Happiness all the way

Death and Taxes

2009-04-13T19:04:00.004+08:00

Finally filled up my TAX return, borang BE today. Oh No! i still owe my goverment money....

"When I die I want to be cremated and for my ashes to be scattered into the sea. There will be no sign that I ever existed or a ‘monument’ that I had lived. I shall revert to dust from where I had come. This is my last will and testament." Raja Petra

What a day... reading raja petra post today brings me to think of these 2 surety in life,and yes, i do share his view on mortality! When we talked about death, we are actually talking about life. Why are we here? How do we want to live our current life? What is this living and breathing and occupying this space actually means?

Life is short, so why do ppl bothers to fight so much? why are some ppl always so angry? and why do some ppl wants so much?

Questions, questions, questions...

Moody economy, moody ping

2009-03-15T20:17:00.007+08:00

Of late, have been more bad tempered than usual. Even my dreams are all quite stressful!Friends around me seem stressed out too... One is worried about VSS, another is worried about no work, another one has too much work, another one is complaining about no money.

At times like this, i just realised that simple things in life can really put the smile/shine back! I have noticed that Penang is getting more and more beautiful with the amazing flowering " Sakura" Check out http://cuttlefishhand.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-post.html

Food, good food and good company brings laughter. Had been going out to play games and K-session with TT and Botak. We played this new game called MammaMia. It's about Pizzas. TT was the first one to excel in the game where she completed all the orders! Bravo, clap clap... But then Botak boh kam buan! Make us keep playing till he win also. :P Went out for a sunset outing and seafood at Teluk Kumbar with Ivan, YF, PM and Tie. Had a good laugh and some great shots as well. With lots of tips from my sifu as usual. This shot has Mr. Tie in the pic. He always complain that the 3 of us take the same shot. Haha.. i am sure, this one will be unique!

Today was again a Blood Donation Sunday! All the regular volunteers show up, hence i was VSS-ed today. Hence contributed in another way, i donated another pint of blood. Yeah Yeah! Hehe... :) Also donated blood to 10 mossies today! Maybe moody ping has sweet blood! Wei.. smile

Keep playing politics and leave the economy alone!

2009-03-08T10:43:00.004+08:00

This is the first aniversary since our political tsunami last year! Well, from the results, it was already expected that there will be endless entertainment for all of us Rakyat. And of course, there's no free lunch, rakyat always pay!

And i am tired of paying.. especially when my pay is cut by 10% already, and am also tired of watching all the clowns (either from BN and PKR).
If they are as good looking as Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, i would complain less.
If i have lots of money, i wouldn't mind so much.

Anyway, what do i expect from the politicians? To be honest, nothing really... So far, i have not seen yet a single move so far that have benefitted the Rakyat. Err. I have no idea where the first 7 billion and recently the 10 Billion Ringgit goes to. Well, maybe some, 70k was found in a suitcase in someone's car :O

Since the politicians will not do anything to help put money in my pocket, they might as well keep acting as clowns, my only request is just make this a low cost and peaceful production! (FYI: A low cost production like Slumdog Millionaire can win the Oscars, if this is any motivation to all the actors/actresses out there!)

How about the economy then, let ???? worry about it. As for normal folks like you and me, we got to depend on ourselves. Emm..On a practical note, maybe i should open a stall by the factories and sell toasted bread and half boil eggs to increase my income.

I am not getting retrenched. FULL STOP

2009-03-03T22:51:00.003+08:00

Arrggghhh... i am really tired of the question that require the answer "I am not getting retrenched. FULL STOP"

But then you get some persistent folks that really won't give up, how about 6 months down the road, if the ecomony keeps tumbling down at this rate!"

Arrggghhh.. My answer:"HOW WOULD I KNOW, WHY WOULD I HAVE CARED! FOR ALL YOU MAY KNOW, I MAY BE DEAD BY THEN AND I WOULD NOT HAVE A CARE ABOUT THE ECONOMY OF THIS WORLD BY THEN!"

yeah yeah yeah, these days i am a short fuse and i am impatient... So please stop asking me all these stupid questions. I mean, what is the purpose of you asking me all this? It's not as if you care about me, or are going to give me money or that i am gonna be a parasit to you! So quit aggravating me! You have been warned! SCRAM!

Sunrise at Penang Hill

2009-03-01T22:33:00.007+08:00

Took the first train up at 6:30am yesterday morning to go on my first visit up Penang Hill since i think my pcghs days where i used to hike up with the girl guides!

Anyway, I got all my gear ready and Ivan gave me a morning call at 5:30am. We were at the foot of the staion by 6am, bought the tickets and stick on our mozzie patch!

We boarded the first tram up at 6:30am, just the 3 of us in the first car! In the other car was just another pakcik and makcik (carrying their groceries up). All the way till the middle station, Ivan was looking out of the window and giving us running commentary telling at what height we were at! After the middle station, we change into the 2nd tram, which was completely dark! i just stole some time to catch 20 winks, Ivan got bored and keep wanting to drive, as maybe we were getting impatient as the sky starts to lighten up! After this seemingly long 10-15 mins, we finally reach the top. Yeah...

It's was really freezing cold...Very breezy and nice! Haha.. good thing i bought along a hooded jumper! And we happily set up our gear and all ready to shoot!

After snapping to our heart contents, we had breakfast at the hawker stall up there! As we were eating, suddenly Ivan Jumped! A huge dun know what insect landed on Ivan! err.. lots of trouble trying to get it off! Yee Fan helped him. Haha... Luckily it landed on him, if it was on me, i think i would have screamed till the cows come home. After filling up our stomach, we were hunting for more things to shoot. Came across some really gigantic spiders and huge webs! Another finding, insects are huge up there!

All in all, a really good outing!

2 canons vs 1 nikon

A huge spidey - size of my palm

Why we need Rulers?

2009-02-27T23:24:00.003+08:00

From RPK: "No, we need the Rulers. I don’t trust politicians, in particular Malay Nationalist politicians like Umno. With the Rulers removed, the Umno politicians will now control the army. And I would hate to be an opposition supporter or non-Malay when that happens. Then Malaysia Boleh would transform into Malaysia Beirut. And I will move back to England where I was born. Good luck to those born in Malaysia and have nowhere to go. You better learn how to shoot."

From Wikipedia " A ruler, or rule, is an instrument used in geometry, technical drawing and engineering/building to measure distances and/or to rule straight lines. Strictly speaking, the ruler is essentially a straightedge used to rule lines and the calibrated instrument used for determining measurement is called a "measure". However, common usage is that a ruler is a calibrated straightedge that can be used for making measurements"

I got a chill down to the spine reading this latest article by RPK! So, what did i do, i went on to read Wikipedia on something totally irrelevant to warm my spine up! Now i doubt whether i have a spine that goes from cold to hot to cold to hot? If you have no idea what am i blabbering about, no worries, i have none either! I am usually not like this, usually i have a clear idea on what i want and how i want to do it. For this week, i feel zombie-like, trying to finish whatever needs to be done on autopilot, getting frus at everything and everyone! If you are one of those at the receiving end, i really appologise for my erratic behaviour. I need to get out of this rut!

As my idol RPK said, you better learn how to shoot! Haha.. i will...since i am always the peace loving one, i will learn how to shoot some Good Sunrise pictures! Had some good tips from Sifu Ivan, which hopefully i can put them to good use.

bah.. humbak...

Can a frog turn into a prince?

2009-02-07T13:19:00.003+08:00

The recent spate of events of jumping frogs in Perak reminded me of the fairy tale of the Frog Prince. Of course the only link in the two stories is that frogs are involved! Haha...

And yes, i disgaree with the way the frogs are jumping about and BN taking over.

I also do not agree with the stand Pakatan Rakyat is taking now. Earlier, you have said everything depended on the Sultan. Well, DYMM has decided and you dun like his decision and then you start to cry and wail. Come on, grow up! Think how you can turn this event into a winner for the next election and dun repeat the mistakes made. Yes, i disagree with his decision too. I agree that you need to say your piece. Say it peacefully, Protest peacefully like the Anti- ISA virgils. There, i state my stand!

Not that i hope anything will come out of this. Maybe i have given up on this Bolehland.

9th Day of CNY

2009-02-03T08:57:00.013+08:00

The 9th Day of Chinese New Year is a major day for the Hokkiens and we anticipated lots of fireworks in Penang. (Yes, i know, it is banned, but...)

Well, me, Ivan and CC planned a day out to Evian's house. I rushed home after work and got my camera gear ready for a night of photoshooting. There's a nice spot up at the back of the hill at Evian's house. Evian's house is up on a very steep slope where i really dun dare to drive up. Ivan bravely took up the challenge and as he was manuvering a steep corner, we got stuck! As in the bottom of the car hit the ground and we can't move. I was so scared that i screamed my lungs out. My heart already popped out and ran away. Luckily Ivan was calm enough amidst my hysterical scream and managed to manuverve his car up the slope and reach Evian's house safely. All of us had a good laugh after that as ST and Evian was also watching us getting off this tight spot!

Whew, what a relief that i am still alive, i had a rest and calm my nerves and then started a short climb to set up our camera to capture Kek Lok Si at dusk! It was well worth the climb and drive up to enjoy this magnificient view. On top of this was that this place was breezy with no mossies.

The 3 of us getting ready our gear! Evian snapped this shot of us while ST snapped a shot of her snapping us. :)

Ivan was still snapping away as i got abit bored. So i started looking around for some other subjects to shoot. Saw the half Moon, due to the wrong/exposure settings on my camera, i was alarmed to capture a full moon picture! Again, my friends laughed their heads off and used this opportunity to condemm my Canon. Yeah, they are from the Dark Side (Nikon).

After that we proceeded to get our dinner and Botak joined us then. We were chor tai ti-ing our time away as we were waiting for the clock to struck Midnight for the fireworks gala to begin and to begin our 2nd round of shooting. All in all, an amazing night!

Hectic Chinese Niu Year!

2009-02-01T23:03:00.006+08:00

Wow.. I didn't expect this CNY to be so busy. Well, as usual, i was banking on a quiet/hibernating CNY hols.

Had more gatherings and parties than i expected! :) Catch up with old and old new friends (well, sort of new again as i have lost touch with them for more than 10 years!) Hmmm... Funny, two of them who i dun even recognised says i look the same. Err... Err...Anyway,here's a pic of my primary school mates.

Today, i went for a walking tour/documentary with the PHT along Beach street under the hot sorching sun. The only reason why i dragged myself there is so that next time i can blabber lots of info to my tourist about our rich rich historical penang! Hmmm... and also i was on my way to the 2009 miao hui anyway. This was indeed interesting and i leant a lot! Well worth the 2 hours spent along this maybe 200m street. I have never walked along this street this slowly before and i am now seeing this street in a completely different light. Learn a new achitecture word "rustication" today, and am able to imagine what Beach Street was like when Francis Light first set foot!

After 2 hours,I think i was too tired baking myself along beach street that i kinda lost interest in taking photos of 槟城《己丑旺牛迎新春。街头庙会大团拜 2009》. My shoulders were aching by the time i reach the Miao Hui Venue. Some pics here from a very tired photograher.

CNY eve

2009-01-25T22:07:00.004+08:00

Clean clean clean, dust dust dust and jam jam jam!

Well, finally all done and ready for the "Niu" Year!

Well, had our family reunion dinner at 6pm and i even have to time to go up to Kek Lok Si to snap a few quick shots. Waiting for Ivan they all for the 2nd round then i can really take my time to compose and shoot!
I know all the shots are kinda slanted. I was kinda dizzy.. well, it is caused by my bro's infamous driving and also the heavy dinner.:P

新年快乐！

2009-01-23T16:29:00.002+08:00

Merry Xmas!

2008-12-23T00:36:00.001+08:00

Ching Gay in Georgetown Penang - 21st Dec 2008

2008-12-22T22:40:00.008+08:00

Watched the Ching Gay Parade this year with Botak and Ivan in front of Gama. It's being years since i last watched this parade, usually i am just too plain lazy. Went as this was something new for the 2 guys (i grew up assuming everyone has seen Chingay and also Thaipusam) hmm... anyway, me and both my tourist ( both were tying to accuse each other of looking like Japanese Uncle!) Haha... Go check our facebook photos and let me know!

Anyway, for this year parade, they started off at Datuk Keramat Padang and make their way to Penang Road and then later all the way to the Esplanade. I watched the amazing agilty of some the participants in balancing those towering flagpoles, considering the strong wind that night, it was no easy feat! What strike me most from these parade is that this parade is indeed a showcase of the multi-race, culturalisms of Malaysian. You see chingayrians of every race! Well, there was Lions, Dragons (some of the dances were performed by non-chinese), Santa, snowman. I mean where in the whole can you get Santa, Snowman, Lions and Dragons all at 1 go! In penang, you can.

