Sunday, August 8, 2010

T.G.I.F

Today is Jon's birthday so I went to Mid Valley to meet up with him to treat him his Chilies BUT it was full so we put our name down and went to The Borders at Garden to hang out.

45 minutes later, we went back to Chilies and the guy told us to wait for another 45 minutes!! I was pissed.

We end up eating at T.G.I.F (at The Gardens) and the food S.U.C.K!! I ordered the Southwest Mac & Cheese and it was so dry and just so sucky and yucky and every vocabulary that means disgusting. It was supposed to be (quote from their menu) A juicy fire-grilled chicken breast served with our creamy Monterey Jack jalapeno macaroni and cheese, then finished with shredded Parmesan cheese and diced red peppers.



It was neither juicy or creamy and it was so disappointing. Oh ya, and the portion was TINY!! So second-rated and so sub-standard. Tsk tsk tsk.

Jon had Sizzling Chicken Fajitas which he said was not as good as Chilies.


The only thing that made it OK in the end was the Brownie Obsession.


After that meal, we spent a lot of time looking at body gel LOL!! I use soap and I don't pamper myself with all the confusing body shower stuff (typing this reminds me of Hannah Montana's dad's obsession for hair stuff) but since Jon was on his search for his body gel, I decided to look around and I finally decided to try

Palmolive Thermal Spa Massage Shower Gel

Well, I googled about it and got a review that says:

"I took this lovely bottle home to try out what it was like. I squeezed a pea sized amount of product onto the palms on my hand and started rubbing it on my arms. Immediately my facial expression turned into a grimace....It's icky! It's slimey! It's gross! I do not know if you were the kind of child that used to collect frogs and play with them in the backyard. But this is what it feels like. A slimey frog.

I rubbed the product over my body a bit longer, hoping to get the exfoiliating effect that was promised by the bottle. I could barely feel the effect of the white clay. I do not know about you, but when I buy an exfoliating scrub, I expect to feel a certain kind of coarseness to the grains in the bottle. The kind of coarseness that makes you feel like you are removing dead skin cells of your body. The kind of coarseness that works so well that your body is a healthy rose colour when you leave the shower. None of these expectations were fulfilled here.

All that was left for me to do, is to try and remove the slimy feeling from my skin. I had to rinse quite thoroughly to do so.

After the shower I did not feel refreshed at all. My skin did not feel "soft, smooth and ful of vitality", contrary to what is promised on the back of the bottle. The gel did not make me feel clean and sparkly. I might as well not have used any shower gel at all. The only plus side I could possibly see is the smell of this product. If you do not like lingering shower gels, you will like this product. It hardly scents your skin at all and evaporates quite quickly.

I suppose the other plus side is that me and my partner have been sharing this gel for 2 weeks now, and we are not even halfway down the bottle. Whether this is because he is using something more pleasant (which I am doing) or whether it is really a longlasting product, is debattable.

Would I recommend it... hmmmmm...

... Bottle of slime, anyone?"

But I read another few reviews and most of them went like this:

This really is my favourite shower gel so I just had to review it.

There are two reasons I love this stuff....

Firstly the smell; it smells so fresh and clean and lingers on your skin all day you simply couldn't fail to like this smell. This is my main reason for liking it as after all we want to smell great when we emerge from the shower don't we?! I''ve even had people remark to me how nice I smell when I've used this!

Secondly the fact that it is exfoliating. I like all things exfoliating and this is one of the best. It contains bits of pumice, just tiny bits and just enough to mean that you can use this shower gel daily (unlike some more abrasive exfoliators which you would normally only use once or twice a week). It really makes my skin feel smoother and softer.

It also contains white clay which is meant to be good for cleansing your skin.

At around £1.50 or so (often less when special offers are on - Tesco are currently selling it for £1!!) I think it's more than worth the cost. In fact personally I would be willing to pay more for this product.......when compared with the price of some 'Sanctuary Spa' products from Boots this is an absolute bargain.


Totally different. Hmm, let me try and I'll see how does it feels. I hope it's not like what the 1st review said--slimey like a frog. Yuck!!


PS: Got all the pictures from google

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Marche with Tham

So met up Tham at The Curve (which I seldom go) and we walked around while chatting (more chatting than walking) and we stopped at The Borders for more chatting (seriously we talked a lot!!) and we headed to Marche for lunch =)



Marche means market place so the concept was somewhat like buffet with food stalls all over except you pay for what you order instead of paying a sum for all-you-can-eat. Anyway, when you enter, they give you a Marche passport which looks like this.


So you walk around and order what you want and you let them stamp the passport.
The stalls look like this.


I walked around and like usual couldn't decide on what to eat because I feel like eating everything they can offer and the environment was so buffet like (if I didn't stop myself, I might have my passport stamped full and have no "ka-ching" to pay!!) so I ended up trying the Swiss Rosti which looks like this.

We continued talking for the next 5 hours with some deserts which was not that good in my opinion and after paying, walked around the flee market while still talking. Something which got to do with "hot" and "young enterprise program" made me laughed and since I promised never to reveal it anywhere, shall leave it hanging like this.

We continued talking at

and headed home by 5ish because she had to fetch her brother from school. I guess if she did not have that responsibility, we might be still talking until now. Yup, when it comes to Tham, we practically spend our entire respiration process talking LOL!!

Tomorrow, going for Chilies with Jon and might catch Despicable Me!! Yeah!!

