Happy Birthday. Bidding Goodbye.

Everything comes and go. Therefore, we, must move forward too. Coincidentally, fortunately, bi's birthday fall on a night before 2 of our friends are leaving. One for good, another for studies. Before I start, I wanna share this yummy Carbonara spaghetti.

Bi's birthday treat! Lovely luxurious red bean green tea cake from Kelle.

We headed to The Forum (club in our Uni) that night. Also, bidding farewell to Aaron who is going back to Malaysia for good. Leaving few of us behind now. =(

p/s: this post has been in the draft since a month ago! signing off - 27/10/2010

Incredibooth.

Life is great. With all these technology today, world is changing and we are having fun. An application for iPhone called Incredibooth allows me to snap picture like how the real photo booth is! Unfortunately, my iPhone is not jail break and I can't download this apps that worth £0.59. I seriously din't think its worth that much! I'm waiting for my version to get jail break.

Harvester @ Barnet

This is Harvester, Barnet AND you can't find it in London Central! Viv & Swiss have been telling us how good their pork ribs are and we are EXCITED to dine in on Saturday. It took about 20 mins drive from Hatfield and we need to wait about 40 mins for our table. See, banyak orangkan? This is because they serve a good and affordable food. haha!

Viv, me (said "cheesee"), bi and Swiss.

We had 2 rack of FULL pork ribs and meat platter? served with fries and smashed potatoes and tacos. You will have unlimited refillable Pepsi and salads. However, unfortunately on that day, their pork ribs are DRY! As well as the grilled chickens too =( Even their smashed potatoes are extremely dry! Except for their salads in their salad bar. Kakak Swiss was so upset with their food that day. hahah! I love their tacos and potato salad though =D

Guess what? We've only spent about £43 for 5 people! And yet, we can't finish them. With that portion of food, I think it's good enough for 6 people. =)

A week has passed.

Well, a week has passed real quick. It's time to hunt for rooms after contract ends in August. I din't wish to stay here longer and my parents are complaining about my 'shitty' job. I just don't understand why can't I work on the job that I love and happy with? Working in a retail store is not a bad job after all. I think they just discriminate my job =( But what to dooo, I'm really into advertising rather than graphic design and it's hard for me to adapt the culture here and honestly, they would only hire local people unless you are EXTREMELY genius or they will hire you in their shitty company like my previous ones. To be honest, I'm just an average designer who is not HIGHLY passionate in graphic design and born to be creative. There's alot more I need to learn and adapt which I am too lazy to do it now. hehehe. Oh well, I'm kinda a little bit 'rusty' in Adobe tools now. Therefore, I just hope when I go back, I could find a better job. Not to say 'better job' lah but I think most importantly, the company itself. Working in a shitty company will never work. =)

Anyway, I finally develop photos from my Anna Sui's super sampler. It's been 2 years and most of the pictures are over exposed so din;t have good ones, unfortunately. However, these are the few ones in good colour.

Saturday Picnic~

At a very late afternoon, we headed off to Hyde Park for picnic. We fetch some KFCs, 2 bottles of wines and beers. We spent about 3 hours plus enjoy the weather under a shade; It's really hot outside the shade however, surprisingly it's quite cold under a tree. Such a nice weather of the day, indeed! My previous picnic session last year was in South Bank Center where you will witness the London Eye and street performances around. Unlike in Hyde Park, you will only see ladies with BIKINIs, topless guys and cyclist!

we have strawberries to refresh our mouth =)

and KFC to fill our stomach!

Last but not least, a couple of weeks ago, I've found this cute NERD t-shirt from ZARA! I wanted to wear it with my 3D frame glasses which its in Malaysia now =( and SOMEONE wear them around in college =p They match them with a blue vest which I din't buy because I'm not sure if I should have one. haha!

BackStabbing

Indeed. It's common to be happen everywhere in the world. Whether during your school times or at work because each of us has different personality. Most of the time, high-ranked position will get the most stabs on their back. Agree? Well, you must agree =p because they manage staff's productivity, merchandising or whatever. Also, they often abuse their power, acting smart and of course, they make sure you follow them even if you think they are retardedly WRONG! They often go like "Am I the manager or you? I want it to be in this fucking way. Now, do what I say!"

Time flies. This is my 4th week of work and they started to backstabbing some colleagues and soon-to-be new manager (he is a relief manager which he's supposed to be relieved for 4 weeks) in front of me and telling me stuff. Unfortunately, my lovely manger is leaving the company next Wednesday =( She's such a good manager! How could they let her go?!!) So, the relief manager might be replacing her according to other colleagues. I lazy to explain further why most of them hate the new manager. Maybe 9/10 hates him and here's the reason why (most of it are rumors unless I see it with my own eyes and hear them with my own ears);

1. he act smart and knows everything even though he came in a day after I join the company and he know exactly NUTS on how the company procedure.

