Walk

I finally got to go to KLCC to walk walk and not as a side-dish to the PC Fair!! Yes, I'm very happy about that and very jakun. KayKay and I went there to have a picnic at the KLCC park. Obviously, this was not well thought through because we went for the picnic at 2pm. Two in the frickin' afternoon. Yah, we're smart people. Okay lah, KayKay really is smart, just that we did not plan out our time properly.

So we got a whole lotta stuff for our picnic: a sandwich and mushroom quiche from O'Briens, potato salad and fruit salad from Cold Storage (prior to this, I had no idea Cold Storage has food and got very excited when I found out) and lemonade from Auntie Anne's. Sounds like a typical picnic for kids. :)

But we had beer too. Haha!

Yummy yum yum. I don't know what the big deal is about O'Briens. I meah, yeah, it's yummy, but it's not like soooo fanfuckingtastic that I gots to have it, you know? But they have smoked salmon, which is trés delicious. Oh, see the funnily shaped bread? It's cuz it's originally sort of like a three leaf clover piece of bread, but they've already cut it into half so that they can pack it. Cute right!! It's tasty, and healthy, so we made up for that with a lot of beer. Hahaha.

I actually like Subway more lor. Got so many more choices, in terms of condiments and the vegetables and stuff, and the bread also! But I think O'Briens would be healthier.

The health equation goes something like this:

O'Briens > Subway > Starbucks Chicken Fingers > Chilis' Club Sandwich > McDonalds!!!!!!! > My homemade sandwich with extra full-fat mayo and no vegetables (haha, loser.)

It was getting super effing hot, so we decided to go back into the mall. I was sweating like a pig, ha-ha, how attractive. KLCC was so packed that day. I was thinking since it's KLCC, in the middle of Kuala Lumpur, most people would give it a pass, seeing as how it was a Tuesday. A weekday! Don't need to work one meh! Some more I was thinking, if we were to go to such a faraway mall, sure got no one there one! Haiyah, major fail. :(

Apparently it's a "treat" to go to KLCC wor. BAH!!!

To get over my disappointment, we went to this Irish pub called Malones or something like that. But definitely not Baloney. Ya lah, I only have clichéd humor.

Something with 7-Up and and and I forgot what liqueur the bartender used, but it's totally yummy. I know it's definitely not vodka cuz I think I would remember that thank you very much. The bartender asked if I'm local. =\

I get that a lot. A lot!!! Why ah?

KayKay's Old Man's drink. Pernott and 7-Up. It tastes weird. I think KayKay is a bad influence, cuz she likes to let minors drink alcohol. Last time when we met up with (cousins) Michelle and PingPong, she offered her drink to the curious tykes! And also, we've been having a lot of midday drinks lately. I'm not complaining, they're delicious. But I heard drinking alcohol when you're growing up is not good cuz it either kills your brain cells or inhibits the growth of the synapses or neurons or something lah! See, I think it's working already cuz I don't remember something I studied 11 months ago. Bah! I blame you, you psycho bird.

Sadly, we couldn't sit there and enjoy our drinks cuz it was getting late and we didn't want to end up like sardines on the LRT, which we did eventually. Good reason to grope someone's ass mah. Haha! So buh-bye KLCC, I will return one day when it's not holiday season, because I like to pretend that the whole mall belongs to me and no one else is allowed to be there. I'm secretly a brat, but I pretend to be all mature or else I won't have friends no more. :(

When The World Comes Down

The 31st of October was Halloween. The 31st of October was also the second time The All-American Rejects performed in KL this year.

Initially, I was very "Meh" about it cuz KayKay couldn't go and I was thinking to myself, y'know, since I've already seen them live once before (back at MTV World Stage) I guess I'll just pass. And taking into consideration my ever growing mountain of assignments and exams looming close, plus being super dehydrated and exhausted from the concert.. It kind of doesn't make sense!

But then my cousin Michelle said that if I wasn't gonna go, her mom's not gonna let her go either. To make things worse, she invited two of her friends. Two! Which means if I'm not going, I would be letting down three fourteen year old girls. And what kind of selfish bitch does that?

So go only lah.

