Kuchingfest

Once again, the annual Kuching Festival is back again. It's been going on for more than a week already and I've been there around four times already I thinkkk. One time was raining booh!

I know I know, what's the point of going there like so many times? It's hot, crowded, and the food is similar every year. For one, doesn't everyone hate to not be able to walk more than 5 steps before needing to dodge another person/ table/ chair/ pole/ stall etc? 

Besides that, finding tables and chairs to sit there and eat is always a headache, one has to either be patient, or be pubo ('rude' or something in hokkien)-- because u either stand by a table and wait patiently while the people at the table take their time eating slowly, pretending they don't see you while happily chit chatting/ laughing away/ glance at you with lots of irritated looks; OR, you can run to the first table you see where people start standing, then sit on the chair straight away before you even look up and notice the elder aunty with her many daughters, sons, nieces, nephews and babies in her arms, touching the chair across the table, making you feel all guilty and shyt and then make you start questioning your values D: (exaggerated). Anyway, it's close to that sometimes.

And also the heat, the oil and the smell from the frying, BBQing, steaming, roasting and so on. Ughh, sticks on you, making your fresh hair and clothes smell and your body get all sticky.

Oh and parking! Traffic and parking are bitches more than a hassle.

Why do we even bother?

Cos that's how Kuching 'lang' are maybe? :D No matter how many times we say "ughhh, haaa?? Kuching fest again!?!?! want merrr??" Something still excites us and pulls us back every year. Maybe it's in the atmosphere? or out of habit and tradition? We (everyone of ALL ages :O) will still willingly go there every year atleast 2 times to eat Taiwan sausages, RM10 fried oysters, fried ice cream and everything else nice that Kuching has to offer. Even if we don't go there for the food, we'd go there to meet friends and family, hang around, enjoy the atmosphere and join in the celebration of Kuching being the unique and united city it is. :D 

Anyway, I don't really know what food to recommend, but I always eat a few stuff only which are, THAI's pineapple fried rice and pandan chicken, Lin's Taiwan sausages, Uncle Bob cos somehow it's always bigger and meatier at Kuching Fest, em, Chee cheong fan, and this year, Gourmet Sausages! I love the Italian sausage, but the German's nice too! Must must must try those sausages! yum!

That's all for now! Remember to drink more water after eating food at the fest! tata

Easter and the weekend

First of all, HAPPY EASTER I wish to everyone! Though, despite the colourfulness, funness and happy stuff in the pic above, Easter to me is actually rather the opposite of it.

This, is what Easter seems more to me. Pure, clean, quiet and.. er.. enLIGHTening. >_<. This is most probably because I am a  born of a Christian family and had a rather serious childhood. Seriously, I'm not a girl of many jokes or humour or fun untill I was like a teen :\

Went to Easter Virgil mass last night and it has got to be the most beautiful mass session every year. Where lots and lotsa candles are lit in celebration of Jesus rising from the dead.

A rather  nice piece of water holder I found on the walls in church.

Anyway, Easter is also the time when people get baptised. I think I wrote the meaning of being baptised during Easter once before but I forgot which year and kinda forgot the content of it already *embarassed

But I think its done on this day because after Jesus died, our sins died with him too, and when he rise, we too, rise into a Christian life, free from sin, and hoping to live it with as little sins as possible >_<. Correct me if I'm wrong >_<.

This Easter, is a bit more special for my family because...

My dad's girlfriend is finally bring baptised after like a year of Sunday class. Haha..

Aw, so touching, when seeing new brothers and sisters being brought into Christianity. Though, whatever religion a person is, or whether he or she is a free thinker, it doesn't matter a lot to me. I just feel touched because, it's nice to see people wanting to change their lives, and try to have faith, by joining a religion in hopes to be a better person. Get what I mean? nvm if u dont xp

Ok, enough of the serious stuff. Saturday night, went to chill out with boyfie and friends.

I wore my Jack Purcells out that night because well, I thought we were going bowling which we ended up doing the next day instead. Hehe. To my delight, boyfie was wearing his Purcells too..

Awh~ aren't we just so cute? >_<. Gonna change my laces soon. Have a pink and white and black and white converse ones like Hens. :D Hope I wont be lazy to start changing :D

Just love the walls in The Cottage. Toilet walls to be exact >_<.

This is a Fruit Punch Mocktail. It has alsortsa fruit juices in it (duh). It's actually really really good. Love it! Didn't take much alcohol last night due to health issues >_<. However, am feeling better already so, hurrah!

