A Smoky New Year's Day

On New Year's Day we invited Maggie and Kai Mun over for dinner. Dinner was almost served when I took out my chicken from the oven and Wk was quickly stir-frying the round beans. And then all of a sudden the smoke alarm went off! We thought it was due to all the heavy cooking eventhough really, there was no smoke to begin with. 

Wk tried to turn it off but for unknown reason it couldn't be stopped. After beeping for a good 5-10 minutes, suddenly there's an automated announcement asking us to evacuate the apartment! And it wasn't just announcing in our apartment, it was annouuncing even in the walkway and we guessed it was announcing in other apartments too! At that point everyone panicked. If a smoke alarm is triggered, sometimes it automatically calls the fire brigade and they will come once they get the news. And even if there is no fire, they will charge depending on whose apartment the alarm was triggered! 

While Wk was trying hard (but in vain) to dismantle the alarm to turn it off, we were busy looking for numbers to call through the apartment manual eventhough we know on New Years Day, it is highly unlikely for us to get anyone. Called, no one picked up. At the same time, the freaking alarm was beeping, the automated announcement was announcing, everyone was frantic.

And then suddenly after about 10 minutes the announcement and the alarm stopped. We waited for a while but nothing happened. And then Maggie said "What if it's another person's apartment?" which could possibly explain why we couldn't turn it off in the first place because smoke alarm comes with a button for you to turn off when you need to. But we couldn't understand how could our alarm have went off when it's another apartment that's triggered their alarm. We were so confused but there was nothing we could do so then we proceeded to have our dinner which was already cold by then lol.

Until today, we still couldn't figure out what happened. One thing we were glad for sure, the fire brigade didn't come or else the dinner would have cost a fortune! If it actually WAS another apartment who triggered it... damn we must have looked freaking silly panicking and running around trying to turn it off hahaah. What a day to start our new year.

My brother taught me how to make 烧肉 (Siu Yok) or Roasted Pork Belly so I decided to try making it. It was pretty good except the crackling wasn't good enough. Which was why I asked Wk to try 'torching' it lol! Torching didn't solve the problem, the heat comes out too strong that it charred the skin very quickly. I kinda figured why the crackling wasn't as good so I shall try making this again.

Oh I almost forgot. On New Year's Day, it was 38 degrees. 38 freaking degrees! The temperature went lower at night. And the next day, it went up to 40!!!!!! I couldn't even sleep properly for that 2 days.

It's my first time going through this in Melbourne and I swear it's not fun at all. Seriously thank goodness the temperature has dropped now. I will never ever complain about the cold again. Ever! It's so much better to be cold than hot! And the heat here is crazy. It's hot, the wind is hot, with fan you're only circulating hot air within the apartment, and the air is sooooo dry that it dries your skin out like crazy.

And you know what I saw on the 40 degrees day? A man sunbathing in the park!

%^$!@&%$!!! Seriously??! At 40 degrees?! I couldn't even stand it inside the apartment and that man was out under the sun without clothes. The sun can do so much of damage to the skin, it was like watching a person committing suicide.

Christmas 2011

Christmas this year was fun! :D

Last year around Christmas I was at Gold Coast with Wk and his family. Didn't get to do much because weather was horrible there. It kept raining, sky was gloomy, the beach was windy and cold all the time. And we had sucky, overpriced Chinese food as well wtf. On Boxing Day we were at the amusement parks. Was fun but it wasn't really a true Boxing Day activity which supposedly is a shopping holiday where shops will have huge sales and will be crowded with people hunting for bargains.

Made pancakes for brunch because we wanted to use up our milk which was expiring. But guess what... the pancake mix was expired wtf. I knew it's expired before cooking but it's printed as "Best Before" not "Use Before" so I assumed it's fine to consume. Wasn't bad but didn't taste as good as it should be. Oh well. That's exactly why you should toss expired food away. Don't be a cheapo smartass like me. Anyway, to prove that it's fine to consume food that has passed the "Best Before" date... we didn't laosai.

Lazed in the house for a while before heading out to Maggie and Kai Mun's place to cook up our own 'Christmas dinner'. We bought 2 meats from the market the other day; pork and stuffed, rolled turkey intending to roast them. It turned out to be a little bit disastrous because after roasting the pork for a while, we realized the oven was smoking up which was quite an unusual thing for us to see so we panicked. We figured it was the oil so we had to reduce the heat. And we weren't sure about roasting stuff so the meat ended up way overcooked. But the baked veges were awesome! We placed it right underneath the meats to collect their 'juices'. Also, the pork crackling was super crunchy and nice!

The brown thing at the bottom left which looks quite shitty (pun unintended) is our homemade mushroom gravy. Tasted alright, made it just because every dish was dry.

