Reckless Abandonment

forget about the price tag (;

2011-08-02T02:30:00.004+08:00

kadoosh! oh the injustice i have done to this blog. well, not like anyone's bothered anyway :P i've been bumming around for a good 62 days ever since exams ended! :D but my happy bubble will soon be non-existent as august 18th looms near :( that's the date that my future will be decided ; cardiff or twinning at help. ohmahgawd. okay whatever it is, i shall ignore that for now. if i do meet my offer, i've got 44 days left in malaysia O_O.. that's too fast. :( so.. what have i been doing?

i've been cooking quite a bit. trial run to practice living alone in the UK. decided not to take catered accommodation, so i'll be doing most of the cooking on my own. or i COULD be lazy and eat out/have take out more often. but that's bad ;( and unhealthy. and expensive. i'm asian and i'm kiamsiap. heh :P so here are the nasty non-appetizing pictures! cooking, not so good. but baking for me will be fine i guess :D pretty proud of my red velvet cake! :D:D though i can't survive on confectioneries my whole time there ._. i'd get so fat, nobody would recognize me when i come back for summer hols :( . POOFY FACE. :/

chicken patty, bacon and fried egg for my sister's breakfast (;

my pathetic one persons meal :( fried.. everything. :P and microwaved rice T.T but it tasted not too bad and it was edible (; didn't suffer from diarrhea so all's good! hah.

my failed 'carbonara' pasta. didn't have enough ingredients so i screwed it up and sauce was too little :( though it tasted not too bad hahahahahaha :X it did become thick and creamy when i heat it up the next day :O *defensive mode* LOL.

my 4 layered red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting! nyom nyom nomnoms :D

but actually, the thing that's been taking up most of my time and attention is actually my newly opened blogshop with hwee ling & seow :D oh crikey, it took me one week to actually blog and advertise about it. by now i'm pretty sure my circle of friends have already visited it, but i'll post it here anyway! (; so far, so good :D do check it out and spread the word if you haven't! http://www.dulce-chic.blogspot.com new arrivals almost every week i reckon (; ? i hope :D i guess so ._. heh!

just some photos of what you can find at the blog shop! heeeeeeee (; click click clickity! kthxbai!

rhythm of love ❤

2011-07-03T12:59:00.003+08:00

hellooo dead space ! a-level's is officially over for me *runs around doing the chicken dance*! all i'm doing right now is bumming around and spending time with the family since my sister who's working abroad is back on holiday till july 9th. she came back to surprise my dad for father's day and celebrate my parent's birthday plus hers :D i've been waking up at 8am every single day to go out and i have yet to sleep in and laze around all day since exams ended for me on june 24th. on a side note, maxine lee surprised the heck out of me by coming back from australia for winter holidays! evil beej lied to me saying she'll be working there :( but teehehehehee! she showed up at my gate to surprise me one afternoon. sneaky little thing, she!

rosie's birthday cake from australian confectionery. stitch cake!

exam results are due to come out on august the 18th, bleaugh. so until then, i'm not going to think about it. tentatively, hopefully i'm to fly off to london on september the 15th. so i've got 74 days left in KL? o_O prom was on the 30th of june at sheration imperial KL, again. (again because i had my high school prom there as well back in 2009 ._. ) i'm not going to get into any details because honestly, i didn't enjoy myself all that much. just don't get me started ;( i spent tons on this prom, which i wish i didn't. the only consolation would be my ever so accommodating, attentive and adorable date. he got me a corsage and a bouquet of roses. cheesy :P not to forget my friends :3 i told myself i wouldn't make the same mistakes i did in 2009 by clinging on to my date and missing out on cam whoring with everyone else, so yeah. pictures! it'll be really hard to keep in touch with everyone after this since they're all either flying off to australia, US, UK, hong kong and basically - around the world.

mr. seow !

it's so hard to get a picture of him with a straight face ._.

mark-y pooooo ! :3 will always associate him with hello kitty. haha!

wai yan !

hwee hwee, jiang-y, me & wai yan :D

prom queen nominees? the middle one, CMI. but congrats sue ann ! (;

HA04 Group A ;) candid shots!

proper shots :D? haha!

pei pei, chern li, lynn, keng yee, yan & i

hartamas :D

hwee hwee :D ill always remember her for her god like baking !

the boys in our class (; will always remember those good times we had playing badminton :')

bianca, grace, yan and maxine? HAH. she joined us for our after party heh!

*stolen from hwee ling's fb album. only picture i have of my after party dress :O

okay, that's it :D more pictures are on fb anyway. about 130 pictures there. *yawn ! time to go shower and get ready to go out with the siblings :D ciaoooo ~

stop the whole world.

2011-06-06T20:25:00.003+08:00

OOH OOH ! i'm still alive, i'm still alive :D:D exams have been going on for far too long, i've got 18 days left of this D: then i'm free! free as a bird (; whoopie pies for everyoneee! okay i'm lame. super exhausted from this 40 day hell :( anyway, 7 more papers left to go. i've got chem 6 tomorrow and i thought i'll update a quickie post. june's seventeen magazine issue's out ! to be honest, i prefer these pictures more than may's issue. but oh well :D they gave me name credit this time ! an advertorial for dressing paula, a boutique in sunway pyramid :D they've got quite a nice selection of clothes ranging from RM39.90-RM159.90 i think, if i'm not mistakened - if i remember correctly actually. somewhere around that price range :x. you can check out their facebook page or their official website. (; malaysian brands ftw :D ! spent my last 10 day break spending time with the boy, prom dress shopping and stoning away. procrastination, why are you so mean to come be my friend again :((((? finally found a dress though but didn't buy it when i first saw it, so i ended up having to settle for the same design but in a different colour :( boo the lady who bought the dress ahead of me :( . boo you. anyway, back to studying ! so many things to look forward to after the holidays :D WHEEE!

june issue :D laughhh anyway ._.

the hardest part of ending, is starting again.

2011-05-19T15:31:00.003+08:00

haven't been doing much justice to this space, but i have an excuse! exams have seriously taken over me. with 2 papers down and 11 more to go over the span of 40 days, i'm pretty determined to kick a-levels in the ass and meet my requirements for cardiff :) speaking of which, i've yet to decide and apply for my accommodation. anyway, over the past 2 weeks - i've spent it studying on and off. off being the times for when certain events happened like for instance :

#1 Justin's Surprise 19th

conspired with his buddies ; andrew and nic and not to forget his own family, to surprise him on the 29th of April. got all his friends to chip in for his own acoustic guitar. the takamine ED21c. thank god for the boys, i'd have never been able to drive to kl on my own to collect the cake or lug the guitar around mid valley by myself. had the birthday dinner at tgif @ curve. i deliberately let it slip to him that i'm planning a surprise for him but it's on May 1st and that april 29th was an anniversary dinner. he actually took me seriously and surprised me instead with flowers and balloons coming out from his car trunk. hahaha :D that day was funny. special thanks and shout out to all his friends whom i barely knew but were willing to help me out and plan all this. :3 hope the boy enjoyed all of this and was genuinely surprised ;x LOL. honestly can't lie to him at all :/ covering up was tough -_-..

handmade cards by yours truly :D

how to train your dragon cake from australian confectionery. the boy's favourite movie.

birthday boy & his friends.

2 dozen red roses & 6 helium balloons :3

stolen from the boy's facebook :p sunburst takamine !

#2 Last Day of A-Levels @ HELP UC.

we spent our last day cam-whoring. told most of our classmates to dress formally and we just cam-whored our day away. :) i'm gonna miss these guys.

group shot - most of us anyway.

waiyan & the guys :D

1.5 years of sam pat'ness together.

#3 Mother's Day Dinner 2011

this year, the siblings and i decided to give flowers to mumsie, both our grandma's and almost all our aunt's. start a new tradition, haha ;) we had dinner after that at monte's. the food's really good. it's my 3rd time going there but seeing that the price is a little too steep for my wallet, i usually share a plate of cheapo pasta with a friend and we split it in two. now that it's with my parents, decided to go with something more .. expensive :P . the total bill for 5 people came up to RM254 + tax.

Monte's Restaurant & Wine Bar

Lot F112, level 1, Bangsar Shopping Centre,

Jalan Maarof, 59000 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel : 03 - 2094 1112

appetizers - 1/2 dozen fresh oysters @ RM30.00

father's ribeye steak (super duper juicy & nice) @ RM59.00

mother's charbroiled lamb @ RM35.00

sister's salmon steak @ RM33.00

brother's chicken burger @ RM21.00

my honey chicken @ RM26.00

#4 Macaron Adventure

despite exams being just 4 days away, the boy and i tried our attempts at making macarons. it was a complete fail due to so many factors. humidity, lack of experience and the use of greaseproof paper instead of baking paper ._. but yesterday after my M1 paper, being my perfectionist self, i tried again. i baked from 4-7pm and literally had to wait for the whole drying and baking process. by the time i was done, it was 12am. stupid malaysian humid weather, it takes about 1-1.5 hours to completely dry. but yes. my 2nd attempt at making macarons, was .. a pass! i wouldn't say they're pretty or anything, but i'm just glad that i didn't fail miserably and that my macaron had pied, feet? :D :D muahahaha.

failed attempt 1 ;( .. really hard and stuck to the greaseproof paper. the 190c temperature in the recipe was also a conjob :x

after analyzing 25 more recipes - more prepared and systematic this time, successful attempt 2! baked at 135c (; spot the pied feet! peanut butter as filling. nyoms ;)

so yeah, i really should be studying for my re-sit S1 paper tomorrow. adios! see you on june 24th ;) where the fun really begins. heee, prom on the 30th of june. can't wait ;3

just can't get enough.

2011-04-25T15:21:00.003+08:00

my past week has been mopped with things happening ;) i shall make this a picture post! :D i'm gonna be swamped with mocks this whole entire week. 21 more days till finals omgwtfbbq. T.T

#1 Ms.Lam's 19th Birthday - Morning

hand-made cards and purple-pink roses before i wrapped them up.

collage of classmates giving her printed letters first thing in the morning when she arrived :D

her arms are occupied with stuff haha.

cutting cake ;)

#2 Wai Yan's Birthday Dinner @ Plan B, Bangsar Village 1

dinner was intimate. a group of about 20, gathered to celebrate her birthday dinner here. the food wasn't all that to die for though. it was a bit on the pricey side for the type of food they served. quite surprised they're supposedly usually packed with lots of people. but then again, different people have different tastes. they're supposed to be really famous for their red velvet cakes though. didn't get a chance to try it out cause everyone was full by the end of the dinner.

the boy's spaghetti aglio olio - it was as bland as it looks.

my pho bo (vietnamese beef noodle) . it was really really salty with MSG i think ://

i forgot what this was. LOL. i think it was waiyan's. i see seafood :O?

iryan's soft shell crab spaghetti thingy. i don't know how that went for him though. looks good (;

#3 Seventeen Magazine May Issue

oh fml, they chose .. super asdlkjaslkjasd unflattering pictures of me and didn't give me any name credit, whereas all the other girls in the magazine did. :( sigh. oh well. at least i achieved one thing in my bucket list from this! get featured in a magazine - even though nobody will know it's me -_-" i wonder what i'll look like in june's issue o_O.

.___. opening for fashion spread. go ahead and laugh. ): ): ):

i wish they used this picture of me instead, for the front. instead of putting it at the back. so tiny T_T

#4 Eldest Twin Siblings Birthday - April 23rd

such cute customized birthday cakes i got for the both of them from australian confectionery, yes? :P

okay that's about it! time to go study for mocks now :O. god dammit. i slept at 7am this morning and woke up at 11am for biology mocks at 11.45am. heh. so nocturnal, i am.

200th post dedicated to my wrists :O !

2011-04-18T23:36:00.007+08:00

the boy finally brought me to fix both my wrists on saturday after having to hear my endless complaints about how horribly painful they were, all the time. it's going to be a 4 session therapy thing (or maybe more) where the physicians will twist, crack and massage my wrists back to place. supposedly, me having left this injury to linger on for 6 months - further sprained and strained my wrists especially with all my daily activities. my tendon has hardened quite a bit due to my horrible habit of procrastination and fear of the tit tar sifu inflicting massive amounts of pain on me. it's all tight and inflexible now. oops :/

it's definitely gotten better after the first session on saturday though, so today i went back for my scheduled follow-up session and there were still some knots and joints that hurt like *censored*. just like the first session, my hands were wrapped up in strong herbal hot wraps that you can smell from a mile away. okay, i'm exaggerating but it really is strong. :/ and chances are, if you're not used to it - you won't like it. :O ahh, for 2 weeks, i'm not allowed to eat foods that according to the chinese, have poisonous or cooling attributes. eg : duck, beans, seafoods, teas, assam, bak kut teh T.T and acidic vegetables. unfortunately all those are exactly what i like to eat! except the beans part :// boooo. i even got black colour tablets that looks a lot like rabbits poop that supposedly softens the tendon and speeds up my recovery rate. then again, my phobia of swallowing tablets has successfully got me laying off those icky things even if it's for my own good :X

Oriental Medicines & Therapy Sdn Bhd

26 & 28, Jalan 21/11B, Seapark 46300 PJ

www.orientaltittar.com

Contact Number : 012 316 7777 /012 333 3727

it cost me RM100 for the first session and RM80 for the 2nd follow up session to get my wrists fixed. unsure about the basic rates there, but i paid whatever i was charged. i suppose it could differ between the severity of the cases. the physician there even threw in a neck and spine alignment cracking for me which honestly, felt really good and relieving. ahhhh D: pictures of my hands! my thumb and pinky fingers on my left hand are really painful that i can't even do simple tasks anymore :( and my right wrist is just .. bad. since i'm a right hander :x but hopefully after 4 more sessions of this, i should at least have regained back some flexibility :(??

left hand!

right hand.

i should definitely minimize on hand activities - sports,guitar, baking, writing, computer and etc. yay, i now have an excuse to make people my slave (Y)!

anywhere but here .

2011-04-15T23:08:00.004+08:00

i guess some things are just not meant to be. still kinda sad about it even though i got the call 6 hours ago. i really hate a-levels. it's sucked the life out of me and be rid me of that one opportunity that i know i'll probably never get my hands on again - to stand a chance to be on the cover of a magazine as the cover girl winner, if i won. but still? it's worth a shot right, sigh. had to reject it despite how much i wanted to take it. i hate a-levels. i hate the exams ;( i hate the january semester and how it's only 3 months long wtf. i don't have enough time to catch up on all my re-sits. the stress is starting to kick in, 30 days left and both my wrists hurt like mad. sprained, swollen and bruised. sigh. :// someone please make it better?

high fiveeeeees !

2011-04-14T11:25:00.003+08:00

hahahaha how i met your mother (Y) . i heart neil patrick harris's character there. barney stinson ftw!

got this from a tumblr that i stumbled on just now , thought it was epic ;) i couldn't find the original link but here's where i got it from. credits : hill.lithium

life left to go.

2011-04-13T20:15:00.003+08:00

the last 72 days as an a-level's student, god bless our souls. we're almost done with another chapter in our lives! i'm pretty psyched about it, yet i'm also bummed out about the idea of not seeing my new friends after this. after all, it's only been a 1.5 year journey together :/ we're all gonna split up and go our own separate ways :( most of my classmates are becoming doctors, dentists and pharmacists. then there's waiyan & i, the two odd ones out who are taking law and also not forgetting the engineer of our class plus the mad scientist who loves his experiments haha! gosh, really gonna miss em :/ hmmm. i ended up making cardiff university my only offer that i accepted. to wales it is! oh well! just for kicks, random pictures from today :D

2 second timer :3 ! almost couldn't get in the picture haha :D

10 second timer ;D ! stoning awkwardly lol ;p

the shutterbug trying to get in my picture :P haha!

oh well, study time ! just kidding B)

the end is near.

2011-04-11T01:03:00.002+08:00

oh hello there :) i don't know who actually reads this space. but as heads up, this post is mainly about rants, thoughts and worries. nothing at all that's interesting - so you can skip it if you want. 35 more days to exams - exactly 5 weeks, there's not much time left for me to waste if i really want to meet the requirements set out for me by my universities. all my offers have come back, 4/5 offers which isn't too bad. queenmary rejected me :/ but then again sheffield, cardiff, southampton & reading made me feel better. i've got till june 7th to make up my mind about my choices but it looks like i'm leaning towards sheffield & cardiff. yet somehow i don't know what's keeping me from responding to ucas. i really should do something about this soon if i want to get a spot in a good uni accommodation. :( all i know is that right now, i'm just really scared about the outcomes of everything - what if i can't make it. sigh. i hate how a-level's has sucked the life out of me. (maybe i'll look back in years to come, when things get so much tougher than they are right now - and i'll just laugh at the latter). but until then, i'm entitled to whine, all i want .____. right?

not turning back.

2011-04-07T22:59:00.002+08:00

visiting your facebook profile after 11 months allowed me to get myself complete closure - you're finally out of my system, for good ;) looking at your face no longer makes me sad and neither does it bring me any other emotions. it means nothing to me anymore but just mere memories. even so, they're already vague and fading away, slowly. thank you for the memories anyway. i feel so much lighter to be finally free from all that baggage, that hatred and all the pain. feels good to finally let go. it feels SO good to have the confirmation that i'm definitely, definitely, DEFINITELY over you. :) i never thought that this day would come for me to be able to say all this, but i can say that i'm actually happy for you because you're happier. life becomes more meaningful when you let go of all the hatred that you keep inside, that pulls you down. live goes on and i'll say this one more time, i'm happy for you. wishing you all the best in life cause chances are, our paths will never cross again.

itadakimas-u!

2011-03-17T19:01:00.004+08:00

after 2 weeks of being good and spending our days at home, studying instead of spending time going out and having the luxury of eating like pigs, the boy and i finally had our long anticipated and craved for japanese buffet. we googled around last weekend for food blogs to look for places that had good reviews and were pretty reasonably priced and we finally stumbled upon one ; tao - sunway giza.

the front entrance @ tao. spot the really happy staff dude there posing for the camera haha!

Tao - Authentic Asian Cuisine

No.2, Jalan PJU 5/14, pju 5, kota damansara,

47810, petaling jaya, selangor @ 2nd floor.

Tel : 03-6148 2826 / Fax : 03-6148 5826

*more information can be gotten at tao's official website.

