world of houg

Transformers3: Dark of the Moon

2011-12-28T22:19:00.002+08:00

Summer has passed and now comes winter.... i accidentally or was too lazy to write this post and now finally feeling bad about myself i decided to finish it off and post it....

This movie has so far been the highest grossing film forthis year so expectations will be high when watching this movie. If I’m not atransformers fan, I would say this movie is great, but since I’m a transformersfan, I must say I got a lot to complain!

I think I have more things to complain than transformers2.

1.Optimus got stucked in cables

When I saw this I was like WTF? if I’m the director, I wouldnever let this happen! How can you let this shame happen to Optimus, the leaderof Autobots! He even need to call in The Wreckers for help. Hm….why don’t he just boost up his jet engineto escape? Or just use his golden axe and sword to cut through.

2. Decepticons wants to enslave humanity

I was like huh? The part where stealing Earth’s naturalresources are to rebuild Cybertron is still sensible, but why a robot who canwork 24/7 needs a human slave for? For fun?

3. Megatron in a beggar outfit

Megatron’s screen time is just too little. The way he’spotrayed with half broken head and tornclothes is not cool to potray his evilness as the leader of the Decepticons.

4. Bumble Bee becomes hostage

I don’t remember when Decepticons becomes so mercifully.It’s not like they want to use Bumble Bee to robot hostage trade with aDecepticon. No logic at all! Moments later you suddenly see Bumble Bee turnedgreen and began to blast his way out of the Decepticons so I was like er…why hegot captured at the first place?

5. The dinosaur bird

When I saw the dinosaur bird on the trailer I was cravingfor Dinobots to appear, but sadly it didn’t. oh well…maybe they would appear intransformers 4?

6. Too much screen time on human character, too few screentime for the robots themselves

Well, a fan like me wouldn’t care if all the characters arerobots but then, the director wants to make this movie to appear to a broaderaudience hence, he need to spend more time telling the human stories lo…sienliao.

7. Machine gun versus robotic armor.

Imagine if you’re a technological advance roboticcivilization, wouldn’t you at least design your robotic armour to be bulletproof? I think it is quite not so logicthat you can “hurt” robot by just firing machine guns, minimum you’ll need alot of bazookas or rocket launchers.Yeah I know I may be asking too much, but then remember the original cartoonseries, the robots uses lasers, which is rarely seen on the big screen.

I think they would make transformers 4 as I think it isstill a very profitable franchise. The main character Sam’s actor claims hewill not be back if there’s a fourth installment. For me, Sam doesn’t reallymatters haha, the only thing matters is that the Optimus Prime’s voice must bethe same person. Hm…for me, I think I have enough of Michael Bay. It doesn’tmean that he didn’t did a good job and I would like to see another director’stouch for the 4^th film ifthere is one, probably a director would is a more hardcore fans of transformershimself. Hmm… can I have Unicrom for thenext movie?

First Blood

2011-12-12T15:46:00.001+08:00

"They made me do it....They drop the first blood!"

Nope this entry is not about Rambo: First Blood, nor it is about DOTA: First Blood.

It is about my first blood..................................................donation:P

I was in Tropicana City to catch 50/50. Initially i plan to drop by Borders for some free-magazine reading before the show and then i saw this blood donation drive.

I've never did any blood donation in my life before. Since i'm going to watch a special meaningful movie about how a cancer victim overcome life's challenges, i feel that i should go do my own part for the society...not as being an empty talker but today i enter a new level to become an action doer! "Walk the Talk" as what people say.

Furthermore, the one registering in front of me is a young lady so as a MAN, i have no reason to chicken myself.

So i go to proceed to register my name and filling up some forms. There is a particular interesting question that caught my attention.

"Were you in Ireland/Britain etc during the year etc to year etc..." Erhm...why do they need to know this? After asking, it turns out there was a MadCow disease outbreak during that period so they just need to take precaution just in case.

After the form, next is the blood sampling and testing. They use a tiny long object to "shoot" at your finger, resulting a tiny little hole in your finger to get a few drops of blood to test your blood type. The shooting is something like a red ant's bite. Not painfull at all, ladies and gentlemen.

Then, for the first time in many years. I get to know what is my blood type, I'm "A".

Next i proceed to lie down on the make-shift bed. The nurse began to scrub some medication on my left arm and began to look for the main vein. As she took the needdle and as it about to make contact i turned my head away. I couldn't bear to see the long foreign metalic thing entering my skin. Wa...i wonder how those Thaipussam guys did it.

But surprisingly the pain level is only like 2 red ant's bite. It only tooks a few minute to see the blood bag filling up. They would give you a small plastic pipe for your left hand to grab as this motion would speed up the blood flow. In total there was about 440ml of my blood being donated. After the bag is filled, they just took out the needle and apply some medication and give a plaster tape. Surprisingly as easy as the blood flow out, it is as easy as the wound close up as well.

After everything is done you'll be given a cert! Hehe, very good i can add this to my cert collection.

There is only one regret that i have is that i didn't take the free milo and biscuit because i was rushing to catch the movie but other than that i leave the place being quite proud of myself as i contribute something to society today.

This is what it looks like a few days later, you can hardly see the wound.

Hehe, so do your part next time! It is free and it takes less than 30 minutes. Donate your blood if you are able to, it might save someone's life.

P.S. I didn't feel drowsy at all after the blood donation, maybe i was pumped up feeling very excited that i did something good that day:)

50/50

2011-12-04T21:26:00.001+08:00

What would you do? If you're diagnosed with cancer, and your survival chance is 50/50?

50/50 is about a movie whereby a young guy got diagnosed with cancer and how he deal with it. I saw this movie review by the sun newspaper and it has given quite a good review quoting a good acting performances. Hmm....most of the time, i usually only go to watch big budget blockbusters movie. Since i have nothing to do this weekend and wanted to reward myself, I decided to take the road less travel this time.

None of the people i know ever seen this movie before, so it's like taking a small gamble which i solely depends on the sun newspaper review. I later go check out the trailer and found that there's Seth Rogen in it, the funny guy who played the Green Hornet. Ok, i think he's quite funny so it gave me more reason to watch it. But the main reason i wanna watch this movie is because i want to watch something different, to watch a meaningful movie about life.

The lead actor, Joseph Gordon-Levitt put up quite a good acting performance which i'm glad that the reviewer is right. I instantly recognize his previous works such as Leonardo Dicaprio's partner in Inception and also, COBRA COMMANDER from GI JOE!

The movie is quite funny and has many sex jokes. Of course they are a few serious and touching moments as well. Basically, it tells us to cherish our life. Sometimes amidst a busy working life, we may tend to forget what is important and neglect the important person around us. That is why, watching this sort of movie is a good reminder and at the same time it does provide entertainment value as well together with the lesson.

You don't really need very big budget to make a good film, the very essence of the film is good storyline and good acting. When watching i really felt a connection to the actor and i was really hoping that he can get through it.

Overall, this is one good movie that is valuable and recommended!

Waiting Outside the Lines

2011-11-28T17:44:00.001+08:00

When i first heard this song, the first thing came to my mind is....Wa Justin Bieber really is no match for this kid! I think that Justin Bieber is only good at dancing but his voice range is just normal lo, unlike this kid which really has "Ummpphhhh", can play piano some more!

This kid, Greyson Chance, a young 12 years old kid really has an amazing voice and range! Such a young age, i was wondering if he deliberately made his voice so rough or whether that is his natural singing voice.

Young kids become celebrities this days is getting younger and younger. In my opinion, i think that kids should just enjoy be kids, we've seen alot of cases where young celebrities grew up to be drug addicts etc. I hope that Greyson would follow the rightful path and continue to sing more inspirational songs for the world.

The reason i like this song is mainly due to the self motivational lyrics. I was in a bad mood because i need to work in a public holiday, as i listen to it's lyrics "Living in the Box, Time for you to SEIZE THE DAY!" I instantly like this song!

Here's the lyrics which i copied from http://www.elyricsworld.com

Waiting Outside The Lines Lyrics

You’ll never enjoy your life,
living inside the box
You’re so afraid of taking chances,
how you gonna reach the top?

Rules and regulations,
force you to play it safe
Get rid of all the hesitation,
it’s time for you to seize the day

Instead of just sitting around
and looking down on tomorrow
You gotta let your feet off the ground,
the time is now

I’m waiting, waiting, just waiting,
I’m waiting, waiting outside the lines
Waiting outside the lines
Waiting outside the lines

Try to have no regrets
even if it’s just tonight
How you gonna walk ahead
if you keep living behind

Stuck in my same position,
you deserve so much more
There’s a whole world around us,
just waiting to be explored

Instead of just sitting around
and looking down on tomorrow
You gotta let your feet off the ground,
the time is now, just let it go

The world will force you to smile
I’m here to help you notice the rainbow
Cause I know,
What’s in you is out there

I’m waiting, waiting, just waiting,
I’m waiting, waiting outside the lines
Waiting outside the lines
Waiting outside the lines

http://www.elyricsworld.com/waiting_outside_the_lines_lyrics_greyson_chance.html
I’m trying to be patient (I’m trying to be patient)
the first step is the hardest (the hardest)
I know you can make it,
go ahead and take it

I’m Waiting, waiting, just waiting I’m waiting
I’m waiting, waiting, just waiting
I’m waiting, waiting outside the lines
Waiting outside the lines
Waiting outside the lines

You’ll never enjoy your life
Living inside the box
You’re so afraid of taking chances,
How you gonna reach the top?

Hmm... wonder when it would be available in Karaoke to sing? ;P

Nasi Lemak 2.0

2011-10-08T20:32:00.000+08:00

Damn...i'm really getting very lazy to blog recently... feel like somehow i don't have enough "kick" these days.

Anyway, few weeks ago i saw news in facebook about nasi lemak 2.0 might be force to go off screen, so i went ahead to see it at weekends instead of the regular movie day. At first i was thinking whether or not this is a promotion trick, but then, this is malaysia, a place where governments don't like to hear critics about them and they will go all the way to do that.

Nevertheless this movie was already in my must watch list since launching. mainly because i wanna give namewee support. I followed his previous youtube showing that he didn't get funding approval from government, but in the end, he manage to find his own sponsors and managed to get everything done.

Initially i was afraid that the quality may not be that good since it's a low budget film, however i didn't regret at all after watching it. It's funny and i like the part where he pokes fun at our politicians and in the end you also get to learn something from it as well. Definitely worth watching in cinema!

I felt quite happy that the reception is going quite good. Haha this is a good butt kick and a wake up call to the government who didn't want to give namewee a chance to fund his film. What impress me alot is his bravery of speaking the things most people are afraid to openly speak about the problems this country is facing. I don't think he's not patriotic at all as what some politicians claim. I think it is just the opposite. I think he loves his country more than the average Malaysian. That is why he is brave enough to standout to speak his views, as most average Malaysian would just keep it to themselves or just don't care at all.

But anyway the film is unlike his youtube video where he bomb the government kao kao. The film itself is quite light hearted and entertaining, bringing actors from all races together in this film. Initially i was quite surprise that many famous malaysian actors turn up to help namewee in his film. Well that proves this truly from the bottom of the heart, a truly one Malaysian film.

A truly recommended film to watch, here the's the theme song of the movie, "Rasa Sayang 2.0". I quite like the way they reboot this local traditional song.

9th July 2011

2011-07-10T00:56:00.002+08:00

Fellow Malaysians will remember this day as the day we stood up for a free and fair election for our beloved country.

Me, like many other fellow Malaysians who did not have the gut to march to the streets in KL, truly salute the bravery of those who dared the streets, the water cannons and tear gas.
We stayed at home, following the latest news and hope that things wouldn’t turn violent.

I was thinking, would the situation be different if I’m still single with nothing to lose?

During the 1st Bersih movement around 50,000 brave souls gathered in KL and were later disperse by police with the same fate. I think many people did not realize that this is actually the second Bersih rally. The news of the first rally was obviously banned in main local media and can only be found in internet. But imagine this, during the first rally, there was no major road block towards KL. If this time there was no road block, just imagine how many would turn up! By then, even if they assembled every policeman in the country, they will not be able to stop it!

I was quite surprise the normally neutral Agong would interfere with the situation. Before this I always believe that Agong was only a symbol and he don’t really need to do anything. Haha, now I have new respect for our Agong for his timely intervention to diffuse the tension.

But then, if it even requires Agong himself to come out, it really shows the weakness of the current government which failed to compromise with the Bersih movement and even need Agong to step in.

When Najib agreed to the solution to held the rally indoor in stadium, there was suddenly a great relief among the people. Finally a compromise has been made and everyone can be happy. I was even thinking, since it’s held in stadium and not on streets, it’s gonna be quite safe and then I can probably join too!

But the people can only be happy for one day. The next day Najib did a U-Turn saying that stadiums in KL are not available. I was like….WTF? For sure, Bersih would not agree with it. Why make things worse if you let them have the rally in the stadium in the first place? Now, they have no choice but to take it into the street, and by doing so would actually cause more havoc.

By doing so, it just reflect that the government is unable to keep their words. Most importantly, it shows that the government is afraid to revamp the election commission to be more fair and just, because deep down, they know, if the election is fair and just, they would lose more seats.

The way Najib handles this issue is just terrible. He choose to be a paranoid and narrow minded just like Utusan Malaysia and Perkasa. Come on lar….if Bersih is illegal, why Agong would want to meet them?

By denying Bersih to use the stadium in KL, this also shows disrespect to the Agong.
I’m sure Agong will remember this as well.

Of course the rally would be held in KL. KL is the capital for Malaysia. When you held international events, do you hold it in outskirts? Of course not!

If they say the rally itself would disrupt the business and security of the public, I don’t think so lo. I think those disrupt the business in KL are the road blocks, with nobody coming to KL, where will there be business. Actually if they are so many people coming into KL from other state, if I’m a businessman, I would have more customers to buy drinks, food, umbrella…etc.

I have a friend working at PWTC Home Deco, he says due to the road block, business is horribly bad, and yet they still need to pay for rental.

Another thing, if police just stand beside, let the people march without resistant would things turn chaotic? If the UMNO youth and Perkasa wouldn’t held counter rally on the same day, (which I’m glad the two groups didn’t met head on) would things turn chaotic?

No need to send riot police lar. Just send traffic police, instead of directing vehicles, appoint them to direct people marching. Direct people marching from one street to another street, like a city marathon. In the end, the people are able to express their point, no violent case reported, police able to perform their duty, people respect police more, and everyone go home happy.

But instead, the police choose to view the people, the very people they sworn to protect, as a threat and most be stop with water cannons, tear gas and batons. Sign…big big sign…

Previously when he launch 1Malaysia, I still actually think that BN still got some tiny little hope under his leadership. Even after he declared the wasteful Warisan Merdeka project, I just think that he’s just wasting the country’s money, that’s all. But then, for me, the way he handle this issue this time, he really cross the line. I now, officially and very clearly…… hate him. Too bad we cannot go to his facebook page and click dislike on his profile.

The way BN handles Bersih only increase the people’s hatred for the government. And I believe the people would remember very well this day when the next election comes.

If you’re reading this and you haven’t register as a voter yet. Quickly go to the nearest post office to register, as the process may need to take a few months to complete, you’ll never know when they will declare the next general election. Exercise your rights and do your part for a better Malaysia by casting the correct vote.

Hey, after you read this article, don’t just simply came to a conclusion, read more other news and see what is the majority of Malaysians thinking. Read more, hear more and you’ll know yourself how to determine the truth.

Once again, a big salute to those brave souls that dared the streets.

Proposed solution for Malaysian's brain drain

2011-05-22T10:51:00.004+08:00

Every year in our wonderful country Malaysia, after SPM results are out, we would hear complains that top student are not offered scholarship but instead those certain group of people who are under-qualified got offered instead.

So, for those poor but top students,what can they do? since their own country don't want to help them, they get help from other countries that is willing to help them because they cherish talents. Other countries offer them scholarship, bond them for a few years, they got a decent job over there. Do you think they still want to return to their own mother country that didn't help them? and yet, their own mother country would label them as "Unpatriotic". Ironic isn't? Welcome to Malaysia!

Let's have an classic example, did you know that the pen drive is actually invented by a Malaysian? Mr. Pua Khein-Seng, which was rejected by local university set out for Taiwan. In the end, the pen drive was a "Taiwan Technology", instead of "Malaysian Technology"

The government seems to finally realized this issue, after so many years and waves of bombardment by the opposition party, the people and other international media. I believe this issue is serious to the point that the country itself has felt the effect of this brain drain.

So our dear PM setup Talent Corp in an effort to pull back our brain drain. It is funny because initially the country doesn't appreciate them but now they want them back by offering goodies. Goodies such as tax reduction etc. But hey, if they did this, it would be unfair to those talents that are currently residing in Malaysia!

Yo.. Dear PM & Talent Corp, instead of pulling back brain drain, you should stop brain drain, like not giving scholarship to some top students. It is more feasible and easier to retain compare to get them back. We learn this in economics, it is easier to retain existing customer rather to look for new ones.

Why government is afraid to give scholarship to top student since the scholarship comes with a working bond, the talents would still come back and contribute to Malaysia's growth.

Instead, they prefer to give scholarship to those un-deserved, which graduate with bad results and later become an unproductive worker, which doesn't contribute much to the country and yet still need government to feed them. It's a like spoon feeding a spoiled child that cannot stand on their own.

What does this mean then? Failed government policies that is suppose to help certain group to be more competitive ends up spoiling them. Instead of teaching them how to fish, the government just give feed them the fish.

The other ironic thing is that other minority which didn't received as much help as the government, due to this reason, they have no choice but to work harder in order to make a living and ends up with more competitive qualities than their spoon feed countrymen.

Of course, not everyone is like that. I'm just giving a general summary.

But then, government is made up of human being and human beings make mistake. This we can understand, the more important thing is that we need to correct the mistake to improve. The worst thing is that, government choose to keep one eye close and stubbornly don't want to admit their mistake. This is because, some of the current government officials themselves has been fully fed with fishes and they are too incompetent and dare not imagine that they would have to handle their own fishing rod.

Scholarship should only be given to those that is academically worthy. Meaning to say, if you got scholarship and yet you have bad results, the scholarship should be switch to loans that you'll need to pay back instead. If not, students would not appreciate it and take it for granted.

Think of it as an investment. Of course you want to invest on properties that would generate return for you, not invest on the property that doesn't generate return for you, and yet you'll still need to pump more money into it to keep it alive!

Let's think about it, 54 years of independence and yet our fellow countrymen still cannot be competitive? Let's just limit our scope to academic competitive. We have government sponsored primary and secondary school. But yet, how come privately sponsored vernacular school can produce better results?

Doesn't this mean the Education Ministry should look into why their government funded school cannot produce good result?

I do not expect the government would just abolish this current silly system of not giving scholarship to some top student due to "you know lar" reason. Unless we have a change of government, but then i think we should look into the roots of the problem, how to really make our fellow countrymen academically competitive.

Maybe i can humbly suggest a few.

1. Train teachers that knows how to fish, instead of teachers that take fish only. so that, they can teach the correct values and knowledge to their students.

2. Stress more on English. We see this very often. Many university graduates still can't speak a decent English. The situation has actually worsen compare to our previous generation that received English education from British colony era. In order to be competitive in today's world. English is a must. Mastery of English is the key and stepping stone to access the world's knowledge.

3. Stress more on Maths. Economy is run by business, business consist of figures, figures you need maths. It is another compulsory knowledge to be competitive beside English.

4. Stress more on secular studies. Religious studies feeds your spirit, but it doesn't feed your stomach. Over dosage of religion and over hunger is the formula for extremist. But hey, i'm not saying we should scrap religion, just that we should focus more time on reality.

7. Beside of just spoon feeding our students with knowledge, i believe we need to teach them creative thinking as well. We should inject creativity thinking into our existing subjects, to encourage student to think outside of the box. Of course, this is a less priority at the moment. We need to pump up more English + Maths first.

6. Organize joint school events during holidays that mix with other races. It's like a company team building. If you don't mix with other races, you'll have stereotype perceptions and distrust.

7. Gradually, we need to merge and unified our school. I'm not talking about the National School which puts one malay school, one indian school and one chinese school in the same compound. I don't think this actually work. All these school leaders should sit down and plan for a unified education subjects. Haha, i know it's gonna be hard. But i believe this is as important as what our fore fathers sit down and discuss the founding of Malaysia. We give and take, set our differences aside in order to pave way for a better future together.

I believe only if we can improve the quality of our students in primary and secondary school level, then only we can have a really fair, competitive and transparent method of allocating scholarship to top students. I believe this is the first step we can do to stop the brain drain.

416 Sarawak State Election

2011-04-18T00:11:00.001+08:00

The election date was announce at the end of March, whereby I was back to Kuching for Qing Ming. Since the date is quite near, I don’t have enough leaves+ air ticket expensive. I didn’t go back to vote this time around. The General Election in 2008 was the first time I voted and I even help up in the polling booth which was quite an amazing experience!

Sign… this time around I can only watch political speech on youtube and facebook and reading Malaysian insider. Hmm…I think AirAsia should take this opportunity to offer flight ticket sales to Sarawak or any other state when there’s state election, they would have gain extra income, oh wait…unless government interfere? Oh damn…another self made conspiracy theory!

You see many leaders from both side of the party, Najib, DPM, Anwar, Lim Guan Eng, even Chua Soi Lek fly to Sarawak to do campaigning. Haha, I think if Najib didn’t come himself, opposition would win more votes! But this proves that BN is also afraid they may lose a majority this time. Najib comes and promise to bring development to the rural areas, but I’m thinking....walao…only after 50 plus years of independence, now you baru care about Sarawakians! Another important thing is that only last year BN declare 16 September as a holiday. Ahem, not that I’m happy with another public holiday, but if you think again, ngaiti…did the Federal Government really appreciate and honor Sabah Sarawak at all?

It is an open knowledge to Sarawakians that White Hair is totally corrupted. When I was in Uni graduation, we even joked about what we want to say to White Hair when he shake our hands..e.g. “I Hate You!”, “You Must Go!”

He’s probably one of the richest man in Malaysia, but people are afraid to vote against him, especially the rural poor. They are so poor and uneducated that BN will only need to give them money to ensure their votes.

