Yesterday, I stopped by Audrey’s place yesterday before we headed to Jusco…and look who came over to play!

This is Louise! (pronounced like Louis) His name’s Louis like King Louis the XVI (?). He belongs to Audrey’s gran ^_^ No idea what breed he is but he looks like one of those sheepdogs lol a huge ball of white fluff!

 
How adorable is that?? :D He looooves to play lol he jumped and started licking my hand when I came in…and soon my jeans had doggie saliva all over lol

Audrey and Louis ^_^

Louis and moi…

Later, we headed to Jusco to have lunch at Cafe Takahashi with Ann Li, Stef and Seng Aik. Hmm..the portion of chicken chop with wasabi mayonnaise sauce that I had looked smaller compared to what Ann Li had a few weeks ago. And it cost RM12.90! I hate it when restaurants shrink portions of food after they’ve been open for quite awhile. =_=” Oh, and I tasted Kimchi for the very first time yesterday! It smelled funny… =S Poor Ann Li’s mouth was practically on fire from the Kimchi she ordered. After lunch, we went for another karaoke session before making our way back home. Hehe I must stop by Aud’s house more often during the next semester break ^_^ How could anyone NOT love that big bundle of fur that is Louis??? :D

As some of you may know, the Big Bad Wolf book sale has arrived again! It was from 26th November til 2nd December. According to their site, there were promises of super cheap books for all ages, and I just could not pass up the opportunity to buy cheap stuff lols especially books. Since Amy was only free on Sundays cos of work, we went up to KL on that day. We traveled to KL free of charge, thanks to Amy’s aunt who was heading to KL as well, albeit for a different reason. And cramped in the backseat were Amy, her mom, cousin and I. My waist felt a bit sore after the trip =/ lol

We finally arrived around 11.30am after Amy’s relatives stopped for brunch along the way and headed to the nearest LRT station to get to Amcorp Mall. During the LRT ride, Amy pointed out that not a single person in the train was reading unlike the people in London and Singapore. LOL. We reached the book fair around lunchtime and luckily there wasn’t a queue outside the entrance like other days. There were boxes provided for those who didn’t bring their own shopping bags etc…and Amy and I pushed and carried the box along the venue as it became loaded with tons of books in no time XD

There’s a picture Amy took of our box before the selection process as there were just too many…will upload it when I get the pic from Amy. My stash comprised of just 8 books (the other 7 was with Ling Sim)…adding up to a grand total of RM120 worth of damage to my wallet, while Amy’s stash totaled to ~RM160. Fiction books were just RM8 each which was such a steal considering they were brand new and some of them were of the hardcover variety while cookbooks were RM10 – RM20 each though there wasn’t much to choose from.

I managed to get 8 out of the 9 books from the Southern Vampire Mysteries series by Charlaine Harris, mostly thanks to LING SIM!!! What a bargain! I was starting to get desperate and wanted to get the boxed set shipped by Amazon. It’s cheaper but shipping costs were pricey. >.<

Finally took pics of my mini book haul ^_^




Oh joy! 7 out of the current 9 book ‘Southern Vampire Mysteries’ series aka. the Sookie Stackhouse series were obtained with Ling Sim’s help! And I found the 2nd book when I went on Sunday!! Wish I could’ve gotten ‘All Together Dead’ too to complete the collection, but oh well I’m still happy with these!! The hardcover one looks out of place though…but it was a HARDCOVER for RM8!!

Met up with Anne and Justine as well during the book fair ^_^ It was so nice to see them and we managed to take a picture or two before leaving as it was starting to rain.

 
The moment we decided to leave, it started raining cats and dogs. =_=” and we got drenched though we had an umbrella. Plus there was a pretty strong wind along with the rain and my umbrella threatened to turn inside out. NOT FUN. And Amy was laughing away watching me struggle with the umbrella. =_=” Hmmph!

Quoting Amy: ‘The things we do for knowledge / cheap books!’

We finally made it the LRT station and Amy decided to take a pic of us looking all haggard from the rain and wind. Weird… From there, we proceeded to Mid Valley to have a very late lunch / early dinner. Oh, and the commuters in KL are so rude. As we were trying to get off the super packed train, people from the outside kept rushing in and ignoring those who wanted to get off. So annoying…and it’s even worse when you have tons of stuff to carry. Bravo to Amy who told those rude people off! Hehe and I might have purposely rammed some people on the way out. That’ll teach them to rush in next time.  >:(  Uncivilized humans.

