Gawai Holidays

Its been years since I last went back to my kampung, and years since I celebrated Gawai having close friends and family over. This year, since it is my final year in university, mum decided I should celebrate Gawai and invite friends over since as after graduation, everyone will go on living their lives. It is definitely difficult having reunions and gatherings then because everyone is everywhere! :(

This year, decided to have it plain and simple. Baked 4 cakes and 1 biscuit, baked chicken lasagna, cooked curry and everything delicious xD Though I totally forgotten to take photos of them as I was busy playing hostess to the partayy... Kinda miss some friends whom I haven't seen in years! Oh the reminiscence.

Was super tired after the mini - open house. Dad said that next year will be a full scale with caterers involved. Ugh another 400 guests packing my house is super duper tiringgggg... oh wells, better celebrate than never :)

Went for Sushi at Kensaku Japanese Restaurant as Life Cafe was full. Though the food in the restaurant is kinda pricey, but nevertheless very fresh and worth it :) Having a nice and simple dinner with loved ones is priceless.




All photos will be in Facebook, hence less here :(

Rushing my FYP presentation and final paper for the semester at the moment. Wish me luck! :)

Till next time xoxo

Chinese New Year 2011

Wishing everyone a HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! And a Happy Bunny New Year, wishing that bunnies will forever hop in abundance into your homes! :D
Siaw Yin and I during first day CNY :D

Thankiuk~~~

A BIG THANK YOU to all my beloved friends who wished me a happy birthday through sms, phone call, facebook, friendster, msn and real live... and also celebrating my birthday with me!!! Nothing can express how happy i am that day. Thanks a bunch. Thank the Lord for the wonderful birthday present... out of 4 birthday wish, 3 came true. Ahahahaha... so happy enough already... lol. And to everyone who got good results in their exams, CONGRATS~~~ im 19 this year... nevermind, im still a teen!!! Lol... anyways, i just wish for peace this year, and also wish so that the economic recession isnt that bad... so i can go somewhere lol... and shopping... and and... LOL... okay peace ya all~~~

signing off,
Amber xoxo

Hari Raya Visiting

Today, i went to Zaki's house for Hari Raya. Its been a long time since i last saw him, and face it... i miss my bunch of old friends... with the exception of June la... see her everyday... LOL... and i so love Ms. Cho Sieng Yieng... spell wrong or not? Lol... love Catherine's naivety a lot. So cute... And... i finally saw Alistair after not having seen him around ever since he was discharged from the hospital. Whoa... time really flies... enough talking... show the pics of us while at Zaki's house.

The photo taken by Zaki's father. Bad lighting la. But nevermind... Standing L to R: June, yours truly, Suk Thin, Catherine, Irene, Boon Yee. Im still so tall... teeheehee... Sitting L to R: Alistair, Zakil, Jason.


See that Catherine beside me? Dammit, if she is in Swinburne, i bet there are tonnes of guys going after her. No jokes... she is damn pretty la wei... HAHAHA...

Miss em dudes and dudettes...

Ok... back to CEP. Zzzz...

Birthdays!

I DONT FECKIN CARE ABOUT USING CAPS FOR THIS WHOLE POST... HAHAHAHA... COZ ITS A VERY VERY HAPPY DAY... WOOT... WHOLE KUCHING TURNED INTO THE STONE AGE FOR FEW HOURS... TOTAL BLACKOUT!!! 2 HOURS PLUS IF MY TIMING WAS RIGHT... WAS IN CHURCH WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT AND THE PRIEST WHEN INTO A DRAWLING VOICE... HAHAHAHA... LUCKY I DIDNT SING TODAY, COZ MY CAR WAS TAKEN IN THE AFTERNOON (OH NO!!!) SO I DIDNT GO FOR PRACTICE, BUT EVEN IF I DID, I HAD TO SING WITHOUT MUSIC AND WITH MY LOUD LOUD VOICE... SURE NO PITCHING PROBLEMS ONE.... ^^ DRIVING AROUND IN THE DARK IS DAMN SCARY LA WEI... I DROVE HOME COZ MUMMY DRIVES WORSE THAN ME, SO I TOOK THE WHEEL. NO TRAFFIC LIGHTS, TRAFFIC JAMS EVERYWHERE, CROSS TRAFFIC LIGHT ALSO LIKE SANDWICH, STUCK HERE AND THERE COZ EVERYONE WANTS TO CROSS THE ROAD. IN THE END, SWITCH ON THE FECKING HAZARD LIGHTS LA... HAHAHA... DAMN SUANG I TELL YOU...

