Of Kebabs, Blue Mosque, Basilica Cistern, Underground City ... Of Turkiye::Turkey::!!

Turkey is definitely one of my favourite countries to travel throughout these few years of country-hopping. Not to mention its exotic kebabs with succulent lamb/chicken filling and fresh salads (which costed only 5YTL i.e. less than £2.50) which satisfy every taste bud that innervates to my gluttony, I was utterly moved by its blend of histories and cultures originating from the time when East meets West. Here, I am just going to highlight some of my favourite spots/features. Nonetheless, the beauty of Turkey is simply beyond words.

1. Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque) & Hagia Sophia

These two magnificient buildings were built facing each other, which kept me imagining them as a lovely couple, looking at each other with love until the day after forever. Despite the Blue Mosque becomes the majority's (among my 6-sekawan 'Turkey explorers') favourite, I was much fascinated by the history of Hagia Sophia. It was originally constructed as a church on the orders of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, serving as a religious focal point of Eastern Orthodox Church for nearly 1000 years; then when Constantipole was conquered by Ottoman Turks, it was converted into a mosque. Now, Hagia Sophia is a museum in the Republic of Turkey.

It was very amazing to see Islamic features alongside the Christian relics, testimony to the rise and fall of an empire and such elements nonetheless beautify Hagia Sophia with its historical enrichment.

2. Turkish Bath
Believe me, this is definitely an once-in-a-lifetime experience! 3 beauties in 6-sekawan went bathing together. We were asked to strip off completely (with underwear on) and lie on a huge marble stone (see picture above), waiting to be lathered, washed, brushed and rinsed. Sounds pretty much like a piece of cloth being thrown into a washing machine eh? Haha. At first, I found it a bit awkward to get nude in front of the other two, what's more shi chian is my roommate whom I have to see everyday! Erm, not very pleasant to be reminded of my/her naked body whenever you see her getting ready for shower at home gua ... But there was really no point hiding myself when everybody was doing the same in there, I don't want others to perceive me like a shy Malaysia orang hutan lar! Surprisingly not even after 10 minutes, I already felt so comfortable in such a state and could actually start observing and was totally amazed by the diversity of sizes around! Hahahahahaha ....

3. Bahaus Guesthouse (Istanbul) & Star Cave Hostel (Cappadocia)

We were very lucky indeed to see the free belly-dancing show provided by Bahaus Guesthouse as their nighttime entertainment. Aizat and I were even luckier to be picked by the hot, sexy (despite she looked kinda old to me) Turkish belly-dancer. People in Turkey were unbelievably friendly and warm, and I felt so at home eventhough cigaratte smell in the louge was choking me somehow :P
My love for these affable, lively and outgoing Turkish people culminated during the one-night stay at Star Cave Hostel. Ahmed, the owner, although not a talkative person, but this old man was very kind and warm-hearted. 6-sekawan missed the dinner time due to the total collapse of our body clock, but Ahmed was sooo kind to cook us a late dinner and that was the best dinner ever! Nonetheless, his son Ramazan was the 'pet' of all!! He taught us the thrilling, heart-attacking 'spoon-game', entertained and warmed our soul so much in the cold night of Cappadocia. And not to forget these 2 yong men, Fatih and Mimes, who were absolutely literal gay ones and actually came out with a crooked version of pondan belly dance that made every single of us to laugh our head off!
With lovely people in Star Cave

Our love letter to Star Cave Hotel

Oh people ... how I miss you all!!!!!

4. Rose Valley, Uchisar Castle, Churches, Open-air museum and ... a very gentleman Singaporean :P

Cappadocia is well-known for its exceptional, unique natural wonders defined by fairy chimneys and historical and cultural heritage. Formation of such a unique huge region was under the influence of lava and erosion for a long long ime. I consider myself very very lucky and indeed am grateful for being able to marvel at such wonderful creation of nature in my life. I had an emotional ripple when our tour-guide couldn't stress more on how Christians and Muslims lived happily and peacefully together when introducing us the graveyards, where people of different religion now lying side by side, perhaps still making friends, 6-feet under.

I just wonder why must people 6-feet above segragate and catagorise others according to different religion? Why must love be neglected if we don't share the same belief? Is there a need to define the level of intimacy we could share, according to which God you praise?
Hmm, to me, such border should be given no place at all in front of true love, be it in any kind of relationships.

