Hair Changing Experience

First, a short update from the previous post about online shopping.
Yes, the packages arrived!!
Ta-Da!

It's a bit tight, but with a proper diet and exercise, I think I can pull through. 

Yey!!!!!

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So what's next? 

My HAIR MAKEOVER of course.

My brother had been bugging me like forever to change my hairstyle.

After consulting with my cousins KnK, I've decided to visit their usual salon shop for my hair makeover.

STEP 1: 

I looked through the net and search for the hairstyle I want. 

It's kindda Korean-ish, but I think I'd look good in that. 

STEP 2:

Going through 2 hours plus with freakish hair machine!

Seriously, I was shocked when they put the machine on me. @@

I name it, the 'Freakin Octopus' machine!

STEP 3:

Coming out looking like Edith Piaf / 沈殿霞. 

Yea, this hairstyle gave me my secondary heart attack after the freaking machine.

My hair was too CURLY! 

Buttt....

 

STEP 4:

Fortunately, after they gave my hair some relaxing chemicals, my hair 'relaxed'

And this is what I get!

Le final result!

I'm pretty glad of the results (it's better than the pic in STEP 1!)

It's a great achievement for not looking like an aunty after my hair makeover. 

Fished a few compliments on the way too. 

HEHE. 

Till next time guise!

Love

JCG

Btdubs

Hair Salon: Century, Simpang Ampat

Cost: RM220

Chinese New Year Shopping!!! - the alternation

Oh yea, this time, I've done it!
Never in my life had I done things like that...
But I did it!

Online shopping babes!!!

I go for online shopping cause I'm havin exams till 2 weeks prior to CNY.
Which, frankly speaking, was a short period of time to shop.
It gets harder for me to concentrate (not on studies), but on getting the 'best deals',
cause when time is limited, I do stupid purchases.

Last year I was fortunate enough to go to Hatyai for my CNY shopping.
But nevertheless, some of the cloths I bought in Malaysia were pricey'er than normal.
This year, I STRATEGIZE!!
Buying stuff online from Taiwan & Malaysia.
Taiwan: cause I have 2 adorable cousins (K and K) studying there
Malaysia: cause I have a great friend (yes it's you Siti A) who introduced me to fashion houses

Those angles (or devils?) made me lose my mind!
There are so many selections online, it's hard to select which!
And what more, as it is virtual buying, it's harder to determine the size and cutting...

BUT they're CHEAP tho!

I'm currently waiting for my packages to arrive...
*jumps around in glee like an overly excited lil girl*

Note to self: gotto work harder in your workouts. The exams had fried them all.
I was up to day 24 in the 30 days challenge and I ruined it... :(
No worries, I'm joining the new 30 days challenge!!!

RIP dear grandfather you'll always be in our minds, haunt the h*ll out of us & give us luck in toto, exams, 4D and share markets.
We love you. :)


Signing off
JCG

Saying the 'Wrong' Things

Supp guise! It's been quite sometime since my last rant.
This one is an afterthought of something that had happened to me lately.
Yes, it's about 讲错话 -- Saying the 'Wrong' Things

I recently was visited by a fellow friend and I introduced my house as 'just a small place'.
Apparently, my brother pointed it out that I was selling myself too low, which makes me look like boasting.
I have no idea at all that my speech would go such great length to hurt others.
Like the Chinese Proverb,  祸从口出 -- Bad things come out from the mouth.

Anyways, another incident happened again lately about my 'cursed' mouth.
I was at a relative's place and we were talking about dish covers.
As the dish cover at my relative's house was in steel, I said 'our house is so small, we have no place to put (storage) this'
And, it seems like I had done it again.
But this time, I oversold myself, which makes me sounds like I'm being sarcastic.

Well, what have I to say but to say I'm surely not good in saying the right/correct thing at that particular situation.
Many a times, the things I said mean no harm, but to others it seems to matter a lot.
And does this affect our future? People's perception on us? Our image? Our family's image?
(yea, that's a bit too far... But is it though??? -hmmmm....)

I was a bit fed up with myself for being stupid, why am I keep saying the wrong things.
Then, I realized something.
Is it that important to gain other's acceptance, as to the extend that we must say things 'to please'?
I know it's a kind of an over-generalization by saying that this applies to all context, but to be specific, are these important in leisurely conversations with friends and family?

I believe it's hard to please everyone, harder still to be That Person that says everything right.
We are being molded by history and society into believing that people live in community, and we share that common norm or set of values.
We are also programmed to reject any un-normal behaviors, such as people who just don't know how to say the 'right' things.
So how are we going to survive in this world?
By being 'One of Them'.

What if I do not want to be 'One of Them'?
What if I want to just me 'Me'?
What if I like to say things without having people to judge or correct me cause it 'doesn't sound right' or 'it's not polite to say it' or 'people might interpret it like that'...
What if....

