Rainbow after the Rain ☂

Happy Convocation, Elephant.

2011-10-16T18:36:00.004+08:00

The. amount. of. assignments. and. midterms. are.
O.V.E.R.L.O.A.D.I.N.G

So, this is the saturated me escaping from the reality a little while.

I'd been back to hometown for a week. And unexpectedly, I was able to attend the Elephant Convocation. This is the first time our gang member is graduating so everyone was excited and VERY JEALOUS since we are all undergraduates =(

Happy graduated teddy wish Congratulations to the Elephant!

They purposely get her a bouquet of flowers since the Elephant dislike it. And they ordered the red roses to trigger her.

My gift to the Elephant was this cute Bijisan with graduation cap and scroll. I thought of finding/ stitching a robe for her but but but but you know, all excuses will be out.

Now,
Look at all the eager faces.

THE MIGHTY ELEPHANT IS GRADUATING!
HOORAYYYYYYYYYYY!

The standard action,
Throwing Graduation Cap!

And lastly,
a little thought from a person who suffering from assignments and midterms now.

I WANT TO GRADUATE DESPERATELY!
*looking forward the far far away future =(*

The circle.

2011-10-13T22:08:00.002+08:00

Hey my dear blog,
dont be upset, I havent give up on you.
Will update you a little now.

Things become messier after my sudden one week return to hometown. My grandpa passed away a week ago, that's the sudden thing. I may not be very close to my grandpa but hearing the news that he passed away, makes me felt upset too. I got the news through msg from my sis at 7.00am. I still attend my classes as usual and laugh with my friends. But the fact is when I received that news, the tears almost fell. I hold on to it. I decided to tell no one about this until I calm down. I do not want to cry in front of ppl.

Grandpa was a traditional man. And you know what the conflict between traditional man and young generation. Though I may dislike certain of his thinking, but I can say I still wish that he could see me graduate. And I know, he would love to see another of his grandchildren graduating from uni too. Two more years but he cant make it. He go through pain during haemodialysis, he go through it. He is getting thinner day by day.

Dad told me he might gave up because he was too afraid of emitting to hospital again. I understand this because human naturally will give up when they are afraid of pain.

I reached my grandpa hse. Look into the coffin, he was in there. Told him, "I'm back". He look prosperous. And I know, he left with peace.

May grandpa rest in peace.

Heaven steps : Hana

2011-10-02T21:01:00.002+08:00

This post is about FOOD!

I purposely make myself blog after my dinner so that my stomach wont be grumbling at me when I scrolled down. Back to 26September where I had a date with my KK close friend for my birthday, we went for dinner at Hana.

Hana (はな) means flower in Japanese.

We noticed this restaurant since last semester but didn get a chance to step in as we afraid that it's pricey. But since it's my birthday, I thought of choosing a new place for dinner. Make an effort to do survey on this restaurant and the review from various blogs was they served good Japanese food at reasonable price! So, no more hesitating, this is it! Ching Yee and I were more than excited to go here since we both craved for sushi everyday! The stomach cant wait any longer, it will be our dinner for the day!

Ching Yee! But I called her Ching san most of the time since our Japanese sensei called her that.

The appetizer!
While waiting for the main course, we grabbed this to ease our crave for a moment. This is from the belt. This definitely look tempting! *slurpslurp*

WE LOVE SALMON THE MOST!

Take pic take pic before it's gone!

Now, the first bite! IT'S HEAVEN! It makes me feel so happy having this! Seriously, no joke, I was completely overwhelmed by this salmon sushi. How can this be so good? And that moment, it's official bye bye to the other Japanese restaurant I had in KK.

Since their sushi is so impressive, we decided to have more! But the sushi belt wasnt offering much choices, so we ordered a plate of salmon sushi! I dont rmber the name of the sushi but you definitely can recognize it through picture.

Here come the main courses.

My curry raisu.

Yaki udon.

Both main course are in huge portion for both of us especially the curry raisu. The chic chop in curry raisu seems like it's meant for 3persons instead of personal size. And add with many many potatoes, you just can finish the whole meal yourselves.

And now, the salmon sushi that we ordered!

I felt so touch looking at this *awwwwww* It feels like I'm flying up the sky. I'm sososoosososo HAPPY too see this sumptuous sushi serve on our table. It makes my day! I want to make a confession, I love sushiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! ♥

Omg, even my stomach is full now, I can feel my saliva producing rapidly. Temptation temptation. Never regretted to order this though we had a hard time finishing our meal.

Sushi best partner? Errrrrr, Ching san likes it but not me. I dislike the smell! This is one thing I can take in sushi restaurant =/

LOOK! We both are happy with this! It's amazing how food can make a person happy. Seriously, it works!

Our meal for the night!

You'll never be happier to see so many good food place in front of you! Power of food.

Last pic. Never forget Hana's sushi!

Bits of the birthday

2011-09-30T00:27:00.003+08:00

Suit the title of the post, I thought of just include some pictures taken on my birthday. Hehehe, the main purpose behind this post is I DO NOT WANT TO WASTE MY EFFORT TAKING THOSE PICTURES. I'm quite passionate in taking pictures you see. I will take many many snaps at different angle and select the most satisfactory one to please my eyes. So, I do not want to just save those pictures in my "Tinted Smile" folder. I decided to post it!

So, twelve strikes on 25th September. I was on the phone and the coursemates came with cakes. . .

Cakes from Starbucks. And, I think I just realized they prepared me three candle for age of 21 instead of 22. Hahahhahahaa, not bad. It makes me happy now. They thought I'm younger! =)

Then, the birthday dinner with them at Party Play.

I think I love this lifestyle cafe the most in KK. They have good environment, friendly services, tempting food and foreveryummy dessert! ♥ Their desserts are ohmygoshhhhhhh very satisfying, well presented and I can said, it's very unique. The dessert section makes me happy by just looking at it! And very dillemma when it come to decide which one. But I let it go this time as I doubt I have the stomach for it. Next time though. *urghhhh waiting*

My dinner, chicchop. This is something new in the menu! After four months holiday, Party Play expand their restaurant and they have new menu. More more choice of food and more more new desserts! Next time next time!

The kind fellows. Not forgetting the photographer, Farica, our little dearest junior.

Miss the dessert session at Party Play.

But replaced with YOYO!

Patiently waiting for our milky tea, Yoyo!

Yoyo is a good hang out place (Lintas Yoyo). It's spacious and air conditioned. Ppl there look very decent too and it's a safe place over all. Their milky tea is all your crave for and very cheap compare to Chatime. I like their mini pearls! Owhhhhh, I miss it much when I'm in Sban. And it's so satisfying when you take the first sip. It makes you feel slightly comforted to be in KK. Hahahahahaha!

The next day, I had dinner with one of the close friend in KK, Ching-san. But I will make it in the next post as we took many many pictures. Girls bad habit =/

But I wanted to include the lovely cupcakes she get for me here.

I do love cupcakes alot especially well decorated cupcakes =)

Both are fruit flavours.

Low sugar Apple cupcake from Boutique Cupcakes. It taste really good! It taste something like apple crumble and you wont feel filling after eating it. For the first time, I love something that is made from apple. I will definitely get this again the next time I visit their store.

BC for Boutique Cupcake.

And this orange lookin cupcake is Tangy Orange! It's nice too but still prefer the Apple cupcake!

♥ ♥ ♥
You may realized I took lots of picture of cupcakes in different angles. The fact is I love to take picture of cupcakes. I think they are very photogenic! And they look impressive in many angles too. Hahahahha, how can you get such cooperative model? They dont complain and they dont move. Over time when you look back at those pictures, it remind you of how yummy they are =)
♥ ♥ ♥

Make a wish

2011-09-25T23:59:00.000+08:00

Today is 25September, the day I will have a glimpse of happiness whenever I look at the date. The day that I will feel excited when it strikes 12 at the beginning of the day. The day that my facebook will be fully loaded with notifications. Also, the day that I should thanks my mom the most for all the pain she go through 22years back then.

Yes, it's my birthday! =)

To be honest, I never appreciated my mom so much for bringing me to this world. I never understand the pain and all suffering till the day I have my surgical tooth extraction. It's a minor surgery and everyone might said, owhhhh well what pain is that. I know very well the suffer I go through during my tooth got extracted is no match at all to the pain a mom giving birth to a baby. But because I go through that and I felt it's so torturing, I could imagine how painful my mom go through when she deliver me. Worst, being a bad baby, I was born with my leg out first. My hand got stuck at the opening and it cause my mom a million pain. My heart was screaming out loud for my tooth to come out during the surgical tooth extraction because I do want the dentist to drill my tooth anymore, it's not pain but very very very uneasy. Then, what about my mom that time? Thanks mom =)

Okay, so now, I'm a healthy person.

I would not say I'm 22!

I'm FOREVER 21
& today's the first year anniversary!
*living in denial*

Once again, my birthday is in KK. This is year could be the most lonely birthday I had ever. But, it doesnt matter. Because this year, I learn to appreciate more than ever. Because I'm alone, I see many things that many ppl may miss out and appreciate the thoughts that I may not last time. Last time, I may hope for ppl to give me a celebration, cakes, dinner and birthday songs. But now, I realized, even a simple birthday msg I received, I'm happy and I'm touch. It's a very miracle feeling. Believe me, it's really miracle.

I received a few msgs from my close friends at 12am. And I realized, I may not have many friends but the friends that I have now is the best that I couldn ask for more. They wished me birthday together with a few simple words. But one thing I noticed in every single msg, a similarity of all the msgs that is two words, "Take care". I know how much they mean when they wish me this. I failed to realize all this while that they are all actually worried about me being here alone. They concern and they care which make me felt very touched. And I'm grateful to have all these ppl around me. I dont think I be a good friend to them, I didnt do much deed to them but they could make me feel so appreciated. Thank you very much and ouhhh well, I think you know who you are since you all make an effort to wish at midnight.

And to my coursemates who come over during the night, I appreciated that very much too. I didnt really expect that they will come because I dont think that they will know my birthday. I always been so quiet and a loner in class. It makes me more than happy to know that they could remember my birthday. Well, I think one could remember a person birthday is already a very big effort. It means you really treated that person as your friend and not just someone you go class with. Even better than just rmber, they came with cakes and sing me a birthday song. Thanks a bunch =)

And this my pre-celebration back in Mlcc.

Thanks alot for this surprise pre -celebration. I really didn expected it. I was so sleepy during the karaoke session that I was so blur when I heard TanMingMing sang the birthday song. I thought she was singing something else but how come it came to the birthday song. Then, I realized ChooChoo came in with the cupcakes. Very lovely Totoro cupcakes! *heart* ♥ For the first time, you guys did it very well. I had no idea about this at all. I really dont know that inside that red luggage bag was this cupcakes. I mean, I look at your bag, it's so flat. You told me it was maggi and stuff, I didnt suspect at all. And when ChooChoo went to her apartment to get the cupcakes, I thought it was really books like what she said. Hhahahhaha, you girls are big liar and great actress now. Hehehhe, thankyou very very much. You all have been my very best friend since secondary. And I know, our bond will never end *kangaroohugs*

Tonight's dinner no pictures available. Had the best dinner with fellow coursemates. I called them not treat but they still insist. It's really very sweet of them. I know the meal aint cheap which make me feel very very very thankful. And it's a very good bonding session with them tonight. We are so into the talking that we almost didn want to leave the place till the workers off the lights. It's all about the experience over here and how we became friends. I'm happy =)

Tmr, another dinner with a close friend of mine in KK. And then, Tuesday will be the official birthday dinner with the only hsemate, Casey (in case I didn mentioned her name before).

I feel that I'm so blessed at this moment. Thanks.

