's 1st experience watching movie on 3D. They felt a lil dizzy but adapted to it soon after. Hmm... I was not too fascinated by the story. Find it quite childish as it's based on the nursery storybook which we used to read when we were kids. But I was certainly impressed by the characters of the story. They made the movie so lively. Good choice of actors and actresses.

Robert Pattinson's new movie, Remember Me looks interesting. In my next to be watched list. Hopefully, it's not a lame romance movie.

I bet I'll be broke from spending too much on cinema tickets.

*sob sob*

Day Out

2010-03-06T20:27:00.007+08:00

Celebrate after knowing our ACCA results? Not really... Tend to lie low coz passing the core papers ain't the end of our war. But we did organise an outing for 9 to Midvalley last Saturday for the sake of food and movie.

Sorry for the delay. Got the photos from Joo Sim 2 days ago.

Here's where we started our day. Lunch at Gardens Sushi Zanmai.

Featuring the out-goers...

Some of my friends wondered why the guy in the center gets a larger share in the photo above compared to the others. Well, he's our course rep. Should be given a better treat. Haha... Status makes a difference.

Ordered quite a lot of food. Ala carte for ourselves and sushi on Kok Loong. Thanks BOSS!

Part of the food on our table

Next would be AFA2 committee behind the scene.
Too cute to resist huh? LOL...

There were only 2 thorns among the roses. So, they were overjoyed. Look at the smile on their faces. As if they won the 1st prize in lottery. Juz kidding.

Surrounded by pretty babes. Ah bliss!

By appearance, the committee may look serious at work. But in fact... We are as playful as everyone does. Crazily attracted to the camera then. Couldn't bear to see themselves not being captured.

Can you spot the difference???

Group portrait is certainly not to be missed

Left Sushi Zanmai with bloated tummies. Oh my... Overly filled by sushi and bento. 2 hours before it's time for our movie. Some gals went to shopping while the rest of us lingered around the mall, randomly snapping photos as we went.

An hour later, we stopped by Baskin Robbins for ice-cream. Wow... Had we digest our heavy lunch?

Wey Shin's & mine. Forgot the names!

The big eaters. Muahahaha...

Handmade starry starry night

4.20pm at Hall 17. Watched Up In The Air as recommended by Kok Loong. None of us had any idea what the show was all bout.

I was bored at the very beginning. Slow moving, not much of actions and too much of talking. But that's the beauty of the show. You have to listen well to their dialogues to get the jeez of it. Luke was sound asleep towards the end. Duh!

Dinner at Kim Gary. Tummy growling in hunger. Camwhored while waiting for our food to be served.

Fellow committee again

Joo Sim suggested something really silly. 3 of us pretended to be cute tigress. Swt...

Vote for the CUTEST ^_^

Our set dinner. Look good but taste not-too-bad...

Last photo of the day. Ended with all smiles.

Too Good To Be True

2010-03-06T19:24:00.007+08:00

Last Monday was a predicament to all ACCA students who sat for December 2009 exam. Results to be released at 2pm. But people were sitting in front of their computers, trying to log into the website as early as 12am. Well, one of them was myself. Hehe... Too ashamed to admit though coz it was written on the website "results available from GMT 0500 onwards" which is 2pm in Malaysia. My mistake!

Was too afraid to check my results. I lowered my expectation in order to avoid disappointment. Hoping to get a pass in PA as I think I did fairly well. While my coursemates were results shopping during AT lecture, I had nothing to share. Received the notification from ACCA later than the rest of them.

So, let's begin to scroll.

Very slowly... One by one...

Wow... To my surprise, I passed 3 out of 4 papers. What a bliss!

22 February 2010 is one of the historical day in my life. I hadn't been so fortunate for a long time. The feeling couldn't be described by words. Used to grief so much over my nasty results ever since my 1st failure in FM last year followed by PA and BA last semester. Now, I have something to be proud of.

I did it. Yes, I've regained my victory. My parents were overjoyed. I believe grandpa is looking over me from above. Thanks for all the blessings, grandpa... Will see you on Ching Ming next month.

Looking forward to June's sitting. I wonder how I'll be doing then. May luck always stay by my side. God bless too.

Panic Stricken

2010-02-19T15:23:00.008+08:00

Online at places with wifi. AGAIN...

Yesterday at Sri Rampai Old Town. Today at Jusco McDonalds.

*grumble to the max*

When is my god-damn Streamyx gonna be repaired? It's the fourth day already. I'm so lifeless without Internet at home. I wanna start doing my assignments. I wanna watch dramas on Youtube. I wanna Facebook. I have lots and lots of things to do!

Gotta type as fast as I could. Lappy battery is going off soon. No socket in McD. Duh... Why things seem not to be going well?

*shake head*

Watched 2 movies lately.

Watched this one myself in Times Square sometime before CNY. Went shopping for bags, passed by the cinema, stood in front of the poster, thought for a min... Alright. Let's go!

Nice one. Fairytale story. Well, the title of the movie tells it all. I kinda laughed my ass off from the beginning and cried my heart out towards the end. The dialogues were funny and touching. The Rock is good at making faces too. Overall, I love it.

Watched this one with bro 2 days ago. We actually planned to watch it with our parents last Sunday to celebrate both CNY and Valentine's Day. It's been a while since the 4 of us go for a movie together. Unfortunately, the mishap ruined our plan and everything has to be cancelled.

Valentine's Day is bout the love life of a few couples. Look at the list of cast. WOW... Wonderful actors and actresses. We were really impressed when we saw the trailer. Expecting it to be an excellent show. It's not too disappointing though. Only the plot isn't that well-planned. 130 mins are hardly enough to move from a story to another. But the ending is not bad. Acceptable.

Noticed I didn't take much photos this CNY, unlike last year. Lacked of CNY mood. Family affairs and ill for twice in 2 weeks took my mood away. But then, the poster outside the Midvalley Watson is really cute. So, we took one there before we left.

Bro with his undone hair

Me with a pale face

Had a piece of Mango Delight at Secret Recipe too. So random huh? Dessert is the best medicine when you are having a bad mood. True enough...

Mmm mmmm... ^^

By the way, 3 more days to go before the release of ACCA results. Gosh... I'm getting panic, you know? Though I'm ready to face the worst outcome, basically all FAILED!

*touchwood*

Still, I wish I could juz get through at least one subject. My main target is to clear off my fundamental paper. I mean Financial Management.

Oh please...

Couldn't do much now. Wait for the results with patience. Hopefully, Streamyx comes back to life by then. I wanna check my results at home. I don't wanna get a heart attack somewhere in the public.

That's so embarassing!

Tragedy

2010-02-18T14:53:00.008+08:00

When everybody was happily looking forward to celebrate CNY, my family on the other hand was left in sorrow. I remember how shocking I was the minute I received the call from mum last Tuesday night. Rushed back to hometown the next day to settle grandpa's funeral. This is the first time I faced such a situation. Go through the pain due to the sudden passing of my close family member.

May grandpa rest in peace at his "new home"...

Feeling really weird not being able to celebrate CNY as normal for the very first time in my life. Was prohibited from sending wishes, getting ang pows, going for house visits and wearing red attire during the 15 days period. But we are allowed to have small family gatherings.

So, we had a belated reunion lunch at Ocean Village Restaurant in Nilai on the second day of CNY.

CNY 2010

Prefer last year's family portrait when grandpa was still around. Happy Family!

CNY 2009

I spent my third day of CNY with my secondary school friends at Pizza Hut. It's been three years since I last met them. Used to work part time during CNY to earn a triple pay. But this year is exceptional.

FAMILY & FRIENDS first...

*wink wink*

(Guys from left): Tian Seng, Tzu Ming, Chee Leong & Kok Yew
(Girls from left): Me, Ai Li, Siew Mei & Sook Hui

Really miss each and every one of them. My beloved hometown gang. Most of us look so different nowadays. Possibly due to our hairstyle and dressing up. Thought of uploading some old photos here to compare us before and after. But the old photos are in hardcopies and I don't have a scanner. Too bad... Some other time then.

Red Red Everywhere

2010-02-06T22:45:00.008+08:00

3 days off last week. The weekends and Federal Day. Weee...

Despite AAA progressive test on Thursday, I still insisted to go for a movie with bro. Not asking for too much. I hadn't been to the cinema since Avatar. Main reason... I was able to persuade my tired-looking bro to accompany me. Haha.

*vroom vroom vroom*

Sped to Pavilion on Monday night. So delighted to see all those CNY decorations were put up. Horray! Quickly collected our tickets for The Spy Next Door and spent the next half an hour taking photos around the mall.

I'll let the photos do the talking...

My grinning face

Bro's matching red polo

Not to be missed "couple"... ROFL!

Movie at 10.30pm and I couldn't wait. I didn't watch the trailer. I didn't read any movie critics. But I juz could sense the humour in the show.

It didn't fail me. Like I said, I was laughing profusely throughout the show. Damn hilarious. Maybe it's not that hilarious. To me, yes... Jackie Chan seems to aged a lot. Noticed all the wrinkles on his face. Still, he did a great job with his role. Couldn't expect more from an amateur like him. Way to go, Jackie!

Did I mention bout my 2 weeks holiday? The first half of the semester ended. So, we are given a middle semester break or whatever it is called. But do you think our lecturers will let us go that easily? Of course NOT! 2 assignments awaiting to be done. Wouldn't be able to enjoy CNY so freely this year. Miserable eh?

That's not the most torturing part. The day when the next half of the semester resumes, I bet many of us will be experiencing a heart attack. ACCA result to be released.

*dup dap dupp dapp duppp dappp*

The list goes on... Progressive tests and internal exam results too. FAINTS!

Drama Addict

2010-01-31T13:27:00.011+08:00

I'm currently alone in my room, in a house with no other than my bro and I. The other housemates are either back to hometown or at work.

Boring Sunday.

