gossip girl rock it hard!! April 29, 2008

seriously, I need to write about gossip girl.. I’m so in love with this series and make me want to write about it. So gossip girl start from novel entitled ‘gossip girl’ written by cecil von zieger. Then it become one of the best tv series ever!! its already 15episodes now, and it getting more HOT and exciting!! just finished watching new episode.. sooo unpredictable!.. orait let me brief you a bit about this gossip girl before I lost you all with the obsession.

The privileged prep school teens on Manhattan’s Upper East Side first learn that Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively, “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”) is back in town the way they learn all the important news in their lives — from the blog of the allknowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl. No one knows Gossip Girl’s identity, but everyone in this exclusive and complicated vicious circle relies on her website and text messages for the latest scoop. Even Serena’s closest friend, Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester, “Entourage”), is surprised to find that Serena has suddenly ended her selfimposed exile to boarding school and returned to Manhattan.

Once the Upper East Side’s most notorious party girl, Serena’s reasons for returning are mysterious, although they may have something to do with her younger brother Eric (Connor Paolo, “Alexander”). Whatever the reasons, the change in Serena is obvious, especially to Blair, whose friendship with Serena has always been competitive and difficult. When Serena was out of the picture, Blair enjoyed her time in the spotlight and she has no intention of going back to living in Serena’s shadow. Their uneasy relationship is further complicated by Blair’s boyfriend Nate (Chace Crawford, “The Covenant”), a young man uneasy with all the privileges that have been handed to him by his high-powered father Howie “The Captain” Archibald (Sam Robards, “The West Wing”). Now that Serena is back, Blair will have to fight to hold onto Nate’s attention. It also remains to be seen whether Blair’s loyal lieutenants — Katy (newcomer Nan Zhang) and Isabel (newcomer Nicole Fiscella) — will remain by her side or break ranks to follow Serena.

The tension between Blair and Serena isn’t lost on anyone in this crowd, since they all live for gossip and scandal — along with fashion, shopping and partying in Manhattan’s trendiest hot spots. This is a world you have to be born into, full of wealth, power, and people like Chuck (Ed Westwick, “Children of Men”). A friend of Nate’s since childhood, Chuck leads a reckless life, and constantly pushes Nate to explore his dark side.

The proverbial fish-out-of-water at the prep school are Dan (Penn Badgley, “John Tucker Must Die,” “The Bedford Diaries”) and his sister Jenny (Taylor Momsen, “Paranoid Park,” “How The Grinch Stole Christmas”), middle-class kids whose background keeps them on the fringes of this exclusive clique. Dan and Jenny are attending the school at the insistence of their father Rufus (Matthew Settle, “Into The West”), a former rocker turned art gallery owner, determined to give his kids a first-class education. Rufus has a history with Serena’s mother Lily (Kelly Rutherford, “Melrose Place”), a socialite who hides her past as a dancer and rock groupie. When a chance encounter brings Dan to Serena’s attention, he suddenly finds himself dating the girl of his dreams. The more Dan discovers about the real Serena, the more he’s challenged to make sense of her world. Dan’s sister Jenny is the youngest of the group and wants desperately to be accepted. The price she’ll have to pay for popularity will take a toll, but at the moment, Jenny is just thrilled to have entry into this glamorous world.

Dan and Serena’s relationship is further complicated by the arrival of Dan’s friend Vanessa, a Brooklyn rebel and loner who doesn’t approve of Serena’s world of money, fashion shows and fundraisers. Vanessa’s attempts to pull him back to his roots will cause friction between Dan and Serena.

Keeping track of the shifting friendships, jealousies and turmoil in this wealthy and complex world isn’t easy, but it’s what Gossip Girl does best.

Filmed in New York and based on the popular series of young-adult novels by Cecily von Ziegesar, “Gossip Girl” is from Alloy Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Paramount Television Inc. with executive producers Josh Schwartz (”The O.C.”) & Stephanie Savage (”The O.C.”), Bob Levy, Leslie Morgenstein (”Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”) and Felicia Henderson (”The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”), and co-executive producer K.J. Steinberg (”The Nine”).

so there are long summary about gossip girl.. its pretty exciting.. I always love to read all those teenagers high school life when I’m 13 (borrowed from my cousin, Kak Mar) and when I’m growing to adult I start to involve in all those fashionista-stuff..(note: I’m not snoobies or fashion-whore) so.. watching gossip girl kinda make me feel excited again.. ngee hee.. oh yeh.. I need to tell you my latest crush, I LOVE ED WESTWICK!!! hee in case you still does not know who is he.. he play role as CHUCK BASS.. yeh playboy and bastard in gossip girl.. but whatever.. “bad guy is hot” (note: C, u’re bad and hot too!oopsie~) Now I keep repeating his band (the filthy youth) song over-and-over-again.. listening to his husky sexy voice. oh, he speaks sexy English though (He is an English and cover up all those accent? thumb up!!) and with all the style..**gasp!**stumbling** hawt! hawt! oh..I still love Dan’s dad.. He’s hot too! haha

