More Pretty Pictures and a Video for my Valentine's Day in Japan!! =)

Since I managed to retrieve all of my Japan pictures and videos, I will be adding more pictures and videos that are related to my previous posts.

The pictures in this post will be related to my Valentine's Day in Japan post. Go read that post first if you haven't. =)

So, here goes!

The white building is the condo where we stayed=)

This view is right outside the condo. There's a ferris wheel behind=)

More views surrounding the condo

This is at one of the malls we went to. We're now at the ferris wheel! We walked all the way there! Imagine how far it was earlier in my previous pictures=D 

(We walked the whole of Tokyo when we were there, we din take a cab or rented a car, we used the subway train quite a lot to get around)

That's the CUTEST car ever!!! It was on display in the mall (This mall consists of only car shows, will post up a video on this) ^^

This is a special Valentine's Day car... me want!!!!!

Other cars at the mall.

They even have a vending machine for car catalogues! =D

After walking non-stop, we were so very hungry!! We went over to the market outside the mall and saw LOADS of food! If you read my previous post, there were pretty Valentine's Day flowers too=D

My Unagi Lunch!!! I LOVE UNAGI!!!

THESE ARE THE BEST STRAWBERRIES EVER!!!!! THEY'RE HUGE, SUPER SWEET, JUICY, AND AFFORDABLE!!!!!!

Japanese Noodles^^

Oh, we didn't eat dog food..haha.. I took a picture of it coz it's sooooo cool!! My dogs will love Japan coz they can get snacks while walking outside!! You just put some coins in and the dog snacks will come out!

After eating, we went to another mall.. I love this mall coz I got lots of lovely boots from here and the interior is like the Las Vegas Venetian Hotel.. The ceiling looks like the sky and there are Roman pillars and designs=)

Those hanging lights are animated so it looks like it's raining crystals inside..so pretty!!

 The mall has a gambling spot.. It's not a hotel, but a mall, unlike in Las Vegas, where the hotels have gambling spots=)

This antique car was displayed in the outer walk way of the mall.. So cute!!

Japan's version of Golden Bridge..hehe

Me and the view.

Aqua City Odaiba!! It's not a water park, it's a mall..haha

The night view of Japan's Golden Bridge=)

Pretty^^

The outside view from the mall=)

After a long, tiring day, we decided to eat dinner at the mall. We ate....  TURKEY'S!!!!!

Turkeys are the double sized version of chickens..haha

We ate turkey burgers and turkey drumsticks!

Yummay!!!!

My Mom's almost finished product..hehe

While walking home=)

When we reached our condo, we decided to go up to the condo's deck.... 

 THE DECK WAS FREAKING BEAUTIFUL AND ROMANTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I SO WISHED MY BF WAS THERE WITH ME....SOBS!!!!!

The zoomed in view from the upper deck of the condo.

See the building with the "g" like shape on it? 

That's actually a clock. The whole city can see it. It is visible in the day time and also at night. 

ALSO, the building is actually a garbage disposal place, they burn all their garbage in that building... How cool is that??!!

The so very romantic deck=)

So beautiful... To make matters worse, it was Valentine's Day and I felt even more lonely..haha

Wanna see more??? I took a video!! Haha, watch it below.. 

I sound really really weird in this video compared to the other videos I took because I was trying really hard to stop my lips from quivering..it was sooooo cold!!!!

(you can compare how I sound like with my other videos when I post them in my later posts)

SO, WHAT'S NEXT???!!!

I'll be posting up more videos and pictures once I've edited them... so much work to do!!!! I'm so freaking sleepy now..haha.. Hope you like this post=) 

Feel free to comment!!! 

Till then, STAY TUNED!!!

Toodles!!!

xoxo 

Additional Pictures for MY AWESOME JAPAN TRIP post =)

Hey yall!!

If you read my previous post, I have finally found ALL OF MY JAPAN PICTURES AND VIDEOS.

So, this post will be the additional pictures I have for my first Japan post which is at this link

http://melodieyap.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-awesome-japan-trip-interesting.html

If you've not read that post, read if first before you read this one because I'll be posting up the pictures that are related to that post=)

So, here goes!