ANYWAYS, IN THIS POST... I JUST WANNA WISH MY BABY KEVIN LAU A HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY... he is a very old man now, and is getting forgetful by the day, so please bear with him. ^^ ALL THE BEST FOR THE NEW YEAR... AND AND... STUDY HARDER LA PLEASE... BUH... =P IM ALL WORRIED AT TIMES... BUH... AND ALSO TO PEI YUAN AND AUGUSTINE LIM... HAPPY 19TH AND 20TH BIRTHDAY TOMORROW... sorry coz im lazy to blog tomorrow... i think? LOL

MAY GOD BLESS ALL THE BIRTHDAY BOYS!!! WHEEEEEEE... oh ya, happy belated Birthday to Mum and Bro on the 2nd August... =D *winks*

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Today... is another big day... as it is someone's birthday... ^^ I just wanna wish him a big big HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY and all the best in your future, Mr. Tang Chee Min!!! I dont have cakes, nor presents or anything coz i dont know whether it is appropriate for me to give you something, but then... i just have my sweet wishes to you that God will shower his blessings onto you always... and stay happy always too... you look good in it... ^^

And and... i so loveeeeee my cousin Leah... lolz... she is so effing cute... omg... im gonna miss her if she goes back to Penang... she is so innocent and cute at the same time... i really had a good laugh talking and playing with her... omg omg... for a 2 year old, she is so damn smart... dammit... i feel like having a baby now... zzzz... maybe a younger sister... LOL... =(


Dont look at my aunt and my mum... zzz... just look at the little girl in yellow shirt there... lol... HER EYES ARE SO BIG!!! omg... we have those genes running in the family... thats why my eyes are pretty big too... zzz... her nickname is HoneyGirl... LOL... i really cant stop laughing at her... wait... laughing with her... zzz... man i miss her... =(

And my Tambun is out of stock... sad... =X

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Today... i just wanna say...

May this new coming of age brings you lots and lots of happiness... and and... God Bless YOU!!!!!! and dont get so stress arrr... not good for health... haih... happy happy always... ^^

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL MY READERS AND FRIENDS!!!

This day, girls and guys in love around the world should treat their love ones extremely special... hihi... for the guys, buy your girl flowers, chocolates, necklaces, rings, teddy bears, nice nice pillows or whatever sweet... for the girls, get your guys a PSP, chocolates, shirts, shoes or whatever guys like... i seriously dunno what to get them... all i wanted to do was to bake cupcakes for him, then glaze it with white icing and draw a pink love on top... or ABC's and when you assemble them up nicely in a box, it spells 'I LOVE U' and 'XOXO'. LOL... im pretty sweet arent i? But then, the cupcakes are baked, but the guy isnt in town... so yea, im gonna look at the cupcakes pretty long, and then think of my bad luck and misery, then eat them by myself... HIHI... im sooooo pathetic!!! ahhhhh, who cares aight?


This fat chubby cat JUST WANNA WISH YA ALL HAPPY VALENTINE'S AGAIN...

And happy BIRTHDAY AZIEMAH!!! And NIMAI!!! LOL...

In Berberboo's mind: Im so scared of life... lol... i might end up as a spinster... buh

Its the season to be prosperous... tralalalalalalala~~~

Haha... Chinese New Year is just a week away... wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee... its the season to be jolly once more... wakakakaka... red packets and lion dancing... zzzz, dont you just love to see everyone wearing red, and seeing everything in red??? Red clothes, red pillows, red food, red red red red... RED PACKETS!!! woot woot... im gonna save all of them... WHEEEEEEE... ^^ Okay, before talking about CNY since i still have lots of time to talk about it next week... im gonna talk about McD! Yeap, McDonalds. Hihi...

