Life of Being Myself

Out With The Old, In With The New

2010-12-30T23:23:00.000-08:00

Today, 31 Dec 2010,
the end of 2010,
heading to 2011.

Looking back on 2010,
try to remember what I have done.
Was utterly useless this year.
Failed badly acedmically,
and was anti-social as well this year.

So, this coming new year,
will have turn back like I was back in 2009.
And will challenge myself more like I did back in 2009!!!

New year resolution:
->graduate!!!!
->slim down
->get my dream camera

and there goes the list...
ho ho ho...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Eating @ The General Practitioner

2010-12-30T22:10:00.000-08:00

Went to have dinner at The General Practitioner on the 27th Sept.

This restaurant was a long standing restaurant in Wellington.

The outermost of the restaurant was vintage,

however, every time I pass by it, it never fail to capture me attention.

Finally, I've gotten a chance on trying its dinner menu,

along with the same gang,

Me, Mossy, Nicole and LP.

Had a very huge misunderstood during that day.

Days before, the 4 of us actually decided to have dinner at another place called White House,

however, after LP got back home,

me, Mossy and Nicole suddenly changed our plan to the GP, instead of WH.

So, what happened was that none of us remember to update LP about the change of plan,

and somehow, LP double check with the time with us on the very day,

yet, none of us remember to let him know the change of place.

So, LP ended up in the White House,

and the rest of us went to GP.

LOL

While waiting for LP to come over to GP from the White house,

the 3 of us played with the camera for a bit,

taking pictures of the interior,

taking pictures of us...

After finished SS'ing,

we finally sat down quietly and looked at our menus.

We waned to wait for LP together to order our dishes,

but we are too hungry,

so we ordered an entree and our mains.

The dishes turned out to be above average,

but my dish was the best of all,

it was the Confit Duck Leg,

roasted and served on potato roast with pickled red cabbage and cranberry chutney.

Mossy had venison,

it was quite good, but not as superb as White House's venison.

Nicole had the Lamb Rump,

it was roasted Canterbury lamb served with potato gratin, savoy cabbage sauté with butter and black pepper.

LP had the Beef Fillet,

char grilled 200g steak served with café de paris butter and hand cut chips.

The entree we ordered was Salt and Pepper Squid,
served on pickled cucumber with chilli jam.

The GP had only limited main dishes. GP does more wines and spirits than doing mains.

There are huge selections of wines in GP.

~The outer view of GP~

~ The wall of "fame", if you are there, take a close look on those pictures, tells a lot of stories~

~Trophies once hunted!~

~Dining tables~

~Our entree~

~Lamb rump~

~Confit Duck Leg~

~Venison~

~Beef Fillet~

Mom.....

2010-10-14T14:10:00.000-07:00

Found another great piece of article from FB...

‎6 years : Mom knows everything! ~

8 years: Mom knows a lot! ~

12 years: Mom really doesn't know everything! ~

14 years: Mom knows nothing! ~ 16 years : Mom, what mom? ~

18 years : Mom is outdated! ~

25 years : Maybe Mom knows! ~

35 years : Before deciding, let's ask Mom! ~

45 years: I wonder what Mom thinks!~

75 years:... I wish Mom was here to ask..!

Well, I never thought of m mum was out dated....

In fact, I always go to my mum to ask for every piece of advice I could get from her...

I miss my mum now...

Nervous

2010-10-11T19:07:00.001-07:00

very nervous now....
test in less than 2 weeks time...
yet, still dun feel like studying....
die hard....

A Wake Up Call~

2010-10-06T03:59:00.000-07:00

Came across this article in FB,
and stuck me hard,
thus sharing with all those that read my blog:

記住25條了，你就成熟了

1、遇到不想回答的問題：直視對方的眼睛，微笑、沈默。

2 、走路抬頭挺胸，心情不好時，不想跟人招呼，點頭微笑，逕直走過。

3 、請記得：好朋友的定義是，你混的好，他打心眼裡為你開心，你混的不好，他由衷的為你著急。

4 、做自己的決定，然後準備好承擔後果。從一開始就提醒自己，世上沒有後悔藥吃，而我永遠有個 B計劃。

5、自己分內的事情，努力做到一百分。

6 、接受自己不過是個"小小的我" ，但眼裡要能夠悅納"大大的世界" 。

7、如果你真的喜歡一個人，就給他自由。如果他能回到你身邊，他就是你的，如果他沒有回來，那他也永遠不屬於你。

8 、不要試圖給自己找任何藉口，錯誤面前沒人愛聽那些藉口。

9 、不要隨意發脾氣，誰都不欠你的。

10 、不說謊話，因為總有被拆穿的一天。

11 、別低估任何人。

12 、你沒那麼多觀眾，別那麼累。

13、過去的事情可以不忘記，但一定要放下。

14 、別人說的記在腦袋裡，而自己的，則放在心裡。

15 、社會是有等級的，很多事不公平，別抱怨，因為沒有用。

16 、你永遠沒有你自己想像中那麼重要。

17 、錢能解決的問題統統不叫問題。

18 、無論何時說"我愛你"，請真心實意，無論何時說"對不起"，請看著對方的眼睛。

19、永遠不要以貌取人，慢慢地說，但要迅速地想。

20 、找點時間，單獨呆會兒。

21、不是自己的東西不要，就是再喜歡也不行，要懂得放棄。

22 、不要覺得是生活虧欠了你，其實是我做的努力不夠。

23 、努力向前，再努力向前，再努力一下下，願望就會實現！

24 永遠沒有堅持到底的失敗，也不會有半途而廢的成功。

25 三人行必有我師，沒有人會比你弱，好學、上進的心態。多問問自己："我努力了沒有？

Happy birthday!! 盈小姐！

2010-10-03T16:31:00.000-07:00

This post is dedicated to 盈小姐,
wishing her a happy birthday,
wishing her all the best things that could happened to her!!

You know who you are when I say 盈小姐,
ha ha ha,
sadly this year cannot bring you to play around in KK,
will compensate you when I got back ya?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Turoa Ski Trip - Ohakune 22-24.09.2010

2010-10-01T16:10:00.000-07:00

The long awaited ski trip has arrived!!! Only 4 of us went. Me, mosquito, Nicole and LP. We rented a car for our trip, it's a Nissan, but of what series i don't remember. This car.... sigh... it's a station wagon, but only 1.5cc.....every time going up to any steep mountain, or even some slope, this car totally power less, max I step on the accelerator only reach 50kmh. Was so afraid there will be police stopping me and saman me.....

We rented the car a day before we head up to Mount Ruapehu. First thing after I've gotten the car, I headed straight to Nicole's place to help her to move her stuff. After stuffing all her stuff in the car (small note: it's only half of the belongings Nicole had), we headed to Reagal for yum cha. Had some really nice BBQ pork bun, some congee, then take some "left over" for mossy.

