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Cameron 2010

2011-04-11T16:39:00.002+08:00

Cameron 2010-3536-Edit.jpg, originally uploaded by Jean PC.

This photo is from my 1st visit to Cameron Highland last year. Snapped a lot of flowers pictures and all of it become sitting duck in my hard disk.
Finally I have time to edit it since I'm free this month.

Originally, this photos is shot underexposure. I did a lot of layer in PS to savage this image because I like how the petal of this flower look.
So far, I'm satisfied with the result of the post process.

Grieving for My Lost

2010-07-26T23:02:00.003+08:00

I've been having this feeling of bad omen since yesterday night that keeps me toss and turn in my bed. I only able to get sleep after 2am, so when i woke up this morning, feeling rather grumpy and lazy.

This morning is the last day of me going to enter ASTRO as an employee. I'm returning my access tag and to get my IMPORTANT LETTER from my supervisor. What letter? Letter that smell money..a lot of money.

I received a phone call from my ex-superior that I'm entitled for another round of share buyout from ASTRO, which total up roughly 10K. No kidding, yes..10K.Now you know how important the LETTER was.

When I pick up the letter and look on the details, to my dismay, I will only able to get the $$$ if I'm still remain as their employee till 30 Jul. And my last day with ASTRO is on 27 Jul. WTF. I missed it by 3 days.

I could literally see the money flying off from my hand.I even called my manager to try to get him to keep me back into employment until end of the month, but he's not sound pleased nor willing.

Frankly, I can understand fully now how people that got their car number plate in 1st prize in TOTO/MAGNUM but found out they did not put any bet on it feel...

Grieving for my lost....big lesson for me..never resign or get employed in the middle of the month.

I'm Right Brained : )

2010-05-22T13:35:00.002+08:00

One of comment posted by my friend in fb caught my interest and triggers me to google for Left Right Brain quiz for myself. Although I've predicted I'm much of right brain person, It's enjoying to read about how my brain works.

Mindmedia.com

This link - questions is more like IQ question to me..most will trigger how your brains interpret and denotes relations of words and numbers.Result explanation is more lively, straight to the point and short.

The Art of institute of Vancouver

As for this link- questions are much of assumption and situational that ask how would you act and behave in given situation.Result explanation is terminology-based with lengthy explanation, at some part, repetitious.

Although both quiz using different approach...both comes out with almost same result of me using ard 60% of my right brain..and likes using visuals to interpret and process information. hahahaha

If anymore interested, can do the quiz as well..have fun..

My Result from Mind Media

My Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 43%
Visual : 56%
Left : 31%
Right : 68%

Jean, you possess an interesting balance of hemispheric and sensory characteristics, with a slight right-brain dominance and a slight preference for visual processing.

Since neither of these is completely centered, you lack the indecision and second-guessing associated with other patterns. You have a distinct preference for creativity and intuition with seemingly sufficient verbal skills to be able to translate in any meaningful way to yourself and others.

You tend to see things in "wholes" without surrendering the ability to attend to details. You can give them sufficient notice to be able to utitlize and incorporate them as part of an overall pattern.

In the same way, while you are active and process information simultaneously, you demonstrate a capacity for sequencing as well as reflection which allows for some "inner dialogue."

All in all, you are likely to be quite content with yourself and your style although at times it will not necessarily be appreciated by others. You have sufficient confidence to not second-guess yourself, but rather to use your critical faculties in a way that enhances, rather than limits, your creativity.

You can learn in either mode although far more efficiently within the visual mode. It is likely that in listening to conversations or lecture materials you simultaneously translate into pictures which enhance and elaborate on the meaning.

It is most likely that you will gravitate towards those endeavors which are predominantly visual but include some logic or structuring. You may either work particularly hard at cultivating your auditory skills or risk "missing out" on being able to efficiently process what you learn. Your own intuitive skills will at times interfere with your capacity to listen to others, which is something else you may need to take into account.

黄小琥 - 没那么简单

2010-03-16T12:10:00.003+08:00

"相爱没有那么容易
每个人有他的脾气"

These lyrics capture my attention to listen to this song.

"别人说的话随便听一听
自己作决定
不想拥有太多情绪"

This is something I hope I can achieve...

没那么简单

《简单不简单》
歌手：黄小琥
作词：姚若龙
作曲：萧煌奇

没那么简单
就能找到聊得来的伴
尤其是在看过了那么多的背叛
总是不安只好强悍
谁谋杀了我的浪漫

没那么简单
就能去爱别的全不看
变得实际也许好也许坏各一半
不爱孤单一久也习惯
不用担心谁也不用被谁管

感觉快乐就忙东忙西
感觉累了就放空自己
别人说的话随便听一听
自己作决定
不想拥有太多情绪
一杯红酒配电影
在周末晚上关上了手机
舒服窝在沙发里

相爱没有那么容易
每个人有他的脾气
过了爱作梦的年纪
轰轰烈烈不如平静
幸福没有那么容易
才会特别让人着迷
什么都不懂的年纪
曾经最掏心
所以最开心曾经

想念最伤心
但却最动心的记忆

Weaken Immune system

2010-02-22T14:14:00.010+08:00

It was bad to get sick during festival season.
It become suffering when others enjoying all the tits-bits while all u can do is just look.

Now it become confusing when you have consume too many different medicine that you starts to wonder when you will get better.

Because it become so hard to keep track what kind of drugs I took, finally I decide to jot down in here as a record for myself.

Visit to Klinik Petaling (22 feb 2010)

Symptom : Chesty cough, Running nose stopped (mucus stopped), phlegm in throat can't be cleared. Throat starts to feel pain when swallowing (due to too much pressure applied when coughing). No fever, no sore throat.

Diagnosis by doctor: Probably of sinus problem. To come back for follow up treatment after a week medication.

Treatment / drug:

1. For sinus :

Drug Brand: Carinox
Drug Name : Loratadine 5mg Pseudoephedrine Sulphate 120 mg
Physical Look: capsule ( half light yellow, half in dark yellow)
Indication: Relief of symptoms associated w/ allergic rhinitis & common cold including nasal congestion, sneezing, rhinorrhoea, pruritus & lacrimation.
Dosage: 2 times a day, 1 tablet each time
Adverse Drug Reactions:Insomnia, dry mouth, headache, somnolence.
Reference: http://www.mims.com/Page.aspx?menuid=mng&name=Carinox+tab&CTRY=MY

2. For Sinus :

Drug Brand: ezede'
Drug Name :Loratadine 10mg
Physical Look: tiny white pills
Indication: For allergic rhinitis, chronic urticaria and other allergic dermatologic disorders.
Dosage: 1 times a day, 1 tablet each time
Reference: http://www.xepasp.com/files/xepa_products-cat.php?cat=Respiratory%20System&sub-cat=Antihistamines

3. Antibiotic :

Drug Brand: efurox
Drug Name : Cefuroxime 250mg
Physical Look: capsule ( orange reddish)
Indication: used for treating bacterial infections (sinus, skin, lung)
Dosage: 2 times a day, 1 tablet each time, to finish

4. Nasal spray:

Drug Brand: Nasacort
Drug Name :triamcinolone acetonide
Physical Look:nasal spray (6.5 grams white with blue cap)
Indication:This is a nasal steroid that works directly on nasal tissue to reduce swelling and inflammation. It is used to treat nasal itching, runny nose, postnasal drip, nasal congestion and sneezing associated with allergic rhinitis.
Dosage: Two spray in each nostril once a day.
Adverse Drug Reactions:may cause irritation, stinging, burning, or dryness of the nasal passages. Sneezing, nosebleed, headache, lightheadedness, loss of taste, throat irritation or nausea may also occur. If these effects continue or become bothersome.
Reference:http://www.medicinenet.com/triamcinolone_acetonide-nasal/article.htm

Just simple dinner

2010-01-17T21:30:00.002+08:00

I think I've posted a photo with similar dinner..Haha, at first thinking of posting in fb when snapping this photos, but then change to put here. This is simple, fast to cook and healthy but no guarantor of nutritious level.

Discovered lately, or I should said from the past 6 months, I couldn't digest instants mee as quickly as it was before. I used to eat whole packet of instant mee just as snacks, sometimes topple with eggs as well to feel full.

Yesterday, I almost have difficultly in breathing naturally after consuming one.

Is this sign of old age?

My Dear

2009-12-18T06:16:00.001+08:00

My Dear, originally uploaded by Jean PC.

Never good in shooting my dear, but I kind of like this photo...hope he will too..;P , I love you.

Thank you for your unconditional love and caring, unbeatable patience and tolerance over all my weakness; in controlling my temper and my impatience.

My dinner

2009-09-15T22:32:00.004+08:00

Noddles with chinese cabbage,carrot and celery.

I'm student of Creativity

2009-09-12T18:15:00.004+08:00

Finally..finally..

I have completed a long pending photobook of a photoshots session that I did in end of July.
It's actually a maternity shot for one of my closest friend.

I'm a bit of guilty of dragging the thing for so long...I guess, well, creativity need inspiration, and problem is...inspiration doesn't comes when you really need it. They just like to come and goes as they like.

Oh , well, but I guess, when my inspiration doesn't comes, i 'll have to just summons my innovative friend. hahaha. Luckily during last week I got stumble on this great site of a photographer call g3k. Drop by his website when you have time. Really great.

And I have to admit, I innovated my photo book based on his design.

Well, before you can master of creativity, there is always a period call student of creativity and master of innovation.

It had been a long long time

2009-09-02T00:20:00.000+08:00

I'm been so busy for the last 2-3 months that I barely had anytime for me to rest or just to hang around aimlessly.

Not sure if I should thank to the AH1N1 for the chance to rest or not. Because of the virus, my trip to Bangkok had been canceled. For me, as I practically begged my colleague to cover up for me so i can take leave during this National day holiday, I doesn't want to cancel off my leave and go back to work. Well, who would do that?

This brings me to have almost 1 week of leave. I thought that I could spend the holiday at Raub. That sound relaxing, away from the city. Nothing much to do, spend with someone that I wanted to be with most, and do something that I love doing, taking photograph. That sound so nice.

But, I guess we have things planned out too optimistically, because my dear's dad is performing an operation during the the same week. We thought that we can leave for Raub once his dad is dischange, but...things ends up differently.

My dear end up spending the whole holiday in the hospital ward, accompany his dad, and I,....spending most of the holiday at home, doing my stupid report. Haiz...what a holiday not well spent.

Luckily on the 31st, I finally decided to put the report aside, just enjoy the balance of my holiday. So i went to Chris house, and have lunch at her house, full of leftover from her dad's bday party yesterday, and the BBQ honey chicken just simply delicious!
Then, went to hospital to pick my dear up and spent the remaining evening of his in KL at 1U. did some shopping, ate sushi and took some photos as well. After seeing my dear off back to Penang, got this sudden loneliness syndrome, so I walk aimlessly at 1U where there is crowd.

Then got tired and bored, called Chris and she also coming over for dinner with her cousin, so ended up having dessert with them at the Delicious.

Wanted to eat Tiramisu but sold out, end up having this Peach Frangipine + Vanilla ice cream.
It's just taste so-so.Chris and Sharon have this Lemon pie.

Today, out of the blue, I'm so craving for Tiramisu. Maybe didn't get to eat yesterday. So I called Chew Yin (afterall, it's workday and she still out of work) and we went to mid valley.

However, we ended up in Paddington House of Pancakes, having pancakes for teatime.Hahahha.

My Pancake set - Buckleberry Pancakes
And I saw this mid valley Raya Deco so took some snapshots. Although it looks fake, but I like the concept of the Lat's cartoon feel.
Seems like 2 shopping mall also go for Rumah Kampung Melayu feel. Same design with 1U also, but different concept.
Ayam di dalam reban. Waiting to be sembelih for the Rendang Ayam?
Me with the chicken. Don't know why I took picture here also..aHhhh, Chew Yin's suggestion.

I think the cow is just way too cute..very cute. But going ended up in the dining table for sure.'

After we walk around and shop for my groceries, we went pass this Korean shop on the way to carpark and ended up having this Korean dish -Kimchi Stew + rice as our dinner (I shared with her) Yummy.

On my way back home, I realized I didn't have tiramisu after all. Hahhaha

It had been awhile that I spend my off day like this. No need to have the feel of being burden by the report. But...when tomorrow comes, I will feel the weight of the report again....Because it's early of the month again, report submission time!!!! OMG.

My 花花

2009-07-18T18:05:00.006+08:00

Disruption of Biological Clock

2009-06-24T04:29:00.004+08:00

I'm planning to go back to work tomorrow morning to do my report.
Plan on waking up at 6am, to reach at 7am, work until around 4pm.

So I went to bed around 12.30am. However I woke up around 2am. doesn't know exactly wake me up. toss and turn for awhile, still can't get back to sleep. I guess it must be my biological clock that can't get adjusted as I'm in night shift mode now. And suddenly i felt dreadful to wake up early in the morning next day.

Since my mind feels darn alert, and I'm quite full from yesterday dinner, so I get up, decided to on my PC and starts my report.

Thinking with my temperamental PC ( it gets hangs after around 30 minutes of usage and the frequency of system hangs interval getting shorter when u persisted to keep restarting the machine), I'm estimating I will stop working after 1 hours.

However it's such a miracle! My PC never hang once!!!

How can this be? Must be the temperature at night is more suitable and cooler for it to work.
Does this means I need to work in the middle of the night in the future?
***sigh***

SBS (Sick Building Syndrome)

2009-06-19T21:23:00.007+08:00

It was literally very boring when I went to the OSHA training last 2 weeks. As usual, I was fishing, until the instructor comes across to this slide, SBS. I like it so much.