We saw this rocket, it was quiet cute, but why is a rocket in this parade? maybe someone trying to please our current state government? Anyway, it was still cute and it was also moving.. so i ain't complaining. At the finale of the parade was this dragon, that was quite an angry dragon, it kept blowing of fire! As it was at the end of the parade, i was trying to run infront of him to capture some shots, and somehow i lost Ivan along the way. He called and Botak told him to chase the dragon. He tot that botak must be high on drugs... why chase what dragon. Anyway, he managed to catch up with us in the end! Haha.. All in all, the 3 of us enjoyed ourself and managed to capture a couple of nice pics. :)

Trip to Jitra

2008-12-08T15:15:00.008+08:00

Jitra is CC's hometown, well, we had nothing better to do... so off we went to Jitra! CC wanted to take us to Duty Free shopping, Lai Huat Garden, Boating and lastly a nice yummy Thai Dinner!!!

ST and Evian picked me and TT up. TT was all dressed up to play at the waterfall, all of us were wondering where she got that idea of "waterfall" from...

Anyway, we reached Jitra about 11.30am and then CC took us to teh Bukit Kayu Itam Duty free. There's a long queue for cars, so CC suggested we walked. Errr... as it has been drizzling, there were puddles of water everywhere! TT has dirt all over her legs.. Poor girl, as she was the only one with jap slippers and shorts! We bought lots of keropok back! And i do mean Lots here, till the makcik that sells us stuff got confused!

After buying all the keropoks, we were hungry. CC didn't know where to take us to eat in Changloon.. Err.. we went to this restaurant in a shopping complex.. and err.. CC ordered Fried Rice, that was edible, i ordered Fried Udon, edible too, ST order fish and chips, you can't go wrong with that i suppose and TT ordered special HK noodle.. err, which taste horrible. Everyone tried 1 noodle, and that's about what everyone could stomached! Yup, it was that horrible!

On the way, we went to buy pomelos... It's is somthing like Ipoh ones in the old days.. Only difference is that for the Ipoh ones, you get Leng Lui lining the road, Errr.. In kedah, all the Makciks and Pakciks manned the shop... Of course, we bargained again till the Makcik was also confused.

Err, We went to Lai Huat Garden after taht, as it was raining, all of us didn't want to pay RM10 entrance fee! So, we wandered off, hopping to do some boating. We soon arrive to the lake (man made???) err... but eveything was close! No boating can be done so we just took some pics and left...

As TT was hungry, we then went to Ah John Kopitiam (Quite similar to Old Town Kopitiam), we ordered kopi and different types of bread while we played Big Two and deciding where to go next! Botak keeps suggesting Lai Huat Garden.. It will go like this" where you guys want to go next?, Option A: Lai Huat, Option B Lai Huat, Option C: Lai Huat!" Haha...
Anyway, since non of us wnated to move, and then finally ST suggested to see some Siamese Temple, he agreed. We went to one river ( apparently is it not a river, but a manmade irrigation Channel) by the river. Quite an impressive temple actually... Next we went off to see the famous keday paddy fields. Oh ya, on way, we met lots of Lembu's, Goats and even sheeps... No wonder we call Kedah drivers -Kedah-Gu!

Well, our last stop was of course our dinner! It was yummy! Botak was right... The Dinner was indeed splendid!

Our Dinner

Sleeping Country..zzz...zzz...

2008-12-02T18:12:00.003+08:00

I haven't blog for a month! Time flies.. time to wake up!

well, i did, but my country is still sleeping...

Najib: Malaysia on track for 5% growth this year Najib said the target of 3.5% growth next year could still be maintained.
Pretty optomistics... Our economy is OK.. our fundamentals is still strong.... Blah blah blah...

In this same article: “The statistics released by the police show that the crime rate is actually lower than Hong Kong or Japan and only slightly higher than Singapore,” he said.
Wow... Mr. DPM, what statistics you are refering to? i knew i felt safer walking down the streets in Japan and HK at night, but i dun dare to do that in JB and most places in Penang!

My country is still dreamland, well i suppose reality sucks! better off in Dreamland aka Bolehland I suppose!

Much Ado about Road Names

2008-10-29T21:26:00.004+08:00

I used to think a rose by any name smelt just as sweet....Until these recent spate of events...

On Jalan Alor/Kejora
Extracted from The Star (18/10/08)...
"Jalan Alor’s name was changed at the request of the National Economic Action Council following decisions made in its exco meeting.
With regard to that, DBKL’s Road Naming Committee concluded in its meeting that the name of Jalan Alor be changed to Jalan Kejora to go with other roads in the vicinity named after the stars.
The change is also to meet requirements under the road naming guidelines."
So surprise to see that we have a road naming committee to do things in accordance with requirements under road naming guidelines! Dun play play....

On Chinese/Jawi/English/Malay name of Penang street
Extracted from The Star (28/10/08)...
"Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said that multi-language road signs would disunite the people."
Err... How??? You mean the ppl will beat each other up if someone name a certain road Jalan Keldai or Donkey's Road??? Scared lor...

Extracted from New Strait Times (28/10/08)
Shafie, who was urged to streamline the use of the national language in road signs by the ministry’s former minister, Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim, said the issue would be endless if Penang decided to use the three languages.“We live in a multiracial society and I’m sure other races will question their rights.
Err... What rights is that, and why would any race protest? Who will protest, questions against Jalan Keldai aka Donkey's Road aka Ass Road?

Btw, since we are in the topic of names, how about our Capital City, Kuala Lumpur ( the Muddy river mouth if you dun know) Err.... How does it reflect on our country??? We are muddy and murky? Hahaha

On Penang road names, by the way, there's 3 Jalan Zoo in the Air Itam (Black Water) area... 2 of them is seperated by Sungai Air Itam and the other one is in Farlim (Bandar Baru Air Itam)! You know how confusing it is for us Penangites trying to tell our non-penangites friends ask for directions to "Jalan Zoo, Air Itam" Anyone from any road naming committee can help to answer this question?

Bai bai to my little friends!

2008-10-25T21:15:00.006+08:00

Just received this email...

Dear Brothers & Sisters in the Dhamma,

First of all I would like to say Maha Sadhu to all of you who have contributed and help make it possible to the purchase of new clothes for the Myanmar cyclone affected children. Those children will be receiving your dana through a group of devotees leaving on 8 Nov 2008.

Also I would like to say Maha Sadhu to those who have contributed and also helped in the collection for the Khatina at Ariyamaggin Monastery, Yangon, Burma. This is however still open if anyone of you wish to contribute as they are still short of funds for the Khatina. Last date for this collection is on 2 Nov 2008.

I am now assisting them to look for any used unwanted soft toys to be given to those ophans in Myanmar. It has to be soft toys only as these will be hand carried by the devotees for the children. Please call me at 012-4278088 or email me at ritateoh@hotmail.com to arrange for collection of your toys.They can only carry about 4 cartons - medium size. Last date for this collection is also on 2 Nov 2008.

Please pass this message to your friends or relatives who can contribute in one way or another . May you "see" the serene joy that lingers throughout your breathe in all your Metta givings.May you "touch" the essence of freedom in your actions of parting all your goodness unto others who are less fortunate. Maha Sadhu to all of you !!!

Metta

Rita

This is the happy family group of soft toys i have collected over the years and am parting with them this time. Well, this group of little friends have acompanied me through thick and thin during my UK days and hopefully they will now bring more cheers to the Burmese kids who will receive them! I will definitely missed my Tiger, 2 Pickachus (bigP and fatP), Pingu, 3 Looney Toons, Goofy, Mr. Sneeze, Me2You Ping, Purple Sharkey, and Tweety Fairy!

Tiger always light up my days and Mr. Sneeze always bring a smile to me whenever he falls off and hit me and ai aichu aiiiichhhuuu. Big P is the oldest among all, he is the Tai Ko as he has been with me since my Sheffield days. A couple of them like Mr. Sneeze and the 3 Looney Toons was always sitting in my office watching over my simulations and electrons! As i was taking them out from their boxes, memories kept flooding back. Hence this little tribute to them! I will missed them but i am sure they will bring more happiness to more children like they have brought me!

A good deed today by the TAO-ians

2008-10-22T22:12:00.006+08:00

KY started the ball rolling by forwarding the email out from Silver Jubilee Old folks home that they needed some essentials urgently. Then, she also took the effort of passing the hat about and collected a total of RM 410+ something. Clap clap clap! Kudos to her and to all the ppl (including some non-TAO ppl)! Clap Clap Clap...

So today during lunch, we (Kim Yen, Ivan, Theng Theng, Yee Lin, Boon Khim, Kai Nian, Chia Sing) proceeded to Tesco Extra to get the items, 2 trolley full of diapers, Milos, oats, and soap powders! BK, Ivan and KY was busying zig-zaging to look for all the items, YL was holding the money, TT was our financial controller..Of course Kai Nian and Chia Sing are the expert in choosing the items and which one is the one more economical. Lazy me was just watching. Haha..After shopping, of course we delivered all the goods to the home. We took a picture, with 2 persons ( guess which 2 thin persons) hiding behind 1 person (guess 1 not-thin person). Answer is in the picture loaded in my facebook! Haha...

Before we went back to work, we detoured abit, to buy Toto, as Ivan dreamt of collecting toto money last night! and all of us dreamt all the way back to work with our soon to get 28 millions! Haha... What a happy bunch of lunchmates today!

Oh ya, if you want to know more and want to help, here's the link http://silverjubileehome.org/
Which reminds me of 1 girl guide song, "if you are happy and you know it, clap your hands! Clap clap!"

Pain Pain Pain

2008-10-20T22:13:00.003+08:00

Ouch Ouch Ouch!
3 weeks ago, before the raya long hols, i slipped and fell down the stairs at work. Well, the good thing was that my laptop hit the step first and thus saved me from rolling all the way down. i was lucky to escape with a badly hit right foot at the ankle area! No broken bones, no sprained mussles or tendon! Just some ice and rest on the foot and i was up and about almost the next hour!!! Though i suffered the pain for a week.. kinda minor pain, as i didn't rest my poor foot enough, was running about all over the place, weddings etc etc etc...

Finally when i tot my suffering is over, last night, i managed to whack my right elbow into the pillar at home! Ooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuchhh!
Yup.. it's that painful! With a drop of tear appearing at the corner of my eye! Was too tired.. went to sleep instead. Should have put some ice last night!
And now i am in severe pain... Ouchhhhhhhh!

THis post is getting painful even for me to read... with lots yells and moans and "ouch"es!!!
But i am really in pain. The lucky thing is that it doesn't hamper my normal activity like typing, carrying stuff etc! i also managed to play ping pong tonight! A couple of things i can't do are to brush teeth and pull the safety belts in my car! oh, btw, just in case you are wondering, i do brush my teeth, with my left hand! but i think i sprained my left wrist just now brushing my teeth! OUCH!

pain in right elbow, pain in left wrist.... How how how! Any sifu to recommend me? Any quick remedy?

Pain oh pain, when are you going away?

What.. are you staying away from politics!

2008-10-13T22:33:00.003+08:00

hmm.. a friend commented that he was surprised i am blogging so little on politics these days, considering the happenings (especially with my idol RPK under ISA). I think he just like to see me being angry and showing my fists in the air... and me all worked up and red-faced

haha...well, i haven't read any political blogs/ newspaper really for the last 3 days! Well, did read up a bit before writing this post, actually. I still read the BBC daily, and trying hard to understand some economics, like the US recession, and all the happenings to Europe and across the world, all except Malaysia.

Want to know why? Our (i just can't type leaders, leaders should be ppl i respect), well, a couple of morons running this country at the moment, still think that "our country is OK, doing fine, no problemo....." Ostrichtssss.. ( i know , i can't spell, i think blogger needs to give me spell check!)

what the people say, they can't listen, can't see, can't feel, as their whole head, hmm. ( if they have one) is burried so deep that it will take ages to dig it out. maybe after a while, i dun really bother anymore!

Anyway, back to economics, i find it really interesting to see the bailouts etc, and also how giant economy of the world ( US, UK, Europe. Japan or even China) are taking steps doing something. i am very curios to see the results 6 months down the road really. Everyone is making such a pessimistic prediction, that some how i think things won't turn out that bad... :) why? Becos everyone country in the world knows there is a problem, and working their hardest to solve this problem.

Except Malaysia! Malaysia Boleh!

Bleak times ahead... and a day of lots of alcohol!

2008-10-10T23:40:00.005+08:00

"No pay increament for 2009!" Bill announced today. :(

Everyone of us were so disappointed and all we could talk about was Toto (20 Million), Tiramisu in the evening and of course, our celebration in Soho playing ikan pangang (fusbal)!

Well, i haven't drank for quite a wee while.... tonight was payback time. I think the chef must have sensed our depression when he prepared the tiramisu.. all i could taste and smell was the contreau or kahlua or whatever alcohol he used. Well, after dessert, rain was pouring cats and dsogs, we couldn't proceed immediately to our next destination, so i had a calypso coffee, (espresso mixed with dark rum and Tia Maria) which is much stronger than i expected. I was kinda high after that really! Especially after "bottoms up" But i still managed to win a couple of rounds playing "chor tai ti". TT was really "ong" or the TI queen, she keeps getting all the TIs!

