The Star Online Carnivale

Last weekend, something BIG happened at Tropicana City Mall! *drumroll* Yes that's right! The Star Online Carnivale !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was only available on the last day of The Star Online Carnivale, so imagine my excitement as Sunday drew near. The things that I have read in the newspaper and the tweets from Twitter got me all hyped up for the event. Plus, I have never been to Tropicana City Mall…

I invited two of my friends at the last minute, and (yay) they were able to make it! :D

Getting there was a bit of a hassle as we had to take the LRT from Sri Petaling, interchange at Masjid Jamek and then get on a (free) shuttle bus from the Kelana Jaya station to Tropicana. So here we are on the train!



I can't believe it.. we took more than an hour to arrive! Reached quite late around 4pm... (was planning to help R.AGE as a BRAT for a while but then I guessed it was better to forget about it :p) I wore my BRATs shirt though! *proud* In the end, I walked around with my friends to check out the booths :)

Thanks again to Breena's mom's friend whom we met coincidentally on the train to Kelana Jaya! She offered us a ride to Tropicana so we didn't have to wait for the bus. It was God's planning, I knew it ;) So thank God for her!

It would be an understatement to say that the carnivale was packed with fun games and activities suitable for everyone in the family. No wonder it was such a huge hit over the three days. I was only at the carnivale for a little more than an hour, but boy did I enjoy myself immensely!

The crowd was attracted to this game by MaGaCon (Malaysian Games Convention) where the screen has a sensor which detects your movement. Seen here is a sports game!



Yummy treats fresh from the oven prepared by the Malaysian Institue of Baking - to satisfy the ever-hungry stomachs of Malaysians :p



Videogames Challenge by TechCentral. The prizes were soooo attractive! But you have to play all 3 games and get the highest score to win.



Boys were obviously engrossed in MaGaCon’s computer games.



The one thing you certainly cannot miss was the dodgeball court located right smack in the middle of the atrium, to hold dodgeball demonstrations and workshops conducted by the Malaysian Association of Dodgeball. Not to forget dodgeball matches!



Young people showed off their dancing moves or challenged a friend in a game of virtual sports in MaGaCon's booth :)



I'm sure fans of Star Wars enjoyed the lightsaber demo and dueling performance by FightSaberMY. I didn't stick around to see the performance but I'm sure the choreography must be cool :)



Michele dancing to Lady Gaga's Poker Face!!!! She and Breena were darn hilarious hahaha! I can see they enjoyed themselves very much XD



Wow, the men are all so into the card game! Looks interesting :p



Nerf fans also had a blast at the carnivale! They got to join a Nerf-shooting competition :p Those who didn't know what a Nerf gun is, they will definitely know what it is after visiting the Nerf booth.



From time to time, people dressed in costumes (some with colourful hair) mingled with the crowd. Well, it was perfectly normal for them to do so as they were vying for champion in the cosplay competition on Sunday.





The were selling albums too :) RM25 only for Best of the Best and Malaysian Edition albums.



Minute Maid Pulpy was there to quench the thirst of the crowd. They were promoting their new Citrus Mix Fruits flavour, which is really refreshing. Planning to buy a bottle of it :p



Animal lovers were in for a treat as well, as Clove Two’s booth was displaying Henry Cats & Friends collectibles that range from pillows to iPhone cases, all with pictures of (cute) cats and dogs printed on them.



I spotted a guy assembling robot figurines from bits and pieces of scrap, and painting them too! Wow I tell you, this guy is a talent.



For Twilight fans, the highlight of the carnivale would definitely be the movie tickets giveaway for the premiere of Breaking Dawn: Part 1. They also had a chance to win some limited edition Twilight merchandise during the Q&A session.

I can't believe I actually went up on stage to answer the question "What happens when Edward goes out into the sun?"... Oh please kill me x( But it was so asdfghjkl simple and I got some free stuff just like that! After my friends and I each got the bag of freebies, we left the area. I know lah, we're so Chinese XD

But it turns out, inside the bag laid a Limited Edition Breaking Dawn laptop skin and four Breaking Dawn coasters. Erm, it's still on sale you know so are there any die-hard Twilight fans reading this and goes "OMGOMGOMGOMG I WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" ???

I will happily sell them (at any price)! :)

The three of us embarassed ourselves (a great deal) when we did all sorts of poses at the huge Breaking Dawn backdrop. Hold on before you jump to any conclusions! We, are not Twilight fans okay!!?!?

We just did it for fun.





The characters are cut-out, if you're wondering :) And she looks just like one of them, dontcha' think!? ;)



My Taylor Lautner...... :(





THIS. IS. EPIC.



Not a Twilight fan, not a Twilight fan...



Go go go Breena! The new Bella :p



It was a fun time together with my friends, and the only thing I regret was I did not have my picture taken at R.AGE’s photo booth…



We stopped at Royce' chocolate shop on the way out. Arghhhh expensive chocolate :(





These caught me in my tracks. They actually have chocolate potato chips?!? WOW!



Walked around Tropicana for a while.. before we board the bus back to the LRT station. This should be a art-and-craft shop selling homemade cards and stuff like that? I absolutely love the decorations outside! Imagine what you'll get when you step inside O.O Unfortunately, the shop was closed :(





Love this quote.. (:



Took this from the top floor. The Star Wars lightsaber performance woot woot!



So that's all for today!



