Popular Book Fest 2012 @ KLCC Convention Centre

Had a chance to visit the Book Fest?

I went there a couple of days ago and got myself some books for light reading..

The prices were unbelievably cheap that I couldn't resist just grabbing and purchasing what ever preview of the book I liked.. So why 3 books only, some of you may ask.. Well, because I am frugal.. LMAO..

Currently reading Last Night at Chateau Marmont, written by Lauren Weisbergler, the writer of Devil Wears Prada.. I read Angels and Demons before, just buying it because it was TOO DAMN cheap! RM 9.90 only you know!!! *faints*

So what did you all get? =D

My Raya and Food Spree

Watch out! I'm on a food spree blog post! =D

Well, not really..

Shall I start out with my Raya holidays first?

Me family and I went on a Raya holiday to Cameron Highlands.. Woke up wee early, packed our stuff, and started our journey there.. However, daddy was a joy kill.. Halfway there, he refused to let us stay at Cameron and said its better to play till late at night at go back.. wtf

First picture, a pretty hibiscus we saw before having lunch..

And then.. emo started.. the rain.. rain awhile.. stop.. rain awhile.. stop.. wtf.. we couldn't go anywhere! Not the beautiful tea plantation, not the bee farm, not the vegetable farms, not the strawberry farms.. you get it right??  And then to make things worst, it was freaking jam!! It was like the whole Malaysia citizens went up to Cameron!!

So dad got pissed off, and said we are going back.. T___________________T

I didn't even have chance to take more pictures!

On the way out of  Tanah Rata, we passed by a durian seller at the roadside and although it was raining, daddy thought it was ok to stop down and have durian! you see!! his love for durian I tell u is level 100.. omg.. fml..

So, I took the opportunity to snap a last picture of Cameron.. T_______________T

Now, the Raya holiday is done, lets move on to the food spree!!! =D

Ever tried this? I previously blogged about this, Moo Cow, the most milky and heavenly yogurt I have ever eaten!!!! #drools 

At a place called Hiyaki.. Sells awesome Nasi Kukus Ayam with an Ice Lemon Tea for only RM6.90..

This is Nasi Beriani though.. tempting isn't it? Sorry I forgot the price though.. =______=

Give it a try.. There's one around Setapak and another one at Uptown.. =D

And then I got so in the mood of photo taking, I took photo of this simple cup of Kopi O..

And yes, also the saucer.. >.<

And then I finally tried the pork at Betty's Midwest Kitchen.. They serve a variety of porky porky.. And omg.. It is so juicy and tender, its like all the pork chop I ate before this were not pork chop!! U get what I mean???

 This one is Baby back ribs (RM32.50).. I tell you.. Please try this!

This is Grilled Beer Braised Boston Butt (RM27.50).. This one also!! Ok, just go ahead and order everything okay?!

And then I went to Tong Pak Fu and tried this..

Pink Guava Snow Ice (Regular, RM8.80)

And last but not least, new dessert from Snowflakes!!

Ocha'Ryo (RM7.90).. The green tea taste is.. awesome.. Go try! =D

Ok, food photo spree ends.. kthxbai

Random photos I took

Was browsing through my phone gallery and noticed a few pictures that I never managed to blog so here it is..

Received a voucher for a buy 1 get 1 free Starbucks and decided to treat the bf with it.. However, the bf was too busy working and could not make it.. what to do? people making a living, I sitting at home rotting.. So a friend of mine suggested I drink both myself.. Ok lor.. Challenge accepted!

This is my green tea frap..Before this I drank dark mocha.. Guess what? Could not sleep that night.. fml..

Was just standing waiting for my ride when I saw this water hydrant thingy and decided it was a good "feel" picture model and decided to snap a picture of it.. what do you think?

Can you guess where is this? =D

When in doubt or when you cannot make a decision, they say pray to God.. I did, and as I finished, I happened to see these beautiful flower and randomly took a photo of it..

Nice eh?

I was all beh tahan when the bf was so in love with memes until I saw Audrey & Timothy's wedding proposal.. And I thought I have seen the full potential of meme.. But I was wrong!!!

Me'me has now gone on to invade the scientific world, making its presence in a Science conference! =.="

Was caught in a jam one day due to a road block.. For 2 hours just to move like 5km!! Best part is, when I reached the road block zone, police already packed up and left!! Really Malaysia boleh.. >.<

This guy could not tahan the jam.. And what Malaysians do when we are bored? We climb out of our four wheel drive and snap pictures!! =D

And last but not least, I managed to capture a picture of a sleeping duck at the lakeside of Taylor's after visiting an ex lecturer..

