My Weekend~ [part 1]

8 August 2009，零九年八月八日
11:00am - 4:30pm，上午十一点至下午四点半
Tropicana City Mall

我想自己应该是在周四当日就联络好 Ryan 老大，看看他“老人家”是否有兴趣一起去 Tropicana City Mall 看电影，结果他就真的上网去预订了 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 的戏票咯（周六，中午十二点场）。其实我个人认为并不需要为了戏票而操心的，大致上只要你愿意稍微早一些前往 GSC Tropicana 那戏票绝对不是问题

不知道为什么 GSC Tropicana 总是不会太多人呃，是因为还很新没什么人懂的关系吗，还是众人觉得商场里不像他处般有比较多相比之下更为吸引人潮的店铺吧；可对我来说这正好是最合我意的好去处呢，交通方便又很近，更何况我不需要跟一大群人挤来挤去… 惨了，我该说自己很独立还是很可悲呢，呵呵 XD

如果没记错的话我应该是十点半左右就离开我 D’aman Crimson 的窝前往目的地，再将爱车 Myvi 交给商场那里的洗车中心洗刷刷去了（坐落在停车场的 B1 楼层，最靠近商业中心的那一区）。除了一贯的清洗和吸尘，我甚至还帮她加了车座蒸气清理服务呢（不太清楚该怎么称呼），不然她可能得对着车里隐藏的灰尘和异味哭呃

接下来嘛，因为老大已经看过 The Proposal 了的关系，我就只给自己买了两点半的那一场咯，会过面之后我和老大俩就到了在 GSC 附近新开张的“台湾街”（正在 Subway 隔壁）吃我的午餐咯。食物是还蛮不错的、价格也很公道、地点更是非常适宜，最适合那些在等待开场的群众们了，实在是高明~

Hmm contacted my “big brother” Ryan on Thursday or so to see whether he is interested in movie(s) at Tropicana City Mall, so he booked and got us the tickets for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra at 12:00pm on Saturday (8 August 2009). Actually I think it is OK to not worry about ticket reservation since you can get the tickets to any movies you want easily, if you get there to GSC Tropicana earlier

Somehow the GSC there is always less crowded compared to others, perhaps it is because that it is still quite new or so, or maybe they don’t have much shops yet to attract crowds to the mall; but for me this is the best choice indeed, for the easy accessibility and most importantly I need not to get stuck or pushed around by others… Not sure if I should name it as independent or pathetic hahaha XD

If not mistaken I departed from D’aman Crimson at 10:30am or so and left my car at the car wash centre there (B1 car park, located somewhere nearer to the business suites area), time to give my baby Myvi a nice bath again ^^ Got her the cushion steaming or something too (not sure what it calls already) beside of the normal washing and vacuum services, or else she might be crying with all the hidden dust here and there

Next, bought my own ticket for the movie The Proposal (2.30pm) as Ryan already watched it, then met up with Ryan bro too and headed over to the new shop “Taiwan Street” near GSC (next to Subway to be exact) for my quick lunch. For me the food was not bad, the pricing quite reasonable too, and the location was great and kind of meant for those waiting for their respective shows, thus in brief, strategic~

Ryan bro looking at the highlighted menu
老大在看着被推介的菜单

Here comes the snap-the-snapper game
互拍活动开始了

Snap
我拍

"Hello, Leng Leng ah~" XD
“哈咯，玲玲啊~” XD

My quick lunch -- Special Mix Rice
我的午餐 -- 滷肉饭

Closer look
拉近一点看看

I think it's better if they poured more sauce on it
我看要是他们淋多些酱汁会更好呃

We ordered the same drink, Yam Milk Tea,
but mine with the black "pearl"
我们都点了芋香奶茶，不过我的是有加珍珠的

Ryan grabbed my camera and took this
老大用我的相机照的

大致上我本人是觉得 G.I. Joe 并没什么真正可取之处，不过是一贯的以 CG 加上帅哥美女组合挂帅的动作片而已。还记得我跟老大提起过 Duke 和其他的演员们在飞机内飞回沙漠里的秘密基地的那一幕，灯光感觉上怪怪的，色彩在我看起来总是不断地提醒自己真的是在看着 Hasbro 的模型，而不是实际上应该较为倾向飞机的那一种 “真实感”，就连沙漠也蛮假的。或许这就是所谓的期望越大失望越大吧 :p

就像先前所提起过的，在老大离开去进餐购物等之后我就继续一个人观赏 The Proposal 了。该怎么说呢，如果要我为这两部电影评分的话我一定会毫不犹豫地将票投给的 The Proposal 。我喜欢真个故事的连贯性和处理方式、喜欢主角们渐渐地改变对彼此的看法、更喜欢在他们终于看清对方的重要性之后勇于追求真爱的决心，等等。嗯... 也许不管怎么样我都还是一个女生吧，所以叻还是会比较爱做梦和期望会有个完美结局的，呵呵