After dinner, Kung Fu Hustle was playing on tv lol. And then a Christmas-related episode of Southpark which as all Southpark episodes are, is twisted, gory and disturbing. We stayed over her place because we've planned to get up early and hunt for bargains during Boxing Day sale. Woke up at 5.30am, got ready and went out to shop at about 6.30am. This is my first time doing such a thing... waking up early just to go shopping. Gotta say it's pretty exciting :P

We could have gone later but I'm so glad we had the determination and went out early. The crowd towards mid-morning was crazy! If I was there when the crowd was massive, I wouldn't even have the mood to browse and shop. We went into Zara with lots of people inside without needing to queue but by the time we walked out (probably 15 minutes after), there was a long queue already.

Quite a 'fruitful' shopping!

The item we bought which I'm most excited about is this Kenwood stick blender.

Doesn't it look so handsome? :D

I've been contemplating for a while whether to get a blender or a food processor. A blender is good for pureeing which is quite impossible for a food processor to do. But a food processor can chop, dice, and mince/ground which is impossible for a blender to do. Solution? A stick blender which comes with a mini food processor! With this, I can mince, chop, dice, shred, slice, ground, whisk, whip, mix, blend and puree! Best part is it's not too expensive and it doesn't take up too much space. It's 20% cheaper than retail and there's a $30 cash back on top of that so it was really worth it. It's only a little bit more expensive than all the other stick blenders out there but it has so much more useful functions to offer.

We did all the homeware/kitchenware browsing and shopping before going to clothes. Clothing wise there wasn't anything impressively cheap in my opinion. I wasn't in the mood to shop for clothes anyway because by the time we get to seeing clothes, the crowd was already creeping in and to look at things with 16123761 other people and looking at the line in changing room, it's just a turn off. Wk got a casual blazer from his favourite brand which he has been eyeing on for some time. 

After dim sum brunch, we headed to Chapel Street because we wanted to look at Topshop. Before getting to Topshop we were browsing at Country Road. There was nothing in the store which I wanted and I was standing at a corner waiting for Maggie to pay for her stuff when I saw this bunch of clothes of mixed styles all hanged randomly. It probably was the bunch of clothes which people tried and the store assistant didn't put them back to where they should be yet. I casually flipped and saw this blazer of a size I thought would fit me. Tried it on... and I regretted trying. 

Its a soft blazer with drooping pockets, it was perfect fit and I loved it T_T and I could use but I don't need another blazer. It was selling at half its original price which was still expensive even with an additional 25% members discount IMO. I love how versatile it looks as you can wear it in both formal or casual ways. Then Wk decided to get it for me T____T virtual tears of joy hahaha.

Along with some bath mats and bowls, that pretty much sums up our Boxing Day. Technically, we went out at 6.30am, had brunch at 11, went back to shop and dropped the shopping bags at Maggie's apartment, chilled for about 30 minutes, then went to Chapel Street. Went back and chilled for about 2 hours then went for dinner before coming back home. We were sooo tired that as soon as we got home, we went to bed straight. Did all the unpacking today. Initially we wanted to put Maggie's idea into use by chopping up a whole bunch of garlic using my brand new blender and use it today as well as store it in the freezer for future use but that didn't happen cos we had to finish up some leftover food before they go bad lol.

How was everyone's Christmas?

On turning 20 something

Do I look like a Korean? =D I thought they look quite cute so I asked for a pair of powerless geeky glasses from Korea when Maggie travelled. 

So we went to Squires Loft Steakhouse on my birthday. But we didn't have steak cos we wanted to eat their lamb scotch fillet which I ate once and really liked, and their pork spare ribs which Maggie recommended. Both were really good! If you wanna have some nicely done red meat, Squires Loft will not disappoint. However, I think Meat & Wine Co. makes better chips so I'd say if you were to pick either baked potato or chips, get baked potato. The chips are forgettable. Their meats are good enough on their own so you can do with our without their sauce, which you'll have to pay for anyway. Also tried the baked mushroom and feta,  quite similar to gratin. Quite nice but quite salty.

I wore this Topshop Fit & Flare Tunic, it's black but it has multicoloured metallic fibre all over which is not visible in this picture. And wore my new heels which almost killed my feet. We boarded on the wrong tram which went the wrong way so we had to get down to catch another tram. But we waited really long and there wasn't any tram and we were running late for our reservation so we decided to walk there. Freaking 1 kilometre. IN THOSE 4 INCHES HEELS. I was cursing and cursing and cursing, and then Wk decided to buy me bag to shut me up lmao.

Got some presents from some amazing friends! =D

When I was at Kit with my friends I was telling them how good this body scrub smelled and I was about to get it but because it was kinda pricey for a body scrub, I decided to put it in my wishlist. One of them got it for me! Aaaaaah it smells so good! Smells like caramel + maple syrup!

