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Lessons from Kung Fu Panda 2

2011-06-01T00:48:00.006+08:00

Just came back from watching Kung Fu Panda 2. Seriously, it's GOOD! I mean better than the first installment.

Anyhow, you can read the synopsis and things at wikipedia. What I want to share here is the values and lessons I learned from the film.

Do not hold grunges from the past as they will destroy you.
Lord Shen, the villain in the film hold grunges as his parents do not want to pass the throne to him because of his greediness. So, he sought revenge by attempting to conquer China. So, in the end, he refuse to repent and get killed during a battle with Po, the Panda.

Love knows no boundaries.
As we know, Po's father is a goose. And in this installment, Po realise that his dad is not his real dad. Anyhow, the goose still love Po as much as he's his own. In addition, I think Po loves Tigress too.

I know, not I believe.
Once, a friend told me before that if you believe something, you're actually not sure if you know it. But if you know it, you know it. Sound's confusing? Well, if you believe in something, it means you're not sure if it' exist or not. If you know it, you're 100% sure that the thing exist.

Find your inner peace.
This is the recurring words in the film. Inner peace (according to my understanding) is something very relaxing and when you're at it, you will find doing things far more easily, both physical and mental job.

It's one worth watching film for both adults and children. Really happy that films (animation) nowadays incorporated beautiful values for us to learn.

Hope there's more of this kind of films in the future.

p/s: I think there'll be a Kung Fu Panda 3.

Graduated!

2011-05-26T23:36:00.002+08:00

Yay! I AM OFFICIALLY GRADUATED! Ok, maybe not really officially graduated (convocation is probably end of August or early September) but one thing I know is I do not need to go back to the studying life anymore! :D

One more thing, I'd went for 2 interviews and in the mist of awaiting the answers. Just feel that it's a new beginning now. *so happy*

It's indescribable feeling that you do not have to study text book anymore and you're stepping into the real world. Meet some awesome experienced people who share with us their experience and skills and advices on surviving the real world. You know, it's like a war zone in the real world. It's like a zoo breed animal being released into the wild. So, you need to pick new skills and change and adapt to your new environment.

So, congrats to all who graduated and wish you guys success in your future undertakings and to those who do not make it, it's ok, keep on fighting! :)

Cheers to life!

The Never Been Seen Before Photos!

2011-05-15T02:35:00.006+08:00

Just now, I realise that my sister had uploaded some photos during times when I'm few months old. And guess what? I never saw any of these photos before! The youngest me photos that I'd seen is when I'm celebrating my 1st birthday at my maternal grandma's house with a huge cake in the shap of "1".

Here's the photos my sister uploaded to Facebook.

This is me when I'm 2 months old. My face is so round. Lol.

My parents and I.

Cousin Edwin and I with our grandpa.

Edwin and I.

Cousin Joycelyn and I.

Btw, looking at these photos just makes me happy! I don't know why but I love photographs as they keep the memories stored and after many many years when you look back, it just feel awesome! :)

What the Hot Weather Do To Me.

2011-05-10T00:53:00.002+08:00

It was so HOT lately! Average temperature is about 33-35°C during day time and freaking 27-29°C at night! It's HOT ok. Not the average temperament during the rest of the year. It's SUMMER!

What the hot weather do to me? Besides giving me constant chapped lips, the outer layer of my lips' skin become so sensitive that it peels everyday and get healed and peel again. Repetitive process for the past one week. Ughhh...

And what else? Sweat so much...even when I'm sitting in front of the laptop now! Anyhow, I notice my face become smoother. Lol. Don't know if it's the effect of sweating as I don't really sweat unless I go out of the house and get exposed to the sun for 1 minute and the sweat will drip and flow from my body like water pipe (it's in the gene).

At this time, I'll refrain from going out after 10 a.m. and before 7 p.m. Reason one: I don't want get skin cancer. Reason two: I don't want get sick. Reason three: I don't want get dark.

Everyone is complaining of how hot it is nowadays on Facebook. And frequent bathing didn't help either unless you have air-conditioner at home. Apparently, I'm in Kampar home where there's no air-conditioner and I'm missing TI home where there's one there.

I still have one exam left which is on this Saturday. Hope I don't get sick or whatever illness. After that, back to my lovely TI home and bye bye Kampar!

Mother's Day.

2011-05-08T15:04:00.007+08:00

My mummy. :)

It's Mother's Day today. A day specially dedicated to the person who bore us, raise us with care and pamper us till now. My mum is a very special woman, very different from your mummy. My mum is an independent, loving, strong and beautiful woman. And I LOVE HER VERY MUCH.

You see, in our family, we do not have this habit/culture of hugging, kissing, saying I Love You and stuff related like that. And yet, we know we love each other so much. For instance, my mum would prepare huge amount of foods and visit us in Kampar whenever she can. And she missed us heaps! I know that cause she called every now and then telling us what happen at home and how we're doing here in Kampar.

Most of friends' mum are beautiful and youthful (it's either they're born with it or they take good care of it). My mum is different. She does not care how she look like. Her face is not smooth. She does not has slim figure. She may appear ugly in front of others but not me. She's always my beautiful angel. She always say, "Appearance is not important, it's your ability that matters." I always remember this.

Also, because my mum is from the kampung and does not have good fashion taste, she always get bullied by some people. And I don't like people to bully my mum and dad. Even that person is my uncle or aunt, I don't give them face. Whoever bully my parents are my enemy.

One rare known fact is my mum only started to learn how to cook after she get married. My mum married at 23-year old and bore me the year after. I would say she's an accomplish cook. She can a variety of dishes, even complicated dishes such as asam laksa, mee rebus and yam cake. Besides, she's a quick learner and she always know what we like to eat. In fact, she know all we like to eat, even our favourite junk food and instant noodle flavour!

Her biggest wish is to travel oversea. Since she has 5 kids she need to look after, she had to hold on to her dream. Since I will be working soon, and my parents wish to go Beijing next year, I hope I can fulfill their dream. My parents are old and they have hard time in raising us, so I wish I can fulfill this dream of theirs.

Happy Mother's Day, mum. Although we're not at home to celebrate with you but you know we love you right? :)

My lovely parents. ❤

Once is Good, Multiple Ain't.

2011-05-08T14:51:00.002+08:00

I regard myself as someone who can take jokes, be it people making jokes about me or other people - WITH LIMITATION.

I can take in all kind of jokes as long as it is not in repetitive form. You can pull my leg on the same issue for once or twice but not more because at that point my will get irritated and angry. I used to do the same to people but not nowadays because I realise it may be making the particular person irritated or angry. I think majority of human would feel the same unless the person is really care less about it.

Recently, someone keep on pulling my legs on the same joke. Initially, I'm ok with it but it gets me irritated and angry because that person keep on making the same joke. The person think that I can accept that joke but the person do not realise it is no longer joke - it became an irritant. I know the person meant it as joke but please realise that multiple times of the same joke could end up being a disaster. Just like initially I like eating mutton curry, but when I had them for a few days in a row, I'll get sick of it.

My Face Story.

2011-05-06T18:07:00.005+08:00

Acne had been a major concern since puberty...and it still is. It had been 13 years (it started when I'm 12) and I had tried almost all available face care in the market, seriously. Now at 24, they had subsides from frequent breakout to breakout before menses.

Though acnes problem has since under control, I'm left with these problems - oily skin, large pores, scars, rough skin and dark circles. I feel so envious with people who have nice skin like my bf. He has good skin and he only use tap water to clean his face and nothing else. Me on the other hand, need to source high and low for products that works for me.

Sometimes, they work...for a period of time. That's it. My face condition is because of my body and not external environment. Put blame on the hormone. I guess I might have that extra testosterone hormone which is responsible for acne development (read from somewhere). I guess I don't have much acne now is because of the more stable hormone composition.

Regarding my acne scars, I bought TCA peel (chemical peel) from US. Read excellent reviews from people who had use them. Even a friend of mine who use it says it's great. Cheap and efficient. I'd use them for 3 times by now and it's lessen the scar. However, you need to be brave to use it. Will do another post regarding this peel.

Oily skin problem. Until now I still can't solve it. Probably it can't be solve. Only manage to get it under control. I really hate the greasiness and it makes my fringe greasy, my face so shiny and 5 frequently make fun of my face, saying things like shiny "muka oren" (orange face). The large pores are probably the outcome of the oil.

Dark circle story. Probably it's inherited from my dad. My dad has dark circle. End of story. What I do is buying eye cream to nourish it. The "blackness" won't go away.

In many of my facebook photos, they are me with make up on. Make up is good in making me looking fresher and beautiful. But it's also tiresome. My nude face just look tired (even I had enough skin). Thank goodness for the invention of make up.

End of story. Thanks for reading this. If you have any good suggestion for me to improve my face condition, do let me know! :)

Current photo with make up + contact lens + temporary curls.

Lose Weight...Naturally!

2011-05-05T20:38:00.006+08:00

Recently, I'm hooked to http://www.dailymail.co.uk, a very interesting news portal that has wide range of news. My interest would be in Femail, Health and TV&Showbiz.

I want to share a very interesting article here. It's about how you can curb your appetite naturally and lose weight. The reason I said it's interesting because I gained extra kilos which I "determine" to shed off.

I might just copy the whole article content and paste it here.

APPLES

All fruit and vegetables are high satiety (or filling) foods that contain a lot of water, air and fibre to produce ‘full-up’ signals in the small intestine — but research has shown apples are particularly effective for weight watchers.

Once digested, they produce the hormone GLP-1, which sends signals to the brain to persuade you into thinking you are full up.

One U.S. study showed people ate 15 per cent fewer calories after having an apple before a main meal. Apparently, the trick is to eat high-satiety foods at the beginning of a meal so you feel fuller early on and don’t compensate later by eating more.

TIP: Eat one medium-sized apple 15 minutes before meals to help regulate your appetite.

RED PEPPERS

Feeling the burn could be the best way to get bikini ready, but it doesn’t have to mean hours sweating in the gym. Recent research found that sprinkling just half a teaspoon of chopped-up red chilli peppers on meals can curb your appetite.

Scientists discovered Capsaicin — the element responsible for giving chilli peppers their heat — reduces hunger pangs, while increasing energy levels.

You won’t get the same effect just by taking a supplement, claim the researchers from Purdue University, Indiana — you have to taste the pepper.

And, if you normally avoid spicy food — even better. Those who did not regularly eat chilli experienced an even greater decrease of hunger, especially for fatty, salty and sweet foods.

TIP: Most dried and fresh chillies contain capsaicin. Sprinkle half a teaspoonful over main meals.

SEAWEED

Starting your day with a seaweed shake could be the secret to keeping slim.

Dutch scientists have found that adding algae, a natural dietary fibre derived from seaweed, to a drink, suppressed hunger pangs by 30 per cent and kept dieters feeling full until lunchtime.

Researchers studied the algae in liquid form and found that, upon reaching the stomach, it becomes a gel, slowing down the emptying of food and mimicking the effect of eating solids.

The American Dietetic Association agreed that it may stop people feeling hungry between meals.

TIP: The algae-based meal replacement drink is still in development, but algae supplements are available from good health food shops such as Holland and Barrett.

GREEN TEA

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has reported green tea contains catechins, a substance thought to stimulate the body to burn more calories, helping you to beat the bulge in double-quick time.

Drinking three to six cups of green tea a day speeds up the rate your body burns cellular energy by up to 40 per cent, and also increases the rate of fat burning.

Researchers found this effect is caused by the combination of caffeine and flavonoids found in the tea, whether it is drunk hot or cold. Green tea also contains certain antioxidants which are believed to have an effect on the hormone Leptin — responsible for controlling appetite.

TIP: Substitute other hot drinks for green tea, and consume regularly throughout the day for a figure-fixing beverage.

EGGS

The quality of egg protein is the highest of any whole food product — second only to human breast milk — and according to a recent scientific review, this high protein content plays a role in weight management.

According to a report in the Journal Of the American College of Nutrition, eating two scrambled eggs for breakfast resulted in people eating fewer calories for the rest of the day — and, particularly, the next 36 hours.

TIP: Kick start the day with an egg to stave off hunger pangs until lunch.

LEMONS

Lemons contain pectin, a natural soluble fibre and gelling agent, which mops up fat stored by the body, and slows the digestive process so you feel full after eating less food.

U.S. researchers found that lemon acids and pectin can slow the absorption of sugar after a meal, and avoid those low blood-sugar dips which can result in snacking.

Vitamin C in lemons also helps us to produce carnitine — an amino acid to encourage the body to burn fat. Studies at Arizona State University found that volunteers with adequate vitamin C burned 30 per cent more fat during exercise than those with low levels.

TIP: Try to incorporate the zest and juice of a lemon in your diet daily, squeeze over salads, into sauces or simply add to warm water and drink.

WATER

We all know that drinking water before meals makes us feel fuller, but just how useful is it as a natural appetite suppressant?

A study published in 2010 concluded that drinking water just before meals can actually help people to lose weight. Researchers split 48 overweight adults aged 55 to 75 into two groups.

The first group was asked to eat a low-calorie diet but not to drink any extra water before meals.

The second group was asked to eat the same diet but also to drink two glasses of water (500 ml) just before each meal.

After 12 weeks, members of the water drinking group had lost, on average, about 2kg more than the non-water drinking group — simply because they felt fuller during each meal and as a result ate less.

TIP: Drink a large glass of water prior to meals. Remember drinking excessive amounts can be dangerous, so be careful not to exceed the extra 500ml recommended.

GARLIC

Researchers in Israel recently discovered that not only can the humble garlic bulb prevent weight gain; it might also cause weight loss.

