Holidays...*sigh*

Holidays are only holidays if you are not stuck at home for more than 70% of its duration...like I am right now....sigh...I seriously have no idea what to do. Langkawi trip is end of next week, and I don't know how to occupy myself till then!!!

Thought bout looking for a job, but hey, who looks for a job on their holiday???!!! *scratches that off the list (for now anyway...)*

So, next up, catch up on all my TV series (which also means that I'll still be stuck at home). Oh wait, I just finished that last night (with the exception of Heroes of course, since CincauAaron gave me House instead of Heroes...but no biggie, finished House anyway...). *scratches that off the list as well*

Shopping? Sorry, bank account dwindling already. Been swiping the card like mad... -_-'' *scratch scratch*

So what now??????? *wails*

But at least I'm meeting Mun tomorrow night and Wawa next week...Haven't been catching up with them for ages!!! *hearts*

So that should keep me occupied for those 2 days...Now it's just the rest of the days of the days leading up to the Langkawi trip!!! Anyone wanna ajak me out....? *makes Puss-In-Boots cute endearing face from Shrek*

P.S. Oh shit...I just remembered that I have to prepare slides for my Final Year Project presentation tomorrow!!! Wonderful holiday right? *dripping sarcasm*

Pesta Malam Indonesia 2 (Aftermath)

Finding our way in was a nightmare. We actually went to the entrance at the cross junction leading to Pusat Sains Negara. There were so many cars parked along the road and the entrance was blocked off, so we were like "Crap, have to park at the side of the road ar?". And it was drizzling some more...So we went and found a parking spot right in front of Pusat Sains Negara. Damn far man! And it started drizzling even more. We just sat in the car, staring out.

"Let's go somewhere else first and come back later...."
"Let's go! *starts engine*"

So we were gonna leave the place, when I saw a sign saying 'VVIP/VIP/Guest entrance'. "OooOooo!!!! Follow signboard, follow signboard!!!". And guess where the sign led us to? The freaking entrance which was blocked off!!! $!$&#!*!$&$#$&*$! Ahhh...the effectiveness of Malaysians and their signboards....

So we stopped the car right in front of the entrance and were sitting there trying to figure things out. Then BabyLern decided to go down and ask the people jaga-ing the main entrance to show us where to go. Oooo, a man who asks for directions...!!!

When he came back, "I know where to go!!!" he declared triumphantly. <3

Turns out there is another entrance beside Royal Selangor Golf Club. And we finally made it in and found a place to park (no thanks to even more confusing and misleading and sometimes nonexistent signboards....tulan...). It finally stopped raining by the time we got down from the car. Thank god!

Went to check out the VIP tent first which was right behind the concert stage. Whoa! The tent was air-conditioned! And they had food and drinks! And a bar in the middle! It felt just like being in a club! You could even watch the whole concert on the TVs that they placed around the area.

Outside the VIP tent.

I got kinda cold after a while coz I was only in shorts and a sleeveless tee, so we decided to go outside to watch the concert. We got there towards the end of Samsons' set. Dewi Dewi performed earlier in the day. The crowd turnout was quite good, very enthusiastic. Some were even sitting on the grass at the back, having mini picnics. We stood at the back too, and the view was quite good! At least I didn't smell any smelly, sweaty armpits. Managed to listen for a while before Samsons left the stage...Walked around and finally decided to go back into the VIP tent. And there was Samsons having a meet-the-fans session. BabyLern was happily snapping away with his big-assed camera.

Samsons' at their meet-the-fans session.

Samsons with some fans.

Next to come on stage was Sheila On 7. They were really great! Very energetic and they had a good rapport with the audience. I didn't know most of their songs but I really enjoyed it nevertheless.

Akhdiyat leading the sing-a-long. He's giving the audience his approval!

I also noticed some weird people in the audience doing strange stuff. Some of them who were at the front were like, climbing all over each other and waving banners and T-shirts, and then they were falling over each other.... -_-'' erm, maybe all concerts in Indonesia are like that...???

Building higher and higher....

Sheila On 7 laughing at the jakun people

Like Samsons, Sheila On 7 also had a meet-the-fans session after their set. I even took a picture with Sheila On 7's lead singer, Akhdiyat. Hahaha...I so smart, there were so many people pushing and shoving to get a picture with him, but I just waited for him at the exit where there was no one around! Wakakaka!!! Suckers!!!