For the movies, basically I think G.I. Joe was just so-so, nothing extremely impressive but more towards CG-and-hotties-oriented action movie. I remember I kept telling Ryan how weird the lighting was for the scene where Duke and the rest were in the flying jet while on their way back to the dessert base. Somehow the colors made me feel as if I was looking at a Hasbro toy but not a “real” jet that it was supposed to be. The dessert was kind of faked too. Haha perhaps I had too much expectation that I ended up in disappointment :p

As mentioned I continued with The Proposal while Ryan bro was off for his meal and some shopping here and there. Not really sure how should I put this, but if I got to rate the two movies then for sure I’ll go for The Proposal, without doubt. I like the flow of the story, how they changed their point of views, how they finally realized their real emotion and go after it, etc. Well, perhaps I am still a female no matter what, so I tended to dream and pray for a fairy tale kind of story too no matter what hahaha

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

The Proposal

本来呢我其实还想要接着去看第三部电影的；不过既然我已答应了 Suki 要一起去吃火锅了，看电影这种事随时都可行啦，暂时就这么打住吧。先到洗车中心去接回我的 Myvi 、再到 Taman Megah (SS24) 的皇冠租书店去还还上回借的书本、同时也找些新的回来看看。因为老是太快读完了的缘故，加上懒惰特地回来换，其实我还经常搞不清自己手头上的书本到底是何时到期的；不过还好自己的运气还不错，至少从未迟还过哈哈 :p 该是时候回去 D'aman Crimson 准备准备，好好投入当初 Intact 旧同事们的聚会了

At first I thought of watching the 3rd movie too but well since I promised Suki that I'd join her for steamboat so guess I'll just put the movies on hold. Retrieved my cute Myvi and headed over to HQ Bookstore of Taman Megah (SS24) to return and rented some other books. Sometimes I kind of lost track of the due date since I always finished reading early, yet too lazy to go over and return it right after, but well it must be my luck that I'd never missed any yet :p Time to head back to D'aman Crimson and get ready for the ex-Intactian reunion

My Myvi, shiny? :p
我的爱车 Myvi ，亮亮美美的吧 :p

Princess on Board.. eherm eherm
大小姐驾到，哈哈哈哈

8 & 9 August 2009，零九年八月八日 - 九日
7:30pm - 1:30am， 傍晚七点半至凌晨一点半
Kepong steamboat & Suki's house
甲洞火锅店和 Suki 的家

Suki 大概是七点半左右就到我家那儿载我了。当自己发现佩佩竟然不在车里时我真的是有那么一点的惊奇呢；看来佩佩她是睡着了，只会在晚一点才加入我们一起闲聊。本来我还以为将地点从 Suki 家变成甲洞的火锅店就已经是唯一的变化了，不过无所谓啦，最重要的是我们大家在分开那么久之后终于又聚在一起了。我们接着去了甲洞附近的 Caltex 汽油站接 Teoh，你看起来好像有那么一点不太一样了耶你知道吗？是我不太习惯你的发型吗？哈哈 XD 再下来我们仨就与 Suki 的男友 Kent 会合，一起前往火锅店

再三地确定佩佩真的没来了之后我们也没再等下去了，是时候要开餐啦；不过我们倒是有答应过只要她待会儿过去 Suki 家跟我们聚一聚的话，大伙儿就一定会在归途中帮她打包些食物的。基本上我们都将点菜交给 Kent 做主，谁叫他跟工作人员们比较熟呢。有些不同的是我先前所到过的火锅店都是让客人们自助选择各自的食材；而这里呢则是由工作人员依照客人所说的人数来将一碟又一碟的材料端上来。看来他们准备的份量真的是蛮大的， Kent 都只不过点了三人份的食材，我们四位竟然丝毫无法将桌面上的菜呀面食等清完，惭愧啊惭愧

紧接着我们就付款离开，顺道打包些点心给佩佩，然后开车回去 Suki 那同样也是在 Ara Damansara 区的家了。这么久以来我都不知道我们俩竟然住得那么近，直到大约上个星期她在 Facebook 告诉我之后我才终于后知后觉的耶。这是否代表每当 Suki 和她的室友们所办的网上时装店有新货时我都无任欢迎前去“拜访一下”呢？^^ 好方便哦，记得要通知我啦 XD

号外：有兴趣的朋友可以到 Dandelion Boutique 去看看哦

Suki was there at D'aman Crimson to pick me up around 7:30pm. Kind of surprised that Pei Pei wasn't in the car； appeared Pei Pei was sleeping and would only join us for the chit-chat session. I thought the change of venue from Suki's house to a steamboat shop at Kepong was the only inconsistency haha, but well it's no big deal, what's important was that we finally get the chance to meet up again after such long time of missing in action. Picked up Teoh at a Caltex petrol station somewhere near Kepong, hey you looked slightly different you know bro? Not so used to your hair style perhaps LOL. Met up with Suki's boyfriend Kent after that and there we were at the steamboat's

Since Pei Pei decided not to come so we started without her, but promised to pack her something on the way back to Suki's with the condition that she would be there for the chit-chat. Basically we let Kent in charged of the food ordering as he's more familiar with the workers there. This shop was slightly differ from those I been to because we didn't pick the ingredients we wanted, but the workers will get for us in sets based on how many person's we ordered. Guess the food was really way too big portion as we could not finished it although Kent only asked for ingredients for three, despite the fact that there were four of us

