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Before the year end....

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:28:00 +0000

I shall finish those unfinished or pending blog post which happened in 2011.

Hello earthlings! I am back from KL.

December always been the most happy month for me, because I will visit to KL every year since 2008 . It's is also because I don't often travel in the middle of the year, mostly I will go to travel overseas during CNY and year end only. So it's always been so exciting to shop till drop, especially I don't have to wake up early to go to school, a mountain of assignment and homework to do.

This year was an extra, I visited to Singapore, a 3 days 2 night trip. That's so epic! (Will blog about it later) It has been 3 years ago since I visit to Singapore. I went to Sentosa before but this year I visited to Universal Studios. So far it's my favorite theme park. I wish to stay longer but the room rate are money killer!

(Drew my face in the Cadbury chocolate event )

Walking in Tenom (part 2)

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:34:00 +0000

-non halal-

In my previous post, I introduced a little about Tenom, check it out here if you haven't read yet. I shall blame myself for not blogging for an ages! Because I published part 1 during July and I am doing part 2 in December, lol.

Previously, I blogged about Tenom pasar. So let's continue and move to the first floor of the pasar. I didn't know you guys have been to pasar or not, you can actually found food stall like "mamak" in most of the pasar. and, I tell you, Tenom's pasar is just awesome compare to the Pasar Besar in KK! In this floor, they sell food made with pork. I never ever go to Pasar Besar in KK for meal, because it's so smelly, dirty, dark and disgusting, and my mom told me the rats are all around you.

In KK, we seldom eat rice in the morning. Instead, we eat noodles, bread and etc. But in Tenom, I think they prefer rice. And now, yours truly is presenting the most delicious meatball and spring roll. There's 6 stall if I am not wrong.

Among of the six, first is the best! If you think people in Tenom eat breakfast at 10am, you're definitely wrong. You see nobody here if you came here at 10am. If you want to take away for the spring roll and meatball, come here at 5:30-6am, early bird gets worm. Of course, you can also dine-in at here.

The owner of stall and the one who make the tasty soup, spring rolls and meatballs!

A basket of spring roll (春卷)

Waiting for food!

Yes, I still prefer mee hoon than rice :) I arrived around 7am and left spring rolls and meatballs made with some pork fats and meat instead of just meat. I think it's tasty just because the meat are really fresh, and spongy and QQ!

Close up, alluring or not?! I've tried various spring rolls/meatballs but many of them like too soft, I just don't like. So if you think maybe he add some chemical to make it spongy or whatever, he don't! He told us (because he knows my grandma and my cousin) there's tip to make the meat QQ! Which is hot and fast.

Anyway, I just had it today, because my grandma brought it all the way from Tenom to KK and she queued early in the morning before going to the bus station.

Last photo, tried to shot DSLR quality photo but obviously failed, hahaha!

P/S: I have to separate this food post with others because it's non-halal :)

When the day I waiting is finally here,

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:27:00 +0000

the end of SPM. The end of SPM doesn't means you end your life, it's just a moment for you to take a breathe and continue with your whole new journey, the best in your life. I am a senior two student and not staying senior three and it makes me really feel like crying because I am leaving my school today.

Today, we're end of high school! What a sad thought, I can't believed it's the last day of my high school. It's so crazy, like our friendship just build up yesterday and we are leaving today. We used to says the school aren't good in this and that, we complained a lot, even though it's still remain the same now, but when we're leaving, we will probably forget about these, and miss the school a lot, I swear.

I can't accept the fact my school is getting awesome like they got new air-conditioner, gorgeous school hall and the fashionable school uniform. Obviously, I am so jealous of these, I admit!

I read the album that I given my friend to write, not that much because it was really last minute and everyone was busying with exam and thus I got 5-6 written in my album only. I didn't get to give every of my best friend to write, feel badly now. Among these friends, some are really my best friend, what they wrote makes me feel like shed tears!

Anyway, I must say my school is actually better than others, at least we got nice tall building, good infrastructure, we are 5-star school, which is kinda proud of it. But I really dislike the school toilet, except for the one next to the hall. I know ours is better than other government secondary's toilet but I just can't bear with the dirty and shitty one!

I got so much to write but apparently I forgot. I've been in class Ren for the pass 4 years, including this year. I am going to say good bye today, good bye fellow friends, the most uncooperative and the quietest class.

Desperate

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 13:17:00 +0000

I know, it's 72 days to SPM. Don't tell me SPM is not important, because I am still a Malaysian. I can't concentrate on my studies, I prefer to spend my time on watch television, surf the internet, watch barbie movies and even play the Sims 3! I was recently addicted to barbie movies and The Sims 3, it's just like marked in my "must do list". I have no idea what am I exactly doing, I feel so upset for myself, why I can't concentrate on my studies, I doesn't have the willpower to stop myself from doing these nonsense, I was started to afraid now, few more week until the countdown calender turns red.

I'm afraid that I can't face the exam.

Sorry :(

Vintage Nail

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:15:00 +0000

So I made this vintage roses nails inspired by Cath Kitson and this image for my ECA art work. How do you think? :)

Our Spm Visual Art assignment!