Glimpse of Lights: i-City

2011-09-23T01:04:00.002+08:00

An entry from the past. It was almost two/three months ago but still not far away from the recent. At least, my hair length still look up to date here =)

So, this is about
i-City!
known as City of Lights.

Let see, we'd reached. And I saw this huge cute mushroom.

Then, we saw Spongebob!

And his bestfriend, Patrick.

Headed to the Snow Walk which I personally think it's the whole value of i-City. Without this Snow walk, ermmmm, i-City basically will just look like a desserted city decorated with tree of lights. Good view of course but nothing much to do there. Except maybe you enjoy walking romantically, holding hand in hand with your precious darling and be lovey dovey there. Hahhahaha, that sounds rather funny to me too.

Okay, back to Snow Walk.

Welcoming swans.

Snow walk is mainly about leaving footsteps on man made snow and enjoy the view of nicely craved ice sculptures. It isnt big but it you can experience bit of Harbin here. Unlike Snow World in Genting, we can't play snow here. No throwing ice balls to each other =( But there are games. And you can play as many times as you wish. Also, you can re-enter the Snow walk again if you can't stand the chilling sensation in there.

Adult per entry: RM25 till 1am

The ice bar. Hahahha but no beer or liquor there.

Hehhehe, bartender for the first time =)

Out from there, you feel the warm. Now, it's time for colourful lights walk!

Now, end =)

Toddles!

Needles & Threads: Doll Stitching

2011-09-20T20:01:00.006+08:00

*A big hand wave*

It's a good sign that I'm still signing in my blog now. It means the assignments tornado havent strike yet and I'm still free to exercise around my blog.

And so, back to the days when I just reached KK, I granted myself some extra holidays by skipping classes though I'm just fews miles away from UMS. Stay home alone for 5days and this is what I did. . .

An octopus key chain for my keys.

I always have problem misplacing my keys, losing my keys and locked my keys (including car key) in the car. To avoid all these unwanted situations, I will put an extra huge doll key chain to the ring of keys so I can easily notice them in my bags and never too blind to left them. Previously, I have this big round cute pig as the key guardian. The pig did a great job, it cure my forget-to-take-key disease. But now the pig is old and dirty so I sent him for early retirement and MAKE myself this octopus key chain.

YESS, I STITCHED THIS OCTOPUS KEY CHAIN MYSELF! *proudproud*

Well, the only girl things that I can manage to do is stitching.

Look at my first attempt of a doll stitching.

It's a PIGRABBIT!

Owhhhhhh, I personally think he is very cute! I couldn stop laughing at him when I did the final stitching. But because I made the head bigger, it looks kinda fragile. Yet I believe the head and body wont split as I made few stitches to secure the joint. So, I believe in my skill after all. What's worrying me is this PigRabbit getting flatter day by day. It goes so flat even he is just one day old. Well, some mistake in expectation. I thought I stuffed enough of cottons inside, it was really so fluffy, so fluffy that I was afraid the side stitches will came off. But as a result, he is a thin pigrabbit now =(

Back to the Octopus key chain, so this is my second doll stitching. And Octo key chain is much easier compare to PigRabbit. Just a few simple steps.

Draw the shape you wanted. I draw it free hand since it's for personal use. Btw, imperfection is creative!

Then, cut two similar shape out.

Arrange the details so you have an idea of the position and how it looks.

Then, start stitching! Of course, you stitch both pieces of cloth together.

Left some space before you end the whole stitching.

STUFF LOTSA LOTSA COTTONS INSIDE!

It's done now!!!!!!

But wait, aint it looks dull?

Some decorations?

RIBBONSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

I put two ribbons on the Octopus to make it looks silly and fatthiaossss =)

Nowwwwwww,

OHHHH MY OCTOPUS! ♥

Ohhhh yay! One thing I love about doll stitching is the satisfaction you felt when you see your doll is done. And everytime you see that doll again, ohmygoddddd, very proud of yourself. Hehehehe. Even feeling good when everyone say it's cute and ask you do one for them! Hahahhahaha, though I wont do for them la but the still the happiness is there =)=)

♥♥♥

Printed paws

2011-09-18T20:56:00.003+08:00

Landed safely in KK. Well, nothing much has changed here. The Mcd still stood well near the petrol station, no additional KFC drive thru, KK drivers are still crazy and urmmm, weather still that unfriendly, hot =( Back here for five days now. Tmr is Monday, so yahh, I will be heading to class. Starting a new semester soon!

This time is a different beginning. Ppl I used to be with it and depends on are all graduating. During first year, I came alone to this land for orientation. But there's a hope, hoping my elder sis to be back soon and I can shift to her place. Then second year, I still came back alone but I'm still with the familiar faces where I used to be with during first year. Now, coming back as third year, still alone on the plane. And also alone in the new hse for five days as my only hsemate as well as my roommate came back later than me. Staying in a strange hse all by myself wasnt easy. But I realized, things dont come easy from the first place I chosen to study here. Nothing was arrange perfectly for me. The reason I go through is because I have to go through. It was tough to be at a strange place, far away from hometown, being no ppl to depend on but life will be even tougher if you are used to the sweet dwelling road.

I wont complaint here because complain only makes me sounds weaker.

I fell sick when I got here. But I still need to drag myself up to get medicine and groceries I needed for the days. This is part of the lesson to be independent. My car tyres tube came off when I was pumping air into the tyre. It was my first attempt to pump air into my tyre and something misfortune befall. I was afraid, I called for a stranger to help. He helped but what worse was I needed to change the tyre. I didn know how because I was a girl after all =.= When he mentioned I might need to find someone to help, I realized there are no ppl in my phone list that I can call to help. It was frightening to realize that. I almost cried but I rmber TanMingMing words, no point crying cause it will only makes you looks ugly. So, I didnt and I got things settled.

Two years here, I was never afraid when my car got problem. And I realized it's because I know there are ppl there to help me to solve the problem. I will now because I have to settle everything by myself.

I know what I go through now will make my future easier as I will be stronger than now =)

Yess, happy faces ♥

The five blind mouses.

2011-09-08T16:00:00.002+08:00

A trip to Historical Land, Malacca again during Raya with family. This time is a three days two night trip. Usually mom will just spent a day in Malacca doing shopping and some walking near the Red House but this time she wanted a longer holiday with us. Sweet thought and well planned. She called my elder sis to book the hotel rooms since half a year ago as she worried all hotels in Malacca would be fully book by Raya. What's more is grandma and aunt will be coming along with us!

First stop, the Malacca Zoo!

Aunt wanted to bring her precious daughter and son for a zoo visit.

The welcoming parrot. Never change since my first visit which like 20years ago?

Dad love this miniature horse. He was so excited bout them and kept saying, "SEE THE DONKEY!" -_________- But, they are miniature horse.

Owhh, my cute cousin sis. Throwing tantrum here because her mom dont let her to walk. Omgggg, look at the chubby cheek *pinch*

Porcupines fighting for food. For the first time, I saw porcupine raised their sharp spines. It's kinda scary especially they make those uneasy sound effect.

Dad and MingMing was saying that the porcupine will release their spine towards predators. I was defending that it would not since the zoo put the porcupines so close to visitors and no warning board. So, out of curiosity, I browse the truth,

"Quills or spines are released by contact with them, or they may drop out when the porcupine shakes its body, but cannot be projected at attackers. New quills grow to replace lost ones. From ancient times, it was believed that porcupines could throw their quills at an enemy, but this has long been refuted." -Wikipedia-

Hahaha, so do not afraid of porcupines attack in zoo!

Pathetic aviary. Not much birds in there.

The bro and sis. Shayley mei mei look miserable as she was so afraid she would fall. SHE DID NOT MOVE AN INCH when we took pic. And, spot the little cute crocs on her!

Second stop, the well.

It was so famous back then. Ppl came to bath and take the well water which believe to bring good luck. But now, it became a deserted ground.

Lunch time, some cendol ♥

Next day, the ever popular spot in Malacca, Red Building.

And we climb the A famosa.

So contended that they reached!

Some souvenirs?

The musician whom make the whole A famosa more livelier.

Mom fall sick on the second day. So, we stayed in the hotel and nap nap nap. Night time, mom was unable to join us for the shopping trails =( She attempted too but she was shivering. Dad stayed with mom in hotel. And the three sisters continued the shopping.

Last day, we planned to visit the Mini Malaysia. But closed due to some improvement construction. It was really disappointing as none of us been there before. It was our hope! Crashed =(

Instead of Mini Malaysia, we went to Botanical Garden.

And, Butterfly farm.

The cute love birds in Butterfly Farm.

This outstanding bird catches our heart the most!

That's the quick summary of the family trip!

Mom comment after the trip: Never go any trip anymore!
(hahahaha, she was sick badly)

Clover love ♥

2011-09-07T23:16:00.002+08:00

Found this clover in my dad's garden.

p/s: It's dad's garden because he is totally in charge of the arrangement of the flowers, choice of flowers, watering, fertilizing and basically, just everything. And he enjoys it very much!

Never know clover looks so cute until I accidentally saw it growing massively in my dad's garden. I was attempting to look for a four leaves clover as it believes to bring good lucks to finder. Spent long time enough but none. So, it's truth that four leaves cover is really rare. At first, I thought, there are so many there, it must be one grow abnormally with four leaves among the thousand. But it's just not my luck. Yet, very happy with this adorable pieces! Smaller size clover are cuter but the bigger size make perfect for a picture. Eagerly plucked a few and sellotape it on A4 paper with hope I could preserved a little longer as this clover withered fast. The moment I plucked, it was fresh and looking beautiful, next few minutes, it started to withered. And it looks like as if I plucked it for hours.

The next day. . .

The clover turns brown. So, I planned to pluck more and preserved it in another way like sellotape both side. Out to garden, look at the spot where the clover grow, it's GONE! ALL GONE! My dad did gardening so he plucked out all the cute clovers and sent them to garbage bin =(=(

Still able to save a few for new method of preservation. But, haihhhhhhh, my cute clovers. .

Heartbeat

2011-09-06T02:00:00.002+08:00

Never underestimate the strength of your heart. You will never know how much you can go through till your last breath. There times when you are down, you go through it, survive and still breathing. Still able to smile, even a little. When you look back, doubt yourselves on how you did it and thought when come the second time, you can't. But you never realize you can go through it because you never realized how strong your heart is.

Trust the heart that had been with you since the day it starts to beat.

21 Guns

2011-09-06T01:53:00.002+08:00

Do you know what's worth fighting for,
When it's not worth dying for?
Does it take your breath away
And you feel yourself suffocating?
Does the pain weigh out the pride?
And you look for a place to hide?
Did someone break your heart inside?
You're in ruins

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
You and I

When you're at the end of the road
And you lost all sense of control
And your thoughts have taken their toll
When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul
Your faith walks on broken glass
And the hangover doesn't pass
Nothing's ever built to last
You're in ruins.

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
You and I

Did you try to live on your own
When you burned down the house and home?
Did you stand too close to the fire?
Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone

When it's time to live and let die
And you can't get another try
Something inside this heart has died
You're in ruins.

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
You and I

I still think this song has the best lyrics. Never dies off ♥

Bees in mind

2011-09-03T14:30:00.003+08:00

It's September! And I'm in the transition mood now back to KK. A week from now, September 14 will be the day back to the not-so-sweet second home. It's a new start there. Everything will be so different now. I got a new home there, new hsemates, new environment and all by myself.

Many ppl had told me I did a wrong choice to stay with all forth year students and left myself to this state which I will have to start everything again, have a new hsemates and adapt. But what ppl failed to understand is I didn made this choice. I was left with this choice. Yes, I could stay in the hostel during first year and get to know new first year students. Pick one and stick with her all the time. But UMS hostel distribution system arent according to coursemates, it distributed randomly. And my roommates that time are all Malays and even my neighbouring roommates are Malay. They are good ppl, very friendly, I had a good time with them but I couldn stick with them for four years. They have their own close friend from KK and they have their coursemates. Morever, different living culture and habits which make a huge difference. So maybe the best choice was to close with coursemates. But considering the course I took is engineering, my coursemates are mainly boys and I'm the only Chinese girls. Not being gender bias, but I would prefer girls more than boys and I'm much more comfortable talking with a girls.

