YoungerMe: The Simple Happiness

(picture courtesy of Qi Tyng)

Guess how old we are?

I wish life can be as simple as before, where happiness is simple than simple is happiness

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Carbon Brasa @ Puchong

Remember the post regarding Charm Making Workshop? Before I kick off to the workshop, we settled down in Puchong an hour earlier for lunch. This post got nothing to do with the workshop, but the energy that keep me hype during the workshop - which is FOOD

My first ever visit to Carbon Brasa

Very chemical-like name

Carbon Brasa is a restaurant of Asian and Western fusion cuisines

A corner shop, inner design like a pub

Yeah, it serves as a pub with alcoholic drinks at night, while a restaurant in the day time

Judging by its ambience, I was surprised with the range of menu they have

They even have my favorite, asam laksa!

Hit me, their asam laksa is so far one of the best I have ever tasted in a restaurant (exclude night market)

Love this asam laksa max max!

With lots of ingredients in there and the taste just hit on what I wanted

Not too sour and the I love the level of the spiciness

RM 6.90

The portion - I'm totally full!

Sambal Seafood Rice

I was in awe at the amount of seafood they served

Really really a lot!

It builds up a mountain of seafood that is as high as the rice

Mussels, prawn, squids

And the sambal, the spiciness is just so comfortable (not too gentle & not having sexy lips and I have to drink more than I eat)

RM 14.90

(Geez, I can have 2 bowls of asam laksa and keep the change, for 1 plate of this. Well, look at the mountain of seafood, it makes you feel better for the price)

Tuna Mayo Sandwich

From my cousin's reaction and comment during the meal, the sandwich isn't that awesome

She commented that the tuna is very cold

RM 5.50

Carbon Brasa

No 1, Jalan Kenari 6,

Bandar Puchong Jaya

47100 Puchong,

Selangor Darul Ehsan

Walking distance from IOI Boulevard, Puchong

Love

Veet 'My Real Secret' College Programme Roadshow

Date: 3rd October 2011

Venue: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Here comes Veet Roadshow in UKM main campus, Bangi to spread and educate every girl here on how to have sexy and smooth legs!

It started with a brief consultation regarding hair removal using cream. After the consultation, everyone that had registered are entitled to join the lucky draw!

At the start of the day

People pouring in to register themselves for the roadshow before heading for the lucky draw!

Who is lucky that day?

The prize for the lucky draw is a box Veet products, not bad huh!

Besides that, Veet products were sold here as well and for any product purchased, they are entitled to have a FREE photoshoot with the Veet backdrop that will be printed out on the spot! FREE :)

Good thing doesn't end here, RM5 discount voucher was given out so that Veet products can be purchased at a cheaper price in participating Watson outlets nationwide. Come in for free and you can take away Veet products for RM5 cheaper. Worth huh?

For those who have used razor, this is the time to do good for the mother Earth. A bin was provided to collect the used razor and for each razor tossed in, one free Veet hair removal cream was given for FREE. 

Fret not for those who had missed the earlier consultation, there is Wall of Hair Removal 101 that can guide you through all the knowledge with Veet promoter. After that, off to lucky draw!

Grab yourself a Veet products now and see the difference after using them!

Love

Blog Action Day 2011 - I cook my own dinner

When you're away from home, the comfort zone

When you're not earning

When you're using money from loan & it needs to be return some day

When life is busy

All we wish for is food that can keep us going 

From that situation above, not everyday we're able to indulge ourselves with great food

But, with that, I appreciate every single meal I had

Sometimes, we tend to neglect the appreciation of having food

To overcome this, I cook my own meal once awhile

When I cook, I will always remind myself to finish it up

Though Malaysia has lots of local food that is so yummy, an endless list

I'm going to show a dish I could indulge myself without spending a lot

For sure, time will be spent in order to cook this dish but I see it as a time to de-stress myself from the hectic routine I had

I cook this tom yam noodle once in a while for dinner

Half of noodle: RM 0.46

Vegetables: RM 0.60 (RM 1.80 per packet, divide into 3 servings)

Egg: RM 0.42

Enoki mushrooms: RM 0.33 (RM0.99 per packet, divide into 3 servings)

Onions: RM 0.10

Tom Yam paste: RM 0.55 (RM 1.10 per packet for 2 servings)

TOTAL: RM 2.50 (after rounding up)

Cooking skill increased, de-stress successful, save up $$

Be grateful with the food we have and do not waste food yo!

This is written in conjunction of Blog Action Day 2011 today 

Food is the theme :)

Love

FreshKon Alluring Eyes

Come to speak about contact lens, it is no stranger to me. It took me 40 minutes struggling to put on my very first contact lens back when I was in Form 4. Yes, 40 minutes! I never like to stuck something into my eyes. But, I want try that so badly, you know why.

Besides colorless contact lens, I had tried a few more color contact lens before due to recommendations from friends. By the way, how many have heard of FreshKon? Any hands up?

FreshKon Alluring Eyes does not only provide contact lens with different colors, they assure to give the best that solves most of the problems faced by contact lens cosumers

They have now 4 shades to choose from:

Winsome brown, mystical black, mesmeric black & magnetic grey

These 4 colors might not be attractive for those who wants more daring colors. But, with natural shades, you can wear it everywhere in every occasions that it will never go wrong. 

