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In which I went to Labuan and ate too much chocolates

cindy — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 05:12:43 +0000

Made a trip to Labuan last weekend with my other half. It was an impromptu trip, of course. Something came up that required us to quickly pack our stuff and catch the evening plane with only a bag and a red scarf of mine.

We managed to slip in some time to meet up with my cousin, Alfred. We ate, we drank, we got drunk. And then we ate some more! I can say that the foods in Labuan are delicious! The mee goreng basah was to die for! And I’d kill for their sayur manis masak telur! Well, technically..

My other half was invited to play ‘Sweet Child of Mine’ for the band as a guest guitarist. Ha ha!

My other half and I laughed so hard when a bucket of Heineken beer only cost us RM46 when back in KL, we paid for RM75! I guess buying honda generators in Labuan will cost way cheaper than KL as well!

Trip to Labuan was great. We touched down in KL last night carrying 2 extra bags filled with chocolates. We are so much tanner now.

Tommy Emmanuel was in KL

cindy — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 02:05:08 +0000

In case you haven’t heard of the name Tommy Emmanuel, he is an Australian guitarist, best known for his complex finger picking style, energetic performances and the use of percussive effects on the guitar. And he is my fiancé’s guitar idol.

Last weekend, he finally gets to meet him in person..and boy was he excited like a small kid! He even got Tommy to sign on his Sapetar!

Despite being called as ‘Satriani Malaysia’ (amongst his friends lah) and he plays music almost similar to Satriani & Vai (‘instrumental guitarist’ I believe it is called?), he’s actually looking up more to Tommy Emmanuel than of Vai & Satriani. Hmm.. and I thought Padron cigars made men happy? LOL

But I was there during his (Tommy Emmanuel) last concert in KL and it was awesome – if only I could play guitar. Muahahah!

To the mountains I go!

cindy — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:38:06 +0000

…actually going to a wall. Rock climbing. Hehehe.

Since Jaya is going off to attend a class, I asked him to drop me to a nearby rock climbing place situated just a few stone throw from where he’s heading. It’s been almost 3 weeks since I climbed the wall! Like I said before, the amount of sweat from climbing the wall beats the feeling of swallowing those diet pills. :-P

OK, gotta move. Will blog again later!

Oh, the pain!

cindy — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:55:21 +0000

Hey! So…I went rock-climbing last weekend with my siblings. It’s hard to climb, breathe and wanting to pass out at the same time, especially when it is your first rock-climbing. But I did it! When you finally reached the top, I tell you.. the feeling beats the happy feeling you get when he proposed you with diamonds encrusted rings! lol

My body ached for first 3 days – I can’t even brush my teeth without going Ouch! Adui! Waaaaah!! It’s getting better tho. I can finally bend to tie my shoelaces once again.

If you haven’t tried this sport, then you should. It’s so much FUN!

PS: Pardon me for the icky photo quality. Handphone murah bah. :-P

Vitamin D ..well, almost

cindy — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:56:35 +0000

Yesterday, after mass, my brother wanted to stop by Sunway Pyramid to get some stuff for his mobile phone. Like every other weekends, there was no parking spot available so we had to drive around for about 15 minutes before finding our way at the rooftop – an open space parking. It’s beautiful up there!

After spending about an hour at the mall eating McDonald’s ice-cream (which my sister end up eating them for me), window shopping, looking at power wheels and action figure figurines, we decided to get out of the mall and get home to get ready for our evening activity – to jog.

It was about to rain when we reached the parking lot: strong wind and dark sky greeted us – and my fiancé suggested we take photos just for the fun of it.

We had to take a few shots to get the so-called perfect shot. The wind was too strong that it kept blowing my fiancé’s hair to his face.

Nevertheless, everyone had fun laughing at the rooftop.

We Found Jake Sully!

cindy — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:05:37 +0000

Last Sunday was our “Family Day” outing. Since we couldn’t afford a Branson vacation, my fiancé and I, along with my other family members, went over to Bentley Music – my uncle wanted to take a look at the guitars. After spending hours in that shop, my brother suggested we go for a movie (after dinner, of course).

And so we went to Cineleisure for the A-Team movie (OMG, I’d recommend everyone to watch this!) and we found Jake Sully!

Of course, my fiancé had to be the popcorn & soda holder. LOL

Too Much Monkey Business

cindy — Sun, 09 May 2010 12:58:16 +0000

Went to bed pretty late again last night after a night of fun filled with Thai food and barbeque at a Thai friend’s home in Subang. When I awoke, I was in the best mood! Despite being late for mass (again), I find doing laundry a fun thing to do! I mean, it’s Sunday. I knew it would be a great day. How could it not, right?