The key to garlic’s health-giving properties is a compound called allicin, also responsible for giving it that pungent smell. But the trial found the strong odour of garlic stimulates the satiety centre in the brain, reducing feelings of hunger.

It also stimulates the nervous system to release hormones such as adrenalin, which in turn speed up your metabolic rate so you burn more calories.

TIP: Add garlic routinely to all savoury dishes when cooking. Powdered supplements are also effective and help avoid garlic breath!

SLEEP

If you want to stay slim, get an early night. As you will have read above, leptin and another hormone, ghrelin, are both known to directly influence our appetite — when leptin falls, we crave crbohydrates, when ghrelin levels increase our appetite is stimulated.

U.S. scientists discovered those who slept less than eight hours a night not only had lower levels of leptin, and increased amounts of ghrelin, but also had higher levels of body fat.

So in a nutshell, those who slept the least, weighed the most.

TIP: Get at least eight hours’ sleep a night to prevent over-eating.

CINNAMON

A Scandinavian study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that when volunteers were given rice pudding with three grams of cinnamon, they produced less insulin after the meal.

Because insulin is the hormone that turns excess sugar into fat, this means less weight gain. As well as lowering blood sugar levels cinnamon may slow down the
emptying of the stomach, meaning it can make you feel fuller for longer.

TIP: Sprinkle a teaspoon of cinnamon daily over cereals, yoghurt or fruit, use to season puddings or even stir into coffee. It is especially effective if consumed directly after meals.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1383610/Weightloss-From-cinnamon-seaweed-foods-naturally-curb-appetite-help-shed-pounds.html

Leaving Kampar - What I Will Miss Here.

2011-05-05T20:07:00.004+08:00

10 more days to the final final paper of my life as student. Pretty sick of being student and having exam after exam for 20/24 years of my entire life! That's it! No more studies and exam after I finish my Degree! Say YES to working life!

Anyhow, I won't miss my life as a student in UTAR but I definitely will miss the beautiful landscape and a handful of wonderful people here.

Oh, I will miss my house here. My house is pretty nice and I love it so much! It has the same feel as my TI home. Definitely will miss it. I will miss the tranquil and peaceful life here.

Food! Kampar has so much good food. That's why I gained extra kilos in my 4 years here. Pretty serious weight gain in which my face gets rounder and chubbier T.T I will miss claypot rice, nice mixed rice, Premas curry house, kedai makanan sihat, pasar malam food etc.

Of course I will miss James. And I remember that fateful day when he went away from all of us. Anyhow, he will be dearly missed and remember by us. :)

I just realise I don't miss much thing here except the stated above. Much experiences gained from many perspectives - friendship, relationships, human behaviour and attitude which really help me grow up much faster.

Anyhow, Kampar is just 45 minutes drive away from TI. So, I can always go back to visit this place! Kampar rocks!

Guide to Online Shopping.

2011-05-04T06:44:00.007+08:00

I know many are afraid of buying via online. They're probably afraid of getting cheated of their money, product shown will not be the same when it's delivered to their house or the parcel lost somewhere in the middle during shipping.

I'd been an avid online shopper since 3 years ago. Reason being: I'm in Kampar and there's no shopping complex and the nearest one is in Ipoh. So, my first purchase is a T-shirt and from that moment on, I shop less at physical shop.

Reasons why people love online shopping

Convenient

Lots of Variety

Saves Time

So, to you guys who're afraid to shop online and wanted to do so, here's some tips for you.

1. Buy from reputable sellers.

How to know if the seller is honest? If you want to buy from sellers at ebay or lelong, you can check their reputation. Here's the screen shoot (marked with red rectangle) on where you can check the reputation of seller.

So, how to know if it's safe if I'm buying from blogshops? Here's what I do. I check how long they've been selling and read reviews from sites such as http://shoppersbite.blogspot.com/ and http://fashionista1001.blogspot.com/

2. Buy from blogshops/online store that shows real photo.

This is important if you do not want to get cheated or feel cheated. Most blogshops (especially those selling apparel and accessories) are using photos that are send to them from their supplier to advertise. In that case, I'd get cheated for 2 times and from that moment onwards I only buy from seller who modeled the clothings themselves. Also, make sure you make inquiries such as the vital static of the model (so you know if you'll fit in) and material that the clothing is made of.

3. Communicate well with the seller.

Make sure communication is clear. Make sure you know what you're buying and who you're buying from. Also, important part is on the payment and shipping details. Really make sure you make payment to the right bank account number and give correct shipping details.

That's the 3 rules I practice and I never have any undelivered/lost parcel. My online purchases includes my hp, camera, bra and bags. My most recent purchase is a TCA Peel from a US site.

Oh ya, if you're buying from the States or Japan, you can use vshub to ship your stuff back to Malaysia at a fraction of cost.

Hope you guys enjoy reading this guide and HAPPY ONLINE SHOPPING! :)

Disney's Cinderella.

2011-05-04T06:19:00.002+08:00

Here's a shocking fact. My bf had NEVER seen Cinderella before!! How I know about this?

Yesterday, after our second exam, my sister was watching Cinderella on her laptop. So, I was curious why 5 would watch it too. And the funny thing is, he ask questions like "Got mouse in Cinderella one ar?" and said something like "The fat mouse is so cute!"

I was like =.=!. Then I said "Eh, you never watched Cinderella before?" He replied, "Yes!"

Kesian betul! I wonder what he watch when he was a kid.

Gus Gus. The cute mouse he was talking about.

Justin Bieber Egged at Concert!

2011-05-02T12:14:00.000+08:00

I was surfing the net and found this article:-

Bieber pelted with eggs at concert

This happened at Sydney's Acer Arena on Friday night. Lol. Never though this could really happened!

Here's the video!

Lol!

Right Brain vs. Left Brain

2011-05-02T01:53:00.002+08:00

Just now my sister told me something I really disagree in. It contradicts with the knowledge that I know. Somehow, she says her friend's information is correct. So, I decided to do some research on this matter.

She says her friend tell her that if you clasp your hand together and the right thumb is uppermost, it indicates that you use your left brain more. And this is what I got after Google-ing for some time:-

"Here’s an easy test to check if you are predominantly right or left-brain. Clasp your hand together and check out which thumb is uppermost. Left-brainers will keep their left thumb up and right-brainers will keep their right."

Fyi, I'm pretty curious about stuff like this but I'm sure that my dominant brain is right!

So, here're the lists of traits/characters that people with dominant left and right brain has:-

Btw, you can go to Google and there are many more you will discover. Another test her is the optical test. Watch the video below. Is the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

The Right Brain vs Left Brain test - Optical Illusion

If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

So you know your dominant brain now?

The First Post in 2011!

2011-04-30T07:25:00.002+08:00

Ya. I know. Lazy me. Haih.

Two more weeks I'll be leaving UTAR for good! (unless unfortunate case happen...*touch wood*) 4 years passed by so fast and I grew smarter and wiser throughout the years. Btw, I'm now searching high and low for jobs that suits me and manage to secure two interviews! Yay! OK..I like one of the interview much more than the other one and I hope I get it!

Since we're going to graduate, lecturers and tutors are recommending that join MNC (Multi National Companies). The problem is, MNC often look at your grades and not your overall talent and quality (which pretty sucks for me as I love the nature of my job to love me for my talent and skills!).

Also, U5 taught me this very special skill in applying for jobs! Not going to reveal here so ask me if you want to know! :) The companies I applied for are SME (Small Medium Enterprises) which appreciate people like me! And you have the chance to show how capable you are if you're joining SME instead of MNC.

Anyhow, I'm pretty nervous about the interviews (one is the 2nd interview in which I need to do a presentation). Do wish me luck peeps!

Have a nice day! :)

The Last Day of 2010 & Happy 2011.

2010-12-31T19:30:00.002+08:00

It'd been almost 2 months since my last update. Sorry people!

Today is the 31st December 2010, the last day of year 2010. Can't believe time flies! Tomorrow will be a brand new year.

Here's a recap for my awesome 2010. Uhmm...my 2010 goes quite well except for some glitches and problems. Health wise...very good! No visit to the doctors and I'm able to donate blood...TWICE! In my Love life, I'm still with my guy...for 5 freaking years! Congrats to us... :)

Oh, we managed to get a vacation to Terengganu and Kelantan, which I labeled as "awesome". LOL. Other than that, Finance wise...got output, no input...which is pretty saddening...

However, I'd make my 2011 resolutions.

1) Lose 4kg from my overall weight.
I get comments that I've been getting chubbier from time to time. My weight rose 5kg since I entered Foundation. So, to achieve my goal, no supper, eat smaller portion.

2) Get to make my 1st time oversea travel (Thailand also counted).
I will be 24 next year and I've never been oversea. The closest I'd been is the checkpoint at the Thailand border. So, if possible, I want to go Thailand/Taiwan next year. :)

3) Get a job I love. ♥
No description for this as I'm still hunting for that job.

4) Have a clear and fair skin.
Had been having bad skin (face) since 12. So, I'm going to make more effort for this goal.

5) Learn make-up and grooming.
I've always interested in this field. Had made some inquires about these courses and will enroll in one of them next year. :)
6) Be more patient.

7) Learn to drive...again.
I have a driving licence but pretty much a useless one since my parents do not let me touch the family car. Parents have no confidence in my driving skill (they say it sucks)! If I want to drive I need to get my own car...pathetic! >.<

So what's your resolution for 2011?

Life's Brief Candle.

2010-11-07T23:08:00.005+08:00

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day

To the last syllable of recorded time,

And all our yesterdays have lighted fools

The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player

That struts and frets his hour upon the stage

And then is heard no more: it is a tale

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

Signifying nothing.

- William Shakespeare.

Twins?

2010-11-07T09:21:00.006+08:00

There're a few times we (5 & I) bumped into a girl who we though was our friend in UTAR (but it isn't). We could swear that this girl have 95% similarity to our friend. Here's a photo of our friend, Tiffany.

Tiffany (photo from Facebook).

And here's the photo of the girl (I don't know the name of the girl and this is the photo I got from my friend's Facebook album.

The girl from PR course.

So similar right? Like literally, twins!

Oh, and the girl and Tiffany had almost the same height (plus minus 2cm) and similar voice!

What a coincident!

Touching Story - Katie Kirkpatrick

2010-10-30T14:52:00.005+08:00

January 15, 2005.

21-year-old Katie Kirkpatrick — the girl “with a contagious smile and unrelenting optimism” who had been battling cancer for three years and even took part in champion cyclist Lance Armstrong’s Ride for the Roses cancer fundraiser — married 23 year-old Lapeer County sheriff’s deputy Nick Goodwin, her high school sweetheart and the love of her life, at Church of Christ in Hazel Park, Michigan.

This picture was taken prior to their wedding January 11th, 2005.

Katie has terminal cancer and spends hours in chemotherapy.
Here Nick awaits while she finishes one of the sessions...

Even in pain and dealing with her organs shutting down, with the help of morphine,
Katie took care of every single part of the wedding planning.
Her dress had to be adjusted several times due to Katie 's constant weight loss.

An expected guest was her oxygen tank. Katie had to use it during the ceremony and reception.
The other couple in this picture is Nick's parents, very emotional with the wedding and to see their
Son marrying the girl he fell in love when he was an adolescent.

Katie , in a wheel chair listening to her husband and friends singing to her.

In the middle of the party, Katie had to rest for a bit and catch her breath.
The pain does not allow her to stand for long period of time.

Katie died 5 days after her wedding. Watching a woman so ill and weak getting married and with a smile on her face makes us think - Happiness is reachable, no matter how long it last. We should stop making our lives complicated.

Origins:

On Valentine's Day 2002, Katie Kirkpatrick, then a freshman at Rochester College (a small Christian college in Rochester Hills, Michigan) was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Undaunted, Katie strove to keep up with her studies, but she suffered another setback in 2003 when she was diagnosed with "an inoperable lung tumor wrapped around her pulmonary artery." Nonetheless, in 2004 the resilient Katie took part in champion cyclist Lance Armstrong's "Ride for the Roses" cancer fundraiser.

Dr. Craig Bowman of the Bible faculty spearheaded a campus and area-wide effort that raised $28,000 which made one of Katie's dreams come true: riding with six-time Tour de France winner and fellow cancer survivor Lance Armstrong in his Ride for the Roses cancer fundraiser.

Says Katie of Armstrong, "I like his attitude and his perseverance. I admire him for the way he dealt with his cancer, and his attitude: 'You know what, this isn't going to beat me!'"

On 15 January 2005, 21-year-old Katie the girl "with a contagious smile and unrelenting optimism" who had been battling cancer for three years married Lapeer County sheriff's deputy Nick Godwin, her high school sweetheart and the love of her life, at Church of Christ in Hazel Park, Michigan. Katie Kirkpatrick Godwin passed away at the McLaren Regional Medical Center in Flint, Michigan, on 20 January 2005, just five days after her wedding. Her husband, Nick, said of the wedding and Katie's passing: "It was wonderful. It was a dream come true. She was the most beautiful angel ever; just caring and selfless, and such an inspiration to everyone. She was always smiling no matter what happened, no matter what news she got. She was as close to perfect as they come."

She did not let sickness stop her from living, take away the hope or faith that made her believe she had a future. She had a lovely wedding and she had love and she gave love and love doesn't die. And that is how Katie beat cancer.

Additional photographs of Katie and her wedding can be viewed on the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) web site.

