Jan 04

How’s 2012 so far?

Helloooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
How’s everybody doing on the 4th day of a new year?
And how did your new year celebration went?

I kind of miss 2011′s new year eve where I get to celebrate it with the most random friends, having lotsa fun and laughter.
Whereas this year, I start my new year with dramas.
Thanks but no thanks.
If you wanna be so insecure thinking that whatever people said is always about you, I advise you to not listen what people have got to say at all.
Your assumptions are not needed, you can save that for your close ones.

So I spent my new year eve at Vertigo, partying and I think we kind of made the wrong choice.
Crowd is lousy, music is lousy. It’s just so uninteresting it makes fatty and I miss Zouk, haha.
I was really tipsy that night and again, it’s rare.
My twin friend forced me to down a whole glass of liquor (mixed with coke) and I’ve got no choice but to down it or else she’ll probably pour that glass of shit onto me.
Yes, that’s the glass of liquor that made me tipsy.
One glass and that’s about it. I almost collapsed at the car park, dropped my heels that I’m holding and cbf.
Do not underestimate my lousy-ness wtf.

Right now, Fatty is trying to turn himself into a ‘fitty’, with much determination.
I hope the determination last more than a week, haha.

Fatty, I’ll reward you with whatever you want if you can keep that determination until Chinese New Year. :p

Bye 2011, you’ve been a very good year.
You’ll be miss. (:

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Dec 31

It’s a Wrap

It’s the end of another year, once again.


Gonna party my night away and welcome 2012 with my love.
Hopefully there’ll be fireworks all around.
(:

This year, my life is full of love.
This year, my relationship with my mom did not worsen.
This year, Ben and I went to Seremban, Port Dickson, and Malacca together and we had fun!
This year, I received the biggest bouquet of roses in my life.
This year, I was in a long distance relationship for a month plus.
This year, I went to Melbourne for 3 months and fall in love with the place.
This year, I learned how to cook and bake.
This year, I learned how to keep a house clean.
This year, I made new friends and I miss the moments spent together.
This year, I had a couple of big fights with fatty.
This year, I experienced my first Autumn! (:
This year, I found a mini fish in a squid wtf.
This year, I went to St. Kilda and Dandenong.
This year, I tasted the best butter from Victoria Market.
This year, I tried Chai Latte and Churros in Melbourne and I like both of it.
This year, I enjoyed my Puffing Billy ride.
This year, my house did a renovation.
This year, I adopted a dog and we named it Freddy.
This year, I’ve figured that one of my favorite restaurant will be Nathalie’s Gourmet. I cant stop raving how good it is.
This year, I finally scaled my teeth after years.
This year, I’ve learned that there are all kinds of people in the world.
This year, I encountered what princess syndrome means and how these people are so full of self.
This year, bff came back from UK twice.
This year, I enjoyed all the nights spent partying.
This year, I did my first full time and encountered what #likeaboss means.
This year, I organized my first bazaar.
This year, I did not add another ink to my body. ):
This year, I went to Port Dickson, Malacca, Penang, Seremban, and Hatyai with friends.
This year, I know which friends are true and which are the users.
This year, I spend our birthdays, Valentine, Christmas, and Anniversary together.
This year, me and fatty had a lot of good meals together.
This year, my boyf grew fatter.
This year, I fall in love deep and hard.
This year, I am blessed.

Next year, I want to get my mind straight. Start working, stop slacking.
Next year, I want to love deeper.
Next year, I want to forgive faster.
Next year, I want to be as patience as I can.
Next year, I want to learn to treat people nice even though they are not treating me nice.
Next year, I must find a way to turn my fatty into a ‘fitty’.
Next year, I WANT TO APPLY MY VISA AND HAVE IT ON MY HAND!!!
Next year, I want to fly to Melbourne and not come back for at least more than half a year.
Next year, I want to work in Melbourne, whatever job it is.
Next year, ……………. oh dear God please grant my wish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Next year, I want to start exercising.
Next year, I want to continue exploring the art of cooking.
Next year, I want to save up money to explore the world with my love.
Next year, I hope the world will be free of disaster unlike this year.
Next year, I want all my family and friends to be happy and free from heartache.
Next year, I want everyone to stay healthy.

