New for Tiger Year

5 more days to Chinese New Year. To Tiger Year. Awesome. As a kid, i love CNY cz it's the time i will get to collect ang paus (those red packets with moo-lah in them :) ) and there will be traveling and new clothes and lots and lots and lots of goodies. And usually during this time, parents will try to refrain from scolding you (not auspicious rite to be angry angry during CNY) and thus, even if u r naughty, u can escape from scolding too. haha. Well, not because i was a naughty kid k. I'm just saying. :p

But now, even tho i had obviously grown past the kid phase no matter how much denial im living in (like knowing actually im still a child at heart..hehe) i am still excited whenever CNY is near. It's unexplainable. It's just like why im also excited when Christmas is near.

So, i decided to change my header and background to suit the CNY theme and to get all my readers into the mood too (hopefully). Besides, i revamped my blog a lil here and there. Which im sure u all will notice. I change from time to time so i suppose thats why i nd to revamp my blog a lil fr time to time too. I took out some ppl from my blog list not because we are no longer frenz but because some of them no longer blogs or had not been updating for more than a while now (like an entire yr?) so im jz updating it to be shorter and sweeter. And it's not like red is my fav color. Im just not the type of person who needs to have my fav color everywhere and everything. Preferably but not necessarily always. Colours are fun so its nice to have various colors in life.

As usual, there will be pics. I love pics. There's the meet up with some of the pageant girls, meet up with some of my overseas frenz from AMSC and EAMSC, camwhore pics etc. :p

@ Sushi Groove. I like the blurring effect of this pic. Nice.

Met JH and King from AMSC Tokyo. King was visiting from Taiwan. The most expensive bak kut teh i had eaten. Thanks JH for the treat tho. :)

Also met Joe, Di and Rudy. My grpmates during EAMSC KL last yr. As you can see, it is already quite late at night. Di and Rudy is even in pajamas already. But this Indo delegates are forever hardworking one. They be organizing AMSC Indonesia this yr and im sure it will be a success cz they are so hardworking and dedicated.

Di and mua. It was so good meeting frenz from abroad. Cz we never know it mite be 54321 yrs later we will get to see each ode again.

Tell Laura i love her, tell Laura i need her, tell Laura not to cry, my love for her will never die. hahaha.

DD is not one of the pageant girls definitely. But we got chemistry, wear white 2gede-gede.

My beloved Jesintha

With the other pageant girls at Alexis.

Renee, mua, Jesintha and Doly

Professional posers vs amateurs?

Try again. haha.

@ Sakae Sushi. 6 plate like dat already about RM 30. No wonder so pokkai now.

@ Converse. While Siew is busy choosing and trying on her shoe, i got nth to do so walked around the shop and all these cute tiny Converse caught my attention. Soooo cute right. Got ladybird, elephants and even Nemos. Lucky kids these days.

@ Forever 21. My outfit for the day. I love doing this type of crap. U know like camwhore in the fitting room. Thats why i love outlets that have many fitting rooms ample for everyone and u don have to rush and hurry because someone else is waiting outside. Then u can take ur time insde. haha

High collar Victorian style bolero. Too mature.

Actually i like this dress. Very vibrant and so summer feel. But, they don have it my size and this dress is actually on the verge of falling. I had to use my ode hand to press against it hard just to take this pic.

Sequin dress. I look like a disco ball. I guess i wont be wearing this to anywhere so no point in buying it. Impulse control. Yay :)

Military blazer and sequin toga dress. The blazer is a size M which is too big for me and the dress altho a size S is still too big. The clavicle to chest ratio is just way too long. Maybe the Americans have longer clavicle to chest ratio.

Thats why i left Forever 21 empty handed. Cz they always don have my size. Always way too big. Good also. Can save money! haha

Seriously i think everyone at Pavilion that day had a red huge Cotton On paper bag. Cz Cotton On had sales and it doesnt matter if u buy one, two or three piece of clothes, everyone gets a huge red paper bag. I like Cotton On but i guess many ppl also like Cotton On so im not surprise if there's clash of outfits on the street. Which is one reason why boutique clothes are sometimes better.

