perpetual wack.

If Ikea Made Instructions for Everything

2011-07-27T03:35:00.002+08:00

Illegal Substance

2011-07-18T16:59:00.002+08:00

"When I first got the call I honestly thought it was a prank from you guys, but then he cited my IC number and I was like oh my god this is real! But I have to say, if this was a prank it'd be a really good prank..."
- Sara Lim

.............................................................................

It's New Year's Eve, and Sara is on a Kuala Lumpur-bound flight from Melbourne.

It's been a year since we've last seen her, and she's finally coming back! We should celebrate!

Should we meet her at the airport? Take her out to dinner? Surprise her at her house? Pretend we don't know she's back?

No.

We'll play a really, really nasty prank on her.

...We'll tell her that she's been suspected of drug trafficking. That Malaysia Airlines found drugs under her seat. That she'll have to come in for questioning. We'll ask Boon to make the call - a voice she's never heard before.

YES.

Some snippets of what happened in between:

Sara:
"This is kind of exciting actually. I never thought I'd actually be suspected of having drugs!"

Of course, she did think something was amiss when we were OBVIOUSLY heading in the wrong direction.

Sara:
"Why are we stopping at the traffic light? We're supposed to take the highway--"

Brenda:
"OMG IS THAT YOUR NEW PURSE? IT'S SO SOFT AND PRETTY."

Sara:
"I KNOW RIGHT! When I saw it I was like...*blahblahblah*"

As we were turning into SS15...

"Hey this is not the way to KLIA, is it? I don't remember passing through here!"

"Oh we have to meet Kwan Seng and the others first, they're waiting for us here."

"... BUT WE ARE SO LATE."

"DON'T WORRY IT'LL BE FAST."

Upon walking into Asia Cafe, Sara spotted Kwan Seng, Bryan and Guo Yaw chillaxing at a table.

"Why are they just SITTING there?!?! Don't they know we're LATE?!"

"..."

"... Oh, they don't know yet! WE HAVEN'T TOLD THEM."
(Best. Save. Ever.)

I know it's been more than half a year, Sara, but...

YOU GOT OWNED!

(From left: Su Ping, Brenda, Boon, Bryan, Guo Yaw, Kwan Seng)

Georges of The Jungle

2011-07-03T02:32:00.004+08:00

This is what happens when you inhale too much helium:

That's a lie, obviously.

THE TRUTH:

This is what happens when you ride a flying fox at Skytrex...

... and get stuck halfway.

"Look guys! I'm a kite!"

So a bunch of us brave souls took on the Big Thrill challenge at Skytrex Adventure Park in Taman Pertanian Malaysia, Shah Alam half a year ago. YES I'M AFRAID YOU ARE LOOKING AT SEVERELY OUTDATED PICTURES I'M SORRY.

There're 3 challenges to choose from by the way - Little Adventure, Big Thrill, and Extreme Challenge. We were a little chicken (chick?) to try Extreme so we chose Big Thrill.

'Sup.

"Babes love milk!"

"LOLWHUT REALLY?!"

Attach hot chick here.

Lousy Photoshop, I know. Shut up.

And we're here!

There's no reception area up front, but fret not, monkeys will tell you exactly what to do. :D

We had to fill-in some legal forms first, y'know the kind that says if you die or drown or get eaten by tigers (okay I just realized all three basically mean the same thing - you die), it's your own fault. Too bad. Sucks to be you.

But since we're still alive, let's wear our second-hand gloves and make a big finger star!

You can opt for second-hand gloves free of charge, or buy new ones at RM3 per pair. Most of us used someone else's smelly worn-out gloves, but they weren't too bad.

Oh and don't, for a second, think you won't NEED gloves. You will. Unless you're damn thick-skinned, or you're trying to act macho to impress a girl (in which case the girl will laugh when you chafe your hands).

After getting our gangsta biker gloves, we proceeded to the gear-up deck.

... Uhm, awkward.

Alvin: "Are you seriously taking a picture of this?"

The homies.

From left: Alvin, Ter-Yi, Kwan Seng, Boon, Guo Yaw, Jeffrey

The... Homettes? Homiettes? Homos?
Gah, THE GIRLS.

"If you get to take photos of our crotches we get to take photos of your butt right."

Behold, our departure point.

*Cue Jack Sparrow theme song*

17 metres above the ground, 26 challenges, adrenaline pumping, no turning back...

"Excuse me, have you all had your training yet?"

... no training. =.=

*Pweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeebrrr*
(Sound of balloon deflating?)

So here we are at the training course.

*Training for 20 minutes*

OKAY, WE'RE READY NOW.

LET'S GO JACK SPARROW SONG GO!

17 metres above the ground, 26 challenges, adrenaline pumping, no turning back...

*Some photos missing*

MARVELLOUS PHOTOGRAPHY GUO YAW, HOW ARTISTIC. LOVE IT!
(He was trying to take a picture of me and Boon, but the camera would only focus on the ropes hahaha)

"LOLWHUT REALLY?!?!"

Some zig-zag plank-walking, Tarzan-swinging, a tightrope (isn't as hard as it looks!) and countless flying foxes later...

We were all back on land, in one smelly, sticky, sweaty piece.

Big Thrill wasn't hard AT ALL! The scariest and most challenging part for me was the climb up. After you get used to the height, it's pretty easy. The obstacles started getting repetitive after a while, so if you're not afraid of heights I suggest you go straight to Extreme Challenge and skip Big Thrill.

And don't... don't even think about Little Adventure. Lest you wanna be hanging out with kids.

The boys are falling apart, and Brenda wants a bath.

Indeed, Skytrex was jizz.

PS. If you wanna go, you HAVE to make a booking first.

PPS. Details for the lazy people!:

SKYTREX ADVENTURE PARK
Taman Pertanian Malaysia
Bukit Cahaya Seri Alam
40000 Shah Alam
Selangor Darul Ehsan

Taman Pertanian Malaysia entrance fee: RM3/person

Skytrex Adventure price list:
Little Adventure - RM35/person
Big Thrill - RM45/person
Extreme Challenge - RM50/person

As If It Wasn't Hot Enough Already

2011-06-30T20:59:00.006+08:00

The weather here has gotten so bloody hot nowadays, I can hardly stand staying in my room in the afternoons with just the fan on.

I hear the average daytime temperature in Malaysia is now 36°C?

So who the heck, in the right minds, would want to spend the afternoon somewhere HOTTER than that, right?

That would be us, going on a road trip 1.5 hours away from Petaling Jaya, all the way to Sungai Klah Hot Springs Park in Perak.

Yes. HOT. Springs.

WE WE WE SO EXCITED.

Here's what you'd look like if you stayed up all night recording a song and only managed 2 hours of sleep. Sleepovers FTW.

After stopping by a Chinese restaurant for lunch, we continued our drive and reached Sungai Klah at almost 4 in the afternoon.

HERE WE ARE!

:D

*Insert photo of Sungai Klah's entrance here*

I'M SORRY, I didn't take one. Go look it up or something. ._.

Besides hot springs (obviously) and jacuzzis, there's also a big non-hot (cool?) pool in the park. It has water slides (the flat kind, not the twisty kind) and to be honest, is not very clean.

*Insert photo of aforementioned big pool here*

Okay, I don't have a picture of the pool, sorry again.

HOWEVER, I DO have a picture of...

US... standing opposite the pool. :D :D :D

Anyway, after cooling down a bit at the cool pool, we did a bit of walking to get to the other end of the park.

Like I said, Malaysia's really hot now. People don't wear shirts anymore.

Next stop: Check-in at Private Jacuzzi.

SUPERIOR. Private Jacuzzi.

I know, in your mind you're probably envisioning this bigass jacuzzi in a spacious and nicely landscaped private garden, complete with a nice lounge, room service, en-suite bathroom and cocktails.

But really, it was more like...

Laminated A4 paper door sign? Really? =.=

"Superior" kononnya.

"Spacious" and "nicely landscaped" private garden.

The "lounge" area has sufficient seating area for... all our bags! :D

And finally, our little jacuzzi.

I know it looks rather small, but it could actually very comfortably fit all 7 of us.

From left: Boon, Guo Yaw, Lester, Sara, Brenda, George.

Yes, I'm aware that there're only 6 people in all these pictures.

Apparently, according to Lester, the little particles swimming around in the jacuzzi after you've been in it for awhile are actually YOUR DEAD SKIN. That's just gross. We're soaking in each others' dead skin cells, yay! :D Oh and looking at the last picture, it seems like Boon probably ingested some as well. Nice.

Mandatory syok sendiri snapshots:

Brenda: See these biceps? Yeah, that's right. You better leave my girls alone.

Sara, you do realize, that by standing on that big rock, tip-toeing, with Lester STILL being half a head taller than you, you've successfully made yourself look extremely short.

"Don't look at my leg hair I shy."

Lester watering Sara. Mouth so big also can miss HAHAHA.
(If you're reading this Sara, and would like to kill me, you can reach me on Facebook or MSN. Oh wait, you're never online oh well.)

