A quiet place to study

If you ask me where to find a place to study other than library or your room, i would say "there is NO such place" well, maybe in Kepong area. I'm one of that kind who likes to study at somewhere else besides than the two places which i mentioned at first. I've been searching for years for this perfect spot to study, somewhere not too far from my home (which is in Kepong area), somewhere not too noisy, somewhere with soft music instead of loud/pop songs, somewhere which provide nice beverage or snacks but does not make your purse empty, somewhere which is nice to seat for hours but not too comfy till you doze off. If you're searching for this kind of place in Malaysia, well maybe in Kepong, then i can tell you, you will never find this place. lol. I can see, restaurants or cafe are the places which most of the people like to hang out with their friends or maybe spend some quality time with their family. Studying halfway, you might hear baby crying, people laughing & chatting, POP songs, sound of the fork/spoon hitting the plate, the sound of tucking in or pulling out the chairs, the sound of the juice blender, sometimes sound of the people shouting "OOIIII, Hello!!" or "EXCUSE ME!" to the waiter.  All these sounds together, it create the "BEST" symphony ever.

McDonald? Nope. unless you study during midnight. Starbucks/ Coffee bean? Nope. These are one of the Malaysian's favourite hang out spot. unless you bring your earmuffs or headphones. Hermmm, in Tmn Bkt Maluri? nopee, can't think of anyplace. Menjalara? nopeee. Well, maybe Umami cafe. ONLY when you find the perfect timing. Desa Park City? Secret Recipe sounds nice. If hungry, get a piece of cake which you like, beverage are mostly below RM10. Table are big enough to put your books or stationery. BUT sometimes, the music is too loud and when someone order fruit punch or smoothies or milk shake. "BBBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR" and then "TIT TIT TIT TIT TIT". Or you're so lucky that you can witness different birthday celebrations, listen to different languages of birthday songs, from English, to Chinese, to Cantonese. AND, honestly, some waiters there is quite noisy. they tend to make some annoying noise or play their "cool" songs from their phone sometimes. Herrmmmm....ok, unless your purse can be refilled with cash all the time, then maybe Coffee lounge in Hotels is a great spot.

CONCLUSION: just study at home lo. or library. (too bad ANY library is quite far from Kepong, HAIZ!) So, still, if you live in Kepong, just study at HOME, away from bed, away from laptop/ computer, away from tv/ radio, away from internet, away from tempting stuff like movie/drama DVD, magazine (coz you'll feel like shopping), storybooks/ manga that you wanted to finish so much and if possible, away from handphone.

Still, if sometimes there's too much temptations in my house, i'll choose these following places: Umami Cafe in Menjalara (Saturday/ Sunday morning 11am till evening), Coffee Bean in Desa Park City (weekdays morning till 3pm), Secret Recipe in Desa Park City (weekdays 3pm till dinner time). Or if you can go further, some cafe in bookstores such as Cafe in the 2nd floor of Kinokuniya, KLCC (after lunch time) or cafe in BORDERS/ MPH. Or if you're "lucky", restaurant in shopping mall which has less customers and soft music. and also, second floor of Starbucks in SS2.

 Seriously, feel like studying here.

 Yes, it will.

 Good luck! :)

P/S: Anyway, if you really found the place which suits all most of the criterias to study, DO tell me. i appreciate that! TQ. :D

CNY celebration 2012 I

Yay! I'll end this January posts with a good post! i mean, finally a post with lots of fun photos. geegee. :D I think it will be divided into several posts. :)

Back from Ipoh around 6pm. Heading to Solaris, Mont Kiara in Min Yen's car :D

another two in Jeen Vern's car (EeLeen and Kevin)

Found our destination - Shuraku which is in the second floor :)

Love the creativity of the menu. X3

and the environment, which makes you feel like you're in some awesome typical Japanese Restaurant. You can actually see more foreigners than local people, especially Japanese who just finish their job and wanted to have a drink.

 

 

 

After long discussion, we finally decided what we wanted to eat. :D

 Green Tea

Everyone's first try: Toku toku non-bei sake

it was quite nice, as cold as ice when you sip it but as hot as fire when it slowly flow through you throat. According to the waitress, this sake is more sweet and smooth! :)

 

We actually ordered four dishes only. Coz we're poor students.lol.

Salmon Tataki with Goma dressing

Seared Salmon sliced dressed with special sesame sauce.

It was my favourite dish of the day! It's really hard to describe the taste but it's worth to try it for sure! love it!