And many ppl might not get this, usually UMS students will not choose to shift out from hostel as they do not have own transport. They are 100% dependent on sch transportation for daily routine. Shifting out means getting a car or a motorbike.

So yah, I'm going back. I got so many thing need to do and still undone. Not prepared physically or mentally. It's worrying me.

Things need to do before going back;
1. Buy jump start cable. (My car couldn' start since July/ August)
2. Buy toiletries (I throw all my toiletries away)
3. Get hse key from one of the hsemate.

Things need to settle when I'm back;
1. Start my poor car.
2. Service my car. (The last time I use my car, the exhaust produce black smoke)
3. Shift things from my old hse to new hse.
4. Clean up new hse.

The car is the biggest problem. Omg, I just hope LittleKancil will be obedient and get alright soon. Or else, I dont know to manage things there without a car =(

A million words

2011-08-24T17:20:00.007+08:00

Winnie the Pooh might be a boring cartoon but it has good quotes.

Sometimes, the smallest things take up
the most room in your heart.

If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together..
There is something you must always remember.
You are braver than you believe,
stronger than you seem,
and smarter than you think.
But the most important thing is,
even if we're apart..
I'll always be with you.
♥

LittleBites : Pasta Zanmai

2011-08-23T17:26:00.005+08:00

Last last Sunday, 14th August 2011.

Have you ever thought of putting romantic Italy with Japanese culture together? Let's imagine that you're walking along the famous Colosseum but you're in kimono and everyone are in kimonos! Or you're dining in a Japanese restaurant, sitting on tatami mat, holding chopstick but they serve you pasta! Hahahhahaa, weird picture right? That's my first thought on..

Pasta Zanmai
@ Sunway Pyramid.

The name of the restaurant represent well of the food, yes, combination of Italian cuisines with Japanese cuisines. Pasta with sashimi. The combination doesnt sounds convincing? But believe me, it taste good! =)=)

So, here are pictures of the environment.

Acceptable environment? Hahaha, you dont need to force yourselves to adapt the weird combination of Italy-Japan design yet.

And you dont need to sit on tatami mat for pasta!

The menu.

August promotion over there. You see the top left picture of sushi? That's the only sushi available there. Others are all rice and pasta. Dessert looking good too but I'd Baskin Robbin before this so I didn order any.

Nkm looking indecisive. I forced her to stop moving so I could take this pic as my humble camera couldn take proper pic if the lighting not enough. "At any condition, indoor is consider not enough lighting for my camera =.="

MY FRUIT TEA!
Ordered because it sounds nice. But when it comes, I started to doubt. I didnt expect that there will be so many fruit cubes mixing in this fruit tea. So when things come to many in mixing, the taste will usually comes out weird.

It's my reflex reaction to look like that.

Nkm was saying, "Why you look like that? Nvm la, if it taste weird, you drink my passion fruit tea." I forced her to order that passion fruit tea as back up in case my drink taste weird.

My first sip. Still doubting.

End up....

IT'S MARVELOUS! ♥
I love it and it suits my taste well!

I even love the fruit cubes! Bites of kiwi, strawberry, apple, watermelon and others are yums! ♥♥♥♥♥

On the other hand, Nkm's passion fruit tea was the one which taste weird. Hahahhahahaha! Somehow, we think that the waiter gave us the wrong one. It taste like blackcurrant more but being kind, Nkm just accepted whatever served to her.

Then, came the main course.

My salmon pasta cooked with sesame sauce!
This is good! Usually I just favour pasta cooked with red sauce but this won my heart too!

Awwwwwwwwww, good food come to mummy stomach!

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!

Nkm's unagi rice.
She dont really like Japanese cuisine and the only thing she will order in a Japanese restaurant is unagi. Well, she enjoys rich taste food a lot.

The leftover. It's really, really niceeeee but my stomach say no anymore =( It's okay though, I didn waste food. Nkm had it all in her stomach!

Leftover fruit tea? NOOO! I slurped it all! =)

Ohhh, Pizza Italia.

2011-08-22T16:27:00.002+08:00

Two days after my wisdom tooth extraction, I'm feeling much better now! =) But but but, still unable to open my mouth wide and chew my desire food. And I have to take medicine punctually, 7am, 3pm and 11pm everyday. Or else, the pain will be coming back. It makes me feel like I'm addicted to drug where I will look for the pain escape when it's time.

Also, I'm still on my soft diet!

Soft diet means I can only eat food which are mashed, pureed, combined with sauce or gravy, or cooked in soups. In short, it is food that can be eaten by just swallowing and need no to chew.

Ohhhh, I miss my last lunch before the tooth extraction.

Fried eggs with bread plus nuggets!
I purposely made this for myself the day before dental appointment as I know I wont be able to eat this after the extraction. Wise act. Looking at this pic make me crave for it nowwwww! =(=(

The night of the day my tooth got extracted, I promised to accompany Nkm for dinner at....

PIZZA ITALIA!!!
Ohhhh, I wish to try the food since very long ago. But didn get a chance. So, finally I'm here but, I, can't, eat! This is so SAD! T.T

In fact, I can't talk too. My only communication way is through paper and pen =( So, I brought along my favourite Cardcaptor Sakura note book! Hehehe =) The third sentence written, "Later ppl thought I'm mute".

Her happy face cause I'm finally so quiet and easily to bully!

I brought along MingMing too.

Well, actually she insisted to come along -________-
And she is teasing me most of the time for being unable to speak.
She she she she even scribble my book!

Look at what she draw on my Sakura! She added a pair of specs on her!

Closer look! And she said looks like Harry Potter! How evil!

My little octopus that stay in my bag all the time.

Finally, the food were served!

Nkm's fish and chip! Looks so delicious to me. My stomach is growling now. I just had yogurt and bread for lunch today. So mild in taste. I want some fried food!!!! Regret blogging this now!

MingMing's Chicken Para...(I forgot the name) Hers look even tempting! I'm not fond to cheese but the meat looks juicy! *Glurp glurp*

Craving for friesssssss.

Salad will do too! I wonder why western food look so nice! *stomach growling*

And my dinner for the day? Well, well, well..

THE MUSHROOM SOUP!
That's the only food I'd for the day. I drank Milo before the extraction. After that, I couldn eat anything anymore =( I tried to eat a spoon of MingMing's maggi mee. But one small spoon, I'd to divide it to few parts to swallow in. End up, I gave up. So, mushroom soup was heaven for that moment! In normal day, I dont favour cream soup at all!

*I hope during the soft diet period, I could loose some weight. Ehehehehehe. Some reward for all the pain and food constraint*

My sad face =( You can see that my mouth swollen. Post effect of the extraction.

The dessert, Mud cake!
Arhhhh, I couldn resist this! Sososososo, I mashed the cake and swallow it bit by bit. I'm so persistence in food for the first time! Urmmmm, yummmy! Dessert makes me happy! ♥

An unlucky day

2011-08-21T01:29:00.003+08:00

Today, I had my surgical tooth extraction. It was a bad experience. I wish my wisdom tooth was never decay, never had a hole, never pain and I never need to see a dentist. This is my first time extracting my tooth and my first time, became my nightmare. I will, from now on, brush my teeth so properly every morning and night. And at best, I will brush with Sensodyne rapid repair toothpaste! Please dont let me have a second time.

The dentist is a very professional and there is nothing wrong with him. He even gave me unconditional support like "You're doing good" and "Very good". But the whole process is just very torturing. It's not painful like you get a cut or getting an injection. The uncomfortable part is when the dentist drilling your tooth, you can feel the pressure of the drilling, strong pressure acting on your gum. Some sort of that. And it's very annoying to hear the "nyiiiii" sound of the drilling tool. For a moment, it feels like a mechanic using cutter to cut steel -_________- The worst part you could be in is YOUR TOOTH DONT WANNA COME OUT! Omg, I've been praying as if I'm delivering, "Come out come out, pleaseeee". I know deliver a baby with be like 1000000000x worst so I had a thought, never deliver! Sorry mom, I cant be like you =(

Before the surgery the dentist told me,
"You wont be able to smile after this."

He said that for I will experience numbness at my lips after the extraction. But it turns out some truth of his words. Not only the numbness lock me from smiling but also the intolerable pain. The stitched area bleeds from the moment I left the clinic at 10am till 12pm. I kept changing gauze and apply pressure but it still bleeds. And it's very uncomfortable after removing the gauze. Taste of blood, pain when swallow saliva and worst, you can feel the stitches. As if your tongue are connected with the gums by stitches where you can feel it pulling when ever you tried to swallow saliva. And I cant talk! Barely able to even open my mouth so I have to communicate with paper and pen.

After all the pain I go through, I'm feeling slightly better so I fetch MingMing to tuition. We had planned for a slow and steady ride since we are out from hse early. And here is another misfortune befall us! I stopped at roundabout checking for cars coming from right, then out-of-nowhere, a motorbike just hit our car. I'm speechless actually. It's not the first time that a bike just hit my car for no reason when my car isnt moving at all. My car is static there and why cant they just see my car instead they run into it? Last time was my Little Kancil but this time, my sister new Viva T.T What could be worst is that the motorcyclists call me to pull the car forward for discussion. Considering it was at corner, I agreed. But they cheated and just ran off! T.T I'm totally speechless! MingMing was very angry! I did took down their plate number. I reported police but it isnt enough. What's the point of having their plate number while my sis car now is quite damage. Bumper off, signal light broken, left passenger door scratched and few scratches somewhere. It maybe not my fault but I felt very guilty. My mistake was to agree to pull the car forward.

Today is a really bad day.

The dentist is quite a fortune teller. I really cant smile for the whole day. The bad luck plus with the pain in my mouth, how can I still carve curve on my lips.

So many things happen in a day. Dear God, I'm just a normal human to cope with it.

My Ninjas =)

2011-08-17T15:05:00.005+08:00

Sunday shopping with Nkm for her working cloths at Sunway. I be good this time, I did not shop =) Truly a companion for the day. Yet, I walked till I drop. It was just a few hours shopping, still bearable if I'm in a friendly shoes. I choose the wrong shoes, one inch heel. I thought the heel is comfy as the first time I tried it, it's definitely an angel to my feet. But no, my misunderstanding, it was HELL in the end. I barely able to walk for long which make me such a troublesome companion. I'm sorry. Next time I will just wear sandals for good!

But I still enjoyed the day. I'd great food.

I'm honoured to say this, I have brekkie for the day! =) I forget when did I have my last brekkie. Ermmm, last week? Last two weeks? Or last month? Hahahahha! I really couldn recall. Nowadays, I'm waking up at 2pm which make quite impossible timing for breakfast.

So, here come BREAKFAST in Ninja Joe!
p/s: My first time trying Ninja Joe.

Value lunch during the weekdays. It's really worthy! I would prefer Ninja Joe than McDonald. I hope KK have Ninja Joe too then I know where to head to during lunch =(

Our brekkie. Hehehe, I think the Ninja Joe logo looks superb cute! Hi, Ninja! *winks*

Owh owhhhhhhh, my teriyaki pork burger!
The pork meat looks so juicy. Awwwwww, I love pork! ♥ (for this moment only)

Ninja's original pork burger belonged to NKM. Well, my teriyaki tastes better =) HAHAHHAHAHAHA, it always feels good that the food you order is better than the other.

Twins burger. But you see, the left, my teriyaki looks more juicy and yummy!

Chili sauce is a must for every burger I swallowed.