SBS (Sick Building Syndrome)

- OUTSIDE OFFICE - O.K
- INSIDE OFFICE - FEEL SICK
headache, running nose, sore eyes, itchy, sneezing,dry skin, nausea, dizziness, body pain, etc.
20% of staff suffer the above symptoms, means you have SBS for the workplace

Why? I guess I'm suffering from SBS! I have almost all the symptoms above...in fact...my department is clearly a very hazardous workplace that constantly jeopardizing our health.

Some of you might wonder what is OSHA. It's Occupational Safety & Health Act under our Ministry of Human Resources which its goal is to instill a safe & healthy work culture...(yeah~ right....how many employers care to produce a safe and healthy environment for us?)

Just 2 days after the training, my manager sent a notification to us saying one of our colleague was inflected with TB. As a precaution, all editors that have frequent contact with her was assigned to do a medical checkup at the panel doctor. We are sent by batch to have our x-ray taken and our phlegm is to be collected for 3 days and then to be inspected.We need to force ourselves to cough out sample of phlegm daily (which is quite a easy job for me as I'll get phlegm whenever exposed to air-condition). But I pity some of my colleague trying to get some phlegm out from their system. End up...most of their submission consist of saliva more of phlegm (or no phlegm at all). Hahaha

Suddenly QA dept become so famous in ASTRO...news travels so fast that people from other dept doesn't want to eat with us at cafe... (hahha...although most of them just jokingly saying that to us when they saw us in the cafe).Everyone asked us if we are free from the virus. As the report is yet to be out, we ask them better stay away from us and don't come to QA to bulge us for the status of tapes that we haven't done..ahhaha.

My inflected colleague is put under quarantine of 16 days. i wonder what is my result is...thinking back, I have been coughing on and off for months...^^

I was right! QA is indeed has SBS!

郭靜 Claire 下一個天亮

2009-06-19T21:16:00.001+08:00

This is one of her older song that I like...

郭靜在樹上唱歌

2009-06-19T20:56:00.002+08:00

I always like her song....remembered once when I was waiting for a night shift to end,around 6 in the morning, saw her concert performance at server, called it out, put on my earphone, lights dimmed, eyes close..just listening to her melodious voice, light-hearted melody, such a blessing and calm moment.

Now here is one of her new song, come across it when was QAed the song filler last 2 week. Hope you guys will enjoy it. wonder if can get it as ring tone for my hp...hahha

男人女人 Nan Ren Nv Ren - 阿穆隆许茹芸 Valen Hsu

2009-05-26T22:20:00.005+08:00

I overheard a group of teachers humming this song on our outing at Air Itam Dam. It's not a new song, but has a very memorable melody that hard to be forget after you heard it.

The tune of the sing starts to replay in my mind this few days and decide to look up on it's lyrics.

Simplistic lyrics, meaningful thoughts, soulful performance from the singers...and melody lingers in my mind for days.

Just love the last scene of at the lake. Sweet.

Unexpected visitor

2009-05-26T21:12:00.006+08:00

We have an unexpected visitor today evening,

He have a dark hard skin,
Very shy and likes to stay quiet at his corner,
No matter how hard we tried to induce him to communicate with us,...
He just gave us a cold shoulder,
But when we are not looking,....

He become an active individual and wonders around our house,
Making it difficult for us to locate for him...

Our unexpected visitor...a Black turtle
Grandma is trying to get the fellow to show his handsome face.Nope...his is very individualistic...doesn't give in into anyone.
At Last...Grandma put him for a cooling bath..wah~ so good treatment although we got cold shoulder treatment from him.The Lee's CSI Team on work. Mom and Grandma is investigating (more of spectaculating on my grandma side) of how the turtle was able to get through the gates while Mr. Turtle is enjoying his cooling corner. (still doesn't want to show up his face... : S)

I'm still wondering Where and how the Turtle turns out to our doorstep. But as Chinese Belief of turtles are lucky icon...Well, I hope it brings a lot of lucks to our family...hahaha..

Dad going to perform short prayers tomorrow before releasing (放生) the fellow to the river...

Lousy Dining Experience even with Cute Piggy Bun

2009-05-22T14:46:00.007+08:00

I went to dinner with a friend that coming back to KL with me yesterday before we parted to our separate home. So we decided to go to this new HK-style restaurant in Sunway pyramid, Canton-i .

I go in with much anticipation as my friend told me that there are only few outlets in Malaysia.
And their dish is famous.

We went in, ordered our food and waited.

I ordered a wantan mee with dumpling and barbecue pork, a herbal jelly (Kwai Lin Gou) while my friend order a dessert as she is wanting for her bf to come join us before ordering main dish.

After 10 minutes...we still waiting...

After 15 minutes, my wantan mee arrived. Ok..maybe it's peak time (but we can only see 4 tables include our table that is occuppied).

Tasted it...The truth, it tasted very much so-so only.I believe you can easily get a better taste wantan mee of hawker stalls in Penang..."___" Maybe is too early to give judgement. There are still other dishes.

By 15 minutes, I have finish my meal, my friend's bf had reach, ordered a roaster pork with rice while my fren ordered a bowl of porridge and steamed piggy bun.

And we wait.

After 10 minutes,...my friend's porridge is here...no news of my herbal jelly.

She starts to eat and we wait for remaining dish...

After another 5 minutes..no food...we look around ask the waiter, then wait.

After another 5 minutes...the pork comes..finally my friend's bf can have his dinner...just wait for the rice..logically shuouldn't be long,

so we wait...

Another 5 minutes, no rice..and we starts to get impatient..(especially hungry customer).

We asked, again. Then the steamed piggy comes up instead of the rice..

It looks cute..so I took a picture of it. And we momentary forgot about the rice.

Tried one..And it tasted like a overnight bun that had been reheat... : S

After finished the bun, the rice is still yet to arrive.

Now we starts to feel frustration, we complained to the waiter, and being asked to wait again...

After 5 minutes, we complain...again....and wait again..

Finally rice arrived. With a very bad mood, we tried to complete the dining.

And my herbal jelly still MIA...after numerous rushing and complaining to the waiter..it finally comes.

I took a bite...it tasted absolutely bitten. So I dig deeper, perhaps the syrup is being burried down below..still it taste bitten. We asked the waiter..and turns out they forgot to put in the honey before serving it to us. OMG.

My verdict? Absolutely a lousy dinner and worst service I have seen!...If anyone wants to have a bad dining experience, you can tried it here.

In less of 60 minutes

2009-05-21T11:17:00.003+08:00

In less than 1 hour, i will be leaving this island,
Bringing good times, new memories, a well balance EQ,
Back to where I should continue to work hard for my future.
Learned a lot new stuff this week,
Rediscovering new meaning of my life,
Redefine my purpose of life,

Thank you for this island bringing me so much of meaning of life.

Adious! Till we meet again.

When Misunderstand Happens...

2009-05-13T23:53:00.004+08:00

Why a person afraid of misunderstand will happens?
Why would a misunderstanding happens?

From what happens to me last 2 days, main factor:
1. Assumption are makes
2. Lack of communication between the party involved
3. Sheer belief of how the other party will thinks of the related issue.

Whenever these happens, undeniably, the above reason are easily being listed out...but when you are involved in that situation, you never have thought that you are making the same mistake again...until the impact and damage are done.

Sometimes i wonder why people always like to make assumption and their own interpretation of stuff that they didn't really understand or really find out the root course.

I hate myself for being one of them a week ago and now is enduring the impact of it. I might get out of it unhurt but still felt the guilty of not handling it better.

i just wish other people will not be as stupid and trusting as me on some aspect.
And I determined i will be more cautious next time.

農夫舉高隻手 MV 完整版!

2009-05-13T10:24:00.004+08:00

Lately had been quite a fan of this HK Rap group, FAMA (農夫). I know there are not new, but only started to seriously thinking if really goin to buy their CD. Their song is quite motivated, catchy and I like the tune.

They started to tried out hosting, seen them help to host tiny section of Jade Solid Gold. They are quite good hosts, know how to joke ad-lib.

One thing funny is, they started to take part in HK TVB drama series, Just Love 2 (老婆大人II). What a surprise when I saw them in there, lol.

Their new song (话太普通 (国语) feat.季欣霈) also very cute and nice. Listen from below...Hehehe

话太普通 (国语) feat.季欣霈 - 農夫

Another Trip to North

2009-05-13T01:25:00.006+08:00

Yes...I know , I know,
People starts wonder what so attractive about Penang. I've been going there so frequent that it's like my hometown. I have no idea as well. Maybe because of the friends that I had there.

Some of my closest friends staying there, that when they comes back to KL for visiting during public holidays, I'll be busy working to meet up with them. Some friends are friends of friends that I got to know when I'm there.

So, it will be the best choice I go up to catch up with them. Furthermore, I can stay for free..hahaha..and can treat it as a small getaway time for me from my hectic and messy lifestyle here.

This time, the trip is a trip for myself. To just rest and relax there. Did not have any particular place in mind that I want to go or do., except for a workshop that I'll be attending on Sunday.

Still not sure how long I'm going to stay there, but already have dinners and lunches arranged until Tuesday. Hopefully my friends will be glad to see me although hard to expect them to be excited...hahaha.

Silly Faces

2009-05-04T00:38:00.007+08:00

"Mommy...I take a lot of silly face pictures today..."

That's what she told her mommy when she comes and pick her up this morning. Although I just slept for 3 hours the night before and need to babysit her early in the morning.

I have some precious and quality time with her...and we did alot of laughter during the 大頭照 session..that i think our laughter travels few houses away...Hahaha..but its great.

If you need a release your stress, or forgot about it...play with a kid..you will eventually forgot about it....I did..thanks for staying overnight, my little princess...

Well, leave you guys to enjoy the snapshots...

~I can fly.....I believe I can fly....~

Speak No Evils

See No Evil

Hear No EvilI'm the Cutest

My Toy

Time for excersize

Arigato gozaimasu

When your waitress is only 3 years old..

2009-05-03T23:46:00.007+08:00

Yin Yin: 阿姨﹐你要吃是麼﹖
Yin Yin: Ah yee, ni yao chi shi me?

Me: Erhm, 給我一個 Nasi Lemak.
Me: Erhm, Gei wo yi ge Nasi Lemak.
Yin Yin: 不要﹐ 不要吃 Nasi Lemak...
Yin Yin: Bu yao, bu yao chi Nasi Lemak...

Me: Ha? 為什麼﹖
Me: Ha? wei shi me?

Yin Yin: Nasi Lemak 很肮脏..
Yin Yin: Nasi Lemak hen ang zhang.

Me: ????? 為什麼﹖
Me: ???? wei shi me?

YinYin: 因為是垃圾 (Nasi)...
Yin Yin: Yin wei shi la zhi (Nasi)

How amazing the mind of 3 years old kid now...

Into the Greens

2009-04-30T14:08:00.001+08:00

Change to new layout..lately seems more into greens...started to get bored with purple...

My Dreamland

2009-04-30T03:12:00.009+08:00

We are all Dreamers,
Who we are without dreams?
What is life without dream?

Dreams are like fairly tale,
We dreamed of princess, princes, beautiful and peaceful kindgom,
Worlds full of promises and peacefulness
Like all little girls, I believe in fairy tales,
I dreamed of one day,
A knight with shinning amour will bring me to a dreamland kingdom.

Over the time, the fairy world dissolving quickly,
Transforming into a fantasy world.

From waiting for the shinny knight appearing,
I have pick up my own armor and swords,
With all doubts, uncertainties and timidness,
Venturing into the world full of dangers and mystery,
And discovered...

Discovering a lot of quests to be made,
Challenges and enemy to be conquered,
Knowledge and skill to be obtained,
Wisdom and bravery are tested,
And earning lots of long-lasting friendship weaved by pure hearts.

Along the quests,
Some companions diverse to their own pursuit of dreams,
Some succeeded,
Some is mending their inquiries,
Some are defeated and lost in the wilds.

All of sudden, involuntarily,
A force sucked me to another dimension...
A dimension called reality,
Slowly, I have kept my armor and swords,
Dreams locked tightly, swept away, buried deep into the sea
And here comes my disguise to be one of them.

Where is the dream box now?
Should I jump to a ship questing for the lost treasure?
Or just waiting for a change of fate?

Drying Sponge

2009-04-29T00:19:00.004+08:00

Realized lately that I need to pick up back my reading habit....noticing a drastic decline in my vocabulary..When I read back my old entry...I was amazed by some words that I have used back then, but forgotten now.

Have you come across of a situation that you just recall partial of an adjective? well, that's what's I'm experiencing now. Shitting..felt a bit handicapped. Got a bit frustrated of myself. My brain is like reversing and is slow now...

Language part is just a warning sign...a little more closer evaluation, my knowledge of stuff getting lost as well.

Maybe what my friend commented is quite true....since working, all I gave is just output, output, there are not much input, or there is no time for input.

If I'm a sponge, I'm a half-drying sponge...it's time for me to get soaked, or I'll get totally dried up.

That's how I'm visualizing what I'm feeling right now.

Trip Blues

2009-03-14T22:58:00.005+08:00

I think I always have this symptom. Almost every time...2-3 days before my trip. I will have this heavy hearted-wanna just cancel my trip and just used up the leave to just sleep at home. Why do i feels this way? Either I'm too lazy to leave my comfort zone, or, I too lazy to pack my stuff..ahhaha...well both originate from the same source- LAZINESS.

I just don;t know why each time when I'm goin for trip, short or long, far or near..., every preparation seems so last minutes..Sacks of work unfinished left here and there...in my room and in office as well...each time when vacationing, a little corner of my mind still being harrass by these heap of job. Don't really know if I can relax and enjoy the whole trip.