Zzz..

Decision part 2

终于做了这个决定。也不知道决定是否对或错，但作了决定之后，真个人都松解了。舒服了。原以为，终于可以有安宁的睡眠了。但今天早上，竟然被妈弄得又再次的烦恼了。仔细的一想，烦是因为觉得对不起被我弄失望的人。他真的是一个好人，很用心的解释一切给我听，也很有耐心的让我去好好考虑。让他失望令我感到万分的遗憾。但人类就是这样。总是得自己想。

原本最担心，最放不下的人，竟然能够毫不犹豫的支持我，说会等我。还在我感到最压力，最无奈的时候让我心静下来。为了你，我会相信一切都会顺顺利利的。谢谢你这么为我想！

Decisions

Feeling very lost now.. Not sure what to do. I've been given 3 choices to choose from, to walk my future path. I really don't know the best option, or what I'd excel well in. I wish I knew what to do. People say that, deep down in your heart, you know the answer, you know what you want. But I don't! Am I weird? I see these options, each representing their potential, their risks and their consequences. Each presenting a different way of life that I might lead and yet, I don't know which to choose! It feels like I'm deciding my whole life and its damn hard to pick which is the right thing to do! People told me that, there is not right or wrong decision and that I just have to make it and live with it. But the consequences are so large that I am so afraid of just going ahead and making the decision! Every stage of life, we face something different. We gain experience from the outcome of it. But this time, I am so afraid of facing the consequences because it is something I have to deal with my whole life!

Meeples @ Subang Jaya

This is the second time I went to Meeples. For those of you who don't knowm Meeples is a board game concept cafe. There's a wide variety of board games available in this place with a very comfy area to have fun with board games.

We started off with a warm up game called the Geistes Blitz, sort of like a game of Snaps or Heart attack except with cute little figurines to make things more complicated and more mind stimulating.. =D

After 2 rounds of that, we were ready for a more strategy type of game. But before that, the Meeples staff surprised us with a complementary drink each! They are currently having a promotion where each person gets ONE free drink when you sit down and play their board games..

The list of drinks of choice was so interesting, we didn't know which to choose.. In the end, each of us ordered the following drinks..

This is Nutella Latte, the recommended drink they had.. Well, most of us ordered this.. Nice eh?

This is Hot chocolate some more with a bunny.. ML couldn't bare to drink away her bunny and was scooping her drink from left and right, avoiding it.. lol..

This here is Toffee latte with a butterfly decoration.. Eva also couldn't bare drinking her butterfly so her bf, before she could do anything took a spoon and stirred the butterfly away!!! fml..

While drinking, we decided on a came called Carcassonne.. This is a game where you build a map out of tiles and you are given tiny little meeples to place on them, sort of like conquering the land.. haha..

 We got carried away taking pictures and decided to start pilling them up.. haha..

And this is the 3 story one credited to the bf..

Initially the land started out small, with each of us (different colours to represent each of us).. 

The meeple standing on the street is a theif, the meeple standing on the city are knights, meeple standing on the monastery is a monk and the meeple lying on the ground is a farmer.. Interesting huh?

And this is what our map looked like at the end of the game..

Quite a fond experience I would say..

Meeples Details

Address : 64-1, Jalan SS15/4D, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor

Phone: 03-5633 8033

Price: RM5/hour for non-members

         RM3.50/hour for members

Opening Hours

• Mon Closed
• Tue 11:00am - 1:00am
• Wed 11:00am - 1:00am
• Thu 11:00am - 1:00am
• Fri 11:00am - 1:00am
• Sat 11:00am - 1:00am
• Sun 11:00am - 1:00am

Opened on public holidays and school holidays.

A small token of accomplishment.. ^^

Attended a conference recently and participated in a poster presentation competition where I presented part of my Master work. 

People who took the time to view my poster actually acknowledged my work and said I've don quite a bit of work! Those words were so comforting! It was like, I did not waste the 1.5 years I spent slaving away for my Masters certificate!

And the sweetest moment was when I heard my name called out for obtaining the best poster award!!!

At that moment, every pain and struggle I went through all seem to have been worth it! Ok, I know I sound like a fool, but seriously, sometimes, all it takes is a little credit and a little encouragement to make one's sacrifice worthwhile and to give one a little more hope in accomplishing what they started out doing.. =)

Have you recently accomplished anything? ^^