Love, Me

It was Mummy’s birthday on Friday and we had a hearty dinner at Jack’s Place. Before dinner was served, my sister took out this funny looking box and we took some time to figure out what this “artistic” piece of “artwork” was, hmmm? My sister finally announced that she didn’t prepare wrapping paper, so she decided to wrap Steven’s present for Mummy with a plain sheet of paper and then displayed her “artistic talent” by drawing, or should I say colouring on it. Eh I thought it looked more like vandalism. Hahahahaa~

Sis: I draw one leh. Nice?
Me: Eh, you haven’t been brushing up your skills since Primary school hor.
Sis *hearbreak* 

Birthday surprises for Mummy…
An elegant watch from sister & homemade chocolate cake from Steven!

Sis: *whines* I don’t want to stand behind Pa…
Me: But it’s obvious who resembles Pa. Hehe~

See a mirror image of the couple?
Sometimes I wonder why Steven & Pa look alike… Hmm…

I love sweets!!! A meal is not complete without desserts. I thought this chocolate cake made by Steven was heavenlicious, because it tasted like huat kuey with chocolate fudge. Hahahaa!! The rest thought that the chocolate icing was too sweet, but I felt that it blended well with the not-so-sweet sponge cake. It was finger-licking good, so here I shall advertise for it:

Wanna place orders? Drop a message in my blog! Three days in advance hor.

Want to know where I got my pretty genes from?
HA I inherited them from my pretty Mum.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUMMY!

Five months is a short period of time, but not for a gang of comarades who have gone through so much thick and thin together. Never-ending entrance tests, over-time sessions, ki siao long queues at the enquiry desk, “对付” difficult people… Life could have been quite depressing if not for we have each other to 相依为命. I’ll definitely miss you guys, all our lunch & tea sessions (ya man I put on so much weight after joining NAFA), singing for each other, boliao conversations, keeping each other’s spirits up and many more fond memories…

My dearest Sylvia, sweetest Heidi & coolest Travis!

My wonderful xiao mei-s: Crystal, Eunice & Siew Heng.

These sweetie pies organised a farewell dinner for me at Raffles City basement’s Shokudo. Nice ambience, the concept here is like Marche but it serves contemporary Japanese cuisine. Check out my favourite Shokudo’s avocado & tuna salad with wafu dressing:

Healthy and yummy avocado & tuna salad from Shokudo

Soft white bread with hot stewed beef. Hmmm…~

The burger is juicy and quite HUGE

Our gang members are really good eaters, and we never fail to pamper each other with delicious snacks and desserts. In fact before dinner, we were munching on donuts and beancurd tarts already. Hehehe…

Kelly bought us donuts and Crystal bought us beancurd tarts

Looking forward to our next makan session. CHEERS!

The long-awaited trip. Much planning done. All ready. 买东西，吃东西，买东西，吃东西~

KL, here we come! 冲啊!!!

Early in the morning, we set off on an AEROLINE tour bus.

Never will I go hungry with chef Steven around…
Yummy blueberry cake, baked using a rice cooker! 厉害.

The AEROLINE tour bus is quite spacious and comfortable; there’s a mini “lounge area” at the lower deck and a (really) small toilet – only meant for small business hor.

After a smooth 5-hour journey, we arrived in KL yay!

2 crazy sisters on the LRT, on our way to “PP Hotel”!

Special thanks to the wonderful owners of “PP Hotel”, Pingping & Peng Yew, for allowing us to put up over at their beautiful condo, and specially bought comfortable mattresses and pillows for us. 谢谢主人s!

Oh I love the breath-taking scenery from the balcony of “PP Hotel”~

No parking *MEOWS*

We happened to see this cat at the condo’s entrance; it’s quite cute. Silly cat, the weather was so hot, but it insists on sleeping under the hot sun, and duno why on this “no parking” sign. Siao!

Then, we began our eat & shop mission at KLCC, first stop – Madam Kwan’s:

A franchise restaurant in KL that serves yummy nasi lemak! Sedap…

Must try this Madam Kwan’s special *drools*

See our satisfied expressions. Wooo~

While shopping at KLCC, I saw this really cute garfield! Though I can’t fit into it, but I just lurve it so much that I ngei si must try to squeeze step onto it…

Garfield: This stupid childish woman is crushing me…
Ying: Too bad, cat. Nee na nee boo boo~

At night, after a pretty long taxi ride (cos this place is quite ulu), we finally managed to check out this restaurant that serves very good porridge steamboat. Worth the travelling effort.