But i guess, this is the closest that i can get to go backpacking. I've been wishing to go sort of backpacking ever since in secondary school, and when this chance comes along, I'm glad I joined in - while I'm still good in health and without any committent back home. ;)

As one of my last minutes preparation, is this DIY bag which i made to protect my camera. initially was thinking to take my camera backpack...but it was so bulky and i cracked my head on how to bring my clothes for the 9 days trip. so i decide on a much smaller backpack which I can carry in front which carrying my clothes in another backpack.

So this blue bag is customized to able to be fit into my backpack and protected from other stuff taht I will throw in, as well as can be carry around as a sling bag.

What do you thinK ? Innovative? I was sewing the bag when my mom comes back and offer her help. so...other than the two side blue pads and the front grey pads that was sew by me..... 98% was made by my mom...THANKS A LOT. :) Alhough her craftmenship and effectiveness deterioting with her age and poor eyesights, I belive it's millions better than the one that I visualize to be produced. I LOVE YOU , MOM!

Still, The MASTER of BAGS and ACCESORIES creation still my second sister!!!...Her masterpiece is just so perfect!... If i remember, I'll take a picture of the watch that she made for my bday few years back.

OK. time to sleep....

Kissing Accident

2009-03-03T14:42:00.003+08:00

My car too eager to kiss the Viva in front of me ...that it sneak when i'm not aware of it...and the result...slight dis alignment on it's lips..ahahha...

To Kill of Bad Habit

2009-02-16T23:38:00.003+08:00

How to kill off bad habit? "I have no idea", It's just an excuse.....Someone once told me bad habit originate from a bad routine that doesn't benefited us in any way other than momentary illusion of happiness.

What if you have addicted to it, your rational knows very well you will need to kick it off but just that you can't resist the temptation it offers?

Deep inside, I know what I should do, but I doesn't seems like have the enough will power and determination to kick it off.....OMG...What have happen to my rational reasoning???

Fireworks

2009-02-01T02:05:00.003+08:00

It always amaze us with its blast,
It mesmerize us with it's sparks of colors,
It excite us with its sound,
It daze us with its various shapes.

We forgot momentary of our worries,
We get amused by the dances it performs,
We feel nothing could compare with the happiness we felt at this moment.

But...
But when the flame dies down,
As we watch the last spark got dimmed,
Sadness crept slowly into our heart
We wept as reality started to sank in,
We realized that we have been living in fantasy,
A make believe world that illusion us to the fake happiness,
And there is none to be blame on but ourselves,
For it's our willingness to be fooled by the beauty of a fantasy.

That Someone

2009-01-23T23:59:00.004+08:00

When you are feeling blue and down,
And you wish there is someone that you can talk to,
Someone that help you to lift up your spirit and make you laugh,
Although might not help to solve your misery,

If you found that someone,
It's something to be grateful of,
to be thankful and to be cherish.

Because...
It's nice and warm,
it is reassuring,
And you realized that life is just as beautiful as it is.

A Tiring Week

2009-01-19T00:48:00.002+08:00

Have been a tiring week,
There's been some unexpected event happen,
As well as expected event happens,

Whatever is was,
The thing that I learn,
To be patience with people,
To be patience with myself,
To be patience with event that is happening now.

To take a pause is not a bad thing,
To stop in order to rethink stuff sometimes can benefited us....

I'm glad and thankful for a lot of friends that I have which will not hesitant to extend their care, help, and thoughts when I'm in lost.

Thank you all for being such a great bunch of people!

Last day of holidaying at North

2009-01-06T22:41:00.003+08:00

time really goes by really quick if we don't aware of it....so quickly it comes to the end tomorrow. I have been almost a week in Penang. What have I done in this week? Mostly catch up with my friends and occupied with photography.

Yup, the main agenda is photography- and I learnt some trick and got some advice from a photo buddy friend in Penang. It been an enjoyable shooting (although the 1st day is such a turndown due to the rainy weather). First time doing sunrise shoots, result, I guess not bad, as I haven't view in PC yet, just my camera's LCD. Gosh-will have a lot of post editing to do once back home.

The spoiler of my holiday is my stomach-can't take any spicy or sou stuff, this means that I didn't got the chance to taste the famous dish-asam laksa-my favaurite! :(. But better don't play play first with my stomach-doesn't want to have the history repeat again.

Doesn't really want to end my holiday- will the Chinese New year holiday become as enjoyable as this once? Well, I have little doubt about it.

Tomorrow will be driving home alone-hopefully, it will be a fair weather and a smooth journey. Don't know if I will get bored or not in the journ ey.

Oh~ and this is my first entry using a MacBook at Starbuck....ahahaha...so nice....(although borrowing from friend.) Maybe really need to consider of getting a notebook...well, can start dreaming...

New Way of welcoming New Year 2009

2008-12-31T11:05:00.004+08:00

Early this morning, My dad is quite excited about welcoming New Year...and his way of welcoming...a new hairstyle....and he was forcing me to take picture of his as a memory...

Ahhaha...very funny...he even got conned by me to do the prisoner style of photographing, the front shot, sideway (left and right) shots...but later force me to deleted it. Sometimes he can be really sporty.

But I'm having not so good ending for the 2008. Will need to reformat my PC , going send to my personal help desk later in the afternoon. And my new toy, digimate (photo bank) seems not to be functioning fully...will need to send back for checkup. Hopefully it will be a good start for me next year.

I'm going off to Penang again tomorrow. This time I will be driving there. This will be the first time driving there....am a bit of nervous but don't think will affect much.

Happy New Year 2009!

suddenly looks so young liao....ahahha

First assignment and shooting fully in RAW

2008-12-22T22:49:00.005+08:00

I've got the invitation from a friend to help to shoot her company's event of wine tasting (or was it call wine testing?) last week. Although the payment ( that most probably in form of voucher) have yet to discuss....or whether they are going to pay for my service or not (they wanted to see the photos before deciding)...I still treat this as my first shooting assignment.

Maybe it's my nature of being not confident with my stuff, especially when it have a connection or a tad of creativity or arts, I keep feeling wanted to chick out on the last minute. I'm glad of friends that keep giving me assurance of my ability and their trust on me. At last...I adopt a new motto of mine, "main lantak"...ahaha...which isn't healthy, I know.

The initial time for me to be there is after 6pm...but I got a call after lunch from my friend to be there at 4pm, and she prohibit me to wear jean, sport shoes and t-shirt. She stressed that a lot of top management people and VIPs will be there. At the end, I'm force to arrive with my old job's office attire and footwear(which very much restrict and slow down my movement).

However, I'm happy with overall photos that I have shoot, which turns out about 80% of good takes(a very vast improvement for me). I'm getting better in controlling my flash, although at times I become forgetful to rotate the flash as well when I shot portrait.

This was the first time I shoot fully in RAW...Gosh..I've started to fall in love with RAW, because it's easier to salvage photos that was not well exposed during shooting in post processing. I think in no time, I'm goin to abandon shooting in JPEG soon.

Well...here's some post of the event. Enjoy.

I just love the vignette and the off color feel.

What kind of accessory to wear when you go for wine testing.

Can you guess it's a cheese or pineapple?

The ice is melting very fast.

Took this chandelier that lit up the tent at the end of my shooting spree as a token of the gratitude on my part for its assistance in such splendid lighting effects to all my shots inside the tent. I was kind of being fascinated by lighting lately and mostly is chandelier.

Harlem New Album...

2008-12-22T22:12:00.003+08:00

After waiting for so long...finally got the news that he's going to release a new album....thought of going out to buy today...but am stuck with post processing my photos that I have no mood to go out anymore....Suddenly an impulse hit me to re-shoot the photos that I took when he was here during 11 August 2001 promotion for the Tidal Wave's Album...I shot it previously in film...so share with you guys before I buy the album.

I'm standing on the 1st line of the VIP row to get this photo shoot. Gosh still remember start queuing at 4.30pm while the event only begins around 9pm.

Counting the Days to 2009

2008-12-16T22:37:00.003+08:00

It's time...
It getting nearer for the countdown....
And also the time for....
1. Appraisal...
2. Yearly Budgeting...
3. Year-end self-reflection...
4. New Year resolution!

Gosh!...It's all boring stuff...the No.1 and 2 is unavoidable, while no.3 and 4 is something that I did according to my mood.

No.1 item, need to submit tomorrow...should I do last time checking and amendment?

No.2 item, should start to do soon, esp with the current economy outlook. And I heard that bonus already had been credited to our bank account, the more reason I should do it at soonest to avoid overspending during this festival seasons with all crazy sales around the city.

No. 3 and 4.....hmm..just pend it...ahahha

Maybe it's because of the end year and I'm keep taking leave to clear my balance annual leave, I have become lazy to use my brain for the month. I know, I know, It's a lame excuse, but its just our human nature to have the tendency be lazy :)

Xmas early getaway

2008-12-04T11:36:00.002+08:00

Two more days to go....
two more days, then I will be going to Singapore.
Will be going there to visit my sis and her family.

And I purposely choose in December to see the decoration there- for I have been told by numerous people that they have very nice decorations there.

But I was so busy with work lately that I don't have time even to try out setting for night shots in my camera...Hopefully will be ok with experiment on the spot.

And i hope can control myself from shopping spree there..hehehe..

Lost track of Mindfulnees

2008-11-22T22:28:00.004+08:00

Oh~ Gosh...so many stuff running in my mind lately....seems like couldn't concentrate in things that I do lately....that, at this moment, couldn't focus on any specific topic or theme to blog on , unlike that I have in the past.

Mind seems wondering...wandering around a lot of places...., of people, of life, of work and of questions that I couldn't find answers to it. At this point, I did what I did best most....SLEEP...Ahahha...most people thinks it's just an escape to problems...but I would rather thinks it's just my method to take a break before I come back and face the stuff that I needed to.

Feels I've been procrastinating a lot of things lately. Things that needed me to make decision. Don't know why I did so many of it lately. Laziness? Nay, I guess mostly because of the unfocused of my mind at the moment that I'm afraid I will overseas details that is important. So of the things, still can be kept in the KIV tray for some other moment...

Mindfulness- I need to keep my mindfulness of things and people around me. Been doing a lot of "I'm there but I'm not really there" stuff..Hate it when I'm in this mode.

Found out the best way to catch back my concentration is photography. Maybe that's why I like this hobby. Once my eyes peeks into the viewfinder, all my concentration and my mind is force to denote those images to form a composition. At that point, my mind will decide which composition is best to arrange stuff that my eyes saw in that tiny square box. In a way, it train my concentration.

I'm someone that easily have their concentration disrupted, that's why I never really have any long interest to learn anything. Most stuff I know, once I grasped on their basic concept, I lost the interest and will drifted to other stuff.

I have lost interest for photography for few months, but now it comes back again. Not sure how long it will stay again? I know I should make a effort for it to stay....but....maybe later....c how things go...

Sorry for my dear friends that reading this...there is no point in this entry. i just like the feeling of hitting the keyboard at this moment and just let my mind have a free flow...ahhahaha....wasted your precious few minutes of this entry without a clue of what happen to me lately. Coz I have no idea. Just dun think at this moment, doesn't feel i'm 100% me but no major harm.

Maybe just the pressure of work started to heap up on me. or pressure of lack of vit. "M" is making me kind of crazy.

Any how....I'm happy that this month, I have finally make the purchase of two important item that i have been saving to buy.

Firstly my spectacle (which my current one is scatched that always feel something is blocking my vision). Secondly is my camera backpack, Yippie....Finally....Although it's a tad of large for girl of my size....but it has the partition that I'm looking for. well I ended this with some picture of my bag.

The bags can be divided to two major partition, up and down.

Down part which is for you to put your lenses. Since I don't have any, I just put my camera, flash and some cleaning kits in the bottom part.

The upper part is to put your camera (I guess so) or other camera stuff? I used it to put extra clothes for 1 day overnight trip. It 's big enuff to put 2 days. Good for traveling for 2 days trip. hehehe. Nice , huh?

Great Deepavali Getaway At Raub

2008-11-07T00:11:00.046+08:00

I know I know, I have been quite a while since I last put an entry...so sorry to you guys...so busy lately with work that I barely have time to rest...and my break come only during the last Deepavali holiday.I went to Yen Nee's hometown, Raub on the Friday night, right after work.

I was almost wanted to cancel the trip because all I wanted is rest and sleep after a hectic weeks. But I didn't, and I glad I did not because I had a great time there and meet a bunch of great people.

We reach her home around 1.30am in the morning, after few hot drinks, we hit the bed. Maybe because it wasn't in the city, I always found that I will wake up early if I was at the suburbans. Because of me wake up early, Yen Nee need to scarify her sleep.

We went out nearby shop lots for breakfast . We had chu cheong fun, which according to her, the source is much different from the one in KL. When ordering for the food , that I realized that people in this area conversing using Hakka! How weird it makes me feel.

I have been to area where people speaks Hokkien, but the feeling is different from how I felt then.

Maybe it's the familiarity and the bond that I felt as myself is Hakka. But shamefully, I haven't speak it as frequently as I had during childhood. It makes me feel kind of alienated from the language itself at times, but most of the time it makes me feel nostalgic, how weird.

On the afternoon, after discussion, we decided to go to Fraser for some sightseeing. With Yen Nee's sister, we are set to go.

First stop we went is the petrol station, to fill up our petrol tank.

We got stuck and needed to wait for the clearance due to the fallen branches from trees. Saw a lot of bamboos along the way up Fraser. such nice greenery.Yen Nee is snapping the fallen branches with her new Ixus.

