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After bean birthday, it was the turn for chyi's birthday catch up!

Too bad, she couldnt make it at last minute....@@, but the rest of us still meet up at the meeting point - Oh scooter cafe~

Tho we were missing chyi, but cheen was able to join us! She even fetched me all the way from home to the cafe.

Moreover, we rarely meet at place further than Klang area, so good job we finally made a move!

As selfie is getting very popular nowadays especially in Asia, but I was not really into selfie, not even mention usie....

That's why you rarely see I took selfie, main reason was I am not very confident with taking a good photo of myself, and I even low esteemed when need to take a group photo with a bunch of fren with good looking and pose....=(

But I was the one who holding the selfie stick for this group photo, and somehow it was not too bad even my face was the closest to the lens while compared to my frens behind me who were far away from the lens... 

Alright back to this cafe at USJ, it had been famous with its cotton candy in the cup which is this:

# picture taken from eat drink KL blog. 

None of us ordered this special coffee as the person who interested with it was absent (chyi), but we still ordered other drinks which were not too bad.

I had this iced chocolate which is quite rich accompanied with a beef panini called Taz-mania~

The last time I had panini was at St. Clair beach at Dunedin, NZ, 2010...phew, it was 5 yrs ago!

I remembered that panini was using ciabiata bread, rather than this normal bun at scooter cafe.

So I decided to google for panini (as what foodie usually does), apparently panini is a grilled sandwich made from bread other than sliced bread. 

Which means this panini is not really a panini because it was not even grilled~ == (perhaps they only tosted it)

I guess the cafe owner just like to have a good name, oh well, let's forget about it.

Somehow the "fries" which come together with the sandwich was fried pastry strips which was crispy and smell nice. 

The claimed grilled sirloin steak was very thin, and little....so as the mushroom....hmmm, RM21.90, I would not have the second time (that's my feedback).

Actually the cafe have very little options for food, we only have 3 options: beef panini, chicken panini, and vegetarian panini. ==

All of my frens have the "red riding hood" - chicken panini:

That's why it named "red riding hood"....but I am interested with the side salad - pomegranate, dragon ball fruit (LMAO), and forgot what's underneath...

Just like the cafe named, the interior was scooters themed, you can even ride on it.

I dint, but my fren did:

Apparently they also have free coffee grounds to take away, I should have take 1 bag of it because I just found they were quite useful: see link here

Coffee grounds even can be used to make a body or facial scrubs! genius!

Just as their menu, the cakes options were not very attractive either, but we decided to get some to continue our gathering time here

And these were what we had:

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I actually forgot what we had ordered even tho I still save these photos....==, somehow means their slices were not memorable in terms of taste.

Overall, good catch up, good cafe enviroment to hang out but tastes were just alright, (no comment on coffee tho).

Haha, this was like January this year, I have lots of blog entries need to be updated yet.

Bean's birthday was one of it....lol

I still remember she actually wished to celebrate her birthday at the mamak stalls which was opposed by everyone.

But that's the birthday girl wish right? well, ended up we went to our favourite place - sherpherdoo again.

I was the first person to arrive, and reserved a place inside the restaurant (because we always sat outdoor).

somehow we (I mean this gang) have a regular (but not fixed) catch up once in a while since we travelled to redang last year.

It was all started from the whatapps group (with a lame name =P), then we started to meet up for dinner or so on.

Girls only group (yes, dont doubt, that's the name): me, bean, chyi, teng, bee, peng and mei.

And this was what I had that night, well overall sherpherdoo considered a good place for western cuisine in Klang area, price was reasonable as it come with good portion size. Besides, the only time I could enjoy cocktail in Malaysia is when at sherpherdoo, too bad their cocktail was not very impressive as what I had before.

Anyways, happy birthday bean =)

Come to think about it, actually our department did not have much events compared to others

Well, this marked the previous and only outing so precious, lol

Moreover, this outing is not a random one, is for Hajar, my ex-colleague, who had gone to NZ for studying now.

We had Korean dinner at Dubu Dubu, meal were rather big and cheap when compared with other korean cuisine tho taste was just so so.

But it is about the gathering moments rather than food, thus we picked korean because Ching Yee had just back from Korea trip that time.

It was fun to share her Korean experience while having korean meal. =)

And looks what she bought for us!

Mine is the blue one, with a heart. <3 I liked it a lot, and used to wear it a lot these days.

