I almost didn’t go for this event cos i was honestly quite pooped, and i had to pack for Tioman to leave the house at 2:45am. But glad i went, and proud of myself for leaving after two drinks.
Celebrating the shoe designed by Nike’s founder, Bill Bowerman, in 1972; the Nike Cortez was the first track shoe to be created by Nike. In the first year of its release, sales reached USD80,000 and it’s said to have propelled the company to being the successful brand it is today. [source]
To celebrate the Cortez’s 40th Annv., five countries have taken part in the project called “40/40”. Each country (My, Sg, Th, Indon, Ph) has invited 8 artists to create a one-off Cortez inspired by the spirit of the shoe. Below are the wonderful works from Malaysian artists:
I know it looks like i’m addicted to Awanmulan. And i AM. i SO AM. Everytime i tell my dad i’m going to Seremban, he’ll be like, “Ha? Again?”
This time round was rather last minute. My Lovelies and i have been trying to get together for a holiday this year. The last time ALL five of us traveled together was… Bali 2008. I don’t think i’ve felt it as much as the others cos i’ve managed to go on separate holidays with each of them (save Dhanya) – went to Bangkok with Aps for Vampire Weekend, went to Acheh with Steph, went to Bangkok with Cammy… but it’s been a long time since THE FIVE of us have been away together. Somewhere. Anywhere!
We took WEEKS to pick a 4-day stretch where we could all go away together. We’ve got such different schedules that we couldn’t even find dates to go away. So we thought, worse comes to worst, we’ll go for a WEEKEND. I’m sure we can find a weekend right? Even THAT was so difficult! We ALL finally got away last weekend. Left all our boyfriends/husbands at home and ran away… to Awanmulan (luckily we got the room we wanted even tho it was so last minute!)
Each of us brought food and drinks to share. Dhanya brought a bag of food so big, security guards were staring and i was toppling over with laughter. It’s like she brought the whole market with her and i love her so much for being a foodie like that.
Yolanda and Aps
From the moment we unpacked all our food, we started eating. Well, i started eating first cos i hadn’t had lunch yet and was well starving. I tapau-ed a char koay teow and got an extra so they wouldn’t take mine, heh. Besides that i got RM15 worth of siew yoke from the chicken rice man.
Dhanya brought rojak
Obviously not born to be a model
Cake orgasm
I thought Steph was crazy to get eight pieces of cake from Souka for us to eat in 24 hours. But they are seriously yummy and it’s going to fulfill my cake cravings from henceforth.
I was pretending to be a kite
Pink fan, pink havaianas, pink pareo, pink water bottle
Stephy
With Mr Teng aka Uncle Awanmulan
That’s a proper scratch picture
Lazy people resting while Dhanya and i prepared dinner in the kitchen. Okayyyy in the end everyone was helping out.
“That’s a big mole.”
“I’m not a mole!”
“It’s a talking mole in denial!”
All the refrigerated food we brought
Dinner from top to bottom:
1. Aubergine pasta that Cammy’s mom cooked
2. Salad made by Dhanya
3. Potatoes in goose fat by me
4. Pigs trotters courtesy of Auntie Anne aka Aunty Awanmulan
5. Egg yolk crab also from Anne
6. Seafood soup cooked by me
I know it’s a bit scary how much we eat. But we don’t do this pig out session often… probably once a year! It just gets out of hand because each of us gets excited about eating and it ENDS UP being a pig out session.
Everything was amazing. At one point i couldn’t decide what to put into my mouth next, and had to stop and breathe cos i just kept on eating without air passing through my nostrils!
After dinner #1 (cos Dhanya and i had a second session later), we joined two beds together so we had a large soft space we could all hang out on. Slumber parTAY!
I was going to write Cake #3 and #4 or something like that, but i can’t remember anymore! It’s like we were constantly stuffing cake into our mouths. But they were all so gooooooood. My personal faves from Souka are the carrot cake and the strawberry cheese cake.
We were going to play Scrabble… till cake distracted us.
Cammy and Steph stretching out the food. We all danced around a bit, but felt like that was just being dangerous with digesting food so we stopped. Even sitting down seemed uncomfortable for awhile and we caught ourselves in a scenario of 5 girls walking aimlessly in a space because standing up felt better!
There was a discussion whether ‘diss’ should be allowed. In the end Dhanya the referee said it should be, and noone argued.
Steph
We were feeling reallyyyy sleepy before midnight and i jolted up saying, “NO! We came all the way here together, i REFUSE to pass out! Come on. It’s time to start drinking!” We started playing games we made up using scrabble letters and finished two bottles of choya. After more made-up games (i’m scared to look at our scribblings in my notebook), we decided that we did okay and were not being too aunty by passing out at 2am…
Aps fried bacon for all of us, and Cammy scrambled eggs.