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:26:00 +0000

So I took art (known as Visual Arts Educational ) as one of my elective subject in SPM which my school doesn't really likes student to take it. It's just like " aiya... doing art assignment is just wasting your time, except you want to be a designer in the future, you should concentrate more on your studies." However, among the 165 form 5 pupils, 13 pupils took this subject.

yours truly, Su Chiun and Amelia

Three of us, with love and passion about art were finally finished our assignment on time in this June. We were actually given about 4 -5 months to complete our assignment but you know right, student always like to do their homework at the eleventh hour. I spent one month and one day absent of school to complete this freaking assignment.

And why we are so serious about it, because it is 100 marks over the total marks, if you want to get an A+ in SPM, you should score at least 90 marks. We are not trying to boast, but we are proud of what we have done.

I remake the teacup set twice due to the changing of design. Yes, I did everything myself except the paper clay and acrylic. The bird is really ugly, I bet you will say this, but the most liked part are those miniatures on the plates.

The cover of my folio.

I was a little pissed off after I finished the colouring parts for teacup set and I discovered this peach colour was actually nicer that the odd sky blue :(

And this is belongs to Su Chiun, the perfectionist. The reason why I show mine before hers, it's because her's is just nicer than mine x10000, she deserves 100 marks for both the folio and artifact. She was really concern on every single details.

Just look oat these little books, you can actually flip these books and it's real paper inside which are made up of recycled papers.

It's a children library and the theme park idea was inspired by me, LOL! *feel so shameless, hahaha*

Lastly, Amelia's motorcycle helmet. She is even pro than us. Believe or not? She complete everything, including folio and this helmet within one week. She would do better if she has extra one week more.

We haven't know our marks for this assignment but hopefully we will pass with flying colours in it and the drawings and objective papers (SPM) in this November! :D

Nishiki Restaurant @ Gaya Street

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:02:00 +0000

(photo was taken by my phone because camera was run out of battery)
18 Years and 216 months after, it was my first visit to this Japanese restaurant in KK.

If you think I am bored why did I want to mention about the months and years, it is simply because I want to emphasize this restaurant has been in business for a long time. And, as a local, I haven't been here before, even for my parents who have been staying in KK for more than 30 years.

Nishiki was established in 1987, which is already has 24 years of history now. My parents told me Nishiki was the first and oldest Japanese restaurant in KK. During that time, it was the one and only Japanese restaurant in here.

Towel RM0.90 ; Ocha RM2

Hot towel to keep your hand clean and Ocha (green tea) was served in a small bowl instead of cup.

The staff was friendly and service was efficient. But you have to spend your time for at least 30 minutes to 1 hour for waiting the food to come and also the restaurant was smoky caused the clothing smell bad after dinner.

A poster is hanging on the wall which I don't understand Japanese words.. I guess it is a festival in Japan.

Chawanmushi RM12

Mom's steam egg.. Didn't try it but my mom said it's nice. Hmm, just an ordinary Chawanmushi like how others Japanese restaurant did.

Tori Yaki Udon RM22

Fried udon with chicken. I think it's nice but my family tasted and said it's very salty.

California Temaki (Handroll) - prawn RM 10 per cone.

I really like this, they are really generous in ingredients. The ingredients were from top to the bottom. However, the price are depends on what ingredients you choose.

Tamago Sushi RM7

This is sushi? Seriously? Because the tamago is bigger than the rice, lol.

Salad RM5

Mom wants to eat vegetables so I ordered this for her. The salad dressing was okay, and it comes with two choices, sweet or sour, and we choose sweet.

This place is fabulous. There are a few of set meals, sushi sets, shabu shabu and a plenty of àla carte choices. In my opinion, the choices of sushi are quite little which compare to those Japanese restaurant nowadays. However, I think (because I haven't try them out) set meals and àla carte are their specialty. Definately worth a visit if you are craving for Japanese food...

The total amount RM96.36 for 4 pax.

Nishiki Restaurant
Address : 59, Gaya Street, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Phone : +6088 230582
Fax : +6088 235870

Business Hours:
Lunch 11:30am-2:00pm (Last order 1:45pm)
Dinner 6:00pm-10:30pm (Last order 9:45pm)

Walking in Tenom (Part 1)

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:24:00 +0000

"Tenom is a small town in the interior region of Sabah state in the Malaysian part of Borneo. The quiet and relaxed town is located in a valley and is in the heart of the area inhabited by the Murut people of Sabah. There isn't that much to do in Tenom but you may find yourself here to catch the train to Beaufort, which runs along the Padas River..... (extracted from WikiTravel)"

Hello, any Sabahan here? If yes, I am pretty sure you know about this "shallow" town, Tenom. But for non- Sabahan, how many of you know Tenom or ever heard about Tenom? I found that not much bloggers write for Tenom (especially Sabahan) and I was thinking to make a tour guide in Tenom and here you go :)

Usually I go there by road, (read WikiTravel) to find out how to go and others transportation.
Here's a conclusion: From Donggongon to Tambunan to Keningau to Melalap to Tenom. (They are the places or town name).

