That Girl Cynthia

bye bye blogger

2009-06-01T22:49:00.005+08:00

It's been a great year-and-a-half with Blogger, and 2-and-a-half prior with Xanga.

Here's to moving somewhere more permanent.

www.thatgirlcynthia.com

I've imported all my posts from Blogger to the new site, so Blogger's pretty much redundant from here on out. So change your links, please and thank you!

Despite a dot com suggesting that I may become more commercialized, quite the opposite actually. I’m making sure it’s still personally me in there. Clean slate and all.

Smitten.

2009-05-18T01:07:00.006+08:00

My love,
There's only you in my life
The only thing that's right
My first love,
You're every breath that I take
You're every step I make

And I
I want to share
All my love with you
No one else will do

And your eyes
They tell me how much you care

And no one can deny
This love I have inside
And I'll give it all to you
My love
My love, my love
My endless love

:+:+:

woaaah T__T jiwangggg sial T__T

Spent the entire day with Rhys with this song stuck in my head,
and I kept bursting out into song in front of him, "MY LOVEEEE~"
(because i damn not shy with him anymore, hehehehe)
But luckily he damn layan me "~THERE'S ONLY YOOOU IN MY LIFEEEE"

All damn day, out of the blue. "I WANT TOO SHAREE~ ALL MAI LOVEEE~ WITHHH YOUUU"
And he joins in and we serenade to each other in a super tak glamour, voice salah pitching way, of course.

I think we've found our song :)

x

(and I also think we can be one of those really annoying sappy couples sometimes. Hee )

:+:+:

Told you, I've been Youtubing and downloading American Idol 8 songs like nobody's business
(only my favourite top 3, but mainly Danny Gokey la hurhurhurhur)

Which led me to really start appreciating the oldies ballads genre. A genre I honestly never quite liked before.

But because of Gokey's amazing rendition, I looked for the originals:

Endless Love, by Lionel Richie + Diana Ross' version (1981)
also by Luther Vandross + Mariah Carey's version (1994)
and You Are So Beautiful, by Joe Cocker (1975)

But somehow I still like Gokey's version better than the originals. And oh his live ones, not the studio recording!
I find his vocals are better, and you can hear his some tragic emotion in it T___T not difficult to figure out he was singing for his wife that died recently.

Also because of him, I find myself tuning into Light&Easy more often than Hitz or Fly these days. Hahahahaha omg right

And is it just me, or were all the artists back in the 70's and 80's like, competing to sing the most epic jiwang love ballad or what?

Currently listening to: Danny Gokey - Endless Love (Live)

cries

2009-05-16T23:06:00.001+08:00

I'm not supposed to be blogging tonight, got a lot of work to do but......

OH MAI GODDD.

WHO FOLLOWS AMERICAN IDOL current season 8?

DANNY GOKEY GOT VOTED OFF TONIGHT.
DANNY GOKEY GOT VOTED OFF TONIGHT.
DANNY GOKEY GOT VOTED OFF TONIGHT. !!!

OMG I HAVE LOST THE WILL TO LIVE.

*curls into a ball of emo*

:+:+:

*edit*

Sigh. Didn't have the mood to say much last night 'cause I was emo
went to wallow in my sorrows by Youtubing Gokey's songs last night, wuwuwu T.T

But I feel (abit) better now so I'll fill you in on my thoughts on the AI finalists for a bit.

Adam Lambert is, well, phenomenal. Theatrical. Entertaining :) It's a little insane. His high-note screaming freaks me out sometimes. But anyway, you gotta be living under a rock if you don't know his name already.

Kris Allen, the dark horse. Even I didn't think very much of him at the beginning, but towards the end his music style reminded me a lot of Jason Mraz, which is always good in my books :) doesn't hurt that he's cute too, quiet and humble. Makes my sister swoon all the time.

But I've really been rooting for Danny Gokey since the beginning. His voice is so amazing! So soulful and touching, with his sexy raspy voice. Gives me goosebumps almost all the time. Most memorable performance was when he sang "Endless Love" and of course, this week's "You Are So Beautiful". *CRIES*
AND HIS SMILE. HELLOO. His warm, kind smile. SIGHHH. My turn to swoon.

Kris Allen, Adam Lambet, Danny Gokey

I absolutely love all the 3 finalists this season (now 2, OH NOOO)
Didn't matter who would've gotten voted out I still would've been upset.

But I really figured I'd see my personal 2 favourites (and consistent front-runners) in the finals: Adam and Gokey.

Adam Lambert is a shoo-in la, so, haihh boring to talk about him already.

So you can imagine my SHEER AGONY when Ryan Seacrest announced Kris into the top 2 finalists

I jumped up from the couch, screaming "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

while my sister jumped too, screaming "YEAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY!!!!!!"

The two of us hooligans ran round and round the living room screaming our respective war-cries, til we both fell back on the couch and mellowed to Gokey's final performance of "You Are So Beautiful". *nooooooo*

Sigh. My god, being a fangirl is exhausting.

:+:+:

Seacrest announced that more than 88 million votes were received, with only 1 million votes separating the the top 2, Adam and Kris.

Hmm. Who else is thinking next week's final showdown may be closer than we thought?

But for now, let me wallow.

Currently listening to: Danny Gokey - You Are So Beautiful (Live)

Food Quirks.

2009-05-07T00:20:00.000+08:00

Yet another ~~damn weird~~ quite endearing quirk about me...

I prefer cheapo instant coffee compared to the real stuff. (and im not talking about the price)

When it comes to cappuccino's, espresso's, affogato's, whachumacallit's and etc's - I have to be reallyyy careful. 'Cause most of them are too strong for me, giving me a crazy buzz and/or a headache. Meh.

In my kitchen: Nescafe regular, Aik Cheong regular, Aik Cheong Kopi-O, Carrefour regular (wtf), Milo, tea, etc.

Damnn, is my entire family hooked onto caffeine or what -_- and we like variety.

Nescafe 3-in-1 is my favourite :)
Yellow Aik Cheong occasionally because it's fun to drink with its milky yummy goodness, but lousy and cannot wake me up.
Kopi-O is my parents', I've never tried because there's no milk or creamer in it :(
Carrefour brand also my parents', I've never tried because..... dude. come on.
But my parents have been trying to convert me from Nescafe to Carrefour because it's stronger. (and perhaps cheaper.)

While now I refer to it as my morning fix, my coffeelove,
I still find it amazing that just a few years ago, I used to effing HATE coffee.
Couldn't stand the horrible bitter taste, or even the smell. ugh.
Heck, even mocha cake! I can't believe I missed out on Tiramisu's for over 18 years!!!

:+:+:

Quite endearing food quirk #2,

It's funny how I can't eat normal food like bread or milk,

But I sure love eating snails.

Best disgusting-looking food ever.

And you wanna know something else that's disgusting? This entire post was inspired and drafted in my head when I got home from dinner tonight and I let out a mini burp, and I could smell/taste/sense/eww-haha the cheesy garlic-covered escargot all over again *shy heee*

.....oh, and yea I'm quite fond of that guy in the picture too :) Mmmn. yummy.

Currently listening to: Death Cab For Cutie - Cath...

Shopaholic Squeal!

2009-05-04T22:26:00.002+08:00

Last Thursday was the very first day of the Zara/Pull&Bear/Massimo Dutti warehouse sale, and SisterDebbie and I had been contemplating on going :)
I mean HELLOOO, LIEK, it's Zara and Pull&Bear !!! *shopaholic squeal*
Waaayy on top of my favourite-shops-list, yo.
And usually these types of warehouse sales are located at random faraway places i don't know how to drive to and can't be bothered to look at the map for, but this one's like, right smack at Cineleisure Damansara, The Curve! zomg fated la how to miss!!

But I stopped squealing to myself when I thought of the EPIC mad crowd that are usually attracted to these types of warehouse sales. Argh. I don't like crowds.

And then, on Thursday itself, one of my customers of An Old Flame texted me some horrifying news.

1pm: "I'm paying right now. I came at 10am when the doors opened at 11, and everyone was practically pushing their way in. At one point, people were shouting and getting angry! There's too many people. Good bargains though :)"

Arghhh! -_- my worst nightmare. More than crowds, I certainly don't like angry pushy bargain-hungry mobs.

And that was when I told Debbie sorry but we're staying home today.

And that was when Debbie gave me the OH-COME-ONNN-look-of-shocked-disappointment and I gave her the OMG-YOU'RE-RIGHT-LET'S-GOOO-look-of-repented-determination.

OMG HELLO WAREHOUSE SALE.

We arrived at 4pm and passed by a friend, Ernest. Who said to me, "....just arrived? Why you come so late! Go look at the queue, I think you'll be in there at 6 only."

argh why is everyone trying to dampen our spirits! *spirits dampened*

But we marched right up to the area - laughed at our misery when we saw the ridiculous line (TWO ridiculous long lines btw) - and queued up right at the start T___T

Saw Gerald at the front of the line and he told us he waited about 45 minutes to get there. Phewh. Now that doesn't sound sooo bad..... (actually it does la, but compared to 2 hours, we're definitely counting our blessings)

Thankfully we only ended up waiting in line for about 40 minutes, which actually felt much shorter to me but that's probably 'cause I had my sister to entertain me silly :)
And there was no angry mob out front la, we were all a very chilled evening crowd, hehe.

Muka meh.

Everyone waiting to see the light.
(EH this shot was taken when we were quite up front of the line, and does not do justice to the actual craziness that is the length of the queue -_-)

When we finally got in, the scene was crazy.
Bundles and bundles of clothes everywhere; in giant piles for you to dig through (with other bargain-hungry shoppers), on the racks for you to sift through quickly, and even scattered on the floor for you to ignore and step on.

And the moment I turned around, Debbie was gone. Washed away by the sea of people no doubt -_- so I took a deep breath, and got to work.

My first 20 minutes in there I was really diligent, and I found some pretty cute stuff :)
but after 20 minutes - I started to remember how much I really didn't like crowds plus the heat and all the dust la.

I looked for the queue to pay for my purchases, SUPER annoying confusing long zig-zaggy queue going right through a crowded busy shopping lane, and the worker was so rude when I asked for help, hmph -_-
And then, at the last minute, I saw this awesome psychedelic bluish purplish pink fabric on the floor and i picked it up curiously and WAHEY! It's a gorgeous dress that fell off the racks!
Was abit dirty on the edges from being stepped on, oh nooo, but nothing a wash couldn't help with :)
And omg what a bargain, super worth it and puts all the other clothes I found to shame. Wow.
So it made me day worthwhile, and i was no longer angry at that incompetent worker dude, hahaha

Will post a picture of my awesome psychedelic bluish purplish pink dress soon! Yes, I wore it like a few nights later, hahahahah ish, i is many happies to find it

Because dah lama tak post up daily dresses/style shots :)

Currently listening to: Kate Havnevik - Unlike Me (Acapella)

Dreams and Whimsicalities.

2009-04-27T18:25:00.000+08:00

And so it occurred to me,

You see, I woke up this morning, groggy and frustrated as I burrowed my head deeper into my pillow. As if the harder I burrowed, the faster I'd drift back to sleep -_-
I wanted to fall back to sleep so badly, not so much because I was sleepy or it was still too early, (in fact it was pretty late, already 10am-ish. No class today yay!) but because I really wanted to get back to that dream.

It wasn't a special dream or anything. Can't remember what it was, something about a shopping mall and I lived in it. I was watching TV in a shop that didn't look anything like my living room, and I walked over to the kitchen, ie. the next shop where the refrigerator was. Dunno. But it made sense at the time.

It was one of those random meaningless dreams, the kind that makes you go "huh??" when you wake up and analyze it but still interesting dreams nonetheless!
Dreams I haven't had in a very long time.

In fact, my recent nights have been pretty dream-less. Which I've heard somewhere that scientifically means that I've been getting a good night's sleep, you get no dreams when you're in a deep slumber and all. So, yay me, I guess!

But actually boo, 'cause I kinda miss them
Miss having totally weird dreams like taking a ship to school. Or getting totally fat on the day before my highschool prom. Or going to prison and chatted merrily with my next-cell neighbour Dennis, and the only thing I worried about was how to tell my parents that my court trial was gonna clash with my Mid Term Exams.

All real dreams, btw.

Some of you may have known that I used to keep a journal called "My book of dreams", waaay back when. Wrote a little about it in the old dusty xanga blog *blows cobwebs away*

(Goodness. Going through my old blog, by the way, it feels alot like going through your old high school yearbook photos, where you had funny hair, bad complexion, braces and the works! I'm cringing yet amused by the way I used to blog last time, I write so differently now! But then again, I may say the same thing in another 4 years time about my current blog, hmm.)

:+:+:

Speaking of dreams and whimsicalities, :)

Was at the Nike NSW Summerdelic Fashion Show @ Mid Valley the other day, and was quite impressed! Everything was so upbeat and colourful and whimsical from start to end. Ending with all the models and personalities dancing onstage, of course :) Some playfully tried to pole dance (or rather, dance near the pole) hahaha, good try :p

All friends on the red carpet

Gingerfish told me about this wickid Nike ad campaign coming out in New Man magazine May issue. These are the previews, lined up along the red carpet. Look out for it!

with Miss Ally :)
My sheer polkadot top straight out of An Old Flame, and I adore Ally's white dress!

Jon Lai, Yee Sim, Yee San

Emcees Ean & Rudy of Hitz.fm

Arabyrd

Cheerleaders!

Serena C

Everybody around me was oogling at this one :p

Daaance dance!

with Cindy

with the Average Joe

Me with Saltydogg and his fried chickin', hur hur hur ;)

Currently listening to: Girl in a Coma - Their Cell

Fill in the blanks...

2009-04-23T14:38:00.002+08:00

I will ignore the death stares and jump straight to the blogging part ok.

wha? who? who broke her own record and did not blog for a week and a half? *innocent toothy grin*

But it was nice to have a few subtle hints and prompts (before they turned to death glares) from people to Hello woman, update your blog pls?

And one night at Mcds with the DJ boys and one of them (VI boy, who shall not be named to save him from embarrassment ) piped out, "Hey Cyn, update your blog la damn zhat boring in work i got nothing to read anymore."

WTF eh hello didn't know you read my blog, apalah ini kawan tapi silent reader jugak -_-

"and btw just now i was inside buying food, i saw a couple of friends and they asked me 'Hey, is that ThatGirlCynthia sitting with you?' hahahahah"

Cue all teasing remarks and woohoos thrown at me from around the table -_- *blush wtf*

But I swear, things like these will never get less-overwhelming.

:+:+:

MelbourneSarah and UK-Mingshen both sent me long wordy bestfriendy emails a couple of weeks ago, and we've been emailing again ever since :)
Though we do keep in touch through random SMSes and Facebook from time to time, we realize that's not quite a comprehensive update on each other's lives that we deserve!
(though I suspect that the timing of these emails might have something to do with this post I had written a few weeks ago, hmm )

Long talks of facing the corporate world soon, difficult job applications in other countries, potential travelling plans, being homesick, life, love, and everything in between.

And I finally shared a whole bunch of things that's been on my mind for months now, and I confess that while I've always shared my thoughts in my blog, this is one issue hovering in my mind like a dark cloud that I have yet to share with my public audience. Well, not yet, at least.

And one thing about these girls that I'll always miss?

We're really a bunch of jiwang-fied girly squealy HEE HEE girls it's abit crazy!

Everytime i talk to them it's like a profession of our love for one another,
always starting or ending the email with OMG I'VE MISSED YOUUU - YOU HAVE NOO IDEAAA - despite the distance you've always been my best friend - i miss our long coffee sessions it makes me so homesick - *insert continuous sappy iloveu iloveu iloveu's*

And quoting what Sarah said? (no pun intended)

"........I'm just sitting here on a Friday evening pretending I'm out having coffee with you, hahaha that's why this email sounds so conversation-like yea? I hope this makes us feel closer since we're 300000000 miles away!"

:p

:+:+:

Lastly to add to this intentional not-quite-comprehensive update of my life,
I've been reading again and MY GOODNESS i forgot how reading can be such a guilty pleasure! Especially when you're doing a course that pretty much requires you to spend all of your free time reading and memorizing the IAS standards, instead of indulging in fictional stories of vampires. Oops, did i give it away yet.

Will update more soon! And will try not to break my own record again.

Currently listening to: Katie Herzig - Forevermore (damn kiut song :p)

Nothing and everything is Possimpible.

2009-04-13T11:28:00.000+08:00

So all final year ACCA students think about their CV's, and their resume's well before they graduate. (well if you aren't, YOU SHOULD BE.)

And while I'll be looking into mine pretty soon, I can't help but think about Barney Stinson's video resume, on How I Met Your Mother so. effing. LOL.

I remember watching that episode with my sister and we lollollollol-rewind- lollollol some more :p

awes awes awes awes awes awes awes awes awes awesome!

Sailed On.

2009-04-10T02:19:00.000+08:00

Wrote this a couple of weeks ago when I was particularly upset about something. Finally decided to pull it out of my Drafts.

:+:+:

Do you ever think about the friendships you've lost in your life?

Those people you've loved and lost in the past.
Ships that sailed in and out of your life, but have left their significant marks.
Everything around reminds you so fondly of them. Their names ring so bittersweet.

But while you ache to relive those moments again, you also know that they're over.
And rather than forcing it, you settle with acceptance; and watch those sailed ships quietly fade into nothing but memories left behind.

If there is one life lesson I have yet to learn, I think, it is to stop caring about people too much.
This applies to people who don't deserve it; and the ones who do, but they'll only leave in the end.
And therefore breaking my heart, whether they know it or not.

:+:+:

But once the dust has settled (and maybe a few tears shed), I suppose all there's left is acceptance.

I wonder though, if you think of me? As much as I think of you.
And how I've missed the good old days when we were inseparable. :)
Was it time that drew us apart. Or distance. Or simply our circumstances.
Was it my fault. Was it yours. Or do I simply blame life.

I hope you know, that just because I don't call anymore,
doesn't mean I don't miss you, and think about you all the time.

Currently listening to: Landon Pigg - Sailed On

PAINball.

2009-04-08T14:17:00.004+08:00

So there are talks of possibly going for another round of paintball soon,
but while my adventurous side screams "LET'S GO AGAIN!"
my chicken shit side remembers the searing pain those seemingly harmless tiny pellets of SHEER HELL can cause.

It was my first time at paintball, about a month ago at Subang.

And to be honest, at first I was really excited at the idea of rolling around in the dirt with a giant rifle in hand, shooting all the boys down. Rawr ;) *superhero Rambo pose*

Despite all I've heard about the injuries and casualties in paintball (who would've thought those tiny pellets of food colouring and vegetable oil could do so much damage?), I was still more hyped up than anything :)

First timers Luxanne and I were excited (and a bit worried at the same time), so we really geared up and prepared ourselves from head to toe!

We wore long sleeved shirts, baggy pants, and leggings underneath our pants
and scarves to protect our necks because I especially remember Stephen's giant purple mark with oozing yellow pus where his skin tore, on his neck. Urgh.

Guaranteed no purple oozing marks here!

G.I. Janes: Cyn, Chelle, Luxanne

Jian Wen, Julian, Freddy: definitely not first-timers.

