Monash Ball 2010 at One World Hotel

It was 17 September 2010. The theme for this year's Monash Ball is Première. It was supposedly be very grand and of high-class but it was kinda a let down for the theme. The story..

These are the 3 people I picked up to go to One World Hotel which is located next to One Utama. We were too hungry until we got ourselves McDonalds before we leave Subang xD Everyone was staring at them (probably at their outfit) when they entered McDonalds LOL!

Here we are.. outside the ballroom. Seriously we thought that we are late but actually we are not.. They said they going to close the door at 7.30PM but they didn't.. We arrived there around 7.45ishPM cause of the slow moving traffic along the LDP.. Seriously, I don't know what the organizing committee was thinking.. Why the hell they picked this hotel? It is so inaccessible from Sunway and the jam is mad crazy on peak hours to go there from Sunway..

Here is our "ticket"! It looked very glamorous.. Sorry for the bad image quality cause I took this from my phone's camera :P

After registering ourselves, we will get stamped on the hand.. I hated this cause it took sometime to wear off..

Inside the ballroom.. the light keep glowing and changing and it was so hard for me to take pictures =_="

The table setting..

Itinerary of the event.. Since they started quite late, I think they rushed everything until it wasn't so pleasant for me ;\

This is the menu.. can't read it? Let me read for you:

Appetizer: Caesar Salad AKA the best of all THREE dishes for the night

Main Course: Roasted Stuffed Chicken Breast with Pistachio, Garlic Mashed Potato and Seasonal Garden Vegetable served with Fresh Herb Sauce AKA PATHETIC HARD-AND-DRY-CHICKEN!!

Dessert: Strawberry Mousse AKA WE WANT MORE FOOD! I felt VERY disappointed over what is served that night. What the crap?! Pay RM80 to eat THREE not-so-gourmet and not-so-filling FOOD?! Last year's one in Sunway resort serve more than this!!

This is the emcee for the night.. Can't see him? Here:

Yes! He is the Disney channel dude, Jien. Look at those lucky girls who got to take a picture with him. Luckily I didn't take a picture with him cause I bet many other girls hated them already LOL! Jien was a funny and sarcastic emcee xD

These people are the company I had for the night. Thanks to them I don't think the event was that disappointing =X

The dance floor is open with super horrid loud music.. I thought this will be high-class event as the name Première suggest so but I don't understand why would they make it all into a concert-like thing -.-" Play sentimental music so people can dance waltz or etc!!The organizing committee just destroyed the grandeur of the theme.. EPIC FAIL IMHO!! (even though they played some sentimental music, the dance floor wasn't open or not that I know of when it opened)

The event ended quite late.. 11PM+ almost 12PM and many people was rushing for afterparty.. Many went to Zouk in KL (I seriously don't know what they going to do with less than 2 hours in Zouk [taking into account the time they travel there]).. Hence, my group went to the nearest - The Sanctuary at The Curve!

 

Look who was there!! A lecturer with a "Dr" title.. =P You probably can't see his face cause its blurred and I won't mention names here xD

That's all for now folks.. cheers! =)

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Music Deep Within

Have you ever encounter the feeling when you listen to a song, and it reminds you of a specific moment in your life? It occurs to me most of the time..

This song reminds me of my childhood when I was still living with my godmother.. Sometimes, listening to this song will bring me back to the past, a picture will appear in my head, and rarely, a sensation of being there..

This one.. reminds me when I was in lower secondary school.. Almost every single time I was in the car heading to the tuition center, this song will always play in the radio..

& this.. reminds me when I first enter Taylor's College.. first time leaving my home and living by my own..

This song reminds me when I almost finish studying in Taylor's.. sitting there on my table playing online games.. xD

This reminds me when I was in the condo when I was in my first year in Monash..

This one reminds me when I was travelling around in Penang..

This one still fresh in my mind.. it reminds me when I was doing intern in a company in Midvalley..

