Yen Pheng's Story Telling Garden

An Ordinary Me doing Ordinary Thing

2011-03-05T17:10:00.101+08:00

We may be the so called closed friend, but we only contact each other once a while.

So while I'm not busy shopping today, I "loiter" around Facebook and you've just updated your posts.

I recalled that it was some time ago since the last time we had chat.

So I decided to Facebook-ed you just to know what have you been up to recently.

It turned out that we had a long chat through phone.

All this while, I knew you've taken a different path from your original plan and I always wished you all the best in your new route.

But I didn't expect that you felt so bad with all those that had happened on you on this route.

After digesting all your grumbles, all I can do was imagined myself in your shoes, feel it and try to imagine how would I react.

And then, I offered some words of encouragement.

Frankly, I wonder whether all those plain and ordinary words from the deepest of my heart will help you.

But at least I think that our conversation will make you feel better as you've voiced out all those things in your heart.

Up until the moment I don't know what should I said anymore, you suddenly thanked me and said that I was the first person to give you some encouragement's words and that you felt motivated to go on with your plan.

My mind went blank and I was very surprised upon hearing it.

To tell you the truth, my eyes were filled with tears and I felt like crying at that moment.

Like I said, I just wanted to know what you've been up to.

Never in my mind that this conversation we had would have help you, let alone the words that I had said.

I'm glad that you find my words motivating.

Here and now are the last few words from me to you:

"I got your back!"

"Forget You"

2011-02-27T15:06:00.008+08:00

I didn't know Gwyneth Paltrow could sing like that! ^^

Down Memory Lane

2011-02-20T22:10:00.040+08:00

Saturday, 19th February, 2011

6 months after my graduation day, I went back to a place that I had spent for most of the times for the past 3 years-the Pearl Island of Malaysia, Penang. The purpose of returning to the old place? Spent a precious time with my beloved sistahs! As most of the member of the sistahoods are staying over in Penang, I myself travelled to the north to meet them. I took Friday night's train and reached Butterworth at 5.30 am. As the earliest ferry to the island only started at 6 am, I waited for about 15 mins at the train station before I went to the jetty. Though it was a weekend, there was a crowd at the jetty at this hour. I guessed the ferry still played an important part for the people to/from the island. The cool air breezes while the ferry moved and I felt like I was back "at home".

As I took a bus to my destination, I started to "mesmerise" the times that I had spent in Penang throughout my university days. The 30 minutes bus ride really brought back all my memories.

As I reached my destination, I truly thought that I was coming back to start my new semester! Arghh! It really brought back all the memories of the times I stayed here!

the best part of USM which can look over the sea~

the place where I learnt about languages~

"terjumpa" my old friends~^^

the new library~

nevermind if I can't enter the new library...pic with it will do~

my faculty with its tutorial rooms~

the hall where I got my scroll~

the Penang Road in USM~

lecturer halls full with memories~

the road I've taken for the past 3 years~

As I've finished "enjoying" my old times, it's time to starts the "agenda" of the trip! =)

must do:breakfast at Sg. Dua's Plus Two's wanton mee~

KTV-ing at Red Box at First Avenue~

sistahoods in the lift! ^^

After a day full of entertainment, we headed back to one of my sistah's house. All of us stayed over at her house. We chat, we ate, we drank and we played hard. At the middle of the night, we all finally dozed off.

Sunday, 20th February, 2011

Woke up around 10 am and get ready to have our breakfast/lunch at the nearest hawker stall. We said goodbye to a sistah as she was going back to her home, and went to Queensbay Mall and spent the last few hours at Old Town coffee shop, before I said goodbye to the remaining sistahs and got into the bus and headed back KL.

It was a real tiring journey, but it's worth it as I spent the some quality time with my beloved sistahs! ^^

外婆到我家来！^^

2011-02-12T12:10:00.019+08:00

外婆甚少会离开自己的家，因为外婆是经营杂货店的，所以很少关门没有营业。由于阿姨打算要从外婆家回来我们家，舅舅建议来我们家一趟。难得外婆爽口就答应了，所以他们都浩浩荡荡地来了。难得外婆也来这里过一天的新年，我觉得超兴奋的咧！也因为外婆来这儿，我的另一位阿姨及家人就来咯。虽然只是来几个钟，然而我还是觉得很高兴，毕竟，外婆是那种千呼万唤都不会离开家门而到远方的人（除了出席亲戚的宴会）。

外婆万岁！^^

PROTON Malaysian Open 2011

2011-01-23T21:08:00.044+08:00

没亲眼看到李林交战，真是很不爽啊！！人家已经"预算"他们会在决赛相遇的，结果林丹却在quaterfinal的时候退赛，让我失望极了。人家也不就是因为要看这场赛才去看总决赛的嘛，怎知会是这样。真是人算不如天算！没有李林的交战，李宗伟与陶菲克那场赛的比分数是一边倒的，也不怎么激烈。反而是男双，女双及混双比较激烈，四位球员们在场上的交流实在是精彩！

究竟要等到什么时候才我可以亲眼目睹这场李林交战呢？？

思。念。

2011-01-22T16:34:00.021+08:00

思念与你们混在一起的日子。

思念与你们相聚的日子。

思念到戏院看戏及唱卡啦OK的日子。

思念追着看戏看到三更半夜才睡，隔天又得七早八早起来的日子。

思念睡到十一二点才起来的日子。

思念过着无忧无虑的日子。

思念不用担起任何包袱的日子。

思念十三年的读书生涯。

思念与全体家人相聚在一起的日子。

思念想念他的日子。

永不停止地思念。

原来，是这样。

2011-01-20T18:38:00.056+08:00

现在的我才真正的明白这个原理：

原来，存钱不容易。

因为，花钱很简单。

上班都有半年了，可是，却存不到许许多多的钱。真是“佩服”我自己啊！但是，也不能怪他人啦。毕竟，我都是花在必需品上。单单保险都拿去我两个月的工钱了，再加上生活费用。。。

虽然是跟父母一起住，可是我也有义务出钱啊。看着存折里的数目越来越少，心里真的不是滋味。

以前，我总是认为只要自己能够赚钱就能随心所欲的拥有属于自己的东西。谁知在拥有之后，心情是如此的糟糕。唉，真是的。

这让我想起ABBA的Money Money Money这首歌的其中一个歌词：

Money money money,

always sunny in the rich man's world.

是啊，有钱人都不必思考该如何花钱。他们真的是可以随心所欲的买啊！看来，我还是到梦里做个可以随心所欲地买东西的有钱人吧！因为，发梦不必用到一分钱，反而能让我开心一下！=）

Filler-Music-Adam Lambert

2011-01-16T13:40:00.014+08:00

Lyrics:

Hey, slow it down whataya want from me

Whataya want from me

Yeah I'm afraid whataya want from me

Whataya want from me

There might have been a time

When I would give myself away

Oooh once upon a time I didn't give a damn

But now, here we are so whataya want from me

Whataya want from me

Just don't give up I'm workin it out

Please don't give in, I won't let you down

It messed me up, need a second to breathe

Just keep coming around

Hey, whataya want from me

Whataya want from me

Yeah, it's plain to see (plain to see)

That baby you're beautiful

And there's nothing wrong with you (nothing wrong with you)

It's me, I'm a freak

But thank's for lovin' me

Cause you're doing it perfectly (it perfectly)

There might have been a time

When I would let you slip away

I wouldn't even try

But I think you could save my life

Just don't give up I'm workin it out

Please don't give in, I won't let you down

It messed me up, need a second to breathe

Just keep coming around

Hey, whataya want from me

Whataya want from me

Just don't give up on me

I won't let you down

No, I won't let you down.

So just don't give up

I'm workin it out

It messed me up, need a second to breathe

Just keep coming around

Hey, whataya want from me

Just don't give up i'm workin' it out

Please don't give in, I won't let you down

It messed me up, need a second to breathe

Just keep coming around

Hey, whataya want from me

Whataya want from me

Gen XYZ in The House!

2011-01-10T22:21:00.114+08:00

Gen X, babes born in the 1960s-late 1970s

Gen Y, babes born in 1980s- early 1990s

Gen Z, babes born in early 1990s-2010s

From playing guli (marbles) to playing video games...

From playing teng-teng to watching televisions...

From having complicated meals to fast food...

When there are 3 generations in the house, one can feel the differences in each other. I'm in the Generation Y, so I was influenced by the Generation X in the early of my life and adapting the new technologies from the Generation Z while I'm growing up. Things changed with time, and I can see that my parents started to improve themselves with time from using manual stuffs to electronic stuffs, the most significant example would be the usage of typewriter in the past to computer nowadays.

I would say that Gen Y were a bunch of people who can adopt changes. Gen Y was in between Gen X and Gen Z. People from Gen Y does not grew up with gadgets like computers and PS and Ipods with media technologies such as the World Wide Web, SMS, MP3s. But I "met" them while I was on the way growing up. It's easier for the Gen Y to adapt these new stuffs as they were still at the young age when those gadgets were made famous. Whereas, the Gen Z was born with those stuffs around them. So, they're like growing up with them. All these stuffs were made by inventors from Gen X. So, when these things became a part of human's lives, people from Gen X also have to learn to use them and adapt the major changes in their working routine.

The world is changing. Thus, the Gen X have to follow the steps in order to be at the same level as others. As their children from Gen Y and Gen Z (that is, me and my younger brothers) grow older, my parents too, learn from us in order to be in the same "time zone" as us. My brothers and my grown up's environment were totally different from my parents, so our perspectives of life are different from them as well. What we think as an important subject may be some unimportant subject to them. So, there were times where I was upset because my request to eat at certain place or buy certain thing were turned down. Their reason: Not worth it; waste money. When I was a kid, I used to be very upset when that happened. But as I grew older, I understand it!

So, what's next after Gen Z? It has been suggested that the next generation will be called "Generation Alpha", for those babes born from 2010. Generation Alpha.....Gosh, even the suggested name sounds so "high-tech"!

For Better or Worse?

2011-01-08T09:32:00.037+08:00

I used to hate Saturdays during the school days, because it means that a new week is coming, with all the school stuffs and classes. But now, I can't wait for Saturday to come, because it means I can totally forget about my work and spending the time doing all the things I want and Saturday is one of the day that I can go to places other than my workplace! So, each Saturday, I try to be out of the house and go to somewhere else. It doesn't matter if I go to the same shopping malls each week, but at least I get to see different things other than ABCs in computer!

That's one of the things that has changed since I'm an employee. What I used to hate in the past, I kindda like it now. It's the same thing, but the feeling inside me is different. It has changed. All I can say is, "It's life". When we are in the different stage of life, the feelings and opinions on certain things in life changed. No one knows it changed for better or worse as I think it depends on how a person enter a stage of his life. It's all in the mind of the person.

As for now, I can only think back what I used to do in the past and why I did that. I may do differently now and in future if my perspective on certain subjects have changed. All I can do is accept the new me and to be a better me!

Hello 2011!

2011-01-01T00:12:00.046+08:00

While everyone started the first day of the year by celebrating either went for holiday or shopping, I started off by attending my high school mate's wedding ceremony. It's the second wedding among my high school mates and I guess there will be more (hopefully!) to come! Congratulations to Atiyah Azmi and her husband!

Met some school mates there but only the four of us we went for a drink at Starbucks after attending the wedding kenduri. Spent about 2 hours with Yasmin, Ezzah and Fadilah, chat about our lives so far. Well frankly speaking, I listened most of the time as I don't talk much. =.=" But then, it's good because it's a gathering!

Right after I came back from the small scale gathering, my family and I went to Seremban to attend a relative's son 1 year old birthday party and to pay a visit on my aunt who had just given birth to a baby girl yesterday. So, yeah, it's a triple wonderful occasions that I was celebrating in the first day of the year!

Happy year 2011 ahead! =)

From my left: Yasmin, Fadilah, Ezzah

Flashback of year 2010

2010-12-31T17:07:00.083+08:00

So yeah, it's literary the end of the year. From study to graduate and to work, I've entered the most important phases in a human's life in just a year's time and I shall say year 2010 is the year I fulfilled my dreams.

I started off the year 2010 with a picnic with my lovely sistahs at Batu Ferringhi, Penang. All of us had a last "pre-sem" outing for the last time as this was the last semester for most of us. After the enjoyable outing, it was back to reality: all of us were busy with final year project, classes and tutorials. But than, we still managed to find some time to have some happy hours: movies, lunches, dinners, birthdays celebration and karaokes.

I was only a student for about 4 months. Starting from May 2010, I was officially known as a free person, because I'm not a student nor an employee! During the 4 months student life, I enjoyed as much as I can as a student, but I also made some critical thinking of my future. At first, I thought of continue to do Masters. I've made discussions with lecturers and even passed up the application forms. At the end of April, my lecturer passed us a message informing us there was a job vacancy in a subtitling department. It's a job that I used to dream of after I knew that I was not able to be a crime scene investigator. So, I took the chance, and now here I am, had passed the 6 months probation period and got the confirmation letter.

Apart from getting the job that I want, I also managed to watch a world class badminton matches during the Thomas Cup final event at Bukit Jalil in May. Through the match, I was able to watch my favourites players playing in front of me. I was happy as I was able to feel the real atmosphere of an international badminton match and "meet" my favourites players, although they were far from me. =)

I had a sweet time during the trips with my sistahs from Taiping to Penang to Kedah and to Sarawak. It was the wonderful moments we shared before we leave the uni's world and I thank them for being apart of it to make our trips so sweet and memorable. My family and I also spent some time to go back to my grandparents' hometown in Hainan Island, China. During the trip there, I was able to recognize most of the relatives there and the relations between us. It was a meaningful trip as I learned things and I saw different things in a different country.

