Cafe in November

Cafe: Flakes (The Hub SS2)
Address: B-G-06, The Hub SS2, 19 Sentral, Jalan Harapan, Seksyen 19, 46300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Price range: RM 15-35

Orders:

 Crabmeat Scrambled Egg

Highly recommended dish, a must-try item in this cafe.

It is consisted of croissant, crabmeat, scrambled egg, with smoked paprika aioli on the side.

Is quite special to have scrambled egg mix with some crabmeat in a croissant. Their scrambled egg was just nice and soft to bite.

9/10

Creamy Paprika 

Add on: Chicken breast

Another highly recommended 👍 a big thumbs up!

It's creamy, and spicy. But the spicy taste blends well with the creamy pasta.

Down side of it, the chicken breast costs me RM4 and it only serves us 4 pieces. That's a expensive chicken breast.

10/10 

Umami Plate

Unable to take picture of it as we're way too hungry.

Is a must for MUSHROOM LOVER

On their menu, they wrote a description for this dish:

Mushrooms, mushrooms, mushrooms, and more mushrooms along with poached/scrambled egg (of your choice) cauliflowers, feta cheese and some fried shallots for your crunchy cravings.

Sounds delicious? Order it!

9.5/10

抑郁症是艺人的专利吗？

在微博上看到一些有趣的评论：抑郁症是艺人的专利吗？是艺人拿来逃避的武器吗？是艺人用来堵住众人之嘴的借口吗？

近年来，很多艺人都纷纷开始对外宣称自己患上了抑郁症，而大众也分为两派人：为艺人感到惋惜，望他们好好休息重新出发，和，感到不快，认为患上抑郁症只是他们的借口，为了堵住大家的口，或者说为了博取同情，停止谩骂或阻挡一些新闻。

很多人都认为，那有那么容易就患上抑郁症的，如果因为一点小事就患上，那么这个社会几乎每个人都有这病了。很多人也以为，当初选择了艺人这条路，就已知道，艺人得承受他人批评，承受他人谩骂，承受他人指责，有了这些先知，还是选择踏上艺人这条路，就得有这个强大的心去承受这些，而不是动不动就对外宣称抑郁症博同情。

抑郁症，是一种以抑郁情绪为主要特点的情绪障碍，抑郁症患者都会有长时间持续的抑郁情绪，缺乏自信，避开人群，甚至有罪恶感，并且无法在有趣的活动里得到快乐。

也许，是艺人的公关的伎俩，严重化艺人们的病情，然后公诸于世，博取同情，博取关注，进而慢慢地增加曝光率。也许，是艺人们不想，也无法再承受这些莫须有的谩骂，不理解，而选择公开自己的病情，希望能缓解大部分人的批判，从中获得同情，关爱，鼓励。

有些人说，艺人需要在镜头面前塑造一个正面的形象，或者说公司给予他们的形象。而这些形象往往与他们私地下的有些出入，有些甚至可以说是完全不一样的。每天带着面具示人，带着与自己不同的形象性格面对人们，久而久之，这个面具慢慢摧毁他们，慢慢折磨他们，使得他们活得不像自己，进而影响他们的心理。他们不再喜欢人群，开始害怕社会，失去信心，觉得自己做的每一件事都是不对的，都会受到指责，这些足以让他们封闭自己，躲进自己小小的舒适圈，不见天日。而长时间处于这样的一个抑郁状态只会使他们越陷越深，最后无法自拔，然后就心理生病了。

抑郁症是艺人的专利吗？
一个艺人患上抑郁症，大家都会觉得惋惜，觉得是不是这个社会太残酷了？两个艺人患上抑郁症，大家就会觉得艺人好像都很大压力，可是既然选择了这条路，就知道有人喜欢也会有人不喜欢，无视那些不喜欢的就好了。后来，越来越多艺人开始曝光自己的病情，大家开始觉得，是不是他们都在博取同情？是不是他们都在争取曝光率？是不是他们都在扮可怜？
电脑前，手机前的我们都开始怀疑怎么三个四个五个艺人明星都开始说自己有抑郁症了呢？是假装的吗？是自己的意愿还是公司的意愿释放的消息呢？因为这些艺人们几乎都在被这个社会攻击得最高峰的时期，对外宣称自己患上了抑郁症。这点，大家不得不开始怀疑这真实性了。