“一品火锅”。赞！

Even the usual steamboat soup base is good, and there’s this special meatball – 酱爆肉丸, it’s really juicy and tender. Yummy!! But for the porridge, must remember to keep the fire low, if not it gets chao da easily.

To begin the 2nd day, we went to Avenue K shopping mall within KLCC LRT stop and “attacked” the famous pork chop rice at the Kim Gary restaurant!

(clockwise) Mango coconut milk dessert 芒果椰奶露, beef fried rice 牛肉炒饭,
beef with cheese baked rice 牛肉芝士锔饭 & pork chop rice 猪扒饭.

Think food and we are happy… Hahahaa~

So you think you can only have lunch in one restaurant? No, no, no, not for us. Straight after Kim Gary restaurant *burp*, we “attacked” the opposite restaurant immediately – Shanghai Ten.

(clockwise) egg tarts 蛋逹, durian pastry 榴莲奶油甜点,
pan-fried rice rolls 炒肠粉, spring onion fried noodles 葱油炒面.

I personally like the pan-fried rice rolls (aka cheong fun) very much; it’s so yummalicious that I requested to dine here again for lunch next day before I left. If I didn’t remember the name of this restaurant wrongly, I think it’s Shanghai Tang (oops it’s Shanghai Ten), anyway it’s also located in Avenue K.

We liked the ambience here too…

The “gang” attacks KL with full strength, eat & shop till midnight!

Following was shopping time! We checked out the shopping malls – Pavilion and Mid Valley. Well for me, I enjoyed my shopping spree at Mid Valley, and realised it’s SUPER big. So after our “shopping exercise”, before we knew it, we were hungry again…

Serves authentic penang food.

This photo was actually taken on the 1st day at KLCC, but we were rejected by the service staff and the lame reason was: The kitchen is closed for washing. It was 3pm in the afternoon. DUH~ Luckily, we didn’t missed it, eventually we checked out its other outlet at Mid Valley.

(L-R) Assam laksa, desserts (ice kachang, red ruby & chendol),
Siamese laksa and Hokkien prawn noodles.

So what’s for dinner? Hmm, we started planning over lunch, keke… Peng Yew called up this very famous Cantonese restaurant, The Overseas Restuarant at Jalan Imbi, and placed orders for its fantastic specialty dish – roast pork. When we set off for dinner after shopping, we managed to hop on a “big taxi”, like Singapore’s London cab. Steven was thrilled, finally a comfortable taxi ride.

Wah Steven, machiam striked lottery so happy!

Here comes the famous The Overseas Restaurant’s roast pork, ta da!!

Many popular artistes will visit The Overseas Restaurant
specially for its roast pork. “One more plate please!”

We ended our “KL Attack Mission” at the Redbox KTV, screaming our lungs out. Even though we were very tired, our happy get-together didn’t end till 2am (corrected by PP it was 2.40am haha!)

The Redbox KTV.

The KTV package here is pretty worth it: 5 jugs of beer or soft drinks, 2 bottles of sparkling juice, 1 cake, 2 fruit platters, 5 bowls of titbits, singing from 11pm-4am and supper buffet from 12.30am onwards for 478++ ringgit. Not bad yea.

A fulfilling trip. So where are we going next? HA! But before we plan for our next travelling mission, let’s detox for a week first okie.

While I was straightening my hair today (dun ask me why I went to the salon on the eve of my next exam paper), somehow I thought of many good old memories where I had some fun photoshoot sessions with my ex team-mates – the best team.

Great stylists and photographers at work.

It was truly enjoyable working with those professional stylists and photographers, like Lionel, Skye, Ivy, Ivan, Danny, Melissa, Jasmine etc.

Me and my jie meis never fail to self entertain and it’s always this part that is most unforgettable…

Looking at these old photos, oh gosh realised how much we’ve aged…
Oops I mean how we’ve transformed into prettier ladies.

Girlies, how many photos have we taken together huh?
100, 500, 1000??!!!

This is my favourite ladies group shot, taken in I think 2006.

We thought this has quite a “desperate housewives” kinda feel~ HA!