As I was filtering files to be transferred to my new lappy, I came across the images I saved in one of my folders. Images of Taiwan dramas that I've watched so far. Remember in my previous posts quite some time ago, I mentioned I have been watching old dramas to keep myself entertained during the ACCA exam period?

Well, it has then become a habit to actually continue watching more and more of them. I'm such an addict!

And hey... I used to be a TVB drama fanatic. Coz I have better understanding in Cantonese. But now, language isn't a barrier anymore. I seem to enjoy Taiwan dramas in Mandarin without the need of subtitles. Practice makes perfect eh???

Let me share my past 2 months drama documentary with you guys... o(^.^)o

It Started With A Kiss <惡作劇之吻>

It Started With A Kiss 2 <惡作劇2吻>

Love or Bread <我的億萬麵包>

Honey & Clover <蜂蜜幸運草>

Summer X Summer <熱情仲夏>

Notice the similarity between the dramas above? To those who did, BINGO! To those who didn't, it doesn't matter.

Before this, I was never once bother bout Joe Cheng's dramas. I used to think fan blogs are exaggeratedly complimenting on how handsome and how talented he is. However, It Started With A Kiss changed my perspective totally. His charismatic roles make me look forward to watch even more of his dramas. Can't wait for It Started With A Kiss 3 to be aired. Heard it should be some time this year.

Next on the recommendation list:

Miss No Good <不良笑花>

Wish To See You Again <這裡發現愛>

Woody Sambo <無敵珊寶妹>

Rolling Love <翻滾吧！蛋炒飯>

Bump Off Lover <愛殺17>

My MVP Valentine <MVP 情人>

The legendary 5566. Super famous during my secondary school days. Awesome boy band. Wonderful songs. Too bad they dismissed some years back. Don't you think guys who play basketball look muscular and manly? Awww...

By the way, Taiwan drama soundtracks can be downloaded from AZN Dramas.

Second Time Around

2010-01-30T21:30:00.004+08:00

Thaipusam. Public holiday. Yippie!

Everyone's out. How could we stay home and miss the fun? There goes my second round shopping in Sungai Wang Plaza.

On the way

Everyone seems to be doing last minute shopping like us. Holy crap! The parking bay was full. The stores were overly congested. The queue at the fitting rooms was at least 20 feet long. The queue at the cashier counter was of the same length.

No kidding.

I should have taken a photo of the situation. But I was too busy picking on clothes.

Mum and I lingered in the same shop for bout an hour plus. Both of us nearly suffocated from the fierce crowd of "bargain hunters". Luckily I suggested dad and bro to have their high tea in a nearby cafe. Our suffering paid off in the end. Mum bought me a dress and herself a blouse.

All I'm lacked now is a pair of shoes and a new handbag.

Went from shop to shop but ended up in vain. Shoes I spotted were either too tall or out of size. Not being able to wear 3 inches heels and size 6 isn't my fault. Blame my height!

Almost 6pm when we finished going around the mall. Time for dinner. Headed to our favourite Super Noodle House.

*drool*

No photos on food. All I could say is the shrimp wanton noodle and white fungus with longan and honey dew dessert are delicious. The beef brisket noodle is as good too.

My beloved family

Besides clothes, I also brought home a "new toy". Guess what???

Aspire 4740G

Latest model from ACER. Woohoo...

CNY Shopping

2010-01-29T19:45:00.003+08:00

Believe it or not, last Saturday was my first round of shopping for the coming Chinese New Year. When most of my friends have stocked up their wardrobe with new clothes, new shoes and new accessories, I'm just in the mist of a head start.

Bro had to work half day. So, I waited for him to pick me up from Times Square before heading to Pudu for lunch with mum and dad. Did some shopping on my own. Bought a set of formal wear at Nichii and a collared T-shirt for bro at Forest.

Bored while waiting for bro to crawl his way out from the jam. I utilised my time shooting CNY decorations.

Auspicious red decorations

After lunch in Pudu, the next stop was Midvalley. Walked from shop to shop - PDI, Padini Authentic, Seed, P&Co, Colours, Voir, Elle, Giordano, Romp, Topshop and even Jusco. I ended up with a foot ache and 4 pieces of T-shirt.

Pathetic!

I'm not being choosy. But the clothes available in the stores ain't my taste. Eww...

Had another photo shooting in Midvalley and The Gardens with bro.

Bro in white, me in purple...

Dinner at Old Town. I ordered the dinner set of Lam Mee, came with soft drink and pudding.

I didn't torture my pudding like how Jia Lun did. Blekz =P

Assignments Once Again

2010-01-29T18:56:00.008+08:00

Last semester no assignment, all progressive tests...
Complained too much to be STUDIED!

This semester 4 assignments, only 2 progressive tests...
Complained too much PRESENTATIONS!

Pretty ironic, isn't it?

For the past 3 weeks, 2AFA students have been annoyed to the max by 2 assignments.

Firstly FDM. Should we invest in Dutch Lady? Should we not? Nobody knows.

Secondly ME. Presentation in Malay language. Duh!

Whatever it is, I kinda enjoyed the time doing business analysis and applying critical thinking skills into the project. From presentation wise, I personally think I performed badly. I spoke like a M16, shooting random piece of information to the audience.
I panicked?

YES!!!

Gosh... I wasn't really being myself that day.

Marks given were not revealed by Mr Tan yet. The wait is killing me. Anyway, sad times would not stop us from having photo session. Muahahaha...

Pretty group members. Love you gals >.<

Our previous P1 & current FDM lecturer, Mr Tan Vooi Giap

Sweeter than honey. Haha...

Future business associates!

Whose finger on the top left corner? *cough cough*

There were more photos in Yee San's handphone. But the idiotic snatch thief took all our memories with him. No backup. Grrr...

Last photo of the day

Does the pose look familiar to any of you? LOL...

Countless Attempts

2010-01-18T22:07:00.012+08:00

Date: 18 January 2010
Time: 10.07 pm
Venue: Room sweet room

Updating blog at this very moment. 1st post of the brand new year! Woohoo...

Happy Belated New Year to you guys.

As usual, time passed really fast. It's the 3rd week of 2010. This should be my longest period of disappearance, eh? I kinda missed out a lot. No post on New Year celebration, no post on New Year resolutions. Practically, I didn't start the new year quite well. It was a HOME ALONE thingy. So, I don't see the need to blog bout it.

Many things happened these few weeks. 3 major issues.

Put them in a summary, shall we?

Issue #1: Assignments
The urge of meeting deadline is back, ruling the life of all 2AFA students. FDM analysis sucks big time. Totally have no idea of what we are crapping in those PowerPoint slides. Will be presenting this Thursday. Hopefully we can bypass Mr Tan with ease. Most of us are worrying over ME. Presentation will be conducted in Malay. Duh... Been 'N' years since I ever use proper Malay in conversation.

Bahasa pasar boleh lah! XD

Issue #2: Double responsibilities
I'm sick of being an assistant course rep and sub-printing manager at the same time. Thinking of the good old times during diploma, I seldom complain bout my work load no matter how bad things turned out to be. But now, I easily get upset and stressed up. For what reason? I don't know. I juz hate how people send unnecessary sms asking me this and that. I hate how people pushed me so hard to get their printing done. Damn! I can't do magics. Look for David Copperfield if you need one.

*puffed*

Issue #3: FM Resit
Gotta face the music again. TODAY! Despite being reluctant, I went through it wholeheartedly. I feel as if I'm going to puke whenever I see those notes. Still, reality is reality. It was my 2nd last chance to clear it off and I guess I screwed it. I don't wish to blame others but the lecturer has to be partly responsible if I failed again. Such nonsense questions he set for the exam! Bloody hell. He implies too much on practical theory which in my opinion, we are not up to that level. Mind you... It's a Skill module. Even a Professional module student like me think it's difficult, how bout the juniors? Why did I have to get a BIG SURPRISE in every FM paper? Am I not worth to get a pass forever?

*CMAO - Crying My Ass Off*

I seriously need an escapade and I realised I hadn't been to the cinema for ages. Sherlock Holmes is still in my pending list and many many many more!

Don't think I'll be able to accomplish this mission too soon. Progressive tests will be seeking in next week. Oh shit... This month is all bout EXAMS. Lifeless January.

2010 ain't a good year for me, I predict...

A Night At The Cinema

2009-12-27T19:38:00.005+08:00

Miracles happened when I was bout to accept a hard fact. It was not something very awful though. But the fact that I nearly had to spend a silent Christmas at home ALONE is a pain in the ass.

"Lonely, lonely Christmas... Merry, merry Christmas..."

True enough when things are at its worst, there'll be a turning point.

I managed to book tickets for Avatar through GSC phone reservation on Christmas Eve. Yahoo! Since my bro and his gal didn't have any plan to themselves either, the 3 of us went to the movie the night after. Errr... Yeah, I became the "lamp post" again as usual. Who cares?

*oolalala*

We were almost late to collect the tickets. Supposedly not. We could easily reach within 20 minutes. But then, all the cars along Jalan Bukit Bintang were heading towards Pavilion. Holy crap! Took us an hour to crawl from Starhill to Menara Genting.

Believe it or not?

At that point of time, I was seriously worried that we would never be able to get a car park and make it to the cinema on time. Juz when we were bout to give up, a half empty parking space opposite Menara Genting caught our attention. As the others were still hunting for a car park, we were already on our way to the cinema. Mission possible!

Avatar is really outstanding. Couldn't agree more. I love the graphics so much. Splendid! Congrats to James Cameron. He did it again. I wished I could watch it in 3D. My friends are telling me the effects are exceptional. Some of them watched it for 3 times. Oh my... Everyone is now obsessed with the Navi's.

It was 12.20am when we left the cinema. The decorations at the entrance were still bright. Surprise surprise... We thought our plan to take photos that night was shattered as we didn't have time to do so before the movie. The lighting would normally turned off before 11pm.

*snap snap snap*

These are the contributions of my 3.2mp phone camera. Fairly acceptable.

Bro & Sis

Couple of the night

Me, me, me...

