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Miri Trip (14-Jan to 17-Jan 2012)

2012-02-01T22:18:00.005+08:00

A very good start with first trip, Miri of welcoming new year 2012.

I bought the flight tickets for my family last year due to the cheap flights offered by AirAsia. Our initial plan is to visit my relative in Brunei but now plan changed to stay in Miri.

Miri was not a new place to us as we had been there eight years ago. I still could recall my very first flight to Miri. My brother and I played t.tennis competition there but didn't travel much.

First day (14th Jan)

I didn't sleep through the night after coming home from watching our best badminton player, Dato' Lee Chong Wei's game in Stadium Bukit Jalil (Malaysia Open).

We took a bus from KL Sentral and reached LCCT at 7.15am. We took our breakfast at McDonald before boarding.

The flight took two hours to reach Miri Airport. From there, we took a taxi to Park Hotel. We are lucky that they allowed us to check-in earlier. The facilities are acceptable except no hair dryer and remote control for TV.

After unpacking our luggage, we went to do some exploration in town. I did some "homework" about Miri.. hehe..

Park Hotel is a strategic location where we could travel easily as bus station and Visitors Information Centre are just nearby the hotel. I was disappointed that the Visitor Information Centre is closed. According to a book and Miri Brochures, the Centre should be operating on Weekends. It seems that such information was not updated.

Our first visiting is Tamu Kedayan and Tamu Muhibbah. Tamu means market and it's an old Malay term. Those sellers are mostly orang Ulu such as Melanau, Iban, Kedayan, Bidayu, etc. They were selling variety of fruits and vegetables.

Fruits

You could find some special fruits which is different from KL such as Salak Madu, Buah Asam Mbang and wild Durian. We were fortunate to taste their Durian at this season especially my dad who is a Durian-eater. The flesh is yellow colour and sweet. Vegetables such as Paku and Petai were sold almost every stalls. I found something which is interesting. Normally fruits and vegetables were measured by weighing scale. However, you couldn't find that in their market, instead they measured by plate. They called it "Tompok".

Mee Golok was our very first dish. The price is between RM2.30 to RM2.50. This is the cheapest dish in town. It was my brother's favourite food in Miri. Do you know how much it cost last time? Only RM1.70.

Tua Pek Kong Temple

Our next destination is Tua Pek Kong Temple, the oldest Chinese Temple in Miri. They will be celebrating their 100th Anniversary next year.

A taxi driver recommended famous Indonesian food to us-Lalapan Ikan and Lalapan Ayam at Surabaya shop. The price is between RM8 to RM10.

Food

View of Miri Town

Second Day (15th Jan)

We went to the beach, Taman Selera/Brighton Beach early in the morning. It was quiet and the sound of the wave so lively. The wind kept blowing at us all the time and it's really relaxing. However, we were not allowed to swim due to high current. My brother collected some small seashells.

Brighton Beach

After spending sometime at the beach, we took a taxi to Canada Hill. The taxi driver was a friendly guy who explained to us the history of oil drilling in Miri. Grand Old Lady is our very first oil well in Malaysia. We also visited Petroleum Museum which explained further about the process of oil drilling.

Grand Old Lady

Petroleum Museum in Miri

In the afternoon, we had our lunch in a Chinese shop. My mum ordered Mee Pok. It was quite similar to Pan Mee style. My brother ate Mee Chap (It's a bowl with all the pork mixed). My dad took Traditional Mee Sua (contains some alcohol) whereas I tried their Mee Merah (Looks quite oily). The price of the food is quite cheap (around RM3.50-RM5.00).

Food

Eating Time

Around 5pm, we took a walk to Waterfront Commercial Centre. It's quite a distance. The area consists of office lots. I found Kek Lapis (Layer Cake) at Bakery Shop. This is one of their Sarawak's specialty. Of course, I bought some back to KL. Hehe..

Fishing Village at Waterfront Commercial Centre

A hon sound was heard and we saw a ferry passing through in front of the Waterfront Commercial Centre to go to the sea. Only then, we realised there was a fishing village and seafood restaurant, Yu Ha Hai. The view is quite similar to Kuala Selangor.

We tried Midin with Belacan in Muara Restaurant instead of seafood.

Walking at night in Miri was totally different scenery from KL. Not so many cars on the street and most of the shops were closed at 6pm. I could say the night of Miri is like a deserted place.

Third and Fourth Day (16-17th Jan)

I heard that Laksa Sarawak is also their famous dish so we ordered in a coffee shop. They don't put "Tau Foo Pok" but could taste some herbs in their curry soup. It wasn't spicy but I still prefer Laksa in Penang. All of us tried the laksa except my dad who ordered porridge with pork mixed.

My mum did some shopping in their market before going back to KL. She bought their Belacan, Nasi Bario (planted by Orang Ulu) and Petai.

The street of Miri was started decorating with Chinese New Year ambiance. Several stalls have been setup to sell all kinds of foods, clothes, etc. The place was crowded with people.

A bid farewell to Miri once again. It has been my memorable journey. I like the people and the food. :)

I hope my readers would enjoy reading my blog and would like to wish you, Gong Xi Fatt Cai. May this Dragon year brings you and your family good health, happiness and prosperity. ^.^

QY's birthday

2011-08-28T23:23:00.004+08:00

Another birthday friend-QY in this month. I planned to throw her a surprise on 20th. Together with me, ST, KY, CF and Lionel, we celebrated this special occasion in the Garden Cafe, Mid Valley.

The ambiance is pretty comfortable with the songs played by the pianist.. The decoration of the place is exactly like the western concept. But what I dislike is their management. We were informed that they don't accept reservation during weekends. But we saw most of the tables are being reserved.

Back to where we are... Our table was filled with lots of laughter that night especially the birthday girl.. She kept on teasing Lionel's elephant key chain.. Lionel insisted his elephant is BIG but everyone mentioned LITTLE elephant..

Lionel's little elephant... Big or little??

We celebrated QY's birthday for the first time. Sing a song and cut cake.. A small kid also joined us singing happily.. Pretty cute boy..

Cutie kid..

When it's time to leave the place, Lionel offered us a ride even though I drove my dad's car (I parked my car quite far away from the mall). I wish to say "Thank you" for being such a kind-hearted friend... =)

Happy moments together...

I hope QY enjoy her birthday celebration and everyone has a great time.. ^.^

25 ways of wearing a scarf

2011-08-17T09:55:00.001+08:00

I found a very useful link.. Not only useful to me but all the girls.. I didnt know there are several ways to use a scarf to "deco" yourself.. Last time, a scarf is used in a cold environment to keep yourself warm.. Now, a scarf act as an accessory and it has became a trend for all the ladies.. So, please have a look at this video below..

Another link teaching how to wear small scarf => 10 ways to tie small scarves

Grow Up Another Year

2011-08-07T19:28:00.001+08:00

How I wish I can slow down the time on my birthday cause I wish spending more time to do what I wish to do.

Previous two Sundays, my friends threw me a birthday celebration at Purple Cane Tea Restaurant, Mid Valley. For the first time we had Chinese Food. The table had half of roaster duck, a pot of bak kut teh, prawns, vegetable and tau fu. I would rank the food for 4 out of 5 stars. ^^

When time comes, a cake would be blew and cut.. Hehe.. I like the layer cake.. Also, they gave me presents which really out of my expectation!! Actually my only gift that I hope is to watch the movie, "Harry Potter" and they did realise my wish but the presents are really a big surprised.. A big "THANK YOU" to my friends-Ah Gor, ST, KY, CF and QY.

Talking about Harry Potter, the last part of the last Chapter.

The part talks about the live and dead battle between Harry Potter and Voldemort. Voldemort is trying to find the Elder Wand whereas Harry, Ron and Hermione are finding ways to get and destroy the Horcruxes.

Harry guesses that Voldemort has a Horcrux stored in Bellatrix’s vault, since she seemed so worried about it, and he persuades Griphook the goblin to help him break into the vault. With Griphook’s help, Harry, Ron, and Hermione break in and steal the Hufflepuff Cup from the vault, then escape on the back of a dragon.

Harry learns from a vision of Voldemort’s that the final Horcrux is at Hogwarts, so they travel to the nearby village of Hogsmeade. There they meet Aberforth, Dumbledore’s brother, who helps them get into Hogwarts through a painting by summoning Neville Longbottom, who has been organizing meetings of Dumbledore’s Army in the hidden Room of Requirement. Harry asks the members of the D.A., who are all his supporters, if they can think of an important item associated with the school, hoping such an item might be the final Horcrux. The Ravenclaw students tell him about the lost diadem of Ravenclaw.

While Harry looks for the diadem, the professors and students of Hogwarts rally to his defense, having been warned that Voldemort is on his way. Voldemort and his followers attack the school in a great battle, and Harry finds and destroys the diadem Horcrux.

Harry witnesses Voldemort murdering Snape in order to take possession of Dumbledore’s powerful wand (since Snape killed Dumbledore, Snape is presumably the wand’s true master until someone kills him). Before he dies, Snape gives Harry his memories, extracted for viewing in the Pensieve.

Harry goes to the Pensieve in the headmaster’s office and views the most important moments of Snape’s life. He learns that he has been completely mistaken about Snape, who loved Harry’s mother, Lily Potter, his whole life. Snape had spent his entire adult life spying on Voldemort for Dumbledore and working to protect Harry.

From one of Snape’s conversations with Dumbledore, Harry learns that there’s a piece of Voldemort’s soul inside him (Harry is in fact the final Horcrux), and that he will have to let Voldemort kill him before Voldemort can die. He goes into the forest and lets Voldemort kill him, then wakes up in a dreamlike version of King’s Cross train station, where Dumbledore meets him and tells him that he hasn’t died, and that the protective charm Lily Potter placed on Harry is kept alive inside of Voldemort, because Voldemort used Harry’s blood to reconstitute himself. Thus, Voldemort could not kill Harry, and Harry can now go back and finish him off.

Voldemort takes Harry, whom he believes to be dead, back to Hogwarts to demand its surrender. The students and teachers defy Voldemort, and Neville uses the Sword of Gryffindor to kill the giant snake, Nagini, which was the last Horcrux keeping Voldemort invulnerable. A final battle erupts, and Harry reveals that he’s still alive, going on to kill Voldemort in a duel.

In an Epilogue set nineteen years later, Harry is married to Ginny and is sending their children to Hogwarts. Ron and Hermione are married, and their families are both thriving.

(Extract from link )

Luckily, the author, JK Rowling, didn't end the story by sacrificing Harry.. If not, all the readers would be disappointed.. Haha..

On the next day, I had another surprised. My colleague told me, "Sook Yee, please come to the meeting room." Looking at the time, it was 5.30pm. I was puzzling, "What meeting are we going to discuss". Getting myself ready with a notebook and walked into the room. I was feeling embarrassed that all of them were waiting for me to blow and cut the cake.

At night, I had a wonderful dinner with my parents in Chinese stall. That's how I spent my day.

Found my Favourite Books

2011-08-07T18:41:00.000+08:00

Colleagues have been talking about the book fair at YMCA, KL. I also heard of this event so we promised to go together.

Yesterday we went to the place after working. The place was filled up with variety of books but all are in English. Looking at the prices are also attractive too.. Price of book is cost less than RM10. You could even get RM8 for 3 books!! Sound pretty worthy right? Haha.. However, all the books are second hand. If you are lucky, you still could get a book as new as before.. I saw all this and start wondering where should I begin my search.. Hehe..

I was trying to get some detective books. Last time I read all the series of Famous Five by Gnid Blyton. Now, I'm happy to get another famous detective stories, Nancy Drew. Also, ghost stories were written by Stephen King and RL Stine. So, I managed to get it. =D Haha.. I walked home with a big smile.. ^^

Meantime, my colleagues bought famous fictions ie. Chronicles of Nania-The Last Nephew and The Lord of the Ring-The Two Tower.

Hurray.. I could spend my free time on books again.. ^^

Last of the Mohegan-Harry Potter

2011-07-15T00:12:00.000+08:00

The movie of Harry Potter is a non-fiction but I know Christian discourage watching it. To me, as long as I don't learn their what so-called spell, I don't think we should not watch. What I admire the most is their characters, ie. value of friendship. Harry, Ron and Hermione always stick together (Ron and Hermione are willing to leave their family behind) even though they know the level of danger. 3 of them never fail to solve problems as a team.

I've been following the story from the very beginning and it has became part of my teenager story. I always admire kids playing in action movie so that's how this movie caught my eyes. Haha.. Before coming to an end, let me highlight of each part of stories.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone

Harry Potter became a legendary person since he was a baby in Wizard's world because Voldemort could not kill him but left a scar on his forehead.

Sorcerers Stone is the most valuable item as this magical stone will bring immortal to a person. Such a valuable stone is attracted to evils such as Voldemort. Harry Potter destroyed the Sorcerers Stone is to prevent falling the stone on the hand of Voldemort.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secret

Harry entered the Chamber of Secrets and encountered Ginny's still body and Tom Riddle. Tom turned out to be a younger version of Voldemort, who has been enchanting Ginny through his journal. Tom summoned a basilisk but was killed by Harry using the Sword of Gryffindor. Harry stick a basilisk fang through the diary to destroy Tom. Ginny was rescued.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban and Harry wanted to take revenge on him over his parents' death. However, the actual fact was Pettigrew (one of Harry's father's best friend) who is the servant of Voldemort and betrayed Potter. After knowing it, Harry, Ron and Hermione decided to rescue Sirius Black from being killed by the servant of Voldemort. Harry is happy that Sirius Black became his godfather.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry was not expected that he could enter Triwizard Tournament despite his age. This tournament was a trap in the beginning to let Harry entering the final stage. The trophy is a transporter to bring Harry and Cedric to face Voldemort. Voldemort murdered Cedric and wish to do the same on Harry. When both summoned each other, Voldemort's past victims emerge from his wand and protect Harry once the wand connection is broken, giving him time to grab Cedric's body and touch the trophy, thus returning to Hogwarts.

Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix

The 3 teenagers formed a group called Dumbledore Army (DA) to learn Defense as Professor Umbridge refused to teach them.

Harry was trying to find his godfather, Sirius Black in Department of Ministry as he foresee Sirius was being captivated and tortured by Voldemort. When Harry reached the department-Ministry of Magic, he saw one of the glass spheres has his name on it, as well as Voldemort’s. Harry grabbed the sphere, and Death Eaters surround to attack, demanding that Harry hand over the prophecy. Employing all of their Defense skills, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna, and Neville have moderate success fighting the Death Eaters, but they are ultimately helped enormously by the arrival of several members of the Order of Phoenix (a group to fight against Voldemort's Army). In the midst of the fight, Harry dropped the glass sphere, and it shattered. Meanwhile, Sirius’ own cousin, Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange, killed Sirius. Harry is devastated.

Dumbledore appeared and corralled the Death Eaters but Voldemort and Lestrange managed to escape. Back to Howarts, Dumbledore explained that the prophecy mentioned Harry will either destroy Voldemort or be destroyed by him. Harry has to live with his Aunt because he has the protection of the love bond from his mum.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Harry also learned that Voldemort has divided his soul into seven Horcruxes. Two of these, Tom Riddle’s diary and Marvolo’s ring, have already been destroyed. One resides in Voldemort, one resides in a snake, one is Merope’s locket, and the other two are suspected to be hidden in objects belonging to Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Gryffindor.

Together with Dumbledore, both went to obtain Merope’s locket, thus making Voldemort one step closer to mortal. After taking the locket, they returned to Hogwarts as quickly as possible as they knew Voldemort's Army will appear in the school.

Draco found Dumbledore and threatened to kill him, meanwhile Harry was freeze (by Dumbledore's spell) and covered himself with his invisible cloak. Later, Professor Snape appeared and killed Dumbledore. Draco and Snape escapes from there.