不是，
抑郁症不是艺人的专利。
抑郁症不是艺人的盾牌。
抑郁症不是艺人的逃避。

与此同时，我们每一个人是不是都得手下留情呢？凡事自己心里想想就好，或者和朋友家人笑笑说说就好，能否不把这些恶言恶语都放上网上呢？能否不把这些伤人的利刃留言至明星的社交网账号下呢？能否不把这些批评写得那么难听，写得那么不堪呢？
试想想，如果你是他们，你能承受这些毒药吗？
也许有些人会说：无视就好了啊。
这里我想说，真的能做到无视吗？你难道不在意周围的人怎么看你？不在意周围的人怎么评价你？相信你是在意的，所以请将心比心，手下留情。

只是一篇我看了最近的新闻突发奇想的一些感受，没地方发泄有些难受，所以就写了写。

少年的你 观后感

    少年的你，如此美丽

第一次听到这部 由七月与安生制作团队原班人马打造的一部青春片，就引起我的兴趣了。去搜索了这部电影的原版小说，用一个晚上把它看完了，想了很多很多，是一本非常好的作品。然后就开始期待电影了。

这是一部讲述校园霸凌的故事。
一部值得教师，家长，学生，深思的作品。

作为一个教师，您们是否问心无愧？您们是否真真的给予学生们关心？您们是否注意到有些看似同学间的打闹玩笑，但其实是霸凌？

作为一个家长，您们是否了解自己的孩子？您们是否只相信自己眼睛里的孩子？您们是否关心孩子的想法，了解他们其实需要的是什么?

作为一个学生，看见周围的霸凌者和被霸凌者，你们看见吗？假装看不见？就像电影里的一句台词 “想活命就闭嘴”，是这样吗？你们心里过得去吗？还是想帮忙，却又害怕自己成为下个受害者？

学生，其实还只是小孩。他们不懂大人们的隐忍，他们没有大人们对付霸凌的勇气。
他们想寻求帮助，可是有些大人的不以为然，有些大人的质疑，有些大人的算了吧，造成了他们的懦弱，造成了他们的默默承受。这些隐忍，最终爆发了，也造成了电影里 胡小蝶 的悲剧。

“学校那么多人，为什么他们选择你？” 这句话多伤人，有时霸凌者施霸是不需要任何理由的，他们并没因为你做了什么事而霸凌你，他们也许只是嫉妒你，羡慕你与众不同而欺凌你。这些，其实大人们都曾经明白，只是他们都忘了，因为大人们的世界都是 事出必有因。

电影里，小北为了报恩，开始保护起了陈念。护送她上学，护送她回家，在她身后远远地跟着她，望着她。

小北穿着连帽衣，把脸都遮了，他不愿和陈念走在一起，还告诉她这样比较好。其实，他知道，她是个多么干净的女孩，而他，一个生活在阴沟里的男孩，不愿黑暗笼罩着她，不愿她身旁出现任何肮脏，愿她永远如此干净，所以才选择在黑暗中默默地守护着她，哪怕远远地看着她，也足矣。

“你往前走，我一定在你后面”

这是多么感人的一句话，多么地孩子，也多么地大人。听到这句话的陈念，在走在学校路上和回家路上，也特别地轻快，少了害怕，因为她知道，有个人，默默地在她后面看着她，保护着她。

在天台，陈念说，她想考上北京里的好大学，她要保护这个世界。

听到这个愿望，小北笑了，并说 “那说好了，你保护世界，我保护你”。

多么简单的一句话，听似孩子却很有理想的一句话。小北和陈念两个孩子，都希望这个世界能变得友善，变得更好，善待每个人。小北保护着陈念，让陈念可以保护这个世界，让这个世界得以善待每个人。

电影里，有句台词我特别喜欢：

"We are in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars" 

“我们生活在阴沟里，但有人依然仰望星空”

