Albums that make my November rockin'!

Ne-Yo - The Year of the Gentleman

I've always like Ne-Yo's abillity to weave stories into his music just like Taylor Swift. (He also penned for other artists such as Beyonce's 'Irreplaceable' and Rihanna's 'Take A Bow')  

Songwriting & production wise, I think he excels better than his peers & throughout the album, he is capable of bringing you an array of emotions.

Each songs tells a story, I'm sure there are at least one of it that applies to you, haha.

Like Miss Independent =  he's attracted to independent girls, 

Fade Into The Background = his ex is getting married and he's regretting of the missed opportunity,

Lie To Me = refuse to believe that his girlfriend is cheating on him.

My fav: I wanna say the whole album! But oh well... Miss Independent, Nobody, Single, So You Can Cry, Fade Into The Background, Lie To Me

Taylor Swift - Fearless

As I have previously raved about this album, this girl is super talented and wise beyond her years! Congrats girl on being debuted number #1 on Billboard! Her lyrics is like she's writing a personal diary, perfectly constructed, story begins and ends. 

A line of lyrics from Hey Stephen where she sings about a crush on this guy (said to be written about Love & Theft band member, Stephen Barker Liles) - "All those other girls, well they're beautiful but would they write a song for you?" so cool right?? 

Forever and Always were written about (idiota) Joe Jonas,  but why waste time writing a song on him??

Change is included in the AT&T Team USA soundtrack and White Horse was in Grey's Anatomy season premiere.

My fav: Tempted to say all, but again, o well... White Horse, Love Story, The Way I Love You, You're Not Sorry, Fearless, Change

Beyonce - I Am... Sasha Fierce

Her latest album offers two compelling sides of her, which splits the album into 2 disc set, one being Beyonce, the romantic, soulful & mellow one and the other being Sasha Fierce, sexy & agressive. Her first 2 singles from each disc, If I Were A Boy & Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) kicks off with a pretty good vibe but somehow this album has a rather lukewarm reviews saying this is purely marketing gimmick. Marketing gimmick or not, there are quite a number of good tracks! 

My fav: If I Were A Boy, Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It), Halo, Disappear, Ave Maria, Diva, Radio

James Morrison - Songs For You, Truths For Me

All the album I've posted here are good lah, so this is no exception. His 1st single You Make It Real from the album is so sweet you wish your man would sing it to you aye, hehe.

Something about his raspy & breathy voice makes him a perfect combo with his tunes. The pairing with Nelly Furtado in Broken Strings was quite suprising. 

His raspy voice and her high pitch vocal creates variety. The song is itself is pretty strong and meaningful. Nothing Ever Hurt Like You is outstanding with old-school vintage, soul and soft rock.

My Fav : You Make It Real, Broken Strings, The Only Night, Nothing Ever Hurt Like You, Fix The World Up For You, Dream On Hayley

Britney Spears - Circus

This album is pretty good, very Britney. You can actually feel like she's gettin' grip on her life & taking music seriously now. Some media said she recycled her stuff in this album 

(ex: the song Radar is in her Blackout & Circus album or tracks in Circus have similarity with her previous efforts)

but being Britney = pop princess, you know you'll be getting pop stuff, what 'something different' you want from her people? R&B? Give her a break! I personally think this album rox!

My fav : Womanizer, Kill the Lights, Unusual You, Circus, If You seek Amy, My Baby 

Twilight review, new company and stuff

Officially saw TWILIGHT!

Sad to say, a lil' dissapointed.

Maybe my expectation was like skyrocketing high, but oh well.

The book describe the Cullens as if they are the most magnificent, beautiful being,

but the cast was like meh....ops... except for Carlisle Cullen, he was spot on.

Just as the book described him :D

Rosalie supposed to be the beautiful one among them...but eh...

Edward is oookay, thumbs up for the perfomance, but in looks department I totally think that they should choose Ben Barnes instead (*≧▽≦) 

(yes me & my ben-atic addiction)

Okay I know, he looks way over 17, so no go....

How about Chase Crawford? Perfect right? 

Can I say omg? he's sizzling hawt!!

Our bdays are only 9 days apart.

20 degrees closer to Chase? (*≧▽≦) 

Is it me or does Kirsten Stewart (Bella) seems stiff?? 

The chemistry between Bella & Edward was kinda depressing. 

If you love someone so intensely, you can see and feel it right?

But I don't see it between them? Like they were so awkward?

Crossing fingers for the follow up movie 'New Moon' gonna be better.

Ahh, work life.

You either love it or hating it.

It's kinda in between for me.

I don't know, ever felt like you 're doing stuff over and over and loathe the sight of it at the end of the day?

Okay lah, it was not that bad.

This new company I'm in is kinda cool.

Dunno whether I can say this or not, but I figure it's only frens here so...

