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Of books and cartoons

Ever since the Singapore trip (which I haven blogged about), I have very little personal time. And this Sunday is 1st day of Chinese New Year! Time passes by so fast, its un believable. But I'm glad that I feel that this year has past me by so fast. This means that I had things to do, things to buy, books to read, lami to play, badminton to play...... You know what I mean rite?

I just finished reading this book. "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan. Its a great book......for children or otherwise. It certainly kept me entertained throughout. There are some books which started out great but my interest waned before mid-book. So yeah...if I have time tonight, then I'll definitely start reading on the 2nd book tonight.

This series of books is something like Harry Porter except that its more about the greek gods, like Zeus, Hades, Poseidon. Greeks mythologies are one of my greatest interest. Even from a young age, I love to read about how the Earth have different seasons. It is Summer becoz Persephone is back with her mother and for the rest of the time she is with her hubby Hades. Its very interesting how the different elements are explained by the activities of the different gods. No caps for G coz this is not "God", the almighty.

On another note altogether, I accompanied Bi to eat Soto last night. No, I only drank apple juice, din eat anything at all. Anyhow, while we were there, the TV was switched on to Nickelodeon and the cartoon is gross.

It has a monster which hold its eyes with its arm stretched up and got hairy armpit some more. Sigh!

I just found out that the cartoon series is called 'Ahhh!!!Real Monsters' Wiki link here.

See that flesh coloured monster on the right? Yeah thats the one with the hairy armpits.

I wonder how did such programs get aired and kids actually watch these type of cartoons? Same thing like that cartoon from Cartoon Network 'Cow & Chicken'. Its horrible! What are the kids learning from these shows everyday?

If I have kids, I'll lock them up and not let them watch TV till they are like of legal age.....haha, just kidding. But seriously, the cartoons (or animes) that I watched from before are like Dragonball, Sailormoon, Poli (the super pig). I find it all a bit educating, coz its essentially teaching us about good and evil. (to me la)

Happenings!

I went for facial yesterday.

Erica said that my face condition has improved a lot le. hehe.... But I really feel the difference lo. I have been consuming the products Melilea since puasa last year. Its like what.....5 months? I have only been using their skin care products since January 2010.

For me, I feel like there is a huge difference between my now face and then face. Although I have always been quite fair, my face previously does not have that glowy look. Its dull......but facial does help.

I also use to have a lot of black head on my nose but yesterday Erica cant even find 1 single blackhead on my nose (believe it or not).

I loves loves loves Melilea skin care. But then again, beauty really have to come from within. So the most important step is to detox, only then ur real beauty will come shinning through.

I also went to Kelvin Saloon on Saturday. Went 1 shade lighter. Bi said that he cant see the difference....nah just to prove to him

Before

After (Note: Liverpool Jersey!!!!)

My hair is also shorter now. Sigh when will I have my long hair back? See how even tone my face is now compare to lets say a month ago while I was in Medan.

Taken in Medan

For the one taken yesterday, I was not wearing any type of foundation. Its just sun block (from Melilea of coz). However, my face back in December has a huge improvement from lets say6 moths ago.

I brought subbie for servicing on Saturday. Kelian de subbie, the engine has gotten louder since the servicing is overdue already.

The guy who serviced my car informed me that the front brake pads needs replacing soon. Gosh! Has it really been more than a year since I had you? Hmmm....so the question.......should I use brembo brakes again? Or try out endless? Decisions Decisions! Doesn't subbie look shiny? hahaha Don't be fooled, subbie was actually quite dirty with all the dust and all. But it does look good from this angle no?

I din really shop in Miri. It was such a rushed trip. Sigh! I know I know that I just came back from shopping in Singapore last weekend. But then I think its all the shopping there that made me addicted to shopping.

I wan burgerking!

I wan curry puff from old chang kee! (and the sotong too)

I wan ramen!

I wan carrot cake!