Source: http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/katie.asp & http://www.dawnyang.com/

50 Incredibly Weird Facts About the Human Body

2010-10-22T01:58:00.003+08:00

I was on my Facebook just now and I came across a personal message by 5 stating that he dreamed quite frequent in his sleep. And a friend says that dreaming could leads to high IQ and he replied with a link. So, I click over to the webpage and saw these! All the contents are from here.

The Brain

Complex and poorly understood, the brain is what makes everything work properly. The body may be kept alive, but without the brain, a person can’t truly live. Here are some interesting and weird facts about the brain.

1. The brain doesn’t feel pain: Even though the brain processes pain signals, the brain itself does not actually feel pain.

2. Your brain has huge oxygen needs: Your brain requires 20 percent of the oxygen and calories your body needs — even though your brain only makes up two percent of your total body weight.

3. 80% of the brain is water: Instead of being relatively solid, your brain 80% water. This means that it is important that you remain properly hydrated for the sake of your mind.

4. Your brain comes out to play at night: You’d think that your brain is more active during the day, when the rest of your body is. But it’s not. Your brain is more active when you sleep.

5. Your brain operates on 10 watts of power: It’s true: The amazing computational power of your brain only requires about 10 watts of power to operate.

6. A higher I.Q. equals more dreams: The smarter you are, the more you dream. A high I.Q. can also fight mental illness. Some people even believe they are smarter in their dreams than when they are awake.

7. The brain changes shapes during puberty: Your teenage years do more than just change how you feel; the very structure of your brain changes during the teen years, and it even affects impulsive, risky behavior.

8. Your brain can store everything: Technically, your brain has the capacity to store everything you experience, see, read or hear. However, the real issue is recall — whether you can access that information.

9. Information in your brain travels at different speeds: The neurons in your brain are built differently, and information travels along them at different speeds. This is why sometimes you can recall information instantly, and sometimes it takes a little longer.

Your Senses

You might be surprised at the amazing things your various senses can accomplish.

10. Your smell is unique: Your body odor is unique to you — unless you have an identical twin. Even babies recognize the individual scents of their mothers.

11. Humans use echolocation: Humans can use sound to sense objects in their area using echolocation. It is thought that those who are blind develop this ability to heightened effectiveness.

12. Adrenaline gives you super strength: Yes, with the proper response in certain situations, you really can lift a car.

13. Women smell better than men: Women are better than men at identifying smells.

14. Your nose remembers 50,000 scents: It is possible for your nose to identify and remember more than 50,000 smells.

15.Your hearing decreases when you overeat: When you eat too much food, it actually reduces your ability to hear. So consider eating healthy — and only until you are full.

16.Your sense of time is in your head: How you experience time is all about your perception. Some speculate that stress can help you experience time dilation. Apparently, time manipulation isn’t just for superheroes.

Reproduction

How we as a species reproduce offers all sorts of interesting weird facts. Here are some of the weirder things you might not know.

17. Your teeth are growing before birth: Even though it takes months after you are born to see teeth, they start growing about six months before you are born.

18. Babies are stronger than oxen: On a pound for pound basis, that is. For their size, babies are quite powerful and strong.

19. Babies always have blue eyes when they are born: Melanin and exposure to ultraviolet light are needed to bring out the true color of babies’ eyes. Until then they all have blue eyes.

20. Women might be intrinsically bi: There are sex studies that indicate that women might bisexual intrinsically, no matter how they class themselves, while men are usually either gay or straight.

21.Most men have regular erections while asleep: Every hour to hour and a half, sleeping men have erections — though they may not be aware of it.

22. Sex can be a pain reliever: Even though the “headache” excuse is often used to avoid sex, the truth is that intercourse can provide pain relief. Sex can also help you reduce stress.

23. Chocolate is better than sex: In some studies, women claim they would rather have chocolate than sex. But does it really cause orgasm? Probably not on its own.

Body Functions

The things our bodies do are often strange and sometimes gross. Here are some weird facts about the way your body functions.

24. Earwax is necessary: If you want healthy ears, you need some earwax in there.

25. Your feet can produce a pint of sweat a day: There are 500,000 (250,000 for each) sweat glands in your feet, and that can mean a great deal of stinky sweat.

26. Throughout your life, the amount of saliva you have could fill two swimming pools: Since saliva is a vital part of digestion, it is little surprise that your mouth makes so much of it.

27. A full bladder is about the size of a soft ball: When your bladder is full, holding up to 800 cc of fluid, it is large enough to be noticeable.

28. You probably pass gas 14 times a day: On average, you will expel flatulence several times as part of digestion.

29. A sneeze can exceed 100 mph: When a sneeze leaves your body, it does so at high speeds — so you should avoid suppressing it and causing damage to your body.

30. Coughs leave at 60 mph: A cough is much less dangerous, leaving the body at 60 mph. That’s still highway speed, though.

Musculoskeletal System

Find out what you didn’t know about your muscles and bones.

31. Bones can self-destruct: It is possible for your bones to destruct without enough calcium intake.

32. You are taller in the morning: Throughout the day, the cartilage between your bones is compressed, making you about 1 cm shorter by day’s end.

33. 1/4 of your bones are in your feet: There are 26 bones in each foot, meaning that the 52 bones in account for 25 percent of your body’s 206 bones.

34. It takes more muscles to frown than to smile: Scientists can’t agree on the exact number, but more muscles are required to frown than to smile.

35. When you take a step, you are using up to 200 muscles: Walking uses a great deal of muscle power — especially if you take your 10,000 steps.

36. Your tongue is the strongest muscle in your body: Compared to its size, the tongue is the strongest muscle. But I doubt you’ll be lifting weights with it.

37. Bone can be stronger than steel: Once again, this is a pound for pound comparison, since steel is denser and has a higher tensile strength.

Unnecessary Body Parts

We have a number of body parts that are, well, useless. Here are some facts about the body parts we don’t actually need.

38. Coccyx: This collection of fused vertebrae have no purpose these days, although scientists believe it’s what’s left of the mammal tail humans used to have. It may be useless, but when you break your coccyx, it’s still painful.

39. Pinkie toe: There is speculation that since we no longer have to run for our dinner, and we wear sneakers, the pinkie toe’s evolutionary purpose is disappearing — and maybe the pinkie itself will go the way of the dodo.

40. Wisdom teeth: This third set of molars is largely useless, doing little beyond crowding the mouth and sometimes causing pain.

41. Vomeronasal organ: There are tiny (and useless) chemoreceptors lining the inside of the nose.

42. Most body hair: While facial hair serves some purposes, the hair found on the rest of body is practically useless and can be removed with few ill effects.

43. Female vas deferens: A cluster of dead end tubules near the ovaries are the remains of what could have turned into sperm ducts.

44. Male Uterus: Yeah, men have one too — sort of. The remains of this undeveloped female reproductive organ hangs on one side of the male prostate gland

45. Appendix: Yep, your appendix is basically useless. While it does produce some white blood cells, most people are fine with an appendectomy.

Random Weird Body Facts

Here are a few final weird facts about the human body.

46. Your head creates inner noises: It’s rare, but exploding head syndrome exists.

47. Memory is affected by body position: Where you are and how you are placed in your environment triggers memory.

48. You can’t tickle yourself: Go ahead. Try to tickle yourself.

49. Being right-handed can prolong your life: If you’re right-handed, you could live up to nine years longer than a lefty.

50. Only humans shed emotional tears: Every other animal that produces tears has a physiological reason for doing so.

After reading these, I'm quite surprise. The most interesting fact is male homo sapiens do have a uterus! Wow! Which facts interest you the most?

McD in Kampar!

2010-10-15T00:41:00.004+08:00

Official opening date: 14 October 2010.

Official opening time: 0010 hours.

Number of customers: Countless.

Yup. It was so crowded at the new McD restaurant in Kampar. Well, can't blame folks in Kampar for being too ecstatic because entertainment and choice of fast food outlets are limited in this town.

I was planning to go there to buy a RM1 sundae but instead, I went to 7-11 to eat Wall's Cornetto. McD's too crowded! Not worth the wait as I only want an ice-cream.

So crowded!

goo.gl

2010-10-14T18:29:00.008+08:00

Hi everyone! I've been exceptionally active in Twitter nowadays and I've been using Google's url shortener to post links on my twitter.

A few tweets using goo.gl

There are another two url shortener namely Tiny Url and bit.ly which are widely used. In comparison, goo.gl is relatively new. So, little or less people will use it.

What I like about goo.gl is you can track the urls you've posted using goo.gl. That's cool right? You can even knows the referrals and how many clicks on the url you post! :) First thing first, you can only view them if you shorten your url when you're logged in to your Google account.

There are 8 clicks on my Hugo Boss Fragrance Sample blog post.

Some of the details you'll get to know.

It's a good url shortener to me. So try it today and you may love it too! :)

10.10.10: Life, the Universe and Everything.

2010-10-10T17:44:00.004+08:00

Today is the perfect 10 day - 10.10.10, the answer to life, the Universe and everything. So, I was on my Twitter and a tweet from @Alexia, a writer at TechCrunch posted this:

It caught my attention so I went to Google about it and found this:

101010 in binary is 42, which is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything (don't really know why though). Apparently, it's an auspicious number.

So my question is...how they know 10.10.10 is the answer to life, the Universe and everything? Confused...

Hugo Boss Fragrance Sample.

2010-10-10T16:14:00.007+08:00

Two weeks ago, I stumbled upon Hugo's website and decided to try if they'll send samples to Malaysia. Surprisingly...they do! And I deemed it's a quite fast delivery.

The postcard. It's nice!

I like the postcard they send. The fragrance bottle design is so nice! And this one is men's fragrance. I use 5's name and Kampar address for this. For the women's fragrance, I'm using my Teluk Intan address.

The Sample.

And it's from Netherlands. Wow...good effort of them to send samples worldwide.

If you guys want to apply for a sample, visit http://www.hugo.com/.

New Twitter Interface.

2010-10-03T09:59:00.009+08:00

Some of you guys may already know that Twitter is changing their interface. Though, only certain "lucky" ones get chosen to test it and I'm one of the "lucky" ones. :)

So, compared to the old interface, the new interface is much more easy to access and is more organized.

Oh ya, the new Twitter now enables you to see photos and videos without clicking on the link and watch it on the relevant website. :)

My Twitter @annetwl

You see, I've found out a site that offers lots of nice background for Twitter! Here's the site: http://web1.colourlovers.com/themeleon/twitter

Themeleon Interface.

Do add me on twitter @annetwl!

Our 5th Anniversary (23rd September 2010) & the Story of our Love..

2010-09-25T11:38:00.005+08:00

We've just passed our 5th year as a dating couple. Time flies so fast that we didn't feel its present. Remembering the time during our courtship is funny. It's the fall in love at the first sight story.

It happened on the first day of form 6. It was the first day of orientation. He sat somewhere in the hall and sit at somewhere else in the hall. I didn't noticed him but he already did. A week passed and we get into the same class (initially I was supposed to be in another class but somehow I get into the same class as he is). He sat at the last desk of the third row with Leonard and I sat at the 2nd last desk of second row with Shen Pei.

On first day of class, rumours already begins in class of this X guy likes this Y girl and A guy likes B girl. And I was one of them. His friends tell everyone in the class and next classes and ti was embarrassing. Actually, he's the first guy ever to court me (see! I'm not sell-able).

He courted me for 3 months before we get together. How he court me? First, there's a plot to court me and his friends (whom are my best friends too) plotted together with him. I only found out this on the 3rd year of our relationship! =.= We joined Leo Club and his friend (Yong Lee the president) puts him as my assistant in which I thought the seniors who are responsible of doing this. Then we became librarians. And much later after courtship I realise he's entering Leo Club and becoming librarian to court me. Lo...much effort for he do not like to be a librarian. Haha..

For our first project, we need to do installation for ourselves. It's during this period where he fetch me going around to do preparation. I was touched but I never admit it. We sms-ed a lot during that time and I, being a professional at my job do not think anything further. :)

And another thing to cheerish is we get to go to a camp (COMPLEC) with the prefects and people teased us so much. It's something I love to remember. :)

I accepted his courting on 23 September 2005. During our relationship, much things had happened, whether it's happy or sad. There's an incident in upper six (March 2006) that caused a great deal of unhappiness and pain to both of us. Looking back, that particular incident does strengthen our relationship and makes us realised some important things in our lives. A few friends stick to us during that dark moments and we do cherish their helps and that we're still best friends till now.

After form 6, I stayed in Teluk Intan and he went to KL to work. It was a duration of 6 months and it's a test to us. We're apart and anything could happens right? Lucky, we have faith and trust in each other. :)

In May 2007, we proceed to UTAR, starting all over again in Foundation. We're in different class and we make the best by performing well in academics. And in May 2008, we're in degree. We get into the same class and roads are not smooth for us. Arguments are inevitable. However, we do have our things in common that we iron it out smoothly and discuss it. We're in our third year (final) of degree and our relationship is stronger than ever.

As a couple, many commented us of being totally opposites in character and likings. They frequent asked, how you two can get along? Why you guys didn't behave like normal sweet couple? Well, one thing to say is everyone loves in different ways and I'm glad my love happens the way it is. :)

January 2009 - the best picture we had. :)

Contact Lens.

2010-09-25T11:16:00.005+08:00

Last May, I'd received my FreshLook® Illuminate™ Daily Disposable Lenses and I only try them out last few days. FYI, it's my experience using contact lens and I surprised that it actually makes my eyes larger and shinier. Hohoho...

Me with lens.

And as a first time user, I successfully inserted them in less than 5 minutes and remove them in 3 minutes. Quite an achievement I would say. :)

Rose Water.