Next up after Sheila On 7 was Ungu. This time I lagi didn't know their songs but I still had a great time. They had a few technical errors early on into their set, so Ungu had to take a break while the technicians were fixing the problem.

Even their background is 'ungu'...hehehe....

Pasha. Cute...But on the short side...

While waiting for Ungu to come back on stage, we decided to go back into the tent and grab something to eat because it was dinner time already. And guess what??? I was seating like, less than 2 metres away from Ariel, Peterpan's lead singer!!! Woohoo!!! So there I was contemplating whether I should go and ask to take a picture with them, then I decided not to coz they were gonna have a meet-the-fans session anyway, and I can take a picture with them then. Or so I thought..........

So we were actually waiting for Peterpan to come on stage, which they did, at like around 9.30 p.m. I think everyone else there were also waiting for them, coz when they came on the people started crowding around the stage. My vantage point from the back even started getting crowded. Everyone were really into Peterpan's songs.

Ariel! He's so cute!!! *swoon*

With shirt....

Without shirt!!! WoooHoooooo!!!

At one point people started running towards the back...towards ME!!! So I also started backing up, preparing to run like mad...Then everyone started calming down. Turns out it was this big group of people dressed in black who were running around causing all the commotion. This put everyone on edge from then on. There was even once when a fight broke out and even the police came. A chase even ensued between the police and one of the back shirt guys, and they ran right in front of us!!! Scary! People were even more on edge after that. But everyone was still enjoying the show, so it was all good. They sang their popular song 'Mungkin Nanti' and right after that, they left the stage at around 10.10 p.m. They performed for less than 45 minutes man! :( Wanted more!!!

Oh ya...you know how I thought that I could take pictures with Peterpan after their set? Didn't happen! They cabut-ed straight after leaving the stage! Damn tak puas man! I. Is. So. Sad!!! Felt so cheated as I watched their van drive off.

We left soon after that also. We just couldn't stay for Slank's set coz it was getting really late.

BabyLern managed to get a picture of Slank in the VIP tent though...So at least we could say that we saw them... :)

All in all, I really, really enjoyed the concert. I surprised even myself. I enjoyed it more than the Blue or Good Charlotte concerts that I went to! At least this time I had a good view from the back where there are not so many people, and don't have to sniff any smelly armpits, or get my feet stomped into the ground. Aaahhhh....bliss....Sure, there were a fight or two. Or three. Or more like four....but hey, what is a rock concert without fights right?

Even managed to get a decent pic of myself...YAY!!!

*All photos courtesy of BabyLern*

Disney's High School Musical: The Ice Tour (Aftermath)

Just got back from the show. Went with SissyDear. Wish there were better signs directing us to the area. We parked all the way at Kompleks Sukan Negara instead of at Stadium Putra itself. Well, we saw a lot of people going there so we follow la...like they say, monkey see, monkey do...Walked like freaking far to the entrance of the stadium. The show was supposed to start at 8.30 p.m. and we missed about the first 15 minutes of it.

If you are a fan of Disney's High School Musical, musicals in general, figure skating, or dancing, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you catch this show! But if you do not fit in those categories, then I would suggest that you don't bother. You'll probably be bored out of your mind, in the case of Exhibit A: SissyDear "Can we go home yet??? *looks at watch*"

I enjoyed the show immensely. I didn't really watch the movies, don't really know the songs, but all in all, I felt that it was great! The dancing and skating were really good, and the songs really catchy. I was taking pictures like crazy until SissyDear said "How many pics you wanna take???"

Me: *sheepishly hide camera* (and that's why you won't see any pictures from Act 2)

The show is actually split into 2 parts; the first part is from High School Musical 1 and the second part is from High School Musical 2, with a 10 or 15 minute intermission in between. And they have this huge screen in the background which shows pictures and stuff according to what is happening on the ice.

The turnout of the crowd was surprisingly good. I would say about 3/4 of the seats were filled, mostly by kids and their parents I might add. They practically knew all the songs and were singing and clapping along to them. I would suggest that you learn some of the more popular songs from the movies before going to the show, because it's seriously very catchy. I wanted to sing along with some of them, but I didn't know the lyrics. Damn!