This is what i was drinkign to get high.. haha

Anyway, just as i was feeling slightly high, the rain finally calmed down and we went to Soho to play fusbal, fondly known as "peng hu". Haha...
Of course we had fun. and of course the highlight of the evening. Me and TT beat ST and KB in a nail biting match (9-8)! Yippee!

Just to make Botak jealous, as he didn't want to join us this time... ST now has an ingenous way of playing peng hu cheaply, making the game last twice as long... Can't say it here . :P

Oh ya, we also sort of plan our next year journey to my boss wedding in KL. Better trained a bit first, before embarking in that journey, as we (i think we were high or really carried away) plan to club crawl from MOS to Zuek to Lunar Bar to Sky Bar to Westin and pubcrawl back to whichever hotel we will be statying for the night. Ivan has offered his house for us to camp as well. All planned and ready to gooooo..... haha.. kincheong lor..

We Won!!! Yippee!

Happy Marriage to 3 couples!

2008-10-01T21:01:00.004+08:00

Happy Marriage to Theng+Boon, Mei Yun+Chong Keat, and my cousin LingFong+Yen.

2 holes on my arm

2008-09-21T19:31:00.005+08:00

No, i was not bitten by a blood sucking vampire! Just by one one the largest blood sucking group in Penang, haha... They gonna thump me hard for calling these group of really amazing, most dedicated and extremely friendly and helpful group of Blood Donation Campaigners by this nick. Now i can proudly claim to belong to them and as i managed to be a donor of my first pint out blood out today! Yippee... Finally found the courage and the right timing, with sufficient sleep to make it today!

As most of my friends know, i have been helping out with the HYS blood donation group for the pass 3 years. Yup, it has taken me that long to take the 1st plunge, or rather the first needle. Of course, thanks to lots of encouragement from our chief, JH and some other BDC comrades!

The first pint of blood I'd ever donated in my 31 years on this planet. It's a good feeling knowing that I had surrendered 8-10% of my body's supply of circulatory fluid to some unknown strangers who needed them. As we all know or being told repeatedly, there's fewer than 1% of Malaysians donate blood (give or take) and that most of those people only donate once per year, I felt pretty good.

For those who yet to take the first needle, i challenge you to do it now! :)

Remain CALM

2008-09-13T10:32:00.004+08:00

THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING, OR RATHER TRYING TO DO!

AND I AM SO CALM THAT I AM SITTING AT HOME, TYPING IN CAPS, VENTING OUT THIS LITTLE BIT AMOUNT OF STEAM!
ARGGGG.. IT'S SICKENING..

I AM SO BLOODY CALM THAT I AM SITTING AT HOME, THINKING WHAT THOSE IMBECILES GOING TO DO NEXT..THEIR NEXT MOVE... SHUTDOWN ALL NEWSPAPERS? ARREST ALL BLOGGERS, ARREST ALL OPPOSITION LEADERS, ARREST ALL CURRENTLY UNDER BN BUT SPEAKING UP AGAINST THIS DRACONIAN LAW? WHILE THOSE THAT ARE REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR INCITING ALL THESE RACIAL TENSIONS ARE HAPPILY HOLIDAYING IN TAIWAN OR GOD KNOWS WHERE!

ANYWAY, SINCE I AM STILL SO !@#$% CALM THAT I AM READING HARIS IBRAHIM ETC FOR UPDATES.

" Situation in Bukit Mertajam is quite tense. Just came back from BM police station. Received call from friend that people in Raja Uda, Butterworth (Chinese area) are extremely angry. Went to the Berapit Kampung Baru to see a friend and he informed me that the mood is the same. They know where to push the people to make them angry. Please help put up a post to calm down the people as Malaysia Today, People’s Parliament and Malaysiakini has the widest coverage. I just don’t want the people to walk into the trap they have set. "COMMENTS FROM VIVEG AFTER MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT

Big Bang Day!

2008-09-10T20:56:00.003+08:00

Amazing, this really mega project, a 27km-long tunnel which houses the Large Hadron Collider that took 30 long years and 4 times than the initiall budget is finally complete and up and running

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7604293.stm

It is indeed an exciting frontier in science, i think eveyone of us are eagerly waiting to see the first results when the protons collide. i wonder what surprises would nature throw us this time.

Anyway, a salute to all who worked on this. Looks like we will indeed one day hitch hike out to the galaxy, yeah, i am sure Douglas Adams's fans would.

Comedy

2008-09-09T22:29:00.003+08:00

i think we all need something to relax under these stressful, Taiwan study trips, KTK picture-tearing days.

This video from 2 very talanted Malaysians (who cares if they are Malays, Chinese, Indians or dll)?

For more videos...check out.. I would love to load more from utube here, but then it will take forever to load my webpage. So here's the link.
http://www.comedycourt.com.my/index_00.html

Health Test and a really bland day!

2008-09-07T18:21:00.001+08:00

Went to do a blood test - health check yesterday. Well, eveything is fine,was given a clean bill of health. :)

Told my mum that, however, today since breakfast, i only get to eat only the low fat, no-sugar, low cholestrol food for the whole day.. err.? why?

Had a no oil, steam bun for breakfast, followed up a really bland (no salt) lunch, just some fish porrige with some vege, then i went to play badminton, when i get home, my mum gave me some low cholestrol, no sugar biscuits, which taste like nothing, with a cup of no-sugar soya drink!

Dun understand my mum...i am puzzled!

Grow up! and Happy Merdeka!

2008-08-31T12:56:00.004+08:00

Err...The decision to block Malaysia Today is getting to be another big joke! Block it, and then 3 or 4 mirror sites pop up. Everyone is still accessing what RPK is writing. So. what is this hoohaa about anyway?

Can't understand why our datuks in gov. can't see this simple fact. Even the kids, at least every Harry Potter fan can knows this, remember what brilliant Hermoine said when Umbrigde ban the magazines. By banning it, it will ensure each and every student read it. And i think most adults, teachers know that the best way to make teenagers do something is to forbid them to do it. Forbidden fruits always taste sweeter. Rebelling against authority is an exciting thing. Especially when the authority acts unfairly and is too controling.

If you monitor the traffic to RPK site, i am sure there will be an increase of traffic since the ban.

now, what is even more laughable and insulting to the intelligence of the Rakyat is the reasosn/excuses given by our ministers,

"Blocking Access To Malaysia Today Website Is Not Censorship", Says Syed Hamid
Then what is censorship?

Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor has said "It was not the Government’s decision to block access to the Malaysia Today news website but a directive from the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission." He also said that this year alone, 127 blogs and websites, among them get-rich-quick schemes sites, were blocked by the commission for contravening the Communications and Multimedia Act.
Riddle: What has RPK has in common with get rich schemes? Both are blocked by MCMC!

Happy Merdeka! my area is all jammed up, hence i am sitting here bloging...

Finally.. it all's over

2008-08-26T22:34:00.005+08:00

what's over? Olympics, Anwar's by election?

yes.. Finally. Have to say, i enjoyed both these 2 events tremendously..
But i am still stuck in traffic jams in Penang. And today, this unneccessary one really amused me as (1) i am in a good mood (2) getting my blood boil doesn't help with my blood pressure!

Well, i was caught in a massive jam to work, due to road block on the coastal highway (which is of course the way to go over the bridge to Permatang Pauh!)

Later i found out that there was a robbery in the Bayan Lepas airport.

Anyway, robbery occurs at 9:30am, i go to work at 8am. Do the maths! Cops must have premonition!

31 years young!

2008-08-12T22:41:00.003+08:00

To all my friends, thanks for all the e-cards, birthday greetings via MSN, sms-es, facebook, friendster and emails and also the cyber e-White Chocolate cake (which i am still waiting for HS to bake in Brisbane!)

We had a birthday bash in Buluh room as usual, of course. No surprise here! What surprised most of my non-lunchmates colleague is that from today, suddenly i got a new name, Amber Ping as given by my project manager( looks like he not only is naming my projects, but started naming cute puppies and R and D Engineers.) Haha... Since the TAO birthday bash has become a norm for us, what surprised me is that how did they managed to buy the cake, as i was with my lunchmates today!

Anyway, if i were to harbour a guess, i think CC went to in the afternoon to get it? Am I right? As after the party, he mentioned that he paid for the cake! Anyway, whatever it is, thanks a lot for the effort.

Well, the TAO-reans sang me a birthday song, and i get to cut my cake with a real plastic cake knife (CC got to use a ruler) and blow the candles. TT keeps wanting to add candles to my cake, 4 is enough for me this year! Thanks. GM asked whether did i make a wish, and whether did i wish that we sell 3000 units of pegasus/per annum? Huh?

Well, the big celebration began @ Sharkeys' Corner 2 hours later. I feel really honoured that the 2 mummies (KY and YL), my guests of honour managed to make it for tonight's dinner! TT had a chance to show off her cooking skills.. Well, our steamboat soup started really bland and tasteless, and she managed to transform it by the time, we are nearing the end of the dinner!
As for CC, he managed to give a shock to the Char Koay Teow Chef, when he asked for "2 eggs please?" The extra egg char koay teow was really good though!

My boss asked me why is it everytime he goes for a buffet in Penang, it is really crowded! The last time our whole team went for buffet in Rasa, it was packed as well! I dun understand it either... maybe, penagites just like to eat!

All in all, i had a wonderful time. Btw, i am still fully awake at this time of night! No thanks to the espresso i just drank just now!

Flying Man and Rings - Let the games begin!

2008-08-11T18:39:00.005+08:00

My favourite pic of the olympic ceremony. 飞人点火！ Amazing!

Praying to Ancesters -would they have like 1 big yummy cheesy pizza?

2008-08-10T16:40:00.005+08:00

Well, as you know, currently it is the lunar 7th month!

The description from Wikipedia.
The Ghost Festival (simplified Chinese: 中元节; traditional Chinese: 中元節; pinyin: zhōngyuánjié) is a traditional Chinese festival and holiday, which is celebrated by Chinese in many countries. In the Chinese calendar (a lunisolar calendar), the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh lunar month.
In Chinese tradition, the thirteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and the seventh month in general is regarded as the Ghost Month (鬼月), in which ghosts and spirits, including those of the deceased ancestors, come out from the lower realm. During the Qingming Festival the living descendants pay homage to their ancestors and on Ghost Day, the deceased visit the living.

Well, the list of the deceased i prayed today is 16 in Batu Gantong (a columbrium in penang). My mum prepared all the food, i just did the folding of the 7 coloured papers!
And the list gets longer as the years goes by!

And that place today was crowded. As usual, me being nosy, it is kinda interesting to see what type of food other people prepared. Besides, you know the usual, roast pork/chicken, these days you see Moon Cakes, durians, rambutans as well, and also something as simple as a box of Chicken rice! i think pretty soon, our ancesters will get stuff like burgers and pizzas! I haven't seen that yet here in Penang! Imagine, praying to all 16 of my ancesters will just one big round pizza! So clean and easy! I think my grandpa will like it (we used to have quite similar taste when it comes to food) I suppose i will need to explain to my other grandparents that you know, maybe Marco Polo bought this pizza technology back to Italy from China.. Haha.. Hmmm.. WHat if they dun like cheese? :)

my mum doing qi gong

2008-08-03T21:35:00.001+08:00

Taken from today's 光明日报

Pre-Olympic Fever

2008-08-03T20:46:00.003+08:00

Looks like everyone is all prepared for the Beijing Olympics!
And here, i don't mean the athletics.

Well, a friend gonna take Marriage leave to watch olympics, not sure how he gonna produce the cert yet.. haha

My mum already told me to come home early on Friday. If i get back later than 7:30pm, i will have no dinner! :(

Another poor friend is grumbling and is willing to pay me to her night shift on Friday night! If only i could, i would... Haha.

Well, all this enthusiasim makes me kinda excited too! Yeah... only 5 more days to go!

Life like that

2008-07-31T14:52:00.003+08:00

Jokes of the week...
In such stessful times, we need to take a break and have a kitkat!

1. Read this from Patrick Teoh on costs-savings.

2. Frog in shoe

My colleague managed to wear his shoe (with a frog inside from his house from BM all the way across the brigde to work. He realised there's a frog in there half way on the bridge, but decided to only release the poor frog when he arrived! Poor frog immediately sprang out of his shoe in the car park to breathe some fresh air!

3. Sodomy Experts/specialist

4. Eye test

You know those word verification bloggers used when you leave comments? To check that you are not a robot!
Some guy asked :" why are they testing my eye sight???!!!"

Where is my MONEY?

2008-07-25T21:49:00.003+08:00

1. Millions paid to RM650 company
2. Agusta
3. Mercedes vs Perdana

Actually i could still go on....i dun think i have problems listing 50 or maybe 100s of items. Buying of aircrafts, bugalows, trips overseas to see pig farm, shopping trips for wives...