What do you do when you need shampoo, but can't take it from your friend because she needs to use it too?

You squeeze the shampoo directly onto your head and start washing your way to the shower, that's what.

Forgot your shampoo? Do a Guo Yaw!

To end the post, I'm sure you remember this picture from my previous entry:

It's my favourite picture from that day, but not without some cropping and a lot of Photoshop...

Because Guo Yaw's butt was in the way.

Oh, almost forgot! If you're interested to visit the hot springs with your friends or whatever, the jacuzzis are priced at RM75 per hour. There's an entrance fee you have to pay to get into the park itself though, it's RM10. Details.

I miss you.

Warning: Post-Hiatus Blog Diarrhea Ahead

2011-06-27T11:06:00.006+08:00

HELLOOO! Gosh I've missed this place SO SO MUCH!

... Hello? Y'all are still there, right?

... Right? D:

You've given up on me. I see. That's fine, I... I understand.

"Butbutbut... I don't understand!"

So my 3-month internship finally ended 2 weeks ago. And I've gotta say, weekdays have never felt THIS GOOD.

... Now I just need to get my blogging mojo back.

Until then, sorry, won't be updating. *shrugs*

No, WAIT, COME BACK, I'M KIDDING!

I'VE GOT A TO-BLOG LIST, SEE?

Su Ping's To-Blog List:
(since January 2011)

Guess I best be getting started.

._______.

Wanna See My Peacock, Cock, Cock?

2011-03-14T22:20:00.003+08:00

Yeah. I have a picture of it.

Wanna see?

Are you SURE you wanna see this?

You know, you can still scroll back up now, if you want.

Last chance!

Though I guess by now, you should know to expect something lame at the end...

... but I really meant PEACOCK lor. D:

Once upon a Saturday; many, many, many Saturdays ago...
(seventeen, to be exact)

My friend Chin Yau asked me to help him out with a studio shoot for his personal portfolio collection.

When it comes to studio shoots like these, there's always a high chance you'll get some severely fail-looking lan yeng pictures. Unless, well, you have PERFECT features and FLAWLESS skin that look amazing from every angle like... like... Vivian Hsu.

I refused to fail alone, so I dragged my good friend Kelly along with me. :D

Super gorgeous picture of Kelly and her cock feathers. :D

If you're looking to find said fail-looking pictures, you won't find them on my blog because I. REFUSE. TO. POST. THEM. HERE.

So Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, naega, naega- okay.

Moving on.

Shots of me looking very atas:

The shoot's theme revolved around, obviously, peacocks. Hence the feathers and bluish-green eye make-up.

"I need... to scratch... my... face."

"Ear pain."

And now a healthy dose of camwhoring randomities:

Photographers about to engage in a fight!

Sorry Kelly, I admit, your make-up was pretty bad. Blame the make-up artist D:

Her theme was supposed to be "Doll". But since the make-up failed, the photographers resorted to peacock feathers and a black backdrop HAHA.

I kinda liked the dual-toned lip colour, but my lips were so dry and the make-up artist said I shouldn't use lipgloss because it's "the look".

Well, dehydrated peacock, okay. .______.

PS. I'm starting my internship TOMORROW! I'll be working for 3 months, until the 15th of June. I DON'T WANNA WORK I DON'T WANNA I DON'T WANNAAA :(

PPS. ... If you insist on the rest of the photos, you can find them on my Facebook page. *death glare*

Repetition is Catchy!

2011-03-10T01:20:00.003+08:00

Yes. Another NATE (Not an Update) from me.

"YOU NEVER UPDATE ANYMORE SU PING YOUR BLOG IS DYING!"

Um...

... NEVER SAY NEVERRR. :D

Sorry guys I just HAD to share this (yeah I know I just HAVE to share so many vidoes). Finally a good one from Nigahiga after a long time!

Will update later this week, I PROMIZ!

Google Translate Has Spoken!

2011-02-21T21:08:00.004+08:00

1. Go to Google Translate.

2. Set the original language to English. Set the tranlated language to Vietnamese.

3. Type "will Justin Bieber ever reach puberty". Translate.

4. Copy the translated Vietnamese text.

5. Reverse the translation (Vietnamese to English).

6. Paste the text you copied.

7. Behold the English translation.

PS. Okay I know it probably works with other languages too, but my brother showed it to me in Vietnamese so... yeah.

PPS. I'm REALLY sorry about the layer of dust and NATEs building up around here. Am super busy with my assignments (final semester GOGOGOGOGO ROAR BOOM BOOM POW). Will be FREE after the first week of March. I HAVE SO MUCH TO TELL YOU GUYS! D:

PPPS. Offence towards any Justin Bieber fans is not intended but hardly regretted.

Nate (Not an Update)

2011-02-11T12:48:00.008+08:00

Just a compilation of interesting videos I came across over the week :D

1. The Problem with Jeggings (College Humor)

Jeggings and Stileakers (stiletto-sneakers) I've heard of, but Tackets, Stokhis? NIRTS?? Guess it's only a matter of time.

2. World's Biggest, Most Annoying Alarm Clock

You think YOUR friend's a nerd?

... Do you STILL think your friend's a nerd? .______.

3. Everything is a Remix (Part 2)

Have you ever watched a movie and thought,

"WHAT THE HELL. The plot is sooooo similar to the movie ______________! And the part where they __________ was almost EXACTLY like the time ________ did ___________ in another movie called __________!"

"AH I KNOW these kinda movies, they're SO typical. First the main character must be like a hunky muscular man, then comes loads of action sequences, car chases and some minor characters die along the way. At one point the main lead almost dies/loses/gets into very serious shit, but in the end, the good guy/main character always wins. Oh and throw in a hot chick or two for the hunky man to make out/have sex with."

Yeah well, maybe it just can't be helped. Because "Everything is a Remix".

Is there no such thing as an "original" idea anymore? D:

If you liked that, you might wanna check our part 1, and bookmark the site for parts 3 and 4 in future.

4. Yosmitebear Mountain Giant Double Rainbow

In case you're not yet in on this 25 million-view Youtube phenomenon,

Don't worry, I didn't watch this till the end either. I stopped when it started to sound like porn.

But WAIT, yes, there IS a reason I made you watch a man having a rainbowgasm.

From the guys who brought you the BED INTRUDER SONG,

HERE'S THE -

5. DOUBLE RAINBOW SONG!! (Now on iTunes)

SO INTENSE!!

Mission 2011

2011-01-31T10:10:00.006+08:00

[EDITED] 11.02.11 - New resolution added.

Heard this on the radio:

"The best thing about Chinese New Year is, I GET TO START THE YEAR OVER!"

Well that's a different way of looking at it.

Why didn't I think of that before? It's GENIUS.

..........................................................

[] Monday, January 31, 2011

Mission 2011

HEY YOU!

Soooo, the lunar year's almost over, and you know what thaaaat means?

NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS! :D :D

I don't know about you, but writing Mission 2010 has helped me get things done. Things that I know I would otherwise have kept delaying and procrastinating if I hadn't set them as goals.
*coughdrivingcoughdentalappointment*

I know, I know, so I only got them done during the LAST WEEK of 2010. Well the fact that I even DID them was all thanks to Mission 2010. SO THERE.

Anyway, I decided that new year's resolutions are GOOD, so here's Mission 2011:

1. Earn at least RM4000.

I know I managed RM7000 last year, but I'll be interning for 3 months starting March, and flying to UK to further my studies in September, so I think 4000 will be challenging enough.

2. SAVE 60% of my earnings.

Last year - Learned to earn money. Earned RM7820. Saved RM0. Checked bank balance. EMO.

This year - Earn money. Actually SAVE money.

3. Take parents out to buffet/epic lunch/epic dinner at a hotel/someplace epic.

They deserve it. :)

4. Get a scholarship.

It's just SO hard to find scholarships offered to INTERIOR DESIGN students. Hopefully I can get one so my dad can afford for my siblings to go overseas next time (I'm the eldest).

Why does studying overseas have to cost SO MUCH? D:

5. Wear EVERY PAIR of heels at least ONCE.

I will update this resolution once I get around to counting the exact... number... of heels I have.
(I guarantee you it will be an embarrassing number.)

6. No more new heels until JUNE.

It's... It's... Uh, harder than it looks?

7. Work harder on assignments.

Final semester now. ROAR.

8. Get at least 5 assignments done ONE DAY before submission date.

Similar to Mission 2010, but MORE SPECIFIC this time. It's for my own good. D:

9. Pay for my own return ticket from UK in December.

Unless of course, my dad offers to pay for it. :P

10. Sleep before 1AM.
... ON WEEKDAYS.

Last year, I learned that there's just no way you can go to bed early on a Friday and Saturday night. Period.

And to make my life easier, I shall set my goal at 100 weekdays. To sleep before 1AM. :D

11. Blog more often!

At least 8 posts a month :D

Quite a number of money-related resolutions this year eh, wonder what that says about me. ._______.

WISH ME LUCK!

