Sometime foods

Nicky, Lou, Iman and I baked cookies yesterday. It was tiresome (we had to drop each spoon of batter on onto the mat one-by-one, and there was a giant mixing bowl of it!) but was still fun heaps.

We made two types of cookies. Actually, Iman and I made the batter for the peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies. Nicky and Lou made the Famous Amos ones.

So from the peanut butter batter (Ooh, tongue twister!), I made a 'D' shaped cookie. And it turned out pretty good.

D-licious!

I wanted to take another picture of me biting the 'D' against a white background. Only place was the dining room. Sad thing was after the first try, I was wiping sweat from my cheek when the cookie broke. I forgot I was just holding the tip. It fell, hit a nearby chair and "exploded" all over the floor! Poor cookie :'(

The picture I took before the "explosion".

The cookie's "remains".
The bits I managed to save are on the red cover.

Oh and after dinner, we played Pictionary! I love that game! It was fun heaps too but Lou and I kept getting the difficult words. We lost. Duh!

Darren out.

Drama king

What a wacko night!

Just got back from Alex's party at Iman's place and man, the drama was insane I tell you! But sorry. Not bothering to go into the crazy details.

Honestly though, aside from the drama, it was all still pretty fun. So another party like this one minus all the hooha would be awesome! Anyone willing to organize?

Darren out.

Hokkienland

Penang was AWESOME!!!

Well pretty much la, aside from the moments of drama here and there. But whatevs, I had fun heaps!

The beach, especially, was the best! We stayed at this dodgy but still comfy traveler's lodge that's right opposite Batu Ferringhi beach. So we could go to the beach whenever we wanted, 24/7. Our first night itself, we sat at the beach bar drinking and chatting till almost 3am! So fun.

Oh and the food was great too, of course. I ♥ Penang hawker food la seriously. Cheap and so damn good. What else can a foodie ask for? Haha.

Speaking of food, I drank my fill of ambra asam juice there. Haiya ambra, ampula or kedongdong, whatever you wanna call it la. But man, I love that drink. Wonder why they don't have it in abundance here in KL like they do in Penang. Such a disappointment.

Anyhoo, can't wait to do another trip with friends again. They really are very fun. Man, I'm excited already. Woot!

Darren out.

Heading north

Daymn! Alex just called me and wtf the Penang trip starts tonight! Well technically la cause we'll be hanging out till 4am, which is when we'd planned to leave.

I can't believe I forgot all about it. I was so stoked to go. How could I have forgotten?? Shit. And I haven't packed nothing! ZOMG! This is the first time ever I'm packing last minute. I bet I'll forget something.

Okay. Gonna go pack. Bye.

Darren out.

4 in the morning

The Penang trip is finally confirmed. Yipadee-doo-dah-yay!

It's gonna be five of us: me, Lou, Nicky, Alex and Iman (She's a new friend. And she's from Maldives. Sweet!) We're going this Friday and will be back Sunday. Now for the shocker.. we're leaving at 4am. Yes, 4 in the pagi! No joke.

Yeah, my friends are crazy, I know. But that's why I love them. Cue: Aawww! :D

I'm so stoked! Woot!

Darren out.

Pentheraphobia

That's the fear of mother-in-laws. I was curious whether such a fear exists. So I googled it and apparently it does.

So I watched Monster-in-Law with my mum this afternoon. It was one of those special Mother's Day movies. Plus I had always wanted to watch it but never got to.

I thought the cat-fights and its results were bloody hilarious, especially the swollen lips. Cause uhm.. well I can relate to that. Used to wake up on some days with swollen lips when I was younger. Dunno why it happens, though.. it just does but very irregularly. Maybe it's some allergic reaction too, but yeah, was some random shit. But obviously mine wasn't as swollen as that la. DUH! Okay, I think I should shut up about that.

Anyhoo, my favorite was Ruby, the assistant. She actually has the balls to talk back and bang some sense into that uncontrollable biatch of a mother-in-law! Wanda Sykes plays Ruby and she's one of my favorite actresses and comedians.

Btw I found a second Monster-in-Law poster:

I like this one better la. The tagline's obviously funnier and I think it's somewhat more easily understandable. Okay whatever. Bye.

Darren out.

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Monster-in-Law

After years of looking for Mr. Right, Charlotte 'Charlie' Cantilini finally finds the ultimate man of her dreams, Kevin Fields--only to discover that his mother, Viola, is the woman of her nightmares. A recently fired news anchor who is afraid she will lose her son the way she has just lost her career, Viola determines to scare off her son's new fiance by becoming the world's worst mother-in-law. While Viola's long-time assistant Ruby does her best to help Viola execute her crazy schemes, Charlie decides to fight back, and the gloves come off as the two women battle it out to see just who is the alpha-female.

Special ladies

To my mummy and all the others out there..
Happy Mother's Day!!!

Even if sometimes we don't show it, we do actually love you.

Darren out.

Shit happens, sometimes it sucks

Just got back from my church's Family Day. We had it at the Taman Bukit Maluri open field. Was tonnes of fun! And to think I told them I wanted to help out with the telematch instead of playing. They didn't let me of course. No regrets there.

Plus I really thank God that the Penang trip was postponed or I wouldn't have been able to go. Some things do happen for a reason and it's nice when the reason's good.

So I was in the Turtle group. They made me leader, which I wasn't surprised of considering I was the oldest guy there. My group had 2 guys, 2 girls, one grandma, and 2 little boys. Pretty odd group, I know. But hey, we won consolation. It's not first prize, but not too bad for the odd group huh?

Things I didn't like? The weather was hot balls at one point. Man, I hate the heat! It makes me sweaty and sticky like that.

Also the last race had one of each of the team members' ankles tied up. We had to run half the field and the top three teams get extra 10 points each. Cause I was the leader, I was first in line and had one of the dead knots tied to my ankles.

That's when shit happened. During the race, that knot got tighter cause some dumbo beside me (who wasn't even supposed to be racing in the first place) kept on stepping on the string when we ran. And that fcuking hurt like dog! It was so tight at one point, paranoia made me think the string had started cutting into my skin. Note to self.. never again take part in a multi-legged race, nor a 3-legged race for that matter.

Darren out.

Parsletongue

Guess what I've found..

Another trailer for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince! Woot! I'm such a Potter freak, I tell you. Lol.



This trailer's simpler la. I guess you can say it's more straight to the point. But however it is, it's still another awesome trailer that is causing me to get more and more stoked on watching the bloody movie! So yeah man. Can't wait! Can't wait! CAN'T WAIT!

Freak :P

Darren out.

Calendar girls

I'd just watched The Secret Life of Bees.. one of the few movies I'd recently downloaded.

Best thing about this movie is that it stars 2 of my favorite actresses: Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifah. I think they are awesome actors! I've enjoyed every movie they'd ever acted in. They're brilliant, I tell ya.

Oh, and I'm also a big fan of Jennifer Hudson since her Idol days and then when she was in Dreamgirls. So yeah, that's another plus.

The story line's pretty good too. And it's one of those movies that exposes the true cruelty of the orang putihs towards the black community back then. Damn, they were cruel! Bloody racists bastards! I admit that I do get racist sometimes, but you don't see me walking around with a bat in my hand or just randomly finding fault and beating people up.

Man, suck up and live with it!

Darren out.

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The Secret Life Of Bees

Set in South Carolina in 1964, the tale of Lily Owens, a 14-year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters, Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping, honey and the Black Madonna.