Saturday 30 September 2017

car issues!!

hello everyone!! it is a saturday and i am so excited for time to pass because of my big adventure next weekend. today has been a busy day from the start. last night i realised that i hadnt brought my swim suit back from kampar and i needed it this weekend so i was bummed so we went to the mall today to get a new pair. its really cute and looks like a cute zebra costume haha.
last night also happened to be a flooded time on the highway where we were driving fast and water got into our engine so it started giving a loud sound and the body was shaking pretty bad. we made a uturn to a mechanic and he got rid of the water and the shaking problem. when we finally got back on the highway we realised the weird sound issue was still there so a mechanic came to our house this morning. he came and talked a bunch about the car, some parts of which i understood.
today also was a day of good meals. lunch was seafood soup at a korean restaurant and it came with scallops and abalone slices too. pretty good stuff. then we went to get some green tea ice cream which my whole family loves and that was great too.
i want to mention something me and my mom saw this morning as we drove to breakfast. there was a motorcycle parked and on the bike was a child and i dont think she was more than a year old because she was very very tiny. thing was, she was sitting on it alone. she was part on the seat, part perched in a little basket thing in the front near the handle bars. i dont know where he parents were and why they would leave her alone, looking scared and doing nothing at all. yes that made me mad and sad a bit because she could have been kidnapped or the bike could fall if she didnt know better and jumped.
looking at these scenarios you also feel more grateful about your life. i and thankful for my parents who did a splendid job!
this blog post is going to be short because im tired. haha more news tomorrow okay! see you 

Tuesday 26 September 2017

ebike in utar-kampar

hello everyone!! it is an hour before dinner and the weather is relentless!! i have been steaming in my room since last night so i welcome this sudden change of weather! hi rain! just decided to drop by?! thing is, when i rode my ebike around this morning i felt a light drizzle but ignored it and it went away. im not to be frightened by itty bitty rain! stray dogs? yes. there were so many of them this morning and because the front gate was left open, a mottled one came in and hung out by the porch. i rode an extra round around the neighbourhood, giving it time to leave before i needed to go in.
i rode around yesterday too. but i had a major fall and went home really sad. then i got over it.
wait, do you guys know what an ebike is? its a bicycle that has a rechargeable battery built into it. like a hybrid motorcycle i guess. you dont need a license to ride one and it's pretty fast. the great thing about it is you can go fast without pedaling. it's actually pretty heavy although mine is supposedly the lightest model. you can find ebikes everywhere in kampar. i bought mine last week at a bike shop next to a place i get my vegan meal fix. it was pretty expensive so thanks dad!!
here's how it looks like:
i added a name plate. my friend got it for me when she traveled. i think it's cute

the battery! and always remember to wear a helmet guys!! safety first! you can also have a +1


i was considering skateboarding to class but then a nice board costs a third of the price of my ebike and is twice as dangerous so i settled for an ebike. no regrets though! course i could cycle but i wouldnt want to get to class all sweaty. there's a time for being sweaty and that's gym time not getting to class time. i would like to meet you if you are soon to be a utarian like your's truly. 
oh yes, here is the tale of how i fell yesterday. i was testing out how my ebike would fare on the bike lane- it's narrow and rough. i didnt expect there to be such a steep slope and having never rode the bike over a slope before, i couldnt power the bike enough to get me up the slope. i decided to get down and push. i grabbed the handles and started pushing. how the ebike works is the 'engine' starts when you turn the handle. pretty neat isnt it? as i was pushing with by the handle, i accidentally turned the handle and it started to jerk forward really fast, i lost balance and fell and the bike fell too. youre actually supposed to turn off the bike when youre pushing it. it was really heavy.
i am so excited about my bike and i hope it fares well as it test it out on the main roads tomorrow. see you guys then! check out my super adorable marshmellow arrangement from my Lucky Charm breakfast this morning! cute right? i think it is!  

