The New Superman

A few minutes ago, I received an email from Melissa with only one short sentence "you gotta see this" and the following pictures attached. After seeing the pics, I choked on my coffee and coughed it all over my desk I realized that this is too good not to be shared, so here it is :D

Check out the hot hootchie-mama leather boots *drools* and to complete the ensemble, a leopard print handbag! *whoa* such a fetching picture (aside from the bulge in his undies *bleargh*)

That has gotta be the shortest skirt I've ever seen on a man. If it gets any shorter, I am so gonna puke... Don't you just love the blusher he used on his cheeks? *grins* I don't know who photoshopped this photo, but whoever it is, YOU'RE da BEST!! hahaha
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and finally... this is the "new" Superman..

damn "chun" can?!?! hahaha... the pink bow looks really flattering on him :D and the belt is sooooooo cute! cannot tahan!

Superman... redefined
This superman..
I Like.

My Birthday!

.... and I am another year older *gasp* but am I wiser????? hahahaha... I'd like to think so... It's not actually my birthday, my birthday was actually on Monday (over a week ago) which was the 26th of June but I only have the time to blog about it now... (uploading those pictures took forever!! )

-*Lunch at Italiannies*-

It all started last Sunday (the 25th) when Chin Aun took me out for a great lunch at Italiannies. We went to the one in 1-Utama. I have been dying to go there for goodness-knows how long and I'm glad I finally got the chance to go. The food was great!! (can't say the same about the service though! There was this female in a green ensemble-she stands at the entrance- who looked as though us patrons did something bad to her once and she was with a vengeance! bleargh..) Here are the photos:

This is the entrace :o) (note: the female in green by the entrance *shudder*)

No proper Italian restaurant is complete without checkered table cloth and Olive oil and Vinegar on the table! :)

The interior of the 1-Utama Italiannies

Our food (clockwise from top left): formaggio, stuffed mushrooms and lasagna :D *drools*

and this is my strawberry-banana smoothie :)

On the day of my birthday itself, I had to go to work. Isn't that sad???? But Chin Aun took the day off and accompanied me during my lunch period. Took me to this new eating place in SS2 called "The Prince". The food there is somewhat like the type of food served in Kim Gary and Wong Kok. Customer service-wise, it is a little bit better than Wong Kok and Kim Gary but I don't know how long that would last. I figured if they were serving Hong Kong style food, they might as well vet out Hong Kong style manners right? :p But the Kim Gary in Penang has good service though! Didn't manage to take any photos then due to the time constraint..

-*Dinner at Marco's Pizza*-

Anyways, after I got off work, Chin Aun and I went to Marco's Pizza with his bro, Ah Keong, for dinner :) The food there is not bad... on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being the worst and 10 being the best), I'd give it a 5? The environment there was pretty alright, the service was alright too. But I can't say the same for the price and the food quality. Some photos:

Clockwise from top left: Seafood platter with cheese dips, Spaghetti Carbonara and Marco's Specialty Pizza (with Turkey strips)

That's Chin Aun posing with a cuppa! hee hee...
(nice interior though eh?)

My verdict? on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being the worst and 10 being the best)

Italiannies:
Food Portion - 8
Food Quality - 9
Variety - 5
Service - 4
Environment - 6
Value for Money - 7
--> Best place to go when serving a large party :)

Marco's:
Food Portion - 6
Food Quality - 5
Variety - 5
Service - 8
Environment - 5
Value for Money - 3
--> I don't think I'd be going back there anytime in the near future...

Ah... sounds like I had a good dose of Italian food for my 2006 birthday eh? Ah.. a few days after my bday, my sister and Daniel took me to Marche at The Curve for dinner *ahems* More good food!!! hahahahaa...

-*Dinner at Marche Movenpick*-

Clockwise from top left: My fusili with vege and salmon, My sister's Lamb Shank, Chin Aun's Grilled Chicken Breast with rice

And this is my bday cake courtesy of the nice people at Marche :)
These nice people sang me a birthday song too.. hehehe..

My review on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being the worst and 10 being the best)

Marche:
Food Portion - 7
Food Quality - 8
Variety - 8
Service - 8
Environment - 6
Value for Money - 6
--> Best place to go when there's a need for a variety of different food :)

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Enough about food... anyone wanna see my pressies??? hehehe

First off, this is from Chin Aun.. a white gold plated necklace with a butterfly pendant! :) Love butterflies *muuuuuuaaaaaaks* and love you even more ;)

This is from Kareen :) So sweet of her!! *hugs* drove all the way from Klang just to meet up and give me this... haiih..

