Monday, July 20, 2009

You really want to know this... (Updates)

It's my birthday today 20 days ago!!! :)



(This was posted some time ago, yes, and I got updates *blink* which were doooowwwnnn below wtf)

Yes it's my birthday last Tuesday 20 days ago (7 July) and I were born on year 1984 *oops*, making me aged 25 years old this year. A quarter century old. Hooray I'm getting "wiser" (rolled eyes) -____-

Thanks to all of my sweetie, friends and colleagues who showered me with thoughtful birthday wishes, pressies and dinners. Only God knows how happy am I being in the circle of people whom I loved most.

There are few series of celebrations (yay...) and I never felt so blessed before! :)


1. Itallianes, The Garden

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The first person whom I celebrated my birthday with, is no one but him, my one and only. We had few minor arguments about where to eat as he suggests lunch buffet at Sheraton (we had free coupons) but I can't eat much in buffet, hence, wasting free coupons. Dingdongdingdong we settled for The Garden instead and stroll around for interesting eatery.

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And we found it - The Itallianes at
2nd Floor, The Gardens, Mid Valley City.

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Our first time with their food and service. Verdict: THUMBS UP!

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We were given free bread (free flow) and olive oil and balsamic vinegar to dip in.

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Olive oil mixed with herbs and balsamic vinegar makes the best combination.

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Yes sweetie, I know you have been wondering high and low on what to get for my birthday present. Worry no more as you had given us the best present for birthday/anniversary/Agong's birthday/Independence Day/Hari Raya/Chinese New Year/wtf already, which is our very own nest!
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He ordered Grape Shake, RM8.50, while I ordered Cranberry Juice RM10.50 (no photos).

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Lasagna A La Ravina, RM32.90.
Layers of lasagna pasta, meat sauce and marinara with mozzarella cheese.

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Smoked Salmon Pizza, RM27.90.
Smoked salmon slices, gorgonzola dill cream sauce, cream cheese and sliced onions.

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Look at the HUGE portion! We packed the leftovers back home as we unable to finished 'em up. Not all were unfinished though. We finished up the Tiramisu as it was too heavenly! :)

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Halfway through the lunch cum dinner, we spotted sunset! How romantic wtf if you don't at the ugly surroundings.

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Tiramisu, RM16.90.
Lady finger cookies dipped in liquer & espresso coffee with layers of creamy mascarpone icing and topped with dark chocolate powder. Well to my liking as it has the wonderful taste of rum and it's not too sweet.

We even take away... Krispy Kreme! Yay, Krispy Kreme has arrived in Malaysia and surprisingly, there's no hoo-haa on Krispy Kreme's doughnuts as what happened to J.Co previously. Remember the 30 minutes queue when J.Co hit Malaysia 2 years ago.

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It was too sweet for my liking. I'm not a big fan of doughnut after all. Tried once and I'm done. :) Heard all about the negative nutrient value of doughnut and I wouldn't crave for them anymore thank you very much.


2. The Apartment, The Curve

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My second birthday celebration was with my July babies, Connie (who were born on 14 July 1984) and Siew Yee (born on 15 July 1984). We chose to meet at The Curve for the abundance of food varieties and great enviroment. However, the main question of where to eat still lingered on our mind until we stopped at The Apartment.

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My Passionfruit Coolers, RM10.50

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Connie and Boon Keong... the couple who deserve my salute as they had been together for almost 8 years (perhaps)! The wedding bell is ringing! ;)

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Don't need anymore introduction, right? -___-

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The July babies: Connie, Siew Yee and me. (Gosh, my hair is hidious! I totally need a new hair style and some color. It's totally took away extra ages from me.)

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Canwhore is a must wtf.

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All lined up: Watermelon Juice (RM11.90), Raspberry Cooler (RM10.50), Passionfruit Cooler (RM10.50) and Orange Juice (RM11.90).

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Okay Connie, you looked cute -___-

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Tossed Prawn Pasta, RM29.90. Sauteed chili, garlic and white wine tossed with linguine and coriander.

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Siew Yee's Baked Fish, RM23.90. Baked dory topped with cherry tomatoes with grated mozzarella and parmesan cheese with sauteed new potatoes.

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Butterflied Lemon Chicken, RM25.90. Butterflied (minus the butterflies lol) lemon chicken breast marinated in lemon and yoghurt served with tabouleh (tak boleh wtf) and mint yoghurt.

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Connie's Chicken and Mushroom Pasta, RM23.90. Spagetti with sauteed chicken and miushrooms with white wine garlic, chili, cherry tomatoes and rocket.

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Boon Keong's Cod Fish and Aioli, RM48.90. Oven-baked fillet of cod with marinade of chili, oregano and coriander, served with dill mash, snow peas and aioli.

Our Verdict: The ambience was great, with nice IKEA-ed decoration, however the music was too loud, causing us to shout instead of talking to each other. The drinks was clearly overpriced and the taste were nothing more special than normal. The food were too salty (I'm the kind of person who can take salty food and yet I found it to be overly salty!).


3. Paddington House of Pancakes

For desserts! :) What's more fulfilling than desserts?

