I'm Home, Again

It's been almost 2 months since I last blogged, sorry about that. Was busy studying for my finals which I'm so glad I'm over with. It was dragged for 3 weeks and I seriously hated it. I rather finish my exams sooner than having more time to study for other papers. By the time I was waiting for my last paper, I didn't have the mood to study anymore. I just wanted to finish it off. I was so sick of studying for exams, the stress I went through was double of last semester. Stress made me lose weight, somehow or rather good but it's unhealthy to lose weight like that. I had mixed feelings of the papers I sat for. Worst was Chemistry. I came out of the exam hall and teared. When I cry because of a paper, it means the paper was really bad. I just hope for the best in my result slip. Just wana pass. 

By the end of the exam period, I was EXHAUSTED! Like fuuuu, I'm finally done, just wana get some sleep. For the 5 days I was in melbourne, waiting for time to pass to come home, I went for  brunches, dinners, shoppings, and moving stuff to Rach's place. Indeed, my time was filled but tiring it was, shifting so much stuff from one place to another.

So, I had fun trying out new places to eat like Chez Dre, Mart 130 and ChangGo. Had dim sum at Crystal Jade. By far, best dim sum place I've tried. Other dim sum restaurants in Chinatown and wherever sucks! Haven't tried Gold Leaf though. Some said it's really good. Brunch places in Melbourne are quite pricey if you're not willing the spend money on food but some are really worth it. I ordered duck sandwich and hazelnut praline as dessert at Chez Dre and chorizo in tomato base at Mart 130. Both were delish! Cant find anything like that in KL. And these bunch places aren't in the city but in the suburb. Had fun doing some exploring before I flew home.

Duck sandwich

Hazelnut praline

At Chez Dre, Karina's missing

Chorizo, tomato base

At Mart 130, Karina and Pei Yu's missing 

Had dinner at ChangGo with all the girls, 2 days before I flew back. It was finally a dinner where the 6 of us were present and we had BBQ for the first time! It's freaking worth it and damn yummy. I would highly recommend it. It's at Little La Trobe St. If you were to go, order the 8 flavored pork belly. It's damn good and worth it at the same time. We actually ordered too much cuz we ordered dukboki and seafood platter as well. 6 of us couldn't even finish everything. Half the dukboki had to be dapao-ed. The portion was hugeeee! 

8 flavoured pork belly

BBQ-ing

 Carmen and Pei Yu

 With Miss G

Pei Yu and Giselle

The 6 of us :)

Did some shopping here and there but didn't buy much this time since I was already coming back to shop for more sweaters etc. Went to the airport early and did some shopping for the family. Bought chocolates from Happy Lab and my whole family, even my sister who hates chocolates, love it! To be honest, it was damn good, and it's gone before I know it lols. Next time I know what to buy for them. The milk with macadamia is really darn good. Not sweet, one whole macadamia nut in it and wow, best chocolate ever! Beats Lindt, no joke. Reached KL on Saturday night and I barely got any sleep on the plane. Came home and ate my dinner at 10pm (fattening much) and went straight to bed. Too tired. 

So, now, I'm back in KL for 3 and a half months. Awesome posome ;)

Of Birthdays and St. Kilda Beach

I'm FINALLY on the mid sem break now. Melb Uni get 2 weeks off, wtf? But I end exams a week earlier hehe. So pros and cons. Exam timetable has been published and this time my exams are spread over 3 weeks with the 1st and 2nd paper having a one week gap, UGHH! So, I'm confirmed flying home on the 17th of November now. So, what have I been doing for this September? Celebrate birthdays after birthdays, no kidding.So many September babies! Celebrated Ade's one with a surprise at her apartment and Rach baked a chocolate cake for her with penguins on top. Ahh, the cuteness. She kinda expected there's something going on though, sighs. Skyped Pui Li as well! Hahha, reunited :D

 And a few days after that, it was Joshua's birthday. Decided to do the surprising thing again. This time, went for dinner at Ghin Khao. The others were in his room busy filling it up with balloons as a surprise. But somehow he knew that we have something in plan and he kept asking me about it, GRR! So hard to distract him. But all is well. After dinner, Ellya joined us at Arrow bringing her Oreo cheesecake in hand. We barged into his room singing the birthday song. 

