Kiddult - I'm not a kid, not yet an adult

Good Friends are hard to find

2010-07-28T11:54:00.003+08:00

Hey my dear blog readers!!!

*First things first*
I wanna apologise for abandoning my blog for almost 2 months. Gotta admit that I did it on purpose. Didn't wanna spend precious time blogging when I can do other things that are more beneficial than blogging. But you know what? I often find myself clicking on the bookmark which will lead to my blog. Its just a sign that I miss blogging and am not ready to give it up yet. Yes, blogging is a waste of time most of the time IF AND ONLY IF you blog about crap and the events you attend which...serves no purpose I guess. I'm gonna revive my blog again starting now, there'll be lotsa past personal events which I've joined, and also some food for thought. I'll just have to make as much use as the blog can offer. Cheers!!

2 weeks ago, I went for a micro Bramall Court reunion. Bramall Court is the place I used to stay when I was in UK. Its my university owned accomodation so everyone there is from Sheffield Hallam University.

Kee Wee organised the event and it was held in Tao Asian Cuisine. Overall I would say the environment of the place is superb!! Food wise is also very good though I would like to have more japanese cuisine variety. I don't eat much, especially meat. So going to a buffet is just a waste of money unless it is a japanese buffet as I develop a special liking for fish, and vege of course.

Okay, enough of the introduction. Its time for some photos~!!!

Tao Table Setting

Tao Light Decor

Tako(aka mini Paul)
Also on the plate are some jellyfish, beef karage, and a sushi.

Made to order food~
A very common problem I face for food photography for a buffet is that I'll have to take so much time taking photos of all the food individually that people will be half filled when I started eating.
So in order not to be so selfish, I hardly take any photos of food.
Well, maybe just a few..

Forgot what was this..I think its the Pissing Shrimp

Shrimp and vege tempura

Grilled Salmon *Very nice!!*

Soft Shell Crab Roll

Fruit Tartlets

Part of the attendees

Now for the overview of the place

Sushi and JapFood corner

Insalata(salad) corner

Desserts

Barbeque and Teppanyaki corner

Umeshu, Sake, and Liquor corner

Very-the-Asian Decor

Sushi

Friendship that was developed in UK

The Hip and the Smart one

The Toothpaste Models

Everyone loves showing their teeth

So photobomb-ish

Kee Wee, Stef, Yvette

Table 1 out of 2

Representatives from E-commerce group

Part of the Marketing group

Everyone who attended

and finally, a group shot before we leave

Good friends are hard to come by these days, especially when I am working already.
Everyone's busy developing and building their career but we never forget to meet once in a while.
Just like always, these people can pick you up when you're down by just seeing you.
You feel stronger with them around you, no longer lonely, pure contentment.

Friends - Have you made someone smile by calling them today?

Puppy Love - Does it melt too fast?

2010-06-05T20:16:00.002+08:00

A few weeks back, I've watched a highly anticipated movie with chewyinli.

Ice Kacang Puppy Love

Yes, this movie is highly antipicated (by me) because of the following reasons:
1. Its a Malaysian-made movie!!
2. I love Ah-Niu, 阿牛
3. It does bring back kampung-styled memories
4. Its the type of movie I like

Okay enough said, something about the movie now.
Synopsis: A woman brings her daughter Da Jia Yu run away from her husband. They live in a small-old town and stay at friend’s house earn for a living. The son of the kopitiam tauke, Botak falls into this small little girl. In Botak’s life, Da Jia Yu plays an important role. She accompany Botak till they growth up. Botak secretly admires Da Jia Yu. Along the journey, he explores the meaning of true love, devotion and forgiveness.

Its a truly touching story in my opinion.
I especially like the quote by Ah Niu at the end of the movie.
“初恋就好像眼前这一碗红豆冰，还来不及感受它个中滋味，就已经融化在舌尖，融化在心底。能回味的，是心裡略帶青澀的甜”

Alright some of you may not understand what it said, so I'll translate it for you.
"First love is just like a bowl of Ice Kacang, it melts before you can taste it properly. What is in our memories are its mild sweetness."

Mind you, the ice kacang that is mentioned isn't like the ones you see now.
Its not stacked up as high as a building.
It doesn't have things like nata de coco, jelly, pearls etc.
It doesn't have ice cream topped on the ice.
Its just traditional, simple ice kacang.

Ah Niu's quote actually made me think alot.
I totally agree with what he said.
How many of us know what are we doing in our first romance?
Many of us were too young to actually know what is it all about.
Its over before we can actually taste it.
Well, just like mine.

Hey, when I said "just like mine" it doesn't mean that mine didn't last very long okay.
Mine lasted a little pass a year but honestly speaking, I don't know whats going on back then.
All we ever know is that we're together..and..so what?
I don't know the rest.
When I'm old enough to actually experience what romance is, I thought back about my first time.
I can't exactly put the feeling into words except "naive yet sweet"
Its exactly how it feels when we think about our younger days, when we don't have much to think about.

Now, after stepping into the society to work, things change again.
Once again I feel that I've grown up and possibly matured.
I got a comment saying "It turns you more no nonsense ish."
Yes, sometimes silly jokes do come out, but most of the time I'm all about personal growth and productivity.
I've been doing things which a typical 24 year old might not do.
Read books, think about financial freedom AND work towards it etc.
I'm lucky to have someone who can teach and guide me.
But I know, my parents are worried too as my future is still very vague.
Can't blame them though, I'm not doing things that are conventional.
Can't be too conventional in this new age economy, can we?
I don't wish to worry them but I do hope that they'll give me some time to do things my way.
I know it'll work out, just like the many challenges I faced before, right?

*Ehh, off topic ddi laa!!!*
Oops!!! Too much about me I guess.
But hey, it proves a point doesn't it?
We get less naive as we grow up.
More responsibilities comes as we gain more experiences and power.
We can't be thinking only about ourselves, we have to care for others too.
This isn't something we do during puppy love.
Somehow its just makes me smile thinking how easy is it for us to be together and break up when we were young.

How was your puppy love like?
Its sad if you don't have one!!! *Hahaha purely joking*

Monica's 23rd

2010-06-02T03:15:00.003+08:00

A couple of weeks back, I celebrated my elder younger sister's 23rd birthday with my family, girlf, and her boyf.
Yes, she's my ELDER younger sister.
~~cuz I have 2 younger sisters. Monica is elder. Crystal is younger. so Monica is the ELDER younger sister. Crystal is the YOUNGER younger sister.~~
Oh nevermind.
Anyways lets continue the story..

[2010.05.20]
We always *and I mean always* celebrate our family member's birthday on that day itself.
Its always reserved for our family so I don't celebrate it with friends unless they do it in the afternoon.
*and I'm happy to celebrate it with my family*

So, got off work late, so reached D'tandoor late too.
When both my girlf and I reached there, they've already finished the 1st dish.

Don't ask me what are all these!!!
Its like a platter of different types of food.

Sour Lassi - Indian Yogurt Drink
There's a choice of SWEET or SOUR

All the food we ordered

Naan Cheese - Indian Bread

Naan Garlic - Indian Bread

Different types of curry
There are Ladies Fingers, Eggplant, and Mutton Curry

Rice topped with chicken
Really good but you have to wait for an hour for them to cook it.

HUGE prawns

Mon, Ben, Crys, Yinli, Me, Dad, Mom

And so, dinner was over..

Yumz..

Its time for after meal dessert!!

Nama Chocolate by Royce

You can know how nice the chocolate is just by looking at the smiles on their faces.
Oh btw, the chocolate is a gift from the girlf.
I've been pretty emo that time so she got me this, hopefully i'll feel much better.
Its a really expensive gift okay!!!
Thanks girlf!!!!!

So this concludes my ELDER younger sister's birthday.
*don't ask me why ELDER younger sister again!!*

Ninja Joe.Legend

2010-06-01T11:58:00.002+08:00

Two weeks ago, chewyinli and I went to ninja joe just to try out their burger.

Ninja Joe is an original Japanese fast food concept best known for delicious pork burgers! Our food contains no added MSG, preservatives or artificial flavouring.

- Ninja Joe -

Yes, you don't see pork burgers in Malaysia.
You used to fly to China and Hong Kong just for a port burger,
and now you can save your airfare~!!
I first heard about pork burger in Malaysia from my sister, Monica.
I'm not too sure if the shop still operates, but now, Ninja Joe's in town~!!

Ninja Joe Pork Burgers come in 6 different flavours
Original, Teriyaki, Black Pepper, Oriental, Sweet & Sour, and Spicy.

Hope its gonna be yummy!!

Ninja - Sweet and Sour
What..ninjas became burgers??

Big Boss
Its a bigger burger with onions and you can choose to add cheese to it.

Add on fries + drinks

Its a complete meal
The portion isn't very big though..

Damage done in my wallet

A ninja planning on a sneak attack

It looks like the console game that I used to play when I was young

Overall, Ninja Joe is just a pork burger.
Nothing special except its pork.
Maybe people who doesn't eat beef enjoys it more but I prefer beef burger.
Its pretty expensive considering the portion that was given.
Its a pretty good experience but once is more than enough for me.

Ninja Joe Pork Burger
LG-18, Tropicana City
http://twitter.com/porkburger

Oh on a side note,

I got my HTC Legend~!!!

Thats all for now~!!

Dessert time with Uni Friends

2010-05-29T10:53:00.002+08:00

*Continuing from the previous post*

After a superb dinner in Ichiban Boshi, Pavilion, everyone was pretty full.
The initial plan is to go for dessert in Snowflake but because we're still full, there's no way we can fit Snowflake dessert in us.
So we went for a walk while complaining that we're in serious need of retail therapy~!!!
*Yes, guys need retail therapy too*

Walk walk walk..
10pm passed..
Snowflake closed..
ALAMAK~!!!!

Not wanting to end the day yet, we think of places to go for dessert.
The only nice place I can think of is Dessert Brother which is located either in Kepong or SS2.
So just head there la though Chee Hong stays in Wangsa Maju.
*Pity him much*

Dessert Brother, Hong Kong

Once again, we had difficulty deciding what do we want to eat.
There are just TOO MANY choices..

Melisa got bored waiting *LOL*

Kee Wee's Peugeot 308

Yvette with her Gui Ling Gao (Tortoise Jelly)

Melisa's Black Sesame mixed with....I forgot..

Kee Wee's Black Glutinous Rice in Mango and Coconut Milk
I just love his enthusiasm..but fake punya~

Kee Wee + Melisa

3 is a crowd tau??

Chee Hong with his Rice Ball in Red Bean Soup
Couldn't wait for me to take a photo before eating..LOL

Me with my Mango + TofuFah

Bon Appetit~!!

Chee Hong + Yvette
Both single tau~!!!

Everyone..minus me

Burst Shot - 3 snaps in a row

I Love You Guys~!!!!!

Oh man~ Everytime I blog about these people, I think back about my University days in Sheffield.
We've bonded much in such a short time..
Though everyone's working now, we shall..we should meet at least once a month yaa~!!!!

Thats all for now~
More post to be up soon~!!!

Oh I miss my Uni days~!!

2010-05-23T22:39:00.003+08:00

Yippee~!!!!
I finally get to meet some of my college friends for a dinner.
Though not many people can come but its perfectly alright for me as those that came were fun~!!!

[2010.05.16]
Called everyone out for a dinner since I'm back from Kedah.
Not many people could attend it, only 5 including me.
Most of the people already have their agendas so I couldn't catch up with them but its perfectly fine.
*We gotta meet up some day okay??!*

So, on that day..
We I decided that we should meet at Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur.
Why over there?
Because its a Sunday and the traffic there is pretty okay.
Furthermore I wanted to take Chee Hong out for Snowflake as he said he hasn't try it before.
So Pavilion it is.

We arrived there at about 7:30pm and met in front of Ichiban Boshi.
Talked for awhile then continue to order our food.
The variety of food were too much for us so we took some time to actually decide what to eat.
Eventually..

Tako - Octopus

Kee Wee's Unagi Don

Melisa's Rice Set

Soft Shell Crab

Yvette's Tempura Don

Chee Hong's Yakiniku Don

My Teriyaki Chicken and Cold Soba Combo

Kee Wee Likes Yvette..
..punya Tempura.

Melisa and Chee Hong
Great friends.

I just love spending time with you guys~!!!!

We had a great dinner with great company and also great laugh.
Really nice to catch up with college friends once again.
We should do it every month..or even twice a month!!!
Oh gosh I miss you guys weih~!!!

After dinner dessert in the next post~!!!
Stay tuned~!!!

Family and Food

2010-05-17T22:40:00.009+08:00

Last Saturday was family day once again!!!
*Actually it was a pretty casual lunch*
But a casual lunch doesn't stop us from camwhoring!!

That afternoon, I took my youngest sis, Crystal to meet my parents for lunch at 12pm.
We didn't have much time to think what should we have for lunch because Crystal's driving lesson was at 1pm.
It was my sis's FIRST driving lesson!!
I'm pretty sure she's very excited.
Without thinking much, daddy said head to Food Bravo Restaurant which is near where we are.

Food Bravo

We were served as soon as we sat down.
While playing with my camera, suddenly I heard "Zhan Shuo Gor Gor!!"
Wah!! Scare me!! Simply go to a restaurant also someone call me!!
Before I can look properly, the waitress said "Its me ahh!! Ah Kun!!"
Hahahahaha Kun works there!!
Haven't seen her for years already and this little girl grew up so much and changed alot.
She took our orders and within 5 minutes, the first item came..

The bill was the first to arrive *LOL*

Milky Ying-Yong

Hot Honey Jasmine Tea

White Radish Soup

Happy Family *where's Monica??*

Daddy's Fried Rice

Mommy's Curry Rice

My Watercrest Soup with Rice

Crystal's Egg Soup with Rice

So that end's the day's lunch..
But thats not all!!

Since my uncle (daddy's elder brother) came to KL for a meeting the day before, we decided to bring him out for dinner.
Where to???

The Ship - The Best Steak In Town

Everytime we visit The Ship, mommy will always tell us that it was where her first date with my dad happened.
EVERYTIME without fail.
*Are your parents as cool as mine??!!*

Table Settings

Ship Ship SHIP!!!
I often wonder..They claimed to serve the best steak since...20 years ago *???*
Do they still serve the best steak now??

Cream of Asparagus

Daddy & Mommy

Boiled Shrimp with Papaya

Crystal's Carpetbag Steak

Cousin Ming's Lamb Chop

Uncle Kuan's Chicken Chop

Mommy and Daddy's Ribeye Steak

Uncle Shuang and Cousin Yik's Grilled Tiger Prawns with Crab

Aunt Ling and Yik's Girlfriend's Lamb Rack

My Bombay Steak

Everyone enjoying their food

After eating, its camwhore time again!!

Long-handed Crystal

Daddy camwhored with us!!

30sec shutter for ghostly effect

Group shot

Underexposed

After dinner, we have another more round at Beer Factory.

The Beer Factory

Stella Artois vs Hoegaarden
Oh it made me miss UK much!!

Cheers to a good night!!

My dad loves Hoogaarden..smmmooooooooottthhh~~

Underage drinking spotted!!

And there you have it, great day with my family!!

NOTE: Oh yeah, the only person you don't spot is Monica (except in group photos) Don't ask me why..I DON'T KNOW!!

Great time spent with great people (:

2010-05-15T14:48:00.002+08:00

Sometimes I wonder why does most of my blogpost involves food. *LAUGHS*
This is definitely not a food blog, I'm not a very good food critique.
But somehow my photos involves alot *and I mean ALOT* of food!!
Maybe I take better photos with food due to contant designing of food menus.
Anyways this post involves people..and food too *SMILE*

After coming back from a month's long of work in Kedah and Perlis, guess who was the first I see?
My family of course!!!
Next will be my Girlfriend, Chew Yinli Winnie.

One day after I came back from work, my girlf came back from Kampar.
*Very nice timing!!*
Of course, as a boyf I have to see her right away or else I'll have an angry girlf.
So I picked her up where her friends dropped her.
We then head for lunch at Restoran Taman Mayiang (No, there isn't typo) as she wanted to have fish and chips.

Fish and Chips - Hers

Pork Chop - Mine

Ketchup which we didn't touch

Somehow I wasted more than 1/2 of the whole dish.
Forgot that I couldn't eat much due to the drinking I had with my manager the night before.
Stomach not feeling too well so I only ate 1/2 the pork chop, leaving the fries and coleslaw untouched.
*Talk about food wastage*
I feel bad okay.

Nevertheless, seeing the little girl happy is good enough for me (:

Here's the photo of you~!!

Next!!

Before leaving for my work in april, I met up with Grace and Weny.
If you know the story about Grace and I, we were close for some time but things happened and I stopped talking to her.
*Yes, mean ol' Kiddult*
We started talking again early this year and this time, we went to Snowflake.
Initially, the dessert session involves Grace, Weny, Andrew and Me.
But in the end, only 3 of us made it.

Snowflake

Snowflake's famous ~~vibrator~~ beeping UFO

Two BIG bowls for only RM9.80
Weny was late so Grace and I ordered ours first.

Grace's Barley, Pearls and Sweet Potato with Grass Jelly Ice

My Black Rice, Kidney Beans and Pearls with Yam Rice Balls + Ice

Weny's Best Seller (Potato + Yam Rice Balls with Grass Jelly and Ice

Bin Laden spoon never fails to make me laugh

My empty bowl

Grace's wastage

Weny's leftovers

Packed as always even on a weekday night

BIG BIG Bowl

My hand is as thin as Grace??!!!

