Busy bee

I've been traveling quite a bit during the past few weeks. First it was a day trip to Malacca with Joyce, then to Redang with friends and then to Bangkok with my cousin. As my mum nicely sums it up, she says I'm a person with eight feet. But all the trips have been fun and tiring at the same time.

Malacca Trip

This is the first time I've been to Malacca in the last 10 years or more. The place has really changed since the last time I went there when I was a kid. Many tall buildings and malls have been built but at the same time, much of the historical tourist attraction still remains. We met up with XX and went taking pictures around the city. Joyce even brought her big ass professional camera for the occasion. The best part of Malacca has to be the FOOD!!! We had cendol and satay celup (TWICE! If Oscar is reading this I know he's gonna be so jealous)

A Famosa


Our hungry looks

Yummy cendol

The anticipation. Your mama lah!

This is how you eat satay celup

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Redang Trip

The bus ride was sooooooooooooooooooo long!!!!! It took us 8 hours of torture to arrive there and I couldn't sleep much in the bus because it was so cold and uncomfortable. Upon checking into our hotel and after a couple hours of rest, we went snorkeling. At night we went to look for blue sand. Redang looks the same but at the same time different from the last time I was there which was about 2 and a half years ago. It's much dirtier and they have clubs now. This is my first time going clubbing in shorts and slippers without any care in the world. Being able to do that was fun and hilarious at the same time. It was an outdoor club and the music was good until they started with their Chinese la-la songs (lei lou tau sok K??OMG!) . We went snorkeling twice the following day and at night the gang buried me in sand! EWWWWW!!!! Pauling and I got sick the last night there so it was quite sucky. We went to the city of Terengganu to wait for our bus back so we walked around Chinatown. I was surprised there was a Chinatown and Chinese people living in Terengganu. Call me shallow but it's true! Overall it was a fun trip just being there with my friends and we manage to cam whore quite a lot. Here are some pictures from the not so beautiful Redang.

On the way there!!!

Group pic!
Out to sea

Our tour guide to the sea Xiao Hei
Sudah mabuk?

This is the life...

The gang: "Let's make SY pretty!!" (WTF!)

F4 with the beautiful scenery

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Thailand Trip

After months of 'planning' and anticipation, our Thailand trip was finally here. It was my chance to travel with my cousin Mik Yin and also meet my best friend Nuk during my AFS student exchange program in Japan. This reunion was sweet because we haven't met in almost 4 years. She's still as sweet and cute as before (only much too thin) and we stayed with her for two nights while she showed us around Bangkok. I met up with my friend Ike after that and we stayed with him for the remaining time. He also took us to see the ancient city Ayutthaya. It was a fun and tiring trip. I manage to shop a lot as well as eat a lot of spicy food and visit beautiful temples, all in the short span of 4 days. I also met up with some of my friends I got to know in US and overall it was a memorable trip. Here are some pictures from our trip to Bangkok. Sawadeeka!

The floating market

Me and Nuk! Zutto tomodachi! (Forever friends)


Nuk and Mik Yin posing at the Emerald Buddha Temple

At the temple


Ultra spicy Tom Yum Kung

Leaning Buddha


A temple at the ancient city

P (Big brother) Ike and I

Another flaming hot soup

Shoppaholic anonymous: Mik Yin and I at one of our many shopping expeditions

Shh!!! Don't tell our mummies

Going home broke but happy

There's no place like home

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Next stop....Ipoh and Penang! Wohoo!!!

Losing

I'm losing it.
Or maybe I've lost it.

What's your Japanese subculture?

You Are a Kogyaru!

If it's cute, you'll wear it. Fake and bake, hair bleach, and bright makeup line your bathroom cabinet. As for clothes - anything that's short and cute ("kawaii!"). You are the prize object of all sorts of men - but you are really looking for a rich foreign guy. He'll find you out hanging out in Shibuya shopping at the 109, text messaging and sending photos over your cellphone.

Those who know me know that I'm a die hard fan of Japanese culture and lifestyle and that I have lived in Tokyo for a year.Out of curiosity, I took this test and the results say that I'm a Kogyaru (gyaru for short). To me this is an insult and definitely NOT true because for one, I dislike gyaru fashion and just because I enjoy hanging out in Shibuya, wearing schoolgirl outfits (not anymore) and would love to go to Hawaii,that doesn't make me a gyaru!F urthermore look what they label gyaru as! It's also insulting because in my opinion, gyaru is similar to La-la in KL!So below are reasons and pictures of why I'm anti-gyaru!