Ok ok, off the serious emo stuff and resume the very tiny bimbo bit in me. Hahaha. Just girls being girls ok...! There was this singaporean guy with his parents in our tour group. He was sooooOOoo gentleman and actually waited for every lady in 6-sekawan to land safely from the slope, before catching up with his parents. And he even helped Shi Chian to take her bag after her pottery 'showcase'. Nonetheless, a smile was always carved on his face. How very sweet and nice of him! Erm, I really have to admit this ... of all the guys I met, nice and sweet guy always seem to be a Singaporean ... Ahem, Msian guy .. it's time to learn from your neighbour, perhaps? Hehehehe.

That's all about my winter trip to Turkey.

::Winter 2008. A break I shall not forget, when my heart was completely captivated by the beautiful people, places, history and culture of thou -- Turkey.::

Where can I watch Muallaf????

This film would be like 'tom yum' soup. Clear, but spicy and tangy. And in this way, "Muallaf" was conceived. - Yasmin Ahmad

Just discovered the birth of 'Muallaf', a 'power-gilerrr'-acclaimed film by Yasmin Ahman, after watching'Gubra' the sequel of 'Sepet'. Tapi, where to watch it? Omg omg omg ... Cant waiiiitttttt!!!!

Btw, why the heck this cute (mata-)Sepet guy named Ng Choo Seong* doesn't have a full biography online? A vein of melancholy in his sepet eyes ... er... somehow ... makes me .. fall. =P

Slit eyes always go perfectly well with heavy eyebrows. Like crayon-shinchan..heee...So cute!! ... ^0^

Fonder heart no more?

Sometimes when you didn't see someone for too long
and when you find yourself gradually get used to this kind of absence in your heart
will you start to wonder whether the value of presence has become not as precious?
or it is just merely the temporary lost of touch, which will eventually come back ignited in flame?

I dont know...
Im just a lil confused about it.

LOL

I couldn't help laughing my head off when reading the comments...
My housemate and coursemate even gave me a ring to check if I'm alright. LOL.
Oh well...

I was merely 吐血-ing for rushing the deadline due exactly on the day I wanna skip for Turkey trip ...

Anyway it's soooOOooo nice to know people around are actually concerning about you, although i have to admit this is definitely a nasty way of getting it! Thank you so much, my friends! I feel so loved! Muaks *^_^*

转角。遇上爱。

“世界上最遥远的距离不是生与死； 而是我就站在你面前，你却不知道我爱你.” ～张小娴

小时候读张小娴的小说，觉得这句话很玄-就是简简单单地把那种默默爱在心里很深、很浓的惆怅与凄美浓缩进一个句子。年少轻狂的我还曾经一度为那遥远、还没萌芽就永远睡在土里的爱情哀悼。

现在的我依然能体会爱在心口难开的挣扎与无奈，但同时也对爱情多了一份勇敢。
人生短暂。就如《百年孤寂》歌词里头所说的，“一百年前你不是你我不是我，一百年后没有你也没有我”，若因一时的懦弱而换来百年后的孤寂，我会开始怀疑生命还能承受多少泪水的重量？

于是女孩将撇开爱情里最遥远的距离，开始寻觅转角后就能遇上的爱情。

“如果我坚持不随着地球自转，105度后的转角，你的怀抱就是我一生的温暖屋”=)

Q&A tentang Kerja Amali

Q1: What would happen if you don't read lab protocols before practical?
A1: You don't get a Day-0 plate!

Q2: What is the consequence if you don't ask what your lab partner is doing?
A2: You don't get a Day-0 plate!!

Q3: What would happen if you assume everybody knows what he/she is doing?
A3: You don't get a Day-0 plate!!!

Q4: What is the consequence if you don't insist every solution should be made up to 25% extra?
A4: You don't get a Day-0 plate!!!!

Come on! I just need a Day-0 PLATE FOR MY LAB REPORT!!!!!!!

Ok.... ok, it MUST BE my fault for getting such crappy data.
---> Awak ingat saya betul-betul fikir macam ni? Soli, perasaanku yang terpendam adalah seperti berikut:

::Celaka betul. Awak sakit ku pun sakit. Sakit dai-sai lah! Awak sakit tak payah baca protokol, takyah peduli apa yang perlu buat lah! Eh, hari tu ku sakit juga, tapi ku kena juga buat kerja persiapan sebelum kerja amali. Sikap apa ni!? Tak faham betul lah! Ok, skrang kerja amali habis dah, sakit awak pun sembuh terus. Ah, sah lah. Sakit ni sakit malas.
Urgh, api kegeramanku ini semakin membara. Dan akan terus membakar...sehingga aku menyempurnai mission impossible ini.

