Mooncake-less mooncake festival with my bro & his gang

Gone to KL to apply for PVP 2 weeks ago.

With me being me, work is always mixed with pleasure~ Quoting Tina, "Chee Hui berfoya-foya with her brother," so yeah, I was.

My bro kept me there for a steamboat party they were having. Being a steamboat party that catered for GUYS, this one consisted of 90% meat, and 10% non-meat food. (see for yourself in the photo below -.-'')

This turned out to be a berry merry party. My bro and his brothers (and the GFs + wives) totally crowded the small living room. There's not enough seats, so we had to take turn. Or, alternatively, you could sit on somebody XD.

There were quite a number of unexpected guests, the cousins of one, and the sister and brother-in-law of another. And they blended in so well, you could hardly think that these were people who had just met!

BUT!!! This is the very first time I celebrated the traditional Mooncake Festival without any mooncake at all, not even a single paper lantern!!

Well, at least Annie and "Dai sou" got us some candles, and they lit off beautifully at night!

The front gate looked like this. The photo was taken form inside the house.

Not looking so good? Try the side view.

But sometimes, the wind was a little too strong, and blew the candles off. Worry not! We had a pegawai bertugas to light them up.

And who said that only the front gate was lined with candles? The side wall was not left bare in a night like this.

But HEY!! What's the pegawai bertugas doing? Hah! Neglecting his duty to snap a photo of the gate....this is going to be ugly for you.....

...THERE! For neglecting the candles!

XD.

~Sleeping Hours~

I found this small article regarding sleep need. This is written specifically for my roommate. Hahakz. She can sleep less than 6 hours and yet seems so bright and shiny the next day. So unfair~
I sleep for more than 8 hours and I feel like a walking zombie the next day. What the?? This is what the article has written:

The amount of sleep needed each night might depend less on fluffy pillows than a single genetic mutation. [High possibility she has this mutation. XD] A team of scientists claim they have identified a gene that regulates the optimum amount of human sleep each individual needs, explaining why after six hours of slumber one person may awake reborn [Her], while another is like the living dead. [Totally me~]

I totally admit that I awake feeling like an undead if I do not have enough sleep. Usually I replenish my sleep with a 2-hour nap during free time. As for my beloved roomy, she can sleep for less than 5 hours a day and yet replenish her sleep with a 5 minutes nap. Superwoman~~~ *utterly shock*

My other housemate basically needs the amount of sleep I need. So i guess my roomy had a genetic mutation. Haha. No joke... I seriously thinks she is a superwoman. Countless times have I mention that word to her, and she counter back saying that I had a lethal parasite living within me that causes me to sleep a lot of hours. Well, if so... Dying in my sleep is better than poison, i suppose? Hell no~ That sounds freaking scary as well! Anyway, by reading this article, I finally feel I'm normal once more. (^-^)v
Hahakz~~ Now what have you got to say for yourself, me superwoman roomy~? XD

~Birthday Dinner Party~

These are rather old pictures as well. It was almost a month ago punya story but I didn't have the time to post them up. (>.<) This birthday dinner party was held in Noble House situated in Jalan Delima, KL on August 16 2009 to celebrate my Suk Po's 80th birthday~ (not the actual birth date)

A gathering of the Cheong family as well as the other relatives of our ever extending family tree~ Sweet! I get to meet with my first cousin whose family are living in Australia~ Haiz. What an unforgetable moment... Not only that, food is awesome. Best I have ever had~~!