Monday 25 September 2017

finale of Strongest deliveryman Kdrama and SVT leaders's CHANGE UP

hi there everyone!! today is the start of the week and i hope you guys are of to a fine start! it is 8.30 pm now and i just had an ice cream cone so i am energized!! haha
i woke up this morning to a great start! yay happy me and i even had a nice breakfast of this taiwan rice crackers my dad got me. it's really crispy but also good for you! it has been a warm day but i can without air conditioning. this afternoon i made yet another lego model and i hope you can show some support and check it out here!
okay let's get to the big issue here! yesterday was the finale episode of the kdrama strongest deliveryman. there are 16 episodes in total with i think is about the average length of all kdrama's. if you havent been following this series then i highly suggest you get to it now! the male lead- Gang soo, is a real heartthrob but he wouldnt be without his leading lady, Dana. episode 15 ended with him giving up hope on his business which was on the brink of failure. he left dana a note saying he cant face everyone when he has failed and to not look for him and he wishes her happiness. she then finds him at his hometown and he tells her to go abroad and dont look back, she resists and tries her best to talk him in to following her back to seoul. meanwhile, the other delivery guys are busy trying to save his business and they find evidence that the evil jeonga has sabotaged their diners. when gangsoo finally retured, they presented their evidence and put jeonga in bankruptcy! other than that hyunsoo discovers that gang soo is actually his real brother and gangsoo finds out the reason his mother left him, he forgives her in the end. also soon ae and the jajang chef get back their money which was stolen from them by a gang a long time ago. also minchan and yeongji end up together! it ends with dana fufilong her dream of being a college student and gangsoo comes with his cool bike to pick her up. also, oh jingyu and that other girl start a preschool together. that was the finale in summary!
i thought they rushed the ending a bit too much and i wished they gave more focus on hyun soo, gangsoo and their mom. also they defeated jeonga too easily so it wasnt as realistic as it could have been. i think the could have cut down a lot of redundant scenes like the ones where gangsoo make friends in jail of when jingyu was on the run with dana. not a well organised movie but i have to say, it ended well and i think they picked the cast well. overall, i wouldnt recommend it because i think the storyline could have have a clearer climax but i would give it 3.5 stars.
now for the colossal news of today! SEVEN RELEASED A NEW SONG MV! the title of the track is 'change up' and it includes the 3 leaders of seventeen! scoups, hoshi and woozi! the song is pretty good, has a great vibe and a lot of swag! scoups' hair made him look a lot like that big bang member with dreads. taeyoung? besides i thought that woozie looked like a real man in this video when he normally appears cute and sky in most videos. that's a good change of image for him. however i thought he looked a bit awkward when they had the freestyle dance part. good job seventeen leaders i knew a colab like this would be epic!
yesterday at the train station, i walked in this office place where they tell you all about korea's train technology! there's even a stimulator thing but it was under maintenance so we couldnt test it out. when we were about to leave, me and mom found this screen and printer thing where you can take picture and write a message and have a postcard printed! of course i wanted to play with it and have it tested out! it was fun!

this entire post is made up of korean news. i hope to have a wide social network of koreans so i can learn some korean. perhaps a snail mail pen friend? i would normally turn of the comments but since i am on the hunt for a possible korean tutor to teach me korean, i shall leave them on so you get back to me. remember i only allow positive comments. have a good night guys! see you tomorrow

Saturday 16 September 2017

eating fun times

hey everyone! it is 5.30pm on a sunny saturday and i hope that it's a sunny day where you are too. yesterday was my first time eating jajang noodles. i have some pics in my camera but i dont have it with me now even thought i really want to show them to you. time to steal some pics of the internet then.