2010-09-05T05:56:00.008+08:00

It's already 6 in the morning and I decided to have rose water. The other day I went to the Chinese medicine shop to get "ching sam fo" (a type of herbal tea) and a jar full of dried red rose buds caught my eyes. So out of curiosity, I asked the shop owner about the benefit of consuming rose. He said that it can reduced stress and relieve anxiety. Besides, the owner also said it helps relieve the eyes and helps in getting good night sleep. So, finals are in 2 weeks' time and I need something that could help me relaxed. Therefore, I bought a packet.

Dried Rose Buds.

Close up.

The preparation is easy. Just immerse the dried rose buds in hot water for 10 minutes or more and you can have a nice rose water.

The buds. It looks like maggots though.

The colour is like normal tea.

Though it had no taste, but once you sip it, the fragrance of rose will stay in your mouth!

Out of curiosity again, I decided to Google for the benefits of consuming rose water and here's what I got:

1. Easy a heavy/troubled digestion process.

2. Rose water is consider a mild astringent. Hence, it a good form of toner as it helps to firm and tone the skin as well as moisturises it.

3. Natural rose water for drinking has a unique scent that empowers the mind and assists in decision making and completion of projects.

4. The rose water is increasingly used in treatments for conditions of stress: nervous tension, peptic ulcers, heart disease, and others.

Since there's so much benefits and dried rose buds ain't expensive and have beauty properties (main reason), I'm going to have a cup of rose water everyday.

Oh ya, the owner of the medicine shop also said adding boxthorn fruits will helps in strengthening your eye sights. Great!

So guys, don't mixed up the "sirap" water and rose water. sirap is made of mixture of rose water, syrup and colouring. So, it's not so healthy.

Will let you guys know if the bebefits really exists after a month of daily consumption. :)

My Birthday Post.

2010-08-31T08:11:00.002+08:00

Ehem...my 23rd birthday was 2 weeks ago and actually there's nothing special happened anyway. A week before my birthday, 5 and I went to Ipoh to celebrate it. A day before my birthday, the whole family went to our favourite restaurant for dinner. On my actual birthday, I had dinner with 5, Teoh, Chua and Ching Yi at my favourite claypot chicken rice shop.

This year's birthday is different. No birthday cake (I requested my mum don't buy it), no birthday song (my sibling make 1 funny song with the birthday music so it doesn't count), no presents but I got 2 really nice cards. :) One is from 5 and another 1 is from Chua and Ching Yi. :) 5 gave me the card which he can record his voice and Chua and Ching Yi gave a card which they handmade. So sweet. :)

And there's much to blog about but I'll save it for next time. Currently, I got so much works to do. :)

Oh ya, it's the National Day today. Happy Birthday Malaysia! :)

Glee Season 1.

2010-08-12T22:22:00.002+08:00

I'd just finished watching Glee Season 1. Tell you what...IT'S AN AMAZING DRAMA! It's not just entertaining but you get to know how to be a good manager in managing a team. Also, various social issues (especially teens) are raised in the drama. And one unique things that I like about the drama is they have casts from various ethnicity and they openly discuss races. Though, some may get offended by the dialogs in the drama.

There are a total of 22 episodes in the series and two of them are dedicated to Madonna and Lady Gaga. And most of the casts (in fact all) sings and some dances.

Among all the casts, I personally like Rachel's voice. It's so soulful and my favourite character would be Kurt (Kurt is a fashion savvy gay teen). And the 2.d Season will be out next month! Heard that Britney Spears will make an appearance in one of the episodes. :)

p/s: I'm currently working on my FYP. :)

I'm back!

2010-08-06T17:43:00.002+08:00

All assignments and presentations for this semester are all over! Yay for that but I do not have much time to rest as I need to prepare to start my Final Year Project (FYP). Viva presentation will going to be on 7th / 8th week of next semester and due date for the FYP would be the 7th week of the next two semester.

Seriously, so much had happened and I wouldn't want to talk about it here and all I can say is it's a decision made for the benefit of all.

And I encounter so many peers with problems centering on their assignment mates. And all I can say is you guys need to make a decision - even it's nasty because it's your life and you take control of take. Seriously, many are too dependent on others and this will kill them in the future.

And for those who want to be Mr./Ms. Kind Hearted, please be remind that you yourself who can make you happy. And if you're helping someone but you don't feel happy inside, that means you're hurting yourself. Helping others means making yourself happy and making others happy.

OK. Enough of emotion pourout here. I need to sort out the photos for the next post. So, stay tune!

Long time didn't update.

2010-08-02T13:35:00.003+08:00

Hi guys, I've been neglecting m blog for a week plus by now. Too busy with assignments and some problems. And worry no more as all these will end this Thursday. :)

I've got lots of stuff to blog and photos had been piling in the hard disk. Will sure to update on Thursday night.

Stay tune! :)

Baking Project 3 : Chocolate Chip Cookies.

2010-07-22T02:16:00.004+08:00

Last weekend, I made the chocolate chip cookies...again! And this time I eliminate the walnut from the recipe because it taste not so good. I want to substitute it with hazelnut but can't find it at Giant and local bakery store.

I got the recipe from a website (which I forgot the web address) and it makes around 3 dozens ++ as I make extra large cookies just to save baking time. Hehe. I make some adjustments to the method of cooking cause if I follow the original one the results are either burnt or stick to the pan. And this happened to the first time baking them. the cookies stuck to the pan even I'd greased them and end up using butter knife to srap them off the pan. And little sis like it so much that she took a plastic bag and stuffed all the crumbs into it...all for herself.

Anyway, you guys should try to do it too cause IT IS VERY VERY NICE AND TASTY AND EASY TO BAKE! Here's the recipe (modified one) :

Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour (a.k.a superfine flour)
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons hot water
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (Hershey's - can get from Giant RM15/packet)
1 cup chopped hazelnut (optional)

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (200 degrees C).

2. Cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add to batter along with salt. Stir in flour, chocolate chips, and nuts. Drop by large spoonfuls onto aluminium foils.

3. Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are nicely browned.

Right after you took it from the oven, you need to cooled it on the rack first cause it's really soft. But I scrap it with a butter knife and put it in large plate cause I only have one pan (in which I put aluminium foil on it).

Hand beat the mixture.

Close up of the mixture.

Drops of mixture.

The first time chocolate chip cookies.

And my cookies are all gone within 2 days and I only got to eat 2 of them. And I was thinking if I made it for sale would anyone want to buy?

Facts About Left-handedness.

2010-07-12T03:53:00.003+08:00

Read some facts of left handedness (I'm left handed) from a few sites and some of it quite true!

Fact #1 : Most left-handers draw figures facing to the right.
This is so true. Most of the time I draw pictures such as animals and they faced right side!

Fact #2 : Stuttering and dyslexia occur more often in left-handers (particularly if they are forced to change their writing hand as a child).
I had minor stuttering problem until the age of 17 and particularly serious when I was required to talk in public.
I had minor dyslexia (slow in learning new words, letter reversing) during my kindergarten times and it diminish at the age of 7.

Fact #3 : Left-handers are generally more intelligent, better looking, imaginative and multi-talented than right hander.
No comment on this but I'm highly imaginative. Hehe.

Fact #4 : Left-handers more likely than right handers to be creative geniuses.
I agree to this as I'm more on the creative side. I sucks at Maths and Science.

Fact #5: Left-handers are high achievers because their brains are structured differently in a way that widens their range of abilities.
Great! :D

Fact #6 : Left-handed people have an excellent ability to multi-task.
No wonder I can multi-task so easily. Watch movie, do assignment, eat and talk at the same time. Hehe...

Fact #7: Half of left handed people use a computer mouse with their right hand.
I'm one! Do they sell mouse for left handers?

Fact #8 : If both parents are left handed, 50% of their offspring will be left handed. 2 Righties only have 2% chance of having a leftie.
Both my parents are right handed and they had 3 out of 5 of their offsprings left handed! Oh, my paternal grandma is a leftie!

Fact #9 : There are twice as many left handed boys than girls.
Really?!

Fact #10 : It is easier for a left hander to try "mirror writing" then a right hander.
Tried it just now and it was easy.

Fact #11 : A left hander is less likely to be able to roll their tongue than a right-handed person.
I can roll my tongue! Yay!

Fact #12 : On a left-handed person, the nails tend to grow faster on the left hand than on the right hand.
Don't really see the difference.

Fact #13 : Some long words that use only the left hand are desegregates, reverberated, watercress, aftereffects, sweaterdresses.
Oooo...

Fact #14 : Some of the wealthiest people are left handed (i.e. Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey).
Great!

Fact #15 : Lefties have a tactical advantage in one-on-one competition.
Yeah! That's true cause people often assume everyone is right handed.

And for your information, there's a special day dedicate to all left handers in the world that is known as the Left-Handers' Day which is celebrated on every year's August 13th!

Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook.

2010-07-07T00:30:00.005+08:00

I had been playing this game since months ago and I love it! Reasons being it's just a one minute game and I scored pretty well with and without the boosters! Hehe...

This week, I scored 761,000 which is my highest score since I start playing *proud*. And score is renew every week.

As you can see on the picture above, out of the top 5 (including me), 4 (including me) are relatives which means my relatives are also good at playing Bejeweled Blitz! Haha...but my noob sis Shyuan don't know why she can't score well.

Lol..the score is going to reset in 30 minutes so I'm going to "compete" again! :)

Spot the Mistake.

2010-07-04T10:43:00.003+08:00

This is the print screen of my varsity student portal. I think they need to check the spelling before putting it up. Calender?

From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/calender, Calender is define as
1. a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
2. a machine for impregnating fabric with rubber, as in the manufacture of automobile tires.

LMAO.

Lily's Second Year Death Anniversary (4th July).

2010-07-04T00:51:00.003+08:00

Lily Tan (14 March 1999 (The day she arrive at our home) - 4 July 2008 (The day she left us))

This is Lily. My pet for 9 years before she passed away two years ago. She's my first pet and my dad's favourite "girl". She's given to us by my cousin. I don't know what breed she is but she's a good girl. Fierce, brave and playful. She's good at catching mouse too.

I still remember how I dropped her form my arm when she was little and it hurts her front left leg. And one time I brought her out for a stroll, she almost get hit by a lorry. That's a close shave.

I remember two years ago I was sitting at the cafeteria at campus when I received a call from my sis that Lily had passed away. She died from heart attack. My mum noticed that she's not moving and she's suspected die during dusk time.

She's buried at the land beside our home. My dad love her so much that he's sad for the whole day. She's definitely a small dog with a brave attitude. Love you Lily. :)

Baking Project 2 : Milo Cookies.

2010-07-04T00:27:00.004+08:00

Baked for the second time last weekend. This time I tried the Milo cookies from http://happyhomebaking.blogspot.com. It was suppose to be shaped like a dog but I think mine looks like bear.

It's a failed baking project cause it's not sweet (no sugar involved) and a lot of them burnt (I made them at midnight). :( Though, it taste nice when dipped with Hershey's chocolate syrup. :)

Bears in the oven.

Fresh out of oven.

Bears...

Since Wai Yin's birthday is the next Tuesday, I decided to bake an "extra" large cookie for her.

Extra large cookie.

Lucky that her birthday cookie didn't get burnt. :) And most important of all, she loves it! I baked chocolate chip cookies this evening and they were awesome! Delicious to the max! Will share it to you guys next time. :)

My Name is Khan - Review.

2010-06-28T15:00:00.005+08:00

I watched this movie last night. Unexpectedly, it was really a good movie. The plot is goos, the actors and actresses are good and I love the message it delivers.

This movie is about an autism Muslim child who determines to meet the President of United States after his wife (a Hindu) blames him for the death of their child. The child carries his surname, Khan. This happens after the September 11 incident where humanity changes and prejudice and bias towards Muslim and Islam in US. During the arguement, the wife just say it out of anger that if he (Khan) wants to go back to the wife, he must tell all people in America that he is not a terrorist. Hence, "My name is Khan, and I'm not a terrorist."

In the movie, Khan's mother had taught him that this world only have two types of people, good people and bad people, and no other difference. In which it's true, we're all human, difference lies in the good and bad things we do and not the colour of our skin. Many innocent people dies because of racial prejudice. Try see people not from the colour lenses, but feel them with your heart.

Shah Rukh Khan's portrayal as an autism patient character is well worth an applause. It's a much watch movie this year and I don't regret watching it.

Of Building Bricks and 5.

2010-06-21T23:30:00.006+08:00

During the last week of our last semester break, we stayed at 5's cousin's house. His cousin have 2 cute kids and the living hall is literally full of kids' stuff - toys, story books, school bag etc.

Well, one day, the kids brought out their building brick (not Lego) and play. 5 was fascinated and start to build some stuff from it (I don't remember it). I, too play along. It was fun to reminiscence the childhood feeling (I'm missing my childhood).

During my childhood, my toys are mainly hand-me-down from cousins. Cause kids grow up so fast so they don't need to have all new toys. And I remember my parents bought me a set of colourful building blocks (Lego is expensive) that I love so much and I played with it always.

So, back to the building brick story. 5 built a magnificent castle from the bricks and it was AWESOME! So beautiful (much better than my tree in the house)!

The castle.

Close up 1.

The "draw bridge".

I think he has the creativity gene in him that he denied a lot cause he say creative people (like me) never good at making and keeping $$ =.=. Haha.

To end this post, presenting you the master and his masterpiece... :)

Baking Project 1 : Pillsbury Moist Chocolate Cake.

