I think I’ve come light years since the day that I drove on the LDP and almost burst into tears because I hated JB so much I didn’t wanna leave KL after that fateful Saturday night. That was probably a good 4 months back. I guess I was somehow expecting an Upper East Side out of a downtown Queens or something. There are no functioning skyscrapers or breathtaking city lights but I guess I’ve learned that civilisation is only a trivial dictation all fascination in life. JB has the faintest glimpse of glitz and glamour but there’s no denying that there are some worthy rough gems here.  I find myself slowly basking in the glare of light despite the lack of shine.

Anyway, before I get too carried away and start talking about the moon and the stars, let me introduce to you a quirky little cafe tucked in the middle of nowhere the older part of town called That’s Cafe. If you Google Blog those two words, you’ll probably come across tons of blog entries about this cafe but I’d still like to talk about it bleh!

I first got to know about That’s Cafe when Ah Sher brought a bunch of us (Niyi, Pat, Pin Tet, Cath, Grace) there probably half a year ago. I remember liking it but never went back because everyone else didn’t seem to like it as much as I did. But honestly, my only attraction towards the cafe is the fact that it looks like a bankrupted furniture store from the late 80′s/early 90′s wth. I love how the tables and chairs were randomly matched and the very hippie ambiance. Drinks are okay and I have yet to try the proper courses there.

I think behind the portrayed random sloppiness, a lot of brain cells have been killed in the process of thought. It’s a three-storey shoplot and if you take a careful journey up the narrow stairs, you’ll find that there’s a boutique on the first floor (which apparently just opened) and a supposed salon at the attic. Which I think is damn cool.

The journey to the boutique actually felt more like a trespass because the place was utterly messy when I first went with Yee Ping.

The hidden boutique

The boutique doesn’t boast a humongous number of clothing but a vast majority of them are really pretty (at least to me). Too bad they hardly have guys’ clothing (or any, if I happen to be hallucinating when I thought I saw some guy t-shirts and hoodies).

ANYHOO, I think That’s Cafe is the perfect place to chill out after a long/bad day especially on weekdays when it’s more quiet and almost feel private. Can’t wait to bring more people there (and demand for some commission wth)! Plus point is that it’s relatively near where I’m staying. Negative would be that the lighting is bad for photos.

JY without flash

JY with flash

Couple Candid

Self portrait that kinda trumps all other photos Read more

Went to Malacca yesterday with Hans, Jo and Evonnebabe and had a hell of a good time. Haven’t tired my muscles so much in a while (although that isn’t saying much) and haven’t felt so good in a while either. Oh! And I haven’t spent so much in a while either. Now that’s saying something.

Went to watch Step Up 3 today and I must say I didn’t really like the show. The main actor is such a poser! He didn’t even have a proper dance routine that lasted more than 2 minutes of screen time.. He was obviously just the lead because of his looks.

Anyway, I really liked ONE song they played in the movie. Came back and tried YouTube-ing for the soundtrack but I couldn’t find it even after searching for almost every likely song on the list. Turns out it’s an unreleased song by this upcoming singer called Jessica Cornish

OMG SHE HAS AMAZING VOCALS! When I hear her sing I can hear the Grammy’s buzzing. Can’t wait til she drops her debut album. I’ll be first in line (of millions, hopefully) to get it

Okay, it’s so random to post photos of myself after that awesome video but my blog has been rather dull lately so please bear with me for the 837849734th time thank you.

With my bro

My almost Facebook profile photo.

I needs a hair cuts.

That’s all!

Cya!

No one does it better than she does.

Oh and I was a very unproductive human being today.

That’s all!

Cya!

Holidays are going to end in a week and I’ll be leaving to JB really soon. Which means I need to start packing, which I hate doing. And I’ll be carless when I reach JB. How great! That means I’ll have to trouble someone to ferry me around. Which I hate even more =.=

I honestly don’t know what I was thinking when I booked my tickets so early. I think I was just too bored being cooped up at home. But now I don’t feel like going to JB anymore. Downloaded the orientation week timetable a few days ago and *yawns* I am not excited anymore about Year 3. I’m just going to keep my expectations really really low to save myself from any disappointment.

I’ve been bumming around for most of my too-short holiday and although I wished I’d been more productive most of the time, I realise that I actually do enjoy bumming. A lot, actually.

For some reason, I think I had some quarter life crisis and wanted to try to do so many things once the holidays started. Things that I ambitiously planned to attempt doing this holiday include:

1) Making my own shirts - check!

Okay they were pretty futile attempts because none of the shirts I’ve made are actually wearable. I mean, I can put them on and they look like shirts but I’m scared to wear them out because I’m scared that they’d fall apart. Which they probably will because I have such horrible sewing skills. Learnt to use the sewing machine in a day and didn’t have much practice before I started sewing my own shirts so they came out pretty bad. And I’m too lazy to make more because I need to draw and cut everything on my bedroom floor since I don’t have a proper workplace and doing that gives me major backaches =.=

This is a skill worth honing though.

2) Cooking – check!