We Could Sit, Watch The Stars All Night

2011-01-24T17:57:00.005+08:00

PEOPLE!

So I stumbled upon this video of 3 girls singing on Youtube, and they just reminded me SO much of my girlfriends and I.

They weren't like, awesome or anything la, but they were not bad I thought. They sang this song called "Be My Only" by some unheard-of singers (I can't even pronounce one of their names) - Schuyler Fisk and Tim Myers. The guitarist wasn't good though, could hear a lot of blunt notes and stuff.

ANYWAY, JUST WATCH IT OKAY!
(Audio's kinda soft somehow, so turn up your speakers?)

Oh my gosh they even LOOK like us. *gasp* o_o

Kids, Please, Please Don't Try This at Home

2011-01-19T22:46:00.002+08:00

... or ANYWHERE ELSE, for that matter.

Gastronomic Adventure: X'mas Eve in Malacca

2011-01-18T10:48:00.004+08:00

Be hungry. Be very hungry...

Because we're going to MALACCA!

"First, dinner. Then, dessert. THEN, SUPPER."

WE WILL EAT WHATEVER COMES OUR WAY.

DINNER: Loi's Beef Bakuteh

Yes, you heard me right. BEEEEEF Bakuteh.

The friendly uncle operates this very, very modest stall from his home in Bukit Baru.

There weren't many people there then, but I've read online that the place can get pretty packed during the weekends. Then again we were there on Christmas Eve so I dunno.

The stall was featured on Ho Chak before, but it seems that the people who eat there are mostly locals 'cause the uncle seemed to know everyone who went to his stall.

We ordered a BIGASS CLAYPOT OF BEEF BAKUTEH.

At first glance, it looks like normal Bakuteh, it has your usual foo chuk, vegetables, mushrooms, and basically all the pork ingredients are replaced with beef. LOTS OF BEEF.

So you assume it'll taste like all Bakutehs out there, herbal and whatnot. But once you TASTE it, you know - "Crap, I was wrong!"

The soup is like a cross between Chinese pepper soup and Bakuteh. It's actually quite peppery, and has that thick full-of-ingredients texture of Bakuteh.

The meat was all really good, and there was a lot of it to go around (there were 4 of us).

Served with chilli sauce. I'm mentioning this because Boon said it was awesome?

Oh and the Bakuteh was also served with rice, which wasn't the oil-glazed kind I was used to having with Bakuteh, but it was alright.

I wouldn't say that the Bakuteh was, er, foodgasmic(?) or anything, but it's good. A really different take on your usual Bakuteh, you'll like it more if you love pepper soup like me. :D

After dinner, we went to (where else?) - JONKER STREET.

Which was CRAZY PACKED.

Jonker Street on Christmas Eve, greaaaat idea.

Direct translation from Chinese: Ice Sugar... Gourd (冰糖葫芦)

Quite lousy, DON'T EAT. The ones I've eaten in Sunway Pyramid are way better. This one was like, cold fruits coated with sticky maltose candy.

Isn't the sugar supposed to be hard? "ICE SUGAR" kononnya.

Then we passed by a few stalls selling "TORNADO CHIPS", or was it "TORNADO POTATO", hmm maybe it was "TWISTER POTATO". OKAY I FORGOT.

Anyway, it was this long twisty fried potato thing, and lotsa people had one in their hands so we decided to try one.

LOOKS COOL RIGHT? (That's Scott by the way)

It tastes pretty good actually. Like a thin version of potato wedges.

Well according to my cousin, you can get these at your neighbourhood pasar malam, but I've never seen them. LIES! D:

Jonker Walk World Heritage Park

We saw lotsa people gathered there so we went to check it out -

Nothing but public toilets and a small miserable garden. :(

... Let's camwhore.

DESSERT: Durian Cendol, Mango Cendol and er, Cendol.

One of the more packed cendol stalls along Jonker Street, didn't take note of the name, sorry!

YOU TRY IT. YOU LOVE IT.

THAT'S AN ORDER.

Durian Cendol was good, but I got quite jelak after a few spoonfuls.

So I swapped with Boon's classic Cendol.

Shaun's Mango Cendol.

Scott's Mixed Fruit Ice thing. Which, despite his thumb up, was BAD.

Yes they are twins.

After the cendol, we were all super full. So we put food on hold, and continued walking down Jonker Street.

Two things taking over the world by storm:

Yes, Facebook, now available for your feet!

Can't live without Facebook? Wear 'em with you wherever you go!

Can't stand Facebook? Step the shit out of 'em.

Whether you love or hate Facebook, these RM10 flip-flops work both ways. :P

Good lord, is that a Justin Bieber t-shirt?!

The end is near.

*multitude of photos to signify that some time has passed*

... Oh look, time for FOOD again! :D

SUPPER: Grilled cockles and clams and Oh Chien

Jonker Street again. The cockles and clams were surprisingly juicy and very yummy. Om nom nom/slurp.

Aunty frying Oh Chien, looking so depressed and sad...

I think it's probably 'cause her Oh Chien was bad. (lame shit attempt at rhyming HAHA)

The egg was kinda overcooked and the starch wasn't gooey enough, Penang still makes the best Oh Chien. Period.

And that concludes our "Gastronomic Adventure" in Malacca.

Part II: "X'mas Eve"

So you think that shopping malls are the only places with the Christmas spirit here in Malaysia?

That's because you haven't seen the Portuguese Settlement in Ujong Pasir yet.

For starters:

There were so many people gathered outside this building. At first glace, one would think it's a church/some public community building.

Then you make your way through the crowd, to see the brightly-lit building closer.

Oh my God. It's a friggin' HOUSE.

With an INFLATABLE SANTA,

an inflatable SNOW GLOBE, and an inflatable MERRY-GO-ROUND-THAT-ACTUALLY-GOES-ROUND. IT'S MOTOR-POWERED.

Also, the residents were just sitting at the porch, doing their thing, while 20 strangers stood outside their house, snapping away.

And this isn't the only place it's happening.

WARNING: You are about to be bombarded with a shitload of LED lights and Christmas ornaments.

My shortness. :(

Same Santa, different home.

Aforementioned motor-powered inflatable merry-go-round. In front of a different house. Hmm these people seem to go to the same supplier haha.

We wondered how long and how much money (and how much patience!) it takes to decorate a house like that.

One thing's for sure though,

The people of Ujong Pasir would've had a hell of a time cleaning up on Christmas Day.

Cookies and Waistbands

2011-01-11T00:04:00.002+08:00

Contrary to what my post title suggests, the following images are totally unrelated to each other:

Cookies ALWAYS win.

"Men's waistbands are at their highest point when men reach the age of 57, just seven inches below their armpit."

NEW way to tell a man's age! :D

Mission 2010: Did's and Didn'ts

2011-01-06T00:30:00.004+08:00

Mission 2011 should've probably been up by now, since well, according to Mission 2010, I'd stop proctrastinating.

But obviously, THAT failed. Surprise, surprise.

So here you have a post about last year's resolutions being written a week after New Year's Day.

AIYA, typical me lah okay so LET'S GET ON WITH IT:

1. Make some friends for God's sake.

Does "boyfriend" count? :D

Rong Jiang, Eu Vern, Boon, Natalie and Fernie

Esther, Kelly, Chee Min, Rong Jiang and Fernie

And through him I got to know this bunch of people.
(Coincidentally, I met Esther years ago during the Lion's Club Youth Exchange Programme in Japan. Small world!)

Kelly, yes that's me, Kar May, Pui Ying and Lai Kuan

I also got closer to my classmates :D

Um, like I said, "closer"?

Zen

Pity we only have one more semester together though, I'M GONNA MISS YOU GUYS. :(

I've gotten a lot closer to Kelly since... actually since I met Boon. In fact, we were merely only "classmates" before that. Which doesn't really make sense but YEAH. We're real good friends now. (I... think. AM I YOUR GOOD FRIEND, KELLY? D:)

Oh hey wait I think I have an explanation for this... bizzare phenomenon.

It all started once upon a Tetrapak event... Kelly and I were working together as promoters there. That's where we got to know Boon.

In the following weeks, he took us out for a yum cha session (my first OMG yeah I know damn fail) and we drove up to Genting together!

That still doesn't really explain how we bonded...

Eh, never mind. PICTURES? :D

We job-hunted together a lot, but only got the chance to work together once - the FIFA World Cup Finals at Station 1, Bukit Tinggi.

Stephanie, Kelly

Speaking of work, there's where I met lots of new people:

Vincy, Ivyz, Kelly

Will, Kimberly, Chui Nee, Gena, Faisal, John

Awesome, awesome people. One of my first jobs, still one of the best experiences thus far. :)

Ellie, my partner in potato-chip-and-chocolate crime for 4 days at Defence Services Asia 2010.

Felicia

Tiong and I in our soya bean shirts woohoo!

Michelle, Sandra and Arina. These girls made the tiring and sweltering Seventeen magazine shoot in NON-AIR CONDITIONED Zouk so much less uncomfortable, and so much more enjoyable :P (My pictures were kinda meh by the way...)