Divided into 2 groups, we strategized!

The beginning of our first game. Us two girls (me and Chelle) srategizing too!

Game started, we hid behind our bunker the whole time, hahahahaahaahah :p

Ok, first game damn fail.
But Chelle wouldn't run out with me and we panicked when the shooting began! Evil pink pellets were flying everywhere. I tried shooting from our bunker but my aiming also quite fail -_-

The next few rounds I grew some balls (figuratively speaking) and ran around to the front bunkers. Not bad la, can pass this time :) but I guess still considered fail because I didn't hit anybody, rawr.

Break time!

Chris shot people when game was over!

SarahYip champion woman painballer :)

It wasn't til a couple more rounds later, when I received my first hit on my left thigh.

AARGH! Clutching my thigh, I remember thinking, Woahh. Intense. PAINNN. and had to chill behind my bunker for a moment to recover from that searing pain. >.< Bugger, who shot me! Who shot meeee!! I stood from my bunker and shot at whoever (opponent) I could see peeking from their bunkers. Damn kamikaze superhero-cari-maut style.

But like a minute after that, I scooched back down in fear of being shot again T_T wuwuwuwu.

Game over! and Chelle gave up halfway, aiyo :p

I ended up being shot twice, but thankfully no major skin-tearing damage. One big bruise on my thigh, and one bigger bruise on my right arm -_-

And I ended up shooting.... no one T_____T

Dammit. Nevermind, there's always a next time!

Poh checking out his damage, and Xanne-never-got-shot :p

Blueh

Erik's whopper on his head, dunno how he got it there

But all in all, it was crazy fun :)

Currently listening to: Jason Mraz - Did You Get My Message?

The E word.

2009-04-05T23:10:00.003+08:00

Throughout the course of my life,
I have been fortunate enough to meet many different types of people; from different cliques, backgrounds, age-groups, personalities, etc.
Suffice to say, we always get along pretty well. For those who remain acquaintances, or those special few who turn into great friends :)
I always thought, making enemies, or having them at all, is so unnecessary! Still true btw ;x

But then again, maybe I was also blessed to have been raised properly, and in a healthy environment where friends all loved friends, there was hardly ever any petty high school drama nonsense where I grew up. Any problems were dealt with in a proper manner, and more 'civil', at the very least.

Looking back, I suppose it was inevitable that, while my social environment grew with time, I had to cross paths with some seriously vindictive, immature, borderline psychotic people.

The kind of people whose entire lives revolve around drama-rama. LOA, much.

The kind of people whom, at the beginning, bitches about your group and then later tries to befriend you at a dance audition. Seeing that they could not catch up with the choreographer's moves at all, gave up and stood woefully at the back, we felt sorry for them and had to teach them so they'd be able to catch up. Fake and friendly all throughout, they reverted back to backstabbing-mode bitching about our group after the show. -_-
Yea I'll be damned if they thought even for a moment that we wouldn't find out.

And then, almost a year later of not crossing paths, she suddenly attacks me at a party.
No rhyme, no reason. Hm, and this is where the term 'psychotic' comes in, and insanely LOA -_-

Today, it's been months since the incident, and we happen to cross paths again.

Locked eyes for a moment, and unfortunately, for the first time in my life,

I felt that the mere sight of someone (or something) could all of a sudden disgust you so much, it makes your gagging reflexes go haywire -_-

There is a sense of ugliness that goes beyond skin-deep. It's quite tragic, really.

Today, it occurred to me that, while my principals have not changed, and I still think making enemies as often as changing your underwear is completely stupid,
having enemies is a very different thing.

Because now, I realize, there really *are* people in this world who do not deserve your friendship. They do not deserve your kindness, compassion, time or effort even.

And I will even try not to pity these people anymore.

So. Enemies? :) I can live with that.
Nobody likes having them, but it's part and parcel of growing up.

I want to remember how we were, in those days of gold.

2009-04-05T22:15:00.003+08:00

Met up with Chris over drinks recently, and he mentioned that he received his very first paycheck of his life that day :)

Now, this is Chris! The monkey boy I knew since wee primary school, the buffoon I literally grew up with, and even shared classes with all throughout ACCA. Now he's working for one of the Big 4 audit firms.

I remember every once in awhile he used to complain to me in class,
"Cynthiaaaaa, I feel so broke sometimes. Luxanne models and earns money, you dance and blog and earn money, what about meeeeee....."

Guess you won't be complaining about that ever again. ;)

:+:+:

Also recently found out?

One of my high school friends, and fellow beloved Funky Socks member,

will be getting married soon. :)

My goodness, we're all growing up so fast.

Currently listening to: Holidays On Ice - Here Comes Your Ride

Heineken Green Room

2009-04-01T16:30:00.004+08:00

7pm, I breathe a sigh of frustration and relief, as the lecturer announced that class is finally over.

.....gawdd, i really need that beer -_-

Rushed on over to Orange Dance Club after class, and snagged us some tables.
There was a flurry of other early birds filling up the place too.

When we arrived, a wave of nostalgia hit me as I saw the place. I quickly turned to Mahani.

"Does this place bring back memories or what?" ;)
"Ah, the rexona no sweat dance challenge days. Haven't been here since then, 3-4 years ago?!"

:) *nostalgic sigh*

And who else noticed those white glass boxes in the skies,

that were previously the backdrop of Heineken Green Room's first event?

Nothing like some ice-cold, buckets of beer after a long day

Me & Chris!

Kelvin-strategically-wore-green ;) moi, Mahani and ChoongHong

Meng Yee, Chris, and Kelvin

Box Frenzy kicking things off

Djuma Soundsystem

Met up with good ol' Yik & Kumar

who are tempting me to an yet another island holiday rendezvous, similar to last year's Lang Tengah escapade. Hmmn ;)

Peeking inside the Green Room state of mind

and we saw many trippy things! ;x

VHS or Beta rocking it out on stage!

Sending the crowd into a frenzy

Running around with our bottles in hand :)

Left with a major beer buzz and particularly de-stressed, and our after-party supper helped sober us up ;)

Thank you Heineken for a 2nd round of super-charged party maximus! I wonder, will there be a third?

Click here for the first ;)

Backlogged.

2009-03-30T19:13:00.002+08:00

Last Saturday was one of those days that turned out randomly crazy for me,
because while you slept in that morning, possibly getting over Friday night's hangover, I was sitting in class from 9am - 7pm. Yes, on a Saturday -_-
Oh you should know me by now to know that I never joke about these things!
Closing in to the end of class, my stressed and brain-dead self looked forward to the Heineken Green Room event later at night. .....gawdd, i need that beer. -_-

Despite that, I still kept in mind that Earth Hour was tonight!
I reminded my mom to switch off all our lights at 8.30pm, had dinner, and quickly rushed to get dressed.
8.30 on the dot, my mom walked into my room, smirking. "Shouldn't you be switching off your lights too?" :)
-_- dammit.
I couldn't think of any clever comebacks, as I guiltily held up my mascara wand looking in the mirror. Touché, mother.
So I quickly dumped all my necessities into my purse, switched off my lights (and laptop, and air-cond, and fan) and stumbled down the stairs in the dark -_-
8.30 on the dot too, Kelvin's car was parked outside my house. Why is everybody suddenly so punctual on Earth-Hour Day!

Am still compiling the pictures of that night at Heineken Green Room, be patient ya ;)

Meanwhile, I get to blog a little about previous incidents and backlogged events I've been meaning to post up, because I haven't been efficient in blogging lately! (and time management) ;(

:+:+:

A few weeks back, a few bloggers were invited to The Tavern @ GAB

And while I kept in mind that I've seen that giant GAB (Guiness Anchor Berhad) factory/brewery a few times along Federal Highway, I never actually knew where the entrance was.
Plus, I almost *never* ever use the Federal Highway to get to anywhere, so I made sure I got proper directions to the factory/brewery this time!

But I got sooo lost, it wasn't funny maaan. T___T

Turns out that one of the (most crucial) roads was closed off, which made my directions completely useless T___T

I drove around and read signboards, but freaking hell, Malaysian signboards are quite useless also lor sometimes T___T

Plus the evening traffic jam T___T omaigod, thinking about it and reliving the moment all over again makes me stressed.

I called CarolNuffnang for more directions, numerous times, with numerous versions from many other people near her as well. All times also fail T___T

My last phone call to her was in my most distressed state. "Carollll, sorry if I'm super late, but if I lose my way any moreee I wanna go homeeee." T___T

And just as she was calming me down, THERE IT WAS. The entrance to GAB!
To me, it looked more like the pearly gates of heaven T___T hallelujah

Feeling particularly black&white;
with my B&W checkered leggings, B&W starry scarf, black tank top, black (giant) bag, black heels, white hairband, black & silver accessories.

I arrived (the latest -_-) and said my helloes to everyone.

Kenny soon piped out, "Haha so YOU'RE the one who got lost and kept calling Carol non-stop!"

-_- "Yesss and if I got any more lost, I would have gone home already. Argh, I so need a beer right now."

Not many people know this (well neither did I!), but there is a pub called The Tavern that resides within the GAB compound, not so much open to the public, but serves FREE freshly brewed beer for their employees! How awesome is that!

Before this, I half expected a tour inside their brewery or something. But then I found out we were called together to simply meet up, relax, and unwind after a long day, over freeflow of EXTRA COLD Heineken beer ;)

EXTRA COLD with an outer layer of ICE please.

Have to put that in big caps lettering because I was so amazed la
You see, while I do enjoy my fair share of beer, I don't quite enjoy it as much once it gets warm or room temperature. As I'm sure most people feel the same way, so beer must usually be consumes fast, before it gets warm

But we were served with this EXTRA COLD icy beer goodness that stayed icy fresh for a really long time, allowed me to really enjoy my drink long and through! Pint after pint of freeflow

I dunno, maybe I haven't been to enough bars or don't notice these things, but these taps of Heineken EXTRA COLD aren't available just *anywhere*, right? Or is it?

Please let me know if anyone comes across it! Normal beer just isn't the same anymore.....

Cindy, Audrey, and I.

Halfway, we were even challenged to see who can pour the perfect pint.

Now, you would think pouring a pint of beer would be easy, (we've all seen the bartenders do it effortlessly!) but oh nooo, it's much harder than it looks! The whole lot of us tried.

The strapping confident men went up first.

Huai Bin pouring a pint of foam, haha

KY tries, but also to no avail :)

Wah, can't be that hard, can it? I wondered to myself.
I volunteered myself to go up next, to see if a woman's touch is needed here

It was going pretty well, until at the end I sing-cued with the handle and the tap didn't turn off! beer ended up overflowing from my pint, which should warrant me an epic fail.

Cindy did the best among all of us, and no overflowing which made us girls proud :) and the boys unsatisfied by their defeat, lol.

Sorry, Tim :)

Robb's intense concentration face

Gareth's dejected face. :p

Kenny amused by his own creation :p

Was quite fun :)

"Opening an umbrella indoors is supposed to be bad luck!"

Cheers :)

Currently listening to: Coldplay - Strawberry Swing

Capt'n Cool Chef.

2009-03-27T20:32:00.001+08:00

By the way. Just 'cause you don't think someone reads your blog, doesn't mean she really doesn't. And don't think she won't notice. Plagiarism is waayy not cool.

Just sayin'.

:+:+:

Wow. :)

My phone, and Facebook notifications went psycho there. I wanna thank everyone for the birthday wishes, overseas birthday calls, and even some happy emails from readers ;)

And by the way, just curious.
How many of you actually remembered? And wasn't prompted by Facebook ;p DON'T LIE!

Hee hee. But thanks anyways, all of them much appreciated, and some special silly messages really tugged at my heartstrings :) *wipes tear*

And just because I can't reply all of your messages, doesn't mean I don't notice them alright? I do :) extra brownie points to those who wished me on time, the belated ones don't count! just kidding.

This year, I had a nice quiet birthday, as compared to the previous years. Which was exactly what I needed, I reckon.
Was having exams last weekend right before my birthday, and still swamped with work and deadlines before and after -_-" I was really about to crack under all that stress, and upon consulting with my therapist, (the best friend is not in the country at the mo, so my sister temporarily sits in while she's away), I really need a break.

:+:+:

Was just chilling at home on the morning of my birthday, when I got a distressed phone call from him.

"B, do you have a blender!"

"Urm, yes my mom have a blender, but not those mobile ones you said you were looking for a few days ago."

"No, a normal food blender is fine. The one im using is so small, it's practically the size of a cup! Do you have any idea how difficult it is to blend a big pot of soup, cup-by-cup?!"

"Hahaha. Chill la. Mine is err, bigger than a cup." *checks for blender measurements*
"It will hold 1500ml, will that do?"

"Just now i was blending one batch of soup, and the whole thing just EXPLODED ok!! My mini-blender is now f*cked up, and i have tomato soup all over the walls and floor of my kitchen, do you know how stressful that is!"

"Hahahaha! Oh no! Ok, do you want me to bring over my blender now?"

"Yes please."

The poor fella
He offered to cook me a birthday lunch :) and it tickles me to think it blew up in his face literally!

So I drove on over with my trusty blender. But by the time I arrived, he had already cleaned up the mess, and wasn't on Panic Mode anymore. (cheh. so much for panic entertainment)

Capt'n Cool.

In fact, this being the first time I've seen him work in the kitchen, I can tell he was really in his element. He worked so quickly and swiftly, no hesitation throughout the process, as if he's done this a buzillion times!

"B, have you cooked this recipe before?"

"Nope. But it's pretty simple la."

Doesn't look very simple to me..... I thought to myself quietly, as I stared blankly at the recipe book.

What's cookin'?
Pan-fried glazed pork chops as the main course :) the picture sure looked good.

And since he seemed like he had everything under control, (he didn't ask for me help with anything anyway T_T)
I thought I'd get out of his way and minded my own business. And that meant whipping out my camera apa ini useless assistant!

Pretty flowers in the kitchen :)

Watching him blend the tomato soup, for starters.
So it becomes creamy, instead of clear-watery-ish!

He dumped the blender into the sink, and I picked up the hints that I should go make myself useful T_T

Next is pan-frying the pork chops!

Hello Lola :)
That darling golden retriever, the poor thing got scared by the loud noisy blender earlier on

"Hold still, hold still!"

But Captain Cool Chef was in no-nonsense mode -_- and answered me with a brief "Cannot slow down my rhythm"

But it was really starting to smell damn good here, yumm :)

After washing-duty, I got promoted to a soup-stirrer, yay :)
To me, that also meant food-taster, hehe!

"Omg B, why a simple tomato soup tastes so good wan!" no seriously, I was really surprised, and impressed.

He took a taste, and was happy with the results too :)

Complete with garnishing and all :)
and that blurry swoosh is not a ghost, it's his hand -_- cannot take a still shot of him in the kitchen, impossible

Pork chops still sizzling in the pan, he rushed to the table and served it on a bed of fresh salad with french dressing, nyumm.

Presentation A plus plus, sial. Whee i feel so spoilt

And it tasted amazing too. Omg you haven't lived til you've been with a guy who can really cook :)

Lemon cheesecake for dessert!
That's lemon zest sprinkled on top, for that extra lemony goodness haha

If you can make a cheese-hater (me) love your cheesecake, you know it's one notch above fricking good already yummo.

Burppp.

Past few years I've been partying my birthday away. But this year was quiet and simple, and I got spoilt silly with amazing home-cooked food (which felt alot like top restaurant standard, if you asked me.)

and amazing company, of course.

Currently listening to: The Moldy Peaches - Anyone Else But You

Eavesdropping.

2009-03-25T14:27:00.002+08:00

Therapist: .....Ok that's it. You really need a break.

Me: Whaat. Nooo. Whyy.

Therapist: I listen to you also I damn stress already. You should just stop. Drop everything, pack your bags and get away for awhile. A weekend holiday! Or go to Melbourne again, or another country!

Me: I can't just drop everything. I have obligations. And they'll be waiting for me to come home, just to bite me in the ass for leaving. Argh.

Therapist: Or at the very least, just slow down. Slow down, and you can surely drop some of those burdens. Think of the one that gives you the most stress, and without it, you can do much better.

:+:+:

You know,
Growing up with my little sister, giving her the occasional big sis talks, advice, and even bullying her from time to time,
I never thought our roles would ever reverse. I'm so used to being the big sister, the independent one, taking care of myself and of others around me, I forget what it's like to have someone else take care of me for a change.

My my, how much we have grown. :)

No points for guessing who is who!

Currently listening to: Caedmon's Call - Ten Thousand Angels

Green with Envy.

2009-03-25T08:32:00.003+08:00

I've been tagged by Joyce recently to do a pretty fun-sounding tag :) Bulgari: 3 Things That Make Me Green With Envy.

*psst!* This is in conjunction with their Bulgari Green With Envy contest (fun picture dress-up contest, not this tag!) which is giving away prizes up to RM1,500 worth of Bulgari parfums, OMG.

But first thing's first, here are 3 Things That Make Me Green With Envy (That You Don't Already Know)

Number 1!
I've always envied girls who have a walk-in-closet (*cough*Singyee*cough*Eelin*cough*). Hello, it's been on my wishlist for like, everrrr now, doesn't look like it will materialize anytime soon either eh but if it's been on my wishlist, does that mean you know this already?

Number 2!
Girls who can shop with their parents' money/credit card. BEST NYER! I've been taught to use my own money to shop ever since I was 14-15 years old, and that meant saving up on pocket money and eating roti canai for weeks wtf, no la I'm kidding, I let the boys belanja me sometimes wtf

and C.!
Girls who eat like crazy and still remain so skinny! And to my knowledge, without any diet or exercise what the hell! And I am one girl who can never ever NOT eat. I love food too much to let that one go, plus my mom feeds me good food everyday, hence, i am fat T___T

Actually, that one's also on my wishlist *still praying very hard*. So I cheated twice.
Okay, to make it up to you, here's my 4th thing that makes me green with envy, although by right I'm only supposed to post 3 (I've never been good at following instructions :p)

so Number D.!
People who know what they want to do in life. Who have that definite sense of clarity, even if that choice of career isn't the most secure, most financially rewarding, or typically accepted by the worrying parents or society. Those people work towards their goals with unwavering faith, because they're passionate, and cannot imagine doing anything else. Those people, I envy. :)

:+:+:

I tag you!

- SisterDebbie
- Jiameei
- Sherve
- Estherlauderlyn
- Sheryl Raggamuffin

And honestly, anyone who wants to do this la, boy or girl. Just leave me a comment with your link so I can go on over and read it too :)

(p/s: This is my 2nd tag ever done. Ever. I got nostalgic and went to read my 1st (pictorial) tag done over a year ago, "The Fugly Tag". Omg wei what was i thinking T_T)

Currently listening to: Michelle Branch - One Of These Days

The Perfect Kiss.

2009-03-23T21:24:00.001+08:00

How do you define "the perfect kiss"?

Is the perfect kiss your very first one; when everything was new, scary and exciting at the same time?
Or do you fancy that hot-n-heavy lip lock, passionate tongue action, hands flying all over the place sort of kiss? ;)
Is "the perfect kiss" associated with "the perfect guy"? Or "the perfect time" or "place".
Does it even have to be a romantic kiss? Because a great kiss should be one that envelopes you with warmth and fuzziness :) and that includes smooches from the lovely Grandmama, or even your pet dog!