But luckily the winds of change has arrived in Sarawak. It began as a small spark in the 2008 General Elections, where two DAP rockets won the Kuching seat to represent the people’s voice in Parliament. Malaysians has also seen the prove that the Opposition party is not just empty talks, they can govern a state successfully as well as seen in Penang & Selangor.

Honestly speaking, when I’m in my middle school days, I was thinking that the opposition is only making noise. But then, as I grew up more, began to work and experience the ups and downs of life, I began to feel that the things that opposition are complaining are not just for the sake of making noise, but these are really the things that affects you and me. Eventually I think that they are actually champions who would risk their lives of end up in jail in order to fight for the rights of the people.

Initially Malays would mostly vote for BN, but now, even Malays themselves vote for opposition e.g. Keadilan, because they too, want to see a change and a better, cleaner, fairer government as shown in the results of the political tsunami of 2008.

It is quite hurtful myself when I know that Sarawak has the largest resource in Malaysia but yet is the fourth poorest state. All those loggings without control by White hair is really destroying our beautiful landscape and only benefiting him and his cronies. Some Sarawakians even took to the street of London to protest about White Hair in order to get media attention. (because if they did so in Malaysia, they will end up in jail)

Because of all these silly reason, I want to see changes, not just for myself and family but also for the sake of our future. We have so much potential to become better, so we need to be more serious in exercising our democratic rights as a citizen and vote for our future, we can no longer say that it is non of my business because it affects us all.

On 416 the whole day, It’s like having butterflies in my stomach, I’m always enticing what the results are going to be. I was quite disappointed when I heard the result because I was expecting at least the opposition would deny BN the 2/3 majority due to the number of crowds that show up for opposition talks around Kuching, Sibu and Miri.

But at least, it was a great improvement for the opposition and now they would have a stepping stone in future. The hardcore poverty rural areas are still pretty much under BN’s grasp which provided the majority. There is still a lot of work that needs to be done in order to create more awareness and help out the rural folks.

Let’s hope and work hard for a better future, Sarawakians!

Sucker Punch

2011-04-04T23:15:00.007+08:00

When I first saw this trailer, I knew I must watch this movie whether dead or alive!

The graphic is just totally mind blowing unbelievable freaking awesome! Wow… I think since 300, I’ve never given so much credit to a movie’s graphic.

Pretty Girls + Robots + Zombies + Dragons + Lots of Gun and Explosion + Time stop actions = Awesomeness at its best.

Oh by the way, the movie is from the bunch of guys that brought you other awesome graphic movies like 300 and The Watchmen. No wonder.

What excites me is that this time around, Sucker Punch is actually an original story, unlike the previous two movie produced by the same bunch of guys which are graphic novel adaptation.

However i have one thing to complain is that the movie didn't explain what "Sucker Punch" means. I was expecting something like maybe Barbie Doll delivering a flying dragon punch to the bad guy while shouting "Eat this, sucker!" hmm...but that didn't happen.

Story wise, I think it is not as good as I expected. The plot can be a bit messy for those that didn’t read the synopsis in advance. However I would still recommend others to watch because the graphic is worth to watch but of course we don’t expect these types of movies to be nominated for Oscars but I believe it would become a pop culture in future. But then, what the heck, the awesomeness of the graphic can already make up for it. Like my bro said:

“I just want to see the graphics, I don’t care about the story!”

That statement basically sums the whole movie up:)

Here's the cast of Sucker Punch:)

Here's the trailer in case you haven't watch it yet:)

Underdog Soldiers / Tomorrow when the war began

2011-03-06T00:31:00.004+08:00

Warning! If you haven't seen this movie, they may contain spoilers below!

When i saw first this trailer half way...i wasn't too fascinated by it. But then when i looked at it the other day from the beginning something click!

I suddenly felt that somehow the plot is very familiar. Then it hit me!
It was an adaptation of a novel that i've read before when i was young, almost ten years plus ago!

Wow.... I can't describe my excitement as this is the first time, i found a film that is adapted by novel that i read a long time ago and most importantly the novel is not so popular. I suddenly feel like an underdog myself...hehe.

I don't know why the movie is renamed "Underdog Soldiers" whereas the original title of the novel was "Tomorrow - when the war began". I think the original title sounds way cooler. No wonder i couldn't figure it out when i see the trailer half way the first time.

The novel consist of 7 series (yes...i read them all muahahaha) and it was quite popular in Australia, however i think it is not quite popular outside Australia because i've never heard anyone mentioning it before.

I'm glad to say that it was a good cast selection and every members seems to be able to bring the character in the book to life. The main attraction would be the plot and storyline. It has a lot of action scenes too. But what i like the most is how they portray the characters development from ordinary teenagers to be fighting for their survival and homeland.

When i was halfway into the movie, i was recalling the plot at the same time, I was thinking how are they going to squeeze all that plot into one movie.

Then, i got my answer. The movie ended with an open ending. This means that they'll probably need to do sequel for it. In which i'm glad as well because at least they wouldn't squeeze the plot until they is no room for character development. I'm quite satisfied with the first movie, so if there's a sequel i would watch it too. This movie is great because it's entertaining and gives you something to think about, as if like you gain something, not like Drive Crazy which is somehow...shallow and purely pop-corn movies?

I would recommend this movie to all. Here's the trailer.

And before i end this post...i'll like to say it again...

It's so freaking awesome to know that a book you read which is not so popular suddenly got made into a film! Feel so proud and damn good about it!

Phew....i wonder if i am able to sleep or not because of over excitement.....

The Green Hornet

2011-02-15T17:11:00.002+08:00

This content may contain some spoilers so please watch the movie first!

The green hornet was my first anticipated movie of 2011 as it hit theaters in January.
I’ve seen few of the trailers and therefore have some high expectation for the film. After the show I’m glad to say that it really meets up my expectation. Oh yeah, it kick ass!

It was filled with fun and thrill, never a dull moment at all. I can feel that both characters really have some chemistry between and the laughter just brought me to tears. A big kudos for Jay Chou on his Hollywood debut. For a guy who’s only studied English just for the show, I can say at least it’s audible hahaha but I think his acting, charisma and butt-kicking can make up for it. Some people say his English is still very bad, but for me, as long it does not disrupt the fun of watching the movie, it’s actually not a big deal!

The main character played by Seth Rogen is not quite the usual big-screen superhero, I watched in trailer that they deliberately make the main superhero a bit useless and yet have a cool and resourceful side-kick. Oh…correction, Kato does not like to be known as side-kick, he’s a partner!

Cameron Diaz is oh well, the flower pot but then, she’s not bad either. I think she’s really 30 plus but she still looks good on screen.

And the biggest surprise for me I got to say is…

Commander William Adama!

Hahaha, he’s the chief editor of the protagonist newspaper company. But I knew this actor who played as William Adama in Battlestar Galactica, a sci-fi TV series that I liked a lot.

Conclusion, if you enjoy action comedy genre, you really should watch this movie!

The Land Before Time

2010-12-20T23:43:00.004+08:00

Suddenly thought about this song so i googled it up. I don't remember the name of the song but i remembered the name of the movie.

I watched this movie on Tape a long long time ago in a land before time...oh sorry...not that far off...i watched it when i was a kid.

I almost cried when the mummy dinosaur died!

The reason why i remembered this song is because the song is very warm and wuzzy and nice to listen to.

Enjoy~

Meeting JJ at Tropicana City

2010-12-19T11:06:00.002+08:00

On 18 December 2010, JJ was at Tropicana City Mall to promote his new album and give out autograph session for his album.

The event is scheduled to start at 3pm, but like many VIP...it started 3.40pm. I stand and below the stage since 2.40pm....and waited faithfully like a fan for almost 1 hour.

Even before i've arrive, they are already many people in front of me. Majority of those fans are young female students. So, at the least the waiting was not so bad:P
I was wondering whether i'm the oldest person around there...haha but then, i have a young face, if i don't tell anyone, i bet they wouldn't know:P

The MYFM DJ is doing a not so bad job to entertain and warm up the crowd. Suddenly the crowd screams as they saw JJ finally made it to the backstage. I notice the way he walk is quite cool. Don't know to describe it.

Anyway...the session starts off with some prize giving and contest.

I think JJ interact quite well with the MC and the audience as he is quite humorous and playfull too. In the contest session, whereby they ask audience to sing JJ's new song, finally he did joined in and sung a few part.

Haha, at least it's worth the wait. Seeing him singing live is a very intriguing experience for me. I'm very amazed of watching and listening as his voice came out from his mouth. He's a good singer with a really good voice. It's as it is like magic when his voice comes out from his mouth!

I left the place as the autograph session began. Hehe i didn't buy his CDs as I'm out of budget for this month..

Suddenly an idea occured to me.

If government want to fight against piracy, why don't they give tax relief for original CDs?

Here's the MTV of the song he sung. Enjoy!

The Fruitties

2010-12-07T14:23:00.007+08:00

I was stress at work, then suddenly think about this cartoon ending theme song which i liked very much when i was a kid. So i began to search high and low for it, luckly i was able to find it, but unfortunately i couldn't find the english version.

Watching and listening to old cartoon theme song really brings back childhood memories and would definitely put a smile on your face. I don't really remember any significant plot or storyline from the series, (the storyline is not important aspect also back then) but i just remember that there's a pineapple, a banana and a lost stranded little girl who go adventure together.

The reason why i like and remembered the ending theme is because they use flute music which i like. I also remembered the chorus part "It's your forest, It's my forest, we will take care of our forest". Hmm...i think subconsciously that song implanted my love for mother nature since young and tender age.

OMG, they've even have a facebook fan page!

So Ladies and Gentlemen, I present you, The Fruitties!

Spoiling Myself!

2010-11-26T20:20:00.004+08:00

I'm not the type that would spend RM10++ for a coffee, it is insanely overpriced and its only meant for the high society people. It is nice i agree, but i find it hard to find this as a reason to go to Starbucks even though i am a regular coffee drinker.

But today, i am sort of stuck in Low Yat Plaza waiting for my gf to finish her annual dinner. So the only place i can think off to kill time alone is to sit at Starbucks and online.

As i sit back relax, enjoying the jazz music and cool environment and taking a few sip. I suddenly feel like i'm in paradise and life is beautiful!

Especially while watching outside the glass window where people are busy with their life, but in contrast inside here i'm just relaxing and being idle, Damn... it feels good!

No wonder it's so expensive, you're paying for the experience too.

One should spoil and pamper themselves once in a while. A good rest is to prepare yourself for a tougher day tomorrow.

Horse Ridding

2010-11-07T16:23:00.015+08:00

My first ever horse ridding experience took place in Mini Malaysia, Melaka.

It's quite cheap RM5 and they would provide you a helmet and a guide will guide the horse around a straight walk, u turn and head off back to the starting places.

As i approach the horse for the first time, i was a bit nervous because due to its size. It's a few times bigger than you, and luckily they're herbivore! They have this step ladder for you to climb up to and As i sit above the horse, i was surprised to see that it's quite high.

The ride was a bit bouncy and it's quite nervous at first because thanks to Christopher Reeve's incident i was holding tightly to my seat. Horse ridding is a bit uncomfortable for my little johnny due to the bounce mentioned but then after a while, you'll get use to it.

At one point, i was suddenly very tempted to hit the horse at the back and say "Gi Dee Up" but luckily i'm able to resist it as who know what might happen if i do so.

I began to imagine myself as a medieval knight on a horse and slaying my enemies beneath me with a sword. Wow, it's actually quite difficult to do! You'll need to handle both your horse and your enemy at the same time, no wonder it requires years of practice.

Which reminds me of the Mongolian Horse Archers which can fire their volley of arrows at full gallop! wow, archery itself already requires a lot of concentration, what to say some more you still need to control your horse. Really hard and amazing!

I heard that this horses are those ex-racing horses that either is too old to run, or is injured to run. So they end up being amateurs riders. Hmmm...thinking back now, i feel abit pity for them not being able to run freely in the wild, splashing waters apart as they cross rivers etc as seen in many movies or pictures of horses.

Anyway, it is a fun experience, i feel like i've achieved a great feat that day, something good to remember:)

Thanks darling for help me take picture:)

Captain Malaysia

2010-11-03T17:15:00.010+08:00

I was doing a facebook quiz - Which Marvel superhero are you?

I got Captain America as my result.

My friend, Mike suggested that I just need to change the five star into fourteen star and add a crescent moon then I'll become Captain Malaysia!

As i was LOLly, (laughing out loudly) Inspiration struck me and i actually think this can be a good idea! Not me being a superhero of course, but the changing of the design.

It is quite easy to design Captain Malaysia due to it's flag similarity with the USA flag.

Actually since primary school i was wondering if our Malaysian flag is copied from USA.

So i rush and grab my pencil began to draw a rip off version of Captain America and incorporating my friend's idea and adding some design myself too. I figure that i should color it to make it more eye-catching, which i glad i did.

I was doing what typical Malaysian do best. copy-cat other country's work of art and turning it into our own. Yeah, Malaysia Boleh! Hey, before you complain, be reminded that after Captain America, there's also Captain Canada, Captain Britain.

Oh well, to spice it up, I didn't just stop at re-designing the star. I replaced Captain America's antenna wing to Petronas Twin Tower mini replica! The fourteen stars is very difficult to draw so i didn't draw it accurately. I even made up stories like actually on Captain Malaysia's chest there is a fourteen star shape scar that he obtained during the communist insurgency. Hmm...something like that to make it cool, i wonder if i should continue to imagine more and then maybe i'll get a complete story!

Finally, i've also decided on a tagline for Captain Malaysia!

Captain Malaysia, Every Country Needs a Hero!

You know, in case they decide to make it into a movie, a superhero movie is not cool without a cool tagline!

Things would not be so great if i did something that many people already did. So,I google it to see if i'm the first one to design it, but unfortunately someone else did it first. And the photo got copyrighted some more! Don't Play Play!

Oh Dammit! But anyway, ladies and gentlemen let me present you, my latest syiok sendiri piece of art, Captain Malaysia!

Teng, Teng, Teng! Oii...please clap hand lar~

9 years without MAS airline

2010-10-13T14:09:00.009+08:00

Last weekend i flew back to Kuching to attend my bro's graduation. Luckily that my dad has accumulated tons of MAS Enrich Card Reward point so he asked me to use it up (does not include airport tax of RM30 though:P) to take a free flight home.

Ever since AirAsia came to the market, i've not flown MAS since, the last time i flew MAS was in 2001 when i'm in Form 5. Wow, that's around 9 years ago! i almost don't quite remember the experience.

I even need to research on which public transport to go to KLIA. I found that the cheapest way is to take the Airport Coach from KL Sentral, which is RM10 one way. The bus is located at the same place as SkyBus in KL Sentral.

As i reached KLIA, i was abit loss actually because the place is very huge compared to LCCT and i need to walk quite a distance before i reach my destination. There weren't many people around eventhough during sunday noon.

A simple equation begun to form in my head:

Big place + Few People = Under usage = Waste of Resources.

Oh well, the main reason is because there are more people flying AirAsia of course.
hmm....with such high maintenance and low customer it's not difficult to imagine how KLIA account book looks like.

For MAS flight, if you online checked in you need to be at the departure gate 30 minute before the flight,compared to AirAsia which is one hour.

Oh...as you board the plane, there's a tray of newspaper you can pick from to read, which is good if your flight would take a while and this is unvailable in AirAsia.

Once i went into the plane, i saw that seat are filled with different colours which is a good sight to behold compared to AirAsia's singular black colored seat. What i mean by this is that somehow for me, looking at a variety of bright vibrant colors would make my eyes more at ease when air pressure build up in plane.

I also observed that there's only two seats located near the emergency exit, which i think is more appropriate because it give sufficient space in case of emergency compared to AirAsia whereby there are three seats.

Then the highlight of the journey was of course, the food! Yes, the Food! 9 years without MAS made me forgot that they serve food for free during the trip. well, not exactly free as it is add up to your bill. Nevertheless i was as excited as a little kid, hey come to think of it. Last time i tasted airline food was 9 years ago!

I opened up my lunchbox and was surprised to see they didn't gave one, not two, but three Ferrero Rocher as dessert! wow such luxury! Beside the main dish, they also have a fruit cake, a small mineral water and another cup of drink, choices of fruit juice or tea or coffee.

I savored and took my time to wipe clean every inches of the dish. I was beginning to like it because the whole eating process actually is a good time killing method and a perfect distraction on plane compared to like, sleeping.

And yes, you can get unlimited drinks refills, you just need to ask nicely which i glad i did, muahaha. I heard from my friend that if your flight is very empty, you could actually ask them to give you another extra dish!

Haha, anyway, the whole eating experience was the highlight, you can't really compare this part with AirAsia whereby the food is not included in your flight. As the Chinese saying goes "一分钱，一分货" .

Hmm...but if given opportunity if i don't need to pay, of course i'll go for MAS:P

Malaysian Day

2010-09-28T21:35:00.002+08:00

Thanks to Najib, starting 2010, 16th September 2010 shall be a holiday every year. For some it may be just another holiday. But I believe this day holds more meaning for Sabahans and Sarawakians than West Malaysians.

Probably it's because most Malaysian especially West Malaysian are more familiar with our 31st August National Day rather than 16th September Malaysian Day. In fact, Tunku Abdul Rahman would want to make Malaysian Day the same day as 31 August if not for communist and other issues from Indonesia, Brunei,Philippine and etc during that period.

Which reminds me of the History lesson that i learned in secondary school whereby early Independent fighters spread Nationalism through written press. Without this freedom of press by British Administration, Nationalism would not spread as quickly as it would. It's ironic, today, now that we are independent after 53 years, our government would not allow the full freedom of press, we Malaysians are being denied by the very own platform that our grandfathers used as a Nationalism tool. I was thinking about this issue because of the recent news of a Malaysian cartoonist being arrested for publishing his work as it is deemed too sensitive.

I don't think the general public is still too un-educated to know how to judge for oneself. sign...it's all because of those incumbent political players playing the race cards.

As we see more and more of these negative headline, it really made us think about the good old Malaysian days, like those Yasmin Ahmad Merdeka Day Petronas commercial. Recently i came upon this video link in facebook and i found it very interesting.

I think it is a great short movie that every Malaysian should watch. This is the first movie that clearly and truthfully projects how the general Malays, Chinese and Indians view each other. It even made me a bit discomfort, which is good as truth is not always a sweet candy. By openly expressing our view, although it may hurt it is the first step to further understand one another.

Instead of vainly hiding all these facts pretending it does not exist, isn't it better to face it truthfully and with courage and a open and rational mind? What would be the most amazing thing is that despite all the difference, we would still be able to put our differences aside and live harmoniously and work together for a better Malaysia.

It is just like in personal relationship, the difference is that this is in a much more larger scale.

Anyway, do take your time to see the short movie and slowly digest and think about it.

Gadoh from Pusat KOMAS on Vimeo.

Happy 53 Year Old Malaysia

2010-08-30T13:23:00.011+08:00

I was arranging my excess coin one fine day whereby i suddenly received an inspiration to use coins to buil my own replica of the Petronas Twin Towers. Actually i've always think the building's design are like as if it is being pilled up with multiple giant coins.

Too bad i couldn't pilled up 88 floor due to limited 50cents and 20 cents coin which are more stable. 10 cents coin are not stable when pilled up very high.

Anyway i contribute this magnificent work of art as a birthday gift for my beloved country - Malaysia.

picture taken from thestaronline.

Earlier this year, i came upon a comic book - Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj: His Life Journey Leading to the Declaration of Independence (1903 - 1957) By Eugene Yu.
It's an illustrated cartoon describing our very own "Father" of Malaysia's childhood days to the day Malaysia obtained Independence.

I quite enjoy reading this humorous book and i highly recommend it especially to the younger generation of Malaysian to get to learn our history in a fun and entertaining method.

It describe how our ancestor fought bravely to achieve Independence for our country and we are proud to do it without bloodshed. It also highlighted the importance of the early MCA-UMNO alliance that formed the Barisan Nasional.

Back in those good old days, MCA was a founding parter of BN, nowadays it seems more like MCA is an employee of UMNO. What has happen to this trust and partnership throughout these years?

Some people may say we are lucky to live in a peacefull harmony country so we shouldn't complain about it.

At 53 years old, actually we can do better. I was a bit upset to learn that during the 1970s Malaysia is even more developed than South Korea. But look at us today. Oh well...we don't need to look so far, just a bridge away our neighbour, Singapore. Look how they thrived and developed.

Every country has their own problems, this we cannot compare, but one thing we can compare and one thing that makes the difference is the country's Management. It all comes down to how you allocate and use your country's resources, wisely or wastefully.

This is Houg, signing off and hoping for a better Malaysia.

Happy Birthday, Malaysia~.

豆浆油条

2010-08-21T20:23:00.007+08:00

多年前，被林俊杰的 <<豆浆油条>> 给骗了。

因为没有想象中那么好吃。也许不合我的胃口吧！我倒觉得配 Sarawak Kopi-O, 粥，mayonnaise, Kaya 比较好。

picture taken from here.

多年后，一天在One-U 看到 <<老油鬼鬼>> 的店。

想一想，好久没有吃了，这间店也看起来蛮不错。就给它多一次机会吧！

picture taken from here.

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还是一样不好吃！>_<

后文....

突然觉得自己好懒惰....这个post的两个照片都是用google image找出来:P

好感动啊

2010-08-21T10:42:00.011+08:00

在Facebook上看到这个MV,看了好感动，所以就放在这里与大家欣赏。简单的故事，动人的歌声，虽然没有字幕，但却可以让我体会到故事里老伯伯的欢乐与悲伤。其实，这本来只是个相机广告，可是没想到用多一些心思就可以创造出这么美丽的作品。

各位，多多珍惜身边人吧！:)

The Last Air Bender - what went wrong?

2010-08-19T20:32:00.003+08:00

This was one of my most anticipated movies for this year but the results turned out to be more of a disappointment. Friends and movie reviewers mostly give bad comments and all blames fall on the Director M. Night Shyamalan.

I’ve watched the original, critically acclaimed animation series which this movie is adapted from and I find it very interesting.

