Twelve + One: July 2009


Thursday, July 30, 2009

Kerja susah la.

Eh working very hard tau. Everyday 9-7pm. Then keluar minum makan bersiar siar. Tak de masa la. Macam kuli. Weekends datang, keluar lagi dan TIDORRRR.

So yeah, no time la. Stress.


Random pictures from BB:

More of less how I look like now.

The other day, me and Wei Yang tried out this Sichuan place, and yeah the food is DAMN GOOD.
Like Mic posted a few posts ago, its swimming in chilli! But its damn good stuff man.

How awesome does that look?

Anywho, I was thinking during work today that I really needed a holiday ahaha (ironic eh?) and one of my colleague just came back from Las Vegas, so then I thought to myself WHY THE FUCK NOT RIGHT?

Anyone up for Las Vegas during the Winter Break? I'm so fucking serious weh. Serious.

O.

posted by Anonymous @ 6:29 AM   1 comments



Monday, July 27, 2009

A New York Weekend


Hihi! I'm making an effort especially for Abby, because I lubs her so :)



FRIDAY:~

There's a whole new meaning to TGIF when you're a working woman. The weekend is a time to unwind, catch up with your friends, and splurge on the fine life. Ok, so I can't really splurge because my internship is unpaid... But my working friends spend a lot, especially since most of them are in finance. And hanging out with them means I have to spend a lot too... T_T But they really are an extremely nice bunch; some of them often try to pay for my food/drinks discreetly since I'm 'still in school' and 'so young.' So sweet right!


On Friday I attended the opening reception of an art installation in the Bronx. The gallery was full of hipsters sipping drinks & exchanging tete-a-tete. The artist, Tatt Foo, is a friend of my friend's. He's Malaysian! It's quite hard to break into the New York art scene, but he's been doing quite well for some years now, so I'm extremely happy for him and proud too. Malaysia Boleh! :)



Some of his stuff is really abstract, but there is deeper meaning behind all of his work. It was really interesting to hear what he had to say about each one.


Here's Tatt Foo, the artist himself.



My friends & I went traipsing around the whole of New York that night! From Manhattan to the Bronx, and finishing up in Brooklyn.


There was an outdoor film festival in Williamsburg featuring short animations by aspiring film majors. Some were really funny, like there was this stop motion animation about a pot-head chef. LoL! When it ended, we headed to a quaint bar in the vicinity for drinks, chit-chat & finger food.



SATURDAY:~


I explored one of my favorite parts of town - the West Village. I found out that there are more nice places to eat at West Village, whereas there's more to do in the East Village. But both have cutesy boutiques with great clothes :D



That night, it was 'time to make-a-noisy' with the Notorious MSG!


 Last week, I interviewed this independent band called the Notorious MSG for Chief Magazine, and I've been dying to see them perform live! 2 of my besties from Hofstra came with me.


Mike (the blondest kid you will ever meet - his eyebrows and eyelashes are practically invisible! Not, he's not albino. Lol! But I love that kid), Giselle (drama-Queen), & Sammeh Wammeh.


We had mad fun!!! Mike & Giselle thought the Notorious MSG were hysterical. I caught Down-Lo Mein's wife-beater when he tore it off and threw it into the crowd, but I didn't keep it cause it was really sweaty! LOL! I'm not that much of a crazed fan.

After the concert, Mike had to head home since he had to work early the next day. But the night was still young... I went to the after-party of my friend, Sharlene's birthday and Giselle tagged along.


Mostly everyone was Asian at Sharlene's party, and Giselle loved being the minority for once. Hahah! Quite a bit of drama took place that night... AS USUAL. Hais! What's a night out in town without drama? But then again, sometimes it can get sakit hati.



SUNDAY:~

I heart brunch. I hardly have breakfast anymore these days... It's always brunch, tea + dinner.

It's Restaurant Week in New York, and the acclaimed eateries here are going all out to impress. Most restaurants are offering set meals featuring their signatures dishes as well as seasonal items. My foodie friends managed to get a booking at Perry Street, an American-French eatery.


Perry Street is one of Jean-Georges' establishments. In case you're a katak di bawah tempurung... Stolen from Wikipedia: Jean-Georges Vongerichten (German pronunciation: [ʒɑn ʒɔʀʒ vɔŋəˈrɪxtən]) is "one of the most celebrated chefs on the planet."

