Jan 29, Samedi

Sandrine, my french teacher (no longer Jean-luc, long story :p) got us free invites to the grand premier of Ocean in Gsc Pavilion. C'est beau et manifique.

It is a French nature documentary film by Jacques Perrin budgeted at 50mil euros. Amazing, I would say. It reflects marine life that need to be respected and negative aspects of human activities on them.

Shame on us!!

Pollutions, massive shark fins hunting by the Chinese...

Can you imagine how cruel are they to cut off the shark's fins and threw it back to the sea ALIVE?!!


According to wiki, the fins contain almost vitamin-less, and due to high mercury level, the FDA recommends pregnant women and young children avoid eating shark fins.

Personally, I don't really like to eat shark fins as it is tasteless and could be replaced by grass noodle that has the similar texture. I really don't see how it is the "status symbol" and all nonsense.

A few friends of mine had pledge for not eating shark fins lifetime, supporting the campaign of "Save Our Shark From A Bowl Of Soup" which I think is very noble.

Lastly, wishing you guys have a merrily chinese new year :) Bon nouvel an chinois :)


Life's 25 Toughest Questions - continued.

Question 2: Why do married folks begin to look like one another?

Watch any two people who like each other talking, and you'll see a lot of mirroring.

One smiles, and so does the other. One nods or raises her eyebrows, and so does the other. Faces are like melodies with a natural urge to stay in sync.

Multiply those movements by several decades of marriage, all those years of simultaneous sagging and drooping, and it's no wonder!

errrrr....... I can't really agree with this haha. I don't see how my parents look alike :p how about yours?!



signing off,
1.20pm

Jan 22, Samedi

Phew, finally, hectic short semester ended with disasterous finals. I'm on holiday oh là là!

Just a short update on "life's toughest questions (answred!)" that I read from Reader's Digest, thought of sharing it :)
J'espére que c'est intéressé et ne ennuyeux pas :) I hope it's interesting and not boring.

Question 1: Can love really last a lifetime?

Absolutely - but only if you chuck the fairy tale of living happily ever after. A team of scientists recently found that romantic love involves chemical changes in the brain that last 12 to 18 months. After that, you and your partner are on your own.

Relationships require maintenance. Pay a visit to a nursing home if you want to see proof of lasting love. Recently I spoke to a man whose wife of 60yrs was suffering from advanced Alzheimer's disease. He came to sit with her every day and hold her hand. "She's been my best friend since high school," he told me. "We made a promise to stick together."

Now, that's a love story.

So, what do you think?

To me, love is not just how you feel towards your partner, it can be to your family, friends or even your pet.

I love my dog, she is the first dog that I have (I can't say pet because I had hamster, gold fish and even tortoise before her!).

She is not those cute fluffy poodle that I always dream of owning, she is a gift from mom's friend after her dog got "raped" and gave birth to. And, she is Black, that will be the last colour I'll choose for owning a dog, doesn't brown and white or even grey looks more adorable?

However, I love her truly. We have spent 9 years under the same roof, we pampered her like our new adopted little sister, and that explained her ego, bossy, princessy attitude haha. Unlike poodle, she is active and fun at the right time, and very "human". Smart and silly at the same time :D

She is so human that dad decided to throw her a cake ceremony on 09.09.2009, 09:09pm.

The King had crowned her the new Princess.

And also, she got herself a piece of land.

George Bush's dog died at the age of 5. This made me feel so afraid of losing her, especially when she is 9 now. People might not be able to understand the strong bond and relationship that build between us in the years. She is part of the family. She is, and will always be.

My favourite sunset picture with her and brother, taken by elder bro some time ago.

I ♥ you, Mow-Mow,
you are more than a dog to us.

signing off,
3.35pm

Jan 06, Jeudi

New year new diary new semester..

Love my Melody diary, thanks love ♥

Gonna see KLCC every class. New teacher - Jean-luc, he gave us devoirs! Je n'aime pas devoirs :( I hate homework.



signing off,
1.25am

Jan 03, Lundi

Phew~ I was conquered by complete lazyness. I know I might sound a lil defensive, meh I was busy with college stuff, assignments course works and guess what? I passed my French beginner level 1!!

I was suppose to share my learning experiences and I had only blogged about it twice and the next thing is I passed level 1 :D absurd I know, my bad.

Anyway, joyeux noël et bonne année 2011 ♥

How did you guys celebrate le jour de l'An, the day of the year? Count down in malls where you were surrounded by meat walls?

I celebrated mine in a fine place with Korean Jazz band introduced in Alliance Français magazine, thanks to Shen chéri who noticed it when waiting for my class to end. Hmm, I guess that's how this post is related to my learning diary :p


So here we go, violà, ilprimo restolounge, tata...


Jalan Conlay, somewhere around the twin tower.

ilprimo has very interesting interior.

bleu

orange

violet

cured salmon with avocado puree

vin rouge, l'eau et baguette

cheese with tomatoes

pan-seared scallop with saffron arborio rice

petite parsnip and almond soup

quail with rigatoni and goose liver

chéri's main course : lamb with sweet potatoes

main course of mine : fish with sweet potatoes

dark chocolate tart with homemade vanilla bean ice-cream and wild berries coulis

The jazz band played most of my favourite songs and made me can't pay full attention on the food dancing rolling and gliding on my tongue.


Anyway, my 2010 ended with a beautiful full stop, and my 2011 begun with a peaceful and joyous night. Thank you, cheers ♥



signing off,
9.22pm