.so zetta slow

@Hospital Kuala Lumpur

2009-02-09T22:04:00.002+08:00

For 4 days for IMU electives. The worst part of this is I have to wake at 5.45 a.m for the next few days.

That's the time I sleep, for Nino's sake :( Oh well. Will post about this if it is any interesting!

Pointless Tagging #2

2009-02-04T00:42:00.010+08:00

Pointless tagging #2! For the reasons I find this one interesting, and there's nothing interesting happening in life so far :( Except for the gatherings here and there, but the lack of photos just makes things not as...interesting.

Interesting. Anyways.

1. Put your music on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!

Well okay, how bad can this thing turn out to be? (By the way, this post is a bit image-heavy. Dial-up users and practically every Streamyx user beware! And there's no biasness on song shuffling, at all. Well, maybe here and there; you'll see what I mean :p)

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY?", YOU SAY?
I Wish - Morning Musume

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA this tagging thing is already so interesting.

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Pretty Boy - M2M

OHHHHHHHH MYYYY PRETTY PRETTY BOY I LOVEEEE YOUUUUU

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Zigeunerweisen - Everfree.O2SE

Yes, I was indeed feeling a little Ziggyweiwhatsauce today.

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono - Arashi

Translation: Something More Important Than Words. I'm pretty sure my motto is something more important than words. Or is that the motto itself? D: bloody tag thing confusing me.

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE
Sexual Harrasment Panda - South Park

So appropriate.

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Nobody - Wonder Girls

='(

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
UFO - Pink Lady

What is there not to think about? A whole long list, but if Winamp says so.

It's not like this thing was supposed to MAKE ANY SENSE.

WHAT IS 2+2?
Love So Sweet - Arashi

As said on top.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Mikan - Morning Musume

Mikan = Mandarin Orange. Heck, my friends think I'm a nobody; at least my best friend's packed with Vitamin C.

Truth be told, I got Sexy Sexy Sexy by Ken Martin; Mikan was the next song. Sometimes, the truth is best to be kept a secret :p

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Mo Shu Xian Sheng - Jay Chou

Translation: Mr. Magic. Well, Nino IS a magician and all. :p THIS MADE SENSE!

(Waliau weh, this tagging thing is damn hard; finding for appropriate images for each song, thinking of something witty to accompany each random song and such. And there are around 20 more questions. YAY, ONWARD!)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Happiness - Arashi

Woah, third Arashi song to appear. May life be sugary sweet :p

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Butterfly - smile.dk

AIIIIYAIIIYAIIIIIIII I'M YOUR WIDDLE BUTTAFUAIIIIII

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Wang Le Ai - toro

Translation: Forget Love
I'm SO thankful I didn't get Butterfly for this question.

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Romance de Amour - F. Goya

Woah, this is actually appropriate. And what better way to showcase something I made last year :p It's wallpaper-able!

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Niji - Ninomiya Kazunari

Translation: Rainbow. Well, sorta makes sense, both rainbow-wise and song-wise *coughcough*

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Cry For You - Arashi

Winamp ♥ Arashi. MY LACRIMAL GLANDS SECRETE. FOR YOUUUUUU.

...YOUUUU.

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Under The Sea - The Little Mermaid

...But the question was WHAT, not WHERE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Flying Duck - Cherry Filter

THAT'S for thinking I'm a nobody!

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Tomorrow - Full Metal Panic

We'll see. :p

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
C Is For Cookie - Cookie Monster

Maybe if I listened to it 83905806836 times non-stop.

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Moment - Vivian or Kazuma

Maybe if I listened to it 83905806836 times non-stop alongside C Is For Cookie, ending up in Tanjung Rambutan.

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Because I'm A Girl - Kiss

LOL WINAMP. LOL. (P.S: If you have not watched this song's MV yet, you're certified OUTDATED. :p)

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Ai Ai - Gary Chaw

Translation: Love Love. OH NO NINO'S GOING TO KEEL ME.

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Daijoubu - Aki Maeda

Translation: Don't Worry. IS MY MARRIAGE ASSURED? OR IS THE SONG A REPLY TO MY MUM WHO SHALL BE NAGGING THE SAME QUESTION OVER AND OVER IN THE NEAR FUTURE?

ONLY WINAMP KNOWS!

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Cinderella Complex - High-King

BECAUSE I'M A GIRL.

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Money, Money, Money - ABBA

I like money, money, money too :p It's a two-way love! (If only the song was 'I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do'.)

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Cutie Honey - Koda Kumi

Well, the instrumental part of the MV does. Check it out, 2:07 onwards.

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Nightmare - M2U

ESPECIALLY THE BLOODY NOTECHARTS! (DJMax-ers would understand.)

And the last question:
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY, WHEN YOU MEET YOUR BOSS?
Egao Yes Nude (Smile Yes Nude) - Morning Musume

O________O

GOODNIGHT EVERYBODY.
(tag courtesy of Kar Jie. Anyone who wants to be tagged, feel free.)

May Everything Be Alright.

2009-02-02T00:17:00.001+08:00

(Not very) New Year Resolutions

2009-01-21T00:18:00.012+08:00

I'm back in Singapore with basic knowledge of Mahjong and a cute lil' monkey that resembles moi :D (and of course, fun experiences!) Thank you Xiang for having me stay over!

But dreadful days lie ahead :( Being in the IMU Ball subcommittee, celebrating Chinese New Year, hospital electives...sigh. I've not even got to watch a single drama episode!

...And I've not been doing well with this blog :p Meh! And I thought 'blogging actively with the minimum of 100 words, with bonus of photos and pictures' would be a good resolution. Well it is, but I guess it's pretty difficult to achieve for me. :(

But now, what are the other resolutions I have in mind?

1. Gain weight to a minimum of 50kg.

BIG RESOLUTION: Reach 55kg. Now compared to you normal people, this feat to me is like counting grains of sand of Port Dickson.

Goddamnit, this would be quite a challenge. No matter how I try, I've only reached more than a hundred pounds on ONE occasion. And that was when my aunt's weighing scale was 5kg inaccurate.

Would exercising help? Eating EVEN more? And people, please don't suggest Appeton Weightgain unless you buy that for me. SO FREAKIN' EXPENSIVE.

I wouldn't mind having this as presents though. Jeen's Gain A Weight & More Charity Fund; such a nice ring to it.

2. Start driving again.

BIG RESOLUTION: Drive in an orange Jazz/Fit like this :D *hinthint*

The last time I sat behind the wheel was around 2 years ago. Would you like me to take you for a ride? :D I guarantee you'll reach your destination in one piece (of disoriented matter)!

Okay lah, I doubt my driving skills turned bad. Then again, I really gotta practice or I'll be all "What the hell does P in PRNDL?" That will be the day. And I won't have to rely on others for transportation then! (Peijin shall rejoice, Peijin shall rejoice.)

3. See Nino (Arashi, for that matter) in person.

BIG RESOLUTION: Get his autograph, hug him, have his babies. Kay, maybe an autograph would do.

This actually has a chance of being fulfilled, though it doesn't seem to be like a resolution. More like an achievement and squee of contentment. This is because the Stormy Boys may be coming down to either Malaysia or Singapore, so woopie! I can't WAIT to squeal with the other fangirls as they strut their stuff if they do make it.

And if they don't, the alternative would be to buy as many Nino-related merchandise as I can. So far, progress is good with a book and a very reasonably discounted drama :D And of course:

4. Go on a holiday in subarashi Japan.

BIG (BUT MUST FULFILL) RESOLUTION: Fight with the rival fangirls in getting Johnnu merchandise in Harajuku. Or maybe Kyoto, I don't know.

Though, this has a high chance of not being fulfilled, sadly, with the hectic (yet very honeymoon-y) Semester 4 and then bloody 5. Unless I go during summer, whereby Okinawa would be a good choice instead of Dreamland Tokyo. This also means I have to brush up my ub3r Japanese skillz of horror. Argh, yet another resolution? Ahh, my sakura, my nippon, my Nino~

Oh and what about other more...FOR THE BETTER OF LIFE resolutions? Of course, there's the usual...

5. Pass every single examination this year. (like the last! Woopie!)

BIG RESOLUTION: Nothing less than a B-, says Dorky Nino.

Well, I didn't fail a single paper last year, and I'll be hoping I'll strive hard for yet another successful year. GO ME!