Before I eat, I must at least take a pic of the Ninja's logo.

Okay, after snapping lots of pictures with the burgers and fries, I finally speak the decent word, "LET'S EAT!"

Starts the day with mouthful of juicy pork burger. Nomnomnom.

And my expressions for the food! Satisfaction! HO-HO-HO!

Slurping last drip of the lemonade.

Ehehehe, a decent picture.

Promoting my Corby again. I actually like the white wall of NinjaJoe. It's a good background for picture.

After a proper meal, I want some dessert!!!!!
And the best of course,
BASKIN ROBBIN!

ChocoChip + CottonCandy ♥
Taste of childhood sweetness wraps with bites of dark chocolate chip. It's a perfect combination! And, the combination colours is lovely! I was too excited and took a scoop before even taking picture. That's explains the flaw in the ice cream.

Concentrate 100%

We dip you drip!

*lovesssss*

And this is my poor feet! Evil shoes!

Starry starry night

2011-08-15T23:45:00.002+08:00

NEVER believe in 3 people: Sagittarius, Aries and Pisces. They are the most selfish and mean people.
NEVER lose 3 people: Taurus, Cancer and Capricorn. They are the most sincere and true lovers.
NEVER leave 3 people: Virgo, Libra and Scorpio. They can keep secrets, friendship and they can see your tears.
NEVER reject 3 people: Leo, Gemini and Aquarius. They are true and honest friends.

Owhhhhhh, I'm a Libra! =)

Beads.

2011-08-14T00:23:00.002+08:00

Hi! Guess who am I?

Peeeeeekkkkk-a-Booooooo!

HALLOOOO! I'M TOTORO!

Received this cute bead pixel Totoro gift today. You know my words, it's so lovelyyyyyyyyy! ♥

I can said that the maker made a quite perfect Totoro image. MingMing was asking that how come we are able to identify that this is a Totoro by just one look. She observed this bead pixel art for a moment and curiously asked me that question. Oh wellllllllll, cant the answer be more obvious, because it looks like Totoro? Then, she realized some sense in my answer. She switched another question, what's the function of this? And this time, she got me! I mean, I really couldn think of any except for being a decoration item. Or maybe you can put your cup on top of it? But no, this is too precious for that purpose. Confusion aroused about the usage of this is because the maker forget to put a keychain string on it (I assumed). My previous bead pixels have keychain string on them but not this. Nvm then, I can always keep it as a collection =)

And the last word MingMing comment on this art work, "It looks like those toilet mat that prevent ppl from falling". Omg, such an insult to bead pixel maker. But hahahhahaha, some truth in her word. No offence. Yet, I still think it's a masterpiece!

Another two of my bead pixel collection.

A panda and a cow!
But the cow looks slightly off.

Take a closer look. See! This two are keychains! And the panda looks absolutely adorable! It looks like the anime panda, Shao Mei. The panda that my elder sis adored. So, she is attempting to steal my bead pixel panda and make it as her car key keychain =/

Tonight, not a good night to stay up late, Chinese hungry ghost festival =( I will strive to sleep early T.T

Goodnights!

Strawberry tallrys

2011-08-12T01:16:00.005+08:00

A week ago, I just bought a Samsung Corby II (Samsung GT-S3850). Previously, Samsung Corby is market in 4 colours, Jamaican Yellow, Cupid Pink, Minimal White, and Festival Orange. Now, the latest Corby II is available 3 colours, Festival Yellow, Candy Pink and Chic White. I think Samsung took out the Orange scheme as it is the least favourite of all.

I personally think that each of the colour represent the personality of the user.
White - Safe colour. Pure.
Yellow - Funky and being different.
Pink - Ever obvious, girlish.
If you dont like any of the colours, then you can change the scheme to black where the black cover is package with all the other colours. For black Corby users, you choose a very very very safe colour which also means you refuse changes, stable and practical. Or maybe you simply think black is cool! Anyhow, usually ppl would choose Corby as they are attracted to the pretty candy colours. So, if you are not fond to colours, you may as well pick other model.

Now, what's your colour?

Mine is PINK!

MY PINK CORBY II! ♥

The reason I choose Corby II:
1. I love the cute candy pink!
2. The price is very reasonable for a touchscreen phone.
Market price RM350 but I got cheaper because my sis is Samsung worker.

I'm a very simple mobile users. I dont need excellent functions. I only need the basic functions of a mobile which is able to call in-out and message. Mobile camera functions, no longer important to me now because I bought myself a digital camera. Games? Nahhhhh, I dont play games with mobile. Online, well I used my laptop to online more. Bigger screen and easier to type. Btw, Corby II enable wifi. It provides basic social hub like facebook, twitter and email.Practically, there's nothing more right?

Some complaints that Corby II has ugly theme and you got no way to change it. But that's not true! I dont deny that it's hard to find themes for this model as not many people are working for it. Yet, I found two websites, Paulforyou and yaptus that proof the wrong saying. Limited choice I must say so I decided to make my own theme using Samsung Theme Designer. And I succeeded! My themes are all based on my own favourite. Childhood favourite and still standing strong in my heart now.

Present you now Samsung Corby II Theme!

The first,
MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO!

It's my all time favourite and I still watching the anime now. I love the little girl, Mei chan a lot! Mei chan always warm my heart and it makes me happy looking at her! If you see Yaptus website, she did a Totoro theme also but she didn include Mei chan. So, I designed myself a new personal theme of Totoro which will has my Mei chan as icon! All the icons are different and no repetition unless for those function like mini diary and daily briefing which it didn appear in my mobile. Since it doesnt appear in my mobile, I dont bother finding more icons for it. I just simply place some icons to replace the old one.

Second one,
CARDCAPTOR SAKURA!

This will never be out of my list! Cardcaptor Sakura theme was easier to make since it has a lot of icons! And it's not plainly Sakura but also Tomoyo, Meilin, Spinel-sun, clow card and Sakura's wand. It makes me happy of course as it means definitely no repetition! Yess, no repetition even for those functions that doesnt appear in my mobile. 33 different icons! How impressive right! I personally very satisfied with this theme because of the combination of candy colours and unique icons. It makes the whole theme looks so cheerful!

The final one that I did ytd,
DISNEY PRINCESSES!
You must be thinking now, why all cartoon and seems so childish. But I have to clarity, I only love cute things! So, no matter how much I love watching current movies like Harry Potter or Avatar, I would still prefer cute hearties things. Yess, I would love stylish graphic design but still unable to win my heart for this.

Choice of colours almost similar with the previous two right? Well, I couldn agree more. I like soft colours and combination of colours turns out like sweet candy which I couldn heart more. It makes me think of Baskin Robbins Cotton Candy. But sad to said, many repetition of icons in this theme. I couldn avoid it due to limited icons or I can say, limited princesses? Hahahhaha! If you wonder where I got the icons from, I get it from deviantart. Credit to the creative designer, princekido for the lovely icons.

This is all! Toodles ♥

Pssst, it's between us only.

2011-08-10T02:50:00.005+08:00

I slept at 10pm just now and regretted. Cause I woke up at 1am and now, my eyes are wide open. Tried hard to get back to sleep but not working. Here I am spilling out pointless words.

Here's a funny conversation with my little sis this evening.

Weather was gloomy for the evening. Dark and loud thunder. And then goes my interesting thought, I said

"ALIENS ARE GOING TO INVADE OUR EARTH!"

Word of joke of course. Okay, I can't explained this sudden thought in my mind. It came through me and I yelled quite loudly. I guessed the boring me trying hard to seek attention from my sis who is busy studying for her August test. MingMing, my little sis, looking at me with her eyes wide open and said ..

MingMing: Are you okay Ah na? -___________-

Yess, she did that similar face reaction. Note: She called me ah Na.

MingMing: What are you talking? -______-

Me: Aliens are invading our Earth!!!! The sky is dark and the sound of "grong grong"(thunder sound) is the sign of Alien!

Very much make sense you see, Aliens' space ship coming which cause the disturbing thunder sound. And the gloomy weather is the start of all unfortunate things =) Hahahaha! I'm impressed with my own imagination now.

Me: So, I must hide myself!
(I put two pillows on me to hide my head.)

MingMing: You didn covered your body. Alien can still see you!

(Covered my body with blanket)

MingMing: Ah Naaaa, why cant I online?

Me: Aliens are invading our Earth that's why the internet line is disturbed!
(still hiding myself)

MingMing: You're just like Chicken Little -______________-

(Quiet for a long while and I'm still hiding. Then, I get up. Replied the msg of my friend)

MingMing: Why are you not hiding? Alien will captured you!

Me: Oh well, it's okay now. I'm sending msg to Alien that I will betray Earth! =)

MingMing: Take me too!

Chapter of Love: Muffins & Cookies

2011-08-07T15:36:00.007+08:00

A new chapter for today. Muffins and cookies, pretty stuff we (TanMingMing, Choochoo and me) made ytd. It's weekend and plan goes well, we had our baking day in ChooChoo's hse. The reasons her hse was choosen is ever obvious as her hse is fully equipped with baking utensils! Her mom even bought soya maker which how many hse in Earth would have right except for tau fu fah seller in pasar malam. So, here come our baking session..

A must for us, recipes!

Our desserts today:
Chocolate Chips Muffins
&
Lovey Dog Cookies

Started of with well prepared ingredients.

Some photography!

And here we goes!

CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS
recipe from Indochine Kitchen.

Ingredients:

280 g all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
120 g unsalted butter, soften
250 g sugar
2 large eggs
125 g whole milk (125 g)
150-200 g chocolate chips, semi sweet

Directions:

Preheat oven to 175 degree celsius. Lightly grease muffin pans.
Sift flour, salt and baking powder twice.
Cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl, until light and creamy.
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add 1/3 flour mixture alternately with 1/3 milk, beating just until smooth. Continue until flour and milk are all used up.
Mix chocolate chip into the batter. Gently fold in the chips.
Fill muffin cups with 1/3 cup of batter.
Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Serve warm.

From recipe, it said make 12muffins but we make up to 17! =) We even bought Fondant icing to make decoration for our muffins! Fondant icing need to be mixed with corn flour and colouring, then roll roll roll and make it flat. Get some cute shape mold (love, ribbon, moon, butterfly) and traced out from the fondant icing.

Never goes wrong weighing scale!

Bakers of the day: TanMingMing and ChooChoo.

And ME of course!

SEEEE! I'm contributing in doing the sifting! A lot of sifting to do. Sift sift sift!

TanMingMing with the recipes. Looking professional and hahahahaha, looking ready at the camera too!

Creaming the butter with machine! Previously, TanMingMing and I did creaming with those machine hold by hand and the bowl kept running away which make all butter coming out from the bowl. Now, with this brilliant machine, we just need press on button!

And this amazing huge spatula! ( I dont know what's this called exactly). But TanMingMing and I very much amazed with it.

See the eager face!
Left picture: Stupidity =.=

Okay, this is mainly the ingredients and utensils that form our muffins! Please notice the pyramid butter that ChooChoo arranged it so magnificently.

This is lovely ChooChooOtaka! Looks so lovely holding the unbaked muffins.

Here's TanMingMing escaping from baking and practically, taking pic to update her fb!

ChooChoo still right in pace, placing unbaked muffins in oven.

Our happy Muffins in sauna room now!

Hand of a painful lady (she insisted she is a lady). Can you notice the veins in her hand? Omg, looks like she grow through painful day likes those lady in the olden days, doing laundry and cooking but she did not.

And now, ta-danggggggg!

Perfectly baked muffins!

HAPPY! And looks YUMSSSS!

We able to bake muffins! *touch*

Now,
LOVEY DOG COOKIES!
recipes from Cooking Crave.