Yes an apron! One day my friend asked me if I wear an apron when I cook. I told her I wanted to get an apron but because aprons here are not cheap, I have to put it on hold. (I know, nothing is cheap in Melbourne) And they got one for me! And this apron is so freaking cute ok! It comes with a hand towel with velcro loop, and there's a velcro hook on the apron. So you can actually attach/detach the hand towel to/from the apron. How handy! You can't see it in the picture, but the piece of cloth I'm holding out, that's the hand towel. So when your hand's filthy, just wipe it on the hand towel. No need to dirty the entire apron. I don't know what you can put in an apron pocket... a mobile phone maybe hahahaha.

Another awesome gift from some of my friends - kitchen organisers from kikki.k! More about it later. I always keep recipes, plan my meals and have a shopping list whenever I do grocery shopping. And they got me a recipe organizer, magnetic meal planner and magnetic shopping list! My friends know me inside out ♡♡♡ I used to print a schedule to plan my meals and stick it on the fridge with scotch tape. I also have a regular shopping list pad but it's not magnetic. Now not only do I not need to print, I don't even need to stick. It's magnetic, and the shopping list is right next to it. Handy maximus!

 

I was looking for a new pencil case so about 2 weeks ago I decided to pop into kikki.k and have a look, and I fell in love with these 2 items. The charcoal felt pencil case and the 2012 Botaniska planner. Which then Wk decided to buy them for me for my birthday! =D Look at the emoticons which indicate mood and weather of the day, how cute!

kikki.k is a Swedish lable which designs stationaries and home/office objects. Think ikea design (Swedish too) but in stationary forms. Er... no flat-packing though lol. Their designs are basically simple, elegant and thoughtful. It's one of my favourite places to go to whenever I need stationaries or organisers.

On the same day after our dinner, my parents called me and wished me too. My dad said, "all the best blessing. happy birthday . sour 1st sweet later.owe u a present" lol =')

If any contributor of the presents are reading this, once again thank you! xoxo

LDR once more

I spoke to my mom on Skype earlier and I feel so relieved now. 

To cut the long story short, I have her blessing to do whatever I'm going to do and we talked like never before. I told her things I would not have told her if I was still living with her in M'sia, and vice versa. It's somewhat awkward and weird but it felt really good. I think I've mentioned before but you know how some people at some point in their lives they just stop communicating with their parents in the house, I'm one of them. I notice the situation changes once we're far away from each other; we start missing each other and we start communicating.

I've ended LDR with Wk, but I've started LDR with my family hahah! Bet you didn't get what the title of this post meant at first.

Also spoke to Esther on Skype and Wk was tossing and turning on the bed trying to sleep while we both were talking and laughing at silly things lol. 

Aaah. Feels really nice to be able to talk to some of your favourite people.

Hoku hoku

Curling my hair with a straightener is fun! Aaand, it saves money cos I can curl and straighten with it, no need to buy a curling iron.

Hello! Anyone still reading? Haha.

Did anyone watch The Royal Wedding yesterday? I must say it was quite an entertainment. I didn't give a damn about it and found all the hoo haa quite ridiculous at first. I mean, it's just a wedding why all the excitement? In the TV there were like swarms of people (like ants, when viewed from the top) around the church, it looked almost like a celebration. Well, it is a celebration cos to them it is THE wedding, not a wedding. And I was joking and telling Wk wow if any terrorist wanted to attack the country, this would be the time to do it lol. Just saying.

Honestly, it was beautiful. Not just Princess William's (Kate Middleton) dress, the whole ceremony was, albeit very overwhelming. If it was me I would be so damn stressed and nervous to know that billions of people are watching me and my wedding. 

Something funny to share - someone in my twitter mentioned that while everyone's singing God Save The Queen, it was cute that the Queen just stood there while everyone's singing about her. It would have been funny if the Queen sang "God save me" LOL!

24 April 2011 - Japanese Night!

Easter was last weekend and Maggie and Kai Mun came over. We joined forces and cooked up a storm! Haha. We decided to call it "Japanese Night" and cooked Japanese dishes. Everyone had a role, or I should assigned to a dish to prepare!

Me - Hoku hoku croquette. Croquette is a type of deep friend ball rolled in breadcrumbs, and the ball is made of mashed potato and minced meat. Very interesting! My recipe is from this really funny Youtube cooking video, there he also explains the meaning of Hoku Hoku which is hillarious, I cannot stop laughing everytime I watch it! We also found the Bulldog Sauce in an asian grocery store! It's posing in the picture as well, can you spot it? :D

Maggie - Tempura and curry chicken. The tempura powder we both love is by Nissin. It's the only tempura powder I'll use! So good. The curry mix is actually a Japanese instant curry paste, so easy to make and tastes good too!

Kai Mun - Garlic fried rice. Very easy to make as well. Just fry it with lots of garlic, add some egg and spring onion and seasoning, kao tim.