Weny wants to join the thin club

K Swiss ad??

Kiddult and Grace

If you didn't know yet, Snowflake is fully self serviced

Truly Taiwanese

Its just nice hanging out with friends for desserts or dinner.
I've been going out with friends for desserts instead of supper.
It's just much nicer to have desserts than teh O' ais limau (:
Try it next time, and you'll find yourself visiting mamaks late at night alot less.
SMILE!!

How to enjoy a bowl of Spicy Pan Mee?

2010-05-14T18:31:00.002+08:00

Okay, here's something you don't know.
*Okay, MAYBE some of you know it*
Having a nice bowl of dry spicy pan mee takes skills.
Just follow the steps below and you'll be on your way up to food haven very soon!!

Before that, lets see what do we need to prepare alright?

No. 1: Drinks
This is very very VERY important.

No. 2: Chopsticks
You can't eat it with your hand, it just doesn't taste right.

No. 3: Noodles
You gotta prepare the chilli too, else it wouldn't be called Spicy Pan Mee wouldn't it?

You should let the waiter know if you want egg or not.
I don't eat egg, so the bowl in front is mine and the bowl behind is Yinli's.

Follow pics in a "Z" direction.

Step 1(Top-Left): Wait for the noodles to be served.
Step 2(Top-Right): Add the amount of chilli you think is suitable.
Step 3(Bottom-Left): Mix it thoroughly and enjoy your noodle.
Step 4(Bottom-Right): Pour some soup into the bowl to make yourself a spicy soup.

CAUTION: Please do not try to be smart and add too much chilli. Your stomach might not be able to take it though your throat can. Of the many times I had this noodle, this time I went overboard. It sure was nice when you eat it but the actual fun comes after that. You will first feel uncomfort in your stomach, it won't stop until you had your colon cleansed (visit the toilet as many times as it takes) You will feel a burning sensation at your *must-i-say-it?* during the cleansing process. Yes, it isn't the best feeling ever but hey, it comes with the Spicy Pan Mee package!!

So now, go enjoy your Spicy Pan Mee!!!

On a side note, there's nothing better in this world that spending time with your bestfriends.
*Well, except spending time with your family and girlf*
Went to KTZ for some desserts late at night when my tummy felt much better.
Girlf was there too as I called Yinxie and eVie out.

Yinli's Peanut Dessert

Yinxie's Kiwi Ice

My Red Bean Ice

eVie's Tissue Paper *LOL*

One of the worst Chinese Pizza I've ever tasted. Salty.

Yinxie enjoying her Kiwi Ice

Boogey Man's new hideout, behind the door.
Because there isn't any bed for it to hide in.

Okay, very random.
Signing Off!!

Postponed Mother's Day Celebration

2010-05-13T19:13:00.006+08:00

NOTE: I'm in the midst of reviving my blog while I'm home on my break. There shall be a few more posts pending and please do check back once in a while to check for updates or just to give me a few unique clicks. CHEERS!!

As some of you might know, I've been working in the Northern Region of Malaysia for the past one month.
Doing so made me miss celebrating Mother's Day with my mommy on that day itself.
But its okay, because Mother's Day shouldn't only be celebrated on the second sunday of May only.
It should be celebrated everyday when you see your mommy!!

So, celebrating on other days other than the second sunday of May made me feel that I'm not a hypocrite. *LAUGHS*
Anyways, here's the story about my Mother's Day celebration with my family..just last night.

[2010.05.12]
Daddy and Mommy "booked" all of us even before I'm back from work in Kedah.
Location??
DaiDoMon - Great Eastern Mall

DaiDoMon is famous for serving the best yakiniku(barbeque meat) in town.
It serves Wagyu beef!! *YUMS!!*
We went to DaiDoMon for a buffet dinner.
It costed us RM88++ per pax.
There's a cheaper package but you'll only get 1 plate of oyster and scallop, no Wagyu Beef.
For our package, we get unlimited orders of anything in the menu, including Wagyu Beef, Ostrich meat, Ox Tongue etc.

Now..now..for the photos!!

DaiDoMon - In Chinese

Front Door

Counter Area

Lighting

More DaiDoMon Lanterns

Sake Bottle Decor

Japanese Doll

Fake Sakura

Lantern

Bar Area *Don't Spot Me*

Sashimi Platter

Seafood for Barbeque

Ostrich Meat

Wagyu Beef

Hotate - Scallops

Soft Shell Crabs

Snails.Edamame.Classic Roll

Wagyu Beef in Barbeque

On the plate with Prawn Tempura

CHEERS for a wonderful dinner!!
What are we drinking??

Cabernet Sauvignon
Yes, it does feel weird drinking wine instead of sake.
But its free~!!

Underage drinking spotted!!

Daddy.Mommy

Yam.Peach Ice Cream
Both yummers~!!!

Durian.Yam.Peach

Family Camho session

Sis burst shot photos

Fortune telling anyone?
Accurary rating: 5%

What is she doing?
Is she afraid that the ball will fall on her?

My sis is a poser..I LIKE!!

Did I mention anything about a poser sis?

One happy family

Going home now

Honestly speaking, certain food was good *especially those barbeque meat*
Other than the few that we kept ordering, the rest were just mediocre.
Some people will prepare visiting tenji or jogoya for the price paid.
DaiDoMon is more for people who love yakiniku. Like ME!!!
Just don't take the seafood barbeque platter nor the soft shell crab.
It made the table so full that I didn't eat in peace. LOL!!
Anyways, I'd say its worth re-visiting again.
Anyone wants to treat me??

DAIDOMON
Charcoal Barbeque Japanese Restaurant
Lot 4, Level 3, Great Eastern Mall
No. 303, Jalan Ampang
50450 Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA
Tel: 03-42528155
Fax: 03-42528166

www.daidomon.com.my

Working changes everything..

2010-04-28T17:33:00.004+08:00

Hello!!!
Its been a long time since I last updated my blog.
Reasons are that my working time is from 10am - 10pm.
I then have my dinner and start doing plannings and giving feedbacks about my experience to my manager.
This always ends at 1:30am.
It'll be about 2am when I reached my hotel room and its time for bath and sleep as I'll have to wake up at 9am the next day.
This kind of life lasts for weeks, for as long as my roadshow is on.

How to write blog??!!!!

Working hard is one thing, my manager also sayang us alot.
In order to make up for the hard work we put in for the entire day, he made sure he get us a nice hotel within our budget.
This time in Kangar, we stayed at T-Hotel in Kuala Perlis..just opposite the jetty to Langkawi.

Hotel by the sea
Pardon the low quality photo. Phone camera sucks.

This is really nice as we can relax by facing the sea after a hard day's work.
Often times, I envy those people I meet around the hotel.
Because they're all on holidays GOING TO LANGKAWI!!!
Yet I'm stuck working.
*Oh well..L-I-F-E*

But its okay. Though I'm away for work, I'm much better off than most of you.
WHY??!!!
Because this is what I'll see everyday on my way to work!!

The S-E-A!!!

Okay, I'm just trying to make everyone jealous so that I'll feel better working away from home.
If you don't know yet, my job requires me to travel to the Northern Region often.
By often, I mean 2 weeks MINIMUM.
I've been away for work since April 7,2010 and will be back on May 10,2010.
Thats 1 MONTH AND 3 DAYS!!!
I had to leave my family;
I had to leave my girlf;
I had to leave my friends;
All because of work, but its okay..
We must sacrifice for everything we get.
For this, I'm now sacrificing my precious time with my family, girlf, and friends to work while learn about sales and management from my manager.
My manager is a really nice person (:

I've been wearing this everyday

So its back to work now!!
If you happen to ask "Why is Leslie blogging when he said he's working?"
The answer for you is "Today is report writing day, I'm just taking some time to keep you updated.

Till next time!!

Tissue Paper Sailor Lost His Compass

2010-04-20T14:50:00.003+08:00

*Lost at sea*

Once again, Tissue Paper Sailor lost his compass.
Long working hours and being away from home caused this.
Usually, tissue paper sailor will do some planning during the weekends so that he knows what will he be doing for the following week.
Tissue paper sailor hasn't been doing that lately as he had been working for the pass 14 days.
This is a part of his training and it is pretty vigorous.

Its one of those emo days again as tissue paper sailor felt lost and didn't know what was he doing anymore.
Luckily he had almost the whole day off today so that he can have his alone time to gather all his thoughts.
Hopefully he will find his compass again and is able to go home because he misses his family, girlf, bestie sanitary pad, and friends.

To be continued...

Day 1 Report Card

2010-04-09T01:21:00.002+08:00

Today's Day 1 of my sales job, starting to miss my camera now.
Although I don't touch her everyday, she remains by my side everywhere I go.
Now, I start to lose the feeling of her presence. I don't like it.
*I'm talking about my camera*
I want to bring my camera along so that I can snap a photo or two for my blog.
But I just can't, it'll be too troublesome and I won't be able to commit 100% to my job if she follows me.
*Btw, I'm still talking about my camera*

Okay, I wanted to snap how I'm dressing for my 1st day of roadshow, but my phone camera sucks big time!!
The photo can't even be seen clearly!!!
Oh well, no choice la. No photos today.

Like the title said, day 1 report card.
I've sold nothing today, my team hasn't too.
It isn't about the price, it isn't about the product,
Its not even about the place, nor the customers,
Its about the promotion, how do I bring the message across to the customer.
I've found some problems about me, Mr. Barry (my manager) knows it. *cuz I told him larr!!*
I've been very blessed that Mr. Barry has been willing to teach, guide, and coach me all the way.
By night, he identified some of my problems and mistakes and corrected me.
He even taught me how to make my sales call.
A very good man indeed.

Although there's no sales today, but there's nothing to be sad about.
I've learned something today. I will learn something tomorrow.
By the end of my roadshows for the month, I'll be learning 20 things already.
Its just an ongoing, never ending learning process.

Oh oh!! I'm so lucky that Eewen is back in Sungai Petani for the weekend!!
She brought Mr. Barry and I for some good food, we took about almost 3 hours just to eat.
Bringing Mr. Barry along means I can leave my workplace without guild. hehe!!
But..but..I do work hard k!!! Other than eat, we're also working on other things.
So no one can say that I don't work well. hehe!!

Anyways this will be my report card of the day.
I'm not embarrassed about the 0 sales.
It just means that I'll have an improvement even if I sell 1 tomorrow.
But that's not gonna happen, I'll sell more than 1.
Will be always thinking about the day that I can close more than 30 boxes of sales.
That'll be my target...for now (:

*Pray pray pray*

Officially going out to the field to work, no time for photography.

2010-04-08T00:50:00.002+08:00

Hello everybody!!!

Its been some time since I last blogged, my blog traffic plunging down the drain too.
But nevertheless, I'll continue to try to blog as often as I can.
Something about my life is..My life is changing.

As many of you know, I've been working since February.
Some argued that its March because February happens to be a holiday season and I didn't work much that month.
Fine, March it is..
I've been working for a month. Been in the office for a month.
Because I've been in the office..and home, I can still bring my DSLR out for a snapping session to post it on my blog.
But lately, things changed..

I'm currently in Sungai Petani, Kedah.
Will be in the Northern Region for the next 20 days.
Why, you asked?
Because I'm a product consultant.
I have to be out in the field (namely the Northern Region for now..) to check the condition of my customers' bones and recommend my company's product if they need it.
Yes, its a sales related job and it may require lots and lots of persistency.
*oh gosh*

Because of my job, I wouldn't be able to bring my DSLR along.
However, I'll still try to snap photos, not from a DSLR but from my phone.
It'll definitely be of poorer quality, but who cares right?
I care actually..but I have no choice.
So please bare with me for awhile, I'll try to get all my things settled and manage my time.
Then, I'll be able to bring you peeps nice blogposts with photos in it.
Please do visit again from time to time!!!

Thanks lots!!

A toast to good food and a great family!!

2010-03-29T15:27:00.002+08:00

[2010.03.20]
This happened some time back, Mommy booked everyone in the family for a dinner on Saturday night.
It was a night for our family.
So as good son and daughter, both my sis and I stayed home.

Dinner was pretty simple but I don't know how long my parents took to prepare it.
There were salmon sashimi, boiled mini octopus, and baked mussels.
Oh there's sushi rice and seaweed too if we want to eat it with the salmon sashimi.

Salmon Sashimi

Boiled Mini Octopus
Daddy's favourite.

Baked Mussels
YUM!!!!!

Cheers!!!!!

After dinner, we cleaned up a little and proceed to our upstairs living room for a movie.

MOVIE TITLE: WooHoo~
Yes, this movie is two month old already.
But who cares la!! And..and..we bought the original DVD to support the hard work of Malaysian Broadcast.

Its a pretty good movie, even better when coupled with good family company!!
hehehe gonna make a point to have a family movie screening every week.
Can't wait to buy the media player so we can watch movies on the TV.

We should spend more time with our family, agree??

The craziest Cheng Beng ever!!!

2010-03-28T22:20:00.003+08:00

Every chinese will know that it is Cheng Beng season now.
Its time to be a filial child or grandchild.
Its time to clean the cemetary for our late ancestors and pray for them.

Every year, my family (along with extended family) will head up to the mountain next to Tian Hou Gong (天后宫) at Taman Seputeh.
Because my grandparents are both cremenated, we don't have to go to the cemetary.
Instead, we have to go to a temple where my grandparents' ashes are kept to pray.
This year, its no different.

Placing food on the table
Not for the living..
..its for the late ancestors.

Smokey area
Hurts the eyes.

Everyone is hoping the dead will have a good afterlife

Everything was normal, until my grandparents finished "eating" and its our turn to eat.
We realised that the usual eating spot was closed so we thought it'll be fine if we find a shady spot to eat.
Before we can take our food out, a volunteer from the temple told us that we cannot eat in the temple area.
Now, we have to find another spot to go makan so my dad suggested to go to Lake Garden (a.k.a Taman Tasik Perdana) to have a "picnic".

Today, lake garden was pretty packed because UOB decided to have a function there.
There weren't many parking and as we drove further into the park, we were stuck in a jam.
Yes, not caught..but stuck.
The initial 2 lane road turned into a single lane because as ignorant Malaysians,
we like to park by the side of the road because its really convenient for us.
Now, how can a single lane road accomodate vehicles coming from 2 directions?
In the end, vehicles from both direction can't move and there was a huge confusion over there.

Feeling upset, our convoy (5 cars in total) decided to make a turn and get out of the park.
We then decided that the national memorial would be the next best place as its just opposite Lake Garden.
Upon arriving, everyone was so hungry that we just sat at a shady place and have our little "picnic" there.

We were at a really awkward place as there are tourists walking from the entrance to the bus.
Everyone will look at us with curiousity, thinking if there's someone selling food.
It was really funny la but who cares, the whole family is together and that's all that matters.

Today was really really crazy because we never expected these events to happen.
First, our usual makan spot was closed.
Second, we mistook many road just to reach our destination, Lake Garden.
Thrid, got stuck in Lake Garden..in the car.
Fourth, makan at an awkward location.

Looks like we have 1 year to look for a decent picnic spot for next year's Cheng Beng.
So how's your Cheng Beng?? Come share it!!

If Germany has Haribo Gummy Bears, Malaysia has..???

2010-03-24T13:48:00.003+08:00

If you don't know yet, my family *dad in particular* is a HUGE fan of Haribo Gummy Bears.
These little gummy bears come in many colours and are very chewy.
Some people find them really tasteless but we just love it!!
For those of you who haven't seen it before, walk to the nearest cold storage and find this..

Haribo Gummy Bears!!!

League of Gummi's!!!!
Oh this reminds me so much about Disney Channel's Gummi Bears!!

Okay, 'nuff said..
Like ze title said, if Germany has Haribo Gummy Bears, Malaysia has..???

TA-DA~!!!!

What are these????

Hoi Tin Tong Gui Ling Gao Gummy!!!!

These little tortoises are very cute.
They are even more detailed than Haribo's Gummy Bears.
But like them, these tortoise gummies are also pretty tasteless.
But it has the similiar texture of the gummy bears and are chewy as well.
Me likey!!!

So thats all for this post~!!!
See you next time!!!

Sammy Chia's 21st Birthday!!!

2010-03-23T10:59:00.004+08:00

Whoa so many birthdays this month!!!
I've been sending out Happy Birthday messages ALOT this month okay.
More than 10 already.

Anyways smashpOp's birthday is March 21.
We'll move back 2 days to March 19 for Sammy's Birthday.

[2010.03.19]
Sammy's 21st Birthday is today!!!
Couldn't miss it since he already informed me about a month ago.
Was scheduled to be back from the Northern Region today but we came back a day before because we've done our job.
*This is called efficient tau!!*

Prepared everything and went to Sammy's 5 storey house.
YES!!!! His house is a freaking 5 storey building!!!
One day get his permission to shoot all over his house then post in my blog yaa!!
As soon as I reached, 1st thing..Camwhore!!!

Jetavana Gang
Chian Huey, Leslie, 13, Crystal(back), 10, Ting Dian(power shortage)

Poser Ee Ling

Yu Shan playing games..
..on Ee Ling's phone

Left - Ping Pong Table
Right - Swimming Pool

Indoor Garden =.=

Crystal
Not the one in the 1st photo.
This is another one. Shorter version.