This is from Ah Keong! hehe.. So thoughtful ya??

And this is from my boss! Haha.. So nice of her!! I was so touched when she ordered this and had it sent to the office. Gave me a nice surprise :)

And this is my birthday cake :) Courtesy of Chin Aun, naturally *grins* It's chocolate mousse!! and very very yummy ;)

This is my birthday pressie from Sue *hugs* She bought all the stuff that I told her I liked in the span of over a few months! She actually remembered!! hehe.. There are Lay's Potato Chips, Red Syrup (when we went for Banana Leaf Rice and I told her I liked Red Syrup), A&W Root Beer (long long ago when I was hungry and told her I'm going to A&W for a cuppa root beer) and McD Nuggets (which I always order.. hehe but it's not in the pic cos I already ate it!) And the pic on the right is of the Walnut Pie that she got for me *yummy* nicest pie I ever tasted!! Love u so much Sue.. Thanks again!!

And this yummy home made dinner is courtesy of Sue and Yen *grins* (I helped to cut the long beans!) Yen brought the goodies - sotong, fish, etc; from her hometown in Pulau Ketam.

Revision to the original post:

This is a magnet :D I like magnets! So cute leh?
I forgot to add this photo of another pressie which I received from Victor (mainly because he gave it to me a couple of days before my b'day and it was already unwrapped and sitting on my white board)
Anyways... this is a gift from Vic, my "heng dai" :) thanks so much ya? ;))

So... that's about it for my birthday this year :) if my parents were here then it'd be even more perfect!! *grins* So, I'll just end this post with a shoutout to all my buddies with birthdays in June..

A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY (albeit Belated) to... (in the order of their birthdates!)

~**CHIN HAU**~
(sorry I forgot ur bday earlier, dude... I remember when it is, I was just too steam.. really sorry ya!)
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~**MELISSA**~

(we go makan when I come back ya??)
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~**SOOYING**~
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~**JAMES**~

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~**YEE LENG**~
(this horrible person who is sooooooooo busy now..)

My babes!~

The two people I miss so much now that I am in KL... *sobs*

Me & Mello!~

My Jie and Me :)

Actually.. there's one more, but I don't have her photo :( I miss you so much Li Nee!!!

The Return of Me

My absence from the blogsphere has been for almost 2 months (?) - I think. Reason behind it being that I have been a busy person, doing busy things that only busy people do (haha...). Don't ask me what it is that busy people do, cos I'm not quite sure but I really have been busy, nevertheless.

A little update: during my absence from the blosphere, I looked around for jobs, attended an interview, landed myself a job placement then I actually went back to Penang for a couple of weeks, got my passport made, came back to KL. In KL, I hired some maids and held a HUGE spring clean of the entire place. We cleaned up and rearranged most of the stuff here. I can now proudly say that the house is clean and inviting (very much unlike before *grins*).

Apart from that, my parents have been here in KL with me for the past 3 and a half weeks and I've been loving every moment of it. They went back on Tuesday and I've been missing them so much! *sobs* I had good food and great company when they were here and now it seems so weird :(

I've started working already :) hehehe... My job's not bad so far. My boss is pretty cool. Learning a lot from her :) learning about conveyancing and some other misc stuff! haha.. something that I have totally no experience with before. So you guys out there, if you wanna buy property, sell property, in need of loan from banks for purchase of property, get lawyered up, getting a divorce, etc.. CALL ME! hahaha.. you guys know my number *winks*

Fun side of work - Some of my buddies have been to visit me during my lunch break. Chin Aun took leave and come once to take me out for lunch. Zeeks came by to gossip and treated me to Secret Recipe. Victor came by and we had good old mamak lunch. Soo Ying and Jwo Huei even took the taxi just to come accompany me *teary eyed* so sweet of them.. all of them *hugs*

Anyways, when back in Penang, I met with my with my babes, Melissa and Bee Sung. Speaking of them now makes me miss them even more *sniff sniff*

Anyways, to celebrate my return to the blogsphere as well as to commemorate the return of Johnny Depp as Captain Jack on the silver screen in Pirates of the Carribean 2: Dead Man's Chest; here's a photo of the sexiest-man-alive himself :D
Happy drooling~!

