Temporarily "Found"

I've just found out that LOST will not be airing on ABC in AMERICA till February 7th. So, we can't download the episodes from mininova.com and bit-torrent till AFTER Chinese New YEAR. Shitty!!! This proves that the writers and producers have no darn idea where to direct the story-line!!! Dear Lost fans, Don't be surprise if all of the sudden they decide to STOP production due to "Tight Budget" or "Banned Due to Sensitive Issues". Now I shall rot with Grey's Anatomy and One Tree Hill, series with less headache and more laughter. Toodles~

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Inspirational White Sheets

So... Just came home from 1Utama (again). Went with my dad. To me it was kinda funny cause he was so quiet and I felt that he was pretty annoyed because I was chit-chatting non-stop about stuff xD Actually, I went there specially to spent my birthday vouchers I got from my mom 4 months ago. Will expire soon. Thank God I remembered. If not, a hundred bucks just *poof!* Anyway, went to MPH. I felt like a lost sheep there. It took me about 15 minutes to find the Best-Selling section and when I got there, I noticed it was the FICTION Best-Selling section. I'm not into fiction, well... not really. Then I bumped into a section FULL of Stephen King's Best-Selling, #1 New-York Times Best-Seller, Best this, Best that... I could see that he's a REALLY good author. All thriller though. Storyline at the back of the books sound interesting but the price of his books are really expensive. Plus, I'm not sure if I'm the Stephen King material. By the way, if you're one of Stephen King's fans, did you know that he's writing love stories now? As in, romance novel. Weird huh?!

Anyway, I bought four novels at one shot for the first time! I don't usually buy books, I borrow. Don't get me wrong. It's not that I'm stingy at buying books. It's because' I'm very very bad at judging a book by it's cover or even the synopsis behind! So, I borrow from friends who gave thumbs approval =D. As for today, all the books that I bought today were recommendations. I'm a little shy of borrowing now. Although I do have a few books in mind to borrow from a friend xD! I bought PS, I Love You by Cecilia Ahern, Can You Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella, Message In A Bottle by Nicholas Sparks and To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

By the way, I love love love Nicholas Sparks' novels. He makes me cry/weep/sob *sniffes* Especially A Walk To Remember and The Notebook. Actually, I watched The Notebook movie. Starring actress Rachel McAdams from Mean Girls. It was so sweeeeeeeeet. Was looking for The Notebook novel high and low but when I asked, they said they were out of stock! Probably have to wait for a month or two. *SOBS*

Oh, and guess where did I hear about To Kill A Mockingbird novel? I first heard it from Everybody Loves Raymond! So, I then did a few research here and there and found out it won a Pulitzer Prize!!! For your info, The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. It's really an honourable prize. Truly a great achivement! I heard it's basically about a child growing up in a tough neighbourhood. It's also about prejudice and injustice towards black people... something like that. I like this kind of novels. About society and true experiences. Like the movie titled Schindler's List by Steven Speilberg about holocaust. Still looking for the DVD and Novel. Okay... now I'm over-blabbering. Gah...

Oh, which reminds me... I watched this movie titled Edison recently. Told you I'm a movie-manic!!! Thanks to HBO, Cinemax, StarMovies and ignorant Malaysia towards piracy (excuuuuse me, Pak Lah!). Anyway, about the movie... It stars Morgan Freeman, Dylan McDermott (acted with Ashwarya Rai in Mistress of Spices), Kevin Spacey, LL Cool J (singer - Control Yourself ft JLo) and the oh-so-popular Justin Timberlake. Yeap, Sexy Back "hottie" acts! Remember he disappeared for a while? He started a new career, ACTING. And he's pretty good at it. The movie's about corrupted FRAT. Police officers... Justin's character is Josh, a journalist, whom plans to write about FRAT's corruption in goals of getting a Pulitzer Prize. Nice show! Catch it on Astro. It's good.

Well... I shall stop here for today. I have lotssss to write about. All the crappy ideas that popped into my mind while I was chewing crunchy chips on the couch.... COUCH POTATO! Till then... ciao!

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Dining Flings

Howdee-ho! Well, yesterday was my mommy dearest's birthday. Thank God I finally spoke to her on the day before her birthday, after two long days of silent treatment. If it weren't for her up-coming b'day, I don't think I'll be speaking to her till today. We argue a lot, mind you. Anyway, went to TGIFridays for dinner. Was totally on dad's pocket. We don't dine there often but everytime the menu changes. Especially the three course meals. The last time we went was during mother's day, the food was havenly! This time was a lil' bummer.

