Double Double Birthday

It's a double double birthday because I turned 22 and also because I had double double celebrations ^_^

picture by hjstory

Pre-Birthday

My lovely scandal ♥ Shu Shan couldn't bare the thought of selling me off to some random fisherman at some secluded kampung port in Klang so we arrived at Perlama Seafood Restaurant instead XD It took us quite a while to find the place since it was really secluded. We ended up having lunch at 3pm if I'm not mistaken =S

The place is actually quite nice, as it had that kampung by the sea feeling, though not everyone can take the pungent dirty/salty seawater smell swirling around. Being a kampung girl myself, growing up in Kuala Terengganu and Kuantan, living mere minutes away from the sea, the smell had a weirdly homey feel to it *LOL*

Top: Steamed fish pieces with vermicelli and Superior Lala Clam Soup
The soup in both dishes were pretty good, and the Lala Clams were nice and juicy.
Middle: Stir-fried vegetables and Claypot Tofu
I can't tell if they put MSG in the vege but it was so good even the vege-hater Shu Shan liked it.
The Claypot Tofu was the most disappointing dish among all.
Bottom: Salted Egg Crab and Coconut water
Loved the salted egg on the crab YUM!
The coconut water sucked because it was too old, so the flesh was really hard.

♥ Super love this pic ♥

Since my lovely scandal couldn't sell me off, she decided to kill me instead.
She got me Tiramisu and Death by Chocolate *wakakaka*

Thank you people =)

pictures by Brian

The day itself

Mum made me a marble butter cake this year =D
but I forgot to take a picture =(
She was going to make noodles too,
but since my brother wasn't home,
we had it the next day instead.
Simplicity at it's best =)

Post-Birthday

A few of my lovely OMEs had a super belated celebration with me =P
We had dinner at Reminisce (舊相好) at Mid Valley.

The food wasn't great, but we were all pretty much broke so yea...
I'm sorry about The Library Ah-Ma =(

Thanks for Spongey-Blue though *hehe* I really really like it!!
And of course all the other prezzies too~~
They were all really pretty and nice ^_^

Thank you dearies ♥

pictures by Jaime

p.s. Thanks Brandon for Pink Day too XD No pictures because you didn't upload =P

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

A boat beneath a sunny sky,
Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening of July —

Children three that nestle near,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Pleased a simple tale to hear —

Long has paled that sunny sky:
Echoes fade and memories die.
Autumn frosts have slain July.

Still she haunts me, phantomwise,
Alice moving under skies
Never seen by waking eyes.

Children yet, the tale to hear,
Eager eye and willing ear
Lovingly shall nestle near.

In a Wonderland they lie,
Dreaming as the days go by,
Dreaming as the summers die:

Ever drifting down the stream —
Lingering in the golden gleam —
Life, what is it but a dream?

Life is but a dream, was the only thing I got out of the book. I totally admit that I didn't get it half the time =_= It's probably about the innocence and wild imagination of childhood or something along those lines. I guess Alice's Adventures in Wonderland along with Through the Looking-Glass is not such an easy read after all.  It's like an extended version of the Jabberwocky to me, except I could read and understand more words XD It's simply too deep for me in the literary sense, I think I would like to stick to the Disney adaptation thank you very much =P

The Tourist

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Not really a fan of this movie. The best part was probably all the French and Angelina Jolie's earrings XD They are soooooo pretty!! When Johnny Depp revealed himself it was just such a WTH moment for me =_= The whole movie was just a bit weird in my opinion. You can also see the age of Angelina Jolie in the movie. She is getting old... Overall, not a movie I would recommend.

Hellos & Goodbyes

This post is pretty much very overdue, but better late than never.


Goodbye to the last of 2010

Met up with Jin for dinner at Trattoria Cucina Italiana on Christmas Eve.
It was nice to finally meet again and catch up =)

Don't be fooled by the mamak-looking exterior and kitchen.

Their food is pretty decent as everything is freshly made.
I really liked the beef tenderloin with potatoes and cherry tomatoes (top left).
The prawns (bottom left) were okay, it had A LOT of spinach to go with it =_=
The gnocchi (right) was really cheesy, but apparently not chewy enough.

Their desserts were SUPERB!
Especially the chocolate lava cake with vanilla ice cream (left).
We finished it within minutes!

This was my favorite!!
chocolate + liquor = ♥
What more can a girl ask for?

The total bill came to RM288.65 (including 4 other drinks I didn't mention) for the three of us.
FUCKING EXPENSIVE would be very appropriate for three unemployed students -_-''

We couldn't make it for the countdown as my brother and I had to catch the train back.
So we celebrated by pouring overdue beer down the toilet instead -_-''

Had post-Christmas turkey dinner with Fabian and his family at Étoile Bistro, Equatorial Hotel.

Got a really cool present from Amy and Fabian too ^_^
I really ♥ it!


Hello to the beginning of 2011

Everyone was celebrating New Year's Eve with family.
So it was just the four of us, plus Viran's spirit XD

We had steamboat dinner at Chong Qing and went to Solaris for countdown.
The fireworks were soooooo pretty~

We had our celebratory drink at Berlin Biergarten after the countdown.
It was pretty funny how Shu Shan got drunk after just one cup of Long Island Iced Tea *LOL*
So not going to give her anymore alcohol after this incident -_-''


2010 was a great year, may 2011 be a great year too =)

Just Us and Penang

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Listen to this while reading if you wish.



I'm too young to feel this old (or am I?), but it just feels right to write this post like this...

On one very fine day,
six young people decided to drive an old car all the way to Penang,
just because they felt like it.


They wanted to gobble up all that Penang had to offer,
so they ordered fried kway teow, fried oyster, and hae mee a.k.a Hokkien mee
everywhere they went until they got sick of it, literally!

There were lots of other food too of course,
but I'll reserve the review for another post when I come around to it.

For now, it's just the story of six crazy young people
who were courageous enough to go into a bar with shorts and flip-flops XD


Being young and full of energy,
they hiked to a far away beach just because they can.


Even though they are all different in their own way,
it did not matter because it was their free spirit that unites them.

May all six of these young people live a fruitful and awesome happy life always =)

~Be Forever Young~

pictures from Brian and icanread

p.s. I really don't mean to sound so old >_<