FISH n' CHEAPS!!!

i'm such a freak, hope to see you at my new hob!

fishncheaps.blogspot.com

xxx Win-Ni

Surreal Humour

I have moved my blog to surrealhumour.blogspot.com

xmas review of 2008

Typical lousy winter dressing - slouchy indie-boho boots and whatever that keeps me warm.

It's almost the end of the year, looking at what I have been through and learned this past year have really got me all emo and getting my blog bug back. I'm just going to free-hand on this post just so I can get my thoughts out on the blog. So, please excuse if this doesn't make much sense of it's too long and cheong hei.

First and foremost, I think, I have lost my ability of walking in heels.
The last time I tried to throttle around with heels, I almost died of back ache on the street of Soho - that was then, i swore to myself - no more heels until my back is slightly better.

I'm not sure why, being able to be an outsider of the creative industry is just liberating. 'Cause that gave me the license of needless to care about what I put on before dashing out the door to catch a train. Don't get me wrong, I still love making pictures and being involve in the creative industry - but, I guess I have just accepted the fact that I'm not a very fashion-literate person, and that, I'm also not a very fashion forward individual. I just purely love the idea of creativity and being able to express your feelings and thoughts via a picture/ dress/ exhibition etc..etc...you get the idea.

Living in London gave me so many new perspective of seeing things. I can't be more thankful of having a pair of great parents and so much of love from you and you and you and you!

I have learned to be honest to myself and being able to accept myself as who I am - in terms of emotionally and physically. Speaking of which, I just couldn't believe that I have actually been through a phase of having low self-esteem because of how I look physically and I really appreciate my experience of that. Hopefully that will be struck me again in the near future.

For now, I just want to stay put at where I am, be a good geek and study my ass off for the exam and that's it. That is my goal for 2009 and hopefully it will turn out fine.

Okay, the blog bug has just left. Time for tea and short bread....mmm...winter really makes your tea and soup so much more delicious. :)

monday that feels like friday.

Started off the day really early, but it's good to take my time to warm up the week. Went out lunching with the girls, we had italian - wasn't too bad. After getting back to the office, we started decorating the lil' pink xmas tree we have. We weren't feeling very creative with the tree, all thanks to the heavy Italian that got us sleepy. Thanks to Kay for doing most of it, she's really a sweet pie! (P/S: she used to be a punk! she's going to show me those pics when she was still hip and hype with her punk life!)

i like it like that, really. i'm finally, kind of, starting to get a taste of living in london.




Kay & Rachel

Kay doing the pink xmas tree!

Silly Kay and yours truly.

Friday, I'm in Love!

Boowhoop! It's Friday, I'm really busy with my online shopping in the office.
Had a sinful lunch with the boys, and mom called for a quick chat after 2 weeks of not getting in touch.
Going out for a xmas do tonight, special thanks to Miss Seah Jan-Jan for organising it.
Gym then xmas shopping before the dinner.
Busy busy busy....

quickie in xmas!

Just a quick update on what I have been up to.
Work is good, currently working as the Secretary in one of the department in Westminster Uni. Much prefer the current job scope and everything seem to be going on really well.

I haven't have much time or mood to blog lately, but there are definitely loads going on. I have been really busy catching up with life - and there is ALOT to do when you are haven't been living a quality life for 1.5 years.

Xmas is just around the corner and I have bought myself a real good gift - a trip to Venice. This time I'm traveling with Sze, I guess it should be great - if Venice doesn't flood at that time.

Other than that, I'm awfully broke with all the xmas lunches and gift exchanging also xmas pressie shopping. Things are really cheap, and you just can't stop buying. I really need to control myself on this.

I guess after one and a half year in London, things are finally starting to seem a lil' brighter for me. But, errr...let's just not talk about my studies now, cause I haven't even touch my book for like 2 weeks.

Aiya, Christmas mar...what to do? Heh.


Hopefully my next post will be a much contented one and have loads of pics to be uploaded...
Nights!

Morag's Leaving Do.

Been to loads and loads of leaving do since the day I started working in Westminster Uni, this is one of the very few time I actually take pictures, lazy lar. Had loads of jolly good time with this bunch of colleague, this is the very first bunch of workmates in London that I could possibly relate too. By far, I'm happy doing what I'm doing.