Ingredients:

180 g soft butter (room temperature)
80 g MILO
200 g cake flour
25 g corn flour
25 g milk powder
chocolate chips
chocolate rice
Koko Krunch cereal

Method:

Sift cake flour, corn flour & milk powder. Set aside.
Cream butter & MILO in low speed for about 3 minutes. Do not overbeat.
Add in the sieve flour and continue beat it for 1 minute to form dough.
Divide the dough into 10g each. Put three chocolate chips into the dough and roll into balls.
Decorate the dough balls with Koko Krunch as ear, chocolate rice as eye and a chocolate chip as nose.
Baked at preheat oven at 140c for about 25 mins or until it's cooked.
Leave it to cool before storing them in an air tight container.

We made 48cookies from this recipe!

Sifting and measuring again!

Our lovey dog cookies! ♥ Original recipe did not have love on the dog cookies but we added in to make our cookies more lovely! Maybe next try can put other decoration like stars.

Introducing Mr. Yummy Cookies! Please be polite and eat the whole cookies! Do not bite half and throw it away =(

I love this pic alot! Lovey Dog Cookies looking so adorable! ♥ *heartmelts*

I cant stop myself from taking their pictures!

Yay! My lovely cuties cookies!

Cuties smiling!

D E C O R A T I O N T I M E
for our muffins!

First attempt of decoration! Cause we thought our fondant icing not working.

Our muffins are looking good!

Then, our fondant icing is working thanks to TanMingMing hardwork!

We make this lovely decorations! This is pretty!!!!!!!

Pretty muffins! Some vintage picture.

I love the muffins since it looks so pretty now! ♥

L o v e! ♥

Our hardwork, muffins and cookies. Seriously, I'm very satisfied! =)

Cant wait for another baking session! =) *love*

HAPPY BAKING DAY!

For laughter

2011-08-06T01:25:00.003+08:00

Some interesting wordings from a friend.

Woman asks: If I sleep with 3men, everyone calls me a slut. But when a man sleeps with 8 girls, everyone calls him a real man. How come?

Confucius say: "It's very simple. When one lock can be opened by 3 different keys, it's a bad lock. But when one key can open 8 different locks, we call it a master key."

Confucius is one brilliant man! I couldn stop laughing at this!

The silent wind: Poring Hot Spring

2011-08-04T18:48:00.003+08:00

So, this is the continuous from Kundasang. Kundasang was only a one day trip then overnight at Aristo Hotel located at midway of Kundasang-Ranau road. The hotel looks kinda creepy as it alone located all the way up an odd hill with broken gate and silent breeze. What's more is the hotel seems to be fully occupied only by us. The only reason we still stay in there because we had reserve the room online and didn want to waste time to search for new hotel again. Km didn feel good all the way as she was afraid of *something cant be seen* but I had to keep the mood goes well and keep saying nothing be afraid of though I was a little scare too. Oh well, we are still save now and no bad experience =)

Friendly advise: There are many hotels in Kundasang and it's not necessary to book one unless it's peak season. Most of the hotels welcome walk-in customers and only few provide online booking (Aristo is one of the few). Friends told me that Strawberry Farm Hotel which located on the way to Pekan Kundasang is a good one. During strawberry fruiting season, you can visit the Strawberry farm as well. And, it's cheaper than Aristo =.=

Morning breeze at Aristo.

My life time companion, Kame ah mui and kame ah go. They follow me wherever I go =)

The weather was cloudy all the time we in Kundasang. This picture was supposed to has a Mount Kinabalu as the background but peak was covered by cloud most of the time. The only good thing about this hotel is it provide scenic view of the Mount Kinabalu (in good weather).

Km was upset for the unfriendly Mount Kinabalu. But she is even upset that she need to wake up early. Hahahahahha! Look at her unwilling to wake up face!

And I'm happy! I dislike waking up early too but I'm eager to travel around =) Btw, we woke up at 10am which I think it's quite late for a traveler =.=

Many of these huge, tall trees in Aristo.

Then, we head to Ranau for brekkie. Pekan Ranau is definitely better than Pekan Kundasang. It's more well accommodate and better choice of food =) At least, Ranau have KFC! Err, Pekan Kundasang looks somehow deserted that you would doubt that can you even get a bottle of drinking water there. But, Pekan Kundasang has a vegetable market which sell local fresh veges and flowers. Maybe you can buy some beautiful flowers as souvenirs for yourselves =)

Our pocketful brekkie!

After brekkie, it's Hot Spring time! It takes about 40mins to reach Poring Hot Spring from Pekan Ranau and about an hour from Pekan Kundasang.

WELCOME TO
PORING HOT SPRING!

Take nothing but photographs,
leave nothing but footprints.
Okay, I will follow the rules!

Bridge to Hot Spring.

I hate bridge especially it's high and there is a river/lake below it. But that's the bridge for right? In short, I just hate bridge. Luckily, this is a stable bridge and when I crossed, there are no ppl shaking it! I hate those children/teenagers who love to run through the bridge and cause the whole bridge shake as if a King Kong cross through.

The nature within.

Butterflies! Yessss, butterfly farm! =)

Hungry butterflies seems like being hypnotized by the food.

Very nature-like butterfly farm but not many butterflies there.

Then, we challenged ourselves for the Canopy Walk. It's a famous one and unforgettable experience too, for me at least. Canopy Walk is a journey of bridges connected between the trees in the canopy of a forest.

Tiring! You have to hike up for the starting point of Canopy Walk. Tired and sad face you see =(

This was it! My all time enemy, bridges =/
But being a fabulous friend, I must accompany Km for her first experience in canopy walk.

Four of these. *Faint*
I tried this during my first semester in UMS with fellow co-curriculum coursemates. I didn enjoyed it much. After the walk, I felt dizzy and I'm the only one who felt dizzy =(
The start of it. Happy yet unwilling smile =/

The bridge allowed max 5persons per time. But to avoid shakiness, I walked alone which will be better.

The last one and the most scariest one as it's almost bare below without any cover of trees which will make it seems so high. Grrrrr, I still feel the fear now. I counted my steps for each bridge to distract myself. The last one, longest, 65 steps!

Hectic of walking and hiking, we gave up the walk to the waterfall. We dont even bother to see how far the waterfalls are located as we dont want to walk anymore. I went to the nearest waterfall (1km) , Kipungit Waterfall during my first visit here. It was a small one. The furthest waterfall, Lagangan Waterfall should be bigger but it's 3.4km far far far away. It will take me forever to reach there =/

So, better we enjoyed some hot bathing.

Oppsieeee! Hot ^^
Joking, we dipped in the cool one.

Relaxation =)=)=)

And, dont forget to buy some souvenirs for family and friends too!

Small souvenir market by the local.
Now only I noticed there are banana on top of me =.=

Key chains of cute designs. For the first time, I really think that these key chains are worth buying cause it's really cute. It's not those ugly painted Rafflesia with "Sabah" word. It's wooden key chain with love shape, turtle, utans, lady birds and others adorable designs. 5 for RM10, standard price.

Cheap scarf too! Bought one for mom who always complain that her shop is very cold. Just RM18, much much cheaper than Gaya Street which offer me RM25 =.=

My mom scarf ♥

Best part of it, driver goes professional by driving 160km/hr with Kancil.
Hah! Amazed with her skill? Nahh, the truth is the car meter went wrong. It showed 160km/hr when you didn step the acceleration pedal. *shake head*

Okay, that's all about the uphill story.

Toddles!

Behind a smile

2011-07-31T22:35:00.004+08:00

July doesnt end good. I'm a little moody today.

There's always a little truth behind "Just Kidding".
A little knowledge behind every "I dont know".
A little emotion behind every "I dont care".
And a little pain behind every "It's okay".

It is always up to us to believe the truth in the word we heard.

Behind a smile, there could be many meanings.

Three pink butterflies

2011-07-30T16:54:00.003+08:00

I have a new bedmate!

Introducing my lovely,
BIJI-SAN!!!!

Aint she adorable?

Okay now few descriptions about my new bedmate. Firstly, she was born in MidValley. She was born with flawless fair skin that you may mistaken her being alike with Snowman. But she isnt a snowman. Dont know exactly what she is, MingMing thinks she looks like Casper but nahhhh, let's just take it as a cotton toy. She has only two round looking cute watery eyes, no mouth, no ears and no nose. Considering she was born mouthless, she was a quiet companion. Definitely no snoring problem too! As her owner/bedmate, from the day she born, you can choose how she looks like. From a bare white little cotton toy, you can add some decorations for her like these three pink butterflies. And you can be kind enough to grant her some pink blusher to make her look more lovely. For more addition stuff, you can add things like bags, shirts and more to show your care towards her. Of course, each item for a price.

Finally, name her to make her feel own.

The origin of the name Biji-san : It means Ms.Round (Biji is round in Malay, -san is Japanese culture on call a person name). So, the name actually came from my elder sis. When she saw her, she shouted Biji-san. And I just take that name since it's quite compatible with her round shape.

Biji-san and I.

Somehow, I think she is quite exposed. I thought sewing some skirt for her. But I doubt when will I get to finish that skirt since my passion towards something dont last like for ermmmmmm few hrs or days. Maybe I should just spend few more ringgits for her skirt to avoid she being naked forever =/ Okay, I shall give myself some time limit. If by August 20, I still didn start the first stitches then I shall buy! =)

Shower lots of ♥ to Biji-san!
May she be happy sleeping with me!

I was wondering too, if Biji-san has eye lashes and a smile, it should be even cuter. I wonder why the creator so mean, dont even give her a complete face!

Lastly, please cover blanket for her before she sleep!
She's looking cute in blanket!

Sweetdreams! =)

Land below the wind: Desa Cow Farm

2011-07-28T16:45:00.001+08:00

Last part of Kundasang,
Desa Cow Farm.
Highly recommended for those who plan for a trip in Kundasang. You can see how the famous Desa milk in Sabah being processed from raw to finish product. Besides, the cow farm has a beautiful view.

The road to Desa Cow Farm is rocky and steep. Make sure your vehicle is in good condition. At best, dont take Kancil though it's possible. We went up by an old Kancil but we could really sense the struggle all the way up. Most of the time, both of us are worrying the car might just dead off half way. Worst, the drive isnt short. Honestly, I must give a very big appreciation to the bravo Kancil and driver. I did the cheer all the way up and pray pray pray that we are save. AHahahha! It works!

You only need to pay RM2.00 per car!

For this. It worth the struggle up.

Picture was taken when the weather was cloudy, about to rain. You can image if the whether was good, it should be even more beautiful.

Whole idea of the Desa Cow Farm.

Forget to mention, cow farm close at 5.30pm. So, do arrange your time!

Happy faces when you see the view.

The cows! They are huge and well-fed!

Lining up for milk extraction. They looks really cute when they line up. Actually when the milk was being extract, the cow was busying having lunch, noming the food all the way.

For such beautiful view, the smell is intolerable. I think that's the only negative part about this cow farm.

DESA FRESH MILK!
Thanks to the MooMoo cows! Milk in original and chocolate flavours are sold at the lobby.

The big welcome stone of Desa Cow Farm.

Rmber to take lotsa picture!

We said "So hard to reach up here, let's take hundreds of picture!"

Spot our bravo Little Kancil!

Finally, express your love.

I LOVE DESA COW FARM!♥ moo moo~

Bye Byee Moooooos!
We will be back!

Candles, cakes and chic wings =)

2011-07-26T16:01:00.005+08:00

Pretty cake for MingMing today
b e c a u s e
today's MingMing birthday!

Happy Birthday!
*cheers*

Celebrated her bday at hse last Saturday. She demanded barbecue for her bday celebration. Yes, she demand for it and mom got no choice but to nod at her wish. But that was a pleasant demand for all us. It was long long long long time we did not had burned hot dogs and chicken wings in our hse. Mom always think it would be so troublesome to prepare a barbecue and refuse most of the time. So this is a golden opportunity to make mom did it for us.