hi! so that is a picture of a jajangmyeon. it's what koreans consider chinese food. it is basically a bowl of noodles with backbean sauce and veggies mixed in. because the bowl of noodles i had was from an instant pack it looked nothing like the above picture but it did smell nice and it tasted pretty nice too. okay honestly it just tasted like noodles with soy sauce. a really plain dish in my opinion but i know it must be something special since theres a scene of someone eating jajang in every kdrama ever. but really, just soy sauce. i would call it Kon Lou Mee (幹撈麵) which just means dry noodles, really common thing in malaysia. 
im also currently following this series on iflix, Strongest Deliveryman. im not sure if i have talked about this here. i talk a lot about kdrama's and anime here. i wish i knew the korean language and then i could reachout to other korean bloggers or maybe become a beauty blogger myself because korean beauty products are bomb! anyways the main character in Strongest deliveryman delivers jajang and has a cool motorcycle. 
omg speaking of iflix, my subscription is about to expire sometime soon and im a bit sad about that because i really like iflix so should i buy another year's worth of iflix? that really requires a lot of deep thinking. 
yesterday i felt like i had a drama scene play out. i went out to get some pizza for dinner with my sissy. we placed our order then crossed the road to get to mcdonals for some ice cream. then it rained. not like a mild rain but a really heavy one where it feels you have a special colour blindness and can only see grey. there was no thunder or maybe it just couldnt be heard because the raindrops were thunderous already. perhaps they competed in the heavens and then the rain got mad and took it out on earth. really a bad time to have been out of the house. we didnt have an umbrella and we needed to pick up the pizza in time for dinner so we made a dash for it. instantly my body hurt. who knew that water could hold the wrath of a thousand samurai because it hit me hard. i tried to run but i lost a slipper and had to double back. that was my big movie scene. running in the rain and losing a slipper. i made it to the car safely though so all good.
today for lunch i had duck rice and it made me think that going vegetarian is going to be super hard because the meat was so good and the skin so crispy.
after this we are heading to dinner and i will have fried noodles ahaahaha so fun!
see you lovelies soon.