Prepare to whet and wet your taste buds!



Everyone got a complimentary teacup of Strawberry gazpacho - an unusual twist to the usual chilled tomato based soup from Italy.


Peekytoe Crab Salad

Champagne mango & asparagus.

The dish was classy, but taste wise, I didn't find it spectacular.


Arctic Char Sashimi

Lemon, Olive Oil & Crispy Salmon Skin


Tim's Spinach and Goat Cheese Omelette with Shoe-string Potatoes.

When it first arrived, he was like, "Look at my airplane food." But it obviously didn't taste anything like gross airplane food. The omelet's texture was so smooth and bouncy & the shoe-string fries were addictive!


Grilled Yellowfin Tuna Burger

Bonita Mayonnaise, Shiso & Yuzu Pickles

The pickles were so delicious!


Half a Grilled Yellowfin Tuna Burger (left) and a Char-Grilled Cheeseburger (right).


Sharlene was gonna have a tuna burger, but when she heard that Simon & I were ordering it, she asked for a normal cheeseburger instead; she likes to try as many different things on a menu as possible. So I gave her half my burger & she gave me half of hers. That way, we got to sample both :) The two of us agreed that the beef patty was way more delicious; the tuna burger was a little strange for our liking.



Jigme had the Grilled Tenderloin of Beef with Crunchy Potatoes & Herbal Spinach.



Dessert was a choice of.....


Warm Chocolate Lava Cake with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream


or...


Mixed Berries with Fromage Blanc ice cream.



Sweet dreams~! :)

posted by Anonymous @ 1:55 PM   5 comments


Hellloooooo~~~

so just to clear any finger pointing heading MY way.....I WAS IN CHINA!!!! and i just got back. and as you all know....the government blocked it. and i shall reserve my comments.... just in case some chinese official finds this website and sees me bitching about it and....well i dont know what they will do lol.

so anyway.. china for me was no fun AT ALL.

weather - hot
people - rude
traffic - bad.. i hear people honking starting at 5.30am
internship - the worse
boss- an asshole/douchebag. i worked for him for FREE and he doesnt appreciate ANYTHING that i do
people i met - umm lets see.. 1,2,3,4................. think that was it! okay maybe i met more lol but i only deal with 2 on a regular basis - my colleague, and my boss's friend who was supposed to guide me.
fun times with KS - EVERY WEEKEND.
food - i've had better Chinese food in Malaysia
boys - not a single cute one... except for the boy who worked at the crepe store that i often visited.. but kshen totally disagrees........and we gave him a name. LEE BOON KEONG. coz ks thinks he's a kampung boy and deserves a name like that
night life - nada...no friends!
Mandarin speaking level - not bad....not bad at all hahaha. some people i met actually thought i was a local...which was.....good to know my chinese is good enough to pass as a local but degrading at the same time.. u know how we malaysian chinese always feel superior to mainland chinese ppl...yeah.
Highlight of China - CHINA'S SEX MUSEUM. and of course.. the eclipse!!!!!!! it was sooooo crazy! it was pitch dark, as if it was 9.30pm, but it was 9.30AM. amazing.. incredible. unfortunately it was raining and the sky was covered in grey clouds.. so too bad for those people who spent loads of money just to come and see the full eclipse in Suzhou/Shanghai.

Am I glad to be home? i'll let u guys figure that out ;)

Pictures can be found on facebook.. i pretty much uploaded EVERYTHING i took.. but i do think pictures in blogs are more fun but im just too tired right now and i need to wake up early tomorrow for a hair cut.

Most relieved - to have the internship over and done with, and to never see that asshole's face ever again. thank you.

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU GUYS!!! minus enli coz i already saw you yesterday.

Yi Wayn~Happy birthday!! 1 hour and 36 minutes belated but i already wished u earlier =) i hope to see u in camerons? =D

ps. MALAYSIA ROX

posted by -CaP- @ 1:23 AM   1 comments


Week 3: NO one cares!

I had a fun week.
But who cares right?
NO one here does?

NO one cares I went hiking thrice.
NO one cares I went up to Genting.
NO one cares that my week was fun.

Well, maybe Mic cares a little.

Plus why would you read about my week when you don't care about posting yours?

