Goodbye 19 and Starts Another Decade of Life!

Turned 20 on the 2nd of December. Took nearly a month to organize all the pictures, finalizing my thesis and went through all the hard time while organizing my college campaign. So, in the midst of editing my thesis (again =.=), I take some time to update how I celebrated my 20th birthday in Centro, KL Sentral.

I like Centro, one of the reason being is they serve fantastic food from starter to dessert. Used to hang out there very frequent when Lisa and Sjakie were still in Malaysia. Now they are gone, both back to Germany and Netherlands and I didn't go there for quite a while until I decided to have my party there :)

The Bar inside Centro. Maybe it's a Monday, kinda quiet though, with only a few guests scattered around...

One of the starter ... Seafood coldplate that consists of scallop, shrimps, oyster and lettuce. Very nice presentation :)

Can't see what is this? Let me tell you!! It's my favourite in Centro - Cheese Nachos. Golden crispy nachos serve with extravagant cheese, sour cream, jalapeno and olives! A must-order food whenever I go Centro.

Main course ... (left) seafood pizza with mussels and shrimps and spaghetti aglio olio (right).

Pollo chicken pizza ... slices of chicken breast and pineapples as toppings on a thin crust pizza.

Spaghettie Vongole ... Spaghetti with clamssssss.... Goes perfectly well with chilli flakes and some peppers. My best loved pasta :)


Another main course that I haven't got the chance to take the food shot before being eaten is the grilled lamb :( what a waste...

My cocktail of the night ... no flaming Lamborghini for the birthday girl as she needed to go to college the next morning :) So I got myself a Blue Lagoon that night. I don't quite like the taste. Margharita and Gin Tonic taste much better...

Dessert!! A very unique dessert that I like the most - Sticky dates cake serves with vanilla ice-cream. Simply DeLiCious!!

Apple crumble with vanilla ice-cream ... I'm not a big fan of apple crumble as I don't quite like cinammon. But my friends like it, so... okay!!

Peach melba serve with vanilla and chocolate ice-cream ... I think I can make this simple dessert at home as well :P

All girls in the party (Jeff was forced to be the photographer, haha)... (from left) Lai Yee aka Thai Man, me, Corrine ah-so, Sistaa Regina, Julia Bao and Win Sien.

My best partners and friends in college ... me and the sweet funny couple (Win Sien and Jeff). We went through so much harsh time in completing our assignments and thesis...

Lai Yee aka Thai Man was very ... erm... "thick face"... Corrine and Win Sien didn't want to take picture with her (even the photographer, me also refused to count her in,haha)... tried so hard to make herself appear in the photo no matter how, wakakakkakaka....

Me and my present from Sistaa gang (Regina, Corrine, Lai Yee and Julia). BIG THANKS!!

Well, time flies, I guess this will be the last time I ever have a chance to have such party with my classmates because we are graduating soon , how sad... Everyone is flying to UK, except me ... haha... maybe I didn't make a birthday wish to fly to UK :)

Thanks for all the great memories we have!

Food for Affection and Passion!!

I think I am overload. I need some sweet stuffs to make my life seems better and to make this world a better one. But, too bad..it's 2.29 a.m. and I am still strugling in editing my thesis..gosh...
Thought of an interesting topic. Wanna introduce some food that will make you feel loved, and thus being passionate and affectionate!!


1. Ice - cream


I LOVE ice-cream. Chocolate, rum n' raisin, berries, mango, green tea...... ice cream makes the world so colourful and I think it is one of the greatest food in the world!! When you're depressed and no one is there for you, buy yourself a huge carton of ice-cream, eat it like that or mix it with nuts, raisin or even make it into milk shake. Upon finishing a large portion of the ice-cream you have, you'll feel better. Try it! Know what, even when I am sick, I will always hope that someone would buy me Baskin Robbins or Haagen Dazs, so that I can recover soon... haha...
And, don't you think having ice-cream with your loved one while cuddling together will be a very sweet and romantic act? Let the ice-cream melts in between your tongue and palate, and feel the pleasure...