The first thing I notice about this movie is that this is the first time I’ve see an American made animation that doesn’t have a single Caucasian character! The characters and background are heavily Asian influenced, thus providing the audience a breath of fresh air. The main attraction is of course its fantastic storyline, a variety of characters, its attention to detail in describing each tribe difference and furthermore the moral lesson and entertainment provided.

Overall, the animation is a huge success. So bringing a successful franchise to the big screen just seems very logical and it is what we would expect from Hollywood.
Actually the animation was called “Avatar: The Last Air Bender”. Due to the fact that they didn’t want this movie to be confused with James Cameroon’s six foot tall blue skin alien, they took out the word “Avatar” . Ok… by doing so doesn’t hurt anything.

Now, the question is “what went wrong?”

When the assembled cast was revealed, many fans of the series complained that the directors are not using Asian actors to play the role (except for Dev Patel who plays Prince Zuko). But in my opinion, this is nothing to complain about because Hollywood still couldn’t manage to take this big leap of faith in casting a non Caucasian as a lead.

I was thinking…Nevermind…as long as the acting is good and appearance are not too different, I can still accept it.

Then came the trailer, it was so awesome especially the CGI fight scene. The director previously has minimal CGI experience, so when I see the trailer can be this good, I started to have confidence that this will be a good movie after all.
Then came the screening time, I was surprised that it didn’t reach the number one spot on the box office. Then I began to read more and more negative comments about the film. I began to get more worried but still I wanted to watch it with my own eyes.

Without putting too much expectation because of the many negative comments, I watched the movie.

I then realized most the negative comment is true>_<

The movie was too packed. Imagine squeezing a 10plus episode (each episode is around 20minit) into a 1 hour 45 minutes movie. It’s like a summary of many episode in which new audience will find it hard to catch up as the linkage between different events is not solid enough. The limited time also makes lesser time to develop character depth. In the movie, you see the actors do this and that, but you couldn’t feel why they are doing it and you certainly couldn’t feel the impact of their actions.

I think at least should allocate 2 hour 30 minute, in which more time is given for character development. But then, maybe the budget is not enough. Maybe the CGI cost too much.

But I do have some good comments. The CGI is perfect as it is very real and believable. All major 4 element water fire earth wind techniques looks good on screen.

The backdrop, costume is also nicely done. The director did a good job to transform the animated world into the big screen which is not too different from the animation.

There are only two funny moments, whereby Kitara accidentally freezed Sokka and whereby Aang tries to hide behind Zuko. It should have more! The animation is originally a kid’s movie so they should have plenty of laughter. If there is more laughter, it will surely make up for it. They are just too much seriousness and monotone feeling in this movie. Even kids find it not fun to watch as they said that “It is not the same at all!”

The movie was planned to be the first episode of a trilogy. If they do make a second movie, I hope the director would improve on it and do a better job next time.
Oh ya…I do have the original animation full set so if you’re interested you can get from me:)

This is Houg signing off in search for another good movie to watch.

Not So Brave

2010-08-15T11:42:00.004+08:00

Wah~ i was quite nervous when preparing and practicing this speech for the Toastmaster humorous competition, i think i rehearse around 10 times plus! I am glad that i'm able to deliver the speech smoothly. Hehe, a good start from me, hope to do better next time. so below here is my speech:)

Graduation Trip, The last trip you take before you step into the working world!

How was your graduation trip like? Was it interesting? Was it fun? Was it enjoyable?

Back in 2006, My friends and I, 5 of us, had just completed our degree courses. Having studied and lived our life so far in Kuching, Sarawak. We decided that we should plan something special for our graduation trip, and so we choose to visit KL.

The highlight of our graduation trip is our trip to Genting Highland Theme Park. This was actually a first time experience for us all, so it’s quite fun as we explore the place together.

The First stop, The Spinner~

It is the first game located just after the entrance, it like a more extreme version of Mary-Go-Round. You have this many individual seats, which is connected to a long wire and as they spin faster and faster your seat will slant until 60 degree flying in the air.

It is still considered not too extreme and it’s the perfect warm up!

As it started to spin, we started to shout as the spin gets faster and higher. Suddenly I received a revelation.

Ladies and gentlemen, do you know the reason of having a barricade around the spinner? Beside for anti-collision purpose it actually serves another purpose which I figured it out at that very moment.

To protect you from saliva! Yes, Saliva! I remembered I accidentally release a few drops of saliva for being too excited. Judging from the height and speed of the Spinner, I wouldn’t be surprise if some of it flew~ beyond the barricade and landed on some un-fortunate by-standers face. So Ladies and gentlemen, next time, don’t stand too near the barricade.

Next it’s the Roller Coaster ride. Initially I hesitated because I think it may be too extreme for me, but then my friends provoked and teased me of being “Not So Brave”. This is because previously we had dinner at Nandos and I ordered the least spicy one in which they have a little green flag written “Not So Brave” on top the chicken.

I was thinking “How can I let a chicken insult me like that? I’ll show that chicken…oh…I mean my friends that I am brave enough to take the challenge!”

Before we knew it, we are already seated in the roller coaster and as it plunged into the first dive I already started to regret but it’s too late. All Five of us are already screaming our lungs out like a little girl....Ahhhh!!!! The sudden speed and adrenalin rush is quite unbearable for me especially for the fast 360 degree turn and the bad thing is that there’s nothing you can do about it but to continue screaming along. Because if you don’t scream you’ll feel more uncomfortable as the pressure would build up inside your body so you can only scream to let it out. I even screamed until one point I got too exhausted whereby I actually need to take a few heavy breaths…..and started screaming again.

Finally Thank God, the ride came to a stop. I was so thrilled that it’s finally over. My friends and I were trembling slightly and it took us a few minutes before we are able to walk and talk properly again.

The roller coaster was a thrilling experience worth to try at least once before you die. I’m glad that I did take up the challenge and specially proved that I AM “Brave Enough”. However I think this one time experience is already enough to last me for a lifetime.

We had a wonderful time in our graduation trip, serving both as an eye-opener and life’s lesson. Graduation Trip is special because that’s the last trip you can enjoy yourself as a student and getting student discount too. Oh..Unless you have a young face like mine, which I admit I use it a few times for student discount even though I’m working already. It is important that you have the most fun out of it as you may not be able to enjoy this much of fun anymore in your future working life.

As we grew older we’ll eventually need to take up more responsibility and adhere to more rules of the society which would slowly strip our innocence apart bit by bit. Most importantly is that we try to remain young-at-heart and to achieve balance in our lives.

Over to you.

My 2 Years in KL Report Card

2010-08-15T11:26:00.002+08:00

Wow, time flies…. I’ve already been in KL for 2 years now. So it’s a good time to do a self evaluation of what I’ve achieved and where I need to improve. Hehe actually I missed out my yearly evaluation for 2009 and planning for 2010 so I combine it all in this post:P

1. Career – Yeah..i’m glad that I took the brave leap for myself to come to KL to seek a better career. I like the job scope and the challenges, the fact that the company is stable, although pay is not too high, but it’s still o.k. for the moment and I’m glad that I’m able to save up some money.

2. Girlfriend – Hehe, this is more of my personal achievement that ended my years of single status quo. Being in a relationship taught me a lot of thing in life, broaden up my horizon, and makes me a more mature person.

3. Personal Financing – Having item 1 & 2, it further propels me to have a better grip of my personal financial planning. Learned quite a lot of stuff by myself and I don’t think I would be this encouraged to do so if I’m still in my own comfort zone in Kuching.

4. Cantonese – Yes, after 2 years in KL, my Cantonese still sucks. Feel quite pai seh lar,,,ooppss…that is Hokkien, see what I mean? Learning new language is certainly not my strong point and I still have a long way to go.

5. Driving skill – Haha, driving constantly in KL really would improve one’s driving (& swearing) skills, especially when there’s so many KNS driver out there, plus many confusing road sign and traffic directions. Due to the fact that I’ve spend all my skill point investing in my driving skill, at the same time it makes me an noob in KL public transportation>_<

6. Communication skill – I’ve felt that I need to improve in this area, especially public speaking. Yes, it is another challenge for me to step out of my comfort zone to improve myself. Initially I did thought of joining a martial art club, but then I’ve felt that it is more important for me to improve on my communication skill at this stage of life since I’ve already did martial art previously. So, I signed up for Toastmaster club!

7. Sport – I’ve played new sport~ Tennis. I’ve also glad that there’s still Basketball kaki here which I can still participate time to time so that I wouldn’t lose my touch and passion. Football~ Haha although I’ve not played it but I learned quite a lot of stuff by reading “The Sun” football section and now I’m able to engage in Football conversation!

Hehe, I’ll stop at 7 because 7 is a good number. (Actually it’s because I’m lazy to think more) It’s time to wrap things up and get pumping for the future. The Best is Yet To Come! :)

离岛-Karen Kong

2010-06-24T21:02:00.005+08:00

I came upon this song in namewee's blog and i instantly fall in love with it.

Although this song was released a year ago, but i didn't get the opportunity to know it. Haha i feel quite lucky that i found it now so that's why i posted this in my blog for sharing, better late than nothing!

This song reminds me of my hometown and i suddenly feel like wanting to go home at that moment. The lyrics and music video is directed by namewee himself, wow...i was quite amazed at his other talents, contrary to popular believe that he only make videos criticizing the government.

Oh, and the singer is our very own local Malaysian singer. hmm..heard of her name before but didn't heard her singing until now. Very glad that there are more talents coming out of Malaysia, but sadly speaking to be successful in Chinese music industry one must travel abroad as they are not so many opportunities locally.

Anyway, lets just sit back, forget reality for a moment, relax our mind and listen to some good music:)

靠坐在陌生的床
墙角还搁着行囊
窗外的霓虹灯抢了月亮的光
来自大海的方向
从地图的另一端
背着梦想也带着挥不去的牵挂

风啊风把我带到这地方
蓝色的记忆还留在我海上的家
轻轻躺在这城市的中央
宁静的夜晚眼角泪未干
坠落在被月色抚摸的窗台上

喔喔风啊风吹送着我的牵挂
伴着海浪指引方向送到你臂弯
走啊走前往梦想的路上
每次感觉孤单看着月儿弯
仿佛笑着说你要勇敢别害怕
担心月儿会孤单
星星守护在身旁
安静地陪我梦了一段家乡

Full Metal Alchemist

2010-06-20T10:44:00.009+08:00

Finally Full Metal Alchemist has come to an end...

I've been following this manga (short for FMA) for a few years via recommendation from my bro. It remains one of the best manga i've ever seen with it's uniquely original story. It is unique because previously there was no manga that touches about alchemy as a main subject. The world, the rules, the characters of FMA are all portrayed in details and you can feel that alot of effort is being made to research it.

The story is also unique in a way that it portrays some really harsh reality. It started off with two brothers trying to use a banned alchemy technique to revive their dead mother, The attempt ended in failure, not only their mother was not revived, the younger brother's life is also taken away because of the equivalence exchange rule of alchemy,

"if you want to gain something, you must contribute something of equal value in return"

The older brother, not wanting to lose another person in his life again, make a desperate decision to save his younger brother, he performed the ritual again and offer one of his hand and leg to secure his younger brother's soul in which he imbue it into an armor, so somehow securing his life. The older brother later have their friends make a mechanical arm and leg for him. Wow, at that moment i was thinking if i've have the courage to make this kind of decision if i'm in their shoes.

Thus, the two brothers set off on their journey to look for a method to regain their own body back. And of course along the journey they met many friends and foes and uncover many tales of adventures and mysteries.

This manga is one of those epic manga that one manga reader should read before they die!

The 13th Warrior

2010-06-09T18:20:00.007+08:00

Hmm...this was an old movie that i watched a couple of years back ago with my brothers at home. One day I stumbled upon this VCD which i don't remember where i got the VCD from.

Aha~ Fate wanted me to take a look at this movie~

The main attraction of wanting to watch this movie is nevertheless because of the lead actor, Antonio Banderas, i quite like this actor actually, the name itself is so damn cool already. (wondering why my name is not as cool as this?:P)

Anyway, i like to watch action sword fighting medival movie too so i think it's worth a shot. Besides,watching VCD is free hahaha:P

I quite enjoy the movie actually, or maybe because i wasn't putting any expectation?
The fight scenes are ok, story ok, it's not very very impressive, but overall ok lar, but then the highlight of the film is what it's worth blogging for and worth remembering.

Just before the fight, the viking warriors chanted their warrior code aloud~

"Lo there do I see my father. Lo there do I see my mother and my sisters and my brothers. Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. Lo, they do call to me, they bid me take my place among them, in the Halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live...forever"

Wow...the epic quote spell strucked us, and me and my bros feel like wanting to pick up our axes and shield and charge to the battlefield with the vikings.

It's like casting a spell of invulnerability to the viking warriors! wow...

Good epic quotes can remain in our minds for a long time, although the quote above is too long to be remembered exactly, i only managed to remember the last sentence hehe but nevertheless the fighting spirit is there, you can feel it!

But this movie didn't perform very well at the box office and is not popular but i'm glad that i watched it, if not i'll never get to know this quote.

so, here's me sharing them to you. if you need a battle booster, remember the above quote, here's the video of the quote for sharing:)

My Wing Chun Encounter

2010-05-26T15:21:00.004+08:00

Fully fuelled up after watching IP MAN & IP MAN 2, I started to search on the web to see where I can learn it in PJ area. Then I found one which is: Lara’s Place at SS2. The place is actually some sort of activity center where the Wing Chun class seems to be renting the place for the training. It is located in the same block as “New Paris Restaurant”. It is on the 1st floor whereby you need to go up a lift as I didn’t see any staircase.

Anyway I was told I can get a free trial on phone, but when I arrived I was asked to pay RM10 if I want to participate in the training. Oh well…the best way to experience one’s martial art is to take part in it yourself instead of just observing from the bench.

As I entered the room I was surprise to see a diverse group of people practicing there. People of all races, ranging from secondary school goers to 40plus uncle and aunties all train together there which feels a bit overcrowded.

But anyway it is ok because Wing Chun uses more hand technique and less leg technique because kicking would require more space. The class began with practicing the stance and how to move around in their stance, I wasn’t able to join in until the second session due to space limitation.

The second session we practice “Chi Gong”, whereby it train us to clear our mind, to focus on our flow of body energy while doing minimal subtle hand movement. Haha I don’t know whether I explained it correctly but it is quite aching for beginners as there are many movement that requires you to hold your hands up for a long, long time. It seems like eternity but I believe it is also one part of that trains your discipline and focus.

They say the basics is the most important step in doing everything, get the basic right before you can proceed to other advance method, although it is very tempting to just start off with the more flowery pattern the seniors there did.

The third session is what I most anticipated, the punching session! Hell Yeah~
I’ve done a bit of reading on Wing Chun before and it seems that Wing Chun punch is quite different from other martial arts punches. I was quite disappointed as I got defeated at this early basic stage already.

Wing Chun basic punch is straight and forward, the punch extend in a straighter line from your body and your right hand thumb will be either facing the top or outward right against your body and does not apply waist energy. conclusion-vertical punch.

I find this very hard to achieve and adjust as I’ve trained Soo Bahk Do for a few years and Wing Chun punch is like the other way around. Soo Bahk Do’s punch launches from the sideway of your body to the middle, the punch will twist your wrist and your right hand thumb will be facing to the left and does apply waist energy. conclusion - horizontal punch.

I applied a lot of Soo Bahk Do punch instead as I found it quite hard to throw away the habit as it already sticks to me like instinct. My body reacted naturally like it’s hard to control sometime. Old habits die hard.

Sign…now I understand the frustration of entering a new martial art. It is really not that easy as one should somehow throw away previous martial art habit and start all over like a plain white paper. Wow, then I really do admire those martial artists out there that can master many different martial arts.

Conclusion, I think Wing Chun is not suitable for me. However I would have continue if I’ve never learn any martial art before, as Donnie Yen looks so cool while practicing it with the wooden dummy:P

Robin Hood

2010-05-20T22:40:00.007+08:00

Can anyone tell me why the arrow is at the inside (on top of the index finger instead of thumb,like the pic below) is there any difference by the way?

Everyone knows the story about Robin Hood, i was quite curious and skeptic why they wanted to make another film about it. i initially thought it would be a remake of previous robin hood films, initially i also feel that Russell is a bit too old for the role (previous Robin Hood actors are quite young looking) and i think he's too muscular to be an archer...hmm...i mean...when is the last time you see a muscular archer? Usually if you're muscular, it'll be more practical to be a "Tanker". But then...with Russell Crowe + Ridley Scott Gladiator Combo i figured that it would be a worthy movie to try.

wow...and what a remarkable movie it turn out to be! The whole movie is actually the prequel to Robin Hood, the story behind and before how Robin Hood become the legend and familiar folklore.

Yes, there's many medieval sword clashes and arrow barrage to be expected from the film and some scene maybe a little violent for young kids:P Russell Crowe as expected from an Oscar winner did a very good job and he portrays a more tougher and meaner,yet sometime also can be humorous Robin Hood.

Hmm....but my most favorite Robin Hood actor is still Kevin Costner. Beside more good looking, he possessed some style and charm that Russell didn't have. Oh well..then again, it would be weird if a tough guy looking Russell to behave otherwise. Hmm...Kevin Costner's The Prince Of Thieves is just epic.

Then there's this funny Robin Hood i saw before. The most funniest scene i can remember is Robin using an iron wrist glove to slap someone as revenge when the other guy slap him using a leather wrist glove:P

My gf asked me why they get an older actress to play Lady Marian, hmm...oh well...i guess that is to fit Russell's age. If is too young then it would look weird. But the actress did perform a good job too. As conclusion, it's a movie worth to watch at the cinema and a great story but there's some part along the Two and Half hours long movie whereby the tempo is a bit slow.

Haha, i've been on a movie streak lately every Wednesday movie night...starting with IP Man2,Iron Man2,Robin Hood, plan to watch Prince of Persia when it hit the big screen soon. Wow...so many summer blockbuster this time around yahoo~

Street Fighter Legacy

2010-05-08T10:31:00.009+08:00

wow, saw this video via a friend's link in facebook...and all i gotta say is...awesome! double awesome! Finally..for god's sake, a Street Fighter film that is loyal to the Video Game.

It is only a 3 minute short film, but i do hope that it can be made into a movie. The slow time fight scenes look good, and yes...Hadoken and all the essential combo all are available:D

For Video Games turned Movie genre, the character is the most important and must look as similar to the original Video Games as possible. From the short clip, yes...i'm happy to see that...especially the actor playing Ryu is not fully Ang Mo. Ken really looks like the Video Game's copy. Getting martial art based actor is also a lot better than getting actors who don't and requires additional training, because all this would contribute to the quality of the fight scenes.

Their custom and cinematography are great too! The little watery effect makes them look somehow real and somehow CGI. Yes..i like this effect becomes it looks more like a Video Game Character + Live Action Character effect hahaha.

Previous SF films are just terrible, the director's doesn't seem to play the game before and don't pay attention to detail. Remember the Jon Claude Van Damn as Guile in SF? Ngaiti...crappy storyline and i hate the fact the Ryu who is supposed to the main character is downplayed as a side kick. Many of their character outfit and looks poorly resemble the Video Game character.

SF - The Legend of Chun Li, hmmm....this film is much better than the first SF movie. First,Actress is pretty. Things i don't like is that Balrog/Vega the masked guy is not cool enough..although there's many improvement that can be done, but at least it raise up the standard of what SF movie should be...the ending that shows they will be looking for Ryu packs a punch! BTW, did anyone notice that Chun Li's master is actually the Mortal Kombat's Liu Kang?>_<

Hmm...All things said, i really hope that they can make it into a good movie this time around:D

Ice Kacang Puppy Love

2010-04-21T23:27:00.004+08:00

i saw this movie's trailer from facebook posting and think it's quite nice and it would be worth a try to watch.

And after watching it...what i can only say is...Two Thumbs Up!
wow, for the first time after watching movie for so many years...finally there's a Malaysian movie that i can be proud of!

Kudos for all the team behind the movie and for Ah Niu's hard work. The storyline is quite simple actually but with the right story telling and Ah Niu's down to earth humour and originality it can turn out to be a good movie.

It really reminds me of my good old childhood days (although i didn't play guli or fighting fish haha) those innocent days...it's your lifetime's treasure worth remembering. I think it's this simplicity that touches the audience.

This is Ah Niu's first movie as a director for the big screen, and for a first timer, it is quite good! you can feel that alot of effort has been put into this movie, All other Malaysian Singer like Victor Wong, Gary Chou etc appears first time in movies and did a good job too.

The cinematography is quite impressive as well! i think this is a big leap for Malaysian movie. The camera, the angle, the lighting...i think it has those quality of those Hollywood movie!It feels so natural and comfortable when watching the whole movie.

Haha, if you're a Malaysian and haven't watch this movie yet, do go to the cinema and give your support!;D

P.S. Wait for the credits to end before leaving as there's something at the end too!

Laughing At Our Differences

2010-04-17T10:37:00.002+08:00

I stumble upon an entry of Mr. Jam about various jokes from different religion some time ago. I was quite amazed at seeing such topics especially those Muslim jokes whereby even living in Malaysia, a Muslim state I’ve never heard or read upon it before.

The jokes posted consisted of religion like Buddhist, Christian, Muslim and Hindu alike. Haha, if the writer is in Malaysia, I think he would be in big trouble as our authorities aren’t that open minded sadly to say. Oh well, can’t blame them, we are still a developing country, not fully developed yet.

But what really amazed me more is that the respondent and the community of that blog. They are from different corners of the world with different ideology, religion, culture but yet still be able to talk and laugh out their differences in a mature, constructive and funny way.

Wow…behold the power of internet. Bridging different communities together to even people that never met each other before!

The world consists of many different people and therefore we need to learn to respect our differences. It’s the differences that make things special and unique. If everything is the same it would be very boring right?

Sign…but some people use this special difference to set path for conflicts. Perhaps it’s their inner ego of wanting to be special thus would reject people different from them. Alas…this prejudice is mostly taught consciously or sub-consciously from parents to their child. A child can easily be-friend another child, as they are not bonded by this adult rules, that is until they become adults themselves.

