Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Unexpected..

Was nt feeling a tad bit nervous with rgds to this round of exam results...nt cuz I was feeling confident, quite e contrary , actually..more cuz I noe tt e results will nt affect my class of hons...
So no expectations or anything...
Tis morn, went out for a short, brisk run at 5am, bathed n went back to sleep...woke up at near 11, smsed Soph wad time e results were supposed to be out..
Then dragged myself out of bed, sat in front if my lappie n prepared for e worst..
Bt it's jus so ironical...e veri time I'm nt nervous or harbouring expectations of any sort...
I achieved e best results in my NUS life...
Bt shit la...it's still nt enuff to pull me up to second upper, if onli I din ged such sucky grades last sem..
Bt haha, I'm still happy!
Gd Luck to all my history pals!

Sunday, May 29, 2005

KL Trip Jan 2004!

Haha...I was arranging e pics in my pic folder when I came across this folder KL Trip 2004...
I had almost forgotten these pics we took with Ric's cam fone when we went to KL last Jan...
So jus for memory's sake...I'll post a few pics for fun...

On e way to KL!
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Blowing bubbles back when I was young n silly...one even blew up in my face n made a good gooey mess, thank gawd, I've since grown up...hahaha
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5 star hotel, Hotel Istana's reallie luxurious n spacious..
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I hv no idea wad I was dg stashed in e wardrobe..
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Our hotel window's view rocks too! Can't rem which floor we stayed on bt shud be pretty high, frm e looks of it..
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Me at brekkie, their brekkie's awesome!
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But conclusion is KL trip 2005 was more fun filled than 2004, hahaha...

KL Trip 2005...

Came back frm KL yest, reached hm at ard 7pm..
Totally exhausted...guess it's cuz we had less than 8 hrs of sleep in 2 days...
Din waste a single min of our time...
Reached our hotel rm onli at 4 plus am for both nites n gt up at 8 plus am for brekkie n off we went....
Though super tiring, it was reallie fun n Wen's a great travelling companion!
A bit of hitches here n there but well, pple learn frm experience..I guess n frm unpleasant situations as well..

Here we r on e bus! All ready to set off, foto galore again!
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We were afraid tt we'll starve to death on e 4 hr plus bus journey, hahaha..
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Reached e bus interchange n gt ushered to this cab by this enthu cabbie, we were wary at first n asked whether he goes by e meter bt he jus gushed on n on abt hw he was charging by e old rate which was cheaper than e new rate, blah blah blah so being a bit stumped by e long journey, we jus gt into e cab..
He gushed on in English abt nonsensical stuff n kept saying tt our hotel was too ex n wanted to intro us to this other hotel which was this super run down, disgusting building in glaring orange..
The journey took less than 10 mins n when he asked for RM 20, we realised tt this piece of subhuman shit had cheated us BIG time cuz had we been in Spore, the same distance wud hv cost us less than 4 bucks...bt oh well, I was reallie pissed off, e amt was inconsequential, it was jus e entire integrity of it...

So we gt to our hotel, reallie cool, sleek n sophisticated interior...
Here,s our hotel rm, gt the best interior design for hotel rms..
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The view frm our hotel window...the view was quite nice...we stayed on e 16th floor so had quite a gd view of KL, haha, better than our BKK hotel rm tt time since we were onli on e 7th floor..

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So we went to Sungei Wang, this shopping mall which I din reallie like cuz it had lotsa ah lian shops.....selling reallie ugly stuff, as i told wen, it was quite a visual assault..
Bought a bit of stuff, a pair of sharp pointed black working heels frm Vincci which was gg at 20 % discount..
Nice?
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Felt quite weary whilst I was shopping, perhaps it was e long bus journey n oco cuz my kneecap's swollen n my ankles hurt, think cuz of e runs, perhaps...which is weird since I din overexert myself at all...
Anyway, we finally decide to go back to our hotel n we had tea break at this stretch of coffeeshops outside our hotel..
Our hotel's location reallie quite cool, it's in this backalley kinda place n has a reallie happening feel to it..a more localized kinda feeling, with stalls selling Ramly burgers, little Hong Kong dessert shops n of cuz the Indian prata shops..
Had Iced Teh Tarik at the shop n i've nvr tasted such great teh tarik!
It's a totally diff taste frm e ones in Sgp! Returned to e shop on e last morn in KL but too bad e shop was closed...
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The nite view frm our hotel's window rm rocks!
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So rested for a while...flipped thr KL lifestyle n took notes of all e nitespots n clubs..
Flopped on my comfy bed!
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After taking down notes, it was splashing time in e bathrm....
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N dolling up....here's Wen preening in front of e mirror, getting ready for clubbing nite!
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All ready! Still inside e hotel rm..
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Out on e streets..
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Took a few pics here n there , KL's reallie quite happening at nite...
We went to this CLUB UNO first which supposedly had free margaritas n housepour for ladies on Thurs nite but gawd, the place was totally deserted but they were quite frenly n immed poured wad was supposed to be Long Island tea for us n in we went, sipping our diluted alcoholic drinks...

It was too quiet for our liking n we gt up to left, e bartender called us back n offered us 2 larger glasses of more concentrated Long Island Tea which tasted like soap solution, we accepted one glass, shared it btw us, gulped it down n left on our pub hopping quest..

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Went to Beach Club which Wen had heard frm a fren was rather gd n well, e place was overflooded..
We went inside n walked one round n everybody was jus either drinking or groping each other...
plus it was filled with prostitutes, e guys were all eyeing us, evidently thinking we were some kinda prostitutes too..
Ucks!
Totally boring n sleazy so we left n headed for our ultimate destination..ZOUK!

