Missy J and her Cappuccino

I've moved!

2010-11-24T03:08:00.002+08:00

Hello all,

I've moved and will no longer blogging from here. I'll be at

Janicaloh.wordpress.com

See you there!

-♥-

Love is in the air..

2010-10-25T10:35:00.004+08:00

I attended two weddings in October so far. Both were beautiful weddings and marked my first wedding experience in Perth. Unfortunately for the first wedding that I attended on 10.10.2010, there was no photos taken as it was raining heavily the whole day, causing us in quite a mess. Still, the wedding is beautiful!

I shall share some photos taken in the second wedding instead since it was a bright shiny day, definitely a favourable condition for photos :)

Cute flower boy and girl...

Yvonne is smiling happily the whole day..

Time for the rings..

and time to seal the love..

The first time us four attending a wedding together..

Guys are looking all smart..

Dancers..

Love this beautiful photo of us housemates..

and the prettiest flower girl!

Simon & Rachel, BoonWai & Yvonne..

Through the storms of life, may your love for one another be strong. Wishing you a wonderful journey as you build your new life together!

-♥-

Not because of what I've done

2010-10-02T21:39:00.002+08:00

A song that I've been listening to lately. Like a million times.

God is Love. He loves me not because what I've done for him. Lord God himself is Love. He never let go of me. Because of His love, I am excited about my next chapter. Thank you Lord!

-♥-

Rainbow is all I want to see...

2010-09-22T15:24:00.002+08:00

I was troubled and confused. Couldn't see anything else but the dark clouds. Kept chasing after the sun but all I've got are stumbling blocks. That doesn't mean I would give up. I know I will get there one day. So, I will not stop chasing until I reach the top. Fingers crossed that parents would approve.

Recent outings with dearies..

ps: I dislike my fringe. I look so 'cina-ish'... blerrr

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Loved like never before..

2010-08-27T11:52:00.004+08:00

It's been three weeks since I'm back from Malaysia now. Thou I wouldn't say I miss the lifestyle back home, every single time when I think about my trip, I grin from ear to ear. I felt so loved and blessed like never before. Everything about this trip touched me deeply to the bottom of my heart!

'Home Sweet Home'. A simple phrase but have you ever come to understand the significance behind it? I finally came to realized the deep meaning behind this. No matter what, home is definitely a place I find strength, love and courage again. Love and care from parents were overwhelming the whole time. Food that I crave for was always prepared for me. Asking me to have some good rest at home instead of helping them out at shop. Shopping was initiated and paid for. My mum travelled with me for my IELTS test and took care of me the whole journey as if I'm a 12 years old. For the very first time, I had my father waiting for me while I was at hospital for ultra-sound scans. The funniest thing ever was my father kept driving outside the clinic that I was in because he was too shy to let me know that he was worried. :D All my wishes were fulfilled by my lovely parents. What's more to have sincere friends that went extra mile to ensure I have a fantastic trip. These friendships are truly genuine and valuable. Thank you my dear friends.

There's tonnes to share but I am not in a good shape to continue. I am getting emotional here whilst I'm typing this. Time to stop and post up photos. Not much photos was taken due to the superb ugly bangs that I have. Definitely a shame :(

Su Anne and Jenn travelled from Singapore to meet me up in KL. I was thrilled when they told me they are coming! Love u both!

We visited toilet bowl themed restaurant.

Look at how cute my meal was..

The seats that we were seating on.

We spent some good time with the Taiwanese aunties and uncle as well. They were the nicest people you will ever meet. Thank you for bringing us around and bought us good food :)

The dimsum that I'm currently addicted to.. It's avocado inside!

My all-time favourite..

It's time to send Jenn & Susu off..

I nearly cried when they were leaving. I will always remember the good times that we spent.

First time to Delicious and I fell in love with their food..

Mr. Chau that took leave and travelled from Penang. Thank you old friend :)

The only decent photo of myself.

Rm20+ for a cup of yoghurt.. bleh..

Awesome dinner session which marked my first time trying out ostrich meat.

Vivien and Thomas. The KL-lang..

It was great catching up with you again Thomas. Hope we could spend more time the next time we meet up :)

My siao cha bo..

Dessert that comes naturally after dinner.

Call me slow.. I only get to try out green tea frappucino during this trip and I'm addicted to it!

4 hours karaoke along with drinks and food which costed us Rm10 each!!!!!!! Where else can i get this??

One that I'll never missed out.. My darling debbie!

Visited Full House finally..

This lady here is the sweetest ever. Thank you so much for the hospitality my dear Shirlene. Love ya!

I had the warmest trip ever.

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Change? Or just a Phase?

2010-08-13T16:02:00.002+08:00

I miss how i used to treat this place as my dairy, sharing about my thoughts and my feelings. I used to be so eager to share everything in this space of mine.

Why am I not sharing it any more? It just felt so open. More than what I thought it would be which it can be so scary sometimes.

It might be a change or just a phase that I am going through. We'll see.

In the meantime, I am back in Aussie land. A month holiday in Malaysia is awesome and also precious. Will share about it in the next post. I shall get back to rest now since i'm still sick.

-♥-

Back to the place where I call it Home..

2010-07-07T00:12:00.002+08:00

My blog seems so dead after the long hiatus i took since exam period. I wasn't in the mood to blog at all during that whole time so that explained the absence of mine.

Anyway, I am FINALLY back in Malaysia. Not yet home sweet home, but it's gonna be soon. I'm waiting in Starbucks for my next flight which is 6 hours away. Too lazy to make a trip and check in to a hotel so might as well spend it in the airport. As long as there's a power points, even without wifi, I can spend the whole time there :)

Happy holidays to myself and I shall start my holidays by catching up with series! Taa!

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Caffeine fun..

2010-06-12T21:40:00.003+08:00

From Coke to Coffee, and now it has evolved to RedBull. What's next? My system is totally messed up with all these caffeine intake. But desperate times call for desperate measures.

Or if you have any better ways, let me know.

ps: 25 days to go.. counting..

-♥-

Checkin' in with loves..

2010-05-29T00:03:00.003+08:00

Little things that remind me I'm not yet a nerd...

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She found her passion once again..

2010-05-28T22:23:00.002+08:00

I have been volunteering for some interesting events lately..One is a black tie charity event which 20 of Perth's corporate executives fight in boxing in the name of charity. On top of the live boxing entertainment, there's also bout predictor,live and silent auctions and raffle draw. It was definitely an eye-opener to me! Well, I have never been to a premier black tie charity event that's one thing. I've never seen a live boxing show that's second. And i've never came across such expensive live and silent auctions and were actually involved through the whole process! We volunteers were having great fun looking at those oscar-dressing guests going crazy after the auction items. Imagine this, your guests kept coming back to check if there's anyone outbid them, towards the last half an hour, they literally stood in front of the item just to make sure no one has a chance to take away the items that they want! They even kept bugging us volunteers to keep an eye out for them, end the auctions earlier and hold on to you if they dint get their wanted items. Hahahaha. It was really funny!

Wearing a cocktail dress with a sash on it, kicking on my most loyal heels for eight hours with heaps of walking and running and still guarantee a friendly smile on my face. Thou I was tired, I felt overwhelmed and excited the whole time. That's what I love to do!

Second event was Sportsgirl Swap Till You're Drop. The event catered for only females where the guest can bring up to 5 items and swap with others. Of cos there's some rules, not that we accept any poorly worn clothes. Wasn't too busy for the event. Most of the times, we volunteers were talking, laughing, joking and did some shopping since we have 15% off all Sportsgirl items :D

Guess I have found my passion again. It's something meant to be in my blood, never gonna fade away. I will feel happy doing it no matter how much it costs!

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Put the nerd on..

2010-05-16T23:31:00.004+08:00

It's the crunch time again.. Finals in 4 weeks time and i'm swamped with assignments.. Panic mode kicked in!

but i still managed to taste some sweet candies before drinking the excessive bitter medicine :)

Now i got to be tight arse with work and crossed finger that i'll come out of this alive!

p.s when life gives you lemon, make lemonade!

-♥-

Remember now..

2010-05-13T23:15:00.001+08:00

A preview of Chanel's latest mini movie, directed by Karl Lagerfield.

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For men or for women?

2010-05-10T16:03:00.002+08:00

How is that sometimes when we think we put on a great dress and we look fantabulous but it translates into a different kind of message to guys? Remember when you put on a military-inspired pieces and guys laughed at you, saying 'Since when you joined the army?' or you with your glamorous silky wrap-up dress and guys can only imagine Sharon Stone with her uncrossing legs? I found those moments hideous. I know there are some guys who are really good in their fashion sense but in the same time, there are guys who are just happy with their own so-called fashion sense and request or i should say demand their female-friends or gfs to dress up according to their 'fashion sense'?

Seriously, do we girls lost the right to dress up to our own fashion sense (by this i mean not the horrible fashion sense)? How often you find yourself dress down to fit into the eyes of your bfs or your group of male friends around you? I had that I admit and i am getting tired of it. Can't we girls just love ourselves and enjoy our own beauty?

Sadly there are sometimes in real life, you happened to have males that are not open up to various fashion sense as you are, make up is a waste of time and if you dress up to something that they do not understand they think you look awful. Guys even categorized you as 'wild' or 'bitchy' because you put on with the current fashion sense such as those leopard print, clogs, leather jackets, ankle-wrap sandals, bustier top, v-neck top, leather leggings etc.. How depressing is that? Those are just part of the fashion!

Confused.. Should us girls dress up for ourselves or for men? Where is our rights?

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Pure Bliss Pt 2

2010-05-05T00:15:00.006+08:00

Continue of my birthday's celebration. After a good good night at karaoke and a real bad hangover in the morning, I got myself ready for second round of celebration. And we had it in a real special way. Picnic at King's Park! where everyone had fun seeing me doing all the running, walking and guessing. Well, glad that all of them had fun :D

Let's the pictures show ya the fun of that day!

If you've been following me, you should know he's my brother by now. My favourite person I would say. He baked me a mouth-watering chocolate cheesecake for my b'day. Everyone complimented it thou he said it's not good enough. Bro, I love it!

Whilst waiting for the rest to come..

here comes my b'day cake..

Tadaa! My Tiramisu b'day cake, decorated with ferrero rocher. Soo pretty rite? and let me tell you it taste heavenly! Thank you Melvin!

Big big smile..

my b'day organisers.. im truly blessed by 'em. they turned my birthday into a blast!

Ohh pretties..

Time to feed our tummy..

Food food food..

The gang..

Fuzion dancers.. Evan, mua & Gen..

Sarah..

Together with Cindy..

Yvonne had to bend so I can be 'taller'.

Phew witt..

While girls having their chit-chat, guys were busy with frisbee and volley ball.

Planning the surprise and the SABO!

So treasure hunt it was..I was given clues that lead to my present..

To get there, I have to decode the clues that will bring to the next person, and the last person would be holding my present.

The Sabo part would be they hiding or given me the wrong directions or even ran away from me when they saw me coming to them.

Guys having fun watching me running here and there..

Deng deng.. I found the treasure!

and It's my long-wanted Marc Jacobs perfume!

Another surprise awaiting me after treasure hunt..