Morag is just of those people that make my London trip much more exciting. Sorry that I haven't have the blog bug to keep me writing on those short and funny conversation I had with her. In short, she's just lovely.

I will definitely miss her - I'm seeing her on the 19th for Xmas Lunch anyways, so, bah, will see her in no time!


Lady in blue is Morag, she's retiring and I will miss her!
Mikey is half Malaysian, always kena abuse by me.

Suvi, most patient goth ever. Susanna, hahahahahah!

malas.

it's not that i have nothing to blog about,
im just going thru a phase that im too lazy to even talk about it.

i want to.

Things are going on great, I just need to keep on moving forward.
Nothing comes before my studies, I'm a geek now, and I want to be one.

Arcadia Press Day - A/W 2008

Went to Arcadia's Press Day in April to preview the Autumn Winter collection for Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and Dorothy Perkins. Getting an opportunity to preview the collection before it's in store is always nice, and it's definitely nicer than fashion week - at least you get a chance to touch and feel the garments and need not to rush all over the city like a headless chicken.

Absolutely love Topman!

很久。

很久没睡得那么绵了，
忘了今天该给老师打电话，
头疼 都怪昨天的vodka苹果汁

很久没那么疯狂的热舞一番
原来 我在伦敦也有一群不很朋友的朋友
然后在soho碰见真正的朋友
然后陪我像烂泥般地搭地铁回家
然后 没有了

很久没有吃蒜头烘面包
记得这是杨爸爸在Pizza Hut叫我吃的
配吃的是热得冒烟的蘑菇汤
上一次一起到披萨屋是几时 久得我都忘了
现在 只有Pasta Hut
老家的还一样吗？

很久没有听陈绮贞了
躲在被窝里 喝的是加了炼奶的茶 多了家的味道
把陈绮贞的歌一直开 一直开 一直开 开到银幕满是tab然后才甘心停下
一边平静的无所事事 一边享受着随着歌曲澎湃的情绪

很久没有这么快乐了

也很久
没有回家了。

yuheng's temporary blog.

yuheng have just moved her blog to the link below.

http://blog.sina.com.cn/imyuheng

do support this talented musician who is fighting like a soldier for her dream in beijing.

在伦敦的外套口袋里，我装满了两袋子的自信

而现在的口袋里，自信好像也用得所剩无几了
我明明就是个仰头挺胸，没什么能够难倒我的大头鬼
有时候还真不习惯这么胆怯的自己

现在想起我自己那时自信过满的模样，还真有点恶心

不过，我对自己说
不怕 不怕
这一年多所赚的是大大的勇气
它 正好也需要个新带子

我把勇气小心的装入右边口袋里
再把所剩的自信加起来
这应该不多也不少
恰好够用吧?

too much.

there's too much to blog about,
i just don't know where to start.

walk the walk.

i think,
i'm finally walking the walk.
keep it up.

人性。

人性，是丑陋的；
本性，是难移的。

我，把所看到的，气恨的，
当成一面镜子，
严谨地不允许自己犯同样的错误。

blissful weekend.

Ao Nian - my nephew picking up some nonsense from me!


My day starts at about six in the morning, waking up early gives you a longer weekend, should do this more often. Had breakfast, webcam-ed with my uncle and cousins who lived in Penang, then chatted with my lil' nephews over the webcam as well! They are just too adorable, hearing them calling me Monster Yee-Yee is worth more than a million pounds!

Here, some pictures of me teaching them how to do the pig's lip and to dig nose! hahahahah!

Makan Fest!

Malaysian gathering at the Satay House for Malaysian cuisine, the food was delicious and we had so much fun! Thanks to the organiser Miss Seah Jan-Jan, we look forward for more!

Brighton-ing!

Went down to Brighton to visit my ala-ala cousin Jonathan with some of my buddies and my real "bloodily" related cousin - Mun Kei Kho Kho. It was all sunny and I just couldn't help myself but to strip my dress and dive into the freezing cold beach! It was such a joy to swim! Let's just forget about the smudged mascara and have some fun with the boys and eat like a pig!