You will reach to a point where cars need to take turn to go up and come down from the hill, called The Gap.

This signage shown the time for cars to go up and come down.

And also the map around the Fraser

The building that was under construction , looks abandon nearby The Gap start point.

I have a lot of fun taking snapping pictures around Fraser. Below is one of the oldest Tea House at Fraser. We parked out car at it's car park, but later was kindly ask to remove our car. Their car park was only reserved to their customer.Initially was thinking to have a high tea there, but no more mood.

Yen Nee become my model, didn't realized something sticking out at the top of her hair. Need to be more alert on detail of my background.

We take a little break at the parameter of Golf Course.
Our last stop of photo shooting while waiting for the time for us to descent the hill.There is a Post Office at the top of the Hill.

Signage that ask the visitor to not to leave any thing not suitable.

Shot this on the way descent the hill. Liked the speed feel.

During night, we meet some of Yen Nee's school friends, Michelle, Shoni and Yit Pong for yam cha session. We discussed what should we do on the next day. Initially we planned to go for waterfall trip but were advised by Yen Nee's dad because of the raining weather lately. At the end we decide to visit the Elephant Conservation Center and Deerland Park at Kuala Gandah. Yen Nee's mom joined us.
Next day, we set off around 11am. About 1 hour drive we reach there. Unfortunately, we did not manage to get the 1st 100 yellow sticker of the day that will permitted you to to ride the elephants and also bath with the elephant. It was due to public holiday time.

After getting the normal ticket, Shoni suggested we check out the Deerland Park first as elephant feeding time is around 2pm. Deerland Park is just 3 km away, so without delay, we went there.

The Entrance of Deerland ParkOur first destination, the deers.

Visitors are encourage to feed the deer themselves.

Be careful when they keep following you around. You might ended up being cornered by them like Yen Nee's mom.

"Arh....go away.."

I was trembling so hard that I hardly able to stabilized my camera. Generally, I'm afraid of animals. Hahha..maybe being city girl. But after awhile, I conquer the fear and get nearer for eye level shots.

And I found very tame baby deer, standing by itself. Suddenly it become our model for photo shot session.

Shoni is showing motherly love..Ahahha....encourage the little girl not to afraid of the deer. And I found the gesture so sweet.

Me with the deer, still thinking what should I do it it suddenly decide to attack me.
After the deer, we visited the peacock, hedgehog, the birds, snake, squirrel before last stop at the bear.

"It is painful?" That's crossed my mind when I saw Shoni's expression.
Ahahha. Look at me..so funny...It's more ticklish than painful actually.
I'm getting bolder with the animal, plying with the squirrel.

I'm so afraid that I will drop down the fellow because it was running across my arms. heard from the staff, the previous adult hedgehog was drop by one of the visitor and was dead.

We were feeding the ostrich when suddenly an awful smell gusted into our nostril. apparently, one of them is on the process of shitting. While we are commenting how awful the smell is, we are literally stunned when the fellow is eating it's own shit just like that.

Surprisingly, it's mate come and ate it as well.

See how happy it is, like saying that it had just finished a delicious meal.

We went to the last animal, the bear. they are serving it soft drinks. OMG, was that healthy diet for the bear?
Photographing with the bear.
i have no idea that the bear's fur kind of soft. Softer than I have imagined. Thought it will be kind of coarse.

Shoni is pretending to shoot at the bear

We are taking a break before going back to the Elephant Sanctuary.

By the time we reach the sanctuary, the 1st part of the program had began. We missed the elephant bathing at the nearby lake. I was quickly get to the crowd and take few shots of the animal being bring to the shelter where the public will feed them.

Elephant brought to the feeding shelter.

Look at the crowd. I was josting myself to find a good angle to photograph.

Later, after the feeding, those that is 1st 100 visitor sticker have the chance to ride on the animal.

Thanks for Yit Pong for photographing the photo. He was there too with his family.

Yen Nee and Yit Pong

On Monday, We went for Deepavali open house visit to Yen Nee's old classmates. I feel awkard there as I don't know a bunch of them. However, no matter where you are, the common topic when classmates reunioned never run from talkng about school time. Quite enjoyable listenning them commenting their teachers outlook.

While listening, I'm playing with Yit Pong's 450D, taking random shoot, keep myself occupied.
I took some awesome shot with his camera and thank for him to do the post processing at uploaded under his account in flickr.

Before evening, I'm so tired that I'm sure I will drop dead in any minutes. We only leave for KL around 6pm that day and I reach home around 8.30am that night.

I have really enjoyed my stay at Raub and I would like to thank Yen Nee's for her family's hospitality. I love their home cooked dishes. So delicious!

A frustrating Shooting day.

2008-10-19T01:18:00.008+08:00

On Friday night, was going to celebrate Chris Birthday. I was taking a nap in the evening, so I can be more alert to snap pic at night, but I was awaken by phone call from office(I 4got to put in silent mode) and I can't stand not receiving the call- one of my weakness.

I know who was on the line before I answered the call and I was right. I was asked to cancel my leave on Monday to go back to work..which I don't want to, enough to scarify going back on last Thursday, just wanted to enjoy lepaking at home and sleep all I want. After much debating with him, alas, I manage to won over. hahaha.

Maybe because of the call, the whole night, I have become unfocused and un-interact-able. We have the dinner-gathering at Brussel cafe, Jaya One. I was trying to set up my external flash, but no idea why it doesn't work. The flash didn't really fires, and when it did, It's kinda weak. I kept checking on the setting and still not able to figure out. As they are getting hungry with the food all laid in front of them, I gave up and ended up shooting using my built in flash.

Here's the common product shot that I usually take. Boasted up the ISO to 800, increased the exposure but without flash.Usually when I took picture under this setting, it tends to be orange-ish.
Most of the picture taken by the guys, my mood got kills off and just handle the camera to them to take photos. This photo was taking by direct flash from the built-in flash. I really dislike direct flash. I must get a diffuser soon.

Later after our meals, maybe with my stomach full, I decided to check back my external flash. Dunno what I did, the external works back, excited, I did some shots.
The problem of the setting is, it was an open area (we are sitting in open air), therefore there are no wall for me to bounce my lights. Angling the flash only cause uneven distribution of lighting. The more reason for me to get diffuser.

One of the guy use another guy's face that side beside him to bounce the light. Smart.
this picture got grainy and noisy because was shot with the lens zoomed in, and those guys not exactly expert in DSLR, therefore did not change the aperature or shutter speed setting before capturing. External flash was set bouncing behind the shooter, and due to the distance length, this is the result.

Next photo, he shot by angling the flash 90 degree, directly flashed on us, flash gotten too strong.
This was one of the shots that is ok to me, although again, uneven light distribution. Overall, It's a frustrating disappointed shooting day for me.And I look fat in the photos..~_______~

Exit from Dead End

2008-10-19T00:43:00.003+08:00

Road that lead to my house is a dead end, which on the map it supposedly not a dead end. Confusing? Hahaha...

According to the historical data, which is based on folks' tales, the neighbor beside us built 2 car shelters at the end (junction) of the road which block out the entrance. and they chased away the council official with brooms and sticks when they come for inspection to build roads at over area during the 80s. And they never returned again to reason with them.

So, from my memory, My house is alwaays on a dead end. To make life easier for my brother to go to school (he used to take those "schoolcars" where the driver drove private car and pick up few kids from the same residence area and sent them to school) , my grandmom built this bridge over the drain beside the car shelter so that the car can stopped at the road that lead out to teh main road.

This bridge does not only served our family but also those along our road. Most motorcyclist and bicyclist use it as shortcuts.

But I guess, the most useful time of this bridge is when there is a household having wedding/funeral, and they need to build up a tent outside their house. Those with houses after the tent towards the dead end, we usually park our cars on the roadside beside this bridge and just walk up.

The other day, when using this bridge to my friend's house, saw the bridge in sad condition. A big hole below the bridge , due to errosion, I guess. If the bridge is unsafe to be used anymore, that's the end to the exit of our dead end.

Flash Flood

2008-10-12T23:13:00.005+08:00

On Saturday afternoon, I was waken by non-stop, ear-deafening thunderstorm around 3-something. "Gosh~it's going to be rainy workday again for me" that's the only thought that cross my mind when I dragged myself up from the bed. Never crossed my mind...to my friend's home, they are facing something much more worst than me.

The rain receded around 5 something and as usual, I went to work. It was when I returned from work this morning, my friend SMSed me and ask me to help her to photograph her wrecked home. Apparently, flash flood hit her home and she need evidence to claim compensation from the welfare department.

Her house is always on the threat of flash flood due to the location by the side of the river banks.
Therefore, without much thoughts, i pick up my gears and walked to her house, just two road distance from my house.

It was after I reached her house that I was shocked by the condition. The flood had completely leave her already fragile house totally inhabited!

The flood totally washed away the bricks that is supposedly below level of the house, which is now an empty space.

Her living room is just totally wreaked. Hallway was full of mud and you can see the sad wall being peeled by the flood.
The rack initially belonged to the room (the right photo) beside the living room. The flood had collapsed the room's wall and pushed the rack to the living room.

Not a single bedrooms was spared by the flood monster.
Hard to believed that I once have CNY lunch with her family this year. A lot of important documents was lost, those that was saved laid pathetically on the chairs to be dried out.

Most of electrical applications was damaged, along with food stock. You can see the level of the flood hit from the mud stain on the wall.
Even properties like cars are not spared. her father only able to move 1 car, leaving the other drowned by the flood.
I was generally speechless to see such worst flood effect that had caused them. I don't know what can I do to help them. And my eccentric friend just refused to accept my offer to drive her back to her flat at mid valley (as she still need to work on afternoon shift). What kind of person still go to work when your house being literally ripped a parted? I asked her to take emergency leave and she said she have a inhuman manager.....what the heck...

But the lucky thing is that they have moved her baby daughter to flat in midvalley 2 months earlier. If not, it was a very chaotic to handle with little baby in midst of the flood.

I salute their optimistic towards this incident. Really hope that they have a better start after this. Her brother will have a heart attack when return from Japan next week.

When I returned home, checked on the newspaper, there an coverage on the flash flood in China Press with the picture of my friend's home. Checked in StarOnline as well, but not so much on KG. Cempaka.

安全感 , 你有嗎﹖

2008-09-23T01:05:00.003+08:00

安全感是什麼﹖

常常都會聽到那些打進電臺的女聽眾埋怨的心聲﹐“他給不到我要的安全感” 。

奇怪的是﹐昨晚當我要入睡﹐這些想法跑過我的腦海裡﹕

是完完全全很安心的感覺吧。

哈哈﹗有人就會問﹐“什麼是安心呢﹖”

安心﹐我想是。。。你不會擔心他所做的決定﹐他的感受﹐他的朋友和生活方向。也很安心的做你想做的一切﹐去追求你的夢想。

我想阿﹐安全感 is co-related with 信任。Just like when we are still a child, how our parents given us 安全感 .We could feel it because we undeniably 信任 them.

想一想呢﹐你幾舊沒有感受到這感覺﹖或你有幾舊沒給別人感受到你的安全感﹖

P/s: please pardon for any mistake in grammar and words as this was the 1st entry after ages of not posting anything in Chinese.Maybe felt this entry would be best expressed and presented in Chinese.Because of the initial thoughts was in Chinese. This is a rare treat..hahaha..so enjoy...You wouldn't believe how much time was taken or times taken to consult the dictionary to write just these few sentences.

Big Imprint From Little YOU

2008-09-16T23:19:00.009+08:00

She left as sudden as she comes. So sudden that we are not able to see how she looks in the birthday dress that her grandma bought for her to wear during her birthday on the coming 23 September. Or how she looks in the only dress that I bought for her either. Ahahhaha.

My sister is master of suddenness. But when compared this 2 weeks prior notice with the 3 hours notice of selling off her car (which I'm driving at that time), this round she have given enough preparation time to us. Maybe by the next trip of her back for visit, she will wear the dress.

She have brings a lot of laughter and warmth in our quiet cold household - which slowly turns back to its silent old self. We all (esp elders in the household) missed you a lot- grandma developed back her self-talking skills and keep mentioning of you around the house, my parents-talks about you in their little chit chat when I walk passed their room and I-- missed your presence and the noises you made outside my room.
Never have thought a little you have left such big imprints in our homes. It took time to get used with, like how we take time to get used to have you with around the house. Hope you will have a flourish future living in Singapore-and still remember us here.

Missing You...for...
Your cheery singing that woken me up from my slumber,
Your innocent face when you wishes something yummy from me,
Your pestering every time I'm in front of my computer,
Your sudden hugs and kisses when you just want to said I Love You.

You have taught me how to be kids again, to show love to others and what family means...

Thank You for...Teaching me...

Patience when I'm Impatience,
Consider and prioritize people's needs above mine,
How to take care of someone much younger than me.
To cool down in the verge of bursting anger,
To able to laugh in simple and worst situation.

Yin Yin @ Genting Trip.

2008-09-10T13:50:00.027+08:00

Genting trip was a tiring trip.....maybe too tired from working the day before...maybe it's more like working day-hahaha. Engaged as photographer for Yin Yin.

We drove My Metal....don't know why, feeling a bit uneasy when my dad drive my car. Maybe like he said,when you know how to drive, feeling that some parts, people should reduce oil pressure, some part should brake but they didn't. So you feel pressured. Especially when someone drove your car?

My mom got car sick...I couldn't remember my mom get car sick from my dad's driving...But honestly, I felt a tad of nausea when we stopped at Batang Kali for the Ulum Yam Loh Mee. Maybe my dad not too used to drove automatic car.

After the lunch, we drove uphill and reach there around 3pm. It took some time to check in.

