Love Gives Us a Fairytale

Always Good to be HOME!

2009-09-28T02:50:00.045+10:00

It's been almost a month since I left Melbourne. Haven't got the time to upload photos nor update my blog.

Ask me why?

Okie, let me tell you some story before I head off to bed. Coz it's 2.30AM now, and I better write something here before I don't have my own internet connection at home tomorrow. Don't ask me why, because it's a very, very, very long story. Actually it's short, arggh, let me continue~

I've been working day and night when I was in Melbourne. Only had 2 days off before the day I left. So imagine I had to pack ALL my stuff in my room into boxes. Hello? I've got only TWO days~ LOTS of WORK!
Didn't manage to sleep well and I was extremely tired. Yet excited about going home LOL

Well since I'm now back in Malaysia, internet is like crap to me. I actually don't have proper internet access. I've landed in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and finally now in Penang. I can say Singapore is the best among of all! My home pc broke down yesterday for no reason. Probably because of me? Then my laptop isn't compatible with the modem, so I couldn't access to internet too. So I tried stealing the WiFi from the next door hotel. Which I successfully did! Just for a while :(
My sister in law from KL was here during the weekend. So she dragged along her modem. That's why I'm up so late to utilise the internet before I have to fast going online.

Oh Life~~

Apart from that, life's a bliss at the moment.

Why?

Don't ask me why.

Photos will tell the stories~

Chevy, my 1 year 8 months old niece arrived KL on the same day as I did. No, not in that box of course!

Had a great time with my best buddy Sze Syeh at her condo @ Mont Kiara. We went for jacuzzi and sauna during midnight~ Fun!

This budak (kid), good to catch up and hangout~ Thanks for driving all the way eventhough we didn't really know the way.

~* Singapore **~'

Scenery from the balcony.
Feeling kinda at the top of the world. Er, almost~

Food that I've been craving for. Durians and chempedaks!

Now I wanna have goreng pisang and chokodok. It's almost 4AM, and I AM VERY HUNGRY.

Ruwei~! Food hunting with her around Singapore. Yay!

Not really the whole of Singapore, but in the city. Sunny, hot, VERY hot.

My delicious Fish ice cream. shioks~

Went to visit Chevy at granny's home after a long week at work.

Precious! Waiting patiently for her milk. She can really drink and eat. Very intelligent girl~

Loves!~

*Adele*Shelly*Serene*

Serene, my beloved long lost friend, who added me on FB, and realized she's in SG!

And my life continues as I arrived Penang.

It's all about weddings! *jingle jingle bell~~*

12 (TWELVE) "heng dai" vs 3 (THREE) "chi mui"

Can you see that there's 12 guys against me myself at the stairs!

Cruelty. haha

Disted-Stamford College mates.

The sexy "lady". Very entertained by her that night.

Oh there's lots of beautiful flowers decorated everywhere! *melted*

And there's real rabbits, birds, fishes in nicely designed cages too. Unique wedding I would say.
Will rate it 85%, because when it comes to my wedding, it'll be 101%. LOL~ *slaps myself*

Yiki & Shanie 20.09.2009~

After wedding lunch with Mrs Lee.

And this is my siao kia friend, Sue Yee.

Had my hair chopped~ Oh Yeah!

I'm finally free to go, and off to bed!

ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm~

A Day Break

2009-07-29T20:12:00.024+10:00

It has been a long, long, long weekdays for me. Working consecutively for 8 days without any day breaks in between. That's partly one of the reason I've got no chance to drop by to blog.

With my iPhone, I'm more active with Twitter ;)

But recently, there's heaps of moving work to be done, so I'm not as free to stand by the counter and keep myself warm near the heater. My hands and fingers got cut, back and spine pain, but somehow I manage to tolerate this minor pain. To me, it's a major suffering, but humans got to go through pain, don't we. We're an adult! lol!~

Today, my only chance to have one day break before I started working again. *yay!*

It was an enjoyable, relaxed yet exhausting one. Early in the morning, went over to my friend's house which is just few blocks away from home. Accompanied her to her science lab to submit some stuff. Interesting place to work at, though it's quite nerve breaking to see all the labs equipment. Just give me chills. Weird feeling. After checking out her lab, we headed to the station for our food plan!

It's a day out in the city. As usual, Food Hunting is my duty and I'm more than happy to introduce you some new, good stuff!

There's this new cupcake shop in Melbourne Central. The cupcakes are HUGE~

And pretty too!

It's not only important that the food must be delicious, but how it looks play a very BIG role of course. That's the way to gain business from the ladies~

Some might be cheapskate, but when it comes to something cute and worth it, we'll definitely fall for it! So weak we ladies~~

The freaking cute cupcake was yelling at me to stop by and pick him up! (evil cupcake fellow)

So I had to buy the mint choc cupcake.

The icing is nice! But I don't really fancy the muffin. Still, worth a try.

Go get yourself some pampering at this store! The guys will serve you whole heartedly LOL

Then me and my friend headed to the next cupcake shop! It was a cupcake craze that morning.

Can you believe it? My tummy was like.. "Common! More, please, MORE!!! Feed, Feed, Feed, Don't stop!!"

This is a mini cupcake shop. It was really packed. I can say only ladies will walk into this shop.

Cos I've been sitting there for half an hour, and I don't see a single man that walk in, okay!

I know they'd go for steak, sandwiches, burgers rather than...cupcakes...Duh!

There's different types of cupcakes there. Big and small.

Let me see how many I could remember.

There's Belgium Choc, Belgium Mudcake, Roselli, Cookies n Cream, Teddy Bear, Vanilla, Strawberry, Mint, Carrot, and loads more.. I'm don't have good memory, but I think since I can named it this far, not too bad huh? :D

~TADAAA!!~

This is what we had. Mini little cutie cupcakes....Again for me.

Had kids shake this time. And Xue Fang's coffee.. I an anti-coffee person :p Bluerrkss~!

Anyway the shake is so filling! And doesn't look like any kids size to me.

Then, we realized we had too much sweet stuff for breakfast.

So we headed straight for some proper lunch. To get some balance in our meals. LOL

I don't have to introduce one more time where's this place.

Was quite disappointed that the Shepherd's pie are all gone.

So had to try their Bolognaise, which is not too bad afterall!! Yay!

Let me have the priviledge to introduce this girl, Xue Fang.

The crazy food lover like me, crazy careless lab person, beer lover, and funny and entertaining person to hang out with, a friend who will send gift/food right in front of your door step!

Oh, and also she's actually my quite-near-next-door neaighbour. LOL Too bad she's leaving for Malaysia in 15 days, then UK for studies :S

This is a no name cafe that I spotted while wandering around.

Looks cool heh?

Very unattractive from the outside, but it's so classy inside.

Will definitely try them out, one day, when I manage to get another day off.

Guess what, I was standing to a damn huge rubbish bin while taking this photo. Surprisingly it's not smelly at all. Unlike the rich rubbish smell you can get in Malaysia :D

After a good lunch, our tummy was obedient enough to keep quiet and still.

So, Xue Fang had the urge or I should say a "want", since she didn't manage to buy it anyway in the end. She was desperately looking for a polaroid camera!

When I was in Singapore, a friend of mine had this cool polaroid camera! Unlike the ones are sold here, so boring and big okay. And the films are boring simple ones. How to live with something so unattractive lar?

Those in Singapore, you can have any cute Winnie the Pooh, Mickey Mouse or any Disney characters, okay.

Conclusion, we walked in and out almost all the camera shops in town, but mission failed.

And I was in love with a particular camera!!! Who wana get me a Canon camera!? Any volunteer? hahaha

I wanna take good and pretty pictures for you to see!

A picture paints a thousand word, so beautiful photos here says a lot.

And I can type less too :p

Well, this is one of the main attention of the day.

The new Lindt Cafe that has finally arrived in Melbourne!

And it's next to a very expensive jewellery shop in Collins St. I wish I could sip my tea while staring at the ever sparkling jewels~
That one day would arrive around my neck and finger -___- OMG such a dreamer~

I wasn't too impressed by their food when I was in Sydney the last time. So this time, I tried something different.

Everything was looking good.

But the first thing that caught my eyes are the macarons!!!

Which I have been craving for months ago! Had the one at St Kilda. Was good enough though it was a bit hard. But couldn't complain because I can't spot any near my suburb!

Once I saw this on their display, my jaws were about to drop and eyes were about to pop out! LOL Happie, happie, is the day today! That took away all my pain and worries~

Would be better if it was served with diamonds hahaha~

Lemon Tang

Weidest thing I've ever tasted. Feels like drinking grass with some peppermint in it.

But Xue Fang loves it. We decided on drinking tea because it was a whole day of chocolate for us!

What we had~ yums yums!!!

That's the Peach and Champagne macarons in my hands LOL

Liquor is always good with dessert Lolz~!

Lindt's Dark Chocolate Ice Cream~
Very rich, very nice. Satisfied = Happy!

Dear Lindt,

Please sponsor me a baskel full of macarons for my daily supply.

I desperately need my dose of sugar everyday!

Pweeetiee pleeeeeaseeee? =)

I can't go to bed now because your dear macarons have been hunting me 24/7 everywhere I go!

But I'm still in love.

Really want to go back there again, but I think the things there are over-rated.

Still, its fantabulous and excellent!

*thumbs up*

Our final pick up from our cupcake store ;)
But the cupcakes met with an accident while riding on the tram.

~AWWwwwwwW~~

Still, I love you dearly.

My beloved macarons~

Joan's 27th

2009-07-06T14:07:00.003+10:00

This year was sort of like a mini celebration with her sister, sis in law and a friend - all the way from Sabah, Malaysia.

It was a Sunday, poor me had to workie~ So what they had to do was go to Springvale market for grocery shopping. And the birthday girl herself had to prepare soup and preparation for the steamboat at night. LOLOL

That's Joan's 27th Mini Home Birthday Celebration.

Nice to have steamboat when the weather out there is freezing cold. Soupy meal is awesome and all time fav~

Chocolate chip cheesecake from the Cheesecake Shop.
The cake turned out to be plain. And if I were the birthday girl, I wouldn't be happy to see such a dull birthday cake.

All I did was chuck in the Winnie the Pooh & friends character on the cake. With candles of course LOL And got the lady to make an icing at the top.

Happy 27th!

Adele's Randomness

2009-07-06T13:09:00.002+10:00

Finally sitting and resting at home till my next work shift on Thursday.
So here am I, very relaxed lying on my sofa with a glass of juice and of course here to update!

Been wandering around the city and had few road trips with my housemate's family who're here for holidays. Had great food at home and outside too. Still, I'd prefer home cooked food sometimes. And my housemate's mum cook delicious food at home to make sure we don't starve.

In my mini kitchen. The girls mucking around while the two aunties busy preparing dinner for the hungry children.

Please eat your vege! LOL Your dose of anti cancer.

I dislike vegetables to the maximum. I can tell you I hate it so much that I could possibly throw it back at you if you force me. haha
But now, I'm pleading you to feed me vege oh pleaseee..

Veges are good for you. I've learnt my lesson. So it's best if you eat your vege now, you vege-haters before you learn your most expensive lesson. Unless you're asking for it ;)
It's important to take all sorts of veges, learn not to pick your food too. I read from some article that nowadays people has higher chance of getting cancer because they're those who're picky with their food! I believe it's quite true! Just eat whatever that's served on your plate boys and girls.

Well, I'll stop from being such a nanny.

More photos to share. I'd probably mentioned about 2 months ago about my trip to Great Ocean Road. So here's my second trip this time with different people.

Here we are, on our way to see the 12 rocks. Or maybe 7 or 8 smaller rocks now.
This time, we took our own sweet time enjoying the scenery. Manage to stop along the way for some quick photo snapping too.

This was our toilet break stop. Naah, we didn't do our business behind the beautiful beach.
We just enjoyed watching 2 young man surfing ;)

And had some cakes at this peaceful garden here, absorbing as much heat from the sun as we could! We're all wrapped up as you can see because Melbourne has a very windy weather! Still disliking the way it is :p

I've got 2 photographers. One in the front, and spot the other photographer right behind us.
Feels like a star. Weee~~

It's so cool to own a DSLR. And this is what you get - a good quality photo from a good quality camera. Thanks to Van and Eve for their pictures, which I've secretly stolen to upload LOL

Just random chips because the pizzas were all in our hungry tummies.

And here it is, to witness the beautiful sunset at Great Ocean Road this time.
Awww~ a nice romantic place to propose.

BUT,
it's too windy and a very long drive.

BUT,
long drive is fun LOL

Us, the girls~

Goodbye, love~

Just random at Westfield Doncaster while waiting for the aunties at the massage parlour.

And this beautiful thing...
Ok ok, I don't wanna blog about this anymore.

But ain't he cute? ;p

Hot Soup?

2009-07-03T10:28:00.000+10:00

Or should I have hot soup instead since i'm still sick. Lol

Craving for Cupcakes

2009-07-03T10:12:00.001+10:00

Some cupcakes with hot choc would be great especially when it's raining outside ;)

My first attempt to blog through my mobile, but only pictures are posted. weirdo~

Answer?

2009-07-02T23:03:00.003+10:00

I'm back here to throw a question out to you guys.

Have you ever notice that horses actually crossed their legs? Did you wonder why they does that? I've no idea. Just that I find it too cute and adorable. LOL

Anyway, stay tuned with Twitter.

You'll see me there more often ^_^
http://twitter.com/engirl

The poor sick girl is snuggling into bed now~ nitey world!

Oops I Did It Again

2009-06-16T08:57:00.002+10:00

For disappearing into the thin air few weeks ago. And now I'm back. Again *claps claps*
Past few weeks has been a pain. House cleaning + Sick + Work.

As you know Australia is one of the country with the highest cases of piggie flu (swine/H1N1). I was down with sore throat, then cough and then flu! So on the third day, I didn't get any better so my housemate once again dragged to me the clinic. Can you imagine how many times I've visited the clinic for this half a year? This is my THIRD time!
Being an obedient kid like always (LOL), we went to the clinic and waited for a good one hour. I think eventhough I'm not infected by swine, by sitting in the clinic, anything would happen! But thankful I am still recovering and free from piggy flu! Feels much better~

Nothing interesting happened. Don't know why.
I'm sure you don't wanna see photos of me cleaning up the house eh~ LOL
Life's been good and bad. Sometimes things just goes wrong and turned out pretty bad.
Bah~ don't know how to explain. -Can't wait for lunch.