Tori Karaage

Fried chicken cutlets

It's very crispy yet juicy! i like the mayonnaise spiced with some spice(?) :D

Age Gyoza

Deep fried minced pork 

erm... there's alot of filling in it, and no worries, no celery or extra vege in it. haha :D

 

some ordered gohan. (rice)

Lastly, (T^T)

Okonomi Yaki, Buta Tama

Japanese style grilled pancake with pork

it's lovely and it's quite thick! yum yum! :D

A photo A day 14

Happy 23rd Birthday Brother!! :D

A photo A day 13

All the Inuyasha Original Sound Track CDs that i have,

I was really obsessed to this animation few years ago. = =

Heeeeeee. :DD

A photo A day 11

one of my favourite Inuyasha drawing. :D

A photo A day 10

You know, college life is tough (for me).

We need to release stress, and here it is.

Was with Pei Khim, in the Citc of my college.

We were supposed to do the preparation for the General Paper presentation.

First time using my laptop's webcam to snap photos.

Thanks to Pei Khim, i have a sh*t next to my crown. ==

Anyway, i had awesome time tat moment. 

Burst with laughter for every few minutes. :DDD

-X-

Wassup 2012!

Ok, this post is kinda late. = = and the post title is so "not me". lol. Anyway, this is a post about my resolutions in 2012. Sometimes i tend to get so uncertain, like i'm lost in a maze full of lollipop (lol?= =), i would easily distracted by something and could not focus on the things that i really should do. That's why i'm here now writing down all my resolutions for this year, some are decision that i made years ago, some might just randomly popped out from my head when i write this post. lol.

Basically, this year is all about study. exam. be nerd. I'll be having a life-changing exam this year, and if i do not pass it with results that allow me to study in the university that i like, i probably doomed to unhappiness. SO, 1) Study smart, study hard! :D　＊＊＊がんばって！！＊＊＊

I WANT TO GO TO HONG KONG (again), THAILAND (again), TAIWAN (again), JAPAN, JAPAN, JAPAN and JAPAN. = = it's actually quite impossible for the last four (one). i'm basically broke. i really have no time to go for a part time job. HAIZ. sometimes i do feel very bad that i still have to get pocket money from my parents. oh.. not only the 4 countries that i just mentioned. i love to travel, so any country (preferably countries that i like) also OK! heeee. :D SO, 2) Save moreeeee money money!＊＊＊お金　お金　お金　お金＊＊＊

I love languages (that i like!) for example: Japanese, French, English, Thai, Mandarin...  My mother tongue is Mandarin. I speak mostly (broken) English to my college buddies. Sometimes speak Malay or Hokkien especially when i'm in my parent's hometown.  I'm learning Japanese now, so after my A Level, i'm thinking of taking JLPT ^^ i want to get a certificate for it! Since the last Japanese class which was taught by a very funny Japanese old man (^^), i think my Japanese sucked. =( I have to find some quality time to do more revision on it! And since there's one teacher who teaches French in my college, Mr Rheda (consider as one of the adviser for the Green Society), i'm would like to learn some basic French like "hello", "byebye", "Good morning", "thank you"... :D As for Thai, maybe wait till i got the chance to go to Thailand first. hoho. :D Oh yaa... although it's not my favourite language. but i think i should improve my Cantonese. Growing up in KL but couldn't speak fluent Cantonese?? I feel sux. especially i visit to HK. bad experience T^T. SO, 3) Speak MORE fluent English & Improve my Japanese and Cantonese.

4) Enjoy college life to the maximum. Hehe, same like Pei Khim. Although i did mention that i do regret of taking this A Level which really doesn't suit my study behaviour. I'm not that stupid, but i'm a slow learner! I need extra time to "digest" what i had just learned and applying in the question is another thing that i have to "digest". lol! So, instead of every day stressing out myself (although i really feel the stress) and being so depressed, why don't i just enjoy my college life? Study hard but at the same time, enjoy the time to craze with my college friends! At the beginning of the course, i really hope the whole course end end end (now i still hope the exam ends quickly), the end of the course means another new life style! will not be meeting the same crazy friends every five days in one week anymore, not to mention those who i talk less in class! and of coz there's special ones, either friends, classmate or even lecturer that you hope you can see them, maybe not everyday, but sometime..! you know what i mean.. :) one year left, ONLY one year. yes. time is not waiting for you.