The stunts that those skaters could do on the ice! They can even play basketball on ice, no kidding! Like, WOW!!! I can't even move on ice without holding on to someone/something. No, wait, I probably could, but I just wouldn't know how to stop, unless I hit a wall or fall down that is. -_-''

If I thought Act 1 was good, Act 2 was even better. There were mini fireworks going on and showers of sparks peppered throughout the show. There was even a part where Kelsi, one of the characters, started interacting with the audience, asking them what she should name her new song, which the kids eagerly shouted out the name (it was 'You Are The Music In Me' by the way...). Things heated up even further when Troy's shirt was torn off in the middle of the ice rink during his 'makeover' and the audience started clapping and catcalling and whistling. Oooo....And there was even a kissing scene between Troy and Gabriella. I was half expecting the Malaysian Censorship Board to jump out and scream "CENSORED!!! KENOT WATCH!!!" O.o

The show ended around 10.15 p.m. liddat. Didn't really know exactly what time it ended coz I had to pee really really badly -_-''

Verdict: Many, many thumbs up!

P.S. Will post up some pics soon!

Disney's High School Musical: The Ice Tour

More free tickets!!! Yippie!!! This time the tickets were supposed to go to BigSissy, but she'll be in Singapore tomorrow night, which is coincidently the time of the show. So now I'll be going instead! Hmmmm...not like I'm a big fan of Disney's movies High School Musical 1 and 2, but hey, since I have free tickets, might as well have a look see right? Woots!

Visit their official website here.

Pesta Malam Indonesia 2

Date: 16th August 2008
Time: 10.00 a.m to midnight
Venue: Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club
Ticket Price: RM53 from Ticketpro

I was given VIP tickets to this Indonesian concert event. People were surprised when I told them that I was going, but hey, Peterpan and Sheila On 7 (my favourite big acts from the Indonesian music scene) will be there, so how can I miss it right? Other big Indonesian acts like Samsons, Ungu, Dewi Dewi and Slank will also be headlining. Malaysia's own Hujan and Meet Uncle Hussain will also be there as the opening acts.

The event starts at 10 a.m. with some activities and games going on. The actual concert will only start at 3 p.m.

Visit Pesta Malam Indonesia's website for more info. See you there!

The Hunt For Red Meat

Was seriously craving for beef this whole week. A big, fat, juicy piece of steak, medium rare and oozing pink juices as you cut into the tender meat....*drools*

So last night BabyLern wanted to go dating *hugs* and we ended up at Sunway Pyramid. We practically walked all over Pyramid in my quest for the best and cheapest place that offered beef...thank god I have a boyfriend who is so accomodating...The most obvious choice would of course be Tony Roma's, but for Rm50+ a pop, I don't think so...So went to the directory to search for restaurants which sound like they serve big juicy beef. Haih, to cut a very long story short (we WERE walking for more than 1 hour just looking for beef u know...ONLY BEEF...wasn't looking at other stuff :s) there are no restaurants in Pyramid offering nice big juicy beef for less than RM30....so we went for plan B, dinner at TGI Friday's (it was a Friday after all...hehehe...).

I ordered the Jack Daniel's Sirloin which was kinda a disappointment coz it only came with mash potatoes and almost 1/3 of the steak was fat..yucks...! Sigh...and it cost me RM39.90, not including taxes...Hey wait, correction, it cost BabyLern RM39.90, not including taxes...Thanks so much, love you baby!

And guess what? My cravings are still not completely satisfied. *sniff*

Me still want big fat juicy beef steak!!!

Steamboat buffet!!!

Been craving for tom yam sup for quite some time. And what better place to satisfy my craving than at a steamboat buffet where you can get unlimited supply! The only place I know which has a buffet spread at affordable prices is at Yuen Restaurant (at least I think that's the name...) in Sunway. So been bugging SorryWrongNumber bout it for quite some time already. Was supposed to go with the 3 guys after the last exam paper on Friday, but I had a last minute sisters-berbonding session that night, so had to cancel with the guys. Coffee looked so dejected when he found out that the makan session was canceled...Sorry Coffee! My bad!

Today the stars must all be alligned, coz we're going to makan steamboat buffet tonight!!! *drool* SingingMan won't be with us coz he's back in his hometown, but I managed to rope in CincauAaron...Hmm, must try to psych him into going to Malacca with us also!!!

~lalalaa~ Steamboat buffet! Steamboat buffet! Can't wait!

Holiday mode

Ahhh....assignments submitted, exams over...I feel so free right now! (don't remind me bout FYP! It's nonexistent for the time being...) Went to sing k with Keith, Kevin, Grace-y, JuYau and Hoe-pet the day after my last paper...my voice is so out of shape adi!!!! Hey, voice also must exercise ok...!!! Grace-y had to leave at 6pm so it was just me with the guys till late at night.