Harry was very upset over the death of Dumbledore and he realised that the locket was not a Horcrux. Inside the locket had a note from someone named “R. A. B.” Harry told his friends he would not be returning to Hogwarts next year and would instead search out and kill Voldemort by destroying all of the Horcruxes. Ron and Hermione vow to join him.

Also, Harry found out that Half Blood Prince is Processor Snape.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1

Voldemort's Army is getting stronger and they even interfered Muggle's world. Muggle means a person who could not perform any spell.

The members from Order of Phoenix were trying to take Harry to Weasley's house, Burrow. When he arrived Burrow, he learned that Mad-Eye Moody was killed.

Rufus Scrimgeour, the Minister of Magic, delivered the items Dumbledore left for Harry, Ron and Hermione in his will. Harry is given a Snitch which he caught in his first Quidditch match, as well as the Sword of Gryffindor, which Scrimgeour does not give him, claiming it did not belong to Dumbledore. Ron is left a device called a Deluminator that turns lights off, and Hermione is left a book of wizard fairy tales. None of them have any idea what the items mean.

The Weasleys host the wedding of their son Bill to Fleur Delacour. The wedding is interrupted by Death Eaters, as Voldemort has taken over the Ministry of Magic and is now in charge of the Wizarding world. All of them fled the scene. The 3 teenagers escaped together to a safer place.

In previous book, R.A.B left a note in the fake locket. This R.A.B is Regulus Arcturus Black, Sirius's younger brother who is dead. However, the locket has been stolen by Umbridge. Harry, Ron and Hermione were taking their risk to get the locket from Umbridge. Ron used the Sword of Gryffindor to destroy the locket.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione go to visit Xenophilius Lovegood, because Hermione has discovered a strange symbol in the book Dumbledore left her, and they had seen Xenophilius wearing it. Xenophilius explains that the symbol represents the Deathly Hallows, three objects—the Elder Wand, Resurrection Stone, and Invisibility Cloak—that were made by Death and that give the owner of the three objects mastery over death.

Bellatrix Lestrange caught the 3 teenagers and she tortures Hermione for information about where they got the sword they are carrying, since she thought it was in her vault at Gringotts bank. She is very concerned about anything else they might have taken. Dobby, the Malfoys’ former house-elf, helped Harry and his friends to escape, along with Ollivander the wand maker, Luna Lovegood, and Griphook the goblin.

Harry guesses that Voldemort has a Horcrux stored in Bellatrix’s vault, since she seemed so worried about it, and he persuaded Griphook the goblin to help him break into the vault. With Griphook’s help, Harry, Ron, and Hermione broke in and stole the Hufflepuff Cup from the vault, then escaped on the back of a dragon.

In the meantime, Voldemort is looking for the most powerful wand-Dumbledore's Elder Wand. The battle is about to start... Does Harry able to destroy all the Horcruxes? Who will survive in the end? Harry or Voldemort? Let's watch the final part together..

(You may read this in details through this link)

Harry Potter is the LONGEST parts among other movies. Every story has the beginning and it has to come to an end.. I'm reluctant to bid farewell to the last of the Mohegan this Sunday..

Won a Contest

2011-07-10T19:59:00.004+08:00

I seldom take part in contest as I didn't get anything so far. This happened when I noticed Golden Screen Cinema (GSC) organised a contest in Facebook in giving out the free movie tickets. The criteria is simple, i.e name the person who you wish to watch together and write your reason not more than 20 words.

Hmm.. I just said to myself, "Why don't I give myself a try?" Yes, I did it and GSC gave me two complimentary tickets. =) The title of the movie is "Treasure Inn". It's a Cantonese movie which filmed by main stars-Nicholas Tse, Nick Cheong and Charlene Choi.

Two complimentary tickets - special thanks to GSC

Today, I watched this movie with ah gor. How was the movie? It is romance and comedy type of movie. I laughed throughout the show. But the killing part is a bit violent. Overall of the storyline is okay.. I would say I give 3 out of 5 stars. By the way, I like the pretty girl-Yuk Ling Lung (acted by Liu Yang). Haha..

Short synopsis about Treasure Inn

In China, two street inspectors named Gong and Ba were on the mysterious murder case in town - the massacre at millionaire's estate, and the disappearance of the prestigious white-jade statue. The renowned investigator Iron was assigned to the case. But the local Gong and Ba were being shoved so they decided to track down the culprit on their own. Along their journey, the duo fell in love with two sisters, Water and Fire. When the real murderer is finally revealed, Gong realizes the danger is much closer to home than he could ever imagine. (Extract from: GSC movie and HK Movie )

Two lovely songs - I Know who Holds Tomorrow & Still

2011-07-09T22:27:00.000+08:00

I love this song "I know who holds tomorrow" especially the lyrics. It's very meaningful.. ^^

I don't know about tomorrow,
I just live from day to day.
And I don't borrow from the sunshine
'Cause the skies might turn to grey.

And I don't worry about the future,
'Cause I know what Jesus said,
And today I'm gonna walk right beside him
'Cause he's the one who knows what is ahead.

There are things about tomorrow
That I don't seem to understand
But I know who holds tomorrow
And I know who holds my hand.

And each step is getting brighter
As the golden stairs I climb.
And every burden is getting lighter
And all the clouds, they're silver lined.

And, I'll bet the sun it's always shining
There no tears will ever dim the eye
And the ending of the rainbow
Where the mountains, they touch the sky.

There are many things about tomorrow
I don't seem to understand
But I know who holds tomorrow

(Sung by LeAnn Rimes)

Another beautiful song "Still". I will praise Lord unto Eternity..

INTRO:
A - AM - C/G - G
F - AM - C/G - G

C         G/B       Am
HIDE ME NOW
F   D/F# Gsus G
UNDER YOUR WINGS
C         C/E   F
COVER ME
Dm7       D/F#                   G
WITHIN YOUR MIGHTY HAND

REFF:
C         C/E F
WHEN THE OCEANS RISE
G Csus   C
AND THUNDERS ROAR
C     C/E   F
I WILL SOAR WITH YOU
G Am
ABOVE THE STORM
C        C/E   F
FATHER YOU ARE KING
G Csus C
OVER THE FLOOD
G/B F/A
I WILL BE STILL AND KNOW
G/B C
YOU ARE GOD -> Sung By Hillsong

One Year Older-Ah Gor

2011-06-26T17:21:00.002+08:00

ST and I planned this special occasion for KS. Our initial plan was to have a singing session with him but he just lost his tooth so not able to talk much.

Changing the plan to just a normal birthday celebration was the only choice. Sushi Zanmai was the chosen location and together with QY, KY and CF to join this celebration on 19th June (Sunday). We were surprised that the person who lost his tooth could talk so much. Aiya.. We should go Redbox in the first place. Haha..

Last time I remembered that all the staff in the restaurant sang birthday song to him. All the customers were curious who is the birthday boy. Haha.. KS was shy and surprised. We laughed throughout the lunch.

After lunch, we watched movie-Green Lantern. This is my second time but in different form. No 3D this time. Hehe..

ST and I bought a polo shirt for KS. Hope he likes it and we look forward to seeing him wearing in our next outing!! =) Once again, Happy Birthday, Ah Gor!! One year older, one year wiser ya!! Haha..

College Mates Gathering

2011-06-26T17:06:00.001+08:00

It has been sometime for not having a gathering with my college mates. Last Friday (17-June) was the gathering night at Dick, Tom & Harry at TTDI. I like the pub name.. (Just realised our venue is a PUB!!GOSH!!) Haha..

Only a few of us attended on that day-JL, YN, WL, Phoebe, PT and me. Phoebe and WL brought their beloved BF and introduced to us. These two couples are sweet and cute.. ^^ We are lucky to have PT to join us as she came from Bintulu for vacation.

This was the best time catching up with each other about your works, activities and life (including love affairs..hehe.. :p). Most of them are involving in auditing line with the famous BIG FOUR accounting firms. Hearing most of their complaints are having the uncooperative clients whom are not willing to provide documents by giving all sort of excuses. This delays make the auditors working stressful as they have their deadline of submission the audited accounts. No wonder auditors have to make their working place as their homes. Why the clients aren't putting their thoughts on the auditor's shoe? In my opinion, I think the auditor should set a deadline to clients for the submission of documents. If they didnt meet the deadline, then should not rushing auditor to prepare the audited report. Hmm.. I wonder whether the accounting firm from other countries will they have such a problem?

On that night, I ordered a cocktail, Long Island. I should say this is the bitterness drink that I've ever drank. Haha.. My regret for not ordering the juice or perhaps, beer. Haha.. However, this drink alerted me the whole night.

After dinner, JL, YN, PT and I went for a 3D movie-Green Lantern at Tropicana Mall. Oh... I'll be watching this again on Sunday. Hehe.. Just a quick summary about Green Lantern. A human being was chosen by the ring to be Green Lantern Superhero to fight against villain, Parallax. This human being, Hal Jordan's biggest weakness is his FEAR which the evil could absorb FEAR to gain more power. With his determination and courage, he defeated Parallax by saving our Earth. (The ending is expected : Superhero always win at the end) However, there will be a continuous movie-Green Lantern-Part 2 as the Sinestro wore the Yellow Ring (Power of Fear).

JL fetched me back after the movie. On the way home, we shared our memories about Le Chateau, used-to-be a clubhouse at my place. There was swimming pool, gym room, small theatre, karoake k and so forth. I spent most of my time with my brother especially in the swimming pool. It's quite a pity that the place has been deserted and like a haunted place. Hopefully the clubhouse is alive again!!

Hmm.. Look forward to our next gathering.. Dunno when.. but hope this time there will be more members joining in.. ^^

The Young Artist

2011-06-09T22:48:00.001+08:00

A girl was practising her reading during English class. Everyone was listening except a teen boy busy scribbling with his pen. The teacher spotted him and started walking towards his table.

The teacher was about to scold him for not paying attention but something was caught on his eyes. A beautiful scenery was drawn on a piece of tissue paper. The teacher took the tissue paper gracefully and examine carefully. He asked, "Did you draw this?" The boy nodded. The teacher gave his smile and said, "Wow.. You could draw this for just a few minutes and turn out like a master piece. This is amazing!"

God gives everyone a talent. This boy got his. Do you get yours? I'm still searching it.. Those who are not able to find it and remember this saying verse, "Ask you will be given, seek you shall find n knock on the door will be opened." Do you know who to ask? Answer is GOD.

Beloved Mum

2011-05-04T09:34:00.007+08:00

This time I'm going to express my feelings to another person. I love this person very much. This person is my beloved mum.

When I was a little kid, I was a slow learner. My dad is impatient and always punished me. My mum was willing to sacrifice her time to teach me patiently. Actually, I'm not good in numberings but surprisingly I'm an accountant now. For this achievement, I've to thank both of my parents.

My mum is not only a dedicated teacher, she is a good advisor. Whenever I've problems, I will know who I will discuss with. To me, she is a best friend and we always share our secrets.

Besides, I could say she is a doctor too (although she is not a qualified doctor). Whenever I fell sick, she always take care of me. She even familiar with the prescription of medicine from doctor.

Cooking is her expert field. I'm lucky to taste the delicious food from her especially her fry fish. She evens know sewing. Holes are found in clothes and we know who can mend for us. Haha..

My mum has a pair of wonderful hands. Not only cooking and sewing, she also likes planting fruits and flowers. My little garden is bear with fruits (eg, sugarcane, banana, seedless papaya and pineapple) and beautiful flowers (eg, Orchid, Jasmine, etc).

Happy Birthday, Mummy. Hope you always be happy and healthy. You are the BEST Mummy. Also, Happy Mother's Day!! Muaks... ^^

My special person

2011-04-28T08:59:00.013+08:00

Today I'm going to confess my feelings here. Someone who is special to me. Someone who loves me very much. Someone whom I respect to. Hehe.. Here it goes...

My very first lesson from you is walking step-by-step.
Whenever I fall, you will hold on to me.
You always be there for joy and tears.
You are a wonderful teacher who never fails to correct mistakes.
You are warm and caring.

You are shield of my protection.
Humorous is the best part in you. =)

I'm luckiest girl in this world to have you as my Father. My brother and I are proud to have such a good father. Thank you so much..

Happy Birthday, Daddy.
Hope you always be happy and healthy, ie. look young and strong like Hercules.. Hehe..

Happenings in Feb and Mar

2011-04-02T23:54:00.014+08:00

Hello, my readers.. My blog has been quiet for sometime as I'm struggling to find time writing my story. Here it goes............. Chinese New Year was celebrated in February. Chinese traditional culture is not exceptional in Rabbit year. The different is the absence from my brother who went to National Service camp in Sandakan. For the first time, my primary schoolmates organised house visiting to our teacher, Ms Wong. She has been retired from teaching and always travel around the world. She shared her experiences and life stories. We enjoyed listening to it. =) I met my company's boss from Netherlands. He is friendly and funny too. We have a Chinese New Year dinner at Royal China Restaurant. It seems that this CNY dinner is his first time especially the Yee Sang event. We sang karaoke k and have a splendid moment! My brother came back from NS in March. He is fit and darker. His hair has been keeping short.. (not nearly botak la..) One of the stories that he shared was the Commando threw a surprised birthday celebration to him together with his NS friends. He was touched. Our big brother, Sandro, is a March baby.. Haha.. He is one year older now.. We sang birthday song and cutting cake. Here comes to farewell part. Mok and Pris left our "family". Mok and I joined this company together and I didnt expect her to leave so soon.. Pretty sad of course.. Although we are no longer being a colleague, we are still friends. I miss both of them. Wishing them-best of luck. =). Oh yeah..We have a new member, Nicole. Welcome her to join us. ^^ That's the summary for the two months.. Haha.. Good night..

Journey in 2010

2011-01-25T21:23:00.043+08:00

Here comes another year. Happy New Year 2011, everyone!!!

What stay bad last year, let it be. A new year is a fresh year to begin with. Do let me take you a walk to my story in 2010.

JANUARY

Begin with second day of the new year. Peter Parker's birthday was the first celebration for the year at Room 18, Times Square. Having lunch with Serena, Nycostin, Ah Gor, KSheng, Ykee, MC, SF and Kenny.

Another celebration of January birthdays for Serena and Nycostin on 16th at Chilies, Mid Valley. Pretty big portion of meals but the price is beautiful too.. Haha.. ^^

~Nycostin, Serena, Peter, Kenny, Ah Gor, Winnie and KVon.

After the celebration, I've another gathering-college mates. Pretty miss them.. Luckily the event was held at Mid Valley. We went to watch "Cirque de Freak". Dinner was at Flying Chilies. Ha! Such a coincidence with the word, "Chilies". Not too hot for me please.. Haha..

~Kenzy, Karman, SHan, Shirly, PThieng, Phoebe, WLing and JLoong.

FEBRUARY

Chinese New Year season.. Celebrated Charine and Simon birthdays and concurrence to have company annual dinner at Zuan Yuan Restaurant, One Utama on 11th. Makan time everyone!! XD

~Eunice, Angela, Charine, Arasi and WNee

~Carole, Simon, WN, Angela, Charine, Arasi, Eunice, Mr Lim, Hong CY, Mr Foong, Mr Tan, Sum WH, Rustam, Mr Low Chong Woo, Ah Wah and Ah Chaw.

Made a visit to Dong Chan Si on 21st as the place was full of CNY decoration. They had painting and book exhibition. It was crowded.

~YK, MC, ML, Ah Gor, KY, CF and SF

MARCH

A good news from my bro whose team emerged Champion under-17 and he was one of the top 10 players. This was his last year of taking part in t.tennis competition for that category. The competition venue was held at Confusion High School on 17th. ^^ Congraz to my bro.