The major event in year 2010 was non other than my graduation day in August. It's an honour for me to be able to walk on Dewan Tuanku Syed Putra's stage to get my scroll from the Vice Chancellor of Universiti Sains Malaysia, Tan Sri Dato Dzulkifli Abd Razak. The graduation day itself was kindda bored, as we had to wait for some time for the speeches and other graduates to get the scroll 1st before I can get mine. And after getting mine, I need to wait for others to get theirs, before all of us can went out to get photos. Graduation day was a small scale gathering for me and my classmates, but a big scale of gathering for me and my lovely sistahhoods. It was the last outing we had as an 8 piece sistahhoods, because we will walk in different path at different place. Who knows when we will meet again in 8 piece sistahoods?

My year 2010 is fulled with joyous moments, but there were some "down" moments too. I choose to cherish the sweet moments and put the bad moments behind me. I will also remind myself of all the wrong doings I had and keep myself on track so that I wouldn't make the same mistakes again.

As for the coming year 2011, I wish to enter another different phase of my life and wish myself all the best! =)

Picnic at Batu Ferringhi...

birthday celebrations...

BATI night...

Taiping-Kedah trip...

Sarawak trip...

after the rehearsal for convocation...

one last outing with sistahs...

while visiting Hainan Island...

team building with colleagues...

pot luck...

and the day I wore the robes, sache and mortarboard!

Good, But Not Good!

2010-12-30T21:42:00.036+08:00

Congratulations to the Malaysian Football team who put up a solid defense against Indonesia to win the Suzuki Cup for the first time. K. Rajagopal's boys played very well in Indonesia yesterday and in Malaysia four days ago. I guessed it was really a boost for Malaysian, especially the football team. Everyone was so happy for the win, until it was declared a public holiday tomorrow (31st Dec) by our beloved prime minister.

The sudden public holiday announcement did no good for workers, especially for me and my colleagues. Our job is to do and edit subtitle for tv programmes. For editing part, we need to wait the subtitle files from the freelancers to send in before we can do editing and after some technical stuff, it will be air. Normally, freelancers will be given a time frame to do the task and a due date to send in the files. We have no problem if there are fixed public holidays because freelancers will be acknowledge about it and they'll send in the file before the public holidays. But if it's a sudden public holiday like this one, we can only hope that the freelancers will send in before the office hour, or else we will be working on the public holiday!

It is not a good feeling to be working since it's a public holiday! Yes, we can still get an extra leave/OT, depends on how the company works, but it feels bad when everyone else is off but we are working! I rushed my translation file too, as it is needed to be edit by my colleague, and I have 3 files to be edited. It's like having a war, trying to finish as much as I can. For me, lady luck is with me this time, as the file I was waiting came in in time. But it was not the same case with my colleagues. They still need to go to work tomorrow.

I wish the sudden declaration of a public holiday will not happen frequently. May God bless me.

Happy Yuletide!

2010-12-25T12:52:00.006+08:00

Merry Christmas!!

I wish everyone a merry merry Christmas! Enjoy the festive season! =)

*I myself is enjoying this Christmas with my lovely family!

Post China Trip

2010-12-19T13:29:00.061+08:00

I've been staying in China for the past 8 days and sadly, I have 2 major things to complain. All I can say is that, some of them are still, mentally not fully educated. I had a big problem with them spitting around in the public place whenever they feel like spitting. It is wayyy too unhygienic! When we wanna spit, we surely knew there were something bad inside the saliva/flame that make us uneasy inside our throat. That's why we spit. With that, it already 'shows' that that thing is not clean. So how can someone spit that thing in public place? I truly really don't get it!

And then there's one rude Chinese tourist who seems can't wait to take photos at a tourist spot. It happened when I visited Nanshan, where the Kwan Yin Statue was located. There is a place where a word, 寿, which means longevity in Mandarin, is spotted on a big stone. My family and I happened to be the first one to reach that place (because we were the only one went down from our tram, and there were no one there) so we take turn to take photo with the word. Halfway, there were some don't-know-originated-from-where's Chinese tourists came. At that time, I was going to snap a photo of my aunt (which is only a few years older than me) when I heard a person "Oi! Oi!"-ing behind me. I know that person is shooing me, but then I purposely took my time to snap another picture and than slowly walked away. bluek! And my aunt heard one of them saying, "Young people no need to take picture with the word." Come one! It's a tourist spot. Whoever is interested can just take picture of whatever things that a person like. Age does not matter at all! I really can't understand why they behave like that.

One rotten apple will spoil the whole barrel.

I hope there are not a lot of rude person, not only in China but anywhere else in the world, because it can tarnished reputation. Why should a person be rude to others? I really don't understand. As for the spitting part, it is still understandable as spitting has been a culture for such a long time in their history. It will take some time for all of them not to spit at public place, and I guessed they might had improved.

It might seems that I am too naive to think that everyone should be a good person and behave nicely. No, that's not what I'm trying to say. What I'm trying to say is that at least in a public place, please show some respect to others who is a total stranger to you. It's not that everyone wants to see the bad side of a person. Yes, no one is perfect. You can do whatever you like in your house and put on a good mask when you're out of the house, because human love to see beautiful thing.

Hainan Island Part 2

2010-12-18T20:08:00.042+08:00

12th-15th Dec 2010

For the next three nights, Fulin Hotel in Wenchang city will be our temporarily 'home'. It took about 2 hours to reach Wenchang from Haikou. A car rented by our relative came to fetch us at Haikou Hotel at around 10 am, and we reached Wenchang around 12 noon. We first checked into our hotel, unloaded our luggages and then went to the village. The distance to the village by car is about 10 minutes, so yeah, our village is quite near to the town. Upon reaching the village, we were greeted by my granddad's cousin brother's daughter and her family and my grandma's younger sister. Right after that, firecrackers were lighted to mark our home coming.

Throughout the days we had in the village, we had dinners and lunch there. We also went around the town to shop, mostly on sport's apparel. We also went to visit my grandma's sister and her family near the Wenchang town.

All in all, there were no cultural shock for me as how the village's environment looks like. The only different are the structure of the houses.

This is how a row of houses looks like in the village

Ping pong-ing during her lunch, I guessed *she's wearing high heel*

Each bus stop has this board showing each bus's destinations.

Local taxi

Lots of Li-Ning shops in Hainan Island!

16th Dec 2010

The day we departed Hainan Island. It was the coldest day we ever had as it rains heavily, with the wind blowing as strong as she likes. Though there were many domestic flights (inter China) were interrupted, ours were not. We even reached Malaysia 20 minutes earlier! =)

It's damn cold!

All our stuff

Taken inside the plane

Hainan Island Part I

2010-12-17T21:07:00.157+08:00

Woohoo! It's time for holiday!

Thursday, 9th Dec 2010

Woke up at 3.30 am to catch the 6.55 am's flight to Hainan Island with AirAsia. Actually, the main purpose for us to go there were to visit relatives there, because my grandparents came from Hainan Island. So, it planned out that the first 4 days we will go on tour and the last 4 days we will go back to our hometown in Wenchang.

We reached LCCT around 5.30 am. With all the luggages checked in, my family and I went into the waiting hall. Around 6.30 am, we were walking into the airplane in the rain. The plane were already crowded when we went in. By 7.10 am, we were still sitting in the plane and there was no signal indicating that the plane would take off soon. Hence, the worst part of flying "appeared":flight delayed. Duh. *It's very bored to be seated in an airplane which had not taken off* After about 1 hour waiting in the plane, the plane finally took off. It took about 4 hours before we reached Meilan Airport in Hainan Island.

The weather of the day was cool, just like the weather we have in Cameron Highlands. We were greeted by Sandy, a tour guide from NamHo travel agency and my cousin brother and Auntie Mai Choo who flew in from Singapore and reached on time around 11 am (we supposed to arrived 10 minutes later than them, but thanks to AirAsia, we were 1 hour late).

We checked into Hotel Haikou in the capital of Hainan Island, Haikou city. Had lunch in the hotel before we went walking around the area. As the malls were not too far from the hotel, we shopped without Sandy.

First day was a free day for us because the real tour had not started yet.

Pizza Hut

A mall's lift

View of the mall inside the see through lift

Mc Donald's Grilled Chicken Sandwich

Instead of apple pie, they have sweet taro pie

Carrefour

Friday, 10th Dec 2010-Xinglong

Charted van arrived at 7.30 am with a driver whom will fetch us for the next 3 days. We started our journey to XingLong after our breakfast. Today's weather at Haikou City is still windy and cool as well. Journey to XingLong took about 3 hours. But we stopped over some places of interests throughout the journey.

We did not went to Boao Asian Forum 博鳌亚洲会址, but we just peeped from outside. What to do? My mum does not interested in looking at building. I guess I have to wait til the next trip!

Hainan Tropical Wildlife and Botanical Garden 海南热带飞禽世界

Xinglong Coffee Factory

Next destination after coffee factory was Baoshu Hall 宝树堂, where Chinese medicine was introduced to us. We were given a foot massage too.

Baoshu Hall was the last destination of the day before we checked into Silver Lake Resort at Xinglong. Had our dinner at the resort before we went back to take shower (hot spring water only available after 6 pm) and had a few games of mahjong in the room.

Saturday, 11th Dec 2010-Sanya

The morning weather was a bit cold when we checked out from our room and went to the dining hall to have our breakfast.

The first stop was Dijia Crystal 帝佳水晶 where the PIC shared some information on crystals. Then, we moved into the shop where there were lots of crystals on rings, necklaces and bracelets are being sold.

The next stop was Nanshan. It's a place full of Buddhist temples and it was very crowded. The whole place are very big that we had to move around with a shuttle car. This place is famous for its Guan Yin statue near the exit. Besides the Guan Yin statue and temples, the dishes in the vegetarian shop inside Nanshan were very delicious too!

Nanshan Culture Center 南山文化苑

Guan Yin statue

After spending 3 hours at Nanshan, we headed to 南天门生态大观园 where there were lots of flora and some fauna. There are lots of plants-normal and abnormal plants, like a pumpkin with a giant size.

南天门生态大观园

After we had our dinner, we went to the shopping complex opposite our hotel. We bought quite a lot of stuff: instant noodles, bread, tit bits, and some fruits. Only when we went to cashier then we knew that we need to pay for a plastic bag! But we were not frustrated by that at all. There were 10 of us. So each of us took some stuff and went back to the hotel. I guessed local people might see us as a bunch of crazy tourists who went shopping for raw food in a mall. Who cares? We just wanted to taste the local food! =)

Sunday, 12th Dec 2010

The weather was a lil bit hot today, as we were now at the southern part of the Island. Today's schedule was not pack and the places of interest were not as crowded as Nanshan.

Luhuitou Peninsula 鹿回头

Li Ethic Village 黎村苗寨

Yalong Bay亚龙湾沙滩

Went back to Haikou City where we will overnight before going back to our hometown, Wenchang.

海南人万岁！

2010-12-07T10:28:00.051+08:00

上个星期原本要outsource的ASTRO AEC阿贤贪吃路线的华文字幕被逼在in house做。由于我的节目没那么早播放，我也被分配到帮忙做此节目的字幕。说真的，虽然我的弟弟常会看此节目，我却是没有追着看啦！但，这一集的节目让我感到很自豪咧。这星期的主题是：红毛海南。讲的是在福隆港英国人aka红毛人的英式下午茶以及新古毛Kuala Kubu Bharu海南人的食物。虽然说我可以比别人早先一步看完整个节目，我却没有那么做。我想趁着电视播放的时候，和家人一起观看整个节目。因为我觉得和家人观看一个关于“我们”的节目会有很大的感触。果真的，星期日那晚，正当节目要开播时，我们已经坐在电视前等待了。当我们看着节目时，看着店主巧妙的做kaya，糕饼和泡咖啡，再加上主持人阿贤所说的每一个字也都令我们看了有很深的感触。

很多人都不知道，我其实是个海南人。可能因为海南人比起福建人，广东人，客家人或是福州人来的少吧。所以，很多人都不晓得其实马来西亚还有海南人的存在。也因为是比较少见的原因，我都很少用海南话。至少，我还是会讲啦，好过我的两个弟弟及堂兄弟。因为我从小就跟我的公公婆婆一起住。现在回想起来，我还真的要感谢父母当初把我留在kampung给公公婆婆照顾！

我的公公和婆婆是从海南岛来的海南人。公公是我们家第一个先来的。当时，公公是为了要工作而南来。待看到这里的环境及状况还不错（比起当时的海南岛），公公过后就带婆婆及曾祖母来这里长居了。他们在Sri Menanti落地生根。在kampung，公公开了一间咖啡店，自己做kaya包，糯米饭，kari ayam等等。当时的kampung是以马来人和华人为主。所以，店里通常都会挤满了很多的人。据说，公公做的食物很受当地欢迎。连住在相隔几间的阿姨都说她们有时候都买不到kari ayam！咖啡店在我出世后不久就没再营业了。所以，整个咖啡店就是我童年的娱乐场所！

长了那么大，我所认识的海南人若不是以前在kampung时一起的亲戚，就是有海南亲的朋友。每每回乡时，偶然还会遇到他们。父亲都会介绍给我们姐弟认识。从父亲介绍他们的语气，我觉得父亲好像很珍惜那种有海南亲的友谊。我当时还不是很明白为什么。在我上大学时，我自己才认识到的一个海南人同学。当她告诉我她也是海南人时，我顿时有种很有“亲戚”的感觉。我这时才能明白父亲的感觉。海南人在马来西亚已是很少见了。若朋友也是海南人，那种特别的feel就慢慢的产生了。现在，也因面子书的关系，我又多认识两个海南人。原来，以前和我同班的小学同学以及中学的朋友也是海南人！

可能，其实海南人并不少。只是因为大家每天都用华文以及一些比较多人用的方言来沟通，所以大家才没有显露出自己的“根”吧！

It's time for Holiday!