There are many more resolutions which I intend to keep, but am just lazy to type out in detail. Such as:

-Progressively aiding my sister in Science (She better get As. :p)
-Brush up culinary skills (Siew Kim, I'm getting poor!)
-Stop being a Japanese/Cantonese/Mandarin newbie (Goodness, will THIS ever be fulfilled?)
-Send Peijin, Sue May, Kim Ling and Jia Xing off with a smile (I'm making this promise now!)
-Try (very hard) to go to Singapore (again) (Heck, with fun relatives and a great place, it's worth going back!)
-Sit a 360degrees rollercoaster for once (...stop laughing. Yes you.)

...and loads more, in fact. I just can't think of proper ways to put some of them, and I'll definitely have more as I survive through 2009 :)

Now, what are YOUR resolutions for the Year of the Golden Ox?

@: Singapore Again!

2009-01-13T15:34:00.000+08:00

Will be in the lovely island from Thursday onwards :p Don't miss me!

Please be informed that you have passed the End of Semester 3 Examination.

2009-01-09T16:19:00.001+08:00

Yea baby, yea.

Upgrade: Casual Shoes

2009-01-04T21:50:00.003+08:00

Because everybody LOVES new shoes!

Monochrome at its best.

Blatant self-advertising. :p

Pallas school shoes: RM12.90
Result: Priceless

The person who designed this is sheer genius. *cough*

Guess Who's Back!

2009-01-04T17:48:00.002+08:00

:D

Finally, the end-of-semesters are done, and I'm back to try and liven things up. Will definitely post on the previous KKB post, new year resolutions and definitely random stuff up and about.

For now, I wish you all a Happy New Year! May 2009 be a better year :)

J-Dramas are eating my life.

2008-11-21T02:13:00.004+08:00

...and has also become one of the many excuses why I've not updated this blog. Aha. Hahaha. (So outdated that I've visited the restaurant I wanted to talk about TWICE already.)

Off I go, Yamada Taro Monogatari, Stand Up! and etc. are waiting for me. Nino-chan, matte~

(I might even blog about this, eventually. Eventually, though, in my dictionary...is defined in a different way. Stay tuned.)

Jeen's Nino-Themed Drama List
Stand Up! (Finished!)
Yamada Taro Monogatari (Downloaded)
Sukoshi wa, Onegaeshi ga Dekitakana (Downloaded, Watched)
Marathon (Downloaded)
Akimahende (Downloading)
Maou (Downloaded)
Ryusei no Kizuna (Downloading D:)
Haikei, Chichiue-sama (Watching online)
Yasashii Jikan (Watching online)

...and more but these are what I got hold of for now. KIEN JEEN, STUDY!

@: Kuala Kubu Baru for Rotation Postings

2008-11-08T22:21:00.002+08:00

I was with full intention to finally make a post regarding eating out, but I got terribly disappointed and frustrated at something that I don't have the slightest mood now to do so :( Sorry people.

Not gonna be having any internet connection for the next 4 days, as I'll be having my postings in Kuala Kubu Baru. Will be back to delight you all with what happened (along with the former food. Teehee, it's actually going to be quite...interesting posting that.)

So see you when i get back :)

[This post will self-destruct when I get back and post about my postings.]

@: Sunway Pyramid: CLOTHES, CLOTHES, CLOTHES!

2008-10-28T02:18:00.005+08:00

When I make a blog entry on clothes I buy, you know I'm desperate to make a blog entry. :p

Anyways, I had a mega haul getting clothes in 1 Utama around a month ago (it was the same day as the time I watched Mamma Mia!. If you have not watched it, I suggest you do. Or go for the musical one soon. You know you'll regret it if you don't. :D)

Here's the pile:

Yes, my 'big haul' consists of 3 pants, a shirt and a belt. Then again, I'm a guy so I guess this counts as something...big?

I'm not the biggest fan of buying clothes okay. And I need to stop using the word big. My vocabulary isn't...big. Huge.

Huge. Okay.

A: SEED long black pants
It's one of those pants which has those zips that turns it into three quarter ones. I've been wanting one of these since Form 3, but as you all are aware of, my (drastically sexy) long legs and (drastically sexy) slim waist would result to either a fitting pants which is too short or one which is long enough to cover my stork legs but requires me to go on intensive Sumo feast.

...And to be honest, this pants is for 15 years old. :p (AND TO BE EVEN MORE HONEST, I could only fit in 12 year old ones a year or two ago! I'm so proud of my weight gain. Unlike the COUGHCOUGHCOUGHmajority of you, it's a miracle of sort. Please don't kill me.)

B: SESAME STREET Cookie Monster black T Shirt
This was a "I AM SO BUYING THIS" apparel. I mean, come on. It's Cookie Monster. Sing along with me!

C is for Cookie, it's good enough for me~

(Oh by the way, it's been a month since I got these clothes, so I don't remember the prices. They weren't cheap though. I love you mummy!)

My blog turning soppy, can? Let's move on.

C: UNITED COLOURS OF BENETTON 'MeowMeow' belt
I named the belt myself. Doesn't it scream MeowMeow to you? Sure does, doesn't it?

D: TOPMAN Twister Jeans
According to mummy, this would be the 'jeans you wear to big big occasions'. I get so many clothes from Topman. Heck they're expensive, but they have my waist size :p

E: RENOMA Jeans
According to mummy, this would be the 'jeans you wear to hang out or stuff equaivelant'. Another pair of jeans, and I'm not actually THAT fond of them.

The thing is, according to the Waistline Law of Jeen, 'whenever a pair of outergarments encasing legs seperately to the full is found fitting the waistline (GASP27;with28beingtheborderline) and length of lower limbs of Kien Jeen, the apparel is immediately bought.'

Actually, i think my HIPS are 28, since 29 = straight drop after 2 steps of careful walking. GOODNESS YOU ARE ANEROXIC, KIEN JEEN.

My God, this entry is heck of long. And it's the first time in ages I've bought only informal clothing. Thank you IMU for those wonderful memories of shopping for formal ones.

Especially THEM PANTS.

(andIprayIdon'thavetomakeanotherentryonmyclothes.)

Mouliu.com: Movie Mania 2009

2008-10-15T18:08:00.004+08:00

Blatant advertising! :D

IMU students, the Movie and Music Club with the collaboration of the IMU Ball 2009 Committee proudly present this prestigious one-week event for you!

Come watch movies with peers for the amazing price of Rm4! OR EVEN BETTER, get the mouth-dropping RM5 deal for a movie + food and a drink!

And what movies will we be screening? Quality movies of course!

MONDAY (20/10/08)
1 p.m Ironman
5 p.m Casino Royale

TUESDAY (21/10/08)
1 p.m Knocked Up
5 p.m Hairspray

WEDNESDAY (22/10/08)
1 p.m Death Note (1st Movie)
5 p.m Sweeney Todd (OMG IT'S SWEENEY TODD!!)

THURSDAY (23/10/08)
1 p.m Atonement
5 p.m Pride & Prejudice

So come on and buy tickets from the booth set up in the Atrium! Look for the super, SUPER, SUPPPERRRRRR cool poster for the booth!! :D

P.S: There'll also be a FINALE NIGHT on the 31st of October! It's gonna be a grand finale, so I'll keep you guys posted :) (You guys better come for this one okay! Guess who's the main person in charge!) Keep yourselves free that night mmkay!

P.S.S: Let's ber-emo a bit.

My stress + worry + pissed off level is escalating like crazy these few days. :( I'm drowning in too many problems and tasks. I'll not talk about it, but just to let you all know I'm not at the best mood. Bleh, I want to be a girl.

Can give excuse I PMS. (LOL this is so sexist, but yea. :( I would take advantage of it.)

Whut.

2008-10-12T18:50:00.002+08:00

This post is SORT OF for slightly more mature readers only. Or those who are Pokemon fanatics. Or actually, not. I have no idea.

:) So look away if you have to.

As you can actually see from my chatbox at the side (as of the time this entry was posted), you can notice how incredibly naughty some of my avid fans of my blog can be.

Surprise, surprise; lookie what I found in Deviantart.

And before you assume, I SO DID NOT search for a vibrating Rotom there. IT IS SO WRONG.

Art's by vaporotem. More cool art can be seen here. There aren't anymore 'pleasure Pokemon', unless you count this in. People like her make this world a better place.

Or so I think.

NOTE: I'm sure most of you wouldn't understand what a Rotom is if you're not a Pokemon addict. D: It's more of a fun-poking session between me and Adrian. So excuse our stale humour. If you're interested to know though... RotomisanElectric/GhostPokemonwhichlookslikesomeuglypinbutcanalsotransforminto
awkwardformssuchasafridgeoranovenhenceAdrian'sreallyfunnyreferencetoapleasurein
strumenthahahahaha.

._. See, I told you it was stale.

