Food Porn

Discovered that I took a lot of photos of food and I've done nothing to it. So I might as well just make this post a little edible :D
My apologies for those who are reading these in the middle of the night. hehe.

Daorae's free flow of Kimchi
No doubt that most Kpop fans have already been here. Best and most authentic Korean cuisine you can find in Penang. Although I haven't been chasing Kpop lately, but I do love Korean the food. :D

Brew Thirty Two House Coffee's Carbonara

I have been having a lot of Carbonaras before I finished my A-levels. Especially when I'm under stress and when I "needed" something unhealthy to eat. Yeah, sad to say, I crave for a lot of junk food when under a lot of stress. 

Ben's MACADAMIA CHEESECAKE SUNDAE

THIS THIS THIS IS SINFUL.(which also explains all the capital lettering)  and it's always out of stock. There were a few times I went there just to have this and they ran out of stock. This is a must try. 

Gusto Cafe's some bacon burger. Sorry I can't remember the name

another constant craving while I was having exams. There are a few burger joints nearby my college and we would always drop by to have burgers for lunch. Made me real fat though. I wasn't a big fan of burger until end of last year when I tried a burger at Ric's. 

Some chicken pie at AHMO,(Burma Square)

This, was a little bit disappointing though. But the pastry is really good I must say.

STARBUCKS' MOCHA

Need I say more? I'm cutting down on Starbucks already since it's kind of expensive and also quite fattening. :( sad

Coffee Elements' Affogato
Taking me back to my studying days. I used to go to Coffee Elements to study together with my other college mates.See all the stationery around? hehe. Also a good studying environment  Kinda miss it now. This is the only coffee (not really sure if this is classified as a beverage) that could keep me awake.


Not a lot of words written for today. No inspiration for me to write long long paragraphs today. :(

The Big Bad Wolf Sale.

This post is for all of you bookworms. Tee hee. 

Got these awesome books from the Big Bad Wolf Sale at Penang Times Square a month back. I think it was during my semester break if I'm not mistaken. Books there were like super super cheap. Surprisingly the best sellers majority of the good books costed me like rm 8. The best part is, I got my 1Malaysia book vouchers like I got from last year. So I bought all these plus a few other cookbooks for my sister using the voucher worth rm 100 and ended up paying the balance in cash that costed me rm 4. I literally picked out like a mad person at the sale. Getting dilemmas on which book to buy cause' there were really a lot of good books to choose from. I went to Popular the week after and discovered that some of the same books I bought actually costed like rm38 there. I was like: wow this sale rocks .

A-levels over and I finally have that freedom to start reading good books like the olden days again. These books were just sitting in that drawer untouched while I'm going through exams.Currently reading Jodi Picoult's The Pact. I know she wrote a lot of good books and ended up as best sellers but I never really read any of them in the past cause I watched My Sister's Keeper which made me little depressed. But neh, thought maybe I'd go for something different for a change. 

I am a super super huge fan of Sophie Kinsella though. I read a lot of her books. I haven't read Wedding Night though. My sister has it. I think it'll take a while since I have a huge pile here to be finished reading. 

A-Levels - DONE.

Hey everybodeh. A-LEVELS ARE FINALLY OVER FOR ME!

yes I have to admit I am super relieved! The past 6 months was hell for me. The outbreaks on my face, my constant cravings for food and most of all, the stress. 

ALL.OVER. Except for the food cravings of course. hehe. Which reminds me due to the past 6 months of non stop eating due to the stress I've put on some weight already. Getting fat. REAL FAT.

So I spend the last day of my A-levels going to Butterworth for some the famous Tom Yam for the very first time along with my other college mates, 

Joo Heng Tom Yam, Raja Uda

NomNomNom.

The best part is, you could pick out your own ingredients, for a really cheap price as well. *Thumbs Up* 

Went over to Gathers Cafe, also along Raja Uda to chill and have desert, its just not all the time that I always happen to have room for desert.

Beary Rum Espresso.

 Such cuteness! It's just too cute to not eat it. GAH.

My Mocha.


HOWEVER,
this little incident happened to us on that night, 8 of us were talking and laughing away for almost 2 hours already. And all of the sudden, the boss came and told us and not to mention in a very rude way, saying that if we continue to make a lot of noise he would ask us to pay the bill and get us to leave. like DUDE, WHAT THE HELL.
It is certainly unnecessary to talk to us so rudely like that, if you were to tell us nicely and politely we would have understood that. BUT NO!
Clearly this isn't like a cafe. It's more like a library instead.
And also, what kind of cafe doesn't allow customers to make a little bit of noise. You know when the louder your cafe is the more business you'll get.

Their Facebook page even made a status update about saying how noisy we were. Like please. It's like a teenager backstabbing about others on the internet. Just pure childishness.

We're not the only ones. Based on a little bit of research there were also complaints from other customers.

Sure, your coffee art is adorable but based on the boss' behavior like that there won't be a second time setting foot onto that cafe for me.

Some of the rules here are just, weird. 

Okay I'm done with my rant. 

To all those still taking A level exams around the world I wish you all the best of luck. 