2010-12-03T21:06:00.043+08:00

Will soon be flying to Hainan Island, China for an 8 days holiday+visiting relatives! It's a long holiday, so I'm starting to pack my luggage now as I still have to work for 3 days before flying off. Plus today is Sunday. I have much more time to list out all the stuffs I need to bring along and the day before I depart will be the day I double confirm all the things I need. Packing for a long holiday is quite troublesome. There are so many important stuff to pack until it looks like I'm moving over to stay there!

Packing aside. I'm now very excited because this will be the very first time I visit the roots of my family! =)

The Last Month of Year 2010

2010-12-01T22:47:00.017+08:00

In a flicked of time, we are now in the Christmas month! I dunno why, but I felt happy when this month arrived. Probably because I feel the joyous moment upon seeing the twinkling and shinning Christmas tree and the Christmas day itself!

Another reason that I like the last month of the year is that I can recall back all the things I've done throughout the year. I love reminiscing all the sweet memories! =)

How I wish I can celebrate a traditional Christmas Eve and Christmas day in the real snow just for once. I wanted to feel what a Christian feel in the European countries.

Goodbye Guangzhou 2010, Hello Incheon 2014!

2010-11-28T18:03:00.032+08:00

16 days of the Asian Games had come to an end. Athletes had enjoyed themselves in the second biggest Games in the world after the Olympic Games, while we, the viewers/spectators had also enjoyed watching them performed. Congratulations to those who had won their games. To those who had lost, don't be too upset. Take it as a chance to improve yourself to be a more competitive and a greater athlete. One day, you'll win!

China won 199 gold medals to become the overall winner. South Korea in the second spot, with 76 gold medals whereas Japan was in third spot with 48 golds.

Here are some of the highlights of the closing ceremony which was held at the same place as the opening ceremony at Haixinxia.

Firework display during the welcoming ceremony

Cauldron in flame for the past 16 days

Performance

President of the Olympic Council of Asia, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah

The extinguished cauldron

The South Korean flag being rised

Handover the Asiad torch to the South Korean delegate

The significant OCA flag too

Incheon performance time!

South Korea's valuable 'international product'

謝了，廣州！안녕하세요 인천광역시

MAHA 2010

2010-11-27T21:59:00.035+08:00

The 2010 Malaysian Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Show started last Friday and runs for 10 days at The Malaysian Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS). It was hosted by Ministry of Agriculture and Agrobased Industries and organised by the Federation Agriculture Marketing Authority. I haven't went to this type of exhibition before, so when my brother was going with his friend (both of them are studying about agriculture), my younger brother and I tagged along.

There were so many visitors until we couldn't mange to turn into the road the the gate B car park, which is situated at the side of the SKVE (if I'm not mistaken). So, we ended up entered from the main gate to MAEPS. The traffic here was not as heavy as the gate B though.

The exhibition were all about agriculture. So, there were a lot of fruits, animals, plants, equipments, fertilizers, etc. The exhibition were divided into 2 parts-indoor and outdoor. There were 3 buildings for exhibition on information, whereas, we took shuttle bus to a 5 or 10 minutes drive to visit outdoor exhibitions-animals, tractors, plants, fishes. They even had an auction for livestocks!

It was like a walkathon, as we can only walk through all the booths. It was quite hot though while visiting all the outdoor exhibitions, although we had umbrellas. Some parents even brought along their infants! (What's so special/important of the exhibition that 'encouraged' parents to bring along their infants to a crowded+hot place?)

It was a new experience for me to visit this type of exhibition, but it will be my last time though.

a tractor used to fetch visitors to the main building from the parking lots

small scale of paddy field

tractors from the outdoor exhibition booth

turtle in an indoor exhibition booth

livestock auction

even our Prime Minister was there!

The Chinese Way

2010-11-24T22:24:00.098+08:00

Sunday, 21st November 2010

The much awaited badminton event was going to start:the men's single match. It was a replay of the 2008 summer Olympic's final match-Lee Chong Wei vs Lin Dan. Both players went to the court carrying different "status"-Lee Chong Wei, the current world number one, and Lin Dan, the Olympic champion. The match between these two world class players was something that shouldn't be missed out for a badminton fans. Whenever they meet, they themselves show something we'd never seen before from their previous meetings, hence their meetings were always fulled with spectacular shots and excitement.

This time around, the match was far more excited than the Olympic's final, as three sets were needed to determine the winner. The first set was won by Lin Dan with 21-13, but Chong Wei broke his nemesis' good form from the first set by winning the second set 21-15. It was a great performance by Chong Wei in the second set. But his good performance flopped in the third set, where Lin Dan lead 11-1 to the interval of the match. The bigger gap was positive for Lin Dan, as he can win the set, as long as he can defended himself very well and minimize his unforced errors. True enough, he won the match in the end.

During the match, I saw that Lin Dan was very clever with his mind playing thing, and I felt that he was in total control when he is really in his up to form performance. I had a chance of feeling this when I went to watch 2010 Thomas Cup's final in Kuala Lumpur. At that time, the majority supporters in the stadium were cheering for the Indonesian team. But Lin Dan was not bothered by all the chants and cheers, because he still showed that he was in total control in the match. This time around, he should have some pressure, as the event was held in his native country. But then, he does not showed that he was being pressured and managed to show that he was in total control. On the other side, Chong Wei's performance in the third set was obviously flopped from his second set. I have not seen Chong Wei play with my own eyes, so I can't say anything about it. Set 1 was lost in a fighting way, where he really fights to gain points. But set 3 was quite humiliating, with the gap of 10 points during the interval. This showed that he was not in his top form at that moments.

Though Chong Wei had lost once again to Lin Dan, we should praise and congratulate him as he had gone as far as the final, but not criticize him. We should just say that today, he lost to a better player. As a spectator, we cannot say that a player should have win a match because it looks so simple and easy. We cannot understand what's in their mind or why they played poor, because we are not in that professional level. We shouldn't say players did not improved, because I believe each player improved game after game. The only difference is, the time it takes to improve in a player is totally different from another player. We cannot blame it all to a player for being a loser, but should praise them for their hardwork and gives encouragement. It's not totally all the players fault because LUCK played an important part in everything.

This time, lady luck was with Lin Dan. He is now the world's most successful badminton player, having won the Olympic Games, Asian Games, 3 times World Championships, 4 times All England Open, 4 Thomas Cups and 3 Sudirman Cups. Some people might not like him for what he is, especially most of the Malaysian, but we cannot deny his success, as he won each one with his hard work. Others professional players in the world are greats too, but now, Lin Dan is just a little bit better than them.

Chong Wei and Lin Dan while waiting for the prize giving ceremony

Lin Dan, upon getting his medal

Wednesday, 24th November 2010

The final of the men's 110m hurdles was one of the event I happened to watch during the Games. China's favorite boy, Liu Xiang, defended his gold medal in this year's event. He won China's first ever gold medal in the track and field event in the 2004 Olympic, thus his stardom rise from a zero to a hero. During the 2008 Beijing Olympic, he disappointed everyone because he bore the nations' expectation of retaining his gold from 2004 Athens Olympic, but he walked off the track because of an injury. The injury was significant and ruled him out of 2009 World Championship, a major competition. So, for 13 months, he was out from everyone's mind, right until he entered Shanghai Golden Grand Prix competition. Although he did not win, he had showed that he was slowly back in form. So, after 2 years from the injury, and now entered the Asian Games' event, once again, he bore the expectation of retaining his 2006 Asian Games' gold medal.

During the event, I saw that the whole stadium were fulled with hundred of thousands of people. The crowds cheered when Liu Xiang's name was mention. I can't imagine how much pressured does Liu Xiang carried during the event. When the gun was fired, all athletes on the line started to move. Liu Xiang was left a few positions behind at the starts. But he started to speed up, quarter way through the finish line. It was a real excitement watching all those athletes trying to run faster than on another, especially those front runners who were so closed to each other. In the end, Liu Xiang met the expectations of the crowds and his nation by winning the event. I can see that he was really relieved as he crossed the line.

2 different events, 2 different athletes. But the outcome was the same:winning another match no matter how hard it takes!

Liu Xiang, after crossed the line

She Is So Good!

2010-11-17T20:44:00.068+08:00

It feels so good to be with her again! It's been a while since the last time I visited her. I felt calm and relaxed when I saw her, and I think all the negative energies inside me were all gone.

Thank you, mother nature!

It was a public holiday today, so my family and I went to the north part of Selangor for a day trip tour. I feel good as it was kindda out of town, out of the busy+concrete city life. We first stop at Bukit Melawati. It's been ages ago since the last time I went there. This place has not changed so much though. There are still a lot of monkeys and the big trees are still there. It feels good to be able to see the sky horizontal with the Straits of Malacca. Spend about half an hour before went off to Kuala Selangor Nature Park to have a look. Didn't went inside though, as entrance fees are required.

Next stop was Pasir Penambang. I had been there once, it was almost 10 years ago. It is a fishing village which full with seafood restaurant. There are a few shops where fishmonger sell the catches right after the catches were unloaded from the ship. Bought a big packet of keropok udang/ikan as our snacks to continue our journey. Then, about 45 minutes drive away, we reached Sekinchan. We drive through the paddy field before we went to the wet part, the fishing village. There was a great feeling when driving alongside the green paddy. I wonder how does it feel if we pass through the fully grown paddy in gold color.

Had lunch at Jiaan Chyi Seafood Restaurant. Ah Xian, from 阿贤人情味 tv program went there before. We had Hot&Spicy Prawn, Fried Tiger Shark Fish, Shark Fish Porridge, Pan Fried Squid and a vege as our dishes. Basically, they offered more dishes about sharks. The food were quite ok though.

We went to the fishing village just behind the shop after our lunch. The port is where the fishermen unloaded all their catches. Here, the unloaded the containers from the ship and then separate the fishes and pack into some smaller containers with plastic bags and ice. Then, a truck will come and fetch the fishes away, after confirming the amount of the fishes with the manager. Nowadays, fisherman, literally the person who goes out to the sea to catch fishes, does not involved in managing the selling of the fishes. These so called 'manager', actually used to be a fisherman. When they had earn enough money, they hired other people, normally the foreigner, to go out to the sea. Hence, they will do the management stuff, like counting and arranging where will the fishes to be send to.

We happened to watch the fishes being unloaded, packed and being sent off. We also saw some relatives of the owner were cleaning some mantis shrimp. While waiting for my mum to buy some fishes (fishes had not been unloaded), I went to watch a few people building a ship right beside the port. The ship was halfway finish, because the chassis of the ship was already there. The whole place was fulled with sawdust, because they build a ship with woods. In front of the port was the view of a clear blue sky with the sea. It was the greatest feeling upon seeing the never ending sea, horizontal with the sky.

This is not the first time I experienced this type of environment. But, it's been a while since the last time I spend a few hours surrounded by green green grass and clear blue sky with the sea. Thus, it really makes me feel great!

A Season To Remember

2010-11-16T21:05:00.038+08:00

Today, the 2010 F1 season heads to Abu Dhabi for it's season finale, with 4 drivers in title contention. Red Bull had officially won the 2010 constructor's championship in the previous Brazillian Grand Prix.

During the practices, all 4 title contenders' lap time were not bad, but Sebastian Vettel was more consistent than the other 3 drivers, where he finished at the first spot during 2 practices out of 3 practices. Actually, Vettel and Fernando Alonso were the real title contenders, as the points adrift between them were only 15 points. In this case, Vettel needs to finish the race and hope Alonso finish at the sixth position or more than that. Whereas for Hamilton and Webber, they need Vettel and Alonso not to finish the race, which is something that is not quite possible to happen. Vettel grabbed the pole position during the qualifying session, with Hamilton and Alonso in second and third respectively. On the other hand, Webber was in fifth position.

As if the ending race was not excited enough from the battles of these 4 drivers, accident happened halfway through the starting lap where Michael Schumacher spins and then an unavoidable Vitantonio Liuzzi drove over him, missing his head by inches. Safety car was then immediately deployed. Both drivers walked away unscathed. Safety car was deployed for 5 laps. When the safety car was in in lap 6, Vettel leads the field with Hamilton, Jenson Button, Alonso, Webber, Felipe Massa, Rubens Barrichello, Kamui Kobayshi, Robert Kubica and Adrian Sutil. There were no more incidents after that, only the normal overtaking and recorded the fastest laps in the race. Here, the title contenders needs a good pit stopping strategy. You wouldn't want to pit too early or too late, as you wouldn't want to stuck in a heavy traffic, wedged in the midfield. You need a 'just nice' pit stop.

As Vettel and Alonso looked like they were on the right track, Hamilton and Webber were out of the title contender. For most of the race, Hamilton was behind Vettel, whereas title contender Alonso was wedged in the midfield after a poor tactical petting decision by the Ferrari team. To be precise, Alonso was wedged behind Vitaly Petrov who defended his position as much as he can, for the whole race.