You Know You Are Loved

You Know You Are Loved...

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#1) When you receive an sms from a dear of friend from years ago telling you this:

When life gives u a thousand reasons to cry, show that u have thousand reasons to smile. Keep smiling and enjoy life no matter how hard it may seem.

Isn't that sweet? :) I was feeling so disheartened that day with my going-no-where studying and just felt like giving up when I received this. The odd thing is... we hardly sms each other. Normally, we just talk on MSN (when it so happens that we are both online! hehe.. cos we're always "away" anyway... okok.. I'm the one who's always "away".. *shy*... hehe). And I don't think she knows that I was going through rough times in Uni...

But really... Hannah, if you're reading this... thank you so much! *hugs* It really means a lot to me :)

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#2) When your best buddy in the whole world messages you at approximately 5:3opm on the 25th of April (slightly more than an hour after my last but one paper) to 'remind' you that you have only one more paper left before you officially claim freedom from Uni life.

Isn't that sweet? :D Then she messaged me again an hour after my final paper today to celebrate my freedom with me!! She actually remembered my time table!! *hugs* thank you so so much Melissa dear... Can't wait to see you when I get back to Pg.. will call you okies? ;)

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#3) Your 'bestest' buddy *ahems* celebrates your freedom with you although some shithead just stole his PDA and wallet

let me rephrase that... his nice green Rm500 Gucci wallet. So sorry to hear about that Zeeks... I really am (not sarcastic ok!) but look on the bright side, you're going to Paris next week so you can enjoy yourself and try to forgot about the whole incident.

Some people spend their lives stealing from others, whether it's something expensive like your wallet and PDA or something as insignificant as my Estee Lauder lip gloss and my Clinique lipstick (they are not cheap but it's odd because since it's MY lip gloss and all, why would anyone be disgusting enough to want to use it?! they wouldn't know what kinda diseases I might have right?! sheesh... some ppl are plain gross...)

Anyways, fret not... what goes around comes around... Hope these people trip and fall face first into a pile of shit and they will never be able to wash the stench from their already stinking bodies *bleargh*

So... have fun, enjoy your trip and most of all... REMEMBER MY SOUVENIR!! (remember what I said about you getting me only a Eiffle Tower key chain!! :p) Take care *hugs*

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Thank you guys so much :D

A Walk To Remember

Love is like the wind. It cannot be seen. It can only be felt.

In a lovey-dovey melancholy mood today =p tv3 aired "A Walk To Remember" at 10pm just now. It felt so good watching it again. It's very slow moving but it's touches the chords of your soul. I cried the first time I watched it. One thing though, you gotta pay attention to the dialogue or you'll miss out on a lot of gut-wrenching stuff!

I remember prior to my final exam (btw, I'm STILL in the middle of my final exam now), I used to go to the uni's library and sit in the corner (yeah, on the floor) where no one would see me, or bother me, while I read the book of the same title. Nicholas Sparks' "A Walk To Remember". I thought the book was better than the movie because the words explicitly explained the emotions and the thoughts of each person. A slow read, but a good one, nevertheless! :D

And now I'm just waiting for "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" to come on so that I can laugh my heart out and then go to bed ;)

Missing Stuff

SHIT LAR!!!

Someone stole my bag!!! A little bag inside my clutch that contains some name cards (job opportunities *ahem ahem*), 3 sticks of lip gloss (one which costs a bloody RM80++) and some other miscellaneous stuff. I hope whoever it is develops a frigging lip infection and suffer for more than a month!! (I can't get over the loss of my lip gloss and the little suede bad because the bag came with the purchase of another bag)

Mind you... this happened when I was sitting for my DSS exam paper in uni. When we go into the exam hall for the paper, we have to leave our bags outside. Damn it lar..

Some people are so bloody lame.. Did I tell you about the time some idiot who stole my drinking bottle?! A PUNY BLUE CLUTTERED WITH POOH STICKERS DRINKING BOTTLE!!! How fucking lame is that!? I was in the Internet lab and when I came out, my bottle was missing *scream* that bottle doesn't even cost more than RM20, why would anyone wanna steal it?! It's a gift from a friend and I hope whoever took chokes and every mouthful of drink he/she takes for a year!