There is actually two way/ road to reach Tenom. Normally we locals called it Tambunan road or Kimanis road. Tambunan road is the way longer and takes more time when compare to Kimanis road. Usually the bus will choose to go with Kimanis road but there's a lot of up and down hills.

Well, in case you don't know why I am so familiar to these road it's because that's the way to back to my mommy's hometown, Tenom. I will go to Tenom once a year whenever it's school holiday. I blogged about Tenom before but wasn't that details.

A rest station named 金峰 before you reach Tambunan.

photo credit: wikipedia

And this is the Tenom town, grabbed this photo from wikipedia and it was taken in 2006. No doubt, there's more shop lots in here already.

photo credit: google

Orchid hotel, where I stayed with my parents for the first time. It's considered as the major hotel in Tenom. There are few hotel in Tenom. Most of them (including Orchid Hotel) are in the town while Perkasa Hotel, which I usually stay is situated high on a hill over looking the town.

The interior of the room. We paid RM65 for a night with 3 single bed. The room is big and spacious, but seriously the hotel management did not maintenance their room well. By the way, WiFi is available in their lobby only. However, how much do you expect in such little town? :)

Orchid Hotel, Tenom
Address : A268, Block K, Jalan Tun Mustapha
P.O Box 58, 89907 Tenom, Sabah, Malaysia
Phone : +6087 737600
Fax : +6087 735 600
Publish Rate: RM35.00 - RM80.00

Tenom is not a town full of tourist attractions. There's only few like, Sabah Agriculture Park, Padas River White Water Rafting and Murut Cultural Centre. I went to Sabah Agriculture Park before and nothing special about it.. Erm, maybe various type of Orchid flowers?

I think those attractions are so boring! In Tenom, I think foods are the biggest attraction! The foods and drinks are cheaper than KK, like you can get RM1 Kopi and RM0.50 economy mee in here. To get those cheap foods, be sure to go to the Tenom pasar.

"Kuih-muih", I think you should try!

Remember this aunty, go and buy kuih from her. We always brought a lot from her whenever we are here.There's still a lot of nice kuih which I didn't managed to take a picture.... The other stall beside this aunty's stall is also selling nice kuih and bread :)

To be continue, more foods will be introducing to you soon......

For me, it's just the starting of July.

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:30:00 +0000

My blog is almost dead. 2 months ago since I write a post, I don't even know that Blogger.com change their blogging layout, it's cool. Anyways, transferring a bunch of photos to the pc and starting to blog later, see you guys! Just a random photo, you know I like to play around with the camera.

appear offline

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Mon, 30 May 2011 00:29:00 +0000

hectic days. i promise i will be back.

Life is still going on.

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Sat, 07 May 2011 13:58:00 +0000

Meet my baby! I actually met him at Singapore in 2008.

It has been so long since I write for my blog, I always want to start a new post but ended up to close blogger.com and went for study or maybe other stuff. I am slowly transform into a monthly blogger now, do I? Or maybe I will update my blog twice a year, alright just kidding :/

Complaining the school tests, exams and assignments had been my blog post headlines. Just bear with me, I need to reduce my pressure by blogging. I need to pass up my SPM art assignment and the end product before June! It's getting on my nerves, and I just cracked my cup today but luckily I managed to make a new one. I hope the colouring is fine and all goes smoothly.

I will update my blog again, very soon.

Must do list:

Re-cut 8 papers of the image and re-stick.
Draw art question 4-13. Damn a lot.
Paint my cup and plate. (tea cup set)
Memorize my Chinese oral script again
Study for test, almost every subject.
Homework
~~Bling-up my mirror for ECA homework~~
Blogging! :)
Save money! I am going to .... somewhere else.
more to come....

And here's my moral assignment that I've been busying for a while, I submitted it two weeks ago. I think I do better than last year therefore I wanna show you guys! I drew it, but inspired by the image that I googled.

Now you know why I want to show you my baby on the top! Just in case you don't know, he called cinnamoroll because its tail looks like cinnamon roll :)

The cupcakes are weird but I like! Poisoned, frozen and don't know what should I call it.

Su Chiun's Birthday Celebration @ Tasty wok @Vino

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:54:00 +0000

Last Saturday, 16th April was Su Chiun's 18teen Birthday. So we celebrated her birthday in Tasy wok, it's a restaurant while Vino is a bar where we used their VIP room.

It is happy when somebody invites you to their party but you don't know what present you should buy for the birthday girl/boy when you know her/him well. Especially you don't want over budget, alright *stingy face* :P I still haven't get her birthday present yet, any suggestion?

Since the birthday girl wanted to make her birthday like a real party instead of just drinking, eating and cutting the cake. So, we make it so grand like almost every girl was wearing dresses.

Avril is her nickname but she prefer her full name.

from left: the birthday girl - Su Chiun; yours truly and Wenna.

This is the place where we had our dinner before went to crazy and we both had fish and chips!

