burrrrp

Azrin and I were driving around KL (I know its a bad idea to drive into KL on a friday evening, but we still do every week. Oh well, I wasnt driving). 2 hours of bumper-to-bumper later we were in the right smack of KL and didnt know what to do. We decided for the traffic to cool down first before heading back, and saw this by the road side, so stopped for an early dinner.

I find this place really cute. Although it would be more dramatic if the building itself was a shape of a yellow cab. Or make little little yellow cabs and people can eat inside it. Or serve the pizza in a box that looks like a yellow cab. I mean I dont see no yellow cabs. I see yellow vespas though..

Why don't they just call the place Yellow Vespa?? If a person who can't read is looking for the place, trust me, they would get a bucket load of cursing. It would be like eating at The Ship, but in a lorry, or eating at Victoria Station, but in a sampan. Very confusing...

The food, however, was spectacular! Name the place Green Bicycle for all I care, the pizza was incredible. It was in between thin crust and thick crust ( so it was crispy and chewy), with cheese oozing out of the pizza and most importantly, they have a pizza with no vege! *bows*. I had the Manhattan Meat something.. which had all sorts of beef, just BEEF and CHEESE * double bows*

Oh, and we had a spectacular view, too!

Me : How big do you think that tiny-est, toppest ball on KLCC?

Azrin : *shows thumb* maybe that big!.

Me : Really?

*After 5 minutes*

Me : I dont think so.

Zombified

Dear god, what did I ever do to deserve all this torture?

Its that time of the year again.

The time where you see less Uni students in malls, where you see people of age 20-24 looking like they just woke up driving like a crazy person (next time you see this please give way, we are really late!), libraries filled and it doesnt even feel like a library anymore. Yes, its towards the end of the semester and we are all going assignment-crazy. Well, for me it is because it never really occur to me to start early so now I have 3 assignments due soon *barf*

My butt hurts from sitting for a long time even after i stack up cushions like i pancakes on a hungry sunday morning *oh no, more junk in the trunk for me after this :s *, Im becoming cross-eyed due to too much googling, and I must say, I will be 30% uglier after this and I will blame it on the lecturer.

Right now I'm doing my Advance Financial Accounting assignment and it is driving me crazy. Clearly google isn't much of a help this time and I dont know where else to search for sources. Why did'nt I take an easier course, why? * its ok, half a year to go..*

Who gives a crap on ancient accounting methods? Thats the thing about accountancy, its always about the past. Maybe that is why accountants' fashion senses are waaay ancient *pray to god I do not fall into that category*. I have 3 more days to complete 3000 more words. Worse come to worse, if I still cant find anything relevant to write, I shall just submit a review on the Miu Miu Autumn/Winter 2010/11 Collection *drroooool*

When all this crazyness ends, I'm treating myself with a relaxing massage, a manicure (thanks to all the typing) and a pedicure. Can't wait to see sunlight again. Oh I miss preety clothes, I miss make up, I miss shoes. I miss being human.

Girl's best friend.

I looooove diamonds. love love love. Unfortunately I have none. Everytime I pass by Chopard or Tiffany's, I would stand in front of the showcase thing and drool (sometimes even daydream on one day that gorgeous necklace will somehow land on my neck). Diamond rings, necklaces, earings, bracelets, anything, I love how it sparkles, just perfect. And of course, it wouldnt hurt to have a diamond bra...but dont expect me to wear any clothes over it. Heck, if I have paid that much for a fabulous bra, I would probably wear it over my clothes..I could start a trend (like superman wears his underwear over his pants, and its not even a diamond encrusted underwear).

The thing that will always amaze me are diamond rings. I could totally relate to a situation where I would accept a proposal based on the ring, not the man. heh. I mean, even if I have a underwear model fiancee, the ring will be the one stuck to my finger and i have to walk around with it, also show it around to people as a sign of my engagement.

People say, choose your diamond ring according to, listen up boys, 4C- Carat, Clarity, Colour, Cut. For me, Colour and Cut is important and I dont really give a toodoo about Carat and Clarity (although, this is just a negotiation, if you're planning to buy me 1, I dont mind you taking into account all 4Cs).hehehehe.