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Coffee made with love.

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Pancake nachos.

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Mouth-watering dessert! *Slurp*

(Notice that my description are getting shorter and shorter. My eyes are getting droopier by seconds and I just wanna finish this up and go to sleep. Argh!)

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Connie's happy.

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Siew Yee's happy too.

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Boon Keong's incredibly happy.

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Showing off my leather 4 inches heels from Vincci+! My new found love and I heart them to pieces! :) And the best part is... it's 50% off! Haha, I love Mega Sales... *shinning eyes*


4. Office

I love my colleagues very much, and I meant it. Lol... Cause they are tonnes of fun and THEY ORGANIZED MINI BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR ME!!! *blush* Nothing over-the-top but it was a meaningful one as this is the first time that colleagues bought birthday cakes for me. Ah, touched.

(Pictures courtesy of Elsie)

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My Hunny checking out the cake, making sure the cake is alright. Aww... so sweet of you, Hunny dear~

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Additional candle added to the cake... -___-

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According to Rose, age is nothing but digits and it shouldn't stop me from having fun!

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A heartiest thank you from the bottom of my heart, to all my colleagues who have given me a mini birthday celebration in the office despite hectic and busy workload.


5. My Favorite Birthday Pressie

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Anna Sui Hair Brush!!! My dream came true, thanks to Tammy! Muahhh love you gal! Although we known each other for a short while (thanks to All Malaysian Blogger Project, AMBP) but there are something in common between us that make us "clicked" in one way or another. We are more than blogger/online friends now, we are FRIENDS in life.

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Thanks to Dana from The Petals Bar for the lovely bouquet. :) It lasted for a week and I got the hard time to throw it away. Sigh...


There's really nothing special about my birthday celebration, totally nothing to brag about, but what makes it special in my own way was the people whom I celebrated with. Love you all and thanks again for all the wishes via SMSes, calls and messages on my Facebook. Thanks for remembering. :)

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

The ol' style...

Remember the era when there's no email, no Instant Messenger (MSN, YM, Google Talk, ICQ, MiRC), no Short Messaging Service (SMS)? How do you communicate with your friends (other than normal land-line phone calls, not mobile phone!)? We communicate via the good ol' way: write a snail mail, place it in an envelope and seal it. Lastly you splatter the back of the stamp with your saliva (ewww...) and you stick it to the top right hand side of the envelope. :)

Ask yourself: when is the last time you got yourselves some hand-written snail mail (not credit card statements duhhh...) from friends? Mine was during the 'pen-pal' period, where I get to know from Galaxie magazine (she's from Malacca) and I wrote looonnggg snail mails to her. I can still remember that I would draw, color and write colorfully to make my letter looked more interesting and would not bore my pen-pal. Haha!!! :D Sigh, sweet memories...

What surprised me was that few months/weeks ago I received postcards from Dragon and Clara where they posted to me from their trips! Very sweet of them indeed, to remember me although they were on holiday... Aww~ :) I would forget everything, even my surname, if I were on holiday!

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Two postcards were from Dragon who were in Langkawi.

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And one from Clara who went to Chicago and bought lotsa Coach which caused deep jealousy inside of me... =_____= She encouraged me to backpack as well, and if I do, I need to plan right now! Thanks Clara for the postcard and the encouragement to start backpacking! :)

I'll be going to Langkawi again this August, and maybe I would send out some postcards, like what Dragon did?

I know I'm slow... :(

I'm deeply sorry to Tammy, Hanna, Chris and Vonvon, truly do. Sorry for posting this late, as in LATE. :( I am so tied up with work that I don't have time to sleep. As this week gonna be less tied up, I got the time to pamper myself and (most importantly) blog!

To refresh readers and me, I joined the "BEAUTY SAMPLE SWAP, BLOG & REVIEW" activity, organized by Tammy (thanks Tam!). What is Beauty Sample Swap, Blog and Review program by the way? Well, let Tammy to do the explanation...
5 bloggers who wished to participate this swap project will be selected to send 2 beauty samples to each of the 4 bloggers for review. The beauty samples can be anything from skincare, bodycare, cosmetics. Samples can be in sachets, trial or starter kits, etc that you have gotten FREE from magazines/counters/etc. Please do not send something that you paid for!

You are given given 7 working days to post your swaps. When you have received your swaps, you must blog and review the samples sent to you by each blogger. Include their names & blog links in your review and do thank them for swapping and highlight in your blog if they have made the swap special*!

Here are what I got:

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RMK Cleansing Oil and Biotherm Aquasource Super Hydrator from Vonvon

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RMK Cleansing Oil N, Creamy Soap N and Skintuner Light from Tammy

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Eyeko Face Off Cleansing Wipes and Lunasol Foamy Cream Wash from Chris L

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Rene Furterer Hair Care and Bobbi Brown Protective Face Lotion with SPF 15 from Hanna


The next thing I gotta do now: REVIEW ALL THE SAMPLES and write an informative review. Phew *sweats*... I'm determined to do a great one, quick! *crosses finger*

Below are their reviews on the products I sent to them ;)
 

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