We gone to Library cafe for dessert after our dinner, where just recently opened by that time. 

It is a cozy and relaxing place to chill out with frens and colleagues, and we hang out there until the mall closed!

We ordered this special dessert: Banana chocolate wontons, it was not cheap, but it was good! 

The pastry is so crispy, and it matched well with the sweet and warm banana filling within. 

and I find it hillarious how the receipt described the wonton:

The second one: Bababa Chocolate, it just reminds me of How minions described banana~

LOLLLL!!

I also ordered a double chocolate drink which was so "coco" (lol, my special description) while Ching Yee ordered her favorite matcha drink (she so into matcha)

(Hajar just like to get attention! @@)

The cafe and coffee culture started booming in Malaysia, you can find cozy, fancy cafe in every single corner of shopping mall and shop lots opposite street.

WHen i said cafe, I do not mean starbucks or coffee beans, but those new, non-chained cafes with youngsters sitting around.

Tho I am not a coffee drinker, I have enjoyed visiting cafes since living in NZ, so I wouldnt miss out the chance to explore new cafes back home.

However, I felt the drinks or desserts are somehow overpriced, and they were over-rated by the social media or blogs. 

So there's pro and cons, have to pick a great one while visiting those popular cafes in Malaysia.

Anyways, Library cafe is still considered good (but pricy) for a visit, and we did have a good time.

没想到first class竟然有续集，还要除了泽尻英龙华之外其它演员都大换血

不过幸好这续集和上一部还是有扯上边，然后上一部的演员都有来友情出演，让我怀念first class杂志社大家的‘温馨’

这次的口号已经升级了，从上一部的“除我以外，众人皆是恶女” 变成：“含我在内，众人皆是恶女”

可看的出，我们的泽尻妹妹已经不再是当初那个单纯任人摆布的小妹了，不过他还是满怀热忱更加努力追寻他的梦

现在回想起来，当初她在布料店打了8年的工，然后幸运的进入杂志社，更加进一步接触时尚的世界，现在回来却摇身一变成了tatsuko yano的设计师

后来才了解应该是好久不见的木村佳乃姐姐和上一部的总编辑-板谷大姐的帮忙吧。

同样的这次的服装社里有一群‘恶女’和泽尻妹妹针锋相对，只是他们人数更多，所以这次的mounting更加激烈了

而且当中还有一位和上部的恶女是亲戚，那就是我们可爱的菜菜绪的姐姐 - 奈美绘，只是她比较酷，然后感觉上比较有人情味和敢作敢当

然后友坂理惠也出演其中的恶女之一也挺意外，他应该是里面最有手段，但是也是被泽尻妹妹‘同化’最快的那个吧 

他的假笑真的让人背后一阵清凉~

还有一个是我个人比较讨厌的，就光看脸就想揍人~

最后他从良是也是很好笑的说~

其实我觉得这次的设计部门挺好玩的，见识到设计服装到底是怎么一回事。而且这次的续集更加黑暗，深入到集团收购，背后操纵，但是感觉上有点蜻蜓点水，片面带过的感觉

感觉上泽尻妹妹好像都很幸运，不管是上一部，还是这一部都遇到贵人。不过其实换个角度想，泽尻其实一直都没有放弃，不管是被打压，被调派到更加低阶层的工作岗位，自身可能遭遇危险，被众人排挤，摸黑，她即使快撑不下去，他还是绷紧脑袋，死命的撑，永不放弃

我想是他的坚持和诚意打动那些所谓的贵人吧？尤其到最后都是first class杂志社的前同事都义不容辞的鼎力相助

其实剧里坚持的不止一人，大家都死命的在斗争只为了让自己出人头地，到最后即使接近被同化后也可以一起陷害泽尻妹妹只为了要保住自己的饭碗，不想离开自己已经到达的地方，因为那代表一直以来坚持的梦想所经历的道路必须重新来过  

‘拼命的把眼前的工作做好’，好一句伟大的话。没错是坚持了自己一直以来的努力，但是真的是更加接近梦想吗？

要知道，一步一步地脚踏实地的往梦想/目标前进，和旁门左道，不择手段的达到目标是不同的

前者你会在过程中学习，领悟和收获后者所不能得到的。相对的，后者是比较快，但是往往代价更大，万一迷失了会从此一蹶不振，更别说什么梦想了

而且这部剧的恶女抛弃了泽尻妹妹后，也不见得开心。一是良心过意不去，二是要做代笔画着自己不想的设计，做着自己不喜欢的工作

幸好一直觉得他是色胚的间宫大叔有保住了tatsuno yako japan，一直陪伴在泽尻的身边。幸好我们最后的大boss的那个以为是废材的儿子-隆太郎最后有如梦初醒知道什么叫适可而止才不至于被那个‘人妖’卑鄙的first class大咖吞噬。。。