APRIL

Pretty busy with classes at night and sometimes during weekends. On 10th, I went out drinking with Ah Gor and QY. Just three of us at Chui Chui Sui as others like to play fly kite. Haha.. Although just 3 of us, we could chat everything like no walls between us. It was an enjoyable night. ^^

On 12th, my boss brought us to try Chicken Hor Fun at PJ Old Town. Wow.. I didnt go there since I was Form 5. I was there for tuition. It brought back memories for knowing a few good friends and wonder how is their life now.. We have lost touch since then. >.<>

MAY

It was my stressful month. Studying and studying due to exam was next month. Pretty tiresome.. Worries for my closest family member.. praying and praying..

JUNE

Phew..what's a relieve after exam week. Yippy.. Immediately, I went to watch "Shrek 3" with YH and her sis at GSC, Mid Valley on 11th. I like the green babies..so cute.. ^^

SUKMA event started from 14th for table tennis. My parents and I went to UTEM,Malacca to support my bro and his team. This could be my last chance to watch it. I saw my batch of friends playing in the field. Reminded the days where I play in the court.

Almost half year for not seeing my dear friend, Cynde. We hang-out on 19th. Her interest is same with me.. Movie maniac.. Haha.. She recommended the sparkling juice in Nando which i started loving it. Haha.. On the same day, I have two cute kids-Elliot and Evan visited us. They are my nephews. Teaching them how to play table tennis..

Ninja Jones was the chosen place for the celebration of Ah Gor's birthday on 20th. The place is decorated with Japanese Samurai weapon and culture. We took a photo with Toy Story's Characters. Next, watching the movie "Karate Kid" with the co-star, Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith.

~CF, QY, Nic, Serena and Ah Gor

JULY

Celebrated July's birthday in office with Arasi, Hong CY and ME on 1st!!! Haha..
Combination of 1st letter of the name and form a letter -> A-S-H

~Ashley, Angela, Simon, Hong CY, Arasi, Charine, Eunice and WNee

Happy Farewell Dinner for my senior, Charine on 7th at Yuan Steamboat, Sunway. Wish her all the best in her business.. ^^

~WNee, Angela, Eunice, Carole, Arasi and Charine

After leaving from primary school for years, finally there was a gathering on 17th at Sushi Zanmai. Although it was a few of us, a lot things to chat.. ^^ Last time we were just a girl and now grown up like an adult. They threw a surprised on me-a birthday cake.. wow.. XD

~PFang, YWah, Serena and ML

18th is a special number. Haha.. Yeah, the day I was born in this world. Thanks to God who provided me a good family and friends. I'm really lucky to have them. My ah gor and best buddy organised this event specially for me.. (touching.. hehe..) Manhattan Fish Market was the place of our lunch and then we went for a movie. At night, my ah gor brought us to I-City.

~CF, QY, Kenny, Ah Gor and Serena

~Nycostin, Serena, Kenny and Ah Gor

AUGUST

Another group of colleagues birthdays fall in August. This time my boss gave us a treat at TGI Friday at One Utama on 4th. The staff provided some interesting activities for birthdays person. They need to stand on the chair and sing. Haha.. But we didnt do that, just have a speech. =) So coincidence.. Their names of 1st letter could form into a word-> A-R-E

~WN, Angela, Ashley, Eunice, Arasi, Hong CY, Rustam, Mr Lim, Simon and Sum WH

SEPTEMBER

Hari Raya holidays fell on this month. I went Genting with my group of secondary school mates on 10th. It's a one day trip. Most of them were eager to collect Green Packets from Uncle Lim. Luck was not on their side. Instead, Uncle Lim was the collector!

~MY, ST, ML, YK,WN, KVon, CF, KY, KS, Lionel and VW

Hiking with colleagues for the first time at Broga Hill on 25th. My boss brought his pro-camera to capture the sun rise. Too bad.. The sky was cloudy and we just walked back. Yet, I still enjoyed going there with Angela, Carole, Mr Lim, Hong CY, Foong, Foong's bro and Mr Tan.

OCTOBER

This was a toughest month. My mum undergo a surgery at Hospital KL. Everyone was worried her. Supportive and praying hard are the most important. My family was relieved and happy when we heard the good news. Now, my mum is still recovering and it takes a longer time to heal the wounds. My prayer has been answered.. Thank you, Lord. ^^

23rd was a wedding day but not mine.. Hoho.. I have two colleagues' weddings having the ceremonies on the same day! Chinese wedding was in the lunch whereas the Indian wedding was at night. After wedding lunch, we have a practise session on singing at Green Box, One Utama. hehe.. Congratulation to Ashley and Arasi.. Changing the title from "Miss" to "Mrs".. XD

~WNee, Carole, Ah Chaw, Hong, Edwin, Mr Lim, Alorence and Mr Tan

Working life started changing from 28th. Totally new environment for me to experience in works and colleagues. Joining this company is enjoyable and learning along the way. Small company is like we are in a family. Looking forward to learn more and having fun.. ^^ Gambateh!!

On 30th, I went Genting again but this time with my primary school mates. We chose that day because it was a Halloween Day. Listening to song and drinking beer at night.

~PF, YW, ST and ML

NOVEMBER

Festival of Sport took place in S'pore Sport School from 5th to 7th. It was held by YMCA of S'pore and it was my first visiting in S'pore. Pretty sure you know which type of game I played with. Haha.. I met a few nice friends especially a girl named Jia Jia. I like to tease her as Jian Jian. (Of course, she also teased me back but I wont tell you la) Hehe.. 3 days 2 nights seems to be not enough fun for me. Definitely I will visit S'pore again!!

~See my playing skill.. Good or Not? Hehe.. :p

DECEMBER

YMCAKL provided a dinner on 8th as a reward to every players for bringing back the Champion trophy. Hurray.. The food is delicious in Oriental Restaurant. Too bad that I didn't capture a photo to post here, otherwise the photo makes you feel hungry. Haha..

Listening to the comedy stories in Zouk Club on 9th. A lot of young adults went there to relax their mind after having a stressful workload. It was lucky for me and a few colleagues to meet the celebrity like Harif Iskandar.

Celebration of birthday who was born on 25th in 2000 years ago. The person is Jesus. Christmas ambience was every where especially the beautiful decoration in Shopping Malls. My first gift was a bracelet from my colleague. Thanks to my colleagues for holding a small Christmas party in the office on 15th. ^^

Hmm.. Looks like this is the ending of my story in 2010. Looking forward to the excitement year in 2011. See you guys then.. ^^

Office Life

2010-12-26T11:19:00.005+08:00

Finally, I changed my job. The company that I'm working is doing inbound tourism. It's a small company which consists of 10 people.

I'm the youngest in this family. They treated me well.. Friendly, co-operate, helpful, etc.. =) This family is a multi-racial.. chinese, malay, indian, kenyah, iban and mat salleh(guai lou).. Haha.. Sound wonderful right?

Activities at Night
One of the nights is Comedy night at Zouk Club.. Please dont misunderstood me.. It's not those clubbing place.. Just sat there and listen the comedies. I met Harif Iskandar (M'sian comedian) and his wife there!! He offered seats to us and we sat beside him.. Feeling lucky.. ^^

Sometimes we watch movies at KLCC.. So now, KLCC becomes my 2nd home.. I miss Mid Valley very much.. Haha..

Besides, we also went Karaoke K just recently. We sang from 7pm till 1am!! The next morning we came out with Panda Eyes.. @.@

A small Christmas party.. exchanged gifts, ate cakes and drank some wine.. Quite enjoyable.. I received a new bracelet. ^^

Workings
Quite challenging.. as this is a tourism company, it involves some knowledge in taxes such as Withholding Tax, Tax Resident, Exemption in Tourism, etc..

For accounting wise, it involves foreign currency rates, Euro..
The practical is different from Construction Line. Last time I learned the Construction Accounting.. Progress Billing.. Stage of completion.. Recognition of revenue is different from tourism accounting.. Hopefully I'll be able to catch up more the knowledge and gaining experience.

Ok.. That's all about my office life..
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2011!!

22nd Festival Of Sports, Singapore

2010-11-24T07:42:00.011+08:00

This festival of sport (FOS) is held once for every two years. It was my first time to participate in this event from 5th Nov to 7th Nov.

All the games were held in Singapore Sport School, Woodlands. We were lucky to use their facilities as where the recent Youth Olympic is taken place.

On the first day, we walked around Orchard Road. The place is full of shopping complexes. This is Singaporean's favourite hang out place.

The FOS's opening ceremony was started at 7pm. There were a few contingents such as YMCA Penang, YMCA Kota Kinabalu, YMCA Taipei, YMCA Metropolitan, YMCA Singapore, YMCA Manila and YMCA KL.

Our team, YMCAKL consisted of 17 participants and we have an Iranian guy in our team. Haha.. Where should I begin to mix around? Of course, the first move is to understand my team mates. Haha..

After the dinner, we had a tour visit around Marina Bay Sand. The structural of building is unique whereby there is a sub-marine on top of the building. This sub-marine is a swimming pool and it is the highest swimming pool in the world. It has 2650 rooms. Wow... The room rate range from $400 to $ in Thousand.. Another wow.. Haha.. This Marina Bay Sand is owned by the boss of Las Vegas Casino.

The next visiting place is Melayan. The statue has a lion head and fish body. Singapore is named as White Lion (Singa in Malay). Formerly, Singapore is known as Temasik-Island surrounded with fish.

On the next day, the competitions started at 9am. Table Tennis has been scheduled to 1pm. I went to watch Badminton and give my moral support to them. We lost to Penang Team in Final.

Table Tennis Hall is more spacious compared to our Bukit Jalil Sport School. There are thirty tables and they are using Donic Brand.

We emerged as Champion for table tennis. Honestly, not to be boost, they are not my real competitor but I enjoyed playing with them. After all, this is a friendly match. ^^

Over a dinner, Singaporean girl and I became a buddy. She is friendly and nice. She was supposed to go home after the dinner but accompany me to go shopping at Causeway. Actually, we walked and talked all the time. To my surprised, she also knows table tennis. It is too bad that I didn't have a chance to play a game with her.

Back to domitry, I went to know my room mates. Actually it was not easy to know a person who is deaf and dumb. Pen and paper are the only way to communicate with her. I also learned a few of Sign Language.

On the last day, we have a prize giving ceremony. The result of overall games is YMCAKL, the Champion. Hurray.. ^^

It's time to say "Goodbye" to each other. We will see each other in Penang in another two years time.

It's hard to say Goodbye

2010-10-22T15:31:00.005+08:00

I'm having hard feelings.. It like a stone put on my heart.. I wish I could tell them.. Letting them know about it would probably a surprise news. Monday is D-Day and wish that day won't come by.

Wondering why I sounded so glommy? There was an interview yesterday and it went well. Just that the new co. wanted to fill up the vacancy immediately as the person will be leaving at the end of this month. That means I have to submit my resignation by next Monday and giving 24 hours notification. The new job is involving in tourism industry and I could gain more knowledge and exposure to working environment. For salary wise, it considered quite attractive. Although they agree to pay out the one-month compensation, it makes me think twice. Despite my current employer treating me well, I feel bad for leaving in such a short notice.

Thus, we're going to attend our colleagues' weddings tomorrow. I heard that they will organise a karaoke session between the break. Inside my heart, I feel sorry and what should I do? I've to act with Happy Face like I always do. Trying to hide my feelings... It's hard to say Goodbye.. I'm gonna MISS THEM.. =(

My mum discharge from hospital

2010-10-12T17:53:00.002+08:00

Yesterday I went to pick my mum from hospital. Finally she could discharge. Haha.. We're so happy to see her... We have lots of talking to do.. Hehe.. Started planning for next year trip.. Gonna go overseas.. Hehe.. Can't wait any longer.. But where ar?

6th Day Without My Mum at Home

2010-10-08T17:14:00.002+08:00

I was happy to hear that my mum is able to walk without pain and can discharge from hospital. However, she has fever last night. Hopefully her fever will be gone soon.. I miss her very much.. Wish to see her now...

My dad still feels the pain in his leg and has to take one week off from coaching. Hopefully he will be able to recover soon.

Pray and pray for them... I wish my parents are healthy always...

5th Day without my mum at Home

2010-10-07T12:06:00.002+08:00

I thought my mum is going to stand up yesterday. Actually, it's not that fast.. The doctor just took out the stitches. Probably my dad said wrongly. I wonder when my mum can discharge from hospital. Wish I could visit her after working but have to take care of the house. =(

Nowadays, I felt tired easily at night. Yet, I need to put extra concentration on driving at night. May God give me the strength...

4th Day without my mum at home

2010-10-06T12:49:00.001+08:00

My dad and brother went to visit my mum. She could sleep well last night and could take some food. Her specialist doctor advised her to stand up tomorrow. This is crucial as the success of operation depends on this moment. We kept praying for her…

When I came back from office, all the clothes were wet outside the house. I already knew my brother forgot to do it. Spoons and forks were left on the table. A few drinking cups were on the table and some in the basin without washing. It takes some time for us to familiarize the changes without my mum at home. However, my brother prepared the dinner.

It was a busy night for me. I helped my dad to coach a kid as he has leg injury. after that I picked up my brother from his tuition class at night. I'm learning to drive independently.

3rd day without my mum at home

2010-10-04T20:14:00.004+08:00

Today is the operation day. I was in the bus to work and kept worrying my mum's operation.

I took half day leave and went to visit her with my dad. At first, she found difficulties talking to us. Her voice was bad like having sore throat. After some time, she talked to us slowly.

The operation was conducted at 7.45am and it ended at 1pm. They put anesthetic drug on her. Once she awake from the surgery, she was not feeling well. Dare not to eat or drink and just rest. Her blood pressure is very low and they gave her blood transfusion.

My dad asked her whether she could have the senses on her legs. She replied, "Yes". It is considered a good news for us. Really Thank You God that He answer our prayers. =) I started to give her some water and let her eat the food slowly.

But, we still need to pray for her fully recovery. For normal people, it would take three months to recover but for my mum's case is different. She might need a longer period due to her ill sickness. Anyway, it just a matter of time.

Her specialist doctor will be seeing her tomorrow so we hope to hear more good news from him.

2nd day without my mum at home

2010-10-03T21:20:00.002+08:00

Just left a few hours, my mum will be undergoing the operation.

Today, we visited her at the hospital in the afternoon. She was happy and cheerful. It seems like my mum doesn't have any fear for this operation. Yet, all of us are worried. My mum told us about 5 patients who are in the same ward. A girl who is 25 years old has to put a titanium at her whole spinal as her spinal has grown till in "S" shape. She will be operated on the same day with my mum. Another old Chinese lady has to put three screw on her broken spinal. Another two ladies also have to operate her spinal. The fifth lady was quite serious as she has broken leg.

We also shared some funny and interesting stories. Before leaving, we told her to be strong and tough. Finally, I uttered the three words, "Mum, we love you."

Back to home, I cooked the mushroom chicken for dinner. For the first time, my brother made Wan Tan Mee as lunch for us. He also washed the dishes. It's glad to see him helping me to do the household chores. Hopefully he will keep it up.

Events in September

2010-10-02T23:21:00.004+08:00

On the first day of Hari Raya (10/9), I went Genting with a group of Secondary friends. There were 13 of us-YK, KS, KY, CF, Lionel, ST, VW, MY, ML, KH, WM and WM’s son. It was organized by KSheng, KY and YK. The package is RM45 which included bus, cable car and choose either theme park or buffet. We chose Theme Park.

The weather wasn’t our day. It was cloudy and kept raining. Besides, Theme Park was crowded and packed. We’ve been queuing up for an hour and just played 30 seconds games! It’s not tired of playing but tired of waiting.

There was a happy moment. The guys kept teasing MY by shouting Fatteh when they played the games.. Haha.. All of us laughed happily. We, girls tried to shout their names but unsuccessfully.

