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..

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

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

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

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

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

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…