The night ended early. After supper, it was home we went to. :D 

Next day, woke up a bit earlier to head to Spring! To catch Clash of the Titans which shall be revealed in mah next post. Spring was pretty awesome today. It was full of people and very very colourful. :D

Lol, feel like Alices in Wonderland.

Eee

Sawree Aggy, it's taller than u >_<.

Damn freaky flower face. Thats nowonder I didn't really like Alice in Wonderland's Disney cartoon when I was a kid. Heh >_<.

"OOooOO~~~~" Catching up with my childhood sorry >_<.

Ain't the egg basket just lovely??

We also went for the free Colgate dental checkup thingy at Spring just now. I'm so glad to know that my teeth are still perfect ever since my first check up in primary school :D The dentist even asked if I had braces before most prolly because my teeth are so straight *shy. Thanks parents for my great teeth genes >_<.

After Spring, we headed to Crystal Bowl for more entertainment! :D Hen, Darren, Ping (cousin of the ChongPhangs), Aggy and Viki!

Aggy and her funny swinging-to-aim style haha

My hantam saja style. Which wasn't too bad.. I think.. >_<. darn, badminton footwork all thrown in. 

Boyfie's stylish pro er style. Lol. People got history of training wad.. wad to do xp He's kinda the best amongst us too cos maybe we are all kinda like er noobs. >_<. I think he has a gift with things to do with coordination. likeme,cough. nowonderwearesongam >_<.

Haha.. anyway. Bowling was awesome fun. We laughed a lot and it was a good sport... I think.. cos my armpits were sweating.. >_<. 

ANWAYY, had a great weekend. :D Looking forward to the next. Love my boyfriend.

Hello MONDAY!

Nights all. xoxo

Chinese New Year 2010

Ughh.. I am so sad.

I feel as if sometimes, I neglect my blog and take it for granted much. swt.

Feels as if blogging has become a seasonal thing and seems like I CAN really be TOO BUSY to blog! :/ wth, I'm on holidays and still to busy.. tsk! I too have no idea what I have been spending my time on but really, 24 hours ain't enough man~

Anyway, Imma start making excuses for myself so hopefully ya'll understand and not think I am abandoning this blog and still come back once in a while wtf

First of all,





















I really wanted to do this post earlier but I was in Sibu, and at my elder's houses where no teenagers exist, internet didn't either.. T.T

So my occasional Facebook and Twittering the first few days of CNY was done with my trusty iPhone. :)~ Don't really dare to check my bill now tho. I know I used alot, thank goodness it didn't go over the credit limit T.T

Anyway, yeah, after like 3 years of spending CNY in Kuching? My family finally decided to go back to our little home town, Sibu...















Packing up.. Brought TuTu with me~

I was pretty excited to go back. I do miss my family.. And I wasn't dreading Sibu because I knew this time.. I had friends there. :)




















CNY eve, we went to do some last minute shopping for my little brother. Xiao Jiun was such a sweet heart. She came out and accompanied us all the way. Haha. This shopping partner sure lives up to her title. Oh, was so coincidental that we both wore blue that day hehe.




















Playing around with Henry's semi-pro cam..















Reminisinc on the old days...

The front lawn looked much bigger back then.. I must have grown a lot since.

Tuan Yuan Fan:















A Chinese tradition where all members of the family come together and eat a big meal to welcome the new year...















Kids went to play firecrackers after dinner... or was this before.. hmm~ haha nvm















Cousin digging thru the fire crackers















Oranges is a must on CNY:



































Grandmas collections :)















This is what I have with me everynight:















Laptop, TuTu and Brother accompanying me while watching a movie from my harddisk. Hehe.















Laptop without the internet really was kinda weird.. But thank goodness I bought the harddisk so I was well equiped with movies to kill the boredom.

Oh. this was my room at my aunt's place. It's such a luxury, I had my own toilet! That was by far the best thing that happened to me.. I could take my time bathing, pooping, makeup and all. And there was no one to bother me, except for one morning at 5am smthn, my stupid bro managed to lock everyone outta the upstairs general toilet..and so parents came knocking at my door in the wee hours of the morning just to use MY toilet! grar!

Damn how I wish I had my own toilet now. Could clear my own mess and no one else's. No need to frown at weird droplets of yellowish water on the toilet bowl, or cringe at cold wet bathroom floors.
Agghh... I wanna finish studying quick, earn loads of money and buy my own apartment! >_<. Yesh, I like the feeling of being alone. Peace, is what a Snake loves.. says some online Zodiac thingy. >_<.

Ok, the day finally came! CNY!!!!!!!!! and Valentines




















Daniel and I on the first day of CNY. After mass.

