Eu Jin's birthday & my busy Friday

It was May 30.
My schedule... 11am-2pm: Karaoke with Karen @ Neway Times Square. 2pm++-5pm: Book Fair with Karen @ KLCC. 7pm-10.30pm: Eu Jin's birthday dinner @ Delicious, One Utama. 10.30pm-2pm: Karaoke with cousins and Ducum @ Neway One Utama.
Plus, I had to wake up at 7 something the same morning to do my shooting for my final assignment...
DAMN BUSY LOR!!! No wonder some people said I'm busier when I'm jobless lar!
I'll fast forward everything in the morning because I did not take any photos. So let's start with the very 'delicious' birthday dinner at Delicious. It was my very first visit to the restaurant, which is next to FCUK. The interior design was already quite impressing, I can't stop myself from taking loads of photos of the really nice blue coloured based restaurant!I love this picture! And I love that piece of dress I bought from Perth!
The blue colour based interior design of Delicious is really nice. The part with the bird cages is my favourite one.
They serve both Western and Oriental food. Not too expensive, I think the main course ranges from RM 19.90 onwards. 3e made a right choice ordering two different type of salads as starters. Honestly, I think the salad was better than the main course meal!My Hot Honey Lemon drink with biscutti.
Caesar Salad with Chicken. Love the fact that it has avocado in it!
Also, the very nice Grilled chicken Spinach Salad.
We all ordered a main course meal each. Most of us went for spaghettini (yes, they call it 'spaghettini' here), but since I had 'spaghettini' at Neway for brunch, I decided to go for this this... Wait, let me check again... Marsala Lamb shack. The lamb itself wasn't too bad. But the Marsala curry was a bit too heavy for me. And I wish they give a better or more interesting side vege. I like Jan Yi's Mascarporne Pesto Chicken. The pesto sauce was really nice and the chicken was very well grilled. Of course, I love the fact that it has asparagus!That's my Marsala Lamb Shack served with Basmati rice.
2e's Nasi Kerabu with Ayam Perchik.
Ducum's Cabonara Spaghettini with bacon.
3e and Uncle Thong's Thai Seafood Spaghettini. I didn't try that but I think it must be quite nice.
Eu Jin's Braised Oxtail Spaghetteni.
Jan Yi's Mascarporne Pesto Chicken. Looks damn nice right?
The kids, with the birthday boy Eu Jin. Haha, thank god Eu Jin didn't shut his eyes for this picture!
Then off we went for my second Karaoke session of the day.
I will let the videos say the words...

We love singing Don't Cha at the Karaoke, for some unknown reasons....

Just for your information, my cousin sis, Jan Yi is a BIG fan of Abba.

And the best of all, this is Eu Jin singing his favourite Hokkien song... Pay attention, he has good body languages, right?
It was an enjoyable Friday and I had sooooo much fun! Thanks to Karen and of course my 3e and Uncle Thong for the treat!
And HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DEAR COUSIN EU JIN! HAPPY 19 AGAIN!
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Oh wait... I just figured out I have another food review!
So let's re-wind to last weekend where I had my dinner with 4e & Uncle Mike at Epress Cafe at The Curve.
The piece of menu at Empress Cafe.
It was a very simple restaurant right opposite Italianies, looks more like a kopitiam lor. But they serve Western, Malaysian and Indonesian food. The food was actually not too bad. In fact, I love them, but there are so many problems with the restaurant.
The waiters and waitresses are mostly(and probably) foreign workers who can't really understand or speak English. My 4e had to call for the manager when the waiter can't answer her question. Luckily the manager did a good job and was very polite. And I definitely think they should spend more attention on their too simple menu, which is just a piece of paper, and their kitchen ware.
Anywayz, here are the food without the proper names because I didn't write down the names. And the picture quality aren't that good since I took them with my mobile phone and only under the moonlight(Nah, not even sure if there was any moon that night)...The very special 'bun' as starter.
Seafood Spaghetti, which was originally in tomato paste.The very yummy Salmon Spaghetti with very special orange flavoured sauce. Thumb up!
The Rosemary Chicken, if I'm not mistaken.
And a double thumb-up for the dessert which I wish I know the name! It has chocolate and cashew nuts, really yummy... If minus the fat and sugar lar!

