Best Friend award goes to...?

"Please write down your name, email, and contact number down," said my class monitor in 2010, Allison Chaang.

My very first impression on this classmate of mine who was merely a month younger than me was that she had this really fierce look that might scare anyone away within a few seconds. I instantly wanted to befriend this human being because I had this weird feeling in me that we would be the best of friends. To my amazement, she has been my best friend for 5 years and counting and I cannot imagine doing life without her.

This friend of mine, or should I call her my "twin" is quite unique in a way. She's the one who I constantly compete with in class, the one who forces me to follow her to the toilet (She calls the toilet her "seashell palace", DON'T EVEN ASK ME WHY BECAUSE I AM STILL FIGURING IT OUT UP TO THIS POINT OF TIME SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME), the one who gets angry at me for the minor things, the one who was up against me for prom queen (She obviously won), the one who joined the same clubs with me, the one who almost everyone looks up to, the one whose parents I'm comfortable with, the one who named a dog that doesn't even belong to her, Toto, the one who made me cry because she was a big bully, the one who still supported me when I was super stressed, and the one who had my back no matter what.

We can barely meet because we live in different parts of the world (cliche, I know). The funny thing was that we got mad at each other at one point of time because none of us had the time to meet up. I guess the reason why we got ticked off with each other was because we missed each other's company really, really badly. So, two days ago, Allison told me she finally could drive alone all the way from Ampang to Subang because she had to settle some student council stuffs in Inti. She asked if I was free for a sleepover, and of course I agreed to her plan since I'm on break!

We met at Inti at around 8p.m. yesterday and she drove us to Burgerlab at Sunway! I was a very very bad navigator. So, to those out there who can drive, I highly recommend that you should not ask me to give directions because I suck at it haha! Just giving a heads up ;) Oh boy, how will I even be able to drive alone soon, considering I already have my license...

The A+ (Set) RM 21 and Beautiful Mess (Set) RM 26

The burgers were only alright to my liking. Maybe it's because I've had Burgerlab for quite a few times so I kind of got bored of their burgers...? Young entrepreneurs, please hurry and come up with more burger places!!

Address
3, Jalan PJS 11/9, Bandar Sunway, 46150 Petaling Jaya, Selangor 

Opening Hours

TUESDAYS - SUNDAYS | 5.00PM - 10.15PM

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So, here I am, blogging about this after having lunch with Al, my mom, granny and brother at FIQ's Gastronomy. This place had a nice set up and the food was not bad! I have to comment on something though, the service was quite terrible. It took them a long time to serve us our food. All in all, I would give FIQ's a rating of 7 out of 10?

 They had this hipster-ish wall art right outside their place!

This tomato soup and Ice Lemon Tea/Mineral Water came with the set that cost RM 23++

 B.M.C.S RM 24

Citrus Chicken Pasta RM 23

Address

34, Jalan SS 19/1d, Ss 19, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Opening Hours

Tues-Sun, 12pm-10.30pm

Thanks for the good memories we made throughout high school, Al! Can't wait for the many more memories we would be making in the near future. Still love you even though you constantly give me terrible insults x

Cheers! :)

Review on Cafes in Subang, PJ and KL

Hello there! If you're reading this, you're probably one of my most frequent readers who is actually interested in what I have to say! So, thank you for that because I really do appreciate that effort of yours in clicking this link :) (I'm done with my first semester exams so that is why I am able to blog so yay to more blogging?!)

I have a very special post for all of you today because it's going to be a post on FOOD! Yeap, that's right, my first love... Don't worry, I'm just kidding! My first love will always be God's unconditional love for me and I should always remind myself of that daily!! Jesus loves you, you and YOU!

Over the past few months, I had the privilege of visiting different cafes which were at different locations. The cafes that I am about to share with you right now are located at SS15, Damansara Uptown & Bangsar. So if you live in any of these areas, feel free to drop by at these highly recommended places!

1) Loha Cafe

I visited this cafe with Ben, Tim and Alyssa after MUFY games. We were contemplating on whether we should have Chili Pan Mee for lunch or cafe food. I then decided we should try this cafe that my friend, Catrena was telling me non-stop about! I had to try it.