In every girl, FreshKon aims to bring up the ABC personality

A: Attractive

B: Beautiful

C: Confident

Very clear written on the box, it is sure to give bigger and brighter eyes!

No choice, every time I got myself contact lens, I need 2 boxes!

My left and right eyes just don't make friends with each other, that is why I had 2 very different power in each of my eye. It should be -5.75 for my righty because I forgot my own power. See that -7.00, that's my really naughty left eye, that I can barely see a thing if it wasn't corrected >.<

Here's 1 more thing about FreshKon Alluring Eyes which really understand eyes like me:

They have range of power from powerless up to -10.00!

I have an experience last time that the sales assistant in an optical shop looked so surprised when I told her I was looking for contact lens with the power of -7.00. It took her some times to let me know that they did not have ready stock for me, where I have to pre-ordered it from their factory.

I guess I face no problem now with the wide range of FreshKon Alluring Eyes

*All smiles*

Let's unbox!

The packaging from the top and bottom

Me love the Winsome Brown so much, which is typically something a lil different from the other 3 shades

Before I proceed, I hope my phone camera is sufficient to provide the outcomes after putting on the contact lens. I apologize for the really bad quality.

It is pretty easy to guess FreshKon Winsome Brown is resting in which eye here!

No lies, it has full circle print that gives bigger & brighter eyes.

I used to have color block problem whenever I wear color contact lens. I didn't see myself struggling with this problem now because FreshKon has larger optical zone for clearer vision

With 55% of water content, it provides more comfort to the eyes and I can wear them up to 8 hours!

Here's a clip on FreshKon Alluring Eyes contact lens:

Besides getting to have bigger & brighter eyes, FreshKon is now looking for a model! Ever wanted to become a model? And here's the chance for you:

Hurry up, put on FreshKon Alluring Eyes & take the best photo of you and you will be running to become the model that FreshKon is looking for :)

To find out more about the Model Search, visit FreshKon Malaysia Facebook page and LIKE them to join the contest!

Many thanks to FreshKon Alluring Eyes, I heart the alluring effects max max :)

Love

Hui Fang's convocation

This was way back to 23rd September, where this event I wouldn't want to miss out to place it in my blog for remembrance. It feels like just a blink of an eye, we just had a gathering dinner with Yu Jun for his graduation last year.

This year, it is my grand buddy's graduation!

Congratulations!
(Finally, the hard-earned title of Doctor)

If you aren't very sure what does grand buddy really stands for, there is this system in my uni called "Buddy System". Every time when you're promoted to Year 2 as senior, you're able to pick 1 junior which had just entered Year 1 as your buddy. This system were created initially to guide the freshmen when they first enter uni and the course. Years to years, the chain of choosing your own buddy goes on, it forms a line of buddy from Year 1 to Year 5 until graduation

It is okay if this is confusing, I'm pretty bad at explaining

Hui Fang (my grand buddy) & myself in front of the hall of KTSN

When I first enter Year 1, she was in Year 3. Time flies.

The number posed by each of us shows the sequence of our Buddy Line

Left to right:

Boon Chin (Year 5), Eddy (Year 3), Hui Fang (Houseman), myself (Year 4), Joanne (Year 2), Wan Ngor, our new little buddy! (Year 1)

After the event, we decided to have a dinner together because it takes all of us to have this gathering once a year (which we called it "annual" meeting)

We left KTSN which is located in Taman Tasik Titiwangsa around 6pm and we were stucked in a terrible jam on our way to Cheras. We spent 2 hours + in the car. We reached Cheras Leisure Mall with super flat tummy at 8pm. We had dinner without Hui Fang in Boston as she had a gathering in MV with her friends. But she promised to meet us up around 10pm.

We finally meet up with Hui Fang & we settled down in Gilly cafe

In Gilly cafe, having a private cubicle on our own with rounds of Jenga 

After breaking the ice for the little buddy...

Tests on hand stability and concentration:

Boon Chin always go for the tough piece

I'm always going for the safe one or sometimes the one that will give the next player a really hard time

Joanne in full concentration

We left the place around 1am and Hui Fang paid for our drinks!

Really grateful to her, she stayed up late for us when she had her real convocation in UKM main campus the next morning!

During our sharing with each other, her graduation did give a push for us to keep moving on until our very own graduation day

All pictures courtesy of Hui Fang

Love

Yada yada

I want to get it all over as soon as possible

But to get rid of these, it needs a lot of sacrifice & courage

My confidence, less than half

It has been easy to see 1/3 of my batch in the posting had done with theirs

But the stories behind were untold

Had been very irresponsible and draggy for the past few days

After knowing my short case will be held only on Thursday

Now it is my turn

The name on top of the list tomorrow

Exactly the first one for the day

The hard-swallowed cocktail of feelings is back

14 months ago, I was shaken for not knowing how short case was done in Internal Medicine

Now, I am shaken because I can imagine the exact situation

Pros, this is no longer the first clinical exam 

Cons, they are kids / newborns! (a plus plus in difficulty level)

Can I choose some courses that have no practical exams and those that I can just laze around the lecture hall? *stupid question*

Self-calming:
The exam session will only take 20 minutes of my life, what's the big deal
*after telling self, calmed for a second, the chill is back after that*
(geez, it is about the time of one short drama series, that's long)

A reminder to self - I have come so far in this journey, look at the steps left in front. It is much shorter than those steps that I have gone through. Believe in what I have got

Yada yada...