这样的小马我特别喜欢！哈哈！

这样放的小马，我真的好喜欢！
小马不止是帅而已哦，要他搞笑也ok的哦！
哈哈，不过如果他以后能像小滨和阿本那么放就一极棒啦！

My Shopping Cart from Perth

As I've promised earlier, this is a post to show-off the C&C(cute & cheap) stuffs I bought from my Perth trip earlier this month... I think only girls will be interested with this post, but don't be jealous! Wakakaka...
I can't remember all the prices anymore, but the most expensive piece I bought was AUD21 (RM63), which was a Nike top. And the rest are all cheaper than that. So I really think they are so cheap that I have to say I really enjoyed shopping in Perth! Yeah!!!The big pile of clothes where most part of my AUDssss went...
First to come, a blue top with white polka dots from Target, the first piece I bought from the trip. It costs me only AUD 12++! I love the big hole at the back! Next to it is checker box shirt, from Kmart which is sooo cute!I used to love Supree a lot! I know Lina loves it too! But their clothes aren't that cheap, and most of the time I only go for their funky t-shirts. I was so tempted to buy more of their t-shirts!!! But I controlled, and in the end, I got one, with "I recycle Boys" on it. AUD 15. I love it!!! Next to it is a long top from Jeans West. It has all the most trendy print on it: stars, heart shapes and polka dots. And guess what? It's only AUD 7.50!
Next up, a casual dress from Kmart. It's AUD20. I just love the design! Simple, yet trendy.Another dress I got from Valleygirl. I'm sure most people in Oz know Valleygirl. It was the shop we all love to check-into in the city. And this dress, at AUD19.95 is SO WORTH IT cos everyone who had seen it said it's cute!On the left is a really nice top that I will be wearing for my final assignment shooting this Saturday. And on the left is a dress, which is also really cute. Both AUD 10, Cotton On.The cropped cardigan is of bling bling material in gold colour. I thought it would be good if I start working one day in the PR or event field. It's AUD 9.90. Then this SUPER TRENDY AND SUPER CUTE high cut skirt is one of my favourites of all! It's AUD19.95. Both from Valleygirl.
The quarter pants I bought from Jeans West, which I've regretted since. Not because it's not nice, but because I bought the wrong size! After a while it just became looser and looser... Anywayz, it's another cheap piece at AUD 10.Then the whole lots of Nike I bought from the Nike Factory Outlet Shop at Harbour Town, when they have sales! I love the green and purple top (purple one's for Ducum) very very much. Mine is AUD21 while Ducum's AUD18(they were having a bigger sales the next day I went). And the pink colour sleeveless top is only AUD 12, and the pants AUD 18.
Of course, there are also three more clothes which I've worn to gathering over there and you've also seen in my earlier post.
Top & bottom: Same top actually, just different colour. AUD 14 something from Kmart. Middle: really nice casual dress from Jeans West. AUD 7.50. Also, my new and real cute strippy scarf from Target, AUD 12 something.
Not to forget, the whole lots of cute undies and bra!!! I love the undies there! Always cuter than the lousy ones we have here in Malaysia! And I love my new yellow bra!!!
And, and... Presenting... My lovely pairs of Keds! It's just so cute! I love the details... Look at the pattern, they are actually pandas when you look nearer! And the Cheongsam buttons at the back are so cute! And it's GREEN! Best part is, for this pair of cute and branded shoes, it's only AUD 20!!!Because winter is near, everywhere is selling winter clothes already. Stars, polka dots, heart shapes and stripes are so so so in the trend. Some of their jackets and jumpers are so cute! Especially some of the stripes ones! I was so tempted to buy them! But I know it's useless since we don't need them in the freaking HOT country like Malaysia, I have to give them all a miss! But I tried on one at Target...Missy Elliot in the making... Damn nice gold colour leather jacket, only at AUD20!
So, what do you think? You like them???