Vick and Lienn.

I whipped out my camera. Lienn understood. Vick simply obliged.

We're so Volkswagen enough. :P

Ilinca and Peggie.

What was that resolution again?

1. Make some friends for God's sake.

Made. :)

2. Stop being selfish please!

I think I kinda failed this one. Boon complains that I "always want to talk about yourself, your projects, your day, your assignments, your cat, your period..."

THEN AGAIN, maybe I was selfish-er in 2009? HOW DO YOU DETERMINE THE DEGREE OF ONE'S SELFISHNESS ANYWAY.

I guess this resolution is invalid. HAHAHAHHA. Sorry lah it was my first time making resolutions! ._.

3. Earn at least RM1000.

Yeah, oh YEAH. UH HUH.

Totally OWNED it. (special emphasis on the "OWNED", you gotta say it like "OOOUUWNED!". Yeh like that.)

I don't mean to boast but... (okay maybe I do)

RM7820 does NOT include...

Highlight of my 2010. :D :D :D

Anyway, EARNINGS is one thing. SAVINGS is another.

This is really embarrassing to say but, my JDA winnings aside, I saved NOTHING. (cue disappointed "awwww" from the audience. Y'know like when a contestant loses a shitload of money on a game show?)

N O T H I N G.

Okay next resolution.

4. Please stop procrastinating, seriously.
GET WORK DONE AT LEAST 1 DAY BEFORE DEADLINE.

HEY.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I actually DID it.

... once.

It was my Final Project's second Interim Presentation. I got my boards done and printed on FRIDAY morning. Presentation was on Saturday. I spent the whole Friday just chilling HAHA. Totally awesome. Should do it more often. ._.

5. Be more responsible.

Though, like resolution number 2, there's no Scale of Responsibility I can measure myself on, my MOM did comment that I'm more responsible now. :D :D :D

WIN.

6. Play more piano and guitar.

FAIL. 'Nuff said.

7. Drive more than 5km UNSUPERVISED.

Just when you all thought I'd FAILED...

YOU WERE WRONG.

I did it on NEW YEAR'S FRIGGIN EVE! 8KM!

BOOYAH!
(Yes I do realize 8KM unsupervised in an entire year is hardly anything to be proud of in fact it's actually really really pathetic but LEMME HAVE MY MOMENT WILL YA)

8. Reverse park successfully. With only ONE vacant parking lot.

I did it with TWO lots. On my FIRST attempt too.

... That makes this a half-success right?
D:

(If you're wondering when, yup, you guessed it, on New Year's Eve as well. .___.)

9. Make that damn dental appointment (due April 2007).

All I had to do was get the orthodontist's phone number from someone, and make a simple call.

STILL, I had to wait till December 23rd to do it.

"Hi, I'd like to make an appointment for a follow-up check?"

"May I know when was the last time you came?"

"Um, a really long time ago, I can't remember. ... 2007?"

"... It's okay. When would you like to come?"

"When's the earliest slot available?"

"25th January 2011."

... Anyway point is it's finally DONE.

10. Sleep before 12 (at least 300 days of the year).

I gave up on this one a long, long time ago.

VERDICT:
UM.... NOT BAD WHAAAAT.

What say you? :O

PS. HAPPY BELATED NEW YEAR! :D

14 Weeks of Haute Couture

2010-12-28T17:13:00.006+08:00

Yes.

Yes.

YES.

IT'S FINALLY OVAAAAR.

I finally have time to give my abandoned blog some TLC (Tons & Loads of Crap. Some people call it Tender Loving Care.) :D

As y'all probably already guessed by now, I was slaving away day and night (night and day, dight and nay, whatever, they just all got mashed up at one point.) to finish my final assignments.

Sleeping at 7AM, waking up at 12, eating "breakfast" at 5, working through the night, forgetting to brush my teeth... oh yeah, it's the life.

Thankfully, this time I actually managed to get my presentation boards printed THE NIGHT BEFORE (IT'S A MIRACLE!), and finished my model at 6AM (on presentation day), AND got to class EARLY.

Granted, I only got like, 4 hours of sleep in more than 50 hours, BUT STILL. POINT IS I FINISHED ON TIME.

AREN'T YOU PROUD OF MEEE?
(Let's ignore the fact that it took me 7 semesters to learn that...)

Anyway, I'll tell you about my project in a bit.

First, some pictures of my classmates' work taken on presentation day (which was a Goddamned SATURDAY, mind you.):

Oh yeah, CLICK TO ENLARGE. I insist!

Pei Ying - ID085-1's very own Zaha Hadid :P

Client: Purple Cane Tea Restaurant

Site: Sunway Pyramid

Zen's elegantly fluid Issey Miyake store. Frank Gehry much?

Client: Issey Miyake

Site: The Gardens Mall, Mid Valley City

Wormie's.

Client: Kinokuniya

Site: Sunway Pyramid

Check out the walls!

Lai Kuan's.

Client: Emporio Armani

Site: The Gardens Mall, Mid Valley City

Her design DOES look very Armani, don't you think?

And behold the spectacular 3D renderings by Eason and Alan:

Eason's

Client: Dragon-i

Site: (sorry can't recall ._.)

Alan's

Client: Jogoya

Site: (sorry can't recall ._.)

Now, brace yourselves for sheer epicness of 1:100 proportions:

XIANG AI'S

Client: Gatecrasher (it's a club)

Site: Avenue K

Look. At. Those. Chairs.

Chairs.

CHAIRS

CHAIRS

CHAIRS

CHAIRS

CHAIRSSSSSSSSSSSS
(Sorry my fonts don't go any bigger. So I added letters instead.)

And lastly,

This, in a very typical "me" style, is mine.

Client: Prada

Site: The Gardens Mall, Mid Valley City

Yeah. I designed a high fashion boutique, of all things.

And my knowledge about the fashion world? Zilch.

Perfect.

And so... I began my research into Prada, who was behind it, and what inspired him/her.

This project would be the final design project for my entire diploma course.

It was serious shit. Very, very serious shit.

I went to every library in Petaling Jaya, visited countless Prada stores, bought tons of fashion magazines, got myself a stupid Prada bag, and even traveled as far as MILAN for my research!

Okay, obviously they're all lies. LAIS.

I got all my information off the Internet (like everyone else).

Then I did a little Googling on Prada's head designer, Miuccia Prada (any idea how to pronounce that? Miu-chia? Miu-kia? Miu-sia?), and I found that she had a penchant for mixing opposites together in her designs and fashion shows. Such opposites included:

I guess you could say that her concepts revolved around Oxymorons.

Which inspired me to find one of my own:

(credit to Bryan for introducing www.oxymoronlist.com to me HAHAHA)

Control - The power to direct or determine

Chaos - A state of extreme confusion and disorder

Now I just had to put those words together and make sense of it all.

How can one possibly control chaos? Control is control. Chaos is chaos. Controlled chaos?

IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE!

Here's where I thought, GREAT, SU PING, CHOOSE SOME MIND-BOGGLING CONCEPT YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO EXECUTE. BRILLIANT. ._.

But wait. THEN I HAD A BREAKTHROUGH.
(credit to Boon for helping me out in the brainstorming process! Actually it was sort of HIS breakthrough, but saying "THEN I HAD A BREAKTHROUGH" just sounds cooler.)

It CAN be done. In fact, humans have done it; we've been controlling this chaos for thousands of years. We wage it, we start it, we want it to happen, we control it-

It's called war.

War - A phenomenon of organized violent conflict.

Now the ball's rolling.

Result:
Timber floors in contrasting hues unfolding into walls, ceilings, display units. The warmth of wood juxtaposed against the coldness of white marble floor tiles. A dynamic space with a touch of elegance and luxury.

Main Entrance

Side Entrance

Travel

Accessories (Women)

Clothing (Women)

Accessories (Men)

Clothing (Men)

Oh, and just to give you an idea of how HU GE our presentation boards were:

Uh huh.

PS. Noticed that my 3D renderings have improved so SO much compared to last semester?

Sooo last semester.

Well, credits to Woo Shen and Chui Nee for taking the time to teach me. Pardon the cheesy line, but... couldn't have done it without you! :D

Epic Fail-To-Be

2010-12-27T12:59:00.003+08:00

Monday, December 27, 2010

Probational driving license - Status: EXPIRED.

... Uh oh.

Inflation

2010-12-02T10:00:00.000+08:00

Wanna be a billionaire, so freakin' bad?

Go to Zimbabwe. :D

Sungei Wang: Brenda's First

2010-12-01T13:47:00.005+08:00

Yes.

Brenda Chan Qing Wen, 20, FEMALE, Malaysian, living in PETALING JAYA,

has never been to Sungei Wang.

Brenda - Before Sungei Wang.

I know right.

BUT WAIT,

Correction: HAD never been to Sungei Wang...

until last Saturday.