For full album *click here!*

Nelson : Hansel : Winston : Mun Kei Kho Kho


Jonathan : Me : Mun Kei Kho Kho




Late night Fish n' Chips

and i pretend.

I pretend that it doesn't matter to me anymore.
The truth is,
I'm so angry at myself that I could bite anyone on the street.

It does matter, coward.

geek day 1.

the crowd in my class is quite...errr...cosmopolitan?
i enjoyed it though.

geekie-mickey!

well, the journey shall begin today.
i'm officially a geek now!

snort!

and if.

BT Tower from Tottenham Court Road.

and if doing the right thing doesn't make you feel any better,
commit sin then.

by Miss Cake

doing the right thing.

Doing the right thing,
doesn't necessarily makes you feel good.

It's the believe in doing the right thing,
will,
hopefully,
bring you joy one day,
and knowing that - it's all worth the effort made.

And I,
have made up my head,
to believe in this decision that I made with all my heart,
and that faith will embarks when the journey starts in this gloomy morning up at the famous London Bridge.

just a PEACE of my mind.

Life is just unpredictable, I have just got to know someone passed away last weekend.
After I put down the phone, I told myself that I want to live everyday happily, well, at least with a cheerful heart. Not forgetting to love the people around or far away from me.

Everytime when I'm almost loosing my patience to something, I take a deep deep breath and calm myself saying "Do not loose your grace over small matter like this, life is beautiful, and you don't want to live your last day angrily or miserably right?".

By the time I finish mumbling to myself, the anger is out of my head, and that put a smile on my face.

*** I realised I have not spent enough time with my families and cousins, this is something that I definitely have to work on!

i miss my girls.

Charbo Chuah and the chiseen bride-to-be Yap Li Wei

Callista and Liwei in Camden : Zura, Callie, Liwei in Spitalfield Market

us at Spitalfield.

It's just great to see familiar faces in a foreign land. I was too shy too tell them that for the first few day of meeting them, I was feeling and behaving a bit awkward - that I didn't know how to look at them while I was talking, scared I will be too emo and tear.

Sigh, well, well, I enjoyed my time spent with them. Unfortunately, I wasn't a very good host and didn't manage to do much while they were here. (People miserable with her life here mar.)

Anyways, you girls just pray hard I will marry an angmoh here, so you can visit in the future!

Miss you all much!

Style from Tokioooo!

It's "THE season" of the year again, flashing back my trip to Paris last year, it was so much fun and excitment!

Remembering myself standing outside of the Chanel show venue, seeing the high profile fashionistas and international media buzzing around the canope got me all perked up! Being as kehpo as always, I got to know this sweet young lady from Tokyo, her name is Rei. She was there on behalf of the well known Japanese street fahsion magazine - Fruit. We were both outside of the venue capturing the moment before the big show down.

Having said of street style, Rei have been featured a couple of times by the famous street style blogger "The Sartorialist". (Mr. Schuman was there on that day too, we chatted for a while before running off for another snip-snap when the crowd come out from the show.)

I absolutely adore Rei's eclectic style of dressing, mixing the impossible elements together and still able to find a balance and not making it too over the top - well done girl! And now, how can I not share her new blog titled "Style from Tokyo" to all of you guys?

Do drop by the blog and leave her a note to show your support!

Rei and I resting before the crowd rush out again. Squatting because she's changing film- glam leh?

One of her feature from The Sartorialist. (Can't manage to find the others, too lazy!)

Pictures taken by Rei published on her very own street style blog - Style from Tokyo!

i is a geek.

Billy Elliot musical in London

Okay, got my leave approved. My first training is on the 11th of Sept, I'm really looking forward to it. I keep telling myself to take all these easy, I just need to focus on what I should do and things will eventually fall into place.

up ahead, sun behind the misty sky.

shots from Isis Lake, Summer 2008

I have cleared up my head these few days, asking myself again and again if this is really what I want. Having my parents on my side giving me 101% emotional support, I think there is no other reason for me of not going after this new goal that I have.

I'm clearly aware that the path I've chosen is going to be tough and rough,
but I guess, that's life.
By giving up the opportunities that I wanted badly since last year, or maybe since I was a kiddo reading those magazines,
I know,
I know I have got my priorities fixed,
and I'm sticking to it.