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p/s: if you want to watch gossip girl and more info you can browse CWTV and if you outside of America you can just stream surfthechannel

enluve..for love April 29, 2008

you know how much e-card has replaced us now days..if you want to send any card and you do not have free time to do so..you can just click e-card and voila! its done.. what if you still love all those traditional way.. like collecting all birthday card and feeling happy when you receive birthday card from your friend? so now you can stop worry with all the hassle..you can just click and choose any card from enluve.com and it will be send to your friend for FREE!! yeah..u heard it right.. it is free!

I still remember last Raya, I received a card from a friend. Such a surprise! I had not received any card for past few years.. so I’m very happy to receive it., Thanks ZAIDI! so I start to surf enluve.com.. and again.. it surprise me when I’ve found out my modelling tutor is one of pioneers. Hey sir Avijit Paul!

So, enluve still in developing process..only 5-6 cards available in mean time. however, I still look up for more later. Enluve is not just providing free delivery card, they also organize competition in designing cards.. last competition is for Christmas, and winner bring back SAMSUNG TV if I’m not mistaken. so if you love to design..you can enter this vote-base competition, who knows you might be the one you bring back grand prize!!

here some testimonial for enluve:

“I have send 1 card to myself and another to my friend just to see how it goes and we received them both today! I gotta say, the envelope itself is quite fancy and I love the cards design + those handwritten wishes. Made it looked more personal. Keep it up!”
- Aphesz

“I have received the lovely card sent by my hubby, very nice, next round for christmas greetings ke? huhu congrats u all!”
- Farah

“Hey guys! I just wanted to support and wish the BESTEST of LUCK to Enveluv, its future is bright, keep your heads up and never give up!! Make ENVELUV ROCK it like its HOT!”
- Manda

“Received a couple of Raya greeting cards from my bro - Heikal who is in Adelaide today. It sure put a big smile on both the parentals. Although, my dad did go conspiracy theory on the fact that the cards are free! Anyways, it definitely kick my day a few notches up!”
- Ryn

hee..so.. if you want to send card to your friend or your lover, you can do so.. start here!

tribute to fungus April 28, 2008

for those who does not know what is fungus?… hee fungus is my honda civic-old fashioned- modified car.. which popular with quirky design and spot-attention color. haha I must say how much I love that car so much! I could never replace feeling proud when I’m driving fungus..seriously.. even C thinks same too! So, what happen to fungus? sadly.. I accidentally crash my car.. huk huk so it start on day I have lunch with C at his campus. On that day, C told me that there is no water in his house and his mom might not cook. so he wants to buy something for his family. we bought 4 chicken rice. because of C has class, I happily volunteer and insist to send food to his place. then, I drove to his place, as usual.. Then on junction near his house (between kedai mamak and grand union) I did not stop and crash over a car. I’m not sure why I think that road is straight and have no junction. perhaps I feel overexcited and my feeling get exaggerate too much. haha what more pathetic is..all chicken rice already all over my car seat! huk huk.. Then I became panic..and people at kedai mamak start hovering around.. I called my dad. Shortly, he came and settle everything. yeah, I get scold for a day and called being a disappointment. I called C and his mom..tell about everything and how much I disappointed because can’t send the food. **sob sob sob** luckily, no one hurt.. although there are family in other car… and about his car… left front part of his car was banged quiet hardly.. and fungus?? wuuu.. his front part..quiet bad.. his radiator is broken.. and front bumper fall off.. I almost cried but I must be strong. I hope fungus will be in recovery soon.. my dad still not repair him, he said he want to give me lesson.. I got my lesson..however.. I miss fungus so much!

p/s: fungus at my dad’s workshop..and became dusty and smelly.. because of chicken rice ( I did clean it up though). I can’t transfer picture fungus with me and C from my hp..so I only have this picture.

cupcake cupcake April 23, 2008

I have wondermilk cupcake recipe which I’d altered a bit and love to share with you all!

Ingredients

Batter:

• I cup Butter
• 2 cup sugar
• 4 eggs
• 4 sifted all-purpose flour / cake flour (please don’t use self-rising flour)
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1/2 tsp soda bicarbonate
• 1 cup milk

Buttercream icing:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 tsp hot water
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 tsp coloring

Instruction:

1. Batter: cream butter and sugar until well-blended. Add eggs one at a time. Beat well. Sift flour and soda bicarbonate. Add mixture alternatively with milk. Pour vanilla essence into and bake 350 degree for 30 minutes

2. Buttercream icing: beat butter and icing sugar until it become creamy. Pour vanilla essence and hot water. Beat until white creamy. Then pour any favorite coloring.

p/s: those are our ( me and jia)  1st cupcake!

