I won a pair of tix to see Richard Marx concert last week. It was the best! I've always love acoustic one man show. I love every bits of it and I enjoyed the night so much. Joe said all we need is a bottle of beer and a glass of wine. It really amazed me to see how RM can sing through the night without taking a break in between or have a sip of water. He's surely one talented singer-songwriter with great sense of humour too. We laughed so much listening to his stories and small jokes. The highlights of the night would be his unplugged version of Angelia and that one song everyone has been waiting for—Right Here Waiting to end the show.

Last weekend, we went home to attend one of our schoolmates' wedding. Unfortunately only 4 of us were able to attend otherwise it will be quite a happening reunion. I also managed to catch up a bit with sis Clarence and her boys before the dinner. So surprised to find out Jayden is at the age of 8 now. Oh dear, he was only 2-3y/o when I first met him. D：

We did a mini reunion dinner with Quin and KY too. I really appreciate when we can make time to catch up despite everyone is busy with their own life, especially when some of them are not based in KL. We only spent a short 3 hours together but to me it's more than enough. :)

We heard about the sudden drop of temperature in Bangkok few days before we left so we're really anticipated the chill weather. But Bangkok being Bangkok, it's super sunny and hot as usual. We walked and stayed under the sun most of the time and it was super dehydrating. I didn't drink a lot of water so as what might have expected, I came home with even worst sore throat plus a flu and I had to skip work the next day.

For 3 days straight we walked for average of 12 hours per day. My god! Can you imagine how sore my feet was? I really think I've finished up the walking quota for the whole year. I went for massage 3 times max in a day. We bought so many snacks from Big C which was not in our plan, and for the first time we had to get cartons wrapped at the airport to make sure any packs of potato chips are not going to burst.

Street foods, wanton noodles, crepes(Union Mall has the best crepes in the world!), endless of coconut water and cha yen(it means iced milk tea in thai), bowls of mihun soup, taking the scariest tuk-tuk ride, braving the heat at Chatuchak, a nice foot massage we keep coming back to.. let's just sum this trip up with crazy, but it was more to fun part! We had so much laughters! We celebrated SW's birthday in the hotel room when clock strikes zero-zero(*insidejoke), KY's gf bought her a Winnie Pooh cake!

(I think I've also drank more Cokes in 4 days compared to my entire past year fml)

SW and EK left a day earlier so we had a full day to ourselves. We have no plans for that day but to visit this Huskies cafe. They have like 20 Huskies and it feels terrifying when group of them running around you. I couldn't help feeling scared of them. -_- Just look at their sizes and you'll get what I mean.







But still, they're so cute isn't it?!

Since we're moving into new place soon, I've been looking up and down for some home design and deco ideas on Pinterest. Thank god for Pinterest because I get to see countless ideas and pin them for future reference, and with so many things to see on Pinterest, naturally you will have higher expectation of how your living environment is going to look like. As a designer myself, I totally understand some pictures of pretty spaces were taken for commercial purpose, that explains why it looks so clean, elegant and beautiful but it can be highly impractical at times. Back in the day we used to throw everything to a contractor or designer to do it but now that we can find so many ideas from Pinterest, Google and what's not, we're giving headache & pressure not only to ourselves but our contractor too. At this point, efficient communication is very much needed when it comes to making decision of the design and its practicality.

Looking back at some of my old pins, I realised people's sense of aesthetic do change. I see a totally different style from my current preference compared to the past. Unfortunately, I don't think I will be able to have home deco exactly like what I saw because I'm living in Malaysia where safety is a huge issue.

I've gathered a few pictures here.. As you can see I'm a huge fan of natural light(I'm a light chaser when it comes to photography too!) so these really caught my eyes. Not that it's useful for me now but I can save for the future when we have bigger space. :)












I won't be asking for too much. A perfect finishing of clean white wall and nice wood textured/pattern flooring is all I look into in my future house. & I must say a few things..

• White walls is really all I need.
• Full length windows in the house(!!). I want to take endless photos of everyone and everything.
• I would love some green plants indoor.
• Tiles wall for kitchen & bar table would be nice.
• Wooden desk is a must.
• I think Joe & I are secretly a hoarder. We might need a big display cabinet.
• Oh another one for his Legos, he probably need a toys room for himself.
• Some nice and simple wall painting. Making a combination of them is something to learn too.
• I would love some sideboards in the house!
• Carpets and more carpets!
• I would like an entryway where I can place umbrellas, shoes and bags.

Never thought I would feel so sad about Alan Rickman's passing. I was feeling really down the entire night after I saw it on the news. I'm surprised it has such impact to me. I'm not a super fan of J.K. Rowling nor Harry Potter's books, I just loved Harry Potter movies, which is something rather odd on me. I only began to watch Harry Potter movies when I was really bored one midnight and I couldn't stop but ended up in a movie marathon. I managed to finish that 6 movies just before Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part I) came out in theatre(which coincidentally falls on my birthday too).

Many months ago I told myself to do a HP movie marathon again as soon as I move in to new place, I even tried to convince Joe to watch it with me. How can he not, right? I loved those HP movies! I guess now it's gonna make me feel sad watching him in the movie again when in real life he had left us. T__T

• Alan Rickman's good bye letter to Harry Potter as the movie franchise wrapped up.
• Floral tributes to Alan Rickman have been left at Platform 9 3/4 in King's Cross Station, London.
• Daniel Radcliffe's Tribute to Alan Rickman — the best damned antagonist a guy could ask for.
• Another BTS clip shows Rupert Grint admitting that he once did a doodle of Alan, before getting a scare when he realised that the actor was behind him.
• Watch how Michael Gambon & Alan Rickman prank Daniel Radcliffe on set.
• J.K. Rowling finally revealed the clue she told Alan Rickman about Snape's character.
• Harry Potter's Oliver Wood(Sean Biggerstaff) pens tear-jerking tribute to Alan Rickman.
• Kate Winslet gets emotional as she pays tribute to the late Alan Rickman at the Critics' Circle Awards.

May you rest in peace, Alan Rickman. You'll always be my favourite antagonist of all time.

It’s time of the year again where people start writing about new year resolutions & take time scroll through memories on Facebook. I would like to say that my 2015 is mainly about making memories. Since I’m free now(I’m at work actually lol), I shall list down some of the highlights in 2015!

• Visited Ringo Cafe in Malacca, happened to be my last time because they have closed down for good.
• Self-learned Ukulele. • Hiked Bukit Tabur for the first time, on Valentine's Day.
• Travelled to Krabi in March(link, link), Singapore in April(link), Bali in May(link), Boracay in Nov(link, link & link) & Bangkok last Christmas(link).
• Snorkelled and swam in the ocean without a life jacket for the first time.
• Kissed a girl. (*singing to Katy Perry's) • Hiked to the top of Kanching Waterfalls for a mini picnic.
• Fell in love with my BFF whom I've known the longest time in my life.
• Took part in calligraphy class! • Met Peter Su and got his book signed!
• Bought a swan giant float & regretted not getting an electric air compressor.
• Started watching Running Man. • Given a red folding bike.
• Went to the National Zoo and finally saw the pandas.
• Celebrated our birthdays in Sunway Lagoon and saw white lions.
• Went to Pentatonix & Air Supply concert for free. • Watched Saturday Night Live Musical for free.
• Did cliff jumping for the first time @ Ariel's Point. • Witnessed a friend's proposal.
• Experienced LUXE cinema for the first time hahahaha
• Delivered more festive/birthday cards and postcards than I did previously. (I shall keep track of it)

And then, here's a list of the things I failed at getting it done FML.
• TO REALLY HAVE SAVINGS.
• A new tattoo. I've been talking about it for the whole year.
• Take more photos with film camera.
• Save up for a new lens or film camera.

I guess.. that's about it!

「還未學習怎麼紀念從前，便發覺要懂得擁抱明天⋯」就這樣，15年了。

未曾有機會到紅館親身體驗這次的世紀演唱會相必對很多人來說是人生一大損失。（一連三場再加兩場都爆滿）依稀記得當年TWINS在雲頂開騷，前排座位的童鞋們都只默默地觀賞（發呆？放空？），甚至有些人提早離開（相信他們是因為得到免費票而來的）。所以坐在前排的我們也激動不起來，只默默地被那兩把熟悉的聲音和那份校園情懷而深深地感動著；幾乎每一首歌我們都能朗朗上口地隨唱。

昨天一整天，只要有多餘時間，都在IG上找視頻。光從HASHTAGS的指引下看了一堆的15秒錄影足以讓我好好好好好好感動，還一直DOUBLE CHECK，擔心自己會看漏任何一個VIDEO。其中一晚由BOYZ來擔任演唱會嘉賓的VIDEO，看得我很感觸，尤其KENNY和STEVEN眼眶含泪更讓我深覺感慨⋯⋯只能說，時間是殘忍的。

請容許我啓動內心小劇場模式KTHXBAI

注：i) 以上照片皆JESSICA所有。 ii) 這篇文寫得太好。