Another sleepless night + with the sore throat

*Hope I didn't run around my room with a kettle and pillow*

Love

Pearl International Hotel: Sunday Japanese Buffet Brunch

Bought a deal in I Love Discount where I can enjoy this Japanese Buffet Brunch for only RM37.80, compared to the normal Adult price of RM55++ in Pearl International Hotel. The deal can be used from 11 September until November. Since I won't be around KL this coming Sunday, we had it last Sunday :)

Psst, I apologize for poor pictures in this post and I missed out a lot of food in here. Too busy eating and this place is kinda crowded

I was really excited since the night before this brunch, never actually have much chances to experience buffet in my life due to my small tummy that could not stretch any further

#1 Served with Japanese Green Tea once we were seated

#2 It's Japanese buffet, chopsticks are provided

Not sure how to use?

Check out the next picture :)

#3 Fret not, there are instructions behind it

Cute, right?

The first food I saw was Japanese fried rice, then beef rendang, chicken rendang. Not very interested in those because it is not worth the theme and money

Then turn the corner of food, I saw rows of those container that pau seller use to heat the pau while selling. It strikes me for a moment whether I'm having Japanese buffet or Oriental Chinese buffet. They are chawanmushi and really pau in there! Not interested at the moment, turn to another section

And this is what I found!

*Yum yum*

#4 Ta-daah!

My all-time favorite

Hold my plate tight and take as much as I can :D

This is where I revealed my kiasu-ness

#5 Appetizer and salad!

I love the presentation of the food

There are rows of finger food available 

Yummies!

#6 The first plate that reached the table by Andrew

Everyone thought that were tempura, but it was like fried vege only 

=.=

Saw the 2 super charcoal black sushi there, they are black caviar sushi!

I had my first one in my lifetime - Superb

#7 Andrew took a plate and I took a plate, turn out quite a lot!

The mussels are really good, I lost count how much I ate

After that, I felt that I can't swallow anymore mussels

While for the raw oyster, I had the first one without the lemon

Totally forget about it =.=

The aftermath - I'm not taking the second one because it is too raw for me

Found it a bit geli after that

#8 The seasoned baby octopus (chuka idako, my fav too :)

Fresh and sweet, love how it topped with sesame

#9 Sashimi

Salmon (鮭 Sake) & tuna (まぐろ Maguro)

I prefer salmon sashimi, it was way nicer! 

:D

#10 More sashimi!!!

This time are squid (いか Ika) and octopus (たこ Tako)

Both of these I'm all right with it as well, squid and octopus have always been favorite

But this is the first time I had so much sashimi at one go

This is worth the money! :D

#11 Tried the combination of Soba and Miso soup

There are 2 pots of soup beside the soba

Qi Tyng and I aren't very sure which is which, we only know one of them was Miso soup

No tag for the other pot of soup

So, we made a decision to try soba and miso soup at the same time, so that our tummy are fit to try other stuff later

After that, I saw another lady scooping the soup from the other pot

Then only I realized that was the original soup for Soba

=.=

#12 More and more sushi!

Lazy to rearrange them for photography session because I'm busy eating my own food

:P

#13 Chawanmushi

I prefer the mushroom here than those I had before in other Japanese restaurant

Way to the bottom, there is one prawn, which is larger than what I had before

Just a passerby dish, wallop this small cup fast and head to other food

#14 I am not sure what is this, we called it the Japanese Steamboat

We picked the ingredients we want, the chef will cook for us with Miso Soup

Not worth, just to try out everything there

Mostly are frozen ingredients, nothing special

 #15 Not sure how Japanese this dessert us, I mean the mini tart

The mini tart is one of the best dessert I have tasted there

Fruits on top, with cream in the middle, chocolate is at the bottom 

The mochi are just normal for me

With red bean, kaya and black sesame fillings

Nothing very special about this

#16 Near to the end only we had potato salad

I had my first one when I was in matrikulasi and after that I seldom have this dish

Glad that they didn't mix too much mayonnaise with the potato

This amount of mayonnaise is just nice, love it!

Very refreshing and appetizing :)

#17 Stacks of dessert!

Cream puff, cakes, pudding

#18 Here come the second plate of dessert with more mochi and cakes

The cakes are so-so only, not very special

Not very Japanese though

#19 The colorful pau!

I had the pink one, it was red bean paste inside

Not a fan of red bean, it was just okay for me

It is still not too late to head yourself there, make sure to make a reservation first

Every Sunday from 12pm to 5pm

Pearl International Hotel

Batu 5, Jalan Klang Lama

58000 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03-7983 1111

We had 2 games of bowling after this buffet to burn off some calories :P

Love