Asked quite a few passerbys including one totally cool couple..
The guy is totally gorgeous, those kinda, sophisticated successful executive look n he had a stunning gf by his side too...
Picture perfect couple!
Shud hv asked them whether I cud take a pic of them, hee hee..
Took a few random pics on e way to Zouk..

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After much walking, we finally reached our destination...ZOUK!
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In we went n it was pretty quiet at first though all e tables were reserved...perhaps cuz we were relatively early, we reached ZOUK at ard 10 plus..
So ordered a jug of Long Island Tea....this tasted much better, of cuz..played silly games, gt high n we started laughing hysterically...

No fotos allowed in ZOUK plus we deposited our bags so no pics..
Ard 12 plus, the place started getting crowded..
There was a kinda hip hop dance competition n after tt, it was R & B music but the KL clubbers were reallie tame compared to the Spore ones..
Platforms of varying hts were set up in e centre but all e pple were jus swaying their bodies along e side of e dance floor..

We were high oredi n impatient for some action so I pulled Wen over to the centre of e dance floor..haz, we were e first ones there then we climbed onto the highest platform n started dancing our booties away.....
So we were e pioneers!
It felt gd to be dancing all e way up there plus no stinking, groping guys were allowed up there so we were pretty safe though tis crazy ger danced with us n started groping a bit, jus hope she ain't a lesbian...

Wen ran into her sec sch fren, a fellow Sporean who came with his frens n they were celebrating his fren's bdae...
He treated us to lychee martini n a bottle of Heineken...
We made our way to e bdae boy's table n they offered Hennessey, beer n they ordered a round of Sex on e beach....which tasted totally peachy...
I think it's quite a BIG mistake to drink too much since there were onli us 2 single gers plus guys usually r jerks when gers r drunk...
n they were jus urging us to drink more n more...
N we were drinking on am empty stomach somemore...our last actual meal was the tuna roll we had on e bus at 12 pm n after tt we onli had fruits n drinks...
Guess drinking lotsa alcohol on an empty stomach is reallie potent..


Anyway, made our way back to e hotel rm at 4 plus am n concussed till 8 plus....gt up groggy n totally hung over frm last nite...

Pics of us at brekkie...
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I need my coffee..
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Zonked Out!
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The hotel's buffet brekkie, consisting of continental brekkie stuff n local faves ain't tt great...litle variety n din taste tt gd too...
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Gt on the KL monorail n LRT to head for our shopping destination...KLCC!

Us on e monorail!
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KLCC reallie rocks....awesome shops n the restaurants were all so tastefully decorated..

At Aunt Anne's
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I'm Rootbeer Bear!
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Their Rotiboy shop sells other stuff as well!
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What is it with women n shoe sales?
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Giorgio Armani... they had this reallie awesome set up to promote their newest fragrance.
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So we shopped but it was a difficult endeavour cuz we felt all e hangover symptoms n were totally dizzy..
Went to this fantastic perenakan restaurant for lunch, Mdm Kwan's, posh, cosy ambience...with absolutely scrummalicious food..

Mdm Kwan's!
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Wen n the menu
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Their food is reallie good!
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We had lunch at snail's pace....
with our heads spinning...n proceeded to make a list of e total amt of drinks we had last nite..
Each of us had....
1 small Long Island, half a bigger glass Long Island, half a jug of Long Island..
1 lychee martini, half a bottle of Heineken, 1 Henessey, 1 sex on e beach, Tiger beer....

Yeah, n vowed to ourselves nvr to drink tt much again...

After which, more shopping n we went to catch a movie, wanted Madagascar at first but the earlier shows were out n we cudn't make it for e 630 show since we were meeting Wen's sis for dinner ltr....so caught INFECTION instead, this totally stupid n senseless Japanese horror film..

Take my word for it, it's the absolute worst movie I've ever watched, though it was onli RM 10 but it was jus a total waste of time n money...
We ate such a lot....after e perenakan lunch, we had pretzels in e movies...then had cheesecake at Secret Recipe...
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din taste tt great anyway but it was cheap..onli RM 5.30
gif me IKEA cheesecake anyday!

Met her sis n bf..had dinner at Nando's, same as the restaurant the history peeps had, haha...i din realise it at tt time..
Ate flame grilled chicken, it was quite spicy since we chose e hot version...
After a full dinner, took a walk outside n took some pics of e twin towers....

It's so beautiful it looks surreal..
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Her sis brought us to this famed dessert shop which was reallie crowded...
Tried their famous dessert....peanut paste n well it's good but one gets reallie sick of e rich peanut taste after some time, felt like I was eating peanut butter so onli ate half of it...

The dessert shop
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Eating my dessert..
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The dessert shop's famous peanut paste!
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Wen n her sis, with mango n honeydew sago....
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After tt, her sis sent us back to our hotel...reached at 12 am n decided to go to the Red Box ktv jus beside our hotel....sang frm 12 plus till 4am...

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Still hangover....we need our beauty sleep!!!
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Their sound system ain't gd at all....plus their song selection was more tedious....n e 2 of us were so tired tt after a few hrs, we jus laid back n watched MTVS instead of singing...
On our way back to e hotel, we were stopped by 2 police in the policecar n felt tt they were trying to make trouble for us, actually...
Bt Wen managed to make some pleasantries....n we managed to make it safe back to our hotel...

Gt up at 8 am for our last brekkie n homebound!
That's e end of my KL trip.....funfilled but totally exhausting as well...