Malaysian Food

People always say, you will only miss something when it's not there anymore or when it's way too hard to get it. So trueeee. This is how much i miss the typical Malaysian food, Nasi Lemak. Miss the rice, miss the rendang, miss the fried anchovies, miss the spicy sambal and the smell of coconut milk. How can Malaysians not miss this???

Thanks to NMS for providing us with free Nasi Lemak. Such heavenly food. So sick of potatoes, spaghetti and fries.


Involuntary salivation again ~.~




The NMS members


Please don't look at this with your mouth wide
open. You think i have the capability to finish
all of these??? Maybe i do, after 100 hours famine.


See see see. So greedy, wanna steal the whole
bag home. But ermm, miss author here, did took
one home. Just one. Don't wanna waste food
maaaaaa =p

Randommmm

Listen to the lyrics. Sugary sweet isn't it??? Just be yourself and don't fake around.



Another chinese song that i've been listening over and over again for the past 2 weeks. For uncountable times. 寂寞寂寞就好 by Hebe田馥甄. Love the lyrics too =)

Mid Autumn Festival 2010

Busy buzy week this week. Fresher's Fair on the go and freebies is everywhere =p Finally its over and i can start cleaning up my room. So much of unnecessary stuff. Told them i had it already, and what they reply you is forever the same sentence; it's free it's free, just take. SWT. Now i have tonnes of domino's free personal voucher. Anyone interested, come look for me.

It was just like yesterday when we had out first mid autumn festival celebration together in Kuantan. With those small little mooncakes. Another year flew pass and we're still together celebrating this special day. Except we're now in this place which has no mooncake anymore. It was seriously a bit cram where 11 of us (Randalamos+Stacia+Yinjen+Jhen) had to squeeze in that confined dining area and not to forget, that Jacky had to practice the yoga chair pose while having her dinner due to limited chairs. Haha.


Chinese westernish home-cooked dinner over the night where
there's suppose to be a full moon.


Green bean with seaweed. First time and I bet
my expression tells everything.

The 'cramness' increased to maximum when a group of engineering seniors crashed our house with mooncakes in their hands. Our life saver, killer to our cravings. Eventually, we had to move over to their house for the drinking and games session. More mooncakes too. =p I won't mention more about the dare game we played cause the one i got dared was darn disgusting. But i cheated and they din realize. Shhhhhh.......Thanks to my long hair =)


From just Bacardi, it ended up with Baileys, Tequila, Smirnoff,
Bacardi and Cointreau. Baileys, Smirnoff and Bacardi was the best.
Tequila might be good if we had lemon. Yucks to Cointreau. The
green bottle at the end, was kept away from us cause it contains
64% alcohol and we had class the next day. A question by Kai Yee
which I find it really relevant and funny at the same time. "Can this
be used as disinfectant?"


The Malaysians.
From left: Cynthia, Jasmin, Stacia, Elise, Me, Yinny, Lik Jin, LC, Kyee,
Shi Hao, Chen Ting, Yeo and TC.

Note to LC: Please don't drink so much anymore. Don't sway your way home and drop your lumix baby down the stairs again. >.<

Welcome Program

Had a great weekend with free accommodation on campus and free food due to the welcome program catered for us, the international students =) So embarrassed when i reach the bus stop. Everyone carries a backpack and me, a luggage as if i'm going to Manchester. Why am i always doing stupid stuff like this??? Zzzz. Ended up we only stayed over for the second night and walked all the way again from home to Rutland hall for breakfast. Crazy far especially with that bag of mine which has my laptop that i used for only 20 minutes that night in it. I will never never do this again just for that free breakfast =s


The Downs. On the way from Portland to Rutland. Everywhere
is just so pretty that i desperately need a new camera. Just simply
snap and the pic still captures your heart. Mummy, if u happen to
stalk me and read this before i call u again, please say u will buy one for me =)


Rutland Hall




On campus accommodation wasn't that bad after all except
the internet is a bit slow compared to our 20mb at home =D


Loving the greens everywhere


English Breakfast. Not bread again???? =(


Dinner with Fish & Chips




Miss Lonely isn't lonely ^.^

Just yesterday,on the Monday, we went to Hooters for all-you-can-eat chicken wings. Guys are there for something else i suppose. I think i ate almost 20 chicken wings cause not finishing, is definitely a sin. That sounds a bit insane but ermmmm. Hehe. That's why we had Grolsch and a bottle of corona later to cool the heatyness. It was great to know that i didn't dream of chicken wings last night. Instead, i miss the chicken wings now~~~~~


6 Flavours to be chosen. For me, all taste the same. Taste of
Tabasco =p


A bucket full of meatless chicken wing. Poor chicky chick.


Funny isn't it???


It always us =)

My Little New Crib

Here's my new crib for the coming one year. House 72. Montpelier Road. An ordinary double story terrace, with 3 rooms and a kitchen.


My cozy room with a shelf full of my face and hair products.
Bottom lever for ma books which is still on their way here
from Malaysia. Probably in the middle of the sea now ~.~


My big wardrobe. Poor girl has to do her own laundry now.
And dry the clothes in my own room due to the crazy weather
outside. Its good in a way that the heater would suck water from
those wet clothes rather from my soft smooth skin =p


Yup, its my study table there and kinda still in the mess when
i took this pic. Blame the shopping. =p But it's tidy now.


View outside my window. The backyard suitable for gardening.
But I'll rather garden in my own room than to freeze myself outside.


Random but i like. My new house slippers which is so warm and
comfy <3 <3

The house is not complete without filling in the fridge and kitchen cupboards. Hence, Sainsbury and Argos is the right place to go.


£60 worth of groceries. Cheap??? Learn the art of not
converting and u'll enjoy shopping for groceries like me.
*not just for groceries of coz =p*


Wonder how we carry those stuffs back? Lucky us to have free
car ride that day =)

P/s: Miss my family and friends back in Msia. And him too =( Gosh, i miss the weather too!!!!!

Head-Cracking Decision

An iPhone 4


or

A Blackberry Bold 9700



iPhone 4 has more new features especially with their latest app now, Facetime. But then, i'm already using an iPhone, shud i try something else?? OMG, which shud i choose????

H-E-L-P!!!!!

A Whole New Environment

Boots placement just ended last week. Which was good cause i wouldn't needa travel so far anymore. One hour bus ride to Eastwood and plus the tickets are in POUNDS now. Heartache. Let me show you how much was my tickets for the entire 5 days placement.

First day was £9 then second and third day, improved a little. £8. Fourth and fifth day, meet two different nice bus drivers. £5.40. Actually kangaroo cant be used on Rainbow 1 but he still let me go. Weeee, £2.60 saved for Fish and Chips. =) Not just these bus drivers, other bus drivers are really nice too. Ask them for A, they will tell u from A to Z.

Luckily Boots do pay us for this placement. Which was rather high compared to M'sia where they don't even pay you. £6.14 an hour. We work 7 hours a day excluding lunch. Phewww, if not i would have vomit blood everyday looking at my bus fares.

So enough babbling on the bus fare. Now how was the placement?? Was good. Learn quite a bit about the dispensing system here. Totally different from the community pharmacy in M'sia. Met really nice people there. Both the pharmacists and the patients. Really patient patients i would say.


Welcome abroad to Rainbow 1 after Indigo




Passing by these beautiful cottage-feel houses every single day


The hypermarket that i always visit just to get small change.
£50 is like super big to them. When i handed 50 to them, they
looked at me like so weirdo and ask whether i have smaller change.
If i have, i wouldn't have to buy a bottle of orange juice just to get
some small change in order to buy a burger for lunch. Then they
started calling for manager to check if the money was fake. Not just
this place,it applies to everywhere =.=


Place to grab my lunch. Greggs. Equivalent to pastries. Sick of it
now. Another 2 years to go ='(


Eastwood neighbourhood


My workplace


Waiting for the bus after work


And this. Myself. Waiting for the shop to open.

P/S: My pair of new pumps i just ordered from Debenhams is here!!!! Cause they do not have my size in the shop. My feet shrunk from size 7 to size 5. But i would admit UK has really efficient services =) Like like like!!!!! And we crashed the club in less than a week here =p

Next post: My cozy little room and groceries shopping. Don be shocked!!!!

On The Other Side of the World

Hey peeps, the author of this blog is back!!!!! Everything's the same, just that the author is now 6500 miles away from home =( Know you guys wanna know bout the updates. So here i go blurting it out.

On the 29th august, i flew all the way from KLIA to this new place which is on the other side of the world. My flight was at 11.40pm and they wanted us to be there at 8pm. For another short briefing. Zzzzz. Something i've expected early since the day i started packing. JPA allowed 20kg only and people like me, how to keep to that weight limit. I only brought 10% of my cupboard and it's still overweight,33.4kg. So i had to remove 3 kg of my clothes and get it here instead >.< I'm glad i didn't flood the airport wahahhaa. Didn't had my dinner and ended up spending RM16 for a small little mini plate of char kuey teow.

Stuck in MAS for 13 hours and landed in Heathrow Airport. Went through all the custom checks and truly, it was quite strict. Then something happened when i issued my British Airway ticket to Manchester. The lady realized i checked in 2 luggages in KLIA and told me BA only allow maximum of 1 check in luggage. What can i do? It's already inside somewhere. At first she asked me to pay 30 pounds for that extra bag. I hesitated but then no choice la. When i was about to pay, she told me she will charge me the next time but not today. 30 pounds saved ^^

After the tickets were issued, we then realized we were entitled to enter the Business Lounge. Wooohooo. So much food and drinks for free. They even have a shower room for us to clean up ourselves. Awwww, how lucky we were =)


Count the number of hand carry luggages we had.


Drink like u never drink before


The mini soft drinks. I still have a can of mini coke in my fridge downstairs =p


Having our first breakfast 6500 miles away from home


Overlooking the blue sky, greens and planes


Ma breakfast!!!! But i had way more than just this =p


13 hours without them is torture =((


Noticed I was actually wearing not formal top and a formal pants??
Yup, i changed before boarding the plane and kept my blazer as jacket >.<
Cant stand wearing my formal top throughout that 13 hours.


Camwhoring in the lounge with bits of white wine =)


Emo at the back, but smiling in front =)

*Will update more about my placement when i get back from Manchester this sunday*

From the author who's starting to love this place XOXO