a little bit of sunshine

Last weekend I balik kampung. I love road trips =) But I hate being on the road First we head to Ayer Tawar/Sitiawan where my dad grew up (but nobody from my dad's side of the family stays there anymore). Our main reason for stopping over at this town is because my dad wants to buy food from his childhood which are mainly Foochow snacks. In that region of Perak Foochow people dominates so if you are interested to divulge in Foochow food, you can go there. While waiting for a shop to finish making a Foochow snack known as KomPiang, we went to a cendol shop in front of The Store at Sitiawan town. According to a framed photo over there, they served royalty before =O It used to taste nice but their standards dropped. Or maybe I lost my sweet tooth... Extremely sweet cendol... Oh before cendol we went to a shop that sells traiditional Foochow delicacies and bought so so so much stuff it's scary. Since we had time to spare before going back to my mom's kampung house, w...

What I had for dinner tonight: Lady's Fingers. Okra. Whatever you call them. Very yummy when cooked with dried shrimps (just like in the photo) or with sambal belacan. I like how the red chilli flakes add a little more dimension to this photo =) But the real star of this post are the burgers we made at home today. Chicken burger. Bread. Cheese. Mayonnaise. Cucumber. Coleslaw. Chicken patty. Tomato. Chili sauce. Cabbage. Bread. In case you don't know what am I talking about, it's the arrangement of the contents of my burger XD The chicken patty doesn't look appetising. My brother even thought it was uncooked and didn't finish his burger. I finished my burger but truthfully, the patty wasn't nice. I forgot what brand of chicken patty my mom bought but it is not Ramley. No my burger is not placed upside down. Neither is the photo rotated. I melted the cheese on the wrong piece of burger bread and tada! A odd looking... Horned burger. ...

Growing up, I used to play the piano. I'm not sure about the others but I personally hated piano while I grew up. One of the main reasons was because I suck at piano. I can never ever  play a song without making a mistake (even during the exams). No matter how much I practice, how easy the song is, my fingers will undoubtedly fumble and bam! Sound pollution =( Another reason is because my teacher always concentrated on examination songs. Once I finish my piano practical examination, my teacher will start on next grade's examination song. This means I rarely have a chance to play music that I actually like and know. Gradually, I lost interest. Oh, of course there is the fact that I am lazy. Hehehe. When it comes to piano, I'm a procrastinator. A really horrible one... Because the only time I truly practice piano is DURING piano class. Haha you can imagine how pissed my piano teacher was. But during this holidays, I found time to dig out some of my lower grade piano b...

Sometimes, what a girl wants is to feel wanted.  To be held, to be told that she is the only one that matters, to be treasured. To be loved. Source: mymilktoof.com

I used to despise green tea. Not green tea the drink itself but rather, stuff that are made flavoured with green tea. Green tea ice cream, green tea cake, green tea whatever there is. The colour doesn't look appetising at all. Dark green... It reminds us of vegetables and truth be told, who likes the taste of chlorophyll? It's so... grassy. But one day while out on a shopping trip with my family, we decided to eat ice cream. I wasn't in the mood for rich flavoured ice cream like chocolate, nor was I in the mood for ice cream I've eaten before. In short, I was in an adventurous mood so... I tried green tea ice cream! Source: Google Image The first green tea ice cream I tried was from some gelato shop. At first, the chlorophyll smell was overwhelming but the more I eat, the more I enjoy the surprisingly refreshing combination of green tea, the coldness and creaminess. Haha I'm bad at describing how food (or anything for that matter) feels and taste like. Just try...

I've taken to taking photos on my dad's iPhone recently because it actually take pretty decent photos. Sure DSLR let's you take better photo but let's face it, it's so unconvenient to carry it around all the time. I actually get backaches when I carry it around for hours during family trips where I'm the designated photographer. So yea, I actually get fed up with all the trouble I have to go through to lug my DSLR all around =( So now I just settle with something that I can carry around. Or rather, my dad carries around him all the time, his phone. So why not make use of it? =D Since I came home for the looooooo ooooo ng holidays, I've been out pretty often with my family for brunch/lunches/dinner where I can't help but take photos of yummy pictures =D The first week I came back, we went to eat at Purple Cane Restaurant at it's original branch at the Chinese Assembly Hall. I've always enjoyed eating there since I was a kid and I haven't...

