Super commentator award from Carina

Carina, the lovely blogarina from Norway, gave me a blog award named "Super comments award", that shows a panda on a stick of bamboo. I think she thought that's me, cuz pandas are European bears that moved to Asia... (just made up by me). And the chirping bird must be Carina. She's giving me a small twig with leaves, which represent my award. Woohoo. Thanks, Carina :-) You made one chubby panda happy, hehe.

Your award made me think about commenting. If someone blogs about food, people will say: Wow, looks good, you make me hungry. I also do that, because it's the best I can say. And most of the time it's really true. But MKL panda is hungry all the time anyway. So I don't lie. Do you lie, when you comment? Never? Come on, admit it. You haven't read, but you commented anyway. Why did you do it? Either, because you take commenting as a chore/duty or you it's because you read the post, but had no comments, however you want to let the blogger know that you've read their post, so that they know it and in return read your post and comment. Or godforbid not think that you don't read their blog anymore, but actually you do. So comments are intended to keep the bonds of your online friendship intact. To keep the online universe that you've created running normally, so you can have a normal life, of which blogging, tweeting and occasional Facebook comments are a vital part of it. That gives you a way to escape the stress at work or with family, friends or partners. Nothing wrong with that. 50 years ago people escaped into books. 30 years ago it was the TV. And in the last 10 years it's the internet. How many hours do we waste commenting on random stuff? Did you ever think about that? We could do so many things like... milking cows or something. But all we do now is we switch on our laptops and waste our time by... anyway, you know the drill. You're doing the same, don't you? ;-) What happened to us? We're jerking around with cellphones and ipads inods islobs laptops... Even, if we go out and meet friends, all we do is camwhore for the Facebook photos. It's like: Look at us, we had fun... Then sometimes I think: What did you actually do besides taking 200 something photos with random people and weird grimaces? And good job with Photoshop, your skin looks amazing without the pimples I saw in the club, lol.

Ok, so commenting. Sharing your thoughts, opinions, engaging in discussions... that seems to be tedious lately. But I don't care. I'm not a comment whore, I write whatever I feel I want to share. And my blog's traffic is out of control lately and I'm happy about that. I have less comments, but more readers. That good enough for me. Maybe some of you, who follow me for a while now, are not really interested in Taiwan or the World Cup, but there are many people, who are. And I want to cater to both, to you and to them. And in the end, I wanna blog what I want. So, if you don't have interest, just skip, who cares. Comments or no comments, it's up to you. Just don't complain, that's rude. It's not my job to entertain you, however, I'm still happy if you like to read what I have to say. And one more thing I learned through haters blogging, write your blog's comment policy, when you become popular. You will attract commentators, who may not be as pleasant as you wish. I must say, after being attacked and annoyed (and spammed) by annoying individuals, I tightened my commenting rules. As you know, I'm a neat freak, I want my blog clean and spam free... ah, let's not go too far. Back to something pleasant again...

Back to Carina. I think she's one of the best commentators I know. I love to agree or disagree with her. When she comments, she will defend her point passionately, but respectfully. How can you not like her? I admire her for what she has done with her blog. She can write about fashion, celebrities, events or abused women in Afghanistan. She's bolder than me, she will write about religion and politics, state her opinion and people will still love her. I think she's a fearless blogger and I really admire her for that, because I softened up in this regard. Topic-wise, she's a bit like me, both of us write about various things. Anyway, you need to follow Carina, at least put her in your Google Reader and check her blog occasionally. And I guarantee you'll love her. Maybe you'll hate her, too, but then you're too sensitive anyway and you better just stick with girly blogs about make-up. ;-)

Carina, you're someone I'd really like to meet one day. In case I wander around Oslo, I'll ring on your doorbell, k ;) I remember we once had a terrible misunderstanding, but we patched things up very quickly. That's where I truly started to admire you. You deserve more than just "Super commentator" award, Carina, you deserve the "Kind and forgiving person" award, because that's what you are for me.

Ok, so now all this got me thinking. Since so many bloggers are on hiata (my own plural of hiatus), the comments became less here. People are busy these days. That makes me think: To whom I should give the super commenter award now? Ok, let's check some of my most recent posts and see... well...

Here are my Super commentators. I pass the award to these peeps:

LilyChen: She doesn't comment regularly, but when she does, she does it with luv.

Ejann: Cuz she's lovable and adorable and uber-stiletto-cool! Yeah. And she's my sister.

Jo Hill: She's just one of my top fans and I love her blog to bits and adore her big ti... ;-P

Daisy: She's one of the kindest nicest sweetest bloggers on the Internets.

Netster: He's always commenting late, but catches up with all my posts. He's awesome!
Shingo: Because he's an old uncle and needs some praise. Kidding. He's awesome, too!

Amogh: He's a very nice guy, who always gives supportive comments. Thank you :)
Sabrina: Saby has such a big heart, it's visible! ;) Really, I lurve her comments to bits.

Adamantixx: The English poet is one of my dearest followers and gives great comments :)

Karen: She writes long and interesting comments and always puts a smile on my face ;)

Ok, if you accept this award, you can answer the following question to me:

What are your thoughts on blog commenting? Any funny observations?

Oh, and follow Carina, she's the best :-)

Asian Canadians are awesome!

Thanking Karen for her award and thanking my Canadian readers

On the photo: Lee Hyo-ri

I was awarded and tagged by the lovely Canadian blogger Karen (for the second time) and I think it's about time for me to finally do the tag and award some of my blogger friends. I'd like to say a big thank you to my Canadian followers. From what I see on my tracker, I get a lot of traffic from Canada, especially from Kamloops, Vancouver and Toronto. After USA, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia, Canada ranks no 5 on my blog visits ranked by countries. And some of my regular commentators and blogger friends are Canadians, most notably Karen, Kym and Julie (who also happen to be Asian), are truly awesome (hence the title of the post). Their blogs are adorable, that's for sure, I recommend you to check them out. Thanks again, Canadians!

Now it's time to do the tag. First the Stylish blog award (click here for award photo):

The rule says: For this tag, state 5 random facts about yourself and award the tag to 5 others.

1 During my trip to Macau, I was addicted to Portuguese egg tarts. My addiction was later cured, when I returned to Taiwan, I got totally hooked on fried dumplings ;-)

2 I think Chuck Norris is a douche. And by that I mean the real person and his political views, not the funny internet character. I love that one ;-)

3 This is why I love Google.

4 I blush very easily, but it doesn't mean I'm shy. My skin reacts to all kinds of weather conditions, it's very sensitive.

5 I also have very sensitive eyes and if I don't wear my sunnies and the weather is hot and sunny, my eyes hurt. Also when I go sightseeing on a sunny day and I take photos of myself without sunnies, my eyes look mostly closed on all the photos, my girlfriend can confirm that. So like someone needs glasses to read, I need my sunnies to survive the sunny days :-)

And now to the Cherry on Top award (click here for award photo). For this tag you have to thank the person who gave you the award, copy the award and post it on your blog, then list three things you love about yourself and post a picture you love (eg: a person you adore etc). Then tag 5 people.

Thanks again, Karen, for tagging me. The three things I love about myself are:

1 I love my open-mindedness when it comes to food. I love all kinds of food and am always open to try new ones. Everywhere I travel, I find some favorite local food and enjoy eating it. That makes my life much easier many times.

2 I love my willingness to listen and understand, be it individuals, groups or societies.

3 I love my ability to speak many languages. I hope one day, when I have children, that they also speak more languages than one.

This is my girlfriend at the Yeliu cape. I love this photo and I love her.

I also chose this photo, because my next post will be about the famous Yeliou cape and Keelung, northern Taiwan's main port. We had a great time there, you'll see soon. Stay tuned.

I'm giving these 2 awards to following people:

1 Kym from http://www.beecreative.ca/
2 Julie from http://popchampagne.blogspot.com/
3 Lily from http://yulengchen.blogspot.com/
4 Jaimie from http://soflawed.blogspot.com/
5 Roxy from http://bludeh.blogspot.com/

If you do the tag or don't, it's really up to you. Just take it easy, k. I won't spy on you, hehe. Although I will continue stalking you on your blogs ;-)

[Photo 1: Source, Photo 2 by MKL, 2010]

Modern Toilet in Ximending, Taipei

Or what me and my girlfriend call the shit restaurant*, hehe...

The Modern Toilet (Chinese: 便所主题餐厅) is a famous bathroom-themed restaurant in Taiwan, Taipei. I've written about theme restaurants in Taipei before and I've been in the Modern Toilet before, too. But that one was located near the Shilin Night Market and my girlfriend and I only shared one ice cream. This time we went for a full meal and we were accompanied by the awesome blogger Shingo, his wife and his wife's parents, who came all the way from Singapore to see all the beautiful spots of Taiwan and try some of the unique (and sometimes crazy) food you can find here.

We went to the bigger restaurant located in Ximending, which is the biggest pedestrian area in Taipei. Now you wonder where exactly is Modern Toilet located? Well, if you check their homepage moderntoilet.com.tw you'll find an address and a map, but that probably won't help you a lot. Let me show you how to find Modern Toilet in Ximending:

We went out at Ximen Station Exit 6 (see here) and then walked into the lane on the right (click on my map to enlarge and save it). We were lucky, because my girlfriend, who is a local, brought us to that place, but you can ask some people for directions, if you're not sure. Ximending is full of young people, I'm sure there's plenty of them who speak a little bit English and will help you. Just remember to turn left when you see a 7/11 and Starbucks building.

The first photo above is the restaurant's main entrance. We had to go the upper floors and were directed to our bath tub table.

That's how it looks inside. Pretty crowded, right?

Our neighboring table: The toilet-shaped chairs, we sat on the same ones.

Another photo of the Modern Toilet's interior. Not bad, huh? :)

Shingo's dish came in a mini toilet bowl. That "brown dung pie" is actually just a plastic cover for a small salad.

Shingo's father-in-law had in my opinion the coolest dish: A green toilet bowl with curry, that was still sizzling. That really looked cool in real, because of the color, hehe.

Our dish was also great, albeit less "toilety", hehe. And the drinks came in urinals (尿壺).

The tea inside really looked a little like...... :-P

And you the worst best thing is, you can keep the urinal :-P

In the end, we had dung ice cream, vanilla flavor. It was yummy.

All and all it was a great experience. The food was yummy and all of us had to chuckle few times. I'm happy that I could enjoy that food with Shingo and his dear ones. We had a great time and I'd definitely visit Modern Toilet again. So I definitely recommend you this place.

And to unravel the mystery behind Shingo in my previous post: None of the guys in the photo is Shingo. I think few of you guess it right, kudos to you all. You know me well, hehe. But I took the photo, just a random pic of the Ximending crowd. But regarding Shingo, I think it's better that the mystery behind his identity lives on :-P

Would you go to the restaurant and try the food?

Related: [Sweet Dynasty with Shingo][Wiki][My TAIWAN page][All photos by MKL, 2010]

*hey, even on their hompage they ask "Shit or food?"

Sweet Dynasty 糖朝 restaurant, Taipei

Another foodventure with uncle Shingo

When my girlfriend and I met up with uncle Shingo, his wife and his lovely in-laws (read about it here), he suggested to go to a Hong Kong style restaurant at the Zhongxiao Dunhua road in Taipei city, one of the most famous roads here. It's known as Taipei's fashion street, with great restaurants, bars and shops. We weren't sure about the restaurant's name, but my girlfriend somehow found out the name of the restaurant and she immediately knew where it was. The place is called Sweet Dynasty or 糖朝 (or Tang Chao) and it's famous for delicious food and especially delicious Chinese or particularly Hong Kong desserts. Let me introduce you the restaurant and the yummy desserts we had.

The Sweet Dynasty from the inside: The traditional Hong Kong style is predominant.

There's many main dishes, but we came to try their famous desserts.

Our dish was Sago soup with fresh fruits: Mmm, simply delicious!

I think this one on the left is Tofu pudding with fresh mango. Looks yummy.

Tofu Pudding with red beans close-up.

After we finished the individual deserts, we ordered Tofu pudding in cask.

It says it's for 5 persons. We were 6 and couldn't finish it. It was very yummy, though.

Hong Kong styled tofu pudding: Even my girlfriend said it's the best she ever had.

The Sweet Dynasty is really a great restaurant. I can only pass my judgement on the two desserts I tried. They were very tasty. And Shingo and his dear ones also said they liked the desserts and they came all the way from Singapore to try them. That speaks volumes and also says a lot about the place, since Singaporean's are renown to be great food critics :-) Thanks again for the good company, Shingo and another time thanks for treating my girlfriend and I. You're truly a generous man.

[Modern Toilet with Shingo][Sweet Dynasty hp][All photos by MKL, 2010]

Famous bloggers finally meet in Taiwan: Shingo rocks Taipei with MKL

I met Shingo T! I saw him! Woohoo!

Everyone reads Shingo's blog, right? And Shingo reads everyone's blog, right? ^_^ That's the impression I have, when I browse your blogs. A while ago, Shingo contacted me and asked me, if I was open to meeting up during his trip to Taiwan. And of course I said yes! Who wouldn't want to meet the mysterious Shingo T and unravel the mystery behind his identity? Manju, do you remember, when we chatted on MSN few months ago and wondered, how Shingo might look like? How old is "uncle" Shingo really? Is he really so handsome? Well, I'm one of the few lucky humans, who had the chance to get all the answers of these questions answered in a single afternoon. I feel so honored :-)

If you read his blogger profile, he says:

"A very handsome chick magnet with irresistable charm. Also known to be thick skinned, self-obsessed and living in his own world."

You know, we've met in Taipei's trendy district Ximending and I can tell you, the girls really looked at him a lot. And there were at least 2 girls trailing him all the time. It was amazing. He does have charm, that's really true. I haven't hung out with him so much as to test the thickness of his skin and check, if he's so self-obsessed as he claims. All I can say is, Shingo is really really nice, he always smiles and it's very interested in many things. And he's very generous, he treated me twice, so I want to say thank you again here. Shingo, you are a very nice man. And I must add, that I also met Shingo's lovely wife, who's also extremely friend and his in-laws, who followed us to every spot and tried every food. They were very friendly and in-laws like them are a dream of every man. Shingo is truly lucky ^_^

Ok, for those who are so curious, I took a photo in Ximending and I give you 5 answers to choose. And my question is: Which one is Shingo T?

1 Is Shingo T a Nike fan, who carries the bag awesomely like that?

2 Is Shingo T a fast-paced casual traveler, who loves to wear red?

3 Is Shingo T a hunky muscular young man with a crew cut?

4 Is Shingo T a guy, who rolls up his pants' sleeves, but prefers his tees sleeveless?

5 Is Shingo T none of the above and a totally different guy?

The right answer will be revealed in my next post. :-P And that one will be about the Taipei's awesome theme restaurant Modern Toilet. I will post some photos and write my review and you'll be able to read more about Shingo and the good time we had. So stay tuned for my next post. Here's a sneak peek of what follows...

We had delicious curry from a toilet bowl

Another thing I want to add: A special thanks to my lovely girlfriend, who helped me to guide Shingo around Taipei in that afternoon we spent together. She's really such a great guide and knows so many places. It reminded me of the first days when I came to Taipei, when she showed me around this awesome place. Thanks a lot again. You're great. :-)

So, is uncle Shingo, a lesser or a bigger mystery for you now?

Stefanie, you're such a sweetheart!

Dear Stefanie,

my lovely little sis. Tell me honestly, is your life's purpose making others happy?

I remember, when you found my blog about four months ago, your comments always made me smile. We became friends very quickly, because you're such a sweetheart, who befriends everyone instantly. And for a while, you were only following me, but people noticed you. And you quickly became friends with many of my followers and they became your followers, too. And I was very happy about that. For me, your blog is another way for you to make others happy. Everywhere I see you online, be it on your Twitpics or Twitter, I see your smile and kindness radiating. Your smile shines out and warms us. And it especially warms me. I'm happy, that you became friends with my girlfriend and I and that we "adopted" you as our own sister. I do have concerns about your health and I worry about you a lot lately, but you always manage to calm me down. I hope you get healthy soon and I really wish, I could welcome you in Taiwan one day.

Thank you very very much for sending me a lovely card with many kind words and a key chain with my name. That was very sweet of you and made me happy.

Thanks for being you, Stefanie a.k.a. Ms. Stefbunny :-)

[Photo by MKL, 2010]

.musing about my awesome Irish friend.

Or should I say Malaysian? :-P

Sorry guys, but let me bore you with another package I received today. I don't know, how these posts come across to you, but I feel I need thank the one who takes the effort to send me something as nice as Ejann did. I actually planned to write one big posts about all these packages, but then they arrive so randomly. Can you imagine, Manju sent me a package before Christmas 2009! And it still hasn't arrived. I'm not sure who's fault is, but if the package was intercepted somewhere in central Africa, I hope the person, who kept it, liked Manju's sweets, hehe. So far, packages from the Netherlands, Taiwan and most recently from Ireland arrived at a reasonable time. Only Mauritius is different. Hmm... hehehe... No comment ;-)

Let's open Ejann's package and see what's inside:

Two greeting cards, one from Spain and one from Ireland with really sweet words. Then two sweet chocolates, one with the flavor of Schotch and one with Whiskey. Hmm, what's all that about, doc? Wanna make me drunk? Haha... Oh, an the most awesome thing was the keyring. It says lucky old Irish penny. I already put my key on it, will bring with me to Taiwan.

The Whiskey Truffle is yummy, especially the filling. It's soft, but the whiskey flavor is very mild. But it's dark chocolate and I'm more of a milk chocolate fan. I also like white (for future reference :-P). The Butterschotch was very yummy, because it was milky and sweet. You can see the difference in colors. My mum, my sister and I finished both chocolates in 10min, haha.

So, what am I gonna do today? Drink Matcha green tea and read .musings of the corybantic painted nails. It's an awesome blog and the blogger, Ejann a.k.a. the girl in stiletto, is awesome, too. Thank you so much for your sweets. They brightened up my day :-) And thanks for the keyring and all the lovely words you've written for me.

Oh, I have one more thing to add. If you're my reader, please check a blog post about a Valentine's giveaway (saw that via Kym). It says that you have to nominate a female blogger that inspired you and that blogger may get a nice giveaway. I nominated Ejann :-) If you feel she inspired you, I would be happy, if you mention that there. But you can nominate anyone you feel deserves it :-)

Check that post here>>

Delicious Dutch delicacies from my awesome friend

I received a package from the Netherlands from my lovely friend Shirley!

I was so happy to see the package today. The postman put it on top of our mail inbox, because it was too big to fit in. I was thinking: OMG! No need to give me something so big. I became a bit shy. Then I ran down and brought the package up to my room. I unwrapped it immediately and saw:

Wow! So many yummy things! Amazing! Thank you, Shirley! What can I say more? Bedankt! The first thing I had to try were the interesting candies. There was all kinds of them and although they look like soft ones, they weren't that soft. But they were very yummy anyway:

Among the mouthwatering candies, I spotted two monkeys and I was so happy. I'm monkey in the Chinese zodiac, so it's "natural", that I love them. Then I remembered my other awesome friend, who is really scared of monkeys. Oh no... Too late now, the pics are uploaded, so...

Another thing about me, that's fairly known, is my love for chocolate. You can't go wrong by giving me chocolate as a gift. I wanna try chocs from all over the world. This one was yummy!

And then there were Dutch mini stroopwafles. Shirley said I need to put them in the microwave for about 10 seconds. And I tell you, they are delicious. Never had these before, so I was surprised how good they taste. The only thing Shirley didn't tell me, is how to eat them:

How would you eat them? :)

Really thanks a lot dear Shirley for this lovely surprise. I'm surely going to read the book on the train and plane, because it's a great story. I watched the trailer of the movie and was amazed immediately. I guess it will be fun to read the book first. And all the sweets are really great, especially the stroopwafles. I love them. I feel very appreciated and things like this make blogging a great experience. I hope your eye gets better soon, because I miss your posts and comments. I hope I can read your blog when I'm in Taiwan :-)

Speaking of sweets and Taiwan, you can check out Lily's new post about sweets, but it's in Chinese.

Ps: Sorry, Manju, for the monkey :-P

Pps: Dear Toothfairy, I will brush my teeth more times today, ok? I promise :-)

Most random post ever!

This will be pretty random, can you handle it?

The routine is back and I'm really sooooo bored sometimes. I mean, in my head there's nothing except randomness. Ok, it wasn't hard to write my last post, because spammers lit[t]er[ed]ally flooded my blog, so I had to take action and send them a strong message! But guess what? Even that post got a spam comment #FML. I guess deleting is the only way to keep them away, Manju's famous secret army of ninjas and monsters failed miserably. I saw them in a back yard down in Solferino eating cake. Well, what do you expect, right? I guess I need to keep deleting spam manually. If that's the price to pay when you're a tinly little tad more popular... well, so be it. But if this blogmestic violence becomes bigger, I will have to lock my comments again -_-

Speaking of locked, look what I've found:


You can find more of this awesome stuff on Lamebook. Those who need something a bit harder, you can check Fuckbook (found this via @sabyj's blog). Sheesh, there it is, I said it! The "F" word. Now my blog will go down the drain #FML. Speaking of these online-books, I just saw some awesome jokes on Manju's Facebook wall and I will straight out post them here, because I'm bold like that today:

Manju's boyfriend took her to a restaurant. The waiter, for some reason, took boyfriend's order first."I'll have the strip steak, medium rare, please." The waiter asked: "Aren't you worried about the mad cow?" "Nah, she can order for herself." And then the fight started...

Manju is standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror. She is not happy with what she sees and says to her boyfriend: "I feel horrible! I look old, fat and ugly. I really need you to pay me a compliment." "The boyfriend replies: "Your eyesight's damn near perfect." And then the fight started...

Manju and her boyfriend are watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire while they were in bed. Boyfriend turned to her and said: "Do you want to have sex?" "No," she answered. Boyfriend then said: "Is that your final answer?" Manju didn't even look at him this time, simply saying "Yes." So boyfriend said: "Then I'd like to phone a friend."And that's when the fight started...

The biggest joke for me was: Manju doesn't have a boyfriend [as for 6.1.2009 at 5am in Solferino]. This was all posted by a funny friend of Manju's named GREAT.VIKIUS. I hope he doesn't mind becoming famous because of me. Well, who knows, maybe that's what he intended to become by posting those jokes on Manju's wall.

Speaking of Manju, I recieved her Christmas card two days ago! Hello? Christmas is over like... so long ago! Duh... and OMG, I am not sure whether the Mauritian postmen are lazy or weather the card was stuck in Zimbabwe for a week. Or maybe our postmen here are slobs. No idea, but each of these possibilities would not surprise me... but well, it will forever remain a mystery why this card traveled so long.

[click to enlarge]

Have you seen what Manju wrote? She picked on people (actually mice) who are midgeter than her. That's midgestic violence! I studied this card thoroughly and I figured out that Manju has a split personality: There's a good and a bad Manju [a berry berry bad Manju!]:

• The bad one uses a black pen and taunts midgets, has an evil laugh
  
• The good one uses a blue pen and tries to justify the bad one's evil actions
  

Seriously disturbing, don't you think? I wonder which Manju will comment on my blog today. *trembling, biting nails, sweating...

Speaking of Christmas. What did you have for dinner? I had chicken:

Socks are such a turn-off, don't you think? I prefer it without socks. FTW!

Besides eating chicken with socks (<-double-meaning), I watched TV on Christmas and I saw something that really hurt my Asian feelings. Those damn ang moh can't stop to bully us Asians!


I will be soon in Asia, so you can be sure, that I'm trying to prepare myself well to have a smooth transition. In this case this warning won't apply to me, I don't have any grandmas. If those Asian youngsters don't believe me and still want to kill my grandma [a seriously disturbing thought >_<], I will just tell them:

Leave my grandma alone!

If you want to kill someone...

Alright! I wanna be frank here. The photo above reminded me that I haven't been with a woman for a long while now... Ok, chances are good that I will be with one soon, but I try to be strong, you know. I do my best and most of the time I succeed. But then, I can only deny it soooo much, because the Universe has a weird way to slap me in the face, usually in a very weird way, as it's obvious here, when I was just about to write an untrue comment:


I better stop here, this is going nowhere. I tag Shingo, Manju, Great.Vikius, Nahl, ShAKirA CHOONG, Bananazക and Superman to write a random post with random things and link back to my post because I invented this game. And if you do that you'll get the award Random Blogger from me. Ain't that something? FTW, people, FTW!!!

On a side note: Lily did the 10 honest things about her post, please check that out and get to know her better. And I also did a post on Andhari's blog, check here. Thanks.

Do you have any comments? :P

[Photos: 1 by Lamebook, 2 by Manju and my scanner, 3 Lily, 4 probably on HuffPost, 5 probably on RCA, 6 My magic fingers]

Arti Sahabat by Netster

Malaysian friend's awesome music on my blog

My fellow Malaysian blogger Netster a.k.a. Jong Fui Fa, accidentally tweeted a link to an old post of his, and since I'm a busy body, I followed that link and found a video of a beautiful song he sang. The song was originally recorded by an Indonesian pop rock band Nidji [more info here] and it's called Arti Sahabat ["The meaning of a best friend"]. I loved that song instantly. And I thought it'd be a great way to promote my dear friend's blog and also give you the pleasure to enjoy some awesome music from Indonesia, wut wut! Check the two videos below, first one is the cover version from Netster:

Here's the original Arti Sahabat by Nidji:

Music connects people! High five! Enjoy my friends' art.

Adeline Lee: Singaporean beauty

Let me introduce you my exceptional friend

I came across this lovely lady 3 months ago on Twitter. Where else, right? Seems like Twitter is a place to meet the most awesome people. Adeline Lee (born 1985) is definitely one of those. And she's also one of these women, when you see them, you just have to ask them something like: Are you a model? And I think that was one of the first questions I had in our initial tweet exchange. And yes, she is a model. But not only that - she's a model you'll definitely remember. What captivated me most about her were her eyes. She's got that uniquely deep look with big radiant eyes you can't really forget. Check the photo above and below: Amazing eyes, right?

But apart from the eyes, she's got an awesome body, which is obvious in the next pics (She's 163cm tall). Have you noticed the leopard outfits? Seems as she has a special affection for leopards, because she uses the nickname leopardladyy for her blog, Twitter and other websites. But more about that later in the interview.

This my personal fav photo of Adeline. I love those sunnies.

I like this one: Black, white and blue colors, a perfect composition.

Now that you know a little about Adeline, let's hear what she has to say. I decided to make a small interview with her, it's my first, so wish me luck :-) So here's a little conversation I had with the amazing Singaporean model Adeline Lee:

How do your friends call you? Any nicknames?

They all call me Adeline, but my family calls me 'ah Yong' in Chinese (my Chinese name in short), I hate it because it sounds like a guy's name. Lol.

I noticed you use 'leopardladyy' as your online name. How come?

Because I love leopard prints so much! hehe. I love animal prints. :) Everyone knows it's my trademark now, haha!

When did you begin modeling and how did it start?

I started modeling early this year. It all started when a photographer approached me for shoots, and then I find myself doing it till now...It's fun.

Share some of your favorite models, female and male.

I love Devon Aoki, she's a model turned actress. She has very unique features. And from male models Randall Tan from Singapore.

What is your favorite look when it comes to fashion?

The wild smokey eyes look is my all time favourite.

What kind of shoes are your favorite?

I love high heels, but it always gives me nasty blisters. I love boots too, but it's not very appropriate to wear in Singapore, unless it's for special occasions etc.

Share your favorite make-up brands for my female readers.

I love MAC cosmetics, eg. their liquid foundation and concealer provides great coverage which is suitable for parties/shoots. And I always wear Maybelline mascaras, I think they are alot better than those expensive brands. I don't have to wear any fake lashes at all!

Now let's talk about some topics that aren't related to modeling. What do you do in your free time? What are your hobbies?

I love reading novels/literatures. And singing is also my hobby.

Where did you travel and which place did you like the most?

I've only been to Bangkok and Hong Kong/Shenzhen. But I really love Bangkok. Apart from all the cheap bargains, their simplicity of lifestyle appeals to me, it gave me a nostalgic feeling.

What's your favorite food? Do you cook and what do you cook best?

Lol. My fave food is pasta/sphagetti and tom yam. And I just learned how to cook pasta, haha. I want to try cooking tom yam next. :)

What are your favorite TV shows?

My fave tv shows are American next topmodel and Prison Break. I don't really chase dramas, but watch a lot of movies.

Who is your favorite singer?

Jam Hsiao.

What kind of guy is handsome for you?

Like Wentworth Miller! Lol.

What kind of people annoy you the most?

Ohh... I met a lot of annoying people while taking the train everyday in the morning. Weird people, who try to strike a conversation, people who squeeze and push like mad....

You're pretty, you must have many guys approaching you...

Hahaha, but im married. Lolz.

How would you describe your character?

I'm quite introverted. I tend to be very quiet around people I don't really know,and hence often being mistaken as aloof, which I'm really not. But with my close friends or family, I would be crazy!

Before we finish this little interview, do you have any special message for my readers?

I wish everyone a merry Christmas and happy New year! Hope everyone enjoys good health and good luck for the coming year 2010! :)

Thank you for the lovely interview.

Thanks for the time and effort. :)

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