No photos as life isn't that picturesque. Anyhow, a music video which I'm quite loving it atm.
Would love to share with you ;) Enjoy~!

Small Lanes Discovery

2009-05-28T19:55:00.003+10:00

Welcome to another secret place of Melbourne...
which is the little unnoticed lanes around the city.

I've always heard about how interesting the small lanes here were. But I've never bothered to visit until I had a catch up with a cool babe in city for lunch.

She brought me to a place where all giraffes were hidden.
Somewhere you can enjoy good giraffe meat. YUM! (kidding)

Cafe Giraffe

This cafe looks ordinary to you?

Hmmm...wait till you discover it with your own eyes.

This is not a library, but a cafe! Where they serve great food too!

And you can spot a giraffe there too! Chewing on its delicious leaves. LOL
They're hungry, so am I!

WOW~ The food looks awesome isn't it?
I ordered Shepherd's pie and Dumplings + Soba noodles.

This babe, Tiff ordered bacon pasta.

Apple + Guava Juice, Mango Smoothie.

Look at their collections! They're so cute, classic and vintagey~ I like it!

This is not the end for me.

After the first shot, there I go again for the second time. With awesome food and comfortable surrounding, definitely a nice spot to be when I'm in the city.

Prices for food is reasonable like any other cafe you can find in Chinatown. BUT with this, you get a better service and pleasant environment :) And healthier food, definitely. In a way ;)

For my second visit, I had Chicken and Mushroom pie. Splendid! Full of flavour!

Shephed's pie

Could say that this is my favourite. Cos I love the way they cook it.
However, all the food are tasty and excellent. So I'm trying different food each time I visit.

Mushroom Risotto.

~Muahhhh!! Fabulous! A must to try too.

Raspberry and Pear Waffle on Ice Cream

Seriously, the waffle is crispy at the outside and soft in the inside. Smells good!

Allritey, enough of the food. I know you're salivating in front of your screen. Even myself as I blog this. *wipes wipes*

Let me bring you around and have the priviledge to show you how creative they are for having such a unique setting in this little cafe.

Different chairs definitely makes life easier for them too + creative.
Plus you get to sit on your comfortable chair that you like.

Feels at home, isn't it?

Cutey seats for two.

Oh, I spot a giraffe again!

OoooOOooOo...comfy comfy space.
I love the grey couch. That's where I sat during my first visit. Make me feels lazy after eating. haha

If you take your time to have a look on the shelf, there's little cute giraffe thingy there too! And there's cards for you to waste time or books to read, I think. LOL

Two little girls that I brought along with me. A-Lin.

And Kris.

Yeah definitely my type of place where I would eat, sit back and relax.
Love to just read a book there while enjoying a cup of hot tea.

Cheers!

p/s: There's actually a Giraffe Cafe in Singapore too. Went there during my last trip back there. The atmosphere were classic. Food were a little pricey coz it was kinda like a club with swimming pool. Will upload some pictures of it the next time.

Just A Smile

2009-05-28T19:44:00.004+10:00

Based on a true incident.

What happened at Bangalore Airport:

Airport security : What's your name?

Passenger : Batman.

Airport security : Your real name please.

Passenger : My name is Bat-man.

Airport security : Are you trying to be funny? What is your family name?

Passenger : Superman.

Airport security handcuffs him and put him into a locked security room.

Then they checked his Passport.

....

....

....

:)

The Melbourne Tale Continues...

2009-05-26T20:42:00.003+10:00

Two girls arrived Melbourne for the second time. Phyllis from the countryside of Tasmania and Deidre the geeky handsome girl from Gold Coast.

So thats when I had the opportunity to play host and discover the amazing food in Melbourne again. But always remember to eat healthy and watch your weight.

Well I'll introduce something quite oily and little unhealthy, but its allright to eat it once a while. I think I'll only visit this place twice a year. Don't really fancy their food except for their pumpkin cake. Plus, their service is horrible.

Dan Dan noodles . Pork dumplings . Pumpkin cake . Chinese Pancake . Siew Long Bao (clockwise)

(l-r) Joan . Adeline . en-girl . Phyllis

Dinner that we had in Chinatown. Without Deidre because she had to postpone her arrival.

Next day at Southern Cross.

While helping Phyllis to do her shopping, I just chilled around.
Had been to Southern Cross many times since its convenient and the place where you can get cheap stuff in the middle of the city. All the visitors that came, we ushered them there to do their shopping ;)

While me playing around in the shop.
This shop is called Smiggle. Love the stationeries there.
Check out the many colourful lanyards that I've put on!

Then Adeline and myself were tired of walking, so we had a rest at Starbucks while enjoying our drinks.
As usual my all time favourite Green Tea Frappuccino~
Notice that they mis-spelled her name to Aeeline.
And we had this joke to name her A-Lin instead of A-de-line..

We had Golden Sand bun.
You can resist the melted egg yolk that is so delicious with the "bao" (bun).

See the different types of baos they have. But I usually love their BBQ Pork bun and Golden Sand bun. I'll buy heaps of them and store it in my fridge. Have them as breakfast or tea. Isn't that convenient and satisfying?
We're such a loyal customer that the person working there could recognize us.

...........

See me in a geeky look?

Tadaaah!!

I don't look cool enough. Don't have the coolness in me -_-"
Only Deidre can be cool in that specs.

After lunch and buns, Phyllis wanted to have pancake. So our next destination was Pancake Parlour @ Bourke St.

The pancakes are amazingly delicious! Its wheaty flavour and softness are just perfect. Not too sweet and its balanced with walnuts! Healthy isn't it? So if you like your pancake to be sweet, just pour in some maple syrup! Perfectly awesomeness!

At their washroom.
Look how big is the sink. Can bathe a baby in there.

Their "make you short, fat and ugly" mirror.
Look at the mini dwarfs! *laughing* hahaha

At night we had dinner at the Korean restaurant that I had blogged about. But we ordered few different dishes for a try.

The 5 of us struggled to finish the whole thing. Don't laugh, the portion is seriously big. And don't underestimate us mini mini girls.. Coz we tried finishing it. ;)

But the after effect was terrible. I was like a 5 months pregnant lady. But felt good to have great company to have dinner with.
After dinner, Phyllis and myself still can have a go for dessert - ice cream. *slurps*
Deidre had mixed fruit milkshake. *salutes*
Joan was tumbling down like Humpty Dumpty.

I think I should go on a eating competition and get Phyllis as my team member! LOLz
When it comes to food, sorry, you'll be surprised. We eat like a monster!

The next day....
A day to have a little control over our diet.

myself.Deidre.Phyllis

Brought the girls to Springvale where you can see the Vietnamese always hangout at.
Almost everything is made in Vietnam there.

It was very early in the morning. After our morning jog.
Glad that we manage to sweat, or else it's a waste of effort and time. haha
We ate over our limits last night. I could say, 7 meals a day yesterday. Shocking huh?
We're proud to eat and exercise too!

Getting some vitamins from the morning sun. It's good for you and me!
Don't worry, you won't get dark or sun burn. See I'm still so fair after heaps of sun tanning during summer :D But careful of the UV.

We had lunch at this Vietnamese restaurant. It's a very small unnoticed shop. However, packed with customer during peak hours.

This is a small bowl. But look how huge the serving is already.
I love it especially when you squeeze lots and lots of lemon into it. Helps to burn your fats too. Haha~

Deidre's loving it!

red bean . durian . avocado smoothie

After having Vietnamese beef noodle, smoothie is a must to have at Springvale.
We walked to another restaurant just to get the smoothies. They're famous for its durian smoothie. OooOoh, my favourite~
I know some Australians dislike durians..but why? The flavour is rich, just like avocado! But avocado ain't smells so good. haha

At night, I was craving for Penang Assam Laksa!
Then, I decided to cook dinner. To try on my first attempt of making Assam Laksa.

@_@ What you think?
You'll realize there's no onions, veges, peppermint on the laksa. That's because I hate them on my laksa.
Some people love the minty flavour on it, but I just love the fish smell in the soup with prawn paste. *muahhh* Sedaps~

Okay, don't rate the laksa by the look. Remember, don't judge a book by its cover! haha
And it's not easy to make Assam Laksa from SCRATCH. Yes, from scratch I'm telling you.
Over here in Melbourne, it's hard to look for some spices and leaves. So I had to put whatever I can find in the market. Of course according to my taste bud too. Then it'll never go wrong.

Ooohhhh Sedapnya.... OOoOhhH Delicioussss...

Taro and Mango cake as dessert.

Obviously I didn't bake it. I bought them from Springvale market.

Girls bonding time again over at our place.

(l-r) Phyllis . Deidre . en-girl . Kristy . Adeline . Joan

Deidre and Phyllis helped me with the marketing, Kristy and Adeline helped prepare and setting up. Aunty Joan was there just to eat. haha

I'm missing my jamming session with Deidre and Phyllis.
Basically they had a simple holiday. Just spending most of the time at home.
But we had fun singing, lauging, eating together gether.
Also, I had the chance to polish up my piano skills on the keyboard. But I'll let Phyllis the pro to be on keyboard, myself on guitar and Deidre the lead singer! Cool heh?
Too bad there's no recording of our jamming session. But it's all recorded in my mind.

.... *repeat*..... ~la la laa~

Yumcha at Shark Fin's house...again.
This time with different company. Additional friend of Kris, Sam on the left.

On our last night together, we made Ondeh Ondeh!
My specialty! LOL

Look at the bigger size of Ondeh Ondeh?
Phyllis was playing around with it. But she ate it. Not wasting her own effort. *bravo!*

Totally girls rawk!

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Ouh yeah, went for the pre-screening on Friday evening. Adeline tagged along. I was totally busy that day, rushed all the way there from city. I was 15 minutes late :D
To my surprise, there's only another lady in the BIG cinema, which makes only the THREE of us. Probably people aren't off from work yet.
Feels good to have the whole cinema all by yourself. HAHA
Seats are comfortable and I had salty popcorn.

Lets support Australian made film! They rock! So am I! @-@

"You've Got A Mail"

2009-05-20T00:51:00.005+10:00

Guess what I've got in my letter box last week~

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A postage from Nuffnang!
And the best part is ....

I've got passes for "My Year Without Sex" pre-screening for two this weekend.
And two complimentary passes for my fellow readers valid from 28th May onwards!

This movie is written and directed by Sarah Watt. Not sure how good it'll be, but it shoud be good. We shall see ;)
For more info, help yourself to the following sites.

Film Trailer:
http://www.myyearwithoutsex.com/trailer.html

Website:
http://www.myyearwithoutsex.com/

Argh~ I wanted to go for the pre-screenings this weekend, but probably I'll have something else on Friday evening. And I work during the weekends. @___@ Oh, please help!

Allritey, to my fellow readers, for you to win TWO FREE movie tickets, just e-mail me at adelekhor@gmail.com
You'll just have to share with me what's the funniest thing that has happened to you this year.
Simple rite? =)
The person who is able to make my day will win these tickets! For free!

All the best folks~

p.s - only valid to those who reside in Australia

Cousins Day

2009-05-19T01:52:00.002+10:00

Apologies for disappearing for 2 weeks. Been busy hosting our guests from Tazzie and Brizzie. Plus work on weekends. Wanted to spend my time on doing some research, but failed to do so until today I finally got my hands to it. It's stressing me up. Life is tough, huh..

Allritey, en-girl is back in Action!
Two weeks ago, I finally get to meet my cousin face to face - in Melbourne.
She's here on a 6 months student exchange. And I never knew I have this cousin, until her eldest brother told me she's here, studying!

Admiring the scenery at Docklands.

Basically, we spent most of the time eating. From one restaurant to another.
in 4 hours, we visited 3 places to eat.

Brought her to this Korean restaurant at a hidden lane in Victoria St. Somehow this place is really packed, but I don't seem to understand what's so special about it. Still prefer the other Korean place further down the street, opposite Victoria Market.

Chap Chae - Fried Glass Noodle
Very huge serving. I struggled to finish it.

Beef Bulgogi
Was allright. Ordinary marinated beef.

Pork Fried Dumplings
This is quite nice. At least I'm happy with this dish.

Plates were cleaned and food was cleared!
Amazing eaters~ - my couz LOL
I was already very full, but there's some space for dessert of course ;)

Went for my usual all time favourite home made ice cream.
I always have my durian flavoured ice cream.

Durian + Green Tea ice cream.

Then we crossed the road, and the next stop was Koko Black - chocolate indulgence!

Tempted kan? Our chocolate platter.
The chocolate was rich Rich RICH!
-chocolate muffin-biscuits-koko black's chocs-chocolate creme-chocolate ice cream-

I would recommend you to go for iced chocolate rather than hot chocolate :)
Trust me, even if the weather is cold. It's worth it.

It was a quick Friday. The sky was already dark, so it's time to go home :S
But it's nice to know my cousin, and spent the whole day eating.

Feels good to have a relative here in Melbourne. Too bad, so sad (Deidre, 2009) she's leaving back to Malaysia mid of this year.

Sweetdreams on the Train

2009-05-19T00:23:00.004+10:00

I find it very fascinating that some people can just sleep everywhere they go.
Including myself!

And I find it very enjoyable to sleep in the car, or wherever I go travelling. I tried my best to appreciate the scenery along the trip, but it's just impossible. Somehow, dreamland temptation was very strong.

While I was on the way to the city, I saw this lady was soundly asleep in the train! She was so comfortable.

She goes from this...

(See how wide she opens her mouth)

To this...

She must have dream way back to her childhood time, or was dreaming about Little Red Riding Hood. haha
It's funny to see her sleep. So cute~

Melbourne City

2009-05-06T21:39:00.023+10:00

My Melbourne Story wouldn't be complete without friends and great company around me.

So sometimes, life's a lil much more fun when there's fun loving people around you.