Cake Cutting Session
3 storey high cake!!!!
Oh the image quality is the result of Ultra High ISO + Facebook's "excellent" compressing method.

Camwhore again!!!
I love my fisheye laa!!

Next, introducing the NOOB gang!!

Yen (with cap), forgot-her-name

Too many to name

Denise and Mei Shi

Denise
Nah nah nah..these two photos and the rest of Denise's photos in my facebook album isn't shot by me yaa!!!!

Thats all for that night.
It was a really fun night and I get to catch up with Sammy since we haven't met for so long.
Went home in the morning to prepare for the next day.
wOOt!!!

Thats all for now..

0.3.2.1. Its pOp-day!!!

2010-03-22T20:50:00.002+08:00

wOot!!! I just celebrated my birthday less than 2 weeks ago.
Then now its pOp-day!!!!

Okay okay for those who don't know what is pOp-day,
its actually smashpOp's birthday.
exactly 11 days after mine - March 21, 2010!!

Since my girlf said its nice to put the picture up,
then I put it up laa!!

Happy Birthday Brader!!!
Remember to show me Mrs pOp one day ya!!!

Oh, and thank my girlf la cuz she asked me to put it up.
so give the Kido Daruma to her yaa!!!!
wahahahaha!!!
*Oh must remember to put*
Happy Birthday smashpOp!
I want Kido Daruma from ActionCity!!
I want to give it to my girlf can!!

A Birthday Full of Surprises

2010-03-15T19:12:00.004+08:00

Time flies so very fast.
Its my birthday once again and yes, i'm getting old.
*though I still look younger than my age*

I have so many lovely people to celebrate my birthday with.
Can't thank them enough.
I'll compile the photos and post it in the next post laa.
For now, lets just concentrate on my birthday itself. March 10, 2010.

It was a Wednesday.
As usual, I only plan to celebrate my day with my family.
Its a day dedicated to my mom for bringing me to this world.
Its also a day dedicated to both my parents for taking care of me for over 20 years.
*Oh..emo again*
Also as usual, I'm a full vegetarian on that day.
This means no meat, no alcohol.

Since I already started working, going to the office has been part of my life.
As usual *again* I went to my office at 10:15am.
Had a meeting at 11:30am when Chien Hui texted me "what time's your lunch? I wanna find you for lunch."
Since I know that the meeting will last pretty long, I just told her that I won't be having lunch because I've got a meeting going on.

The meeting lasted until approximately 3:00pm.
Then I called Yinli since she texted me.
Manatau, she was at Hometown Kopitiam - just 2mins walk from my office!!
OMG OMB OMA!!!
I rushed to find her. As soon as I saw that lil girl, she teared.
The poor girl took a train from Kampar at 9am,
took the LRT to kelana jaya LRT station,
took a shuttle bus to the Curve,
arrived at 1:30pm,
waited until 3:00pm only to hear me say I have to continue my meeting later.

Good thing I have a very nice boss.
He and my colleagues treated us lunch and gave me the rest of the day off.
He said "She has made her presence felt by coming all the way from kampar, its your turn to let her feel your presence. Don't you ever think about work and the meeting later."
And I know, having your presence felt isn't just about being there physically.
Theres more to that.

So thats all for the biggest surprise for my 24th birthday.
Till next time!!!!!

WAIT!!!!!
Where can I have a blogpost without a photo??
Hrm..there you go, a photo of us!!

Thank you so much for the surprise!!!!!

Till next time!!!

Sheffield Hallam University Graduation 2010

2010-03-11T22:09:00.002+08:00

Woot!!! I'm an official Honours Degree Graduate!!
Yes yes, I graduated last Sunday (March 7,2010)

Lets talk about that day.
Early in the morning, Daddy and Mommy made me a very lovely breakfast.
Pancakes with Strawberries + Sausages & Tea!!

*Pancake with Strawberries*

*Sausage + Pancake*
YUMMY!!!!!!
Best of all, its filled with LOVE!!

After that I head to One World Hotel where our graduation will be held.
Met so many familiar faces there.
Really happy to be in the Uni feel once again.
*You don't get to see so many friends in the office you know??!!!*

Queue to collect graduation robe and take self potrait

Me, Qing, Lai Kuan, Yvette, Fung

Chee Hong, Yin Yee, Abby, Jackson, Melisa

Mei Mun, Leslie

Eah!! Haven't seen Fung for so long ddi
Really missed the time we had in Italy.

My beloved housemate - Yean Ree

Rachel Sifu

Pauline's flowers are yummy!!

Keewee and Leslie
Ah Mond (Left-most with the big grin) photobomb!!!

Two of our tallest guys
Aik and Jin

Daddy and Mommy!!!!!!!!!!
Loves..

Joanne Wong
Poor girl couldn't attend her own graduation cuz she has to work.
The life of an auditor..aihz..

The hall doesn't look grand at all!!
But oh well...

David Kyle giving his speech
Very long didn't see ang moh ddi lerrr.

VIPs sitting on the stage

This is MY Moment

Super touched to get this cert. LOL

Eva and Melanie came!!

Poor eVie, sick also die die wanna come
Thank you so very much!!

Joanne ze Spy, eVie, Sammy!!!

SRDC Traders. The most supporting group ever!!

Thank you eVie for this!!

Su Xin and Winnie

Sin Ling. Nice girl.

Victor wants to graduate DESPERATELY!!

This was just the 1st round for the day.
After returning the graduation robe, I had dinner with Eva, Melanie and the SRDC traders at Pasta Zanmai.
The food was GOOD!!! So good that I forgot to take photo.

After some time, Eewen called and SHOWED UP at Pasta Zanmai along with Chien Hui, Sean, Wing, Michelle and Joanne!!!
OMG Surprised sial!!!
THey got me a lovely birthday card and gift.
Will post it up in the next entry (:

After Zanmai + Surprise by Heap Hope Gang, its time to hangout with the uni bunch again!!
We went to Neway to have a really expensive karaoke session.
Really really felt conned but oh well, its a good day so don't care laa.
Its a really fun day, a good day too.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING AFTER GRADUATION??

My child's name is BEER??!!!!!

2010-03-06T12:58:00.002+08:00

Finally!!! I've done something I wanted to a few years ago.
Sponsoring a child through World Vision.
I promised myself that I would sponsor at least a child when I start to work.
Its not that expensive anyway, just RM50 a month.

I finally got employed lately, right before Chinese New Year.
Before I even got my first paycheck, I was asked to sponsor a child by Chien Hui and Eewen.
Since we always wanted to do it together, we did it.

[2010.03.01]
10 days before my birthday, we head to the World Vision office in Kelana Jaya.
Applied for child sponsorship and TADA!!!!
We got our sponsored child's details.

World Vision

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to change people's life

Read the details of my child, his name is BEER singh, Rajesh
Anyone fancy a beer??

Sponsoring a child isn't just about contributing money and let others do the job
Thats why you have the child sponsorship guidebook!!!

To know more about it visit World Vision's Website Here!!

Now that I've gotten my first child sponsor, I'm not gonna stop here.
I've promised myself to sponsor another child when my monthly income exceeds RM4000.
Will sponsor another one as my monthly income increases every RM1000.
10 children maximum.

ARE YOU DOING YOUR PART FOR THE WORLD TODAY?

Is It Too Late For Them To Be Forgiven??

2010-02-26T16:32:00.003+08:00

Have you ever came across something that you know isn't good for you,
yet you want to try it.
You've never got the guts to do it until one day you just go "Oh what the heck.." and try.
After that, you don't feel good doing and said "I'm never ever gonna do this again"
But..thats not the end.
The emotional scars will probably haunt you for life..even if you know that you're not gonna do it ever again.
You've gained a valuable lesson by paying a heavy price.
Are you still worth forgiving?

Simply put it in this term (if you still don't get it)
Curiosity killed the cat.
Sure..It doesn't kill us to try it. But it'll keep haunting us until we can bear it no more.
In such cases, can the wrong doer(namely you) be forgiven?

Okay, Examples!! (IF YOU'RE STILL BLUR ABOUT WHAT I'M TALKING)
Simple examples such as taking drugs.
You know its not good for you.
You always wonder how it feels like to be that high..How does it taste like?
You inject your 1st drug shot (we call 'em virgin shot!!)
You felt high and also the after effects.
The headache!! The pain!! The agony!!
You hate it and pledge that you'll not do drugs ever again.
(Assume that you're lucky enough to not be addicted)
You learned a valuable lesson about the after effects of drugs.
You know, you'll never ever do it again.
But..Should you be forgiven for taking it?

Lets have a more common scenario.
Cheating in a relationship.
You have a boyfriend/girlfriend.
But you always wonder how does it feel to have intimate relationship with another person.
One day, you just tried it. Have sex with someone.
You didn't like it. You didn't like cheating on your other half but you will only feel that after trying.
From that day on, you tell yourself "I'm not gonna do it anymore"
You've learned that you're not the kind of person who can play the cheating game.
You learned it by experiencing it.
You love your boyfriend/girlfriend more than ever because thoughts about "how does it feel like" doesn't distract you anymore.
Can you be forgiven for cheating in the first place?

I'm a pretty sensitive guy.
I gain inspiration from movies, songs, happenings and everything around me.
Sometimes, thoughts like this just triggers me and it makes me wonder.
So, to all my beloved readers,
Kindly help me to answer this question by COMMENTING on this post.
Please do not write it on my chatbox(cbox) on the left of my blogpost because your answers won't last.
If you do not know how to COMMENT. Just click on the "COMMENTS" link right after this post.
It will lead you to a text box where you can comment on it.

So, let me present the question to you.
QUESTION: CAN YOU FORGIVE YOUR BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND IF HE/SHE CHEATED ON YOU ONCE BUT DIDN'T LIKE IT AND PROMISE YOU THAT HE/SHE WILL NOT DO IT AGAIN BECAUSE HE/SHE KNOWS THAT HE/SHE ISN'T CAPABLE ENOUGH TO PLAY THE CHEATING GAME?

Please do IGNORE the myth that said "if he/she can cheat once, there'll be the second time..and the third"
Please answer this question with the perspective that your boyfriend/girlfriend REALLY regrets cheating and will never do it again.
Thank you very much!!!

Mataikan?? Mata-ikan?? Fish Eye??

2010-02-18T21:39:00.007+08:00

Fish Eye lens!!!!
This lens is nothing like the other lens out there.
It has a super wide angle of almost 180° and it can capture almost anything from your left to right (or right to left, anyway you like)

Samyang 8 mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fish-eye
Am lazy to shoot the photo of my actual lens, so curi from another website 1st.

I took this lens out to meet the same gang who went to broga hill in the previous post.
Stef wanted to drink (and get drunk) so we went to several places in search for good cocktails.
Go go go..search search search..In the end we settled for Funky Villa at e@curve.
Its a pretty nice place to hangout and drink (IMO)

The gang
ewin.yin.chris.stef.evie.jing

Funky Villa
The place is actually bigger than what I've captured.
I didn't walk the whole place.

Our first drink - Funky Margarita
Its a 4 coloured frozen margarita that can feed all 7 of us.
More photos down below.

Its big..really big..
Oh there's fire crackers too!!!
I think it burned my hair a lil.

Ewin playing with slow shutter + the swivel effect

1.2.3.4.5.6.7 straws.
Jing missing in the photo

BIG HEAD photo

Flaming Lambo
This prolly killed Stef

Another group photo

Decor

Heart shaped flower

Decor

Another flaming lambo
Stef's killer

This is what happens IF you have too much to drink

Nice wall decor for CNY and Vday!!

Ze wall + ze lighting

Hugs..

..and kisses

Final group photo before we leave
More photos available here.

Funky Villa its a really nice place to hangout with friends while having some drinks.
I'll definitely go there again, with my college gang.
Haven't seen them in a really long time.
Miss them pulaks!!!!
Anyways stay tuned for my next post!!!!
Won't have to wait long for it already (:

Bangun Pagi Project - Broga Hill

2010-02-15T16:48:00.002+08:00

Hello to my long abandoned blog.
Have been pretty busy lately.
Though I've been pretty busy (and lazy) there's always time for friends kan??

[2010.02.07] Broga Hill
Hoho~!!! This is the day I hear much complains.
Complains like:
"who's idea is it to climb this hill arr??"
"can someone tell me what are we doing here instead of sleeping?"
Yes, we all love sleeping on a lazy Sunday morning when we do not have to work.
But climbing a hill or doing some exercise is good too right??

In case you are still blur about what I'm talking about,
we climbed Broga Hill on this day.
Some slept early and wake up at 3am,
Some couldn't sleep.
Some already have breakfast at 3am and are preparing to climb.
These are what we do before the climb (:

Broga Hill needs little introduction.
It is one of the easiest hill to climb and a pretty famous spot for photographers.
You'll know why in a while.
Now, let the photos talk.

The Bangun Pagi Gang
Stef, Chris, Ewin, Yin, Jing, Evie, ME!!!
This was my first time climbing when its still dark.

Jing facing the night sky

Yin with MY peewee~

Stef molesting peewee

Chris and Yin

Jing oh-so-sleepy

Chris and Yin behind Evie

Stef and Jing

Titanic Pose??

Failed Titanic Pose

Ewin - Alpha User

Man-ly pose

One-eyed-Stef

Peewee~!!!

We secured a nice spot despite the many people there!!!
Cuz we climb up early..very early..

Our Gears

Road to the next peak

Sunrise - this shot made it worth the effort

Broga Hill - also known as Gunung Lalang

Thats all for this post!!!
Next post - Same gang, Different place.

28 years and counting..

2010-02-03T23:01:00.002+08:00

28 years. This is how long my parents have been married.
Last Sunday(Jan 31,2010) We celebrated their 28th anniversary at The Curve.
We had dinner at a Bavarian Restaurant and Pub.

Nothing much to talk about laa, so here are some photos.

My arm..

Sis played with bokeh

Ze Menu

Daddy in the background

White and Dark German Beer.
I forgot their name.

Internal Decor

Internal Decor

Knuckle Combo

Bratwurst Combo

Daddy starting the feast!!

Daddy and Mommy
Underexposed!!!!
F2.8 not bright enough *curse!!!*

Leslie

Monica

Crystal

Cutting

Yummy dinner

"Sliced" Bratwurst

Cheers!!!
Eh the glasses not empty okay!!

Drink up drink up!!!

Preparing for Valentine's Day, anyone??

Curses!!!!!!!!!
Underexposed again!!

Nobody wants her...LOL!!!

After a fun night of family time, everyone went back home happy.
2 more years and its their 30th Anniversary!!!

Munster0606 Belanja Boston!!

2010-01-29T22:10:00.004+08:00

Technology Park Malaysia too far for you to get your free McD's lunch from Jason Loh?
For those who are lost, visit Jason Goh belanja McD's!!
Its okay, you can go look for Munster0606 at Solaris Mont Kiara for a free Boston lunch.
But you must vote for his green apple photo 1st.

I haven't met Munster in a really long time.
So long that I can't even remember when was the last time.
Oh well, it doesn't matter laa~
Went to Solaris Mont Kiara to look for Munster today.
It has been a long time since I said I wanna go find him for lunch and I did it today!!

We went to Boston for lunch.

Munster Loh

Iced Hong Kong Yuen Yong

Sweet and Sour Chicken with Rice

Special Sauce Chicken with Rice

Shop Decor

B-O-S-T-O-N

Thats all for lunch!!!
Today is vege day!!!
Totally forgot although mommy reminded me yesterday.
Makan ayam pulak.
Oh well, went for vegetarian dinner with daddy and mommy today.

Vegetarian Sotong Kangkung

Vegetarian Mutton Curry

Vegetarian Pipa Duck

Dinner wasn't very good.
Abit disappointed but its okay, as long as its edible and I'm full, I'm good!!
Hehehe~

CNY's on the way,
got your decorations ready?
I haven't. Haven't even buy clothes for the New Year.
Anyways, be-earliered CNY gift for my readers.

Happy Chinese New Year!!

I GRADUATED HIGHSCHOOL...Finally!!

2010-01-26T22:10:00.002+08:00

[2010.01.24]
Today, I met up with a bunch of super fun people!!
Actually they are super fun since high school period laa~
They're my librarian juniors!! and also my librarian teacher, Monica.

Everyone!!
Notice the 2 little girls there?
They are the daughters of ~~Chew Yinxie~~ Monica!!!
Very adorable.

So, what were we doing there?
We went to watch Tooth Fairy.

Dwayne Johnson. LOL.

Somehow I find it super cool that these ~~brutes~~ men (refering to Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel) acts in movies like these.
Overall, it is a very nice family movie.
Good laugh here and there.
But I think Hollywood will never beat Singapore in their comedies which are heart warming as well.
Movies by Jack Neo are the best I tell you!!
You can laugh alot..then cry..and laugh again.
The best thing is, everyone gets out of the cinema clapping!!!
Hollywood..beat that!!

I've yet to watch the Malaysian movie Woohoo.
But I heard its good too!! Will be watching soon..in the cinemas of course.

We met at the curve. Everyone.
Hungout there for awhile while deciding where to have lunch.
This bunch can be pretty indecisive at times. hehe!!

While there, we say some trees with tags hanging on them.

Wishing tree??

Its a dedication tree.
People can write messages on these papers and hang it on the tree inconjuction to Valentine's Day.
As you know, Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day are on the same day.
Many people(me included) cannot spend it with our boyf/girlf.
So we can only write these message so that it'll stay ~~forever~~ until it is taken down.