After lunch, they were waiting this moment to claim money from Uncle Lim. Haha.. KH joined us in the afternoon. We entered Casino successfully without checking ID except Lionel. We teased him as he couldn’t clear off his nickname-Dau Kei Wong.. =p All of us didn’t have any good luck except me and Lionel who don’t gambling. They blamed for taking cable car for bring bad luck – (缆车 = 烂车 means Junk Car)

I went hiking on 25/9 with colleagues. This is my first hiking with them. I didn’t expect that I’ll join them. Somehow, I’ve to thank Eunice for convincing Mr Tan to fetch me. Hehe..

Mr Hong and Angela would meet Mr Lim and Carole at their house by going a car whereas Mr Foong and his brother sat Mr Tan’s car. Broga Hill was their chosen place. This was my second attempt.

We reached there at 5.30am. There were cars parking at the road side. Mr Foong wore a torchlight cap. I followed him behind because I needed his light to shine the path. On the way, I saw some of youngsters gave up.

When I reached the first station, I was exhausted. Carole was staying with me. However, we were able to reach second station. Mr Lim, Mr Hong and Angela were there. I heard that Foong brothers reached the third station. Wow… They were tough. The sky was dark and cloudy. Mr Lim and Mr Hong were disappointed because they brought their professional camera to catch the sun rise pictures. We have a conversation. Mr Tan asked me, “When did you come here?” “Last time and about this time,” I replied. Mr Lim added, “Consider an annual event?” We just laughed.

After hiking, I was energetic. Although I couldn’t reach the third station, it was an enjoyable trip with a group of colleagues. =) I’m looking forward to the next hiking.

1st day without my mum at home

2010-10-02T16:38:00.004+08:00

My mum checked-in the hospital yesterday.

Before I was leaving for work, I gave her a big hug. By hugging her, my tears started rolling down my chicks. How I wish I could say, "Mummy, I LOVE YOU.." But I was afraid that she would know I was crying. I told myself that I've to be tough so I tried to dry up my tears.

Being the eldest, I've to carry out my responsibilities to take care of this family. All these years, the title "princess" has to come an end. Be mature and responsible.

I spent almost an hour in the kitchen despite my mum prepared the ingredients of tou fu pok soup. Dad and brother didn't complain the dinner as I guess they knew I was not as good as mum. Although I feel that I don't have the potential in cooking, I will try my level best. So, "Sook Yee, pls keep it up!!" =)

Feelings...

2010-09-01T16:24:00.003+08:00

It has been some time that I left my blog quietly.

This blog contains my feelings...

About mum
Her heart scanning's results showed some improvement so her operation will be conducted on 4th October. All of us give fully support to her. Probably I will accompany her throughout the operation eventhough I know my mum would refuse me to take leave. Nowadays, my mum requested to do this and that, I would definitely say yes.. Last time, I was rebellious and I would give all sort of replies, "Wait ar.."; "Later, I will do.." or "Why me?"

My dad asked me, "Have you prepared the worst senario for your mum?" Whenever he asked this question, I tried to avoid answering. Honestly, I'm not ready myself to accept any consequences!! I should say,"Nobody would wish bad things happen, right?" Somehow, I know I'm the eldest and have to prepare it. Praying for her mum is the best thing that I could do. Trying to make her happy each day...

About exam
Results just reviewed out and full of disappointment... :(
I'm tired of studying and wish to a break.. Probably will do it again next year.

About job
Since my senior resigned, I'm taking over her place but with another senior's guidance. At first, I was excited to handle full set of account for two companies. However, recently, my boss told me that one of companies will employ a new staff to handle the account so I have to pass over. Feeling happy or sad? Happy that I will be less burden as I wont be doing admin stuff for that co. but at the same time I'm sad as my learning scope is limited. "How long would I stay in this co?" I asked myself sometimes..

About trip
Thought of going to S'pore trip would be an adventurous as this is my first experience to hang out with friends.. Due to lack of budgetting, this trip is postponed to next year. But.. I will be taking part in Table Tennis Competition in S'pore with my dad in Nov. Not so bad afterall? Haha.. :)

23rd Birthday

2010-07-19T22:30:00.006+08:00

Yesterday was my special day.. I wish that I could make my day longer in order to enjoy it the fullest.. Haha..

My friends organised this event specially for me..(touching) Although it was not a big party, I still enjoyed it with them. Manhattan Fish Market was the chosen place. The reason they chose this restaurant, I guess it is because of my name-Sook Yee (In Cantonese). Haha.. The best part was all the staff in the restaurant kept mentioning my name. Sounded like I'm the famous. Haha.. Thus, they sang birthday song.

Inception was our chosen movie since I watched Twilight-Elipse. The movie is quite different from the usual one. Dreaming could turn out as real as reality. It made you believe it. The main actor is Leonardo Di Caprio.

After dinner, the time show at 9pm. Yet my kai gor insisted to bring us to I-City, Klang. By the time we reach there, it was around 10pm. I-City is famous of colourful lightings. It is one of the attraction area for either local or foreign tourist. Families would love to bring their children to watch this beautiful night decoration such as Christmas and Chinese New Year, while youngster like us, love to have photo shootings non-stop. Haha..

I reached home at 11.50pm. Another 10 minutes would be another new day. Hopefully this coming new days would change my life become better. Once again, thank you very much to my family and friends.

Farewell Dinner To My Senior

2010-07-16T22:33:00.005+08:00

For the very first time, I went out dinner with my colleagues after working last Wednesday (7th July). This event only allowed ladies to take part. Haha.. For guys, they went hiking at Kota Kinabalu. My lady boss suggested the place called, "Yuen Steamboat" which is located at Sunway.

I heard that their specialty is chicken wings. At first, I didn't believe that the container of chicken wings would be empty once the staff place it on the table. Yes, it was. Everyone would try to grab as much as possible. It was like hungry wolf trying to eat as much as possible.

On the table, there were two types of soup-origin and tomyam. It was like a buffet style whereby you could take as much as possible. But...The management will charge the leftover food for more than 5kg (not very sure). The price is reasonable and food is fine.

We had a photo session especially with my senior, Charine who she is resigned.

Birthday Celebration To Ah Gor

2010-06-30T08:59:00.005+08:00

Last year I organised a birthday celebration for Ah Gor so would be this year too. A few of us joined the event-Qy, Ky, Cf and ST.

St suggested the place called Ninja Jones. It was located at North Point of Mid Valley. The restaurant was quite ambiance with Japanese Decoration. However, they only open the restaurant for certain hours. The food is a little different from the normal dishes in Sushi King and Sushi Zanmai.

We were lucky to have a photo shooting at the stage of Mid Valley whereby they're promoting Toy Story 3. This is because St's sister is the organiser of the event. Vw and Yk were working there and that day was their last day.

After that we watched Karate Kid. Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith were the actors in the movie. Jaden Smith is a talent actor due to his father, Will Smith. Haha...

Prayer for my mum

2010-06-12T18:47:00.002+08:00

In these days when I think about my mum, I'm worried. There are many things could be happened but I wish it won't be.

As previous post, I mentioned about the operation. It has to delay in next two months due to her health condition. The result for Lung and Heart were not good. I cant describe deeper as I afraid my tears dropping.

God, I seek your help for my mum. Pls heal her heart and lung as she need to under-go the operation. Thank you very much. Amen.

Exam days - Tax and Finance Management

2010-06-10T21:06:00.003+08:00

On 7th June was my Tax exam. I just realised that my seat number is 164 (In Cantonese-means die along). Once I received my question paper, I flicked through the paper.

Normally I don't read the 1st question as it is a long story. So I looked at other pages. Stamp Duty, Share Option, Venture Company and Financing Method are the option questions. I chose Stamp Duty and Financing Method as I didn't study Venture Company.

I was happy to see the question on Pioneer Status and I started it as my 1st question. When I started, I messed up my computation. CAPEX is confusing me!! Even though it sounded easy but not at all.

So, I tried others first. Some know (70%).. some just guessing (30%).. After doing it, I went to finish off the beginning.

Hopefully I can pass this round as this is my 3rd attempt.. I keep my finger crossed. *** Studying three times for the same subject is torturing. =(

Today (10th June) is my Finance Management. This is my 1st attempt. Among all, I only have confidence on one question-netting. Most are computations. For theory, I fried it up.

So... Results will review out in Aug.. Can't say too much.. PASS is my only HOPE...

Worries.. Worries.. Worries..

2010-05-18T19:49:00.007+08:00

I haven’t been sleeping well these days. I could say some matters are mumbling inside my thoughts when I tried to close my eyes. There are three matters occurred at the same time.

As you know, the ACCA exam days are getting closer and I’m trying to cover all my syllabus. Memorizing Tax facts and complicated of calculation and tough theory from Finance Management. All these are going to crash my head. =(

Secondly is my mum’s health is not good. She suffers back pain for a long period and couldn’t walk well. Doctor said that her bone's structure is interesting (means they have not come across with this special case). This might due to osteoporosis and her old "sickness". She need to go through the operation which is on 16th June. Doctor stated that 70% of success in this operation. It sounded like not so risky but my mum has the old sickness. What if the outcome turned out to be another way, she could not walk anymore... Haiz... I miss the days when my mum and I always go shopping together at the mall. I have to pray hard for my mum. Hopefully she can go through the operation.

Lastly is about my job. Handling new account is supposed a good news for me but it’s also sad that my senior is resigned from this company. Hopefully I can learn as much as possible.

What can I do to release my worries? EXAM..FAMILY..JOB… 3 came at one time.

Getting pressure for ACCA exam

2010-04-09T21:39:00.004+08:00

ACCA exam is getting closer by each day.. Countdown from the date.. I only have less than 2 months.. It sounds scary to me as I lack of confident to sit for these 2 papers.. I wish something can push me harder, something to inspire me to study well.

After using up my energy in my work, I don't have the concentrated mind to study so thinking of doing revision in the morning. It works a bit but not much. I always feel sleepy and tired..

My mum started nagging me to study.. She says "No more outing.. No more TV.." -meaning I'm being grounded in the house for these two months.. House rules are implemented..!!

She also suggested to take one month leave to do my revision. But does a company approve your leave?! --> unless submit your resignation letter..

Walao.. what a huge pressure..

For my future, I know that passing ACCA is important. So what should I do? --> "Add Oil" and think about my future.. I have to tell myself, "I can DO IT..."

Friends, I need your support too. Thanks alot.. =)

Lack of Motivation :(

2010-03-08T16:40:00.003+08:00

Recently, I found out that there is a bug inside me. It’s called LAZY BUG!!!

Eventhough I’m working, I still have to complete my ACCA course. Advanced in Financial Management is a very tough subject. It involves calculations and theories. There are many types of formulae which need MEMORIZING. In order to pass this subject, it required lots of practice in writing skills.

Since I’m working, I don’t feel like studying. Every night after working, I have to open my book. I felt sleepy and tired. Thus, I didn’t perform well for my Tax paper last sitting. Really disappointed!! T.T No longer have the motivation…. Now i understand why some people always resit the papers for a few times!!

In order to pass the subjects, I have to wake myself. TWO SUBJECTS TO GO only.. PASS ONCE and FINISH IT FOREVER.

Kill the bug for me pls!!!! H3LP M3!!!

Ang Pows

2010-03-04T12:09:00.003+08:00

Chap Goh Mei just passed a few days ago. My bro and I always conducted “opening ceremony” ang pows. Therefore, we have done it yesterday. Haha..

When my brother started to check out each of the ang pows, he was shock and show me the packet of ang pow.

I asked him, “Is it an empty ang pow?”

He replied, “No, che. It contained big notes.” I checked the same packet of ang pows but found none. Both of us started wondering who the person is so generous. However, I couldn’t recall anything.

My mum came to interrupt our discussion and opened another ang pow which has a piece of paper. Another surprises to my bro, “Why there is 4 ekor inside this ang pow?”

After hearing what he mentioned out, I realized that the two ang pows are actually belong to me as it was my lucky draw from my company. Haha... My ang pow mixed up with my brother’s ang pow.

I was laughing non-stop. It was my mistake. Luckily, my bro was honest enough. If not, I would not realize it.

Summary of year 2009

2010-02-15T10:23:00.029+08:00

Entering to another year seems new and unpredictable future. But....
What did I do last year? Was it a good year to me? Let's me see..

January
On 1st, I went to Bukit Cahaya..

My leg was injured at that time and then suffered fever for one week. Quite bad luck for me.. :(

During CNY, I went to house visiting with my secondary schoolmates almost every year.. Pot some luck in friends' house and sharing time with each other. The picture was taken when we had dinner at Shabu Shabu.

February
I had a few assignments for my final semester. One of the assignments was Finance Decision Making. It was related to Business Analysis for our previous semester's subject. There were 6 of us in a team-YP, KL, SL, CK, AQ and me.

March
My group was the first to do presentation for Assignment 1 of FDM. All of us acted like a team by wearing black attire smartly. Unfortunately, we didn't manage to have a group photo after presentation. After that, we have to start discussion for the second assignment. I like the memory where everyone contributes ideas by imaging we were doing business. Haha..

Besides this assignment, we-YP, AQ, PM and I had Moral assignment. So this month was our group discussion month. Haha..

Mun Fatt invited me to his church-FGA and knew a group of friends.

April
I had 2 presentations-FDM and Moral on the same day. Wow.. One whole shot.. These would be our last presentations.
(with Moral tutor-Ms Chew)
(With FDM tutor-Mr Chiau)
On the last day of class, all of us made an album at the college.
We had lunch at Happy Seasons. This was the first time that all of us have lunch together.. =) Sound like happy family. Haha..
Although I have exam, I managed to join my secondary school gathering at William's house for BBQ.

May
Exam weeks finished so I have some free time before starting my revision for ACCA. By having spare time, I became my dad's assistant coach in MBS.

I also visited my Yee Ma with my mum. I love this cute kid.. Hehe..

Almost forgot.. AFA 3 outing at Mid Valley. I was their guide and they were my tourist. Haha

June
After ACCA exam, I attended YN's birthday at One Utama.

Pulau Tioman was our class trip after completion of Advanced Diploma.
I went to Genting for my secondary school's trip and celebrated William's birthday.
This time I hang out with a few of my college mates for Karoake, Red Box.

I organised a birthday party for my "kai gor". Haha.. 1st time organised such an event.

July
We had a farewell party for JL before leaving to UK for Master Degree.
I got my first job near Tropicana Mall and working as accounts assistant. Yeah.. My boss is generous. He always treat us luxury restaurant. Haha..

My best friend organised a birthday party for me. Thanks to her.

September
Nothing special happened in August. Hehe.. First time for me to go hiking at Broga Hill. ^^

October
Celebration of tang lung festival in my house.

November
Convocation for my Advanced Diploma in TAR college hall.

1st time treat my "kai gor" and best friend in Vary Pasta Restaurant.

December
Company trip to Zhang Jia Jie with my colleagues.

After running through my blog, I realised these became my history which contains sweet and sour memories.. Cow has just gone.. Now here comes the tiger.. Haha.. =)

Last Day in Office Before CNY

2010-02-11T14:59:00.004+08:00

Chinese New Year is just a few days away from now. As usual, everyone is busy doing spring cleaning, decorations, buying clothes, shoes, mandarins, etc.

My company will be closed from 12th to 17th Feb. Since today is the last day, there are special events. Firstly, two colleagues’ birthday falls on Feb so we take this opportunity to celebrate their birthday. This is my first time to order Pizza Hut delivery. Sing song, blow the candle, cut the cake….