The ultimate surprise would be these!!! They made my wish came true!

H.A.P.P.Y.

B.I.R.T.H.D.A.Y.

J.A.N.I.C.A.

Aren't them beautiful?

J for me..

Ohh..

So prettyy..

Love you lots! In case you wonder why there's so many pink around, it's the theme for the picnic, PINK.

I am really thrilled! This is a birthday like none before. It's the beautiful hearts that stirred me. No other words than 'THANK YOU' to express my gratitude. My birthday was a splendid one and I love every bits of it. Most of all, I love all of you my friends!

-♥-

Transformer

2010-05-04T20:29:00.002+08:00

This man is a genius! The transformation of his apartment is absolutely stunning! I'm now tempted to watch more architectures on youtube! :D

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The Man behind A Successful Woman..

2010-04-27T21:53:00.002+08:00

The Man behind A Successful Woman

I came across this article from a Taiwanese female writer that I've been following.. Her articles are in mandarin and I couldn't find a way to copy and paste it here.. So if you can read mandarin, do click on the link and have a good read of it. If you can't, let me summarize her article for you.

Basically her article is about women that given up the chances of being success, being excellence just to feed men's low esteem. Men tends to go after women who are not as smart as them, not that successful so that they could 'manage' women. so that they wouldn't feel that they are dumb or lousy. Too many women give up opportunity for their so-called loved ones and when the relationship ends, they regret of what they missed.

I love what she said in the article. I went through the stage as well. Gave up a greater opportunity so that my ex-bf wouldn't feel bad of himself. Did i feel happy after that? Definitely not!

Love yourself, girls! Search for yourself, live for yourself! Only by loving yourself more then you'll find love!

-♥-

Pure Bliss Pt1

2010-04-27T13:47:00.007+08:00

Another year of blessings.. I am one who totally sucks in planning my own birthday! It's so much easier to plan for others' birthdays than my own. I'll always get worried about pleasing everyone that attend my birthday party. So in the end, i rather give up planning my own. Thank God I have awesome friends that willing to take over the planning part and throw me a beautiful birthday bash.

Due to the amount of photos and 2 separate celebrations, I shall do my birthday's post in 2 posts.

So, on Friday night, 3 girls headed for japanese dinner before the party starts!

A bottle of wine as pressie from Justin..

Dinner with my birthday planners, YiWen & Sarah..

Feels good to have a good wine over dinner..

After dinner, we went for desserts at another japanese restaurant, Bonsai.

Ruiling came and joined us.

and it so happened that we were seated at table no 25. 25 is my birthdate.

We spent some time camwhoring whilst enjoying da desserts.

The girls love the red backdrop. So we kept snapping with it.

and they insisted of snapping my back..

Time to rock the party!

At Crown karaoke with Nicnic..

My girls..

Thank you Chloe babe for making it to my party! Ur presence does mean something to me!

The lovebird, Zaizai & NicNic..It was great having u guys. It's been too long since the last time we hang out. 2 years??

Couldn't recall what were we doing.

I would like to call this behind my back.

Surprise!

My 'annual' friend, Andrew which he lied to me that he won't be able to make it due to a business deal in Rome. And I actually believed him! Hmmpf

Surprise again! I never thought of having a birthday cake that night you know. Was really surprised..

and touched because it's my favourite Durian cake!!

Im a happy girl :D

A kiss for you!

with Ruiling & Lionel..

Wing.. Please ignore the baka Andrew! haa

A proper one with Andrew and his gf which I forgot the name. Im so so sorry!

Eric & Lionel.

Thank you Jude for coming thou you were so tired from work :)

with Ben.. Thanks for being the photographer and getting the cake!

Another surprise which I bumped into the Old man, Ken just right outside Crown. And because of him, I got drunk!

Biiig thanks to everyone that made it for that night! It was great catching up with you guys again and definitely a memorable night with me feeling drunk, totally forgot how i got home and suffered a hangover the next day :S:S Nonetheless, it was good! Xx

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No longer a pain..

2010-04-22T14:19:00.005+08:00

Realized the advertisement on the right side of my blog? It's YesStyle advertisement! I was delighted when I found out the upcoming advertisement is actually YesStyle. I was just going to share about this!

For ya all out there that have no idea about YesStyle, YesStyle is an online-shopping website providing Asian-style fashion. Being a petite asian in a western country with only less than 160cm height, it has always been a pain to shop especially when it comes to jeans or pants! I experienced a few miseries while shopping for jeans or pants in perth. Imagine paying a huge amount for a pair of jeans and still have to add on another 20 to 25 bucks on alterations alone. Ugghhh. I never liked it. Not to mention, I always have difficulties searching for a pair of formal pants. Not only the length, but the size and cutting as well. The choices are so limited for a 'hobbit' like me! Then one fine day, I got to know about YesStyle through a friend and she strongly promoted this website. So I went 'hmm, sounds interesting ey.. I shall take a look'. I hopped on to my lappie and spent 2 or 3 hours that night just checking out clothes on YesStyle. Hahaha! And I made my first purchase that night as well.

This website feeds my hunger soul for Asian fashion as i hardly find any access to Asian Fashion in perth. And I would say the quality is really good for the price i paid, the system and response are quick as well and most importantly they fits me well!

For any of you whose having trouble looking for asian-style clothes in wherever you are, hop over to the website and have a look. Hope it helps you!

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A Lifetime Commitment..

2010-04-22T14:08:00.002+08:00

A vow that I made.. A lifetime promise that I would keep.. to please my Father in heaven and for a rich life that no one else than my Father could provide..

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Home is where the heart is..

2010-04-18T21:50:00.003+08:00

Today i finally booked my ticket for my trip home. I was thrilling once the payment confirmation page popped up, rushed to hotmail and checked the inbox for the itinerary, jumped all over the room when i saw it. just like a lil kid when he/she got a new toy that have been in waiting list like forever.

Home... is where my family is, a place where I feel belonged and secure. I'm so eager to be home!! I'm going to eat all the food that I've been craving for the past one & a half year! Seafood, durian, kon lou mee, sang nyuk mien, hokkien mee, soto, satay, wo tie, cheesecake and my everyday-must-have, ice lemon or ice milo drinks. I'm dying for them. When i'm home, I am going to cook for my parents, get them to cook for me (my dad is an amazing chef ey!) and one most important thing! I am so going to sleep with my mum until she kicks me out of her room (heeheehee)!!

2 more months to go. I shall be patient for now. Home, I'll be back soon!! :D

-♥-

SATC 2

2010-04-15T01:19:00.002+08:00

Can't wait for this to be out.. despite the overly eyebrows-raising sex scenes, i love love love SATC!!!! Hopefully it'll be out in Australia at the same time as US..

Sometimes you just have to get away with the girls!

-♥-

...

2010-04-13T22:17:00.003+08:00

又再发生了。很累很无助。但又能怎样。还是得自己来。除了上帝，还有谁能倾诉呢？很久已没试过的浩涛大哭，把自己哭累了，也把自己拉回到了现实。再难走的路也得走，不管怎样我还有上帝。

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What's going on?

2010-04-13T19:57:00.002+08:00

Easter dance practice, loads and loads of assignments & mid-term tests, easter sunday performance, farewell to attend, birthday celebration, and cousins' one week visit..

My first experience with polaroids.. I am outdated i know that.. but i am seriously amused by it.. can't wait to own one myself..

Will do a proper update soon.. after my war with evil assignments! xx

-♥-

...

2010-03-30T00:40:00.000+08:00

Some things are meant to be left untouched...

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A night out..

2010-03-26T16:39:00.005+08:00

Falling in love with French Martini.. my must-have everytime i visit MinQ..

Who else but my lovely companions..

Da gorgeous YiWen..

Poser we are..

Busy weezy..

The Moon Cafe after MinQ..

My fattening-crave..

There was where I had the worst Cosmopolitan ever... Yucks..

Sarah & I with the men in black!

Feeling contented :)

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My study companion..

2010-03-25T23:34:00.002+08:00

A cup of hot Milo + my smelly pillow + my hand cream + my cooler + my huge pink water bottle + my colourful pens and highlighter = my study companion.. for tonight!

-♥-

HAIL..

2010-03-23T10:29:00.004+08:00

22 March 2010, a devastating storm with golf balls size of hail stones hits Perth angrily. Homes were damaged, city was flooded, cars were damaged, power were knocked out, surgeries were to cancel, schools were closing, landslides happened and even my uni had evacuation last night during classes. According to news, 150,000 properties were without power since yesterday evening. It was a total chaos.

This is my first experience with such nature disaster. I were totally freaked out. When it first happened, I were doing groceries shopping with my brother. Out of a sudden, we heard some loud bangs on the roof top and electricity went off for a lil while. Kids starting crying and the others turned around and look at each other. We rushed home right after groceries shopping and thought we were safe from it. Who knew, around half an hour later, storm came. Strong winds, lightnings, rains and hails all in one time. Electricity went off and left us in pitch dark. Luckily me and my housemates were all at home. We rushed into living room, looked for candles and torchlight, turned off all switches, secure all doors and windows, and tried to contact our friends and families. For half an hour, I got no signal for my phone. I were panicked. I needed to check if my brother is doing alright at home, if my friends are safe.. When the signal came back, my phone's battery was running low. Thank god i do have a spare phone with only 2 bars left of battery. Friends started calling/sms to check if we are safe and update us with the latest news. We heard that near to 90% cars in UWA were smashed and some houses were damaged just half an hour after the whole thing happened. There were some friends stuck in outdoors and it got even worse when my uni evacuated the buildings. Working friends were stuck in office or on the road with the massive traffic jam. I were so worried for friends that were out there.

Neighbours and a friend came over to our place, we cooked dinner and started fooling around for abit when the rain stopped. Bet my parents will faint when they see what we did. We went out of the house, took a chair, lean to the wall and started to pose for photos with the beautiful sunset, and even talk to our neighbours next door over the wall. Lol! Crazy stuff happened when we were left with no electricity! After dinner, we felt so restless. Phones were dying one by one. Panic kicked in. I don't want to be cut off from the world. Right this moment, good news came. Friends of ours actually have electricity at their place. Packed our stuff and we went over to our friends' place. The first thing we did was to charge our phones!!

Eight hours of blackout with the warning of second wave of hailstorms is on its way, i weren't able to sleep in when i got home. Prayed and prayed and prayed for God's mercy on us. Thank god again, electricity came back to us during the middle of the night. However, some friends are still experiencing blackout till this moment.

Lightning strikes off the coast at Fremantle. Pic: Astrid Volzke.

Hail damage at Perth caryard. Pic: Steve Ferrier

Apartment were damaged. Pic: John Mokrzycki

The storm front arrived in Perth. Pic: Andre Lissiman

Flood in Subiaco. Pic: Clarissa Phillips

Photo from FB - I survived the Great Storm of Perth group

Check out videos on Youtube!

This storm is madness. Hopefully everyone is safe and there won't be another wave of hailstorm! Crossed fingers!!

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2 is better than 1..

