Pictures and Pressies....

Just posting some pictures from my birthday as well as some pressies... all gift givers will remain anonymous so that nobody gets jealous of anybody for not getting the same... hehe!! But you know who you are and thank you for the effort and thought put in... obviously I am such a accessories girl huh? haha!!

Let first have some pictures from Chew-san's daughter's wedding....

No we did not plan to wear the same style of clothes... it just happened....

The daunting drinks.... scary huh?

Hoping it wont taste as bad as it looks....

Cheers.....!!! (didnt taste too bad... surprisingly quite smooth...)

Next up... my teeny cake.... hehe!!

Aint that cute.. my tiny egg and my egg jelly.. my mum specially made for me... she poured the jelly into an empty egg shell... so cute!!!

Mummy, Daddy and Me....

Ai Li, Me and my jelly egg... (daddy chopped off Ai Li's head...oops..)

Yummy!!! my cute egg jelly!!!

My biggest surprise... 20 stalks of white and pink lilies... thank you!! ;)

They are slowly blooming... aren't they pretty!!!

Ang Pao (no reward for guessing who this is from... )

A cute heart from Tiffany with a pink stone embedded in it... pretty....

Earrrings with pearl ends from Kenji...

A broach from Eclipse... okay this one comes with a dress as well but then I didnt know how to photo the dress without wearing it so I think I will just show it when I do wear it.. :)

Another unexpected gift.... A bracelet.... (sorry picture not clear... no skill ler...)

Okay... this is kinda out of context but we bought this while shopping on Saturday and I just wanted to show it... Ai Li bought the bracelet for me and vice versa me for her... a be-early Christmas gift.... hehe!!

Now this is what's so special about this bracelet... It is a charm bracelet and mummy bought us a each charm to start off with... I chose a flying pig... isnt he cute!! according to the lady at the shop... it is suppose to bring me luck when I rub it's bottom 3 times... so cute!! hehe!!

Okie... those were my gifts for the year... I like them all so so so much... thank you everyone who got them for me.. I know there is still one more to come... she hasnt gotten around me meeting me yet..but I will add that into this post once I get it...hehe!! You guys are all great!!!

How I celebrated my birthday....

Haha!! yup... I feel like dedicating all the postings today to my birthday... :)

Just giving you a glimpse to all my birthday happenings...

Had my first birthday dinner on Friday night... went to Senja at Saujana... no it is not a malay restaurant.. it is an Italian restaurant with malay decor.. haha!! a bit weird huh? But the food was good.. really good... enjoyed myself and the company thoroughly...

So next day was a bit uneventful in the beginning.... went to service my car... then went out shopping with mum and sis... spent a sinful bomb... oops...
Then nite came and I had a little celebration... Benny asked me out to have some drinks with his friends at Sanctuary and since I had nothing lined up so off we went... Wahseh... this friends drink liquor like drink water... I am so scared... finished 2 bottle of VSOP in under an hour and started ordering another bottle... scary... stepped into the ice bar and got challenge to stay in for 20 mins sans the jacket... Brrr... was freezing like hell (erm... not hell per say coz hell is hot but you get what I mean....)but I survived... and the clocked struck midnight and it was officially my birthday!!! Yaay!!! Calls and smses flooded in... So nice of everyone... I was really really happy... :) Thank you all again.... hehe!! So the DJ announced it as well.. good thing no one knew who Ai Chin was so okay ler...hehe!! stayed on for a bit and by then Benny was drunk... so I pulak need to drive him home... hmm... but since he celebrated with me he is forgiven... haha!! Got home by 1 am... my curfew time... see la.. turn 26 and still such a good girl.... where to find? haha!! (I masuk bakul angkat sendiri... dun mind me ya... )

Now on my big day itself....
Had to attend Chew-san's daughter's lunch wedding reception... dragged myself out of bed literally... haha!! got myself there and everyone wished me... so nice... hehhe!! then everything went along as wedding goes.. but after everything ended I had a little surprise... Chew-san asked some of then to sneak out and get me a cake so they got it and after all the guest left except us everyone sang me a birthday song... So sweet... until the point where Chew-san said I could not leave without a drink... uh oh... oh no... out comes a bottle of Martel... Aiyo... I was so worried...and only add water only... no mixer... I was doubly worried..haha!! but after sipping it.. well it aint so bad... so downed the glass and we all went home... Thank you Chew-san... for remembering it was my birthday even though it was your daughter's wedding... :)

After that I went home and found 2 red eggs and a plate of 'mee sua' for me at home... aww... a traditional chinese birthday meal... whallop it all down... eat so much wait fat err.... but since it is my birthday... okay la....hehe!!