We went to Manhattan Fish Market! We tried the salmon chowder if I’m not mistaken…it was quite yummy but it contained lots of Ajinomoto in it lol

Mmmm…salmon chowder! ^_^

My Manhattan Fish & Chips (Had Alaskan Pollock cos I couldn’t afford Swordfish T.T)
 

Amy enjoying the salmon chowder…

                                          Amy’s ‘Flaming Platter for One’

After our hearty meal, we burnt some calories carrying Amy’s huge bag filled with books around the shopping mall while doing a bit of shopping. Later, we headed to the bus station for the bus back to Ipoh. All in all, it was such a fun day…got to meet up with some very sweet friends and to spend some time with Amy. Even though I woke up the next day feeling sore all over from carrying Amy’s stuff, I had such a lovely time annoying Amy on purpose…keke hope the feeling’s mutual!

Oh, and Amy…you owe me some Krispy Kremes for helping you carry that bag around KL!! :D

It’s been sooo long since I last saw Ann Li so we went for a lepak-ing session today at the usual place lol Amy came along as well! ^_^ We wanted to watch 2012 originally but found out it was sold out for the entire day…(that’s what the lady said though the movie’s been out for almost 2 weeks now???) In the end, we decided to go watch Disney’s latest offering: ‘A Christmas Carol’.

Jim Carrey plays so many characters that I’ve lost track of which ones he was lol. He was the voice for Ebenezer Scrooge, the ghosts of Christmas past, present and Christmas yet to come if I’m not mistaken…and some other character as well lol. I’ve never read Charles Dickens’ novel, but I knew what it was about anyway. The gist of it is Mr Scrooge, who’s a stingy, grumpy old man gets visited by the ghost of his partner, Mr Marley, who warns him that his soul will bear heavy chains for eternity if he does not change his stingy and greedy ways. This is followed by 3 spirits visiting him on Christmas Eve who show him visions of the past, present and future. After the particularly scary images of the future, Oh you probably know what happens in the end anyway lol. I really must read the book one of these days!

The movie was pretty good…love the animation. Ann Li said it was a horror Christmas movie lol it’s definitely not for little kids haha as it’s a teeny bit scary at parts…particularly the ghost of Christmas yet to come, who is popularly known as the Grim Reaper. Chilling image indeed…compared to the ghost of Christmas past which resembles a candle and the ghost of Christmas present who looks ever so jolly sitting on a pile of food lol!

We went to the new (sort of) place, Cafe Takahashi for lunch…I had the Chicken Curry Katsu rice (again) which came as a set with mushroom soup and steamed egg which was so yummy! I forgot to bring my camera, so…

I do not own the following pictures! Credit goes to j2kfm.com

The chicken curry rice I had…though it had less pieces of vege and more curry

The wasabi mayonnaise chicken chop that Ann Li had…I must try it next time! Looks delicious ^_^

Amy had some sort of Udon which came with a giant ladle lol. And for an additional RM3.90 for each set ordered, we get to have 2 scoops of Haagen-Daazs ice cream. I’ve never tried Haagen-Daazs ice cream before and Amy and I shared the mango flavored one…and ohmygosh that was like tasting a tiny piece of heaven right there. (I’m just a poor student and therefore can’t afford expensive ice cream T.T) It was kinda better than Baskin Robbins’ ice cream! It was so smooth…and there’s small chunks of mango. Ahhh…I want some more!

Amyyyy get me a pint of Haagen-Daazs for my birthday, pretty pleaaaase? :D :D :D

It was so nice to see y’all again ^_^ we should do it again sometime! Do let us know when you’ll be coming back for the weekend Ann Li!

Finals are officially over…though I think I managed to screw up a few papers. I just HOPE I’ll be able to pass Anal. Chem. >.< My brain can’t process instrumentation, dang it!

Anyways, I discovered this little store in Queensbay Mall last weekend while wandering aimlessly. It’s called ‘Just Muffins’ and the place is just super cute! The whole store is bright pink and there’s a cute koala on its logo too ^_^ And through the glass display were the most adorable little muffins! They’re quite small, and I succumbed to its cuteness and bought 4 for RM6. Each costs RM1.60 btw.

I tried Holland Fries too the other day…the sauce was yummy though it was a bit pricey for fries…RM5.90 for the BBQ Meat Sauce and the cheaper ones were the normal flavors such as mayo and honey mustard.