Without wasting time, Bozz Shzen Yee took one and start writing.

Now now..who is it for?
Lets zoom in closer.

Young "Sheep" Xian!!
Yup!! It was for a sheep.
Good for you, sheep!!

Okay, after some time, we decided to have a quick lunch at Popeyes.
Then..its indecisive time again!!

Deciding on what to eat, while Bozz shows "the face"

Shzen Yee & Suki

Coca-cola

They call it biscuits, it look more like scones to me.

Chicken Tenders

Chicken Sandwich

Oh yeah!!! I'm so proud of this!!!
My librarian certificate..collected after 6 years graduating!!
Proud-ness k.
Pengawas Pusat Sumber (2001-2003)
Ketua Disiplin Pusat Sumber (2002-2003)
Eh should've took a photo of this with my junior Ketua Disiplin, Chew Yinxie. LOL

Me, with my cert.
I finally graduated!!!! Free from Highschool!!!

The girls..playing.

Xiannie eating so seriously!!

Finally, a decent photo.
If you wonder why do we sit with a wall in between us, this is the reason.
We can "don't know them" when they're playing crazily in the restaurant.
WenJie's smart plan.

After the movie, we hungout again at another cafe.
Not the type I fancy..so nothing much to talk about it.
For a full range of photos, visit my facebook photo album page.

Why I Like It Longer - Because Longer is Better!!!

2010-01-21T20:48:00.002+08:00

Why longer, not shorter??
Because longer is better!!!!

Why would you like it longer?
I don't know, but I DO KNOW why I like it longer!!

Longer holidays!!
Don't you just love holidays??
It'll be great if holidays can be longer so you would have more time to relax!!
With longer holidays, I can go places I wouldn't normally go.
I can take photos of many things I wouldn't take!!
Oh I just wish that there are longer holidays!!

Longer hours a day!!!
Have you feel that you need more time in a day?
You'd love this clock then.
Yes, you're looking at a clock which shows 84 minutes to an hour.
Why 84??
Because its longer and you'll have more time to do anything!!

Imagine having 24 minutes extra to your favourite drama.
Or paying the same amount of money and get 24 minutes extra at a cybercafe or foot massage.
84 minutes to an hour means more time for you to sleep!!
There is so much goodness in the extra 24 minutes. So good!!

Longer car!!!
Limousines makes heads turn right??
Don't pretend that you don't look at super long cars will your head can't turn anymore when they passes you.
Longer cars are super cool!! Why so?
Because you don't get it all the time!
Cruisin' in your very own limo. I like!!

Longer phone!!
Isn' she a beauty??
Let me introduce to you the new LG Chocolate.
It features a 4-inch touch sensitive wide screen.
Comes with a 5-megapixel camera.
Unlike any phone you've seen before, this phone has a 21:9 ratio widescreen panoramic display.
Longer screen means better web browsing, no more side scrolling.
Don't you wish you're long, slim, and stylish?
Well, you'll never get as close as the new LG Chocolate (BL 40) so why don't you just get one and make the crowd turn heads??

LG Chocolate (BL 40) truly makes you love anything longer.

Munakata Japanese Made to Order Buffet

2010-01-17T01:28:00.002+08:00

If you've been to places like Rakuzen, you would've been familiar with made-to-order buffet styled dining.
For those of you who aren't familiar, made-to-order buffet is something like ala carte.
You pay a fixed amount of money for the all-you-can-it service.
But unlike normal buffet, you have to order the food and it'll come in ala carte style.
The varieties and serving size may differ, but you can eat as much as you like.

Munakata Japanese Restaurant has been in business for a really really long time.
But it wasn't until yesterday that I tried it.
All thanks to my bestie, Evelyn whom asked me to join her and her siblings for dinner.

Munakata Japanese Restaurant
Address: LIFE Centre, 20 Jalan Sultan Ismail, KL.
Phone Number: 03-21667441
Dining Hours: Lunch 12-3pm
Dinner 6:30-11pm (Last order at 10pm)
Price: RM70++ Adult RM45++ Child

View Larger Map

Okay, lets bring in the photos..

Munakata

Oh no!! Overexposed!!!

The front entrance
The ghostly figure at the door is Evelyn.
Don't worry, you'll see her photo later.

Simple Table Setting

Chopstick cover

Now for the FOOD!!!

Salmon Sashimi
Possibly the majority's favourite sashimi.
Its the only sashimi on the buffet menu.
It was pretty good. Very fresh. We had..10 servings??

Deep Fried Scallop
Another of our favourite.
It was pretty good when there wasn't many customers.
After awhile, they didn't drain the excess oil enough leaving some oil taste on it.
The scallops come with its roe. I gave Evie(Evelyn) all of them.

Fried King Oyster Mushroom with Butter
Possibly my favourite dish.
I really love mushrooms and this really hit the spot!

Yakitori - Japanese Chicken Satay
Yakitori as significantly less fat compared to Malaysian Chicken Satay.
It wasn't the best I've tasted, but still good.

Fried Straw Mushroom with Butter
Similiar to the King Oyster Mushroom, the straw mushroom is pretty good.
But the King Oyster Mushroom is way better!!

Deep Fried Oyster in Batter
Wasn't my favourite dish.
Oysters tend to have a very fishy smell.

Deep Fried Clear Prawns
This is good as a snack.
Think of it as a high class french fries because its made of prawns.

Edamame
Needs no introductions.
This pea is good, but I wonder why do they add salt to it.

This was our first wave of orders

Teppanyaki Beef
This is a little too well done for me.
I find it a little dry because I tend to like my beef medium rare.
It might be very nice for you.

Sliced beef with Ginger Sauce
I like this.
Its not too dry for me and the ginger tasted very good.

Unagi - Eel
To Malaysians, Unagi needs no introduction.
I'm not a big fan of Unagi so I shall not comment on it.

Deep Fried Seafood Tofu
It looks good, but I didn't eat it.
So no comments. LOL!!

Salmon Sushi
This is good.
The salmon is fresh as I said earlier.
The rice is sticky and well seasoned.

There were other dishes as well but I didn't take any photos of it.
If you like to dine in this restaurant, do make reservation a day before.
It gets pretty occupied as there weren't many tables.
The space between different customers are big and its really comfortable that way.
If you'd like to have more information about this restaurant, you can probably search for food blogs which do reviews.
I'm sure they are available.
I'm not good at food reviews so I'll leave it to people who are more experienced.

Although we were busy eating, but we do have to wait for our food to arrive too.
The wait gets a little long as more customers come in.
So while waiting for the food, we take photos!!
*Can't miss this chance ehh??*

Evie and her sister, Jaenee

The Siblings - Evie, Nigel, Jaenee

The Besties
No, she's not leaning against me.

Evelyn

Outside once again

KL Tower from Life Centre

After this dining experience, I might wanna try Rakuzen's to see how does it compare with Munakata. Hehe~
Till next time!!!

Hangout Session with Princess..

2010-01-14T19:25:00.002+08:00

Just came back from a simple hangout session with my princess.
Where did we hangout??

Old Town White Coffee - Taman Megah Branch

Haven't had my favourite NanYang Coffee Xi for some time ddi.
This is the normal white coffee.

Me busy tweeting on gravity.
Utilise the free wifi available since both of us didn't bring our laptops.

I look good!! Done on purpose.

She likes this. I know.

Sudoku after tweeting on gravity.

The 30mm zoom range on cropped APS-C just nice for self potrait la. Love it!!

Attempt on the closest abstract I can get.

Loves 30mm, can just take photos across the table.

Dunno why suddenly go play slow shutter.

Princess' signature move.

Forgot what was this already. Make new website wallpaper out of it!!

Hangout sessions are always nice!! Don't have to walk so much.
Can just sit there and talk, tweet, sudoku, camwhore etc for as long as you want.
Love it!! But Princess gonna go back to Kampar ddi.
and I'm gonna start work!! EMPLOYERS, hire me!!!

Jason Goh belanja McD's!!

2010-01-14T18:43:00.004+08:00

Fancy a free McD lunch??
Well, all you have to do is to call Jason and say "Brader, I go find you for lunch okay?"
and THERE!!! You get your free lunch at McD's.
Be sure not to be late or else you have to treat him instead!! LOL!

Anyways, I drove all the way to TPM, Technology Park Malaysia today to meet Jason.
Why? I don't know why also. Prolly cuz I'm too free!!
We went to the McD's at Petronas Bukit Jalil, it was JAM PACKED i tell you!!
He said its a pretty popular spot la so memang hard to get place.
Fine, move on to the next spot.

We ended up in Endah Parade McD's.
So much difference from the previous place.
Made our order, then camwhored abit. Yes, just abit.

Not ready for camera yet.

Showing off his BIG mac.

Ehh I also got okay!!

Who stole my fries??!!
It wasn't stolen laa, emptied it at the tray.
*Btw, did we finish the fries??*

Had been some time since I crave McD's.
But I'm still lovin' it!!

No other props to pose with, so Alpha For The WIN!!!

There you have it, free lunch by Jason.
Thanks man!! Good to see you again!!
Oh btw, if you think you can really get a free lunch out of him, do try your luck.
I don't guarantee you'll get it!!
But of course, you'll get a poisonous iphone session and a good time.
He might let you play the "pull the toilet roll" game. LOL!!

and IF you want to to come have lunch with you, just call me!!
Its your treat of course!!

Sony's First Ever Pro-Shop in Malaysia

2010-01-11T00:08:00.002+08:00

Woot!! Congrats to Sony to open its 1st ever Alpha Pro-Shop in Malaysia!!
Actually not counted as OPEN la, cuz Studio Zaloon got "converted" into it. haha!!

Anyways if you're wondering what i'm talking about,
Studio Zaloon (the camera shop I often get my gears from) has been converted into a Pro-Shop.
It means that there is a FULL DISPLAY of Sony Alpha gears in the shop.
Unlike Sony Style which are available in many shopping malls,
the Pro-Shop doesn't sell Sony Walkman, Vaio, Bravia etc. Only Alphas.

I went for the Opening Ceremony for this event.
The "rumoured" lucky draw prizes attracted me. haha!!
It was said to be Alpha A550, SAL18250 lens + some other stuff.
But sadly, the lucky draw prize isn't that. That's just a "hamper" which we can purchase at a special price.

Back to the opening. Here are some photos.

Grand Opening!!

A man looking at the HUGE collection of lenses

Thats all for the photos I took. I'm used to taking "clean" shots so I hardly take when there were lotsa humans moving around. haha!!

Anyways the event started at 12pm, and ended at 5pm.
Why so long? Cuz of the photo competition.
Photo Competition was from 1:30pm - 4:30pm.
3 whole hours weih!! Just for 1 photo?
Lazy to take ler.
So i hung out with some new friends I know at the event.

1st, we went to LowYatPlaza. Got a 4GB CF card for my A200.
Then while thinking where to have a drink, we went to Times Square and ended up at Starbucks.

Whipped cream which Ben Jern can only look at, not eat it.

Bryan's, Mine, Jason's

Haven't had you for a long time!!

During the hang out, Ben Jern and Jason kept poisoning Bryan and me with the Iphone.
They showed us the apps etc. Then started fighting over who's panaroma app is the best.
Then, there goes the Panaroma Challenge.

1st round

Ben Jern showing off his cool app

2nd round

Jason:"YOU DON'T MOVE YA!!!"
In case you were wondering, yes, thats smashpOp.
His turn to show off his panaroma app.

After the two finished arguing, then they ganged up to poison us again.
All in all it was a pretty fun iphone poison session ler.
We never forget to take photos. hehe
So here's one last photo of the four of us.

Four

Oh in case you were wondering what lucky draw prize were there.
They are Sony Alpha Studio Light Stand with Umbrella.
Not too practical for people like me...yet.

When good deeds turned bad..

2010-01-03T23:51:00.005+08:00

NOTE: (Almost) everyone's New Year's Resolution is to post up a blog post every day.
Many photographers call it project 365 in their flickr and photoblogs.
BUT..I'm not gonna hop onto that wagon. Too lazy to..hehe!!

Okay, been wanting to write about this a long time ago but didn't do it.
This title was left in my "Blog Post" list for months, and its time for it to show!!

How can good deeds turn bad, you ask?
I'm sure you've experienced it before.
When you tried to be helpful but ended up causing more trouble..
When you sympathize certain people and "donated" your change just to find yourself conned.
There are just so many ways for a good deed to turn bad.
But is it our fault? In certain cases..yes.

Was watching a drama one day and someone in the show said "总之做人只求心安理得"
and the moment strucked me.
We've been approached by many people who asks for donation, if not for their own.
Too many that we label them as "pests"
Some drag their disabled comrades along, some dress up as monks etc.
When our senses detected such people around while having lunch at a coffee shop,
we immediately put up our defenses, deaf ears, and grouchy faces.

Why do we do that?
"Volunteers" who got donations from us are given some commission.
The company they work for gets profit sharing.
In the end, the beneficiary might only get RM5 from the RM10 we donated..maybe less.
Some "monks" will be seen walking towards their car. Toyota Camry maybe??
The society has gotten sick of showing empathy to such people.

Do you know that most old folks home and orphanage cannot support their own expenses due to the lack of sponsors?
They don't have any income other than being sponsored and getting donations from the public.
That is why they have to get help from companies that will provide people to go out and collect donation.
Sharing the donation with the companies as "profit sharing" is a small price to pay.
At least they are getting some income.
PEOPLE, its not like they have a choice k.

We don't like such companies. "Stealing" from the public's compassion.
But what can we do?
We can always get the address and phone number of the homes and send a cheque directly to them.
We can also call them to ask if they need any commodities like rice, salt, and oil.
That way, we know that they're getting 100% of what we donated, right?
I don't condemn the people or companies who tries to get donation from the public.
They're trying to help but we can't be idealistic.
Everyone needs to eat and we can't work for free.
So "profit sharing" and "commissions" are essential.

So yeah, next time you meet such people, try not to ignore them.
If you really don't want to donate, tell them nicely.
Else, get their address and phone number and leave them with some hope.
They are humans too..
Of course, don't be blind and donate to people whom you know is trying to cheat you.

Fine Dining at Home (2nd Attempt)

2010-01-02T23:25:00.002+08:00

Like what I said in the previous post, we're gonna have fine dining tonight.
Well, overall it was pretty good.
Just like in relationships, we gotta have a lil "foreplay" to spice things up!!
*Sorry if it sounds wrong. Blame your polluted mind*

Its nice to sit down at the dining table and spend some time eating while chatting with the family.
*Of course nice ler..Not I cook also!!*
The food was nice, in small delicate portions.
Though in small portions, most of us were full cuz we're small eaters.
*I think if this continues, we'll be smaller eaters*

Without further adieu, I'll bring out the photos!!!

Teddy Bear Decor

Different sets of plates

Our white wine from New Zealand

Simple yet yummy soup

Our favourite mushrooms!!

Salmon with salad

Baked Mussels..YUM!!

Prawn Tempura
Presentation abit fail, but tastes..GOOD!!

Pork in Red Wine and Black Pepper Sauce

F-A-M-I-L-Y

This was what I had for dinner today. YUMS!!!
Thank you Daddy and Mommy for preparing such dinner!!
Since they cooked, I did the dishes..
A happy happy family we are indeed. hehe!!

Dua Kosong Kosong Sembilan

2009-12-31T14:34:00.003+08:00

Hi readers!! I'm back from my vacation.
Took me a month to start blogging again. haha!!
Its..its because I've been pretty busy you see!!

1-18 Dec: Australia & New Zealand
18-26: Christmas
27-2: New Year

See, so busy kan? But no matter how much I shall neglect my blog, I have to blog today.
Everyone knows this, its the last day of 2009!!!

[2009.12.31]

Dear 2009, *Why do everyone start by saying this??*
You've been nice to me. Really nice to me.
I thank you for a wonderful year with smiles and tears.
Actually, I don't recall having tearful events this year, unlike the past years.
I will really miss you..

Love,
Leslie

Oh year 2010,
I hope that you'll treat me well.
I'm not asking for all the love in the world.
All I want is to have a wonderful year like I had in 2009.

Love,
Leslie

No matter how good or how bad the year is for you,
we should end the year in a good manner.
For me, a good ending of the year means being together with my family.
I spend the last day with my family every year except the year when I was in Japan.
This year may be the first time I don't spend it with my family when I'm in Malaysia.
I'm going to a BBQ party in Mei Mun's House.

Okay, talking about good ending.
I already have that yesterday.
It was our New Year's Eve Dinner!!
Part of 2nd Aunt's family came to have a pleasant dinner with us.
Here are the photos of what's in the menu.
*Prepares napkins for your dripping saliva*

Table Setting

Soya Milk for a drink???

First Dish - Dad's Famous Assam Laksa
He is the reason we hardly eat Assam Laksa outside.

He makes this once a year, sometimes twice.

Second Dish - Emperor's Soup

Third Dish - Eggless Bibimbap
Normally there will be egg inside, but because I don't eat egg, everyone can't.
Hehehe!!

Mixed Eggless Bibimbap

Fouth Dish - Black Glutinous Rice with Coconut Milk

Dessert - Japanese Fusion Dessert with Assortments
Note that Yinli baked the cheese cake for us. Everyone like it.