Snippets of life: 24-29/11

Monday 24/11:
Received a text from Boots pharmacy. Was called for an interview on Wednesday. Need to visit a local Boots store to check out the efficiency of promotional strategies. Hmm, sounds pretty fun at least Im back to my favourite business stuff. But not particularly ecstatic about it. Mainly because the chances of getting the job are probably thinner than my dandruff flakes.
Tuesday 25/11:
A busy day indeed. Waking up at 8 from last night's bad sleep makes it difficult for me to stay fresh, sharp and alert. Argh but life still has to go on no matter what shit I've encountered! Headed for Boots and its competitor - Superdrugs in Kensington high street around 9.30am. Did some analysis. Boots really sucks at its promotion. No new excitements, old lame buy 1 get 1 free and 3 for 2 mix& match. Got so deviated from its core business as a pharmacy. Bombarded with vanity boxes and leeching money mainly from blonde with big boobies + small brain.
Wednesday 26/11:
Went to NHS 1 hour before my phone interview. Feeling very unwell and overworried about the pain. Stupid NHS was running late and had to leave before my turn for that bloody phone interview. 4.45pm. Phone call came in. 'Have you worked with Boots before?' 'No'. 'Good. Do you have a work permit beyond 2012?' 'Sorry, no. Im holding a student visa and wiill apply a work permit after that.' 'Sorry, I couldn't proceed to the interview because we will only consider candidates already with work permit. Bye.' WTH =.=''
Thursday 27/11:
Stupid Stella couldn't do simple dilution factors. Depressed. Depressed. So f***ing depressed.
ICBS showed a video on Ajahn Brahms' talk. Take-home-message:
- Do not be judgemental nor a control freak. Upon excessive control, he or she will only end up to be more skillful on how not to get caught by you. Yep, stupid Stella should stop being judgemental. Loving kindness and compassion are urgently in need.
- Be rebellious in a different way! Do not let others' perceptions to put a control over your life. Be yourself, get your own happiness! Live your life for yourself. So yea, Stella shouldn't give a damn for not being a smart ass in Biochemistry. Eventhough she sucks at it to the max!
- Extra bit: Annoy me as much as you like! Im just gonna curse you for FLEAS OF A THOUSAND CAMELS TO INFEST YOUR ARMPITS!
Friday 28/11:
Work! Work! Work! More calculations on dilutions. More burgers frying in the catering. More lecture notes to go through. More annoyances and irritations to get.
Saturday 29/11:
Finally some fun stuff! Took a student guide role and gave a tour to prospective Life Sciences students in the afternoon. Felt so great talking to people. My english is not that bad after all, heeeee!! O ya, happy to see angelic Miss Ade again. Ade is such a wonderful girl and to me, she is just perfect in everything - be it academic/social/personality. And she is sooooo cute too! Ah, lucky Mr Chong-U!
Some people were just born to be an angel to people around them. They stir no negative feelings but sprinkle joy all over. So glad I've met some of them. Ade and Miss yih lin Goh are definitely 2 of them. Feel so blessed to have angels around especially in this final-year hell.

End of the week denotes the start of another brand-new week. Hope everything goes better, smoother and may I be less stupider, if not, smarter. Bless me. Please.

My work station - tagged

Tagged by LimZhi to upload a photo of my work station. Actually have uploaded a photo of such in my previous post entry. However game's rules shall be obeyed! So let's just have a look again at this little work bench of mine.

Work-in-progress mode

Sleeping mode

笑一个嘛，好不好？

原来要哄一个人开心不是一件简单的事。

如果不开心的人是你很关心的人，那就更不简单了！

第一、 你不能因为他（她）的不开心而不开心。要不然就像我一样，两个一起变蓝。

第二、 不能耍超幼稚的法宝。

第三、 不能逼他笑，可能那人真的很没心情。但是他若不笑，就代表你很差；他若勉强笑，你根本就是很自私的要证明自己很了得。

第四、 唉……

事情是这样的：最近有位属于本小姐心中的重量级人物因为牙痛了整2个礼拜，成天闷闷不乐，整个人因没胃口吃饭而瘦了下来，甚至连最可爱的笑容也消失了。本小姐看了还真心疼，就试试要说些笑话来帮忙分散注意力。怎知出尽法宝了都还是没见效，反而自己也随着郁闷起来……真是伤脑筋啊！

各位朋友，有什么法宝尽管说出来分享分享一下！要不然我就快要失眠了啊～～～

我竟然很白痴的这样博君一笑……
我：你知道什么卡通人物就算牙齿烂到只剩下两颗，却也还能很开心的笑吗？
友人：嗯……（想了很久）……我不知道耶……
我：真的不懂哦？那我揭开谜底了咯？！
友人：(can't be bothered) 哦，说咯。
我：准备好了吗？
友人：…… =.=''

我：Ta-da!!!! Sponge Bob!!!

