The Kek Lok Si Temple, Penang

:)

The Ten Thousand Buddhas Pagoda

The view from the top of the Pagoda

nu pengyou

*friendster cafe
*damia, emelia, sabya
*catching up with the girls
*have to mention dat i won the uno card game today afta kalah mati dekat bowling smalam

hasrulatikahafizsabya

current mood : hapeeeeeeeeeeee :))

PS : I SAYANG KORANG

Update

First off, lemme wish Nico, who is on exchange to UK, all the best in his studies!

Go find a UK chick and be her Malaysian Boy!

Take me on a trip i'd like to go someday,
Take me to KL i'd like to see PJ,
I really want to come kick it with you,
You'll be my Malaysian Boy~!

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Argh. Have got freaking loads of random pics that i really want to post, but i haven't really got the time.

Will write a list and slowly upload them.

january

January flies so fast, innit?
i felt releived because i have forgive and forget
i felt blessed, because life has just been awesome
i felt honoured, because dis month itself 2 people have requested me to be their pengapit. a close friend & a cuzzie.
i felt loved and be loved
and yes i felt beautiful indeed! haha

*dear digital diary, cant wait for tomorrow. PLEASE fastening the clock!

Frames

Gong Xi Fa Chai, to my handful of readers. :D

*brushes aside spider-webs and an inch of dust*

Three days late, but i haven't had anything super interesting to report, apart from the fact that my red-packeted income has decreased, by a freaking lot, i might say! Exponentially!

Anyway, i finally forced myself to finish the following post, which i had been periodically updating since two weeks ago:

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I'd been hankering for a visit to Frames after reading Yvonne Woi's review.

An opportunity finally presented itself when we went to see Yes Man! (which was hilarious by the way, though it paled in comparison with Get Smart).


Tada! Frames! At night, the "Frames" signboard is backlit with a luminous neon blue, and will definitely catch your eye when you drive by.

Unfortunately, I chose a time of day that diminished the attractiveness of the signboard.

The interior has a white-black-purple minimalist design, with frames of varying sizes adorning the walls. Funky.

Purple cushions and mini bolsters. Purple, i like. The cushions were super lumpy though and the mini bolsters kept rolling off the seat. -_-"

Starters. Fried calamari. Thumbs up for the calamari. The batter was fantastically crunchy and flavourful. The calamari ring itself was fairly tender, which is good news because nobody likes rubber-band calamari.

Dipping sauce was some sorta mayonnaise with a bit of buttery taste to it. Not too shabby. The calamari serving is rather large for a starter (and for 14 bucks), so you have my recommendation.

My Mushroom Mascarpone. It arrived emitting the most marvellous aroma, a sorta balsamic vinegar smell to it. Sad to say it was a slight disappointment. I wouldn't say it tasted bad, but just a tad too bland for me. Didn't really meet my expectations.

I mean, come on! Mascarpone!! The word mascarpone. Triple cream cheese used in tiramisu. Supposed to taste milky, creamy and soft. But the Mushroom Mascarpone wasn't creamy enough. Apart from that, the mushrooms were quite OK. Three types of mushrooms. I liked the chopped walnuts tossed into pasta. Provided extra crunch to it.

Next up is a pasta that i would most definitely return to Frames for. Nico's Italian Herbs. Chicken cubes, beef bacon and herbs tossed together. Divine, i tell ya. Incredibly heavy taste, perfect if you like strong flavours. As it is olive oil based, it is not as cloying as pasta carbonara. Quite excellent.

DY's House Bunny Chicken. Grilled chicken topped with some sorta carrot veloute or whatever you call it. I didn't manage to try this, but DY said it was quite alright.

YZ's fish and chips. I generally frown upon Fish and Chips, but oh well... I didn't order it. It was of a sufficient serving. Nothing too exciting about the fish. I liked the way the tartar sauce was presented, stuffed within a tomato.

All in all, my dining experience at Frames was decent. I would return to sample that melted cheese fries thingy!

24th January 2009

3 wedding, short fun fair trip & a hotel camwhoring

SHUFFLE

a very beautifully tiring day. And yes Mohd Hasrul Fadzly turns 21 today. Many many happy returns to him

Cambodia Day 1

The Group Pic - Front Side

The Group Pic - Back Side :P

I seriously didn't know all of them owned a dslr, swt.

mid air in Malaysia :)

aerial view of Phnom Penh

this is where we stayed in the capital - The Capitol Guest House

view from our room

another view from the room

Dinner was in Khmer Saravan, a restaurant in the city - that's the rice container and the handmade wooden ladle :)

Those are Cambodia's famous traditional Sour Soup and Amok Fish dish - so delicious!

after dinner we went to Sisowath Quay which is equivalent to our Penang's Gurney Drive

the boy hawker selling edible siputs :)

and the notorious exotic food seller! there's snakes, scorpions, bugs, spiders, grasshoppers etc, oh so yummeh! :D

that's william with his spidery meal

that's me with a cricket in my mouth - tastes like ikan bilis :*)

Special credits to william and emily for some photos I couldn't possibly snap by myself while all others were taken by my Nikon D40 for this trip. I will write about the experience as soon as I'm done with the photos. So, stay tuned :)))

Happy Chinese NIU Year!