Mon-Fri (lunch @ RM42+/pax)

Saturday, Sunday & Public Holiday (lunch @ RM58+/pax)

Mon-Sun (dinner @ RM58+/pax)

overall, the food there isn't anything to die for :x it's just .. alright. seems that a lot of people on the net raved about the place. but somehow, i only found it just average :x maybe, i came on one of their "off" days ;( got to make a 2nd trip in the future so i can give them a benefit of a doubt. but to me, the quality of japanese food can be rated by the freshness of the sashimi. and i really love my salmon sashimi to bits. the texture didn't seem all too fresh, i can say that i've definitely eaten better at other places. though i've got to add on that the ambience & the service in the restaurant is something that i can commend - the interior design of the restaurant had a real high class, posh-y feel and the staff there were nothing but extremely happy to be at your service, the moment you walk right through the door. they're constantly assisting you and complying to your every orders promptly.

the boy and i arrived at about 1.30pm right after classes, which was almost halfway through the lunch hour buffet which was run from 11am-2.30pm. by that time, some of the things that we wanted - soft shell crab maki's, cha soba's & some other dishes were already not available. it was a little disappointing though :/! in the end, we didn't even have enough time to try any of the desserts available at the dessert tables cause they had already cleaned up :( but the restaurant's not exactly entirely to be blamed :( :) we did come a little too late. i guess we barely ate to make up for our money's worth .___. but it's okay. it still satisfied our cravings ;) anyone should know how good the feeling is when you've finally stomached something you've been having strong urges and cravings for - for weeks ;D yummy.

jellyfish, salmon & tuna sashimi. god knows how many plates of salmon slices did we have :x

cold cut abalone slices :O i wonder if it's real/imitation abalone though :/?

abalone soup :) interesting. haha, tasted more chinese than japanese :O

clams with shoyu sauce & garlic. t'was okaay, just that semi-raw :O.

chicken wing ;) lots of blogs suggested this but it wasn't all that splendid.

another one of the dishes strongly suggested - scallops with spicy mayo. so-so :/

oysters with cheese ;) nyummm. i still prefer fresh oysters with lemon and tobasco sauce (which is only available during dinner buffets, deng !)

soft shell crab hand rolls since there weren't any maki's left :( didn't have enough crab for me!

beef teppanyaki (: nomnomnom.

at one point, we just got really lazy to take pictures and ate away before realizing that we still haven't snapped a shot of it. we ate a bunch of other stuff ; gyoza's, california rolls and .. i can't really remember. my overall rating ? 6/10 :X the next time, i'd rather save up and go over to the ever famous jogoya to stuff my face with japanese. but then again, this place isn't too bad lahhh :)

a slap to the face by paper slips :/

2011-03-10T23:52:00.004+08:00

honest to god, it just struck me that it's been 69 days into 2011 and with just 66 days left to prepare myself until the next exams, i seriously need to say time's passing by TOO fast. got my january 2011 results yesterday and yeah, i got what i deserved. paid the price and now i still have papers to re-sit for semester 3 which is obviously going to be really taxing on me but since i've got no other choice, i have to seriously buck up if i want to meet the conditional offer for cardiff university. sigh. if all goes well, about 170+ days left for me in malaysia .____. that is, IF all goes well. oh god. ;'( can't give up now, can i? :/

sigh :(

on a side note, watched 127 hours with the boy after getting our results as post-exam results therapy. at least it made us (or maybe just me) realize that there are far more worst things going on around in the world other than getting our exam results - like for instance, getting your hand sandwiched by boulders in a canyon .___. so yeah, it's not the end of the world even for aron ralston, his life went on anyway so yeah, even with these results - life goes on.

now you're in your wedding dress :(

2011-03-03T21:15:00.002+08:00

i think this guy who made this cover is really talented (; asian power yo !

love love loveeee (: !

2011-02-26T21:34:00.001+08:00

adam young's reply to taylor swifts - enchanted, seriously makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. so sweet i tell you! hehe. makes me think of justin seow :D :D :D

we came, we saw & we conquered together (:

2011-02-19T13:20:00.003+08:00

but now, one of us has already flown off to the land down under ; maxine :( who would've thought that this day would come so fast - the day where we start going our own separate ways. it seems as if it were just yesterday that we all graduated from high school. how time flies.. in september, lynn, waiyan, pei hsia and i will be flying off to different places in the UK which makes us even more further apart from each other and maxine and lara who'll be in australia :( oh the time zone difference and how any of our holidays won't coincide with each other :( we sent maxy off to the airport last tuesday :/ my boy was nice enough to drive my girlfriends and i there :/ we managed to remain calm and collected most of the time but just before she entered the departure gates, we burst into water works. i guess with the saying that nothing lasts forever, you could think of it as things don't always stay the same OR this arrangement isn't permanent. so, i'll see you soon maxy ! (; shall fly down to melbourne after a-levels to visit you ;D much loves!

group shot #1

group shot #2

the girls - without pei pei :(

love is this, this is love (;

2011-02-13T18:19:00.004+08:00

i'm a little on the lazy side to write much for this post. i've been sick throughout this whole week back in college since i came back from both of my hometowns after chinese new year. must've been all those yummy heaty cookies, snacks & fried food that i pigged out on while i was back there but yeah, it's not like being sick stopped me from eating anything, everything and what i shouldn't be eating at all. hehehe :3 i'm so naughty. lalalalala. so yeah, so much has happened but i'll just let the pictures do most of the talking. for instance - my best friend of 11 years is flying off to melbourne this tuesday so we had a surprise farewell dinner for her last friday but it turns out she wasn't that surprised, damn ! plan failed ;P

home made steamboat reunion lunch during chinese new year. yummmyy (;

Chef & Brew @ Plaza Damansara

Medan Setia 2, Bukit Damansara 50490 Kuala Lumpur

Tel : 03-2095 5069

Opening Hours : 11am - late

grilled chicken fillet with chef & brew special mushroom sauce @ RM16.90

maxine's chicken burger - i forgot the price :x

maxine, waiyan & i. lynn's somewhere behind us :O

the collage thingy that waiyan & i made for maxine to bring to melbourne. it's a must :P

hiii :3

went out with the boy last night. we were supposed to watch no strings attached, have dinner and then head out to i-city by 8.30pm since my curfew was at 11.30pm but i guess things don't always go as planned. ended up going to curve cathay cineplex and watching mr and mrs incredible which was really lame, funny and stupid but i guess no matter what i watch with him, it's still good :p definitely only because of his company. then headed to OU to have sushi zanmai. sooo good (; hit the spot, somehow he always always always alwaysss satisfies my food cravings ._. a guy that knows how to make me feel cared & loved. :D

Sushi Zanmai @ One Utama

SK9A, 2nd Floor High Street

1 Utama Shopping Centre New Wing

Tel & Fax : 03-7724 2030

beef niku ramen for the sick girl who needs her hot soup-y dish.

soft shell crab maki. yum yummm, craving for more now ._.

first time trying out cha soba just cause the boy made me ;D it's actually pretty good :O

failed to leave for i-city though because by the time we got a table after queuing up for so long, it was already 8.30pm and and kltrafficroad tweets said that it was unusually jammed :/ so plan failedddd. after dinner, went back to his place to watch 30 minutes of how to train your dragon. TOOTHLESS IS SO CUTE . i know i know, i'm really outdated :/ every time it has this toothless grin and round cutesy eyes, i can't help but just go awwww! came back home and downloaded the movie so i could finish watching it today. overall, it was a good date last night (; spent the whole day staying in today, hibernating and trying to recover from this god damn dry cough/sore throat/flu & etc. the boy even dropped by to pass me cough mixture since it's been 1 week i've been feeling sick and i never took meds :D i is feelings very the lucky.

specially delivered cough syrup by a certain somebodyyyyy :D

with you right here, i'm a rocketeer ♥

2011-02-02T00:40:00.003+08:00

i've had a great few days ever since the exams ended. been out and about, spending it with family & friends. i guess one of the most memorable days would be last friday. went over to mark's house to pay him a surprise visit for his belated birthday celebration, then had buffet steamboat with the boy, somewhere in sunway. good food, good company - good day. (;

Yuen Buffet Steamboat Restaurant

32A-1, Jalan PJS8/6, Mentari Plaza, Bandar Sunway,

46150 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel : 03-5637 5825 / Fax : 03-7787 7229

price is about RM25 per person.

boiling overrrrr (; yumm.

tom yam and normal soup. with egg hehehe.

some of the buffet spread. couldn't really get a good picture, everyone was staring at me ._.

spent the last 3 days in a row, shopping for chinese new year clothes, the first two being futile attempts at OU and pavilion/fahrenheit/timesquare respectively. i had dinner with the boy's whole family yesterday night. the parents are really good cooks ._. i had 2 plates of rice and helped myself shamelessly to the yummyyy food :3 a little awkward as this was only just the 2nd time meeting them and i'm actually joining them for dinner, eating like a pig. but i guess all went well, i suppose :x *PHEW*. anywayy, the final day shopping - which was today, was the most successful of all. shopped at telawi street with justin today from 3-7pm, so tiring to walk up and down all those flights of stairs but thank god for the boy who was so damn patient (i'm surprised :X) and actually gave me proper constructive criticism and honest opinions. eventually at one point, he had to support me up the stairs and carry me down :/i'm so thankful for having him .__. had wobbly feet that kept me from standing up straight, i'm so old nowww, i don't even have the stamina to shop ._. got myself a red frilly top, white dress, white tube, red flats and a red belt to go with the dress. all in all, RM170+ (; anyway, i can't update much anymore because it's close to 1am now and i'm really really tired from all the walking. heading to the hometown early tomorrow morning as it's the eve of chinese new year as well! wooo, reunion lunchh ;) AND angpaoo hehehehe. :3 i guess i'll pretty much be mia from blogging becauseeee i'm gonna be eating, sleeping, rotting, stoning, lazing around and pretty much doing nothing but getting fat and richer by going back to my hometowns :x so i just wanna wish everyoneeeee a

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR !

♥ melanieee

anyway, i've had 2 people asking me about my height, weight, diet and stuff. it's going to take a few chatbox replies to respond to this so i thought of just including it in the post (; sooo..

Different GuestHey, I was wondering what height and weight you are? Because you were so successful in runway 101 & all. How much food do you think you consume in an average day? i know so many model people that are skinny & say they eat everything but actually they just have a tiny tummy, so they dont eat much anyway.
@ Different Guest - hey youuu! thanks so much .__. well i'm actually about 169cm - 48kg. it's really general for me to state how much food i eat per day especially since it differs according to my mood but just a rough idea for you, my friends call me a black hole cause supposedly the food i eat just disappears somewhere. they consider my appetite pretty large for a girl cause i eat 1.5 - 2 bowls of rice, depending also if the food's good :P the thing is, i eat frequently too. i don't stop and resist myself from eating anything even if it's at 3am in the morning. i don't think, i just eat. trust me, my friends can vouch on my behalf :x . i just eat anything and everything that i want, at any given time ; even if it's just before i head to bed. about exercising, i used to jog 3 times a week. though ever since study breaks and exams started about 3 months ago, it's been so long ever since. anyway, i hope this answers your question ! ;D

only girl.

2011-01-27T23:28:00.001+08:00

i'd completely melt if someone sang this for me D:

getting over you .

2011-01-27T16:45:00.004+08:00

exams are finally over! it's a day after my granted temporary emancipation over the next 5 months and i'm pretty much well on my way through my recuperation process. had a good nights rest, hibernating. i haven't slept this well in over a month -.-" went out yesterday night with the boy for dinner and had my all time favourite korean bbq ! :D the people at daorae are always so nice to me .__. cooking stuff for me specially even if they're not serving it as their side dish for the day and their service is always so efficient!

specially cooked korean pancake just for meee. *nomnomnommmnom*

*drools* heh. porky in the midst of getting bbq'ed so that i can devour it :3

after that, went to the boys place to watch the walking dead and met his parents for the first time in the process :X drove over to yummy @ solaris dutamas later on to meet up with the girlfriends, where we had our long awaited catch up session while playing monopoly deal. i completely suck at that game ): but overall.. yesterday was a good day for me. regardless of the fact that i'm getting an ungraded for chemistry 4. it was THAT bad. maybe i'm the only one who found it hard but .. :/ it's definitely a paper that i'm re-sitting next semester .____. so, so, so.. why was it good? i was able to finally sweep the past away and move on with one less baggage on my shoulder ; to forgive and to be forgiven, that's honestly one of the best feelings a person can experience in life to be able to live on happily. i'm just really glad that all of this is over for the both of us. cheers to a happy road ahead, cause we both know we deserve it after what he put us through (; anyschmooze, i just finished spring cleaning my books and put them all into boxes and alsoooo cleared up all useless and unnecessary documents & pictures since i've had this desktop since 2006 in preparations for my reformatting process. teeheee, feels so good to be free!

take one, action .

2011-01-25T23:11:00.007+08:00

the one time that i'm actually happy to cross out dates in my calendar :D

oh oh hello (; ! exams are almost over, hehe. i should honestly kick start my chemistry 4 revision but i don't know why and how i can find the time to do just about anything else except study :P maybe because i kinda know that i'm going to screw it up no matter how much revision/damage control i do now and i'm gonna end up retaking it next semester anyway :/ so yeah, that can wait. :D i'm actually really really relieved that my exams are about to come to an end in about 16 hours! come to think of it, it's been 25 days into the new year but the only thing that i can say is that my whole january just felt like it passed by like a blur. probably because of the 17 days of exams ; what actually seemed like forever. i spent basically most of my january studying, eating, ~~sleeping~~ napping at 6am, waking up at 11am and heading out for my exams :/ then coming home and the whole cycle repeats itself again. so mentally drained :( i'm going to hibernate the whole of the day after and not tomorrow because because? it's justin & mel day yayyy! time to catch up on movies in the cinema and devour korean bbq for dinner (: oh the satisfaction i get from eating the perfectly marinated bbq pork, i've been looking forward for this day since last year !. C3 & Bio 4 the other day was okay . but i doubt i'll be getting A's for those papers :/ i got my CAE results back. B for overall? deng. :'( OH WELL. even if i know that i'm going to die in the exam hall tomorrow, the thought of having no more exams after this is a big enough consolation for me. thank heavens ! i wonder what else i'm going to do after the exams :p for starters, maybe i'll reformat the half dead desktop, repaint the house for CNY, buy my own acoustic guitar, compile my recipes neatly into a cook book and last but not least, bake/cook like nobodies business and feed them all to justin seow, my guinea pig (: muahahahhaa! okay, study time! :C

thanks maxine for intro'ing this to me :D the video's a bit .___. but but. ignore it :x i only like the song ;x

perseverance .

2011-01-23T21:32:00.003+08:00

study area, it's been like this for 3 weeks - war zone :) piles of books on the floor.

i'm finding it so hard to relocate the studying mojo that i've lost ; the one i had a few weeks ago that allowed me to study and study and just study ;/ at this rate, it's 9.32pm right now and all i've read through for bio is 64/86 pages. :/ i just finished eating my dinner. today was a complete killer on my diet :/ woke up at 1pm, had half of my lo shu fan that mummy bought for me for breakfast. then tea time came, ate the remaining lo shu fan & pork ball soup at 4pm. then sister bought kfc hot and spicy 3 piece chicken set with mashed potatoes, ate that at 5pm then i decided to skip out on dinner - thai food with the family. but they came back with a&w waffles, coney dog and root beer float at 8.30pm. :O so sinfully gluttony. *burp* just finished eating (: too full, i just really feel like puking. gonna take a quick rest now before i resume study mode ;/ just a little bit more mel, persevere.

day 3 of slackerism !

2011-01-22T21:05:00.005+08:00

attended clinique's sweet seventeen party this afternoon :X thanks to maxineeeee who brought me along as her +1. despite the fact that i spent 4 hours there and i completely did not do any studying, i did get free stuff for attending though, heh. got ourselves free makeovers too (: a cut above did our hair, clinique did our makeup and we had a guy from celebrity fitness that come over to teach us dance moves for snsd - gee? it was quite funny and enjoyable actually. good way to destress and unwind further for the next 3 remaining papers which i've barely touched for the past few days. i suppose the overall theme of the event was to teach girls how to love themselves, on the inside & the outside. there's nothing much left that i can say so here comes the pictures (;

goody bags! clinique facial products & makeup, seventeen trinkets, a glee mug, vouchers, pouches and other stuff :D

on the way to rasta (;

photo memories (: before she goes off in february :/

blueberry muffins

2011-01-22T00:37:00.004+08:00

chemistry and i, have no chemistry :/

after sitting for 11 papers in 11 days, i'm starting to slack. thursday's chem 2 paper was so taxing on my mind that i spent the whole of thursday night and yesterday (it's 12.41am :p) relaxing, catching up on my shows, blog-window-shopping and recuperating - slacking in other words lah okaaay. 0:) woke up pretty early on an examless friday morning to have dim sum with justin somewhere near paramount just because of my undying profound love for century egg porridge and random early morning cravings ; that miraculously got me up by 11am despite the fact that i usually sleep for 8 hours and i slept at 5.30am. heh. i hate how these exams are not over yet ;( . 26th january ! mmm.

this is what studying downstairs till 5am does to you. kazillion mosquito bites :(.

oh oh, here's whyyy the blogpost is titled blueberry muffins ! made some with justin after getting back from dim sum brunch (; he's done with his exams *unfair* but anyschmooze, cooking/baking's always so fun when he's around since he actually helps me out. of all things i was doing instead of studying, baking. oops :X

beforeeee

duringggg

afterrrr - failed because the blueberries were sour ;( ..

okay, it's 1.06am noww.. and i should really get my procrastinating self to start on some C3 and Bio 4. there's definitely not enough hours in a day that can save me from the impending doom that awaits me in the exam hall for my final 3 remaining papers. edexcel's january 2011 papers, they all seem to be so much harder than all the past year papers. whyyy :(?

never say never .

2011-01-20T01:22:00.005+08:00

the internet is such a powerful tool :/ it can be so many things ; informative, beneficial and of all other things - vicious. but right now it's serving as a huge distraction for me when i'm actually supposed to be studying for tomorrow's paper. chemistry 2 omgggg :'( i procrastinated like mad just now, it's not even funny that each time i look at the clock, an hour has passed. why is time passing by so fast?! is the world spinning faster than its supposed to be? T_T. i wake up in the wee hours of the morning, stone around and the next thing i know the sun's coming out. bleh. on a side note, was using www.morphthing.com just now, it's actually pretty entertaining. merging two peoples pictures together to get baby pictures (: my parents were actually quite pleased to see their "potential" grandkids. haha, we really had a good laugh over the pictures. i also just realized that if i do go to UK, i'll be gone in 9 months :/ i'm gonna miss my parents :( .. sigh. that's what you get when you grow up. okay okay i need to stop, study time. i told myself i'll start at 1.30 :D last 4 papersssssssssss !