2010-03-22T00:47:00.003+08:00

It is a blessing to have a great friend to walk your life journey with. By this, I don't mean by just being part of my life, appear here and there once in a while. What i meant is go through the journey with me, knows me so well that I can communicate heart to heart with, encourage and support me whenever I need it, cry and laugh together, get crazy and do all silly stuff, be serious and study together, work hard together, build dreams together and achieve it together.

Two is definitely better than one. And this person needs not to be a opposite sex or a boyfriend. A girlfriend can do better than that!

Thank you for bringing hope, blessings, love and joy to me. You coloured my life. Love you Sarah!

-♥-

Awesomeness..

2010-03-21T23:51:00.002+08:00

Legaci's Top 40 Medley ( Down by Jay Sean, My Love and Real Love)

They are incredibly awesome!! Can beat box and sing greatly in the same time! Awww...

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'Down' - Slow version..

2010-03-21T02:39:00.002+08:00

Slow/ballad version of Jay Sean's 'Down'...

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Bizarre Wonderland..

2010-03-17T02:36:00.004+08:00

I din't find it to be a masterpiece.. The visual splendour was amazing to feast your eyes on, the costumes, the make-up, the special designs.. but somehow it's lacking in story..lack of thrills and excitement.. or maybe it's just me that had too much high expectations on this movie :)

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I need to learn...

2010-03-15T19:43:00.002+08:00

"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to our brother,' Let me take the speck out of your eye when all the time there is a plank in your own eye. You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from you brother's eye.'

Matthew 7:3-5

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Wish...

2010-03-11T04:28:00.002+08:00

I could have this hair colour and hairstyle one day...

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I want...

2010-03-05T13:28:00.003+08:00

to be with someone who is willing to watch all Disney moviessss with me...

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Masquerade Rivercruise

2010-02-28T19:51:00.007+08:00

Second rivercruise in Perth on last friday.. I wasn't bothered to dress up to the theme at first due to the extremely hot weather and weariness from the hectic week until housemate Jac said at least wear something close to the theme. So being the lazy me i pulled a black dress out of my wardrobe, a hair clip that that I got some days earlier and put on some makeup. And there I were ready for masquerade rivercruise.

The rivercruise is organised by my church for orientation's purpose. We had two rivercruise which i attended the one at 7.30pm. I would say it was a huge success thanks to all the passion people. It wasn't easy to organize a rivercruise for 320++ people where transport have to be provided as well. But..we managed to pull it off! Credits to all passion!

Not many photos were taken because half of the time I was experiencing sea sickness :S

Evan and I were playing with the camera while waiting for Jac to get ready..

Look at how shiny our faces are..all due to sweats...

The XiaoDiDi - Chris

Housemate Jac..

The boy band - David, Erwin & Wilson..

Angie the Angel..

The cool boy wannabe-s..

Managed to capture the view of Perth Eye..

I made some new friends..

Donkey and Monkey..

Housemates..

Young man - Michael..

Myself and my neighbors, the twins..

Xiao Ting, Kathleen, Geraldine, mua, Evangeline & Florence..

The non-look-alike sibling..

Running here and there the whole night on heels caused me blisters, sore legs, sweats all over and oily face! Still I enjoyed the night not because of the rivercruise though. It's the companion also the hard work of everyone that touched me and put a big smile on my face :D

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Late at night..

2010-02-17T04:01:00.001+08:00

Favorite coffee and Sex & the City series..

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Gong Xi Fa Cai

2010-02-17T02:35:00.003+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year to ya all..

Another Chinese New Year away from home.. Had no celebration or house-visiting sort of things since we are in Australia which made me upset :S However, being a traditional Chinese, I would never missed the most significant reunion dinner. So, a simple reunion dinner for 9 of us.

Preparation started around 4 in the noon where we had all the washing, cutting or chopping..

YanHwa, Jaclyn, myself, my brother & Dayong. I'm the one wearing purple shirt. Forgive me for not looking at the camera as I was looking extremely auntie at that time!! DaYong, my bro & YanHwa were our kitchen hands.

They asked if there's anything they could help so I gave them the important task. Make the dumplings!!!

We had dumplings in different shapes as some of them seems fascinated with it..

The decoration team..

After 3 & 1/2 hours, reunion dinner was ready..

The Lohs..

The family in Perth..

First and foremost, Yee Sang.. where I replaced raw fish with prawns as some of us doesn't take raw fish..

Time to dig in!!

I called it Pork Chop..

The must-have vegetarian dish..

Lotus root soup which I boiled for 3hours.. Tasted so rich and sweet with all the red dates..

This is just a small part of dumplings. We had steam dumplings, boiled dumplings and fried dumplings up for your preference :)

Tau-Yu-Bak.. A pork belly dish, taste fantastic but easy to prepare..

And the pork meat ball which the ingredients were actually leftover from the dumplings' ingredients..

There goes our simple reunion dinner. Hope you all have a great Chinese New Year wherever you are!

-♥-

Current Love Song..

2010-02-16T05:06:00.001+08:00

A place to crash
I Got You
No need to ask
I Got You
Just get on the phone
I Got You
Come and pick you up
If I have to

What's weird about it
Cause we're right at the end
Mad about it
Just figured it out in my head
I'm proud to say
I Got U

Go ahead and say goodbye
I'll be alright
Go ahead and make me cry
I'll be alright
And when you need a place
To run to
For better or worse
I Got You

In falling apart
Of...
Let's be bigger than that
And remember
The colding outdoor
We we're both alone
Both surviving
No trouble no need for a show
Just wanna say;
I Got You

Go ahead and say goodbye
I'll be alright
Go ahead and make me cry
I'll be alright
And when you need a place
To run to
For better or worse
I Got You

Go ahead and say goodbye
I'll be alright
Go ahead and make me cry
I'll be alright
And when you need a place
To run to
For better or worse
I Got You

'Cause this is love that I
And nothing we can both control
And if it don't feel right
You're not losing me by letting me know

So,
Go ahead and say goodbye
I'll be alright
Go ahead and make me cry
I'll be alright
And when you need a place
To run to
For better or worse
I Got You

Go ahead and say goodbye
I'll be alright
Go ahead and make me cry
I'll be alright
And when you need a place
To run to
For better or worse
I Got You

A place to crash
I Got You
No need to ask
I Got You

-♥-

Apologise to parents..

2010-02-12T15:27:00.004+08:00

Once a year Chinese New Year is drawing closer again. Tomorrow evening would be the time for reunion dinner and sunday will be the first day of Chinese New Year.

I was browsing Yahoo News Hong Kong's website and came across all the news regarding cny celebration. My heart felt so heavy at that point. Had a phone conversation with my mum yesterday and we came to the topic of cny. At that very second my heart just sank. I couldn't hold my tears any longer. I felt so badly for not being home with my parents during this important celebration for the second time. I am not fulfilling my filial duty as a daughter to my parents. How could I?

I remember I used to say that being away from home during cny ain't any big deal. Guessed I was wrong. Being away from home, away from parents really open up my eyes to the whole family relationship thing. It draws me closer to my parents, having such great desire wanting to be with my family, realizing how important for a family to be together and also realizing the heartaches my parents had or have having their daughter and son away from them.

Reunion dinner is tomorrow. What would my parents do without me and my brother? Who should they give angpaos to the very first thing on the morning of cny. Dad and mum used to hide angpaos under our pillows before they woke us up and made us look for it. Who will be watching all the cny entertainment shows with mum? Who will light up the fireworks and play with it with dad? So many memories and questions started popping up in my head.

As i'm typing this, my tears are dropping as well. I miss home, terribly. I regretted for not going home when I have the chance. After all, I am still a baby to my parents no matter how old I am.

Ps: Thank God I still have my brother and housemates with me..

-♥-

On my wishlist..

2010-02-07T20:32:00.002+08:00

Something about polaroid attracts me.. The instant capturing of a story at that very moment, having it on my palms, writing down the dates and the story.. I have always wanted to have an album full of polaroids.. Other than Diana & Nikon, this is my must-get camera.. May my wish comes true..

-♥-

Hiatus

2010-02-05T20:05:00.002+08:00

Out of place. Things jumbled up. Chaotic.

If only time could stop for one second, allows me to take a deep breath before sucking me in to this black hole again.

It's alright I tell myself.. February is going to be different. Cross fingers!!!

Will be back to pace soon. xx

-♥-

My First Crabbing Experience..

2010-01-24T00:08:00.004+08:00

Went crabbing yesterday midnight/early morning around 4am. We drove an hour to the destination, Peel Parade at Coodanup. Equipped with the scoop, ice box, torch light and shoes, there we went into sea, looking for crabs. As we were lack of torchlight, so most of us have to hunt in the dark. It was extremely scary when I first stepped into the water when I can't see a thing and it was full of grass in the water. I was so worried that the crab might attack me. True enough, my white shoes somehow appeared to be an attraction to the crabs. I don't need to look for them. They came to me or my shoes, and there I caught them :)

This is after the whole crabbing progress. We crabbed for 2 1/2 hours. We got more than 100 crabs, but we have to put back around 40 to 50 of them. There's this law where you have to measure the crab, if it is smaller than a normal coke can's size, you'll have to put them back, or else you'll receive fine..

Seagulls waiting to hunt their prey. Poor crabs!! Even thou Mark and Joel tried to put them back into water, they can't survive either. You should look at the scene where all the seagulls attacked the crabs fiercely! :(

Our hunts!! Managed to got around 50 of them to bring back..

Alvin & Gen proudly showing their hunt!

Awesome crab dish! I felt so satisfied, caught the crabs myself! Cooked it with chinese rice wine, some ginger, egg whites and spring onion and ta-daa! Definitely enjoyed this dish!!

PS: I'm going crabbing again next week.. xoxo

-♥-

Hello Macau..

2010-01-18T17:26:00.012+08:00

I was having a conversation with couple of friends few days ago and we were mentioning about Macau. Then only I realized I have actually been to Macau twice and never share about it. Both were short trips actually, one was only for couple of hours which I was on a business trip with my dad, while the other one was only for half a day where most of the time it was raining cats and dogs and we hardly been walking around. Worst time to travel!

#01 St.Paul's Cathedral..

#02 The gloomy sky..

#03 Sands.. a casino..

#04 More casinos to be seen everywhere in Macau..

#05 Inside the infamous Venetian, the world's biggest casino

#06 The Venetian's canals, some of the gondoliers were actually shipped from Italy and they can actually sing..

#07 The Venetian Sky, it is actually attempted to recreate the Venice sky in summer.. Other than these, there are over 1 million square feet of retail space in Venetian itself..

#08 One corner of the hall of Venetian..Retail shops, dining places & casino.. All in one..

#09 Wynn Casino, my personal favorite..

#10 It is the first Las Vegas style-integrated resort in Asia..

#11 At the outside, it has a choreographed performance lake..

#12 While inside, they have Tree of Life show.. this is the carved ceiling representing the signs of zodiac..

#13 Tiger, my zodiac..

#14 People waiting for the show.. the round thing is actually a globe..

#15 And the show begins..

#16 Here's the Tree of Life..

#17 My father called this Tree of Fortune..

#18 Shopping in Wynn..

#19 Ferrari!!...

#20 All the high-end stores...

#21 Dont think I need to introduce this..

#22 The new Grand Lisboa..