Hmm… no wonder in the movie Knowing, the aliens only come to save children and not adults.

Hmm….will the day come when we Malaysians can sit down and chat and laugh at our differences?

CNY 2010 - The Year of the Tiger.

2010-03-25T23:04:00.003+08:00

Hehe i know it's a late very late entry...anyway here it goes:P

Farewell to the Bull which has worked hard and passed a year of much economic turbulence and change.

This year we celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year of the Tiger, a beast that is traditionally regards a totem to ward off evil spirits.

Chinese worldwide celebrate this special occasion and I’m grateful and glad that I’m able to make it home for the family reunion dinner.

This year, the first day of CNY falls on February 14, yup the same date as Valentine Day! So some people couldn’t celebrate it on that day as they’ll be going back to hometown to celebrate CNY. I quite pity the flower sellers because they need to work on CNY and I don’t think the sales would be good for them as most people would be busy with CNY.

Beside all the Ang Paus, delicious food, beautiful fireworks, holidays spirit, I think the most important part of CNY is because for some, it is the only time of the year for friends and family to meet up together.

Specially for those not staying in hometown, like me I’ll go for family and friends gathering and to catch up on status as some of them I would only meet up once a year.
Visiting and planning gathering can be quite difficult as you get older you’ll have more different commitments and somehow you’ll feel more lazy>_<.

This CNY holiday I didn’t managed to find up most of my friends compared to last year. Sign…I guest I need to be more aggressive in visiting next year. I didn’t managed to sing karaoke too…big big sign…I was wondering whether my age of karaoke has passed and is now on the declining stages? Huh? Nooooooo…Tidakkkkkkk….Wo Bu Yao~~~~ T_T

Therefore I sincerely apologize if I couldn’t meet up with some people or didn’t send them CNY sms haha. (Now got facebook ma…) But really I still want to wish everyone a very Happy Chinese New Year and may the roaring tiger brings you and your family an abundance of happiness and health! (and some extra wealth too!)

Oscar & Siaw Hui wedding.

2010-03-09T23:09:00.021+08:00

Two weeks before CNY, I traveled back to Kuching to attend a friend’s wedding. Luckily I was able to book early and the fare was quite cheap, both way only cost me RM68.

I’ve known the bride, Siaw Hui back in my Uni days. It was my semester break and I was looking for part time jobs. I happen to saw a notice board in Kuching Civic Center library and so I called her up and went there for an interview of a waiter’s position.

The name of the café was called “Daydream” and the place was quite a bit off the road and I remembered the first time when I met her. I got a 0.5 stun as I didn’t expect to meet up someone pretty haha. I was instantly put into work without interviewing and next minute I’m already carrying dishes and wiping and clearing tables. I even need to borrow handphone from her to inform my parents that I’ve gotten a part time job as my handphone was low bat that time.

So that is how I became a “Daydreamer”. Daydream was only 6 months old when I joined and I was quite proud to be first student from Batu Lintang Secondary School to work there. Hehe, it was quite fun to see that as years goes by, I was able to recognize all those faces from Batu Lintang waiter/waitress that worked there and I’m able to think of myself as some sort of pioneer haha.

Slowly I got more familiarize with Siaw Hui and her friends and I was quite surprised that we do have some friendship chemistry. This is something new for me in a way that this is the first time I build up a friendship outside friends from my school circle. So when we’re not working, we would go to have a drink/dinner, watch movies or even go for outing trips.

Hehe, my Daydream friends is guilty as charged for being the first gang to bring me to Karaoke. The first song I sang in karaoke is Jay Chou’s “星晴” from his first album and they say I sing quite ok and this is how I became a Karaoke Addict:P

This is the first time I become a “sister” of the bride. I helped out with some of the preparation of the games for the bridegroom’s “brother” and to print out the “love declaration” letter. The love declaration is written by Siaw Hui herself and is quite original and perfectly portrays her mischievous and down-to-earth humor.

Another funny thing is that the letter is written in Chinese which the bridegroom doesn’t understand, therefore he needs a translator to read it out to him before he can read out the declaration himself.

Their dinner was held in Pullman hotel, Kuching. It’s the newest hotel in town and this was also the first time I’ve been there. The place was beautifully decorated and the food taste good too.

I met an inspiring person on my same table. He’s in a wheelchair, getting government socso living allowance but this does not stop him from just being someone on wheelchair awaiting help only. He even run his own textile printing business and is quite an optimistic person. He even joked that he is the most crazy wheelchairer in town, constantly going around socializing, doing business like normal people do. Wow, I feel honored to know someone like this and I think it is quite inspiring for others.

Here's more pics of the wedding day.

They specially rent and decorated a bus for 'brothers' and 'sisters'.

Frozen bananas...brothers gotta eat this!

another obstacles, brothers gotta do push up while finishing licking chili sauce on the plate below their face>_<

Bear bear getting married:)

Sisters posing

surprise!

what are they plotting? hmm....

show me the money~

white sisters gang posing, luckly i wear white...the bride forget to inform me!

wah..got "tang yuan"..hehe very happy can eat "tang yuan"

Piggy bank, XXXL, gotta have one of these!

Siaw Hui is a good girl and I believe she’ll make a good wife. Haha, This is Houg, signing off with a big cheers for the newly wed.

Siao Hui, 要幸福喔:)

Blogging on Air!

2010-02-08T22:39:00.002+08:00

Yeah…today I’m going back home to Kuching to attend a good friend’s wedding. Previously I’ve made my Skybus payment via online (cheaper RM2.50) but I forgot to print out the itinerary. I was cracking my brains on how I’m going to show the Skybus staff that I’ve already made my payment, else I have nothing to prove and I’ll have to pay the additional RM9 bus fee. So I took out my laptop and show the softcopy version to them! Haha, I think this was quite a funny and creative way but anyway it’s better if one could print out the itinerary to avoid the hassle.

I arrived a bit earlier on to LCCT today so I was going around looking for Breakfast. It turns out those fast food chain in LCCT pricing is more expensive than those in cities and they don’t have those Breakfast value meals. The cheapest I found is an Egg Burger + Coffee Combo of RM4.70 in Marry Brown.

I walk pass MCD, Mary Brown, Old town all pricing is a bit expensive for me. Haha I’m imagining myself as a student with no much money so I got to find the cheapest available breakfast in LCCT!

Beside Mary Brown, there’s an Emporium. I found that they got sell Gardenia Bread! Haha, those RM0.60 Gardenia Bun is the most cheapest breakfast you can get in West Malaysia. Even in LCCT, the price is still standard. No wonder I saw some customers took a basket full of Gardenia Breads! I think maybe they’re buying for their staff working here perhaps?

So I got myself a RM1.80 mini 200ml Peel Fresh orange juice and in total I just spend RM2.40 for breakfast in LCCT! Fufufu…I suddenly felt very proud of myself for able to find a cheap breakfast! Hehe, plus I go grab a free Malay Mail and sit outside MC-D to eat (without ordering MC-D food). Hm.. normally I would have grab an ice-cream in order to make myself to not look like a free loader but my tummy is still too early in the morning for that:P

Hmm…there’s no Wifi in those fast food store in LCCT except Starbucks, but I think in the waiting place before departure they have. I saw the sign but I didn’t use it. Hmm…I wonder when Wifi would be available inside planes?

After I checked in, I saw that now they’ve assigned a staff to test carry your hand luggage. I suppose they did it to manually measure the weight of your hand luggage, probably if it’s too heavy they would ask you to check in your luggage which would cost you additional RM15. Luckily I didn’t bring much stuff home.

When I put my luggage through the X-Ray checking point, the staff told me to open my luggage as he wanted to check on some weird un-normal looking things.

Haha, it turns out to be my good old cassette. Hmm… I think it’s because cassette is very uncommon nowadays and perhaps it looks like a dangerous weapon? Haha I was afraid the staff might want to check for pirated cassette and may want to take it away…but then…yalor…all cassettes are original right? :P

The reason why I bought those cassettes over to KL is because my car here is using cassette player instead of CD. But after the player “ate” one of my cassettes I decided to bring them all home and to retire them to become antics shelves display at my room.
Oh.. By the way, I’m using an MP3 modulator at my car now. It is a much cheaper and better choice than CD player. You can keep much more music and you wouldn’t be afraid of police stopping you to take away your pirated CDs>_<

The journey from KL to Kuching normally takes around 1 hour & 45 minutes. It is actually quite a long time if you have nothing to do…economic airplane seats are not the most comfortable ones to sleep and they don’t have Lobsters:P

I quite envy those West Malaysian people that they can go back to their home town in the weekends just by driving whereas East Malaysians have to go back by plane. Even if they are able to build a bridge but the immense size of South China Sea don’t know would take you how many hours of driving…hmm.. Perhaps I should use days?

Luckily there’s Air Asia, else I would not be able to come home frequent. Haha, I think it’s almost 10 years since I last board MAS.

I was about to doze off in flight when I suddenly remember while the flight stabilized you’ll be able to use electronic products. So, I asked a flight attendant for confirmation and next thing I know, I’m blogging my first post ever done on plane!

This is Houg, signoff at blah blah blah thousand feet above ground:)

eyeshield 21

2010-01-14T20:33:00.008+08:00

I've started reading the hardcover manga back in Kuching a few years ago after a recommendation from my bro. But when i came to KL all these while i didn't follow up with it until recently.

i continue to watch from the part that i left and this few weeks i continue all the way to the finish line via one manga.

haha, but i didn't expect once i started, i would read the manga like crazy until the very end. Eyeshield 21 is special in a way that i think it's the only American Football manga out there...and the writer is also quite to draw a not so popular sport manga. But then again, i'm quite impress with the storyline in a way that it is able to attract someone like me that have no interest in American Football to actually follow a manga about American Football intensively and even grown a bit to like the sport! Haha, but i don't think you can play American Football anywhere in Malaysia though!

I thought American Football is all about brute force. haha, it's true! but then it's not enough! There's actually alot of strategies and teamwork behind it. Each player would need to memorize hundreds of strategy code in their head. Haha, so actually i think the main attraction of watching this manga is Haruma's trick play.

I'm quite touch with the storyline whereby at first the club only started with three person and then they slowly build up the full team, and eventually formed the all-star team. yup, definitely eyeshield 21 qualifies as one of my favourite manga:) i think beside slam dunk, this is the best sport manga that i've come across.

i can feel that the writer really likes American-Football and did quite alot of research about it.

Hmm...conclusion, i highly recommend this manga! anyone who considered themselve a manga and anime lover should watch it!:)

I'll like to end this post with an inspirational quote of Darrel Royal,an American-Football coach which is extracted from the manga:

"On the field,anyone will face humiliation once or twice while playing.

A player that never suffer from it never exist.

But the first class players, as a tribute to all their efforts will quickly stand up.

The average players will stand up after a little while.

And the losers will keep lying on the ground"

Future is...

2009-12-29T22:58:00.004+08:00

Damn! I was quite disappointed that all those hype on Copenhagen Green Talks doesn't really produce an effective result...sign...that's why i hope for a better greener future and it's what inspired me to write this blog together with the HP-MSN-Future Is event.

So here it goes...

Hmmm...the future is...

1. Human Wash.
I got this idea when driving my car to an automated car wash centre. I was thinking hey....why not next to the tunnel we create another tunnel whereby human can stand on a moving treadmill that will wash, apply shampoo, body lotion, scrub and dry a person up? so while you wash your car, you also wash yourself! A bit crazy idea, but who knows?

2. Grocery Shopping Delivery Service
In future, you don't have to go the grocery, the grocery will be delivered to you! Since grocery products are quite generic and most people usually would just stick to the same brand, they just have to order it online and the shopping complex will deliver them to your house. Oh..did i say shopping complex? hmm...maybe you could just have them delivered from fresh from the factory? Of course, all goods must have warranty. Having goods delivered to your house also will reduce the use of plastic bags.

3. Bio-degradable organic "plastic bag"
Plastic=Pollution, but seriously we can't live without plastic at the moment. One simple question will be: if i don't have plastic bag, where do i throw and keep my household rubbish? So scientist should come up with a more eco-friendlier and really bio-degradable plastic bag. haha, I don't think the ingredient will be plastic though, maybe they'll use paper? i just use "plastic bag" with brackets as i couldn't find another name to refer to it. But strangely, you’ll see that in U.S. in T.V. when they buy groceries, they put it in some brown recycled paper bag to replace plastic bag…it doesn’t seem difficult to do, so why are we not implementing it? We only use plastic bag to store or keep something, after that, we wouldn't be using it anymore. so, scientist should invent a plastic bag that will eventually be degradable and can be put inside the food waster(item no.5)

4. Recycle Plastic Bag Factory.
Hmm...if item 3 cannot work, or if it takes scientist to produce more pollution in the process just to make a really bio-degrable plastic, we still have item no.4 to make up for it. This can be a household machine or a community shared machine. What this machine basically do is to create plastic bag from plastic bag! If you have this machine, you'll be able to throw your entire plastic bag or other plastic material into this machine. When you need a plastic bag, you'll press a button on the machine to select the size you want and the machine will "print" out a plastic bag for you!
At least if all plastic can be recycled, then there's less reason needed to create new plastic from factory. Haha, don’t think this is a really good idea:P

5. Food Waste Keeper.
This "thing" will be the place you dump your food waste at home. the more expensive model will not let out food smell. All food waste will be temporary stored here and by each weekend, a special collector will come and collect the food waste from each house and this would eventually be send to biomass energy center or to farm as fertilizer. Of course, if this can be incorporated into current rubbish dumper car, then the better. Collecting food waste will be like collecting old newspaper, you'll get some money in return! The food collector will also have a special scanner to scan make sure you didn't add in anything else that is not suppose to be in there.
Hey, who know the food collector guy can also be the same grocery delivery guy! If so, they can provide discount for the things you buy! hmm...or maybe not..maybe consumer is not mentally prepared yet to buy food from the waste collector:P

6. Electrical/Electronic Waste Collector.
Hmm...if you have old or spoiled electrical or electronic, where do you dump? Rubbish bin of course! They have not even invented a recycling bin for this category yet! This category will be harder to manage than food waste as some product can be hazardous. Maybe can set up a business to collect all these from house to house, and it'll be brought to a specialized electrical/electronic salvage company to use it to make into spare part or raw materials? Or the collector company will deliver the products back to the factory according to their specific brands.

I was thinking whether or not if I post this up, some people will just grab and steal the ideas from me. But I was thinking...hmm...if I have the confidence in my creativity, then i shouldn't be afraid of this, I can still continue to think of more new ideas, it's not like they have my brain right? besides, if there are serious businessmen who really want to start a business based on this idea, haha, it'll be better for him to look for me as partner as I’ll be able to contribute more new ideas!:P

comic fiesta 2009

2009-12-20T20:53:00.026+08:00

When i saw an advertisement about this event i knew i must go there!

As a small town boy, i'll never get such a chance, so since i'm in KL now and i'm such a hardcore anime and manga fan, nobody can stop me from going there~

So i gathered up my army of three little kitten: mike, my bro and i and we set off to conquer comic fiesta 2009 at sunway pyramid convention centre on 19th December.

My bro who is a more hardcore fan than me, deliberately come from Kuching to attend this event! Kudos for his spirit!

This was our first time attending such events, so we're not sure what to expect as well.

Hehe, none of us have been to Sunway pyramid convention centre, but luckily we spot some cosplayer in the complex, so we just follow them:P

The first cosplayer i took photo with, er...not sure who's she cosplaying but just by looking at the death scythe it's already worth it to take picture with her>_<

One of the most impressive cosplay is this towering Grande Ghost from Bleach!
We're joking how they made it up,e.g. just using a balloon to float it inside, or it's a combination of two people standing on top of another..haha, but i've only notice after i took this picture i can see the inside cosplayer's reflection behind the think layer of black veil.

The two guys from the three kingdom series game,haha, they did a good job on the costume and weapon!

Mr. Ichigo berserk hollow mode shopping for goodies...i saw a lot of ichigos that day.

Tifa of Final Fantasy posing for the shots.

I think he cos-played Squall quite good, he has the natural coolness of the character and the costume and weapon are quite lookalike as in the game. hmm..i'm wonder if he got draw Squall's scar on the head as well?

This guy is quite creative to play Mickey Mouse in Kingdom Hearts. Haha, but i think it would really freaked me off if suddenly see this version of Mickey Mouse at night!
scary....

Sexy Lara Croft..too bad didn't take picture with her haha.

Bleach arrancar dude and Naruto's Sasori. Notice the black circle patch of the arrancar dude and the fake puppet behind sasori...

I like this notice, very creative and funny, it's from LOTR.

This Orichimaru is also quite good, even have a fake snake!

L....With his lollipop. I think he's a friend of Orichimaru, haha, what do they have in common? Face white white lo.

Sid,Barret,Cloud and er...oii...why is there a SWAT Team member in the group?:P Cloud is one of the most hardest character to cosplay thank to his hair.

There's many on-stage cosplay performance and competition too.

i think the most important thing of on-stage cosplay performance is that you should have as many stage objects as you can that will make the audience easier to visualize.

Some are good, some are bad, there's funny ones and some are just pointless>_<
Some did a very bad singing performances but luckly there's one fantastic songbird to save the day in the end. Oh...by the way, both the emcees are funny and did a good job too:)

Oh...one thing, cosplayer really like to dance. In the end all hell break lose and the stage become crowded. The Storm Troopers even joined the party!

Yup...most important is to have fun:)

The event ended around 630pm... and i bought myself a cute souvenier:)

Yeah...for first timer experience it's definitely worth it. In future, i'll like to attend bigger comic convention like those held in Singapore, hehe:)

Blood Diamond

2009-12-13T21:52:00.007+08:00

photo grabbed from wikipedia.

The movie is about 2hours and it's filled with action and lessons of life..Leonardo put up quite a good performance for this movie.

I was quite shock when i knew the plot of this movie, it was such an eye-opener. Never before that i've imagined those beautiful diamond that are symbol of love and joy could come from such a bloody and heart-torn background.

Some of the diamonds mines in Africa are controlled by feuding warlords that terrorize the land and the people. The worst and saddest story of them all is that they abuct children from villages to brainwash them into killing machines. I mean children should be in school or playing ball in the field,not taking drugs and taking up arms and killing people.

Everyone should watch this film and think about it themselves. It is up to consumer themselves to decide whether the diamond is conflicted or not.

Kuala Selangor+Sekinchang Adventure

2009-12-12T21:24:00.026+08:00

Hehe, set foot on another new place away far far away from the busy and hectic city life=>Kuala Selangor+Sekinchang.

Luckly my roomate's grandma lives there so we got ourself a tourguide to bring us around:)

First stop we took our late lunch a restaurant by the river. And wow...this is one of the best seafood that i've ever tasted! cooking is nice and most importantly, the seafood is fresh:)

The bill, it's worth it:P

How do i know it's fresh? The fishing boat is just below the restaurant!

The restaurant we went to, recommend:)

Next stop, we went to see monkeys in Bukit Malawati as it is insisted by the tour guide. (There is another place call Bukit Melawati in Wangsa Maju).

I'm pointing to the monkey that is sitting on the canon:P

Notice the golden baby monkey? Can anyone tell me why the baby is golden but adult not golden???

The monkeys here are very familiar with people and you can feed them food! Luckily they didn't mistaken my banana for food>_< .

The monkeys here are more tamed than the ones i met in Bako National Park.

Be reminded that they are two type of monkeys, one which you see in this picture and ones that lives at the bottom of the mountain which is more aggressive. You are not advised to feed them! The way to differentiate bottom mountain monkey is that they don't have David Becham's hair like these dudes:P

Next stop, Sekinchang padi fields.

hmm...i've seen alot of beautiful photos of the green green padi field so i was quite excited when i finally reach there.

but then...somehow, i feel abit disappointed.

hmm...it's not really as beautiful as i imagined. The pictures that I've seen previously looks better. Felt like being fooled by the camera, or maybe i didn't come at the most beautiful time???

Reminds me of Broga Hill

Conclusion, I'll be back for the Monkeys, not the Padi.

Haha, luckly the best is saved for the last.

At around 730pm we set off to Kampung Kuantan, the natural habitat of fireflies in Kuala Selanggor. It's around RM10 per person if you got 4 people. After we put on our safety jacket, we are guided to a sampan.

wow, this is the first time i sit in a traditional, man-powered pedal sampan.
i was quite nervous at first because the surface of the water is very close and there's nothing but darkness up front.

However, the fear was quickly erased as i begun to see little by little twinkling lights by the horizon. As we move closer, we are treated with one of the most beautiful and precious sights nature have to offer.

We are greeted by thousands and thousands of fireflies that is resting on the trees by the river. Never before I've seen so many fireflies in one place. The sight was truly a marvelous sight to behold, it's like Christmas trees on the riverbank!

The boatman took us very close to the trees until we are able to touch the leaves and even the fireflies too!(the trees are not tall, just above the water). Luckily that night there was no moon and we go there after the raining stop, so it's actually the best time to see fireflies^_^

Too bad fireflies cannot sing like cicada, or else it'll be something really out of this world haha. The sky was very clear that night filled with stars, hehe, we also got our own stars too down there by the river:)

Sign, cannot take photos as remembrance as it was too dark, but the wonderful image would remain with me for a very long long time:)

This is truly a Malaysian and world heritage, everyone should go and see it once in your lifetime while it's still there:)

Broga Hill Adventure

2009-11-29T21:50:00.026+08:00

Went to Broga Hill last sunday, located at Semenyih which is about 45 minute drive from PJ. We set off our journey at 430am in the morning and with the help of google map and some intuition, we managed to reach our destination at 530am.

The climb itself is not very tiring as the trail is quite easy. (roughly tooks about 45minute) the only difficulties is that we set off early morning and we need to use torch light to light our path.

We reach the second peak at around 630am and we waited for the sunrise there. (they say that the third peak cannot see sunrise)

Too bad it's abit cloudy so we couldn't see the sunrise clearly.

As the sun slowly rise, we began to see more beautiful scenery around us.

Broga Hill was filled with these golden wheat-like grass!

Even took photos with other friendly hikers:)

This is the third peak, we didn't managed to climb there as suddenly it started to rain...