Our one & only photo together

Thanks to bro and Sze Yi for making my Christmas night so wonderful. What will I be doing for New Year?

Question remains unanswered...

It's Christmas

2009-12-24T23:32:00.009+08:00

I'M B.A.C.K.

Back to my long-abandoned blog.

There's such a long list of things that I would like to blog bout. A whole month of events and happenings. But I don't think I manage to do so. Or should I say... I'm too lazy?

*nodding head*

Whatever it is, I don't wanna miss out blogging bout my best friends aka seniors' birthday. One of the first happiest thing that happened after my miserable ACCA exam.

It was last Friday when we celebrated Phui Mun's belated birthday and Poh Yee's advanced birthday at Canton-i, The Gardens. These cousins were born in the same month, same year. Their age? Err... I don't think I'm allowed to tell the secret. Make your guess. LOL...

I had never been to Canton-i before this. Their interiors resemble a lot like those Hong Kong restaurants that we can see from TV.

Our food from left to right:
1. Jasmine jelly, sea coconut, fungus with iced jasmine tea
2. Wantan noodles with roast pork belly and sui kow dumplings
3. Pomelo and mango sago cream

While waiting for our food to be served, let's camwhore ^^

Ambient environment and good food. The price isn't that cheap but it's worth the taste.

Overall rating: 9/10.

After we finished our lips lickin good noodles and desserts, came the second round. Let the celebration began. I present you the birthday gals...

PHUI MUN & POH YEE

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to Phui Mun & Poh Yee,
Happy birthday to you.

A not so successful self-shot groupie

Yeah! Wishing you gals a brighter future ahead and lots of blessings from health and happiness wise. Sisters forever!

My ever cutie seniors

Here's the birthday chocolate logged cake Ivena bought from a bakery in Jusco.

Before & After

Looks so yummy huh? That's what exactly we had in our mind. But not till we had our first bite of the cake. Yucks... It was SALTY.

No joke. Serious.

The baker must have mistaken the salt as sugar. Gosh... It was the worst cake I ever had in my life. Unforgettable!

Anyway, everything turned out to be fine except for the cake.

Couldn't resist ourselves from those Christmas decorations in the Center Court. It's so grand. Taking photos with such decorations made me feel as though I'm the princess of ancient time in Rome or something. Haha.

That was not all. While on our way to the parking lot, we had a few more shots in The Gardens too. The white butterflies hanging on those Christmas trees are so attractive. Speaking of Christmas, it is now.

MERRY XMAS, everybody!
Ho ho ho...

Big Spender

2009-12-02T14:21:00.009+08:00

OK... Another post from me today.

You must be thinking I'm bout to talk on money matters, judging from the title above. Nope. Wrong!

*buzzer rang*

Not money wise, but time wise.

From my previous post, supposedly I have mentioned bout how I love to watch dramas. Did I? Or did I not? Never mind. Refer to this.

Old habit doesn't change in a night's time. In my case, I think it's getting off hand. I have been watching too many dramas lately and I don't seem to be able to resist myself from the temptation of Youtube. Too convenient huh? By just one click, I could find a playlist with a whole set of drama. Damn!

Here goes... The dramas that I'm done with for the past 2 weeks.

1. Hot Shot <籃球火>

2. Mysterious Incredible Terminator <霹靂MIT>

3. Knock Knock Loving You <敲敲愛上你>

4. Together <愛就宅一起>

5. Hi My Sweetheart <海派甜心>

As you can see... All these dramas aren't new, except for Hi My Sweetheart. Guess I'm too left-out for all these years and now I'm trying to catch up with the flow in a hurry. Oh no... Please no... Not this way... Not now!

Dramas are driving me INSANE.

Any cure for such addiction?

Someone gotta give me a hard blow on the head.

Sweet Escape

2009-12-02T08:37:00.008+08:00

Back with some updates.

2 weeks have passed. Only 2 more weeks left, to be precise 12 days including today. Well well... Speaking of my progress, I would say I'm doing way behind schedule. 3 reasons:

First, I spent too much time watching dramas. Heck... I kinda hope I'm a time traveller. Travel back to 2 weeks ago and seriously start my revision all over again!

Second, I tend to procrastinate while doing my reading. Frequent toilet breaks, snacking, day dreaming, FACEBOOKING???

Third, my irregular bedtime. Worst among all. I'm gradually turning myself into a zombie. Getting to bed at 6am, rise and shine at 3pm. Duh... Maybe this is the reason why large pimples start growing on my face and my eye bags are getting darker each day. Yes, I look horrible these days.

Current status report... stu-DYING!!!

*sigh*

Anyway, I was able to take a few hours off from home, from books to watch a movie with Poh Yee yesterday. It was a sudden decision though. Planned to do it today but Pavilion GSC has very few remaining seats for The Twilight Saga New Moon. Been waiting for months to watch Bella, Edward and Jacob again. Ngek ngek ngek (n_n)

Apparently, guys are not in favour of the show. Only girls are crazy over it. Because of Robert Pattinson? Errr... Maybe. But not solely. I mean if you are asking me, my answer is both YES and NO. It's undeniable Robert Pattinson appears to be almost every girl's dream man ever since his first debut in Twilight. Besides, I'm truly madly deeply in love with the story line. The books are simply amazing. Far better than the movies to be honest. Thanks to Stephanie Mayer for bringing Twilight to life.

Reflection... Purple vs Purple

Before heading to the cinema, we actually spent bout an hour photo shooting at the entrance and the centre court. Muahahaha... The Christmas deco is irresistible.

I'll let the photos do the talking.

Me, Myself & I

Roommate, Poh Yee

Too bad we don't have a high resolution digital camera. All the photos taken are quite blur but still acceptable. Be satisfied with what we have, eh? LOL...

This is my favourite deco.
Santa's sleigh and the reindeers. Hohoho...

By the way, I bumped into Jia Lun, his sis and Shi Teng. What a small world! The first thing he said to me, "We are supposed to be doing revision at home and yet we bumped into each other in Pavilion!" That's so true.

Drama Queen

2009-11-19T21:12:00.010+08:00

Bet there won't be any interesting events to be blogged bout these days. Less than a month before ACCA exam comes alive! Suppose to be working hard on my short notes and mental preparation. But instead, I'm "boiling" dramas at home. LOL...

I did study at night. Mostly after midnight. My usual exam routine. Before I go to bed, I'll browse my Facebook and watch some dramas or videos to relax my mind.

Dramas on air recently are really inspirational. Hence, I'm all again addicted to dramas. The drama queen is back into action! A new drug. A new temptation. Oh shit... Facebook alone is enough to keep me away from books. Now, drama comes into picture.

I'll never be able to escape from THE DEVILS.

*sigh*

Anyway, here's the list of dramas I'm following...

1. Beyond The Realm of Conscience <宮心計>

2. Born Rich <富貴門>

3. Autumn's Concerto <下一站，幸福>

4. Easy Fortune Happy Life <福氣又安康>

5. Black & White <痞子英雄>

Getting so into their OST too, especially those in Autumn's Concerto and Easy Fortune Happy Life. I juz love their lyrics and melody. Bring me that kind of "swaying" feel. Been listening to the songs over and over again.

OMG... Something is so wrong with me!

For god's sake, I'm totally helpless. A freako.

Great dramas make great days, but worst exam results. Isn't a fair trade... (T.T)

When There's No Tomorrow...

2009-11-16T21:37:00.009+08:00

2012 is such a hit these few days. There are people talking bout it everytime, everywhere. Been trying to log into GSC website since last Friday. But failed to even make an online purchase. OMFG! Reminded me of Transformers.

Fine.

Both Poh Yee and I waited till this morning to try our luck. She took a day leave to return her convo attire. So, I drove her to college before we shot off to Midvalley.

Hmm... Don't get us wrong. We are not so crazy over a movie to actually queue for tickets as early as 9.45am. But these people...

Speechless.

It was not time to start business yet. But the queue has already reached the McD entrance. Can you believe it? I took these photos when Poh Yee and I were still enjoying our breakfast at McD.

One word... RIDICULOUS!

Anyway, we managed to get our tickets for 11.45am.

Sign of victory (n_n)v

Still early after my appointment with Dr Suresh. Yeah... I had my retainer adjusted again. Spent the next hour reading at MPH. Not reading alone of course. Haha.

*wink*

You know me!

Girls day out.

Tick tock tick tock... Time for the most important agenda of the day. The most anticipated movie of the month.

Hall 1 was almost full. Only a few seats in front remained unoccupied. Imagine that! It was 11.45am and the hall was 97% occupied. Mind you... The audience were not only students but working adults. I wonder how they sneaked out from work to be in the cinema with us. Annual leave? Duh...

Never mind. None of our business. Took another photo together before the show rolled.

It started off with a man named Adrian in a taxi on the way to visit a friend in India. A little talking between them before his friend brought him to an underground lab. There's this 6000 feet tunnel filled with boiling water somewhere in the lab. I didn't know what it means. Not till Adrian is being introduced as a geology specialist to the US President. Obviously, Obama is not in the film but his look-alike. LOL... From there, the 2012 mystery is slowly unfolded.

Tears drop on my cheeks from time to time. Hell touching. Put yourself into the shoes of people in the movie and you'll understand. 2012 is not even here yet. Who knows? Sorry for my stupid thought. But what if? What if it's true? What are we gonna do?

Enjoy life while you can, guys... Do everything you wanna do...

Hunt for food right after. Planned to savour Nando's. While on our way, we walked pass this restaurant called The Spaghetti Farm. Newly opened. So, we gave it a try.

Nice environment. Price is still reasonable. Range from RM8-RM13 per plate of spaghetti. Add on RM3.20 for cream soup and soft drink. Chicken ham carbonara for me. Chicken bolognese for Poh Yee. Taste okay. Maybe we were hungry then.

Almost 3.30pm when we finished lunch. Time for home. Traffic jam would be starting soon. Off to our car. But before that, dropped by at Memory Lane. Their cute looking soft toys seduced us in. Ngeks...