What I love most about Melbourne is ...

my church! :)

Well, that's actually one of the reason. Besides, environment is peaceful, "some" people are extremely friendly, heaven of food, lifestyle is totally different.

The thing I dislike most is the WEATHER! It's now freezing me to death eventhough it's only May. And winter shouldn't be around this time but June. Grrrr!~

This is my 5th year here, yet there's few places I haven't visit or been to. So this time round, I had the opportunity to do some visits. In my previous post, Eureka Skydeck 88 was my first visit too recently! (shame only)

Allow me to show you around some interesting thing that you can find in Melbourne..

Graffiti in one of the lanes..

I read somewhere before about a guy being caught maybe in Singapore for doing that. As you know, people over here take this as an art. So this silly Australian boy thought he can do that overseas and people would appreciate his art. There he was, being fined instead of appreciating his art. So silly..

I wonder how would Malaysia or Singapore government take this? LOL

I actually don't mind though. As long as it's pretty, creative, unique, colourful! But not at the wall of my house building! The art work at the train stations are pretty cool actually.

This is incredibly cute! I wish I can have these on the wall of my room. @_@

So this are the bits and pieces of Melbourne. There's more to it, come discover yourself ;)

Last week, I had a guest from Perth. He's my housemate's hometown friend.
As usual we love to play host. Welcomed him with nice hot and spicy steamboat as dinner. Since that night was pretty chilly and windy outside.

Look at my little living room.

This is him, Kelvin. From boring Perth :p
Trying on his new shirt with the new vest he bought.

Basically, our mission was to bring him around to the interesting places in Melbourne. But he has already been to most of the places already. So we accompanied him shopping! That's what girls would do. This time, its the guy that shop like crazy, and the girls watched on.

But we had fun! It's such a joy to see him spend hahaha *evil laughter*
I was there to be his fashion consultant, help him to keep on a low budget and spend wisely. Since I was given this chance, we changed the whole him. From the look of an uncle, so somebody more youthful. LOL. Kidding, we made him wear skinny jeans and converse :)

My shopping partner of the day, Adeline.
Doing the Karen Cheng while waiting for Kel in the fitting room.

See, we're carrying so many bags! All those doesn't belong to us! There's more bags on the floor I think :D

Random photo at Jay Jays while waiting for him.
This is where he bought his skinny jeans for $39.

Allritey, enough of the shopping scene.

Joan organised a road trip to Great Ocean Road also known as the 12 Apostles.
It's a long...long...long....long drive~~
I took many naps since Joan and Kelvin took turns to drive ;)
The little girl just sit back behind and relax.

After driving up and down the hills, roughly about 5 hours drive...finally we arrived.

Welcome to Great Ocean Road.....

Isn't this such a beautiful picture.

Taken by Kelvin with his professional camera.

This is like half way through along the journey only.

Oh beautiful rocks and fresh air~

My very first visit was in 2005. And there's 12 rocks there. But today, I guess there's not many left. Due to hakisan tanah - erosion. (Apologies, I'm better with Malay LOL)
Shouldn't name it 12 Apostles then.

We're lucky enough to have a fine, sunny weather.
It was supposed to be raining. I guess prayer works!

We spent 5 hours of driving to see the scenery. Which was VERY beautiful.
Can you believe we only drop by like for 30 minutes, then we headed back to Melbourne :S

Next thing that Kelvin wanted todo was to go on a cruise!
Which was so boring that I ended up sleeping/having a nap. LOL

Perhaps, if it's your first time visit to Melbourne, then the ride would be something different and interesting. Whereas for me, I've seen most of the places when I travel by train.
The only difference is travelling on land and water.

While waiting to board on cruise~

Our captain

This is how many photos I took while on the cruise.
Then I dozed off...

After half an hour later, we have not arrived. So I took photos of our shoes!
Converse addict am I!~
The white + purple + pink is mine!
Grey's Adeline's.

While walking along Collins St, which is known for "wealthy and rich" street where branded stuff can be found - then we spotted someone walking along the street!

Super Mario!

Very the cute lor! Kelvin took photo with him~
Which I wanted to soooo much. Sigh..

It's okie..there's this thing called the power of photoshop! HiakHiakHiak~

What is Adele?

2009-04-22T21:46:00.002+10:00

I was reading Princess's blog and found out that Urban Dictionary is actually cool.

It's something that I find partly true.
Lets see what Urban Dictionary says...

1.
adele
157 up, 27 down
Generic term for an attractive female, particularly one who isn't real, or you don't know her name or you have no chance of actually getting with.

Peter: I got a date with Adele tonight
John: Cool, where you going?
Peter: Just around some pubs, see who I meet.

2.
Adele
21 up, 13 down
A german name meaning noble

Adele means noble

3.
Adele
78 up, 81 down
Three-fingered sloth / cat hybrid. Has an avid love for carrots and drools acid when annoyed, angered, sleepy, excited, aroused or bored.

I have an Adele sticking to my leg.

4.
adele
5 up, 27 down
Very impulsive, Likes to wank, Gets aroused by the arts such as; Music, Painting and Drawing. Usually an extrovert and likes sushi.

guy: WOW LOOK AT THAT ADELE
girl: she needs to get her nose out of those books, or else her eyes will fall out...
guy: i think shes pretty damnzablez
girl: maybe you'll find one in paris

You know what.
I like sushi.. have this sudden crave for Jap food sometimes. Korean too!
Yeah I love musics and arts. haha
Used to bite carrots when I was young with my little dog :D
Noble... hmmmm....

Is Back to Have Fun + Food

2009-04-22T17:25:00.016+10:00

Finally fully recovered and I'm back for more updates!
*wooohoo!*

This is suppose to be an after Easter post, well it's not too late I guess. =)

After church on Good Friday, we had lunch at a Chinese Restaurant. And after lunch, Matthew (the guy in black shirt n specs - centre) was hired on the spot and required to work within that minute! Woah so easy for him to get a part time job, the auntie must have liked him a lot!

Oh well, where is my luck? Anyone wanna hire me? hahaha

Okay, after that we headed home to get ready for dinner preparation.

All of them bumming over at my house.
It's been long since I had such a youthful life. HAHA!

While waiting for the main chef to prepare the food, we played Apples & Apples.

Need lots of effort to explain and convince. And I can never bother to do that. haha

After dinner, we played a game called "Wolf"! It's similar to "Mafia", if you know this game.

Its an advanced version of Mafia and has more interesting characters.

I tell you I heart this game a lot. I'm SO addicted to it. Too bad we didn't have more people or else the game would be MORE fun! And too bad some have to leave for the last train, or else we'll be playing throughout the whole night!

Who wanna sleep over and have a game night?!

Lets have a look what the chef has prepared.....

Steak!! Very strong wine flavour. That made me quite tipsy. haha

Joan prepared baked potatoes.

And I made mashed potatoes and tokpoki, a Korean delicacy. *best best*

Stomach was already above the max limit, but we still have little space for dessert of course.

Jelly + Sago + Coconut + Gula Melaka = satisfying dessert.

Look how professional is this chef! He cooked the steak and he's even capable of making good dessert. *salute* And this little boy is VERY young but so talented with his hands.

Tadaaa!! Aren't you impressed ;)
A satisfying meal ... I had!

Time for cupcakes!

I've wanted to bake a proper cutey prettie cupcakes, but I never had the chance yet. (excuses all the time)

Have a look at the pweetieee cupcakes that Kathy made for me. Awwww... *loved*

I will perform my skills too...one day....

Though I've no time to bake, but here's my piece of art....

~Mango Pudding~

Tempted?? uh? uh?

I am telling you this is good stuff. haha

Though I didn't do it from scratch, but I made it! ~oh yeah~ (don't ask how I made this :D )

I'm a serious mango pudding addict! Just feed me this and I'll stay alive :)

My First Visit to Hospital

2009-04-14T11:00:00.003+10:00

It's a long Easter holiday.
And I had a long rest throughout the weekend too.

On Saturday midnight, I suffered severe diarrhoea. Followed by fever and vomitting the next morning.
The diarrhoea is EXTREME that I can't control it. haha

So finally my housemate and a friend was at home on Monday night, so they insisted and forced me to have a check up at the hospital. I refused to, because who's not afraid of doctors, hospital, smell, injections. LOL
But I had to after all the convincing.

Interesting experience I would say. My first hospital visit in Melbourne. And I don't have to pay a cent for it (hopefully). Thanks to Medicare!

My friends were worried because I had the symtoms of appendicitis. Just that instead of having the pain on my right, its on my left. *relieved* So the doctor "thinks" I have gastroenteritis. Nothing serious I assume. Since he said he thinks...

And I was given some strong pain killers for headache in this envelope. No medication for my fever -_-"

And 2 sheets of paper for me to read about gastroenteritis LOL

Afterall, hospital isn't so scary when you don't have to go to the operating room :)

Happy Easter!

2009-04-09T16:14:00.003+10:00

I haven't have my daily dose of chocolate yet :S
ooh chocolate bunnies are YUM!

Autumn Love

2009-04-07T19:22:00.031+10:00

It's autumn! And I'm so loved throughout the day! Morning till night, first ever broken history in April. LOL. Thank God for sending them to Melbourne. I enjoyed myself, being pampered and fed ;) Like in fairytales :))

My highschool and hometown best friend, Sze Syeh a.k.a Celine. (Blogged about her a while ago. She's the one who brought me to the Fish Spa!)
And Yiwen a.k.a Shelly is Celine's bf's sister.

Shelly - me - Celine

in Penang beach

These are the three of us 7 years ago. Ignore the date on the photo because it's not in 1998.

That was when I was studying in Penang, and they came down to visit me.

I could say, no matter where we are at any part of the world, we still meet together and are still close buddies. Celine's boyfriend, Haw Choon used to study at the same uni with me in Melbourne. So there's higher chance for me to see Celine quite often.

Shelly - me - Celine

in Melbourne

After so many years, we still take photos in the same order. haha~

See the two of them turned into gorgeous princess.

It was their last day in Melbourne. They're on a 3 days holiday for Haw Choon's graduation at Wollongong. I had the priviledge to spent the last day of their holiday with them. Indeed very exciting!

What we did was basically eat, walk, laugh, talk, drink, take photos and see them shop.

I arrived at their hotel at 10AM. And they checked out from Citigate Hotel at 11AM.

We started our day at a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown. We had roast duck and BBQ pork on rice. *yumz* Don't know it's breakfast or lunch, I guess it's brunch.

Then we went to a shop opposite Victoria Market to get nougats, macadamia nuts, manuka honey, lanolin cream and abalone! For them to bring home. Very interesting shop I could say. Lots of things on sale.

Actually we did lots of walking and shopping, so I'm not going to go into every single thing that we did that day.

Also I think you've seen and heard lots about Chocolate by the bald man, Max Brenner already. Since they have one in Singapore now. But apparently, still Melbourne is the no.1. I'm so gonna show you what I had. Because I haven't indulge myself at all this year...uhm..maybe?

Hopefully I won't go bald like Mr Brenner after consuming too much chocolate! I'm a heavy chocolate addict. I AM SERIOUS. With chocolate, it can cure my pain, worries, sadness. I eat them when I'm happy too. >.<

Max Brenner's Tutti-Frutti Waffle

Warm Belgium waffle drizzled with pure melted chocolate, served with ice cream, fresh strawberries and bananas.

Chocolate Dip
Simply dip fresh strawberries in pure melted chocolate. It's common, but it's all about the chocolate!

Banana Praline Crepes
Two crepes filled with bananas & rich hazelnut praline, drizzled with pure melted chocolate, served with ice cream.

* Hungry humans are in the house, so pardon the picture.

We even ordered Chocolate Pizza with a Crunch. It's pizza topped with pure melted chocolate, caramelised pecans, cornflakes, mini marshmellows & white chocolate droplets.

It was only O-K-

No picture of it because the look of the pizza was undesirable. For my readers' sake, just imagine with me, because a photo of it will ruin your longing for chocolates anymore. I still prefer their Choc-Banana Pizza.

Chocolate Fondue for Two
Pure melted milk and dark chocolate served with seasonal fruits, marshmallows and banana bread.

Very thankful that I have the chance to have them again. Curious.. when's my next trip there again...~la la laa~

Next.....

LORD of the FRIES.

Shelly with the Lord..i mean fries.
Their fries are tossed with sea salt. We added Italian deluxe sauce to the fries - cheese melted by Napoli tomato sauce. Makes the whole thing tastes better. That's the secret.
My first try after 4 years in Melbourne. *shrugs*

All the six of us cramming to eat the fries! Notice where we stand to eat as well. Once we got the fries, we just stood by the tram track to eat, focusing on finishing it. See how we Asian enjoy our food with our fingers! Natural added flavour. *muah!*

This Lord is very addictive. Don't surrender your whole life to him, be warned about the high calories too.

Oh La La La~~~

Finally Haw Choon brought all the kids for sight seeing! Woohoo!! My very first time to this place too. Pardon me. Though I've been wanting to go to these places long way back, but there's no chance. Oh this bunch of people are like my super hero coming so save the world - I think my life. \@-@/ yay!

Let me introduce you to Eureka Skydeck 88.

It's created to reach the sky. I "almost" touch the sky that day if its not because of the secured wires around the open air area. At the top, you'll have an inspiring view of Melbourne.

Also, there's The Edge. It's a glass cube which projects 3 metres out from the building, with you in it. Suspended almost 300 metres above the ground! We didn't do that because we've got to pay some charges again. I think my leg will be shaking when I'm up there.

Skydeck 88 is the only observation deck in the world that can thrill you with The Edge. I'm sure you'll have fun there.

Ah~ the view is lovely, not to mention Shelly too!

At the open air area. The weather was chilly and windy about 14 celsius.

Shelly & I trying to do the Karen Cheng but failed due to the blurry camera.

We didn't pose but were busy trying the settings on the camera. And the reflection isn't from the mirror but from the glossy wall!

That's Celine in my hands!
More funny pictures in her camera phone though ;)

Haw Choon & Celine

Parents of the day.

