Our Italian Lunch at Trattoria Cucina Italiana Kuala Lumpur

Last Sunday was the first time I went to this restaurant. Heard that the food was amazing. So, thought of trying out what's so amazing about it. I'm actually not much of an Italian food enthusiast compared to Japanese food. But B-bunz, he's one mafia bad-ass (LOL!) and he loves Italian food. Which is why, after reading some reviews on local food blogs and websites on this restaurant, I suggested to B-bunz if he would like to try. We went there for lunch.

Amazing. The road was super duper clear. LOL!

This restaurant is located at Jalan P. Ramlee, opposite Modesto's and Aloha, nearby The Beach Club. So you can imagine how this road is at night right? But amazingly, at 2pm it was empty. Quite deserted. We could actually lie down on the road for 5 minutes and no car will come hit us. LOL! If only it was like this every day.

We sat outside, in the smoking area because as you might guess, B-bunz smokes. We were first served complimentary slices of bread with olive oil and salsa sauce. I liked it, they tastes good. The waitress was very friendly and she seemed to know what we need although we were sitting outside the glass window. Why did I say that? Well, at one point B-bunz was complaining that there's a hole in his straw as he took a sip of his Strawberry juice (RM 16) and so I got up to walk in and ask for an extra straw when the waitress was already holding a straw and passed it to me halfway. As if she can read our lips. LOL!

I totally love my food. I  had the ravioli with stuffed spinach and salsa sauce or something - "Ravioli di ricotta espinaci in salsa" (RM 34). B-bunz had a beef pasta something-something - "Penne cacio e pepe" (RM 32). Mine was delicious and sweet. B-bunz was not feeling so good that day though, he had a stomach discomfort so he wasn't able to enjoy the food as much as I did. Pity my bad-ass mafia boy. 

This is mine. Mine. All mine!!

B-bunz had this.

It took me quite a while to finish my ravioli. I'm not a very fast eater and I can't eat so much. But when it costs RM 34 for a plate, of course I'm going to finish it! LOL! But it's delicious so I'm not complaining. Then there's the dessert. I was hoping B-bunz could help me out with the dessert but he was still not feeling very well so he just ordered a hot Caffe Latte (RM 9) and I had to finish the dessert myself. It was a chocolate cake with 1 scoop of vanilla ice-cream - "Fondente al cioccalato" (RM 26).

Ooooh mamma mia!

The chocolate cake was so rich, I was about to faint. I cannot finish the whole thing at all. I enjoyed the vanilla ice-cream but the cake made me shiver. I'm not much of a chocolate fan. B-bunz enjoys chocolate more than me. I'm a vanilla girl. But since B-bunz was afraid his stomach might get more upset, he didn't even take a bite of the cake. I had to mix the strawberry with the cake so that it doesn't taste so strong. However, I only managed to finish half. Oooh wow, chocolate that rich leaves me all tingly. I'm sure I gained 5 pounds just from that. LOL!

By the end of it, I was full - like I said, I'm not the type that eat much. Luckily I didn't go crazy and ordered a T-bone steak or pizza or something. The total of our lunch that day which includes Gov. Tax and Service Charge is RM 144.90. So, would I come here again? Maybe I would but not anytime soon. I like the food but the portion is a little less than the average Italian restaurant. It would probably be fun to come in big groups, order a variety of food and share together like one big happy mafia family. LOL!

I think I should start playing my Mafia Wars game again now.

TRATTORIA CUCINA ITALIANA
E-G-1, Ground Floor,
East Wing, Bangunan Rohas Perkasa,
No. 8, Jalan Perak, 50450 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel : 03-21632368

My Usher Concert at Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur

OK, yes, so I went to Usher concert the other day - on 7th July 2010 to be exact.

So how was it?

First and foremostly, we arrived around 8.40pm. It was all a last minute thing actually. I got an offer on the tickets last minute. It was the RM438 (Yellow Zone) tickets. I was already a little pissed off that I didn't get to go to the meet and greet the day before because a girl who was supposed to give me the meet and greet tickets was offered big bucks by someone else and failed to inform me she have sold them. So, there I was waiting for the tickets, trying to contact her and she just vanished. I was angry  because I was offered by another person as well and I didn't accept that because I thought I would rather help her with a few bucks instead but then she went AWOL at the height of it all and I finally didn't get any. Seriously, if you want to sell something, be professional please! In between all that, I found out that a horde of fans were lucky to bump into him at Pavillion KL where he went shopping.

Usher shopping at Pavillion.

Photo from Twitter.

So, when I was offered the Yellow Zone tickets, they're a little too hard to pass up. I mean, it's right in front of the stage! Although, I do wish I got the VIP seats instead.

We went to buy some food before entering the stadium first because I was fasting that day and we were starving. So, the queuing to buy food took up almost half hour which meant we didn't get to see the opening act. I don't know who the opening act was but was later told that it was Sheila Majid and Mizs Nina - correct me if I'm wrong on this.