Look at the crowd.

Yin Yin with our luggage.

Once in the room, Yin Yin was captivated with the view outside - The Mist-

Before long, she started pillow fight with me. I'm defenseless. Trying hard protecting my camera from her hit.

She got all excited when we finally go down and headed to the indoor theme park.

Confident posing with her Xmas hat.
Excited Looking.

The mininature of Genting landmark
The ThemePark still look the same...some of the parts...
The games that she's able to play for her age range - the Trek Car.

And she keep choosing ice-cream car even when you ask her to try sport car and ambulance car. Not forgetting the Merry Go Round.

I got dizzy being up for 3 rounds to take photograph....and she sat for 5 times...Unbelievable! On the last round, she got so tired that she almost fall off the horse if not my mom holding her.

Happy Time with her grand parents.

The theme park that amazed me most was its arcade.
From using token to load games, it had evolved to swap cards system.
And you can find just anything to play with in the arcade. From throwing balls (that can participate by whole group of frens) to Water-Firing games.

What sadden me was there were so many kids (mostly in primary age) running freely around without parents around. Most kids are well equiped with handphones for parents(with the high percentage inside the casinos) to allocate them. How different is the society today. What happen to the quality family vacation times when they are engross with personal amusement?

After visit at the arcade we stroll around the place and took some photos again.

Yin Yin taking a break and admiring the white tiger.
And took Photo with the tiger. My dad's idea. he was hidding behind the card , squatting to support her while I took the photo.

McD is always a landmark in tourist spots.

After dinner, and few more rides at the Merry Go Round, Yin Yin's bedtime is ticking and time to return to the room. My dad went in the casino to try his luck. I took a nap, then felt so bored, went out alone.

Feeling tad of unfocused whole day because didn't get my coffee shots. Did some window shopping, spot the cinema and ended up buying ticket for the midnight show for Red Clift.
Seeing the time still early, went to Old Town Cafe located just opposite the Theme Park Hotel.

Enjoying my coffee, suddenly felt it will be great if I have a laptop and a camera phone with me (I left my DSRL at the room). It felt so exhilarating to be able to chat, surf and blog in this cool weather. So, I think laptop become 1 of my wish list...hahahaha. Just a thought, because need to save for my glasses 1st and handphone 2nd.

When time comes, went to watch the movie. It's a good production movie and regreted to went watch alone. My unfamiliarity with Chinese history causing so many questions formed in my head (mostly about the character and the events happened at the period of time). Should treat my dad to the movie. Not until the last scene of the movie that I know that there is part 2 for this movie...OH`, will need to wait to watch the 2nd part...Hmmmm~I don't mind...coz Tony Leong is in the cast...ahhaha,,,,and also Takeshi...

Next morning, he have our lunch at OLD TOWN (again for me), before descending,
because my mom, like me, needed the coffee shots to awaken. Hahahha, both of us was poisoned by coffee.
While Yin Yin still enjoying her lollipop from yesterday.
She looks so wrongly dressed that many passbyers have their head turns for second look of her. We did bring another hat for her, but she insisted the Xmas headgear...Haiz...as I put in previous entry...Stylist Concept:Yin Yin
One of the few self-portrait photo I took with her because I'm working photographer, not entitled to be include in the frame...Hahhaha.
Later after lunch, we make stop to visit the Ching Tsui Wan (hopefully correct?). When we drove in, we was like , WOW. the place had developed rapidly, so many new section, statutes and building. This raised platform is wholely new section that didn't existed during my last visit in 2001.
How it looks from the top.
Yin Yin running freely and happily at the platform.
The pagoda- My dad wondered why I keep shooting the pagoda. I have no idea as well. Maybe fascinated by it.

The Cool Yin Yin
The almighty Buddha Statute.

Yi~ Ha...Master Yin Yin.
Took this candid while she's doing her antics for people around the statute.
Listen to My Speech.

She got so fascinated by horses.
Maybe from the Merry Go Round rides yesterday.

Also the Photo Taking with the Famous Journey to the East's characters.
And that's wrapped up our trip. Time to descend the hill....
......and headed home.
Once reached home, I sleep like a pig...Hahhaha.

@GENTING 4 Holiday Time Again

2008-09-05T23:40:00.009+08:00

Going to uphill for vacation again for this weekend....GENTING HIGHLANDS...It's the only vacation spot that my family gone for overnight as long as I can remembered.

Photo shot of me and my sibling @ Genting in 1988/89 (can't remember the actual year)
Notes: Me in yellow dress. Yin Yin's mother in pink dress (my left side).My 2nd sister in pinky polka-dots dress and my brother at the back.

It was an annual holiday outing during my primary school-and now, it becomes some sort of weekends getaway for my family. And for my 2nd sister's family-a must-stop pit when she comes back for yearly visit.

Photo shot of me, my mom, Yin Yin and my 2nd sister's family @ Genting in 2007
Notes: Yin Yin covered by towel..so funny.
My 2nd sister's daughters, Yi Zhen(in Pink) and Yi Jia(in blue).

I still missed the yesteryear Genting-where there are less car, less smoke, more of theme park, less of entertainment and shopping outlets.

Photo shot of 3 nieces @ Genting in 2007
Notes: Yin Yin looks so tiny besides her cousins. And she's very mischievously little kid.

This time, its gonna be the last getaway with my niece, Yin Yin before she's leaving for Singapore. Yup, she's gonna live in Singapore. Then maybe Singapore will become a future family getaway point...Hahahaa.

CoverGirl for MY METAL....Hahaha.
Model:Yin Yin. Hairstyle by:Jean.Stylist Concept:Yin Yin.

Pre-Holiday Dinner For Jacey Bday

2008-08-31T22:58:00.022+08:00

Time shown in my car's LED screen : 7.56pm

"Hello, Where are you now?"
"Me? At Sunway toll. You?"
"Oh, then I think you will reach Jaya 33 first. Please get the table if you reach first. It's reserved under my name."
"Okay."

After paying for the toll, GoSH~ the jam is bad. After another 10 mins, I'm still stuck at the LDP. I took a detour in hope of reaching there on the appointed time - 8.30pm.

But once turn into the housing area, driving a bit further down and before coming out to the main road, got myself into another nighmare jam.Haiz..Why the traffic is so bad everytime it's pre holiday?

By the time I reach Vintry, My clock shown almost 9pm. Chris, Joey and Jacey is already arrived. They are photo taking.

So, I quickly set up my camera, did some testing shots...

Noo...not good, lights too direct. So I reangle my flash gun.

Ahhh....this is better. Once they saw the photos taken from my camera, Joey's P&S goes back to her handbag...and frantic taking photo session took over. The feeling of hunger of mine vanished when I have enthusiastic models and great setting.Hahaha...Chris went to choose the wine, while we keep snapping photos...I got a feeling the table next to us must be wanted to wallap us badly because of the flashing lights..Opppss..sorry..

Me taking a break from photo taking and have a slip of wine.

Joey and Bday girl, Jacey.

Overacting Vesus natural actress

While Chris is seriously ordering for our dinner. And she did a great job in ordering great stuff for us.

Once the food arrived, the feast began...and they are so patiently waiting for me to finish taking photo of each dish before digging on the food. Thanks, gals.

Me with Joey,Jacey and Yon Chia
Cheers!
I sat so straight...Hahahaha...Jacey looks happy.

Me and Siew Heo ~ used to lepak at her house during schooltime for TV watching marathon.

And surely can't missed out the photo of birthday girl with the main dish of the night- err...not sure the name...but a lot of different cheese which I didn't taste coz of my sensitive stomach. Once taken cheeze, surely will be looking for the loo in less then half hour *Sob sob sob*.

I'm very contented taking photos of it though.

Siew Heo look so cute in this photo.

We got so engrossed in photo taking that later after dinner, it become a bit like cover shot. Hahahaha.

They all look do natural while my posing is stiff.
Maybe I should consider taking "posing class". Hahahaha.

What I call "The Husband and Wife Pose"

Ooo~ oooooOOO...Time to say goodbye. our Bday girl have 2nd round.

Bye bye..~ Err...why i got the feeling they are bidding goodbye to me instead?Hugs and Kisses before apart.

And don't forget to pay before you leave..HahahahhaJacey picking up her change before leaving.
And there went our bday gal.

New Crush in last day of Olympic

2008-08-24T22:23:00.012+08:00

I got a new CrusH of Olympic games

~ The Handball~

Gosh- the game really fast-pacing and superb adrenaline pumping.

Those guys are like elastic man. They just bounce here and there, jump here and there, and flying here and there.

Ahem-Wait.....Maybe because most the games I did today are top 8 in the world? That's why it's so interesting to watch? hahahaa... But this is the only game that I "Oooh,Ouchh, Aiya,.. WoW, Yes-lah" with the game and the players. Guess the only game that I shrieked, clapped and cheered in all Olympic event (of coz asides of our badminton hero during the semi final match).

And I did the Final for the Olympic gold for Man handball - France Vs Iceland. Hehehehe. At the begining of the day, I felt bored when skimp through my worksheet - I have to do handball all day long. But ended up wanted to watch more of it after 2 games...

Hmmm..do they upload sport match in Youtube? have to go search up sometime...hehehehe.

And my new found idol in sport -

the great saver of France's Team Thierry Omeyer.

This guy's really sharp and fast in saving shots....almost 50% of the shots by Iceland Team in the Final Match.

And he's very expressive after making a save...

Oh~ Almost forgot - I won the bet with Kenny for this game - me betting in France....
Yeah, Yea - My first win in sport matches ~(not very hard to win der...coz their mark difference just too vast for Iceland to catch up)...

I'm sorry? What did you ask? what's the bet?

Oh, one piece of berry mix mentols_

hahahha..~Big WIn ~ Ya,Right~ ^^

Love and hate during Olympic Stint

2008-08-22T19:27:00.010+08:00

There are many conflicted feelings of Love-Hate War during The Olympic Week. Here's some of it.

1. Hate the unusual working hours - when I said unusual, I mean not the usual 7am-7pm or 7pm-7am shift (although this is not usual for most ppl-hahahaha).
2. Hate the abnormal waking up hours -Impact of the above, few days wake up at 3am - 4am. While only starts work at 9am....Oh~ no......
3. Hate the standby mode - that always causing the change of my offday plans.
4. Hate the stuck-up and "act-cute-but way beyond-the-age" producer - Real pissed off gesture is - the fellow took control of my keyboard without my permission. What the heck....if you think you are so great, why don't you DIY. Really have the urge to slam the mouse, stand up, pick up my stuff and go home -but I restrained....(Why???). Countless of muted swearing of infamous "DLs" (and it is not stands for Dual Language or download) muttered throughout the collaboration.

Well, after all the bad things, here's the good stuff,

1. Love the wacky characters - it's always enjoyable to be around of a bunch of weird humor people - I can say stuff that I haven't said in ages.Refreshing.
2. Love the merry environment - Maybe because of our usual working environment - only few staff around, that the hustles of people moving around make you feel differently - kinda change of mood.
3. Love the option to able to recall Sport event - I can watch those event that I have missed due to sleeping after work ....hahahaha with the flexibility of fast forwarding.

4. Love the Photos Snapping Session- suddenly have a lot pictures taking in these few day - thanks to those that bring the camera-errr....not sure if picture is allow to be taken in our working place???

Me and Nora - Most of the photos is from her camera.
Yin Wei - the gal really wacky and "sam bat"

Boy-I look so round in this photos - many many layers of clothes to keep me warm. Kenny acting cute at behind.

My "Racing" Glove..."Ahem..I only knows how to edit when the glove is on, " hahhaha...wore this to keep my hand warm.Cool design leh~

Kenny and Looi both look tired while me so happie...hahaha..
Cause its time for me to go home but they have to stay back and work.

Zul and Me - always call him "Pakcik" and this fellow like to play pranks on people. Once he called me up in the afternoon while I'm still sleeping after night shift and ask me why I haven't turn up for meeting. I'm so shocked until that I suddenly jump and sat upright on my bed. Then he said,"So....are you awake now?" This is his version of wake up call.

Blessed Souls in Rat Race World

2008-08-22T18:17:00.006+08:00

We all wished that there is a kind soul that will give us a helping hands in our dark hours. I'm lucky because I have some around me throughout my life - that I hope will not runs out.

But it surprised me that there are some in world of Rat Race - a extremely pure display of kindness that touches me. Thanks to their help, I have a mere escape of making a big mistake that will cause 2 minutes of black on air. It was really a close call as the program is being aired on the time they discovered my mistake.....and we manage to hush hush it under the brush of the nose of supervisors.

What humbled me is the help given by people that never thought of any return. Nor return of praises. And no bragging about it afterward. The act itself is a norm for them. Their gesture makes me wanted to hug them so much ~ If there is a badge to be awarded for them in the dept-I will definitely nominate them.

Suddenly, it makes me to realize the value in "saling tolong-menolong" that we used to learn in Moral subject at school. How many of us really, I mean REALLY - have it in our set of values? Especially in the this metropolitan world of Rat Race.

Most people who living in the city will certainly have the mentality of "I couldn't help myself enough, how could I possible have the time /energy to help others?" This is where is the result of "minding of own business and please don't come and bother me with your problem."

Yesterday's incident waken me much of the simplicity of being kind and helpful to others.

So I pledge to help people in the future with zero grumble (if I can help it).....hahhaha.

A Good Vs Respectful Producer

2008-08-19T21:05:00.005+08:00

"What makes a good producer? "

"Hmm, err..., Let me see, good visualization?"

"Yeap, apart from that, a producer must have sharp insight and gut feeling. This is what makes a respectful producer and set the person way up the bar from all good producer."

