Salam Raya

I fell asleep yet again on my keyboard. Hence the utter plainness of this Raya greeting. <_<

This all due to exhaustion from work (I pity Roy for getting dumped with my load) and delayed withdrawal from yesterday's siaoness with the girls (Happy Birthday, Mish! Hope you like my gift).

So I snored through sahur and I seriously can't remember hearing the alarm! And now I'll be balik-ing kampung on an empty stomach!

EID MUBARAK! :D

[On impulsive buyer mode]

Owh. I've been so tired these past few days that I hadn't had time to update or even surf the Net much -_-. Each time I plop down on my bed, I'll drift into a dreamless sleep and wake up still feeling tired. My stomach ache has abated so I don't know what's causing my exhaustion.

Yesterday was an exception because we had a surprise birthday party for Moon (Otanjyoubi omedetou!). Which then turned into a triple celebration for belated birthday girls Farah and Aunty Yong... Which then turned into a can't-run-anywhere-anymore discussion on work. As usual, we hogged Secret Recipe with our, um, rambunctious and slightly-hamsap group :P



Moonie got the new L photobook! And the rest of use were content by just meeting up with each other after such a long and strenuous month. ;D

Apparently Kak Bailah has also taken a fancy towards MatsuKen as L. She bought her own copy today. Now, while we were spazzing over the ridiculously expensive DoubleS jap photobook I saw something that made the DoubleS book literally fall from my hands... *points to below pic on farmost right*



Yep! *beams with pride* And so I bought the super duper gorgeous Luna Sea photobook since it was friggin 20% off. That's roughly 30 ringgit cheaper than getting it from YesAsia la wei. The thing was sitting there so prettily in plain sight that I just couldn't not have it, now could I? Besides, there didn't seem to be any other copies apart from this one. Heheh.

H-h-h-h-heh. *wipes grin off face* I keep reminding myself I haven't even paid for the Shinhwa albums.

A (Very) brief shot to fame

My shameless fangirl antics on Sunday will forever be recorded into my mind until I die. I'm planning to kill myself next month cos we're slated to be broadcast on MBC. Yes, MBC Korea.

This was another one of those interviews about international Kpop fans. Unlike the Song Seung Heon interview last time, yesterday was more of a mockumentary as they followed our 'fanclub' on a fanclub-esque day out. We were forewarned that we'd only be inserted into a 5 minutes slot of their program... However, the whole ordeal took almost 6 hours so I guess my face is gonna be edited out a lot! xD

It's a royal shame that Farah wasn't able to join us. But twinnie, you should count your blessings for not having to endure any future embarrassments.
Guh. I'll make sure to post the video up when it's ready.

The first part was a meeting/gathering which consisted of some 13 people (that's 8 of us plus 5 of Mr.
Seo's former students) and it was obvious we outshone those poor
people. We next moved to Tower Records for them to capture us
fangirling over the 'latest' Kpop albums there like we always go there to buy our stuff. Puahah. Oh, the irony!



Above is Moonie and me capturing each other on our K800i(s). Our last scene is at a noraebang (Korean karaoke), so on the right there is Tasha and N'war when we just arrived.



Here's Kak Bailah and those four on the right (Lyndy, Moon, Jess and Fel) who kept randomly picking songs they liked but couldn't sing.

Then there's teh Lyndy in Wondergirls action. It being my first time in a noraebang, I was quite surprised at the number of Jrock songs listed although they're pretty old. Whoohoo! I'm gonna have to look for lyrics so I can go there again.

Anyhoo, it was fun! Somehow, Mr. Seo conveniently forgot to mention that the cameraman is in reality a renowned director for MBC >_

Gimme some more o' them Daim

Went on quite an 'adventure' with the DongBang Clan (ekekeke) from Setapak to Hartamas and back for a belated birthday lunch/celebration for Farah. I didn't know where they were leading me to because honestly I couldn't hear what Twinnie told me. Mian ^^;;

My mouth agape and eyes wide apart, I stepped into a chic Korean-export
restaurant called BBQ Chicken. So without looking too jakun I pretended not to look around. Lol. I had a BBQ set of 2 Korean Charbroiled chicken pieces with salad (it was coleslaw, btw) and mashed potatoes.



Sorry, I was too hungry. I had already annihilated the chikin with gusto when I realised I forgot to take piccy. Look ma~ licin habis!

After lunch, we sped off to Ikea for dessert! I was still recovering from the yummylicious chikin *pats tummy* yet I had to make space for bottomless coffee and Hyung's current obsession: Daim Cake. ROAR.