Gentlemen, let me teach you a thing or two about diamonds. Trust me, u dont want to mess with these things. First up, Cut. There are a few types of cuts.

Round - well, its round!

Asscher - or cushion cut, very sqare-ish

Emerald - very rectangular and long-ish

Oval - hmm...need i say more?

Marquise - for me, its very ancient, egyptian-ish
Pear - the one that looks like a teardrop
Radiant - very similiar to cushion cut

Princess - square.

Heart - very preety!
Now, Colours.

Theres always the white diamond, the most common one that we see on most girls. By saying 'most', I dont mean me. And then there's the Champagne colour diamonds. These kind of diamond are preety rare, and the darker the colour is, the higher the price will be.

Than there's other colours that we do see at jewellery store, but hardly on someone's finger. Colours like yellow, blue, green. To differentiate diamonds and stones, for example between blue diamond and sapphire, is that coloured diamond looks more pale and clear.

Lastly, there's the Pink Diamond. Yes, this is the one that Ben Affleck gave to Jlo when he proposed (they didnt even get married!). The most rare type of diamond. Its is the hardest kind of diamond to find, and they're running out of it (oh no!!). This is the kind of diamond every girl dream of. The darker the pink, that it is almost purple-ish, the bigger the price tag.

My favourite will be Cushion Cut, Pink Diamond. Or Princess Cut, Blue Diamond. *drooooooool*

What's your pick?

Oh btw, we are almost out of diamonds, so prices will go crazy high every year. So boys, better put the ring on it fast!

Now, all the single ladies. put your hands up!

Chic Pop

Sofia had an invitation to this event by Recharge- Chic Pop, at The C Club, Pavilion and she could bring a plus 1, yours truly. Thanks Po!!




It was an only-girls event, like a soiree where girls get together and do girly stuff, mingle, and oh, cute waiters!!! ( they should be topless and the event would be perfect). They had all sorts of activities, plus free food and drinks, so who would say no to that.


The invitation came with a free valet service, at the VIP area, so Sofia and I felt preety posh (more like jakun), where you know, my car was parked among the Ferraris, Lambos and Hummers. Jealous much? (Although, I do think that they parked my car probably at the loading bay or by the roadside cuz they took quite a long time to take my car ).




We went into Pav...

Me : Po, where's the event?
Sofia : Pavillion.
Me : *dirty look*

So we went to the concierge..

Sofia : Where is the event?
Lady : What event?
Sofia : Chic Pop
Lady : Huh??
*me nudging sofia*whisper*: r u sure its today??
Sofia : Maybe its her first day of work.
Lady : Sorry, we dont have any events today
Me : ..........

We decided to roam around looking for girls holding the invitation, and we found a couple of girls, and we asked, and it was at The C Club (which we dont know where it is, and spent 20 minutes looking for it). They should have damn signboards for socially retarded people like me.

We were walking and suddenly Sofia stopped a few feet behind me.

Me : Why?Do u need to pee?
Sofia *stood stil in the middle of the way, pointing with her mouth*
Me : *look around and realise most people did it too* who???? *saw a quite fabuous-looking lady*
Sofia : Do we need to bow or something?
Me : WHO?!?!....nvm..let's go! *walks pass fabulous lady*
Sofia : That was the queen!!!
Me :.........oh. SHE'S FABULOUS. Lets follow her shop.

We found the place (at last!) and when we were at the entrance, we both stopped, look at ourselves a few times. I was wearing a blouse, jeans and ballet flats, while those girls inside were wearing preety dresses, heels, gorgeous hair.




" Po, Im too ghetto for this."

Even the place was so freaking preety. It was very very gossip girl-ish. With the slow music background, cute waiters going around offering finger food, girls mingling, and here I am with sling bag and a camera on one hand. Who the hell is gonna talk to me? Sofia and I had a drink and started wondering around looking at activites they have.