恭喜小马成为二军10强，接下来要加油啦！

前天在模范棒棒堂里宣佈了二军......的最后10强！
是的，这个比赛还没结束！不过相信很快啦！现在阿本组（我不喜欢叫他们公主帮！啊~~~）的5位入选底迪和Terry组（我比较喜欢叫他们Uncle组，嘻嘻）的5位底迪会分别出一张EP哦，是在6月27日！然后不懂要再过多久就会宣佈最后的5位二军成员啦！
这次二军10人包括......本组：小马、阿本、毛弟、野兽、翰奖。Te组：Terry、牙膏、鮪鱼、小禄、李铨。
对于本组呢，我是超级支持的啦！我的小马呢，有惊无险的就入选了，其他的成员我都蛮喜欢的，尤其是唱歌超好听又很可爱的野兽，还有最近爱上的奖哥！所以本组加油啰！挺你们的！:)至于Te组呢，我个人就不是很喜欢啦，毕竟很Uncle、有些甚至很“la-la”！不过，我还是很爱牙膏的，很偏心的要说一句：牙膏加油！！！:p哪有这么帅的公主帮啊？NO WAY!!!
接下来要变感性了！
这次宣佈二军的时候小马全程都没笑容，他看起来很懊恼、很不开心、很无奈！这次入选，他的感言是：“其實我一直覺得我自己做的不夠好。我一直記得Andy哥跟我講說叫我要努力,不要做一個可有可無的小馬，到現在還是個人特色沒有很突出,然後人氣部份也沒有到應該要到達的地方。”看到我们家马儿眼泛泪光的说出这些话，马窝里的大家都很难过。所以，我很想再一次说一些我的感想！工作人员和Andy哥对小马可是赞赏有加的哦！
小马是棒棒堂刚开播我就“爱上”的底迪。可是老实说当时的他除了帅，真的就没什么好说了。一直到中间的一段时间，应该是他的滑板表演开始吧，到他开始和阿本一起搞笑、然后再变成很会跳舞的底迪、再到参与偶像剧的演出获得赞赏，小马都是一步一脚印的慢慢的upgrade自己，让自己更出色的！从zero到现在，虽然舞技不是一流、唱歌更是还有很大的进步空间，可是小马的努力和进步是没有人可以否认的。其实有时候我觉得我和他蛮像的，有时候要表演什么的时候很容易自己缩起来，不敢表现，就像他那样fade out！不过这真的不行！小马，你真的很棒，你知道吗？在棒棒堂里算帅气，你一定是最帅的其中一个，滑板、魔术都还没有一个像你那么厉害，还有你在进步中的跳舞、唱歌、演戏，你真的很厉害！为什么就不要对自己更有信心呢？我们真的希望看到有自信、发光发热的你！小马Go Go Go~~~!!!
只要你在所有的表演都很有自信的完成，好好的表现，人气自然会上升！当然，我们也会一直一直在挺你的！希望这段时间你不要太去在意人气，因为这是可以慢慢培养的！
祝福你在二军PK能越战越勇，不要轻易的放弃，因为你的马迷们都不会放弃你的！当然，接下来的黑糖群侠传，你也要好好的把你的演技给秀出来哦！超期待你的演出的！忍者伊賀蒼太，帅呆了是吧？
小马加油！马Shirlexia永远挺你的！
**照片取自马窝、woo.com ，欢迎各位喜欢小马的朋友一起来到马窝和我们一起帮小马衝人气！

When I was still a sport journalist...

I just got these photos from Emily's friendster. Emily was the PR for the Cobra 10s tournament last October.
Back then, I was still with my long hair, my fatty face, my fatty waistline... Most importantly, I was still a sport journalist, very happily covering the event. I really enjoyed the Cobra thingy because it was quite an interesting tournament where we all get to drink beer while working. And the after party was also really nice!
Most unforgettable was the fact that I got praise for the first time from one of my very senior ex-colleagues for the review I wrote of the tournament! I was damn excited about it!
Think I'm starting to miss the job that I once dying to get.
Nah... Unless if it's just for fun, like freelancing...
You gotta give me credit for having the courage to post these photos I guess... Look at the double chin, the fatty arm and tummy... Euwwww...

David vs David & David A. is My Pick!

David "Baby Face" Archuleta VS David "Rocker" Cook.
So it's an American Idol finale with the top 2 who were erm... Much expected to be in the finale, it's a David vs David! And honestly, I love both of them. Although yea, I might put Jason Castro before David Cook, but I have to admit Jason wasn't as good, and he just looks like he doesn't care anymore...
I was hoping 8TV will play a live broadcast of the finale but was left disappointed. Maybe I just have to blame myself for not having Astro. But I caught all the actions on Youtube this morning and man I just have re-inject my love for the lovely David Archuleta!!! I know David Cook isn't an easy opponent, he's also very good. I was actually half getting bored of David A., who always sings like a teenage boy singer. Okay, well he is a teenage boy! But the finale... Wow... I couldn't agree less with the judges, David Archuleta wins the night!!!
First Round: He first sang Elton John's Don't Let the Sun Goes Down on Me.