Next was Karina's birthday. See what I mean by September babies. haha. The girls also planned a surprise for her. I think surprises are in trend now lols. Some of them went to buy food, Carmen and I made pasta and salad for the dinner. Pei Yu was in charge of distracting her and all of us went up to her apartment in Zen holding all the food stuff and wearing our headbands, knocked on her door and tadah! SURPRISE! She was dumbstruck, quite funny to see her face haha. Kept thanking us and all, well, what are friends for right? :)

And for my partner in crime's birthday, Pui Li, I skyped her teehee! Talked for 2 whole hours about everything that's been going on in our lives. I miss her loads especially jogging and cycling with her. I'll be back, girlfriend! Sadly, in September is also goodbyes. Yen Thin and Shahrul, two of my closest peeps flew to UK for studies. And I'll only be able to see Shah in June and that's if I'm even flying back! :( But, I wish the two of you all the best in your studies and don't party TOO hard just in case something happens haha. But knowing Shah who is crazily in love with Joey, I trust him. 

Last Saturday, went for house inspection. Still keeping my options open and finding for a better looking and comfy place. After that, headed to St. Kilda Beach with my 2 besties and Ken. So nice, just getting away from the city.

                                             
                                                                                                                                             Till then, :)

An Update, Finally

It's been 20 days since I've last updated my blog so I decided to sit down and wrote a post today. I just finished my Physiology presentation just a few hours ago and to be honest, I did okay only. Should've added treatment into my presentation but I thought I didn't have time to talk about it. turns out otherwise though but still, facilitator said we all did well so oh wells. Sadly, I'm not done with my workload yet. Still have 3 assignments to go and a test on week 7. And I'm currently in the midst of week 5. Gosh, uni life really drains my energy. I've been feeling so tired all the time eventhough I don't do much.

So, I've been trying out new dining places. Went for job hunting at Elsternwick and was so tired that I just decided to go have some cake with Pei Yu at Hopetoun Tea Rooms. The cakes they have all looks super delish! I tried the apple and raspberry crumble. It was yummy but not worth the AUD9.50 that I paid. Pei Yu ordered the strawberry sponge cake and hers was huge! AUD9.50 as well. But, I so wana try their tiramisu.

ALL THE CAKES!

Went for Korean food at Joomak with my uni bunch cuz Giselle's sister came and visit and they heard it was quite good so we decided to give it a try. It's kinda cool because the restaurant is underground, making it really home-y. Only dish I liked was the fish egg roll or something like that. Others were so so only and they didn't have dukboki! I don't know how they spell it but yeah. I realised I've been eating a lot of Korean food in Melbourne. Speaking of which, I just ate spicy pork bimbimbab at Tarng for lunch just now. For 10 dollars, it was worth it. Tastes yummy too. :D

Special chicken soup

Fish egg roll

Spicy pork bimbimbab

My last weekend was an eventful one. On Friday, I had steamboat with the Arrow peeps. Ahh, how I miss steamboat back home. A usual gatehring with them and I told Joseph I really wana eat steamboat so he decided to organize one. woots. Saturday, we went for brunch at St. Ali's. I ordered the salmon with poached eggs. Tastes damn good. when the food came, I thought to myself: this is SO not gona make me fell but boy, I was wrong. Tasted good and filled up my happy tummy. Ahh, so satisfied. I love going brunches. Fav meal of the day I would say. 