To be honest, Tropicana doesn't offer much to see. Shops are kinda limited, compared to bigger malls like Sunway Pyramid. Oh well, at least I can say I've been there now! ;)

We were kinda lost and in a hurry to catch the bus from Tropicana. People had pointed to the same direction; told us it waits near 7-11, but we walked from one end to the other and still weren't able to find it! In the end, I finally saw a small 7-11 sign at the very end.. where construction works were going on.

But it was weird because there wasn't any 7-11 there, but anyway we saw the bus waiting so we didn't bother about it...

So yeah! I'm selling the LIMITED EDITION Twilight merchandise so spread the word okay?

P.S. If you're an avid reader of R.AGE, you may find that some of the photos look familiar.. 3 photos of mine were published in last Wednesday's R.AGE pullout and a very tiny part of my article also came out! So if you haven't check it out, what are you waiting for?! Teehee ;D

My 18th birthday. Already legal? ;)

Okie, prezzie time! Hehehe ;)

The card on the left is from Mel, the one on the right is from Mean Shan! Cute cards aye? ♥



Inside Mel's card, haha very funny lorrr :)


When I opened Mean Shan's card, I had a really huge surprise! The picture with Busco, and everything! AWWWWWWWW..



Her card and her effort really made my day; she is so sweet ♥



I received a bunch of Smurfs merchandise from Galaxie magazine one or two days after my birthday. So I take it they're my belated prezzie? :p Gave the door hanger to The Kid :p The Smurfs' car sticker is stuck to the back window of my car now :) So it only takes cute smurfs on board :)



I find it amusing... I actually bought that particular issue of Galaxie because they have autographed David Archuleta albums up for grabs.. so I tried my luck. And then I saw the Smurf contest and I thought 'Hmm.. why not?' In the end, I got Smurfs instead of David Archuleta :( But argh what the heck, it's better than nothing!

A pair of bracelets from Diva! My sister bought it for me... willingly :p *hugs*



A collage of all my beautiful presents :)



On Friday (2 days after my birthday), homefellowship was at my house and we also celebrated the birthdays of the November babies: Eugene, aunty Cindy (not here) and I.



From left: Eugene, Gabriel, Trinity, me, Beatrice

Dad came down from Penang, and he got me a freaking Baskin Robbins ice-cream cake!!!!!!!!!!! Cute package there!



I've been longing for a Baskin Robbins ice-cream cake for like, more than a year already haha! x) It's chocolate cake with chocolate ice-cream lol..



Notice any difference between the right and left picture? Hint: Chocolate heart.



HAHAHA ;)

Family photo.



Me, blowing the candles and cutting the cake.



Thanks again to all the wonderful people out there for your warm wishes, presents, and simply being there to celebrate with me. Although this year's a very simple celebration, I still thank God that I am blessed to be able to step into the 18th year of my life.

I LOVE YOU ALL xoxo !

Brithday lunch and karaoke with friends :)

This was 2 days before my birthday :)

Friends wanted to celebrate early and we planned to SING K THE WHOLE DAY. Sounds fun? :) So after booking our room at Neway (in Puchong), we walked all the way to IOI Boulevard to this (very) desserted Melody Zone Cafe to have our lunch.

Yup, desserted. Because you see, it's so empty other than our table! It must be a warning sign... Okay I'm not that mean. It's an "infant industry" so have to give chance.. fine.



I love the tables and chairs - the colour combination actually! It's red and blackkkk :D Oh and they have fluffy red love-shaped pillows!


We were taking pictures with it after ordering our food. Teehee ;)


See?? The pillows just had to be in our pictures.. lol


I ordered this Honey Lemon drink which is just RM1 provided you order a main course to go with it. Mmmhm not bad. Come during lunch hour as they have this promotion.


Mean Shan and I shared this sizzling lamb chop. Honestly, it's not one of the nicest lamb chops I've tried. So the lesson is, never go around eating lamb because only the experienced people know how to cook it to perfection. "Ahhh perfecto!"


This butter milk chicken chop was shared between Hui Ying and Phoi Yih. The butter milk was too oily and it just makes you feel full within a few bites. Oh well typical. That's why I'm not a fan of butter milk...


Other than the peaceful ambience (too peaceful actually) and the red pillows, another thing I love about the cafe is... THIS!!


Rows and rows of cute miniature electric/acoustic guitars in all shapes and sizes... And don't forget the mini drums too! Hahah I just want them all! *greedy*


At about 1pm, we came back to Neway. Yeay so excited! Here is the food/drinks section. They have so beautiful lightings! :)


We went for the Happy Hour, which is from 1pm-7pm (that's a total of SIX hours!) with free flow of drinks and one tea set, only RM30 per person! Darn, it's so worth it. And they have quite a few variety of tea set to choose from like noodles, 3-layer french toast (nice!), nuggets etc.


Haha this is just too cute. Love the decorations!


Makes me think of my cello..... *heartbroken*


These are the few types of cakes/cookies...


After getting our drinks, the waiter led us to our room. The room's super big compared to Redbox! And everyone has a mic and so is contented. It's different compared to Redbox where we have to share mics :(


So we spend the whole afternoon and evening singing. Wow great experience eh, I never sang for so many hours straight in my life before :p

And I can't believe how the six hours just flew by like that, it was time to go back :( So we ended our singing session with pictures!




Ahhhhh good day spent with my gang :) ♥

Oh and I'm not sure if I want to go back to that cafe again. But Neway, definitely!