Woke up early Sunday morning to go to Genting and gila gila there with other crazy people for a night. Was kinda tired though, coz I only slept for like 2 hours on Saturday night. Went to theme park, but it was kinda boring adi, the thrills lasted for such a short while... :( Hung out at Starbucks while waiting for our turn to check in to the hotel (our turn was like, 400 numbers away!!!) OOoooo, got tired of waiting so some of us went to the casino...my first time!!! Had a drinking session in the room that night. There seemed to be some conspiracy to try to get me drunk...hmm...couldn't drink much that night, was probably too tired...so I bowed out and went to bed before the bottle was empty... O.o This seems to be a day of firsts...

Was really tired on Monday. Couldn't seem to keep myself awake. Was sleeping wherever I could; at breakfast, back at the hotel room, in the car on the way down from Genting, even at CincauAaron's place while watching tv :s But managed to find the strength to go out yum cha with Keith and Kevin that night though, came home around 1-something am only...LOL...

Tuesday...aahhh....finally a day where I'm free to do my laundry.

Wednesday, went on a date <3 color="#ff0000">SorryWrongNumber, Coffee, and Erica (Coffee's friend). Angelina Jolie is SOOooo HAWT!!! I'll say it again, I wouldn't mind doing her....wouldn't mind doing her other half either....heck, wouldn't mind doing them both at the same time! After satisfying my fantasies in the cinema, we went to Sunway Pyramid to jalan jalan...(Coffee's idea, he must have been really bored those past few days)

Friday, laundry day again. Yippie!!! (hey, I haven't had much time to do laundry since exams started ok....!)

Saturday, again, laundry day...(chill...it's almost all done already)

Sunday, went to the Puppy.com doggie event at 1Utama park with SissyDear. It was drizzling that day though, we got kinda soaked. Doggies looked like wet balls of moving fur. Blue-y looked even more like a wet piece of moving rug....ahaks. Managed to pop into 1U to do some shopping. Bought a concealer to cover up my dark eye circles courtesy of APIIT (dark eye circles, not concealer...-_-''). Went home and wanted to do my last load of laundry, but SissyDear commandeered the washing machine for her laundry...Oh, well....OOooo...have a bruise on my butt after I fell on it in the park. Was holding on to Jo's cocker spaniel Brandy, and she saw something that interested her, gave a mighty tug, and the next thing u know, I'm on my butt on the wet grass. The chair I was sitting on was kinda on a slope though and Brandy caught me by surprise, so maybe that's why I fell so easily...Was screaming like a little girl when I realised what was about to happen (was at it for quite some time) but no one came to my rescue :( Heard Ivan laughing there some more *sniff* Ouch...

Monday, was supposed to go down to Klang today, but SissyDear skipped work and wanted to go to 1U. Me starting to get itchy also, so I decided to postpone Klang and tag along with SissyDear. Walked into Padini Concept Store and bought 2 pairs of shoes within 10 minutes (they were 50% off!!! Original price >RM60, couldn't resist!). Went to F.O.S. and bought 2 'Old Navy' long sleeve tops for RM29, 2 cute racer-back tees for RM16 and 2 pairs of these oh-so-cute shorts for RM26. Since I was already on a shopping spree, decided to do further damage and buy some face powder also... -_-'' Dunno if I should be happy or sad on that day. Happy coz I bought so many new stuff, or sad coz I spent so much getting those said stuff...Hmm....

Tuesday, in Klang now, just as I had promised Mumi (she was making a lot of noise bout why I was on holiday for so long already but now only coming home....)

Wednesday, hhhmmm, Wednesday, Wednesday....hopefully someone will ask me out tomorrow, but not that optimistic though...haih...

SummerSplash yang tak jadi...

Just got back from Sunway Pyramid. Went for the Roxy SummerSplash thingy (tickets courtesy of Cincau), but in the end guess what??? Didn't even manage to get in!!! The line was like, freaking long!!! Imagine the distance from Putra LRT ticketing counter at Masjid Jamek to the Star LRT ticketing counter on the other side of the road, and back again....that was how long the queue was!!! Couldn't even get through to Cincau's phone. That time it was around 12-something pm, the event was supposed to start at 1pm only, so SingingMan, Coffee, SorryWrongNumber and I decided to come back later and maybe the line wouldn't be so long....

