A Birhtday

The past few days have been sort of tiring and sickly-ish.

I'm almost dragging myself to update this post. But since it's of daddy's birthday, must la.

It feels like my limbs and eyelids are super heavy and just don't want to budge. Bleh.

Weather is so not helping either. I hate acne! D:

Dad's birthday celebration was split into two days. 25th because it's a Sunday and the rest of the family hasn't flown of to Hong Kong yet and a couple of days later because that's the actual date.

First was at Unique Seafood in PJ.

The man of the hour.

Everyone gets a drink. This one is super sweet till you couldn't even taste any alcohol at all.

Sis enjoyed it though.

The sisters.

Two of the sisters joined us that day as they were following to HK the next day too.

I love their bathroom. Clean and smells of oranges. No wonder the orange doors.

The whole place is just so fresh and citrus-y! :D

First dish: oysters! One of dad's favourites.

They be huuuuge!

Noodlezzz.

Very yummy, most of us took second helpings of this in fact.

Claypot veggie and fungi and stuff.

And lala soup!

Not the lousy cheap cheap one with like 3 lala which you have to stir and stir to find. The lala is plentiful here!

Fish!

As usual, I can never elaborate on the fish dish. ~.~

The veggie dish!

I love stem-y veggie. Or stalk-y veggie.

Don't know what they're called la. As long as they have crunchy and flavourful stems to munch on, I like. :P

And the stringy veggie which I assume is seaweed is omnomnom nice too. But gets stuck in your teeth easily!

Around this point, the two girls who had been asleep all this time woke up.

Just in time for snails!

Oooo, cheesy baked snails are teh love.

Poke 'em with your toothpick and pull 'em out and pop 'em in your mouth.

And now for the main attraction! Kinda.

Salted egg crabs!

*drools all over the keyboard*

The easiest way to show you how awesomely tasty they are is to show you their wet towels.

See?

You can tell that it's good if they dared to put it on all of their wet towels for all to see.

Licking the yolk off the shell. I approve! *Gai's thumbs up with teeth ping-ing*

Baked crabs, the other crab dish.

Which is also quite good on it's own, but far outshone by the first crab dish. Sorry, baked crabs.

That fried yam cake circles filled with stuff thing.

More people enjoying the crabs.

"Uncle kong kong, we got flowers for you!"

"Daddy say boy boy won't like pink colour flowers wan!"

But they be pretty. :)

Dad and mum.

Plus the daughters.

Manja-ing. :P

Dessert! I got chilled mango with sago again. Because it's the yummiest!

To me anyway.

Oooo, what big gift awaits daddy?

Lol, a brand new back massager from Gaik jie jie's family!

Just what dad needs for his sore back. Am glad to report that he has been using it quite regularly. :D

On the actual day, only the immediate family and Ah Chuan koko and Lee Yan jie jie could make it.

And due to some unfortunate misfortune, I got a very bad stomach ache that day. Felt all vomit-y and nauseous so I suspect it was food poisoning.

We went to that Bukit Tinggi mall which name I still haven't bothered to learn yet for Japanese food at Kinsahi.

I swear this is the only time I left a Japanese restaurant not bursting full.

I love that place and I really wanted to enjoy the night with my family but it got so bad to the point where mum had to bring me to the pharmacist one floor up to get some meds to stop the pain.

Thank goodness dad wasn't the one that got it though, that would've just been cruel.

So yes, as the unofficial photographer of the family, I should have taken great shots because I said it before and I'll say it again, this place has awesome food presentation skills.

Service is fast and good and food is great. The waiter that took our order even offered to check if there was a pharmacy or clinic in the mall when he saw the state it was in.

Nice anot?

And as usual, the thick fresh salmon sashimi slices were arranged beautifully.

BUT. They wouldn't let me eat it! T________T

It's because it's raw and with an upset stomach, I myself knew I shouldn't push it.

But mana tau, after refusing to let me even have half a slice, THEY DECIDED TO ORDER A SECOND ROUND.

That is just pure evil.

Well I'm glad to see that my stomach's Near Death Experience didn't daunt the night's festivities. I really mean it la. Only slight sarcasm there. *cough*

And I ended up grabbing one slice when no one was paying attention anyway. Says something about my self-control, or the lack of it.

Got home after dinner and I was feeling much better then.

So more pics now!

Cake and super duper cute card!

One candle only. Daddy is ten! :P

This is like one of the first time in ages that the candles did not have to be lit twice since Megan wasn't there lol.

Family photo without the cake.

Next time let Lee Yan jie jie take the photo can? -__-

Carrot walnut from La Manila since daddy isn't a big fan of SR.

It sounded kinda funky and not in a good way to me and sis but turns out, we were the ones that enjoyed it best.

It really is yummy and crumbly. Maybe a little dry but the taste blends together nicely.

One slice for you and you and you...

And one slice for me. :D

Customary wine after din-din.

And now all that's left is to enjoy the present from us.

Ahhh....

Hope you had a good birthday, dad!