(p/s: not really left over though, we specially put those aside for some, but once we put every thing into a container it looked really like we "da pau" left over for her.)

After yum cha, me and Nicole went back to my place to put her stuff into my room (she'll be moving in to stay in the same building with us once we got back from the trip). Unloading the stuff from the car didn't take us too long, Mossy was amazed by the amount of stuff Nicole could have, and after I told her that was just half of what had been moved form her place, she was speechless.

We then went to Yan's supermarket for groceries shopping, to buy stuff that we needed to bring for the trip. Then after done all the groceries, we drive up to LP's house to get his stuff.

LP stayed a night at our place, and the whole night, me and Mossy keep threatening him that we will zip up his sleeping bag and then throw him over the corridor fencing down to the grass part in our place. LOL...

The next day early morning, we woke up around 6.30 am like that, washed up ourselves, then, need to go get Nicole from her place. After getting her, TIME TO HIT THE ROAD!!!!!

~On our way to Palmy~

~ This bay is breath taking, too bad the weather not too nice to photo taking~

~Me, the designated driver for the whole trip~

~Flocks of sheeps you can see all the way~

The weather wasn't too promising on our way, an was raining on parts of the road. All four of us chatted happily along the trip. We first had a pit stop in Palmerston North to rest a bit and grab a breakfast. Then went over to i-site to see which exit to take to Mt. Ruapehu. After filling up the fuel, we once again set off!!!

~On our stop at Palmy, looking at The Square~

~One of those breath taking views taken on our way~

It didn't take us long till we reach our destination, the road sign was super clear and road condition was superb. Not much car on our way, probably because it's Sunday and people are heading back to their home. We managed to steer on the right path, except that I've over shoot a bit on the exit 49 towards Ohakune. Made a safe u-turn from a nearby housing area and turn back into exit 49. We drove another 40 min once we turn into the exit 49, then finally, we reached!!!!!

~Ohakune, the huge carrot behind was the landmark of that place!~

We turn in to the huge carrot to take photo, before we head straight to the lodge we booked. We were very excited by the huge carrot, and I even make fun of it that it was my ancestor and I originated from there. it took us nearly 30 min just to have fun over there. And I even took out the carrot we brought with us to the trip and compared it with the giant carrot.

~Me, the real carrot, and the giant carrot~

After having fun with the carrot, we finally head to the lodge. On our way to the lodge, LP sudden said that his cover for his camera has gone, we ask him where he lost it, and he said he put it on the car while we were having fun with the carrot. We had to head back to the huge carrot, and found out that it was on the road side, not far away from the carrot.

~The lodge that we stayed for 3 nights~

We head straight to the office of the lodge to check in ourselves. The manager then showed us our room and the surroundings. There were drying room for us if we to dry the ski equipment, there was a washing machine (which comes in VERY convenient on our second day), and a SPA POOL (we didn't tried that though). The room we booked was very nice, comes with 2 rooms, a living room with an open kitchen, and a bathroom. The unit was well kept, and most importantly, it's CLEAN!!!! The rates was not too bad, NZ$ 230 per night.

We unpacked our stuff, then started to make our dinner. The 1st night dinner was hotpot, and was a spicy hotpot! We had thin slices of lamb, some assorted stuff specially for hotpot, surimi (crab stick), tao pok, mushroom and pork ball (mossy's personal favourite).

~The spicy hotpot~

In the middle of the dinner, me, Mossy and nicole were so full, that we decided to go have a walk around the lodge. When we headed outside, the sun was setting. The scene there, my god, was really nice. The sky color during sun set, really can't describe it.

~ Sun set, taken just out side of our lodge~

~Some nice tree with unknown flower~

After dinner, we rested a bit and was thinking what to play. We decided to play "chor dai di" (a.k.a. Big 2). Nicole doesn't know how to play, so we thought her. Who would have know that Nicole learned so fast that she won for a few times. During the game, we had some wine. It was a Yalumba rose, a mixture of white and red. The taste was not bad.

~Us, playing Big 2 ~

We went to bed around 1 am. We were very loud throughout the whole game. Thank god that there were no resident next to us...

Me and Nicole woke up 9 am in the morning and prepare breakfast. Made a wonderful English big breakfast, with toast, sausage, scramble eggs,bacon along with coffee and tea.


~Our big breakfast~

We took our time to enjoy our breakfast, and only start getting out from the lodge around 11.30 am. We headed down to the i-site to check if there were anything interested around there. Finally we decided to visit the Viaduct and the waterfall. We went to visit the viaduct 1st, as it was nearer to us. We park our car at the near by motel and start walking to the Viaduct.

Never came across us was that the walk towards Viaduct was more a jungle trekking, so we didn't dressed properly for it. Me and Mossy were still alright, we wore our usual Timberland. LP still not too bad, he wore his sport shoe. Nicole was the most unlucky, she wore the shoe that was for snow. So, the whole trip was so slippery for her, and she even fell down on our way back to the car.

When we started out to the Viaduct, the weather was pormising and was very nice. Who knows, half way from our way back to the car after visiting the Viaduct, IT RAINS!!!! Not only it rains, it also rained hails!

Little History of the Viaduct

The Viaduct was build to connect Auckland and Wellington in the past.

Before steam engines were invented,

people had to rely on animal power or their own power to travel to and fro Auckland and Wellington.

Revolution of the industries and science helped human to travel from Auckland much faster.

Year 1000 - took birds 12 hours to travel

Year 1600 - took Maori 2 weeks to travel on foot

Year 1850 - took the 1st Europeans 1 week to travel on horseback

Year 1870 - needed 3 days of travel by coastal ship

Year 1906 - 3 days were needed to travel by train and coach when the old coach road were open

Year 1908 - only 1 day was needed to travel by train

Now - takes 8 hours to travel by car

Now - takes 90 min to travel by plane

~ Taken at the Viaduct~

~ On our way to visit the Viaduct~

~ "Nicow" crossing~

~Us, taken on our way to the Viaduct~

~Up close on cow~

~Signs showing us how far we are from the Viaduct~

~The Viaduct~

We did not get to visit the water fall, as I told them that we needed to reach home before sunset (because that day was the hungry ghost festival). After reaching home, it's LP's turn to cook us dinner, and we had Japanese hotpot - Sukiyaki.

Then after the dinner, Nicole suggest to start playing Big 2 again. This game was so interesting is that, LP only won 2-3 time throughout the whole game, and I kept winning!! Heh heh....

~Japanese hotpot, Sukiyaki~

After the game, we went to bed. The next morning, we had the same breakfast as well. Then we headied to Turoa Ski Field after we were all prepared.