Wei Kiat - Grilled beef-rolled enoki. This one tastes really good but very tricky to prepare, not forgetting it's also very costly. The marinade and sauce is premade but the rolling step is difficult cos the raw beef is really thin and fragile. Also, you need to have a really sharp knife to cut the cooked rolled beef into bite size  because it is almost impossible to bite the enoki off... if anyone gets what I mean. Go to Sushi Zanmai and order one and try it.

Wei Guan - He's the kitchen helper of the day!

It was quite a fun day. Esther I wish you were there :(

As for life, as usual, it sucks. Like I've mentioned, things aren't as simple as I thought they would be. I will strive, of course. Just like how I'm striving to play well on the violin. Wk and I created this little 'game', where I will have to achieve 24 hours of practice in a week to earn $50, if I don't I'll be fined $50. It's a little motivation to make me practice. So far, I've lost $50. And I've yet to earn back or earn additional $50 cos... I have my ways to not pay haha. But I know that's definitely not the whole point of this game. 24 hours honestly is not a lot considering I am free all the time. Gotta work harder!

Oh one more thing. Thank you to everyone who has been supporting and cheering me up whenever I feel like crap :) You guys are amazing!

Farewells and such

As some of you may have already know, (in ascending volume as you say it) the internet conNECTION FINALLY CAME IN!

It took the company almost a freaking month to come and fix it I tell you, it's so frustrating and they only  decided to send someone after we started calling them every. single. day. litereally. Pfffft.

Today I just wanna put up a few pictures of meetups and gatherings before I left! I miss everyone badly :( 

This was at The Bee, Jaya One. Aaaah Jaya One, our third home during days in UM. Midvalley being the second haha. These are some of my most favourite people whom I have very fortunately met when I was studying at UM. We all come from different backgrounds, studied different courses but we share the same passion for art, and we talk about and laugh at the same crap!

A group shot with everyone! All pictures were taken using Adelle's iPhone and here I was trying not to laugh too hard because in our first shot we all stared into the Apple logo instead of the camera lens! LMAO. And then someone pointed out "WHO STARED AT THE APPLE!" and all of us were like "Er..... fuck hahahahahahaha!" And decided to retake.

Cat was supposed to be there but she couldn't make it in the end cos she had to work on her Masters thesis =( Cat if you're reading this I didn't forget you ok! 

During Chinese New Year my dad decided to hold his company dinner as always. I remember how last year he told me to invite any one of my friends cos one person couldn't make it at the very last minute but the dinner would still be charged since it was reserved so in the end Esther went haha. This time he told me to invite a few of my friends and I can do it together with his dinner as my farewell. 

And he told me to invite my 'good' friends and not 猪朋狗友 which directly translates to 'pig and dog friends' LOL. 

When I told Esther who else I invited -the guys particularly- she said "I don't feel that special anymore" Hahahah! Don't be silly Esther! Your status cannot be compared to them ok! ♡

Thank you so much everyone for coming! It meant a lot to me. Would you look at Wai Tuck and his wine bottle? *shakes head*

Oh. This one isn't exactly a farewell-ish type of picture but I'll include it anyway since we three look so cantik ♡♡♡

This year's Valentine's Day Maggie was back so we decided meet up and have a threesome! Ok probably not your typical threesome. We dined at Chilis in Empire Shopping Gallery right after I finished working. The night was short but fun as always ;)

Do you want some aiskrim potong jagung? This is straight up from the corn itself ahahahahhahah! 

And then here's a picture of one of my violin students. She wanted to take a picture with me in our last class (T_T) so I took one for myself too. And then she gave me this letter she wrote in fancy paper, nicely rolled up and tied with fancy strings. I read it after she left eventhough she told me to read it when I get home haha. I was bored cos the next student was absent and I was really curious. And then I couldn't stop crying for a while T_T 

She told me when she first started learning under me she was 'afraid' of me cos my hair was blonde and I look really strict hahahaha. 

And lastly, pictures taken in the airport.

I really really really miss home :'(

No really, a smile detector is my camera. There really is a function like that. And you gotta smile quite widely for it to detect before it automatically captures.

Thank you guys for coming all the way to send me off! :)))

Aaand my sister is not looking.

Ok that is all for the people. When my hair was still in its full glory. Now it has turned into this ordinary, rusty copper shade. And I still see pink foam in my shower. Red hair seriously isn't for everyone especially when it comes to maintenance. But I really like it! If I get to go back to Malaysia I might wanna do it again.. haha.

We've gotten almost everything we need in the apartment besides small storage systems. I tell you we went to Ikea like 5 times in 5 weeks, I'm beginning to get sick of it. I'm glad all the bigger things are here for example our bed (amitabha!), dining table (no more dining at the coffee table) and a bookshelf to temporarily store all our junks.