Being Popular isn't Very Fun

2008-10-11T18:16:00.008+08:00

Especially when you're known as a talent to many in graphics designing.

I have so many design projects due either tomorrow or Monday! ALL VOLUNTARY!

a) M&M Logo (DONE!)
b) M&M + IMU Ball Project Poster/Wallpaper (DONE!)
c) M&M + IMU Ball Promotional Slideshow (at least this can be delayed; details weren't fully given yet :D) [EDIT: DONE!]
d) SRC's request for poster (NOT STARTED!) [EDIT: DONE!]
e) M&M MPO Poster (STARTED BUT HATED IT SO MUCH I'M GOING TO START OVER! Yes, I'm a perfectionist.) [EDIT: DONE!]
f) IMU BALL Deco Mini Project (DONE!)

And there was that IMUCAMPUS.com wallpaper now proudly displayed in every uni computer :D (IMUians, go there and start conversing or sharing your thoughts!)

And I'm the PBL leader for Monday. Can die.

If my power supply was not to be replaced, I wouldn't have to really do all this. Oh well, as they say, I LURVE getting myself into difficult situations for the heck of it.

:D I lurve myself.

Like a Goth, only much less dark and much more Harry Potter.

2008-10-08T22:35:00.006+08:00

My CPU is finally back alive! As suspected, the power supply was at fault. Remind me not to leave my computer switched on for more than a week next time.

It seems my annual PMS sessions are ALWAYS during the same month. For reasons almost alike.

:D Emo!

(Bleh, what is with me and posting short sentences without funny pictures with witty taglines D: I need INSPIRATION!)

SO TERRIBLY WORRIED.

2008-10-06T22:27:00.003+08:00

Yet, I can't (and shouldn't in a more correct way to put it) express it. :(

IS THIS MY FIRST OF MANY EMO POSTS OF NOW ON?! D: I assure you, it's a possibility, but I'll make sure it's a rare one. I myself vowed to make this a happy sunshine place.

Speaking of which, on the bright side, my CPU is dead!

...:D wait, that wasn't a happy thing, was it? Unless it means me getting a new one.

Now that could make me smile wide.

*continues listening to Super Trouper*
BUT I WON'T FEEL BLUEEEEEEEEE.

I'm ALIVE!

2008-10-04T00:59:00.003+08:00

Yes, I'm not six feet under. :D But I'm not going to post anything in detail for reasons I cannot avoid. Such as laziness. Ah, such a firewall.

Anyways, here's a few things to get the ball rolling:

1. Orientation for the second medicine batch of 2008 was awesome. Super awesome! Awesome enough for me who didn't want to be active in it to become a retarded, demented super-villain for Group 9. MALIG-9, YOU ROCK!

2. Mock OSCE was awesome. Prof. Achike, I love you :)

3. A tribute to Tissy: Happy Belated Birthday Tissy! :D Thank you for all the pokings and pushings (and sometimes literally doing so) to make me study! May all your wishes come true :)

4. I went to Genting! All about my !romantick! day here!

(Of course, you have to be a friend in Facebook to view. Got embarrassing pictures in there. Sorry la.)

5. WATCH MAMMAMIA! SCREW SHIA LEBOUF AND HIS EAGLE EYE. Meryl Streep is a good enough reason for the movie, and let's add in ABBA goodness into that!

6. I've not been cooking or baking :( Boo.

7. To the certain people who would understand this: I'm not gonna give up! :p

And that is all for this time. Godspeed, I'll dust the cobwebs of this inferior place soon. Or eventually.

:D ...Pray hard.

CHONG WEI MADE ME DIDN'T DO MY PBL!

2008-08-17T22:13:00.003+08:00

Hey I updated! :p

(P.S: I'm so loving He Hanbin. HAHAHA. The mixed doubles for bronze was indeed the most intense match for badminton I've seen.)

Back to studying. And oh, PBL. Sheeeeet. :p

What I Want For ANYTHING.

2008-08-09T01:01:00.006+08:00

THIS. THISTHISTHISTHISTHIS. (edited; two videos have died. Sheesh to copyright infringement by third party. If this video is gone, I'll have to upload it myself. It's not really the best quality but...:P)

MY VERY OWN 2008 MEN-POWERED DIGITAL COUNTDOWN CLOCK.

..And I should really update. My cookies are waiting. :(

GRAHHGHAGHGRHAH!

2008-07-30T21:53:00.002+08:00

Uni days are back to haunt me.

I'm currently so busy with reports, discussions, studies and Rhythm Tengoku Gold (uh...apparently) that the Cookie Tales have to wait for a little while more. :(

See, I never edit the font size of the post also leh!

This post will self-destruct when I finish everything uni-related OR Rhythm Tengoku Gold. Money's on the latter. :p

Masak-Masak: Chocolate Chip Cookies

2008-07-25T05:42:00.003+08:00

I can never stop blogging about food, can I? :) You all love them anyways!

Cookies, something NOT too different from cakes and pies, right? It wasn't as easy as I thought. For now, a teaser picture; stay tuned to venture through the Cookie Tales and whether they were edible or not!

@1U & Pop Dem Corn: The Dark Knight

2008-07-22T21:18:00.024+08:00

Before ANYONE makes a reference to WHY SO SERIOUS?, no, it's NOT the most influential quote of the movie.

And the movie reeked worse than durian.

Surely even guano's not as bad!

...Aha I was only joking. Mostly about the latter though; my most memorable quote of the movie would be a spoiler.

I had tickets booked early Saturday to ensure actually having seats, despite watching on a weekday. And it was true, the box had a full house. Let's track back to the journey to 1U, I assure you it's almost as interesting as the movie itself. Almost as.

1. My aunt (I seem to always be having outings with my aunt. Hmm.) totally forgot we had to collect reservations 45 minutes before the movie. Movie was at 3.30. It was 2.15 then. Journey takes 30 minutes.

I guess you could pretty much calculate yourself :p

2. My aunt happily took a wrong turn.

Eh, were we heading for Jurong Bird Park or the Olympics already ah?

3. My aunt HAPPILY drove into the wrong parking lane. She drove into the lane where cars were COMING OUT(Goodness, we all screamed like hillbillies attempting to catch anacondas).

I had my fair share of bad luck as well.

4. I conveniently FORGOT the reservation numbers for the movie. And thankfully, a miracle occured whereby my out of juice phone miraculously received credit and I could call kar jie to get the details for me (thanks again! More Nerds for you next time).

All that and we still got the tickets. Yay us! Alright, back about the movie.

Why so serious, why so serious, WHY SO SERIOUS! :( This was such a good poster to not include.

I had anticipated The Dark Knight since trailers and teasers popped like mushrooms. Everything about it seemed so fine. The actors, the effects, everything. It was a must-watch, even though I embarrassingly did not for Batman Begins.

The movie kicked ass and more. The plot twists and suspenses were cleverly played. I serously don't want to spoil anything, but things are never what you expect in The Dark Knight.

Maybe I'll suddenly burst into millions of animal balloons! YOU'LL NEVER KNOW!

The actors were awesome, with much appreciation to the late Heath Ledger. The only person I had problem with would be Christian Bale as Batman when he talks.

He sounds like he needs heck load of Strepsils. I know it's voice manipulation and all but...as a matter of fact, I'll live. Things could have been worse.

Why so METROSEXUAL?

Seriously. This is the movie of 2008 so far, unless you're my aunt or Ah Ma.

Aunt: Ei, the movie not nice also.
Jeen: What? Are you serious? How come?
Aunt: I don't know what was going on also. Only CRASH BOOM PIANG and that psycho (Joker). So scary!

Jeen: Ah Ma, ho kua bo? (Grandma, was it nice to watch?)
Ah Ma: Wa ma na eh hiao kua? ing boon hi leh! (How would I know if it was? It's freakin' English!)

:p So yes, it's recommended. We should all watch such movies before we grow too old to appreciate them! :(

And guess who attempted to drive out of the parking mall through the entrance? :p True story.

Verdict: A+

Living to Eat: Sweet Bean @ Sri Petaling

2008-07-21T21:08:00.007+08:00

Durian's finally all gone; oh how I procastinate eventhough I'm ever so eager :( Here it is though, enjoy! :)

Last Wednesday (SEE, ALMOST A WEEK AGO. KIEN JEEN IS A LAZY BUM!) was my first clinical examination practice. Finally I got to be in the Clinical Skills Unit without being the patient. It was a fun experience, yaddayaddayadda AHH FOOD! (It's what everyone is waiting for anyways :p)

One of the many eateries which proved to be of great dining in Sri Petaling (provided you have the money) would be Sweet Bean. Christy, Huey Ning, it's not Red Bean (or the many other alternative names you come up with).