There are still many songs and I just can't describe it all.. Why is this happening? Why the past in embedded in music? Why why why.. I'm curious yet confused..

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Missing!?!

Out of the blues..

I miss going on to office on weekends to work..

I miss one of the craziest person I ever met during work..

I miss the hilarious colleagues at work..

I miss waiting in long queues for food during the one hour break at work..

I miss driving on the slow moving traffic at night after work..

..and last but not least, I miss drinking ARABIC MINT TEA & the lepak-ing sessions until 4-5AM after work!!

Sometimes, don't we all just miss the past?

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International Ecotourism Seminar Presentation 2010

I felt bad.. bad for not helping my group mates enough.. bad for not being able to present anything on that day.. bad for winning something that I didn't contribute much to.. Why.. Why am I so bad? Seriously, this is the part of my life where I felt tons of responsibilities start bombarding to me. No doubt about it, I've learned many things and gained new experiences. Being part of the committee for 30 Hours Famine, Leo Club, & MEMS as well as a student, I'm slowly learning to juggle between tasks. However, I failed to juggle at times. A good example would be this: I didn't give adequate attention to this presentation. I felt like I've neglected my studies. Aside from this subject, I rarely spend some time to read on the overly thick and complicated reader for my GND subject. How I wished that life was a little bit easier, humans never sleep and there is more than 24 hours in a day. Meh.. emo-ing =\ Okayyy.. *ignore those bad feelings* here are some pictures that is taken from N82 during that day (darn phone is getting obsolete and the image produced is so sucky)

These are my group members. Are we cool or what? Hahaha...

Here are the two Japanese members that my group worked with.. All I can say about those Japanese is that they are so good in posing for pictures xD

The one on the left is the Japanese student's lecturer.

Our group won RM30 Starbucks vouchers!!

One of the Japanese dude that we collaborate with gave us each one of these pens. OMG a souvenir from Japan! =D I felt bad for not returning anything back to them ;\

I think that's about it for now. I can't thank enough for my groupmates for this! I promise I will do better next time *finger crossed* >.<"

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"Thousand Layered Cake"

Many who asked me where to find this "Thousand Layered Cake" in Melaka. To be honest, I've NEVER heard of it before they've asked me. I'm more like a Subang people now since I spent most of my time here and I rarely go back to Melaka. Hence, after more than 2 months+ in Subang, I decided to head back to Melaka. Coincidently, my sister was back from Johor, and to make things simpler for me, I've asked her about this "Thousand Layered Cake". After, giving some description of it that I got from my friends who asked me about it, she finally recognized it and showed me exactly where the shop is located.

Nadeje, located in Dataran Pahlawan at the same level to the field, near Old Town White Coffee, sells this cake (if I'm not mistaken there have another shop in Mahkota Parade). According to my sister, the shop owner is a Japanese who learned French cooking and created the crepe cake (pardon me if this information is false cause I can't recall properly).

Tadaa!! Urm.. someone took a huge bite before I could take any pictures of it >.<

Apparently, "Thousand Layered Cake" is just a nickname for this cake. It is actually Crepe Cake as you can see there are many layers of crepe (sorry for the bad picture quality, didn't bring back GF1).

I tasted 4 different flavors of the crepe cakes: Original, Chocolate Banana, Chocolate, & Mango Yogurt. I like Mango Yogurt the most. It was the cake of the day and it is slightly more expensive than the others (normal RM8+, mango yogurt RM9+). My verdict of this cake? It is distinct but overall, tasted mediocre. Why? I think it depends on individuals. I have sweet-tooth so I have a thing for sweet stuff. So for me, it didn't really meet my sweet-expectations. However, my grandma, who prefer less sweet stuff, like it. In conclusion, this crepe cake is a new, unique & distinctive (I bet there will be copy-cats by the next few years) thing to try out. I'm not promoting this but hey, just try it! It's a new experience :D You can feel those layered part when you eat it xD

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