Maui Chocolate Brownie (Favourite at Baskin Robbins) pairs with pineapple and banana, topped with juicy strawberries. What a combination made in heaven!!

Baskin Robbins again ... (left) green tea and (right) Maui Chocolate Brownie. There are sooooooooooooo many flavours in Baskin Robbins but my favourite are Love Portion # 31 (yummy yummy...), rum n' raisin and chocolate fudge. Other recommendation will be chocolate peanut butter and rasberry louise cheesecake :P

I love Haagen Dazs ice-cream as well, particularly their mango flavour, and Boysen Berries flavour for New Zealand Natural Ice-Cream!!

Hazelnut and green tea ice-cream with lotsa whipped cream at 1920 Cafe (if not mistaken) in Bandar Utama. I like Hazelnut but this ice-cream was just so-so.

One of the most "creative" hazelnut + green tea ice-cream that I have ever tried was the "Teppanyaki Ice-cream" serves in Latest Recipe at Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur. The green tea ice cream there is just so nice to be eaten with crushed hazelnut and almost 40 other condiments that you can choose to go with your ice-cream! (Have fun with your ice cream?!?)

And have you tried Saffron ice-cream? Yeah, saffron for ice-cream, NOT for cooking! It's a type of middle eastern (Turkish or Lebanese I guess) ice-cream in bright yellow and serve with sweet "Vizir Finger", whipped cream and strawberries :) Available in the Middle Eastern restaurant - Al-Nafourah in Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur as well.

2. Chocolate


Chocolate, or scientifically know as "Theobroma" was once the precious food served only to the aristocrats or even God. ("Theobroma" means food for the God). Chocolate, especially dark chocolate helps to prevent heart disease. And guess what, chocolate is recognized as food that helps to reduce stress and stimulates sex drive. Erm, believe it or not is very much depends on you. However, try putting a piece of nice chocolate and let it melts in your mouth and I guess you can pretty much feel the pleasure and sensation...



Chocolate brownie / cake / whatever-you-called-it in 1920 Cafe, Bandar Utama. A rather small piece, kinda cheap, but good enough to satisfy your desire for chocolate ;)


Waiting to try those hand-crafted precious chocolate in places like Theobroma Chocolate Lounge and Godiva :(


3. Wine / Liquor / Cocktail


I truly believe that alcohol makes the world a better place. Not asking you to be drunk all the time, but occasionally get the feeling of half drunken and you will feel so relaxed!! Get some gin tonic or pinot blanc with your loved one on a Saturday night, have some sweet talks... my, my... nothing can be more wonderful than that!

Cocktails that we ordered in Langkawi ... (Upper left) tequila sunrise in orange, mojito, some-sort-of-weird-no-name-melon cocktail, (lower left) cocoa de methe creme? (can't remember the name, sorry), malibu pineapple and bacardi limon with coke.

For me, any of these sweet food will be great, if I have it with the right person :) I think same goes to everyone!!

Craving for ... Authentic Chinese Food!

Have been a food maniac since I know how to appreciate food. I told him, we live to eat!! And of course, that is one of the principle that I uphold in my life :)

Been to Dragon-I in Bandar Utama for few times but this is the first time I write a review about their food because I have been craving for the soup dumpling for MONTHS!! Because of the "Recycle is a Need and a Deed" recycling campaign and my organizational communication thesis, I just don't have the time to satisfy my palate and my desire on the wonderful authentic Chinese food there.

This review serves to satisfy my current desire :( By looking at these pictures, I could somehow "taste" my favourite - soup dumpling.





Soup dumplinrg ... One of the most sellable items in the menu. RM 9 for a basket of four dumplings. Dip some vinegar and ginger before popping it into your mouth and let the warm chicken broth to linger with your tongue... Mmmmm (Eat the dumpling while it is still hot, they taste much better!!)

SzeChuan style Sour Ramen ... very nice presentation. Thick sour gravy with soft tauhu slices, pickles and prawns. Very strong taste of vinegar. I love noodles and find their ramen kinda interesting, though really have to pull and chew a lot!!