Well,
I have talked the talk,
and now,
it is time to walk the walk.

Yeong Win-Ni, you can do it geh!

All Dressed Up in LOVE!

After biaokho's post about SATC's soundtracks, I did some youtubing work, and absolutely fell in love with this song - the lyrics is god damn good! I was listening to it just before we head over to the beach. Friends are one of the thing that you cannot live without.



All Dressed Up in Love by Jennifer Hudson
When you can wear what you feel
What do you wanna say?
Now love is a little number that you can wear each day
As long as you let me be the accessory
Simply send me on my way
'Cause I love love
I look good in love

When it’s been out of sight and out of mind for such a long time
That’s how one forgets
So I reached in the back of my closet, pulled it out
And tried it on and it still fits

Some cover their pain up with lots of MAC make-up
But I can’t help but blush
Because I’m in love
All dressed up in love

(Chorus)
Cool in the summer, warm in the winter
I’m all dressed up in love
And I’m cool in the summer, warm in the winter

Cuz I’m in love
All dressed up in love

People are looking, some people staring
I don’t know it, when they ask me what I’m wearing
See this ole' thing, it’s made for any weather
My friend and I sit down and we both make it together

Now if you really want one of your own
I hope your shoes are made for walking
Cuz I found love, and you must find love

(Chorus)
Cool in the summer, warm in the winter
I’m dressed up in love
I’m cool in the summer, warm in the winter

'Cuz I found love,
And you must find love

as if we were back home.

so not me.

i took down the header, cause it just doesn't feel right.

i know, this is a bit late.

This post is for someone who I'm extremely close with, well, at least I personally take him close at heart.

My dear Shun, my dear little cousin,
Sorry that I have not realized you were such a important crap in my life, playing a silent yet significant role in my life. Now that I'm away from home, I know, I really know how much I treasure and love the people around me. And you, surely are one of my favourite cousin amongst the big-o-family-tree.

Thank you for running around with me returning clothes when I needed a hand,
thank you for constantly talking to me when I'm away from home, and updating the photos and videos that cure my pathetic lil' homesick,
thank you for being there to help me finish up my last minute shoot props on the very night where my house got broken into - and laptop, organiser and props got stolen,
thank you for not judging me and stayed by my side when I felt like shit on my tak-jadi test shoot,
thank you for spending you only RM2 international call credit to call me, even it's only for 2minutes, but, I bet I have one of the best cousin that no one else does,
thank you for still being able to smile to me when I was so kelam kabuts packing and shivering out of nervousness the night before I leave home for London.

Most of all, thank you for dedicating one of your first post on your blog for me. I truly appreciate that. I know it wasn't something big, but, it meant so much to me! I loved those hang out session where we have meat balls in IKEA and Delicious of our coussie outing. I hope this lasts no matter what happens in the future.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. You are one big boy now, I see the strength of your spirit growing, and I hope you will a wonderful year of being a youthful 20 years old. Above all, I wish you joy and success, and not to forget being truthful to yourself!

May we have more and more 20years up ahead for more IKEA meatballs!

Happy belated birthday my boy!

which one?

Not getting what you want badly,
having to say "No" to something you want badly.

Which is worse?

三个不空虚的寂寞个体.

It's bank holiday, we have nothing special to do and no one special to see. Boon Leong's Chicken crispy noodle, Cheese and Onion Walker's Crisp, bottled Ribena turned out to be exceptionally special today. Excuse my unprocessed thoughts, good night.

nothing better to do.

Having some silly ones to swing by over the weekend is not too bad either.

you are the applet in me eyes.

nothing impress me much,

random snaps in preston

nothing impress me much lately,
other than roller blading and being able to take up another interpreting assignment.
i miss my working life back home,
but, i kind of happy with where i am right now.

^^^

super tight budget month till the next pay day - 25th of September!
when i say tight budget, I MEANT TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT BUDGET!
no joke man.

^^^

im quite occupied lately,
with new job in Uni of Westminister also some unfinished personal to-dos,
biasa lar, no hurry one wert.