Hence, this situation continued until the end of the race, where Vettel clinched his maiden Championship here in Abu Dhabi at the age of 23 years and 135 days, becoming the youngest world champion, 4 points ahead of Alonso.

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Sebastian Vettel!

Welcome to the Games!

2010-11-15T21:18:00.041+08:00

The 16th Asian Games officially started on last Friday! As the world's second largest Games after the Olympic, the opening ceremony, this time in Guangzhou, was as awwesome as the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic. With the artistic performances from all the actors, spectacular fireworks display, wonderful singing performances from David Tao, Zhang Ziyi, Kim Hyun Jung, Joey Yung, Mao Amin, Song Zuying, Wei Wei, 谭晶, and Sun Nan, great piece of work from pianist Lang Lang and the spectacular cauldron lighting, it was no doubt one of the great piece of opening ceremonies that I've seen.

The best part of all was the cauldron lighting by the Chinese world champion diver, He Chong with 2 kids. It was a very Chinese way to light the cauldron, where the last torchbearer, He Chong and the kids lighted a giant firecracker which then lighted the main cauldron. The whole opening ceremony was very colourful too, when there were about 2 major fireworks display, which surrounded the venue. The artistic performances were not bad either, especially the four dimensional performance, where the actors were hanging on air and move according to the sail-shaped screens. And there were a few performances related to the theme of the Games, "Water". Then, there's the parade of the athletes. As the host country, no doubt China has the biggest formation of athletes, which I believed there were still some athletes who were not there.

Oh, one last wonderful+memorable scene for me in this opening ceremony was that my favourite badminton player, Fu Haifeng was chosen to take the athlete's oath on behave of all the athletes in this Games. I was so surprised to hear his name and saw him walking to the stage. He then hold the Games' official flag and started to read out the oath. I was so happy and was too excited to see this whole scene, until I... I think I forgot to close my mouth as I was so surprised to see him! =)

Firework on 8.06 pm, the welcoming ceremony.

The whole venue filled with the firework.

Inside the venue, Haixinsha Island.

The final torchbearer, He Chong.

Lighting the firecracker...

...and the firecracker was risen by the elevator.

The cauldron was on fire by the flame from the firecracker.

The fire will continue to light until the final day of the Games.

Fu Haifeng had the honor to take the athlete's oath.

Filler-Music-Westlife

2010-11-07T11:42:00.009+08:00

Lyrics:

Hard to find a way to get through
It's a tragedy
Pulling at me like the stars do
You're like gravity
Even if the wind blows
It makes it hard to believe

How you gonna love
How you gonna feel
How you gonna live your life like the dream you have is real
And if you lost your way
I will keep you safe
We'll open up all the world inside
I see it come alive tonight
I will keep you safe

Doesn't even matter to you
To see what I can see
I'm crawling on the floor to reach you
I'm a wreck you see
When you're far from home now
Makes it hard to believe

So how you gonna love
How you gonna feel
How you gonna live your life like the dream you have is real
If you've lost your way
I will keep you safe

We'll open up all your world inside
Till you come alive tonight
I will keep you safe

We all fall down
We all feel down
Cause rainy days and summer highs
The more we pray the more we feel alive

How you gonna love
How you gonna feel
How you gonna live your life like the dream you have is real
How you gonna love
How you gonna feel
How you gonna live your life like the dream you have is real

If you've lost your way
I will keep you safe
We'll open up all your world inside
So you come alive tonight
I will keep you safe

I will keep you safe
I will keep you safe

*It's the new song from Westlife! This lead single, Safe is from the soon to be released album, Gravity.

Ahem, what have I done?

2010-10-31T11:08:00.020+08:00

Nothing. I don't remember doing anything special for the past 30 days and now it's the end of October. Life is much more meaningless without going out with buddies, either having just a meal or karaoke-ing. I missed u guys so much! Don't upload so many photos of u guys enjoying without me! Me sad sad while looking it! How I wish all my buddies will come and settle here in KL. Although we may not meet as frequent as we used to have during the uni's days, the chances for us to meet will be slightly higher than our situation now. Will you guys come down central so that we can meet again? I sure will go over there if there is any opportunity. Sigh. I think I should join some activities during the weekends, otherwise all I will do on my weekends is reminiscing the good old days I had in uni, like an old lady.

Life still needs to go on without all of you, but all of ya will always in my heart!

Leaping Leopard

2010-10-21T21:22:00.010+08:00

from Bangkok! Yay!

*the Prancing Horse's logo is too small to be notice. Thanks mummy! =)

It's Iceman Kimi's Birthday!

2010-10-17T21:08:00.007+08:00

Hyvää syntymäpäivää, Kimi Matias Räikkönen!

All the best in whatever you do! We will always support you! =)

*Birthday boy Kimi is the one who should get presents on his big day, but I also got a present today! I won't reveal my 'present', though. Hehehe!

Journey to the east...

2010-10-16T22:13:00.013+08:00

...on a day trip was very tiring!

There was a wedding reception for my relative in Pahang. This is the second time I went to a wedding reception in this year. This time, we went to Triang, a small town in Pahang. My family and I went from KL. So, we passed through Genting, then going east, east, and east, until the Temerloh exit. From Temerloh exit, we passed through Temerloh town, went along the big river, Sungai Bera. The we passed through Kampung Buntut Pulau-a very weird name for a village, before we reach Kemayan, then only Triang. Many of my relatives had reached before us at the host's house. The lunch start at 2 pm, so we went out on 1.30 pm, as the restaurant is quite near to the house. This wedding reception was the fastest reception that I had ever had. It started at around 2.15 pm, and finished at about 4.45 pm. The food were quite ok, and we had 1 special dessert: ice cream that came with the cooler box! It's very practical, as we can bring back the whole box if we cannot finish the ice cream.

It's a tiring trip, but it's worth it because I saw new thing!

ice cream from KOCHABI

cube ice cream with different flavours

Bert Bert is in Malaysia!

2010-10-14T21:04:00.036+08:00

Adam Lambert is in Malaysia! Arghhh!!! It makes me go crazy leh, as radio channel, hitz.fm always talk about his concert, which is happening right now, and aired his songs many times in a day. Pity that I have to missed his first ever concert in Malaysia. :(

Some people had made a fuss about his concert here. Yes, he is a gay. So, does that means that he cannot has his concert here? If it's the case, it means these anti-Adam Lambert's concert people are discriminating the gay. Gay people are still human and normal guy like us. It's just that their sexual orientation is different from normal people. And by the way, this dude is here to perform his piece of music, not to show off or promote gay-ism.

If it's regarding his performance in Tokyo where he kissed his guitarist, I personally think the act it's not a big deal. But if you say it is not acceptable here in Malaysia, because we don't practice here, I can still understand and accept this reason. Because, we still have other friends from different races who don't encourage this type of public kissing thing. For this reason, I can understand and it is acceptable. But I think concert organizer in Malaysia know what's the dos and don'ts here in Malaysia, so when signing the agreement with the record company, they definitely will include all the don'ts. These people will acknowledge the concert's ream members, because the consequences of breaching part of the agreement is a big deal. No singers wanna lost the opportunity to meet their fans where they can make money on them, rite? So, I believe they will behave upon agreeing the contract, and a person knows how to respect different people from different places. Unless they think they cannot do it, they won't even sign the agreement or think of organizing the concert.

There were some anti-Lambert's concert people who showed up at the stadium to protest. Yes, they will surely be 'famous' for a moment because this scene surely will appear in the news the next day. But their act show that they are still a narrow minded person. It show that in person, mentally they are not strong enough to say NO to the things that they think it's bad. If they really think that certain thing is wrong, they will stand on it forever. No one can shaken the determination of a person, unless you are a weak person. And they forgot one tiny thing. Their act will not only appeared in local news. It might appeared in international news too. They forget that when some ugly news appear in international section regarding the country, it means they have disgrace their country. Yes, our country needs publicity to promote our country. But we don't need all those bad publicity.

It's already very sad to know that some people still think we Malaysians are still living on a tree or in a cave. People already think that physically we are in the paleolithic era, but now, we have to show them mentally that we are NOT in the paleolithic era. We are a bunch of 21st century human with the Petronas Twin Towers and there is a guy among us who had went to the space. Yes, we are behind the big names like the United States or German, but we are not verrrrrrryyyyyyyy far behind them. We are developing, physically and mentally. So, please don't add on extra embarrassments for our lovely and peaceful country again.

Dri-innnggggg!

2010-10-13T21:58:00.015+08:00

"Everyone, get ready to 'run' now!" Said one of my colleague.

Oi, I'm on my way to the toilet leh. Why now??

~It's Fire Drill time~

My colleagues and I had went to the safety briefing on fire a few minutes ago at the 3rd floor for about 15 minutes. I knew surely there will be fire drill, but don't know it was so soon. We just came back from the briefing and I just type a few sentences when I feel like going to toilet. When I was going to reach the door, 1 unfamiliar alarm ring. I knew, for sure, it means fire drill. I walked back to my workplace and took out my jacket. Only then I walked out from the room.

Like normal fire drill, we act like it was a real thing. Otherwise, we have to re-do again, as the safety manager was there. Re-do is a no no for us, as it is wasting our precious working time.

The safety place for us is at a parking lot, about 1km away from the building. With appointed wardens who guided us to the safety point and did head counts and our first aider who came down with the first aid box, the safety manager was satisfied and we were 'allowed' to go back.

This fire drill reminded me of the fire drills I had in my university life. It always happened during the midnight. And I hate it farking much. Always did it during my sleeping time. But it's only in a year time, as I moved out from the uni's hostel later. Now that I recalled back, I don't remember having any fire drill in my rented apartment room. Residents in apartments doesn't need any emergency planning?

A Slow Weekdays

2010-10-10T17:38:00.008+08:00

It was a slow week for me, as the materials for my task was not in. If it was a slow week last week, the coming week will be a hectic week for me, as I need to rush to finish my task. Duh. It's a working life, isn't it? And it make things harder when it comes to entertainment sector. The on air date won't be change or postpone no matter what happen to us-the person who needs to do the subtitle. Who to blame to? Can't really blame the QA, who do all the editing parts before us, because I think they are really trying to do asap for us. Blame the channels, who sometimes was late when sending the videos to QA? I can't really comment on it, as I'm not sure whether these happen often or not. All I can do is pray that the videos should reach on the time they should have reach.

Anyway, when it comes to weekend, it was not a slow day anymore. When one went to shopping malls, the time won't passed so slow. In a click of time, 4 or 5 hours have been gone, and much of $$$ have been spent. About 5 hours shopping, 5 hours doing house chores plus FB plus meals and woke up at 9.30 in the morning, a Saturday just gone and a Sunday is reaching. On Sunday, the time passed even faster.

I can't believe times in a working life is speeding. Haiz.

*Finger crossed that my video is on its way to the folder now.*

Showdown of Champions 2010

2010-10-08T23:26:00.012+08:00

Oh gosh! I really should have went to watch this exhibition match! Though it's only an exhibition match, seeing all those players in real will surely be very different from seeing them in news! Plus, I can watch Jay Sean's life performance! Arghh!! Very stupid of me! Even my mom asked, "Why you didn't go?" *sob sob* It's useless for me to regret by now. Duhh! What I should do next time is, whatever events that I feel I'm interested to attend, I should just go ahead and buy the ticket first.

Okey, stupid act aside. This year's champions who made it here in KL were Mat Wilander, Ivan Lendi, Pat Cash, Goran Ivanisevic, Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova. I only know the ladies-Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova. Sorry guys, I was too young to know about all of ya! These 2 ladies were the players that I like so much, apart from many other big names like Lindsey Davenport Jennifer Capriati, Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin and Amelia Mauresmo. Hingis was by far more successful in her tennis career, notably in singles. Kournikova's tennis career was not long enough as she suffered from injuries at the time when her career was starting to 'blossom'. But Hingis-Kournikova did team up and won quite a numbers of doubles event.

There were 3 matches during the exhibition matches. 2 singles-Goran Ivanisevic vs Pat Cash, Mats Wilander vs Ivan Lendi and 1 mix double-Mats Wilander & Anna Kournikova vs Ivan Lendi & Martina Hingis. It was an exhibition match, so they only play 2 sets to determine the winners. And because it was an exhibition match, it was very entertaining to see the funny side of the players, especially during the mixed double match, where the players had fun playing and entertaining the spectators.

Seeing the players had fun and I was entertained while watching from home, I regretted so much that I did not went there. It will be much more fun if I was there, and it will be great too to see Jay Sean perform!

Potluck for Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2010

2010-10-04T21:01:00.010+08:00

Menjamu selera di pejabat sempena potluck Hari Raya 2010!

Hasil usaha semua kakitangan Subtitling Department dari ASTRO

mee dan meehun goreng serta kari vegetarian

I think it's chapati

Roti Jala

Bahan-bahan utk Laksa Johor

Swiss roll

Minuman, salad, agar-agar, cheese cake, chocolate cake

dan kek dari Secret Recipe!

Another potluck event in the third month of my working period. *I can't believed I've been working for 3 months!* It's my first time tasting something special-Laksa Johor. Thanks Kak Nai for the super delicious laksa! Laksa Johor taste like Asam laksa without asam, and Asam Laksa's soup with much more fishes. Asam Laksa has the sour and spicy soup, with some fishes. But this Laksa Johor, I should say it uses kuah rather than soup, as it's very think with fishes and not watery. Next time, when I see any Laksa Johor, I'll just give it a try...again!