 Chicken Teriyaki rice

Pasta Carbonara

Honestly, I was a little upset when they served me the pasta. I expected the pasta to be spaghetti but they gave me fusilli instead. So, please remember to inform the waiter if you want spaghetti or fettuccine or fusilli. Nevertheless, we still enjoyed our meal and it was really filling! Pricing was around RM 15.90 or so. It was DEFINITELY below RM 20! To add on, I heard that there was a small chill place where you can play video games? Now, that's a plus!

Address 

No 7 (First Floor), Jalan SS 15/7, Subang Jaya, 47500 Selangor. 

Opening hours 

Mon - Fri :	8:30 am - 8:00 pm
Sat           :	9:00 am - 8:00 pm

2) Dal.Komm Coffee

Bingsu is the ever so popular Korean shaved ice dessert. This craze on Bingsu only started when Malaysia brought in Caffe Bene if I'm not mistaken. Ever since Caffe Bene became a "hit", more and more Bingsu cafes started to appear out of nowhere!! Correct me if I'm wrong! Of the different Bingsu places I've tried in my life, I can say that Dal.Komm sells pretty yummy and presentable Bingsu's! This place had a warm ambience and it is located right opposite Taylor's College and Inti. I am so done with Caffe Bene haha. This is just my opinion though!

Apple Crumble Bingsu RM 15.90

I ordered this because it was much more cheaper compared to the other varieties. Haha, cheapskate me! It was still worth the money IMO.

Oh, just look at this beautiful mess... This is the Apple Crumble Bingsu! It comes with shaved ice topped with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream and whipped cream! Not forgetting the apple crumbs for some last finishing touches. Perfect for two to share.

Address
No 6, SS 15/8, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor.

Opening Hours
Sunday to Thursday- 9am-12am
Friday to Saturday- 9am-2am

3) Bingsu Cafe

Speaking of Bingsu, here is another top Bingsu cafe I would recommend you to give it a try. My friends, Tracey and Hannah have been asking me to try this Bingsu place as it was claimed by them to be MUCH MORE BETTER than Dal.Komm. This place is indeed so much more better than Dal.Komm IMO, of course. I came here with my coursemates since their last paper ended on Friday! All I can say is that we were not disappointed with the Bingsu's.

 Mango Cheese Bingsu RM 16.90

Triple Berries Bingsu RM 17.90

The Mango Cheese Bingsu had shaved ice of course, topped with mango slices, cheesecakes cubes, a scoop of vanilla ice-cream drizzled in mango sauce. The Tripple Berries Bingsu, on the other hand, had shaved ice topped with blueberries, strawberries and a scoop of vanilla ice-cream drizzled in berry sauce! 

Bingsu cafe has more choices compared to Dal.Komm Coffee. This cafe has 9 choices to choose from whereas Dal.Komm has only 5 choices. I would recommend you to try Bingsu cafe if you live in the Damansara area, but if you're in the Subang area, trying Dal.Komm is already more than enough!

Address

Jalan SS 21/35, Damansara Utama, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Opening Hours

12.00 p.m. - 12.00 a.m.

4) Nutmeg

I've always wanted to see what was the craze on Nutmeg all about. So, my family and I decided to head to Bangsar after church just to try this place. Beware, the food here is a little more on the pricey side. As I always like to say, visit once and never come back if it isn't THAT fantastic.

Thick Cut Open Faced Salt Beef Sandwich RM 23

Nutmeg Big Breakfast RM 28

I ordered the Nutmeg Big Breakfast and the portion was really big! If you would like to save a penny or two, you can always share with someone. The desserts here looked really yummy, so during my next visit here, I would want to try their desserts especially the cakes!

Address

UGF-28A Bangsar Village II, 2 Jalan Telawi 1, Bangsar Baru. Kuala Lumpur

Opening Hours

Daily, 9:30am-10pm

5) A Pie Thing

Everyone should be familiar with this place, am I right? After a long day of studying at the library, I decided to try this ever so famous place with Tim and Alyssa since it was so near college. Their friends joined in as well! All I can say is that I wouldn't come back for a second try... Pies are just not my thing, doesn't matter if they're sweet or savoury. I just don't fancy them! Forgive me, pie lovers.

