no i'm not doing yoga. i'm just trying to calm myself down after a rather stressful day.
got back from penang yesterday. the trip was disappointing, to be honest. we didn't get to have our favourite 'or chian' because the hawker stall moved and wasn't open over the weekend. and, i couldn't get my 'tau sar pang' either coz Ghee Hiang sold out!
sold out? SOLD OUT?? how can you sell out at 12pm on a Sunday afternoon? you should bloody know to stock up like mad on a Sunday, especially when it's a school holiday, stupid blithering fools!!
plus, we went to have the famous Sisters char kuey teow on Lorong Selamat. which was really yummy. BUT!! you wouldn't believe how much 5 small plates of char kuey teow cost us. i thought i misunderstood the woman when she stated the amount in hokkien. it came up to RM32!! RM32 for 5 small plates at a hawker stall that's BLOODY HOT, and you have to wait 20 mins for your meal. and, it was the first time i was actually AFRAID to order my char kuey teow. i don't like egg in mine, but i've heard this lady can be pretty tough with picky eaters.
see? i AM chinese. that's my tightass chinese side coming out.
anyway. where was i? ah yes. my stressful day today. i had to rush out some logos today. mid-day, the electricity decides to cut off. hooray for our infrastructure!
never mind that the house was hot like a hen incubating her eggs. never mind that the internet isn't working because the modem is plugged into an electrical socket. but, my laptop battery was about to die.
luckily, the electricity came back on before i started throwing things and screaming at nobody. then, the internet decided not to work. hooray again, for our infrastructure. specifically, STREAM-fuckin-YX.
it was my stepmum's birthday, so we had dinner at Souled Out. i thought it was going to be a quick dinner with my family and i could get back and finish up my logos. until i realised, my aunties were coming and my dad had brought wine with him. that means, long dinner, long chatting and long drinking session.
not only did i have to finish up my logos. i also had to figure out where to get internet access to email my work over. forget starbucks. their internet is as reliable as a government worker.
but somehow, luck once again came to my rescue and the internet was up and running just when i had to email my stuff off. hoorah!
time to go chill out and finish reading Angels & Demons. toodles!
Monday, June 8, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Daddy's Surprise Party
my stepmum and i have been planning my dad's 55th for over a month now. we decided to have it at Sanook in Plaza Kelana Jaya. not many people know of it yet. it's still pretty new and quiet, but it's by a lake with al fresco dining so we thought it'd be perfect.
there were lots of old faces i remember from when i was about six years old and was still running around topless. i remember a certain Uncle Andy who conned me while we were on holiday in Cameron Highlands. i distinctly remember this.
"i'll give you RM10 if you can find a four-leaf clover."
so i thought, how hard could it be? i searched the whole garden over and was upset to find that i couldn't find a four-leaf clover. only much later did i find out that there is no such thing. kena con maximum.
it was a small, intimate party of family and very close friends. the bottles of wine disappeared really quickly! but everyone looked happy which made it a good night.
the look of surprise - priceless
time to make a wish - retirement, perhaps?
my lil present to daddy
a very gung ho YAAAMMMM SEEENNNGGGG!!
the old timers - friend from waaayyy back
the families that made it
the golf group
yummy food from the buffet spread. it was better than i expected.
a big deserved 'thank you' kiss
choc cheese cake from Just Heavenly. yuuummmm!!
my brother and sister all grown up! daymnn, i'm getting old.
jerry, stepmum, olivia & me
daddy, stepmum, godmum Christine, me & godfather Frank (ex pro pool champion)
there were lots of old faces i remember from when i was about six years old and was still running around topless. i remember a certain Uncle Andy who conned me while we were on holiday in Cameron Highlands. i distinctly remember this.
"i'll give you RM10 if you can find a four-leaf clover."
so i thought, how hard could it be? i searched the whole garden over and was upset to find that i couldn't find a four-leaf clover. only much later did i find out that there is no such thing. kena con maximum.
it was a small, intimate party of family and very close friends. the bottles of wine disappeared really quickly! but everyone looked happy which made it a good night.
the look of surprise - priceless
time to make a wish - retirement, perhaps?
my lil present to daddy
a very gung ho YAAAMMMM SEEENNNGGGG!!
the old timers - friend from waaayyy back
the families that made it
the golf group
yummy food from the buffet spread. it was better than i expected.
a big deserved 'thank you' kiss
choc cheese cake from Just Heavenly. yuuummmm!!
my brother and sister all grown up! daymnn, i'm getting old.
jerry, stepmum, olivia & me
daddy, stepmum, godmum Christine, me & godfather Frank (ex pro pool champion)
Monday, June 1, 2009
clash of the clans @ Velvet
the clans gathered yet once more. this time at Velvet. i was a lil emo and down that day, but i managed to dance it off, and then some. dancing does wonders. then again, maybe it was the whisky. hmm.
at the beginning of the night, pauline whispered to me.