2. trying to revamp the whole system.

3. he act hardworking when Area Manager visits.

4. he said he is the manager so he will not be helping all staff to do the delivery.

5. was being unreasonable most of the time.

So, that is it. I hate politics and I'm so not gonna involve in this shits. I just do what I HAVE to do and I'm happy with my position now. However, things are not gonna be easy I guess. Sigh~

Shop whilst working...

in a fashion company is a bad idea. You will ended up buying things from there and you always remind yourself you've got a STAFF PRICE! hahah~ I'm always in the stock room so I'll always get to see new stuff coming in the store before it goes to the shopfloor. Felt so tempting whenever I see clothes, shoes & accessories that I like and my colleagues always share their department's pretty stuff which makes us go like "Awwwww! I want them!!". Supervisor will show us pretty clothes whenever she unpack new delivery. And yes, I fall into their trap and ended up reserving the goods for staff purchase later. Belum dapat gaji, sudah 'splurged' (I couldn't remember how to translate them to BM =/ ) I promised bi that I WILL leave my staff discount card at home and will never spend money again.

First of all, this is my very first "oi sam" lunchbox from my bi. Fried rice with black sauce topped with egg. YUMMY~ =)

Yesterday, I bought this hp bling bling accessories! Cute,eh? They have pumps as well but it's too big and I think I will make them as a necklace instead because it's quite heavy to hang on your phone.

Every girls love this shirt when they are in the stock room and only left size 12. My colleague who wears size 8-10 bought them, someone even bought them even their in size 14/16! She came to me and ask for larger size and I told her we only left size 12. She was pretty disappointed. After few steps away from those shirts, she came back and said "I DON'T CARE!I'M getting 'em. I'll just wear a jumper on it" ROFL!!~ I told my supervisor about it and she was like "CAN SHE FIT 'EM?". I LOLed and said "She'll put on her jumpers". We only have 15 in stock and 6 of us bought them.

I saw another series of this shirt today while hanging those shirts! They've got a lacey ribbon on it and I WANT THEM! Luckily, don't have my size or else, i will sure pokkai before when I got my salary at the end of the month! Geez~ Working in a fashion retail is not a good idea!

Jay Chou Era

Before I start talking about Jay Chou Era, I'd like to share my very first watch after I've got my wages 2 days ago =) This watch is on sale; reduced from £25 to £10 and additional 20% for staff! It's not a very expensive watch but this is my first item that I've purchase using my VERY own money. heheh. It's all from my sweat money so I'll appreciate this watch. I was heart sick when there's scratches on my watch while helping out on delivery =( I never feel that to my luxury watches. Now I know how my parents felt. Its their sweat money they've earned and they just hope their children appreciate as well as taking care what they have. My first salary is from freelance job I had in London last year. I never use them for anything because I've paid for my Post Study Working visa fees which cost me £500! Now, I'm waiting for my one month salary. hehehehe! Gonna splurge them abit. heehe. Sigh, have to work tmr =(

Okay, I've just got my Jay Chou CD few days ago! I was so excited and disappointed when I found their badges is low quality. Besides, I DON'T UNDERSTAND why did his marketing & promotional department wants all of his picture (includes CD metal box and calender) printed out in 3D effects but there aren't any image changes when you tilt them. =.=|| I felt really uncomfortable when I placed his calender in front of me because of the 3D effects. I think is an epic failure decision to print them in 3D effect because I guess most people couldn't tolerate with 3D effects isnt it?



I just don't know why they don't want to make another badge for the new CD collection. It's just total rip off! I've got to spend extra to get them.

Aching Feet during work

My second day of work really killing me badly. Firstly, the put me into the warehouse today and making me do the same thing for 8 hours. Secondly, my toes really hurts especially the end of my toes after hours of standing at the same place. I thought I'll be still at the shoe department in store so I could run around just like my first day of work whereby I don't feel tired at all. Well, probably a little but yeah, I enjoyed it.

People are not as friendly as I thought. Only a girl approach me at the first day of work and introduced herself to me. I got to make an initiative to introduce myself and I seriously couldn't get their names because they don't have basic names? LOL! Most of them aren't British they are from different places with non-common names to me. I sometimes couldn't get their name right =( And they couldn't get my name right too, I guess =p

I introduced myself as "Kerin", my store supervisor calls me "Karin", and manager calls me "Care-rin". Look, I don't know how should I pronounce my name when I introduce myself. I just wanna make them remember me so I get them donuts after my lunch break and wrote a notes and signed my name. I'm not sure if people would ever know this girl exist. hahaha. AH! I should have write my chinese name so they will know who am I!! Because I'm the only chinese work works there today.