 Pie + Mash + Gravy RM 14.90

Smores Pie RM 10.50

As you can see, we "conquered" them. Well, technically, Alyssa did most of the "conquering" as I did not enjoy both the pies.

Address

No.12, Jalan PJS11/8, Bandar Sunway, 46150 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Opening Hours

4pm-11pm, Tuesdays through Sundays

Thank you for reading and stay tuned for more posts? :) Have a good week ahead everyone!

Cheers,

Char

Year of change, perhaps?

And *poof*, 2014 had just passed by in a glimpse of an eye.

2015 is going be a year of massive change. If you ask me how do I want 2015 to turn out? I would just say one word, Happy. Not that 2014 wasn't a great year, it was. Unfortunately, there were many ups and downs in school and I really hated it. I clearly remembered that there were tears in my eyes most of the time. I'm not going to tell you why because that would take me 10 years to complete this post then. 

I want 2015 to be extra different. I want it to be a year that I can remember. I want it to be the perfect year for me where I can look back in the future and say to myself, "2015 changed me and it was a good change." I want 2015 to be an impact on myself.

Here's a summary of 2014 in four bullets :

• Knew which friends were the ones who would remain in my life forever
• Met my second family, E1 CG
• Stressful
• Grew spiritually (Am still trying my best to learn the Gospel)

Stay tuned for more updates! I promise I'll post more often.

Cheers! :)

Excited already?

Hi all! I'm finally back! After months of not posting, it feels really nice to be sitting on my bed and wrapping myself with the coziest comforter ever. Anyhoo (I feel like I say that a lot), SPM has already started! ..... and I honestly can't wait for it to end because I've planned so many activities to be done with my friends!

Things on my list as of now :
1) Char+Trace's MISSION which includes coconut ice cream, roti canai (if we're that ambitious), Pesto, more smoothies, a no-sleep sleepover, continuing our not finished movie and many more! (FYI, if you have no idea who's this friend of mine named Tracey, let's just say that she's one of the most genuine soul I have ever known in my life! Long story short, I met Trace in camp and we've been great friends then! :)) We've be planning this mission for the longest time now so I'm pretty eggcited for it to happen!

2) PROM PREPPING WITH MA GURLFRENSSSS. From doing each other's make up to curling each other's hair.. Boy, am I excited already!

3) Jumpstreet with the gang!

4) Hi-Tea with Al and Grace! No one can ever go wrong with tea and scones, trust me.

5) Catching up with my primary best friends - Lucy and Sammi, because we're a trio and nothing can ever separate us.

6) Foodie trip with Wan Qing and her bf!

7) Start attending frisbee training regularly! I love playing sports but the last time I played netball was during post-exams last year? Oh my.. Time has passed too fast!

These are a couple of things I HAVE to do after SPM. As for now, I shall take a good thirty minute nap and study the dreaded History later.

Cheers!

Why don't I say the four letter word?

Hello, all! Second post this week so I think it is safe to say that my holiday has been pretty unproductive.. I've done nothing much besides lazing on my bed, waking up early to prepare a hearty breakfast for myself and catching up on my book. Oh, just to add something, I took a nap for 4 hours yesterday and I have never felt more guilty of that than anything else. Well, you can't possibly blame me fairly because my sleeping schedule was literally upside down on normal school days. I only went to bed at 1 in the morning, sometimes even 2, on a daily basis. So, I guess I'm allowed to take long naps to catch up on my sleep!

Well, I am a bit reluctant to express these thoughts that have been on my mind lately. Simply because I am certain that I would be judged, disliked, or even disagreed with. However, after days of processing these thoughts, I personally think I shouldn't be afraid of letting out my thoughts on this blog of mine because I opened this blog for one sole reason, and that is to express whatever that is running through my mind, be it good or bad thoughts.

