12
October
2010
Few weeks ago, I had attended a consultation session regarding image makeover..The image consultant is none other than Ana Cheong, of Ana Consultancy..
Ana, an image consultant, helps the people who sought after her service to know themselves better and translate the inner strength into the outer image without changing your much of their own personality..
Before the personal consultation, Ana had studied a bit of my personality..So during the consultation, I can see that Ana had put a deep thought on interpreting my personality and how to improve it to suit back myself..
*Putting a deep thought*
The whole consultation is about knowing myself better, from image to communication skills to body language..
Knowing one self better is where I realized which path I should follow best and how to improve my communication skills and some simple knowledge about body language..
*Trying out a new image*
After her study, here Ana was giving me an outlook of what I should do to my image at this stage of my life..
I must say I’ve learned a lot in this consultation and am able to express myself better than before, be it in image, communication skills, or body language..
Two weeks after the personal consultation, few other people and I were in a joint “workshop” to see result of “before and after”..
*The bloggers makeover group*
Attendees were Joshua, Rebecca, Iza, Huai Bin, Thomas, Jamie, and yours truly..
Before I continue, a huge thanks to TANGS Pavillion for the sponsored venue, a private lounge for us to change and make up and all..
TANGS too offered Personal Fashion Styling services and they were a big help! 
*Before makeover*
So all of us got a “before shot” before we get changed and transform into a new person on the outside and yet same on the inside..
As usual, I went to the workshop with my favourite jeans, sneakers, and a stripe collared T-shirt..
After that we got into changing rooms and tried on few sets of pre-selected apparels where Ana and her assistant Catherine had chosen for us as a result of the makeover..
*The apparels*
Once again, thanks to TANGS Pavillion for letting us try on those clothes..
Read on the whole entry to see the final result of our makeover..Stimzzzz~~~
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Posted: Amazed, Family & Friends
5
October
2010
on 4th September 2010 was the day I put myself to challenge none other than myself, that is, by going up the much famous and crowded Broga Hill..
Yeah, being known for choosing sleep over waking up at freaking 4am and don’t even have the stamina to last for a full 1-hour of futsal match, I’m indeed putting myself to a challenge..
So on that very night, I mean morning, I had like only 2-3 hours sleep and waking up at 3.30am is not fun, considering I slept at 1am 
Accompanied by Daphne, I went with Hiew, Hikaru, Carmen, Darel, and Apple and friends..
For Cheras residents, if you are planning to go to Broga Hill, there’s no need to get up THAT early..
You’ll only need about 45-minutes to reach the foot hill from Plaza Phoenix a.k.a Batu 9 toll plaza, and about 1-hour to walk climb up the hill..
How to get there? Easy..
Take the Cheras-Kajang highway follow Semenyih..If you are not sure whether it’s Kajang or Semenyih, just go all the way straight, don’t exit anywhere..Just go all the way until you come to a highway..
On the highway you will see lots of BIG turning to Kajang Silk and/or LEKAS..Before you reach a toll plaza you will see an exit to Rinching if not mistaken, that’s also the same road to go to Nirwana Memorial Park and also Nottingham University..
Before you reach the toll plaza, turn left to follow the Rinching exit..
After the Rinching intersection, go all the way straight, passing bout 2 traffic lights if not mistaken..You will come to a Petronas on your right..
When you see the Petronas, get ready to make a left turn immediate after the Petronas..
From there go all the way straight until you come to a rabbit farm..If you see some shops and an arch saying “Welcome to Negeri Sembilan”, you know you have overshot the Broga Hill..Make a u-turn and look around the bushes or plantations..
It’s just somewhere there.. 
From the oil palm plantation, just follow any group or light you will eventually reach the top, depends which peak you want to stop at..
There are about 4-5 peaks and I’ve managed to reach the second highest peak and I’m satisfied already..
The others departed and went up to the highest peak..So most of the photos you will see is only me and Daphne
*Broga Hill at 6.55am*
Well nothing much to do there though..All we can do was to wait for the sunrise..
Heard from most people, hardly we can have a perfect view of sunrise due to thick clouds and all..
And for the same reason, we didn’t manage to see the sunrise either..