小北在翻陈念的课本时，看到了这一句，就笑了。

这一笑，像是在笑着他，一个黑暗中长大的孩子，依然有资格仰望星空。

也许他是在笑着，陈念，一个生活艰苦，被霸凌，却依然有理想，希望考进北京大学，就如那课本里的话 -- 仰望星空。

当陈念失手杀了魏莱，她见到小北时说了一句 “我输了”。
我想她应该是说，我输给生活了，我上不了大学，我保护不了世界了。

后来当小北安排好了一切要为陈念顶罪时，他对她说了句 “只有你赢了，我才不算输”。
也许是告诉她，让她带着他的信念，好好活下去，去实现她的理想。只有她成功了，他才不算失败。他实现了当时说的 “你保护这个世界，我保护你”。

“陈念欠小北一次”
这笔债，还的不是一顿饭，不是一笔钱，更不是一场恋爱。而是让陈念好好活着，好好上大学，一切黑暗让小北去背负，让小北去承受。这笔债，还的是小北的一生。

他，用了他的一生，
来保护了，她的一生。

小说里，陈念并没有杀人，只是伤人罢了。小北也没有杀魏莱，只是埋尸了。杀人案当晚，他们两人一个眼神，就知道对方要说什么，故小北就这样为对方做了很多，陈念也什么都不问，好好配合着小北的言行。这也导致后来警官郑易为了帮他俩，却始终找不到一个突破口，一个合理的解释，解释整个案件始末，解释到底凶手是谁。

电影里的结局和小说不大一样，电影里的陈念的确失手杀人了，而她最终也自首了，因未成年，所以判了4年牢狱。

这里，电影想带出来的信息，我相信是：未成年者，就算做错事了，也应该得到相应的惩罚，而不是因为未成年所以放过。这样才算是给他们多一次机会，一次重生的机会，一次重新踏入社会的机会。

以上纯粹是我个人的看法见解。还没看小说或电影的朋友，记得去支持哦！

我心目中的 【北野】 还是个未知。北野，这个角色，也是近年来我心目中的第一名，一个痞痞看似潇洒自如却可以为了心爱的人付出所有。

致敬  【少年的你 如此美丽】

Cafe Hopping in Oct

Hi there! Is me again.

This time, I've been exploring some nice cafe in KL.

In case you do not know, I LOVE cafe hopping a lot (Do follow my instagram @fionnasecret for more updates of my journey of cafe hopping).

Normally, I will have some brunch or dinner at some cafes with nice ambience fortnightly or maybe three? It depends on the thickness of my wallet and also my besties' time.. 

Going solo in a cafe is really not my type. Moreover, if you bring a bunch of friends with you, you able to taste more dishes as you all can share them. So you do not have to go again for different food. 

Today, I'm going to share three cafes that I'd been going recently. Three of the cafes have different pricing range: can be classify as high, medium and low.. 🙈

Firstly, I will introduce the LOW ones:

Cafe: Little People

Location: G-01, Avantas Residences 162, Jalan Klang Lama, 58200 Kuala Lumpur.

Price Range: RM15 - RM35

Rank: 

1. Thin-Crust Pizza 9.5/10

2. Sourdough Strawberry French Toast 6.5/10

3. Pink Pasta 8/10

Sourdough Strawberry French Toast, Pink Pasta, Thin-Crust Pizza

⇉ Most high rank from me: Thin-Crust Pizza

It was just nice with the mozzarella and parmigiano regianno cheese 😍😍

Furthermore, it's thin crust, not making my belly too full but just perfectly fulfilled it. 

⇉ Pink Pasta: We order it because it looks nice. And it tastes nice too, not letting us down. It is a handmade beetroot pasta with parmesan cheese and walnut.

⇉ And.. for the strawberry French toast, it was just a French toast with the strawberry and some cream.. nothing much special to be honest. But still worth a try. 

Heard from a friend who went before: Boba Earl Grey Cake is a must-try. We did not get to try it because one of my friend does not like the taste of Earl Grey, hence we try the Hojicha cake instead. It doesn't disappoint me tho, it's SUPER NICE: not bitter not sugary, it's just nice. 