"it's a bit awkward."
"don't worry. drink more. after a little alcohol, everyone will get along just fine!"
and sure enough. everyone got on very fine after that. when i noticed alvin's cousins grinding with my cousins, i said to paul ling,
"well, i guess our family is getting along very well with alvin's family." *pause* "a little too well in fact. i'm abit scared."
"ya man. this is getting a bit incestuous."
me & pauline - i have no idea what i was pointing at
jen & paul - designer + printer = good!!
paul sandwiched between two designers - jen & myself
jen's first time meeting a couple of my cousins (apart from cam)
proof that skankiness just runs in our family
helmi & aaron. since alvin couldn't make it, i took his cousins as substitutes instead. alvin was busy helping out with the UOX Play set-up.
cam & aaron
jen & i used to work together in Y&R. those were fun days. our drawers were always filled with food... =p
me, helmi, cam, mili & aaron
it looks like i'm fending helmi off from my cousin. he doesn't look too happy about it either. haha
me, helmi, cam, mili, aaron & foong
family portrait - paul ling, pauline, me & cam
it was a fun family night. i'm truly glad i've got close cousins i can hang out with (and get drunk with). too bad the rest are in melbourne.
at the beginning of the night, pauline whispered to me.
"it's a bit awkward."
"don't worry. drink more. after a little alcohol, everyone will get along just fine!"
and sure enough. everyone got on very fine after that. when i noticed alvin's cousins grinding with my cousins, i said to paul ling,
"well, i guess our family is getting along very well with alvin's family." *pause* "a little too well in fact. i'm abit scared."
"ya man. this is getting a bit incestuous."
me & pauline - i have no idea what i was pointing at
jen & paul - designer + printer = good!!
paul sandwiched between two designers - jen & myself
jen's first time meeting a couple of my cousins (apart from cam)
proof that skankiness just runs in our family
helmi & aaron. since alvin couldn't make it, i took his cousins as substitutes instead. alvin was busy helping out with the UOX Play set-up.
cam & aaron
jen & i used to work together in Y&R. those were fun days. our drawers were always filled with food... =p
me, helmi, cam, mili & aaron
it looks like i'm fending helmi off from my cousin. he doesn't look too happy about it either. haha
me, helmi, cam, mili, aaron & foong
family portrait - paul ling, pauline, me & cam
it was a fun family night. i'm truly glad i've got close cousins i can hang out with (and get drunk with). too bad the rest are in melbourne.
Malaccan Odessey Visual Feast
i figured if i wait til Alice posts up her pictures, i'll never get around to posting any. =p
Alice - the melbourne girl who spurred TY into food mania
TY - food is her passion, as you can clearly see
William was our tour/food guide for the day
oh scrumptious chicken!
delightful durian ais kacang - heavenly gula melaka
i love the colourful facades of the buildings in Melaka. it's a pity KL hasn't made any effort in maintaining and restoring our old buildings.
TY chowing down on pork satay
it was good shit - pork interlaced with layers of fat
Alice trying out for Mr Universe
this reminded me of those chinese movies set in the olden days where all the wives and their children live within the same house, creating havoc and sabotaging one another. ah, gotta love the chinese dramas.
reminiscent of melbourne's alley ways
you can tell they're tourists from a mile away
Alice - the melbourne girl who spurred TY into food mania
TY - food is her passion, as you can clearly see
William was our tour/food guide for the day
oh scrumptious chicken!
delightful durian ais kacang - heavenly gula melaka
i love the colourful facades of the buildings in Melaka. it's a pity KL hasn't made any effort in maintaining and restoring our old buildings.
TY chowing down on pork satay
it was good shit - pork interlaced with layers of fat
Alice trying out for Mr Universe
this reminded me of those chinese movies set in the olden days where all the wives and their children live within the same house, creating havoc and sabotaging one another. ah, gotta love the chinese dramas.
reminiscent of melbourne's alley ways
you can tell they're tourists from a mile away
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Malaccan Odessey
i went to Melaka with TY & Alice for a gastronomic adventure. TY had already planned about 5 meals for the whole day. crazy woman.
we started off the journey with a huge Homi curry puff. yum yum. then we bee-lined to the shop selling chicken rice balls. 4 of us had a whole chicken and assam fish head.
then, we walked further down the street to try the durian ice kacang. awesome. the gula melaka was so thick and full of flavour. unlike the diluted brown sugar we get here in KL. the durian flavour was a bit weak though, for someone who loves durian as much as i do.
next up, we walked yet a little more for pork satay. TY ordered 20 sticks. we were already so full, but the crazy woman insisted we could eat 20 sticks. the pork was soft and tender, and in between chunks of pork were little cubes of pork fat. YUM!! i would've liked it a lot more if it wasn't so salty though.
by this time, it had only been less than 2 hours into our arrival in Melaka. we were all stuffed, but decided walk a little before going to look for this place that's famous for its ice-blended coconut shake topped with vanilla ice-cream.
it was heeeaaavennn. not too sweet. really good refreshing drink in the hot weather. TY then suggested we go look for wanton mee. it was only 5.30pm.