Wednesday 6 September 2017

my takeaway from School 2017 kdrama

hey all! today is a highly anticipated day for us kdrama fans because... the finale of SCHOOL 2017 was aired today. i watched it on a couch at a hairdressers because it was available on VIU while i was waiting for sissy to get her bangs done and i couldnt wait to watch it.
if youve been a reader for long, do you remember how much i loved SCHOOL 2015? i went crazy over yook seungjae and nam joohyuk because they were most cool people ever!!! ahhhh!!! i had really high expectations for this continuation of the SCHOOL series and it definitely lived up to my expectations.
the leading couple, Ra eun ho and TaeWoon? THE PERFECT CAST! if im honest, initially i was a bit put off by the fact they looked obviously not high school age but i became so happy with the storyline i decided to fully enjoy the drama.
all the actors are playing student aged 18 but taewoon's real age is actually 27. he's super handsome with abs and a strong jawline and with multiple CHARMS.
here's the plot:
Eunho is an aspiring cartoonist with really bad grades so teachers tell her that she has no future as she isnt smart nor rich. she gets caught one day while sneaking into the teachers' office to steal her sketchbook that was confiscated. while she's in there, she's shocked to find a mysterious person in a black hoodie setting test papers on fire. hearing footsteps, he escapes out the window but she gets caught by a teacher and is sentenced to a disciplinary hearing and desperately tries to catch the actual bad guy to clear her name. when getting her sentence during assembly, a drone was flown in the hall, bearing the image of the principal with a big 'X' marked center, giving the 'hero' nickname X.
with her name cleared, she carries on her school life and befriends high school director's son, Taewoon. this was seungjae's character in SCHOOL 2015 and he did such a good job too! as time passes, more action happens with X, angering the school and they make Eunho a scapegoat, blaming her and giving her the punishments. around episode 10, she and taewoon get all sweet and eventually start dating. Yippie!! he tells her he is X but instead of turning him in, he and her become accomplices and they do heroic deeds, righting the wrongs of the school, exposing corruption and such. super raging, the school actually does find proof that Eunho is X and expels her without ratting out on taewoon. disobeying her, he confesses that he is X and attempts to get her out of her punishment but it didnt work. eventually he makes a deal with his dad to not expose secrets of the school and agreeing to study abroad in exchange for allowing Eunho to come back to school.
i also super love the background characters who eventually join in their effort as X.
1)Oh SaRang. she is Eunho's best friend and together they get bad grades. her mom is the school's cleaning lady but she is not ashamed and is super proud of her mom. she doesnt expect anything from her mom, doesnt dare to dream or have any ambition for herself but only wishes to make a better life for her mom.
2)Song DaeHwi. doesnt his name sound familiar? Dae Hwi is a member in popular idol group Wanna One who won in the competition Produce 101 season 2. this song daehwi however is the top student in eunho's class, ranking 1st and being class president. he lives with his alcoholic mom who runs a salon that doesnt make money. he resents being poor and works hard to make up for it and earn respect.
the storyline is great and i highly recommend this drama if you want something cute and innocent. cute and innocent are two words that i'd like to always use when i have to describe myself. my mom however, always gets mad when she hears 'cute' but i choose not to be affected by it. i have to be me even if it means going against her and being super cutesy. throughout the whole drama, the leading couple never kissed which i really love. they had one cheek kiss but that doesnt count. there was only one kiss scene but that was between eunho's teacher and his lady so they are adult roles so it's okay and it wasnt given much attention. i hate drama's with too much make out.
the focus was on how much eunho and taewoon cared for each other. like genuinely cared. he said this a lot in the drama, 'i'd do anything to protect her dream'. her dream was to get into university and become a cartoonist. he did so much to help her achieve it like he promised himself he would. that was amazing. it was very mature of them, (acting) 18 year olds. im going to choose my words carefully here, this is what i think love is: it's love when youre happy watching your love one being happy. it is in perfect alignment with the drama. i didnt know this before and honestly i am learning so much about growing up by watching all this drama's eventhough my initial reasoning was just to learn the language. yes of course i can speak little korean now given the amount of drama's i watch. i watched W-Two World the other day and i liked it. now i am following the drama Strongest deliveryman. both of this drama's have something similar to School 2017. keywords: cartoonist and motorcycles.
my takeaway from School 2017 is that you must never give up on your dreams. regardless what the mean people in school or outside of school say, you just have to protect your dreams and i really relate to Eunho. just like Eunho i have a loving family who supports my dreams and will do whatever they can to help me achieve them. i also have my two little nuggets, my best friends from highschool, who also support my dreams and encourage me. however unlike eunho, i have not yet found my taewoon. actually i have encountered many umm... inverse of taewoons? like the evil haters who always trash about my dreams. i realise that all the haters i have ever met are guys as in male. take a lesson from me so guys, please try to be more like girls. no hate.
i saw a missing cat poster this morning and that gives me an idea. i should make a poster saying 'WANTED: A GUY WHO WANTS TO PROTECT MY DREAMS' haha that would be funny.


Monday 4 September 2017

busy me, always eating


hello everyone! i havent been on here for a long time so i'll fill you up real quick. i have been back and forth between kampar, ipoh and KL. it's really fun when you have so many places to be. i have nice pictures of yummy food i had during my travels though i would have more if i werent so impatient to eat my meal. here's some things i ate that i deserve some mention here in order of when i ate them.
1) salted egg chee cheong fun! you know the salted egg chicken? the chicken meat is fried first then stirred in a thick goopy sauce made of the yolks of salted eggs. this special noodle place i went to somewhere in sunway area smothered that yummy sauce all over the chee cheong fun and it was so good! i really would like to go back to that place but i really wasnt paying any attention to the restaurant i was at. the attached picture isnt mine because when my plate came over, i was so excited i immediately took a bite. i googled for a picture and this is the most similar i could find. some white noodles and some yellow sauce.