Everyone's idea of a perfect kiss is different; and personal.
In fact, *my own* idea of a perfect kiss, (or at least, a really great one) will also vary from time to time

But right now, this is mine.

The unexpected forehead kiss

While I enjoy a full-on lip lock as much as the next person,

To me, one of the best kisses are those that are unexpected.

While I'm looking elsewhere, while I'm doing my work, while watching TV or frickin' brushing my teeth over the sink. He comes on over and lightly pecks me on the forehead, strokes my hair gently before going back to whatever he was doing.
I don't say a word either, I'm still working or brushing my teeth. As if I didn't notice it.

But I do. :)

And I silently smile like a crazy person on the inside; but on the outside I just glow with warm fuzzy happiness.

:+:+:

:) that's my story.

I wonder what's yours?

If you find it hard to explain your idea of a perfect kiss with words, try a picture instead ;)
Besides, isn't a picture worth a thousand words?

Rimmel London is searching for the perfect kiss :) you could win up to RM599 worth of prizes just for puckering up!

All you have to do is submit a photo depicting your “picture perfect kiss" in your own creativity (along with proof of purchase of any Rimmel product) to myrimmellondon@gmail.com

PRIZES:

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Runners Up Prizes x 3: Rimmel London Shopping Voucher RM100 + Pixart gift voucher RM50

You can get your Rimmel London products from these participating outlets:
- Watsons: *click here* for the list
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Contest deadline: 15th April 2009 (Announcement of 5 shortlisted finalists will be posted on Rimmel London (MY)’s beauty blog)
Online Polling: 15th April - 25th April 2009 (Winners will be chosen by polling results from readers)
Result Announcement: 28th April 2009

Go on, go grab your Boyfie/mom/dad/grannies/best friend/doggie (and your camera of course!)
Pucker up and just have a blast finding your definition of a "perfect kiss" :)

Green is in again!

2009-03-20T18:41:00.001+08:00

Remember the first time Green was in? ;)

It was back in November of '08, back in Zouk, Heineken Green Room made a grand comeback with its electrifying guests Van She (AUS), Dexpistols (JAP), and our very own Lapsap!
With a line-up like that, you can bet that the party was super-charged and borderline INSANE. ;)

[photo source]

I even remember initially planning to leave early, which of course was a plan failed miserably and I chose to rock it out all the way instead. Was having way too much fun to bother about leaving early!

And maybe the long line of latecomers standing outside Zouk itching to get in, yeah maybe that contributed a little motivation to stay a longer too ;p

Van She onstage

Dexpistols with a full house

Me & Michelle

[photo source] Van She bassist on the decks. Looking a little hot and whatnot, might i add ;)

[photo source] Packed!

It was once again jam packed with party people, singing, dancing and cheering the night away, maybe even a little crowd-surfing action going on!

Even at the preview party @ Cloth & Clef! With artistic visual orgasms from Bombshelter Studios, JoyceTheFairy, and Lapsap; colliding with music and fashion.

Lapsap's art project

Now, the reason I'm being a little nostalgic right now is because Heineken Green Room is back once again! This time, for a second round of heavy duty music maximus ;)

Here's the 411:

Heineken Green Room:
Date: Saturday, March 28th, 2009
Time: 9.00pm – 2.00am
Venue: ODC (Orange Dance Club), 1 Jalan Kia Peng, 50450 KL
Tickets: By invitation only. Invites can be obtained by registering at www.heineken.com.my

This round, the DJ line-up will be:

Electro-tinged power pop VHS or Beta from the US,

Live acts from Sweden's Djuma Soundsystem,

and the energetic beat constructions of Box Frenzy (formerly B4C). Now there's some local flavour for you ;)

Expect another awesome night of party music madness, with this round's line up of super-charged electro pop, twisted electro grooves, and a heavy dose of breaks and beats.

Mark your calendars, party people, it's next week! Still plenty of time to get out of whatever plans you've made for that night. Because as seen from their first smashing success @ Zouk, this is one event you really don't wanna miss.

Remember, entry by invitation only! Better get 'em fast at www.heineken.com.my

March Babies.

2009-03-20T18:10:00.002+08:00

If there was one friend's birth-date that I will probably remember forever, it's got to be Azan's

Party because I've known that tall dark handsome bugger since wee primary school; back when he was not yet tall, geeky-not-yet-handsome, but still quite dark la. KIDDING!

And of course, because his birthday is so close to mine His on the 20th, mine on the 23rd. Many years we've celebrated our birthdays together, getting sloshed silly because we're alcoholics like that ;)

Sorry this year I couldn't celebrate with you on your big day! Bloody Progress Test 2 has never been so timely as to ruin my weekend. But you have a good one

(last year) Love yoo long time lah!

:+:+:

It's not even my birthday yet, but guess what came in the mail today! :D

Handmade giant flower + lace + feather + ribbon combo brooch hair clippy majiggy.

LOVE.

Thanks YC!

Currently listening to: Coldplay - Life in Technicolor ii

The Grungy Lolita Series.

2009-03-17T19:42:00.005+08:00

Sorry for the little hiatus. again. :)

Argh, you know how it is. This and that happened, and last minute schedule amendments somehow led to my Progress Test 2 happening this weekend. -_-

Yes, a weekend. There goes my birthday weekend plans.

:+:+:

If i really had to wrap up and summarize what describes the style of An Old Flame, this Grungy Lolita Series comes REALLY close to depicting the essence of it all ;)
Dark and mysterious edgy fashion being the bottom-line inspiration always; mixing that with the girly and feminine ;) very very Blythe.

http://an-old-flame.blogspot.com/

Love my new head piece :)

Currently listening to: Nouvelle Vague - I Melt With You

I have a problem.

2009-03-11T16:50:00.002+08:00

....and Step 1 is to admit it.

My desk:
A-day-old cup of coffee,
2 pencil boxes (1 to store serious pens, 1 to store fun highlighters and coloured markers :p)
Nokia e71 box (excitedly took out the phone when i first bought it and chucked the box aside, heh)
Starbucks 2008 year planner,
Lonely rose-wielding teddy bear in the corner,
CDs, a couple magazines, receipts, an overdue spa treatment voucher, (all not shown in picture, hiding under that heap of mess)
Antiseptic cream in the white plastic bag Papa bought for my burnt skin, (which was never used)
Casio metal box casing with a small jar of peanut butter inside, (don't ask)

Every now and then, I've mentioned how the mess in my room has reached new heights.

Dressing table:
Tissue box, combs, hair brushes, nail file, razor, (nail clippers, tweezers, and little etc's all hiding inside the floral cuppy thing), hairbands, and my new peacock feathered hairband never been used before (can't wait to use it :p)
Uhh. Big mess in the middle.
And uhh. Shitloads of hair & beauty products half of which i don't use anymore. Or never used ever.
Oh, aloe vera gel on the far right, (my saviour during my burnt time of need)
The Little Prince on the left (and The Velveteen Rabbit hiding behind it)

Doesn't matter how often I've tried to clean it up, I never seem to get done.
Furthermore, new mess always tends to appear before I get done. Yes, appear. Out of nowhere! Not my doing i tell you!! *poof*

Doesn't help that I'm easily distracted and will go do something else more fun.
ie. abandon the boring cleaning up process.

Heck, look at what I'm doing now la. -_-"

Abandoned attempt to clear out my book shelf.
Pretty IKEA box folders to hold my old ACCA books and notes galore!

"Help, Mommie, there are monsters under my bed!"

Found some textbooks hiding under my bed too. (and my self-made notes on IFRS 1 - First Time Adoption of IFRS). Must've kicked them under my bed one day in hopes that they will magically disappear.

Inside the cupboard:
Oh hello, meet my new Blythe doll (no name yet, suggestions?)
Apparently she's guarding the sacred Treasure Box (thrifted in Melbourne for AUD$3. Scoreee!) holding all my chunky bangles,
Monet box holding my bracelets and charms,
Red box on the right with my earrings,
Headbands, loose earrings and charm bracelets scattered all over the floor,
and that's the backside of a stuffed koala bear i got for Yeehou from Melbourne (faster come claim it YH, it's feeling rather neglected and threatens to run away from home.)

Inside the cupboard:
Top level: Emily Rose the Blythe Doll, mini bottle of Beefeater alcohol (freebies from the TiC launch) and more books hiding behind them.
Bottom level: Big red box of memories, (EVERYONE has a box of memories, don't lie i even know a guy who has a whole drawer-full of memories, wtf wow)
Small red box of more earrings,
Empty Malibu bottle from my 20th birthday, (there's a story behind it but im lazy so make it a story for another day again la, hehh)
"Reserved" sign Alda stole for me on my 21st birthday, haha
Teddy bear door sign that says "A kiss a day keep the meanies away" :)

As you can see, the cupboard has been transformed into a storage space more than anything else. I slid hard cardboard behind the sliding glass thingies to cover the ugly storage mess that resides within, hee hee.

Inside the cupboard:
Top level: Unused photo frames,
Bottom level: Unused files and folders, some magazines, big yellow box containing all my nail polish, removers, more nail files and buffers etc.

Was halfway clearing out my book shelf, then I got bored/gave up/got distracted/got hungry. :)

I looked around and breathed a heavy sigh, the hopeless thought that I'll probably NEVER get the tidying up done crossed my mind.
On the verge of giving up, I snapped a picture (the first picture of my desk) which was intended for Project365 or something. Then I started snapping more and more, which then turned into this post la. :) talk about getting distracted, hey.

Inside the cupboard:
Krispy Kreme paper hat Sarah brought back from Australia for me years ago,
Sammy the Samaritan, chilling after a hard day's work of doing so much good (also from the TiC Launch, and HAHA the doll dress-maker found that blog post on Sammy, hi Pearl!)
Old teen books and chic lits hiding behind, and some old notebooks filled with my doodles and scribblies from high school.

Inside the cupboard:
Unopened full set of Harry Potter books, more random boxes of junk, and some loose jewelry and big white flower brooch.

But by doing this picture-taking thing and scrutinizing all my stuff, it brings back a lot of memories :) some of which I've blogged about in the past (notice all the links everywhere), and some are personal I guess.

Nobby the Knobhead has complained her neck and shoulders are starting to ache.

Back to the dressing table:
Wrist watches, hair ties and clippies, more loose jewelry and necklaces, eyelash curlers and falsies, dried up liquid liner and mascara, and more random etcs.
And a bunch of sample products I received from various events/companies, I don't use them so I don't know what else to do but chuck them around the room mainly my dressing table -_-

God, I'm such a pig. Why do you people love this little piggy, why T_T
I asked this question to the Boyfriend, and he answered... well. Pretty well, let's just leave it at that. :) the boy's got the gift of the gag la, what can i say.

And I also ended up Googling online for solutions on how to manage and organize your SHITLOADS OF STUFF in small rooms, apartments, and small spaces.
'Cause God knows that's my problem right now. (apart from my attention-deficit disorder, of course)
Found some pretty amazing stuff :) will blog more soon!

Currently listening to: James Morrison - Love Is Hard

Still Absolutely PMS-ed.

2009-03-10T19:35:00.001+08:00

Post Mraz Syndrome, of course

:+:+:

Jason Mraz - Life is Wonderful

I personally feel his live versions of this song are MUCH better than his recorded one.

And I heart Mr. Toca! ;p big, black and beautiful, hoho.

It takes no time to fall in love
But it takes you years to know what love is
It takes some fears to make you trust
It takes those tears to make it rust
It takes the rust to have it polished

Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle

:+:+:

Here he talks about why he recorded "I'm Yours", and his thoughts behind it.
And he performs for the room "Butterfly" :) not complete though, :(

:+:+:

Jason Mraz - Butterfly (complete!)

I'm taking a moment just imagining that I'm dancing with you
I'm your pole and all you're wearing is your shoes
You got soul, you know what to do to turn me on until I write a song about youuuu

And you have your own engaging style
And you've got the knack to vivify
And you make my slacks a little tight, you may unfasten them if you like
That's if you crash and spend the night

SisterDebbie often told me she gets uncomfortable when she hears this song. Hahaha so cute :p It's so sexy.

Curl your upper lip up and let me look around
Ride your tongue along your bottom lip and bite down
And bend your back and ask those hips if I can touch
Because they're the perfect jumping off point of getting closer to your Butterfly!

:+:+:

It's settled. I've added it onto my wishlist.

My life won't be complete if I don't get to watch Jason Mraz in a private performance.

Mrazmerizing!

2009-03-09T18:09:00.002+08:00

Hee hee, just had to borrow that title off SisterDebbie 'cause it's just too witty already :p

LOVE. HIM.

Ok for some reason I can't quite understand, not many people I personally knew went for the concert this time.
Imma huge fan of Jason Mraz, so it's a no brainer that I JUST HAD TO BE THERE.
But when i asked around (quite enthusiastically too, i might add), everyone responded with very blahh replies, "not interested", "not a big fan", "no money", "err see how lah". Some didn't even know he was coming down WTF
and one friend i recently found out simply had NO EXCUSE. He's a fan of Jason Mraz, he thought of going, HE HAD FREE TICKETSSSS and yet he still didn't go. Don't know why. He himself said, "i don't know why, i have no excuse la, just didn't go." HMPH. Kena sound nicely from me too, but nevermind save that story for another day -_-

But thank god for Rhys though. :)

Believe it or not, he's an even bigger fan than i am, he practically knew all the songs that would be performed that night, in what arrangement, etc. Crazy. :)
He kept making predictions in the car, "He's gonna play Bob Marley tonight, Bob Marley i just know it!"

That's weird, he must be bending down in this picture because he's really like one full head taller than I am -_-

We stood in the rockzone, the place was packed with fellow Mraz fans, barely able to contain our excitement as we waited for him to appear on stage :p
And in that waiting period, I couldn't help but notice how EFFING RIDICULOUSLY HOT it was getting no seriously, almost to the point of barely being able to breathe in all that hot air and humidity.
I don't remember the Muse concert being this hot, and that was a full-on rock concert yo. Baah.

I tried to ignore the apparent discomfort, and when Mraz finally came out at about 8.30pm, the crowd went wiiiillddddd :D

The first song was "Make it Mine", i screamed and cheered like some deranged fangirl at the very beginning part where the music starts to ascend and ascend, right until it stops and Jason sings, "Wake up everyone" :D WOOOOOO!

I freaking wake up to this song every morning man, gah im so happy he opened with this song! :D :D :D

"and all the angels they'll be singing Ah la la la, Ah la la la, I la la la la love youuuu," :D

Omg the crowd sang this part so loudly with Jason, super super loudly and in unison it was so touching ok :) *wipes tear*

Oh and I swearrrr, if there's ever one place that will make you feel reallyyyy hopelessly short, it's gotta be smack dab in the middle of the rockzone/mosh pit of a concert

I could barely see the real Jason up on stage half the time! Kept having to go on tippy toes and craning my neck over the towering sweaty people in front of me, careful not to go too near lest I get soaked in other people's sweat, eww. Then I'd give up and just watch the big screen booo. Expensive Youtube wtf booo.

I looked around and noticed all the girls near me gave up real early too - their eyes fixated onto the big screen permanently hahaha.

The 3 saxophonists were wearing our Malaysian football jerseys ok, damn cute right! :D

I'm an expert when it comes to his latest album "We sing, we dance, we steal things".
But I must admit, I don't know *all* his songs from his older albums "Waiting for my rocket to come", and of course "Mr. A-Z".
And I discovered a song which I didn't previously know, he performed it so beautifully at the concert and now i REALLY REALLY LOVE. "Life is Wonderful" :) The melody, and especially the lyrics are so amazing.

It's a well known fact that he's amazing to watch live. If you thought his recorded stuff was good, wait til you see him perform live!
He does a lot of different versions of his songs, like acoustics and stuff. Cleverly merging his songs with other famous hits, like Wonderwall by Oasis :) oh and of course, Bob Marley ;p

Jason playing around with the crowd after "I'm Yours" :)
and of course that transition into Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds" sent Rhys into a frenzy hahaha :p

All the cameras coming out, must be during "I'm Yours"!

One of my most memorable moments,

He was playing around with the audience again and taught us some simple dance moves (highfives and low-fives, lol) to go with the chorus of "Dynamo of Volition", making us all laugh, giggle, cheer, and follow suit :p *high-five low-five*

But not everyone followed, and he teased us,

"What, does it not go with your styleee?
Does it not go with what you're wearingg?
Does it not suit your imageee?"

"Don't let your mind, stop you from having a good time."

And the crowd just went wiiiiilllldddddddddddd including me :p SIGH why is he so witty and so awesome WHY.

Doesn't matter that later I found out (through my Youtube researching skills) that he uses the same few lines in a lot of his concerts, nope it doesn't change the fact that he exudes sheer awesomeness *AWESOME*

Snippet of "Dynamo of Volition"
*high-five high-five* :p

And see, shorty has to look at the big screen half the time, nyeh T_T

PACKED!

By the time he got to the last song "Butterfly",
I was singing and dancing like crazies, like there's no tomorrow, wooo! I also noticed that I was moving a lot more than the other people around me, maybe they didn't know this song wow what a damn shame man, but I DIDN'T CARE, ROAR ROAR ROAR, "Butterfly" has always been one of my most favourite songs by him EVAAARRR
It's a super sexy song, with the sexiest lyrics, gawddd why is Jason such a lyrical genius. My favourite song shared with Rhys too. :)

Omg words can't begin to describe how much I enjoyed myself that night :)
Minus the heat wave and sweaty discomforts, and a little bit of height issues, Jason Mraz' concert was truly memorable.
The lyrical genius, scat king, born to perform, and everything in between. LOVE. HIM.

Before I die I must watch him perform again la. Preferably in a smaller audience too :)

:+:+:

We walked around the stalls outside the Stadium looking for Mraz memorabilia's, and we each got this :)
Snagged the very last 2 white T-shirts too, how lucky
Only problem is, it's a ruddy size L -_-"

Currently listening to: Jason Mraz - Butterfly

Lapsap presents Off The Rocker (Shinichi Osawa + Masatoshi Uemura)

2009-03-08T20:31:00.001+08:00

Firstly, some of you may have noticed that my sidebar profile has somewhat turned into a temporary Twitter (simple status updates) medium, because at times like those I couldn't even manage one proper blog post -_-

But I must say. THANK THE LORD FOR THIS LONG WEEKEND!!!

It's a Sunday and by right, tonight I'd have to start planning for my day tomorrow, whether it's class or work or both or whatever the hell im doing, -_-
But nope! On this glorious Sunday I'm chilling and thanking God for the especially timely public holiday tomorrow, oh yesss ;) and ok la catching up with some stuff, deal with more stuff, rest maybe, and oh yea, blog
I feel like I'm somehow magically granted an 8th day to a hectic week, ya know?

I'm currently doing a hundred things at a time: gulping it all down in one intense shot, digesting, and dealing with the hangover. Well, figuratively.

So please bear with me.

:+:+:

Met up with Gerald for some dimmy sum and coffee the other day, and we're both still a little buzzed from that darned party.