Oh by the way, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JON tomorrow hehe!!!

Passed by Bubba Gump and felt like watching Forest Gump so I'll stop blogging and watch it now hehe =)

PS: Got all the pictures from google

Friday, August 6, 2010

Self Initiative

Remember I complained about work being boring and all. Well, now it's so busy that I don't have time to think about it. Dang, I don't even have time to drink my water or even go to the toilet because all the documents were urgent and needed to be done by today. My bladder nearly burst!! Well, at least I'm done and now I can truly relax =)

Anyway, my point with self initiative is whatever you feel can be changed. It's all about whether you want to take the initiative to change it. Don't give me the crap that it can't be changed or anything that goes with that line. When I thought sign language class was bored, I took the first step to make it interesting by always volunteering myself to be the first to step out and sign to the class. Now since work is boring, I shall change it to make it interesting.

To you out there, go ahead and have courage to change things to suit your way. Good luck =)

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Went back Uni on Thursday and met up with Jon and Yue Kin. Funny people but I had fun.

Going to Marche with Tham tomorrow and Chilies with Jon on Sunday. Whee..FOOD!!!



PS: I was so busy that I really did forgot to call uni to confirm my attendance for the convocation LOL!!

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Totally into this song for the past month but I hate the yellow colour sentence.

Picture perfect memories scattered all around the floor
Reachin' for the phone 'cause I can't fight it anymore
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind
For me it happens all the time

It's a quarter after one, I'm all alone and I need you now
Said I wouldn't call but I lost all control and I need you now
And I don't know how I can do without
I just need you now

Another shot of whiskey can't stop looking at the door
Wishing you'd come sweeping in the way you did before
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind
For me it happens all the time

It's a quarter after one, I'm a little drunk and I need you now
Said I wouldn't call but I lost all control and I need you now
And I don't know how I can do without
I just need you now

woah woaaah.
Guess I'd rather hurt than feel nothin' at all
It's a quarter after one I'm all alone and I need you now
And I said I wouldn't call but I'm a little drunk and I need you now
And I don't know how I can do without
I just need you now
I just need you now
Ooo, baby, I need you now

Lady Antebellum - Need You Now Lyrics

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Sorcerer's Apprentice

Yesterday, after a long dreadful day at work mom and I went to KLCC and we watched The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Honestly, this movie was predictable but entertaining. It has it's moments and it's kinda funny at some point but (yup, there's always a but) the main actor's voice (Dave acted by Jay Baruchel) was a little annoying. At first listening to him speaking through his nose was funny but eventually I felt like shaking him and asking him to speak through his mouth. By the way, the voice reminds me of the guy (Harry Solomon) who acted in 3rd Rock From The Sun.
The younger Dave who I thought was Jake Cherry (the little boy from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) was cute and funny and the part where he drew King Kong was so cool!!

Anyway, I'll give this movie a 6 or 6.5 out of 10 (and I'll give Inception 8 or 9!!).

Before I bought the ticket, I went to Kinokuniya to wait for mom and I found 2 Karen Ross's books. I read one of her books from the library (Count to Ten) and I loved it so I thought why not look out for her books and I found 2 of hers which cost RM29.50 only!! So I bought it and now, I have 3 new books waiting for me at home. Wipee!!

This books is about a guy who is searching for his lost his sister and now his stepsister is lost too. A dectective saw a picture of a girl getting raped taken by his brother and later it revealed that the girl in the picture is the guy's sister and so they went on a journey to search for his stepsister.

Interesting? Let me find out and I'll tell you =)

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

updates

Went and watched Inception again on Sunday and I didn't really enjoy it. Reason being
1. Atmosphere of the cinema was bad as there were kids shouting , standing up and counting those who were watching the movie
2. I was tired
3. It was my second time watching it and the plot was still fresh in my mind

Anyway, I've come to a decision of
never watch the same movie twice in a cinema within the same month

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Graduation Day for my batch and other batches from other courses falls on 21.08.2010 and I don't feel like going but my dad told me "if I can't go for your graduation at University of XX, at least I can attend this" thus making me feel bad since I don't plan to go. Anyway, I got to reply to IMU before 6.08.2010 to confirm my attendance. ARGH!!

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I think I'm depressed working here. Got my salary yesterday and it was only for the 1st 11 days. So demotivating to see the amount on the pay cheque. Anyway, I'm saying that I'm feeling a little down working here because weeks ago when I climb the stairs, I'm filled with energy but recently when I climb the stairs I feel so weak and so lazy and I just felt like sitting at the stairway and not go back into the office. I wonder if I can last till end of October.

I've come to realise that working actually sucks the energy out of me big time. Not to brag but I usually can sit in the library for 10 or more hours and not feel tired even with just barely 4 to 5 hours sleep daily. But now waking up is so difficult and by 10pm or 11pm, I'll feel so dead tired that I just want to close my eyes and doze away irregardless of where I am. I really hate working here.

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Yesterday when I was telling my mom how people in the 9th floor have been calling me the "D" word I hate the most (for now), she asked me if it's because of the staff that wanted to introduce her nephew to me (no by the way) and guess what did she say next.
"Oh he's a neorologist or neurosurgeon right? How old is he again? Oh, not too bad what. If ngam then go for it lar."

We were in the car and I was sitting behind her with O.O"' face.
Mothers.