IT'S SWEET BEAN!

The bean in the logo not red also!

This place is located not too far from IMU, but not near enough to walk according to Kien Jeen's standards. I come up with pretty bad standards.

Sweet Bean provides a variety of food kinds, mostly Chinese fusion.

Here's their nasi minyak.

Here's the order...er of the nasi minyak. She said it was good. Then again, most food's good to her soooo... :p

Here's my cheese baked rice with chicken. I go for exquisite taste. I like pretending to be fancy rich.

Note; pretend.

And then sulk at my bankruptcy for the month. Anyways, back to our lovely dish.

As of EVERYTHING with cheese (sorry Tissy, but it's true!), it tasted wonderful.

What's to really go all squeamish upon though are they're variety of desserts.

Clockwise from the black liquid would be chee ma wu (however you pinyin sesame broth. I don't even know what it's called in English, alamak.), egg milk dessert pudding things with strawberries (I have NO creativity in descriptions. Ask me to draw, yes; but I can never describe to save my life), fa sang wu (peanut paste, this I know :p), and my delicious pumpkin pudding.

Of course, the puddings were awesome. Don't know about the wus, they weren't mine.

As horrid gluttons we always are, we ordered honeydew sago...iced...thing (I need to hire someone for this.) which looked like it came from Shrek.

What else were we to do if not to amaze at the artificially coloured ice before scoffing?

The melons are mine, all mine!!

"Mass is lime green and has gross, multiple polyps with enlarged nodules."

While I...

...look like a mutated rat about to pounce :p I make awkward faces la, I know!

Verdict: A-

A Supposingly Yummy Entry

2008-07-18T21:09:00.005+08:00

I intended (and was very well prepared) to make a delicious post but the awful stench of evil known as durian overpowered my need to do so.

I don't even bother to edit my font for this bloody post. No time for pictures and awful captions and flavour texts also. See how wicked durian can be? :(

I AM SO NOT MALAYSIAN.

Living to Eat: Meiji Hokkaido Apollo Blueberry

2008-07-16T19:51:00.007+08:00

THESE. ARE. SO. DELISH.

'Berglitter-glitter'

They're Meiji's Winter Limited Edition featuring lovely blueberries, famous in cold Hokkaido.

When i first saw it in Jaya 33, I was all hyped up. BLUEBERRIES, PEOPLE; how can this fail?

And they definitely didn't (:

Look at the cute packaging. So tempting.

Yes I know, I'm easy to please when it comes to cute packaging which scream "NIPPON DAISUKIIII!" But really, give credit to this box.

To my horror, there were only nine; SEMBILAN; KYU mini packages inside!

Ichi, ni, san...hait, kyu no chokoretto dake :(

The bloody baby costed RM13.00 OKAYYYY!!

I would not have bought it in the first place; I did not notice the price tag when I made my purchase :p

Nevertheless, I'll be savouring each piece. Slowly. Or until it expires. Whichever comes later.

Because these little cones are so yummy (: A massive win point would be the REAL BLUEBERRY PIECES AND FLAVOUR! Waliauweh, Nippon ichiban!

I SO cannot buy these anymore. I'm sure my mum will go berserk. MUST...RESIST...TEMPTATION...

...

*opens fridge* Hey, one can only last so long.

Verdict: A

Downtime.

2008-07-14T13:50:00.005+08:00

Oh horrid, horrid blog. Why were you so stubborn in turning back to normal? :( The Nuffnang ad went missing, my WHOLE template went haywire including my fonts and colours.

Even my SPIFFY BANNER went on a 3 minute vacation! Utter chaos!

Where's my garbage of a banner?!

Well, it's obviously entirely my fault, but the 'easiness' of recovering my blog template was almost too much for me to handle.

Back in business. :p An actual post will come, eventually.

Masak-Masak: Caramel Flan/Pudding/Whatever You'd Like to Call It

2008-07-10T12:30:00.000+08:00

Puan-puan, cik-cik, hari ini kita belajar masak FLAN ya?

Ah, apa itu flan?

Ini la dia, flan...wa, nampak BEST kan? Uuu sedap~

Anyways, back to reality.

Being so obsessed with this lovely dessert, my aunt surprised me by asking whether we were to try making it for the first time.

But hey, if my bentos turned out well, this should be a piece of cake...or pudding, right?

INGREDIENTS!

4 eggs, heaps of sugar, evaporated milk, and condensed milk. I forgot the amount for everything, but Google is always there to help.

We were supposed to also use vanilla essence and normal milk, but YAY we love to EXPERIMENT!

STEPS!

Firstly, preheat the oven at 175 degrees. My aunt conveniently forgot this step initially. See how helpful I can be?

Then, make the caramel with the sugar with a LITTLE bit of water. My aunt added heaps on the first trial and the water evaporated leaving us with normal sugar again.

Stir as it melts, AND DON'T STOP. KEEP STIRRING.

It magically turns brown! Oolala, magnifico!

Quickly turn off the heat, and let it cool while ATTEMPTING to even up the caramel on the base (which we failed horribly. But I guess evening it out isn't very important, since it LOOKED evened out in the end. And I think she should not have buttered the base, so I'll not at it to the steps :p)

At this point, my aunt and I laughed, reassuring ourselves this will TURN OUT WELL.

So we continued: add the eggs, evaporated milk and condensed milk (and supposedly, vanilla essence and milk) into the blender and WOOOOOOSH!

If you prefer, you may stick to the traditional way of stirring. My aunt and I just appreciate technology. :p

After it's all blended, pour the mixture in the 'caramel coated' pan and stick'em in the oven for 175 degrees for an hour or so.

As time passed by, the aroma was so tempting, yet the looks of things were pretty unconvincing.

As the oven dings, we took the pudding out.

...OH MY GOD.

Was a mutated fried egg thing suppose to appear before our eyes!? We just hoped judging the book by its cover would apply OH SO WELL now.

(We learned this from Google!) When you think it's done (...we just hope it looked done), stick a knife into the pudding to determine the...pudding-ness of the pudding.

And then, refrigerate the sucker for some time. So I went home.

..THE NERVE, THE SUSPENSE WAS KILLING ME AND MY AUNT HAD TO CUT THE PUDDING BEFORE I TOOK A PHOTO OF IT AN HOUR LATER :(

So, here's what I got.

It didn't look as bad, but not as what we expected.

The taste?

REVOLTING.

No la, joking only. It tasted ESPECIALLY SWEET, thanks to the thick caramel and there was a strong smell of condensed milk. The texture was NOTHING like pudding, but I guess a failure now just improves one, eh? :p

VERDICT: Edible with no stomach-aches after.

@: Metrojaya in Avenue K

2008-07-07T20:51:00.011+08:00

:( Looks like no one wants a double fudge cookie (or no one cares at all! Whee! :p)

After our hectic window-shopping in KLCC, my aunt wanted to check out what was there at the other side of the LRT station. KLCC would be at your left when you arrive in the station; she was mentioning the right.

To the left, to the left~ Every freakin' person only knows how to go to the left~

It was Avenue K in Jalan Ampang. From the station, all everyone could see would be food chain outlets. What laid upstairs was a surprise to my aunt. A HUGE SURPRISE.

There was a Metrojaya household items open sale.

You see, my family, including my aunt, has grown intimate with MetroJaya (MJ if you will) since its usefulness proved worthy until it left us with no shopping centre in Section 14 (Jaya's gone now too mmkay!) Although there was one in MidValley, she craved for more.

My aunt all excited asked the cashier if there were other outlets nearby (addiction I tell you!), to which the reply must have gotten the Hallelujah sound effects with little cherubs flying around my aunt.

There were not only MJ outlets upstairs in the 'looking very new' shopping mall, but the MJ outlets were CATEGORIZED.

Like All Intimates MJ, for instance.

We proceeded to All Homes, since my aunt wanted to get a vase. And guess what, she DID get her vase there for RM17 (50% off!). This just made her affection towards MJ grow tenfold, but I guess it's alright; poor aunt's finally gotten her lovely shopping mall back :p

All Homes was 'categorized' even, with parts like for gardening; even an Arabic and Oriental theme.

And I SO want the clock above.

Anyways, what bothers me (and mostly my aunt) would be that the place was eerily empty.

So empty I could do THIS!

And THIS!

AND...okay nevermind.

Upon asking a saleswoman on duty though, we learned that the store has been there for A YEAR. KANASAI, I am so damn ulu like that!