*The peak*
Behind me is the highest peak, which I think I should leave it out this time, train my stamina, and go up again should I go there again
*The view down hill*
By the way, the items or necessities that you should bring when you go Broga Hill or any other hill..
- Torch..Big is is better but small one should be fine as well..
- Shoes which have good grips for hiking..Sneakers can be used but not recommended, though I saw few people wore Crocs wtf..
- Fine material of T-shirt (such as football jerseys or Nike’s Dri-Fit) is recommended as those materials would allow sweat to evaporate faster than normal cotton shirts so that you wont feel heavy..
- Small towel for the sweaty hike..An extra shirt for a change when you heading back home..
- If you are not a heavy drinker or don’t really sweat a lot, 1-litre of water is sufficient enough..Bear in mind they have no toilet up on the peak!
- A windbreaker or jacket is optional as sometimes the weather can be quite windy up on the hill..
*I came I saw I conquer*
Lots of awesome views for some creative shots depending on your creativity and angles..
*Cool breeze*
Continue on the full entry for more photos and a silly video that I’ve recorded when we were going down hill..
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Posted: Family & Friends, Travel & Places
22
September
2010
It wasn’t quite a Plurkers gathering but a farewell dinner for Jackie aka Yuri for her departure to Singapore to join the SIA..
On 10th September 2010 we had dinner at Dave’s, quite a cosy place to have a meal and the food is quite teh awesome too..
I had a Carbonara Linguine and it was awesome..Others had steak, pizza, and some others..Thumbs up from them too..
Okay no food review shits from me..Just an update just for the record..
*Plurkers*
I think I shall keep their identities a mystery..
Til the next time I see you Jackie, all the best in your training! Stimzzzz!
Posted: Family & Friends, Ramblings
15
July
2010
Well it was about 4 weeks ago where my dad had an impromptu plan to visit the historical state of Malacca on a 1-day trip..
It was our first family outstation trip after my mom had passed away in 2006 and not like we traveled a lot when my mom was still around back then..It’s like a first-timer thingy..
So off we went off early in the morning for some breakfast before the 1-hour plus 2-hours trip..
A big mistake was we took the LEKAS highway via Kajang route, where we thought passing by Seremban would be faster as Cheras is nearer to LEKAS (Lebuhraya Kajang-Seremban)..
Once we reached Seremban we had to take a detour and exit to PLUS highway to follow Johor Baru, which is the very same highway if we were to follow KL-Seremban highway..
So a reminder to first-timer to Malacca, unless you are staying in Kajang-bound area, keep off LEKAS highway to go to Malacca..Always take KL-Seremban highway..
So on the highway it’s all the way follow road sign on the highway and we exited at Alor Gajah if not mistaken..By the way, my family is not a keen user of GPS-device, though we did try it on my phone for that trip..
Once you’ve passed the toll plaza, follow Pusat Bandaraya Melaka or something like that..
Straight away we headed to Jonker Walk (or some say Jonker Street) as most people know there’s nothing much to do in Malacca other than going to Jonker Walk..
*Kedai Kopi Chung Wah – Hainanese Chicken Rice Ball*
Our first stop in Jonker Walk, to find Kedai Kopi Chung Wah, the Hainanese Chicken Rice Ball shop..
It’s located at the end of Jonker Walk connecting to the famous red colored Christ Church Malacca..
There were a few chicken rice ball shops but I’ve heard of good reviews on Chung Wah so we decided to queue up despite the long queue under the hot sun..
The queue was not like freaking long but I guessed we’ve waited at least 30-40 minutes, standing under the hot-burning sun..
Coincidentally, while we were queuing, I bumped onto Akira “Jian” ceo, Jacquelyn, and Alex..
*The chicken rice balls*
*Steamed chicken*
I would say it’s not like superbly delicious but it’s way better than a lot of chicken rice..The rice balls are to die for..
It’s difficult to find any chicken rice that you can eat just the rice without putting any sauce or gravy on it..In Chung Wah you can..
The steamed chicken is quite tender and not too salty, which is just right and just dip into the chili for better taste..
*Both my sisters Min, Eshan and my dad*
Once again I wouldn’t it’s especially great that you have to travel so far just for it but if you are already there, why not?