I came back with aching feet and I was too tired till I skipped my dinner! I don't feel like working tomorrow =( I should get a better shoes perhaps. sigh~ what a day.

Trends (Socks with Open toes shoes!)

I really do have passion for fashion. I almost enroll in fashion design course and in the end, I felt I should go into Graphic Design & Advertising because I love designing cards back then. Therefore, I'm more passionate in Advertising now after completing my Degree in Graphic Design. I guess I took the wrong course. My passion towards graphic design is fading off. I just don't know why. Anyway, what is fashion if you don't have the body and money,right? I came across Erica Toh's comment in Lee Ming's blog. Her motto was

"You need not to be rich to be stylish; individual creativity and a sense of individuality will set you apart and make you stand out from the rest - just like a sore thumb!"

And yes, I agree what she (I'm not sure how she definite 'rich') said because I used to think like her back then but seriously, to create what you want it to be, you need the money to dress up yourself, isn't it? You will probably fell in love with the things that would cost you a bomb. All I can do is just browse them and hoping for sales or perhaps, just FORGET about them. =/ Find something similar? Well, there are certain designs you can't get their similarities. Another issue is your body. Sometimes when I look at the models, look at how good they are in that dress. I love the deals and cheap clothes in-store and online store but, when I looked at myself , I wondered if they will look good on me. Can they fit me? All I can only do is to visit the store and try 'em in the fitting room myself. What can you do if you can afford the things you like but you couldn't wear 'em? And sometimes only expensive clothing fits you. You got no choice but to buy them. It's pathetic, I should say. I remember there are one local fashion designer in Malaysia said his clothes only designed to fit SLIM women and plus size women would 'disgrace' his design. Not only our local designers but some international designers as well. That's why you'll only see skinny models! Making girls felt less confidence and starve themselves in order to fit their dress. I'm one of them but I failed to starve myself after few attempts. ahahaha!

Anyway, pictures below is taken from www.zipia.net, a wholesale Korean website. It does not belong to me! Except for my own scarf. I came across this website from my friend and I don't find the things they are selling is dirt cheap. =p

I'm loving the style of wearing a fashionable socks with sandals, gladiator and open toes shoe! I'm not sure if its appropriate in Malaysia because it's so freaking hot! And I guess this style only matches slim legs and suitable for spring/autumn season. =(

I don't fancy scarfs and mufflers actually and my mom had like tons of them. My mom lend me her mufflers and one of them knitted by my cousin sister. Yea, so this is my very first scarf. I usually borrow them till I found one in Zara last month when I hunt for leggings. I spotted this cute little scarf with ribbon prints on it and cost about £15. This little scarf din't make me think twice before purchasing it. Therefore, I don't know how to make use of scarf except wearing them in basic casual ways. I googled the way to tie a scarf unfortunately, couldn't find the one I like. I found 3 styles that I like in zipia but I need to figure out how to tie them =( I'm afraid my scarf is too short and thick.

I guess this style only applicable to mufflers because is long enough.

I think my scarf is too short to tie a knot at the end like her.

this style is cute but too small for my scarf =/

See, I seriously don't know how to tie them =/ oh well! Anyway, I've found this pre-owned 30 years old vintage Gucci clutch/sling in eBay and it cost approx. £130 including shipping fees from US. I'm not sure who bid the highest but I really like this bag!!! If I'm working now, I will definitely bid this! There are few pictures that shows she's selling authentic items besides her guarantee promises and also based on her ratings. Still looks good in condition. Unfortunately, I couldn't buy it so Bye bye ~

Fimo Sticks & food

I saw this fimo sticks thru Gurl's blog and obviously, I was attracted to it so I purchase it in eBay from HK. It took about a week to reach my place, quite fast. I was so excited when I've received them, opened the packed and stare at it, speak to myself "So, what shall I do with it now?" I don't bling my nails now because I definitely gotta do those house chores and cooking by myself =( It wouldn't last long, I'm afraid. You will probably spend hours & effort fixing your nails, handle those small pieces and then, the next minute, one of them fall off. Damn heart sick, okay.

So, I SLICED them one by one (100 sticks, okay) last night until I couldn't feel both of my fingers! I got to hold them tight because some of them are extreemly tiny which I DON'T KNOW why would they design such tiny pieces! It's so difficult to cut evenly =/

Fimo sticks

Best design

some are just looking so-so but acceptable lah.

Shitty design

I guess is about 30% of them are shitty.

I don't know if I'll ever use them. Just keep loh. wakakaka~
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Food Inspirations

It's been awhile since I blog about food.

I've been learning and creating some new dishes recently.

I posted them all in facebook because I lazy to upload them all here. =)

This is Butter Curry Chicken. I've got the recipe from the internet however, most of the ingredients I could not find it here so I replace them with something else. Original recipe of butter chicken I short of are thai chilli and curry leaves. I replaced them with chilli padi and curry powder.