#23 I was so excited when i saw this.. but couldn't have a ride on it due to time constraint.. :(

#24 The night view of Macau and the bridge show..

#25 where it will change to different colors..

Seriously, these are all the places that I managed to go to for my two trips to Macau. So wasted! I will plan a trip to Macau again and definitely going to make it longer. Would love to try out their food and walk around those historical places :)

-♥-

Help Haiti..

2010-01-18T02:00:00.006+08:00

January 12th tuesday afternoon, the worst earthquake in 200 years with 7.0 in magnitude strucked Hiati, Carribean city of Port-Au-Prince. While there has not been an official count, an estimation of casualties range from 100,000 to 150,000. All sorts of fundraising been kicking off and rescue teams from different countries has rushed to help Haitians.

A Haitian woman covered in rubble after the earthquake causing widespread damage..A view of the badly damaged presidential palace..Residents sleep in the street...
People searched for survivors under the rubble of a collapsed building..A view of a damaged neighborhood in the Canape-Vert area..

Everything going on in Haiti is so hard to stomach. As I couldn't be there to help, at least I could do some humble and small offering for the victims.

Please help Haiti!! To make a donation, click on these websites.. Doctors Without Borders and Haiti Children.

My prayers go out to the people of Haiti.

-♥

Review yourself...

2010-01-18T01:30:00.004+08:00

I was reading my friends' blog and stumbled across this video. I was literally shaken after I watched the video. How could this happened? And how could the other colleagues just let her got beaten? With the amount of colleagues (there's like 4 or 5 guys), they couldn't pull one guy away from a lady? How possible is that? Okay it is possible since it happened! But what was in their minds at that moment I would like to ask..

For those who cant read Mandarin, this video is about a man went into a KFC store and as the KFC's staff refused to deliver ice-cream cone since it was not an item for delivery. The man literally demanded for the ice-cream to be delivered and when the manager refused, the man got furious and started to throw things at the manager. When the manager asked her staff to make a phone call to the police, the man went into the counter and beat up the manager. The manager was actually 2months pregnant.

I was deeply sadden. But when I re-read my friends' blog post, I felt ashamed. Let me import it for ya.

What are you thinking?

Why is this man doing this? This is crude? This is wrong? He shouldnt do this?

Who are we to point finger at him? Are we any better than him just because we dont hit a pregnant woman?
How many times have we lost our temper? How many times have we hurl abuse (verbal) at people when we are angry?

1 Peter 2:23
"When they hurl their insults at Him, He did not retaliate;
when He suffered, He made no threats.
Instead, He entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly."

Then take a look at the people around. Did they help? Did they stop the man? Did they protect the manager?

We may not be in this type of situation all the time. But there are needs of people that we can meet.

Have you ever walk pass a poor person without stopping to help?
Have you been to busy to help the people around you?
Have you been too afraid to go comfort a crying girl?
Have you ever seen a person in need and just brush it off and say that somebody else will help the person?

I have. So who am i to point my finger at the man or the people who didnt help?

However, let us make this summer really WARM. Let Jesus be our example.

Galatians 5:13
"You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use youe freedom to indulge in the sinful nature; rather, Serve one another in LOVE."

Let us show love to the people around us and help anyone who crosses our paths. ok?

Hebrews 10:24
"And let us consider how we may spur one another towards and good deeds."

-♥-

SS501..

2010-01-17T20:50:00.001+08:00

A Korean boy-band that I like.. I would play their songs over and over again when I'm driving and trying to sing along :)

Wednesday

2010-01-13T18:21:00.004+08:00

I am sick today.
Been on bed nearly the whole day.

The most productive things I've accomplished today was done some readings and worked on my assignment for half an hour.

A sad day to be sick.

-♥-

In the progress...

2010-01-11T21:41:00.003+08:00

-♥-

Trying Indian out...

2010-01-10T02:00:00.004+08:00

I went for Indian cuisine as dinner tonight. Never had much chance in my life to try out indian food as I'm not good with spicy food and mostly spicy food will cause gastric to me. Somehow after I tried it once, I kind of fall in love with Indian food. The mild one of course. I think I never had Indian food more than 5 times in my life so far despite coming from Malaysia where you can find Indian food almost everywhere.

Yummz is all I can say. Would love to try more Indian food..

Followed by coffee after dinner and I had great fun playing around with the alphabets while the guys having their conversations.. Can you see the alphabets? :)

-♥-

Fly Up High...

2010-01-08T00:31:00.004+08:00

I am happy.. more than happy.. I am contented!
Happiness can be such simple, when u surrender all and let things flow..

I am a fighter..I've been telling myself there is nothing that I can achieve, things are within my hands. All I need to is fight hard for it. But what to do when things started to go the opposite way of what you think it would be, when things are falling apart?

Will you fall apart too? Well, that's what happened to me! Crazy it was. I was trembled. Yet I still walked with head high up but there's this part in me who is scared and losing in direction.
Our own mind can build us into character, in the other hand, it can destroy us too.

I am feeling different now. Feeling optimistic and refreshed. Friends never fail to be there. HE used them to speak to me before HE touched me. Friends that don't allow me to cry because it breaks their heart when they see my tears. Friends that encourage me and it made me feel so ashamed! But they are the angels, to deliver message from HIM.

Simple theory, simple teaching, simple understanding. But I failed to apply it.
Be like a child, trust with no doubts. People can say you're naive or stupid, however, that's what HE asks for. Let go and let HIM does the wonders.

And then, you are set free. I am free. I am feeling joy & peace. I am smiling for no reason just because I feel so happy. Because I know that I am loved. And nothing beats this feeling!!

Love you dear Father!!

-♥

Maxi by the beach..

2010-01-06T01:38:00.010+08:00

My dear Melissa is now in Indiana.. With the heavy snow, freezing cold weather.. Bet she miss the hot weather back here :D She's on a student exchange program for one semester.. So before she said goodbye to hot ovenPerth, we went for our all-time-favorite Korean food at Tookbegi then headed off for hi-tea by the beach.

Our favorite Korean restaurant..they serve the most authentic korean food..

Fooling around before the main character reached..

Dear Melissa & I.. at BlueDuck cafe by Cottlesloe Beach..

M.S.J..

The drama king & queen wanna-be..

Us with our drinks..

I had Champagne Sunset cocktail.. Wayy too salty I reckon..

White Chocolate Cake..Yumzz..

Tiramisu with cherries and mascarpone mousse.. the worst tiramisu I ever had..

The companion of the day..

Trying to capture from different angle.. Take 1

Take 2

Take 3.. by Moi..

After hi-tea, we went down for a walk, enjoyed the sea breeze..

I ♥ this photo even thou there's a gap between us 3..

Sarah found her toy.. and started going crazy over it.. She took near to 6 or 7 photos alone with her toy..

Mr.Donkey din't wanna miss out the chance being a kiddo too..

While me & Melissa can't be bothered to 'act' like a kiddo.. haha

My dearss...

-♥-

Dinner with the awesome ones.. Fuzion

2010-01-03T22:57:00.004+08:00

A gathering for the remaining dancers in Perth, to catch up and to wish each other Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 5 girls 2 guys,we ate and chatted the night away..

Roger, Alvin, Lynn, Adeline, Crystal, LingLing & moi..

Gamberi - fettucini pasta with pan fried prawns, onion, garlic, basil, sun dried tomato pesto, tossed in a white wine cream sauce..

Bianca Pizza with smoked salmon, fresh tomato, avocado, capers and rocket (no sauce, no cheese)..

Seafood Risotto - white wine, cream and lemon tossed with fish, prawns, mussels, calamari and fresh tomato..

Pennoni - tube pasta, marinated chicken, mushroom, english spinach, semi dried tomato, white wine and cream..

How could we ever miss out dessert? We went to San Churros, a kind of spanish doughnuts which you eat it with dips, mainly chocolate dips..

Churros - Spanish Doughnuts

Dips - Super creamy chocolate ice-cream, cream, caramel, dark chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate.. I prefer dark chocolate the most..

Awesome dancers..

Guys are awesome too..

Moi with the younger ones..

Moi with the elder ones.. in our dance team..

I miss dancing with you guys already.. Tapping on my toes, waiting for next dance workshop and Freshies Welcome. Faster get back here!! :)

-♥-

From 2009 to 2010

2010-01-03T22:29:00.003+08:00

2009 came and went just like a snap. Without me realizing it, it has come to an end..so does with alot of things. It has been a great year, with ups and downs, with bitter and sweet, with tears and laughter, which eventually led me to a new chapter of life.

A new year. Fresh journey with lots of surprises ahead to be unfold, lots of achievement to be reach, lots of dreams to be catch, lots of mission to be fulfill, lots of new people to be meet, lots of adventures to ride on. It sounds interesting don't it? I am certainly excited about it and looking forward for meet those new experiences.

I have done planning my new year resolutions. Thou it might appears to be a bit long, I believe that I will make 2010 the best year. All in all, I have GOD who will work extraordinary power in the ordinary me :)

Happy New Year to all of you out there. May 2010 be the year that we unleash our potential and make it the best kicking year!

-♥-

Now you know...

2009-12-31T00:50:00.004+08:00

During my free time, I love to surf the net and check out house interior decoration. Do this pretty often, admire those pretty houses with creative or homey designs and think of how I would like to decorate my future house. More of an apartment I think. I have this feeling towards apartment nowadays probably because I thought of getting an apartment myself when I'm working. A small place to fit in myself and my brother. Easier to take care and limited area to play with creative ideas. But most people would say it's not advisable to get an apartment if compare the value with a house that kind of thing. See how it goes. Not anywhere close there yet.

I visit a few websites for the interior designs and there's this website from Taiwan that contains a lot of apartment's interior design which I love. The more I look at it, the more I couldn't make up my mind of what I want to do with my future place.

Love how the sunlight could shine brightly into the house, the glass house that have a great view of nature and spacious..

A lovely bathroom..would be real romantic having bubble bath and viewing the stars in the sky..

Classy white design.. Looks clean at all time but high maintenance for sure..

Simple yet comfy..

Love the couch!!..

A great area for nap and reading..preferably with a couch or bean bag..

Would like to try this one day..

How would you decorate your future place? :)

Will share more again when I come across something nice..

-♥-

It's the time of the year...

2009-12-30T17:49:00.007+08:00

Christmas is over and New Year is on the way.. It's definitely the time of the year again.. Parties, Dinners, Gatherings, Presents, and also the planning of new year resolutions. I got a near to two weeks break from work and am definitely enjoying every bits of it. I was so busy every single day, out from day and home by late at night. The routine is wake up-get-ready-out-reach home-shower-sleep. It's been like that for a whole week and I finally have the precious me-time this 2 days. Managed to get my hair done and clear my closet and of course updates on here :)

There's been heaps of activities for the past 2 weeks and unexpectedly awesome Christmas celebration. Marked my first Christmas in Perth. There's so much outdated posts but I guess I will do it slowly. Better to start with Christmas :)

For Christmas, thou there is no much friends left in Perth but we managed to pull some great celebrations. Yay to all of us!! :) As Christmas is the season of blessings, I prepared quite a bit of pressie for family and friends. Took me a few days to shop and close to 10hours to wrap all of the pressie. It was a delightful experience and I was so satisfied+excited looking at those pressie. Hope it would put a smile on people's face :)

On Christmas Eve, myself and Passion, the student group went to Matilda Bay for a short worship and celebration. It was a beautiful place where our people decorated the place with some lights and candles. We also have a screen and sound system set up. We enjoyed each other's companion and come together to give thanks to the Lord.