I wan xiao long bao!

Gosh! I am so torturing myself!

My Birthday wish list

Now my Birthday is coming soon.......

If only I can have anything and everything that I want for my birthday......how lovely would that be eh? (just let me dream ok?)

Lets see now, a new bag would be good. I have been so good lately no bag purchases since last year! Hahaha 2009 le.

A new purse would be good too, have been using the same one since 2008 I think.

A new phone will also be good but I have no idea which phone I wanted. Coz mine right now, I have no complains about this LG viewty. Touchscreen with good camera. So this one not so critical.

Ipod touch is also good. Was thinking of getting one for myself as a pampering gift to me. But thanks to my very expensive root canal done on my stupid aching tooth, that plan was scraped! (But at least now I am pain free YIPEE!)

Iphone is also a welcome gift (hahaha like as if anyone will buy me an iphone, china one maybe la).

Diamonds?...... This is even more far fetched! haha Well, I am dreaming right now right? So might as well go the distance!

Actually, I'll really happy if my family and friends have the time to celebrate my birthday with me. Coz its really annoying as my birthday is so near to chinese new year, almost everyone is celebrating the new year and tends to forget my birthday :(

Sad right?

Oh yeah....I forgot.....money, i mean ang pow is also a good birthday gift. hehe

Happiness?

When everything is going smooth, no one will ever find out who their real friends are. Its only when you are down and needs something that all these 'friends' are no where to be found.

How do you deal with these people?

Sure, you will feel extreme disappointment. Maybe tinged with sadness as well.

But then live goes one and the only thing that you can do for yourself is open your eyes to these so called friends and make no mistakes in thinking that they will be there when you are down.

Moral of the story?

Do not place your happiness in the hands of others. Do what makes you happy and not do what makes others happy. That is the favour you can do for yourself.

When boredom strikes

I finally complete the Medan trip post....its so long and there are so many pictures....next time I dun wanna blog about my trips liaw.....so tiring. It is even more tiring than work le.

I am like so looking forward to my trip to singapore man! Shopping all the way. Shopping rulez!

Have you all seen the news regarding new credit card regulations? You can only have a credit card to which your salary is banked into or you have a FD that is equivalent to the credit limit. Its something like that. I really think that its a good way to curb credit card debts. These days there are simply too many people who lives on credit card. They really have to learn how to live within their means. Its gonna be hard at first......managing your debts but then acknowledging that you have a problem is a good start.

I am very busy during work these days. I really dislike meetings. Its so time consuming and if something come out of it then its good.....imagine you sit in a meeting for hours and hours and then after the meeting you realise that you are still at square one. Now that is frustrating.

I have been having the sniffles for more than 1 week already. Its so annoying that while trying to do something, you have to go blow your nose or even sneezing so loudly that everyone looks at you. The weather is not helping things either. The sky has been crying since like 3 days ago. At least now there is a short reprieve from the rain. Its making me so irritable.

I hope its sunny tomorrow coz tomorrow is laundry day!

Did I mention that I lost the first badminton match. Its so shitty. Made too much mistakes already. Stupid me! Really gotta improve le.

Short movie plot by Bi

Bi wrote a short potential movie plot about me just now.

I really think that he is too free lo.

Here is wat he wrote:

He called it "The Bread"

Its a story about this plump girl going to buy a bread one night cos she scared she hungry in the morning. but then she forgot to eat it . n left it outside her room . after several nights the bread mutated . a big mouth guy came along for 'lami' (gin rummy) n ate it..then he change into 'yao kuai' (monster)... calling himself "the BREAD " going around killing ppl.. the plump girl felt 'paiseh' (embarrassed) cos she is the one who caused all this jz because of her 'tamciakness' (greediness). so one night she asked the big mouth guy to come over , when he arrived she jumped from 3rd floor n crushed the big mouth guy ..