Me and Siew

I like this pic too.

Lanterns at the entrance of Pavilion

Cherry blossom trees in Malaysia. haha. Artificial ones of course.

Thats all for now. Sleepy already. And looking at x-rays and films are not one of the most awakening activity. Tiger Run post coming up next. hehe (still waiting for some pics tho ;p)

Patau Syndrome

Patients teach us a lot of things. And not just academically related stuff. Sometimes from them, u learn a little bit more about life and selflessness. Today in the ward, there's a baby girl of 3 mths of age diagnosed with Patau syndrome aka as Trisomy 13. She has no nose, just very small eyes and a cleft lip and palate. But yet, she looks so strong with every breath she takes, fighting to live every minute more. Patau Syndrome occurs because in this patient they have 3 copies of chromosome 13 instead of the usual 2 copies.

When i got home, i decided to google Patau Syndrome to read more about them and i came across many inspiring stories wrote by parents with child born with Patau Syndrome. This one in particular makes me cry a bit more than the rest. It is sad but very inspiring at the same time. You can click here to read little Kambry story.

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Breaking the bad news to an adult is already a very challenging task but i think telling the parents of a children that their child is at stage IV of cancer is even more challenging, difficult and emotional. I know it is unavoidable but im certainly not looking forward to the day i had to break my first bad news to my patient.

Singapore Fried Prawn Mee

Usually when prawn mee is mention, the first thing that comes to my mind is none other than prawns (duh), spicy (variable) orangish clear prawn based soup, noodles (mee/meehoon or even maggi depending on what u like), Kang Kong and sambal. They usually also come with eggs, pork slices, fish cakes and other ingredients u can add or minus.

Prawn mee is one of the popular local delight among Malaysians including yours truly. A bowl of hot piping prawn noodles with adequate prawns and sufficient sambal is simply one of the best hawker food around. In any other part of Msia, when we said prawn mee we mean this (pic below).

But in Penang (click), if u wna eat prawn mee, u gotta say u wna Hokkien mee. Cz it seems this local delight originates from the Hokkien (Fujian province) in China. Or what the Penangites fondly call Hae mee. Penang has all the diff names for their food. So confusing sometimes can. Ppl in the land of char kuey teow are really different. Our prawn mee is their Hokkien mee. Our Hokkien mee is their tai lok mee. Our Indian rojak is their pasembur. So if u tell the uncle u wna prawn mee in Penang, they gv u mee with prawns in plain soup and then not the prawn mee we all know.

Singaporeans also wna be different so they came up with the Singapore Fried Prawn mee. As the name goes, it is fried thus it is not soup based. There's no spicy soups, just some gravy with the prawns, thick yellow mee fried with eggs, squids and lotsa bean sprouts. Before u start eating it, dont forget to squeeze the lime over it and eat it with the sambal (chili paste) :)

And like an invasive tumour, the Singapore fried prawn noodle also invaded the shores of Johor Bahru. Dont underestimate its simple look. I had to wake up especially for breakfast just to be able to eat this in time cz the stall that sells this only opens in the morning until about 11 am.

The stall i always frequent for this is located at Khoon Chong coffee shop in Tmn Sri Tebrau. It's actually in the corner coffee shop right opposite Eon Bank and u must look for the the stall that sells this cz got another stall sells the typical prawn mee. (easier to find the shop this way really).

So, the next time u wonder where to go for breakfast in JB, dont forget to try the Singapore fried prawn mee instead of the typical ones we all already love. :)

Welcome To My Life

in a sense i suppose.