友人：呵呵……哎哟！牙齿忽然又很痛了

……………………………………乌鸦…………飞……………………过………………………

GO GO Fighting!

Finally done with my near 30-page report last night!! Yay & PPHHEEWW~~~!!
Hence, I decided to give myself a day off from work today before plunging my head into another coursework, which is a presentation on this coming friday = not that long for a break anyway =.=''
However however however .... it turned out to be

THE DAY THAT I SPENT MOST OF THE TIME WALKING ON THE ROAD.

From my house (A) - cross the Hyde Park - Oriental City, Queensway (B) (25 minutes)

From B - Kensington Church Street - Marks&Spencer, High Street Kensington (25 minutes)

From M&S - Sainsbury's, Cromwell Road (C)(15 minutes)

From C back to A (no short-cut, 30 minutes)

Total duration = 95 minutes

"Oh...you're just making a big fuss over that mere 95 mins of walk!! '' - Yep, that is so freaking true if I didn't carry 1-2kg of groceries from point B heading to point C, then added on another 2-3kg from point C to point A. And moreover, I went for wushu class in the morning before that groceries-marathon.

W-H-A-T?!!! WUSHU?????

Okok chill chill readers ... It was only my first (probably the last too :P) trial class actually. The reason for attending it? As usual laaaa - Bcz it was a free one ... heeeee!!!

At first, I didn't expect them to do anything intensive. But as they started the warming-up, I realised it was definitely nothing as easy as eating chocolates =.=''

1. Run around the badminton court for 10 rounds. Change direction - stop- change-stop- change.

2. Wushu style stretching

3. Up-and-down upper body movement in a half-seated position(马步) - on the spot jog, at a fast&sharp pace – bounce - pump -repeat for 5 times.

I was panting like a dog after the warm-up, and…and…Sping…even…got a green face and had to stop half-way…

Then it was another 1.5 hours of punching, blocking, kickings which I couldn’t take it anymore and left 30 minutes before the 2-hour class ended.

Anyway, it’s still a good day simply because at least I don’t need to mess around with Pymol/Molmol (structures visualisation programs) anymore! Yohoo~!!

p/s: Argggghhhhhh!!! Just realised that I forgot to pack in the Sainsbury's egg bites which I have already paid!! T.T Egg bites ... i want my egg bites back ... T.T =(

《知足》

*Translated from my favourite song by Mayday - Contentment 《知足》

'How I can own a rainbow?',
'How I can embrace the whole summer of wind...?'
The stars above never stop laughing at human beings below,
wonder why they will never know how to be contented.

If I were in love with your smiling face,
how can I own it and keep it forever?
If your happiness does not come from me,
so is letting go actually the real means of owning you?

When Wind glides together with Kite in the sky,
Im so moved and pray for their love to be eternal
and that's all because of you.

Only when you finally slipped away from my life,
I started to realise that
to laugh in wailings is the most painful thing I could ever do.

Recalling the day when you and I sang so freely on that hill,
Songs and memories like that are so sufficient
Enough for me to sleep in loneliness,
and again I realised that to laugh in wailing is the most painful thing I could ever do.

If your happiness no longer comes from me,
I will hold my pain and learn to be happy in contentment.

Snog Crush <3

Was supposed to mug over the weekend but couldn't help getting myself a long stroll at the Upmarket in WhiteChapel. Sigh, i know i know ... it must be the depressingly low £-RM exchange rate that urged me to spend away more of these devalued pounds! (It was 5.556 when im writing this post entry!!! :S)

Had a Spanish Chicken Empanada, which costed me only £2.80 (RM 15.56). It's like a chicken-filling pastry served with a big portion of Malaga salad (cold potato salad)...

Ren Yin and I with that spanish cuisine...

On the way back from Upmarket, suddenly another glutton housemate of mine suggested to go for a new product called SNOG (£2.50= RM 13.89) - basically it's just some sort of frozen yoghurt which tasted like the icey thingy sold in 7-11 in Malaysia. But you can choose to add your toppings for an extra 65p (RM3.61) each. As for me, i added some nuts mix so the whole 'Little Snog' burnt another 3.50 holes(would be19.45 holes if in Malaysia) in my pocket.