I never liked Elton John, but I was like blushing listening to David singing this song! I felt so touched, for some unknown reason!!! It was such a brilliant performance!
Second Round: In this Moment, a song David picked from their song-writing competition.

Too cheesy for me... Can't take it!
Third Round: David sang Imagine again! I love him singing that song!

If I'm not mistaken, this time he sang it with a different arrangement and style compared to the first time he sang it. And needless to say, it was better than the first time!!!
I love you David Archuleta!!!
If I'm now in the States, I would be voting hundreds votes for you!
Let's pray that 'David Archuleta' will be read out as the name of the winner tonight!!!
Finger cross!

A Very Late Update...

Just finished uploading (oh, finally...) videos of my Ah Ku (uncle)'s 50th birthday bash.
First to come is the guys of the family, including ang mo Uncle Mike, who was so funnily forced to get on stage to sing the Hokkien song, Ai Pia Jia Eh Eia (爱拼才会赢）.
Seriously funny...

And then the kids! I didn't really want to do this, but you know lar, we 'kids' just had to give Ah Ku a birthday gift since we have no money to buy one! So we decided to sing a funny-version of Ben. Yup, Ben's my Ah Ku's name!

Nah, I don't think we succeed in making it looks or sounds funny.
And presenting our Ah Ku, who was obviously VERY DRUNK by the end of the party!

Here in My Home

The song is quite nice, and it's so hard to get so many people from different fields to be in the MV!
So do check it out!

P/S: I'm most excited when I saw Jason! No, not Jason Lo (okay, he also ok lar), but Jason of Sepet! Ng Choo Seong!!!

减肥！减肥！减肥！
我要减肥！
加油！加油！加油！

Another movie reviewzzzz...

I'm gonna be very busy the following weeks. Have to prepare for my very own final assignments, do my translation work, and help up with my school on some stuffs. So I guess it's time to write my movie reviews now, otherwise I'll have more and more of them all pile-up.
一个好爸爸(Run Papa Run)
因为张艾嘉、也因为古天乐，我老早就想看这电影了。
其实算是张导演那么多部电影里，较另类的一部吧？有点搞怪、却又那么的感人，搞到我在电影院里大哭了起来。看到古天乐一直对着镜头自己在说话，就想起法国电影Amelie，而且整部电影感觉就很像Amelie。这样的电影在中文影坛里还算新鲜吧？不过我其实觉得整部电影很没到位，故事不够吸引、演员没得好好发挥、还有就是演古仔女儿的那个.......有点哎........
说到底，看过古天乐在《门徒》里的演出后我会更期待他接下来的作品，可是这个就比较令人失望啦！
Shadow in the Palace(Korean)
I'm not quite a fan of horror movie, but people told me this one is a thriller, so I got interested. But I was honestly pretty disappointed. I don't really understand what were they trying to do, it looks like a thriller at the beginning, but then it went on... You'll see some hands coming out from the bottom and grab people, long hair woman killing people.... Wait, I thought it was supposed to be a thriller, not like a ghost horror movie? And the characters are too complicated, most of them wear the same 'uniform', so it is kinda confusing to me on who's who. I don't understand at all how come they can make such a long movie our of it. I don't even understand the whole thing in the end. No, I'm serious, you can go watch for yourself, maybe you can tell me what did I missed.
The Kite Runner
THE BEST OF ALL RECENT MOVIES I'VE WATCHED!!!
It's kinda weird. I'm so lack of knowledge on the Middle Eastern stuffs and all the happenings in the Islamic countries, but I'm always so interested with them. You should know by seeing all the movies I watched and books I read. And I often have to go ask my dad about the background after watching or reading them and got screwed-up for not knowing them.
The Kite Runner isn't so much about the war or anything like that. War is just part of the people's life in Afghanistan, and of course is part of the movie. But the story is about the friendship and the love of two best friends... It's very very touching, and very beautifully shot and delivered. I love it!
What Happens in Vegas
Haha... Not really the kinda movie I watch, right? I think I just wanted to watch a movie after a one-week break in Perth.
The story is well... Very the cheesy and expected. It's just more or less a very normal Hollywood romantic comedy. I had a good laugh, and I think you will too. But what happened to Cameron Diaz? Why does the make-up looks so awful on her? Or is she really growing old??? By the way, I think Ashton Kutcher is hot in the movie, check him out!
Drillbit Taylor
Another comedy I went for in three days time.
Nah, not funny enough... Not a good one... Failed....