All my aunt mentioned was "Aiyo, if like that this place ma chap lap soon!" (Oh no, if things go on, this place won't stay for very long!) <- I laughed like crap typing that.

Then again, I guess we woudn't have known the existence of MJ so near KLCC if we weren't adventurous enough. I'm pretty sure a majority of Malaysians are like that too, resulting to a SO empty shopping mall in the middle of KL.

So I hope everyone visits the place and buys something (I don't know, maybe a CLOCK of some sort? :p) so that it doesn't go all bankrupt, or my aunt will continue whining again :p

Falala, I have 2 FOOD POSTS COMING!

@: KLCC

2008-07-05T15:10:00.000+08:00

I have always been reluctant when it comes to shopping in KLCC. It's not due to the massive crowd, or how expensive things can get (I stand by my statement that KLCC is a tourist shopping mall).

It's the number of pondans haunting the area.

"Hi bang, wanna have fun?"

...This post entry is starting to sound very offending. :p But really, it's the truth! KLCC is turning into KLSissies.

I've never seen any other shopping mall turned into transvestite haven. Really, I don't mean to be insulting those that choose this path of life (and I don't mind them actually existing), but you guys really get on my nerves when you appear in a flock.

ESPECIALLY when you can't pull it off well to be a 'woman'. It's like you're a whole different gender, no offence. Do what you wanna do, just not...gah, nevermind. (I've been wondering too, being a gay's much different than being a tranny, right? One does not love women, one loves to ATTEMPT being a woman; with a caps-locked 'attempt').

What bothers me is how much I typed without putting reference photos, but hey, it's for my blog's own good (and my readers' too!)!

...Anyways, KLSissy isn't that much of a bad place to hang out. There's Kinokuniya!

Seriously, I can stay there as long as I don't finish reading the free-to-read books. Amazing ambiance alongside Bach's Minuet in G, sipping on coffee (yes, they have a booth cafe now) whilst flipping through The Twisted Stethoscope. Such class.

I even got my black ID tag holder there too! :D

Part 2 + a food post coming soon! :O

1Utama's Ultimate(ly Due) Race

2008-07-04T08:37:00.005+08:00

1 Utama Shopping Mall was having one of their fun events again.

I guess it'll turn out something like the Amazing Race. Feeling quite interested, I continued reading the ad (YES, I read newspapers).

OHMYSALMONGODOFSUSHI. RM10K FOR THE WINNING TEAM? RM1K FOR 10 CONSOLATION WINNERS TOO!

The drive in me made me very excited and wanting to enter the competition. Whoever be it my partner, I MUST JOIN THIS.

Then, I looked at the entry deadline.

1 Utama ah 1 Utama, you know how to promote your events wan or not? Then again, was it a Saturday on 5th July last year?

...*continues lazing around.*

Living to Eat: Nagomi Shabu-Shabu @ Jaya 33

2008-06-30T00:35:00.010+08:00

First up, HAPPY ONE MONTHIE, BLOGGIE! Presents, anyone? :p

Anyways, back to what people actually LIKE about my blog: food posts. As promised, here's the latest of the lot.

As dad was in Thailand, mum, my aunt, grandma, sis and I went to a place my dad would NEVER take us on Saturday. As mentioned before, he's very picky with his choice of dining, and in someway despises most places we want to try (be it the reason of price or majority of the time his taste for food).

Nagomi Shabu-Shabu it was, then.

'Shabu-Shabu', which literally means swishing sounds of things (in this case, meat) in the water, is a traditional Japanese dish. Usually, the people from the Land of the Rising Taiyo would dine with beef (and I can clearly imagine those rich, fat, bald businessman would dine Kobes. Go Google Kobe beef to find out more).

Steps we amazingly followed one by one. So not Malaysian!

Ironically, none of us tried beef (and definitely not Kobe beef. RM129 for 120g leh!)

Sis and I got the duck, while the rest got chicken.

Last ducked 2008. My puns are so funny.

Duck, which was more expensive, was more succulent and delicious. The tediousness of shabu-ing one duck slice at a time was painstakingly time-wasting though. No wonder businessmen love it, they have ALL the time they want. But seriously, it's delicious with the Goma sauce (which is peanut-y.)

Like satay lo, only healthier and Japanese-ier. :p

As we put the vegetables in, the waitresses make cute little meatballs out of the minced meat with spoons. Ah, such service. Everyone obliged for their assistance since it was our first time shabu-ing, so what the heck, let the pros do it.

I so totally took a photo of her without her head on purpose.

The minced meat tasted SOOO wonderful, I ate them bit by bit. The accompanying vegetables did their job in making the broth tasteful, giving the meat a more delicious taste (I speak as if I'm some judge from Iron Chef like that.)

There were 3 sauces available, Ponzu sauce (which is vinegar plus sesame and what not), Chilli (apparently for the Malaysian tongue. I didn't touch a bit :p) and Goma sauce as mentioned earlier (which would obviously be the sauce on the right.) The step-by-step gives a brief description on which sauce accompanies which food, hence the variety.

My aunt complained that the Chilli wasn't as good as Chinese steamboat ones. Haiya, how la to compare? Why compare in the first place, since this Chilli was only to SUIT the Malaysian tongue (don't believe me, look at the step-by-step on top!).

One meal is enough to make one bloated, as you tackle (very deliciously) on the vegetables, tofu, mushrooms, meat (in sliced and minced form) and rice, which you turn into congee (bubur la) with the stock. Seriously, I had a great time there and had a wonderful experience ENJOYING my dinner (2 hours of non-stop eating, yum!) Mum and my aunt couldn't finish their chicken too, so I had a whopping 2 platters of meat for myself (:

Yet, I'm still less than 45 kg :( *hears envious hisses*

In conclusion, Nagomi Shabu-Shabu is a great place for those who love steamboats, want a Japanese 'winter' dinner experience or to take your time in eating. A word of caution; bring enough money! (My aunt purposely made us order water only as a precaution :p Hehe!) The bill was a whopping RM180 for 5 people. Oh well, good things do come with a price.

Verdict: B+

@: Kar Jie's in Shah Alam

2008-06-28T21:51:00.010+08:00

This post will have many 3s in it. Those allergic, please click on the Nuffnang ad before closing the window :p (I'm SO considerate to my readers.)

For the first time in the holidays, I have spent 23 hours awake for the day, which would be yesterday. I was awake from midnight til 3, then woke up at 4 (for reasons I cannot ponder).

It was the 3rd time during my holidays whereby I had breakfast in the morning at home (first and second taken before sleeping after :D Nocturnal I am!)

Which was Baker's Cottage Sweet Potato Bun thing that I bought during my morning walk.

It was also the third time I visited Kar Jie (big sister in Cantonese), my ex-college mate who has a brother with the same age as me, along with the same name pronunciation as mine (Ken Jin).

We made bento during my second visit too.

It tastes as good as it looks! :)

3 trains I took during the journey arrived RIGHT after I reached the station (lucky me!), but there were problems as well. More to come soon.

And what did I do there? Entertain myself with modern technology.

HAHAHADOUCHE.

And Jooger Liang.

YUE YING LOVE LOVE HER DARLING JOOGER LIANG~

As well as DDR-ing, but thankfully there are no photos or videos. It would definitely make this blog popular, but for very wrong reasons.

The journey back was madness.

Firstly, the train doors nearly closed against me as I entered (another reason why I LOVE being skinny). Then, the KTM had its air conditioning system malfunctioned And the train was packed as hell. Thankfully I had a seat, or I'd turn into a pole for other passengers.

And then there was the LRT back to Asia Jaya. And we ALL know the crowd in KL Sentral.

What to do, fuel hike ma. Food post next!

The Season to be Jolly

2008-06-25T20:15:00.009+08:00

Ahh, holidays.

The time you sleep at 9 in the morning.

To wake up at 7 in the evening. Or later even.

The time you do stuff you've eagerly wanted to do during work/schooling days.

To only get yourself bored out and finding nothing to do on holidays (and continue sleeping again!)

The time you get nagged by parents to find for part-time work.

Like the time you got nagged by parents to study.

The time you were to go on trips, as planned thoroughly with friends and who not.

"So we go Maldives on the first week, then Paris the next la. Kau tim?"

To only get fong fei kei-ed, like always.

The time you decide to publish a blog to make up for the free time.

To only not update regularly eventually.

:p There's just nothing interesting, unless you'd like pictures of me sleeping!

EDIT: And wow, my house lights just had a trip or something. The weird thing is, my computer, TV and fans are still working fine. [insert suspenseful violin thrills here].

Living to Eat: Vietnam Kitchen @ Jaya 33

2008-06-22T20:54:00.010+08:00

Chào bạn, minna-san!