Filler-Music-Bruno Mars

2010-10-02T21:24:00.005+08:00

Bruno Mars-Just The Way You Are

Lyrics:

Oh her eyes, her eyes
Make the stars look like they're not shining
Her hair, her hair
Falls perfectly without her trying

She's so beautiful
And I tell her every day

Yeah I know, I know
When I compliment her
She wont believe me
And its so, its so
Sad to think she don't see what I see

But every time she asks me do I look okay
I say

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

Her nails, her nails
I could kiss them all day if she'd let me
Her laugh, her laugh
She hates but I think its so sexy

She's so beautiful
And I tell her every day

Oh you know, you know, you know
Id never ask you to change
If perfect is what you're searching for
Then just stay the same

So don't even bother asking
If you look okay
You know I say

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

The way you are
The way you are
Girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

*One great song from Bruno Mars. The lyrics, song and his voice are so beautiful!

Butt butt being bumped

2010-09-30T22:16:00.013+08:00

Was driving as usual on the busy and crowded Puchong-Bukit Jalil Highway after work and as usual, I was driving on the fast lane. The traffic were so bad that all of us need to stop our car. While waiting for the front car to move, suddenly there was a "thump" sound and I felt like I was being pushed over to the front. I am very sure I didn't bumped over the front car as there were still some distances between the front car and mine. Heck. The big white car behind me bumped over mine. Some more in this busy+bad traffic's road! The impact was not big so I think it was not a big deal. I didn't get down on the spot to check as I do not want to worsen the already bad traffic and I'm looking for a safe place to do so. I was planning to pull over after the crowded area, which is about 2km away. By doing that, I can know how bad was it and I can ask for some damage compensation. Before I can do so, that car turn into a left junction. =.=" I don't think his initial direction was that junction because anyone who wanted to take that turn should already at the left lane at the time he bumped on me. What can I say? Bumped and run. It's an irresponsible act and it's not what a gentlemen should do. Shame on you. Though it was just a scratch, I don't like my property being hit.

Don't daydreaming when you drive, you irresponsible driver! Look at the cars and surrounding condition in front of you!

Something wrong with my nerves

2010-09-29T20:23:00.012+08:00

Yesterday, woke up with a heavy head. A bad start but I still went to work. Things went from bad to worse when I got headache throughout my working hours.

Arghh!! Pain! Pain!

I can't even do typing 2 hours before my working hours end. Hence, I decided to go back early to get some rest.

Do not disturb me. I wanna sleep!

After 2 hours of sleep, my head was slightly lighter. That night, I slept at 10p.m. and today, I was re-energize and back to my normal.

True enough...

Sick sick go away!!

Am Happy

2010-09-26T10:23:00.014+08:00

coz I found someone who shares the same interest with me! =) Both of us like the whole compilation of anime Initial D and we enjoy Formula 1 too! weeeeeeeeeeeeee....am so happy about it! Majority of my gal friends don't know how to appreciate these 2 de leh. So, I kindda found 知音 to share stuff on these 2 topics. Next time got F1, sure will ajak her go with me, enjoy the excitement together! YES!!

30 become 60

2010-09-24T22:50:00.017+08:00

It's supposed to be a 30 minutes drive from my work place to my house, but yesterday it took 1 hour. Walau eh. From Bukit Jalil to Kota Kemuning only wor. About 32km only mah. Need 1 hour meh? Highway supposed to be smoothly, how come can stop de? Tired de leh always stop and move only for 2 meters. And to make thing worst, langsung don't know why I was stuck in the traffic. No accidents, no police, not because of the traffic lights to go into Hicom nor was it raining heavily. If the reason was many vehicles, vehicles will only slow down, not stopping. Really don't understand lar. Wasted my time. I don't know how others feel, especially those everyday who needs to meet with it. I think stuck in traffic is a waste of time. I prefer to go out early to avoid it. I don't mind if there is an emergency/accidents stuff, but please don't drive 50km/h on the middle or the right lane lar. It's a 90km/h highway, not a road for you to makan angin lar. You are wasting other's time and endangering other's life!

I.Hate.This.

2010 年的中秋节

2010-09-22T20:33:00.032+08:00

今天是农历八月十五，中秋节啊！中秋节快乐！！！

我们家每年都会简简单单的庆祝，今年也不例外。今年，阿姨说她们一家要到我们家来晚热闹热闹一下，所以晚餐后，准备了要庆祝的‘器具’。。。

团聚在一起，当然少不了谈天，赏月，吃月饼及品茶。这些都是中秋节不能少的事。虽然说我们经常也有聚在一起吃晚饭，但在这特别有意义的日子里团聚是有另一种温馨的味道。

今年选用了惠芳饼家的月饼。月饼不会太甜，刚刚好。

这么多tim!

后面那些是拜拜时要用的

当晚的圆月。。。cantek sekali!

准备当中

待daddy拿出所有的‘器具’后，我也开始帮忙了

亮亮的纸灯笼

表妹与她的灯笼

由于今天是星期三，隔天又要上班，所以都没吃喝玩乐到很夜，大概十一点就‘收档’了。

是时候收拾，睡觉了。嫦娥，明年再见吧!

Precious Moment

2010-09-19T11:06:00.011+08:00

As grandma is staying over here, my uncle from Cheras came to visit grandma. It's a small scale gathering with uncle and his family after our last meeting on Chinese New Year gathering months back.

Today too, my brother will be flying back to his isolated uni in Bintulu to continue his study after the Raya break finally comes to an end. Hence, it's quite a cherish moment when all the family members gather together for a small scale reunion.

Had all the usual makan-makan (light food, though) and chit chatting event when they arrived at 11.30. Around 12.45 noon, all of us went out to have lunch, with all my brother's stuff, as he'll straight away goes to the airport.

Went to eat 鸭腿面, and there were many crowds. While waiting for the food, we chatted and had some laughs.

Precious moment came to an end when we finished our lunch. As usual, my brother had the farewell session where he said goodbye to everyone, especially my grandma. Today, it's my task to send my brother to the airport, as the others were heading back to my home.

Driving to LCCT with an 1.6 auto car was such an easy job. LCCT sounds so far away from here, but we arrived in a flick of time. LCCT, is really low cost. I think it was more like a bus station. 2 weeks ago, I went to KLIA with mom to fetch my brother. There is really a difference between these 2 airports. What can I say? It's low cost mah. Juat dropped my brother at the departing area and wish him luck for the coming days and months in his ulu campus.

My pity brother will have to celebrate the coming Mid Autumn festival far far away in a ulu place. But no worries, we'll see the same moon that night! =)

Ciao, my brother!

Actual Friday of the week!

2010-09-17T23:31:00.010+08:00

It's Friday! It was not a hectic day as I only got my video clips on afternoon plus today only work til 5.30 pm. So, I kidda started to do my work on 2pm. Quite a slacking morning though. But 4 hours passed so fast when I'm translating. At about 5.15pm, a colleague suddenly stand beside me and asked to choose a jelly mooncake! Thanks Mona for the delicious mooncake! =) This reminded me of the Mid Autumn Festival which falls on the coming 22nd September, next Wednesday. It's a day where all family members gather together and eat mooncake with Chinese tea, light the lanterns and looking over the bright and beautiful full moon. Come come, Wednesday!

Here's how a jelly mooncake looks like:

Dull color means it was not made with color essence...

Yummy yummy!

First "Friday" in this week~

2010-09-15T22:49:00.011+08:00

Yet another public holiday tomorrow, but the day after tomorrow is a working day. Duh. It feels like a Friday, coz there is an off day tomorrow. Spent my time watching my beloved anime, Initial D, again. It's been a few months since the last time I watched it. Frankly, since I came back home from Penang, I have not re-watch my collection of movies/dramas. I've been too 'busy' to watch because staying at home is not as bored as staying in uni's hostel. There are many other things to do, like glued on television and spending times with family. =) Since there was a 3 continuously holiday last week, the mood of off day-ing is still here. Hence, I am in the mood of holidaying and it starts now! Initial D, here I come!

Filler-Music-Travie McCoy

2010-09-11T20:06:00.046+08:00

Lyrics:

[Bruno Mars]

I wanna be a billionaire so f***ing bad

Buy all of the things I never had

Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine

Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen

Oh every time I close my eyes

I see my name on shiny lights

A different city every night oh

I swear the world better prepare

For when I'm a billionaire

[Travis "Travie" McCoy]

Yeah I would have a show like Oprah

I would be the host of everyday Christmas

Give Travie a wish list

I'd probably pull an Angelina and Brad Pitt

And adopt a bunch of babies that ain't never had sh-t

Give away a few Mercedes like here lady have this

And last but not least grant somebody their last wish

It's been a couple months that I've been single so

You can call me Travie Claus minus the Ho Ho

Get it, I'd probably visit where Katrina hit

And damn sure do a lot more than FEMA did

Yeah can't forget about me stupid

Everywhere I go Ima have my own theme music

[Bruno Mars]

Oh every time I close my eyes

I see my name on shiny lights

A different city every night oh

I swear the world better prepare

For when I'm a billionaire

Oh oooh oh oooh when I'm a billionaire

Oh oooh oh oooh

[Travis "Travie" McCoy]

I'll be playing basketball with the President

Dunking on his delegates

Then I'll compliment him on political etiquette

Toss a couple milli in the air just for the heck of it

But keep the fives, twentys completely separate

And yeah I'll be in a whole new tax bracket

We in recession but let me take a crack at it

I'll probably take whatevers left and just split it up

So everybody that I love can have a couple bucks

And not a single tummy around me would know what hungry was

Eating good food sleeping soundly

I know we all have a similar dream

Go in your pocket pull out your wallet

And put it in the air and sing

[Bruno Mars]

I wanna be a billionaire so f***ing bad

Buy all of the things I never had

Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine

Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen

Oh every time I close my eyes

I see my name on shiny lights

A different city every night oh

I swear the world better prepare

For when I'm a billionaire

Oh oooh oh oooh when I'm a billionaire

Oh oooh oh oooh

I wanna be a billionaire so f***ing bad

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2010!

2010-09-10T16:09:00.007+08:00

Salam Aidilfitri kepada semua Muslimin dan Muslimah! Moga Raya tahun ini lebih hebat, bagus dan meriah daripada tahun-tahun yang lepas! =)

Lagu-lagu yang best ini adalah untuk semua Muslimin dan Muslimah! =)

Kedua-dua lagu ini ialah lagu kesukaan saya! Suara Sudirman dan Saloma memang best!

It's a small small world...

2010-09-07T20:48:00.013+08:00

...or was it a small small field?

4 days ago, a new colleague joined my department. I did not chat much with her cos' I was busy with my own work, rushing for the weekend's TV programmes. All I knew, at that time was, her name, where she stay and how she goes to work.

As I was a little free this morning, I chatted with her. Only then, I knew she was my senior from the same course-BATI in USM! At that time, senior-junior interaction was very bad. I myself did not knew all my seniors. So was her. She was one batch older than me. Like me, this job vacant was "introduced" by our beloved lecturer, Dr. Goh. When she knew I was from BATI too, she was surprised! =) We had a long chat afterwards. The best thing is, she sits beside me. I guess I can kacau her when I meet with problems! =)

So out of 23 persons in my department, there are 7 who was a BATI-ans (that's what we called ourselves). Oohh, and I found out one of my course mate was freelancing with my company too! It's good to see all of them doing jobs related to the degree we had, and there are 亲切感 too!

Berbuka Puasa

2010-09-06T23:18:00.017+08:00

at Pullman Putrajaya Lakeside Hotel! It was a Monday. So my colleagues and I went straightaway after work. It's a nice and beautiful hotel.

The menu were full with Malay food, from mee rebus to rendang, satay dan lain-lain lagi. It was a buffet style, so it was quite a waste for me as I don't eat much. Zhe Rong, you are the best person to come here!

Speaking of food during this fasting month in Malaysia, one cannot forget about the bazaar Ramahdan. Normally when I went to the bazaar, I look for light food: kuih muih. This year, I went thrice. Bazaar A was so teruk, as most of the stalls sold nasi dan sayur. I was so disappointed. The second time, I went to Bazaar B. This time around, it fulfilled my wish: I had my kuih muih! The next day, I went again, this time around, bought some heavy food as my dinner. As usual, I had kuih muih. This time, I also bought lemang, ayam percik, rendang, andmurtabak. The total amount that my aunt and I spent on that trip to bazaar was RM38.20. All the food was shared within 3 person, so it's about RM12 per person. It's crazy that one can spent so much for a meal in a bazaar Ramahdan. But I think mine was much more worth it than Zhe Rong's, who spent RM10.50 for a Pasembur alone!

Kuih muih yang saya suka:

Kuih Bakar

Kuih Bakar yang telah dipotong

Kuih Tako aka Kuih Tepung Pelita.

~I ate like I'm eating raw oyster, slurp slurp!~

Kuih Keria, my all time favourite

Puding Gula Hangus,

all time favourite, but I only eat during this fasting month

From Paris, with Love

2010-08-30T22:32:00.017+08:00

It was the final day for the World Badminton Championships 2010 in Paris. All 5 matches: Men's single, Men's double, Women's single, Women's double and Mixed double were played. Only men's single and double are the real matches, as the Chinese opponent are Indonesian and Malaysian players. The remaining matches were the "internal affair" for the Chinese badminton team.

And the final result?

China 5, Rest of the world 0

China swept clean all the titles in this year's championship.