So I showered, woke my fiancé up and we went for late lunch at KFC. After a little bit of shopping (clothes for my new job. *hee*), we went home to get change and drove over to Taman Rekreasi Bukit Jalil for a walk/jog.

My intention was to walk/jog to burn off some calories, while the fiancé kept himself busy with taking photos of the animals there. There were monkeys too!

Mind you, these monkeys are well fed! There were loads of packed food and fruits all over them, donated by people who come to visit the park everyday. I saw a whole watermelon, bananas, mangoes..ever a plastic filled with grapes was offered! With that amount of foods they have every day, I wonder if they even grow fat from that. But from what I saw, none of these monkeys looked obese. Good diet pills that work was offered to them too, perhaps? lol

Pesta Menuai Peringkat Keuskupan Agung KL Ke-4 2009

cindy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:43:51 +0000

(Wow, such a long title. I stole the title from my brother actually. Heheh.)

Last Sunday, Bunny and I went for this Harvest Festival celebration at the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Puchong. My brother was one of the band boy who performed that day, together with his fellow bandmates who called themselves The Rukut-Rukut. lol. Bunny and I was supposed to perform on that day too, but due to time limit, we had to cancel it – which was OK to me – because I get to mingle around with our friends and even took some photos with the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur – Tan Sri Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam – Yippee!! I feel so blessed just standing beside that man!

Next year’s Pesta Menuai would be at Kajang Church. So be prepared way earlier. Buy yourself some diet pills that really work so you could be in the run for the Unduk Ngadau (beauty pageant) – if they’re having one lah.. But one thing for sure, it’s a celebration packed with so much fun! Come join us next year to experience it yourself. *Ü*

More photos in my Facebook album – but you have to be my friend first. :-P

Curious Case of Stu Hamm & Bunny

cindy — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:57:54 +0000

WARNING: Might have excessive photos and Bunny loving

Last Saturday, Stuart Hamm – bassist of the famous Joe Satriani – was down in KL for a Bass clinic and I was lucky enough to tag along with Bunny right from the sound check moment to the end of the show. Wait, there’s more: I was seated at the very front seat. Woohoo!!

Here’s some photos for you ~~Stu Hamm fans to gloat on~~ people who didn’t get the chance to attend this awesome show. ^_^

The view from inside the hall. Beautiful isn’t it? Never knew Panggung Bandaraya is THAT beautiful..

The man himself, STU HAMM! (Man, he was AWESOME!!)

“I started playing the bass when I got a bass guitar for Christmas when I was 13..”

Bunny and his friend gets to jam with Mr. Stu!!! *hee*

A closer look

…of my Bunny

Bunny again

More Bunny! (Sorry can’t help it. I love that man to pieces. *teehee*)

Last one. I promise! :-P

Stu was actually very pleased with Bunny’s playing, he gave him a bowing ovation during rehearsal!
(AND a thank you + praising email after!)

Finally, a pic of me and Bunny. Pardon him for the eyes. He likes to do that sometimes. -_-

Well that’s about all the photos I can share with you. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do (especially on the part of showing off Bunny’s brand new guitar. Ha! Ha!) And please don’t comment on the increasing size of my already round face. I’m trying to lose as much weight as I can before Pesta Gawai next month (gonna meet the future in-laws! *shrieks*). Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a date with the ellipticals. :-P

Ciao baby!

Kuching – I Love

cindy — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:01:38 +0000

A week ago, I went on a mini vacation with my family to Kuching, Sarawak. Well, not exactly like Vegas vacations but I think it was way better than going on an overseas trip – because this one was not only a mini family trip, this is also our first pilgrimage together as a family.

Yep, I said pilgrimage.
My family and I went on a pilgrimage trip to a place in Bau called Mt. Singai.

You’ll get to see this at the entrance to Mt. Singai

These are the stairs that leads you to the top of Mt. Singai. Very tiring!

According to a friend of mine, Mt. Singai is where you get to make a wish by saying a prayer and your wish will have a very high chance of being granted. You see, this friend of mine had been married for 8 years and still not having any child yet. This friend of mine heard of Mt. Singai, took his wife there… and guess what? Their wish was granted!

I hope MY wish would be granted too! *teehee*

Well, pilgrimage was not the only activity we did while we were in Kuching. We visited many interesting places such as the museum, pottery factory, the famous Sarawak kuih lapis factory etc. But the one place I think I enjoyed most was the Rumah Panjang (long house)! Wahhhhh… twas an experience you should experience too! (But too bad, we weren’t allowed to take photos of the rumah panjang out of respect).

I, however, managed to sneaked in a few shots through my mini digital camera. This was one of it. Eheheheheh..

When you’re at a rumah panjang, you could NOT escape the tuak!! Muahahaha!

PS: (A note to Syura) This was NOT a trip to meet Bunny’s parents and family – although I wish I could meet them up – LOL!