Home Sweet Home

Finally...me, my sis and father have moved into our new home. If you ask me; I would say the process of house purchasing, renovating, painting, and moving out and in; covered sweets and sours.

During last Nov while the S & P Agreement had been signed by me and my sis; we both felt happy and excited. We have been discussing to each other on how we were going to deco the house most of the time before the house key has been obtained.

The sour parts covered the processing of the house. It took us for more than 6 months to get the house key (without the consent of the state, the processing of a house should not be more than 3 months). After the key had been obtained; there were a lot of things to deal with. Eg, shop around for the furniture, household stuff, deal with the contractors, paint, clean...and I was actually exhausted.

The sweetest part is- finally me and my sis have our own place already. The feelings of owning a house are just warm and great. My family members could stay here whenever they wish or I could invite my friends to come over and have a gathering here whenever we want. Isn't it just nice? My sis is being a couch potato now and I am glad that I can own a room.

Well, I would like to thanks my sister- Trace who holds 50% shares of the house. Thank you for let "our" dream came true. Thanks to my papa who sponsored the kitchen cabinet, tiles, doors...and spent his valuable times to monitor the progress of the renovation. Thanks to my mama who bought us the furnace for the housewarming, cooking materials and cooked for us here for a week. Thanks to my bf and Brandon for helped us to paint, clean and bought us the gifts for the house. Thanks to my grandparents, brothers, uncles, aunties, cousin and cousin-in-law. You guys are awesome!!! Thanks for the ang pau as well. Hahaha. Last but not least, thanks to my GOD that answering my calls and I appreciate it.

Thanks to all my friends who are caring. Welcome to our home!!!

Living Room- gotta mention here, the house is designed by me and my sis.

Divider in the living room.

One side of the divider is displaying the model of the "Eye of London and London Bridge". A gift from Patrick which he brought back from London during CNY. Thank you my friend!!! Really appreciate.

A big picture displaying the "City of Paris" at night. I like the picture very much and it certainly a picture which full of imagination and illusion.

Dining place- The displays of the wall are actually a clock.

Kitchen- I forgot to take photo at the other side of the kitchen cabinet.

My room- The display on the wall is purchased from Krabi. Whereas, the quilt is from IKEA.

The arm chair is a gift from my bf- Simon. Surreptitiously; he bough and moved the chair to my room while I went back to hometown. At first, the room was a bit dim and dismal at night. It's now warm, lightful and lovely with the extra lamp and armchair. Thanks for the gifts and they really made me surprise and happy.

The other side of my room. The color of the book shelf is to match with my table. Well, i guess my sister's room is more warmer than mine cos her room is painted with pink and peach color.

The most expensive thing I have purchased so far...$$$ flied. Though, happy. Good night to all of you and Cheers!

A Luxury Seafood Dinner

Last night, I attended a “seafood dinner” which was organized by Jin Sheng in @ Unique Seafood Restaurant; located in PJ.

There were 9 of us gathered for the gathering. We threw Candice a farewell since she has decided to go back to Ipoh to further her future undertakings.

The minute I stepped inside the restaurant; I was amazed by the restaurant which looked like an Aquarium to me.

There are varieties of seafood there and many of the sea creatures I have never seen before.
See this...

Scotland Clams

California Geoducks

Spider Crabs

Jin Sheng booked a VIP room to gather all of us. The room was equipped with a big plasma TV.

From left: Me, Ze Xiong, Jin Sheng and Kok Ping.

Special thanks to Jin Sheng who sponsored the red wine.

The red wine was bought from Chile and the taste of the wine was fine and nice.

Me and Terry, Weng Kit.

Here we go...food of the night...

Geoduck from California and this meal cost us RM401... though, it was nice to see and nice to eat.

Look at the meat...It was extremely fresh... Yummy yummy.

According to Ryan, Yoong Loong; the geoduck is nice to eat by soak inside the herbal soup for few seconds. Though, I prefer to eat the raw one with wasabi.

Wasabi...looked like..

Mussels serving with soup. According to Weng Kit; this kinds of mussel was once upon a time living under the deep blue sea and was diffcult to find. However, It could easily get now right after the incident of Tsunami due to the big waves have dashed out the mussels to the shore.

Ostrich... Jin Sheng's favourie.