Lapsap presents Off The Rocker (Shinichi Osawa + Masatoshi Uemura)

What a great party to come back to, after my long Barsonic hiatus! And by long, I mean a couple of months. THAT'S LONG OK.

I miss the place and the crazy people who reside in it, hee.

Elaine & moi! :)

Lim@Bunga, & Hafiz!

We all danced and sang and screamed and danced some more, til my throat went sore, my feet hurt like a muthafucka, but it all worth it :)

And so we heard, there were still over 400+ people lining up outside the club and couldn't get in, because it was just. that. packed.

We had our section behind the DJ console which wasn't as sardine-packed as the rest of the club, but it was still intensely hot! Gave the word "sauna" a whole new meaning.
To the point that I honestly don't know if it was the alcohol that was making me high, or the intense heat and humidity that was making me dizzy erk!

Jacinta.

Rowdyyy.

Gerald took a few videos of the night, the silly boy was climbing up everywhere, monkeying around with the rest of them crazy boys :p
And I knew I was definitely gonna snag his videos (with permission of course!) and putting it on my blog. Because I've often spoken about parties like these, but I feel pictures will never quite do justice ;)

Music: Shinichi Osawa - Star Guitar

Earn, Mr. Manager, and Blink crowd-surfing here :p
Oh and don't mind the screams of some crazy backstage girls in the first 30 seconds of the video yea :p hee.

Music: MGMT - Kids (Soulwax Remix); Blur - Song 2

Blink, Xu, Masa, Shinichi, basically everyone crowd-surfing like there's no tomorrow wtf. Rockstars hey!!

Reckon the 2 japanese rockstars will come back to Malaysia again? ;p

Check out Shinichi Osawa's post on his website *click!*

Happy sweaty faces :) Mr Manager, Blink, Masa, Shinichi, Xu, Gerald, Earn!

And all of them made a stage dive/deck dive/crowd surf attempt tonight, whether it was their very first jump, or their 1236698943579th. I don't think it'd be their last :)

Currently listening to: Shinichi Osawa - Star Guitar

Hypp.Hypp. Hooray!

2009-03-06T21:05:00.000+08:00

Was invited for the relaunch of Hypp.TV online video content, at LaundryBar last Saturday.
And a bunch of us were to come dressed as "celebrities" for the affair. :)

See if you can spot who our alter ego's were that day :p

Being a major fan of television myself, im finding it more and more difficult to find time to watch TV anymore (the traditional way, at least). So i get DVDs, and download my favourite TV series online, to watch it in my own free time.

So i was thrilled to hear about Hypp.TV, Malaysia’s first broadband television

www.hypp.tv/

With over 30 channels to choose from, viewers are spoilt rotten with more than plenty broadband TV options :p
Channel News Asia, Al-Jazeera English, CCTV4 and Bloomberg TV for news buffs,
sports channels such as the Barclays Premier League match highlights and 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers,
Fashion TV and RED TV for the lovely ladies, of course ;)

Also, *inhales*

Exclusive first-in-Malaysia content such as Luxe TV, Wedding TV, and Warner Bros’ Sorority Forever, popular Korean and Chinese series, Bollywood musical entertainment, and even WOW TV for Hollywood’s latest gossips,
And last but not least, Video-On-Demand, and other interactive services like e-shopping, product show-rooms, government services, etc.

*exhales*
Phewh. now that was quite a mouthful.

Streamyx subscribers can sign up at a flat rate of just RM9.90 per month. For all those 30 channels and more, you do the math ;)

There are also some free channels too, so viewers can get first hand experience of what they're subscribing for! Channel News Asia, Local Scene and Aniworkz, featuring videos produced by Malaysia’s top creative students. Support support! ;p

Log onto Hypp.TV and follow these easy steps:

Simple :)

Back to a few sights at the launch,
It was nice and quaint, complete with a press conference, short presentation, and a few words from the good people of TM. Good food, and a gathering of the pseudo-celebrities, of course :x

Presentation demo of the Hypp.TV website

Cynthia Hepburn (tee hee :p), and Joyce@Sinéad O'Connor

And I'd tell people I came as an insomniac Audrey Hepburn because it was a crazy week and I was seriously sleep-deprived by that day -_- thank god for make up then.

Met Lim@Bunga there too. Which reminds me i haven't been TAGging in too long. A month and a half is too long in our books, lol.

with Huaibin Jack Sparrow, and RingoABBA :)

Hottie Catwoman on the right!

NicholasNuffnang, Joyce and I.
Eh i took off my black silk gloves while eating here because my cutlery kept slipping off -_- sigh i don't understand how Audrey Hepburn did it

For more information on Hypp.TV, head on over to their website :)

Autopilot mode again.

2009-03-01T15:54:00.007+08:00

Oh my God.

A few minutes ago, in a dazed and completely autopilot mode,
I walked downstairs, emptied my usual packet of Nescafe 3-in-1 into my coffee mug, and walked back upstairs to my room.
Only later noticed I had forgotten to pour water into my mug -_- HAHAHAH

I burst out laughing at myself as I sheepishly walked back downstairs :p Told my sister the story as I passed her on my way to the kitchen, and she gave me the "sometimes-che,-i-cant-believe-im-related-to-you" look -_- a look I'm not too unfamiliar with, I'm afraid.

Woke up feeling not particularly refreshed; but exhaustion carried forward to today
Hence the not-thinking, autopilot mode, I suppose. Either that or I'm subconsciously still afraid of hot water, hm.

This week has been absolutely crazy for me. And the weekend was crazier!

Almost didn't make it for the weekend parties because I'm turning into an old lady wtf, long weekdays wanna put me in bed all weekend somehow managed to drag my tired butt out of the house but from there on out, I'm so glad I did.

Last night's party with Shinichi Osawa & Masatoshi, and Lapsap @ Barsonic was especially crazyyy, gawdd my mind is still buzzing from the craziness that was last night.

I intend to blog about this another day, because I wanna get my backlogged posts out of the way first, plus there's a video involved and Youtube's being a little bitchy today, so.
But I'll leave you with one descriptive little picture.

Crazyy.

:+:+:

Oh btw, has anyone noticed how failed my attempt of Project365 went? No right? GOOD, hahahaah *shame*
That's because it ended as quickly as it started, lol. I don't know what was I thinking, taking on this project made me feel obligated to update my blog as often as required like that. Thinking I have that kind of discipline -_-
Well I did insert a disclaimer there, stating that I was merely *experimenting* with the idea. I still think it's a good idea, and I did give it a fair shot! Took random pictures of life through my eyes, I just can't do it everyday, it started to feel like an obligation more than a fun project.

But I will probably continue the essence of the project, random not-so-daily pictures and what not :)

So here's a few loose pictures I've gathered from here there everywhere.

Project365: Day 5's picture, in a private post.

My 2 favourite rockstars, Kevin and Alda.

Kevin's back from Melbourne! Temporarily :(
and it was Alda's birthday last week, and the boy got a ruddy promotion as his birthday present!!
Now I still owe him a present, but really, HOW DO I TOP THAT?!!

Michelle, Mahani, and moi

Celebrated Alda + Mahani's birthday @ Wabisabi, TTDI Plaza last week.
Haven't seen Mich since what, high school?! And Mahani looking gorgeous in her birthday dress and a new hair cut ;)

Oh, and I got myself a brand new mannequin! :) which immediately turned into a hat rack / bags rack, as you can see -_-

But I've always wanted a mannequin for my room!
For deco purposes, 'cause I think they're real purdyy These ones with knobs for a head are pretty, not those human-head mannequins, those are damn scary.

And some of you might see a name coming......

Yes, i call her Nobby (the knob-head hahahaha ;p)

Because Manny the Mannequin is just plain stupid. Nobby the Knob-head is witty and too cool for school, ergo, not stupid at all.

Currently listening to: Coldplay - Life in Technicolor ii

Gimme summathat BBC, yo.

2009-02-25T16:03:00.006+08:00

Didn't mean to leave my blog on such a (temporarily) emo note for too long, but as it happens, all of a damn sudden my schedule became psycho packed again -_-"
and i forsee myself neglecting the blog for awhile, or at least inconsistent updates as usual la, you're used to it already right
Sigh, just when I thought my schedule was gonna lighten up for a bit. -_-

Been playing around with Google Calendar, which helps keep me organized

See the pink boxes here there everywhere? ......or scratch that, see that red line in the yellow column? That's the current time, which is the only break I'm getting from all the damned pink boxes of things-to-do and places-to-be T__T argh where did all the pink boxes come from anyway, I wanna do nothing but rest and snuggles in his houseee, roar.

Btw I met his Aunt Vicky and Unclesomeone the other day, they came down from England and in the short period of which we met, they were so sweet! Passing out hugs and kisses and smiles and rainbows and teddy bears, ngaaaww only trouble was, similar to the first time I met Cousin Kam (from Wales), I swear I couldn't understand a word they said.
Their accent was so thick! I had to concentrate HARD while listening to them speak, but in the end it got easier as I got used to it. But I know I'd easily lose them again if my concentration falters, aiyo wei.

Goddammit. You would think I'd be a damn pro by now, after all that useless TV i've been watching, with british accents everywhere and I swore I thought I could mimick british accents pretty well too! In a more comical way la but still right! Err. Blimey! Watching the bloody telley hasn't been payin' off, aye? Reckon I should've spent the time snogging my Boyfriend who's a total hottie and whatnot yea.

:+:+:

Pip pip cheerio! -_-

Currently listening to: Rilo Kiley - Breakin' Up

Oh yeah.

2009-02-25T15:20:00.002+08:00

If you're not already on the mailing list and you'd like to be notified immediately of any updates of An Old Flame, just let us know. Pop us an email, leave a comment, shout it out loud or send us a smoke signal :)

Because I've decided I won't be advertising An Old Flame's updates here in my personal blog anymore, or if I do, it'll be really inconsistent or in a quick-mention easily-missed small font p/s kind of thing.

Like this.

p/s: An Old Flame is updated. :)

You spun a web for me.

2009-02-22T14:14:00.005+08:00

So I wrote a pretty personal post, complete with a dash of honesty and full-on crypticism (ah you should know my writing style by now la right), and also Day 5's picture for Project365.

Am rather happy with the post, it's so.... honest. And vulnerable.
But after pondering between the "PUBLISH POST" and "SAVE TO DRAFTS" button, i finally settled on the latter.
I'm getting more and more aware of the number of people reading my blog, as well as who. It's a little overwhelming, and I suddenly feel too vulnerable. :s
I'd consider posting it in my other blog of more personal posts too, but i lost my password temporarily WTF -_- epic phail.

This week has been pretty intense on me emotionally, and I'm not even talking about ACCA results that came out earlier this week, or my unfortunate incident with boiling water later on.

But it's funny how intense physical pain doesn't make me cry, but the emotional ones do.

(Btw thanks for all the notes of concern; both online and offline. My burnt skin is okay now! Redness gone, raw sensitive feeling gone, no burn marks or scars :) but im taking a phobic break from my usual jugging acts of hot water now, just in case)

I'm getting weary from lugging around all this pent up emotion I'm too proud or shy to share with anyone, even with my own friends.

And it doesn't help that I am blessed/cursed with the ability to stick a smile on my face and have a good time with everyone, even right after going through a painful ordeal.

Currently listening to: Coldplay - Trouble

On Being Accident-Prone.

2009-02-21T11:22:00.000+08:00

Day 3: 18.02.09

I'm currently re-watching the Gilmore Girls series all over again one of my favourite TV series of all time, sigh!
I've completed watching all 7 seasons before, and even now when I'm starting from Season 1 all over again, it's good to know that it hasn't lost its charm.
I don't know what it is exactly, but everytime I watch it I feel so..... happy.
Like, breathe-a-long-happy-sigh-grinning-from-ear-to-ear kind of happy, as the credits roll at the end.

Maybe it's the mixture of the best friend mother-daughter relationship between Lorelai and Rory, the quick-thinking fast-talking funny comebacks and literary references that is this show's entire dialogue, the Stars Hollow small town charm with its many quirky characters, the cute cute boys that floats in and out of the girls' lives

Currently at Season 2 now, and so far there was a very young (and cute) Chad Michael Murray (of One Tree Hill), young Jared Padalecki (of Supernatural), young HOT Milo Ventimiglia (!!!) (Peter Petrelli of Heroes),
and i distinctly remember Adam Brody (Seth Cohen of The O.C.) coming in later in the series, and finally of course Logan

Jess (Milo Ventimiglia) and Logan being my 2 favourite boys dating Rory Gilmore, sorry la long time boyfriend Dean (Jared Padalecki) ok ok only heh.

*happy sigh, happy grin*

:+:+:+:

Day 4: 19.02.09

On a more serious note.

I had hot boiling water spilled all over my body on Thursday.

If I had to recall the gory details of that night, I distinctly remember my horrible piercing scream in pain echoing off the staircase walls. I stood there in complete shock for a few seconds, boiling water flowed down my body and trickled onto my legs. I fought back the tears welling up in my eyes from the excruciating burning pain.

Then my instincts (finally) kicked in, and I rushed into the shower took off all my clothes and stood there under cold running water to sooth the burnt skin. I sniffed hard at the tears so I wouldn't cry, crying isn't going to help. I objectively thought of how to deal with this. Aloe vera gel soon came to mind.

I stepped out of the shower 15 minutes later, toweled off and gently slathered aloe vera gel all over the burnt areas, while Googling on my laptop on How to deal with boiling water spilled onto body. The results seemed similar to what I have done.

Immediately, there was a knock on my bedroom door. My dad came in and inspected the damage. After a short conversation of what happened, he left and drove out to find a night pharmacy.

SisterDebbie then peeked in,

"Che, are you okay?"
"Not really, it still burns. But I'll be fine I hope."
"I Googled up on What to do when boiling water is spilled onto your body. Jump in the shower, and apply cold cream later!"
"Hahaha aww. Yes I did that, but I used aloe vera gel instead. Hope it works."

"Wah your scream sent the whole house into a frenzy, che. I quickly went and Google, Papa just drove out to find a pharmacy open at night, and Mummy is cleaning up the spilled boiling water."

Haha. Yeah. I am known for my ability to scream bloody murder sending everyone into a blind panic.

:+:+:+:

And here are more details as to how it happened.

Simply put, I was watching Gilmore Girls in my room upstairs, and I got hungry.
Cooked myself some Maggi Mee and brought it upstairs to my room, when I tripped on the stairs and fell, spilling boiling hot Maggi Mee soup all over my body -_- champion woman i am.

You would think that after years and years of carrying food upstairs to the computer table, or to my room, I would've mastered the art of carrying bowls of food while walking at a decent pace; sometimes even multiple bowls/plates at a time, with a small bowl of chopped chillies/condiments, and a cup of water dangling from my index finger.

Either that or I was set on autopilot already la. -_-

Debbie said to me, "Hahaha why you and your boyfriend so accident-prone wan."
-_- "Dunno. Birds of a feather flock together, I guess."

(p/s: The good news is, my skin was much redder half an hour before this picture was taken. Hurray for self-sufficiency, and of course, lots and lots of aloe vera gel)

Currently listening to: Soko - Shitty Day

Garnier Pure results!

2009-02-19T07:06:00.001+08:00

It's been a few weeks since I've started using Garnier PURE skincare products now, as mentioned earlier. *click!*

Time for a little update :)

Before: Hiding my dull-looking skin behind the products T_T

Been using the Garnier PureA Anti-Inperfection Scrub Wash, which is supposed to help regulate sebum and tighten pores. That's where the tiny scrubby beads come into play of course, while scrubbing off the dead skin cells.
This light scrub wash can be used everyday, which scrubs and cleanses my skin thoroughly Therefore, killing two birds with one stone!
Perfect for me too, since I'm always lazy to follow a separate facial scrub regime, which by right should be done once or twice a week. I keep forgetting and end up scrubbing only once a month, bleargh.

Scrub a dub dub dub

After cleansing, then comes the Garnier Pure Self-Heating Sauna Mask (with cucumber extract!), which really DOES self-heat, which I wasn't quite expecting to be honest! feels all nice and tingly.

The instructions said to leave the mask on for only 3 minutes, which is so great because usually other masks have to be left on for 20-30 minutes. Which then I'd go lie down on my bed and wait for the time pass, most of the time I'd fall asleep, and some times waking up with my face in my pillow. Cue gunky mess on my pillow and all over myself. Very attractive.

Apply generously onto all over face la I don't need to show you this part right

SisterDebbie trying to snap my glamour shot wtf. Eh i shouldn't be laughing or smiling in a mask!!

So anyways! After 3 minutes, (or 5 minutes if you're kiasu like me other people), rinse off with warm water.
After rinsing, my face did look visibly brighter and my blackheads reduced! My pores also seemed smaller and more refined, so this has a good toning effect

Mask instructions also recommend usage only once a week, because it keeps skin purified for up to 7 whole days! Which is great because a lot of other masks have to be used every few days or so, which can be quite annoying.

Fresh!

All in all, I'd definitely recommend this Garnier PURE skincare line to everyone, especially if you're constantly on the go and don't have a lot of time to follow a strict lengthy beauty regime.
These 2 products are quick and easy, kills many birds with one stone, and most importantly, very effective.
The pesky zit is gone, blackheads reduced, face is shine-freeee my skin looks and feels noticeably refreshed after every use, and I am a happy girl :)

So there you go, a little report for you, thanks for reading :) Gotta go now! x

Oouh. Tempting.

2009-02-18T01:17:00.007+08:00

Day 2: 17.02.09

Something I never dared dream of, but silently dreamed anyway, fell right on my lap today. Something I'm not sure I'm even ready for.

Currently listening to: The Reindeer Section - Cartwheels

Experimenting with Project 365.

2009-02-17T02:52:00.020+08:00

So I found this idea off Jiameei (good on you for finally blogging again!) about Project 365, where I will be attempting to snap at least one photo per day everyday, for a whole year.
Notice my carefully chosen keywords of "experimenting" and "attempting", I don't know if I have the discipline to carry on this project every single day for 365 days?

One of the reasons why the project appeals to me is 'cause, I really do feel like I'm getting lazy at the taking pictures bit, whether it's in general or for blogging.
So this should serve as an interesting purpose for me to whip out my camera more often and photograph EVERYTHING, like some deranged tourist going on a rampage. Err, or maybe I'll just call it "hone my amateur photography skills." ho ho.

But it's not all solely for blogging purposes, also simply to remember the little but important details of my life. God knows I suffer from long-term memory loss.

I will never forget this one conversation with my best friend years ago back in high school.

MS: Oh remember Justin*? (*name changed) Yeah Justin's studying abroad now, remember how you used to have a major crush on him?
Me: ......what?
MS: Omg yes you did! Cyn, you were absolutely in love with him la, you couldn't stop talking about him to me for months and months.
Me: .............what?
MS: Omg la Cyn. Omg. Just take it from me, YOU WERE.

No seriously. Whaaat?
(fine print: Justin is a total hag btw I refuse to believe I had any form of crush on him let alone love him wtf love is blind wtf)

Total memory loss. So if Project 365 doesn't work, I am doomed.

But okay jokes aside, there was some truth to what my best friend said. When I try to think back, I really don't remember a lot of details of many important aspects of my life. Things I *want* to remember.

