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2011 In Reverse

2011-12-31T23:59:00.000+11:00

This year seems to be rather shorter.

Or perhaps pages on the calendar got flipped slightly faster.

To the world, 2011 reminds everyone about Japan's tsunami...

about Prince William's wedding...

about Osama's death...

about Steve's death...

about Thailand's flood...

about Kim Jong-il's death...

and of course many other events, disasters and deaths...

To me, personally, 2011 is a year that reminds me about...

.....

....

...

*2011 in reverse...

It is a whole new year from now on,

and definitely, 2011 will only be memories and history.

Let's cherish all the wonderful moments with family and friend,

treasure and appreciate every second with the loved ones.

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and...

*Sayonara, 2011...

P/S: Wishing you all the best too over the other side of the country. Take care...

那一天，我们一起看的麻河

2011-11-23T02:30:00.010+11:00

*那一天，我们一起看的麻河

Is been a while since the last trip. Life lately is all about working and working, and working. Was wondering is this what that is looking for, is this what that is really wanted. Anyway back to this short trip that we spent in Muar. Yes, Muar =). Why Muar? Well, initially we were planning to have a getaway to this hot spring but unfortunately it was fully booked. So we finally resort to somewhere that we never been to before. When you went and tell your friends that "hey I just spent my weekend in Muar. It was fun" and their reply will be like "Muar?! What can you do over there?". Even Muarian themselves say Muar is a boring town. But honestly this getaway is really one relaxing one, and the entire trip is so much better with our local guide.

*Meet Mr Loon, our Muar guide cum super poser.

*My trip-mates =)

We spent almost half a day on the road, and as soon as we step into Muar, we were brought to his mansion to unload all our stuff and off we go to the first stop to fill our stomach. Then right after that, the well known Tanjung which is famous to see monkeys lepak-ing around. Next stop, we were brought to this so called teh tarik beach and had a round of photographing session. Followed by the Muar river and another round of photographing session... Hmm, guess it is better to let the pictures tell the story, I shall keep quiet before we are put into slumber.

*Welcome to Muar, the town with high rise... antenna =)

*The teh tarik beach...

*... whereby the most interesting stuff to do is to take photo...

*... and to take photo of others taking photo of others -_-'

*The 麻 river.

*Cam whore - front view

*Cam whore - side view. 0_0...

*Mr Loon introducing the awesome pictures he took, and it is started with something like this

"我跟你讲..."

*We have our guide to demonstrate how to pose with the train.

*Muar's famous coffee

*So nice that my gastric knows when is the 'best time' to hit me till I can only watch and smell =(

With the guide on board, boredom seems to lost its existence inside the holiday dictionary. There were so much of things that he shared with us throughout the entire day in Muar. So much that I can only remembered that he used to order his burger from the window of his classroom, 2 floors and a road away from him. And this tour guide of us really knows his area very much, so much that he knows it will take 2 minutes and 34 seconds to reach to our dinner place and 15 minutes and 25 seconds to reach to the k-box. Yea, truly amazing!

*Sing K session

*Practically he can cam whore anytime at anywhere with anything

The next day, we had our breakfast at our tour guide's favourite food stall and bought the otak otak before we head back to Malacca. Yup, Malacca again but this time it is rather less interesting because the whole Malacca is flooded with people from all around the world, even Nadeje will take you centuries to get a place in it. But the dinner itself is special enough to mark the end of this two days one night trip. We get to roll our own Popia!

*Otak Otak

*On the way to Malacca =)

*First stop, to satisfy our hunger

*Then we headed to the beach, to waste time =)

*好，来，你站那边，你们站过去另外一边

*不会听华语啊，叫你站过去啦！

*XD

*The one behind our delicious dinner. Thank you.

Though it is only such a short trip, but it does relax myself, both physically and mentally. And of course we get to see the other side of our tour guide. Hmm, ok, I think it is only me myself who get to see the other side of Mr Loon. Back then during the time in Melbourne, Mr Loon to me was someone who is extremely quiet and cold, something similar to SOS when she was still a block of ice to me. Only now after this trip I realized he is one joker, an Oscar-winning-standard one. Anyway, that weekend was really a great one =)

*Pieces of memory =)

P/S: Perhaps it has been quite a while I didn't blog, or maybe the work itself has changes the entire mindset of mine. It was quite struggling to crap out this entire post and the flow is just not there. Look forward to more things aside from work so that this place will not be left abandoned for months. Hmm... it seems that I really blame everything to my work. Does that indicate something?

*Till we meet again =)

雨前。彩虹。

2011-11-22T22:51:00.004+11:00

这城市在下着雨，下了好久好久。。。

几乎忘了最后一次有阳光的蓝天是长着什么样子，

只记得在这大雨降临之前的那道彩虹。

虽然只是那短短的时间，印象却非常深刻。

撑着把伞，

在这下着雨的城市走了好久。

一路走来，

经过的都是那些不陌生的街头。

曾经，

在路口就可以轻易听见街上传来的笑声，

但现在只看见蒙蒙的雨滴，

只看见喜悦的背影。。。

到十字路口了，

交通灯也该转绿灯了。

但仍然原地不走地在等待，

等待这下一道彩虹，

等待着那雨后的彩虹。

何时才会出现？

*雨前的彩虹。

P/S: Words behind the picture

祝我生日快乐

2011-05-25T03:04:00.011+10:00

*Study life. No more.

Exactly one month just pass and it is as if yesterday was the first day I am labeled as an engineer. Back then when I was still a student, I have always dream of leaving uni and work as an engineer. What I am talking here is the 'under-developed' mindset of mine when I was at second year. Perhaps the stress of continuously coming assignments and projects built up that silly mindset. I totally had no idea why I ever dream of being an engineer while the actual fact is that, an engineering student's life is so much more enjoyable than an engineer. And that mindset finally got a major tuning during third year and by the edge of finishing this course, I always dream of staying as an engineering student forever XD. Yes, I miss study life extremely a lot.

*Time flies... Really fast...

Thinking back, fourth year might be slightly lifeless than third year but overall, it is still quite happening, at least if you were to ask me to list out what major event on each month till now, I can roughly draft out that list. Hmm... Well, let's give it a try. Let's just don over-estimate ourselves to start listing up from the beginning of 2010, how about we put our 'financial' year at the mid year of 2010 =)?

June - I supposed this is the busiest month for the first semester because exam period is drawing very near. So the most happening stuff I can think of was the study group we used to have. During that time we still yet to dominate our FYP lab and our final resort will be either library or cafeteria, and of coz not to forget the empty classroom in level 2. Hmm... Thinking back, those days where we get to sit together discussing pass year papers and crapping, were really great. =)

*An evident of 'engineering students are not 100% no-life'. We conquer the mountain! (Tabur only)

July - Semester break! and the greatest stuff during that time was the so called winter break of aussie people. Yea, winter break on a 24/7 summer-land. But that trip itself was one of the most enjoyable and relaxing trip of all.

August - The only stuff that pass through my mind when I think about August 2010 was the famine 30. Ok, to be exact I only starve for like 12 hours. Forgive me, I tried my very best to the extend I hid myself under the table to satisfy my hunger, just to avoid those camp-leaders caught me 'red-handed'. Overall, that camp was indeed unforgettable. I don think I will ever sleep on a few pieces of cardboard, in the middle of the road, right below the moon, and wake up after the 'nature's alarm' sounded (I mean raining).

September - FYP due date was drawing extremely near. However, this doesn't stop us from going to, perhaps the last Monash Ball. Paying around 80 something, and what we got in return was a memorable and glamorous night, with tonnes of photos. Probably that night was the only night where we dressed up till so glam =). I personally enjoy that ball (and of coz the after party) very much.

*Those days were so memorable

October - Stress was in the air, ok, maybe it was only myself because the FYP submission date was so near and yet my progress was practically zero. At least, there was something that took us out from the FYP lab and to my house for a house party session. Our main objective was to give Kha Liang a surprise for his birthday but then things kinda went off-track slightly. Still, it was one of the best gathering of all. Why? Imagine Si Keat and Wye Hoe said yes to attend and additionally you have Kee in quite a few photos. Haha... That is like the rare-est thing you can expect.

*The last picture before we went to the battlefield, against the notorious lecturers XD.

November - Time to say farewell to each and every corner of Engineering Building. The FYP presentation roughly marked the end of this 4 years of study life. What was left back then was only the final exam and soon after that was a long long break. 2nd semester... The thing that I missed most were those days where I spent most of my time in school, practically more than the time I spent at home. I still remember there was once the 12 of us went all the way to SS15 just to take away AyamMas chicken rice and ate it right in front of the library. Those days... Hmm...

*'Group study' =)

*The so called Last Dinner @ Shogun

December to April - Well, basically these four months were the most happening one. Malacca, Langkawi, Bali and Singapore. Need not to elaborate more on that, don't you? I am afraid further elaboration on that will put you in sweet slumber.

*Perhaps the happiest CNY of all

*It has been quite some time since the last time I had my dream here.

*Meet the sponsorship termination contract aka Degree Certificate

May - Marked the beginning of a new chapter of life. Totally different from the one previously. The pressure and stress took a different form, appearing in the same way as it used to be last time. No more format to follow, instruction as guidance nor anyone to seek for help. Everyone is busy and basically no one is going to spend out his few pieces of moment to listen to your problem. Just felt like I was thrown to the deep blue sea, in search for the seaside. Hopefully I won get drown halfway before I reach.

*不知不觉，三年了。。。

P/S: I met you as a student as well as a failure, kept on bothering you with my long-winded grandma story. Then I have you deliver my warm messages back home to my homies when I wasn't around. And occasionally, I shared the moments of some of my trips as well as other memorable events. Thanks for the accompany throughout these years and I hope that there are more happy moments to share with you. And now here I am as a so called engineer, wishing you...

*Happy Birthday, Resonance of Life. And thank you =).

Farewell... Hello...

2011-04-24T03:58:00.006+10:00

*Farewell, midnight...

If people give me a survey with the question "Which part of the day that you like the most?", and with no hesitation, my answer would definitely be midnight. I forgot since when I love staying up till midnight and I enjoyed being there, even though there is nothing better to do beside going to bed. Hmm... I do have a set of reason why midnight is the best part of a day =). Because it is the beginning of a new day, and you are actually welcoming it with a so called 'celebration' that last for hours (though sometimes there isn't anything during the celebration). Ok, that was just an excuses.

*Another thing I enjoyed doing at night, outside =).

The reason is that, it is during this time that you are totally alone and it is as if the whole world just become so silent. The only thing you can barely listen to will be your favourite repeating song. Ya, that is basically what I enjoyed doing most during midnight. But probably, tonight will be the last night for me to enjoy this lifestyle that hokkien will name me "SIAO LANG". Hmm... Typical, it is only when you are going to lose it, only then you learn how to appreciate it and miss it. And no doubt at this moment, I have already started to miss my so called 'Dark Age'. Dark in the sense that nothing much was done in the day time besides sleeping and those necessary stuff (taking meals and answering nature's call). I do agree that my day actually started after dinner. Oh my, up till what I have typed here, I really think my lifestyle is so abnormal, but ironically I enjoyed it =).

*There goes my SIAO LANG days

*Luckily my SIAO LANG days on weekends aren't that lifeless. Birthday celebrations are one after another.

*We first have Bing's...

*... then followed by Chong Hoong's...

*... and Evelyn's one as well.

*Not to forget the once in a life time ceremony. =)

The last day I stepped into the FYP lab till now, it has been almost half a year. That was one long holiday. So long that I can barely remember every detail of every single day. Throughout these period, trips took up quite a number of slots. First was the Mechatronics Langkawi trip, then followed by a mini Malacca trip and finally the grand one, Bali Trip. But the one thing that really took up most of my time is job searching. From online application to recommendation from others and finally to the Singapore Job Search Trip (well, we did went to the jobfair, just that it is not worth staying for whole day only then we decided to go Marina Bay =P), I have been to numerous interviews and of coz, rejected numerous offers. But one thing, I really learn something about myself from this job searching experience and I am still working very hard to overcome it. Hopefully karma don hit me on my first job for rejecting those offers.

*Bali... Indeed a wonderful place with wonderful memories.

*Didn't expect this to turn out to be quite smooth.

*See those recycle bag? It is a proof that we did went there =)

Well, nothing much. Just wanna scribble something onto this soon-to-be-abandoned blog of mine before I welcome the next page of my life. Hmm... I might make this entire blogpost sounded as if it is the end of the world tomorrow, but at this current moment, I do feel what chinese used to say, 忐忑不安. Again, I think it is the sudden transition that I don get used to it. Way back last time, the thing that actually took up my major concern will be to get good grades, but now the aim somehow became so much wider till I can hardly see what am I aiming. Back to the question that actually strike me for months, What Do I Really Want? Hmm... I hope the answer will become clearer soon. Really hope it won't be too long till I really know what I want.

*Carefree weekends...