20th january - chem 2

24th january - math C3 & biology 4

26th january - chem 4

i'm glad i realized what i needed to realize a long long time ago. better late than never i suppose - that i was merely just one of his displays in his shelf of toys. i'm glad that all of his other toys and i have finally learnt a valuable lesson and moved on with life, for the better (:

i feel happy for all of us, i'm truthfully glad.

nonsensical :(

2011-01-18T05:23:00.005+08:00

ohmygod. 5.23am i'm still up studying for my double papers tomorrow. physics 3 and biology 2. this is madness :/ i hate exams so badly! *rants rants rants*. 8/14 papers down. 6 more left to go. after today, 4 more! ahhhh. i'm super hungry now. exams really makes one fat. you'll study study study, get hungry. eat. sit down and study again, immobile. then your fats accumulate anyway. after that you either fall asleep if you're too full OR you decide to go to sleep if you studied too much and your brain's mentally drained. then you ultimately become even fatter than before. aiyohhh. all the fats are going to my thighs, i can pinch and grab em now *PINCH-GRAB* :/. craving for mcds breakfast now some more, sausage egg mcmuffin anyone, please? the gluttony. i had potato chips and baskin robbins ice cream at about 1am just now. i should shoot myself. :( i'm up this late, why? i really wanna prove to my bio lecturer that i can get an A for her subject mft. at the same time, i don't wanna let my physics lecturer down. i guess it's sleep time at 8am, wake up at 11.30am. library by 1pm, first paper at 2pm then next paper at 6.30pm .___." still got time to blog some more .. hahahahaha damn i'm screwed :/

finally found a man who's gonna put her first . (:

m.i.a ;d

2011-01-13T22:06:00.002+08:00

exams have proven to be super evil this time around, again :( ! 6/14 papers done ! just another 13 more days and 8 more papers to go to freedom ;) until then, it's more late nights studying for me and less time for sleep :( tomorrow's paper is at 6.30pm. at least there's some time for me to relax a little and then the weekend's here :D can't wait till after exams (: ! ill update this space moreee. i promisee ._.

utter disgust .

2011-01-09T02:44:00.004+08:00

stumbled upon some girls blog post about my ex. his new girl. it's not jealousy, let me remind you. i'm so much more happier now. i just realized the things he did to me are the same to her. well maybe, you bring parts of your old relationships to the new ones so theres no fault there. though i wonder if she knows what he did 1st january 2011 at 6.30am lol. he disgusts me, to the core. he has no heart to do this to so many girls. thank god i realized after everything that i'm not the first victim and i wont fall into his traps and sweet words. i'm not hurt, i'm just really really disgusted at his personality. pity her honestly.. i truthfully and genuinely hope she doesn't get hurt like i did, no girl should suffer through the pain of experiencing "love". :/ anyway, put that douche aside, it's 2.45am and i'm still up prepping for my exams. 14 papers, omgwtfbbq. gonna be on a 3 week mia from the blog (hah, its not like i haven't been mia for awhile anyway). honest to god, can't wait till all this is over. then i can finally enjoy myself for awhileee (: time to continue burning the midnight oil !

it's a new year (;

2011-01-01T15:21:00.003+08:00

superdupermadhorribleblurrypicture of the fireworks display - because justin & i were on the road heading to solaris when 12 o'clock struck. damn :X

FIRST POST OF THE YEAR ! D: ! spent new years eve with the people i love, what better way to spend it, no? (: was with justin earlier on, then met up with lynn and jesse before heading over to william's apartment where i met jo, chongky, samuel, andrew and a bunch of unknown people whom sat around in the living room.. gone. ;o chongky's left for UK, be good there boyyy ! somehow by fate, bumped into waiyan after that when i was tapau'ing indomeegorengburgerdaging telurmata from bestari for my first meal of 2011 (: heee! i had a really good start to my 2011 (: already stuck to 2 of my 2011 resolutions. dum dee dumm~ so happy new year all !

much lovesss (:

it's a rap .

2010-12-29T20:41:00.004+08:00

i've been on such a long hiatus from blogging that this page has practically collected dust in addition to one or two adverts in my chatbox. since whennn did i become a place for people to promote their stuff anyway lol? :/ anyschmooze.

looking back, this time last year - things were absolutely different. it's almost the end of 2010. with that, here's a brief recollection of what happened this year. i turned 18, got my driving license, started a levels in help, went through a heartbreak in the middle of the year , drowned for a few months in my emotions but somehow rather managed to survive and make it through the remaining months, found myself doing things i never thought i'd do - join a model search competition and last but not least, i also realized even more than ever, the importance of my friends and family. without them, i'd never have been saved from my own self destruction, so thank you guys. love you lots, you know who you are - especially the one who saved me from my philophobia (:

since i'm super lazy to backdate and blog about past happenings that i've delayed for months, i'll just post a couple of pictures about them then, heh. oh yeah, edexcel AS/AL january exams start jan 10th for me, god bless my soul. i've barely studied as much as i should've. i feel super duper unprepared :/ despite the fact that justin's been over at my place almost everyday studying with me, i still feel ... shaky with the thought of exams looming closerrr and closer. no shit sherlock, that's what you get for procrastinating - and now, i'm talking to myself. *sigh*

birthday boy & his lobster cake (;

group shot !

classmates of HA04 (:

taylor's prom performance with justin & nicholas (:

maxine & i at taylors prom (;

christmas was only recently though. so yes, i guess i'll bore you all with that! (: the girls and i realized that it's about the last christmas we'll be spending together in KL before we all fly off to different continents of the world, thousands of miles apart and with hours of time zone differences - so we spent it together, our usual bunch. we cooked up a lunch and made it a christmas pot-luck luncheon. i'm not going to start about how it took me 5 hours on christmas eve from 10pm-3am to make two apple pies from scratch with my sprained wrists. woke up the next morning at 9am to roast the chicken-turkeyham(cause we couldn't afford the real turkey)-beefbacon. thank god for justin, my chef and my saviourrrrr for coming over and helping me :D but overall, the lunch tasted good for amateur chefs like us. lynn supplied the red wine, carbonara fettuccine, mushroom soup and garlic bread. maxy supplied us with salad, yan with mashed pots and lara with drinks & her christmas cake. nommm. we ate till we were stuffed like stuffed turkeys and lazed around watching ice age 3 together. christmas spent with loved ones (:

part of the christmas tree that justin & i put up in my house.

apple piee (: doesn't look that nicee but it tasted otherwise .__.?

justin seow & melanie teo's masterpiece at 9am in the morning.

christmas luncheonnnn !

group timer shot - stole from maxine's facebook

new years eve is next. i guess the girls and i are planning on spending it together as well (: where? haven't planned yet. we're such last minute people, not only in exams but even in planning our outings. oh well :x so have a happy new year people! 2012's a year closer, the world's gonna end :P time to live your lifeeee. okay, i'm gonna go study up to be able to anal some exams in the butt. tooodles!

my 11 resolutions for the year '11

#11 forgive those who have wronged me in the past, do not hold grudges.

#10 do not make the same mistakes i did last year over a boy, he's not worth the time and tears.

#9 try out new things and be more adventurous.

#8 finish & add at least 5 things in my bucket list.

#7 learn to juggle time properly instead of wasting it aimlessly.

#6 cut down on my mobile phone bills.

#5 do not do unto others what i do not want to be done unto me.

#4 pay more attention to studies & get good grades.

#3 spend more time with my loved ones ; friends & family.

#2 let the people around me know that i love them.

#1 learn to love myself for who i am.

fair game?

2010-12-12T02:04:00.003+08:00

okay, so i havent updated this space in a very long time and i'm updating it now with a blog post for ocean potion's sponsored movie premier this coming monday ! D: damn i suck :X haha !

so here i am, supposedly blogging about my sunblock experience which i've had. and the most vivid one that i can remember is the time where i was on vacation at egypt with my family. temperature there was scorching at 50 degrees celcius and the sun was not merciful at all . i was melting and getting barbequed under the hot sun and the smartest thing i did was wear sleeveless tops and shorts in egypt and i didn't wear sunblock every day. which i should've if i didn't want to end up getting sunburnt, which i obviously did. plus i spent most of my time outdoors since all the pyramids and tombs were right smack in the middle of the desert. so it looked kinda funny with all the tan lines i got at the end of the trip. so yes, my sunblock experience would be not wearing any when i should've. -___-" okay, excuse my complete utter lack of expressions since it's 2.07am and i honestly really want to just go to bed T_T. so yes, i'd like to have a go at trying out these ocean potion products so i don't end up getting embarassing tan lines and looking like a striped monkey at the wrong times. :/ so pleaseee can i win them ocean potion products :D ? heee ! * and also, catch the fair game movie premiereeee this monday with advertlets :D thank youuuu !

by aurora .

2010-11-13T19:06:00.006+08:00

a friend posted a link to her blog shop on my facebook wall just now and i couldn't help but share it here! it's an accessory blog shop that sells things at only RM20 and below - we don't have that many accessory shops going around anyway, do we? or at least, i don't see many. i took a look at the accessories offered by them and for those of you style-accessory-junkie people out there, i honestly think this is a must place to go see!

a screenshot of the website

so go visit the blog shop if you've got the free time! i'm attracted to the angel wing ring cause it's so cute! don't you think so? hehe!

it's only RM12 - available in either gold/silver

pick up moves for girls :O

2010-11-12T00:37:00.003+08:00

just for laughs, my sister sent me this link to an article (i don't know how she found it) but she shared it with me. so i thought i'd just share it with you since according to my chinlay guy friend, harris,it does work :O apparently it's how guys judge if a girl's interested at all. so here goes!

Move 1: Seduction with a smile

What to do: See someone you want to impress? Here's the single most powerful thing you can do to wrap him round your little finger: smile. Relax your face, lift your chin and break out that grin. Easy.

Why it works: Lots of reasons. First, you're prettiest when you've got a nice big smile on. Pouting (like 25-inch hips) looks great on the catwalk but won't get you very far with a flesh and blood man. Then there's the infectious effect: smile and the world smiles with you. That lovely-looking guy at the bar feels all kinds of happy since you smiled at him. Your smile also says to men that you're the kind of girl they want to be around: confident, warm, drama-free, fun-loving and happy in your own skin. Flirtation win.

Move 2: The hair do

What to do: Brush your hair out of your eyes or off your face, ideally whilst hitting him with that gorgeous grin.

Why it works: He wants to touch your hair. When you touch it, it makes him want to touch it even more. He wants to stroke it and twirl it and smell it and wake up in it. This is just one reason why too much hairspray is the enemy of romantic success.

Move 3: Contact sport

What to do: Accidentally-on-purpose brush his arm when he gets up for another drink, or let your fingers linger against each his when he hands you your glass. You’re sending him a strong signal of attraction, and if he doesn't pull away, he's saying “me too”.

Why it works: In normal daily interaction we put up barriers against physical contact with other people. If the supermarket cashier gave you a quick finger-stroke when handing you your change, you'd switch to a different supermarket. But the barrier dissolves when there's active flirting going on, so use those powerful “oops!” touches to your advantage.

Move 4: The double take

What to do: Make eye contact with him, then look away. Wait a second or two, then look back at him. Throw in a cute suppressed smile for maximum impact.

Why it works: The double take isn't just eye contact, it's eye contact with a big green light attached. You’re silently inviting him to come over, and unless he's got a girlfriend hidden in his manbag he's unlikely to resist the temptation for long. Do remember that men are just as shy as women, so you may need to double up on the double take before he feels brave enough to introduce himself.

Move 5: Pick up his pick-up

What to do: Let him deliver a chat-up line (a double-take and warm smile may help to encourage him), and enjoy it. Revel in it, then turn the tables and chat him up with his own line.

Why it works: First he'll be wildly relieved that you haven't laughed at him or ignored him. Men are terrified of making fools of themselves when approaching women, so he'll be delighted by your warm, witty response. A man knows he's struck gold if he meets a girl who makes him laugh – but not as quite much as her makes her laugh.

Move 6: Whisper it

What to do: Lean close and whisper a suggestion into his ear. No, nothing saucy (yet) - anything will do, as long as it's whispered and includes his name. “Charlie, have you tried raspberry sambucca?”

Why it works: Some men can be slow to realise that you're sending out subtle pick-up clues, but there can't be many who'd miss the message in this one. If he doesn't seem to enjoy your husky voice whispering his name while your breath tickles his earlobe, you really need to be chatting up someone else.

Move 7: Wink

What to do: When you spot a handsome stranger at the bar, flash him a quick, cute wink and watch his face. You've certainly got his attention.

Why it works: If your wink is delivered with speed and panache, it sends a clear signal of intent and tells him that you're a cheeky, sassy woman who knows what she wants and knows how to get it. You've already made his evening, and the night is yet young.

Move 8: Finders keepers

What to do: If you've been chatting to a guy at a party or in the pub, leave him after half an hour and mingle. Before you disappear, mention that he should find you before he leaves.

Why it works: This isn't so much a pick-up as an insurance against dropping what you've picked up. Desertion may seem like a risky strategy, but if he likes you it's the perfect way to seal the deal. Why would you want to follow him round like a puppy all evening? Instead, you've left him wanting more while you go off to be popular. Just watch him appear magically at your side when it's time to call a cab. Maybe this would be a good moment to ask him how he takes his coffee.

so really?

day 4 of fashion week ; malaysia

2010-11-06T22:41:00.014+08:00

thanks to the very very talented and kind designer - oscar ng, i managed to get 2 tickets from him for yesterday's afternoon slot for fashion week (mifw). the catalogue from last week's photo shoot was going to be distributed during the show. brought mummy along and had some mother-daughter bonding time which is something that we don't do very often. we arrived at pavilion KL close to 1.45pm and waited in line to collect our tickets. for the first time, i felt so VIP'ish. there was a guest list and my mother's name and my name were on it *bimbo moment* hee! met up with dennis, his godmum, louis and not to forget 2 fellow runway 101 contestants - kimberley and jo-ann that i bumped into, who were also attending the show.

the end of the runway

lighting set up

after getting in, the group of us sat down at the 2nd row from the runway and waited for the show to start. took the chance to observe the people who were attending the show and damnnn were they all fashionably dressed. could see that at least a quarter of them were all those rich tai-tai's from all sorts of age groups and at least another half were rich fashionista girls/guys. i'm definitely not a part of any group ._. after the usual round of speeches by the MC, host & sponsor for the afternoon Dr. Foo Chi Chean (the brains behind mydentist clinic) and a advertisement to promote invisalign ; a revolutionary method to straighten teeth without the need for metal braces - the show started. i apologize before hand because most of the photographs of the runway show that i took yesterday had people's heads in them :( the down side of not sitting in the front row ._.

our group & the flowers for oscar

the MC for the afternoon

speech by dr foo

the first designer to put the gears in motion for the show was PU3. two fashion designing sisters who are known to be malaysia's very own olsen twins, their designs that were showcased yesterday comprised of only the yin and yang colours - black and white. the clothes were very chic, sassy and some - simple enough to be worn as everyday casual wear.

PU3

next up was oscar ng designs. i for one am a fan of his clothes. i honestly believe that he's really creative and i especially love how he can fuse oriental designs with a hint of modern touch. he specializes in evening gowns, cheongsams and bridal dresses. he's known for his very intricate details and his eye for the prettiest things. after the walk was done, i was in charge (by dennis) of giving oscar the bouquet of flowers.

i wore these dresses in the catalogue!

new designs for 2010 (there's more! )

the show was then followed by shinju pearls. this time the walk showcased jewellery. the designs for the pieces were definitely unique and outstanding. not to forget that the models also carried out these lovely accessories very well while being clad fully from head to toe, in interestingly designed black dresses.

shinju pearls

fourth designer of the session was shomir izwa. he definitely had quite a number of fans present in the crowd because they cheered endlessly for him. i've got to say out of all his clothes, i fancied the first one the most. i actually like the thought of owning that ensemble for myself, although i doubt that i can afford it.. :(

i like!

shomir izwa

the last designer for the afternoon session was asian atelier by alin anuar. she definitely had her friends and family present on that day because she got the loudest cheers. they showcased collections from her past, present and future. i can say that she's talented too. actually all the designers were talented o;

asian atelier by alin anuar

the afternoon wrapped up for my mum and i with a high tea session at U-Cafe, Sungai Wang treated by oscar. overall my first experience attending MIFW is a definite keeper. i got to watch a real fashion show, live in the 2nd row :O and i got to be there when my first fashion catalogue was distributed to the public! to think, all of this wouldn't have happened if not for the fact that i joined runway 101, 2 months back. thank you dennis khor, louis & iprmsa and also the whole team from oscar ng designs - evelyn, leon, eugene, terren and last but not least oscar himself. thank you, thank you, thank you! :D

after the show (;

left : my mentor - right : the two that gave me all the opportunities

part of the team

quickie updateee !

2010-10-31T13:05:00.002+08:00

lovely song by katherine & zach levi. he's so hot! thanks zheng hong for intro-ing!

had a photo shoot for oscar ng designs yesterday. took about 8 hours to wrap up the whole thing (hair and makeup call included) then had dinner with the whole team after that at jalan imbi. got home at around 10.30pm with mummy.. it was tiring but definitely worth it when the catalogue is out in time for MIFA next week at pavillion (; i had to have the "vogue" face throughout 80% of the shoot hahaha! dennis came along for the shoot to accompany me as well, thank god for my mentor. :D oscar's such a great and talented designer and he's really really nice to have given me this opportunity. i love love love his gowns :D he gave me 2 tickets to MIFA, i shall bring mummy dearest because she so patiently sat through and accompanied me throughout the whole shoot :D love you mums!

and now to decide, should i go to KLCC for the british education fair u__u?

the after story .

2010-10-27T12:56:00.006+08:00

anyway, here are a few blogs that featured runway 101 - after (: and oh oh, i was in malay mail too! first time being in a newspaper, jakun :X

22nd october - page 20 (; [credits so stefanie for the picture from her facebook]

http://simonseow.blogspot.com/2010/10/runway-101-2nd-season-finale.html

http://www.emmagem.com/2010/10/19/runway-101-finale/

http://satkuru.com/blog/2010/10/runway-101/

finaaaaaaalee!

