Birthdays.

Hello, went out with the bunch to celebrate my twentieth birthday recently! It was supposed to be a surprise but the surprise failed again. We never have such luck with surprises. Most of our surprises fail so next time we shouldn't bother doing surprise parties anymore. :X

On the day before the surprise:

Melvin: Where are you going tomorrow?
Me : Going OU with my high school friends lah why?
Melvin: I know! I'm going also!!!
Me: Huh why? Who call you go?
(inside my heart it's like : Err. I don't think you're supposed to tell me?)
Melvin: Got lah! See!! I told chuuu! You wait and see lah.

Went to One Utama's Chili's on Monday night for dinner. Was supposed to arrive at 7pm.

Before that, I went and pick Melvin up from his home. Traffic was like shit because it was after working hours. When I reach his house, I had some fried rice first and some vegetables cooked by Melvin himself hehe. It was really yummy, and no I am not lying. :))

Left to One Utama after he was done, and arrived at Chili's. Had our meal and we were so full! Next thing we know, the Chili's crew were singing happy birthday and brought out a cake! It was a birthday celebration for me, May Yen and Aini! 

May Yen was arranging the fondant alphabet which ran out of place.

The cake was baked by my very talented best friend, Illi! This is the ultimate chocolate cake with kit kat, rocky/pocky, M&Ms and Maltesers!! ♥♥♥

When it was time to cut the cake, we were like, how to cut the cake?!! It is too pretty to be cut!

Pretending to cut the cake :P

.... Then le pro cake baker had to help us cut the cake. Hahaha!

The people who attended the dinner: Aini, Illi, Phang Long, May Yen, me, Melvin ♥, Chi Shun, and missing in the picture Terry! :)

I also received presents from them! :D

I received a candle holder from Terry and Body Shop fragrance and body lotion from Aini, Illi (?) and Chi Shun. :))

Left after the dinner and was full as a ball, and contented too.

When I went home, caught up with the pictures on the social media, and also went to put my polaroids together.

I realized that I have been with Fatty unofficially for the past two years ♥♥♥. How time flies, and we do look different in every photo above, taken on different occasions. 

Today is Terry's birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TERRY!

(I know you read my blog!)

Yesterday, Illi, May, Aini and I gathered at May's place to make a card for Terry! Illi invited Terry, who was working at One Utama, for lunch today and told him that she has to get some stuff in OU and everyone else was busy!

Today we went to OU at 11.30am to go get Terry's present! Then we chilled at Boost Juice Bar for awhile before heading to Starbucks to take away Terry's favourite drink! Green Tea Frappuccino! We even asked the barista to write on top HAPPY BIRTHDAY! for him! Hahaha, hopefully you like the present and the drink! :)

We went and surprise Terry at his workplace!! And then we went to Nando's for lunch!

Terry with his presents and the card!

Birthday boy and I! :)

Terry, me, Illi and May.

The other half of the KKR's couldn't make it! Had fun with them today like I always do. :)

Again, happy birthday Terry, hope we brightened your day today! I'm glad that we are friends again, after that one year not talking to each other. Hopefully, we'll go on more adventures and explore new things, and most importantly, earn more big bucks! :)

Mah OOTD:

Top: H&M Basics

Shorts: A Loft Of Things (Sunway Giza)

Bag: Longchamp

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She said:

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Late Lunch at Ben's, Publika

Hello there, on a blogging streak where I finally bring my camera out and snap photos of what I am doing everyday. Is that a good thing or what? I have also been on a instagram frenzy where you can follow me at applealoeism!

Went to Ben's at Publika, Solaris Dutamas because I have read reviews over it on the internet and it belongs to Benjamin Yong, the ex-owner of Delicious. Heh, I didn't know Publika had Ben's. I always thought it only has the Ben's General Food Store and Plan B. Any way enough of that..

le partner who teman-ed me there, Shenning

seating, and the ambience

 The cakes greeted us once we walked in the store and they all looked so yummy! Hehehe, had a hard time choosing what to eat as dessert. You can choose to sit inside or outside and the ambience was relaxing.. What I like was the placards which are placed on each and every table where you can ask your fellow diners random questions. "What is your best childhood memory?" "What do you think is the sexiest food in the world?" and so on..

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Before I continue, here is what I wore for the day!

 

Asymmetrical dress from Cotton On

Bag from Sungai Wang Plaza

Oxfords from Vincci

Rings from BKK

Publika is a new artsy mall and I would definitely go back to this place again to hang out again, with more and more upcoming shops opening, then the mall wouldn't be so dead! On weekdays it is more quiet. Weekends it can get pretty crowded.

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Back to Ben's. Honestly their service sucks. I called upon a young, new looking waiter to take down my orders. Waited for almost 15 minutes and the table next to ours who came later than us got their drinks. Then called another waiter to complain to him and guess what? The first waiter did not key in the orders into the computer! How frustrating! So he had to give us our dessert first. (so that we won't be more pissed off)

red velvet cake

spaghetti carbonara

The red velvet cake was mediocre. Not as tasty as what Illi, Terry and May baked! Hahaha, I ordered the red velvet cake because I was craving for it since the other day I had it. And as for the carbonara, been on a carbonara streak! Ordered it for a few times in the past few weeks, no wonder my weak stomach is constantly bloated. :( The carbonara was good! Not too watery but the bacon was too salty for my liking.

Will definitely come back and try more though! :)

Oh yeah, went to Publika with not a single dollar in my purse and had a hard time finding for an ATM. So in case if you're looking for the ATM there, it is at the lower ground floor, right outside Ben's General Food Store!

xx

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Floral Love.

the other day when I bought Dad a shirt, le colleague gave me a Hello Kitty paper bag!

jade green nails, and ring from BKK!

my current favourite, although sister keeps saying it smells like antibiotic

from this angle, my feet look skinny, somehow love this shot though.

