potential wedding

both calvin and i received an sms from a primary school fren, asking us to keep 28th dec free for him... juz find it a bit weird, coz 28th dec is not his bday.... i duno his gf's bday but i dun think he wil book us 4 months in advance either, btw we've only met his gf once.... and it's rare for ppl to plan a normal casual xmas party 4 months ahead?

hmm... both of us came up wif a conclusion that he's getting married! juz curious... hehe... i sent him an sms asking if he's tying the knot, and he didnt reply my sms... grrr.... now this sms is still hanging on my mind... wat's the conclusion?

silver medal

lee chong wei lost to lin dan... zzz....

did a 'live telecast' for ginchee on msn as she didnt get to watch the game on tv in melb... lin dan looked damn 'garang'... quite fierce and aggressive from the beginning.. poor lee chong wei, no chance to attack... well i think he tried his best, despite having the home ground crowd cheering for lin dan! it muz have been super stressful~! >.<

newayz, it's malaysia's first silver medal! yay!!!

wall-e

(16 aug): watched wall-e @ 1U last nite... it's truly meaningful!

[spoiler]: since the beginning of the film i was 'searching' for the humans... i was like, where are all the humans? i thought they were all dead... but gosh, can u imagine humans abandoned earth to live on a spaceship? i guess this film has got a really important msg, we're living in a technologically advanced era yet we're still unaware of the harm we've done to our planet. it's like, perhaps our earth will become like the deserted world as depicted in the film, if we continue to ignore the mess created by our 'i-dun-care-if-it-spoils-our-earth' developments. altho it is juz an animated film, but it serves as a good warning, or sadly, a 'friendly reminder' that we're heading towards human extinction.

[more spoiler]: the film has also brought up issues regarding our modern lifestyle, particularly our excess reliance on technology, which consequently led to problems such as obesity. the oversized human beings portrayed in the film is quite similar to caricature of the exaggerated obese Americans in triplets of bellevile (Les Triplettes de Belleville). u can see from the portraits of the spaceship captains that they are getting fatter and fatter, one after another. and then there's the human touch issue. the human beings in the film are too focused on their screen that they didnt notice what's happening in reality. that kinda reflects my lifestyle too, i remember i used to chat on msn wif ginchee who lives nx block in melb, and also jesmine who used to live in the same building, and even carmen who was my housemate! (ie. icq msg: "it's dinner time!" lolx)... if we're able to, i do think we shud hang out wif our frens more often, instead of juz chatting on msn? this film has also elevated nostalgic feelings, like wall-e playing atari's pong console, the toys, the dancing clips on video tapes etc... it'll make u think, ahh the good o' dayz! we really shud live in the offline world more often...

another thing that i like abt the film is that the female robot eve is really cool, juz like the robot version of the protagonist of the korean movie my sassy girl (我的野蛮女友)!

it's cool that the environmental msg of this film is presented in a lighthearted way, which can be easily accepted by both adults and children. time to change our lifestyles.

shorter hair

left my camera at calvin's house since the day i had a new haircut! juz uploaded the pics into my laptop so there u go...


(2 aug): both of us went to 1U to look for our hairstylist damien again, it's been such a long time since my last haircut... i think it was mid nov last year.. now my hair is really layered and much shorter!!! i like my new hair but it's quite troublesome tho, as it requires blow drying and styling (u cant juz wake up and expect a good hair day), and i guess it goes well wif heavier makeup as well.... so, now it's like u've juz got urself a high maintenance gf...


(10 aug): took this pic after we went to my belly dance teacher's performance. and my fringe is like super short, showing my caterpillar-like eyebrows~ (calvin said i looked like 蠟筆小新 crayon shin chan, zzz....)

msia add oil

abt less than 3 hrs to the finals!

well, i'm supporting China for the other matches, but i wan Msia to win the badminton men's single!!! it's our only chance~

China has got enuf gold medals... and they're waaaay ahead of USA... so, pls spare us one, just one? well, i was watching the simpsons again last nite ("homer at the bat" episode), bart and lisa wanted homer to play so they taunted Darryl Strawberry with his mocking chant of "Daaaryyl... Daaaryyl... Daaaryyl..." shud i do the same to Lin Dan? "Liiiin Daaaan.... Liiiin Daaaan.... lolx.....