Have you ever come across someone around you who is constantly using foul language? I am positive that you and I have a handful of friends who tend to have one foul word in their sentences. Honestly? I have a thing against people with foul mouths ever since the age of 12, after getting baptised. I used to be a person who had foul words ranging from Chinese to English. Well, who is there to blame? I definitely blame myself entirely. Growing up in a school environment which had multiple kids using foul language definitely brought me to follow their so called "cool" footsteps. I was influenced by every single one of them who swore because I thought that if I followed the norm, I would be considered "one of them", you get me? I remembered there was one day when my maid woke me up to get ready for school (this is when I was in primary school), and guess what was my response to her? Being the grouchy and grumpy me, a person who disliked mornings in the past, I pointed my middle finger to her. Yes, yes, you might be thinking that I was such a rebellious child back then.. You can judge all you want but I have repented and asked forgiveness from my almighty God who is ever so willing to forgive my sins. I really did regret my actions and I promised to never repeat that filthy act ever again. And I dare say that since then, I have never once pointed my middle finger, swore or cursed at anyone in my life. Praise the Lord! Note that me not using the four letter word and whatnot is only by God's grace. If you think I'm making any of these up, I'm really not so please do trust me!

So, that's partially my reason for not being a sweary (oh my is that even a word haha) person at all. I have been named by one of my friends as a person who does not swear at all, along with my good friends, Joshua and Joanna. Am I bragging about this? No, certainly not. Am I proud of this? YES, I DEFINITELY AM! You would be wondering why wouldn't I mind being the odd one out along with these two good friends of mine. Simply because we are God fearing people who are under the body of Christ. We share the common belief and have a strong faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Also, we honour all the Ten Commandments in the Bible, one of it being "You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses name." Yes, even "Oh my God, Oh my Gosh, Oh my Goodness" are counted as using His name in vain. I read an interesting article on Christians Cursing and I think you should take a look at it too! It'll definitely bring you to a different perspective on cursing/swearing. http://www.biblebelievers.com/jmelton/ChristianCursing.html
The Bible also clearly states that "Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be." James 3:10 So, I'm pretty sure that answers people's questions on why don't I swear, or even all the Christians for that matter.

Mind me, I am not saying that I am a perfect Christian who doesn't use these phrases. We all do make mistakes and we need to learn & grow from them. I actually do say these phrases (only Oh my Gosh, Oh my Goodness or even damn, sometimes) whenever I speak without thinking. I blame myself for it. But I am still learning from my mistakes and I trust that God will definitely help me in this situation, only if I am genuinely willing to change . Whenever I accidentally blab out these kind of words, I immediately ask God for His forgiveness.

These are thoughts of mine and I am glad that I have shared them with all of you. Cheers!

Farewell, Interact

Interact - International Action

I clearly remember the time when we were just junior Interactors having our very first meeting two years back. It was indeed terrifying with all the serious faces that were potrayed by our seniors.. Just last year we were having the farewell for our seniors at Jogoya, and to think that we just had our own farewell yesterday??!! That's pretty unbelievable! Time passes wayyyyyyy too faaaaaast! You need to slow down a lil' time, I can't possibly catch up with these short legs of mine! *pants*

Anyhoo, just to let you readers know, our cute juniors organised the farewell at Mosaic, Mandarin Oriental! I know, I know, you're probably thinking that it's a pretty high class place and all.. Well yes, you're right!! It's a 5 star hotel and we were indeed thankful for having our farewell there. I mean, who wouldn't go all crazy and estatic when we had the chance of having a buffet at such a hotel????!! The plus point was that farewell was after our last paper, which was the horrible Add Maths so YAY to that! Definitely couldn't focus on the paper because half of us were probably drooling over the images of the wide spread of buffet!

One word to describe the buffet there? SCRUMPTIOUS SCRUMPTIOUS SCRUMPTIOUS!