We spent most of the evening there, to relax as well. How Loon, the younger brother slept up there! -_-"

Next was dinner time! They're craving for Korean food right opposite Victoria market. So the six of us hop into two taxis instead of taking the tram. Haw Choon loves his brothers and sister a lot.

So we're at this Korean place, very Korean-ish looking served by pure Koreans.

I know there's another hidden Korean restaurant right at the other end of Victoria Street too. And it's well known and usually fully booked as well. But surprisingly, this place isn't that bad.

Definitely will return the next time when I have the chance. The food is delicious and service is better too!. But they don't serve sweet potato for entree :(

I love kimchi but not pickles. But I ate them all that night! *amazed*

I don't know what is this. Maybe some kimchi thingy with tofu.

Beef.. yum yums!

Kimchi soup! Very spicy and sourish. I like em' all!

Oh this is like heaven! It's deep fried chicken dipped in their specialty sauce. There's two types of sauces, if you can notice the difference in colour.

I'm not sure what we've ordered that night. I was there just to eat :p Because the "dad" knows whats best to eat. I ate slowly while enjoying the food, and Shelly keep taking the dishes and placed them on my bowl. That's so sweet of her though she's sitting at the other end. Moved by her sincere heart, and she's so young! Good catch! ;)

Okie, I love Korean and Japanese food! They're just so tasty that I don't know why I can fall for them. For Jap, I only prefer sashimi and green tea ice cream. That's it. LOL!

I think I need to get a Korean. Not only they're good looking, but they can cook too! haha~ Then I'd get to eat Korean food everyday!

Oh that reminds me that I can cook some Korean specialty too! *giggles*

After our satisfying meal, we took the taxi back to the hotel.

They repack their luggage and trying to fit in their shopping goodies. Can see big big smile on everyone's face. But it's sad to see them leave too.

The bell boy helped us with the photo. Ah~ lovely memories.

Like family portrait

The outing was fully sponsored by Haw Choon & Celine - parents of the day.

Thank you so much!

(l-r): Haw Loon, Sze Syeh-Celine, me, Yiwen-Shelly, HawChoon, Haw Wei

Waited for their 7 seater taxi, and see them go. Overall, I had fun laughing all the way with these bunch of funniest and craziest people in my life.

You coloured my life!

TIme to Say GoodBye

2009-04-07T11:39:00.013+10:00

My overdued post......

This is Gabby & I, last year, serving together at kids church.

A farewell dinner we had for her.

Excessive food we had and calories we gained. Satisfying! LOL

Little turtle note that I wrote and coloured.
She's a turtle lover for no particular reason. haha

I'm sure she's happy to be back home in Indonesia with her family.

Random

2009-04-06T00:03:00.004+10:00

Busy + relaxing weekend.

But at this time, my mental status is : pissed off with people who're so childish and immature.
I just couldn't express how frustrated and irritated I am, again and again.

Oh gawd~

No time to explain this, but going to bed because my warm bed is welcoming me already.
Ah! Bad cold weather! Friggin 10.5 celsius now. Hate it.

To be continued.....

Tragedy

2009-04-01T23:19:00.003+11:00

I was about to be pick up by Nese & Pooven to church about 6.45pm. That was when they informed me there's a road block at Clayton train station where I live.
When I walk towards the train station to meet them, they told me someone was killed. There's police everywhere directing traffics and people full of curiosity trying to see the incident.

An old lady was being hit by the train. Some of my friends were jogging around the area and they bumped into us when I was about to get into the car. So they saw the lady was covered with a blanket, hands and legs were broken and separated. It's disgusting but at the same time I feel sorry for the old lady.

When we drove past the place of the incident, you can see crowds trying to have a look, police investigating, photographers doing their job. Of course I wouldn't dare to go near to have a look or take photographs of it.

This is my first time to see such incident. I'm having goosebumps.
Okay, this isn't an April Fool's story though today is April Fool.
You can read the news for more information. Click here.

No Pain No Gain

2009-03-30T22:22:00.016+11:00

A close friend shared this with me. It was very encouraging and totally strengthen my faith.
Hope you'll be blessed too ;)

No pain, no gain...Accept the pain, Future will be fruitful...

Don't feel the work you are doing is pain, because there will be always a reason for that pain or work.

So face the pain, for the pain you face, there will be definitely happiness ahead.

The Secret to...

2009-03-30T13:34:00.012+11:00

Making Kueh Jagung.

kueh definition: any cake of Malay, Chinese or Indian origin. (from Malay)

This cake is easy to prepare, so yummy and is one of my all time favourite.

Ingredients:

- 1 cup of custard powder
- 1 cup of fresh milk / coconut milk as liking
- 1/2 cup of corn kernel cream style
- 1/4 cup of sugar (original recipe is 1 cup of sugar, but I reduced sugar to taste better)
- a pinch of salt
- 2 cups of water

Simple ingredients isn't it?

Cheap and affordable for a poor fellow like me.

Pour 2 cups of water into the cooking pot to boil.

Also, brush a thin layer of oil/butter on a container that we will use for the cake.

Pour in custard powder, sugar, milk/coconut and a pinch of salt in a mixing bowl.

Beat them together until the mixture is smooth.

Then, filter the mixture into the boiling pot.

Keep stirring so that the mixture does not stick at the bottom of the pot.

Pour in half can of corn kernel, and keep stirring again until the mixture is thicken and consistent.

Pour the mixture into the container, and even out the surface.

When the mixture is cold down, keep it in the fridge until it gets cold and firm up.

Make sure it's completely cold before cutting it into pieces.

Tadaaa!!

Simple and easy task. Now everybody can cook!

Happy New Year!!

2009-03-27T22:45:00.016+11:00

Yes, it's March! And I'm wishing you a happy new year!

So what's the special occasion this time?

It's something new that I never celebrate before. I'm not actually "celebrating", but just having fun since it's a priviledge to be invited and hangout again with my childhood friends. *smiles widely*

Baha'is, too, have a Holy Day at this time of the year. They celebrate Naw-Ruz, New Year's day.

After fasting for 20 days (if I'm not wrong), it's time to celebrate and have a big feast, a way to end the fast. So here we are joining the food feast.

Every week, my tummy is nicely pampered. I've got nothing more to ask for. I'm easily contented as long as I've got what I need to have... food!

WARNING: make sure you don't drool in front of your computer!

As usual, when Malaysian meets together, there's pure Malaysian food. Which means spicy food =) The food never finishes even it's crowded with more than 30 people. Because they keep topping up the food!

He, the odd one couldn't handle spicy food. So he could only have coconut rice with eggs and chicken. Yet it's still spicy because the chicken is marinated with "sambal" -> very spicy chilli. haha~

Table full of food.

See the rendang? That's what I LOVE most! I can feel rendang inside my mouth now! Rendang is beef cooked in some spicy/curry power I think, Malaysian style. *dreams**salivating*

Okay this is the dessert. An Indian dessert must have after meal. It's called "payarsam". Simply delicious. Will try to put an effort to cook it one day...

I don't know what it's made of, but sago LOL and I love sago!

Gosh, I can hear trumpets and drums in my stomach now.

I don't know what cake is this. Quite nice.

This is nice! It's very addictive and sweet.

Something new that I've never tasted before. This is the Persian sweet. Taste interesting...and sweet.

Above all the dessert, still this dessert below the best..........

Kueh Jagung! - Corn cake? haha

Of course it's nice because I made this ;)

I've got the inspiration to make this because a friend asked me for directions to make this dessert. As I've never tried making this before, so I've decided to give it a go!

Quite successful attempt. Everyone enjoyed it of course. Bcoz it's special~ mmmuah~

p/s: I stood in front of KFC for few minutes today. Sigh so tempted to eat KFC :( I saw Mr Zinger Burger and Miss Chips waving at me! Evil!

My right eye twitch

2009-03-26T23:44:00.003+11:00

Grrrrr....!

Its been 2 weeks..and my right eye can't stop twitching. Especially in the morning when I'm in the bathroom. Actually, anytime of the day..even night. Umm..it's ANYTIME!

It's so annoying because it can go on for quite a while. And I'll stare at the mirror and press on my eye. LOL
Silly me, because I don't know what else to do.

.....................

Okay, I googled! And part of the answer is found *giggling*

The medical term of this sort of "disease" is called "myokymia". Apparently, the causes are stress (quite true), lack of sleep (very true) and too much caffeine (err..what did I do?).
One more thing, blurred vision can also occur with the condition. No wonder I've been having headaches and feels tired easily - though it doesn't really relate ~haha~

For those who believe in superstitions, if your right eye twitch, somewhat it is showing a good sign. But I have been waiting for 2 weeks. Nothing miraculous happened at all. Hilarious concept.
But hopefully something great is gonna happen *closed her eyes and wish*

I can't stand no more. It's irritating. I don't know what to do about it and it's insane!

The Husband Store

2009-03-25T12:54:00.003+11:00

Have a laugh!

I've read this from Mark Conner's page, CityLife senior pastor.
Wish they have one of this store in Australia LOL~

THE HUSBAND STORE

A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City , where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates:

You may visit this store ONLY ONCE!

There are six floors and the value of the products increase as the shopper ascends the flights.

The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!

So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband.

On the first floor the sign on the door reads:

Floor 1 - These men Have Jobs

She is intrigued, but continues to the second floor, where the sign reads:

Floor 2 - These men Have Jobs and Love Kids.

'That's nice,' she thinks, 'but I want more.'

So she continues upward.. The third floor sign reads:

Floor 3 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good Looking.

'Wow,' she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.

She goes to the fourth f loor and the sign reads:

Floor 4 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and Help With Housework.

'Oh, mercy me!' she exclaims, 'I can hardly stand it!'

Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 5 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, Help with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak.

She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor, where the sign reads:

Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.

PLEASE NOTE:

To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opened a New Wives store just across the street.

The first floor has wives that love sex.

The second floor has wives that love sex and have money and like beer.

The third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors have never been visited.

Goodbye Nails

2009-03-24T21:41:00.008+11:00

Having my long nails for about 3 months now. It's sad I have to say goodbye :S

You feels girly when you have long beautiful nails. Especially when you get to paint your nails with shimmering colourful nail polish. Sometimes people thought I had fake nails on!

Kinda proud because my original nails can look like fake nails. LOL means not bad :)

But I'm not those girls who can really maintain and keep their nails pretty all the time.

So I've decided to chop! chop! chop!

*sobs*

It'll be more convenient when I type on the keyboard of course.

Because lately I just get frustrated typing with my long nails.

Without my long nails, I'm still girly okay!

Bread For You?

2009-03-24T00:52:00.006+11:00

I found something interesting during my trip back to Singapore.

This is not any ordinary bread. It's SPECIAL.

What do you mean by special?.....

Okay, according to the dictionary, special means

- distinguished by some unusual quality
- being other than the usual
- designed for a particular purpose or occasion

And yes this bread has different quality, different from the usual bread that you see in the bakery, and it's designed for a particular purpose!

Isn't it adorable? Aww... too adorable to even eat it.

It comes in a nice packaging and you don't even know it's actually not edible! I hope its not poisonous for whoever who so happen to eat it. haha
I just wonder did anyone actually bite and chew before realizing it? hahahaha

Seriously, the bread is very soft and its 100% like real. Got bread smell somemore I tell you. You won't believe how real it is unless you touch and smell it yourself. LOL

There is a wide varieties of "bread" at the "bakery". There's colourful tempting cakes too! -_-" *salivating*

To me, this is designed to play pranks on people! haha
So who was my target? .... My housemate :)
But because the tortoise was too cute to be eaten, she decided not to eat it. *sigh*

This bun is mine! My soft, vanilla flavoured bun keychain.
Interesting eh?

Nowadays people are so creative. Need to be different.
There's even white bread where you can actually write notes on the white surface of the bread. So instead of writing a card when you want to give your friend a gift, can just give him/her a slice of bread!

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I did not update for the past few days because I was fed up with the template owner. Gosh make the blog look horrible terrible like vegetable.
So today I decided to change the template, again. *sweat*

Going for some classic look this time. I'm a grown up :) And the music player is spinning~ Enjoy!

White n Choc Chip Cookies

2009-03-17T23:44:00.021+11:00

Rita and I had a sleepover at Venesa's. It was fun spending some sisters time and it feels like in Alor Star with typical Malaysian home cooked dinner. *thumbs up*

Venesa and I decided to bake some cookies after breakfast the next day.

So here you go, nothing secretive about it, just a simple, delicious and healthy white and chocolate chip cookies.

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Cooling time: 15 minutes

Yields: 60

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup granulated sugar (originally 3/4 cup - to reduce sweetness)

1/2 cup brown sugar (originally 3/4 cup - to reduce sweetness)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 large eggs

1 cup white and chocolate chips

1 cup chopped macadamia nuts

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375° F.

Let me present to you someone special that made the process easier =)

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The mixing machine!

With Venesa, we had a great time together baking and chatting away. She's good at multi tasking.

Lets begin!

Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.

Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in larger mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating it well.

Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in white and chocolate chips and macadamia nuts.

Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets or baking trays.

Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown.

Cool on baking tray for 2 minutes and remove to plates to cool completely.

Ta-daaa!! Done =) Ready to eat!

The fun part about baking is PLAY TIME!

With the leftover dough, we shaped them into alphabets and shapes.
~Adele Venesa~

Venesa heart Pooven

Adele heart GingerBreadMan

Hope you enjoy this little simple cookie recipe. Have fun baking!

Fish Spas in Australia? No?

2009-03-16T17:25:00.016+11:00

I know.. Fish Spa has now become a common thing especially in Malaysia.

But it's one of my "To-do list" when I get home. It was an unusual experience indeed.

The thing is, I live in Melbourne, and my skin tends to get dry and crack easily due to the dry and cold weather here. Plus, I'm not one of those girls who apply heaps of lotion...okay I don't apply lotion at all. Even if I have lotion at home, I just feel lazy applying it. Never bother LOL

I can see everyone who live in cold countries have this dead skin problem. Or was it just me?
And the crappy thing is that, there's no Fish Spa in Australia! I guess its concerning their health and safety reason so fish spas are not allowed here. This is just my assumption.
If they have it here, I guess its going to be quite costly because things here are never cheap. Still, it's worth trying ;)

During my stay in Singapore, my brother took his family and I to Night Safari. When my sister in law was purchasing the ticket, the fish spa nearby caught my eyes. It was such a big temptation that I decided to skip my dinner and go for the spa!