I am working with Ginvera, brands under my wings now are Bio-essence & Nugeno.

Yet to try their stuff, will let you peeps know once I've tried their highly acclaim miraculous 'Face Lifting Cream' .

Let's see whether it can lift my humongous fat cheeks or not.

Yea, learning stuff, being a guinea pig smelling fragrances for skincare (yes, they use the staff as guinea pigs for this kinda stuff), staff purchase (omg!), staying back late, like real  late every now & then... 

coz I'm a slow-poke and Bio-essence have damn good business that they can afford to throw out gazillion of ads, means more work for me, to the extend of skipping lunch? Yea I am that responsible, I forgot to eat when my work is not done.

If you are loaded and wanna hire me (5 figure salary only), my contact number is 01x-xxx xxxxx. 

Went to personal makeup workshop today with Sis & Venus.

When we're using blades to tidy up our brows,(don't use tweezer, skin will lose elasticity) 

I accidentally nicked my finger.

Such a klutz.

I am proven accident prone :(

That's all for my MIA stint. 

Cheerios!

Mua logo

Since I am feeling creative,

so lo & behold... my very own logo!!

Not sure what is it for but oh well..

.

Pretty happy with it (*≧▽≦)

And of course, in my favourite color, amethyst!

Since 'enzeru' means angel in Japanese... 

so you gotta hv some wings aye.

Well, the love = V thingy, yeah... coz I need lotsa TLC 

ヾ(＾∇＾)

Gonna plastered it all over but I am too lazy to mess with the blog's layout （￣ー￣）

Celebrity Style : Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift hits the carpet in a sleek silver 

metallic gown by Kaufman Franco in the recent CMA Awards. 

I am so in love with the gown.

Twilight Soundtrack

Twilight soundtrack is the #1 most-selling album this week in the U.S. according to Billboard 200,

even before the actual movie is being released! Whoa!

So many diehard Twi-fans out there eh...

Review, review, review... 

Coz' I'm a Twi diehard fan too (^o^)/

Tracklist

1. Supermassive Black Hole [Muse] excellent dose of grandiose opening
   
2. Decode [Paramore] The lead single, totally  relevant to the movie, think Gothic-like romanticism
   
3. Full Moon [The Black Ghosts] Other worldly kinda song, not digging this
   
4. Leave Out All the Rest [Linkin Park] who doesn't dig Linkin Park? this is addictive...
   
5. Spotlight (Twilight Mix) [Mute Math] Upbeat rockey
   
6. Go All the Way (Into the Twilight) [Perry Farrell]  electronica dance rave, sweet!
   
7. Tremble for My Beloved [Collective Soul] another pop song, I'm not feeling you
   
8. I Caught Myself [Paramore] rocker upbeat emo, soooo me
   
9. Eyes on Fire [Blue Foundation] slow & simple number
   
10. Never Think [Robert Pattinson] is he singing or just mumbling?should just stick to acting, just him and acoustic guitar
    
11. Flightless Bird, American Mouth [Iron & Wine] soothing acoustic plus piano number
    
12. Bella's Lullaby [Carter Burwell] pure instrumental... gets bored after done listening to it 1 time
    

All are based on personal opinion, don't agree with me!

Superfood to beat stress

Food to help you sleep

• warm milk
• wholemeal bread with Marmite
• oats

Food to calm your churning stomach

• potatoes
• plain yogurt
• bananas

Food to ease your tearful moods

• turkey
• cottage cheese
• beetroot

Food to quell your jittery nerves

• steak
• lettuce
• sardines

Food to soothe your racing heart

• porridge
• berries
• milk

Cosmopolitan UK -  July 2007

Bolt

Disney latest upcoming 3D animation, BOLT, 

which tells a story of a white German shepard, 

Bolt (voice by John Travolta), 

who is a superhero star in his action TV show.

He believes that he owns superpower and is on a quest to search for his owner, Penny (voice over by Miley Cyrus) when he got separated from the studio by accident.

Along his cross-country adventure, he met Mr.Mitten (who is actually a female cat - voice over by Susie Essman) and Rhino (voice over by Mark Walton) and realized that he is just a normal dog and doesn't need superpower to be a hero.

 

I'm very much into animation and can't wait to see whether this one are up to par as it's predecessor Kung Fu Panda & Wall.E

Overall from the trailer, my fav character has got to be Rhino the TV obsessed hamster who is stuck in a plastic ball.

I think he could easily steal the show!

Look at his big round eyes, lil' nose, two front teeth, big plump belly and being stuck in a plastic ball!

Cuteness to the max! He's like a brown furball, no?

Makes me wanna get a big fat hamster and stuff it in a plastic ball! (Juz kidding! no, don't report me!)

Rhino da' hamster

omg!! I want him so badly...

 

Will review on this once I've catch it on cinema ヾ(＾∇＾) i love japs emoticon!

