Behind the scene of the world's highest fashion show: J Spring Fashion Show 2012

So what the J Spring Fashion Show backstage was really like? People running, screaming, stressing out? Luckily not. Everyone was loving it and you can see happy faces with no glimpse of doubt doing their thing. It was well-organised, hyper active, and a lot of fun! Why not check it out? 


For the first time ever, Jessica Minh Anh would like to invite you on a special tour backstage, something that has not been done before! 

But before that, check out the backstage team of dressers and coordinators (on the left) and models (on the right) before the final rehearsal on the landmark SkyBridge. Light & sound system were all sorted out by Orange Events - Kuala Lumpur top production company 

Now let's get in 

Clothes arrangement - Each model had between 15 - 25 outfits. Crazy right? 

The flow - You don't want to miss your turn in this business 

Getting into the first outfit for the rehearsal, time for a few snaps 

A bit of fun with our magazine partners, Marie Claire, Icon, and Glam 

and with the amazing goody bags by Colourman of course 

Time for Hair & Makeup by L'Oreal Professionnel & Shu Uemura, market leaders in Hair care and cosmetics. You can't ask for anything better than that!

Now it's time to get serious, the show is about to start 

Still got time for more photos? Oh yes! (The girls in Shiatzy Chen) 

Girls in Chula 

2nd outfit by Chula

Very colourful right?

The rush

The touch up

The epic moment: Fitting the CAKE DRESS designed by Diana and made by Just Heavenly bakery on Jessica in 3 minutes!

And it was definitely worth it! (The grand finale with the delicious cake dress)

J Model Management

Busy busy little bumble bee

It sure had been a hectic week that I didn't have the luxury time to update my blog T_T

Handed up the assignment that had me stayed up for almost the whole week just to have more of my brain cells dead and suck all what's left in brain juice.. or maybe not, just blame myself for procrastinating #slapself

My blood, sweat and tears #youhavenoidea 

Spent my last RM50 1Msia voucher at BookXcess last Thursday! I can haz these three books for RM3.70 :} will blog about how I spent my other RM150 worth 1Msia voucher HEH

Side tracking..

• Done with my PL0519 theory exam paper yesterday morning as well, such a killer paper. All is well, hopefully (:
• Spent my remaining Friday with my boyf and my lovelies.
• Last minute packing as usual, till  3am this morning.

Got this whiteboard thingy from Ikea yesterday for only RM3.90! It was on sale, how can I resist. NP: 9.90?! DAFUQ! Maybe I could use it to play draw something :P HAHAHA but then I came up with this uber random idea to make good use of it instead....

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Tadaa! I'm brilliantly creative or what? :P Didn't have any whiteboard marker, so instead I cut small pieces of paper and stick it using a thumbtack. I gave this masterpiece for the boyf to keep <3 

He will take down the pieces of paper one by one everyday till the last one..which is also the day I'm flying back to KL YAYYYY 

Back to KL? O_O Just so you know, I'm currently in the land of turtles, Kuala Terengganu to be exact for my one month clinical posting!

Took the first flight today with Joeann and one of my classmate (:

Au revoir KL! D:

Our flight took around 45 minutes (but it felt less than that, like srsly!) so only juices and peanuts are served (:

Cotton candy land :3

The flight was full surprisingly that I was seated at the very last row, but still I get the next-to-window-seat *inner child squeals*

Turtles, Y U NO appear when the plane is landing? 

Why, hello there! Terengganu, please be nice? (:

Clinical posting starts tomorrow, yes on a SUNDAY (such a mood killer!) since Sunday is a working day in Terengganu but on a bright side, I get to have early weekend (: Like it or not, I'll still need to adapt myself here in order to survive LOL but one a side note, I can't wait to explore every inch of this town. Hopefully when I'm pretty much settled down, I'll clear up my forever few pending posts asap before blogging about this place. Despite the fact that I'm not here even for 24 hours, I'm missing KL alrdy where everything is so CONVENIENT!

So anyone who knows what's nice to om nom nom in KT, do leave me some comments and recommend me places to try out. I would love to try Nasi Kerabu and Nasi Dagang!