Looks like i am living in a damn rich country with really rich ppl who worked hard to pay taxes and who really don't mind losing some loose change ( just a couple of millions nia).

KNS!

Our goverment must think we are really gullible, naive, simple stupid idiots when you hear some of the reasons they give when they are caught red-handed!

" Mercs cheaper than Perdana in the long run!"
" We make profit from 1 Euro business deal!"

oh.. btw, on the merc case, they took 2 bloody long years to think/evaluate this! Wow, so this is not an implusive action of a shopper. Hmm.. we must be more stupid than we think we are!

Truth...

2008-07-24T22:30:00.005+08:00

Have been watching the political drama of Najib, Anwar and RPK and everyone who is out there to get everyone unfolds, and i must say, it's kinda entertaining when viewed in the drama perspective. This is definitely not the quest for truth, as in no one seems interested in getting to the bottom of who did what to whom, but rather, how this political game is benefiting me! hmmm.. As a Malaysian, oh..i do worry about the future... both ecomnomically ( as in how prepared are we to face the rising inflation and probably comming recesssion) and also socially ( looks like if you are in power now, you can do anything you like, without a care for the law)It's a " It's looks like me, it sounds like me but it's not me" syndrome!

Well, was listening to Ajahn Brahm's talk the other day. Was really intrigued when he said that there's religions that "bends the facts to fit the faith" and some that "bends the faith to fit the facts!"

Yes, this make lots of sense to me! From young, i never believe lots of "pantang-larang" that my parents and bro tried to impose on me! I was the rebelious type infact.. i would sweep the floor on first day of CNY to prove my point, and go agaist lots of superstitions that to me is just utter rubbish....No pointing to a moon etc.. err??? who cares? The moon definitely dun care if you point to it!

Well, these days, my bro is still the extremely superstitious and i am less rebellious now. I adhered to the no sweeping rule on CNY just to make everyone happy. Well, for those superstitious ppl out there, "if you want to be lucky in life, this is what you do... be thankful for what you have and help others in need whenever/wherever possible! It's always possible! and please, dun expect anything in return!" Make sense to you?

Ending this post with a quote from the Dalai Lama:"If you want others to be happy, practise compassion. If you want to be happy, practise compassion." That's the true truth!

Happy 1st Birthday 昫衡！

2008-07-20T20:30:00.006+08:00

Wow, it was a really busy sunday morning. Woke up at 8am and was out of the house from then on... Was late to little Herng Herng do by a couple of hours. Very sorry from Aunty Ping for bringing the present in so late! I am sure he is more forgiving than Botak (who incidentally shares the same birthday, 28 years apart!) Botak is still complaining that i didn't treat him during his birthday last year!

My appologies for missing his birthday cake cutting and blowing of candles.

Well, here is the picture of birthday boy Herng with 2 red eggs!

Here's a pic of him opening his pressie from daddy, mummy, TT, Botak, YL, Ivan, ChungHL and me!

And he loves it!!! Watched by proud Mummy and Daddy :)

The River of Life - Blood

2008-07-18T17:33:00.005+08:00

Another pal, JH joined the bloggers bandwagon. Yeah!

If you want to know more about blood and blood donation, here's the site:
The River of Life

Be Thankful

2008-07-16T20:53:00.002+08:00

Remember my previous post complaining about siting in an aircraft in NY? REading this now,
I suppose i should be thankful for still being alive to type this!

It was a positive milestone acheived with the public Anwar vs Shabery debate! Unlike some of the childish stuff happenings in the parliament recently, i tot both guys conducted themselves pretty well, considering..

Both guys made their points... would really like to see a repeat, or some other couples... like Abdullah and Mahathir, Rosmah and RPK.... Haha.. that will be entertainment!

I am no businessman!

2008-07-14T19:16:00.003+08:00

Wanted to puke...
Go and read http://anilnetto.com/accountability/proton-sold-mv-augusta-for-1-euro-harley-buys-it-for-us109m/

Oh, btw, it's more than 20 years now...err.. the power windows still dun work!

The Force Field

2008-07-14T18:34:00.002+08:00

It's been a long time since i read...err..my last book was Harry Potter! Well, as i am currently down with a cough and cold which kinda ruined my 3 days weekend, well, couldn't go hiking with CC and geng!

Anyway, this is not a book review.. and i am still only half way through this book called "The Field" by Lynne McTarggart. and i say, "wow!" Want to know how quantum physics is being applied in humans, yeah.. not those tiny protons or whatever -trons or in StarTrek! Looks like the Buddhist Monks, QiGOng masters really know what they were doing in their practise and meditation. This books is based on properly carried out scientific experiments. You don't have to be a believer of any faith or religion.

Looks like a startrek future is actually not that far away after all...

Going down the longkang!

2008-06-30T21:12:00.004+08:00

WHAT ELSE! OUR COUNTRY-LAH!

well, i haven't blog about politics in quite a while, as getting bored and tired and sick of all the childish mud-slingging!

Anyway, looks like no one is bothered enough, to see what is happening, going on in this country. Everyone is busy politicking, dishing out dirt of PM and SIL, DPM and wife and a model, and of course, the hot topic today... the alleaged "sodomy" about a certain old (61 yr) man and a certain (23 yr) old ...

Anyone telling me how's our present gov. helping the rakyat now that crude oil has hit 140USD per barrel? By increasing the rates for electicity?
Anyone telling me how's the poor rakyat gonna cope with the increased cost of living by almost 20% when our pay remains the same??
How about the sad state of public transport in penang? No more MONORAIL, PORR?
Not too sure about the 2nd bridge either??
Petronas gonna spent money on a luxury hospitals for their STAFF,http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/85066??? Why and not spent it to improve the general hospitals???
i could still go on... but why bother anyway? everything is going down the longkang anyway! Next time, you see a Malaysian longkang tersumbat, you NOW know why!
HOW NOT TO GET CLOGGED WHEN ALL YOU GET IS RUBBISH!

First time getting interviewed on video

2008-06-29T19:40:00.003+08:00

hee, today Penang Net TV came to make a documentary on HYS Blood Donation Campaign.. and gee, i got to say something.. Hmm.. dun know what it turn out to be.. But a first for me, Didn't set my hair, didn't apply makeup.. just got this sleepy look.. Haha.. Anyway, i was way way too nervous, too shuttering. :) But it should be an interesting documentary, as you will also get to hear the point of view from our very supportive donors!

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On an unrelated issue, this is the first time i get to use GPS today In Penang too. TX very kindly loaded the Malaysian map into my GPS. I just tried it out from Sunshine Farlim to get home.Cool! My parents were really impressed!

thinking back all the old arguments between husband and wife in navigation, the husband who gets bad tempered losing the way, saying "i know, i know" And the wife getting esperated as she does not understand why or why does men do not want to stop to ask for directions! GPS is indeed a wonderful tool. Bliss when driving in a new place!

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On another further unrelated issue, I sprained my back again during BDC. I keep forgeting that i am not as young as i used to be! was instintively doing heavy work, lifting things etc.. Gai lor! Hopefully i do not need painkillers to get to work tomorrow!

Round the world in 80 Days!

2008-06-22T19:52:00.011+08:00

Well, just came back from my round the world trip... well, not 80 days, hey, it's the 21st Century now, u can do that in less than 80 hours!

Anyway, i flew off 2 weeks ago from Pg to Singapore-Japan-LA- Denver.. Spent a few days working there and flew off to Atlanta, the olympic city of 1996. and then 2 days ago, started my journey back via JFK, New York - Frankrurt- Sg- Penang!

I will just highlight some of the interesting bits here.

Colorado

Snow Capped Mountains From Denver

A mountainous area, you could still see the snow capped mountains in the summer. Which reminds me very much of Switzerland.

The first night we were there, we were driving along this 4-lane highway to Boulder. And we were the only Car on the road! Colorado also reminds me alot of all the UFO movies i see.. Imagining a UFO landing in the middle of nowhere... oh ya, that's our hotel in Denver, as we were guided by the GPS to our hotel, we were so surprised to see that we were litteraly in the middle of vast area of vacant land, being like 3 mins driving distance from our Hotel.

Atlanta

We were staying right in in the CNN centre and no, i didn't bumb into any newscaster. She was recently hit by a tornado in March. You can see the broken windows... The amazing bit is not that a tornado swept through the city, nor is it the buildings are still standing. We can actually see this black tape being used on the windows tapped from the outside of these really tall towers!

Atlanta City Sky Line

Yup, i got a balcony... but....
You can see the damage caused by the tornado here

City skyline from the Altanta Centennial Olympic Park - notice the white olympics rings?

Food

As usual, being on business trip, i tend to get very very good food! I suppose that best bit that i enjoyed the most is my Coldstone ice-cream, hey, i got to eat twice.. was initially going to sms CC and TT and Ivan with the pics and message "wish you were here" but then i didn't do it due to the time difference... They would be sleeping soundly in their bed that time.

Airports

Since i spent so much time time there, might as well.

My first trip to Singapore T3, I can say I am impressed. Even the Transit hotel rooms looks good. I have this curtain which gives you the illusion that there is a window there, but it is just a curtain blocking a blank wall. What the heck!

Denver airport is really nice and Efficient, unlike the other US airports i have been! No long queue going through security.. In fact, they have like 10-20 lanes for this, which really helps! First airport that the security folks were actually waiting for me to un-shoe, un-belt, un-laptop and un-liquidise.... And this is one airport with lots of escallators and walkalators... It is worth mentioning here as it is 2 lanes each way.

JFK airport, way way too busy, imagine we taxied more than 1 hr 30 mins just to take off. We were number 40 in the queue! What a waste of petrol! Talking about traffic jams in the sky... we were also following this little plane somewhere along Europe... hence, we got to slow down as we can't really over take!

I can imagine in a couple of years time, you will be chosing the route of flying via route that are least congested, to avoid "Sky" traffic jams!

Backache!

What a pain in the back! Well, was suffering lots from this. Took way too much painkillers this trip. Need to get to a chryropractor!

Well, back in Penang, my project manager is suffering from headache caused by missing RND Engineer, Product Engineer, Test Engineer and also Mechanical Engineer for Pegasus! Anyway we are are back! Hopefully he gets happiers with our return!

A worthwhile cause

2008-06-22T18:00:00.012+08:00

Hui Yin Seh 28th Annual Charity Vegetarian Dinner 慧音社敬老慈幼慈善晚会

Date : 22nd of June 2008 (Sunday)
Time : 6:00pm
Venue : Penang International Sports Arena (PISA)

You are cordially invited to participate in this event
Sponsorship of one table - for 10 members of the above organisation ( RM200.00/=)
- 2 complimentary dinner tickets will be given to the sponsor.
Dinner ticket RM20.00/= per person
** Cheque Payable to:“PERTUBUHAN HUI YIN SEH”.

For further details and enquiry, please contact:
Hui Yin Seh ( 04-829 5198) Mr. Lim Thung Hin (013-480 2829)
Chooi Florist ( 04-826 2298) Ms. How Sze Ling (013-530 9838)

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This charity dinner is for the old folks, the less fortunate and the handicapped around Penang. 2 years ago, when i first attended this event, i was so touched that it brought tears to my eyes and a warm feeling to my heart! Words are failing me here to describe the electrical atmosphere of this amazing night held once a year. All i know for 100% sure is that quite a lot of old folks, kids in the various home are really really looking forward to this day! Imagine the cheers you will bring to these ppl. Do join us for you will feel for yourself the warm glow in the heart i felt 2 years back. Let's us all help to make this wonderful event a success! Thank you!

What a week!

2008-06-06T21:38:00.014+08:00

Kelantan Trip 31st May to 2nd June

Trip was planned eons ago by JH and LL from HYS. Woke up at 5:39am on a Sat morning and drove all the way to this land of wau bulan! It was quite refreshing to drive litterally through contry roads...lalalala" Country road, take me home..." Nice scenary! :)

Our 1st stop was Jeli Hot Spring... Well, it's on the way from Grik to Jeli town... it's pretty secluded and abandoned... Pity.. The hotwater there was pretty hot.. took lots of time and courage for me to put my foot in.. the 2nd pool, i didn't want to cook mine in the first pool where the water was steaming hot. We stopped for lunch at a Malay Food Stall in Jeli town.

After satisfying our tummy, we proceeded to KB town to check in our Hotel, then we out to the silversmith and then later to PCB where we had our dinner.. and then we were guided by TX's gps to look for Wakaf Che Yeh, a open-air night market.

The 2nd day, we started off after a good breakfast in the hotel to all the temples + the duty free zone (market) near tumpat. Not going name them 1 by 1 here, but you can see them in my picasa album, which i took pains to name everyone of them! We managed to bump into a nice chinese Restaurant about lunch time and had a sumptious meal, We had a big fish, prawns, oysters etc.. and the surprising bit was that the bill only came to RM140 for 10 person! Wow.. cheap...We find Kelantease food tasty, just a wee bit of the salty side. hehe...