Take a look of most successful movies in making. Most of the producer/director absolutely will tell the same story. Its their sharp insight, backer up by their huge gut to go ahead despite unclear result in front of them(die mai die lo) attitude that makes them a winner. In fact a lot of successful people in the world is the same mindframe.

For me, to gain respect from an editor is simple:
1. Be decisive of footage selection and Give a darn clear, brief but precise description instead vaguely murmuring it.
2. Give enough space of creativity and trust your editor's skill (this is where the gut feeling applies).
3. Stop being obsessive of the perfection of the finished product when you know you are not sending it to compete in Cannes Awards.

If you don't keep in mind of these point, don't dream that one day you'll produced a successful program at all!

Weekend Cool Off

2008-08-19T04:58:00.009+08:00

To cushion the fact on need to go back to work on Sunday, I managed to squeeze in a movie and a dinner with Yen Nee. Hahaha...incredible.

Firstly go back on Saturday morning and sleep. Wake up by the stupid Astro technician call at 3pm, saying that he wanted to drop by for the within 1-year- warranty check..What the heck- I thought I told the customer service to ask the technician call after 4pm. Ask the fellow to come after 5pm- lied that no one home until 5pm. Cut off the line, continued sleep with constant wake up until 4pm.

Waited until 5.45pm, that fellow didn't call or shown up. Typical Malaysian service. Ignore waiting,went for pickup at 6pm. Once she's in "My Metal", we talked and talked nonstop until reaching 1U- still no idea what to eat for dinner. Hahhaa...we guess haven't met for long time? Nay~ coz our topic is shopping...hahaha..that's why.

Pick our ticket for the night, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon King, don't watch it if you haven't watch. ....But, if you can't find any interesting or you can't think of how to waste your RM10 , then go ahead.

There is a very lousy and obvious censored that you wouldn't possible missed it. Where else if not on the sexual scene. Funny is , you still can see 3 sec of the act on scene - ___-. Malaysian~...no comment. Ooopps-I shouldn't said that, it will be like slapping my own face coz I'm in the trade myself...~Oh oh.... The other part that makes us laughing is the lingo part.

At the beginning of the Movie, Michelle Yeoh is chanting spells in Sanskrit, but at the end of the movie, she is chanting in English when she's calling the dead?... The other part is when Michelle Yeoh's daughter, Lin, reunite with her mother in the pool of Shangri-La, they are conversing in mandarin. But, later in the tomb of the king, they are conversing in English. Weird consistency.....

We ended up having dinner at Paddington House of Pancakes...Yeah~ looks like I still manage to make my plan of the weekend works.

Yen Nee ordered Tokyo - Chicken, smashed potato with vege crepe

While I take the San Francisco - Steamed Dory Fish, smashed potato and vege crepe

For drinks, Banana Mango Shake for her -Boy, this really "Kau" think of both fruits also feel full already.

Me, of course, My favorite drinks- Cappuccino

Yen Nee- This gal also in the TV industry-not in TV programs, but in making TV sets.

We are enjoying our meal, though a tad of rush to make it to the movie. Halfway through our meal, we realized something weird as we look at our food. Aren't we supposed to order dish with pancakes? Darn...~ Next time.....

Bali~Statute

2008-08-14T09:56:00.008+08:00

This is the souvenir that I bought for myself

Handsome , Aren't they?

Gosh~ Love this angle...They look like a clan communicating to each other.

Mysterious

- trying to do some side lighting -

Final angle turned out not as good as expected - did some cropping and angling

Assemble Blocks

2008-08-14T09:01:00.007+08:00

Suddenly wake up so early this morning...Peeked at the clock, it's merely 4am. Shit...and I come back around 1.30am from the Olympic stints (and I'm just doing cycling all day long). I should be tired because coming home with dizzy head and light flu.

Toss and turn for few minutes...finally give up and wake up, AND wonder what should I do...recall my list of Time Not Enough Entry...so pick one of the item to do ~ photography...ahhahha~..

This is one of the Assemble Block that I bought from Bali.

Given to my brother as souvenir but more to challenge him to assemble it back.
I have given him duration of 1 year to complete it. My dad commented that I have underestimate my brother. What do you think? Does it look difficult to you?

My brother methodically disassemble it and arrange the similar blocks in pairs. Of course, he ask my sis-in-law to capture the image before he start to disassemble.

Mischievously, me - of course, disarrange his ray of block in the way of
mahjong player "washing" their card. WOOwhoHo~

The 3-in-1 look : dismay + unbelievable + speechless of his really amused me.
But after 3 weeks, He returned it to me fully assembled.
Time taken by him = 2 hours.
Not fun at all.

Firstly, make use of the key of the block as the start point. Every block have this "key".
Then start to stack up the block.

Make sure their edge is well matched.

They given tips for you.
Polished surface is on the outside while unfinished wood surface is well hidden in it.

Almost complete....last piece~

And...TadaA~ There you have it....

It doesn't looks hard right? my mom completed it in 1/2 hours....

Time Needed for Messy Disassemble pieces = 2 hours.
Time Needed for Carefully Removed by ourselves Disassemble pieces = 1/2 hours.

Hahhahahahaha

Love this image....my hand was shaky when taking this picture but the effect turns out to be lovely. Very Dreamy look.. ^^

Bad Omen

2008-08-14T08:36:00.005+08:00

First sign of Bad Omen - Going to work with extremely blur mind and bleary eyes

Second sign of Bad Omen - Was told to be in standby mode to be assigned of Olympic workstation.

Third sign of Bad Omen - Assigned of Olympic workstation being snatched by other ( bye-bye to my diving feed....:( )

Final ARRiVAL of Bad OMEN

~ I Have to come back to work this SUnDAY for OLYMPIC ~

OH~ NoooOOOOO....

There goes my plan of movies...

And my plan to have pancake treat......

Plus my friend just SMSed me to ask if wanted to watch fireworks in Putrajaya this Sat ....

$$$ always win in my inner debate of choosing it and leisure... (Esp with My Metal-my car nickname- to be feed )

AAaarrrrrH.........

Plans For Weekends?

2008-08-12T23:20:00.010+08:00

Hmmm...Have to work 3 days starting tomorrow...but looking forward for the weekend off this week..have to think what to do..

Feel like watching movie very much...but weekends in cinema,...have to think first...(the crowd)

Maybe goin for big production movie like Red Cliff

Or go for something light like La Lingerie?

This Morning ate pancake at McD. Very delicious...Suddenly craving for Paddington's House of Pancakes at The Curve...Should I go and have a treat this weekend?Gosh....then my diet plan will ended in trash...~___^

(Photo taken from: http://yumyumbites.blogspot.com/2008/04/paddington-house-of-pancakes-1utama.html)

Well Spent Rest Day

2008-08-12T22:42:00.005+08:00

~Rest Day CHeckList~

Olympic ->>Watched -

Great Performance by the China Gymnastic Male Team. Amused by Li Xiao Ping 's performance. There's a bit of surprise here and there in his routines.

(Photo credit: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Fun to watch Park Sung-Hyun 's action in archery woman's category. Her pursed lips when she is in concentration before releasing her bow is kinda cute ^^.

Belching->>Stopped-
Hehehehe....finally have a piece of mind.

Net Surfing ->> Stable connection
Did some chatting with frens, did some surfing and blogging... Today my connection is stable ...Yippie....no distraction.

Day 1 Olympic -Gymnastic

2008-08-10T07:54:00.005+08:00

Day 1 Olympic - Gymnastics Artistic Men's Individual Qualification

(Photo credit: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Yesterday glued to TV watching the sportsmen...feeling their pain as some of them fall off- one with the head down -Ouch...

(Photo credit: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

So many errors even they are best of the best. Makes one realized no matter how skilled, well-trained and well-practiced routine a person is, we still will stumble and tumble.

(Photo credit: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

So people, be humble and never afraid to taste the dirt when we fall full-faced down on the soil- admit it tasted bitten and getup again.

Today the Diving Kick off at 14.30 - 2.30pm...Wonder if I can wake up or not to watch..Ahhahaa

Olympic Opening Ceremony

2008-08-09T02:31:00.017+08:00

So much hip and talks about the Olympic,
So much of anticipation and expectation,
What's your thoughts after watching it?

I always felt live sport program like this -opening/closing ceremonies-should not be watched alone.

Why? Because it's an interactive program...time that you can watched with family and friends so you can discuss and make funny comment about anything that comes on screen- be it their costume, people performance or the technology itself.

That's why I lure my brother with the "early live broadcast" at my house. AHahhaha...and he took the bait and having Olympic TV Meal together with my sis-in-law.

We have good family time together...but everyone gets tired when it comes to the participation countries parade. This year Malaysia comes in surprisingly early because the country entrance arrangement is based on Chinese stroke count this time instead of alphabetical order.

As the list of entrance getting longer, every one getting restless. So my brother and sis-in-law bidding their goodnights, my sis comes back from Singapore to bring my niece home, and my dad gets bored so went to bed-and left me watched the leftover of the event alone.

This year opening, I guess the most breathtaking part for me was the flying and the lights combination part. It was surprising visual beauty to see the halo-like of the Olympic logo being raised upright with flying people around it.I love the fact that they did not only make use of the earth(ground) for visualization of images (as the previous opening ceremony) but have added the dimension of space (air/sky) around it. This is the result we see with the combination of technology with arts & culture.

The most impressive part for me , of course, the movable-type- printing blocks that they have human inside to generate the movement. My salute for those masters in it. One could see how much of discipline, endurance and skills to create such beautiful images for us to watch.

This is the other part that capture my attention. The rhythmic/acrobatic dancing on the scroll with their hands painting on the scroll. It's artistically mesmerizing to watch as they complete the sketch.

The concept of scroll is truthfully original. I like the idea of every athletes of participating countries contributing on painting the scroll by using their footstep when their marching into the stadium.

Simple gesture-Great method.

Most touching part for me is the torch lighting (maybe the effect of the music they used-beautiful) -Where they have former gymnast Li Ning to be wired up, and flying circling around the bird nest stadium, with a mock scroll underneath as his running trail towards to the final point of the Olympic torch.

Original concept
+
technology advance
+
artistic& creative input
+
good planning&direction
= splendid show.

ConGratuLations, Bei Jing !

Magical Needle, Anyone?

2008-08-09T01:58:00.008+08:00

Warning: This entry might contains explicit description of gross detail. Please ensure you are not eating, etc, etc...

I wish I could borrow a magical needle from someone.Magical Needle? What kind of magical needle? The one that can poke my stomach and release all the air in it without causing pain and suffering on me. ~ Ahhaha.~

Been having this belching marathon for 4 days (since Tuesday). I wonder if this is my stomach's version of welcoming the Olympic spirit.It's distracting and annoying at times (to me but mostly to those around me, ahahha, sorry folks).

I believe everyone at least have 1 or 2 health issue/problem that they need to carry in most of their life. For me, first of all, my indigestion problem and secondly, my cramp.

Thinking back, indigestion started about time after my gastric problem stopped. Maybe mostly is the pressure in form 6 that I had developed this belching talent.

I would be belching for 3-4 hours every time after my meal. Firstly I didn't really aware of it until my dad started to scold me for doing it so damn often (as I said, it usually annoyed people around me more than myself) after meal.

From there, I started to train myself to control it to not to belch in the present of my dad..Ahahha..so as we know the theory of gravity, the theory of the pressure is just as true. When the air couldn't escape from my mouth, which entrance it will be seeking to release itself?

Yes, Bingo. So farting because a normal routine (which personally not a favorite choice of mine). At the end, I have develop the skill to choose which way to release the gas..depends of situation and people.Hahahha..

Somehow, this belching stopped abruptly as it begins after I've started working...However, like I have said, some health problem will follow us for life, it had make comeback now and it's getting worst, because, the air just stuck in between of my throat and stomach --And the belching doesn't thoroughly released all air out, just partially.

Sometimes, when the intensity is too great, it causes me to rush to the toilet to puke (if that what they call, not very sure) the air out, sometimes with debris of my last meals.Yukkess....the odor is not very pleasant...If I continue to live like this, people might think I'm having eating disorder or bulimia because I kept going to puke in toilet after meal...:P

Anyone with the magic needle that can lend to me?
Wonder when the air finally released all that I can have peace of mind.

The Big Event of The Year

2008-08-08T02:21:00.016+08:00

~One World One Dream~

Seeing this slogan, I'm sure you can guess what event that I'm referring. Aha~, Yup,

The Olympic 2008 at China this year. This is the 1st year that I can watch the full event under my company's channel. ASTRO ...Hehehehe.

In previous years, I could only watch highlights of games under public TV and usually, the broadcast period of my favorite games -Gymnastics, Synchronized Swimming and Diving is always so short-- every time it ended too quickly or was switched to other sports too quickly when I'm just immersed in viewing the games :(

Looking forward for the Opening Ceremony Tonight @ 8pm...
It's good that I can watch it at home because
I'm Not working..Yes~...

Tough Decision

2008-08-08T01:08:00.006+08:00

Okay..Okay...after mobbing and grieving for 2 days...Finally make this TougH DEciSion...

Time to Let It Go....It's a new Time to have a FresH Start....

GoodBye to My HOtmail Account

that have accompanied me for a decade...
So To All my friends out there,

Please contact me using my gmail account now.

phuchin@gmail.com

My Hotmail's Last Will:

1. Please help to send our mutual contact list to me for those ppl that I might know.

2. Please help to add me back in MSN under phuchin@live.com.my

3. Please help me to spread the news around.

May it have an easy Death~ And Rest In Peace~ AHahahaha...