Before we reach the chaining zone, the mountain road was nice and easy. After the chaining zone, my god, the road were so steep and narrow, and the visibility was only 2 meters ahead. I was so so so careful while driving up the mountain. No one in the car dared to talk also, cause at one point of the road, the car was literally at the side of the cliff, with no safety bar and only 1 meter of dirt of the road. But any how, we made it safely to the ski field!!!!!

We lingered around the ski field before purchasing our passes to the ski field. Mossy and LP signed up the beginners, and me and Nicole went purchase the normal passes.We had so much fun skiing. I stopped skiing quite early because the ski boots were killing me, and it actually bruised my leg. So I took the liberty to take photos of them at the near the ski lift, and get to throw snow on them! LOL.

While I was happily throwing snow on them, I kena snow myself, but not from them, was from the staff operating the ski lift near by. After every one finished skiing. we done something we planned on doing since we were kids, SNOW FIGHT!!! It was awesome, and guess what, all three of us victimized LP... Ha ha ha...

~On our way to the ski field~

~Scene on our way to ski field~

~The road after the chaining zone~

~Covered in snow~

~Snow man made by Mossy~

~The cafe lodge at the ski field~


~Me~

We headed back after skiing. All of us were so tired, we went to bed early after dinner. Sadly, that was our last night of the trip. The next morning, we started our journey back to Wellington around 10 am. We made a stop visiting the Army Museum at Waioru. The weather was superb on our way back and had not rained a single drop!!! We also made a pit stop in Palmy to grab our brunch, and tour around the city for a bit. We sent LP home 1st, then we continue to help Nicole to finish moving her stuff to our place, as she finally got a room in my place!! after moving, we went to New World to get our groceries, and to get as many as we could as we had the car. LOL!!!

~Me and the car we rented~

~The view of the mountain we skied~

~The Army Museum~

~LP's lunch~

~Mossy's lunch~

~Nicole's lunch~

~My lunch~

~Bear designed latte!~

Self Questioning~~~

2010-09-21T20:12:00.000-07:00

Why the heck did I take up Accy?

Why did I not retry my LLB?

Why why why?

I'm sitting here in the stupid computer area, with nice view outside the window,
nice weather outside,
but test in is another 2 hours,
been sittin ghere since 9 in the morning,
but nothing gone into my brain....

I'm totally screwed for this paper!!!

Test, exam and assignment

2010-09-21T16:56:00.000-07:00

Why is it that every time my test and assignemnt there must be event and festival?

Hish,
This year,
3 years 4 years in a row that I have not celebrated Mid-Autum with my family,
miss them dearly,
missed the food my mum always cook for this festive,
misses the moon cakes....
miss playing candle with my sis,
pretending that we were cooking with the candle,
and miss the most is burning down the laterns once we have done with it.....

Miss jokes from my dad,
miss nagging from my mum,
misses every thing there back in KK,
miss every one back there,
and come to think of it,
I think there are more than 7 years that I have not celebrated with my granny.....
Misses her dearly.....

Miss celebrating every festive with my family....
miss every thing back there...
miss my car, my dog and my super comfy room....
miss my entertainment there, the 50 inch plasma tv....
miss the piano.....

sigh.....

What Ang Mohs Can Do Funny Stuff with Asian Food

2010-09-12T16:55:00.000-07:00

There is this group of ang mohs, came in and sat at the table near the kitchen. I've taken the order from the table and also served them with their drinks. Their entree was going on quite smooth, but something funny happened to them when Mosquito served them their mains.

There is this lady who had ordered a Hainanese Chicken Rice for her main, and sitting right next to her there is this old lady. This Hainanese Chicken Rice of ours, we served it in 3 portion, one plate is the garlic rice, one plate is the chicken, and a small bowl of broth. So.... Mosquito served the lady that order the Hainanese Chicken Rice, as well as the rice and the broth.

Then the next thing happened, the old lady go DIPPED her fingers into the broth, thinking that the broth was a hand washing bowl.... =.= (That soup was actually very hot!!)

The whole table jacked up laughing like mad upon the finger dipping. LOL... i wonder did she not seen the steam from the bowl? And the water wasn't clear enough to be served as a hand washing bowl!!! Man.....

And i ever gotten questions that sounded like this:

Customer: Hi ya, I would like to order a Hainanese Chicken Rice.
Me: Sure, no prob

Then served him/her their main...

Customer: Erm, excuse me...
Me: Yes, can I help you?
Customer: (Looking at his/her Hainanese Chicken Rice) How do you actually eat this thing?
Me: ........ Er, you just eat it?

LOL, what you expected me to say? The chicken wasn't even an unchopped whole chicken, was already been chopped up nicely, just use your fork and spoon and your mouth to eat!! What you expect? A French Cuisine?!

Procrastination to the MAX!!!!!

2010-09-08T19:25:00.000-07:00

Procrastination is always my biggest enemy.... I like to leave things to the last minute... I dunno why... Been abandoned this blog for quite a while.... have not been updating ti for ages... probably because nothing much exciting stuff happen to me, except that Sam has finally come to NZ.

A lot of people had come and gone, in and out of my life... Sudden realisation that, I actually don;t have much friends.... Well, except those that are close with me like Nicole, Niyo, Kartik and such. But by the end of this year, Nicole and Kartik will be going back home...

Was always wondering myself, should I be more active in making new friend. Indeed all my friend said that I'm friendly, but this year i found that I'm seriously lack of enthisiastic in doing every thing... Screwed up my last semester... need to to summer course to compensate it.....

Sigh.....

CNY Beijing Trip 14-20/2/2010

2010-09-08T19:12:00.000-07:00

This year's CNY was a bit differnt, iunstead of staying back in KK rottting, we decided to plan another family trip to China!!! Well, that was just two months apart from outr Japan trip...

We were bound to fly on the 13th of February, which was the midnight of the CNY eve. We still had our reunion dinner, but the portion was a bit lesser than we normally will prepare, because we will be going to China for a 6 days 6 night trip.

After the dinner, we cleaned up every thing and preparing to go to the airport. Not a rush for us because our house is only 10 min away from the KKIA, and my parents still get to play mahjong with uncle and aunty lee wah them all....

But I had to leave early, because I'm the tour leader for this tour. But to be honest, nothing much needed to be done this time because this tour only consist 2 family and a total of 10 peopel including me... Wa ha ha ha ha... Yet, I still have to go to the airport early to get things done, such as issuing ticket and stuff like that.

While checking-in, I saw Yunn, coincidently she's a tour leader as well for Eddie, and was bringing tour to Taiwan. I laughed at her, cause I knew her mum would make noise since that she need to bring tour on the CNY eve and throughout the whole CNY... Then we gossiped a little, about some other's company's trouble on the last few trip to Japan...

Then, boarding time. As usual, we took Korean Air to China, but needed to transit in Korea for 2 hours.