2010-06-21T01:58:00.004+08:00

3 weekends ago (you read me right), I was in the baking mood, hence baked 2 cakes. One is the chocolate moist cake which is the premix one from Pillsbury and another one is orange raisin cake which I modify from a magazine.

The moist chocolate cake is easy to bake. Just add the ingredients needed as instructed at the packaging and you can have one delicious cake!

The instructions at the back of the box.

Chocolate Moist Cake.

While for the orange raisin cake, it suppose to be orange poppy cake but I can't find any poppy seeds at bakery shop so I substitute it with raisins and it tasted like fruit cake. It's moist and buttery and full with raisins! I tried to add the glazed icing to it. It looks well but taste so sweet that I had to cut out the top part so that everyone can eat without getting diabetes. Hehe.

The batter.

The result.

Decorated with glazed icing.

My dad and mum said the chocolate moist cake taste better than the orange raisin cake. Luckily both also edible. Will try to bake again soon. :)

Blaming Issue.

2010-06-16T03:53:00.003+08:00

For many times, consciously or unconsciously, we blame...blame everything that is wrong towards someone or something else.

I too, blames until someone told me that everything fault that happens is actually come from you yourself. It's true indeed. Many people blames why life is not fair. Why she can be pretty and rich while I can't? We both are human and why we have different life? Normally, people would blame it on God. What I want to say here is life ain't perfect but see from the positive point of view. There'll be something you had and she don't have.

Last few days, there was this football match between USA and England. Both ties at 1-1. And many was frustrated with the result and start blaming the England's goalkeeper. Hmmm...did they stand at his point of view and see what actually happens instead using the spectator's point of view?

Many people takes things for granted. Once they have it, they think they'll have it for the rest of their life. In life, there's nothing permanent. When somethings leaves for whatever reason, people start blaming and cursing, saying that the things should be his/her and should not lost.

I'm learning not to blame and instead using another "glass" to view a situation. Anyway, it's just random issue that pop up in my mind.

Random Thoughts...

2010-06-14T04:27:00.004+08:00

I'm still awake. Can't get into the sleeping mood after rolling on bed for an hour plus. And suddenly I'm flashing back to the times during my kindergarten, primary and secondary school.

I still remember I'm a slow learner when I'm 5 years old. And my teacher always scold me for learning too slow and also, for my clumsiness. Sounds like a loser right? During that time, I always get caned, in kindergarten and home for being slow at learning letters and alphabets. In addition to that, I, who am a left hander makes it more difficult for teacher and mum to teach me how to write. I used to wept or cry when learning to write. Lol. Well one thing I like during that time is I'm tall compare to my classmate. :)

In the second year of kindergarten (I'm 6), teacher is awesome. I sill remember her name, Mrs. Tan. She was nice to every children and I heard from mum that she had became the headmistress of the kindergarten last few years. It was one of the good years I had in my learning institution life.

From primary 1 to 6, life had its share of ups and downs. But what I remember is during primary 1, my learning capability had increased tremendously and I can learn more easily. My mum would often credit my "cleverness" to this particular milk powder brand (I don't remember the brand) but I know it's RM20++ back in 1987 for a small tin. My parents really make sure I had good stuff for growing up.

I had a few favourite teachers during my primary school. The one I love the most would be Cik Nona. She's one awesome lady who puts a lot of effort and dedication in her work as a teacher. She's still teaching there. I still remember the nicknames she gave to us and always make us happy during her classes. :)

Fast forward to secondary school life. Form 3 would be the best year among the 5 years. And I had the best form teacher (Pn. Rosliza). She passed away when I'm in form 6. I heard from juniors she still going for classes though she's sick and I salute her for her commitment in her work. In that year, I still remember my class was the top class in collecting money for the canteen day and we won a few times "kelas terbersih". During school times, winning these awards means a lot.

I do missed those times and I'm looking forward to build my future. After leaving secondary school, I gained higher confidence level and I realise my potential and talent which is outsid of the contemporary education system. Well, if you're not good at school doesn't mean you're not good at doing other things.

Well, I shall be going to sleep now. Btw, craving or nasi lemak for breakfast since last week. :)

Vector Graphic Experiment 2.

2010-06-14T02:32:00.005+08:00

I'm currently painting my 20 nails and writing blog. Well, currently I'm on this vector graphic craze. It's so good that you can create cute and beautiful stuff out of the software. :)

I've tried another 2 tutorials from http://verysimpledesigns.com/vectors/.

Valentine Wallpaper

My valentine wallpaper do not look exactly the same like the tutorial one. I think this is my worst vector graphic though.

Kokeshi Doll

The dolls are slightly different from the one in the tutorial. If you notice, the sleeve is different, the eyes are different, the hairstyle is different, the face expression is different etc. I love my dolls design much more than the tutorial one. :) Oh ya, my sis, Shyuan, do the tutorial too! But I think mine much nicer. Haha.

Oh, I'm on another vector graphic experiment. This time, I'm drawing the design of one of the BROS bottle design. Will show it to you guys when it complete! :)

If you missed the other part of my vector graphic experiment, here's the link.

It's late now and I need to sleep. Good night people. Sleep tight! :)

The First Week of Year 3 Semester 1.

2010-06-04T16:24:00.004+08:00

Alas! I'm in my final year. I'll be a more challenging duration as more harder subjects and with the final year project.

I've transfered to another tutorial group with 5 and met with new classmates. As usual, first week literally means no much thing to learn and classes are off much earlier. I have 3 subjects this semester and no class on riday! :)

Traffic in uni is getting worst compared to previous semesters. And traffic jam happens! Parking was limited and vehicles (cars, motorbikes and bicycles) are like 3 times the amount of parking lots available. Guess the probability to obtain parking sticker this semester will be lower.

I'm the 661 to register.

On other matters...

Student bill hasn't out yet and PTPTN hasn't bank in either.

Maxis was out of service since Monday with occasional signal line which each time probably lasted for 10 minutes.

New neighbours are moving in and they are all students (pretty and handsome!).

5 and I are on budget food spending as what we did during our Foundation times (cause we're fat now.)

For the second time, I donate my blood and it was at the university.

Internet line was slow since 2 months ago and I wonder when it'll be faster. (?)

Chelsea is withdrawing from uni to pursue her flight attendance dream.

p/s: I am still in relax mode as the assignments stress haven't come yet.

Vector Graphic Experiment.

2010-06-04T16:09:00.005+08:00

Recently, I'm in the vector graphic experiment mood! Well, vector graphic is so nice that I decided to try it out myself! I use Inkscape for my experiment.

Had try out 2 tutorials from http://verysimpledesigns.com/vectors/ and happy with the result! :D

Spiro Swirl

Though my swirl didn't look exactly like the one in the tutorial, but I'm happy with it! :)

Floral Design

I love thi so much! And again, it do not look like the tutorial one. I made it as 5's desktop wallpaper. :)

Will try to experiment with other tutorials! :)

Year 2 Semester 3 Final Examination Result.

2010-05-28T18:36:00.002+08:00

Result was out yesterday but UTAR server was down (it always been during peak periods) and I only check my result this evening. Result exceed my expectation = HAPPY! Haha...

Cameron Highlands Trip (18 - 20 May 2010).

2010-05-26T01:12:00.016+08:00

At last, after almost 5 years, we got to go on a trip by ourself! Cheers to that! :)

We went there by bus. From Teluk Intan, we need to depart to Tapah before hopping on a bus to Cameron Highlands.

18 May 2010

Woke up early to catch the earliest bus to Tapah which is at 6.30 a.m. We reached the Teluk Intan old bus station at 6.20 a.m. but the bus already leave cause the lady at the counter said the earliest bus is at 6.15 a.m. =.= and the next bus would be at 8.00 a.m. So, we stayed at there loitering and chatting away for the time being.

Us waiting for the bus to arrive.

Bus started off to Tapah at 8.00 a.m. sharp. The bus fare is RM5.00 per person. Reached Tapah at 9.20 a.m. and the next bus to Cameron Highlands would be 10.30 a.m. So, we had our breakfast at a mamak restaurant opposite the Tapah bus station. Bus fare to Cameron Highlands from Tapah is RM7.50 per person. And the route is the old road which is windy and some people doubt it as dangerous.

Reached Cameron Highlands at 12.45 p.m. Called the guest house that we're staying for direction to go there. We're staying at Eight Mentigi Guest House which is new and it's in operation since 1 May 2010. Lucky us! Our room is RM80 per night with attached bathroom. What a bargain and best of all, you get to meet with people from different countries while staying there. :)

After check in, the stomach started to make noise. So, went to the famous T-Cafe to have our lunch. We ordered a burger set, spaghetti bolognese, strawberry scone, mushroom soup, banana lassi and apple lassi.

This way please...

Mushroom Soup.

Strawberry Scone.

Banana Lassi.

Burger Set.

Spaghetti Bolognese.

T-Cafe is located at the upstair of Marrybrown and you need to use the side entrance to get there. :)

After lunch, we walked around to find motorbike to rent as we planned to go around by ourself. We found one nearby our guest house for RM100.00 for 3 days. It's a fair deal. After getting the motorbike, we go sight-seeing at Tanah Rata (we're staying at Tanah Rata btw). All of sudden, it becomes foggy and we had to cut our sight-seein journey short.

Foggy...

So, we went back to the guest house and had some rest. For dinner, we had some mamak food at a random shop. Foods are quite nice but expensive! It's understandable that food are expensive here. After that, we went to Starbucks to have coffee while reading and playing some games there. Ah...it feels so nice. :)

At 11.00 p.m., we went back to the guest house and sleep. End of day 1.

19 May 2010

Wake up at 8.00 a.m. and headed to Brinchang for some "tourist-y activities". Before that, we stopped at the town to had our breakfast. We had noodles and tea. After that, we visited the bee farm. Quite disappointed as there aren't anyone to greet and show us around.

Bee Farm.

Then, we stopped by a few place along the way to Cactus Valley but found nothing interesting. Cactus Valley is also a disappointment. The place is not well maintained and flowers look like they're going to die soon. However, get to snap a few nice photos there.

Then, we go to the Smoke House, just for sight-seeing. Great place btw.

Smoke House.

We just stayed at Smoke House area for 10 minutes. After that, we went to MARDI Research Center. I'd been there twice before and I still love that place so much. It is the most beautiful place in Cameron Highlands! :)

After visiting MARDI, 5 decided to go to the public library. That library is so nice!

I forgot what we had for lunch but I remember we had an awesome dinner. :) After dinner, we go back to guest house as we felt very tired.

20 May 2010

Woke up at 9.00 a.m. and we decided to go Brinchang to buy strawberries. Bought 8 boxes for RM5 per box and saw a couple having wedding photo shot there.

Couple having photo shot.

Strawberries!

Back to guest house at 11.00 a.m. and we decided to hang out at the lounge area and watch TV. 5 returned the motorbike at noon and we check out at the same time. After that, relaxed for 1 hour at Starbucks before boarding bus to Tapah at 1.30 p.m.

Overall, it's a nice and relaxing trip and I get to rest at a cool place. Will going to visit there next semester break for a trip to the orang asli settlement. :)

For more pictures, please follow this link.

3-Day Trial FreshLook® Illuminate™ Daily Disposable Lenses

2010-05-22T21:34:00.006+08:00

Finally, I received my 3 sets of FreshLook® Illuminate™ Daily Disposable Lenses.

They comes in a normal postal letter.

Freshlook is giving out 3 pairs of FreshLook® Illuminate™ Daily Disposable Lenses to anyone who registered for it at their website www.freshlookilluminate.com and wait for the lenses to be delivered to your doorstep! :)

The newsletter.

I'm not a contact lens wearer and I used to wear specs but dumped it long time ago since the power of my eyes are not that serious. I register for this because I want to try how it feels to wear contact lens. :)

The 3 pairs contact lenses.

Close up.

They also giving out a voucher with the newsletter! Will be going to use it next few weeks. Remeber to get yourself a trial set too! :)

Voucher.

Home Sweet Home. :)

2010-05-15T23:36:00.002+08:00

I've been back to Teluk Intan for 2 days now and the weather here is so HOT! Sweating day and night and even during sleep. Global warming I guess. But the good thing about being back to home is...FOOD! Mum always make sure food is available 24 hours everyday. :)

Yesterday, I found out that there's "treasure" in the freezer. Guess what? Loads of ice creams and chocolates and they're all FOC! Wee...Sis just back from their Malacca trip and bought San Shu Gong food product which are totally awesome! Additional food resources! Hehe...

You see,my house's food stock (I mean canned and instant foods) can be used for 3 months duration cause my mum buy from supplier and she buy in boxes or in dozens. For example, Lee Kum Kee oyster sauce, she bought in 1 dozen. Can blame it cause she say it's cheap and she cooks everyday. That's why mouth will keep munching on something during days in Teluk Intan.

Oh ya. just take my waist measurement and found out my waist had expand 1/2 inch since last December. Saddening. I think as I aged, my metabolism rate decreases. I used to be the type that "eat also won't fat".

I'm in planning progress for the Cameron and KL trip. It's a must go trip cause next year I'll be in Year 3 which means no time to play.

Sorry for all word posts cause my camera went to Malacca trip as well. Bye people. And enjoy your day! :)

Lotte 10000mg Collagen Update!

2010-05-12T13:32:00.002+08:00

It'd been almost 2 weeks (precisely 13 days) since I started consuming collagen. Result? Good! My skin glows nowadays and sebum (oil) secretion decrease. Also, pores are more smaller now. :D :D 5 says my skin looks much better now.

