Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Carnaval Court

Came across this super awesome bar while watching E! Channel.

Carnaval Court in Vegas. 

The bartenders can actually flip bottles, perform stunts and entertain. 
How cool is that!!! 
They make it look so easy but really...how many years of practice does it take to hold up a 4-tier pyramid made up of bottles, glasses and randoms?

Now...I really want to visit Vegas. Woooohhh...

Anyway, it's books, books and books all the way for me from now till 25th June.

Wheeee...

Also...Happy Belated Birthday to Sarah who celebrated her 21st yesterday.
I love you darling! MWAH!
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Sunday, May 25, 2008

"Friends"

"Friends" who are judgmental might as well don't call themselves your friends.

I "hear" it when you talk even if I'm not there. It doesn't take that long before it comes back to me like a boomerang. Thank you very much.

You ought to learn to be more caring instead of judging and bad-mouthing. You never know when you get a "friend" like yourself. Like people always say, "What goes around, comes around".

Get lost I don't need you!
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Saturday, May 24, 2008

I can't think of a title but I don't wanna leave this space blank

I am starting to believe that I have reached half my life-span at 20. 
In other words, I might only live till 40. 
Shit...better not curse myself.
 I wouldn't want my children to be motherless, but then again, life's fated.

Lately, I get super tired easily. 
It's like, I only have to stay out for a few hours at night, and then come home feeling restless and head off to bed. 
Then the next morning, I feel lethargic and the vicious cycle repeats.

The past two nights have gotten much worse. 
Before anything else, I must stress that my tolerance towards alcohol is extremely low. 
Daddy has been training me since I was a teen, and yet, nothing's ever worked. 
I can't do alcohol. I CAN'T DO ALCOHOL!
Two glasses of wine and I'm down. 
One shot of whisky is all it takes for me to get high. LOL. 
Beer? That's my ultimate weakness. One bottle, and the girl nearest to me gets harassed. Shhhhh...

Thursday night was Cher Chi's surprise birthday party, organised by Valerie. 
We all drank and drank and I think I've never drank so much before. 
First, there was wine, then champagne, then beer. I 3D-ed (drink, drunk, die) by the end of the night. 
Reached home, removed my makeup, changed into my pajamas, and slept! No, I did not even brush my teeth.
Betul betul GG. Thank goodness for friends like Rainbow, Leen and the latest, my brother Eddie (that's another story to tell) who made sure I got home safely. Haha!

Last night was Elaine's surprise party, organised by Calvin Chor Yeow aka Calbert. 
By the end of the two bottles of beer, I'd managed to embarrass myself in front of 20 or so others. 
How typical of me. 

Tonight will be Sarah's party and the theme is "Nerds go out to play". 
Haha...there's a $50 reward for the best dressed nerd and I am gonna win that! 
Hahaha...I'm just going as myself, the typical nerd. 
I look the part already even without trying. So, I deserve to win don't you think? 

Oh well...I needa start getting my priorities in order. 
Finals are coming up in three weeks and that's not that faraway. 
I'm scared...So yesterday, I managed to reward myself with a Nintendo DS. 
In a sense, it is sort of a "guilty pleasure" treatment to make sure I do well and deserve my gift. 
Quite pleased with the colour that I chose. "Pearl White" to match my Macbook. LOL...

Also, since Gossip Girl is over for the season, I had to hunt down another series to keep myself entertained and found "Cashmere Mafia", thanks to Smalls' review on her blog. Ooooh go read her blog. It's one of my favourite reads! 

The show is rather interesting but I've only watched the pilot episode so far. 
Lucy Liu looks darn hot in it. 
Got me thinking, what is one thing that Desperate Housewives, Sex In The City and Cashmere Mafia have in common? 
They all have four main characters! 
I guess it's because having just two main characters cannot give enough oomph. 
Three's a crowd, so nahh...
Four could be the perfect combination.

My sweet sweet boyfriend surprised me today with a book which I so wanted to get. 
"This Charming Man" by Marian Keyes. 
He actually put it in my toilet (there's one toilet for him in the house, and one for my own use - I can't share - weird habit), and yes, I have to read when I'm in the toilet. Did that gross you out???
And I was so surprised when I saw it I literally lost the urge to do my business and ran over to him and gave him the biggest hug ever! 
You see, the smallest things can make me soooooo happy! 
I've been meaning to get the book for some time now, but never had the heart to splurge $20 (RM 60) on a new release. 
Stingy stingy, yes I am. 
I'd rather buy them back in Malaysia *cough* so that I won't have to use my own money.