Brenda - AFTER Sungei Wang.
(Okay that's just bull. It's a random picture I took off her Facebook)

Well before you start throwing tomatoes and cereal at her, let me just say that my first time in Sungei Wang was just last year, and last Saturday was the first time I'd THOROUGHLY shopped there.

By "thoroughly" I mean walking into almost EVERY shop in Sungei Wang's fashion section's 2 floors. During my previous (less than five) visits, I'd always had to rush off somewhere after an hour or two.

Guys will tell you:

"Isn't an hour or two MORE THAN ENOUGH?"

But of course, we don't expect you boys to understand that

NO. OF COURSE TWO HOURS IS *NOT* ENOUGH.

Brenda and I spent almost 5 hours there that day. And that doesn't even include dinner.

Anyway, back to our "thorough" Sungei Wang shopping experience:

My God, the clothes were CHEAP. Faux satin cocktail dresses costing RM25 each?! Tell me HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE. Okay fine that red dress will probably turn pink after washing but still. RM25!

Countless shops sporting banners that read "RM25 STOREWIDE", carrying shorts, skirts, dresses, tops, jackets, cardigans.

But after you take a closer look at the stuff they're selling, you get really bummed. 'Cause more often than not, they're all FREE-SIZED. And if you're petite like Brenda and I, well yeah sorry I guess 70% of the clothes in Sungei Wang are just not gonna fit you.

But but but but, you won't know FOR SURE until you TRY it, right?

Well here's the next thing that sucks:

NO. TRYING.

Oh I swear those are the 2 words that annoyed us most in Sungei Wang. And the shopkeepers loooove saying that. :D

If the clothes are free-sized, fine, whatever. But even the stuff with SIZES have a no trying policy. Then what if I buy the WRONG size, HOW?

"Oh, you can go to the toilet and try it on. If it doesn't fit you can just bring it back to change lah."

Seriously wouldn't letting us try it on for size in the first place be so much easier?

Oh, wait. Then if neither sizes will fit us/look nice on us, we won't buy it and you won't get to make a sale. I SEE IT NOW. YOU EVIL MONEY-MINDED PEOPLE.

Maybe next time I'll "accidentally" drop it on the toilet floor before exchanging...

By now, you should be expecting to see PICTURES. Um well, you see, Brenda and I were sooooo busy shopping that we didn't take any pictures.

So, to compensate for that, here are the OTHER times that we went shopping:

Shopping for plushies!

Shopping for bags!

Shopping for electric guitars!

Shopping for... quilted thongs?

Shopping for... kitchen cabinets?

Shopping for TANKS WOOHOO WORLD DOMINATION YEAH!

So...

SPOILS:

Mock-denim cotton pinafore - RM59.90
Grey cotton miniskirt - RM25.00
Khaki shorts - RM26.90

Total: RM111.80

Brown weaved belt - RM17.90

Total: RM129.70

4 items for under RM150!

FRIGGIN' GOOD BUYS OR WHAT.

Usually this would be the part where I feel over the moon for money well spent.

... and then I go and spoil it all by buying something stupid like

a pair of Vincci wedges.

RM103.20

TOTAL: RM232.90

Don't look at me like that.

... Brenda bought the exact pair too. In black.

"Now Ain't That Some Sh*t?"

2010-11-21T12:50:00.003+08:00

To be honest, when I saw Gwyneth Paltrow on Glee, I really didn't expect her to be GOOD.

But wow, SHE CAN SING. Not mind-blowingly awesome kind, but still pretty good.

I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS SONG!

I must've listened to it like ten times just on Youtube alone. ._.

I seriously hated the original by Cee Lo Green (isn't his name weird? I know. Sounds like organic food.), I think his voice is retarded. =.=

But the music video's not bad though, cute:

Mash-up of Umbrella/Singing in the Rain, also featuring Gwyneth.

Poor Artie, banished to the corner after singing the opening line. HAHAHAHA

Some Things You Just Can't "Designer"

2010-11-10T12:10:00.008+08:00

Designer clothing, designer handbags, designer shoes, designer jewelry, designer dog outfits, designer plates, designer pens, designer notebooks, designer toilet seats, designer toilet rolls (pretty sure they exist somewhere out there...)...

Oh yes how we girls are just such suckers for all things "designer"!

It doesn't matter if it's ridiculous and a total waste of money either,

because it's simply... revolutionary, ingenious, "DESIGNER"!

WOW! PADS WITH DESIGNS!

IT HAZ HEARTS OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!

Seriously, Kotex?

"HEY KELLY, MY *DESIGNER* PAD HAS FLOWERS AND BUTTERFLY PRINTS ON IT, WANNA SEE??"

Um, no.

For Halloween This Year...

2010-11-01T23:10:00.006+08:00

I was a...

Honestly? I'm not even sure.

Let's just call it um, Confused Lala: Gothic-Punk-Vampire-Wannabe Edition.

Well I guess I better start talking like one! :D

4 of uzzz - Kelly, miiii, Xiang Ai n Lai Kuan. Dey are so lenglui rite? ^^

Few weeks ago we r work at Coco Banana for tis Halloween event call Monstrocity.

Wat means Monstrocity? Hmmm.... actualli im also not sure. Maybe is some monsterz in d city? Wakakakkaka!

Kellys hair. So coolzz!

I wish my face small lik hers, den I can haf tat kind of hair!

Kelly n miiii. ^^ b4 we wear our dress.

Xiang Ai n Kelly make ups lik not even, look lik skin diseas lolzzz!!!

Our hair r done by stylish, NICE??? ^^

Dun u lik our stokings? I tink is reli nice n cool!

Hard to find tis kind ler, Sungei Wang alwiz out of stocks 1! I wonder where d event company buy tis???

Tat funni guy is Ivan. Why u alwiz haf 2 do ur eyes lik tat?!?! Is SO FUNNI LOLZZZZZ!!

Kelly look so aggressiveness here.

Xiang Ai got fishnecks! SO LUCKY!

She look so depres here...

VAMPIRE OHH!!

She wan suck ur blood!!

VAMPIRE SUCKS LOLZZ LOLZZ!!

If u r wondering is it reli blood???

N d answer....

IS WHOLE BLOOD HUMAN.

Hahahahazz dun worry im juz kidding ler! Of coz is not blood human!! Nt blood animals also.

Is actuali juz a alcohol drinkzz. We giv free 2 the guests, n dey dun dare drink cos dey scare is BLOOD!

Our wonderful n beauty legzz!

Lastly but not least, our group picssss!

THATS ALL!! I HOPE U ENJOY MY LOVELY POSTS!!! ^^"

... cause I can't freakin' go on typing like that ANYMORE.

*shudders*

Anyway, what we did that day was basically welcome the guests and serve the "blood" in shot glasses, straight from the blood bag (which I thought was a pretty cool concept!).

Outfits, hair and make-up were provided (in case you're thinking that those were our own clothes oh the horror).

Kelly calls this -
"SHINING DISCO BALLS!"

Why?

Well your guess is as good as the next person's. Let's not talk about that. =.=

Moving on to the REAL Halloween.

Where did I party?

I didn't. I was working.

... AT THE BIGGEST STREET PARTY OF THE YEAR WOOHOO!

Are You Volkswagen Enough? Street Party.

In conjunction with the launch of the Polo, the Golf, and the Scirocco (she-rock-co).

OH and did you know that Volkswagen is pronounced Volks-WAH-gen, and not Volks-WEH-gen?

Mm-hmm. We've all learned something new today.

SO WE MEET AGAIN, KIMBERLY.

Lienn and Jill

Diane, ______, ______, Kimberly, Su Ping, Lienn, Sherry, Jill.

This is Vick, unfortunate enough to be stationed with Lienn and I, earning him the much-dreaded position of - THE DEFAULT CAMERA MAN.

The 3 of us were assigned to El Cerdo, one of the 4 VIP stations. We just had to give out mini Volkswagen flags, noise-makers and glowsticks, and check if the VIPs had their wristbands before allowing them to enter.

Vick said that he felt more like a bouncer than Brand Ambassador. I have to agree.

Besides taking photos, the Default Camera Man's duties include flag-holding...

... which Vick fails miserably at.

It's Volkswagen, not Negawslkov. Twice already. FAIL.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do;
When working with girls, CAMWHORE.

There were fireworks...

The Veronicas...

and LEONA LEWIS!

Yes that blurry blob is LEONA LEWIS!

:D :D :D

Fine. Here's a picture from someone with a REAL camera.

The organizers closed off Changkat Bukit Bintang for this event. They expected about 5000 people, but only about half that amount turned up actually. The only reason they stayed was to see The Veronicas and Leona Lewis, of course. All the other local bands that performed before them were just... meh, mostly because we didn't know ANY of their songs.

I expected Leona to perform like a few songs and then up and leave. Like what these international artistes usually do at a free concert.

But no. She sang TWELVE songs.

She ROCKED Changkat. Definitely Volkswagen enough. ;)

"Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo Wife!"

2010-10-19T11:24:00.006+08:00

When a video gets 15 MILLION views on Youtube, that makes it pretty darn epic, right?

What about 33 MILLION?

