5 Minutes of ‘Just Looking’ = Fail.

CherubicCho and i were rushing out of Gardens to head for our separate plans. He was going to play poker, and i, to No Black Tie to watch Reza Salleh, Shelley Leong, Az Samad, Pete Teo, and many others perform. (It was super packed. I already booked a table for Thursday night.)

“Hey, wait, walk this way, i want to walk through the bag section!” i tugged him to walk another route through Isetan.

So we pottered past some bags – DKNY, Marc Jacobs, Anya Hindmarch - “Ooh look! They’re all on sale!” said Cho.

“Oh my god. Die.”

They were like land mines, those sale signs. 30%. 50%.

“You should buy! So worth it! Tomorrow it will be gone!” exclaimed Cho.

The fellow damn evil. Worse then Kanch, i swear.

I fondled the bags So pretty… so pretty… oh no… OH NO

Then my brain did that memory loss thing, where next thing i know, i found myself filling up a form over the purchase of a giant Anya Hindmarch one.

My thoughts have been going back and forth between, “Weeee!!!” and “Fuck, what did i just do.”

Going back there today to pick it up cos i’m paying with cash and not card. Definitely not card 0_o

12 Days of Christmas

Christmas really feels like its being celebrated for twelve days this year.
Every day has involved either a Christmas party (or two), family dinner or partying.

Taken at La Bodega Pavilion on Christmas Day

Next to me is my cousin JingHua; with her unidentical twin below me, JingHui; and next to her is my AuntyGerry.

AuntyGerry’s back from London for two weeks so we’ve all been layaning her like mad.

I took her to twenty.one last night, drove back to Valencia and we both passed out on her bed.
Sounds so much like seven years ago when she used to drag me out drinking in London till we could barely walk home.

Introduced her to DM at twenty.one
“Why hasn’t Mummy and Daddy met him yet?” she asked
“Because. It’s still so new..!”

Then she invited him to two family dinners when i wasn’t paying attention.
0_o

Poor fellow wasn’t free for one and she loudly asked, “So, what is it that you’re so busy with tomorrow? How important is she to you? How much do you like her?” to which he was like, “Er…”
0_o

I was slapping myself and cringing into my choc orange martini.

See, why pepper the poor fellow you’re seeing with questions like this when you can have extroverted relatives do it for you.

Then because he can’t make it, Dan from twenty.one happily offered himself as my date for the family dinner and even FB-ed me just now, “What time is our family dinner babe?!?”

My mum is cooking for the family dinner tonight and everything smells great.
I know from young that she doesn’t want my help in the kitchen, former declarations being that i’m in her way and i can’t do anything, so i’m just sitting at the pc blogging.

Tiba-tiba she calls from the kitchen, “Joyce Wong.”
… When she calls me by my full name, either i’m in trouble, or she wants me to do something important.
“Yes?”
“Can you do something…”
“… Yes, what do you want me to do?”
“I’ve cooked everything, can you please help sort out the drinks for tonight?”
“Oh! Wine? Of course i can!” *starts plotting what drinks to buy*
Then i notice she’s still standing there, “Not just wine. People have to drink other things also okay  ”
“… Oh >.< “
 

Dammit.

Dammit because i wanted to blog abit but i have to run to get ready, get lost driving drive to Valencia to pick AuntGerry up and then to Selangor Club… which i *also* don’t know the way to.
Die.

Here’s a pic of one of the lovely gourmet burgers at Daily Grind, which i went to last week with IceCalvin.
I’ve been on burger frenzy of late, gorging on burgers from BK, Carl’s Junior, La Bodega, Jarrod & Rawlins, and Relish to the latest burger outlet addition in town – The Daily Grind – located in Bangsar Village, just next to Starbucks.

Chermoula Avocado Madness, RM32
Chicken patty with smooth avocado cream covered in hot salsa

I had a chicken burger too (with Norwegian smoked salmon, cheese sauce + extra pickled onions), don’t know why i felt like it though, cos in heart, i’m a medium rare beef eater *rowr!*

Okay i cannot crap, really gotta run, ta!

The C. Club

Working next to Pavilion Kuala Lumpur has its perks of trying out all the new bars and restaurants due to convenience of timing and distance.

AshleyTheMonkey works at The Carat Club now (supposed to blog about their dinner cos they gave me a diamond to do so… but they haven’t sent me pictures yet, ho hum) and asked me whether i wanted to lunch there one day.

Me, always wanting to try new places, went, “OKAY!!” immediately.

 

The C. Club consists of two floors directly above Coach at the main entrance of Pavilion.

One thing i don’t get is why they serve Jacob’s Creek when we feel it’s more of an atas place.
But i still ordered it anyway >.<

(AshleyTheMonkey told me that) They’re going to have an oyster tank in soon!
I love oysters… i can’t wait till the next time i’m feeling peckish and spoilt, then i’m just going to run there from the office and scoff them silly daintily. 

