Shannon Keng

Food Review: Organic Recipe

2012-01-02T08:59:00.018+08:00

So I know this is a long overdue post...Was pretty busy recently. Had a Christmas event that I was involved in and working for, and then I flew off to Hong Kong...So I didn't have much time to blog.

Let me see.

So on the 30th of December, I was invited for a food testing in Organic Recipe by none other than my friend Jian Quin . I thought what the heck, free food, so I decided to tag along. I was allowed to bring companies, so I brought along my sister and Valen Teh . At first, I was pretty hesitant about going. I mean c'mon its Organic food we are talking about. I was not a huge fan of anything vegetarian and organic. This is probably because I had a stigma against organic food. Organic food to me sounded blend and disgusting, steamed and tasteless. Nevertheless, I decided to try...Free organic food...

So we drove down to Damansara on the 16th of December 2011 at about 1.00pm. We were seated among other medias, one of them being Wong Yu Jin the speaker of the day. Yu Jin happens to be the Official Nutritionist for Ms Malaysia Universe. Talk about a day spent with health freaks. *jitters*. I happen to not be one of the healthiest person in the world (Most of the food I ate in Hong Kong happened to be western fast food, because I just simply did not enjoy Hong Kong food), so imagine how uncomfortable I felt when everyone around me was being simply healthy :-/

Anyway, I was feeling really hungry, so food was served on the spot. We were each asked if we wanted white rice or brown rice. I chose brown rice.

I've eaten brown rice before, so I knew it tasted pretty much the same as white rice. My family used to eat brown rice, but because none of the other children enjoy the look of brown rice, we stopped eating it and reverted back to white rice.

Anyway the first course started. Remember I had this stigma about organic food? Well i was surprised when they served this

First course: Deep Fried Mushroom with Basil Leaf

Oh boy, was it my favorite dish of the day. If I'm not mistaken the mushroom was none other than Japanese shitake mushroom, served with a form of seasoning that tasted a lot of Curried flavor Twisties and sprinkled with basil leaf. It was delicious. I kept helping myself to this :)

Second Course: Tom Yam Soup in Coconut Shell

Yes, this was really served in coconut shell. And this was one of the best tom yam soup I've ever tried. It had just the right amount of sour and spices, and it was filled with a lot of vegetables like cauliflower,potatoes, carrots...instead of your usual shrimp and seafood. I particularly enjoyed this

Third Course: Special Stuffed Tau Fo with Bean Sprout

When I first saw Stuffed Tofu, the first thing that went through my mind was ewww. I simply dislike any form of fried bean curd or tofu. But I was pleasantly surprise when I first tasted this dish. The tofu was stuffed with some mushrooms, so it did not gave it much of a beancurd taste to it...If you know what i mean :)

Fourth Course: Spare Ribs with Fresh Orange sauce & Dragon Fruit Enzyme

You can be easily fooled by its appearance. It taste and looks exactly like meat.Except that it is replaced by fishballs. It was one of my next favorite dishes on the list. The sauce, had this delicious sweet and sour taste with a tinge of spiciness topped with pineapple and chilli slices garnishing and parsley. YUMMEH

Fifth Course: Fish cutlets with Pine Nuts

This tasted like your average fried long beans. The small fish cutlets was salted so it gave the long beans some taste.

Sixth Course: Special Sauce Shitake

This shitake mushroom was another favorite. It was cooked in dried chilli, which tasted a lot like dried sambal tumis (some special Malay chilli sauce) and it had a slight spiciness to it. Spicy eaters will enjoy this dish ;)

Seventh Course: Nyonya Sauce Vegetarian Fish roll.

This was the final main course. The Vegetarian fish roll, tasted a lot like bean curd and it was wrapped with healthy carrots to give it a crunchy bite. This dish was really nutritious.

Beverage: Warm blended fruit juice with fruit slices

Our meal was accompanied by a warm fruit juice. I guess the reason it was served warm was because research states that if you were to eat food and drink cold water, the coldness will coagulate the oil which will make it bad for health.

Next up: Desserts

First Dessert: Assorted Fruit Pizza

This is the first time that I had assorted fruit Pizza for dessert nonetheless. I was already full from such a heavy 7 course meal. But I had to try this. The fruit pizza had a generous helping of mozzarella cheese which made the pizza a tad bit too cheesy. But it was good. However I would recommend not eating this with a full course meal. You'd be afraid of the carbs that are generated from the pizza.

Second Dessert: Tiramisu

Okay I am in love with this Tiramisu from Organic Recipe. Yes, this dessert does not contain any egg whites, which is suitable for vegetarians and they do not have alcohol as well as bread but it was sooo good. It was unsinfully delicious.

Believe it or not, despite the amount of quality organic food that Organic Recipe serve, the pricing of the food is not exorbitant. In fact it is actually quite reasonable. I was a little surprise at first. Each dish does not amount to more than RM 2o per dish considering that it looked a lot like fine dining food.

So if you want something healthy and reasonably priced, head on to Organic Recipe.

The address of this place is:

Organic Recipe
Address: B3-07-09, Casa Utama, Lorong Lebuh Bandar Utama, PJU 6A, 47400 PJ
Tel: 03 - 7729 0236
Biz hr: 9am -9pm (Tue- Sun), closed on Mon

Picture credits go to Valen Teh

After this lunch, I had a different perception of Organic Food. I will love to try it out again one day :)

Stay Tune-Napbas

2011-12-20T21:57:00.003+08:00

Went for a food review at Organic Recipe this December 16th. And attended the Napbas event later. Will blog about it soon. Till then

Grandpa's birthday

2011-12-16T08:28:00.008+08:00

On 13th December, my grandfather celebrated his 78th birthday.

The night before the extended family decided to celebrate it with Chinese fine dining in V Gardens. Normally, unlike western fine dinings, Chinese Fine dinings courses usually involve huge portions where everyone just digs in. (I guess it must be due to the Asian collectivist culture), but this time the Chinese fine dining was a little different. It was served in personal portions (though the portions were huge and not fine..) and there was a little bit of fusion as there was grilled cheese shrimp (probably that is why they served in personal portions).

And the outcome was a very satisfying delicious dinner.

This was what us grandchildren gave to my grandfather :) A medal to honor him as the best grandfather. (He really is a great man).

There were 7 courses served throughout the dinner. If you notice there was fried chicken served in the picture. That was ordered as an extra dish.
The first course started off with some sharkfin. The portion of the shark fin was generous that night. (Okay do let me backtrack, my dad's friend's influential friend helped book this dinner. So apparently they give him good rates as well as good portions. And he was actually there to help oversee the whole dinner) which probably was why the dinner was so good that day, and the portions were generous that day.

Appetizer: some fried fish ball served with diced mango, and smooth duck with apple. Normally I do not enjoy eating duck. But this duck meat was really smooth and good.
Vegetable round- giant sea cucumber. Enough said.
Fried fish with soy sauce and a generous helping of fried garlic. Normally I don't enjoy fish. But this fish was good. However the portion was equivalent to a fish and chip size, that I was not able to finish it.

Noodles with seafood (sliced abalone, squid, shrimp..etc). This portion was so huge, I was not able to finish it either.
Cheese grilled shrimp with mushroom. I am not a huge fan of cheese, but I love this shrimp that I ate my dad's helping.

Dessert: Coconut jelly. OMG this is the best coconut jelly. It was so soft that you can actually use a straw to suck the jelly out. Apparently the jelly cannot be kept for a long duration of time, so batches jelly coconuts are made fresh and served on the same day.

Then we sang Grandpa a birthday song while my grandmother prayed for blessings upon him :)

NAPBAS tonight

2011-12-16T08:16:00.001+08:00

So I won an invite for tonight's event...

And I have no idea what to wear to it yet....

Little things that make me happy

2011-12-03T09:24:00.007+08:00

Sitting for finals next week, and this is the first time I am feeling rather unmotivated. Usually, when before finals, our college gives us a week of study break, for us to study. However, this sem, the there were so many public holidays in between that we had extra classes on study break, that it did not feel like study break at all. Hence, we did not have our proper study time.

Also, since Christmas is around the corner, I do not feel like studying for finals. Everyone on social media has been harping on how they were feeling the Christmas spirit that you just do not feel like studying at all. :-(

Oh and I am currently on instagram on the Iphone 4. I love how Instagram makes it easier for you to upload pictures and edit pictures quickly that it gives you a fake "professional" feel to it. Its so effective and efficient that it makes your digital camera feels like its from the stone age. I can't say the same for DSLR though.

Anyway here are the little things that made me happy this week despite college holiday

Spent three days with my sister in a row.

On the first day we had rakuzen.
Where I had Hokkaido Ichigo Daifuku, which sliced strawberries inserted into red bean mochi. Believe it or not red bean mochi actually taste really good with strawberries. This is because it gives it a little tangy fill to it.

Then I had Coral sushi, which is basically raw salmon wrapped with some Japanese stuffings which I forgot, topped with a zucchini and big roe eggs. I love raw salmon so this was definitely good. And the roe was actually surprisingly tasty.Imagine biting into a balloon filled fish oil with a salty taste to it. Many might find it disgusting, but I found it good. However it must be taken in moderate tones. Too much of it and you might feel disgusted.

This was how it came in.
Okay, believe it or not this next sushi came with my sister's bento's set. Scroll down for the full set
Okay, this is the bento set,there was chawanmushi (steamed eggs), fruits, a big claypot udon (which has scallops, fried tempura...etc) and also abovedsushi and the seaweed... Seriously the bento was really worth the price paid. But it would be advisable to share it with someone. My sister ordered it by herself and she could not finish it, which was surprising, considering she is a big eater.
Valen's Bento Set: which consisted of udon, chawanmushi, fried soft shell crab (mmymmm), a bowl of Japanese fragrant rice (which is delicious on its own) and the seaweed.

Sometime this week, we had soft shell ice cream too: below is chocolate and green tea.

Also been very proud of my neat desk that I had to post it up. Actually i just posted it up because its so colorful.

A free starbucks ornament I got two years ago.

Okay back to studying!

Love is indeed the greatest thing :)

2011-11-27T20:43:00.003+08:00

Everyday, I float through life thinking that I'm a nobody, someone who isn't unimportant. Someone who seems to have everything, but still lack something...

But today, I learn about LOVE. The greatest Love on the planet. And I felt joy and peace in a long time. I felt ecstatic. Tears welled up in my eyes, as I face the greatest Love of all. I don't need materials to satisfy me. I don't need money to satisfy me. I don't need a lot of things to satisfy me. I need this Love that is enough to satisfy me.

And HIS Love Satisfies me.

And I learned that it doesn't matter what people say about you, its about how you perceive yourself. Its time to put away the hate, the despise, the anger. Its not worth my time and effort. Patience. That is what I need to learn. Well its one thing to say...its another thing to embrace it.

I've never felt more thankful about life until today. I have the greatest Family on the planet. I have less but the most loyal best friends I could ever asked for. And I have my God to whom I am thankful for! :)

Food Food Food

2011-11-27T00:41:00.012+08:00

Typical Malaysians. If you do not blog about food or take pictures of food, you are basically not a Malaysian, or well at least not a typical Malaysian. (Or basically you do not want to jump the bandwagon and blog about something that, when you look back on you will feel satiated and hungry).

Let me see, food.

For starters, I have decided to bake my first cookie yesterday. Bought a Betty Crocker Pre-mix flour, eggs, baking sheets, some vegetable oil and a solid butter spread to bake. (Okay, so the BC pre-mix flour made me cheat), and I had an assistant... But it didn't turn out that bad. I expected us to have a failed first batch, but it just appeared a little burnt at the sides. The cookie turned out a little greasy, because we put in a little too much oil. However, the outcome of it wasn't that bad, and we actually got complimented on our first attempt. For a person, who does not like domestic chores like this...its a real compliment. Teehee.
See it wasn't that bad right?

Earlier this week, my parents and I had lunch at La Bodega in Empire. The traffic in Empire was really slow. My mum was looking for a Christmas tree and it so happened that Valen said that he saw this really pretty one in the Tangs Christmas promotion in Empire. Apparently, the christmas tree had little acorns and cherries.

This was what we had:

Golden crisp breaded Calamari, with this zesty lemon mayonnaise sauce. Love the sauce.
Tiramisu- The tiramisu was really too sweet for my liking
Paella (seafood)- The paella tasted a little too mushy, because of the sauce.

And we also had this pasta, which was the most awesome main course of that day, but I did not bother taking a picture of it.

Then somewhere this week, I had Pun Chun noodles, which are the best wanton noodles in Kota Kemuning. Normally, I'm not a huge fan of skinny noodles like this, I prefer the slightly thicker wanton noodles... But this was super good. It was so good that it has appeared in the papers a few time.
And finally on Wednesday, my MM lecturer Ms Helen wanted us to go for a lunch gathering. Well it felt more like a dinner gathering as it was about 6pm. We decided to head over to Friend's Bah Kut Teh in SS 15 to try Jason's and Frances's investment. I was really impressed with this couple as they were my classmates from first sem, and they have ventured into their own business before they officially graduated. Love their fragrant Yam Rice the most, and their special BKT. (I'm not a huge fan of BKT to be honest despite living in Klang, so this review may sound a little bias. But their Yam Rice really is good)

And now for the Christmas tree.
Tree with acorns and cherries

Little glitter ornaments

And finally the partially hung up Christmas tree.

To me a Christmas tree does not mean just a tree that you put up on Christmas. Its about remembering the birth of the Son who has died on the cross for our sins, the joy and the happiness that surrounds us. That is what Christmas really and truly is :)

Okay shall stop blogging and go back to my SP insanity

On a shorter note- Glee fashion

2011-11-19T04:04:00.007+08:00

Does anyone realize how cute the girls are in Glee?