Btw, I do hope it'll fade out acne scars(which I had a lot and you can't see it in my photos cause I had make-up on)but I never read collagen will fade scars. Haha. Oh ya, some people in the forum says their dark circle become less visible too. Maybe mine haven't cause of exam (every night also become owl). Hopefully more positive results and I'll get to save money on skincare product. :)

The Exam's Over!

2010-05-12T13:20:00.002+08:00

Exam for the semester officially done yesterday at 4.30 p.m. :D Though, didn't feel any excitement (for I-don't-know-what-reason). Anyway, 5 and I are planning a holiday trip to Cameron Highlands! Yippie! :)

Semester break is around 3 weeks. So, there are a lot of stuff to do. Anyway, hope that everyone enjoy the holiday to the max! Happy holiday!

Lychee Killed Me.

2010-05-07T19:01:00.004+08:00

A random post. I've just sat for another paper this morning. Another "future unseen-able" paper. Haih. Unutterably sadness and disappointment. =.= Anyway, 2 more paper to go.

If you're wondering what's a lychee, go to Google.com. I don't want to meet lychee again.

Random thing. I cooked breakfast a few days ago. It was random. Well, cooked English breakfast set which consist of pan fried cheese cocktails, pan fried eggs, pan fried bread coated with egg, pan cooked red bean. Instant food. Cook them within an hour's time. I have this particular love of using pan to cook. Reason being you only use a little oil (in my case I like to use Planta. So, it's much healthier but you can't use a pan to fry nuggets.

Scrumptious breakfast. :)

PC Fair was in Ipoh end of last month and I asked someone to help me buy a few stuff. Here's the portable speaker. Need it cause my laptop speaker is malfunction. There goes my $$.

Going to end this post here. Tomorrow will be a better day! :)

The Street That I've Live in for 23 Years Had A Name!

2010-05-07T00:25:00.002+08:00

See? That the name of the street. LMAO. And this is Shyuan scolding the person who put up the sign.

I know it's lame. Just excited suddenly it got a name! :)

MRIP Aftermath + New Hairstyle + Upcoming MO.

2010-05-04T23:10:00.004+08:00

Finished my first paper, Marketing Research in Practice (MRIP). Paper was hard, with calculation attributes to high percentage of marks. Fyi, I sucks in calculation or any logic related subjects such as puzzle solving cause I'm a left hander and I'm more on the creative side. Feel so blank in the exam hall. Seeing an equation and you have to interpret it and it worth 14 marks! T.T But one thing for sure I know I won't fail (high confidence).

Oh ya, I trimmed my bang. Cut them straight and it looks like this...

Looks kawaii...oh...it makes me more "stylo"..I starts loving curls much more than straights... :)

Tomorrow will have another paper, Marketing Operations (MO). So, need to study now! Bye and Good Night! :)

MRIP 1400 Hours + Lotte Collagen Result Update.

2010-05-04T10:21:00.002+08:00

A short update! I'm going to sit for the first paper for this semester later at 1400 hours. Confused feeling inside me. I didn't feel scared and I think I also not well prepared for this exam but I got the feeling I will pass this paper. Weird huh?

Oh, I'd been consuming collagen for 5 days now. Slight improvement on my complexion. Less sebum (oil) secretion on my face surface. :D Face do look brighter too. I reckon my long sleep do helps! (I sleep a lot during exam period!)

Will update from time to time. Stay tuned! :)

The First Day of May.

2010-05-01T12:18:00.006+08:00

It's the Labour Day and exactly the sixth months since he go away. Sadness still lingers around me. Still miss him from time to time. I wonder how he's doing now?

Oh, I went to Westlake Garden with 5 yesterday. Try to get some fresh air and relax around. It had been a hectic semester to me. Too much to do with a little time but I'm happy that after this exam I'm going to have holiday. I just noticed my scalp had a few bald spots (alopecia) again. No worries about that as it'll cure on itself. Just need some time.

Here's a few shots I've take at Westlake Garden. Sun was warm yesterday evening and it's great to stroll there with your loved ones. Seeing friends sitting together and chat, young children playing with their grandparents, it was such a bliss.

For more pictures, you can click this link.

Got to resume study. Bye people. Have a nice holiday. :)

Lotte Collagen 10000mg + Vitamin C.

2010-04-30T10:41:00.006+08:00

OK. I'm 23 and my skin started to age. Symptoms? Fine lines and enlarged pores. Poor me. Having a 18-year-old cute face with old skin. :(

Recently, I purchased a collagen powder from an online store and it's in 375g refill pack (no $$ to buy the 200g tin version). The tin version can last for one month while refill pack can last for 2 months. It suppose to show result after consumption of 2 - 4 weeks.

If you don't know what the benefits of consuming collagen supplement, here's some information about it.

1. It fights aging.
2. It gives energy to carry out exercise or work (some sort like energy booster).
3. It helps avoid fat storage in body.
4. It helps protecting your body from chondrodystrophy (a type of cartilage problem).

For further benefits, you can always Google. :D

The instruction for consumption is 1 spoonful of powder mix with water, tea, juice, milk or any form of food and consume. Since the dosage of collagen is high (1 spoon = 10000mg), I only take half spoon (fear of over consume).

It's quite expensive but I think it's worthwhile because you nourished your whole body. I think it's much better than splurging on skincare which take care of your skin from the outside. :)

Btw, will do update 2 weeks from now on the improvement I get from consuming collagen. :)

Courier Services.

2010-04-30T09:44:00.006+08:00

I've been an online shopper since (I think) 2 years ago. Well, for the reasons that I'm staying at Kampar (no malls here) and the nearest city will be Ipoh (need to take bus go there - hustle). And whenever I went to malls, it seems that I'm too lazy and tired of walking around searching for things I like. Way too tedious!

I shopped for clothes, accessories, beauty masks, my yoga mat, make-up, tupperware, shoes, and most recent purchase (just arrived yesterday!) Lotte Collagen powder. And my sellers shipped my items through various courier service providers and most of them uses PosLaju.

While PosLaju efficiency is great in Teluk Intan (where my items will arrive in 1 day)and at my home, it's not the same story in Kampar. My items arrived after 2 days and the postman didn't even call me to pick up the parcel downstair. So, you see, everytime my sellers use PosLaju, I need to travel to the post office at old town to pick it up and for your information, the service at the post office is so slow.

So, one day, 5 and I asked the clerk whether we can make complaints regarding the PosLaju service. She directed us to the postman office at the back lane. There, we meet a kind officer who take down our complaints and offer us helps. He said if next time we want to pick up our stuff, we just meet him directly. That'll help us save time queuing in the post office. :D

While other courier service providers like Skynet and Kangaroo are great! The Skynet uncle will always call me half an hour before he delivered items to my home while Kangoroo handsome will send it to my doorstep. And best of all, they only require one working day to deliver the items!

So, in conclusion, I still prefer Skynet and Kangaroo. :D

Shyh Yoong's Birthday (25 April).

2010-04-28T04:40:00.005+08:00

Originally, we planned to have a surprise birthday for him by surprising him at his hostel. But somehow, plan not successful. Well, at least he had a proper birthday celebration after being "tortured" by his friends. :D

Sis "pakat" with his housemate to let us in during midnight. After successfully entering the hostel, we lit up the candles at the stairway.

Lighting the candles.

Birthday boy and birthday cake. :)

Well, it was a simple celebration with only 5 people involved (including the birthday boy).

Lastly, wish you have a great year ahead! :)

Blackout in Kampar.

2010-04-25T04:01:00.003+08:00

Blackout rarely happen in Kampar. As long as I remember (I'd been in Kampar for almost 3 years), only minor blackout (less than 5 minutes) happens like 5 times (unless you're a Westlake residence, then your blackout frequency higher than mine).

So unfortunately, "major" blackout happened! And it's for almost 4 hours. And it disrupted all the activities of Kamparians. I was sleeping when it happened at 5.35 p.m. And 5 told me that his friend told him that it'll last till tomorrow! Hey, I need to study! Eventually, we (me and my sis) decided to call our dad to ask him fetch us back Teluk Intan. Sis are having their final exam on Monday, so need to study. But didn't call and we went to "lepak" at Tesco. It's the only place that we could think of that have light and air conditioner.

We went with 2 motors. And Tesco is so crowded. We went straight to the frozen department to have cool air. :D Walk around and decided to have sizzling noodle at the food court. Never I see that Tesco's food court would be that crowded! It's like the seats are 80% occupied and the sizzling noodle counter is having a long queue! Wow!

After "lepaking", we went back home. It was scary! No lamp post, it's total darkness. And we're riding motors through the main road. And guess what? The motor "sei fo" thrice at the main road junction. So scary. T.T

Luckily arrived home safely. And lucky electricity came back. :D

And now I shall resume my revision. Sekian terima kasih. :)

Gossip Girl.

2010-04-22T02:21:00.002+08:00

5 had copied the whole season 1 of Gossip Girl (TV Series) like 2 months ago and I started to watch them 2 days ago.

5 and I watched it together. He said it's going to be a misleading drama at the beginning but he seems to like it! And me too!

We like it for the lesson we learned in every episodes. Every characters in the series are the portrayal of the people in our society. And not to mention the beautiful actors and actresses in it! :)

My final exam is 13 days away and I know I shouldn't be watching it but worry no more! Cause I've finished watching it! Haha...

Should be going off to study now. Bye. :)

FBF Night (9 April 2010).

2010-04-17T03:29:00.003+08:00

Haha...another belated post.

This is the first time (I've been in UTAR for almost 3 years) I attended an event organised by students here. The reason being I'm coming for the FBF Night is because of Ee Ven. Ee Ven is my bff. Me and 5 are coming to support her. :)

Really not disappointed of coming to the event. We just realised there are many talents (in stage performing) in UTAR. I love those people especially the MoonLiteKids and Hero and Max. Lovely performance for the ight. Besides, food and beverages are served the whole night. Means can eat whenever we want. Wee...

Didn't take much picture though. Too busy watch performances and eating. Haha. Btw, I'm quite happy with my outfit and make up for that night. I wear a halter and try to have smokey eyes (which failed) but it turned out quite good. :D

One of the best picture of the night. Me and Seow Poh.

Wa having so much fun that night especially at the end of the night where we were dancing away to the music. It was fun having fun with Ee Ven and I can see the happiness in her face. Congrats Ee Ven! :)

Should end my post here. Good night everyone. :)

SMKC Canteen Day (3 April 2010).

2010-04-17T01:58:00.004+08:00

Yup. Another belated post.

I went to my alma mater, Convent Secondary School for the Canteen Day. Fond memories came back to me as I step inside the school. I still remember the Canteen Day in year 2002. I'm in form 3 and I can say that year was the best year during my schooling life. I love the teachers, the people around me.

Though I've left school for 6 years now, there are not much changes except a few renovations.

The surau under renovation.

The stage. It'd been cement based cause the previous stage crumbled (I'm not joking) cause of termites.

Actually the main purpose of going to the Canteen Day is to buy some books for my little sis. She says the book shop is having sales so we (me & my 2 other sis) need to go there to buy for her cause she's busy taking care of her class's "shop". =.=

The people.

The books.

The one we're looking for.

Walking around the school hall, we found this special place where we used to measure our height there.

Noob sis taller than me.

I'm still 158cm. Terbantut already. T.T

After fooling around, we went to the stalls to have a look. Food are not so attractive to me but their promotional skill and posters do look nice! Sure these kids put a lot of effort on it. :)

Nice poster.

Cikgu Mazura's stall.

The stalls.

We need to buy food fast because dad already rushing us to go home because he need the car to go Cheng Meng. So, me and my first sis went to the canteen corridor to wait for my second sis to buy food. (Actually, the stalls are on the field and it rained the day before, so...it's muddy and we don't want to dirty our shoes.)

That's the end of the Canteen Day report. Will do another post soon. :)

Respect.

2010-04-11T21:51:00.002+08:00

"That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong."

- William J. H. Boetcker.

Get to know something that really upset me just now. I just wondering, ain't you suppose to go forward to things that you think is correct to carry out rather than agreeing to something you do not agree?

Many question running through my mind. I admit I've different philosophy regarding values. I had more westernized thinking than traditional Chinese thinking. Reason being - I trust what I trust.

For example, I had the same ideology with the above quote. I have few friends, and an army of enemies. I believe in life, it's rare that you can please everyone around you. If you attempt to do it, it's YOU who suffer at the end.

It's just a random post. I know I shouldn't be upset. Anyway, everyone had their thoughts. Just wish them good luck in their beliefs.

Ee Ven's 21st Birthday (23 March 2010).

2010-04-04T01:48:00.008+08:00

Another belated post. And it's for my bff, Ee Ven. :)

Yup, Ee Ven celebrate her 21st birthday with me, 5 and Li Juan. A small celebration at Grand Kampar Hotel. Though we think of how to trick her on her birthday, somehow it failed. But never mind. At least we had a great time together. :)

Ee Ven with presents.

Ee Ven with cake.

Ee Ven with Li Juan.

Ee Ven with me & 5.

We had a quite dinner there. Li Juan surprised Ee Ven with a present at the middle of dinner. Her surprise works! Hehe.

Yummy mango cheesecake from Caker's Inn.

Halfway through eating cake, Ee Ven try to passed me her strawberry that Li Juan passed to her but eventually on the way passing it to me it dropped into the glass. Though it looked nice in the glass, but I don't dare to drink the water anymore.

Nice?

Time to open presents! Though I can't get what I want to get for Ee Ven, I hope she like the present me and 5 gave to her.

Ee Ven with cute bears from me & 5.

Ee Ven with cute dancing musical dolly from Li Juan.