Then came dinner... inital plans was to go Hideki.... a Japanese restaurant at One Bangsar but apparently it has already closed down so instead we went to Mizu in Bangsar Village our usual place to go to celebrate birthdays.... The food was superb as usual... highly recommended... As usual I forgot to bring my camera so no food pictures... will try the next time okay? I was so full after that I could hardly walk... but there was still a birthday cake at home... good thing we didnt but a big cake but instead got 4 individual cakes from Bakerzin (aaah... the cakes are really good...)... So sing song, made a wish, blow candle and cut cake... instead of everyone having one slice we cut one cake into 4 and shared... the rest can keep for the next day... really too full liao.... hehe!! but it was a wonderful birthday!!! :)

The whole day my phone was beeping and ringing... hehe!! all with birthday wishes!!! So nice!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!

26 and counting my blessings....

Yesterday, I turned 26.... yups... I am officially not in my mid twenties anymore and am heading towards unchartered waters of the late twenties.... sounds scary huh?
A few days before my birthday came around, a big piggy told me that I should list out all the ppl who has wished me just as he did for his birthday... waaah.. that sounded daunting coz his list was way way way long... I was like mentally counting how many wishes I think I would get and it wasnt very long... If short list paiseh la wanna put... wait looks like I got no friends... haha!!
Well, apparently I didnt have much to worry about... I am surprisingly blessed.... I am so truly happy that I am remembered by so many of my friends (albeit with some help from friendster) but it is still the thought and effort to wish that counts... So I really thank you all from the bottom of my heart.... May god bless you all...........
So here we go in no particular order except maybe a bit in order of receipt coz I was referring to my msg inbox list.. hehe!! (if I missed out some dun get angry ya... I am getting old... memory not what it used to be so please bear with me....)
1. Mummy ( called me at midnite)
2. Daddy (didnt bother to call at midnite... he went to sleep.. hmmph!! wished me in the morning)
3. Ai May (called me from singapore... yaay!! she remembered... she forgot ai li's... hehe!)
4. Ai Li (called me from home... telling me to come home early as well... )
5. Ming (called me from Melbourne but got my voicemail instead... oops... your voice mail was the first!!! dun worry... haha!! plus you are the only one who has been wishing me for 3 days in a row.. so technically to you I am 28 years old liao.. sniff sniff!! but thank you!!)
6. Elaine (thanks for calling at midnite...so sweet... usually sleep early wan she...hehe!!)
7. Dino ( called me at midnite too!! okay...so they cant be so many all at one go...but all also around that time ler... thanks!!)
8. Pei Chin (sms me on Friday... scared she forget wor...thank you my friend...)
9.Kelvin (thanks for the sms at midnite.. am a bit surprised actually...hehe!! )
10. Mei Sie (thanks for the sms all the way from Singapore... sorry ya.. didnt recognize your number at first...)
11. Benny (Thanks for wishing me in person... bringing me out to celebrate with his friends.. and asking the DJ to announce my birthday... and making me drive you home instead coz you got drunk... haha!! but it was really nice of you to take me out.... and making me freeze in the ice bar for 20 mins....)
12. Benny's friends... (sorry... I couldnt remember all your names... if I name some and dun name some not so nice ma right?but Thank you all of you!!!)
13. Vivien ( thanks for the call....)
14. Melisa (waah... go all the way to Sarawak and still remember me... so sweet... thanks...)
15. Evelyn ( not bad girl... for someone who always calls me to remind her of someone else's birthday... hehe!!)
16. Ahsiekin (you are so consistent.. and I am so bad.. always forget your birthday.. paiseh only..)
17. All my colleagues from Isuzu Malaysia ( Amy, Aaron, Sean, Joseph, Yee Nin, Chew-san and family, Han Kee, Ang, Kang, Rodney, Andrew, Shikin... hmm... didnt i miss out on anyone? if I did sorry ya... old already...)
18. Sonia (thanks for remembering....)
19. Loke (wah...this one really surprise coz when I wish him during his birthday he so busy until didnt even reply...)
20. Shanice (jie jie.... thank you!!! also another one whom I always forget but she remembers... oops..)
21. Jack (thanks bro... really nice of you to remember...)
22. Jonathan (thanks... still got dinner coming right?)
23. Kiat Lian (all the way from Penang and still sms.. hope the leg gets better soon!!!)
24. Ricardo ( thank you thank you!! Congratulations on the upcoming nuptials... such a cute couple...)
25. Boon Hian ( thanks for the sms all the way from melbourne... it's okay that you didnt call..)
26. Sok Guan ( this wan was such a shocker.. really didnt expect a wish from you.. and all the way from Wuxi, China... thanks....!! )
27. Wai Ji (nearly thought you forgot... sniff sniff.. :( but you didnt.. :D thank you!!)
28. Eng Hoe ( Nasib baik got gf already still remember this kai jie... :D)
29. Ching Yee (this wish mad me feel young... 12 hours younger...hehe!! she wished using American timing... I miss you la!! so far away... next year only come back!!! quick la a bit!! )
30. last but not least... all those who wished me on Friendster.... Hizal, Siew Wan, Kenneth, Mei Sie (again..hehe!)...