Yours truly, Amelia and Su Chiun

Then we went upstairs to a VIP room, it's actually a bar but we don't even order any drinks, all we want just the room. We played with the party hats but it can't fit into our head, it's more suitable for a kid's party.

and her hat dropped... Su Chiun shouted, aiyah!

The hat cannot fit into our head, but boobs can, lol!

She's obviously taller than me. I bet everyone felt so trouble when taking photos with me even though when I was with my heels.

It's not a birthday party when there's no a birthday cake!

Chocolate Indulgence from Secret Recipe.

She's more like praying (for a Buddhist) than making a birthday wishes! We didn't realized until we look onto this photo and we found something wrong, hahaha!

Cutting cake ceremony! Happy Birthday Su Chiun :)

Group photo but missed one of the man, Kevin went home early.

from left: Max, Su Chiun, Chua and Voon.

We are all unqualified models! LOL :D

Okay bye, gonna start my moral assignment now!

River View Seafood Restaurant, Bukit Melawati @ Kuala Selangor

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 10:42:00 +0000

Oh, I am happy like a child in the candy shop now! The exams are finally over, even though there's still a lot to go, every new door is a challenge to me, as long as I did my best, I don't regret :)

How many weeks I haven't update my blog? fuuuuu! I want to keep my blog up to date now, let me bring you to Kuala Selangor now!

Before I kicks off this post, how many of you in Selangor haven't been to here? This is my first time visit, I feel a little bit curious and the first impression was oh-so-kampung, you know kampung are always the place that you can find anything out of the big cities.

According to wikipedia, it is a small town where the Selangor River (Sungai Selangor) meets the sea. It is located well off the normal tourism route and hence, still maintains its traditional "kampung" (village) atmosphere.

The journey takes 1 hours to reach. It is better if you're going there with your own car, because there's no public transport system... so the only options are walk on foot or a take a taxi.

Delicious food to fill my stomach when arrived the destination! Be sure it's a seafood restaurant because Kuala Selangor is so close the sea and there are various restaurants to satisfy any palate. Therefore, I had my lunch at River View Seafood Restaurant with my siblings.

Blurred photo but I just want to show you how the crowd was.

Chinese fried bread, the first bite is so crunchy for and the second bite is soft.

Stir-fried garlic (sweet potato shoot 番薯苗), it's too oily for me.

Fried oyster with egg. Fresh oyster and the most important is no fishy smell!

Seafood curry claypot. Hot and spicy!

Deep fried octopus! Who doesn't love this??

The another is just seafood restaurant next to it.. And that's the river, Sungai Selangor.

港景海鲜酒楼
Restaurant Seafood River View
No.1, Jalan Besar, Pasir Penambang, 45000 Kuala Selangor, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Tel: (603) - 3289 2238 | Fax: (603) - 3289 6369 | H/P: 012-2346037 / 016-2357635

Kuala Selangor is famous for its cheap and tasty seafood like what Sabah have it too, but Sabah is slightly expensive (okay lah, as a Sabahan I still need to praise my own states :P ) Anyway, I think KL seafood lovers should probably come to here because you can't find fresh and nice seafood in the city than here.

Next to the restaurant are these old shops which selling different kind of fish made snacks! Most of them are not made in Kuala Selangor but selling cheaper than the supermarket.

Then, we went to one of the Kuala Selangor attraction, it's Bukit Melawati (known as Bukit Selangor). I didn't know that many locals who actually like to visit to here because we queued in a damn long line to buy tickets.

If you'd notice.. it was 19th December 2010. I am so busy ever since the school reopen and I don't have time to update about this ( this is an excuse if I could spend a little time to write a post everyday :P ) Well, this is the ticket for visiting the Bukit Malawati and Ikan air tawar aquarium but we didn't visit the aquarium because it's so lousy.

The main point for this photo is not to show off the peanuts, but is the tiger, lol! Later you will know why every vendors around the area need a tiger!

Waiting for chu chu train instead of bus.

Look! It's like bus station because everyone is strive to be the first to get onto the train.

from left; sister, her bf and brother.

After waited for 15 minutes, finally we're able to get on to the train.

The train stopped at here!

Rawr! They are all monkeys (Silver -Leafed Monkeys and Long-Tailed Macaques). This is as known as the Monkey Hill. Now you know why the vendors need a tiger, it's used to scare the monkeys to prevent the monkeys steal their peanuts or vegetables!

Visitors can feed the monkeys with peanuts and vegetables. They looks so ugly in the first sight, because orang-utan has already be my favourite.

If you're dare enough, show the foods on your hand and this is what will be happen, scary to the max :s

I suspect this is an old monkey.. hahaha... it looks old.

My sister's bf bought "kua ci" and those monkeys doesn't really like it until we feed them.

I am scare to feed those monkeys because they're wild and may be dangerous if provoked, but yea... they're actually cute and nice! They're so polite, while it hold my hand gently it feels like a baby holding my hands, damn lovely.

There's a museum but seems like not attracting me therefore didn't pay a visit.

Yours truly with retarded face. No choice, I got one and only of the the lighthouse on Bukit Melawati.