Lucky it was only a few drops...so we continue to take more pics.

Dunno whether can eat or not..haha:P

This is me posing with the golden wheat, too bad i don't have a samurai sword to make me look more fierce:P

xia got influenced by me:P

Due to the xia's comment,i've no choice but to put her pretty pic as well:P

ching taking a little monster pose:)

Even little doggy also can climb...i've seen two dog that day on Broga Hill.

Conclusion, the scenery is quite nice + the hill is quite easy to climb = an outdoor hiking trip everyone can go. (even dog can climb)

Broga Hill, I'll be back!

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Oh...wait...the story not finish yet!

I later discovered that i accidentally left my car key in the car. As i was trying very hard to try to unpick my car lock, the parking attendant uncle come and see if he could help. He came and directly open up my front passenger door, which is actually unlocked without my notice....sienz....

(>_<) (>_<) (>_<)

Haiz...this did not happen to me for a long long time liao. Taught me a good lesson to be more careful next time.

That's all for now. Cheers:)

Peace:)

Life without limbs

2009-11-26T11:08:00.004+08:00

I was browsing through Mr.Jam's curious diaries when i looked upon this inspiringpost.

A man with no arms and legs, and yet still live a life full of dignity and further inspires others as well!

Nowadays i feel that younger generations are getting more pampered and many don't know what they really want to do in their life..

After seeing this clip, don't you think that you should do something in your life?

uncle selling fruits...

2009-11-01T19:29:00.006+08:00

sometime ago, while i went out for lunch with my client at a coffee shop somewhere in selayang, i met an uncle selling fruits.

it was my usual habits to get some fruit to eat after lunch,( yes, i know fruit should be eaten in empty stomach for maximum effect!) i ordered a RM1 papaya from him. As i waited for my papaya, i notice something different. why this uncle is sitting down instead of standing up?

then i looked down the table, and i saw that his legs are not there. i realized then he's handicaped. i was suprised and yet astound by the same time.

uncle, i salute you for being a man!

even at his stage, he still work hard to earn a living instead of just go around begging for money. i don't like,even feel ashamed of those beggars that is fully capable,not handicaped but still go beg for money.

i just smile and i didn't say words of encouragement, i was still stunned i guess. but it has made my day and i hope to share this inspiration with you guys.

no matter how hard is life, never give up! :)

Battlestar Galactica

2009-10-04T10:04:00.015+08:00

I accidentally read about battlestar galactica while i'm reading through mental floss about an author's view of the difference between galactica and the star trek series. i've enjoyed reading this article and become intrigued to watch it.

but then, i was still lazy to search for the torrents myself, therefore i ordered my bro, who's always downloading torrents to search and download for me instead.

then, fate came upon me when i saw met the series' novel at a book sale. i felt very lucky and excited because i wanted to read it and because it's selling at RM5:P.

thus began my novel journey of galatica, the novel itself is the prelude to the tv series. i finish reading the novel in about 3 days time, which set a personel record for me! (usually i may take up months to finish reading one novel,haha i'm usually a lazy reader:P)

The is humanity's last battleship, battlestar galactica.

after finishing the novel, i got even excited to watch the series...i quickly get the copy from my bro and later i download it myself. I'm glad that i've read the novel because the series just went straight into the action and it's quite easy to recognize who's who as i identified them from the novel..and at first sight i notice why the command center is very old fashioned....not high tech at all, then i remember it's because the humans are afraid or can't use advance computing system as they are up against machines. As i watch more... wow..it's very addictive and i just keep wanting to watch more and more.

totally it has 4 seasons. this was actually an award winning and critically acclaimed sci-fi show, strange...but i rarely heard people mentioning here! and yes,after watching, you'll find this series is a sci-fi movies like no other. Like what the mental floss article says, star trek represents the people that we want to be, whereas battlestar galactica is what we really are.

battlestar story takes a darker approach,but then in the darkness,it also potrays humanity survival spirit and examine the fact that what makes us human, and what makes us worthy to survive as a species?

The triangular spacecraft is human's star fighter, -> Viper...sounds cool, but doesn't look cool enough compare to bad guys or starwar's X-Wing. (i remember as a kid, i got all "whoooaaa" when i see the moment X-wing open up their wing in "X" shape before battle:P)

The story's background is a war between humans and their robotic creation,the cyclons. the series starts off 20years after the peace treaty of humans-cylons, suddenly the cyclons appeared and nuked the 12 planets that is inhabitted by the human race...the remaining survival human race flee with what ever spacecraft they have and under the battlestar, they search for a new home, while constantly evading cyclons' pursue attack.

The scoreboard of human race population was 49,000 plus.(this figure keeps decreasing every episode as characters died) wow...imagine that. you don't really feel the impact of the total human loss in Terminator Salvation as it is not put on the board in numbers.

the director takes effort to develop the characters in battlestar, so in a way, every character is interesting, all of them need to make hard and dirty choices. everyone is flawed, like you and me, but they just have to live with it.

and of course, the basic requirement for sci-fi space series is that they must have alot of space battleship gun fights! Yes, and alot of explosions, and u got the commander barking orders around..the launching of star fighter to engage enemy...etc..etc.. and haha, they have plenty of all these juice:)

the cyclons have better fighting machines,as in appearance and performance. human's fighter craft seems like underbudget...haha. but i guess they did it like that as to potray the gaps in technologies.

What i like about the story is that it sort of review life and humanity in ways that i've never thought of before.... e.g.,Is it correct to say that in the law of nature, that parents will eventually need to die one day, so that the child could grow up and pass on the next generation. If parents stay with us forever, we'll never grow up...a simple fact, but i've never though of it that way before!

this statement was used as one of the reasons the cyclons justify by genociding human race is that they think human beings, as their parents must die to make way for them(the children) in order for the child to grow.

Humanity's president - Laura Roselyn, who step up her post from education minister because she was the only minister left....(Air force one did not make it)

It also question humanity right to exist...if compared to the mechanical cyclons. as there is constant strife between humans, even if there's no war to fight, we'll still look for something that differentiates us to fight for. E.g. let's say race A don't like race B. ok, fine, one day race A got annilated. Left race B. What would race B do? Race B find out something that further differentiate themself...and fight on...

our actions and what we do, not just potrays who we are, and as a group, as a civilization it actually determine whether we nutrue our own seed of destruction or a better future. Nevertheless, as long as we're alive, there's always hope. no matter how hard it is. It's sad that many people would only learn their lesson after they have a taste of the bitter truth.

the ladies of battlestar...guess who's a cyclon?:)

oh ya....another important lesson,(this is taken from the article link above which i like to share!)

This basic lesson is one we still haven’t learned: that exploitation leads to exploitation, that if you oppress someone you sow the seeds of your own oppression. “You can’t play God and then wash your hands of the things you’ve created,” says the Galactica’s commander, William Adama. “Sooner or later, the day comes when you can’t hide from the things that you’ve done anymore.”

hmmm...this series, i very very very strongly recommend. especially if you are a fan of sci-fi. you must watch this before you die!

"so say we all!"

Shadow of the Day

2009-09-16T20:32:00.003+08:00

Wow, i couldn't believe what i heard! this song was actually sung by Linkin Park.
Yes, Linkin Park! Life can be full of suprises, never expected this band to sing such subtle,slow,quiet love song as they are famous for loud,shouting songs. There is not even a single yelling in this song!

At first, when they release their hit song "crawling" i didn't really like the song as i think it's too loud, it took me quite a long time to get used to it until i feel like it's become a normal song. but as years went by, new songs like "in the end" and "new divide" has gotten my impression more, as they are used in movie theme songs.

Somehow,slowly i get to hear the lyrics of what they're actually singing, instead of first impression that it's just a rock band screaming their lungs out full of hatred for the world.

hmm..i can say i'm very pretty impressed! Life is full of suprises!:)

Shadow Of The Day lyrics
Songwriters: Bennington, Chester; Farrell, Dave; Shinoda, Mike; Delson, Brad; Hahn, Joseph; Bourdon, Robert;

I close both locks below the window
I close both blinds and turn away
Sometimes solutions aren't so simple
Sometimes goodbye's the only way

And the sun will set for you
The sun will set for you
And the shadow of the day
Will embrace the world in grey
And the sun will set for you

Pink cards and flowers on your window
Your friends all plead for you to stay
Sometimes beginnings aren't so simple
Sometimes goodbye's the only way

And the sun will set for you
The sun will set for you
And the shadow of the day
Will embrace the world in grey
And the sun will set for you

And the shadow of the day
Will embrace the world in grey
And the sun will set for you

And the shadow of the day
Will embrace the world in grey
And the sun will set for you

Selamat Menyambut Merdeka 2009.

2009-08-31T21:46:00.003+08:00

I like this song...although it's originally is meant for KL 98 Commenwealth Games, but i think it's a good song for our country, something to make us proud of being a malaysian.

I used to be proud to be a malaysian, especially in my secondary school days. during Mahathir's time, whereby our country have alot of mega projects and we're able to steer our country out of the 97 economic crisis in our own ways.

Maybe those days of singing Negaraku weekly in school assembly and non-working life has those effects of making you a little bit more patriotic. I don't think i can say that now i'm just too involved in working life without having care at all to be patriotic or not. it's just that, as you can older and you get to know more things, especially bad news about your own country....that would make you lose faith in it.

For example after hearing news that say we're actually more develop than South Korea in the 60-70s...but look at them and look at us now. Singapore have no natural resources whereby Malaysia have plenty of them...but look at them and look at us now. It all comes down to managment.

Yes, of course we should be thankfull that we live in a harmonious society, if compare to Israel Palentine, Indonesia, Thailand...at least we don't have any violent racial riot since 1969. But then i believe we are more capable than that, we still have so much potential but sometimes....mismanagement just put them to waste. A lot of bright Malaysian talent prefered to work overseas not because they don't love our country but is more mainly because they find it not worth for them either economically,socially or politically to remain and work locally.

Government should pe more prudent to study other countries policy and compared it with ours, and should be brave to make changes where accordingly. Yes, unity is very important, but i find it unfair and sometimes silly for government to almost say something like no..no..you can't do this..this will ruin the unity of the country...blah blah blah...

Sometimes i feel like as long as the government think that if there's no racial riot, then we've no need to make changes for improvement and therefore developement slows down. Unity should be just the first stepping stone of many more good things to come. I believe we can do better.

Wishing Malaysia a happy 52th Birthday and a better future:)

P.S. Sign...i wonder how's Petronas or TNB Merdeka Advertisment without Yasmin Ahmad...

Rocket United

2009-08-26T22:36:00.008+08:00

walk by SS2 and discovered this shop. At first i thought it's a place for football fans to gather...cos Manchester United pop out from my head. then at second glance i see all the pictures of DAP...then i know it's a DAP shop.

Its feels like a very political driven concept (very obvious) and frankly I do feel a bit of discomfort as I walk pass the stall. It does not have the warm welcoming feeling of most coffee shop do.

But then I was driven by curiosity, after all, I’ve never seen or been to such store before. Then my mind starts thinking…hmm…what would their menu be like? Rocket Char-Kuey Tiaw? Rocket Fried Rice? Or Rocket Super Lunch Set~ guarantee to rocket you to the sky~~etc…etc…and suddenly it feels like fun!

The café started business since 8th August 2009. And the menu…first page explain a little history of forming of DAP…and the food list....Nope...there’s no Rocket Char-Kuey Tiaw or Rocket something something....just ordinary café food and drinks.

The price I think is slightly a bit high but it’s still normal price range for those food café in SS2. The food taste ok too. Just ok, not super nice or special.

The 1st floor has better looking and design! They got this big sofa whereby you can lay down and eat!

I think when next time there’s a DAP talk in town, it would be held there. So if you’re disgruntled with the government you can go to this place to eat and talk about politics with your friends as the environment would give you a mood to do so:P
But then, political oriented café may only appear to certain demographic of people so I’m not sure whether it’s really going to be a successfully business.

Then again, maybe their ultimate goal is not business but instead it’s politics. Would we be seeing any PAS café or UMNO café in future?

Home Coming 2009

2009-08-16T17:05:00.021+08:00

It's been around 6 month since i last went home. last trip back home was during CNY early this year. the feeling's totally different thought, CNY it feels like it's compulsory to go home for everyone, but this time, for me it feels like i wanna go home is only because i wanna go home.

Haha, the only setback when i get home is that the haze is terrible there during my trip back. it's already been two weeks since the last rain. supermarket has already ran out of stock of 5 litre mineral water. luckly on the day before i left, it finally rains.

I truly believe in the quote “there’s no place like home” All those familiar things that you grow up with, that you spend most of your time with, all the familiar faces and your family’s activity…..all those familiar things will surely warm you up, especially if you haven’t been home awhile and you’re living outside far away from home.

Among the changes that I discovered is that my backyard has become a shelter home for kittens, which is a work of my bro. I absolutely believe that he got influenced too much by the cuteness of kittens in anime that made him do this.

Wwah..long time didn't go to sunday market already. oh..for those of you not from kuching..we have a market whereby most ethic people came out from their kampungs to set up stalls to sell local goods in the weekends,so people called it sunday market.

Bamboo shoots.... hmm...i don't know whether if i spelled it correctly.

This is called "Nam". i missed it...i think it's only available locally and it's abit expensive too but is nice to eat.

Hhmmm...i think KL here the sugarcane color is not as thick as those in kch...at first i thought they put too much water and dilute it but then it maybe different species gua...

I remember i've one such toy from dad when i'm young and dad shows me how to play it at the red plastic bath tub at my old home....it has a small motor inside whereby you use candle to lit it to run it...haha..really brings back happy childhood memories. i'm suprise my bro remembered it too!

My mum on the other hand has become a champion for recycling, which I think is good. Hmm….i don’t know where she get that influence from or if it’s self-motivated but nevertheless it’s a good thing. There’s a box to keep empty clean plastic bottles, the food waste we threw into a covered cylinder in backyard where it would use to become fertilizer for the vegetables planted in backyard. Other plastic product if it’s clean will be put into another bag. Clean waste papers will be stuffed between newspapers that are sold to the old newspaper uncle. When going to Sunday Market to buy stuff, she’ll put it in a reusable bag instead of using plastic bag. Hmmm….all these little actions will minimize the amount of rubbish thrown to the rubbish bin and make the world a little bit better:)

I miss my afternoon nap at my old house. It is very nice to have an afternoon nap at my old house because the sofa is situated just below the ceiling fan and once you close your eyes it’ll need you to take some effort to wake up, especially if you sleep like a pig:P oohh…I love it so much. That sofa also becomes my bed during my trip back. I didn’t sleep in my old bedroom as it is not as cooling as the living room sofa.

Haha, help my friend to do promo abit. This is my friend's fried mushroom stall, They've a stall operating in 101 avenue as well.

I was lucky as Kuching Festival is around when I’m back, furthermore my friend’s is operating at one of the stall there. But due to haze + H1N1…there’s lesser people going there this time….Sign…. means less Kuching mei mei to look at.

Kuching's South District Office, i think it looks like a blue hat:)

One little thing I regret I didn’t get to do is to sing k. instead I feel that I’ve spend too much time playing DOTA>_<. Yeah….although it’s fun to play with my old buddies, but if do more variety would make things more interesting right. Too bad I still need to bring back some of my work to do at home, else it will be a perfect no-work-just-play trip.

This is me posing in of an auction billboard in front of my ex-company, as you can see, they use me as a model for the auction billboard, it's beside the BDC roundabout, coming out from Hui Sing side. so please drop by and see if you pass by there, haha:P

I’m glad that things didn’t change much in Kuching… I miss Kuching a lot when I’m in KL. When I’m back in Kuching I rarely miss KL at all as it feels like I went back to time and I’ve never been to KL to work..haha, this homecoming was an enjoyable and relaxing one. Feel that I’m getting recharge up to undergo the challenges of life back in KL. I guess I should come home more then!

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P.S. while I’m on the plane looking at air stewardess doing the flight security awareness stuff, I suddenly wonder if they could actually make it more interesting, like turning on the music and sing and dance while doing it? I’m serious! Maybe I should suggest this to Mr. Fernandes.

The Ice-Cream Maker

2009-08-12T12:35:00.004+08:00

Went to Daiso shop in The Curve which sells everything at RM5 and I bought back this:

Ta-Da~~~… an ice-cream maker! Hohoho, I was very happy when I saw it and I know I must get it!

A long time ago, I have such thing in my old home and I use it to make custom made ice-cream not available in the market such as ribena ice-cream, cola ice-cream, sarsi ice-cream, air ular ice-cream…and all the soft drinks that I can lay my hands on during that time.

It’s actually very easy to use, just pour the liquid into the models and put it on top of the refrigerator for 1 day, then pull it out and it’s ready to be eaten. oh ya...when pulling you mustn't use brute force or sometimes you'll only pull out the sticks and the ice-cream would still be left inside the model.

Hmm…if you prefer to eat soft-flake ice-cream you only need to freeze for 2 hours:P

See those round tube that pointed out side ways? it actually has its usage as well. when you make the ice-cream, it will make sure the abundant water/liquid part will flow out when you insert the cover into the model. when you eat the ice-cream, you can suck the remaining water from the ice-cream through that round tube.

This time I’m trying something new again ->Green bean soup ice-cream!Wahahahaha….taste not bad~ taste not too sweet and it's healthy some more.

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The other day i've tried Barli ice-cream but i've put in the fridge abit too long and the barli, although frozen tasted sour already. hmm..so i think don't leave it for more than 3 days:P

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

2009-07-25T09:50:00.004+08:00

I was looking forward to the Half Blood Prince and after i watched it,i was quite disappointed really. i think compared with the movies i see so far this year like Startrek,Terminator Salvation,Transformers, i wouldn't rank Harry Potter in the same rank as them.

Well...i didn't watch the books so i find it hard to understand certain areas whereby as if the movie is targeted at harry potter novel readers and expect you to fill in the gaps yourself. yeah..i know it's quite hard to pack alot of things into a 2hour45minit movie...but then...hey..it's hollywood and it a competitive world.

As i say, they are many loop holes in and disappointment in the film. first of all, is the first scene where the real world is being attacked..ya..the scene is good..but then..there's no follow up to that event! so it feels like it's completely unnecessary.

I remember when i watched the trailer, the most memorable thing is Harry's shoutout "Fight Back You Coward Fight Back!" so that made me quite interested to watch the battle scene in which when i saw it, it was disappointed again because the battle scene was too short and not cool at all.

And when it came to revealing the truth of the Half Blood prince, i think it should be an important part as it's the movie's title but yet it was downplayed again. haha, maybe Harry should scream back "No~~~~~" like when Dark Vader said "I'm your father!" to Luke.

One more thing...when the bad guys killed off Dumbledore...why did they escape? i thought they will turn the castle into theirs or burn the castle or something...instead the break things and leave?

Hmm..anyway i wouldn't be suprise if Dumbledore got resurrected? haha. it's a magical world, anything can happen right? but i don't think so, as the next movie would be more focus on Harry. oh..ya..it's too bad Harry didn't get to learn the big fire wielding technique from Dumbledore, or don't tell me as Harry is the chose one, he is able to learn a spell just by watching others do it? (like Sharingan:P)

overall...i think the director should put more effort and should make the storyline more understandable like treating the audience like non-novel readers. for example i think michael bay did a good job for transformers as it is able to target audience outside the transformers fan base as well.

Among all the harry potter film i like The Goblet of Fire best, as i think it's quite a transition whereby the movie become darker and one of harry's senior died..
oh well..not that i like to see important character dying...just that i think the movie just become more serious compare to its early years of targeting children market.

But even though the loop holes, i still think that the movie is watchable as there's alot of nice magic special effect and funny humour make up for it. haha, watchable if you didn't put too much expectation! as some part of the movie i would feel that it's dragging the plot.

No thumbs up for this series of Harry Potter:(

P.S. haha, Dumbledore looks very like Gandalf!

Transformer2

2009-07-05T12:28:00.004+08:00

Transformers2 was a hit! This 2&1/2 hour movie is entertaining all the way to from the beginning to the end, there’s not even a single boring moment!

On my previous post, I was hoping that they would bring up a battle between the constructicons and dinobots. Oh well…i was half correct, they only bring out the constructicons, no dinobots. But then again I was thinking now…yeah…bringing out the dinobots would be cool…but they couldn’t transform into vehicles and hide among human right? Unless they plan to hide them in the museum? Haha, so I guess it’ wouldn’t be so praticall in movies then.

Oh…unless, the third movie they would journey to cybertron! Wow…and the final epic battle against unicrom. Haha, or unicrom plans to eat up earth. Haha, sounded like Galactus pulak. Yeah..and I remembered they had a transformer that can transform into a space train whereby it would take them to cybertron!

I was wondering if they would feature Six-shot, the robot that has six transformation mode. Hmm..but maybe it would be too much for the producers to do such thing.

Oh..if they did decide to go to cybertron. I hope they wouldn’t give Sam the stupid space suit that would enable him to transform into a vehicle! My eyes would totally pop out if I ever see that…

Hm… I like the way they make bumblebee more heroic in the movie rather than just Sam’s best robo-friends in the cartoon. Hmm…but I think the second movie lacks abit of showing the autobots and decepticons symbol in a cooler way. Like I remembered in transformer1, they way they show the autbots symbol on bumblebee’s steering wheel is quite cool!

At the end of transformer1, with megatron’s dealth it’s not suprising that he’ll be revived in the second movie. Luckily they didn’t turn him into a purple Galvatron. Haha, purple robots would look too gay for an evil leader in real life movie.

I was quite glad that they decided to featured Soundwave in this movie, yeah…of him transforming into a spy satellite idea and whereby he shoots out his little robots from space and into the atmosphere. I think if they featured him to be like the original Soundwave, it would look funny in real life whereby he launches cassette(hmm…or CDs or MP3?:P) out from his body and they turn into little robots.

oh ya...i think soundwave is the most good looking decepticons in the cartoon, whereas optimus prime is the most good looking autobots. i think mainly is because their mouth is covered. cos i think robots showing mouths not covered does not look good:P

Hehe, the movie say that transformers since long time has come to earth already..and they shows some picture of old planes and cars. Hm….but that means they’ll only here for a hundred years or so only. The plane and cars are only inventions of early 20th century. Else, what vehicle can the transformers morph into? A cow wagon? A war elephant? Hot air balloon? Sampan boat? Oh well..they can transform into big ships at sea….but there’s nothing much of choice on land..err..transform into a house?
The movie is great but still as someone who grew up watching transformer, I do have some complains!