Happy Sunday in advanced people (:

xx

P/S: I miss my other half terribbly. I know he does too.

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Dear blog,

Remember the day I told you I've finally found the guy who I can give my whole heart to? It still felt like everything just happened yesterday but it's been two years. Can you believe it? We've hit a new milestones together <3

Thank you for another 365 days, I'm looking forward to the next 365days with you ♡(´ε｀ )

This day, last year on 10/03/11 (; Back to place where we had our first lunch date! 

Second year celebrating our birthdays together (:  

Although we might not spend as much time as we did before, I learn to cherish and treasure every moment we get to spend together. After two years, you will still give me a call and send me a goodnight text before you sleep.. After two years, you still remember to count how many days we've been together.. After two years, we are still madly in love with each other.. After two years, you still never fail to give me butterflies in my tummy every single time I see you.. After two years, you still laugh at my jokes which aren't funny.. After two years, you still had me fell head over heels over you.. After two years, you still can't handle my shopping obsession.. After two years, you still love me even when I'm being my normal silly self.. After two years, gladly you're still the same person when I first met you, fine maybe you're more mature now and mm growing sideward as well? *cough* but isn't it a good thing? :P After two years, surprisingly we fought less!

Here's to another year to create precious memories together. Another year to discover new things to enjoy about each other. Another year to strengthen our relationship through what the ups and downs may bring. I have no idea our future will be like but hopefully there would another year to celebrate the our 3rd anniversary and many more to come. I can see that it's gonna be a long road ahead of us but I know I won't give up easily on us even if the skies gets rough *I Won't Give Up by Jason Mraz cues*

I don’t need a perfect one, I just need someone who can make me feel like I’m the only one , your one and only princess ♥  

We understand each other and we care about each other, and I believe that years from now we still will ♥  

Happy 2nd anniversary, baby boy! ( ´ ▽ ` ) I love you, always will, always have.

x♥x♥

Dr' Seuss The Lorax 2012

All thanks to Churp2 for the invitation, I get to watch The Lorax 3D earlier last Friday (2.3.2012) which was also Dr' Seuss 108th birthday!

Our tickets and we've got pretty good seating. 

Synopsis: The 3D-CGI feature Dr. Seuss' The Lorax is an adaptation of Dr. Seuss' classic tale of a forest creature who shares the enduring power of hope. The animated adventure follows the journey of a boy as he searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world. -- (C) Universal
PG: 1 hr. 34 min.
Genre: Animation, Kids & Family

This is Thneedville, that was once filled with colourful cotton candy look alike Trufulla trees everywhere!

The giant furry peanut and the cute animals from Thneedville. That's three humming fish on the left, they can live w/o water! HAHA

I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.

Thanks to your hacking my trees to the ground, there's not enough trufulla fruit to go round.

Zac Efron and Taylor Swift as the voices behind the 12 years old Ted (main protagonist) and Ashley, an older girl who's studying in high school and Ted has a crush on her. Just so you know, the characters of Ted and Audrey are named after Dr. Seuss (whose real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel) and his second wife Audrey Geisel :O 

You'll definitely recognize her! Betty White who plays Ted's grandma. 

One of my fave scene from the movie! These brown Bar-ba-loots sure love marshmallowwwwwwws <3

All photos' source: Google unless stated otherwise. 

Found this on Tumblr; I want to have Lorax nail art too! 

Verdict: I'm a big fan of animation and cartoon, how can I ever say no to The Lorax?  Plus, it's directed by the director of Despicable Me! It was decent and entertaining to my inner child's liking (yes, I'm a kid at heart!) but I feel that something was lacking. The story line was somehow predictable, even though I've never read the book and I think it could have been better. Frankly speaking, it was not as par as Despicable Me. Overall, it was a short but meaningful story filled with adorable characters, vibrant animation and catchy soundtracks. No doubt, kids will definitely enjoy this movie! Zac Efron and Taylor Swift should have come up with a duet and sing it in the movie, no?

