Fish Avenue

It was a little hilarious that they thought I was going to COOK something for Andrew. Yes, I was cooking, but not food. :) I was anxiously cooking a surprise for him since 2 months ago. Oh, the surprise did involve food though. Haha. Just that I wasn't the one to cook it.

Been searching for bakery that could actually do a Ferrari F1 car design. It is either too expensive or they just simply could not do it. There was a baker quoted me RM1000 for a cake like that! Gosh!

Seeing that all hopes were gone, decided to just order some cupcakes with cute animated arts on top of them from BunsInTheOven. I hesitated for a while because I had to collect the cupcakes on my own, they do not do delivery. It was in the middle of March, when I saw they had made a series of F1 Ferrari theme cupcakes, I knew that I was so going to get it or else I'd be sour! Hahaha! I was so disappointed when they told me they couldn't make it on 3rd of May, which was Andrew's birthday. :( I was so determined to give him a surprise. So, I accommodated to the baker's date and postponed the surprise to a week later.

No regrets! Andrew loves them! He couldn't bring himself to eat them, they are so cute! What is more contented than seeing the man you love loves the surprises you gave? :)

The cupcake was of chocolate flavor. It is very moist and soft and fluffy, not too sweet, very yummy indeed. The sugary arts on top of the cupcake was too sweet though. I guess that's why the baker didn't make the cupcakes too sweet, the sugar on top is just enough to compensate that.

Guess I will be ordering more themed cupcakes from them in the future. :)

This name came to my mind out of nowhere. I've watched many of his animated films. Few years ago I even bought a collections box with 6 animated movies in it.

Last year, bought a DVD of his new movie, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (悬崖上的金鱼公主). I didn't know the movie was from Miyazaki Hayao until I bought it home. I was more interested in the Ponyo on the DVD cover, it was so cute!

In the blink of an eye, I am legally married for a year, this coming Sunday.

How do I feel? Hmm... Time waits for no man. That's what I feel. Oh, and I feel grateful to have such an understanding husband. He's no perfect man, but none of us are perfect. Guess I could never ever find another man that would take in all my craps willingly. Oops, correction: I shall never look for another man anymore. LOL!

Though we're married and been together for so long, there is not a day we feel less loved. We quarreled, threw tantrums, got angry with each other, had countless cold wars... But they all stopped the very next day. I've heard people said "don't sleep on an unresolved matter, solve it there and then". Well, that is bullsh** at times. Sometimes the arguments heat up, both parties just simply have to cool down and stop talking. Many times after a good night sleep, I simply just do not remember what we had argued or I'd realise it's just some small matter that needs no further attention. Why sweat over the small stuff when there are bigger things you have to focus on? One of the bigger things is, be happy.

After all, we've known each other for so long. The likes and dislikes, which buttons to push and which not to push further, we know them well. But "accidents" do happen. Hahahaha! Hey, we're no perfect couples. :) A lot of times we got pissed off at each other, but those are sweet moments too. Often we laugh out loud together recalling our reactions back then. Yes, we do talk about it later after we both cool down. :)

I do nag at him. Oh please, every woman nags, ok. Don't tell me you as a woman never nag. :p I too grumble about him with friends. No matter how happy we are, we tend to have things that we need to get them off our chest sometimes. Nope, nothing others can do or have to do. Listening will be more than enough. Don't you agree? By the way, Andrew nags too! You'll never believe me if you never see it. And you would never see it as he only does that to me when no one else is around. LOL!

So, how are we going to celebrate it? Well, being Ashley and Andrew, we ain't really into celebrating all these. To us, we can celebrate it any day we want. Everyday is a Valentine's day because we are still in love each and single day. And everyday is an anniversary, because we are still together every single day. Hence, no point to celebrate only ONCE on every 365th day. :) We shall celebrate love, not the DAYS.