Update: 31. Dusita-san... thank you very much for the email... :)

Thank you all!!!! You really made my birthday this year a very very very happy one... One of the best I have had... and it is all thanks to you!!! :) I love you all!!! Big hugs!!!

Global Warming.... Closer than you think....

I received a forwarded mail today with these pictures....

I believe these photos were not recent... so me a bit outdated... but seeing these photos were really disturbing... what has our earth come to? The eco-system is so out of whack... and it is all because of us....

What makes these pictures even more disturbing is that we are obviously not educated enough to know how to react to these situation... Do we just stand there and look in awe when nature strikes back at us? My Gosh....!!! If this is what happened during Tsunami (the first few minutes of it... ) no wonder so many died... not all was necessary if we were taught how to handle such disasters...

Quite some time ago, I watch a documentary titled 'An Inconvenient Truth" by Al Gore which was showing in selected theaters in the city... The facts were shocking.... much worse than I would have expected... Not that I was naive enough to believe that our onslaught on nature would never backfire but then again I never expected it to be so close... Based on the documentary... at our current rate of continuous development without care which is the main reason for global warming, we are looking at an earth that mankind cannot survive on in as soon as 40-50 years... that is within my lifespan... so this is no laughing matter...

Despite the fact that we may not be one of the highest contributors to this effect... (apparently US and China is high up there in the ranking list) but the effects can be seen on our shores... and I think it doesnt take much for us to be eliminated from the face of the earth... if global warming continues at the rate that it does and the polar caps do melt.. trust me.. Malaysia might be one of the first few countries (maybe first 100.. I am not sure...) to drown... We are after all surrounded by the sea... Based on the documentary... New York might not even be there anymore... so there is much need to re-built the world trade center...

Anyway... I am no experts but if you have the time.. or maybe you should make time and just watch this documentary...

Read Something...

I read something recently... somehow after reading it I felt a mix of emotions... a bit of sadness, a bit of wonder, a bit of disbelief, a bit of discomfort, a bit of upset....
Overall not a good feeling... :( Felt a tad yucky... (for the person who uses the word yucky all the time, No, it is not your mail that I read.. dun perasan...)
At that point of reading it just made me think how little I know of this person now whom I have always thought I knew well... Either that or how much a person can change through time... I have always though the core of who that person is would never change... I mean just the type of person they are... How do you change that? We can tone down, tone up, change some attitude towards things.. but I have always thought that who we truly are(the type of person) is hard to change.... Now I know differently... It is odd to know this... really odd... and disturbing...
But oh well, I learn something new everyday... :)

4 Girls, 1 Myvi and the Highlands of Cameron...

I went on a short roadtrip with my colleague and ex-colleagues to Cameron last weekend... Took Friday off and went up after lunch... Took the Simpang Pulai route to avoid vomitting in the Myvi... hehe!! It was a girls only trip... so much fun... haha!!

Day One...

