Quarter-life Crisis

This post is dedicated to my very old friend, Mr. Lim. I have known him for *grabs a calculator* 15 years. :) Yesterday he complained that my blog shows the same thing everytime he logs on. So, my happy pineapple friend, this post is for you. *oh dont shed tears of touchiness ok, that's my job*.

Today I bought McDs. The total bill was "thirty fouuuuu fifty". I repeated the joke the whole drive back from the drive thru to home. Definitely drove someone crazy. :)

I have been watching Grey's Anatomy from the start again. FAVOURITE character before Burke = Burke. After Burke = no one. I like the way Burke put his hands at the back of his waist. Looks very dominating. I like dominating people. I mean. I like to be dominating. Anyway I am noticing FORESHADOWING in the earlier part of the series. Like how Alex said he'll still like Izzy if Izzy cuts off her rack because of cancer. AND. I want to point out that the only girl who looks RIGHT sized in this series is Izzy and Addison. Meredith is way too thin!!! Her bones practically jumping out from her skin! Just look at Izzy, tall, big framed and meaty. Yeah. That's the right image ok?! But I still love petite girls though.

These days when I watch movies, I cry and cry. Yesterday I watched "My Sister's Keeper". Cried at EVERY SCENE. I think scrapbook scenes (e.g. UP, My Sister's Keeper) make me cry!!!! Anyway the ending was so different from the book!? I watch Grey's I cry. I watch everything I cry. Heck, I read Harry Potter I cry. I am getting older and more emo.

As my brother says, I am having quarter-life crisis.

MACC: 1st EGM

The comedian variant, that is. The Malaysian Association of Chinese Comedians is having their first EGM. Full details in the following press release (you've no idea how much I've wanted to be a journalist!!!)!

PRESS RELEASE BY THE MACC

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M.A.C.C.
Malaysian Association of Chinese Comedians

1st Easy Going Meeting

Douglas Lim had a dream. A dream to bring laughter to the world. A dream to spread joy across the land. Unfortunately, fate conspired against him. He was born Chinese and was not eligible for Raja Lawak.

But Douglas Lim never gave up. Convinced that the Chinese can be funny, he scoured the country for like-minded (and like-coloured) people. He searched high and low, far and wide and upside down. After 3 years, the search has ended. For behold, he is tired AND he has found 2 other jokers.

Together they are M.A.C.C. – the Malaysian Association of Chinese Comedians and this is their first E.G.M. (Easy Going Meeting). On the agenda are funny observations, song parodies, impersonations and witty revelations from the founding members of M.A.C.C – Douglas Lim, Jenhan and Chi Ho.

No stone is left unturned. Nothing is sacred – well except for sacred things which MUST NEVER be questioned by ALL Malaysians. M.A.C.C.’s first E.G.M. promises to be a laugh-out-loud affair for the whole family providing that your family is:

- English speaking
- easily amused
- at the show

M.A.C.C.’s first E.G.M. will commence at the PJ Live Arts Centre, Jaya ONE, on the following days:-

Saturday, 17 October @ 9pm
Sunday, 18 October @ 3pm - Matinee
Sunday, 18 October @ 9pm

Saturday, 24 October @ 9pm
Sunday, 25 October @ 3pm - Matinee
Sunday, 25 October @ 9pm


ALL SHOWS AT ONLY RM 33.88

Tickets available at TICKETCHARGE (603) 2241 9999 OR visit www.ticketcharge.com.my


This Performance Is Brought To You By Principal Connection (M) Sdn Bhd
Supported By Young Comedians of Malaysia

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS

Douglas Lim

Douglas Lim is now primarily a STAND-UP COMEDIAN. But due to his greed, he is also many things. For example, he is an ACTOR on both screen and stage (1957 – Hati Malaya, Los & Faun, TenTenTen, Kopitiam, Homecoming, P.Ramlee the Musical, Tunku the Musical, Broken Bridges, etc…). He is also a COMPOSER & LYRICIST for tv and stage (Kopitiam, Reality, Ghost, Cuci the Musical, etc…).

His stand-up comedy performances include “Eh, Got Free Ticket Ah?” at Actors Studio Bangsar, Comedy Club KL, Comedy Club Singapore, Lake Club Comedy Night, Harith Iskander’s Nationwide Tour, “The June 4th Show” at No Black Tie and numeourous corporate events. Douglas Lim was nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy at the Asian TV Awards. He lost to Gurmit Singh (Phua Chu Kang)!

Kuah Jenhan

Having performed on stage since secondary school, Kuah Jenhan is a natural in the performing arts scene. He began his career in stand-up Comedy in The Actors Studio Bangsar's Freeflow and went on to win the Bond Stand-up Comedy Competition in 2006.

Now an actor, emcee and fresh from his recent appearance for Comedy Club KL alongside international starts Paul Chowdhry and Garry Who, he has performed in countless skits and plays over the years, from school, to college and now in Malaysian theatre including Rose Rose I Love You, No Limits and Ismail - The Last Days. Dubbed as "The Funniest Gravy (Kuah) of Malaysia", he can be found regularly performing his mix of locally inspired comedy at Time Out KL's Comedy Thursday and other YCOM shows around the city.

Phoon Chi Ho [note]: I PERSONALLY know this joker!!!!!

A comedian, actor, director and producer; the multitalented Chi Ho has been in performing arts since he discovered his love for it in high school and have directed and acted in several plays during his college life. Upon graduating, he chose to delve into theatre management by becoming the theatre supervisor of The Actors Studio Bangsar. He now is a member of the skit-based The ComeBackKings, written, acted and directed 15 webisodes for gua.com <http://www.gua.com/> and launched a successful stand-up comedy career in 2008.