Time Not Enough

2008-08-05T00:48:00.011+08:00

Why is time so short....logically each person have 24 hours per day...why is mine seems so short....time just flies away so quickly. I'm getting from bad to worst in my time management thingy...and recently losing grip on my finance management as well....*shit*

Not Enough time for Sleep
Not Enough time for Leisure
Not Enough time for Family
Not Enough time for Reading
Not Enough time for Learning
Not Enough time for Photography
Not Enough time for Thinking
Not Enough time for Financial Review
Not Enough time for PC houseKeeping
Not Enough time for HomeVideo Editing
Not Enough time for Getting MY RooM Cleaned..

~Arrggghhh~

Found Out the reason why my room is so hot and stuffy....it's getting more and more like recycling center with a lot of stuff stacking around the room that 3 hours of cleaning didn't get much unused item cleared off... Overall my room can be categorized by:

Stuffed in and on top of 2 cupboards, one 3-tier DIY drawers ->>Clothes, bags and shoes, toiletries, accessories
Stuffed in 4 plastic containers (12x19x10 inch )->> Memory Lane stuff (old stuff of childhood, school hood,), handicraft & artwork Stuff (stationery& artwork papers, needlework&cloths)
Stuffed in 2 Full Mirror Rack shelves and 1 DIY 3-tier shelves ->>Books, magazines,documents, CD's, Cassettes, DVD s, VHS Tapes, Floppy discs, cameras & its accessories, photo albums, video cameras, radio.
Stuffed in 1 big Plastic Container (16x12x14 inch)->> Bedsheets, Extra curtains,sleeping bag, blanket
Laying under bed ->> boxes of unused or spoiled electronic items (Walk mans, hp, VCR player)
Inside drawer of Writing Table, on top of DIY 3-tier shelves ->> Foodstuff, food containers, 3-in-1 beverages
On Top of Writing Table & Computer table ->> CD's, DVD s, Medicine,decorative Items, stationery, usb cables and usable small electronics items.

WoW-aha.....listing it down already such a long list.... I think I need 1 solid week if I really want to spring clean.

How can 1 person accumulate so many things after 27 years of existence???? No wonder Earth is full of wastage and the global temperature is rising. Throwing out thing meaning I'm contributing to worldwide wastage statistic...
Dilemma...Dilemma.

Ended up just did dusting and spring clean my cupboards....***Sigh***

Hotmail Account Password

2008-08-04T23:30:00.004+08:00

Still not able to log in my account....when I tried again to recall my password just now...I just realized it's useless...coz yesterday I have it reset and the temporary password sent back to my alternative E-mail account (which in my case is back to the account that I couldn't recall the password.)

This means I should use the temp password that the administrator gave to log in...OH~ Double shit.

Means I need to concentrate all my brain power to recall the secret answer to my secret question....

WISH ME LUCK....Or anyone got better suggestion for me?

Forgetful Day

2008-08-04T01:30:00.003+08:00

I think I'm getting old...or today is Forgetful Day?

Firstly forget to bring my driving license today.....Only when I drove almost halfway back to office that I remembered that i took out my driving license and ATM cards before I went to Bali. (and i have drove 3 days around since back from Bali). So, what else I can do? Make a U-turn and go back for the license and search my room for 5 minutes. Couldn't find it...Already search all places that I usually keep my important document and it's not there. Give up and sit down on my bed. suddenly spot the bag I usually use for work and tried to search there. Aha~ found it tuck in my clear holder of extra-but-not-so-important cards...Phew...so off to office again.This means actually I have the license for the days I went to work.

Then, after dropping my friend home at Asia Jaya, I took the Federal route to went home...but I forget to take the Sunway exit to get to LDP. So need to take the Subang exit and make another U-turn to go home...

And now...I couldn't recall my Hotmail password which I changed yesterday coz my brother told me to change. Think my account kena hack...Aisye....tried to reset password...they have 2 option.

1. the secret question and answer - which I have set ages again and I have no idea of what's the answer..(I think I decide to be "creative" when setting the question that it doen't make sense to me now).

2. to have the reset e-mail to send to your alternative e-mail account (this sounds better)...the catch is.....you need to set the alternative e-mail's URL earlier in your account summary before you forgot your password..Duh~~

Both option is bad for me..How? I have 2 alternative options now:

Try to pray that I remember the password miraculously few days later (which happens once in my old company when I suddenly remember the password again).

Let My Account have a Natural Death, which I don't think will happen anytime soon, which means let it orphaned before it faces the death call...so sad.

Arrgh....Don't think so much....time to rest ...go to bed...maybe my subconcious mind will solve this for me..Hahaha.

Post Vacation Blues

2008-07-30T23:28:00.008+08:00

Oh~ no....my vacation from Bali is over. After 10 days off from work...tomorrow need to start work again....and I'm struck by post vacation Blues...it's getting worst by hours...and double up the effects, I have to go to work with my flu....I think I caught it while doing spa in Bali. So much of pampering myself, ended up torturing my health.

Overall, it's a fun vacation..did some of the water sport that I haven't done before (though regretted did not try the parashooting )...will update my whole Bali trip later...hahaha..

Meanwhile....enjoy some picture from my shopping spree at Bali.....hahaha..mostly is souvenirs.

The bags- Colorful

The souvenirs - Key Chains, decorative cats...assemble blocks

The Clothes - Dresses, Tops, Skirts, Sarong..

~WHat AN EnjoyabLe Shopping WEek...And a good sTress therapy!

A Taste of Millianaire~Hehehe...@ Bali

2008-07-22T23:59:00.006+08:00

Very Excited...Finally....can go OVERSEAS
...ahehheehe....Ahhemmm....Finally....YEah~...Happie happie...

Early last month..finally got my passport done. after dragging for so many years.....the first stamp will be Indonesia....Where am I going? BALI..Yeah...don't know why....beaches won me over cities or amusement parks (even the fact that I don't know how to swim).

Remember around this time last year, I have written some goals that I wished to achieve in company training program...

To be able to own a DSLR.....Which I have successfully bought after 4 months.
To be able to go vacation in oversea ....hahhaha...which will happen tomorrow...;)

Hmmm...seems like this goal writing method is working leh...did the similar stuff in my old company training session and all also completed... should I start thinking for new one...hehehe..

How about to become a millionnaire? Hahhaha....not bad...no bad...well..very easy to achieve...I can have a taste of being milionaire tomorrow....in Indonesia...just exchange to rupiah $$$$...Yippie..

OKay...time to start Dreaming....Well...will be offline for a week for my vacation.... chiou!

"We take a little break in order to walk further"

BEACHES...Here I Come....

-______-

2008-07-18T17:25:00.003+08:00

Feeling Extra BLUEeeeee Today....

BLUEeeeee
BLUEeeeee
BLUEeeeee
BLUEeeeee

Old drama replay again after pending for 3 years....

Hate the feeling......hopefully will be better @ work....Chiao

Flash FlashCompatible Or Ori???

2008-07-16T22:44:00.012+08:00

I was exhilarated in mid-Jun when I finally bought my long-longed-for external flash for my D40x....even feel excited for getting a compatible Sunpax PZ42X flash at price of RM 580. ...I was budgeting around 750 for the flash ...(as was told that Nikon SB600 was sell at rm 740 at the famous FotoK*m.) Who wouldn't be happy to save rm170 for a compatible unit?

Tried the flash at the shop...looks ok...to be honest...I'm a bit of blur on the testing day (my stupid stomach decide to conduct another rebellion again on that time) . Due to lack of concentration....didn't really thought of testing thoroughly. Seems a good bargain.

So ...ToK Tok Tok...Sold!...

To celebrate my worthy purchase...a SUDDEN CRAZE took over me - added a 4G memory card, an extra battery and some cleaning gears for the camera into my shopping cart.

Total Amount of Puchase = RM 750

(And he added in remote controller as a free gift.)

HooRAY......Finished Up my BudgET

Happily went home with my purchase.

After few tries at different light condition at home....and at other place with different mode....there is certain amount of light condition discrepency and lag time for the flash to fire....Not so sure if it's my bad skill or was it(......)...

Started to regret for my decision...I called back the shop and ask if it is possible for me to exchange the flash with SB600.
At the end of the discussion, he agreed to change for me with sb600 priced at RM 780 (shoot!....extra rm 200..and extra rm 40 if compare with the selling price at FotoK*m) feeling of already wet my head (洗濕了頭 ), I could only agreed for the change (coz I think better to take the same brand)。

So....Today finally go and exchange the Flash ....got the SB600 finally....and separate with my rm200....**sob sob***

Moral of the story: Don't ever ever have the 師奶心態 or you will end up like me...paying more at the end of the day (in this case over budget of rm200 adding the extra stuff that I have purchased)...My only consolation...getting the free remote control ....Hahaha...

Picture taken at the shop with Sunpak PZ42X

Picture taken at the shop with Nikon SB600

Can you see the different?

Glittering Days-東方之珠

2008-07-12T06:24:00.014+08:00

QAed for an episode of TVB's Glittering Days for WLT. Couldn't help to notice the flaw of it's production design and props. It was a periodic series set in 1960s but here's something that caught my attention.
Stools used in the bar/lounge is more of today's design (pic at left) rather than more 1960's (pic at right)

Today's Design versus Yesteryear

And also at a scene where beauty product, Hazeline Snow, that is used by one of the singer is of today's packaging rather of the old days packaging.

- New packaging that is used in the series.

- OLD Packaging

They try to make it more to 1960s feel by pasting a old print of lady around the bottle. It's the cap that give them away.Don't think plastic cap is popular used during that time period.

Hibernate Mode....Almost

2008-07-11T22:26:00.005+08:00

Activities of the day
Yesterday
9am to 6.30pm =Sleeping
11pm to 8.30 am =Sleeping
Today
11.45am to 4.15pm = Sleeping (plan to wake up at 1pm but sleep on)
8.15pm to 8.45pm = Sleeping (plan to sleep to next day but awaken by phone call)
After this = SLEEP

My favorite hobby: Sleeping(Not a productive hobby I know....hahahaha)
Any sleeping awards or sleeping marathon...Let me know.

Chiou....Need to continue my adventure in dreamland

Vacation's Standard Purchase

2008-07-10T20:36:00.013+08:00

Got a little surprise when reach work on Tuesday. Wai Sun's Souvenir from Thailand....Cute cute Elephants key chain...Thailand...famous for elephants...I've received numerous elephant key chain from Thailand but love this one most,....Thanks Wai Sun :D

Later...end of the month my turn going for vacation...headache.....what to buy for souvenir?.....Mere thought of it already feel my head's pounding...shit.. headache...
:S...can I just get the standard gift? KEY CHAIN. ...Hahahaha

Posing with the keychain @ CJ

Peaceful Yen Ying

Too bad not a matched ear ring.

ReFresh Button

2008-07-08T08:06:00.001+08:00

After many thoughts and deliberation of weeks....inner debates and rationing....
decided to push the refresh button on blogging..(must be countless refresh button aredi.)
So instead of opening a new site..decided to group up all my scattered blogs under one roof...
and which is the BEST Home if not my pioneer blog? And giving it a little face lift....

Still Thinking what is the style.....maybe will need a lot of entries to c how things turns out....mind's all rusty.

Have A Great Morning EveryOne...C U Soon.

2003-04-25T14:42:00.000+08:00

I'm moving to a new home..

please click here

neacj of the c-jean

to view from easy journal

2003-04-25T14:24:00.000+08:00

i almost late for the first day...hehehe, luckily for the first time, it's written rather to be punched(the punchcard) as i only received it on the first day...i miscalculated time time i need to travel there....think i have left out the time that i need to walk to the LRT station....it's good as my watch is always 10 minuutes faster than the actual time....if not, i think i'll be even later than i already was.

The first day...good, not so tiring....for only 4 hours...good for warm-up, for the weekends, i'll be standing for 8 hours....It's bad that there's not a single sales issued yesterday...the permanent girl (name pei yee) is worried of being scolded by the sales manager...well, that's the pressure of being a permanent sales promoter...i told her...that's your cup of tea...you'll have to drink it even it's sour and bitten. Somehow, i did empathy of her situation.....and hope so much to be able to issued at least one sales for her after she went back, but, hey....it's really Quiet...very few people are browsing there....well, PY, i did my best.

Something funny...there's this one parttime promoter that have almost the same name as mine....we even have the same surname...only the middle name is different...i think everybody will believe us if we said that we are sisters....she even asked me to call her Jean (the way my name is pronounce in Hakka, and so as hers). I told her i feel weird calling her that, it's like calling myself...but she thinks it's a lot of fun...Hahaha, then i found an alternative, calling her english name, Joyce. That way, i wouldn't confuse myself.

I found myself a bit bored there....the parttimer there(around me) is only 16 and 17....most are in form 4...oh, my gosh...it's really a challege to me...it's hard to find topic of conversation with them...most of the time, i just observe them rather tahn involved in their conversation.

PY told me that the company is planning to have a fair starting next months...it's a good news to me...i can work for longer hour then...it's a talk, not confirmed yet, i think.

2003-04-24T14:01:00.000+08:00

First day of work...another partime job...(-__-)...for wat? yes for my college fees....even what i'm going to earn does not met up with the sum...still a milestone from the actual amount...but still, i have try my best...the rest, just have to let things goes as it is.

Eveytime i'm required to fill in the part time form...it always give me a reminder.... how many of these forms that i have filled? i have lost count. and everytime i asked for parttime job, the age gap between the person that i'm going to work with is getting wider and wider...Don't get me wrong.... most of they age is standard...18 or 19...it's onli that my age is getting further and further than that age....i always wonder how many times that i could ask these type of job before they tell me,"Sorry, you are out of the age range." or more frank reply "We need someone younger"....and as your age is older, the person that employed you will expect you to act wiser...yeah, naturally.

i still don't think i'm wise...there's many times that i'm still blur and careless...though now, recently , i have started to be more careful not to be too careless. I think i still will bump here and there when i'm working....and i don't think this time will be any different...just hope i don't make any severe mistakes.