We welcome our cousins too.
And now, present you my cutest lil cousin sis who came, Shayley mei mei.

Aint she is adorable?!!!
I love her cheeks! So chubby! And she has a pair of round gugu eyes.

This is MingMing attempt to tie her hair.
I think she is even cute with two pony tails.
Picture blur as she couldn stand still for long.

If you ever noticed, most of the time she just stare at the camera. My aunt said that usually when her dad take her picture, she will pose. But I guessed she simply dont posed for me because my camera isnt her dad dslr. She must be thinking, "I never see this kind of small cheapo camera before". Hahahhahaa, anyway, she still looks cute. She is the first kid that I adore and so happy looking at her. To most of the kids, I will just stare at them and put up the "DO NOT COME NEAR ME" look.

Then, I had my part time job again. Taking photographs for MingMing for her Moral Project. High school moral project includes you have to serve the family as one of the task. Funny right? But I did that too last time =.= And my sincere help to my family was gardening. Fake of course. Just for the purpose of taking picture and paste in the folio book.

See, MingMing helping out to unpeeled the plastic layer of crab sticks.

Busying putting sambal on the squid. Btw, the squids taste good because sambal is tomyam flavour! =)

Helping out to arrange food.

Finally, this is the most fake. At first, she attempt to pretend to put charcoal and light the fire. But it's so not convincing. So, she just help out to fan it. p/s: Look at Shayley mei mei with her mum (blue shirt)!

Okay, now the official moment. The cake time!

Happy Ice Cream Cake to youuu!

Mingming likes BR ice cream. Elder sis got one from her bf on her bday which make MingMing want it to. Mom promised and here's the cake. All the way taken from Times Square by me =(

Really useful information. Dip the knife into hot water to cut the cake.

So, here's the POLKA DOTS CAKE!
Slightly melted =(

And the bday girl who love the cake alot!

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Make a wish. Must be wishing herself prettier, smarter and richer. All sort of that great things.

Blow with all her energy!

Last picture, the family picture!

Whisper of the Heart: Kundasang War Memorial

2011-07-25T15:44:00.004+08:00

Continuous from previous post,
Kundasang War Memorial Park.

Actually I kinda wonder why there is a War Memorial Park uphill. Usually when you speak about hills, you will just think of vegetable farm, strawberry farm or cactus farm just like the one in Cameron Highland. I mean it's basic to understand that cool weather are best for growing healthy vegetables and whats gonna do with war right? So, I did a little research online and this is what I got.

"A must-visit in Kundasang is the Kundasang War Memorial. Established in 1962, this was one of the first memorials to commemorate the brave Australian and British Prisoners of War who died in Sandakan and during the infamous death marches to Ranau during World War II. The memorial also remembers the people of North Borneo who risked their lives to help the POWs."

As an additional information, Kundasang is located in between KK and Ranau. Further from Ranau is Sandakan. So, I think war happening in Ranau and Sandakan left some footprints on Kundasang.

Information regarding the fees.

So, this is the beginning of the War Memorial journey.

Go through the stairs and floras. Just a short distance though.

You may meet some really cute species. Love the red. Km with matching hair colour.

Something about the War Memorial.
Read more and you'll understand.
But I did not, came here for sightseeing and have no interest in reading!

Ginormous beetle but fake.

Read that and it does sounds a little sad for them.

Look at how focus am I reading the rules!

Okay written there, "Steal flower, fine $100.00, got t.v (meaning got cctv)"

Then, on the white board,
"ATTENTION
You are not allowed to bring food and drinks in the garden area. Thankyou"

And notice the right picture, I'm drinking in the garden! HAHHAHAHHA!
This is what I wonder, they wrote in Malay, what if the tourists are non-Malay reader which will most likely would be since it's a tourism spot.

Visiting the first garden, Australia Garden.

In the garden, it seems like the grass are saying "Please do not step on me, I will die"
And I step on it! =)=)=)
Okay, dont curse me nature lover, I didn step on it, it's angle confusion. I'm still a civilized tourist!

Me, being very eager to take lotsa of pics there.

This is the English Garden!

Just a small garden. It's all in this picture.

Some dedication.
And that's the end of English Garden.

Borneo Garden.
It's even more pathetic. Nothing much and the plants looks like bushes.

But it lead to a beautiful view.

Stunning and amazing.
This is what you can see from the Borneo Garden.
I cant stop myself from repeating this,
THE SKY IS BREATHTAKING! ♥

Clear, blue sky makes me HAPPY!

And this. It looks like those Greek building. Names like Athena, Hercules playing in my mind.

Salute to those who sacrifice.

This is the last part of the War Memorial.
You can see the most clear and exotic view of Kundasang from where I stand.

Small villages you can see there.

Say byeee to the Memorial Park =)

Sound of the birds chirp: Kinabalu Park

2011-07-20T16:38:00.005+08:00

The Kinabalu Park.

This is a very very very late post. Actual date of this trip was on 25May2011, before I even back from KK. Now, two months past and I decided to blog about this. Outdated? I think so but the memories of Kinabalu Park was still fresh in my mind so I assumed I able to talk about the place.

Kinabalu was located at Kundasang. Kundasang is a famous tourism place in Sabah. And I think if you'd never been to Kundasang before when you come KK, it also equivalent to you never been to KK before. The main factor is Kundasang is the foothills of Mount Kinabalu. So, you can see exotic view of Mount Kinabalu from Kundasang. And trust me, Mount Kinabalu is the most beautiful mount I'd ever seen and you can tell surely which one is Mount Kinabalu when you first see it as it's really so different which others. Also, the Mount Kinabalu look so gigantically huge even when you are at the base. The tips look so near to you that you might be afraid at some point.

So, now I'm at the Kinabalu Park where the Mount Kinabalu hikers start their adventurous hiking journey here.

You still notice my long hair which significantly proof that this is an outdated picture =(
This is some view of the Kinabalu Park.

I'm walking to a map there which show the whole trails of Kinabalu Park.

Photographer of the day =)

Way that lead us in. At first, we thought of walking in but then we realized that it was really far and took the car in.

This was the mighty car that brought us up.
Little Kancil, I'm proud of you!
All the way uphill, the car must be calling for help all the time. Sad for the car.

Cold and windy at Kundasang. Even it's chilling cold when the winds blow but it's a blessing for me. The whether at KK town was deadly hot which make me feel like heaven in Kundasang. I notice ppl were looking at sleeveless dress while they were with sweater but I couldn resist not to enjoy the moment of cold =)

Temperature 20°C

Honours to those excellent Mt. Kinabaly climbers.
They reached the peak within hours, incredible men and womens!

Some pretty purple flower I found there. Love purple =)

End of photography.

With lots of Me =)

Last view from Kinabalu Park.

Target for myself, next post on Desa Cow Farm and Memorial Park which are located in Kundasang too.

Rainbow Land

2011-07-19T23:41:00.003+08:00

I'm thinking of Hokkaido now ♥

Hokkaido is always famous for the rainbow flower field. It's such a beautiful land but weird enough, I think not much ppl will think of Hokkaido when come about trips. Most of us will think of the romantic Rome and Paris or kangaroo in Australia, but rarely speak about this land.

Rainbow land.
How could you not love it?

Sunflowers field in Hokkaido.

I simply browse through picture of Hokkaido in deviantART and I could see so many beautiful picture of bright blue sky with colourful flower. I think the weather in Hokkaido must be very cool that the flower grew as if is smiling to us especially the sunflower, shinning so bright like a Sun. But what I love the most is still Lavender. I used to read a Japanese famous detective comic book, Hajime Kindaichi, in the comic there was a serial killing case in a lavender farm. Though is a killing case, but the author describe well of the nice aroma of lavender and how stunning they look. From that day onwards, I love lavender. So, I would really like to visit Hokkaido for lavender and maybe taste their fresh lavender ice-cream.

I'm falling for this.
Even it's just a picture, it makes smile looking at it =)

I never seen the real lavender before.
But I choose as my favourite flower.
I hope it dont disappoint if one day I get to see it.

Japanese working in the lavender farm or rainbow flower field must be feeling very happy everyday. I mean it's true. Even you watch a large hectares of well grown green paddy field you could feel so happy. What about a land of flowers? It seems like everyday you are receiving flowers from the God. It's mother nature gift.

Colourful Poppies.

If one day I'm in Hokkaido, I will take thousand of pictures! I dont care if all the pictures looks just the same. I'm gonna do it!

Arrrrr, I want to go Hokkaido! =(

.:. photos from deviantArt.

Popcorns Day

2011-07-15T23:17:00.007+08:00

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2
warps the whole story in perfection! =)

But I guess that's only applied to those who watched all the previous 7 movies. I never read the hundred pages book of J.K Rowling, I'm more to the HP movie fan. So, I dont know how the readers would feel about the last movie. Maybe terrible as the movies were so much briefly present and lack of information. But from the point of view of a person who just plainly watched the movie, I think it's simply great! It suspend me so much that I dont feel like I'm in the cinema for two hours. Or most probably I dont know the storyline that's why I'm so excited.

To be honest, I didn expect much from this movie as the previous HP5 and HP6 failed to impress me. So, I thought I just watch this last chapter since I had watched all the previous HP. And it didn disappoint me this time. Worth my movie tickets and my passion towards HP movies. J.K Rowling is really an impressive writer who able to manipulate the imaginative wizardry world so well. Of course credit to David Yates too who turns the words into visual image.

Okay, now some pictures from the movies to see how they grow through the years.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

They looked so adorable!!!!
Emma at her age of 10, Daniel 11 and Rupert 12.

Can never forget how cute she looks in bushy hair!

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Vast different from HP1 and 2. They looked so much grown up. Hermione turns out to be a beauty!

I couldn recognized her as Emma at first. I thought they changed the actress until I checked the cast name. Is it my ability to recognize a person so bad or just she changed too much? >.<

Harry grew so handsome here!

I prefer HP3 more that the first and second movie. It's much more interesting and it seems that the director had includes more physical touch between these actors and actress. And this movie makes me think that Harry and Hermione looks so good together. Maybe not Harry and Hermione but Daniel and Emma =)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

More new actors and actresses! Good looking Robert Pattinson!

And the Yule Ball. Hermoine is absolutely gorgeous and Harry is charming. Ermmmm, Ron, quite in the mood I guess? Hahahhaah!

I still rmber this.
Rita Skeeter : Young love!

I love HP4 the most of all!

Finally the Last Battle,
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

They look much like an adult now, of course.
It's been ten years since the first movie.
We all have together witness their grow.

They form a perfect match you see.
But too bad that they are not together. Ron and Hermoine are more compatible in the character wise.

Now, farewell Harry Potter! :)

Summer Light : Lost World of Tambun

2011-07-13T17:14:00.004+08:00

Last part of the 7days trip with hsemates. Here we are setting ourselves in the awesome splashing water adventure at Lost World of Tambun. This water theme park is like another branch of Sunway Lagoon in Subang Jaya. It was a sudden plan to enter this theme park but this is a definitely a must visit place in Ipoh. Ipoh is usually famous with their caves, Kek Lok Tong, Nam Tin Tong and dont know what else tong. During the massive hot weather, visiting all those caves is as slow suicide. Therefore, this could be a great escape from hot weather.

Yet, double reminder; DO APPLY LOTSA SUNBLOCK.
Or else, you will end up like me, sunburn, bear the pain and depressed over dark skin.

Apart from that, Lost World of Tambun is great!

None of use been here before, so yeahhhhh all of us are equally excited.
Look at our eager faces =)

Busy with the tickets.
Adult entrance fee : Rm38

Act retarded and you will get 30% discount!

Entrance fee is included petting zoo and hot spring. Also, tiger feeding show available at many different time.

PETTING ZOO!