"let's go have wanton mee now."
"are you kidding me? then what about satay celup?"
"ok. we can go tapau the wanton mee and then have satay celup."
Alice's expression was full of disbelief. and trust me, the woman is a food-lover. i, myself was feeling a little scared too.
so we went round looking for wanton mee but it wasn't open yet. we were all so tired by then, we decided to skip satay celup as well and head back to KL. i think our bodies were shutting down because our metabolisms were working overtime. it was probably still digesting our food from the day before!
on monday, we went to Klang for bak kut teh and stuffed ourselves silly. on the way back, TY and Alice stopped off at the dentist for a check-up. after that, TY decided to bring us for some cendol. it was already 5pm.
and we had seafood dinner booked at 8pm at Wong Poh.
i don't think any of us believed we could eat much for dinner. and this is what we had between 6 of us:
- kam heong lala
- bamboo lala
- 1 pot of butter cheese crabs (heaven!)
- 1 salted egg crab
- 1 steamed fish
- sotong
- kangkung
- buttered prawns
i think i'm developing a muffin top. oh god. i'm dragging TY to go swimming soon. she's supposed to lose 5kg over the next two months. at this rate, i don't see it happening!
waiting for Alice to upload her pics and will post it up here... maybe. =p
we started off the journey with a huge Homi curry puff. yum yum. then we bee-lined to the shop selling chicken rice balls. 4 of us had a whole chicken and assam fish head.
then, we walked further down the street to try the durian ice kacang. awesome. the gula melaka was so thick and full of flavour. unlike the diluted brown sugar we get here in KL. the durian flavour was a bit weak though, for someone who loves durian as much as i do.
next up, we walked yet a little more for pork satay. TY ordered 20 sticks. we were already so full, but the crazy woman insisted we could eat 20 sticks. the pork was soft and tender, and in between chunks of pork were little cubes of pork fat. YUM!! i would've liked it a lot more if it wasn't so salty though.
by this time, it had only been less than 2 hours into our arrival in Melaka. we were all stuffed, but decided walk a little before going to look for this place that's famous for its ice-blended coconut shake topped with vanilla ice-cream.
it was heeeaaavennn. not too sweet. really good refreshing drink in the hot weather. TY then suggested we go look for wanton mee. it was only 5.30pm.
"let's go have wanton mee now."
"are you kidding me? then what about satay celup?"
"ok. we can go tapau the wanton mee and then have satay celup."
Alice's expression was full of disbelief. and trust me, the woman is a food-lover. i, myself was feeling a little scared too.
so we went round looking for wanton mee but it wasn't open yet. we were all so tired by then, we decided to skip satay celup as well and head back to KL. i think our bodies were shutting down because our metabolisms were working overtime. it was probably still digesting our food from the day before!
on monday, we went to Klang for bak kut teh and stuffed ourselves silly. on the way back, TY and Alice stopped off at the dentist for a check-up. after that, TY decided to bring us for some cendol. it was already 5pm.
and we had seafood dinner booked at 8pm at Wong Poh.
i don't think any of us believed we could eat much for dinner. and this is what we had between 6 of us:
- kam heong lala
- bamboo lala
- 1 pot of butter cheese crabs (heaven!)
- 1 salted egg crab
- 1 steamed fish
- sotong
- kangkung
- buttered prawns
i think i'm developing a muffin top. oh god. i'm dragging TY to go swimming soon. she's supposed to lose 5kg over the next two months. at this rate, i don't see it happening!
waiting for Alice to upload her pics and will post it up here... maybe. =p
Monday, May 25, 2009
twit. food.
admittedly, since i joined the twitter-mania, i barely blog anymore. twitter is just so addictive. it's the ability to do a mini-blog without having to elaborate on anything. it allows you to just post whatever nonsense comes up in your head, without feeling committed to at least a 100 word post. that's my opinion, anyway.
i've been slacking off over the last week. not good, not good. time to buck up and get a whole lot of shit done. we'll be updating Threadbarn later this week, so watch out for that. =)
Alvin and i will be going to Melaka tomorrow for a day trip with TY & tai lo Alice. she's down from HK for a week, so it's going to be a food-filled week. there goes TY's diet out the window.
the other day, we brought Alice to Jln 222 for some hawker goodness. we ordered pretty much everything. halfway through, everyone was sitting back with their cannot-make-it faces whilst Alice was scanning the stalls.
