Minion Craze

Minion craze struck the country with fans lining up as late as 12am and as early as 6am to get hold of their very own minions. For the first batch, it was quite easy to get hold of it. Come 2nd batch, I went to the nearest McD which is just below our apartment at 11am to be told that they sold out all toys the night before.

Then for the 3rd batch, the boyfriend woke up at 6.30am to line up but ended up with 4 of the same design cause the other design was sold out. Now some may think I am like many other girls who wants this minions so bad that the boyfriend has to wake up wee hours in the morning to get it. And when he couldn't, we went at 6pm to another branch which was rumoured to restock their minions. Surprise, surprise, I wasn't exactly dyinggggg to have them. I was rather neutral about it. I wasn't crazyyy bout it and I am even less encouraging about waking up at 6.30am just to line up for it. I rather sleep. I am not complaining bout the free McDs tho (until I have to eat 2 sets and then the thought of eating 2 more makes me sick).

Anyways, the boyfriend was the one who wants to have the collection so badly. He said that it will be his last time to do such crazy act as he is going to start work soon. So I let him. Why argue with a big boy? Anyways, just got him to get a MyDeal deal where he purchased 6 minions (thank God are those that we missed) at RM59. Easy peasy, no need to wake up at the wee hours and stuff our face with burgers and English muffins and pancakes just for the toys. Or even put ourselves at risk to get into a fight with other angry and impatient patrons. Win-win situation!

Thermos Cooker

Have you heard of a Thermos cooker? Basically how a Thermos cooker work is that you cook something over the stove until it is very hot and then you transfer the whole pot into this Thermos cooker. The pot will be the one that comes with the cooker. And you close it and the food will continue to cook for another 2 hours with the heat that is trapped in it.

So it only uses a 15minutes gas but cooks for the next 2 hours. Of course that also means you must have a lot of time or prepare way ahead of time the food that you want. I saw this promotion in groupon or something and wanted to get one for the boyfriend so that he can cook himself some soup and then cook the rest of his dinner with Thermomix when he is home from work. I know he wouldn't cook soup for himself after work so this may come in handy. Luckily my mum and his mum seems to own one themselves so will have to see who can find their Thermos cooker first. I am not in any way saying that Thermomix is not good enough but it is always good to have another appliance to make his life easier. This one that I am showing above is RM600++. Not exactly cheap for something that can only cook like soup, braised dishes or curry. If it wasn't for the one in groupon that is about RM88, I wouldn't even consider this. But then again, we wouldn't know the quality.

The Mugshot

The boyfriend and I went to The Mugshot few Fridays ago. Like FINALLY. We've been wanting to go but didn't manage to. Glad we went there cause I super love the bagels. Some love it, some don't. Oh well, I've tasted a horrible bagel before so I like the one I tried at Mugshot.

 Love the vintage-y deco of the whole place. Creates a cozy environment to dine in. I was sitting right beside the display so the yogurt were tempting me. Will go back for that!

Look at the brick oven. Super cool right???

 Black tea for the boyfriend

 Salmon with Cream Cheese Bagel for me!!!

 While the boyfriend had Ham Bagel and Black Coffee.

 Then we went to take some "compulsory" pictures at the booth. I forced the boyfriend to write Road Rage cause he is a mad driver =P

 Look at the face!!!

 He wanted me to write unreasonable cause I can be rather unreasonable with him. But I made him write indecisive instead. Teehee.

The Mugshot Cafe
302 Chulia Street
10200 Penang
Tel：012 4056276
Business Hours：8am – 9pm

Go and grab your bagel today!

Room that matters

The boyfriend and I talk a lot about our future like how we want our wedding to be like, how much money will we need for that to ever happen, where we want to stay, how many rooms do we need and how much will that be. And then we try to imagine how we are ever gonna save up that much before I became too old (note: I am a year older than the boyfriend but we sometimes make it seems like I am 10years older).

So for him, it has always been the room and the living room. He needs a place to fall back and relax when he comes back from work (in future) and his pick of the rooms that matter will be either the room or the living room.

I, on the other hand, covet the beautiful and big kitchens that I've seen on Pinterest, television and now Tammy's after reading her blog. Knowing that our budget will not allow for that to happen (at least in the next few years), I am not too greedy. I may not get as big a kitchen as those I coveted but I am willing to take a small one and make it werk.

I typed wrongly and typed kithen instead of kitchen in Pinterest and got quite some interesting finds. =P There are clumsy people out there.

Anyways, I have always dreamt of a kitchen with huge oven, lots of working top for me to chop and do other tv-shows-chef-like stunt and also lots of storage space. Trust me, to have lots of working top, you need lots of storage space. And I also covet for a pantry. I need a pantry! Cause it's so cool to know that you can prepare enough food for the next few weeks should there be a need for it or that you can whipped up good stuff for unexpected guests! (I know, too much cooking shows)

Source: homediypins.com via Triantafillos on Pinterest

Source: alifesdesign.blogspot.com via Kelsey on Pinterest

These two may not have a lot of storage space but I think these will work in small apartments' space in Penang right? In fact the few that I have below are workable for Penang houses/apartments too except maybe I have to make some stairs to reach the storage in the picture below and think of how to keep the lizards away.

Source: andeelayne.blogspot.com via Tahiti on Pinterest

Source: Uploaded by user via A-Four on Pinterest

Source: Uploaded by user via Ashley on Pinterest

This blogpost will remind me of my dream for my kitchen once I get a house. And then maybe I can compare what I have and what I have been wanting to have. And I truly believe that God will give me my dream kitchen and dream house when the time is right. I don't mind much about rooms, but I must have a beautiful kitchen. And a small nook for me to read and do my personal stuff.

And the boyfriend has promised me that. =P
 

Cover Hunting

I just bought 4 covers for my S3 few weeks ago and now I have to hunt for the covers for S4 quick.

The boyfriend is asking me, "Why do you need so many covers?"

It's like asking me why do I need so many clothes! If I can have more than one dress, my phone can have more than one cover okay?

So now I am in the process of looking for THE COVER (I am very fussy so it takes time, lots of time). Once I found it, I have to start persuading the boyfriend to sponsor them. ^^

Right now, I love these!!! Pretty right? Just need to find them for S4. I will not give up! =P

In-between

I believe the worst place to be at is in between. Whether it is in between two friends who do not agree with one another, in between two people in the cinema/any seat for that matter. It is extremely uncomfortable.

For me, my in-between is in-between a graduate, and a job. I have graduated in April and then I accepted some part time jobs as research assistant. Now that one is more or less over, the other salary is not enough to sustain me. So I am looking for a job whenever I have the time. I would love to get a permanent job for more stable income.

So here I am, browsing through websites, looking for suitable job. Not easy. But I will get there. I know I will. ^^

Garage Sales in Penang

The boyfriend is moving to a new place (on his own yay!) in August and this time around, he is not going to share with anyone. So that means I can make the whole place comfortable and nice. However, it is not furnished. So we have to look for all the furniture needed. It's still early now but hey, August will come without you noticing it okay?

I think I am the only excited one cause I am trying to avoid doing my work. Which I should get to like NOW!

Anyone who has any information of any garage sales, please buzz me. Thank you very muchie.