Sparkles & Sprinkles

Lasagna for dinner....

2012-02-10T01:27:00.005+08:00

I made lasagna today.

Can't say that it was an epic fail because except the baking part, I pretty much did everything right.

The pasta was slightly uncooked in the inside layers and I know why. It's because I didn't properly layered the sauce over the pasta sheet and it didn't provide the moisture the pasta needed to cooked perfectly.

Oh well. Uncooked aside, it was yummy with the cheese and the sauce. When you cut it out, it looks ugly though...haha. Unsuccesful attempt. Can't say the Bechamel sauce was successful at all because it pretty much sucks and was the reason the spreading of the sauce didn't turn out so well.

Next time, I'll do it better.

2012-01-15T00:59:00.002+08:00

Is it really strange for a Penang girl not liking to eat Asam Laksa? I don't like the fishy smell of the soup. I like Lemak Laksa though =)

I'm someone who lives on the island but never explore for food. Don't ask me if the food here or there is nicer because I don't have any idea. I'm not much of an adventurer am I? It is only in recent years that I actually do go and try hawker food that people says is good. This newbie doesn't go out much.

I shall try to travel to more places for food so that I can recommend them next time to friends okie? ^__^

Rainbow....

2012-01-12T14:32:00.000+08:00

You know how people always say there's sunshine after the rain? Well, a rainbow is a creation of rain and sunshine.

So without any suffering (the rain), you wouldn't get the rainbow. I guess it is the case after my exams. Finishing up a messy horrible paper to come out and see a rainbow.

Somehow felt so special seeing rainbows even though you know it's just a manipulation of light and raindrops caused by diffraction of light...geez...sound so scientific and I still prefer the saying that there's a pot of gold at the end of each rainbow. ^^ The 7 colours of rainbow is still really a great view and makes up a good photo

It's too bad I only have the lousy 3.2 megapixel phone with me or the photo could be much nicer.

P.S. I really suck at photography which is why people always complain when I take photos.

P.P.S So even if I have a nice camera, I doubt I can use it well either. A 3.2 megapixel is just right...at least when people complain I could say it's the camera. :P

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Of birthdays and personalities

2011-12-23T17:53:00.002+08:00

I read from a friend's Facebook page about birthdays and personalities.

Personally I think this kinda stuff is half true and half false. A person's surrounding and their own thinking personifies the person. Of course, I'm prone to believing this kind of things because I like reading them and justify and think whether that I'm this kind of a person.

Here's one...let me know if you think it is just like me.

An extremely lovable, adorable person, sometimes shy, with a passion for quick wit. At times, you prefer quietness. You love exploring various things and going into depth of each thing. Under normal circumstances you're cool but when given a reason to, you are like a volcano waiting to erupt. You're a fashion bird. People look forward to you as an icon associated with fashion. Basically, you mingle along freely but don't like talking much to strangers. People feel very easy in your company. You observe care in choosing your friends.

To me, the fashion bird thingy is tat bit wrong because I'm not really good in fashion stuffs. I do love quick wit though and I really admire people with quick wit. And yes, I do prefer quietness and exploring things and over-thinking something sometimes because I'm going into depth of each things. I really do not like talking to strangers because I'm not much of a talker but people feeling easy in my company? That I'm not sure.

So like I said, this kind of things are half truth and half invented stuff...even if I like reading them very much =)

Total eclipse of the moon

2011-12-11T10:51:00.003+08:00

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Did anyone watch the eclipse of the moon yesterday?

I spend almost the whole night staring at it. Haha...

Shall keep it as a memory of my uni life.

Spend the night looking at the moon and talking to my roomie.

Got my neck aching looking at it though..haha.

Great windy night with an awesome view.

Somehow I feel energised and have less worries.

I'm going to try my best studying for the upcoming exams.

Hwaiting!!!!

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Is it just me.....

2011-11-27T18:03:00.003+08:00

Is it just my own perception

Or am I distancing myself with people around me?

I find myself preferring to be alone and doing things on my own.

Just listening to music and day dream around.

Being home is great as I really get to spend time with my family yet still have the time to just lock myself in the room and enjoy the solitude.

I'm too much of a loner and introvert these days.

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Old movies...those were the days...