Next year, I WANT TO BE WEALTHY. wtf

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Dec 30

How I spent my Christmas this year.

First off, a very very belated Merry Christmas to all of you.
If you follow me on twitter, you’d know by now that I went to Hatyai with my friends for Christmas.
But that wasn’t me and fatty’s initial plan.

Weeks ago, he went to Singapore with his family for a day for some reason and he came back telling me that the streets on Singapore are all decorated with Christmas lights and tress.
He told me Singapore looks really beautiful and that he would want to bring me over for Christmas and of course upon hearing this I was mad excited.

We did some research and realized that it was quite costly for the both of us to spend our Christmas there.
And as you all know, it’s Christmas which means everything will be much more expensive especially the accommodation.
The cost for a room per night itself can already cover my Hatyai trip expenses.
Which explains my trip.

We were still deciding on where to go until Gavin came up with the idea of going to Hatyai.
And off we go, the eight of us.
We departed on the 23rd, Friday midnight after our super at Jalan Alor. The guys drove for seven to eight hours, all the way to Thailand’s border.

I think we reached the border at about 11am (I was busy sleeping).
We parked our car at the duty free car park and get a van to fetch us to our hotel.
Before that, we had to line up at the immigration to get our passports stamped and the amount of people waiting in line shocked us.
We were all like, ‘Fck do we really have to go through this!?’.
Then there came a savior or money-eater we called it.
He said for Rm20 per pax we would be able to stamp our passports immediately without having to wait in the line.
Greedy man!! RM20 is hell lot and we said no. We bargained and he agreed to Rm15 per pax.
Still a greedy man but we, the lazy men agreed to it.

After getting our passport stamped we told the van driver to bring us to a famous chicken rice shop which is just along the way to Hatyai.
I researched it on the net but I do not know what the restaurant is called. Also my friend told me that there is really a famous chicken rice shop and they said it’s good.
But I guess he brought us to the wrong one!


* There’s crowd in it and I thought, ‘YES’ because I’m hungry!


* Our sugarcane drink.

One thing good about Hatyai is that there are still some people who speak Mandarin/ Hokkien and that ease the trip a little.
None of us knows how to speak Hokkien except for Ben, so whenever we’re not able to communicate we would ask him to try to speak in Hokkien and see if they understand him.
Thank god for the fat translator.


* Very dry chicken. Seriously I think the van driver brought us to the wrong chicken rice shop. ):


* But the siu yuk is pretty good. Very crispy skin they have.

After our breakfast/ lunch we slept all the way till we reach our hotel at Songkhla.
Why Songkhla is because by the time we wanted to book our hotel in Hatyai town, it is already fully book so we’re left with no choice.
We stayed at Pavilion Hotel in Songkhla and the first thing we did upon reaching the hotel is sleeping like there’s no tomorrow after the very long ride before going out for dinner.

Take note: Do not book hotels in Songkhla if you’re not as desperate as we are because honestly speaking it’s a waste of time and money.
From our hotel to Hatyai town cost us about 500 to 600 Baht and it takes about half to one hour, depending on the speed of the tuk tuk.

The first tuk tuk we took to Hatyai town is mad slow and according to Gavin who sat in front, next to the driver, he only drove like 40 to 50 km/h. Not to mention that the roof of this tuk tuk we picked is extremely low, makes it hard for the boys to sit.
Hatyai’s tuk tuk is very much different from Bangkok’s. I did not take a picture of it but here it is, from google.


* Bangkok’s tuk tuks are motorbikes which maximum can probably only fit in 3 people but Hatyai’s tuk tuk is a van or mini lorry which can fit in about 8 people.