2 "big" kids in store...

Party People

2009-11-07T00:30:00.013+08:00

First time celebrating Desmond's birthday since he transferred to GAP KLCC sometime in June 2008. Knew him for bout one and a half years. But we are like long time buddies. Who would resist his friendliness and humorous personality?

OK, enough with the compliments. Back to the main subject.

Function: Desmond's pre 24th birthday party
Date: 4 November 2009
Time: 11pm - 4am
Venue: Neway Karaoke, Times Square

My outfit for the night. Black was the theme.

Picked up Bro Kit as usual, followed by Ying, the birthday boy and Pui Yee. Reached Times Square around 9pm. Alex and Chun Kit were already there before us. While waiting for those in the noon shift to finish work, we had a few rounds of bowling and basketball games at the arcade.

GAP "kids" on the run...

Head count before we went into our room. 1...2...3...4...5.......15? Was assigned to room No.2. To my horror, it was the room that we been into during Ying's birthday. OMG... What a coincidence!

Started off with some familiar songs. Desmond took position as the lead singer. The night solely belonged to him. We let him do whatever he wants.

Here are the different categories of photos taken for the night. Featuring...

The SINGLES

The DOUBLES

The GROUPIES

Birthday cake was delivered at 2am. Birthday song was played. Birthday boy made a wish and blew off the candles.

HAPPY 24th BIRTHDAY, Desmond!

May you live life with great joy and good health.

Birthday routine done. Time for trick or treat. Woohoo... How the game went bout?

All of us were given a poker card each when we entered the room. The birthday boy named 2 poker cards of his choice, then picked 2 mystery boxes prepared by Bro Kit. The ones holding the respective cards would opened the boxes to find out their tasks.

Suspense arising...

Khairul & Bro Kit were the organisers with Celyn and Zue, the card holders. Celyn had to drink 2 cans of Tiger beer that she unwrapped from her box. Still OK. But Zue? Oh my... Had to drink beer from a baby potty. Gosh!

As the night moved on, more people were drunk and more crazy stuff could be seen.

Desmond's secret affair with Alex and Khairul.

ROFLMAO...

Obsession

2009-11-06T23:03:00.009+08:00

Arrghh... Long hours of revision classes stopped me from blogging for a few days. Sorry for the late updates. Kinda busy, errr... I supposed VERY BUSY should be more appropriate to be used. Will get things done fast here.

Movie lure came possessing me again. Thanks to my lil bro for asking me to a movie with him and his girl of course. LOL... He wished to watch Phobia 2. But too bad, it was not up for screening yet on Tuesday. But good for me!

*smile with satisfaction*

Jennifer's Body as a substitute. He could keep Phobia 2 for his later date with Sze Yi. Oh ya... That's her in the photo below.

Me being a lamp-post??? Maybe... ^^

Enjoyed watching Megan Fox in action though. As usual, she remains sizzling hot, looking at her best for her role as Jennifer. The only difference is she shows her fangs whenever she goes hungry. You know what happened next? Prepare to lick your lips as you see her ripping off those poor guys' tummy and drank their "delicious" blood to sustain her beau. Eww...

A total different version of Megan Fox. But still, guys out there adore her to the max.

Right right?

Let's continue the excitement with the second movie, The Time Traveller's Wife. A romantic story bout a couple whom the husband is a time traveller. Disappeared to the past or future beyond self control. Now you see him, now you don't. Sounds cool but only God knows how the wife suffered from loneliness and insecurity whenever she found her husband is gone without being informed of where he went to.

So, the moral of the story:

"DON'T simply leave your wife all by herself"

Coming up next... Desmond's birthday blast!

Exploring Big 4

2009-10-28T15:22:00.009+08:00

Some of you must be wondering what the heck Big 4 is. As for accounting students, I don't think further explanation is needed. Straight away these few famous accounting firms would come popping into mind...

PwC
KPMG
Ernst & Young
Deloitte

Yeah, we juz visited one of the Big 4 on Monday. Located next to Sri Pentas and 1U.

GIRLS... Aren't you excited? *wink*

A bit of an intro here. The building has 2 towers. One belongs to IBM and the other belongs to KPMG. There are many other tenants around. KPMG only occupies 6 floors. Their exterior and interior are simply amazing. Professional yet stylish.

The photos alone are very captivating. What bout seeing it with your own eyes?

Upon arrival, we were being welcomed by their HR staff. The first agenda of the tour was a seminar by Ms Peggy from the tax department. Have you get the idea where we were supposed to be heading to? The meeting room.

So, up we went to the 10th floor. Woo...

Saw the portrait of 9 ladies and gentlemen? They are our successors, the current FAS committee. Looking suave in their formal attire. Oh... By the way, this office visit was their first activity. I would say it ran smoothly under Ms Geh's guidance. Kudos juniors!

Some refreshments were provided at the end of the day. Tasty pastries and hot coffee. I personally love the custard puffs the most. Yum yum...

A quick shot of everyone before we left. Nice one!

Meatballs Harass

2009-10-25T00:16:00.007+08:00

Shopping is the best medicine for GIRLS...

Went into every boutique in Damansara Uptown yesterday morning. Apparently, these 3 girls enjoyed it the most, featuring Poh Yee, Ivena and Phui Mun. I was sort of like tagging along actually.

Clothing is not my best interest for the moment. There are a few tops in my closet that I have yet to get a chance to wear them. Well, I did try on a few skirts and shorts but none suit. Size matters. Blame my bulky thighs. Grrr...

Left for 1U around 2.30pm. Here was where we had our second activity. The one I looked forward to. MOVIE TIME!

Nearly late for the show. Collected our tickets, bought some snacks and took our seats. What we were bout to watch?

*Tadaa*

At first, we thought it's a kiddo show. But later WOW... Beyond our expectation. Lots of laughter, lots of moral values, lots of science fictions. Fantastic!

Ratings: 8 out of 10

Here's a lesson I picked up from this movie. Things that come easy are not necessarily good. Kinda reminds me of my exam results. Must work really hard to get paid huh? Yeah right. Whatever! I'm so not in the mood for this issue.

Back to our outing. It's been a while since the 4 of us took photos together.

Take 1 in the toilet (without Phui Mun). Too bad. She was waiting for us outside.

Take 2 in the cinema after the show ended. Using my 3.2mp phone camera. Blur.

Had high tea at Sushi Zanmai right after.

SUSHI... Yummy...

Slightly better than Sushi King. But the bill gave us a great shock.

RM46. What???

We had only bout 7 dishes and 4 glasses of refillable hot green tea.

Higher quality, higher price!

Luckily Phui Mun was the one driving. I looked like a dead fish on the way back.

Do you realise this is the shortest post I ever posted on my blog? Sorry. I'm really exhausted and upset these few days. Have no mood for blogging. But I can't bear to see my blog being abandoned for too long. I'm a responsible blog master. Ngeks...

P/S: Thanks so much to my lovely friends who expressed their continuous concerns over my emotional condition lately. I promise I'll get back on my feet and move forward real soon. Glad to have you guys around. My guardian angels!

*Flying kisses*

Siblings Day Out

2009-10-18T15:13:00.011+08:00

The title says it all. YES... It was some quality sis-bro time together yesterday. But before that, we had to meet up with mum and dad for lunch. I seriously couldn't remember when was the last time I went out with my bro. Been ages I think! He has no time for me ever since he devoted most of his time to his girlfriend and his job.

He offered to be my driver for the day. Woohoo... This kinda opportunity doesn't come frequent, you know? I was forced to drive most of the time but this time he gave in.

While bro was speeding his way, I sat next to him camwhoring. LOL...

Cool. Charm. Crazy.

This is the first time bro featured in my blog, isn't it?

Meet my bro, Mr James "Bond".

The traffic was smooth, so we reached Pudu in just half an hour. Mum and dad also reached bout the same time. Had our lunch at Fatt Kee Restaurant located opposite Pudu Plaza. It's a famous roadside stall specialised in roasted meat especially DUCK. One of the tastiest duck meat in town. Never try, never know!

(Clockwise from top left: BBQ pork, spicy sour vege, roasted duck, dried prawn beancurd)

After lunch, bro and I departed to Pavilion while mum and dad had their own sweet time together. Many people were already queueuing for tickets at the cinema as early as 3.30pm. Luckily the GSC staff were kinda efficient. It was our turn shortly.

"Tickets for 2 adults. Pandorum at 4.40pm please?"

Bout an hour before we could enter the cinema. So, we killed time by taking a few more photos and a stroll around Pavilion.

Sis and bro model wannabe... Ngek ngek ngek...

Dropped by GAP Kids and GAP Adults to look for Alex, Khairul and Chun Kit. But they didn't entertain me much as they were busy serving customers. We also lingered at Sony Ericsson. Spotted a new model, C903. Price RM1,299. Nice to see, nice to touch, but no money to buy. How sad!

Last stop at Starbucks. Caramel Frappucino for me and Caramel Machiatto for bro. Ehem... Successfully sneaked in our "illegal" drinks under bro's jacket.

*phew*

Pandorum is apparently a sci-fi movie. But somehow, those slimy alien creatures gave us goosebumps. How they appeared out of nowhere and how they chewed down those human's internal organs... Yucks! However, the overall story is still a puzzle to me. There are parts that I don't really understand. Wish someone could explain to me =P

Oh ya... I almost forgot to mention bout the man we saw in the cinema. Should be in mid fifties. Sat a row behind us. Incredibly annoying. Wanna know what he did?

He laughed throughout the show...
God dammit!!!

I wondered what was so funny bout the movie that could possibly made him laugh so much. I'm fine with it if we were watching comedy. But sci fi? Bro said he must be insane. Well, that could be the only reason as to why he was laughing and talking to himself. Everyone sitting nearby was so pissed off and stared at him. But he still "syok sendiri". Luckily my bro stopped me from lodging a complaint. Else, he might end up being thrown out half way during the show or blacklisted by GSC.