I guess...
No one cares if the blog dies...

posted by -shann- @ 12:50 AM   2 comments



Sunday, July 26, 2009

screw uni

Hey guys. I'm actually too lazy to blog but for the sake of keeping this blog alive I'm just gonna post a short one

So winter break's over and uni starts tomorrow (boo!). I've got tons of prep readings to finish and it's only the first week. My dad went back to Msia on Friday =( Kinda got used to having him around. I almost forgot how lame he could get and now I miss it. Most of you had first hand experience of my dad's lameness XP.

Okay that's all from me. At least I contributed unlike SOME people ;) Bleks!

posted by -MicCy- @ 9:23 PM   2 comments



Monday, July 20, 2009

Week 2: It Continues.

Thank you Mic for joining us. The rest, I'm still waiting!!!

This week was rather interesting or I shall say eventful. No they are not the same.

First and foremost, we had the 'twelve + one' dinner/reunion.

Guess how many of us turned up?

Three! ONLY THREE! But Seth joined us so not to cham la. But still... WHERE IS THE SPIRIT! *glares at En-Li*
It was very star studded tho Daikanyama. Saw many celebs there. PLus I love the place SAMMY/ ULBIE!

I also went to the pet shop this week in Ikano. I feel in love with a three month old baby albino phyton. It has orange tinge. VERY CUTE! Played with it for an hour but didn't buy it because parent don't let. :(

Hint: Present for 21st birthday!

Aside from that, nothing much lor. Still hanging out at night with Seth, Hwang and Brandon. Ji Liang and SK joined us one night!

OH OH, one day, we had a small Wesley reunion at Alexis BSC, about 8 of us. Jia Nern and Aaron Kumar then came to Andalus also.Can't wait to take you guys there!

I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT~!!!

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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Weekly Update!

Hey guys! This would be my first weekly update. Couldn't update last week cuz I was still in Sydney. Anyways, I'm still on Winter Break now and this holiday I visited Melbourne and Sydney! I spent 1 week in Melbourne and another in Sydney. I also attended the Hillsong Conference that's held in Sydney every year. Sung! I heard from Lee Na that you were there too! If I knew you were going as well we could have met up!

Here are some pictures of my trip:

Went skiing @ Mt. Buller


Had dinner at this Sichuan restaurant where everything was SWIMMING in chilli. This dish was the spiciest of them all. It looks more like chilli cooked with chicken than chicken cooked with chilli if you know what I mean


That's all I have at the moment. Sydney pictures are still in the camera and my comp can't read the memory card.

I came back last Tuesday after a 2-week long holiday. Honestly, I found the last few days kinda boring like I really wanted to go home because 2 weeks is just too long! Hehe! Yeah so when I got back, my bro and dad came over to Perth to visit and right now I'm just enjoying my time with them and taking them around.

That's all from me. Thanks Shann for suggesting this brilliant idea! After all, this is what our blog is for. Till next week, see ya!

posted by -MicCy- @ 11:15 PM   1 comments



Thursday, July 16, 2009

Ciao people!

As many of you will know, I'm gonna go to China to join Cap and Ks...and I doubt I'll be able to hack the system so I doubt I can make the weekly updates on this blog :(

I'll be back after 5 weeks and then I'll blog tonss and tonns about Beijing!:)

Take care and see you guys when I get back!~

posted by bëàns @ 6:06 PM   0 comments



Monday, July 13, 2009

Let's Boogie forsooth!

Sorry this is coming in a bit late... Well, it actually depends on which country you're in. It's 20 minutes after Sunday night in New York - 12:20am on a Monday.

It's so encouraging to see more entries on the 12+1 blog this week than there have been in the past few years! Lol! :D I love hearing from you guys. Clever Abby! Much much love~ *Mwah!*

So what did I do this weekend? On Friday night, I am quite the sad to say that I think I got alcohol poisoning for the first time in my life! >.<" It was a friend's birthday and we went cheong kei and drank like crazy. During every bout of nausea, you know what popped into my mind? Michelle Lee's first time getting drunk at Sky Bar (or was it Luna Bar? It was some rooftop bar lah!) on New Year's Eve 2008! Shann, James, Winny and Billy were there too. I can't believe it was so long ago. I remember Miccy saying, "I don't know why people wanna get drunk... It's the worst feeling in the world!" My hangovers have always been manageable, but this time, I seriously thought I was dying. So now I totally understand what Miccy meant! I can't look at alcohol without feeling my stomach churn. Let's see how long that lasts.