*succumbs to toothache with sheer joy* Why have I never tried this before in my whole life?! All the trips there would always be dominated with my hunger for their signature meatballs. What a shame!

[Much to Farah's horror, we were adamant in singing her a Happy Birthday. Hey girl, you're only 25 once, ya know? And it was fun watching the Clan's DongBang-ified version...]

Two coffees after and then dropping Meli off at her apartment and finally parting ways at the Melati LRT station around 5pm, me and Farah rushed over to KLCC. We managed to beat the time even after a really long queue to watch "L Change the WorLd."

But the movie only succeeded in making me crave for more food! Argh!!

System (almost) shutting down

Futsal @ Sports Barn, PJ : Legs aching. Toes paining. But had lotsa fun! Got swanky GSC umbrella from lucky draw. Marcel even belanja us at Restoran Kayu after the game ;D

@ Home: Effing sleepy. Trying to stay awake and wait til Aish comes home to go for drink at Old Town White Coffee.

Tomorrow @ Ampang : Can't wait to meet Jessjess (Luna Sea CD-Data!), Farah, Mish and whoever decides to join us for Korean lunch.

shitload on a plate as huge as Europe

That's how I feel my workload is equivalent to these days. The phrase came about yesterday when Zee asked me "How much shit (aka work) I had on my plate." <_< HAH. Hasn't he realised that 3/4 of the shit comes from him and the writers?? Some more wanna ask.

All ranting about work thrown aside, it was quite a fun week:

• I deepened my love for Gazette; thanks Moon! *sends Kai shaped kuih raya*


• everyone came back to work on Wednesday --I'm not lonely anymore!


• In is well and recuperating from her appendics-removal; and has returned to bully me.


• finally met up with Mel during Thursday's family dinner --got to satisfy my craving for Chili's.


• received my DW Diary and (cam)whored with it all through last night --teehee!


• listened to X Japan's new song for "Saw IV" movie; I told you they'd comeback sooner or later! It sounds HOT, btw.


• watched WanMinSyung's special stage --i hate that pabo asswipe's smugness.


• aaaaand last but not least.... I jemput-ed my ex-husband Sugizo from the Customs Centre in Sepang; my C:LEAR album! THANK YOU!!

I feel so warm and fuzzy inside for those 2 valuable items that I bought with my own hard earned money. Aaah~ I can't stop grinning. xDD *hugs both my hubby and ex-second-husband*

Chiaki sempai~ ♥

saturday was mad fun. Na-Pa-Mi-Al went to Ampang for a Korean lunch date with seonsaengnim as promised (her treat). i finally got my dosage of Aloe juice. nyumnyum! we spent quite a lot on drinks only. oh! i tried out the rice milk drink (yes. rice) that lyndy and fel likes but er.. it was okay lah. i prefer the buah delima drink that mich decided to let me finish. :)

after lunch, mich went home while we headed to S&M because i really REALLY wanted to buy Nodame Cantabile.. because i thought Toma acted in it. kkk i'm starting to like Toma after watching HYD2, and he's also gonna act in HanaKimi later. besides, it's high-time to watch this highly acclaimed drama and i'm too lazy to dl. my HDD will burst into flames if i do. boohoohoo.

anyway~ as it turns out.. nope, no Toma. but WOAH. thank you twinnie! if you didn't tell me to buy it, i wouldn't have fallen in love with the hot, gorgeous, smexy, hunky and smouldering Tamaki Hiroshi. *licks his dimple*

siiigh. i could orgasm just by looking at his pics. xD
*blames hyper-imaginative mind for the dirty thoughts*

oh and you know what? i'm currently reading Skip Beat! manga, and there's this one character called Sho (a VK singer) that could soooo be played by Hiroshi. hohoho. wishful thinking.