The biggest attraction of Kuala Selangor is the fireflies. We didn't made it because we went home in the evening. I should actually visit the one in Beaufort, Sabah instead of Kuala Selangor, Selangor, because Beaufort is more near to me as I need to take flight to KL :s I haven't see any fireflies in my life, seriously.... I must be exciting when I see fireflies :P

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 03:20:00 +0000

FBI agent Malcolm Turner (Martin Lawrence) has been going undercover as "Big Momma" for almost a decade. His teenage stepson Trent Pierce (Brandon T. Jackson) has just graduated from high school and is accepted into Duke University. He prefers to pass on college and pursue a music career as a rapper named "Prodi-G", continue....

It had its funny parts, corny parts and predictable parts. Somehow, the humour was pretty crude. The story line is simple and easy understand but the ending was like, uhm? finished? Actually I wish to have a pretty ending of Pierce/Charmaine Daisy Pierce and Haley. Alright, maybe it's not the focal point.

I rate 3.5/5, I think it's still a worth watching movie and I love the song, Baby You Know by Jessica Lucas, Alana D. and Brandon T. Jackson.

Play to listen :)

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My phone can be a toy camera too!

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:56:00 +0000

Since I got my HTC Aria last year, I downloaded several photography apps from the Android market. Among of those photography apps, I found one of it is awesome and it's free! But the photo size was limited and of course the megapixel of my phone :( So far lomo effect is one of my favourite, and I love the cross process emulation in blue!

Don't you think it's cool? We need to add layer by layer in Adobe Photoshop but this effect(apps) can be done within a second.....

The shortest girl in the first picture is yours truly.

No, I still like my toy camera but I think this is an easier way for people who loves self-portrait. Because when I am using the toy camera, I need to wait until the film are used up, and to develop it. Oh well, don't compare this apps on the phone with some of the camera which has lomo features, because I am sure the camera with lomo features can do better.

Find out the apps yourself :D

My 17th Birthday Celebration - Party Play Lifestyle Café @ Lintas

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:50:00 +0000

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"This day is a very special day in every person’s life and everyone enjoys moving one step ahead in life." It was 26th February 2011. I don't mind whether my birthday celebration are always celebrated with fun and excitement, I just wish that my wishes may come true, may I?

I make a sudden decision one day before to throw a party. Not a thrilling party, but at least a memorable one. I would be happier if I could blow out the candles with my family. But this year, my birthday was celebrated with my best friends.

Don't you feel happy when you've got a cake for your birthday? Oh well, it's a baked alaska :)

Party Play Café; the ambiance of the cafe was pretty cosy. I wanted to write a review for this café but I was busying otherwise I would throw my friends and go around the the café for snapping pictures, hehehe! So yeah I will write a full review with more photos on their interior photos and foods next time.

My friends were too shy! I ended up taking photos of myself only :( I guess the ambiance were too soft and dreamy therefore my friends doesn't really get into the party mode, everyone seems to be very calm on that night, included myself.

They loves fish and chip, 4 of them order this. My girls were complaining that they can't finish, it's too much for them :) Oh sorry, it's one and only photo taken for this, I should have a better one next time. I must say they are really good in displaying food, their food are pretty attractive, especially dessert.

Pasta!

And then we came to the end of the party, my birthday cake or maybe ice cream. Special enough? Since I didn't brought a cake for my celebration, I ordered this instead. My birthday cake was without candles but with flames! It's traditional baked alaska and their in house signature for birthday treats!

photo credits: Party Play Lifestyle Café

This is the actual view. It's too sweet, wasn't really my kind.

Group photo but without Jade, she's taking photos for us by using her Olympus E-PL2, I want an interchangeable lens camera too! Anyways, thanks to Jade and Rachel for the photos, even though not much was taken, still appreciate :)

The world is just growing too fast, I've turned into seventeen in blink of an eye.

Bon Bon's Café @ Damansara Jaya

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:51:00 +0000

I was introduced to this place to try their lovely self-made cakes. According to my sister, all the cakes recipe are from the two pretty lady, which are the owner of Bon Bons's Café. And yes, they are famous on their cakes. If you're not working in this commercial area, it's hardly to catch your attention with its simple green facade and the cosy exterior when you're passing by this café.

It feels so vintage and I love its interior design. Look at its colourful lamp, it's Bon Bon's on it.

I went to there for lunch as well as to try out their specialties. However, the place was still filled and mostly serving the office workers in the locality even though it's almost 2pm.

I had hot beverages instead of cold. Actually, I want to try their Macchiato but it's unavailable in that moment.

Honey &Yoghurt Chicken

Black Pepper Chicken

Fish N' Chips (coated with homemade batter served with salad & chips)

Rheir homemade sauce is very nice, honestly. However, I am still not satisfy enough because I wasn't able to try their wonderful local fare, nasi lemak because it's all sold, I was late! :(

As I mentioned, Bon Bon's Café are famous on their cakes. You can place your order three days in advance. There're 8 types of cakes but more than 30 flavour cakes are available. For more information, please do not hesitate to call them.