See the tiny little fishes nibbling my smelly feet? haha

There's not many fishes in there though. But this was my first attempt and I wasn't afraid at all. Surprisingly, it's not ticklish too!

It almost costs me a fortune LOL~ SGD10 for 10 minutes :S

In Penang, I was out with a dear friend, Sze Syeh. We were hanging out lunching and sight-seeing near Penang Bridge. To my embarrassment, she spot my dry cracked feet! Then the thing that hit my mind was..."Lets do fish spa together!" So she drove excitedly from Bayan Lepas to Gurney Plaza. Amazing friend :)

Sze Syeh and I at a Japanese restaurant.

I was really looking forward to try the real fish spa at Kenko Reflexology & Fish Spa in Gurney Plaza. To my amusement, the place was nicely decorated and a peaceful place to be.

So how does fish spa work?

The little fishes called Garra Rufa exfoliate the dead skin on the feet by EATING them! Okay, the fish won't bite off your toes or feet, but they nibble. And trust me, it's very effective!

Firstly, you'll have to wash and scrub your feet at the washing area. The staff will watch you to make sure you do it. For the "fish safety" sake? haha

Once you're done, dry your feet and proceed your way to the spa area.

So there's 3 corners. Small, medium, big fishes for you to choose. And remember, don't be greedy and go to the big fish! Start with the small fishes first :)

Dip your feet inside...slowly...And the fishes will come to you for food! haha

I laughed hysterically there because it's VERY ticklish! I think for about 5 minutes. Thank God there's no one there except the staffs.

Totally a different experience from the one I did at Singapore Zoo. What can you expect...it's a zoo! haha

The fishes are actually toothless, so they nibble and suck quickly.

Compare my feet on the left and Sze Syeh's on the right. This proves how much dead skin I have. I'm sure they're well fed by me.

Then we moved on to try the medium-sized fishes. There's only few fishes in there. This time you can feel a little uncomfortable because you can feel their sharp snouts when they nibble. Still, it's tolerable.

To the bigger-sized fishes! They nibble pretty hard and it's pretty similar to the medium-sized fishes. They can go quite extreme, but they do no harm. They only want your dry skin! Not your flesh. haha

The layout of the spa. Sze Syeh is sitting where the medium-sized fishes were. And on your right is the bigger-sized ones. And from where I snap this photo is where they placed the little fishes.

Once your 30 minutes is up, the staff will come with a towel for you to dry your feet. Head back to the washing area to wash your feet.

I personally think fish spa is quite an enjoyable one, and especially when you have a great friend to go with you too :)
At first I dislike the ticklish feeling, but for my feet sake I had to get over it.

The result was....100 points to Kenko!

Immediately I see the difference on my feet. It felt nice, smoother and silky after the 30 minutes treatment. Which is worth it for RM38 only! Oh my, when convert to AUD, only $10 okay.

At night, when my mum was giving me a foot massage, she can just feel the difference on my feet! So this is not just my opinion, but Syeh Syeh's and my mum's too!

No more dry, cracked and rough skin!

Oh yes, they have a full body fish spa too! I need lots of courage to try that. Maybe one day when I lost my sense of ticklish.

Thanks to Doctor Fish. Give yourself a treat to fish spa if you manage to be in overseas =)

Wish I can have my fish spa treatment again.

Buddies Funtime

2009-03-14T22:40:00.035+11:00

*wooooff!* *pooooff!*

~tadaaa~

Thank God there's still miracles that happen. Thought I'd stuck into boredom for the rest of my life.

This is actually my first friends hangout after I got back from Malaysia. Life suck real hard here without good food, good "kaki" (buddy) to chill, pirated dvds, chinese series and especially your own home. And the best thing being at home is you don't have to cook :) don't have to clean :)) don't have to do laundry :))) nothing :)))) Just enjoy life :D
Love being pampered t-hee!

Okie, back to my buddies. They aren't any ordinary friends. But they're like childhood friends. We see each other since young and attend the same church. Eventually we AlorStarians met in Melbourne.

Can't imagine the time when we're kids, and *BOOM!* ... now we're young adults.
Flashback is scary sometimes when you think about it.

Jolyn, Venesa, Rita, Rita's bf - David, and myself sitting on the Giant Chair at the Dandenong Ranges. And Pooven was the honoured photographer of course.

Sceneries at the top of the mountain was amazing. But we basically just walk a little and stop to talk. Many years we haven't seen each other so definitely many things to gossip about :)

A little walk and the chilly cold fresh air makes us feel hungry.

We decided to barbeque there. It takes us real long to actually spot a bbq pit. We succeeded with the help of Melway, a very helpful book. But still prefer GPS ~lol

Here we are, preparing to heat up the bbq pit and start cooking!

Can you smell anything??...

We had something extraordinary.. to Jolyn and myself :)

To the rest, its nothing unusual about it.

Give you some clue...It's an animal..of course! Its cute - sometimes. It hops. A boxer. Have pockets.

I guess the answer is very clear.

Kangaroo!

It's kangaroo meat!!

Oh my! I don't know why I had the courage to eat that little cute kangaroo.. Hmm don't know if that's a cute or ugly one anyway.

But seriously, all of you should try kangaroo meat if you haven't.

Jolyn and myself felt strange biting it at first. But as we chew, the yummier it is! The meat is soft and tender like beef. Just a little strange smell, maybe because it's my first time eating it.

Believe me, YOU SHOULD TRY.

Don't be afraid, the kangaroo won't revive and give you a box on your face for eating him/her.

Since I had my first bite, I'm in love with it. Gosh making me drooling at this hour. *kangaroo burger* ~drooolsss

After the kangaroo feasts, we chill around and decided to play putt putt. haha sounds funny, sounds like Jolyn's fart.

So this is miniature golf aka putt putt.

That was my first time playing "golf". The first few times I cheated because I was new. haha

After a while, I guess I'm not too bad at it. My aiming got better and I felt good about it. :)

This game is addictive. Plus, when you have these guys around, the game can lasts for hours!

We don't only play putt putt, we entertain, we laugh, we joke, we make fun of people HAHA!

But at the last stop, everyone just simply hit and cheated! Funny pun fun.

And I never had so much fun for such a long time! This just brings back my memory. Being young memory. The next day, Jolyn and I woke up VERY late. By the time we wanted to go out, it's already evening. So we decided to go to the park! And see what the children did!

Playing on the swing! I tell you, this swing isn't any normal swing you see in the park. This swing just makes you high and laugh ur head off! Good times, good times. Just feels young when you do something that the kids would do.

Oh yeah~ Moomba Festival. Weather was sunny and great! So perfect day to bring the kids out!

BUT accidents do happen. It was a bad day for me after I arrived. I was suffering from food poisoning!! That is so unlucky of me. I throw up and was feeling unwell for 2 hours.

When I was recovering, I just laze down on the grass and see people dance.

Yes, Jolyn is a damn good dancer. She's not only a talker, loud, hyper, smart, etc etc...but she dance too. She was in the middle of the stage dancing with a stranger - who was a good dancer too! Very entertaining =)

After dancing, you can see her puffing, and there she continued to dance with Venesa. *salute*

Jolyn wanted to rule Australia LOL but she humbled herself =)

Tammy & Jolyn

That's Jolyn with her funny expressions all the time when she's taking a photo.

So this time she wants to destroy the fairy's wheel by kicking it down!

*Keganasan**Violence*

Push you down o' Fairy's Wheel.. hahaha

Resting on the grass, and breathe fresh air after throwing up 5 times. Terror!

But my tummy feels good and totally cleansed LOL

Oh well, afterall I'm not a good cook :S

Time for dinner and walk!

See how adorable and loving the kids were. They swap and carry each other. Awww!!!

This is Jolyn's idea. How creative this mummy-wannabe rite?

Lots of tricks she can come out with to entertain kids. Specially well-trained from Superkids kindergarten.

See..another handstand trick.

Not to entertain kids only, but also passers-by in front of Flinders Train Station. LOL

And that's Pooven - Venesa's husband, staring at Jolyn's crotch. Just kidding :p

With the adorable kids.

(l-r) Simon, Steven, Pooven, Tammy, Venesa and Jolyn & Angel in front.

The girls!

(l-r) Me, Jolyn, Tammy & Venesa

At home, Jolyn continued with her entertaining. This time is headstand.

It's not easy to do. Or else it'll look funny or weird. Or worst, you'll hurt your back.

The "guru" (teacher) teaching the "anak murid" (student) - Rita.

Oh man, I misses playing card games! Damn. It's fun when you have nice entertaining games to play througout the night. I like it cos I'm the winner! haha

Alor Starians in Melbourne.

-Pooven , Jlee

-Venesa, Jolyn, Rita & I

In the photo above, check out Jolyn's expression when she farts. haha~

Jo, don'tlah angry k?

Jolyn and I chat until 6AM till she gets her one hour nap before flying back to Malaysia and back to the States in few weeks time. Oh missing spending time with close ones. Must find Venesa and Rita more often then. haha

So moral of the story is : Cherish your friends who is around you. Because I love all of them to bits!

Ken & Joy's Day

2009-03-12T00:26:00.021+11:00

How do you feel when your friend's getting married?

It's like your heart is beating faster than normal, yeah.

And it's your turn to dream that you're the next one :)

A day to remember for Ken Yi and Joy at Crossway Chapel on the 7th March 2009.

Simple yet beautiful.

Sonia & I waiting at the door for the guests to be seated.

The weather was a little chilly but as noon approached, it just feels good being under the sun.
Thank God for the good weather especially.

This is my third wedding that I've attended in Melbourne.
One wedding each in 2007, 2008 and few weddings to go in 2009! Impressive.
The "getting married" chart is increasing! Which means single guys and girls are getting lesser..and lesser...and lesser... LOL

Hail to the bride and groom~

And to cut everything short, I assume you know how a usual wedding ceremony will run :)

Here goes where Kenyi can kiss the bride!
The claimed that this part isn't part of the rehearsal.

Kissing scene got chopped off. Not for your enjoyment or viewing purposes.

So here they are, officially and legally married in black and white.
~Mr & Mrs Ken Yi Fong~

Here's a photo of me.
For the fun of it :p

And the husband and wife marched out the church with great JOY.

The wedding cake isn't just beautiful but delicious too.
It's rich chocolate cake and covered with thick icing. Though the cake is small, but never underestimate the size. The real thing is simply extraordinary. Maybe because it's a wedding cake :)
The roses are real too. So non-edible :)

After the ceremony, of course it's time for photoshoot!

-Friends from City Life Church-
See how big is Ken & Joy's CityLifers supporters. =)

Nah, another photo of us.
One photo is never enough.

Okie, few professional shots for you to enjoy.

It's classic isn't it.
Didn't know Ken is so romantic. That's so not him.
And wedding day reveals everything.

And its bouquet catching time for all the singles!
It's quite an embarrassing moment for the girls. Maybe me? haha
Just letting the whole world know you're single. sigh~
Why guys don't have to catch flower? So not fair.

BUT Spot on! At least there's one guy who is kinda desperate to catch the bouquet too! haha
Next time single guys should join too.
Right? Right???

Happily and proudly marching out~

Congratulations Ken Yi & Joy.
May God bless you in this new journey together.

Also would like to give credits to Sam for the wonderful photographs. Thanks!

Hens & Bucks Night

2009-03-05T23:16:00.032+11:00

I never attend a Hens night party before. This was my very first experience in Australia.
And all I could possibly say is.....

Lets go more into it ;)

Let me introduce you to the bride-to-be, Joy Ooi.

Showing off her very the big punya gemstone ring. Pinkish and bling bling.

Which we got it from the reject shop :) Damn priceless.

We dressed her up in the "cute" looking pyjamas when we're about to have dinner at La Porchetta in Glen Waverley. Imagine the huge crowd looking at her. Coincidently our table was right in the centre. Ah well, I guess she's enjoying the fun.

Nothing special, we had pizzas and pastas while snapping photos and chatting away.
Dinner didn't end just like that. The fun is about to begin!

Joy is required to do TWO simple things. I think it's simple. If I'm the organiser, it wouldn't be that easy but it's gonna be whacky and interesting yet funny. LOL
Since I said this, I guess no one will ever want me to be at their hens party the next time :S

As we marched into Century Walk where most of the crowd would be, we made noises and hum some wedding songs which I can't remember how. Those typical asian just give you a type of look and they're not sporting at all! Well, that's the asian territory. Wrong spot.

1. She had to shout out loud so that the entire whole world could hear "I am getting married next Saturday!!!" You didn't hear it rite even if you're somewhere near Melbourne :) Cos I hardly hear it too because of her tiny miny little voice.

2. To approach any strangers in Strike Bowl, to give her a free bowl. She was lucky to have the angmohs there. They made is easy for her and gave her a free bowl! No fun~ haha!

So after all these, we headed to Joy's home. And have some girls fun!

As usual in all hens night, we played "Ken Wedding" pegs.
Not allowed to mention any "Ken" and "Wedding" word throughout the night. Which was a bit hard for some people who got trapped innocently. Oh ya, Ken is the groom-to-be. Woopss..just mentioned his name~

Next is the most stressful moment when we had to actually answer questions related to Joy. But..But...But... we need to get the right answer. And the right answer comes from Ken. =_=" Just anyhow ting tong tiang like how we sit for exams when we don't know the answers. LOL But if there's no "abc" answers, we have to squeeze every bit of our brain. Terrible. haha

As you know our brain uses a lot of energy, so it's feeding time! yum yum yum~
ICE CREAM is the best medicine ever! and satisfying dessert after all.

With the different varieties of toppings. Hey, that's my chocolate chips! O_O

Then we continued with some games, actually to play a prank on Joy =) We did everything on purpose because she's the most important person that night.

And a little surprise for Joy..she do not know that Ken will be coming over after his bucks night.

The boys are amazingly creative to the maximum and this is what it was...

Prepared by: Stephen Yap.