~ Me and Sam ~

~ Street View~

~ Another Street View ~

~ Restaurant that we had our 1st lunch in CNY ~

~ Unexpectedly found a vegetable that wtill had its root ~

~ Street view from the restaurant ~

~ The Bank of China ~

~Some tall buildings~

~ It was so cold that the river freezes over~

~ Pity the dog, its back got dyed with PINK~

~Photo taken from the hill entrance where it overlooked the whole Forbidden City~

~ Us and the Forbidden City~

The rest of the photos are too many to post it up, if anyone interested, feel free to go to my Facebook to check out the pictures....

CNY Trip to Beijing Part 1
CNY Trip to Beijing Part 2

Japan Trip 18-25.12.2009 - Foods

2010-09-08T07:33:00.000-07:00

Breakfast supplied by Korean Air

2nd Breakfast, also supplied by Korean Air

Chinese food in China Town... Taste: awful

Lunch.... Taste: Magnificent!!!

Luxury Dinner Set, the traditional dinner set, but now only commonly seen during wedding dinner of the Japanese

Portion looks small, but the staff keep filling us food and bringing in new dishes....

Had this lunch in a restaurant that produce magnificent plum product....

Udon that comes with the meal above...

One of the small dish....

Soup!!! inside was just plain water, chicken, some vegetable and glass noodle... Taste: superb!!!

Tempura....

SASHIMI!!!!! The taste of freshness, you really can't taste it in Malaysia~~~~

Another more common dinner set in Japan

Road side stall.... We get to taste the common night life in Japan... it is exactly those you saw in Japanese movie!!! we had a great supper there, and the bill was 6400 yen, equivalent to RM 260++

Ramen!!!!! Very very very very different taste... It's a must try if you get to go to Japan!!!

Christmas cake, was actually a black forest, the look is good, so does the taste, but it was around 6000 yen.... which is around 300 MYR~~~

Bird view of the cake

Dinner, provided by Korean Air as well.... It's called Ginseng Chicken, and inside it you can actually find pieces of ginseng!!!

Lunch Set!!!! could say the most "humble" meal throughout the tour...

1st night's dinner... don't think that the potion is small, the staff keep bringing in new dishes, and my god, all of us was bloated after the meal...

A simple lunch...

Dinner!!!!

Japan Trip 18-25.12.2009 - Place Visited & Street View Part 2

2010-08-08T16:20:00.000-07:00

One of the famous shrine in Kyushu. This house a rest place for the generals that visit the shrine. There are pebbles on the ground, this is to prevent there are ninjas getting near the house to assassinate the generals.

This is the staircase to the shrine. The generals and his family will stay a night in the house shown above before starting to pray in the morning.

The shrine

All the stalls were covered and was getting ready for their new years

This park wasn't in our schedule, but our tour guide brought us along as it is on our way to other place. And we had known from the local store owner, we are the 1st oversea tours that went to the park!!!

The natural water falls in the park

Vending machines that was just outside the local store

One of the famous hot spring in Japan

Scene inside of the hot spring park

Steams are every where in the hot spring park

Tour around the town. The white gases was in fact steams from the hot spring. The geographic of the town was so unique that, all the house hold were connected with the hot water from the hot spring. In other words, all the residents there literally had their own private hot spring connected to their house.

Sewerage cover found randomly on the street

Underground shopping street

An active volcano. We stopped by there for a pit stop rest, and on scene, the volcano was giving out a lot of dust smoke. Then the next day, our tour guide said that the local government had issued and warning that the volcano is once again active and may erupt in the possible future.

On a ferry cruise.... Feeding seagull was one of the attraction on the ferry cruise.

A famous castle in Sakurai Jima

A very nice a solid castle that was standing there since a few hundred years ago.

On a hill in Skurai Jima looking down to the town

On a hill in Skurai Jima looking down to the town

An active volcano just opposite the town of Sakurai Jima

At a central park in Sakurai Jima

A volcano in Mount Aso

On our way up to Mount Aso

Our room in Mount Aso, a quite commercialised hotspring. There was a lot of international tourist there.

Morning scene of the room. Looked like and igloo...

None the less, the famous Hard Rock Cafe in Fukuoka!!! Can't miss it!!!!

The hotel that was near the Hard Rock Cafe

The Fukuoka Dome, taken from my hotel room window. That night, there was a SMAP concert there in the dome, and we kinda suspected that we were staying in the same hotel with SMAP that night!!!!

Lol...

Japan Trip 18-25.12.2009 - Place Visited & Street View Part 1

2010-08-08T16:00:00.001-07:00

Finally, time to board the aircraft to JAPAN!!!!

Weeeeee~~~

So, still the usual, 5 hours to Seoul Inchoen, then transit to Fukuoka.... waited like 2 hours in Incheon... Not too bad also...

ha ha ha ha

Finally touched down in Fukuoka airport, even though I'm not the tour leader this time still got ordered by my mum to escort the 2 grandparent (not mine, but the others' tour members') out to the waiting hall through the Immigration check up 1st. Got through nicely, got picture snapped at the counter with finger printed on the screening pad (felt like an idiot though when the officer asked me to smile at the small camera in front of me)....

Then got my luggage, walk through the custom, and there goes... Always the hardest part, searching for the tour guide that had been assigned to my mum's company.... Luckily this time was easy because I came our quite early... Saw the guide and the driver as well, and out of politeness bow to them and introduce myself (man, should have asked mosquito to do that instead of me >:( )....

Then wait till all the tour members come out, we begin our Luxury Japan Trip in Fukuoka!!!!!!!

Touch down at Fukuoka International Airport

View on our way to Unzen....

Some old tradition house along the rural road

to Unzen

At Unzen, this hot spring is only specially

for soaking legs only...

Views outside the international airport

Miniature of pearl farm

tools of harvesting farm

types of pearl

River bank of the castle of some general (can't remember the name :P)

Small shrine on our way to the general castle

Decoration of a mall

Love bird of the season

the Family...

three sakais....

they din even tell me that a-wei was taking picture....

Hale!!! Hale!! was expecting snow though...

Hale on Bibi's head .....

Vending machine that sell ALL kinds of cigarettes...

On our way to Unzen.....

Rural Street View...

our hotel on the 1st day... the totally traditional Japanese style one...

room was decently sized

traditional dinner at the hotel, we get to dress up in yukata as well :)

as always, they sit together

Family photo, finally some snow .....

heard from the staff that it rarely snow in that area... Well, what can I say? Fukuoka welcomed us!!!!!!

Shop owners preparing to go home...

Lok's Family's style snow man.....

Street was empty, was just only 8.30pm at that time....

some closed shops....

snow covered the whole place after one night, was taken in the next morning when we woke up

Street view, just out side of our hotel....

Pachingko!!!! Went in, but don't get how the game was played, so come back out again

replicas of real food, it looks super real....