:+:+:+:

So here we go. The very start of *my* Project 365:

Day 1: 16.02.09

Have to start it off with a random picture of me right. :) It's in case you were wondering "where have you been stranger, cannot remember what you look like anymore gosh."

:) Actually no, I have a point to this. I've been wearing my hair up like this for the past couple of weeks. Hairbands are my thing now.

(p/s: I do realize that upon taking up this project, I'd have to update my blog fairly often from now on. God help me.)

Currently listening to: Yuna - Permission

Live Music Junkie!

2009-02-16T23:57:00.001+08:00

Okay, so.

Valentine's is now over, Chinese New Year's over, and slightly before that was the Boyfriend's birthday, some crazy line up of events, Christmas, spending time with the Melbourne peeps, more crazy line up of etc's, and lastly sprinkle some classes, exams, and An Old Flame to that whole mix up of woohoo's,

I finally forsee my schedule lightening up for a bit. :)
And with that said, I've been dying to blog/rant about this for a couple of weeks now because it's been eating me up from the inside, groar!

God knows I'm a fan of live music, both international and local acts, and HAVE YOU NOTICED THE MANY MANY AWESOME GIGS HAPPENING IN THE MONTH OF MARCH?

:+:+:+:

But firstly, in case y'all been living under a rock and haven't heard the news,

[photo source]

Bad shape boyfriend Chris Brown assaulted our dear Rihanna, who was rumoured to have given him herpes o_O and she was left injured and stranded with Chris' rented Lamborghini as he fled the scene taking the keys with him wtf.

[source]

I dunno la, sounds like some Hollywood drama-rama booshit to me but what's solid truth is the fact that the concert is definitely postponed. Keyword: postponed, not canceled!

So ticket holders, chill out and uhm, pray til further notice. But whatever it is, a replacement date will be announced in two weeks time :)

:+:+:+:

Sunburst KL 2009

Date: Saturday, 21 March
Venue: Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club
Ticket prices, Pre-Sale: RM203, Door Sale: RM253

But hmm, gotta admit, pretty pricey tickets when the only international artist performing is NERD. Hmm. Sorry la just not my cuppa tea.
And compared to last year's line up of Incubus, John Legend, etc etc etc GAAH im still kicking myself for missing out on last year's Sunburst Music Festival
Hearing sisterDebbie gush over Incubus' live performance of super awesomeness, and then later hearing Boyfriend ~~gush~~ speak enthusiastically but macho-ly about Incubus' super awesomeness had me feeling a little left out boo.

But I quite like the Asian/local line up for this year's Sunburst. Definitely wouldn't mind checking out Nidji and a few more (all for the first time),
Reza Salleh (again), and Twilight Actiongirl (againagain)

Or maybe I'll save up the money and spend it on......

:+:+:+:

JASON MRAZ! WOOO!

I'm Yoooours!

And WHOOO doesn't already know imma huge fan of Jason Mraz?
The dude needs no introduction, neither does his music! That happy-pappy-go-lucky guy, who genuinely seems like he's got not a care in the world, and expresses it well through his music - infectiously happy music! That makes me wanna sing! and dance! and steal things! HEE!
(ok if you don't get the joke then go away you are not a true J.Mraz fan -_-)

And I've only seen *a few* videos of his live performances, but is it just me or does the dude perform EVEN BETTER live, compared to his already awesome studio-recorded songs?

You could say I'm already getting bored of "I'm Yours" having been overplayed on the radio all the time, but this song performed in Korea was just...... *sigh*. I'm in my cloud of blissfull happies right now give me a moment please.

Jason Mraz Live in KL 2009

Date: Wednesday, 4th March
Time: 8pm
Venue: Stadium Negara
Ticket prices: RM258, RM208, RM168, RM138, RM88, RM68

:+:+:+:

AND THEN AND THEN AND THEN, :D

[photo source]

Holy poop. IT'S SO FATED LA.
Coldplay just *had* to decide to come visit - wait for it, wait for it - ON MY BIRTHDAY. :D
OH YEH BAYBEH, 23 MARCH IS WHEN COLDPLAY WILL BE SINGING VIVA LA VIDA SONGS TO MEE <3 (and a happy birthday song too, if i wish really really hard)
Only catch is, I gotta run over to Singapore to hear it. Hmm.

Coldplay Live in Singapore 2009

Date: Monday, 23rd March (my birthday WOO!)
Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium
Ticket prices: SGD$248, SGD$188, SGD$158, SGD$88

Damn la, them Singaporeans really got it good for them. While we Malaysians still wait with bated breath to see if Coldplay will be performing at our Sunburst Music Festival (still to be confirmed), the Singaporeans already got them for a full-on concert hoh.

Should I not hold my breath anymore, and quickly plan to attend their concert in Singapore straight? Besides. BIRTHDAY! FATED. argh. confused.

Currently listening to: Coldplay - Lovers In Japan

It Must Be...

2009-02-14T15:19:00.004+08:00

Love, love, love!

Hello happy readers, friends and family and maybe even strangers!

At the risk of sounding like an annoying mushy lovebug you'd simply love to swat, I'm just popping by very quickly to wish everybody a very Happy Valentine's Day!

(And I do mean very quickly, I'm supposed to be showering and rushing out the door heh)

I know right, I really do think I have multiple split personalities or something, some days I'm that sarcastic agro emo brooding love-is-overrated meh- girl you all know and love, (i hope)

But today, (or these few days for that matter), I'm full of happy pappy rainbows and sunshine smile til it hurts mushy corny jagung love-is-in-the-aaiiiirrr! *swat*

But best part of it all, I'm not the only one who seems to have caught the lovebug this season?
Texted a few friends wishing them Happy Valentine's Day! and most if not all of them replied back with many happy hopeful stories

So far,

someone's treating his girlfriend (or so to speak) to some wine, some place fancy with pretty lights and architecture,
someone's been dared to spread the love in the office and give his scary boss a big Valentine's hug,
someone's having dinner for two at Boyfriend's place where he's becoming chef for the night with a surprise menu,
someone err, is simply getting lucky tonight, ;) and admits he's lucky to have her.

Aww :) it's all so nice.

As for me? Well,

Me and my special someone has planned for a Valentine's weekend, instead of one day lol.
It's off to a good simple start, Friday night was spent chowing down on yummo Japanese dinner (while I chow down daintlily of course), and we popped open a bottle of wine and giggled the night away and made fun of Michael Buble songs, although I love that guy. :) both guys, for that matter.

As for the rest of our weekend, I dunno, we'll gaze into each other's eyes and do normal boyfriend-girlfriend-y stuff until we get sick of each other by Monday hahaha. I don't know, might keep you posted ;)

But essentially, may *your* day (or entire weekend!) be filled with love sweetness hugs and kisses and all things mushy and jagung from all your loved ones, friends and family :)

xoxo

Currently listening to: The Jonas Brothers - Love Bug
(ya i know riiight, im so corny now aiyo. )

Powerful Little Bugger.

2009-02-11T01:17:00.004+08:00

Shannon sent me this picture on Facebook a couple of days ago. Taken off Postsecret.

:D

Me: Omg thanks for sharing this, im so happy! :D :D :D by the waaay, what happened to the copy i gave you? -_-

Shannon: Hahaha! Now that i saw it on postsecret, im definitely gonna read it.

Me: Wth. After those countless times of me pestering you to read the best book in the world, that didn't work la? But now that you see one picture on postsecret, THAT worked la? -______-

Peh.

Whatever. No matter how naggy I am or try to be, I must accept that Postsecret is way more influential than I am.

:) but really, I'm over the moon that The Little Prince made it to Postsecret! :D :D :D whee!

Good to know my favourite children's book didn't just touch *my* heart, but someone else's out there too. Restored some of my faith too, because the only 2 people I personally ~~forced~~ persuaded nicely to read the book, both attempts failed miserably -_-

I've mentioned The Little Prince countless times on my blog too. For those of you who haven't read it yet, please do. It's rather short, less than a hundred pages, and with many many scribbly pictures.

And if I couldn't convince you to, maybe Postsecret can :)

Currently listening to: The Submarines - Brightest Hour

Let's have some fun, this beat is sick.

2009-02-08T10:35:00.000+08:00

Here's another pretty backlogged post. The night of PMS x Femmething

I've always been a fan of Sheryl & Michelle's work, now putting that together with quirky Auntie YC, you know it's gonna be pretty massive ;)

So massive that I simply could not miss out on this event. Even if it unfortunately had to coincide with a little someone special's birthday?

Shuffled some things around that made that particular week a very super hectic one.
Made it work, (sort of), but it was so crazy it made me want to cry, remember :(

Arabyrd launching the fashion show with a beat and a rhyme.

Didn't get to take a whole lotta pictures of the fash show, though. YOU try standing in front trying to beat down all the other "real" photogs and paparazzi's with their big giant cameras and big giant physiques. :(

Jacinta

(another) Michelle

Su yen

Hot-idunnoher and Aaron

Chelle, YC and a giant white finger, Sheryl, Arabyrd :)

:+:+:

After the event ended around 10-ish, we all basically ran back and forth between Phuture and Barsonic.
There was a huge turn out of friends and familiar faces to support our beloved Muffin and Stitstit, all stationed in both club rooms in Zouk. As well as the usual happy faces in Barsonic on a typical Friday night of Twilight Actiongirl :)

So it was pretty fun running around, hehe.

Or in my case, head-banging, air-punching, jumping-around-like-crazies in my 4-inch heels in Barsonic,
and then tone it down, drinky up, and take a few tipsy pictures in Phuture. Hehe.

Damn fun night.

Jäger-bombs for the pretty little ladies,

While the men drink their whisky :)

Shannon, moi, and a goofy Muffin :p

My 2 favourite monyets, Shaun & Chris :)

More monyets, hahahah

with Sarah

Singz & Luxanne!

with party queen Kanch

Yeaaaaaay

Mmmn, saltyyy

oh look, a camera, behave yourself Thia!

Siew Li, moi, Sheryl

at Singz' house with a sickness bag ready, hahahaah

Currently listening to: Lady GaGa - Love Games

U.O.X. loves Rihanna Fans.

2009-02-06T18:44:00.001+08:00

At the start of this new year 2009, there were already lots of talk about concerts and international acts coming down to Malaysia.

We music fanatics can't help ourselves but get excited this time! The good acts always seem to give Malaysia a skip, possibly 'cause of our country's strict laws against "revealing clothes" and whatnots. So much hassle.

But among the many great acts coming down to Malaysia, one of the more highly talked about ones would definitely be the sizzling hot Rihanna.

Known for her great voice, great hair, collaborations with top singers and rappers,
producing the catchiest dance tunes with every song she releases, sometimes borderline annoying too because those songs will get stuck in your head for days!

Remember that Ella, ella, eh, eh, eh.... song? yes, of course you do.
Now everyone is convinced she can sing about umbrellas and literally anything else under the sun and it'll be an instant hit ;)

Rihanna's also definitely known her sex appeal, and her never failing to deliver a good (and saucy) performance. It's no wonder she's the talk of the town now, crossing our conservative borders

We all wonder, what are her outfits gonna be like, up on our Malaysian stage?

Love this glam rock outfit!

Guess we'll find out soon enough

Rihanna Live In Kuala Lumpur 2009

Date: Friday, 13 February
Time: 8.30pm
Venue: Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil
Ticket prices: RM128, RM158, RM198, RM288, RM328

HOWEVER! Here's some fantastic news for you Rihanna fans out there.

University of X (U.O.X.) is giving you a chance to win FREE TICKETS to see her live in concert! Click *here* for the details!

Here are the simple steps:

1. To sign up with U.O.X., click here.

2. As a U.O.X. member, type 'REGFREETIX' and send to 28881

3. You will get a confirmation SMS

4.Upon receiving a confirmation via SMS, reload a minimum of RM10 for a chance to win

It's so simple

Once again, refer to the website for more details, *click!*

Good luck, all Rihanna fans :)

You can't play on broken strings.

2009-02-06T08:35:00.002+08:00

It's a beautiful quiet Friday morning.

I can finally hear my thoughts speak.

:)

Doing some serious rethinking. DND.

Currently listening to: James Morrison - Broken Strings (feat. Nelly Furtado)

Forgive me skin, for I have sinned!

2009-02-04T20:05:00.003+08:00

So I am usually complimented for my good complexion and flawless skin - in person, and also on my blog *shy*
People ask of what skincare products I use, to achieve such flawless-looking skin? *shy shy*

Yes, I blush. But I'll also politely say, keep them coming please!
To make up for the torment I went through back in high school - what can I say, puberty was harsh on my skin -_-

Heh.

So okay, I eventually grew out of it and my skin got better, and my confidence came back. Plus the occasional confidence booster from a compliment or two

But here's where I let you in on a little secret of mine.

I don't always have perfectly flawless skin! *egad!*

(Oh, and yes that's a scar on my left eyebrow. I don't remember this, but apparently I rolled down the stairs or something, when I was a kid. Heh. But ok so not the point.)

Once in awhile, stress gets the better of me, the late nights, the time of the month,
or maybe it's just your friendly neighbourhood zit popping by to say "Hello!" for no good reason

If you lead a hectic lifestyle like mine; and like most people I know who's always on the go go go, it's bound to take a toll on your skin.

*frus*

Actually, scratch that.

If you live in the city, love fried food, stay up late for work/assignments, party most nights and (heaven forbid) sometimes forget to remove your make up,
That's more than enough to say bye-bye to your healthy complexion, and hellooooo oily skin, pimples and blackheads. It's so common especially with Asian skin.

And sadly, that's an alarmingly familiar description of our daily routines - at least for most of us, right?

*upset*

Sure, you can paint your face with silly amounts of make up to conceal your imperfections if you want, but I believe great skin comes from within.

Keeping healthy, managing stress well, and of course, a good skincare regime!

Now, the quest to find the best skincare line is never that easy. Everyone has different skin types and personal favourites.
Some, like me, like to change around and experiment with different brands that gains some good reviews no harm trying if it was recommended by someone else, right?

So I was recently introduced to Garnier PURE's skincare products, which is said to be suitable for combination to oily skin, prone to acne and blackheads.

Garnier PureA Anti-Inperfection Scrub Wash, and Garnier Pure Self-Heating Sauna Mask (with cucumber extract!)

It's said to be great for controlling shine, unclogging pores, and drying out imperfections. Hmm. Definitely something I need to shoo away that pesky little bugger of a zit right there.

So, Garnier PURE is my choice of skincare line at the moment

I'll be trying out these 2 products in the weeks to come. Will keep you updated with its results!

Blast From The Past.

2009-01-31T01:26:00.008+08:00

Back from Penang!

Damn super tired. We did a lot of visiting of relatives, eating, some shopping, more eating, a little sight-seeing, and i swear we were eating *something* at least every 2 hours. Damn crazy.

And I'm so emo ok, all that of last minute packing had me forgetting to pack in my camera charger, so -_- I'm basically picture-less.
Got quite a few useless pictures of the very beginning of our 3-day holiday, ie. in the car ride up to Penang, sisterDebbie and I pulling silly faces at the camera to pass the time. See, useless.

Such a waste too, what nice pictures we'd have otherwise!

All the pretty little babies. (my new nephews and nieces?! Aunty Thiathia, gasp.)

The night bazaar on Batu Feringgi. Always lively and colourful and I bought some of those strings of colourful pretty ball-y lights, kinda reminds me of Christmas ornaments dunno if you know what I'm talking about, I'll hang it up in my room and take a picture la whee!

All the amazing food. 'Nuff said. A Penang trip is not a Penang trip without exploring their glorious food.
As for my favo Assam Laksa, i finally got to compare the 2 most famous Assam Laksa's on the island; the one on Air Hitam, and of course the Penang Road one.
Air Hitam still pwns la, unanimous decision with me and my whole family yo

The old, pretty architecture. Penang has some seriously interesting history, and you can tell by the time marks left on the walls.

And the general hustle and bustle during the Chinese New Year festivities :)
You should've seen the crowded hawker stalls and centres.
The one on Gurney Drive was damn crazy, it was so crowded there were more people than there were available tables and chairs
You had to be tough (and borderline rude) like everyone else and hover closely around the tables whose patrons were *almost* done (but not done yet!), give them subtle but knowing glances "Faster la uncle, we are hungry also", and then POUNCE onto their chairs the moment their butts leave the surface. Before anybody else does.
Crazy. But real.

And I'm damn super tired so this post will be short-ish, because I also drove almost half the journey back home to KL.

Sigh. I've come a long way since the days when I just got my driver's license, test-drove Shaun and Azan's car, flew over speed bumps laughing my head off, and scaring the bejeezus outta them poor boys.

ah, good times, good times.

:+:+:

About a year ago, I mentioned very briefly that I was on a Cintan TV commercial.

Not sure if I ended up elaborating about it like I intended to, but the problem was I never saw it!
I had friends, family, even blog readers coming to tell me, "Hey I saw you on TV!" for months when the commercial aired, but I myself never caught it.
Neither did Brian or Suchitra who appeared in the commercial too. Funny how these things can happen, eh.

Until, like, today.

A year after it released and stopped airing - only half an hour ago - I saw it up on Facebook.

Adoi. Major blast from the past.

But ah. Better late than never!

For those who have me on their Facebook can go see la. Otherwise, umm, oh well

Currently listening to: Jack Johnson - Better Together

Burppp.

2009-01-28T00:30:00.002+08:00

Sigh :) Gotta love the abundance and prosperity of the Chinese New Year.

Toodles, will be gone to Penang for a few days!

Visit relatives, giggle as they speak in Hokkien damn loudly at each other, gorge on original Penang assam laksa char koey teow, tau sar pneah, and everything else in between! Oh loveee.

Can't wait.

Wish me luck too, my brothers aren't coming along so I gotta be co-pilot to my dad and help him drive the long hours whenever he's tired. Eek!

Happy Chinese New Year, y'all

:+:+:

edit.

On a completely unrelated note.

I've been needing SisterDebbie's help with some stuff lately (I don't quite feel like saying what, and also I'm not sure if I'm allowed to say anything as of yet hm) and in return, she's been giving me the perpetual face, and face, and -_____- face, non stop all day.

"Gahahaha i can't believe this che, you totally sold out."

"EH leave me alone la i can be commercial too wtf."

"Yala you sold out! All your indie fans will cry now. I'm also crying on the inside for you. How could you man, how could you."

"Eh shaddap la! This also means I can appeal to the commercial clients side, as well as my indie meaningful angsty side, oh yes."

do i gotta do some serious soul-searching some time soon. Or should i just ignore that silly little woman, peh!

But besides all the CNY merriment and yummy food in Penang, I'm also really looking forward to spending some quality time with the little sister.
We've both been so busy with our own lives, my friends are back, her friends are back, I've had stuff to do, she's had intensive exams for the past few weeks. The house has been rather quiet without our usual nonsense and late night craziness that makes me wonder why our neighbours haven't moved far far away yet.

Goodbye y'all, I should go pack!

Currently listening to: The Perishers - My Heart

Hmm, Interesting Friday.

2009-01-26T00:02:00.002+08:00

I farking effing cheebye hate parking in KL lor. With a vengeance.