It's my favourite! Banana Crumbles, it's hot inside but cold outside. I mean the bananas are hot while the ice creams are cold. The mixture of bananas and vanilla ice cream are prefect! I should try their most famous Durian Cake and Tiramisu (with brandy) during my next trip to KL.

This café operated for more than 10 years (if I am not wrong), it's like everybody knows Bon Bon's Café because it's getting well-known or maybe it's also known as a hidden Gem in PJ. Be sure to try out their western food and amazing pastries as well as their awesome confections if you haven't there before.

Bon Bons's Café
22 Jalan SS22/21 Damansara Jaya, 47400,
Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Tel: 603-77286357

Operating Hours:
Monday- Friday 8AM - 6PM
Saturday: 8AM - 5:30PM
Closed on Sunday

KKMS 43rd Annual Sport 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:40:00 +0000

Photo credits: Sky Blue border belongs to yours sincerely ; Hot pink border belongs to Jacqueline ; Green border belongs to Danny ; Yellow border belongs to Rachel

Attempting to write this post before CNY but didn't managed to. Time flies so fast, it's scary... 24 hours is not enough for me to complete everything in a day. Before I am too late, here's a post about my school's 43rd Annual Sport 2011.

My school, KKMS (as known as Kian Kok Middle School) always has a tradition that our sport meet must be ended before the CNY begins. This is the first year that I met rainy days during our sport days, and the second year that we had a big ass long jump field behind our camp house.

We're forced to sit in this browny and disgusting mud under our every steps for 3 days due to the rainy season. I have to brush and wipe my shoes everyday to keep my appearance good, such a good students (so fake =.=)

Behind the game is my school's canteen A and the top are classes.

Basically, our school sports meet has rehearsal and the finalist of different kind races will be held on the first two days. Besides the ordinary races like running, javelin and so on... tug of war is one of the exciting game in our school. But we Red house never won a champion ever since I came to KKMS :(

I am always complaining the bazaar is organized by Senhior 3 but not the classes which are interested, so that we have more fun than just sitting in the camp house during the sport days :( because I did not take part in the cheerleading dancing, marching or even an athlete.

Foods and drinks to relief our hungriness during the sport days. However, deep fried food isn't my taste.

It came to the last day of sport meet, and this will probably be my last year of participating in the school sport meet :( Even I am just a supporter in the camp house but I think we're actually the spirit of Red house! Red house rocks forever.

If you don't know what's Red house's mascot, it's the Queen in Alice in the wonderland.

My awesome Red house marching got champion! It's the fifth year, madness! Red house marching are always the awesomest and neatest! We're the Queen, we're the champion! *scream out loud*

Spot me if you can, I am smiling next to the camera.

The champion of cheerleading dancing and also the champion of KKMS 43rd Annual Sport 2010.

Red house cheerleading dancing didn't got champion, we're actually expecting runner-up. But sadly, we got second runner-up only. We really feel badly for it, everyone did their best and doing great. Even though Red house got second runner-up in both cheerleading dancing and overall. But we're always the Queen! The awesomest, fantasticest and amazingest Queen in our Red house people's heart!

An incident happened during CNY 2011.

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:35:00 +0000

More than hundred bunch of Plum flower is placed in the centre lobby of Shangri-La Rasa Ria Resort

During the fourth day of CNY, I rode a rented bike of the resort in my oh-so-red CNY outfits and had the best time! It's been so long since I ride a bicycle, it was like freaking 7 years ago! I am a bicycle addict when I am a little girl, I used to ride bicycle up and down on the pavement everyday because my house is located on a small hill. I can ride very well even with hands wide open. I think everyone is brave as a tiger when they're still a child. If you don't, I am the one. I don't shed tears when I falling off even though scratched my body.

I don't own a bicycle with two wheels :( The bicycle that I've always rode doesn't belongs to mine. However, I have no longer ride a bicycle. After 7 years, I have a sudden urge to ride a bicycle.

The weather was a little bit drizzle, but stopped after a while. I was a little bit nervous to control the bicycle after so long. My cousin and brother rode damn fast over a hill to the Dalit Bay Golf and Country Club by Shangri-La's Rasa Ria Resort which I wasn't dare enough to ride over the hill because there were buses goes in and out.

It's so hard for me to control a bicycle due to height problems, uhem.. The staff in there are all so friendly and willing to help, nothing was too much trouble, even the female security guard. A female security-guard taught my sister how to ride.

While I was in a stable condition already, the female security-guard said I can ride down to the car park. (I can't find the car park photo from the net therefore I will describe instead) It's a non-roof top car park, hilly and two way pavement. I rode down to the car park and something big was happened!

A LOUD "BANG"!!!

The speed of going down to a hill is really fast and I can't even control, if I press the brake hardly I will fall from the bicycle so I decided to let it go. Therefore, my bicycle crashed into somebody's car! The cab drivers who sitting in their cab shocked and looked over to me. I checked the people's car immediately and I breathe a sigh of relief, and I found it's scratched a little bit. Thus, I run away quickly! *feel so guilty now*

Retribution: Three bruises at my right leg :( It was an exciting day, my heart skipped a beat as I watched the bicycle crashed to the car in fast motion!!!