Ken has to sign this black and white to show he agrees to give full cooperation to the fellow brethen. The statement is hilarious. That's so Stephen.

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Eh!!

Did you see something???

Something flying??

Oh My Gawd!

It's BATMAN!

He's eating some weird asian stuff!

Yeah this asian Batman is enjoying his meal when he actually is on a mission to save the world. *sweats*

Superman vs Batman

Who to choose? Confused. Who can actually save the world? Who?? Tell me!
Neither both, cos they're asians LOL

Batman spotted at the train station!

He's actually taking the train. I thought he could fly? Lousy Batman.

Seriously a lazy Batman.. What is happening to this world!

Not bad, he's got fans. Huge fans club in the city.

After the guys had a whole day of fun in the city... they headed to Joy's home for a "surprise".

Finally Batman revealed himself. *faints* So not the Batman.
Christian Bail more handsome lor! haha

And the whole bunch of brothers got Ken into getting Joy some lingeries at an expensive and branded shop.

Look at Joy's facial expression!! OMG

Joy: So small leh. Not my size la. Underestimate me already.

Play pranks on the two of them. =) Happy to see them happy.

The fellow bachelor brethen & Batman.

The girls...who aren't that amused except Joy of course.

Batman and his princess lived happily ever after.

Oh! Not married yet! Soon to be, soon...

Malaysia & Singapore Visit

2009-03-03T14:41:00.027+11:00

It's been more than a month since I last updated. Internet in Malaysia was bad. And I think I should spend my time wisely rather than sitting in front of the computer, right?

My holiday was a blast. Definitely a memorable and an enjoyable one. Mainly I was there eating, hanging out, play, or rest at home. This morning I've received an offline message from mum saying she misses me and my 3rd brother, Andre a lot. And wished we could go back more often.

Actually since my last stay in Malaysia, I was thinking of going back Malaysia for good. I miss my family and friends dearly. Some things are just so hard to let go there, but at the same time, it's hard to let Melbourne go too. It's complicated and I'm confused myself too.
Anyway will just follow what's ahead of me. And I believe things shall be done perfectly.

Over here, everyday I'll look through photos during my stay there.
I miss my niece Chevy a lot. Probably by the time I see her again, she can talk!

A goodbye kiss before I leave Singapore.

During Chinese New Year when all brothers are back in Penang.

Family having Bak Kut Teh along Gurney Drive.

My eldest brother who is as childish as always.

Family chinese new year dinner with eldest sis in law's family.

Another chinese new year dinner :)

Everyone is growing up, getting older and looked different.

Well, I misses the time I had with my friends. Some are childhood friends where we grew up together in a small village doing crazy things and being naughty while we still can.

(l-r top): Vincent, Jeff Khoo, Jeff Lai, Caleb Martin

(l-r down): Karen, Jolyn & I

Sigh the camera ruined the photo. But thankfully can still see our face.

Samuel's wedding lunch at Sungai Petani.

With all the Superkids childhood gang.

(l-r): Jeff Lai, Melai, Karen, Samuel, Sulyn, me, Xin Ni, Zelzan

My Alor Star high school friends @ Sunset Bistro.

My beloved and inspiring sisters in Christ who made my journey with God in Penang a fantabulous one. :D
(l-r): Sarah, Eunice jie & I

Alorstarians meeting in Penang.

Glad to meet Sulyn who's back from New Zealand and Karen from Perth.

Penang church friends.

(l-r): Naomi, Keegan, Robin, Deborah, me, Nathanael

College friends @ Penang Swimming Club.

I definitely love the atmosphere there.

Oh my lovely honey. My bestie in Penang, Shanie.

Having coconuts and love boat.

My highschool mate, Sueyee.

She's such a hospitable girl. Brought me around Penang to eat, walk, hangout, supper.

Thank you sooooooo much!
Any guys interested? She's still looking. So contact me! ;)

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Singapore... I'm loving it!

Chinese New Yeae gathering with uncles, aunties and relatives from New Zealand.

Glad to see all of them because I haven't see my cousin from NZ for 10 years! And everyone has grown a lot! Even I can't recognize Charis(in pink) anymore!

My 15 years old cousin, Tiffany who brought me around to play in Singapore.

And she's VERY tall.

A day at the Night Safari with 2nd brother, Bazliel and family.

A very different experience. My first and last =)

Cutey bubbly Ruth.

My personal advisor and a friend who is very close in my heart.

A warrior and God lover too.

Being well fed when I'm out with her lol

2 amazing friends, Bryan and Kelvin.

It's amazing how we met at Hillsong Conference and we stayed in the same backpackers.

Another Alor Star childhood buddy, Daniel Lean.

I still remember how we grew up together and his grandma babysit me.

A very close friend of mine, Rueben Lien.

Once I'm in Singapore, definitely a must to hangout with him.

Pastor Jeremiah and family. 2 sons were soundly asleep already.

Not a coincident that I arrived that night. Managed to spend some quality time.

There's so much to share during my one month trip. So I just randomly shared some random photos :)

More to come...

Strange Feeling is Back!

2009-01-14T23:46:00.008+11:00

Usually when you're alone overseas, you'll have this bitter sour feeling in your heart.
Imagine you're home alone right now. Like me!
It's good that it's quiet. But it's just not the same like usual. You know that there's not going to be anyone at home besides yourself! And you just feel...insecure? afraid? lonely? sad? abandoned? Whatever word you can describe how you feel.

Even though my housemate is around, but she's out. I'm still happily doing my things in my room knowing there's still someone around. But once she left today, the house is totally empty...and scary. I just don't like the feeling of our new house.

It's so strange, that I've got this feeling wherever she's not around. Ahhh~ why everytime I'm the only one that got stuck at home by myself? I'm always the last housekeeper. LOL
For the previous years, I did not go back home in Malaysia. I always felt the same. And I'm so proud of myself that I've actually gone through those time.
Still remember clearly 2006 and 2007 was the worst summer for me. All alone in Melbourne. All by myself at home. All by myself for dinner...Got no one to talk to. For freaking 2-3 months long. I can recall the time I was so depressed that I have to call my god-sis overseas. You'll be happier that you have someone to talk to and not being mute throughout the few months. That was SO bad, ever.
Thank God 2008 was pretty allright. Hmm.. maybe it's because I still have other 2 housemate's company last year. At least there's still people around at home. So that's part of the disadvantages of having only 2 people in a house.

If you still don't understand what I'm trying to express, try staying all by yourself at home. =)
Cut the crap.

I'm SO EXCITED. Feel like crying, feel like smashing a car, feel like spending all my money.. wat de?
Beyond words for me to describe. It's so hard to explain. Mixture of bitter, sour, sweet... medicine + sweet n sour pork! LOL

I think I will cry when I board the plane lor. Even my family are all in Malaysia. This happened before. I don't understand myself too.

So cannot imagine TOMORROW I'm finally flying home to MALAYSIA! THREE years, TIGA tahun, SHI nian, SI ni, SEI nin...
Damn, my expectations towards my home country is too big. haha. There's a lot of changes that I want to see.

Okie some photos to keep you happy...
It's ages... my trip to Perth as a chaperon to Sam & Steph. It was December 2008.

Beautiful lil city of Perth, which I'm loving the BEACH!

Know what? Today I received a surprised SMS from someone. Used to be someone special and dear to me when I was 17 years old =) He was my first love.
I also cannot believe it! But it's nothing weird about it, coz I got to know a first boy when I was 14 years old :D

Curious? LOL But I never had a photo with him before during our courtship.

Probably I will during our wedding day. I mean his..

Funny thing is, we never hold hands before!
And one thing I was in love with him was because he's a tall charming boy, a musician, a golfer and damn intelligent till I cannot believe how he study for SPM.

So...he's getting married! Not with me. My mum would have blame me if she knows that I've been keeping it a secret when I was 17 years old. haha

But our relationship was just a short one. Maybe less than a month. Don't laugh!!~
Because I was too young. I was afraid. I don't know what my future would be. I can't see how long our relationship could last cuz the future is so far away. And it's especially because I had this "disease" called "afraid of guys". Once I'm too good with certain guys, I just feel don't good, and rather stand a distance. Probably because I was being brought up in a all girls school. This is my trauma. So till now, I still can't see myself to be in a relationship. Oh My Gosh! I can't believe I'm sharing my personal secret with you.

But I'm so blessed to have known this guy. He actually didn't give up on me. And he went after me throughout the year. And the funny thing is, after we broke up, he had a competitor. But in the end, I decided not to get myself into these complicated stuff.

And now, my friend has found his true blessed woman. Whoever she is, I'm sure she must be damn pretty and intelligent than me lor. wth.

Lengchai or not my boyfriend?

Obviously that's not him. That's my current.
Just kidding :D

Wished he is. Too bad he just got married. I was too late to take the move! Sigh~
Haha. I know him, but he don't know me.
How I know him? He so famous, if you don't know, then Google it!
Good Luck.

One of my ugly nerd photo when I was a year younger LOL

I'm also nervous about attending my friend's wedding. How should I react? I don't know.
I just know, by reading his SMS today, I was very shocked and I got panicked the whole day.
Which was useless! LOL

I seriously don't know what to do. But as his friend, what I can do is to attend his wedding. So kesian because not many people can make it as it's the 3rd day of Chinese New Year.
Though my brothers and family are flying down to Penang that night, hopefully can organise something out.
I think by now, not many people from church remember our history. Which is good. So nobody will know why I cry. hahHAhA oh man~~

Now everyone getting married. Make me so keksim HahhA. I'm also a human ok. Can jealous easily. Though I tried to control really hard d.

Learn to let go... like my buddy, Fish.

It's been TWO years since I had him/her. I guess most of the people who have the goldfish 2 years ago must have been a murderer. See, mine is still so healthy and cute. LOL wt..

I was cleaning the little aquarium today. And I accidentally cracked it. So I had to placed the fishy into a cooking bowl. hAhAh
No time and no money to get a new home now since I'm leaving tomorrow.
I think Fish got a bit shock and keep hitting his/her head against the bowl, swim here and there non stop like it's insane! Scary~~

But I'm proud to be the care taker for years! hehe

Allritey, just wanna crap here to waste my time, so that I won't think too much, and can go bed when it's time. LOL
OMG I'M LEAVING TOMORROW!

Oh, pray for me so his wedding will go smoothly and there's no breakdown from me. HAhAhhA
So tragic meh...

YAY! I can't wait to be on holiday mood.. Smell smelly air, eat unhealthy food, meet crazy old friends and beaching! Ahh wish there's sponsors who can happily sponsor my shopping. Since it's CNY, hopefully I get quite a lot of angpow lor. So many years I don't get angpow.. No wonder so "sui". No new clothes... No wonder so "che". According to Joan, everything must be new. So she had everything new, from inside to out, top to down. Jealous all the rich people.

Siens..I spent all my money on gifts for family and friends. Wish i got some to bring home to spend. But totally kosong lor.
Sponsor oh sponsor... be a bit murah hati this year even economy merosot k. *winks*
hahahaha

Goodnight and GONG XI FAI!

Hungry

2009-01-11T18:03:00.003+11:00

Last night I can't sleep properly.
Actually it has been few nights. And I get really cold at night..
Okay, hope you're not thinking of what I'm thinking. Gets creepy...

But I get cold feet very often. So it's a struggle to sleep. And usually I'll cover myself with doona from head to toe. Which makes me hard to breathe. LOL So I had to adjust my position a few times until I get comfortable... what's happening?

All right, my topic isn't about sleep, but hunry.

I am so hungry now.

But I'm trying not to eat today. And see what's my weight tomorrow :D
Let me explain why.

This morning when I woke up, I drank a cup of milo. Then I just relaxed at home, read some books and surf the net. Then I went for a little walk, not the usual evening walk I do recently. When I got home, I cleaned my room, did laundry, wash the dishes and cleaned the kitchen. Oh and also I washed the rubbish bin outside. It has become the spider's territory. So I destroyed their home leaving them homeless. haha
So among the other units, I can say our rubbish bin is the cleanest of all. Proud!

Okay, okay, back on track...hungry...

Then after doing the housework, I weigh my luggage that I'm bringing home. Then I thought I'd weigh myself to see how heavy..er or how light I am now LOL

To my surprise....

I lost 3 kgs????
In one day????

How could this be possible rite? Is there something wrong with the weighing scale. Though it's from Target, but it should work fine since it's so brand new.
I can't believe it myself. Not to self praise, though I still look the same :D

So I'll see what happen tomorrow. I'm not gonna eat today, and continue the experiment tomorrow. haha But I'm so hungry right now.
Steph said maybe I'm dehydrated. So gonna drink plenty of water to keep me full. Haha

Wish I could lose more, so when I'm in Malaysia, I can eat happily without worries.
Only 5 days to go. If one day I can lose 3kgs, then in 5 days I can lose 15kgs in total!
LOL Dream on. I can't take it. I'd rather.... ummm... dunno what to say.

Okie, maybe because I haven't eat a single thing, I'm feeling tired and sleepy.
Good! Sleep early.
Have my nap now.
Goodnight.

Oh Locker, where art thou?

2009-01-11T00:49:00.003+11:00

It's driving me nuts.

These few days, I've been looking for the little padlock for my luggage but can't be seen no where.

Terrible, terrible. I'm sure it's somewhere, but just too tiny for me to spot it. I remember it was on the table, but I guess when I cleaned up my room the other week, I misplaced it...somewhere.

Brain oh brain...please help me to recall. Give me back my instinct! Ahh~
Makes me miserable to search for one small thing.

Currently, my room is in a BIG mess LOL.
Started packing. But still deciding whether to bring back my big luggage or just small luggage will do. I'm an indecisive person. Many things that I can't decide. Terrible, terrible.
Wished someone is here to help me. That'd be sweet. LOL

Oh~ 5 more days to go!!

It's Awful!

2009-01-10T01:32:00.010+11:00

Can you feel how I feel?
I know you won't understand.

It's like...
Someone taking a knife, and stab right into your heart..

But this is even cruel!
Instead of stabbing you right away, it's like making me suffering bit at a time.. Slowly.

So I can feel every pinch, every second, every tears, everything.. by myself.