By the time we got our food and everything, we heard loud screams coming from inside the stadium. I thought Usher was already there but apparently (again informed by a friend) that it was just a van that came into the stadium. LOL! Seriously, these people scream for almost anything. By the time we went into the stadium, Usher was still not out yet and it was already 9.30pm. So, we ate first and then only he appeared - when I was about to finish my hot dog. 

Honestly, I am a little disappointed. I don't know about Usher's die-hard fans, but I felt a little cheated. Throughout this whole year, Usher's concert is the only concert selling really high-priced tickets. But the concert only lasted less than 2 hours. And in every song, he would just sing parts and pieces and let the fans do the rest. I do pity him actually. Even from the first song, he looked like he just stepped out of the shower. Don't they have cooling fans on stage or something? I mean, he can't be singing, dancing and jumping around without any sort of air directed to cool him a bit right? Isn't that like an essential thing for performers on stage? Coz it's hot up there what with the spotlight being directed on him, if there's no air he'd probably faint. I don't think the weather was too hot that night, plus it rained the whole day. So I assume due to the maximum sweating, he was not able to perform so well? OK, blame it on the weather.

And do you know that Usher is now single? In case you don't know, he said it a few times on stage. And he commented that "marriage is not his thing because he's tried it and it didn't turn out so well for him" on a banner made by a fan read, "Will you marry me?"

Oh, and the RELA people are so freaking annoying! They confiscated all cameras. I mean seriously, who does not bring cameras to concert right? Recording devices are all confiscated - but smartphones that are also able to record just as well as a recording camera were not confiscated. So those lucky ones with smartphones were able to record until the end. Isn't that like so unfair? I mean seriously, if concert organizers want to be such an ass, why not be a REAL ass and confiscate everything? Or maybe the RELA people can't differentiate smartphones with those normal phones. So sad they're not so smart. *piss off mode*

But then again, I still get to record the audio of the whole concert. HAHA! See, not so smart are you people?

(Audio will be put up in a separate blog post).

The concert finished at 10.45pm. Usher finished it with his latest song "Oh My Gosh" and there was no encore whatsoever. I've enjoyed his old songs more than the latest ones so those are the only one I scream loudly for and judging from the screaming level of the fans, I think the songs that the crowd could relate to the most was "Yeah!" and "Burn". And the histerics level increase a notch whenever he does all those sexual movements. LOL! I bet those two girls who got his soaking wet face towel must have already frame it up by now. LOL!!

So, my opinion on this one - it could've been better. I have been to many very good concerts where the artist have a very high level of energy and are very good entertainers as well. Luckily I didn't pay RM438 per ticket for this one (the cost remains a secret but maybe I should just fast for another week to recover).

So? I Don't Care...

I have no idea why but suddenly the brain just went into overdrive. I have been a good girl for a while now. I had been quite cynical and sarcastic at a point of my life when things had become too much for me to handle. But then, a person came and told me he will bring out the best in me back to the surface. I trusted him. I did. I had faith in every word. But I think sometimes you can't just rely on faith. There's always telltale signs somewhere and the phrase "still water runs deep" can bring a whole lot of meaning. 

Now, I do not know anymore. There are so many sarcastic words swirling in my mind. Words I had wanted to just say to the face who deserved it. But I can't, you see. I don't swear. It's so not me. And men who swears are equal to wild boars munching on their own shit. OK, that's not a very pretty mental picture.

Well, since I can't swear the anger out of me and I can't find a secluded mountain top to scream my lungs out, the only thing I can do is probably rejoice in my ability to find words rushing out of my mouth when I'm highly emotional. Today though, I am not in the mood for poems. So I want to try something else. Something I had been seeing quite regularly on my Twitter. 

Quotes. 

There are many fantastic quotes made by many fantastic people (I even retweeted Lady Gaga's quotes ok? They're funny and at the same time completely true). So now I want to make my own quotes. And see if someone would give credit to me if they ever Tweet them. LOL!

Quote 1 :  

a man who is constantly surrounded by women is Hugh Hefner. 

a man who is constantly feared by women is a pimp. 

a man who is constantly in need of women is a dickhead.

Quote 2 : 

when a man choose not to appreciate what you did for him, he's an ass. 

when a man choose to claim what you did for him as his own, he's a scum. 

when a man acts convincingly as if it's all true, he's the ass of a scum.

Quote 3 : 

live with a slob, you become a housekeeper. 

live with a workaholic, you become an independent woman. 

live with a cheater, you become Lorena Bobbit.

I don't mean to sound bitter or like a feminist but hey, like I said, I'm emotional right now, so I don't care. If  you don't like it then don't read it or could it possibly be that you're one of these type of men? Or all of the types combined? LOL!!

Yes, alright, I better go do something to cool my temperature down, like, drink ice-cold water or something. I have a better and sweeter blog post coming up soon! Yeay!