(Pizza Hut for lunch)

(Client gave 4 boxes of cupcakes-Pretty and cute cupcakes)

For these two weeks, suppliers and subcon sent hampers and mandarins to our office. Most of the hampers have ferrore roche chocolates, bird’s nests, abalone, wine, etc.. It looks attractive. Therefore, all of us eager to have the lucky draw event. Dun worry, everyone has the opportunity to take at least one hamper home. Haha.. I don’t mind what I will get but at least I can bring something home. Hehe.. =)

After that, we have annual dinner tonight at One World Hotel, One Utama. We celebrated birthdays for the month of Feb-Simon and Charine. The food was delicious. Yummy... Hehe..

GONG XI FA CAI

May tiger year brings you happiness, healthy and prosperous..

I have a poem..

This year is Tiger Year,

Have a drink of Tiger Beer,

Fly with Tiger Airways,

Don't play play like Tiger Wood!! :p

It's better to give than to receive

2010-02-04T21:46:00.003+08:00

Most of us know how to receive things from people (Taker) but seldom give things (Giver). Is it good? Let me share this story.

A young man, a student in one of the universities, was one day taking a walk with a Professor, who was commonly called the student's friend, from his kindness to those who waited on his instructions.

As they went along, they saw lying in the path a pair of old shoes, which they supposed to belong to a poor man who was employed in a field close by, and who had nearly finished his day's work.

The student turned to the professor, saying: "Let us play the man a trick: we will hide his shoes, and conceal ourselves behind those bushes, and wait to see his perplexity when he cannot find them."

"My young friend," answered the professor, "we should never amuse ourselves at the expense of the poor. But you are rich, and may give yourself a much greater pleasure by means of this poor man. Put a coin in each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch how this affects him."

The student did so and they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by. The poor man soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes.

While putting on his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes, but feeling something hard, he stooped down to feel what it was, and found the coin. Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his countenance. He gazed upon the coin, turned it around, and looked at it again and again.

He then looked around him on all sides, but no person was to be seen.

He now put the money into his pocket, and proceeded to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was doubled on finding the other coin.

His feelings overcame him; he fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and uttered aloud a fervent thanksgiving in which he spoke of his wife who was sick and helpless, and his children without bread, whom this timely bounty, from some unknown hand, would save from perishing.

The student stood there deeply affected, and his eyes filled with tears. "Now," said the professor, are you not much better pleased than if you had played your intended trick?"

The youth replied, "You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget. I feel now the truth of these words, which I never understood before: "It's better to give than to receive."

My Dad

2010-01-23T19:55:00.001+08:00

Yesterday, I have an argument with my Dad.
Actually, I didn't want to quarrel with him.
I was moody because my friend "fly kite" me.
I wish to release all the heat so that's why I was out of control over my feelings.
Anyway, I shouldn't blame anyone else as this was my fault.

After an overnight, I was recovered.
Realising that I was a rebellious child.
Using the "strong" words hurt my dad's feeling.
Feeling sorry for what my act towards him.

Through all these years, I finally realised....
I'm lucky to have my Dad as compared to some of my friends.

My dad
...is like a best friend who lend me a hand.
...is an advisor when I was in dilemma situation.
...is my driving tutor who improve my driving skill.
...is English teacher to correct my grammar.
...is a joker as his jokes make us laugh till cry.
...is a storyteller as he likes to share his memories with us.
...is a technician when our house need some repairs.
...is brave to fight over human's rights.
...would not easily give up person & support me when I wish to give up.
...etc...etc...

I'm Happy & Thankful to have him in this family.
I wish to say :-
"I'm SORRY, Dad for I hurt you"
"You've been such a FANTASTIC & WONDERFUL DAD."
"With you around, my house is full of Joy & Happiness."
"My bro & I LOVE you VERY MUCH."
"Thanks for everything you did to us." =)

Zhang Jia Jie Trip (张家界)

2010-01-23T19:54:00.003+08:00

After spending hours, finally, I could finish writing out about this trip. Ok.. Here the story goes..

First Day, 8th December 2009

My company has been organized a trip to Zhang Jia Jie (张家界), China for staying 5 nights. I was full of excitement because everything seems to be new to me. A lot of questions popping out of my mind as travelling to a foreign country was appeared to be too unbelievable. I wish to share my wonderful journey with you here.

On the first day, CC, WN, Angela and I took ERL at 6.30pm to KLIA and reached within 30 minutes. Mr Lim's family, Hong and Hong's wife arrived earlier than us. Ms Chiew was our local tour guide. Checking in our luggage was the first thing to do at the airport counter. After that, we went through the custom. Liquid form, sharp things and lighter are not allowed for hand baggage.

(Four pretty girls at ERL)

We had a quick breakfast at Starbucks Coffee as we heard the announcement that our plane is ready to fly off. Wohoho.. From there onwards, we were running and taking a train to the destination of aeroplane. Almost all the seats were filled up except us. Around 8.45am, China Southern Airline flew off from KLIA.

Angela, Mr Lim's mother and I were sitting together. We were given a choice either fish mee or curry chicken rice. I chose curry chicken. There were fruits, mango pudding and bread. Flying to 广洲 (Guang Zhou) would take 3 hours. During the flight, you could watch mandarin movie, listen music or take a nap.

When we reached广洲飞机场, it was 12.15pm. Again, we went through the custom. A lot of people was lining up and some of them were Korean, Thais and Japanese. After that, our luggage needed to transfer to Zhang Jia Jie airport. We stucked in the airport for TWO hours. Gosh...

Since our next flight was at 8.05pm, 广洲 tour guide brought us to try their specialty food at 名麓美食such as roasted duck, sliced steamed chicken, etc. The tour guide brought us to their 广洲市场. The atmosphere looked the same as our Petaling Street, KL which was crowded and merrier. This place is suitable for those who are expert in bargaining the price. For instance, a bag is cost at RMB100 (RM50), you could negotiate till RMB30. I bought a nice long sleeve for RMB25.

(Guang Zhou's Street)

(Statues in Guang Zhou's Street)

By the time we reached Zhang Jia Jie Airport, it was 10.30pm.

(Guang Zhou Airport)

莱顿大酒店 was our first night. Angela and I shared a room. Angela was not happy when she knew that we had a corner room. She was quite superstitious and complained to Ms Chiew to change the room. With all Ms Chiew's persuasion, Angela accepted the room finally. She switched on the television for the whole night in order to calm herself down. For me, I didn't have a good sleep as I had a nose block in the middle of the night.

(莱顿大酒店)

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Second Day, 9th December 2009
Early in the morning, we have to check out from our hotel. After having breakfast in hotel, we started to visit famous places in Zhang Jia Jie. 小李 was our tour guide.

Experiencing the ride of world's longest cable car to 天门山, just like the cable car in Genting Highlands. However, we could not see much as the mist covered all over the beautiful scenery. It took us for forty five minutes to reach the top. Once you stepped out, you could feel the air was very cooling and fresh. The trees and plants were covered with a layer of ice. It's spectacular.

(Tian Men Shan)

天门洞was our next destination. For those who have a good stamina, this is the best place. Why do I say so? This is because you have to walk 999 steps to reach the top and 999 steps in return. Besides, the weather is freezing. Reaching to the top was not easy at all. All of us made it to the top except my two seniors, Ms Chiew and Aunty.

(Tian Zi Dong - 999 Steps)

By the time we arrived the town, it was lunch time. I noticed that there were restaurants serving dogs’ meat. 小李 told us that this was their specialty and was not cheap. All of us were relieved when we heard that they won't serve dogs' meat. Phew...

The fame of Zhang Jia Jie was through an artist who used the natural resources in Zhang Jia Jie such as stone, sand, wood, etc to paint an art. His name is 李军声. He setup军声画院to display his arts. By looking at his masterpiece, you could tell how talented and creative this person is.

(Jun Sheng's Masterpiece)

宝峰湖was another attractive place. The scenery was breathtaking. The lake was surrounded with steep mountains.

(宝峰湖)

For your information, the culture of 苗土家 is quite interesting. A pretty lady would sing a song to find a mate. The guy who is interested with this pretty lady needs to sing songs in return by giving 3 chances. All the songs must be ending with “yuo wei”. If the lady interested in you, you could bring her home immediately. What if the lady doesn’t like you? Haha.. There is a punishment which is the person needs to do tough job for 9 YEARS! This is the same procedures for a guy looking for a mate but without punishment imposed on the lady. For 苗土家, woman is the bread-winner of the family so they are powerful. While riding the boat in 宝峰湖, we heard a lady and a guy sang with a powerful and beautiful voice.

(Lady find a mate by singing)

They sang in their own languages but I only knew the word – you wei. Another interesting story about their culture is the girls have to cry for their marriage. How long does she have to cry? I thought it just took a few hours but it was not. In order to know the girl’s sincerity in this marriage, she need to cry as long period as possible, perhaps a month. Wow… It sounded a tough task. As you see, they must have been trained at the very young age. This reminded me the Korean drama series where the girls always good the role of crying. Haha… For those guy wearing spectacles, you've an advantage as the girls believe that you're an educated person.

小李 brought us to 茶叶店. The girls called themselves as “阿妹”. Addressing them as 小姐 would not respond to your request as they believe小姐 is for those who don’t want to get married. They provided some drinks for us to try. After the demonstration, all 阿妹 kept promoting their products even though you showed no interest. I told myself, “Better ran away from them”. So I followed Angela went toilet. After coming out from toilet, 阿妹 mentioned that they need to hit the target of RMB900 but currently is RMB870. As everyone was watching and waiting for answers from WN, Angela and I so we bought the tea biscuits for 7 packets at RMB100.

We reached 京溪国际 hotel and have dinner. During dinner, we discussed about the show-魅力湘西歌舞秀 at 8pm tonight as this is an optional for our package. Charine, WN and I decline not joining the show as I was tired for the whole day's event. Thus, I have muscle cramp on my legs. 小李 kept on persuading us to go but was like a force. Ms Chiew also recommended us to watch the show. In the end, Mr Lim agreed and made payment for the whole group.

At 8pm, we entered the hall. The performance began with auction for the paintings. There was a man singer, Mr Yong who could sing a very high pitch. Another lady singer, Ah Duo has the sweet voice and she sang her countryside song. Both singers have powerful voice without using microphone. This is fantastic. Besides this, their acrobat shows were superb too.

The show finished at 10.30pm. All of us were exhausted and check-in 京溪国际 hotel. The room was big which has bathroom with bath tub and shower stand and queen size single beds. It's rating with 5 stars. There was a LCD tv with a lot of channels. However, all the shows were dubbed into Mandarin. Not a single channel is for English. I wonder how China government attracts foreigners. For your information, Chinese don't know English at all. When you wanted to by pass them, mentioned the word, “excuse me” won't help. So, you've to speak in Mandarin, ie 请让开or 接过. Besides, their manner is very rude. They don't have any courtesy. For instance, they just push you away to pass the route and they would glare at you for not buying things.

2010-01-23T19:53:00.004+08:00

Third Day, 10th December 2009

The next morning, we went to 天子山by taking cable car.

(天子山 Tian Zi Shan)

御笔峰 is one of the attractive sceneries to be found as the mountains attached together which looked like the Chinese brush for calligraphy.

(御笔峰 yu bi feng)

This mountain is called云青岩. Also, you would notice that a mountain like仙女献花. However, we weren't lucky enough to witness this beautiful scenery as the mist covered the area.

There is a park called 贺龙公园. It is to remember贺龙元帅 who lead the soldiers in the war successfully.

(贺龙元帅)

The most interesting is the 天下第一桥 which the bridge is formed naturally. They believed that couples would have everlasting relationship by making a wish. Some bought their padlocks and throw the keys as a symbol for their strong marriage. This reminded me a Taiwanese drama, 恶作剧之吻2.

(天下第一桥)

We tried 西湖楼湘菜 at 天桥餐厅. The rice was served by using the bamboo which is something special. However, the taste of the food was quite salty. Perhaps, this is to preserve the meat and vegetable.

(西湖楼湘菜)

After lunch, we took the world's highest elevator; height is 326m -百龙电梯上在袁家界. It only took 2 minutes to reach the ground floor.

(百龙电梯上在袁家界)

金鞭溪is a mini waterfall. The water was crystal clear and there are plenty of colourful stones. I believed this is place where 李军声collected the stone and sand for his painting. Besides, it’s a place where Zhang’s Family was buried (张家幕 ).

(金鞭溪)

After that, we watched the artistic of mountains (十里画廊) such as 采药老人，三姐妹,三家人,手掌，etc. It’s based on your perception of shape of mountains.

(采药老人)

(三姐妹)

China tour guide, 小李brought us to jewelry shop which is full of pearls and jade. I already made up my mind not to buy anything as I couldn't afford. All of us went into a room to listen the promoters' talk. While 阿妹 explaining the historical background, she mentioned this, “You're very lucky that our boss has just arrived and wish to see you.” My first thought was, “This is some kind like a Hong Kong movie.
It's really happened. The lady boss, Man Ling gestured us friendly. Her grandson is just born in 7 months and she was told that her lucky number is 13 and 17. It's just coincidence that our tour consisted of 13 people so she paid a visit. After hearing all her “sweet talk”, we believed in her. She even offered us with an attractive price for the Jade. Therefore, most of us bought it as gift for friends and family including me. I heard that my boss bought RMB30,000 for the bracelet jade for his mum. 小李 was smiling when he saw us. Look like he earned a FAT commission. Haha... He promised to buy us a drink.

During our dinner, the video photographer showed us the film. Mr Lim announced that who was the main actor or actress need to buy the DVD. Haha.. In the beginning, we laughed at Charine and WN as they did praying at the天门洞 whereas the rest of us went to climb the staircase.

Do you know how much is the DVD cost? It's RMB200 (RM100). My gosh.. It's very expensive. Original DVD won't cost at that price. Thus, the video photographer shot the video was not in good quality. Her face expression turned immediately after knowing that we just need a DVD. With the advanced technology, we could burn a CD easily.

After dinner, all of us decided to take a walk outside our hotel. The price of clothes and shoes were quite cheap. It's worth to buy. My boss's wife and his sister bought a lot of clothes and shoes. Haha... We also visited their supermarket. My boss recommended us the China Maggie Beef Mee so we bought some. They have all sizes of sausages which we couldn't find it in Malaysia.

There is an interesting incident. Four of us went to look for long John and enter a shop. When we need assistant about the clothes, the person in-charged wasn't respond to our request. Do you know what she is doing? She was too “FOCUS” playing mahjong with her friends until my colleague have to ask courtesy like “Sorry for disturbing you from playing mahjong, we wish to ask you about the long John.” Then only the lady stopped her game. For your information, our China tour guide told us that gambling is one of the main their entertainments.

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Fourth Day, 11th December 2009 (Fri)
This is the fourth day. It's also the last day of spending in Zhang Jia Jie. We entered 龙王洞 to see the staglatic and stalagmite. The place is clean and has a beautiful path to walk. In order to compare with our cave, our cave is smelly and full of bat's shit on the floor which is slippery.

(龙王洞)

After that, we visited their silk shop. They explained the process of making silk from butterfly's larva. This time I didn't buy anything from this shop.

I heard that Zhang Jia Jie is famous of making blades. So, 小李 brought us there, 土司王. After hearing the lady promoting the kitchen knives, it attracted most of women. I noticed that they liked to do promotion. For instance, they offered a box of knives with scissors and fruit blade at the price of RMB400. The fruit blade is very useful till it could peel off the scale of the fish, it's called 魔术刀. The lady also stressed that the knives would not be easily to get blunt and it's easy to chop the meat. They guaranteed us for 10 years by giving the guarantee card. I just bought the fruit blade for RMB30 (RM15). I showed my mum and telling her the wonders of the fruit blade. In the end, she told me that it's impossible to peel off the scale of the fish. I was shock to hear it and we could buy it at RM7. What a good lesson...

老院子 was the last destination in Zhang Jia Jie before moving to 芙蓉镇.

It's about a village. It used to be living by the wealthy and worked as an assistant in the palace. You could find the beautiful craving of art in the room. Besides, there were some old utensils. However, Mr Lim was not satisfied with this place after coming out.