(I had to look it up. :p And yes,. minna-san is Japanese.)

My family had Vietnamese for dinner, which was a delightful surprise. Dad usually takes us to places he's more familiar with (in other words, places we get bored with all the time).

This was the second time we've visited the place at Jaya 33, a place recently built as the legendary blue Jaya shopping complex undergoes renovation (which has not started demolishing work even. Sigh, politics, politics).

I ordered the Combination Platter again, which I first sampled in Adelaide, Australia (where I dined many things NOT Australian except for the grilled kangaroo and crocodile, YUMYUM!) It's a big plate of everything you can imagine under the sun.

Well, maybe not EVERYTHING, but hey, there are the usual cucumber, rice noodles, beansprouts, and meat, along with mint, lettuce and starfruit; all which you put on your rice paper to roll up and scoff like popiah. It's an interesting dish which I find is tasty and different for every bite. It's a dish to be shared though, so don't decide on this to go with a dinner solo unless you've been starving like hell.

For appetizers were the Mango Prawn Rolls.

WHICH WERE SIMPLE DELICIOUS AND TANTALIZING! I have this silly thing for sweet things in food; like pineapple fried rice and salad prawns. Quirky I am.

The Sesame Chicken did not live up to the hype though.

Mum disliked it very much due to the fact it was fried with batter. My point of view; it tasted like popcorn. I don't think chicken should taste like popcorn.

Except for popcorn chicken-lah.

The bean curd was not good nor horrible. It was really salty, but at least it tastes more like bean curd than popcorn.

All in all, the place is okay, with great ambiance. The dishes are really special if you've never tried Vietnamese before, and they also serve noodles and more. Their flan dessert tastes really good too (ate it during my first visit, so no photos :p) Oh by the way, this place isn't Halal, since they do serve pork.

Verdict: B+

Blooped My Way to Nuffnang Wild 'Live' Blogging [Post-edit]

2008-06-21T20:43:00.024+08:00

NOTE: This post has been edited; it was initially for Nuffnang's Live Blogging Contest (which I did not win :( PSP fly away~)

A lonely octopus swam too far, ending up in an urban location, puzzled and confused. He searches for other aquatic comrades. Alas, he was lost in a world of land creatures.

A friendly bunny greeted him and handed a sticker tag for identification. I was a little dazed, but obliged.

I don't roar; I bloop.

Nevertheless, the community was made of friendly (and dare I say foxy; pun intended) creatures along the way too.

She eats and loves cheese; how queer!

Ladybugs flying as graceful as they look.

Pretty in pink...uh, red.

Cute horsies prancing the place.

Let's all neigh for Simon!

Even the lions are as friendly as squids in the sea!

Not to mention having a mole at the same place as me!

I ventured some more, only to get kidnapped by a gorilla.

*swoon!* so hairy and hunky! *COUGH*

The porcupines were prickly; but they're cool (and cute! *HINTHINTNUDGENUDGE*).

And female tigers enjoy doing their usual thing.

Oh what joy it was to see an octopus in the crowd too!

We're octopussies!

It was a humble surprise to meet ani-models as well. Personally, they look DIVINE!

We ♥ Sushi!

We so 'manis'!

So I was finally here; from the wild, to the WILD.

And then...at the corner of my eye, I saw him! It was! It was really him!

KENNY-POOH BEAR! (who enjoys his beer very much)

*huggywuggynyamnyam!*

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This event was really fun and wild, and the food was good (I didn't get to eat the Panna Cotta though! :( Sigh). Wished I was more sociable and talked more, then it would have been really fun.

Looking forward to the next Nuffnang event! :)

Roared My Way to Nuffnang Wild ‘Live’ Blogging

2008-06-19T02:59:00.010+08:00

I got invited. My monkey drawing actually got me invited!

Now I have loads to think of though. Should I go, or should I skip this one? If I were to go, what am I suppose to dress up as?

I'm not going to be this desperate. Sure as hell.

And if I were to go, is anyone whom I know personally going to be there? Not only that, HOW IN HEAVENS AM I GOING TO GET THERE? (driving is out of option.)

*looks around drivers with puppy-dawg-eyes*

I might as well go wrapped up in cardboard paper, pretending as a cocoon. :p It'll be my first time socializing in the blogger community, as a rookie. It'll be like piranhas swarming a squirrel.

I mean, really. You do something silly and you'd see everyone rushing to snap a photo of you and uploading it to their blogs. And I ALWAYS do something silly.

Just not so silly to wear a costume above (and below).

Of course, I'll go for something SILLIER, and witty. I somehow got an idea while typing this post (hurrah for subconscious branstorming) but I'm still open for ideas.

Anyone got any?

*stares at empty room*

Anyone?

Shoutout: Double Z #1

2008-06-18T23:38:00.006+08:00

Note: Shoutouts are basically posts I make to just...well, shout it all out. Basically, its concept would be to try and reach out to the person I'm trying to convey my messages to indirectly (because I'm such a coward /I don't know how to tell him or her straight / because I'm such a HUGE coward), unless s/he reads this blog in the first place :p. In other words, it's more like a self-thought intended for a particular person, but is told publicly instead.

...I know it's a stupid thing but BLEH!

Hey double z. How are you? It's been a while since we talked or saw each other. It's relieving to know that you're (touchwoodtouchwood!) alive after you went online last night, only to go offline shortly after I noticed. Only joking, but this is serious: are you feeling alright? I did not notice you in the MPH during our first day of exams as well as during OSPE. I intended to ask you about it, but somehow I did not want to as well. It pained me double, yet I didn't want to do anything about it; totally entirely my fault.

I went to IMU today, and looked at the resit list. I was dumbfounded, yet deep inside I knew my eyes did not deceive me during the examination days.

Double z, did anything happen? Was, and most importantly, is everything okay? Will you be sitting for the resits? I know it sounds really weird coming from me, but I'm deeply worried. I'd really hate having to go through IMU hell without your presence. I don't really demand an explanation, but if you're willing to share...well. :S Okay this is getting very awkward.

Though, I'd like to say this. If you're taking the resit exams, you have all my wishes for the best (: you can do it, blue undie boy! (woops, spilled the beans :p to everyone else, it's definitely NOT what you're thinking of.) Godspeed, for you were one of the most interesting, witty and definitely hell of a smart friend.

You'll make it through, definitely.

P/S: To the rest of my batchmates who didn't make it past the End of Semesters, all the best on Monday. I hope you all excel and proclaim proudly as a second year medical student. :) Gambatte!

EDIT: Everything's quite settled now. Thanks for the information, double z =) All the best to you and your future, you have my wishes.

Living to Eat: Specials of Penang @ The State

2008-06-17T23:50:00.001+08:00

The irony of eating out on Father's Day with your father absent :p But this meant we could somehow choose our dinner venue freely.

Mum suggested this place, since the duck rice shop next door always has booming business on Sundays (which equals to long time finding for a place to sit) and we've never been to the restaurant before. Plus, it's SPECIALS OF PENANG. Must be very ho chiak, right?

Specials of Penang was also the same restaurant that catered my breakfast for my Singapore trip too. As it did taste pretty good, it's probably a nice place to dine.

Mum got herself the mee rebus (boiled noodles? Gah, I'm beginning to deteriorate in my Malay Language). She commented that it was n't spicy at all, but tasted fine. She prefers the ones in Penang though (I guess everyone who tasted Penang food would say that. Tissy must be very happy now :p).

My sister ordered the nasi lemak (fat rice, LOL.) with fried chicken.

The chicken looked horribly dry, and my sister said it tasted as bad too. I guess the kapitan's better.

As for me, Penang's famous assam laksa. (sour, spicy noodle soup with fish? I guess.)

During my entire Malaysian life, I've only had two bowls of my own 'assam laksa'. My very first bowl on my birthday this year even. I'm so not Malaysian-lah.

Due to *cough* lack of experience, I don't know if it tasted good or not. But it tasted DAMN spicy. Seriously, the more I ate the spicier it got. The fish was a little tough; not very appetizing.

My mum who finished the remaining laksa said it's not as good as Penang (and somehow I knew she was going to say that, but oh well.)

We had some Penang rojak (fruit and vegetable salad mix thingy) after, which was okay (photo not taken. It looks like ordinary rojak la) The pineapples were really sweet, but the cucumbers were horrible. Oh well, you can't have too much of a good thing.

For dessert, mum got herself leng chee kang (which I don't know how to translate, and didn't take a photo of. Sue me.) and said it tasted horrible. She who rarely wastes food didn't finish her bowl.