Ramen with stir fried chicken dices and fresh cucumber ... so-so, not quite the way I thought it is supposed to be. Esquire Kitchen has the same style of noodles which tastes much better...

Dessert ... Mango with pamelo on shaved ice. One of the best dessert that I have ever tasted :)

Basically Dragon-I serves a lot of authentic Chinese dishes, one of the best that I have tasted is the hot and spicy fried chicken (RM 18 if not mistaken, apologize as photo is not available), goes perfectly well with rounds and rounds of beers!



If you like food and reading some histories, Chinese food will be one of the best topic to be discussed. In China, almost each province will have certain "interesting" and attempting food. I think Chinese food will be one of the best metaphor in descrbing women - unique like Shanghainese food, normal but most satisfying like Hangzhou food or as hot and sexy like Chongching spicy steamboat... who knows... there is always a linkage between great food and sexuality... ha... not agree with that? Well at least I think so :)

Taggie Taggie

Went to check out Jym's blog at http://jym1017.pixnet.net/blog. He came to our college as special guest and helped to promote our recycling campaign.And guess what, I was emcee-ing with him..haha, what an honour!! He is just so sweet and nice.
Well, unlike others who acted in such a fake way. Ok, we know who we are talking here!!

Being tagged by Clarine. Interesting. Here we go!!

[01] Name: Joe, Yun Kuan, Chau
[02] Nickname: Quite a few like "nasi lemak 30 sen" / Bibik / ..........
[03] Married: Single
[04] Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
[05] Gender: Female
[06] Age: 20
[07] High School: SMK Kepong Baru
[08] College: Tunku Abdul Rahman College
[09] Height: 158cm
[10] Weight: 44 kg
[11] Do you like yourself: yeah I guess so... but sometimes I tend to hate myself :(
[12] Piercings: 2, at ears. Think that belly piercing is sooo cool but I am a coward, I dare not to..
[13] Right or left: Right
[14] Are you a freak: Freak? People freak me out and I am sorta freaking I guess..
[15] Hair: shoulder length, naturally brown and wavy
[16] Skin: terrible complexion
[17] Allergic: coffee, petai, medicine
[18] What are you doing now: This taggie thingy and chatting with friends through MSN
[19] What will you do 1 hour later: sleep of course! I haven't been getting enough sleep for doing my recycling campaign
[20] What will you do 10 years later: well, I wish I am travelling around with my yacht, somewhere at Caribbean or Bahamas...

FAMILY
[21] Live with mother/father/parents: Yuppie!
[22] Siblings (included you): Three
[23] Eldest: my brother
[24] Youngest: my younger brother
[25] Love/hate your family: Love
[26] You found your another half: I hope so..haha..
[27] If yes, who is he/she: Erm, do i deserve some privacy here? Please...
[28] If no, who you want he/she to be: anyone who loves me with his full heart, and the one who can tolerate with me all the time, treating me like a princess...
[29] Time(s) you in relationship: Once
[30] Ever woo boy/girl(0-100000): Guess so...
[31] Anyone woo you before(0-100000): erm... yeah, maybe
[32] Did anything wrong to your other half: Yes, for being so hot tempered
[33] What was/were the wrong you had done: Nothing that "wrong" that he could never forgive me, haha...
[34] Ever argue with your other half: Of course, I take it as a form of communication
[35] You with your other half since: Why? Do you wanna buy us an anniversary gift?
[36] Are you straight/lesbo: Straight of course!!
[37] Reasons you love your other half: Because he loves me
[38] You and your other half in which stage: Nah, do you think I am going to reveal this here? Don't be silly...
[39] You woo he/she or he/she woo you: Haha.. doesn't matter
[40] Ever think of marry he/she: I don't know, things and people change all the time. It's not up to me to plan now.