5) More healthier life style. Basically it's mean to say sleep earlier, eat less unnecessary food, less wasting time on the internet, do more exercise and keep fit. HELLO? you're going to be freaking 19 this year! T_______________________T

6) Keep in touch with my dearest high school friends!! This year is the year that i will be less contacting with them D: coz' there will be less outings since everyone including me is so so busy! Life change. We can't always look back the happy days and stay put. We must move forward and search and create more happy stuff! (I'm talking to myself.) It's true that there will be less conversation, and there's even one of you guys that will be thousands kilometers away from here, speaking foreign language everyday. i still hope i can keep in touch with you guys. I LOVE YOU ALL~!!　　＊＊＊友達　友達　友達　友達　万歳　万歳　万歳！！＊＊＊


7) This will be a weird one, NO Ice cream for this year until i finish my A Level. Anyway, Frozen Yogurt is acceptable! haha! :DD　 （＜＜＜馬鹿）

8) Save the earth by joining activities of Green Society. ＊＊＊世界はきれいですよ！＊＊＊

9)Speak more softer and maybe lesser. = =

10)Control my emotion. control my feelings.

11)Go for a medical checkup and dental checkup and go for a facial or even hair treatment.

12)Spend lesser in delicious- yummy- tasty- oishii food. T^T　＊＊＊食べ物　：）＊＊＊

13)Last but not least, create memories in 2012 :)

P/S: ラブ～ラブ～　hehehe. :DD

Third day of A Lvl semester 2

This is just a random post that i'm going to write becoz i'm too boring now. I'm now beside the sport complex, near the swimming pool of my college. Diploma students are either having exam or holiday so the college is super quiet. Luckily is the sound of the oscillating fans and some Malay songs from the radio at the counter but not the silence that accompanying me. I always think that there are toooo much students in my college, but now, the serene atmosphere kinda scares me. = = Oh yes, forget to mention, i am now waiting for my dear friend who is happily enjoying his time at the pool to fetch me home.lol.

Anyway.. talking about A level semester 2. It's great to meet my college friends and to "exercise" my brain again. Although i knew how scary is A2 syllabus since the beginning, but pressure is still increasing and increasing, notice that i still got so so much to study and so so much need to learn. The students who take Physic subject is getting lesser, left not more than 15 and there's 27/28/29 of us. lol. i don't even know the total number of my class, but hey! at least i remember all of their faces and names! :) Battery left 20 minutes. I hope my dear friend is changing now.

A level semester 2, there are new lecturers and of coz we have back our same lecturers from last semester for certain subjects. It's only the third day of this semester, so i can't really remember their name, but i can recognize their face for sure! My previous Physic lecturer Mr Hoo does not take our class anymore, and i do feel a bit of disappointed, I know he is a VERY experienced and sometimes very funny lecturer. But now my current lecturer, although her teaching method is different from Mr Hoo, but somehow i prefer her teaching method, which suits better to slow learner like me. I think other students might prefer Mr Hoo's teaching method. Herrmmm...  As for Bio Lecturer, we have back our lecturer from the last semester, but she's in maternal leave for 2 months, so another lecturer will be taking us during her leave Quite a lot of people say that i look like her. i was like "lol?= = where got?"

Battery life left 15 minutes. Thank God my friend messaged me. I'll be at home in 30 minutes. Yeepeee. :D Since the semester, i've been sleeping around 12-2am every night, but strangely although i feel tired the next day, i still managed to stay awake during the class. Even though the class starts from 8am to 6pm. Thanks to coffee. but i do not want to addict to you! Coffee!

YAY. my friend came. Ciao! till next time. :)

The Last Month of 2011 @With Friends :)

1st of Dec 2011 

Celebration of Wei Jan's 18th Birthday with Pei Khim at the KLCC + Pavilion KL + Sg Wang

Sing karaoke. Craze to the max again. :D

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Details here, here & here.

 

took hundreds of photos! :D

 5th of Dec 2011

Green Society at my house!

 We had been sweating out to create something awesome for the green expo. hehe. :D

 Finally after hoursss...

taaadaa!! Heheeee. very proud of my our work. hoho! we used all recycled materials! **proud:)

 

 

7th of Dec 2011

After the counseling about our further studies in overseas at the college.

We (Wei Jan, Gary and I) went to KLCC for lunch!

Finally, after years of waiting. i got the chance to eat here:

Chinoz in KLCC

 Like usual, when escalator ascends, you can smell the very nice coffee smell.

It's that kind of smell which makes you want to have a cup of tea or coffee with some cookies/ desserts/ sandwich. haha.