This is the bus stop at the airport. Can you spot my mom and I sitting on the bench? haha

Oh yea, one thing I respect about Japan culture, they're FREAKING PUNCTUAL!!! 

This includes, people, public transports, and everything that has a timetable to follow. They're right on time!! 

If they say they'll reach at 3:05pm, they'll reach on the spot!! 

Umbrella vendor machine.. haha.. I love those transparent umbrellas!! I got 2 of them and some for my besties=D

This is a closer view of the stacked up cars.. couldn't take more than that coz the lighting was bad=)

The view from our condo's living room, awesome!!! 

GOOD NEWS!!!!!

I will be posting up lots and lots of AMAZING VIDEOS!!!! They're very clear and has really interesting things that are much better than me merely typing out my adventures!! So 

STAY TUNED!!!

I'll need time to post it up though coz I've to freaking edit those hundreds of videos! My classes just started this week and I don't have time.. I'll try to edit them as fast as possible!! Bear with me=)

Toodles!!

xoxo

GOOD NEWS!!! and BAD NEWS =(

I found the WHOLE BUNCH OF JAPAN VIDEOS AND PICTURES!!!!!!!

Which means.. I'll be posting up LOTS AND LOTS of AWESOME JAPAN PICTURES AND VIDEOS!!

But first, I need to edit all of the pictures and videos which will take me LOADS OF TIME!!! 

Bad news, my classes just started....... AAARRGGHHH!!! 

Kill me.

VALENTINE'S DAY IN JAPAN! (some pictures of Japanese call-girls)

Wooookays, my second day in Japan was Valentine's Day.. I din get to celebrate with my Valentine but I made him a surprise present before I left.. I told his bestie to help me give it to him when I'm in Japan=) I might post up the Valentine surprise that I did sometime soon^^

So, waking up in Japan knowing that you can't enjoy Japan with your boyfie is kinda sad..but I got to see my parents being the lovey couple..tee hee hee... I had to tell them though that it was Valentine's Day because they kinda din know..ha ha

We decided to walk to the place where the malls and markets were.. Oh yea, in Japan, we did A LOT OF WALKING... We did not rent any vehicle because people seldom drive in Tokyo, they usually take the Subway which we did really often.. So, we practically walked the whole of Tokyo the whole week we were there =D

A VALENTINE ATMOSPHERE AT THE MARKET

When we arrived at the market, we saw loads of couples walking around.. Damn, I felt freaking lonely..ha ha.. The stalls were selling lots of huge fresh looking fruits and vegetables.. We bought a few boxes of strawberries because they were HUGE & SWEET!!! This is the sad part, the pictures are in the CD my dad left behind in Pahang... SIGH... (I'll post it up once I get the CD)

Then, I stumbled on a few stalls that sold these cute Valentine flowers ^^

After a day of shopping which sadly, I do not have any pictures to show coz it's in the freaking CD, we decided to go to ... 

 

ROPPONGI- the "RED LIGHT DISTRICT OF JAPAN"

As we were walking along the streets of Roppongi, my mom and I realized that a few guys were passing out things to passersby, but curiously, they did not give anything to us when we passed those guys... So, we decided to let my Dad walk in front while we tagged a few meters behind..

TADA! My dad was receiving all kinds of pamphlets, brochures, coupons, and etc.. ha ha.. Below are the things he received =P

Tissue papers with details of the "prostitution parlor" (I dunno what they're called or a better name for it, lol)

 The map of the "prostitution parlor" & the price for the services (30 minutes, 980 yen, lol) you want?

But you gotta admit, kinda creative way to advertise..ha ha

 Now, this one I got myself, they're invitations to the night clubs.. I wanted to go but my parents were there, so, no clubbing for me =(

 This is the best thing my Dad got =D 

A catalogue of all the girls to choose from to entertain you.. It even gives you their vital stats, age, and etc..but most of them are written in Japanese.. I could only understand the numbers so I kinda figured out what it meant..ha ha

 The inside of the catalogue.. spot anything nice??? =P

If you wanna see a clearer view of the catalog, those who knows me personally can ask me for it and I'll show you the catalog when I meet you=)

This is an invitation I got, and again, I din go coz my parents had other plans for the night and going to pubs is not one of them..haha

This is also another invitation I got, oh gee, I'll come back next time with my girlies to club in Japan, hopefully! ^^

Now, I can't figure out this one.. It's all in Japanese and I'm not sure if it's advertising those sticker photos or they're Japanese call girls... If you can read Japanese, feel free to translate it =)

Oh yea, the catalog that my Dad got also comes with a 3,000 Yen discount coupon! So, if any of you are going to Japan to visit one of them girls, I might give the coupon to you..haha

Anyway...