We were seriously like jakuns when we arrived. Jumping here and there, holding and squeezing one another's hands, squealing like baby squirrels while walking into the restaurant! You could actually say that we didn't act like seventeen year olds yesterday just by judging our immature actions, just saying...... Our tummies were filled with pasta, lamb, steak, sashimi, sushi, oysters, scallops, chocolate fondue and more chocolate fondue, ice-cream, creme bulee, gummy bears (YES THEY HAVE GUMMY BEARS, I REPEAT GUMMY BEARS!!), coffee and more. I didn't manage to snap  pictures of all of my food because I was too lazy so please do forgive me!

All in all, the farewell was indeed a successful one. Not because of the fancy schmancy venue that served good food, but it was because of the GREAT COMPANY (both the juniors and seniors). I had one of the best times of my life laughing my tummy off. I can't go a day without laughter so I guess you can say that they play a pretty big part in my life? :)

So, here am I thanking all of you thoughtful juniors for putting in so much effort in planning this amazing and memorable farewell! Kudos to all you juniors! If you were to ask me in the next ten years what would I think about the Interact Club? I would say that I did not regret a single bit in joining Interact. The friendships that I have made and built were priceless. The conversations that I have had with all of the Interactors will be treasured forever and ever. It was indeed a privilege to have served this club with all my heart, genuinely. I will and always love being an Interactor, board or no board, I would have equally given my all. Viva La Interact. Cheers!

Signing off,
Community Service Director of Interact Club of WMSKL 2014

Thank You

As I am typing in this entry, I am currently on my bed, still in my uniform, sticky and smelly, and typing out all of the thoughts I had gathered today. 

So, I did some reflection when I was stuck in the jam for 1 whole hour. I mean, what more can you do in the car right? Besides, my phone died so I guess it was a pretty boring ride home.. Anyways, I thought through many things that happened today and I dare say that I am eternally grateful and blessed by the people around me. Okay, maybe saying that I am grateful and blessed is an understatement.. Anyhoo, let me tell you why!

The junior prefects organised the Prefects' Farewell for all the Form 3 and 5 prefects to appreciate all the seniors' hard work throughout these two years. It was held at Sunway Putra Hotel, just 2 stations away from our school. As we journeyed to the place, I was just thinking how time actually passed by so quickly. Just three years ago, I was a junior prefect and here I am, on my way to my very own last Prefects' Farewell! Where did all those three years go?! It was just as if it was yesterday I got elected as a prefect. Long story short, the farewell was great and it was indeed a memorable one. 

On the way home, I was in the car opening up the presents I got from my little juniors and at that instant, I felt really touched by the effort they had put in into these small yet thoughtful gifts. Reading their notes just made me feel like I have achieved my goal in my whole prefect journey, and that was to inspire and motivate them. I'm a really bubbly person (not bragging or anything (:), so I guess brightening up their days during duties was already satisfying enough. I wouldn't say that I was the best prefect (because obviously the rest out there were A plus), but I can say that I did my very best. I also felt a little guilty for not putting in a little effort into the gifts and notes because I was too caught up with the heavy workload, but I'll definitely make it up to them. I was thinking of bringing them out for lunch after SPM, whaddya think girls? (:

Next thing that touched my heart deeply! My vice captain bought me a farewell gift. I did not expect it at all because normally during our farewells, we exchange gifts between the seniors and juniors. Buying gifts for your "co-workers" were not so "normal" in our farewells. She attached the gift with a really sweet note and I was so happy by just reading the first sentence, "Thank you for being my friend in prefects." That led me to always keep in mind that we should all be friendly to everyone around us, regardless of their age, gender, personalities etc.

Last thing I felt really grateful for. I was craving for these raisin biscuits I used to indulge in when I was little and I told this person about it. She straight away told me that she would buy them and bring it to school the next day. True enough, she kept to her word and bought the biscuits! To top that off, she bought an extra box of different biscuits. Okay, you might be thinking right now, "What?! They're just biscuits..", but it's actually these little things that I'm truly thankful for. 

All these people that are placed in my life are truly God's blessings. I'm so thankful for the Lord for putting them into my life, making me realise that I should always be humble and look out for the people around me. Showing them the love that they should deserve, and also to care for them at all times. 

I hope you enjoyed this post and got something out of it! Cheers!