I'm always salivating when I watch their shows. For this week's episode, I love the all black theme dresses that Santana and the other Trouble Tune girls have don on for their mash up show down. And the finale they did for Adele's mash up was awesome.

This week's Glee's dress that really stole the limelight was Santana's and Harmony's LBD. Super classy.

And the other times that I love, where these gold Betsy Johnson dresses that they wore during their first season finale

And this simple black and red dress

And these super sweet sunshine yellow dresses

And there are more where they came from.

Thoughts Food Faith

2011-11-19T03:20:00.009+08:00

Its 3:14 am now in the morning. Slept for awhile and then I woke up. Felt a little sick tonight, probably due to all the raw stuff I had just now for dinner (I happened to have a very sensitive stomach) Thought for awhile, looked through Facebook, thought some more...

Have you ever felt more like you are at the cross roads? More confused than ever. Uncertain of where you are at? Just when you thought you knew what your strengths are, you also knew that there are still weaknesses, opportunities and threats... Your life is a SWOT analysis, a cross path. A junction.

There is always that lingering doubt. But doubt doesn't get you anywhere. Faith does. Do not ask me why I even wrote this post to begin with. I just felt like typing down my train of thoughts.

On a random note, Kristen came back from Australia today (oh man I missed her so much) and was invited to go to Imperial Garden today in PJ. The food that I ate, would probably made me broke as an individual. We even ate in this special private room, where the Chef was such a drunkard, he personally made sure he made rounds to toast with the hosts. I estimated that he probably drank about 1 and a half to 2 bottles of hard liquor every night. Imagine that every night! The food was good but the in between waiting period for the food was long.

Didn't take much pictures but this was what we had:

Abalone and sea cucumber-Kristen's favorite.

This was my first time having RAW lobster. Yup, you said it raw lobster. The texture was smooth. Pretty much like salmon. Nevertheless I preferred it cooked. The best lobster that I have ever eaten was still the one that was cooked by my vietnamese uncle. That was the best lobster I have ever eaten.

And the fishballs? They were the softest fishballs I've ever eaten. Had the freshest salmon too

When the lobster was not finished, it was cooked with longevity noodles, which I did not take pictures off.

And finally the highlight of the night, this special Yam pao which is the chef's own personal recipe. And trust me this is the best Yam Pao ever. The pao is soft on the outside, and has this warm yam filling that just oozes inside your mouth when you sink your teeth into the warm though. Perfection. Super delicious.

Read this for peace:

James 1:15

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Heard of Chef Pang???

2011-11-16T11:02:00.001+08:00

Well I will be starting a new business soon! Its currently in the midst of planning. But for now, please support me and my team by liking this:

http://www.facebook.com/chefpangcatering

Will blog about it soon :D

My Nuffnang Story

2011-11-10T11:17:00.000+08:00

When, I was 16, I started my blog. It was a blog where I could write what I want and what I feel. It was also a big part of who I am. I have not blogged much recently due to my pictures overcapacity but this blog has been one and is still part of my journal.

My Nuffnang story started when I heard about it from my high school friend May Zhee. She was telling a bunch of us about this blogging advertising community that she joined, where she made some extra spending moolah. I was a bit hesitant because I've seen some of their advertising banners in other blogs and I thought in my head:" No way, this has got to be a scam, how can people earn money through blog advertising?". It was too good to be true. Nevertheless, since she has experience with this company, I decided to try it out and true enough months later, I managed to earn some pocket money from it (though it wasn't much, I don't have many blog readers).

But the one thing that made me loyal to Nuffnang was this:the fringe benefits that came with it. For instance, I actually got to watch movie preview screenings with Nuffnang. The first time, I won tickets to my first movie screening was in September 17, 2008. I was ecstatic, it was my first ever movie screening to Mama Mia. It was awesome, and it was the day before my birthday.

Then, came a few other movies like House Bunny...etc.. the list was too long.

However, the one big event that I will always remember joining with Nuffnang was the Gatsby event. That was the best advertorial event as we got to earn pocket money from Nuffnang and played games that allowed you to win prizes, as well as goodie bags. Seriously, who pays you and give you additional stuff? Only in Nuffnang.

When Nuffnang, released a statement about joint venturing with Churp Churp, I immediately joined Churp Churp as I was a frequent twitterer (so much so, that it beat my time of blogging). See I even have a stuff Churp Churp toy to prove it. (Got it for one of their donations). My Nuffnang Story ends here, but I do hope that by going to their Nuffnang Asia Pacific Awards, I will have something more interesting to blog about :)

Things from a different perspective

2011-07-10T00:13:00.004+08:00

I am annoyed! Annoyed at the ignorance of some people who I've followed on twitter and friends on Facebook. About today's rally, I am by no means impressed with our country for coming together and going out and rallying again for what they believe in. I am impressed by the boldness of friends who actually went out and rallied and I am impressed by people who have stood up for what they believed in.

I wasn't one of those people who changed my facebook picture and placed a "bersih" badge on it because personally I felt it was a little too tacky for my taste. Furthermore, most people probably did it anyway because they felt that their peers are doing it, hence they must follow it. And sad to say, I wasn't part of the rally, but needless to say I did follow the news. Women like Ambiga should be admired for being bold and vocal. They are people that have shown leadership qualities that a nation like ours should follow. If it weren't for them, we would not have races coming together and uniting.

So much for having a slogan like One Malaysia, when we don't actually practice it. (I did think that the person who created it is a complete riot. You should head over to MPH and buy a copy of May 13 to see the things that he said as a youth) The only difference between the PM and Osama, is that he didn't plot the death of many...yet)

And for those of the youth that think that this rally is a stupid idea and a complete waste of time and effort, think again. Life isn't about having peace, and dealing with things peacefully. Because doing that won't get anyone anywhere. Bersih's intention was to have a peaceful march. They were even backed by the freaking King, but guess what your stupid government and your stupid PM who by the way would have been completely broke if we did not pay government tax decided to use security force to open fire and throw tear gases at the people. So correct me if I may, disruption of peace was created by the so-called government who is working to protect people in the name of peace!

Oh and just to be clear, people wouldn't have actually bothered about this rally in the first place, if the government actually stayed out of it. True, there will be some people rallying, but it would have died over after a few days.

And choosing to be ignorant only makes it worst. We will be implying to the government that "Yes Its okay, just do what you have to do." Ladida and life will be peaceful and filled with butterflies, sweet sugar candies, and lovely rainbows. awww isn't life just wonderful? Stare dazedly with a stupid grin on the face.

I used to be ignorant as well. I despise politics, and I despise the politicians. But after taking a philosophy course and listening to Hannah Yeoh preach once made me see things from a different angle. I won't deny that there is a guarantee that this rally is going to change much of our political system, but it will indeed be a stepping stone to something greater. And it is, there is unity, doesn't that account for something?

First post in 2011

2011-06-02T22:50:00.002+08:00

Its been awhile, I am coming back to blogging! Now for a little revamp :)

2011 has been great thus far. :)

YESSS!

2010-07-30T10:33:00.000+08:00

I can finally blog again!!!! Woohoo. I shall post up pictures soon of my singapore trip! :)

Train of thoughts.

2010-05-31T20:33:00.004+08:00

I wasn't initially planning to update anything. However, since I was asked to, I decided to go ahead with it. I have always been wanting to update my blog, however, I lacked the time, and sometimes the motivation to go ahead with it.

At times I do miss blogging, however thanks to telecommunications made even easier like twitter, I decided to turn to that instead. Typing seems way easier. Plus you can just post whatever thoughts you want, in a split second, no wonder celebrities are turning to it.

Its been awhile since I really typed what I feel. And I'm beginning to think that I am undergoing another metamorphosis to a darker self-discovery. I find myself pretty singled out, trapped in these dark train of thoughts only going to places God knows where. And this somehow sort of portrays with the way I react to some people. I find it pleasurable to despise, to loathe and to hate easily.

I mean if you think about loving people is the hardest thing to do. Hating, thats something that is completely easy to do. And the funny thing is sometimes I have these thoughtful, rueful arguments with myself. Geez.

And its been getting like this all the time. I find that I don't fit in anywhere with anyone anymore. I mean yes I do crap with different kinds of friends, I enjoy making friends, but fitting in, I just feel like a burden to that person.

hmmmm I don't know how long this feeling will last. And I know its not the period causing all this malfunctioning in the mood swings. Like I said, its a train of thoughts that I'm having.

Rosette Coutures in Collaboration with Purrfect Beauty

2010-05-06T23:04:00.000+08:00

Hey dearies, its been awhile since we have updated on our products.

Currently we are on hold with our infamous products such as statement tees, bags, dresses, and shoes for the time being. However we are proud to present to you an ongoing collaboration with our partner Purrfect Beauty.

Let me introduce to you a brief history of our relationship with Purrfect Beauty. The creator of Purrfect Beauty is none other than our good ol' friend Lina Ali. She was the one who inspired me to create Rosette Coutures in the first place. The rest is history.

As of now, we have decided to go into a collaboration especially for Rosette Coutures customers. No purchases are necessary. This is solely an offline package. What we have came up is, is a special package for students or young adults who are interested in nail services, underarm whitening solutions and facial products all at a special rate in this SPECIAL MONTH of MAY. However let it be clear that if you wish to participate in this special promotion, you have to print out this voucher below. Its that simple. Print it and you are entitled to the special price and promotion.

Don't believe? You can roughly access http://purrfectbeauty.com for more information on the normal price on a manicure, pedicure...etc..etc...

Also do note that the facial products used are highly famous products like Mary Kay from US. And we have testimonials from people who has gone through the facial and actually enjoyed it tremendously.

You can also visit Purrfect Beauty's headquarters at:

Purrfect Beauty, No2A-3, 2nd Floor, Jalan PJS 8/6, Bandar Sunway, 46150, Petaling Jaya Selangor.

Or contact 03-56322313 for more information.

Gatsby Deodorant Fair

2010-04-22T20:45:00.006+08:00

Well finals are like next week :( And I'm feeling depress. I have already gotten four of my coursework marks. Here are the pictures of the deodorant street fair that I have promised you about. When I first went to the Gatsby fair, I had no idea that everything was going to be RED!!!! Red hot chilli pepper red. My favorite color in the entire world. And best of all I was dressed for the occasion.

We went to the fair in berjaya times square after Valen finished his first finals paper for the day (Damnit, he gets to enjoy an earlier holiday while I will be slaving over mine next week. Not Looking FORWARD to it AT ALL :( )

Initially I was not clad in red, however I was wearing my white top with the cherries print on it, accompanied with a red watch, and red ballet flats, not to mention holding a red lunchbox bag.
This is Valen here, posing in front of the Gatsby backdrop.
As you can see the crowd was huge. This fair actually entered into the Malaysian book of records for holding one of the largest blogger gatherings. The estimate number of bloggers were about 518 (since the last count at about 11 or 12 something in the afternoon).
I absolutely love the picture above. :) Too bad the box was there to ruin it -...-

Upon arriving, we were asked to register our names and the guest we brought. Valen and I were given goodie bags which include a fan, a pamphlet and a RED t-shirt for us to wear during the fair. We were even give lucky draw forms to fill out.
The fair as you can expect had games. (Hello, street fair, did you expect anything less?) They had this huge snakes and ladders game spread out for you to play.
Then there were some beating game.
Us camwhoring MUAHAHHAHA. See how red were we? >:D
The crowd.

The emcee

There were speeches given by some VIP including the Nuffnang Co founder and also the Malaysian Record holder founder.

The opening ceremony.
At this point of time, we were all asked to do some live tweeting.
Me and Audrey Fourfeetnine. It was my first time meeting her, and she is really nice. She said my red lunchbox bag was cute :) hehe

We were given some time off so we decided to go and have some Krispy Kreme breakfast.

Oh and I had to camwhore in my completely red outfit.

Then we headed out for some games. I didn't manage to capture all the pictures of the games. But here are a few ones. Oh and just so you know if you achieve their game target, coupons were given to you for you to change for deodorants, perfume sprays, hair gels and other forms of gatsby products.... However, we didn't manage to redeem any of our gifts because we had to leave early.

Here is a picture of me playing miniature golf.

And finally I have to post this picture up. :) My lunchbox red bag. I know I know I sound damn contradicting from my previous post, but I just can't help it.
Red is awesome possum!

Okay now I've got finals to conquer. Not sure I can do it.

People think they know but do they?

2010-04-18T21:23:00.001+08:00

5 or 6 years ago I started this blog because I wanted to share my thoughts to my friends. It was more of a leisure activity that I indulged in to record my teenage years. There were times when I crap on this blog, there were times when I wrote happy memories, there were times when I posted up poetries but nowadays after getting a camera, I blogged more about events that I have encountered.

Blogging is - or was as it may seem a leisure activity. Until my family found out. Then they decided to criticize whatever I post, gave me advice on, yada yada yada . And blogging didn't seem so fun anymore. And the same went to writing poetries and articles. It was more like whatever you do society judges you. You can't blog whatever you want. Everything you record down is read, or speculated. Which explains why I stopped writing much recently except for whenever I felt the urge to blog about event.

Shannonkeng.blogspot.com became another bimbo blog. There wasn't much you can gain from it. You can't gain anything intellectual. It became very materialistic. And of course you'd probably have that perception that I was "another one of those girls".

I don't like to be forced into doing something because someone expects me to do. Which was an irony because that was what I'm doing. I don't have the motivation to do so. I want to do it because I want to. That's how i get my creative juices flowing. I don't like to be demanded to do something. That's not the way I operate.