He now performs regularly around the Klang Valley, organising and performing in comedy shows for the Young Comedians of Malaysia (YCOM), a local comedy support group. Cheeky and very original, his stand-up routine sees him putting on a facade that is more familiar to his Chinese heritage.

ABOUT THE VENUE

PJ Live Arts is an arts centre where Malaysia and International talents converge to exchange, share and impart new and fresh ideas for the creation, performance and promotion of the performing arts in an atmosphere of openness, peace and understanding.

PJ Live Arts is a first of its kind, innovative community arts centre and theatre set in the centre of Petaling Jaya’s New Creative Community development of Jaya ONE, situated along Jalan Universiti, Petaling Jaya.

[ps]: *rolls eyes* even their ticket price is so Chinese-y lah!

Me Singing: Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me

Bubble Bubble Toil and Trouble

Remember this?!

I got this tube for RM 1.00 from Jaya 33 Flea Market. So happening! Childhood memories. I used to open the back of the tube when I was younger because there's no opening at the top of the tube mah! Ah. Mana tahu it's like supaglue whereby you have to stick the cover's sharp point inwards and ta daah. The hole at the top end of the tube. Well I was 8 ok?! Was I supposed to know?!

Anyway coming to the lab once, I smell this bubble smell. Someone was evaporating ethyl acetate solvent. Do you think this bubble is made using that? Maybe that's why dad did not let us play this bubble so much. Hazardous. Thus. My non-mastery of this bubble making. I have never been able to make a bubble big enough to throw around playing "Monkey"!

So I bought it for my birthday. Whole night spent blowing through the straw until my face became red. All that while watching Star Wars V. *wheeeee*

From Jaya 33 Flea Market.

Variety of sizes. All pressed here and there to 'save' itself.

Mission accomplished!

A scene from Star Wars V.

d'italiane kitchen

And the title is typed without title case on purpose (owh the agony). I went there with Mr. Shu last August!!! Yeah I realise it's October now. So sue me lah. I've been busy, lazy and most importantly, I've been READING. Yeah. Got a battered copy of "A Place Called Here" from the UM Library. So far I have no idea what is going on, is this book fantasy-themed or what?! But I'm enjoying it nevertheless.

This post is dedicated to Kae Shin. :) She miss me alot and she's bored of seeing events of my brother's convo. Hehehhee. Kae Shin I'm back!

So, this restaurant is situated in Jaya 33. Do not mistaken this place for Bruno's! One look at Bruno's menu was enough to get our feet out of the territory (we haven't even entered) as fast as possible! So we scanned through d'italiane kitchen's menu instead. They are just next door. So we entered. Nice setting! Really. I love the lighting. I love the decoration (MINIMAL AND NICE). I love the glasses. More on that later.

Our table.

Other tables.

More tables.

Still more tables. It's not that it's empty lah mind you. We were there at 6 pm.

Paper coaster.

Coke.

Ice latte. Look at the glass!!! Ergonomic design to fit the contour of your hand.

Romantic candle light which they placed on tables later in the evening.

Ya, I was so hungry I chowed down the garlic bread only to realise I forgot to tangkap gambar - for the gazillionth time for the purpose of dining posts.

Carbonara. I remembered that I preferred Ms. READ's Delicious's one.

I don't remember what is this. But it's beef wrap-chesse and mushrooms. Yums, tasty mushroom.

Verdict. Good environment. Food so so. Pricey though. It's 1 am. Back to my book. On a highly different note, feel like my face is breaking out.

My Brother's Convocation Ceremony

The convocation ceremony took place in mid August. After painstakingly ironing the orange hood and the sleeves part of the robes (heck, I didn't even iron mine two years back!) the night before, my parents and brother went to Dewan Tunku Cansellor on one cooling 12th of August 2009 afternoon. It rained during the later part of the ceremony and I got my jeans wet walking on from ISM to DTC! Photos!

Congratulations to the new Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) (Distinction), Universiti Malaya.

Father and I.

With girlfriend.

Family.

Her turn next year!

With Mummy.

With Daddy.

With Sister. Please, I am the older one! Physical appearances shouldn't be taken into account when judging birth order, know?

Family in front of UM coat-of-arms.

In serious discussion.

UP

I watched the latest Disney-PIXAR animation yesterday. 5 minutes into the show I cried. Why didn't the creators warn against very sad content!? Ok so it's actually happy content but then it makes me cry lah.

*spoilers*

Makes me wonder. How many of us can really meet our soulmates, marry them and stand by them for all eternity, HAPPILY? How many of us CAN really LOVE unconditionally? Most moving scene in the movie i.e. Carl accidentally left his hand print on mailbox - Ellie paints her own hand print too. That is unconditional man. That is.

And then there's this understanding. Even though they didn't get to do Paradise Falls (Ellie's dream) because every time something happens - they needed the money-saved-up, but Ellie was happy. She even thanked Carl for the adventures; she took every hardship as a wonderful experience.

And then there's Carl. He never got over the fact that they didn't go to Paradise Falls as promised so he had never turned a page in their Adventure Book. He deeply misses his wife. He still talks to his wife after her death.

Really though scenes for me endure:

a) From the first hospital scene until Ellie's death
b) Mailbox thing
c) Carl finally opening the 'things I would like to do' in Adventure Book

*Bawling*