* Fatty looks like he’s lost, haha.


* Bff


* Alvin and his girlf Mai, camwhoring?


* Gavin and Zoe, the entertainer. :D

We walked around Hatyai town looking for a suitable restaurant for us to have our dinner.
Passed by one restaurant that has chinese words all around and is very packed with people but we figured that it might be very costly because they target people like us, tourists.
As we continue walking we saw another restaurant, ‘Hong Gei’ and the lady knows how to speak Cantonese, so this restaurant it is.


* Very refreshing guava juice.


* Something you must order no matter which restaurant you’re in, Tom Yam.


* Deep fry pork knuckle, extremely delicious.

Everything from that restaurant is pretty good, from their Thai steam fish to fry green leaves.
One of the best meal we had there.


* And THIS!! Is of course, our second best meal! Extremely large prawn!

We walked around the town after our dinner, giving it some time for digestion before we head to massage parlor.
We walked into one, somewhere around Lee Garden Hotel named Sawasdee and all of us went for Thai full body massage.
That is by far the cheapest massage in my entire life. 200 Bath per hour for a full body massage.
Oh you gotta be kidding me.

We all enjoyed the massage session especially fatty.
After massaging, we decided to take away whatever we can from the street and have another eating session at Mc Donalds.
Of course, one of the must do in Thailand is visiting their Mc Donalds because theirs’ are more awesome than ours’. Pfft.
Pork burger!
But this time, pork burger isn’t the champion.
I shall reveal at the end of my post.


* Durian sticky rice that I did not try. Durians over there are HUGE, just do a comparison with that white styrofoam in the picture.

After our meal, the alcoholics bout beer and off we go back to our hotel.
We picked a different tuk tuk this time, we picked one with speakers and we party our way back to hotel.


* That’s where the party begins.


* That’s Alvin, attempting suicide haha.


* Gavin, Zoe, Fatty and me. (:

Went back to hotel and it’s time for gift exchange.
I bought a pair of monster socks from Topshop and Alvin got mine, while I got the best gift of the day.
A Starbucks tumbler. Hehehehe.


* Look at bff, that’s her present. HAHAHAHAHAHA!

We end our night with laughter and cheap beers.
I should have just down some beers and sleep soundly but I did not.
I lay on bed feeling extremely scared (yah yah I’m afraid of ghost and I scare myself often wtf), so I just grab fatty as close to me as possible and keep praying.
Amitabha!!! Thank god nothing happened, I heard too many stories no thanks to people who told me.

The next day all of us woke up feeling oh-so-okay but that 40/50 km/h tuk tuk driver has to ruin our mood!
Not knowing where to eat I asked the receptionist and she wrote us the name of the restaurant just somewhere nearby our hotel.
We were reluctant to go for that slow ass tuk tuk at first but there wasn’t any more tuk tuk for us to choose from.
And this slow ass tuk tuk is seriously a cheater because he brought us to the wrong restaurant and that bloody restaurant is bloody expensive with food that is not even half as nice to begin with.
Kena conned! We were all so pissed at that tuk tuk driver, seriously.
He should have told us that he do not know where the restaurant is instead of just dumping us just like that.
But we figured the restaurant owner is his friend, pfft!!!

After our kena-con-lunch we went to a temple located at Songkhla called Chedi Thaimongkhon.
The temple is located uphill and we have to pay 30 Bath each for the cable lift ride.
Yes, not cable car but cable lift.


* That’s how we roll.


* Me and Zoe.


* By the beach.

No pictures of temple because I was busy praying and by the time I’m done with my praying it rained!! There were so much more that I have yet to explore but it rained! What on earth ):


* This is all I’ve got, hahahah.


* Kepala senget.


* Boyf #likeaboss.


* Some floating market it seems.

After our praying x raining session we went to Hatyai again to eat and to shop.
First we went to floating market but there’s nothing floating on that day because it rain.