When we got there at 4.30pm, the line was horrendously long. Luckily for us, we bumped into NatNat and Ken and Dila, and then just casually, cut in. Haha

And so after waiting for about an hour and a half, the girls were starting to get a little bit tired, and annoyed. Imagine Nat waiting since 3pm! Dedication, I tell you. Or maybe just kiasu-ness? Whatever it was, it paid off well because we got really good places once we managed to get into the concert arena.

Y'know, one thing I really hate about going to concerts are the people attending. Not all of them are obnoxious, but it's almost inevitable that you would not bump into those gila babi rempit assholes (henceforth known as GBRA, or G-Bra) who would definitely ruin the concert experience for you. Even before we got into the concert arena, there were already some of those idiots trying to push their way in and therefore squashing those in front of them.

It's so fucked up la. I agree with what Louis said on his post about MTV World Stage, we should totally have a separate area for these idiots.

Anyway, we waited for super duper long. The stated time for the concert to begin was 6pm, which was why there we people bothering to line up since probably 2pm. But because it's Malaysia, they only kicked things off at 7pm. Typical.

Disagree came up first. They were okay, I guess. I mean, I don't know their songs except for Suicide Note and Crumbs, so it's not like I can critique them. I love Crumbs though. Such a beautiful song.

They brought on KLDC as well. Which was pretty awesome la, I love rhythm. But I suck at it. Shh!

Another thing I really hate about concerts are the insanely long intermission time. Like, hurry up lah! Everyone was so impatient and tired of standing by that point, there were people fainting around us. Plus, it was starting to drizzle. But that was good, actually. It was soooo hot in being in the middle of the crowd that having cool droplets of water landing on your skin was almost akin to nirvana.

Pop Shuvit came on next.

Moots! put on a great performance, as usual. Him and his hyperactive antics and his blinged-out Yes We Can! tee. Pop Shuvit's set was pretty awesome. Perfect headbanging list of songs. However, Michelle and her friends (they're American) were going WTF?! the entire time. This is the result of not knowing how to speak Malay. I asked one of them, Emma, if she understood Malay and she was like "Sorta." I think that kind of sucks, seeing as how Malaysia actively tries to get everyone to understand Malay so much that pretty much EVERYTHING is in BM. That's so not fair to foreigners like Emma and Reese!

After that was One Buck Short, but no pictures from that set, cuz I was busy being pissed off at the GBRAs. Like what the fuck right, people enjoying the concert, then suddenly this whole bunch of under-educated losers come pushing their way through the crowd. I'm trying to be as objective as I can about this, but it's hard when they bully everyone around them. Hello, the reason we lined up under the hot sun is to be able to get as close to Tyson Glitter Tyson Ritter The All-American Rejects as possible, right?

Not only that, with the way they're behaving, dancing like crazy and jumping up and down, it's not hard to believe that these guys were on some sort of high. With most of them being taller than we were, it would be pretty stupid for us girls to pick a fight with them. But some of the guys there were more than willing to beat on them, actually. They were getting quite pissed off at the GBRAs cuz they were practically pushing anyone who got in their way and one of them got pretty close to their girlfriends.

SEE!! That's why we girls need protective boyfriends. *I want one too*

Anyways. Bottomline is, those assholes completely ruined the concert for me. Kind of made me feel like I never want to go to a free concert ever again.

But as usual, the All-American Rejects kept us waiting for a loooong time, then proceeded to tear up the stage and blow our minds! So what if Tyson's a little too flamboyant for most Malaysian, the man sure can put on a show. And that sexy accent coupled with suggestive words, ooh-la-la.

In the spirit of Halloween, Tyson turned up as a Native American! Sho kuit can die. Appalling though, cuz there were some (I'm pretty sure they are) fourteen-fifteen year old girls screaming "I wanna I wanna I wanna fuck Tysonnnnn!!!!"

Kids these days, they grow up so fast. Do they even know the implications of sex?!?! But that's another rant for another day lah.

You can see the other pictures on Facebook, because I'm just too damn lazy to upload them.

Also, I got to meet the man himself, Tyson! Suck that, you people who caught drumsticks (although I'm secretly pretty jealous).