Japan Trip 18-25.12.2009 - Pre-departure

2010-01-25T08:35:00.000-08:00

Finally et to go to Japan!!! Mua ha ha ha ha.... Preparation need to be done... This time, as usual, going to Japan with family, and also A-wei.

All of us have to have documentation prepared before we can go apply for visa, However, just 10 days before we were suppose to fly off to Japan, our documentation got return by the Japanese embassy office in KK, reason was, because our passport was A xxxxxxxx, meaning that we are from A zone, we have to go back to A zone to submit our document. In which it meant, we have to go all the way back to KL to get the application done. And to make things stress, visa application takes up 5-7 working days....

So, to fix things right, I need to fly back to KL early morning. I took Air Asia bound to KL around 7.00 am, reached LCCT around 9.20am, then catch the express bus to KL Central and reach there 10.30 am. Luckily, my mum had sent some one to meet me and the Central, so i dun have to go all the way to Putera Jaya. Things gone good and every document was all checked by the guy who meet me and got every thing done by 11.00 am, so need to head back to LCCT. Then the next problem come! Cause in the morning I bought the ticket directly from the counter, so I wasn't able to buy a return ticket from there as well. So need to go back to LCCT to check the nearest flight that bound back to KK. Reach there around 12.30 pm, check with the counter, and guess wat? They told me that the next possible flight was the next day 6.00 pm. hell no I'm going to wait that long!!!!

So, i check if there are other flight in LCCT that fly to KK, and sadly, no. So, took an express bus to KLIA. Reach KLIA, they say there are flights that bound to KK, but need to be wait listed. so wait and wait and wait and wait..... and finally got the last flight back to KK at 7.30 pm.

Gosh, was so exhausted that day. Then we need to start packing. As usual also, I'm the one who organise everything... LOL...

4 days before we bound to fly to Japan, our visa is not back yet form Japan. All of us was stressed to the max, cause we were so anticipated to go to Japan. Then the next day, when me and A-wei and Mosquito and the 2 devil went for last time shopping to get all the things we needed to Japan, something happened! First, A-wei, Mosquito and A-bi were trying on a few pairs of jeans in F.O.S. Me and Mei2 went to toilet and came back while waiting for them to try on their garment, and both of us were so tired, that we decided to sit at a bench near the fitting room. Then suddenly, every thing went black. The whole shopping complex had lost its current.And so happenly 2 minutes before the black out, Mei2 went into the fitting room to kacau a-Wei. So once the black out, I heard Mei2 screamed. Then, all 4 of them came out quickly form the fitting rooms. We wanted to pay for the garment that we wanted, but turned out that there weren't even back up generators running, so the sales can't operate the cash register.

Then a-wei grew worried, and ask us to get out of the building as fast as possible. Once we got out from the building to the street, a-wei told us stories happened some of the shopping complex during black-out, which mostly involves with cold-blooded robbery. We can't leave as well because i've parked the car in the parking lot. So, we went to the near by McDonald for some light snacks and waited for the current to come back. During the wait, mum call me. That time, Mei2 was playing at the play land, Mosquito and A-bi went to toilet, so only left me and A-wei that time. In the phone, mum told me the phone was rejected. I was 1st quite shocked. Then, i found it was a bit strange, because it the visa not approved, she will sound very stressed, but her voice when she was talking to me was to joyful, at once i knew she was lying... LOL, then, mosquito knew bout the "lie" and me, a-wei and Mosquito decided to play the trick on a-bi and mei2. Should have look how disappointed the 2 devils were when we told them we are not going to Japan. They didn't even talk much on our way back home. We kept it so long until dinner, we told the 2 devils that it was just a prank, LOL, i never seen their face change so fast... LOL!!!!

Then, same prank played to my dad, but was done by my mum. Dad then phoned me to confirm the news, then only i reveal the prank, and he was shooting at me.... LOL... make him though that he can't go play snow....LOL....

~Creative luggage tag done by A-bi~

~Packed luggage waiting to go on board!~

KL Trip 02-06.12.2009 Part 4

2010-01-25T08:23:00.001-08:00

So, finally the second last day of the KL trip... We woke up quite early in the morning, had our break fast, then our last round of shopping, then head back to Seremban before 12 noon. We reach Seremban around noon, then dad drop us (except mei mei) to the hairdresser to get our hair done. Then we were ready for the wedding dinner.

During the dinner, Nai Nai sang a song specially for the newly wed, and our mischievous second aunt, again, ask all of us the grand children to go up to the stage to support her... LOL, we did went up, and made it look so much like Nai Nai is having her own concert...

Everyone was quite high and drunk that evening, and then we head back to the house around 10.30 p.m. Then the next morning, was the tea ceremony. The newly wed have to give tea to the older generation, and the younger ones get to get ang pau from the newly wed, which makes me a bit embarrassing, cause running from the groom, which was my cousin brother, i'm just after him in line, and of course, which makes me the "eldest" that takes ang pau from them... sigh....

After the tea ceremony, we have to rush to the airport to get the latest flight back to KK. Sigh, we were having great times together with the long time no see relatives. I wonder when will we be able to have this kind of gathering anytime soon in the future...

~The tea ceremony where groom gives tea to my mum~

~My dad's turn~

~My family with the newly weds~

~All of us supporting dad when he was up stage singing~

~My family, picture taken before the dinner starts~

~My parents, and my second aunt with her husband~

~Part of the cousins~

~Me and my cousin Emily and Jin Kai~

~Mosquito and Jin Kai~

KL Trip 02-06.12.2009 Part 3

2009-12-31T20:27:00.000-08:00

After NaiNai's birthday party, we head back down to city central and spend two nights there. When we reach the Dewan Perpustakaan, we had the taste of real traffic jam once more... LOL, while we were in the jam, dad keep nagging that KL is not suitable for inhabitant and stuff like that... then me and Mosquito start to remembering the past when ever we pass by our old school or buildings that brings back the memory...

We stayed 2 nights in KL at Royale Bintang. Hotel was quite good and clean. We only asked for one room, so the 6 of us have to cram into one twin share room... on the 1st day in KL, after we had leave all the luggage in the hotel room, we went straight to our old house to go see my granny, then, we brought her for lunch. After lunch, we went back to city centre. That night, we went to Jalan Alor to settle our dinner, mmmmm.... Yummy!!! Mosquito didn't come along because she 发瘟 again...

The next day, early morning we went back to Cheras to fetch granny to go to Klang Bak Kut Teh. We started the journey at 8.30 a.m., and only reaching there nearly 10.30 a.m. Not that the journey was far, but the traffic jam was horrible. Dad even make fun that this journey to Klang very long, we must sit and enjoy our food for 2 hours in order to make the time wasted on traffic jam worth while.... LOL... but we only used 45 min finished every thing....