The earliest text greeting:

"Happy chinese new year! Wishing u a year full of booze n lack of hangovers XD"

HOW AUSPICIOUS! THANK YOU!
This is the sender

Borobudur - Yogyakarta, Indonesia

the next destination, hopefully :)

any takers?

Mad

Mummy mummy don't be sad
I know I've been really bad
I know that you're really mad
I'm still, at heart, a good lad
You just overreacted a tad
Sometimes you just need a pad

Mummy mummy don't be mad
I understand that you and dad
Are not gonna give up what you had
I don't wanna remain a nomad
Take me back and I'll be glad
I'll study hard as an undergrad

Mummy mummy don't be sad
I'm writing this in a notepad
I'm being hunted by a triad
They're coming after my gonads
Few months back I saw their ad
And... oh my f-!! ... EGAD!

***
Above rant is purely fictional. I have not been kicked out, wandering the streets.

Bored at work, you know.

Sudden rhyming frenzy hit me like crazy, Daisy.

Back from the Khmer region

Here is one of the group photos - they're probably the best backpacking partners ever!

pic source: william

:)

Cannot breath, Cannot breath, Cannot breath

SOMEBODY HELP ME!!

I just came back from the club meeting . Luckilly, today meeting was not so dull compared to the last week. We can see new faces. And suddenly 2 girls approached me

girls : what did u take?
me: i took event
girls : event?
me : yes event. you guys?
girls : law
me : wow dats great! i intended to take law before
girls : WAIT! u mean bachelor degree in event management?
me : yes
girls : what fac?
me : OM
girls :wow we didnt noe there is such courses
me : alar... law lagi hebat
girls : Heck no... seyesly law sgt boring ok... but event, so kewl! There are so many people with different background in this class. well wut do u tink make us here tonight?

We are here for sport event management club & yet im the only one in there who r purely major in event. The rest came from different2 bacground. law, engin, applied science, mascomm. I heard complaint the whole night, which makes i tot, i might not taking law or medic but i have no complaint about what i have been taking so far. In fact im just loving every single seconds of the learning process of becoming a sucessful event manager . AMIN

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BACK TO THE MAIN POINT


Afta the club meeting, i drove back home and drop by 7eleven to top-up. and BANG!


I SAW HIM. A guy dat i havent seen for sooo many yrs. A guy dat i cud write a book solely about him. A guy dat used to be my everything. DUMB ASS SABYA
Well i heard he's been actively in the entertainment line nowadays. After winning the Hitz TV
blast off competition, he get full scholarship to pursue music in LKW. He did composed a few songs and personally i didnt know he's that talented before. Recaping the old days, he is just a normal senior that suceedly stole my heart. And people used to asked me "what did u see in him?" Few yrs ago i dont know how to answered dat, but today i can smile proudly because i saw everything that u dont when he was exactly NOTHING. While people only notice it when he was SOMEBODY. One thing never changed. Butterflies in the air. Nampak die je terus jadi kelambut (ayat die ni)


just now at the counter...
kak maxis 10
Bukan u guna celcom ke sabya?
errr.... ermmm... i nk beli tuk si gemok

*first love will never forgotten

Lycans

I have, in my pocket, two tickets to the premierre screening of Rise of the Lycans courtesy of Nuffnang.

Found out a week back that Nuffnang was giving out tickets here.

Email from Nuffnang. Quite unexpected, i must say.

Rise of the Lycans, here i come.

p.s. I prefer the vampires. there is a certain mystique about them as opposed to the lycan's crude savagery.

M.U.H

YEAY! MEET UNCLE HUSSEIN MENANG!!

SILA TUNTUT AISKRIM FREE ANDA DI CAFE BESOK!

Greetings from The Kingdom of Cambodia

Hello folks! I'm writing this from the lodging house - yea, there's internet connection here! :)

Cambodia is extraordinary and totally beautiful. The food is pretty good too - much to the pleasure of my Malaysian tummy :)))

As much as I enjoy being in a foreign land with amazing cultures and friendly people, the bigger part of me can't wait to be back home.


Signing off with lotsa love,
aL

golden lounge

Today we are required to fill a form asking about our dream job.

Mine : KLIA EVENT EXECUTIVE

The position just popped out in my mind after my first visit to the klia golden lounge. The place was damn beautiful, and there's plenty of food thats totally FREE. So dari situ aku pon berangan nak keje kat klia......

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