1.Why do they make constructicons a tool to destroy the pyramid only and not use it to wage war on the autobots? I thought it would take the whole team of autobots to bring it down, never expecting some puny human rail gun technology to take it down.

2.The decepticon that transform into the sexy girl to seduce Sam is a bit too much lar… somehow reminded me of species or terminator or battlestar galactica. Robots transforming into flesh doesn’t feel so right. That probably explain why beast war is not as popular as the original transformers.

3.Shouldn’t they at least make the fight between Optimus and the fallen abit longer? Yeah..i know although Optimus got upgraded with part by Jetfire, but the fallen is suppose to be quite powerfull right? Even the rest of the Original Primes cannot gang bang defeat him. They should at least exchange more firepowers at each other, blowing up more stuff..before Optimus send The just risen fallen to fallen again.

Hm….Optimus should pour acid to desolved The fallen into thin air, so that he will never rise again. Haha, it’s a good movie la. I think it should be the highest profit for the U.S. summer movie seasons. Hehe, looking forward to G.I. Joe at year end:)

Time Really Flies...

2009-06-11T19:10:00.008+08:00

Time really flies…. My KL working life reaches its 1st year anniversary this May 2009. Looking back my previous post about my working life I can see there’s much difference. haha, it's about time i have my yearly mile stone self evaluation>_<

Been very busy these days….it’s as if I’ve been covered with mountains of never-ending work. Haha, they say that during these bad economic times, it would be a blessing if you are still working overtime…means business is still coming in. Even now as I’m typing this entry, I’m half way working, using the interval time of awaiting test results to type:P

Thanks to the quite OK environment here in Station One café, Jaya One that suddenly I’ve the urge to write….oh ya…recently I’ve began to like to bring laptop to work outside and sit in cafes instead of doing it at home in the weekends. It would be much better if the café is playing some music as well…Sort of take away half the stress and the comfortable environment gives you a better mood. Too bad I can’t go to café to work during working hours haha:P

I’ve been very busy since my last entry haha, nowadays even lazy to MSN. A few days ago I’ve set a personal record of sleeping only 3 hours and the rest goes to work. I’ve never actually sleep so less to work…even rushing for assignments I’ve still manage to sleep my regular 6 hours..haha, I suppose this is a part of working life that I would have to endure, haha hopefully not too many times though>_<

Nowadays my job requires me to be constantly on client’s site. Sometimes even need to work on Saturdays…hey…did I sign up for 6 days work? Haiz…at least can still get replacement and it really made me cherish my Sundays more. Nowadays I usually would only go office once per week to do documentation stuff. “Hey…long time no see...” became the 1st exchange words between me and my colleagues at office.

Although sometimes I would feel depressed and stress out, but when I ask myself is this what I really want? Oh well….my answer is still yes. At least it’s way better than my previous job in many ways such as salary, challenges, satisfaction of achievements, learning opportunities and future opportunities.

KL or big cities is really a place to gain experience for your career. I’m glad that I’ve made my choice to come here. Oh well…need to get back to work. Cheers!

star trek

2009-05-09T21:52:00.005+08:00

image taken from wikipedia.

wow, just watched star trek.

and there only one thing i can say. it's damn awesome!

just by watching all those spaceship and special effect already put me on the edge of my seat. haha, almost like feel i'm a kid once again and i'm drooling watching those spaceships and futuristic background? really it's really some time that i experience this, maybe becos of stress of work?

the film is filled with 2 hours of quick pace sci-fi actions, humour and has a good storyline as well. yeah...the most important aspect of a good movie is its storyline.
and mostly i'm glad that they still have the actors look similiar to the orginal star-trek cast.

was quite amused to find the actor playing sylar acting as spock in this film. haha, his acting is good, but i thought why they didn't make his eye sharper like the original spock haha. spock's species, the vulcan somehow quite remind me of elves, except that this is space version, haha, space elves!

i'm not really a star trek fan, but i like to watch sci-fi movies and the movie still attracted me alot. seems that this movie can target more audience which is good.

lastly not the least,the ending script was very good. i feel quite amazed to hear those familiar words again.

and it's from the narration of patrick stewart, the bald captain of the television series i love to watch as a kid:star-trek,the next generation. the bald guy is also the actor of professor X in X-men.

i'll end this post with the same ending script then haha. (script taken from wikipedia)

"Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before"

interesting food combinations to try! if u dare..haha..

2009-05-03T15:27:00.011+08:00

throughout the years, i've this weird ideas to try mixing different food together. haha, some of my friends wonder where i get this silly ideas from, oh well...i like to be creative and try out new stuff, bend the rules abit and make life more exciting:P

so behold, world of houg presents you: Super food combination you should try!

1. Gui Lin Gao + fresh milk

normally gui lin gao is mixed with honey. i ran out of honey one day and tried to mix it with fresh milk. and it turns out not bad!

2. Sarsi with Biscuit

Noted-The biscuit applies to those rectangle,flat simple crispy biscuit with mini holes (aka 四方饼). Sarsi means the syrup, not the carbonated one. take 3-4 biscuit,break it into 4 smaller pieces and dip in sarsi.i believe most people would
use biscuit to dip with Milo. The difference of Milo and Sarsi is that when u dip with Milo, the biscuit's taste will be covered by Milo, but Sarsi would still preserved both sarsi and biscuit taste. oh i learned this from my cousin since young:)

3. Bread + Ice cream + Cornflake

i bet you've tried bread with ice cream. but adding cornflake into it really packed a punch! tried with kokokrunch as well, but i prefer cornflake as it is softer like ice-cream and bread as i don't like to eat something soft and suddenly found something hard inside.

4. Maggie Mee + Kimchi

haha, accidentally discovered this while i tapao kimchi from korean restaurant. next day i felt lazy to go out so i decided to cook maggie mee then i remembered my kimchi so i decided to mix it and it taste quite good and fit for each other!:)

5. Nescafe + kokokrunch

both flavour of coffee and chocolate can mix well together. nescafe mix with cornflake is not as nice. but being a coffee lover, i'll inhale some big dosage of original nescafe smell and take one sip before i start mixing it with kokokrunch:P

6. Soyabean + Barli + Cincau

hmm...this one taste quite good and can combine well together, gives you triple cooling effect especially on hot weather haha.

hehe don't blame me if you don't like it haha. but not all things can be mixed and i wouldn't fix stuff that i think will be weird. like e.g. mixing soyabean and 100plus would lead to bad tummyache which my fren did>_<

haha, may add more list in future if i could recall it or come up with new ideas:P

enjoy trying~:)

Nescafe Versus Starbucks

2009-04-28T22:09:00.005+08:00

Hmm...nothing beats a cup of Nescafe to start up a new day. Yes, i'm a coffee addict of Nesccafe three in one regular and i've no idea how many packets i've consumed daily througout the years. haha, oh well, but i do restrict myself of having more than 3 cups a day.

Anyway, last weekend i got the opportunity to go Starbucks as my housemate got discount vouchers. haha, if not for the discount voucher, i don't think i'm gona go there purposely because i was abit thrifty to spend RM10++ for a cup of coffee, whereas compare to drinking 10times of Nescafe.

so that to the discount voucher, i get to have the chance to taste premium starbuck coffee:) i ordered the Blueberry Frapucino and read alot about the brochure explaining starbuck's coffee.

hmm...after drinking...i still couldn't see why starbucks coffee cost 10times more than Nescafe. Does it make me more song(feel good in hokkien)? Maybe it's just my expectation for a good coffee is not so high. or maybe i agreed with my friend's saying that he'll rather spend money on food than drinks as you can taste more with food.

anyway glad that i've tried it as i think it's gonna be a long while before i have another cup. But still...i still love you Nescafe>_<

Cape Number 7

2009-03-27T21:22:00.005+08:00

image taken from wikipedia.

Cape number 7 (海角七号） was the acclaimed best selling movie of Taiwan. a friend of mine strongly recommend me to watch it, so i bought a dvd and watch it at home as i don't know why it is not shown in local cinema.

The movie was a surprising 2 hours which is quite long for a chinese film. it start off quite slow..oh well..i think the reason is that because it may be abit artistic style of movie, so i waited patiently.

And so i waited and waited and waited....

Ngaiti....i was wondering how long do i need to wait till i see something good? I don't want to judge the movie before i finish it, after all, i wanted to know what is there to watch in Taiwan's best selling movie.

Luckly towards the end part then it start to get a bit better as the pace becomes faster.It appears that i put too much anticipation on it..it's unlike the last best selling Korean movie i watched (My Sassy Girlfriend) but then again maybe i'm not suppose to compare Taiwan with Korea in terms of the quality of movies...

Actually Cape No.7's story is quite good, but somehow they lack the spice to spice up the movie...hmm..i suppose Taiwan still got a long way to go then.

Oh...but i do like the theme song:)

hmm..overall i think the movie is just ok lo.

watch the watchmen

2009-03-25T23:15:00.004+08:00

image taken from wikipedia.

Went to watch the Watchmen...frankly speaking before i've seen the trailer i've never heard of this graphic novel before.

After i've seen the cool trailer, it lured me to watch the film. before hand, i've read some reviews of the movie, saying that this movie is abit special because it reveals the darker side of superheroes. hmm..ok, this would be something different, furthermore it's directed by the "300" directors, a movie which i prefer much enjoyed.

Yup, and in the movie, it really has some very special cool effects, haha, although this time there's no more head getting cut off and spiralling in slow motion in air>_<.

Surprising it was a 2 hour and 45 mintues movie..hmm..and luckily it did not hang in the middle and tells you the story shall be continued in episode 2, like most superheros trilogy. but i'm not sure whether this would be make into a trilogy.

I would say, watchmen is something worth to watch amidst all those superheroes movies out there. it shows the harsh reality of life, even superheroes can't run away from age and politics. it's definetly not those average superhero type of movies that glorify superheroes.

I left the cinema with quite a heavy heart...haha, i think the movie shows too much of reality...sometimes too much reality makes u don't enjoy the movie as much. but overally, i stil think it as a movie worth watching in cinema.

Jason & Ee Len 's Wedding~

2009-03-14T11:30:00.030+08:00

The story began when i received a red bomb on my office table one day. haha, i've never seen such as cute and lovable wedding invitation card!:)

Went up to Penang to attend my colleage's wedding early this January.
hehe, this mark my second trip to Penang.

This is my first going with my colleages to such a long distance trip so was quite looking forward to it. We stayed in Bukit Jawi Golf Resort on the first night, wow, it's quite a big place, very spacious inside.

It has a beautiful and large swimming pool too, too bad i didn't get a chance to dive into it:P

My colleage Jason arrived next day early morning. The bride's armies of sisters are already guarding in front of gates, awaiting to torment the armies of brothers who want to get in too bring the bride home.

One of my colleage,Jeff drinking a special mix juice from a baby bottle, i have no idea what they added inside but from the looks of his face after that, i don't think is gud>_<. Two thumbs up for his bravery!

Oh no, wat are they doing? haha, it's a game of passing down a piece of seaweed with your mouth, only girls eligible to participate. phew...luckly they didn't ask the guys to play...sure wil vomit and have nightmare.

One thing i've learned is that if you have a camera at hand like me, you'll be spared of playing the games, wahaha~

After a few more rounds of games, the sisters stil refuse to let us in. so what to do... we decided to head on charge in!

As important as the declaration of independence, this is Jason's declaration of love to the bride, he even read it out loud in mandarin and cantonese:)

Finally here comes the bride:)

Next they went to visit the family of the bride.

Before the wedding dinner, we took a side trip to try some local dishes. Yeah, the cendol taste quite good and i'm not saying it because i'm also a Teo Chew:P Notice the picture in the far right is Phua Chua Kang and Rosie visiting the stall!

We went to a coffee shop and saw this funny signboard that i've never seen before. It says that the coffe shop is operating on a small capital, customer must at least order a drink if they want to sit at the coffee shop, else they are subject to pay 40cents! walao ~ (>_<)

The wedding dinner is held at Thirty Two, wow, i've never been to such a grand, beautiful, stylish place for a wedding dinner before! (photo courtesy of sunny san)

In front part there's a place where visitor can sit down and chit chat and have some drinks before the event starts.

There's a nice bar as well! haha, but it's only serving jambu juice for free that night:P

Once i got inside, once again i was amazed.

The place was elegantly decorated. They even invited some jazz singers to play live performance. Overall, the atmosphere is very nice, smooth and calming.

It's a good break from the crazy shouting events on a regular chinese wedding dinner. haha, i was too early to say that before the table to table Yam Sheng (toasting) event. Oh well, somethings don't change and it's just meant to be like it ahha.

This is my first time being served a French-style dinner.

So you can expect me to wah...wah...wah...all the way as each dish is being served in front of me. Hmm...this soup is taste abit funny...quite different from the regular mushroom soup. somehow taste more raw~

This appetizer is quite nice, but is gone in 30 seconds...haha no la...first time eating this stuff so must cherish every bite:P

The main dish, chicken.... each person can choose whether they want fish or chicken.

This is the dessert which contains yummy ice-cream and cakes. My most favourite part, if there's an options i don't mind skipping appetizer and main meal just to have dessert, dessert and dessert! wahaha.

Next is the "Who's Gonna be the Next Bride!" throw flower frenzy. haha, i'm quite lucky that i managed to capture this shot:)

Hehe, it was a gud wedding dinner and trip and it's time to bid Penang good-bye. Haha, as looked back at my photos taken, i suddenly realize for this trip i just kept on taking pictures that i forgot to include myself in it!:P

Once again, wishing that Jason and Ee Len a happy life together.

For more pics of the wedding, visit here:)

Cute~

2009-03-14T10:53:00.005+08:00

Saw this baby sleeping in a restaurant. Haha, wondering why both his hands is hanging in midair? Is he dreaming of becoming a pilot with his hands navigating the wheels?

Children sure are wonderful. They just have the natural magical gift to make you smile:)

adventure to johor~

2009-02-09T22:21:00.025+08:00

hehe, i like this super ego kick ass quote from Julius Caesar.

This mark another conquest by me as i set foot on johor, the southern gateway of penisula malaysia.

it was quite a last minute trip actually, i checked the calendar on friday and found that monday is a replacement public holiday for thaipusam, n luckly my fren at jb is also free for the weekend.

this is my first time, traveling by myself for such long distance trip, haha, duno y sudenly feel a little adventurous:) frm puduraya kl to jb took about 4hrs, RM31 per trip.

when i reach jb, i was greeted by a warm meal of home made steamboat which consist of the most variety of food that i've ever eaten in a steamboat meal! it's been a while since i ate steamboat. it's quite enjoying to grab the food with chopstick and blowing it to cool if off and eat it like that.

well, after stuffing and pumping my power of will to the limit, the best way to do is to take good walk to help disgestion.

JB has just a gud place for that - Danga Bay. somehow, it reminds me alot of Kuching's Waterfront. except that this one is by the sea and Kuching's one is by the river. It's heard that you can actually see singapore from here...but that night somehow didn't see it:P

the place is bustling with people, there's alot of food stalls, restaurants,open air market, theme park, bicycles to rent, sands to walk and sit, pointed stones to let u walk barefooted and shout...etc.

the place is quite huge and it would roughly take about 30minutes to walk from one end to another. One unexpected thing is that Gary Chou's is supposed to go there for a CNY performances but the problem is that we don't know what time he come. haha, luckily we did wait long enought and did not assume that he's gone home already. my guess are correct, VIP owez appear at the end of the show...oh well, it's the trumpth card to keep people waiting until the end:P

this is my 3rd time seeing Gary. wow...this time he sang 6 songs! we also managed to get quite near to the stage but we're only managed to see him sideway, luckly got a big projector in front of us to see:P haha, was glad that he sung 世界唯一的你 cos i like this song very much, first time hear him sing live also..haha,luckly remember to take video with my camera:P

the night ended with a spectacular 6 minutes long of fireworks. wah..this is my first time seeing fireworks in such a close distance as they lit it very low. so we are like wah...wah...wah... all the way:) but then, thinking back...how many millions is being spend on the firework display and how many of our tax payers money is being used..sign...

next day i start off the day with a good bowl of soup pan mee, complimentary of sz's mum:) actually i prefer dry pan mee more, but as i tasted this one, it really taste good..honestly this is the best soup pan mee that i've tasted so far. haha, or maybe it's becos of special request of extra ikan bilis hohoho...

today i got also get another special request...that is to go to the most southern tip of Asia...Tanjung Piai which is about almost an hour of journey from JB.

The area is basically covered with mangrooves trees and there' also some wild life to be sighted. haha, like this bunch of monkeys. hmm...compared to the ones i met i Bako National Park , Kch i'd say they're more friendly alot.

there are also many motivanational wordings along the way. as we're walking i suddenly realize that i can upon the same wordings again. i was thinking whether the park ran out of wordings anymore so they reuse the wordings again...then i began to realize other familiar geographical features. damn...we've walked an extra big circle! all thanks to those stupid workers who use wood to block the entrance which make it look like it's under maintenaince so we took the other way.

hehe at last, we're finally there! haha now i can tell other ppl i've been to the southern most tip of Asia!

hmm...but truthfully speaking i'm a little bit dissapointed because it doesn't really looks like being at the most southern tip. maybe because in my mind, it should looks more like a long long corridor of rocky high cliffs that leads to the open sea like the end of the world!

JB's kueh chap recommended by my friend, it taste quiet similiar to Kuching's kueh chap, except the meat is separated from the soup.

hm..that sort of wraps up those interesting places that i visited in JB in a tight weekend schedule. my friend keep telling me on the trip, JB is not fun to go one! nothing to see!

haha, oh well, for me, first time experience is always worth something. hmm...does that means that Johor State should work more harder on it's tourism? haha, it's abit hard also having Singapore as its neighbour:P

specially thanks to sz and her family's hospitality. although she's a tour guide that can sometimes get lost, haha, but nevertheless she did try her best and we have a enjoyable trip:)

hehe, where would i go next?

A Quarter Century Old~

2009-01-15T04:40:00.011+08:00

hehe, first time spending my b'day outside Kuching, first time spending it in KL.

prior to that day i've already been thinking how is it going to be like and how is it going to feel? it turn out to be quite gud also haha. received many wishes frm family and frens. maybe again it's because i'm living outside so the warmth i felt is more than before.

first present that i received comes frm far far away south and comes with an attached combo wish- merry xmas+happy new year+happy b'day+happy CNY. wah...tis is my first time receiving a combo wish present>_<

thanks sz for the smilling yellow shake head monkey. it'll constantly remind me to be happy just by imating it.

thanks also to mc for the piece of secret recipe cake which taste so delicious that before my mind told me that i've should have taken the pic, it's already inside my tummy oledi>_<

received this two smiley red egg frm hj.

at the back got wordings somemore. means happiness. i found this pic to be very funny as i suddenly think of having two ways of interpretation.

1. you are in charge and in control of your own happiness and you should held it tightly in your hands, not too tight as it would break, held it just right.

2. your happiness lies in how to manage your eggs>_<

i was quite suprise to received the gift from her. actually she's also the delivery gal for another present from a familiar guy next door. haha, very suprised that he'll use this tactic haha, it's a collection of motivational short stories...yeah i quite like to read these type of books, thanks dude!

haha, oh well...something that remains the same is that i stil celebrate my b'day at karaoke:P two rounds somemore!

first of is with my swinburne uni frens at Neway One Utama. haha, this is to following the group's tradition of celebrating b'day at karaoke since is karaoke kaki:P

thanks to andrea,mike,KC,aileen. haha, it's a 3CDs in one album so in a way it feels like receiving three present instead of one haha:)

another round of karaoke is with my housemate at Green Box, Sg. Wang. oh...i'm wearing the b'day present that i received frm them...haha i think it looks quite different on me as i've never wore this type of shirt before:P thanks to albert,mq,ss,sam,yvonne,danny.

one thing good i like about Green Box if compared to Neway is that it's slightly cheaper and have free flows of drinks and snacks. The drinks they served is also more user-friendly with the throat compared to Neway. me n mike have been discussing whether it's a tactics of Neway to make you sing less song if u drink more less user-frenly drinks>_<

me waking b'day wish with microphone, wish everyone gud gud 平平安安 and healthy:)

when i want to blow the candle, i kena played pulak to blow the candles frm far away>_<

my new roomate danny, who say "i don't know how to sing one" end up singing more songs than me:p when my housemate want to take pic of him singing i sudenly took a bowl of ice-cream and put it on his hands thus creating this funny looking pose.

hehe, i wana say a very big thank you again to my friends and family who's been with me throughout these years and thanks for all the msn,sms,calls b'day wishes. it really cheer up my day:)

quarter century old le...long way to go, jia you~

suprise...suprise...

2009-01-08T22:55:00.000+08:00

woke up this christmas morning to see something hanging on the door outside my room.

hohoho, i wonder how santa managed to drop by a present for me. cos we don't have a chimmey and fireplace here haha. i was wondering whether i've been a bad boy for the past 23 years cos santa didn't drop me present, or maybe santa's map does not have kuching inside?

the red socks contains perfume packets and stones inside. haha, of all the socks in the world, santa's socks is incredibly free of bad hong kong feet smell, now i know how he did it:P i'll be hanging up the socks in my car as perfurme and as a token of appreciation^_^

haha, anyway, thanks santa. it really cheered up my day.

wishing everyone merry christmas and a happy new year:)

2008, a year of change.....