McDonalds had its prosperity promotion running from the 14th till 31st January. This is the only season where prosperity burgers and twister fries came into the picture. And i have to admit, im obsessed with twister fries. Zzzzz... dont believe me?


My twister fries on Monday... this is the medium sized one... so little la... well, what to do, i never liked the chicken prosperity burger so i ordered McValue meal and opt to change the french to twisters!!! Wait.... WHY NO BEEF PROSPERITY BURGER IN KUCHING ONE??? UNFAIR!!! I WANT BEEF!!!


So this pig decided to head back there on Wednesday and ordered more twister fries. Yes, 4 LARGE TWISTER FRIES WHICH CAUSE ME NEARLY 20 BUCKS!!! ^^ Im sooooo happppppiiiiieeeee!!! =D


Yes, this is how much i can eat. Lots and lots of twister fries and 2 fish-o-fillets burgers... believe me? I spent like 40 bucks for breakfast cum lunch... zzzz... there goes my money saving resolution... and my weight increase a kg... shit... haha.... nevermind, red packets are coming soon!!! WHEEEEEEEEE...


My favorite McNuggets from McD. Haha, i always order the 20 pieces for 15.70 bucks one... hahaha... i love to eat, what can i do? Zzzz... im getting fat...

Im fat fat fat fat fat... zzzz... nevermind lo... eat eat eat during CNY, then exams stress will kill the fat, then 2 weeks worth of holidays and gymming before degree intake will make me back to my original weight... so yea, all planned out... wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee =D

And yea, this is for Kari, since she asked me to camwhore... finally got the time to do it le... ^^


Nahhh, happy le ma, Kari sayang? Hihihihi... sorry la sayang, i have very ugly black eyebags... tidak cukup tidur for weeks le... zzzz... haiz... holidays i wanna sleep cukup cukup so that i dont fall sick... buh

I miss my sha zhu... sighs... i bet he doesnt miss me... buh buh... nevermind... i can miss someone else then... zzzz

CNY!!! WHEEEE.... cant wait cant wait... =D

Cai Shen... where are you??? i want i want... ^^

Nvm, its time to pig out again... tata

In Berberboo's mind: I almost gave my beloved piggy keychain to sha zhu o... but then, what if he found no use of it and give it to someone else... zzz... wasting le, coz its too cute... zzzz

The Celebration never ends...

Yesterday, i had a wonderful day. Extremely wonderful that is... i cut my hair... AGAIN... in the morning, then i had to meet up with Fred Loh, who came back from NZ (wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee), then i had a change of opinion about studying Mechatronics after hearing the Engineering Talk in school, reconciling with a friend, and celebrating his birthday at night... ^^ How bad could a day gets to be when im living in it? Nah, not bad at all... one hell of a good one actually. So yea... lets recap!!!

I cut my hair in the morning... well, i wasnt supposed to cut but then my mum insisted coz my old hair looked messy, so she asked the barber to sort of trim everywhere... and yea, he did... cut about 1-2 inch everywhere... and the outcome? I have shorter front hair and everywhere... zzzz. I cant tie up my hair anymore... nor can i put my front hair behind my ears... sighs...


Dont blame my photo quality for yesterday coz i seriously forgot to change to the 5 mp mode... was using MMS mode all day... DAMMIT... how could i be so fucking stupid? Man, sometimes i hate myself for being so forgetful... sighs... anyways, thats my new hair-do, shorter fringe and length everywhere... but dont see much difference unless you look properly that is... buh

So yea, met up with Fred at The Spring... ^^ and... WE HAD SUSHI KING AGAIN!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEE!!! had to try different things this time so i ordered a different set of food compared to previous one. ^^ While waiting, we chatted and camwhored as usual... =D


Shawn and Mr. Loh... haha... he is soooooo thinnnnnnnn now..... and he kept saying im thin instead... sighs... OH YEA... HE GREW TALLER FROM THE LAST TIME WE SAW EACH OTHER... I MEAN REALLY TALLER!!! ^^


Chee Cheng and Siaw Yin... ^^ our lovely gang... buh buh...


And a thick-skin shot from Fred's phone of me!!! zzzz... what to do, damn nice to camwhore right? lol...