FRIENDS
[41] Your first best friend: Michelle Siang Yi
[42] Your first enemy:I have a lot of enemies, because people hate me, wakakaka
[43] The friend you love the most: I love all my besties!!
[44] The enemy you hate the most (1 only): I hate everyone of them! If not why do I see them as my enemies?
[45] Your most beautiful girl friend: Michelle Siang Yi
[46] Your most handsome guy friend: erm..... I wish Judd Law or Wentworth Miller is my best friend and they will be the most handsome one...
[47] The kind of girl you hate the most: hypocrite, who trys to act innocent all the time!!
[48] The kind of boy you hate the most: arggghh, arrogant I guess...
[49] You fall in love with your close friend before: Nope!
[50] Your best friend is your ex-lover: Nope!
[51] If your friend backstabs you: Try to figure out what is happening and avoid saying too much in front of him / her.
[52] If your friend betray you: I will hire a killer, haha, nay, I will hate him / her for the rest of my life.
[53] If your friend woo your lover: Dump him and curse her. Get a much better one instead!
[54] If your friend fall in love with you: Erm, I don't know what to do, depends on the situation i guess..
[55] If you fall in love with your best friend: Well, if I love him then I will .. go for him!!

STUDIES
[56] Are you a good student: Guess so...but I am definitely not a bad one!
[57] You always done your homeworks/assignments: YES!! SI!! JA!!
[58] The teacher/tutor you love the most: Don't think so...
[59] Always late to school/college: Sometimes :P
[60] Your class: Advanced Diploma In Mass Comm, PR, class B1, year 2008 /2009
[61] You love your seniors: Nope!!
[62] Senior who you love the most: erm... no no~~
[63] Your classmates good/bad: Good
[64] Excellent result classmate: Erm.. I think would be Devonn
[65] Laziest classmate: How am I suppose to know?

PEOPLE
[66] Smart people: Confident, know what to do and what to say at different moment..
[67] Stupid people: Act innocent, pretend to be sooooooo smart...
[68] Good looking people: Smart, confident, with great personality, like Angelina Jolie!!
[69] Ugly people: Follow the trend blindly and have a bad personality...
[70] Funny people: They make this world a better one!
[71] Cute people: Can be sweet but annoying =.=
[72] Bad people: bad has a wide definition though, sometimes bad in certain context can be intepreted as good as well.
[73] Honest people: it is so hard to find people like Washington now..haha
[74] Acting people: well, they have to act because they don't have it!
[75] You are what kind of people: Kinda bitchy, funny, with sense of humour (I guess), with good and bad personalities at the same time.

PREFER
[76] Lip or eyes: Eyes
[77] Hugs or kisses: I love being hugged and kissed on the forehead
[78] Shorter or taller: Taller of course!
[79] Hesitant or spontaneous: Spontaneous
[80] Nice stomach or nice arms: nice arms and shoulder
[81] Listener or talker: Be a talker when I don't feel like talking and be the listener when i have soooooo much to say..
[82] Romantic or rich: Rich. Does buying you a Harry Winston / Bvlgari a romantic act? That needs money though. So, you know what I am trying to say.

FUTURE
[84] Age to get marry: erm, have no idea...
[85] Numbers of kid(s): Don't quite like kids, hhhuuuuuuurrrrr...
[86] Career: Erm, soho who earns a lot? or maybe a corporate woman?
[87] Salary: as much as possible of course. I am greedy.Erm, at least enough for me to own a car, a beautify house, have some saving and for som einvestment and extra money to go shopping and travelling...
[88] Retirement age: too far for me........................................... Have no idea
[89] Properties value: Unestimated, haha
[90] Wishes: erm, being able to earn as much as i can, have a good job that offer me good rewards and future, being able to speak German and Spanish fluently, peace in every single corner of the world... and more wishes please.........................

Again, yet to know who should I tag so I will leave this part blank...

Being Tagged!!

Huh...while MSN Messenger is driving me mad for not allowing me to sign in, I went to take a look at my blog instead and surprisingly found that I was being tagged by Clarine in playing this game. Sorta interesting, so here I am to introduce the TOP 10 sexiest men (mainly celebrities). Check them out!!



1* Freddie Ljungberg - Talented Swedish football player (Not sure if he's still playing in the Arsenal). He has a series of Calvin Klein underwear advertisements which make me...arrrggghhh, feel like... hehe... seeeeeeeeexxxxxxxyyyyyy man!! In this list, he is the only one who is not really of the celebrities / actors categories, but since he appeared in CK advertisement, I'll count him in as model!! (cos I really love him!!)