Then we head back to Cheras to drop granny back home, then head to Majlis Perbandaraan to settle something. After that, we went back to hotel, rest a bit, then SHOPPING!!!! Mua ha ha ha ha.....

the rest of the day in KL we spent on shopping, shopping and shopping, and occasionally eating. I'm able to meet up with Nicole before I had to head back to Seremban....

~Escargot, a cheese baked French Snail @ The Ship~

~Klang Bak Kut Teh~

~The devils with granny~

~Waiting for the Bak Kut Teh, with mouth watering~

~Taken in the hotel room~

~Char Siu Bao!!!!~

~Curry Mee!!! And only West M'sia had the curry with clam,which is my favourite!!~

KL Trip 02-06.12.2009 Part 2

2009-12-31T11:34:00.000-08:00

After the 2 hours flight from KK to KL, mad another hour and a half to send A-Wei back to Puchong then coming back out then head straight to Seremban, we finally reach there!! When we reached the front gate, we saw NaiNai was standing out there (later on she explained to us that she just came back from the groom’s new house). After greeting her, all of us head straight into the house to put down our luggage. In there, we meet up with our long time no see second aunt (well, not for me, cause I’ve met her last year April when she went to wellington for a business trip). More greetings and hugging, then NaiNai suggested us all to go to the new house. It was only less then 5 min drive to the new house.

We went into the house and sit there do nothing. Then me, dad, mum and mosquito were too bored, and we start playing “Chor Dai Di”. Then I say my uncle’s wife (whom I called her as pak mei) came down, saw us and start greeting us.

After that, we head to the restaurant, and my god, we need 3 tables to accommodate all the 3 generations. Second aunt was in charged of the whole celebration, so, she asked us to sit according to our age group. The kids table, which consist kid and teenagers that aging from 1-17 were seated together. The 2nd table was the grown up grand children table, which consist age group of 18-30 (just to let you guys know that the age span of my NaiNai’s grand children ranges from age 1 to 30). Then the last table accommodate my NaiNai (of course, duh) and her children with their spouse.

The night went on great, and 99% of the family member came back for the celebration (except for JinJie). The banquet room was equipped with karaoke, but none of us sang that night except for NaiNai, with the song of 月亮代表我的心, specially dedicated for us.

Me and A-mei was chatting through the whole course. We touched on a lot of topics, and mosquito joined us as well and also a-boy’s fiancé, Sim Yee. Throughout the whole conversation, we spoken in Cantonese and second aunt keep on asking us to speak English or mandarin, because Jin Kai cannot understand Cantonese. The four of us tried hard to speak English or mandarin, but within 10 seconds, we’ll switch it back to Cantonese, because we are not used to speak to each other with the language other than Cantonese… LOL, then second aunt will start shooting at us for not taking care of Jin Kai. Then another thing is that what ever me and A-Mei sis were talking about, her mum ( big aunt) will surely over heard us, then I jokingly asked her if she were eves dropping us, mana tau she said the 光明正大 listening to what we were chatting…. Sweat… =.=

After the whole meal, it was present time and photo taking session. Wa ha ha ha… when we present our present to NaiNai, the whole floor was amazed by our craft work… Nya ha ha ha… Man, I like the present, and when we had finished making it, me and mosquito felt not to give out the present, but in the end, the whole idea to for NaiNai, so we still choose to give it out... sob sob…

~Full house photo shoot~

~The kids' table~

~The adult's table at the front and at the left rear is the grown up grand child's table~

~My family and NaiNai~

~The grand children~

~NaiNai with her children~

~My family while presenting the present~

~The birthday cake for that night~

KL Trip 02~06.12.2009 Part 1

2009-12-31T09:17:00.000-08:00

The main purpose for us to go back to KL - Seremban is to attend NaiNai's 70th birthday celebration and Vern Jian's wedding ceremony and dinner. We arrived KL around 3.30 p.m. in LCCT, and A-Wei picked us up from there and the we had to sent her back to her new house in Puchong, so we can borrow her car to drive back to Seremban.

Before we start our journey, we actually had made NaiNai a birthday present. We only started to decorating and made the present the day before we fly off to KL. Dad only had half day n his office, so he came back quite early back home, and to make note, his Prado masuk kilang already, so he had to depend on me to fetch him. So after he came home, I told him that me and mosquito needs to buy some materials for making NaiNai’s birthday present.

Me and mosquito been trying to explain what we wanted to make for NaiNai, but dad was too blunt to understand what we are trying to do. Dad followed us out as well cause he needs to go to the bank to settle something. We spend nearly 2 hours in gathering all the materials that we needed to the present. And guess what, starting from zero until the whole thing was finished, we only used 6 hours to finish it, plus there were some short breaks in between…

By the way, the present that we made for NaiNai is the 寿包…

~Letting the buns to dry completly from placing them on the stand~

~Arrangging all 6 buns to fit into the stand~

~covering up the stand~

~The completed hand made present~

~To add on final touch~

~The final look for the present~

An explaination note:

1) In chinese tradition, when an elder having a birthday on their 60's,70's,80's and so on, the younger generation are to celebrate the occasion with the bun.

2) The present that we made had 6 buns, where each of the buns represent each one of us in the family.

Update for the Previous 4 months~~~

2009-12-29T01:00:00.000-08:00

Minwei's birthday, so had dinner with her and Nicole and Emma in a Shanghai Restaurant called 缘味阁. We had dinner there because Minwei is from Shanghai. We got her a Durian cake to try (was Nicole's idea ~,<).....

~ the durian cake, weighted 1 kg~

~辣炒年糕, spicy rice cake~

~tomato fish (forgotten what's this dish called)~

~spicy pork ribs~

~小笼包~

~蟹粉狮子头~

~Roast duck~

All the dishes was tasty, and i particularly like the spicy rice cake!!!!

Lazyness and procrasination~~~

2009-12-29T00:17:00.000-08:00

It's been a long long while since I've last updated my blog. Will definitely update it this two weeks!!! Man, I'm seriously lazy.....

Lunch at D' Junction

2009-06-30T03:13:00.000-07:00

Found these picture in my laptop... We had lunch at this place during the Chinese New Year... This place is one of my favorite restaurant in KK, it might seem like quite an expensive place, but actually the price is quite ok.... our whole family had lunch there only cost us around almost RM 90....

~My parents~

~D' Junction~

~Part of interior of the restaurant~

~One of the special there, Herbal Chicken, very very nice!!~

~Cream of mushroom, I like the bread that comes alogn with the soup~

~Carbonara Fettuccine, nice, and creamy~

And the main introduction for this restaurant that I really like, is the Cheese Baked Rice!!! It's cheesy and very very creamy.... Very Very nice and very special!!! And it's only less than 15 bucks!!!

