Observations/Sights/Sounds

I’ve gone whacko over Jacko

July 13, 2009 by thejessicat

Okay well, it has been approximately 2 weeks since the passing of Michael Jackson. I actually thought it was a prank upon waking up to a few SMS-es saying he had died.

My random impersonation of MJ

I never thought much about it until it dawned upon me that the King of Pop is really what he is now – dead and gone. Reading through special edition pullouts after pullouts all about MJ’s musical career and personal life, I couldn’t help but to think that this dude had achieved so much.

Random facts

How come I didn’t know he was married twice? How ignorant of me.
I want to go to Neverland
My favorite song of his is ‘Thriller’

I like zombies

5. Everyone in Tesco gathered around a tiny TV just to watch MJ’s concerts
6. Buddy Andrew was emotionally in despair about his death
7. I had an overdose of MJ when everything on Facebook, Twitter, blogs, magazines, televisions, conversations were about him

8. His daughter Paris was choked with tears when she said how much she loved him

That moved me.

9. My maid was crying when she watched the MJ Memorial on telly
10. I can’t believe someone asked me, “Who’s Michael Jackson?”

This is my tribute to the late Whacko Jacko,
one that I never thought I’d write about.

He really is a legend.

After all, there would be no
MOON WALKS AND CROTCH-GRABBING PERFORMANCES
without him!

Am i nuts or what?
It’s 3:40 AM and here I am blogging about Michael Jackson?
Ohnoes.

WHAT is in a marriage?

June 19, 2009 by thejessicat

What’s in a wedding? Do you really feel that it’s a mere exchange of marital vows or simply just a way of securing your ‘i-love-you’s for sanctity in the eyes of the law?

They say every lady is already harbouring thoughts of their dream wedding, so I’ve heard. Interesting. Yours truly on the other hand, has only forsaw her walk down the aisle (half-seriously of course) to be set in a unconventional locality with a black wedding theme.

Zombie bridezillas, anyone?

Okay, I shall stop here before the boyfie dies of cardiac arrest after reading this.

You know I’m kidding, luv

I deem weddings are equivalent to culture. I practically grew up with Red Chinese weddings in restaurants & hotels, tea ceremonies, loud toasts of YUMMMM SENNNGGGG and the never-ending traditions set in oriental legacy.

Not too long ago, mom took me to a Malay Wedding on an early Saturday morning. I dreaded having to go, lest I nodded off in public… from partyin’ out late the night before. But I went though, for reasons I totally do not recall.

They gave us an adorable door gift each – which wasn’t bunga telur. Hmm.. am I missing out that much on Malay weddings? I’ve always thought bunga telur was the in-thing.

Here’s my dearest kakak helping herself rather conveniently, to some Malay food. I loved the beef rendang curry they served the most, and their nasi minyak (waxed/oil rice)

A piccie of myself with Mr. Father of the Bride. He’s Chinese though. You can’t tell, right? He’s now a Muslim and converted to Islam when he married a Malay lady many years ago.

Mom and I waiting for the main event to begin

Oh lookie, how adorable these lil bridesmaids were.

Such innocence in children!

There was a lil display of martial arts by a young gentleman.
Silat, as it is aptly called in Malay.

When it began, an elderly Malay folk did his thang for 20 seconds with the sword and the group-walk down the aisle ensued.

I reckon the whole kampung went up the stage.

That’s Mom and Kakak. She’s been with us for almost 20 years now. Been so attached to her over the years – love her to bits. Hope you’re having a good time in Indonesia now!

Dad and I.
Don’t worry poppps, I’m doing well here in KL!

Now that you’ve shared my recent experience with Malay weddings, what about Indian Weddings? Again, I tagged along with mom and her colleagues.

We waited in the car for eons omfg.

Anyway, we got there eventually.

Similar to the aforementioned Malay wedding, there was a lil display of performances before the bride and groom headed towards the front. Hmmm.. how come we don’t practise that in Christian weddings?

Mom and I camwhoring again.
The need of visual repetition is a remedy to cure that void.

Anyway, see some bright lights and interesting rituals in the background above?

Aunt Chan and her adorable daughter.

Anas the shyguy and I

The statue of the elephant-headed deity, Lord Ganesh.

Another tiny Lord Ganesh!

We finally managed to get to the stage where the bride and groom sat. I watched as a female elder sp
rinkled water over them, of which I presume as holy-water.

Many guests came forward to extend their love and congratulatory well-wishes.

We followed suit.