*Walking distance*
In Malacca town, where Jonker Walk, Christ Church, and few other places are all just walking distance..
*Trishaw rental rate*
Other than walking around you can also rent a trishaw which is equipped with sub-woofer audio system blasting on Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” and Bon Jovi’s “It’s My Life”..
*Walk walk*
We opted to walk around instead of taking the trishaw..
Reminder, do apply sunblock lotion and take necessary pre-cautions to deal with the heat in Malacca..
*Ice kacang*
After the long-haul under the hot sun, it’s best to sit down and have a bowl of ABC a.k.a ice/ais kacang before you leave..
We didn’t stay for the night nor stayed for satay celup dinner due to fatigue and the heat is hitting us..
So off we went back to KL at about 5pm..
It’s a good journey and definitely will be there again..
Posted: Eats, Family & Friends, Travel & Places
28
March
2010
Here’s another webcam post which I had with one of the chicks in my MSN list..
This time it’s Ruirui, a Hongkie now studying in Sunway..She’s been staying in Malaysia for more than 1 year and has adapted to our slang as well..
I’ve yet to meet her in-person, still webcam comes in handy in this kind of situation..
*Ruirui*
If you have visited her blog, you would see her with big eyes and all just like a typical Hongkie/Taiwanese girl you usually saw on TV..
But in here, no! So I asked her whether she did photoshop her photos and all, and she blamed it on make-up..
Now she looks like Korean more than Hongkie..
Normal Malay words like belanja, sayang, bodoh, pandai, etc etc is very much a norm to her already..
Local slangs like tapao, ffk, yamcha, kene tiu, mamak, etc are not strangers to her anymore..
*Trying out webcam functions*
In here you can see her using “senget wan wtf” very fluently wtf..
It’s kinda funny and amusing to see a Hongkie understands our slang and reply using one especially when it comes to Cantonese..
HK-Cantonese and Malaysian-Cantonese have slight difference in slang, such as tapao, in Malaysia it means “take-away” when you want to buy food but in HK it means to wrap-up a corpse..
The word tapao in HK is actually very if it’s used in daily communications..
A very interesting and active girl when it comes to chatting..I love it! Had good laughs when I talked to her every time..LOL~!!
You want her MSN or FB? LOL..Work it out your way man..Don’t ask me
P/S – It took me weeks to get her MSN when I got to know her on Innit, let alone FB..How many of them got her contacts? You could guess it already 
Posted: Family & Friends, Ramblings
22
February
2010
Chinese New Year 2010 was AWESOME-ly bored, as usual..
Being a true KL resident (grandparents, parents, relatives, etc were ALL from and still in KL) is quite boring because we didn’t really go anywhere other than visiting relatives..
Lucky that most of my close friends are all true KL residents as well..Staying in traffic-congestion-free KL is better than to get stuck in the jam going back hometown and coming back KL, anytime!
*L>R..Front>Justin, Mabel, Raven, Daniel..Back>Chew Shu, Bee Yan*
First we made Chew Shu’s house a pit-stop then we went for lunch..It’s like a routine thingy..
Every year we will gather at her house and start to get headache for thinking where to have our lunch..
*L>R..Front>Weng Soon, Lausanne, Chocolate, Justin..Back>Yew Hon, Chew Shu, Bee Yan, Raven*
And so we decided to make a move to Fusion something something at Sri Petaling..It’s somewhere around the shoplots nearby Hotel Sri Malaysia..
It’s a fusion of ramen, pasta, western, oriental, and much more style where 2 or 3 of them fused into one dish..
So we ordered our food and drinks, and camwhored..
*Ramen Soup with Omelet*
This is my ramen soup with omelet egg and some sausages..Taste just like any nissin noodles but it is not bad..
Oh well should’ve tried something else..
*Lamb Chop*
If not mistaken this is a lamb chop, nicely done..The girl who had it was kinda full because there is the lamb chop, a fried Japanese-styled glutinous rice, and a bit of fries or something..
The taste wasn’t bad and most of the Western food were kinda of the same portion as the lamb chop and those who had Western were quite full, so they said..
Some photos after the jump and GIRLS do check out the bottom of this entry..
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Posted: Family & Friends
