You've Got Mail!

I received a package today, and it's from My Melati in Penang!!!!!

It was long awaited.. but nevertheless surprising to see a present sent to me by post allllll the way from Malaysia!!

Thank you Mel darling!

I was complaining to her during the first 2 weeks of my stay in Canada, how life was so blue without friends.. how bland the food here is... And out of the blue, she said she was going to send me a parcel full of Raya goodies soon. The food she mentioned.. rendang.. kari.. raya cookies.. *drools* I thought it was a joke.. but she insisted she wasn't joking. I even urged her not to send it, cos it's so freaking EXPENSIVE! But she didn't listen to me, as usual.. haha.

And so, 2 mths later... Vince told me to go check my mail box for a parcel from Mel.. OMG!!! I was so excited, i checked my mail box EVERYDAY... n then after 2 weeks.. i thought the parcel have gotten lost somewhere. But then yesterday, i decided to give it a try, and there it was! A card in my mailbox that said "PARCEL AT DESK"! Whee~!!! And when i finally saw the box... my jaw literally dropped. I didn't expect her to send it in an A4 box!!!! And it was heavy!!! Oh Mel... you really shouldn't have gone through all the expense. But i really appreciate it!! I LOVE EVERYTHING u sent to me.. especially the birthday card n gift! Love you babe.. Can't wait to see you.. =)

Well, here are some pics!

Tada! The package from Mel with love. =D

It's for me! Moi!!

The condition of the package after flying across continents.

The date it actually arrived at my residence.

At first sight.

Cashew butter cookies!!!! =P

My favourite..

Oh Mel... Miss you la!

So pretty!!

The raya cookies, ketupat, kurma and sweets!
I'm thinking of having a mini raya celebration with these. hehe =)

It was beautiful indeed...

Do What You Have To Do

I'm in love with Sarah McLachlan today.

This song specially goes out to Jun and to all the gals n guys out there who have no choice but to part with someone they know they can never be together with. Here's to those torn in between...

Do What You Have To Do

What ravages of spirit
Conjured this temptuous rage
Created you a monster
Broken by the rule of love
And fate has led you through it
You do what you have to do
And fate has let you through it
You do what you have to do

I have the sense to recognize
That I don't know how to let you go

Every moment marked
With apparitions of your soul
I'm ever swiftly moving
Trying to escape this desire
The yearning to be near you
I do what I have to do
The yearning to be near you
I do what I have to do

And I have the sense to recognize
That I don't know how to let you go
I don't know how to let you go

Glowing ember
Burning hot and burning slow
Deep within I'm shaken
By the violence of existing for only you
I know I can't be with you
I do what I have to do
I know I can't be with you
I do what I have to do

And I have the sense to recognize
But I don't know how to let you go
I don't know how to let you go
(I don't know how to let you...)

A Tale of Two Superheroes?

Today, while i was being super bored and supposedly sleepy, i decided to procrastinate my sleep (why would i do that, i don't know. it's sleep! i shdn't procrastinate sleeping!!) and hang around on Facebook while i could still open my eyes. Saw a McD request from Margie, and after accepting it, i thought of sending her some McD Hotcakes, cos we both simply ADORE those piping hot puffy sweet pancakes from ours truly, McDonald's, ever since we tasted it in Singapore when we were kids. hahaha..

Turns out, i was 2 levels away from being able to unlock the hotcakes. So, one of my option was to upload a gift so i can upgrade my level. (Gosh.. Facebook and the things we do with it. Ridiculously addictive. Seriously.). So, while i was googling for a picture of Spicy Chicken McDeluxe (can't believe this yummy burger wasn't on the menu yet!), i was directed to this website:

A TALE OF TWO SUPERHEROES

LOLS... My first reaction when i saw the name of the blog, was "WHAT??! Someone used my blog's title format! DAMN!..." Then my second reaction when i read their bloggers profile:

"We are two superheroes with abnormal capacity and desire for food, travelling places and enjoying the best life has to offer..."

"What does Superheroes have to do with food?!"
Ok, besides the fact that superheroes need food to survive (rite?) or maybe these superheroes get their power from food... But calling themselves superheroes just because they have some 'abnormal' capacity and desire for food?? I think Vincent can join their league and be their leader cos he's a SUPER SUPERHERO when it comes to food! hehe... =P

Anyways, these two bloggers are a couple who go around exploring and experimenting with food around Malaysia then blog about each and EVERY single food/drink they had almost everyday (even the 7-up is super important). -.-" Nonetheless, the food pictures they uploaded were aplenty.. and it ranges from high class food, to roadside stall hawker food, to pasar malam super cheap bites. All these pics only reminded me of the yummy Malaysian delicacies i can't have in Canada... I want LAKSA!!!!! *roars*

Anyways.. it's like so funny just reading their blog. They talk from a third person's perspective. Calling each other, even their mum, Superhero X (whereby X could be S, W, Bro or Mum etc.. to keep their identity a secret.) haha.. They even have their own superhero cartoon! lols...