That's not the way I'm designed to be. Don't like it that's your problem. Don't like me that's your problem I'm sick of this hellhole that I'm stuck in.

Nothing seems fun anymore. Have I resumed another identity?

Karaoke girls

2010-04-17T16:10:00.002+08:00

It was spontaneous. I got a call from Joan and next thing I knew I was in Neway with a bunch of crazy girls from my class. :) The joy. It was definitely one of the most relaxing pre-exams that I ever had. And it also marked the last day of my dark blond hair-or so thats what most girls call it. Its amazing how a spontaneous day out with ur girlfriends can do for you.

You engage in a laughing stint.
Here is Farina sunshine, doing what she does best.

Joan our grandmother. LOL

Random girls singing woot.

This picture is pretty ruined by that weird girl in purple.

And finally I shall end this post with spontaneous camwhore picts. For more pictures, check out facebook.

Its a random post so I posted random captions and pictures. I love hangouts like this. Next up Nuffnang and Gatsby Deodarant fair and my new hair color.

Its big, Bold and totally red.

Toilet Restaurant

2010-04-11T18:15:00.005+08:00

When I was a young girl my parents taught me to potty train. Now that I am 19 ongoing to infinity I am finally reaching that time in my life where I have to visit that Toilet Restaurant that everyone has been raving about. Seriously, once upon a time shit was considered discharged waste that is used for growing organic plants. Now it is used as a concept for food????

You've got it, today was the first time I visited the Toilet concept restaurant in Sungai Wang. Initially Valen and I decided to just hung out in KL. We went to Pavilion at first then somehow winded up in Sungei Wang, thus we decided to have our lunch at the Toilet Concept Restaurant.

Paparazzi shot. Bloody, when I was about to stand on the cemented grown, I accidentally kicked the tip of the cement and I had to walk around in pain.

Since there were too many people, they made us sit at their expanded area outside of their restaurant, and this was what we sat on.
Toilet Bowls. The tables were actually ex-sinks which have been glued to a glass mantelpiece to become a table. And when you look into their transparent glass, you can see items like bathroom brushes, and some other weird bathroom items.

Oh and as for their menu, they had on a toothbrush stuck to it. Well you can't expect anything less toilet-ry from this restaurant. Too bad they were missing a faucet, otherwise I will be able to wash my hands.
Valen flipping through the menu and then posing for the camera.
Me looking really cute. LOL
Just look at the amount of people there.
Okay this was rather random. But I like it so much I just had to post it on my facebook profile page.

Then came our orders.
Here is the ice-honey lemon that I ordered, in a cup that resembled a bathroom tank or something.

Next came the main course. We didn't really order much. We only ordered the kimchi seafood set to share. And honestly it was one of the best kim chi soup I've ever tasted!!!!!!!!FTW! If they only had more spices in it, it would have been completely perfect. But yeah, I love it.
See it even came in a toilet bowl. Imagine eating food in a toilet bowl, where we used to shit and pee.

Oh and we ordered this chocolate shit ice-cream with belgium waffles and chocolates. Ironically they didn't name it the shit but donut. My theory is that they didn't want to scare the customers away.
And finally Valen's sago ice-cream dessert that arrived in a bathtub.
Overall, the price wasn't really expensive, and it was pretty reasonable, which was pretty shocking for a concept store. I wouldn't mind going there again for the kimchi!

You know your life seems mundane when you have no updates.

2010-04-09T18:57:00.003+08:00

Its been awhile since I've updated my blog. Life as I know it have been pretty mundane.

Well most of my days are revolve around college, assignments and exams. And it is pretty boring. I'm actually quite sick of it. Who isn't?

Whats sickening is that when you have already tried your best in everything, it just doesn't feel enough you know.

Whatever, just went shopping today. I know its been awhile. I may appear to be the type that looks like a shopaholic, but most of the time I don't really splurge on clothes and stuff unless if there is an occasion or that occasional want or need. But really most of my money is spent on food. And that for some reason is not enough :(

Was really happy to get two items at quite a good bargain :)

Happy Happy Happy. Sounds super bimbotic. Whatever I'm bored. I'm beginning to sound like those lifeless human beings. Will update with something good soon.

No air no air!

2010-03-30T05:30:00.003+08:00

I feel the compelling urge to blog my thoughts out now.

Life as we know it is short. However yet as life evolve into a more advance period the pressure seems to be added for our generation. We seem to have the lack of time for anything. Our life is a ticking time bomb. Every time we are faced with a deadline. There is no room to breath. Either you advance ahead or you are left behind.

Recently someone mention this and I have the urge to blog my thoughts out. More often than not we hear youths achieving a degree at a very young age. It's either you do not achieve your degree asap or you are not wanted in the open work force. If you are a youth now you know how troublesome that is. You are laden with the stress that you need to finish you degree in time so you can appear as the young wide energetic youth that is going to be sold in exchange for a better career, better finances.. Etc etc you get my drift. No pressure

People expects and demands so much from you that you feel the extra urge to work hard and finish your degree asap, while in the process you are losing hair, losing sleep, you undergo more stress which will lead to more health issues in a long run, stress, stress and even more stress. Yet no all the others ever do is give you more naggings and asked you to hurry, work harder (as if you never work hard enough), and continuously nag you the importance of a brighter education= brighter future......

Never once asking you how you are coping, never asking you how you are sustaining. Really if you think about it, we only have one life to live. And hurrying you through so you can remain the youngest by holding a degree? Yeah maybe it applies to the most intelligent. Graduating in time is no issue but trying to graduate with an excellent grade, that is an issue mr!

We have no room to breathe now. Life is not the 19th or 20th century but adults do you mind letting us youth chill for awhile. There is just no room to breathe. No room to breathe at all.

Given how things are churning, all I can see in my future and most youth's future is this: more stress related health issues, more coronary heart attacks, more type A personality disorders, more OCD patients....etc

It's no wonder studying medicine is now such an expensive yet promising future from the looks of all the potential health risks.

What happened to the quote: "stop and smell the roses"? Doesn't apply now to the 21st century does it?

I WANT I WANT I WANT!!!! HARAJUKU LOVERS

2010-03-21T23:53:00.002+08:00

SO like I know I am currently under a lot of stress now because I have assignments due, bla bla bla, presentations, quizzes and exams. So the only stress reliever I have been doing is online window shopping :D

Anyway thats beside the point. I WANT THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are so cute!!!!!!! And ahem don't go running around trying to get them just because I blog about this, unless of course you want to get it for me. And if you can get it for me in the bikini one that will be so cute..............I like the blonde one or the one with the hearts all over T_____________________T

HINTTTTTTTTTT

I'm Going to the Gatsby Deodorant Street Fair

2010-03-17T13:40:00.004+08:00

The date of this event is held on

Date: 17th April 2010

Time: 10am - 5pm

Venue: Front Foyer, Ground Floor, Berjaya Times Square, KL

Its a joint event by Gatsby Deodorant and Nuffnang is going to be apart of it.

Whats amazing is that there are going to be LUCKY draws, cool gadgets worth up to RM 15000 that are up for grabs!!! woottt

Whats more awesome is the fact that there are going to be fun stuff like sumo wrestling (in air bag suits), gladiator battles and other even more amusing, more surprising games. Teehee. Of course you have to be there to find out.

If you wish to know more information: Check this out.

http://www.gatsby.com.my/streetfair/mainpage.asp?product=streetfair/

Because I'm shameless

2010-03-14T21:02:00.007+08:00

Since I'm currently in a good mood ~~and I'm pretty much using an excuse to procrastinate~~, I've decided to post up pictures of today. Because I'm vain like that. Do you have a problem with that???

I know I know I look different from the other pictures. Its because I was scrolling through my pictures last night, and I realized I'm just not bothered with the way I look most of the time. My hair is a complete mess (no thanks to this stupid hairdresser), and it kind of pulled my self-esteem down to an all-time low. Not to mention that I'm now not dying my hair because I want back my original hair color. And also because it was getting too too dry.

So there you have it, different camwhore pictures.

Patent red- Just the way I like it.

A Monkey Folklore.

2010-03-14T17:23:00.010+08:00

Totally lost my blogging mojo. Have to find it back somehow.
Well it had been an eventful week for me.
Let me start with a recap on the days when I actually hung out and did not just focus on being a nerd

Wednesday March 10 2009

One of my really good friends from high school, celebrated her 20th Birthday :) She is one of those totally infectious people that can infect a person with joy and happiness. And boy is she elegant. She is just one of those people that can spark you with her pressence. That's Jenny for you.

I have all the pictures on my facebook. Most of which have me looking pretty awful and messy. hehehe. So you can check that out.

Friday, March 11 2009

Okay this was the most eventful day of my life. One of the professors from the university that I was currently linked to-Northwood University, decided to visit our college, and so my lecturer was assigned to tend and care for him during his stay here, and she was also in charge of taking him out for a KL city- tour as well.

She decided to invite all the students who were currently in ECN 400 (a 4th level) paper to go out with him. All six of us agreed(however on that day, one of the students did not turn up, and Tuan Tynn who wasn't in our class kind of was the extra who went along with us).

Our first stop was Batu Caves. Okay, let it be clear that I have never ever in my entire life visited Batu Caves before. I know it was pretty bimbotic, but I never actually went and read up on Batu Caves. Initially, my lecturer only suggested to go there. The professor who heard about the climb of the 272 steps leading to Batu Caves, found it intriguing, and decided to take a nosedive and climb up the steps.

Okay, it never occured to me that Batu Caves had a lot of pigeons and monkeys. Let alone wild monkeys. So we reached there. Emerson was teasing Shu Wan and I because I was wearing this rubber Japanese wedges (that was pretty high and kind of looked like wooden clogs) from Skechers and Shu Wan was wearing her white wedges.

So we started our climb. Our lecturer who went through the Batu Caves ordeal, decided to ditch us and visit other temples.

Fast forward, Shu Wan and I were the last people to climb up Batu Caves. Okay, when we finally reached Batu Caves, the rest of the class had already gone on without us. It came to a point that there were a few steps we had to climb to reach the final destination. This was when chaos arise.

Shu Wan and I were walking behind an Arabian couple. As she was about to climb the stairs, there were a lot of monkeys surrounding the stairways and blocking. These monkeys look rough. Some were carrying their child. Since she was pretty afraid, she did the dumbest thing possible, she threw her can of 7up and the monkey took it. Obviously the monkey decided to pursue her for food. Next she threw her water bottle. And the monkey came after us. Then she started screaming, and went behind Shu Wan and I with the help of her hubby.

Obviously I panicked. The monkey next started pursuing us. Please note that these monkeys are aggressive okay. They started coming after me, and I screamed and ran up. One of the monkeys gave me a superficial scratch, (Thank God the scratch did not penetrate into my skin, otherwise I have to go for an injection). I ran up the stairs as fast as I can, leaving Shu Wan behind. Come on, being attacked by wild monkeys obviously scares you right.

When the monkey noticed that I was gone, it decided to pursue Shu Wan. And whats worst was that Shu Wan was standing beside this railing, where all the monkeys came down. She too panicked. However thanks to Victor, *trumpets sound*, she managed to escape without so much as any body contact with the monkey.

Curse all those damn monkeys. They should be shot. Like seriously, how do those Indians live? I told Victor that if I were to stay in Batu Caves, I think I would have already commited suicide. T.T So scary okay.

So there you have it.

Farewell Aunty Lian + Uncle Hung

2010-03-05T17:17:00.007+08:00

So yesterday marked the end of vacation for aunty Lian and Uncle Hung. Today they hopped on a plane and flew off. We couldn't sent them back as we had classes. Honestly, I wasn't really sad because they were going off, after all I think I will be able to see them at the end of the year. I guess I kind of like the fact that our extended family came together and really spent time with one another. So this CNY wasn't such a loss cause after all. Having them around kind of made CNY quite worthwhile. I know I was caught complaining about CNY but really, CNY too some extend was quite fun this year.

And I guess my grandparents were kind of happy to have them back for the festive season (You know its sort of different for when they go visiting), and my mum was happy having her klutzy sister around, boy my aunt is a real klutz.

Oh well there is the future to look forward to. Anyway I've got loads of pictures to fill this blog with. But first I will upload the ones from yesterday. And if I have time I will upload pictures of Katelyn's birthday on Chap Goh Mei. So be patient kids. (Providing if there is anyone who still reads my blog teehee).
Lil' Chubby Katelyn accessing my aunt's Iphone.
Valen eating everything he sees.

Me in my new blouse from Bangkok.

Uncle Hung and Katelyn

Uncle Hung, Katelyn and Grandpa

Me in my completely new outfit. I call this part international souvenir outfit. Necklace- a souvenir from my aunt who lives in Europe, Pink Blouse- from mum who bought it in Bangkok, Guess skirt-from Valen's mum, little Japanese look a like slippers/kitten heels- from aunt who bought it from the states.

Decided to post two pictures up hehe.

My mum, sister, Kimmy, Kristen, Katelyn, uncle Hung and me.

Us girls with Uncle Hung, Aunty Lian and Valen

I like Katelyn's expression here. That's Kristen's mum by the way.

Thats my Grandmother in the checkered shirt. And there is Katelyn, looking like she's going nuts.

For somer reason dad looks pretty hunched here. Oh I think he was squating down.

The rest of the family with Kristen's dad.

Kristen's toes

I kind of like this decoration.

Till then

Talk about fast paced

2010-03-02T23:22:00.002+08:00

Again, a month has passed by in a flash. I can't believe it, this year CNY seemed to pass by so fast. My aunt's final vacation days in Malaysia are numbered. She's going back on Friday. I can't believe its already been five weeks. Wow. Time seems to just pass by in a flash as you are getting older.