I have 7 days to go..before I go home, Malaysia.
It feels like its taking ages.
And the trick is, when you're having fun, time flies like nobody's business.

zzz..I hear the clock ticking. It's unbearable for me to think. When I still have ONE week to go.

Ahh! Its just damn saddening to suffer and go through this boring life here.
Wish I've got everything and can do anything I want. Well, this is what we call, Life.

Okay, sorry for being too emotional.

To make me happy, lets see some food... :)

Pictures are taken from my iPhone since Boxing Day onwards.

After a long day after work, accompanied Joan for her Boxing Day shopping.

Everything is SALE SALE SALE.

Hate it when I don't get to shop. Makes me sin! Ah~

Because I was grumpy (lol excuses), so to keep the angry man happy, we finally have lunch.
At a kopitiam. Not any kopitiam you find in Malaysia.
The one in Melbourne has class, and it looks like a first class hawker centre.

It's called the Old Town Kopitiam.
It's in Chinatown. Owned by the boss from Famous Amos and Chi Lounge.
They're the same boss. LOL
Young and successful businessman.

Okay, stop the nonsense. Get right into the food.
I was craving like crazy for Assam Laksa. Haven't tasted any laksa in Melbourne that could taste like Penang's laksa.
Thank God I found this heaven of food. They've got real authentic Malaysian taste. No, you don't have to be seated by the drain with rats running around or cats leaning against your feet.
They've got the traditional kopitiam look with good food.

Muahahahaha....salivating as I see this photo.

Joan ordered Har Mee ( Prawn Noodle)

The serving is bigger than a dinosaur egg! Oh..haven't seen a real dinosaur egg yet LOL
But it's BIG.

Still, an eater like me will finish the food.
Only some unwanted veges and onions left :D

Washed down with Soya Bean Grass Jelly drink.

Nothing great about the drinks really. Can taste the soya bean is from the can, and so is the grass jelly. Sigh~

But still it was a satisfying one.
Happy tummy, Happy me.
Yay! Can go home.
wt..

Because of the drastic changes in my body weight and width. Not length :( Ok, I know I can't grow any taller anymore.

So.. part of my new year's resolution to lose 8 kgs!

Here I go.....

Haha not sun tanning of course. If I could lose few kgs like that, I'd rather be ikan kering too.

Okie, crap. If my housemate sees this. I'm gonna be dead.
Coz I don't have any photos with me. And this is the only photo I have in my phone.

Well, it was a sunny nice Sunday afternoon. After church, I just have the urge to go to the beach! It's mother nature LOL wt..

Supposedly for sun bathing. But finally get Steph to go beach with us @ Beach Rd.
Instead she trapped me to have beach jogging instead. So I agreed since it's a first move I take towards achieving my goal.

OMG @%#$&$%#
The beach is SO BEAUTIFUL that I want to die there.

After some photos snapping, Steph hurried me to start jogging.
Seeing some macho guys running was heaps fun and easy.
As I got my foot running a few metre, I felt the cramps.
Useless fellow!
That was about maybe after 4 minutes of run. Hey, not bad for a starter to exercise :D
Then initially I wanted to stop and rest, and Steph kept pushing and motivating me to just jog to the dustbin few metres away. When we arrived, she made me run towards the umbrella at the other end!

I so cannot believe I made it!
OMG though it's just few minutes of jog, go try jogging and see lah, then you'll know how I feel.

So our aim for the day is to jog on the beach.
Not the pedestrian walkway.
After reaching the end of the beach, we got feet on the sand.

What turf.
So damn hard to walk okay.
Like carrying the cross behind your back. Okay not till that stage.

Instead of jogging, we surrendered.
We walked. Not normal turtle walk.
But speed walking.
It was a fun experience. Exercise under the sun!
Loving it!!
So, till we reached the other end of the beach.
We lasted about 43 minutes.
And looked for Joan enjoying herself by the beach.

I did not stop till there.
Have been doing some walks + jog in the evening. Around my housing area. When the weather is fine and hot. Not windy and cold.

Just to prove.

=)

Happy exercising like me!

Mad Facts

2009-01-06T17:53:00.002+11:00

I grabbed this from a friend's notes on Facebook. It's totally mad that I wanted to share too.

Have fun reading!

9 out of 10 people believe Thomas Edison invented
the light bulb. This isn’t true; Joseph Swan did.

The town of Los Angeles, California, was originally
named El Pueblo la Nuestra Senora de Reina de los
Angeles de la Porciuncula.

A German World War II submarine was sunk due to
malfunction of the toilet.

The number of people alive on earth right now is
higher than the number of all the people that have died.
Ever.

If someone was to fly once around the surface of the
moon, it would be equal to a round trip from New York to
London.

The average day is actually 23 hours, 56 minutes and
4.09 seconds. We have a leap year every four years to
make up for this shortfall.

A pig’s orgasm lasts up to 30 minutes.

Every U.S. bill regardless of denomination costs just 4
cents to make.

The Bible was written by over 40 authors over a
period of 1500 years.

In Israel, religious law forbids picking your nose on
Sabbath.

Centuries ago in India, a person could get their nose
chopped off for breaking the law.

Male goats will pee on each other in order to attract
mates.

The word "Oral-B" is a combination of oral hygiene
and the letter B, which stands for the word "better."

The "Mexican Hat Dance" is the official dance of
Mexico.

Singer Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South
Carolina State anthem.

The smallest man ever was Gul Mohammed
(1957-1997) of India, who measured 1 feet, 10 inches.

The Christmas season begins after sunset on
December 24th and lasts until January 5th. This is also
known as the Twelve Days of Christmas.

One billion seconds is about 32 years.

The size of a red blood cell is 708 microns. This is
equivalent to one millionth of a meter.

There are five million scent receptors located in a
human beings nose.

The artist Michelangelo's full name in Italian is
Michaelangelo di Lodovico di Lionardo di Buonarroto
Simoni.

When the Pez mint dispenser was first introduced it
was meant to replace the activity of smoking.

When a polar bear cub is born, it can not see or hear.
It takes approximately a month for the cub to start to see
and hear.

Elvis Presley had a twin brother named Jesse Garon
Presley who died at birth.

India has the most post offices in the world.

In India, a 9-year-old girl was "married" to a stray dog,
which tribal custom requires in order to protect a child
whose first tooth appears on the upper gum.

The average four year-old child asks over four
hundred questions a day.

The University of Plymouth was the first university to
offer a degree in surfing.

Studies indicate that surgeons who listen to music
while they operate improve in their performance.

Serving ice cream on cherry pie was once illegal in
Kansas.

The longest one-syllable word in the English language
is "screeched."

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the
letters "mt".

No word in the English language rhymes with month,
orange, silver or purple.

Almonds are members of the peach family.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a
dance.

There are only four words in the English language
which end in "-dous" tremendous, horrendous, stupendous,
and hazardous.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

New Year Resolution

2009-01-06T00:04:00.004+11:00

HAPPY 2009!

I know, I know... It's late.
Rather late than never rite? ;)

Well, I've been pretty busy and tired. Spent most of my time with Betsy or doing my own planning.. Just things to keep my time well occupied.

I have heaps to blog about. But since there's no photos to serve with it, I'll just have to be patient. Hopefully I still remember what I wanna throw about.

To compensate the meat, I shall serve you salad for today!

Talking about New Year's resolution, at the end of the year, looking back at the resolution you've made earlier, how are you doing with it?
Remember the list you've made with optimistic enthusiasm but unrealistic expectations.

Here's my resolution in 2008:
Have a laugh.

Personal:

- a relationship (God haven't show me the one yet) since mum is pushing me :D

- spend time with family and friends in Malaysia. So my aim is to go back in June/July/August. Be back and just have fun!

- do something different when I'm back in Malaysia such as, climb the coconut tree. :) kidding

- know what I want for my future. let 2008 be the stepping stone towards my career. time is running out!

- aiming to lose 15kgs. i bet you won't believe how heavy I weigh now. Can't take pretty pictures with my buddies in Malaysia for now cos they're all so thin!

- wanna be punk and funky. kidding :) gonna change my taste of fashion, style and look. Don't know how it's gonna be, but I'm gonna do something about it!

Wanna look young, feel like I look like I'm 30 years of age. -_-" must hang out with the younger generations this year :p

- save money!! there's heaps of dreams i wanna achieve. so i need cash in my bank. As Dan Lian said, this year our bank account will increase! AMEN!

- skills polishing (still struggling)

- visit few place that i've never been before

- best thing of all is... meet new friends! guys, girls, singles esp, locals, asians etc

Spiritual:

- be an influence to young people, kids, colleagues, elderly people

- not to be afraid

- lifegroup to expand in size and grow rapidly. Cos I want Nathan Brown to treat the LG for dinner! o_O free dinner k.

- to lead and shape members

- continue singing with powerful songs of faith and hope

- learn to be dependent on the Holy Spirit

- Prayerful and full of God's spirit

- Unlocking the potential ( I know it's been going on since 2007)

- to shower love, care, patience to the kids ( ROAR kids ministry).

- keep fit

1 Timothy 4:8 instructs us to keep exercise in perspective: “For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.”

- commitment to spiritual growth

- disciplined way to consecrate my days to something greater than myself.

Above all, I could say, I only managed to have a few ticks. Maybe 10% only.

So for 2009, it's just gonna be a short one. By end of this year, if I have 100% ticks, I'll treat myself with something. (to be decided) Just to keep me motivated. It's best to fulfill few specific things, than leaving so many unfulfilled ones behind.

As for what I've promised...I have 12 months....to fulfill these resolutions...

- full time job that I love doing
- lose 8kgs (15kgs sounds way too ridiculous :D)
- save for my future planning
- after God's own heart

Simple, but it takes some initiative. It's too long for me to write on all the 4 points, and it might be sensitive if I elaborate further.

Oh well, happy stressfree 2009 LOL

Though I've started my 2009 with bits and pieces of bitterness and joy. Blah~~

No photos to share for this entry. Saddening isn't it.
Well, just that now I'm not used to my red camera at the moment. Time will make things better when you have "kamcheng" with it LOL ~Wish I have my dream camera~

So, stay tuned for photos. Only if I manage to get those photos :D

Betsy is Back!

2008-12-29T21:21:00.018+11:00

After a long time, finally I met Betsy.
Glad to see "mummy" after she's back to Hong Kong.
Glad she made it to come Melbourne.

In the car, going for lunch @ Springvale
We're wearing purple!

This is what we do after lunch. Hanging out at Wanz place.

Played Wii.
That's the guitar hero or music game. There's bass and guitar too! But I couldn't care less to take many photos as I'm really sleepy. But we played Mario Kart after that. That's when I'm so awake.

We spent almost three and a half hours playing games. Then we rushed for dinner reservation at Camberwell. It's a reunion dinner to welcome Betz home.

The boys trying to figure out how to lock Joan's iPhone.
Do you know how? :) it's simple, but somehow you need to figure it out.

Not many photos with me. Will wait for the rest of them to upload it :)
I'm a lazy bummer.

How did you spend your Christmas?
I definitely had a little of fun. When there's food, there's happiness!

@ Pooven & Venesa's house for Christmas dinner
Oh yeah, love the Christmas tree ;) Makes me feel Christmassy.
I'm wearing my purple tee, a Christmas gift from Joan.

~Joan~Adele~Venesa~

Be prepared and control your saliva! Caution:Don't drool!

All the homemade Christmas dishes
That's the yummy chicken, not sure the specific name for it :D
Lamb steak behind.

Oh! Sweet potatoes & pumpkin was EXCELLENT! I ate heaps of potatoes cos it's YUM.
Mashed potato was definitely soft, smooth and milky. The sauce was indescribable.

Bacon on Mushroom
Okay, I couldn't explain how good this is.
It's so juicy and sweet and crispy at the same time! Best!

Sheperd's Pie
Best!Best!

After dinner, we watched their wedding videos.

Then it's time for dessert :D

Chocolate fruit tart.

Cheesecake

Christmas Mud Cake

Fruity Cheesecake

That's about food..

Now is the part for prezzie...

What I get for myself this Christmas LOL

..........................

A pair of MacBeth!
I'm so in love with it, that I just can't stop falling in love with it.
This is a pair of original design and a vegan product. Though I'm a meat lover!
So contradicting when someone sees me wearing a vegan product but eats meat in a restaurant.
LOL unless they know the meaning of the shoes :D
Aahh.. isn't it gorgeous :) Don't envy.
Though it's not a well known brand and it's cheaper than Converse, but hey it doesn't matter as long as I love it.

You won't believe how much I got this darling for :D

Okay...
Last week, Joan's cousin came over. She cooked a lot, and we refrigerated a lot of food. Store for the summer, make sure we're well fed.

~Adele~Joan~Cynthia~

Strawberry Chocolate Fondue
As usual a dessert is a must.

If you notice, I've changed my blog template.
Christmas is over, and I'm welcoming 2009!
May this new year be an exciting and memorable one! Let it be beautiful and joyful like the rainbow~ Nothing would take your joy away when you see the rainbow..

Have a Blessed 2009!!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

2008-12-24T22:45:00.012+11:00

HO~HO~HO~

From my blog, it describes everything. Snowy white winter~
Finally it has it good use :D
Too bad Melbourne don't snow on Christmas, or else I could have a romantic one, sitting by the fireplace and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate and meat pies...

zzzzzzzzz

Santa sitting @ Bourke St
Not giving out presents, but waiting for your donations :D

But this guy is SO talented. Can see that he put a lot of effort into his costume. Don't know how he did that, but definitely a good one.

Yesterday there's 24 hours shopping in one of the big mall.
This photo was taken at 2AM, excuse me. You can see how packed is it!
It's so congested that you can hardly breathe LOL
People are crazily doing last minute and cheap shopping. Of course that's when the BIG sales are on.

I didn't do any last minute shopping. But I shop because of the sales. Or else I wouldn't bother to shop after work when I'm so tired. By the time I can shop, it's about 3ish AM.
So few things for me to grab, not for myself but for my niece.

Black Havaianas
Definitely not for my niece. Maybe my sis in law.

