cny 07 - day 1

the 1st day of new year more or less is like a routine to my family..

my mama waked me up really early, around 7am, to get dressed n ready for the prayer ritual..

the temple that we go every single year

the temple is just located in Ampang, beside Wisma MCA

after all the prayings, we headed to Petaling Street for our vegetarian brunch.. my mama believes that it's good to abstain from eating meat on the first day of new year..

at night, i went to Junn's house as promised..

2nd stop at ching har's house, bringing along ryan, hikaru, yatz n his cousin n junn to join my chums.. we gambled till morning!

guys which are kaki judi

V-day fever

i always believed that valentine's day is too commercialized n overrated..

HOWEVER, this year turns out to be my sweetest valentine's i hv ever had ( sorry for the contradiction! )

my V-day fever started a week before the actual date, 14th feb.. i received a cd album of Glenn Fredly ( i just blogged bout him recently ).. that's so sweet of him cause he did pay attention to my blog.. i should hv mention that i am desperate for MUSE concert tix *lol*

not to mention i got a lovely charm bracelet from Perlini's Silver..!! n tons of dinner dates.. all because of the V-day!! *muah*

here comes the shocking one.. on the V-day afternoon, i received a call from a malay guy.. he mumbled something bout my name n my address.. so i was a lil petrified wondering wat the heck happened at home.. then it turned out that the malay guy was delivering a bouquet of flowers to my home!!

firstly, i never expect someone will buy me flowers that cost tripled because of the damn commercialized V-day.. secondly, it was my 1st time receiving flowers at the doorstep.. thirdly, flowers, chocs n card without a NAME?!? halo, spending so much but ANONYMOUS?!? *dumbfounded*

jeez, thanks a lot.. i went into the state of ecstasy for a week..

2 days later, another bouquet of my fave flowers.. i was damn flattered..

as cliche as it seems.. V-day is a scam but who can say no to those lovey dovey gifts?!

sushi tomo

last monday, i attended a gathering of my primary n high school friends.. we had jap food in Sushi Tomo, ss2 ( the same row as Wong Kok Char Chan Teng)..

our dinner..

served with mayo n some special sauce

jap pancake / pizza

ordinary teppanyaki

chicken served with rice.. yummylicious!

yum yum!!

eel with chawan mushi

not forgetting some of our delicious camwhore pics..

MGS ( KL ) rox!!!

friends for more than 15 years

is sweet to have cosy dinner with some old friends, especially when we had been distance for years.. we gossip, chit chat, girls talk n blabber till the shop closed! *wink*

happy hallmark holiday!!!

guys n girls, singleton or attached duo, i'm wishin everyone a Happy Valentine's Day..!!

ooh gosh, this is the sweetest valentine's i've ever had.. i'm MELTING, melting like butter on hot pan *partly liquefied*

rushing off for V-day dinner ( not candlelight k? )

the waterlily cafe

fooooo, finally i had the chance to try out this renowned balinese restaurant, The Waterlily Cafe.. it's weird though i tried every single restaurant in Puchong but not this one..

the food is mainly on grilled stuff.. the food is a little similar to Bumbu Bali because they were believed to be under the same boss/management..

i brought friends to dine in twice this week just because the food is so GREAT..!!

i was dining with darek for the 1st night.. the cafe has indoor n outdoor for patrons to dine in.. nevertheless, the outdoor garden is way toooo romantic for both of us.. so we hide ourselves inside the cafe to avoid some embarrassment (as if being singleton is that pathetic)

the not-so-romantic place

my buddy that shares the same burfday as me, darek

blended drinks come with the set *slurp*

bbq pasta with squid (i heart pasta)

1/4 bali's chicken

3 mushroom soup - soooo nice but a lil jelat

we were so satisfied with our food!! though we were full like hell..

then, the 2nd night i went with 331 n junn.. n we chose to sit in the outdoor garden.. great ambience but i got kissed by some mosquitoes..

deep fried yam cake

bali's chicken combo with lamb

soup comes with the combo set

grass jelly (cincau) with rambutan

fried fish ciabatta ( light's meal?! ya rite!! )

nevertheless, i was a lil full when i went dining in the 2nd night.. i was being conned by the title 'light's meal'.. it was soooo freakin HUGE..!! i went home just puke.. *nausea*

i felt even more nausea when 331 n junn trying to hv their "supper" on my bed..!! eeeewwww

shanghai 10

tu-long, one noodle, dragon-i, crystal jade - the list goes on.. all of them having 1 thing in common, which is, xiao long bao!!! *drool*

shanghai restaurant now is blooming like mushrooms after a rain.. just like the huge growth of HK cafe in the past few years..

this might be the best xiao long bao i ever had ( or perhaps i was starving at the moment ).. look at the signboard - World Famous Shanghai Soup Dumplings..

shanghai 10 in bangsar

la mian

here comes the main dishes, xiao long bao (literally "little basket bun"; also known as soup dumpling).. dip it with vinegar n shredded ginger if desired.. a small bite of the skin and suck out as much of the flavourful broth as possible.. blardy juicy!! caution : extremely hot, the broth can scald the tongue if you are not careful..

