the most adult moment of my life- i rented a room

hello gorgeous people!! it's finally friday and i feel like its been such a long week. this weekend will be a fun one though. our family has got really exciting news... we're expanding our family!! yup, that's right y'all's!! tmr at 2pm, we'll be going to collect OUR BRAND NEW CARRR!! we're all super excited for this and we're really very blessed. i could go on about it but i think ill have have a special post for it tmr and i can upload some pictures too once we get it.
this week has been eventful and when i say 'this week' i actually just want to focus on my yesterday and today. yesterday was the day that i rented a room for the first time in my life. ive gone through five semesters of university so far and ive been so blessed that until now ive never had to worry about rent, bills, meals and taking care of myself in general. i guess an adult moment like this is bound to happen to everyone at one point of their lives but i never saw it coming for me. there are so many things to be excited about like i dont have to do chores for a whole house anymore or i dont have to do my own laundry anymore cause i have a laundromat service. and the whole usual first-time-experience ecstasy! there are also parts that scare me greatly and i think about such things a lot that they keep me up on some nights. i have to live with other students, what if theyre not friendly?what if this new house has many bugs? and i have to decide on my own meals now what if dont know what to buy or what to make. what if my allowance runs out too fast? i need to learn to plan my spending now and i have never ever done that. i've studied a unit in accounting and another in finance but will i use that theory in real life now?
Anyways back to me getting a room. the decision to move in May was super rushed. it's only two months away and i know most new students and current students looking to move have already started booking rooms way ahead for the coming new semester. i was a bit behind so i didnt have much time on doing a through research on accommodations and synthesizing all that information to make a well judged decision. throughout it all my friends have been a good help in giving me advice. would i rather be under a management or  a private owner? house or condo? cycling distance or driving distance? if i choose management which management would give me a better service, KT or Danish? front row houses or the old back part ones? what happens when i leave on my internship?
in the flurry of the moment all that was clear was i needed a room in a house, under a management and in the front row, with the lake view and with a bigger parking area. also i wanted a room on the ground floor cause my lazy ass doesnt like stairs so much and plus what if i need to carry heavy junk?
i ended up with quite the nice room actually. its near to a bustop and checks all the boxes. of course because of the rush to book a room so i wouldnt end up without one, we're slowly realizing all the cracks in our plan. a room in the ground floor at the front would mean less privacy for me cause theres a big big window facing the porch. and it'll be the noisiest one too. ground floor is also the target rooms for any burglaries. but i dont think i'll worry about such things for now. i really need to get focus on my school work and the upcoming exams in 3 weeks. once im done with that im sure everything else will fall into place.
im not going to worry too much.  Philippians 4:6-7 says, 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
sleep tight everyone. goodnight

MY FIRST RENT RECEIPT

Valentine's day recap 2019 - dinner at e-hub Kampar

Hello all you gorgeous people!! in my previous post i mentioned the super fancy meal i had a couple weeks back but then yesterday i remembered a fancy dinner i had that would give Durbar a run for their money. for valentines day this year, i pulled all the stops. i bought flowers and a fancy dinner for my mom. i had ordered a rose bouquet weeks in advanced knowing the stores would be busy, and since i knew id be having classes, i had them delivered straight to her at her workplace. she was so stoked! much excited indeed! she took pictures and was super happy!

for dinner, i took her to this fancy bar lounge place, e-hub in kampar. the ground floor is a restaurant and the entertainment center with the karaoke and pool tables are all on the upper floors. i'd say its fancy cause there's a stage at the front of the restaurant where they sometimes have live music playing and they also serve liquor so thats always fancy! 

e-hub had a special valentines day 3-course menu and of course we had to try it. we started off with a seared hokkaido scallop on a bed of salad. i cant recall what the dressing was but i remember it being super citrus-y. the scallop was huge and really unlike the tiny pink ones you get when you buy frozen ones for your steamboat. we then ordered one of each of the choices of entrees so we tried a chicken roulade and a salmon dish which came with the same sides, just different sauce and different protein. i think i preferred the chicken. it came on a deep fried polenta cake and salad and a truffle butter sauce which was bomb. the meal ended with a dessert of frozen tiramisu and it came with a nice caramel sauce but it could do without. anyways it was a really good meal overall. the gin and juice was good too of course (hehehe!)

im super thankful to have had celebrated the event with my family and it really made me appreciate how loved i am by my parents especially. sometimes as a 'soloist' people tend to draw assumptions about your happiness which i think they shouldnt. i am loved and thats all i need to know. 

THE ROSE BOUQUET I BOUGHT MOM

                                            

HOKKAIDO SCALLOP APPETIZER 

SALMON ENTREE 

CHICKEN ENTREE

FROZEN TIRAMISU DESSERT 

ME AT THE RESTAURANT 

Family dinner at Durbar FMS

hello gorgeous people a week ago, sissy had a really fun convocation as some of you already know. we went for our celebratory dinner in DURBAR FMS. It was a really fancy place and you could tell as you walked through the shiny glass doors. it felt like a scene from that Frozen movie when Anna opens the doors to Elsa's glass castle. pretty big moment aye.
the marble table tops and rustic wooden chairs, similar to ones youd see in normal non-fancy kopitiams, somehow fit so well into DURBAR's fancy setting. i guess the waiters in suits and the sparkly chandeliers helped boost the fancy factor a bunch. also the table setting was that youd see in hotel restaurants.
their menu was a mix of malaysian and western cuisine but we all got something that we felt we couldnt get anywhere else. food was nice but i do wanna comment on their side of fries we had in two of the four meals we ordered. i mean im paying a lot for frozen fries that i could make on my own too. or i could get them in any mcdonals nearby. frozen fries just doesnt suit the fancy theme the ambiance provided. plus they werent even salted.
but i have to say, they had really good soup. we had pumpkin soup and i live for pumpkin soup, especially the one my mom makes. theirs comes in close second but still i thought it worth mentioning.

      

ME WITH THE COOLEST SISSY 

THE CUTE LIL RESTAURANT 

FANCY INTERIOR- PAINTINGS 

FANCY INTERIOR- BIG MIRROR

CHICKEN AND POTATOES 

STUFFED CRAB

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.