WHAT'S NEXT FOR MY JAPAN TRIP?

I'll be posting some interesting videos and some of the pictures I have on the high-end malls in Japan!

Till then, stay cool and stay tuned!!!

xoxo

MY AWESOME JAPAN TRIP! (interesting pictures and a video taken in the toilet, hehe)

Before I start, I have some REALLY BAD NEWS...

My dad took the SD card and deleted some of the videos I took in Japan coz he thought I got it all transferred to my PC.. I DID NOT...

So, I only have some of the pictures and videos..which is NOT A LOT..

I'll just be talking about the things I did in no particular order.. so sorry=( I'll promise to keep a travel journal the next time I'm on a trip=)

SO, LET'S BEGIN!

ARRIVAL DAY

Once we arrived at the airport in Japan, we could immediately feel the piercing cold weather.

After gearing up with our thick jackets, scarfs, and gloves, we walked out to the airport bus stop where I got to check out the hot Japanese girls at the airport.. haha.. all you guys out there will be so very jealous =P

(it's normal for straight girls to check out hot chicks okay, so, I'm STRAIGHT)

Those hotties were wearing MINI SKIRTS!!! feee-reee-king MINI SKIRTS!!

I guess they must have gone through some intensive training to look hot even in extreme cold weather.. I would want to go for that training.. DAMN!

(Sorry, no pictures for you guys to satisfy yourselves coz I was gawking so much that I din have time to snap a picture of them, kinda rude if I did coz they were pretty close to me =S)

However, I'll post up pictures of Japanese call girl brochures in a later post =)

We boarded the bus to go to a hotel where my second cousin would be meeting us. I took this interesting shot in the bus =)

lol, it sounds normal but not all buses in Malaysia requires us to wear seatbelts, haha=D so, I was pretty impressed =P

When we reached the hotel, I discovered some interesting machines that I've not seen before. 

Can you guess what that is? It looks like a telephone except there's no receiver of any kind..hmm..

I can't read Japanese but the little pictures on the instruction sheet tells me that it is a... 

Phone Charging Machine!! 

You put in some money like how you put money into the public telephone then connect your phone to the machine's USB wires..  how cool is that?? 

This machine will definitely help me loads when my phone runs out of battery when I'm out and when I really really need to use the phone.. damn.. I hope this machine will be conveniently available in Malaysia especially with the rate of mobile phone users in Malaysia.. =)

Now, can you guess what's this machine??? 

Kinda easy coz there are loads of cigarettes on display..haha.. It's a vending machine for cigarettes..For those cigarette lovers.. this is convenient for you smokers out there I guess..

But I personally don't think that it's a good machine to have... WHY???

CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF 18 CAN BUY CIGARETTES ANY FREAKING TIME!! 

Now, I don't know what are the rules in Japan regarding the legal age for smoking, but for those who know me personally, I'm really not a fan of cigarettes.. So, I'm pretty much against this machine in all aspects. (no offense to smokers out there, just don't exhale your smoke into my face, I absolutely don't like it)

After some time, my cousin came to pick us up.. We'll be staying at his super duper expensive condo.. it costs a few million Malaysian ringgit.. But.. for those who don't know.. the living spaces in Japan are really really small.. so, paying lotsa money does not mean you'll get a huge place to live in.. kinda sad..

UPON ARRIVAL AT THE CONDO

I saw a lotta garage at the car park.. So, I was thinking that maybe everyone parks their cars in these garages... 