2010-10-16T12:42:00.011+08:00

i honestly can't believe that it's all over! runway 101 finals have finally come and gone. wow.. after all the things that we, the 12 finalists have been put through the past month, it's finally all come to an end. to me, if i said it was an unforgettable experience - that would just be a complete understatement. i honestly don't know what words i can use to describe how i feel and all the things that i've gained in the process. all the new things that i've learnt and all the tremendously unbelievable opportunities that i've gotten just by joining this competition.

the runway 101 finale was held at the bukit damansara community hall yesterday. as one of the finalists, i had to be there by 12pm for full dress rehearsal and make up & hair preparations. but at around 2pm, the electricity tripped while we were trying out the lights and sound system :( we didn't have the electricity back until 6.30pm which was really a pain in the butt considering the weather in KL lately has been so freaking hot ! the A/C, fans and lights didn't function so we were all sweating like pigs. and to top it all off, we had to get our makeup done early so all the models had to keep up with the challenge to make sure we didn't sweat all our make up off until 8pm. our hair couldn't be curled in time because there wasn't any electricity for the styling thongs. but despite all the hectic chaos, the amazing committee, make up artists and volunteers did a splendid job to fix everything, we managed to make it in the nick of time.

pretty pretty lighting effects

the runway stage set-up

the event was emceed by the very bubbly shannon and judged by 4 judges - amir luqman (designer), hans isaac (producer, director & actor), andrea fonseka (national director of miss universe malaysia) & andrew tan (founder & CEO of andrewsmodels). it kick started off with a dance by the inversion dance crew followed by the usual round of speeches by the help university college director and our organizing chairperson, dennis khor - who has always been there for us models, pushing us to the limits and guiding & teaching us the ways of the modelling world. he was like our very own ms. tyra banks from antm, only that he's a guy version. so to dennis, thank you for everything, i sincerely appreciate it! and jeng jeng jenggggg, the moment all the finalists have been waiting for, our runway walk! ;) the first one had the finalists wearing a black tank top and jeans. whereas the second walk showcased amir luqman's designs and finally the third, was to model oscar ng's designs.

the opening act - dancers !

MC shannon & the panel of judges sitting down in the front row

dennis making his speech!

backstage was hectic. i never thought being a runway model would be that crazy when it comes to doing a show. but to actually get first hand experience, it definitely was something that i honest to god feel thankful about for getting such an opportunity to go through the whole process. after each walk, we had to quickly change out of our clothes and into the next. the backstage crew (which consisted of only girls) had to help us get into our clothes, zip us up, wear our heels, fix our hair and makeup and make sure we were well hydrated and not sweating on our faces. they did an amazing job and i honestly feel kinda bad that i didn't get the chance to thank them :(

amir luqman

oscar ng

when it was time to announce the results, oh my god.. the suspense that shannon made when announcing the winners was absolutely murderous! but i had to continue keeping a straight and "uninterested" face on the runway which made me pass off as serious and b*ch botchyy :( !! so when they announced that i had won the category for the audience's "favourite model", my facial expression literally went from >:| to :O and then to :D! yes, i was mad happy. ;) mikko won the "best photoshoot" category and the overall winner was symren kaur (; symren has the whole package for a model - the height, looks, body & everything! so congratulations to her, we all knew she was winning from the very beginning. but to the rest of the models, i'm really glad we all got the chance to meet and make friends. hugs to the all of you - debbie, jade, jo-ann, kimberley, michelle, miko, saki, simren gill, symren kaur, zara & aurelia!

smiling for the media !

my amazing friends and family came to support me (i could hear you guys screaming my name from backstage! *HUGS*). so thank you with ~~much much much~~ no actually, HUGE HUGE HUGE HEAPS of loves - wai yan, maxine, lynn, lara, meng jiang, hwee ling, zheng hong (2kg camera *HUGS*), josh, rachell, gynn, jesse, azril, seng keong, anis, iryan, johan, chongky, zawir, imani, umar, arif (did i miss out anyone?) and last but not least taufiq (the "stupid idiot" who was wearing a jabbawoki mask in the crowd and scared the audience thinking that there was a terrorist amongst them). when i was standing on stage, i thought which retarded person was wearing a mask to a runway show -__-" didn't occur to me that it would be taufiq who said that he wasn't coming. but i knew he wouldn't miss this for the world considering he was the one who pushed me into joining this, so thanks for everything taufiq including the flowers, they were pretty. :)

group shot with almost everyone including mummy!

eustoma's, one of my favourite flowers :) and it's white, my favourite colour!

the night ended with more news being delivered to me by dennis, cam whoring and later on a mini celebration and chilling session with the kawans at hartamas. honestly, all i wanted to do after such a long day was sit down and relax from all the preparations made for the end of the beginning.

*credits to my brother, adam for taking all the pictures. ngee !

groupsmore

2010-10-13T19:40:00.006+08:00

i've been so M.I.A lately with all the things that have been going on - runway 101 finals not just around the corner anymore, it's this friday! ohmygodwtfbbqqqqq :( :( ! i'm not going to lie, i AM nervous :'( i'm just trying not to think so much about everything ! but who am i kidding, i'm probably going to be fidgety over the next 2 days. on a side note, runway classes have been absolutely much fun ;) and the 2nd clothes fitting i had on the 9th of Oct was amazing. oscar ng's a really talented designer, not kidding at all. i loved his designs! how i wish i could get married off in one of his white laced gowns :( pssst - that white laced gown will be worn by one of the other runway finalists! ;)

anyschmooze, lets get to the chase about groupsmore !

let's just say, a team of really creative people came up with this concept where - we purchase things as a group and we get it cheaper by doing so! you know how buying in bulk is so much cheaper than buying things individually? like how you find housewives stocking up on loads and loads of toilet paper. why? because it's cheaper in bulk! so i guess thats pretty much what groups more is about! this team is dedicated to making attractive discounts available for us because alike us, they too are consumers who want things at the lowest of prices!

how groupsmore basically works? - when an offer pops up with discounts available for new things. here's 4 simple steps (or you could just click the picture)!

sign up and join groupsmore! (you can do so by visiting HERE)
clicking on the deals that you're interested in and click BUY
sit and wait for the quota to be reached!
you'll get your vouchers if it did reach but if it didn't, you'll be refunded!

that's why to prevent ourselves from getting disappointment and our cash from being refunded because the deal didn't pull through, we should spread the word around to all our friends and let others know what good stuff could be in store for us! ;) make this new trend, famous and who knows!? the next thing we know, groupsmore will be super duper extra famous and we can get round the clock benefits ;)

so what are you waiting for ! click hereeeeeeeee and join! i'm not going to lie, they're giving out sakae sushi vouchers for free california rolls. so do click so you can make me a happy girl when i eat my rolls ;)

click :- http://www.groupsmore.com/r/melanie-teo

it's always great to know that you have people who believe in you.

2010-10-03T22:43:00.008+08:00

the past 3 weeks have been so overwhelming for me. reason being that i've never thought that i'd ever be able to make it to where i am right now - in a model search competition, let alone be in the finals. but here i am! and i'm really thankful to be one of the final 12.. i didn't think that i had it at all in me honestly.. not at all. but i'm really glad that my friends (namely taufiq tajuddin, lam wai yan, lim meng jiang & my classmates) pushed me to join this just to try it out and to prove to myself that i can do it and i'm good enough for anything if i really put my heart into it.

IPRMSA of Help University College has come back with season 2 of runway 101 (more details can be found [here]) which gives the spectacular chance to all female students of HELP Academy to have a go at living the life of a model. just for kicks, i went for auditions on the 15th of september after class because fiq and waiyan were pushing me to. so i did anyway. the great news came on my birthday - that i managed to make it through to semi-finals ;) that plus all the other presents and things made my birthday even better!

among all the exciting challenges and fun stuff that runway 101 has put me through over the last 18 days was firstly the semi-finals runway challenge. 21 semi-finalists were chosen to dress to their respective designated themes. i was given new york glam along with 9 other girls. whereas the other 11 had to dress accordingly to the theme bohemian princess. i had to drive around to my best friends houses to put together my outfit. so i love you very much maxine lee, lim eu lynn, lara rowena and lam wai yan! the challenge was held on the 22nd at the main block foyer. my darling friends came to support me as well & it definitely felt great to be able to experience all this ._. when the results were announced, i was stunned. "say whaaa?"

fiq & i :) moral support!

hwee ling, carys, jade & i :)

the next treat for the finalists was a clothes fitting session at amir luqman's boutique! it's somewhere in plaza damas. he's an awesome designer with really unique clothes. very talented, i must say ;) i couldn't make it for the session with the other girls because of my IELTS exam on the 25th. so i went alone on the 26th :( thus no pictures :/ deng ! but i must say - i'm madly madly madly in love with the dress that i got for my runway ;) i wish i could have it. pft! teehee! i also tried out a dress for the photo shoot that runway 101 had in store for all of us!

2nd challenge was a hair makeover by toni & guy on the 29th of september! which meant that i had to chop off my hair that i've been trying to grow out for the past few months, deng it ! ;( but all was good ! it's grown out ever since the day i cut it, it looks alright now. instead of having long hair, i now have short cute-sy hair! pictures of me from the 3rd day of hair makeover hasn't been uploaded on the IPRMSA website so i don't have any to showww, oh well! ;( aurelia (another contestant) and i car pooled all the way to bukit bintang :D she drove and we made it there with her trusty navigator which is so snazzy and it actually talks ! it tells you when to turn left, right and how far you are from the junctions. it even tells you to keep to your speed limit! whaa ?! it has a mind of its own :X oh my god!

toni & guy - bukit bintang

3rd challenge was a photo shoot session with baddogz studio @ damansara perdana. it was a tremendously great experience to be shooting in a studio for the first time in my life! the photographer's really really talented, i must emphasize! he even has a cute dog running around the studio, its name is bailey. hehe! so furry and cute *PINCHES* fiq sent me there because my dad went out with my car :( and i can't drive any of the other 4 cars because there's no P sticker on them :( he stuck around to watch me do my thing. after the shoot was wrapped up, we played a game - how many people will stare at me if i walked around in the curve ! from the carpark to mcd's, then to 7-11 and back to the car park, at least 150 people stared. we stopped counting halfway, we got tired keeping track. but it was funny. lady gaga make up and chun-li inspired hair!

close up shot :O

fiq says i look like mortisha :/

full body shot ;) i kinda look like i'm flyingggg

group shot ! 2 models are missing though :(

i guess the next few tasks would be attending runway classes over the next 2 weeks before the finals and going for another clothes fitting at oscar designs on the 9th! i'm excited beyond words can describe for the next two weeks. at least in the future, i can say i've done some modelling before. hee! do come and support me & the other contestants if you're free alright! get a ticket at either RM30/RM50 to be entitled to vote for your desired winner!

Date : 15th October 2010

Time : 7.30pm - 10.30pm

Venue : Bukit Damansara Community Centre

Ticket Price : RM50 (front row) / RM30 (back row)

Contact : Lim Li Wen (016-3458979)

order tickets by sending an email to runway101@hotmail.com. provide your name, phone number, email and the quantity and type of tickets that you would like to purchase. an invoice will be sent to your email address. keep your invoice no. and bring it on the event date to collect your tickets! hurry and get them because it's limited seating!

PS : all proceeds will be directed to MERCY Malaysia! so come and i hope to see you there!

*all photo's are from IPRMSA website & baddogz photographer jin

they say, i say ...

2010-09-24T21:46:00.010+08:00

we're born alone, we live alone & we die alone. only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone. - orson welles

my 18th birthday wasn't what i had expected, at all. no, it didn't fall short of any of my expectations, in fact - it was more than what i had bargained for. only then did i realize even more that even though i may have lost the one person i cared about, i still have friends all around me who actually still care about me. a three day long celebration is what i asked for, and i got it. a DSLR portrait lens is what i had been wanting all along, and i got it. always wanted to try out the food at pressroom, and i did. not to be alone on my birthday, they made sure that wouldn't happen.

my darling friends took the time off their really busy schedules to plan, orchestrate and put everything together just for my surprise dinner. for some who had upcoming trial exams to prepare for, to those who missed out on family dinners & all the others who had their other plans - they made the exception just to be there with me to celebrate turning legal. which to me, has been the 3rd sweetest thing they've done for me. 2nd would be all their previous attempts over the years to try to surprise me, but became an epic fail because i'm too smart and i usually figure it out :p and in 1st position would just be, being there for me. if they didn't know how i felt about everything - honestly guys, i thought nobody cared enough but you guys proved me wrong and i love you all for it :) extremely.

*warning, may get sappy & emotional.

Day #1 (15th-16th September 2010)

so.. i didn't expect anything nor did i suspect anything ---- until the day of the surprise dinner which was the eve of malaysia day :) my darling friends planned it in such a way that we could make use of the public holiday the next day to recuperate from any 'hangovers' we would have gotten from the night before. i'll get to that soon. when i went to college that morning, i saw a bunch of our collegemates dragging waiyan to a corner to talk and when i came close, they dispersed. which was actually quite funny. i didn't suspect anything out of it. when i got home, maxine further accidentally 'revealed' more information just to make sure i'd get out of the house that night. but despite everything that was revealed in the end, they told me it's a small dinner just a small group of us celebrating my birthday.

little did i know that when i got there, i had a shock of my life to see at least 30 of my friends seated at the 2 long dining tables which were the most exposed to the entrance. (i don't have all the pictures yet, some are in fikri's camera :( so i'll only upload those that i have that i actually look pretty okay :p)

The Pressroom @ Bangsar Shopping Center

G110, Ground Floor,

West Wing

Contact No. : 03-2095 8098

chicken & potato chips? i honestly forgot what it's called but it was quite nice.

azril & maxine

my favourite penang boy! hee!

i didn't see fiq around :O so i thought something was amiss already since he said he'd be in perak that day for an open house, i knew he wouldn't miss this for the world :p i guess i was right when he made this 'grand' entrance into the restaurant while clapping his hands and the next thing i knew, there was like this mini entourage of waiters who brought to him this bouquet of roses just for me. the whole restaurant was staring .__."

2 dozen red roses

it felt so much like a movie for a second there and that i was some princess, so to taufiq tajuddin - i know what you did and exactly how much effort you put into helping the girls and putting everything together :) from driving the girls around and getting the lens, i'll be eternally grateful :) if i haven't said this enough, thank you once again boob. :) oh yeah, for the charm bracelet too. haven't got a picture of it yet though.

my babes (;

a special shout out to my 4 favourite girls in the whole wide world, thanks for trying your very best to plan this surprise for me. i know i'm such a kill joy with my brainy brains that somehow rather just loves to unveil and spoil all your surprises that you plan for me. but i really was surprised anyway and i love you guys for making the effort every single year :) for every single last bit of detail & especially the cake design. despicable me minions! hehe, they're still in my fridge. i honestly don't know what i'm going to do with them :x but know that i love you guys, always.

to my classmates from HA04, i'm really glad that i got to know you guys this year. that somehow rather i ended up in group A instead of B (not saying it's a bad thing) but by chance, i met you guys and i'm really glad. really, really glad. thanks for coming that night. it's only been 9 months that we've known each other but it's great to see how far along we've come as friends. i'm going to miss you guys when college is over :( hugs to those who wanted to come too but couldn't make it cause they had other commitments! i loves you guys to bits too, you know who you are ;) so yes, let your butts kembang!

:D papoyy!

unwrapping my present to reveal my new EF 50mm f/1.8 II portrait lens ;)

* i regret that night not taking more pictures with everyone before some of them left at 9.30pm :/ we stayed there till about 10.30pm. only then did we take group pictures :(

some of the hartamas'ians

not all of you hartamasians are in the picture because some of you guys went home early :( but i'm really glad that you guys came! it's great that even after high school, we're still keeping in touch. thank you so very much lovelies! my dad did say that the friends you meet in primary school are the ones that you grow up with. the ones you meet in high school are the ones that you'll learn to keep in touch with. though the ones you meet in college are the ones you'll somehow end up working with. i don't know how that really works :/ but i guess there's got to be some truth in that.

some of my college mates

some of the girls

some of the guys

to all my non-college/highschool friends who came and made my birthday as great as it was, i love you guys as well! you guys don't know how much i appreciate your gestures :( seriously, thank you! so after that, a group of us headed to mist to attend the bunny event. all the girls there were given bunny headbands as you can see below. events of the night from this point onwards shall remain discreet hahaha! but i sleptover at maxine's house that night :) slept at 6am, woke up at 8.30am. -___-"

the only picture i have at mist, thanks my daughter for coming ;)

Day #2 (17th September 2010)

went to tropicana city mall on the eve of my birthday with fiq, jesse & lynn to watch going the distance before heading out to devi's corner to meet up with waiyan, rashiq, nazz and johan to play "shithead" and count down to my birthday.

slice of fruit chantilly cake from cake sense from lynn

Day #3 (18th September 2010)

always wanted to visit ampang lookout point (it's in my 100 things to do before i die list, if you didn't know) so lynn, max, fiqqy, jesse and i headed out to ampang lookout point and braved the traffic jams that night. we got lost twice so the journey took about close to an hour. but when we got there and sat at this high-class mamak place, i forgot what it was called.. all was worth it. the view was spectacular. i'm a sucker for picturesque places :X

loves to bits

managed to snap a shot of klcc on the way back in the car :) purdyy lights.

and last but not least, thank you to those who wished me ;) might it be through text, calls or facebook. at least you guys did and that's enough and all that matters the most. everything you guys did was appreciated. i'm legal now! yay!

australian confectionery !

2010-09-20T20:13:00.006+08:00

6 of my closest friends birthdays have gone by, so it's time that i posted a special post just for the bakery who has been responsible for providing us the cakes! australian confectionery bakery!

Australian Confectionery

74, Jalan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur.

(same row as overseas restaurant which should be on your right)

Contact No. : 03-21421759

location map from google maps!

it's owned by my friend's parents, located somewhere in the heart of KL at jalan imbi. in my personal opinion (which might not apply to you, but it sure as hell does to me!) the cakes there are really good! i'm comparing it to all those commercial brands that you find their franchises are sprouting up everywhere like weeds. it's really, much much better! i've had my fair share of eating those "branded" cakes for quite some time and i don't quite fancy how its taste has become so commercialized over the years. you pay close to RM100 for something so impersonal and bleh tasting. :/ that is why, i've chosen this bakery 5 times over! the 6th being my birthday and my friends were the ones who got the cake for me ;)

lynns cake ;) the first of us girls to turn the legal 18 :D

waiyan's playboy bunny cake for the girl who loves her bunny rabbits!

su-zen's swallow cake for the girl who loves her swallows!

maxine's cake for the girl who loves her makeup ;)

lara's giant cupcake cake for the adorable girl who's also our fashionista!