An incident happened which the story goes like this. The lady gave us a piece of Buddhist plague respectively. She told us that a fortune teller would provide free service. Then, we sat inside a room. One by one left from the room. The first to go out was Mr Lim’s family and I was the last. Actually, I’ve an uneasy feeling when I received the plague. Thus, I’m a Christian. Listening to their prediction is against Christian preaching. As a result, I told the lady my reason and she let me off. When I came to know, they were actually been asked to pay RMB99 for a candle light and it’s advisable to take 3, 6 or 9 candles. It’s kind of cheating us. Besides, the video photographer waited for us at 老院子 and sold photos at the price of RMB20 (RM10) per pierce for 5R size. She refused to give discounts. So, I just bought two pieces.

It took three hours to reach芙蓉镇 at 6pm. 小李gave us a treat to try their specialty of 米豆腐. It costs one yuan per bowl.

(米豆腐)

Nothing much to see there and it was raining for the whole day. There is no door in toilet so Wee Nee and I waited outside as well as Mr Lim. While waiting, a girl asked Mr Lim, “Where are you from?” Mr Lim replied, “Try and guess.” “Nan Jing? Guangzhou? Hong Kong?” she asked. Mr Lim spoke Cantonese purposely to me, “Do we appeared from locally?” “Maybe gua. Haha..” I answered.

We reached 凤凰 at 9pm. Before walking around the area, we checked in 凤都大酒店. Angela and I shared a single bed as Angela requested. I was surprised a computer in our room and could serve the net. However, there was a kind of smell. Anyway, I just put my luggage and walked out.

Seeing the night view of凤凰 was spectacular as it's decorated with colourful lights. It's also a busy night where there were many bars and karaoke. Some enjoyed eating grilling food at night. A few candles lights on paper of lilies flowing on the busy river. It’s one way of making wish. Angela bought half of dozen. With such a spectacular view, we could not get good picture as the weather was windy and cold.

(凤凰)

As I mentioned about the room earlier, Ms Chiew requested us to change the room. Therefore, 小李 settled the issue for us. The room has two beds without computer. At least, I could sleep well throughout the night.

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5th Day, 12th December 2009
As we were running out of time, we were given one and half hour for sightseeing 凤凰 in the morning. I could have a better picture of凤凰. They still maintained the old style of buildings. The residents washed their clothing by using the water from the river. 姜塘is their specialty as I heard that they produced it manually.

(Feng Huang's morning view)

At 9.30am, we sat in the bus. 6 hours to reach 韶山(shao shan) so 8 of us (Charine, Angela, Mindy, Carole, Mr Lim's mum, WN, Mr Lim and I) decided to bet a small amount by playing 21 points. 小李 sponsored two decks of cards. Mr Lim's mum enjoyed playing with us. Charine and Angela kept getting one love when Mr Lim was the banker. Carole sat beside me so we always discussed. Mr Lim asked us, “还要开会吗?” We laughed.

We reached 毛氏宗祠, 韶山at 5.20pm. The house is closed at 5pm so we were late. It’s pity for us. We just took the pictures outside mao zi dong's house. His house is liked those farmer's house. I could say he is not born with golden key. The China government built a memorable statue as remembrance his contribution towards the country .

(Mao Zhe Dong's House)

At 7pm, we reached长沙. It's a city where there were lots of buildings and full of colourful lights. They even have lights along the highways. I tried the 臭豆腐 for the first time in a restaurant. It's delicious.

After dinner, we have one and half hour to shopping at 步行街. Four of us bought the cheapest long John at RMB35. The street is alike Guangzhou, very crowded and the atmosphere is merrier. I also noticed that there are many beggars on the street even the young.

(步行街)

We walked around at night outside 广圣大酒店. There was a mini market. I bought some food and souvenirs for friends and family. The weather was very cold. It's like freezing. Mr Lim, Hong and his wife came out from the hotel. We were surprised to see them as it was 11pm. They went to foot massage center.

Four of us went back to hotel at 12 midnight. The corridor was very dark and the scary part was Angela and I couldn't access the door with the card. Luckily, WN's room was just beside us so they opened their door to allow the light shining the corridor. Then, only we couldn't log in our room.

At 1am, WN and Charine entered our room as this was the last night. However, I was too tired and fell asleep. Haha..

2010-01-23T19:52:00.001+08:00

Last Day, 13th December 2009
马王堆博物馆was our last visiting place. This museum is about Han Dynasty Tomb.

(马王堆博物馆)

They found Lady's body which was well mummified for two thousand years old ago. I thought only Pharaoh's knew the secret of preservative the body. They also found the lightest cloth, 49g from the coffin. With the advanced technology, the scientist couldn't produce the same material for such a light cloth. It was amazing.

At 11.30pm, we have lunch at 西湖楼 which is the largest restaurant in the world. The structure of restaurant appears like the palace of Chinese's king.

(西湖楼)

小李 made a special arrangement for Angela. He brought a cake and a gift for Angela. Wow.. Angela was smiling happily. It was her first experience to celebrate birthday in a foreign country. We heard the sound of firework while enjoying the cake. We teased Angela by saying 小李 set up firework for Angela. Haha... Setting up firework is a symbol of the importance day such as giving birth, birthday and wedding. Actually, there was a wedding event ongoing in the restaurant.

By 12.30pm, it was time for us to check our luggage in the airport. In the meantime, we bid farewell to小李 and 师傅(driver of the bus). Mr Lim's mother named 小李 as小李飞刀because he carried a knife which is prohibit when entered the museum. Haha... He has a new nickname.

Once we reached at 广州airport, we tried McDonald's pork and McCafe's coffee. Yummy... It's delicious.

By the time reaching KLIA, it was 11pm. I was feeling tired for the whole day. However, I enjoyed this trip very much. I'm looking forward to the next trip. Haha... Thank, Mr Lim for providing a wonderful trip.

TM's Procedures

2009-12-04T12:55:00.001+08:00

1st Day: Installation of fixed line
2nd Day: No ringing tone from telephone. Called the person n said "nanti check" (waited till the next day)
3rd Day: The person came n repair at 2pm. Called Streamyx sales dealer n told us that our appointment date is 3rd Dec.
4th Day: Couldn't contact TM streamyx installer. (Waited him for the whole day) Sales dealer said, "Checking.. checking..." (3 hours passed without giving any reason).Their excuse is my area has just finished setting up line at 5pm.
5th Day: Finally, the installer installed the line within "10 minutes".

This shows how "efficient" their services is..

Vary Pasta Restaurant

2009-11-24T09:03:00.001+08:00

On 1st November 2009
ST, KS and I made an arrangement to give treat by taking turn as a celebration for our first job. This time was my turn. I suggested my cousin’s restaurant, VARY PASTA since they didn’t have any idea. The restaurant is located at Damansara Jaya which is near Atria Shopping Mall.

This restaurant is newly opened in Jan 2009. They also do catering services. When we walked into the restaurant, my cousin’s husband was surprised to see me and welcomed us warmly. Their specialties are Caesar Salad and Spaghetti. So, I ordered their specialties including Fish Fillet with Cheese and Chicken chop with pasta.

(Spaghetti)

(Fish Fillet with Cheese)

(Chicken Chop)

The ambiance is quiet which is suitable for chatting and it’s comfortable.

My cousin recommended dessert, Tiramisu for us to try it. It's delicious.. Yummy...

(Tiramisu)

Wanna try out this restaurant? Let me know ya.. =)

Advanced Diploma Convocation 2009

2009-11-17T11:19:00.001+08:00

After waiting a few months, this is my biggest day, my convocation for my Advance Diploma. It was held in TAR College Hall at 2pm.

I was late as most of them were fully dressed up and lining up accordingly. Luckily, one of my classmates, JLian helped me to put on my mortar board and hood. Everyone was dressing up prettily and handsomely.

At 2pm, graduates started to fill up the seats in the hall. Family members and friends were sitting last few rows to witness the event. While waiting the arrival of VIPs, most of us used this opportunity to catch up with each other. Some of them are entering the working field, either audits or accounts. Some are fully concentrating their ACCA studies. Some of them shared their study experiences in UK and wonderful touring in Europe.

I chat with two guys who were sitting besides me. On my left, the person is working as an auditor in a small firm at Pudu. He is from Johore and rented a house at Wangsa Maju. He also pursues his ACCA for last two subjects, Audits and Performance Management. Whereas on my right, the person is Kelvin, Kanesh’s friend who is fully concentrating to complete ACCA for last two subjects, Finance Management and Tax by taking tuition. The teaching from Kasturi’s lecturer is better than Dr Wong’s explanation according to him. Actually, this was our first time conversation since we took the same cab with Wan Ling to college. Haha.. I also chat with Stella who sat behind me. I told her that TLiang has resigned from RSM a month ago. She couldn’t believe it. Stella is working as an account’s assistant in Pandan Indah. She also took tuition at McOrange for Finance Management and told me that the teaching is really good.

A convocation book was given to everyone. There was a schedule of our convocation event. At first, I was happy to see the name-Mr. Ong Ka Ting, MCA ex-president who would present our certificates. To my disappointment, he attended the morning session only. Therefore, for afternoon session, the person is Mr. Lau Yin Pin. I thought I was the only person who doesn’t know him but when I was asked around, none of them know him! Hoho..

Professors, lecturers and VIPs were entering the hall at 2.30pm. We welcomed them by giving applauses. Mr Lau Yin Pin is early age of 60. He doesn’t smile a lot and wore spectacles. He was the first batch student to pursue Business Management in 1973. Every grad gave their brightest smile at the camera. I saw Shaw Team receiving her certificates and heard Kelvin saying that he knew her. Oh.. Kelvin is also Shaw Team’s ex-boyfriend’s friend.

The ceremony was ended at 3.45pm by singing our anthem. After this, it was the time for photograph shooting with friends and family. My parents bought a bouquet of sunflowers with a snoopy. I love it. ST and Jasmine came to take photographs with me.

The sky was gloomy but we still managed to take pictures. I was surprised to KLeong who attended our convocation. I remembered that he likes EYen. Haha.. Later, I met EYen outside the hall. She pursues ACCA studies too.

The happiest moment was taking photos together with Group 3. Siew Han and Wai Peng were with us too. Lastly, Congratulations to all..

I went out for drinking with MLing, MCheam, Yen Kee, KYeow, Ah Weng, Ah Weng’s girl friend, Justin and his friend at Island Café. Mei Ling told me that they went to College Hall but could not find me. Aiya.. They even bought a bouquet of pink roses.

I met my primary classmate, Khoo Siew Mun. She is working in a facial shop. We were quite surprise when she told us that Terry Chui was married.

Mooncake Festival

2009-10-06T09:06:00.001+08:00

I used to play lantern with my brother when we were young. After that we seldom have chance due to exams. So, I asked myself, why don’t I celebrate this festival differently this year?

I came out with an idea that we played lanterns at my house so YK helped me to organize. The response was poor, only 4 people confirmed including me. I was afraid that this event could not carry out successfully. However, it turned out that there were 10 of us. They were YK, CF, KY, Desmond, William, SF, Lionel, ML and MC.

The event was supposed to start at 8.30pm. As you know, youngsters like us would not be punctual. Haha… (I’m already getting used to it.) Among all of us, William wore Chinese Traditional clothes. I didn’t know that he was one of those traditional followers. Haha…

Some of them brought candles, lanterns and food. The rest of them came with ‘a bunch of banana’. Haha… We started lighting up candles and put into our lanterns. Most of us bought paper lanterns but only KY’s different from us; Ultraman lantern. ML was attracted by his lantern as it was her favourite cartoon.

By using candles, we formed a word, VIVE as a remembrance that we were from Vivekananda School. YK and I tried to form our names. The rest of guys were playing matches by setting up small fire.

I noticed that most of the guys were not interested to play lantern. Instead, their intention was to play table tennis especially William. He was hyperactive. He insisted to stroke with me by reaching 100 balls. If he could not reach, he would not go home. I was surprised to see his spirit. ML suggested that I should set up my Robot to let him practise instead. Haha.. Luckily, his forehand was quite steady so we managed to reach until 102 balls. To be honest, William has ball sense.

According to our plan, we should go Tian Hou Temple. Due to time constraint, we just spent our night at my house. I think Lionel might feel a bit of wasted as he was wearing sport shoes like we were going hiking. Haha… I still saw the guys making fun of Lionel. Lionel oh… Lionel… He is still ‘dau kei wong’.

By having conversation with CF, he told us that he wanted to go on diet. I was shocked to hear this. He is skinny and still wanted to watch his diet. I think he should stop smoking if he wanted to live healthily.

As for SF, he spent a few hours with us. Everyone look cheerful that night. I am glad that they enjoy themselves.

Broga Hill Trip

2009-09-17T08:33:00.001+08:00

Broga Hill trip has been planned for almost a month. It was organized by YK. On 16th August, I didn’t sleep for the whole night as I was excited about the trip. Mountain climbing would be my first experience. Besides, we could watch sun rise and look at the beautiful view from the top. Haha… Sound wonderful, right?

In order to watch the sun rise, the best time to reach the place is 6am. There were nine of us-SF,KY,WL,YK,ST,WM,Desmond’s Sisters and me. Broga Hill is located at Semenyih, Selangor. It is near University of Nottingham. We used KESAS Highway and reached there about 45 minutes.

There were a lot of cars parking along the road side. A few groups of people started climbing the hill. They were much earlier than us. We used torchlights as the sky was still dark and we ensured everyone stick together.

As climbing the mountain, we learned to help one another even strangers offered their help. The steps were not easy to go through as the roads were rough. We need to be cautious for every step. By doing this activity, I was like having a wet bath. My sweats kept dropping non-stop. Haha…

There were 3 check points. Reaching the first check point was just a beginning. All of us could take a rest and side-seeing. From this level, we still could watch the sun rise. The clouds were like giving way for the sun to rise out and it shone the whole Semenyih beautifully. With this spectacular view, we made an album. I felt sorry for WL and SF that they could not join us. WL was not feeling well when he climbed the hill. Hopefully they could do it next time.

After having enough rest, we decided to go to the second check point. The place was crowded with youngsters. Some of them were muscular and handsome guys. Of course, there were several pretty ladies too. I also saw a few foreigners making to the top. There was one particular group which they bought their gowns to celebrate their graduation.

From the second check point, you could see the last hill which was the highest. It seemed to be a steep slope and dangerous. We didn’t make it as we started feeling tired and exhausted.

Going down from the hill was not easy at all. You must know how to grip your steps. I kept sliding down to lower my body stability.

A stall was selling coconut drinks when we reached the base. After a long day, taking coconut would definitely make you feeling fresh. Haha…

Around 10pm, we visited the waterfall near there. Children played happily with water. Many Malay families enjoyed their picnics there. They did BBQ for lunch. The smell of chicken and fish made my stomach growling. Haha…

After that, we had lunch at Chinese Restaurant, No. 52. Black marmite pork was their specialty. The tables were being filled up so we left the place after finished eating.

I enjoyed it much although my legs were painful. I think I have to build up my stamina first before climbing mountain. Haha…

To My Dear Friend

2009-08-08T16:29:00.001+08:00

Dearest Wai Yen

Time flies fast

It has been 3 years since you left

Although we knew each other for a year

You were like an old friend to me.

Your wish was to further study in TARC

So I continued the journey on your behalf

Good news is I have graduated

You will feel happy and proud of me.

You are such a wonderful friend

Friendly, cheerful and kind-hearted

But I never have a chance

To express my true feelings.

The memories that we spent together

I will treasure inside my heart

I wish to thank God

For giving me a chance to know you.