Next, paid the bill, bought some dim sum for Pei Pei, and headed back to Suki's at Ara Damansara area too. I didn't know that actually we live so close to each other till she told me a week ago or so, through Facebook. It means I can actually drive there for "visit" whenever Suki and her housemates purchased any new stock for their online boutique, super convenient ^^ Just make sure you let me know ya Suki XD

P/S: For those who are interested, kindly visit Dandelion Boutique

The web banner
网站的 header 设计

Some of the clothes
这是其中的一件衣物

They got something for evening wear too
他们也有售卖适合晚宴的小礼服哦

Summer time
炎炎夏日清凉派

在等待佩佩的当儿我们就那么地吹吹水聊一聊咯，还真的蛮担心她的，尤其是在她告诉我们说冲凉准备一下就马上过来的大约一个半小时之后感觉更甚，怎么看我们距离都不算远吧，她从 Sunway 开车过来需要那么久吗？还记得我们不断地致电给她都没人接听耶；不过还好到后来 Teoh 终于都成功联络上她了，原来... 她爽约了 T___T 还好啦，大不了我们迟些再举办些其它的聚会吧，不过很可惜哦，你并没喝到 Absolute Vodka 耶~ 哈哈哈哈 XD

We had our chit-chat while waiting for Pei Pei, was kind of worried actually especially after we waited for almost 1.5 hour's time where we were told that she would be coming over after shower and so. No way had it taken her so long to get here from Sunway as it's consider as close to us too. We kept calling but she never picked up; but luckily Teoh managed to catch her in the end, and it seemed in the end she decided not to join... Well it's OK, we can organize another gathering again someday, just too bad that you missed the Absolute Vodka hahahaha XD

Suki:"Why you hid?", me:"XD"
Suki: “你干嘛躲起来啊？”，我: “XD”

Teoh:"Pei Pei, you coming or not?"
Teoh： “佩佩，你到底来不来啊？”

Why everyone also didn't allow me to take their photo haha
为何大家都不让我照嘛

Gotcha~
拍到你了

Look at the camera, Suki~
快看镜头哟 Suki~

Suki was running away when I tried to snap her
Suki 竟然在我想拍她时跑掉

We drank some of this :p
我们也开了这瓶酒喝了一点呃 :p

不单是如此，我们也一起看了部不错的 17 Again，蛮有趣的、剪接方面也挺顺畅有序、同时大多人物都蛮搞笑的（特别是那位“父亲大人”，加上他与高校女校长以所谓的精灵族语言交谈，和那些跟 Lord of The Ring 有关的剧情片段）。其实我觉得更重要的是这片子述说了人并不应该老是说些什么“如果我没如此如此”又或者是“我正是为了你而放弃了某些机会，现在才会落得如此地步无法高攀”等等；反之，你更应该感恩，并好好珍惜眼前所拥有的事与物。跟电影不同的，现实中的人生就只有那么一次，永远没有给你真的一切从来的机会；要是真的要到了失去了一切的一切时才突然惊觉原来那些往日里看似枯燥乏味的小小细节是那么的重要、又或是才终于领悟那位这些年来本来都默默地留在你身边的某人竟然是那么的无可替代时，那就真的已是太迟了

What's more, we even watched the movie 17 Again, not a bad one, interesting storyline, smooth scene cuts, and funny characters (especially the "father", and the scene where he communicated with the headmistress in the so-called elf-language and all the Lord of The Ring related dialogues :p). Most importantly I think it showed that we should not whine about something like "if only I didn't do this" nor "I am who I am now at my current stage and not any better because I gave up certain thing just because of you"; but on the contrary, appreciate what you have on hand, everyday am a present. Unlike movies, there is never a take-two in real life; it's already too late if you can only realize how important those so-called normal daily life, or how precious a special someone is for you, after you lose it.

17 Again

因为我早已决定要在周日过去 Lowyat 买我的可爱的上网本的缘故，在观赏完影片了之后 Suki 就和 Teoh 一起送我回家而没在她那儿留宿了。谢谢你们给了我这么一个开心并值得留念的回忆噢~ 也许我们也应该至少每个月小聚一次耶，你们认为如何？可以在这里留言或 MSN 谈谈又或是发发短讯告诉我哟~ 不过唯一要记得的是请尽量不要最后一刻才通知我，我可能正好有其它的活动呃，你知道的啦，我可是个大忙人对不 XD

... 要命，我什么时候写了这么多的呀 O.O 嗯... 还是将周日的详情留到第二部再说吧，因此，待续 :p

Since I already decided to go over to Lowyat on Sunday for my cute netbook, so both Suki and Teoh fetched me back to my place after we finished the movie instead of staying over at hers. Thanks guys for such a great evening~ Maybe we should organize a monthly gathering (at least), what do you think? ^^ Can either reply here or MSN or SMS~ Oh and also remember try not to give me last minute calls because I might be having some other plans too, I am a busy lady you know XD

... And WOW such a long post O.O Ehrm... perhaps I should keep the Sunday's for part two then, thus, to be continued :p