The day we sealed the "deal". :)

28 September, our lovely friend, Wan Yi's birthday. :)

I asked her if she would be going for celebration or dinner with family, surprisingly she said nope. Then I remembered Andrew wasn't working, why not we go to Klang for the fish soup again?! :O Yes! Andrew said OK! Then I asked Phoebe together, glad that she could join us! It is very rare for so many of us to gather for a dinner on a weekday. All of us were so excited. Too bad that Nicole couldn't join us.

Before we went to Klang, Andrew and I gotta pick Phoebe up from her home 'cause she was waiting for her friend to come to take the dog back. Last week she adopted a ShihTzu dog from her friend, but guess the poor doggy couldn't get used to the new environment. I've seen the dog for twice and thought I would want to see him again for the last time and say goodbye to him. He is actually very adorable and tame. Couldn't help but feel a teeny bit of sadness when he was leaving. He came to me, pawing at me wanted me to "sayang" him. Aww...... My heart melted.

Back to our birthday girl. :) We reached the restaurant pretty late. 5 of us, happily savoring the food. We were so hungry! The food was just so good...... Glad that they enjoyed the fish soup too. :)

Didn't manage to give Wan Yi a treat that night. Probably do it another time. Hahaha. Yeah, we girls definitely know how to have fun. :P

Phoebe's dog, only stayed for a week. He is very cute though.

The birthday girl at the restaurant in Klang.

With my BFF, Phoebe. (The white spot on my face :( is the smoke from the fish pot and Andrew didn't bother to ask us to take another photo T__T )

The food!!!!

Yes, if Wan Yi didn't mention it, I've forgotten it's been a year! It is an occasion that's worth celebrating.

A year of what? Of friendship. Last year September, I was actively involved in a wedding forum, Malaysia Brides. Discussions, inquiries, queries, answers, sharing of experiences...... I was writing and posting so much in the forum. I was pretty familiar with a group of members. We started to chat and share our experiences and life. Within a short period of time, we know each other if not very well, also pretty well.

Jenny and Adeline are the first two from the forum that I met. Both of them are funny type and very true to themselves. No disguise, no pretends. I was a bit surprised that I could get along with them pretty well, they're so much younger than me!

Then, I met Christine, Chelvin, Niki, Samantha, Berry, Elaine Choo, Winnie, Melissa, Vivian Miumiu, Vivian KC, Wan Yi, Nicole...... Then there was Elaine Gan, ZZ, Annie and Shin Yee. Geez... Now I realised I've met so many of them! What an honour! I even had the chance to photograph Vivian Miumiu, Christine's pretty doggie and Shin Yee! These are the friends that make everything worthwhile. They give you the supports you need just at the right time!

There are some of us making great efforts in maintaining the friendship. Over the years, I've come to believe that friends grow out of each other's life. Everyone has his/her own pace, we can't force each other to hurry or to slow down. It is no one's fault when we disappoint our friends, it's just merely our paths do not cross anymore. We said "Hello" with a smile when our paths crossed, but why is it so difficult for us to say "See ya" when our paths separated? Yes, it's not goodbye. Who knows there will come one day we will meet on the same path again?

A toast to friends that I have met in the past one year, to our friendship, to the happy times together, to the sharing of life experiences, to the laughters and tears we shared...... May our paths crossed for many, many, many more years to come. Cheers!

Last night, I was nervous for Melissa, the soon-to-be bride. Why? Because she was having difficulty with her slideshow, it just seemed that she couldn't convert it into DVD format. Wan Yi and I had spent the night the try to solve it for her too. Hahahahaha...... Luckily this morning she SMSed us that she finally settled it and it's working good. Phew! I didn't realise that I worried so much and I was having this nervousness until this very morning.

Since I had a late night, woke up late today, 12pm!!! LOL! Got up, did some facial mask, iron Andrew's shirt, Facebook-ing for a while, shower, body scrub, make-up, dress up, styled my hair...... Geez... It was then 5pm! I was all ready waiting for Wan Yi to come pick us up, but she was late. Luckily the journey to Seremban was pretty smooth.