3D despicable me minions for my birthday cake! i didn't get a proper close-up shot because i wasn't the camera woman that night! but i guess this will have to do ;)

they've never ceased to impress me. for each birthday, all i needed to do was email them pictures or ideas and concepts that i wanted to have for the cakes and at the end of it all, when i get a hold of the cake, i'll just be surprised at what an awesome job that they've done! they've exceeded my expectations over and over again ;) they even pay attention to the small intricate details. the prices to me are reasonable for a fully customized cake. they've got quite a range of cake flavours to choose from - vanilla, chocolate, blueberry cheese, strawberry cakes and so many more! all you need to do is just ring them up and ask ;) being the unadventurous, we usually stuck with the safe flavours ; vanilla and chocolate. but they're really good! the cakes are very light with a fluffy and spongy texture. nothing too much to have. although, do give them about a week's notice if you really want to get a customized cake that's complicated.

its time for me to go and study now! ;) if you ever do visit australian confectionery, i hope you like their cakes as much as all my friends and i did! toodles~

sayur masin finally reaches legaldom!

2010-09-19T20:17:00.006+08:00

oh it's definitely been awhile since i last logged into blogger/blog ! i'm sorry blog, for leaving you high and dry for the past 2 weeks :X just a quick post about lara's early surprise birthday celebration that we had for her on the 7th of september, 2 days in advance from the actual date! ;)

it was a really long and tiring day for fiq and i. god knows how many times we got stuck in traffic jams in just that day itself. i had class right up till 2pm that day and straight after i got home and scarfed down my lunch, fiq came by my house to pick me up to head to jalan imbi to collect the designer cake we ordered for lara ;) we didn't know our way there and we got stuck in an hour and a half long jam - going there. and a 40 minute jam, coming back. made a few wrong turns and got ourselves circling time square/sungai wang a few times. but thankfully we found the place and we collected the cake. [next blog post will solely be about featuring the bakery] ;)

survived the horrid jam coming back and reached home at 5pm sharp, had to rush to get ready so we could all arrive at the restaurant by 7pm, but we were late anyway :/ stupid jam on the way to sunway giza i tell you! as lynn, jesse, fiq and i arrived and met up with the rest, we set up fiq's laptop for skype so we could video call zaim (lara's boyfriend who was all the way in melbourne) just so he could be a part of the surprise! ;) so we chilled around and waited till waiyan brought the birthday girl in. we told lara that a small group of us were going to buka puasa together. haha boy, did she get a shock when she walked up the 2nd floor!

Fullhouse Lifestyle Store & Cafe @ Sunway Giza

Tel : 03-61418075

Opening Hours : 12pm-11pm

surprised?

zaim - on video call.

going the distance.

lara & friends

the food in fullhouse is actually pretty okay tasting, and the price isn't all too pricey as well. though after everything, i was actually pretty broke so i shared pasta with waiyan. it was actually pretty spicy for our taste buds. the atmosphere there is actually imo quite nice to host a birthday dinner there or any private intimate gatherings (i'm referring to the 2nd floor) hehe! though it's actually quite romantic as well if you were on a date and you chose to sit outside on the patio/garden.

i think this was called olio something something?

i forgot whose one was this and what it was, but it looks good :p

even normal glasses of water come with cute straws!

my favourite girls and i

smother the birthday girl!

nearing the end of dinner, we brought in the giant cupcake birthday cake. the waiters & waitresses at fullhouse were actually very friendly and sporting. they joined in with us when singing the birthday song and even took pictures of the cake. after we stuffed ourselves with cake (which was actually quite a tiring task to cut through and serve around because of its height) we proceeded to giving lara's birthday present. lynn, waiyan, max, fiq, arif, iryan, lydiya, umar and i chipped in cash to get her marc jacob's LOLA perfume.

re-lighting up the candles because fullhouse switched off the fans but not the aircon -_-

birthday girl and her giant cupcake!

lara receiving her lola :p

group shot !

headed to chidas @ TTDI after dinner to hang with the rest. came home at 12.30pm and had to sleep for 8am class the next day. :( i hope the babe had a memorable and wonderful 18th ;) and that she was happy with the surprise and everything. lots of love sayur masin, i loves you very much!

- ikan masin. ;)

happy legal day hwee ling!

2010-09-06T21:29:00.004+08:00

this will be a quick and short post dedicated to hwee ling since it's her birthday today!

birthday girl arriving to class :)

our class planned a small surprise for her and chipped in to buy her cupcakes from wondermilk to celebrate her turning legal ;0 after physics lab at 4pm, mr ling (our physics lecturer) was so thoughtful to actually get her a birthday card when he heard from us that it was hwee ling's birthday today. he used that as a distraction to keep her back in class while all of us got ready outside to surprise her (; couldn't really get clear pictures of her blowing out the candles though :( sorry babe! well, hopefully you had fun and was surprised! so happy birthday hwee hwee ;)!

mr ling & hwee ling

cupcakes for hwee ling ;)

wondermilk shop + cafe

no.41, ss21/1A, damansara uptown,

damansara utama, 47400 petaling jaya.

tel : +603-7725 8930

website : http://cuppacakes2.blogspot.com

birthday girl with her balloons!

group shot :)

[beware : science talk coming up :X]

had biology lab from 10-12pm. subjected 6 little plants to 6 different growth mediums - each lacking a certain nutrient to further investigate the effects on plant growth. haha the seedlings look so cute trapped in parafilm and test tubes ;) i guess we'll see what it'll turn into, in a weeks time. anyway, it's time to go study up for the upcoming quizzes over the next 2 weeks ! :( no more time to play around. ishbu. :/ oh yeah! 12 more days till it's my turn to turn legal :P!

little plants :D

undertow

2010-09-04T22:47:00.006+08:00

it's a saturday night and i should be out right now, living life like a normal teenager! but surprisingly i'm at home! well actually, i didn't really have much of a choice. parents didn't let me out yesterday night and tonight ;( last night, i actually stayed home to play cluedo with the parents, ate baskins, read a book and spent quality time with them because they didn't let me out to hartamas :( . today's the same as well. but to be fair, i was out the whole afternoon ;) so it isn't so bad.

woke up at 11am to meng jiang's text asking me to wake up for our shopping spree! fetched jiang and drove to OU to meet up with zheng hong and waiyan but before meeting up, had lunch at papparich. ate the usual, hor fun - my favourite :p the bill came up to about RM60 for 2 persons :x woah..

Papparich @ One Utama

Lot G210, Ground Floor Promenade

cendol with soya milk & lychee soda

my steamed chicken hor fun. yumm!

jiang's fish & chips

fish cakes - abit too plain looking though :X

after that, dragged the two boys around shopping for meng jiang's new wardrobe - topman, cotton on and pull & bare. they did say yesterday that shopping isn't a form of exercise but waiyan and i were determined to prove them wrong. true enough, we had two semi-exhausted boys in our hands at the end of the shopping spree hehe! jiang got 3 new shirts and a jacket. our shopping spree had to be cut short because we made bookings for the badminton court @ carys's apartment from 3-5pm so we went over to meet up with the rest.

played badminton with carys, her brother - isaac, mark, his brother - malcolm, ching feng, zheng hong, meng jiang, josh, nic and a lot of others hehe. damn i suck at it :X after that, dropped the 2 penang boys back home before coming home to pick up my family members for dinner. drove and ate at canton fare today - i've eaten a lot of times there but this is the first time that i had my DSLR with me so i took the liberty of taking pictures of the food we ordered. bill came up to RM128.00 for 5 persons.

Canton Fare @ Plaza Damansara

71G, Jalan Medan Setia 1

03-20935279

tofu, tomato and salted vegetable soup

2 meat roast - roasted pork & roasted duck

butter prawns

claypot brinjal

royal egg dish ;o

claypot fish belly

overall, dinner was okay. haven't eaten here in awhile. the prices for this place is actually quite steep for chinese cuisine - considering the portions are quite small. the food's only alright, it isn't as good as how i remembered it to be, but it's still alright. anyway, i'm going back to seremban tomorrow for my nephew's full moon :) better head into bed early tonight! toodles!

felines & canines :D

2010-08-30T00:34:00.006+08:00

advertlets is having one of their group session screenings again! being one of the lucky few to be able to join them for their previous premiere session last week - step up 3D, it's safe to say that it'll definitely be another fun experience to join them for their cats & dogs : the revenge of kitty galore premiere as well! ;) there's a contest on wai yan's blog by advertlets that will get me a pair of free tickets for the screening. so let's cut to the chase. ~~meow~~ i mean woof! ;D

paw boy! then you can get your doggy treats :p

getting an ear rub ;x

that furry thing up there? that's my dog. the name's lance & he's a golden retriever. i bought him as a 2 month old puppy in july of 2002. he was so mischievous and naughty when he was young. i still remember the first day when my family and i brought him home from the pet shop, he was so curious when we placed him in the garden ; that small little round pudgy puppy that could barely even manage on its two feet to get around. he sniffed up everything that was around him and immediately warmed into our hearts. lance was family. he even knew whenever i was upset that he'd come and put his furry head on my lap or at my feet, just to accompany me through whatever i was going through. he even would try to lick my face while he was it.

that naughty boy has made me both happy and sad. sad moments being the one where i was 12, walking him around my neighbourhood and had his leash AROUND my wrist - when he saw a stray cat which pissed him off. he ran after it and i was forced to run along with him (actually i was dragged) but i couldn't keep up so i fell forward, on my chin :( upon noticing that i fell, lance came back and tried to make things better by licking me, seeking for forgiveness. probably because i was crying. evil dog :( he spent the next few days guilty in a corner. nobody was punishing him, he was punishing himself :O

but i guess there are many memories you can have with a pet. one of my most memorable silly moments of lance would be the time where there was a frog in the garden and it was at night. silly boy, my sister and i were out there playing with him. he was so curious that he went up to the frog, sniffed it and took one huge lick. i still remember the expression of pure disgust on his face. he immediately got on the ground and started paw'ing at his mouth. ahhh. :) funny, priceless moments.

but in april of 2008, lance got dognapped. i was at prefects camp at that time. i came back the day after he got lost and i was clueless. my parents didn't want to tell me until i got home. something was amiss when i realized that there was no lance greeting me when i arrived home. when i asked my siblings, they told me lance was gone :/ we tried and tried to search for him, putting posters up to look for him. driving around the neighbourhood, hartamas, bangsar and even PJ just looking for him. but funny thing is, after a few weeks, the posters were ripped off. not by the wind (because the plastic cover we protected the posters with, was still there) sigh..

so yes, that's just the tip of the iceberg of the story of my dog :) if i could be given the chance to write the full story, it'd probably be pages and pages long and it'll bore the crap out of you. but i guess one of the reasons why i want to watch this movie - subconsciously is because i love dogs :) cats are okay too, but i love dogs. and heck, every single golden retriever i see walking around, i still stop and do double takes to check if it's lance or not :O it's been 2 years sigh. so advertlets, please let me watch this movie so i can fill the 'void' of my missing dog 0:)

i miss you boy :(

we'll be a dream.

2010-08-28T06:02:00.005+08:00

had such a crazy and rough night today and yesterday - i'm not going to run through the schematics of how both of my days went although all i can say is, i'm up and still awake at 6.06am. with college starting on monday, i'm so definitely screwed! my sleeping pattern that is.

anyway, i had my first GCB from mc donalds yesterday! i know, i know! i'm definitely damn late in trying the burger. had it at around 5.30am because fiq sent it over to try to cheer me up from being down in the dumps. coincidentally, it was also around the sahur time for muslims to fast/puasa so i munched everything down before the azan came on - just to play fair. oh my god, the GCB is the s*x! it tasted so good that i actually ate all my fries first before moving on to devouring the burger - save the best for last! the grilled chicken patty was so juicy and succulent, not to forget that the burger was fresh from the grill. ohh, it just tasted so good. i'll definitely have a go at it again!

mcd's at 5.30am in the morning ;p

just look at that chicken patty!

then i slammed into bed straight after and slept till 2pm. didn't do anything except stay awake in bed and talking on the phone. fell asleep again at 6.30pm and woke up when the 7.28pm azan came on. dinner wasn't ready at that time, so basically i buka'ed at 8pm! i'm so proud of myself! no food, no drinks, nothing! definitely an interesting first experience.

verdict : it's wasn't all too bad for me to fast, well at least i can be proud to say that as a malaysian, i've tried to puasa at least once. will i do it again? probably, maybe... not -_- maybe i will :O who knows, it all depends. but, being hungry is a torturous feeling.. i could feel the hydrochloric acid in my tummy doing its work. i really salute my muslim friends who actually can withstand their urge and temptation for one WHOLE entire month especially when all their non friends around them are eating or talking about eating =x gosh, how do they do it ! SALUTE!

*the flowers are blooming :)

step up 3D with advertlets

2010-08-26T13:53:00.007+08:00

you know that they're definitely your best friends when they share the good things in their life, with you. so thank you lam wai yan for getting us tickets to join advertlet's screening of step up 3! ;D it was a fun night out last night with the babes and dudes - i guess we really needed something like this to take our mind off studying and to bond. the girls got dressed up just for the fun of it and all of us met at tropicana city mall before 9pm. met the advertlets group for the very first time ; they're really friendly and filled with round the clock fun, laughter & excitement. definitely very spontaneous people and such a close-knitted bunch that it's so sweet.

the girls & jason (photo stolen from advertlets facebook page ;p)

unconditional love for me? :P

the movie was actually good :O the dance moves and choreography got my eyes glued to the screen throughout the whole entire time despite the fact that my seats were rather close to the screen and gave me a neck ache. the male lead - (not moose, i mean luke) was so hot. his body was so hot. his face was so hot. he's so.. *drools*. he definitely makes it to my list of .. ;) and the female lead, natalie's body was so perfectly proportioned. DAMN. i wish i did dance or something so i could have a firm body and tight ass like her :X i guess there's no denying that with every new step up movie, the dance moves just keep getting better and better. nevermind the story line, i'm just in for the dance, romance and eye candy :)

our group of friends (:

advertlets group (;

after the screening, iryan, anis and lara had to head home because they had college the next day. lynn, max, fiq, waiyan, jeremy and i headed to Chidas @ TTDI later on where we coincidentally bumped into our other friends ; weng onn, su-zen, brandon, akif and sheikh :D such a small world i suppose. the mamak is definitely a place where you can meet with friends that you've never seen for awhile. i've got to say, fiq made some awesome kick-ass shi sha that wasn't rough at all and was so soothing to the throat. contrary to the fact that smoking shi sha is supposed to give you a sore throat instead :O

* every 24th of the month is melly day - well according to boob that is. it marks the day, 2 months ago - that i was super emo and because of that, i was granted a day every month where i'll be treated like a queen just so i will never ever go back to being that way (: this is what i got to commemorate the occassion (; it's like a tradition that i'll get my cupcake every month. hee!

cuppy cakes from bijoux (;

favourite flowers & my favourite colour (:

* i don't know when, but i'll make it somehow & i know that i'll be okay, only in time.

stepping up !

2010-08-22T02:01:00.004+08:00

i've watched the step up movie since 4 years ago - the first of the series being released in 2006. i still remember how back then, i watched all the super cool dance moves and tried dancing to it while at the same time being a god awful embarrassing goofy teen. how i drooled at the sight of 'bad boy turned good' channing tatum. how i was at the edge of my seat watching that romantic tension between tyler and nora. how i'm a definite sucker for romance. how i wish i took ballet when i was a kid but i didn't so damn! but truth to be honest, i wish i could dance quarter as good as them (who am i kidding lah hahaha!) BUT a girl can still dream right :(

then came step up 2! it was a different twist to the previous movie. street dancing :O ! from ballet-hip hop to this? i definitely knew it wouldn't be a let down. thus spawned the beginning of my interest in the street dancing phase my friends and i had. damn it, i actually miss dancing for school performances with the babes. well actually, i miss those dance practices i had with them, more. now that we're all in college, we no longer have the need to perform or the time to. :( it used to be our thing.. now it's not :(

so why do i want advertlets to give me a pair of free tickets to watch step up 3? because i ~~want~~ need to see if the third addition to this movie gets any better than it already has proven to be with the previous 2! so please please please, give me a pair of those tickets, maybe two :D? heee!

i don't know what i'd do without you three ♥

change is supposed to be good - but not all.

2010-08-20T21:01:00.003+08:00

quick post - collected results yesterday. let's just say, i guess it was meant as a wake up call for me to start working so much more harder and put more effort, not get distracted by trivial matters that do not benefit me in any possible way at all, anymore. anyway. after collecting my results, the day seemed to just darken for me by itself and i wasn't the chirpy melly anymore. fiq (boob) brought me out to OU try to cheer me up. watched repomen, it was very gory but i guess it was okay. still wouldn't make it to my top movies list because because becauseeee it didn't have a happy ending. mft. but jude law's body was hot :) hehehe.

hello there jude law ;)

lynn, johan and jesse joined after the movie, they couldn't make it in time to watch it with us. met up with william as well when we went to get some takoyaki (Ground Floor @ OU near Cold Storage) - first time trying it, it definitely looked delicious in the menu but it's no surprise that illustrations are definitely for illustration purposes only. ordered the prawn filling since i will never bring myself to eat anything with its head still attached to its body and i'll be eating the head as well. example - baby octopus. yuck.. well, the taste was there but it had too much flour for my liking and too little prawn fillings :(

prawn takoyaki @ RM4 for 3 balls.

an attempt to turn that frown upside down (:

boob secretly bought a rose to surprise me and try to cheer me up further. the way he did it definitely was mischievous and well planned. i initially got pissed off at him for being so sneaky but it did put a smile on my face in the end :) thank god for best friends.. ahh, it's not the end of the world right? it's a friday night, i'm supposed to be at a pool party and mist after that or shi-sha'ing in solaris with yan and lynn. but? i chose to stay at home to watch some himym, blog and probably start on the chemistry past year papers mr.y gave as holiday homework. one more week of semester break! GAY.

all the things you wouldn't know.