That's all for now. Rather boring but it kept me busy for a good 20 minutes typing this.
I'm finding excuses to not study and so far, I've been successful at doing that!

Lala...bye bye for now peeps!
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Thursday, May 22, 2008

These are the moments

This post is dedicated to YOU:

You're one person that's so true to yourself, and one that never forgets your own roots. You're honest and you voice your opinions right from your heart although sometimes you make yourself sound quite "dumb". I know you're one person I can trust but please, don't take this as a big compliment. You're much more than that. Woohoo! I'm kissing your ass so much!

I enjoy being around you, just because you can say the dumbest things, and yet make them sound so funny. You make me laugh my ass off every time you pull off your innocent "sweet" face. You've got such a genuine personality and you're so down-to-earth that you wouldn't believe me when I say you actually look better than your "goddess". I'm serious!

It's funny how I got to know you back in high school, at Lee Tutorial. I used to admire you from afar, thinking how lovely you were and how beautiful you looked. Sorry, I'm no bi, but you're really THAT beautiful that I think I might turn bi for you. Unfortunately for me, you're taken by Mr. Vanilla who's equally as gorgeous as you are. *cough cough* Sorry, I'm just doing this because it's your BIRTHDAY! Kiddinggggg...

Happy 21st Birthday Miss Elaine Teoh Ee Ling! 

You're everything that I look for in a friend and more! I love you long time! Don't come crying to me when you read this. Is this like the first time that you realise that I'm such a good friend???


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Monday, May 19, 2008

My super happy weekend!

Things I've learnt to bake so far:
1) Brownies
2) Chocolate chip cookies
3) Double chocolate chip cookies (my trademark, sorry!)
4) Tiramisu
5) Cupcakes

And latest to the list? SCONES woohoo! Picked it up today and I dunno if I can say whether the effort passed or failed 'cos my friends and the bf are simply damn layan. But I'd honestly say that it's only mediocre la. There's still room for improvement. Like how it could fluff slightly more and maybe hmmm...have some filling inside? I tried it with the filling and it failed. Stupid jam leaked out and burnt. Stupid stupid no brainer!

Anyway, at least Yenshan, Rainbow, Eddie and Leen enjoyed it. I hope! =)

This weekend has been a total bliss.
I made it a point to enjoy it to the max and not allow myself to touch any uni work at all.
It's sort of like the "last supper" for me before I embark on my next three weeks of full-on studying.
Also sort of a ploy by my mind to make the heart feel guilty and thus, become more productive. Or is it a ploy by my heart to make the mind want to study? Alright, forget it.

And so, the weekend rocked my socks no doubt!
Watched 'Made of Honour' on Friday and I loved it. Trust me, I'm a sucker for lovey-dovey dramas which have the same predictable storyline, very predictable ending and very good-looking cast. Nothing would make me pass up movies like these.

What made me feel really good today was the walk home from church.
I think my feet took at least 20,000 steps? Or more? Or less? I didn't count, but what is 3km equivalent to?
If you're wondering why we walked when we already had our Sunday tram ticket.
Well.
Funnily enough, Metlink did not realise that Planetshakers caters to 1,500 people per service and at least 30% out of that total actually take public transport, myself included.
And so, outside church at 5pm, the first tram arrived.
And that very tram, is the old-school two-generations-ago tram which only has one compartment and can only fit say, fifty people max!
And the tram driver, obviously intimidated by the crowd of at least a hundred people (who were greedily waiting for the doors to open and then rush in on a first-come-first-serve basis to fit inside the already packed tram) decided NOT to open the doors.
Ok, so why in the world did he not open the door? That still plagues me.
Not wanting to stand in the cold 10degrees evening, and partly thinking os spending some quality time together, we decided to walk the walk home! How unbelievable of me to take up a challenge like that. Wait...it was ME who suggested it!

But ah, don't people always say that everything happens for a reason? =)

The bf and I took a slow walk home, discovered many places we never thought existed, even an authentic Korean restaurant hidden-away behind all the tall buildings.
And it seriously did remind me of Korea. The mini garden with the tall gates at the side of the restaurant, the faded illustrations of the menu, the dim lightings of the insides. Awww...I'd definitely have eaten there tonight if we didn't already have a dinner date with Yenshan's sister, Yenjun and Darren. But no regrets there 'cos dinner was awesome! =)
For those who are interested, if I remember correctly, the place is called Han Geuk Guan, somewhere near Latrobe/Spring Streets.