Got there at 7.30pm. Melissa looks so so so beautiful! Gave her a big bear hug. Hahahaha...... It's fun and nice to see all the familiar faces again, Christine, Samantha, Berry and Nicole were already there with their husbands. So much fun we had running between 2 tables taking photos. LOL! We were so crazy doing all the crazy things, talking all the silly talks, and we laughed so much and loud! Hahaha......

Finally, time to say goodbye. Promised to give Melissa a big "tight" hug... Hehehe... Felt my eyes tingling. I have always felt emotional attending friends' wedding reception. Don't know why.

May Melissa & Alex live happily ever after. :)

Few weeks ago, we've all decided to have a hens-day-out for Melissa, our lovely bride-to-be. Time flies, her wedding is coming in 3 weeks time and her wedding reception in Seremban will be in 2 weeks time. She is always such a lovely girl that gets touched easily, I still remember she said she was so touched that we were planning a hen's night for her. LOL. To us, we didn't really plan anything. Just make ourselves available on that day for her. :)

As usual, our hen's night routine has become Karaoke first, followed by lunch/tea time and shopping. Hahaha. Yeah, nothing special or naughty.

Today we went to Redbox in The Gardens in Mid Valley City. 3 hours of karaoke session with lunch and drinks, going to sing our lungs and hearts out!!!

Melissa was the last to reach as she went to the Matta fair to grab some package for her sweet honeymoon. Before she came, all 4 of us were already singing and eating. So sweet of Nicole to bake us muffins again!!! It was raspberry rum chocolate muffins! So yummy... mmmmm...... Not just the muffins, she had made some mooncake too!!! Gosh, this girl is so talented in baking and cooking! The mooncake was black sesame skin. Ooohhh...... It tastes so special and the fragrance of the black sesame... Yum yum! I had 2 pieces!!! Hahahahaha...... Guess what, I brought 2 pieces of muffins home too, my breakfast tomorrow! LOL! Thank you Nicole.

We were so crazy in singing, especially when it came to singing MJ's songs. Thought that we shall sing his songs as a tribute to him, who know we were just singing out of tune and shouting MJ's famous "oohh... oh... yeah..." This crazy Wan Yi, even sang Carpenters' songs. My goodness...... We were basically shouting towards the end of the karaoke session, I almost lost my voice.

Mel wanted to get some swim wear, too bad she couldn't find one that she likes with reasonable price. Can't believe that swim wear now is so pricey. Even I myself couldn't bear to part with my money for such small piece of cloth! I need a new swim wear too. Sigh. Went to Charles & Keith too. Gosh... I love those bags. Now I am seriously considering buying one. Hahaha.

After done with the shopping, Vivian and us went separate ways as she had a dinner date with her family. The 4 of us went to the Jonker Street cafe to have some desserts and chatting. Can't believe 4 of us are such chatterbox! Talk, talk, eat, eat, non-stop!!! LOL.

Finally, it's time to go home. Mel left with Alex, Nicole's husband came pick her up, and I stuck with Wan Yi. LOL. So nice of her to offer me a lift home, oh, should say so nice of her hubby to offer me. Hahaha. I brought them to this old mamak stall near TAR College, to have the famous Mali's Corner nasi lemak ayam goreng and kuay tiaw goreng.

Had great fun today! Thanks to all the friends that made it happened today.

Why do we need all this Mother's Day and Father's Day? Do we show our love to our parents ONLY on these days? What about the rest of the days?

The same goes to Valentine's Day and all sort of anniversary celebrations. Andrew and I do not have the habit to celebrate on anniversaries and Valentine's Day. To us, we could celebrate our love, well, everyday. Why must we follow the trend and only celebrate on one particular day? Anniversary to us is not important. What's more important is that we love each other more than yesterday. We celebrate when we feel like it. Romantic? I don't think so. To show each other love is a day-to-day thing. It's something that I'd want to do everyday.