Happy trying!

cupcakes and lots more… April 23, 2008

I always love smell of hot baked cupcakes and sweetness of icing melting in mouth. not to forget, cute decoration on top when you just ‘aauuw~’ whenever you see those cupcakes. I love to bake cupcake but still newbies in decorating them.. I still need to fill up my money jar to buy collection of decorative tools (it could be expensive for best one). I can’t stop dreaming to build up my own cupcake retail when I see all the successful cupcake seller in cupcakes take the cake. cupcakes take the cake, which own by 3 enthusiast cupcake lover- Allison, Rachel and Nichelle . They write and put pictures about more than hundred cupcakes which they taste, make or share from others. I wish I could taste each of it!. lets turn back time for awhile to find out history in cupcake.

The cupcake evolved in the United States in the 19th century, and it was revolutionary because of the amount of time it saved in the kitchen. There was a shift from weighing out ingredients when baking to measuring out ingredients. According to the Food Timeline Web, food historians have yet to pinpoint exactly where the name of the cupcake originated. There are two theories: one, the cakes were originall cooked in cups and two, the ingredients used to make the cupcakes were measured out by the cup.

In the beginning, cupcakes were sometimes called “number” cakes, because they were easy to remember by the measurements of ingredients it took to create them: One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three cups of flour, four eggs, one cup of milk, and one spoonful of soda. Clearly, cupcakes today have expaned to a wide variety of ingredients, measurements, shapes, and decorations - but this was one of the first recipes for making what we know today as cupcakes.

Cupcakes were convenient because they cooked much quicker than larger cakes. When baking was down in hearth ovens, it would take a long time to bake a cake, and the final product would often be burned. Muffin tins, also called gem pans, were popular around the turn of the 20th century, so people started created cupcakes in tins.

Since their creation, cupcakes have become a pop culture trend in the culinary world. They have spawned dozens of bakeries devoted entirely to them. While chocolate and vanilla remain classic favorites, fancy flavors such as raspberry meringue and espresso fudge can be found on menus. There are cookbooks, blogs, and magazines specifically dedicated to cupcakes

so for any cupcake lover, do come to cupcakes take the cake for mouth-watering cupcake!

p/s: now I’m craving for making my own cupcake..

mp3gle April 23, 2008

search engine for mp3 songs. you can either download and just stream to listen. however, the listing will be ongoing and there is no specific genres. But its still great to find song!

tom robinson April 23, 2008

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home spa April 22, 2008

My life turned upside down for few weeks until my final exam and I don’t have enough time to indulge myself. Plus, my pocket money almost zero and make me thinking what more better than home DIY! So, get ready to collect all the fruits, vege and nuts for homemade spa treatment!!!

Chocolate Facial Mask

1/3 cup cocoa powder
3 tbsp. heavy cream
2 tsp. cottage cheese
¼ cup honey
3 tsp. oatmeal

Mix all ingredients together (a bullet blender is ideal) and smooth onto face. Relax for ten 10 minutes, then wash off with warm water.

LEMON LIP GLOSS

1 tsp Honey
1 T Vitamin E Oil
1 tsp. of Aloe Vera
2 tsp of grated beeswax
1 T pure almond extract
6 Drops of Lemon Essential Oil

Melt beeswax, remove from heat and while constantly stirring - Add honey, Aloe Vera, Almond extract, Vitamin E. Add the Lemon essential oil last.

Spa index Bath Cookies

2 cups finely ground sea salt
1/2 cup baking soda
1/2 cup cornstarch
2 T light oil
1 tsp vitamin E oil
2 eggs
5-6 drops essential oil of your choice

Preheat your oven to 350 F. Combine all the listed ingredients and form into a dough. Using a teaspoon or so of dough at a time, roll it gently in the palm of your hand until it forms a ball. Form all dough into one teaspoon balls, and gently place them on an ungreased cookie sheet. Consider sprinkling the bath balls with herbs, flower petals, cloves, citrus zest and similar aromatic ingredients. Bake your bath cookies for ten minutes, until they are lightly browned. Do not over bake. Allow the bath cookies to cool completely. To use, Drop 1 or 2 cookies into a warm bath and allow to dissolve. Yield: 24 cookies, enough for 12 baths.

OH, MY ACHING FEET

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tsp. of Aloe Vera
1 teaspoon wheat germ oil
20 drops of peppermint Essential Oil
20 drops of eucalyptus Essential Oil

Mix together and massage feet gently with this soothing ointment, or, add to a basin of very warm water, and soak. Finish by lightly dusting the feet in corn starch.

so get ready to scrub off all that dead cell!!. for more, visit spa index

illusion trick April 18, 2008

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