This weekend made us so much closer than we've ever been for a long long time.
It's probably the only time where we spent so much time together, talking like we used to do a long time ago.
Every hour was spent together, every minute in each other's presence.
I'm so glad that we're still together after so long.
So much has happened over the past two years and two months, yet we're still holding on.
Things may have come in the way, but isn't that something which happens to everyone?
I'm so proud of you, of who you are to me, and of who you're slowly becoming, because I know you're the one I want to spend the rest of my life with!

Thank you for loving me baby.
Thank you for being the glue that's holding this relationship together.
Thank you for sometimes upsetting me, but later making up for it in every way possible.
Thank you for your annoying, disgusting habits which sometimes amuse me.
Thank you for always appreciating my cooking and baking.
Thank you for making me laugh everyday.
Thank you for comforting me everytime I cry.
Thank you for respecting me.
Thank you for caring.

I LOVE YOU MY SWEETHEART! <3

Ok, I'm not usually this lovey-dovey. Must be all that love-story-plus-drama movies acting up on me. Bleh.

Alright then, that's all from me today! Nerd-mode turns on tomorrow and lasts all the way until 25th June.

30th June - Melbourne to KL. I am soooooo excited!!! =D

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Thursday, May 15, 2008

My bf, the retard

That 8MB bf of mine...

Sometimes I wonder if someone out there paid him to cut my life short.

Since I was busy with assignment today (which btw, I have not started on yet and it's already 11pm), I made him cook dinner.
And since steamed fish was on the menu today, we needed ginger.
No ginger at home.
So I asked him to get some ginger from Safeway.
My mistake was...I said:
"Get a small ginger".
By small, I meant small but not puny puny the size of two 20 cents coins and costing only $0.16. Yes, sixteen cents wtf.
When I saw that pathetic little piece of ginger, I tell you, my blood pressure shot up to the sky. 
Cannot la...how to train this bf of mine you tell me???

Goodness gracious.

In cantonese, I'd say, "Ngo zhan hai pei lei kek sei laaaa".

Oooohh btw, cantonese is soooo my in thing now. Especially when spoken in the HK slang. Hahaha...my friends find it irritating though. ROFLMAO!
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

The even and the odd

Fast-forward a week and a day, and here we are now. 

A week and a day ago, it was the bf's 21st birthday. Not wanting to allow him to feel old, outdated and "obsolete" as he usually is (I quote everyone else: 8MB), we all decided to get him an Ipod touch. Something to remind him of his youth and also, at the same time, upgrading his internal RAM from 8MB to 8GB. 

Why do we call him 8MB, you may ask. That's actually started by our dear Elaine who called him 256MB and gradually, we all demoted him to 8MB. 

Well, if you know him, you would agree with everyone else that he's kinda slow. 
Not slow literally, but slow in the sense that you can tell him your whole life's story and 30 seconds later he'll be like, "what were you saying again? I got lost".  
Or you could be asking him a question and he'll stare at you blankly, then 10 seconds later ask you to repeat the question. 
Or another scenario was when we were in Torquay and all of us were making plans for the next day. 20 minutes through the discussion, he asked everyone to be quiet and then "vote". Thing is, we've already all decided what to do and goodness! That boy's so blur and slow!
Poor ol' me.

Anyway, on his birthday, he took me to Vlado's on Bridge Road. That place serves the best steak ever! I swear! It only serves one specific menu, which has four courses. You only get to choose the kinda steak (porterhouse, ox eye fillet, rump) that you want and the dessert. Other than that, everything's pretty much fixed. I love the steak there! It melts in your mouth and I'm not exaggerating! I'd go there every week if it didn't cost $80 bucks per person. That's like my whole week's meal in one. Bleh. But yeah, you should all check that place out. And thank you Eddie for the brilliant suggestion!

Lately I've been baking so much that it's not even funny.
When I'm upset, I bake.
When I'm in a good mood, I bake.
When I'm free, I bake.
Even when I'm busy, I bake.
OMG...but I enjoy it so so much I can't refrain! I especially enjoy feeding my closest friends! Thing is, they're all blaming me for making them fat. Hahaha!

The boyfriend's random comment today while checking his own muscles out O_o
While admiring his leg muscles:
"Bee, if I were a chicken wing, I'd be so tasty! Look at all the muscles, confirm very chewy!"
ZOMG.
And his comment of me?
"You know, if it were you, they wouldn't have to season you at all. You have all the sugar and salt in your body already"
Yes, that 8MB bf of mine. He's complaining that I consume too much chips and chocs! How dare he!