3Fs: Friends, Fun & Food

CAUTION: THIS IS SO GONNA BE LONG! 10 PARAGRAPHS! - whee today was so much fun! i went out to celebrate Lyndy, Fel and Mel's birthdays. amazing. totally not work related at all. my cheeks are still hot after the bouts of laughter, the unofficial hamsapster promotion and sesi memalukan diri (and also because of coffee). lol. i tell you.. kingdom staff plus committees went krayjee during LG and TV3's MyStarz audition at The Curve xDD.

took the rapidkl bus from KJ with twinnie, nwar and tasha (mel janji to meet us there). we got lost searching for the underground tunnel at ikano side then went here and there looking for a guy whom i was supposed to meet (new Kingdom membership applicant). the poor kid was cornered by us nunas which i think is because we rarely get manly male members apart from Noviar. i swear he looked scared when everyone wanted to talk to him ("Who's your favorite singer?" -> "Rain.") at the same time.

jzune and her usual gang were there too. after fel, lyndy and michele arrived, we were gaping at the weirdo auditioners while waiting for yuri and nicole and innocently taking group photos when SUDDENLY the cameraman (covering the audition) came and filmed us being spazzy. wah sei malu weh~!! let's hope we'll be edited out =_=. lepas sejam gitu, we spotted lavena registering (*v* ) so we promised her that we'd show support and cheer during her turn. her number was 69 which would be another 3 hours or so, therefore we went to have our birthday lunch :)

lunch was Deep Fried Chicken Chop and teh tarik at Marché (belanja-ed!). you know the restaurant with the cow? puahah. the food was nice, although i had a really tough time choosing what to eat. sigh. i gave out my prezzies for the three birthday gals and yuri's belated gift. aww Kingdom spirit has always made us infamous as... crazy people.

nearing to 4pm, JerRy and Aish smsed that they are already in Ikea, so they went to eat sambil menunggu aku. i managed to say byebye to almost everyone and cabut-ed to Ikea's cafe. aw and again i don't get chance to eat meatballs cos i was too full T-T. tsk tsk. but i got to drink my beloved bottomless Coffee sumbat-ed into the car with my family and headed to Amcorp Mall for dinner. wah. nonstop eat lah today. siao. what more, as usual after our family's big meal.. i have to help my sister by becoming a 'tong sampah' and whallop all the leftover food. -____- so NOW you might understand why i'm so friggin fat and can never lose weight, eh?

i'm in a Korean newspaper!!

Wow the interview piece was finally sent to us! i must say we look nice in the pic. heheh. hmm it was published in Segye Ilbo on 1/2/06. i was anticipating this article, mentang2lah 1st interview by an international newspaper. nak tau apa persepsi orang Korea about the legions of K-ent fans in Malaysia... tapi... @_@ apebende yg dia tulis ha? *sigh* let me do a Babel on it first.

from the red markings i made on this capped excerpt, it roughly says:

1. The Hallyu (situation) recently has Southeast Asia youths wildly excited for our (the Korean) TV drama and pop music, and are counting on visiting Korea. But how does this Islamic nation, with an entirely different cultural background, accept Hallyu? etc etc.. Collected data from among locals especially Muslims.

2. Kuala Lumpur, Petronas Twin Tower (KLCC) - Muslim women having a commemoration photograph session after a Hallyu fanclub meeting.. etc. Southeast Asia youths.
-- (actually the journalist ahjuhssi asked to take picture with us after interview. Fanclub meeting?! Kpop Kingdom is not a fanclub ~_~)

3. Malaysia advances over boundary gates

4. Winter. yada yada yada.. fan club.. Korean winter scenery. whuh?

gosh. we're unofficially representatives of Malaysians + Muslims to the Koreans now! ah.. slowly but surely, they're noticing our country, and us fans. our main objective further on will be to cucuk2 these ahjusshis to bring more Korean actors and singers here. NEXT STOP, a KPop concert perhaps?

uber-spazzing

urgh. penat nye arini. penat kenape ye..? penat gelak + penat berborak + penat mengumpat gasoo =]. Kpop Kingdom's KLCC picnic today was a blast. we met so many new people, had our own 'Kingdom Idol' competition and pigged-out on jajan and Coke. i tell you, everyone at the park were giving us funny looks =D it was hilarious. yay! i love gatherings... huhu

hmm, u guys think i should post all my skins here?

pining over..

sorry bout the delayed update guys, i haven't been online during the past weekend. uh oh, there's another Kpop Kingdom gathering this Saturday. belum confirm lagi dapat pergi ke tak, aku kena mintak duit awal2 from my dad. it's going to be a picnic-gath at KLCC Park, so i suppose it'd be nice to bring some stuff as a potluck. what to bring? hari yang panas2 camtu, duduk bawah pokok sambil dengar KPop-- bestnye kalau dapat minum sake sambil mengamati keindahan bunga sakura... >.LARUKU photobook!!!, Luna Sea photobook TT___TT , a lot more JRock stuff like hide, X,... and last but not least, SONG SEUNG HEON photobook yang terliur habis (the one Kak Naza bought). gosh.. SSH book costs at least RM120 and the JRock ones are RM200++. @_@ i'd have to a millionaire's daughter to be able to collect all those. waaahhhh. untuk memuaskan hati, kami telah pun membelek setiap mukasurat photobook Seung Heon oppa dan mati sakit jantung time2 tu jugak ^^.