Men's single and double are my all time favourite match. This year's final saw Chen Jin beat Taufik Hidayat from Indonesia. Taufik is one of my favourite player. He has a powerful backhand smash, and he is good in net-playing. Whereas Chen Jin, he is like a no.2 Lin Dan. He is a hardworking man. Every return shots from opponent he'll try to save it, no matter how hard it is. He ran all over the court, left and right, back and front, like a little kid running over a place. Of course other players run around the court too, but their movements is not like the Chinese who started to move around when the opponent just return their shot. It's like their responds are very quick, and they move around easily, just like flying. In this final match, Chen Jin started off with a great starts, leading 7-0 in the first set and 5-0 in the second set, all points consecutively. But Taufik, the former Olympic and World Champion does not let the Chinese had some easy path. Taufik always find a way to attack Chen Jin, but somehow, Chen Jin managed to cope with it. In the end, Chen Jin proved he is much more consistent, focus and made less errors to become the new world champion.

Whereas the always thrilling and exciting men's double, was the last match of all matches. It is also the one that made me stayed up late at night when I should be sleeping cos' next day was a working day. Defending champions from China vs world rank no1's pair from Malaysia. The Chinese started good, but the Malaysian caught up and lead the Chinese throughout the first set, and eventually won the set. In the second game, the Malaysian were too eager and thus lead to made mistakes. On top of that, the great defense by the Chinese duo make it hard for the Malaysian who try to break them. As a result, the Chinese won the second and third set, and defended their title. It is worth to stay up late to watch it, because it really was a great match, with some rallies, powerful smashing and wonderful displays from all players.

Paris is a romantic city, but winning a championship title is more meaningful to the players. Love them or hate them, the current Chinese badminton team is now the best of the best. Merci, to all the badminton players for their hard work and beautiful shots throughout the week. We, the badminton fans truly enjoyed all the matches! =)

It's badminton time!

2010-08-27T18:43:00.004+08:00

Today is the quarterfinal of the 2010 BWF World Championships.

Who will emerge as the winner in Paris?

Will it be

thissssss...

...thisssss...

...thissss...

...thisss

...thiss...

...or this?

Results will be out on Sunday night. *Praying hard for me favourite players.*

The other person that I love soo much is...

2010-08-22T18:39:00.034+08:00

Wang LeeHom!

王力宏-the American born Chinese singer-songwriter, record producer, actor and recently become a director, is soooo talented!! His music is great and he can play so many music instruments! And, he is soooo good looking! I can look at him all the times, without feeling bored!! Ahhhhhhh!! Whoever become his partner will be very lucky, because he is so perfect! Ahhhhh!!!

Ah Pheng ar, nonsense aside lar. His music is great, coz I won't feel bored listening over and over again. And now he ventured into acting/directing field. For a newcomer in directing his first baby, or <恋爱通告> in Mandarin, I guess it's good~I'm not a movie critics, so I don't know how to criticize a film making stuff. But I think the storyline is good. Though it's a normal boy likes girl's theme, but the element to connect the boy and the girl is through music-music fromguzheng, an old Chinese instrument. But he is not an ordinary boy. He is a well-known singer. In order to find the girl whom he believe to be his soul mate, he disguises himself and went to a music academy to get to know her. So, basically the movie is filled with music when there is no dialogue among the actors. The movie also introduce the viewers on the Chinese music instruments. It may not be as high tech as a modern/western's instruments, but the music that was produced is great.

The movie is released with his latest album, <十八般武艺>. There are a few songs from the album in the movie, but I guess this song, <你不知道的事> stands out the most.

~Now I'm really in LeeHom's fever~

蝴蝶眨几次眼睛才学会飞行

夜空洒满了星星但几颗会落地

我飞行但你坠落之际

很靠近还听见呼吸

对不起我却没捉紧你

你不知道我为什么离开你

我坚持不能说放任你哭泣

你的泪滴像倾盆大雨

碎了满地在心里清晰

你不知道我为什么狠下心

盘旋在你看不见的高空里

多的是你不知道的事

蝴蝶眨几次眼睛才学会飞行

夜空洒满了星星但几颗会落地

我飞行但你坠落之际

很靠近还听见呼吸

对不起我却没捉紧你

你不知道我为什么离开你

我坚持不能说放任你哭泣

你的泪滴像倾盆大雨

碎了满地在心里清晰

你不知道我为什么狠下心

盘旋在你看不见的高空里

多的是你不知道的事

我飞行但你坠落之际

你不知道我为什么离开你

我坚持不能说放任你哭泣

你的泪滴像倾盆大雨

碎了满地在心里清晰

你不知道我为什么狠下心

盘旋在你看不见的高空里

多的是你不知道的事

A note to you~

2010-08-20T22:36:00.005+08:00

Dear KR,

It doesn't matter where you go, because we will always support you. You make the decision for your life, and we can only support you. It's good to know that you realized there are other things in a life and you wanted to try these other things too.

So what can we say? Just go for it!

May Lady Luck will always by your side!

Love,

Filler-Music-Cantonese

2010-08-19T23:34:00.012+08:00

Once upon a time, I feel in love with this song~

叶德娴&许志安-教我如何不爱他

(男)大地静下了任我躺卧

然而她似白雪不断溶掉留下我

没法一世抱着过还有一刹笑着过

凭这感觉爱下过难道我会愉快得多

(女)大地静下了没法安坐

尤其他趁白雪挡住眉目回避我

轮廓一再震撼我情绪一再跃动过

时间不会算白过长夜再冷亦有心火

(女)如何可以不爱他

莫非生命只配有一个他

(合)到了没法相处再去记它好处

凭回忆制造这自欺的笑话

(男)如何可以不爱他

命运种下什么偏差

　 (合)用最多的心血换最深的积雪

　从此再遇上火花

　也会擦亮这个伤疤

　 (女)但愿冒着雪亦要相聚

　然而他似幻觉早被埋在年月里

　忘记知觉错或对时间总会过下去

　还会找哪个伴侣难道我会独个隐居

　 (合)如何可以不爱她莫非生命只配有一个他

　到了没法相处再去记它好处

　凭回忆制造这自欺的笑话

(男)如何可以不爱他

命运种下什么偏差

　 (合)用最多的心血换最深的积雪

　从此再遇上火花

　也会擦亮这个伤疤

Filler-Music

2010-08-15T13:51:00.007+08:00

Artist: Vitamin C

Title: Graduation (Friends Forever)

Lyrics:

And so we talked all night about the rest of our lives

Where we're gonna be when we turn 25

I keep thinking times will never change

Keep on thinking things will always be the same

But when we leave this year we won't be coming back

No more hanging out cause we're on a different track

And if you got something that you need to say

You better say it right now cause you don't have another day

Cause we're moving on and we can't slow down

These memories are playing like a film without sound

And I keep thinking of the night in June

I Didn't know much of love, but it came too soon

And There was me and you, and then it got real blue

Stay at home talkin' on the telephone and

We would get so excited, we'd get so scared

Laughing at our selves thinking life's not fair

And this is how it feels

Chorus:

As we go on, we remember

All the times we had together

And as our lives change, from whatever

We will still be, friends forever

So if we get the big jobs and we make the big money

When we look back now, will that joke still be funny?

Will we still remember everything we learned in school?

Still be trying to break every single rule

Will little brainy Bobby be the stockbroker man?

Can Heather find a job that won't interfere with her tan?

I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye

Keep on thinking it's a time to fly

And this is how it feels

*Repeat chorus*

La, la, la, la; yeah, yeah, yeah

La, la, la, la, we will still be friends forever

Will we think about tomorrow like we think about now?

Can we survive it out there? Can we make it somehow?

I guess I thought that this would never end

And suddenly it's like we're women and men

Will the past be a shadow that will follow us round?

Will these memories fade when I leave this town

I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye

Keep on thinking it's a time to fly

*Repeat chorus 3x*

*Specially dedicated to my friends from university, secondary, primary and kindie!

Gift from Bangkok!

2010-08-14T17:57:00.004+08:00

This is the gift for me from a relative who went to Bangkok.

Tadaa!!

I like the cloth bag so much! =)

During and Post Convo day

2010-08-11T20:48:00.010+08:00

7th August 2010

The big day~

In the waiting hall with Lawrence

Going into the hall with ChiaMin, Lawrence and SheiHan

Hall fulled with lecturers and a vice chancellor

Receiving the thing aka scroll

With grandma~

8th August, 2010

Photo booming with these guys for 1 hour in USM!

Left Penang and came back KL on 1 pm. Halfway stopped at Ipoh to have tea break, and reached home at 6 pm. I shall missed ALL the times I had in USM!

Pre Convo 2

2010-08-08T23:34:00.029+08:00

6th August, 2010

It's time for my lovely SisTahs!!! Went to Queensbay to have some birthday surprises and karaoke at Neway for the first and probably last time for me in year 2010. Went by bus from USM with Lawrence and SzeSze and left out soon-to-be birthday boy ZheRong and MingWei and SzeSze who will be celebrating in September and December respectively. Siapa suruh awak lewat? XinMi and MingWei arrived halfway when we were singing. Initially we wanted to do the birthday celebration in the karaoke studio, but MingWei arrived on the last half an hour of our singing session. So we celebrated at the food court, where we met Chia Min after we just finished our singing session.

Like usual, we make scrapbooks for all our birthday boys/girls this year as this is the final year we as a graduates from USM. This time, not only we wanted to surprise ZheRong, but also MingWei and SzeSze. We really surprised ALL of them, and this is the best picture to proof (one of it, coz she too surprised lah).

I'll missed you guys a lot!!! (HamHam, u also lar...hehe)

Pre-Convo 1

2010-08-08T23:34:00.024+08:00

5th August, 2010

Went to Penang 2 days before my actual day of convocation, for the convo's rehearsal. Arrived in Penang at 3.30pm. What's more? It's time to meet my SistAhs!! =) Straightaway went to Queensbay to have some tea break time with Lawrence, ZheRong and SzeSze at Kim Gary while waiting for the rehearsal time to arrive (8.30pm) .

Chit-chatting like we always had until dinner time, when XinMi, MingWei and SheiHan arrived one by one. Left the mall at 8.30pm and went to DTSP, USM's hall where I'm going to get my scroll from Vice-Chancellor with my robes, sash and mortarboard in another 2 days time. The hall was fulled with, sad to say, parents and relatives of the graduates. Shouldn't graduates be the one who listens to the dos and don'ts during the exact day? Why parents and relatives were inside too when there is not enough seats for us? Whatever it is, it doesn't matter for me now.

The so-called rehearsal, only showed us some video clips on how to wear robes and the dos and don'ts when we were on stage. And they did told us what we should do when the VIPs are entering the hall, when we should clap hands, etc. After about 1 hour, the session ended. Sien.

Meet course mates who came for the session too. Photo booming as much as we can until the convo's officer asked us to leave, so that they can check and make sure everything is in good condition for the next day's convo's session. Bo bien. We've not meet for about 4 months, of course we'll chat!

We then walked to the convo's expo. But then we finally decided to go to somewhere quite and air-conditioned, so we can talk better. We end up going to KFC and chatted until 12 am.

2007 batch of BATI-ans Rocks!!!

Huh? Been sacked????

2010-08-04T22:28:00.016+08:00

I saw a white envelope under my keyboard this morning from afar, and I thought: Walau eh~I've just worked for one month and I got a letter? What had I done? So sueeh meh??

When I finally looked properly, it was this:

Fuiyooh!! Luckily it's not a bad thing!

I slowly opened the mail, and I got this:

Mengejutkan aku saja!

Upon seeing this, I knew who were the senders. Only my supervisor and a few colleagues knew I'll be attending my convocation in a few days.

Tadaa!!

And my guess was right. It was from them. They are also the colleagues who lend many hands to me when I needs help, because: 1 is my supervisor, so she have to help me, hehe...1 sits on my left, 1 sit on my right (who share the same birth DAY+MONTH except year) and the other 1 is opposite me.

Take a closer look at the part with pinky stuff in a circle which was full with stars~

Yippee! Thanx a lot to my lovely colleagues!

One night in Sri Menanti

2010-08-01T23:18:00.007+08:00

Went back to Sri Menanti yesterday to visit my just-recovered-from-sickness'-grandma. Only reach there at 5pm cos we were late to start our journey. As it was just a short trip, mum decided to have dinner outside. We went to Bahau to have dinner with my 2nd uncle who stay in Kuala Pilah. In my family's background, whenever there is an extraordinary+happy+special "thing" has happened, major exam's-UPSR, PMR, SPM, STPM result is out, received bonuses, etc, we'll dine out, sort of celebrating the occasion. As I've started working and just got my salary, my "intelligent's" mummy asked me to treat. Well, now, for me, money is not a big deal. And before this, my parents had supported me for more than 20 years. So its my time to repay now.

Anyway, it was a small scale reunion, where we sit and have meal together. As usual, we chat while having our meal. We asked for 7 dishes, and all the dishes are great, as in it was delicious and the portion were quite big. As the bill came, it rounded up to RM 300!! It was the fish, 七星斑 which was the most expensive of all. The fish alone was RM130! I can't believe the fish is so farking expensive. Thus, my wallet bleeds, and it's getting lighter and lighter. It's time to visit ATM machine again!

Today woke up at 8.30 am and followed my parents to Kuala Pilah to have breakfast, cos mummy wanna go market to buy some vege to prepare lunch. Back in Sri Menanti at 10 am, and packed the ice, and then helping in the kitchen. Reached Shah Alam at 6.15 pm, so we went to have dinner. Came back home and did some house chores, before it was late night.