~The look of the Cheese Baked Rice~

~Just look at the cheese!!~

~The look after everything got mixed up~

~It's special because it's not served in plate, but in a small barrel~

~Me and the meal~

Hot Pot With Friend

2009-06-30T02:00:00.000-07:00

Rebecca Chan came last few week, and dunno how to post this blog, because we had done quite a lot of stuff, so decided only post the steam boat me and Rebecca had on one of the nights.... About the steam boat, was quite different from those I had previously... Why? Usually I had steamboat, it's either a chicken based soup or a Tom Yum soup based, but this time, I've tried the 麻辣烫, a very very spicy soup base... My god... It's very very nice, and plus that night very cold, so having steamboat very very nice!!!! Me and Rebecca Chan went to buy ingredients for the steamboat, and each of us only need to spent 15 bucks per person, and we able to have prawn as well... Mua ha ha ha... Hard for us to eat prawn during normal time... Yummm.... And we also had fish, fresh fish!!!!

~The set out~

~Nice right? And got different choice also~

~We had Udon rather than Mi Hoon~

~Prawns and Fish!!~

~Vege, wong nga bak~

~Squid balls, surimi and hot dogs!~

~Chicken, and it's very tender~

~The hot pot!!!~

Life of Spiciness!!!!

2009-06-26T11:52:00.000-07:00

Been quite fond of hot and spicy stuff this few weeks. But maybe had to much, and my stomach hurts a lot!!! I like spicy food since I were a kiddo (some people said that eat s lot of chillies could make you slim, how come I'm not?!)... LOL....

~Mapo Tau Foo, cooked myself...~

~Doesn't quite looked like those you had outside, but I liked mine to have loads
of vegetables~

~The soup was from the steamboat before with Rebecca Chan, man, taste wonderful, and with bits of the ingredients left over from the steamboat~

Shopping Spree?

2009-06-26T11:28:00.000-07:00

Rights, have been working now and after getting my salary, LOL, couldn't resist the temptation to buy things, because now ever where are at sales now... LOL... If mum knew about this, she'll say I 败家 again....

~Plain black shirt, for only $10~

~Spaghetti strapped, along with the white one below, same design,

but different color, for $25 for 2~

~Personally, I liked the white one better~

Then, during queen's birthday, and so coincidentally Rebecca Chan (one of my Hong Kong friend) came down to Wellington to visit me, and bought the rest of the stuff at Bling, one of the accessory shop in Willi's Street. All together the ear rings that I've bought only cost me $7.50!!!! Can you believe that?!

~Liked this, simple and nice~

~I've ever longed for a long one, but usually wither to many things

dangled on it or too long, this one is just nice for me~

~This one, bought it, but don't know whether to give Abi or to wear it

myself... Hhhmmm... Hard decision, LOL!!~

Conclusion of My Bday~~~

2009-06-26T10:49:00.000-07:00

This year quite fruitful.. compared to last year, LOL..... Firstly, introduce what mosquito had made for me, as usual, hand made card from the very artistic mosquito~~

~The front of the card, and just to mention, the leave is from Korea trip last year~

~The inside of the card, purely hand made~

~My family's initial, LOL, mum is the godzilla, dad is the pyton~

~The back of the card, imitating the real card you get in the market~

~This is created by me and mosquito and was first use when

we send a handmade card to Nai Nai~

Then, there are friend's cards and present... LOL... To be serious, this is my 2nd or 3rd time receiving presents from friends... Sad kan? I really appreciated it... And a lot!!!!!

~This card is from Frederic~

~From my best friend at UK, Sarah hunnie~

~Guess from who? From VICTORIA!!!! Shocking huh? I actually got it last year as well, but didn't expected to get it this year~

Nicole and Emma did a lot of things for me during my bday, and to tell you guys here (if you are actually reading my blog that is), deep down in my heart I'm really touched!!! And I do appreciated it very very very very very very muuuuuucccchhhhh!!!!!! Seriously, don't really know how to thank you guy. If in the future you guys ever need my help, don't hesitate to ask for my hand!!!!

~Card from Nicole and Emma~

~Gift from Nicole and Emma~

~The big gift from Nicole and Emma, the bag...~

~The bag when it's not being spread out~

~The bag fully spread~

That concludes my bday this year!!!! Sigh, another year older, but not getting any where more matured.... Guess being childish is my nature... LOL...

P/S: Nicole, thanks again for the presents and the party!!!!!

Birthday Dinner Round 2

2009-06-15T19:51:00.000-07:00

So, there is a round 2 for my bday this year... On the real date itself, Frederick came up to me and asked me how I wanna celebrate, because I've got assignment due the next day, I said why not make it another day, then he say come on lar, he already told Derek to come along, and even San San, but San San cannot join us for the dinner... So I said it's ok, we'll decide where to have dinner after our lectures. So, me and him meet up at 6 at Rutherford House, then wait for Derek to show up. Meanwhile, we and him are still deciding where to have dinner..... I then suggested that I wanted to eat at HK BBQ(cause haven't been there since I got back to NZ). Then this Frederick said huh, really wanna go there ar... Ish.... Then I asked him where he wanna eat then... He couldn't make decision as well, so we listed a bunch of restaurant so we can choose... LOL, in the end, we decided to go to Seoul House.....While making decision, San San and Derek showed up. Then Derek said he wanna play footsal before going for dinner, and the reason he wanna play footsal is because he have never tried the one on the 1st floor one (uni provided a footsal machine at the second floor in Rutherford House)... Mao lit.... So all four of us move upstairs to play the footsal....

~Frederick being Frederick~

~Derek, enjoying his footsal~

~San San, don't know why she keeps avoiding the camera~

~Picture taken after the "match", LOL~

The after the 'match', we went to Seoul House to makan. We each ordered our own dish. Then I saw Kay came in... LOL.... Kesihan him... Always sees him alone for dinner...

~Me, holding up a menu~

~The side dish where you can refill unlimitedly~

~I like this seaweed the best!!~

~Our meal~

~LOL, Frederick, enjoying his dinner~

~Derek, purposely make this facial when he sees me taking photograph of him~

After the dinner, Frederick said if we should blow the candle in the shop, and I strongly said no!!! Being a very ordinary and humble person as I am, no way I want the whole shop know.. Then, Frederick suggested that we can go to Oriental Bay... My gosh, that night was so friggin cold and he still had the right mind to suggest to go to Oriental Bay.. Then Frederick suggested again that we could go to the place behind the City Library. And we all agreed, cause is so much closer... LOL...

~Night view of the place~

~Frederick bought me 2 slices of cake~

~Candle lighted cake~

~Me holding the cake~

After blowing candle and finished the cake, me and Derek teman Frederick to the bus stop to wait for his bus, and after sending that big kid off, me and Derek walked back home (he live near me) and me continue battling with that darned assignment!!!!