This is the part I love the most about the Lost World. I'd never been to a petting zoo before. This is a really good experience. You get so close with these animals and they just look so cuteeee!! You can pet most of the animals (not porcupine) as you wanted and if you are brave enough. The list of animals that I could rmber are racoons, rabbits, guinea pigs, skunk (I'm sure no one would want to pet them), hamsters, various species of birds, tortoises, monkeys, sugar gliders and more animals that I couldn rmber their names. There is a small reptiles zone too.

WELCOMING BOARD =)
We are allowed to feed the animals too. Each packet of food cost RM1.00 and it's different depending on animals. You can buy the animal food just as you enter the entrance of the petting zoo. I bought three different packet for the raccoons, rabbits/guinea pigs and birds. Must must must buy the bird food as they will only come to you when you feed them.

Reminder 2: BRING CAMERA!
You wont want to miss out pretty picture in there. We went in first time without camera as we thought we will be all wet soon so why trouble ourselves bringing non-waterproof camera. So, after all the water games, bath then reenter again for pictures!

As you enter, the first animal you meet is..
RUBY & FRIENDS

Maybe she is Ruby? I dont know. She just seems to stand there 24/7 waiting for food. Others lazying around branches.

SEEEEEE! You get a close touch with them. They dont bite but their hand it's a bit wet. It's alright, not dirty though.

This poor little thing keep waiting below. Must be scare of Ruby.

These two waiting at the other end. We thought they are not interested with our food. But, when we offered high up towards them, they grabbed it eagerly! So cute to see how eager they wanted food.

And this, just stay at the middle way. Lying comfortably.
There is also a cute baby raccoon we saw when we first enter. That baby raccoon freely walking around the visitor walkway. Sniffing along the stone to look for food and zookeepers babysitting him all the time. He was so cute that I couldn resist not touching him. But, he is a bit ignorant as no matter how I touch him, he still sniffing and finding for food. Really a hearty! Make me feel like adopting a baby raccoon! Too bad that the second time we enter, he's not there. So, not picture of him and imagine how regret am I for not bringing camera during the first visit =(

Finally a group picture.

Then, Rabbit Wonderland.

With guinea pigs as the rabbit neighbours.

Closer look. They are really clean! Zookeepers are really hardworking.

Attempt to feed the rabbits. But, they ignored us =.=
They were still so active the first time we visit. Now, probably they are full after feeding by others.

So maybe Mr. Heah too afraid that we will wasted the rabbit food
and he decided to feed me instead -________-

Working hard to attract them.
Maybe some rabbit language?

GOT ONEEEEEEEEEEE!

Delighted for their response too us. We are like "Faster take my picture, faster faster".

And when Yifui taking our picture from far,
EVIL RABBIT BITE ME!

This is the proof of crime scene! That rabbit is still biting me! I know everyone would say this is a priceless picture. And this picture never failed to make ppl laugh including the victim =( I realized how funny I look inside there and that expression is hilarious! I cant stop laughing too. But that moment is pure embarrassment. I shouted so LOUDLY when it bite. All the zookeepers attention were on me and they laughed too when I said, "It bite me!". Goshhhhhh, unforgettable. Maybe next time you visit, you will see a "Careful, rabbit bites" warning board there.

Rabbit can be harmful. It bleeds you see and that's explains my expression.

Next stop, the bird park.
A closed area with hundreds of birds flying free in there.

Brave enough? Get birds to stand all over you!

Now he look like a branch!

What a faking smile.

Paka chan smile is much better!

See me enjoying all the while. It's really fun.

But wait, misfortune is going to fall be on me soooooooon..

A bird from nowhere attacked my head!
And you can see Paka and Heah Kun laughing happily.
Even the zookeeper
-___________________-
You may wonder is it painful? The answer is yessss! But not too painful till the head bleed. It's just feel like hard scratching over you head.

Unable to stand the pain. I just pushed the bird away. Too bad for you Mr./Mrs./ Miss Bird.

Now a decent picture with much friendly bird.

This is a yellow cock I think. I dont really rmber what the zookeeper told us about it. His feather are beautiful. Silky and golden, look so macho!

The glamorous peacock.
Looks fierce so all of us were scared to feed him.

Paka was the first whom tried!

Then me. Ermmm, it was a slight pain especially when the bird food get lesser. The pain should be equivalent to the pain of pinch with sharp finger nails. Or seems like the a pair of scissors cutting your finger. But of course, the pain is bearable and not bleed.

That's yifui expression! Hahahahahhaha!

And Heah Kun!

Talking parrot. I heard them mumble but not really sure what they said.

Here's another one enjoying the corn.

Omg, I love this hedgehog!
I feel like having this in my home now!!!
So round and cute!

Ending our journey with peace!

The water games in Lost World of Tambun are much lesser compare to Sunway Lagoon and A-Famosa Resort. Only two water games, a river and big pool. However, what's more in here is the hot spring. Five hot spring pool with different degrees with lowest 37 degree and highest 47 degrees. I couldn get myself in the 47degrees pool at all. I dipped my leg a little on the 47 degrees pool surface and it feels like burning! But the rest are alright. There is one hot spring pool with those stone for foot massage. I love that the most as my leg feel so comfortable after soaking in the hot water with additional foot massage.

Good experience you shall never missed =)

Historical Land.

2011-07-09T16:40:00.002+08:00

The Malacca short trip with the hsemates. Woke up at 5am to start our journey at 6am. Then, 4hours drive from Ipoh to Malacca. I was sleeping the whole time in the car. I swear I planned to stay awake because I always feel bad looking at the poor driver driving long hours and I happily sleeping behind. It's bad. But seriously, couldnt help it, dozed off after half an hour in the car.

After the long sleep, finally reached the destination at 10am.

Straight head for breakfast at Jonker. Dont recalled the shop name but most ppl would recognized the shop for the everyday long queue. Lets just name it the chicken rice ball restaurant.

YUMS YUMMS! I love chicken rice ball alot! More than the famous cendol and also satay celup.

Filled our stomach and it's time for a walk in Malacca.

The ever popular tourism spot, Red Building.

I am so tan now because of the Lost World Tambun. Spent half day in there and the result is I got sunburn again! It's like the forth time I'm suffering from the pain of sunburn =/

The loving couple.

Me and yi fui. Heading to the Canon spot.

Yifui, Zhi Min and Me.

Looks like those korean movie advertisement.

He want to be thousand hands buddha.

Ta-Danggggg! The secret behind reveal!

He must make sure the secret not be known by others.
So, he decided to murder her!
Zhi : Help help helpppppppp!

Continue Journey to the A Famosa.

Saw this bus stop and we decided to take a pic acting that we are waiting for bus. Paka seems like he is thinking something real hard. So unrealistic. Failed! Yuan yuan chan pretend that she is stalking some handsome cute boy. Yi fui seems to be the most realistic. Impatiently late for the late bus. Hahaha, seems very angry too.

Then, we called our sifu, Mr. Heah to act some sluggish ah pak waiting for bus.

A-Famosa.

He want to shoot hard!

So, Heah kun, if you dont work at Singapore, you'll end up working this. So, grit your teeth and go through your working days! =)

-End-

Things you never know.

2011-07-09T01:53:00.007+08:00

Just go through the phobia lists and found my phobias;

Acrophobia- Fear of heights.

Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places.

Agliophobia- Fear of pain.

Athazagoraphobia- Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.

Gephyrophobia or Gephydrophobia or Gephysrophobia- Fear of crossing bridges.

Isolophobia- Fear of solitude, being alone.

And I found the longest word,
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia- Fear of long words.

Also the funniest phobia,
Panophobia or Pantophobia- Fear of everything.
Basically, if a person has panophobia, so how they live? Hrmmmm.

More more interesting phobias like;

Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic.

Ambulophobia- Fear of walking.

Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

Bathmophobia- Fear of stairs or steep slopes.
(This is what Po in Kungfu Panda suffering!)

Consecotaleophobia- Fear of chopsticks.

Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of going to school.

Euphobia- Fear of hearing good news.

Mnemophobia- Fear of memories.

Rupophobia- Fear of dirt.

Venustraphobia- Fear of beautiful women.

Vestiphobia- Fear of clothing.

I think ppl who suffer from these weird phobias must have real painful memories for it.

p/s: I cant change the ugly fonts =(

My timetable

2011-07-06T02:44:00.002+08:00

The Sunday lunch with TanMingMing.

I'd indulge myself with lotsa free time addiction now.

Firstly, I started playing Angry Birds.

Then, I have my Diamond Dash game just as interval when I get bored with Angry Birds.

When I get lazy to play games, I edit picture with 美图秀秀.

Finally, just before I sleep, I watched Ghetto Justice to make sure I sleep with entertainment.

That will be activities I arranged for myself now.

Still perfect at this moment. And, I'm contended =)

Pretty pretty boy.

2011-07-03T11:40:00.000+08:00

I punished my hair for growing annoying split ends.
Now, left only half of its original length.

Today, I just discovered a new software which have complete editing for perfect picture. You can make your eyes as huge as gold fish, flawless skin, immediate whitening, wide range of eyes colours, face reshaping, additional blushes, eyelashes extension and tattoos. Then, you can choose border from a plain white border as above to the movable cartoonist border. You can add ribbon, blinking love shape, Chinese quotes and various of cute animations. What's more is you can make yourselves looks like those movable animation. Something like you paste your face on a animated body which doing the Mr.Bean dancing.

Well, this 美图秀秀 amazed me the most is in how those editing tool able to turn a person face to looks like a barbie doll looking. Flawless shinning skin and big round eyes. A look where you will say "Awwwww, so prettyyy, so cuteee". Omg, now I think technology is really amazing. Seriously, you can look absolute ugly in real person but a massive beauty in picture nowadays. I'm really amazed. I know editing could do much helps but I didnt know that it was that much. And this software make it so easy. Just done by one click, it's totally effortless!

Okay, to justify it clearer, see below pic.

I dont need to tell which it's edited. The difference is just obvious. Omg, I can never can that flawless and skinny face. Look so babydollish right? Actually it's slightly undone also la cause I dont know how to add left fake lashes. I still cant find a button for that =/

What I love the most about this software is the ready borders. Various borders for me to choose and I dont need to do the "select all" then "fill stroke" in photoshop anymore. I really like this plain white border =) However, it's kinda hard for me to explore more cause everything is in Chinese. I'm like a blind mouse guessing each button meant what. It would be perfect if it's in English.

Last picture.
Additional bear drawing.Cutee ♥

The smile in photographs

2011-06-29T01:53:00.004+08:00

"Look, I'm not an intellectual - I just take pictures."

Most of the time, I dont take pictures. I will be in the pictures =) I'm not a photographer whom has the passion to the picture of wide nature in all different angles and setting. I dont take multiple angles of an animals or an object. I just enjoyed being captured in the pictures. I think most girls would love to see themselves pretty in their pictures and keep whole collections of it. I am the most girls too =)

Often when I look back at those pictures, I laughed. I realized it can be a good pass time just by looking back at all the pictures you have in your laptop. I laughed at how I used to look last time at funny hairstyle, ridiculous wearing, weird expressions and the most, those silly moment you have with your friends. The rship with a friend might be still as close as last time but the moment you had together is priceless. It's a good way of keeping memories.

And of course, photographs are significance to witness the growing process of ourselves.

Mum always told my younger sister,
"Why dont you take pictures? Whether you are ugly or fat now, you should take pictures. When you old, you will want to look back at how you used to look. It's a remembrance of yourselves. If you are shy now, you will not have the memory in future"

And mum said too,
"Where ever you go, you should take picture as a proof that you've been that place before. The next time you return to the place, you can see the difference"

Lastly, mum said too,
"You dont need a good camera to take pictures as long as you can see the pictures."

Okay for this, mum may just wanna save some money on the camera. But if you could see, there is a meaning in between the lines.