*thumbs up*

hikaru with the pervert smile posing wit his BAO BAO

the rice is too soft.. i prefer hardened one

*thumbs up*

my dessert

tong yuen with black sesame inside

we are just as sweet as the dessert *wink*

overall, the food was superb..!! definitely will go again.. gracias to hikaru for bringing us there..!! smuackssss

CNY = love + hate

gosh, CNY is approaching! n ironically, i just don't wish it to come so fast..

why do i dislike CNY?

1. as a matter of fact, i'm a final year student struggling with my unfinished-n-never-ending final year project..!! hence, this year i might be celebrating my CNY with my personal computer n piles of codings.. the deadline is sooooo tight, everything must be done before the CNY ends *wiping tears*

2. i can't get those CNY songs.. too much or 'bing bing bang bang' sounds in it.. i'm not saying those old school kinda CNY songs that we sang during the days we were wrapped in diapers.. wat i meant is, CNY songs has already evolved into remix + rap + irritating musics.. i got a major headache everytime i strolled along the shopping malls

3. CNY has too much pantang to follow.. no sweeping floors, no clipping nails n the most crucial one - no black or dark color attires.. i heart dressing in black for as long as i can remember.. for the sake of my parents, i will just stock up some on non-black materials.. somehow, i cannot stand the color pink n red in my wardrobe, needless to say on my body.. eeeeewww

4. i hate spring cleaning! mama will forces me to wash curtains, wash fans, wash this wash that n wipe this wipe that.. gggrrrrrr
   

5. entertaining those unknown relatives that you hardly seen ( or never seen before in your whole damn life ).. nuff said!

why i still love CNY?

1. CNY food..! i've finished eating half of those CNY tidbits, from pineapple tarts to egg rolls.. cracking too much brain for FYP will eventually makes my stomach growls

2. gamble like nobody's business.. it's LEGAL to gamble during CNY

3. no traffic jam around the town

4. CNY deco.. at least for camwhore usage



5. angpau.. at least i'm still eligible though a lil old

nevertheless, this CNY i will show much more appreciation to my papa mama.. buyin them new clothes or practically handing them cash?! *think hard*

everything is fine

this entry is dedicated to a special friend of mine..

i can't bring myself to talk to you for the moment, not even msn or on the phone, not because i'm still mad or anything.. i just don't want any misunderstanding happens again.. thus, this entry serves my purpose to 'talk' to u..

we all knew what happened yesterday.. you were heartbroken, so do i.. what is different from our other ordinary fight is, there were another 2 person got involved.. you were filled with anger about the way you had been treated.. n your first impulse is to say something nasty back.. n i absolutely understand if you were furious on me, but why this involved the other 2?

ya, you have the right to be very angry, you even have the right to throw tantrum to anyone.. but i just want you to sit down, relax n just THINK bout it 1st before you shoot those hurtful words.. when we use our mouths before our minds, it usually results in something we'll regret later..

whatever it is, i'm very glad the havoc is over.. how bout you? still avoiding me to prevent yourself from screwing up?

fights n quarrels happen all the time, perhaps this made our friendship grows stronger.. i really do treasure our 4 years of friendship, please don't doubt on it.. you know i care for friends more than anything else..

let's just bury the hatchet n start making up ( WARNING : not those make up sex ) *grin*

let's go for an ice-cream therapy!!

is he the one?

i always question myself this..

how much i like him? or do i really like him? or maybe, just maybe i'm amazed at the way he loves me all the time..? or mayb i really do love him? or maybe he is just too sweet to be rejected?

or is it lust!? some kinda infatuation that will fades eventually!?

trying to figure out whether i love him or do i not love him is a hugeeeee ? mark.. it cannot be explained in logical maths nor calculus nor scientific theory.. not that i can flip coins or pluck fresh daisies to determine whether is he the one.. NO WAY!

what i was trying to say is.. when there is someone out there, loves you just the way you are, makes you laugh, pampers you to death and - crucially - he is ready to take you back to meet his parents ( even we are not an item!!!!! ).. the list is long, but you still having a very hard time figuring is he the right one.. got wat i mean? *headache*

some said i'm thinking hell-of-a-lot.. some said i have a very high expectations on man.. some even said i'm a selfish creature; i only love being loved..

looking back, i have way too many regrets on how i dealt with LOVE.. just because of my indecisiveness n fickleness n stubborness, i often chased away the right one.. i'm an asshole when comes to rejecting people..

so tell me, how do you determine that you are falling for her/him?