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My Birthday on 18th July

2009-07-30T14:42:00.002+08:00

I turned 22 years old. Early in the morning, I have to do cleaning the floor and windows and hanging the clothes. Thus, a special guest from Japan would visit us. Haha…

However, HL would bring the Japanese guy in the afternoon so I would not be able to make it as I already have an appointment. KS fetched KY, MLing and I to Mid Valley. There was lots of car searching for car parks and we were lucky to find one.

ST, Jasmine and YK were seated in Sushi Zanmai at Garden.

I ordered Tendon dish which is consists of prawn and vegetables. The taste is alright but nothing is special. Maybe Japanese food is not my favourite. This gathering was organized by ST. She even bought me a cake. Luckily, none of the staff sang out the birthday song to bring the attention to everyone. Haha… (Not like KS’s birthday) It was a chocolate cake and I love it. The cake was not very sweet and it was delicious. I need to thank Jasmine for choosing such a wonderful cake. By the way, I made 3 wishes. These wishes were about my ACCA, jobs and health.

After that, we watched Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince movie. The book contains a few hundreds pages as thick as a dictionary so it must be a challenging job for director to summarise the story. Therefore, I wanted to give some credit to director for making the movie. I liked the comedy parts acted by three actors, Daniel, Emma and Rupert. However, some important parts left out. For instance, Dumbledore should emphasize the importance of those valuable things which Tom Riddle always treasures as a clue for searching Horcrux. Justin also joined us watching this movie. I knew him when I went for drinking with YK and See Tho ML. He also read the book. Hmm… Actually I wonder why he read the book as Churches restricted Christians to watch Witchcraft movies. If my sister saw this, I would receive music from her. Haha…

About 6pm, we separated into two groups. YK, ML and KY went to watch Japanese event in Shah Alam. ST, Jasmine, KS and I have dinner together. Justin has to attend his school gathering.

ST and I gave a surprise to SF. He was working in Korean beauty booth at North Court. To me, he still looked the same. Hmm… He still sounded the same style of talking especially with pretty girls. Haha…

Four of us have dinner at Fong Lye Restaurant. ST gave us a treat as she received her first salary. Anyway, we promised to take turn to give treats. Oh… My pocket money is going to wipe out. Haha…

That’s all about my event. Now, let’s go to my messages. My messages was from MY, VL, VW, Natasha, Devendran, Joy Nathan, YP, PT, Jenny, YN, TY, HT, Phoebe, SH, KSheng, Cynde, YH, EY, MF, MS, KG, QY, CF, Ari, Ooi (net friend) and PY. The most surprise was VW’s message. After knowing him for 9 years, this was the first time that he wished me. Maybe after the Genting trip, we finally realized and understood each other. Another surprise was Phoebe. She was having US trip and could manage to wish me. PY phoned me up and sang birthday song. Some of them posted their wishes in Facebook.

My mum made Tong Yuen for me. Hehe… I am very lucky to have family and friends. Thanks them.

I Got a Job

2009-07-29T09:06:00.001+08:00

This job was recommended by my friend who is working in the company. Actually, she was my interviewer. Haha… Therefore, it was easy for me to get through the interview. Once I knew that my application was accepted, however, I wasn’t sure whether to accept their offer as there were a few factors to take into account.

Firstly, my salary is based on my qualification. My highest qualification is Advanced Diploma but not all company do recognize this as equivalent as degree. In other words, I was considered as Diploma graduate. So, I couldn’t expect a high salary as I don’t have any working experience, thus it is a difficult time to get a job as our country is having economy crisis.

Secondly, the distance from my house to the company is far. I was confidence to find a job in KL especially Mid Valley has a lot of offices as well as KL Sentral. In the end, I work at Tropicana Mall near Damansara. Haha…

Besides, I was not ready. The company accepted me without having second thought. I miss my chance to say “Goodbye” to my fellow table tennis students in MBS. I would always remember their charming and cute faces.

After working 3 days, I found that job becomes interesting and exciting. My senior is friendly and pretty. The most important is she is willing to teach me. My memory is bad sometimes. So, I kept asking her to check my works. My colleagues are friendly too. Some of them are humorous. I heard from them that our boss is good. So, I think it is good to work for a small company whereby the boss is good too. There is no politics or inconsiderate boss in the company. Anyway, it is still early for me to judge the company. Hopefully I would be able to perform well as time goes by.

Note: I wrote this article on 20th July.. Hehe...

Bon Voyage to JL

2009-07-08T16:15:00.001+08:00

On 1^st July (Wednesday), my college mates decided to organize a farewell party in Pasta Zenmai, Mid Valley for JLoong as he would be studying in BCU, UK. Those who attended this party were WLing, SHan, YNee, TY, PT, Kenzy, YP and I.

The restaurant served Japanese Food. It was filled up with customers that night. Im/title> ordered Chicken Kirsten and always serve me the last. Haiz… My friends started making jokes on me. They said they would leave first and let the last person to pay the bill. I reminded the staff. At last, the dish was arrived on my place. It was quite a big dish. I could not finish it definitely.

After eating, WLing wished to have dessert in Baskin Robbins. PT shared the ice-cream with Kenzy while WLing shared the ice-cream with JLoong. After that, we had photo sessions. They really like taking photos. Kenzy also made some jokes. They also mentioned about Koh Lung. I wondered whether Koh Lung sneezed all the night. Haha...

When it was the time to say goodbye, we hug each other except for the boys. All of us wish JL all the best in his studies and hope he will bring some souvenirs for us. Haha...

Genting Trip

2009-07-08T15:57:00.001+08:00

(From 27th June to 28th June)

I need to rush back and prepare for my Genting trip after coming back from Tioman Trip. Yen Kee and I followed Wai Leong’s car while Shaw Team and Swee Luo followed Soon Foo’s car. We left at 10pm.

This was my first experience sitting friend’s car to go Genting. I thought only we were speeding but actually every car did the same thing. We reached at 11pm. This was also my first time to enter the penthouse in Apartment Ria. Shaw Team and others went there before. There were about 7 rooms. Shaw Team and Yen Kee choose the room. They wanted to sleep in William, Choon Hoong and Yik Ho room. So, they let us used the room. Choong Fai, Voon Wai, Lionel, Kwong Yeow, Desmond and her girl friend, Ah Hean and his girl friend and two unknown friends were there.

I thought our room should be all girls and I was surprised that Soon Foo and Wai Leong wanted to share the room with us. Only then, I realized that Swee Luo agreed for them to sleep in the room. Of course, they have to sleep on the floor. Four girls shared a queen bed.

We had steamboat. I didn’t help the girls as I was sneezing once I was there. My nose is sensitive. I was surprised that Voon Wai put a fish ball in my bowl. Anyway, he did this to everyone. Afterall, I should not feel shock. After eating, all the boys and girls prepared to go Cinema except Soon Foo and Wai Leong. I thought I would be staying at the room. Yen Kee told me that Shaw Team promised William so we had no choice. Going out at night was very cold and shiver. Swee Luo was beside me and both of us walked quite fast. Voon Wai looked nothing. Oh..yeah.. I almost forgot that he was the hockey player. This should not be a problem to him. Choong Fai was crazy. He ran all the way and ended up with breathing problem.

The Cinema was full of youngsters. The movie started at 1am. Shaw Team sat between Voon Wai and I. On my right was Yik Ho. The seat was very stiff and my legs movement was limited. Once the movie started, my brain started to shut down and followed by my eyes. I missed a lot of parts of the movie. When the movie finished, many of them said they slept half way through. I think only Yik Ho, Choon Hoong, Lionel and Voon Wai were watching the whole movie.

Shaw Team and I were walking back to the Apartment Ria. My first thought was to go to the bed. While walking, the wind blew strongly and we started to shiver. Shaw Team and I hug each other. I saw Choong Fai running without wearing jacket. Haiz… He still wanted to show off.

Soon Foo was the person opened the door for us. Wai Leong was sleeping. Yen Kee and Swee Luo had a bath before sleeping. Then Wai Leong woke up and slept in our room. When the room became dark, I could hear snoring sound.

On the next day

I woke up very early, around 8am. How I wish I could continue my sleep. I became a sandwich. as Swee Luo was on my left while Yen Kee was on my right. Since I could not sleep, I decided to my sleep in the dining room. There were soft cushions but I could smell there was smoking.

I just walked here and there. I was watching people sleeping soundly. Soon Foo covered himself with the entire blanket like a mummy. Wai Leong slept by wearing his spectacles. Wow… I could see Swee Luo’s eyes opened slightly. I wondered whether she could see me. Shaw Team covered all over herself with blanket except her head. Yen Kee slept one side. After I left the bed, they slept comfortably.

Choon Hoong, William and Yik Ho slept at the small dining room. At one time, Choon Hoong seemed to be awakening so I wave my hand to him. However, he seemed like not knowing about my existence. I think he must be dreaming.

I decided to boil water for them since I have nothing to do. When I was in the kitchen, suddenly I heard someone knocking on the door. I jumped up which scared me. I turned my body and trace the person. I saw a yellow jacket and I recognised it at once, it was Voon Wai.

I looked at my watch, 9am. At last, someone woke up after me. After that, I went to my own room. Everyone started to wake up. Soon Foo said he heard me entering the room for a few times. Haha… I disturbed his sleep. Swee Luo actually saw me but she was half asleep. Shaw Team said that she knew I went out.

I asked Soon Foo, “What do we have for breakfast?” He replied, “Just make the Maggie mee since I brought it.” I went to do tea and Maggie mee for six of us. Yen Kee suggested that we could fry egg using the butter because there is no oil. Instead Yen Kee frying the eggs, Voon Wai did it for us. His cooking skill is not bad until Wai Leong, Soon Foo, Yen Kee and Swee Luo ordered more than 2 eggs.

After having breakfast, we played cards. Shaw Team won a few games and we think she has the luck. Then, all of us went to Casino at 12.30pm except Wai Leong. They said that they want to claim money from Uncle Lim. Haha…

When I entered the entrance, the guard did not check me. I think this was because of Soon Foo who looked older like a father. Haha… Choong Fai was sitting at one of the table. I heard that he lost yesterday and wish to take back his own money today. I told Shaw Team to stand beside to give him some luck so it helped.

Around 2pm, Lionel, Kwong Yeow, Soon Foo, Swee Luo, Shaw Team, Yen Kee and I had lunch at McDonald. The price of the food is charged differently. After eating, Shaw Team, Yen Kee and Kwong Yeow decided to play as a team in the Casino. They chose a game which is quite easy to play. It just made a guess whether it is banker or player wins. You could even bet whether there is tie. I watched them playing and started to make some guesses. I didn’t know that my 6^th sense was accurate.

They won total of RM135 after playing an hour. William joined us but he lost all. He seemed to look very down. I heard that Voon Wai won about RM300.

After taking bath, I went to join them watching badminton. After watching, we left the apartment and followed Soon Foo's car.

We (me, SL, YK, Lionel n SF) hang out first as the mist covered the entire road so it would be dangerous for a driver until 7.30pm.

We had dinner together at Island Café, Kuchai Lama. Swee Luo started to recall our memory. Last time, I went tuition with Swee Luo in Form 3. The tuition classes were conducted by Swee Luo’s uncle. Some memories are as follows. Choon Hoong stepped on Swee Luo’s leg purposely but it turned out to be Swee Luo’s uncle. Haha… When we were given a task to do, Swee Luo and I definitely started writing by using mouth. Haha… I remembered that the teacher gave up and just let us making the noise. Haha…

Pulau Tioman Trip

2009-07-03T16:44:00.001+08:00

24^th June – 27^th June 2009

First day

I was very excited about my trip to Pulau Tioman with my college mates. So, the day had come. I was the first to arrive at the Puduraya Station. Then, Pei Thieng, Jenny and Kenzy saw me sitting on the bench. They could not recognize my face as I had a hair cut and was wearing a cap. They said that I looked like a young kid. Haha… Then, Shirley and her boy friend, Roy gathered with us. After awhile, Wan Ling, Yin Nee, Siew Han and Kuh Loong came from Wai Kwan’s birthday.

Our bus started leaving from KL at 11.30pm. I sat with Jenny. Leaving Kuh Loong sat with Yin Nee. Hehe… Everyone was happy and excited and we could not wait to be at Pulau Tioman.

Second day

We reached Mersing at 5am. The sky was dark and the atmosphere was quiet. All of us had breakfast at the Mamak. There were several ‘ang mo’ in the shop. I assumed that they would be going to Pulau Tioman too.

(Arrived at Mersing)

After having breakfast, they went to buy some mineral waters at 7-eleven. I didn’t join them because the hotel should have provided for us. Last time, when I went to Pulau Lang Tengah, I bought the mineral water just like them but then the hotel actually was provided to us. Thus, it was heavy to carry such a big bottle.

After that, we went to the port. Siew Han and Wan Ling collected the ferry tickets from the tour agency before we could onboard the ferry. While waiting, Pei Thieng, Jenny and Yin Nee played one of the kids’ favourite. Monica and her boy friend, Calvan joined us at the port. Her boy friend looked mature. I heard that he is 28 years old.

(At the port)

The ferry started leaving from the port at 8am and reached the Sun Beach Resort at 9.30am. I took this opportunity to catch my sleep in the ferry as I didn’t sleep well in the bus. (Yawning all the time)

When we reached the place, a guy from the Sun Beach Resort guided us and brought a trolley for us to put our luggage. The sea water was crystal clear. I could see fishes swimming here and there. The colour of the sand was brown. It was different from Pulau Lang Tengah.

The place was like Malay kampong. Yin Nee, Wan Ling, Siew Han and I shared a room while Kuh Loong, Kenzy, Pei Thieng and Jenny shared a room next to us. For the other couples, they had their own rooms. There were two queen beds. No tv and cupboard. If compared with Pulau Lang Tengah resort, the size of the room is bigger.

We quickly changed our clothes to swim suit as we could not wait any longer to try the beach. Siew Han and Wan Ling were the sexy girls. They wore bikini. Kuh Loong and Kenzy suggested that we played beach volleyball. I don’t know this game much. Actually, I dislike playing volleyball as it hurt my hands. Anyway, playing with friends would have different feelings. Kuh Loong, Kenzy, Pei Thieng and Jenny knew the game. The rest of us were just a beginner. We practised the skills of catching the ball by making a big circle. Siew Han was fast learner as she started to love the game. Oh… Monica and Calvan did not join us. Shirley and Roy joined us later. Roy was a good player. I heard that he played for school team. Then, we started to play as teams. Jenny, Siew Han, Wan Ling, Roy and I were in a team. Although I was in the playing field, Roy always caught the balls and I just avoided the balls.

After that, Kenzy suggested to change the game to ‘Monkeys catch the ball’. He picked me and Kuh Loong as the monkeys. Luckily, I managed to catch a ball. As we playing, Yin Nee and Siew Han became the monkeys. There was an incident. Yin Nee’s nose was hit by Siew Han’s shoulder while catching the ball. Yin Nee’s nose became blue red. She felt like a bone was cracked. We tried to calm her down. Kenzy brought some ice. Jenny was giving a helping hand.

The rest of us went swimming. While swimming, Kenzy told us that he saw a few of fishes in somewhere. I forgot to bring my goggles. Haiz… Without the goggles, I could not see clearly in the water. Luckily, Pei Thieng lent me her goggles for temporary. There were many huge stones and a lot of oysters on it. Stepping on the oyster, it hurt my legs. I got a few scratches.

At 2pm, we took a bath and decided to have lunch at the stalls nearby. We chose the last stall. However, their service was very poor. They don’t even take orders from us and just ignored us. So, we moved to another stall. I noticed that there were several mistakes on their menu. The price was the same as KL. I ordered Nasi Paptrik and Air Bendung. Nasi Ayam Goreng was not enough for Kenzy so he ate King Size Burger. Monica and her boy friend joined us for lunch.