When the time for myself has finally arrived, it's time to say goodnight. Sigh.

Coming very very soon!

2010-07-30T23:03:00.008+08:00

I can't believe it!!!!!!! It's really around the corner!!!!!!!!!!!!! Exactly 7 days to go, I'll be wearing a purple robe, a pink sash and a mortarboard, sitting in USM's main hall, and waiting to receive my scroll!!!! I will finally wearing THE robe! Can't wait for the moment to come!! =)

Final checklist for the big day:

Bus ticket to Penang - settled
Attire on convo day - decided
Form for representative Collecting Academic Robes - sent
Collecting Academic Robes - Though tomorrow only can collect, I believed in Ming Wei, who WiLL collect for me.

Activities of the day:

Few hours in the main hall
Upon finished, will meet my VVIPs
Take tonnes of photos with my Sistahs and friends
Lunch
Taking studio photos
Return robes and get back my real scroll-if possible
Dinner with my lovely VVIPs

Can't wait for the coming week to arrive. Though I've spent about 3 years in Penang, I still feel excited to go back to the once familiar places again! Can't wait to unite with my beloved Sistahs, and meet other friends again. Come, come next week! I can't wait for you to come!!

Tiring week!

2010-07-25T18:17:00.006+08:00

For a specific reason, everyday my sleeping hours in this whole week was reduced. And I had to wake up early in the morning (I consider early morning lah) to go to work. Sien leh.

I want my sleeping hours baaaccccckkkkk!!!! Can I? Can I?? Can I????

I know cannot lah~

Anyway, today, first time using my hard earn money to buy a birthday cake for my little brother. It feels to good to have my 'own' money. I can buy whatever I want, spend whenever I want. But as far as I'm concern, I have everything I need now, which means, I can save it!! Wanna save for trips to many places in future!!! =)

Low class mentality

2010-07-22T19:38:00.007+08:00

Oi, brainless people!

The road is for you to walk and drive, not to litter!!

Driving big and branded car actually show you are a person who really work hard, so you can afford to buy them, but your stupid LITTERING act makes you look sooo damn ugly! Doesn't suit the nice car at all!!! It's just a few minutes drive away for you to reach home. Can't you wait for a few minutes and dump your little rubbish in your own DUSTBIN??? After all, IT's YOUR rubbish, and it's supposed to BE in your own place.

High class accessories + low class mentality= LOW class human~

Luck of the Pot!

2010-07-19T21:54:00.010+08:00

Another event on my third week on work-potluck! Brought a cake for the occasion., baked by my beloved mummy. Not a hard job, but I seldom involved in baking, so just let the pro do, I'm only the helper~weeeeee!!! The event was actually multi-purposes-promotion, resignation, and welcoming. Promotion: for the newly elected manager of my department, Zurim; resignation: for Blythe who had resigned 2 or 3 months ago, and last but not least, welcoming the 2 newcomers to the department, Shazwina and myself. Everyone brought over some food, and the food were enough for the whole days meals-breakfast, lunch, tea break and dinner. I heard they had this event annually, for gathering purpose. Started to eat at 11 am. 2 ex-BATI-ans (Bachelor Of Arts Translation & Interpretation) asked me when is my convo, and we had a little chat. I'm not good in conversation. Don't expect so much from me! Actually there were 5 BATI-ans, including my manager in my office. There are two who are 2 years my seniors, and another 2 are more 3 and 4 years my senior. Zurim herself is the first batch of the BATI-ans. From what I see during this event and the previous team building event, I conclude that all human beings are the same. We always find a place which is suit for us. We have our own gang, and whenever we have any events, we try to be together. I know the sense of belonging in a group very much, because I have my own group too. I walked with them, run with them, talked with them, eat with them, and slept with them too. So I know the feeling very well. Though I'm still group-less now, I think I'm ok with it, because I used to be a lone ranger during my secondary days. It doesn't means that I don't have any friends, I do know my colleagues. I can still mingled with them if I want. But basically, I always mingled with those around my age. But its not even a month since I started working here, so I guessed eventually it will be better.

Back to the potluck, there were many heavy foods-nasi lemak, kari rendang, vege, telur goreng, sambal, meehun, satay, salads, pasta and some other food that I don't know its name. And then there were desserts like fruits, drinks and my cake. We continued to do our job as we had done with the food. Whenever there is an event, I felt that the working hours passed by very fast. Before the office hour, those wanted to tabao brought along their containers and brought back the food!

It's an event pretty much like I had during my uni's day! =)

Ready?!

2010-07-18T16:41:00.008+08:00

Got my official Convocation Notification Letter from USM's Registry Department 3 weeks ago~VVIPs have been informed, and total number to attend my convo has been confirmed. But there are few things to do before attending the event. Checklists as below:

Accommodations during convo - booked
Flights for grandma from Singapore - booked
Annual leaves - approved
Bus ticket to Penang - haven't buy yet
Attire on convo day - haven't decide yet
Pre-Convo's accommodations (for convo's rehearsal) - settled
Graduate Tracer Study from MOHE - done
Form for representative Collecting Academic Robes - still in progressed

I think that's all. I guessed I didn't missed out any other important stuff!

So far so good....

2010-07-17T13:32:00.006+08:00

...but working life sucks!!! Been working for 10 days and learnt a few things. Now I wanted to say this: I MISSED STUDY LIFE SOOOOOO FARKING MUCHHH!!!!!! I can't loiter like I used to be, I can't online as much as I can, I can't watch movies/tv programmes like I used to, and most importantly, I CAN'T SLEEP UNTIL I WAKE UP ON MY OWN!!!!!!!!

Nonsenses aside, my job itself is pretty much ok lar....I've already expected it. People will find it as a bored job, but I'm ok with it. So far, been doing 2 episodes of dramas, 1 talk show, 1 reality show, and 2.5 education programmes. The colleagues are helpful too. Basically, everything is ok with me. No complains. I can still survive.

New semester starting...

2010-07-11T17:57:00.008+08:00

but I'm not involved in it! Weeee!!! Kinda missed it. For the past 3 years, I've been waiting for each semester to start, so that I can meet with my bunch of crazy friends. Though I hate so much to leave my family for months and get back there to clean the dusty room, I think 3 years is such a short time. It's pity that I only had 3 years' of university life. From a junior to a senior, from semester 1 to a semester 6, there were differences in each semester, especially during the new academic years. It's fun to see/watch the new students, e.g. how they dress, and how they obey the rules! It's great to have this experience. And the most thing I missed during a new semester? The very first week of it. Not much of classes, lots of time to loiter around! Once, I actually went for Sakae Sushi three times in a week!!! Gosh! Really missed those times. Now that I've finished my studies, some of my friends just wanted to start their final semester or in some other cases, just wanted to start their final year's studies. All of them have a very good reason to extend. I don't know how they feel on study without us (we started in the same academic year). If I'm the one, surely I will missed those very much! All I can say to them is: Have fun in the coming semester, and wish you all the best!

Team building

2010-07-10T19:04:00.035+08:00

Had only started to work for 4 days (exclude weekends), and I'm 'entitled' to take part in a team building event organized my department! LOL! It was a 1.5 days event, starting from Friday until Saturday, at Dusun Eco Resort at Bentong, Pahang. It is a place where families go for recreational or groups go for training purpose. The main reason for the event, I think, is actually for everyone to have some time off from work and gather together, plus train the whole department to be unite. For me, it was a time for me to recognize and remember each colleague's name!

As my department is not big, around 20 people, we manage to start the journey according to the schedule. It took about 1.5 hours to reach the resort. We reached there at about 11 am. We started the first activity, the obstacle courses before we check into our room, as our room had not ready yet. We took about 2 hours to finish the courses assigned to us. Basically, I think the obstacles were ok, not too hard. But I guess some colleagues were not familiar with these types of activities, so most felt it's hard. And some had acrophobia too. So it takes time to convince and persuade them to take part in some obstacles that include a high place. Then, we headed to the next activity, flying fox. I'm not satisfied with it, as it's only 200 meter, and when we were 'flying', it always move left and right, no matter how I adjust it. I still think Sunway Lagoon has the perfect one!

After that, we had lunch. Somehow, I felt like going to PPMS' training, as we have to wash our own plate and spoon each time after we had our meal. I missed the week at that camp! Then we had paintball. I just had my first paintball game 11 days before, and I know we need a proper attire so that we won't get hurt too much. Mana tau, the attire that they provided was even worse: we only had vest, literally vest, not the bullet prove type. I was like, Whhatt?? Only that??? 11 days ago, I had a bullet-prove type vest (the thick type) and a jeans type jacket which covered my whole hands and when I got shot, the bruise on my hand is still with me until today! With only the vest, how am I gonna survived the game?? End up, I didn't change my position when the game started. Luckily there were no good shooter, so I didn't kena any, although they fire like we were really their enemy. And with my team mates who were the simply opened fire type, we managed to end the game with victory, because our opponent had more members being shot. After that, we had tea break and then we checked into our room.

Each room had four people. I myself was in room with colleagues name Be Lan, Hui Ning and Suk Chin. Be Lan is the super senior among the three, and Suk Chin is two years older than me. The room has four single beds and a pillow and blanket in each bed, a steel cabinet to put bags/personal items, a chair, a fan, two lights and a built in toilet with a shower, sink, toilet hole, a mirror and a hook. That's all. And we have to put on the bedsheets on our own. The best part is, the water is very cool. They said that it is straight from the mountain.

We had our own time until 8pm, where we took our dinner in a gazebo. Dinner supposed to be a barbecue, but since it rains from 4pm, the person in charge of the event change it. So it's a dinner prepared by the staff there, but we still had some dishes which was roasted: fishes and chicken. It was a simple meal, so we finish quite early. After that, we had free time. The eight of us, the Chinese, squeezed into my supervisor's room to play Uno game. It was great, because I can know them better. It really helps, because during office hours, there are no chances to interact with all of them in this way. I think interaction in this way is much easier to know each other.

We played until 1 am. The next morning, we had breakfast at 9am, and start the jungle trekking at 10am. The track itself is quite challenging, where we had to climb a hilly and get down with our backside first. It was also very slippery, as it rains yesterday. The route we had choosen was the 1 hour route, and it's very challenging, much more from the Jerejak Island and Bako National Park. At least at Bako, there were some parts with wooden plank. But here, I think everyone needs a local guide because it's literally a jungle, with no guidance of plank wood or sign.

After the 1 hour trekking, we clean ourselves and pack our stuff before getting into a truck to get back to a bus station, about 10 or 15 minutes away. The resort itself is a bit outskirt, where no buses can enter. Hard to imagine? Just imagine a resort at the roadside of Malaysia's East-West Highway, that's the resort located, with handphone signal are very low.

It was a great trip, and I hope there are mores to come!

Filler-Music-Mizz Nina ft. Colby O'Donis

2010-07-04T23:26:00.012+08:00

Mizz Nina feat.Colby O'Donis - What You Waiting For

Lyrics:

Baby, I never seen someone with your body
You make me want get this party started
Hey baby, come in tell me what this all, baby, baby
Tell me what you what you waiting for

Baby, I never seen someone with your body
You make me wanna get a little naughty
Hey baby come in get it it's all yours, baby, baby
Tell me what you what you waiting for

Its your birthday
So tell me what you want to
Its my birthday
I really wanna get with you
Drop the beat now and may be we can get it started
Will go insane and take you to the after party

So what's your name
Hey baby what's your name (oh yeah)
Sexys my name
Yeah sexys my name
OK and whats your game
Hey baby what's your game
OK I like to play
I I like to play

Baby, I never seen someone with your body
You make me want get this party started
Hey baby, come in tell me what this all, baby, baby
Tell me what you what you waiting for

Baby, I never seen someone with your body
You make me wanna get a little naughty
Hey baby come in get it it's all yours, baby, baby
Tell me what you what you waiting for

Hey sexy girl from Kuala Lumpur
Hey baby that's me I'll be on the dance floor
I got you with surprise we pop in up in VIP
And if I ask nice can I take you home with me

[2X]
So what's your name
Hey baby what's your name (oh yeah)
Sexys my name
Yeah sexys my name
OK and whats your game
Hey baby what's your game
OK I like to play
I I like to play

Baby, I never seen someone with your body
You make me want get this party started
Hey baby, come in tell me what this all, baby, baby
Tell me what you what you waiting for

Baby, I never seen someone with your body
You make me wanna get a little naughty
Hey baby come in get it it's all yours, baby, baby
Tell me what you what you waiting for

Baby let's get crazy
Come and loose control
You want to tear up the after party
I know you want some more
I wanna see you with that body
Working down real low
Baby yeah Come and get it
Tell me what you what you waiting for

Baby, I never seen someone with your body
You make me want get this party started
Hey baby, come in tell me what this all, baby, baby
Tell me what you what you waiting for

Baby, I never seen someone with your body
You make me wanna get a little naughty
Hey baby come in get it it's all yours, baby, baby
Tell me what you what you waiting for

Induction day

2010-07-01T22:14:00.019+08:00

I'm officially a working people now. To be precise, I am an ASTRO's staff! =) Today and half day of tomorrow is induction day(s) for me. New hired is exposed to the company's history, some important rules and regulations, etc, those boring stuff. But the best part was, we had a chance to visit radio stations-MIX fm, hitz.fm, LiteFM, MY FM, ERA, SINAR, XFM and THR, and met some of the deejays! Saw Adam C in hitz.fm's room, Rex and Non in LiteFM's room, Vivian 卓卉勤 and Josh Lai in MY FM's room, Royce 陈志康 outside MY FM's room, Wan Wai Fun in another room doing recording, and some other deejays that I don't recognized.