Japanese Fusion Dessert
Dad learned this when he was having dinner with the Japan Ambassador.
Its a mixture of some little things and a dash of plum juice.
The cherries are fresh from New Zealand and they're yummy!! Expensive too.
There are little rice balls in there. We had this dessert for Dong Zhi as well.

Finally..

My Niece - Chloe
No, she's not edible.

Nothing beats spending precious moments with my family.
They're the bestest people in the world!!!
With my parents around, I get to eat good food.
They're doing fine dining lunch on saturday.
Being so secretive about it, I'm guessing they're the cooks.

*OOPS!! I TOTALLY FORGOT MOMMY READS MY BLOG!!!*
Ahh..who cares laa.
Mommy, Daddy,
I love you!!!

Happy New Year to everyone else!!
May 2010 treat you well!!!

Blast to the past, 1995 to be exact.

2009-11-29T01:34:00.002+08:00

People from Class 3Y of 1994

Its been more than a decade since I saw a few of them.
I lost contact with them right after primary school.
Back when I was still in primary school, autographs were really popular *especially in standard 6*
We wrote our names, address, phone number, date of birth etc and decorate the page as nicely as we could.
There are even messages written to the owner of the book.
Not to forget folding the corners of the page with secret messages inside!!!
Oh man, those were the days.

Though with our fancy autograph book, we do not keep in touch with each other.
Oh well, your mom will be spanking you if you were to call up your friends randomly and chat nothing important.
To us, it wasn't such a big deal not keeping in touch back then.
We still have our secondary school friends.

Never knew what kind of feeling they will give me.
Never realised that we've lost touch already.
Never went back to year 1995 until someone tagged me in a photo.

Year 1995 - Credit goes to Amelie

It was this photo that started massive comments posted by many of us.
It started from "Whoa!! Old school!!!" till "We should meet up"
and there we have it, after almost a month later, we finally met up.
Though many of us weren't able to attend, but we still continue the reunion.

Initially, we planned to have a dinner in Ampang but due to some reasons we settled for kota damansara.
Although just a simple steamboat dinner, we enjoyed ourselves.
Talked about how are we now and topics led to other topics.
I really enjoyed my time there, it really feels like old friends meeting each other again!!

After returning home, the feel of sentimentality struck me.
I can't help but feel blessed that we still get to meet up and keep in touch after so long.
Though everyone has walked a different path, but we still spend a little night gathering.
I truly love that.
This made me think, how will we be a year later? Will our next meetup be 10 years in the future?
Then back into the near pass, I focused my thoughts to my college friends.
How will we be next year? Will we still have dinner together often?

I miss them. I really miss them.
I miss those whom I just met just now. I miss those whom I hangout with in college.
I'm missing other people when my girlfriend is missing me.
Oh gosh, what kind of boyfriend am I??
Hehehe..But no matter what, I miss those who have stepped into my life.
And..I miss my girlfriend too!!!

Will be on the plane to Australia on tuesday.
Will be spending family time for two and a half weeks.
Hope to see them again when I'm back.
I better sleep.

You're sad because you loved..

2009-11-26T03:40:00.003+08:00

You hold your tears with love

You never feel sad for something you don't feel attached to.
and the more you're attached to something/someone, the easier it is to make you sad.
This is a common emotion for humans.

I did say in my previous post that sadness doesn't exist.
Sadness is the absence of happiness. It is.
It is amazing how sad people can get because of someone they love.
A simple remark(which doesn't mean anything to other people) can ruin a person's day.
Though we humans are getting physically stronger day by day,
we are emotionally weaker.

We humans need to feel love.
We hate being lonely.
We hate being rejected.
Our need for affection makes us weak.
But that's who we are. That makes us human.

How many of us believes that Love makes the world go round?
How many of us actually advocates that?
Is it possible for us to achieve what we have today without love?
Yes? No?
You think about it.
Who will Mother Teresa and Ghandi be if love doesn't exist?
Will there be John 3:16 if love doesn't exist?

Couples may argue over small matters.
There will be times when both are willing to give, yet none of them wants to accept.
Isn't it easier for one party to accept when the other gives?
Wouldn't that settle all problems?
Well, we wouldn't know, don't we?
But I believe that at the end of the day, all we want is to love each other and be loved.
In the end, we'll be like little kids who do not want to let go of their parents.

Holding on to LOVE..

NOTE: Don't bother asking why my posts sound abit emo lately. I'm not emo. Lets just say, I've been doing a lot of thinking and I like it. hehe!! The year's almost ending, I'm just reflecting on how my year has been, thats all!!

Tomorrow - How much do you love it?

2009-11-24T12:27:00.004+08:00

Aileen Quinn - Tomorrow

The sun will come out
tomorrow
bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow
there will be sun!

Just thinking about
tomorrow
clears aways the cobwebs and the sorrow
'till there's none!

When I'm stuck with a day
that's grey
and lonely
I just stick out my chin
and grin and say..Ohhh..

The sun'll come out
tomorrow
so you gotta hang on 'till
tomorrow...
Come what may..

Tomorrow!
Tomorrow! I love you
tomorrow!
You're only a day away!!!

I love this song.
I don't know why, but I love it.
*Thats why you like things for no reason right??*
No matter how old this song is,
no matter if Aileen Quinn(starred in Annie in 1982) changed from this..

Young Annie(Aileen Quinn)

to this..

Current Annie(Aileen Quinn)

This song is still nice.
I don't think this version is be Aileen Quinn but its the nicest version I can find.
Such pure, and innocent voice..
Its optimism..
It can really bring a better day to people *thats what I believe*

Most of the time when I'm emo, this song won't help *laughs*
Though it tells me to be optimistic, but I'm too stubborn to follow.
and sometimes I emo..because I wanna emo..
Emoing makes me think alot, and I like that *weird I am*
But after emoing, you'll feel more happiness around you kan?

There is no such thing as sadness because it does not exist in the world.
Sadness is the absence of happiness.
Just like evil is the absence of good.
You're only sad because you are not happy.
That is why most people cannot control sadness but their happiness.

The sun will always rise..tomorrow..

Google: Celebrating Sesame Street's 40th Anniversary

2009-11-16T17:37:00.007+08:00

What do Google and Sesame Street have in common?
Nothing!!!

But as you people know, Google is nice enough to create doodles for certain occations to remind us about special dates.
So Google decided to do it for Sesame Street's 40th anniversary too!!!

Got up one day and open my web browser as usual, then..

Cookie Monster from Google - Sesame Street

Oh gosh!!! Damn adorable lor!!!
Hehe Google knows that I love Cookie Monster so it decided to put up Cookie Monster 1st.

Here are some of the doodles posted by Google.

Bert and Ernie from Google - Sesame Street

Count von Count from Google - Sesame Street

From Google - Sesame Street

Ensemble of the characters from Google - Sesame Street

Big Bird's legs rom Google - Sesame Street

Oscar the Grouch from Google - Sesame Street

Yes, I'm loving you more Google!!

Firenze Duomo - The Florence "House"

2009-11-09T23:16:00.002+08:00

Apologies to all my readers,
Was away for the week to visit my girlfriend and friends. hehe
Blogged halfway but due to the "slower" internet connection there I got lazy to finish the post.
Anyways here is it!!

*Blog post START*

Though Florence is the one place I wanna go in my graduation trip,
I get to spend only a day there.
Its not enough, definitely not enough and its worth a second trip there!!!

After the warm family dinner with Emilio and his family, I like this town a whole lot more!!
We had a pretty tight schedule the next day.
The itinerary for that day was to visit the Firenze Duomo early in the morning and board the train to Venezia (Venice) by 11:30am.
Things were well planned until I did something really stupid.

We were supposed to wake up at 8am and finish our breakfast by 8:30am so that we'll have time to explore the town a little bit.
Something that I've neglected was the change in timezone.
Italy is 1HOUR AHEAD of England, just like Malaysia is 7hours ahead due to Day Light Saving.
I didn't syncronise my time with the local time hence my clocks showed me an hour earlier.
Thinking that its still early, I stayed in bed until 8am (my time) which was 9am local time.
When I got out of bed, I saw everyone finishing their breakfast already.
and it struck me!!! I got the time all wrong!!!
Now, because of my negligence we had an hour less to spend.
*boo me*

I quickly got ready *I can get ready pretty fast* and we checked out the hotel.
Although we've checked out but we're still able to leave our luggage at the common room.
This means we'll have to come back slightly earlier to collect our luggage and head for the train station not far from here.
While checking out, I took a photo of the Duomo.

Firenze Duomo

Outside the hotel window, the humble town of Florence
Photos in this album looks pretty dark and washed out.
Its done on purpose.

The ever famous Florence market.
Its filled with the smell of leather.

The street of Florence.
I love this photo.

Man taking photo

Certain details of the building.

Group photos

One really amazing sight is the door opposite the Duomo.
The door is carved, and mainly out of gold!!!
Here are some photos.

Parts of the door

Just look at the number of people trying to go as near as possible to the door.
Lucky I have my 18-250mm lens so I can stay out from the crowd.

Duomo - Interior

Angel Statue *Did I tell you I LOVE Angels??*
Now you know. hehe!!

Duomo Clock *Try Intepreting it*

Praying for our family..I think *At least I was*

Candle lights *Feels so peaceful looking at them*

I didn't take much photo inside cuz its was pretty dark in there.
Photos do not turn out nice due to lack of light so thats a sad thing.
Back outside..

This guy is selling painting (not painted by him I think) to survive!!

I forgot whats this but I know its the tallest in..Florence??? or Italy???
*Definitely the tallest*

Outside Firenze Duomo

OOPS!!!! Totally candid!!!
*LOL buat kacau jer*

Ming Hong - waiting to cross the road.

I love standing on Italian streets. I just do!!

Narcism

Now, its time for the Florence Market!!!
*Smells the leather*

Looking at the heaps of items they have there..

Its like Petaling Street in KL

Waiting for business, Aunty??

Seller on the left trying to satisfy his customers much!!

This seller looks happy when I took his photo *blush*

I spot masks at the back!!!

Narcism..again

These ladies were checking out fake branded goods!!

After a quick tour of the market, we head back to the hotel where we left our luggages at and went to Venice.

Walking up the stairs..

Before ending this post, I'll share with you the view from the hotel lobby.

Purposely put Ming Hong in *haha*

Thats all for now~!!!

If only I can print this and put it in my resume~ (read the first paragraph)

2009-10-28T22:23:00.002+08:00

You entered: Khor Zhan Shuo

There are 12 letters in your name.
Those 12 letters total to 65
There are 4 vowels and 8 consonants in your name.

Your number is: 11

The characteristics of #11 are: High spiritual plane, intuitive, illumination, idealist, a dreamer.

The expression or destiny for #11:
Your Expression number is 11. The number 11 is the first of the master numbers. It is associated with idealistic concepts and rather spiritual issues. Accordingly, it is a number with potentials that are somewhat more difficult to live up to. You have the capacity to be inspirational, and the ability to lead merely by your own example. An inborn inner strength and awareness can make you an excellent teacher, social worker, philosopher, or advisor. No matter what area of work you pursue, you are very aware and sensitive to the highest sense of your environment. Your intuition is very strong; in fact, many psychic people and those involved in occult studies have the number 11 expression. You possess a good mind with keen analytical ability. Because of this you can probably succeed in most lines of work, however, you will do better and be happier outside of the business world. Oddly enough, even here you generally succeed, owing to your often original and unusual approach. Nonetheless, you are more content working with your ideals, rather than dollars and cents.

The positive aspect of the number 11 expression is an always idealistic attitude. Your thinking is long term, and you are able to grasp the far-reaching effects of actions and plans. You are disappointed by the shortsighted views of many of your contemporaries. You are deeply concerned and supportive of art, music, or of beauty in any form.

The negative attitudes associated with the number 11 expression include a continuous sense of nervous tension; you may be too sensitive and temperamental. You tend to dream a lot and may be more of a dreamer than a doer. Fantasy and reality sometimes become intermingled and you are sometimes very impractical. You tend to want to spread the illumination of your knowledge to others irrespective of their desire or need.

Your Soul Urge number is: 7

A Soul Urge number of 7 means:
With a number 7 Soul Urge you are very fond of reading, and retreating to periods of being alone and away from the disruptions of the outer world. You like to dream and develop you idealistic understandings, to study and analyze, to gain knowledge and wisdom. You may be too laid back and withdrawn to really succeed in the business world, and you will be much more comfortable in circumstances that are tolerant of your reserve, your analytical approach, and your desire to use your mind rather than your physical being.

You are very timid around people that you don't know very well, so much so at times that casual conversation and social situations can be strained. You tend to repress your emotions to the extend that some people have a good bit of difficult understanding you. You tend to be very selective with friends and you don't easily adapt to new environments or to new people very quickly.

The negative traits of the 7 include becoming too much the introvert and isolated from others.

Your Inner Dream number is: 4

An Inner Dream number of 4 means:
You dream of being a very solid citizen that people can depend upon. You strive for organization and predictable order. You want to be recognized as a person with a plan and the discipline to make that plan work like clockwork

You can get yours here too: http://www.paulsadowski.com/NameData.asp

The Leaning Tower of Pisa - How Leaning Can It Be??

2009-10-25T21:19:00.003+08:00

Okay, lets talk about Italy today..
Specifically, Pisa!!

Upon arriving in Rome, we were greeted by Father Julian.
In case you forgot how he looks like,
here is his photo..

*Susan Chin, Stef Elena Chin, Father Julian*

After picking us up, Father Julian lead us to Rome’s terminal to head for Florence.
When most of our friends (both backpackers and tour followers) took coaches to travel,
we took trains for long distance travels.
It is indeed more expensive, but you do get what you paid for.
Comfort as well as short time needed to travel.
The trains cost us €200 for 5 days unlimited travel!!
A whole RM1000!!!
*Oh did I say what the €200 is student price?? Adult ones are about €300+*
But the cost of transportation is already calculated in your travelling budget so I guess its okay.

*Eurail Pass which costs €200 and my Passport*

*Eggplant, Bacon, and Tomato Panini* Panini = Bread

*A slim can of Sprite*
These 2 are our lunch *yums*

*Stef trying to feed Peewee but ended up posing for the camera*

*Florence Train Station*

*Can you find Rome, Venice, Pisa, and Florence there??*
Its all in Italian and they call it Firenze instead of Florence.

*~~Most~~ ALL of the trains are vandalised by graffiti.*

*A small part of Italy which isn't eye catching*

According to Father Julian's itinerary,
We’ll spend our first night in Florence but we’ll head for Pisa after checking in.
After a quick check-in, we board the train to Pisa, 1 hour ride from Florence.

*Florence is MY KIND of town..not really advanced nor fast paced*

*There are people walking, while some people sit on the bench and chit chat*
Such life..NICE!!!

*This is how a typical Italian building looks like*

*There are lots of street performers there too!!*

*Not to mention the statues available in Italy..*

*..their churches too!!*

*The streets of Pisa*

If you ask what's the one thing that I wouldn't forget about Italy,
I'll say "Gelato!!"
What's Gelato??
Its actually Italian ice-cream. All homemade!!

*You can never get enough gelato!!!*

Oh you can see that??
The building is leaning!!
Thats why its called the leaning tower.

*The leaning tower*
Its not really magnificent, but really worth looking at.

*No one will give up the chance to take a photo with it after travelling so far*

*..and also to do stupid things typical tourists do*

*I forgot if this is the Basilica..*

*..or was it this..*

Anyways..

Peewee has a chance to take a photo as well!!

Here are some more photos of the place..

After half a day in Pisa, we head back to Florence.

*Vandalised train*

Back in Florence, we were greeted by Emilio, Julian’s Italian friend.
Emilio is a really interesting man. He has a PhD in Geology and is married to a Malaysian.
Because his wife is a Malaysian, Emilio speaks english with Malaysian accent, also with the La’s and Wan’s. Really funny!!!
Oh he speaks mandarin too!!
Emilio, along with his brother took us to their home for dinner.
A really nice family. We had a really nice dinner.

They prepared many courses for us. A very italian-ish dinner they said.
1st course:
– Baguette with chicken liver spread *Really good!!!*
- Baguette with cheese and salmon spread *I know you’ll think its good but chicken liver tasted better!!*
- Salami, Bacon etc

2nd course – “Butterfly” Pasta with Salmon
3rd course – Oven baked pork chop, Salad, Oven baked potatos, tomatos.
Dessert – Gelato (Choc with liqour, Oak seed, Lemon)

We spent alot of time eating and chatting. A really nice family.

*Family dinner*

We talked alot, feels like having dinner with my family again.
That made me miss them alot.
After the dinner, Fung kinda emo-ed.
He said that dinner made him wanna go back home faster.
Hehehe~ We’re such “home-ly” people (:

After the warm dinner, we head back to our hotel to rest.

And thats all for our 1st day in Italy.

More to come next time!!

For more photos in the current album, click here!!

Oh the next one will be Florence - Duomo..

Not a really long post I guess..

Sneak Peek:

*Praying in the Dome*

For her who emo-ed today..

2009-10-24T22:48:00.003+08:00

NOTE TO SELF: Better blog more often!!!

Okay, I've already reminded myself not to be lazy and blog more often.
I got SO MUCH to blog weih!!!
So so so much!!!

Anyways this blog post is for the one and only!!
*You would've guessed who anyways..Just look at the photos below*
Hari ini, seseorang yang SPECIAL sangat emo~
So as the boyf, I gotta do something ler right??