2011-11-26T02:02:00.002+08:00

I was surfing the net and a sudden thought got me searching YouTube for drama flicks that Zhao Wei and Su You Peng used to starred in together.

Got me caught up in the memories of watching the old drama and ended up watching them on YouTube. They were so much fun back then and I remember being a fan of Zhao Wei and Su You Peng couple. Hehe. Too bad Zhao Wei got married already. I always had hopes that they will marry. They didn't unlike in the dramas. :P

I guess you think I'm crazy but back then, watching all these dramas was really enjoyable and makes life so less complicated unlike now. There's a few dramas that they starred in where I would spend every night waiting just to watch it.

I think the drama series starring them which I really like the ending would be Old House Has Joy or 老房有喜. There's a quote that I used to really love in the show. I can't remember it though..I'll write it down if I remember the whole thing correctly.

Here's another drama. Romance in the Rain or 情深深雨蒙蒙, Qing Shen Shen Yu Meng Meng. I love the song but the drama is a little too sad sometimes for me.

Last but not least. My Fair Princess, 還珠格格 Huan Zhu Ge Ge...the 1st drama series I actually watch like crazy. I remember going to school and discussing the story with friends or singing the theme song. It still remains as one of my favourite drama series. I only did watch Season 1 and 2 and skipped off 3 because there's no more Zhao Wei and Su You Peng. I saw the ending of season 3 though...good ending but the whole season if I'm not mistaken was kinda sad, so I didn't watch it. There's even a remake which I haven't watch. Shall see if I have the time...

For now, here's some songs from the drama.

Okay, enough of dramas and songs way back then...need to catch some beauty sleep. Nights...

P.S. I finally found the quote I was looking for. It's in mandarin actually but I'm translating it.

"I want you to known that in this world, no matter when or where you will be, there will always be someone waiting for you."

Me likey~~ ^^

2011-11-10T14:40:00.002+08:00

It's so sad when my world comes down to this....

No time

No mood

No money

No time to complete everything I need and want to do. No mood to start because I'm thinking too much about it and getting frustrated and no money to get all the thing I want and do.

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The spending

2011-10-28T18:52:00.004+08:00

In two days, I spend more than Rm190. What did I do?

1. Buy novels (totally unnecessary just for the sake of pleasure in reading romance novels)
2. Sing at a karaoke (waste of money and time to entertain myself and imitate singers)
3. Facial treatment (make myself pretty so that I won't hate myself more and get pampered by people by paying them.)
4. Get a haircut (hair getting too heavy and hard to manage and of course make myself prettier)
5. Eat yummy but full of cholesterol fast food (to eat something you craving for but end up feeling guilty after consumption)

All of the above are convincing evidence that I'm a spendthrift but a very satisfied spendthrift even though I'm feeling guilty now that I have spend all that cash. >.<

I wish I have more cash that I don't feel guilty over spending. But oh well, money is for making people happy. And I'm happy even if a little guilty :P

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Oops oops....

2011-10-25T21:59:00.004+08:00

Gotta post this. From weeks ago but since I'm a big fan of Super Junior and SNSD especially Fany Fany Tiffany, I just have to post this up. The song is so random yet it's funny and so catchy.

It's time to bring the boys out. Oops oops...

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Bad luck...Car no battery,,,

2011-10-18T13:18:00.003+08:00

Haiz...wanna say bad luck or good luck le?

Superstitious...my eye was keep having spasms yesterday and on the right side. According to superstitious stuff, it's consider bad luck.

Indeed, bad luck occurred. Got a very bad flu and couldn't sleep well the whole night and just now even the car broke down on me. Luckily it was at Wang Ulu. The battery died and had to ask a mechanic to come and replaced it. Cost me RM240...kek sim nia. My money~~~

Haiz...I'll consider it good luck that it spoiled now or else when I go back next week, if it broke down then, then I have no help. Always need to view a glass of milk half full.....

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Pudding Face craze

2011-10-15T23:54:00.009+08:00

Narssism alert!!!!

Prepare a paper bag for my syiok sendiri-ness just in case you wanna vomit. :P

If you're thinking what the hell is pudding face and what the heck am I talking about...well, it's an application where you upload your photo and it compares your face with Korean celebrities. I got addicted to it these few days. I actually tried more than 10 photos of myself in different styles. Hehehe...