* Fried quill egg.


* Would you like to try some!? Worms and more worms. Disgusting!

Shopping in Hatyai IS NOT FUN and it just makes me miss Bangkok even more! Rawr!
First they have ugly clothes or okay clothes, then their ugly clothes are really expensive comparing to Bangkok’s.
I can get a dress for 10 Bath in Bangkok but in Hatyai a top cost 20 Bath!
For reals!!???

It’s okay it’s okay, fatty said we’ll go to Bangkok together in the future because he knows how much I love that place! (:

Overall, Hatyai is quite a boring place but a boring place can still be fun when we have friends around.
The whole trip cost me 4000 Bath, it should be cheaper if not for the tuk tuk service from hotel to Hatyai town.


* Mc Donald’s Spinach pie, the best pie on earth I swear!!! MC DONALD Y U IS NO HAZ SPINACH PIE IN MSIA!?

Two Bangkok post here and here if you’d like to know more.

I AM MISSING THE SPINACH PIE ALREADY!!!

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Dec 29

Anniversary Lunch at iL Lido

When it comes to food, the boyf tends to act like a ‘eating-professor’ (hence his size HAHA).
Special dates like birthday, christmas, and anniversary is truly a good excuse for us to dine a little better than normal days.
We don’t normally pick our restaurants randomly when it comes to dates worth celebrating.
There’s too many restaurants laying around in KL and I would prefer not bumming into a few bad ones.
We will do some research here and there, have a little discussion before we’re good to go.

Most of the time in the middle of our research, we’ll go ‘OH WOW! this looks damn good’ and ‘WAH SEE! Look at that beef!’.
Food blog is the root of all fats, in our case.
We just really cant say no to food. No food good food no life.

So this time for our anniversary, we decided to go for lunch instead of dinner for a change.
We picked Il Lido, located at Jalan Mayang which served classic Italian cuisine.
We made a reservation but this action is not needed because it almost seems like we booked the entire restaurant.
Empty during lunch.


* He’s the one who decided to have our lunch at Il Lido.


* I was a tad bit reluctant at first because I heard it’s pretty pricey until the boyf told me they do have lunch set menu.


* Il Lido – “The ultra-luxe interior, combined with the warm, inviting atmosphere, allows diners to ease easily into the experience.”


* Complimentary bread which I personally did not very fancy. Reason being that the taste of garlic in the bread is a tad bit on the heavy side. The taste of garlic lingers too long in my mouth and somehow affect the taste of my starter. There’s a mini fight inside my mouth when I took a bite of my starter.


* Amuse Bouche – which stands for ‘mouth amuser’ if were to direct translate from French. It is a little bite of food to amuse the mouth and different form appetizer, you wont be able to order it from menu. Instead it is selected by the chef accordingly. And the above is Tuna Carpaccio.


* Beef Carpaccio with Rucola, Parmigiano Cheese and Truffle – Rm39. Other than scallops and foie gras, the boyf likes carpaccio too and this is pretty good I must say. Wrapped the beef, rucola, cheese and truffle, stuffed it into our mouth and savour it.

I ordered Festive Season Lunch Menu that costs Rm88.
There’s two starters and three main dish for me to choose from.


* I choose Pan Roasted Scallops with Cannelini Beans, Carrot Jus and Bottarga as my starter knowing that the love likes scallop so much. There’s really nothing much for me to rave about this dish, sadly.


* And Pan Roasted Atlantic Cod with Smoked Caviar Sauce and Whipped Potato as my main course, also knowing that the love likes caviar. Did not like this either, especially the whipped potato because they whipped it with some almond and I HATE ALMOND A LOT BECAUSE IT SMELLS LIKE COCKROACH!

Boyf likes all sorts of expensive food! And I like all sorts of nasty food like cockles and pork intestine LOL.


* My dessert, Chestnut and Amaretto Parfait with Warm White Chocolate which I really dislike because I hate nuts and chocolate. What a combination!