[2009.10.15]
Si princess ini craving for meatballs that day.
It was a Thursday.
I remember because she was supposed to have meatballs on Tuesday but didn't make it.
So I brought her out for it the next time we met, which was a Thursday.

I was supposed to pick Chien Hui up from Serdang and go to Sunway Pyramid to have a birthday gift made after lunch.
But Chien Hui said that she has to wait for the repairman so WE went out while waiting for Chien Hui's call.
Went to Ikea, head for the Ikea cafe right away!!

Here are the photos that we took that day.
Princess ini complained that we seldom take photos *WIDE SMILE*

From beloved

QUESTION: Why doesn't she look at the camera?

ANSWER: Because she's shy..right??

From beloved

You see, she smile until like that also know the answer is YES!!!

From beloved

There you go..

After reading this blog post cannot emo anymore k?

No matter what happens you know I'll still be there for you..

*Sayang sayang*

Leaving Sheffield

2009-10-19T06:27:00.005+08:00

Today is Oct 19, 2009.
But my blog post will date way back from Sept 14 *thats the day I started my Rome trip*
So here goes!!

[2009.09.14]
Finally, it is time to leave Sheffield for good.
I’ll be coming back to this place once more before I leave to bid it goodbye.
From 28 people in the AEM course became only 6 of us.

*Me, Vyen, Sunkel, Yean Ree, Andrew, Ming Hong*

Now there will be only 4 people as Ming Hong and I will be going to London by coach at 4:30pm.
The rest will travel to London tomorrow.

4:00pm
We arrived at Meadowhall Interchange earlier to check which terminal we should wait at but there’s no challenge to that *smiles*
While waiting for the coach to arrive, we have nothing to do so Fung tried to sleep as he didn’t sleep much the day before.

*Sleeping Fung*

Fung didn’t sleep because everyone had a great drinking session the night before.
I didn’t drink because I don’t enjoy having hangover and being blur while travelling.
So I slept early and the rest enjoyed themselves..till this morning when they suffer hangovers.
While Fung slept, I have nothing to do so I played with my camera while taking care of our belongings.

*Our belongings*

The coach arrived on time despite Su Lin’s complaint about it being late for very long during her trip to London.
Oh well, I guess she’s just unlucky.
Nevertheless, we board the coach and it left the interchange really quickly.
According to Gina and Su Lin, Megabus offers £1 tickets to London..If you book 2 months in advance though.
We didn’t really have a specific plan back then therefore we got our ticket for £7.
Its not really that expensive actually. We didn’t need to stop, it is an express coach.
4 hours straight from Meadowhall Interchange to London Victoria.

The bus was quite comfortable except for the fact that Fung and I have to sit with strangers as everyone sat alone.
*You would do that too if you’re travelling alone*
The bus was pretty smooth, a pretty enjoyable ride I would say.
The bus departed at 4:30pm and we arrived at 8:30pm.

*Whilst in the coach*

Fung, showing his smarter side asked me to buy the bus to Stansted Airport where we will be boarding our flight to Rome 1 hour prior to our arrival.
His reason is simple, we rather wait longer than missing the bus if we were late.
Smart Fung...

*Stansted Airport*

We arrived at Stansted Airport safely, Stansted is like LCCT I would say.
Once again, snap snap snap since there’s nothing to do.

After meeting up with Stef and her mom, we checked in and waited to board the flight.
The flight was delayed awhile because there was some problems with the baggage but it was solved..Thank God!!!

*Stef, Susan, Ming Hong, Leslie*

After arriving in Rome, we were greeted by Stef’s friend, Father Julian.

*Father Julian*

We call him Father Julian as he is a Catholic Priest.
He has been living in Rome for 2 years now so he planned our trip for us.
*Starting to feel blessed now*
According to his itinery, we will head for Florence as soon as we reached Rome.
For Florence and Pisa, wait for the next post!!!
But here’s a sneak peek.

*Peewee kicked the leaning tower of Pisa*

Till then~!!!
*I'll try to update my blog as often as possible..No guarantees!!*

The day they went away..

2009-10-11T02:55:00.005+08:00

Hi everyone!!!
Sorry for being away for a really long time but I had no choice.
I was out of internet coverage for some time now (:
Anyways there is a saying that everything has to come to an end..
So does the life in Bramall Court, Sheffield.

After spending the entire Summer in Bramall Court, we do have feelings for it..
Both people and place.
But sadly, on this day *refer to the date below* most of us will be leaving this place to explore Europe.
*Yes, almost everyone will be on their eurotrip*
So lets start the blog post!!

[2009.09.12]

1st rule before leaving an accomodation..

..you have to pack your things.

Next, you will think about the days you spent in that very room..

..and try not to cry.

Since it would be the last day for the whole course to be in Bramall Court *where we stayed*
we had decided to organise a farewell party..
Jobs and responsibilities were delegated 6 hours before the party and everyone had a role to play.
We bought food,
We cooked some,
We prepared the tables etc..
Of course..we took photos too!!

*The table setting crew*

A few macho men carried the dining tables from our flats into the open space.
Some of us set up the table..
Nonetheless, we did it together..

*Setting up the tables together-gather*

Representatives from different flats cooked..

*The guy team from Flat 27 & 16*

*It involves food tasting too!!*

When everyone is ready, we start to feast!!!

*Last memories of the togetherness of AEM*

4 years of friendship..

..is worth nothing when it comes to food!!

*Snatch SNatcH SNATCH!!!!!*

Oh come'on!!!

*Janganlah makan sendiri~*

Show some love~~!!

*Feeding is caring*

Nothing beats having a good meal together..

..it feels like family.

While some are busy eating..

..others were busy taking photos..

As for me, I like posing with FOOD..

*The one on the left is not candid..I did that on purpose..*

Some have HUGE mouth..

*He finished a slice of pizza with 1 bite*

..others can't follow..

*Sunkel with just another regular sized mouth*

We help each other out..

*Sunkel helping LYR with drinks*

*Me helping Winnie with pizza*

Some uses food as props..

*Mei Mun*

..others prefer using drinks..

*Winnie*

We love snatching food..

..and laughing out loud..

When its time for the 1st batch to leave..
The TONG HANG tour group members.
Kek, Tim, Charles, Mong Jia, Yuet Hwa
There will definitely be hugs..

..and tears..

Everyone said their goodbyes..

..and gave their salutes..

And there they go, on their adventure to Europe..

Although it was a simple farewell party,
but the company is what matters most right?
So what do we think about this party??

Everyone said, "GREAT!!!!!!"

I miss them...
Oh for more photos in this album, click here!!!

Life in Sheffield - Day 98 (Last..)

2009-09-12T11:16:00.002+08:00

Emo post for today..
I wrote a post last night but decided to delete it because I wasn't really in the mood to spill everything out..
So here's today's post..

It feels ironic,
We were in the Sheffield Hallam University Welcoming Party on June 11, 2009.
And we had our farewell on Sept 11, 2009.
So much laughters and tears shed throughout this 3 months.
Thanks for the memories people..

It wasn't very long ago when we..

..flew to UK.

Then it was..

..SHU orientation and campus tour which I complained about the chinese speaking facilitators.

And there it was..

..our first glimpes of Malaysia in UK.

Soon after that we..

..started exploring the streets of Sheffield.

And we had..

..SHU welcoming party.
This marks our first week in Sheffield..

We went for our first UK outing..

..to Buxton..

..and..

..Chatsworth.

This was our first..

..roll on the slope.
Boy was it fun!!

We loved the..

..green grasses and pretty flowers.

We hated the..

..expensive food there.
We would even buy a £1.99 subway because it is RM12 for us.
Its still the same now..

Then we had our very first birthday girl in UK..

*..blowing our "lighter candle" after making her wish*

I remember the times we envy those engineering students who..

..got a nicer and nearer accomodation.

And we were so fascinated by the..

..beautiful sky and sunshine.

We had our first party ever..

..the Summer Beach Party.
This was there I first saw Joanne, Amy's sister.

We walked the city at night..

..just to see the beautiful fountain at the train station.

It wasn't all laughter and smiles.
We had some bad time too.
Conflicts, arguments, emo etc etc.

I needed to release my emoness..

..peewee became my model.

I've met some great people in UK as well.
People whom I didn't know when we were in TARC.
These people have been in the same lecture theatre as us,
but we just do not notice such great people around.
This was my first time meeting Rachel, a very great friend.

..thanks for some great moments gossiping about people.
I miss you so much.

I'll never forget the time we played in the park.
The softball game which..

..turned into a starwars light saber war.

Time flies and it was the 7th week.
Our mid sem break which only a few of us went to Scotland.

It was our first time..

..driving in UK.

We had a new friend..

..Allen in our trip.

We also had..

..beautiful sceneries wherever we went.

Our first time..

..watching the sun rise together.

We had an unforgettable evening in..

..Carbisdale - the haunted castle.

We also had great food..

..for the first time.

Our first time watching..

..men in kilts blowing the bagpipe.

Then it was the South England trip..

..which I'm glad we can hang out together again.

and our trip to..

..Stonehenge.

Time flies as we were busying with our last assignment.
I'll never forget our daily meetings..
It got us closer than ever..
I'll miss the time when..

..we did our assignments till dawn.

and..

..staying up so late till we couldn't help it but sleep on other people's bed.

Finally we handed up our final assignment..

..to our "lizard" tutor, Mr Jameson Gill

Within less than a week, it was..

..exam time.

and within the week itself..

..our farewell party!!

Dear friends,

though life may lead us to different directions and we have to bid goodbye..
but these memories will be locked in my heart..
we've shed enough tears during the farewell already..
tears may dry, but memories will continue flowing..
everytime I view our photos once again,
is the time I'll think about the life we spent here..

Today will be my last post of "Life in Sheffield"
Before finishing the last post, this video is for my friends who have shared a piece of their life with me..

I love each and every one of you!!!

Life in Sheffield - Day 99 (Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn)

2009-09-06T04:18:00.001+08:00

Goodbye summer!!!
Goodbye sunrise at 4am..
Goodbye sunset at 9:45pm..
Goodbye goodbye~

Hello autumn!!!
Hello strong wind..
Hello rain and thunder..
Hello hello~

Welcome back insulators!!!
Welcome back jacket..
Welcome back radiator..
Welcome welcome~

*Mr. Radiator says "hello!!"*

Life in Sheffield - Day 96 (The End)

2009-09-02T06:46:00.003+08:00

*The End*

The End..
This will be my last assignment I'll be doing for my degree course.

The End..
Tonight is my last night for sleeping early until the exam day.

The End..
No more report typing for the rest of the semester.

The End..
I am the last person who completed the assignments.

The End..
This is where laziness in me ends.

But no matter what, I still anticipates..
..the day laziness will be rewarded.

*Fin - The End for this post*

Life in Sheffield - Day 93 (August 31, 1957)

2009-08-29T21:43:00.003+08:00

Was browsing through facebook just now
*I've been browsing facebook all day for months now (:*
and Pauline shared a video posted by Katak Chua.

*Ne...??*

To those of you who have problem watching this video,
or those who doesn't wanna watch it, here's what the video's about.
A man approaching different people in Malaysia asking them to sing a note.
Then he combines all those voices into the National Anthem of Malaysia.
"Many faces, Many voices, 1 Malaysia"

Things do not look good in Malaysia now.
But I really hope that 1 Malaysia succeeds its mission.
I mean..it'll really be great to see the 17 or more races unite as one right??!!!
There isn't any 3 major races in Malaysia anymore.
Its 17 now..No need to compare which race is bigger, everyone's a MALAYSIAN!!

This video brings back memories..
Lots of them..
Truthfully, I like our National Anthem.
I remember the 1st time I felt that way was when I was in Japan.
Was sitting in front of the piano and started playing our National Anthem.
I didn't know why but it just came out.
Right there and then, I thought
"Its a really nice tune, the lyrics are nice too.
So why didn't I feel that way last time??"

I know, most of us "Yuck" when we hear, or were requested to sing the National Anthem.
Why??? I guess its because we were "forced" to sing it when we're still in school.
Singing/hearing the Anthem brings us back to our schooling days when we were uncool.
Also, we don't like it due to peer pressure.
Everyone seem to dislike it, so we don't even give ourselves a chance to like it.
Its the wrong mentality people!!! WRONG!!!!

Listen to the National Anthem.
Its not that bad..Without it, where will you be now?
In a warzone?? Under other's rule?? I don't know!!
All I know is I like our National Anthem.
Now, there's a video below and I'm asking you to watch it.
Its our official version of our National Anthem.
Watch it when you're alone if you don't want people to know.
Put on earphones..Listen to it..Feel it..
Hopefully you'll like it too.

*Negaraku - My country*

Oh, what's with August 31, 1957???
For those of you who have no idea
*I'm not refering to fellow Malaysians*
This is the day when Malaysia was declared independent.
It was called Malaya back then.
Malaya or Malaysia, I still love you.

I truely hope that Malaysians will unite as one.
Happy National Day

*Jalur Gemilang*

Life in Sheffield - Day 81 (Finally!!)

2009-08-27T23:40:00.003+08:00

*Report Handing Ceremony*

Finally!!
The assignment we've been busying for weeks has ended with a 20min presentation.
Feels relaxing yet bored.
I would be busy discussing with my teammates at this hour yesterday.
Its a relieve that assignments are over *except for the 2 individual ones*
but it also means exams are near!!!

OH NO!!!!
Better rest before I depart again..
休息是为了走更长远的路，我也不会停下脚步。

*Gonna be studying tomorrow*

Life in Sheffield - Day 80 (2 weeks left)

2009-08-26T01:20:00.002+08:00

Hi all..
The last 2 weeks felt like a month.
I've been busy with my assignments everyday since 2 weeks ago.
Life in uni isn't really tough, but not easy either.
Oh well, life isn't easy anyways right??

I have 4 more assignments at hand.
E-Business Management Group Assignment: Due later
Product Development & Creativity Group Assignment: Due tomorrow
Individual assignments for both modules: Due next Wednesday
4 assignments total. 2 major ones due together, side-by-side.
Oh well, nothing is tough if you're really determined right?
Living for 23 years is MUCH TOUGHER than the 2 weeks I have past.
If I can live for 23 years, I can overcome this period.

A week after my final assignment (next week) will be my exams.
Lucky for me, only 2 written papers.
Unlucky for me, both papers are side-by-side too.
2 weeks left to study. 2 weeks left for me to be a student.
After the 2 weeks, I will be officially UNEMPLOYED!!!
Maybe my occupation should be changed into "TOURIST" after my exams.

Thinking about assignments made me think about exams.
Thinking about exams made me think about work.
No more studying, means its time to look for a job.
I know, looking for a job isn't easy. Staying in the job is much harder.
I hear people complaining about the monday blues, lifeless life etc.
It makes me pretty scared of work.

I have worked before. My main job was a tuition teacher and a web designer.
I do other odd jobs as well.
Photographer, song writter etc..
*Refer at the top*
All these jobs have something in common.
They have flexible working hours.
I've nevered stayed in the same job which has fixed working hours for..more than 3 months!!
Frankly speaking, I do not have the confidence that I can stay committed to my job.
This issue has been bothering me since..early this year.

I've thought about consulting my parents when I get back.
I know that they can give me the confidence I need to work.
They've been working long before I was born.
Working can't be that scary if one can work for more than 23 years in a lifetime.
Its not that scary when you actually started working.
Its just the scary thoughts that makes you think so much.
I tell myself that everytime.
Parents I shall consult. I shall.

I'm not emo. Just thinking a little much lately.
Have been like that. Preparing to face the corporate world.
Life's going to be tougher than how it had been before.
I'm sure of it. I just hope it will go easy on me.
Buddha, please bless me with the courage to face the real world.

I shall not think so much now.
Back to assignment..

Life in Sheffield - Day 76 (Of Random Posts)

2009-08-22T11:18:00.002+08:00

Hi all!!!!
Many of you must've noticed that I haven't been updating my blog very frequently now.
Also, I've been talking about my Scotland trip for the past 4 post and didn't really update about my life here.
So today, I'll do a little about what I did around here and some other random post.
*No actual theme in this post*

It had been a pretty busy month here.
After Scotland *I'll wrap up the Scotland trip with 2 more posts* it was time to continue going to class.
We *18 of us* joined a trip to South England on Aug 1-3. The trip was...okay, but not to my liking.
I'll probably skip that trip in my post. Its nothing really worth talking about.
*We shall see about that*
I don't like the trip not because of the places or the company there, maybe I don't like following trips.
I dislike travelling in coach *its boring*
I dislike being limited to the places I go *cuz I didn't plan it*
I dislike the time constrains
But hey, its still a good chance to relax I'll say.

A peek of my South England trip..

*Torquay*
The full album can be gotten HERE if I chose not to write about it.
HERE for Album 2 - Bristol & Stonehenge

Another event that it worth mentioning is the Perseids Meteor Shower watching.
This phenomenon happens annually, but we couldn't really watch it in Malaysia for the same reason we can't really see stars at night.
The meteor shower peaks on 11 August this year. I missed that as I was busy with assignments.
So Stef, Allen and I went to watch it in Norfolk Park on the 12.
There were dozens of shooting stars and hundreds of meteors throughout the 4hours we were there.
Nope, no photos taken as I didn't bring my camera along. Can't see much at night anyways..