It's actually pretty fun. I got carried away with the application as it was just plain funny. Some of the celebrities the app say I look like was like super pretty and I doubt I look like them but haha...for fun. It kinda gives me a chance to be a narcissist. :P

Here's some of the celebs. Let's see if you can recognise some of them. Kekeke...answers at the bottom. Pardon all the act-cute selcas I did. ;-)

Celeb 1

Celeb 2Celeb 3

Celeb 4

Celeb 5

Celeb 6

Celeb 7Celeb 8

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Celeb 1= 96% alike is Cha Ye Ryun. She's an actress. Recently starred in My Black Mini Dress

Celeb 2= 81% alike is Song Ji-Eun from the Korean girl group Secret.

Celeb 3= 71% alike is Shin Min-a. If anyone watch Korean drama would recognised her from the drama 'My Girlfriend Is A Nine Tailed Fox'. Very pretty and sweet like me ^^

Celeb 4= 71% alike is Bae Doona. I've never seen her before. I googled and she starred in quite a few dramas and films.

Celeb 5= 61% alike is Shin Ae-ra. I heard of her name but never seen her anywhere...haha.

Celeb 6= 43% alike is Im Yoona ^^ from SNSD. Haha...so happy to look even 43% like her.

Celeb 7= 34% alike is Moon Geun-young. Korean's little sister. Starred in so many dramas like Cinderella's Sister, Mary Stayed Out All Night and even in films like A Tale of Two Sisters, My Little Bride and Innocent Steps.

Celeb 8= 19% alike is Im Yoona again...wheee....haha.

If you notice the small boxes at the lower corner of each photo, I even look like Taeyeon, Jessica, Seohyun from SNSD, there's even Hyelim from Wondergirls, Goo Hara from Kara and some actresses I recognised but can't remember their names. The best thing is there's even a guy in the photo, Moon Heejun.

On top of the photo at the right corner, it states the age of my face according to the photo I uploaded and percentage of male or female my face looks like. I notice if I wear specs then the percentage of me being a guy goes up. =.= Haha....the app really is a bit crazy but I LIKE IT!! LOL...

Okay...enough of the craziness. I got too hype out about this that I had to just post this. Narcissism level pretty high right now. :P

For those of you who wanna give your level of narcissism a boost, click here. Don't worry about not understanding a thing. Just click on the grey box to upload a photo less than 400kb. Then googled the person you look like if you want to find out more. Korea have such interesting stuff to play with. ^^

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Happie birthday, Donghae oppa ^^

2011-10-15T10:15:00.000+08:00

生日快乐!!!!

Not like you're going to see this but I'm still going to wish you anyway.

Saeng-il chukha hamnida, Donghae oppa!!

Happie birthday to youuuu~~~ <3

생일축하합니다 ~~

May you stay healthy and happy always.
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FYP blues

2011-10-14T21:59:00.002+08:00

My fourth year in uni has finally started.

To think back I was dreading uni life when I came in the 1st year. Now I'm like praying for it to not end so fast because I don't want to enter the working world. >.<

Like I said in the post before, it's an eventual thing. Like it's an eventual thing that we will all die in the end of our life. It's an eventual thing for me to grow up and be part of the working world.

FYP, to all those who don't know what it is, stands for Final Year Project. Some sort like a research or experiment that we need to conduct based on what we have learn in previous years and make a report out of it. It's like a lab experiment only at a bigger scale.

I don't know if I gotten lucky to get one of my choices of the FYP title and landed a pretty good lecturer or in for a tough luck. I'm actually worried that I can't live up to his expectation. The FYP only started for 2 weeks and guess what? I've already completed Chapter 1. Not that there wasn't any correction to be made, I still have to do the formatting and all but basically I really did completed Chapter 1. Albeit it was only 4 pages. ^^

Lot's of journal studies need to be done and even with my speed of reading, it kinda makes me very tiring to read all those research journals and books. On top of that, my lecturer actually wants at least 40 references meaning I have to read more than 40 journals. I can imagine myself reading 40 novels and already it will bore me out. So just imagine reading 40 lengthy journals with absolutely no sense of entertainment in them. Oh the horror!!

Enough said, I'm pretty open to the challenge even if I do complain too much at times. My roommate hear all my complaints all the time and now you. I need to be optimistic and who knows, something good might come out from believing in yourself. I actually do have confidence in completed the whole project. It is just that I'm way to impatient to get this thing to end. And knowing me, when it ends I will miss it for sure.