2009-01-01T15:52:00.000+08:00

photo taken from uncle lim's facebook:P

as i look at the fireworks display welcoming the year 2009, i wondered what i've done for the previous whole year and what i hope to improve this coming year.

first of all, the very big changes of my life is that i'm moved to KL to work and start another new chapter of my life. hmmm...i'm already been here for 6 months, besides my poor cantonese, i should say i'm quite satisfied with the things i have and the thing's i've achieved so far. haha, but there's always room for improvement.
i'm very much glad and i've no regrets at all for making my decision to come here to work. really, i've feel that i've improved myself, gained confidence of what i can do, and perhaps abit more mature thinking? haha, so for this self improvment and career part, i've think i've achieve my resolutions for last year. this year work wil get more busy and i hope that i'll be able to manage my time well and learn more new things.

yeah, one target that i will set for myself this year is that to be more PR. as i realize that i've still need alot to improve in this area, especially when treating colleages, clients or newly met people. haha, need to think of them as my own customer so that i can treat them better haha.

for 2008, i've also been to many places within this short 6 months periods of coming to kl. i've visited kuantan, pangkor, melaka, hatyai, penang so far..
yeah~, another one of the resolutions fullfilled! hmm...where would i go this year?:P

met up new friends, and suprise also to keep in touch with some old friends. housemate has become a big part of my life also now that i'm living outside. having a housemate relationship is also something new for me, hmm...it's sort of like a friend+family feeling. sometimes u feel that they're like ur family members, sometimes u'll feel that they're like your frens. haha i'm glad and lucky that i've gud gud housemates.

haha, among the small small things that i've improved is on my mandarin pronounciation, haha, i've actually never thought that my kuching style mandarin pronounciation got many problem until i came here, haha...tanks to one of my housemate for always correcting me. i've improved on my chinese for differentciating left and right...last time i've only know how to use english to differentciate that, using chinese would took me a while>_< this small small thing is quite gud also, slowly adds up will become something. haha, hope can improve more:)

yeah...learned to use facial cleanser. kl pollution forced me to use one. oh, i think i've also improved on remembering directions, due from going to big big shoping complex and finding your car among the seas of carparks and getting lost several times. haha, up until a point, it's almost like i get used to getting lost. so when get lost, can stil feel very calm as long stil got petrol. bk in kuching, there's almost no need for this skill haha.

haha, living outside for the first time, i've also never miss my hometown, my family n my friends so much. haha, i suppose this temporary is good for me in a sort of way also. makes me cherish what i've got and i'm also getting more excited as the days near when i would come home for cny.

hmm...relationship wise, oh well...stil like that. haha got to jia you more on this part. maybe i should do more charity or "bai xin" (拜神）more:P.

knowledge wise, haha i didn't get to read alot of books though this year. i've even haven't finish a fantasy novel that i bought six months ago. yes, i like to go bookshops, there's alot of big nice bookshops in KL. but then, i always go to the comic section haha. hmmm...this one still needs to improve more. perhaps should go get some materials to upgrade my skills as well for this year.

i think for the year 2008, barrack obama has been a great inspiration. if you are not satisfy with your current situation, then you must be brave to change it! we need to believe in what we can do, and shout out "yes we can" deep in our hearts no matter how hard the challenges we may face tomorrow.

okies, lastly i wish you all a very happy new year and hope that our wishes will come true. this is houg, signing off for now~

K2J season 1

2008-12-07T16:29:00.000+08:00

(this pic was taken on mooncake festival night, suddenly we all feel very shiok to take family photo, the old fashion style>_<)

the story of K2J season 1 started in June 2008 with its 6 original founding member, cheng,xia,sam,albert,houg & yuen.

the story started with the initial three housemates, each bringing a roomate from their hometown to begin their new life under one roof:)

times flies when u're doing lots of stuff and busy with lots of things, work, play, going to variious trips, sleep...etc...half a year just flew like that in an brink of an eye. my roomate yuen is finally going off to begin his other new chapter of life in adelaide, australia.

(hmm...why i look so short in this pic huh?:P)

haha, wish him all the best in his future undertakings. it's good to have a good old friend as a roomate, furthermore this is my first time living outside. one obvious thing is that now that my event manager is gone, i think i'll definitely gona slow down my pace abit. sign.....jobs also getting more n more also>_<

new roomate would start to move in in january. haha, it's a complete stranger so don't know how things will be, hopefully it would be ok gua haha. tat would be k2j season two story already....

hehe, life is gud in kl. got good housemate that take care of each other, so no worries, i'm ok:)

crush~

2008-11-22T22:26:00.001+08:00

hmm...recently quite like this song, recommending it to everyone. the song's sung by david archuleta, 2008 this year's american idol number 2.

i didn't really watch this year's idol. frankly speaking, i just know that both finalist are both named david and i've only heard david cook's time of my life. i think his name is quite unique as well, ar-chu-le-ta. in the mtv, we can see that david archuleta's quite talented, can play piano and guitar somemore, and he's only 17!

i heard this song in radio and already like it first time i hear it. also went to search for the lyrics and sort of like the lyrics as well, haha, maybe it sort of reflect my current feelings as well?>_<

the song's quite fast pace, haha, not my specialty type of song after i tried it out a few times. quite exhausting actually just to sing along with the song.

too bad youtube can't allow it to embed the mtv here. don't know why last time it can be done. most probably of copyright issues. last time it's easier, can directly embedded into blogspot, now kenot le...need to find from other sources.

enjoy it! here's the lyrics and video, taken from here

From LYRICSMODE.COM lyrics archive

Lyrics | David Archuleta lyrics - Crush lyrics

I hung up
The phone tonight
Something happened
For the first time
Deep inside
It was a rush
What a rush
'Cause the possibility
That you would ever
Feel the same way
About me
It's just too much
Just too much
Why do I keep running
From the truth
All I ever think
About is you
You got me hypnotized
So mesmerized
And I just got to know

Do you ever think
When you're all alone
All that we can be
Where this can go
Am I crazy
Or falling in love
Is it really
Just another crush
Do you catch a breath
When I look at you
Are you holding back
Like the way you do
'Cause I'm trying, trying to walk away
But I know this crush
Ain't goin' away
Goin' away

Has it ever crossed
Your mind
When were hangin'
Spending time girl
Are we just friends
Is there more
Is there more
See it's a chance
We've gotta take
Cause I believe
That we can
Make this into
Something
That will last
Last forever
Forever

Do you ever think
When you're all alone
All that we can be
Where this thing can go
Am I crazy
Or falling in love
Is it really just
Another crush
Do you catch a breath
When I look at you
Are you holding back
Like the way you do
'Cause I'm trying,trying to walk away
But I know this crush
Ain't goin' away
Goin' away

Why do I keep running
From the truth
All I ever think
About is you
You got me hypnotized
So mesmerized
And I just got to know

Do you ever think
When you're all alone
All that we can be
Where this can go
Am I crazy
Or falling in love
Is it really just
Another crush
Do you catch a breath
When I look at you
Are you holding back
Like the way you do
'Cause I'm trying, tryin to walk away
But I know this crush
Ain't goin' away
Goin' away
Goin' away

personality test~

2008-11-22T11:00:00.000+08:00

woke up blur blur on a saturday morning when i received this link from my housemate to do a personality test.

the personality test is available only in chinese:P

here's my result:

平和型（隨和豁達，樂天知命）

您通常是溫暖、友善、忍耐、隨和、不好競爭，以及愛說話。您偏好和平、有組織、可預期而舒服的生活。
您喜歡配合環境，因而很難知道自己的優先次序，變成跟隨別人所希望而去做事，有時候甚至模仿別人說話的腔調、用詞，以及身體語言。

優點：
非常主動，具有眾多興趣和嗜好。您喜歡與人為伍，可以為了別人而發揮最具生產力的工作成效。

缺點：
您會「自我遺忘」，失去了什麼是對自己真正重要的覺察力。您很容易分心，即使一個人時，亦有可能把高度優先的事情留到最後才做。看起來很像是拖延，但並不故意。

愛情：
您一旦擁有了關係，不會想到分離，而且會承諾去經營恆常不分離的關係。您既忠誠又慷慨，可以不帶妒忌或競爭心去支持並慶賀伴侶的成功，當伴侶的需要浮現時，更能給予回應。

您的憤怒最有可能在親密關係中顯現。因為當您迎合別人時，自己就消失了。
「我有好長一段時間不知道自己的感覺，總是一片空白。當她投射出她所認為我感覺到的事情時，我們便陷入爭吵。我痛恨這種情形，但是對於引發我找到自己想要什麼確實有幫助。」

安定方位：成就型
在安定的狀態下您會變得很專一，能在短時間內完成許多傑出的事。

壓力方位：忠誠型
當面對感情的壓力或情緒對抗時，您會變得充滿恐懼，意識到所潛在的威脅，不但變得退縮，甚至唯命是從、好鬥、彆扭而且更頑固。

建意：
問問自己的想法，而非顧慮別人的意見
注意您對改變的不適感，學習歡迎新事物。
注意您的頑固和被動式抗拒

最渴望：和洽相處
最恐懼：有紛爭，有衝突
最難達到的美德：果斷 (Right action)
最難克服的執念：懶惰 (Sloth)

hehe, i'm lazy to translate it to english.

in summary, it says that i'm quite a gentle, friendly, easy going, patience and dislike conflict kind of guy.

haha what you guys think? i think it describe most of my personality, but there's few that i don't think is accurate. like e.g. i'm not really not active type, usually more towards the passive type, depending on situations and people around me.

each question only offer two choice of answer and some of the question both answer are not my answer but i still need to choose one that is the nearest.

i like to do personality test actually. it sort of help me understand myself more. although it may not be accurate sometimes but it's fun anyway n who knows wat u'll discover next about yourself which you least expected.

by understanding myself more, it would somehow made life easier for me and i'll know which part i should improve on myself. my own's life long journey of self discovery. haha, to be a betterman as in the song sung popular by robbie williams.

hehe, do try it out!:)

ASIMO

2008-11-15T22:16:00.000+08:00

image taken from here

went to one Utama today to meet friends and played some bowling and coincedently ASIMO was in town! it attracted alot of audience when the show started, especially parents bring their children to see it. this robot has travelled around the world and of course, we wouldn't miss the chance to see it.

ASIMO stands for Advanced Step in Innovate Mobility. i heard of ASIMO before and read some of it from advertisement, especially it's symbolic slogan "it inspires us to dream". but one thing for sure, to see it with your own eyes really amazed you. i was thinking like whether if there is a human within the suit or not, because ASIMO's movement is quite fluent like human and has many humanlike behaviours.

it can mimic other people's movement like run, dance, wave hands, claps hands and many more. more amazing is that it is not pre-programmed to do all this movement but instead it is able to respond according to its environment.

image taken from here

one of the gigs that i know it perform is that it can received a tray from a human personnel, walk to the other end of stage and put the tray on the table.

ASIMO's voice and design is quite alike children. i think maybe it's because to don't make it look too intidimating and make it more friendly and lovable looking instead like children. after reading from the website, i've get to know that it's 120cm height is idealy for operating in a living human environment,whereby it is tall enough to open the door, operate copier machines, do stuff on the tables..etc..wow..the japanese really did alot of R&D on this!

image taken from here

i saw from the website, whereby it can even conduct a sympony! you should watch the video of how gracefull ASIMO's hand movements are while it is conducting! walao...really amazing..haha, i duno how many times i use amazing already:P

although the show last about 20minutes, i think it's quite inspiring (like the slogan) it somehow inspires hopes for a better future as well, whereby technology can bring many amazing changes to our lifes. it also made me think that robots or advanced intelligent are not necessary evil and would turn against human race like those in the movies haha, it all depends on our hands really.

for more information about ASIMO, check out it's website here

haha, i suddenly realize that my surname is in the middle of its name:P

an unordinary encounter~

2008-11-03T22:57:00.000+08:00

i encountered something quite non-ordinary today.

as i got off frm my car as i reach home today, i was approached by a stranger. it was raining a little and he was soaked from the rain. a middle aged man, looks like indian and spoke to me in very gud english.

he say that he's just got robbed! he parked his car by the road side to rest and forgot to look the car. the robbers took away all his wallet, handphone and car. he just came back from the police station, and he say that the police wouldn't give him a lift home to PJ, even didn't borrowed him money. so he was disappointed and walk all the way frm the police station towards the major bus station, and hoping that someone could spare him money to take a bus back to his home, PD which is bout one hour from here.

i looked around and saw there is no one else around me. from my judgement i think he's quite genuine, from the tone of his voice, and by the looks in his eyes. and especially becos he speaks quite gud english! i may be biased, but i'm thinking if he could speak such good english, it shouldn't require him to come to be a cheater.

so, i've decided to give him money. i put down the tapao rice food container on the floor, and as i reach for my wallet, luckly i remembered to take a step sideway to keep a safe distance away from him. just to be on the safe side. he was very glad after receiving RM12 and ask whether how he could contact me to return me the money.

i was thinking ...aiyo, u've lost your car, your wallet, your hp already...no need to me la....so i told him no need, and bid him to be more careful next time. and then i saw walked and walked until the end of the road. i sudenly realise that if he walked to Puduraya bus station, it would take him one hour plus? i was wondering if i should offer him a lift, but then i think nola...i've done my part, it's too risky as you never know what will happen.

but then, there's another issue that is of personal safety. it's also hard to say, as maybe the safest action for me to do is to ignore him and walked away. you may never know when that guy is getting your attention, somebody else will attack you from your back. as you know, the crimes rates are quite bad. i've previous bad encounters before, so i know how it feel to be a victim. haha, or maybe i'm lucky that the stranger didn't turn up to be a robber.

conclustion is that i will never know if i'm being cheated or not, but at least i can still answer to my heart if he's really in need. at least i could make up his day for all the bad things he went through. and if i'm being cheated, oh well...
cheated mah cheated lo...count me as unlucky then.

meeting up dad

2008-10-28T21:04:00.000+08:00

went to meet up my dad last night as he was here to work for a few days. it's been quite some time since i met him, and seems like everytime i met him, he seems to grow more white hair.

sign..seeing him like that makes me feel that i am no longer young and my dad is getting older day by day. Feel that i should improve myself more, be more mature, work hard for a good career, and live a healthy life to make my parents less worry and proud. furthermore i feel more obligated being the eldest to set a good example for my brothers.

parents cannot stay together with us forever, that's why we need to grow up and next time we will be raising our own children. i hope i have the strength to go through in life, take the challenges of life, and hopefully meet up to my parent's expectation.

i'm quite look up to my dad, he's a good example to me. a very hardworking, responsible fellow and a very handyman at home. haha, i wonder if i would managed to learn half of his skills from him. although previously we don't really talk much, but undoubtly he's the person that i most respected in life.

i feel quite heavy hearted as i bid farewell to dad, haha, suddenly miss my old home in kuching. living outside made me miss home and my family more and makes me able to appreciate my family more. 3 more months to go before returning to kuching for CNY.

haha, really look forward to it:)

a thought while creating albums in friendster....

2008-10-16T21:35:00.000+08:00

i told a friend that she should arrange her pictures in friendster into different albums instead of jumble it all up in public photos for easy viewing.

oh well, she did it. and i realized that me myself is quite lazy also so i decided to arrange my friendster pictures into albums as well. haha, after telling others to arrange, if i don't arrange myself that would be not gud rite?:P

while i'm dividing my photos into different albums i suddenly feel like as if i'm reviewing my life these few years and labelling them into different sections. haha, felt alot of feelings lo as i look back along the years i've came through until this very moment.

first there's my crazy yet memorable secondary school life. haha,if i can turn back time, i would surely want to relive my secondary school days again. sometimes i stil even dream of coming into a classroom full of my secondary school friends. it's amazing how deep secondary school life stays in your memory.

then there's uni life. feels like a more mature version abit. i believe uni life is the best time for you to play, meaning that you're at the stage when you're more mature than secondary schools and you haven't step into the busy stressful working life yet, and you'll earn your driving license already by then. it's also a period of learning and maturing as you get exposed to alot of new things.

then, there's the big brave step to working society. whereby u feel like you're entering a new world totally different from the previous two. that the first time you'll be faced with harsh reality of life and pressure and hope that you'll be able to stay back at your uni life or secondary school life. but you can't so you must learn to adapt and survive and improve or else you'll be overtaken and beaten by others. as you look at uni or secondary school students you'll suddenly feel that your'e much older than them and they are like green bird:P

then, there's this part of my life that i came to work in kl. actually i'm quite proud of myself as this is something i've never done before leaving my comfort home to whole new place to begin a new life. i can feel that this the biggest step and decision that i've made so far in my life. haha, most importanly i hope i would make my parents proud. life at work can be quite stress, haha, much stress than what my previous job but nevertheless i'm not afraid, as this is the path i chosed.

you'll just have to keep on believing that things would become better and you can do it. i'm glad that i'm able to learn to think positively. positive thinking sometimes even suprised myself of the results! haha, i would stil feel down sometimes, but i'll try to get myself up after that.

there would be many more sections in my life that i would arrange into different albums as times goes by. i feel that every section is important to me, as it all adds up to make me who i am today, or perhaps who i will be tomorrow?

haha, wana took this opportunity to give a very big thank you to all my family and friends. thank you for being there, for being a part of my life. i will not be here and what i am today without you guys:)

image taken from here

thoughts while drinking with colleages...

2008-10-13T21:34:00.000+08:00

last friday went to an open air style music cafe in kepong for drinks with colleages for an farewell event. majority of them ordered beer while i drank ice lemon tea. haha, luckly didn't went to a pub, else i would need to drink beer also.

anyway it started out quite ok, but then as they drank more beers, one of the girl colleage who drank quite alot suddenly mention that she doesn't understand why some guys like to smoke and she ask from them to try one.

i was like huh??? you sure about that? the other girls colleage got try to advice her, but maybe it's because of the little high caused by alcohol she insist to go ahead. so the guy colleage taught her how to smoke, how to inhale the smoke, blow out thru ur nose, how not to breath in into the lung for social smokers..etc..etc.
(i found the saying that "of not inhaling the smoke down your throat but blow it out after sucking it would not be harmful to your health" to be very ridiculus. ahem..never thought about the effect of second hand smoke to others?)

after a few rounds of smoke and beer, i saw her bending over a girl colleage, as if she has collasped to unconsiousness sleep. i heard that first time smoking would make your head dizzy. the guys suddenly felt bad and go comfort her.

i was signing all the way. i really don't like girls that smoke. they are many thing in life to try. but it doesn't mean that you've also got to try everything including bad things as well.

but then again, who am i to judge others, it's their life, their choice. haha, sorry if i sounded harsh, but it's just my thoughts that's all. not pointing to anyone here, just my view of the issue itself.

oh well, at least there's one thing to cheer me up that night which unexpectally came from a little girl. a primary year old who was there with her parents wandered off to our table and started talking to us.

when the girls colleage ask the little girl who's she think is the most handsome among my male colleage, the little girl pointed at me!

wah seh...i actually blushed and at that moment i can't think of anything else to do but to smile and wave to her at the other end of the table. haha,secretly in my heart i feel like saying "hao, xiao mei mei wo xing shang ni!" (well said little girl, i admire you)

nevertheless it's quite cute to received a naive and straigth from the heart compliment from a little girl:)

haha, dear little girl, hope you grow up to be a good girl ya.

aiyo i should have taken a picture with her for remembrance:P

Last Day at Hat Yai

2008-10-08T22:44:00.000+08:00

sign.... last day and the end of our trip.

the girls are complaining last few days they don't have chance to go shopping yet. so the last day is shopping time!

i bought a few t-shirts for myself and family. suprisingly there's alot of funny designed t-shirt sold here.

like this one. it say's i'm a super gay lover. er..not me...the t-shirt. i wouldn't dare to wear this type of t-shirt definitely, just take pic of it only.

we also bough alot of local foods. i've bought a big packet of dried cuttlefish. i believe i got slashed by the seller. i forgot to ask for discount>_<

hmm...always remember to take enough water when going to trip especially in hot weather. i got frequently be reminded to do so as i saw one person who always keep drinking water from time to time.

coconut drink, cheers! unfortunately it tasted more like sugar water than coconut drink >_<.

a few thai word that i've learn from this trip beside the well known sawadikap are:

kou rai - how much
ku pon kap - thank you (to guy)
ku pon kar - thank you (to girl)

haha, that's all that i've remembered.

at the end of the journey, everyone was quite broke! My wallet left only RM20plus something only. there's no malaysian atm here to withdraw money. overall, for penang trip and hatyai trip, i've spend about RM500:P

i felt quite insecure for not having much money on hand. if stil got extra money we would sure go for one more round of massage!

From this hatyai trip, i've get to know two new leng lui frens.

sexy and funny jh. haha, how do i look in pink?

cute cute sz. this is a nice pic, the colors of the clothes matches the staircase while the color of the umbrella matches the sky>_<

But as the saying goes where there's gain, there's lost. My long time good fren, yuen will be going off to Australia for further studies le. So this trip i feel is sort of like a farewell trip for him. haaha need to thanks alot to him also for being
the organizer and the tour guide. with him i've travelled to lots of places here in west malaysia in a short time since coming here to work.

all the best to you in your future endeavour dude:)

haha, and i somehow entered their SK Group membership.

a tradition of SK Group after every trip, we'll write our feelings and wishes in each others post card.

hmmm...i think this is something quite nice for rememberance in future.

A very memorable Hat Yai trip, haha, all the best to my fellow travel mates and keep in touch:)

Part 2 - Hatyai n Songkla - Day Two

2008-10-08T20:45:00.000+08:00

Day Two
we decided to go and took the Tuk-Tuk car, which is their local version of taxi.

The Tuk-tuk here is different than those Tut-Tut car in Bangkok. there's not much buses there compare to numbers of tuk-tuk. One thing u'll notice is there's alot of pickup trucks here as well. Mostly they use it to pick up people at the back, i'm not sure whether it's their family or strangers.

we went to more temples and took more pictures.

this is four faced-buddha. this is the first time i pray to it and need to pray at four directions because of it's four face. every place i go, i would go and pay my respect to local god with frens, hmm...not for religious purpose but just to pay respect to the local spiritual king and ask for a safe journey for everyone.

this is one of thai's elephant god. there's also four of them.

thailand is the land of elephants, big and small:)

we asked the tut-tut driver bought us to see Guan Yin temple.

as we approached the site, i was quite puzzled, and wondered isit Thailand's Guan Yin is different? How come it is covered in gold, and it has those tipped thailand hairstyle?

to take this pic, my friend need to lay down on the floor to take it. and the floor is also quite hot because of the sun!

very nice background view.

haha, i later found that this is not Thailand version Guan Yin, but a Hindu temple.