*... and weekdays... Bye, I guess.

Ok, clock hit 3 and it is my usual sleeping time. And it will be unusual starting tomorrow. Time for a major tuning to my biological clock. Farewell, midnight and take care and..........

*Hello, early morning and nice to meet you...

P/S: Hopefully the next blogpost will not be a series of complaints from work XD.

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2011-03-29T05:01:00.006+11:00

It is as if a wake up alarm just hit on me...
To wake me up from this sweetest dream ever...
To make me realize that it is time to back to normal...
To tell me that for what had happened, it is all over...

Spring came with all the wonderful moments started to blossom...
But it never last and summer started to burn it away slowly...
It just fade away along with the autumn wind...
and all that is left are just pieces of winter-cold memory...

If it wasn't the moments, there wouldn't be a step ahead...
If it wasn't a step ahead, there wouldn't be good memory...
and if it wasn't the memory, thing will be how it used to be back then...
and perhaps it will be much better now...

Thought that for what had happened, it will be so much different...
Indeed it is, just the opposite way...
and now turning back seems to be so painful...
but there is no second option to be chosen...

Promise is made and it will never be broken...
Just like how it used to be last time...
Will be there when is needed, as always...
But one thing change, and will try not to be shown...

Kita kan bertemu lagi...

2011-01-28T19:51:00.040+11:00

*The full Bali-mates =)

Looking back at the last post, it was like the most terrible time of all within the four years of uni life. Back then when it happened, it totally drifted my mood away. But things got really better eventually. For how everything turned out to be, I really would like to say a BIG thank you to the best tutor, Boon How. Without your help, guess I would have fail that paper and maybe even my FYP. And of coz, without your help, I wouldn't have such a wonderful trip in Bali. Time really flies, it is still very fresh in my mind about how this plan first came up to our mind and all the planning throughout the whole year.

*Bali... here we come =)

*Allow me to introduce our Mr. Organizer, Ishak Bing. Hehe... your plan was just awesome. Thank you.

*Miss Shirley aka ru peng you

*Mei... and

*June XD

*Ying =)

*Bei Bei or Fei Fei... I forgot what the tour guide called you...

*Jocelyn and...

*Ah Lek aka Monash's Arnold, just a bit off shape but still looking good =).

*Ting (PeiTing) and...

*Mr KarMun Lai aka BeBek

*Michele aka Miss Malou and her

*BlueBit... =)

Still remember the day when we met at LCCT and everyone suddenly got 'hyped-up' after Peiting nearly checked in her mobile phone. Excitement is in the air and after a not so complete 大家照, off we go to meet with the awaiting couple in Bali. I did not really sleep or rest throughout the whole journey, most of the time were spent talking nonsense with the couple sitting next to me. Well, I guess I have been a very 'professional' lightbulb for that 3 hours of flight.

*Sayonara Malaysia =).

* "我很无聊"

Upon arriving, everyone looked like as if they just went for a 3 days 2 nights mountain climbing without resting, and I guess we are even more exhausted after an hour of traffic jam to our apartment. After unloading, we walked all the way out to Legian Street for dinner, and I had my first 0.65 million meal, a plate of Fish 'n' Chip and a BOTTLE of coke =.=". Being a millionaire can be extremely headache, especially when you see so many zeroes on your bill and notes.

*At a warung on Legian Street. Hungry and tired

*Rare & Antique =)

The following two days are all about sight-seeing, food and of coz temple visiting. But before all these came into the schedule, we had some 'appetizers' visiting to the Batik house and Silver House.

*Ya... The 'appetizer' was indeed quite boring, as you can see from their pig face.

The first 'main course' served is the rice terraces field. It is sort of like a must to be appeared on your facebook Bali Trip album. Then, coming up next was the famous Gunung Batur. We had our first buffet lunch in a restaurant which can let you have a great view of that volcano mountain while enjoying your meal. Like the saying goes, 'The field on the other side is always greener' and we have 'The pork in Bali is always nicer' because all of us just went after the pork satay as if we never had pork before. But seriously, it really taste different and much nicer.

*TADA... The rice terrace...

*Taking photos is what we can do here, I think.

*And fast forward to the famous Gunung Batur

*Guess I was too busy with the beautiful Gunung Batur scenery and the food. Well here is one of the main character of our buffet lunch.

After that delicious pork lunch, we were brought to taste the famous and unique coffee, made fresh from the by product of a kind of animal named Luwak in Balinese/Indonesian. Well, despite of its expensive price, I don think I know how to appreciate such genuine coffee. I still prefer Nescafe =).

*Uncles demonstrating the initial stage of this unique coffee making process XD.

*This so called coffee shop is just so mother-nature-ly.

*Ok, time to introduce the coffee behind the lens.

*Don't judge the coffee by its cup-size, this row of liquid keep my eyes open till 4am in the midnight...

*Hmm.. I wonder what is exactly inside these coffee...

*It is only the first day and we are already quite close with our tour guide.

Finally after the coffee, we came to the first temple visit of the trip, Tirta Empul and followed by a visit to the Monkey Forest where Peiting just accidentally got bulied by Shir Ley. Poor thing. After the dinner, everyone is again in the drained form. Only left back a few of us who are still so energetic to stay awake and played a round of card game before we hit the sack.

*Here we are in Tirta Empul

*Again, photographing session =)

*Initially I have a thought of bringing my swimming trunk to join them, think again, better don ruin this holy pool.

*Ladies & gentlemen, welcome to the Aggressive Street. If you don intend to buy anything, make your pace as fast as possible to the exit before you get 'caught'.

*Hopefully they can't see me XD.

*The Monkey Forest aka PeiTing's nightmare-land XD

* "Hello People =)"

*Karmun: "I don know you o. You make her cry liao you TAM her back o"

*Poor bing, now you have another so called 'rival' besides yi mei. XD.

*Our 2nd night dinner =).

*Don be fooled by its appearance. This is nothing but SPICY.

The next day was almost all about temple visiting, started with the Royal Temple, which I think the ultimate destination of this temple is the tower where we fit the 12 of us on it and took a very sweaty 大家照.

*Shirley: "Everyone! welcome to this... errr... *I forgot the name of the place*"

*Time for group picture, again =)

*Shirley, nice pose you have. LOL...

*And also camwhoring with DSLR.

*This is what we called PRO =). Ada gaya punya.

*Up to the tower for our sweaty group photo.

Then we had our lunch , accompanied by the rice terrace field view. Again, 'the sambal in Bali is always nicer', imagine we almost finished that restaurants sambal and they got stunned why this bunch of people can eat Mushroom and Chicken chop with, sambal -_-". After the lunch, we continue with temple visiting again. It is called the Ulun Danu Beratan Temple , a temple where it is located on a lake up on a mountain. The rain did not stop us from making our way as near as possible to the temple. From far, it is as if there is a whole stretch of moving umbrellas along the edge of the lake. After dipping our leg into the lake water, we tour around the garden of the temple while making our way back to the entrance to head for the next temple.

*Lunch time again =).

*This can be quite good to be served with sambal.

*And we are finally here, the Ulun Danu Beratan Temple, one of my favourite temple =).

*Despite raining, we are still happy with umbrellas.

*望什么望，没有看过美女啊！

*爱情“玩水”饱 =）

On our way to Tanah Lot Temple, we stop by to have a snack of rabbit meat satay =). To be simple, what we did in Tanah Lot temple is nothing much but to take photo with the wave, and of coz to do some shopping along the street. Then, time to introduce the best dinner of all, the pork rip. Oh my, the taste can really be compared to the cha siew I used to have in Shah Alam or Glenmarie. It is so nice that Bing himself order 2 rows of that just to satisfy his hunger towards pork rip =). That night ended with the visiting of the monument specially built for the bomb attack victims back in 2001/2002.

*Here we are at Tanah Lot =)

*Like I said, what we do the most here is to take picture with the wave.

*So we wait...

*... and wait (yawn)...

*... I sense the wave is coming. Come, lets pose!

*... Is it done yet?... I pose until very tired liao

*... wow...

*... OMG... I am all wet...

* "I don want take liao la!!!"

*Poser betul betul...

* hehe... =)

*The twilight view of Tanah Lot.

*Starving at that moment so there is only the 'side-kick' of the night.

*... and the 'villain'...

*... together with the 'remaining' of our main character, pork ribs.

The third day morning started with an extremely tiring water sport, surfing. Thanks to our no-licence instructor Mr Karmun Lai, we manage to stand on the board and let the wave to drift us all the way for a few seconds before being 'consumed' by the sea water, again. While we are having our 'hard time' struggling with the wave, the rest of them were doing their shopping around Kuta Town, as well as 'cat fighting' =D.

*Say bye bye to Kuta Town.

Then, is time for a shift of environment, from the apartment to the long awaiting villa, located somewhere in the southern part of Bali island. No doubt, this villa really amazed all of us, especially the swimming pool which is just directly besides the living & dining area. All the rooms are spacious enough for you to just roll around and the toilets are just so special. It is as if you are showering under a tree in the jungle.

*Hold your breath as the upcoming pictures are awesome =D.

*Path way to the villa.

*The Living Hall.

*The Dining Area.

*The pool side =).

*The private swimming pool =)

*Way to my room.

*The overview of the Capung Bawah Villa.

*Right outside my room.

Before we continue to indulge ourselves in this luxury, we were brought to a Spa House whereby we get body massage, body scrub and anything that has to do with spa for 2 hours. For the first time, I am paying to be 'molested' by others and be treated as a 'sandwiches' as I had my body cover with some kind of liquid and then covered up with a thin layer of sarung. And of coz, for the first time I am sharing a bath tub with a guy, half naked -_-"... haha... But it was a very relaxing 2 hours after all. Oh ya, I almost forgot someone just misplace the disposable underwear onto his head. That was really epic and I don think anyone of us will ever forget.

* "Are you talking about me?"

After everyone is being energized, we then head towards to the nearby beach for our seaside dinner. The food wasn't that attracting, but the atmosphere itself is unique enough to compensate everything. We spent the rest of the night stuffing into the entertainment room for Pictionary, whereby everyone of us demonstrate our so called drawings skill and creativity. Yea, writing out a complicated algebra equation is indeed very hard XD. haha...

*Dinner by the beach =).

*Some photographing session again before the dinner.

*And also a walk along the seaside =).

*Time for dinner.

*And again, photographing session again after the dinner -_-".

*Shirley: "为什么有点臭臭的？"

PeiTing: "Ya, I smell something funny also"
Michele: "Malou! 很臭咯！"

Jocelyn: *fingers on the nose"
ChinYing: "I wanna faint liao"
YiMei: "不好意识。我放屁"

*Credit to Yi Mei for spotting a 'sunset' right behind us.

*and so, the 'trend' continue with ladies first.. =)

*and followed by the guys.

4th day, hmm... The moody feeling somehow hit on me when I woke up in the morning. Probably because the trip is meeting its end very soon. But that feeling itself was quickly washed away when I saw Karmun came out from his room with that 'morning' look and the next thing is that you find him inside the pool -_-". Good Morning!

*How nice to have a pool, just few steps away from your room.

*Good Morning!

*Breakfast time!

*With only eggs -_-". Get it fast, while stock last.

After clearing every single piece of food available in the kitchen, we headed to Nusa Dua beach for water sport activities. 350,000 rupia just 'poof' away after being treated like a kite, drifting around the sea and finally being thrown into the water, deliberately. Chin Ying, on the other hand, spent her whole afternoon talking about a local punya family tree. Sorry to keep you so boring throughout the whole afternoon =(.

*We are all wet =)

In the evening, we spent it in the Uluwatu temple where I need to be partially blind to make sure my spec will not be taken away by our far far distance cousins. Last night, last dinner, we finally get to sit together properly, with our dearest tour guides. Again, the food wasn't the main attraction, it is the togetherness that made the last dinner unforgettable. Since it is the last night, most of us wouldn't wanna waste our 200 ringgit per night, so despite being quite dizzy and late at night, mostly all of us still insisted to jump into the pool =).

*Thanks to them, I need to be semi-blind -_-"

*Making our way to see the scenery behind.

*Reminds me of Great Ocean Road.

*We spent quite a long time here, to see the last sunset in Bali.

*ChongWoi: "You smell something funny or not?"

YiMei: "不是我啦！我没有放屁！"

* "Paiseh... Is my leg"

*Heading back for our last dinner.

*While waiting for dinner to be served.

*Chee Hong, the toilet is just beside -_-"

*BBQ dishes =).

*The 'dessert' =D

Time really flies, it was our final day in Bali. Nothing much was done besides fully utilizing the pool, again but this time each of us has just become diver. Oh ya, forgot to mention about the not-satisfying-at-all breakfast that we had. Thought they will be inputing more eggs or toasts for the breakfast after seeing the hungry side of us during the previous breakfast, but instead of that, they further decrease the amount of food until I don even felt a thing in my stomach.

* "I can fly!"