However, my cousin got down of the car in front of one of the garage, scanned his ID on the scanner, and pressed a number like the ones you see in the lift that indicates the different floors.. (Now, I'm getting slightly confused)

When the garage opened, I was.....................DUMBFOUNDED

I saw lots of cars stacked up above the garage.. the cars are all rotated up to the their own respective floors!

CRAZY!!! If you're still confused.. it works like this.. You drive the car into the garage, close the garage door, then the car will be rotated up to the floor that you clicked.. Just like a lift, but it's for cars.. I can see all those glamorous cars stacked up above each other in the garage.. like a car storage thingy.. 

 Can you see that white car? That's only one of the cars stacked up..there are more cars stacked above that car.. I took a picture of the stacked cars but it's in my Dad's CD =(

That's right before the doors were gonna close.

IN THE CONDO

As usual, I always have to go to the toilet first.. I love toilets... a lot.. ha ha... 

BUT..

I ESPECIALLY LOVE THIS TOILET!!!!!!!

It looks very ordinary right??? Wait till you watch the video I took below! 

(I couldn't talk in the video because I didn't wanna sound too excited in the toilet coz my cousin was outside.. LOL)

Sigh.. I miss the toilet.. =(

IN THE LIVING ROOM

After unpacking our bags, we entered the living room while waiting for my cousin to finish cooking dinner=)

Again, I was taken by surprise... (I got shocked and surprised a lot during this trip, haha)

The view in the living room was BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!

I could literally SEE THE WHOLE OF TOKYO from the living room!!! How I wish I had a house like that where I can come home everyday and get a bird's eye view of the whole city when it's brightly lit up!!

Of course, to help you experience a little bit of it, I took a video of the view from the condo..hehe (Again, I din wanna talk coz I din wanna sound too freaking excited in front of my cousin, haha)

DINNER TIME!! 

My cousin cooked some awesome dinner for us!! He's a FANTASTIC cook!!! Not to mention a genius too, that's why he's earning so much =P

He cooked HOMEMADE PIZZAS!!!! 

 It has anchovies, spinach, cheese, homemade salsa, salmon, and all the good stuff.. He made the crust on his own too.. Seriously, I want to eat the pizza again right now.. =(

I'm honestly NOT EXAGGERATING when I say that it's the BEST PIZZA I've ever had.. Better than those pizza companies in Malaysia.. sigh.. wish he could open up a pizza shop and have a branch here in Malaysia=)

After eating another 2 large sized pizzas, my parents and I decided to call it a night.. We had lots to do the next day..hehe.. for me, LOTS OF SHOPPING!!!! 

WHAT'S NEXT OF MY JAPAN TRIP???

Till then, stay tuned for SEXY JAPANESE GIRL PICTURES & TOKYO DISNEYLAND!!! I have awesome videos coming right up!!! This time, the videos will have some interesting audio =P

Toodles!!

xoxo

MY HOMEMADE GIANT TRIPLE CHOCOLATE COOKIES!! ORGASMIC!! (so easy even you can do it)

SO, my hobby is baking. 

I don't bake often because I just don't have the time and the mood sometimes.
My kitchen is kinda tiny and it gets quite hot at times, so being in the kitchen for a long time baking makes me sweaty ~~ Wish I had a huge spacious kitchen =(

Anyway, I did find time during my holidays to indulge in this little hobby of mine =P

One fine day, Daniel and I went to the Giant Supermarket nearby my house to buy the baking ingredients. Fortunately, we got to buy everything we needed at Giant. Yay! Go Giant! (It's not a cheapskate supermarket okay, I find it really convenient to shop for my groceries at Giant and their prices are really reasonable)

If you're still wondering what we're baking, it is the GIANT TRIPLE CHOCOLATE COOKIES!!! Seriously, when I say "Giant" and "Triple", it literally is huge and it'll be triple of the ordinary chocolate cookies!

 

After getting our baking goodies, we went back to my house and started laying out all the baking utensils and ingredients on to the big table in the kitchen.

Now, LET THE BAKING START (I'll try to make this post look like a step-by-step kinda baking guide)

First, let me pull out my Baking Bible!!