The following would be some photos take I've edited that I like it so much that I decided to post it here to share with you. :)

And to end this post, a photo of everyone!

Have a nice day people! :)

Jade Emperor Birthday Celebration (22 Feb 2010).

2010-04-04T00:45:00.009+08:00

Ok. This suppose to be posted 2 months ago. Sorry! :P

This is a "big" day for the Hokkien people. Also a busy day for my mum as she's taking orders to make kuihs like ang ku, mi ku, huat kueh etc.

Mi ku,

Ang ku.

Huat kueh. Left side one is the normal huat kueh and the right one are santan huat keuh.

Also, mum is taking a huge amount of orders! Let you guys see the photos in which all the finished products are being prepared to be send out. Yes, my parents do delivery also.

The living hall full of kueh!

Orders from customers.

Besides, my mum also need to prepare the foods and paraphernalia for the prayer at midnight. So many work and so little time!

Dried food for prayer.

Duck, chicken, fish, crab.

Roasted pork.

Sugar canes.

Prayers starts at midnight of the ninth day of CNY. It's a custom (or they created it?) Hokkien Chinese will bombard the sky with fireworks. Though it's beautiful to see, somehow I feel annoyed by it after seeing them for 30 minutes.

Here's some photos I took that night. Enjoy!

Dad and uncle.

Really sorry for not updating so long ya? :P

Chinese New Year 2010.

2010-03-27T00:44:00.009+08:00

Hi people, I'm back! It'd been a whole busy duration since CNY and I know it's a super late post about my CNY. Haha...but late is better than never right?I can't recall most of the stuff I'd done during CNY (bad memory but I try to recall back through photos.

First day of CNY: Woke up and greet everyone in the household good luck phrases. I've minimise the phrase of "Kiong Hee Huat Zai" (Wish you prosperous) and use a lot of "Sin Teh Kin Hong" (Wish you in good health always). I'm a Hokkien so my phrases are in in Hokkien too! :) This year, I opt for a cheongsam. A bargain buy from the web, it's only RM30!

Fits-Me-Well-RM30-Cheongsam. :)
After eating breakfast at home, we went out to visit my maternal relatives. First stop, my maternal grandma house. Though grandma had passed way for 8 years, fond memories still coming back to me. It's the sweet memories of childhood. :) Then, we went to my mum's siblings houses. Came back to home at around noon time, and have a rest.

CNY is getting more quite as years passed by. When paternal grandma still around, CNY is much more merrier; cousins coming back and everyone had the most happy get together gathering of the year. Well, guess everyone had grown up and lead their own life.

It was also Valentine day that day. 5 and I had a very simple Valentine's Day. We went to McD, he had an Oreo and I had a vanilla sundae. Simple, yet sweet. :)

Second day of CNY: Relatives coming back to TI. It was suppose to a merry situation but somehow unhappy stuff happen. Feuds happens at the paternal side since paternal grandma passed away 5 years ago. I do not know why, but I guess status and wealth do have something to do with that. Somehow, someone managed to fix the condition.

At night, went to YL's house to had our annual "meeting". Well, we'd established this culture since 3 years ago. A get together to discuss what we'd done all year long, our future planning and how we missed each other. :) Since last year, we had done some "movie" production in which we made fun of ourselves. :)Click here for 2009 Ip Man version of ours and for our 2010 production "Tangkap Basah".

Third day of CNY: Had dim sum with third aunty and family and fifth uncle at dad's favourite dim sum restaurant. The restaurant was jam packed with people and mum had to become the"waitress". She says if you want to have your dim sum fast, do self service instead waiting for others to serve you. Well, we do get discounts for mum's effort and it's CNY! Can get discount is really rare during seasonal time!

Night time, went to YL house again. We seems can't chat enough. Everytime meet also got a lot to talk about. And they say my "foul words scolding ability" had increased. =.= Well, everytime I meet up with them, vulgars words will come out from my mouth and it's only when I see them. It's not with the intention of scolding, it's somehow a way we communicate.

The "brothers".
Fourth day of CNY: Youngest aunt treated everyone to a lunch at Sechuan seafood restaurant. Didn't do much thing that day.

Fifth day of CNY: Didn't remember much what I'd done that day but I know I had so much fun at YL house with our friends.

A "gay" act.
2 "corpse" YL & WK.
Sixth day of CNY: Went for a gathering at Poh Loong restaurant. Simple dinner with my lovely mates. :)

Lovely people. :)
Seventh and Eighth day of CNY: Busy helping mum to do preparation for the Ninth day celebration, the Jade Emperor Birthday.

"Huat Kuih".

"Ang Ku".

A sticky sweet rice thing.

Big, fat "Mi Ku".

Ninth day of CNY: Jade Emperor's Birthday celebration. Will do another post for this.

I think this is a super long post I'd written. Sorry for so little photos here Have a nice day! :)

Updates.

2010-03-01T02:48:00.002+08:00

It'd been a week since last post. Had been busy after the CNY week. Mid term exams are queuing in a row. T.T

Will do a proper post after the exams.

Days before Chinese New Year.

2010-02-18T03:04:00.007+08:00

Was back in Teluk Intan on Thursday (a day earlier than scheduled due to 5's tooth pain). Sis and bro drove to Kampar to fetch us. Journey was OK with exception my sis looked so terrified (my bro's driving) and keep yelling (for no reason).

After dropping 5 at his home, we went back home. My jaws dropped when I saw my house. Wah...look like Christmas tree. Decorative lights were hanging all over the porch and there's one special section I would like to show you...

This was deco by my sis. Quite nice.

Part of my house's CNY deco.

New Lantern.

Mum was asking sis to make BBQ "ba kua". Yes, we had homemade "ba kua" for CNY. :)

Later that night, I helped mum to do more decoration as I feel there's no enought deco yet. Lol.

Some of the ang pau I use. Love those ang pau from OCBC Bank. :)

The day before CNY, my family would held a "feast" for the Ancestors. Mum did that every 1st and 15th and the death anniversary of the family members.

Will blog about CNY celebration soon! Stay tuned! :)

BBQ with some foundation mates (10 February 2010).

2010-02-18T02:35:00.003+08:00

It was suppose to be a surprise BBQ session for Ee Ven since Li Jing planned to come Kampar a day earlier than scheduled. Surprise went smoothly as planned but I wasn't at the venue cause need to settle some assignment stuff.

Reached the BBQ venue at almost 9 p.m. And the timing was right! They just got the fire started. Woohoo! :)

It was a small gathering...Around 10 person. Though we're happy and chit chat that night. :)

Some food we had that night. Btw, the "grilled" bread tasted good!
Went home at around 12 a.m. cause we're too tired. Need to rest and went back to Teluk Intan the next morning. :)

Innovative Marketing Tools from Blue Ocean Strategy (7 February 2010).

2010-02-11T04:13:00.006+08:00

We attended the workshop last Sunday. Learned quite a lot from the workshop. We learned how to use Blue Ocean Strategy (BOS) in business.

Our facilitator, Mr. Kenth Teh.
First of all, we need to introduce ourselves. We need to tell out our name, place of origin, courses and...our plan in the next few years. It's fun to know other people's dream. :)

Someone introducing himself.
We then proceed on the modules and have break twice for tea and one lunch break. Mr. Kenth showed us a lot of videos in which the advertisements are using BOS in it. It's quite an eye opener. A case study for us is the Wii. It's interesting how Wii manage to use BOS in keeping its business running.

In the evening, we are split into 5 groups to do a case study. We need to choose in between 2 companies. Overall, my team done a very good job.

My team.
Lastly, we took a group photo. :)

Day ended with me more enriched with knowledge. :)

UTAR Kampar's Block H & Block G.

2010-02-11T03:41:00.011+08:00

Block H. It's the place where all my tutorial classes are held. This place looks better since it's still new.

Mummy looking so fierce.

Like this much better. :)

Puppy want to drink milk.

The siblings.

Cute pup.

These dogs are the "guards" at the block H cafeteria. They look so adorable! :)

Adjacent to block H is block G. Which is the library. Once you enter it, this will greet you.

Snowman God of Wealth a.k.a. Snowman Choy San.
The new library looks grand and professional but the books are quite out-dated. But, we got a super lake view from the library windows. Hehe.

Look nice right?

Then, there's this cafeteria at the underground of block G. The first time I went there I was being greeted by this...

Nice lake view. Taken this after rain.
Then this is my mate, L. Sian.

This is her work. =.=
I know it's one lame post. Just want to blog about it since I spend so much time at there. Chinese New Year is around the corner. Can't wait to go home. :)

Recap for January 2010.

2010-02-05T18:00:00.002+08:00

It's the 5th day of February. As I'd said in an earlier post, I've busy. Will be busy till mid March.

January was kind of happening.

I met with 5's extended family at his cousin bro's wedding. :)

Permed my hair. Love it!

Help mum make love letter a.k.a kuih kapit.

It's dad's and sis's birthday!

Dinner with family at our favourite restaurant. :)

Attended the HSBC Business Plan Writing Workshop.

Ate durians after like 2 years.

Dinner at Manhattan Fish Market (had been wanting this since long time ago). :)

and lastly...

Learned some new Internet Marketing stuff! Hehe... :)

OK. Gotta sign off now. Bye. :)

Hair Accessories & Cute Stuff from Watsons.

2010-01-31T23:36:00.005+08:00

Let's start with a picture of me. I love this pic. :)

Camera, Mirror & I.

I've been mentioning about the hair accessories which I bought at Mid Valley. Nice stuff. Here's the pictures of the accessories.

My new hair accessories. :)

The satin rose hair band. Had been seeking it for ages. This is love. :)

Hair clip for my curls. The first one is newly bought.

Knitted flower hair clip. :)

Mini hair clip. Good quality.

Hair bands from Black Queen.

The other day, I went to Watsons to buy eyeliner and mascara. And while at the counter, saw these cute phone straps on sale. :) Buy RM20 and you can purchase each with RM2.80. There's 4 to collect. And I bought all 4. :)

Minnie & Mickey!

Stitch & Pooh!

I know it's a lame post. And I feel like posing it cause the pictures looks nice. :) Anyway, it's the end of January 2010. Looking forward to February. Good night people. :)

Aidan & Amy's Wedding Dinner (23 January 2009).

2010-01-31T01:02:00.007+08:00

It'd been a week since I've updated my blog. It's been a busy week for me. Well, I attended 5's cousin's wedding last week at Equatorial Hotel. Nice wedding dinner with no uncles singing on stage, purely English songs playing on air. Probably the first Chinese wedding dinner with no Chinese songs played I attend.

Went to KL with 5's family by bus in the morning. That's why didn't get to go to the morning ceremony. Anyway, back to the dinner, there's cocktail an hour before the dinner. Get to talk around with some people there and had 4 glasses of orange juice.

Dinner is at 7.30 p.m. I'm at the same table with 5 and some of his cousins. Ambiance at the restaurant is good with the theme of cream and pink.

Nice ceiling lamp.

Table deco.

Here's some photos with the attendees.

With Caroline.

With the flower girl.

With Esther.

Comes to the food, it's not bad actually. Ate all the dishes except the prawns. Here's some of the food photos.

Oh, forgot to mention this. There a box containing 2 pieces of chocolates. Quite delicious I would say. A nice food to start the dinner. :)

Nice choc!

Didn't took much photos that day cause there's a bunch of professional photographers there so might just wait for their photos. Hehe.

After dinner, we waited for awhile at the restaurant to settle the bills etc and I came across this room which is quite nice.

After that, we leave the restaurant and went to the groom's house to had a little chit chat. Went back to 5's cousin's home to rest at 2 a.m.

A tiring night but it was a happy night. :)

New Hair Style!

2010-01-25T15:06:00.005+08:00

Yup! I curled my hair and it look fabulous! Love it so much. My hair ain't limp anymore. It has more volume now. :)

Home Sweet Home.

2010-01-23T01:58:00.009+08:00

Going back to Teluk Intan after "disappearing" for a month. Dad and Mum were so happy to see us. All their kids are back at home. :) It's approaching Chinese New Year and I suggest to Mum to do a round of "kuih kapit" (love letters) since I'll be "missing" again tomorrow. FYI, my mum make kuih kapit for sale and for gifts to relatives.

Bro starting the fire.
Sis take over from bro.
Sis preparing the mixture.
Me folding the kuih kapit.
Mum, the main chef.
We need to help mum fold the kuih kapit because she's busy with cooking the kuih. And it must be fold while hot. That's why I'm wearing gloves while doing this.

Patterns on the "folder".
Patterns on the "folder".
Later in the evening, 5 came over to my house to hand me the hair dryer diffuser and to cut his hair. The barber shop is just behind my house.

Cut was RM 5 only. Cheap and nice. After that, 5 went back to his home as he had dinner with his family. I also had dinner with my family as we want to celebrate Dad's birthday earlier. Had dinner at our favourite restaurant. Ordered Dad's favourite dish and a few other dishes.

Sizzling tofu.

Claypot "I-don't-know-what-it's-called".

Sour and Spicy Fish Head.

Salted Egg fried Chicken.

Marmite Chicken.

Dinner was great. Everyone was happy. :) Went back home after dinner and I promised to go out with 5, T. Hoe and Y. Ru. We went to cinema and watched Legion. Lame movie with lame storyline. Bad ending. Lol.

Legion.
After movie, went to buy Chee Cheong Fun for T. Hoe. Then passed by the newly renovated The Store. There's Georgetown White Coffee there. It's already 11.30 p.m. and the shop was about to closed. So, we just used the toilet there. Hehe.

Georgetown White Coffee.

Newly renovated The Store.