Saturday was spent recuperating, but in the evening, I felt well enough to catch that new Johnny Depp movie with some friends. 'Public Enemies' sucks! Not one of Depp's best. Then we went for dinner at this quaint bar/restaurant called 'The Red Head,' followed by hookah in the Lower East Side. It was my first time at a place where they use fruits as a bong!

Today I watched 'Transformers II'... FINALLY. I'd heard bad reviews about it, but it was okay whaaat... I can't wait for the new Megan Fox movie where she's an evil high school cheerleader. Have you guys seen the trailer? That young actress from 'Mama Mia' is staring in it too. Looks good!

Back to work tomorrow! I've been looking for a new job aside from my internship at an arts & culture magazine, because it's an unpaid internship which only offers college credit. Some of you already know what happened to my previous job at this comic store: I friggin got fired! Well, not really... But my employer was a real A-hole. He asked me out and when I said I preferred to keep things professional, he started getting cold towards me. Then one day, he told me not to come for work because he wasn't opening the store. But I sensed something fishy, and asked my coworker if she was going in to work and she said, "Yeah, normal hours." So the mother cheebs indirectly let me go! @#$%! The job was paying really well and I got to take home free comics and dvds! :( But whatever lah, I don't want to work for someone with such lousy principles. On top of that, he was a huge racist... Not towards me, but towards African Americans, which made me feel as if I was betraying my black friends in a way. Should have brought Khaliy to work to tick him off! Nyaha!

FOONG MEI! Elmo girl! :o) I found this video on youtube of Natalie Portman and Elmo playing dress up and I obviously thought of you. The ending is the funniest.




Well, I guess that's it for now. Ttyl, peeps! :) I miss you guys...

posted by Anonymous @ 12:23 PM   4 comments


My week....

hehe i know im past deadline. but ish. nevermind la horrr...:)



what did i do this week..hrms... last sunday i went to ipoh..my dad's cousin passed away..and incidentally another family friend of mine also passed away this evening. people from my parent's generation are dying~!!!!:'(



it's a bit freaky la...and i can see my parents are kinda a lil disturbed about it...



spent monday to thursday sick and self-quarantine because i had flu and fever and cough.. but im not dead yet therefore it aint swine flu :)



ahems. on friday i went out with my long-time god brother (some or at least most of you would know him)..and his lil bro..and bryan and marcus teo..mic sam cap wayn and maybe shann would know who im talking about..



saturday was spent DRIVING for the first time in two years...in my car:):):):):):) i love my car:):):):) apparently its my 21st bday present la but my dad probably just bought it because he's been on a spending spree lately:D



also got a pedi..from soong ai ling's spa..the decor is damnn cute and traditionally english with alot of ornate shelves, knick knacks hung on the wall...soong ai ling herself painted my toes.. IE: damn expensive laaaa omg. about 10 buck more expensive than glitters..sighers.



sunday..went to church..and then spa in Morino Kaze with mom in KL. shann, cap; u know what imma be talking about yea?????;) HEEHEE. shann rmb the dude??? loll..good times good times...when cap comes back we goes agains ok?



LOL this one i must tell you ALL: I AM DAMN PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT I CAN STILL DO ADD MATHS AFTER ALL THIS WHILE. I KID YOU NOT.



been trying to teach my insufferable brother the subject..he is form 5 this year..time really flies huh. and and and...tomorrow will bring back tons of memories for me because i shall be going back to wesley..brothers parent teachers day LOLLL... omg la this is going to be so fun..sitting on the OTHER chair for once..and not being afraid of what the teachers are gonna say..



then again...most of us had not much to worry about because we were all SUCH angels la...:P

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posted by -princess- @ 1:14 AM   5 comments



Sunday, July 12, 2009

A Weekend.

Soooo, let me use pictures to describe my weekend.

Saturday.

Myself and Yvonne had to do Corporate Social Responsiblity for JPMorgan as part of our internship so we had to do some gardening/landscaping work for a homeless shelter in London. Forgot to take pictures of the work we did cause we were busy doing it, so I'll post up a pictures of the shirt that JPM gave us to wear. We were walking advertisement. But before we could even get out of the house, I cut my thumb while washing plates when one of the plates broke into two.