大家总算齐心一致，一起排除万难做自己喜欢的设计，办一场没有镁光灯，没有媒体的服装秀。

但是也是因为这个亲切的秀（普通大众怎么可能能够去看这么高级的秀），我们才领悟到现在网路就是最大的平台，网民就是最强的媒体。。

最后这个用旧衣设计的服装，还在欧洲引起回想确实有点夸张，不过happy ending也算好事。

这次，不懂是不是因为上次菜菜绪像gossip girls 的旁白太经典了，好几个新恶女都有自己的内心os:

像是友坂姐姐的头条：

千冬姐姐的做诗一首：

还有另外一个比较可爱的会在最后加一个：喵~

然后，菜菜绪的姐姐的os就是很酷很高级的~

感触地还是有的：就是-拼命的把眼前的工作做好 这句话，哦，我不是打算如此，而是被这种精神感动

不管是什么工作，就是因为大家都有坚持自己的工作岗位，这社会才能维持，我们的生活才得到完善

我好像没有这种想法，或许是我已经失去了梦想？想起我小老板说的所以要把当初的热忱找回来，嗯。。。或许吧

只是我觉得我不想拼命的做好，我只想尽力的做好，哈哈。因为我的坚持是：不为工作卖命！（虽然心很软的我经常都为了工作无薪加班，做不必要的工作）

如果因为工作而失去了健康，那才不值得。。重点是你必须认清对你而言最重要的是什么。

因为人生太短暂了，工作现实的一个说法：只不过是维持生计。若你有强大的目标，理想的工作，恭喜你，因为你一举两得

至于我，看来是时候学习泽尻妹妹找回自己的梦想了~

R&D had been a dream job to me since graduated in 2010, I still remember how happy and grateful I was when I received the job offer from my current company.

It had been 10 mths since then, the tasks I performed on job were different on every single day, every second is a learning moment.

"Challenging but I learnt a lot", this is how I used to described my job, especially in a company where transforming into a more systematic and organized place.

Of cause, I had up and down feelings throughout these 10 mths, and I expecting the similar situation on following 10 mths, but life is about learning and improving, isn't it?

To me, I would like to take this opportunity to gain skills and knowledge, expanding my experience in manufacturing, and hands on to the max.

Tiring, but since I am still young (yes, I am still below 30 =P), I want to learn and explore as much as I could.

Not sure how the other R&D field looks like, I just want to enjoy and learn the max on my current position and move forward to a better place in the future.

For now, I wanna enjoy and share the R&D life of mine so far.

This is my team: the AM, executives, and assistants (Yes, WE ARE YOUNG!)

(Note: My R&D is about developing new food product, (specifically, meat patties & vege salad that you found in the build of the burger) for McDonald's, yes you heard me right, I mean the Big M fast food chain worldwide, but my scope only cover McDonald's in Malaysia, Singapore and Middle East)

Another fun polaroid shots for executives and AM only:

As you can see, my department are full of FEMALES, indeed no guys work in food industry...=(

(That's explain: office politics, jealousy, girls fight.....ohh that's a downside of it, shhhhh....)

That's why we had so many girly stuffs to share with, as below:

My AM bought this during her business trip in HK, it is a lip balm! Haha, I took the left one in the last row simply because of the smell.

My Malay ex-colleague brought me this, a gift from her sister wedding, wish I have a chance to attend a Malay wedding in one day.

Somehow, their culture indeed interesting, i mean in certain events.

Yup, got my first company handphone, which is not a brilliant gift because this mean you need to be on call! =S

Of cause, my job need to think a lot, so I need SUGARS, you wouldnt believe how many lollies I had eaten since I started this job.

Not to mention I had gained weight until I reluctant to step on the scale, and yes I have no idea how much I weigh now. =(

Bought this when I found in the vegan Secret Recipe chain, their dessert indeed looks better than the current SR chain.

Dessert is always the solution for stress because:

Alright, will update on the R&D outing on another post, stay on my followers~