The familiar face in my blog I would say, Sarah..

Before I got my hair done..

At Matilda Bay, me and Sarah din't realize it was going to be cold that night thus we wore sleeves clothes. We were freezing by the time we reached there. Luckily some gentleman lend us their jackets :)

Trecia the cute =)

After Matilda Bay, the original plan was to go for joy riding, visiting houses with Christmas decorations. Heard that the houses was incredibly pretty. However the plan failed as we have near to 30 of us, 7 cars. It's gonna be tricky to travel around especially most of them doesn't know much about the way in Perth. So in the end, we went to Northbridge for bubbletea.

Sarah and Mr.DY..

Florence, Sarah & Wayne..

With Bobby and his silly face..

Do you realize the four of them actually wearing the same top?..

Girls..

Girlsss...

Guyss..

After bubbletea, us all went to King's Park for Christmas countdown.
The guys checking the direction to King's Park..

While the girls sat back and have fun with the camera..

King's Park...

My Donkey..

Group photo before we left.. I wasn't in it as it was freezing cold and I'm too lazy to move around.

That's my Christmas Eve! On Christmas day itself, I was supposed to go for Christmas service in the earl morning followed by a visit to old folks house. Too bad I woke up with a migraine due to lack of rest and have to say pass to the plans. Managed to wake up in the noon, made it in time for a lunch at YanHua's place where we had great food, games by ME! and wii!! I found a interesting Christmas game from the net and shared with friends. All of them enjoyed it! :)

Later at night, I joined my young adults cellgroup for a Christmas barbeque party at Michelle's place. Fun times again!

I had an incredible Christmas this year. I thought it would somehow be abit quiet as most friends are not around. But remaining friends proved me wrong. This would be the most happening Christmas I ever had. Hope everyone else out there enjoyed their Christmas too. Hopefully my parents enjoyed the small gifts from me & my brother. I miss home at this festive season :(

New Year is tomorrow. Can't wait for it. Updates soon.

Have a great New Year Eve and a blessed year ahead!!

-♥-

Unsolved puzzle..

2009-12-24T02:21:00.006+08:00

The promise has been left behind... along with the shattered one...

-♥-

A visit to Scarborough Beach

2009-12-24T01:16:00.006+08:00

#01 Myself & CheahYen.. ♥

#02 Trecia the SeaLion..

#03 The must-have jumping shot..

#04 Moi..

#05 Vivien..

#06 Jaclyn..

#07 While others were playing, im enjoying the beach with story of vampires & werewolves..

#08 Time to get some actions..

#09 Girls gone wild?!

#10 Told ya we've gone wild.. lolz

#11 Preparing for the next action..

#12 I ♥ this picture!

#13 Never enough for girls..

#14 Hannah..

#15 Time to dump someone into the sea.. and this is the first girl to go into water..

#16 Evan..

#17 Housemates;Sisters..

#18 Derek, My bro Jon, & Erwin..

#19 My bro's turn to go into the sea..

#20 Moi with the setting sun..

#21 Gregory & CheahYen..

#22 The ultimate failed piece of JESUS..

#23 My favorite person ♥

-♥-

Man's Dream..

2009-12-21T23:50:00.003+08:00

Finally I have time to upload photos and blog about it. But this post won't be long as well. Need my beauty sleep. Work has take up most of my time and my freedom too.

The past week, until today was all about food. Been having too much food till I don't feel like eating anymore. Next meal kicks in when you haven't even digest the previous one.

Anyway, last friday my company had a christmas bbq party at my managing director's place. To be honest, I never realized my MD is a rich guy. His house is huge thou it was not the biggest I ever seen. But to have this kind of house in Aussie land definitely requires certain level of richness. Moreover, his house decoration, his collections of wine, his furniture, everything shows that he is a rich guy. I was attracted by his fish tank once I reached the house. It wasn't any normal fish tank. It's an aquarium! With those fishes from deep sea, those that you could see in the movie Finding Nemo. Not only fishes can be found in the fish tanks, all the corals are real. They have grew for 3 and a half years! omg! The aquarium itself needs not only heaps of money, but time and effort too. I'll definitely not the one for it.

All of us had a great time enjoying food and drinks, chatting the afternoon away. However, the highlight wasn't anything ordinary as that. I have seen this before but not with 2 in the same time. Guess many were jealous.. :P

Tadaa..

#Number 1

#Number 2

Man's dream!!!

We immediately took photos and mms to friends. Evil I know but I couldn't help it.. wuahaha..

It was a fantastic party. Glad that I went for it. A whole new experience and an eye-opener. Loving my company :)

X'mas in 3 days time. Can't wait for it. Partay!!!

Have a great Merry Christmas peeps in case I'm too busy to come here before the day :)

-♥-

Sarah's Sweet 21st...

2009-12-09T06:08:00.011+08:00

Event: Sarah's 21st Birthday Dinner
Venue: Cream Restaurant & The Royal Bar

It was awhile ago when we celebrated Sarah's 21st.. We did it earlier as some friends are leaving back for summer holidays. We went to this restaurant which most of us find the name very interesting, Cream. Sarah was asking why is it Cream, why can't it be something else. Lol. I have to stop her by telling her to ask the owner of the restaurant.

Before the food was served, what else better to do than taking photos?

Birthday girl every-year's tradition..Take photo with the candle..

YiWen & Cresta

Moi & Wing

Myself & Sarah shared our meal that night..

For entree, we had this mushroom and potato pureed soup.. I think it taste even better with bread..

Us with our main meal which the chef considerately placed it into two plates for us.

Crispy pork belly with spring roll that contains mushroom and caramelized pear..

Chloe with her barbecued fillet of arabic spiced lamb and vegetable couscous, crispy eggplant and wild fig..

Jude with his handmade ravioli of king prawn and blue manna crab..

The restaurant was pretty dim.. we were kind of embarrassed by having flash in most of our photos..

We only dared to do this shot after the other customers behind us left..

After dinner, we moved to The Royal Bar for dessert..

We shared 4 pieces of cake amongst us..

Sarah found a nice place to camwhore..

I think we took around 5 photos in the toilet..

Outside the bar is a river and jetty. So we continued our camwhoring out there..

Last shot before we went home, a photo with the 'Cream'.

-♥

First Day..

2009-12-08T02:26:00.004+08:00

First day at work was hectic, tiring yet full of awesomeness. The moment I stepped into office, I had piles of work waiting for me to start on. I din't have much time to get familiar with things around me. I only had enough time to get things make sense and off I go working on the tasks that are given. I was panicked during lunch time when I realized I have heaps more to complete. I dare not to leave my table, in the end I had lunch while working on my assignments.

I made a mistake while sending out news broadcast and thank God my manager guided me through it. I was frowned for a few secs when I realized it. Within one day eight hours, I had learn so much. I'm so looking forward for the next working day even though it's going to be a long crazy day. The process itself was rewarding. It motivates me to work even harder and I definitely love the feeling of accomplishment :)

' Speed is money '

A chocolate cake that I baked for Sarah's 21st.

-♥-

Challenges..

2009-12-04T01:30:00.003+08:00

Had interviews yesterday and today. The one at yesterday went quite well. A work experience opportunity with lots of challenging works, related to my major and definitely gonna gear me up for my future job. I'm starting it next monday 8.30am. I'm so going to get a new alarm tomorrow. I'm happy that I got this job yet feeling really nervous and worry at the same time. It's something I've never really done before and the manager has really high expectation on me. Fingers crossed that I can perform well..

The one that I had today din't went well I would say. Somehow I think I screwed it, din't performed the best and definitely din't impressed the manager. Well, it's not a post that I applied for and when they asked me in for an interview, I barely knew anything. So went in there, hardly answer or question much. Just answered whatever I can. Sigh. I hope I can get it thou. It's a good opportunity in a long-run. The manager will call me next week to inform me if I'll get the job. Well, see how it goes.

Sorry if I don't sound normal in my post. Im a bit emo at the moment. Been fighting hard for something and been missing home :('

On the brighter side, I'm going shopping tomorrow. Will need more working attires. Excuses for getting more clothes :)

-♥-

Happy Birthday to my brother..

2009-12-02T01:44:00.008+08:00

November 29 is my beloved brother's special day. Being first time celebrating his birthday away from home, I made him a special birthday cake. Hmm, or i shouldn't even call it a cake..

It's a mini cupcake-sized cheesecake. I prepared this as I know that his friends will definitely get him a cake or two. I'm pretty sure he'll be delighted of not having another birthday cake. So I chose this. As you can see in the picture, I decorated the cheesecake with blackcurrant jam toppings. On top of the toppings, I have some wordings made from icing sugar while the others I used cherries. I din't make the wordings myself. I bought the ready made one from supermarket. Something simple, different and not too much :)

Happy Birthday Jonathan Loh!

Thank YOU for being such a lovable, wonderful and caring brother. Without you, my life is a totally different story and I wouldn't want that. Having you in my life means a complete family, a fun and exciting journey and a never-ending lesson. You have been there for me during difficulties and especially when our parents were mad at me for doing something wrong. You've always backed me up and keep me company. I love fighting or debating with you. I love dancing with you. I love watching movie or tv with you. I love cooking with you. I love sleeping with you. I LOVE YOU!!!

-♥-

Bid goodbye...

2009-11-30T01:26:00.003+08:00

Sent Vivien off just then. Am feeling down. It's always hard to send people off. I'm still learning this.

Havto go to airport again in another 2 hours. Sending a good friend off for good. I starting to dislike airport..hmmph..

-♥-

Tourist Acts...

2009-11-28T17:37:00.001+08:00

Ex-housemate, Vivien is in town for a 9 days holidays.. I’m pretty much occupied everyday being her driver, secretary, personal assistant, babysitter and more.. Havta make sure she enjoys every single moment back in perth. Today, we had a shopping trip in the city. Took public transport to the city and I realized it’s been a long while since I’ve last taken a bus. We acted like tourists, snapping photos here and there. Bet people around us thought we were tourists

At the bus stop waiting.. weather was terribly hot today..wished I brought my mini fan along

Tourist Acts started.. Taking photos with street name, building and etc…

CheahYen.. We saw this old church on the way to the duty free shop and found a corner for nice photography effect..

Evan.. One thing I like being in foreign country is that they are open-minded and doesn’t give much attention to others. Imagine doing this in Malaysia, bet people around ya starting to gossip, finger-pointing and blah blah blah..

Myself… Was sweating already at that time due to the high temperature..

Vivien and Evan..

After those photos snapping and some shopping, we went for cheap lunch as everyone wanna save up more for shopping.. Cheap lunch for today = Hungry Jacks. It’s my second time having HJ. I had this Angry Angus burger and it’s finger licking good! Must try!!

The dramatic two..