Only tried doing it twice because I kept procrastinating and I only succeeded once but that’s pretty good already for me. I realise that I don’t enjoy cooking. AT ALL. But I’m glad I tried.

3) Revising – HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ROFLMAO WHAT WAS I THINKING?

Enough said wth.

4) Learning to play the piano – not checked.

Plan went down the drain.

5) Getting a part time job – not checked.

Didn’t work out because I was too picky. As much as I’d like to earn some pocket money, I wasn’t going to voluntarily torture myself by doing something that I didn’t like after slaving away in medical school  for a freaking year! (Thanks to stupid CBP) The only places I’d voluntarily work at were either an education agency or an advertising firm or a clinic/hospital. But none of that worked out so yeah.. nyeh. Maybe next time.

6) Blogging more – check!

I think I’ve been updating my blog more frequently during the holidays! And I appreciate all the comments I’ve been getting so keep them coming please!

7) Picking up Photography – check!

My favourite pasttime at the moment (quite evidently)! Definitely going to keep venturing into it.

8 ) Reading more – not checked!

I read a total of zero novels. Boohoo. Should refrain myself from buying more books because I probably won’t have time to finish them.

9) Less shopping – check!

Bought super little for myself but spent quite a fair bit on Christmas presents for my family. Am quite pleased with myself

10) Stop being a potato – not checked!

Need to start exercising!

11) Traveling – errr.. check?

Flew back to KL to go down to JB to look for a place in mid-December. Then to KK early January. Should’ve planned earlier so could’ve done more. So yeah, something to keep in mind this year.

12) Learning Hokkien – not checked!

I didn’t make it past laughing at myself for sounding so cheesy wth.

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Hey! I have 6/12 things checked! I’m pretty content with myself Yay!

Now all I need to do is be a better medical student! Which shouldn’t be that hard right? I’ll just need to kiss every other coursemate’s ass and every lecturer’s ass and slave away on my books when I’m not kissing anyone’s ass and be more outspoken and more open-minded and kinder and more passionate and friendlier.

Sounds simple enough =.=

That’s all!

Cya!

The aforementioned cookbook. It’s a tiny little hoodie!! Damn cute, no? Maybe I should buy a navy hoodie just to match it wth.

So this is going to be my official cookbook for…. as long as it can last me. Or until I decide that I don’t like cooking enough to continue doing it, which is probably in another 72 hours wth. Oh well, at least there’s ONE recipe in it already

2 days ago I made an Oreo Cheesecake for the first time! It’s super easy to make! Doesn’t even require any baking so I highly recommend it to those lazybums who have knack for desserts If I can do it, anyone can! (okaylah actually I felt super pressured because stupid Timmy told me ANYONE can do it but now I can say it too woohoo) And I have like hardly any experience in cooking. I mean, the only time I’ve actually really cooked was when I made fried rice vermicelli (chewah canggihnya nama) for like.. 50 people.

Okaylah, all I did was stir the bihun over and over again while someone else help me add all the ingredients. My arms almost fell off.

ANYWAY, THE Oreo Cheesecake came out like this:

It doesn’t look super duper good but it tasted really good! And I’m not the only one who said it okay!

Okay I’m just going to type out the recipe here in case you wanna try it too, which I think you should, because I don’t wanna make it for you wth.

Ingredients (wanted to take photos of them but was too eager to make the cake so didn’t haha):

Crust (super yummy!):

1. 120g Oreos (without cream – keep cream for filling)

2. 70g unsalted butter

Oh but personally I would put more la.. I didn’t know how the ratio of crust:filling was like so I just followed blindly. Turns out the crust was only so thin (as shown in the pic) and I super love the crust!

Filling:

1. 250g cream cheese (basically one pack of Philadelphia cheese la, which is already yummy by itself. Yes I licked the remnants wth)

2. 120g castor sugar (can reduce if you don’t want the cake to be really sweet. Mine was o.O)

3. 2 Oreo’s (I ended up using 6 wth. That’s why the filling looks more.. brown)

4. 150 g whipped cream (which is the same as fresh cream?)

5. 1 tbsp gelatin

6. 80 ml full cream milk

Method:

1. Making crust: Crush the Oreo’s & mix in butter. The end haha.

2. Press into a round pan/ cake tin. Chill in the fridge until firm. You can put it in the freezer so it chills faster.

3. Making filling:

a) Beat cream cheese & castor sugar until smooth.

b) Add whipped cream, Oreo cream & 2 (or in my case, 6) crushed Oreo’s. Mix well.

c) Heat full cream milk & gelatin in a pot. Stir constantly until boil. (Actually no need til boil, just make sure the gelatin is fully dissolved)

d) Pour the milk into the cream mixture & mix well.

4. Spread onto the crust.

5. Chill in the fridge (freezer recommended) for 3 hours.

And ta-dah!

Oh! It’s pretty hard to get the cake out of the tin too so I layered the tin with food wrapper before I poured everything in so I can just pull the cake out. I am so smart thank you very much.

It made the sides weird though but you didn’t need to know that

That’s all!