JPMorgan

"This is where you need to be"

My cut. Fucking deep ok.

At night, I met up with the elusive LIM WEI YANG and we watched Transformers 2. As usual, he was FORTY FIVE minutes late. I actually went in alone first. That was how bad it was. Lol. It was a good movie, action pack like crazy but I thought the storyline was quite shit. And then there was Megan Fox. I thought the earlier Decepticon-Girl-Robot was quite hot too. Like a blond version of Megan Fox.

Sunday.

The day hasn't ended yet over here in London, but so far, I've met up with Wei Yang again for lunch at this Malaysian restaurant, Rasa Sayang. Again, I was too busy eating so I only took pictures of the food midway/after we finished. Lol.



Yu Tau Mai

Curry Chee Cheong Fun, and WY had Nasi Lemak I think

Thats Mr. Elusive. Went to Starbucks later.
I got the Mocha Frap, which is taller than his. Nyahaha.

That's about it peeps. Will blog next week, if I can!

Oli.

posted by Anonymous @ 10:51 PM   0 comments


Hello, Malaysia!

Hey guys, here's an update.

I have just came back from London 2 days ago, possibly my last trip there in a long time. Attended my graduation ceremony which I was not particularly excited about.

Currently still not motivated enough to submit any CVs after almost two months of idleness. Maybe soon....

See you guys soon ;)

Take care everyone!

posted by foongmei @ 9:07 PM   0 comments


Week 1: Warming Up.

As mentioned earlier, my finals was this week and it was pretty alright. Fingers cross.

Life has been pretty routine these days, I go to class in the day and I hang out with friends at night and some times until the wee hours.

Usually hang with Seth, Kuan Hwang and my new friend Brandon. Occasionally, Jeng Shuin, SK or Jia Nern join us.

They like Shisha-ing at this place call Andalus in Ampang. I don't smoke but according to them it's awesome! And cheap too! Tho I don't shisha, it's nice chilling there la.

Can't wait for you guys to come back and take you guys there!
Also, KARAOKE!!!


Brandon and I- we perasan we are vampire siblings- Emmett and Alice.

Don't puke.

Love you all!

posted by -shann- @ 4:10 PM   0 comments



Thursday, July 09, 2009

And I go first!:)

I think it must have been years since I last blogged here. And yup, I get the feeling no one reads it...but in fact I do stalk our blog like almost everyday. So it's worth an update!

I guess there's nothing new with me, or rather, I don't know what to update you guys on about? After my exams, I went to Greece and Paris for a lil bit of holiday...pics are up on facebook and I'm too lazy to upload them here :( After which, I did a short internship at some law firm in London before flying back. Hence I got back on Monday and have been doing a little bit of errands & bumming until today. I should be going to Spore this weekend hence I'll call you guys out next week :) Succinct??

I don't know if any of you noticed, I privated by blog few months ago cause I wasn't gonna update it anymore. Then I changed its url cause I didn't want ppl to stalk me. After which I thought, screw everyone and so now it's back to the same url. Just incase you guys wanted to find me :)

Ahh yess my 5 minutes are up and I've hopefully injected some life into the blog!:)

posted by bëàns @ 5:12 PM   0 comments


Proposal: The Revival

It's funny how you come up with things at the most inconvenient time.

Finals is in 8 hours and no I haven't finish revising and have yet to get shut eye BUT
I HAVE AN IDEA!

We are always complaining about how our blog is dead and always points fingers at each other to do something but no one ever steps up.

Here's what I am suggesting:

At the end of every week, most people should have five minutes on Sunday nights,
Each of us, write a short post of what we did throughout that week. It doesn't have to be an essay it doesn't have to be long. Be creative. It can be one word, it can be a 30000 word thesis. We love each other and we will read it.

No time for words? Post pictures! We are masters of camwhoring and capturing pictures! Caption a few pictures of what you did. No matter if it is boring, again, we love each other, so we'll read it! In fact Google a picture of how you felt that week! THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!

The purpose of the blog was to make sure we stay in touch, while I love none of you less but sometimes I feel that I've lost touch with you guys a bit. :(


SO please guys and girls! What say you?

My then 10 mins break is now 50 mins.

posted by -shann- @ 4:28 AM   1 comments