I can't say this CNY was the best. But it was definitely unique. CNY reunion dinner eve was one of the best part about CNY this year. It was great because we spent quite a lot of family time together just playing a simple game of wii and fireworks. Not sure, when is the next time we can do this again with my aunt and uncle, but it was great somehow.

As for the Angpaos, well it had certainly reduced in value this year. Hmmmm, somehow I always get more during the year when everyone gets less. Maybe next year.

I'm still not getting the hang that wow, its already March, and CNY is over. Sometimes I feel like I'm still living in the 2009 era, when in reality its already been 2010 and it has also crossed over to the year of the Tiger.

Time flies baby. Time flies. Makes you feel older and more depressed everytime. If you gave me a chance, I wouldn't mind turning back time to when I was maybe 13 or 14? I remembered it being one of the best years of my life. Or how about when I was still in 18 in 2009 (and have not reached my birthday yet)

Makes you think a lot huh?

Hello once again

2010-02-23T12:23:00.004+08:00

So Valen invited me for his family dinner that day, and I decided to wear the red cheong sam again. I know I know, two nights in a row, but I figured it was clean and I only wore it a few hours, and I've already worn the previous cheong sam to his official birthday party so... Plus it was a good thing I did not wear the previous cheong sam because one of his cousins actually came up to me and asked me if I had many cheongsams, as she remembered that I wore one on the day of his birthday!

Took pictures with his cousin Juvee!!! (Always use the opportunity to camwhore). There are some bad parts about camwhoring though. Sometimes you keep putting pictures of your outfits that people actually see them, and there is no element of surprise when you wear them again!

I know I know if you are staring at my hands and wondering why they are so out of proportion, it is because I was pressing my hand hard against my bag :/

And I realized that I did the same for three HAHA.

We wanted to compare heights. Juvee insisted on standing in the middle.

And before I end it. Since its still CNY, I decided to post up a little gift which Valen's mum made.
A small treasure set filled with real full bloom roses and ferrero rocher. Isn't she artistic? She even made some hamper for my family. And if you look closer, there are nicely decorated CNY cupcakes. Pity I didn't take more pictures of it. The cupcakes were fruit cupcakes baked and given to my mum by one of her friends. The outcome of the cupcakes?

A GOLD STAR for the beautiful decorations!

Two thumbs DOWN for the taste of the cupcakes.

I can frankly tell you how much I despise fruitcakes!

Dinner in House of Noble KL

2010-02-20T09:16:00.005+08:00

So every year my uncle invites my family and I to his company's annual CNY dinner in House of Noble. It pretty much seems like an annual family affair. This year they decided to relocate and have their dinner in a more prestigious restaurant known as the House of the Noble KL. And the food there was really good and we were all overstaffed. According to my mum, all the cuisines were prepared by some Hong Kong chef and the outcome was pretty unexpected.

To be honest, I'm not a fan of chinese fine dining. The food prepared are usually the same old dishes, Chicken, steam fish, rice, shark fins, desserts, veges. And they usually take a long time to prepare. So by the time you are actually given the next dish, your stomach has already just given up and become full, or you have lost all of your tastebuds. But this definitely exceeds all expectations.

The usual annual CNY yee sang. I did quite like their smoked salmon though.
The appetizers. This one had sliced abalone, with bacon wrapped fishballs (awesome, the bacon was crisped and wrapped with really tender fishballs), fried sharkfin with breansprouts and egg and some big pudding thingie with cold chicken (Didn't really like this though)

Sharkfin soup. This Sharkfin's soup was filled with scallops, frog's legs, crabmeat, of course shark fin's and it was so thick that one bowl was enough to make you full.

mmmhmmmm, fried pork pieces. I didn't eat this though. I'm not a huge fan of pork slices. My Vietnamese uncle said this was one of the best course of the night.

The married women/mother's club. That's my grandmother, auntie, mum and auntie. (Not the pink shirt one though).

I noticed that my sister and cousin and cousin's cousin were all deck in grey.

Lil chubby and her niece. (Honestly, as cute as the girl may seem, she is also quite annoying!)

Me, Kristen and Kristen's cousin Yau Hao Che. He was the only guy who was sitted with us and we took the liberty to bully him. This guy looks innocent right, but boy can he drink. Don't play play! *salutes*

Awww don't we all look cute.

My mum insisted I take a picture of this little boy and his mum. She said he looked cute.

Steamed promfret. Not bad.

The cheongsam I wore for the night. I have two this year. The flowers were handpainted. As you can see I was feeling really lazy so I just simply straighten my hair and gave it a super messy look. Oh and this cheongsam had a really high slit, that it was really comfortable to sit around it.

More grey.

Okay this dish was pretty unique. As you can see there are two chicken wings, hence you will think that it is a chicken dish. But no you are wrong. The outer layer does look a little deceptive. It is crispy and does look like a chicken skin. But when you bite into it, its actually a thin layer of fishcakes with almond. I give it a gold star.

Those gigantic huge squares are beancurds. It kind of turned me off so I didn't really eat it. But I did like the abalone mushrooms though and the sauce and veges.

I like this glutinous sticky rice. It was really fragrant.

And dessert, fried Chinese Sweet cakes with taro (yam) and sweet potato. And a side serving of vanilla melted ice-cream and honey dew. I did like the fried sweet cakes though I didn't like the sweet potatos and taros.

Here a closer picture for you to see.

And finally Kristen and I! I know I know my hair looks damn messy but we were in a hurry because we didn't want to burden Hao Hao's sister who was taking our pictures :)

Chinese are known to eat...Thus these pictures

2010-02-18T22:33:00.003+08:00

As boring as I deemed this CNY to be, I did managed to take a lot of pictures.
And I was scrolling through my pictures today, I just had to post up pictures of food. AH ha, its what everyone likes to read right? And today's post is based on the dinner we had, before Valen and I headed over to UZhing for a bbq party. By then we were too stuff to eat anything, so we snacked on her CNY cookies and "refreshments" just to be polite :).

Our family decided to have a last minute dinner arrangements in a nearby restaurant named Nyonya Kitchen. It also happened to be our first time "loh sang-ing" together as a family this year.

Our family took up two tables. One for the adults and one for the children. There were quite a lot of families there as well.
Below are food pictures. Be warn: do not look at the pictures with an empty stomach! You will feel the need to eat.

Yee Sang. I don't get why people eat this, but to me it taste horrible. I find the burst of flavor pretty unacceptable and until now I don't really like to eat it all that much.
The appetizers. Pai Tee-cold shrimp with mayonaise mixed fruit salad, some egg/seafood thingie, yam and stir fried veges, some fried pork pieces and some fried egg pieces.

Tom Yam fish. This I like. I like my food spicy, though not to the extend of having my mouth fill as if it was flaming hot. I guess I must have been brought up this way.This just about tasted right. There was a combination of sweet (from the pineapple) and just about the right sour taste that Tom Yam are required to have.

Ooooo, nyonya tandoori chicken. THE BEST! Wrapped with pandan leaves, and having the taste of tandoori in the middle of the chicken. YUMMY!

Stir fried vegetables. Ergh. Normal.

Shrimp cooked in soya sauce. Nothing spectacular though it was pretty fragrant.

Steamed fish with soya sauce. Never liked fish all that much (except for Mcd's fillet o fish and small fried fishes- and I don't mean anchovies either). It was so so.

Fried calamaries. It tasted like normal, average calamaries you can get anywhere.

We were later given cendol to wash down. Can you imagine all this food for one table. We got sick after looking at it. And we were even given rice. So what say you? We were dead full by the end of the night together.

Happy CNY

2010-02-15T00:30:00.003+08:00

Since its CNY, I've decided to post up some pictures of me myself and I! I know I know you must be thinking, wth??? Oh well my blog, my rules. Its not everyday, I take the camera, and snap pictures of myself. (I only do that when I am in a super good mood). And considering my ahem reputation regarding the way I dress during Valen's surprise party, I decided to prove to the world that I am capable of dressing nicely! You can't really see the full pictures of my cheongsam, but from the pictures, you will have a pretty good idea of how the flowers were embroidered on it, and the traditional, vibrant red that makes the cheongsam, the ultimate Chinese wear. Shall post up more pictures soon!

Okay thats about all. To the rest of the Chinese, Happy CNY (please please please give me more angpaos, as I am a poor, broke child, in dire need of more moolah for food). To the rest of the world Happy V-day! And to Valen the lucky duck, Happy Birthday.Will blog more soon!

Oh and one more thing, I am absolutely not going to post up Valen's surprise party pictures. Most of the pictures with me suck. If you want to view them, check them out on facebook! Sorry, I think Kristen must have influenced me with her vainess. Say what you feel like saying. I don't give a damn.

Good day!

This is what I call, Peer Pressure

2010-02-07T09:08:00.006+08:00

The following picture was taken in Cafe Chulo. We had a surprise party yesterday for Valen. And it was great, due to the smooth planning and having the best party helpers around helped. However, this wasn't what I wanted to point out. I will talk more about the party in the next post. Right now, I just wanted to show you a picture of me. YES, you've seen it. Look at how bad my appearance is. I've noticed these days, that I wasn't very much my ahemstylishahem self. I guess that it was due to the fact that my hair was in a complete and utter shit due to this shitty pompous hairstylist. My hair is bad. Very bad.

And yesterday, thanks to Chee King, I realized how bad it really was. CK "Your hair is so messy".
Me: I know.
CK: How come your hair look so neat during photoshoots?

Me. -__________________-Duh hairstylists.

CK: Pictures are so deceptive.

Me: -_____________________________________-

Made me sound like a complete plastic! And I'm not super bad-looking until beyond repair okay. I just need to start repairing.

My hairstylist, my dad (yes my very own father), my friends have been telling me how bad my hair is. And when I scrolled through my pictures from yesterday, I finally realized how "beyond repair" my appearance is. Even my dad had been asking me to do something about it.

The only person who told me not to do anything was Kenji, Valen's friend/hairstylist.
He gave me these two pots of Kerastase hair mask, and I've been using it religiously for the past few days. I noticed that it seemed to have had a small effect on me. It was actually quite good. And even though it wasn't completely smooth, there was a slight noticeable effect on it.

OKay talk all you want about me. OMG Shannon you are so vain. How can you give in to peer pressure. bloodyblahblah.

For me, good appearance (it doesn't have to be super great), helps with first impressions, boosts up self-esteem and all that shit. And yeah, if my esteem isn't great, how am I going to have the confidence and the mindset to study? I will be too busy worrying about how I look (shallow person speaking here). That I wouldn't even have the time to focus on my studies!!!

So this is what I did today. I rummaged through my stuff and found back my hair-iron, which I've not used from eons and started straightening my hair. Curling would have been a much better option, but I've not really mastered the art of curling with the hair-iron. Due to lack of manpower, it wasn't sleek straight but at least its slightly presentable. I think I should start using it now until I figure out how to curb that hair problem.

But thinking about time? And waking up early....errrrrr.

So appearance not important? Think again!

Joan's birthday and 1y3m FULLHOUSE

2010-02-03T23:59:00.007+08:00

I know I've a shit load of assignments to finish and exams to look forward to, oh the joy, the joy. However, I've decided to take some time off and blog about my past two days. Well basically about yesterday and today.

First off, Joan's post birthday celebration. Joan's birthday fell on the 30th of January. Initially each of us planned to get a perfume, and split the cost among ourselves. However, as we were discussing something in the library that day, Joan randomly told us that she wanted to have BBQ plaza, and that she wishes that each of us would just spent on her lunch instead of getting her something that she does not need. We agreed to her plan.

Nevertheless, our post-birthday lunch in BBQ plaza did not carry out as planned. Joan received some birthday vouchers to Red box, and she had all this discounts on meals and headcount, that we decided to just go there instead. Us girls booked a room to ourselves, and sang monotonous to our hearts desire. :) We had fun!

Candid. Tuan Tynn looks rather tired here.
Birthday girl, doing what she does best-mummying.
Me. Looking rather messy haired.
Joan and I
Tuan Tynn and I.Gah we look bad here.
Steph and Sai Yung attempts to charm us with their singing :)
The food we ordered. My udon. Didn't really like the food there though. My udon was actually quite warm when it arrived. Within a few minutes it became cool. I suspected that they were doing an instant.

Still it was worth the fun.

Then today, Valen randomly suggested that we have dinner together. We were supposed to have dinner at BBQ plaza today. However, plans changed (how come plans always change when we are supposed to have bbq plaza :( ). We went to Full house though. My first visit to Full house wasn't all that memorable to begin with. But today, it was great. We tried the newly opened cafe in Sunway. As usual I love their decor.
Valen's Chesire Cat grin. This shot is great! Thanks to the ahemawesomeahemcough photographer.
The comic menu. Honestly I'm amazed at the fact that the owner managed to get many good sponsers for their menu/comic which I am sure was pretty expensive due to the high quality glossy paper. I used to be an editor before my English deteriorated.
Nice ambience. So soothing.

See there is even pigeons hanging around the veranda.
Pigeons.

Honestly the food was only mediocre. However, it was still pretty satisfying to some extend.
Valen's Alio Olio shrimp pasta.
My Mixed seafood. Okay this is definitely not recommended. The paste was nice. The waiter was nice enough to change my grilled salmon to smoked salmon on request (Two thumbs up for their service though), but halfway through the course, I was beginning to get sick of the taste. And also the food was really not filling. So yeah it was satisfying to some EXTEND.
Passionfruit green tea. Quite recommended.
My soda/passionfruit/some pop thingy. It was okay. Too frizzy. And is it me, or do the stirrers look electrifying in the pictures? Nice!
Fried mantao. I don't know what's the name of the buns. I was too hungry, and not filled from the mixed seafood (I only ate the seafood and not the mashed potato), that I had to order this.