A seasonal vege- translated directly from Chinese is "Green Dragon Vege".

Delicious "Lou Fu Pan".

And, the most expensive dish of the night- Spider Crab.

Spider crab cooked with salty egg.

Dessert- Chilled Mango with sagu.

Posting infront of the cam.

Ohohoho, I like this photo very much. The shark looked vivid. Nice shoot from Kok Ping.

Special thanks to Jane as well cos most of the photos were taken by her.

And... the bill of the dinner is....RM 1, 572.05. The service charge and 5% government tax are already RM200.

As such, It was a luxury dinner. However, I enjoyed the food and the moments I spent with my beloved friends...

Patrick...how I wish you was there...to pay the bill for us. Hohoho....

Here the address and contact number:

Lot9B-3, Jalan Kemajuan, Section 13, 46200 Petaling Jaya.
Ph: 03-79602088

Fallen of a Star- Michael Jackson

This morning while I was driving to work and listening to Hitz.fm; surprisingly, MJ’s song- “Man In a Mirror” was on air. Since I know the song well, I turned the radio station to Fly FM; again, another MJ’s song- “Remember The Time” was playing. Out of curiosity, I turned the radio station to Mix.fm; another MJ’s song- Dangerous was on air.

Suddenly I was standing in amazement… “ Dun tell me MJ…” I whispered to myself and then the DJ announced that the radio station was paying tribute to MJ by playing MJ’s songs the whole day. A big shock to me and tears started filled in my eyes (I am one of his fans).

Well, I am regretting now that I did not go for his “Live concert” which held in Malaysia in year 1997 (if I am not mistaken). I was just standard 2 or 3 during that time and without the support from my family; I was psychically and financially not allowed to go for the concert. Gosh…the moral of the lesson is “Fight for your favo whenever you stand a chance; regardless how small the chance would be”.

After MJ, there should be no more King of Pop and no one could compete with him as biggest pop sensations of all time. Since, the radio stations are playing marathons of his greatest hits and millions of tearful fans are paying tribute to him; let’s join the globe paying tribute to the greatest and miracle man of all time.

MJ, your legend would widespread from generation to generation; we’re gonna miss you…

Beauty Talk- Sekkisei KOSE Products

Ladies, I have just changed my skin care products from Clinique to Sekkisei Kose products month ago and I found Sekkisei Kose products are awesome and I would like to share these amazing products with you all.

My face has never wash by beautician so it’s important for me to pick for the right products and before I tried for Sekkisei Kose products, I solely relied on Clinique 3 steps cleansing kits. Since my Clinique products were almost finished last month; Sekkisei Kose products were then introduced to me by my sister’s colleague- Jonan. Special thanks to Jonan for offered me the samples of the products.

Speaking about Sekkisei Kose, it’s a Japanese product. The objective to create Sekkisei product is to focus on “Skin is transparent like snow” which is matching its Chinese name- 雪肌精.

And then, I waited for the Kose promotion which held on Mid Valley during end of April. No doubt, it costs me a fortune to buy the products. However, the price is worth for the products.

Here we go for Sekkisei Kose Products.
- Sekkisei Lotion
- Sekkisei Emulsion
- Sekkisei Clear Lotion
- Sekkeisei Eye Cream

The above mentioned are the products that I bought during Kose promotion fair in April (refer pic below).


The products below are all Free Gifts.
And, the bunch of free gift itself worth more than RM450.

Hohoho, till now; I am yet to use some of the free gifts but I know the result of the products is amazing coz one of my colleagues- Sharen who is also using the Sekkisei Kose has a good complexion and her skin is more transparent now compare to last time.

Ohh ya, with the voucher that I bought during the fair, I was entitled to have a self-portrait which taken by the professional photographer. Before the photo being taken, they have make-up artists and hairstylists there to tranform the holder of the voucher to "model" by ran thru the "beautification process".

Due to time constrain and I dun really felt like waiting there just to get a photo shoot; I din get my hair done and the make-up artist only did some light make up for me (though, others who surrounding me have better make-up than mine). And, I only let the photographer took two of my photos; whereas the rest who were waiting there shoot more than 6 times.