2010-08-18T22:05:00.005+08:00

which? D;
image source [here]

i'm halfway through my 3 week term break for second semester which i'm supposed to spend wisely finding myself and making sure i catch up with all that i've studied throughout second semester - spent the first week being attached to a dental clinic and getting exposed to the world of oral hygiene and the life of being a dentist. to be honest, it wasn't as terrifying as i had expected it to be. teeth are disgusting, no doubt - but not all. only those who have honest to god disgusting teeth and seriously never bothered to spend a small time of day to maintain their oral hygiene. that, definitely revolting. ughhh. oh but i did come back with some oral hygiene knowledge that i shall come to practice on my own self. the doctors, nurses and staff at the clinic that i was attached to were definitely friendly and welcoming.

in summary of the four days i spent there -

nearly fainted at the site of a guy who had an almost rotten tooth underneath the bad crown job he had gotten a long time ago and needed yanking out to be replaced. saw cute adorable little kids who were scared shitless and whom were making funny faces when it came to sitting in the dentist chair. sat through a mother-daughter session where the mother was holding on to her 8 year old daughter's hands for dear life when the dentist was giving her a scaling job (talk about the reversal of roles). witnessed a few people getting fitted in for their braces. observed the filling process and how amazingly normal the tooth looked when comparing the before and after. watched how people got their implants, crowns and bridges made and fitted. "scrubbed in" well actually, just stood around the patient, nurses and doctor, observing a surgery called soft tissue grafting, interesting! but A LOT of blood. seriously not kidding. okay maybe it's not that much, but it's definitely the most i've seen in my life :O

anyway, i was really lucky to be able to see all that first hand. definitely an enticing experience. well at least i know i won't be fainting at the sight of blood. (; so why the dilemma between doing law and dentistry in university? so many factors. sigh :( for one - the competition is tight in the UK to get a place for dentistry. the fees are almost close to RM1mil for the 5 year course. passion may be one thing, but i feel like i'll be a burden financially.. law on the other hand could be done 1/4 the cost of dentistry. oh decisions.. sometimes i wish i had a path laid out in front of me and all i had to do was just walk down that path. :( oh i wish. the million dollar question right now that i've to decide for myself is - take a course that i probably SHOULD practice or take a course that is general enough for me to get a job in anything, later on.. :/

results for my may-june examinations will be coming out tomorrow. heading to the main block campus at pusat bandar with daddy tomorrow whom offered to follow me. couldn't say no. it's not that i don't want him to follow me, it's just that i fear that i'll disappoint him :( i'm super duper nervous till the extent that i'm all jittery and edgy. oh god. :( *EEP* i shall go pull my hair out while watching ncis :) toodles!

just the way you are .

2010-08-09T21:11:00.006+08:00

my 3 weeks term holidays have started ! but it's going to be a busy three weeks. i'm going to have to use 70% of my free time doing productive things, finding myself and discovering what my passion to take on as my career in life would be and the other 30% sleeping, chilling whenever i can and spending whatever time i have left with friends & family. starting tomorrow, i'll be attached to a doctor at the damansara dental clinic for about a week. i'm actually really excited to get started tomorrow since on the very first day itself i'll be given the opportunity to sit in on a surgery! :D can't wait ! so today's basically my last day to do nonsense :( but first! what i've been doing during the weekend!

saturday night i headed out to sportsville @ sunway giza with the sekawans and headed to SK corner after that to meet up with andrew and aaron. made it home by 11.30pm because i didn't want to push it with the parents. felt like cinderella having to rush back home for my curfew.

1st floor of sunway giza

view from the 2nd floor

at SK corner with the babe.

sunday was spent watching how i met your mother season 3 and finishing it. season 4 doesn't want to stream for me, i need to loan someones dvd box set or rob their computer hard drives! basically in conclusion, it was a VERY lazy sunday.

so... how did i spend today? i watched salt with lara, evan, fiq and arif @ tropicana city mall! the angelina jolie movie that has been all the hype but it didn't impress me. well actually all the movies that i've been watching lately haven't exactly made it to the top of my 'okay enough to watch again' movies.. :( it was alright i suppose, the plot was confusing and mind boggling so i guess it didn't really appeal to me. i'm more of the "a walk to remember" or "up" type of person and not the "inception"/"salt" person.

angelina jolie :O

sayur & ikan masin

teletubbies -___-

early to bed tonight! internship starting tomorrow. yay! can't wait, can't wait, can't wait!

baby steps (:

2010-08-07T13:21:00.005+08:00

how am i? surviving - could've been better. what have i been doing? trying to live each day - taking it on as it comes. and oh yeah i've decided that i'm going to do dentistry. well that's what i applied for anyway in the UCAS university applications for the universities in UK. did you know that the number of placements allocated for international students that each university has set aside for dentistry is ONLY about 4-5?! and that there are only 13 universities in the united kingdom that offer the course dentistry?! and the course is close to RM1mil!? god bless me, i really hope that i can get a place. if not, i guess ill take it as god has other plans for me. hopefully, if i do get a place, it'll be between one of the 4 universities ill be applying for - queen mary, leeds, manchester and cardiff. ill be flying off there september 2011 :O woah.

anyway, yesterday i attended the help university college a levels editorial board luncheon @ banquet, bangsar village 2. the food was nice! and oh yeah, my baby DSLR is back from the UK (; woo! but i'm not using my desktop to blog so i've gotten lazy to edit the pictures, watermark them and put the black borders. meh. :x i ordered the western lunch box set which basically came with either a choice of house red wine/orange juice, pita bread with dips/mushrooms and as for our main course, dory fish with mushroom sauce/penne with grilled salmon/grilled chicken breast.

my appetizer - pita bread with dips (;

waiyans appetizer - mushrooms that tasted nice :O

main course - pan fried dory fish fillet with mushroom sauce & broccoli

dessert : tiramisu ! although, it was quite drenched in Kahlua..

group shot with the seniors ! thanks for all your guidance (; yan left before we took the picture.

after lunch, dropped by celebrity fitness to visit fiq and ali since i had 30 minutes before my parking ticket got into another hour. the gym is filled with buff people, some being too buff that they come off to me as just plain scaryyy. :/ after that i headed home and met with some annoying mid-40's lady driver who was so bloody impatient and i swear its not cause i suck at driving but because she's so stupid that she wants me to continue driving when the car in front of me applies the emergency brakes OR when a car is coming out from a parking spot OR when the car wants to cut into my lane. OBVIOUSLY i have to slow down and let the car in front of me go - defensive driving ! but she honked me 4 times before i finally lost my patience, showed her the middle finger so she could see from the rear view mirror, slowed down, let her overtake me and when she did, she honked me and stare cocked at me and when she FINALLY got in front of me, i honked her back. stupid lady. does she want me to get into an accident because she's being like an ass on the road ?! pft . was so not in the mood to be a patient driver. i have never honked or lost my patience driving for the 8 months ive had my license. gosh.

anyway, was too pissed off and bored that i needed something to distract myself with so i called the boob to bring me out! headed to tropicana city mall at around 5pm to watch avatar : the last airbender. it was kind of a let down. i don't know why but fiq has some theory that its because after we all watched inception, all the movies can't match up to its standards. the movie was at 6.45pm so we headed to santini first on the ground floor to grab a bite. they have computers there wffw! since i wasn't eating, i played with my facebook games instead. :X

@ santini, tropicana city mall. they have a computer there!

after the show, made a pit stop to maxy's house to visit the babe and came home at around 9.30pm. oh, what a long day.

when i visit the places we made memories together, everything comes rushing back. it doesn't get any better when the songs we listen to, play in the mall. or i meet up with your friends. im still thinking about you, probably this is what you get for falling too hard.

love the way you lie .

2010-07-29T17:22:00.008+08:00

my maid has been taking care of me ever since i was a foetus or maybe i probably wasn't conceived yet. she knows me so well ; from my antiques, to my habits. my likes and dislikes, my botched relationships & boyfriends and even how to deal with my tantrums. she sat down with me at the dining table today while i was re-writing my chemistry notes to tell me about what i was like when i was a kid. damn i was so naughty and mischievous, it makes me smile to think that even as a kid i knew how to negotiate and be witty to get what i wanted. haha! then she got to the serious bit - boys. she was telling me about how her 2 friends back when she was in the philippines, had tried to suicide when their relationships blew up in their faces.

girl 1 : a really pretty girl who had all the guys falling for her BUT she chose the douche bag. she quit school to work and support her boyfriend through college and university. he promised her that he'd marry her after he graduated and that they'll live happily ever after BUT it's no surprise that in university, he ended up meeting another girl and he dumped girl 1. so basically, she threw away her chance of changing her life for the better - to support her guy through his education (because she was assured that their life would be better after) only to have him leave her once he was done 'using' her. so she tried to suicide by over-dosing on pills. luckily she was discovered in time and given a second chance to live.

* moral of the story - do what's best for yourself and not others. don't decide on your future just because of your boyfriend because god knows what could possibly happen ; anything can happen, promises are meant to be broken & nothing lasts forever.

girl 2 : another pretty girl but a little on the outgoing side met a dentist and started going out with him. eventually, she got knocked up. they started seeing each other for awhile and he said he'd take responsibility. in the end, he didn't and he left her for someone else. she was so heartbroken to have to raise this baby by herself that she couldn't take it anymore, she drank CLOROX - bleach - if you didn't know. she was found thankfully, rushed to the hospital and the doctor's cleaned and pumped her. the baby was all right though, he should be around 20 now. the guy eventually became guilty and offered to provide child support but she didn't accept it since in the first place, he didn't want it. in the end, she married her best friend who's a great father figure to the boy.

* moral of the story - never love 100%, don't suicide over a boy whom you think was your everything because you can find your true love in the most unexpected places and situations.

so how did this topic of conversation come about? she was asking me if i was doing okay with the breakup. she tried to advise me that it's not the end of the world yet even though she can see that my ex was my everything and how he still has this hold on me and how much he still affects me. from what i've decided anyway, i'm just going to stay away from dating for awhile. ugh. too much heartbreak, too emotional and too much to handle (and so i say..)

anyschmooze! my college life has been okay-okay ever since semester 2 started. can't take pictures with my baby DSLR because it's in the UK with my parents and brother who have been over there for the past 3 weeks attending my sister's convocation. so here are crappy pictures taken with my handphone :(

acid & base titration - look at those pretty colours before i swirled it hehe!

4 of my conical flasks - manipulating concentrations of acid & bases to get different colours

spectrum of colours made by waiyan & i (;

biology lab - classmates & i drying the leaves we had just painted transparent nail varnish on.

plant cells from the microscope (;

today's chemistry lab - shi sha bong ! chemistry lab style (;

yesterday, i went out with fiq, lara, lynn, jesse, arif and jyethe to watch despicable me since it was the final date for screening! :( OH GOD the minions and agnes are so adorable. i know i'm not the first to say it since the movie's been out for so long but it's a good movie. it kept its audience laughing every few minutes and going aww at every 5 minutes. or maybe it was just lara and i, who knows. but seriously! it was funny and heart warming (: definitely a good watch. the yellow characters that look like twiggies are DAMN cute when they talk and they're squiggy hehe! i'm going to buy a giant plushie pillow if they ever come up with it. it better be soft and nice!

gru, edith, agnes & margo

the minion !

agnes oh my god (;

sho cutes, yes yes?

not to forget, i was walking towards the lab today and i saw on the notice board that university applications to the UK for medicine, dentistry, pharmacy & veterinarian have a closing date of 20th september 2010. h* crap! what am i going to do :'( i need to compile a CV, get referral letters, put together my certificates and stuff, cook up some crappy essay/story on what i want to do in life and why!? (only thing is, i DON'T know what i want to do in life), sit for my UKCAT (haven't registered) & IELTS (sometime in august) and face the wraith of obtaining my results on the 18th of august from my semester 1 exams that i did in may-june. sigh sigh sigh :'( dilemmas!

on my final note for the day, my parents are coming back from UK on monday :( no more freedom for me then! but on the plus side, mummy and daddy bought clothes, shoes, bags and junk food goodies for me! although i've been going out so much, fish it i'm soo broke. god knows whats going to happen when my phone bill comes out for this month as well. too much confiding in friends done whenever i was emo -_- god bless me, i think i need to get a job during the 3 week break in august.. :(

i wish .

2010-07-26T13:04:00.000+08:00

down .

2010-07-25T16:40:00.002+08:00

ho crap ! i havent blogged for ages! so many things have happened throughout the past week and a half yet i didn't get around to doing any blogging. i guess part of it is because semester 2 in college is busy busy and a part of it is also due to the fact that i haven't really been in the mood. todays a sunday. a very lazy sunday in fact. i just woke up. i know its been 2 months and 4 days since the breakup but i still find myself wanting to just stay in bed, under the covers with my sony walkman belting emo songs because there's nothing else left that i feel like doing. feel exceptionally crappy eversince the past few days. 22nd july to be bloody exact and to top it all off, it's raining heavily now (: okay. time to go find something else to do. just needed to put some stuff here. ciao ciao.

numbness for sound .

2010-07-11T17:38:00.009+08:00

i just got back from a long jog to cool myself off and rid my mind of poisonous thoughts. it always works. i'm finally posting today after a brief mia from blogging because i realized while i was in bed rolling around this morning that before the week ends, i'd better post up whatever that has happened. if i keep procrastinating on updating this space with the stuff i've been up to, i'll eventually not write about anything..

warning : a very long post is about to hit you!

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wednesday - after class ended at 12pm, i had to send mummy to kl central so she could catch a plane to penang. first time driving to kl although i've already gotten my driving license for about 6 months. driving there was fine, but coming back was a little tricky because it was raining really oh so heavily. could hardly see the roads and make out what the sign boards said. eventually got lost and ended up at jln kampung atap. wherever that is. called fiq so i wouldn't have to go through this ordeal alone and eventually while talking to him on the phone, i managed to find my way back to kl central and the rain died down a little. it was easier to find my way back to bangsar and eventually home. parents were surprised that i made it back alive, unscathed and didn't scratch the car. they said my driving's better than my brothers that is, when he first started out :X woo!

after that, headed out to solaris with fiq to help maxine check out potential places for her boyfriend's belated surprise birthday dinner which was to be held on saturday. agreed to help her and take pictures of restaurants with nice ambiances in solaris since she was so caught up with all her college work :( poor girl. but whatever it is, that girl owes me! kidding :p i'd do ALMOST anything for her, hope she knows. ;)

memories of the pink heart shaped straw.

akif's surprise belated birthday dinner location.

the layout of the inside - poor guys probably didn't know their photo was being taken. oops (:

the round seats - where the surprise was held, unfortunately couldn't make it :(

the highways as seen over solaris.

went to lara's house after we were done to stop by and say hi since zaim was there. chilled there and eventually iryan and anis came over after college ended. had to leave eventually because fiq, lara and zaim were going to catch usher at bkt jalil. stopped by mcd's to have their light dinner before the concert.

the full hd tv! which i haven't watched yet! netherlands ftw (:

thursday - my classmate jeff came back from hong kong the day before and actually took my joke seriously. " jeff, i want lou por biscuits! :(" and woah, he seriously did! first thing in the morning, he passed 2 boxes to me. damnnnn nice! yumm yummm! mmm.. i had chemistry lab after that. it's been awhile since i last posted about my experiments but apparently the lab practicals in semester 2 get more interesting as we go more in depth. and in semester 3, unit 5 which starts only next january onwards, we get to make almost-paracetamols woo! (it lacks a crucial ingredient which can also be used to make heroine hehe)! druggies!

the famous hong kong wing wah wife cakes

6 in a box! i've finished a box already :X

luke chan hui ming has an original toys story 3 shirt! mr potato's too cute to be true :p

PURE ethanol. 100% alcohol content. tried sniffing it with waiyan throughout the whole 2 hours of practical, failed to get high. DAMN. alcohol tolerance :(

pretty purple colour from mixing iodine with some organic solvent. forgot what :X oops.

friday - watched eclipse with fiq and jesse. originally arif and waiyan were supposed to join us but they cancelled on us last minute. iryan just never got back to me and lynn's in london mft! akif tweeted to me that maxine was reserving eclipse for him. :( so it was just two guys and a girl watching a chick flick. (: i liked eclipse. it was cheesy :D i think the reason why i loveee the thought of edward cullen so much is not cause of rob pattz playing the part but because of his character in the movie. ol' school gentleman who'd actually bother to ask your dad if he can take you out on a date. hehe! i'm so done with dating the typical modern day teenage boys like jacob black who force kisses on you. mmm.

eclipse! vampires beat werewolves anytimeee!

parked somewhere below room 18, and near the escalator on the floor below, there's this pet shop which has attracted my attention time and time again, everytime i pass by. but only this time, i saw the most ADORABLE looking RABBIT. omg omg omg omg. it's a brown angora mix :( and it's going at RM90. mummy and daddy said i could get it but i think by now, it'll be gone.

OMG. SO CUTE RIGHT?

i'd have named it schnookums or maybe something else cutesy :O

saturday - didn't do much today. but after a long, unproductive but drama filled day, fiq did the honour of presenting super gluttony comfort food to me as supper. yummy? i know. he just knows how to spoil me silly and make me fat. cupcakes @ RM5 each from bisou bake shop from the bijoux food company, bangsar village (right outside fish & co).

left to right : zest you up & love me tender

heaven in silver paper cups ;)

sunday - supposed to do my homework today, but like all my weekends - it's spent being unproductive and i evolve into a lazy bummed couch potato! i haven't gotten around to doing it. tonight/early tomorrow morning, worldcup finally ends! netherlands versus spain! the dutch will prevail, i hope :X! paul the octopus BETTER be wrong :( go mani the parrot! after a whole entire month of late nights spent watching the games, it's finally over! :( damn. i bet my classmates are going to be stoned during class tomorrow - classmates meaning ; the guys and a few girls as an exception - including me (; watching it with my sister hehe! she's supporting spain and i'm supporting netherlands. there's going to be a fine line dividing the living room between the both of us! (;

beer in a football glass, just for worldcup hehe (:

overboard.