After our pilgrimage to all the tumpat temples. we headed back to town and visited the Royal Museum and the Handicrafts Museum. Then the laddies wanted shopping... so we went shopping for batik... Me, and the rest of the guys were getting pretty bored... We were looking forward to our next stop, Kite Flying!

We did multiple stops on batik shopping, much to my and Little Jun's missery.. We just wanted to fly Kite... Not shop shop shop... haha...Anyway, finally our wish were granted and we had a fabulous time flying kite in Kelantan.....

Dinner at the famous thai restaurant was alright.. not really outstanding, but then, by that time, i was pretty tired. After dinner, we proceeded to KB Mall... No Karaoke here in Kelantan, but you can go bowling...

3rd day.. Hmmm... going home day.. Visited the famous colourful Siti Khatijah Market! and the state museum.

Well, the bit i enjoyed the most is of course the flying kite session! The wind was so strong there that it almost take no skills to lambung. had fun just running along the beach, and lazing about on the beach under the sun!

The interesting bit about the colours! I would think it is almost the most colourful state in the country! Well, for a start, the cars on the road are even more colourful than penang( where we tend to stick to all the dull metalics). The women there of course tend to wear colourful, bright batik baju kurung. That;s a strange description for kota bahru, however, i suppose, it is the first thing i notice, having come from a grey place like Aberdeen. Haha...

Colourful Kites

We visited 8-9 temples near the tumpat region on our 2nd Day. Most of them were pretty impressive! I suppose most of them were more impressive than penang temples. I mean you just have to take a look at the scale of size of the statues to know what i mean. In this state, you will see huge statues of buddha in Standing, sitting (various positions), and standing position.

This is one of the most unique templesWat Mai Suwankhiri i would say in the region is this dragon boat one... Literally a temple on a dragon boat. This pic is actually taken from the dragon boat... Impressive!

Kelantan, although a poor state under opposition rule for the past 20 years, has better roads than Penang!!!! At least most of their major roads are well maintained! Just drive around the affulent areas of bayan Lepas area, you will see what i mean...

KY's Birthday - 3th June

Hmmm, had lunch at Secret Recipe, than followed a cake cutting ceromony in TAO room and followed by big big seafood meal in Hai Boey! We went to Hai Boey about 7pm, after TT pimple removal ordeal. 8 of us sat on a table for 12.... haha... As we wanted to order lots of stuff! And we did, lalas, balitungs, helicopter, fish, crabs, prawns etc etc.. Had a really full meal and of course the company was great! Yup, I think i am gaining weight from all these outings! Oh no... Maybe i should follow Botak to the gym!

Besides the hearty meal, i also had a good laugh on the way back to town. Haven't laugh so hard for quite some time. Poor me, getting breathless laughing!

Petrol Price rocketed

I was swearing all the way home....hmmpf.. what lying scumbags! wtf!

RND treat 5th June

had lunch at palace de India followed with Hagen Diaz..... We managed to try all 14 flavours by ordering 2 7th Heaven! Haha.. My favourite still all all the coffee and rich chocolate ones, like Belgian choc, Tiramisu, Coffee, Rum and Rasin!

Really need to get to the GYM!

Bai Bai Irene

2008-05-29T21:21:00.004+08:00

hmm.. time flies, i still remembered the time we farewell HY a year ago! The numerous farewells (trend set by HY) is repeated here again. Well, at least we did different things this time!

Anyway, i will miss another early morning friend who comes early enough to get water with me!

Just wanted to wish all da best to Irene for whatever she is doing next! Take care and keep in touch!

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Last night was a fun night out! Started with good food at Salsa, though poor TT got stomachache and CC ate some uncooked chicken. Anyway, after dinner, we proceeded to Soho where we made so much noise as to bring the house down.. Playing foosball or "peng hu" as Botak calls what i was doing. Haven't laughed so much for quite a while... Haha... Thanks everyone!

well, i will wait for Botak or Uncle Hor to blog about the night.. and link it here!

Wesak Day Procession in Penang

2008-05-18T16:09:00.000+08:00

Surprised by Big Boss!

2008-05-15T20:44:00.002+08:00

Smelt a fish when my boss's boss, my boss and my project manager all came to get me to go the coffee talk given by our VP today!

Well, didn't know they were going to present me with a plaque, shipped all the way from US! :)
Luckily TT warned me! thanks alot! As our VP didn't even state my name, he just look at me straight in the eye, and talked about 0.000000000.. ( not sure how many knots he said) 1 degrees of uncertainty. Well, he likes to joke!

Anyway, this is indeed a good surprise!

And most of all, thanks to all ( you know who u are) who help me in this project! Arigato! This plaque is for you too! :)

慧音大厦动土典礼

2008-05-10T16:07:00.000+08:00

Resting

2008-05-03T22:25:00.003+08:00

Strange thing that after lunch yesterday i was feeling really unwell... Sudden bout of attack on my lungs, nose and throat! Basically, i was having an itchy throat, slighly stuffy nose and coughing non-stop the whole afternoon.

So i went home early after work last night, drank some soup and went to bed. This morning, i got up, ate breakfast and went back to bed, ate lunch and went back to bed. Ok... My cough and itchy throat is now gone! Luckily for me, this time the remedy was just more sleeping time and i recovered!

I think i better rest more! Age must be catching up, body can't take the strain as much as my younger days!

Visit Penang!

2008-05-01T21:58:00.003+08:00

Was playing my role as a tourist guide again! Hmm.. Well, i haven't played this role for over a year!

Well, abandoned my Penang Hill plans - as i saw bus loads of ppl heading this way up.. Just can't be bothered to spend my time q-ing! So, i took Ali for a walk at the Youth Park! I was surprised that it is jam-packed! It was a nice morning walk anyway, i was surprised they have managed to built up Youth Park very nicely, with some small pool for children and even roller blading park! cool! Wish i was a kid again! All their outdoor gym equipment are in splendid conditions. All are in working conditions! Bravo to the municipal of Penang. It was certainly a job well done! They do deserve a pat on their back!

After we had our drink of water, we were all sweaty by then, I decided to go peranakan mansion. I was kinda dissapointed that it was close! Damm! So I proceeded to Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, too late, they are only now open for tours at 11 and 3. Damm! Well, it's kinda sad state of affairs that these 2 restored heritage building (after some kind rich soul spending millions on them) that the publicity for visit penang is so poor that they are not making enough money to pay their staff to man the place! Something needs to be done to bring in more tourist to our pearl of the orient- penang as it used to be known! Penang has quite a lot of attractive places, even locals don't know them! i have been introducing lots of them to even penangites themselves! I hope the present state government will be able up to polish up this faded diamond!

Cameron Highlands weekend-* UPDATED*

2008-04-30T20:35:00.018+08:00

* UPDATED 3rd May*

DAY 1

Woke up early last Sat! to set off to another trip down south with Irene(map reader) and ST (driver), this time KN and Star join us too! me, the backseat sleeper, this time i didn't need to strap myself down with the seat belts as there isn;t any room to move anyway!

First stop to Ipoh to get breakfast and egg tarts and tesco ( to get fish balls, meat balls, sausages, beer) before heading up the Simpang Pulai way up! We did a leasurely drive up, winding down the window a couple of times to check the temperature! Haha... we were also planning what to eat up there... of course, i was looking for my favorite jagung and potato! i didn't get this nick for nothing!

Along the way, we saw lots of those old jeeps carrying veges, i was quite amazed at the speed they were going. definitely more powerful than my faithful city! Oh yes, there was this red viva, with modified wheels, wheels so small that it looks like it's almost touching the road as it goes along. It's one of those cars that you can't help that you feel that you need to overtake! (Same urge like you want to cubit the fat face of a baby!) Good thing, i wasn't driving.. i would have been more reckless than ST!

Well, we had tea and our egg tarts in one of the tea house overlooking the tea plantation over the ondulating highlands! Breath-taking scenery, hot tea, and custardy egg tarts! Bliss!

After our tea, we went to get the keys to get to our apartment! We went in and the 4 of us didn't notice the 3rd bed room! Only Irene saw the bed room on our way in. Poor Uncle, was a bit worried, as he couldn't find his room!

Then we were off to do some marketing and of course, i get to eat my jagung! My pearly jagung was sweet and juicy! Yummy! I did the "irritating kid" thing again, pestering for my jagung! Haha.. so was actually savouring every moment!

We went to the Smoke house after that! Smoke house is one of those traditional English black and white timber house, with a English Red telephone to boot! haha.. which reminds me of my red English letter box.. well, that's another story some day!

Dinner was good yummy steamboat with lots of veges of course! Star did most of the work and of course, the meal was really really fulfilling and definitely healthy and hearty! After such a full dinner, of couse, we went out for a stroll, enjoying the cool night breeze! Just wish it is as cool as this in Penang!

We saw lots of big, healthy, splendidly coloured bright flowers. One can imagine all the fresh air, clean water, excellent soil is doing for the flower, will also work wonders on humans.. well, at least slow down the aging process!

Tea Plantations
Eating Ipoh Egg Tarts with Cameron Tea
Strawberry Farm
2 lengluis
Thorny plants

BlueBells - my favourite flowers
More RED strawberries!
Smoke House
Our Dinner
My travelmates

DAy 2
Yawn! ( means i am yawning now) i had a wonderful, restful sleep up in Cameron. in other words, i slept like a pig! :)

to be cont...

UpDates:
let see, we had our breakfast then went out to Smoke house for the 3rd time! Haha.. took somemore pics, then we headed to the temple. On the way there, ( well, our navigator got "pek chek" and told the driver to look at the map himself! haha! Uncle keeps insisting this is Irene's farewell.. I suppose compared to HY, at least she got futher than Batu Ferringghi! oh oh.. I can feel another complain coming...

ANyway, i got to eat my purpleish sweet potatoes! Then we went to look for Robinson Fall, i dun think we found the actual falls, as it was an over 1km walk that non of us were up to it!

Well, then off we went to do more marketing! Boughts lots of jagung! haha and then we went to the bee farm.. Hmm.. planning to stay far away from the bees! then we stoped along the way for a couple more stops and then we headed down to Ipoh somewhat reluctantly with a tinge of sadness that our hols is coming to an end so soon!

All in all, it was a nice cool weekend.

Robinson Falls?? Not sure

Cute sign

Chinese Temple

Have you ever seen a baby giving a pat on a fish head?

Bee Farm - big bee versus little bees

Flower plantation

He who laugh last, laugh best

2008-04-16T20:43:00.001+08:00

I am trying my best not to blog so much politics here, but then, sometimes we just need to laugh...

Check this out!

Makan-makan to Ipoh and Kuala Kangsar

2008-04-13T20:55:00.007+08:00

Drove down to Ipoh yesterday morning.

Reach Ipoh at about 9:00 am and spent 30 mins circling aroung to search for carpark! by this time, we were famished, as all of us didn't take any breakfast when we left Penang! Finally found one very closeby to the kopitian we wanted to go for Ipoh Kopi and toasted bread with Kaya! Yummy... Forgot to take any pics in our rush! One thing i learn is now only i understand why Ipoh ppl come to penang and order drinks with 1 ketul of ais! Their ketul of Ais is like 4 times the size of penang ais! Hahahaha!

Then we headed to buy egg tarts! and then bought Ipoh biscuits and then Ipoh Pomeloes, where all the leng luis wear Mini skirt. I really cannot understand the idea behind having like 20 shops, all selling the same stuff all grouped together! Can anyone tell me why is that? Well, anyway, i asked ST to stop at a shop with no lenglui as i only wanted to buys some cheap pomelos for my mum which is for me to eat, not that interested in lengluilah. Pity ST, he obliged.

Then we went searching for hotspring, couldn't find it, maybe like Uncle Hor said, Sunway have bought it up! After this, we went searching for another Hotspring cum waterfall which should be near Simpang Pulai that ST was there 10 years ago. Again, couldn't find it. Next, we went searching for Lata Kinjang Falls! Yup, the big falls you see along the NS Expressway! I got a bit bored halfway and started to be the irritating kid like in the Simpsons, by asking" Are we there yet?" constantly! Haha.. Poor ST and Irene has to tolerate me! Well, after a really long drive, we finally arrived at Lata Kinjang Falls! Happy us!

Played in the water for a while.... and ate our egg tart from Ipoh! MMS Ivan to show him where we were. We managed to find some nice rocks to sit on as the water gush down ... Nature's Jaccuzi!

Then we went for lunch, a place called big tree head, 大树头。Lunch was Ok... lots of deep fried stuff, as seen here in the pics. You can really see the queue here.. actually, whenever you see a jam in Ipoh, you can be sure there's a good eating place nearby!

After lunch, we went to visit ST's mum, 2nd big sis, small sis, niece, nephews, 2nd sis's trading company, 2nd sis big big house! Oh ya, we saw, his poly, his college and later at Kuala Kangsar, we saw his primary school, secondary school, his big bro's house, his Granpa's house, his motorbike, his graduation pic, his big big family pic.... etc.... No visit to Ipoh is complete without visiting a cave or two, so we that's what we did.