Quote of the movie: UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
Favourite soundtrack from the movie: Let It Grow Gospel Ending – Jenny Slate

My name’s Marie and I am THREE! I would really like to see a tree…Lalalala La Lalalee, I say let it grow! ♪( ´▽｀)

Official trailer; Watch it, who knows you'll change your mind? (;

Official website: [HERE]
Rating: 3/5
3D or no 3D: I would say go for it! :P

What's even awesome? I get to meet the orange furball in person :3

Enough of getting Lorax-ified by me! Catch it in the cinema and decide it for yourself :D
xx

Din Tai Fung @ The Gardens

I guess quite a number of people would have known that Din Tai Fung is one of the restaurants that serves the best Xiao Long Bao in town. I've not only heard from my friends but read quite a number of excellent reviews on their Xiao Long Bao. It's 鼎鼎有名小笼包, don't play play! I have been dying to try out their Xiao Long Bao but never had the chance until last month (cause it's practically March today). Finally crossing out another item from the to-try-food list YAY

“At Din Tai Fung, each piece of Xiao Long Bao is wrapped in fine – yet firm – translucent skin, and each dumpling has at least 18 exquisite folds. The meat within, steamed to perfection, is plump and juicy to the bite. Each Xiao Long Bao is made fresh when you order. — Din Tai Fung

In case you don't know what Xiao Long Bao is... *points up* or do you need Uncle Wiki?

Choose what you want, tick in the column provided and give it to the waiter to repeat the order. 

Deciding what to have; something not too heavy cause we just had lunch at Delicious.

There's set lunch available as well which I think it's quite worth it! Shall try it out some day (:

This thing here my friend, is for us to put our handbags or shopping bag (˘⌣˘) or maybe your Chatime. Yes we sneaked in our half drank Chatime! :P HAHA Sorry for being jakun but this definitely deserve double thumbs up (Y)(Y) cause I've never been to any restaurants that provide such hospitality. They even cover it up for you so that you won't spill your food/drinks on your bag. OMG COURTEOUS LVL 900

The clean, comfy, spacious yet not so chinese-y interior, I like. 

The condiments prepared at every table. 

Dish #1: Mango Shrimp Roll 

One of the outstanding dish among deep fried items so Cathy decided to give it a try. Fried Mango and prawn in a spring roll? I tried the one in Hilton PJ and of course it was way nicer.  Thus  I was expecting generous amount of prawn or maybe big size prawn but I could only find one and it's 1/4 of the size of the mango *facepalm* The texture was real crispy though. 

Moving on their signature dish, Xiao Long Bao! 

XLB prepared in a bamboo basket,  somehow related to how their name came about.

Shredded ginger and black Chinese vinegar to go with your XLB.

Just so you know, there are steps to eat these XLB to avoid burnt tongue and stained shirts! I didn't know until Cathy thought me how *shame on me*

#1. Lift up the XLB and bring it to your spoon (Make sure you don't break the delicate skin)

#2. Poke it using your chopsticks or nibble the side of the XLB and suck the broth inside the XLB. 

I seriously thought we need a straw to suck out the broth LOL 

#3. Like the saying goes, save the best for last! Now you can savour the meaty/juicy fillings of the XLB. 

Do have them while they are still steaming hot! 

The broth was flavourful and savory while the fillings on the other hand was real juicy and tender. I couldn't have enough of them. Besides XLB, they serve an array of  mouth watering taiwanese/shanghainese dishes. I'll definitely come back to try their other dishes! *thinking who to drag along* I'm really impressed their high quality and friendly service, and price wise I think it's affordable. 

Today, the original outlet still stands on Xinyi Road in Taipei and there are more than 40 Din Tai Fung outlets in 10 countries. Din Tai Fung has been voted Top 10 Restaurants in the World by The New York Times and has garnered 1 Michelin Star.

They have this open kitchen concept as well to let you see these sifus or dumplings chef (omg is there even such a profession?!) perform preparing XLB. 

Now grab the world famous XLB at Din Tai Fung! 

Din Tai Fung 鼎泰豐 @The Gardens (Non halal)
Mid Valley City
LG207, Lower Ground Floor
Contact No: +603 2283 2292
Official website: HERE
Also available at: Pavilion KL, Empire Shopping Gallery and e@Curve

xx