Last Friday, I parked in Pavillion KL for a measly pathetic 3 and a half hours, and the parking fee came up to a whopping RM12.

TWELVE FRIGGIN' DOLLARS. 3 HOURS PLUS ONLY.
CAN FEED A WHOLE THIRD WORLD COUNTRY OK.
Ok la maybe not, but IT WILL DEFINITELY HELP.

Ok fine I know I don't frequent the city that often, so I'm not super familiar with the parking rates. But I'm *damn* sure I parked at KLCC last time for a *much* longer time and the bill was *much* less

And I'm a PJ-suburban-girl who's used to paying RM1 in 1 Utama and The Curve, at most would be RM3 at The Curve only on weekends.

So, seriously, what the hell !
Has parking rates increased tremendously in the KL while PJ still maintains its low charges? Or was I just horribly conned???! By an autopay machine -_-

After I had just left Pavillion cursing under my breath, a friend coincidentally called up to have lunch and seeing that I was in the city, he suggested meeting up in Pavillion. Needless to say, I gave him a big fat no.

Seriously, I don't understand how you people can live your life in the city
I'll be damn broke just by paying them daily parking fees, and eventually, I will die.
If starvation does not kill me, the stresses of being conned by evil autopay machines will.

I don't understand wei. I don't understand.

:+:+:

Anyway, was in Pavillion because I was invited for another session of STAGE make up's workshop, ie. "Playzone".

Similar to the one during Maxis' Girls Day Out! Only this time it was recorded for website and PR purposes. Great fun, once again :)

Face paint brushes

Really love their brushes, very soft smooth bristles. Will definitely have to get a few of their stuff soon, especially their eye shadow blending brushes.

Didn't get to take many pictures this round though. Marina from STAGE says she'll be sending me pictures, or else you can refer to the Girls' Day Out post, was pretty similar :)

Only this time we were joined by Christine, Vivien, Jaz, and Deborah Priya Henry.

Loveliest friendly girls to meet.

:+:+:

Friday night was the Femmething x Project Muffstit event, as well as fabulous TAG after that!
Friday, I'm In Love!

Will blog about this soon enough :) but i gotta go now.

Have a wonderful and prosperous Chinese New Year, everyone :)

Currently listening to: Leona Lewis - Run

Gerald's Birthday: Party of Pure Mayhem!

2009-01-25T12:50:00.003+08:00

Baah.

Let's just say, I am so effing glad this week is finally over!
Seriously, the amount of work I had to do this week; a crazy mix of uni work, work work, deadlines to meet, errands to run almost everyday sial, and a silly secret surprise I was working on, *wink*
Busy busy busy it was so effing crazy it made me want to cry :(

Quite stress la. My silly secret surprise turned out a bit fail too -_- but what the hell la, it's the thought that counts and the Surprisee was still happy, so all's good.
Will (or might) blog about it later on :)

First up on the list of backlogged events, I have to shout out a HAPPY BIG FAT FABULOUS *belated* BIRTHDAY, MR. GERALD QUEK!!

Which we all celebrated with his close friends over yummy Japanese dinner @ Rakuzen, KL

Yummy-looking cake we didn't get to eat because we were all so effing full from all that Japanese yum yums in our tum tums, wtf

But don't think for one minute that an innocent little Jap dinner with his closest friends (which so happens to be all insane party animals I used to know ONLY in parties, hm.) was *all* we had to celebrate Gerald's birthday with damn deceivingly innocent too, even I fell for it, aiyoh.

For the following Saturday night at the U.O.X Play @ Zouk was his extended celebration night party of pure mayhem, wtf.
And I think that's all I can say about the night. The rest was an insane blur of yahoo's and woohoo's and blehh's.

So friggin' many people!

Lucky we had our little section near the DJ console, 'else we'd be sardine-packed over there.
I heard more late-comers tried to get into the club, but they wouldn't let people in anymore! :(

Ivan & I, safe and sound inside :)

Gerald and err, friends!

Me & Jacinta, mm-hmm... ;)

KevinYeoh & Su Yen!

Wooooo.... !

Hadi's the man, huh :)

Love my new golden-brown booties-shoesies that make my feet ache

Me & Karjin

Johan, Karjin, Gerald ;p

Jacinta & Su Yen

me loves her grungy mitten thingies :)

Ivan & Ge :p

Su Yen & moi

Spotted Mr. Jules of Streething fabulous party pictures!
Whose glasses looks abit terpesong here :)

ShannonSaltydogg made it much later too. Harro! *hic*

And *I THINK* some lovebirds were making out behind us.

Yerpp.

Okla goodnight!
More incriminating pictures up on Facebook. Aiya.

:)

Currently listening to: Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream (Van She Remix)

Quiet Times.

2009-01-21T03:37:00.002+08:00

First and foremost, I'd like to say that I have an 8am class tomorrow morning, and I'm wide awake now and blogging at 3am. How fail am I, can I ask you.

I initially planned to blog yesterday about Saturday night's insane party of mayhem, but no time so tak jadi.
Which I then delayed to blog today, but also no time so tak jadi.

But now it's the quiet night time of 3 in the morning, everything is hushed and relaxed and I find myself settling down calmly for abit Something I am apparently incapable of doing in the rushed hectic day times when the sun is still shining, which for some reason translates to me as, "Tick tock tick tock time is running out go go go be on the move Thia, you still have shitloads of things to do."

*shudders*

I don't even want to think about my schedule for the rest of this week, it's so crazy it makes me want to cry :(

So. I *could* blog about Saturday night's U.O.X party now since I'm awake, which might make a more interesting read with shitloads of pictures

But that might take me at least an hour, hmm I think I'll blog about something short and snappy running through my head right now.

He came back from Krabi on Monday and, in his arms, we went through the entire collection of pictures in his camera while he explained to me all about his trip with the boys.

The amazing food, oh he took A LOT of pictures of fooood glorious food
The beef ball noodle soup (which he ate twice, hence 2 different pictures of it) (no wait 4 pictures, before and after shot also got, wtf.) looked especially yummy, and he explained meticulously how scrumptious each and every meal was, gawd it made me so hungry!
I begged him to stop, which of course he didn't but later he cooked me some Korean instant noodle soup so I'm happy.

He told me stories of all the other happy carefree tourists there, all the locals, the pretty bar ladies, the lady-boys and the in-betweens, hehe

The sun, the sea, the sand. Football by the private beach,

The massages on the beach, a Chang beer in hand everywhere they went. So many stories it made me jealous I missed it.

And then he also came back with a spot-on wickedly hilarious Thai accent actually it was a mix between hilarious and effing annoying la, because he simply would not stop!

"Kaap koon kraaa... sawadeekaaaa... mao mang maaaai... yoo waan happy ending...." WTF.

Don't know how that conversation continued on to other strong Asian accents where he amazed me with his immitating skills. Seriously, he's so spot on, it's crazy
Your stereotypical strong Chinese, Indian, and Malay accents found all over Malaysia, damn power.

"Hai. Nama aku, Rizal. Rizal Tioh....."

Fugging hell that one i laugh terpelanting terbahak-bahak sial. hahaha ok maybe you had to be there. Hee! *amused*

:+:

Sigh.

Funny why I'm thinking about this simple but sweet memory of ours, when right now at this very moment I'm supposed to be mad at him sigh why am I so fail at being an angry girlfriend. Roar roar roar.

Ok quiet time is fast becoming sleepy time goodnight! Hee.

Currently listening to: Dido - Quiet Times

The Online Shopping Community has lost the plot.

2009-01-17T20:12:00.002+08:00

I was having a slow, rather uneventful day today, but a fantastic day nonetheless :)

Met up with HannahBanana after almost half a year of not seeing her since she left for Melbourne, we spent hours catching up over Old Town's Hazelnut White Coffee love
It was a great girly coffee session, talking about our lives, new loves, future plans, i love quality times like these.

Right after that we did some shopping at the Pick n' Grab bazaar @ Hartamas, as if perfectly ending my happy day, I managed to snag some super awesome buys! which all puts me in a very gleeful mood, hee!

Dropped Hannah home, and wanted to come home, chill, have some yummy dinner, and off to the U.O.X event tonight :)

I came home and checked my emails and online stuff, lo and behold, this was what I found.

:+:

And so I remember reading Teeny's post a few months ago *click to read!* about this certain online shops reviewing website, where they do stuff like compare prices between e-shops, and I dunno, post up unsatisfactory remarks of buyers & sellers, or something to that effect.

I read Teeny's post long ago, and there's a lot of truth to what she wrote. I couldn't find the review website back then, but NOW i have.

For obvious reasons, An Old Flame has unfortunately been a recent victim too.
Yea, that's how I came to know of this blog, hmm bad first impression.

Nothing major, only something trivial as to comparing the colours and quality of our pictures, compared to another e-shop's.

So trivial and silly, and definitely not worth anyone's time.

Except for the part where that e-shop owner, whose picture quality wasn't so good, had the audacity to post in their false accusation:

"The picture we show in our e-shop is actually the REAL color of that dress. And not that colour as shown in An Old Flame. Btw, anyone can tweak a picture to make it looks nice without showing the actual colour."

Hmm. Bloody unethical, if you ask me.

And only for that reason, I emailed the review website my complaint, to address that accusation.

None of us at An Old Flame are professionals, we are just a bunch of amateurs playing around with our hobbies, excuse us if the results came out nicely. Why so upset?
And rest assured, we DON'T photoshop our pictures until the colours are misleading. As far as we're concerned, our pictures show its truest colour. The other e-shop may beg to differ, they can say it's their colour instead. But they should not have made that absurd statement so falsely, let the buyers decide for themselves la. Why so competitive and try defame one another -_-

And coming back to that reviewing website, who is the mediator for all these "complaints" where buyers & sellers to post their dissatisfactions,
shouldn't they be moderating all these crude claims made by supposedly any Tom, Dick and Harry?

I wonder if I email them, "Hey, i think Shop A sucks eggs. No reason, no truth behind this claim. Just saying la."

Will they post it up on their website with no moderation? Because in essense, that's exactly what happened right? Hmm.

:+:

While I've heard many complaints of this particular reviewing website, the other major issue is regarding that price comparison.

To be honest, I don't quite care that they compare prices or whatnot. If it benefits the potential buyer who happens to stumble upon it, then fine, well and good.

Because, me being an online shopper myself, I believe that buyers are (or should be) equipped with the knowledge that it is not possible for all e-shops to price the same. For obvious reasons:

1. There's like a gabuzillion e-shops out there. It is virtually impossible for e-shop owners to check ALL the other e-shops to see if they happen to sell the same item, just so we can match our prices or lower it.

2. There will be sellers who copy the items of the big name e-shops and underprice them.
ie. say Shop A posted up the item first. Shop B sees it and wants to sell the same pretty dress, so Shop B conveniently prices it lower?

3. So many other factors relating to the cost!
Perhaps some sellers manage to find a cheaper source of supply, hence they can afford to price lower.
Perhaps some charge for COD, hence their lower initial prices.

etc etc etc.

In my opinion, if this online shopping (bad) reviews website wants to compare prices, they should also explain to readers of these various reasons as to why prices will vary among different e-shops.
This website claims to take interest of both the buyers & sellers, but it doesn't seem like they're protecting the latter?

They should not just state the price difference there in big bold red numbering.
It makes the e-shop that prices a little higher look bad, when there's probably a perfectly good explanation for this.

And surely I've noticed, all the more "popular" e-shops are victims of this.

But please remember why these shops are popular in the first place?

It's because they provide top notch quality clothes consistently, amazing service, and great pictures! Heck, I have my favourite few e-shops that I frequent, and for those very reasons, I don't mind paying a few bucks extra
Besides, who wants to buy something if it looks like crap in the picture? Common sense please -_-

And this review website definitely should not be posting up defamatory remarks about any particular e-shop.
So what if it's directly quoted off a fellow competitor / e-shop owner. Does that make them not accountable? The review website should play the role of moderator, non?

:+:

Sigh.

Seriously, I think the online shopping community has lost the plot. Once upon a time, wasn't it simply about the experience of retail therapy?

As a buyer, as every girl would know, shopping is bloody therapeutic and there's nothing like purchasing a brand new gorgeous dress

As a seller, I genuinely love the experience of liasing with customers, meeting with them, talking about fashion, the occasional advicing them on (in my humble opinion) what dress types would suit their size and lifestyle. Something like being a personal shopper

But apparently that's no longer the case, when there's all these silly over-competitive shops and bad reviews website coming about, politics, etc.

Seriously. *shakes head*. The plot is lost.

But whatever. Small bump in the road and will not let this affect my great day U.O.X party tonight whee!

p/s: I will not reveal the reviewing website, or that unethical e-shop. Like Teeny said, don't wanna give them hits. And my comments will be under moderation temporarily, to avoid their blog addresses being revealed. Thanks!

Currently listening to: Soko - I'll Kill Her (damn cute song :p)

Behind the Blythe Scenes.

2009-01-17T02:49:00.003+08:00

(NAH ambik engkau, 2 rather lengthy posts to compensate for my hiatus :p)

Here's some behind the scenes action of An Old Flame: The Blythe Series

And therefore revealing a little bit of our magic, aye?

Secret #1!

We were so D-I-Y, it's so crazy ok. Don't have alot of money to build our own studio, see :)

a few tricks I learnt from dancing and working with Funky Socks in prior years.
That meant *making* our own costumes D-I-Y, be resourceful, and making alot of things work for ourselves!

Ran around all over the place with high school friend / ACCA mate / amateur photographer friend Jonming over the holidays to prepare for the shoot.
Quote unquote him, "I've never been so busy and productive during my holidays. And your D-I-Y skills are fantastic wei."

Meh :) it also helped that Jon used to be a scout back in high school, damn clever at building and creating things la these people, when all they have around them are dirt, trees, and 3 batang mancis.

So our ideas came together quick easily:)

Two ACCA students taking a break from accounting.

:+:

Hair and make up extraordinaire, Berry & Anthony agreed to help with our photoshoot, and even loaned us their smaller studio Glitter's for us to work in :) amazing help, they've been.

Glitter's has a really interesting concept to it's shop. It's a clothings store, bags store, hair & make up salon, photoshoot studio, *and* a nail parlour. All in one!

You can go check it out in Kota Damansara, their shop address and details are provided in their Facebook site.

Anthony prettying-up Francessca.

Face paint & brushes.

Francessca *shy*

Me playing with dollies while waiting my turn for hair & make up!
Eh you can never be too old to play with toys okay.

Going over the concept again with Berry.

All dolled up!

You won't believe it man. 2 girls' hair & make up took a whopping 3 hours.
We arrived in the morning and by the time our hair & make up was done, it was time for lunch!

The first few hours we took our own sweet time, the anal perfectionist in me wanting no room for error,
The last few hours we sped up like crazy. Go go go click click click time contraints giler babi our wigs sudah terpesong also we don't care, haha.

Cannot terpesong, cannot terpesong!

And we managed to pull it off and we're rather happy with the results.

http://an-old-flame.blogspot.com/

Anthony, moi, Francessca, Berry, Jonming :) heart you all lah!

:)

:+:+:

After seeing all that, Emily and Rose couldn't wait to get in front of the camera themselves :)

And we quickly built a mini studio for them dolls at Jonming's house.

Rose: I'm ready for my close up!

vain pot sial, this girl.

Secret #2! Even more D-I-Y!

Wig terpesong, hehe

Look into my eyes some more, I'll come haunt you tonight.

Favourite picture of the lot, so it's going up again :)

Results of the dolly shoot, at the dollhouse :)

http://an-old-flame-dollhouse.blogspot.com/

:+:+:

But I think the most trying part of this project, was definitely all that technical computer work that had Jon and I glued to our laptops for hours on end.

Days and days I spent editing photos, staring at some intense HTML codes, drawing up HTML codes for two full blog sites, writing the description for both sites, fell sick along the way eek, nobody likes the technical stuff.

But what matters is the end result, and we're all plenty happy!
Couldn't have done it without all the help I got. Thanks guys me love you long time.

Currently listening to: Adele - Hometown Glory

Where have you been, woman?!

2009-01-17T00:15:00.000+08:00

Sorry sorry!

Ok I have no more excuses, heh. *sheepish smile*
But right now we all know what's been taking up most of my time la.
The old flame proves demanding for my time and energy. But I'm not complaining :) it's been a massive whirlpool of fun and passionate work.

But that's just me, isn't it? Easily distracted, I get side-tracked by all the inspirations and projects that come up, and I get excited over the simple idea of putting a plan to action :)

I'll have to slow down on that massive whirlpool, though.
Classes have begun, and while it's only 2 days of classes a week, that means I have 5 whole days to get lazy and/or distracted
But leave it to lecturer Miss Menon to scare the shit out of us since Day 1, reminding us how effing difficult this paper is. Sigh. But she keeps me in check :)
Exam in June; it's now only January and I'm already worried like hai. SERIOUSLY.

So with studies and my project going on, not to mention a certain new love, and trying to maintain a social life,
I am left with very little time to spare, even for myself. As can be seen from my lack of blogging

And when I say social life, okay I don't actually mean *maintain* like maintaining the amount of parties and events I used to attend.
Without me really realizing it, or heaven forbid looking for it, apparently I've somewhat earned the reputation for being a partyholic which we all know is synonymous with wild child, happening, popular, whatever. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

I mean, who will take me seriously then, especially in the working world?

:+:

So by maintaining a social life, I meant spending quality time with friends.
Not dancing and screaming over loud banging music. But quiet times over beers, dinner, yamcha
At Gerald's birthday dinner last Sunday night, it was pretty interesting having dinner with the Lapsaps and people I only see at loud parties. I actually got to hear their voices this time! Some of them for the first time, I might add lol.

:+:

And by new love, I mean, :)
Sigh.

See I'm trying this new thing where I keep my love life under wraps away from my blog, maybe little flits here and there la but, oh you know what I mean.
But can I just say one thing? It's so silly
He's gone off to Krabi for a week to have *the* holiday of the century with the boys, damn he reminds me everyday with his text messages too, HMPH.
I told him I'd miss him too much, and before he left, he,
he who inspired me to write an entire post on such a small overlooked matter,
he gave me his bottle of smellies so I wouldn't miss him :) aww. Which turned out to be a very failed plan, boo. -_-"
Sprayed his smellies all over my room and now I miss him more. Plus his text messages to me every couple of hours or so. Argh.

THAT WAS THE *REAL* PLAN ALL ALONG, WASN'T IT.

:+:

Oh, and true testimony to me turning into a boring unhappening workaholic,
IT'S A FRIDAY NIGHT TONIGHT and I'm home whee!

Ignoring the fact that's it's partially because tomorrow night I'm going for the U.O.X Play Electric feat. Lapsap & Twilight Actiongirl @ Zouk KL, so I'm laying low tonight, but yeah :)

Gonna go watch some TV with sisterDebbie who's been having exams for weeks now, gosh I miss that little buffoon. Either that or I'll just blog the night away la

Will you still love me when I'm boring?

Currently listening to: Modest Mouse - Float On

Oh, Happy Day...