DIY



Where u can do your own badge/brooch using buttons and feather and all these little little things.



It was too hot, and honestly, sewing is not my thing, so I just did a simple one and was planning to continue at home (I already lost it btw).

TAROT CARD



I know as a muslim I'm not suppose to believe in all these things, but what the heck, just for fun. right?

Carreer : Artsy, colourful things are what I'm suppose to do ( not accounting). I have to be more masculine in a women dominated industry, and I have to be more feminine in a male dominaed industry. Apparently, I would be happier if I do many many charity work (preferbably with children, cuz apparently, in my past life, I was a nun working at a children's hospital hehehe) and something about I have to go with the flow to achive success and happiness..i think! But she was emphasizing on me and colours (well, duh. I heart colours!)

Love : My current relationship is fine, except that i have to speak up more if I'm not happy about something. Also, I have to let go of my past relationships, which according to that lady, I havn't..

PALM READING


Carreer : Will be successful, but super duper successfull in my mid 30s.

Family : I voice out my opinion to my family if I know I'm right (true) and the lady said I was a depressed child ( I though I was happy with my Barney and Bananas in Pyjamas).

Myself : I am stubborn, likes to make jokes, likes to help people, controlling, and with my attitude, I will lead a comfortable life.

Me : What about love, lady?
Lady : *looks at my palm* I cant see anything, Its very blur.
Me : *looks at my palm, gave her a confused look* !@#$%^&. That lady needs to check her eyesight.

COLOUR CONSULTANT



Basically it looks at my skin colour, face shape, and tells me what colour clothes suits me. I find this so pointless, because she did'nt give me one colour like, "Green is your colour" but instead, "These are the colours that suits u" *pointing at a colour pallate, which to me, had like all the colours in the world*. POINTLESS.

MASSAGE

Oh, a back massage to die for, with a stunning view, too!


After all these activities, Sofia and I took a seat to have a drink, and started talking to a few girls, so at the end of the day, everyone talked to everyone. The only problem was, both of us did'nt have breakfast nor lunch, and by that time it was 5ish, and we were starving. Those finger food was really starting to piss us off. I mean, yeah its yummy, but dont't give us 1 prawn and 1 mushroom. ONE!!

Me : I want them chicken wings!
Sofia : No wonder rich people are skinny, THEY DONT EAT!
Me : I told u Im too ghetto for this.
Sofia : ONE bloody mushroom. ONE!!!
Me : Can we take the whole tray of food?

We wanted to do a manicure, but the line was too long for it. By the time the event ended, we rushed down, into the car, and out to find food! All in all, a really good event. They should have it more often as a change to the loudmusic-shuffling-dancing-drunkppl event.

Only next time, eat before going.

Creamy Butter Chicken

Today, I decided to cook! Recipe of the day : Creamy Butter Chicken.

This is my first attempt cooking this dish. Without any recipe book, this is purely based on instinct....and whatever there is in the fridge :). Honestly, I dont think Im a good cook. I have never live on my own, so everytime I go downstairs, mommy will always cook a delicious meal, so why borther cook yourself, right. Besides, I have 0 interest in cooking. Eating, on the other hand, is my passion.heh. However, I can cook to survive, but people do say my cooking is not bad...sometimes!

Anyway, back to the recipe..

Ingredients

- Some fillet chicken

- Butter

- Evaporated milk

- Eggs

- Some onions and garlic

- Chilli

- Curry leaves

- Salt and Pepper
- Flour

...and this is how u do it *putting on an apron* :

First, marinade fillet chicken with flour, eggs and salt for about 25-30 mins (preferbably an hour but i was too hungry)

Then, heat up some butter, and pan fry chicken till about 3/4 cooked.

Put the chicken aside (and taste a few if you're hungry).

Heat up bout 2-3 tablespoon of butter until melted

Throw in some chopped chilli (mix red and green for it to look preety), onions and garlic until it smells awesome. and throw in some curry leaves for a more awesome fragrant :)



Pour in evaporated milk (depending on how thick u want the gravy to be), add in salt and pepper to taste, toss in the chicken, cook until its slightly boiling-ish...