THE END

So what do you think of his story? I think its silly but its funny. Gotta give him credits for thinking of this short plot. hahaha

Bobby Tanota's wedding in Medan

Bi and me went off to Medan in Dec for our good friend, Bob wedding in Medan.

I tried to buy direct flights to Medan, unfortunately there are no direct flight. Either stopover in Singapore or KL and then transit to Medan. After working out all the cost and everything, I decided to fly Airasia.

Its cheaper but.....a very big BUT the flight was delayed. If I remember correctly (old liaw happened about a month ago), we were scheduled to fly off around 7pm plus but ended up flying off at around 10pm plus le. Luckily I was very the ready! I brought Bi's PSP as well as my small acer as well as a book to kill boredom. We just sat around in coffee bean and use the wifi there. I even manage to post sth on fb regarding the delayed flight. hahaha..............no one was surprised that the flight was delayed.

Since the flight to Medan was around 11am the next morning, I decided to stay at tunes hotel, which is only like 5 mins away from the airport. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! For the amount that I paid for that room, its like so not worth it. The room was barely big enough for 2 person and when we entered the room, it was so hot inside. Not to mention that the room that we were given was so close to the elevator. Hence, I could hear people walking around and talking very loudly in the middle of the night! These ppl also no brain one, in the middle of the night walk here n there never mind, yet still dare to talk as if they are alone in the whole hotel. *sigh* The room and the toilet itself is not that clean as well. So all in all, it was a big geli lo.

So we arrived at the airport bright and early to have breakfast at Old Town.

The food was good! Bi and me had good old coffee, toast, hor fun and asam laksa. It was YUMMY! The food is way better than secret recipe. I wan Old Town in Brunei le.

We walked around trying to kill time. Sayang that the LCCT doesn't have Burberry or even Burgerking. Only have Sembonia and MarryBrown. Nothing much to shop but we got some sweets and plums to help us minimise the air pressure while flying.

Guess what???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our flight was delayed (AGAIN!)

Finally the first pic of this post.....is me looking quite unhappy about the delay.

Actually, I did try to smile liaw.....but FAIL!

See this pic of Bi.....

Doesn't it look very familar? Coz its the same pose as here.

Can you find the pic that I referring to?

Only this time he didn't even bother to look at the camera. Boys and their PSP....

We touched down at the Medan airport and my heart was racing very face. Coz I heard all sorts of things about the immigration in Indonesia. Luckily it was alright. The officers were quite efficient. (Maybe also perhaps we walked damn fast and was right infront of the queue lo)

Once we cleared the immigration, we waited outside for our friend Bobby. Gosh, its been like 5 years since we last met. It was back in 2004. He seemed taller than I last remembered. (and slimmer too) hehe. He brought us for lunch before heading back to check into the hotel.

Warning! If you are feeling hungry please do not read any further! Its all pictures of food!

Satay! This is the salty type. Abit not used to it. But the chilli is damn spicy! Whew!But with all the onions......so wangi la.

This is something like pulut panggang. But the filling is so much! Got daging, ayam and fish (think its tuna or something) Sorry was too hungry so ate a few pieces before remembering to take pic.

This one is non-halal! Pig's spareparts! Wah so nice la. With the sauce........oooooo delicious!

This one is just normal noodle soup (Bob was having this not me so dunno about the taste) But I was surprised that they put keropok in the noodle soup! He said this is better than the Duck meehoon soup wo. (coming up next)

This is the duck meehoon soup! Don't for a moment think that this is just any normal duck soup. As you can see that the soup is clear! But yet so tasty. This is simply A +++++++++ (Bob claimed that his noodle soup is nicer than this. But everyone ordered this le!)

This is another very the delicious food! Its something like fish cake but then there is an egg in the middle of it. Can you all see a bit yellowish in the middle? It was still hot when it was serve. Goes perfectly with the sauce.