Then on Sunday, I went to Arrow to support my bestie with her selling of desserts because some bitch decided to underestimate her and HAH, in your face. She and Marcus made rose and salted caramel macarons and also lavender croquembouche for the sales. TASTES SO FREAKING GOOD I TELL YOU. I know I always say her desserts are good but it's not because she's my bestfriend but seriously, THEY WERE SO YUMMY. And I often get the privilege to taste her desserts cuz she calls me her white mouse but haha, so far I don't get food poisioning and I got to try every dessert well except her tiramisu. So rach, if you read this, I want tiramisu thank you :p

Macaron and croquembouche tower

Piu, Beh and I while waiting for Giselle

And that's about it. I realise my posts are all about eating. Haha, I'm sorry guys, I don't do much shopping here other than through ASOS. Will blog again soon. loves 

All the Food, Yummers

My second week of classes is almost over and gosh, how I feel so tired already. Although this semester's timetable isn't as packed as last semester's one, I feel so drained. Haven't started on my assignments yet. Really want to but I just dont know where to start. Sighs. I shall not bore you readers with boring studies. Since I came back to Melbourne I have been eating at new places mostly brunch places. How I missed Melbourne's food. And still so many brunch places to be discovered!

So I went to Giraffe Cafe the day I touched down. Not that good actually. Ordered chicken lasagna and for some reason it's filled with carrots. So weird. Not the usual lasagna. 

The picture here looks good but nope, not that tasty

            

Went to Arrow last Sunday to support the Lee boys with their opening of Aunty Khoo's hawker centre they call it. Tried every dish they made just because it was put on our table but ohmygod tastes so good! Ken Vern fried char kuay teow, seriously never tasted good char kuay teow in a REALLY long time. I ordered nasi lemak, their specialty with crispy fried chicken. TASTES SO GOOD! Better than Papparich, hands down

Of course I went for dessert at Meet Fresh, newly opened in Melbourne. Still prefer Dessert Story cuz their taro balls are more chewy and tastes better. Had Opera Slice at Brunetti's at Lygon last Saturday and holly madness, the Brunetti's there is HUGEE! It's like 3 houses combined. Had a really hard time choosing what I wanted but finally settled for Opera Slice. 

And just that day I had brunch with my girlies at The Hardware Societe along Hardware Lane. Ordered omelette and seriously, there were at least 3 eggs in that omelette. Never ate so many eggs in a day before. So much cholesterol, gosh but once in a while should be fine. I can say it tastes quite okay but seriously, nothing beats Manchester Press, another superb brunch place. And one thing about these brunch places are that they are situated along small lanes where people like me will never notice. Should go brunch places hunting one day. In Manchester Press, I ordered Chorizo bagel and it tastes so freaking good I cannot even describe how good. It's holly yumness! 

 Omelette

Chorizo bagel topped with capsicum. Looks good no? Tastes even better

That's about it for now. I think you readers will kill me if I post more food pictures hahah! Shall blog more next time! xoxo

Back in Melbourne

I'm back in Melbourne. It's been 2 days already actually. Got settled down, went for classes and practicals had lunch, churros, coffee etc. Phew. It's nice to be back again. It feels just as cold as before I left for Malaysia but they said it's warmer compared to a few weeks ago. Kinda miss walking in Melbourne. Ahh, the breeze is so soothing. This shall just be a short post cuz I feel tired a lot these 2 days. Maybe I haven't get used to the weather yet since it was blazing hot in Malaysia. Will blog more about Semester 2 soon :)

So Soon

It's been exactly a month since I came home and it's about time for me to go back to Melbourne. I kinda dread going back cuz I'm having so much time to myself, enjoying all the food and shopping I can possibly get. Now, I have to go back to studying and getting stressed about my coursework and what nots. Sighh. I just wish for one more week here in KL. I have eaten all the food that I want to. Even went for brunch at Lemon Garden, Shangri-La Hotel. It's been a while since I've been to Shang now and I missed that place so much. Without fail, I would spend my Christmas in Shang's Christmas party during my younger days till my mum decided that my sis and I are too old for parties like these. It's literally a kiddo party with games and winning soft toys. I remembered there was one year where their theme was Finding Nemo and I won so many Nemo plush toys that my mum had to give away some. How I miss those kiddo times.