Kuala Kangsar - wow, really impressed.. Very nice place! Beautiful bridge, magnificent mosque, and a very grand palace!

Dinner at Kuala Sepetang
Famished.. we ate in utter silence..... only when our stomach were half ful, we manged to talk! Haha! Well, the service was really really really slow. Food was good-lah.. but very cheap!

PS: meant to upload some pics here.. but keeps hanging... will try tomorrow!

PS2: meant to upload more pics, but line at home very slow... will try again tomorrow or the next daylah.

Need i say more?

2008-04-07T20:11:00.006+08:00

Do you think a 3 year old these days talked more sense than this Dr Wan Mohamed Wan Embong?
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/Frontpage/20080406134723/Article

Reading this has rendered me speechless!

Jeli Hot Spring

2008-04-06T12:47:00.003+08:00

Take a look at this hot spring in Kelantan

Well, i tried to google this place, can't really find any official sites that states this place as a tourist destination!

What saddens me is the states of affairs, nice place like this gets neglected! Anyway, they don't even have to look far to see how Japan, Taiwan turn their hot springs in to tourist destination, just learn from Poring Hot Spring is enough-lah. Well, i was at Poring 10 years ago, and that place is clean and nice and well maintained! Don't see it why they can do it in KK and not in Kelantan!
Come on!

PCGHS website

2008-03-29T11:40:00.007+08:00

A friend sent me the webpage of my alma mater.
Here's the link!

"槟华女中的周围是葱绿茂盛的的山岭；因此，本校提供凉爽宁静的理想读书环境。"

Huh? really had to smile, it's like those real estate adverts..... (for those not from Penang, the so called "lush green hill" is actually a kawasan perkuburan! Yup, hence the surronding is pretty quiet!)

she even has a gym now! wow...

Back from SIngapore

2008-03-28T20:30:00.005+08:00

First day - Relax
Went jalan-jalan a bit. No sales. Tried to search a cap for Botak's sis. Didn't see anything nice. But saw lots of bright yellow , solid TT's colour clothes, bags, caps, I guessed yellow is "IN" now! Met up with Siok Wei and Shih Nyien, 2 ex-colleagues... gossip about everyone we know in Agilent... haha.. chatted nob-stop!

2nd Day - trip down memory lane
Went to start test .. 1st test fail. Met up with Cordy ... Unbelievable, trying catch up 13 years of lost years... The other intesting is that we saw Chia Hooi walking past! Fancy meeting a penangite that i haven't met at least 6 months.

3rd Day - Q!Q!Q!
All the test passed today! Had some trouble in some of them, but luckily all passed! :) (relieved..) Met up with Fong Luan, had a good japanese dinner, somewhere where we had to queue 30 mins, then went to get donuts.. anohter 30 mins queue.. THe doughnuts were good! wanted to buy home, but then, dun think it will last 2 days. Don't think anyone wants to eat donuts that has turned green! Then went to catch a cab to work, another 30 mins queue

4th Day - almost missed my flight
Testing went smoothly as well. Had Lunch with Swee Yin and her hubby. Yhen i headed straight to bed, only slept 3 hours the night before. Woke up just in time to pack my bags and check out to get to airport. THat was lucky too, Next time i better make sure i set the alarm! whew, good thing i didn't miss my flight as that was the last flight out of Sg to Pg.

Souvenirs from Sinagapore
Hmm, i am having 1 pimple (which reminds me i need to go and have my facial next week!), 1 bruise on my ankle and a whole patch of blue black on my knee (yeah, i kick a step at PSB and fell, luckily no one was at the lobby to see it). And yes, 1 corn on my left foot. Ouch Ouch Ouch! didn't buy anything for myself this time. :( on the bright side, i get to save some money towards my WII fund!

Happy Sunday!

2008-03-23T21:06:00.003+08:00

Another blood donation Sunday! 30,000th packet of blood collected by HYS today which is equivalent of 12 years of countinuous hardwork and support of all the members and volunteers. Well done to all who has contributed to this really great achievement! :)

I read this article "Monash University Stealthily Steals Malaysian Wealth, Pride and Self respect with Pollard's Hidden Agenda " with interest. Well, i have to admit, i have read this with a tint skepcism., i have not check the validity of this bloke's claims and how much of it is truth or just pure malice. The only certain i know for a fact is that "All Western nations (US, UK, Australia) have strong policies on employment, insisting that foreigners are hired only when qualified locals are not available". Yup, i always feel that nothing wrong with that, as you got to protect local graduates. But at least with this policy you know when you are hiring a foreigner, you are getting the best of the crop. What i don't like about this system is that i heard that in some of the countries, there is a quota system too to control the number of foreigners. Why? you are killing the goose that lay the golden egg! I have no qualms of Malaysia employing foreigners of high calibre, there's so much that you can learn from these experts. But we got to make sure, double/triple check is money well spent! I do not know how Singapore do it, but they seem to be doing very well in this aspect.

i am quite saddened by what is happening in Tibet V China. All these killings are so damm unneccessary! So is what is happening in Iraq, Afgan, Isreal, etc, etc, etc....All i know is A kill B, then B wants revenge and kill C, and C wants to wants revenge and kills some other fellow D and it just keeps going on and on and on! From young, we were taught to make friends, not enemy, i just wish all the "POWER" nations would just use the military budget to help the ppl of their so called enemy. Yes, I am suggesting that you go into your enemy country with no guns, but food, raw material to build houses, bridges everything to help them. And trust me, in the long run, it is cheaper and you will gain a friend and you have a army of happy soldiers.

The world will be a happier place! oh ya.. Jolie Pitt gave 8 Million to charity last year!

Leave me alone!

2008-03-16T22:49:00.004+08:00

Argghhh... why is it that ppl are so pessimistic. People are asking me "Are you happy with the new government?"

What sort of question is that? PM hasn't even announce his cabinet, Our new CM is just on his job less than a week! Yes, i know, there are squabbles in the perak side etc.. Come on, give these people a break! The Opp. didn't expect to win, so now, they have to work together to put the best foot forward.

Let me quot Harris Ibrahim here "Let’s be fair as bosses. Let’s recognise that our employees come from all backgrounds, in all shapes and sizes, with different experiences, inclinations and carrying all sorts of emotional garbage ranging from disappointments to even resentment and rage. "

Over here, the bosses, he means the ppl and the employees are the MPs you just voted in... Let's us be fair bosses! Some of the MPs may be seasoned politicians, some are new kids on the block and for the majoirty of them, this is their first time. Give them a chance to work things out, they do know, who is the bosses this time round and they are trying to perform under tremendous stress! Imagine you are a contract worker, and your boss keeps telling you, bye bye if you don't perform, kiss the next contract goodbye! Can't we be nice and encourage them a bit with some kind words? Wouldn't you rather work with a boss who is kind and encouraging and has confidence in you?

Back to the question if i am happy with the election results, and of course the answer is a resounding "Yes!" and dun ask me that again! Our country needs a stronger opposition, a shadow cabinet..etc.. to make sure everyone is making their best effort to do the right thing. I do agree, maybe too much policing will make policies slow to take off and maybe good policies will never take off due to childish debates (as we are see-ing now) Some MPs squabbling over candies in some state and with some very sore losers around as well !

The 2nd thing that pissed me off today is that racial/race based politics is still very alive. It's always Bumi, Cina, India and Lain-lain. I do realise now that there are very few Raja Petra's, Harris Ibrahim around, and that's really where both these guys has earned my respect. I know it is hard to change this deeply entrenched mentality, but we really have to CHANGE NOW!

I voted for CHANGE!
Please CHANGE!

And last but not least, there's a lot of rumours flying around- about riots, ceramah etc.. Please be responsible citizens and VERIFY your fact before forwarding the SMS, emails! Remember, you are creating chaos if you just forward these messages, even if you think it is for the good of your friends when your message turns out to be nothing but just a malicious rumour!

Busy busy busy

2008-03-11T22:40:00.006+08:00

Pre-election:

Lots of emails, on-line you tube ceramah, blogs

Post-election:

At the moment, even more emails, blogs, news, election songs..etc... truth of the matter is that currently i have no time to read all, although i am very "kay-poh" and like to "pat". Well, lots of articles from Malaysia Kini and Malaysia Today, i only have glimpse through the headlines, just now enough for me to "pat"

My greatest fear is not unfounded, as i have suspected they will head for the candidates from PKR; See, DSAI already have to cope with this! PKR leader denies crossovers of reps

Losing with dignity

From this election, 1 guy really earned my respect! And he is non other than our now ex-CM, Tan Sri Dr. Koh. Yup, i know he lost.. almost everything this election, his CM ship, his party posts.. and basically his political career, but not his pride nor his dignity. He is a true gentleman with unrivalled sportmanship. He shook hands with the winners of the day, showed his successor around the office, introduced him to his staff, and was there to show support during the swearing in ceremony. Unlike the 11 now currently in the opposition BN fellows. Well, he certainly earned my respect as it takes a very strong person to be so graceful in defeat! especially when you have lost so much, so fast and so un-expectedly!

Silly Error

Today i did a couple of silly mistakes. One of them was telling the QE i need to do vibration test and when all i need is Altitude. When i was there, i was looking for a chamber.. and was shown a vibration setup and duh.. wasted so much time for nothing! Gosh.. I must be tired!

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Your hopeless daughter here still haven't bought you any gift yet... Hmm.. what should i get you??? Maybe a Wii... for you to do some indoor tennis.. :P haha... waht a really hopeless daughter!

Makkal Sakti!

2008-03-10T21:05:00.004+08:00

Everyone i know has blogged.... peer presure.. have to write something here admist my busy work schedule. Well, have to say, in a happy mood that i am really glad that ppl were brave enough to embrace change and voted for change! For better or worse, 5 years!

There's a couple of interesting points in this election, some people claimed that race-based politics have been shattered! Well, there's more yet to be seen. Interestingly, PKR is the only 1 true multi-racial, multi religion party. And they have collectively become the largest opposition party, winning 31 seats! Yeah, this means there will be no more ppl saying " if you dun like it, you can leave!" or keris yielding threats! It's only in Malaysian politics that they can get away with this. In any other countries, any utterace of this kind will surely ensure the end of his/her public career! Finito.

As Raja Petra sums it up, "Remember, the opposition won these five states plus denied Barisan Nasional its two-thirds majority in Parliament through promises and rhetoric. The consideration of the voters the next election will no longer be based on promises and rhetoric but on performance and delivery. Many promises were made this election. Now is the time to deliver them."

2/3 majority, apparently BN just needs 8 more seats for 2/3. At this moment, i just hope that the opposition partys (PAS, DAP and PKR) can put aside their ideological differences and work together to build and grow a healthier, cleaner Malaysia. WHat i hope will not happen is internal brikerings and some MPs jumping side to the the other side.

My wish list from this new gov, well, They need to fight corruption(well, at least minimise it), clean up the judiciary, reduce crime and mat rempits, price - as long as no hike, build more schools ( for chinese, indians whatever), Have a fairer educational systems. ( i think i will be happy enough and you will have my vote the next election), i hope we still have our 2nd bridge and PORR! I am tired of jams! Maybe i am asking too much here... hehe...

New beginnings! New hope!

Back to work for me!

A Wolf or Two Lions?

2008-02-29T18:53:00.006+08:00

Does the present BN deserve to be voted back to the office?
Is the present opposition ready to govern?
Should Malaysians bother to vote?

So what should Malaysians do?
And what do Malaysians want?A Wolf Or Two Lions??

Here's how the story goes (someone sent it to me, sorry i would acknolewde the author if i know):

Long time ago, God put two flocks of sheep on grassland: one group at north and one group at south. God also gave them two types of native predator: Lion and wolf.

God told the sheep: “If you choose wolf, I shall give you one, and it’s allowed to bite you at its will. If you choose lion, I shall give you two, and you are allowed to choose anyone from the two of them to stay on the grassland, and you can replace it at any time.”

So, the question is: If you are one of the sheep, what will you choose? A wolf or two lions?

It’s easy to make your choice, right? Remember your choice, and continue with our story.

The sheep at the south thought that lions are more fiercely than wolf, so they picked a wolf.

The sheep at the north thought that although lions are more fiercely than wolf, but they have the option to choose, so they took two lions.

The wolf started eating the sheep once it entered the herd at the south. The wolf was smaller and it had smaller appetite. One sheep is enough to appease its hunger for days. So the sheep only were hunted once a few days.

The sheep at the north chose a lion and leave another one with God. The lion started eating sheep once it entered the herd at the north. The lion was more fiercely than the wolf and it had much larger appetite. It needed to eat a sheep each day to keep its stomach full. So the sheep is hunted everyday, and they were very afraid.

They asked God to replace the lion. But the lion that stayed with the God has not been eaten anything and it was very hungry. It pounced on the sheep and bite like crazy. The sheep had to run for their life everyday until they didn’t have time to eat.