I actually had no idea what title to put and this song is currently playing so obviously this sounds better than random. :p

Went jogging today. Like finally. Come to think of it, the last i went jogging was like 2 months ago? Whatever i know it had been ages. But every posting seems busier than ever and with the monsoon, it was just not too favorable for a jog in the park. But gosh, my stamina gao gao decrease dy. How, the Tiger Run? Can someone run on my behalf? Just kidding. Runs and marathons are never my fav sports. Why not organize a Tiger Swim instead? haha. To be honest, i wasnt that keen to go for the jog today also. Our class ended like 5 smt and by the time i got home it was already 6pm and i just felt tired and lazy to wna go jog and i was looking for excuses. But thank God i dragged my lazy legs out to go smell some fresh air and all the panting and lung expansion will definitely help me sleep soundly tonight. Funnily enough, as i was walking to cool down at one part of the park, suddenly there's this 'tskkk tskk sound' (dno how to describe.. slithering sound that is) coming from the drain and when i look down, i saw this black monitor lizard about 2 feet long crawling in it and as i look at it, it stared back at me! So scary can i started running as fast as i can. And amazingly, when ur adrenaline comes into action, there's no hesitation whatsoever. This reminds me of what my mum used to tell me when i was younger and i always complain of running during sports day. She always say just imagine a snake or dog chasing after you. haha. But imagining dont quite work as well as the real thing really.

And for the first time in paeds posting, i feel i can really breathe. Well, my posting is not over yet but at least, my cwu is done, presentation done and ssm done. It's like when the naggy feeling of still had things left undone is around you, u just cannot totally 'relax' no matter what. So, now that i can 'relax' for a while b4 the next tension cycle comes.

This is our first time doing the ssm. Just for u all to know, ssm stands for special study module and we only got like 1 week to do it. Apparently, there's the research method or literature review method which involves more of reviewing existing journals and papers. And because we only got 1 week, we can only do the literature review this yr. And because we r in paeds posting, we chose a topic related to paeds too. My grp did on antiretroviral therapy (art) in HIV infected children. Somehow it is actually a very huge topic cz there's so much thing u can just talk about on a.r.t. Maybe we shd had just narrow it all down to the side effects or smt. The thing is our supervisor for the ssm is also very busy the last week and we don even had more than one chance to sit down and discuss with her. So, it was just reviewing journals and the CPG and paperworks. Nonetheless, im just thankful it is done with.

I was so happy when the whole thing was actually coming out from the printer that i was in a mood to fly kite. And with such good weather yesterday, strong wind and such, we went to the beach and fly kites. Along with so many other kids and adult. Pantai Batu Buruk is really famous for their kite flying i suppose. It is actually a very pretty sight to see all various kites in various colors and designs high up in the sky.

We had no intention of taking pics so we did not bring any camera. But i cant help wanting to snap a pic of my kite alongside the 3 other colorful kite, hence this was taken with the LG Prada camera which becomes functionless as the surrounding gets dark. Can u guess which one is mine? The cutest one of course (aka Spongebob) :p. The other kites are actually a whale, caterpillar and a red stingray like.

In case u had always been thinking my blog spells 'a''l''o' 2, its actually 'a''l' 0 (zero) 2. :) The sands are definitely not blue like this. This is the effect of the LG Prada.

On another note, recently i realize that everyone (ok, alot of ppl), well, a lot of my frenz in fact had the same haircut.

Nah this haircut. You know when u logged into fb and they always had updates on ur frenz and they will tell u so and so updated their profile pics etc. And over the last weeks, when i logged into fb, it's not just one, but 2,3,4 and 5 (and gna get more i believe) had just cut their hair to be like dat. The haircut of the season i suppose. And they all look awesome honestly. I had a few of them who had long hair for years and now chop chop into this style. And they look good. (i cant help it to repeat cz they look really good).

But i think this hair only suits those that has hair that has edges that wraps in naturally instead of waving out. Cz if u have hair that waves all over the place at shoulder length like this, u wont get the desire effect and obviously the haircut will then defeats the purpose. I don think rebonding will help cz rebonding will just flatten ur whole head and then that defeats this haircut 'feel' also where it is suppose to have a little volume to it. Nvm. I will just stick to my long hair that i can twist and tie and style into a 1001 ways. Now don get jealous cz u can have the awesome hair of the season. ;p