Smartphones.. Oh yea, forgot to tell this.. I finally got my hands on Blackberry Bold.. Ohh, I love it.. Both me and Evan got it over the weekend.. I’m so happy that I can go online, FB and email and blog anytime I want now..The second one from the left is mine

Sarah joined us after her work training..

The blondes..

Another touristy photos..

We saw this huge Christmas tree in the middle of Forest Chase.. Cant wait for Christmas.. Always love all the Christmas decorations

Hahaha, we took photo almost everywhere we went to..

CY acting emo as we waited for the yellow cat… Went for shopping at Harbour Town for another 2 hours..

We were weary after all the walking, talking and shopping.. since 10am till 4pm..Sore legs, tan skin and sorethroat all at the same time.. Guess I won’t go for long-hours shopping anytime soon..

-♥-

Sometimes

2009-11-28T02:31:00.000+08:00

it’s easier to say that you’re fine instead of having to explain all the reasons why you’re not..

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.

-♥-

Party In Motion

2009-11-28T02:27:00.001+08:00

Event : After Exam’s Party

Venue : Where else but Metrocity

I think I’m getting old for this.. After an hour in da club, I started to feel tired and want to leave.. Aging sign.. Sigh

-♥-

Saturday Feast

2009-10-25T21:58:00.002+08:00

Handed in all assignments by Friday. Finally it's time for some relaxing moments and enjoy my saturday without worries and panicking. We started off by watching the movie, Julie and Julia in the morning. We got 2 free tickets from bestie, YL at this cinema situated in Nedlands. When we reached there, we understood why it was mentioned as antique cinema on their website. It was indeed an very old cinema with only 2 cinema halls in there. The ticket booth is just a small booth which can only fits in one person. The cinema hall reminds me of Malaysia's cinema. The designs, the seatings, the chair, the screen and the exit. Everything is so much alike as Malaysia's cinema, Star Cineplex if I remember correctly. There's less than 20 people watching the movie including us and most of them are old folks. But I think it's good as we get to sit freely and you wont have the problem of people making lots if noise when you're concentrating on the movie. :)

The movie was good but not too good to me. I thought there will be more food and recipes. Towards the end, when it's about how they become the writer and the cookbook finally got publish, I almost fell asleep. I was striving to keep my eyes open. lol. After movie, we went for lunch at The Walk Cafe at Subiaco. It's a small cafe located in all of the alleys. I accidentally discoved it the last time when i went shopping with friends at Subi. I like the atmosphere and the food at the cafe. I had my favourite turkish bread with latte and soy milk. Yumm..Went home after lunch to take a rest and watched movie 'The Ugly Truth'.

Around 6.30pm, we left home to go for dinner at Kanta restaurant. I have been craving for Japanese food for the past few weeks. Time to satisfy my tummy :) We ordered lots of food that night. Before we had our entrees, they served us each a small plate of thin noodles.

All together we ordered 6 entrees.

My gyu-tataki, slices of beef with thin shreds of onion together with ponzu sauce which is not in the photo. I don't like raw food so it's hard to tell if it taste good. Even thou it's seared at the side. But the bf liked it.

Rhianoon's Miso Soup.

The bf and Michael had this for their entree. Both of them are crazy in love with this. I gave it a try and for once, I think raw beef is really nice. The raw beef is marinated with sesame oil. It was sweet in taste because of the thin apple slices underneath the raw beef.

Rhiannon's chicken karaage. It was so so good. It's different from those we normally had at japanese restaurant. It not too oily yet there's enough fat in the chicken to make it taste wicked.

I had chawanmushi after my beef slices. Haven't had one in ages. But I don't like the idea of having fish fillet in the steamed egg. Not so nice.

My main. The eel was really fresh and the sauce was just nice. Because sometimes I find the sauce a bit too sweet when I had it at other japanese restaurants.

Rhiannon's Chicken Katsu. It's good as well. The skin is really crispy but the meat wasn't too dry.

And this is the best!! Too bad this photo is blur and it's the only photo I took. The beef was so yummy. It was perfectly cooked. The meat is so tender and when you bite it, you can feel the juices in it. The sauce was awesome too. The portion is not enough for the bf. He was still hungry after that.

I ordered green tea ice-cream for dessert but I forgot to take a photo of it. It was served with lil bit of red-bean paste on top of it. It was good but I personally prefer a bitter taste green tea ice-cream. After dinner, we went for coffee at 44 King St Cafe in King St. A nice place for coffee and chatting session. I think this the place that me & bf visited the most. YL and Adam joined us after their dinner. We had some dessert as well. Lol.

Rhiannon and her dessert. I'm not very sure what was it. All I know is it's chocolate cake topped with chocolate sauce and meringue.

The bf and I had this. It's something special to me. Never had a baklava before. For those who don't know what baklava is, it is a Near Eastern pastry made of many layers of paper-thin dough with a filling of ground nuts, baked and then drenched in a syrup of honey and sometimes rosewater. But I don't really like it, probably just this one. I found it too hard to even cut it. The toffee ice-cream was good thou.

Now you'll understand why I put Saturday Feast as my title. Basically it's food and food all day. May not appear a lot to you but for those who knows me, it's A LOT!!! lol.

Gotta get back to revision now. Exams in one week time. Can't wait to get it over with. Have a great week ahead.

-♥-

Twists & Turns

2009-10-24T00:39:00.002+08:00

In life, sometimes when we think that everything is sticking right to our own plan, things seem to be so perfect, occasionally we get thrown a curve ball which wasn't in our plan at all. Some might get frustrated, some might look at it as a challenge and face it happily. For those who will get frustrated, things might be worse for them. They might started getting crazy, blaming everyone, everything around them, blowing off their tempers at people near them, rant about how life is unfair to them and blah blah blah... sounds familiar to you? It sounds familiar to me. lol.

We often use the same excuse. We are all human and this is our human nature. We want to change our perspectives, our way of thinking but its' hard. Because we are human, we are supposed to be weak. Sounds even more familiar to you?

What we don't realize or we understand yet never take it seriously is that all these twists and turns, these spoilers in your life is actually planned beforehand. Everything that happens to you is a part of perfect plan designed especially for you, and only you.

It's not easy to take these surprises with an open and joyful heart. However it is your choice to either doom yourself in the gloom and misery of uncertainty or forge ahead and believe that things will get better from here. Well, life wouldn't be so much fun if we always know ahead bout what's going to happen next, right?

Have fun in your life journey and Im sure I will enjoy mine. xoxo

-♥-

Love NoteBook

2009-10-20T16:11:00.001+08:00

Because, that’s the thing about love, really. No one will love you how you want to be loved, they’ll love you in the only ways they know how. Life throws everyone down drastically different paths so how can we expect everyone to love in the same way? The person you’ll spend your lifetime with will love you in their way and you’ll love in yours, and maybe you’ll meet in the middle and it’ll last. None of us know what we’re doing, you see, we’re just fumbling for matches in the dark. If you’re lucky, you might eventually just strike the right one.

Taken from wears heart on sleeve

-♥-

Happy Birthday to my bestie ♥

2009-10-19T23:53:00.022+08:00

Last Saturday night, we went out to celebrate bestie, YL's birthday. We had a hard time getting a restaurant as most of the restaurants that we wanted to go were either fully booked or not available due to private party. So in the end, we had dinner at this restaurant, Lamont's in East Perth.

Outlook of Lamont's

The kitchen area

Adam & bf had the same entree - Wagyu Bresola with asparagus and shallot salad, red grape mustard mayo. I tried some of it and it tasted just alright.

YL's entree - Lemon Sole fillets, soft herb crumbs with sauce gribiche. I tasted this dish as well. Hmm, just okay to me too.. It's too plain to my liking.

My entree - Ham hock terrine with crisp pork cheek, calvados crème fraiche. The pork cheek was not bad but the terrine had this kinda weird flavor to me & bf. It might be both of us are not used to it or it taste just weird.

Bf and adam had the same main dish too - Margaret river venison with cauliflower and potatoes.
For those who doesn't know what venison is, venison is actually deer meat. For this dish, bf din't really enjoy it. The venison was not a fresh piece and the meat was quite tough.

YL's main dish - Duck breast, confit duck leg brik, blood orange and walnut salad. I din't try out this dish as at the very moment YL said it doesn't taste good, I can't be bothered to taste it. According to YL, the duck breast was overcook and the sauce was terrible. She basically din't enjoy the dish.

My main dish - Wagyu beef steak with asparagus and potatoes. which I reckon is the best main dish among all. It taste quite good but I found it a bit overcooked. It was quite hard for me to cut and chew it.

After main dish, it's time for dessert. But the desserts on the menu doesn't seem interesting to Adam & bf. We had experience the food and want to play safe with dessert. So adam & bf had cheese while myself & YL had something sweet.

Adam's - Rouzaire Brie de Nangis Soft rind with quince paste and lavosh. Not cheesy enough..

Bf's - Queso Tradicionales Valdeon D.O. Blue cheese with dried figs and pear. Only bf enjoyed this dish. YL doesn't fancy cheese and it's way too strong for me & adam.

YL's - Passion fruit curd, meringue drops and strawberry. Too sweet I reckon.

Myself - Nougatine parfait with honey caramelised figs. The safest dessert and that's the reason I chose it.

After all the food, we finally snapped some photos of human. lol.

My besties

Myself & the birthday girl

The boys or shud i address them as man??

my ♥

Us with our desserts. Taken by the waiter.

After dinner, we had a stroll along the river outside Lamont's before we left for coffee. And it's time for more photos :P

Always my favourite couple.. :)

The bf and I..

We think that we shud give him a lesson on Camera Angle 100 because he was laughing at us when we were trying to get the best angle for our photos. But, who want to look ugly in their photos? Of course we want to look nice in our photos. Hmm, time for more photos taking with the bf. :P

Overall, none of us enjoyed the food. It was seriously disappointing and I had some much to complaint about the waitress that served us. I think none of us will ever visit the restaurant again. Lastly,

Happy Birthday YeeLing!!!

ps: some of the photos are taken by Adam's dslr..

-♥-

Gardening

2009-10-18T20:28:00.007+08:00

If you thought I'm the one who did gardening, you are really wrong. I'm not one that into gardening. I remembered I used to did so much gardening, growing vegetables to sell back in primary school but it's not for myself. I hardly remember the whole thing. All I could remember is that only a few of us, probably 3-5 of us spent quite some time in the gardens behind our classroom each day, growing some vegetables and at the end of the day, we sold it somewhere. By the mean of growing, I not talking about just pour the seed into the soil and water it. Basically we did everything from the very scratch. I could remember that the fertilizer that we used was chicken's excrement and it was really smelly. Ugghhh..

The one that did gardening is actually the bf. The bf wants to have fresh ingredients for his cooking so he thought of growing them at home. Another reason would be saving on costs as he uses them frequently. This morning after having breakkie with the series, Dexter, bf started his gardening routine. Since I have never actually get to know what he's growing, so I took my camera out and followed him to the backyard. To be honest, I was surprised of how serious he was when it comes to gardening. Well, at least I never thought he would be. :P

Let me show you some photos of his plants and please correct me if I'm wrong with the name of the plants. I'm seriously don't have a clue when it comes to plants.