If you wanna try this at home, it's simply easy. My alternative recipe;

Marinate: one table spoon of light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, pepper, egg white and garlic (2 cloves of pressed) for at least 30 minutes. I've added one teaspoon of cooking wine too. However, this is optional =)

Prepare: Evaporated milk, condensed milk, chilli padi, curry powder, butter and corn starch.

Fry: Coat chicken with corn starch and deep fry them, leave it aside.

Final: Heat butter, saute garlic and chilli padi until fragrant. Add chicken and sprinkle some curry powder, saute for few minutes, add condensed milk. Pour evaporated milk, stir and quickly remove it from the pan because it will evaporated fast.

Tadah~ Serve them above pieces of lettuce.

I love this but my housemate cook this. I din't get to 'steal' his recipe. hahaha. I'll try to cook that someday. Bacon warped with steamed chinese leafs. Yumm yum~

Don't mean to scare you but I have to tell, I burned my arm when frying chickens =/

Rain is in white

That's literally called SNOW! I received a sms from my friend telling me it's snow outside. I woke up and stared outside my window; it just started to snow. Compared to last year, snow came late this year and the scenery around my place is not that pretty =( A couple of days I've read from adik's blog regarding about the sleet in London and he had the feeling of going to have snow soon. I was like "NOooooooooooooo~no snow please". Not say I don't like seeing snow. I like it but I just don't like it when the snows end. It will caused sleet and making the street in a mess! Therefore, I'm going down London for Boxing Day! I just thought of wearing lesser clothes instead of super thick winter clothes =( damn damn!!!! Go away snow! RAWR!

This what I see everyday whenever I looked out compared to my previous house I lived. The moment I looked out, I see kids playing on their mini playground. How sweet <3

VS

Oh, and and this is my first video I've edited using Windows Media Maker! hahaha! Video taken by Mochi (captured video without sound) It's pretty simple than I thought. I only took a couple of minutes to make a video with music. Will make another video that I have previously took using Mochi in London. It would be great. hahahaha!

And and, let me introduce my friend, the TOAD! It is actually a candy casing. It's too cute for me to NOT buying it and I'm willing to fork out 3.50pounds to get this cute little thing.

Filled with onigiris

My stomach filled with 4 smoked salmon onigiris & kimichi for 'branch' and enjoy it with Born Rich episode 23. My mom called me on Skype after 20 minutes =.= and we chat for more than 1 and a half hours. As soon as we ended our chat, I've finally finished my onigiris. I couldn't even swallow anymore waters. Filling die =.=

This time, my onigiris are too dry compared to my first ones and I've added some sushi vinegar. I think is not a good idea to add vinegar first because your rice will eventually became sticky and dry-ish. It turns out ok tho :D I guess I'll stop making onigiris until I feel like making. It's a nightmare for eating too many onigiris today. aaaaaaaaaaah~

My first time <3

My first time playing Monopoly City.

This is one of my favourite board game however, this Monopoly City's rules is rather confusing! I need to crack my head to understand the rules logically. The rules book provided inside is isn't clear enough!! There's a lot of possibilities and confusions when reading the guide book. I just don't understand why din't they make it clear? Monopoly City's rules are completely different from the original Monopoly game except for the "Go to jail and double dice" rules! I've done research in the internet & I've found some players are having the same problems too. Seriously, they should guide us in details! Does anyone knows how to play Monopoly City?

My first time visiting Christmas Market.

When I walked to the market, the first thing that came into my mind was "DISNEYLAND"! hahaha! I never been to any Disneyland but somehow, decorations and architecture makes me feel so. It had very christmas feel. There are ferris wheel, rollercoaster, FOODS, accesories and lots more! If you happened to visit London, don't forget to visit Christmas Market! Nearest station Hyde Park Corner and Marble Arch (10 minutes walk. You will see a ferris wheel on your right from Marble Arch station).

My first time made onigiri.

I've bought the rice mould from Japan Centre. It was too cute for me to NOT buying it! hahaha! First try, a little bit fail because my rice is too wet =( I sprinkled some dry seaweeds and added fried potatoes.

My first time baking cupcakes.

I never learn how to bake anything before. When I was younger, I often seen my mom baked muffins, cream puff, cookies and all however, i never get to steal any recipes and technique from her because I was too young to learn. hahaha! My mom stop baking after awhile because she said it's too much of hassle preparing ingredients and make a mess during the process. It was our anniversary a couple of days ago so I've decided to bake cupcakes for him <3>


Well, this is my first time. What about yours? =) Christmas is coming! Are you ready for a HUGE turkey? Wrapping presents? Shoppings? Prepare all of them before christmas eve! Have fun!