Podgy & The Banker and Café Olle @ Sri Hartamas

I've visited a few coffee shops recently, & these are a few I thought is worth sharing.

Podgy & The Banker

Cappuccino RM10

Avocado & Chicken Sandwich RM12

Bruschetta with Ham and Eggs  RM12
Mocha RM10

The place is located at a corner of a quite suburban area in Sri Hartamas. The interior was really nice I thought, a very relaxed and light ambiance. There isn't a lot of variety in the menu but it has quite a healthy menu. The Avocado and Chicken sandwich was really good though, Bruschetta with Ham and Eggs was so-so. 

Captured from Google (I do not own this photo)

Address:

Ground floor, No.2,

Jalan Sri Hartamas 8,

50480 Kuala Lumpur.

Operating Hours: 

8.30am - 11.30pm, Close on Tuesday. 

Café Olle

Green tea latte RM11
Mocha RM11

Olle Cheesecake (I don't remember the price)

This coffee shop is owned by koreans and the interior is really classy. They have a little smoking area at the entrance. Great ambiance, with relaxing korean songs.

I personally love the green tea latte a lot. The cheesecake was different from those I had before but not bad. By the time I was there, 4pm-ish, most of the cakes were sold out. I was hoping to try their nutty cheesecake but no luck. 

Again, I don't own this photo.

Operating Hours:

8.00am - 12.00am, Opens everyday.

Address:

26-G, Jalan 24/70A

Desa Sri Hartamas, 

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Emotional Side

These pictures were taken 2 years ago at Melbourne. Stunningly beautiful view, I know. I miss that place a lot. 


I am not at all emotional right now. I was trapped outside my house for around an hour just now for not bringing my house key before fetching my bro out and I killed approximately 10 mosquitoes in 5 mins while I was waiting for my mom by the swimming pool just now. Pathetic. Okay, not the point of today's post. Well, I was at my emotional phase a few weeks ago. I am not sure if anyone has ever experience the same thing as I do but every once in a while I get really down and think like, really, really lot. I wanted to blog about it back then but I never had the chance.

You know, sometimes when I'm not really sure about my feelings or what the hell is going on with my mind, all I have to do is write it all down and ka-boom, my mind is sorted out. Seriously.

The emotional phase usually comes after I had plenty of fun. Nobody could really find out because it's not something anyone would like to show, but every time when I'm alone I get really quiet and think about how bad or how wrong my life is. The fact is, nothing actually did went wrong. It is just a realisation of reality, that not everything goes the way I want it to, not everything is beyond my control, and the worst thing is, things that are beyond my control, are not controlled perfectly.

During the phase, I cry surprisingly lot. I had this new year resolution, which I could not cry in front of anyone else at all. Well, I failed, very badly. I cried like the sky was going to fall when nothing really did happened. But seriously, I really suck at holding back my tears. It is not like I've never try. I tried really, really hard alright. For one moment, I thought I managed to control my tears but no, not at all.

Every time I started crying, for whatever reason, it is always the same few things that are running through my mind. At first, it might be me almost killing someone, then I felt guilty, so I started crying. Then I started thinking 'why the hell am I so selfish or careless', then it goes to 'I'm so fucking weak', then 'I could be better, but I'm not.' and I go on blaming myself. Then, everything bad or depressing that had ever happened since age 1 comes flowing into my mind like a waterfall and everything keeps replaying over and over again, while my heart is sinking into the deep blue sea like an anchor. I hope I am exaggerating but I don't think I am.

I might sound very pessimistic but no, I have a really positive mindset. At least I believe so. I kept myself motivated all the time, I always believe in myself, really. But not during the emotional phase I suppose.

You might be wondering, why the hell do I have to hold my tears back, why do I have to keep everything to myself and not let it all out. I agree with that, I do think that everyone should not bottled themselves up but share it with your friends and all, but I don't want to rely on anyone. The person I want to be is strong enough to take all kind of shit and I don't want to have any emotional phase. I mean seriously, I created my own storms and get upset when it rains. The person I want to be is not some creepy emotional kid but someone who laughs at every little things and only cry when something really sad happened. The person I want to be is the one consulting or comforting people who's in real trouble, not this.

Every time when someone asks me why am I crying, I don't quite know how to answer that. No, seriously, how? Tell them about everything since age 1? And like I said, I have a positive mindset, I talked myself out all the time, it's no big deal. What for saying it all out when nobody understands? To make false judgement or solution? Also, I'm not a secretive person, I don't keep secrets to myself, I don't mind everyone knowing what's going on in my mind. I blog every single thing that's bothering me when there's no one to talk to.

The truth is, I don't have a choice. No matter how weak I am inside, sometimes it's just me, alone, I must be strong. Yes, the world is filled with nice people, good friends, family and all. But list one person who you guarantee would be by your side whenever you need them. People leave, whether they intend to or not, they are going to leave, eventually. Your friends are going to marry someone someday, your siblings will also be having their own family. Why do I have to rely on anyone in the world, when me, myself can actually be happy and cheer myself up? I sound pathetic, I know, but the fact is I'm a below average kind of person. To wait for a soul mate, someone who truly understands me, a prince to save me or love me isn't something I should be expecting of or hope of. Don't come telling me how good I am because the fact is no one ever loved me, and I know that there must be a reason for that.

I know what I'm capable of, I don't suck so bad. I'm really happy the way things are, I'm really happy with my life. I'm happy. I know that my life isn't as fancy and that I am not a perfect person but I never really thought my life sucks. It is just that I accept every negative thing about myself, and all I have to do is improve, I'm not sad. Because as I said, I believe in myself, and it is unfair to say my life sucks when everyone around me makes me happy all the time.

I was often confused with the person I want to be and the person I currently am. So I thought I might as well forget about the person I am, and just be the person I want to be -- the strong and tough one. And as long as I believe in that, I will soon be the person I want to be.

Brickfields Asia College, PJ Campus

Yes, I'm starting college already! I don't know what to feel, really. I've been escaping reality and was having so much fun for like 3 to 4 months! I'm quite excited actually, but yet still not in the mood to commit all my time to studies. Orientation started since the 1st of April and everyone was very kind and nice, but it was nothing like high school. I skipped a few days of orientation so I'm not going to go into it. It wasn't really bad though, a little funny, a little boring, not so bad. 2 days were about motivational speeches, ice breaking and the another 2 were briefing about our classes, what is it going to be like. 

The prices of the food are, okay. (if you don't compare them to high school's) And yes, it is a really nice place. However, the place is like really new, and BAC apparently doesn't own the whole building so there actually are a lot of strangers walking around. The payment for the car park is quite costly though but I bought the season pass for RM100 with RM150 deposit which still makes it expensive but slightly cheaper.

Here's some pictures of the place. (Captured from facebook) 

The gym

Swimming pool

Ground floor.

I couldn't look for pictures of the cafeteria, classrooms, library, etc. But it wasn't really special, no big deal.

My official lesson doesn't start till the 14th of April, next week will be all about the free programs like study skills, speed reading, etc. I have certainly no idea what will my college life be like in the future, but may god bless me!