This was taken with my old olympus camera. This is my favorite. This is the STAR lrt at Masjid Jamek. Was on the way to meet up with Ah Teo. 10 stops covered on the Putra LRT, 10 more to go on the Star LRT.

It's hot in here

Went to Shawn Cutler in Bangsar to get a hair cut. The junior hairsylist was very friendly and I would say pretty good. Love the horror movie effect of the dirty mirror.


Walked around to find a group of LALAs chanting EDISONNN!!! EDISONNN!!! Edison Chen was apparently paid a huge sum of money(story unverified) to show up at the opening of the new shop in Bangsar. lol. Supposedly, he was at Zouk tonight.

Last weekend, a random day out with the 3 Columbia/American kids who are visiting for a tournament and also my new found"Ahmad". Fu Han has been very kind to show us touristy bunch around in his kick ass Saab car and also today, his mom invited me over for a home-cooked lunch in 2 weeks. Makes me reevaluate my own hospitality when people visit. Btw, the cendol uncle above was nice but I didn't really like the cendol. Wong Ah Wah Seafood at Bukit Bintang( we ordered 9 dishes!!!) and Zouk were great.

Definitely enjoying KL more than I used too. There's the cousin to go for Capoeira with, the friends to go around and hang out with, the shopping malls(PAVILION!!) to hopefully not spend anything(LOL), the interesting and challenging working life and the sometimes great food(I do get sick of eating out).

Here's my 3rd banana leaf rice EVER in my life. awesome stuff from Nirvana in Bangsar.


I might go back to Kuching in August, 20 pounds heavier because having heavy lunches is pretty common when you're out with co-workers - bak kut teh at Salak Selatan, nyonya food at Central, KFC!!!!!, banana leaf rice and of course the endless nasi lemak and puttu mayam for dinner. LOL. o.O I had the best egg tart ever from Pavilion this evening. yum.

The working life...

Hello people. I have no clue what's the time stamp for this but anyway, it's Thursday. For the first time in 2 years, I haven't been spending 24 hours on Facebook. That's because I have too much work to do at work. lol. Personal email's blocked. First day of work started out a bit intimidating. Yalah. Mana tak? Engineering school student trying to be a banking wannabe. lol. I was super shy and quiet. However, things have been going great and people are friendly. The superior's definitely very helpful in teaching. If it was me, I would have killed my intern who asks a billion questions a long time ago :) Let's hope it stays that way. Definitely, a bit of responsibility and quite a bit of work. I'm slow. Need to learn to pick up speed. Almost daily overtime is part of the job description. confidentiality too. lol.

I will be a big fat ass soon. I eat so much trash around here - roti canai, mi goreng, nasi daun pisang, indian candies, Burger King, mamak. OMG. cholesterol, high blood pressure.....

Anyway, pictures of pretty Damai. Missing the beach.

CIPLAK-ed

I've been eying Tory Burch's classic black reva flats with gold logo since forever. For my 21st birthday I decided to get a pair. lol. Yes, I have a habit of getting flats for my birthday. Last year, it was the Coach flats and now, this. Didn't get the black and gold one but ended up getting the silver snake skin. Image from toryburch.com.

Anyway, I'm not a fan of Gossip Girls. I know nothing about Gossip Girls but I found out from a friend who's also a fan of the black and gold flats that there was mention of Tory Burch on Gossip Girls. I wonder if that's how they got ciplak-ed. Never in a million years would I expect to find ciplak-ed version of these shoes because as far as I know, they're only sold in the US(so far).

A long story cut short, I found a very ciplak-ed version made of material that looked like PVC with the metallic logo substituted for a similar PVC material like the shoe at Vincci. Well, that was a week ago. Today, I found a different design of the ciplak-ed shoe with gold logo at Nose. The difference lies in the different material and design but the logo's distinct. ouch.

Same story as a the Longchamp bag. Found a ciplak-ed version in KL last year. Usually, it's the LVs and the Chanels. Never expected to find a ciplak-ed Longchamp bag.

Next time, do not spend $xxx on a pair of flats but come home and get ciplak-ed ones for RM 23++.

I'm BACK!!!

I'm back in Kuching!!! Well, I've been back for 2 weeks. I've never seen such H1N1 paranoia - not even in New York. Malaysians are crazy for being so overly paranoid and avoiding people who fly in from the US/have been on MH 91. The funniest nonsense I've witnessed thus far this year. Many people told me that they'd avoid me for a week. lol. Nevertheless, the screening at KLIA was a joke. lol. I didn't get screened before I boarded the connecting flight to Kuching. In Kuching, they were strict. Lols. On the form : Where have you been the last 7 days : NYC. Nurse : EH!!! Dia datang dari New York. Amanda, come here. come here. Nurse proceeds to take my temperature and hand me an alert card.

Anyway, enough about H1N1. Here are some moving-out photos. Consumerism at its worst. The 18 hours packing session begins.

And continues. I came to NY with just 2 suitcases and ended sophomore year with 7 moving boxes, 2 suitcases, one hand carry and a few bags of trash.



Couch thrown out on the street. Gadgets and furniture on the streets and in the hallways are a common sight during move-out.

More trash outside the trashed lounge.



Spot the loony in the photo above, taken at Times Square. A very common sight in NYC.

Happy Mother's Day!! Obviously to my mum. :)

Anyway, I've been sitting here in the library for the past 10 hours and I'm going nuts. I'll be here for another 5 hours. Was here for 14 hours yesterday. Oh God. I'm starting to smell like one of those kids in the library. 2 cups of green tea, 1 cup of hot chocolate, 1 bag of peanut butter reeses pieces and 1 box of over priced cut melons ($4.20++++/RM 13+++++)?????!!!!! and counting.

Random thought while I was in the bathroom : I miss my own bathroom because I can't fart as loudly as I want in library's bathroom - it's too small.

Enough nonsense. Good luck to me. :)

12am : Primal scream + pillow fight = few hundred students sounding like they got strangled on campus + wild beat-up-your-friends-to-release-stress session.

wo bu shi mei guo ren.

I just spent the last 3 hours writing Chinese characters. dizzy. hand cramp. crossed eyes.

note to self : never attempt to take another 15 mins nap - it usually becomes a 3 hours nap. :(

Random : Nuffnang needs to do something about its extremely useless server because I've been so deprived of Malaysian blogs that never seem to load because the status is constantly - waiting to connect to synad2.nuffnang.something something. gggggrrrrrrrrrrr......