Showing posts with label trying something totally out of my comfort zone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trying something totally out of my comfort zone. Show all posts

Thursday, January 20, 2011

the best night ever~!!!

Living in KL all my life, I have never ever been to a concert before. Not even once. So, when my coursemate Ai Li asked me if I wanted to go to Digi Kpop Live Party 2011 where Beast, G.Na and 4Minute will be performing, I was like, wtf, I have never been to a concert / showcase before…and I had a friend to accompany me…so it was now or never. Lol~

Both of us had already set our minds to buy the tickets, but we were undecided as to which price range we wanted to go for. At the spur of the moment, we bought the most expensive ones – Platinum Zone, which is free standing but is nearest to the stage area. First time going to a concert like this and we bought the most expensive tickets. Hehe.

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My ticket. It also came with some vouchers.

Because it was free standing, that means it was first come, first serve basis. So, right after our class, Ai Li and I had our lunch on campus and then we took the Hang Tuah monorail to Stadium Negara. Back to VI again, it has been so long since I last walked this road. Kinda miss my alma mater, but more so the people that had accompany me during my grueling Form 6 years.

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When we arrived there, it was around 12pm and already there were people waiting in line under the hot sun. But because it was not so many, Ai Li and I decided to cam-whore first before the crowd arrives.


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Platinum Zone was on higher grounds, had to climb the stairs. But near the main entrance there were some avatars that we can take photos with:)

Saturday, February 28, 2009

of cny eve dinner, jogoya and karaoke no.3

Female artistes' songs I am currently lovin' - "If you seek Amy" (Britney Spears), "Reach Out" (Hilary Duff), "Fly on the Wall" (Miley Cyrus), "Sober" (Pink) and "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield).

Haih...I am so in love with Seungri, the youngest member of Big Bang as he makes his solo debut in an a la Justin Timberlake video.



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I was looking through my camera's memory cards and found some photos that I had forgotten to upload into my laptop. These are pics taken with my family on Chinese New Year's Eve, the must-have reunion dinner.

-the array of exquisite home-cooked dishes-

-minus my uncle the chef who took this photo-

Date: 23rd February 2009
Venue: Jogoya StarHill
Activity: Buffet dinner with roommate


A few weeks back, Beng Beng or BB, my roommate, had a BUY ONE FREE ONE meal voucher for Jogoya. Since both of us had never been there and we did not want to waste the voucher, we decided to head on to Jogoya on Monday night, after classes.

It was my first time attempting to drive to the Bukit Bintang area from Setapak. Although I can drive, I am absolutely horrible in remembering roads. Until today, I still do not know the name of roads, except roads that I lived in or where my schools are. Other than that, I am in a complete blur.

So after making a few wrong turns and U-turns, we finally made our way to Starhill and to the Relish floor where Jogoya is situated.

After paying RM114.40 for 2 pax (I was told by BB that it originally costs Rm101 per pax), we made our way inside. Eventhough the name sounds Japanese, I heard it was actually owned by a Taiwanese. And the food there isn't 100% authentically Japanese, as I soon discovered. There were Western-style, and also Chinese-style cuisine. So good news for the non-raw-food eating type.

-snapshots of me and BB throughout the night as we attempted to try all the food-

Good thing about the buffet here is that they do not charged you for leftovers, unlike Sushi Station. BB was so funny because she only like, took one bite of her food and then threw the rest away because she wanted to try all the food. But she only did it in the beginning, and she finished up all the food she took in later helpings.

-these are some of the food we tried. We could not managed to try everything because there were too much and let's face it, we both are not huge eaters-

We originally took the food pics for our other roommate, Suz M, who did not want to join us due to money constraint and her dislike of Japanese dishes.

-dessert! my favourite, yum yum! I once told someone I did not care what food the buffet offers as long as they have varieties of desserts!-

-secretly took this photos of how Jogoya looks like inside. lol-

-other pics of me and BB as we enjoyed ourselves in Jogoya-

We both also stopped by Pavillion to take some photos after we left StarHill.

-Pavillion is celebrating its 1st anniversary-

Needless to say, that night, me and BB ate to our hearts' contents. So much so that we both were feeling a little sick the next day.

Date: 25th February 2009
Venue: Green Box Sungei Wang
Activity: Karaoke session with housemates

My housemates and I had already planned have a karaoke session after the mid-sems week. Luckily, Ah Wei and I had no lab practical that day, so together with our Biomed housemates, we went on our first karaoke outing.

This is my third time going to a karaoke joint despite rejecting numerous invites before this.


-the five of us-

The reasons I seldom visit these singing joints is firstly, those who always invite me are Chinese-ed, meaning they will sing a lot of Mandopop songs, which I don't mind because I listened to them too. The only problem is that I do not know how to read Chinese characters, hence I cannot sing along. Secondly is because, I am so paiseh to want to sing in front of people, because to be honest, singing was never my biggest strength. Yes, I enjoyed giving critiques to those singer wannabes on "American Idol" but in real life, I can barely hold the mic and sing. So I always found my karaoke outings to be quite boring and a little wasting money-lor.