2009-01-13T14:38:00.003+08:00

Wake up everyone!
How can you sleep at a time like this?
Unless the dreamer is the real you

Been waking up to Jason Mraz' song "Make It Mine" as my alarm these days, which puts me in a happy bubbly mood in the mornings, to match the happy upbeat tune of the song

That's the magic of Jason Mraz, isn't it? He's just so..... happy.

And most days, instead of jamming angrily at the STOP or SNOOZE button, I'll let this happy alarm sing the entire song through and therefore *really* waking me up, rest assured the song *will* get stuck in my head for the rest of the day, but I'm not complaining.

;)

:+:+:

Shite.

Okay I totally planned to sit my busy butt at home the whole of today to get all my online stuff done, including blogging the crap outta myself because I am seriously backlogged! As you can see! Updates have been very sparse and I'm sorry!

But it turns out I gotta run out the door like NOWNOWNOW all of a sudden, but I'll come home later in the evening to blog.

But actually, the Boyfriend is leaving for Krabi tomorrow, so I'm probably seeing him later in the day. Hmm.

Aiya I'll get this blogging thing done eventually, (and work on my time management a bit) but expect one giant long-ass post, or maybe segregated into a few posts, to make up for my little hiatus there. I have so much to say la :)

But for now,

(eee, my hair long 'adi.)

An Old Flame: Back to Basics. *click!*

Sort of like to neutralize that big bright bold colourful Blythe Doll photoshoot complete with heavy make up and hair wigs, and now going back to shades of nude and au naturale.

:) oklabye!

Currently listening to: Jason Mraz - Make It Mine

Wow, it's been a year.

2009-01-09T17:37:00.003+08:00

Someone confided in me for some advice recently, and I gave him the best that I could with absolutely no bias.

His problem could have been looked upon as a very trivial matter; very few people in his position would even give it a second thought. I'm honestly surprised he even brought it up with me, a third party.

His final decision, in a text message he sent me:

"Ok I've decided not to do it anyway. Don't want to have to put my girlfriend through any of this for the sake of my ego. Thanks, Cynthia."

And that's what separates the men from the boys.

Currently listening to: Greg Laswell - What A Day

An Old Flame & The Dollhouse.

2009-01-06T19:37:00.004+08:00

It's finally done.

Hoo boy, that was a lot of work!
We've put in many many hours in our DIY studio, and then back home to our laptops staring at the screen for hours on end, (it's a miracle why I still don't wear glasses or contacts!)
There was so much coffee involved on my end it's not even funny anymore ok omg.
And only today my "sinus problem" turned into a full scale flu sickness thing, sigh, the things I do for my projects.

But all our hard work paid off, and we're plenty happy with the results ;) and we hope you feel the same too!

Will probably do up a fuller Behind The Scenes post later. Right now, I need some food. And maybe even some sleep.

http://an-old-flame.blogspot.com/

:+:+:+:

http://an-old-flame-dollhouse.blogspot.com/

xo

New Year Resolutions?

2009-01-05T08:27:00.010+08:00

I don't quite believe in the concept of NY resolutions, because I feel that the 12-month period is too long for anyone (who takes it seriously) to properly review their own performance, and keep themselves in check.
More often than not, by June we would have forgotten about it or slacked off so much that we'd just stop giving a damn. Thinking, "Ok this will be next year's resolutions, and I'll be more serious then, I promise!" Yeah right.

NY resolutions is a form of self-improvement. The idea of it is noble, but perhaps a little tweaking is needed for it to be effective?

I've decided to try this little experiment on myself this year.

Monthly resolutions, or monthly personal goals.

To be honest, I did draw up a long healthy set of New Year resolutions, but now I think I'll break it down to shorter-term goals, in order to achieve my long-term ones, and review it every month end. I'll probably think of new goals along the way, then I'll insert them into next month's resolutions! Slow and steady wins the race, baby.

Here goes nothing!
('xcuse the morning face. and morning hair. and, ngehh.)

Personal goals of January 2009.

1. Borrowing this from Derlyn, I do have a short fuse and a long list of pet peeves. This year, I will make a conscious effort to be more patient. So it's not like I scream at people with annoyance or anything, but I now know that while my laughter and smiles are contagious, so are my sour faces and mood shifts.

2. Related with (1) above, I will be more patient, and learn to listen more than I talk. Even when I feel I'm right in an argument, I should learn to listen to what the other person's got to say.

3. I care too much. I'm not stating this to toot my own horn, because trust me, it's not a good thing. I often find myself caring even for the wrong people, and trusting anyone and everyone who want my friendship, or "seem" like they want it. Until I personally witnessed the ugly side of people; all the pretentiousness and hidden agendas. It's funny how I knew all this but I chose not to believe it, yeah benefit of the doubt and all that crap.
This year, or perhaps from now onwards, I'm going to be a bit more selective with who I choose to keep close to me. Sure, I'll still be nice and polite all around, but I'll be careful. Because once they're in my circle, I will go all out to care for them.
I have learnt that there are people I just don't need. And I shouldn't have to "wait" til they've wronged me in order to filter out these unnecessary individuals from my life.
Keep the important ones and be happy it's not about quantity, but quality.

4. I am a hopelessly undomesticated woman of modern society, but not all hope is lost. This year I WILL LEARN TO COOK! Borrowing an old NY resolution from someone I used to know, I will learn to cook up at least one meal per month. Doesn't matter if it's a small sandwich or a big hoo-ha complicated gourmet dish, that's one meal per month, Cynthia.

So there! I have a longer list of NY resolutions, but I think I will work on these 4 first. Slow and steady wins the race :)

Currently listening to: Mairi Campbell & Dave Francis - Auld Lang Syne

Well hello there, 2009 <3

2009-01-02T22:43:00.002+08:00

Phwoaar.

Now *that* was some New Year's celebration

Spent NYE at Solaris for their outdoors Nu Year Eve Countdown, with a new but familiar group of colourful characters :)
Had silly amounts of beer, (because people tend to try bully the new girl a.k.a. ME into chug chug chugging )

Later moved on to Mardi Gras to see more familiar faces and one tipsy little birthday girl!
Had more liquor there, and was reminded that beer before liquor, never sicker bleh.

No, no one threw up or nothing, just that uncomfortable feeling in the pits of our stomachs warning us to slow the hell down! Or else there *will* be more than drunken word vomits flying all around.

By 5am we were back at Rhys' place to sober up / listen to our hungry grumbling tummies / wait for one hour to pass, because at 6am we were going to have DIMMY SUM! YES my favourite part of the night!
You can tell by its pwning big red bold lettering and all ;)

Only Rhys, CousinKam, Chan, Alvan, Alsan and I made it to 6am for early morning dimmy summy yummies, and my god we whalloped as much as we drank

I loved my NYE celebration. It was a very prosperous way to usher in the new year :) *burpppp-hic!*

Here's a few pics of the Solaris Nu Year Eve Countdown, and none of dimmy sum because I was hungry and dead tired by then.

Deejay Bo. (a.k.a. new name "Mr. Fluff", omg lol why la! )

Hunchback mua and pretty Vivian :) gosh, i haven't seen this girl in ages!

Chan, Rhys, Zaha :)

Joel!

MJ & Viv.

This MJ girl? She's full of funny crazies ok! :)

Guess whose hand is randomly blessing mine and Brandon's foreheads.

MJ blessing Joel wtf

And half the night my camera was clicking at her ok, sigh what to do la, the camera loves her :)

It's not the beer, trust me :)

Pretty fire-dance show

And the whole time I was wondering if the baldy dancer shaved his head because he accidentally burnt his hair before? Hmm.

Bo and Ashley. Carlsberg represent, much? ;p

Alvan & moi

Viv & Ashten

Rhys *shy*

:+:+:

On the first day of 2009, had very little sleep, woke up still feeling full-ish from that massive dimsum session earlier that morning, and yet we went to have pan mee for late lunch <3

Sigh, at times like these I really appreciate being a Malaysian, surrounded by the best Chinese food ever

Got a text message from Luxanne, quote unquote, "Hey! To live up to his hardcore party reputation, Chris will be having yet ANOTHER New Year's drinking session at his place tonight! See you there!"

woh. Hebat.

I was pretty pooped and partied out by then, just wanted a slow lazy recovery day,
but since I missed celebrating NYE with the usual bunch, I really wanted to see them soon too :) and seriously, my friends are damn hebat.

Chris: DRINK.

Turned out it was a smaller crowd, probably because everyone else was still recovering from their hangovers

Saiho was superglued to the Guitar Heroes all friggin night, pfft, antisocial!
Luxanne rocker sial

Shaun trying not to be sepet, hahahahah

Meng Yee & Shaunny!

Loong & Saihohohehe

We were playing Taboo and Charades all night long, giggling for hours on end :p

Xanne, Kelvin, moi

and later we discovered WHY the boys always win!

I caught Chris stealing some cards from the deck and adding it to his team's winning cards he got caught red handed damn zhat kantoi and yet he still denies it! Damn outrage right!

Shaun, Sarah, Xanne

And we made Chris lead the Charades game,
not so much because of punishment la, just 'cause he's the biggest buffoon and we love him :)

I like Sarah's expression here :p

Sorry the video's a bit dark! Can you guess what he was trying to act out? ;)

Hahahahaha at 1:06,

Loong: Pablo!
Cyn: Pablo!
Sarah to Chris: Eh, they got it!
Shaun: Pablo?
Chris: ..........uuhhuhuhuhuhuhuhh!!! (yes)

Hahahahaahaaha

silly can die dot com.

Chris & sleeping Kelvin!

:+:+:

Happy New Year, everyone xo

Currently listening to: Melee - Built To Last

Love, Cynthia.

2008-12-30T17:39:00.002+08:00

(Inspired by Hopedieslast, who in turn was inspired by someone else. Feel free to be inspired by this.)

Dear coffee,

Why oh why do you taste so good?

I know you're supposed to be bad for me and all, but I find myself making a cup of you almost every morning now. Otherwise I'll miss you too much and get too cranky.

Our quirky love-hate relationship didn't start smoothly, I remember. Back then, I could not stand you - your bitter aftertaste, even the smell of you would turn me away!

But now I've learnt to like you, appreciate you, and reallyyy love you, and I depend on your warm comfort every morning. Mmm.

Please appreciate my love for you, and don't stain my teeth? Or mess up my complexion, and all the other rumoured side effects you bring.

Love,

Cynthia.

:+:+:

Dear Bedroom,

My, my, you almost seem unrecognizable to me now.

Please magically unmessify yourself! I've seen you at your worst times and I help clean up after, but this time I've completely lost hope.

And if you see my black rose ring, and my black long cardigan, please let me know, I've been looking for them for awhile now. It should be somewhere under that giant heap of clothes and bags in the corner, but I'm not sure.

Thank you!

Love,

Cynthia.

:+:+:

Dear Baz Luhrmann,

Thank you for being such an amazing director; you're such the dramatic creative visionary for movie-making and I absolutely love your work! Lacing over-the-top drama with comedy and irony, and not so subtle artistic flair.

"Moulin Rouge" was my favourite, and definitely one of my favourite movies of all time. But then again it was a musical, and I'm easily won over by that :) and it made me cry, and want to watch it over and over again, so you won major brownie points there.

"Romeo + Juliet" was absolutely inspired. I watched the movie again recently and now that I'm older and wiser to appreciate the movie, it made me want to weep for the beauty of it all. Updating Shakespeare's famous play into a modern setting while still retaining the original dialogue? Seemed like a crazy idea, and I'm sure many would have doubted you. But hell, you sure pulled it off!

I can't wait to watch your latest movie "Australia". Apparently it made my sister cry while watching it, so. :) can't wait.

Your fan,

Cynthia.

:+:+:

Dear hopeless romantic side of me,

Don't give up hope. You have always been in love with love, but unlucky with the people you choose to share it with.

But hang in there! Although I see your light becoming dimmer, perk up, don't ever lose your light. Someone will come and shine along with you.

Love,

Cynthia.

:+:+:

Dear 2008,

Well, *that* was certainly interesting.

Looking back, you have brought me some really good times, a lot of opportunities and experiences I will not exchange for anything in the world.

Don't get me wrong, I do count my blessings. But at the same time, I do recall you to have been rather mean to me as well.

You've been very trying on me, on many different levels; and some of my friends have told me the same, that you've been mean to them too! Why are you like this!

I have to agree with Hope on this one. What, were you trying to build character, test if I'll fall apart or grow stronger or something? Fine, you did it.

Thanks for the good times, but I'm breaking up with you in 2 days time, when 2009 comes along.

No longer yours,

Cynthia.

:+:+:

Dear Sinus problem,

What is your beef with my poor nose?

I've noticed that your attacks come more frequently now. And I'm trying to lay off the Clarinase, because if I were to pop a pill every single time you come by, I'd be pretty much doped up all the time!

So without medication, all I do is sneeze and sneeze and blow my nose and sneeze, and wait til you go away.

One time the sneezles got so bad, my sister propped up her head and looked at me. "Che, was that you? That sounded like a MAN sneezing from afar!"

gaaah!

My nose threatens to fall off if the problem persists, which is why I'm writing this nice letter to you, please and thank you go away.

Love,

Cynthia.

Currently listening to: Yuna - Deeper Conversation

Holiday Snippets.

2008-12-30T13:33:00.008+08:00

Sorry if I seem so distant these past few days/weeks!

Busy busy busy! With all the holidays and merrymaking, catching up with old flames (pun intended), old friends back from all over the world, and maybe some KL friends whom I just haven't seen in ages

The year end is always a great time for big festive reunions.

This year's Christmas Eve was once again spent at Singz' house, just like last year's crazy dizzy clashing colours Christmas party *click!*

(whoa, reading that old post again, and then the rest of my old blog, really brought back a lot of memories this is why I cannot bear to delete the old blog, like a diary, always fun to look back upon.)

And I also realized I was much better at taking photos last year! Compared to me being super lazy this year, take a few pictures then run off and have fun and forget my photo-taking duties erkk.

Eujin, moi, Saihoho!

Luxanne & a rather alcoholic Chris

Adrienna, Singz, Mich, Xanne

Adrienna & Ivan :)

Munkeys!

Darren & David *zass-pngg!*

The whole night we were playing silly games like "Zass-Pngg!" and Zass-Pngg-reserve and Zass-Pngg-confused-double-reserve, we were just complicating the rules as we go, aiyo wei

And Kelvin's Bom-Cha-Cha game! made me laugh like teh crazies ok

Tonight very sexy, so we bom-cha-cha!

Please excuse us as we were all very merry merry tipsy by then, funny games amuse us all
Notice Eujin's wtf-expression at the end of the video!
And yes we were listening to ABBA's Dancing Queen in the background, instead of Christmas carols, hmm, why ah?
And is it just me, or as we grow older, we act younger and sillier? :)

Thia & Chris

Kitteh!

Bleh.

:+:+:

Took them to Palate Palette for some beers, Taboo games (4 girls vs 8 boys!)
and a overall quiet night out on Sunday, except, we weren't being very quiet there, were we :x

Zyran, Singz, Luxanne

Chris under pressure!

Chris still very under pressure

Sarah & moi

*peek*

Singz & Xanne

Saihoho!

In Aaven's car, testing power of my new Nokia e71 :)

Aaven: So what are you naming your new phone?
Me: Oh right, i haven't named it yet! Let's see, Sammy the Samsung's gone... Nokky the Nokia? That sounds terrible.
Aaven: How about Nobita?
Me: NOBITA? Hahahahhaa eww no how can! Hahaha my sleek sexy phone can't be called Nobita!
Aaven: But that's the whole point! It's ironic, and cute!
Me: Nobita the Noki-ya. HAHAHAHAHAH omg that *is* cute!

Hmmm.

So really? Nobita? ;)

Currently listening to: Norwegian Recycling - How Six Songs Collide

Sexy Little Thang.

2008-12-27T14:11:00.001+08:00

So I've been hearing all sorts of rumours and small-talks of a certain ultra small, ultra sleek, sexy new laptop called the Dell Inspiron Mini 9

But nothing prepared me for when I finally *saw* the highly talked about new gadget.

It's one thing to talk about it, but it's a whole other story using it for yourself ;)

sexy little thang

I must admit I was smitten by my new Dell Mini 9.
So much that my not-so-new-but-i-still-love-her red Dell Inspiron 1420 was getting a bit jealous of all that attention I was giving the Mini 9.

Red lappy: "Gerroff' me."

But you can't blame me, I simply could not believe how small, sleek and sexy the Dell Mini 9 was!
Measuring at only 8.9 inches, compared to the usual 14 - 15 inch laptops these days.
But its most apparent feature that really knocked me off my feet was how LIGHTWEIGHT it was. Weighing at a mere 1.035kg, this baby is extremely portable and convenient.

I literally carried it everywhere I went, and I mean everywhere.

It is the first in the market to have a built-in HSPA modem, hence no external modems or WIFI connectivity required!
My Dell Mini 9 came with a built-in HSPA Maxis broadband modem, which really means I can have internet access literally everywhere I go :)

...and blog any time I want to!

Checking emails while waiting for girlfriends to arrive for lunch,

Or stay connected during lunch!
Busy girls are always on the move ;)

But it's not every day we get to have our meals at expensive restaurants, which would usually provide WIFI connection.
I had breakfast with Chris one morning at the old coffee shop with no WIFI, and there I had half boiled eggs, Milo, and a high-speed Maxis Broadband-ready laptop. Hehe.

Excuse the sleepy morning face

Catching up on friends' Facebook in the morning!

I brought it to uni one day and it got some fair attention there too

Clearly, Jonming & Chris are impressed.

I loved how convenient the Mini 9 was even for studying purposes.
I could easily log onto the ACCA website and some lecturer's blogs to look for pass year papers and exam tips :)
And it also helped a lot in between study breaks! (read: procrastination material )

Lent it to my sister one night and she got caught err, multi-tasking.

Small enough to fit into my handbang, light enough to carry it around easily!

Maxis Broadband is currently having a promotional package where, at only RM99 per month x 24 months, you'll get a brand new Dell Inspiron Mini 9, and 6 months of Maxis Broadband subscription included!

Subsequently after the 6 month period, the Maxis Broadband service will be automatically extended at a promotional rate of only RM77 per month, for your convenience :)

Click *here* for more product details and specifications!

And before you think this product is more suitable for girls,
I don't see why boys can't benefit from it. Small and light enough to carry around at ease, powerful enough to do what you need to get done,

and you won't be bored accompanying your girl friends shopping anymore!

A really handy (not to mention SEXYY roar) gadget to have around.

I would like to tell you it was given to me, fully sponsored, big ha-ha show-offy laugh and all,
but no it was a loan, and had to returned after a couple of weeks T__T
Which is sheer torture really, giving me a sneak peak of something great and then taking it away T__T why la Maxis playing me hot and cold.

(i like this picture so it's going up twice, haha)

Brought to you by Maxis Broadband!

The Blythe Series.

2008-12-26T20:47:00.004+08:00

Finally. It is done.

x

So pretty much everyone knows my affinity, my fascination, some say down-right obsession for Fafi dolls and Blythe dolls.

The former, being a no-brainer since I wrote a full Fafi 101 post earlier this year, and I even friggin' dressed as a Fafinette for Halloween

The latter, Blythe dolls, you might've been heavily tipped off by my profile picture in both this current blog and the old blog.

Those mysterious, infamous little goo-goo eyed dolls that you either love or hate.

I've been told that some people are deathly afraid of them for they remind them of Chucky's bride. While others, including me, love them to bits for their pretty big eyes, pouty small lips, long luscious hair (or maybe short blue hair ) and a sense of mystery they exude. Which some people may mistake for eerie creepiness!

For some reason, Blythe dolls are hard to find here in Malaysia. (To me, at least -_-)

Last I heard, there were rumours of this *one* dealer in KL, who used to open a small shop selling these rare collectible dolls, but he closed shop and vanished a few years ago.

Other than that, there's ebay, I guess.

I don't know, correct me if I'm wrong!
But I've only ever owned one Blythe doll, not even the full-sized 12 inch Blythe doll,
but a Petite Blythe which i-dont-know-why freaked out a lot of my friends, so I named her Emily Rose
3 cheers to my dark humour.

Sammy from the TiC launch & petite little Emily Rose.

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It's quite rare that I find someone who shares my dark humour and love for Blythe dolls!

But upon a chance meeting, and perhaps it was fate and destiny that brought me to meet the sweet bubbly but highly eccentric collector of the infamous goo-goo eyed dolls, Francessca :) we hit it off the moment we met, and in between the laughter, gossips, a bowl of mushroom soup and pastah at Ms Reads, a crazy idea was born.

That little light bulb clicked on shining brightly in my head, the idea came so quickly!
I swear, it was as if all the planets aligned to tell me the meaning of life, everything makes sense now, huhuhu T__T *tears of joy*

And after slaving away for long long hours for weeks on end, running in between meetings, shopping for necessities and equipments, developing and coordinating photoshoots, and all the while trying to fit in spending time with family and friends during the holidays,

The results are finally here.

And it was worth it :)

Slaving away for a passion project doesn't quite feel like slavery or work, does it ;)

http://an-old-flame.blogspot.com/

3 cheers to the new chapter of CSC ;)

Ouh, what a beautiful mess.

2008-12-23T19:30:00.008+08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates. It's been an interesting couple of weeks, to say the least.

For the most part, I've been REALLY busy. Working on some pet projects I've been dying to implement for months now, running around between meetings, orchestrating photoshoots, learning learning learning and being on the go. Things have been so crazy I had to stop and catch my breath for a full day on Sunday, only because I crashed and burned and fell sick, aiyo, damned speed bumps.
All will be revealed..... soon. Very soon, in fact :)
I can't help myself la, my hands are itchy, some say too itchy for my own good :/

But work has been all-consuming, and all-distracting, which I'm very grateful for at this point.

And my room has reached an all-new high with its level of messiness. (the photo is not my room btw.)
It is partially due to work. Work and work, books from past exams, unpacked bags from Singapore, unopened packages from online shopping, more work and work, and just general mess. God help me, I can't find my things anymore :(

But then I also wonder if the condition of my room is in any way related to my current state of mind. One. Big. Mess.

Have you ever noticed how mess tends to grow if you don't clean it up?

:+:

Call this verbal diarrhea or whatever, I don't really know what I'm saying so just bear with me and try to keep up ya :)

I was in absolutely no mood to party last weekend, although there were some pretty crazy events, TAG vs. Mystery Jets (UK) on Friday, and Lapsap vs. Knatz (BKK) on Saturday,

Gingey managed to drag my moodless knackered ass to Saturday's party right after the shoot for some cheermeups and I thought hm I'm in no mood to layan layan socialize, but I don't mind dancing like crazies in one corner hogging my Long Island Tea <3

But I ended up having a pretty good time with everybody :) as I always do.

Dinner and playing tour-guide to Mystery Jets

with Miss Ally!

with Ginger sedang tidur

Average Joe lovin' <3

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Other than that,

THE MELBOURNE LOVELIES ARE FINALLY BACK! Like, FINALLY!

And one lovely from the UK too :) FINALLY!

Catch up session maximus have already begun, over Malaysian food and mamaks galore because those people are seriously deprived
And they came bearing gifts and chocolate nyum nyums! Oh god I've missed them. Both the lovely best friends and the chocolates.

P/S: Mingshen and Faye, whom I'm not spending Christmas with this year, :( i misses you like crazies. Kirsty, you too dear <3

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I must say, I'm not really feeling a whole lot of Christmas spirit this year.
Doesn't quite feel like Christmas when you're swamped with studies, and then work immediately after that, and a couple of boo hoos and what nots :(
No time to even stop and smell the mistletoe! At the risk of sounding like a total scrooge.

But the besties are back :) all is right in the world again, haha.
And I love my friends, so there will at least still be Christmas presents :)

No, there won't be Christmas for me this year
For the simple reason being you're not here!

Currently listening to: Kokokaina - No Christmas For Me (which is a happy song, believe it or not )

Smells Like Sanctuary.

2008-12-19T03:01:00.006+08:00

Every time I stepped into his room - well maybe not *every* time, just the times when I haven't been there in a while, and have forgotten it - I would breathe in deeply, breathe out, and smile.

"Ahh. There is a smell."

Upon saying this, he would always ask back. "Why, is it a bad smell?"

"No," I still smile. "It's good. It's your smell."

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I'm contemplating writing this post in my other blog; a recently-created private one where I keep my more personal thoughts and heart deposits.
Since it is proving more and more difficult to write anything "real" these days without garnering too much unwanted (and inaccurate) attention. The price to pay when a blog gets a fairly decent number of hits.
But never mind that, will talk about this new blog another day maybe.

:+:

Why is it that we find a smell so distinguishable on our significant other?

I find it funny that we tend to remember these things - the scent of their cologne or perfume, the bathroom products they use, or the general smell of their room.
So much that if you ever catch a faint whiff of that familiar smell anywhere else, your thoughts immediately go back to that significant person.

Is it because, when you're in his/her arms and you breathe them in - it smells like sanctuary. Do you long for that very safety and familiarity you felt when you were close to them?

I remember this one time after I had just gotten out of his shower.
I had to use his bathroom products which didn't smell like me at all. It smelled like clean manly soap, there was no yummylicious girly floral fruity whatever fragrance (but that was weeks before I finally brought in my bottle of Dove shower cream and my loofah into his house )

Well, even then, I remembered him sniffing me after my manly shower and he said, "Do you apply a lot of perfume or something? You still smell like you!"

Now what kind of crazy perfume does he think could withstand a whole night's sleepover and his manly soap?

But of course, I never knew I had a scent. Never could identify it for myself.

Your own personal scent. Whether it's perfume or bath products or your freakin' B.O.
And just like our fingerprints, no two individuals smell the same. It is something so distinctive, something yours, something personal.

Ever wondered what you smelled like? What your significant other smells on you and adores you so.
I will never know of my own, of course. Just like how he was oblivious to that distinct smell of his own room whenever I entered it - his smell.

And what happens..... after?

Can a smell be remembered? Especially if it is gone for good.
Will you remember their scent? Will you miss it?
Or will you miss the way you used to know that scent, and resent that you have forgotten it.

Currently listening to: Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth

Singapore Saturday.

2008-12-18T02:42:00.001+08:00

I'm currently working on.... quite a number of things.
My head is spinning from it all, and I've learned again and again that execution is much harder than planning!
Anyway, so not the point.

Amongst other things, I'm also currently working on my New Year's resolution.
This one, not so much as to sit my restless ass down and come up with a comprehensive list la. Just, thinking of things as I go about my daily routine, and making mental notes of them.
I've come up with some pretty good stuff already it's not a very long list, but it's not about quantity, is it.

I might or might not publish my New Year's resolutions on my blog because these things can be personal. But I have a knack for turning my too-personal information into vague cryptic puzzles, so if I do post it up, it'll be on the first day of 2009 i suppose :)

:+:+:

Pictures of Singapore!

We were there from Friday to Sunday, but I only took pictures on Saturday don't ask me why I'm just lazy like that sometimes.

The unwashable souvenir of Friday night's party.
Is a Lego man's head!

I scrubbed and scrubbed til my wrist went red, and still Last Night's stamp of shame would not go away
But then the whole lot of us had the same faded stamps on our wrists, so collectively it ended up cool hee.

OH HAIZ!
Touristy-Elaine on Haji Lane (EH cool it rhymes)

So I started my post-exam holiday on the island down south, which sound relaxing enough and one would think I'd come back home well-rested and rejuvenated,
But not quite true
I came home with a cough, a sore throat, and I am losing my voice got a new husky sexy voice now. Not necessarily well-rested either, traveling is tiring!

Gingey and Elaine

So an idea came up that we shouldn't drink too much water, because we traveled by bus to and fro Singapore, and the bus would only make ONE toilet stop during the entire 5 hour drive.
Plus, the R&R's aren't exactly spotless clean hotel bathrooms.
So it sounded like a pretty good idea at the time to dehydrate ourselves silly :)

Except now I'm coughing like crazies and got a husky man-voice.
When I got home and crossed paths with my dad he asked me why is my voice like that, and I told him my rationale behind the idea of dehydrating myself over the weekend which of course previously made sense, and my dad laughed at me yes he laughed out loud at his own daughter's misery, sigh isn't my dad amazing.

Gingey: Gimme a Lapsap Lady pose!
Me: OK! *runs to the rubbish bin wtf*

JingWei and Bryan.
I feel like a midget standing next to these 2 towers -_-"

I love Haji Lane.
The shopping is fantastic, and there's always something to look at :)

Lim @ Bunga raided the racks

While I raided the art work

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That Saturday night of course, I popped my ZoukOut cherry :)

Stolen off youknowwhere!

Oh, and wanna know something damn stupid.
No seriously, brace yourselves for its sheer stupidity.

So Bryan gave us all our ZoukOut tickets to hold for ourselves right before we got on the bus to enter Sentosa Island. So that's like a couple of minutes hanging around, and about 15 minutes sitting down idly on the bus. How can I possibly lose my ticket, right.

And so I took the ticket from Bryan, folded and tucked it neatly into my left front pocket along with my bus ticket. While sitting down idly on the bus, I even CHECKED to make sure my ZoukOut ticket was still in my left front pocket where I tucked it in. Yes, it's still there. Ok, continue sitting idly. How can I possibly lost my ticket, right.

We reached Sentosa Island and the bus stopped right in front of the ZoukOut entrance.
While stepping off the bus, I took out my bus ticket from my left front pocket.

And at the entrance I CHECKED AGAIN for my ZoukOut ticket in my left front pocket, and it was gone.

How. Can. I. Possibly. Lose. My. Ticket. Right.

Panic-stricken, I turned back and saw the bus driving away. My ZoukOut ticket must have fallen off when I took out my bus ticket! WHILE stepping off the bus

WTF what kind of crazy bad luck is that!!??

Sit down idle doing nothing at all, and ON TOP OF THAT, i even *checked* to make sure my ticket was still in my pocket. After all of that, still can lose it in the end T________T craziness.

I have officially witnessed the power of FATE.

It was FATED that I lose the ticket. No amount of safety precautions and sitting down idly can save you from your fated doom, and in this case, mine.
So I marched right up to the ticket booth and bought me another ticket ($58 Sg Dollars ouch.) but no complaints, because fate is fate, accept it, go have a good time, and let bygones be.

But next time I'll probably let someone else hold my ticket for me okthx.

The Teenagers!

moi, Bryan, Su Yi

Elaine & Lim

HWE (thanks Justine :p) & Phei-Phei

Me and Leigh Ann sporting paisley prints :)

Mich, Singz, and Jon

with Ginger

with Elaine

Like a freaking carnival!

Needing. A. Haircut.

Thia, Su Yi, Lim, Elaine :)

:+:

It's almost 3am, no wonder my head's jammed can't think of any more stories to write right now, it's time for bed!
Will continue tomorrow maybe! (or not)

Currently listening to: The Killers - Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll

Girl's Day Out!

2008-12-15T13:43:00.003+08:00

I'm back from my weekend in Singapore!
Feeling a tad under the weather though, I somehow managed to get myself a mild cough and sore throat while I was on holiday :/ but nevermind that.
Will blog about Singapore soon!

:+:

Remember I mentioned a little snippety something about a Girl's Day Out a couple of weeks back? The one where I got (amongst other things) a gorgeous french manicure for freee?

*clickkk!* :)

I was one of the lucky 8 female bloggers invited for this Maxis Broadband Girl's Day Out!

You would think that perhaps putting together a whole bunch of strangers together might be a bad idea (girls, especially), I mean, we've all watch America's Next Top Model and all the drama that unfolds.

But not us! The 7 other girls invited for this event are real sweethearts, so easy to get along with, and not to mention a friggin' hilarious bunch

Cindy, Ringo, Audrey, moi, Kak Red, Karen, Jolene, Kimberly

And those small cute floral bags we're holding? Well,
You won't BELIEVE what's in them ;)

Go on, make a guess! No really, GUESS!
The answer will be revealed shortly in this post, so keep your guesses in mind! ;)

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First stop? DIAMONDS.
Well, they aren't called a girl's best friends for nothing ;)

We stopped by My Diamond, Pavillion to be with our shimmery glimmery best friends @__@
and the nice ladies at the shop gave us some pointers on how to choose diamonds. The 4Cs! Cut, Carat, Clarity, and Colour.
Which would've been a more suitable lecture for our boyfriends, innit? Since they're the ones who's gonna be buying us those pretty sparkly things next time heee.

Amazed face @__@

Boys!! Click, enlarge, and READ. :)

Ringo & I mucking around :)

And then this one SUPER GORGEOUS necklace caught my eye... @__@

A diamond rose necklace. Which matches my (plastic) rose earrings! @__@

SO PRETTY @___@

And I was suddenly very aware that I had RM10,000+++ around my neck. Hmm.

Kak Red bought herself a pair of RED diamond earrings too!

And back to our small cute pretty floral bags we were holding, remember those?
We got to play around with WHAT'S INSIDE for awhile ;)

The Dell Mini 9 laptop

Damn. Fricking. Classy.
Frickin' small and sleek and I was in sheer amazement when I saw the actual size.
And it came with Maxis Broadband included with the laptop, so we had internet access literally everywhere we went!
I've often heard of complaints when it comes to the connection speed, but we encountered none of that :)

The girls and their respective blogs ;)

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Next up!
We went on over to Stage, Pavillion for a make up session Good god, this part was so much fun.

For those of you who have not heard of Stage Cosmetics, fret not. It's a new high-end home-grown brand, and I'd grade it on the similar level as MAC Cosmetics and such.

So much make up to play with!

Make up expert John guiding us through the workshop.

And Step 1 was to REMOVE OUR CURRENT MAKE UP.

All 8 of us girls looked at each other with worried looks, also very aware that we had photographers all around us to capture this moment hahaha.

Naked face

Gosh we look so much younger.

Face painting.

John make up extraordinaire was a great help, he certainly knew his stuff and we got to ask him all sorts of questions on make up and the techniques. I for one am more used to using a sponge when applying foundation, but he recommended using a brush instead! Hmm.

Everyone busy painting face

Tah-daa :) The before and after shot.

Day make-up only okayyy, don't be expecting some dramatic night make-up

Photoshoot with our make-up guru John :)

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We then mosied on over for lunch @ Thai Express, Pavillion.
Here, we got to settle down from all the excitement and catch up on some conversation.

Cynthia and Cindy

And I know came in today with my full-on thick lush bangs straight down,
but after having clipped up my bangs during the 4 hours spent at Stage prior, I left my hair side-parted that way lah

Girl talk!

Spotted! Susan's baby daughter having a go at the Dell Mini 9 :)

:+:

Next up on the agenda was SHOPPINGGG!!!!111
How can we have a Girl's Day Out without shopping on the itinerary? ;)
We made our way to Cats Whiskers, Hartamas for some retail therapy.

and Audrey ran straight to the pinks section

Trying on the clothes

Temaning Darren while he patiently waited for us girls to run amok

And can I say something please. The white floral cocktail dress that I'm wearing in this picture? DAMN NICE RIGHT?!!
SIGH. There you have it ladies, go buy it quick at Cats Whiskers. I think it's so super stunning but I promised myself I'd refrain from buying anymore dresses because I have more than enough. SIGH.
So I pranced around the shop in this dress for much longer, took pictures of me in it and called it a day la :) and bought tops and accessories and other non-dress stuff. Why oh why am I so disciplined.

Having internet access literally everywhere can be really convenient :)

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After the buzz and excitement and shopping up a storm, we could really use some rest by then. Good thing our next stop was The Nail Shop @ The Curve for a manicure-pedicure session :)

*buffbuffbuffbuff*

And I've mentioned this before, this was my very first time having a mani pedi professionally done
And I went on and wrote a full post on my mani pedi session hahaha :p *click* What an excited happy customer I was :)

Karen being pampered ;)

Ringo and Audrey choosing pretty nail art

Cindy and I opted for the classic French Manicure.

Jolene and her colourful nails, matches her personality!

Goo goo eyes Audrey and her nail art. Reminds me of pink Super Mario mushrooms ;p

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Last stop after the sun has gone down, dinner at The Apartment @ The Curve.

Tim from Nuffnang, and Susan from Maxis joined us for dinner :)

Jolene and I :)

Ringo and her new gold-dust nails :)

Give a bunch of bloggers internet access where ever we go, and you know we'll fully utilize it! ;)

That's all for now!
Rest assured, all 8 of us can agree that this has to be one of the most fun advertorials we've ever done!
Thank you, Nuffnang and Maxis :)

That Girl Cynthia

bye bye blogger

Smitten.

*cries*

Food Quirks.

Shopaholic Squeal!

Dreams and Whimsicalities.

Fill in the blanks...

Nothing and everything is Possimpible.

Sailed On.

PAINball.

The E word.

I want to remember how we were, in those days of gold.

Heineken Green Room

Backlogged.

Capt'n Cool Chef.

Eavesdropping.

Green with Envy.

The Perfect Kiss.

Green is in again!

March Babies.

The Grungy Lolita Series.

I have a problem.

Still Absolutely PMS-ed.

Mrazmerizing!

Lapsap presents Off The Rocker (Shinichi Osawa + Masatoshi Uemura)

Hypp.Hypp. Hooray!

Autopilot mode again.

Gimme summathat BBC, yo.

Oh yeah.

You spun a web for me.

On Being Accident-Prone.

Garnier Pure results!

Oouh. Tempting.

Experimenting with Project 365.

Live Music Junkie!

It Must Be...

Powerful Little Bugger.

Let's have some fun, this beat is sick.

U.O.X. loves Rihanna Fans.

You can't play on broken strings.

Forgive me skin, for I have sinned!

Blast From The Past.

Burppp.

Hmm, Interesting Friday.

Gerald's Birthday: Party of Pure Mayhem!

Quiet Times.

The Online Shopping Community has lost the plot.

Behind the Blythe Scenes.

Where have you been, woman?!

Oh, Happy Day...

Wow, it's been a year.

An Old Flame & The Dollhouse.

New Year Resolutions?

Well hello there, 2009 <3

Love, Cynthia.

Holiday Snippets.

Sexy Little Thang.

The Blythe Series.

Ouh, what a beautiful mess.

Smells Like Sanctuary.

Singapore Saturday.

Girl's Day Out!

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