To think about my one month in KL, it feels like I just landed yesterday. The image of me and Giselle sitting on the plane from Melbourne and my parents picking me up from KLIA is still so vivid. Damn, how time flew by. But thank the lord for fast time, I will be back again in 3 months plus and this time for a longer period. It's gona be Skype calls again every night with my family. Goshhhh, I hate this. I'm gona miss them again, being emo again especially when it's the middle of winter in Melbourne now and the sky gets dark at 4.30pm? Yup, I can foresee myself being all emo.

Last week wasn't much of anything happening except I went for more shopping. And finally I can say, I have shopped enough. I bought sufficient clothes that will last me till end of the year HAHA. But I kinda can see myself shopping in Forever New again since I went online and saw so many nice clothes, FML. And my dad doesn't scold me for shopping, making me not feeling anything when buying. Double FML. But now I feel the guilt a bit cuz I spent so much when I'm back! Eating all the nice food and buying clothes everytime I go out. My number one new year's resolution every year is to shop less. But nope, I fail every single year.

I think this will be my last post before I go back to Melbourne. Have to start packing and listing down what to bring back. 5 days. shit.

Woots, Passed :D

I have been dreading this week a lot cuz my results are expected to be released this week and somehow, it got released one day earlier than expected. I registered for an SMS of my results, where my results will be SMS-ed to my phone a day earlier than the release date (9th July). And today, while I was happily laughing around with my family, I got a whatsapp notification from Pei Yu saying the results are posted on WES already. I was like SHEEEAAAAATT! So with my iPhone, I quickly logged into WES and checked my results, closing one eye lols. And to my surprise, I did better than what I expected. 3 distinctions and 1 high distinction. I squealed in front of my parents, showed them my results and was smiling from ear to ear. I thought I would fail Physio honestly. I wrote some stuff wrongly and those were the stuff I thought I knew by heart. Till this afternoon I was telling my uni friends how scared I was. I felt so relieved after looking at my results knowing my hard work and stress paid off well. I thank god for this achievement as well. 1semester down, 7 more to go. And in 3 weeks time, I'll be starting a new semester. Yups, so fast.

Yesterday, I gave a change to my appearance by chopping off my long hair till shoulder length and I really like it. I loved my long hair no doubt but it was getting out of shape and it was it looked really unhealthy and extra oily for some reason. Since I'll be in Aussie for 4 months, I thought why not? Told the hairstylist I want short but I didn't know it'll be this short though I have no complain of how it turned out to be. Loved it instantly :)

Of Suppers and Lunches

My weekend was all about a one day trip to Melaka, eating and having a few drinks with the high school bunch. Melaka trip was a rushed one. Wished it was a one night trip or something. Sigh, anyways, came back from Melaka to dinner with my family at Tosphelf, a french and western cuisine at Taman Tun. Dad found this restaurant through a blog and the reviews were good so we decided to give it a try. Ohmyhollyyumness. The food was amazing! I ordered duck confit. The presentation was the same like presented in fine dining restaurants. Mum ordered this apple crumble. Tastes SO GOOD!

 Pesto pasta

 Halibut fish

 Apple crumble 

Duck confit with cranberry sauce

Came back from dinner just in time for supper with the high school peeps since Ade is back. Was too full to ask for paper tosai so I had 2 glasses of teh o'ais limau instead. Favourite drink okay, can never get the same taste in Melbourne. On Sunday, we already planned for lunch at Porto Romano. Sat there for a good 3 hours talking about high school. How Shah likes to fart at people's face. How the guys would piss the teachers off and get called to the counselling room. All those drama and funny stuff. Ahh, miss those times. 

Was so tired when I got home but I had dinner to go for. Was supposed to go to Ikea with the college bunch cuz Rishi came back to surprise us. Mmhmm. Oh wells. Later headed to Beer Factory for some drinks. Gosh, I've been out the whole day for 2 straight days. And my results will be out in one week's time. SCARED. 