If you're not feeling the epicness of this worldwide phenomenon quite yet,

THEY HAVE T-SHIRTS YO. FOR REAL.

Buy now?

HIDE YER HUSBAND, 'CUZ THEY RAPIN' ERRBODY OUT HERE!

Cheap Expensive-Looking Things

2010-10-12T13:30:00.010+08:00

Look what came in the mail today!

Gorgeous, isn't it?

Ordered this bag online about a month ago, just got it today. I really needed a big bag, after my ex-big bag (RM25, serious!) - which miraculously survived an entire semester of EVERYDAY use - decided to call it quits on me during the holidays. One of the shoulder straps broke off THE VERY MOMENT I stepped into my house after a night out.

I imagine this is how it must've gone down:

*At Tropicana City Mall, that night*

Handle 1: Hey 2... you there? I... I feel myself slipping...

Handle 2: ... What? Are you serious, 1?

H1: Yeah... I don't wanna do this anymore! I feel like giving up 2, I just wanna give up...

H2: Hey hey HEY, LISTEN TO ME! You can't DO that, at least not NOW! Don't you know how embarrassing it is to have your bag strap break off in a SHOPPING MALL??

H1: But... It hurts... it hurts so much!

H2: Just hang in there okay, 1? Please, do it for her; do it for me.

*Later that night*

H2: Hey, look 1, she's almost home! She's walking to the door! You can rest soon!

H1: I really... can't... do this anymore...!

H2: Just a little longer 1!!! DON'T LEAVE ME.

H1: I'm sorry... I'm sorry 2, tell her I'm sorry. It's time for me to go. This is the end... Goodbye, 2.

*PIAK*
[sound of strap breaking]

H2: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

...

A pretty momentous and dramatic ending, don't you think?

It was a sad day for me. I really loved that bag.

BUT I'VE MOVED ON.

I ordered my new bag from the same website. I'm REALLY impressed by the quality this time round (considering the price) - the colours are beautiful, the PU leather is thick and nice, the trimmings are neat, the zips are stronger and smoother, and the inner lining is thicker than the thin flimsy fabric normally used in these pre-order bags.

Just one teeeny tiiiny setback though: it's a tad too big for my short self, but I guess it'll be all good once I get used to it!

The best part?

It cost me RM53.

We're A-Grade Liars, Yo

2010-10-11T23:39:00.006+08:00

Lying.

Maybe it's high time I added that to my list of (self-certified/syok sendiri) credentials (which include a double degree in Laziness and Procrastination :D).

WARNING: LONG POST AHEAD. NO, THAT IS NOT A LIE.

No I didn't kill anyone/no I didn't do drugs/no I didn't fake my JDA win/no I didn't break the pink unicorn's horn who ask her wanna breakdance.

I pretended to be in Yong Peng (that's in Johor by the way, yeah it's okay a lot of people've never heard of Yong Peng either) from Saturday night to Sunday evening, so I could surprise Boon at his birthday dinner.

I know, I know, it doesn't sound like much of a feat at all. BUT TRUST ME, it's harder than you think.

He knew his friends were taking him out to dinner on Sunday night to celebrate his birthday.

What are the odds that I had to "celebrate my grandma's birthday" on the SAME WEEKEND?

Well maybe you're thinking, hey why not, quite probable what.

But wait, that's not all!

The previous week, my dad had already gone back to Johor by himself to celebrate my grandma's birthday with some relatives. The rest of our family didn't go because my brother had PMR exams coming, my mom had to ferry him to school and back, and I have class on Saturdays (Yes, SATURDAYS. Yes, it sucks.).

And because the whole dinner surprise thing hadn't been planned back then, I told him all about my dad going back for my grandma's birthday.

So now my reason for having no option but to miss his dinner is sounding quite lame. Grandma's birthday, AGAIN? Wow.

But HEY, I'm not done yet. IT GETS LAMER:

I planned his dinner to be on SATURDAY at first, but after asking around, most of his friends couldn't make it. THE HORROR. Looks like we have to reschedule to SUNDAY.

I told Boon I'd be leaving for Johor on Saturday, and would be back on Sunday.

Great! What stupid excuse am I gonna tell Boon now?

"Hey, Dad just told me we might be staying another night. 'Cause my sister doesn't have to go to school on Monday, and I have no class also. And it's the new maid's first week there so my dad wants to see how she does."

Not exactly genius, but I guess that'll do. .___.

Now I just have to convince him that YES, I KNOW IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE, BUT ALL THIS IS INDEED HAPPENING.

:D

On Friday, to make myself look genuinely guilty, and to "make up for not being able to celebrate with you this weekend", (and I happened to be craving Korean food) I treated him to Korean BBQ at Dae Jang Gum in Taipan USJ.

Yeah, just one picture of the food. You really wanna see another picture of normal-looking meat sizzling on those ubiquitous round silver grills? Yeah, I didn't think so.

Food was so-so, sadly. AND it was expensive too! RM130.90 for 2 cuts of pork, a rather miserable portion of beef, a bowl of too-sour kimchi jigae, and is that MACARONI SALAD I see up there??

How's that even Korean...? :(

I had him pick me up from college the next day (Goddamned Saturday classes), so he'd have something to do and I wouldn't have to pretend to be "in the car, on the way to Johor" until after dinner. WIN-WIN, see?

Then began the tricky part - The actual LYING.

(Some of) The Lies I Told:

Hello! Still having dinner? Dad just got home, he wanna shower then we go already.

Nothing much, normal dinner lo... rice steam fish tofu, soup :O Must eat fuller, later on the way nothing to eat -.-

You know me, I get hungry REAL fast! And it's 2.5 hours, not 2. You playing CS soon? I left home already. :(

Guess I'm gonna sleep after I reach, nothing else to do also -.- and dad say tomorrow morning go temple. Whee! -.-

Almost reaching already. :) I'm so sleepy lo -.-

Hellooo sleepy head! I've been to the temple and back, had noodles for lunch, attempted to guess my neighbour's WiFi password, and wached Vampire Diaries on my laptop. And it's not even 1PM. -.-

(fact: I DID watch Vampire Diaries that morning)

Nothing much, going out for dinner later. Vegetarian. Buy cake and celebrate lo. Dunno my aunts and uncles wanna karaoke or not after that. Hope not. -.-

Well I have piano class tomorrow night so dad sad after breakfast we leave then have lunch on the way back. You? What time's your dinner later?

Poor guy. First his girlfriend can't make it, then all his other friends are busy, except 2. HAHAHA

Yeah they told me where they were taking you, but dunno if they changed their plans or not la. It's so hot here! Shall stay inside the room until evening -.-

Sigh I'm feeling crampy :( Hope my period comes AFTER I'm back home.

No ah, no where to go here also. No shopping mall one man... I just realized that.

(fact: I DID just realize that Yong Peng has... no shopping mall.)

Getting ready for dinner :D

Simple only. Skinny jeans and tank top lol. You? Not getting ready yet?

Hello! I'm at the restaurant already. We come here for CNY every year.

(fact: I was at Craft Brews with Kelly, waiting for the others HAHA)

Food's not bad I guess, as far as vegetarian food goes haha.

Then I got a text from Rong Jiang:

Reached the Curve

That was my cue, I went and... hid in the girls' toilet.

A few minutes later, Boon, escorted by Rong Jiang and Fernie arrive at Craft Brews, Kota Damansara, to be greeted by his friends...

(left to right) Humiliated, Stressed, and Emo.

(left to right, for real) Chee Min, Esther, and Kelly.

And...

A cool-lookingthingwithbubbles (more on that later), AND an apology note from yours truly. :P

Then one more last SMS:

Hey hey, like your present? :D

(fact: Still chilling in ladies' room. Some woman keeps farting in her cubicle hmm.)

Here's where I asked the waiters to light the candles and pass the cake to me. Fernie glanced back and saw me, and the others fervently pointed and gestured at the menu to distract Boon, to make sure he DIDN'T LOOK BEHIND.

Then we sang 'Happy Birthday' and were all feeling rather smug about our fantastically-faked epic plan.

Pecan Butterscotch!

It tastes better than it looks, I swear! And man, the girl at Secret Recipe sucks at piping letters. -.-

What the ajdjhgkiiqe is Birthd ay?

Praying to the Holy Mother of Caramel and Pecan Nuts.

Weizen, Moster Green Lager, English Ale, Lime Wheat beers.

RM27 each, what the? And I thought this was BUATAN MALAYSIA.
Brewed in-house should be CHEAPER what!

Anyway. English. Ale. Sucks. Big time.

You don't have to know what the blackish stuff (bottom right) and the things on sticks (top left) are. Just know this: THE EGGPLANT CHIPS (top right) ARE FANFREAKINGTASTICAWESOMEDELISHYUM.

HU GE SA LAD.

Epic plate of Mixed Platter (comes with the salad above, and the eggplant plate above). Different types of grilled chicken on the left and right; pork ribs top and bottom, yummy potato wedges in the centre, and grilled corn in between. RM119 for everything.