ParsleyChilies

A closer look..TomatoesFlowers from tomato plants..MintThyme

Thyme again..Not sure what are these. I'm sure he told me but I totally forgot about it..

BasilPotatoes

There's actually two more plants but I couldn't recognize what are they so I decided not to post it up until I figure out what are they ;D Cant wait for them to grow and I can get to enjoy fresh vege and herbs..

-♥-

Everything is going to be fine..

2009-10-14T02:51:00.002+08:00

It's okay to admit failures.
It's okay to admit that I'm weak.
It's okay to heck care what others think..

All because..

I have all of you..
the true friends..
that's enough for the tiny me..

-♥-

Down

2009-10-13T05:30:00.001+08:00

This is the time where I need friends, need affirmed love..

Thank God for His unconditional love..

-♥-

Expectation and Disappointment

2009-10-07T16:52:00.004+08:00

Expectation leads to disappointment.
The higher expectations you have, the greater disappointment you'll get.

Been telling myself this so often lately.. Stop expecting..But it's not working.
I hate feeling this way.. Never knew I would be this vulnerable and being such stubborn that I hate to admit this.. Gosh.. I'm driving myself crazy..

How to stop expecting? I need help..

:(

A night with ♥

2009-10-07T04:24:00.003+08:00

Listening to Kenny G's & For the First Time by Kenny Loggins over and over again..
Love Kenny G's The Wedding Song especially..
Feeling warm and fuzzy and having a smile on my face..

I'm so glad I found you, I must be really lucky to have you.
Just when I thought I couldn't be anymore in love, you proved me wrong.
Man, I had a fantabulous night.. Everything was so simple yet it filled me with love..
All the lil gestures, all the sweet words, the sensitivity, the patience.. everything that you've done.. it just melted my heart again and again.. and tonight we had a promise, something to look so forward to..

"I'm yours.. You're my lil baby.."

Man, you just heal my heart without knowing.. Thank U for the 87253416th time.. Loving me, accepting me and being my best friend..

I love you..always and hopefully forever..

-♥-

Black Monday

2009-10-06T01:56:00.004+08:00

It was the worst monday ever. Many things were screwed up and I was very near to throwing my tantrum. Luckily I was managed to hold it, trying hard to digest it and in the end I was just showing the unfriendly face occasionally.

I woke up with feeling extremely unwell. I think it has something to do with my medication which I have been taking for a week. I feel so weak and got tired easily. Dizziness and headache were like bees sticking to honey, following me the whole day. I actually woke up at 9 in the morning but took a nap after breakfast because I couldn't fight the dizziness. Woke up an hour and a half later, drove for 20 minutes, took another nap again before I got woke up by a phone call. It's from my groupmate. At the very last minutes,2 hours away from presentation, she told me the slides weren't ready yet. I was shocked and got so pissed off that I hang up before she could say 'goodbye hun'. Our house was having blackout at that moment and I couldn't get access to internet. The only way is to go over to uni and get it done. Got myself ready in dark and can't really figure out what I was doing. Head to uni, searched for parking which I hate the most, searched for available computer which annoyed me every single time, before I could settled down, it was one hour away from the actual thing. Rushed to get the work done and only had a bottle of coke and M&Ms as my lunch. Was supposed to have a rehearsal before we go for the real thing. Who knew out of 5 of us, only myself and another girl were prepared for it. The others were kind of clueless about it and only wrote their script half an hour away from the presentation. As you can guess, we got no time for rehearsal and went on stage, did the lousiest job ever. Gahhhh..I almost went crazy at that minute itself.

I left right after the presentation, trying to sort out another assignment. And again, problems kept popping up. Usually, I wouldn't mind fixing all these. But definitely not when I was feeling extremely uneasy and was kind of starving. Stayed in uni until 6ish, went back home to get a quick shower, managed to get the electricity back ( by turning on and off with the main switch, must be the roadwork near my house this morning that affected it) and head out to bf's coussie place for dinner with his family and coussies. It was a long dinner with more than 30 people. We had steamboat. I felt quite bad as I wasn't feeling well thus I was showing quite a bit of the unfriendly face. The bf was being nice, pampering me, kept me company, talked to me and hugged me tight. And I being the bad one complaint about him being not sensitive enough :P. Sorry bf :)

Just got home around 12 just then and immediately knocked on housemate's door and then the crying and complaining drama started. CY said I looked like a small bird making noise in the loud and high-pitch way. lol.. Thank you girl for listening to me and also Sarah, DY and YL for keeping me company through sms during the time at bf's coussie place. I was kind of lost as I don't understand Hokkien!!!!!!!! It's irritating!!!!!!! Gosh...

Now I'm sitting in front of my lappie (obviously), having a glass of coke and going to watch a movie to pamper myself for a bit. I need it before I go crazy again. Coke is like my medecine. Well, at least Im smiling now..That's the story of my black monday. Time for movie. Nitess.. :)

Random I know.. it's just been quite a while since I last taken a decent self-photo..

-♥-

Congratulations to my man

2009-10-04T03:40:00.006+08:00

It's the man's convocation today. Other than him and also my bestie, Adam, I've got quite a few friends graduating on the same day as well. Went for the ceremony with his parents and his sis. Again, it's boring. Luckily, this year's ceremony is shorter than the one that I attended previously. At least I din't feel asleep during the ceremony. But the man actually did fell asleep himself. lol. One disappointment is that there's no any fireworks this time round. :( It used to be something I look forward to..

A pass to the ceremony. Guess how much it worth? Near to 40aud for one tix. Bet they're earning heaps from convo alone.

The look of the hall.. The stage is where those chancellor, guest speakers, professors or distinguished staff are seated while at the front part is where the graduates are seated.

My uni..

Adam & my man.. Pink for business & yellow for engineering. Adam receiving his certificate from the chancellor.

with the man's family.. His dad was so happy for him that he gave him a big tight hug right after the ceremony.

Dear Shirlene is graduating on the same day too..

My way of expressing congratulations to her.. :D

My man..

Congratulation my man. I'm really happy and proud of you. I've seen how much hard work and efforts you put in through this long and challenging journey. It was tough yet you never give up. Your achievement is awesome. Now you're officially an engineer and stepping into another chapter of your life. May you earn big bucks and achieve your dreams real soon. I love you and think you're the very best ♥

-♥-

End of September

2009-10-02T13:54:00.008+08:00

September passed incredibly fast. Kinda hard to believe that it's October now.. Gahh, that means exam is coming real soon and I still have a few assignments in hand. Giving myself the excuse of distressing, I had a few outings to so call release stress. The man did a great job in helping me to deal with my 'stress'.

We had seafood for dinner during the weekend.
Prawns with Aioli sauce, Chili Mussels, Salmon and...
Squid Ink Pasta with of cos squid and also scallops.
I love the prawns not only of the taste.. mainly because the man actually peeled the prawn for me!! At first, i was kinda reluctant to eat it because i don't really like peeling the prawn and get my hands dirty. Hee..I'm a spoiled girl I know. Always have parents to do it for me :P

On a Saturday night, I went for drinks with friends at Minq Bar, Burswood. Haven't hang out with the girls for quite a while :)

Mua and Sarah in the car while waiting for YiWen. Poor Sarah got an eye infection that day.
Mua..
Chloe, Sarah, Mua & YiWen
and we bumped into Christina..
myself & Christina
Sarah, myself & YiWen.. Sarah had to do some diff pose so that her photo won't really show her eye infection.
Andy & me
me & my clubbing kaki..
Something that we'll never miss out. Cam-whoring..
Speak no evil, See no evil, Hear no evil
The couple which celebrated their one year anniversary on that day.
Posing with our cocktail..
Us on the couch. And we actually got told off and asked to step down from the couch. :P

I think I'm getting better with my alcohol tolerance now. I used to get drunk really easily. You wouldn't believe the amount of alcohol that I can take. It's like one glass of wine and I'm down. But, I'm getting better now..teehee

Time to get back to assignmentssss.. Gotta get things done so I can enjoy the man's big day tomorrow. It's his graduation day and he got me a ticket to be in the ceremony. Thou it's gonna be extremely boring, guess my presence means a lot to him :) Aight, toodles..

-♥-

Another B&G session

2009-09-29T23:52:00.003+08:00

Had a lunch date with bestie, yl& adam and adam's sis, may.
We went to this place at north perth, Pantry Door. I've been wanting to go this place for quite a while only that the man thinks it's kind of far for him. Being the impatient me, I asked bestie to have our lunch over there.

When we reached there, I'm so glad to found out that they used Fiori brand for coffee. Quite sure that's the coffee gonna be good useless the staff gonna make a really bad job. We left with quite little choices as most of their food are sold out by the time we reached there. One thing I like about that place is that they don't have a menu for their food. It's up to what they feel like having today and you get to try out different food everytime you're there. So I had salmon tart and cappucino to start off my first meal of the day. It was yummy!! I wished I could try out the quiche as YL mentioned that it's so good that you wouldn't wanna miss out. But too bad, I was full after the salmon tart.

Da yummylicious salmon tart..

along with my cappucino. Coffee never fails to make my day :)

Here's the look beneath the crust.

Other than pastries, they serve quite a few desserts as well. You can find macaroons there too. I din't have any desserts as I was still full but I did have a coffee macaroons. Somehow, I din't like it as it tasted too sweet for my liking. I did got a apple strudel and pasta for my brother. Have to ask him how did it taste.

Coffee macaroon

The place is cosily decorated, a nice place to have a chat with your friends. Only that it might not be such a good idea to go there during the weekends as the place is kind of small and not much tables and seats are provided. You might need to wait for quite a while to get a seat and i guess you're gonna have people staring at you while you're trying to enjoy your meal. Not so good.

Ohh, I miss the food again.. Told the man about it just then and assured him that it's a defenitely-worth-a-visit place. And guess what, the man agreed to give it a try sometime this week. Yay!!!! I'm not too bad in persuasion hey ;)

PS: The man's parents are in town along with his uncle & auntie. He's kind of got interrogate by them when I din't show up for dinner just then. So dinner tomorrow night. Shud I be nervous? I guess I will at that time. :/

-♥-

Thinking about you..

2009-09-29T01:00:00.002+08:00

Weekend will never be as great without your presence anymore. Every single moments we spent together worth a mark on my diary. We getting used to each others presence nowadays. And I've never as proud when I tell people what an amazing cook you are. All the good food that you fed me, the satisfactions that I had from your cooking. I could only smile when I think of all of these. We had tiny disagreements and less than 30mins cold war because we're still getting to know each other better. Yet, you're getting better in being a sensitive and loving bf.

Man, I don't know how to express my appreciation to you. When i was having a rough time, when my heart was shattered, when i was put down, you never fail being there to wipe my tears, lend me ears and shoulder, give me hugs, hold my hands and tell me I'm worth more than that. When i'm happy or excited, you're there to smile and laugh with me. When i was pissed by someone or something, you're make sure you let me spill all out because you know that's how I could release my tension or anger. Thou I could go on and on for hours and you're so dying to have a rest because you were so tired, still you never stop me for talking.