Second Week at Home

So, here I am blogging again. Just because I'm too lifeless to do anything else. So first up, Monday to Wednesday I did NOTHING other than lazing around at home. But finally on Thursday which was yesterday, mum took leave to take me for a shopping spree at Zara cuz it was their first day of sales. Managed to buy skinnies since I need more pants for Aussie. Didn't really have the mood to browse around cuz everything was so messy and it was kinda packed even at 11am in the morning. Just grabbed whatever I wanted and ciao. But I'm so happy that I finally bought the front-short-back-long kinda layering skirt. I've no idea what you call that but I've been looking for it since I was in Aussie and I finally got one at f21 yesterday woots! So of all my fitting room sessions and tryouts I only got 2 skinnies, 1 skirt and 1 sundress. Yups, no tops. I want a denim long sleeve one so badly ohmygod.

Today, I woke up earlier than usual to go back to my high school for sports day just because Yen Thin wanted me to go. Mmhmm, such a wonderful friend lols. But good point was I had my cravings for chilli pan mee satisfied. Finally after 5 months, I got to eat it again, yummers! Hmm, now to think of it. In 2 weeks, I ate everything I've been craving for when I was in Aussie. Not bad :D

Melaka trip to visit the relatives tomorrow. Woots :) 

Eat, Shop, Sleep

Eat. Shop. Sleep. That's my routine now. I'm enjoying every second of it before I go back to Melbourne to face the stress. It's been a week since I'm back and I've been pretty busy catching up with my close ones this whole week. Finally tried Plan B in Publika with Vien and honestly, I wouldn't say they have the best food ever but it's okay. Service is freakinggg terrible though.

Kinda happy that I practically ate most of the food I've been wanting to eat when I was in Melbourne. Oh wait, I haven't eaten my nasi briyani and tandoori chicken and naan and okay the list still goes on. Malaysia food still tops my list although Melbourne has all types of cuisine. It's that kinda flavour or style of cooking or I don't know what you call it but it's just different. One thing though, Malaysia's desserts still cannot beat Melbourne's one. I can't find pastries as yummy as Laurent's one or any gelato as licking good as Freddo's. I honestly miss Melbourne but at the same time I'm so happy to be home. One cannot have best of both worlds huh?

In Malaysia I shop all the time. Cheap. Affordable. Pretty looking. Aussie's clothes are pretty yes but hollycow too pricey, well after converting of course. Earning in Aussie and spending in Aussie is fine but earning in RM and spending in Aussie is ohmygod. There are times when I don't convert but if I don't, I'll definitely overspend. Been shopping too much I can say and it's only the first week I'm home, DIE. But the lacy tops are in trend and they're so prettyyy! :D:D

But ever since I came back, I'm more sleepy and lethargic than ever. I get sleepy eventhough I slept for 9 hours or more the night before. I take naps almost everyday now. It's either the weather or my body clock is stubborn. I take a 2 hours nap and I STILL can sleep at 11pm or 12am. Seriously. I'm getting lazier but what's not to be lazy right? I'm on a one month holiday woots! But, sigh, as I've been complaining about time, I'm only left with 3 weekends before I fly back again. NOOO :(

I'M BACK BITCHES

Yes, I'm back in KL, finally! Gahh, how I miss home. Touched down at 6.20am this morning and when I stepped out of the plane, I could feel the rush of humidity and heat. I never knew Malaysia was THIS hot. The thick air was so gross, felt it right smacked at my face. And worst part, the haze is here, OF ALL TIMES when I'm back, there is haze -.-

So I had roti telur as my first meal and omg, I miss Malaysian food so much! Literally ate so much it's as if I haven eaten for 10 years or something. Had lunch at Hokkaido Ichiban, a new Japanese restaurant at 1U. Woah their ramen is so yummy, best in Malaysia so far but can't still beat Menya's one. Had sashimi, YES FINALLY! Father's day dinner at Porto Romano, as planned. Gosh, I feel so happy just being at home.  Shopped a bit after I came back. A bit crazy since I was tired from my flight but I promise amy sis so why not? And I ALMOST bought another pair of shoes. Oh wait, before that. I went shopping in Melbourne's Direct Factory Outlet 2 days before I came home and I bought 4 pairs of flats. Yes I know. FOUR.  But I bought them just because they were cheap and affordable. I got myself a pair of Aldo flats at only AUD9.95. Your reaction must be O.O right now but yeah only 9.95! So I went Aldo today in 1U and saw a really nice pair of flats. If they had it in my size, I would've bought them already. lols. 