I recommend to try both if there's a lot of you. 

By the way, the good thing about this cafe is that they provide free mineral water for us, where we do not have to order for drinks unless we wanna have a try of their coffee.

Medium ⇩
Cafe: 33 Blue Room
Location: 2a, Jalan 51.255a, Section 51a Zone Perindustrian PJCT, 46100 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Price Range: RM20 - RM45

A jazzy ambience full of jazz. Able to enjoy food while listen to some music, the music is not loud so you able to have some small chat with your friends.

Rank:
1. Fried Squid Eats 8.5/10
2. Pesto DeRoasted Chicken 7.5/10
3. Chicken Thumbs Thumbs Fusilli 7/10

Personally, I like the squid and the roasted chicken. The squid is normal squid but quite special as they put some rice inside, and also the 'salad-like' thing at the bottom consists of corn, ladyfinger and capsicum. The combination is fabulous, I can't stop eating them. 

As for the roasted chicken, it was crunchy -- that's all. Crunchy = Yummy!! This is how simple I am towards food 😝😝 Forgot to mention about the pasta below the chicken: The pasta is damn delicious as they put on some sauce which I not sure what it is. Recommend to try it!! Pesto DeRoasted Chicken

High ⇩

Cafe: Blonde 

Location: G.03A, Republik, Jalan Medan Setia, Bukit Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumper.

Price Range: RM35 - RM65

It was quite noisy in the cafe as it is a closed area which sound system is quite poor. We can't really have a long chat inside, and it does not really comfortable when there is a lot of noise around you. 

Rank:

1. Tiger Prawn 6.5/10

2. Dutch Style Pancake 7/10

Tiger Prawn Pizza
The prawn is really in a big size
It doesn't really give me a bombastic feelings towards the taste of the pizza, so it get a 6.5 from me.

Pancake: We always order dessert whenever we hang out, I bet most of girls do this.

This pancake also, nothing really special to me.

Like all the pancake, it taste well when dip with the maple syrup.

The portion is quite small, and I think is quite pricey for this size of pancake. 

A fact that disappoints me: There's no free mineral water provided in this cafe. Hence, we have to order the RM20+ coffee.. 😢😢

By the way, the front entrance of this cafe is an INSTAGRAMMER FAVOURITE SPOT

Let you have a glance of it 😉

Special Add-on: Super Recommended!!! Non-halal area

Cafe: Donkas Lab

Location: A1-02-01 Sunway Geo Avenue, Japan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor.

Price Range: RM15 - RM20 (A la Carte), RM20 - RM35 (Set with Donkas)

This cafe was highly recommend not only by me, also those who went before. 

Their Donkas is very nice, well done crunchy donkas with cheesey sauces as topping. 

The portion is quite big, if you have small stomach, I recommend to share with someone else. Is quite full to eat it alone as the Donkas is very big in size which makes you feel totally worth it!!

Definitely will go back to this cafe and try their ramen. 

That's all for my journey of Cafe Hopping in October! See you next month! And.. Happy Halloween😈

A decision on my Hair

This is me: with a long hair til high waist which most girls in the world wish to have.

After entering high school, I tend to love making myself looks more girly. I started admire female celebrities. Buying fashionable clothes - short sleeves, off shoulder, half visible shirt etc. That's what most girls will do when they started their puberty and wish to have more attention from others especially guys..  Most of the girls tend to start wearing colour lens or even makeup. But for me, at that time, I'm still not interested in any of that. All I'd done was just keep my hair long. 

I remember that time I keen to do my hair with different kind of style when going tuition xD. And also that period of time, I learned hair braid. I searched a lot of website to find how can I braid my hair nicely, beautifully.. Sadly, electronic phone was not a trend that time, hence there's not much photo of me having my braid, I found none of them TT. 

After entering college and university, I still having this long hair but with a dark brown colour. Hair dyeing seems a tradition after a high-school child graduated. It kinda like a symbolism of a child entering their adulthood. Is like a kind of celebration that we are no longer a child who have to be at home before 10pm. 