go Lee Chong Wei!!! 加油!!!

p.s. if he wins, do we get a day off? heehee...

balancing the pH

well i'm bored at home at the moment, not becoz of PMS (more infamously known as 'perpetual munching spree'), coz my flow has begun yesterday (so it's not PMS but MS)... so i've got excuses to skip gym today wahaha... ah haha.. ha haa... haa..... well i shouldnt b laughing as it's pretty dangerous when my cravings go wild and i dont burn those extra calories! let's pray that i wont have a bloated tummy early nx year during my belly dance performance!!! and yes for those of u who are unaware, i'll b one of the background dancer for my mom's charity performance, and the tentative date is 7th of february 2009... so, book ur calendars. more details later.

so..... can't eat like homer simpson anymore.. *sob*

1. alkalizing ur diet
talking abt eating habits, would like to share this link that i received from a fwd email:
http://www.rense.com/1.mpicons/acidalka.htm

generally,
acidic: meat, sugar, rice, soft drinks etc
alkaline: most fruits & greens

in short, we're supposed to balance our body's pH, as we'll be more susceptible to illness if we're consuming an acid forming diet. we don't have to adhere strictly to the alkaline forming foods, but it's advisable to maintain a balanced diet consisting of 60% alkaline vs. 40% acid forming foods.

2. sleep
another thing is... i'm trying to sleep earlier nowadays. here's a chinese link on sleep:
好睡眠是人体器官最佳排毒秘方

altho the amount of time spent sleeping is the same, but u won't benefit as much ie. if u sleep at 3am-11am, as compared to 11pm-7am. the best time range to go to bed is 9pm-12am, so that ur body can detox while u're in deep sleep state.

it's now 12am++, i shall sleep now, nitez! ^^

double fraser

(30 & 31 july): watched 2 films featuring brendan fraser for 2 continuous nights... journey to the center of the earth & the mummy: tomb of the dragon emperor...




journey to the center of the earth, not bad if u've got time to kill.. dun expect too much as i think it's really quite an average film (yea u can guess the plot and everything), but i think the film shud be given credit for its humour, esp some funny bits by brendan fraser. [spoiler]: when they were falling into a hole.. they were all yelling "aaaahhh..." then all of a sudden, silence - then brendan blurted out "we're still falling!"... then they cont to scream... lolx...

for the mummy: tomb of the dragon emperor, do expect tons of terracotta army (兵馬俑), tons of kung fu stuns etc... [spoiler]: i jz feel that i'm watching a hk film instead of a hollywood film, duno if it's a good or bad thing.. hmm.. i think all the asian actors & actresses (eg. isabella) were overshadowing the main characters. i didnt know that 黄秋生 was in it too! anywayz i think they should feature jet li more... it's like err... there arent enuf background info or depth abt his character in this film. well, it is quite a nice movie overall, go watch it urself.

cheese

(26 july): was having dinner at murni wif calvin, nick & tammy.. and since the waiter recommended their 'dragon pizza', we ordered one to try! from the pic below, u can see a dragon in bloody tomato sauce, *puff puff*! looks pretty delicious~

well, calvin and nick said that the taste was juz mediocre as compared to other dishes in murni. i find it alright, the outer layer of the dragon skin was soft, like naan... well, it's good to try something new :)



(27 july): sunday morning, tried to b creative hehe... (well, not really creative, as the suggested recipe was written on the package of the blue cheese)... anywayz, this is my version of "stuffed tomatoes wif true blue cheese"... tadaaa...


notice the golden spotlight effect on the end product? it's actually the cherry tomato's sauce oozing out after enduring the heat in the microwave for abt a minute...


the taste? wat do u think when i did survive eating my own cooking for a year in melb without getting diarrhea? or, shud i say, i am the only person who is daring enuf to try my own cooking wahaha (hey this is not fear factor!).... well, this recipe isnt complicated at all so i guess it's edible for this time at least~ i think: not bad! hehee





call me crazy, i lov all those 'smelly' cheese hehe... whenever someone threatens to eat durian infront of me, i will revenge by threatening him or her that i will eat 'smelly' cheese infront of them and make them faint... hahaha...


my fav cheese at the moment is france raclette cheese... i can juz eat it like that, directly from the fridge, without eating wif anything else... the taste is juz heavenly.... yum~~~