This cute lil' thingy is for my niece!
It's too adorable that I have to buy it! One pair costs almost the same as an adult Havaianas.

I bought this earlier on in the afternoon.

And it wouldn't be that fun without this machine!
Makes me wanna get one for myself to put in my bath tub. LOL
Should be nice for winter :)

After a long walk, and the crowd is getting lesser, we finally get ourselves some food before heading home to sleep.

See how small is her eyes.
Still wanna have spring onion cake and Boost - Green Tea Mango Mantra.

I'm still awake. Half awake~ Just look how dark is my eye bag. Can keep many things inside it :D

By the time we got home, it's already almost 5.30AM
On Christmas eve, I cleaned the kitchen, the backyard and my room! OMG~ Such a memorable one.

No prezzie for me. This is such a sad story :(
Well, I actually got myself something. But it's a secret. It's not exactly what I want, but I'm happy with it. Its a reasonable purchase. I'll share once I'm a lil bit free.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Rita's Graduation

2008-12-18T22:35:00.011+11:00

It was Rita's graduation yesterday. Went down to Telstra Dome with Mr and Mrs Pooven Bala.
This is our entrance. Gate 5 Stage K. The stadium is totally packed with human beings!

Graduates were seated in the middle of the stadium. I think there are many stage all around the stadium for different course.

On my left..

On my right..

Mr & Mrs Pooven Bala..the newly married couple.

Woohoo! That's Rita. But picture so blur! Only can snap her photo on the tiny screen.

Here we go... After the ceremony.. What else, take picture and go supper!

I would say this is the biggest graduation ceremony I've ever attend in my whole life. Whole stadium! Where football match is held, superstar have their performances, etc..
Still, I'd prefer my graduation ceremony in Geelong.. with beautiful scenery and beach :D
Wish I can graduate again like Rita.. so many things I wanna study and graduate with..
Aih.. wish I can go to the States to explore too..Wouldn't that be fun? No money, no talk..

Oh Angeline Sie! Pretty friend of mine. Haven't seen her for years!
Finally bumped into her at the stadium for Rita's grad. I like this photo! See her pinky spanky new camera! with her black painted nails.. cool heh?
We had the same camera!! I didn't buy mine. A gift on my birthday, but mine's RED.

Okie.. time for my late dinner! Lamb chop~~

Theobroma Chocolate Lounge

2008-12-16T15:03:00.011+11:00

I spotted this newly opened chocolate lounge near my workplace. So finally I got a chance to have a try. I even recommended my colleague to have her break there before I even tried. Well the outer appearance looks good plus that's the only place for chocolate.

Forgive me for the quality of the photo. I just realized whats the problem with it.

I wasn't very happy, I could say. I thought I could have a relaxed one there. But.. but.. but.. I couldn't do live blogging there with my iPhone :D I could not upload photos in my blog. So I had to do it at home :S Hassle.. Wish I have an Eeepc with me ;)

Okay.. about Theobroma Chocolate Lounge. That's the place I had chocolate today. For me, it's not the best chocolate I've ever had. And thats my first time there, and probably last one too. It's pretty similar with Max Brenner, but definitely can't beat Max Brenner. Well, just that their mugs are different.

Belgium Hot Mocha + Dark Chocolate in Mug & Warmer

I loved the mug so much...at first.
Then I started feeling sick after drinking it. So I enjoyed it slowly while surfing the net. Still, I can feel a bit dizzy.
And the warmer is a brilliant idea. Because if I have my hug mug at Max Brenner, my chocolate gets cold pretty quick. But if the candles keep burning in the warmer, your chocolate will turn darker and thicker, and it becomes lump. So, you must keep stirring while you drink.

Next.. Thought I'd try the Belgium waffle.

Belgium Waffles in Chocolate

It actually looks the same like Max Brenner's. Just that I didn't want to add more toppings with it. Just took it plain. One thing I didn't like about it was that the taste of the waffle is stronger than the chocolate. And you can taste the wheat or oat..whatever it is..very organic. When eating something like this, you don't expect to be healthy anymore. haha. I couldn't enjoy the chocolate anymore.

Well it's not that bad lah. Still edible. And I finished it!
But the result was, I ended up sitting on the throne :D Spent the rest of the moment in toilet. Had a bad diarrhea and I was feeling sick at work after that. I don't even need to have my dinner after this meal :D

One thing that surprised me was, they have few branch in Malaysia too! All in KL. No wonder lah~ Don't worry, I won't bother going when I'm back there. I'd rather go mamak.

The moral of the story is : I got myself a weighing scale. Got free gift card from a survey I did. So thought I should use the gift card on that since I don't have one. That's why I lost track of my weight. haha excuses everyday.

So from now onwards.. I should watch out!

At Theobroma's...I can really taste the difference.

Festive Season

2008-12-15T23:28:00.009+11:00

I'm way too happy that day ;) I'm not drunk, just blushed. Coz of the champagne o.O

It's a complimentary drink from a That restaurant that we dined in on the next day of my birthday.

Sip..sip..sip.. feels good..

For December, my main goal to end off 2008 is to lose some weight! Yikes! It's hard as food here is really tempting. If I don't eat out, then I'll cook and bake! Which is worst.

My first and second day of diet was still allright. Thank God for fruits! And I survived nicely with an apply, bananas and liquid breakfast a day! LOL

The third day, my housemate's cousin came over. She cooked. We had steak and icecream for dessert. So that's not under my diet plan. *failed*

As for the fourth day, it's no good. Food is evil! After work, went out to dine in a Korean restaurant with my housemate and her cousin. Then we went for cheesecakes as dessert. I know how awful I felt that night.

So today, the fifth day, I had nothing heavy but the leftover Korean food. Seems like I can't continue my diet plan anymore :( I'm such a failure in terms of motivating myself to diet.
Then i decided to do something cruel to myself. haha

HEDGEHOG & GREEN TEA PANNA COTTA

Forget about it...Just Eat It!

This is what I made after I got home from work. Green tea panna cotta. Yumzz

Green tea panna cotta coated with dark chocolate

My wonderful ever tasting hedgehog

The end result after refrigerated.
*muah muah muah*
Super nice k.

Okay, better restart to diet next week. I've got one more month to go!

Estrella Stay

2008-12-06T20:48:00.003+11:00

Love this song by a local Malaysia band, Estrella.
Got addicted to her songs. Take It Slow and Ternyata are nice too!
Enjoy a jazzy jazzy day~!

Sound straight from the twilight
Has me up all night
I can't fall asleep 'cause I keep thinking of you
And I saw a shadow outside my window and it's you.

All my sorrows flew away
Hush, keep quiet, hear me say
I don't ever want you to go
Please stay

With the moonlight dancing free
And there's no one but you and me
There's no reason to go astray
Please stay.

Making up a story
It's the way you're looking at me
If you think that this is funny, it's just you.

Try and think about it,
If you're heart is closed don't lock,
Keep your keys back in your pocket,
Think this through.

Please stay with me
Just stay with me
and I will take you to Foreverland
Just stay

Birthday Photos

2008-12-03T22:14:00.013+11:00

Finally, some of my birthday photos are up. Not many. But dining at Wabi Sabi Salon was a satisfying one. Best food at reasonable price PLUS nice japanese style environment.

Something to wet the appetite:

Soft Shell Crab

Beef Sukiyaki Roll

Mains:

Fried Flounder with Japanese Lime Ponzu
Whole fried flounder served with vegies and lime dressing.

Baked Salmon with Mashed Potato and Miso
Tender salmon with mashed potato and pine nuts on top, covered in a tasty dark miso paste.

Dessert:

Green Tea Cheesecake with Black Sesame Ice Cream
Perfect way to end the meal...

Thanks to Joan for the treat.

Then head down to the city to have Max Brenner ~ chocolate is a must! All time favourite >.<

Milk chocolate hug mug
Must hug the mug the drink

Aren't you drooling yet?
Chocolate Waffle with fruits & ice cream

Next day... after Church's Volunteer Appreciation Night

~movie day~

Watched Quantum of Solace. Nearly fell asleep as I only had 5 hours of sleep that day.

It was Steph's first time to have ChocoTop ice cream.
Took a photo at cinema for remembrance :D
Btw, I'm not a shopaholic, thats my birthday prezzie.

Not this BIG shopping bag. I wish it is..duh~

Smiley Face

2008-12-02T22:46:00.004+11:00

This is a picture of a face smiling down on Melbourne. Unfortunately, I missed the smiley face last night. Could only read the news and see some pictures from there.
Thought I'd try my luck to catch a glimpse of it, so I went out of my house to have a look. Not even a single star can be seen. Only tiny drops of rain..

According to the news, tonight the moon will move further to the right of the planets, and may appear more like a frown. No pictures of it yet.

~SMILE~

Happy Birthday to ME!

2008-11-29T10:21:00.007+11:00

Another year has passed, and I'm older by another year. Good or bad? I'll treat it as neutral.

Twenty-four things I have done when I am 24.

1. Very first visit to Perth and to be a chaperon

2. Random trip to Sydney

3. Became an aunty to Chevy

4. See Joel Houston & JD live at CityLife church

5. Joined church choir

6. Attended Elevate Camp by Mike Connell

7. Became a permanent resident of Australia

8. Used an Apple product

9. Bought a bicycle

10. Purchased a SIA flight ticket to go home, with my own God-given cash

11. Staying randomly for 4 months

12. Babysit 4 little adorable children

13. Joined World Vision to eliminate poverty and its causes

14. Got a new purse from Steph, after using mine for 6 years

15. See Phua Chu Kang live

16. Elevating into Elevate

17. Go-karting

18. Have my very first friends from Sri Lanka and Zambia

19. Met True Worshippers & Sidney Mohede

20. Found a long lost friend in Melbourne

21.Did face painting

22. Received award and recognition from World Vision

23. Attended a childhood friend's wedding

24. Got my hair burnt when making a wish for the first time in my entire life!

These are the 24 things, nothing thrilling.
But today I'm officially 24.

And my only dream when I'm turning 25 is to be with my family and have a blast!

~happy 24th birthday~

It's Been a Month

2008-11-24T16:15:00.012+11:00

Without a home, keep on working, without internet access.. these are the reason I disappear recently.

Well, God has been merciful indeed. That things have come to pass, bad happenings are getting better and moving on well with it. Within this period of time, He has opened my eyes and heart. I have learned and gone through a little bit about it. It's totally tough and hard for me, to go through all this by myself and sometimes I tend to cry about it, but nah I didn't.

Within this month, I've done some retail theraphy to keep myself motivated. Not meant to spoil myself :)

A second hand bike! I love cycling, since young. After so many years, I owned one myself.
Took me one and a half hours to cut off the bike chain. No, I didn't steal it. I bought it for $60.

Reward myself with a new IPhone! It's time for me to get a new handset. The current phone I'm using don't belong to me too. Ahh, many things don't belong to me.

Of course I didn't buy this house =) After 4 months of staying everywhere from city to suburbs, finally we've got our own home.

Can see how packed is the living room. We can't even cross to the kitchen. Have to step on those boxes and furnitures.

Since moving into this new home, many things went wrong. After the first week of stay, our electricity got cut off for freaking 3 days. And thanks to our friendly neighbour for offering us candles and matches.
Then our hot water doesn't work as well compared to our previous houses we've stayed. It's either gonna so killing cold or burning hot! And agent doesn't do a damn about it.
Till now, we still don't have our garage keys :( and also rubbish bin! We stacked our rubbish up high behind our lil' backyard.

Okay, lets move on to some happy news. Congratulations to Bee and Alister's mum for their baptism at CityLife! It was definitely a mega one.

Bee, queuing to be dunk into the water.

Alister's mum, while waiting for the service to start.

It comes to the end of the year, we had a lifegroup lunch gathering after Sunday service. All of them are going home soon. It's quite sad, but next year is going to be a fantastic year for all of them!

Not to forget my childhood friend, Venesa, her wedding was on 22nd November. That was the day when there was heavy rain and windy all day long. Still the wedding was an incredible one. Nice seeing her family after many many many years. Maybe 8 years...

Venesa & Pooven

~Happy Ending~

Changing Your Behavior

2008-10-13T10:21:00.003+11:00

Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts. Proverbs 4:23 (GNT)

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One of the great psychological discoveries of the past century is that your thoughts control your actions.If you want to change the way you act, you must first change how you think.

Actually, thousands of years ago, Solomon pointed this out when he wrote, “Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts” (Proverbs 4:23 GNT).

The Bible says our thoughts influence six areas of our lives:·

My interpretation influences my situation. It’s not what happens to me that matters as much as how I choose to see it. The way I react will determine whether the circumstance makes me better or bitter. I can view everything as an obstacle or an opportunity for growth – a stumbling block or a stepping stone. “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything” (James 1:2-4 NIV).·

My impressions influence my depressions. In other words, my mind affects my mood; my thinking determines my feelings. If I’m feeling depressed, it’s because I’m choosing to think depressing thoughts – about my work, family, or anything else. While you cannot always control a feeling, you can choose what you think about, which will control how you feel.“Hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught . . .”(Psalm 55:2 NIV).·

My beliefs influence my behavior. We always act according to our beliefs, even when those ideas are false. For instance, as a child, if you believed a shadow in your bedroom at night was a monster, your body reacted in fear (adrenaline and jitters) even though it wasn’t true. That’s why it’s so important to make sure you are operating on true information! Your convictions about yourself, about life, and about God influence your conduct.“If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples” (John 8:31 NIV).·

My self-talk influences my self-esteem. You are constantly talking to yourself unconsciously. When you walk into a room full of strangers, what do you tend to think about yourself? To develop more confidence you’re going to have to stop running yourself down! “Ashe thinks in his heart, so is he”(Proverbs 23:7 NKJV).·

My attitude influences my ability. Winners expect to win. Your perception controls your performance. Mohammed Ali only lost two fights in his career. Before both of them, he said something that he hadn’t said before other fights: “If I should lose this fight […].”“All things are possible to him who believes” (Mark 9:23 NKJV).·

My imagination influences my aspirations. In other words, your dreams determine your destiny. To accomplish anything, you must first have a mission, a goal, a hope, a vision. “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18 KJV).