2) first time having pho at pho street. we decided to try out the restaurant after seeing that there were plenty of people inside. the menu was pretty lame and it was all overprice street food. soup was decent and the staff could have been friendlier but well, at least we tried and so check pho noodles off the list shall we?
pho noodles and pork rice at PhoStreet

2) on wednesday i went to pavillion mall to meet my high school best friend! she was almost an hour late so i went to a milkcow. they have one in ipoh but it's really far from my house so i have never been but i always wanted to try. milkcow!! it was really yummy and affordable too! apparently all their milkshakes are 10% off every wednesday! i didnt know that so i made a really smart choice to order one. 
a honey milkshake for a honey
3) a hero themed meal!! at the DC COMIC CAFE! it was a really fun meal. they had burgers and pizzas, like any other western diner but with added fun! the presentation was so cool like my burger came in a bulky lunch box! and my friend's iced tea had superman logo ice cubes. the cafe was really small so we were lucky to have a table. they had cakes too. next to the cafe was their merchandise store. they had clothes, shoes, dolls and bottles and more, course they were crazy expensive too. but i really liked this store and would highly recommend anyone to visit.

double patty chicken cheese burger
the lunchbox my burger came in 

 
a superman ice lemon tea


green lantern matcha latte 








4)dessert time!! so after all that shopping, course you get hungry again like really fast. i wanted to eat a dessert and what better place than a place that had the word dessert in it's name! i got a chocolate brownie and it was delicious! soft on the inside, crunchy on the outside. this dessert however simple will set you back rm20. oh well, i was a tourist after all. they had other things like thick toasts and waffles which is super cute.
 

4) Anpanman bread from a healthy bakery at ss2. he is chocolate filled and is the sweetest thing!



5)bak kut teh lunch! yummy meat and organs!! found this treasure near ss2 where the jaya mall is at. we were there to look for a powerbank because of the infinite mobile shops there. i got a nice white one! it was my first time eating dry bak kut teh and i really liked it even thought there were so many dry chilies. it smelled good too. the soup one was pretty ordinary, tastes good. one thing about the place was that the staff-servers were not friendly. in fact i thought they were rather rude. when we asked what's in their seafood hotpot, they ignored us and pretended they didnt hear. thats not a good way to run a business. 
dry bak kut teh

meat!

6) so im back in ipoh and missed sissy's birthday. it was a grand one for her. she had 3 big parties consecutively so im glad. anyways she let me have a bite of one of the many cakes she got. an uncle tetsu's cheese cake and this was no ordinary cake because this had sweet potato(sweet potatoes are the best) in it. i really liked it and isnt the illustration on top just too cute? so fluffy! so nice!

7) enjoying dim sum at the comfort of my own home! yesterday i had a swim lesson so i couldnt join the rest for dim sum and i really like dim sum so they bought some back for me and i was so happy! so nice isnt it? whats not in the picture is my beloved radish cake! sorry i ate it finished before getting my hands on my phone! the orange stuff is har gao which is prawn dumplings this batch in particular was amazingly yummy! the balls are just fish balls!

8) this morning's breakfast. japanese made cookies. i bought this while i was in kl at a japanese specialty shop! every cookie was lovingly filled with strawberry cream. okay i cant gurantee that but i hope so. every cookie also has a picture of a disney character which makes it so fun to eat that i choose which character to eat first after much debate. notice that there's belle there? okay so every packet has a character on it too like i bought the one that had belle thought i almost bought one with anna from frozen on it.

that was my food adventure for the past week. yes i didnt go to kl just to eat, i went skateboard shopping too. i might recommend that store soon if i do buy a skateboard. i have actually left out a lot of things(burger king and family mart ice cream!) because i was too lazy to take a picture so now i have learn my lesson and will try hard remember to take pictures! the week has been great though and i will see you in my next post where i will hopefully be able to talk about korean dramas. i will leave you guys with this picture i took of a bag of potato chips i bought because i had never seen anything like it before. i ate it on the train actually. it's very salty and very spicy just like actual kimchi. glad it was only rm3.