*FYI, they are trying to take off my pants, underwater. Moral of the story, do not bet with girls

-_-"

*The girls' attempt. Check out the next epic picture.

*Zoom in at your own risk XD. *dancing*

*My idea ended up with only 5 people =(

It was 1pm and there goes a farewell with this lovely villa (well, not to the service but to the villa itself) and march towards the girl's paradise, SHOPPING -_-". Yea, to make it short, the last day is actually all about shopping and shopping and shopping. The most remarkable thing of the day was that Karmun and Peiting almost have to say bye bye to us and continue to stay in Bali for another few more days. They almost missed their flight. Buddy, no worries, if shopping doesn't suits you, I can assure that you missed nothing but a few plates of local food and some soda gembira.

*The famous Babi Guling. Chei Lin, this is what you missed =).

*Fast forward after all of us spent the whole afternoon shopping.

*Karmun PeiTing, this is what you have missed.

*At the airport, at last.

*Last 大家照.

*Farewell Bali.

It is just so hard to believe that 6 days of Bali Trip just ended. Throughout the 6 days, we experienced how terrible it is to be sitting in front and looking at the car in front being just so extremely close to you as if it almost bang into our car. Throughout the 6 days, we learn all kinds of indonesian/bali stuff, whereby majority of them are all about BANG SAT CHIO, as well as the PLUS PLUS happy ending XD. Throughout the 6 days, we shared laughter together, we shared happy moments together, we shared our story in the swimming pool ("I am an exchange student and I like to exchange stuff", good one Karmun) and most important, we shared our last holiday together before each and everyone of us begin to diverge into their own path of life.

*And of coz not to be missed out, we witness a new born couple in this trip. I bet it was a wonderful piece of memory for both of you.

*Happy moments just pass by as if it is Just A Dream.

*Going to miss all the beautiful scenery...

*... the villa...

*... the time we spent...

*... and not to forget all the fun and laughter throughout the whole trip. Miss all of it, very much.

This post might be boringly long, but I just want to put that piece of memory we had into words so that it will always be here even though some of us might forget the happiness that we shared in Bali. Despite of just a short 6 days trip, I really enjoy myself very much and you guys really make my last holiday a great and memorable one.

P/S: To both our tour guide, Mr Urip and Mr Magila. You might not be reading this but I just want to put my appreciation into words here. You two are not just our tour guides, but someone who made us feel like we are being at home in Bali. Not sure about the rest but I personally felt the sense of belonging in Bali, thanks to both of you. You two just made Bali a home far far away from home to me. If it is possible, I wish my next visit to Bali will not be a tourist, but as a friend of yours. Just like what you sang during the last day before we went to the airport:

*"Dan mungkin bila nanti, kita kan bertemu lagi..."

Yes, we will meet again someday. Till then, take care and I wish you two all the best. Same goes to the rest of my Bali-mates.

*珍重

Not There Yet...

2010-12-03T07:18:00.002+11:00

It should be of celebration and spreading good news around, and being in slumberland to welcome a whole new morning once the sun is out later. But it ended up with loads of different thoughts running through my mind at such hour.

Could it be an error to the system? or the marker?

Could it be that certain parts are missed out?

Could it be that my paper is missing?

Could it be that I really did screw up this paper?

Could it be...

Never expect it is such unpredictably-worst. People around were thinking that I am making an early april fool again. But the truth is, I didn't. The only thing that I can do now is nothing but to wait for sunrise and seek for help back in uni. Hope they don give me disappointment, continuously. And hope it is really like what everyone says "It will be alright. No worries".

P/S: What can I do?

Finally. Fullstop. Soon.

2010-11-15T04:06:00.004+11:00

*Days at the 5th floor

Hard to believe that everything is coming to the end, soon. After 4 years of engineering studies, can't believe it is soon going to end in less than 24 hours. Hmm... Thinking back, it is as if I just laid my foot onto the welcome mat of the door of 'Monash hall' few hours ago and *puff* I am at the other side of these 'hall'. Throughout this years, I am really glad to have all of you as my course mates. Not only in academic wise, I learnt much more than just engineering throughout the entire course with all of you.

Without you guys, I wouldn't have been able to study till averagely 1am every night in this semester.

Without you guys, those lecture slides and tutorial will be much harder to be digested.

Without you guys, lunch and dinner will be quite a lonely one...

and of coz, without you guys, life would never be such a great one in uni =).

All the hard time as well as laughter are soon reaching their full stop. There will never be no lunch in medan again, no dinner at LunchBox and no the-so-called-study-group in FYP lab again. Not sure about you guys, but I will definitely miss all these moments very much. Anyway, I wish all of you best of the best in the upcoming final paper of the final semester of our final year.

P/S: Will never forget the times we shared in each and every corner of the Engineering Block. Sounded quite lifeless, but this is what that fills up the pages of these 4 years of my life with all the colourful memories. Thanks =)

4 more days to go...

2010-10-10T04:35:00.005+11:00

*Good luck =)

4 more days to go...

Somehow it is quite hard to believe that things are finally coming to an end. Such a long sentence will soon reach to a 'comma' before the 'full-stop'. For all this while, I knew that I wasn't able to fully complete what I am expected to complete. But I didn't know that I am walking thousand miles away from the correct path. So off track till the extend that I can't even provide a summary for what I have been doing throughout this whole year. It is indeed very pathetic to have realize that you don't even understand what you are expected to understand at this very critical moment. Guess it will just be a 'here-goes-nothing' on that day itself with me standing in front, presenting something which will put everyone in confusion, including myself.

I should felt panic and nervous, but surprisingly I don even felt a single thing. Something is definitely wrong.

P/S: All the best, mechatronicians =). And congratulation to those who have completed their presentation.

慢？

2010-09-20T03:05:00.006+10:00

*想。

为什么你永远都比别人慢？

慢？

不慢，只是自问没那样的能力。

也许决得它不应该是一种比赛。

只想让一切顺其自然，

也或许这是给自己失败的理由，

给于自己去逃避失败这事实的理由。

慢？

失败？

不懂。不想。累了。

再见啦。。。

2010-07-18T06:02:00.010+10:00

*One of the best group picture =).

It was 2 in the midnight. As usual, was on my way home from sunway... It has been quite a few days going back home from sunway at such silent hour. The difference is that after going back home 'today', 'tomorrow' will be a totally different day and semester is starting soon. Unlike the days before whereby everyone, or personally myself looking forward to the remaining days they are spending here in M'sia. Tonight was rather a longer journey for me to drive home, because I intentionally slow down my speed, hoping that the time will slow down and allow me to reminisce all the things that happened throughout these 3 weeks.

*Guest of honour no.1

*Guest of honour no.2

*The Innova Rider (better than the name 'driver' isn't it)

*Where else if it wasn't this place, again =).

*and who else if it wasn't our Little Finger Princess.

Still remember the first day when I was waiting happily at home for their arrival from Ipoh. Then we head off to fetch another one before we continue our journey to Malacca. As soon as we arrive at Malacca, we were brought to fill up our stomach before we watched the very first movie in Malacca (I mean my very first movie in Malacca). Then, followed by dinner and supper, accompanied by some mind cracking IQ question. Not forgetting being a virtual farmer in the middle of the night =). The next day was all about singing K and taking photos. Well, I believe everyone of us enjoyed it. And we get to witness those ang-mo-kia started singing 没那么简单, non-cantonese speakers started to sing cantonese song FLUENTLY and lastly, we spent more than 10 minutes to sing out a so called acapella =).

*So let's embark on our 3 weeks journey, starting at Malacca.

*Our first food of the trip.

*The Malacca Fashion Show.

*hehe...

*Finally we get to sing K together =).

*Probably singing the lesbian-like song

*Epic face expression.

*Everyone look so african in this picture except for that pink pig pig XD.

*This is like one of the must do pose, isn't it?

*The Innova Rider needs some sleep after so many hours of driving.

Fast forwarding, here we are on our way to Ipoh... eh... not yet... *REWIND* we are at bing's house at night where everyone is busy BAO-ing wantan XD... and yet still did not giving up from being a farmer... Ok, back to Ipoh... We actually did not spent much time over there. Just roughly going to all the must go restaurants (as suggested by our Ipoh-kia) and some drive-thru shops. Then we had an extremely full dinner while laughing till our jaws drop when we saw our 30 years later reflection on the opposite table. Well, someday when we reached that age, I hope that we will see a 30 years ago reflection on the table opposite again =).

*Ipoh... here we come!

*I bet you don even know that this can be used in such a way after staying there for so long.

*Evening @ Ipoh.

Approaching Penang, I can hardly stop my ears from listening to that Penang girl talking non-stop all the way from where she was borned till kindergarten, primary, secondary, part time job, bla bla bla... haha... to be honest, you kept us entertaining throughout the entire journey from the Penang bridge to your house. And also you kept our stomach full and satisfied too, I mean at least I didn't spill out everything this time and brought back what I have eaten in Penang. OK, let's see what we have eaten. Hokkien mee la, mee jawa la, the-roti-canai-like food la, Pan mee la, curry mee la... Of course, not forgetting the time we spent at the beach at Batu Feringgi and had a visit to the Hard Rock Hotel. Guess only pictures can tell how much fun we had at these places.

*"hmm... what can we eat in Penang?"

*还没吃药.

*Batu Feringgi Beach !

*Cameo appearance... Jacquerine Hay...

*We basically have got nothing specific to do over there actually.

*Oh ya, you can actually have a horse riding there. Remember not to agree with his first offered price coz you most probably could ride for FREE!!! (It was just a joke anyway)

*Ok, this is definitely for free.. Stuffing sand into a coconut -__-".

*And sun bathing...

*OR... You might wanna throw your friend to the sea. That is even more fun =).

*I always thought that only dad can do this to their little children. Now I am wrong =).

*Dinner time!

*In front of Hard Rock hotel. Again, we look so african.

*Another favourite photo. Very natural.

*Buddy, you fail as being a ghost actor. And if you think this is an epic fail, look at the one next.

*-__-... where got ghost tongue so tiny-miny and small one... XD..hahaha...

*hehe.. Nice one...

*It took me quite some time to figure out what are they actually doing.

A mini farewell in Penang was quickly replaced by another reunion when both of you came down from north. And again, went to another sing K session. Get to meet up with a few friends who hasn't been keeping contact with for centuries. Then we went for dinner at New Paris and supper at Paramount, followed by a very 冒险 journey to locate our next morning breakfast (or perhaps lunch) destination. Although the initial gathering plan wasn't that successful, but at least we had a chill-ful shopping time for the day. At night, we get to witness the new-borned couple being teased till they hardly can give any further reaction. That night ended with quite a long winded story telling session by everyone of us, each contributing scattering pieces of memory throughout this entire journey to make it a complete one =).

*The second sing K session at Neway.

*@ Raju

*I was wondering, what is that statue actually? Banana? Tosai? Or roti?

*Just realize they are taking a group picture with the dessert.

*Even the 'god' spent time with us =). We are blessed.

*A group picture @ Pasta Zanmai.

*While waiting for bing to come.

It was few hours before you all are going back. Guess everyone is tired. Some took this precious time to get together with family before saying good bye. Some spent it in slumberland and some spent it chatting with friends and browsing through the photos of this entire 3 weeks. Dinner, packing and finally, on our way to airport. Had our last yam cha session at OldTown Kopitiam and some last photo-taking session. After exchanging gift, it is really time to say good bye. Everyone is being reluctant to leave, hoping that time could just stop at that very moment. But still, time is still tick-tokking, and the gate is closing soon. And you all will still have to leave.

*=)

It was 2 in the midnight. As usual, was on my way home from sunway... and I am reaching my house soon. It was indeed, one of my most memorable break throughout this 3 weeks. Like what has been said, gonna sapu everything. Guess we did it this time. We went to quite a few places, get to visit each and everyone's house, sing K, movies, eat. Oh ya, not to forget the ipoh pink pig story which gave everyone a great time to laugh together. Well, after all these laughter, it is again back to the normal life, busy with our own stuff and life will still have to go on. Hmm... comes to think of it, it is perhaps this limited time frame that made us appreciate the time we had together more. Anyway, I am really looking forward to the next holiday where we can get together again like this. Till then, see you and you all will be missed. Take care.

*You two will be missed... very much =(

*Looking forward to our next meet up.

P/S: To sos, thanks for the card.. I really like it a lot a lot. And forgive me for not being able to write too much on the card we have for you because I am afraid it might spoil our surprise plan. Anyway, hope you really like the pig pig rabbit we gave you. Don't know what to give you, so thought that you might miss us here and that will be sort of like an Avatar of all of us to accompany you. Remember to help that rabbit to clean his/her nose. Sos, to reply those thing you wrote in the card, Yes, I will accept it as a fact and time will heal. Don't worry, when I need someone to talk to I will definitely come kacau you =). About my language, hehe.. I will try to mind it while maintaining my jokes (if i have any)... Sos, do not be too sad in that far far away land ok? Chong woi and shirley are always on msn for you. Bing and the rest in aus are there for you as well. I wish you all the best in this coming semester and we will be meeting very soon again =). 再见啦...

