Love Actually

SOME days ago before the Valentine’s day Tiong and Hui San came out with an idea to celebrate this occasion.

You see, almost all the chinese girls from 2nd year architecture course UTM are already attached and living happily I suppose. And we guys are still waiting…and waiting (for gold to drop). Believe it or not, all chinese guys from my course, except for one, are still single at the moment.

So, the plan was to ask the girls to ramdonly pick their guy partner for Valentine’s Day and we will all go out for a dinner in a group. I was picked by Siew Wei initially but unfortunately she couldn’t make it on the last minute cuz she had an interesting business opportunity in Danga Bay – singing and selling roses to couples on Valentine's night.

In the end I got Sing Ning as my partner. At first she was a bit reluctant to go cuz she had some financial difficulties as her car was sent for repair some days ago….and I was afraid she might be having plans with her boyfriend on that night.

Jean too was supposed to join us but her boy boy had plans for her already. Moreover her partner for that night is Steven. Her boy boy will be not quite happy if he finds that out.

And Jon will probably upset if his girl was going to have Liang (one of the most good-looking guy in the whole architecture course) as her partner.

Carrefour Correction: Cafu also reminded Yee Wei some things that should not be done during the dinner. There were some precautions to be aware of.

No matter what, it was just a dinner among us course mates except for that this time it is on a different occassion. I think there is nothing much to be so worried about. All your girls are safe with us ;)

I am so grateful to Sing Ning for able to attend the dinner and be my partner for that night. Hehe. And so I'd prepared a little suprise for her.

Fifteen of us went to the dinner last night. But wait, how come it's an odd number? Because hor...because on the very last minute Sim decided to join us and she couldn’t find a partner. All guys had already been 'grabbed' by the others (except for those who were not interested in going for the dinner).

So anyway here are the couples for the night:

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2) 3)

4) 5) 6) 7)

We went to this restaurant called Yew’s Café & Bistro nearby the New York Hotel. The place was recommended by Tiong and the ambience there was nice and romantic. A perfect place for a Valentine's night.

However on that night, the food was slightly expensive. Serving mainly steaks and seafood. And some drinks with facinating name, which was actually soda drinks, milkshake etc. There was also a Valentine’s Dinner Set which costs RM79.90 per person. Plus a small free gift for the ladies.

Since the price of the food was quite ehem…out of our expectation, we (Tiong, Hui San, Sing Ning and me) ordered the dinner set and added one more main dish to be shared among the four of us. Which means each couple will be sharing one main course. That showed how romantic poor we were. =p

Tiong chose the beef with red wine something something while I ordered the charcoal lamb something something. Both dish have king prawn and the prawn was super super delicious. Big and juicy!! The steaks were not bad too. I like the sause pretty much.
Our set meal:

After eating. Hehe

Some random pics:

All of us

There was an area very suitable for potrait shooting, with all the lightings and background setting, so we did this:

All models above have been professionally trained

We continued outside the café:

The ladies

The gentlemen

After snapping enough photos and making enough 'commotion' inside the restaurant, we went to Danga Bay to look for Siew Wei who was singing there.

We met her with some of our seniors in a café called Rose Garden. By that time she has already finished singing so we all just sat there, listening to other singing performance and watched the fireworks (it was the 8th day of CNY – celebrating the Jade’s Emperor birthday).

Awhile later we splited into two groups: one headed back to uni and the other went to Skudai’s McD for second round!!! I followed the latter cuz was't that full enough for the dinner earlier. Hehe. After eating, David and Yee Wei became Tiong’s photo shoot models.

Behind the scene

It doesn't mean we can celebrate this day only if we have a lover. As long as everybody feels happy and comfortable together, any celebration can also be spent together. Even if it's just getting a high score in spelling test. That's how enjoyable uni life should be.

And that's also how I spent the Valentine's Day with my coursemates this year. Will it be the same again next year? Hehe.

Happy Belated Valentine's Day!

photo credits: Tiong and Chiou Yann

A Choice to Choose My Date

IF I had a choice to choose who I wana date during this Valentine's Day. It would definately be Vanessa. She is a girl from my course.

It's not that I fell in love with her or I love her so much. The truth is, she is the girl where I think almost every guys will not fail trying to ask her out on that day. I dunno how to explain that. She has the 'attractiveness' which makes me want her to be my valentine's date without any hesitation.Just like Hannah Tan, the TV host/former beauty queen/singer, she is also a mixed of Chinese and Kelabit, or Chibit. In fact, she is a friend of Hannah's younger sister too. There were once in the same class.

However, there is a problem: The South China Sea. She is now back at her home in Miri, Sarawak. And I'm stayting in the potato-shaped Peninsular Malaysia.

Too bad =(

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Anyway, back from dreaming. I did spend my day out yesterday during Valentine's day. In the morning, Jian Fai fetched me to our Alma Mater, MBSSKL. There were alot of changes since the days we left the school. The sport houses T-shirt has been changed..to a more childish look. One part of the school block (where my Form5 class was located) has been demolished..to give way to a new four storey block with 12 classrooms.

And there is a new column right in front of the school office, called the 'Kisah Benar'. It is basically stories about some students doing some good deeds, contribution to the school, being helpful etc.

Truth story of MBS

what the..?

Wah Lao!!! Since when MBS started this? And whose idea is that? Well, I think it's OK to annouce it when for example, a student saved an ah pek from drowning in the Klang River or a boy stopped a riot at Jalan Chow Kit and managed to settle the arguments between the Guas and Geis but not every remeh-temeh stuff also need to inform the whole school ma.

Coincidencely we also met up with Siang Ling and her boyfriend, Kukan. Then Choon Wah came too. We saw some of our teachers and had a small chat with them.

During noon, Choon Wah and I went to Puduraya because he wanna get a bus ticket back to UTM after CNY. Then we went for lunch at Green Hut. Jian Fai didn't join because he had to fetched his girl girl.

After lunch, CW went back home and I went to MidValley to meet up with my Valentine's date. Hehe. There was this acrobatic shows from China performing at the Center Court.

Let's just turn and turn

Playing the 'che ling'

I went to collect the movie tickets which I've booked two days ago through the net. My date was still on the way to Midvalley so we decided to meet at the cinema entrance as the show was about to start at 3pm.

We watched Epic Movie. I tell u, this is the most silly show ever. Something like Scary Movie, it combines some parts of the movies from Da Vinci Code, Snakes on the Planes, Nachos, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Narnia, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, James Bond, Superman, Star Wars, Click and also Borat. And it makes fun all them throughout the whole show.

There is also Paris Hilton appearing in it ;)

After the show, we shopped around before having a drink at Secret Recipe. I saw the girl which I admired (she is two years my senior) during the school times, walking with her boyfriend outside the cafe. I think she saw me too.

My date's new Sony handphone, with my old bluetooth light handphone

Suddenly there was a loud 'THUMP!" At first I thought Godzilla has arrived at MidValley. But It was actually some African guys who were just started a fight nearby. Soon the securities came and the crowd witnessed the show.

Valentine's day, couples everywhere. Holding hands, presents and flowers all around. Girlfriends shopping and boyfriends waiting to pay. There were also some school boys and girls, dating in the mall after in their uniforms.

"HELLO, after school go back study la! Aih..children nowadays!"

Haha, can't blame them. Two years ago, I was like that too at this time with my ex. Times flies, everything moved so fast and not the same anymore. Sometimes I wonder if she is doing good, or I am just doing not so great.

By the way, don't get me wrong. My date which I asked to accompany me yesterday is not a girl, but a guy. We are not trying to break our backs to become one of the brokebacks. He is actually my good friend during the high school time.

Since many of our friends are attached and not available on that day so I managed to ask him out. Who says Valentine's day must only celebrate with ur boy girlfriends, darlings or dear?! As long we have fun and enjoy ourself on that day right? =)

Nicholas Kau with the stage decorations

After a whole day of walking and shopping, we went back at about 8pm by train. Nicholas went back to his college at Nilai because he will be having a class on the following day. And since Chinese New Year is coming, I bought myself some gifts:
A Sony Ear Clip Headphone for my MP4 player. What I like about it is that the wire is retractable.
A pair of straight cut jeans from S&K. Got discount 30%. With jeans I don't have to wash it everyday in my hostel =p
An architecture book about houses from MPH. Might be useful for my upcoming third studio project. There are a lot of books about architecture but one thing about architecture books is that they are not really cheap.
Spent about RM300 on those stuff. This time I must visit as many places as I could to get MORE ang pows already. *grin*

With Love, from Me...to Me

HAPPY Valentine's Day to everyone. Especially couples all around the world.

Today is suppose to be a wonderful and exicting day for me. Plans and suprise were already in my mind. However one SMS which I received last minute yesterday turned everything become trashes.

Hopes fading. Dreams gone. Guess I have no fate in this kind of things.

Anyway I understand that she has somethine more important to do. So 算了吧... (just forget it)

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Pssst: Happy birthday to Pauline Wong (14th Feb) and happy belated birthday to Wei Leng (13th Feb)