Went again today with my parents to Queensbay after everything was all packed up. Bought 8 muffins for RM11 just to try out more flavors and stuff and cos my parents wanted to try them as well. Hehe I have pictures this time!! Do click on them for super ginormous size and major eye candy!! :)

 

I messed around in Photoshop and created this effect…lol what do you think? Hideous?

Non Photoshoped version haha. From left: Oats, Oreo and Chocolate Almond flavored muffins

  This one here’s the orange flavored one…had a fancy name which I couldn’t remember

Yes, I’m alternating between Photoshoped and non Photoshoped pictures lol the one on the left is White Chocolate Cheese I think. Cheese wasn’t very fresh though? It was sort of hard when I touched it.

My favorite…the Snowy White Chocolate Chips flavor! ^_^ 

Lalalaaaa…please comment on which of the pics you like best (as in the Photoshoped one or non Photoshoped one) Again, click on the pics to view them in all their glory! :D :D

I stumbled upon this while browsing for random stuff…it’s beautiful and I thought I’d share it with y’all :)

 

“For the ones who look to the sky and imagine the possibilities.  To the ones who look at a pile of discarded garbage on the side of the road, and see art.  To the ones who often feel overwhelmed by the beauty of other people.  To the ones who write, and paint, and think.  To the ones who hate humanity, yet love it to death.  To the ones who feel too strongly and love too deeply.  To the ones who stay up late with heads filled and minds yearning.  To the ones who drink life in and spit it out.  To the ones who see the opportunity to create something new, where others see just another blank canvas.  To the ones who cry and laugh and scream and rejoice.  To the ones who hope and the ones who hold on.

Never stop dreaming.  Never stop hoping and wishing.  Never stop creating and never stop loving.  Never stop screaming.  Never stop feeling.  Never stop searching.  Never stop looking at the sky and marveling at beauty.  Never stop holding on.

For when we do, the world will surely collapse.”

:)

I’ve been lazy lately…lol

My Raya break just ended. Boo…more tests to come, more assignments and finals are in a month’s time. Eeek! I’m so unprepared… >.< I’ll be super thankful if I manage to maintain last semester’s CGPA. But I have a feeling my CGPA will slip cos of my nasty Analytical Chemistry course, where all we learn is machines, components of spectrometers and all that crap. Oh, and the abbreviation for Analytical Chem is Anal. Chem. LOL!!!! It IS anal…a constant pain in the behind.

During the short one week break, I went out with Stef, Seng Aik and Nava who I haven’t seen in a loooooong time. A year I think. He still looks the same…like a stick =P Indon doesn’t seem to have any effect on him? lol Audrey and Ann Li were supposed to come, but Audrey was busy and Ann Li had her exams. :(

The lot of us went to catch a movie, The Ugly Truth starring Katherine Heigl and that dude from 300, Gerard Butler.

 
The movie was alright, it’s supposed to be a romantic comedy I think…Katherine Heigl aka. Dr. Isobel @ Izzie Stevens on Grey’s Anatomy plays this successful TV producer, Abby in Sacramento and she’s the controlling type and seems to have trouble in the dating department. Gerard Butler plays Mike Chadway who runs a television show called ‘The Ugly Truth’. Abby comes home from a disastrous date one night and happens to see Mike’s show and she then calls in to argue with him about how the perfect guy exists and that he’s out there somewhere and he calls her ugly lol. To her surprise, she discovers Mike at her tv station and he has been hired to improve ratings to which she objects.

She soon meets her new neighbor, Colin, who’s a doctor while fetching her cat from above a tree and then falling out of it lol. She’s convinced that he’s the man of her dreams and made a deal with Mike. Mike persuades her to follow his advice, and if she manages to get Colin, she’ll work with him. And if he fails, he’ll quit.

That’s the gist of it…I thought it was an alright movie. It has some really funny bits…and plenty of crude jokes from Gerard Butler. This isn’t your average fluffy rom. com. and I think that guys might actually enjoy this more. Heard Seng Aik laughing away at some parts…not sure about Stick though. I couldn’t hear the laughter, probably drowned out by some other noise?

After the movie, we waited for Her Royal Highness Stef to arrive so we could go karaoke. Oh, and we tried so hard to persuade Stick to sing along…he only sang a bit though =/ Wish you were here Auds! ^_^ Btw, we noticed no one brought us the bill like they normally would halfway through the session, and after our 2 hours was up, they decided to walk right out the exit without paying!! According to the others, it was their fault that they didn’t bring us the bill. But then a little later, Seng Aik got a call from the karaoke people telling him to foot the bill lol. Seems we didn’t quite manage to get away after all haha