It's something you gained from the past, treasure at the present and miss it in future.

i ♥ photographs

Monkey Fools.

2011-06-27T23:16:00.005+08:00

Missing for days because of the marathon trips.

Ipoh-Penang-Cameron -Ipoh-Malacca.

That's the sum up route.

And the tripmates were the hsemates.

I bring my loyal PigRabbit along!
Very good pillow for the superb long hours road trip.

I almost forget when was the last time I travel 2 and a half hour by car. It was seriously a pain in butt. I should really bring laptop along and watch dramas like I always did in plane.

Now, the lovely destination.
Hello Penang! ♥

Crazy traffic as always.
In Penang, buildings change, road change but never for the traffic.

A must visit place,
Kek Lok Si.

Pray pray pray.
It dont do any bad.

The old tortoise at Snake Temple.
Shy tortoise. Unfriendly. Hide his head in when I said wanna shoot a pic with him!

The only thing I miss for Penang.
And I always miss it!
PENANG FOODDDDDDDDDDDD! =)=)

Chay kuay teow! Had this for continuous three days in Penang.
I'm still craving for it now! Grrrrr!

Penang most famous cendol.
Located at Lorong Kweng Kwee if I'm not mistaken.

Another tourism spot that we visited.
WAR MUSEUM

Well, most ppl said that it is haunted. I dont know. Luckily that they told me after visiting this or else, I will be the first one who pull them out here. I didn feel uneasy during the visit but most of my hsemates did. So, god bless them.

First advice:
DONT GO IF YOU ARE AFRAID!

Second:
GO WITH A POSITIVE MIND! =)

Just dont think of anything negative and eventually, it will be a happy visit.

Friendly reminder:
Bring fan and mosquitoes repellent.

Oh yah, entrance fees : RM30 (Malaysian) & RM75 (non-Malaysian)

Trip, a very good bonding session with family, friends or lover.
Even the shortest or nearest trip will has it value.
And photographs will be the best souvenir for trips =)

The divided junction.

2011-06-08T23:22:00.004+08:00

Today is Wednesday, movie day. A movie with family could be the warmest activity to feel the joint between the family. At least, you could shared the same topic after the movie. It was all thanks to MingMing, my younger sis who insisted on watching this Kung Fu Panda 2. Well, this is my second time watching it but I still laugh out loud. Seriously, this movie is good. Even if to watch the third time, I think I will still laugh at the same part.

Three things adapted from this movie:

(1) Baby Panda was really adorable!

XIAO PO! Po when he was still a baby. It just make me feel like adopting a Panda now! He is just too round and chubby which make me feel like hugging him so much! Must be the best pillow on Earth.

(2) Inner peace.

Master Shifu : "Inner peace could be achieved by meditating for years without eating, drinking and bathing. Some sort of that. Or through pain."

Now when I think of it most couple who encounter break up may find some way to achieve inner peace through the pain of ending the rship. I know it sounds a little pessimist here but it just comes through my mind. So, one day if you can immune from breaking up depression, inner peace has been achieved! And you shall never be afraid of it anymore. You have a higher level of understanding in rship. So do to other conditions like studies or working.

But, I will rather meditate then!

No pain. Just omi-omi everyday.

(3) Meaningful quote.

Your story may not have such a happy beginning
but that doesn't make you who you are,
it is the rest of your story,
who you choose to be.

Very applicable! Keep this in mind for those who think you are a failure just because you failed at this point. Many things are ahead of us everyday, every minute. If you choose to believe you're a failure now and you'll be. So why not choose to believe you failing at this point is just a challenge for your better future. People eventually grow strong when overcoming obstacles.

Sweet Escape ♥

2011-06-08T01:25:00.002+08:00

It's 1.24am now. My sis told me before that expert said that everyone will need to spend at least one hour in a day for themselves as a healthy lifestyle. In the one hour, the person should be alone and doing their personal stuff. No matter of listening to a song, watching a movie or simply checking facebook. It's an act of isolating the reality world and get in touch with yourselves everyday. If one didn not have time for the one hour, they will feel frustrated or unhappy.

Well, it's something that close to this. But when she told me this, I realized that it's true that everyday I will spend more than an hour for my own activity alone. Sometimes it's just more comfortable when you listen to music alone and best to blog alone. So to super busy person out there, spend an hour for yourselves. It's your life and you'll need to enjoy. Just an hour and you will refresh your mind then get work done more efficiently =)

This post is for the hearty bestie Wou Wou whom came KK to visit me on 22nd May till 31st May.
p/s: I like ppl from hometown to visit me or sent some letters or parcels for me. It's a feeling of being rmbered =)

So, I did some appreciation for her.
CUPCAKES!
Also, as a belated birthday celebration for her which was on 24April.

Officially 22 now!

Customized cupcakes from Boutique Cupcakes in KK.
I made the order last minute (3 days before) and didn really expected that they could do it for me. They really made my day when they said it's possible! =) So, I kinda explained that I want cupcakes of My Neighbour Totoro and gave some example images from internet. Then, here's MY CUPCAKES! So cuteee! I love it so much! ♥ Thanks again BC! It's lovely!

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!
SEEE! The Wou Wou enjoyed it so much!

Acting adorable though it dont delivered much.

Awwwww, my lovely cupcakes!
I think I love it more than her =)=)

Here's a paper totoro I made myself in my first semester . Superbly round Totoro but still okay la, still look alike.

THIS IS MUI TAN SI KUAI!
Dust bunnies in English as translated in the anime.

Okay, that's all for today!
*Toddles!*

Thanks for the memories.

2011-06-07T01:44:00.006+08:00

Dear hsemates of Ujana,

This is a chapter of all of you, the eight of us. It's been a wondrous year staying with you all. Life in Sabah would be a misery without the laughter and joy from all of you. We had been living like a family and I'm always the Mui Mui chan under the guidance of big brothers and sisters.

Still rmber we used to play monopoly cards every night that it had become our daily routine. Even in dream, we would thought of how to deal break and steal each other cards. During the dark night when electric gone, the games still goes on with candles. Not forgetting gambling is our favourite past time of all. Starting from CNY, we gamble till 15 of CNY. Everyday, poker, siam, lembu and black jack till our hse been labeled as the rumah judi.
The Fun Time.

When GuanSing camera is out, all of us become very alert with our looks as he would most prefer to take our ugliest moment as he collection. And most of us are great camwhorers with brilliant expression and ideas of caption. Of course, we always have our best model, Ka Yan as the lead.
The Silly Act.

Over time, we always had a moment where whole lots of conversation were out. I still rmber very well when we are all at Ka Yan and Fern room guessing why two couples break up. All of us gave the lamest and ever creative reasons. Seriously miss that sessions because all of us seems so silly!
The Silly Conversations.

The whole year round we have numerous birthday celebrations for all. Each of us will get our surprises and ugly pictures on that day. And the birthday girl/ boy will always get some special treatment. I got lock outside the hse and been acted as if an animal in zoo =( Yi fui get captured horrible pictures thanks to Mr.Heah. Well, Heah Kun got whole collection of wonderful pictures and water balloons =) It's really sweet to know that the hsemates will unite so much in preparing a birthday surprise for a person.
The Caring Thoughts.

I WONT FORGET THIS HEAH KUN!

It's really been a splendid year staying with the seven of you. Thanks for the fun time, silly act, silly conversations and caring thoughts. It's not easy to stay far away from hometown and parent. Often we would feel so lonely and isolated. And everyday we need to learn about adaption and independent. Adapt the new environment, new culture, new people and new weather. Everything in Sabah was strange to us but we just need to adapt. To adapt, we have to be independent and count on ourselves. When you're sick, there will be no mummy and daddy to make you porridge and bring you medicine. When you are lost, maybe the whole contact list in your phone will not be useful. We can only count on the people we know in KK. That is all of you.

Thank you for letting me to depend on you all one more year. You all had make my path studying in UMS a lot more easier. I know that all of you had been worrying of my third year in UMS. But dont worry. I will be able to make it through. It's time for me to learn to be more independent. Good luck in your future undertakings too! See you all in your convocation!

Thank you very much all of you =)

I love red =)

2011-06-06T03:02:00.006+08:00

My new ♥ . Red ruby heart shape earrings from Vincci Accessories. I couldn stop myself from not buying this. Spotted a nice wings necklace and rose ring in Vincci Accessories too but this catches my heart the most. It's really a hearties! The image of this earrings on me is keep playing on my mind which I couldnt resist to not make it happen =) So, bought it and wore it immediately. This could proved my eagerness. However, so sad that it spoiled the next day when I adjusted the stick. Overflowing love toward this earrings get me to buy another identical one in Sban.

Then, I realized it sold only RM15.00 in Peninsula but RM16.90 in KK. I did realized that too that for rings, the price difference is RM3.00 and RM5.00 for shoes. Sigh. This would be added to the list of disadvantages of KK. Even shopping is more expensive. This what I had been complaining with the hsemates for past two years.

Missing bears.

2011-06-03T12:41:00.006+08:00

Back to Seremban! ♥ ♥ ♥

Miss the bed.
Miss the blanket.
Miss the aircond.
Miss the television.
Miss the hot bath.
Miss the purple room.
Miss the PigRabbit.

Still in the Homesweethome mood now~

Home Sweet Home

2011-05-21T22:17:00.006+08:00

I’m coming home
I’m coming home
Tell the World I’m coming home
Let the rain wash away all the pain of yesterday
I know my kingdom awaits and they’ve forgiven my mistakes
I’m coming home, I’m coming home
Tell the World that I’m coming..

I'm addicted to this song! Suit the mood for all UMS students who are back to their home town now. My hsemates, being final year student, singing this for themselves everyday as a celebration for completely leaving UMS.

How I wish I could graduate like them! Envy max! First year in KK, I live with my sis and watched her graduated from UMS. Now, all my hsemates will be graduating. Next year, I'm staying with a forth year student again. Every year, I just have to face the pain watching ppl graduating but not me =( Okay okay, stay calm stay calm.

Rainbow after the Rain

2011-05-20T01:55:00.009+08:00

Hi blog! It's me coming back since the last entry on August 2010. I hope we could establish a good rship this time. I had been neglecting you a lot last time. Let this be something new. I had read through my previous blog few days ago. Looking back at the old pictures and reading my words of past are really something very interesting. I think this must the best thing about blogging. It keeps the memories of us and refresh back when you almost forgotten it. It was like back to year 2007, when I first blogged. For the first month was an excitement, blog almost everyday and decrease till 5 post a month and nil. And when I read back, I actually laughed at myself. Naive is all I can said. I was 18 and now 22.

In this 4years, there is really big huge of wave in my life. From Seremban, my hometown, travel alone to Kota Kinabalu to study for my degree. You think I like mechanical engineering for me to do that? Nope. It was solemnly for a sake of a degree. Just study to study. I had been in KK for two years. Never been easy as everything were so new, so strange. New environment, new ppl and new friends. You just have to make it out yourselves. You have to find your way to get to a place, you have to get through the new circle of friends and be prepare with the culture shock. And not forgetting, bare with the loneliness when you see your old friends having fun in hometown but you are stuck in a strange place.

But I have no right to complain as I choose to be here. No one force me to put UMS as third choice in the university application form. From the moment I take UMS as a choice, I should be afford to take whatever circumstances.

Two years in KK wasn't a heaven but it's not a hell.

In here, I learn independent.
I learn adapting new environment.
I learn bearing homesick.
I learn to be stronger.
I learn to be appreciate ppl more for they always rmber me when I'm not with them and treasure me when I'm with them.

All time quote: Life is a learning process.

Two years in KK, I have seen more rainbows than my 20 years back in hometown. Maybe this is the consolation for all UMS students =)

And KK rainbow, It's a perfect curve with define colours. Pretty ♥