Wallet dried out at the end of the day. Spent RM80 on movie tickets, Starbucks and parking fee. All on me! Sob...

Had to dine at BRJ. Mee goreng, nasi lemak ayam and 2 teh o' ais limau. Bro paid!

Monday Blues Not

2009-10-12T20:43:00.008+08:00

12th October 2009. Monday.

This is how my day gets a head start...

8am BA lecture at DK ABB. Woke up looking like a zombie. Drove to college with an empty-stomach. Reached there only to find out less than 50% of my coursemates turned up. Duh! Surprisingly, Mr Yeoh's 2 hours internal exam feedback session this morning didn't bore me at all.

Look... I have a good news and a bad news. Which one should I enlighten first?

The good news...
I learnt a lot from his feedback session. He never clearly emphasize on exam techniques before this. He briefed us bout it today. Now I have an idea where I gone wrong.

*Gulp*

The bad news...
I realised my answers could be major wrong. Meaning my BA may be as ill-fated as CR? Oh no... Anyway, I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping both Mr Yeoh and Dr Amy marked my paper with mercy. God bless!

No use crying over spilt milk. In order to reduce the risk for external exam, I signed up for BA revision in Kasturi. Man... November is gonna be a hectic month. Run between Kasturi and McOrange. The fees alone sum up to RM1500. Slightly, more expensive than a sem in TARC. Gotta make sure the return is worth the spending. Else, mum and dad will be so disappointed.

Said has always seem to be easier than done. I'm still being a big fat worm lazing around, avoiding the books whenever I could. LOL...

My bank account showed a balance lesser by RM280 after the registration. Things worsen when I made my way to Times Square while driving back to Wangsa. Was too temptated to watch Surrogates. Managed to catch the 4pm show just on time.

*phew*

This movie kinda blew me off. The visual effects are so real yet so fake. May be impossible these days. But who knows years later? Couldn't imagine myself living in a world of machines though. Creepy! Imagine yourself staying indoors at all times, afraid of injuries and aging or death. Dependent on robotic surrogates to do every task. What life is that?

"Say NO to surrogates. Live humans!"

Errr... Shouldn't have revealed too much. Bet those who have yet to watch the movie are cursing me for spoiling their anticipation. Guys, head to your nearest cinema soon.

Had a light dinner before going home. Been starving throughout the movie.

Old Town butter kaya toast & milk tea

Yummy... Anything would taste like heaven when you are hungry. Oh yes!

Kada-Boom

2009-10-11T01:28:00.010+08:00

Longest BA lecture I had ever attended yesterday. 8 hours including an hour of lunch break. Hmm... Not 8 hours exactly. There were some slacking in between due to technical problems. Long story. To keep it short, I'll just sum up everything.

Basically, problems arose thanks to TARC's poor maintenance and lacked of agility even after so many rounds of complaints. The same old lame excuse would be heard all the time.

TARC is a semi-government institution. No extra funds to improve things in one shot. Don't expect too much.

Hey, it reminds me of Balogun and Hope Hailey's model. The heading sounds:

TARC takes on incremental change instead of a Big Bang. Evolution vs Revolution?

Opps... I bet problems will remain unsolved if words are not turn into action (adopted from Dr Amy =P).

So this morning, Dr Amy and another lecturer had a slight argument because of some equipment in-functionality. As a result, those innocent students as I mean us moved from one venue to another and another. Wasted quite some time and of course, irritated some of us too.

Well, that's TARC. Quality & Affordable Education!

Things finally settled down by 11am. Problems free. One hour later we had our lunch break and when we were back, surprise awaited Dr Amy. It was her birthday and we bought a cake. In substance, it was me who bought the cake. Legally, it was a share by all of us using the course fund. It's mango flavored from Baker's Cottage.

Doesn't it look appetizing? Unfortunately, we didn't get to melt it in our mouth. Couldn't take too much time. Just a quick birthday song and a "short" speech by Dr Amy. Was kinda touched when she claimed to be appreciating everything that we did for her. The whole lecture hall turned silent when she spoke and it was really overwhelming.

Thanks for sacrificing your big day to look after these bunch of "monkeys". LOL...

We dismissed around 4pm. Brought my baby Kembara to service in Sri Rampai and then, shopped for some goodies at Carrefour. Thought of getting a nap when I reached home. But I ended up having dinner at Hometown Steamboat with Poh Yee and Cheng.

Overall, the food was so far so good. The ingredients were fresh and succulent. I love their soups best, both tomyam and broth. They do serve in porridge as well.

We ordered only a 2 persons portion plus a jug of sea coconut drink. Unbelievably, we left with a full tummy. Was it the food or our small appetite that matters? Haha. I seriously have no idea. Try it yourself. Highly recommended for steamboat lovers as an alternative to Restoran Talipon though Hometown may be a little more costly.

Poh Yee paid for the bill. RM42 in total. Her first treat since started working. Thanks for the meal, my roommate! Simply delicious...

P/S: Did anyone realise my hair colour is no longer copper brown?

Grill A Lot

2009-10-09T02:41:00.011+08:00

MIA from Blogger for almost a week. Nothing interesting to be blogged bout, other than my long hours of revision classes. Yup, you are right! I'm back to college. Holidays no more.

Getting back to college this time is not so pleasant. Well, it's time to face the reality. Even on the first day itself, lecturers discussed bout our recent internal exam. Feedback session we call it. As expected, their model answers are so different from what I wrote on my answer scripts. The conclusion...

I SCREWED MY FINAL EXAM!!!

Hooray! Congratulate me for being too nervous in the exam hall. End up writing whole lot of shit. OK, I know I know... I hereby declare my exam is dead. Memorial session on 19 October 2009. Gotta get at least RM80 ready for resits.

Let's stop the exam issue and start with something delighted. Another GAP gathering on Wednesday. I mean 2 days ago. It was a large pre-birthday BBQ party held jointly by GAP KLCC and GAP Pavilion. Our operating manager, Penny also turned up as one of the guest.

Venue: Alex's front yard in Chow Kit
Time: 11pm - 3am
No of attendance: 20 persons

Forgive me. I totally forgot to take photos of the food that we had. Was busy fooling around with my colleagues and newly known GAP Pavilion staff. Never mind. Let me name those I remember. Marinated chicken wings, sausages, fish balls, fried popiah, fried dumplings, fried meehoon, fried rice, watermelons and fizzy drinks. Credits roll to Alex's mum for preparing the ingredients, not forgetting Desmond, Shue Fen and San for doing the shopping.

Done with the food, time for the cake. Common ritual... All of us sang a birthday song, the birthday stars made their wishes, blew out the candles and cut the cake. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my lovely brother Kit, the ever sexy goddess Zue, the charming little Red and GAP Pavilion supervisor, Yen.

I assured you the fun has yet to begin. Didn't end with eating the cake alone. They had a cream war on the streets! Naughty minds came up with evil plans. Some took revenge and some just wanted to have fun. I was only a witness as usual. Please never drag me along. I hate cream as my make up. Haha...

Zue was the first one being attacked by cream. She left around 1am. So, Khairul and Desmond waited for her at the front gate with plates of cream in their hands. She had cream all over her precious face and hair. That should be an awful nightmare for her. All her make up was ruined and she was bout to go for her second date at Uncle Chili's Club in PJ Hilton. Luckily, the guys didn't go overboard. At least, her clothes remained clean.

Second victim was Kit. I wasn't around when Penny and Shue Fen threw the cream at him. Unbelievable... Never knew Penny could be so playful. I thought she's an iron lady. The funniest thing was that she left immediately when Kit found out she was one of the pranksters. Afraid Kit would take revenge with the leftover cream on his cheek. LOL...

These guys are really good in getting the ball rolling. Coming up next was the friendly match in hand wrestling between the Malaysians and Filipinos. Kit was over excited that night. He kept challenging the others to try winning over him. I caught him and Mel in action.

Look at their reactions. Mel looked so relaxed that he even had a few sips of beer while Kit was struggling, using all his might to defeat him. Khairul's head is noticeable in the last photo, smiling for the camera.

The winner of the night...

*drum rolls*

THE FILIPINOS

Malaysians lost 1-3. Better luck next time!

Half of them left by 2am. The ones who stayed sat at the roadside and continue chatting complemented with beers. There was once Alex accidentally dropped a can of beer on the ground. Kit ran after me with the squirt out beer in the can. Dang... How could he?

It was the first time I had BBQ party with GAP-ians and I truly enjoyed it to the max. I get to savor nice food without the need to do the grilling myself. I had Khairul, Alex and Desmond as my personal servants. Haha. I also get to know new friends from the other GAP store. All these while, we only manage to communicate through the phone when we helped customers to make inquiry regarding stock availability.

Last but not least, this is the gift I prepared for Kit. A self-designed mug. To avoid plagiarism, I would say it's half designed by me and the other half by a designer from Print Work located on the 5th floor of Times Square. But the wrapping is 100% done by me. Ngeks...

I hope he likes it.

Mid Autumn Festival

2009-10-04T21:57:00.013+08:00

Mooncakes... Mooncakes... MOONCAKES... Everywhere!

Mouth waters whenever I remind myself of the mooncakes I usually buy every year. My choices would mainly be dragon fruit, ham and nuts and not to be missed the double yolk lotus. Oh gosh. The mooncake sensation is hitting me again.

Couldn't manage to take photos of the REAL mooncakes. So, I search for them in Google. Here goes...

Snow skinned, traditionally baked, piglet-in-the-basket? You name it.

First comes first. I noticed the number of stalls selling them are practically lesser this year. Take Carrefour and Jusco for examples. I remember there used to be a long row of stalls along the corridor. Prominent manufacturers like Tai Thong, 6 Happiness, Kam Lum Tai, Oversea and Baker's Cottage would definitely stationed themselves there. But this year, I saw only 2 of them. Am I being too sensitive or what?