We arrived about 1800 hrs... went searching for our apartment which we booked earlier... We stayed at Desa Anthurium which is located somewhere between Brinchang and Tanah Rata... Not so great a choice but of well.. it was just for sleeping... but if you pantang looking out the window and seeing a cemetery.. this might not be the best choice...

The living room... a tad shabby....

Dining Room... also shabby... haha!! shall not show the room and bathroom.. just imagine.. even shabbier...

So anyway... we dropped out stuff into the apartment and set out off to have evening tea with scones.. went to a placed called T-Cafe and Tanah Rata... highly recommended by the internet.. hehe!! (what would be do without it nowadays) we sat down and ordered... Cream scones with homemade jam (this was super yum yum), Strawberry Fruity Scones, Strawberry Cheesecake and Apple Pie... All highly recommended by the menu... haha!!

The creams scones were really creamy and tasty... but it kinda crumbled too easily... The fruity scones were not so good.. the texture was a tad hard.... then the cheesecake was not too bad.. would have preferred it if the cake was cheesier though.. the apple pie was fresh... the apples were still crunchy... but this apparently is an acquired taste... crunchy apple pie I mean... everyone else was so used to the soft apples in the pies that this was kinda odd first time tasting.. but since it isnt an alien to me.. I liked it.. hehe!! but scones were definitely tops in this restaurant.. didnt manage the main meals coz we had something else in mind but they did look good when the tables around us were served...

Food is evidently yummy at this place.. Licin all the plates... haha!!

Promoting the place... hehe!! No...we were not bribed... hehe!

After the late tea we headed to Brinchang night market... not much of a night market la.. it was all of 100m long only I think.. they were selling fresh vegetables, fruits and honey.. now the latter is the real interesting bit... we came across this man sitting on a stool cutting the honeycomb off a man-made wooden panel.. he was selling the honeycomb itself.. Rm60/kg.. quite steep actually.. didnt take a picture of him in action.. regret regret.. wasted wasted.. but it was real interesting.. and guess how you eat it? Just like that.. wax and honey.. haha!! but the wax was a bit difficult to swallow so might as well spit it out...

Isnt it just an amazing work of art... Can you believe it.. it just naturally form... perfect little hexagons... so nice...

So after our short walk at the night market... we ended up buying some strawberries and cherry tomatoes... strawberries were sour as usual... Though Cameron is popular for its strawberries... trust me.. it is not that great... sour.. :( I would know.. strawberries are one of my fav fruits...

Oh oh.. I also bought Calla Lilies.. nice... hehe!! didnt take some pictures but they are real pretty...

So after that, it was about 2000 hrs and we went in search of another recommended food destination... charcoal steamboat.. yup.. charcoal... that is what makes it unique.. instead of a gas stove.. they use charcoal as the source of heat... this place was a stone throw away from the night market... Cant remember the name.. sounded like Highland Steamboat or something.. but then again... the food was not great... it was more just the novelty of eating a charcoal steamboat... with the cool weather... the feeling was nice....

Check that funnel out... haha!! it was so tall.... and see!! no gas stove.. it just sits on a paper covered base which is to absorb heat....
Can you see the charcoal right in the funnel?

All ready to eat... Sonia, Rachel and Amy...

Me and Sonia ready to dig in....

Whoa!!! Great balls of fire!!! haha!! it was spewing fire while we were picking out the stuff.. haha!! We ate so so so much.. I had to many fishballs and meatballs I was looking like a ball...

Overall it was a nice thing to experience but foodwise.. not great... so dont expect too much if you go and try it...
So after the steamboat meal we headed over to yet another makan place... haha!! yes.. I just said I was full... but then we had an appointment... haha!! Sonia met a teacher who lives and teaches in Cameron some time back and we called him out for drinks... since by the time we finished steamboat it was already almost 2200 hrs we headed straight over to Suria a mamak in Tanah Rata... We have not stopped eating since we arrived in Cameron.. haha!!

Well... the mamak session was normal... we chit chatted... met a couple of the teacher's frens... one is a farmer who plants tomatoes and the other chillies... cool... but we didnt get a chance to visit.. :( there was one thing interesting in the mamak.. it was called Teh Special...

Why is this so special... Coz it looks special.. that is all..taste like normal tea... haha!!