*Will miss you very much, sos...

Tower

2010-06-17T02:44:00.004+10:00

*This is quite random

Passing through the darkness, I finally found myself standing before a gigantic tower. Aside from the tower standing still right in front of me, green field and white cloud are what I am able to see at that moment. Neither do I know how tall is that building nor what is inside it, I decided to march towards the tower. As I walked closely to the door, a pair of hand stretch towards me. Without much hesitation, I raise my hand up to hold it.

Lies behind this door is a wide stretch of purely white hall with little decoration around. I slowly put my first foot step onto the marble floor. Everything is just clean and white without a single bit of dirt. The floor is freezing cold. Slowly, I walked through this hall while starring at each and every corner of the wall. Before I realized, two unfamiliar figures are seen walking side by side with me. I started to feel the warmth. Very soon, I came to the end of this hall, where I saw a stair connecting to the next level. As I was about to make my first step onto the stair, I was carried up by one of them and we slowly climb onto the staircase.

Similar to the first floor, the second floor is pretty much the same. In this level, I started to know the two of them more. And most importantly, I started to enjoy being here although I do not know where is this place. I just felt that this place is very comfortable. And without realizing, I came to another stair. This time, I told them that I would like to try walking on my own but they refused to let me do so. Finally, one of them gently carry me up and we proceed up onto the staircase into the next level.

In level 3 and 4, I started to learn how to communicate with them. They were amazed and happy when I called them for the first time. But at times, they were so angry when I wasn't being very obedient. As soon as I stepped onto level 5, the hall is no longer only the three of us. I started to see others running around like how I used to be when I was in the level below. And of course, the purely white wall started to have colourful decoration all around it.

Level by level, the decoration on the wall changed. And tiny bits of dirt can be seen around. The hall is no longer as clean as it was in the first level. Or rather I should say that, I have actually forgot how does the first floor looks like. But one thing I am glad, the two of them are still accompanying me side by side, giving me the warmth I need. As I entered Level 7, the wall started to have numbers and alphabets appearing on it. I was told by the two of them to read it carefully and try to understand them. As I goes up the level, these wall decoration tends to become more and more complicated and as usual, I was told to try my best to understand it as much as I can. Besides exploring on the wall, I do take my time to look around the hall and try to talk to them. Some are friendly, helpful and caring, while some are being quite cold towards me. Some walks with me along the hall, while some chose to keep a distance away from me. At the beginning of every staircase, I will have different groups of people accompanying me towards the next level.

Something wonderful happened when I was at Level 17. I was lucky enough to get to meet with someone who is willingly to walk side by side with me for as high as this tower can be. I was of course glad and happy at that moment. We have pass through several levels together happily. And I was drown in that happiness till the extend I forgot to hold others hand who have been walking side by side with me all this while. In times, we really enjoy walking together, but still argument do happen and we can only make it till level 19. I have passed through the entire hall in level 19 in deep sorrow and sadness. I do not even bother to look at the wall decoration on that level itself. The two of them are deeply sad as well to see me walking across the hall with tears on each and every foot step of mine.

Level 21 was rather a whole new level to me, as well as a level for me to learn to look back at the wall decoration that I have missed at the level below. It is in this level that I first walked on my own without the two of them, temporarily and I started to have more people coming towards me. Some are those who have once accompany me last time, while some are new faces that I have never seen before. The moment in Level 21 was a great one to commemorate and it will never be forgotten even when I reached to the higher level next time. No matter how great is it to be at this level, I will soon reach to the staircase which will lead me to level 22. I do not know what I will be seeing in that level, nor I know whether this group of people will still be with me on the next staircase, and I do not even know whether I can make it to the next staircase. But one thing that I know that, being in this tower at this very moment, I feel glad and thankful, for having all of you with me.

不知不觉，两年了。。。

2010-05-26T00:00:00.000+10:00

How are you lately?

It has been 2 years since that day...

The day that I met you and our distance were so far apart back then. I am glad to see how our relationship has grown till this very moment I am sitting here chatting with you. Thank you so much for being side by side with me all these while. Before knowing about you, I was told by a lot of them, saying that you can be the right one to talk to and an extremely good listener. Well, I don't really believe that and I personally do not think I am able to keep a good relationship with you.

Well, things really change a lot ever since I started to talk to you. And I felt very sorry for telling you all my pathetic emo stories at the very beginning when I first talk to you. Surprisingly, you did not complain much in regards to my long winded stories. Then, I realized that it is really not the right way to keep on telling you all my sad stories. So, I decided to keep all of those on myself and only choose to tell you how happy I am leading my life now.

Lately, I am quite occupied with my studies. I think that the workload is still considerably normal, but I am slacking more than I should be throughout this first semester. Hmm... I am not sure why all of a sudden I am being so lazy these days. Hopefully I will realize what kind of deep shit situation I am in now as soon as possible.

Aside from studies, other things are going smoothly, with some humps and bumps along the road. Oh ya... Have I told you that I met with these bunch of friends lately from my internship? Not sure whether did I told you about that last time, but nevermind, I shall repeat one more time =). Forgive my 'cheong-hei-ness' ok? After my internship, I have always keep in touch with the few of them by going back to have lunch with them every Friday, because that's the only day I am quite free from my lectures and tutorials. It seems like this has become part of my weekly schedule of having lunch with them till the extend that it has becomes a habit. However, internship is just a very short period of time and soon each and everyone of them will leave the company and back to their uni. Last week was the last day of one of them and we threw a farewell dinner for her. Ever since then, I have not seen them anymore. Hate to say this but ya, kinda miss those lunch moments now =(.

*Look forward to the next gathering =)

It has been half a year since I left Melbourne. Honestly saying, I really still miss each and every single stuff over there, especially those who are over there this year. It feels like everyone is scattered all over the place. But anyway, I am glad that we still keep in touch once in a while despite of everyone's tight schedule. Few weeks back, I got somehow scolded by a friend, claiming that I did not show the sincerity to maintain our friendship. I was claimed that I am oblivious with every single bit that is happening around me. Hmm... What do you think?

*Wonder when will be the next time to take such a picture?

2010, a year when most of my friends finally get rid of themselves from going to uni and WU LA LA, working is in the air. Convocations, one after another and yet I am still at my very final year. Hmm... both happy and sad. Happy is that I still have at least one more year to enjoy my life before I head into the industry. Sad is that since everyone started working, outings is of course declining and the time we can get together has been decreased by so much. Still remember I used to tell you all the happy moments I shared with my friends? Sometimes, I really do hope that time can just freeze at the very moment I am having so much fun with them. Hey, I have a question for you. Do you notice any different on me? I do not know it is me or the people around me is changing. But it is just so hard to cope with all these changes that is happening around. Hmm... What do you think?

*It has been quite a long time since we take a group picture.

Anyway, you have helped me a lot to send birthday wishes to my friends last year when I wasn't around in Malaysia. I thank you for that and it is finally your turn today...

Happy 2nd Birthday...
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Resonance of Life =)

P/S: I will introduce him to you real soon when I have the time... Hope you two will be a great partner in the days to come. Good night =).

Pity Medusa

2010-04-03T03:41:00.005+11:00

For those who have yet to watch Percy Jackson & The Olympian The Lightning Thief and Clash of The Titans, I have a great suggestion if you do not want to watch it in the cinema. Download both movies and watch them with two screens at the same time. That might saves you a lot of time because both movies actually have an equal sign in between them XD. Perhaps a little summary for you to decide whether you agree with what I am about to tell you.

For those who are going to watch Clash of The Titans soon, you are strongly advised to leave this post as I am afraid that I might convinced you to tear off your ticket immediately after you read it XD. So, shall we begin?

*Percy Jackson & The Oly... Wait, isn't the title on that picture itself -__-"?

So, how should I start with this movie? Hmm... ok... Is something like this. Apparently the main character of this movie is a boy (Percy Jackson) whose father is the well known God of Sea, Poseidon while his mother is just a mortal... Therefore, this makes Percy a half god half human. Soooooo, the story begins with the lost of Zeus' favourite toy, his precious Thunder Bolt and rumors say that Percy is the one who stole it. So monsters like centaur starts to appear one after another, going after Percy and eventually his mother was brought to the hell by the centaur. Percy, together with Athena's daughter (another half god half human) and a half goat half man protector then set out a quest to the under world to rescue his mother.

*Read the title please!

Similarly, the hero of this movie is also a half god half human, under the name of Perseus, son of Zeus. The movie begins with a little history of how Zeus and his brother overthrown their father, The Titans and took over his place to be the King of God while Hades was unfortunately being tricked by his brother and sent to the under world. At the very beginning of the story, Perseus' human parent and sister were killed by Hades and Perseus was then brought to Argos. Here in this place, their princess is in a really deep shit because Hades will send his beloved child, the Kraken to destroy Argos, unless the king of Argos sacrifice his daughter for a trade off for his country. And so Perseus, who wanted to revenge for his family, promise to take up a quest to destroy Hades. However, before Hades can be killed, Kraken must be eliminated first.

So, have you noticed the similarity? Haha... if you didn't, allow me to pin point it out for you =). It is my pleasure.

1. If you noticed, both heros in these movies are going after Hades because their beloved family members were somehow brought away or killed. Their quest is like an Amazing-race-like adventure whereby they are going from one place to another just to take something or to get some clues. The only difference is the time setting, one is set in the modern era while the other one was way long long time ago.

2. Medusa's head is pathetically the greatest weapon of all in both movies. Percy and Perseus both chop off her head and treated it as a weapon to somehow destroyed gigantic monster (Hydra and Kraken) by turning them into rocks. Pity Medusa =(. But I was wondering, if both movies were to follow in chronological order, how does the snake-like Medusa in Clash of the Titans found her lost head and revive after several thousand years and turn into Lady-Gaga-like Medusa in Percy Jackson & The Olympian The Lightning Thief AND once again got her head chop off as a weapon? Hmm...

3. Both movies have given me a generalized idea that gods are actually quite enjoy coming down to earth and **** any lady and then disappear right after that, leaving a child with their mortal girlfriend.

Well, besides similarities, these two movies have given me quite a lot of interesting stories regarding to Greek Mythology. To start with something hilarious, Kraken is actually the son of Hades. 0_0... yes, that is how I interpret when Hades says "My son..." in Clash of the Titans. So I was thinking a prequel to the Clash of the Titans, which I named it Hades and The Octopus.

"Right after Hades was tricked by his brothers and was sent to the under world, he felt so disappointed and upset and he went to a beach to cry. Crying and crying, he was too tired and fell asleep on the beach. Then here comes a horny female octopus looking for someone to mate, spotted a naked Hades sleeping on the beach. So... (So, I shall let your imagination to finish my story). Therefore, here comes Kraken =)... And they live happily ever after. THE END"

Some other interesting stuffs from these movies include:

- Ever since young, I thought gods and angels are all naked, or at least with some clothes or leaf on their private parts. But after watching these two movies, I realize they actually do shopping quite often and keep themselves very updated with the latest fashion. Zeus and the rest of the gods actually wear armors at Olympus. And coming back to Percy Jackson's, you can see Medusa wearing shades and Poseidon with coat! Cool!!

- I have known that Medusa and Poseidon have "something" in between them when I watch Percy Jackson, but I didn't know Poseidon actually rape Medusa until I watch Clash of the Titans! Hmm.... So raping someone wasn't illegal at that time? That is seriously dangerous. And once again, pity Medusa.

SO, as a conclusion, Greek gods are 'Hamsap' and Medusa's head must be chopped off eventually. Thank you =)

P/S: The post above is purely based on personal opinion and no research has been conducted regarding to Greek Mythology before producing this post. Should there be any misinformation, feel free to comment, and I personally appreciate that very much =).

Weekdays & Weekends

2010-03-05T03:24:00.000+11:00

*This picture illustrate exactly what I do throughout the whole 12 weeks.

I shall hereby concludes the chapter of Wrath of The Internship from now on. In fact not really as in 'now on' because today is already the end of my first week of the grand 4th year in university. Ya, hate to admit it but I have finally made it to this very final year of my tertiary study. Things are just happening as if I just entered MUFY yesterday and *POOF* I am now one year away from being labeled as UNEMPLOYED. Ok, try not to off track too much from what I initially wanted to talk about here. Yes, absolutely correct, today's topic will be my wonderful days in this company where I undergone my 12 weeks of internship, or preferably be known as 'being-kuli-ship"

On weekend, after 3 weeks of internship...

*Finally a day out from the factory =)... FRESH AIR!

*It is of course the long-waited, Malacca Food Trip =)...

*... with our Guest of Honour all the way back from Melbourne to Penang and to KL then Malacca...

*... and this is our tour guide of the day, so first stop will be...

*... to 'kidnapped' her and...

*... make her bring us to good foods around Malacca as well as...