It still not the end yet, I am still able to seize this chance to greet you guys Happy Chinese Bunny Year!

Moments in Cameron Highlands

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:54:00 +0000

Alright, I've been abandoned my blog for a month and I am officially back with new post and layout now! Follow me on twitter and subscribe me! School annual sport meet ended on last Saturday (will blog it soon) and Chinese New Year holiday is finally here, that's why I am started to blog again :D

I should write something to match with my new layout.

One month ago, I had one day trip to Cameron Highlands. The journey took about 3 hour from Tropicana to reach Cameron Highlands. The room rate was quite expensive due to the super peak season therefore I was able to make a short trip to there only.

Some distance up from Ringlet, you will find an old English country home design and décor resort hotel, The Lakehouse Cameron Highlands Hotel, sitting atop a hill.

Kampung house is next to the The Lakehouse Cameron Highlands Hotel

lomography

Meet my brother, Eddy. We passed by a mint farm, my blog's photo banner is taken from here.

My lovely sister and his boy friend.

lomography

I wanted to use these photos as my banner but looks similar to my previous blog layout's photo therefore I decided not to show my face.

But I can't find any strawberry in here :(

A factory with the size that equal to one and a half of my classroom produce strawberry products, such as jam, cordial, topping and etc.

Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi was once visited to here.

We got cheaper and more strawberry ice cream with strawberry topping than their site office, Taman Agroteknologi Mardi.

Their site office with their self-produced products.

Handmade Chocolate with sweet strawberry!

Big Red Strawberry Farm! A must for all visitors to Cameron Highlands. It's 10 minutes walk from Brinchang town only. Big Red Strawberry Farm is more than just another farm that I visited in Cameron Highlands, there's so much to see and do. I like everything here except the slanted car park bays.

Hydroponically grown lettuces.

Pick your own strawberries are available in here too!

Souvenir shop and cafeteria. They serve fresh strawberry snacks.

Doesn't satisfy with strawberry jam? Get a strawberry soap for RM1 only, lols.

Strawberry ice potong, doesn't really taste good :/ You should try strawberry ice cream instead of ice potong.

You can found strawberry key chains and items all the way during your trip in Cameron Highlands.

Fried sweet potatoes, yumms!

The sweetest, juiciest and biggest corn I ever had.

photo credits: mommalydzar.blogspot.com

I didn't attempted to pay a visit to Strawberry Moment Dessert Cafe because my stomach was fulled with sweet corns, strawberry ice cream/ice potong and fried sweet potatoes already :( I heard that their dessert will certainly makes your mouth drooling uncontrollably! I must try it next time and stay over the night in Cameron Highlands to explore the beauty of Cameron Highlands.

Relax in the cool climate weather and sooth tired eyes with the surrounding lush greener, how I wish it's Mount Kinabalu!

Short break.

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:47:00 +0000

Happy Sunday, everyone! For your information, I am back from KL since last Friday but I haven't got a post to shout out loud about it since I am still updating my post that everything happened in KL, hahaha!

I am apparently too busy even though it was the first week of school and we (senior two) have a lot of test is queuing for the next day, such an effective teacher. On an average day, we have one test except Sunday. I tried so hard on my first BM test and eventually I failed it. *zombie face*

My school annual sports day is so soon, two weeks later! I am a supporter which taking part in what my school called "people who shout slogans" that sit inside the camphouse to shout as loud as we can during the sports day. I wanted to take part in cheerleading actually, but I am unable to go with the practice time.

How about your school life? Awesome or boring? I am looking forward to an awesome yet interesting senior two. Life is what you make it, so make it great! Therefore, I disagree that life end after secondary school, like we'll have nothing.. Maybe some would say after secondary school that's when your life just starts beginning. I think that secondary school are the best years of our life. Don't you think so? Hence, appreciate every moments before the schooling life ends!

So, I'll be back after a short break when everything is settled. See you in my next post and upcoming new layout! Stay tuned.

My first roll of film!

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 08:41:00 +0000

Alright, I am here to share you my photos. It's lomography. I can't afford a DSLR now, but I felt happy with my Lomo camera at this moment even though Lomo camera cannot replace DSLR. Cross-process the film (develop slide film as negative film) to get huge saturation, contrast, and color balance shift, my love!

I dislike the shop where I processed my film and I swear I will not process my film in that shop anymore because they got very poor scanner, spoiled some of my photos, wtf! Here's my first roll of film (non-photoshop), Kodak GC 400, I got it for free. Photos doesn't turn out like what I expected :(

Outdoor

Indoor without flash.

This photo is an uncrop version, I cropped the rest :) As I mentioned that my lomo camera is Golden Half (half frame camera) in here. With a half frame camera I can double the amount of pictures I take, I save more films and money! 1 frame = 2 pictures, 36 exp = 72 shots.

I didn't show all the photos to you guys because some of it is quite similar to the photos that I taken with digital camera and showed in my blog before. Or maybe related to another upcoming post which I am going to use it there.