Well, first impression towards this restaurant was not that good actually.

The waiter gave us the set lunch menu only after we asked to.

took so LONG time for us to take an order.

I think they were quite reluctant to serve us coz i think they think we are not-so-rich, like we could not afford to eat there. lol. ==

You can actually see the customers in the restaurant were either foreigners or those in suits.

We're the 'special' ones in casual wear.

Anyway......

The set lunch is still quite nice. :)

12pm-3pm, 2 courses, RM29 ++ (inclusive of soft drinks)

**a daily special dessert with supplement of RM10**

Lemonade. nice. :) 

Appetizer: Soup du Jour or Fattoush Salad

3 of us chose the soup which is Onion Soup.

 It taste actually quite nice, although you can see it's a bit oily. 

 it can be perfect only if the portion is big enough.

i think the 'bowl' is a stupid design. sorry to say that. 

and nope, the depth of that 'bowl' is not that deep also.

(no wonder the set lunch is cheap compared to the other choice in the menu. lol.)

Next,  is the main course, with the choice of

Linguine with Medley of Mushrooms in olive oil

Penne Pasta in Cream Sauce with Chicken

Seafood Lasagna with tomato sauce

Personal Tuna Pizza, sliced chili, Red Onion & Coriander

Personal Vegetable Pizza on pesto base

Chilled Ramen with crab stick, tamago, sliced prawn, sweet tofu & kyuri

Our choice is:

Penne Pasta in Cream Sauce

and

 

Linguine with Medley of Mushrooms

(love the name!)

Both taste nice!! but we agreed that the pasta was a little bit hard. :)

I like the environment there. hehe.

and the fan too! :D

Conclusion: Like the restaurant, not my favourite though.

12th of Dec 2011

Went to Mid Valley with Yee Teng!! :DD

to watch Happy Feet 2! Got the free tickets when i bought my new camera :)

The movie is much more interesting than i thought. hehe.

Took lots of photos with the Christmas Decoration.

First time drink Gong Cha at the Gardens. :D

Will post more photos! ^^

16th of Dec 2011

Finally meet with Xin Ru! :DD

Thanks to YeeT who fetched us to Desa Park City.

Eat Ice again, hehe.

YeeT buying her breakfast. :)

Me, Xin Ru and Yee Teng

25th of Dec 2011

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Watched Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol with YeeT and her brother. :DD

The movie is very nice :DD I like Tom Cruise so much! hehe.

Went to Desa Park City for Christmas Dinner- Steamboat.

YeeT's present at left hand side and my present at the other side. :D

Later, we went to buy ice again and met Jeen Vern.

After walked a round at the park, YeeT went home with her brother and I went to chat with JeenV.^^

27th of Dec 2011

Yee Teng fetched me and Xin Ru to her college! INTI college.

while waiting for her to enroll for new semester...

After that, we went to eat

I found out that this restaurant always "appear" in the area near to any college. ==

Later, we went to Sunway Pyramid. LOTS of memories with CLOVER. :)

We just walked walked walked.

Glad to have the chance to see my friend's college and chat with them! :)

28th of Dec 2011

The CLOVER gathering!

There's friend who asked me why we call ourselves as the CLOVER,

i told him: "long story". hoho. 

no laa.. is just that each alphabet represents one signature alphabet from our name

for eg: L - Low Yuqing. :)

Had a GREAT GREAT time with them at the Gardens and Mid Valley.

We sang karoake, ate, chatted and walked.

One of my favourite gathering in the holiday! :D
will post more photos~

31st of Dec 2011

Like last year, we went to Jeen Vern's house again.

The difference was this time, more friends came! :)

We enjoyed "swimming"! hoho.

A HUGE thank you to Jeen Vern who invited to her house and to her mom who prepared delicious food for us. :) i felt a bit bad for making so much noise in her house. ><

Later at 8pm, we walked to the Desa Park City to celebrate New Year's Eve. :D
We even had a picnic there, THANKS a lot a lot to my dear friends who prepared the food for us. Appreciate it. :)

The only not-blur-group-photo i have in my camera. Thank you JeenV T^T

Love to chat with them! :)

Photo credits to Kar Yen!

YeeT, Kar Yen and I :)

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 

*BOOM BOOM BOOM*

very nice fireworks but i couldn't take any nice photos. ==

but there's some lovely heart shape fireworks appear in the dark sky. 

the awesomeness last for few minutes, welcoming us to the new 2012. 

Farewell to 2011, hello 2012!

-X-