My 1st Minnie Ears

I wanna extend credit to my dearest SP for her kind generousity and thoughtful souvenirs she brought home to me from Japan. TERIMA KASIH, sayang! * wink * I lurve each of them! To memenuhi hajatnya, I must post these pics to display my gratitude to her! * heehee * Jangan-lah muntah pulak, ye!

Tadaa! Thanks to SP, I have my 1st pair of Minnie Mouse ears! * Yippee-yippee-ya-ya! * It is so soft and furry! * heehee *

So, SP, my pics as a Minnie-Mouse-Yang-Gemuk * :P * You like? I sure like the ears!

Another one of the souvenirs which excites me is this:

Marie the cat's ears! Yay!!! It is very sweet of her for remembering how much I like Marie the cat and she got me these pair of 'ears'. Unlike the Minnie Mouse ears which is is the form of a headband, these comes as clips. Cute anot? Got ribbon sumore... Ya, I like the cat because she looks so sweet and 'hau-dou-sei' * heehee * and also of sentimental value la, one of my exes used to say that cat reminded him of me because I look like that cat. Hmnn... Or maybe because I scratch like a cat? * muahahahaha!!!!* MeeeeOwww!!! *

And the cutesy box of candy and the unique cheese-filled mochi! Thanks, SP!*mumumumumumuaks! * hugsies *

WL's Bday 2006

Another piggy hit the mark liao! A belated celebration for WL due to an unfortunate bout of flu viruses which hit her earlier. As C jumpstarted the 'special bday cake' tingy, I decided to make these for my daughter's bday :

Homemade cupcakes. Dongkoi me forgot to buy additional butter for the icing, hence the rather plain look and taste of the cupcakes * :( * Sorry, gal!

The big one in the middle! Anyway, I sengaja use those sprinkle balls to make it look 'dotty' since WL lurve polka dots stuff so much * :P *

And the weird stuff stuck into the big muffin is actually mini placards of well wishes for her! Also handmade wan! See, I so sincere leh! * :P *

As for the celebration, we went to makan Jap food. Initially wanted to go makan Japanese buffet, but when we reached there, they said that the buffet was a promotional period only, therefore we just order ala carte lo. I forgot what the restaurant's name is, but it is situated the row behind Fondue House in Hartamas. The 3 of us, ( SP were there too) had a very puas Jap food ordeal.

Price wise, is the usual Jap food price la, higher than those in RajaSushi of course la. But I tell you, you sure puas-puas wan! The food was great, with generous servings. The glutton pig in us somemore mau order banyak-banyak but luckily didnt. Each of us has a set was already enough to fill up our pig stomachs, and the food was very well presented too!

Ambience was good, with dimmed lightings and cozy settings, though the restaurant is rather small space wise. The only thing I find annoying is that they have a over-excited waitress who seems to be too friendly for my comfort as she kept intercepting my menu-strutinizing time and pushing to sell her 'meals'. Nevertheless, customer service is good, with their waitresses coming over to our table to refill ocha very frequently, without needing us to call for them to do so.

I ordered a set which consisted of a bowl of Ramen and other stuff (rm22), which the texture of the Ramen was good, but the Miso soup it were in was a lil too salty.

And my ebi ten maki, also comes together in the set with the gyoza! Yummy! Look at that gorgeous prawn tail! Big and oh-so-seductive! * :P * Unlike those I've eaten before, this is by far the best! They used a huge prawn tempura, which wasnt overfried, hence the tender and juicy meat and not those skinny prawn most place give. and the maki is so huge, it took effort to put a piece of it into my mouth! And the thickly layered fish roe! Makes your cholestrol shoot up to the roof for a minute. But well worth it! * muahahahahaaha! *

WL's set. I just must take a pic of hers too because it looked so pweeettyy! Tak sempat wanna tak pic of SP's set cos she digged into it so fast * :P * withour giving me a chance to take our my HP * wink *

And lastly, we ordered this sushi for sharing - soft-shell crab one! Another O-M-G experience! A must try! Though intimidated by its price at first (rm18) cos I tot it must be 3-4 pieces of in in a plate, but it turned out to consist of a whooping EIGHT pieces - all XL sized sumore! *nearly fainted * It is also gila babi sedap! A must try!

Overall, it cost about rm35-rm40 per person. Not bad for a Jap meal leh, sumore a very very satisfying one. Memang I syiok makan di sini. Great food in good presentation and warm service. Another one I would recommend if you ever crave for a good Jap meal.