Last but not least the drinks that Bi and me ordered. Bob ordered it first. I tot its Teh C Ping lagi la. I asked him wat issit. He said green bean! I was so blur that I thought that it was green bean + teh C ping le. (yeah blur me) But it was gula Melacca with green bean. It was delicious once again. Note that I DO NOT like green beans at all. But I love this drink.

I am getting so hungry. I can still remember all the different taste.

Oh yeah, was so eager to post the pictures of food that I forgot something that shocked me in Medan! The traffic. Those who haven been to Indonesia (someone told me that the traffic is worse in Jakarta) It was so terrible. 2 lane road became a 5 lane road. Our driver was driving on the wrong lane lagi which was meant for the on coming traffic and not us. Imagine our horror when I saw the direction of the arrow (on the road) pointing towards us. I feel like stepping on the brake for the driver.

Another thing is that all the cars are so close together that you can practically just roll down your window n dig the nose for the person in the car next to yours! Yes, am not exaggerating. It was terrible. No one uses the indicator. Everyone just keep honking!

The Hotel

We stayed in Swissbel Hotel which was recommended by Bob. It is adjacent to the newest mall in Medan. It was so cheap. The hotel rates I mean. For a 5 star hotel, I paid like only Bnd190 for 2 nights, inclusive of all taxes and service charges.

The kickass king size bed.

With the 32 inch TV

The wall decorations. (It looks like a giant safety pin to me)

Full length mirror. Actually its the wardrobe.

Although the hotel services were impeccable but I got one huge complaint about the hotel. Lighting not enough! It was quite dark. I wanna do makeup also hard. Have to fight with Bi over the toilet mirror.

Dinner!

This is Indon Kolomee. Very the nice also. Sorry it was messed up. Too hungry liaw.

This is something like.....I forgot the name liaw. But this is nice as well coz its crispy on the outer layer and soft and chewy on the inside.

Fried mee! Got crab meat some more......

Not much photog coz we were too busy eating and having fun with our new friends.

New friends: Jenny and Kok Fei (not sure whether its the right spelling o not)

Jenny is crazy about BB(blackberry) and till now still asking me to buy.

Group Photo

Abbi and Arto















Jenny and me (pardon the sweaty look, it was very hot and humid). Just realised that Jenny and me are both wearing red!















My star earrings.....have been looking forever for it. Found it in Medan!



















My new PINK crocs!

Bi also bought new crocs but I din manage to get a pic. Its like leather shoes like that but then its crocs. So light and comfy wo (as per Bi lo) I have to admit that it was little ol me who pointed out that design one........

All made up for the dinner. Regretted not bringing my yellow high heels le.

















Wah my Bi so shuai le! (Tell you sth ah, he bought the whole get up in Medan coz he DID NOT bring any formal clothes to Medan although I told him to. He brought jeans and a polo shirt nia.)











Me with the feather headband bought just that afternoon



















Abbi and me (self taken)














Jenny helped us take this photo coz she kesian us. But then I like to take pic of ourselves also one.













The menu for the night












Fresh water king prawn with fruitsalad.
The prawn is kick ass sized. Too bad I don't like prawn. But I love the fruit salad.














Braised shark's fin soup with superior seafood in mini casserole
DELICIOUS! Its shaped into a fin like shape. Simply delicious.







There is a chicken in teriyaki sauce in between here but was too hungry. Only remembered no photog was taken after I finished everything.








Cod fish in spicy thai sauce
I actually forgot to take pic. Thats why I took Bi's portion instead. I love Cod fish but I find the sauce not spicy enough.











Taipan Extraordinary fried rice in bamboo tube















My red wine





















Chilled Lemon Grass Jelly
Both Bi and me squeezed the kasturi into the drink. I personally think it taste better with the lime juice.








Flowers!



See that tofu thingey on the right. I think that its some sort appetizer. I love it!






I like this pic of Bi. He looks so cute neh!

Newly weds! Look so different from the previous day eh?