I guess I just really dislike my set, haha. But it’s just preference and somehow the ingredients they used are foods that I dislike eating. ):

The boyf went for Degustation Menu instead, which costs Rm198.
He cant resist degustation menu, that’s for sure.


* Crab Salad with Watermelon and Tomato Elisir. This is a cold dish, it’s fresh and it tasted damn good, one of my favourite of the day.


* Pan Fried Goose Liver with Duck Terrine and Wild Berries Sauce. This is also my favourite. Their pan fried goose liver is one of the best goose liver I’ve tried by far. Slightly crispy on the outside and it melts in your mouth after the first bite. So flavorful!


* Homemade Spaghetti with Lobster and Spicy Tomato Sauce. Don’t find this interesting except that the spaghetti they use had a really different texture and I quite like it.


* Prime Beef Tenderloin with Gorgonzola Cheese Sauce and Truffle Potatoes. Boyf said hope it’s as good as Nathalie’s and when he took a bite he said IT IS really as good as Nathalie’s and when I took a bite I said no. Not as tender, I swear but I quite like the potato though.


* Molten Lava Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream. I ate the ice cream while he ate the chocolate cake. In fact he dislike chocolate just like I do but he said it’s really good. Still I’m not interested to give it a try.

I figured that I prefer French cuisine more than Italian cuisine when it comes to fine dine.
I don’t know how to explain this but I just find french cuisine more ‘in-depth’ when it comes to taste or maybe it’s the restaurant I don’t know.
I’d still prefer Nathalie Gourmet anytime and also not to forget Bistro à Table.

But still I did enjoy my lunch a lot, especially with him by my side. (:
Our bill came up to about Rm400.

ilLido Italian Dining + Lounge Bar
183 Jalan Mayang (off Jalan Yap Kwan Seng)
50450 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

Phone: +603 2161 2291

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Dec 23

From Me to You.

Hello there, this is the infamous fatty.
I’m gonna steal the limelight for awhile so bear with me.

Dear Peggy,

Happy Belated Anniversary! If someone had told me that you and i are perfect for each other, I would not have believed them at first. But, they would have been right. Because I really think so. I know it sounds cliche, but “you-are-the-one” is reaffrimed with every passing day.And every day with you has been a blessing. I am rendered speechless and astonished when I thought of how we got together because you seemed a little too good for me and I am glad I did whatever it was to allow me to be with you.

I know I enjoy being together with you. My day just flies in seconds when i am with you. Thank you for being such a great girlfriend, and for being the support and my problem solvers.I know I can be difficult at times because I spend so much time in my own head, but whenever I decided to come out of that dreamworld, I always find you waiting for me and that means more than you can imagine. I truly appreciate you for the faith you have in me. We have so much together..our share of good and hard times, from the Melbourne days to the darkest days of my life, I would not have made it if it wasn’t for you. Just knowing you’re there for me makes everything all right. (:

You’re my best friend

You’re my problem as well as problem solver ( hahahah )

You’re what “home” feels like ( meal served, house kept, clothes washed etc LOLL )

You’re my source of laughter and humour ( ciao-dogs? )
You’re my singing partner, my pool kaki, and I can always be myself whenever I’m with you

You’re attentive when you listen, I mean really listen, to me all the time. ( when im down and when im being bossy haha )

You’re the best Ive ever had

I may not say i love you everyday as some may do. I may not have bought you beautiful gifts on occasions that matter. I may not have been understanding when you are feeling down. I know i would have failed if you judge me on these things alone. But if you could look through my heart, you would know the depth of my love for you. I hope we will be there for each other all the time and that we spend many more annivesaries together in our lifetime.

With all my love,
Ben

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Dec 21

Big Market – Vintage Christmas Market.