2010-07-07T12:51:00.007+08:00

semester 2 has started. yesterday was the 2nd day of college and already work's piling up like a pile of .. *can't think of a word*. i stayed up last night just to finish all my homework and also took the opportunity to catch the netherlands vs uruguay match. it was an exciting and good game. the 1st goal by netherlands was a good one, by far one of the best i've seen so far in the world cup. uruguay's long shot goal was good too. slept close to 5am, was so stoned in class today.

just some of the first few books for sem 2. :(

but before that, yesterday evening went to joy's bookstore in pst bandaraya to get my new essentials for sem 2. then headed to mid valley with fiq to get a netherlands jersey in the nike shop. unfortunately there weren't any sizes left except for 'L' and 'XL', fiq's not that fat :/. so we headed to the curve instead to check al-ikhsan. but it was a futile attempt :( they didn't even have the home jersey in stock. after that, stopped by cupcake chic to try and satisfy my wondermilk cravings then ikea meatballs again. heaven in bite sized beef balls :)

the box !

left - red velvet with cream cheese & right - naughty and nice @ RM4.50 each.

eating cupcakes while doing homework at 10pm. fattening :X

to start anew .

2010-07-04T20:47:00.007+08:00

it's the end of my holidays. semester 2 starts tomorrow and to be honest i don't really like the new timetable because it's not in my favour. :( it used to be that mondays and fridays i started my classes only at 10am but now i've got classes starting at 8am every single day, 5 days a week :'( worst part is, it's lab day on monday. the beginning of the week and already i have to start it off with wearing jeans :( i hate jeans. especially in the hot malaysian weather, i feel like it's just so stifling. eep!

anyway, i spent the last few days of my holidays going out as much as i could. my dad's been very understanding lately :) on thursday night, i had thai food at basil with a few friends at bangsar village. we didn't do the ordinary "order individually" thing but instead, we ordered dishes and rice :) first time i ever did that among friends.

blackberries, thai fish cakes & pandan chicken

kailan with salted fish, yum yums!

thai green curry beef (:

lara's thai iced tea. very niceee !

arif's orange juice D:

jesse's chocolate ice blended

the bill for 6 ;)

sayur masin & ikan masin

after dinner, we were originally supposed to go to wondermilk in damansara utama to satisfy my cravings but it was mad jammed at 9pm on the way there. god knows why! heartbroken and crestfallen, i had to settle for cake sense "cupcakes" which lara and iryan insisted that they were muffins instead.

they didn't taste so bad but were too light to be cupcakes :/

went to the tutti frutti in taman tun since it closes at 11pm.

came home that night and stoned. felt hungry sometime in the middle of the night and fried 2 eggs and 2 sausages. hungry!

it was edible :( don't judgeee it by its looks

next morning, i woke up early to drop by my old high school to pass the ex student's page to the editorial board. fetched lara to accompany me because i didn't want to enter that place, alone. after that headed to hsc to meet up with darling maxine during her break. she made us accompany her until her break was over. my parking ticket exceeded the hour mark by a little :( had to pay a dollar extra ;( oh well. things i do for that girl. lara stayed back in hsc cause she had to do her hair so i headed to the dark dodgy parking lot alone :( have always hated doing that.

when i got home, daddy asked me to accompany him to run some errands. i got home just in time to get a quick shower and get ready to go to curve for karoake with the gang D: wailed away. i think the only thing i remember was screaming orianthi - according to you. the lyrics mean a lot to me :) we managed to make it in time for the student package. very worth it to sing on weekdays between 1-6pm. just bring your student id along and you'll be able to enjoy the student discounts :)

redbox @ the curve.

and last night, i went to desa sri hartamas for my first ever mamak football experience! i know i know, i'm sad and pathetic :/ i get it . but hey there's always a first for everything. i guess the best part of it all was the fact that i was surrounded by the company of all my friends :) i forgot what it felt like to completely be a part of the gang like i used to... went there all gungho, hoping that argentina would beat germany EVENTHOUGH i had the feeling that germany would win shhh :x. honestly, the germans strategy and teamwork are good (after watching their matches especially the one against my team england) and argentina didn't perform up to their usual standards :/ met quite a number of people there. juniors, seniors, friends and acquaintances. i guess worldcup really brings the world together!

the 5 :p

left hartamas at around 12.15am. by the time i got out of the jam, it was almost 12.40pm. dropped lynn home and went to mcd's pusat bandar with fiq and arif. then dropped arif home then i came home.

and today? i killed my car. :( i forgot to off the headlights for an hour and a half. and the battery died :( it had to be jump started! like that machine you use in the hospitals when there's no heartbeat! *CLEAR* my dad was laughing at my bimboness and the fact that i was going omg omg omg omg omg i killed the car dad! OMG OMG OMG OMG. but yeah, he fixed it by using jump start cables and connecting it to my mum's car battery. bzzzt. i saw the sparks and my car came to life. *phew*

so yes, holidays end today :( classes start tomorrow. why am i so not looking forward to it ;(?

did you forget about us ..

2010-07-03T02:28:00.004+08:00

i'm feeling it all over again. the feeling of missing you. it's undoubtly definite that theres a huge void within me and it has always been there. it's whether or not ive been able to plug it successfully from thinking about you, day by day. i've been doing generally well. coping each day with a smile as it comes. but tonight, i dont know why, i just can't.. why is this happening? every song i listen to just makes me sad. i'm thinking about you.. i slipped on my ring again. it's been awhile and just for tonight, i let all my feelings come rushing back to me. just for tonight i'm going to let myself be vulnerable again. just for tonight because tomorrow is supposed to be a better day. does that make me weak? or does it just mean that i'm still not over you, kkkl.

they're all part of the list, things that i miss. things like that funny little laugh or the way you smile, or the way we kiss. what i noticed is this, i come up with something new. ever single time i sit and reminisce. and you live in my memories, forever more i swear.

it is what it is .

2010-06-30T22:35:00.005+08:00

well hello there, its been a few days since i last posted. haven't really got the drive to do so lately. no idea why i'm feeling so moodless today. all i did today was sleep and probably i feel like i'm going through another relapse or something. for the past few days ive been staying at home most of the time and okay, maybe going out with friends for a few hours a day as well. i don't really remember what's been happening though, it's as if the last few days of my holidays are spent with me being in a daze. oh but what i do remember is working on the ex-students page for my high school magazine for one whole day. my butt ached from sitting 12 hours continuously staring at photoshop. i just hope that the editorial board doesn't change anything that i designed :/

anyway, since i'm at a loss for words to blog about what's been happening. all i have left are pictures of the food i've been eating and random snippits of what i've been doing. very unhealthy, very delicious and definitely very sinful, i know. (:

the big kid.

ikea swedish meatballs yo. 15 balls @ RM14 .

all can't wait to dig in! but i've got to take a picture first :)

dinner @ SS2 murnis with fiq ; ribena special, roti hawaiian and nasi lemak ayam!

close up, i have a thing for nice fried chicken :) but this is PANDAN fried chicken ;o

mosquito repellant from fiq ; probably too sick and tired of hearing me complain about being attacked by mosquitoes.

a&w waffles - before.

a&w waffles - after (strawberry jam, butter & syrup) yum!

nandos chicken with coleslaw & peri peri chips.

movie's watched throughout these few days - hachiko & sex and the city 2. the first made me cry, the second was too draggy. but the clothes and stuff were really nice. oh the materialistic world.

july ; it's been a little over a month. what could've been .

slow dancing in a burning room.

2010-06-24T21:11:00.008+08:00

ive been reading the sean covey book "the 7 habits of highly effective teens" because both my friends shaun and maxine suggested that i read it for my own good. apparently it'll benefit me considering how over time i got my self confidence battered into a pulp. not to forget moping around about my breakup doesn't do me any good so yeap, this has to stop.

basically i've read halfway through 1 habit because i'm only going to read it whenever i have ABSOLUTELY nothing to do. what i've learnt so far? make new promises to myself everyday and keep them. so yesterday, i promised i'd wake up in time for breakfast with daddy even if i slept at 5.30am and only had 3 hours of sleep before i had to accompany him. i know it's small, but baby steps right?

i guess what i realized, it really makes a difference when you set your mind to the fact that you want to accomplish something. my brain woke up automatically just before my alarm rang :) followed daddy for morning breakfast at the ss17 morning market. yums, lo shu fan? de-lish ;) came home and slept through as if i were dead to the world until i got a wake up call from taufiq at 2pm.

kuok liang couldn't make it for the killers movie again today :( he had some errands to do with mummy so i went to mid valley with fiq, lynn and jesse to watch knight and day at 4.30pm! before that had sushi zanmai for lunch. niku ramen and salmon sashimi for me. gluttony much. met up with lynn lynn at GSC later on.

*poke* weasel boy ;)

stares at jesse.

anyway knight and day is apparently the IT summer show to watch this year and i agree! hands down! it was super funny, hilarious and tom cruise is the s*x 8D! oops should i have not said it out too loud? hehehe. HE was definitely not a sight for sore eyes ;) cameron was funny too, really enjoyed watching the movie, absolutely don't regret coming out today to watch it.

the poster for the movie, doesn't show much :/

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movie stills - tom looks good eventhough he's older :)

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after the movie, walked around. the pictures can do most of the talking :) went to robinsons first to shop for fiqs stuff then dropped by gelatissimo and basically just chilled there until it was time for all of us to go home for dinner. oh apparently for the whole entire day, 40 guys checked me out ; according to jesse and taufiq. i think their numbers are imaginary and probably its their attempt to try to boost my self confidence. but anyway, ham sap men -_-..

lynn and i bullying and manipulating fiq's choice of renoma's ;)

:)!

:O!

i is taller than yous! HAH.

lynns wardrobe disaster ; click to enlarge and check out the expression of the 2 men and lynns twin.

healthy to indulge gelato!

spoilt for choice ;D

yummy!

passionfruit. and no, the black things are seeds and not chocolate chips :(

14 years and still going strong ;)

the 4 sekawans!

guys just refuse to smile properly :(

so that's the end of my day! ;D at least i did something, better than nothing. *DISTRACTS*

doo doo dooo ~

2010-06-22T22:06:00.009+08:00

father's day celebration this year fell on the 20th of june. for those of you who did something for your dad or at least wished him, kudos to you! but for those of you who didn't even know it was father's day... -_- well it also happened to be the same date as my sister's birthday, the one who's studying in UK. so it was a double celebration but couldn't celebrate for her, she's 10,000km away.

i stayed up the whole morning and slept at almost 7am just photoshopping a collage of pictures of my siblings and i as a card for father's day. i know its cheap and handmade and all but i guess it's the thought that counts right :( ? i spent the rest of the day sleeping though, right up till close to dinner time where i went to plaza damas with the family and had japanese for dinner. i forgot the name of the place but it's not rakuzen - which was full of people.

its somewhere near starbucks and the bagel place. the food is good! the taste is just there! it left a lasting impression for me compared to my previous trip to rakuzen. and to top it all off, the price is reasonable too! i shall get the name of the place one of these days when i go back for a 2nd trip. they've got some promotion thingy going on - with every RM20 you spend you get 1 chop which entitles you to obtain discount vouchers if you accumulate it to a certain amount. ;) and if it's your birthday week, your amount of chops are multiplied! very worth it :) really.

hawaiian maki - doesn't really suit my taste because it had honeydew mayonnaise

my delicious beef teppanyaki @ RM33 which made me have a 2nd bowl of rice!

the next day, went to tropicana city mall to watch toy story 3 with the papa. it's our thing now, to watch a movie once a week. or at least try to. it was funny though when he asked the cinema lady if we could get the couple seats in row A because it was the furthest back. but then the senior citizen and student prices don't apply for those special seats. so he had to be content with the row B. lol. RM6 each for both students and senior citizens on weekdays. con job :P

toys story 3 was seriously really touching. maybe it's just me but the whole autobiography thing with inanimated objects talking and dishing out their life stories about how they feel and stuff. it touched something in me, and i actually teared up. :( it sent me humming the theme song the rest of the trip home and i'm still humming it now.

the movie poster/wallpaper thingy.

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the 14 new characters! i love the peas in the pod and the unicorn hehe!

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today was supposed to watch the killers with mr.chin BUT due to unexpected events, it was postponed to thursday. can't wait to watch that movie.

it should be funny - i mean who am i kidding? it's ashton kutcher!

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so i proceeded to tutti frutti in jln telawi! it's a newly opened branch. i was HOPING for the place to have grape flavour ! but. nope, none. actually made the lady working there call the BSC branch to ask if they had grape there, they didn't either. SIGH. so taufiq tajuddin MADE me try new flavours. :( buttt. i've got to say, green apple's nice ;) my 2nd favourite flavour hee hee hee.

im supposed to deal with photoshopping some graphic thingy that i owe my high school magazine :( i need to get a move on it. two weeks left till due date. but honestly i need the inspiration. oh please please please, inspiration hit me in truck loads!

* i think there's something wrong with my body. :( it's either my blood pressure is low or what but my whole world can't stop spinning. can't even finish jogging my usual round without feeling like the world's a blur and to faint at the side of the road. oh well.

escalate ?

2010-06-19T17:42:00.004+08:00

this is the 2nd case in just half a year, yet another little boy got his foot stuck in the escalator in one utama. the first incident happened to my friend's little brother. it was still yet a shock to me when i was going towards the escalator in one utama on the shogun floor when i heard a little boy screaming in pain. was with my dad to collect his phone from the nokia care center. sigh, it was such a painful scene to witness. but as compared to my friend's little brother, this case wasn't as bad. the little boy who was around 3-4 years old had only his toes stuck in the escalator whereas my friend's brother had almost his entire foot. but thankfully today's little boy managed to get his foot taken out. not sure what happened after that though but note to self : when i have kids, they're not standing to the edge of the escalator, they're standing in the middle OR i'm carrying them.

anyway, i received an email today from help. university applications? omgwtf. :(

unproductive

2010-06-17T22:40:00.004+08:00

HAHAHAHA! that was a laugh ;) no? oh well, i thought it was hilarious D:

its from facebook. so i can't link it

i was completely the opposite of what i was yesterday. i woke up as early as 8am to maxine lee's morning call and head out to wherever it was we were supposed to go. the genius champion left the house with an empty fuel tank, we were just praying the car wouldn't die before we arrived at our destination and could make it to the nearest petrol station. anyway, at 12.15pm i got home. and the first thing i did was plop on the bed and snooze all the way up till 8.10pm. talk about complete hibernation. i didn't eat anything in the morning so my maid woke me up to feed me chicken nuggets and maggi sambal goreng. that was at 1pm. i ate in bed while leaning against my pillows. talk about bed-ridden. so yeah. i finally woke up just before dinner time when my mummy screamed outside in the family hall saying south korea just did an own goal? oh well. not england, who cares :P dinner time! after that nothing else to do besides read the books which maxine loaned to me. the 7 habits of highly effective teenagers! oooo ;O? oh so unproductive :(

for today, it got a little bit easier.

2010-06-17T02:13:00.009+08:00

i'm so proud of myself! why!? i feel so productive today! well in other terms it basically means, i've been out all day. :) it feels nice, i avoided the internet for the whole entire day! i guess i hope i managed to avoid bombs on the facebook home page.

anyway, i surprisingly managed to wake up in time for lunchies (despite sleeping at 3am yesterday streaming episodes of himym which failed in the end) with the taylorians. woke lynn and taufiq up but lynn couldn't join us in the end because her mummy was grumpy :( so it was just fiq and i heading to HSC. met up with maxine and her classmates for lunch at buzz bistro somewhere in plaza damas. had chicken chop which wasn't too bad! but the ice water tasted as if it wasn't boiled :X or maybe it was just my imagination. chilled with the babe and her friends. after they left for class, taufiq, kevin and i headed to bravo where we met up with iryan and played a little foos and pool! not that very good in pool so i got beaten by iryan and taufiq, twice. but oh what the heck! the score was just 1/2 balls short. pft!

first meal of the day (:

maxine and i :D

taylorians

guys and their foos ball.

heh :)

kevin had to go home eventually cause he was leaving for phuket later in the evening and iryan's break ended. so taufiq and i wondered around hartamas shopping center for a little while. stumbled across a mini pet shop which is somewhere near kim gary on the top floor. loads of ADORABLE animals there. from birds to turtles, iguanas, fishies, guinea pigs, sugar gliders and etc. except, the maggots which is actually food for the animals. yuck. :( after terrorizing the little animals, stopped by san terri's for a slice of chantily cake! managed to con fiq into buying it for me. haha :) he had to guess what was my favourite cake among all those on display but he failed. jeng jeng jeng ;)

birdies that make weird sounds :O the ones in the right picture was a pair, sho cutez!

super cute blur looking sleepy headed birds.

caramel coloured bunny rabbit dominating the feeding bowl!

eww. for feeding. yuck.

hamsap chipmunk?

yums :) who gives a damn about all that cream, it's good!

did a little grocery shopping after that to buy some snacks (i prefer to call it comfort food) for a friend who wasn't having a very good time, dropped it off at his house then headed to fiq's house to play with sapphire the hamster! there... taufiq's niece poured milo on me, my jeans T_T. moo.. she's cute anyway! and and somewhere over the rainbow, i spotted something called sheridans?! :X went home, changed into jogging attire and went jogging 2 rounds around my neighbourhood! each round, stopped by the park and did 15 sit-ups. oh yeahh. feels good. time to tone up! :)

sapphire in a transparent rolley ball, sleeping -_-

:O?

when i got home at around 6.15pm i saw a text from waiyan saying that she got 2 extra free tickets to attend an event @ KLPAC's - spanish dance. got ready with zoom zoom speed, both lynn and max couldn't go so fiq stood in for them. left for KLPAC which is somewhere in sentul and honestly, the show was good! i loved the pianist and the flutist. the girl that danced the flamenco and all the traditional spanish dances was extremely talented and gorgeous! kudos seriously, the spanish dance is beautiful. the dresses with the heavy flared skirts, heels that amazingly DON'T break eventhough they're stomped on kazillions of times while tap dancing, a talented dancer that mixed both modern with contemporary dance and not to forget the accompaniment of wonderful traditional spanish music.

waiyan & i at klpac!

couldn't really get a clear shot of the dancer, she was moving so fast!

had to leave my baby dslr at home because it was too bulky and i wasn't carrying a big enough bag. seriously, once you've gone dslr, you can never turn back. look at the pictures! couldn't take proper clear ones of the dancer! pft. actually, couldn't take proper pictures for the NIGHT! :(

nevertheless it was definitely a great night! thanks waiyan and mummy for dragging me out of my kura-kura shell, giving me the opportunity to watch this. i laikes this kinds of stuff ;) during the performance my tummy growled so loud but thankfully the music was loud enough to over power the horrible sound. so after the show ended, waiyan's mummy brought the 3 of us to papparich at solaris. had ipoh hor fun. yumm yumm. my favourite :) i was expected home by 12am so at 11.30pm i stopped by lynneh's house with fiq. picked jesse up on the way and watched the remaining 20 minutes of the spain vs switzerland match. dayyumm. it was a good match but spain didn't make it ._. meh. i root england all the way anyway so oh well, doesn't concern me! :D

at papparich ;)

jesse i still can't believe you pierced your ear -_-

made it back JUST in time before the clock struck 12. i make it sound like i'm cinderella. and what did i find in my mailbox? HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER SEASON 1 BOX SET! and from who? kuok liang. ngee :D i love my friends. ahhh. random thought - i need a road trip asap :(

oh yeahhh, streaming you can eat poop!

tomorrows plans? morning - waking up before 9am for ms. maxine lee, ive got to follow her somewhere :( babe you know you have to love me for this right pft! crap, less than 6 hours of sleep left. and i think i lost my glasses :/ can't seem to find it anywhere! now that's the problem when you've been wearing contacts from the start of the day to the end of the night for 4 days in a row :O. shyt. okay! time for bed. time now is 3.58am, took me that long to finish this post -_-.

anything that's worth having, is sure enough worth fighting for.