I love mom and dad. I do not say "I love you" to them. Guess it's the culture that we don't say it. Hahaha. I'll make sure I'll teach my children how to say it on a daily basis. LOL!

It's Father's Day this coming Sunday, but I ain't going back home. Unfilial? Well, whatever. As long as I know what I'm doing and dad knows. Hahaha.

I realised I didn't blog since Sunday! And worst is, blogging was completely out of my mind for the past 4 days!!!

Last weekend, I slept late for 3 days consecutively. Or perhaps I should say 'early'? I slept at 3 or 4 in the morning, either I was playing games or MSN-ing. LOL.

It was Andrew's birthday on Sunday. I planned to bring him to Italiannies in The Gardens, heard they have nice lamb and Andrew loves lamb. When we were right there in Mid Valley Megamall, Andrew told me "I feel like having some Japanese food"! Gosh! I asked if he doesn't want the lamb anymore and I'd be buying. He insisted he wanted Japanese, he wanted to have RICE! Now I know man can also change their mind very fast. He put it in a nice way though, "well, I just saved you some money, you know." Yeah yeah, right! And next time we go Italiannies, he would be the one buying!

We went to Kiku Zakura. In fact, I love Kiku Zakura and when Andrew suggested it, I was kind of yelling hooray inside my little head. LOL! The serving is big and yet it's delicious. I love the way they display the food in the tray. It's all about presentation and precision. The last time we went, one of the girls mixed up the arrangement of the food and the branch manager saw. She came to our table to re-arrange it in correct order! Can you believe that?! To them, details and presentation is very important.

Andrew ordered a chicken teriyaki, that was so expected of him. He will always have chicken teriyaki! And me, ordered the tempura set. That was also expected of me! Hahaha. I love their tempura set! We also ordered a chawanmushi since two of us are the egg-lover. I was so full from the tempura set. The total bill came up to RM72++ for two of us. Well, it is quite expensive. But once in a while, guess it's still fine. And I actually expected to spend RM100 and above in Italiannies early of the day. Hehehe.

We wanted to go for a movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Checked out the counter, surprisingly not a big crowd. Okay, I must admit I was shocked when Andrew told me the ticket costs RM12 per person! OMFG! I quickly grabbed his arm and fled the scene. Hahaha. It's not worth it to watch a movie at RM12. Alright, it's a good movie. But still, RM12 is just too much. We could just choose to watch it on any other day then. Since Andrew's off today, I told him we might as well watch it in TGV KLCC today. Though the ticket price for Wolverine is higher for this 2 weeks, to watch it on Wednesday it only costs RM7 per person. Ended up we did some window-shopping and went to New Zealand Cafe for some ice-cream.

I didn't buy any present for Andrew for his birthday. I seriously do not know what to buy for him. Suddenly I just feel that all the things that money can buy just can't show how much my love for him. I could buy him the PS3, but I didn't want to. Buying PS3 for him is like digging my own grave. Hahahaha. I've got him a watch 2 years back, got him a wallet last year (I think), got him clothes...... I really don't know what I should get him now. Andrew said owe him for this year, next year only buy him the PS3! Goodness... Looks like digging-my-own-grave is inevitable. T__T

Does time really have wings and fly?! Time is no longer passing by, it is FLYING extremely fast!!! It is now first week of May 2009! Almost middle of the year! What? I still felt that Chinese New Year was only last month. We were still saying that my friend's wedding in May was still a long way to go, and now it is next week!

God please give me the strength to FLY with the time...... Or at least do not leave me far behind the time.

Chicken Nanban Set It was during CNY that Andrew found out Sony Ericsson's theme display changes according to the calendar. It was a heart during Valentine's Day. It was a "prosperous" word during CNY. We tried forward the date to Halloween, it displays a pumpkin face! This is wonderful!

Another theme display a heart on V Day.
Posing posing!!!

Putrajaya Putrajaya lake Act cool......