Friday, September 29, 2006

Hainanese chicken rice, anyone?

I was playfully bickering with the boyfriend yesterday...


And he sang a song to "soothen my ruffled feathers", as he put it.


I quipped, "Ruffled feathers?? Don't have ar!!!"


And he finished my sentence, "'Cause all plucked out already izzit?"


He took the words right out of my mouth. o_O


So I agreed, "YEAH!!! My feathers all plucked out already, some more being dangled over hot water!!"





So now, my new pet name is pak cham kai (steamed white chicken).

-_-

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Tak Nampak Clown pun.

If you're below 22 years old, knows what MSN is, you would notice that recently, there are some people who have changed their nicknames to include "Who's up for Royal Melbourne Show??'



Well, guess who just went??? :D





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On the way to the bus stop.

We were more than half an hour late, *cough*Smalls*cough*, and we still found time for a little camwhoring. -_-

We met up with birthday girl, Victoria, at the train station...


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Smalls, me, Kit Mey, Victoria, Hui Loo.


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Tsk tsk.


Ooops, the train is here!!

And off we go!!!

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Platform 9 and 3/4. Hogwarts. You'll only get it if you're a Harry Potter fan.
If you're not, SHAME ON YOU!



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Playing "Under the rainbow" in the train, on the way to the Show.

Smalls complained I 'pom pom pom piang!!!' too soon. Ceh, just 'cause she is not as skilledful as me. :P

Oh, and the Royal Melbourne Show was held at a place called Showgrounds! It's a real place, like with a legitimate station and all...

Am I too jakun?


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Showtime, at Showgrounds.

Bloody hell, those ang mohs just jumped into our picture for no reason. We don't know them. =p


Such a beatiful day out! :)

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And I am damn sad, 'cause I thought the Royal Melbourne Show was a circus.... Turned out it was a giant carnival.

Y'see, I have never been to a circus before. :(

Laugh lah, laugh all you want.


But I was counting on going to a circus, so all my friends can stop calling me a 'deprived child'.

:(


As majority of the group were girls, we went shopping first! ;)

At the carnival, they have they call showbags, which are essentially bags of themed stuff, going for bargain prices.

For example, a bag of filled with Cadbury's products, going for AUD5. Or a Powerpuff Girls' bag filled with their merchandise. Or even Dolly (the fluff magazine for teenage girls) with magazines and nail polish and a bag in their showbag.

You get the drift.

And the thing was , i was so tempted to get some!!! Some of the stuff, you just can't get it back in Malaysia.

Like, there was this Happy Tree Friends show bag, which I damn wanted to get for my sister, but AUD20 ler...


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Endless arrays of colorful booths....

But I did get myself a headgear though... =p Almost everyone there had something on their head, be it cowboy hats, tiaras, antennaes, jester hearts...

We had to fit in. ;)

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We were wearing two separate halos k. Don't know why it looked like we had a puffy cloud on top of our heads. ;)

AUD3 only! Quite cheap. =p

Jaclyn got herself a pair of devil horns, and she bought an inflatable pitchfork to go with it.

Which Lionel had the honor to put life into.

Haha, sometimes I really pity men, and the lengths they have to go for women. ;)


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Huff and Puff.


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All the people came out to play.


I saw these creepy mermaid dolls as prizes at game booths...

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They wont't be winning any mermaid pageants.


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And I wanted these My Little Pony stuffed toys!!!


But no one to win them for me. :(


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And they had those blowed up 'boing-boing' mini forts!!! I have always wanted to go into one of them and jump till the sun sets.

And now I can't go in 'cause I am overaged.

Bah.


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Another view of the carnival. I can't stress enough how beautiful the weather was.



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And the coolest game on earth!!!

It's almost like the concept of bungee jumping, where they tie a big rubber rope and harness onto you, and with a trampoline on your feet, you get to soar into the air. Literally.

You can even do backflips and somersaults while you're up there!

But for kids only. :(



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Because I am lame like that.


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Wahaha, Lionel still blowing away! :P

Besides inflating obstinate pitchforks, as a modern man, he had to do more to win the heart of his lady.


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AUD20 for 4?5? tries. Crazy shit.

All to win a Eeyore. Jac, you're a lucky woman. ;)



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Toffee apple!!!