Man, I've never feel so lucky having someone that special in my heart. And I could assure you that you're the first one. I give my heart to you for my heart believes in you. Because of you I believe in me. Thank you will never be enough. All I could do is to love you fully and wholly. Love you bf! ♥

-♥-

Lunch with lovelies

2009-09-23T00:39:00.010+08:00

The next day after SFAS, the man decided to cook lunch for me. We invited yl & adam over since they are also keen on trying new recipes by the man. The man was still overwhelmed by excitement of receiving his brand new knife set all the away from the state. He just can't wait to try it out. Big boy with his new toy. Bet you can imagine how happy he was..

The man put in quite a bit effort into the soup. He was searching high and low for the materials and guess what is it..6 kinds of mushroom which i forgot all the names by now :P

Time to show ya my man's cooking *winks*

The yummylicious mushroom soup with never-failed truffle oil.. slurps
Followed by sausage frittata.. the man used a kind of german's sausage.
Two kinds of sausages & roast tomatoes.

This is for me and I cant even finish it :/

The man preparing frittata. It must be serve warm :)

While waiting for the dessert and since Adam brought his DSLR over, for those who knows me surely I won't miss out the chance of playing with it. So we took photoss.. winkswinks

Taken by me. They are my favourite couple!!!
And then we tried to do the yearbook kind of pose. So here's the attempt by yl & adam.
Then, myself & yl. I look extremely nerd here.
The man and adams' attempt. The man is really good at nerd's pose ;D
Check this one out.. See anything?? Remember the Japanese horror movie 'The Eye'? This is our version of it.
A photo with my bestie.
The man & his baby ;)
and the guys got this ugly pic of me :/
Finally, time for dessert. It's something to die for. So so so good!!! We actually finished the whole thing. I might be able to finish half of it by myself!!! Oh yea, it's Apple Tart Tartin. I was asking the man yesterday if he could make me one again this weekend..teehee

That's our lunch session. Am so pampered by the man's cooking. Can't wait for this friday.. Seafood!!

I ♥ U

Toodles..

-♥-

S.T.A.R.S

2009-09-21T23:46:00.013+08:00

Search For A Star, the night where all the STARS gathered. For those who don't know, SFAS is the biggest and the main highlight event for my church every year. Where we'll be on stage and perform our talents from dance, choir, vocals, drama and instruments. And for me, I'm part of the dance team, Fuzion. We did something different this year which means mixing a few elements together such as hip-hop, breakdance, shuffle, contemporary and also salsa. We danced along with the hits songs such as Everybody by Backstreet Boys, Smooth Criminal by MJ and etc..

One whole month of intense practices, body aches, muscles sore, lack of rest, driving around, forcing the dance steps into my brain, perfections, struggling with studies and work at the same time, the dance team did an AMAZING job on stage. Before the actual performance, we were panicking as we might not be able to do a great one. Everyone was nervous, for some of time it's their very first experience and for myself, I was worried if I could change on time and make it on stage... But.. thank GOD...with help from friends, everything worked out :)

Look at us.. We desperately need some rest. We first reached da performance place at 7.30am.
This is the foyer where we had our practise thtoughout the day.

Salsa
This is how the place and the stage look like.
Rehearsal..
Changed into costumes..
Had a tiny bit of fun before we went on stage. That's my bro in his MJ's look.
Da boys & Liying..
Myself & JiaHuei which joined dance for da very first time. She's the conductor for choir :)
Alvin the only one..
My bro, which Im extremely proud of. I love watching him dance :D
Here comes the actual performance. Boys for Choice, acapella of the song 'Cry me a river'.
Our turn to hit da stage. The opening- Smooth Criminal.
Followed by the attitude dance - Say My Name by Destiny's Child.
ME..teehee
After show with Pauline.
Friends that came to support..
At the backstage with girlss..
A gift for all choreographers..
Not to forget Sarah..

The feeling right now is kind of undescribable. It's a relief that the whole thing is over yet the feeling of emptiness kicked in. Same thing happens every year. It's the after SFAS symptom. I miss the dance crew, i miss all the dance practises and i miss seeing them so often like at least 4 times in a week or almost everyday at the last week to the big day :(

Guys & girls, it was incredibly awesome serving with all of you. People might not see us as the professional dancers or think that our performance was good. Tell you this, they are wrong. We are definitely professional. You know why? Because of our passion, our hearts, our attitudes, our servanthood. It's definitely professional!!! Whatever mistakes you made on stage, it's okay. We pulled off the best performance. No matter what, I think that you guys are awesome! I had a great time because of you guys. And for sure thanks for all my friends that came to support especially the man which initially dint want to and also adam & yl which adam brought his SDLR and captured the dance video for me.

♥♥♥ to all of you.

Ps: Some photos are taken by friends, Mark, Wilson & Kelvin Fok.

-♥-

Nothing but Awesomeness

2009-09-16T23:41:00.005+08:00

Since the last time I blogged, my days were actually really good despite all the assignments and stress that I've put myself into. Let's see what I've been doing :)

Andrew's pre-bday celebration and also a catch up session since the Pretty Boy is in town. Pretty Boy is the one with spiky hair in the picture above.

A coffee session with my luckystar, JiaHuei which we saw these absolute beautiful double rainbows on our way back home.

My most sinful cravings - Ferrero Rondnoir. Dark chocolate version of Ferrero Rocher. Yumms..

And of cos, the awesome weekend with the man. Always glad to have you to hear me out when I'm so full of stress that I'm gonna explode like a volcano soon. winks.

Not forget to mention, dance practises for Search For A Star 09'. It's our church annual thing. Something like a talent show where our church members will be on stage showing our talents to our family and freinds. It's kind of like the huge thing for our church. Everyone is working crazily hard, putting in utmost effort to make it awesome. With all the hours spending on practising and perfections, all the bruises all over our bodies, all the lack-of-rest-soon-to-be-vampire looks', im sure everyone had fun or am having fun seeing each other so often and get to dance together. I'm pretty sure we're gonna rock again, or even better than last year.

Search For A Star poster. It's on this saturday. Can't wait!!

Aight, that's all for now.. Gotta get back to work. Assignments and presentation on their ways :/

-♥-

BFF

2009-09-10T03:52:00.003+08:00

I'm just got home and basically very near to half-dead condition..
I'm terribly tired and need my been-lacking-for-dunno-how-long rest asap,
but I just need to blog about this and sorry i'm way too lazy/tired to express it in my own words.
Luckily i came across this blog LeLove which mentioned the almost exact feeling that I'm having right now. So heee I'm just gonna quote it :)

'The love I am referring to is the love you have for a best friend. It’s unique and so important to have. It’s more than just affection for someone; it’s a deep underlying connection. The comfort of knowing you can tell them everything, and not have worry about being judged. The first person you tell when something exciting happens, or when something scary happens. The person you turn to when you need to vent. The person you can laugh at because they will just laugh back at you. The person you need to tell things to so your brain doesn’t explode. The person who can make you feel better when you’re having a tough day, the one you turn to for advice. . The person you can have full conversations with by merely exchanging glances. And maybe most importantly, the one you tell all your secrets to, especially boy secrets'.

I am lucky enough to have best friends to love and to be loved back and I am very thankful for that. No matter what happens, I'll always stand by you and be a listener is least I can do. Together we can go through anything. Love you guys and I'm sure you know who you are :D

Aikes, time for bed.. Nites all..

-♥-

Sometimes you need to be selfish

2009-09-02T01:36:00.005+08:00

Recently, I keep getting updates about friends' relationships statuses.
there's friends that announced their engagement,
friends that are married,
friends that got into relationships,
friends that just ended their relationships badly, i mean really bad..
or friends that are deeply hurt in their relationships yet still hold on to it because they think it's 'love'.

Their lives revolve around relationship issues. Their emotions are deeply tied to it. They cried, they screamed, they went crazy and they seek help from those unaccountable ones.
Hearing from them being in such circumstances caught me into a mixture of feelings..
Bitter and sweet feelings, not memories.
Funny how those used to be sweet memories are now blurry to me.
Other than that, it reminds me that I once used to be weak, depress and even losing faith in this issue. I almost gave up too.
Don't get me wrong. I am not upset right now when I feel these again.
Yet, I am smiling because I am more than grateful that I am in love, with someone that believe and tell me that I deserve better.

Huns, whatever it is, life still go on.
Don't stop dreaming and be daring enough to let go and move on.
After all, you yourself is more important.

-♥-

M vs F

2009-08-30T20:58:00.005+08:00

Just then, when i was reading Kim Ong's blog, she mentioned about KennySia attended her wedding after a 12km run, it somehow led me to my curiosity and checkout Kenny's blog. Click on the blog link and read it yourself. I couldn't help but laughing out loud and i think i was laughing for more than 15 mins.

Kenny said "If there's one thing I learn about girls after all these while, it's that the female species need a lot of attention. If you wanna give attention to girls, you gotta devote time. But here's the kicker. Once you're invested all your time, successfully got the girl and officially declare that you are "in a relationship", suddenly you have to face fights and arguments and all those petty things that would take up even MORE of your time. Then suddenly you are forced to give up time on your career or hobby. And you find yourself having to spend ALL your time on your girl to make them feel more secure. Because if not then your girlfriend's girlfriends will say that you are "useless", "heartless", "not caring enough" and then advise her to leave you for a better man."

Lol..but it's quite true thou..

Then Kenny said again ' Maybe I just need the type of girl who doesn't require attention, only required to meet up once a week and can simply abandon anytime when my job gets the better of me. Does this species of female exist?'

Hahahahahahahahahahaha...

But this is not the funniest part.. Check out the comments by his readers.. It was seriously hilarious. There's even girls that trying to promote themselves and ask Kenny to choose them as gf. Then there's people debating whether girls are such attention seeker or guys just don't understand girls. There's also people trying to advise Kenny about LOVE!!!

Hahahaha..

I find it funny not because i was laughing at any of them. Nah. It's because it's something I've always know yet the way they put it into words caught my attention and appeared humourous to me. Guys & girls. Females & Males. I used to debate so much on this topic alone but now i find it pointless. Actions speak louder than words! :) Anyway, I had a good laugh. So thanks to Kenny and his readers. :D

Btw, I was preparing my dinner just then. I know it sounds weird but I felt like having toast and omelets for dinner. So off i went to prepare it. But......... i failed the omelets. Not the taste, it's the shape. Or i should say it wasn't in shape at all. Looks more like scrambled eggs. Haa.. I think I have neglected my cooking skill for quite some time. Time to pick it up again. But, it feels so good having a bf cooking for me :p

Last friday, he cooked again. Invited YL & Adam over to tryout his cooking.. All good except the dessert. lol. Sorry Babe :P Here's some snaps of his cooking.

Look at his arm..It's double the size of my arm!!

The soup taste so so good.. I'm so proud of him :)

I only have these in my camera. Din't take much as Adam brought his DSLR over. I'll post up the rest of the food once I got it from Adam :)

-♥-

Breakitdown

2009-08-30T17:55:00.003+08:00

Sometimes in life, i come to the stage where i'm facing nothing but a wall.
I don't just turn around and walk away.
I tell the wall that I'm not afraid of it.
I'll hit as hard as I could to break the wall and then i'll walk pass it with victory.

-♥-