Friggin kleptomaniacs. There's a special place in hell reserved for them! I don't understand why these people are in uni! What does the uni teach them? What do they major in anyway? "Rummage Other's Bags Methods"? "Techniques for stealing cheap plastic bottles"?

Procrastination. The root of my being. Damn!

My first paper's on Tuesday (18/04) followed by another one on Thursday (20/04). Third paper's on the following Tuesday (25/04) and the final one is on Thursday (27/04).

3 more days and I haven't read anything! Zilch! Nada!!

I am so digging my own grave.

(What the hell am I doing? Blogging when I should be slaving away at the books? I dunno.. Been asking myself that too.. *sigh*)

What's worse, I spent the ENTIRE week reading... yups.. insightful books by Sophie Kinsella. One you start, you can't stop. I read "Can You Keep A Secret?" first, followed by the ENTIRE shopaholic series ("Confessions of a Shopaholic", "Shopaholic Takes Manhattan", "Shopaholic Ties The Knot" and "Shopaholic and Sister"). I tell you, I can sooooooo relate to the 'heroine' Becky Bloomwood! hahaha..

Oh, and I also finished reading Stephen King's "Dolores Chaiborne". Thank God I have no more new books or else I am so so screwed...

This is incurable... Somebody please shoot me before I self destruct.

=*a loaded gun complex, cock it and pull it*=

It's not always rainbows and butterflies
It's compromise that moves us along
My heart is full and my door's always open
You can come anytime you want

Hair Today Gone Tomorrow...

I finally, finally cut my hair...

A whopping 5 inches chopped off! Just like that! *snaps fingers* (okies.. maybe more than 5 inches). I used to have hair that touches my belt (on occassions when I wore belts) and now... it's barely a over my shoulders (if I tip my head to the side)...

my long and erm.. (lustrous? no.. beautiful?? no... ermm.. Just LONG ok!) long hair..

GONE!! ALL GONE!!!

*yawn*

I thought I would be traumatized with my hair cut, but frankly, I still don't feel no nothing yet! hmmm... All started when I went to Dry Cut yesterday with Chin Aun. Just wanted to go for the periodic trim since it's only RM9.90, so what the heck... Mana tahu... yesterday, the person who did my hair informed me that it is now RM20 for females and RM15 for males regardless of whether you want them to wash your hair or not!

See? It's waaaaaaaaaaaay shorter now..

What could I do except nod my head and let him continue snipping away? Then I thought, oh well, since I am paying RM20 anyway, might as well give him extra work right? *grins* It was then that I told him I've decided not to only trim my hair, just cut it shorter so that I can re-dye it in a couple of months. And would you believe it... he actually SHRIEKED! hahaha... and stomped his foot *ahems* I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing!! Then he complained that I should have told him earlier and how he had to 'plan' all over again! (huh? *scratch head*) Oh well..

Ok... Maybe I did it on purpose! :p

I know some of you will say that it's not much of a difference.. but for someone who's been lugging her hair around for the past year, it's a big difference ok!! *hmmph* I actually thought about going for a real SHORT cut.. but I figured I'd rather not suffer from a heart attack just yet...

Hmm... should have take a shot from the back... more obvious... When I tie up my hair, it's really obvious. I used to have a "horse's tail" and now... maybe gotta settle for "dog's tail" lah.. not "pony-tail" anymore..

I'm blabbering.. It's late.. Time for bed already.. so you must excuse me...

Anyways... My new hair feels weird, but still mine nevertheless..

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See?? When I tilt my head, it passes my shoulders only by a couple of inches

Light In Your Eyes

There's a light in my eyes
It's too bright to see
And a pain in my heart
Where you used to be
Guess I was wrong to assume
That you were waiting here for me
There's a Light in your eyes
Did you leave that light burning for me?

[Blessid Union of Souls - Light In Your Eyes]

I suddenly remember this, so I'm posting it up. Hope you see it!
Remember this song? *grins*
Remember OUR version of it? *bigger grin*
I miss you so friggin much...
*hugs*
See you when I get back ok?
(I just realized that I don't even need to address you cos you know who you are *winks*) hee hee...