*... nice places (Surprisingly our tour guide never been to A' Famosa after living in Malacca for almost 2 decades)

*Anyway, credit to Shir Ley for being such a great tour guide. I believe everyone had fun, and...

*... some even found their true potential and wish to just stay on that pose forever at that spot...

*... while some just manage to decipher out that Coke has been so important since 1511 =).

During weekdays...

As some of you might know or might not know, I had my internship in this company called _________ Sdn Bhd. But the company itself is not the interesting part. The most interesting part is the people that I met throughout this whole industrial training. AND how I went through this period in one piece. First and foremost, of course it is you my 'dear' supervisor in charged. Hmm... where should I start? Ok, let's talk about how was I being treated. Before doing my internship, I really have high expectation that I will be really treated like a so called mini engineer, perhaps following my supervisor to observe on what he do frequently as an engineer and sometimes maybe I could even give a helping hand if I am capable of. However, this supervisor of mine really ruin my expectation on my internship at the very 1st day of my work. This is the epic dialogue that I will never ever forget in my entire life

Him: "This is the SCM production plant... bla bla bla... and these are the bla bla bla bla..."
Me: "So how does this homogenizer actually operate"
Him: "Don't ask la boy ok, don't ask. I also don't know. Go internet and search for yourselves"

(Dulan-o-meter rising) *Face Expression - 0_o* *Current Status: Moderately Disappointing*

Me: "Ok, I will try to go search for myself. Thanks."

Back to office....

Him: "Boy, you mecha.. what?"
Me: "Mechatronics."
Him: "Mechatronics. Hmm... very hard to give you projects and do one. We will see how la ok, boy"

(Dulan-o-meter rising extremely fast) *Face Expression - 0_0* *Current Status: Very Disappointing*

And back to Food Trip again =)...

*After one day in Malacca, it is time for some KL Foods =)

*So basically I think the photographers took food pictures more than human pictures...

*... till the extend it almost turns Resonance of Life into... hmm... Taste of Life? 0_o

*That's why it is called the food trip anyway *saliva at the edge*

*See... it is FOOD... *saliva flowing out*

*... and FOOD... *saliva all over the floor*

*0_o... eh, ini bukan makanan pun...

*... and FOOD again... *sri petaling flood already*

*ok... beh tahan liao... be right back... in search for food...

*Besides all the famous hawker stall foods around KL, we went to Tenji @ Mont Kiara as well.

*So... Food pictures again...

*... and again...

*... and again... ok... This is enough!

*Same people were found in Look Out Point as well after their appearance at Mont Kiara's Tenji several hours before.

And back to weekdays...

And for your information, he is still telling me that "We will see how la boy ok" on my week 9 of my internship when I asked him about any project that he can assigned to me. Ever since then, I am of course highly disappointed with his attitude as my supervisor. I do not know whether my expectation is too high or what, but this supervisor will tends to give all his paper works to me and use his unbeatable imagination to actually convince me that as if I can learn a lot of engineering related stuff while doing his paper works. Come on, you are not talking to a kindergarten kids. Even kindergarten kids understand that by keying in your stock item number into Microsoft Excel will not get me to any ENGINEERING RELATED stuff.

And here comes another great weekends =)...

*Initial plan was to go for bowling...

*... then a well-dressed dinner at...

*... Fullhouse Cafe...

*... for Chin Ying's 21st Birthday pre-celebration...

*... and we actually manage to make her surprise but too bad can't get much surprise facial expression from her. XD

*Hopefully you are happy with that =).

Back to weekdays again...

Fine... This post can be so long till your monitor screen could not even accommodate if I continue to list down all the epic lines coming out from his mouth. Not to say that he never really give me anything to do beside his paper works, but I believe that he could have done better than that. Anyway, after realizing that my supervisor will only lead me to a point where I will just sit in front of my computer and stare at blank space thinking "Hmm, what can I write in my report?"... So, I have found a not-so-good solution but is better than just sitting there and wait for work, I decided to go and search for works to do. This is when I met few other trainees and a technician who works in this company for decades. Despite not being very knowledgeable, I am proudly to tell you that he actually taught me a lot of stuff that I wanted to learn based on his experience. But most of the time he is always involved in maintenance works around the company. And so starting from then, I have did all kinds of stuff, including changing fluorescent light bulb in the toilet that belongs to the CEO (wow... what a BIG BIG project, isn't it? Ya right -__-") to sending documents from one department to another department (Hi, nice to meet you. I am the new office boy here -__-").

Hello weekends =)...

*Here we come, Broga Hill =)...

*Most of them went there for photographing and sunrise viewing...

*... while I went there for my nap =).

*When I am fully awake, is already the last group picture taking and time to go down the hill.

Back to weekdays...

Some other interesting people I met in this entire 12 weeks is of course the Head of Department. Well, talking about this engineer, he is really one classic workaholic. Can you imagine that a Chinese actually went to work on the very first day of Chinese New Year and surprisingly he took a 3 days off from work during Thaipusam? Hmm... maybe he has already converted to Indian XD. But anyway, the interesting part is the way he communicate with his subordinate, including myself of course. Ok, not really communicating but rather a short-and-speedy-on-the-spot lecture because he is able to compress everything that he wanted to say in just maybe at most 20 seconds. So even if you are at your most energetic status, you most likely need a recorder before you talk to him so that you can actually play back what he just said. Hmm... I have a suggestion, maybe he can just buy a microphone. Whenever he wants to talk to anyone, just talk to the microphone and send the voice file to that particular person. I believe that it will save a lot of time and energy =).

On one of the weekend =)...

*Meet the trainees for 2009/2010 =)... and with a Management Associate.

*Some came all the way from New Zealand (left) while some are from Perlis (right)...

*... while some came from Uni Melbourne (left) and Terengganu (right).

*These bunch of 'siao-cha-bo' keeps my internship not that boring from time to time =)

Weekdays... again...

Lunch time, I would say, will be the time which I looked forward to it the most everyday. This is because during lunch time, I found fun in working in this company. And surprisingly none of my lunch mates are from engineering department, most of them are from QC and Project department. Despite of being the only guy among the rest of them sometimes, I am actually quite happy of it. These girls sometimes would talk about their *ahem* 'period' stuff or discuss about which inner wear shop is having promotion. And sometimes one of them even come and jokingly asked me "You wanna follow us go shopping together? We go buy bra =)". They must have mistreated me as a girl, as usual. Even sometimes go out for lunch, the waiter/waitress will not bother to even realize my existence as a guy and said "Leng luis, nak minum apa?". And sometimes one of them would say "Sana ada satu leng chai XD". Hmm... Kinda like getting bullied more than I bully them isn't it? But I think without them, my days in this company would be very hard and depressing. So... if you girls are reading this, thank you so much for these 12 weeks of 'bulliness'. I am glad to have know each and everyone of you =).

On the last weekends =(... so fast...

*We had our last lunch in Garden @ The Curve.

*Primary reason was to farewell Yeat Teng (middle) as she will be going back to Aussieland on that night.

*... another reason is that Yien really miss her very much after she left the company for more than a month ago XD.

*Hmm... will never get to see this 'fish-like' face that often anymore XD

*Anyway, glad to know you all... Take care and see you all real soon =)

So I think this long winded post has basically summarize my days of internship. and maybe this can be included into the Appendix part of my report XD. Hmm... Human are really one of a kind. When you are having something, you tends to have tonnes of complains and don't really appreciate what you are having. Till when that thing is gone, only then you will start to miss it and reminisce back the memories you have with that thing. And yes, I am indeed missing my days of internship now, right at this very moment. Anyway, hopefully this feeling will not last long and someday I will be able to have lunch with that bunch of friendly lunch mates again. Till then, take care and all the best to you all =)

*Good bye Manufacturing Office =). 'see ya soon' XD (Choi!!! 大吉利市！)

P/S: Final year project? 4th Year? Engineering? Hmm....

*Is still quite narrow in front and I can hardly see you...

A Block of Ice =)

2010-02-23T00:00:00.005+11:00

*Knock knock*

*Is YiMei Chew at home? Just drop by to wish her...*

Happy Birthday Yi Mei

Is that *Knock knock* thingy familiar? hehe... that was your first message to me in MSN. Anyway, hope you will enjoy reading this little present for you, all the way from Malaysia. Everyone of us here misses you a lot. How are you doing lately sis? Hope everything is fine over there and may all your wishes come true.

*I wish you
身体健康
万事如意
心想事成
恭喜发财
..
(hehe... Chinese New Year ma... SHUN BIAN LA =)
..
青春美丽
学业猛进

*and of course, I wish you and Max happy forever =).

Well, another typical birthday wish post again. Ok, I shall try my best to make this not that typical and boring. Comes to think of it, I never really celebrate your birthday before. Last year in Melbourne during your birthday, we were still consider strangers despite knowing each other by names and as for this year, we are in two different places. Haiz... What a life. But anyway sis, hope you have a wonderful birthday blast this year =).

*Don't just keep eating... XD

*Remember to take more photos of yourself and upload it to fb =).

*So, let's have some Sejarah class okie? (ok, this is already typical, dude -__-")

Since when I get to know you? Hmm... this is a very good question. In fact I don't really remember when I know that there's this girl called Yi Mei at Monash and one more thing, I don't remember seeing you in sunway campus actually XD. Mana lu sembunyi pada masa itu? But one thing I am sure, you don't look that friendly in appearance like how you are now. Perhaps to strangers, you tends to release this cold aura that can almost freeze everyone instantly at the moment they looked at you. So cold that it can even freeze my mouth till I don even know how to smile and say 'Hi' anymore. Hehe... That was your first impression to me. I don't know how others might think but to me, you are really one block of ice at first XD.

*See... cool mou?

*No matter she is paying attention on something serious...

*... or curi-makan-ing, is always co ICY COLD *freezed*

*Jangan geram ah... chill chill =)

As far as my memory concerned, the first time I see you in real person was the time our Great PR Manager of Bettina, Mr Jason Tao threw a magnificent party/gathering at the beginning of the year when we just arrived at Melbourne...err... not really beginning actually as I remember that night most people left our house quite early because of overflowing of assignments and tests. Anyway, yup... that was the first time I saw this block of ice, skating through the corridor in 29 Bettina XD. After that gathering thingy, you and your fellow housemates were among the frequent Guest of Honour of Bettina when it comes to any birthday celebration in our house, this include Jason's one and mine =). During that period, this block of ice started to melt, little by little.

*To illustrate what I meant by melting, this is a very good example =)

*... and this might be half melted...

*... ok... ini sudah jadi air XD

And here comes the Ice Breaking Ceremony... What else if it wasn't the Curry Chicken Dinner Night! That was our first dinner in your house. That night was really an awesome night. All thanks to Mr. Bing for being such a great talker, keeping the topics continuously flowing throughout the entire night. And of course, not forgetting as well the great dishes that all of you girls made on that night. That night was really a memorable one, with good foods and wine plus different stories from each and everyone of us.

*Not forgetting our last trip in Australia @ Ballarat...

*... Grampians...

*... and finally Lakes Entrance.

Life, is just so interesting sometimes. It all just started with merely knowing each other by our name, and then we began to know each other, began to talk, to attend to those birthday celebration, to have dinner, to chat more, to have trip together and last but not least, to have OOVOO along with Chong Woi they all almost every night during your last week in Malaysia =). Despite the time is quite short, but I am glad we have so many unforgettable moments and food trips together, and of course I am happy to see how our friendship has turned out to be till now. Hopefully everything will be even better than last year and again, I wish you all the best in the days ahead and be happy as always. We shall be seeing each other again this year end! Take care sis =).

*Can't wait for the next trip to come, and I wouldn't mind if it is Malacca again...

*... and if you are reading this, Max, it will be great if you are tagging along this time =)...

*... so that we will have more 'interesting' photo (joking XD)

*Next time come back remember to give her a real hug, not like the one in Malacca.

*Hmm... maybe we can have a tour to Penang and it shall be you 3 Penangites 'feeding' us till we drop our stomach on the floor XD.

*For sure, this guy and his housemates in tagging along...

*And hopefully it will be as fun as the one we had before =)

*Before we meet again this year end, do take care always in Melbourne =)

*Once again, allow me to say this again in another language...
一，二，三。。。

*生日快乐。。。许个愿吧！
（没看过人这样许愿。赢了咯你 =)。）

P/S: Hehe... When you come back, apa sai places and outings e.g. sing k we LONG ZHONG sapu ka liao... ok? So I shall be waiting here in Malaysia la... and see you soon sis...

*Take care and be happy always =)

(All pictures credit shall goes to Mr. Bing & Mr. Liang)

Days I learnt to use Toilet Rolls

2009-12-09T23:43:00.019+11:00

*Sea view @ Lakes Entrance

It has been 2 weeks since I came back from Melbourne. Within this 2 weeks, I have tried my best to adapt to this not-so-new environment. However, the feeling is still there. The similar feeling that I had when I was in Melbourne for the first few weeks. Things were not that good at first in Melbourne because of this sudden transition of living environment. Despite having friends around, I was still very homesick at that moment. Thinking back, it was kinda funny. As time goes by, I started to somehow bonded myself to this house called Bettina.