Guan Yin is located down the Hill, below the hindu temple.

this is me posing with Guan Yu, the brave noble warrior and my most favourite character from the Romance of the Kingdom.

i saw this structure and i thought it was a bird cage. at a closer look i realise that it is used as a place to light firecrackers. hmmm... i think it's sort of a good idea as this way it would be more safe. i wonder why i didn't see any of those in Malaysia before.

i like this fat fat god. i forgot it's name, he looks very hohoho (i don't know how to describe! >_<)

next we decided to go for massage. Massage in Thailand is quite cheap, for a whole body massage which lasted 1 hour plus, it cost only RM20. haha my friend say if he live here, he would go for massage once every month.

haha, but too bad the massager is not so pretty. but nevertheless she is quite skillfull. At one point, i almost thought that she is going to break my waist and kill me as i've never heard my bones cracked so loud! >_<

you'll definitetly feel very refreshed after the massage. haha, i would definitely
come for massage again if i come back to thailand again.

In the evening we visited another thailand's unique showcase- Ah Gua show. haha, i was abit worried about how the place would be like, and i was suprised that alot of people even brought their children to come see the show! Most of the visitors are malaysians, so the announcer got speak mandarin, they've even played modern Chinese Pop song before the performance!

the ticket was RM35, inclusive of quite not bad dinner, so i think it is quite worth the money.

here comes the "Ladies"

some their performances and customs are quite good. although the songs are definitely not sung by them, haha but this is not an ordinary performance anyway:P
some of the custom and background are richly design. you can see that they really did put some effort into it.

i think this egyptian style clothes and background is most richly decorated.

i was thinking that it would be impossible if throughout the whole event they is only traditional dance, turned out that the show did have some hidden suprises.

this "lady" comes out and did some very funny performance and suddenly she ran down the stage, kissing some of the male audience, and even grabbing their hands to touch
"her" "boobs"

pheuww...luckly i was not sitting at the front! i dare not imagine myself kena kissed by them or if i touch their fake boobs>_<

towards the end of the show, the "ladies" did some sexy dance show for the audience. you can see the difference as when they shake their body, their "boobs" wouldn't move as rhythmatically as real boobs should>_<

after the show, the "ladies" went off to the entrance to let visitors take photos and hopefully to get some tips.

we even took a pic with one of them.

it's quite hard to sleep that night, knowing that it is our last night in Hat Yai before returning back to Malaysia 2molo.

Day Three next.

Part 2 - Hatyai n Songkla - Day One

2008-10-06T23:49:00.001+08:00

next day early morning we took a van which took us from butterworth to hat yai. the journey took around 3 hours and for a 2 way trip cost around RM70. so most of the trip i slept like pig again, there's a tv on the van, but that tv is for display only cannot function.

haha, the tv reminds me on my bus trip last time to Sarikei whereby i watched Lord of the Ring on the whole journey from the start til the end and stil haven't reach detination yet.

thailand is the second foreign country that i've set my foot upon after singapore. as i've entered hat yai you'll feel that it is not to so different from other city or town in malaysia except that all the place is filled up with words i don't understand. even the road sign, is mostly in thai.

one thing u'll notice on the road is that they've put up alot of their king's potrait in many many places outdoor. seems that thai pay alot of respect for their king, compared to malaysia, we mostly only get to see the sultan's picture inside government office only.

luckly we didn't drive our car there, cos it would be very difficult to find our way and due to language differences and it would be hard to ask for directions also.

however,they are some thai that can speak hokkien and little english, so at least it's not so bad la. and if they don't know, we really need to use hand language to communicate lo.

Day one
We went to travel around by hiring a van via the tour agency. once arrived we went for a half day trip to Songkla, which is bout half an hour ride from Hat Yai. The van cost around RM200.

due to time limits, we tapao MC-D and ate it on our journey. hohoho, one good thing
about thailand's MCD is that they have pork burger! there's also a prawn burger on promotion, both taste quite good as well.

haha, this is Sawadikap Roland. oh ya, the chocolate dip cost RM1.2 only!

they are many beautiful temples over there.

Among the places we went is this sleeping buddha.

well, it is not as big and awesome as the one in bangkok, but still this is the firt giant sleeping buddha that i saw with my own eyes.

this the folklore museum. actually we wanted to visit another museum but the van driver bought us to this one instead. we're like thinking oh well, since we're there already might as well took a visit.

the entry ticket cost RM6. from the outside, the museum doesn't look very impressive,
but suprisingly the place is really huge!

we've walked and walked for a long time and almost got a little bit lost inside.

there are many items on display but mostly the items are not so different than those in Malaysia's museum as both culture is not so different.

haha, some of the artificial man looks very alike human like tis one jh took with.

if i didn't pay alot of attention i would mistaken it for a real man.

some of them even wore modern clothes! yeah, you've got to praise the artists' hard work to make them so life like:P

The museum is actually build on the side of the mountain and outside the musuem is a far away small fishing village.

here is a closer take of the fishing village, i quite like the peaceful scenary.

hehe, there's also a bunch of thai statues outside the museum and we took funny pics
trying to imitate their pose. yeah...these statues are quite unique n distinctly thailand.

next we went to another place called Tang Kuan Hill, whereby we need to que up for quite some time and we use some sort of cable car like elevator to go up there.

upon exiting the elevator we're being greeted by some motivational notice board.
yeah..i like to read motivational notice board, keeps u pump up in life, even if it is for a few seconds only.

hehe, took alot of pictures.

there so many bells on display, i can't resist to play with it.

haha, i deliberately stand behind the canon for this picture:P

i like shape of this tree:) it has

thailand there's alot of hot tom yam, it is quite a waste for me as i'm not good at taking hot and spicy food. haha, sorry guys, need to accomodate me:P

after we went to dinner we go and take a walk around a nearby beach, and i was quite suprised and very very disappointed to see how dirty it is!

it's all pilled up of rubbish! really can't stand it la. very uncivic minded.

luckly the sandy beach is not dirty. else it would really spoil the mood.

taking pictures with a mermaid statue on samila beach. the photo was taken by a malaysian tourist. we are quite happy to meet someone who speak the same familiar tongue after whole day of hard communication.

this island looks familiar, beyond the coastline of santubong, kuching there's also an island similiar to this shape!

day one was suprisingly tired, and everyone fell asleep like pig once we reach back our hotel at Lee Garden. oh Lee Garden hotel cost around RM150 per night. before i slept, i turned on the tv and as i surf the channel i've found that there're all in thai and mostly there's no subtitles!

amazingly, thailand got produce alot of local shows for local market, which is much much more if compare to malaysia. malaysian official tv has only a few channels whereas thai has alot lot more.

haha, of course how we waste our valueble time sleeping only, on around midnight we went to a nearby hawker stall to try some local delights.

Hat yai is a small town, so there's not much night life except those hawker stalls at the roadside, some pubs, massage centre..etc.

this is called "tou tang" a mixture of stuffs. looks nice, but sadly i think taste
so-so. i think it's not worth the price which is RM3-5.

i prefered the bbq cuttlefish more. eaten with chili and peanuts. they use a roller machine to roll the cuttlefish straights. it reminded me back in the old days whereby
my dad told us he uses hammer to straighten the cuttlefish as they is no roller to use.

Day Two coming up next!

Part 1 - Penang Trip

2008-10-05T16:29:00.000+08:00

Wow, I’m really grateful that I’m able to embark on another trip again. This time is to Penang and to Hat Yai, in south Thailand during the Raya holidays.

this is gonna be the most pics taken n posted in my history of blogging thus far, all thanks to the group of frenzy photo takers frens, which called themselve SK Group.

the journey begins by taking a bus from Puduraya bus station to Butterworth, whereby we stay at a friend's place. the journey took about 4 hours plus n cost about RM36 per trip. haha, tis is also my first time taking a long distance bus in west malaysia n luckly managed to take some sleep admist the bumpy ride.

we are lucky to have a friend that is able to let us stay at her house for the night. haha, even got bed to sleep somemore. tat night it took me some effort to get to sleep, either is because i'm too excited or just that i suddenly realize i've haven't been sleeping in a bed for a few months already sicne i came to KL!

next morning we went to tour around penang island.

went to a temple to look at Cheng Ho's footmark.

somehow i feel i got cheated to come all this way to look at someone's foot. but nevertheless i still got throw in some coins for good luck and a safe journey.

there's a small, abit shaky jeti whereby we go there for sight seeing and pics tooking.

"shuai ge" posing.

"shuai ge mei ni" posing

do you think laksama cheng ho looks like andy lau?>_<

next we visited the war museum which is RM15per entry.

hehe, cool posing in front of the war museum.

well, items wise, it does not really have alot of items to display, but the more interesting part is that it is build upon a real fort, so there's got real underground escape tunnels to explore which is really fun.

some of them is in pitch black conditions whereby we need to use our hp light to nagivate our way.

There's this one very high up metal ladder that you need to climb at the end of the escape route.

posing in at the entrace of the escape route. bang! bang!

posing in the middle of the escape route.

this is roughly how high it is, i think it's about 2 storey high.

this is k.p. performing her levitation stunts in middle of the ladder. haha, tanks to
her for driving us around.

hehe, finally made it. beware of dangerous houg:P

he's reviving the Nazi, and he has got new recruitment!

There's a few big canons to play around with.

like this one.

and this one. haha, the girls very co-operative:)

suprisingly there's a place to play paintball also. and the battlegrounds is by far the best paintball battlegrounds i've seen so far. there's alot of trees, bunkers, tyres, and even have towers and bunkers! but i think the fees is quite expensive, 100bullet for RM50 or lesser than that, i forgot the exact amount.

this pics i feel suddenly got camera at my back so i turn and pose. haha, got infected with photo sensitive desease.

there's alot of eating place in penang, but due to time limits, i've only been to a few.

this place is good for dim sum!- Restoran Chaw Choon.

look at the food! i must come again next time. hehe.

there this concept store, T-bowl in Queen's bay whereby all the seat are toilet bowl!

haha, luckly the food served is normal food, not toilet food. taste not bad also.

haha, but i don't enjoy "mian xian hu", which i called it "mee hoon soup"

this is also my first time go take photo inside the fancy photo mini studio booth.
they don't give u softcopy so kenot post here:P the girls just love it.

so if got next trip, i'm gona try more things to eat! oh, they're a saying that penang girls are pretty, hmmm...after a this trip, i've gotta agree lo. hmm...dunno
why like tat.

next post coming up a.s.a.p - Hatyai trip! stay tune:)

My Merdeka Weekends at Pulau Pangkor

2008-09-25T00:07:00.000+08:00

This is the story of my third conquest that I’ve set my foot upon on West Malaysia, Pulau Pangkor. And the first island in West Malaysia that I’ve been to.

Frankly the trip was quite a last minute plan, luckily there are still places for us to book and stay amidst the Merdaka Holidays. The journey took about 3 hours of driving from PJ up to the town of Lumut whereby we took a ferry to cross to Pangkor Island. It was my first time that I drive for 3 hours plus and also the first time I drove my car into the federal high ways. Wow, the speed can easily went up to 120kmph. It was also the first time that I drove so fast but yet still don’t really feel that you’re fast while at it.

Hmm….sky blue sky….you can only see this outside of KL.

We’ve even pass by some vast expanses of rice field. The rice field almost covers up the whole horizon!

The island is quite big to have a bustling small town in it.

This is one of the place to buy local sea products. haiz.... i knew i should have buy more packets of dried cuttlefish!

Renting a Kancil for bout 2days cost us around RM200 plus. Having a car is more convenient to travel around the island, compare to renting a bike or bicycle. Renting a bicycle seems to be the ideal holiday transportation of choice. But luckily we’ve done some research beforehand saying that some roads around the island are quite mountainous and it took them hell of a time and effort by cycling >_<

This is an old Dutch fort. To tell the truth I was quite disappointed. How can you call this a fort if they don’t have canons. Canons! Canons! Yup that’s right! Like Fort Margretta in Kuching, Kota A Famosa in Melaka, haha, even the Sarawak Museum got canons! Haha, cos if there’s a cannon I would want to mount on it and take picture with it.

But nevertheless it has quite good scenery.

this pic reminds me of the old malay kampung that i used to draw and color in art class a long long time ago:)

I quite like this pic, not that i looked good in it, but because of the background. Old forts, trees, sands, seas, mountains and skies, wow the entire combo in it.

Next we hit the beach to catch the sunset. And then my friend suggested us to take those time stop levitation pictures.

Wow, I forgot how many times was the NG take. Oh ya, this is also my first time taking such pictures.

Then, we sit down on the beach, a little exhausted and enjoy the evening sunset while munching local sea products and also imagining the evening clouds to be of ships and star fighters.

There’s one place at night at Pangkor which is quite a good hang out place to go, Daddy’s Café. One Thing special is that it’s located by the seaside and the tables and chairs are put upon the sand. It has quite a very good atmosphere and surroundings, whereby they play light music, and there’s many little decorated colorful lights.

You’ll also be able to listen to the sound of waves and enjoying the night sky view full of stars while eating snacks and drinking a hot cup of milo or beer.

The waiter that is serving us is also quite friendly and we even manage to have a short conversation with us. Haha, I think this is the first time I have a conversation this long with a waiter that I met for the first time. Furthermore, most importantly, the food there tastes quite ok and the price is still affordable.

A toast to friendship and housemate ship^_^

After the supper, we go take some newspaper and put in on the beach as we lay down to continue our star gazing. Haha, need to appreciate the beautiful night sky as much as possible as it is impossible to see one back in KL. We lay down, chit chat, and slowly munching local sea products again. Wah She, eat somemore!

Yes, I sleep like pig in the weekends. But if is weekend+holiday+being somewhere else for holidays, then you know la….. Waking up seems like forever. Luckly we went for a 3 days 2 nites trip so I can salvage more time to sleep, no need to be in a too tight schedule hohoho.

see that? battleships! er.. nola, it's not big enough to be battleship, seems Lumut is also a parking bay for our country's navy.

We went snookering the next day, unfortunately there’s no picture taken as we think that it is unsafe to leave the camera abroad when we’re all at the ocean. According to my friend, he ranked this time’s snookering experience to be 1 out of 10 as the water here is very unclear and there are not much corals to see, only fish. This is my second time in the open ocean but I have more fun and I’m braver this time as there’s a lot of people going together.

This also my first time snookering. Wow, if u accidentally kena sea water in your nose, wow, it’s extremely uncomfortable and you really can’t do anything about it. The boat captain which is very humorous gave us a tip on snookering “oh, snookering very easy one, when you’re in the water, move your hand like playing mahjong and move your leg like your cycling”

The boat captain also gave us a roller coaster boat ride which would bump your butt out from your seat and landing heavily again on your seat. One time, I’ve been bump again in midair before my butt landed. Ngaiti, luckily my breakfast remain there inside in my stomach.

My best experience of the sea trip is that he went off diving to the sea to collect sea cucumber and other sea creatures for us to see. We are quite lucky as we saw that on other boats, the boat captain doesn’t perform this extra service. Oh.. this reminds me, does that means that he charged us more?! Haha, but I think RM25 is still quite worth it, for the experience and fun of the trip.

picture of sea cucumber (it's twice or three times bigger than land cucumber)taken from here

My first encounter with sea cucumber is at Sentosa Island Underwater World whereby there’s a small shallow pool whereby they let you touch the sea cucumber. Oh my, I’ve never prepared for that day’s encounter of sea cucumber at Pangkor! The boat captain says that there’s another nickname for it which is called “Sea Man Bird” (direct translation from Mandarin, take note that the Bird here does not mean those Bird that can fly in the sky)

When he catch the sea cucumber and shows us in his hands we all move to the side of the boat to see, and when he suddenly throw the sea cucumber at us, everyone quickly scrambles aside and the girls scream like hell. When it landed on the boat, it started to release a white sticky liquid, which looks very similar to sperm ( I don’t why it did this, for self defense?) and more funny thing is that is its size can grow big or small. The boat captain say we need to throw the sea cucumber back to the sea as it cannot survive too long without water. So I took it up, oh man…when I touch it I feel so grouse, hmm…feels spongy…and I quickly throw it off and as I pick up and throw, it even leaves a trail of “sperm” on the boat>_<

Now I understand why they have such nicknames. Too bad we couldn’t take picture of the sea man bird and it's leftovers.

oh well, this trip would be perfect if not for one incident. me and my friend left our wallet in our room and when we're back we found that a few RM50 notes is missing. damn...and my watch is missing also. I was quite kek tiok becos the watch was a gift from dad before i come here to KL. We've complained to the management and he was kind enough to counter-offer by giving us the rental free.

so the lesson learned here, alwasy hide your things well while going vacation, even in a locked room!

It was a nice trip indeed, 3days 2 nights costing about RM300 each person. Haha, this month I would be eating more Maggie Mee then. Haha, look forward to my next trip!:)

周末的小打扫

2008-09-21T14:09:00.000+08:00

哈哈，虽然我的卫生观念也没有那么好（是属猪的关系吗？>_<），但偶尔我也是会自发去打扫和整理周围的。
是罗，当我看到灰尘推倒一些程度我会感到pai seh 的。

一边收拾一边听音乐，慢慢一步步的做，慢慢看到成果。心情也奇妙的会变得比较好一点。
hmmm.... 也许收拾东西时，也同样可以收拾心情。

哈哈，有时感觉像做这些简单的事也可以让自己开心一点，会觉得比较有意义。生活中有多一些意义，不是很好吗？:)

Melaka~ my sight seeing and makan makan makan trip

2008-09-03T21:35:00.000+08:00

It was not very long since my last trip to another state and now I’m glad I got the chance to set foot in yet another state. Last weekend I followed my friends for a 2 days 1 night trip to the Ancient City of Melaka.

See those tree behind me, the government even set up machine to play bird's voice on the tree:P

my housemate, me & A-Famosa canon, seeing that makes me remember the sitting on top of the canon sceen again.

Melaka is quite a nice place. There’s less pollution, less tall buildings, more trees and a lot of unique old buildings, and most importantly a lot of eating place.

This is Portugese Ikan Bakar, oh..the fish is under the sauce so you can't see it here haha, too bad it is too hot for me>_<
The drink is a freshly made mango juice, i quite enjoy this one(i drank two cup :P)

Haha. What I like about this trip is that most of the time, we’re like going from one eating place to another: P Really, there’s a lot of unique food only available in Melaka.

This is luo han guo drink which is really cooling, it tasted as good as the good as the one in petaling street.

Well, after tasting a lot, I wouldn’t say everything is nice, yes, there are things that is nice, and also some that is not suitable for my taste.

This is Satay Celup, whereby you take alot of sticks of stuff and dip it in a curry lookaclike paste which is in the middle of the table and it's cooking it below, since it's hot so i don't get to enjoy it alot. but it really has a unique eating style.

This is round shape rice, hmm...too bad they cannot make the chikcen round also haha.

Haha, I think the best is the cendol in Jonker Walk. Wah, thinking of it now, even can make my mouth drool. due to time limit, i didn't get the chance to eat two bowls>_<...

oh by the way, don't go to the roadside stall selling cendol oposite the red clock tower, it is really not consumable by human.

I would like to thank my friend for letting us stay at her place for the night. Wow, it’s freezing cold that night and luckily I didn’t catch flu. Their family even cooks a nice meal for us all.

It’s quite nice to walk along the old streets and shops of Melaka. It somehow reminds me of Kuching’s carpenter street, with all those old buildings from the British colonial era.

With my two housemate, Haha, i like the Bruce Lee poster at the wall.

We went to Junker’s walk, a street which sells a lot of interesting home made Melaka stuff. It is really a nice place to shop and bought hand made souvenirs.

This is geographer's cafe in Jonker Walk, it is the place where a part of the movie "Summer Mo Mo Tea" is filmed. my friend say it's pretty expensive so just managed to take pic from outside:P

Haha, you don't have to go to London to see a double decker bus:)

Melaka, hmm...a nice trip indeed.

My accidental performance at 海螺

2008-07-28T21:55:00.000+08:00

last weekend i went to 海螺 at OUG with my friend to see a friend of his who's performing for the night. wow, she's a very good singer indeed. dun play play. i like her voice very much, there's alot of power in it. She sang Ah-Mei's song quite well. haha, i think Ah-Mei's is quite challengin to sing, and for girls able to sing her song well, i think it's considered very good already.

the atmosphere there is quite nice actually. half fan, half open air. located in outskirt abit area so the air freshness still ok. but then the food and the drinks really is not up to standard. i think it's almost below average, and it's quite expensive some more.

no wonder, you don't see alot of people there. i heard that business in 海螺 is not doing well as it used to be. hmm...i can see that one important thing is the lack of good drink and food. cos you need good music+good food to make the perfect blend;)

it was nearing the end, when suddenly the singer who's my friend's friend announce to the crowd that there's a secret guest tonight that would be singing a song. and while she say this, she look at our table. my friend was making the OMG expression and laughing but i'll still blur.

then she say that she knows one of her friend here today who likes to sing, from table 22, oh my...that's our table no! and she open up her invitation to that friend to come up to sing, IF he don't mind.... oh well...i was thinking what the heck, just do it!

i quite nervously walk towards the stage, and i began to feel totally uncomfortable as i'm surrounded by eyes. although this is not my first time singing in front of a crowd, but this is my first time to totally sing unprepared in front of a crowd.

after a brief intro, the singer ask me what song i want to sing, i decide to sing "彩虹”by 周杰伦. as i like this song and it's not very hard. although i've sing this song alot of times, i still couldn't stop my nervousness. damn...i can feel my hands and legs shaking as my first voice come out a little trembling as well. damn..the first part was not a good performance, i only get to sing better at the second part of the song as i calm down more. oh i'm not really good about the rap part of the song, luckily is jay chou's song so you can mumble through even if you are not sure of the lyrics.

haha, luckily i think i still managed to get some of the audiencce attention:P and the waiter and waitress even team up to wave their hand together at me. anyway, it was a very nice experience. although i didn't think i sang up to my usual standard, even my friend say so, haha i hope i wouln't provide too much voice pollution the customers>_<.

(picture abit blur, sorry:P )

Thanks for the opportunity given^_^