Ok time to shower, make some coffee and do some research on stuffs.

This is how we roll

*gangsta pose

wtf

Seriously, my friends and I talk the coolest.

J: hai kawan-kawanku, macam mane dengan Rendezvous malam Sabtu ini?! korang free mou?i free lepas pukul 7 malam.
kalau tak, sunday morning i juga free, but i doubt you guys want morning?! haaahhahaahaa
yes or no, rsvp.
sekian terima kasih
xoxo J 

E: hai darlings

i free hari sabtu malam DAN juga ahad dan disebabkan darling kesayanganku jarang jarang drop by kl, takpelah i sekrifais satu ahad pagi tuu. tapi saturday the best lah kalo boleh so dat boleh tido mati sampai ahad petang hahahaahahah 

C: wtf?...
erm...darlings...
apa macam ah? aku konfius ni....
so hari sabtu ke ahad?? apa kate kita meet sabtu malam?lepas 'kul tujuh? then kawan karibku J tu takyah la datang hari ahad,kan?
agree tak? pergi mana ni?
ok..

[wtf for E's 'sekrifais' wat spelling is tat??!! and J's 'korang free mou' waa....rojak betul!! but u 2 very talented and creative huh!] 

E: hahahahaahah 

satu malaysia mah! 

i realize takde satu bahsa cheena pun in my mesej. ok lah sabtu wo men meet. WTF HAHAHAHAAHA 

J: dil (deal) jadi kite jumpa malam Sabtu, kat mane?
见你！ 

***

I'm sure it doesn't take a rocket scientist to guess "E" is me...

b.liv off with those heads

If you suffer from lots blackheads or/and whiteheads and have never found any remedies or ways to get rid of it, try b.liv's off with those heads (OTH). I just wrote a review here. It worked well on me in removing my whiteheads. I've previously tried scrubbing, exfoliating, nose strips, peeling masks... nothing actually worked. I don't feel like spending a bomb going to beauty salons just to get them extracted and I don't want to ruin my skin by extracting it myself so I decided to give OTH a try. I can't say much about blackheads cos I don't have any to begin with but when Wk used this a couple of times, he actually did experience a few blackhheads coming off.

Another great thing about this is there's a 2 weeks return policy. If you don't like it after 2 weeks, simply just return! It is a very expensive product but you can always get your money back if doesn't work on you.

Before I sign off, I wanna make it very clear that this is NOT an advertorial nor a paid review nor was it sent to me for free.  I bought this with my own money and I like it so I'm sharing it here, that's all.

Ps: Esther and I laughed at the name of this products cos we saw this a few days after we watched Alice in Wonderland lol! Remember? The Red Queen...

It was good while it lasted.

So Wk came back from Germany on Monday and has left for Melbourne a few hours ago. Everything felt so good while it lasted. I sent him off alone and didn't think I could be calm and tearless driving back alone but I was wrong; I was and I didn't cry a single bit. When he walked into the gate I turned to the perfume section in one of the shops wtf hahaha.

Seriously, I have a love hate relationship with LDR. I like it cos absence really does make the hearts fonder, at least it does for me and him. And each time we meet again, I cannot describe the feeling quite exactly. It felt like the most beautiful thing in the world. I don't think I need to explain why I hate it anymore.

This year, there might be a change of plan. I might not visit him in the middle of the year like how I always do. Instead, I might go with his mom and grandma in December for a month or two or if possible, three for me. Still undecided.

Gotta go meet Esther at Pyramid for a movie now. Bye!

Stuffsss

Yay!:

Today I went to one of the music centres I teach at for a last minute replacement, not my students la some teacher was sick. My boss gave me an angpow for 开工大吉 (hoi gong dai gat). Walao a lot! Hahahahahaha. My brother says probably because I'm the most loyal employer wtf I mean employee around lol.

Boo!:

Tomorrow got work need to wake up early =(

Random!:

I noticed that when I gamble and I wear this certain shirt, I will win money. But if I wear other shirts, I'll lose until I want to cry wtf. O_O

#352

Maggie's back! Went to Chilli's and took polaroids using Maggie's polaroid cam. Quite fun =D

 

 

Bottomless drinks, bottomless nachos, some chicken and the Triple Play starters. Ate until wanna vomit but sibeh nice.

Amd then we went shopping.

Bought some nailpolishes cos it was buy 3 get 1 free. The three of us ended up getting 2 same colours each! Which means 6 geddit? Me and Maggie got 3 same colours. Esther got 'special' taste hahhahaha.

 

Also bought 2 things from Zara which I absolutely ❤❤❤!

A... skirt. I don't know how else to describe it.

