8 Achievements of the day

Super hectic day today. Finally in my comfy bed, tunes on, fingers tapping away. I achieved a couple of things today and I am very proud of myself!

Achievement #1
Visiting a Charity organization and would very much like to volunteer if they need me =)

Achievement #2
Getting to KFC PJ 14/20 from home, for the first time..and not getting lost!!!

Achievement #3
Socializing and actually doing it alone without my mother's assistance! In the process, I gained a few contacts! Awesome!

Achievement #4
Getting to Jalan Ampang, KL from Section 14, PJ via....I'm not sure where but all I saw was signboards leading me to Cheras and Puchong. Then I landed somewhere near Mid Valley, then Chow Kit, then Semarak, KLCC and finally there an hour later. Achievement because it was a long journey and I did it. lol!

Achievement #5
JOINING TOASTMASTERS!!! Took a role in the next TM meeting as an Ah-counter and actually booked myself in to do my first ice-breaker speech on the 7th July (please come and support me!).

Achievement #6
I really like kids. They make me smile =)

Achievement #7
Spent RM2xx at Isetan KLCC on a drop-dead-gorgeous dress, two formal skirts and lingerie. Achievement because I now have more formal skirts for work =D LOL!

Achievement #8
Being thankful for all the above and actually typing this post =) Some pictures of the day:

Me and the 7yr old Jedi Birthday Boy, Rayyan

Me and Mr. Nicholas the clown

Kids taking turn hitting the Piñata

The Jedi cake

Birthday boy blowing out the candles on his cake

H-Artistry 2009 / Walk for World Pink 2009

H-Artistry night was a blast! Totally had fun...besides THAT incident which I will never forget! Pft! Anyway, went with the usual group of us...Grace, Serene, Su Yee and Nick =) It was at Quattro Club at K Avenue.

The ladies
The man

The free flow

Lenka!

Boys like Girls band (lead singer)

The people!

This time we ended early due to some inevitable experiences and sad to say, I was the cause =p Thank you guys for being there for me! LOL!

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On the 3rd of October 2009, my mum, bro and I went for the charity walk organized by Loreal in conjunction with Pink Ribbon month to raise awareness of breast cancer in Malaysia. It was fun! The 3.8 Kilometer walk flagged off at 6.30pm sharp and the KL Tower illumination came on at 8.30pm. The whole tower was lit up in pink lighting and there were 4 local skydivers who jumped from KL Tower! Some pictures below, more on Facebook.

The people...my mum and bro is in there!

KL Tower in Pink!

World Pink =)

Us =)

Mum and Me

Me walking

The tower illuminated with a (pink) ribbon laser show

I got my face painted for the first time!!! And it was a pink ribbon?! What a childhood! LOL! Totally had fun!

PS: Can't wait for Beyonce!!!!!

Pictures of H-Artistry, credits to Nick =)

Urban Fete Party.

This is a long one but mostly pictures (I hope =p) LOL! Okay to start off, the random and super delayed food post. LOL! I don't know if I've mentioned about their sausages here...it is way different than Malaysia. Firstly, it is purely minced meat which means it is super MEATY (*hint hint* Grace =p) unlike the ones in Malaysia which are processed. The sausages in Malaysia are called frankfurters here. So yeah. I bought a pack of sausage with some herbs thing in it...lovely =) However, I have to finish it by this week before moving in to my new place in Southgate. Reason? Respect. Anyway...can't remember when but I had...

Two sunny side up, two oven baked sausages (you can fry it but baking is more healthy =p) and a random tortilla wrap.
Packed away most of my jewellery that was on display in my room (hardly wear them!) and those above are to be given away. For some reason, earrings are not my thing anymore. Maybe because I have a big hair now so it doesn't matter even if I wear them, it's hidden =s

I am super excited to tell my super long story of today's event =) I was involved in the Junction 49 project in my uni couple of months back...Banana Madness??? Rings a bell? LOL! So yes, it is a volunteering organization by TimeBank and it is super interesting. Basically we are given a chance to make a change by volunteering to conduct a project to raise awareness for anything. So today is the Urban Fete celebration where all Junction 49ers from different Universities, TimeBank staffs, and even school children were present to celebrate our achievement for the year. One word...AWESOME!

I even got a cert that was totally unexpected =p

Sadly I won't be here long, I'd certainly love to volunteer in more projects. Maybe next year =)

This is where it was held...In Proud Camden Gallery, in Camden Stables Market (a little like Pasar Seni).

The stables are pure CUTE! Super country-like.

Artistic zebra high up.

The bar. It was 'closed' until the school children leave, it resumed business.
Here, (alcoholic) drinks are the only thing that could keep a party going.

The stables are divided to couple of statement projects..this is the Share stable occupied by the Swapshop project. Basically people bring items they do not want anymore and swap it with someone else. A way to save the earth =) I wonder if it will work in Malaysia! I might try to run something like this in Malaysia *inspired*

This is the create room. I had so much fun in here! They prepared loads of recycled tote bags and fabric pens. So we are allowed to design the bags to our heart content. Yes, it is so my thing! LOL! Wish I had more time thou.