"what are you looking at?" i asked.
"i'm looking to see what else i want."
"what?! no! finish all this first!" i pointed at all the food on the table.
yesterday, Alvin and i had dinner with Lam & Bass at Bumbu Bali in Puchong. yummy food. Bass made a comment.
"is it me, or are you putting on weight?"
i shrugged it off, figuring it was probably his imagination. when we got home, i asked Alvin if i was putting on weight.
"mmm, yeah i think so."
-_- if i only some of it would go up to my boobs.
i've been slacking off over the last week. not good, not good. time to buck up and get a whole lot of shit done. we'll be updating Threadbarn later this week, so watch out for that. =)
Alvin and i will be going to Melaka tomorrow for a day trip with TY & tai lo Alice. she's down from HK for a week, so it's going to be a food-filled week. there goes TY's diet out the window.
the other day, we brought Alice to Jln 222 for some hawker goodness. we ordered pretty much everything. halfway through, everyone was sitting back with their cannot-make-it faces whilst Alice was scanning the stalls.
"what are you looking at?" i asked.
"i'm looking to see what else i want."
"what?! no! finish all this first!" i pointed at all the food on the table.
yesterday, Alvin and i had dinner with Lam & Bass at Bumbu Bali in Puchong. yummy food. Bass made a comment.
"is it me, or are you putting on weight?"
i shrugged it off, figuring it was probably his imagination. when we got home, i asked Alvin if i was putting on weight.
"mmm, yeah i think so."
-_- if i only some of it would go up to my boobs.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
current obsession
this is currently my favourite song. two words to describe it - fucking beautiful.
have a listen and feel the awe. can't wait for the track to come out. i'd buy it (if i haven't listened to it over and over til i wanna puke by then).
have a listen and feel the awe. can't wait for the track to come out. i'd buy it (if i haven't listened to it over and over til i wanna puke by then).
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
The Old Technique
over the last few years, letterpressing has become increasingly popular. the old technique has been revived! the beauty of letterpressing as opposed to the new-age technology is the skill and handwork that is put into the creation of your product.
examples of letterpressed stationery:
this video shows how letterpressing actually works. have a squizz. interesting stuff.
examples of letterpressed stationery:
this video shows how letterpressing actually works. have a squizz. interesting stuff.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Free to lancelance
yeah. that was a bad play on words. i'm becoming as lame as my constant companion.
so, i've officially left the rat race... and am now in the sewers trying to claw my way around blindly. yet, funnily enough, i find that there aren't enough hours in a day since i've been unemployed! i've been busy doing this and that and the other... and none of it making me money. *laugh*
well, that's not completely true. i've been busy running around buying stock for Threadbarn, doing the photoshoot and editing the photos to post up. and it's finally updated! so do go check it out, and help feed me, yea? thanks.
things to do:
- organise dad's birthday
- design invitations
- create photo montage board
- create games and gifts / souvenirs
- design my own name card
- meeting for side project
- exchange item for Threadbarn
- source fabric & supplies from Petaling Street
- chase up potential clients
- storm into the embassy
- buy chair for home 'office'
*phew* and i thought i'd have a lot of time to myself. haha. that list doesn't even include the list of things i WANT to do. *faint*
so, i've officially left the rat race... and am now in the sewers trying to claw my way around blindly. yet, funnily enough, i find that there aren't enough hours in a day since i've been unemployed! i've been busy doing this and that and the other... and none of it making me money. *laugh*
well, that's not completely true. i've been busy running around buying stock for Threadbarn, doing the photoshoot and editing the photos to post up. and it's finally updated! so do go check it out, and help feed me, yea? thanks.
things to do:
- organise dad's birthday
- design invitations
- create photo montage board
- create games and gifts / souvenirs
- design my own name card
- meeting for side project
- exchange item for Threadbarn
- source fabric & supplies from Petaling Street
- chase up potential clients
- storm into the embassy
- buy chair for home 'office'
*phew* and i thought i'd have a lot of time to myself. haha. that list doesn't even include the list of things i WANT to do. *faint*
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Threadbarn launched!
in all the crazy madness, i completely forgot to announce here that su and i have finally launched our pet project - Threadbarn!
do drop by and show some support (ie. spend some money) ;p
do drop by and show some support (ie. spend some money) ;p
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