I have a soft spot for suede shoes especially if they're pumps, high and have nice, minimalist, and chic designs. This is 4 inches. Killer man. I think step on anyone's leg that fella sure scream hahaha. I love how it's so high but it's not wobbly and unstable when worn. It feels really steady and fits comfortably. But right now I have a problem with it. The more I look at it, the more it looks like a  pair of prostitute shoes cos it's like so high and it's purple. I dunno. Esther calls this the 'foreplay' shoe wtf.

#353

 

Esther came over and we did our nails together. Whose nicer? Mine right right right?

Ok ok last one.

 

Haven't put on eyeshadows in a while cos too lazy. Finally did one fine day. Excuse the hair everywhere. I always forget to push them back when I take pictures.

CNY Vs Valentine's

Yay!:

Wk'll be back in another 10 days! And of course, CNY in 2 more days. Esther came over to make pineapple cookies with me today. I didn't use the recipe I've been using the previous years cos I didn't bother to ask my aunt again. I've been asking her every year ever since I lost my baking bible and I don't know why, I never keep the recipe safely each time I got it from her. So I decided to go online and try to get something that's quite convincing. I was quite disappointed cos the pastry didn't turn out to be the way I like it. But whatever lah. 

Boo!:
I heard my mom's not working tomorrow. Oh no... cos that means it's spring cleaning time. Totally hate it. I have a mountain of rubbish hidden in the mezzanine in my room. A few weeks ago my mom very sternly warned me to clean up my room and I was running out of time so I threw all the junk up there and haven't found the time to clear them up. I hope she doesn't go up there tomorrow...

Random:

Who cares about Valentine's? At least, I don't. Ang pow's more important! Yes I'm VERY money minded. Seriously, Valentine's is just an overrated day. If you're happy with someone, everyday's Valentine's. I don't see the point in wearing couple tees, getting married, getting gifts for each other etc during Valentine's Day. Anniversaries and birthdays in my opinion are the best times to get gifts. As for marriage, I don't see the point of getting married with 1987523181243 other couples, and sharing the SAME (marriage) anniversary with 1987523181243 other couples. And couple tees are just LAME.

More Stuffs!

Yay!:
Finally done with shopping for CNY clothes. I'm glad I saved up enough to shop this year hahah. This shall be my very last clothing haul. It's all for CNY. I usually don't shop this much for clothes so when I do, it's usually a few weeks/days to CNY.

 

6 Days to CNY

Yay!:
Went shopping with my little sister and Esther yesterday at Midvalley. Freakin' tired and tulan cos my sister is like a boy trapped in a girl's body, everything she chose were either for boys or ugly. But in the end managed to get everything she needed and also a couple of things for ourselves (Esther and I)! I got some Zara, OPI, MAC, CNY cookies (I'm obsessed with greenpea cookies!) and Japanese snacks of course cos mine was done already ahaha. Now, I wanna go out to the market to get some ingredients for pineapple tarts. I'm going to make my own jam yay! I've been looking at so many possible recipes but couldn't decide on a failproof one. Hm...

Boo!:

I just finished my paycheck in one day wtf... I mean, part of my whole income lah not everything. I work at 3 different places and I just got paid yesterday from one of the centres and now the money's all gone T____T

Random:

Wk's back! We're supposed to chat but I need to go out already. I hate it when he doesn't wake up at the time he promised he would. Babi.

Dippy, Fran & Hi-Chew

Yay!:

I'm not feeling the best, but definitely better already. Thanks to everyone who showed concern =) Did some retail therapy today. Went out with Esther. Look what I bought!

 

From Forever 21, 3 tops, a pair of earrings and a necklace! I don't know what's with me, everything I picked has an abstract, floral motive! They all look like pieces of art. Water colour art. Tattoo. Graffitti. Aaah I love them. And thank goodness I didn't get everything in black otherwise, can't wear them for CNY. I have a tendency to buy clothes in black ALL THE TIME. So, surprise surprise. Actually not that I really care about the colour for CNY but I don't like people to nag me.

And also, the junkfood junkie in me got these as well:

 

I am OBSESSED with Japanese snacks. Seriously. Fran has completely replaced Pocky in me. It's wayyyy better. Dippy is the BEST biscuit sticks with dips everrrr. Forget Yan yan, if that's what it's called... Only those that I got - the ones with chocolate biscuit sticks are good. I've tried other 2 flavours, not as nice. And Hi-Chew candies! They're like Sugus (anyone still remember Sugus?) but much nicer!  Apple is the BEST flavour out of all that I've tried but we'll see. Cos I've gotten a few new flavours that I've never tried before like Peach, Daifuku and... I'll tell you in the next picture. Daifuku tastes like strawberry yoghurt. Not impressed. Haven't tried peach.

And guess what's the next flavour I got?

 

DURIAN WTFBBQ!