Happy Stella with her new crush - 'Little Snog'

'Snogging is good for you' - Erm yea, if £1 is still = RM 7

>.<

短暂

还以为掩饰得很好的寂寞不曾流泪
白昼被深藏的它却连夜在梦中哭泣

还以为已经习惯在没有你们的日子里坚强
深夜的哀怨却出卖了我胆小与懦弱

然
令人害怕的并不是曝露出的寂寞
亦不是时而变小的坚强
而是在分秒间游行的它正消耗着我不想放开的每一刻
而是在无常间幻变的它正考验着我到底有多想拥有多一些certainties
------------------------- ***************-------------------------

一直都还在想着她的事。她母亲在短短的两个星期内，从诊断出大肠有异物直到动手术后，忽然就离开了。一直都在想着她到底如何面对这样突如其来的噩耗，想着在台湾的他到底怎样按奈着悲伤的痛乘飞机来出席一个突如其来的葬礼。
前两天的一大清早，头脑就一直毫无原因的浮现‘树欲静而风不止，子欲养而亲不在’这句话，直到我定下神开始上课为止。到了深夜入眠时，这样的梦竟也套进去了。害得我一整天为了梦里亲人的离开而悲伤不已。
也许我这个人比较多愁善感。每次听到这样的消息，总会开始感到害怕。害怕时间走得太快，让我来不及去好好爱我身边的每一个人。也开始发现与父母及家人相处的时间是多么的短暂。要说我笨也好，想太多也好，现在的我说有多想就有多想要抛开时间，回到过去弥补一直创下的遗憾与伤痕。多想好好的对他们说声我爱你，好好的说声对不起，好好的拥抱，好好的亲吻。

人生 - too little time, too much to do.

*Decided to translate the beginning part into english so that my dear Royah could read it. :)

I thought i hide it well - the loneliness that nvr cries
But to my surprise,
it has been wailing every single night all this while

I thought I'm used to it - the strong will to live on without you all
But to my surprise again,
the darkness of night has been moaning over my cowardness again and again

However,
it is not the loneliness that frightens me
nor is the shrinking sturdiness in me
but the walking time that has been taking away, bit by bit, all the moments Im so unwilling to let go
and also the changing world that makes me to desire a tiny fraction of certainties out of so much uncertainties.

'Too much to do, too little time'
Life has always been like this.
C'est la vie.

My Pet Brother and I

Stella adopted a pet named Alex last summer. Details of the pet are as follows:

Name: Alex Ng

Gender: Male Age: 18

Hobbies: ONLINE gaming, watching manga ONLINE, downloading&uploading ONLINE stuff that im too old to know, ONLINE chatting, ONLINE courting, ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE etc..

Favourite food: ANYTHING, as long as u feed directly into his mouth

Job: TARC business admin diploma student

Status: Single and Available (yea, im looking for a gf for my pet!)

Oppsss...I've nearly forgotten one of his most-love past-time!

------------------------> Imitating his master's act!

And just at the very end of the summer before Stella came back to the UK, she found another potential pet ...

Erm....well...she looks like a goldfish who hungers for food...Perhaps Stella should keep her as her Fishy pet sister? =P

Yay, Im back in Mamak Stall Again...

First post after coming back from Malaysia will surely be an update on my new room. Because Im sure most of you will be SoooOOooo interested mar, right right? Hahaha...

My new 'single' partitioned room is actually a living room being divided into 2 so-called rooms by cupboards and softboard/room dividers. So yea, my lovely housemate (or roommate?) is still Shi Chian. Heee...

Let's have a look!

The living room...

My room. The empty bit will be covered by my cupboard which is YET to arrive! (grrr...thanks to stupid Argos..)

Study table and bed

These room dividers have slits of holes that ppl can peep through. So I covered them with mahjong papers, pictures (yea, WL ur pics are up!), my lovely Fish Leong's poster and wall planner. Might look a bit dodgy but dont care la, not like im gonna stay in there for the rest of my life!

So...not too bad right? Hee :)

Goodbye Malaysia

Time flies and good times always slipped away silently at our least attention.

Yea ... it's time to say goodbye again to Summer 2008, time to bid farewell to my love ones in Malaysia again. Sweet memories, sour moments, laughter, tears and faces that I love so much creeped in and out when every single moment was spent.

Their teary eyes and bright smile out of the joy of my surprise coming-back are still touching deep down my heart whenever i recall them.

Close-knit feelings were so much felt among us.

Truly, this summer has brought so much love that i could ever imagine I myself have embedded for them.

Daddy, Mommy, Ying and Hou, thank you so much for putting such a beautiful yet lovely ending to my summer this year. For all the love you all have shown for me, I shall be a stronger person to face the life alone for another or many years to come.

Ban Tieng and Sin Wei, thank you so much for letting me know that bonds made in a true friendship will never get brittled and shall stay as strong as how our friendship has shown.