Reasons why I'm not a gyaru

• I don't wear Hawaiian prints
• I don't deliberately date rich foreign guys
  
• I don't wear white make up
  
• I don't have fake curly blond hair
• I don't have a fake tan (mine is the real thing, sunburn and all)
• I don't speak in a high accented Japanese tone
• I don't use pink Dior bags

Picture taken a few years back in Japan (NOT gyaru)

Still not gyaru. Perhaps Pau Pau should take the test and see...there is potential *winks*.

Oh, I finally got my visa to Japan last week.In another couple of weeks I will be back to the land of the rising sun.BANZAI!

End of the road

Episode 3: G's Bday and Zouk

Our 3^rd night has finally come and gone. And man was it a tiring 3 nights. I finally realized that I’m really too old for hard core clubbing anymore. It’s fun the first night and maybe even the second, but hit the third and you seriously question your age and what you would trade to spend a quiet day home or chilling out than out braving the endless stream of rejecting ugly desperate people, taking care of drunk friends, making sure people get home safely and avoiding the cops.

G's bday was nice even though it was rushed. All of us felt bad to leave so early especially since we are pretty close friends. But I'm sure Jon will make it up to u G! Enjoy being 21 after you get back to the States ok. Come to Maryland sometime or I will drop by your place and we can tani! We rushed back to Jon's house to change and get ready after G's bday for Zouk and boy was it hectic! Estrogen overload.

Word up, Ling and Pauline came out with us to Zouk and we had a great time cam whoring, drinking and dancing! Can’t believe we took THAT many pictures! At 1am, both of them had to leave. I wanted to leave with them but Datin Seri Paduka insisted I stay because she was drunk and wasn’t sure if she could drive (I know that was just a lame excuse to get me to stay Jas!) so I got my bag and turn to watch Jon and the rest of them leave to the comfort of their beds. The night passed slowly after they left because I just sat in Zouk waiting for everyone to finish clubbing and since I still wasn’t feeling well and wanted to take care of others, I was trying my best to avoid alcohol. Jas came into Zouk drunk and wild again. Keeping up with her was a wild goose chase and it was fun to see how hyper and animated she gets when she’s drunk! When it was time to leave, there were road blocks all around so we ended up in Jln. Alor indulging on some midnight snacks along with Mike, Sue Ann and Serena. And all the while, Jas was driving. I salute you Datin! This one is a tanker people!

On the way home, we thought we were being followed by strangers because they drove very near us so Jas sped through the roads but we were still closely tailgated. We started to get nervous because of the bad safety conditions in KL and we couldn’t see the number plate or driver of the car so I was asking Jas to speed home or to the nearest police station. Turns out it was Mike STALKING us!!!!! Haha. Thanks a lot bro! There’s the conclusion to another fun filled night. Here are some pictures taken that night. If picture can speak a thousand words, foreign languages will be needed for the amount of cam whoring we do!

The original pimp daddy

Happy 21st!

A retard, a poser and a drunk

Poser giler babiz

'Chicks' with bodyguard

After a long night of partying

Middle of Nowhere

Episode 2: Cynna Bar
I decided to head down to Cynna bar with Mich and gang although I was still feeling a little sick from the night before due to the over consumption of alcohol and lack of exercise (dancing). Lee’s friends and an old clubbing kaki Rustam came along too. I made Michelle promise to not make me drink this time and she did keep to her promise (except for that one glass she made me down at the end of the night). Although the music was not my type, it was still considerably a decent night. We had to leave around 2 because there was a rumor about a raid so Jon, Jas, Po and I went to Jln Alor for supper and when we went back to the place so that Jon can get his car (he finally sobered up and was almost falling asleep on the table during supper), there wasn’t any raid! So much to the end of another night….

Glamourous pictures from the night!!!

The beginning of a triology

Episode 1: Laundry and Maison
The first part of our 3 day clubbing began in Maison. Although I like the interior and design of the place, the crowd and smoke was too much for me. We couldn't dance and I spent half the night drinking in a little hole at the corner of the room. Naturally I got wasted that night and was throwing up in the bathroom. Jon told me I kept going to the guys bathroom because I didn't know there was any difference (it was separated by a screen) but that was the only wild thing I did that night. My lovely friend cum second wife Jas is back and wild wild wild!Party party party babe!!!! Apart from being drunk, the night would have ended even better if it wasn't for some drama show some people were putting on. All the screaming, crying and stupid shit people do for love or attention We also went to Laundry the night before so I will post the photos from that too! But thanks to Jas, Jon, Mich, Lee, Sim, Mike, Whey Lu and the rest for making such a great time possible! I love you guys! No drama next time k!

Laundry

Top: Me and Lee
Bottom: Jon, Sim, Jas

Michelle syiok sendiri

Maison