No explanation required :)

Bumbu Bali :D

I've decided to dedicate this entire post to the meal that Zeeks treated me and Chin Aun to at Bumbu Bali :D Zeeks, if you are reading this, you should be pleased, yes? *grins* and... since you were on your 'best' behaviour all night (most of the time anyway! and I didn't manage to catch you on camera doing odd stuff) there won't be any funny pics of you here ;) hee hee... and I shall describe you in the most colorful terms!! (I meant colorful in a GOOD way! don't worry!!)

On Friday, Zeeks came over to pick me and Chin Aun up and took us to Bumbu Bali (some eating place) in Puchong! *yeah* Took us around 30mins plus to get there cos of the traffic and it was quite a distance away from where we are staying. To give him credit, he came straight from work ;) so that kinda shows some sincerity *ahems* hehehe... (kidding, Zeeks!)

This is the front view of the place:

It's kinda blur cos it was taken with my phone... If only I'd brought my trusty old camera *smack forehead*

The place looked really nice! Nice decor! hehe... pretty authentic Bali looking! But I heard from Zeeks that the owner is a Korean... so, go figure!

The following photos are of the interior of the place. We wanted to get seats upstairs but it was full already and the only available seats were downstairs, so we had to settle for that. We actually had to wait for a table cos it was packed! *whoa*

Photos of Chin Aun and Zeeks...

Left: That Chin Aun giving me another funny face when I asked him to smile at the camera *hmmph* Said he was too hungry to smile!

Right: Mr. Vain-Pot won't be too hungry to smile! hee hee...

Some photos of our FOOD!! *yeah* the food is soooooooooooooooooooooooooo good! But it was kinda pricey though. Around the same price range as places like Chilis and Friday's, but smaller portions.

Mine - I ordered and grilled lamb and beef combo :D yummilicious!! okok... so I'm a red meat lover ;)

Chin Aun's order - Grilled Chicken with Squid. Mashed potatoes, corn on the cob and coleslaw on the side (same as mine!) here's a white meat lover ;)

Zeeks' Order - Half Chicken (I think it's a 'kampung' chicken cos it's too puny) with yellow rice (whazzat??) with different sauces... he's going oriental with the rice :p

Bumbu Bali's Version of TRIPLE PLAY! :D Zeeks ordered this for us to share. It's 4 sticked of 'sate' (mashed chicken meat on vege sticks), fried sotong and grilled chicken wings. My fav = the SATE! and the garlic-chili sauce *yums*

I made them wait... TOLD THEM NOT TO DIG IN YET...so that I can take the photos. And in the course of doing that, I was made hugely UNPOPULAR. I was insulted and harrased *hmmph* and Zeeks decided to DIG IN ANYWAY and went straight for the fried sotong! and I caught him on camera! hahaha.. I managed to smack Chin Aun's hand before he got to the sotong! Hmm.. both of them aimed for the sotong first... must be the portion size.. easy to stuff into mouth! haha...

Zeeks hand in front of mouth = After stuffing the sotong in!! Cis!

(note: because I promised not to do or say anything bad about him... the pic of him stuffing food in his mouth is of a smaller size :p) hee hee...

They're TOASTING TO ME!! Muahahahaha...

Some photos that were taken after the meal:

Three of us posing for the camera...

That's me and Chin Aun looking stuffed! I look kinda doinky with my hair out of place...

Proof of Payment: Zeeks paying for the meal *grins* (THANK U THANK U!)

The following photos were taken upstairs :) We went upstairs to have a look around after eating...

Left: Me and Chin Aun while Zeeks went off to answer nature's call

Right: Chin Aun and Zeeks posing with a little fountain and the picture of Buddha(?) in the background (the whole place had all these deco up and they are all for sale!)

Final photo of the day :) Zeeks kept inching behind to make my face and Chin Aun's face bigger! Teruk case...

Basically, it was good food with great company :D hehe.. Thanks so much Zeeks, for taking us there, and for the lovely treat. *hugs* Thanks for telling me about this place when you went there the first time (which was a couple of weeks back) and for being nice enough to want to take me and Chin Aun there to check it out (hmm... nice? *grins* don't normally see this word in the same sentence that describes you eh? hee hee) Looking forward to the next one! *hint hint* Tokyo Sushi? hee hee.. (kidding kidding!!) Hope we can do it again some time soon... But gotta look for something for affordable this time! ;)

oklar.. won't make you pay ok?! hee hee... maybe we can go for steamboat? ;)

Hope this post did you and Bumbu Bali justice...