Some random photos I took in Midvalley

Does the economic downturn has anything to do with this? Such a big impact? I ponder... One thing certain. Family reunion dinner, preferably savoring mooncakes and playing lanterns that after while admiring the full moon would still remain as an annual sacrament. Lanterns may not be in favor for us at this age anymore. Afraid of being called childish, but I simply miss those good old days so much. ABSOLUTELY.

Close your eyes. Imagine yourself when you were younger. The simple mindset you had. Running around with your colorful lantern for hours. Meaning of tired unknown. Probably good enough to make you laugh all day. Hmm... Did you just smile while those memories flashing by your head? Isn't that something each of us wish for nowadays?

By the way, there's this Pesta Tanglung Satu Malaysia right here in Desa Setapak tonight. Seems to be a huge event. There were roadblocks at every junction near my condo as the stage was set up in the middle of the road. What bout that? Heard some Datuks dropped by for the opening ceremony. Fireworks could be heard every hour. They must have incurred a lot of money on this. Was too lazy to go down to check out the crowd. I bet the aunties and uncles in my neighborhood should be enjoying themselves watching lion dance or some chinese choir.

Last before I sign off, would like to share a video with you guys. Click on the link:
Going Home (A short film on Dementia)

A must watch. Seriously poignant documentary. Some of you might have an idea when I posted it on Facebook 2 days ago.

HAPPY MID AUTUMN FESTIVAL!

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Revision starts tomorrow. I HATE this part right here...

Yes Ma'am

2009-10-03T03:17:00.012+08:00

The short break is coming to its end. Can I ASK FOR MORE please?

Peeps, timetable for the coming revision classes is uploaded in the college intranet. Check it out. I stunned when I looked at the schedule. Florida's song came to play.

"You spin my head right round, right round..."

NO JOKE. I can't believe this. I'll be having classes for at least 3 hours on weekdays and a 9 hours class on a Saturday. WHAT? Is this what they call revisions? I was hoping they made a mistake putting up the wrong timing. Tell me they did. Tell me they did. OMG!

Shit happens. Yeah, I know. Hallelujah. Accept the fact. I can't stop the lecturers from doing their part, but no one can stop me from skipping classes eh?

*evil grins*

Besides the timetable, my house gave me a headache too. I understand everyone was busy, either with their jobs or exams lately. No one seem to care bout the house condition. Rather spent time with their computers or books. Fine. I endured the stained basin, the smudged toilet bowl and what's more, the dusty floor. But my endurance has a limit.

It's not the first time I'm the one who end up getting my hands on house cleaning operations. Luckily there's Lik Keong, our handy "houseman". Living room, kitchen, balcony and not to forget his own room and bathroom are his responsibilities. Leaving only the other bathroom and my own room to my charge.

Shouldn't be complaining too much. But then, I'm not the only one using the other bathroom and basin. Yet, I'm the only one doing the most work. Duh...

Worked myself like a maid just a few hours ago. Swept and mopped the floor, scrubbed the basin and toilet bowl. I imagined myself as Snow White while doing the chores. Unfortunately, I have no little animals helping me with the cleaning. Spent almost 2 hours getting everything done alone.

The extreme make over results:

Splendid! My room, the basin and the bathroom sparkling white. My hard work paid off. Should give myself a round of applause.

*Clap clap clap*

Let's see how long the sparks can last. A week? 2 weeks?

I doubt...

Double Shot

2009-09-30T22:19:00.014+08:00

Third day of the break.

I finally watched G-Force 3D. Horray! But this time not alone. I was accompanied by Luke and we spent some "mummy and son" time together. LOL...

Luke bought tickets for the earliest session at 11.30am. Kinda hard for me to actually get up from bed. The benefits? No jam. Smooth traffic. Reached Midvalley within 20 minutes, which usually took me no lesser than an hour. Lots of parking to choose from. One thing bad... The cinema was so empty. I could count the audience using only my 10 fingers. The air-cond was god damn cold. Surrounding was quiet. No fun!

Quite ashamed to admit the fact that it was my first time watching 3D movie. I was very excited. So, the show started. I put on my glasses. High anticipation to experience something new that make me bounce off my seat maybe. But my heart sank after a few minutes. Duh! Not much of difference compared to ordinary screening. Paid RM17 for petite disappointment.

*sigh*

Anyway, credits roll to the guinea pigs and the mole. Darwin, Hurley, Blaster, Juarez and Speckles. They are all so cheeky. Great stunts and witty characters. Had some good laughs from time to time. Well, would rate it 7 out of 10. Hey, nearly forgotten the photo of us with our 3D glasses on!

Newly recruited G-Force agents *woohoo*

Almost 2.15pm when the show ended. Hunger pangs knocking on our tummy walls. Luke's favourite, Carls Jr stood right in front of our eyes as we exited the cinema. Since he missed the beef burgers so much, alright... I agreed to have our lunch there.

2 sets of Beef Bacon Cheeseburgers. Medium for me, Large for him...

Luke vs Laura... Who's cuter?

P/S: Jia Lun, this photo is exceptionally taken for you as requested by pig baby. He said you'll be damn frustrated seeing us enjoying those round juicy burgers to bits. Haha. His fault.

Both of us had a long chat during the meal. Been quite some time since we hangout together. Really. Conversation mostly on the recent exams and gossips bout "some other people". Shhh... Secret should remain confidential. Sorry folks. Sat at Carls Jr for more than an hour before we bid farewell and moved to different directions.

To my surprise, I bumped into Mawi and Farah Fauzana who acted in Jin Notti. Chinese and Indians may not heard of them and wondering who the hell they are. Got a quick snap when he was posing with his fans though.

Mawi, one of the Akademi Fantasia champions

It was only 3.20pm when I was bout to leave. My heart repeatedly saying NO. Huh? Took a glance at the Gamer poster. Oh... So, that was the reason behind? My mind immediately did the thinking. Couldn't resist the temptation. My legs automatically walked back to the cinema. Bought the ticket and waited to get in. OK, second movie was all by myself.

Wow... Gerard Butler had a completely different role in this movie. I love him better in The Ugly Truth. I was blurred at the very beginning. Several guys were holding some snipers shooting everywhere. Blood spatting all over. Eww... Awful! Later on, the truth revealed. Gamer is basically bout a psychopathic freak who controls a bunch of prisoners convicted with serious crimes in a game named Slayers by planting a microchip into their heads. Those prisoners would be freed if they win a total of 30 rounds in the game. Sounds crazy? Wait till you watch it with your own eyes. Are you game?

The end of Gamer marked the end of my day too. Enough of loitering in the mall. Let's get home. Before that, take a look at my movie checklist.

The Ugly Truth (checked)
G-Force 3D (checked)
Gamer (checked)

Mission accomplished. Well done, Laura!

Guess what greeted me as I was leaving Midvalley?

*drum rolls*

TRAFFIC JAM.
Not again?

Meet The Parents

2009-09-29T01:18:00.013+08:00

Monday blues no more. Yesterday was officially the first day of my sem break. Instead of waking up at 7am to attend Ms Chin's CR tutorial, I crawled out of bed around 12 noon. Quickly took a shower, dressed up and drove my way to Midvalley. Had an appointment with the orthodontist to get my retainer adjusted and a date with my parents. It's been a month since I last met them.

Traffic was smooth throughout the whole journey till I reached Jalan Syed Putra. Parents parked their cars along the road outside Kuan Cheng High School while waiting for their kids to finish school.

See how ridiculous the jam was. It happens everyday without fail from Monday to Friday. The school should take actions to solve the problem. It's not being considerate at all, letting innocent road users to suffer such a jam. Speaking of corporate social responsibility, eh?

Reached Midvalley in the next 20 minutes. Mum and dad were already waiting for me at the clinic. Dr Suresh greeted me cheerfully as I stepped in and announced that the gaps between my teeth have became less visible. The usage of retainer can be reduced to only night wear. So glad to hear that.

Dad reminded me not to lose my retainer again. Yeah, I lost my old ones 2 months ago. The one I'm currently wearing was the replacement, cost me RM350 for only the upper jaw. But the result is priceless.

Headed to lunch after we left the clinic. Upon dad's suggestion, we tried out a restaurant just 2 doors away from the clinic.

Name: Noodle Station
Location: 2nd floor, South Court, Midvalley

Dad loves its environment a lot. He said he felt harmony and peace. As you can see from the photos, the cooking area is in the shop and the seats are placed at the foyer. People would be deceived by its name, thinking only noodles were being served. Of course noodles is its main course on the menu. Western food are also available.

I ordered grilled chicken with brown sauce and iced peach tea to quench my thirst. Mum had her favourite Coke and a chocolate nut ice cream. Dad drank only a glass of hot jasmine tea. I was the only one eating. Mum and dad had brunch before they traveled from Nilai.

(Clockwise from top left: Grilled chicken with brown sauce, chocolate nut ice cream, hot jasmine tea, the menu, iced peach tea)

While I was busy chomping down my meal, I snapped a candid of my parents who were busy talking on the other side of the table. Gotcha! Haha...

My beloved mum & dad. Who do I look alike most?

Off to shopping at Carrefour when I finished up my food. Has been running out of daily necessities as I last shopped for groceries 2 weeks ago. Dad bought me some mooncakes as well. Thanks dad.

My parents left at 5pm to avoid the jam in the KTM. I was not ready to go back yet. So, I went to the cinema hoping to be able to buy a ticket for The Ugly Truth. Oh shit! Missed the 4.30pm session. Never mind. I bought the ticket for 7pm.

What should I do for the remaining 2 hours? For no reason, Twilight came to my mind. Uhuh... Instantly recalled I have yet to finish reading the book the night before. Went to MPH, looked for the book and dived myself into the world of vampires.

I love Twilight very much!

Worth waiting 2 hours to watch The Ugly Truth. As I'm a big fan of comedic love story, I truly enjoyed the show. Similar to The Proposal, the plot revolves around a guy and a woman who don't see things eye to eye with each other at first but love sparkles towards the end. Well, The Ugly Truth has more sense of humour and sex elements including some censored sex scenes, sex jokes and sex language. Make sure you are an audience above the age of 18. LOL...