She was saying i *must* try the Belon since i haven’t yet.
RM23++ an oyster. Damn. I’m going to savour it slowly sial -_-

That’s my apple + celery consomme, Ash had the mushroom soup (they’re about RM12-14 each. Ish. I can’t remember properly, sorry)

They were super.
And the food… was even more super.
We shared two mains – the duck confit and the cod.
The portions are pretty small, but not overtly so, and the texture and taste just makes up for it to the point i was sighing in pleasure.

The mains were about RM 40-something to 60-something (depending on what you were having), which is all fine and dandy with me compared to bloody Mexican restaurant Carlos (which IceCalvin, JustinYap and i went to before the Club Monaco launch) whose mains cost roughly the same… teamed with quarter the service and half the taste.

After happy afternoon lunching, Ash took me on a tour around the place.

The Carat Club import in other brands from overseas as well.

Ash knew her shit man, and explained why this was expensive, and where that was from, and how that was made.

“Oh, there’s a fairy vase as well.”
“Ooh!” *bounds towards glass case*

Then she showed me this crystal table which cost 300k.

“The chairs are gorgeous… but 300k?!”
“YuP.”
“… if i bought this now, i’ll put it in the middle of the road and drape a plastic over it. Then. I’d have to sit under it and LIVE there. Cos i won’t be able to live anywhere else. -_- “

 

But cool right the chairs? (the chairs aren’t for sale, bummer.)
I love the chairs. One day, i’ll buy myself these sweet chairs. Then i’ll just… sit on them. And wait for my servants to… feed me Cappanelle shiraz from a crystal glass while my nails are being done while i blog.

Shit i sound like Kanch. -_-

This here is a special staircase.

“It’s the only one in Malaysia!” quipped Ash.
“Erm… okay… *stares perplexedly at so-called special winding staircase*… and why is it so special?”

Apparently cos it’s the only winding staircase without a tiang/pillar in the middle to support it.

Ash has the keycard to the jewelry cases so she showed me some and i tried them on.

Above is one that costs RM59k.
I showed DM the pics in my camera and he commented it looked really big for 59k.
“It’s 1 carat…”
“It looks big there… oh. Your fingers are so tiny!”

CherubicCho and i were talking diamonds last night and i mentioned that bit.
Cho: Moral of the story is…
Me: ?
Cho: Only date a girl with small hands so the diamond always looks big!
Me: -_-

I told LaughingLoga the babble i was blurting when i had it on in the store, “So it’s like, the price of the car i want to buy! Except, hey! It’s sitting on my finger. And it has no wheels… and it’s much tinier… And it’s shinyyyyy. *crazy glinting eyes*”
“… Who was next to you when you were saying this?”
“Just Ashley…”
“Okay good, and she’s your friend right. So you weren’t scaring people.”
“Bastard.”

See the pink string? Well it’s actually made out of silver and the company producing it devised a way to dye it.
I think the long necklace costs like, 5k or something.

I was seeing stars and feeling like a magpie after that.
Pei from staring at shiny things so intently. 0_o

Have Yourselves A Fairy Little Christmas…

Hmm. I just got conned by my brother NickIsTaller.
Padahal i bought him lunch at Carl’s Junior on the pretext that he can then help me carry my shopping.
We split up to make things quicker… then when i met him to go home, he wanted to stay longer in 1U so that he could hang with his chick.

… -_-

So i had to lug my shopping and his shopping to the car.
And from the car to the house.
Alone.
In the rain.
Whilst balancing the brollie on my head so that the wrapping paper we bought won’t get wet.

-_-

To

All my darling friends
Colleagues at BAT and G2
Teams at KLue, Tattle and other media
The peeps at Nuffnang and Advertlets
TAG/Lap Sap people
People at the EOs i frequent – Somo, Twenty.One, Zouk, Attic, Atrium, Cynna
Past advertisers – Starbucks, Digi, MyStyle, Heineken, Guinness
And never forgetting, all you (pretty silent) readers…

Taken at one of the Lap Saps.

Have to go wrap pressies for the family now, wishing all of you a wonderful Christmas! 

Because Wii Want To

Dammit.
I nicely edited this Christmas-ey picture to post up and my code is going screwy on me again!

Went to Somo last night to exchange gifts with IceCalvin, JustinYap and Jasmine.
IceCalvin got me this fairy book which i already have, but his is better cos i bought mine (it was the last in the shop and i desperately wanted it even though it was) torn.
JustinYap made me a gorgeous pair of his haute couture shoes.
Only one of its kind! It’s 4-inch, red satin with python (PVC of course) trimming.
“It’s not a pair of come-fuck-me shoes… it’s fuck-me-right-now!”

KenDD showed me the new menu for Somo, in which there’s an official cocktail called… Kinky Blue Fairy!
I ran to show the rest it – “Look! I’m a cocktail!” *beams*
“Woo! How much?”
“… 18 bucks. Damn, i’m cheap.”

After that went to play Wii with AlcoJason and JappyCalvin till we passed out from the beer and laughing.

Okay gotta run.