And finally to A. Martin, thank you sooOOooo much for everything.

I love you. Every single one of you.

隔邻的灯

有时候我不得不佩服这颗长在身躯之首的脑袋。它总默默的在为我捕捉生活中我不经意让它溜走的片刻，然后再适时的像电影般慢慢播放出来，好让我感动得无法自己；好让我明白原来一路走来的痕迹，都那么贴心地被它一一记载着。

前几天的某个夜晚，是我自从英国回来过暑假后第一次在办公房里上网。正浏览得有点累时，忽然看见隔邻亮起的一盏房灯。心里顿时紧张一下，多年来的习惯似乎正催促着我，要我把灯熄掉，怕我房传出的光线会打扰向来早寝的您。但这念头一起，又被一阵感伤给压了下去。呵呵，习惯竟让我在刹那间忘了您已离开了我们一年的事实。那间房啊，早已在一年前失去了一个和蔼可亲的主人；而我们，早已在一年前和慈祥的您告一次永远的别离。

隔邻的灯亮起时的每一刻，都是我们想你的每一次。

永远怀念您，我亲爱的外婆！

**************谨此纪念我已逝世一周年的外婆 (2008年篇) ****************

(2007年篇：给Guama（外婆）的一封信 )

Tagged!! > My Wedding

A very BIG BIG thank you to my dear Melissa for tagging me. But seriously this tag title very extremely seriously definitely uberly absolutely ly ly ly contradicts my tak-mahu-kahwin (tying knot NOT) punya principle. Well since this is the very first tag i got, give u special treatment la!

Here it goes ...

1. How old are you?
11 x 2 + 22 - 22 + 0 = ?

2. Are you single?
Single but not available

3. In what age do you think you’ll get married?
Erm...at the age when I start to hate my freedom, perhaps? (will anybody hate that?)

4. Do you think you’ll be marrying the person you are with now?
Not applicable

5. If not, who do you want to marry?
Haven't thought of that

6. Do you want a garden/beach wedding, or the traditional church wedding?
Eh im not ang mo la...what garden/beach wedding, do it at home and A-Yat Bao Yu restaurant la. Traditional church wedding> soli, nt a christian.

7. Your ideal motif?
Rich la of course! Now everything is on price hike u know, credit crunch in the UK somemore... No need to be as handsome as Brad Pitt la, bt at least dont look like the green green fat cartoon monster (my bro called it Shrek wor?). Heart attack leh in the middle of the night.

8. Where do you plan to go on a honeymoon?
In the Caribbean Sea, better still, accompanied by at least 5-6 stout and muscular hunks (wohoo!~)

9. How many guests do you think you’ll invite?
That one leave it to my parents lar~~~

10. Do you want an extravagant or a simple wedding?
Why must question always go to the extreme? I want not-too-extravagant yet not-too-simple. so how to choose ler?

11. Do you want the traditional vows or something you’d make up on your own?
Vows only work before marriage and on the wedding day itself. So, the traditional vows are enough to fulfill the formality la...why kill my brain cells and waste my energy to come up with some lies eh?

12. How many layers of cake do you want to have?
Cake? Cheesecake? I like i like! I want 1 layer for myself, all the guests can share 2 layers

13. Do you prefer having your reception at a hotel or at a simple place?
Dewan Besar Buloh Kasap

14. When do you want to get married, evening or morning?
Hahahahaha...let me consult i punya buku tilik-menilik first okok?

15. You’d rather have your reception outdoors or indoors?
Indoors. Msia's scorching sun will burn me into ashes.

16. Do you like a grand entrance for your groom?
Don't see any problem with that. As long as i punya husband got $$ to pay for that.

17. (the MIA Q?!)

18. Name the song/tune you’d like played at your wedding.
Hmm...the wedding song lo.

19. Are you a morning person or a night person?
Can be both. Depends on my workload.

20. Do you want a solemn ceremony or a light one?
Light one lar of course! Solemn ... ? u think funeral mer..?

21. Do you prefer fine dining or just the normal spoon & fork/knife?
Chopstick pls.

22. Champagne or red wine?
Low alcohol tolerance (kindly refer to low cheese and alcohol tolerance )

23. Honeymoon right after the wedding or days after the wedding?
Before the wedding *evil laughs* hiak hiak hiak

24. Money or household items?
Huh? dont get what the Q mean.

25. Who will pay for the bills?
He pays la.

26. Are you ready for married life?
NOPE

27. Do you think you will still be a virgin until you get married?
Does this matter? Which male chauvinist/virgin fanatic creates this Q?