2010-06-15T20:45:00.006+08:00

karate-kungfu?

woke up at around 1.45pm today to taufiq's call to my house phone. he was supposed to collect some stuff that i helped him to print out for his afternoon class but my handphone seemed to have run out of battery sometime through the night. even my alarm clock didn't ring and i was supposed to wake up at 12pm today. why? because today's the day that im supposed to meet up with my college classmates at one utama by 2pm to catch a movie together! so i got up, called kuok liang who offered to accompany me and send me there. but he was ALSO still asleep and so we got ready and left the house 30 minutes later.

got there, went to old town kopitiam with mr.chin for a quickie lunch then rushed to gsc when we realized that our show was about to start. so happened to bump into lydiya and iryan on the escalator leading towards GSC. said hiii but then we had to rush to get into the movie. watched the 3.20pm screening for the karate kid with kuok liang, ching feng, mark, chippy, yee wen and phebe! but i thought it was rather funny how the movie was called karate kid yet the martial arts that was practiced was kung fu. wait is it the same thing? :X

overall the movie was enjoyable! enough scenes to make the viewers laugh. but in my opinion the story was a little long and draggy. although when jaden did smack the bad chinese boy with a final back flippy straight to the face kick, there were people in the cinema who clapped and cheered on. i've got to say though, jaden's acting is pretty good for a young boy! it probably runs in the family. jackie chan was jackie chan as usual :D in a good way. i guess people enjoyed watching the movie as much as i did.

after that, yee wen and phebe had to go back home. so i was left with the other guys. walked around a little and camwhored with some transparent mock tv thing. then dragged them to cold storage to buy some snacks and groceries for my home. seeing that it was close to 7pm and i had to be home in time for dinner, kuok liang and i bid farewell to the guys and proceeded back to the car. i guess it was an enjoyable day and somehow i do agree with the saying "tomorrow will be a better day." :)

chip-py, feng-y, mark-y & i!

my long lost best friend?

for now, i guess i shall continue with my "how i met your mother" marathon since i'm not allowed to go out at night :( which seriously blows. i guess it's lunchies with the taylor'ians tomorrow! heee. must distract self with new things everyday. toodles!

i didn't bring my dslr out today :(

2010-06-14T18:54:00.006+08:00

i finally finished watching shrek forever after today - at tropicana city mall again - no black outs this time! haha, so adorable. i love puss in boots! and how fat he was. his adorable eyes whenever he begged for something. and and i love donkey! and i love baby felicia's little annoying green stuffed toy that makes a weird squeeky noise whenever it's poked. went for movie date with my daddy hehe. the whole cinema was full of kids, it felt like i was daddy's little girl again, watching movies with my old man.

after that, headed to ninja joe's to doggy bag 3 porky burgers for my sister's midnight snack. original, teriyaki and black pepper. yums! delicious ;) ill steal some from her later. but on the way to the shop, daddy was stopped by some lady selling funeral plots. oh my god. i just wanted to chase her away. for some stupid reason i felt the feeling of screaming at her that my dad's not going anywhere anytime soon beetch, don't sell him funeral plots please. worst thing is, my dad took the brochure and name card and was thinking about it. shit, you know you're getting old when youre planning for your afterlife. there's life, there's death i know. but i just can't imagine life without dad. meh. felt crappy after that but didn't want to show it.

got home, saw stuff on facebook and got even more crappier, pissed off and hurt. last night was enough. today was like the cherry on top of a pile of poop. decided to take a jog in the rain. have you ever tried that? it's very liberating and thought provoking. after 1 and a half rounds on my usual route, i stopped by the park. it was empty and deserted. i sat on the swing, it was raining. john mayer on my sony walkman going "all we ever do is say goodbyeeeeeeeee.." and then, i just cried. i think the decanter people were staring but who cares. i sat there for a jolly good 10 minutes in the rain. after howie day's "no longer what you require" ended, i got off the swing and jogged in the rain back home with my mind made up that nobody can help me, but myself.

i feel like a changed person. HEE. what do i do tonight? eeep.

friends, lovers. or nothing .

2010-06-12T03:23:00.006+08:00

looking around the net last night, i stumbled upon two tumblr pages. one that belonged to my friend's friend and another whom people seemed to repost most of their stuff. somehow i feel them, some of the things they say are so familiar. thus i'm quoting a few of their tumblr posts, hope they don't mind.

that's why i don't want to start a conversation with you cause you're always leaving.

that's what you'll be to me, sadly i wasn't.

yeah, i wish. but they're wishes for a reason.

no, you never ran for me. i did. everytime you ran, i ran for you.

everytime i ran? you, just treated me like i never existed.

i may have let us go. but i'm the one aching.

they say the one who hurts more is the one who cared more. lol. i wonder if it's true.

anyway. i probably did the stupidest thing on earth just now by viewing all of his tioman pictures. and now 'satisfied' that my heart's completely crushed, stabbed and broken. i can go cry in a corner. :) i know there's bound to be so many people around the world who's going through what i'm going through. i guess it's something that only we'll understand.

forever after.

2010-06-11T23:39:00.005+08:00

shrek! went to tropicana city mall in the afternoon with my dad and cousin to catch the final addition to this movie. i still remember watching shrek for the very first time with my sister during our younger years. i forgot how many years ago that it was. anyway. got to GSC, bought tickets. had ninja joes burgers then proceeded to buy popcorn.

but then! gsc had blacked out so i couldn't get the regular combo because the soft drinks dispenser couldn't work. which means i couldn't get the toys story goodie bag which came along with it only when you buy that particular combo :( 10 minutes later, the electricity came back and it was just in time for the movie. went in, looking forward to enjoy myself. opened the box of popcorn and realized it wasn't 100% full. nevermind! i ignored it.

after watching 40 minutes of the movie, it blacked out again. JUST when the movie was picking up its pace. i was so pissed and annoyed. it's enough that i couldn't get the regular popcorn combo with toys story stationery, they conned me of my popcorn T_T. THEN they made me have a 40 minute preview of SHREK. then cut it off when it was just getting exciting. LUCKILY they refunded my tickets pft. so pissed.

as i was taking the escalator down, saw a huge book exhibition in the center of the whole mall. paid a visit and got myself two books. although its been on the market for quite some time, i finally bought them after hearing from maxine that they're good books. mitch albom, for one more day and the five people you meet in heaven! that cheered me up a little. but my mood was quickly ruined again. the car ride home was pissing off, it was raining so heavily.

my holiday reads!

got home at around 6pm and started to get ready for shalene's farewell dinner at monte's BSC. fetched lynn on the way and met up with pei hsia and juilynn there. had a nice dinner and made it home at 10pm. didn't really have the mood towards the end for certain reasons that shall remain undisclosed.

toilet mirror shot! omg. hahaha!

legs :)

day one!

2010-06-10T19:31:00.004+08:00

my holidays have started! time to get my butt around to finally doing things that i've been wanting to do for so long. probably re-string my guitar one of these days and learn some simple chords or maybe even a song. learn how to use my DSLR properly, it's got so many cool functions but i'm not used to it yet. try to find myself - as in job/career by interning around if possible.. explore new places, meet new people, start a new life as a single independent girl and TRY to be a happier less bitter at life person! okay scratch the last two, it was redundant.

anyway! i think it was quite a productive day today! i actually miraculously woke up at 8.30am to join both my sister and daddy for breakfast. bak kut teh at 'yi xin ge' restaurant somewhere near kelana jaya. then headed to damansara utama to run some errands at tmpoint. after i got home which was around 11am, i took an hour long nap until maxine decided to wake me up which was probably a good thing. we planned last night that i was supposed to explore the wonderful many many uses of my baby dslr today with her as my test subject. but she said she didn't feel like it in the end :( but she did want rotiboy which was all the way in one utama. so there she called me up, she called fiq up and i called lynn up and the four of us headed to one utama at around 1.30pm. ;)

when we got there, bought rotiboy. then headed to memory lane to help fiq and lynn buy father's day cards. father's day is on the 20th of june! just a reminder ;) then went to the nokia service center to send my dad's N73 for lcd repairing. it's going to go to the workshop for the next 3 days. so i bid farewell to it. while walking around one utama, guess who we met! DENISE! FTW.

HEHE!

just before 4pm, we had to go home. lynnie had dodgeball practice and maxine had to stay back at one utama to meet up with akif. so fiq and i sent lynn home then headed to BSC! met up with pei hsia and amanda there and they took away our tutti fruiti virginity!

taking pictures in ragnarok ;>

it was a heavenly feeling anyway so there's no objections. :P shared a cup with fiq, three flavours. complete jakun sakais, i guess my favourite flavour is grape!

original, grape & strawberry flavoured frozen yogurt :D

pei, amanda & fiq D:

hee. as usual big eyed melly bought lots of food home. stopped by the pastry gourmet shop at the ground floor and bought pastries home for the family. took one of each. they looked very nice and pretty, hehe. i hate staying at home -_-

very true, very wise.

2010-06-10T01:40:00.007+08:00

tonight, a very wise friend told me this and heck it makes lots of sense.

mahxseeen.

alright. who made you fine!

mel

myself, i just cried it all out. then i was okay again :D

mahxseeen.

let the crying happen. its like smoking. i just read it in psych when i was bored. when smokers want to get over an addiction, they have to think past how much they'll crave nicotine and not being able to sleep/feeling irritable. and even if they fail, it all comes down to how many times they keep trying to. because failure is sometimes inevitable. but trying over and over again is possible :)

and after all the random stuff in between.

mahxseeen.

an addict will have the worst pulls of temptations while trying to get over the habit. but thats only because they fail to realize that after a few weeks/months, the temptations actually go away. they think they're always going to feel bad. self abstinence. if thats how its spelt. because in the long run even within a week, it gets better and better. and even if you fail, but you try again again again and again, it gets better and better. it can only get worse if you -stop- trying :)

oh god i'm grateful for having friends like these that stick by me when times get bad.

another night that i guess ill be pulling through.

belief .

2010-06-09T14:57:00.002+08:00

it's about to rain and the rain brought along with it a few thoughts in my head. i'd hate it if the rain were to go on until my exam time, i'd probably feel sleepy while sitting for it as well. hmmm. he's at an island and it's the rainy season now. it's so windy as well. i wonder how he's doing :/ hope he's alright, he'll be safe and he'll make it home okay. it's gotten so gloomy and dark, i've got to switch on the lights now. stupid C2. so yes, the rain brought along with it a few thoughts in my head. shall try and concentrate on revising as much as i can before my 6pm paper. moo.

"i want to be your favourite hello - and your hardest goodbye."

honestly i think to you, i was none.

in repair .

2010-06-08T23:35:00.005+08:00

sometimes when you find that you've got nothing to do except sit and stare at the facebook home page, refreshing from time to time not because you're bored but because you'd rather do that than study for an exam you're having tomorrow, you're bound to stumble across pages/quotes/status updates from people that really do actually make sense.

it's day 2 of tioman trip, i still think about him even when i'm apparently not supposed to since im the cause of the breakup. i had my reasons but it's not going to stop my heart from aching. anyschmooze. so here i am listening to john mayer & howie day to calm my nerves while attempting my C2 past year paper book. last minute? i know. i just hope i don't freeze tomorrow during my paper, thats all. anyway, my junior hanna teh had a nice quote from her tumblr which popped up on my news feed that i couldn't NOT quote.

"the best boyfriend you'll have isn't the best looking, the funniest, or the richest. it's the one that makes you feel gorgeous, hilarious and like a million dollars. he makes sure you know he loves you."

aww, very sensible seriously! kudos to you girl! well i guess its a bonus if you can find a guy who's all of the above. which i highly doubt, he's probably extinct. all my friends know i have a thing against bieber's songs :( i don't hate him. it's just that his songs are too happy for me. in the sense that he's making all sorts of promises that he'll come for you, one less lonely girl! blaa. empty promises pft. well like the saying goes, if you hate it then don't listen to it. well, i guess i don't have a choice during some situations. *cough* you know who you are, forcing me to listen to bieber in your car. :(

it's 11.46pm! paper is at 6pm. so i should move my butt to study, finally my holiday will start! i wonder what i should be doing during my holidays :) to be honest, i had it all planned out a month ago, now it's all gotta change.

another night like this.

2010-06-07T20:42:00.006+08:00

just had girl bonding session with maxine and eulynn, separately though. earlier on, went over to maxine's house cause i didn't want to stay at home and end up thinking about nonsense so went over. watched an episode of sex and the city, got my nails painted with neon light pink nail polish, stalked people's facebook profiles =x and had leftover birthday cake. already there, maxine was trying to knock sense into me about how i shouldn't be waiting around for someone who doesn't care. as i was about to leave, aunty phyllis came home and asked me all sorts of questions about what i'm going to do/where i'm going for university. oh my god, up until this point i'm still very undecided.

came home, had dinner. he's going for a tioman trip. gathering at school by 9.30pm. part of me feels glad that he's going to go have fun and live his life but part of me's afraid that it's the final nail to the 'coffin' of what we used to have. and i don't exactly want neither of us to nail it down so soon. so im feeling a little upset. saw lynn lynn online and she started talking sensible sense into me. i like this sentence that she said.

"he made you cry more than i can say fuck, in a year"

thank you babes for constantly putting up with my nonsense. over and over again for so long, yet you guys still bare with me. not to forget you as well waiyan! eventhough you've been mia for a few days -.- but ANYWAY!

love you three to bits!

my beloved turns 18!

2010-06-06T17:19:00.005+08:00

friday, had a really long day with lynn and maxine due to the fact that we had to keep maxine occupied and away from her house because in store for her was a surprise belated birthday party that lynn and i had conspired with maxine's mummy, for her :) at about 2.30pm, we headed out to KL to get some shopping done in time square and sungai wang. decided that we should buy something nice to wear for the night since the "original" plan that maxine was aware of was that after shopping and dinner at home, we'll call the guys and we're going clubbing! little did she know that all her friends were waiting for her at home ;) anyway, after shopping we head home to maxy's house at close to 8pm and the surprise kick started and boy was she surprised with the cake we got for her and the handbag we all chipped in for ;) let the pictures do the talking. close to 11pm, we all headed to mist club since it's the nearest and most convenient. saw a bunch of familiar faces there. mist was super packed, i guess it's always like that on friday nights so we got special VIP chops to enter both mist & milk which are side by side to each other. tried my best to let loose and have fun that night, i guess it worked just a little ;) came home before 1am but slightly tipsy homygawd. had to challenge myself to walk straight and keep my mouth shut when daddy opened the door for me. hahaha! my hair smelt like ciggies. eee. i showered when i got home but somehow the smell was still stuck in my hair. yuck.

the custom made cake from australian confectionary D:

the unveiling of the coach handbag!

birthday girl & i! talk about camera phone distortion, i don't look like myself -_-

next day, felt super lethargic and woozy. the aftermath of clubbing. stayed home most of the day except towards dinner where i had sibling bonding time with my sister and brother. parents went back to my hometown so it was just the kids at home. went to have korean bbq in hartamas. i hate corn tea :X bleaugh!

daoraeee!

i think this was porky. :X

ended up coming home smelling like bbq food all over. well at least it beats my hair smelling like ciggies. eventhough i showered, it still smelled like food. sigh. i guess it'll take a few days for the pantene shampoo to overpower the bbq+ciggy hair. :( C2 paper on wednesday! omg then complete freedom for a month! ;) hallelujahhh!

nom nomz?

2010-06-04T00:20:00.002+08:00

porridge :D

alexis tiramisu

penne carbonara

ipoh hor fun

bananatoffee

oh bull?

2010-06-02T00:07:00.003+08:00

haven't posted for a few days. i got hooked on final fantasy 6 on the gba emulator. now you wouldn't expect a girly girl like me to be playing RPG's hahaha. damn i'm lifeless now that i've got a short break before my last paper on the 9th. stoner life. hahaha. freddy krueger? watched it today, not as scary and messed up as paranormal activity. meh. i've become very bitter and dark. i feel like a dark chocolate. back to playing my game now. friday night, girls day out with the babes? shopping, nightlife, sleepover, movie marathon. ah, desperately need it for the sake of my sanity. whee. this post is filled with nonsense. yawn.

untimely.

2010-05-28T18:24:00.004+08:00

physics was super gay . barely could finish it, but i did anyway with the last word written when it was announced that time was up. the questions were quite hard. or maybe no matter how much i studied, i probably wouldn't have been able to answer it because i'm probably not smart enough to. after my paper finished at 7.30pm, daddy came to fetch me and i got the unsoundly news that grandma's in the hospital and she was seriously ill. rushed down to seremban hospital after gorging down my dinner and packing my clothes like a superwoman. went to visit her. it was so stupid how the doctors made it sound like there wasn't any hope and all that kind of rubbish. i guess they're just not the hopeful type. so it was a stressful visit and we were given the possibilities that its either stroke/septicemia (blood poisoning) considering how it only took like 4 hours for her condition to flip over drastically. gave her antibiotics in hopes that it'll treat the blood poisoning, if it IS at all blood poisoning that she has and that was all that could be done for the night. she was semi-conscious. didn't stay a night but instead headed back home to KL at about 11.30pm. by the time i reached home, i plopped on my bed and knocked out right up till the next morning at 10am where we headed out again to visit grandma who apparently regained her consciousness at 2am in the morning. i guess the antibiotics did its job. thankfully grandma's doing much better. i really wish i had his support during that time but i guess now that it's not possible, i'd have to really thank my friends :) mwahs people.