Food pics are a must in a blogger's life... ^^


Yatsei Tempura... or vegetable tempura... lolz...


Some Soba mee that Chee Cheng ordered... cant remember the name... sighs...


Shawn's potato balls... or so i think it is... haha


Some Japanese noodles but i swear it tastes like mee sua, so i will call it Japanese Mee Sua then... ^^


And unagi with rice and egg... Siaw Yin's... =D


Raw pickled octopus legs sushi... damn nice can!!! very chewy chewy and elastic and crunchy... ahhhh... i want more... but 4 bucks a plate man... so expensive!!!


And seasoned scallops sushi... ahhh... i always love this kind... *hearts*

So we eat and eat and eat... haha... THANK GOD I DIDNT FALL AT SUSHI KING THIS TIME!!! extreme precaution about the uneven steps now... ^^, then... we walked around... then we headed back to Swinburne to give Fred a tour around campus... hihihi... but i needed to meet with someone so i escaped to the computer lab and let Shawn do all the touring... sorry yea Fred... =X

But before he headed home, we still got the chance to camwhore outside the 5th floor corridor... hihi... fun o...


Fred and I... peace babeh!!!


Fred is still shorter than Shawn... hihihi... blekkk...


Zzzz... im still so short... sighs sighs... nevermind, this picture is like menaiki tangga berlubang like that... mwahahahaha...


Peace-ing (pissing) overloaded... hahahaha... Fred refuse to show the peace sign... buh Fred buh...


Crouching down like a bunch of criminals... waiting for the self-timer to take a pic... 3... 2... 1... SNAP!!!


The kegilababian never ends... mwahaha... blehhhh


And then... we had a group hug!!! Awww... loves loves Fred... =D haha... credits to Siaw Yin for being the photographer of the day... ^^

So after all the camwhoring hiatus at the 5th floor corridor... Fred went home... i hope he knew the way back though... haha... i hope we get to meet up again and this time... BRING ZAKIL AND JEROMEY ALONG TOO... ^^ and then we went for the Engineering talk a floor below... my opinion about Mechatronics engineering changed towards a whole new direction... it seems so fun to create robots and such... haha... i might diversify my opinions for now... =X but for EnE engineering? Neh, dont bother to try...

Then at night... attended someone's coming of age at Pizza Hut. Yea, Larry turned 19 yesterday... woot... so old already... hihihi... i didnt take much photos coz i know they will be pissed if i blog about it but hey, a few wont hurt kan? haha...


Larry... snapping a photo of me...


Snapping a photo of him... haha... pardon Ben's blur look... he didnt managed to escape from our camera shutter speed. ^^ dont ask me why im sitting next to him... they planned it so... zzzz... anyways, he served me whole night... so ive got nothing to complain about except blushing and saying thanks and saying dont want and bla bla... haha... thanks ya... and his face turn red when he ate that spicy pizza... mwahahaha... i should have snap a photo but didnt dare... sighs...


The birthday boy cutting his birthday cake... and yea, we dont have to sing birthday songs for him because there was a kids birthday party being held upstairs so they played the birthday song already... mwahahaha.... and on his cake was written the words... "Stupid Larry" hahaha... cute right? =D i didnt managed to get a photo of it because i wasnt that enthusiastic to take so many photos coz i wasnt feeling well... =( i regret it now... haha... nevermind la... if we get to meet up for the next birthday, i wont hesitate for pictures anymore... =D

They splat his face with cake after that... for the first time in my life, i thought only girls will do that, but guys also has the same habit... so yea... I DID LAUGH... ^^


Group photo... haha... you cant see me in the photo coz face it, i preferred not to be seen amongst the group of guys... incase some people might get annoyed... haha... but i think my photos have been taken by some cameras that night coz i know there was snapping sounds and flashes everywhere, but heck... nevermind la... haha... i didnt look that shabby that night either... i dont wanna name any names here... those who knows will know la... haha...... i dont need to name all the boys in the pic right? you know them already la... ^^ hehe... friends forever ya!!!