My sis and I ordered monsters.

This is a Milo Mountain. It's basically really sweet Milo flavoured ice topped with really sweet vanilla ice cream sprinkled generously with really sweet Milo powder.

From my description, it's obviously not a dish for the diabetic. Or hyperactive (like me! :p), but I enjoyed it. Very sinfully, though. With my tongue doing 360s. You get the picture.

Bottomline, this place wasn't what we expected, but the food's still not too bad in a way. Service was really good (they even take notice to serve our desserts after finishing our food!) and food's considered quite cheap (everything altogether was less than RM45; the Milo Mountains were RM5.90 each though. Bleh). The place gets pretty packed too, and things get unavailable later, so it's best to visit this joint earlier.

Verdict: C+

Pointless Tagging #1

2008-06-16T19:36:00.003+08:00

I somewhat despise this idea of tagging, since it not very special and most of them are similar in one way or another. But oh well, if your 'big sister' tags you, you have nothing to do but oblige :) (and also for the reason I don't want to blog on food too many times...yup, another food review is coming soon).

It was meant to be 8 layers, but come on, there were only 5 questions listed (so I edited it to my benefit :p).

And from the tag, you can notice I talk to my sister a lot. And I also learned that the cake is a lie.

And I tag no one, reason already stated in the first line :) Unless you want to continue, go ahead.

Living to Eat: 6 to 10 Grill & Nasi Lemak @ Seksyen 17, Petaling Jaya

2008-06-15T16:11:00.000+08:00

It's not the first time I've eaten at this place, nor I think it would be the last.

My dad firstly introduced this place to my family months back. It's a restaurant that sells cheap Western food at a lower price compared to classy places such as Victoria Station and San Francisco Steakhouse. My dad finds the food there tastier than the latter too. I'm somewhat agreeable to that, actually. And the most important thing is...

IT SERVES PORK. (no offense to the Muslims or anyone who cannot take it, but really, it's definitely startling and rare to find a restaurant like this.)

And we went there for dinner last night with my aunt (the same one who ate the Banana Caramel Walnut pancakes). It's a pretty comfortable place despite not having the appearance of a standard usual Western restaurant (it's a shoplot located below an apartment) but no one's complaining. The wait for food isn't of a Western restaurant standard either (which is to their customers' benefit for not waiting their butts for their dishes).

My sister got herself the sausages and eggs.

I tasted a (slice?) of one of them and thought it was really good...for a sausage. The sauce was a little salty though. My sister really enjoyed it, and she seldom gobbles down everything on her plate.

My aunt ordered her typical Grilled Fish (she ALWAYS orders something related to fish, including my mum. Is it a woman thing?)

The fish looked like fried eggs, but my aunt said it was not bad.

Both my dad and mum ordered the Grilled Pork Chop (Mummy didn't order fish!).

I've had that dish before, and to me, it's the more timid version of my usual (which will be shown to you very soon). It's really good with the pineapple sauce, but sometimes the meat's tougher than usual.

And I ordered the Grilled Pork Rib.

Massive, eh?

I often ordered this when I go there, as the portion's huge enough for my appetite and I love it a lot. The luscious meat with sweet pineapple sauce; the creamy whipped potato (which is replaced by fries if you order the Grilled Pork Chop); the crisp cucumbe-okay, I'm acting silly. But this is THE dish for me.

And then, their weakness.

For those looking forward to a good dessert, this might not be the place if you order their Banana Fritters with Ice Cream. It looks really special, and tastes REALLY special as well. Try it for yourself...if you want to.

Ever since dad introduced this place, we've always had the urge to go back, but sometimes do not (I believe in 'absence makes the heart grow fonder'). It's good (and to be frank, advised by the tauke himself) to come early to this place, as it gets quite packed at night. Oh, and their pumpkin soup's lovely too. Try this place if you're close by, it's definitely worth it.

Verdict: A- (and lower if I count the Banana Fritters)

Upgrade: Desktop Monitor and Keyboard + Mouse

2008-06-14T23:35:00.007+08:00

I wanted to update this yesterday, but was a little too lazy. Now I have two other posts pending (yes, I release my posts gradually :p).

Last night, my dad surprised me with a huge cardboard box. A Samsung desktop LCD monitor!

Mari-chan looking good on 17 inches. That sounded a little wrong.

Seriously, it's really rare for my dad to buy something which I would never expect him to get (now I'm wishing really hard he hears my prayers for a PSP :p), so let me hype a little. Though, I never wanted to replace my default Compaq CRT monitor; but heck, this is 17 inches (my previous was only 15).

Compaq Presario 7550 monitor + Intel Core 2 Duo sticker stolen from a cyber cafe; you'll be sorely missed.

Then I realized. My uncle got me a Logitech Cordless Freedom Express 2 years ago which I dare not use due to heavy usage and torture of my old keyboard (O2Jam was such a rage). So I decided to install those in as well.

I am so clever. I took a photo of the box and NOT the set, which I am so lazy to take now. Not the most dedicated blogger you'll know, definitely. And not one who types short captions. :(

All I have to condition myself to now would be the slightly glaring screen and the higher resolution of the screen (and the fact the keyboard cannot support 7 keys! :() But I'm not that fussy, especially when it's for the better. *glee!*

Looking good on dad's and mine :)

Food review the next time.

Living to Eat: Pancake House @ Sunway Pyramid

2008-06-12T23:41:00.010+08:00

My Ah Ma, aunt, sister and I were wandering around for a bite or two in Pyramid. I suggested J.Co, but my aunt wanted something more 'filling' and less colourful. So we went for the restaurant right next to it instead. (And I totally forgot Nicole talked about it 2 months ago.)

My home isn't a pancake house!

My aunt and sister (and actually, to be more precise, myself) ordered the Banana Caramel Walnut pancakes.

The bananas were really ripe and REALLY sweet, which truly accompanied the slightly salty and fluffy pancakes. Though, they could have given more walnut.

The Pancake House also serves pasta, rice and even breakfast sets. Ah Ma got herself the Salmon Fillet Rice.

I didn't have a taste on this one, but it looked a little too basic to me. The sauce had a strong yet yummy smell though.

While I got myself the Mango Crepes with Ice Cream! I wanted Blueberry Pancakes but they were all out :( Damnation!

I wonder where they get their fruits; since they're all SO GOODNESS SWEET! Even the ice cream was mild compared to the mango. I really liked the chocolate sauce, and this was a perfect match with the less sweet pancakes earlier (which 2/3 I scoffed. My stomach is bottomless.)

I ordered their Grape-Apple Ice Shake too. My aunt thought they'd use artificial flavouring and what not; she was wrong.

As you can see, the drink had real bits of grape and apples in it. There were even large pieces lingering for me to munch in the end. Though, the drink was REALLY freezing cold (ice shake ma, duh.) and its sweetness was washed away due to the overpowering mango crepe and pancakes. My advice is just to get water.

To wrap up, I'd say you should give this place a try. It's a little different from Paddington's, but you'll feel quite comfortable here (if not, their caption of 'Welcome home' tipu lo). The service is great, but I guess the food could be better for their pricey cost.

Verdict: B-

EDIT: Apparently the Star newspaper featured the Pancake House in today's (13 June 2008) Metro section. Page 34-35. Talk about coincidence.

@: Singapore & Johor Bahru: Part 3

2008-06-11T21:05:00.006+08:00

Though short, I felt this entry deserved a post of its own.
So yea, my really pretty cousin got married. So very happy, yet not (personal stuff not to be discussed here; and not, it's nothing related to cousin coupling. Dirty minded la you.)

I feel this photo doesn't do much justice on my cousin's beauty. My skinniness must be at fault.

And I'm a terrible blogger. For such a great event, I DO NOT (yup, in caps even) have any photos from the 'men attempting to enter bride's house' event to the tea ceremonies. And my reason would be I took the photos with my mum's cousin's camera. Go figure!

Oh, here's a photo.

But here's something for you all to guess (if anyone actually reads this rubbish of a blog :p); where do you think did I snap the above photo? Right guessers win a cookie! With extra crumbles!

To find out the answer, check the URL in comments! (: Happy guessing, and if you got it right; wow.

Really, unless you've been there too. So yea, this should be a vital clue for you sleuths!

@: Singapore & Johor Bahru: Part 2

2008-06-10T16:09:00.010+08:00

Mummy, mummy; cable cars!

I wasn't really there to shop or what not; my cousin's wedding days were on Saturday and Sunday. When I was there though, I learned a few things:

1. Motorcyclists queues are CRAZY at the Singapore-Johor customs

This was like, a kilometer or so from the customs. Holy.

