I just came back from hanging out with my best friend in the world - Miss Ann (Hello if you're reading this!). I've missed her so much! I also got to meet with Justin and borrow his amazing magazines - Dazed & Confused, i.D. with Agyness Deyn and Plaza. He has the sickest collection of magazines around. I simply envy him.


Ann & Me with one of Justin's magazines (Thursday July 09)

So anyway, hanging out with cool people wasn't the only reason I had such an amazing day today. Another reason? Say hello to the new intern of Leo Burnett! (HI!) I got a sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet offer to start working at Leo Burnett this coming Monday. I'll need to be at the office by 9-9.30 (meaning 8.30 - HAH!) and I got my work clothes too. I finally hemmed the crazy expensive G2000 pants myself. Those pants were like the equivalent to US$60-70 haha

A little background work, some of their clients are big name Malaysian companies and corporations such as Petronas, YTL, Maxis and Malaysian Airlines; as well as international big brands such as McDonalds and Phillip Morris.

Their client list that I got from their website :-




I tried looking for my favorite commercial by Leo Burnett Malaysia (which was for Maxis in 2008) but I couldn't find it. So here's another favourite, it's pretty funny for me because some people do act like they're black & have swagg over here haha. Just a point of reference, this was made back in 2004-2005 in celebration of Diwali (the Hindu festival of lights; we call it Deepavali over here). Another point to remember is that Bangsar (where this commercial was filmed) is like one of the coolest places to go bar hopping/shopping/lepak* with your friends.


Hope you enjoyed it!




This list will be my Quran/Bible/Torah

Wish me luck guys! I'll update more soon : )


lepak* = hang out

In Bali last week.

No more bumming around. I need to start on the job search.

Edit: After about 3 or 4 years, I finally changed my Xanga layout. Can't seem to take out that god-awful orange off the left side of my screen, but other than that, I'm content. Do you like the new look?

Sunday, May 31st
My imminent arrival to the city was finally.. imminized? Coming into Penn Station, I was just so excited for the week to come. Hugged Zack when I met him and he helped with getting my bags to Kaleigh's place. We ended up hanging out and met with Christina and her friend Steph. Some photos, though I was really tired after taking Amtrak from Connecticut, so Sunday was definitely rest day!


On the Upper East Side.

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Monday, June 1st
Mostly bummed around really. Went to meet Zack and we went to Central Park together and walked around the reservoir.

He showed me parts of Central Park and the backdrop that was used in movies like Night at The Museum and stuff. It was nice to walk around and we talked a lot. He makes a sick old-mans voice. Pretty scary to tell the truth. Night was spent out with Christina and Zack. No pictures, but we went to Greenwich Village then to Times Square past midnight to get some much needed sustenance in the form of Mickey D's haha. We're really high-class with our burger and fries, thanks.

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Tuesday, June 2nd
Most of the day was spent with Sofia. That was a fun day spent around Upper West Side and getting my first taste of Pinkberry! Pomegranate, natch. We ate at this restaurant called Hummus Place. Interesting really, I liked it. It was fun hanging out with Sofia because she's so nice to talk to and do crazy things with, like try out new hidden restaurants on the corner of Broadway. I met her mom and we went to get lunch again (well her mom did). Lucky thing too because it started pouring! Ended up riding the bus and I walked to Zack's place so we could go for dinner with Christina at her uncle's restaurant Joe Shanghai's in Chinatown. It was so cool, Christina said it was a famous restaurant but people were really lining up and milling around the place. We went in without waiting for our number and got a table that we shared with this group of Japanese students from NYU. The food was amazinggggggggggggggg *burps*. Her uncle fed us like there was no tomorrow! After that we walked to burn off the ten million calories of tasty Chinese food in our bellies and went to Little Italy, then through the financial district and then we crossed the Brooklyn Bridge.


Christina had control of the camera hehe. Notice the take-away bag of food from Joe Shanghai's in Zack's hands. More food!

View of the Financial District from the halfway point of the Brooklyn Bridge. Simply breathtaking.



What can I say really, other than that it was a really fun experience. Tiring, but fun.

When we got to the end of the Brooklyn Bridge and were in Brooklyn (duh) something happened. I was speedwalking ahead of Christina and Zack and was far ahead of them. Then suddenly *wossssssh* some guy comes whizzing by on a bike. He goes:
"Hey beautiful! You got some fries to go with that shake?"
Me - (only my surprised face was more like with a smile haha)

We ended up seeing the guy again at the end of the bridge and he called out to me.
Him: "Hey darling, I was only kidding about those fries!"
Zack, Christina & I: *laughing hysterically*

Oh Brooklyn!