Before we adjourned, I took a quickie of another one of Lord Ganesha’s statue with the traditional floor-drawings, the Kolam. Amazing how this form of art is drawn based on dots in specific grid and geometrical patterns

Do you really have the incessant desire to get yourselves married and
settled down early? What say you?

Anyway, now that my taste of Chinese, Malay, Indian and multi-racial weddings are over, imma sit quietly in one corner to brainstorm my zombie wedding. Who wants to be my gremlin-of-honour?

You DID NOT just hear that.

p.s : Someone please take me to an Egyptian wedding!

NIPPLE-LATHOPIA?

May 30, 2009 by thejessicat

I’ve always wondered, why do men have nipples?

?????????

Aight, I’m not seeking some thesis-long Biological explanation just so you know. It’s just pretty amusing as to why ’em guys actually possess them.

Okay, so let’s get analytical. I did a mini Q&A session with ma’ boys & gurls :

What is the 1st thing that comes to your mind when asked,

“What can nipples do?”

[i][c=4]Victoria [/c][/i] says:
for the milk to come out? LOL

– MICHAEL YIP – says:
Girl Nipple produce milk (rofl mike. i didn’t know nipples have genders!)

i’m C e D says:
nipples… hmm… so that a mother would know where to begin breastfeeding her baby?

Veneez♥ says:
hm. it doesnt do anything except being the only way for a woman to breast feed lo

[Ass-a-nation] YingYang – | Te amo says:
MILK lah

[ ms. YiLing ] 頑張ります！ says:
for guys i’ve no idea. for girls it’s for milk suckling from the child i guess?

[N!g3L] says:
to produce mom milk for baby?

And the verdict?
MEN AND NIPPLES.

No, they don’t need it for breastfeeding.

So.. WHY do men need nipples?

No seriously.
YOU tell me

So yeah, I spotted this “nipple” book whilst at the Singapore MPH book fair last weekend and I showed this to ♥Ducclebears. He laughed at my face and called me silly. Hmmph!

Yeah sweetie, silly for you.
Bleh. Corny!

The book fair was just insane.
Imagine lining up for a whole hour just to purchase the books you’ve picked out. Goodness me, I reckon the queue was at least 200m long, if not more.

The queue stretched till the 4 corners of the huge warehouse

ALL JUST FOR THE SAKE OF BOOKS?
No offence to the bookworms out there though.

Because I fully understand that not all reading material are made up of only textbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries and the like… or definitely not this :

The History of William Shakespeare.
Hey, if you’ve lived a life as deep as this fella, you’d prolly have a biography about yourself as thick as a rhino’s skin.

Anyways.
Books are pretty damn awesome, if I have to say so myself. A few books there actually caught my eye! Both, titles and designs.

Okay honestly, I’m a sucker for artsy book cover designs. So to all the publishing houses : if you want an extra customer, then funk up your book cover and I’ll buy it regardless of whether or not the story is good. ROFL

I remember BestieBenj and I often hit Borders to check out awesome books, back in my Penang days. He has a fancy for those silly books like ‘101 things to do before you die’ or ‘How to survive a zombie attack’. Then again, he would always take me to the culinary section full of
fab books like this –

Argh… Food! Nom nom nom.
How can I not bask in gastronomic glory?

Oh look! Another artsy book –

How ingenious!

But wait a sec-
Another iPod book?

Coolios!

Whee! That’s what I’m talking about yo :

Okay I’ve finally decided what to do for my 3rd tattoo already.
Yeah I’m known to be very fickle. Heh.

Wowza and guess what I found? Check this out –

I spy with my little eye..
something begining with ‘K’ and ends with an ‘A’

Hmm.. speaking if which.
When it eventually comes to a point of choosing names to give my offsprings, I swear it’s never gonna be ‘Edmund’ and ‘Rosemary’.

Get my point?
hee.

OMFG. DON’T REMIND ME YET.

Already? NOOOOOOOOOOOO

Is your job bullsh*t and stressing your hair out?
Chillax.

Because it’s the weekends! What’s the remedy for the lethargy you’ve had during the weekdays?

Nurse Jessie recommends.

When we finally finished scouring the entire warehouse, it’s time for purchases!

Ugh. Don’t worry.
We didn’t buy that much.

(i know i look bimbotic in this picture wtf but it’s the only pic i have with him)
Thecousin didn’t buy anything.
Or did he? Only that interior design book if I’m not wrong.

Ima happy gurl as usual after a shopping haul of … books. Hey, at least I don’t feel so bad having spent all those money. After all, books are -cough- intellectual and food for thought, no?