But this time around, I did enjoyed myself. Why? Well, firstly, I was not the only English-ed in the room. Hehe. My roommate, Suz M, is also a banana like me. So that made me feel not so isolated like previously. And then, the night before, Ah Wei helped me to look for pinyin lyrics online so that I would not be left out when they sing those Mandarin songs. Like me, Suz M also had a collection of pinyin lyrics so together, we both could sing almost all the songs they picked that day.


-a collage of our fun time in green box-

From the mesh-up above, you can spot me and Suz M holding up song lyrics. Lol. Then there was the "Sarawak S.H.E.s" -MeiChen, NgiikLing and Wei2; Suz M trying to give those very fake natural poses (she is such a poser =.=!!!) and those funny faces that Ah Wei always gives.


-yay!!! we sang for 3 hours straight!!!-

And so that ends my week filled with activities to relieve those stress after mid-sems. However, it was also a week burdened with so so so many assignments. So many that I keep forgetting who my group members are because we were divided into so many different groups for each assignment we had. Not to mention, those pain-killing lab reports whose results I have to modify type.

If you don't believe me, just go ahead and see the msn. Every of my Pharmacy coursemates will write something with the word "assignment" on their personal message. Haih...

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Sunday, January 25, 2009

bangkok trip: part I # eccentric things and baiyoke boutique

I am going to die when school reopens...just no mood to study and do assignments right now...haih...
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This is going to be my first part of my Bangkok trip last Christmas. Did not take that many pics this time around because too busy shopping.

ONLY IN BANGKOK...

1) ...will you find fried maggots, grasshoppers, worms and cockroaches.

...and two crazy travellers willing to try them!

A little salty but the taste is quite alright:)

2) ...a very Thai Ronald McDonalds...Sa-wa-dee-kap!

3) ...a huge elephant in front of a shopping mall!

4) ...a PORK burger in McD's!

...and not forgetting the simply orgasmic cheesy french fries!

5) ...absurd gimmicks in clothing shops! (seriously, what a waste of cloth)

BAIYOKE BOUTIQUE HOTEL, BANGKOK

This is the name of the hotel we stayed in for our 2nd and 3rd night in Bangkok. The hotel is situated behind Baiyoke Sky, a quite secluded place but the interior of the hotel is so interesting, I could not resist taking snapshots of it;)

Blogger in front of entrance to hotel

Blogger in lobby waiting to check-in

Me like all the sparkling white interior in lobby

The clock above the reception area...I like it a lot!

One thing this hotel is never in shortage of: paintings...be it classical, abstract, modern, etc. (but some questionable, as shown by the photo top left)

Each floor has a different set of wallpaper...this one is my favourite, lots of roses lining the hallway

Even the exterior of the lift on every floor is different

But the funniest and wackiest thing about this hotel is definitely...THE TOILET DOORS!
(took me a while just to figure which one is which one)

Did you get it right?

Thursday, January 01, 2009

fiona's calendar of 2008

-the 12 months of 2008-

*JANUARY 2008*

I attended my first UKM formal nite and participated in the fashion show

became part of the Pesta Angpow UKM madness as AJK Publisiti

*FEBRUARY 2008*

I celebrated CNY with my wonderful Form 6 VI classmates

as well as with my beloved family

*MARCH 2008*


I attended yet another UKM formal nite and participated in the small choir

*APRIL 2008*


I did my most favourite albeit stressful pharmacy practical...making ointments, gels, etc.

*MAY 2008*

I went to Penang for holidays with my roommates, Suz M and BB, stayed in wonderful Grace's house and her very nice bf, Tye, who did not mind being our driver

Also went to Cambodia with Mom. Marvelled at the scenic Angkor Wat and had an eye-opening experience looking at their people

*JUNE 2008*

Discovered my love for David Cook and his beautiful talent, practically spend the whole holidays looking at his videos...still am crazy about him

*JULY 2008*


back to uni...wanted to donate blood but tak jadi...best part about this month is...I finally took off those damn braces!!!


managed to persuade my Mom to let me stay in Setapak with group of friends. Most wonderful roommates and housemates

being a 2nd year means getting to choose which first-year you want to introduce to your buddy family...here is my big buddy Cherh Yun and small buddy Chye Teck

*AUGUST 2008*

Busy with classes and lectures, rarely had any practicals due to renovation of labs, but one in particular that stood out was when we injected phenobarbitone into the mice for pharmacology practical

*SEPTEMBER 2008*

finally had the guts to pierced my ears...I even surprised myself by piercing 3 earholes, the last one kinda hurt but overall not as bad as I thought it would be

*OCTOBER 2008*

birthdays played important roles throughout the year, especially since my circle of friends have all turned 21, like me. this month also signifies the end of birthdays for my close group of friends in UKM

another interesting experience is the very tiring yet fun Khidmat Masyarakat 3-day camp

*NOVEMBER 2008*

finally it was my turn to become legal. Because of the exams, I did not have a chance to fully organize my own birthday but I am so happy with all the people I came and all the support I had

*DECEMBER 2008*

been busy working but managed to take a few days off shopping in Bangkok with Waiyin, Liling and Pearl, after our initial flight was cancelled due to protests in the airport (more photos up soon)

wonder what does the year 2009 bring this time around?


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