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I have been meaning to try one since I laid eyes on them in Melbourne.


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Lick lick.

And with that, ladies and gentlemen, is how I suggest you eat your toffee apple. It is no common feat to devour one, I kid you not.

You would be looking at the shiny red toffee coating, and thinking, "Mmm Mmm, yum yum", and then you sink your teeth into the apple.

And that's it.

Your teeth REMAINS in the apple!!!

The toffee is so sticky that it clamped my mouth shut. Or if not, it will get stuck all over my gums.


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And this is how you would look like after the apple.

But damn yummy-lah. :)


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This game challenges you to climb to the top of the ladder, and as long as you can complete that, you get 50 dollars.

Bluff people wan. The ladder is actually very shaky and it twists and turns when anyone is on it, and confirmed you can't stay on the ladder.


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Ponies.

Which I couldn't ride, 'cause flattened ponies won't be that cute anymore.


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Because Lionel and Jac havn't given up hope on big stuffed toys.

In this game, you get two tries for AUD8 (or one try for AUD5), and you catch a (toy) fish! Simple as that, under the fishes' fins are numbers, and consequently, your prizes will correspond to the number.

Hugeass My Little Pony is a number 20.


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We played cheat.

Lionel and Jac went for four goes I think, and we tailed those fishes that they have already taken out, and were not number 20.:P
I laughed myself to death when Smalls had her two fingers following her designated fishes, and she got confused. ;)

But they didn't win. After that, we were so geram that while the staff member wasn't looking, we took out the fishes one by one, and checked whether there really is a number 20.

There wasn't. Bloody con job.

Next year, we are gonna bring our own number 20 fish, and we're gonna throw it into the tank 'accidentally', and catch it ourselves. ;)


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Next to the conman fishing stall.


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Livestock.

And then after that we paid almost AUD7 each to go on the Ferris Wheel. -_-


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I love these pictures that I took. :)

And under this magnificent architecture...

Was this crazy woman.

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Sometimes even I am ashamed of myself. ;)


And up, up, up we went!

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Hello, ant-sy people!!

I am telling you, the ferris wheel was the scariest ferris wheel I have ever been on. EVER. It was so super fast, and as it was a very high ride, it felt like a roller coaster!!!

We screamed our lungs out.


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This is me clutching on to Victoria for dear life.


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Kit Mey and Smalls. And Smalls was REALLY screaming!!

We were really jokers, we would be screaming and shrieking in terror, then for one brief moment, we would smile calmly into our cameras, then the moment the camera was clicked, hell would break loose, and we would start screaming with our eyes closed again.

True cam whores. ;)

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Please appreciate my efforts. =p



And besides that, appreciate my efforts for blogging when I should be doing my assignment.

As Smalls put it, "Whip me". -_-


And before I go slog over financial accounting...

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Happy Birthday again, Victoria! :)

My heart is still pounding...

OH MY GOODNESS.

I had a mighty huge fright just now!!!


I opened my blog, and blogger.com told me that my blog was no longer available, something about the URL not found or something to that extent.


Damn scared. Thought that my blog would be gone forever and ever.


Now I know how much my blog has integrated itself into my life.

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

WA. LAO. EH.

*looks down*

My tummy damn big.


Just came back from Koko Black's Iced chocolate (comes with ice cream, chocolate shaving, and chocolate sauce) and this super rip-off chocolate Mooo...mooo... unpronuciable dessert.

Ceh, I still prefer Max Brenner!!! *smiles self-satisfiedly*



Oh, and a big birthday shoutout to Victoria!!! :)



And I went for Royal Melbourne Show today, but I've no time to blog 'bout it yet --I have two assignments due on Monday, what type of stupid semester break is this... :(


If you see me update my blog, it means I am curi tulang-ing... ;)



Now, if you don't mind, I've to get back to other more pressing matters.


*pokes tummy with evil glare*

Saturday, September 23, 2006

The Famous Amos Tragedy

My ball was the night before.

And I lost a pack of Famous Amos. :(


And warning, this post has so many pictures I can't keep count. :P

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It was actually the Monash University Malaysian Student Union (MUMSU) ball, and it cost me a whopping AUD69.