P.S.: I have tons of pics stacked up in my folders. T.T I should update more. Or I could just take less pictures.

Nah.

Our Lives Are Made

In these small hours,
These little wonders,
These twists & turns of fate

If you are a huge Disney lover like moi, or a Rob Thomas fan you'll probably find this song familiar. And if you have any good taste in music at all, you'll admit this is a great song. Not saying you have to like it, merely appreciate it.

Little Wonders by Rob Thomas is a Meet the Robinsons OST. And it's like one of the best Disney movies ever. EVER.

There were some huge plot holes that always annoyed me. Example: even if Goob was possibly traumatized when he was a kid, he couldn't ever become that stupid, like the Bowler Hat Guy in the future.

And wtf is with the moustache?! (Note that this is not a plot hole but just something that annoys me too)

But it was still really touching and incredible and inspirational and and and, I cried okay! Like T underscoreunderscore T cry!

Oh, but I just couldn't help myself at that part where Goob wonders off and Lewis picks up his pink Unicorn binder and he sees a ? next to the checkbox under what to do next.

SO SAD. T____T

I just love movies like that. Better than the other unbelievable happily ever after romance crap Disney churns out.

Well yeah, I did have my Disney Princesses phase too but it was never a really big hoo-ha. I was more into the excitement, music and talking animals than the romance. It's like on the one hand, you really wish the stuff those fairy tails could really come true; on the other hand, you know better.

Maybe that's why I prefer rom-coms. Something else to focus on rather than just plain mushiness and the romance is always more realistic. Well as real as Hollywood can get anyway.

But I digress.

I've always loved Disney movies because they do make some of the most entertaining and meaningful story lines I know. Most of my favourites can be found in this list.

Most of them I'm sure everyone is familiar with, like Sleeping Beauty, Lion King, Aladdin, Peter Pan and Fox and the Hound.

Some lesser known ones like Hunchback, Hercules, Sword in the Stone, Great Mouse Detective or Robin Hood.

Some I didn't know were under Disney like Spirited Away and National Treasure.

POTC don't even need me to tell you it was SQUEEE-tastic.

Some I don't quite like such as Tuck Everlasting, Snow White, Mary Poppins, Fantasia and Cars. Actually I think those are the only few.

Goodness knows why I ever bothered to remember Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. And the fact that I spelt it right the first time says something about my lifelessness too.

I think it was a challenge from an old friend actually. He could say it and I couldn't. Sooo... yeah.

The rest made me either sob or laugh uncontrollably at some point during the movie. And they always made me feel for the movie in the end.

See, I always viewed a good movie as something that somehow manages to touch you in one way or another. So no matter how it has touched you, whatever it made you learn, resolve, aspire, envision, sympathize, celebrate or anything that made you open your eyes and heart just a little bit more, I feel is a good movie.

That's why one seriously underrated one is Tru Confessions. I mentioned it before and I'll say it again.

MUST WATCH.

Least because it has Shia Lebouf in it. And his acting was awesome(sauce).

And Disney songs are the best. People who write them off simply and childish and swallow are just that themselves.

I shall end this raving with the MV of Little Wonders.

P.S.: Happy Birhtday Daddy!

(Yes, I intentionally spelt birthday wrong. Never mind, daddy will get it. :P)

Where's The Oomph?

Just had the most eventful week in the whole of last two months.

That's... just really sad. Ugh, I can't wait to start studying again.

And now I have to slap myself for saying that. -___-

So Seafield's Sports Day was last weekend. I hadn't slept the whole night but daddy came banging at my door at 9 in the morning asking if I wanted to go see my sister's cheer performance.

My immediate reaction was to snort derisively and crawl into bed.

But thanks to daddy's coughpersuasioncough, I somehow found myself at the MPSJ field at 10.30am in full glare of the midday sun.

Hari Sukan has been held here every year since I can remember.

But it was okay I guess. Saw some old friends thought most of the people I knew had already graduated.

Some teachers even still remember me lol! I don't know why but Puan Thilaham always remembers me even though she only taught me for a year when I was in Form 3.

That was a whole four years ago! Summore I was always super quiet since it was Moral class.

Dunno why but I feel super honoured. :D

Purple house is leading wtf. The first year I was in Seafield, we were at the bottom. But over the years Purple manage to slowly crawl up to the top.

And now we're in first place! Geng right? :P

Since as usual, things were delayed, I went to check out the St. John tent first.

I really don't know most of the juniors anyway but it was cool to see Wai Yee and Sok Kuan in Adult Uniforms being all big and teaching the kiddies First Aid.

Sho kyute ok!

Base camp where they let the casualties rest.

Yeah, another reason I went was to see if there was any news about my own uniform that was lent by Hui Ting a couple of years ago.

But surprise surprise! There was no news. Feh, talk about irresponsible.

11.30 and they were still practising.

I was feeling faint from the hot sun and the lack of sleep by then.

Thank goodness they started soon.