Seriously I wanted to laugh when I saw it! Isn't it funny? Durian flavoured chewy candy! I was really curious on how it'll taste so I got it. Actually it's not too bad but being a fan of durians, I'd say it tastes quite artificial. But I'm sure Esther will cringe when I offer this to her. Lol.

Boo!:

I STILL have not gotten over the fact that I was rejected. Honestly, I don't know if I would reapply. It's not something easy, like some of you may think. I spent a lot of money just to produce the audition CD. If I were to reapply, I would need to do it all over again. If you're wondering why wouldn't I use back the same CD, it's because hey, if you have time, wouldn't you want to make it better? If I decided to reapply, I'd rather reproduce everything than sending a lousy CD (which I got rejected with) and risk getting rejected again. It just wastes time - producing the CD and waiting for the reply. And in the end it only makes me feel like shit. Music is not as simple filling in the application forms and sending it and attend an interview. 

I know I've also made a mistake by not applying to a few other universities. My reason is I ONLY want to go to Melbourne U. And my reason to that is if there's a good school, why not?  If my qualification fits, why not? But looks like I'm not fit for it lah. I HAVE heard that the music school in Monash is not as good, which explains why. If I ever thought of applying again, I will definitely send my application to not only one university. If.

Random:

Besides crying, this rejection has made me think a lot. Will talk more about it once it's confirmed.

Thanks for reading people! 

x

Eev

Hotdogs

Yay!: 

The only time I stepped out of my house is a few hours ago, to A&W's with Esther cos I had cravings for hotdogs and I almost died of boredom at home. Oh! This morning before my dad went out he kinda yelled at me again about not finding a job blablabla not saving/having money to buy CNY clothes blablabla. I was thinking "just hand me the fckin cash only lah" wtf hahahaah. And before he went out with mom he passed me the moolah =D And then when they got back my mom actually bought me a facial cleanser and a scalp care shampoo wow! And it wasn't some generic cleanser or shampoo ok, they're the professional ones. Honestly, I don't know what to say about my parents. They're so weird and funny in a way sometimes.

Boo!: 

I slept really late yesterday night (about 4am) and today my mom woke me up and she asked me to hang up all the washed clothes to get them dried. FML. I super hate it when people wake me up from my slumber. I know it's Thaipusam today so postmen don't work but I'm still very impatient with the reply from Melb U. Oh and internet has been really, really slow today.

Random:

I forgot to brush my teeth this morning HAHAHHAHA. But it's ok. People say it's actually pointless to brush it in the morning cos the important step is to brush it at night. And I did brush and flossed my teeth and rinsed my mouth last night. So it's ok.

Mr Postman

I haven't been updating much ever since I finished school. How did I not know that blogging is actually my way of destressing? Recently everytime I wanted to blog, I always end up not blogging because I always think there's nothing interesting to talk about. Or I'm just too lazy to take out the pictures from my camera, edit and upload them. But who cares anyway? Me. Yes me I care and I don't have to! Starting from today, I'll blog as often as I can. If not, everyday which is quite impossible but I'll try. Even if it means there're only 10 sentences.

Yay!:

Went karaoke with Esther and Wai Tuck. Sang some really joyful (and stupid) songs like Wondergirls' Nobody (Esther planted that freakin' tune in my head already blardy hell), a Hokkien song about a million bucks and some CNY songs. Very boomz (A very versatile joke Esther discovered - google Ris Low, then search her videos in YouTube). Oh and my UDPP finally arrived after almost 2 weeks!

Boo!:

Still no news regarding my application =( Everytime I wake up I always go up to the area where letters are kept in the living room like a loser. I became extra alert and sensitive towards sounds of motorcycles aka postmen. One tiny 'vroom' and I'll either run out to check if the postmen's around, or if I'm near the door my eyes will roll immediately towards the door to check if there's any postman or a postman's dropping anything in my house.

Random:

Wk is in Berlin now and will be back on Sunday. Which means no e-date till Sunday =( My room is a huge mess now. I disallowed my mom from entering just now cos I knew she's gonna sound me so I said "No don't come in, yes I'll clean it up".

Ok that's definitely more than 10 sentences lol

Comedy Thursday

Writer's block writer's block!

Lol.

As of now, I only work on Fridays and Sundays. And if that's not lovely enough, I only have to work 5 hours each. Sounds lovely but the monthly income, no. Sufficient to support all my expenditure though but oh well, no amount is ever enough for me. I cannot keep taking new students either cos what if I need to leave for masters. Having too much time in hand, surprisingly my life is still so uninteresting. All I do each day is go online, click the refresh button (or anything that means the same thing) of my Twitter,  Blogger and Youtube page ten thousand times. So today I decided to do some spring cleaning and realize I have 10 lipsticks and 10 lipglosses. WTF DID IT MULTIPLY BY ITSELF.

Shit lah it's as though I have 10 lips wtf.