2* Maksim Mrvica (pronounce as Mara-vitsa) - Croatian piano player. Look at the way he plays piano and you'll fall in love with him immediately. How I wish he is still single but too bad, he is a good man, got married few years back and has a daughter, LeeLoo at the moment :(

3* Urs Bühler - Tenor in Il Divo. He is a Swiss and has a talented voice. Go check out their beautful songs such as Heroe, Isabel, Por Que Tu Mi'mes Encore, I believe in You... (Like Maksim, he is a good man as well, got married...sigh)

4* Daniel Craig - The brand new James Bond. He has a lil' "bad guy" and cunning look. Well I guess to be Bond he has to know how to deceive and looks cunning so that the enemies do not know you too well...

5* Simon Webbe - One out of the four singers in pop group - Blue. He captures my attention the most as he has a sexy body and sexy voice if compared to others in the group...

6* Wentworth Miller - My.. My... look at his eyes! I think girls would love to spend some days in the prison just to meet him!!

7* Christian Bale - Appeared as Batman in The Dark Knight. Hmmm, didn't he look wonderful driving his batpod in his Batman suit? Well, I'd be thrilled if he can take me for a ride with his Lamborghini..

8* Orlando Bloom - Yeah, he is always being voted as the "sexiest man" by media and magazines... he deserves those titles!!



9* Judd Law - Hurrrr.... another sexy man that looks even greater even though reaches the stage of "middle-aged man"... I like how he presents himself in Dunhill advertisement and he is indeed the best spokesperson for that brand!

10* Chad Michael Murray - Fall in love with him while watching TV series - One Tree Hill. Got to know that he married Sophia Bush (Brooke in the series) but got divorced later. Didn't really get to know what he is up to recently. Back to Tommy Hilfiger for modelling? Who knows..haha..

Hmmm, I have yet to know who should I tag so I will leave this part blank :)

Women. Cosmetics. Lingerie.

Ok, congratulations to myself, because I am DAMN (x 1, 000, 000) broke now. Why? Because… it’s my fault, I know, I splurge on things I shouldn’t….

God, I found that my cosmetics – foundation, and MASCARA are finished when I need make up the most! Ok, I made my mind up and set a budget of RM 100 for getting myself a good foundation.

Went to Isetan to survey but I was stunned by all the prices that were actually MUCH over my budget. I would say, the ESTĒE LAUDER makeup artist, Peggy was TOO kind and good to me. She offered me a trial session, in order to get the perfect shade that suits my skin tone the most. Of course I accepted the offer. And after some consultation, she even gave me some samples to try, even though I haven’t make any purchase ;P

So, went to others counter, such as Lancôme and Laura Mercier, but they kinda didn’t really bother me (or didn’t offer good service as what I have got from EL). At the end, I went back to the EL counter.

Huh… splurge! OVer INDULGE! Or SPOILED BRAT! Call me whatever you want but I was thrilled because I get what I really wanted, but looking at the bill, my heart (as well as my wallet) is bleeding, kept bleeding…
(Bleeding Love for EL)





The ESTĒE LAUDER 2-way foundation and the casing... This foundation gives good coverage for my bad complexion :P

FREEBIES... The eye cream, the gel mask, those individual-packed lotion and something called "Idealist Pore Minimizer Serum"... I am a freebies sucker..hehe..

OK... These are what I've got from ESTĒE LAUDER... the foundation, the hydrating lotion(blue bottle, left) and all the freebies...

And I remember, someone once said that makeup is a must, is like wearing clothes. Clothes cover your body and makeup covers your skin. Well, it is not where you’ll have to apply a 3-inch thick foundation with purple-and-red eye shadow and eyeliner like Amy Winehouse (Sorry Amy, but your eyeliners are freaking me out!!) but rather makeup that gives you a clean and great complexion.

For me, makeup is not like wearing clothes but rather, I’d say, lingerie. Lingerie? YES! SI! JA!