Then after talking and eating and merry making... we went to have a after-meal stroll at Jalan Song... ahaha... went to see Ah Hock's dad, then went to the pet shop (i was laughing my head off at a puppy who looks like a pig coz seriously, it has those black spots and its pink in color!!!) and then see some mop demonstration which in my surprise, we stood there for like 10 mins to listen to the guy crapping coz someone seems to be interested in the mop... haha... i should have suggested to go to Friendship Park la... but then... not feeling well, so... we dispersed... HY send me home and the rest went back to the hostel to celebrate again... or dunno la what they were up to... =X

Went back home to have a rest, chat online for a while and then sleep... hehe... i had a wonderful day yesterday... and i shall never forget it... =D

But the celaka thing about all this happiness is... MONEY!!! for this week alone, i spent like over 350 bucks on food and gifts... wah lao... die lar if life goes on like this... and for this statement... I HAVE TO AGREE... THAT MONEY INDEED CAN BUY HAPPINESS!!! =__=

But happiness is the most important thing in life... so... heck i dont bother about money... zzzz

LOVE MY FRIENDS A LOT!!! muaks muaks!!!

and for today, happy 19th Norman!!! =D

In Berberboo's mind: I hope he doesnt need to go away soon... coz i will miss him... haha...

Of Over Happiness and Unluckiness

I celebrated my legality yesterday, 14th January with my friends at The Spring. My first time there, i was sort of being the epitome of sakainess... haha... i was like a little baby being left in the middle of the road... coz... it was fucking packed and fast-paced... i mean people were walking in all direction... regardless whether they are any shops at those corners... zzzz... what has Kuching people turned into??? Since when do we hoard places like sardines in a can? Sighs... nevermind... im an anchovy stucked in between. ^^

So okay, back to my big 18. I walked over to Spring with my buddies, Shawn, Siaw Yin, Chee Cheng and Chin Fong. The weather was freaking hot and yea, i did get sunburnt... haha... i can feel the skin peeling on my face... eww eww... reached Spring slightly before 12 coz we had extra hour class with Miss Kang. Buh... hate study info... gonna fail big time... =X

I enter Spring... i saw Starbucks and Secret Recipe greeting me. OO... the joy i felt was like i was in KL for the holidays... haha... nice one... saw a few high end shops which i think might burn out our pocket money. Zzzz... imagine la... one piece of clothe cost about 100 bucks... and thats just a spaghetti top... omg... thats a rip off... well... we went to survey the entire place before started shopping our hours away. In a matter of fact, im the one who was shopping and the rest just sort of accompany me and do the carrying and answering my questions. Lols... sorry yea guys!!! I know im quite a shopper these days but i still spend very little ok? Haha... im very pleased with my purchase. Anyways, its free coz daddy gave me money for shopping as a birthday present... so oh wells... ^^


I fell in love with this the moment i saw it... loves loves flowers... awwww


The so called Chinese New Year decoration on the ceiling, or so i think it is...


Beautiful colored plates... the beauty only to be destroyed by uncivilized people who think that those are their wishing wells where they can throw their coins in for luck... buh... moronic...


And for me, no shopping complex is complete without a toy/gift shop... ^^

After tired hours of shopping, we decided to eat lunch coz someone was sooo hungry till i need to halt my shopping spree for an hour or so. Lol.


Sushi King... we had our lunch here... coz i refused to let some people chia me to eat... haha... sorry yea, its not my moral principle to do so... =X dont feel insulted or what, ok?


Some black pepper i dont know what this is... =_= Chee Cheng's...


Some chicken biri-biri thingy that Siaw Yin, Shawn and Chin Fong had... i swear i thought that was milk in a bowl... till i asked them... haha... coz mine was the slowest to come... =__= but the thing turned out to be very nice... haha... steam eggs... and seafood at the bottom...


And my fry set... uh... i really dont know what was so hard to cook this... haha... so in the end, i played around with my food before eating... you know la, savor the moment of lateness...


My culinary skills... cute right? ^^


Shawn's croquette... haha... 6.90 man...


My fried octopus which i think Ropa would kill me for... lolz...


Guess what is this? I swear in the picture it looks like a lit candle on a table but it is in fact a light bulb hanging over me... nice aight?

So yea... after the expensive lunch... went back to shopping again... haha... tried on a few dresses... buh... and camwhore with them too... bleh... im an arse, i know i know...