Rate : Food 8 /10, Service 7 /10, Price 7 /10, Ambience 7 /10, Cleanliness 8 /10

After dinner, went for yumcha then a late night movie. Had a fun time, with very enjoyable companies. Hopefully, WL like the pressies I gave her and may us have many more such warm and pleasant times more frequently!

* hugsies* Happy Birthday, my daughter! *

Thrifty Me

I am not those lucky ones who are blessed with loads of $$$$ all my life. I am hopeful that the $$$$ that is lacking will come triple-fold in the near future * praying... hoping... wishing... Hey, SP! Cepat start you punya ceremony (hoi tann jok fatt) to bless me! :P *

With the lack of *quoting C* ahem... 'financial resources', I'll have to make do with whatever I have or can do to make my life more cheery. Knowing me, I am a shopaholic and I just MUST buy stuff. The need to own things is relatively high in me * :P * Wan pengsan, leh? * And to come from a Hakka family, where Hakkas are well known for their 'thrifty-ness', I guess that trait is ingrained into my sub-consciousness... Being the middle child too forced me to be independent to get things done myself if I ever wanted something as I've learned since young - never to rely on anyone but me-self to take care of my own welfare. Maybe it is also triggered by the D-I-Y and crafty side of me that I enjoy making stuff, quoting Pammie ' PQ, everything oso you must make wan' and W@i's euphemism for my such weird habit as ' unleashing my creativity'. W@i is the one who always encourage me on my this habit and I appreciate her motivations. She always doesnt like to receive gifts from me unless it is handmade by moi. Such a sweet gal. Thanks, W@i ! * Hugsies to you! *

When I was browsing through Mydin last week, I came across this :

Traditional 'pressed powder' used by the older generation when money were scarce and cosmetics were - well, unavailable. I just couldnt resist the old-school packaging and as it costs only rm1.50, I thought, why not get one to sample on. It is available only in 2 colors - white and pink. I chose the latter.

Not all cheap things is bad. Surprisingly, this powder is extremely FINE & SMOOTH and has a pleasant baby talcum smell. The drawback - it is a mild formula and does not stick onto you skin as hardly as our current cosmetic powders and requires touch-ups. Hence, a good choice for light coverage on a casual day.

The shade, since available only in 2 colors, obviously doesnt suit my pigskin. Was thinking what to do with it when an idea struck me. I had some blushers which the colors doesnt suit me or I had just gotten bored with them * :P * The thrifty side of me decided to 'experiment' with the idea. I scraped out the blusher, which was a shade too red for me, and mix it with the powder.

Voila! A lighter shade! Now the color suits me!

*heehee* No need to throw out the wrong color blush now! Sumore got new color to use! Yippee!So, if any of you accidentally got a shade of blusher wrong home, try this trick and see if it works for you or not. If it doesnt, just give away your blusher to a friend la * :P *

Another thrifty tip:

Feeling 'mmn ser tuck' to throw out eyeshadows that expired or which colors you doesnt like anymore? Well, fret not now! I came across this tip from a magazine and tried it out - it works! As it has past the expiry date yet you barely used it before, sure feel sad to throw it away, right? Unless you are the kind who joy over this incident as it gives you the excuse to buy more & NEW ones, try this.

Go buy a clear coloured nail vernish. I used this - only rm1.30 for my experiment. The better quality clear vernish you use, the better the results would be.

Then, scrape out the unwanted eye shadow and press them into powder. Make sure no clumps of it left as it will affect the end result.

Pour the powder into the clear vernish, screw the cap back on, and SHAKE IT, BABY! Shake it HARD & FAST! * muahahahaha! * When it is all well mixed, you get this ;

New nail-polish colors! Yay!!! And you dont have to throw out the eye shadows too! Just use them as you would with normal nail-polish. Nice tip, hor?

I truly enjoyed trying this out. Hope you all will too! If you are too lazy to do this, just donate to me your unwanted blushers or eye-shadows! * :) * I welcome you anytime! Or I can help you make, but you supply me the materials la * wink *

MonokuroBoo Frenzy [2]

I just can NOT resist these cute merchandise! * arghhh!!! * Found these at Living Cabin Sunway Pyramid... * :P *

Erasers, Pens, Mechanical Pencil Lead Refill & Liquid Paper. All at bargain prices too! Nothing is over rm2.20! * Muahahaha! * Got all these for only rm5! * heeheehee *

The most expensive item from the lot - this pen which can light up wan! Tengok! There's a button at the side where the light will turn on when you press it. Hebat, hor? It is so canggih that I MUST buy it! * :P *

Must use it during my final examination and see got "ong" anot! * hehehehe *

Disappointed - Again...