28. Will you always be true to your wife/husband?
YES

29. How many kids do you want?
Depends on the fertility and precaution of both parties la.

Yay, done! Nice answers? =P

Best Ever Brownies

Ingredients:
185g unsalted butter; 185g best dark chocolate (between 50-70% cocoa); 85g plain flour; 40g cocoa powder ( the stuff without sugar; must be sifted before use); 50g white chocolate; 50g milk chocolate; 3 large eggs; 275g golden caster sugar (unrefined; can use ordinary white if necessary)
Instructions:
Cut the butter into smallish cubes and tip into a medium bowl.
Break the dark chocolate into smal pieces and drop into the bowl.
Fill the saucepan full of hot water.
Sit the bowl on the top so that it rests on the rim, not in the water.
Place over lower heat, stirring occasionally, until butter and chocolate have melted.
Leave the mixture to cool to room temperature.

Pre-heat the over to 160C (fan), 180C (no fan) or gas mark 4.
Cut out a square of non-stick baking parchment to line the base of the tin.

With a large sharp knife, chop the white and milk chocolate into chucks.

Whisk the eggs and sugar for 6-8 minutes with electric mixer unti they look like a milkshake.
(You will know it is ready when the mixture becomes really pale and doubled in volume)
Pour the cooked chocolate mixture over the effy mouse, and then gentle fold together using a spatula in wide, exagggerated movements.
The idea is to marry the ingredients without knocking out the air.

Sieve the flour and cocoa powdeer together into a new medium bowl, tapping and shaking to get rid of any lumps.
Now re-sieve the mixed powder into the egg mixture, little by little, mixing as you go, again so as not to remove too much air from the mixture.
Stir in the white and milk chocolate chunks.

Pour the mixture into the baking tin
Ease the mixture into the corners.
Cook in oven for 25 minutes. At end of 25 minutes, pull the tray out and shake it.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * ************** * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tried this recipe given by Yih Lin yesterday. Even Lloyd the Iron Chef said the brownies are nice~! So do give it a go! :)

Cute Little Indiana Friend from Cuba

Saw this cute little thing on Mary's table the other day.

It was given by her friend back from Cuba.

Pretty amused by its try-to-scare-me-off-but-to-no-avail face. Although Mary said it DOES look scary. =_=''





Oh well....maybe it IS scary if ...

OBSCENITY is Scccaarrryyy!!

Ok...maybe from another angle....









Mr. Little Indian Man with its outstanding little D*ck is still cute, isn't it?


=P


p/s: this suddenly reminds me of a song from childhood. It goes like this: One little two little three little indian, four little five little six little indian, seven little eight little nine little indian, ten little indian man..

F.R.I.E.N.D.S and Me Singing (with Special Guest!)

A movie by WonLek.

Touching index: 10/10

Happy index: 10/10

Syok sendiri index (for the duet with Fish Leong): 9.0/10 (-1.0 bcz she sang so much better than me!)

Thank you sooooo much for spending days and hours on this!!!! 感激不尽! Terima kasih manyak-manyak owh!! Gracias! Arigato!! Kam-siah! Tor jeh! (that's all i know lar...hahaha)

:) :) :) :) :) Happy-ing!

low cheese and alcohol tolerance

oh my god.....shame on me shame on me....can't believe i have such a low alcohol (or cheese?) tolerance...

Mary and Pete - both who helped me out a lot in the lab- treated me a farewell dinner in Albertine wine bar. I had only 2-3 glasses of wine and a couple of cheese with bread, and threw up twice in the toilet after that.... oh my god oh my god....even trippled down the little stairs before the toilet...

Shame on you...Asian alcohol dehydrogenation girl, Miss Stella Ng.

Ah...what i could wish for now is a hot bath and a good sleep.

My new hobby!

Before u click on the play button, promise not to lol or rofl or lmao first ah!!! Purely to kill my time only lar....

Paiseh paiseh...my first trial, messed up the last part a bit. =P

A beautiful encounter in Wagamama 美丽的邂逅

Haha... I can't help ROFL i.e. Rolling On the Floor Laughing (soli soli... not meant to disdain roti canai sekalian's wisdom, but it's for my 50's roti-canai parents' reference..hee hee...) by setting such a title. Sounds pretty provokeful for fantansies of a heartthrob romance eh?:P

Ethos pool, Imperial College

Lady luck was quite a bit on my side today, making it a beautiful yet boredom-free saturday! Mary (the postdoc whom I always turn to whenever I've made a bomb in the lab!) gave me a 2 for 1 Wagamama voucher the other day. So me and Chloe decided to go for lunch after a movie preview in the morning. Manatau...this pretty lady decided to have longer horizontal meditation, so skipped the movie part and went swimming first before feeding in more calories. Oh ya ya, do allow me to speak out of topic a while...Tell u what, finally I've figured out why i like Imperial (this might be the one and only reason wor... :P)!!! Im soooOOOOoooo in LOVE with the swimming and spa pool, especially on saturday morning! Hardly anybody uses the pool at this time during the summer break. It was REALLY relaxing, refreshing, rejuvenating, re-energizing etc. etc. to SLEEP in the spa pool after a 30-minute swim. An absolute Queen-style treatment!