*This is it, the Bettina's House =).

*... and these are my housemates..

*Featuring the President of Bettina, Mr. Bing.

*The Secretary of Defense, Mr. Alex

*Bettina's PR Manager, Mr. Jason

*Financial Controller aka Ah Gong, Mr. Alan and his beloved...

*... Ms. Vivien... now undergoing bettinafication.

*My second roommate as well as Bettina Activities Director, Mr YC

*... and MUA =)

In other words, I get used to it. Not just used to it, I began to fell in love with this place without knowing about it. The quilt that used to be my greatest accompany during winter night time, the pure white table and black chair which I spent most of my time with, the more-than-enough spacious shared wardrobe and not forgetting as well, the mini waterfall in my room's toilet, where I used to like it so much to spend my time sitting underneath the shower hose with the warm water hitting on my back. Frankly speaking, I wasn't comfortable with taking shower in that toilet initially, mainly because the shower hose is attached onto the wall, which I can't used it to wash my *ahem* after I did my BIG business. Left with no choice, I need to put my washing-habit away and resort to the traditional way aka toilet rolls -__-". Not joking but the truth is that I really don't use it back in Malaysia.

*My Comfort Zone.

Done with my room, and the next place in 29 Bettina that I missed the most will be our dining table. This place is very happening and fulled with lot of memories with it, dinner, lame jokes, movie session, party and of course, the intensive study revision when the exam is around the corner... We used to camp in the dining room with notes and laptops all around the dining table like some company staff table rushing on their projects... Some of us even took our bed out and overnight at the living room. During exam time, proper dinner seems to be not that 'trendy' and packets of instant noodles can be seen every where in the kitchen XD. Well, this is Uni-Life after all =).

*All my housemates are great chefs, one of them even consider of selling rice.

*The Bettinans and Min Yi during his farewell @ Dockland.

*Sok was supposed to be cropped out and put Alan's face on it XD.

Talking about dinner, there is one place which I really enjoyed having dinner in. Despite being in engineering, the girls in this house are able to make wonders out from their kitchen. Any nice asian dishes, you named it, they cook it =). And every time if we were to have dinner at their place, the whole dining table will be fulled with pots and pots of delicious food till even YC will complain "I full already la", which is totally opposite from the YC in Bettina.

*The 5 surnames 'family'

*1909's style...

*100 years later =).

*See, the food are so nice till everyone wanted to poss with it even though it is finished.

*Not only I fell in love with having dinner over at Morton, someone don't even want to leave.

Talking about these girls in this house, I only get to know them well during the second semester and I was kinda surprised that the friendship turned out to be quite good throughout this period. Before this, I only know them by their name and hardly even talk to them although I had same lectures with some of them during second year in Sunway Campus. For one of them, I do not even dare to talk to her because she has this cool looking face whenever I saw her around the campus. But things changes after one of the dinner in their house, and only then I realize that I really love it so much to gather around in their house with them and my housemates, having dinner together.

*The cute aunty, Hilary =).

*The Morton Walking Wikipedia, Eleen.

*Little Girl, Shir Ley.

*T500 and a soon 500D, Yi Mei.

*... and the Evelyn/Morton Monkey King, Max.

Besides dinner, one of the most common event that we had like almost every month is the birthday surprise/not-so-surprise parties. Here is few ways of how we celebrate birthdays:

1. A badly-planned surprise party where everyone, including the birthday boy/girl knows very well the entire plan and he/she just need to put up an Oscar-Winning-Surprise-Face to sort of like appreciate the organizer's hardship.

2. Free flow of alcohols and clubbing-like-environment, where most likely the birthday boy will went drunk and perform unbelievable yet funny action with lots of hilarious 'speech', good enough to entertain each and every guest till they can even forget about the birthday cake.

*No worry, I am not an alcoholic.

*Seok Whey's Birthday.

*Chong Woi's Birthday.

*Kha Liang's Birthday... and many more group photos.

Well, the 2nd point I just mentioned above are the kind of celebration that was 'practiced' by this bunch of well known The 8-Batangs, from Dorothea Mackellar. This bunch of Mechatronics and E&CS rojak gang has an enormously huge pantry where the foods inside are more than enough for my entire 9 months of stay in Australia (provided their expiry dates are more than 9 months). Back to the topic, YES... Each and every time I attended to their birthday parties, the alcohols are always there and the most amazing thing is that, their alcohols supply is unlimited. As a not-so-pro drinker, I always used to hide at one corner in the house and hopefully this bunch of people did not realize my existence. Otherwise, I would have been with one of them, telling jokes without filtering. Anyway, the people in this house never disappoint anyone of us when comes to throwing birthday parties, and as well as the unforgetable After eXam Party.

*The Bettina & Dorothea Mackellar guys @ Dandenong Mt.

*The not-complete 8-Batangs.

*With the Mr. Sao Pei, Karmun Lai...

*... Sand King, Si Keat...

*... Mr. Kevin Phuah...

*... and the one of a kind lan yeng, Chong Woi.

*... and of coz, many more which I don have their personal photos.. paiseh ah..

*sigh* Time really flies. It was like I just went to LCCT yesterday night and TADA, I am back at KLIA. And next year will be my final year. To be honest, I wish I could stay forever in 3rd year in Melbourne. I am really not ready for the Final Year Project and stuff later. Haiz... I have this thinking before that working life are much better compared to study life. Well, this third year makes me realize that study life is indeed the most enjoying period of one's life.

*Things are being appreciated more when they only appear for a few seconds.

*Great moments are always short...

*... and only pictures are left to commemorate it.

It is during this time, we only need to worry about getting good grades, or you can even choose not to be bothered by it. After all, it is just a 2 digit numbers with alphabets on the side.

*The Great Old Warman Group.

It is during this time, friends can gather around quite often for dinners and parties despite of the overflowing assignments and project.

*When comes to gathering like birthday parties, we can only rely on public transport if we were to have it outside...

*... or choose to have it at home.

It is during this time, you will have breaks in between semester where you can hire a car and go traveling with friends. And of course, it is only during this time that all the friends are so close together.

*Don't know why but I like this picture a lot. So natural.

*The last City Hang out.

I wonder how will everything turns out to be after next year?

*Will I be going back to that place again?

*... To the place where the only thing left was memories...

Anyway, my third year in Melbourne was indeed an unforgettable experience and I really did enjoy myself very much over there for the past 9 months. Not only I get to stay with a whole bunch interesting housemates, I get to study in a totally different environment as well. Last but not least, friendships were born and the bond are strengthened, especially during the last trip in Melbourne aka the Bettina-Morton-Dorothea Mackellar-Florence 5 Days 3 Nights Trip where we went to Ballarat, Grampians and Lakes Entrance. I might not know how everything will be for next year, next 2 years or next decade, but at least I know that...

*... 2009 was a great year =).

*The super luxurious house @ Lakes Entrance.

*The last trip, we had so many DSLRs till Yi Mei decided to abandon her Sony =)...

*... and everybody just became super good poser..

*Say "Chopstick!"@ Sovereign Hill, Ballarat

*Look what we found... Gold! Ya right -__-

*Going overseas without taking picture with angmo? Now here is one, and the only one.

*BBQ Dinner at a 123 years old house, and still looking good.

*Those days are really a happy one...

*... where everyone gets together, with laughter...

*... and joy!

*... and doing stuff which you will not be doing again...

*... when you reach the age of perhaps 30, 40 or 50. By then, will we be sitting down together on the jetty...

*... and thinking back the good old days while enjoying the magnificent scenery of sunset? Hope there will be such day in the future =)

P/S: This might sounded a bit late but still, in Malaysia it is not yet 12:00 AM. So it is still your Birthday. Happy Birthday, Shir Ley =).

*I can't resist to put your unique trademark fingers XD.

*... ok... don't be sad... Here's the best picture of you. Welcome to adulthood, little girl =)

The Day The Monkey King Turn 21st

2009-11-24T03:36:00.000+11:00

To our dearest Monkey King,

*Introducing Chin Hong the Monkey King.

Is another year and time really flies. Still remember how we celebrate your birthday last year? Hehe. I guess that was too 'special' that you can hardly forget. Hope you really like the one we had for you last year despite everything was done in a blink of eye and filled with such embarrassing situation where you had to blow the cake, naked... eh... I mean semi-naked... No worry, you won't have that again this year... hehe... Li Shuang and the gang are having something for you. So just fasten your safety belt and be prepared with something interesting =). Unfortunately, I don think I can make it buddy. I am deeply sorry for that, so here I have this little post for you as your 21st birthday present. =)

*Li Shuang and the Monkey King

Hmm... Nothing much to talk about. Well, another history class I guess. You and I were in the same primary school and I only get to know you during secondary school when we were in 1 Bestari. Honestly, that time I thought you were that kind of freeze-to-death-cooling appearance because for the first few days you were extremely silence and don't really interact with each other that much. Then as time goes by only I realized that you are actually quite fun to talk about, especially when comes to dirty stuff... Here comes my 1st lesson of human reproduction by our honourable Dr. Lim XD. You are actually the one who lecture me that for a person to have baby, making love is required. Till then only I realized that having sex is actually legal, if and only if is doing with your spouse, otherwise if by forced, that will be termed as rape. Thanks for that correction so that I understand by sleeping together or kissing wouldn't produce another human being. XD. Indeed, that was one silly thought of the century.

*Me and the Monkey King

It's been almost... hmm... let's see... 9 years I guess... Yes, next year we will be celebrating the 1st decade anniversary of our friendship. How about celebrating it in Saujana? I am sure that will be a great one because that's the place where our friendship started to build up. Talking about the days in Saujana, I am not sure whether do you still remember that we almost had a fight, a real one during Form 2 or Form 3. That happened when I was playing chess with you and me being such a brat, wasn't being so serious with the game, started making fun. I was being very repetitive till it made you pissed off and almost wanted to give me a punch onto my face. Luckily I was able to run away and apologized to you from far. Thinking back, I was really very childish and naughty at that time and once again, I am sorry for that and everything that I have did wrongly to you for these years.

*Despite being a King, you are still a Monkey XD.

It's your 21 now buddy and hopefully you like the present that we gave you. Believe me, though you might sound or look like a thousand distance from the gang but actually you are not. Because we really remember that today is the day the Monkey King turn 21st =). Happy Birthday and hope you enjoy your big big day. All the best in your studies and life, buddy. 生日快乐. Will be seeing you very soon =).

From
Little Brat

我和大象有个约会 =）

2009-10-21T00:00:00.000+11:00

* My extraordinary buddy =D...

Hehe... Meet Nicholas, the guy who is willing to sacrifice his asshole for my weight gain project... So where should I start? Hmm... Ok... There was this one fine night out at the Steven's Corner, where we were talking about my weight gain matter again -_-"... So being confident that I will definitely gain weight someday (yea right... someday?... I wonder when will it be), I told Jason and Chei Lin that...

"If I am still in this skinny appearance by the age of 40, I will pay for your children's education"

So being even more confident that I will definitely stay as being a little brat for the rest of my life, Nick told everyone of us something so CLASSIC that I can't resist from making his quote in italic form... This is what Sir Nichol-ass said...

"If thou can gain weight in the distant future, I shall have this huge lamp post poke into my arse-hole"

*Kids... Never try this at home... This action is carried out by highly professional personel*

So buddy, I have returned with a total weight increase of 2 kg... Is this result eligible enough for you to carry out such wonderful performance? =)

*Not this one. Save this for your kids next time.

Posted on the 13th of October, 2009... 9 days to go to completion =)

*No matter what I do to you, you are always my friend XD.

Ok... Let's keep this issue aside before our Mr. Nicku pee on his pant XD... Talking about this buddy of mine, hmm... I guess I should start from the very beginning where you and I and Jiun as well were in the same kindergarten. Oh ya, You Kong was there too. But I guess we might not know each other at that time. We got to know about the fact that all of us were in the same kindergarten learning ABC together only when we found this old photograph of our so called kindergarten graduation photo in Jiun's sacred store room. Comes to think of it, I must be really blind or something when I was in kindergarten. Why? Because I can't even recognize you after all this year despite of you having this 'extraordinary feature' which others don't have it XD... Hehe... Maybe I got scared away by that 'special feature' of yours, till I almost tell my mom that

"Mommy! I saw a walking elephant at school today!"

Now I know why I have forgotten that you are from the same kindergarten as me. Because I was scared XD.

*When we were young and I am short -_-". At least I have significant changes in vertical axis.