The funny thing is, we will never be able to truly live the life we want unless we detach from society.
Which is, ironically, hard as people will not let you leave the society cause it's un-normal.
This feels like a vicious cycle.
This is why peer pressure or 'adult pressure' happens too.
Think of those news where people who are unhappy with their lives choose to end it and think of why cases like these happen...
Cause they don't fit into the society.
It's like how our body's immune system treats foreign objects which enters our body, but are all those foreign objects bad?

Well, that's about it for my rant today.
I know it's kindda depressing, just wanted to get it off my mind for a bit.
But, deep from my heart, I still appreciate those who reminded me of my faulty mistakes, especially my brother.
I know I'm not the smartest, but if the boot fits, I might just give it a go.
But so far, I'm still tersangkut in my own thoughts.

I wanna fight, to be myself tonight. :)

JCG

Wendy's Cookery (Bread Pudding, Sarawak Laksa, Home Grilled Meat, Tang Yuan)

It's been quite some time, I've been busying.
With what you asked?
What do you do when you have some free time, extra mouth and food cravings?
Off to the kitchen we go!!
Of late I've been experimenting with different foods, so....
Yea, just have a look at it. :)

Of Bread Pudding
It all started with bread pudding.
I've tried some bread pudding at my school and I decided to try it out
After searching for some recipe... Voila!

Mix together bread, butter, sugar, milk and some nuts, oven it!

Make some yummy sauce to go with it

And there you have it!

Bread Pudding Babe!

Of Sarawak Laksa

So I brought back some Sarawak Laksa paste a few months ago and it was just sitting there in the cabinet, collecting dust. 

When mommy asked us 'What's for lunch', I replied 'hey, why not we cook Sarawak Laksa?'

And of course, I'll be the one cooking as I'm the one who came up with the idea...

Prep some ingredients: chicken breast (shredded), parsley, egg (fried and chopped), lemons and noodles

Cook the paste with some chicken and fishballs

Sarawak Laksa

Bon Appetite!

Of Home Grilled Meat
So I had Sheng over at my house a few weeks back and we decided to try out a recipe so generously shared by our friend, Sham.
Sham is the owner of Anjung Budi's Western Food in USM, he's a very nice guy and he told us the 'secret ingredients' he always add to mutton and beef (it's Rosemary and Thyme, shhhhhhh).
So we went to Tesco and bought everything.

Sheng marinating the meats

Beef, Mutton and Pork!

We kindda added a bunch of stuff in it, even some wine

Smelled nice! Ou-la-la

Here is Sheng grilling the meat later in the eve

Sweet and tasty beef with potato and tomato

Grilled to perfection!

Of Tang Yuan

Everybody's been posting photos of their tangyuan. 

Well, we've tried a few types of tangyuan before, including tangyuan with peanuts and tangyuan with chocolate. 

But this time, thanks to my cheeky brother Louis, we made tangyuan which was in square shape.

Square tangyuan
Yup, tasted nice!

So all in all, that's what I did for my November and December. 

Eat my way to heaven!

Haha. 

Have a nice day everyone!

Signing off, 

JCG

Sudden Struck of Certainty -- How I KNOW what I want to be

It was a normal day, me having Business Writing class at night time 8-10pm. Ughhh
What I thought to be a boring lecture actually turned into a life changing event!
It started off as a normal resume writing exercise.
With the hectic assignments and exams due weekly, it wasn't actually a big surprise for me.
BUT, what the lecturer said had inspired my thoughts.
"Resume writing in your General English class and resume writing in my class is totally different. My resume writing class would be more in depth, preparing you guys for the real world of working."

I was instantly dumbfound, stumped and a sudden small panicky feeling creep into my lil heart.
Remembering the wise old cracking of my fellow colleague from my past intern place, he stated jokingly, "Half a year till grad? Better start applying for jobs already..."
I went back to my hostel and rang my boyfriend.
"I think we should start sending in our resumes to companies. Look at how many uni students are without jobs, I want to have a job right after uni, I hope you'll consider it too."
He was calm as usual (charming he is), and he solemnly agreed that it was only logical.
Then I started sharing lots of stuff I know about works and how we must go about it.
After I was off the phone with him, back came my roommate...

Being that hothead I am, I told her about my 'big discovery/came through'.
She was nodding her head all along, agreeing with me in a spirited way (yea, she was a hothead too); so both of us were indulged into our own thoughts about our future.
Unable to shake that feeling away, I went to search online for StarJobs.
Yes, I have that habit of googling everything...
Out came the Career Quiz, and out came again, my results.
"Creative Type --You like to express yourself"
I was like --WHUUUTTT is this...
I did not think of myself as the creative type, I am no good with coming out with new ideas or concepts, being innovative and such. No, that's just not me...
Or is it...