INGREDIENTS (for 12 large cookies)

• 90g milk chocolate (any normal milk chocolate)

• 90g white chocolate (preferably, the pure white baking chocolate)
• 300g dark chocolate (get the Van Houten baking chocolate, it's the best!)
• 90g unsalted butter (make sure the word "unsalted" is written on the butter wrapping)
• 5ml vanilla essence (extract)

• 150g brown sugar (the fine brown sugar, not the huge rough ones)
• 150g self-rising flour (it's written "self-rising flour" on the flour packaging)
• 100g chocolate chips (preferably, Van Houten chocolate chips)

STEPS

• Preheat oven to 180 Celsius. Line two baking trays with baking parchment. Coarsely chop the milk and white chocolate and put them in a bowl.

 180 Celsius

That's me looking at the oven manual to see which shelf in the oven is for baking =P

• Chop 200g of dark baking chocolate into very large chunks, at least 2cm in size. Set aside.
• Break up remaining dark baking chocolate and place in a heatproof bowl in a pot of boiling water. (Use a heatproof bowl that floats in a pot, like steel bowls sold in Ikea) Stir chocolate until melted and smooth. Remove from the heat and stir in the butter, then the vanilla essence and brown sugar.

 That's the heatproof bowl.

• Add the flour and mix gently. Add half of the dark baking chocolate chunks, all the milk and white chocolate and chocolate chips and fold together.

 Looks very chunky right? You can chop the chocolates into more tiny pieces if you want to =)

• Spoon 12 mounds on to the baking trays. Press the remaining dark baking chocolate chunks into the top of each cookie. Bake for about 12 minutes until just beginning to color. Cool on the baking trays.

 LOL, a lot of cacat-ed ones coz I was rushing for time. I was freaking sweaty and tired already =P

Into the OVEN!!

SO, while waiting, it is a necessity to start cleaning up. VERY IMPORTANT STEP OKAY.

Cleaning up is a good way to kill time while waiting for the cookies to finish baking =D

After about 12 minutes.......... IT IS SHOW TIME!!

TADA!!!!!! It looks bigger in life...haha!

The best part is.... it's FREAKING CHOCOLATEY!!!!!!!!! You can taste all kinds of chocolates in the cookie. Haha. If you're on a diet, confirm diet fail, haha =D

Anyway, I hope you guys don't find this post too draggy. I really hope you try it when you're free, tell me how it goes =P

Oh yea, all of the pictures above are courtesy of Daniel Wong. He was supposed to bake with me but he ended up taking lots of pictures instead and I did most of the baking. But it's good coz I get lots of lovely pictures and he did help me bake a bit lar =P

If you like his pictures, check out more of his photography at http://mushrooms-and-beetles.blogspot.com

I have some clubbing pictures coming up some time this week, so stay tuned folks!!

Toodles!!

xoxo

Mel

Here I Go Again, Sleep Deprived

1st, July 2010 (9:30am)

Went to Monash University to meet up with Lyndy and other mates to go to Justin's house for his birthday surprise. When Justin's mom opened the door for us and we entered, Justin got the shock of his life when he walked out of his room half asleep.. ha ha!

Jody and Lyndy baked the most amazing cake I've seen!

 look at the cake!! it's like a football field!!

We talked, laughed, took pictures, and watched Simon play guitar hero. At around 12 something, Jody and I decided to go home because we had to get enough rest for another party later on at night.

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTIN!!!! =D

1st July 2010 (10pm)

Went to Monash University from home to meet Jody. I left my car at the university and hopped into Jody's car to go to Bangsar for Jessica's 21st birthday. I don't have any pictures of the party but will post it up once the pictures are uploaded=D

Then, Jody, Esther, Shanti, and I went to M.O.S for KDU Prom's After Party celebration. It was really fun because we got to meet our fellow KDU-ians... I'm glad that I got to meet up with friends whom I've not seen for a freaking long time. We danced, talked, laughed, and took loads of pictures. Below are some pictures courtesy of Joanne Gan ^^

Kelvin and I. I look SUPER TANNED!

Kelvin, Me, Joanne. 

Kelvin, Me, Joanne.

Joanne and I. My love!

Nicholas and I. (Haha, we look so perverted =P)

We left at around 3a.m. On the way home, I was stopped at the police road block. Below is the 'weird' conversation between the police and I.