Before i forget, i vaguely rmb starting a Project 365* last yr and talking bout sticking to it blah blah blah. But i guess all of u would had notice by now that the project had been 'abandoned' and no longer carried out. Seriously, i think the whole idea behind the Project 365 initiative is beautiful. Pictures do speak a 1000 words and looking back at each pic of the day for the past 365 days is definitely not only memorable but help u recall certain funny moments u might had otherwise forgotten. And it definitely will help u improve ur photography skill. The thing is, im so so so busy that i did take a lot of pics, even one a day but i had no time to upload them accordingly at all. And on some days everything is just so routine and mundane and there's really nth out of the ordinary or i had not already snapped that i cannot find anything to snap. Like i can snap a pic of my toe, but who will be interested right? So, i gradually decided to terminate my Project 365* but im still taking pics of anything interesting all the time and blog whenever i hv the time to. Every beginning has an ending, thus this is just officially saying that Project 365* is terminated. Maybe i will start one all over again, maybe not. I dno. After all, the future is not ours to see aye. :)

PS : Does anyone know where can we get face paints in KL? thank you. :)

My Dream In the Year of the Tiger

Im sure we all had heard tigers roar before. U know like in the zoo.

But talking 'tigers'? At least, i had never. haha.

But, know what. Because im born in the year of Tiger, i heard 2 tigers talking just the other day.

* Beginning of conversation *

tiger A

and tiger B.

tiger B : (enthusiastically) hey tiger, why u look so sad only la. Dont u feel excited that it's the year of Tiger come this 14th of February? It's our wonderful year again, the year the courageous and powerful rule. *roar*
tiger A : Well, to be honest, no. I mean it just makes me feel old.
tiger B : What nonsense. We are energetic and healthy and active. I feel every inch like a 4 years old. (shows muscles)
tiger A : Look, the first cycle we were the animal of the year, you and me were just babies crying away and feeding on breast milk. Come the 2nd cycle, this was only how i look like ok.

tiger B : You? U mean thats YOU? hahahahaha.. omg.. u look so... so young in ur human form! hahaha..where's all your hair? You cut botak ar? Or do u hv super duper short hair at that time? and look at those bunny teeth! So so...oo cu..te. hahahaha.. And what r u doing with the flute?
tiger A : What botak? Cant u see the hair? My hair was long ok. Just tied up. I played the flute in the marching band.
tiger B : hohoho.. u played the flute? u in marching band? rotfl. (mini tiger battle ensued)
tiger A : why are u surprised? I had lots of hidden talent. hmph.
tiger B : okok. . miss hidden talent tiger. :p. if that was how u look when u were 12, how do u think u will look in the next Tiger year?

tiger A : Like this. I will look like this in the next Tiger yr.
tiger B : What?? Dont bluff. This is how u look like NOW. Come on.. u shd add least add a few fine lines and all those exhaustion from ur sleepless on calls nites. And maybe a few streaks of grey hair will do a little more justice.
tiger A : Grrrr.. u know after we grow past a certain age, we dont grow anymore. So, im gna look the same even 12 years from now and the next 12 yrs and the next and the next. :p
tiger B : U r living in denial. hahaha. But honestly, dont be sad anymore. Cz i got a great piece of news for u here. :D
tiger A : Really? What is it?
tiger B : U know Tiger Beer is gna make some of ur dreams in this year come true.

tiger A : Really? Really? But how?
tiger B : As a Nuffnanger, all you have to do is tell them your dreams and wishes on ur blog and if they pick u go run in the Tiger run, which btw shd favors us cz it's our run u noe. Then u just run la, keep running and if u manage to run in 1st, then you will have ur dream come true la.
tiger A : Sounds cool. Ok ok.. i have a lot of wishes that i hope they can make it come true. Like i wish for good health for the whole year, not only for me but for my family and everyone else, good fortune all yr round so that everyday we get lotsa meat to eat, and u noe.. i b taking my profesional II exam in May. I just wish i can pass. Oh i oso wish...
tiger B : Wait wait. Ya.. good health, good fortune and passing exams. Those are like everybody wishes. Come on. Like if i tell u that they are giving away RM 8,888 worth of dreams, what will it be? You have RM 8,888 now so wish for smt.
tiger A : Wa, faat faat faat faat ar. (8 is an auspicious number for the Chinese). Then i must have 8 dreams also. To be auspicious. Faat all the way. hehe