It was held in Sophitel hotel in the city, in which Lionel and Jaclyn kindly gave us a ride. :)


Speaking of Sophitel, doesn't it sound like a cheap motel??? After the Cornel Hotel inident, I have developed a phobia of Aussie hotels.


But everyone said that it is a really, really, really nice hotel...


Behold, Sophitel...

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The entrance to our 'ballroom'.

Our ballroom was actually called the Terrace room, which is a large open-aired space (within the hotel-lah), in the second floor, with a balconey overlooking the hotel's lobby. Nice. :)


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Ball at full swing...

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Smalls and I. :)

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The Incredible Jac who did up her own hair all by herself!! *in awe*

Speaking of hair, I was so depressed that I had to settle for a measly half-ponytail. :( I wanted to curl my hair, but it will cost AUD50. However vain I am, it IS a little crazy to fork out so much money for a hairdo that will only last one night. This is the fate that you suffer when you have thick hair. *holds fire torch near hair*


But at least I had a pretty white flower in my hair, loaned by Jaclyn. *muah*

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Hall mates, and more. :)

All the people at my table.. :)

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Top: Jason, Kit Mey, Smalls, me, Jac, Lionel.
Bottom: Steven (from Melbourne Uni), Rebecca, Randy.


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Opening performance: Breakdancing!!


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Oh my goodness, this guys are so talented!! I have never been a big fan of breakdancing, but they can really make you gasp in amazement!!

It didn't hurt that they were quite cute, hee. ;)


Oh, and we had salmon as our main course!! But it was cooked in such a healthy way though, steamed, with vegetables heaped on it.

A girl needs her cream sauce k.


Halfway through the function, the emcees started a 'game', whereby they will draw out table numbers, and the table that gets chosen must send a representative to sing a song on stage (A song list is provided, and lyrics are shown on the TV screen ala karaoke style).

Some tables that got picked were really unsporting, whereby everyone just refused to go upstage.

Our table decided to show them how it is done.

Haha, I went to the Vice President of the society, and told him that our table wants to perform.

And, presenting to you, table 17....


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We all went up, and did YMCA!!! :P


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Y...M...C, A!!! I think we were at "A" here. :P


Super liberating k!! We could see alot of tables doing the "Y, M, C, A" hand motions along with us!! ;)


And tiramisu for dessert :)


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Tiramisu with Cafe Machiatto ice cream.

Hehe, pardon my excitement, I seldom get desserts in Aussie. :(


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And we got pretty and yummy cookies for coffee and tea! :)


Running on a sugar high, I was fueled up for picture-taking! ;)

I messed up the boys...


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Messed-up boy 1: Meng Sang vs Act cute pose.


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Messed-up boy 2: Lenz vs Sexy pose.
(Sorry la, my sexy pose damn fail, and apparently Lenz thinks garang is the new sexy. -_-)


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Messed-up boy 3: JJ vs Who has the longest tongue pose.
(JJ, you win. :P)


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Messed-up boy 4: Woo Hsian vs Miang Betul pose.
Woo Hsian is of the first few names that I remember in Melbourne, 'cause he bet me that I couldn't.
Now it looks like I can't forget this expression on his face, ever. o_O


Oh, and there were quite a bundle of vouchers and discount coupons as part of our goodie bag. And the favourite being a teeny weeny packet of Famous Amos cookies!!!

I DAMN LOVE FAMOUS AMOS K.

Everyone polished off their packets before the main meal has arrived, but not me. Me, who lovingly pats my cookie packet in the goodie bag, with the notion that I'll savor my cookies s-l-o-w-l-y back in my room.

While chatting to Smalls, I found out that we both love the No Nut Chocolate Chip cookies of Famous Amos!!! Do you know I havn't never found someone who loves the same type of Famous Amos cookies as I do???!!!! Most girls seem to like butterscotch or macademia. *sticks out tongue*

Being Famous Amos buddies, we decided to take a No Nut picture.

No Nut, means cannot smile/laugh, must be damn stern and fierce, geddit?

Fine, it was my lame idea.*sheepish*

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Take 1: FAIL. 'Cause *someone* can't contain her nuttiness.