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End of Indutrial Training

2011-10-14T20:58:00.003+08:00

Time does actually flies.

It was like a nanosecond ago that I was still in industrial training (that was like 3 months ago ^^)and now I'm at my fourth year of uni already. It's into the 4th week in fact. How scary is that?

Internship was good. Not that I learn much but I did learn something at least. Still am bad at communication skills though :P Got to know people and went to a orchestra with them and actually went on a Hadyai trip with them. It was quite a fun trip too. My first trip to Hadyai by car. We went to quite a few places in Hadyai. I'm actually very introvert and I was lucky people were nice enough to strike a conversation with me because I never open my mouth 1st..lol.

The thing that surprised me the most is my supervisor actually giving me quite a high marks. He sign everything I pass to him and give me quite good marks. I guess he was nice enough. I always thought he was scary but he's actually kinda nice. My one regret is not taking photos with anyone. :P

I guess internship did give me a brief view on what working is about and it made me even more reluctant to finish my degree. With less than a year to graduation, I'm actually terrified. It's an eventual thing though.

To end this very belated post, here's a photo of my trip to Hadyai. That's me at the left hand side.

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Happy belated birthday to me =)

2011-09-22T23:53:00.000+08:00

The course-mates treat me to dinner and bought me a cheese cake. Teehee...I actually bought a piece of cheesecake to treat myself...haha. Luckily I bought a different flavoured one. The last birthday I'm going to celebrate in university and I'm happy that lots of people celebrated with me. Thank you so much to them.

Getting old isn't really a great thing though. 23 years old already and it's scary. Haha. I don't wanna grow up...

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First Love 2010

2011-08-22T16:10:00.004+08:00

Recommended by Miss Yap. ^^

This is definitely a must watch especially for those of you who like me, adore romantic movies. The movie is funny, heartwarming and so sweet at the same time. Even if I don't understand Thai, there's always the subtitles..hehe. And of course it helps a lot that the main actor is such a hottie. He is so cute~~ The actress is also very very pretty. Thai people really are beautiful.

The synopsis:
First Love (Crazy Little Thing Called Love), is about a schoolgirl and her undying crush on the school’s heartthrob jock, portrayed by Mario Maurer.

The ordinary 14 year old girl, named Nam, played by Pimchanok Luevisetpaibool, is at first an ugly duckling nerd with glasses. Nam is unattractive or what the other girls jeer saying she has a bug face. But she's always been secretly in love with an older guy in grade 10 called Chon, the most popular student in high-school. He's hot, perfect and generous, and that's what makes girls go crazy about him, including Nam too. But she doesn't give up easily.

Over one summer, she ditches the spectacles and has her skin lightened. She is cast as Snow White in the school play and lands a spot as the leggy drum majorette leading the marching band. She sets hearts aflutter, but not, it seems, the school’s soccer star. She tries to do everything to make her get noticed by the boy she loves, in the hope of him turning around to look at her just one more time.

Here's the trailer even though it's a 2010 movie. I hope there will be a sequel. I read on the internet there is one. ^^

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The Last Song

2011-08-17T17:00:00.002+08:00

I read this last year I think. Or was it early of this year? The reason I'm writing a review on it now is because I finally watch the movie based on the novel. Did you know though that the screenplay for the movie "The Last Song" was completed first before the book was even finished? So I guess I should mean the book based the movie?

Anyway, both the book and movie was great. I loved it. I have to admit Miley Cyrus as the main actress in the movie as 'Ronnie' aka Veronica Miller was not a good choice to me because I keep thinking of Hannah Montana and it make me like the character in the book better because I can imagine myself what Ronnie would look like.

In the end, I always felt that I will always prefer the book over the movie because even though pictures paint a thousand words, I rather read a thousand words than look at pictures. Funny how I felt that way. Words influence me more...a pen is mightier than a sword to me. Or rather I can let my imagination run wild with words than pictures.

What attracts me the most is the plot of the story. I cried my heart out when I read the book and when I watched the movie. I already knew the story and still cried at the ending of the movie. Silly right?