Chicken? So-so, Nando's is better!

Ribs? So-so as well.
Betty's Midwestern Kitchen (Aman Suria/Dataran Prima) and Bavarian Bierhaus (The Curve) - 1; Craft Brews - 0

Craft Brew Pasta.

Not bad! Creamy without being overdone. :)

TRAGIC NEWS - Birthday boy murdered and cannibalised by group of friends. Sources cited that the group was intoxicated and hungry. Craft Brews microbrewery is now under investigation for placing sharp knives at every table, and serving mysterious green beer.

I know we've lied and schemed, Fernie and I, but wearing matching outfits was something we DIDN'T plan.

DIPLOMA IN LIES, SCHEMES & GENERAL MISCHIEF
GRADUATING CLASS OF 2010

Oh, so back to my cool-lookingthingwithbubbles:

What IS that cool shit, you might ask?

Well it's basically a layer of Perspex, then a blob of UHU glue, then another piece of Perspex, then the alphabets, and finally an outer layer of Perspex.

It's a highly experimental thing, and I really didn't know if it would actually work/look good.

It's actually my THIRD attempt.

Here's attempt number 1:

2 tubes worth of UHU glue, right there.

Looks pretty alright, yes? With them letters bobbing around and all.

Here's what happened 2 days later.

What you're looking at are... the disfigured forms of 2 O's. Yes the black goop on the left was an O.

The B and N were extracted with minor injuries.

THE GLUE FRIGGIN' MELTED THE WHOLE THING.

Boys and girls, don't try this at home.

UHU glue, in large amounts, can DISSOLVE PERSPEX.
And I read that it can also make you high.

Holy.

Oh, and,

What Boredom Did to Him (in my "absence"):

Doing nothing much, just woke up. Going jogging later I guess.

Was attempting to play piano haha. Just finished playing. Can play a bit of Jingle Bells already haha.

HAHAHA, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Great Unexpectations

2010-10-01T10:00:00.001+08:00

Spot my design?

:D

I look so short in this picture, it's just saddening.

"The dancer glides gracefully across the floor, her arms and legs moving in complete unison with the music. Her motions are fluid, poised and captivating; her deft hands communicate with the audience, telling a story…"

Obviously all that electrical wiring stuff is inaccurate, DON'T LAUGH. :(

It's OK, They Know Me Here

2010-09-25T12:47:00.006+08:00

We're just.

We're so...

So proud!

Oh, where do I start!

We're...

We're SINGERS and SONGWRITERS now!

Li May, Karen, Jeffrey, Guo Yaw, Kwan Seng and Su Ping
(Yep see 6 of us, right up there.)

present to you, our very first production -

THE PINK UNICORN

Leave all your logic behind, and don't ever look back, don't ever look back(?) ._.

Anyway.

And if you ever, for a moment, doubted our capability of such retardation, we give you...

THE.

PINK.

UNICORN.

ORIGINS.

PLUS.

THE.

MAKING.

OF.

THE PINK UNICORN.

We really don't care if you think we suck. :P

Okay, we're sorry about your brain damage. D:

Here's some REAL music:

Is this guy just AWESOME or what?

'SYNTH' is my favourite, SO CUTE HAHAHA.

Playing Dress-Up

2010-09-19T20:19:00.000+08:00

As y'all know, my bestie Jaqueline and I have sort of a photographer-model relationship.

She's got a DSLR and knows how to work it pretty well, and I've got some... pretty nice heels and mediocre modelling skills. :D (okay lame attempt at rhyming)

We did a shoot in Putrajaya recently, some of you might know 'cause the album's on Facebook.

But what you DON'T know is, we went to Lake Garden for a shoot earlier this year in February.

It was a disaster.

The photos were never uploaded.

Now, after more than half a year in the recesses of my hard disk, I'm not proud to present -

Lake Garden 19th February 2010
(it was so bad we didn't even bother naming it)

My expression says it all.

I don't know how my make-up could've gone so HORRIBLY wrong.

Okay so maybe that's not the best place to be putting on make-up.

(See how hard it is? I'm SWEATING.)

I still blame it on the stupid eyeliner you know.

It wasn't THAT bad when I first put it on.

30 minutes later.

STUPID OR NOT THIS EYELINER?

Anyway, some less embarrassing pictures from the shoot:

Notice how my eyes are angled AWAY from the camera in all these pictures? It was the only way to hide my eyeliner mess.

SPIDERMAN!
Piupiupiu!
(Not sure how this qualifies as "less embarrassing" but okay.)

Gotta love these though:

But thankfully for me (and anyone else horrified by my epic eyeliner), my make-up skills have IMPROVED since.

Surreal - shot in Putrajaya 29th June 2010:

Now heave a sigh of relief. The make-up is FINE, told you.

Before going there, we checked out some albums online and saw that Putrajaya had lots of cool locations for shoots. But what we didn't do is find out exactly where in Putrajaya.

So we drove to Putrajaya with no specific location in mind. We thought, how hard can it be?

We didn't have any idea that Putrajaya was SO FRIGGIN' HUGE. There were 12 Precints there, and we hardly knew where to start.

After driving around blindly for half an hour, we parked at some random area in Precint 2, then walked from there.

This was our first stop, I call it, er, Stairs.

Stairs was pretty cool because the buildings were all white and sophisticated-looking. See the glass structure in the centre of the background? It's a lift. I really wanted to take some pictures inside it, but the sign on the entrance said AUTHORISED PERSONNEL ONLY (In Malay of course but I can't remember what the words were). Oh well. :(

Kick.

KICK.
(In HEELS. How did I do that?!)

Second stop: the In-Between. We only spent like 5 minutes shooting here because there was this creepy man sitting on a bench staring at us the whole time.

I call this, TRANSFORMERS MEETS TAJ MAHAL.

Why the heck Transformers, you ask?

That's why.

I'm not sure why actually, somehow the silver thing reminds me of Transformers? Allspark? Decepticons? Anyone agree? .___.

Jaqueline the bestie, photographer, neighbour. In that order. (because even though she lives just a few streets away we barely visit each other anyway. Oops.)

By the way, she took more than 400 snapshots at Lake Garden that day. I still feel pretty bad that my eyliner screwed almost of them up.

Don't worry Jaq, I'M BETTER NOW.

See?

TADA :D

(Uh, that last part was so not an excuse to upload my camwhoring photos! Nonsense! Okaymaybeitwas)

Warehouse Clearance: Round 2 - FIGHT!

2010-09-14T14:28:00.006+08:00

We all know that my first warehouse sales experience wasn't exactly as I'd expected.

It was the annual FJ Benjamin Warehouse Clearance. And it was absolutely chaotic.

I wasn't that keen on going back again this year at first (after all, I'd just spent RM500 on a tiny plastic camera...but let's not talk about that.), but Boon was planning to snag some jeans so he kept persuading me to tag along ("Warehouse sales are THE time to spend money okay?").

We went three Sundays ago (don't I just keep you guys soooo updated?), the last day of the sales. Taking the LRT to Bukit Bintang, I pictured the crowd. If it was anything like last year's...

Oh boy.

We got to the ballroom at Park Royal a little after 10; we'd missed the opening by about ten minutes, so we braced ourselves for the mad crowd.

Except the hall was pretty damned empty. Hmm.

Maybe we're early? Maybe there's nothing much left? Maybe both.

I was hoping I'd get some nice stuff from Guess, but their dresses and jackets pretty much sucked. Surprise surprise, it's no wonder they're on sale. :D

Here's the Gap section:

Mostly basics, really cheap though. RM30 for most of the stuff here!

But you've got to DIG. REAL DEEP.

They had lots of these really cute casual at-home shorts in lotsa colours, RM30! (Aunty behind dig until tulan)

Lots of people went there for watches as well, really cheap apparently.

Besides Gap and Guess (yuck), other brands included Banana Republic (old!), Raoul (gorgeous shirts for guys), and...

LA SENZA.

Cotton tank tops - 2 for RM30

Super cute designs but I already have one too many tank tops. :(

They also had sports wear (RM50 for a set), sleepwear (2 for RM30/RM50), bikinis (2 for RM10 what the?), and...

BRAS.

LOTS OF THEM.

(Psst, guys! If you wanna find out who's wearing what cup, just observe. The bras are arranged according to cup size :P)

BRAS WERE EVERYWHERE.

I didn't get anything from La Senza, except pictures. 'Cause thongs and G-strings really aren't my thing.

... Really.

SPOTTED:
Little girl looking totally LOST amidst underwear. Poor girl, Mom must be busy buying 20 panties or something.

I wasn't kidding.
PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO THAT.

By the time we left the La Senza section (It's partitioned away from the rest of the sale), the ballroom was pretty packed. Good thing we went early.

Spoils:

Boon didn't get the jeans he went there for (there were hardly any left) :(
BUT he did get 5 T-shirts. :D

And me?