Since cannot yamcha there, we headed home. Need to rest as tomorrow I'll be attending 5's cousin wedding in KL. It's another happy day of mine. How about yours? :)

HSBC YEA Business Plan Writing Skills Workshop.

2010-01-23T00:59:00.007+08:00

Attended this workshop organised by HSBC at Center of Extension Education (CEE) UTAR Petaling Jaya.

Should be arriving at 8.30 a.m. but we arrived at 9.05 a.m. due to traffic jam. Upon arrival, we're require to sign our attendance and were given a file containing notes and a container with sweets.

Workshop was relatively boring (to me). Can be summarized as attending lectures from Marketing, Business Administration, Economics, Accounting and English for Business in 4 hours. Some participants dozed off and I know why they gave us sweets in the first place; they know we would fall asleep. :D

Some participants with the facilitator.
Workshop ended at 1 p.m. we get an attendance certificate. We're suppose to board UTAR bus back to Kampar at 6.30 p.m. which means we had 5.5 hours to spend. We decide to go Old Town to surf net and do some work (we had our laptop with us). It's quite boring sitting there as the atmosphere there is noisy and uncomfortable.

5 playing Red Alert 3.
Bus started its journey back to Kampar 6.30 p.m. sharp. Reached Kampar at 9.30 p.m. Ask a friend to fetch us and we had dinner together. Dine for an hour and headed home. Take a bath and then, dozed off. I'm so tired that day. Nevertheless. another experience I had in my life. :)

Sunday Dim Sum and Durians! :)

2010-01-20T06:21:00.005+08:00

Went for a dim sum session at 12 p.m. at Concorde Hotel. We're invited by 5's aunt, Karen who came back for a visit from Germany. All 5's relatives (paternal side) who's living in KL were all present there. Well, some sort like I'm meeting his extended family members. 5 and I were seated with some of Aunt Karen's friends. It actually feel quite awkward as we do not know who they are. Gradually, we warmed up with them and a blast, chatting and giggling throughout the session. :)

Dim sum at Concorde are awesome! Prices for dim sum is reasonable as on average every table (there are 4 tables) costs around RM250. And it comes with free dessert (either red bean soup or sea coconut). :D

Didn't took much photos as I said earlier, I'm too busy talking! Haha...Well, glad to know some new friends there too. :) Dim sum session ended at 2.30 p.m. And I don't even realised that everyone was ready to go home. Too "concentrated" talking. Haha.

Well, that night after dinner, we had some durians. RM10 for a few small sized durians. The flesh were OK. Acceptable. And I learned that if you use "durian water" to wash your hand, the smell of durian will vanished. And it true. :) Another thing I learned is use the durian husk to drink salt water. It'll helps eliminate heat from body. :)

Durians!
p/s: Just woke up from sleep. It'd been a tiring day yesterday. Will blog about the HSBC Business Plan Workshop soon! :)

Friday (15 January) Outing.

2010-01-18T00:49:00.009+08:00

Yay! We went for an outing last Friday. The main purpose ain't to go shopping but to settle 5's PTPTN loan documents. Start journey from Shah Alam at 10.30 a.m. and arrived at KL Sentral at 11.30 a.m. We're suppose to meet with some friends there and go to Damansara Heights (PTPTN office is at there) together.

While waiting for them to arive, we had a quick breakfast at Subway.

Our set.

Spicy Italian.
This is the first time we try Subway sandwich. Very healthy and fulfilling. The salami is nice! But a bit expensive though.

Friends arrived at 11.50 a.m. Went straight to the bus/taxi stop to get taxi to PTPTN building. We're quite surprised that the taxis there are using coupon system instead of meter system. And we need to pay RM15 for 1 taxi (we're getting 2 taxis because there's 5 person).

Reached Damansara Heights at 12.10 p.m. We quickly rushed to the related counter and hoping it haven't been closed yet. And Yes! It haven't closed! *relieved*

Procedure was fast and everything is settled within 30 mins.

Signing document.

This is where all PTPTN contracts are stored.
After finishing the PTPTN stuff, we need to go back to Sentral to catch train to Times Square. As we came down from the building, we realised there's no taxi available there. We asked the guard there and they say we need to walk to the nearby taxi/bus stand. Our friends leave on a taxi. 5 and I waited and waited for a taxi to come by but it didn't. So, we catch Rapid KL. Cheaper and got free entertainment inside the bus. :)

Reached KL Sentral at around 1.30 p.m. We cancelled our plan to Times Square. Instead, we went to Mid Valley. It's just RM1 from KL Sentral to Mid Valley. Walked around and around and around. Buy nothing. Haha.

Went on to have late lunch at Delicious. Foods were awful and expensive. Totally not worth the price we paid.

Spaghetti with Corned Beef and Chili Padi.

Beef Burger.
After lunch, went walking around again and we decided to have a movie. Watched Tiger Woohoo. Local made production starring MyFM DJs and Astro stars. A hilarious movie but at the same time introducing us the Tiger Dance. You've listen often of Lion and Dragon dances, but you may not had listen that there's Tiger Dance before right? Well, it a good film. I love the way the angles are being captured. Nice. Recommended to all. :)

The film poster.

And there's this cute Tiger dolls featured in the film. Super cute! Thinking of getting a set of it.

Cute!

Super cute!

All I managed to shop at Mid Valley is a couple of hair accessories. Found this stall opposite Nando's selling handmade hair accessories. So nice. Will post the photos soon.

We leave Mid Valley and headed to Subang Parade via KTM. Need to go Subang Parade and ha d a little walk around before someone came and pick us back to Shah Alam. Tiring day and super enjoying ourselves. :)

p/s: Went for Dim Sum session with 5's relatives at Concorde Hotel and durians as desserts after dinner. Will blog about it tomorrow. :)

Dining at Manhattan Fish Market.

2010-01-12T19:58:00.008+08:00

Last Saturday, went to Subang Parade to dine at Manhattan Fish Market.

Manhattan Fish Market.
Ambiance is good. A bit crowded though. 5 had been telling me that Manhattan Fish Market's food taste great. So, had been longing to dine there since he told me. :)

We came with a family of 4. Prices are above average but I think it's OK for dine in once awhile. As you know from the restaurant name, all foods are with fishes. Yummy yum!

We ordered the foods and it takes quite a long time to be delivered to our table. Maybe because of too many customers. Well, food ain't disappointing. Enjoy our meal there. :)

Below are the "fishy" foods and drinks we had.

Chocolate Shake.

Vanilla Shake.

Fish and Chips.

Herb Fish with Rice.

Kids meal.

Salmon with Rice.

Foods are yummy! Writing this makes me drooling for it. :)

That's all for today's post. Will blog again next time. :)

Greetings from KL.

2010-01-04T23:38:00.002+08:00

Had been in KL for a week now. Uhm...no particular interesting in this week except learned some new stuff. Will update with new things soon. :)

Year 2009 Recap & 2010 Resolution.

2010-01-01T02:38:00.004+08:00

It had been a year of joy and sorrow.

I gain a lot, and I lose a lot.

I make new friends, I lost some friends.

So many things happened in 2009. Will highlight only a few important incidents here.

I learned how to make money online and receive our first cheque from Google. :)

My siblings came over to Kampar and stayed with me there. :)

We are together for 4 years plus. :)

Had a happy couples retreat to Malacca in December. :)

I took up Yoga. :)

I attended a friend's wedding. :)

I joined the HSBC Young Entrepreneurship Award competition.
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I lost James, my best friend in November. :(

All these helps me in making myself stronger, more in the aspect of emotion. The biggest impact on me would be James. I still miss him. His death had me thinking a lot.

Now, I'm in year 2010. Ten years after millennium. Another chapter of my life. Many experiences and adventures awaits me. I shall brave through them all.

My resolution for year 2010 would be making my internet business working as soon as possible. Can't wait for it to happen :) Besides, I want to win the HSBC Young Entrepreneurship Award competition. :)

That's all for tonight. Wish you guys Happy New Year and enjoy your holiday! :)

p/s: My team had qualified for the second round in the HSBC Young Entrepreneurship Award competition. Another step closer to winning. :)

Wildlife Park Trip (30 Dec 2009).

2009-12-31T22:43:00.008+08:00

We went straight to KL from Malacca for some purposes. Rest for a night and we're going to visit the Wildlife Park at Sunway. The kids were excited. :D So nice seeing them enjoying themselves petting those animals and running around.

We enter the park at 3 p.m. And the animal show starts at 3 p.m. too. So, we watched the animal show, watching parrots and raccoon performing.

Parrot doing a trick.

The animal show lasted for 20 minute. After that, we jumped into the train truck for a ride around the park.

There are a few section in the park. And at each section you can see different animals. Here's some animals that we get to see.

As soon as we finish the park trial, the rain starts to pour. So, we take shelter at the petting area. Kids was having so much fun petting those animals. Seems like the animals already immune to touching by people. The do not show any response. Lol.

Saw a family taking photo with the white monkey.
We stayed at Sunway for the Night Safari. Had dinner at Wong Kok Char Chan Teng. Erm...food was so-so. Went into night safari at 9pm. Had some fun there.

Merry-go-round.

Fun fair stall.

It's a fun day. Will explore other parts of Sunway next time. Another hour to year 2010. Happy New Year! :)

Malacca Trip (27 Dec - 29 Dec 2009).

2009-12-30T23:53:00.012+08:00

Yup! I'm back from my Malacca trip yesterday. Overall, great trip indeed. Get to meet up with W.Kuun and Y. Lee along with their girlfriends.

Day 1

Reached Malacca from Teluk Intan at 1 p.m. W. Kuun and Grace were waiting for us at the bus terminal. Coincidentally, Y. Lee and C. Mei arrived at the same time from Johor Bahru. :)

First, we check in to the hotel. Though it's a budget hotel, it's room and service are good and we had free buffet breakfast for the 2 mornings.

Our hotel.
After that, we went for late lunch at the famous chicken rice ball shop.

Chicken Rice Balls with side dishes.
After lunch, went to tourist attraction areas like A Famosa and Red Fort. It was a relaxing evening as we stroll along the area and watched sun set. :) Pictures below were favourite shoot of mine.

A Famosa.

Bangunan Memorial.

The Fort.

Stadhuys.

Below are some candid pictures we took. :)

The couples.

C. Mei & Y. Lee.

Grace & W. Kuun.

At night, we went to the famous Jonker Street. Basically, it's a night market which stretched for about 1 km. There's a lot of stuff on sale like shirts, souvenirs and food. Jonker Street is famous for its food too. And they are selling fast too!

Jonker Street.
Didn't take any photos at Jonker Street because I'm busy awing and looking at stuff. Also, there's 2 row of shops selling stuffs too. Want to find shops selling Nyonya kebaya but all of the shop already closed. :(

Day 2

Our plan is to go to the A Famosa Water World. Everyone woke up at 7.30 a.m. to have breakfast. Then, we start our journey to there by W. Kuun's car. It took around 1 hour to reach there from the hotel. Didn't took any photos as we're playing in the water and I don't want to spoil my camera. Spend around 3 hours playing there as there aren't many extreme water activity there.

After packing, we went back to the hotel to have a short break. Then we went to Dataran Pahlawan and Mahkota Parade to walk around before heading to Sibaraku Teppanyaki Restaurant at Mahkota Parade, Food was good. Serice was good. And all the cooks are handsome! Price is reasonable too. Dine there for around 2 hours before heading to the cinema at Dataran Pahlawan. Dataran Pahlawan and Mahkota Parade are situated opposite of each other.

5 and I watched Avatar while the others watched Zombieland. I won't say Avatar is a great movie though. Storyline is normal. Great graphics and imagination. A it lengthy in my opinion. According to the other 4 persons, Zombieland sucks. They say, "Don't watch it!".

After movie, it's already 12.30 midnight. Somehow, we haven't got to taste the famous satay celup. So, we went for satay celup. In my opinion. satay celup is best eaten with white fluffy bread as you can taste the flavour of the satay sauce.

Malacca's most famous satay celup shop.

The satay sauce.

Day 3

Woke up at 9 a.m. to have breakfast. Body was aching as an effect of running, playing and screaming too much. Haha. After breakfast, we went back to the room to pack our stuff and check out. After that, went to the jetty. It's located next to Holiday Inn. It's a nice place. We went to a restaurant and sat there for a hour while sipping delicious chocolate shake.

Then, we went for Nyonya cuisine at a restaurant. The otak-otak, steamed fish and seaweed soup are delicious! The fish was steamed with salted vegetable and the seaweed soup have a lot of additional ingredients in it. Sambal kangkong was so-so and the cendol was delicous! Full of coconut milk flavour! Yum!

Our Nyonya dishes.

W. Kuun's face after eating spicy food.

After lunch, we headed to the bus terminal as we need to catch our bus to Kuala Lumpur. It was a fun and memorable trip. Will try to organise this type of trip more often in the future.

p/s: I'd just come back from Wildlife park and Night safari in Sunway. Nice trip. Will blog about it tomorrow. Shall rest now. Good night! :)

The Many Colours of Leaning Tower.

2009-12-27T04:39:00.008+08:00

Last night went to the town to shop for something and spotted that the Leaning Tower there is having Mini Cooper exhibition. Interesting. So, 5 & I went over to have a look.

Then, I noticed that the Leaning Tower had a lot of colours that changed every few seconds. Very beautiful!

Purple.

Magenta.

Orange.

Yellow.

Green.

Cyan.

Blue.

Pink.

It's so breathtaking. Got to do some packing now. Going to vacation in 2 hours' time! Bye. Happy holiday! :)