The environment in a media company is different from others. Though I didn't work at other places before, I can feel it. Your attire depend on your job, ranging from a full set of formal attire to shirts and jeans. Because it is a big company, the building itself is quite big also. Funny thing is, the highest building is only 3rd floor (if I'm not mistaken), but it was very wide. Because it is a big company, they have many departments, but because of space limit, some departments are not inside the main building. It is scattered around, like the department that I'll be joining. It is opposite the main building. Some are as far as Midvalley, but some are nearer to the main building, at Technology Park.

Tomorrow will be another induction sessions, only for the permanent stuff. It will end at lunch time, and then we will greeted by a buddy assign to assist the newcomer.

It was a new experience to know how a radio and tv station work. It's pity that my department is not in the headquarters. Otherwise, I might have a chance to meet some artists walking around! *Saw Nor Syuhaida Abd Razak shooting for Dottie the series for ASTRO Ria, channel 104 though.*

Rest and Go!

2010-06-30T16:57:00.033+08:00

Since May until the end of June, I've been enjoying my burden-less, non-committing (to anything), lepaking time and even went for some trips. For the last time, I had enjoyed my free time as a student: lepak and main-main. These, however, shall stop upon the arrival of 1st July 2010. July will be the time I really become a person with more responsibility, carrying burdens, and commit myself to other stuff. I shall no longer a student, but an adult who works from 9am to 6pm, 5 days a week!

Surely, a student's life will be totally different from a working life. All a student has to do is study, study, study, and main+lepak. Of course undergraduate experienced much more stuff than a secondary student. But the experiences gained in university is still not sufficient to overcome the real life working situation. It is still two different thing. I myself prefer a student's life. But somehow in today's world, I can't imagine people who only stop at a student's life, or only enjoy life, without working-as in meeting outside people. I wanted to work, to earn money with my own hand, but I also want lepak-lepak. Logically, I need to work first, to earn some money, then I can take off days to lepak.

So, to ensure I won't missed a student's life soo much after I started to work (new hire has probation period, and logically, we want to be a perfect worker during the period, so taking leave is a no-no, unless it is an urgent matter), I had my so called graduation trip with no other than my beloved sistahs. Though some will still continue their study, but most of us will be working after this. It was our last outing as an undergraduate, but we promised to have more outings in future, when we are stable with our job.

For me, the trips was a time for me to enjoy to the fullest before I committed myself with my job. I guess it will not be easy during the probation period, but I believe I can handle it!

Filler-Music~

2010-06-21T23:39:00.020+08:00

Boyzone-Gave It All Away

Lyrics:

I .....will learn to live before I die

Will learn to love and learn to try

Not to give it all away (give it all away)

She ...may be

The one that's meant for me

Or for the man that I used to be (used to be)

Til' I gave it all away (gave it all awayx2)

Why hy hy I lay my heart down on the floor

I showed you love, you wanted more re re

But I gave it all away (cry ry ry ry cry ry ry ry)

You.....taught me to see the better truth

About yourself but about me too (about me too)

I was stupid over you

What could I do

Why hy hy I lay my heart down on the floor

I showed you love, you wanted more re re

But I gave it all away (cry ry ry ry cry ry ry ry)

Some people wait a lifetime for a chance like this

I've waited enough

Baby, no, I won't let you go

I'm sick of tears and bitter fears

(I won't let go of you, I won't let go of you, of you, of youx2)

Why hy hy I lay my heart down on the floor

I showed you love, you wanted more re re

But I gave it all away (cry ry ry ry cry ry ry ry)

There's nothing left to take (cry ry ry ry cry ry ry ry ry)

I gave it all away

* Missed the voice of Stephen Gately soo much, and missed the combination of Ronan Keating and Stephen's voice. It's a beautiful song, but it's pity that Stephen left us so early. RIP, Stephen.

Bitter Life

2010-06-20T22:56:00.016+08:00

Received a news from FB via an old school mate, saying one of our teacher was just admitted into ICU. I was very shock and sad to hear this. We all knew she had this disease since she first taught us when we were in primary four. But she always show her braver side to us, still taught us when she was not feeling well, until she really cannot take it, then only she will took a day off. She is a very dedicated teacher. I still remembered that we used to stay back for extra class (her class), and then after that, I will followed her back to her house while waiting for my mum to finish her working hours. "Education is important, but her student's safety is also important", that's what I saw through her action. Normally when I stay back, I'll just wait for the afternoon session to finish their school and go back with the school bus OR wait for my dad (who can come out during his office hours) OR take a public bus home. When she knew this, she insisted that I go back with her each time after extra classes. Even my mother was surprised with her act. I felt grateful to her, even until this moment. Though I used to afraid of her, cos she's the teacher who cane students when they did badly, and scold them for their stupid mistakes in the exam, but I know deep in my heart what she did was for the best for her student. It's been years since I last saw her, probably 2 years, but at that moment, I think she is still quite healthy, just like the way she had when I was in primary. I can see that she is a great fighter since she can maintain her health, because I remembered she told us that she won't live for a long time. Upon hearing this, I can only pray for her to recover soon. I still think that you are still the warrior, the fighter that I used to know. Many of your students are still thinking of you, and you need to see how far and how high we should achieved. So, please get well soon!

Papa day

2010-06-20T22:48:00.009+08:00

Today=Father's Day.

My family and I didn't celebrate, because for us, everyday other day can also be a Father's Day. Plus, my papa don't like crowded place. So it will be a wrong wrong suggestion to make him eat outside. Anyway, it was a normal week end for us, spending the quality time at home without going anywhere. Reading and watching tv is the thing we normally do on Sundays. And my family had spent a few days off last week to our annually family trip, this time at Batu Pahat and Malacca. So we actually had spent quite a lot of money and time together. For me, spending time with all the family members, no matter where or when is the best-est gift!

FAMILY

2010-06-06T23:23:00.005+08:00

Father

And

Mother

Love

You

and my brothers too! ^.^

Filler-Music

2010-06-02T13:52:00.020+08:00

Tommy Page-A Shoulder to Cry On

Lyrics:

Life is full of lots of up and downs,
But the distance feels further,
When it's headed for the ground,
And there's nothing more painful,
Than to let your feeling take,
You down.

It's so hard to know,
The way you feel inside,
When there's many thoughts,
And feeling that you hide,
But you might feel better,
If you let me walk with you,
By your side,

And when you need,
A shoulder to cry on,
When you need,
A friend to rely on,
And when the whole world is gone,
You won't be alone,
Cause i'll be there,
I'll be your shoulder to cry on,
I'll be there,
I'll be your friend to rely on,
When the whole world is gone,
You won't be alone cause i'll be there,

All of the times,
When everything is wrong,
And you're feeling like,
There's no use going on,
You can't give it up,
I'll help you work it out,
And carry on,

Side by side,
With you till the end,
I'll always be the one to firmly hold your hand,
No matter what there said or done,
Our love will always continue on,

Everyone needs a shoulder to cry on,
Everyone needs a friend to rely on,
When the whole world is gone,
You won't be alone,
Cause i'll be there,
I'll be your shoulder to cry on,
I'll be there,
I'll be your friend to rely on,
When the whole world is gone
You won't be alone,
Cause i'll be there,
You have my shoulder to cry on,
I'll be there
I'll be the one to rely on,
When the whole world is gone,
You won't be alone,
Cause i'll be there,

And when the whole world is gone,
You always have my shoulder to cry on.

* Heard it from radio few hours ago, and the feeling strike me again: missed my sistahs sooo much!! When I first heard of this song few months back, I only think that the melody is very nice, cos' it's a little bit different from current pop songs, and I found some parts of the lyrics are quite meaningful. Thus I downloaded it and listen to it again with full lyrics. With a lil bit sad's melody singing in my ears and the lyrics right in front of me, I think of my sistahs, whom we had been closed together. Now when I accidentally heard this song again, the same feeling reappeared! Although throughout the years we met, I have not encountered any serious case until I need a shoulder to cry on, but their presence had already made my days wonderful. I really hope that our 'courtship' will last until the days we left this wonderful world, and that we will always be one another's shoulder to cry on. God bless our friendship and us!

A typical Chinese way

2010-05-30T15:01:00.036+08:00

Attended a relative's wedding dinner last Friday in a restaurant at Seremban. In a traditional way, it only started 2 hours later from the time stated in the invitation card. Haiz. I wonder why we Chinese have this habit. Why can't start on time?? I think 15-45 minutes of 'delaying' is enough. It shouldn't be more than 1 hour. It's really a waste of time, you know, sitting there doing nothing. Logically, when the time stated is 6pm, guests should arrive BEFORE that time, and not only get out from their house on that time. If I got married in future, I'll start it according to my time. I don't want to repeat the same things, because I think time is precious, and I think punctuality is important. That's the only thing I hate for when attending a wedding dinner. But the best thing is that we can get as much liquor as we like, which is the best thing for me. You see, a bottle of Martell V.S.O.P or Chivas Regal is very expensive. Unless you are very rich, otherwise you wouldn't want to waste money and buy it and only drink for fun on some other nights. Thus, attending wedding dinner is the best chance to get these free flows of liquor. That's the main thing for me. It doesn't matter whether a dish is delicious or not, I'm not so into it, as long as its edible (for me).

Back to the dinner I attended, we spent 4.5 hours at the restaurant, 1.5 hours waiting and 3 hours was spent to eat 9 dishes. It was a tired day for me and my family, because that day's early morning, we only went back to my grandma's place because there was a prayer session for my grandpa. It was a long day for us, especially my mummy who had to do the cooking for the prayer session. And after the prayer, there were not much time left to take a nap because my uncle and my mummy's aunts were there, and we chat for a long time. Thus when we reach home after the dinner at 11.30pm, most of us dozed off immediately, except my brother and I, where we were reminiscing the days we took school bus. I think he was very 'high' after taking liquors. We talked for quite some time until we were 'left out' by our parents the next morning where we promised to go to the wedding ceremony at the relative's house. We end up staying in the oven's place the whole afternoon. Duh!!

Things Change

2010-05-21T17:57:00.011+08:00

Human can draw a well-planned plan for future, but not everything will go according to the plan, one by one or step by step. Sometimes we have to divert our way from the plan, because we think the other road will lead our life to a different path. And if there is a chance coming towards you, will you take the chance or push it away? I believe that we should take it and have a try on it, because the same opportunity won't come twice. Well, it's possible that chances will come again, but not in a short time. It might take a few years or many years to come back again. For me, I think people should grab any opportunity that they were given. It doesn't matter that we might fail upon taking the chance, or it will lead a hard way. The most important thing is the outcome we can get from the opportunity, and what we had learn from it!

When I miss the 7 of u...

2010-05-19T23:15:00.023+08:00

I will listen to this song over and over again, and recalled back all the sweet memories we had.

Forever by Takashi Somachi. OST for the Japanese drama, The Beach Boys. 沙滩男孩

Lyrics:

Kaze ga yureteru, nami ga utatteru
Ore wa kyou mo aruiteru
Suna wo tsukande, sono atsusa tashikamete
Kono kisetsu wo kanjiteru

Ah, Forever Your Love
Ano hi no mama no egao ga koko ni
Shizukani toki wo kizamu
Forever Your Heart
Itsuno hi mo
Nani mo iwazu ni sasaete kureta
Omae to futari yorokobi kanjiteru

Kawarazu ni nagarete yuku
Toki wa tomerarenai
Korekara no michi de nani ga attemo
Ima wo wasurenai sa

Sorezore no yume, katariatta hibi
Omae no me ga suki data
Kokoro no oku ni kakusenai mirai e no
Fuan ore wa kizuiteta

Ah, Forever Your Love
Nani ga attemo kawaranai sa to
Ano toki itta kotoba ga kasurete
Oh, hitori demo
Norikoerareru michi wo sagashite
Omae to futari mata koko de aitai

Taemanaku tsuzuite yuku
Hoshizora ni chikau yo
Sorezore no michi de nani ga attemo
Ore wa koko ni iru sa

Kawarazu ni nagarete yuku
Toki wa tomerarenai
Korekara no michi de nani ga attemo
Ima wo wasurenai sa
Oh, wasurenai sa

Translated:

The wind is blowing, the waves are singing

And I continue to walk, even today

Grabbing a handful of sand, confirming the heat

I can feel the season

Ah, Forever Your Love
The way you smiled that day
Is still engraved in time here
Forever Your Heart
No matter when
Without saying a thing, you supported me
I feel happiness when I'm with you

Things keep drifting along without changing
Time cannot be stopped
No matter what happens on our paths from here on
I won't forget this moment

Each of our dreams, the days we spent talking together
I loved your eyes
I noticed the fears for the future
Which you couldn't hide in your heart

Ah, Forever Your Love
"No matter what happens, I won't change"
Those words I spoke then are growing hoarse
Oh, even alone
I want to search for a way to overcome
So I can be together with you here again

It continues unceasingly
We'll swear it upon the starry sky
No matter what happens on our separate paths
I'll be right here

Things keep drifting along without changing
Time cannot be stopped
No matter what happens on our paths from here on
I won't forget this moment
Oh, I won't forget

*The lyrics said it all. I feel happiness with you all, I want to be together with you guys again, and I won't forget the moment we had spent before!