So we went walking around Sunway Pyramid. Checked out some cameras and finally, ended up whiling the time away at MPH, but they had limited choices of books there so got kinda bored after a while. Nearly 3pm, we decided to go and try our luck again...WTF, went there and saw that the line was even longer than before...!!! Ok, forget bout it, dun wanna go in adi...So, in the end we went to J.Co to hang out....haih...wore my swimsuit for nothing....I kinda hate crowds btw...the only time I would line up with all those crazy people like that is when there is a super huge and great rave....yeah baby!

Nearly 4pm, I was starting to panic adi. Was supposed to go home with Cincau coz I have to be back at Bkt Jalil by 5pm coz got family dinner later, but still couldn't get hold of him. How now???!! Finally he messaged SorryWrongNumber saying that he was at Carl's Jr with his friends. Oh, thank god! Went there to meet up with him, and he was eating this thingy that had fries with meat sauce all over it....OMFG!!! It was so GOOD!!! Or maybe it was just my hungry tummy talking...but seriously, it was good!!!

Finally, Cincau finished his food (with lots of help from me... XD) and we left...But as usual, Cincau misplaced his car again... -_-" Reached home at 5.15pm, and BigSissy said she wants to leave for UncleKC's place adi, which is like now!!! Omg!!! Pack, pack, pack!!!

Acknowledgement

And this is not the stupid thing that they make you write for every assignment documentation. This time I'm really writing this because I'm really, really, seriously, grateful to these people.

Last assignment submission was yesterday. And for the past few weeks SingingMan, Coffee and SorryWrongNumber are the ones who have been keeping me going, if not I definitely would have committed suicide long ago adi. Especially thanks to SingingMan and SorryWrongNumber for running up and down the stairs yesterday to help me print and bind my assignment. Thanks also to my geek, Cincau who helped this tech dummy figure out how to use her Microsoft Word 2007. *muax!!!!* SorryWrongNumber has also been sending me home these past few nights, tenkiu, tenkiu....(wonder if it'll still continue now that assignments are over, and petrol prices are going through the roof...SorryWrongNumber, *wink wink*....joking la, joking la...)

I also wanna thank this particular black guy on the bus the other day...It was a day when I was feeling particularly down and depressed because of my assignments. He was sitting beside me and he tried to pick me up...not that degrading, sleazy Malaysian wolf-whistle-kissy-kissy-sound kind of pick up, but a real pick up, starting with a nice conversation and a genuine interest. It was a real ego boost and he really lifted my spirits. Didn't give him my number though coz I just don't do that with random strangers (had enough experiences with weirdos already) but all in all, it was really nice and sweet. But for some reason, I get picked up more by foreigners than by Malaysians....hmmm...maybe I don't have enough 'Malaysian Flavour', or maybe I have too much.... :s

Ooo, oooo....I wanna thank PkY and Fin too for taking time off their seriously busy schedule to help me with my assignments. *bows down in gratitude*

Ok, given my track record, I'm bound to have forgotten someone.....so if you had bent over backwards to help me but your name doesn't appear here, then I'm so, so, so sorry....It's not intentional, but you know la, I can probably even leave my kids (if I had any) somewhere and forget about them. So to all those people whose names are not here, tenkiu tenkiu tenkiu!!!! Should probably put that 'thank you' animation that JJ has, here....

Paid Sunday

Am at Starbucks now, working. Yup, that's right, I'm being paid to blog and go shopping and sit around and hang out. WOOTS!!! Yesterday, I was at Lot 10, and managed to get Balenciaga purses for Mumi and SissyDear. I owed them like, damn a lot of presents already, and the purses were on sale, so everyone is happy :D Going to 1Utama later. I think I'll try to look for a belated birthday present for Ty....Blue dog plushie sounds like a good idea...Don't know if they make those, but Celine told me that they have a blue Patrick, so must try and look for it later....

Have been home alone since Friday, and I have to say, it was real lonely and sien. SissyDear went to Klang to stay and took the dogs with her. Luckily, I had a guys night out on Friday with Jeff, Steven, TC, JM and Banana, or else I would have gone nuts at home. And why do I call it a guys night out when I'm a girl? Well, it's coz they were checking girls out the whole night :s Kinda missed having the dogs around though. I keep catching myself calling out to them to give them tummy rubs, but then I remember that they're not home... :(

*sniff*