I think that's one of the attraction of Nicholas Sparks' novels. He really know how to pull you into the characters and feel them. The story is about the relationship of families, a father and a daughter/son, friends and your loved ones. To quote from a website I read on the review "It presents the realities of life and how each decisions we make affects and makes us who we are."

One of the best novels I've read so far and one of those that make me so touched that I cried. It seems I always cry when I find something touching lately. Too sensitive ish ish ish...

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2011-08-14T21:38:00.001+08:00

Feels like I have lost the spirit to blog.

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Sing sing Singapore

2011-08-08T23:38:00.002+08:00

Still enjoying my holidays in Singapore.

Spending more money on food instead of shopping.

So broke so broke...

I need more cash.

I saw a nice dress but it cost too much. T.T

Suddenly thought of...

If I have a daughter, I want to name her either Elise or Erika...hahahaha...

Crazy right??

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Happie birthday, Miyoung!!

2011-08-01T08:01:00.000+08:00

Happy birthday to Fany-Fany Tiffany!!

The girl with the best eye smile ever.

Love your energetic, sparkling and cheerful spirit and that husky beautiful voice.

Saeng il chuka hamnida, Miyoung!!

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2011-07-31T22:30:00.003+08:00

It's so over-rated how some people can find fault in people when they don't see it in themselves.

I have to admit I do that all the time but sometimes it still annoys me how some people do.

I guess I'm being prejudice to certain people but things certain people say, I'll take it in a way you're insulting me or my friends or saying something bad about us.

You're obviously indirectly insulting a friend of mine and that's something I don't take lightly.

I'm not as oblivious as I seem so please don't pretend.

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Cleo Star Seach Tour 2011

2011-07-31T14:34:00.003+08:00

Too many things to post and so little time. For instance, I've finished my internship. I will try to post something up about it later. Got heaps to talk about.

But for now...drums roll~~

Before makeup and after hair styling.

After make over and the photo I chosen. ^^

Presenting the before and after photos of me after the make over at the Cleo Star Search Tour 2011 at Queensbay Mall. I think I prefer the without make look...haha. Love the curls they did for me though. Maybe I'll go curl my hair soon. ^^

The tour is still in Penang. Today they are at Gurney so go down and have fun playing model for the day. LOL. You'll get some RM130 goodies and a Cleo magazine for the RM35 makeover.

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Kopi Cine

2011-07-13T22:39:00.006+08:00

Reading room. Lotsa books~~~

Kopi Cine stands for Coffee Cinema or in Mandarin- Kah Fei Tien Ying

Jane's drink- Mocha something

The shop

Chicken pie...yumm!!

Lamb sausage with cannellini beans and feta cheese. Nice~~

The sheets come together with the sausage and beans.

My drink

The yummy-delicious tiramisu

Went for tea time at Kopi Cine. Tea time at a coffee shop? Kekeke. Kopi Cine is located at Stewart Lane near Chulia Street. I've actually heard of the place but if you ask me to find it, I might not found it. It's located in little streets and if not because of Ju, I wouldn't have found there's a place at the area like this.

The atmosphere is pretty nice and there's even a reading room for those bookworms like me. We went in the afternoon so it was pretty hot and humid especially these few days. Just a simple teatime outing for us to chitchat about.

Food is great albeit a bit pricey. The tiramisu is really yummy. The drink I ordered caramel with gula melaka ice-cream drink. Yummy but really sweet. For the sweet tooth only. In the menu there's a huge assortment of wine list for those wine lovers.

There are actually crayons and white paper for you to doodle on the table as the table is covered in white paper but the table we sat in does not have it. :( If there is a next time, I'll go scribble something. Hehe.

Something new to try. The food is unique. Yum~~

Wedding bells are ringing...

2011-07-03T21:53:00.005+08:00

Announcing that the bachelorette has become a bride. And such a pretty pretty bride. *sniff*

Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Khor. ^__^

Such a lovely event and a gathering of sorts for Georgians. Everyone looks so pretty and stylish in their dresses. I'm so envious of those having great figure to be able to pull of nice dresses. Hmm...maybe I should start dieting or exercising. God knows I need it. I must admit I do feel huge among the petites that night. Or short among the un-vertically challenged peeps.

Oh well...forget about it. The night is for the newly weds and it was a party. Great buffet food. Yummy~~ Cheers to the newly weds. Have a happy marriage and life together. May your lives be filled with joys and laughter.

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