We decided to take the subway back to Manhattan. And this came up...


 
Zombies on the train! Pretty cool people, they just came from a music video shoot. I thought it would be cool to take a photo of them but was shy to ask. So (the brave) Christina stood up with me and we talked to them into taking a photo with us. They were so nice and were like "This is cool. We didn't expect to make any friends on this ride." And you know how New Yorkers are - they're so nonchalant (or act it) but when we started taking these photos, the whole subway carriage started laughing and looking at us. It was a totally worthwhile experience. I knew now that I would definitely be bummed out and kick myself if Christina didn't encourage me and get up with me. I *heart* Christina (and definitely New York too!)

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Wednesday, June 3rd
 
We went to meet my friend Badrul in Union Square to get lunch at this place called The Grey Dog's Coffee. He studies film at the New York Film Academy.

Yummy! My $10 turkey sandwich with wholewheat bread and some berries in it. It was the best $10 ever spent on a sandwich. (hopefully the last one too, we'll see)

At the Organic Market in Union Square.

In Union Square with Christina (I'm allowed my share of touristy photos, thankyouverymuch!)

I have a wand in my hands and I'm not afraid to use it!

Thanks for all the fun Bud!

We all parted ways because Badrul had a class and Christina went back home. What else could I have ended up doing other than shopping in Union Square?  I used the subway alone for the first time to go to MoMA (so proud of myself for knowing the difference between the 4, 5 and 6 trains and the ones going Uptown and Downtown). Ended up not being a good idea because it started pouring again. Bah! But then I had an umbrella and ended up doing some shopping. I reached MoMA around 5:20pm and it closed early (5pm), which I should've suspected but it was fun anyway. Walked from Grand Central to 6th Ave, uptown to MoMA. Downtown again to Magnolia Bakery then uptown 3rd Ave and 49th/52nd street to take the subway. I still have blisters from that day because I wore sandals. Aaah yessss.

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Thursday, June 4th
 


The famous Warhols

The infamous Kaleigh

"Do you think this guy is going to ask me out , Kaleigh?"

At the MoMA lawn area

After hearing about not getting to the Museum of Modern Arts the day before, Kaleigh came along with me the next day. She was always always busy between her bussing job and her internship at Z100 (Can you believe she's going to meet with Paramore tomorrow and has seen BEP too. Lucky!). We caught up and after that headed to Cafeteria in Chelsea (around the 17th) to meet my cousin. That was a truly fun day.


In Chelsea on the way to meet my cool cousin who I've never met before. Could you believe they were filming a Nicolas Cage movie?

We went to Cafeteria in Chelsea. Then to Revel in the Meatpacking District (its right near the corner of Pastis). Then to Sugar Bar on Upper West Side where we sat next to Nickolas Ashford (who wrote the song Ain't No Mountain High Enough - he owns the bar) and André Leon Talley (the editor of large at Vogue). I love Crazy Thursdays!

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Friday, June 5th

With Zack on my last night & only Friday night around town. We were at 1 2 3 Burger Shot Beer which is on 10th Ave between 50th Street and 51st Street.

It was a long rainy day and I even remember grudgingly wearing my Converse after Zack said that would be best haha. After getting off at the Times Square station, we walked to this place that Zack was raving to me about 2 weeks before I was supposed to come into NY. For a bar, I liked it. Waaay too crowded but what do you expect at a place that served $1 burgers, $2 shots and $3 dollar beers right? (Way classier place than it sounds)

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Saturday, June 6th
How sad was it that Saturday was the only nice day out of the whole week (other than the first day I came in!). Went around town to do some last minute sight-seeing at Guggenheim and The Met. Then went down to 50th to find Dylan's Candy Shop (which alas, wasn't to be found). Then Christina picked me up to go to her house which was an hours drive out of Manhattan. So long Manhattan! We'll always have each other! It was nice to talk with Christina again, the week was pretty crazy and just getting to eat home cooked food before my 21hour plane ride back home contributed to my peace of mind when she and her dad finally dropped me off at Newark Liberty for my 9pm flight. Mmmm. Thanks Christina!



I can't wait to be in New York City again! Thanks to everyone who made my trip so amazing. You know who you are.