Check out these pictures:

~Menu~

~Four Hot & Cold Seasons Combination~

~Clay Pot Coral Shark's Fin Noble House Style~

~BBQ Suckling Pig~

~Steamed Patin with Minced Ginger~

~Deep-Fried Soft Shell Crab in Money Bag~

~Crab in the Money Bag~

~Braised Baby Abalone with Dried Oyster & Dried Seafood in Winter Melon~

~Longevity Noodles~

~Chilled Mango with Sago Cream~

~Birthday Cake~

~The cake is showered with round, sweet and pearl-like icing~

Dinner is superbly great. A once in a life time meal~ Hahakz. Can't wait for another of my wealthy relatives to organize such events. Well then~ Cheerios~

~Aiesec Mission + Side Tracks~

Today, because of no transport and every Aiesec-ers seem busy, I was forced to take the public transport along with my housemate, Chu Chee to Komtar. We were rather lucky. We managed to catch a bus the moment we arrived at the bus stop. Sweet~

The journey there didn't take long because we took the rapid penang 304 which took a different route to Komtar. The office tower really seems busy, what with the high security and the hustle and bustle of the people who work there, it seems rather scary. Another scary thing that came next is the lift. Whoa~ There are so many lifts with different colours! *shock* Different colour lifts takes you to different level of the tower. My target was level 53, blue lift. We didn't realise about the lifts colour codes till we saw that the yellow ones doesn't take us to that floor. First time, ok~? -_-"

Well, mission accomplished at 11.15am. Hahakz~ Check it out!

That's our mission~ To collect what seems to have taken a long time to arrive and get ready! After this "mission impossible" has been completed, what should we do? We decided to take a trip to the petshop located nearby Komtar. It has been awhile since we went there, so why not? It is as lovely as always, though some fish were no longer there, only to be replaced by others.

~Above is an iguana. It's new to the neighbourhood~

Next stop: LUNCH. Most important meal of the day for me besides dinner. Aha. Check out this new place that we saw as we were walking to the petshop.

~Order Sheet~

~Interior Design~

~Lovely Place to hang out~

~Georgetown White Coffee~

~Char Kuey Teow~

~Watermelon Juice~

~My favourite toast: Butter and Kaya~

Don't think that this lunch is so little for us because if you do, then you have never tried out this place before. The dishes are freakingly huge if you ask me. We shared the large plate of kuey teow which is rather delicious minus the fact that it tasted rather salty. Toast was perfect. The slices of bread were enormously thick, and crunchy. The perfect lunch meal for the day~!
If ever you are nearby Komtar, check out Georgetown White Coffee. Vely tranquil and calm~ and it is only a few walks away from CIMB bank.

That's all for the day. And oh ya, we went to Queensbay after that to buy mooncake, me dad's present and sushi. Sweet~ I can't wait to have Sushi for supper! :D

~International Food Festival~

Here are pictures from the International Food Festival held in School of Languages, Literacies and Translation (SoLLaT), which was held quite some time ago. Not much food to eat though because I was too late i guess. (2pm late ka?)

Anyway, during that festival, we saw a lot of people dressed in different traditional costumes from different countries. Seldom see this kind of gathering in USM. Well, the reason why they held this festival was because they wanted to open the "Pondok Membaca" in front of Pusat Bahasa. Kelana sensei was mentioning that the pondok was too small, and if a fat person like him were to go there and read, then no one else can go in after him. Haha...

Well, here are the pictures for that day:

Last but not least, a picture of a performer for that day. And how he feels about it before he performs. Hahakz~ Nice job Azri!

~Flower Delight~

I just LOVE flowers... Maybe this is due to the fact my mom loves flowers as well. There are so many flowers in our garden that one would think we can open a florist shop. Or a botanical garden. Either way, all her flowers are NOT for sale. She loves them like she loves us all. ^^

Minus the fact that we have a terrorist dog at home, our garden is the most beautiful one in the world~ (Mom and Dad's hardwork!)
Enjoy this beautiful flower pictures~~~

Ain't they beautiful? Well, i love them if you don't~ :P

Btw, this aren't from my Mom's garden. They are the flower display during convocation. :)

L.E.A.D. photos

Another weeks old photos.

But at least I've just post up this album in Facebook.

Click here for the link:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=152893&id=718796071&l=6202f95c07

For more photos, visit Tina's album (she's LC USM official stalker):

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=302528&id=722335313

And also shots from Gene-Harn (next-in-line stalker?!) :

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=106049&id=688564295

Cheers!