I love this statue. Its so cool!

All in all, it was definitely a blissful dinner. I went around for a bit and managed to snag myself a red cheong sam for CNY hehe. Was contemplating, and the saleslady gave me a recommendation, and in the end I got that. Wanted to go out for CNY shopping this Sunday, but consider the workload, I doubt I will be going anywhere. So yeah, story of my life. The end.

Miss me? Oh yeah???

2010-01-30T13:31:00.007+08:00

Well, I've been emoing for the past few weeks. Had no desire whatsoever to blog or anything. I know you guys missed me right? Whatever. Anyway just to let you guys know my aunt is back from the States for CNY. Its been her first Chinese New Year in about 12 years. How time flies huh? Received a bunch of goodies including this Coach bag and wristlet, ralph lauren shirt, some clothes, fuschia Vera Wang flip flops, jewellery handstand...yada yada yada. Thanks aunty and uncle and mummy. New stuff for New Year? Whats not to be happy?

Sounds so materialistic. -.- Sien. And FYI I'm not showing off. I'm just being gratified and thanking everyone. Ask Valen, he received some stuff as well.

Really, what happened to my blogging mojo? Right now, I'm more stressed out than anything. Tests, assignments and other things are kicking in. >.< Just the other day, one of my lecturers handed us an individual assignment. We were supposed to look for a job specification, where we could "submit out resumes". This assignment carries 30% of our coursework marks, and I was thinking What the??? What do I want to do in the future.

I scrolled through job street, simply picked the best sounding job specification (that I will qualify as a post graduate) and just submitted it to my lecturer.

Sigh, looking at this, I can see that I have absolutely no idea of what I intend to do in my future. Which is sad if you think about it. I have plans, but as of now, plans can't be executed. Sigh I'm very confused. Two years more to go. I wonder what's going to happen?

Nothing much to blog about.
Peace out yo!

STOP THIS buzzingSHIT

2010-01-19T19:25:00.006+08:00

I just want to vent out my frustrations. I've complained before about the year 2010. And honestly I am sick of it. I can't believe its only one month. But really, I AM SICK OF EVERYONE! Well maybe not everyone. But most of the people I know. You know how sickening it is to go back home everyday to arguements and tempers and also to face it in school, and also to receive messages like that?

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME A BREAK. Even my phone can't give me a break either

GOSH, I NEED A VACATION. DO YOU KNOW HOW *insert toot here* FRUSTRATING IT IS???? STOP INSTIGATING!There's only so much a human can take. I must rummage through my files, for that poem I wrote few years back titled, "I AM ONLY HUMAN"

CALEB SARAH, LETS DITCH THIS SHIT and GO TO A BEACH, SO THAT I CAN VENT ALL MY FRUSTRATIONS THERE, THROW AS MANY ROCKS AS I POSSIBLY CAN, SCREAM, GET DRUNK and TALK SHIT.

EVERY FREAKING DAY I'VE BEEN FACED WITH SHIT AFTER SHIT! ITS NO WONDER I NEED PSYCHOTHERAPHY!

Hello lookee here

2010-01-15T23:03:00.005+08:00

Hello guys
I have nothing much to update actually. Just to let you know, I have been eliminated from the competition. I know all of you must be thinking "Phew, no more voting". Well, for those of you who did, thank you guys :)
I really appreciate your support :) Maybe its a sign that it was not meant to be. I was getting quite tired trying to beg for support. And everytime I did, I felt like a pathetic loser. Its very difficult to get votes, especially when it came to having to pay for it.

However Thank You once again for supporting :)

On a random note, I feel my life is getting shittier and shittier every day. YAY, I barely know myself even more. No damn idea where my life is heading and all that shit. YAY.

I can barely recognized myself at all honestly. In fact 2010 has been a real shitty year so far. Well its only the first month and I'm complaining. But really unless something looks up, I've got nothing much to look forward to. College is a bore. Subjects suck. I hate the timetable. I lack the motivation, I had last year. Everything just flew out the window. Whoopee doo. And best of all, I have no encouragement from people. Motivation and encouragement goes hand in hand like the trade surplus graph. High Motivation level=high encouragement level.

I just hope something looks up. Because honestly life is pretty shitty these days. My spirits have been dampened.

Wedding of the Year- Boon Kai See and Yuen Yuen

2010-01-11T19:26:00.009+08:00

Okay, is it me or is this month filled with weddings? So far, this is my second wedding, and I've been invited to two more weddings. However, this wedding was definitely a very special wedding, and I have to blog about it.

Okay first of, this wedding belonged to my primary/high school classmate named Boon Kai See. And yes he is 19 years old like me. His wife is two years younger than him. Okay for those of you who read it, assuming you don't know him, you must be thinking to yourself "Huh, OMG is his wife pregnant? Sure confirm pregnant!" The answer is "NO", she isnt! Okay, I'm assuming you must be thinking "OMG WTH? WHY SO YOUNG????" I don't know what made him come to that decision, but of course we must respect his decision. All I know is that he has been talking about tying the knot with his girlfriend since we were in high school, but none of us took him seriously. So yeah.

Some of you must be thinking, "How are they going to support themselves?". Well, he is working and taking over his father's business, and I'm going to leave you at that.

Now on to the wedding. The moment I saw Kai See, I see his face breaking into a huge delighted smile that every groom would have on his wedding day. He greeted us happily in a white tuxedo (later he changed out of it), and he had a lot of best men to support him on that day (Good thing also, at least he managed to capture most of his favorite buds before they flew all around the world for good, to share in his auspicious day).

Look at the happy bunch. Oh just to let you know, I was absolutely shocked to see Alvan Cheong inside the picture because I didn't know they were acquainted hehehe. Funny story behind that as well.

Alvan and I. Shit my hair looks damn messy here. Just to let you know the hair and make up was fully sponsered, in a way. The hair was sponsered by See Yee of Everygreen (my favorite hairdresser...Errrr it looked messy here, because I was in a complete rush and had to sort of hurried her. Ahem she did my hair for INTI ball last year as well). And as for the Make up, it was sponsered by Clinique from the Tea Party. I finally got to use to make up voucher!

The best men and quote "the bride girl" from the entertainer.

One of their wedding pictures.

With Flash. Their wedding was held in the huge Hokkien Association. And it was a pretty lavish affair to some extend.

Little party packs, which contained pineapple tarts.

There were quite a lot of tables. Honestly the wedding kind of reminded me of those Hong Kong Karaoke/ chinese all star awards they used to feature during Chinese New Year. They had entertainers like chinese dancers with costumes, magician...yada yada yada. The host for the night was quite annoying.

One of the dish for the night. Sharkfin. A must have for weddings (I think). Too bad I didn't manage to take pictures.

Kai See has such a huge family. No wonder they chose the Hokkien Association. They took up the big stage. For those of you who aren't from Klang. The Hokkien Association usually holds functions like errr political rallies/speeches, and other functions. Its quite huge.

Okay this is another custom that I wasn't really acquainted with. Kai See's family invited a Datuk and they made a donation to some school. Talk about whoa....It really did reminded me of those shows we watch on tv. Except that was a winning cheque. This on the other hand was a charity :)

Valen and I.

The girls.

Suba and I. Me in my ball gown. Suba in her super sexy, high slited cheong sam. Really, she was the only one who really suited the theme of the wedding hehehe.

My camwhore buddy.

BIG SMILES

Valen and Suba!

Elvina and I!

The cousins reunited!

Shor Kuan, Mojojojo,Shan,BABA, Jenny from the Block and Kathy

Jenny and I. Goshhh I love Jenny's hair. Its so reminded me of a Pantene commercial!

Me, Kathy and Baba's bobbly head!

Jingle Ling, Shan and Mojojojo

Tung Lik and Zlwin (who sort of look like he was having a migraine)

Ba's gothic emo look.

The IT couple(s) !

Okay, every wedding photos must definitely include the wedded couple right? Okay this is them!

Valen and I with them.

Valen and Alvan

Wan Juin and Shor Kuan

May Zhee, E Jen and Shor Kuan

Wan Juin and MZ

MZ and May Woon

WJ and May Woon

WJ and Kathy

Chun Shen and MZ

Shor Kuan and I

Us girls and the bride

Us girls and the wedded couple.

Sneak Peak for the fourth issue

2010-01-07T17:48:00.004+08:00

Like the pictures??? Type MODV SHN and send it to 36660. Really, I didn't even recognize myself. However, I do want to stay in the running, so please do vote for me yeah.

What I've been up to these days

2010-01-04T19:34:00.006+08:00

Greetings earthlings...

Ever since welcoming the New Year, I've been doing nothing but PMS. I was constantly feeling so jaded and dull. Really its amazing I've managed to survive the past few days. But I did. Anyway I'm back. My mood has seriously gone up a notch and I'm back to my smiling ways. Sadly, college has started today, and I had to kiss my holidays goodbye.

I know December has been over for awhile now. And I've not posted this up. Yes, Modelle's very own third issue. This magazine has been a real hard find. And I mean it literally. For some reason, their third issue could only be found in vague magazine stands, and places like PJ Hilton's souvenir shop and a few other weird places. It wasn't like that for the other two issues though. They had it in MPH, and Popular back then. hmmmm

I kind of like this picture here...
Sadly, I couldn't say the same for the main picture. LOOK HOW WEIRD the angle is.
However I did like the few smaller pictures at the bottom. Why does Modelle always choose weird pictures of me :(

Like the pictures??? TYPE MODV SHN and send to 36660!!!!!!

Last week Valen and I went down to KL. We initially went to Pavilion to exchange a good. Then we walked over to Sungei Wang and BB Plaza where Valen wanted to get his MU jersey printed on. (Really I don't get what the hoo-ha for football is) And by golly, jersey printing isn't cheap. *faints*

Then we walked over to Lot 10 where I showed Valen this cafe that my mum and I used dine in when we went over to KL for shopping eons ago, known as the Societe Cafe.

Societe cafe has never changed its outlook at all throughout the years. Food-wise it does still remain okay. However we can't really judge because we didn't really get to taste all those main courses. However I do like the atmosphere of the cafe. It was pretty quaint and quiet.
Look Valen's happy face.
Societe Cafe and Wine Bar.
Me :)
Our garlic bread. This garlic bread was quite good. It was crispy and had just about the right garlic-ky taste.

However, we would warn you to, never try their nachos! Its expensive for a plate of normal nachos. I mean for the price, you can totally order a bigger or more satisfying plate of nachos in Souled Out. (And I do mean literally bigger and more satisfying okay!)
Click here for comparison. Oh and I think it may have been cheaper as well. Okay thats about all. Can people please comment. This blog is so deadddd!

Happy New Year everyone!

2010-01-01T08:53:00.006+08:00

I had a dull New Year's Eve yesterday. My celebration for welcoming the New Year promptly ended at 11 something, which wasn't exactly much of a New Year's celebration. So I'm really envious of all other New Year's celebration. hmmmm. Well there's always next year. I'm definitely going to make the best out of it. There's what they always, always say.hmmmm

It sucks living in Klang. Apart from the annoying sound of firecrackers, everything here is basically dead.

I'm going to leave you here with a small New Year's present.

A book on How RED saved Christmas.
Let me read to you. *clears thoat* "Once upon a time...."
Hahhahaa who am I kidding? The book is hallow and has a special stash of M&M's in it.
But there is a story. Here you go.

On an absolutely random note, I find photos without flash really annoying. Unless I absolutely have to, I hate flash-less photos. Flash-less photos always appear so pixelated. *scroll down and you will see*

And on another random note, I've decided to take off my chat box, because there's no one to use it. So if you wish to comment, you can take the old-fashion route by commenting on my post.

Happy 2010!!!!!!!!

The present or presents?

2009-12-31T17:32:00.008+08:00

First of the obligatory, please vote for me remark. TYPE MODV SHN and send to 36660. Thank you!!! Muahhhh

Today marks my last post for the year 2009. Tomorrow marks the first day of the 2010. Nevertheless, before I start making any new years resolution, I would like to make something clear. Throughout my short-lived 18 years of my life, I never look forward to the new year (unlike the rest of the world). Well except for last year, I really tried my best to at least look forward to the year. And I did. To some extend it was one of the most fruitful year I had. I did things I never imagined possible. However as the year nears its end, I ventured into my seemingly dull, stagnant, wary self that I've been feeling throughout my years. I yearn for things that I never seemed to achieve or get. And it makes me feel so agitated and so angry. I feel so dissatisfied.

I've came across a quotation from the best-selling book "The Secret for teens" that the secret to feeling satisfied is to satisfy oneself not of the past or the future but for the present. (Well I can't exactly remember the exact quotation of it, but this is the gist of it". And to be honest, as much as I want to claim that I am satisfied. I am not satisfied.

Don't get me wrong. I am not trying to feel any less gratified for people who have showered me with love and kindness. Its just that, I'm just unsatisfied with myself.

On another random note, I've been a complete bitch to some people. But then again they have also been pretty bitchy to me. Sometimes I believe in life, you need to ~~act~~ be tough to succeed. For instance, I admit, I used to like watching Kimora Lee Simmon's "Life in the Fab Lane" reality series. Kimora is a complete bitch that everyone despises. But if there is one thing her series taught me, it is the fact that you have to cave in, and be tough and take on the world as your own. Be your own Bitch even if it means getting despised. To Succeed.

Well all hope is not lost. If you truly believe and continuously have faith, who is to say that it will not come to pass. I just hope it does come to pass.

So yeah, I am going to end this post here with a gift that two special someones gave me on Christmas. Will post up the rest of my Christmas presents soon as a thank you! (It doesn't mean that I love any of you less okay?) Kristen I love yours too!!!

