Chilling out!

Chilling out at the rooftop of the verve suites.. Great view, cushy seats, pool by the edge and me... This is the life..

Wish it was really mine.. :(

Valentine Day 2009

The day started yucky... :( I had exams.. and to make things worse... it was Business Finance... I was miserable... To top that off...I slept at 5am and got woken up by my MD at 7... isk isk isk... Thankfully it wasnt as bad as I had expected... It is all now is God's hands...

And I was off for my dinner... Reservations was made and the lasagne was recommended...

This was where went...

SassoRosso... an italian restaurant tucked away in KL... cant quite remember the road name...

The dinner date... Suyin....

We ordered the mixed platter of antipasti, a wild mushroom risotto, a lasagne and a side order of sauteed mushroonms... unfortunately due to the inavailability of a proper camera and a phone that can either not flash or flash all out plus white plates and table cloth... the picture of the food were not at all appetizing... so lets skip it...

Food was actually quite good... unfortunately the highly recommended lasagne was my only complain.. haha!! perhaps not to my taste... but the risotto was particularly nice!!! Definitely a place to come again just to try the other stuff on the menu... :)

All in all a great ending to a not so great start of the day....

Happy Valentine's Day...

Busy Sunday...

I had one of the busiest Sunday of the year last weekend.. it was back to back activities... right after a day of classes and yum cha session I was up bright and early at 0800 to meet up with my classmates for a day at Taman Cahaya Alam, Shah Alam... but of course breakfast is the most important meal of the day rite?


Then we were off...

We were planning to cycle but the queue was so long we gave up and went on to the Go Karting tracks in Shah Alam instead for a day of speed... :)

Warning!!!!

The rates....

The racers....

Me!!!

Then it was off for lunch... went on home to pick my sis up and headed for the Zara/Massimo Dutti warehouse sale... which was so not worth the effort.. nothing great to buy... then hopped over to the MPH warehouse sale... bought a Lonely Planet for my travel plans... :) Then went to catch a movie... "High School Musical 3"... haha!! how camp... but it was quite entertaining...

Phew... you would think that my day has ended but no... I had one more stop to go... Quattro... the new happening place in KL located in Avenue K... They have a cool theme of the 4 seasons... Summer is the Restaurant, Spring is the Lounge, Autumn the Club and Winter the Bar... I went to Autumn and Winter to check it out... was meeting up with some old buddies who used to be part of the Isuzu family... Sonia and Rachel/Nicole...

It was a fun nite.. have not been out clubbing for a really long time... it was just nice to hang out with frens... :) My day ended at 0200 and i only woke up at 1400 the next day... haha!!

A musical weekend....

It was a music filled weekend these past 2 days for me...
On Saturday, me and my ex-schoolmates went to watch a musical produced by my alma mater St Mary Secondary School... It has always been a long time tradition for the school to stage musicals... This time round they were ambitious enough to attempt "The Phantom of the Opera" and I was really surprised when I first heard it.. It is no simple feat to stage a musical of such scale and granduer... I was worried whether they could pull it off or not...
As I drove along the familiar roads of Taman Intan Baiduri, Selayang once again after a 10 year lapse, a sense of nostalgia ran through me... The many memories I have of my old school days...When I finally got there,we spotted a few old teachers... greeted them and talk about the good old days then got ourselves a place and waited for the musical to begin...
When it began, I was impressed with the band and the piano, organ and violin accompanyment... They were really good... but the first act was a bit of a disappointment... It was the 3rd and final day of the show and still there were synchronization problems... I know they are only high school kids but then again so were we when staged our musical... Okay, so my batch didnt but we did witness 2 muscial productions within our span of 12 schooling years in St Mary, and it was a bit of a let down because the previous shows were really really good...
Anyway, as the story got along and Christine(the lead) took to stage I was awe struck... that girl can really sing... Kudos to her, Lim WeiJien... I was really really impressed... her vocals were fantastic for someone so young... she was only 16... and she could actually hit all the high notes... It sounded semi opratic which was what was required since "Phantom" was afterall an opera... Unfortunately, I could not say the same for the rest of the cast... Some could sing, I would give them that but somehow or rather it was all wrong... I think it has to do with the fact that being it is "The Phantom of the Opera" you expect to hear the rich baritone voice of the male lead but since St Mary is an all girl school... all you get is Sopranos after Sopranos... At most the lead playing the phantom was a borderline tenor and alto... as for the rest of the supposed men, it was only altos and sopranos... This kinda killed the show from my point of view... If it was any other musical, this would not have been a big issue since the disparity of voices was not so crucial....
However all in all, I think the teachers and students did a great job... It was a difficult task to stage this particular musical but they managed it and I am so proud of them... :) Wished they chose a simpler play for their first attempt in the school's new premises but it was a job well done.... Then Sunday came and I was off to watch "Beauty & The Beast" the musical at KLCC.... How was it? Well, the lead playing Belle was really good... and the rest of the furniture were cute too... Unfortunately Gaston and The Beast were somewhat sissy-fied... haha!! for lack of a better word... seriously... at some point they were squelling... I was so tempted to shout out "Shut up!! Be a man!!!" hhahaha!! It was really odd to watch though I know they were trying to make it a bit funnier but being that this was a copy of the animation, you will tend to compare and they were much more macho in the animation... How did that happen? hahaha!! But if you ignore the squels and sissy dance steps, it was overall and enjoyable performance.. Not one of the best I have been but quite nice I must say.... I would recommend this to anyone who just wanted to enjoy a fun musical... :D Perhaps maybe my school should have organized a field trip for all the cast to attend an actual musical just so they know what is expected of them... :)

Jackie Chan's Cafe

I accidently came across this place while shopping with my mum.... We saw the seats and we were sold... We immediately sat down for a cuppa.... What kinda seats would draw our attention?

These!!!

Arent they cool? They were as big as beds... so basically it is like have a break in bed... they got nice cushy cushions, cool tables which you can move in circular motion to suit your position... What more... great tasting drinks... we didnt have anything to eat but others who had were happily tucking in so I think the food should be quite good...

This is the best kinda place to just chill out, kick back your heels, lean back, read a good book while enjoying your cuppa....

Best place to relax after a full day of shopping... which is evidently what everyone else tot as well since more and more ppl kept coming...

Try it if you are in Lot 10... it's a nice place.... but dun expect too much of the menu... it's kinda limited especially in the food section...