I was given the opportunity to organize a bazaar at my workplace 2 weeks ago as you all have known.
Half given actually because I randomly suggested that we should organize a bazaar.
I was sort of the full time organizer but of course with the help of my designer colleagues who gave full support.
Came up with the name Big Market, set the date and we’re good to get it started.
I handpicked most of the vendors, emailed and tried to keep them updated.
Did a floor plan with one of my designer colleague and also try my hardest to promote the bazaar to as many people as possible.

Some pictures from that day.


* I look so tiny beside my fatty :D


* I did not only organize the bazaar, I have a booth on that day too. I like my old wooden table!


* FHL again for accompanying me through the entire event. Haha


* This is the homemade scones I was selling on that day, made by fatty’s mom. Incredibly delicious and smells extremely good when I heat up the scones. We have about 60 scones and we sold off almost everything. (:


* My scones packaging (:


* Handmade by Ben and me, also with the help of bff for helping me paint the wood when I’m mad busy.


* Ampersand.

More pictures of the vendors at Big Market that day.


* Mossery by one of my designer colleagues. She designed and produced all of the notebooks! Very affordable too.


* LOZL selling handmade accessories.


* Momage selling handmade frames.


* Some lovely stamps.


* And books from Whenever Shop. Why the name is because the seller feels that we shall not restrict ourselves to buy gifts for our dear ones only on special occasion. We shall do it whenever we feel like it!


* The Great Indoors, they source for local vintage furniture, salvage them and it’s up for rent/sell.


* Petit Paper selling high quality stationery source around the world.


* BisouRose selling handmade body care with really nice packaging.


* Miracle Watts selling all sorts of beautiful stuff, from notebook to vintage typewriter.

I am now considering organizing another bazaar next year if all else permit.


* Ending my post with a moustache picture of myself. Moustache handmade by me (:

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Dec 18

A year filled with love.

This relationship is one of the best thing that has ever happened in my life, by far.
Best not in the sense that I have a boyfriend to depend on but it is from this relationship that I know there is actually someone out there who is willing to love me this much. It just gives me hope in life after taking in that much of crap from everything else.

I remember how a year ago, I was trapped in a dilemma.
I remember how people around me try to break us down at the beginning of the relationship but I also remember these few friends who were there for me all along.

However great the hardship, I never ever regret my decision a year ago.
And I dare say it is one of the best decision I’ve ever made, when some warned me not to because I see no wrong in the entire situation.
I feel bad and sorry but still, I see no wrong for all I did was to pick it up.
All the stares and bad talking, all the boycotts and whatnot, it is all worth it.
Some think it’s pure lust. Some think we’re just fooling around.
We both prove them wrong.

Here we are, still standing strong hand in hand after a year.
I cant tell what future lies ahead for us but I want to grow and learn about life together.
All I want is to treasure every moment with this person who brightens up my day, who never fail to put a smile on my face, who never fail to make me laugh everyday.

I am a person with absolute no patience, I get annoyed easily, I threw tantrum, I shout, I cried and I blame him for almost anything.
For all that, he still tries hard to tolerate and be patience with me whenever he can and from the bottom of my heart I truly appreciate it.
And for that, I control my temper whenever I can because I really do not want to be mad over the tiniest thing at the person who love me this much.
We both try to change for each other, not changing the personality but we try to eliminate all the negativity in us, trying to be a better person together.

That one thing that attracted me : his sense of humour.

Happy anniversary to the guy who ♥ me the most (:

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Dec 15

I initially planned to blog about the market that happened last weekend but I’m not in the mood for it right now.
The thought of uploading all the pictures one by one drives me crazy.
I feel extremely tired this whole week and right now I wish I’m on my bed, doing nothing.
All I want is just to sleep and escape into my own little world full of dreams, being in a world full of adventures.

Sometimes, human need to be a little more selfish in order to protect themselves.
I wouldn’t want to be the one who’ll get hurt under any circumstances.
So instead of me, why not you?

That’s where I ask, what is the whole point of it?

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