2003-04-15T14:24:00.000+08:00

Many important occasion last week...so, it kept me quite busy lately. One of it, it's my driving test on last Friday. It's good thing that I passed....so, I don't have to go through the ordeal again. What kind of ordeal? Nope. To me, it's not the test itself that frightened me (though many candidates there appeared very nervous).

It's the long wait for the turns that bored me. but that, i overcome by chatting with the other candidates there...everyone asking me the same question when they know how old I am..."Why so old only comes to get your driving license?" Errr, I felt kind of weird.Not of their questions, but by their innocence-or perhaps i should call it naive? Is there a fix age for you to get a driving license or to do other things else in the world. Must you lead your life in sequence. When you jump out of the sequence, most people tends to condemn your act. or at least voice out their disapproval.

Perhaps, i should said that they are too lucky and well care by their parents that they undergoes the normal order of things in their life. Going to school, sit for SPM, then get license, find and study in college, then comes out to work and then get married to settle down. Or should i said that their life just plain, boring or both? Nay, shouldn't be so bad by saying that what people is going through is plain and boring. In other person's perception, perhaps they will view my life as a damn boring one too. Who knows?

2003-04-08T13:48:00.000+08:00

Too many incidents happens last week...and i guess the most unexpected news to everyone is the death of Leslie. Why he jump? Why he seek salvation by chosing death?

Even though I'm not his fans, i was shocked when my sister break the news to me last week. Yes, i was speechless for a moment...to digest the news...nevertheless, his songs accompany my childhood....the one of chinese singer that i know asides Anita and Alan....i still can remember his performance on stage dring he sang the song "thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, monica...." and the song "siu lui sam shi" (a teenager's girl heart )...until now, the image of him still fresh in my memories...

well, many people might said,"u got so old meh? thought you should know more artistes that is from 90s." But, i dun know....i got more memories of the mid 80s songs than early 90s....perhaps during the early 90s, i have switch to English songs more than Chinese.

Still, with his death, there's the end of his performance, his songs and his appearance in movies....huhuhu....we will always remember you, Leslie. May you rest in peace.

2003-03-23T14:56:00.000+08:00

So busy lately....with the presentation, with my NAM research...so much digging have to be done for the NAM thing...so that i could be fully prepared for the debate next wednesday. Till now, i still have not a very clear outline on how to start the debate thing. Furthermore, it's two to two person debate...I still have a partner to discuss things to. Sometimes there's a prons and cons to do things with a partner. On how much each of us wanted to speak of...

Things is getting even more excited when my culture assignment is due on the next Friday....and my group member have only started to have idea on wat to do....HAHAHA...if u thought the last sem of diploma is the time to lay around and waiting for ur cert, think again....i could said that this is the most hectic sem of my whole diploma course....packed, fast, so much research to be done. I think i'm goin a bit crazy, siao siao liao.

Perhaps of this, i experienced the biggest joke in of the year. The other day when i'm in the LRT, i fell asleep. Upon reaching to Taman Melati, when i woke up, i realized my bag's front zip is opened and my hp have been stolen. Frustrated and more, cursing myself for being so careless. When i reached the college, i discovered that my hp is in my bag all the time, at the back pocket of the bag when i use his hp to call my hp. What a joke! a joke that i play on myself...

i think i'm kind on the edge with the presentation...i'm nervous with presentation...i have always have this stage fright. ..and this time is not excluded....Luckily this time....caz have help me alot to do my research....she even delivered the books from ukm to me at tarc...what a friend...really the kind that will be on ur side when u needed them ....i'm so touched. THANKS A MILLiON, BUDDY!...

2003-03-06T09:42:00.000+08:00

Hahaha ~ Finally I went for my first driving lesson yesterday....It's fun...not as scary and hard as i thought it will be.....though for me, it's a bit of shocking when my driving instructer declared that I'm going to drive on the road after I started to get familiar with the car.

I was praying he was kidding as I rounded in the driving practice's area, but of course, he's not. Amazingly, when i'm out on the road, i started to feel bold and wanted to speed the car everytime I saw a straight road. "Slow....slow....release the gas pedal a bit.." That's what my driving instructors told me everytime i press the gas pedal a bit more. And I even feel sleepy as I drove in the highway on its fourth rounds! How come? It's only the first lesson!

Although I could control the gear and other quite good, my only trouble is the steering! Until now, I still could not understand how to stay in line on the road. I'm keep feeling the car is aligned more to the left than the right! That's why i keep have the tendency to steer the car to my left-maybe it's because I'm sitting at the driver's seat, and my driving instructor keep steering it back to my right.

Neverheless, I'm looking foward to the next lesson....I wonder how will it be when it comes to parking...but I got a feeling that I'll be terrible at that because I seems do not have the sense of angle.

My brother was envious when I told him I had only experienced the car's engine died down twice for my first lesson-once at the traffic lights and once at a junction. He told me he experience more than that...Well, I guess thanks it all to my driving instructor for his detailed explaination and his mild temper-hahaha, perhaps I haven't done any major mistake that will provoke his anger just yet.

2003-03-06T09:41:00.000+08:00

Out of the blue, I went to jog - wif Joey. Why I have the impulse to do so suddenly? I guess my conscience started to urge me to think more of my health. Lately, I have awared that my body startes to get tired easily. Maybe because I'm getting old?

I just managed jog for two lapse, when I started to feel pain in my abdomen. Wonder why this happens everytime i jog. Joey said it's because I've drank quite amount of water before i jog. She asked me to stop-dun force myself.

Well, as I sat on the bench, looking at the park, seeing the kids cycling around the park, how I wish I could snatch one of the bike and cycle around. Hey, I still prefer cycling rather than jogging- it give me more freedom and speed. Looking at the people jogging around the park, I wonder-which exercise could burn more calories? Jogging or cycling? And I wondered how long I will maintain this jogging thing.

But then, coming out here rather than stuck in my room-so stuffy and hot in the evening-really give a change of wind to me. Just sitting there, breathing the air (well, though it's not exactly polluted-free air) and looking at the greens, it could somewhat clear my mind and a chance to relax as well.

2003-02-27T13:35:00.000+08:00

When i opened my mailbox this morning, i was surprised to receive an e-mail from my neighbour-that have move away few years back. i have to admit, it feels good and warm to be remembered and the person have such a fond memory of us.

Although we are not exactly close (in fact, our relationship is more to acquaintance)when we were teenager, save for exchanging some polite conversations when we still study in secondary school, but i remembered we played together a lot during our childhood time.Being Malay educated, i remembered many childhood games that played by Chinese-edu kids were being taught by her to me and my sisters. (Hey, perhaps i can use this as one of the source for my cultural & religion practice assignment! hehehe).

I still remember that everytime when she returned from her tuition class, she will get her lunchbox (as she's the onli child and both of her parents are working) before coming over to our house. She even help us to wash our clothes when my sisters and i was washing our clothes-somehow, it had becomes kind of games to us and a good excuss to play with water, that definitely wouldn't cause us a scolding from our grandma.

I couldn't remember what cause us to drifted apart-was it my stern grandma or because the change of our schooling time. Whatever it is, it's not important, i guess. The memory, that's what is important for us to cherish.It's good to have the chance to keep back in touch, fennie.

2003-02-27T13:33:00.000+08:00

New semester have reopens-the last semester for this diploma course. Don't know why, i just dislike third semester. Perhaps because the short semester, the duration of time have been shorten into half-from 14 weeks to 7 weeks.This means everything (assignments and presentation) has to be done hastily.

Or perhaps this means i have to attend twice for each subject's lecture andd tutorial class weekly. I guess it's enjoyable if you happens like the subject, but when the lecturer is dragging and lecture in super slow speed, it can really suffering!Besides, the weather is extremely hot lately and the sun is so scoarching that it felt your skin is burning.

From the two subjects that i took for this semester, i think i'll be enjoying one and opposite for the other. Unless i found something interesting to be study at-that i can learn something revelent to it when i'm doing the research for the assignment, i doubt i will enjoy very much of the existing contents in the subject. Nevertheless, like it or don't, i still have study it, and sit for it's exam.

2003-02-22T14:27:00.000+08:00

For these pass few days i seems unable to do much things around the house...lazy, i guess...and perhaps sleep too much.It seems nothing to do other that sleep and eat.

Maybe i had slept too much, i have become somewhat daft....even have become uninterested to watch TV....my mind seems always wonder around ...wondering about what? i'm wondering about it myself too.

Nooo...i could not continue to live like that. Determinated, i started to do something that could gather back my concentration-handicraft. Though housekeeping can have the same effects...but i guess i slept too much that i gets tired easily when i clean my room-seems like i have not enough energy even to sweep the floor.

What i do this time...well, making box to store all my floppy disk, rather than storing them in so many boxes that confused me of the contents. Hehehe, in a way, it's good. First, i'm recycling-making it from moulding board (that my sis use when she study Graphic Design few years back) and wrapping papers' leftover. Second, i'm cleaning my room, from this so-call rubbish. Third, it give me much satisfaction to see the final product-neat, nice although not the best i ever made.

2003-02-20T14:21:00.000+08:00

Early this morning, i accompanied my grandma to renew her passport. For people out there, you could renew and make your passport at these places:Sepang KLIA, Damansara Height, Subang Airport Terminal 2-that's where we went because it's nearer to our place and i was thinking the crowd there is lessen comparing to Damansara Height.

As i walk beside her to the bustop to hail down cab, i realized that my grandma, she's walking with a little difficulties-with a slight limp in every step she took, due to weaken knees that normally occured in old people of her age. It struck me that my grandma is heading downhill, no longer as strong as my image of her in my memory.

How long since the last time i went out with her?If i recall correctly, i think it's good 7 years-when we still went to browse shopping mall with my sister. Now, with my sister far away, my grandma doesn't seems have any desire to go anywhere that's isn't necessary.

Seeing her, walking with slightly breathless, i just wish i could drive and have a car to lessen her difficulities. Thinking back, how many times i have just brush off her intention to go for a walk in Petaling Street-not because i'm such an ungrateful grandchild, just i doesn't want to exhaused her. But till today, i still pardoning-wondering if my decision is a right one.

2003-02-18T11:58:00.000+08:00

Coming back from Genting on the Chap Goh Mei, as i watched TV late at night with my brother, my dad seems to prepare to go out. Both my brother and i look questioningly at each other, so i ask my dad,"where are you going so late at night?" My dad didn't answered, just make his last preparation, took his helmet and go off.

Later, when i asked my mom, she told me that my dad have got himself a graveyard(nightshift) job at Cheras. Huh? At his age? i was thinking. Should him? "What's his doing there?" "He's working at the newspaper publication house to sort out and gather various newspaper before the distribution vehicle comes and collect it to distribute it to the news-stand." my mom answered.

i was doubtful my dad could stand the job. Furthermore, wouldn't he be so tired to drive home at the morning. what i'm worried is his safety on the road, will him able to stay awake? To think of my dad riding the motorcycle to Cheras in the middle of the night is a risk too. Though my brother remain silence, but i know the same worries linger in his mind as it is in my mind because i see worries in his eyes.

2003-02-18T11:57:00.000+08:00

Luckily, my worry does not last long. Yesterday when i was having dinner, my father declare that he give it up. "i couldn't stay awake. It's so hard to fight against the sleepyness." Ha,ha. I have deduced that he wouldn't able to last long. "Weird. I could stand to stay awake at night few years back and not feel this tired. I almost feel asleep as i rode home," my dad continued. "That's because it's few years back." i told him jokingly. "Now? You have hit the number 50. you couldn't kid yourself even you want to. just accept you are old already." i teased him. "To think and reminisce your glory in your younger days means you are old." "Nolar, i haven't hit 50 yet. Not until April." he defend himself.

Hai...that's my father. never wanted to admit he's old. Still think he's young. Sometimes wanted to do things that he's not able to now due to his age.

"Jean, you know what, when a person gets old, they just have no value anymore in the market(job)." my dad told me as i was washing the dishes. "the first thing people will ask before you make appointment to go for their interview is your age." And then, my dad told us few of his hilarious reply to the question people ask when he called the interviewers up. Well, shake it up, old man. In few months time, there will be someone to call you grandpapa.....are you ready for it?

2003-02-07T12:19:00.000+08:00

1st of CNY-I stayed at home all day...the television have become my best friend for the day...I was glued in front of the tv whole day and keeps eating Chinese New Year's tits-bits. Things are just like the way it is a year before, but there's a little bit differences as well. for example, it rained that day...someone told me that it doesn't rain during CNY, but well....I guess nothing is definite.

Why would I wanted to stay at home? I was looking foward to watch "Not One Less" on the tv at 2pm....that's why I have cancelled my annually routine to watch CNY movies on the 1st of CNY. Halfway watching the movie, Zetnis called, asking if I wanted go visiting. I refused definitely...and Zetnis sounded dissappointed. Sorie pal,....I....I just can't let go of the movie...Errr, suddenly felt myself so heartless...and hopeless, letting the tv set won over my friend.

By 6pm, my eyes hurt so much (cos watch tv too long) that I finally give in and take a break...as I lay in the the bed, I wondered what's the spirit of CNY...aren't it supposed to be an occassion for us to visit friends and relatives, to exchange news and catch up a bit of each other life. since when staying at home, watching TV have becomes our custom?