Dream #1- U know, ever since i was a kid, i loves Walt Disney. Mickey, Minnie, the 3 little pigs, Snow White.. gosh.. my childhood basically. And ever since i went to Tokyo Disneyland, im more than convinced that we shd at least visit the US Disneyland once in our life. Disneyland is a a paradise, it's a heaven for kids and since i never got to go to Disneyland as a kid with my family, i thought this will be a perfect family holiday. Even tho we are not really kids now, but i think my parents deserve a break too from just working themselves to bones. After all, the last i had a family holiday was aeons ago.
tiger B : But Disneylands are Disneylands. So, why want to go to the US one? HK also got what. Nearer, cheaper.
tiger A : Ya, true. But u noe, it is my dream to go to the grandfather of all Disneylands, so i suppose thats why the US one.

Dream #2 - To do humanitarian work in South Africa. I definitely wont bite anyone. I promise. I can even befriend all the other animals in the safari. But seriously, I mean how nice will it be if im able to do my elective posting there in South Africa. Im sure it will be a total different experience there. The hardship, the poverty, the HIV condition, the malnutrition, the children, the lifestyle, making a difference etc.

Dream # 3 - a new phone. I mean, i had been thinking for a while but because i figure i better save for so many other things, im convince that as long as my current phone can still call and sms, i am contented. But, it wont hurt if Tiger gives me a brand new Blackberry Bold 9700. I think i also contracted the Blackberry infection. With the BB, i can update my twitter, my blog anytime. Then i wont have to worry about batt dying off quickly and all the other problems my poor phone is giving me right now.

Dream # 4 - A Sony Vaio Pocket notebook. White will be the best. Many of u will by now know how cham my current laptop is. So, a pocket notebook is not only chio cz i can literally place them in my handbag and pull it out for usage anytime, but it is also good especially when im traveling. Even carrying a 12" when u r traveling is bulky.

Dream #5 - Gadgets aside, it'll be great to own a pair of Oakley Matt Berry G40 in blackgradient. I absolutely love Oakley. Their straight temples is my fav. And they are hip, sporty, stylish yet feminine.

Dream #6- Being in Turtle Land (KT) for almost 2 yrs but i had yet to spot a real leatherback turtle or even river terrapins to be close. I had been hearing about Terengganu (to be precise Rantau Abang) with its famous turtle laying eggs all my life. So, i hope this year, maybe i will finally be able to see one. And see it lay eggs. If anyone go sit on them while they are laying their eggs, i make sure i go spank them. (shows teeth)

Dream #7- I been wanting this for too long. A scuba diving license. Period.



Dream #8 - Now that i had got my diving license, the next thing of course is obtaining an underwater casing for the D90 (Nexus is ideal but Ikelite is already good enough) cz then we can take all the awesome underwater pics and share it with you guys. But goodness, underwater casings don come cheap.

Tiger A : Well, i think dream # 1 is worth RM 8,888 itself. haha. But if u combine dreams #2 to #8, then i think that will all worth RM 8,888. If only my legs are born to run.
Tiger B : Dont worry la. It's a bloggers run. Just go have fun and usher in some gd luck.
Tiger A : It's a Tiger bloggers run. The first of its kind i suppose. Wait, i got one last wish. hehe
Tiger B : But u already made 8. Cannot later not auspicious.
Tiger A : No, this one not included in the 8,888 one so not consider part of the faat chain. :p I mean it's dreams right? It is regarding my blog. I know nobody read my blog one but I hope to achieve more hits, maybe 100,000 hits this year? haha. And have more sponsors, ads and reviews to blog about. :)
Tiger B : Hahaha.. I hope so too. Then when ur dreams come true, u'll belanja me eat everyday right? haha.. kidding. Good luck. *Ngaum*

* End of conversation *

Tigers can really talk a lot too huh? They dont just roar and growl. haha.

Maybe some miracles will happen and i can have my RM 8,888 dreams come true. *fingers crossed hard*

In human words, Happy Tiger Year in advance. :)

Cheesy Bananas

I needed some happy food tonight.