2014 Awaits

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! 

Fireworks at Straits Quay's new year countdown. Sucky sucky picture. The whole place was packed with people that it took us such a long time to find a place to sit. But it was super super worth it after watching the fireworks. *thumbs up*

Let's see.. I think I should do a slight flashback on what happened during 2013. You know, just a little reminiscing on stuff that happened last year. ("last year " was only 2 days ago. :'(  )

1. I've started college

Took me quite a while to get myself accustomed the environment and also new people around me but it all got better at some point. Also gave me one hell of a time studying for A levels. Just a bit nervous for my upcoming AS results. 

2. I've got my very own car.

Super super grateful for having loving parents to buy one brand spanking new Myvi. It has served me well throughout these six months. Despite my horrible horrible driving at first. 

3. Dyed my hair.

Which was a whole new experience for me when I dyed the first time in end 2012. Ended up dying my hair 3 times all together throughout the year to settle my roots and the color fading problem. 

This color was by far the most satisfying for me. 

But why does it have to fadeeeeeee. Seriously someone should come up with a new hair dye that doesn't fade. like AT ALL.

4. Experienced my first car accident.

AccidentS, actually. In my college parking lot, the streets, along pavements, you name it. 

Majority of them are just minor ones like getting scratches on my car. 

5. I've attended my first prom. 

Very very new experience for me. HAHA! Since I went to an all girls chinese school back then and there's no such thing called PROM for us. 

6. Sang a duet 

during prom.

6. Went for a family portrait photo shoot with the Wongs.
As mentioned in the previous post.

2014 awaits.

Have a great year ahead guys.

2013.

It's new year's eve! Gives me that sad feeling that i have to accept that I'm getting older. :(

Time really does fly. Before you even know it, one year just passes by and snap, we start a whole new year in less than 24 hours. 

2013 was a good year I have to admit that. I went up to college, I've met new friends, like A LOT A LOT of new friends, learned a whole lot of new stuff. 2013 really did change my life. Meanwhile 2014 awaits us. 

We call this the last gathering of the year for us. HAHA! it wasn't much, Li Chin and Ree Wen came over to my place to lepak and camwhore together hahah!

Christmas Potluck with coursemates at my house. Gift exchanging was so so fun. 

I think everyone was satisfied with their gift. HAHA!

Unfortunately I don't have a lot of photos with me that night. But do check out Chia Lynn's blog for more pictures from that night. 

The girls came over in the afternoon to do some baking.. and also to help me out.  Cupcakes above are done by our pro chef Chian Chyi. Oreos just rock. I've gotta learn how to bake some time. It's the cleaning up that makes me lazy, therefore making me not wanting to anything to complex in the kitchen.



Wishing all of you out there a happy 2014. Very satisfied with my last few days of the year.
So long 2013. You'll definitely  be missed.
HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Wong Family

nahh, I'm not writing a primary school kind of essay HAHA!
The reason I'm such a little girl for such a title for today's post is because my Dad's side of the family finally came to a decision to go for one proper family photo shoot in a proper studio. Yes, for ages my Dad begged them to stop using our "skills" to take family photos.


Then finally since it's my grandparent's 50th GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY my aunties and my dad decided we go for a photo shoot as a gift for my grandparents' anniversary.

Thats me, sis, mom and dad. 

I think I mentioned some time ago that my grandma from my mother's side used to sew kebayas during the olden days. She told us she wanted to sew kebayas for every woman in the family including her grandchildren. Since we're up for a photo shoot my mom asked us to dress in our kebayas for a picture. 

So yeah, I look a little bit awkward here. I'm not the kind of person who poses for photos a lot. Selfies doesn't count though. I feel the awkwardness when someone takes photos of me sometimes, its like so hard to pose without looking like such a dork. lol.

Christmas

I didn't really have the exciting Christmas Spirit I used to have like back then. I came down with with a cough and flu and all I could do to recover was to stay in bed all day. Spent most of my afternoons catching up on How I Met Your Mother which FINALLY, I managed to finish season 1 to 8! I wouldn't call that an accomplishment HAHA!

So yeah, CHRISTMAS! It's a family tradition to celebrate Christmas every year with my mother's side of the family. Where I get to mix with my cousins all around my age. I never really celebrated Christmas with my dad's side of the family because,... actually I don't really know why. It's just that it's not that often we go down to KL for the year end holidays. 

This year was a bit special for all of us. My grandma finally moved into a new home. After 2 years of paper work and construction and renovation she finally moved in. So this year it is like a house warming / Christmas sort of party at her place

Baby Aby with an iPhone 5. The newer generation these days, *sigh*

Charlotte

with the PS3 controller.

Christopher

Sam

Emily

Grandma's house is a gated area and apparently it has a clubhouse nearby!
So yeah, walked there together with the kids and my aunties,

PHOTOBOMB LEVEL: ASIAN

Believe it or not, Charlotte and Abby are actually sisters. 

Retard level just overloaded. 

This just came in unexpectedly. Dad got me these for Christmas. Thanks dad, really appreciate it. haha

that's it for Christmas day. HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE