You're A Cupcake Pixie

Introducing my first Momiji Doll SillyBilly.

"Let's go camping silly-billy! Fresh air and green green grass."


"I like pumpkins and penguins."

These are a couple of the gifts my friends bought me for my birthday this year. Below is a mug from the Momiji merchandise. The doll featured on this mug is Pixie.


"I like escapology and cups of tea."


Each doll is made of heavyweight resin with a secret message slot at the bottom and stands at 8.5 cm tall. You can find them in Kinokuniya KLCC as well as MPH Midvalley and 1Utama. There is even a Momiji Doll Fan Club here in Malaysia.

That's All...For Now

I was saddened to hear that Michael Jackson passed away that morning. I heard the news on the radio while on my way to work. There were fond memories during my schooling days listening to the songs and watching music videos of The King of Pop. Even talking about it now seems so sorrowful. Rest in peace MJ. You will be well remembered for days to come.

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As of yesterday, I am officially a year older. I do not feel any different from the day before. However, I was slightly psychologically and emotionally affected with this acknowledgement. You see, in a couple of years I would be turning 30. Now that is something to be thinking about. Have I done much in my life to celebrate? I was actually dreading the additional number to my age. It only serves as a reminder for me to be more active in reaching my goals, ambitions, achievements, stay healthy and to be healthier and enjoy life as I go along. Surviving each year of my life until who-knows.

That being said, I was not expecting any celebration this year. Well, I did get an 'ang pow' from my mum and presents I received earlier from Pneo. They were clothing items which he personally handpicked. I thought that was really sweet of him :) So I got a surprise when Piggywiggy and Za organised a dinner on Friday. After a simple dinner at Sushi King MidValley, the girls took me to San Terri's Cottage at the Gardens for a slice of Blueberry Cheese.

That was when I was presented with gifts from Piggywiggy and Za, which were also from Chrissie-tina and BL. They included a couple of the items listed on my wishlist. I received a Momiji Doll (Silly Billy) and a Momiji Doll Mug (Pixie). Awesome! I also received 2 tops by Kitschen which was somewhat different from my usual style. Really nice work ladies! Oh and the one guy :)P And for some reason a lot of things around me were purple-y that day. How apt! Pictures later.

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On Saturday, I attended a schoolmate's church wedding ceremony together with Piggywiggy and Pneo at DUMC's Dream Centre. It was beautiful. I felt happy to be able to witness the marriage. I was touched by the whole process (my only complaint were the number of bridesmaids) and was even moved at some point. Got me teary eyed.

Later that evening, Piggywiggy and I went to Bangsar Seafood Garden to join in the wedding celebration with our other schoolmates. It was nice to see some old school friends and sharing old jokes. It has been 10 years since I last saw a couple of them. It was cool.

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On my birthday, I got to sleep in (it is considered a privilege to be able to sleep a little longer nowadays). Later I dressed and went for lunch with my mum and brother at Sakae Sushi at 1Utama. It was not that bad for me but my mum and brother complained a bit about that place. They preferred the Sakae Sushi at the Curve. We went home right after and later I went over to Pneo's.

Pneo treated me to dinner at Chili's 1Utama. Initially, I could not decide between Chili's and Outback Steakhouse. Was also contemplating on the location. In the end I decided to go 1Utama so that we can walk around after. We found parking quite easily. However, when we arrived at Chili's we had to wait 20 minutes for a table. We waited patiently and were watching people to fill the time. Finally we were seated and we proceeded to order. Pneo ordered steak and I had the Beef Bacon Burger. This is a first for me.

Our meals came together. Pneo's plate of steak was big, filling up almost half the plate. I was given the first bite and it tasted good! It was thick and juicy. The accompanying mash potatoes, vegetables and garlic toast looked delectable too. Then, looking at the size of the burger set before me, I was a little intimidated at first. But after cutting it in half and taking the first bite, I had burger-gasm - I liked it a lot! I was enjoying it so much, I was saddened when I had only one bite left, much to Pneo's surprise. I finished the entire plate of burger and fries. We were both happy with our dinner ^__^

We went home to Pneo's place again and he serenaded me with his guitar. Bliss I tell 'ya. Then we sang a few songs together before I had to go home. It was difficult to leave after having such a wonderful time together. Even so, I fell asleep with much ease and with a blissful smile on my face.

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To sum it all, I was utterly happy, satisfied and contented. Happy with the outcome of the whole weekend and how my turning a year older turned out really awesome. Thank you to my friends (near and far) for the efforts in getting me presents, your thoughts and spending some time with me. Thank you to my mum and brother for the lunch, and leaving me alone to spend time with myself and my loved one. Thank you also to friends who sent me your wishes through sms and Facebook. Thank you little sis :)

And a special thank you to my Pneo for being there when I needed you and being extra supportive since I came home. Thank you for providing me a such wonderful and loving birthday. Love you too ;)

Optimus Awesome-ness to the Bee

Apart from the jam and taking the wrong route to our destination (creating some tension between the driver and her passenger), skipped the first movie due to lack of good seats (because we were late and it was free seating), aimlessly walking about the shopping centres around the area, not so good food, pesky teenagers and a big crowd of the fans (including myself), the movie Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen totally ROCKS!

Much more action, more drama, less cheesiness, more sexy cars and even bikes, and more hot girls - awesome people, awesome! And what is more special was we get to watch the premier buahahaha (though it also meant prices being hiked up)!

The Stingray

The cars were totally hot! New cars such as the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray and the Audi R8 were featured in this movie. I was drooling at them while Pneo was drooling at Isabel Lucas - who was quite a sizzle in this movie. Heck, I was drawn to her sexiness too as she was strutting her stuff in a couple of scenes! Yummy... I like the way Megan Fox was 'presented' at the beginning of the movie. Sheer hotness...

The R8

I was thrilled to see a lot of robot action and close ups too. Lots of awesome fight scenes by our favourites Optimus Prime and Bumblebee against some of the Decepticons. So cool! Even the decepticons did not fail to impress. And there were various types of robots under the Decepticon faction and Pneo was telling me which is which as we went along.

Ms. Lucas

And Linkin Park has their single as the theme song for this movie again. So exciting! Go watch it people!

Are You Ready?

It is the first day of my job today. I am back in the previous company, but not doing the same thing. In a different team now. I will have a lot to do in due time.

Aye, the stress is going to start next month.

But before that, I will be rolling out to a movie tomorrow evening. Something that is more than meets the eye.

Bad Dinner

I went with mum to Tropicana City Mall in hopes of having a good meal. I was contemplating between Japanese ie Sushi Tei (safe) or Kiku Zakura (to try) or Igentis (something new to try).

After going through the directory, we headed off to Kiku Zakura first. Price was a bit steep from the looks of it so we walked towards Igentis. Situated near the newly opened GSC Cinema, we viewed the menu on display at their entrance and thought to give it a try.

With the kind of menu (simple Western and local delights) and price (average RM8 to RM20), I was not expecting much of service. We sat ourselves at a table nearest to the entrance. We looked through the menu again and called for the waiter. I had Chicken Chop and my mum had Fried Udon with Beef.

The food came relatively fast. The presentation was decent. My mum's Fried Udon looked more like Hokkien Mee if you asked me - all dark and with bits of meat and chilis as well as veges, but without the dark sauce. My mum said it was very salty.

The Chicken Chop, it came with lots of chips, and a larger than usual amount of vege salad and cucumber slices with thousand island. The portion to me was not bad in that sense. I went for the chips first. It was freshly cooked and so they were crispy. I liked it. I then jabbed at the salad and thought they were fresh which is a plus point. I then cut a piece of the partially de-boned drumstick. Not nice. The sauce was bland. The meat was tender but more like not thoroughly cooked. Too bad. That minused a lot of points. Boo.

Halfway through my meal, while jabbing at the salad I was horrified to see a bug on the side of it! And it was still alive (its legs were still moving when I moved the vege)! Egads! But I was not that fussed to ask for a change so I just pushed that corner of the salad aside and continued eating. Though, the first sight of it already put off my appetite.

I rushed through the meal and only enjoyed the chips. The free drink that came with each course was nice though. We left for home as soon as possible and I told myself I would not go there again. One bug is enough to say no to any eatery for quite awhile for me.