After having lunch, Kuh Loong, Jenny, Pei Thieng, Wan Ling, Yin Nee and I played a game called ‘Mafia’. This game was introduced by Kenzy. In order to win this game, you have to be a good liar and debater. At first, I remained quiet and they started to ‘shoot’ me saying that I’m the Mafia. I also convinced them to trust me as an innocent. I played a few roles as spy, citizen and Mafia. However, I didn’t have a chance to be a doctor. But, when I received a card as a doctor for the last game, I went to save others and ended up ‘being killed’. Haha… When Jenny and Kuh Loong played as a Mafia, we didn’t expect they were. Yin Nee was also good in acting. Pei Thieng always asked, “Are you the Mafia?” “Who do you suspect the Mafia is?” Pei Thieng did not play a Mafia role all the time.

The next activity is to play volleyball with Monica and Calvan at 6pm. I didn’t join them this time as my right hand was hurt. I just watched their game.

Our dinner started at 7pm in the canteen. Our night activity was to play a few games. It’s testing your memory. Pei Thieng was good in this. Kenzy played until gave up as Pei Thieng always won him. Kuh Loong was bad in pronouncing the name in Malay such as Nasi Pattaya to Nati Pattaya, Roti Planta to Rosi Planta. All of us laughed like mad. Later, a guide told us to rent the equipment today as we would go snorkeling early in the morning. We stopped the game temporary and went to rent the equipments. The rental of equipments is RM18 for a day.

Siew Han, Monica, Calvan and I were ready at the canteen. I filled up my waterbottle while Siew Han watching the view outside to know where did the karaoke come from. Suddenly, I heard Siew Han’s screaming. An insert sting her hand. Kuh Loong and Yin Nee brought her to see doctor immediately.

Siew Han was given painkiller. Hopefully she would not get any fever on the next day. We continued our games. This time the loser needs to drink beer. We played several games such as 007, numberings, etc until 11pm.

Third day

Luckily, Siew Han did not have any fever. We had a breakfast before departing. A boat took us to another island at 8am. I heard that it took an hour to reach the place. When we reached the place, Kenzy helped me to adjust my goggles. Last time, Mei Yee helped me to do it when I was in Pulau Lang Tengah. There were different kinds of fish such as Nemo. The sea corals were beautiful.

Next stop was at Marine Park. I thought we could see all kind of fish without snorkeling. Actually we had to and I was already tired. We were playing a fool like jumping into the water except Shirley. She was hanging around.

(Marine Park)

After that, we took a bath as we would be going to Duty Free Shop. To my disappointment, there was only one shop and they sold two brands of chocolates. Since I came here all the way, I decided to buy those two brands, Daim and Ferore Roche. The prices of the wines, beers and cigarette were cheaper but it’s not suitable for me.

When we were on the boat, I chat with Roy for awhile. Shirley was tired and sleeping beside him. Roy has been studying in TARC for diploma. Now, he is studying Engineering in UTAR in the fourth year. I guess he is older than me 2 years. I realized that he skip classes for this trip. He told me that he went to Pulau Redang for 3 times. Shirley was afraid to go into water so that’s why she did not join us. He also told me that he went Genting with his friend to watch gambling for the whole day without sleeping. However, on the next day, they were sleepy in class. Wow… I can’t believe it. While chatting, I heard Kuh Loong singing. The song went like this. “I believe I can fly, I believe I can through the sky” Jenny and I laughed at him.

Once we reached the resort, we had a bath. Kuh Loong wanted to play volleyball. Monica, Siew Han, Jenny, Yin Nee, Pei Thieng and I went to have ice-kacang instead. Pei Thieng was the only person to join Kuh Loong. I accompanied Yin Nee and Jenny to buy souvenirs. I found out that those souvenirs were not any special. It’s just that the thing is made by them. Thus, it’s expensive. I prefer giving chocolate to friends is better.

All of us joined the guys playing football, traffic light game, and river and sea games except Wan Ling and Calvan who was sleeping. Our barbeque started at 7pm. Yin Nee, Kuh Loong and I were the last to arrive the place. I took my favourite vegetable which was salad. I sat between Jenny and Roy. Roy told me that salad is also his favourite but this taste of salad was worse. Oh..no.. Yes, he was right. The taste of salad was salty. I regretted to take a lot of salad. They were barbequed the sausages, kampong fish and ‘sotong' for us. Roy warned us that the taste of jelly was not good. Haha...

After eating, we shared stories and jokes. Siew Han, Monica, Wan Ling and Kenzy used wrong words. Kuh Loong was the first to do this and his disease spread to others. I tried the wine. After drinking, you would feel hot. I saw Shirley’s face turned red and was sleepy. Roy and Shirley went back to their room. Only left 10 of us staying there. Calvan ordered two jar of beer. A bartender was a ‘ah kua’ named Koko served us. A Malay worker came to join them playing games. Jenny and I decided to go back and sleep.

When Wan Ling, Siew Han and Yin Nee came back, Monica and Calvan visited us. I saw Calvan was drunk and acted like a kid. Haha… Monica kept persuading him to go back to room.

Fourth day

I packed everything in the morning. We had our breakfast before leaving. The ferry arrived at 9am. Monica and Calvan did not join us since they were going back by car.

(Forming the words-Sun Beach)

When we reached the port, Siew Han was the first to meet Phoebe. It was wonderful to see her on time. Phoebe would be going to US in July. I’m going to miss her. We had lunch in a restaurant and ordered wine prawns, ‘yau mug’, ‘tau fu’, asam fish and pork meat. The cost was RM238.

There were a few Pakistanis and Kuh Loong told us that they have a discussion in the toilet so he assumed they would take action anytime. We just laughed at his imagination. Kenzy always make fun of Kuh Loong. Siew Han always pointed out Kuh Loong’s mistakes. We collected and made a list of his mistakes. Pity him… Hehe…

(A list of Koh Lung's language)

When the bus reached the station, it was time to say ‘goodbye’ to each other. I knew that we planned to watch ‘Transformer’ on Monday so we would be seeing each other again. Haha…

Last Two Days

2009-06-22T16:14:00.001+08:00

Since I completed my studies, I should be free. Haha… Instead, I was very busy with all my plans.

I went to ST’s convocation for her degree graduation in TARC with William, KSheng and KYeow 2 days ago. KSheng and KYeow were the first time entering TARC. When we were at College Hall, I saw the ex-president of MCA, Ong Ka Ting. It must be lucky enough to receive the certificate from him. Thus, there were several ‘Mat Salleh’ lecturers from Campbell University. I was watching parents taking photos with their children for this big day. After this big day, what would they be? They have to choose their own paths and start entering this challenging world. I think this question should apply on me. Haha…

(CONGRATULATIONS TO ST... )

The photo sessions ended 1pm. After that, ST followed us to go Mid Valley to have our lunch. Finding a restaurant would be a problem. Need to consider the food and most important is the cost. We walked more than 30 minutes to make decision. In the end, Sushi King was our choice. In the conversation, I realized that I would be coming back from Pulau Tioman Trip on 27^th June (Sat) and the Genting Trip until 28^th June (Sun). It means that I would have to go straight away to Genting with my secondary friends. I didn’t realize it until ST told me. Oh…no… I have to ask someone to fetch me. I knew it would be tiresome but then I promised William to attend his birthday in Genting.

So, I don’t have any choice. I need to go for drinking with SF and WL to discuss the at night although I was having headache. Yen Kee and William also joined us. I told YK that I could go with them unless one of them is willing to fetch us. ST and YK followed my decision. If I go means they would go. Haha… After three hours discussion, finally, they came out with a conclusion. SF and WL agreed to fetch all of us to go at night. Hurray…

Yesterday was KSoon’s birthday. It was celebrated at Spaghetti Grill restaurant at Mid Valley. Yes, Mid Valley again. I could not think of having other places except Mid Valley. Haha… I tried to organize this birthday party for KSoon to give him a surprised. (But I think he figured it out earlier) This was my first time to plan a birthday event for a friend. Since KSoon told me that he did not celebrate his birthday with his friend, so this idea struck on me. Afterall, he is my ‘kai koh’. There were 7 of us attending-QY, YK, KY, SF, SL, WL and me. Small group of people would be easy to celebrate.

(HAPPY 22ND BIRTHDAY...)

After having our lunch, I asked one of the waiters to bring out the cake. I think everyone was quite shock. Instead of we sang the song, the waiters sang it out very loud. They even had mistaken that QY was the birthday person. Everyone was laughing.

No plan after lunch. There was no interesting movie as we had watched ‘Terminator Salvation’ and ‘17 again’. So, we walked around in The Garden. This outing ended at 6pm. When I reached home, my parents told me that my brother went to bookshop in Mid Valley. Once again I went there to check my brother. I reached home.

It was very tired. I received a message from my college friend, KL in the afternoon. His message was “See you so free. Let me test your memory….” I wasn’t free at all. Haha…

Show Appreciation to Lecturers

2009-06-22T15:21:00.001+08:00

Last Wednesday, YP, HT and I went to visit our lecturers for appreciation. The lecturers are Mr Tan, Mr Chong, Ms Chin and Dr Wong. I've learned a lot throughout the years. Hopefully their guidance would apply in this working world. Haha..

(With Mr Tan)

(With Mr Chong)

(at LRT)

(at KLCC)

After that, we went to watch movie, 17 again at KLCC with TY and HT's boyfriend. It's a comedy movie. Talking about an adult wish to go back to 17 years old. The star of this movie is Zac Efron.

If I was given a chance to go back, I wish to be at the age of 15 years. This is where I can change my love life and my friendship. Haiz.. I'm regret for falling in love to the wrong person. Haha... Anyway, I already forgot the feel of the person. For friendship, I learned something. Never ever betray your friend.

A Day of Trip to Past

2009-06-17T09:44:00.001+08:00

Yesterday, ST and I had a visit in KL town.

Central Market was our first destination. Once we entered the building, my memories brought me back to Form 3. CHoong, Eugene, CSheng, SLuo, SFung, ST, YK and I attended tuition in Kasturi. Last time, Kasturi was located near Central Market. So, we used to hang out in Central Market before the class started. ST and SLuo like to buy sour sweets from one of the stalls. Also, you could find those talented artists to draw you a picture. However, I could not find those stalls in Central Market now. Instead, the place was renovated. It looked more lively and colourful than last time.

After that, ST and I went to Sin Ma Shopping Complex. I remembered that we had our lunch in Food Court there. Sin Ma was a famous place where you could buy accessories, VCDs, DVDs, comics, clothes, etc for a lower price. I was sad that this complex is going to close down as their business was very poor. My friend, Cydne always collects her animations and comics there. She has to get those items elsewhere in future and it would be costly. For those who are interested to buy movies, this would be the best time to collect it in Sin Ma. They also offer a variety of drama such as Hong Kong, Japanese, Korean and English with an attractive discount. Better pay a visit within this month!

After walking for such a long period, my stomach started to growl loudly. Hehe.. It was time to have lunch. ST and I decided to enjoy our lunch in Green Hut. Green Hut was also one of our popular hang outs. The restaurant was full of students from different schools. Everyone could write something on the wall. I remembered the wall was contained handphone numbers, lovers’ speech, etc. You could even scold anyone you want by writing on the wall. Haha… When ST and I reached the place, we were surprised that the restaurant was no longer existed. I wish I could know what happened to them.

It seems like everything is changing without realizing. How I wish that the old place would remain. However, we still need to go on in life no matter what happen. The past would always remain as your memories in your mind.

Celebration after EXAMS..

2009-06-15T15:52:00.001+08:00

Yippy Horray.. I finished my exam so I’m absolutely free to go out anywhere and anytime. Haha… (Have wings to fly) On the next day-11th June, my gathering was in One Utama (new wing) with my college friends. It was quite far for me.

My family was not at home as my brother took part in SWIP competition that day. So, I have to take a bus to the shopping mall. It took 45 minutes to reach there. As I was not familiar the place, I went to search by using the technology of directory. PThieng told me that we would have lunch in Garden. I tried to search the place. At the same time, an Indian lady was lost too and asked me, “Where is Maybank?” I helped her first by keying the name. Both of us looked at the screen blankly. Haha… This directory could not help us so we went to ask the information counter.

Once I reached the place, I saw my friends taking photos. There was a white grand piano at the entrance. The surrounding was full of artificial flowers. The atmosphere suited the name of Garden. It’s beautiful.

JLoong was the only person sitting on the table. He was in-charge of guarding bags. Haha… KLung was the cameraman. It seems like both of them were on duties. Haha… (Ops… Sorry to say that) Oh..yeah.. JLoong looked differently. He has a hair cut and changed his spectacles. After all the girls came back, we started ordering food. I ordered Beef Ginger as it is one of the cheapest in the menu.

There were 11 of us joining this gathering which is YNee, JLoong, WLing, Phoebe, Shirley, KLung, Jenny, TYi, PThieng, SHan and me. SHan sat on my right; YNee was on my left and JLoong sat opposite me. I was surprised that YPeng did not join this gathering as she told me she would be going.

After ordering, Jenny, Shirley and I went to take pictures. Actually I was attracted by the piano when I entered this restaurant. My hands could not resist once I touched the keyboard. So, I played my master piece, “Ballade Pour Adeline”. However, my hands were shaking and feeling cold. I tried to calm myself.

When I went back to my seat, my friends gave me applause. They didn’t know that I am a pianist. Actually, I was not good because I made a lot of mistakes. Anyway, I was happy that I took up my courage to play piano in the public.

While waiting the food, we chat about exams. I heard that P4 paper was very tricky even JLoong admitted. Luckily, I didn’t take this paper. Haha… JLoong mentioned that Dr Wong called him 4 times! Wow, Dr Wong concerned on JLoong like her son. Haha… I asked him, “What did Dr Wong talk to you?” He replied me that Dr Wong wish to know from his opinion about her teaching. She also asked about the questions on ACCA.

We also discussed our trip. I thought this trip is compulsory for everyone to go. However, I heard that YPeng and JLoong will not join our trip. Wondering why YPeng is not going. SHan is in-charge of the trip. She obtained all the information except the transportation. I remembered that I asked SHan about the transportation. She said, “I haven’t bought the bus.” Then JLoong said with a sly smile, “Of course, even my mum also could not afford it.” At first I could not catch his sentence. Then I realized that SHan left a word, ‘ticket’. All of us started to laugh.

JLoong’s dish was the first to be served. He ordered Dory Fish. The plate was big but the size of Dory Fish just like a fist. It’s definitely not enough for him. He told us that the taste was weird like oat. I saw YNee’s spaghetti. There were two prawns and not much source. I think Italianos’ spaghetti was better than this although it’s expensive. For my Beef Ginger, the taste was alright. After everyone finished, we celebrated YNee’s birthday. They bought a chocolate and a cheese cakes. All of us shared a present and it was a Carlo Rino bag.

I managed to chat with PThieng. She learned piano until Grade 7 and Jenny finished her Grade 8. Now, I knew that there were a few pianists in my class actually. I requested Jenny to play a song. I was happy to see someone playing. We took some pictures before leaving.

After that, we went shopping. At first, we accompanied JLoong to buy his shoes. Then, we left him to do his own shopping. Hehe... Bad, right? None of us buy things in the shopping mall. We hang out until 5pm.

I reached home at 6.30pm. After having dinner, I went out again. This time was to play badminton with my secondary school mates-William, CHoong, Sfoo, Sluo and ST. Not knowing that we ended up drinking at StationOne. Haha... All badminton courts were full. Sluo just came back from Indonesia. So, I could chat with her. While chatting, this William and CHoong mentioned something secretly. It's about our Form 5 news. This brought up to our attention. We wish to dig the information deeper but William wanted to chat in MSN. What la... Nothing much he could say out here so we dismissed ourselves. I found that there are differences going with College mates and Secondary mates. To me, College mates were not secretive and they are hilarious.