Movies on the list:
The Ugly Truth (checked)
Gamer (still pending)
G-Force 3D (coming soon... probably be my next post *grin*)

One day of holiday gone. 6 days left!

Risk & Reward

2009-09-27T00:17:00.013+08:00

Tanggal dua puluh enam,
Bulan sembilan,
Dua ribu sembilan,
MERDEKA, MERDEKA, tetaplah MERDEKA,
Ia pasti menjadi sejarah!

Ngek ngek ngek... Sorry to the composer for violating his copyright.

I couldn't believe myself to have survived the devastating exam period. Sleepless nights, nasty nightmares, lost of appetite, dark eye bags and worst still ZITS! Would take me at least 2 weeks to fix my look. Naaa... Ironically, my skin is never zits free. But at least they were hardly visible. I told my friends that I look as if I'm 10 years older. Haha.

My exam mission is temporarily over. Revision for ACCA starts in a week's time. Couldn't care much about it. All I wanna do now is to pamper myself with some shopping, movies and perhaps not to forget good food.

Was in Times Square this afternoon. Poh Yee and Cheng are holidaying in Genting. The rest were at work. No point for me to be home alone. Strolled around the mall for 2 hours. More of a window shopping spree. Caught a glimpse of some pretty nice tops. Held them for a minute or two.

Buy? Not buy? Buy? Not buy?

At the end, empty handed! Seemed to be a waste of time. Should have just stay at home, napping or facebooking instead. Uhuh...

Failed to shop. Let's not fail to eat. Passed by this dessert shop, Sweet Chat located at the lower ground floor. I have always wanted to give it a try. Their posters of desserts on the wall simply attracted me. Clever marketing skills. Hey, BA knowledge could be applied here. Haha.

Ordered its Mango Mountain which is actually the normal mango sago. Costed me almost RM8. I can easily get it at the night market for RM3. But this one comes with large portion of mangoes. A good trade anyway. So, this is my so called reward for the day!

Wished to continue my "one day shop alone" outing with a movie. But I was too tired to bring myself to the cinema. There's a long list of movies that I'm interested with.

The Ugly Truth, Gamer and the ever cute G-Force.

Movies, anyone?

Selamat Hari Raya

2009-09-20T21:40:00.014+08:00

Hari Raya is one of the best celebrations we have in Malaysia. The main attraction would definitely be the food. Perhaps youngsters like us might be eyeing for some duit raya instead.

Since I was younger, dad used to bring us for visits to his Malay friends' home. The one that I enjoy most is at Pak Cik Zainal's who stays in Sentul. His wife is a very good cook. She always prepare a variety of traditional Malay delicacies for their guests. Her biggest task of the year. Must be darn tiring.

Too bad I missed it this year. Thanks to my final exam. Dad asked me to stay at home and study.

Argghh... I want all the GOOD FOOD!

Among my favourites: Nasi beriyani, lemang, sayur lemak, rendang, ayam percik

That's not all. I'm a big fan for cookies too.

Slurrpp...

Why on earth did Hari Raya fall in between our exams? Whenever I heard the fireworks, I would be annoyed. Thinking bout those people who are enjoying themselves while we are burying ourselves with books as thick as a plank. So unfair.

I WANT MY HOLIDAYS!

If it isn't the exam period, I would be earning as much as RM400 working for only 2 days of public holiday. High opportunity costs I'm bearing indeed. There's nothing that I can do to change the fact. All I can do is to blame the bad timing. Yeah, put the blame on something else. LMAO.

Anyway, wish all the Muslims SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI and the non-Muslims HAPPY HOLIDAYS...

Feelings Cafe

2009-09-17T20:31:00.012+08:00

War starts tomorrow. Time to face the music. Read and read and read. Still, my mind is like a total blank sheet. Status: zero data stored. Dang!

Whatever. I juz couldn't miss my housemate's birthday celebration. It's one of our house rules to celebrate everyone's birthday ever since we moved in. Haha. Usually we planned celebrations among us. Yesterday was the first time we celebrated together with outsiders.

First of all, may I present you the birthday boy?

- MR LAU LIK KEONG -

Happy 23rd Birthday, Siu Keong! Ngeks...

See... That's him holding 2 birthday cakes. How lucky! Initially, Poh Yee and I thought of asking him to go for a drink and bring out the birthday cake as a surprise when 12am struck. Later we found out his college mates and colleagues were planning the same. Why not combine both? Good idea. So, we went to his favourite hang out place. FEELINGS CAFE.

We were the only girls among the 8 guys, including the birthday boy of course. Felt awkward in the beginning. I only know 2 of his friends. The rest were complete strangers. But we mixed together quite well. Nothing is more important than the birthday boy is happy.

While browsing through my photo gallery, I came across all our birthday photos so far.

(Clockwise from top left: Wei Ling, Me, Lik Keong, Poh Yee)

Our birthday cake... Yum yum...

These photos worth a million dollars. Wei Ling has left the house as she moved back to her hometown for internship 4 months ago. Only 3 of us remain as housemates. Truthfully, I really treasure the 2 years period of stay in this house. Best housemates I ever had!

Maridel's Birthday

2009-09-14T16:44:00.024+08:00

GAP-ians were on the go again. This time not to karaoke... Not to steamboat... Not to barbecue... Something that we have never tried before. We went for a dinner on 1st September 2009 at a Thai restaurant along Jalan Ampang. It's located between Ampang Park and Plaza OSK named
THAI BANGKOK CONNEXION RESTAURANT & BAR.

Honestly, I never notice the existence of this restaurant all the while. My first impression... It has a nice interior. There's bright colorful neon lighting in and out of the building. Suppose to have attracted many bar lovers. But to my surprise, we were the only customers. Are you kidding me?

Had a kind of funny feeling. Must be something wrong somewhere. Else, why would there be no other customers? Anyway, we took the benefit to "own" the whole restaurant without paying the large sum for it. Indeed an awesome deal!

We were entertained by a band consists of an Indian lady and 3 Thai men. She sang pretty well and her dance moves were gorgeous. HOT STUFF BABE! Made us dancing to the beat on our chairs.

Move your booty, move your booty...

Almost forgot to mention the purpose of this gathering. Del's 23rd birthday today. As usual, we don't celebrate birthdays on the exact date, either earlier or later. Del had fun to the max that night. From drinking various liquors to dancing on the stage. Way to go girl.

Craziness has yet come to an end. Time to cut the cake. We requested the DJ to play a birthday song and dedicated a birthday message to Del. It read:

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO FUCKING AUNTIE MARIDEL"

Woopss... I know it's mean but that was the special message written by our creative Abang Khairul. Hahaha. So the party went on. Del cut the cake. Blow the candles. The next minute... *popped*

The entire cake was on her face!!!

Pity the birthday girl. The place was then in a complete mess. Didn't know who actually played the prank. Never seem to have enough, they even threw the bits of cake on the floor at each other. Goodness... I stood at one corner to excape from the whole "play thing". Clever me.

Anyway, I felt sorry to the waiters and waitresses who were looking on. They must be cursing us in their heart for giving them more cleaning work to do before they could go off. We were truly sorry.

Almost 2am when we left. Del was half drunk. Her face was red like a cherry tomato. LOL... Zue took Del and Mel home. I drove Jie Ying and the rest of the guys were in Desmond's car. Proud to say this was the only gathering we had with least drunken people. Horray!

The latest portrait of our GAP family. Love you guys...

P/S: The photographer sucks... XD

I'm Lovin It

2009-09-12T16:41:00.021+08:00

Couldn't bring myself to sleep yesterday. So I burned the midnight oil studying P1. Alone. In the living room. Almost done with the whole book. Only bout 2-3 chapters left.

Was too focused with my reading then. When I looked at the clock, it struck 5.10am. OMG... Already morning? Time for bed. While packing my stuff, my mind suddenly flied to McD. Reminded me of its spongy sausage mcmuffin, crispy hash brown and refreshing hot tea. My FA-VOU-RITES!

Worse still my tummy started to growl right after. Oh shit. Couldn't resist the temptation. Within a min, I was in my car driving towards Taman Melati McD.

Not many people at that hour. Only a few tables were occupied by TARC students. It's a trend to so-called "study" at McD during the exam period. Yeah, I brought my P1 textbook with me as well. Thought of reading a few more pages before I call off the day. Hahaha.

Here it is. My potion to pass P1.

Mmm mmmmm... *saliva drools*

It's been a while since I had McD breakfast. Usually go to McD along MRR2 together with Poh Yee and Cheng whenever he came for sleep overs. Well, this time I was all alone. But this reason didn't spoil the appetite for my breakfast.

There was something else that ruined my mood in the delighted morning. Not far from where I was, sat a group of guys from one of the programming courses. Fine at first. Just like any other student, they were reading silently. Their true colours revealed when they were in queue to order their food. Leaving one of them behind to look after their bags.

Let their conversation do the talking...

Cast
Guy A at the table
Guy B & Guy C in the queue

(While queuing...)
Guy B: Hey, what do you want me to order for you?
Guy A: Hmm... I think I want chicken.
Guy B: Chicken? You sure?
Guy A: Hmm... Never mind la. I want pepperoni. Wanna eat beef.
Guy B: Okok.
Guy A: Ask them to make the skin thicker. More cheese.
Guy B: Not skin la. That's call stuffed crust.
Guy A: Yeah right.

(While ordering...)
Guy B: Hey, they said no more pepperoni.
Guy A: Huh? Then arr... Steak tenderloin?
Guy B: Waa... Tenderloin?
Guy A: Nola. Nola. Lamb shank. Lamb shank.
Guy B: Lamb shank? What is that? Never heard before.
Guy A: Why you so stupid?
Guy C: You guys... Stop crapping!

How foolish! Imagine the staff at the counter was waiting to take their orders and the rest of us were listening to their LOUD & PROUD conversation. They were obviously making fun of themselves. Bloody useless guys. Their conversation continued as they were eating. Never seem to stop.