Shall give you guys some updates about me being in Malaysia. Gona have steamboat with my bitch tomorrow. Gahh, miss her so much!

Over and Done With, Finally

Gosh, this 2 weeks have been a torture for me. Everyday's routine was wake up, breakfast, study, lunch study, shower, dinner, study, sleep and the routine continues the next morning. Was so sick of studying for that period I literally wanted to puke. And this is only the first semester. The 4 papers, I can say I'm okay with it, not sure of my answers but most probably would be able to pass. Ohmygod, please let me pass, praying to god everyday that I can at least pass. Wouldn't wana stay back another year.

So, since we were done with exams today, Pei Yu and I went for some serious retail therapy. Went to Laurent for some desserts. The pastries are freaking the bomb! Beats Brunetti anytime, hands down. Then went for some shopping. Rewarded myself with a really comfy Tommy Hilfiger knitwear and I was so happy cuz it was in bright yellow! I don't have any bright yellow tops so I'm super happy when I see one. Bright yellow makes me feel happy since it' such a bright colour. Okay, I crapped enough. Jay Jays had their 2 jeans for $60 again and so I bought another pair of skinnies, this time in navy blue. I love their jeans cuz it doesn't expand after washing not like my Uniqlo ones which are sooooo annoying. And they come in super colourful colours! Gosh, I wish the mustard colour had my size. So, after we were tired of walking, we went for Freddos! SUGAR RUSH TO THE MAX! And Rach also gave us her cookies she baked. Woah, triple sugar rush today, but feels so good since I needed a destress so badly. I've been so stressed for the past 2 weeks that even people can tell that I'm stress from my face. Hah, so glad it's over but god, kinda scared for the results though

But for now, I'm gona forget about it and be excited about flying home! GAAAH, SUPER EXCITED LIKE A FREAKING SMALL CHILD! I've been saying how much I wana go home and how I wish time could pass faster so that I can be home already and guess what? I'm flying home in TWO DAYS! Two days man, how fast was that! Super happy. Get to see my family, my lesbo partner, eat delicious food, eat everygoddamn food I can find. Wooots! Next blog post shall be me writing it from my home in Malaysia :D:D

Two Papers Down, Two More To Go

Pheew, two papers down finally. Feels so relieved especially after today's Physico paper. Questions were quite tricky but still do-able. I think I'll be able to pass this and Pharm Health and Society paper. Hopefully I will! Been stressing out myself so much I feel so exhausted. So, I'm gona have a besties dinner again with Rach tomorrow and dessert after. SO TIRED! I'm super excited to go home. Looking at the amount of food I packed into the box just now, I think my mum's gona go: ARE YOU CRAZY?! when she opens the box and my luggage. hehe. 

Exam Period, Coming Home Soon

Pheeew, I have exactly a week till Semester 1 finals. Not looking forward to it but so looking forward to go home. Miss everything back home. Can't wait to touch down at KLIA! Okay, so updates. Nothing much actually. Had practical tests and dispensing test last week. Went well I guess. More nervous for finals since it's my first time sitting for papers in uni. Been studying but yet felt like I don't have much time left which is true. ONE WEEK OMG!

Went out with cousin Alvin and his girlfriend, Jaffa on Saturday for a good meal and some window shopping at South Yarra where Jam Factory is, Didn't know it was THAT far cuz I wanted to go there last time since it's where the one and only Topshop is in Melbourne. Cousin drove for what seemed like 20 minutes to Lux Bite for lunch. Had desserts and some savoury food. Yum-ness overload. Quite expensive too but they said it was a treat for pre-exams or something. Walked for a while alone the boutiques. The clothes are so prettyy! Thank god I didn't bring cash or I'll end up spending money again.

Straight after that I went for dinner at Rach's place. Sorta have this dinner thing every Friday/Saturday. She made roast pork, beef balls and Bombe Alaska which tastes like heaven. Ade mad Arancini, some western rice cakes. So delicious!