So, instead of going forMcDonalds, the all time happy food, i opt for a healthier happy food instead.

It's something long and yellow. Not too hard not too soft.

It's the bananas. With lots of cheese. :) Yellow + yellow = Mood elevation.

Why bananas? Cz they contain a type of neurotransmitter known as serotonin that can make u happy. Now u noe why monkeys are always happy and hyper. It's all the serotonins that they had. Cheese is self explanatory. I mean chocolates and bananas and McDs aside, cheese is just the next best happy food. (unless so unfortunately u r dairy products intolerance)

So, i attempted my very own version of cheesy bananas. Cz it's really something so easy to do it's almost nursery level.

All you need are bananas and cheese. Grated cheese preferable.

My bananas are kinda over ripe cz it's been a few days, hence the colors. But who cares bout the colors of the bananas right? I mean what i want is their serotonins. Just sprinkle the grated cheese all over ur bananas. Amount depends on how cheesy u want it to be. I used the ready made mozzarella grated cheese that u can get easily in any hypermarkets or supermarkets.

Then just pop them into the oven, wait a few minutes for the cheese to melt a little over the bananas and give that cheesy topping and voila.. ur cheesy bananas are ready to make u a happy girl (guy).

End product. Wait, why got black black one.

Ok, i know i said it's nursery level. But, i think i popped it into the oven a tad bit too long and therefore the cheese over melted and make part of my bananas turn black. So next time, i suggest you just put them into the oven for like 1-2 minutes.

But, despite them looking not so good, but never judge a book by its cover right? We speak of quality and not looks. So, u must trust me on the taste. The combination is really good. Really happy. Satisfying. I think im much happier now. :)

Ok, to be honest, this is what i was trying to mimic.

This is cheesy bananas with chocolate topping. Mine minus the choc topping cz too lazy to melt the chocs. But mine got fatter bananas and more cheese. Yay :)

This was so omgly good. That was when the realization of cheese can go perfectly fine with bananas hit me. I mean like, why havent i thought about it earlier.

Had it back in JB at this newly open (i assume cz it's only recently that i notice it there) Indian like restaurant called Banafee.

This restaurant is so damn huge with a big signboard that spells Banafee at the entrance that u definitely wont miss it when u go along the road.

It's located right beside Plaza DNP actually.

And this is the other reason why i thought of just going there to sit and drink and lepak because they had huts like this that reminds me of Flinstone. :p

Ok, before i ciao, here's just a song to share. I'm really in love with this song right now. (maybe i will get sick of it later but now, it's like the song that's being replay over and over in my music player)

Hey, slow it down
Whataya want from me
Whataya want from me

Yeah, Im afraid
Whataya want from me
Whataya want from me

There might have been a time
I would give myself away
(Ooh) Once upon a time
I didnt give a damn
But now here we are
So whataya want from me
Whataya want from me

Just dont give up
Im workin it out
Please dont give in
I wont let you down
It messed me up, need a second to breathe
Just keep coming around
Hey, whataya want from me
Whataya want from me

Yeah, its plain to see
that baby youre beautiful
And its nothing wrong with you
Its me Im a freak
but thanks for lovin me
Cause youre doing it perfectly
There might have been a time
When I would let you step away
I wouldnt even try but I think
you could save my life

Just dont give up
Im workin it out
Please dont give in
I wont let you down
It messed me up, need a second to breathe
Just keep coming around
Hey, whataya want from me
Whataya want from me
Just dont give up on me
I wont let you down
No, I wont let you down
So

Just dont give up
Im workin it out
Please dont give in
I wont let you down
It messed me up, need a second to breathe
Just keep coming around
Hey, whataya want from me
Just dont give up
Im workin it out
Please dont give in
I wont let you down
It messed me up, need a second to breathe
Just keep coming around

Hey, whataya want from me
(whataya want from me)
Whataya want from me
whataya want from me

Whataya Want From Me - Adam Lambert

Seriously, why is it that most good looking or cute guys are gays. I think he looks much better without all his eyeliners and dark eye make up, dontcha tink? :p