People never fail to amaze me. Of course, with the billions of them in the population and each has different personalities. And when I thought I should be more adult and that I have learnt to be a lil bit more forgiving and a lil bit more compassionate, people just have to not only remove that faith, but also pour in more to fuel my hatred.

In one of my earlier post - very very early one, if you guys can remember, I was ranting about how sadden I am by a person I emotionally close with for years and how I've given up on that person. Though I will not embrace that person again as before, but I try to acquaint that person again - due to numerous advice from my daughter to try see that person as a friendly companion and neglect that person as a person *hope you guys get what I mean*. But tonight, like the Chinese sayings " futt tou yau fo " - I guess it is fate that determines that this person shall not be involved in any aspect of my life.

I seriously almost can not believe that my friend can be SO LIKE THAT. Why you turned out to be this way? I dont believe its love, I truly believe that it is loneliness, selfishness and of course, that materialism in you that drives you to be like this. You think you try to give it another chance, but you are just making yourself more of a cheap ass. Even when you dont oficially give it a chance, your actions are leading you towards cheapness.

Of course it takes 2 to tango. The other person gila is not the issue here. It is YOU who decides your life. All your actions only reflect to me how "cheeen kak", cheap and lowly you are. Dont you have any virtue? Dont you even feel a bit ashamed of what you did? I truly wonder how you can face YOURSELF knowing what your own self did to the other person when you are with that victim of yours.

As your friend, I truly cannot accept not only the things you did, but also the dirt you tranformed into. It is so obvious that all the things that person did isnt sincerity, but it is all a PLOT, a TRAP to LURE you into his also selfish, desperate net. Yeah, I know it is none of my business cos by the end of the day, you are the 'har lau' fucking the ' bei pei', but it because I care about you that makes me feel so strongly wanting to protect you from being 'cheen' somemore.

Its the end of everything. No more trying, no any amount of kind words of advice anyone can give for me to forgive this person. It is because this person fail to see what is the wrong here. *sigh* I truly can not accept all these 'modern' relationships.

I guess now it just a matter of days before I launch into my 'severe ties' operation with this person as soon as i get the confirmation that the 'har lau' is indeed fucking the 'bei pei'...

I dont want to, but you just made me do it.

My Latest Nationality

I have grown to accept that I look anything but Chinese. Maybe I am not a Chinese after all * :P * What to do? I not only emotionally and mentally unstable, my face is "messed up" too.

Last Wednesday, there were this exchange programme where a troop of a whooping 300 hundred students from a Japanese High School visited my Uni. I were involved in this lame exhibition to so-call intro our Malaysian Chinese Culture to them. Why I say lame is not directed to our Chinese culture, but of how the exhibition were carried out. Giving us a VERY THE LAST MINUTE - the event on a Wednesday morning and the notice comes on TUESDAY MORNING. Apa lagi, cincai preparation la. Memang memalukan seluruh Malaysia, man!

Anyway, back to my topic, before the guests arrive, a lecturer, our club's advisor was commenting on how some of us looks like Jap and some not. When he turned to me, he commented that I DEFINITELY no Japanese but a
* gasp! * -

M-O-N-G-O-L-I-A-N

Malay, Thai, Philippine, Mixed-blood, Siamese, Portugese ... - now, Mongolian.

* sigh ... *

Lucky Hammies

Pets in this decade is just so darn lucky. Humans nowaday try to please their pets a wee too much. Or maybe it's the owners that pet-shops trying to impress and con their way into our wallets.

I have a classmate who works in a pet shop in Taman Megah. She gave me this ;

Strawberries For Hamsters - seriously.

Made of dough, it functions like a limestone - for hammies to gnaw on to blunt their gnashers. What impressed me is the way they present it nowadays. Nice, hor? At first glance, I thought it is those clay stuff or playdough or something.

Priced at RM8+, wont be a bad idea to use it as a decoration hor? * :P * Generous she gave it to me for free cos she got it from her boss FOC la. Thanks, Connie! Since I have no hamsters, gave it to Pammie's.

Dammit, pets are just so lucky, hor? The shop really know how to present their stuff to make money, they'll for sure made mine with this cute-sy presentation of a chew-toy for hammies...

Biasa-la, I ni kan suka kena tipu... * wink *

~cheeseburger~

Our favorite Restoren YaYa ( aka kerang bakar place) has a new face. A whole new makeover and extension to 2 shop lots now. It no longer looks like a dirty, gloomy restoren anymore - they are now a brightly lit ala those bistro mamak style.