Police: Selamat pagi, boleh tengok IC dan lesen?

Me: *handed him the IC and driving license*

Police: Amoi datang dari mana?

Me: Tadi di M.O.S. Clubbing.

Police: Oh, you ada minum ar?

Me: Takde minum. 

Police: Betul ka? Boleh bau arak.

(WTH. I am allergic to alcohol and he's accusing me of drinking? Stupid ass)

Me: Takde la. Sikit pun tak minum.

Police: Kalau kita 'test' alcohol level you boleh ar?

Me: Boleh. Boleh. No problem.

(He kept quiet, looked at my IC and license and didn't even go take the breath inhaler)

(After a few minutes..)

Police: Amoi sudah kahwin ar?

Me: Belum lar. *annoyed face* Bf saya baru pandu kereta di depan (Daniel was driving in front of me)

Police: Oh, sorry ya, you boleh pergi, thank you amoi.

WTH. DO I LOOK MARRIED TO YOU & I DON'T DRINK ALCOHOL ASSHOLE.

Reached home around 4am and went to sleep at around 5am after washing up and checking my email. Today I woke up at 8:30am to get ready to go to Monash for a meeting at 10am... 

I NEED SLEEP!!!!! 

I came back at around 1pm, ate lunch, slept for an hour, and got ready to go out again for a function at 4pm..  Pheeeewww... What a happening week.. But ME LOVE IT!

Toodles!

xoxo

Mel

How is your baking going? Save some triple chocolate for me can?

lol, it's great!!!! it's so freaking chocolatey!!!!! hehehehheehhe... will save for u but i hope it'll still be nice by the time i see you!!! kekekekeke

What d'ya wanna know? Quench your curiosity :)

Would you rather date a lot of different people, or be in a committed relationship?

Committed Relationship. Full stop.

What d'ya wanna know? Quench your curiosity :)

Where would you like to spend your retirement?

Anywhere with the person I love to share my remaining life with.

What d'ya wanna know? Quench your curiosity :)

Would you rather be rich or famous?

I wanna be happy.. can those two things give me eternal happiness???

What d'ya wanna know? Quench your curiosity :)

If you could change one thing that happened last year what would it be?

Nothing. Everything happens for a reason and I'm happy now:)

What d'ya wanna know? Quench your curiosity :)

What's the best place near you to get a pizza?

eeeerr....Taipan?

What d'ya wanna know? Quench your curiosity :)

Who was your first crush?

I was 6 years old. He was 19? LOL

What d'ya wanna know? Quench your curiosity :)

I Know I Know

It's the 26th!! FREEDOM!!!!!

I know I'm supposed to have a new blog post up but I'm still working on it.. Well.. not really.. ha ha..I'm enjoying my freedom first before I kick off  with my Japan posts.... Lots to blog about the Japan posts.. Not sure if I'll be making a Vlog about it or just blog about it.. you'll see=)

As for today, I'll be having a family day out because my parents came down from Pahang.. Gonna go shower now.. I woke up at 2pm today because I had to catch up on the sleepless nights I had during exams =D

Stay tuned for the Japan posts, I have lotsa videos and pictures to show =)

Okay, I gotta go now, I stink!

xoxo

Mel

A Girl Needs to be Pampered

I know I'm supposed to be back on the 25th.....

But...

I'm dying here!

• My hair's messed up.
• My nails are so fugly.
• My skin's so dry.
• My bones are aching.
• My eyes are baggy.

C'mon, a girl needs a break!

Exams are taking the life out of me.

I desperately need:

• Extreme hair treatment.
• Manicure and pedicure.
• Spa massage. (never tried before)
• Foot reflexology. (never tried before)
• Facial. (never tried before)

THERE, ALL THE THINGS A GIRL NEEDS TO GET PAMPERED.

EXAMS, GO AWAY!

p/s: I just finished my 3rd paper today, last paper coming up on the 25th, then freedom babeh!

xoxo

Mel

M.I.A till June 25th!!

Yours truly will be having final exams till June 25th, so till then, behave ppl :)

Toodles!

xoxo

Mel