Oh right, birthdays!!!! August is a pretty busy month in terms of birthdays as well.
Over here, we celebrated for Melisa, Kee Wee and Peywen.
I didn't attend Melisa's party, but was there for Kee Wee's and Peywen's.
Birthdays are of cakes, candles, spoiled surprises and embarrassing tasks for the birthday boy/girl.
Its the time when Bramall Court is the noisiest as we like to play outside where its cold and windy.

Mid summer has passed, its starting to be more windy and cold around here.
We can hardly walk straight anymore due to the wind.
Its time for the jackets to be around us when we walk outside at night..
Yes, its cold. That's one thing that I'll miss around here.
Oh yes, and the assignments too!!!
Though its tough, and i'm lazy, these will be the last batch of assignments that I can do as a student.
So yesh, they will be missed.

Talking about assignments, its time for discussion!!!
Oh NO!!!!!

Life in Sheffield - Day 69 (Land of Kilts Part 4)

2009-08-15T11:09:00.002+08:00

Hi all!!!

After the brief visit to Loch Ness,
we headed to Inverness for lunch and hoping that we can find interesting things there.
But luck wasn't with us.
I'm not sure if its just us, but Inverness has nothing to see!!

When we arrived there, the streets were pretty much dead.
We drove around the city to look for food, yet there aren't many people on it.
Maybe its because its a weekend.
Oh well..We look for a place to have a decent lunch as we hadn't had one for a long time.
*DECENT lunch, not lunch*

*Don't know the name of the place, but its a restraunt bar*

The food wasn't quite expensive.
About the same as most restaurants in Sheffield.
We were so overwhelmed by decent pasta and seafood platter that we finished the whole plate before snapping a photo of it.
When we thought about it, it was too late..
*Everyone: Uh-oh~*

Like I've said in the previous post,
a hungry man makes an angry man.
After a nice lunch, everyone had smiles on their face.
Its time to continue our trip H-A-P-P-I-L-Y!!
*If you're happy and you know it, clap your hand* *clap clap*

Further up the street, we saw this..

*MY hairdressing salon*

It reminds me that I should get a haircut already.
But *hehe* I still haven't cut my hair.
Oh well, we shall see how it goes *smile*

We walked along the river in Inverness, hoping to stumble upon nice places.
But Inverness actually failed to do so.
Nevertheless, there will be some photos.
Not some, maybe quite a lot!!!
Here goes!!

*River that separates Inverness in two*

*Sparkle of the sun*

*Fung, Allen*

*Coursemates + travel buddies*

*Fung with infrared effect*

*On the bridge*

*Stef, you were supposed to look the other way!!*

*..and finally, ME!!*

*Inverness - its bigger than just the photo*

*Passerby(s) laughed at them*

*Statue impersonation*

Okay, there's not many photos taken in Inverness.
Oh well..after Inverness we head to Carbisdale Castle.
Carbisdale Castle is actually a youth hostel.
We booked a room there for the night.
What makes it interesting is it is said to be haunted.
I'm not sure how true is it, but thats what we were told.

Before arriving at the castle, we stopped at a "roadside parking area" to get some fresh air.
We also stopped because the view was pretty nice.
If I'm not mistaken, its the place where two rivers meet each other.

*Its a really long river*

*Fung's turn, and..*

*..ME!!!*

*Panaromic view of the rivers*
Don't know if you can see it clearly.

If you're wondering where's Allen, he was sleeping in the car.
After driving from Isle of Skye to Inverness, I'm sure he's tired already.
Actually, we tried waking him up to look at the view
but he got up, look awhile and went back to sleep.
We suspect that he didn't really wake up that time. *LOL*

Okay, we reached Carbisdale castle soon after that place.
It was scary I tell you..
Not the castle, but Stefenie's driving.
We were driving on a one-lane coastal road.
One lane, two directions.
There are many turnings which allows both cars to pass if they happen to meet each other.
But Stef drove otherwise. Moving at a pretty high speed on a single lane road.
She hardly brakes the car even when its reaching a blind spot.
Its really crazy!!!

After our terror ride, here's Carbisdale castle!!

*Castle surrounded by the woods*

*Carbisdale Castle*

*Statue - full of em in the castle*

*Lucky we didn't see a third person in the photo*

*Beautiful fireplace*

I'm not exaggerating but I really felt uncomfortable there.
Everything is gloomy, I'm not sure if the environment is manmade or it really feels eerie.
The paintings on the wall looks like they're looking at you no matter where you go.
The place is dark and cold. You won't sing a happy song there.
It probably is haunted.

*Four new monsters in the castle*

*Eerie - you can feel it*

*Look closely and you'll see a black figure behind stef*

*Look closely and you'll see legs*

*Here's the ghost of carbisdale*

*I wonder who took this photo*

*Stef at the fireplace*

*Fung acting as a BULL!!*

*The hallway - a small part of the castle*

After bathing and cleaning ourselves up, we played.
We listen to music while I transfered the photos to my laptop.
Since we bought a carton of Stella Artiose from Sainsbury in Glasgow,
we finished up the whole thing.
Not much left actually thanks to Fung and Allen.
I only had 4 bottles. *lol!!*

Note to Mommy: No, your son isn't an alcoholic

After a few rounds of beer, we totally forgot about the haunted thing.
We sang, danced, laugh and feel asleep.
We have videos but since it doesn't come from me, I won't post it.
After a good night sleep, its daylight again!!!
We survived our haunted mission!!!

*Its a brand new day!!!*

*Cheers to courage!!*

*A bid goodbye to a wonderful experience*

Next up: Black Isle Brewery and Edinburgh!!!

Life in Sheffield - Day 66 (Land of Kilts Part 3)

2009-08-12T18:59:00.002+08:00

Hi all!!!
Its photo showering time again!!!
Talking about photo showering,
I have a few people come up to me and ask,
"Why do you spam your blog posts with photos??"
My answer is simple.
"Because I like it (:"
*Yes, I smiled after saying that*

Okay, back to photo spamming!!!!
We left off at Glasgow yesterday.
After Glasgow, we travelled up north to Loch Lomant.
There are many lakes in Scotland, one of the famous lake is Loch Ness.
Loch Lomant is pretty near Glasgow, so that's the 1st Loch we visited.

Photo time!!!

*Walking towards the lake*

*Panaromic view of the lake*

*Loch Lomant - Pretty pretty*

*Loch Lomant*

*Sun and lake*

*Stef:"The water's cold"*

*Lavender field at Loch Lomant*

*Lavenders aren't that pretty up close*

Everyone wanted to go into the lavender field to take photos.
Not everyone get to do this because there aren't any in Malaysia.
But the lavender field is filled with bees!!
Almost every plant has a bee around it.
I wonder why bees are so attracted to it.
Shall research about it soon.
So too bad for everyone, didn't get to go into the lavender field.

After Loch Lomant, we head for our next destination, Fort William.
If you have watch braveheart before, Fort William wouldn't be a stranger to you.
On the way to Fort William, we stopped at a B&B to rest.
And also take some photos.

*There is a small waterfall, I guess you can't see it*

Like I've said before, Scotland's scenery is all about lakes and hills.
Its really a pretty sight.
We would stop the car just to get down and enjoy the scenery.
Of course not forgetting to capture a photo or two.

*Hill and lake*

*Lake and hill*

*Sun almost setting*

*Solo photos of all trip members*

After a few stop-and-snaps, we arrived at Fort William.
Fort William is a small town.
I don't know if we arrived at the wrong time,
but there's nothing much that attracted our attention to it.
Nothing except the beautiful sunset that is..

*Sunset by the lake*

*Admiring the sunset*

After a brief visit to Fort William, we head to Portree.
Portree is a small down at the entrance of Isle of Skye.
We decided to drive there and spend the night there.
We didn't rent a room. Instead, we rest in the car till the 1st sunlight.
We then drive along the coast to search for the best spot to watch the sunrise.

*The sky is still bright at 10:46pm*

I am the driver for Isle of Skye.
Mainly because I'm the only person who can see well at night.
Never really had problems driving at night.
So when we reached Portree, I slept in the car while Stef went to look for a toilet.
Fung and Allen had been pretty high from alcohol as they were drinking while I was driving.
*Don't worry, I didn't even sipped the beer*
Everyone was out of the car except me.
Stef was on the phone with "someone"
Allen and Fung were talking I guess. I don't know.

When the first sign of daylight shows, we start our journey from the eastcoast of Isle of Skye to the north.
We were lucky to catch the sunrise just in time.
At a beautiful place too!!!

*This was where we stopped the car*

*Just in time for a beautiful sunrise*

*You don't get these kind of photos all the time, do you?*

*Us with our car*

Sunrise symbolises a new day and a new begining.
What we learned from this sunrise is that time doesn't wait for us.
Although its a new begining, but we have to grab every opportunity we can to do the things we want to.
Why did we learn this??
Because less than 10 minutes after our sunrise shot, the sun was gone..
The clouds hid it and it started drizzling.

We missed a few spots in Isle of Skye.
Totally wasted.
Its because we were driving when its still dark.
We didn't get to see a waterfall on a cliff somewhere.
I don't know where cuz I didn't see it laa~
But oh well, we missed the waterfall but we had a great sunrise (:

After the sunrise, I was too tired to drive anymore.
We stopped at a small town to sleep awhile *in the car* and possibly get breakfast there.
But when we went to the town, it occured to us that shops in UK don't open until 9am.
We were there at...5:30am!!
So no breakfast for us. Oh well, sleep in the car.
Everyone wanted to sleep except Allen, he decided to drive while everyone sleeps.
So I didn't really know what happened during that period.

After Isle of Skye, we head to Loch Ness.
Loch Ness is the home of the Loch Ness Monster.
Once again, if you've watched the movie Water Horse, this monster wouldn't be a stranger to you.

*The Loch Ness Monster is the water horse*

Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster is just a rumour.
People claim that they witness the monster when it surfaced the water.
But does it really exist??
We don't really know.
But it was pretty fun to be there~

*Part of Loch Ness*

*Stef and I with Nessie*

Didn't really take much photos in Loch Ness.
Didn't really stop long because we were tired and hungry.
A hungry man makes an angry man.
In our case, there are 2 angry men.
They weren't pretty happy about the Loch Ness exhibition because:
(1) They weren't really insterested with Nessie
(2) They didn't read about the history or anything about Nessie
(3) They paid to enter the exhibition and it made them feel that its a hoax

So yeah, 2 angry men.
So we head for our next destination, Inverness.
As for Inverness, stay tuned for the next post!!!

Life in Sheffield - Day 65 (Land of Kilts Part 2)

2009-08-11T14:54:00.000+08:00

Hi all!!
Sorry I've been away once again.
*Hee!!!*

Lets continue our Scotland trip shall we???
*refers to where leslie left off*
So after a few hours' sleep, we got up early to continue our trip.

*Miss Erk acting cute early in the morning*

Since we haven't explored Glasgow in the day, the People Palace was the 1st place we went to.
Its a museum for the people, showing exhibits about the people in Glasgow.

*At the park right before the people palace*

*Old school poses*

*The weather has been good!!*

*We met our national flower there!!!*

*Salute to the Hibiscus*

*Ming Hong introducing the Hibiscus*

*Peewee and I loves flowers*

*Tropical feel in Scotland*

Attempts to pose like the signs..

*Stef*

*Leslie*

*Fung*

At the cheese shoppe..Fake cheese~

*Simply ir-reCHEESE-able*

*Even Peewee can't resist it*

*Stef the cheese maker*

*Ancient guitar*

*Allen(girl) on Fung(donkey)*

*Do they look alike??*

*Giant Stef drinking water like a dog*

After People's Palace, we head to another museum.
I forgot what museum is it already.
*Can anyone help??*

*I-forgot-its-name museum*

*What's Fung taking???*

*Rupa-rupanya ada kids running around..Oh such childhood memories~*

*I just LOVE the greens!! Why can't we have such nice grass in Malaysia??*

As we hear sounds of the pipe organ coming out from the museum,
we head straight into it to see whats happening..

*Entrance is free but they except donations*

*The performance ended as soon as we entered the building!!!!!*

Oh gosh we missed a pipe organ performance *sobs*

*Leslie LOVES pipe organs*

*The museum really gives a very museum-y feeling*

*Sculpture of the harpy*

*Exhibition of emotions*

Right there and then is when Stef asked me,
"Do you like the history, or the art?"
"The art", I replied.
I like to read about certain histories like the knight templars and mason etc.
But those are the certain ones I'm interested about.
It all began with Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons"
*I didn't start liking it recently, its a few years back*

Art is more easily accepted by me.
Its because I can relate it to my life by its own.
I can only relate certain histories to my life.
Most of them are pretty irrelevant.

Okay lets continue about arts..

*Beauty of the body*

*Beauty and masculinity*

*Baby Ming Hong*
This photo is edited laa.

*A play area for kids..*

*..and us too!!*

After a few more exhibition halls, we made our way out of the museum.
There are more museums in Glasgow which we'd like to visit but there's no time left.
We have to head to our next destination, Lock Lomant.

Loch = Lake in Scottish *I think*
As for Loch Lomant, wait for the next post!!!

Life in Sheffield - Day 55 (Land of Kilts part 1)

2009-08-01T22:18:00.002+08:00

Hi all!!!

Its been 11 days since my last post.
I have lots to write about but I also have many things to do.
Edit photos, blog, assignments etc.
So I'll go slow awhile. Please forgive ya!!

So what have I been up to lately?
I've talked about going to Scotland *land of kilts* in my previous post.
So yea, I went to Scotland on July 24 - 28. 5 days total.
The Scotland post will be split into many parts *I don't know how many yet*
So please be patient about it ya!!!

Let's start!!!
[24.07.09]

Last Friday was the day. The day that the four of us travel up north to Scotland.
Who are the four of us??

*Stefanie, Ming Hong, Allen, Leslie*

*We've embarked on our journey~!!!!!*

*1st stop - Old Blacksmith Shop*

*Main attraction of Gredna Green*

What's so special about Gredna Green you ask?
There is a story about it.
Once upon a time, there were a couple who is really in love with each other.
They wanted to get married but the marriage is objected by both families.
So they runaway into this little town and secretly got married here.

When this runaway marriage was known, many couples who do not have consent from their families followed.
Till today, Gredna Green is famous as a wedding town.
Just like Las Vegas, couples can get married anytime.
So we decided to have a look at this wedding town.

*Ming Hong and Allen imitating the statue behind*

*Stef and Statue*

*Stefanie Elena Chin Lee Eng*

*Statue of a lady crying*

*Entrance to Gredna Green*

*Our male couple getting married. Hosted by Priestess Elena*

*Shop & Whisky House with greetings from different languages*
Can you spot the language you know?

*Here we are, Scotland!!!*
Salute~

*Ms Erk yang suka sangat ngan Pringles~*

*Sadness laa!!! None of us can play at the playground*
Only Yean Ree is short enough to play *lol*

*Scenery of southern Scotland*

*Our beloved car that took us 2000+km altogether*
Its a Ford Fiesta, really nice!!

*Yes, we love our car*

*Fiesta is pretty sporty*

*Scotland = mountains all the way*

*Some sort of windmill*
I think its used to generate electricity.

After hours of driving, we've finally reached Glasgow!!!
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland.
Those taking Pharmacy in IMU should know about it.
Because they twin there.
By the time we reached Glasgow, its already pretty late.
We went to look for a place to sleep as everyone wants to rest their heads.
We didn't plan for this in the begining.

*Bridge in Glasgow. Taken from The Quay*

*4 crazy posers taking photos in the middle of the night..*

*Strong wind at 13C doesn't stop us from taking photos~*

*Street and Bridge at 1am*

*Acting as BBC Scotland's news crew*

*Scotland is seriously colder. You'll see me repeat this many times.*

*Pirate ship by the Quay*

Glasgow is full of cops. You'll see two of them no matter where you go.
We've probably seen 10+ within 4 hours.
Because of them, we couldn't stop our car in some parts of the city therefore we couldn't take photos of it.
But its okay la, at least they're friendly and hardworking.
Keeping the city safe for tourists like us!!

After the Quay and BBC Scotland *They are along the river* we head to Glasgow Cathedral.
It was about 1:30am. The surroundings were very quiet.
But peaceful was not what I felt when I stepped into the cathedral territory.
It was pretty eerie I must say. Statues were along the walkway.
Surrounding half the cathedral is a necropolis. We call it cemetery.
Although the cathedral is really beautiful at night,
its not my favourite place to be at in the middle of the night.

*The cathedral looks like its made out of glass. Really beautiful*

*Giant Stef overlooking mini cathedral*

After the eerie cathedral, we head to George Square.
Its a memorial for those who fought for Scotland.
On the way there..

*..some photos of the buildings in Glasgow*

*In front of the memorial*

*Gender discrimination - Stef kena boycotted*

*A photoshoot isn't complete without photos yang penuh ngan perasaan emo*

*I really like these photos*

*If you're wondering why is it always Stef and I, its cuz the other two are busy with their camera*

*One final shot af the street in Glasgow*

After George Square, everyone is already pretty tired.
So we head to our hotel, Premier Inn.
It costs us £57 for a double room. But 4 of us went it.
Typical asians LAH!!!!!

Thats all for our first day in Scotland.
More to come!!! Stay tuned~

Bye July, Hi August.

Life in Sheffield - Day 45 (Vacation)

2009-07-21T03:42:00.001+08:00

Hi all!!
This is my final week before the mid semester break.
Can't wait for a week's holiday so I can go out and play!!!
I haven't been spending much time with my camera lately.
Gotta use it more often!!