Had their cheeseburger that day as they were out of kerangs. That burger looked so well presented for a ramlee burger type and I just lurve the way the cheese tongue out at me * :P *

Korean BBQ Buffet

Ya lar, ya lar, went piggy again * :P * I memang tak boleh stop this ketagih * kekekeke * Hey, blame Pammie! She's the one ask if wanna eat alot that lunch! I swear, its her! * ngek ngek ngek*

Went to try this new korean BBQ at Taipan. Not the one I reviewed earlier. This is ANOTHER one, a newer one * :P * and its buffet style instead of ala carte like the other one. Lunch & dinner to choose from. But they do offer ala carte as well such as bimbimbap, bulgogi such.

Priced at almost rm25 per stomach is a rather economical price when it comes to Korean food,though hafta pay extra for the drinks ( adds up to RM30 + tax per stomach) - but since it as free-flow, I'll let it pass * :) * Authentancy - well, oh-kay saje, as they offer loads of those fishballs, sotongballs - all itu ball-ball people makan for steamboat. A lil disappointed at first to see that they dont have that many variety to tuck into.

The 1st round of our lunch * :P *

Sizzle away!!! I like the fact that they layer aluminium foil on top of the grill to avoid foodsticking to the grill. Most impressively was how they actually C-H-A-N-G-E the foil so often, I lost count. Seriously. When they see it turned black abit, they change. Oh, you all can choose between tomyum or chicken broth for the steamboat soup.

And I MUST comment on their customer service. Truly fabulous! That smooth and soft looking hand is not mine, but of the Korean lady who served us. They will at times come over and help you to grill. And their staff is so soft-spoken and polite, it made me feel bad to give orders to them. They also come over frequently to clear way used plates and ask if you need to add soup or anything. A very pleasant time dining with them.

Of course those steamboat food ( itu fishcake, fish ball stuff) is of the common and also tak banyak variety, but go there we sure serang their beef which are marinated Korean style. SEDAP!!! And I also must mention their sotong - that was the first time I even makan sotong marinated that way of theirs that we ate a plate full just of that! Or was it 2? * :P * SP & WL will definitely love the sotong here! The chicken meat too were very well marinated. Kimchi is good - not those chunky or undermarinated kind. Got ice-cream too *heehee*

This place really imprinted a good impression on me. Will definitely return, sumore so near my house rite? No need go all the way to Midvalley for Korean BBQ liao! Yay! And, dunno because it's still new or what, but the shop is really very clean lo! Too bad the chairs werent that comfy la. Polite staff. Brightly lit. The crowd was very small on my visit, other time I tak tau la.

Sure, this is one I would recommend!

Rate : Food 7 /10, Price 5.5 /10, Ambience 6 /10, Cleanliness 8/ 10, Service 7.5 /10

Which SuperHero Am I?

I never thought that I am a ...
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But I wan to be CatWoman! * MeeeeOoow!!! *

My "earrings box"

Feeling restless late one night and not liking the way my dangly earrings are being stored, I decided to organize them once and for... erm... now * :P * You all know how freaky I am to organizing and how I must make sure my stuff is well managed. Hey, I'm a management student - managing is my life! * :P * The keyword of management - to achieve effectiveness, efficiency and continuous improvement - thats our professional motto - and in my case, it affects my personal life as well * heeheehee*

Hence, I decided to make a "store room" for my dangly earrings. Fellow gals will understand the hassle to store these type of earrings properly as the long entails and details will just get tangled with one another. And those who knows me well will understand my obsession with boxes, so it is no wonder the "store room" would be in the form of a box. I made 2 actually - one for my dangly ones and another for my studded earrings.

This is the "store room" * :P * The box is originally a mooncake box - those wooden type. Nice, hor? Those moon cake boxes gets more canggih by the year, hor?

Inilah stor anting-anting saya. Got racks to hang each pair. The bottom I place those circular earings which I cannot hang.

How? Organized anot? * :P *

Ya lar... I admit I am a freak. I gila wan * :) *

Cold night...

Fatty Luck : Oh! What a cold night! Mmn... I am so warm in my blankie!

P/S : His blankie is actually an old bedsheet :P But he looked so cozy, I must take this pic! :P

And, also on a wet night, when I was at AsiaCafe, saw this pretty cat with gorgeous eyes! And it was a tame cat, shared my "siew kai yik" and sotong goreng. What stole my heart was how it stayed even after the feeding and lied down next to me till I leave. It were a tame one too! As if it were my cat for that half an hour, sitting by my side, accompanying me and my friend.

May God bless this feline and spare it from cruelty...