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Okay...that was just a vanity photo. I wore a maxi out for the first time so I was pretty pleased with myself. Onward to the event relevant to my title:-SIMPLY FABULOUS. Organised by Maybelline New York. And it's 8TV's first online reality show. I won't pretend to know a lot about it because I have not been watching it online. In fact, I only started browsing for info about it when Kar Ning and Sze Haw asked me whether I would go to the Finale because Arleen could help us get tickets from her friend, Susie, one of the contestants in Simply Fabulous. (Quite a chain of links that got me the ticket right??Thanks girls!!!) It was an invite only event in MOS, Euphoria..so I thought why not??? Plus I love having an excuse to dress up and take lots of pictures.

We were all there nice and early at 5:30 p.m. And because we were early we got a free goodie bag from Maybelline, a complimentry Makeover and Hairdo session plus a buffet while waiting for the event to start. It was a nice surprise because I was only anticipating the goodie bag. See, it pays to go early and be on time for an event. I still don't understand the 'Malaysian time' mentality.

We had to wait in line for our turn. There were only 4 hair stylists and 4 make-up artists to fab-up like 100 girls??? A few photos of BEFORE hair and makeover:-

Salutes to the hair stylists and make-up artists. They were professional. I mean, they really put effort into making us look nice. Not only just to finish their job and move on to another girl. The girl who did my hair was efficient and gave me nice waves just like I asked. I think the make-up artist liked me because I did put on some make-up before I left my room so all she had to do was 'professionalise' my look. She put on like MORE make-up over my make-up. Gave me fab smoky eyes. I felt good after I was done.



Not used to it. I always thought fake eyelashes made your eyes smaller (they do if your eyes are small) but since my eyes aren't slits they made my eyes look HUGE. Like a doll. I freaked myself out after I pasted them on. Pui San and Yean Shan said I look like those 'kawaii' Japanese girls. But they were good for photos. Haha!!!:-

As promised...pictures from my weekend at my uncle's. More like a parade of food actually...(Man, its both a blessing and a curse that my family loves good food so much).

I'm sure we Malaysians are all familiar with roti canai (if not, then you're a deprived person, go smack yourself) and I think a popular version of it is the roti tisu. I think its just a thin, crispy version of roti canai with more butter, sugar and some condensed milk. Calories plus plus. My uncle brought us to KAYU and ordered the roti Everest. Its actually just a really rally huge roti tisu but the novelty of seeing the guy stand on a chair and pull it into a conical shape and then use three plates to contain it just makes it a must try:-

Now let me rave about my aunt's awesomely diversified cooking skills. Haha!!
On our second dinner there, she cooked us BIBIMBAP!!!

It was suprisingly simple. We didn't even have to use the oven to bake or anything. All we did was mix a lot of things together. And I had to do some serious BEATING.

Okay, we didn't just eat only at our uncle's place. We did accompany our aunt to KLCC for the Jewelry Festival but ended up only her entering because the entrance fee was like RM10 each. WTH?? And my aunty's two dogs were so super excited that we were there. But because Sze Haw and I aren't very fond of dogs (I hate it when they lick me or try to sniff where they're not supposed to sniff okay) they gave us this tragic I'm-hurt-and-ignoring-you poses:-



Drama kings. As soon as anyone had food in their hands, they'll just jump right up and follow you around with shining, beady please-feed-me eyes. Dogs...

Well, we had some cousin bonding time..haha!!!
I showed Sze Haw that her hair CAN be braided. See:-

In conclusion..great weekend.
Before I end. Let me just obsess about these pair of heels I tried on in Vincci. See the pair of heels on the right on this pic:-

You know how sometimes boredom can lead people to do silly things. Well, this is what Sze Haw and I did with her brother's Mac cam:-

Sneak preview......

I had this for breakfast this morning:-

I haven't eaten this bak kut teh for like a seriously long time. Missed it so much. Sze Haw was also hankering for it because even though, strictly speaking, she's only been there once (the other times she ate was when my dad ta bao from Klang back to Ipoh for her) she says its the best she ever tasted.

She got her wish today. My uncle was eager to go along with our suggestion of bak kut teh for breakfast. The challenge was getting there. Honestly, I'm not good with directions or remembering the roads to places. My only saving grace is I will remember when I've been there several times. My uncle kept asking me for the name of the place so that he can key it into his GPS but I wasn't sure of the name. We've always called it Teluk Pulai bak kut teh but I didn't know that was the actual shop name. (I know...smack me.) So the safest bet was go to Klang town.

The GPS took us from Damansara to Klang's Little India. And from there I tried my best to direct them the right way. But the GPS kept beeping "Derived from original route" and there were a few detours because we didn't turn when we should. Went one big round across the bridge like twice...but in the end, we arrived safely at the little shop.

My uncle was eager to try all the nak kut teh variations they had so when our food arrived, we had the soup bak kut teh, the dry (gon lou) bak kut teh, a huge side of pork leg (dai guat), pork ribs (pai guat) and yew char kway. I had never even tried the dry version before because I love the soup version, always calling for "refill,refill" for the soup. We ate it with the yew fan (oiled rice???). My cousin Steven liked the yew char kway so much he ordered a second plate and even considered a third plate because the first two disappeared so fast.

It was very satisfying...though the quality seems to have dropped a little compared to the early days when I ate it. Yoong told me that the corner shop to the left (I think the name is Klang Lek Bak Kut Teh) has improved and is better than Teluk Pulai BKT. But all these aside. I had a totally satisfying breakfast!!!!

I am currently at my uncle's place (yea yea, I know..I have a number of relatives in Selangor) but THIS time Sze Haw's here too. Liane...we're taking over your room for the weekend...

For the past week, the internet in my hostel has been a total B****!!!I'm serious. Allegedly they're 'updating' the internet connection in our hostel but if that is what they call upgrading, I'd rather they just let it be. I couldn't connect to my Facebook, MSN, my e-mails, my blog editor (that's the reason for the lack of updates this week) I couldn't even update my Kaspersky.

I'm back in Ipoh to celebrate the Mooncake Festival with my family.
I actually drove my orange Saga (manual) all the way back from Shah Alam yesterday since my dad's Kia was finally fixed. If you want to know what happened to it click here. It was my first time driving on the highway after 3 years of having a driving license...and it was quite scary at first but it got monotonous after the first hour. Conclusion: I'd rather be driven around than drive.

Now I'm back in Ipoh, the problem is getting back to Subang.
I didn't expect so many people to be travelling back to their hometowns this weekend so I can't get a train ticket back. So my options are either follow my 4th uncle's car back tomorrow or I go into the taxi with Louisa on Monday morning. Arghh...I hate having things at loose ends like this. Plus I have class on Tuesday!!! *pulls hair*

Okay, I have a family dinner in half an hour's time.
Need to go get ready.
Will update again soon.