See, this is my best shoot and judge on the pic, I would never stand a chance to compete with the contestants of ANTM- America Next Top Model cos I looked rigid and not vivid. But who cares? And guess what? One of the personnel who printed out my photo thought I was only 22. :p

I took the pic below right after two weeks I have tried for the products. I did not apply any foundation on my face, NOT even a light foundation. However; I did apply concealer under my dark dark eyes here. (no choice, I have a pair of panda eyes). And now, whenever I go out for a date or work; no foundation apply on my face anymore. sometimes, I only apply blushes on my face to make myself more lively. Frankly, I love the products...

The New American Idol Crowned

Kris Allen, 23 years old has just crowned the 2009’s American Idol title few days ago.

Surprisingly, many would say. Before the result show, it was Adam Lambert who had been expected to be crowned champion as most of the judges had been appeared to be leaning towards Adam during the finale show.

Not only the panel judges; me and most of my friends and colleagues thought that Adam would gonna win in this competition. However, the result…JUST UPSET US!!! And, I guess Adam’s supporters were all stunned right after the champion had been called out.

No offence to Kris; he is a talented singer and he has a talent to compose nice songs. Besides that, it is really difficult to begrudge Kris as he is always humble and sweet.

Throughout this competition, Adam is flamboyant, stylish and he definitely a “star”. Gees, why he could not crown the Idol title??? After the result, it shown that, over 100 million of votes; Americans appeared to like Kris Allen more than Adam Lambert, what can I say? It was American’s choice.

Well, I genuinely hope that Adam will get a recording contract from a music firm even he does not crown the AI’s title (he is now in talk with 19 Entertainment to come out his solo-album). Hope to hear his song in the radio soon. Same go to Kris Allen and Danny Gokey.

You may download the following latest songs sung by the idols in American idol’s official website: http://www.americanidol.com/ using iTunes.

1. Come rain or come shine - Danny Gokey
2. One - Adam Lambert
3. Crying - Adam Lambert
4. Heartless - Kris Allen
5. Apologize - Kris Allen

Phuket Trip (2009)

It has been a while since I came back from Phuket and I keep on delaying to blog about the trip. The main reason of the delay is- Distraction…lots of distraction… Recently, I am busying with TV shows, drama series and books…sometimes, I do not even know what to do next and it seemed that 24 hours a day are not enough for me.

Well, time really flies, doesn’t it? I went to Phuket in Feb and it’s now May. We took more than 1000 photos in Phuket and it isn't easy for me to shortlist the photos and decide which to upload here. Okay, enough for the excuses. Now, get in to the point…

We supposed to have 4 days and 3 nights for the trip. However, due to delay of the flight; the trip ended up with 3 days and 3 nights. Initially, only I, sista- trace, Jane and Ceci joined the trip. Then, Patrick, KP and YL joined later. It has been years since my last travel with Ceci, Patrick, KP and YL and I was happy to have them to join the trip.

On the day itself, we have two different flights; with the guys departed on morning and the rest of us took our flight at 8.30pm but there was still a delay of the flight on the day itself.

During Feb, it was a peak season in Phuket; perhaps a good time to travel to Phuket with soft breeze most of the time and good weather to go for diving or snorkelling. Well, while we were on the plane, only four of us were from Asia and the rest of the passengers were ang mohs (foreigners) and the plane was full- seated. I guess, Air Asia generates lot of profits by offering the low cost flight as most of the frequent travelers (mainly ang moh) like to take low cost flight.

Night view in LCCT, photo taken by Jane.


Jane, Me, trace and Ceci.


Posting in front of camera before aboard to the plane.

After we reached Phuket, we caught up with the guys and had our late dinner. The next day, we had our day tour to the famous Phi Phi Island.

Day 1

As usual, I missed my blanket at home very much and I did not have a proper sleep. On the morning, I woke up early and enjoyed the breakfast with KP, Patrick and YL.

In front of the hotel with Jane next to me. The hotel that we accommodated is called “Royal Palm Beachfront” which located in Patong beach. And,Patong beach is just in front of the hotel. No wonder; it named as “Royal Palm Beach Front”.

7 of us.

The day tour of the day was visited to Phi Phi Island, Maya Bay, Khai Island, Monkey Island… altogether 7 places. The tour included 2 ways transfer by minibus/ van, mask, snorkeling, life jacket, speed boat fare with full insurance, soft drinks, fruit, biscuits, lunch and an English spoken tour guide. Since there were 7 of us; KP, Patrick and YL managed to get a good price from the travel agent; each of us paid RM 100 for the tour only. During peak season, the price charge to adult is around RM 280 per person. In contact, the price is slightly lower during low season, around RM150 per person.

In the pier at Chalong Bay.

Time for camera while waiting the arrival of the speed boat.

Inside the speed boat. The pic below captured the waves which followed behind the speed boat.

In Phi Phi Island, close to Maya Bay.

In Maya Bay. The water in this bay is extremely clear. A Hollywood firm "The Beach" starring by Leonardo Dicapprio was shoot here in early 2000.

The minute I reached here; i was amazed by the fantastic and splendid view. Without hesitate, I pulled my sleeveless shirt and slippers off and walked to the sea.

My bikini was bought in Bali by trace and I spent RM80 for it only. The bikini was designed by Aussie and it was imported from Australia to Bali.

From left: Patrick, YL and KP.

With Patrick on the speed boat.

Patrick, I wondering why; you're always sensitive to camera? Though, you looked great on the photo below. Kakaka...

Lots of fish swimming under the sea.

The water of the sea was so clear that it almost transparent.

According to the tour guide, in x century before; this place was used by the pirates to hide for the treasures. No doubt, It was a strategic location to hide for the treasures cos only small boat is allowed to get inside the leak, it's blocking with two mountains.

In Monkey Island. The visitor is feeding the monkey with coco-cola.

Apparently, judge on the pic; Ceci was having seasick.

Right after Ceci had vomitted. I felt nausea and the feeling was killing me softly. Gosh, I felt like vomit too.

Time for snorkeling. However, I was damn dizzy and I was seasick-ing. The tour guide told me that I have two options. Either I jump into the sea to ease my nausea or I rest inside the speed boat. Frankly, I could not stay a minute inside the boat, it made my nausea worse. Without hesitate, I got my life jacket on and jumped into the sea (even though I do not know how to swim). And then, here he was- The captain of the speed boat. The captain held me tight with his strong left arm on my waist. He really taken a good care of me. In order for me to enjoy the session, he gave me a banana; with the banana on my hand; lots of fish were following me and I could see the fish without snorkel. The thing that upset me was, i could not have a chance to look under the water as i did not have the mask on. The good thing was, the nausea cleared right after i was on the boat. Thanks captain, you're rocks!!!

I found the pic nice. However, none of us has taken any pic before snorkel except Patrick. If I wasn't seasick, I should have a pic here. It's really nice pic.

Time for lunch.

Lunch of the day...

Trace and Ceci.

Jane, KP and Patrick.

Me and YL.

After lunch, we visited to another island called "Khai Island". It was closed to 2pm in the afternoon and it was really, really hot.

Look at the pic, the water is almost transparent and the sand is see through from the water.

The beach in Khai Island. It was crowded by tourists.

It was so hot that; Trace, Ceci, KP and YL decided to have a rest under the shade.

Me, Jane and Patrick were so brave to take a sun bath under the hot hot sun.
See, it paid off. Lots of fish surrounding us to welcome us...

Right after the tour; Me, Jane and Patrick got sun tan. Luckily, none of us got sun burn.

Well, it took two months for me to recover from sun tan and it only 90% recovered. The moral of the trip is; to apply and re-apply the sun block as frequent as possible to avoid sun tan.

I like Khai Island very much, it's like a paradise for me. I guess, I would visit here again for a full day tour in this coming July. So that, I would have a sufficient time to go for sun bath, enjoy my reading here and at the same time enjoy the spectacular view.

A photo taken by the photographer near the pier. It framed nicely and Patrick bought it for 150THB.

After the tour, we took a walk along the Patong beach which was just in front of the hotel.

Thanks to Patrick, now I know how "tan" my back side was...

Big "Phuket" characters written on the sand by Patrick.

The hotel is well-equipped with spa & massage, swimming pool, jaguzzi, sauna...

Lots of seafood available in Phuket. Big lobster, big prawn, big crab could easily see and get here.

Time to feed our stomaches.

Food of the night included...

Exaggeration night life in Patong. It has more than hundreds of pub, bar and club here.

Me and KP are waiting for the Thai Massage.

Time for massage-a thing that I would not miss everytime I visit to Thailand.