Cheer performances is such a huge event that everyone likes to stand up to get a better view.

The house teams usually perform first. And then only Vulcanz as the finale.

Thw music editing for most teams were pretty lousy and they didn't seem to have enough oomph in them. Yellow house was the only exception.

I was in my Purple house team in Form 1 and we got first place for this event. This was msotly thanks to our creative and talented captains la.

So because of this, I always held high hopes for Purple house in this event.

But WTF is WTF, they sucked this year. SUCKED. SUCKEDDDDD.

I mean, I know the thing is called Senamrobik. But come on! Everyone knows it's just an excuse to do a much cooler performance with an invigourating dance and amateur cheer stunts.

DUH.

Seriously, I never ever knew Patron Tequila could be dulled down so much. Ever.

But lucky we had the Vulcanz to cheer our spirits up. That's what they're supposed to do anyway.

Love the shots.

I chao geng ok. Took video with my phone while snapping pics with my camera at the same time.

This is because certain parents (the ones who dragged me out in the first place mind you) made excuses that they cannot take pics.

Nah, I scowl at you two. D:

Cheers...

Dances...

And stunts.

They really are quite good.

This part a little messy though, sis also agreed.

This one was nice.

The guys and girls taking turns lol.

And end!


Here's the video. Considering I was doing two things at once, how I managed to hold the phone this steady is a miracle.

But aside from the weird head blocking a bit I think I did an ok job. :D

Then we faster run to air con place because we were all sweaty already.

Lunchies! First time here.

"Hrmmm, what to order?"

I had mee while mummy and daddy had rice.

To go with the pork and duck! It is yum!

Soup was abit too salty but veggie was grEight!

And the prices are quite reasonable too.

After getting sis from the gym later that evening, we headed over to Gaik jie jie's place for satay celup!

Only then did we realize the extend of our 'Malaysian tan'.

My slipper mark wasn't so bad but sis punya arms are really dark now!

And I was washing up in front of the mirror just a few minutes ago and realize even my bra straps made a stupid tan line on my collar bone.

Screw Malaysian weather! T___T

Lucky we can has yummy food to cheer us up. :D

Mmmmmm.... :9

Satisfied guests' plates.

Gaik jie jie also bought these weird cans of chocolate. Yes, they look normal enough here.

What's so weird about them is depicted in the right lower corner of the can.

Ok, I just realize no one can read that. Anyway, it says that the can of chocolate is Self-heating.

So that's why they put the Hot there!

Comes in latte too.

It's a little on the pricey side because the amount of the drink inside is actually not alot. But like my cousin said, it's convenient for hikers, travellers or campers who need a hot drink without all the fuss of building a fire and stuff.

The top of the can is covered with a plastic thing that lets you slowly sip your hot drink.

Instructions. Less complicated than it seems.

They have to a label to prevent accidentally pressing of the button.

Tear off.

And press the button as hard as you can!

Shake vigorously (seriously must be very vigorous wan) and wait as it heats up.

When the Perfect indicator changed to green, it's ready to be ingested. :D

But be careful not to leave it heating without opening too long, or it might overheat and explode.

I'm kidding about the exploding part. But it could happen. :P

My guess is that there's a fragile container at the bottom with some chemical inside and it's surrounded by another chemical.

When the button is pressed, the container breaks and an exothermic reaction occurs (meaning it gives out heat) so the bottom gets hot and will warm the drink inside. Kinda the same concept as a glowstick?

But it's just a guess.

Only thing I don't like is that when you open, a little of the drink will spurt out. Messy!

But still, YUMMM. Hot chocolate!

On a chocolate note, my chocolate cravings has been satisfied!

Dad bought this brand of Dark chocolate, Vezzo, and it's quite good.

It's so onnomnom yummy-looking!

And it's yummy tasting too!

More chocolate please. T_T

P.S.: Happy Birthday to Jon and Ben!

They both celebrate their birthdays on the 23rd and they are both awesome awesome people.

One is like my best pondan guy-girl friend who I can be as straightforward as I want to be because he is too!

Sometimes he surprises me by saying really cynical old people things and yet sometimes he can be so super childish too.

And he has no idea how to be a gentleman. Or maybe it's just to me because I'm pretty sure I'm like a guy-girl friend to him too. Well, better than Dav anyway.

The other one is my HAFWB (you cannot know what it stands for because it's our secret so there!) and this one at least knows how to be a gentleman.

He's super funny and totally creative. Everytime I see his drawings I go O dot O.

Anyways, hope both of you had great brithdays!

P.P.S.: I cannot for the life of me keep long nails.

One day out and I broke my index ringer's nail already. SO I terpaksa chop of the rest of the fingers' nails too. T.T

Here's a pic of my longest nail before I cut it off. FOREVER.

Just kidding.

P.P.S.: If you're wondering why this post was dated like 3 days ago, it's because I always upload my photo's in a new post first then procrastinate a few days before adding text.

The date and time that is recorded is when I first click New Post. Yeah, blogger is abit weird like that.