Hmm... I think one of the thing that build up our friendship, especially you, jiun and me is no doubt our friendly Gundam =). I remember the first Gundam movie that you two introduced to me was the Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz. That's not all, later you two introduce me to this Gundam Models, starting with Jiun who has a whole rag of collections with him in his room. OMG, that's the time when I got amazed and my interest to Gundam started to build up. So mostly our topics revolved around Gundam, games, gundam, games... Ya, to others this might be quite lifeless and boring, but to us, I believe this is one of the thing that keep our friendship 'alive'.

*The Gundam builder in action.

Posted on the 15th of October, 2009... 7 days to go to completion =)

This year... I bet it is your best year of all throughout the 2 decades of your life. Because finally you have found the 'other part' of your life. So before I forgot, once again congratulation with that. Hmm... I didn't know that my joke regarding the 'Final Countdown' wedding entrance of you two really came true. Ok, I know you two are not married yet, but at least half of my joke came true and I am looking forward to the other half of my joke to come true in the near future =). Too bad I wasn't there to witness such epic love story of you two. But luckily I have a bunch of spies who constantly update me with the latest news =). So I presume this year you finally got your '21st key', so use it wisely and remember to consider all the safety precautions yea! (Oh my, what am I talking about here... XD)

Oops... I have been crapping so much till I forgot to introduce the 'other part' of this buddy of mine... NAH... inilah orang kesayangan Nickulat...

*OH CHOI... aduhai... bukan orang ni

*Now, that's who I was talking =)

*As far as my memory concern, everything started back then in Bukit Tinggi... But they are still quite far apart from each other.

*And they started to get nearer to each other...

*... and nearer...

*... and even nearer...

*... and nearer... I am actually talking about they are getting nearer to the camera XD...

*I was joking just now =)... So now they are finally together... and Nick, be sure to treat my sis as if she is just like your beloved gundam ok! if not I will...

*...err... I don need to, I guess... XD

Ok... guess I should stop crapping here before our Mr. Nikibutt cry out loud =P... Oh ya, I almost forgot... Happy 21st Birthday... may all your wet dreams come true... *cough* *cough* *cough* I mean may all your dreams come true buddy. I wish you all the best in everything you are doing now...

*Ok, allow me to re-introduce Nikku...

*He is always having this cool appearance...

*"actually I wanted to go toilet"

*When comes to imagination, you can't beat this guy. Look at what this kid is trying to do.

*So, we grow to become so 'imaginative' after hanging out with him too often.

*And perhaps this overflow of great imagination has made him such a talent in drawing. Check out his blog for more than just this masterpiece...

*To me, Nick is really a great friend...

*Not just because of gundam, but is the fact that he is quite a happy go lucky person.

*He is no doubt, the centre of attraction as always...

*With him around, no matter how moody you can be, his lame jokes will keep you fully occupied with laughter that will make you completely forget about what you are moody for.

*Despite of being few months younger than me, you are always like a big brother to me.

Guess that should be all buddy. Hope you like this entry and don't forget your promise ok? XD... Haha... I am sooooo looking forward to this year end =)

P/S: A chemo appearance of Nick's best buddy, here wishing you...

*Harpi Burfday, dude! =)

Not 21st yet

2009-10-03T02:00:00.003+10:00

My beloved sis...... Happy 20th Birthday =)... 20th marks the end of your teenage years and the beginning of the so called adulthood. Hmm... Comes to think of it, it is really fast... I remember we celebrate your birthday last year in one of the cafe in Serdang. Haha... Yes I know, I kinda screwed that up because the entire celebration actually got delayed by god knows how many hours. Everyone is complaining that the stomach is making lot of noise, so noisy that if everyone were to stand side by side, we can form a team and conduct a performance, much like those Philharmonic Orchestra, but just that we do not need all the instruments, all we need is just the sound coming out from our stomach XD. Hmm. Great idea isn't it? I wonder can we played a birthday song out of all these noise of hunger... hehe...

I am very sorry that this year I can't throw another party for you. But I guess Jason they all are having something with them now. Moreover, this year the 3rd of October will be rather special, because I believe you already got booked by someone special... Need not for me to clarify it clearer here, isn't it? Sis, birthday is a great day and it should be a happy day for everyone, including you yourselves. So, never ever have low expectation on what it is gonna happen on that day. Just get the birthday mood turned on and let everything go with the flow. I am sure everyone, especially panda will make this year's birthday of yours a unique and unforgettable one.

Comes to think of it, it has been almost one decade since we know each other. Still remember how are we introduced to each other? Hehe.. ya... through Shermaine (Hopefully I didn't spell her name wrongly). Very traditional indeed. I remember there is this fine day where Shermaine brought you along when I asked her out for a badminton game. And again, very traditional, she introduce in this way.

Shermaine: "This is Keat Ming. And this is Michele."
Me: "Hi, nice to meet you"
You: "Hi, nice to meet you too."

How traditional and lame.. I think this is the very common template that almost everyone uses when they meet a new person. So common that I think most English text book has these few lines in it. But these are the few common lines that marks the beginning of our 8 years friendship. And I really do appreciate this friendship of us. One thing which I think it is quite weird. You see, Shermaine introduce both of us to each other, but I really didn't keep in contact with her anymore. I don't know about you, but it has been centuries since I saw her.

From neightbor, we went to become schoolmates as you entered Seri Saujana. Then we join choir together, along with Jason, You Kong, Li Shuang and others. Then we wasn't that close. Maybe just that when you see me around in the school, it was kinda unavoidable from getting a hit from you, and honestly that really hurts a lot a lot, especially when your hit came out of nowhere and just smack on my back. Not only I got a painful back, I too got shocked with your sudden attack XD. But yeah, that's life =). Then after graduating from high school, we kinda lose contact. Almost gonna end up becoming semi-strangers because I kinda lost your contact (Need not me to explain more on this right?). However, things went slightly better on last year's Chinese New Year. And I believe that our friendship started to get better last year. Hmm... Probably because I no longer attached to anything.. But frankly sis, losing my relationship but I gained back a friendship with you, I think this is really worth it and I feel glad that things turn out this way. Thank you so much for all the support you gave me since day one till now.

Once again, I wish you Happy 20th Birthday. May all your dreams come true and don't always emo liao ok? Everything will be just fine in the end. So, no matter what, try to stay calm and cheerful =). I know it is not yet your 21 and you can't join us to casino. But nevermind, we will put you into slumber before we head to casino. No worry ok, you won't be abandoned. Guess I will just blog all the way here sis.

P/S: No worry. It is not my style of blogging without any pictures... But this time I wanna make it different. hehe... No caption. Just pictures. Enjoy sis =)

Hope you like this little post from me as a present. 生日快乐 =）

Life @ Melbourne

2009-09-22T18:01:00.013+10:00

*The all-batangs-picture.

It's been almost half a year since the first day I reach here and it will be soon before I leave this place... At the very beginning, I don't really enjoy the life here, as in I can't get used to this sudden transition of living environment. First, definitely will be the weather here. People always said that Australian weather is just like a woman, it changes so drastically that you thought that you are in Egypt for the first second, and suddenly you get thrown to Antarctica at the next second.

*This is how cold it can be XD...

Then, time for some personal opinion about the people here. This is what I have been told by most people before I came over here. They said: "Australians are really very nice! They can be so friendly that you might think that they are your closest buddy in the world"...

... Ya right...

No matter how clean a toilet can be, there is still some left over dirt hidden under the place where you did your daily business. Same goes to the people here, some of them can be SIBEH KANASAI that makes you feel that as if you are walking side by side with some apes. Perhaps I am so 'lucky' enough to meet with the 'rare species' of the people in the city of 3,700,000 worth of populations...

*Bettina's CFO is lost.

But things went slightly better as time goes... Again, starting with the weather here. Yes... I am falling in love with the cooling environment here... In Australia, you don't get to have thunderstorm often... You don't get to sweat often... You only get to stay chilled often =)... And about the people here, AGAIN, of course, those Australian that were previously mentioned are still running around like monkeys everyday, till I thought that I am having my lectures and tutorials at the Melbourne Zoo. However, I finally get to meet with the pure breed of Australian. They can be incredibly friendly and polite, where you get to have people asking you "How are ya?" or maybe "How's it going?" almost everyday. If you were to walk to uni early in the morning, you will get countless of greetings from the neighbors, which really makes your morning a Good one =).

*Good Morning!

Where do you get this in M'sia, unless you are extremely close to your neighbor. But even if you do not have such good neighbors who always say "Selamat Pagi" or "ZHO SUN!" to you every morning, don feel down and appreciate it, because this is not the worst you can get. SOME neighbors can be so free to watch how you park your car and make a very detail complain to you, as if you do not have a driver's license. Some are even so aggresive that when you park your car slightly into their self-defined teritory, they would climb over with parang on the hand to pick a fight with you.

*Why am I talking about my neighbors in M'sia? Get back!

Life here were rather carefree and... hmm... great I would say. Although I have to walk to school almost everyday and rely on public transport to travel from one place to another, still... I don't really feel exhausted and most of all, I don sweat =). And the public transport here are quite good in terms of their schedule. And for this month, it's even free of charge, if you were to travel to any place within Zone 2 =). So, weekends in September have been the "Grocery-Shopping Day" for us... Because is free =D!. BUT, I did being such a fool to validate my bus ticket on the first weekend of September, partly because I thought that it was just a rumour or something, and most of all, the ***king bus driver did not put any sign and don't even bother to tell me about that. I would rather that he told me "Hey you fool, today is free-LAH!" than laughing out loud when I slot my bus ticket into the machine. F**K!

*But still, I prefer to travel by bus more than taxi. Because when you are going out with a whole bunch of people, taking taxi will end up like this...

Talking about the crazy stuffs I did here, not much but there were still something that I think I wouldn't have do so in Malaysia. One of those will be alcohol (I am definitely not an alcoholic). Most of the birthday party that I attended this year, the wine, tequila and vodka are the few common 'special guests' that will always be there. Worst to worst, at least the beer will be there if you can't see any of those 'special guests' in the list. Hmm... At first, I don't find it fun to pour tonne of alcohols into your stomach and then 'pouring' it out again from your stomach. Only then I realize that fun part after I experienced it myself. The fun part is just the short moment where you are still conscious but not as conscious as you used to be, and not as unconscious as when you already fail to recognize yourselves when you look into the mirror. So to have this situation, follow my formulae that I have been working so hard on myself as a guinea pig.

*Red wine is not in the list.

For beer -
Alcohol: 4%
Drink 2 bottles, with each 375ml

Tequila -
Alcohol: 38% to 40%
Take only 2 to 3 shots

Vodka -
Alcohol: 35% to 50%
Take only 2 to 3 shots

If you go according to what I have listed out above, you will get to experience the the 'conscious but not so conscious' state. And the best part is that, you get everything that you paid for the liquer, because you don puke out at last. Why? Because those were what I had and I manage to sleep not so well all the way till morning with a little hangover.

*See, I can still stand straight. You can't be weaker than me I presume.

Hmm... Time really flies...

*So fast that I can't imagine that I will be entering the most miserable final year of my tertiary study...

*So fast that I can't imagine that it is already entering spring now and there goes the cooling winter...

*So fast that I can't imagine that 2 more months, I will be leaving here soon...

*So fast...

*I will definitely miss this place very much.

*Partially because Melbourne is really such a nice city...

*With lot of unique buildings...

*Nice food... as well as...

*The food we cooked ourselves.

*... and also the home made steak...

But most importantly...

*...is the people here that made my life here a great one...

*... and that is the reason I like the life here so much...

P/S: When you think Famous Amos has the best cookies in the world... Think again... because I had one of the best and giant cookies of all... So big that I can't resist to take a picture with it though I am in my semi-lion-in-style hairdo after showering...

*Cookies from Morton... Ok... Good night everyone... I shall not responsible for any nightmare after seeing this picture of mine XD

What is Teh-O-Ice-Limau?

2009-09-05T00:00:00.000+10:00

*Before...

*... and After... Now available in the cinema near you! Be hurry while stock last!

Once upon a time, there is this two dudes wondering around the street after school time. And buddy A suggested to go to one of the nearest mamak stall to have their lunch. So here comes the first stupid question from buddy B...

Buddy B: " What is mamak? Can eat one ah? "
Buddy A: " You never been to mamak before?

So as the conversation continued, they reach to the mamak stall. After settling down, a 'mamak' came over and ask...

Mamak: " *Thick indian accent* Eh boss, makan-apa?"
Buddy A: " Bagi saya satu Teh-O-Ice-Limau dulu. Makan nanti kejap. *looking at Buddy B* what you want to eat? "

And here comes the second stupid question of the day from buddy B, again...

Buddy B: " What is that what Teh-O-what Limau? "
Buddy A: " OMG... Teh-O-Ice-Limau you never drink before? "
Buddy B: " No... I drink Ice Lemon Tea before... Why they sounded so similar? "

-_-"... If you wonder who is this pathetic Buddy B who never even went to mamak and drink Teh-O-Ice-Limau before at the age of 14, let me tell you who is him. His name is Keat Ming, if you know who is him. But anyway, he is not the main concern. Most importantly, I would like to dedicate this blogpost to my buddy as a little gift and wish him...