Last photoshoot – 2007.

But sweet memories are forever…

Wish me luck for my Chinese Comprehension paper tomorrow *fingers crossed*. Do you remember the last time round you prepared for exams? Do you recall adopting the “escapism attitude”, like suddenly you feel like packing your room, or watching some DVDs that you borrowed from a friend long long time ago? Just wana do anything but pick up your books!! Somehow, it happens… For me, I take photos.

Siao eh, aren’t you supposed to be revising?!

Well while I’m coping with my exams oppression, I think a balance in life is very important, so on Friday I went steamboating with my colleagues. Haha!

Check out the Hey Hey Hotpot at Paradiz Centre basement!
Their soup base is GRE…….ATTTT!!!!

First of all, let our panel of 美食专家 sample the soup…
So how? Pass?

Happy people feasting.

Crystal: Ah… I don’t want to be right in front of the cam!!
Syl & me: Hehe… *phew*

Contented faces…
Erm, how come Seng Soon got an awkward smile on his face. Hmm~

Pink is sweet… but seems like it only “works for” 小妹. Haiz~

I gave my family a dinner treat for Mother’s Day celebration at this Chinese restaurant at Jalan Besar, called 手拉手. I like the variety of food here, and managed to solve my craving for crab tang hoon!!

My bro-in-law-to-be said this dish tastes like Chinese mac chicken HA!

I think this 水煎包 is delicious!

I’m not a crab lover, but tang hoon soaked in fresh crab sauce…
Woo~ heavenly…

Ok I’m supposed to sleep early. May the power be with me during my exams!!! Nite~

It was my colleague-cum-friend Sylvia’s birthday on Monday, so on Sunday I practically spent the whole afternoon making a chilled mango cheescake for her. Actually I’m really interested in baking, just that I don’t have an oven at home, and anyway I’m too busy to bake often enough to justify the need to buy an oven. So when I become a tai tai in future, baking shall be my hobby. Haha!

I was glad that the cheesecake turned out well, and my colleagues thought it was YUMMY! But I felt that I’ve got to improve on the presentation. Somehow this time round, the marbling effect that I tried to create on the surface of the cake turned out quite messy-looking…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GAL!!

Well soon it’s time to say goodbye. As much as I hate sad goodbyes, it is inevitable in life. But this shows that there must be happy memories collected along the way, that makes it more unbearable to let go. I believe that life goes on, people move on, but true friends will still remain.

We share crazy words, thoughts and actions… We are the crazy duo!

Me & the xiao mei-s: Crystal & Eunice.

I shall get back to my books. I’m supposed to be studying… Why am I still blogging??!!!!

First of all, the title has got nothing to do with the content. I just need to shout my happiness about finishing my last tutorial for this sem!! Actually my tutorials are quite fun, just that I always “hug the buddha’s leg” so always gan jiong to meet the deadline. Anyway, I’m preparing for exams now and this is the sickening part that I hate most about studying… I love going to school, attending classes, even enjoy working on my homework, but I just cannot stand exams! I hope no pimple breakout due to exam stress, if not I might just ki siao.

Anyway, check out the photos we took during our last lecture for Professional English Writing module:

Dennes, please get use to our camera-whoring in action! LOL

The studious ME！

Recently the weather has been so freaking hot that sometimes I wish I can just sleep in the fridge, provided there’s such a HUGE fridge. So since I cannot live in a fridge, at least I can lower my body temperature for a while by eating desserts!!

Feeling cooler?

Last week my dadang came back again, and we had fun catching up over steamboat then drinks. I love hanging out with these guys because they make me happy…

JY: Hey do you know why Jeff came tonight?
ZY: Because he has no other friends?
All *laughs*
J: No lah… At first I thot JY wans to have a heart to heart talk with me, then he said YY coming too and then he said ZY also, then I immediately agreed. It’s all becos of you…
I: Ya, that’s what he told me too!
ZY: *total disbelief* C’mon gia, try harder.

My dearest tong xue and my sweetest gia!

The more we get together, the merrier we’ll be~

How do you brighten up your day, knowing that there’s lots of work waiting for you to do… Hmm… Have a shiok breakfast! That’s life man.

Dress up, eat well and feel good!

There’s something I really really wana try… It’s the Singapore Flyer!!! I believe I can fly~

Yes I will get up there soon.