Peach pink basic tank with diamantes from Guess, RM60
(Original price: RM149.90)

Off-white basic tee from Gap, RM30
(Original price: RM65)

(I'd almost given up digging for my size, THEN I FOUND IT! *cue holy music*)

Baby pink basic tee from Gap, RM30
(Original price: RM109)

Yeah. All basics. What an embarrassing warehouse sales haul. ._.

Now this, THIS is a REAL haul:

RESPECT.

On an unrelated note,
Had to blow my hair straight for a casting last week:

Do I finally look my age now? :D

Running Out of Ideas

2010-09-03T11:08:00.003+08:00

I'm sorry, potato chips in what flavour?!

"I'll Have A Green Te- Uh, Never Mind."

2010-08-31T15:34:00.004+08:00

2 weeks ago, Boon's mom got us vouchers for free food in Wasabi Bistro, Mandarin Oriental!

Maaaaaaaaaaaajor eyebags

WASABI BISTRO.

Never heard of it?

It's okay, you're not alone. :D

So what's the big deal about this place?

Well it's in a friggin' five-star hotel = FRIGGIN' EXPENSIVE FOOD (that's not necessarily good?)

Let's just say it's somewhere you'd REALLY not eat at unless you a)are filthy rich or b)have vouchers for FREE FOOD or c)are a tourist, which means you're probably a) as well.

We got there are around 6.45pm and the place was EMPTY, save for a family of 3 Caucasians (SPOTTED: CUTE GUY CUTE GUY CUTE GUY! :P).

We were thinking, oh shit. The food must suck. WHY IS IT SO DESERTED?

The hostess showed to our table, and passed us the menus.

"Any drinks for you, sir?"

"Yeah, just plain water."

"And you?"

"Umm, cold ocha."

She took our drink orders and left.

"OCHA? Do you KNOW how much that's gonna cost?!"

"Um...let me check..."

Then I found out why no one ate there.

COCA COLA FOR RM16?!
You've gotta be kidding me. =.=

"OMG. THE TEA IS... RM18."

We stared at the menu like this -> O.O

Wait, that's me. This is you, Boon -> o.o
(I'm kidding! :P)

I'd never been to such an expensive restaurant before, so yeah, it was SHOCKING. I REALLY had no idea that TEA could cost that much.

"Excuse me! Could you cancel the tea please? Just 2 plain waters, thanks."

GOOD CALL.

Here's what our dinner voucher entitled us to:

Before our menus were taken away, I quickly scanned through, and managed to get the prices of some of our dishes. :P

A TINY bowl of very, very typical Garden Salad. The sauce was pretty good though.

But STILL. RM22? Do you know how cheap vegetables are?!

.___.

Our appetizer - Kumi's No. 1. (I didn't check the price. Damn.)

"This recipe was concocted by Madam Kumi Romaniszyn, who is the mother of Managing Director, Ken Romaniszyn. Crabmeat with avocado wrapped in white fish fillet, oven-baked with Kumi’s supreme secret sauce."

THIS WAS DELICIOUSLY AWESOME.

The crabmeat was HEAVENLY. I don't know whether it's the fish, the crab, or the sauce, but it was seeeeeeeeriously good.

This, too, was really SMALL. As big as a tiny scoop of ice cream.

WHERE GOT ENOUGH? :(

Let's assume this costs around RM20.

For mains, I had Chicken Teriyaki.

Yes. RM42. Can get a steak at TGIF already.

It was so-so. My Mommy can make better Chicken Teriyaki! >:O

Boon had the Classic Tempura.

(Checked online and found out it was Classic Tempura, not Prawn. Lazy to change lah okay!)

The tempura dish had 5 decently-sized prawns, and the usuals: mushroom, sweet potato, brinjal and a carrot slice I think.

Again, nothing to shout about. Oh well, at least the prawns were fresh.

Let's assume this is at least RM50. Considering prawns are more expensive than chicken...

Our meal was also served with:

A bowl of rice
(Assumed: RM10)

And a bowl of miso soup.
(Assumed: RM10)

Total it up, and our meal must've easily cost at least RM100. EACH. @_@

And honestly? Save for Kumi's No. 1 (SO AWESOME T.T), the food wasn't even that good.

Then again I'm not complaining, we didn't have to pay for any of it. :P

Halfway into our meal, we asked for serviettes.

They literally SERVED it to us - on a plate.

Thank God they didn't charge us for that.

Mad: Digital Harinezumi 2++

2010-08-26T16:42:00.005+08:00

God, I must've been mad.

Digital Harinezumi 2++: Digital lomo camera.

I still can't believe I spent half a thousand Ringgit on this.

Just to give you an idea of how tiny the thing is...

... Yup. I must've been mad.

I've always liked the vivid colours, imperfections, randomness and vintage feel of lomography. So much so that I even edit my pictures with a Toycamera programme (thanks Jun Yuen!) to achieve a similar effect.

So when I stumbled upon a booth selling plastic film cameras (a.k.a. toy cameras) in One Utama, with the intention of getting one for a FRIEND, mind you, I ended up buying one MYSELF. (No surprise there...)

Besides the Digital Harinezumi 2++, the rest of the cameras there were film cameras. I stayed at the shop for a good half an hour just checking out a few cameras. I was SO tempted.

The film ones were selling for RM100 to RM220. Less than half the price of the digital. The mental debate started from there:

If I were to get one myself, I'd definitely get the digital! I mean, come on, film is so troublesome right?

But... film is so much more authentic. Not knowing how the pictures will turn out, a different effect from the leaky plastic each time, isn't that where the magic is?

But...! The digital one can give me the same results, minus the hassle of buying and developing film. And at least I'll get to look at what I just took.

But the digital one is so darned expensive.

But you'll save a lot on film in the long run!

But it's expensive...

Then Mom butts in and says,

"Fine, I'll pay RM150 with the credit card."

Yay! C'mon, what are you waiting for?

But it's... DIGITAL.

EXACTLY!

But.

JUST GET IT.

... So that's how it went down.

It felt so surreal, signing my name on that debit card slip.

What the heck did I just do?

5 minutes after I walked out of the shop, the guilt didn't just creep up, it GUSHED IN LIKE A FRIGGIN' TSUNAMI.

FIVE MINUTES.

... Anyway.

I just started using the camera today, and my pictures still pretty much suck. Or maybe the camera itself just sucks. I don't know.

I don't wanna know. =.=

Pictures I took (raw, unedited straight from the camera):

ISO 100

ISO 800

Macro mode

I'll see how it goes, and if I don't like it, I might consider selling it off.
(yeah, right, like anyone would wanna buy it =.=)

Please, please don't ask me why I bought it.

PS. Digital Harinezumi 2++ official website.

We Peed On The Sun [Part 2]

2010-08-21T23:40:00.003+08:00

Hmm, so where were we?

Oh yeah, chillin' with the Sabre Tooth :D

You see, Guo Yaw gave him the finger, and he started to get really mad, so...

We threw him into the blender. :D

Fine, that's an earthquake simulator. You press the buttons, and watch the red stuff shake.

COOL HUH?

Yeah, right. Everyone knows THAT'S lame, and THIS is cool:

A park bench, fake grass and a street lamp. Seriously? -.-

Yeah well that's just what they WANT you to think. But ACTUALLY, it's the REAL earthquake simulator.

And in this video, Wei Jian and Kwan Seng will show you how you can experience an earthquake, right here in KL!

Still don't quite get how to work that thing? Yeah well we don't either... ._.

LOOKS LIKE PUBIC HAIR OR NOT.

We created this mastahpiece using a pendulum and a pen! A penpendulum?...

Next, we stumbled upon this air cannon. You're supposed to aim it at a printed target hanging around somewhere...

BUT WE HAD BETTER IDEAS.

Yeah. AIR CANNON BABEH.

Praise for 'Mariah Carey Fail':

"The tragic news, moments before Ong Su Ping was hit by a truck." - Wei Jian

"She wanted to die glamorously." - Wei Jian

Wei Jian plotting the end of the universe.

When questioned, he pointed fingers at us.

Now we're wanted felons. :(

WANTED

Maaaajor sunburn.

I don't know what this is called, motion sensor?

On the screen, projections of all this coloured sand keeps raining down, and we can block them with our shadows!

Pretty cool huh?

Helicopter simulator?

Wei Jian: "Where the f*** are they taking us?!"

THEY TOOK US HERE.

One heck of a weird place, this is.

Nails defy gravity.

And at a touch of Wei Jian's hand,

THE POOR GUY TURNED TO STONE. D:

Time was running out. We were desperate to get out of that place.

Wei Jian and Kwan Seng raced against time to build a car to bust us out!

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Wei Jian's car.

KWAN SENG'S CAR WOOHOOO

Sorry Jian.

But Petrosains wouldn't let Kwan Seng keep it, so...

Here we are on THE DARK RIDE again. :(

I have to say, Petrosains was pretty damn fun. :P Too bad we had to rush through the last 5 stations or so 'cause we had to catch a movie. (But it's okay, 'cause Date Night was AWESOME! :D)

Oh well, there's always next time, right guys?

Next time, we have to play the MIND CONTROL thing! >:D