Finally... after the mamak session..we headed back to the apartment... took our bath and sat down for some mahjong session... haha!! Funny thing is that none of us really knew how to play... a bit here and a bit there... created some rules of our own... mix up the sequence a bit and we were playing... hehe!! finally went to sleep at 0330 hrs..

Day Two...

Well.. my morning didnt start so good.. somewhere middle of the night Sonia stole all the blanket and left me with none.. :( I was warm enough with my PJs and jacket but my feet were so cold... didnt wear socks to sleep... and when I tried pulling the blanket back.. she refuse to let go.. :( so instead I slept senget one side and tucked my feet underneath the blanket on her side... haha!!

So we woke up at 9 plus... got ready... then left bout 1100.... went for breakfast... had some supposedly nice prawn me... it was not great at all that photos and further mention is not required...

After that.. of we went to Sungei Palas Tea Plantation.... but before that we stopped by to buy some corn... oooh... the corn is nice... they are called Pearl Corn... really super sweet and can be eaten raw... yum yum... after our little purchase we went on to the tea plantation... the road was so cute.. had little pockets by the side of the road of vehicles to stop and let the opposite traffic pass as the roads could only accomodate 1 vehicle at a time.. of course there were some idiots who refused to give way... :P

When we finally got to the parking.. first thing we did? Eat corn.. haha!!

Doesnt tat look yummy....

Hygiene first... must wash.... hehe!! that is the Myvi we took up... Amy's Myvi... it is it's virgin trip outstanding and it did well... hehe!!

Look at that... each succulent juicy kernel...

Me and Sonia enjoying the sweetness of the corn....

Welcome to Sungei Pakas Tea Center...

Now you see me... Now you dont!! heheh!! hiding in the tea bushes...

All four of us on our first roadtrip....

Artistically taken photo... you like? I got skill huh? hehe!!

The tea house perched at the edge of the hill overseeing the plantation... the view is breathtaking....

View from inside...unfortunately we were rushing for time so we didnt get a chance to sit down have some tea and soak in the view... what a waste....

4 of us with the main signage... we were attempting to "Chi pek" = Stick wall... haha!!

One more group photo....One more parting glance of the spectacular view...

And we were off.... down the hills of cameron and headed towards Ipoh... went to have some supposedly damn nice curry mee near Rachel's house in First Garden... well it wasnt too bad but nuthing to shout about... by this time my camera's battery was flat so no more food shots...

After that we rushed back to kl.... needed to be back in KL by 1800 hrs.... I slept like a pig...haha!! oops.. poor Sonia who was driving...

All in all it was a great trip... a very memorable one... only thing was that I wished it lasted longer... should have planned a 2 night's trip instead of one... there was so many things we have not eaten yet... there is a supposedly good german restaurant... and some good breakfast nasi lemak... and not forgetting the tea house at the plantation... definitely will plan another one.... :)

Anyone wanna go?

Driving without barriers... (literally)

I have always found this interesting and recently I got a chance to take a picture and a close of up it... What is it? hehe!!

Have you ever driven on a highway... and saw a big truck but without the head of a truck.. just the chassis... and you see this little man sitting on a chair with a motorcylist helmet driving it around... a small little man driving a huge truck... seen it? well I always wondered how they stay put....

This is how it looks without a driver.. wanna take a closer peek? hehe!!

Now doesnt that seat look precarious? And damn uncomfortable!! haha!! poor drivers... you got no door no windshield... no nothing.... just a helmet... and when you take a corner... you hang on to dear life by holding the steering wheel as tight as possible.. poor fellas... and to top it off... no insurance company would insure them knowing that driving these monsters is their job...

Wanna take an even closer look??

Look at that...4 rusty bolts... that is all that is holding that seat in place... can you inagine the terror of driving this through genting sempah? fuiyoo... more exciting than drifting i tell you... slight mistake and you will fly off the cliff with of without the vehicle... scary....

One last parting shot....

Scary!!!

Something nice to share....

This got forwarded to me... 2 separate poems which I find quite true...

One is on Friendship...

Sometimes in life,

you find a special friend;

Someone who changes your life just by being part of it.

Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop;

Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world.

Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it.

Other one is on finding someone...

They say it takes a minute

to find someone special,

An hour to appreciate them,

A day to love them,

But then an entire life

to forget them.