Decent Days and Nights

I actually don't remember when was the last time I went out with a really good friend and just had plain silly fun. Most of the time I'd be going out with a bunch of them and the fun feels diluted somehow.

So anyway, it started off with me getting two movie premiere tickets to District 9. Since my first choice was working that night, and my second choice is in Singapore to catch Lady GaGa (bitch, I hate you YiMing) and I was too damn lazy to think of any more people to invite along, I did the lazy thing and posted a very public invitation on Facebook. So that's how I ended up going out with Siok on a Wednesday night.

The movie only starts at 9.30pm, but we heard that The All American Rejects would be paying Laundry Bar a visit, part of DiGi's promotional tactics for their new music thingy-thing. See, I already forgot what it's called. But it has something to do with unlimited song downloads for only Rm5 per month. A bit unbelievable riiiight. I wonder what the catch is. But they also offer chances to catch bands like Black Eyed Peas in concert. And all you have to do sign up for it (I think).

So we all went to Laundry in hopes of seeing AAR live. Well, Siok and I weren't exactly invited, but we really wanted to see AAR, so we put on our poker faces and registered anyhow. And we also got a DiGi goodie pack for that! See, if you got muka tebal, you get things. If you've got no balls, you don't get things. So we followed KhaiSim and ShaunLiew (I know him from working at that godforsaken place, Italiannies) into Laundry. They actually got invited. Bleh.

Siok and I decided that we should plant our asses inside of Laundry, so that the chances of us getting found out that we snuck in would be lower. I mean, I couldn't really be bothered, but Siok was like "I don't want to be caught, okay!" Paranoid android.

Anyway, we met up with LouisYap and Dila inside and we actually got a pretty good seat. Sure, we couldn't really see the stage when all the tall people with their DSLRs and flash guns stand right in front to snap pictures of the DiGi dude introducing their new service, but it's alright! Because we were only there for AAR.

I mean, truth to be told, I don't think any one of us were really listening to him. See, they had free food for us. And it's not cheapo food like the fried bee hoon or whatever that we usually get at events. Oh no, it's DiGi y'know. They've got enough money to have enough food from Italiannies to feed almost 75 people. And they've also got my favourite: Stuffed Mushrooms!

I fucking love stuffed mushrooms. They're like, my favourite food from Italiannies. I love it so much that once, my bro and I went to Italiannies for dinner, and all we had was one picollo carbonara (or in other words, carbonara for one) and one abonanzza stuffed mushrooms (or in other words, stuffed mushrooms for four to six people). Hah! And that was enough to fill our tummies. Mmm I love stuffed mushrooms.

Apparently Siok had never had them, and when she ate them she was like "Hey, this isn't bad! It's actually pretty good!" And we loved it so much that we made ShaunLiew get more food for us. And while we were munching on our dinner, Caprice (he's a local artist) put on a show. It's like his version of Akon's song. That Na Na Na song. I forgot what it's called. Haha. But he was really good. For those of you who didn't know, this is how he looks like:

Not too bad, I think. Although he does have a pretty weird habit of sticking out his tongue.. But he did put on a good show. YOU GO GLENN COCO! It's an inside joke. If your name is not TeoYiMing then you won't understand.

So then we impatiently waited for the AAR to arrive, but when it got close to 8pm, KhaiSim and I left to get our District 9 tickets and left Siok with ShaunLiew. Their job is to call us when AAR arrives.

BUT SADLY!!! They didn't come.

I am very disappointed. So was Siok. So with heavy hearts, we went to Cineleisure. I know they've changed the name to something stupid like e@Curve or something like that, but I'm gonna stick to Cineleisure. Why change it anyway? It was perfectly fine. Pfft.

And at Cineleisure, we bumped into Victoria and her mom! So cute la Vic, bringing her mom to watch a movie. I don't know, the idea is just feels so strangely alien to me. I'm just not that close to my mom. I don't even remember the last time I watched a movie with my mom! Probably never. I do know when was the last time I watched a movie with my dad though. I think it was Alien vs Predator, whenever that came out.

So after getting our free tickets, KhaiSim and Vic had this idea of playing pool. ShaunLiew, Siok and I made our way to the pool place, only to realize that KhaiSim and Vic were missing. Turns out, we left them way back at the cinema, where they "got distracted" by the dodgeball game on the ground floor. What a bunch of ADD kiddos they are.

Does anyone realize that Cineleisure is really hot? I hate it.

Oh, and I got a really interesting call from the aforementioned godforsaken place. Apparently, they're so short of staff that they want the people who formerly worked there to go back to work for them. And I told them no way in hell I would go back to work at that incredibly tasking job and running hot plates of food back and forth for only Rm5 an hour. And then she was like "Oh, noooo we're not paying you five dollars an hour. It's seven lah! Or if you're really good, we might even pay you eight dollars." And at this point I went "Ohh really?" I'm ashamed to say I was quite tempted. Because it does pay more than my current job. Plus, they said if I really wanted to, I could just work weekends, from 6pm till 11pm.

But then my common sense kicked in. Do I really want to work at such a stressful job for a Rm2 increase in pay? And plus, if I do work there, I'll probably be annoyed till death by him. I really cannot stand the guy. Is a Rm2 increase really worth my sanity? So not! And my mom also doesn't think that I should go back to them because I think I really complained a lot back when I worked there, so she could get the gist of the job. She knows it's tough and she probably thinks that they underpay and overwork us. Which I kind of have to agree. Plus, I really liked working there last time because of the people there, and now that they're all gone, I kind of don't really care much for Italiannies anymore. And plus their food is getting worse and worse, so what's the point, really?

I kind of think my mom really hates me working there. She was all "Don't need lah. It's only two dollars right? Tell them if they want you to work they have to pay you eight dollars an hour. At least." So I said something along the lines of how I would only work there if they wanted me for Independence Day, with double of that Rm8 pay and my mom's eyes literally gleamed and she was all "YA you tell them that! Think they can work you all so hard and just give you five dollars meh. They think you guys are what, their slaves ah?!" Well technically, Ma, slaves don't get paid.

My mom has something against that place. Haha. So funny.

Wow, I really got distracted there.

Um yeah, so Siok and I left early to get popcorn and drinks for the movie, only to realize that the movie starts at 9.30pm, instead of 9pm. I totally misread the time. So Siok and I grabbed our popcorn and watched the dodgeball players on the ground floor. And then I think one of us dropped a popcorn and it went over the railing and drifted down down down like snow! I think we were both kind of on a little endorphin trip and found everything funny. And we started tossing small bits of popcorn over. Even Vic found it hysterical. Especially when it landed on the judges' table and they didn't even notice.

I'm laughing again just thinking about it.

And then off we went to watch District 9. Vic's mom gave us face masks in case of H1N1. I can't stop stressing how cute it is that Vic brought her mom to watch a movie with her! And Aunty gave us masks too. Vic's mom is cool. She sat through District 9.

Now, what can I say about District 9....

I really, really, really can't believe I watched this movie. Seriously. It's so effing gory. They blow up humans and aliens like it's nothing, really. Then bits and pieces splat onto the screen and you get to see drippy blood. Fucking gross.

Siok and I were cringing pretty much throughout the entire movie. It's such a sadistic movie. But sometimes it can be funny, especially the "doggy style with the demon" comment.

Oh and they call the aliens "prawns". It's a derogatory term, like "nigga" or "chink". But honestly, the aliens look more like cockroaches.

So, bottom line is this: I HATE THIS MOVIE AND AM NEVER GONNA WATCH IT AGAIN. I really wouldn't recommend anyone to watch it, unless you like seeing blood and gory and pain and death.

Also, one thing I don't understand is why all the aliens are like brownish, but Christopher and eventually Wikus (oops, spoiled it there!) are green. What's up with that?

Verdict: 1.5/5
Props for humor, and the thinly veiled political undercurrent of the movie. And also, for the realism of fiction. Oh, and also, much thanks to Nuffnang who gave me tickets. Awesome.

But I really had fun hanging out with Siok. The girl is insane, but in a good way.

PS: Fucking a lot of spelling error in this post. What is happening to my English?!