My God, my uncle said this was totally normal and happens daily. And I thought they were queuing to get their hands on cheaper petrol while they still could.

2. A camera is always handy when bored

Not much of a 'learning' process *cough*, more of an implementing one instead. Taking photos of:

My cheeky little cousin.

Who won the 7-9 years old category in the NST Spell-It-Right Competition in Johor. Damn smart leh!

Her favourite doll.

Pooh and Hello Kitty got drunk one night, and the rest is history.

Her... OTHER favourite doll.

And she insisted on me sleeping with Dora while I stayed. Evil.

And probably the most famous person in Singapore at time being.

Can you spot Selamat?

3. I NEED a PSP.

Sure, Yuffie, sure. :p (Crisis Core - minor reason to get a PSP)

And of course, the main reason; for I am a music game fanatic.

NB RANGERRR!

And that's about it. Sue me for not doing much during my stay; DJMax Portable 2 was more than enough :p Part 3 soon!

@: Singapore & Johor Bahru: Part 1

2008-06-09T16:40:00.008+08:00

And finally after a week, here's the update. I DID have sources of internet when I had stays in my cousins' houses, but I guessed I wanted to post bit by bit back at home (this'll be in parts, or it'll be too long...I deeply hope).

To sunny Singapore!

As most of you who read the previous blog entry know, I took an Aeroline bus from the station near the Asia Jaya LRT station to Harbourfront in Singapore. Mum suggested to go by flight before, but it's much cheaper and less time's wasted this way. So I (reluctantly but thought it was for the best) booked an 8.00 a.m departure on 3rd June.

Frankly, I found the double decker bus quite comfortable (despite sitting right above the back wheels).

The guy sitting in front must have found it too comfortable. He snored like hell.

The lounge and toilet (for light usage only) was located below and the seats on top. The bus steward prepares the food below as well.

Nasi lemak for breakfast. Much better than Pak Nasser.

The service was good, but they might be a little too compassionate (my Milo wasn't diluted but instead, was VERY sweet and concentrated.) They have those little TVs to air movies for the entertainment of their passengers as well.

Too bad they aired 'Big Momma's House 2'. Gack.

And what else was there to do other than cam-whoring and playing with my trusty DS?

Cam-whoring WHILE playing with my trusty DS, doh.

The trip wasn't long and draggy, and the bus reached the Singapore customs at noon or so. Then, all hell broke loose; there was a freakin' long queue (no photos or the hunky security guy would shoot me with his rifle :()

But here's a photo in the bus before the customs which many who have been to Singapore by road would remember :p

Singapore, here I come!

Roaring My Way to Nuffnang Wild ‘Live’ Blogging

2008-06-01T21:23:00.005+08:00

"Would you like to see my banana?" (:

What's a monkey to do but dream? More details here!

@: Sunway Pyramid & Pop Dem Corn: Superhero Movie

2008-05-31T19:16:00.021+08:00

Note: I'll be leaving for Singapore on Tuesday, until Sunday next week. Contact me if you'd like anything I could get for you (tax free!)

I planned a small gathering for a group of friends from the Sleeping Forest (only the best O2Jam guild everrrrrrokaythisisstarttingtomaketheblogsoundverylala.) just to hang out and to get those who attended to pay up for the shirts (which I proudly designed. Oho.)

It was quite unexpected to only have 4 (including me) to turn up, but seriously; better have a few confirming their attendance than a heapload wanting to who end up fong-ing their fei kei.

Mel Gibson also fong fei kei.

Pyramid was still quite empty at 11 a.m. My guess is as good as anyone's; most teenagers were still hibernating at that period and would only roam after noon (Hey, I'm one of them. If it wasn't for the gathering, I'd still be reluctant to be up. Go me!). No queues for movies, no queues for lunch, no queues for Baskin Robbins! (today 31st ma.) Taking the chance, we got ourselves tickets for the latest from the Scary Movie people.

See, even got ourselves back row seats.

So off we went to waste our time before the movie started (we SFians are VERY bad in doing this when the right people aren't around. But we managed anyways) by:

Arcade-ing.

Panic Park. Peter lost; 2-3!

Meeting my biggest customer (he ordered 5 freakin' shirts and got 3 others to buy the shirts).

And I had the nerve not to take a photo of him then. :( Stole this from him.

Photo snapping.

Gahhhhhhhhhh! Legs and hands 'siu jie' combo + Face of 'high'

And meeting Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Flash. Somehow amazed me how they actually got Ang Mos to dress up instead of locals (which would be pretty bizarre. Peter's wish of seeing the Flash holding teh tarik never came true.

Batman is SUCH a poser.

So, the movie.

I guess it's safe to count 'Catwoman' and 'Batman & Robin' in.

I wasn't really looking forward to it, since Epic Movie was really a bore and sucky, but Peter and Nicole wanted to, so falala.

To be honest, it wasn't bad. Not 'not bad at all' nor did it 'suck our lives out dry', it was a movie that really entertained me for as long as it screened even if it was lame. Unlike some other flick which was lame for wrong reasons :p

It parodied, as well as pick on stuff from Windows Vista to Stephen Hawkings (whom I sadly admit, was 'acted' quite well); from Facebook to the Pope, which I guess mostly only the younger audience would find funny and laugh at.

Or stare at. Presenting the Dynamic Duo.

Not forgetting their crude humour.

The very scene before urolagnia maniacs drool. Google it up (:

Oh, and the Tom Cruise look-a-like parody was just awesome. He looked like, sounded like, laughed like crapped JUST like the man himself!

This is NOT Tom Cruise. Disgustingly similiar for sole entertainment.

It's a pity the movie was butchered to a U movie in Malaysia (U's for 'Umum', which means general; suitable for all ages). Where the censorship board allows the word 'b!tch' and censors the word 'crotch', which was allowed in trailers. Go figure!

Not-so-b!tchy Sara Paxton stares at Dragonfly's cro*katuuuut*.

And here's something to spoil if you're not going to watch the movie or don't give a crap about spoilers (: Fart jokes, ah.

She should be a superhero too: Femme Fart-ale

If you liked the previous spoof movies, go ahead and watch this. If not, it's either you're taking the reviews too seriously or you have a special sense of humour. It's the movie to waste your time learning nothing much, but it's somehow worth it in a ridiculous way. So yes, I did enjoy myself watching a movie a majority would find its funnies and presentation lame. Malaysians better not be one of them:

This because.

Verdict: C+

Pop Dem Corn: The Forbidden Kingdom

2008-05-30T17:13:00.019+08:00

Straight to the point, I like. Intros aside for the eventual (I bloody hope not), I JUST had to rant on the inferior among blockbusters this May (yes, I have NOT watched Ironman; nor Indiana Jones.), which I was somehow 'forced' to watch with my cousin before she leaves back to the land down under. (Sweeney Todd wouldn't want to work![insert sad emoticon here.])

Deppy got kickety ='(

And I want 153 minutes of my life back. Really. The movie had a plot-wait, correction. I don't think it even HAD a plot in the first place.

Picture with me if you may. Spoilers ahead as well, but really, I'm merely convincing you NOT to watch this creation of horrid.

Boy visits geezer, boy falls with staff into the land of Ching-Chong-Chiang, boy travels with a drunkard, some monk and a girl we all know he's going to fall so mad in love with sooner or later, boy learns kungfu, villain kills girl, boy vengeances girl, boy comes back from land of Ching-Chong-Chiang, boy meets dead girl now alive in his world.

Sometimes, everything happens so fast we...wait. My cousin was asleep after 12 minutes of the movie.

.

...SOMETIMES, everything happens so fast I had no idea what was happening, and just stared at tipsy Jackie trying to make me laugh. It's either he tried too hard, or he wasn't trying at all. But hey, it's Jackie!

They put mop on head!

And they use Sun Wukong's staff as the main attraction of the whole movie. The hero wants it, the baddies want it, and my oh my, the ladies want it too. Now, is it me, or does everything sound...a little too PHALLIC? (I may be the dirty one, but deep down inside, I'm sure you had that in mind as well! :( Pervs.) Must have been called 'The Forbidden Condom' during the making.

Explains why Collin Chou has thick eyelashes and mascara a lot.

The movie isn't ALL that bad though. There's that Jackie/Jet battle and the girls (with their b!tchfights) aren't terribly of shame in their acting and charm.

I liek girlz wif whipz.

Oh, and they have really witty sayings and names for almost everything they can think of. One still tainting my head would be the 'Gate of No Gate'.

Colgate ah?

Verdict: D+

Why?

2008-05-30T03:32:00.005+08:00

High, I am.