....and VOILA!!

Serve it with rice. Or just it eat like that.

For me, I think i put in too much butter (i put like 4 tablespoon of it) so it turn out a bit oily. Nontheless, I think its good. either that or i was reaaaaly hungry.

Azrin rated it 7.9/10. For a 1st attempt, I think that's ok.

Enjoy!

Snack time!

I had a good afternoon nap just now since I was too lazy to go for my 3pm class (who, in their right mind would pick going to a room and have some guy yap about investing, than having to curl into plushy cushy blankie when its cold and raining). I woke up hungry (as usual), went downstairs and all I had was apples and oranges. Cute, but it will not satisfy this grumbling stomach, plus it was too healthy of a choice.hehe.

Suddenly the thought of the mak cik that sells kuih popped in my head (actually I always thought of her when Im hungry in the evening..), that smile whenever I decided to drop by, those arms she uses to fry the goreng pisang, with various types of food surrounding her - I call her my Snack Lord.

So I decided to pay her a visit, and bought my all-time favourite goreng pisang, and oh yeah, I was a happy lady.

See, these are the kind of things u can't get if you're living in like, Paris or Germany. In Malaysia, any part of Malaysia, you can find little stalls that sells all sorts of food, at any time of the day. My favourite- tea time. I can bet with you, whereever your house is, within a 10-minute walk, you could find a little gerai of usually a makcik selling food, from keropok lekor, kuih, nasi lemak, meehoon goreng, burger, u name it, they have it. How convinient is that? When ever u feel hungry, slip on a pair of flip flop, walk and.. tadaaa! FOOD! you don't have to gush through snow in 23 layers of clothes ( maybe sometimes the rain, but hey at least its not freezing). Best of all, its freaking cheap, and let's face it, sometimes it taste muuuchhhh better than those $10-per-piece kuih u get at 5-star restaurants.

Cempedak goreng I think is the greatest snack invented by men. The crispy and oily-ness of the outer layer, and when you bite it, there is the soft, gooey texture, followed by the awesome sweetness of it. *droooool* Give me a bucket of this thing and it'll be finished before you know it.

This is the reason why it is so hard for me to leave this country for a long time. I am so use to everything around me, everything i need or want is just minutes away. Ask me if I would live anywhere outside this country, and before you could finish the question I will give u a straight 'NO'. This is where I call home and I love it!!

Keep Walking

Shoes. For me it is shoes that brings together a great outfit. For example, if you are in a gorgeous evening gown, hair made up to perfection, jewelleries in place, and if u were to show up in a pair of flip flops, prepare for some staring, giggling and yes pointing and laughing too. I love shoes like crazy, the higher the better. Unfortunately, due to my recent 'tendonitis' issue, the doctor adviced me to step on the emergency brake on the heels. Every morning, on my way out to class, i see rows of untouched, colouful heels giving me evil looks for not wearing them :(.

*dreaaaaaam*

Sometimes i do wear them for special occasions, and i suffer the consequences later on with an open heart (the pain and doctor's order never stopped me from buying heels).

Now we see many many shapes and colours of shoes. The competition in the shoe designing industry is obviously though that sometimes designers have to think way outside the box to achive a new design, hoping they will start a trend.

For me, each woman have its own capability in working a pair of heels. You should try walking in front of a mirror, and when you look like you walk funny, find a pair of shoes that are half an inch shorter, until you look comfartable walking in it. This is because, even if you feel good in a pair of heels, but u dont look comfy in it, that is not the right shoes for you.

I prefer shoes that are bright, simple, classic and sexy. Nothing too 'out there', maybe a discreet disgn here and there, at most. I have to admit, trends are changing so like it or not, I have to include new influence of current trends into my style

Like this ones...(Jimmy Choo):

There is a fine line between shoes that is unique, fashion forward and couture, and than there is the plain old crazy ones.

CRAZY ONES :

COUTURE (Alexander McQueen) :

heh.* wonder if I could pull off one of those :)*