Bunny's tinkerbell necklace.

 The floral dress I am wearing is bought in Bangkok's Chatuchak Market for only RM20! What a steal. The dress fits me just fine and I know I am not skinny, or rather Thai girls are small built. Fell in love instantly with the floral prints.

Spent the day with m today. Shall use just an acronym for him from now on. We went to somewhere new today! It was not the same old One Utama dates. Hmm, though we had a hard time driving to KL and looking for Farenheit 88's parking! Wanted to go and check out UNIQLO Undercover collection. Haha, then walked over to Pavillion and had late lunch at Din Tai Fung, as Ben's was closed for renovation..

some so called signature dish. 

pork chop fried rice

m's satisfied face

 So we ordered an appetizer, pork chop fried rice, a bowl of ramen noodles and 8 pieces of xiao long bao which I was craving for since last week. Everyone comes to Din Tai Fung just to eat their xiao long bao.. On weekends, you usually have to queue up/take number just to get a table at Din Tai Fung. To me, their fried rice is not bad either! Heh, I remember it is the same in Singapore. The queue was crazy.

Oh, not forgetting, I couldn't take Chinese tea, so I drank leong cha instead, while m drank barley and bragged about how yummy it tastes. Took a sip and I was in barley heaven. Best barley hands down.

Went window shopping afterwards, and when I discovered the Forever 21 store. I am a happy girl. Saw a pair of floral oxfords (not sure if it's the right term) which were on SALE but I have this fear that my mother would chop me if I get anything new. Oh ya, I DID! Bought a men's crew neck tee I can wear to college or sleep in .. In that shade of grey, just that yummy shade of gray. :)

Shall end this with another photo of me.

xx

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Disco Rollerblading & Ikea.

So, the other day last week, I went disco roller blading with the bunch and I must say, it is a really tiring sport, and challenging for some! Dad dropped me at Terry's house in the morning and then we sat Illi's car! We had to take the GPS there. Go Subang also sesat.

May, Illi and Terry.

 Well, we chose disco roller blading as we wanted to see what was the hype about.. So we went to Subang Avenue thinking it would be a shopping mall full of shops, but it was sort of dead... Like SS2 mall. I think it is worse than SS2 Mall though. What is the people trying to do? Are they trying to be like Singapore? Build so many malls at the same place.. Well if it was that, then you'll FAIL.

Soon after, Dayana came! Haven't seen this girl in ages, our future lawyer. She took the KTM right after class at Brickfields!

Dayana and me

 Then we had to wait for the others to arrive... So May Yen couldn't take it  and sat on the floor...

Tadaa.

My shorts and shoes in matching colours, both from BKK

Illi's Michael Kors bag, which was so pretty.

 After standing for a while, we all felt hungry so we went and have breakfast at Old Town! Caught up with each other while waiting for Aini and Chi Shun to arrive.. Most of us ate the food which had sambal which was super duper pedas for the day. We realized that the only ones who will be left in Malaysia among the 8 of us would be me, Terry and Ahmad. The rest were going to fly off to UK sooner or later. Why? Why can't I be like them? Hmm.

Dayana and Terry

Aini, May Yen and me

The people sitting opposite of  me

 After eating, we took the elevator up to the 4th floor (think so) and paid for our tickets. For students with student cards, it was only RM15. For members, it is RM20, for non-members like me (-_-), I had to pay RM25 and was provided with free membership. Can't remember where I flung the card though.. Went inside and the music was so loud my heart started thumping really fast. Well, let me say it was sort of a let down? Nevertheless, still fun though.

Had to choose whether we wanted inline or quad skates. The inline were like the regular rollerskates we had at home. And I skated before when I was little so I went with inline! It was easy to skate and balance, but apparently more dangerous. Halfway through, changed to quad skates but it was really hard to skate...

One thing I learnt from roller blading is, never be afraid. If you are constantly afraid of falling down, you'll never manage to skate at all! Another thing is, helping each other.. Especially when we keep falling. Spent the first half an hour learning how to skate and then we zoomed around... Have to say this though, the hype was overrated..

After two hours, we were all exhausted and we left to Subang Parade!

Us with the pretty lights.

Aini and the pretty lights behind.

 Got ourselves to Subang Parade and had to wait for the other car.. So we sat on the bench for quite abit because we were all so tired!!!

le high school bunch

Got conned into eating Manhattan Fish Market in Subang Parade. Yeah, me stepping in a shop specializing in seafood, highly unlikely! The waitress had sucky service and they seem like people who just came out of high school.. I mean, if you want to employ them, it is not a problem but at least give them some training. Asked one of the staff whether the Pepsi was bottomless and she ran off to her supervisor/colleague/whoever just to ask that. What the... 

Terry.

 Terry used to hate the camera, because he didn't know how to smile. Now he loves the camera soooo much. :)) Kidding.

Went to Curve after that to settle Illi's phone problems.. Then Dad picked me up from Terry's place and lectured me about how I shouldn't go to a guys house and etc. Me going out alot etc. I am home 3/4 of the time.. What more do they want me to do. Sigh, nevermind, I'll stop complaining.

Next day, Illi, May and Terry baked cupcakes at Illi's place.. At night we went for dinner at Curve! We had Ikea meatballs. And we found out that Ikea doesn't serve Daim cake anymore. WHY? :(

After that, walked around and then went to Chatime to get my red bean milk tea fix. Yay me!

Oh yeah, brought the other half along, and I guess he got along well? Sort of awkward but not as awkward as the first time. And he so handsome that day.

xx.

:)))

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