Picture May

#1 Amazinggggg pork ribs @ S.Wine, Publika

#2 The dawg got a haircut :3

#3 Happily relieved that this baking request turned out fine!

#4 I have this urge to hug the person who gave me this ♥

#5 Dinner with a long-lost friend Jun Yuen, who was also the owner of the camera for all my pretty prom pictures :') LONG-LOST! On a random note, this is my very first picture of myself being braces-free :D

#6 My favourite picture out of all that people took in Perhentian. It looked like I was trying to escape the wrath of some sort of sea creature(?) HAHA!

#7 Food fest at my place :D

Movie(s) in May

I did enjoy watching The Avengers, believe me. I just didn't really get the reason for all that hype surrounding the show. It was nice, but not THAAAAAT nice.

Review: 6/10

On the other hand, this movie starring Johnny Depp surpassed my mediocre expectations. Besides an ending that was abit too weird for my liking, what's not to like of his eccentric behavior and old English humour?

Review: 7/10

A spontaneous movie after a dinner party, so the bunch of us were close to dozing off in the cinema from all the cheesy wedges and satay! I just took it as a zone-out session and laughed every time Agent K gave Will Smith 'the look'.

Review: 6/10

Perhentian Island

As expected, I came back from Perhentian a few shades darker than what I originally was. My love for sands, seas and sun doesn't really make it a big deal, but of course, I anticipated an earful from Mamee Monster about how I should have used 2 bottles of sunblock instead of half. -___-"

Island holidays always makes me a happy person, and to go on a trip with close to 40 of your other classmates spells nothing but fun and definitely a whole lot of noise. I'm pretty sure we created quite a ruckus, especially during the last night of our stay. Heh.

The long walk we had to take from our room.

The place we stayed at was not too bad, despite the fact that we needed to take (very) long walks to get from one place to another. There were different beaches located on different sides of the island, so everyday, we'd take a ten-minute hike to get to the one we all thought was bigger and prettier.

You'd be disappointed if you were hoping for some photos of the people I went with; I felt less inspired to take my camera around with me this time. We'll see my other friends took some nice ones that I can steal. :)

Quote #60

"Religion is used as an excuse for a lot of wrong things in this world."

- Shauna 

Getaway

I'll be disappearing for a few days to a place where sands and sun are in much abundance; my last attempt for a holiday before moving on to my long adventure.

Going along with me will be a troop of dental students, so fear not; there will be much fun and emergency dental treatment readily available, if need be.

The next time you bump into me, you'd probably see a burnt cheese instead.

China; Beijing 2010

When Air Asia launched its new route to Beijing, it reminded me that my family and I traveled there two(!!!) years ago, and the only pictures I openly shared on the web are that of me teaching them being monkeys with my cheeky cousins, much to our parents' exasperation.

This trip happened so long ago, but yet I decided to open up my archives again to show you some pictures that I personally liked, and to show the beauty that China has to offer, despite all the negativity that describes its people.

We went in late November 2010 during their early winter, and the weather was very pleasant, with temperatures of about 4-7 degrees in daylight. It was considered relatively warm by everyone's standards, because it was -4 when we arrived at Tian Jin and Chengde, which I might/might not talk about in future posts. :)

Our trip was part of a small tour group, so the minute we assembled at the arrival hall, we just bobbed about with our pretty tour guide to our first landmark - The Olympic Stadium.

I remembered being bitter about how this family just ran into my shot of the Bird's Nest. -___-"

This whole area was considered a newer part of Beijing; built especially to accommodate the upcoming Olympics.

Later on in the evening, after mouthfuls of Peking duck and a trishaw ride, we visited this huge temple that was meant to commemorate the God of Harvest. Even when almost all the trees in the courtyards were bare in winter, olden Chinese architecture in itself, is a sight to behold.

All of these pictures are only from the first day, and if none of those pictures had captivated you yet, you guys must really have (very) high expectations.

Chocolate & Banana Trifle

Inspiration like this one came from a friend who made strawberry trifle for us last week, and I thought I'd try the chocolate version instead!

The mechanics of this dessert is pretty simple; the only baking involved is just cooking the custard. Other than that depends on what you'd like to add in as your layers.

From bottoms up, this glass jar had chocolate swiss roll, blueberry filling, custard, banana, melted chocolate, whipping cream and chocolate chips.

On This Wesak...

Not only did I receive blessings on this auspicious day of celebration, I also had someone give me a very hard knock on the head, literally.

Rather than lashing out a negative reaction, I mulled over the occasion that called for it and realized that  it was exactly what I deserved.

It was about time someone took matters into their own hands, heh.

Seriousness aside, below is a picture of me taking over the job of the putumayam man for awhile. As odd as it may sound, I think I have potential. :)

Now You Don't

Guess who's mouth is finally metal-free? :)

38 Minutes

38 minutes before my Gisele (Macbook) gets drained of all battery life, and it is only during times like this one where I HAD to have a spout of verbal diarrhea desperation.

And yet, I have absolutely no theme, to topic, no clue to what exactly I'd like to write here.

Hence, let this 38 minutes be a chance for me to say the first thing that comes to mind.

This afternoon was one of them rare days where my bed exuded this amazingly irresistible attractive power, that I couldn't help but take a two hour nap, which in turn explains why I am fidgety at 1.30am tonight.

So, what do I do when sleep evades me?

I change my blog layout. 

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I am on the lookout for breakfast buddies who are spontaneous enough when it comes to hunting and trying out new food. The problem isn't really about finding spontaneous people; it's about finding people who actually can wake up for breakfast, sigh.

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It saddens me to look at the current state of my face, with the sudden acne eruption throughout the past two weeks. I was quite lucky to have never experienced any major breakouts, but this one... This one is terrible.

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Sometimes, sticking to a dumb phone instead of a smart one sounds like a better idea.

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There's this kink on my left shoulder blade that has worsened over the past few days. Will probably visit the nearby chiropractic centre to fix it; I feel this mild throbbing sense of pain, even when sitting down.

And I can never seem to figure out how I get injuries like these in the first place. 

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Helped out by giving some travel suggestions for my friend's upcoming trip to Bangkok.

No prize for guessing where I'd so wanna go to at this very instant. :(

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I made a list(s) of things I want to achieve before leaving; people to meet, food to consume, places to go, errands to run, stuff to pack and ship over, movies to watch blablablabla.

But, the fact remains that I do not have enough time for everything.

And I don't want to have to choose.

Okay, 2 minutes left of battery life.

I need to click Publish.