Some short dress that made me look so fat... wait, I AM FAT... look at my humongous thighs... mwahahaha... =__='


A beige button down dress that was sold with a 50% discount... haha... cheap eh?


Tried on the grey one... looks so much better in it... haha... but i dont wanna spend my money on something that expensive... i have a budget of 50 bucks per piece of clothing... haha...


This dress made my bust looked so damn big... grrr... and it costs like 53 bucks... buhh...


But in the end, i ended up getting this dress... for 42 bucks... damn worth it can... haha... i look okay in it too... gonna wear it soon... hihihi...

Overall... i spent like 150 bucks on everything... excluding food la... but for 6 pieces of clothing... i guess its worth it lo... ^^


We had Starbucks Caramel Frappucino before we left... 3 cups for 3 person... haha... coz Chee Cheng and Chin Fong left earlier coz they wanna sort out their stuff... so yea... left the 3 of us... dammit la... Starbucks so expensive... 40 BUCKS FOR 3 DRINKS... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Hihi... i love the surprises... but talk about them later... that night... went to eat with family... suppose to go and eat at Magenta, but too bad it was close... then tried My Restaurant... closed too!!! In the end, ended up in Sahara... but it was okay, worth it... and still cheaper than other food eateries in that standard... hahaha...

We had: (sorry for bad pictures, had to switch off the flash)


Fish and chips... can say its the best in town so far... =D


Oxtail stew... you wouldnt know it was oxtail... haha... taste a lot like lamb shank... =__= but good though... ^^


There is always Chicken Corden Bleu... now there is PORK CORDEN BLEU... omg... i cant live without pork... ^^


Mix grill... erm... taste good... but not recommendable coz the portion was too little for comforts... haha...


Spaghetti Aglio Olio... ahahaha.... very nice one... ^^

I had a very enjoyable dinner at Sahara... with the nice ambience and soft music... i feel like sleeping ever so often... =D

So... i went home... and finally sort out the stuff i bought... hihihi... got gifts this year... something that i never expected... well, got 3 plushies!!! muahahaha... im shooooo happppiiiieee!!! And got some clothes with the money dad gave me... =D

Im a happy girl... oopsss... WOMAN!!! HAHA...

*smile*

I wanna thank Rosemary and Cherry for the puppy... ^^

I wanna thank the Sibu dudes (WHY, Ben, Larry, ZJ, Mike, Hock) for the big teddy... ^^

I wanna thank my bro for the penguin... haha... at least Patrick wont be lonely anymore... =D

Thank mum and dad for money...

Thank Shawn, Siaw Yin, Chee Cheng and Chin Fong for accompanying me whole day.

AND THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO SENT ME TEXT MESSAGES, FRIENDSTER COMMENTS, BLOG COMMENTS AND ALL THOSE WHO WISHED ME HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! THANKS A LOT GUYS... MUAKS MUAKS... IM FINALLY LEGAL... AND IM IN DA CLUB OF 18's!!! YAY!!!


Thanks for all the wonderful memories you guys gave me on this huge huge occasion... although 18 is just another figure in my life, i did enjoy my first day of turning 18... soo many sweet memories to cherish... and also some bitter ones la... haha...


Firstly , i fell in Sushi King in the Spring and i cut my thighs... ouch it hurts man... damn... everyone saw me... zzzz... i have ugly fat thighs... haha... =_=


This picture is shoooo cuteeeee.... hahaha... like i said, sha zhu is handicapped without her sha ye zhu... so... im hopeless in my 18th year... lol... joking!!!

Haha... getting a cut on my birthday is alright i guess... not much of an embarassment... but guess what, i langgar somebody's behind today... needa pay 150 bucks for repair but my car wasnt even touched at all... coz... MY BESI KUAT!!! MWAHAHA... but choi choi... dont want to get into accidents anymore... already kena nuclear bomb from my parents just now... and a reminder, do not drive when your having a bad headache.

HAHA!!!

In Berberboo's mind: Im useless today... dont know why i cant do much at all... sigh... and someone got me blushing on my birthday... i was so red in the face till i got a fever... haha... oh come one, how could i resist such hot person? lol