So, appetizers as tummy-rumbling starters


Bruschetta
Toast bread with salad toppings

Buffalo Wings
Here's the thing, by the sound of "buffalo" I thought it would be BIG BIG BIG wings or spicy like hell. BUT, turns out it's pathetically small and really really salty. And I have no idea what's the tartar sauce for. It doesn't blend. Oh, but I enjoyed the raw celery though xD

Nacho(under Kids menu)
This is my first and favorite dish of NACHO! It's really tasty, especially the topping of cheese. And it blends deliciously with the sauce. I'm not sure what the sauce's called. It has chopped tomatoes, onions and a little lime I think. Nacho are warm but sauce is served chilled. YUM!

Off to the main course....


Barbeque Chicken Salad
I have to say, the picture in the MENU was a total eye-catcher. The pieces of chicken looked so big and juicy, in the MENU. But looked really dry and tiny when served. Plus, the salad had a weird taste. I couldn't tell what it was even though it's awfully familiar. After a while, I figured that it was Vinegar or Apple Cider.

Shrimp Fajita
Sounds interesting huh? I have no idea what Fajita means, though. Anyway, I like the way it was served. That's my pipsqueak brother by the way.
So, on the top plate are fresh tomatoes with lettuce mixed with cheese. See that lump of "dirrty-looking" white STUFF. That's cheese too. The whole plate is filled with cheese.

Those are shrimps in the middle. Although I don't really remember how it really tasted like, but I remember finishing the gravy in the dish. It's really good.

The last one is Pita Bread. We're supposed to wrap the ingrediants with that. Really good and not to mention very filling.

Sauteed White Fish
It's pasta with alfredo sauce served with Dory fish and shrimp. I'll give a thumb up for this one. Never knew pasta could be served with such a big slice of fish.

Had Chocolate Malt Cake and Tropical Sundae for dessert. Sadly I didn't take pictures of em'. The Tropical Sundae looked really good. But I didn't like it because it was overly sour that gave me a shudder down my spine! The cake was damn havenly and not to mention SINFUL! I think I ate most of it xD. And one of my favorite drinks....



Le Margarita
Sadly I had to share this with my pesky brotherS, even my four-year-old brother. He was partially high. Seriously! His face flushed and he was acting hyper-actively weird. It was really hilarious to see a lil' boy go over the top. But the scary part is the fact that he's my brother. Today he complained about having headache and was surprisingly lethargic throughout the whole day. Hangover I guess. xD Mom and dad promised never to let him have anything with alcohol ever again!!!

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Over Expectations

Days seem to pass by so slowly and the worse part is, school holiday haven't even started yet. Although I'm sure most of us are already on a school-break. Currently working or ass-on-couch.

Anyway, I watched "World Trade Center" today. Starring Nicolas Cage and Michael Pena, and directed by award-winning Oliver Stone. The film is all about September Eleven, popularly known as 9/11, the history-making event that shocked the world even till today after 5 years. It's so typical for Holywood to make a movie out of a disaster. But anyway, I was expecting a lot of drama, action and tonnes of answers from this film. Why? Because recently I watched a documentary film by Michael Moore, titled Farenheit 9/11, also about September 11 and it was fantastic. It was really an eye-opening film and uncovered some mystery behind the incident. The film was also very touching and showed how the civilians went through the bad news they received about their loved ones. It's scary in a way. However, the movie-WTC, was very disappointing. It ONLY revolves around two men (cops) who entered the building to save people but ended up being burried in the rubble when the towers collapsed, before they could even save anyone. About 3/4 of the movie showed the cops burried under bricks, concrete, and lots of dust. During the panic moment they exchange stories about each other's family. By the way, one's a Sargent and the other's an ordinary officer. *SPOILER ALERT* The cops managed to escape, after facing death in the eye, by other cops, rescuers and paramedics. This part showed a lot of bravery and men who would risk their own lives to help their brothers-in-justice. The movie lacks of action and excitment. There was quite a number of touching moments, though. But not enough to gain a "two-thumbs up" from me, a movie-maniac.