There's still one developed film inside my camera and one undeveloped film. Agfa CT Precisa 100 and Kodak Elite Chrome, both are slide film which can give me super saturated colors. Can't wait to use them, love it to the max!

Are you a lomographer? Don't mind to share your experience with me, I am a newbie to lomography.

Year end rewind

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:53:00 +0000

Just before the new year starts, here's my 2010 :) I just realized not much to write actually. Anyway, thanks to my beloved family and friends who accompany me through this year. May this new year bring many opportunities to my way, to explore every joy of life and bring happiness to 2011.

Click the ♥ below every photos to proceed to the exact post.

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7 minutes to 2011! Happy New Year to you and your loved ones!

Winter December

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:10:00 +0000

Hello readers! I haven't been blogging in a while because my parents came here during the Winter Solstice Festival and Christmas. I don't have time to update my blog until my parents went back to Sabah yesterday because I spent most of the time on readying breakfast /shopping and the rest of my time is sleep :)

Since both of the festival (Winter Solstice Festival and Christmas) is over, I am going to make this post as short as possible but full with photos.

I am shaking in front of the monitor to write this post now, because I am using uZap slim belt now, my tummy is getting bigger due to the large amount of foods have gone into my stomach, especially when Winter Solstice Festival. We ate the same cuisines continuously for 3 days then we managed to finish it! Imagine....

22 December 2010 (Winter Solstice Festival)

My parent's flight was delayed for 2 hours makes our schedule delayed too. We had our dinner at 9:30PM but our estimated time was actually 8PM, people is already washing the dishes in the kitchen already :/

This is what we had! Vegetables, chicken, pork, fish and soup :)

Guess, I bet you don't know what is this! Lychee? Rambutan? or Longan?

My mom brought it all the way from Sabah.

It's glutinous rice ball which are in a giant version! My mom loves to make giant ball :s

I wanted to make glutinous rice ball with my sister actually but the flour is sold out in Jusco 1Utama. Therefore we bought these.

We're trying hard to finish those cuisines as many as we could but we can't, even though it's delicious. Lastly, we finished our dinner at 11PM and I went to the bed at 12:30PM. That's why I get fat!

24 December 2010 (Christmas Eve)

Most of the people prefer Western food than Chinese food during Christmas, right? But most of the restaurant which serve western food's Christmas set for ribs and steaks is quite expensive and not really delicious. I went to Tony Roma's in the last Christmas but the doesn't delicious like what I expected.

We went to Restaurant MCY that serve Chinese food.

This is my favourite! It's grape sauce made by their chef.

The foods are nice, tasty and unique!

Restaurant MCY
Address: 14, Lot 17945, Desa Jaya Kepong, 52000 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 03-6276378

It's time to exchange our Christmas gifts! The present that I bought was given to my sister's bf and I took my brother's.

I don't own them all, the clock is belongs to mine! I bought the LCC burner(house) and a bathroom scale. I bought the bathroom scale because they really need it.

So what present did you get? :)

25 December 2010 (Christmas Day)

From left; yours truly, my sister and brother

We spent our time in Sungei Wang (We couldn't shop properly because there's crowd of people.) and Low Yat Plaza because I just bought my phone there. In case you don't know, my phone is deadly broken if you'd read about few of my Nuffnang iPhone 4 contest entries before. My parents offered me few choices. Either buy a Canon DSLR (RM1780) and get and lousy phone(RM99-299) or iPhone 4 (16GB) or a HTC.

My choice :) HTC Aria

After some consideration, I gave up Canon DSLR and iPhone 4, I get HTC instead ^__^

LeX Slide @ Empire Shopping Gallery

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne Lai) — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:53:00 +0000

Hmm, have you ever think to have a tube slide in your school? So that students don't have to climb up and down to the ground floor, especially when your school has many storey. Yes, I did, but that's impossible. Sometimes, myself and a bunch of my classmates have more ridiculous imagination other than tube slide. Example like, the fireman's pole or maybe hot air balloon, lols!

I went to Empire Subang (known as Empire Shopping Gallery) with my sister while waiting my brother and her bf in the paintball challenge and before going to JJ's Autograph Session. (Empire Shopping Gallery is a brand new contemporary boutique-style shopping mall located in SS16 section of Subang Jaya. - Kenny Sia)

Other than a contemporary boutique-style shopping mall, what's attracted me?

Impossible becomes possible. It's not happened in my school but Empire Shopping Gallery. It's world's tallest indoor tube slide. How cool :)

Since I have nothing to do in the early morning, I decided to try out.

Where you go down, the top floor of the mall.

A slide which cost me RM12 :(

Yay! I am inside the tube to ready to get down already. Gunny cloth was placed before I slide, tuck my legs into the cloth and push! Proceed to the next photo now!

Phew~ I reached the ground floor within 30 second and my poor sister takes 5 minutes by escalator to meet me at the ground floor! It's fun like sliding down from the Niagara Falls Flume Ride in Sunway Lagoon outdoor theme park. Anyhow, I don't think it's worth because per ticket can be used once only :(