Okok...back to the topic. So I ordered a Chicken Katsu Curry . The portion was simply gigantic! I felt so bloated already even only gobbled down half of what's displayed. However, the breaded chicken breast was simply crispy and yummi-licious. 口感十足! Served together with soft, sticky yet not overcooked （黏度刚好且弹牙的）sushi rice with thick katsu curry on top...oh...food in haven indeed! Chloe had Yaki Udon and Miso soup. Yaki Udon was ok but still not impressing enough to seduce my tastebud la. Hee hee...

When we were about to finish the gigantic portion, suddenly 2 customers were directed by a waiter to come sit next to us. I pouted a bit for discomfort, but not until when I caught a glimpse of a handsome hunk sitting just right next to me! The moment when we glanced at each other, he put a polite smile on his charming face ... oh....I felt like the world has stopped for a sec until he greeted 'hi' to me. Hahaha...I know I sounded a bit bimbotic. Who cares la!!! Chloe couldn't agree more on his irresistable charm too, and hence we decided to...take a photo of him...secretly. :P She pretended to take a photo of me but shifted the angle a bit to capture his handsome face.

But suddenly, the lady came together with him asked us, 'Do you need us to take a photo of both of u? Son, you can do it.' We were like ... oh no... did she find out that we were stalking her son? =_=''

Glutton Queen and the Handsome hunk. He might not seem as handsome as he is on the picture...but trust me, he is really cute! (I ate soooo slowly to let chloe catch a pose of him!)

Glutton Queen and Princess 4-151 being caught red-handed for stalking sbd's son.

Oh btw, since he took a photo of us so I just grabbed the chance to start a conversation with him lor... :P He is an ITALIAN! omg omg omg...it's definitely like a double strike of jackpot!

LOL.

Queen's Summer so Far...

Hee hee! The birth of this blog is definitely out of boredom. Yea, the mundane lab routine - playing around with PCR machine, using pippette more than touching pen, measuring amount as little as microlitre, waiting ENDLESSly for reaction to compete before proceeding to further step - is definitely driving me crazy. Can't imagine how bored m i? Ok ok...let u see the stressed-out punya face below laa.

Haih...sienn-ness ah~~~~

So so so, this blog eh is basically about...

what to PLAY what to EAT what to SEE where to GO who i MET what i DID lalala~~~

In a nutshell, a ''cakplang'' side of Glutton Queen's life in a city called London (yea yea London, where almost one teenager will get stabbed every week...that place la! now only u know lar~~)

Back to what I did recently...

Hmm, came back from Aberdeen last month after my final exams (ok, passed the what-class-u-get-huh punya question pls...). Was a wonderful trip with 3 wonderful guys. Photos speak louder than words. Here comes the pictures!

Italian & Greek food I had in Aberdeen.. Queen's multiple images in Aberdeen

Michael, Charles and I in a sea of flowers

Aberdeen's version of 'The Road not taken'

Posing in front of an abandoned house

''Megasales is back'' -erm, mind the sexy 100% pure-fat tummy.. :P

Days back from the lovely trip were all about slaving 9am-6pm for my cute auntie-like supervisor, Dr Rosemary Fisher (oh, rosie rosie...). I found resemblance in her with my mom in a way that i still couldn't describe verbally. Anyway, Im just very grateful for doing this summer project under her supervision, although her pushy-ness did drive me up to the 100-feet wall and once even thought of jumping down.

.

This summer placement so far, despite its infliction of an ass-kicking pain for waiting as long as 3 hours before proceeding to the next step, is all fine with its boredom within expectation made. But somehow, I find that my mood swing nowadays is soooOO much controlled by the results I got from experiments. And even the lullaby that normally soothes me to sleep has been replaced by the why-my-PCR-doesn't-work mantra. Argh, is this a sign of workaholism?!Hahaha...worry not, worry not.How is that possible to tag me as a workaholic while what i do during non-working time is just cooking, eating, catching up long-lost movie marathon and leisure walking in my room???

.

.

*Coming up next: Recipe for Overseas Dummies I. Stay tuned!