A Swarovski Teddy Pendant from Valen.

And a heart shaped pendant in a heart shaped box from Sarah Pang.

Each symbolizing their love in their own ways.

A present also represents a presence of the person who gives you that and reminds you of the present in which he or she gives you. Just a thought.

GOODBYE 2009! You have been great so far. I wish I was 19 forever.

Clinique Tea Party Photos

2009-12-28T17:49:00.019+08:00

Have you ever had that desire of wanting an IT party with nice decorative helium balloons, a variety of flowers, good food, nice party atmosphere with closed friends beside you. And most importantly GREAT FUN! Sadly though that party you long for doesn't materialize and only remains a great figment of your imagination.

However I am here to tell you that on 26th of November 2009, I had that party!!!! That party I longed for. And best of all, it was FULLY SPONSERED!!! By Clinique cosmetics nevertheless. I know I've mentioned a couple of times (and thats not because Valen and I have won stuff from them), its just Clinique products are soooo good. Clinique was working hand in hand with MYC magazine. And without them. This party would never have materialized. So, a very special thank you to ZOE and her team from MYC and also Clinique for making my dream come true!

First things first. If you are are an avid reader of my blog, the party was held in Gardens, One U. And I was asked to invite 20 friends to the party. 19 people turned up, which wasn't so bad. That day also happened to be Lina's friend's birthday.

During that day, we had some ice-breaking sessions, got to learn basic make up tips from Clinique, eat cute food (oh boy, pretty cupcakes, delicious chocolatey cakes, sandwiches...bla bla bla...cute food you'd only dream of having at a party, iced tea), learn about Clinique products and win loads and loads of goodies from Clinique. Not fun???

Oh well I will let the pictures do the talking. Have fun :) cheers

Annual Christmas Dinner

2009-12-26T10:49:00.010+08:00

So yesterday was Christmas day. For those of you who I've not wished a Merry Christmas, Happy Belated Christmas. Or to be precise, Happy Boxing Day. If you wish to send me a gift of some sort , please send it to....hahaha kidding.

Or you can personally ask me for my address :) *wink wink* or if you wish to you could just vote for me by typing MODV SHN and send to 36660. That would be enough of a Christmas gift :) hehehehe

Christmas this year was pretty fun. I got to spend it with my family. We had the annual tradition of exchanging and unwrapping of gifts :) However this year, our family had a special guest to share with for our Christmas Cheer. Thats right, Valen Teh spontaneously joined us on the unveiling of gifts. Nevertheless it was really fun. Now that Christmas is officially over, I have only one more week to enjoy before I officially start college.BOOOHOOO... On second thought, maybe it isn't over yet, because I've got Wan Juin's Christmas party to attend to, tonight.

Every year, my family and I attend this church Christmas dinner at Klang Parade. This year they changed the venue to Hai Thiam Lo. There was an ex-minister who was attending this year to share his testimony about being demon-posessed. And honestly this year's dinner was so much better than the previous years. There were over 200 tables. And they took up at least two halls.

Kristen and Ashley

Eva and Katelyn

Kristen, me, Valen. We were sort of the black team. Because we were all wearing black.

This is us including my sister.

This was our first meal. Sharkfin soup with tofu. Didn't like the tofu though.

Katelyn here anticipating her food. Look at her funny expression.

Here is another picture of her with Kimberly. Bearing her toothless grin. *cues all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth. My two front teeth*

Dad and Katelyn.

Ashley and Kristen

Valen and I.

Kristen me and Valen.

I find this pretty amusing.

The two best cousins

This time with our body

My dad with the two silly girls :)

Katelyn my mum and dad.

Me with a weird expression

The second course. Cold cuts.

I like the fried thingy though. And everyone's grabbing. Honestly the food was so much better than the previous years as well. However the portion was so much smaller.

Two fishes. Look at that ooogly stomach. Yuck

Pig's leg with green peas. *Valen's favorite dish" hhehehehe inside joke

I love shrimps. They were crispy to the max. That was one of my favorite dishes of the night.

Candles. Okay remember why I said that this year was so much better than the previous years? It is because there was just the feel of Christmas. We were each given candles to wave around and to sing to old Christmas favorites like "Fritz Meredeth, Silent night...."

Look at how happy everyone was. They were waving the candles until wax was flying around.

I like this picture of the fried rice. The fried rice was good as well. However it lacked saltiness. There were no pictures of desserts though.

Everyone feeling the bond of the Christmas festive.

Playing with fire.

All in all, the dinner was actually quite fun. Though I strongly suspect the waitresses probably couldn't agree with us. After the all the excess cleaning up they would have to do. And we had the annual Christmas Blessed Draw (lucky draw), and every year we actually win something. HAHA. This year though we won a hamper. My grandfather was invited to draw slots and present prizes. And the emcee who saw him actually told him, that he always seem to take back something...

And finally, we met up with Alvan who was there with his family. In fact we will be going for movies with him and Sarah later. We camwhored together.

All in all, it had been a good Christmas :) I had a merry one this year. :) God bless :) Peace out!

Two days of complete shopping with estrogen filled people.

2009-12-24T08:11:00.006+08:00

Before I proceed on with my post, please please please vote for me by typing MODV SHN and send it to 36660! Thank you *runs away and hide*!

Its been awhile since I hung out with my mum. Ever since I was in kindergarten, we used to have this day trip out to KL where we would do some pre-Christmas shopping and to hang out. However as the years progress, and I emerged into my high school years, we seemed to have just stopped our annual pre-Christmas outings. However for the past two days (22nd and 23rd), my mum and I have decided to revive the good ol' days and just go out and shop. We have been to Mid Valley and the Gardens for two whole days in a row. On the 22nd, we were joined by Kristen. And yesterday, we just went by ourselves. It was really fun.

There were gales of laughter, followed by gossip and trying on different clothes, though we never really bought them. I love hanging out with Kristen. She's like the other sister that I never had.

hehehehe. Horrible picture. I know. Tell me something I don't know? My hair is like a bush waiting to be tamed.

Since we shared a common love for chocolate, we decided to try out the 7 layers of sin in Delectables.

This box-filled goodie sold at RM 12. The cake was sort of layered like a tiramisu. Except that it lacked the taste of coffee. And had sort of a chocolate crumby fudge taste to it. Topped with unsweetened cream. We even got one for Valen to try.

Randomly took a picture of the box they put it in.

The delectable shop. Honestly Kristen and I weren't too happy with the whole customer service by the cashier named Aida. (Kristen was particularly unpleased by her that she actually looked her name up in the receipt).

Then yesterday, my mum and I decided to try the Delicious in Mid Valley for the first time. I've never tried the one in Mid Valley before.

My mum ordered this Bruschetta with Shrimp and garlic oil. And it was really good. The Bruschetta was crunchy to bits and when dipped in the garlic oil, it had this nice garlicky and shrimpy taste to it. The shrimps were also fresh to bit.

I order this rice with sambal shrimp. And honestly I still prefer the one at Delicious One Utama. The rice lacked the fragrance that the Delicious in OU oozes. The sambal too didn't taste as good as the one in OU. Even my mum agreed.

And finally a trip to Delicious must always end with a nice pavlova for a complete satisfactory luncheon experience. Nothing bits the Berrilicious chocolate pavlova. Yummy to the core!

Souled Out. Good food and great fun!

2009-12-21T09:33:00.009+08:00

Its been awhile since I last updated my blog. I know its been a few weeks no? In fact I was contemplating whether to shut it down or not, but then I've been promised a new header. So I've decided to stick with it. Not having a funtional laptop is getting to be a pain in the ass. And for some reason, pictures could not be transferred via the usb to my computer. Which explains the lack of updates and lack of pictures.

However its a good thing to be missed somehow. I'm currently using my grandfather's viao to blog. Its the only way I could transfer pictures through its memory SD reader.

Whatever. Anyway I've decided to blog about yesterday. I went to Pavilion with Valen and Sarah. Then we headed over to Souled Out where we decided to meet up with Benjamin Low. Initially Jason (Sarah's bro and Alvan were supposed to tag along). However they both bailed out, and it was just the four of us.

What wasn't fun? Good company and good food with gales of laughter? It was a swell of a night.

The place was decorated with the annual Christmas festive decoration that comprises of patterned straws (go figure) and silver baubles.
Sarah ze pang pang.

Valen ze "innocent one".

Shannon Keng and Sarah Pang. Love at first hand?

Me. Ugly photo.

Yay souled out!

We ordered a few alcoholic concoctions. Souled Out is famous for that.

Like this-Valen's Mojito. Which was low in alcohol. But had a really nice sour taste to it.

This was free. It came with the Guiness Chicken set. They were having some promotion. None of us drank Beer. So we gave it to Benjamin Low. Which was really funny. You see (if you scrolled to the bottom), Benjamin is pure Chinese. But he was tan and was often mistaken for a malay. When he took a sip of the beer, the woman immediately came up to him and was all: "are you sure you can drink that?"

The waitress actually recommended this. I like the sour salsa. But the jalapenos weren't at all spicy.

A closer look.

This is the Lychee Lemon Martini that Sarah and I ordered. It was nice. But it was too bitter, I switched it for the Mojito.

Chicken Katsuki (I think thats the name of it..) The chicken was average and consisted of grilled breast meat. However the guiness dip was nice. It had a nice sweet taste to it.

Sarah's naan and chicken tandoori. With Chickpees and paprika. By the look of it. The food portion was huge.

Sarah and Benjamin.

My sake san. Smoked Salmon pizza. This is the only pizza I seem to order everytime I come to Souled Out. However I like it because it wasn't too cheesy.

Valen's bbq chicken set.

And last but not least, Benjamin Low. It was my and Valen's first time hanging out with him.

His fettuncine Carbonara.

All in all we enjoyed each other's company. And the food portion was so huge, that we had a hard time finishing it all. But nevertheless we stuffed ourselves. We didn't want to waste!

December fest

2009-12-09T02:27:00.009+08:00

I know I know, its been awhile since I've blogged. Ever since the crash of my laptop, I've lost my blogging mojo. I guess it was partly because, my computer is sort of my sanctuary and my workplace and its also the place where I do all the editing, the uploading and the blogging. As much as I hate it, I still need it. Its sort of a love-hate relationship. I'm not even going to bother editing the photos, because its still unavailable.

Well my life had definitely been interesting so far. I finished my time volunteering for Vacation Bible School. It was fun because I got to boss little kids around. (In fact I think I'm the bossiet, considering the fact that I was always scowling and screaming) I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I enjoyed every waking moment of it. It was definitely not enjoyable having to babysit kids and cave in to all their demands, put them first, and make sure that their little lives are not in jeopardy. However at the end of the day, you do gain intrinsic satisfaction, when the little babies come to you and tell you that they loved you. Or or buy little sand papers and color them in order to give them as little gifts to you. (I kid you not. One girl actually did that. However she didn't managed to finish her artwork in time and I left early.) Or being spoiled by them in other ways.

Apart from that I've been a complete tv junkie. Been watching episodes and reruns of Chuck, new season of GG and Glee, and other tv-series I could get my hands on.

There are a few pictures, that I've decided to put up. For instance on Thursday, I was asked to go down to Kuchai Lama. After that Valen and I decided to have dinner at Shabu-Shabu. It turned out that restaurant only served steamboat buffet. It was quite late, and we decided to forgo the idea of having buffet, so we headed to the nearest other steamboat restaurant known simply as the 100 degrees.
I have to say this place was really nice and quite reasonable.
HAHA camwhoring noticed the rosy cheeks? My cheeks were red from a day out in the water park (one of the itinerary of the kid's camp)
The couple set we ordered. It was enough for two person. The squids were an extra order. There was also an extra order of tepanyaki King shrimps. However I was too hungry to bother taking it. Now I regret. The price? RM 50 for all the orders including the extra orders. The couple set itself was really quite filling.
I would totally recommend the tom yam soup.

Here are all the pictures of the sauces they had. It was self-service.

Okay, I know this is completely out of line, but since I've not posted the tea party pictures. I've decided to post pictures of the stuff that I received from it.
Here is the goodie bag that I received for being the hostess and one of the winners of the Clinique Tea Party contest. I took only the moisturizer and mascara. My mum who is an avid Clinique fan got the rest.
Then there was the other goodie bag that we as attendees receive.
The best thing about the whole goodie bag was the make up voucher. :) Which I am planning to use for the Christmas Dinner Party :)
And I received this for participating in one of their games. :) hahahaha the one where Sarah had a big goofy Mcdonalds smile makeover from me. :) I found the whole two-in-one lipgloss/mascara really useful. This I kept it for myself. Gosh, I can't wait to post up all the photos :) I hateeee not bringing my camera :(

Saturday. Valen and I headed to One U. Asked my sister to tag along but she didn't want to. We decided to do a little shopping, and I managed to buy this dress. The best thing about this dress was that it cost RM 273 from Warehouse and I only paid RM 73 for it. *grins*. And it wasn't because they had on a wrong price tag, or that they were having a discount or that I had vouchers. All I can say is that the saleslady at Warehouse is a really really nice lady...
I really like the Christmas decorations in One U. *cues Michael Buble's White Christmas*
Just look at the decoration. It was just a simple, white frosty setting. Pretty elegant.
Look at the standees.
Look, even tourists are gawking at how pretty the decorations are. Or maybe they were just plain bored.

Sunday.

My dad handed over RM 100 dining vouchers of San Francisco Steakhouse in KLCC to me. Obviously I took it happily.
I was pretty ecstatic about not having to spend a lot of money, and feasting on whatever I wanted at the steakhouse. Sadly I was duped. It turned out you can only use one voucher for ever RM 30 purchase! Imagine how frustrated I was, when I found out. I even argued with the waiter that there was no such term and condition. However, he just ignored me.
Utensils.