I was there, still mind numbingly staring at my laptop for tomorrow's exam, and..
IT HIT ME
I HAD A DREAM!!!
Yes, it was Martin-Luther-King dramatic!
Remembering the old days when I was in secondary school, I would read columns after columns of articles on lifestyle, health care and beauty, articles about relationships and articles about life and philosophies...
I, sub-consciously, collected magazine from 2006 up till now, because I loved them.
They were too precious for me to throw away.
I love to read about the majesty of travel places, the art of communicating, the sounds of nature, and facts of life.
I love to read about the cute and warm moments in a relationship, the serene peace of relaxation tips, the gossip of the day and the stories, oh the beautiful stories...
Stories about life, stories about love, stories about nature, stories about motivation, and I'm an adult now, I'm not afraid to say it, stories about sex. (it's not about the actual act okay, it's about sex in a healthy way, how it improves your relationships, ass outta brains please)

I want to be a columnist.
And I am sure, so sure that the sheer power of it made me wrote this blogpost in the midst of studying for my exam tomorrow, so sure that I know I will do it or die trying, so sure that my mind is now turning with beautiful ideas and spinning at warp speed in planning for my future...

Inspirations do come in bad times.
(suddenly proud of myself for writing a blogpost on 'exam is the time for inspiration' years ago)
But I'm gonna call my mom first thing tomorrow morning to tell her the news!
Hmm, resume ideas...

Resume:
- I keep magazines from 2006 to now
- I wrote an award winning story
- I had a blog since Form 4
- I am sucker for beautifully written pieces
- The StarJob said I am a creative type of person
- You better hire me or else I'm telling mah mom...

JCG

My Trip to Kuching Sarawak - Day 3

I know it's waaaaaaaaaay long overdue, but yea, here it is!!
Places of interest: Bako National Park & Top Spot

Woke up in the beautiful treetop, ready to check out

Bai Bai treetop lodge!

Waiting for our charted driver

We are fortunate to be brought by two friendly angmos to Bako jetty

Registering ourselves at Bako reception

Bako National Park is famous for their many jungle treks

Aaand off we go! By Boat!

Beautiful scenery...

Yea, like I said, beautiful scenery... X)

Once we reach the place, there were tall wave beaten stones

Here we are! Bako National Park:

Famous for Proboscis Monkeys & Wild Boar

We didn't manage to see the monkeys cause it was rainy...

and it was lunch time (according to Sheng..) haha.

So there! Wild boar at the entrance!

This is mua at the entrance into the jungle treks 

So we hiked into the first trek, one of the most popular one. 

Sadly, besides the wild boar, the only wildlife we saw are the tourists 0.o

Lots of beautiful shrooms

One of the friendly angmo tourist guide friend told us that the place used to be a sea bed. 

So the big ass rocks used to be corals of some sort, immersed in the sea for thousands of years. 

Until the sea level decrease and the place turned into a jungle/mangroove

We reached the place after 1 hour plus, finally! 

On our way back, more shrooms!

Passing through a narrow way between rocks

We went for another hike, called the Ulu Assam View Point, which was much more challenging then the one before. 

But it was fun, eerie kindda. 

Cause we were the only 2 people in the whole trek. 

After we went back, we decided to makan malam at the town area.

Meow Meow at Kuching

Here's the place we decided to have dinner. 

It's one of the most famous place in Kuching for seafood -- Top Spot!

We tried the Miding, which was fern of some sort. 

Really nice and crunchy! 

I wonder why it was not sold in Penang...

Awesome black pepper crab. 

Nestum Prawn. 

Great recommendation by Aubrey

Speaking of him...

So after we went back to our hostel, we are kipnapped by Aubrey to a local bar

It's called the Ruai, which means the hall place in Iban.

We had a TsingTao beer and some Tuak.

WHICH WAS FREAKIN AWESOME!

The place was beautifully designed, very authentic

Chillin here

That's how we do it. 

Beer & shots

Hopefully I got to post Day 4 soon! 

Cheers beautiful peoplessss!

JCG

Change is coming!

I know the next post should be my trip to Swak day 3, but I am having some stressful days.
I feel that I have so many to do, but I don't know where to start.
Update: New sem had started, more work to come, more network to build.
When the going gets tough, the tough gets going right?

I believe I can do it.
It's only a matter of time before I can grow up n lead the life I want.
I am so sure that I will & can achieve my goals.
I need to success.
I need to be better.
I want it so badly it makes me stress, but in a good way.

I hope God (whichever religion you may be from) can give me the strength,
the strength to carry on,
the strength to work harder,
the strength to make things just work!

It's not hard, but it's not easy.
I will find my way, and when I do, nobody's going to stop me.
For...
I am a warrior,
I can do it,
I will achieve it!

JCG