The sheep at the south were grateful that they made the right choice, and they laughed at the sheep at the north for being stupid and chose the wrong predator.

The sheep at the north repented for their choice. They complained to God, and asked God to change their native predator to a wolf. But God said: “No. Once the native predator was chosen, it cannot be changed anymore. You must live with it forever. Your only option is to choose between the two lions.” The sheep at the north have to keep rotating the two lions.

But both lions were the same. Both of them showed no mercy. No matter how they rotate the lions, their situation was always much more miserable than the sheep at the south. At last, they stop rotating. They kept a lion full all the time while letting another one suffered in hunger. They only replaced the lions when the suffering lion was dying.

After a long time of hunger, the suffering lion realized that: Even they are much stronger than the sheep, but its fate is controlled by the sheep. The sheep can send him back toGod anytime, and let him suffer and die in hunger.

So it treated the sheep very nice, it only ate the dead and the old sheep and it wouldn’t eat the healthy sheep. The sheep felt very surprise and happy. Some of the younger sheep even suggested letting the suffering lion to stay forever. But one of the elder reminded them: “The lion treats us good because it is afraid that we’ll send it back to the God. If we let another lion die, we’ll left with no choice and the suffering lion will return to its nature and starts hunting us again.” The sheep agreed with the elder. To prevent another lion starve to death, they replaced it after a few weeks.

And the lion also realized that its fate is controlled by the sheep. In order to stay longer on the grassland, the lion tried its best to please the sheep. Another lion felt so sad that it had to suffer hunger again.

After experiencing such a hard time, the sheep at the north finally can enjoy themselves.

At the mean time, the situation of the sheep at the south became worse and worse because the wolf had no competitor and the sheep couldn’t replace it. It started to act wildly. It had to kill ten sheep everyday. It didn’t eat sheep anymore. It only drank their blood. The sheep were not allowed to make a sound because they would be killed by the wolf if they do so.

In the end, the sheep at the south could only bemoan: “We should choose the lions in the first place……”

End of story.

So, what do you get from this story?

We can only surrender if we don’t have the right to choose and decide (like the sheep at the south). But the democracy system gives us an opportunity to exercise our power to choose and decide our destiny (like the sheep at the north).

But in our country, many people don’t realize that they have the power to do so. They keep feeding the same lion with their flesh and blood while letting another one starve to death. As a result, the lion grows stronger and its appetite becomes larger. It starts to think itself as King doesn’t care for the sheep as long as it’s happy. And it hopes that this situation will last forever.So, I hope that after reading this story, you’ll realize that you have the power to choose. You have to show the lions who’s the boss!! And the best time to do it is in the coming General Election!! Replace the fat and greedy lion

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Change or No Change?

Change may not necessarily be better.
But without change, it is not possible to become better.

I believe most of us are fearful of change. It is not an easy choice but, in reality, we face with choice of changes all the time in our daily lifes. We make changes when we feel that the old way no longer relevant to us, there is always a risk that things get worse, but one thing is certain, we never know if we do not make this choice. Even if the situation gets worse, is it really that bad? as i am sure this is where we learn the most, from our mistakes, from our own wrong turnings and this are the things that makes us grow stronger and more wisely!

I have heard from one arrogant CEO that we don't learn from our mistakes, but from our successes. Yes, it's true.. always better to learn from the mistakes of others... An interesting philosophy, but for us "muggles" or normal beings, we have to do things the hard way and success will come eventually and we can then learn from "success"

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The future of Malaysia is in your hands!

It has never been my intention to campaign for the opposition or against the ruling party. Being apolitical, I subscribe to ideologies that will protect and benefits me as a citizen of the country and the future of my country.

So, what do we want, i want lots of things, Wii if you want to buy it for me. hehe
Jokes aside, Actually, the questions is what do all Malaysians want irrespective of race, colour of skin, political stand.... Things like peace, harmony and progress and a means to live a honest life

Well, maybe i don't speak for all, here's my list:
1. a clean and honest and effective judiciary where integrity of the judiciary from executive interference.

2. A shawdowy cabinet that will look over the present executive to minimize all tha hanky-pankys going on/ not going on!

3. Improved public safety - no elaboration needed here.

4. $$$$$.....Accountability in government expenditure.

Let's start with these first....

i know who my vote will go to. Do you?

Happy Birthday Yee Lin!

2008-02-27T17:43:00.005+08:00

This post is contributed by Wessyn!

Say me not en tau?

His face is not clear in the picture above…so here goes…

给你一个杀死人的眼神…

MTA姐妹花… Yay!

Election Fever

2008-02-24T19:41:00.004+08:00

Nomination Day! A nice song to get you into the mood, if you are still not!

CNY Celebration Penang 2008 戊子年新春大团拜文化庙会

2008-02-17T13:30:00.031+08:00

Last night, we celebrated all 12 chinese festivals at 1 go in Penang. How's that's possible, you may ask??? I will load the pictures up to picassa one of these days. Here's a sneak preview. for those who missed the event.

Well, i have over 500 pics of this event this year. Thanks to Jun Wei, the budding photographer in the making, he took over 450 of them on our Hui Yin Seh Dragon Boat event, (which is one of the most popular attractions of the day! ( i didn't say this.. The Star did...) not me 卖花赞花香!

The main gateway

The main gateway to the Lebuh Canon where we were stationed

Duan Wu Jie backdrop with 丽玲 and 丽丽

The dragon of Hui Yin Seh

I am sure none of you have row a dragon boat on land before! haha.. The keyword here is on land! A race was organised. I am sure all the participants had lots of fun! Click on the picture to view it full size.

My role was of course - to sell Bak Chang!!! Well, we sold off all our 8 types (福建，广东，海南，客家，潮州，马来，素食） of zongzi by 9pm! The most popular ones were海南 , Sold off by 5:30pm! All the proceeds of this charity sales go towards the Chinese Private Schools of Penang.

CNY- Continued

2008-02-10T20:39:00.002+08:00

2nd Day

Met up with my cousins from Mum's side, Jason, David and wife (Elaine) and baby (Sarah) , Philip and Tze Mian and baby Anabel! (writing this down. so that i won';t forget the names of babies.. 1 year down the road.

Haha.. Interesting group.. trying to figure how we are related. Drawign the tree out as Jason is actually my second cousin.

3rd Day

Pot luck at TX's house for CNY! Collected lots of ang pow! haha... Lots of ppl there, i had fun! Dewayne cook italian pasta! It was really good! I didn't take any pic though, pity.
Met up with primary school mates. Unbelieavable. Arrived late...so missed quite a few of them. Lee Yen, Shien ( the only torn among the roses), Yuen Yoong, Hooi Lim and Geraldine and Baby was in G Hotel lobby to meet me. Earlier, Gaik Sim, Su Yin and Kher Sin was there. It's was certainly amusing to see the primary school autograph book from Lee Yen. Had a good laugh! Seems like i got friends all over the world still, US, UK, Japan! They says i was very "ye".. Thanks to TT for the "ye" red glasses i think!

They reminded me lot of my old nicknames as well... Unbelivable, even i have forgotten most of them. eg: GKK, jagung, teh-o-ping! haha!

Here's a picture taken by Lee Yen of us!

4th Day

"Choi Sun toa!"
HS sms me to let me know my car number won the 1st price in magnum! Only thing is that i didn't buy!

First day of CNY

2008-02-10T20:08:00.001+08:00

My first Angpow this year!

CNY eve @ Kek Lok Si

2008-02-06T21:40:00.000+08:00

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

2008-02-05T15:27:00.000+08:00

Send this eCard !

Facebook

2008-02-04T22:28:00.000+08:00

My primary school (yup) you heard correctly.. wanted to have a reunion. oh gosh, haven't even kept in touch with those ppl since i was 12..

Anyway, went in to create an account in facebook...For those who have account, add me in -lah...

yah yah.. i know i am slow...you know -lah.. My pegasus is zapping up all my energy and time

Happy CNY! Happy Valentine!

FOOD FAT FOOD FAT FOOD FAT

2008-01-29T21:08:00.000+08:00

Season of eating is here....

Started with a lunch treat from Southwest. Fine food at Jade Blossom, We had a full blown 10 course chinese meal, Yee Sang, Sharksfin, Abalone, Hou Si Fatt Choy... had to aer0planne Irene but this lunch.. did feel a bit guilty!

Then TGIF on Monday. Celebrated Irene's birthday...
You can check out the video taken by HS here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJmHDQSjb3U

Well... haha... it was fun. Am sure Irene will not forget it either! TGIF birthdays are unforgetable. Haha! Will sure miss her and HS next year!

Well... more eating coming up this season! Need to head to the the GYM asap! before i get too fat to even blog!

Let's see...

Some more eating at Ocean Green with yummy pineapple cheesecake from Kai Nian and Star!
Tong Hoi - Treat from 3 bosses
Dinner: 1 chicken wing and 2 sushi - got too excited to play Wii till forgot to eat.. was damm hungry at night!
Wii is great by the way... went to check the price just now! RM 1699!

Lunch @ Golden Triangle - enjoyed the desert the most!

I need Wii to lose fat!!!

Haha

Traffic Jam and cctv

2008-01-10T07:53:00.000+08:00

i have been "pek-chek" the last couple of days since school starts. Yup, due to traffic jams. Too many cars on the road, same old road! Hence bad bad jam! it's getting worse and worse as teh years goes by and what the heck is our government doing? As usual Nothing! THe bridge ppl have been suffering in silence for years... it's still the same old story!

Today, a public hols for many and a working day for a couple of factory workers. Driving to work was breeze.... as free as fast as the wind. :) If driving back and forth to work daily was so relaxing... :) most ppl will be less stressed out when they start their work in the morning!

Missing stuff in the office areas. hmm.. i left 2 pen-drives on our dept secretary table and she didn't receive it. Have lost numerous calculators/food stuff etc.. from Office areas... Hmm.. maybe cctv needed!

Impulsive shopaholic

2008-01-03T10:11:00.000+08:00

Well, I sort of turn into an impulsive shopper this last month and my excuse is that this is caused by the stress at work!

Well, I did get myself lots of stuff this last month, let's see, currently i am the proud but broke owner of 1 new harddisk 160GB, 1 new 2GB CF card, 4 new books, 1 pair of new red specs, a new red phone, 4 new clothes from Singapore, 4 new tryes, and 1 expensive neck pillow!

On top of that, i received the notice to pay my maintainence for my apartment... Eeeks.... Dad will help me foot the bill first!

Broke, stressed -out but still sort of happy! :) My Aunty from Australia is coming next week with my yearly supply of Cappucino! :)

Happy 2008!

2008-01-02T08:20:00.000+08:00

New year, new beginnings, new resolution!

Spent my day just sleeping. Wake up, breakfast, then back to sleep, then lunch and then you guess it, back to sleep again! that's happiness for me! Peaceful blissful sleep!

My Singapore trip was good, amid the hiccup at the beginning of the trip! Then, the rest went ahead smoothly. All the test passed with great margin.

Singapore is basically a shopping haven. So i bought some new clothes for CNY and also 2 books (of conflicting idelogy - 1 a buddhism book and the 2nd one an atheist book)
Went clubbing in MOS, dance at every dancefloor! including the central revolving one! Haha.. that's was fun, initially, no one dare to dance in the centre. Once we jump onto it, we sort of brought all the crowd with us! Fun fun fun! Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

Stress

2007-12-28T17:55:00.000+08:00

My rule is not to blog about work. But rules are meant to be broken. This morning, was suppose to carry out some test in Singapore. Shipment from penang didn't arrive yet! Whole day no mood. Initially wanted to go shopping.. butwas in the hotel so that i could make the phone calls and get updated and was studying my PCA in the mean time.

I learnt that even if i get stressed out, the shipment will not have arrive any earlier!

So i am just being stupid for not enjoying my day!

Anyway, FYI. Shipment arrived safely at 5pm! :)

XMAS 07

2007-12-25T22:45:00.000+08:00

Watched Golden Compass with TT and CC. Afterthought: I enjoyed it but would like it better if i didn't feel the effect of the north pole so much. Was hugging myself so tightly to keep warm admist the north pole wind and snow! Love Mr. Polar Bear in the movie! He is funny in a dry way!

Went to Chilli's for dinner! Hmmm... the receptionist was so so grumpy! her face was worse than Mr. Scrooge on Xmas day! CC complained that it was too bright... then suddenly the lights went dim, they must have heard him! The salmon was delicious and so was the salad!

Happy Xmas 07!

3 years on

2007-12-24T09:42:00.000+08:00

Yes, 3 years since i came back from Bonny Scotland. Well, litterally the land of freedom and growth for me. Over there, basically, my motto is Try everything once. Haha.. And no, i don't do drugs nor Crime!

