Hi Hi. If you haven’t heard, which silly of me, of course you probably haven’t, I’ve recently moved to a nice flat in Damansara, near KL. It has enough variety of great food stores and is only a five-minute drive away from IKEA. Bought several things for the place too, hence this daisy. Is rather thrilled. First because daisy is a favorite flower of mine and second, it’s the trademark of the tv show Pushing Daisies. Ned the Piemaker and daisies, that’s the dream! Granted it’s yellow, but still :]
The best thing about cactus aside from the obvious (CUTENESS), it’s also the easiest type of plant to keep if like many mortals, you are un-bestowed with the gift of a green thumb. I used to keep a cactus, I called it Lily -for a little white flower sprouted off the top whenever it bloomed- and even that lasted a few years, which in my case is saying a lot *wink*
One of the kitchen showrooms in IKEA.
I suppose the only bad thing of having IKEA conveniently located (convenient for them big Swedish moneymakers) is that you end up IKEAnizing your home by day, then thinking of more IKEAnizing by night. Just look at how many times the word IKEA shows up in this entry. Sigh. Not that I complain, but when one is making negative $ XXX a month, every one expects her to put every negative dollar into good uses =PP
The perks of being a frequent IKEA-goer, however are picture-explanatory.
Me and my awesome new rug, among other things.
I’ve also found the softest, yummiest cake ever baked in the world, probably!
Princess cake from IKEA food. I tell ya, its existence alone should have qualified as a crime… of passion.
TED MOSBY’S IKEA FUN FACT NO 1:
The name IKEA derived from the combination of initials of the founder’s name with his home village: Ingvar Kamprad, Elmtaryd Agunnaryd.
Swedish people, and to my knowledge, Malaysians and Indonesians pronounce it as EE-KEH-AH or IKEYA, whereas for Americans and Edward Norton, it is eye-kee-uh. Naturally since it is a Swedish company, the first is correct. (However, ever since I watched Fight Club, I have taken to adopt the American style :* )
September 28th, 2008 at 2:38 am
P.S. I’m going for another roadtrip! I love roadtrips, esp 5 or 6 hours trip where I’ll be on the back seat, listening to some audiobooks or the soundtrack to Pride and Prejudice ‘05. I’m halfway through ‘Anansi Boys’ by Neil Gaiman and so far it’s wicked!
P.P.S I’d reaaally recommend ‘The Host’ by Stephenie Meyer, the story is one-of-a-kind and very thought-provoking. Gosh, I enjoy SM’s writing so much I think I’m going to follow her to the end of the world LOL.
September 28th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
IKEA! I like their stuff. XD
September 28th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
You still love pushing daisies? ♥ Aww I’m happy to hear about the successful move!
And thank you for greeting me a happy birthday! Luty was so funny! He photoshopped her picture in XD
September 29th, 2008 at 3:27 am
I love Ikea
They’re stuff is soo cool.
I never knew it was Swedish xD I just thought it was gibberish o_o
September 29th, 2008 at 9:33 am
What’s IKEA?
September 30th, 2008 at 3:03 am
Steffi!^_^ So you’re living alone now? Heh, I actually took care of a little cactus before, and it kinda looked like a rose because its leaves were curled around to the center.
October 1st, 2008 at 3:51 am
i thought the rug on the white floor was looking like japan’s flag XD LOL
Fight club is a really cool movie
here we say like eeh-keh-ah XD
October 3rd, 2008 at 6:26 pm
fairlady-z, me too!
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Raein, you’re welcome. and yes, I love Pushing Daisies. You no longer do?
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Meaghan, hehe I thought so too. Proved just how nifty wikipedia is huh? Alot of times when I’m discussing some general doubts (how do you pronounce Anti? for d love of God I swear I’ve heard hundreds said En-ty and not En-tee), I find myself saying, wait, I’ll see what wiki says.
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WHJ, WIKI!!!! LOL, J/K. It’s a Swedish furniture retailer, selling some of the most affordable/gorgeous piece of furniture. My landlord is somewhat a celebrity in Malaysia *what up?* and almost everything in the flat are IKEA stuffs:P
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Badtz, yeah kinda. Oooh I’ve never see rose-like ones before. Cactus is so cute and low maintenance!
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Luty, now that u mention it… No Ja-Pun intended, honestly XD
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Hey babe! You have your own place in KL! That is like so coolx!
October 19th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Where are you buddy?
October 22nd, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Hey, I started watching Pushing Daisies. Okay, I know I am 2 centuries late.