I love my dark brown hair a lot that year after dyeing it. I planned a bunch of different colour to be dye each year such as maroon, purple-ish red, light brown, blue-green etc. However, this plan does not go as I wish to as the second time of hair dyeing just simply destroy the smoothness of my hair. Also, by that time I started to love back my black hair. People tends to be like that: You admire what you don't have, but when you have it you wish to get back to initial.

SO... What leads to my decision of cutting my hair short?

It was just an impromptu decision where the barber commented that a layered hair does not suit me and suggested that I cut them straight instead. That moment, my mind was blank and I did not think much. All I did was just tell him to cut it, with a shortest length a little below my shoulder. 

I did not have much thought on my hair length at that moment even though that day was my birthday. (I bet every girl wish to be as pretty as they could on this BIG DAY🙈) Guess luck was by my side; the outcome was perfect! 💗 I love it very much 💖

Let you have a look on it 😉

2 months after hair cut

It is nice isn't it? For more pictures of me with middle-short hair kindly go to my previous blog 😊

Day by day, more and more I fall in love with this middle-short hair length. I even thought of keeping it at this length for few more years. Now I am planning whether should I dye it with maroon or dark yellow-green, or... just leave it as black. This is hard to decide as I quite worry that the colour not really suit me because I have a yellow base skin colour. 

Tell you secretly🙊: I like to make myself look more mature than young. Of course not making myself old (who likes to looks older than his/her age?) 

I LOVE WOMEN WHO LOOKS MATURE   just like Angelina Jolie, Bingbing Fan. Both of them give a strong women figure to the audience. Their confident, their temperament when they walk in the street admires me a lot. Everytime I saw them on tv or news, I wish I able to have half of their confident. I guess this is the reason that I tend to matured myself. 

It's not a huge change but I love it. Having a change on my appearance on my 21st was １００％ 👍 

Before and after hair cut.

Which suits me better? 

21st Birthday

It's been months ago since my 21st big day. And I decided to express my feelings and share about it now. I understand it's quite a late post-appreciation blog however, I'm still wanna recalled back that special day.

A day before my birthday, I have this dinner pre-birthday celebration with my beloved family. The photos of the food had all gone, but it was a great night. Thanks my dad for such delightful night. LOTS OF LOVE

Venue: Sofitel Kwenzen Restaurant

What I like the most: Their malay style chicken (Kuantan style). It was.. undescribable type of delicious. It's good to give it a try

Remarks: it was quite expensive and the food choices was not much (as a buffet style).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ABOUT THE DAY OF MY 21ST

Venue: Hemisphere Restaurant & Bar

It's a great place to have a romantic dinner with friends or boyfriend.. The ambiance is prefect. Full with romance. You can request for decoration of table using rose petals. The restaurant is quiet, not the noisy ones. Hence, it able to provide a romantic feels. Couples should definitely try it, a prefect place to have some deep talking with a sip of red wine (red wine is available there too!)

Decoration by my friends. It's lovely. Rose petals by the restaurant. Flowers by jufloral

Not only the ambiance, the prices of the food are reasonable too although it may be slightly expensive than normal cuisine in cafe. But once in a lifetime isn't it? Just get it a try!
That day, we order a risotto, salmon, and duck leg. I gotta admit: the duck leg was sooooo soft, braces-friendly (I'm wearing braces) I'm so fall in love with it. Until now I still wanna drop by Hemisphere for another dishes of duck leg.

After having dinner indoor, we able to switch to outdoor for some nice scenery of the Kuala Lumpur! It's a nice place to have a chat, taking photos of yourself with the twin tower. The waiters won't stop you, yet helping you to save your indoor seat, providing the restaurant is not crowded with customers.

A picture of me with the flowers: it's an instagram-worthy photo.

One thing that disappointed me is the washroom.. The restaurant does not have a proper washroom. They have a share washroom with the outdoor swimming pool of the apartment.. So is a small 'nah' about this restaurant.

Overall, it was a beautiful, special night with my bestie on the 21st of mine. LUB EUU GIRLSSS

2019.06.30