Ooh mommy just gave me the green light to go to Scotland!!!
Permission: DONE
Transport: Pending
Accomodation: Pending
Itinery: Pending
Three more things to settle.

So far, accomodation is the most important.
Mommy's pretty worried about my accomodation when I told her that I might wanna go to London after exams.
She kept asking where am I going to stay only. hehe!!!
A friend introduced to me a website www.hotelscombined.com
Its a pretty nice website to visit if you need accomodation anywhere in the world.
I used it to search for the best place to stay in London, Rome and Scotland.
I know that there are other websites too, but its all the same.
Furthermore I like this website pretty much.
Its so easy to use.

So for those of you who wants to come to Sheffield to visit me,
or if you want to go to Scotland, Europe or anywhere in the world,
drop by this website. Its worth to visit. hehe!!!

Okay, accomodation shouldn't be a big problem now I guess.
Next up..Transport!!!!
Goodnight Sheffield. 3.41am

Life in Sheffield - Day 44 (5:19am)

2009-07-20T05:19:00.001+08:00

Hi all!!!
Its 5:19am and I'm still awake.
I don't do this often. Just today.

The reason why I am still awake at this hour is because I have assignments to complete.
Of course, assignments can be completed later and I do not have to stay up so late to do it.
But I feel that I work better at night, not study.
I study better in the morning as soon as I wake up.
Anyways, its summer in UK now.
Daytime is definitely longer than night.
The sun starts to rise at 4:30am and only sets about 9:30pm.

*5:10am*

Ahh!!! Better continue my assignment.
Situational analysis seems to be harder here.
Different country, different environment, same theory.
All analysis MUST be backed up by rock hard evidence!!!
Oh well, no choice. I'll have to do much better now.

Average of 73.5% on all courseworks and written exam will get me a first class degree.
Its not easy, 70% isn't that easy.
I'm not sure if I can do it, but I should try my best!!
Oh don't worry, I never stress myself too much.

Oh did I say that I got 66% for my product pitching?
A good start but I hope for more.
Oh well, gotta do better next time!!
First class degree, BE MINE!!!!

Adios~

Life in Sheffield - Day 42 (Summer Oriental Party)

2009-07-18T23:38:00.001+08:00

Hi all!!!
I haven't been clubbing in United Kingdom
*PROUDS!!*
Cuz booze here is pretty cheap and clubs aren't just that fun here anymore.
BUT today's blog post is about a club.
Embrace - Summer Oriental Party
Like the name suggests, the club is full of asians *mostly TARC students*
The club receives bad rating from me.
Why so? I'm not gonna go in-depth.
But basically its not because of the crowd.
Its about the song choice, sound system etc.
Okay, lets just skip the boring part.

[2009.07.09]

Bought a ticket to this party from Rachel *my sifu*
This ticket is expensive but since most of my friends are going,
I just tagged along.
Can see how's the clubs in UK also.
Lets move on to photos now.

Pre party photos

*The whole group*

*The GUYS*
Yes, Winnie's a guy to us *lol*

*The GIRLS*
Look closely and you can see the guys hiding at the back

*Mana aku pigi??!!!!*

*The posers!!*

*This was how the photo should look like. But...*

*...Sunkel jumped into the picture to spoil it*

*By the town hall. Or was it the city hall??*

*Semua orang posing*

*We spoiling the girls' photo...*

*...then Cherlene spoil our photo pulak!!*

*Cherlene, Winnie, Peywen*

*Yuet Hwa and BIG sister*

Inside the club
Oh most of the photos here are of BAD quality.
I don't like my phone camera quality!!!

*Yvette & Stefanie*

*Yvette & I*

*Andrew & Stef*

*Mei Mun & Stef*

*The 3 beauties of AEM*

*Steflie!!*

*Ming Hong & his flatmates*

*Andrew & Yvette*

*Mei Mun, Andrew*

*BIG sister Mong Jia & I*

*BIG sister's facial expression is PRICELESS!!!!*

*Dua budak ni acting cute*

*Drinking..DRInking..DRINKIINNG*

*Lepas tu straight pengsan*
Oh I didn't really faint.

*Mong Jia macam having sweet dreams only*

*Sunkel and I*

*Marketing beauties and I*

*Melisa, from Catholic High*

*Rachel & I*

*The Sifus*

Rachel is a nice girl.
Will talk more about her when I've interviewed her.
I know you GUYS out there are interested. haha!!

So, after hours of dancing, drinking and talking, we left the club at 3am.
This is the FIRST time I sweat decently in UK.
No sports can make me sweat this much here!!
MAIN REASON: This is indoor

Before I sign off, let me just share a final photo.
This was taken some time in the club.

*Aku dah tak boleh dah!!*
Haha this photo is a fake. I wasn't drunk.

Oh daddy mommy!!!
I know you will be reading about this post.
I don't always go to places like this!!!
Its not really a bad place la. It just involves loud music and alcohol.
But as a responsible young man, I have fun SAFELY.
Haha!! Don't worry ya!! I'm NOT a bad boy (:

Okie, Adios!!!!

Life in Sheffield - Day 39 (Evening in the park)

2009-07-15T21:25:00.003+08:00

I love parks!!
I would go to Metropolitan, Titiwangsa, Kiara Park, even Lake garden in Malaysia!!
What do they have in common?
They are parks of course, and they have a lake!!
*Yes they do. How nice!!*

There are lots of parks here in Sheffield.
I've been to the parks in Buxton and Chatsworth House.
You can read about it HERE and HERE.
*Just click it*

Like I said just now, there are lots of parks in Sheffield.
There's a park about a kilometre away from my flat.
A relatively small one with a playground and a football field.
Field's not really even, and lots of waste. Dog waste.

There's another park called Peace Garden.
I haven't have a daylight shooting of it yet but I promise I will do it.
As for night shots, read the previous post or click HERE to read it.

Today, I'll be talking about Norfolk Heritage Park.
Its quite far away from my flat. Maybe 20-30mins walk.
But I love it there. The park is HUGE and we can do anything there!!
*Ahem* Sports..I meant.. *Ahem*

[2009.07.10]

Last friday was my second time to Norfolk Heritage Park.
We were pretty bored as there isn't class on that day.
So Stef went to the city with Yvette and Mei Mun.
Initially we planned to have a picnic there but later we decided to just go there and play.
So Stef went to the nearby sports shop to get some gears for us to play.
We now have a football, basketball, frisbee, rugby, tennis rackets and softball bats.

Yeah, we had so manythings to play in the park.
It was really good!!
The tennis rackets are of poor quality but its okay as most of them doesn't know how to play.
There isn't a tennis court in Norfolk Park anyways.
Softball bats..Its actually made from hard sponge and it is meant for kids.
But who cares~ As long as we have fun!!!

Okay, enough talk, lets move on to photos..

Softball game..

*Andrew - Pitcher*

*Tim - Batter*

*Charles - Batter*
Oh did I mention Charles shaved his head? Adorable *LOL Charles!!*

*Vyen, Mong Jia - Baseman*

*Yuet Hua - Catcher*

*Stef missing the hit*

*Kek ready to bat*

*Me pitching*

*Hua trying to do the screwball*

*Ming Hong throws and Tim hits*

*Tim running to the 1st base upon a successful hit*

*We got tired of hitting with the bat so we used the tennis racket instead..LoL*

*Andrew the photographer*

After several games of softball, we finally took a break.
Break times are photo taking sessions for us.
*Somehow we never get tired of that*

*What was supposed to be a Starwars posing session...*

*...turned into a real lightsaber fight*

*Stef's comment in Facebook "I killllll uuuuu....."*
Totally cute!!

*Compare and Contrast: Both reds, height quite contrasting*

*The sky that day..Totally beautiful*

*How not to take a photo with the nice blue sky?*

*Allen, my new flatmate joined us after football*

*Kek said "I'm a BIG man..*

*...but I'm still a child inside"*

*Ming Hong turned into a scarecrow*

*Everyone bullied him by stuffing all the sports equipment in his shirt*

After the break we continued playing.
We played until the sun is setting.
Feeling hungry, we wondered what time was it.
It was 2 hours past our dinner time!!
9:XXpm!!!
It was really late and we were all very hungry.
But everyone had fun. A lot of fun. Everyone loved it.
In fact, we loved it so much that we played again 2 days later.

Thats all for now!!
Next up is Summer Oriental Party!!

Life in Sheffield - Day 35 (Night out in Sheffield)

2009-07-11T17:00:00.003+08:00

Hey all!!!

Its been a week since my blog has been spammed by photos.
My blog has been all words for the pass.....3 posts???
Those posts actually remind me about my blogs in the earlier days.
I used to blog about my feelings and thoughts. Only that.
Then things started to change and my blog is filled with photos.
I like the blend of both types of blogging style.
How about you??

Okay, I have a few albums that have yet to be blogged about.
So I'm taking it out and blog now.

[2009.07.03]

It was last friday, we had nothing to do so we went to have a walk outside.
The train station is beautiful at night, there are fountains + lights.
But there's always the same problem, there's not enough light to shoot nice photos.
I prefer taking photos with daylight. haha!!!

Okay, nothing much to say. Just photos.

*Mei Mun, Yvette, Mong Jia, Stef*

*Next to the man-made waterfall*

*Mei Mun acting cute??!!*

*Short short Aik*

*Stairs..always a favourite spot*

*Parts of the lit fountain*

*Aik yang sangat bahagia*

*Mr Kek and his four wifes???*

*THE fountain*

*Ghostly guys???*

*I was shooting the tree, and...*

*...everyone jumped into position!!*

*Mr Kek waltz-ing with Ms Teh*

*It takes THREE to tango*

*The "prince trying on the glass shoe for "Cinderella"*

*Kek carrying Mong Jia to wash up by the fountain*

*Mong Jia looks heavy*

*Mong Jia has lotsa germs, gotta wash hands*

*Everyone was comparing their foot, and...*

*...some of us realised that Aik's toes are longer than our middle finger =_="*

*Mong Jia(girl in white) looks....HAPPY!!!*

*After several attempts Mei Mun can finally jump!!*

*Air vent*

When we were about to leave, Jeffrey told us that peace garden is a nice place to visit at night too.
So we head to peace garden since its only a five minute walk from the station.

*On the way to Peace Garden*

*Mei Mun trying to pose like Stef..hahahaha!!*

*Reached peace garden finally and..I don't know what are these two doing*

*Itu Ming Hong kacau betul!!*

*The bag carriers*

*Yvette and Mong Jia the tudung girls*

*Ming Hong kacau pulak!!*

*For once, Mong Jia's taller than everyone*

*Potential beauty queens*

*Finally, a photo of me!!!*

*Mong Jia poo-ing?? No no*

*THIS is Mong Jia poo-ing*

*Everyone looks happy*

*Macho pose*

*Lepas macho act cute pulak*

*Leslie wasn't in the photo cuz he vomited upon seeing Ming Hong*

*Tim, Aik, Yvette, Ming Hong*

Then we played a lil strobbing with a slow shutter.

*What look does Mong Jia has??!!*

*This photo looks like lomography*

*Sitting by the water feature*

*Try looking at Stef(girl in the middle) her pose is always the SAME!!*

*She never changes it..haha!!*

*Mei Mun and Yvette kissing*

*Everyone's lower but Mong Jia's higher*

After we've played enough, we head back to our flats.
We got home at...1 something in the morning if I'm not mistaken.
Pretty late for people in Sheffield. Hehe~

Next post: Baseball in Norfolk Park

Life in Sheffield - Day 30 (Something everyone already knows, but its burried deep down inside)

2009-07-06T19:05:00.002+08:00

Mommy sent me offline msgs when I was napping this afternoon.
She said that she never knew watching movies can give anyone inspiration.

To me, it does. Movies speak to me. They deliver a massage.
Some argue that psychologist tell us things that we already know.
Its just that it never crossed in our mind at that certain time.
I call that burried deep in our heart.

I believe that everything we see, hear, touch, feel, taste, and think doesn't gets forgotten.
It gets locked up in some parts of our memory like an archive, only brought out when you find it.
Its actually quite conflicting with my memory now as it is BAD.
I have selective memory. I choose what I wanna remember. The rest...goes into the archive.
I think its because I don't make a point to remember it, like dates, past events etc.
I should work on my memory, but am too lazy to do so.
That is why, I admire eVie's brain!!!

Okay, what has movies got to do with all these?
You know, there are many words of wisdom in movies.
Its especially true when the main character is almost giving up and someone comes to motivate them again.
Hence making them INVINCIBLE!!!
These words of wisdom(or whatever you call them) are also things that we already know.
But it just never cross our minds.

Everytime these words/meaning crosses my mind, it always hit my hard.
Then, I can't stop smiling because listening it again gives new meaning to me depending on what situation I'm in.
Its really helpful most of the time.
I love it!!!

So, I was watching another movie today.
DRAGONBALL: EVOLUTION
And the quote-of-the-day is:
"Always have faith in who you are" by Son Gohan(Goku's Grandfather)
Who don't already know about this?
I believe that everyone know that you should have faith in who you are.
But you don't keep that in mind everytime.
Let its effect on you wear out as time passes.
This is what humans do!!! Its natural!!

Its really nice to have a teacher who guides you so that you are able to stand up after a fall.
This "teacher" can be anyone, anything.
Family, Friends, Strangers, Animals, etc.
I'm glad that movies/dramas/songs guide me wherever I go.
I'm truly blessed.

"Always have faith in who you are"
- Son Gohan, Dragonball: Evolution -

Life in Sheffield - Day 30 (I'm officially accepting donations!!)

2009-07-06T18:38:00.001+08:00

Hi all!!!
I finally got my back account and debit card already.
*Thats very good as my cash in hand is running really low*

*Ugly debit card*

The rumour told was true!!!
You HAVE to have more cash in hand as the bank takes quite awhile to get your application approved.
For some people(lucky ones) they still haven't get it yet. About 3 weeks already.
There are also many people(unlucky ones) that got theirs within a week.
Lucky -> cannot spend so much yet
Unlucky -> Kad sudah dapat..spend spend spend
Unless they brought enough money for them to spend on shopping laa. haha!!
I'm one of the few people who bring enough money here to eat. Not shop.
Once shop, budget lagi tight..
Thats why have to accept donations laa~

Okay, so here are the details.
Bank: Natwest Bank
Branch: Sheffield
Account no: 22470336
Currency prefered: Pound Sterling(GBP) or Euro(€)
Donation Limitation: Anyone can donate except Mr. & Mrs. Khor Kai Tong(daddy & mommy)

Thank you for supporting my blog!!!!
Oh I was really kidding about the donation.
But if you insist of donating, THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!

Life in Sheffield - Day 30 (You fight with passion, but anger distorts your judgement)

2009-07-06T01:00:00.002+08:00

Its been a long long time since movies talk to me.
Last time, most of the movies I watch give me a message. An inspirational one.
I guess I haven't been having such inspiration in a long time because I do not concentrate when I watch.
Usually, I'll be watching it on my laptop over meals.
Once I finish eating, I stop watching and continue it the next time.
*How la to get inspired??*
I've lost my patience in watching a movie.

Today, a miracle came into my life.
It reminded me about something I've buried deep in my heart.

You see,
I've been having some rough time this week.
Mainly during the weekend.
I couldn't face certain people.
Was mad at them for certain things. Disappointed mostly.
I didn't eat with them, didn't even see them.
Locked myself in the room or went out.
I did anything to avoid them as I don't know how to treat them.

I was feeling all upset and staring at my laptop all day after I came back in the afternoon.
I felt a sudden urge to watch a movie at 12:30am.
So I looked into my movie collection and chose STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN LI
Then Gen, Chun Li's teacher said "You fight with passion, but your anger distorts your judgement."

Somehow I really like this phrase.
It tells me to live my life full with passion, treat people like how I treat them.
There's no use locking yourself in your room.
For the 3 days I felt bad, I've lost 72hours of smiles, 4320mins of happiness, and 259200secs of love.

People do fall down sometimes in their life.
They do get disappointed and wants to give up.
I've been through this way too many times.
Everytime I want to be selfish and give up, I get back up and am ready to serve.
It always happens, the only difference is how long did I take.

I couldn't smile an hour ago,
yet I can't stop smiling right now.
Once again, my life is filled with hope and love.
I'm going to get back up and catch up with the time i've lost.
Oh yes, that what I'm going to do.
But 1st, I shall finish the movie that opened my heart once again.
It feels good to get something out of a movie.
I missed that feeling so much!!!

Thank you those of you who have been with me all these while.
I shall name you:
Mommy, Qin Yu(Monica), Yinli, Evie, Xiannie, Sann, NikLyNn,
Ee Ling, Stef, Yvette, Mong Jia, Ming Hong, Rachel(Sifu)

Thank you all!! I love you!!!
My world is truly blessed!!

"You fight with passion, but your anger distorts your passion"
- Gen, Street Fighter -

Life in Sheffield - Day 29 (Humans are selfish in nature..)

2009-07-05T01:16:00.002+08:00

From the title and the previous post you should know that I've been having some rough time here.
Theres no need to worry.
I'm fine and I will be.
Realised that the closest people that I have here aren't the ones that I can go to when I need help.
They expect me to sacrifice myself for their welfare.
Instead, people outside my immediate circle are the ones reaching out to me.

Thanks guys!!!

"It's so difficult to make everybody satisfied at the same time"
- Ding Ding, Senior Resident -