Forgive theboyfie. /smacks
He loves to ruin my peektures.

When we got home, we bought a whopping 20books +/- altogether. (I forgot the exact number. Apologies. hee) But check out mine alone! Thankiesss Ducclebears

BOOKS FTW!
omfg now how on earth am I to finish all those books?

edit : a dear reader of mine Jhnhth, referred me to Scientific America, and it turns out that after a complex explanation, I’ve gathered that the answer to why do men have nipples is merely this –

“chests would also look pretty funny with just hair”
and
“simply because women do”

I’m Jane & I loveTarzan’s jungle

May 17, 2009 by thejessicat

OMFG. My title for this blogpost sounds terribly wrong on all levels. Only the twisted minds will get it. Argh.

ANYWAY ‘NUFF ABOUT THE TITLE.

When you’re all worked up and brain-dead from the busy city life, an escapade to the great divine is what you need. Heck, not like I’m achieving Nirvana or anything but,
Loreal gave me an awesome experience in a cottage placed right-smack in the middle of a forest reserve.

A coach came to ferry the whole lot of us off to the deep depths of the jungle. They even have their very own ride. Pretty cool, no?

It was a flippin’ long ride, if I have to say so myself. God bless iPods. I brought buddy Zhao along with me. Hey, it’s always better to bring a pal along.
-cough- Company works too, lest the iPod gets busted.

Can’t wait to see what’s in store for me!

Okay, the journey was really long. Like, very long. I could prolly finish a 2 whole other blog posts by the end of the ride. The whole lot of us were practically the only ones on the highway other than one or two other vehicles; yeah it was THAT secluded.

Aight, time to mark my territory!
Nah, kidding.

The last time I actually vandalized something in public was when I was 15 : my school bus stop (whoops. Gimme a dimerit point then) and the public telephone booth. Uh-huh. Did some tiny graffiti of my name… and I’m not ashamed. *grins* Hee.

Random doodles at it’s finest.

I was also given a test tube upon arrival. I’ll tell you why soon 🙂

And no, there’s no mad scientist experiments involved

Lotsa local celebs & socialites were present for this grand media launch too. Serie Nature, as it is aptly called. This is because every product under this line comprises only 100% natural ingredients – kickin’ em chemicals away!

Behold the awesome product line

All its main ingredients were tomato lycopene, rice proteins, green oils, avocado, white clay, peach milk, fig and ginseng.

I actually stalked this child everywhere he went just to shoot a portrait shot of him. Trust me, he was uber camera shy.

But I managed to shoot him in the end
when he least expected it

Refreshments were served as well. I liked how each lil snack is in sync with the relevant product; with the similar ingredient, that is.

My favorite of ’em all.

AND JUST BECAUSE IT’S MY FAVE,
I’LL SHOW IT TO YOU AGAIN

Whooop-dee-doo!

Unfortunately, the other snacks -cough- leaves a little to be desired.

Okay, NOW I’ll tell you what the test tubes were for. With every booth visited, a teaspoon of grinded powder will be added and labelled to our test tube.

Here’s a lil video I made of my test tube and the surroundings of this forest reserve just to let you guys see it for real.

Now this whole thing was some awesome sh!t. I’ve tried & tested their shampoo and hair mask – I must say it’s pretty good! Love the natural scent too. Kudos!

I bet they loved it just like I did

HEALTH IS THE PLACE TO GO

May 11, 2009 by thejessicat

Perfect. Just perfect. 🙁
When I’m all out to begin my diet, I was invited for a food review @ Prince Hotel.

ARGGHHHHH
Why can’t people eat like the world’s coming to an end yet stay stick-thin?

Anyway, thank God Prince Hotel is launching their ‘Fit 4 Life’ campaign – with their new and healthy menu of various food stuff from all the categories of the food pyramid. Okay so, I won’t feel so guilty eating my guts out. (hey, it’s supposedly healthy right?)

So yeah, Tocky & I prepared our stomachs and threw our weighing scales away before this event. Be prepared. ahahahaa

We were given a neck/shoulder massage prior to the gastronomic therapy.
How pleasurable wtf

Neck & Shoulder massage?
“I DO”
/signs

Okay well.. it was somewhat proven that the massage was really good. Check out the very satisfied-cum-excited expression he had :

Please don’t tell me you jizzed in your pants
XD

Why can’t there be male masseurs too? -cough-

Thank you lady, I needed that
🙂

Onwards, came the food-tasting. We decided not to take the same food somehow. But it turned out that I took the food with the same colour. How uninteresting. And bland. (ooops) I obviously didn’t take a piccie of my plate.