Nevertheless, I did not let the vouchers go to waste (neither did I use all of them). I was too hungry to go anywhere by then, I ordered braise ribs to be shared with my sister.

We were served complimentary gourmet bread and garlic spread. The garlic spread was lovely. My sister and Valen were first foolish to think that the little pot of spread was Haagen Dazz ice-cream. And tried to make me look like the stupid one. However the joke was on them.
Valen ordered the escargots dipped with garlic sauce. Don't let the pan fool you.
The pan was divided to several compartments, so the garlic cheesy sauce was actually quite little. However, the sauce tasted really good. It was definitely good escargots.

And the barbecued braised ribs?????OMG!!!!
I just had to take a flash and non-flash picture.
It was cheaper than that of Fridays. However the portion was three times bigger than Fridays. And chunkier. OMGGGG it was good beef!!! One of the best ribs ever!

I even ordered a Pavlova. Sad to say, this was such a rip off. The portion was definitely bigger than that of Delicious. However it was too sweet for my liking and the Pavlova was less crunchier than that of Delicious. On the plus size, at least they had black currents.
And that about sums up my December so far. :) Tata. Its 3.am now and I haven't even packed for Genting tomorrow. Damnit

Oh and to those of you who are interested in checking out pictures of children I took care off in VBS. CLICK HERE!

Because I LOVE LEE HYUN WON!!!!

2009-12-01T00:42:00.008+08:00

This just in.

A princess was born 18th years ago on this faithful day (30th November 1991) and I wasn't there to wish her just now. SIGHHHHHH!!!!

But that doesn't mean I'm not going to wish her!!!

Doesn't she look simply adorable. Please don't let your eyes betray you. Hyun Won may look all innocent and demure in that picture but lemme tell you she has razor sharp teeth that will just bite you if you do anything naughty to her >:D

But she's still our sweet little baby princess and we still love her.

Oh and her chinese name is protected in case you decided to stalk her. But if you do wish to find it out, just head on over to a Language school and study Korean or find a Korean friend to help you. You will figure it out eventually
And Hyun Won, since I can't physically give you a present as I've not seen you yet. Here is a little present for you!

HAHAHA some random Korean dude I found off the internet. I would never never post a picture of any Koreans, but since I'm truly and deeply in love with you, I'm willing to do so. HERE Have a BLESSETH BELATED BIRTHDAY!!!

MUAHHH

Screw Edward Cullen, when you can have this!

2009-11-30T17:28:00.007+08:00

Okay, I really get why everyone likes the Robert Pattinson aka Edward Cullen on Twilight. He says the things that girls all jittery and heart pumping adrenaline with quotes like "You're my only reason to stay ... alive. If that's what I am." I get it. I really do. How not to swoon over cheesy or in other words romantic lines like that? I'm a girl aren't I? Don't you girls ever wish that you will have that hot charming prince with nice-looking gleaming white teeth riding by with his expensive-looking breed horse trying to save us girls like little damsels in distress. Okay maybe not since its the 21st century and that the vampires have taken over. Thus we wish we have that hot vampire that whispers sweet nothings instead???

Now this is hot!!!!

Paul Wesley, a Polish-american born actor who plays the lonely, sensitive Stefan Salvatore. He seemed to have that suave appeal that Robert Pattinson seems to lack. . See even his eyes have that sad, mysterious lonely sensitive feeling to it. hmmmm.

And just to let you know this is one of the group shots that we've taken from the Tea Party. I will post up all the pictures once I've gotten them. This picture was taken from U Zhing's blog.
It really sucks when you do not have your camera. Look at the nice backdrop. Not to mention the pretty helium balloons. It was definitely a once in a life time opportunity. I wouldn't mind attending another one again!

Tonight is a good good night!

2009-11-26T22:09:00.004+08:00

First off, I decided to post up the picture that was released by Modelle Magazine. SIGH How come I always seem to look weird in the pictures????
If you like this picture. I know you are going to groan and sigh and probably heading to the kitchen to take a knife but please please please vote for me by typing

MODV SHN and send it to 36660.

Oh and just to let you know today I went for the Clinique Tea Party that I've won from MYC magazine. It was simply awesome!!!! Zoe from Myc and Clinique team really made it happened. And for those of you who missed it. TOO BAD! IT rocked!!!! The girls who came all enjoyed it. THANK YOU GUYS FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN!!!!!!

The worst thing about going for this party was not bringing my diamante encrusted bling bling camera!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

However Zoe managed to take a lot of pictures and it was great. Will post it up soon. But first vote for me okay????

Most sought after dramas.

2009-11-25T15:39:00.008+08:00

You know how everyone has been raving over this quote: When life give you lemons, make lemonade...yada...yada...yada

Thats what I've been doing so far. Been having two months holidays. And remember my quest for a job hunt? Well (I deleted that post), but however short-lived it may be, I think some of you remembered that I was looking for a job.

Was offered one so far, but I think I might clash with the volunteer job I am taking up on the 1-4th of December. And due to some other reasons. The other one, I'm still not very sure yet, as my friend has been acting all mysterious.

So far, my life had definitely been pretty filled. If you are talking about finishing streaming videos of episodes of Glee, Gossip Girl (as shallow as it may sound, its my favorite series of all time. I finally caved in to my desires of watching the season 3 episodes, though I was actually planning to watch it all after the season ends), Melrose Place and currently watching Vampire Diaries (thanks to Lauren Low's constant tv series twitting.)

*squeals*: Omg I have like a really really huge crush on the teacher above. You have got to watch the show to find out!!!

Oh and the first episode was pretty high school musical-ish. Just continue watching and you will love it.

I started watching this series after I read a negative review on Ashlee Simpson's acting in the series. I was hooked after the first episode because of the intriguing suspense.
I always like GG. Now I know why everyone's raving over and over about Chuck Bass. He had showed increased maturity compared to the previous two seasons. And he actually turned hot. Yet I still like Chace Crawford. Still my eye candy :)

Thanks to all sought after dramas brought to us by CW. I am turning pretty unhealthy and lacked sunshine. I actually miss all the walks around college. It was my only source of exercise. Hmmmmm.

More photoshoot photos. Fairy angel anyone?

2009-11-20T13:37:00.007+08:00

Okay, I've decided to post up more pictures. Because I'm nice and because my blog is getting seriously boring!!!! Can you guys please comment or make my cbox more alive? Otherwise I will just have to shut it down!

Whatever. Anyway more pictures from the Modelle photoshoot. Personally, I like the photoshoot this time because it makes me feel so clean. Compared to the two previous shoots. For instance, I had a really bad hair day for my first shoot, and the second shoot I looked so dirty! But I guess thats the point.

The first few pictures of me look icy and fairy princess like. Okay I'm not self-promoting, I'm just trying to explain how it looks like >.<>

Please please please do not stop voting for me okay.

Type MODV SHN and send to 36660. Okay okay if you are thinking of throwing an inanimate object at me. *hands surrenders in defeat*

Here.....
Blue seat! HAHA for the photoshoot!
Thats the make up artist BB who first made my eyes all icy-looking. (Boy I love his make up). He was really detail-oriented. And the most organized make up artist I've seen. For instance, he had to spend a few minutes arranging and rearranging his MAC products so that it will look all neat and perfect.

This is one of the hairstylist, who wanted to take a photo.
Sabrina Loh.
Okay this picture look a little weird. But I'm demonstrating the make up! Doesn't it look all shimmery? An idea for any upcoming Christmas plays.
This is Rosie Cassandra, with her make up! Her theme does remind me a lot of a water fairy.
This is Hanie. She is one of the best models in Modelle. And thats the photographer Michael Cools, and two of three assistants. They are very talented people. For your information they wrapped us with layers of shawls. Kind of reminded me of a ba-chang (Chinese glutinous rice).
Rosie and Hanie.
Hanie and I
Rosie and I
The three of us camwhoring.
Rosie and I.
This is Kristen, a friend of Sutesh.
Rosie and Hanie again.
Kristen and Rosie.Camwhoring in the car! A girl's gotta do what a girl does best. Stupid cliche line.
HAHAHHAHA. A lot of people have been telling me- your eyes are scary. They are giving me the creeps bla bla bla. Look I don't care. I like it. If you don't thats your problem :)
I was camwhoring in my room when I suddenly blinked. Thus the effect.

PHOTOS are available at the Fan Page.

So you can post comments there as well

Thanks for reading. BYE

Finally Modelle's Second Issue and Thomas Sabo (again!)

2009-11-18T22:09:00.004+08:00

First off let me introduce to you Modelle second Magazine. I will post the remaining of the pictures soon with the other models involve. But then you have to do your part by voting for me. Stop voting, and I will not be able to update my blogs with any photo shoot photos anymore. (hehehe okay, I'm done bribing.)

Type MODV SHN and send to 36660. Okay okay, enough about voting, moving on...
But before that, I look damn chubby in the photo T.T OMG!!!! Need to start working out! I am really not that fat okay. Its just that I have really chubby baby cheeks (which is sometimes good because I hardly have outbreaks of zits. But it does make the photos really funny at times T.T)
Done complaining. Makes me want to photo shop that part of the photo.Moving on...

So today Valen's mum invited me over for some barbecued chicken wings. I ate them happily while watching Party Planner on Channel E. Have I ever mentioned that I relish watching reality tv-party planning. I used to love watching David Tutera, Party Planner on Discovery and Living. And I used to influenced Chun Siang into watching it. I figured if all else fails in the future, I might as well quit my job and become a party planner. Who knows you might get to work with rich clients and your future is secure.*building castles in the air*

So as I was glued to the tivo, Valen's mum sauntered into the kitchen and invited me to KL along with her and Valen. She told me that she needed to do some check up and later for some shopping at Pavilion. I agreed to. And after she was gone, I continued to focus my gaze on the tivo.

Fast forward, it turned out Valen's mum went for a check up at first. Then we headed to Pavilion. In Pavilion, we went to a few shops.Valen's mum kept asking me to choose something. But I was too shy and kept declining. I think Valen's mum got really fed up with me, that she decided to go ahead and choose something for me instead. She asked Valen if I had any carriers for charms in Thomas Sabo. He said no. And she picked out a black zirconia carrier. Valen suggested a round carrier instead. The saleslady attached the carrier to a necklace and asked me to try it on. At first I was a little reluctant too because I felt bad that she was spending so much on me. But Valen brought me aside and insisted that if I don't I was actually disappointing her. So I tried on. And I was given two choices of carriers. And I made my decision.
The Charm Carrier with Necklace and a diary that was given if you spent a certain amount.
The Charm Carrier (You can attach any three charms to it). A big thank you to Valen and his mum. I've finally attached my S charm and the recent bra charm and a new additional charm which I also received today.

Tadah! Thank you Valen.
SIGHHHH. I felt superdy duper guilty! And insisted on paying him back! I didn't ask him to get it for me okay! T.T
The two charms being reunited.

And that about sums up my day! Thank you!

Sneak Peak-Part 1 Modelle Photoshoot!

2009-11-17T19:14:00.005+08:00

First off, I will not be releasing all the pictures I took of today's photo shoot. It was definitely a fun photo shoot. But it was also tiring. Boy was it tiring. It was my first time trying out body art. And let me tell you, the amount of time I've wasted trying to get the body art out was difficult. I've released a few of my pictures that I've taken with my make up on.

The theme this time is inspired by ANTM's body art line. There were four elements surrounding this photo shoot. Wind, Water, Fire, Earth. I was placed in the Wind Element. And we were made to look icy.

I will promise to release my pictures soon enough.But first I need you to do something for me.

Do me a favor and vote for me :) hehehehehehe

Desperate times calls for desperate measures.

Type MODV SHN and send it to 36660.

I need the votes badly!

Also if you wish to join my FACEBOOK FAN PAGE for more updates on Modelle and to show your utmost support, please click here! Will upload photos there as well muakz!

Cards that I've made so far.-Rosette Love Themed. (For sale)

2009-11-10T10:33:00.016+08:00

I've decided to post up some pictures of cards that I've made this year. There's not many of them though, but its been a pleasure to do so. I've always carried a passion of tinkering with various materials and coming up with all kinds of ideas for cards. I know there are some who have scoffed at my creativity and compared it to others who I admit are way more creative than mine. But thats okay, I still love making cards and giving them to people. Its my way of spreading love.

So currently there are three different designs that I've created this year. Please do not copy any of the designs. They are copyrighted under me. In fact, I will get really damn pissed with you if you do so. I took hours and days to create each card. And I spent money on them too. And each card is created by me myself and I. If you do not like it or have any offending comment, keep it to yourself. Its my blog, my creativity and I can do any damn thing I wish :) It may not be as pretty as some others, but I am happy with it.

Each card is basically a remake of the same material, but in different colors. I used cards with roses imprinted on it (which you can find in any shop). On the downside, each card carries a smelly heavy scent. >.<

Valentine Theme

The front, heart pearls
The inside
The middle

This card is inspired by Valentine Day. There is another corner with egg beater yellow and a heart attached it for notes purposes. However, due to time constraint, I did not managed to take a picture of it. I created this card somewhere before Valentine Day, and its the baby and the inspiration to the other cards. And sorry about the ugly photos. I didn't managed to capture it clearly.

The next card is my favorite.

Peach Candy Love Letters

The front
The inside

The envelope

This card had a wedding theme to it. I made this for a friend and was inspired by her dress that she wore for a ball. It turned out nicely, that I made another one for my friend's wedding. However that card, had a little edit-ting to it. Each card I make may have a certain theme to it, but an added feature will be introduced it. For instance for my friend's wedding, I edited it a little. but sorry didn't managed to capture it.

