Cosmetic, Surgery & Beauty and Me. :)

A couple of months back, True Fitness featured me on one of their GX Booklet pertaining to my weight loss from when I started to hit the gym. This got Sher Lynn's (a writer from the magazine, Cosmetic, Surgery & Beauty) attention. She then asked for me to be included in the next issue of their mag. I agreed and she then forwarded me questions to be answered. Last month, that issue of the mag reached the shelves of bookstores and I grabbed myself a copy.

Turn to page 100 and you'll see a two page article on yours truly. Hahaha. It's weird to see meself being in there, especially when there are photos of 'before' and 'after' I loss my weight. *Children, you have been warned* :p Oh and btw, you'll get a glimpse of Alex C and Jack in it as well.

Anyways, a big shout out to Sher Lynn, Li Tinn and Su Yee for making all this possible. *Hugz*

Note : New issues of Cosmetic, Surgery & Beauty are released once every 3 months and cost RM20.

L'Opera @ Bukit Bintang

Quite some time ago, SY and I were just laze walking through the KL Golden Triangle area ... not knowing what to have for dinner. We passed L'Opera and the two ushers managed to 'lure' us in.

At most, only 2 other tables were occupied at that time ... I recalled one was seating 5 skinny guys dressed in t-shirts, screaming bright enough colours to light up the Artic winter nights while the other table was taken by 4 macho muscular brutes. I remembered one of 'em machos was donning an ultra tight body hugging T with Pooh Bear's (from Winnie the Pooh) head covering his left nipple. Ermmm ... dum doo dee doo ... OK, back to topic, so basically, we were free to pick whichever table we wanted. Overall, the place was rather dimly lit to exude a cosy romantic ambience and we chose the one with the brightest lighting so that we can snap better photos for your benefit lo. Kuakuakua.

Anyways, what we ordered were the Deep Fried Anti-Pasti for starters. It came with fried calamari rings, tempura aubergines, breadsticks, chicken breasts, shrimps, garlic breads and some mashed up stuff. Entrees' were Aglio Olio Spag and Classic Ravioli in cream cheese sauce.

SY ordered a mocktail (couldn't remember the name) while I had the Long Island. Overall, the dining atmosphere was excellent in a relaxing sort of way and the service was great. Oh and somehow, 'someone' could mistakenly confuse classical Itallian symphonies for local crappy Malay music. How and why you ask ??? ... *shrugs*

An Ode To Her

Who is she, you unwittingly questioned
She’s the one I’ve previously mentioned
The one who painfully brought me here
The one who tirelessly raised me up thereafter

Through the times, into a man I grew
Till today, she guides me, that I knew
And despite all my mistakes and many wrong doings
She still stands by me, ever loving, ever forgiving

In life’s cynical journey, I’ve fallen and bruised myself
Yet, she’s always there to nurse, no matter if I’m 26 or 12
And during my moments of utter joy and blissful happiness
She’s the often the one I neglect with shameful ungratefulness

So here I stand, to the world I proudly declare
For all your undivided love and ever diligent care
That you’re the best mom I could’ve ever wish for
So may this Mother’s Day delight you and so much more

Taipei (Random pics 5)

Taipei (Random pics 4)

Taipei (Random pics 3)

Taipei (Day 4 & 5)

Guess what ... day 4 and we woke up late again. Hahaha. After a quick breakkie at Ikea's cafe (nearby ma), we took the Metro to Wulai. At the station, we shared a cab with two other strangers and headed to the town of Wulai where the aboroginies of Taiwan once resided. After a few enquiries, we took the log train (able to ferry a maximum of 10 passengers) and then walked up a flight of 120 stairs (phew) to reach a resort. Inside the resort we paid 350 Taiwan Dollars (normal price is 500 TWD) for a cultural show. The aboroginies performers are mostly teens in their early twenties at most. A couple of bloopers like some of 'em slipping and falling on stage resulted in SY and I laughing our heads off. After almost an hour, the show ended and we trotted down hill again to Helen's Cafe. Helen's Cafe is a nice li'll place located on high ground serving coffee and waffles. They play English evergreen and oldies too. The cool evening weather, our sweet chilled lattes, the enveloping orange clouds, the postcard serene surrounding, the serenading melodies of yesteryears ... we truly savoured the moment as we watch the people passing by.

On the way down, we saw throngs of people queuing up for wild boar sausages and with the kiasu side of me rearing its tail, I joined in the line and got me a big one. Honestly, it's an acquired taste and I personally prefer the regular oink oink ones.

After that, headed to the restaurant with the most customers and tried out some of their local offerings. On the table were bamboo cooked rice, stir fried chicken, green vegs and melon & pork rib soup. Oh, before that, we had 'muachi' too and as it turned out, SY loved it. After dinner, we went back again to Helen's Cafe for another dose of caffeinated beverage. Their cuppacino is sublime. As we headed back to the taxi stand, SY couldn't resist and had another glutinous slice of 'muachi'. I guess you can't keep this girl away from her 'muachi' huh. :p

Seeing that this was going to be our last night in Taipei, we didn't want to head back to the hotel this early. So what did we do ??? ... MAKANLAH!!! Hahaha. We went back to that 24 hour HK restaurant and had some dim sums and their iced 'yin yong'. Yummylicious. :)

Back at the hotel, with a heavy heart, we packed and got ready to head home early next morning.

By 5am the next day, we checked out and got a Toyota Camry to ferry us to the airport. It rained and it was ok since we aren't going to do anymore holidaying. We had a light breakfast at a chinese restaurant in the airport where SY proclaimed that they served the worst dim sum ever. My noodles tasted real blend too. Soon we boarded our 747 and touched down in KLIA before lunch time. Ooo ... I managed to catch P.S. I Love You (The movie) staring Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler and Lisa Kudrow during the flight home. It's based on the best selling novel by Cecilia Ahern and apparently they ain't screening it in M'sia. Your loss peeps ... try to snag it on DVD if you can. A good watch this one.

P.S. Forgot to mention that on the flight to Taipei, I watched the much raved-about Japanese tear jerker, Sky Of Love. Not bad too. :)