Just days with lots of pub, club crawls, parties! It's unbelievable how much alchohol i used to consume... and yes, even for breakfast! It's a wonder i didn't need to join the AA.

it's kind of strange that grey, dull Aberdeen is my favourite place! I suppose over there, we get to appreciate the snow as well the summer sun and the spring flowers much much more... The fresh sea breeze and mountain air all rolled into one and the clear fresh water from the upstream where salmons go spawning and (where water for whiskey making is tapped) .

Kinda missed all my good friends (SF,M, SP, A, J, G, S, A, S) i make over there as well. Wonder how some of you are doing now. It's kinda of a emotional roller coaster to have to made when i took the decision to come home.

Scotland, land of Haggis, Whiskey, Dolphins, Otters, kilts, ceiligh and bagpipes... ... I miss you!
" Fit Like?" :)

Ipoh Trip

2007-12-24T00:56:00.000+08:00

wow.. unbelievable how time flies! and i haven't even touch this blog for so so long. It's kinda refrenshing i have got a new friend who join this blogging community and HS blogs so frequently, that i enjoyed reading his blog so much that i feel i must do something with mine!

Since it was all work for quite some time at HYS, lots of BDC, sort of semi-grand campaign, we needed time to relax and unwind. So that it's not all work and no play!
Spent the whole day in Ipoh. First Stop Gua Tempurung, then Lunch in Kampar, then Gunung Lang,( mini Kui Lin) and then Perak Tong.

Gua tempurung has improved quite a bit since the last time i was there. Well, the road is now a straight road! It's a steep climb. Bringing a group of 40 is much more slow moving then i have predicted. Tiring for some. But it's darker then i remembered. Love the wind Tunnel!

Gunung Lang, an amazingly beautiful place, we went for a serene boat ride. Hmm.. waiting time is long. Should skip this if you are in a hurry! Well, you know me, i am in love with any place with blue sky, white clouds and a bit of green! Haha.. Well, brough peice to my mind.

After we went shopping for some local Ipoh Goodies. was up on the bus babysitting the kids. Wow, the kids these days amazed me! I didn't know so many versions of Guang Liang's song!

Last stop Perak Tong, climb up some steep steps up to somewhere.. Was only up halfway due to time constraint. had a tough time climbing down! Scared the wits out of me. Am i scared of heights or what? I still remember i was so brave up in Macau Tower. Wonder why?

airport lalalala

2007-07-17T15:56:00.000+08:00

Ok. am on my way to somewhere someplace out there!

Lots of events i will miss!

Happy Farewell to HY!
Happy Housewarming to PM!
Happy New Baby to KY!
Happy Birthday to CC!

Penang Hui Yin Seh Arial View

2007-07-10T20:25:00.001+08:00

No Sacrifice, No Victory!

2007-07-06T00:25:00.000+08:00

The war of the Autobots and Decepticons.

Do we really have to sacrifice to win? At the end of the day, is it all worth it?

I suppose the question is what sort of things are we sacrificing for this thing we call victory?

What is victory?

To have food like the ancient caveman?

To be the richest man in the world like Bill Gates?

To be an enlighten Buddha who no longers cycle about this world of torture?

Well, for me is the process and pursuit of happiness. To be, it is not a question of only what, but also how. I enjoyed winning a game of pool but i also must enjoy the company, the beer, the location, and each shot of how i place the cue ball! Well, actually i am hopeless in this game, missing all the easy shots. But i find lots of happiness playing this game crapily, not too sure about my opponents! But am sure they always have a good laugh, no other reason for them to play such a crappy player like me!

Be happy, be peaceful, be contented. That's victory for me!

Farewell in Batu Ferringhi for our dear HY!

2007-07-02T20:55:00.000+08:00

Sorry for not updating, there's still hawaii part II and part III to be updated. Stay tuned. But TT requested this update of our weekend for HY.

Let's see, we went to have our lunch, eating chicken and siew yok rice again! (well, we have been eating chicken for the past 4 days!) Then, we headed up to Ritz, our favorite cake shop! Each of us bought a piece of cakes. To be consumed before ST arrive. Haha...

Well, we arrive at Holiday Inn and checked in. Took ages, the service was so damm slow! Anyway, we got our room and went in to change and jump straight to the pool. The pool was cool, i just paddled here and there as i couldn't swim. we practically had the pool to ourselves until some Angmo join us with their nice big float which makes us really jealous. We wanted the floats too!

After swimming, we went back to our room for a shower. HY was the first! I was guffing down Cheesels when HY burst out saying the glass door in the shower cubicle is broken. Wow..scared me. Luckily what she meant was that the hinge on the door is broken. The door is still intact, thank god. TT, our top marketing woman of course managed to get us an upgrade to a room with view and balcony! Thanks TT!

By the time all of us showered and moved to other room, ST and CC arrive and join us eating our Ritz cake. So much for our plan hatched earlier! Anyway, after that, we went to the ting ting room. we played football, pool, darts and ting ting!

Had dinner and played category 5 after that! Well, i managed to loose big time, now i owe them Ice-cream, Milo Shake, and char koay kak! bah! what a loser! We continued playing till TT and bf left at 1. I went to take a long half bath cum shower. Smelling nice and feeling ready for bed, HY wanted supper! So, we went out for mamak. CC gave us a treat! Thanks CC!

Oh Ya, dreamt of HY complaining about food in penang compared to Butterworth. Haha! So funny. Scared CC ... as he heard someone laughing, well, he shouldn't be, a happy ghost is a friendly ghost anyway!

We spent the next morning playing tai ti and lying on the deck chairs by the beach. Check out the photos in HY, ST friendster. I am too lazy to upload any here. Gtg back to work. :(

HY, will miss you loads when you go to China! how, how, no one to come to ask me to go make tea in the morning, no one to buy tao hu hua for me! :(.... wanna cry already...... wishing you and your LF all best here too and be happy always!

ALOOOOOOOOHA!!!!!

2007-06-12T18:31:00.000+08:00

Scene 1:
arrived at Honolulu airport at around 7am. Travelled on a Wiki-wiki (old fashioned bus) to the main terminal. Well, hand-carry equipment were stuck at custom. Sien.Even after much negiotiation.

Scene 2:
Well, can't do much. Went to hotel. really beautiful place. The view is fan-bloody-tastic. Tried calling a couple of brokers to help out.. Apparently no one works on a Sunday. Well....

Scene 3:
Breakfast. Yummy! i love the burrito! Boss ordered Waffle with strawberry and cream. Yummmy!

Scene 4:
Was out walking on Waikiki beach. Was admiring the view while eating ice-cream. It's really so cool to be able to surf! Strong muscular man walking about topless with a surfboard is so darn cool. Sexy ladies in bikinis walking about with their float is also darn cute. THat's what Waikiki is about! Sun, Sea, Wave, Surf... I am already loving this place.

Scene 5:
Was chasing up DHL for our shipment. They finally arrive at 5:30pm. All the other folks has gone home. We were left all alone there setting up!

Scene 6:
Met up with Nigel, my old boss. It was really good to see him. Chat for quite a while about almost everything really. Everything and Everyone in UK. Gave him some postcards with scud3.

Scene 7:
Finally i get to know what trade show is all about. completely new experience for me. I do love it though, talking to people about our products, showing how it works, it was cool. So is the MTA running man! Talk to lots of people. Getting to know some of the other stuff my own company is doing.

Scene 8:

American portions are huge! Felt quite bad about wasting food. hmmm.....on the food stuff, boss introduced COLD STONE ice-cream to me! I love it! :) Veyr big grin on my face! well, i do have a sweet tooth!

Scene 9:

Street party on Kalakua Avenue. Cool, Reminds me of Hogmonay in Scotland. I missed Scotland, Whiskey and the cold weather.

Just sharing some pics from my trip:

Picture of Waikiki beach and the pacific ocean. It's really very very clean.

Lone surfer going towards the waves

Palm Trees and blue sky. Perfect!

Rainbow over Diamond Crater

3 beautiful girls

My thoughts on Hawaii... I love it there. it's kinda strange that i miss Scotland lots when i am over there. It's a very relaxing place. I can just lie there all day looking at the sea and waves. Didn't manage to do that this trip. Ideal place to go for honeymoon. the weather is kind of nice too.. there's actually a cool breeze blowing on a hot day! Well, have to mentioned the hot chicks and hot surfers there too. Haha. Aloha! Mahalo!

rich ppl

2007-05-25T22:55:00.000+08:00

Nice to read about filthy rich people, am dreaming about what to do if i win the 16 million lottery.

so let's say 6 million goes to Gov for taxes, i still got 10 million left...

give 4 million to HYS for building fund

remaining 6 million say 5% return per year: Rm300k!

wow.. i could just live on interest alone

well.. just daydreaming...

these are the ppl with the real dough. Here the list from Forbes

Reunion 30 years on

2007-05-20T21:13:00.000+08:00

well, just had dinner with my dad's uni mate from 30 years ago. Well, they havent' kept in touch in the last 30 years. Both of them are balding old men now... Hee Hee.. they said they could recognise each other when they open the door.. Well, this guy met my dad in his hotel room. He won a lucky draw and came to stay for 2 nights. Hence this was a surprise visit!

Wonder if i will freak out if someone call me up like that 30 years on!

eeks.. had a full dinner, wasted my effort of playing badminton in the afternoon. Broke the strings of my racket.

leaky roof, work to death

2007-05-18T07:58:00.000+08:00

Read about this in the morning paper
$$$$$ Million$
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/5/18/nation/17765383&sec=nation&focus=1

Apparently, when you buy a roof, you should expect it to be leaking since it is not stated in the contract that it has to be waterproof! After a 90 million renovation, now they need another 22 million to inspect all the buildings! Gosh, Dun you think someone should be held responsible for wasting millions??? I work my ass off, paid my taxes and for what? roads are full of holes, roof is leaking, petrol prices keeps going up up up!

As Miguel would say "the world is going down the toilet!" or Bart would says " Eat my shortS!"

Updated on 20th May: There's problem with wiring, fire-proofing as well... Well Done! Samy!

Another piece of sad news
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/5/17/apworld/20070517123544&sec=apworld

Last week, a HP girl from Singapore worked herself to death.

Gulp.."why does the sun goes on shinning, why does the sea rush to shore?" This songs keeps playing in my head!

i really wonder what prompt ppl to take their own life. How do you make such a decision? I mean, i can't even bear it when i need to put my dog down. And that was becos he was so sick and in so much pain. In the old days with Romeo and Juliet,they do it for LOVE. In modern times, because of their JOBS. I know life is not a bed of rosses, it is an uphill, sometimes even an almost impossible journey. I for one, strongly believe that we caMe onto this life to learn, not only 1 but many many lessons. And it is through the hardships that we have to endure that we learn and grow!

Well, enough of all this stuff. i need to watch lots of episodes of Simpsons to get over this!

LXI and postcards

2007-05-17T23:12:00.000+08:00

Attended LXI training with TT this afternoon. Spent more time fiddling with the PC than paying attention in class. Both us have a very short attention span. That's the excuse anyway. Well, i get to learn the important stuff. When i got back to work to show off my new skill, Ivan and ST were laughing their heads off, commenting that i spent 3 hours learning to press buttons! As the saying goes, it not about pressing buttons, it's to know which buttons to press that count! Duh!

Love the new postcard which are TT's idea! Really Cheesy, Jazzy and Cool! She will pengsan now from all the praises as i know she do read my blog! Well, TT, everyone love them and from the number of request i have to fix a lovely hawaiian stamps to post to their loved ones, you know all of them love your work and want to share them! well, i suppose partly could be due to the cool running man! I love him, and it was love at first sight, well, i know the rest of the guys love him too! Haha.. i better stop here before it get too "geli"

there goes, a sneak preview... be patient for the ones from Mr. Postman!

Up late tonight

2007-05-16T00:12:00.000+08:00

my colleague noticed i am up late tonight for a change.. Was writing the minutes of meeting for my BDC in chinese. Need to improve my chinese. ( this has been my new year resolution every year when i was in school!) Wonder do people still force the poor students to write this every year???

Facial

2007-05-15T08:41:00.000+08:00

hmmm... went for my first facial in my life last night... cool... pampered... was quite strange at first.. not used to have the face massaged like that... but then it was kind of nice! could certainly get used to this... Face looks brighter, shinnier, and hence..... i look fatter... hmmm...i already have a fat face... anyway, maybe time for a new haircut to go with my new bright face
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Babies

2007-05-12T22:17:00.000+08:00

Congrats to proud Papa CJ on his new Baby Boy! This Guy started calling me Aunty Pikaping since 9 months ago!

hmm... all boys so far... Jerome, Nathan, KR, RJ and some more boys who aunty pikaping can't remember their names.. getting old now.

Smart materials

2007-05-09T08:32:00.000+08:00

Learn a new word last night from CJ. Auxetic , you heard of it???

Well, it is one of those high tech, apparently "SMART" materials.
one day, what if all our materials are Smarter than us?

Hello World

2007-05-05T17:55:00.000+08:00

Welcome ... lalalalala.... since i haven't announce it to anyone... i will be talking to myself...
ok. that's all for now