Pibimbab is delicious!

ah~ i can't stop drooling over the bulgogi i had yesterday. wow real authentic Korean style, with the sweet meat wrapped in lettuce XD!

i and my fellow mates from MSC (Malaysian Soompi Clan) met up for a lunch date at Crown Mutiara Hotel KL. i got to taste Pibimbab (nasi campur sayur & seaweed) yang Bae Yong Jun makan dalam 'Hotelier'. sedap~ jinja mashita *thumbswayup*.

our clan 'date' (unofficial 2nd gathering) was attended by 13 people this time. heehee so you can imagine the kekecohan ^_^. the old hands were there: me, farah, erenah, nwar, jessica, sheera, kak sharine and kak naza. plus yang baru jumpa face-to-face: jessica (jess) + her friend, ika, mei yee and jovena. i'm very honoured to have the opportunity to eat Korean food with you lovely people! thank you guys~ SARANGHAEYO. it was only a brief meet up because everyone wanted to balik after that, and farah had to balik kampung straight away. so we all parted by 3:30pm.

aww Jessica, if you're reading this, i forgot to tell you that Erenah unnie and Farah sshi have given the nod for me to share Hyesung's May Love winamp skin with you. we were in a hassle masa nak balik. mianhae ^_~ i'll be sending you the link later kay? (the spelling of his name on the skin is incorrect, please forgive me)

since i couldn't sleep, i was watching the latest 4 episodes of Love Letter last night, the ones with Andy and Junjin oppa.. gosh, it's too different from the Love Letter show that i fell in love with. poignant memories of RicSyung and JinDy are what made me like Shinhwa, so i'll hold on to that 1st season. heh i'm a typical Shinhwa fangirl >_

Korean Food Fair 2005

this post is 2 days late, i'm so sorry. i haven't gotten the chance to go online not with photobucket making a big deal just out of uploading some photos. i had a great time at the 22/05/2005 Kpop Kingdom + Soompi's Malaysia clan gathering. I met many new friends (in the flesh) who are as wonderful in person as they are online =D. Shout out to (sorry dun knoe correct spelling): Shereen, Kak  Naza, Sheera, Jessica & her brother Bryan. Initially we had just sat and talked (disconcertingly loud in a bookstore cafe ^^;;).. and everyone seemed to break the ice so fast. we were talking, and laughing, sharing anecdotes as if we've known each other for a long time.

heehee. yep, the Malaysian Clan truly connected at our first meeting!
after that, we headed on to the Korean Food Fair (yay!) at Great Eastern Mall. 'tasted' quite a lot of delectable kimchi, and took picture with the Shinhwa Coke cans. ah~ i didn't have to buy one! coz mah wubbly fwens had already given my Shinhwa Coke as a gift.

saranghae Farah + Erenah + Nwar !!!!!!

Kpop Kingdom Gathering today!

i'm considering what to wear.. ^^;; it's going to be held in KLCC Kinokuniya 2nd Floor. i suspect a lot are coming today after all the ajak-ing to soompiers and SSers. i hope i don't forget to bring my camera XD

i spent yesterday sitting infront of the TV, while other people were convoing at the Star Wars III Episode gala. but the shows were passable.. so i flipped channels in between reading the newspapers. ah~ how come there's still no report on the Korean Food Fair launch? i wanna see pictures of Farah & Erenah unnie on stage in the news! wonderful, farah has nicely typed up a report at her blog

btw, i found an oooold Times Asia article about KPop. hah. link

it's saturday bebeh

hoowaarghhh feel so sleepy lah.. >_> if i hadn't fallen asleep while watching Xman, i wouldn't have slept at all. keke. bunches of bananas (ba-na-NAA) to Farah, my semi-evil twinnie for the LLLLOOONGG anticipated vids. also thanks to Farah n Nwar for hanging out at Midval together yesterday. i haven't laughed like that for so long ^^;;

last night my family and i had dinner at Manhattan Fish Market. didn't quite enjoy it as much as the last time, maybe coz i had Fries petang tuh.

all in all, it was a very tiring day. pergh.. i hate my stewpid phone right now T__T.