I dunnno why i'm turning this blog into an ad for them, but this "award-winning" blog is pretty interesting - for those staying in KL - cos the food they mostly talk about is in KL or states close by. And these superheroes like many others (with the exception of Batman n Ironman), ain't that rich, so the food they go for are pretty much cheap. So, go check it out! You mite even end up wanting to try the food they 'discovered' and 'experimented' (or maybe not). Though they may be so called extraordinary ppl when it comes to food, their tastebuds are pretty much ordinary just like us. So, u mite have tasted most of the food they have eaten. However! Do not fret. I assure you, their blog is a highly extraordinary entertaining one. I guarantee, you'll definitely get a laughter or two!! Don't believe me? See here.

Now you see what i mean?? hahaha...

That's all about my little exciting experience for today.
Two more mid-terms, an assignment and a presentation in the following weeks.. Gotta stay focus now. Sighs.. Wish me luck! =D

Il mio ventiduesimo compleanno...

It's the time of the year again...

Another year has come and gone, and now i'm a year older.. hopefully wiser too? Or maybe "blur"er? =S Either way, i'm aging! Oh no!!! hahaha..

I still remember my 21st birthday like it was just yesterday. I was rushing for my Multimedia project and my group was creating this crazy fantastic computer game which we creatively named it AVIG (A Very Interesting Game) LOLs!!! We actually procrastinated till the very last week, and eventually the last day to start on it cos the guy we asked to "help" us create the game (as in do the whole damn thing for us) fell sick right before the deadline and hasn't touched a single thing!! So 5 of us: Kialing, YenSun, SinYee, Mary and I had to burn extra virgin midnight oil (i heard it was better than regular oil. haha.. lame.) on the eve of my bday to come up with a game we proposed earlier on without even thinking how we're gonna do it. Sweats.. Luckily, some of us were actually paying attention in different parts of the CMM211 class, so that we could combine all our valuable 'berterabuh' knowledge to actually use Macromedia Director. haha.. We started from scratch, spent roughly 24 hours (5pm, 8th - 5pm, 9th Oct) and finally came up with the game. I rmb feeling so depressed on the eve of my 21st bday cos i couldn't count down to it!!! And the sad thing was, no one even knew it was my bday the next day. So i had to celebrate it secretly by myself when the clock struck 12. hahaha... But in the end, it was worth every single minute of it. Our game turned out to be the BEST among our coursemates' (from our point of view and comments from friends la). Cheh... haha. [Promo: If anyone wants to try AVIG, ask from me on msn k? hehe..] Well, after rushing for almost a day, Vince then brought me to Chillis for a very nice dinner. It was good. Ahh... memories. =)

Ok, getting back to topic.

There must be something wrong with the alignment of my stars.. because this year, the same thing happens again! Well, not exactly the SAME thing, but my birthday falls on the same day as my Linguistics mid term!!! Bloody hell.. i had to study all day on the eve of my bday... memorising concepts like spirantization, glottalic egressive mechanism, delayed release, trills, retroflexes, bla bla bla.. Why so cham??? Every year also a busy birthday...

However, this year was different. I get to celebrate my birthday in Canada!!! hehehe.. I'm 15 hours behind Malaysia which is like almost a day later. When the other side of the world was already 9th oct, i was still in 8th oct! So fun!! haha.. Cool huh? That's why, when i was stuffing linguistic concepts into my overloaded brain, many warm wishes from friends back home in Malaysia were posted on Facebook wall and msn windows kept popping up. It was so heart-warming it made me side-tracked from my studies. lol. Plus, when everyone keeps telling me "why bother studying so hard if i'm not transfering credit?" it makes me wanna not study at all.. haha. But somehow i just felt like i should study for this. I really wanna do well in this ridiculously tough paper. Don't ask me why.

While i was studying, Joeyin came and started chatting with me n Christina. Making plans for my birthday. And when gals chat, we don't stop till everything has been told. (Joeyin, you're such a bad influence! =P) We chatted and chatted.. n then i realised, i shd be studying! Barely minutes into the mood.. Joeyin came barging into my room with a tupperware and a card!! It was 12am!! I was surprised. She got me a brownie!! Thanks sayang.. =) It came just at the rite moment, cos i was craving for food from using too much brain power. haha.. My housemates came into my room, and we chatted more! It felt so great.

Residents of 2101, Thunderbird.
L-R: Christina, Joeyin, Joyce, Eileen

My housemates

The brilliant brownie from Joeyin.

The card from Joeyin.