Which reminds me of another inspiring movie I watched on StarMovies about a week ago. It's titled "Beyond Borders" starring Clive Owen and Angelina Jolie. It's a romantic tale set across many years which centers around medical student who thinks he has found his calling as an international disaster relief worker--until he gets sidetracked by a philanthropic socialite who is entrenched in a troubled marriage. The two keep inadvertently meeting up, and soon develop a special relationship, against the ever-changing backdrops of disasters and wars ---YahooMovies. The obvious part of the movie is about the romance between Jolie and Owen's characters. But the movie also emphasizes on poverty in places like Ethiopia and Cambodia. I teared a lot during the movie. You see kids like us, suffer due to lack of food and water. They don't even have proper shelter. People there suffer from AIDS and they do not have enough vaccine because the place is over-populated. Even $10 million isn't enough to settle the whole problem. I'm sure that the real situation is a lot worse than what's elaborated in the movie. Even though the setting of the movie was in the year 1984, I'm sure poverty still occurs today. Watch Oprah and her Angel Network team and you'll find out that we are so fortunate compared to the people they are working their ass off to help.

*gulps* Okaaay... I'm becoming very emotional here. Anyway, watch the movie yourself. You'll probably feel the urge to help these people. I know I do, if I have the money and the right passion to join a mission that helps people who suffer from poverty.

Each time you snap your finger, a child dies of starvation.

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White Winged Dove

Oh hail! I finally got a new phone. I can't believe I finally bought it. Well, my dad bought it xD Anyway, I wasnt expecting to get a new one so early. Thought maybe in another two years time. Didn't expect my complaints abt my spoilt old phone would actually work, not that I intended it to but was annoyed with "the telah-kaput old piece of communication". Very very very thankful right now. Even with a low budget (the seller said), I managed to buy a phone with lots of programmes in it. Well, more than enough for me at least. I bought the Sony Erricson K750i. Nokias are too expensive. Most of them are WAY over my budget. Plus, the designs keep dropping every year. Sad cause they are so user-friendly. Now I'm having trouble with text-messaging. I was really quick with the old phone and now I feel like an outdated old fella. AND I don't know how to turn the damn dictionary OFF. There are a lot of words that are not saved in (I'm Malaysian. I use a lot of self-invented words =D), so to key in a whole new word takes up a lot of time, not to mention annoying! BUT ANYWAY.... I just said I'm THANKFUL. So, shall just shut up.

So anyway. Today went to MidValley AGAIN. I know I know. The last trip was kind of a disaster and I vowed never to go again but my friends managed to convince me to ask my really really strict dad again. And he gave up. Initially we planned to go to KLCC by LRT. Dad, as usual, sad no and gave me a 2 hours lecture of "people these days are different from people before". Even the topic of cases of girls missing came up. I was like "yeah, yeah I understand..." I DO, I really really do. BUT I think he worries to much. He'll probably look 5 years younger if he Relak a lil bit. But that's impossible. In the end I finally managed to get him to allow me to go out today even though he's working and no one is home to help me if anything goes wrong. But he was dissapointed after that, and now he still kinda is. My life as a daughter is TOUGH I tell ya. But then again, I feel very safe (aside from 80% of frustration of course) Anyway, I did shop today (cause I usually have nothing to buy xD)! Tania went off with her boyfriend for mushy mushy acts in the cinema. Davinia and I went shopping for 5 long hours. Now I feet hurts like hell. FINALLY bought my sandals. Oh gawd, I was sandal-less for a month now. Been wearing my mom's. And I bought a pairt of light weights for work-out this school holidays. Need it to prevent over-load effect of being a couch potato. Again, I did not buy any clothes. The fashion there did not match me. I have this whole different idea of style, MidValley is not exactly the place for me. So what did we do for 5 hours? Walk around MidValley about 4-5 times. I think we covered up the whole mall. I notice passing by the Fitness Shop where I bought my weights 5 times! But it was fun, especially with Davvie (don't get over-flattered k, dav?). We just walk around checking out guys and giving critics about how these Malaysians dress up. Horrific at times xD After that, I FINALLY pierced my second hole. A little late I know but.... Hush Hush!!! Dad doesn't know about it. Might slaughter me if he finds out! Yes, I did a lot of FINALLYS today. Girl gone wild!

I'm really tired of walking and TALKING right now. Believe it or not, I'm now influenced by Tania and Davvie. Now talking in indian and malay slang. Using too many malay vocab now. Currently I'm trying so hard not to use any of them in this blog. But it goes haywire when I chat. Sometimes having multi-racial friends is a head-ache. Tongue-tied and confused!!!

apalah pasalnye. asyik tanye tanye aje. dah britau banyak kali dah. tak paham paham lagi ke. kesiannye. haih. xD

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