They were all going to a club after the wedding after the dinner reception. Yes the groom and the bride included. But since Bi and me has an early flight, we decided not to join them.

So said byes to our newly found friend and old friends as well and hope that it wont be too long before we meet again.

When we arrived at the airport the next morning, we had quite the shock. We had absolutely no idea how it is gonna be....you know after hearing all those horror stories.

It was so hectic. Everyone rushing to grab your luggage. Dunno whether to let them help or not since we dunno whether they are gonna run off with my luggage o not. Then while I was checking out whether our flight details, one guy approached us and asked air asia. The he took our passport and itinary out of my hands! I was so scared at that point. Turned out he just wanted to help us to fill in the necessary forms and pay the taxes in return for a small fees of coz. I had no idea what was happening and of coz we din have any small change on hands. The person who helped us with the luggage is so greedy, we gave him some tips he said its not enough. He just asked for more. The person who helped us with the forms were kinder though. He just asked for a very small fees. Luckily nothing bad happened when we were leaving.

From Medan to KL

The clouds





The view





And as per Bi, prove that we went to Pavilion. We only had like 4 hours to spare. We took the huge risk in going out to Pavilion. Had lunch there....YUMMY! and bought perfumes! I bought Anna Sui 'Rock Me' (actually it was Bi buy for me one) hehe.



This is what you do when you are bored in the plane. READ!

Thats all for now. Writing a travel blog is tiring! This post has been in the writing since the start of 2010 le. Thats you if you noticed, I wrote less and less towards the end.

Happy New Year 2010

Happy New Year to everyone!

Have been meaning to write something for quite some time and has not manage to bring my lazy butt to blog anything.

So here I am in the middle of the night blogging while listening to one of my all time favourites 'Up' soundtrack. Whoever is interested in the soundtrack can get if from me.

Lets get the New Year RESOLUTIONS out of the way first.

#1 I wanna be healthier (I believe that I am on my way there but not quite there yet. Gotta try harder)

#2 Put in more effort into my work

#3 Travel more

#4 Resolution number 3 leads to 4, which is to save more money!

#5 Learn to control my temper more

#6 Clean my room more often

#7 Get started on Subbie project (this is also in conjunction with resolution # 4)

#8 Lasik my poor eyes

#9 Improve in badminton (Currently I sucked!)

#10 Sleep earlier! (which is good for health and what I am doing now is NOT good for my health)

#11 Learn to accept other people's faults, warts and all (this might be a little harder than the rest)

#12 To leave my hair alone......wanna keep is long........very long! (I miss my long hair! *sniff* *sniff*)

Taking a short break from making resolutions! I am just typing down whatever that comes to my head.

Disclaimer: The above listing of new year resolutions are subjected to changes whenever and whatever I want. No questions nor comments!

With that list done, I am gonna start this 2010 year with some quirks that I find horribly irritating,

Drivers these days lack driving skills and common sense! This is gonna be my all time annoyance! Have you ever try lets say, driving song song (hokkien for happily) on the right lane, no stupid cars blocking you and suddenly a slow slow turtle comes out from the left lane? Thats not all, some more that car is driving slowly (like a tortoise) on the right lane. It annoys me to no end! Makes my blood boil! (Literally ok?)

Then people who doesn't have the courtesy to say 'Excuse me' when they bump into you. Instead, they like to practice their scarest face on you. SOLI! Your face doesn't scare me. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rude ppl!

People who likes to smoke like a chimney in public! oooooooooooooooo! How I hate that. So inconsiderate! If you wanna smoke and subject yourself to whatever health complications, go ahead by all means. However, don't make us non smokers breathe in the second hand unfiltered smoke!

Ok la, don't wanna make everyone fall asleep from my complaints.

I got a lot of photos to share with everyone! But my eyes are heavier than lead now. So I'm gonna head to la la land for now and will post the photos real soon!

Muaks! Nites people!