Went to visit mum's side grandparents in the evening:




















My little cousin Michelle was there! She was so adorable.. She kept wanting to take pictures with me on my iPhone.. then later she realised she can zoom pics with 2 fingers.. So she kept pressing and pulling on the screen of my phone that I had to trick her into thinking there was no battery left swt.















Old old grand parents.. Still quite healthy tho :)

Obviously, I picked family over lover this CNY&Valentines. Hate having to choose. Daphne does not like CNY and Valentines combo! I'm sure restaurant business people won't like it too! Everyone wants to grab the Valentines opportunity to serve the best romantic meal for couples on the cost of having to work on the first day of CNY. how awful is that! roar! I really missed Hen then T.T No romantic Valentines, No romantic Birthday, No romantic New Year's Eve. /.\ I guess this isn't a year of celebrations ehy?

Anyway, Nights in Sibu would have sucked so bad and I would have ran outta movies if it weren't for these great people here:




















Xiao Jiun, Ah Wei and Victor! and another guy who's not in the pic, Teck Wee! They were awesome, especially Jiun, Bringing me out EVERY SINGLE NIGHT without fail :)) Awesome. Sibu became way more fun than I expected it to be..




















That's when I realised anywhere could be a great place to be, whether it is a metropolitan, or just a tiny village, as long as there are friends, I could bear to be anywhere, it could even be fun! :)















The famous Sanyang.. Tallest building in Sibu? lol.

And the carpark was interesting, Cars of all sorts went over there to chill, play music, kids would talk and it was really relaxing :)

I found peace :')

wth















Cool? Haha.. 2 Hilux and 2 hot chics wTF.

Before I knew it 4 days had passed just like that, I also visited some Sibu friends from Swinburne, which was pretty cool.. Got to see all their houses.. Mmm! hehe...




















Some cool Black Label container at Jerome's house.

Headed back to Kuching on the 3rd day of CNY, ate Kompiah at Sarekei!















Awesome stuff I tell you.

No where else make better Kompiah's than Sibu's.

Got back to Kuching and met up with.. Friends from Green Road! :D















Our annual picture at Kenny's house lol. Love this pic. Thanks Kenny! We MUST MUST MUST take this every year OK?!

Also visited a couple of other friends and ofcourse my BFFEEEEE (Best Friend Forever and Ever and Ever and Ever and Ever and Ever)! Sharon Tang! *heart you a million*! I can't believe we didn't remmeber to take pics together this year! wad the fark. T.T

Oh wait, there is this pic from one night before CNy...




















Haha! one and only "Postable" pic. Damn my eyes are so scary.

Oh. These contacts Maxi Eyes are really uncomfortable for me! They do make your eyes look bigger, the colour is pretty awesome, BUT! I think the water content is too high for me (55%) and the lense is too thin and soft, so, it kept running around in my eye which was utterly uncomfortable!
Sharon got the same pair too, it ran around alot in her eyes at first too but she later got used to it. So, be awared! If you buy it :)

Did my nails when I was in Kuching myself:

















Had fun doing it.. hehe. Inspired by Jaq's nails which she did at DAPHNE's at 3rd mile. Nooo! It's not my shop, but it shares the same name as me T.T Her's was painted on and really beautiful. But RM80 for 10 nails I think, not sure if it was inclusive of toes.




















Mine was the simple home DIY style. The toned base coat was done like this:
1) Apply a transparent basecoat
2) While the basecoat is still wet, Apply a layer of your favourite pink colour starting from one third of your nail over the transparent basecoat. THis makes a semi transparent pink colour
3) When the single layer of pink is semi-dry, apply the same pink colour once(or twice) again on the two third section of the nail. This makes a more solid colour.
Now, you can see as if the colour is blended.
It's time to stick on whatever flowers or butterflies or shiny stuff on your nails for extra BLINGage ;)
Remember the triangle rule tho! Never line patterns in straight order, always scatter them around like the 3 tips of a triangle for a more lively design.
4) FInally, apply a transparent top coat to secure the stickers and BLINGage. You can also apply a top coat after step 3 dries. The top coat can be an extra blending medium for the coolour tones.

Hope you all enjoyed my tutorial.

Lol, watched too much Michelle Phan.

Anyway, hehe.. how the nails look from far:




































I love this pic cos I think it's sweet blerh.

Okay, that's how my Chinese New Year was before everyone went back to their respective "Study-locations" to continue their uni/work. :\

Kuching is once again dull.

Ending this post with a pic of Jaq's dog:















Haha.. funny looking thing, It kinda looks like the female lion dance.

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