Gouda + fantastic bread + bacon + eggs = WINNING IN THE MORNING
After breakfast was dessert, of course
And wine…
After that crazy weekend of eating, i went for dinner at my parents’ house, and ate EVEN MORE. Oh and teatime Sunday i was chewing on leftover pig’s trotters on the sofa. Clem was appalled at how i was still eating and i just replied, “I’m just so used to eating something every 3 hours now!”
Argh. So much for being body beautiful for Tioman.
I spoke to Aunty Anne on the phone when we got back to KL.
Anne: I hope you girls enjoyed yourselves!
Me: Oh we did… we ate so much.
Anne: I know! Zee came to tell me, “Ma! Do you know how much rubbish they have?!”
Me: Ohhhhh so embarrassingggggggg
I meant to blog a bunch of pictures tonight, but i just couldn’t do it cos i’m too tired. So i thought i’d just write. And i have to admit something – i haven’t been very honest with this blog, with myself, and with you.
I have all these ideas that i want to blog about. Topics, styles, etc. But i don’t do it, or get to do it cos i don’t have time.
I keep my time balanced between life online, and life in person. And my life in person is of utmost importance to me. It’s no point i be this online persona, when IRL i don’t keep relationships proper. So i make a lot of time for my REAL life. And… i also feel i’m bluffing myself when i don’t make time to record all these things down on my blog like i used to and want to. So i don’t. I procrastinate and forget about it. And then i feel regret when i think of all the things i WANTED to share , but didn’t. These are a culmination of good and bad things. The bad things i’ve hid to myself cos sometimes i’m embarrassed or afraid of what people might think.
Another thing: I always portray happiness.
The main reason i do that is because i don’t want to bitch and blab on my blog like i used to do in college, cos it’s all menial. And at the end of the day it comes to nothing. I just want to project positivity.
In the end, i held myself back from writing how i really feel.
I’m not purposely gonna complain about my life. I know my life is great. In someone else’s words: “You have a charmed life.” Which led to a long explanation on how some people’s lives mirror that of “The Pursuit of Happyness”. I KNOW i’m lucky okay, so i’m not gonna say any more how much i KNOW i’m lucky.
It’s just that i know i can MAKE IT MORE. MORE of than what i have now. I feel it in me. I know i have it in me to make something of myself that is a lot more than NOW.
I have been pretty miserable in a certain aspect of my life. And it’s been taunting me for months. Clem has been suffering from it, and i know he wants to see me take a step to change it. But there’s nothing he should or can say to make me do it. I have to do it myself.
I feel like a hypocrite. I’m always the one telling people, “There’s so much i can see you doing! I don’t understand why you’re so scared of it. You already have the desire and knowledge to do it, just do what makes you happy.” And yet i don’t do the same. How ironic.
A friend recently told me: “If the Universe wants you to go a certain direction, It will make it easy for you. All the right doors will open at the right time.”
I haven’t been going with the flow of the Universe for a while, but i’m trying to play to its melody now and hope i start dancing to happier tunes of my life.
I LOVE having so many animals on one dress! My favorites are the badgers and rabbits. My hearts for them stem from reading The Children of Willow Farm when i was little.
I wore this dress to work cos it wasn’t too short, and i found the stitching and cut FAULTLESS. I think i got like, ten compliments on my dress that day. I couldn’t help comparing it to high street brands with dresses four times the price. Please don’t judge me if you see me wearing this again soon. It’s too nice to keep in my closet and needs to come out and play.
The dress comes from online blogshop Doublewoot and is priced so reasonably, i had reason to judge its quality. Besides already being in its price range, Doublewoot is giving an additional RM5 discount off any of the items to all my readers this month! 😀
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After the wedding party, we still had a day and a half left to slowly get over our hangovers and enjoy KK at leisure. Pix from my phone cos i was feeling lazy to carry a camera.
“Aunty Cammy! There’s a poo poo on your back!”
As if wedding dinner wasn’t enough, Mattrena treated us all to a glorious seafood dinner KK-style.
Clem is such an auntie sometimes.
Ohhh i loved pulling out the grilled siput (sea snails) with a toothpick and eating them. Such simple grilled seafood that tastes great.
Our hosts did all the ordering and it was brilliant. We had egg yolk crabs, mantis prawns, snails, prawns, vege, fish head curry and coconut pudding. My favourite dish that night were the mantis prawns – its flesh is easier to get to than crab, but i believe it’s more springy and tasty. I’m making myself salivate as i type that. Another new thing we tried was this coconut pudding. It was so fresh and yummy, some of us did extra takeaways…
We went to: Welcome Seafood Restaurant
Address: Lot G15-18, Ground Floor, Kompleks Asia City, Phase 2A, Jalan Asia City, 88300 Kota Kinabalu.
