London says Hello

London have always been a pretty special place for my family and I. The pictures were taken in 2010 during my Summer Euro Trip :) 

 Lloyd's of London by Richard Rogers

 Random graffiti near London Eye

 Favorite place in London. Tate Modern!  

 Took this in Barbican Centre

 Somewhere in Canary Wharf. Such a pretty sight!

 An old factory where they placed a super awesome installation and a cafe inside

 St Peter's Cathedral. The best time to come here is at night and hang around on the Millennium Bridge. Nice view too. One of my fondest memories of London 

 Brick Lane. This is taken from Idea Store. 

 One of the Architecture Exhibition at Bartlett, London during their Summer show

Cannon in D Major

Hello! Here's something. I'm an impulsive buyer. Let's say if I feel like my hair is to dry, I'd go on google there and then to find the best shampoo and conditioner that's good for dry hair and the next few minutes I'll be out the door and buy it. My bf hates it when I do this but he's nice enough not to say anything to me unless I'd go super crazy. Then he'll put me on a leash. Haha.


So on this nomal day, I was at the office listening to songs on my phone. And suddenly this song, Cannon in D Major by Pachelbel was playing. Its a really famous piece by Pachelbel composed around 17th century i think. Its one of most popular wedding songs in the world. I love this song. Every single version there is. I listen to it when I'm doing design, work, exercising, wanting to sleep and anything. And i WANT a piano at that moment thinking "Damn if I have a piano/keyboard, I can play this every night and be awesome at it and I can play this for my wedding day and I'll be called to perform for the King, compose my own scores etc" yup, my imagination went wild. 


So, first thing I had to do was, youtube 'How to play Cannon in D Major'. Youtube's amazing. You can learn everything there. And that evening, I bought a keyboard. Hahaha! I'm just so happy. I had it for almost two months and I'm still loving it. But still on my way through Cannon in D Major though. Wish me luck! 

30 Days of Doing Something New - Day 02

So, Day 2. I had a pretty tough day at work. I did drawings the whole day non stop. But its all part and parcel of working as an assistant architect. I know that I would prefer going for meetings, handling issues on site and meeting clients. But somehow this construction drawing thing will be with me my whole life! So now, I figured if I want to work in this architecture line, I gotta love what I do, right? So here's Day 2. With the thing I 'love' most and a cup of coffee plus favorite cookies. I hope everyone had awesomer day than I do :)

Day 02

30 Day of Doing Something New - Day 01

Hello there. I find myself always wanting to write a blog, but my excuse has always been 'Time'. And since I started working three months ago, I feel like like I'm stuck in a rut. I drive to the office, do my work, go back home and sleep. And I hate that!

Today, I was slightly depressed at work doing construction drawings. So normally in situations like this, I'd listen to ted.com. I found this video by Matt Cutts about 'Try Something New for 30 Days'. I was interested because I have super super short attention span. I CANNOT focus on things for a long time and I sometimes do things half way simply because I just lost interest in that thing. Yes, i know its a bad thing

Hence, this is what I'm gonna do! I wanna try something new for 30 days, and make it a habit. And make sure I'll stick to it. For now, my first challenge is to take one photo a day and post it here and TRY to blog as often as I can. So what I'm looking for is that one thing, the highlight or lowlight or whatever you call it of the everyday life. And maybe I'll live my life everyday looking for that one fleeting moment :)

Day 01

Here's my first photo. This is a Vincci sandal that I just bought 2 days ago. I bought this because the I was wearing at that time (my mom's) was giving me blisters. So I went to Vincci and bought this sandal that cost me RM30. It was on sale and I thought, hey good bargain! Plus it matched my baju raya that I was wearing at that moment. Fast forward to the next day, I was in Gardens watching Smurfs, the bloody diamond thingy fell off! Then the next day, the other one fell off too! I was pissed, but considering the price of the sandals, pah, what can I do right? But Vincci's gonna pay for this. I seek revenge!

Masterchef-ing my life away

I've completed my four years of studying and slaving myself away about three weeks ago. Now, apart from looking for permanent job and doing freelance job, I pretty much have a lot of time in hand. So, for the past three days, I did nothing but watch Masterchef Australia on Youtube. That show is bloody brilliant! And so freaking addictive. I know it's last years' show. But I can't help but to be in awe of everything that they did in that show. And I didn't really have any favourites to win the competition. I think all of them have amazing culinary skills and superb attitude. They are so supportive and genuinely sincere in this competition. You can tell how much they love cooking by looking at their dish. I wish I could do half of what they are capable of (if only).

Now I've finished all 84 episodes. Hahaha! Waste of time, but i skipped a few episodes ;p And the winner is Adam Liaw! He's an amazing chef. And he worked as a lawyer in Japan for Disney or something. And he's half Malaysian! Hahaha. That's why his cooking style is quite similar to how we cook. And it's flavorful for them mat salehs.

Such a great show. Compared to the US version, this is so positive, uplifting and no stupid backstabbing catty business in US shows. Must watch :) I'm gonna watch the third season soon!