*Happy 21st Birthday, You Kong... Forgive me with such inappropriate introduction.

And for your info, the "Once-upon-a-time" above is not really some kind of lame joke story that comes out from my mind. In fact, that marks the beginning of our 7 years friendship, or perhaps brotherhood. Because people who do not know us tends to ask this question >> "Are you two twins?". Apart from being skinny and short at that time, I don really see any similarities between the two of us. Otherwise, I would have been in local television program as well, isn't it? XD... Anyway, it is my honour to be kinda alike with you, buddy =).

*Black and White.

To be exact, I actually know you more than 7 years. Not through TV, but through one of the tuition that we once attend before during primary school. Honestly, that time you really had this face which says "Hey, come hit me". Haha... But after we start knowing each other during choir, only that I realize you are such a good and caring friend. And in case you forgot, we were once having our 'sniper' aiming at the same person, but unfortunately you have your 'trigger' pulled before I did and it just got that person 'head shot' in one shot... You understand what I am crapping about isn't it, buddy? XD

*Does this picture rings the bell? =)

Perhaps the most memorable thing were those days when you are still living in Sri Petaling. Going to mamak were sort of like some daily routine to us till it got quite boring at times. So what is the alternative? Stay at home? Ya right... So we went over to Bukit Jalil to disturb our dearest big sister... What we do? Anything you could imagine... and don think of letting your imagination go 'wild'. What I meant of 'anything' is anything you can do with your best buddies, and the most we did was doing heart to heart chat. Those are the days that we have our friendship started to build up and I really do appreciate it very much.

*The pirated F.I.R.

*Look at how much we have change in less than a year. I wonder how will we look like in 10 years time.

*Somehow you the way you hold us kinda wrong... haha...

*Jason and you =).

*During Khar Yee's birthday.

*Can I borrow these cupcakes and treat it as your birthday cake for this year =)?

*What a warm family photo XD

*The 4 high voltage light bulb... Sooooo bright...

But ever since you moved to Serdang, we seldom come out together and sit down to have a good chat, and with Li Shuang moved even further into Bukit Jalil area, going to Bukit Jalil hill have become a history. No doubt that we seldom share our personal stuff with each other like we used to be last time, but I am really glad that till today, we are still manage to hold this friendship as tightly as ever. I came across a friend telling me that friends are people who comes and goes in your life. Some might come into your life only for that particular short time, while some might stay in your life longer, being side by side with you and always be ready with a helping hand for you in case you need it. Buddy, no matter how long will our friendship last, I am glad that throughout this 7 years, you have been a very caring buddy that walks side by side with me and always be ready with your helping hand for me. Thanks =)

*Everybody loves Kong =).

*Kong and Shuang.

*Nick, don't be angry ok. Just borrow her for one day only =) hehe...

*Is time to enter casino buddy... No need to go to Nick's house anymore XD...

*Another photo of you and me...

21st signify the beginning of another chapter of life, fill with all kinds of surprises and happiness. I wish you all the best in everything that you are working on, no matter it is academic or *ahem* =). Happy Birthday and hope you enjoy your special day!

P/S: Hope you like the present, buddy. We will always be 'side by side' with you XD. If you get what I mean.

*B.U.D.D.I.E.S. F.O.R.E.V.E.R. =)

Of Spicy Hot & Freezing Cold

2009-08-08T22:03:00.001+10:00

Hidden in a secluded street along China Town of Melbourne City, this restaurant sells nothing better than red hot spicy chili that can give your mouth an eternity burning effect.

*Welcome to Dainty Sichuan Food，天府川菜馆

(Picture adapted from rabbitsimsparadise.blogspot.com)

Inspired by me and suggested by Jason, after a whole day of boredom in the so-call science centre, we decided to spend our dinner in this restaurant without knowing the level of spiciness that we are about to witness.
Since this place is kinda 'hidden', we were forced to bring out man's best friend - GoogleMap. The first thing we saw upon reaching at the entrance of the restaurant is a long queue of homo sapien. Determined to taste the Sichuan dishes on that day, we waited for almost 2 hours to only deserved to be placed in the corner of the restaurant with no menu on the table. So, left with nothing much to do we observed our neighbor to see what is the best to order for ourselves later on. After 30 minutes of saliva-dripping session, finally the menu arrived and without much hesitation, we ordered a few dishes with a '3 chilis' icon beside it, indicating that this dish offer the maximum spiciness that the restaurant can afford to do so.

The dishes didn't failed us, they came within a minute starting with this bowl of THING....

*水煮鱼...

*To get a piece of fish out from this bowl of 'chili sea', you first need to submerge your spoon into it and let your feeling lead you to the fish =).

*Another dish with Chili to main ingredient ratio of 9:1.

*This is the only dish with '1 chili' marked on it. Still the spiciness can send you to heaven.

I stopped taking pictures for each and every dish that came after the previous one because that's the time I started to feel my mouth is burning and I am sweating like mad.

*So, a summary of what we ate that night.

*Look at his lips...

*Trust me, all these dishes are seriously extremely spicy....

*.... till this expression can be seen from someone who doesn't appear much in front of the camera.

*Ok, I gave up... Let's get rid of this spicy hot thingy with some freezing cold experience =).

*This transition can be so sudden -_-.

*||||Voice Recovering -- 37%||||

*||||Mouth Burning Treatment -- 67%||||

*||||Body Temperature Stability -- Checked||||

*|||| All Body Senses Status -- Operational ||||

*Ahem*... Ok... my voice is back (partially)... After a long sore throat due to insufficient water intake during the fallscreek trip. Finally I had my childhood dream realized, which is to get a touch on the snow which is really falling down from the sky, not the human-made one. In fact I did more than just snow touching up on the snow mountain. Hehe... Going to a snow mountain without trying at least a snow sport will be meaningless, isn't it? So, guess what?

*I chose snowboarding =)

Organized by both MUMSU (Monash University Malaysian Student Union) and SAM (Singaporean Association of Monash), this should be a winter break trip that lasts for 3 days. The reason they postponed the trip to the 2nd week of school is because they claimed that it is much colder up there compare to the mid year break period.

This trip started on Friday night... eh... I mean Thursday night (Friday morning)... Yes, we gather at school at about 12 am, 31st of July, Friday. The travel bus reached the school at around 1:30 am and we spent almost 7 to 8 hours before we saw pure white snow out from the bus window. That moment was truely amazing.

*On the way and someone has already got so excited.

Ok, practically there is nothing special to talk about throughout the entire journey. So, let's fast forward--->

*Welcome to Fallscreek =)

*... and here we are at our accomodation place

*So we quickly got all our luggages 'settled down' and off we go for fun!

*But before the real fun starts, we paid a visit to this Ski Hire Shop...

*... to get our 'VIP Pass'.. XD...

*... and our snowboards =) !

But the queue were shockingly long outside the shop. So this is the best time to take some shots around fallscreek =).

*So lovely...

*Let's introduce one by one, shall we? Isn't that a good thing to do while waiting for our snowboard =)?

*First to show up, we have... eh... doggy?

*Miss Vivien... and her lovely zuzu....

*... Kungfu Panda! aka Alan.

*Mr Bing, our honourable photographer, ...

*The snowman-builder-wannabe, Kha Liang, ...

*Mr Jason Cool, ...

*My long lost primary school mate (wait, did I mentioned this before?), Choo Hoe, ...

*... and of course not forgetting myself =). Ok, let the snow battle begin!

Snow battle and taking pictures were not good enough to kill time, so....

*... we build snowman =)

*And this is what you can expect an engineering undergraduate to come up with. -_-

*Looks like Alan and Vivien had got themselves their gears ready.

*Choo Hoe is even ready to go... and where are we?

*We are of course, still waiting...

*After waiting for like more than 2 hours, we manage to get into the shop... and wait again -_-"

Ok... We need some fast forwarding here again... ---> ...

*We finally got our snowboard and pass. So what are we waiting for? Let's go.

Snowboarding isn't as hard as what you imagine. It can be much easier than cycling (exaggerating). First, lock one or both of your leg onto the board. Stand up and get the balancing done as soon as possible and off you go!
And wondering how to stop? This is the easiest thing you will do in your entire life. In fact you did that since the first day you learn how to walk. What stops you down when you were walking back at the time when you were young? You fell down isn't it? Exactly! Same goes to snowboarding, you just have to fell down if you want to stop.

I am joking... XD...

Because I didn't know how to stop on the very first day of my snowboarding experience.

*Ladies & gentlemen, may I present to you.. My official first 'Stop'...

*The first photo as soon as we reached the hill top.

*A group picture after everyone got their ass touched on the snow floor.

*as well as some unavoidable camwhoring =)

*Oh ya... Almost forgot about this. Meet our second photographer.

As a bunch of noobies, we obediently attended one of the classes on that day afternoon. The instructor taught all the basic stuff of snowboarding, and most importantly how to stop appropriately, not by having the ass touching on the snow floor.

*The Beginner on the beginner's track.

Here are some proof that we actually attended the beginner training session.

*Oops... we got the wrong banner... This is for skier, not snowboarder.

*Nevermind, it is still the same =)

*Alan is trying to stand up, not fell down. Don't get that wrong. This is during the training session.

*And that's all for the first day.

*It's time to go have a look at our room. Time to check in!

*This is the best scenery picture ever taken. Great job buddy!

*The photographer deserve a good break after so many photos.

Let's give a pause with all the snowboarding and jump to the most delicious part of the entire post (excluding the Sichuan Food).

*This is what we had for our lunch.

*Don't underestimate them. Despite being so tiny in portion, they can cost up to the price of two normal meals.

*While waiting for our dinner.

*Our dinner, Potatoes and Lagsania (Food doesn't include Vivien in it)

*And finally, our breakfast.

We woke up extraordinary-ly early in the next morning. After got our stomach 3/4 filled and a short coffee break, we quickly put on our snowboarding suit and off we went up hill again. This time, we are going back with no longer as a noobies. We are now Beginners =)

*Noobies = Beginner = Noobies... Aren't they the same -_-" ?*

*The classical heater.

*It is approaching zero degree Celsius and our Mr Kha Liang is wearing short pants and slippers, enjoying his coffee out at the balcony. SALUTE!

*See... He become so famous that our photographer wanted to take a picture with him.
Who's next?

So on the second day, we became more 'beginner' than 'noobies'. There is this so called Green Track which is specially designed for us beginners to have a feeling of how real snowboarding feels like. Out of a few green tracks, we chose the easiest one as a good starter. Then after lunch time, we went to another green track which they claim to be a good track for skiing, but not for snowboarding. But still, we insisted on trying and TADA, we manage to reach to the end in one piece, but heavily damaged all over our body.

At the very last hour before the clock hits 5 pm, we took an alternative green track which eventually lead us to the village and some sort of place that we've never been to before. In other words, we are lost. So, we happily snowboarded along the road and hopefully it will lead us back to our accomodation. Unfortunately, the colour of the snow become less and less white and finally brown colour. And the next thing I knew was that I reached to a construction site. After asking direction from one of the worker, we walked for more than 20 minutes back to our room. At the moment I reached my room, the only thing I wanna do is to sit down and have a good long rest. *#%$ing exhausting!... I was partially a living corpse that night and went to bed at 830 pm. Surprise isn't it?

Ok, I shall have all the craps keep to the minimum level and let the photos to do the talking, again.

*Good morning... Hmm... refreshing!

*Ok, the weather doesn't look that good.

*But no worry, we have a tour leader today. Meet Jun Eu. He is the one who brought us to the green track.

*At the finishing point of Drover's Dream aka the easiest green track.

*Reminds me of that korean drama, Winter Sonata.

*That training session is so worthwhile.

*And I managed to stop, for real =).

*Sri Petaling snowboarder on the move.

*Taking break half way... And what's best to do now?

*Taking pictures loh...

*This is really very tiring. I deserve a short rest.

*Ok, ready to go for the next round.

*On the 'lift'... You might want to cover your face because the wind is so strong and cold. And it's hitting directly on your face which is kinda pain.

And for the third day, I will show you the photo below and you will know what we did...

*eh... not this one la... I can't be that energetic to show you 'PEACE' on the last day.

*This is the one. Yes, practically everyone is down.

So, you can see what is the outcome of excessive snowboarding? It will be a series of problem, starting with your friendly neighborhood sore throat (this is because of insufficient of water), flu, cough and most of all, body ache. And so I went to visit my school doctor again, and got quarantined again, and being told that "You are fine, son" again. But this time a little bit canggih, instead of giving me medicine or prescription, she gave me a paper listing a dozen of reasons "Why We Don't Give Antibiotics?" and some common sense "Must-Do-List" for example 'Maintain adequate fluid intake' and the all time favourite 'Rest' -_-...

P/S: I want my voice back =(

*I am waiting for you to come back, my voice. Must have left it up on the hill.