After all the little commotion in my room subsided, i continued to study till 4.30am because i panicked when i realised i have no idea what my coursemates were discussing about on the class discussion board. (Note to self: NEVER EVER look at the board before a test. Those ppl will mess with your mind!!) Then 9.30am came, it was time for the test. The paper wasn't that hard.. yet wasn't that easy. Anyhow i managed to finished every question. And rite now, as long as i pass i'm happy. After the paper, i happily skipped back home. I can now celebrate my 22nd in Canada!!! YAYS!!!

For dinner, we had hotpot (a.k.a. steamboat) as we watched Casablanca! Cold weather, hotpot, classic movie.. it was the perfect combo! We made hotpot with our ex-occupant's left behind slow cooker - which never brings the water to a boil - so we had to cook the soup separately before pouring into the big slow cooker. Altho it was lot of work, it was fun and simply great!! And after dinner, we went out to Alma to a dessert shop called True Confections (don't u just love the name?). It was a famous shop apparently, and when we got there, it was almost fulll and with good reason. The cakes were truly marvelous! I had chocolate caramel pecan CHEESECAKE and it was heaven!!! Sinfully delicious... *drools*.

Christina and Joeyin the cooks.

Cracker in mouth conversation with Joeyin.

The hotpot!

Before...

After!
Totally clean. =P

Hence the look. lol.

And with this, i'll leave you guys with pics of those yummy cakes. Enjoy! hehe.. =P

True Confections

My Chocolate Caramel Pecan Cheesecake!!!

Christina's rich cheesy Tiramisu
Joeyin's Lemon Heaven


A very tempting Banana Cream Pie

Look at the pies!!

Oh and, thanks to my darlings Joeyin, Norven and of cos Vincent dear for the lovely lovely birthday cards... Love u guys!! *muaks* =D

My birthday cards...
L-R: Vince's, Joeyin's n Norven's.

In conclusion, my 22nd birthday was not double troubled but it was double fun!!! I can now proudly say i have celebrated the BEST birthday ever!!! Thank you all for everything! *hugs n kisses*

Quizzes, Assignments & Passion of the Christ

After many lack-of-sleep nights, finally, ALL my linguistics quiz n assignment and Italian quiz for this week is OVER!!! Whew~ what a relief. This week had been a reality check for me i guess. A reminder, that we're here to study and not just travel around!!! Mid-terms are around the corner, it's time to head for the books. Sighs.. I seriously wished i had come to UBC next term instead. Why isn't there a mid-term break for the Winter term?!! Arghh... So not fun.

Last night: my table being covered with the huge italian textbook, my notebook and my laptop showing the online italian dictionary. haha..

Italian verbs - not as hard as German's but still as confusing. lol..

Norven's sweets to keep me awake thru the long nights.. =D

Today: after italian quiz, i lunched alone on the patio above SUB.
Reading the papers, eating piping hot veggie burrito, watching the rain.. nice combo! =)

The italian list of 81 'green' vocabs tht i had to memorise n pass up today.
Got it back after the quiz and turns out i got a " V+ "!
I dunno wat "V" means.. but i was the only one with a "+" sign.
Should be good news rite?! hehe.. At least my efforts weren't in vain. =P

Anyways, after walking home in the rain, i decided i should watch a movie accompanied by a nice cuppa hot choc to reward myself. haha.. And so i open my folder of movies on my external hard disk and scanned for a movie to watch. Suddenly, i spotted The Passion of the Christ among the collection of comical or nonsensical movies. I thought, it's time i watch this widely acclaimed yet strongly criticised movie. I know i'm like soooo outdated to watch this only now. Even those non-Christians must have watched this a dozens times more than me. But it's never too late rite? haha..

In the beginning, I felt that the movie was weirdly creepy and foreboding. Can't really describe it. And with the movie being in Aramaic, Latin and Hebrew, it really created a whole foreign feeling. Then it started to get emotional and till a point gruesome. Out of the 126 mins in total, almost 99 mins were graphical detailed scenes of the torture and death of Jesus. The scenes were so real, so horrifying and so intense that i was weeping my eyes out! Seriously... Luckily my room door was locked and joeyin was watching another movie in her room. haha.. But after watching this movie, i must say that Mel Gibson truly did an amazing job in sending out the message. Though many have been criticising him and his work.. the important thing is that it all boils down to a message of love, hope, faith, and forgiveness. With the world being in such a huge mess right now, we could all use a little more love, faith, hope, and forgiveness. So go spread some love u guys! Love should be in the air!! =D

Jim Caviezel was practically covered in blood and seeing only through his left eye 95% of the movie. Just wanted to say, his eyes are HOT!! lols.. =P

Oh wells, it's time to watch another movie! Must enjoy this weekend before more mid-terms n presentation take over my days and nights in the coming weeks... HAHA! Ciao!!