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Take 2: SUCCESS! Woo, my cookie buddy here looked so hot!!! Smothering! ;)


Then hor, that Kit Mey damn bising, want to join in also, but I told her, cannot, it's strictly No Nut fans only. But she being an Arnott fan, and me being a TimTam lover ('cause like Arnott is Tim Tam's manufacturer, duh), we became Arnott buddies!!! ;)


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We aren't odd (Arnott), we just love Arnott!!

Wahahahhahaahhahahha. My lameness has a reached another level.


More pictures....

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Gary, ex MUFY mate and I.


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Serene, course mate with everchanging LV and Gucci bags.


Eh, let me make something clear k... You see the bumps on my dress??? That is not my tummy k!!! It is a ballon skirt, it is SUPPOSED to be puffy!!!

I repeat, not my tummy k.


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Rion (Ryon?) who had long hair before this! ;)


Oh oh oh, and we had lucky draws throughout the night!!! The guys at our table, who have been to MUMSU's ball for three consecutive years, told us that they have never won anything before... -_-

But then, the wheel of luck took a spin when Kit Mey won a 10 dollar food voucher.


During the 2nd round of lucky draw, Randy won a printer!!! :)


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Don't ever separate us...


But Lady Luck really threw a luck grenade at our table when Jaclyn won the grand prize of night-- the newest 2G Ipod Nano!!!

Why I never get luck like this one. :(

Dear Jac, since you already have an Ipod, why not give it to your poor sweet and nice friend?? *hopeful smile*
No need to give to Lionel la, he wears dragon ties...

Hehe. :P


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The woman made of luck, and the man who wants her prize as his own. ;)

(Oh, she got a certification letter of some sort for the meantime, and will receive the actual Ipod later! :P)

Ooooh, and our table got even luckier!! Kit Mey got nominated as Queen!! :)


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Sorry Mey, I couldn't capture a good picture. :(

But in the end, some lame unsporting chick won instead. Boo. =(

But Kit Mey, you were the bomb among all the other contenders k! :)


More pictures...

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Drunken Johnny... (Err, the sword is actually the King(of the ball)'s sword.. -_-)


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Crazy group pic.


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And one last picture of our table, completer with props and all...
Table 17 ROCKS!! :P

After that, it was time to PARTAY at the afterparty!! :D


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A little narcissm whilst primping.


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Narcissm twofold.

And it was in the bathroom that I left my goodie bag. :(
A bagful of useful food vouchers, a coupon for a free pair of earrings, my ticket, ALL GONE.
And the worst thing was, MY BAG OF FAMOUS AMOS COOKIES!! :( :( :(
The one that I saved so carefully.
Along with a 40% off discount coupon for Famous Amos cookies.

I am so scarred. :(


Outside PI (heh, I don't know how to show the mathematical symbol in blogs ler :P), the club where the afterparty was...

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No jackets = freeze to death.


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Those who came together in the same car! :)
Poor Lionel, very seldom he is in the picture, for he always has to be camera man... =p


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We met Joel and Joleen there! :)


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Puckering Smalls, and Joleen, whom we met there too. :)


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Embracing my inner poser.


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Girls just wanna have fun!!! :D

The dancing was just so great!! Alot of people that we knew, and the music was good. I danced till my legs hurt like hell.

And Jaclyn and Smalls got drunk on 151 (Bacardi 151), which apparently has 80% alcohol!!!
Wtf, damn lethal.
All of us took turns throughout the night to take care of them
And Jaclyn becomes damn manja when she's drunk. ;)
And Smalls is just so super entertaining. Oh, and she has lesbo tendencies too. o_O

Nopes, I will not post those pics up. :P


We only left the club at about 4 something, to grab some way, way way overpriced mamak food.

And we only reached home about 6 plus.
If my dad could see me then. o_O

But staying out the whole night killed my immune system.I am so freaking sick now.
Bad flu, fever, and a case of the bright yellow phlegm. :(



And there are actually SO SO SO SO many more pictures, but I shall refrain from posting just in case broadband explodes on you. ;)

Fine lah, I admit, I didn't post, 'cause I didn't look good enough. ;)


Thank you, everyone, who had a part in making the night filled with fun. :)



PS: And I would be even more grateful if ANYONE could offer me their Famous Amos cookies!! Or the discount voucher!!! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, with sprinkles on top? :)