The next card was made to two people I know who shared the same birthday. Instead of the usual envelopes that I've been using for those two cards, this card has a birthday cake, decorated with little jewels (or bling blings)

Purple Rose Heart Theme

The front
The inside

There you have it.

Each design is centered around one theme, Roses and Love. They are 3-D. And they are available for sale if you are interested.

You can opt for the customization, but the price shall be agreed upon by me. However please let me know in advance before you do :) cheers

Sticky Handmade Sweets and Vivo pizzas.

2009-11-08T19:28:00.007+08:00

I was randomly walking along One Utama today with Valen when I saw a bunch of people in this pink shop. Naturally my instinct got the best of me. It also happened to be a shop that was newly opened. And there were a bunch of congratulatory flowers dedicated to them. I wanted to see what the big hoo-ha was about. And much to my surprise it was none other than Sticky Traditional Homemade rock candies.

Caleb first sent sent a huge (and I mean huge) packet of handmade rock candies at Sarah's request. And she distributed it in round plastic containers for me and a bunch of his cousins. It was love at first sight for all of us. There were a lot of assorted fruit flavors and each rock candy was made to look like a fruit or hearts or words. I heard that you can even customize your own rock candy.

Sticky Traditional Homemade Sweets store is famous for their candies. I like the atmosphere of the shop. (Too bad I had no pictures though). There were rows and rows of assorted candies. And there was a even an open space glass space near the cashier where the candy-makers demonstrated on how to make candies. It was so damn cool! Oh and they were distributing free samples too. Good advertising gimmick.

Since Sticky was originated in Australia, naturally the owners of the shop were Caucasians. But of course there were Asians working for them too.

I couldn't help but but to buy a bottle :) Oh yeah I forgot to mention that the candies were sold in cute glass jars! I bought the large one for RM 18.90. The small one cost about RM 12.90. If you see the amount of strength demonstrated by the workers on how to make candies, you'd think that the price was definitely worth the amount of strength spent. They had lollipops and other sweets as well.

Here's my assorted fruit flavor.

There's the cherry, the passion fruit, the watermelon, orange, lemon...yadayadayada. I like the passion fruit and the Strawberry heart not to mention lemon the best!
Just so you know the culprit who finished half the box of the candies that Caleb sent was none other than my dear ol' dad. It was that good okay.

And I know this is an irrelevant post. But I've already taken pictures of it. So I thought I might as well post it up on my blog. Valen and I first decided to try out the Vivo and Panini that was newly opened in Aeon. (Valen was pretty broke you see). At first we were in search of some cheap food. Well Vivo and Panini wasn't exactly cheap but they were having a promotion because they newly opened in Aeon.
For instance, if your bill came up to RM 40, they will give you a complimentary glass of blended chocolate drink.
Honestly, I don't know what is so great about this drink, but I did like the whipped cream and the marshmallows. It was huge.
Vivo and Panini definitely out beat Pizza Hut and Pappa John's (However I do still like Pappa Johns). I don't know about you but I really liked the pizzas. I even liked their Hawaiian Pizza and I'm not really a huge fan of Hawaiian Pizzas. Their thin and crispy crust was made in such a way that it wasn't too thick or too thin. Yet it was still crunchy.
And I liked their seafood pizza as well. They gave generous amounts of toppings as well. For instance there were huge chunks of salmon and dory fishes, not to mention fresh shrimps and mussels. And each seafood was topped with good old fashioned barbecue sauce.

Basically that about sums out the first week of the holidays. Enjoy

Attention everyone!

2009-11-07T10:23:00.003+08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates guys :)

Just to let you know, I managed to survive the first round of elimination! It was totally unexpected. I was already telling everyone including my mum, that I was about to be eliminated. Furthermore, I didn't managed to secure enough votes. But I guess I did. Thanks to you guys. REALLY APPRECIATE IT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!!!!

However in order to continue on and not be eliminated, I still need votes!!!! *cues. Everyone groans*

I Know, TELCO VOTINGS ARE THE WORST. BUT PLEASEEEEE DO VOTE FOR ME.

The telco lines opened yesterday for the 40 girls who are still in the running.

You know what to do type MODV SHN and send it to 36660.

Thank you! Do let me know if you do vote for me, so that I can personally thank you :)

Cheers

The November issue will be out today. Will update once I get it.

2009-11-05T13:43:00.017+08:00

This is going to be a really long post. Just to let you guys know that the Tea Party is going to be on. Can't wait :) I will send you guys the official final e-invitation soon. And for those of you who I invited and asked to bring along a friend, please let me know if they are attending thank you :)

And to those of you who have voted for me for the first round (Modelle Magazine), thank you. I really appreciate it. The poll has already closed for the time being and it will be resumed tomorrow. However, that depends on whether or not I am eliminated. That's right folks, I will let you guys know whether I am eliminated or not today.

I didn't think that I managed to secure enough votes. But to those of you who did vote for me whole-heartedly, let me tell you I really really appreciate it :) Will update you guys later *fingers crossed*

Anyway, I would like to update a little on the Halloween Party I attended on the 31st of October. Wan Juin had her farewell/father's birthday/Halloween party on that day. She bugged us all to get a costume. Since it was also the day after my final paper, I did not know what to wear. So I decided to take the easy way out by bringing along my tiara (it always comes in handy no?) and then headed over to Wan Juin's party.
Here is a group shot of us who attended. MZ the 15th year old schoolgirl, U Zhing the evil witch of the West, Su Jun (the uncostumed), E Jen the reddevil, Wan Juin the failed vampire turned Wizard, Shannon the Princess (later she was dethroned by the Dark Princess), Valen the skinny Mr. Potato (or was he a cowboy), Sheng Giap the Mad Scientist/Doctor and Suba the Joker gone wrong.
If you are wondering why I haven't had on my Tiara, its because I was dethroned remember.
My beginning hours as a princess. Su Jun the uncostumed.
Suba-bababa-Joker gone wrong.
Mad Scientist and Joker
Mad Scientist/Doctor/ and Nerdy Princess
Mr.Potato and Mad Scientist. Mad Scientist was checking his pocket to see whether his rubber white mice was still intact.

Status: Check.
15 year old school girl, Mr. Potato and Mad Scientist.

In case you didn't know, the pictures above were taken in Sheng Giap's room. Sheng Giap lived opposite of Wan Juin. Thus they decided to invade his room for some make up before heading over to Wan Juin's.
Now we are in Wan Juin's room.
Sheng Giap decided to pursue his craziness by getting May Zhee to swallow that mice ~~and to be choked by it~~

Now here is the part where I told you I was dethroned. Apparently U Zhing managed to find this tutu (I think it was her sister's) and I caught hold of Suba and made her wear it. SHE SUITED IT PERFECTLY! It wasn't easy getting her to wear it. A bunch of us had to ambush and tie it around her.

We even managed to get rid of her gypsy skirt. And I was stuck with her joker hat...
Wan Juin the vampire turned wizard.
Shannon the innocent little chic.
I love this picture of Suba. From afar she actually looks like she has don on rabbit's ears. hehehehe. Too bad we had no rabbit's ear and a little round bunny tail to attach it to her tutu :) She would have looked so cute :)

Finally my tiara was back to where it belonged.
Me attempting to scare Suba with the Red Devil's triton.
The original princess and the red devil.

The princess-turned joker-turned teacher and the red devil.
The Dark Princess emerges once again with the Red Devil.
The Fifteen year old school girl, the dark princess, the red devil and the Witch who seems to have some problem with her back hehehhe kidding.

Now I decided to crash.There's nothing that brightens up the day like a joker does.
The Dark Princess, the Nerdy Joker and the Red Devil.
The Dark Princess, The Messy Hair and Elvina.

Us with our costumes and Elvina.
Valen the Nerdy Joker.
We took this with a bunch of Wan Juin's Taylor's classmates.

I decided to skip the rest of the photos and not give it a caption because I'm dead lazy. Anyway this is my favorite picture. It was taken by UZhing. ahhahhahah

Hope you enjoy gd day

Friends with Benefits and an INVITE to the Clinique Tea Party. Read on

2009-11-03T09:03:00.003+08:00

I never really posted this up and I know you are all tired of hearing me asked for VOTES, but please please please do vote for me, because I do not want to be kicked out so soon! I know most of you probably did not vote for me for the kitschen thing, but I really really do want to be voted in for this.

Do me a favor and type MODV SHN and send it to 36660.

I do noticed something recently. I'm tired of being around hypocritical friends. Friends who pretends to be closed to you just so they could BENEFIT from you. On an ordinary day, they wouldn't just simply take up the phone and call you. However when they are interested in something, wow suddenly they get all geared up and pursues you so that they could get whatever they want from you. I'm tired of these bitches/leeches/bloodhounds/parasitic creatures.

On another random note, Valen just won a pair of Hello Kitty Clayman Crocs from MYC magazine. I followed him over to the building yesterday, and the woman recognized me from this contest that I joined recently, known as the Clinique Tea Party. The party was scheduled to be on the 26th November 2pm-5pm. However, in order to be officially declared the winner, I need to invite 20 friends to Secret Gardens, 1U.

Tea party is officially sponsored by Clinique Cosmetics themselves.

So if you are interested, please do me a favor and email me at shannon.whatever@gmail.com if you are free on that day to be part of the event. :) I will even allow you to bring along a friend :)

It will be fun fun fun!!!!

First party hosted by me and Clinique :) (If I get 20 females that is)

Once again:

Venue: The Secret Garden, 1 U (For a lavish tea party)

Time: 2-5pm

Date: 26th November 2009

Dresscode: As prim and proper as you wish :)

A day out with the Zinc :)

2009-10-30T22:55:00.006+08:00

Let me start off with an attempt to entice you to read my latest post. For starters, Modelle's inaugural issue was out recently, and I did not have the time and energy to post up pictures of it. I had finals and I did not have my own personal copy of the magazine. Am still waiting for my complimentary issue. However, I did take a picture of it just to let you have a glimpse of my section.
Here is the featured cover. Some local celeb by the name of Hannah Lo was interviewed. Don't ask me anything about local celebs. Here is Yours Truly ugly photos. >.<>

Anyway since today marked my final exam paper for the semester, I decided to spend some time at home. I was up till three, so I figured I could get back some sleeping time. But before I went on with my lazy schedule for the day, I got a call from the Zinc aka U Zhing :). She asked me if I was interested in following her to Subang to get a costume for Wan Juin's Halloween party tomorrow. (Wan Juin happens to be my high school classmate!) and she mentioned something about getting her Metropolitan final exam paper or something similar to that. At first I was a little hesitant, but then I decided to spend some time out with her.

Initially I thought we were heading to Metropolitan. However it turned out all those final exam questions were posted online instead.

Upon reaching Subang SS15, U Zhing accidentally missed the turning that lead straight to Sunway Pyramid, and we were stuck in a traffic jam. It didn't turn out to be a total loss though, because we crapped until we finally reached Sunway.

Here is Ms. U Zhing Road Rage Tan. She utterly despises massive jams.

There we walked around, had lunch in Sushi Zanmai, crapped tried on clothes, even though we didn't buy them and even decided to take photos again for the Kitschen contest. Let me remind you again, I think I deserve to win the contest, even though I have no chance at winning. Please continue voting for me.
To be honest, I'm not really a fan of Kitschen. I just happened to find pleasure in participating in contests. Its kind of like a hobby. You never know if you might gain anything from it.
Sorry I know I'm being narcissistic. But a girl's gotta do what she's gotta do.

I did find this dress quite cute though.

You do realize that I hardly capture photos of myself and post them online in fitting rooms. However today was an exception because U Zhing and I were so bored of walking around, we decided to try on clothes.

And I tried on this lovely bejewelled halter neck in Forever 21, and I fell in love with it.
If you are interested in being this blogger's secret sponser, you can get her the top in XS, because the one I tried on S, was really really lose, I had to pull it back to make it appear as if it was fitting. It was really pretty.

It was also a bad reason to test the clothes in F21. U Zhing had a major crush on this cute little pink chiffon baby doll dress and she wanted it badly. But they did not have the Small size, so she walked around SP with a moody look.
Picture credits to the Zinc, for both the pictures :)
We had dessert in honeymoon as well. There was even one time when we went to the Mac makeup shop, and there were these counter girls dressed in tutu frock as part of their Halloween costume. We engaged in a conversation with them, and they ended up asking me to take photos of them. To which I graciously accepted.

It turned out U Zhing did not exactly get the costume she wanted. And she finally settled on for a Witch's cap in Memory Lane. I told her it was not really necessary to splurge on costumes because they were rather expensive and it is only needed for one night. I told her to come up with her own creative ideas for her costume.

We met Sheng Giap along the way with a bunch of his friends. Stayed to chat for awhile and then we went on our separate ways. It was also raining heavily in Sunway, so we stayed for awhile until finally we had to leave around 5.30. And boy we were faced with a massive jam.

I was so bored I captured these two photos. And I thought it was actually quite nice. *ahem*

By the time we reached Klang it was already 7 something. Talk about wasting time. U Zhing dropped me off at Aeon, and I met up with Valen, Joan and Teck Hock for dinner. Thanks Zhing for the lovely girly day. It was definitely very spontaneous and unplanned for.

And finally my purchase for the day. This pair of cute earrings cost me only RM 8 can you believe it? I thought it was going to be around RM 29.90++. And it was also the last pair. So cute. Couldn't resist it. :) U Zhing was like: "I shouldn't have tempted you to get it for yourself. Please sell it to me!"

I said: "Okay I sell it to you for RM 20 k :P"

Reminded me of my ballerina days. LOL

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