Found some old photos from my blog...  Bring back good memories. And how I used to take photos which are obviously better than how I take photos now.  Happy times =)  Especially love this one =) My cousin looks absolutely adorable. I wonder how he'll react if he sees this years later when he is in his teenage years. I would love to show his future girlfriend this and we'll have a good laugh about it hahaha. Nothing much about this photo but I like the colours =) I miss my hamsters =( Need to find more inspiration to take photos. Oh I should add that to my to-do list. Peh Ge's To Do List for The Holidays: 1. Find inspiration for photos. 2. I'll think of some later on. =D

One of my resolution for this holiday is to cook. But till I didn't had much chance to cook. Okay, not that I wasn't given the chance but I was just plain... You know, lazy. And it's been a long time since I last cooked anything (other than the olio) and when I felt hungry just now (barely 2 hours after I had my lunch), I decided to cook up something. Indomee. And fried egg. Cooking the Indomee? No problem. Even babies can do it. When it comes to the egg? Well... there is the problem. It seems I lost all my basic cooking skills and I lost the ability to fry an egg. It turned out so ugly because somehow I forgot how to flip an egg. Haha but it's still edible. And my tummy is not complaining so it's good enough =)

... Has always been and always will be food. (andalsocuteguysclassicalmusicinstrumentspwettygirlsalotmorestuffandetcetcetcbutthatsnotthepointnow) Oh and sorry for the ugly photos. But there are reasons behind them being so ugly. Last week I had the chance to eat cupcakes from Bisou. Bought it in Bangsar. Under usual circumstances, I won't buy this kind of stuff since it cost so much but my sis wanted to try it and I was craving for sweet unhealthy food. Ignoring the RM5 per cupcake price tag, I bought two, one for me and one for my sister. The one of the right is Red Velvet which was awesome =D The cupcake was moist and soft and I love how the savoury cream cheese 'icing' complement the sweetness of the cake. Yum yum... So much better than Cupcake Chic's cupcake which looks pretty but completely relies on the icing for taste. The cake was dry and left a really really bad impression on me. Oh and my sis' cupcake was Vanilla Sky, vanilla cake with vanilla icing. ...

Glee may annoy the hell out of some people. And truth is, it occasionally annoys me too. The storyline is unrealistic and don't even get me started on the characters. Mr. Shue, Mr. Shue's ex-wife who faked her pregnancy and whose name I don't bother trying to remember, Quinn Febrey, even Rachel Berry is annoying. That said, I still enjoy Glee most of the time. There are still some redeeming characters and the best part about Glee? The music! Surprise surprise... Not. I especially love their mashups. They are awesome =D The good thing about Glee is that it revives oldies and reintroduce young people to oldies =D 2nd week into 4 months holiday. I planned to bake some stuff. Hopefully I get my lazy bum off the sofa and make some of my plans work before the holidays end...

The result of getting bored is... Playing Friday by Rebecca Black on guitar. And singing it. I would and SHOULD have chosen a better song to sing and record but hey, I was too damn bored. And so I present you with... On second thought I rewatched my video again and I look horrible =.= So no videos for you to see hardiharharhar. Unless if you somehow hack my Youtube account. Yup I posted it online and made it an unlisted video so good luck trying to hack into my account =D What other horrible songs should I sing next...

So holidays have started and we are now into week 2 of my... 4 months holiday. So I guess I'm feeling pretty bored. Hence this random update of my blog which haven't been updated in so long. I have a few ideas how to spend my holiday but guess what? I'm too lazy and make too many excuses for myself. Typical me. Make another amigurumi? No yarn (Truth: Lazy). Learn to cook? Lazy (But hey at least I made aglio e olio for my family's breakfast this morning- But it was under duress) Feeling bored is not good. But at least I'm not feeling stressed or suicidal like I was during the last month for my 1st professional exam. The horror >.< Signing off. And HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL =)