MyBurgerLab + Garage 51 + Setia Walk = Ridiculous Adventures

Basically this post exists because I took too many photos last night and my friends think it's a bad idea to post everything onto Facebook. And I took too many photos of the restaurants/cafes so here we go.

We decided to go to MyBurgerLab for lunch because I've never been there and too many people have taken photos of their burgers on instagram, I had to see for myself. Plus, their Twitter account ( @myBurgerLab ) is fairly amusing, what with their teetering on cincai promotions and all. But hey, I'm not complaining.

It says MBL: HQ btw, I was simply too short to get a full shot of it whilst not getting killed

We went to the Sunway branch because Sunway was Joyanne and Dhipa's turf and it was the closest one, I guess. And apparently the Sunway branch is their headquarters? K. 

I wanted to leave something naughty there but too broke

So many young people

Menu

The cashier said she liked my hair. I said I know, I do too. 

K I love this photo

The kitchen was open, we could see what was going on inside (and they all paused dramatically to stare at Ashley, unsurprisingly)

The restaurant itself is bright and airy, with a loft kind of feel. It was full downstairs, so we sat upstairs. 

The food took a while to arrive so... We camwhored. 

Then finally our numbers were called AND THE BURGERS ARE DONE

Huiying ordered SALAD at a BURGER PLACE

A sloppy photo of sloppy fries

Hangover (Beef)

Yiwen's order, a set comes with fries and a drink

I ordered a la carte, cos I wasn't feeling that hungry and stolen fries taste better, besides they have unlimited refill too, so I would recommend stealing drinks too. My burger was the Hangover, it had hashbrown and shitake mushrooms. SO YUM. The burgers are really good. A little pricey though, but ah well, you gotta treat yourself sometimes. 

Then we wanted a group photo, but the waiter offered to help but I said NO and everyone booed me. Wtf, they have overfriendly-awkward waiters there. 

Extremely fab timer shot excuse me?

We then walked all the way to Garage 51 for dessert, a hipster cafe just a short walk away. 

I suppose the food there was quite okay, I had Creme Brulee but I think it was slightly undercooked? But hey, it was sweet so I guess that's okay. I suppose it's a little overpriced too, considering the fact that it's right next to Sunway college? I thought student priced things were supposed to be cheap. *shudders* Life is easier in Taiwan. 

Then after eating, we camwhored again cos... GOOD LIGHTING. 

Then we snuck into Sunway to... Camwhore. Yet again. Kids these days. 

And afterwards, we went to Setia Walk at Puchong to camwhore (wtf), but we didn't really take pictures there cos it was dark, and we had a good bullshit session at Starbucks. 

This is an extremely shitty blogpost filled to the brim with photos. Yay. Laziness. I promise to write one with lots of words soon k. 

Bye. 

Getting Fatter and Fatter With Every Passing Day Angel

Tonight I Belanja You

I realize it is past midnight but I simply had a really nice night and I want to share some photos here

The Father had an annual dinner thing and The Brother had a date with his friends so me and The Mother decided to go chill somewhere.

The Mother recommended this cute little cafe in Taman Desa called Encore. She didn't really know how to get there so we spent 20 minutes getting lost. But in the end, we found the place and it's absolutely gorgeous.

I really love the vibe of it's outdoor section. It was a typical Malaysian evening, 30 degree weather with a slight evening breeze. I found the indoors to be too cold due to the air conditioning, but lots of families were seated inside and it was quite full, but on the outside, it was spacier and when we arrived at around 8.30pm, there weren't many people outdoors.

I also appreciate how it's so brightly lit, I honestly dislike dim cafes cos it just creates the mood to doze off plus it's harder to camwhore in a dark environment (THIS IS SO SO IMPORTANT). So, good job there. However, the outdoor section is only open till 11pm due to the fact that the cafe is right next to a row of terrace houses. The indoors are still available till midnight though.

Environment, check. Good lighting, check. Nice decor, check (the chairs are so cute!). Now all that's left is it's food and beverage.

These are just the tip of the iceberg of course, I didn't manage to photograph the rest of the pastires

The Mother allowed me to pick anything I wanted, mainly because I was the one paying. And since the cafe doesn't do meals (coffee, tea and pastries), I settled for a beef pie and three pastries along with tea for both of us. All this concluded to a RM55 which I consider quite okay cos I like the ambiance there and Mother kept insisting that the quality is good. Ah well, we'll see.

The pie is so filling omg, very worth it

From right, Bestseller thingy, Paris Brest (I remembered this one cos funny name), and Chocolate thing (contains alcohol)

The food very nice ok. The pie was surprisingly filling, although I suppose it could use some cheese and the tea was nice, it suited the ambiance (though we peeked at the other customers and they all ordered iced coffee or fruit juice, idk), and the dessert. Well, the dessert. Hmm. Let's let the photos speak for themselves ayy?

Mother loves this photo idk why

This is the face of someone eating nice pie

 Um now the bestseller photos appear, it is being compared to animal feeding photos and has been sent to National Geographic for confirmation

Mother asked me to change my profile picture to this

Ah yes I suppose I have scarred you enough. The pastries are really good. Don't trust me? Go try them yourselves.

We spent a few hours there and it was then I found out their wi-fi gets shut off around 10pm. I mean like, who the hell does  that? But now I know.

And anyway, one thing I really want to talk about is the service there. There is this really cute waitress who is really friendly and nice plus she's efficient too. I really like going to cafes with good service because bad service makes me want to throw plates to their heads, so another reason to visit Encore: Smiley waitress with cute foreign accent.

I guess that's it, I really enjoyed this night cos although I've been back in Malaysia for over a week, I feel like tonight I properly chatted with Mother. It's a nice feeling.

To end this, here's some nice portraits and a cute selfie

Official Website

http://encorepatisseriecafe.com.my/

Location

Encore Patisserie Cafe Malaysia
1, Jalan Bukit Desa 5, Taman Bukit Desa,
58100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Contact

03-7972 7988

Working Hours

Monday (Closed)
Tuesday to Saturday (12:00 pm – 12:00 am)
Sunday (10:00 am – 12:00 am)

Can't Survive Without Desserts Angel

A Short Hello

Shit.

Has one semester really passed? And have I not updated my silly blog at all?

I suppose I have some explaining to do.

But truly, I don't  have a valid explanation? Unless you count too busy living my life as an excuse.

All right, I just spent 10 minutes going through some old posts on my blog. I can't accept the fact that it's 2015 already, I seriously can't. I actually spent this New Year's doing some really cool things but I guess I'll keep those adventures to myself.

I'm here to update a little about my current life. I'm still quite awesome, it's just that I've switched my focus onto Instagram, as you can see:

I'm currently doing an a-photo-a-day challenge. I have been keeping my word and consistently posting photos and I'm a little proud of myself heh. So you can probably follow me (shameless self promotion is always fun) @NoelHasFeathers for more of my daily hipstur photos yes

That aside, HELLO EVERYONE. Noel is back! And I mean that literally, I've been back in Malaysia for two weeks and life has been extremely sweet (and fattening).

Well, I don't really know what to tell you about next because simply too many things have been going on in my life recently *hides under table*. But I have  been practicing guitar and I just acquired a new camera and I'm excited to merge these two together and show it to you guys (hopefully) very soon!

And since I'm on winter break now, I've also been devouring all my Big Bad Wolf book haul at a speed of about one book per day. I know, it's all very frightening. But I feel so... nourished, y'know? Reading makes me so happy, even if the content isn't that good.

Yes, can people jio me out yumcha pls, I need content to post on my Instagram.

Welcome back to the blogosphere, Noel

Craving For Chinese New Year Cookies  Angel

Love Is Easy - McFly

Song: Love Is Easy
Singer/Band: McFly
Album: Memory Lane: The Best Of McFly

Released: 18 November 2012
Genre: Pop-Rock

Original Cover Art

Lyrics & Chords:

Intro:

C
Do do do do do do

D7
Do do do do do do

F     G        C
Do do do do do do


Verse 1:

C                              D7
Today I'm laughing the clouds away

                        F
I hear what the flowers say

                    C
Drink every drop of rain


      C                      D7
And I see places that I have been

                        F
In ways that I've never seen

                        C
My side of the grass is green


Pre-chorus:

                         G
Oh, I can't believe that it's so simple

            G
It feels so natural to me


Chorus:

F          C                 G
If this is love then love is easy

         Am     G        F
It's the easiest thing to do

           C                    G
If this is love, then loves completes me

         Am                  G       F
Cause it feels like I've been missing you


           C
A simple equation

              G                        F
With no complications, to leave you confused

           D7
If this is love love love

F            F (stop)
Ooh it's the easiest thing to do

Middle:

C
Do do do do do do

D7
Do do do do do do

F     G        C
Do do do do do you


Verse 2:

C                   D7
Feel the way that I do

                         F
Do I turn the grey skies blue?

                        C
Make dirty streets look new?


              C
And the birds sing

                       D7
Tweedily tweet dee dee dee

                 F
Tweedily dee dee dee

                                 C
And now I know exactly what they mean


Pre-chorus 2:

                         G
Oh, I can't believe that it's so simple

            G
It feels so natural to me


Chorus 2:

F          C                 G
If this is love then love is easy

         Am     G        F
It's the easiest thing to do

           C                    G
If this is love, then loves completes me

         Am                  G       F
Cause it feels like I've been missing you


           C
A simple equation

              G                        F
With no complications, to leave you confused

           D7
If this is love love love

F            G
Ooh it's the easiest thing to do


Middle:

C
Do do do do do do

D7
Do do do do do do

F     G        C
Do do do do do do


C
Do do do do do do

D7
Do do do do do do

F     G        C
Do do do do do do


Bridge:

C
Woohoo woohoo woo

D7
Woohoo woohoo woo

F               C
Woohoo woohoohoohoo


Chorus 3:

F          C                 G
If this is love then love is easy

         Am     G        F
It's the easiest thing to do

           C                    G
If this is love, then loves completes me

         Am                  G       F
Cause it feels like I've been missing you


           C
A simple equation

              G                        F
With no complications, to leave you confused

           D7
If this is love love love

F            (nc)
Ooh it's the easiest thing to do


Outro:


C
Do do do do do do

Bm7
Do do do do do do

F     G        C
Do do do do do do

C
Do do do do do do

Bm7
Do do do do do do

F     G        C
Do do do do do you?

Tabbed by BJ/ Lyrics taken from ultimate-guitar.com and modified

Noel's Lyric Interpretation: 
This is a pretty simple song telling you how simple love is. We didn't really change much of the song except for the guitar solo. You can say it's a little more chill than the original but meanwhile it's not as chill as the dougie version.

♪  ♫  ♪  ♫  ♪  ♫  ♫  ♪  ♫  ♪  ♫  ♪

Hello hello hello hello hello. I'm not exactly back. Joyanne demanded me post this to my blog so here you have it.

I should probably introduce my bandmates cos they're all really talented people. From the left, 勳承, Xun Cheng aka Cockroachman (I actually christianed him Vincent but he doesn't seem to buy into that name), he's really good on guitar and his voice is deep and husky (he's annoying tho). Next on, 巧思, Sarah Pan, she's SUCH A CUTIEPIE, like legit the sweetest person ever, even her voice feels like it's candy-coated. And on my left,  奕融, Allan, he's really sweet and nice too and his voice is somewhere between husky and phlegmy (???) but his harmonization is usually on point. They're all really good people and I'm so happy to be able to be in a band together with them.

I don't really think I should apologize for being MIA because I honestly have been busy just living. If you truly want to know about my daily shenanigans, you should follow me on instagram (@noelhasfeathers) which update when something interesting happens.

I really really really really want to tell you all about NCKU's guitar club and the exclusive group I auditioned for (minyaotuan) but I REALLY DON'T HAVE TIME. My studies and my social life are dangling on a line here.

However, I will try to post as many of my performances here because well, I don't really have any other place to show them off.

So bye for now.

Fuel

I have this very bad habit where I find videos on the internet and I watch them non-stop. Usually this happens in the middle of the night. And tonight is no different.

I have been watching interviews of Neil Gaiman and it has provided me what I think is fuel. I say this because words are flowing from my mind, to the screen - well, not literally  because if I did that literally I don't have to move ever again- which has long since been overdue.

I'm pretty sure it's the British accent that gets to me because everytime I think in a British accent I have to sit upright and my thoughts become clearer and also I tend to use posher words with elongated syllables somehow.

Charming. That's what I would use to describe Neil Gaiman's person. And probably 'weird' for his mind. Maybe throw in a little stardust too (I accidentally on purpose made a Gaiman pun and I'm feeling extremely pleased with myself).

When I listen to a really good writer talk about his/her really good writing the way I talk about the weather, it triggers something in me. I suppose that's why I'm subscribed to Tahereh Mafi and John Green on Youtube. I like watching them speak. It makes them realer to me because I have found that people can be witty over text but unable to speak at all in person. If they can do both then it really makes me happy because I want to be like that. Also, usually these authors are really big dorks. And I am a really big dork. See? I'm halfway there already.

Of course, I know there are millions of people out there, writing their arses off while I'm here day-dreaming about writing but not actually producing anything and that this dream is still far, far away from reach.

But when I watch these videos of great people speaking, I just get this itch. An itch in my back. No I'm serious my back was really itchy just now. And I start to question things. I start to wonder. I start to imagine. I start to ponder. I start plotting. I start booting up my laptop. I start opening a file. I start drafting. I start typing.

And it makes me so excited to know that I took one tiny step closer to my shiny writer dream.

Good night.

Going Through Old Notebooks #1

I have so many notebooks. I tell myself I like to collect them but everytime I get my hands on one, I never seem to be able to commit myself to the cause of filling up the notebook. I suppose this is why I never finish my homework. It honestly is quite sad to flip through quarter-filled notebooks, but while going through them, I found little bits of me imprinted with my messy handwriting. And I can't help but smile at silly me as I read. 

Today I'm going to share one classic bit with you. I think I was still in primary school when I started this. I wanted to write a modern-fantasy novel with a badass female character. I wrote myself as an elf and back then I could not spell 'elf'. Not quite sure what inspired me, but I wrote up to 5 chapters which is honestly quite a record. 

Try not to cringe. 

Chapter 1

    Once upon a time, (ok, sorry that was a classical) there was a beautiful elve named Destiny. Ok, sorry guys the beautiful elve is, well, me! I'm Destiny Pysche. I am a woodland elve and I have a lot of things going on about me. Just like the time I'm gonna tell ya. 
    I looked up into the cloudy sky. "Awww man...." This was the third day I couldn't go out to play with my friends. 
    "Destiny," a high-class-sounding woman spoke "please stop that Human slang this instant!"
    I sighed and I moaned again "Mother, it's been raining for days!" 
    "Can't I just take the yam leaf and go check on my pets? I pleaded
    "No! Never will I let you set your dainty feet out on the damp road!"
    I rolled my eyes. "She's gonna babble all day long" I thought. "Why can't I have a normal mother?!" Suddenly a blonde woman burst in. 
    "Your Majesty (did I mention my mother was the Queen of al elves?!)," she said breathlessly "Your daughter has been playing with a computer!!"
    My mother was so furious, she said to me: "If you want to play with human things, BE a human!!"
    I hate my mum. The computer is actually an invention of mine. I went to the Land of Waste (or junkyard as the humans call it) to get some scrap metal to build the laptop. I'm quite crafty with metal and with the help of magic... PRESTO! A new laptop! I have made an iPod, GBA, Nintendo DS and lots more. But alas, they were all destroyed by my nanny (the blonde woman) -- Narcissus. Remember the part where my mother said to be a human?! Well, I really want to be a human. Who would want to be an elve anyway? Espacially being a princess elve. Anyway, it's back to my story. 
    I took one of the beautifull decorated yam leaf and set my 'dainty' foot onto the damp gound and set off to my forest (see map) to check out my pets (see I wasn't lying!) Gosh, they were wet all over and whimpering. 
    I patted all of the mand left my unicorn stable and set off to Joyanne's house aka Minrara town to have a little heart to heart. Arriving at her house , I knocked at their door. A few seconds later, a chubby elve came and stared at me with irresistable eyes. 
    "Hello Joylivia, may I speak to Joyanne?" I asked politely. 
    The toothless Joylivia said" My thister isth sthleeping. You may come dacth lather!" Ungh! She's sleeping again? What did she eat?! I thanked Joylivia and went to Lilac Town. 
    On the way, I paused in front of my house. "Should I go in?" I said to myself. I heard footsteps coming from behind the door (I have very sharp ears). Gosh, gotta run! I went nearer to Angeline's house. I could hear a racket going on inside. From the window, I saw every one of them were male-elves. Oh of course this was the last day for the male-elve school. And Angeline has 2 brothers (and her fussy mother was on a business job).
    "This is the worst day of my life!" I thought. Two of my best friends are occupied and I'm not!! It's too damp for unicorn rides and the rubbish dump will be stinky. I have nowhere else to go. Then I thought about going to the Human Land. It's a marvellous idea! I ran back home silently and went to the loo. A servant came up and knocked. 
    "Sorry it's occupied!!" I shouted. 
    The servant backed away and said: "Sorry mistress, we've been looking all over for you!"
    "Well you ust haven't looked closely enough!" I snapped. "Now, leave me alone!"
    I used a little bit of elve magic to change my robe into a white t-shirt with a wicked cross and a black flared mini-skirt with fishnet stockings. And of course a pair of trainers. I even added some streaks of puple and pink highlights in my hair. 
    I crept out of the toilet and sneaked out of the castle. I went along Psyche Road and came to the barbed wire. I knew it was impossible for the other elves to climb tihs barbed wire but I wasn't a normal elve, I am different. I climbed over the wire easily and made a handphone out of some rusty wire and stuffed it in my pocket. I set foot to the entrance and... I tripped. 

And that's chapter one of this untitled story. What a cliffhanger. 

I actually wrote this with a pencil on my notebook so some of it has faded a little and some of the writing imprinted itself onto some other pages. 

Now to critic the heck out of young Noel. 

First of all. That is not  how you spell the word elf.  What were you even thinking, Noel? And the worst part was I actually proofread this part when I was slightly older hence the part with the strikethrough which I obviously intended to cut off. I could cut off an entire paragraph but yet I couldn't spell the word elf properly. 

There were even more misspelled words in the original 'manuscript' but to save young Noel a little bit of face I edited some of them. I left in the dumber ones though, to give you a laugh and to give myself more cringes.

And have you noticed how awful my punctuations were? I always intended to change my punctuations one day, but I didn't know how. I remember trying to refer to other storybooks but I ended up getting too distracted by the obviously much more interesting plot (and grammar too). 

Whilst typing this, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at my horrible grammar. For instance:

Anyway, it's back to my story.

What  was that even supposed to mean? Why did I chose to string these six words together?

And my spacing. I still don't really know how to space my content, actually. Especially if there's conversation. But I made the fatal mistake of not spacing when needed thus an abnormally long paragraph. 

I suppose you probably have many questions about the characters and the things that appeared in books. 

First things first: I LOVE MY MUM VERY MUCH OKAY. I suppose I was going for this really strict mother who birthed a rebellious adolescent because of a strict parenting thus my character's hate for the mother in the story. Honestly, I think the term 'hate' is extremely strong and once again I question young Noel's choice of words. 

I know, my character is so shallow. Back then I didn't eve know character development existed so please spare her, okay? 

"Why yam leaf?" You may ask. Because technically when I was younger there used to be a yam plant in my house and it had the hugest leaf that was as big as me and I always imagined critters and woodland creatures taking shelter under it during rain. Of course, the only woodland-ish creatures around my housing area are raccoons and mice. 

And I even featured Joyanne and Angeline in this story lmao I had no creativity in names and characters whatsoever. For those who didn't know, these two girls are my best primary school friends. We hung out all the time and we even wrote together. I have that story lying around somewhere too but it's kinda rude to be shown to public eye (I'm not kidding). When the story was conceived, Joyanne's younges sister, Joylivia was also coceived (btw, she's eight now?). So naturally I included her in this story. Yay originality. And Angeline has two older brothers and when we actually hang at her house, there really are  lots of older boys hanging around. Oh gosh. I'm such a loser. 

And about Joyanne sleeping, when we were younger, I remember her sleeping in class a lot but I'm not trying to say she's lazy, she's actually one of the most hardworking people I know. Honest. 

And the technology part. Don't laugh alright. I wrote that during the mid-2000s. The GBA and Nintendo DS were things I really really wanted back then. And I have no creativity okay. Stop laughing at me. 

I remember I started writing this when I was younger, but I continued writing when I was older as well. You could see the handwriting becoming neater. 

Also as a bonus, I have an 'illustration' hahahahahahahahahaha sorry I couldn't get through that word without bursting into laughter. I drew out my character because I wanted to picture her better. I know. I am such a dork. And I'm not even an artist so please bear with me. 

I NEVER WANTED TO BE AN ARTIST STOP JUDGING ME

So, that was chapter 1. I have a few more chapters up my sleeve. Do tell me if you want to read more. I don't mind making a fool out of myself to make people laugh. 

Note: I have no idea what happened in the later chapters but it is heavily focused on a boy. Must've been all the Twilight I read.