Taylor Swift - Fearless

My girl, Taylor Swift, second album 'Fearless' official release is today!!

I so want this for Christmas!!

She is sooooooooooo beautiful, graceful, talented & unique!

I can go on and on =)

O yeah, do you know she dated Joe Jonas before?

He doesn't deserve her AT ALL!! seriously....

That jerk dumped her over the phone & the convo lasted barely 10mins.

Talking bout' friggin' cheap b@stard award of the century,

yeap, Joe Jonas, you should have it.

he's not even cute!

I think Ben Barnes suits her more =D

She needs a MAN, not some teenager =D

They are so cute together right???!!!!!!!

She's definetely one of my fav musician ever.

from wiki

All songs were written by Swift, except where noted.

1. "Fearless" (Taylor Swift, Liz Rose, Hillary Lindsey)
2. "15" (Swift)
3. "Love Story" (Swift)
4. "Hey Stephen" (Swift)
5. "White Horse" (Swift, Rose)
6. "You Belong with Me" (Swift, Rose)
7. "Breathe" (Swift, Colbie Calliat)
   • duet with Colbie Calliat
8. "Tell Me Why" (Swift, Rose)
9. "You're Not Sorry" (Swift)
10. "That's the Way I Loved You" (Swift, John Rich)
11. "Forever & Always" (Swift)
12. "The Best Day" (Swift)
13. "Change" (Swift)

Pavlova

OMG! I have officially baked a cake!!

Not exactly a cake ( no flour) but a sophisticate but surprisingly easy PAVLOVA.

It is a meringue dessert consist of egg whites and sugar, and best of all, it is FAT FREE!

You won't go wrong when a klutz like me HAS SUCCEEDED in making this.

Here is my not so pretty but it taste like heaven PAVLOVA.

Since I doesn't have whipping cream or fresh fruits, I glazed the top with marmalade.

It is pretty adjustable, you can use other toppings like whipping cream with fresh berries, chocolate sauce (heaven!) or ice cream.

Ingredients

Meringue

6 egg whites (approx. 6 ounces)

1 cup of sugar ( can be reduced to your liking if you don't wanna get diabetes)

1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch

1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

1 teaspoon cream of tartar or 2 teaspoon of white wine vinegar

A pinch of salt

Toppings

Whipping cream

Fresh berries

(adjustable to your liking)

1. Preheat oven to 300°
   
2. Stir cornstarch into the sugar in a small bowl and place it aside
   
3. Whip egg whites, cream of tartar and salt with an electronic mixer for 2 - 3 minutes
   
4. Gradually add in sugar-cornstarch mix into the mixture
   
5. Slowly add in vanilla essence and vinegar (if you are not using cream of tartar)
   
6. Increase the speed and whip till the meringue is glossy and the sugar is dissolved ( approx. 5 minutes)
7. Pour mixture into a flat pie pan
8. Bake for 30 minutes
9. When it is done, turn off oven and let it sit to 'cool off'. The meringue should be a little tan and firm to touch.
10. After it cools off, you will notice cracks of the inside are all marshmallowey (yum!)
11. Decorate with your favourite toppings!
12. Ta-dah! No fuss baking!

Slacking off...

Not updating much coz' nothing bizarre happened, (I did attend to a few parties tho', but since I'm such a pig, so forget it)

and I.am.busy

haha!

Not busy busy, but I am busy! (make sense?)

I have assignments to summit! omg.... and I thought I have  grown out of that last-minute-assignment-submission phrase, well... apparently not.

I am still procrastinating, not that I don't enjoy doing my assignments, but anyhoo, will get to it asap!

O yeah, I got a job offer like few weeks ago! (which I accepted!)

Right after my 2nd interview, when I was on my way home, they called and offered me the job!

Not gonna start working till my classes finishes.

Honeymooning now till 17th Nov, woot!

After 4 months of idling, I am finally back to the workforce!

I am so friggin grateful!

I have never been this glad (work related). 

I would never wish for staying in on my cozy bed again when I have to get up early for work (a jinx? coz I get to do that for 4 months straight after wishing that... so no need to get all jealous)

These 4 months really passed me by in a flash.

Which I no complaints because during this period, I went through so many emotions, particularly not memorable ones.

Thank you Lord for your unfailing love, many times when the very-weak-me failed you in many ways, making empty promises, and yet you always watched over me and stood by my side.

My family for being my support system, erasing all my negative vibes.

My friends as my comforter, preventing me from being a social recluse (not going out for a month can do you serious damage!)

Muahxxx! (Lip gloss stain included...)

Coffee, Tea or Me?

A total klutz in making the perfect brew?

These babies are here to save the day!

It comes with a matching color guide on the inside,

so making that perfect cuppa would be just a breeze.

Get it here.

Why cool things like these never sold in Malaysia?

Not that I make bad coffee... =)