The front of my first bag...'Flower power'

The back, 'Girl power'. I am not looking down on men but just voicing out on behalf of the women who are stereotypically looked down on.

The front of my second bag...sadly, I didn't have time for the back. I wanted to write "...because she is always right!" LOL! I will do it when I have the time. Thus, this bag was not well decorated =p but you get my point! LOL!

This is the Change stable where people are given a chance to make a change and there were various posters on how people are making a change.

This is the Debate stable where people are given a chance to debate on what they think about volunteering and whether it has changed people's life or not. Overall the event was really nice...they had loads of food (didn't take picture because 'malu') and unlimited flow of drinks!

Then I was given this random card holder before I left. Oh oh oh! The event was from 1-5pm and they said there would be an after part at an 'undisclosed' venue...well until the end of this party that is. Amazingly, I had so much fun till I stayed till the end! So they told us the venue for the after party...it was in a bar opposite the Stables Market. I was with my friend, Abhi (who did the project with me) and we went to the after party.

To the after partehh!!!

Abhi.

The after party was awesome because we are given complimentary two alcoholic drinks and two soft drinks! Clearly, I only managed to drink three =p

This was the devil that got me drunk! Seriously, I was dozing off in the tube on the way back! It wasn't JUST a Corona! I had Vodka orange before that. Hence the elevated heartbeat! When I reach home, I straight away dozed off in bed! Woke up couple of hours later and made maggie mee (for supper). LOL! Anyway, the bar was a nice place too.

We have a DJ and a performer (the guy in red) both Junction 49er. The guy in red is a rapper and he wrote an album full of songs rapping about knife crime and how we should put a stop to it. Meaningful.

The view of the top balcony were we hung out. The sun was directly in my face. I felt it burning but I still sat there because...socializing marh...LOL! Wonder if I am tad bit darker!

The Stables Market from the Bar's open top seating area.

Yah, awesome view lah! And nice weather too...so the panas!
Camden is well known for it's artistic statements. Hence, I love it! LOL!

The signboards are 3D. How cool is that!

Woot!

Need I say more?!

Double woot! LOL!

Massive scorpion and trainers.

Finally, the booze started to kick in...I was damn merah! Actually I was pink due to the alcohol la but then I was malu because I was pink kan so it became red. Hence, I wasn't red due to the alcohol *denial* LOL! All in all it was great. We even made some friends...all the way from Leicester! Oh oh oh and we played this board game with them...it's called Four in a row. It filled our time there. I won twice in a row! *bangga* LOL! I think I put on weight just today...with the alcohol and all the food (chicken wraps, sandwiches, finger food, cupcake!, and FIVE choc chip cookies-it was too delicious to miss out on it!!!). Eeek!

Back to work tomorrow. Damn, forgot to make lunch. Too lazy to anyway =p Will woop something up in the morning.

Bring back the booze and Pink!

Had the first cup of Carling since...months! LOL! After class (on Wednesday), one of our classmate asked if we want to have a drink rather than going back to our boring rooms. The drink certainly sounded more tempting =p So Ching Yee and me head to the Forum (where the bar is) with Kyle (he's from HK). They both had a single JD with coke AND a double JD with coke. I only managed to finish a Carling (not even a pint!) and I stopped because I turned VERY red =p Then we went to a Chinese take-away for dinner. This is so weird...the eat in is WAY more expensive than delivery take-away. She said because they have to wash up =.= To be fair, they only had to wash a plate, a fork and a spoon! I could do that in their kitchen for them! LOL! Anyway the interesting thing which got Ching laughing (for a while) is the ratio of spoon fork.

The spoon is the normal sized spoon you eat rice with. The fork is like some serving fork size!

Come to think of it, we laughed too much that night. Partly because we were trying to Malaysianize him by teaching him to use Manglish (the la's, ma's, lo's, neh's, wan etc etc). It was hilarious! We also taught him..."Doosh-kau-kau". THAT was funny! He said, "Dush-caw-caw". I'll try to record and post it up one day. LOL!

Today was 'In-the-PINK' day!!! =D Ching Yee, Foong Mei and me volunteered to help the Breast Cancer Care organization with charity funds. Basically we had to ask for loose coins from them for charity and we had this little PINK bucket for them to put in and we'll give them a sticker for that. It was way harder than I thought. People are so the sombong and kedekut and ketakutan when they see us. LOL! Maybe they're not used to kuning people wearing PINK?! Nah...I think they must have thought that we were students from China living off loose change from them *Rolls eyes* But it was a nice experience.

The sticker
Mine
We had to wear some pink...Okay I MIGHT have dressed too pink =p
We went shopping for a little after the event and everyone was staring hard! Ops?! LOL!

Dinner tonight (and yesterday night):

Cold tofu *loves* with Tom Yam seafood on rice =)