Tribute to the King of Pop

Michael Jackson (1958-2009)

The greatest and the most talented music icon I have ever known.

Even my grandparents know Michael Jackson! Truly legendary.

Watch how he shook Malaysia 13 years ago.

p/s: Exams in 2 week's time!

Hiatus Mode : ON

I reckon it's about time this blog comes to a complete hiatus.

I have so many things to read that I won't have time to write anymore. I usually start and end my day reading local and international news from the various news portals available on the internet and various mind boggling articles from selected websites. And then I try to juggle between my CLP books (check them out in my previous post) and John Grisham's 'The Firm' in between them. A whole lot to read huh, at least until the 22nd of July.

Once I'm done with the exams, the heavy burden over my shoulder will be gone, perpetually I hope! I promise I will properly post on this space then. All in all the main concern is the exams coming up in July la. Please keep me in your prayers and I thank you in advance.

How I wish I am on a holiday again just like in Monaco last year. Good times.

On another note, I will have the whole unit here to myself in 2 weeks' time and my friends will be moving in! I'm done negotiating with my housemates about the transfer of furnitures and appliances and ready to take over. I'm so excited because I won't be living with a bunch of strangers anymore and I will have my own covered parking lot. Yay!

There's nothing much of an interesting social life to update at the moment other than the typical outings of going to the mall, watching some of the latest movies and having some good meals with friends over the weekend - not in the mood to carry my camera around la these days. I will definitely be back by the end of July. Don't miss me ya! lol

Siew Li Turns 22

Here's one lengthy entry just before my blog goes into semi-hiatus mode :)

place: d'italian(e) kitchen

location: Jaya 33, PJ

I'm not sure who suggested this restaurant, whoever it is, well done! I love this restaurant! Whoops, I forgot I'm not the birthday boy here. Haha. Nevertheless, d'Italiane Kitchen is a rather classy Italian restaurant with a generous range of Italian and Western cuisine to choose from. Besides, those are not pastas you see in boring menus of other Italian restaurants.

The birthday girl with a birthday card which reads Royal Mail from the UK from an anonymous sender. (well anonymous to me because I was seated at the other end of the table so I had no idea who the sender is, haha.) Was it from you S.S?

Our table, taken from where I was seated.

Lentty and the two Jasons.

Behold - FOOD, *at the discretion of the viewer*. Stay away if your stomach is empty.

Yummy Pasta #1 - Prawn and Mushroom Anglio Olio

Yummy Pasta #2 - Spicy Crab Linguine

Cheese Stuffed Beef - Mine. Heavenly, trust me. It's as good as it sounds!

I'll try the pasta next time.

Yummy Pasta #3 - Angel Hair Pasta with Scallops

I thought the birthday cake was pretty - Latte Tiramisu Cake.

The birthday girl.

The symbolic cake-cutting session with cameras flashing from all over.

Us with the birthday girl and her birthday present from all of us.

The rest of us. Wait! Where's Soo Chee? I think she's behind the camera.

Another group photo. All smiles after the good meal and the additional 2kgs we put on.

Boink. Just before we leave this place, let me just say that the service there was excellent.

I have no complains. I didn't have to ask or demand for anything and I noticed that the staffs constantly smiled eventhough all of us were too engrossed in our conversations and jokes to show any sign of appreciation.

A birthday party is never complete without the 'party' isn't it?

So we adjourned to Laundry @ The Curve for the after party some drinks.

There was a British Jazz/Funk Band performing. Well they all looked British, the dressing and all. Sad to say, I didn't know how to appreciate the Jazz cum Funk music. I just sat there stoned, pretending to be so interested like like all the other patrons there. Probably some of them were just like me, just pretending ;)

I had a pint of Kilkenny which virtually transported me back to Aberland, back to the days of my good old favourite pint of Strongbow cider and stuff.

It's been a while since I had a 'pint' of beer. You know over here they usually come in bottles or beer towers unless you go to proper pubs whatsoever but then again alcohol is so expensive over here!

Drinks - There's the Long Island, Lemon Drop, Kilkenny, Mojito, Margarita and Jack Funky with Coke. I turned all red like a lobster after that. That shows it's been a while since I had my last sip of alcohol.

*semi-hiatus mode*

The Battle for Perak Continues

When Najib took over the premiership he pledged to address several outstanding grievances of the people that the previous administration failed to address. He tried to put his words into action eventhough I was still quite skeptical as to the effectiveness and sustainability of it. However, it was a baby step which carries with it hope. He promised to do more (though that will remain to be seen) and I told the world that perhaps we should have some faith in our new PM.

All these faith and hope crumbled when the Perak political crisis comes to light.

PM Najib, what you are doing or allowing to happen in Perak is an utter disrespect to the wishes of the people. You might appear victorious among your party circles in the power grab of Perak but sadly you failed to see that the biggest loser isn't Pakatan but the people!


Why bother making key policy changes, pledges and promises to win over the hearts of the people when on the other hand you are destroying hopes and wishes of democracy-loving rakyat Malaysia.

What 1Malaysia?! It's you vs. 1Malaysia.

My Matchbox Cars

I just had plenty of good food this week and nothing beats the comforts of being home. I hope I will be fully charged for the lengthy and stressful weekend classes and the busy months ahead just before exams after the short trip home.

This morning I finally dug out my box of die cast toy cars my mom had kept deep inside the cupboard. I had wanted to have a good look of all the toy cars that kept my brother and I occupied for most of our childhood. I would probably still be playing with these cars if it wasn't for my parents who kept it away from us into our teens. LOL

Btw Matchbox is a die cast toy brand which IMO produced the best die cast toy cars in the 90s.

My die cast cars collection together with a helicopter and a few passenger planes that will come into the picture when we simulate air crash situations or airport scenes. HAHA

We also had limousines!

And tractors, police cars, fire engine, ambulances, trucks, airport vehicles, school bus, London buses, London black cab, ice cream vans, pizza vans, Coca-Cola trucks, tow trucks, dump truck etc to simulate various scenarios when we play.

By now you should know that I am terribly obsessed with cars since young.

What did you play with in your childhood?

Countdown: 80 Days

In a blink of an eye, another chapter in life is coming to an end, well hopefully, as the mother of all exams is just around the corner. Revision classes have started, time running short, pimples popping up and all the exam stress is building up very quickly.

All work no play makes Jason a dull boy so this week I've had the privilege of watching a very good movie just before they took it off the cinema, managed a couple of yum cha sessions at several new places in the city and also a well deserved trip up Look Out Point after the long weekend.

It was my second trip up there but the journey was just so so long that I still can't get the directions right - approximately 50 minutes to an hour's drive from PJ to 'The Lookout Point' in Hulu Langat. I wouldn't go up if it wasn't my friend who drove. We went up in two cars. Just look how far the Petronas Twin Towers are.

It's cooling up there and it was such a brilliant idea to escape from the unbearable heat in the city! It has been unusually warm this past few weeks! I have to shower like four times a day now and still sweat like a pig once i step out of the bathroom.

Here's a stack of reading materials for exams! :O

Hopefully the sight of it will scare me off the internet.

Btw, go and watch Knowing if you haven't! It puts Fast and Furious 4 to shame! I still can't get over the fact that they recycled the old junks from Fast and Furious 1. And American muscle cars? Oh please, it's such an eyesore esthetically!