“夜晚就是有如此大的威力，让人在星空之下变得温柔，却也变得脆弱。”

我对广播有种说不尽的热忱，对我来说在空中和听众分享心情是人生的一大享受。还记得我曾经制作了一个广播单元，名称是“心情白面包”，让听众透过这个单元分享他们的爱情故事，也能够听到一首触动他们心弦的歌曲。我相信在每一个人的心中至少有一首歌，而这首歌的背后或许记载着某一段故事，让你想起某一个人，某一个情景，甚至让你仿佛能嗅到某一种气味。

为了“心情白面包”单元，我精心挑选了一首歌来当它的主题曲 – 孙燕姿的《害怕》。虽然这不是商业歌坛当中所谓的“主打歌曲”，但它却打动了我的心。我第一次听到这首歌时，我正沉溺在一段失恋当中，那种悲痛就好像山崩地裂一般震撼着年少时的我那脆弱的心。多年以后，这首歌成为了我的广播单元的主题曲，记载着千万个听众单恋、暗恋、失恋，或情窦初开、勇敢表白的爱情故事。这首《害怕》加深了听众对这个广播单元的期待，这不只是对节目的期待，也是对爱情的期待。

直到今天，在我离开了我热爱的广播事业以后，《害怕》仍然是我心中的一首歌。它的字字句句唱出了我对爱情的感触和领悟，也让我更相信对真爱的坚信。

当我哼着我心中的歌：“忘，我没有很努力让自己去遗忘… …”

人生当中有些事、有些人你永远不会忘记，可能是你不想忘记或不能忘记，而其实你也不需要勉强自己去忘记。我相信回忆都应该是美好的，即使是曾经让你失望、痛苦、流泪的记忆，因为唯有对你来说是重要的人或重要的事才能对你有影响力。世上既然有对你来说如此重要的人、事、物，那么无论是美好的或是伤痛的回忆，都值得珍惜。

当我哼着我心中的歌：“那些和照片一起静止的模样… …”

我喜欢拍照。虽然我从来没有学过专业的摄影技术，但我觉得我有这方面的天份，拍出来的照片还是蛮像样的。无论是人、物、景，我可算是无所不拍，特别是在我一个人旅行时，我喜欢透过照片记录我的行程，也记录了我当下的心情。我也特别喜欢拍人，人的表情、动作，甚至是自恋地拍自己。每一张照片都拥有它的生命，就像歌曲，它可能叙述一个爱情故事，或一种爱的滋味。

当我哼着我心中的歌：“不去想。学着让自己不用去想，学着遗忘… …”

人不是电脑，不能按一下键盘就删除记录。当你受到挫折打击时，你是否希望变成一台冷冰冰的电脑，一按键盘就能删掉痛苦的回忆？但是，如果人像电脑一样无情无义，那生命不就变得苍凉，而爱情又有何等价值呢？我宁愿学习“选择性失意”来遗忘不开心的记忆，这或许有点自欺欺人，却总比不断盘旋在自怨自哀当中来的有勇气，也更积极。

当我哼着我心中的歌：“还是害怕夜深人静时总想起你，还是害怕不经意的听见你的消息… …”

除了蟑螂之外，我最害怕的应该是寂寞的感觉。这种害怕不是因为只有我一个人，而是在热闹的人群当中，还是会感到寂寞。我对夜晚有种矛盾的心情，它让我得到难得的平静，也是我孤单的根源。夜晚就是有如此大的威力，让人在星空之下变得温柔，却也变得脆弱。如果你不经意的在夜里思念一个人，千万不要害怕，就让他成为你心中最美丽的秘密。

当我哼着我心中的歌：“然而当爱最后的出口是分离，我会这么相信，走下去。”

在茫茫人海当中能够遇见某一个人和他分享生命，那是缘份，既然有缘就要珍惜。可惜的是，我们常常都得面对分离，不过既然老天安排我们相遇，就算分离也必定会让我们重逢。只要相信有重逢的一天，再悠长的岁月，再遥远的距离都无法阻挡下一次的际遇。

我心中有一首歌曲，它揭示了我《害怕》寂寞的恐惧，也唱出了我对爱情的憧憬。载着千千万万的爱情故事，《它》让我更有追求爱情的勇气。