DAMMIT. Didn't they realise they were seriously annoying everyone in the restaurant? Beh tahan sitting there any longer. Everything I read didn't seem to be saved into my memory. So I left and Guy A was looking as I walked to the door. Idiot fellow. How I wished to scream at him "NEVER see a leng lui before throughout your life arr???" LMAO...

Listened to songs on my car radio to distract myself from thinking bout the incident in McD. Couldn't wait to get home. My eyes were tired. My brain was jammed. While waiting for the traffic light to turn green at a junction, I snapped a photo of my sleepy look.

Gosh... Look at the dark circle around my eyes & the pimples on my face. Heart ache!

Cinema Mania

2009-09-11T14:22:00.027+08:00

Lately movie-goers seem to be so attracted to thriller and horror genre sorta films. Namely, infamous Orphan and recently Final Destination 4.

Eerie posters. Eww...

Most of my friends were frantically talking bout it ever since before they previewed. Those who have already watched them gave 2 thumbs up. Plenty of good reviews especially for Orphan. As quoted by Jia Lun, "This movie is so juicy. You can never predict what's gonna happen next!"

To be honest, I was tempted to give it a try. Can easily be influenced by my peers. Unfortunately I'm not a big fan. NOT because I'm not interested, but I just choose not to watch. Got what I mean? Yes, I'm a scared... I chicken out...

Precisely, I have a super imaginative mindset. I tend to imagine things that aren't real. Am I sick? Maybe. I don't know. Such typical mindset ain't something to be proud of. Really.

Despite the rest were queuing long for tickets to watch something that bring chill down their spines, I opt for comedies or sci-fi. Don't be envy. I told you I'm "special". Haha.

(Clockwise from top left) Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince,
Ice Age 3: The Dawn of Dinosaur, GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra,
Imagine That, I Love You Beth Cooper, The Proposal

I simply adore these films...

I only watched 2 Harry Potter series so far. Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince is the second attempt. Heard the previous series were better off. Maybe this one has a slower-moving plot. Nevertheless, its ending makes me wonder what Harry Potter is up to in the coming series.

Don't really fancy animation nowadays but Ice Age 3 is worth watching. I couldn't help myself laughing at the 2 squirrels fighting over an acorn. OMG... These 2 creatures are basically the heart of attention.

GI Joe is a truly sci-fi, action packed film. You can see unbelievable theories and technologies that have yet to be found in the world. But I believe it wouldn't be impossible in a few more decades. Don't you think so?

Been missing the chance to watch The Proposal for a few times. Luckily, I grabbed the chance at last or I would be regretting. It's like any other love story but Sandra Bullock makes it a WOW... She has the attitude for her role . The right actress for the right film!

I Love You Beth Cooper isn't as good as expected. I was fond of its trailer. Anyway, I enjoyed seeing how Hayden Pannettiere ran into everything with her car like nobody's business. That's pretty cool.

Watched Imagine That with Luke, Jia Lun and Kok Loong. I insisted not to watch Orphan that nite so, they obeyed reluctantly. Both Luke and Jia Lun gave bad remarks bout it. They were demonstrating their disatisfaction that we should go for Orphan instead. Kok Loong and I on the other hand were on the same boat. We were keen with Eddie Murphy's acting. He's a witty actor. The whole story was bout family values which makes the second reason I like this film. Weee...

Alright, enough of me blogging. Gotta get back to my long-abandoned books. Ciao!

9th September 2009

2009-09-09T15:11:00.021+08:00

Woke up late as usual around 12 noon. LOL... Know what you people have in mind.

"Laura's lazy... Laura's a pig... Bad bad habit... This and that... Lalalala..."

I don't give a damn. Study week. No more 8am class. Sleep late. Let's cheer. Yahooooo!!!

Online once I'm done with my after-bed routine only to realise it's 999. Nope... Not the police phone number. I mean today's date 9th September 2009 @ 090909.

Juz like what happened last year, there was 080808 and the year before 070707 and so forth. As far as I could remember, 070707 was an unlucky sign for Christians. Forgot the real reason though. 080808 on the other hand means wealthiness ("fatt fatt fatt") to Chinese.

How bout 09/09/09?

I googled it. The results...

Today is a date of auspicious omen.
Happened only once in a hundred years.
A day of interconnectedness.
A day to step yourself into the world energies.

It comes with a few photos. Somewhat like dimension kinda thing. No idea what they are exactly.

Reminded me of kaleidoscope...

Hmm... What do you think?

I also came across several articles bout Chinese couples getting married today as they believe their marriage will certainly last forever. How superstitious! No doubt, number 9 in Chinese represents long-lasting. May God bless them with happiness then.

I may not believe 100% but somehow, a small part of me is attracted to the so-called rumour. What bout.. Whatever I read in the books today will stick in my head long enough till the exam is over? Haha. I juz made myself sounded so...

Silly. Naive. Childish.

Yeah right!

Supper at Jogoya

2009-09-07T21:42:00.027+08:00

Finally my Streamyx gets back to normal. Been without internet for a few days. It was like living in the hell. No Facebook... No Youtube... No Blogger...

Have yet to post bout the supper I had at Jogoya 2 weeks ago. Went there at the last day of its BUY 1 FREE 1 supper promotion. 6 of us altogether. Ate all we wanted before catching a midnight movie at GSC Pavilion.

This is what happened while on our way to Jogoya. Dropped by at the fountain right in front of the Pavilion main entrance. The lighting is awesome. So colourful.

Take one with piggy Luke and his Lun Lin. Opss... I mean Jia Lun.

Take two with Kok Loong and Jia Lun again. This time I looked like a little white lamb being eyed by 2 wolves. Picked up the dialogue which Luke used in one of his comment in Facebook.

Kok Loong: What's wrong with Laura ya?
Jia Lun: Hmm... Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Laura: Damn these guys!!! Hamsap lou...

Pretty creative huh?

Reached Jogoya too early. Ended up waiting in the queue for 45 mins. Passed time with camwhoring. Haha. There was this poster with a kid which Luke and Jia Lun were trying to imitate.

Participant 1: Luke Ooi Cho Loong

Participant 2: Chong Jia Lun

Vote for your favourite through comments. Each comment is free of charge!

Once we were in, each of us rushed to the counters and grabbed as much food as we could. In no time, the table was no longer empty.

Nope, these were not all we had. Only part of it.

Take a look at the varieties of scrumptious food to satisfy your taste buds. Was unable to take a photo of each counter though. Too busy savouring the food we had on our table. Too bad the free-flow wain wasn't available that night. LOL...

Sushi

Western food

Cookies & desserts

Of course we didn't sit still throughout our makan session. Took some time off to snap some photos here and there as we don't always get the chance to gather at such expensive restaurant.

The couple of the night, Chiew Wah & Ivan

Course committee weirdos

There must be a personal photo of myself as well. Thanks to Jia Lun, the photographer for such a nice shot. I love it so much...

Do I look like a model? *wink*

It's true to say that things will never be normal when you have guys around. Especially when you have extraordinary guys with you. Wanna know who they are? Stay tune...

Disclaimer: The following photos are only suitable for the view of 18 years and above. Children are advised to view them under the guidance of parents.

Are you ready?

Let's kick off with the legendary kissing chain. Started by Kok Loong --> Luke --> Jia Lun. And now, he passed it on to Ivan. Poor Ivan. I wonder who's the next victim. Beware guys!

C'mon baby... *smooch smooch*

More to come. More advanced. More sexual intense. Tada tada...

Luke with his coconut boobs

Jia Lun with his coconut balls

Wahahaha... Can't stop laughing at the photos myself.

The overall supper was good. Ambience surrounding. Yummy-licious food. Good peers. Give it a rating of 8 out of 10.

Last photo before leaving for our movie. Cheese...

Rainy Tuesday

2009-09-01T11:58:00.013+08:00

Weekend comes to end. Weekdays come to start. Argghh... Gotta get back to college, attend lectures and tutorials. Can't the weekend be a lil longer? Though yesterday was an additional public holiday, I never seem to have enough of days off. Greedy me! But I bet everyone agrees to this.

It's already Week 15. Getting some nerves towards the exam. Read a chapter in the CR textbook before sleep yesterday. Well, it's a good start. At least I did something. Only PA is still in the KIV status. U know... "Keep in view". Haha.

Almost late for BA tutorial this morning. The weather was so cooling. I was snuggling in my warm blanket when my alarm rang. Raining mildly when I left home. Dammit! I hate to get my feet wet. Walked a long way to K block from the car park. The building is shabby and it looks as if it's haunted. Eww... Mosquitoes are everywhere. Bad morning huh?

Having my lunch break now. Ms Chin's lecture at 2pm. Gonna take a quick nap to get my brain ready for a torturing 2 and a half hours session of accounting standards. FRS... IC Interpretation... IFRIC...

*headache*

Happy Independence Day, Malaysia!

2009-08-30T17:52:00.007+08:00

Let's get things started here today, at this very moment, in conjunction with our Independence Day eve. Oh yes... Tomorrow marks Malaysia's 52nd year free from British colonial rule. Our prime ministers have been performing their role well enough to preserve our country's independence for that long huh? Seems like it.

So this is our current Prime Minister, Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Abdul Razak.

Independence Day eve is meant for Malaysians to gather at the heart of Kuala Lumpur and countdown for 12am to struck. But then, I didn't do that for bout 3 years. Why? Coz TARC exams always fall around that period. Another reason would be, I'm quite reluctant to squeeze myself into the huge crowd. Mind you... H1N1 is getting more serious. You would choose to be safe and stay at home instead.

Speaking bout exams, I have yet to complete even a 10% of the overall revision progress. Die hard this time! Will get a headache for sure whenever I see the books "smiling" at me. Sounds familiar? Ms Chin always say that. Remember?

Around 6 more hours to go before midnight. It's 6.30pm. Let's take some time off to have dinner and FACEBOOKING, shall I? LOL...

By the way, Happy Birthday Malaysia... I love you!