Why? For me, wearing clothes is sorta too common in explaining the reasons women have a close and tangled relationship with cosmetics. Lingerie explains better…
There are so many types and “functions” for lingerie nowadays – you can go for something casual, sexy and seductive, pink, black, white, halter-neck, strapless or even “invisible”…

Pay a visit to shops such as La Senza, Women’s Secret, Xixili or whichever lingerie shops you prefer, you’ll be surprised where there’s much a woman needs to know in order to get the perfect lingerie for herself. There is much to be learned in picking the right lingerie, for the right occasion and for the right people… It’s just like choosing the perfect shade for foundation, or getting the most natural blusher… you got them wrong, you look terrible (even worse than Amy Winehouse…)!!

Wearing makeup boosts a woman’s confidence, so does wearing good and prefect lingerie (and that’s why we have pushups or maximizer now... haha, so that you look good in whatever you wear). Sometimes, women do not wish to be seen as wearing makeup, so they’ll opt for a nude and natural makeup – nothing too fancy, just to give herself a better and healthier complexion. This is where the T-shirt bra gives the best comfort…

However, in certain circumstances, makeup is being used to stand out herself – smoky eyes with fake eyelashes (preferably those fine ones from Shu Uemura). This is where the sexy lacy pushups or even “invisible” lingerie come in to boost your confidence and make you feel good even though when you’re half naked. Lingerie, of course a good one, is always a sexy killing tool in bedroom… I remember one of my favorite Hong Kong-based writers once said: “It will be a sad thing if the woman is standing in front of her man in her killing and seductive lingerie, but he has never get his eyes off the TV…” (Yeah… kinda sad and insulting where the TV shows can capture his attention more than you do, babes...)

I am not that into lingerie, comparing to makeup and perfumes. Rather, I kinda understand the effects of nice sexy lingerie, in enhancing your confidence, and of course the excitement and pleasure (ok, I am going a lil’ bit too far…). I have yet to splurge on them but I know many of them who do. Maybe in the future I will but currently I like Bikini still (even though I can only wear them during my vacation / at the beach…)

When can I have beautiful skin like Carolyn Murphy?? She's gorgeous and elegant isn't it?

Oh.... at the same time, present my new friend from Parfum, haha.. Incanto Heaven from my favourite brand - Salvatore Ferragamo! And the limited edition pouch!! haha...

Better in Time

Midnight with great songs from Leona Lewis and Na Ying. Past and history fill my mind at the moment. I think I ain’t supposed to think about all this, but “Better in Time” by Leona reminds me of everything in the past and you as well…

Feel like crying, I don’t know why. Probably I just need someone by my side and listen to my stories…


It’s been the longest winter without you
I didn’t know where to turn to
See somehow I can’t forget you...
When things went wrong, I knew it. Well it was not that long that I think it should be. At that time I think I have no clue on where to turn to but I’ll have to fix it myself. I did. Indeed, I did it successfully. Reason being I can’t forget you is because, you’re the one who taught me a lesson, a great lesson in telling me how man ought to behave.


Thought I couldn’t live without you
It’s gonna hurt when it heals to...
I never thought I couldn’t live without you. In fact, I do not live for anyone but myself. I was just, sad. Now the wound has healed. Do I feel anymore pain? No I don’t but I feel grateful because I learned a lot from you. People learn from lessons, don’t they?


It wasn’t all that easy to just put aside your feeling...
This is true, because in fact, I am a very sentimental person. I laugh, cry and shout all the time.


And live my life how it should be
No matter how hard it is I’ll be fine without you (Yes I will…)...
Yeah… I live my life on ways it should be, though it is miserable because of endless assignments sometimes, but I’m happy with my current life. My current life without you because I have everything I need now… I have everything I want.


Where are you now? Silly question I know. I have no idea where you are and how far we are away from each other but I can tell you that, you are pretty far away from my heart.
It’s all over, in fact, it has been over for such a long time….

For me, you are merely a good tutor. You are the past that should be forgotten. Memories of you will fade away… The day will come, very soon… Everything gets better in time.