Veggies, Prawns, Some char koay teow look-alike thingy, mashed potato and yoghurt chicken strips
(honestly, I wonder how these are classified as healthy)

The Char Koay Teow look-alike thingy:

Eh. Enough. Enough.
You don’t wanna burst your buttons

I continued my hunt for butt-kicking good food and impressive food presentation. Considering the fact that the Chef de Cuisine, Sous Chef & Chef de Parties are all internationally experienced, it shouldn’t be an arduous task to spot ’em.

Pretty fly!
Tasted really fresh and the seaweed was served crispy

I liked the way those cooks prepared some of the meals. Old skool is the way to go! Oven baked to perfection. Check out his expression.. I’d liken it to that of Chef Wan.

Voila!

People were in a long queue for this exquisite meal. All fish-lovers would prolly camp outside just to get a bite of this

How tiny
But the flesh was zomgwtfbbq-ly tender & fine!

Size does not matter as :
TASTY THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES.
Whoopsie, I didn’t mean it to sound twisted.
/winks

Here’s another good quality fish

I dig salmon. Hell a lot.

Okay enough – don’t take my picture.
Come and taste the Salmon, you.
🙂

Little bite-sized delights makes me smile. I remember the last time I tasted it – in Equatorial Hotel for the Easter Day event. It was called the Russian Salad; served in a spoon too!

Teaspoons of Joy

There was a cooking demo too. The Jap chef presented the methods of making some organic PohPiah with rice paper. Yeah the paper is edible. I asked! 🙂

Just a few steps.. and put it in the steamer thereafter

You get this :

Have a healthy bite yo’
I’ll pass
>_<

Back to some more wholesome -cough- and less healthy meals. I walked to the other side of the buffet table and I saw another set of these pretty bites!

Thank you, I’ll have one. No, two. .. or maybe three?

There were more demos. He showed us what ingredients are to be used for a healthy meal. No preservatives, extra virgin olive oil, unsalted butter and other gastronomic jargon for dressings, condiments and herbs. Bestie Benj would know, but not I. LOL

Preparing for an oven-baked recipie

Apart from cooking demos, there was a Body Jam routine being presented on stage as well. Argh, reminds me of my gym days back in Penang. Guilt kills.

Take me higher to heaven please … the sin of food just brought down my brownie points

But not as bad as this :

HABISLAH BODY MASS ANDA

ANYWAY.

Body Combat too, with pumpin beats! Okay once again, I miss my days back in Celebrity Fitness. Shouldn’t have quit. /grumbles

Smack ’em Whack ’em

/claps
Now on to the food… AGAIN

I stood there choosing for 5 whole minutes

So yeah, when we got to the table, we were a tad embarrassed that two people could eat so that much. One table >>two people >>MANY MANY PLATES.

This is monstrosity.

Tockytower, you’re killing the transmission!
(inside joke)

I got myself some thick Jelly with olives too. Reminds me of Extra Dry Martinee. Yum.

Oh and before I forget –
All soups were fab.
Except the chick pea one : we despised it

After stuffing ourselves silly, we adjourned for desserts. Sweet tooths, rejoice!

Such warm and crispy delicacies

OMFG I SWEAR I DIED FOR 10 SECONDS, WENT AROUND THE WORLD, AND REINCARNATED BACK TO REALITY AS JESSICA TAN, WHEN I SAW THIS :

oh for the lurve of rich chocolate fountains!

I wasted no time in satiating my greed for pure chocolate fondue with fresh strawberries.

Kinky, much? /winks

-cough- Much better than this, thank you very much. I’d go for sinful food anytime.

But okay-lah, I’ll give them credit for this
(it’s actually really good but too healthy lol)

Chef de Cuisine Donald J.P was friendly and informative like no other. We had a long chat not just about his Fit 4 Life menu, but about the cooking industry in general as well. Apparently, the latter came far and wide from overseas and my uncle in Ritz Carlton, Florida would prolly know him. Same country – what are the odds!

Hat’s off to Chef Donald P!
Flanked by myself and the short tower.
XP

Bumped into Sydney as well, the BBO

Overall, it was a healthy good menu. I was told that chocolate isn’t sinful after all. Opt for the unsweetened or dark chocolate. That’s music to my ears! Do I hear bells ringing for all choc-lovers?

Lemme douse myself in sinful delights now
okthanxbai