I'll probably need to dig out some old Melbourne pictures or something otherwise everyone'll go "Yer all emo stuffs so boring" wtf.

Ok a couple of Project 365 pictures that are not so boring. 

#307

 Some pig lol sleeping like a pig on my bed.

#310

When I say couple, I really mean only two hahaah.

On the day Wk left, that night a bunch of us (me, Esther, Lorraine and Jun Xue) went to Velvet Underground, Zouk for this stand up comedy thing Esther has been asking me to go since few weeks ago. It's the Comedy Thursday which basically happens on every first Thursday of every month. Google yourself for more info. Had a ball cos;

1. First time in Zouk ok walao of cos happy lah wtf and I wasn't the only jakun anyway cos it was Jun Xue's first time in Zouk too.

2. Laughed until I almost broke my jaw. Don't ask me if it's THAT funny cos like I said before I laugh at most things. Even jokes told by Esther and Jun Xue. Geddit geddit? HAHAHAHAHAHA.

3. Ate tosai + neslo panas at 2 different mamak stalls. It kinda amused me that Jun Xue's so attracted to my neslo panas cos he kept picking mine up to drink. He said he has never heard of that drink before wtf! And when I told him it's Nescafe mixed with Milo he went, " Oh Mocha la" HAHAHAHAHAHH WTF!!!

Anyone missed my vain pics?

I'll post one for you to salivate at LOL

Mmkay bye.

Oh btw, am I the only one who finds Avatar funny especially the 'ajaran sesat' and the 'bomoh' dance part?  Where they transfer life or soul or whatever it is from the human body into the avatar, like transfering a file? LOL!

Ramble Ramble

I'm gonna just post up a couple of pictures from Project 365 that urm... matters haha.

 Pictures from the graduation photoshoot which I got back quite a while ago. In fact, a few months ago.

 

 My sister playing with my shades and my unwanted fake eyelashes which I've cut into half.

 

A new external hard drive! Or is it called hard disk? Nevermind. It's a Western Digital and they call it "My Passport" and it comes in a few colours. White looks damn cool so I got it. I got it cos both my internal and my external are filling up T___T

 

 Ok so this is how I actually look like without all that gunk I slap on my face sometimes.

 You know what's this? This is the BEST food in the world. GYU TAN DON.

 First few presents I received on my birthday! =) I was on Wk's bed about to sleep when I felt something's near my feet cos I accidentally kicked on it and when I got up and check I saw all these nicely laid down. =)

 

A tape rewinder! Or whatever it is called! Omg I haven't seen this thing in like... more than a decade! I remember when I was younger there's one in my old home cos my grandma used to rent those soaps and back then when cds and dvds weren't around yet, they were all in chunky tapes! And this is the thing that's used to rewind the tapes to the beginning of the series/shows!

Went to Malacca and had Durian Cendol. Nice!

 

On New Years Eve, cool people meet up at either one's house, drink champagne and chat through MSN and webcam eventhough they're only 1.5 metres away from each other.

 

On New Years Day, cool people take pictures of their own reflection on Christmas tree balls!

 

 Whoa don't I look cool wtf.

 

Finally bought a pair of new flip flops.

My previous Reef one has surprisingly served me for a good 1 year! Seriously, none of my Roxy flip flops have ever lasted that long. I mean the rubber ones. They're really lousy. I even slipped on a puddle of water and fell when I was wearing one which was quite worn out and by worn out, I don't mean it's in an uber bad condition or anything it's just that the base has gotten smoother.

And since my puppy is growing, his teeth have been constantly itchy. Any shoes/slippers left outside on the floor will get chewed. My Reef flip flops was one of the unlucky ones but surprisingly, it wasn't too damaged. I could still wear it for a while. My sister's Roxy flip flops became its toy one day and when we saw it the next day, half of one side of her flip flops were gone.

Conclusion: Reef makes good flip flops.

My Reef flip flops actually isn't too damaged anyway. It's still really safe to walk in it, I have never experienced any slippery moments even up till now. It's just that the 'thong' part and the base where the soles of my feet stands on are kinda torn (my dog's great job) and it really does look quite worn out and ridiculous. Apart from all that, it's still functioning pretty well. But I thought it's about time to get a new one already so I got the Roxy one in the picture above.

I know I just complained about Roxy flip flops but this one is not the regular rubber kind so I'm hoping it won't disappoint me. I wanted to get back something form Reef but the store I went to didn't carry any Reef stuffs anymore. Boo =( And I'm just too lazy to go elsewhere to find it cos by the time I actually find one, I am most probably broke already haha.

Ok I'm done rambling. Good night. Wk's sleeping over. He thought we're going to sleep on the same bed which is ridiculous cos it's a single bed and I'm not going to squeeze with him on one bed when there's another bed for him to sleep on. Haha. Ok ramble ramble blablabla. Bye.