Anyway...I have an assignment due tomorrow (the last one woohoo!) and I have not started yet. So...I'm off for now! So long, my friend!
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Monday, May 05, 2008

Living loving loud

Life is tough. One just has to deal with it.

When love gets too comfortable, it gets boring. One just has to deal with it. Occasionally spice it up a little perhaps?

Shit happens. One just has to deal with it.

And for now, I shall just slap on a smile and face the world, and live as though everything's gonna be good in 2008.

Happy times everyone. 

I thought it would be a good year. It's supposed to be a good year. No, it can't be that bad. I'd just have to keep believing.

Anyway, exam timetable is out. For once, I'm finishing later than everyone else that I know.

12 June - Corporate Finance
19 June - Investments
24 June - Advertising and Promotions
25 June - Product and Brand Management

Bleh. I shouldn't complain. At least there's more time to concentrate on my Finance subjects. Praise God.

Lots of love peeps!

Btw, it's the bf's birthday tomorrow. It's gonna be a good day. Yes, it will be good. It has to be good! I don't care!

Who would ever have thought that baking could be so therapeutic. Spent last night baking till 2a.m. after receiving pretty upsetting news. All I can do now is pray and have faith. 

I love the world. The world HAS to love me back.
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Friday, May 02, 2008

Days like these

Some days I wake up feeling so joyful, I even make the effort to recall my dreams. Other days, I feel like total crap! All I wanna do is sleep the day away and not have to wake up at all.

Today was one of those days.

I planned to wake up at 8.15 to go to the market and then rush off for my 10 am class after that. And since I'm down with a terrible case of flu and cough, it took triple the effort to even open my eyes. Upon realising that it was raining heavily outside, I dozed off again. Damn bleh. I hate the weather. It's 10 degrees at noon and that's so unfair! We didn't even see it coming! Just last week, it was still rather warm. How can the weather do this to me, especially now that I'm sick.

And just a few seconds ago, I had a sneezing fit. Brrrr...

It feels exceptionally cold here. Thanks to the stupid glass windows. 

I don't like!

Anyway, days like these, I just feel like crap and I can go on ranting and ranting about how terrible I'm feeling. I don't know what I want. There are things in my past I'd like to forget. People who used to matter most have now an insignificant role but why can't I just forget them totally? I want to get on with life but yet they come back to haunt me. I want to let go, but it seems impossible. What is wrong with this world? Why can't it be happy for me? Forgetting seems like a feat only possible in my dreams. Forgiving is easier said than done. Letting go would just take that extra effort. 

Well well, gotta work on it I guess?

But anyhow, I've caught the baking bug. Just searched online for dozens of recipes for brownies and cookies. Ah can't wait till I finally get to bake them. Just made tiramisu yesterday, and garlic bread today. Haha...it'd be brownies tomorrow perhaps? The fact that my friends appreciate them just makes it all worth it =)

My friends have been commenting that I have a major case of OCD. I know it's really bad 'cos I can't take it when my house is messy, dirty or wet. And I can spot spelling/grammar errors almost instantly. Like how most people always spell "tomorrow" with double Ms as "tommorrow". Or how they can't differentiate the use of "advise" and "advice" or "practice" vs "practise". Also when they don't know when to use "has", "have" or "had". It just gets to me! I know it shouldn't but it does! And it's nobody's fault but my own.

One can totally tell how crappy I'm feeling just by reading this post. Please do not be offended and emo silently with me! I'm not even directing it at anyone!

One more thing, I love it when my friends are honest with me. Sometimes, I make mistakes without even realising them. I'd rather they confront me about the problem than keep them at heart and misunderstand me forever.

The boyfriend's birthday is coming up and I am so excited bout it! Wheeee...

Update on the stupid apartment glass: The lousy agent promised to get back to me but he didn't. Bet he was just lying when he said the glass will be fixed asap. He prolly lied to get himself out of trouble in fear that we'd complain to the owner of the apartment. Tmr, we're gonna go down to the office and screw him kau-kau. I've been way too patient and I can't take it anymore. Bumped into him in the lift today and he acted as though he didn't know me. Wth. Some inefficient people just want to runaway as far as they can. Thing is, I was nice enough to not mention the agent in my post yesterday, but today, that just did it for me. I may be trying to be a better person now, but that doesn't mean I'll let them bully me. Haha...see who gets the last laugh tmr. Fire your bum bum upside down!
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