Birthday Pot Luck

2009-06-13T18:53:00.000-07:00

Mua ka ka ka ka... My b'day is finally here!!!!! Another year older... Sad.... Anyhow, Nicole suggested earlier that to have a pot luck at her place to celebrate my bday. So those who turn up was me and Nicole (of course), then got Minwei (of course also, coz she live with Nicole), and Emma and her cousin!!!!! there are 5 of us, and because every one are going to cook at Nicole's place, so, Nicole asked us to go to her place at different time.

As were suggested we do pot luck, the menu for that day is superb!!!! High calories and protein not to mentioned, but taste very very nice!!! I made a mushroom dish, errr, kinda the hakka way.. I prepared the stuffing before going to Nicole's place, then do the stuffing at her place and deep fry it..... Then after the dish is done, sigh, every one tried a bit, then tray a but again then agian and again, lol, only left half when we all sit down together and eat...

~Finished stuffing and coating it with a layer of flour~

~Finished product, but still need to fry before it's edible~

~The final product!!! Looks golden brown, nice!!!!~

OK! Then it's Nicole's menu.... Her menu is ~~~~~~~~~~ PRAWN MEE!!!!!!! Yoo Hoo!!! Seriously, her prawn mee taste very alike!!! And she also prepared the belacan!!! OMG, Nicole, you're the best!!!! Mua ha ha ha ha.... And Emma tried the prawn mee for the 1st time, she was so so so shock that it tasted so nice!!! Ha ha ha ha... Not just the soup did taste like the ori one, but the taste also... Yummmmmy....

~JUST look at it, and you are already mouth watering~

~The essentials for the prawn mee~

~Couldn't go without the eggs and chicken floss with prawn mee~

~Setting up to eat the prawn mee~

Then go to Emma's dish for the day. She and her cousin made the pork leg. It's really really tasty, taste quite like the 纸包鸡, I like that dish a lot!!! Need to learn it before I go back to KK to cook for Mosquito them all... The preparation is quite easy, just need some time to bake it...

~Emma frying the leg before setting it into the oven~

~After finish baking it, Emma cuts it into piece, man, the aroma lingers the whole place~

Minwei made us radish cake, and of course, make from radish... I don't know how she prepared it, cause when I reach Nicole's place the radish cake are already baking in the oven... Too bad....

~It looks ordinary, but it taste fine!!!~

And of course, how could you not have a birthday cake for the event?! The cake is prepared by Emma and her cousin. They, ermm, kinda DIY the cake. They bought 2 pieces of plain cake from New World, they brought a pack of strawberries, cans of peaches and mixed fruits, and also whipped cream. And not to forget the chocolate fingers.... Everything goes alright, until Emma tried to spray whipped cream on to the cake. Guess what, the cream started to melt.. LOL...

~The cake in making progress~

~Look how tempting is the strawberries!!!~

~Ta Da! The finished cake!~

So, when everything is finished, we setted up the table and start feasting!!!!

~The table setted before feasting!!!~

After having a great dinner, the cake was brought out... Then putting in the candles, and when comes to lighting the candle, then only we found out that none of us had a lighter or matches. So, Nicole and Emma went next door to see if they have lighter... And luckily, they have... Nicole and Emma them all sang me birthday song.. Seriously, I was quite touched that time, cause in the previous years, some time my parents and even myself would forget my own birthday... Then, Nicole handed me a present. Well, the picture of the present I will upload next time. After making wish and blowing candles, given that we had a heavy meal just now, we manage to finish the all of the cake in 10 min!!! Yup, finished the cake in 10 min!!!! And we were quite shocked oneself also.... LOL!!!!

~Putting the candles on~

~Lighting up the candles~

~In progress of destroying the cake (btw, that's Nicole's hand there, LOL)~

~Putting the whole tin of whipped cream onto the cake~

~Lol, nice nice punya cake jadi macam ni, but still taste great!!~

~The left over of the cake, and it was finished in 10 min~

So after the meals and cakes, Nicole brought out a bottle of wine. We have a beer each during the dinner. Err, don't if Minwei is drunk or not, but she looked very very very super red after a can of beer and gotten worst after a cup of wine. We tried to play truth and dare afterwards, but tak jadi, so only lay around to chat...

~Emma accidently spilt Nicole's cup of tea, and the spillage looks like a devil, LOL~

My Everyday Dinner

2009-05-08T03:23:00.000-07:00

I never like eating alone... I prefer to eat with my family... My family are never quiet when we eat dinner, and everybody will share their everyday things together during that time... And we can laugh so hard out for dad's joke. And plus, Mum's cooking so so delicious!! So, when I come back to NZ, I need to cook myself, sigh... My cooking can't compared to my mum's... It's hard to cook for a person's person. Well, need to cook nice thing for my own..... Heh... Below is what I usually cook for dinner.

~Clay Pot, or should say, Rice Cooker Rice, >.<~

~Chicken Porridge~

~Butter Chicken, but not nice as you got in the restaurant~

~Fried Udon, I like this a lot~

~Fried Salmon, with miso~

~Cucumber with egg, and along miso soup~

A Night Out To Movie

2009-05-08T02:18:00.000-07:00

Went to see a movie on Tuesday with Nicole and MinWei. After class, I went to Nicole's place to wait for time to pass. Once reach her place, had some chinese style stir fry spagethi made by Nicole, very nice. Oh ya, the other day she made cheese cake, that one was superb!!! Then boring until have to watch 6 years old punya TV programme, then watch Simson before going out to movie.

We bought ticket before going to have dinner. We went to watch X-Men The Origin that night. We gave MinWei money to buy ticket all together. Heh, our seats were D1-3, and Nicole thought it was behind, who know seat A start from the screen... My god, when watching the movie so damn suffering, the screen was so so so huge... LOL!!!

~X-Men The Origins~

After bought the ticket, we went to have dinner at the food court in the cinema. We had Japanese food. I've ordered Teriyaki set, and my goodness sake, the whole set salty until mum also cannot recognise... Ha ha... But overall the whole meal was quite good despite the saltiness...

~My set of Teriyaki, yum~

~Nicole's set of meal, fried chicken~

My Newest Interest

2009-05-06T05:06:00.000-07:00

Heh, went on a stroll in the city during holidays. Then, walked into the Swarovski. Since a kid, I'm interested in crystal, but those crystals that I ever saw was just a very normal coloured crystal. Dunno why, after going in to the Swarovski shop, I just couldn't leave my mind free of crystals... Sigh... I like their porducts a lot!!!

~I never like shiny and complicated design ring, but I really like this one~

~Man, I really like this watch~

~Sigh, really nice, when can I buy it myself?~

~Phone strap, nice and simple~

Sigh, wonder if I could have enough money to buy... If you ask me, I prefer crystals than diamond, for no reason, I never liked diamond, and I don;t know why so many girls liked diamonds...

Frederick's Birthday Picnic

2009-05-06T04:03:00.000-07:00

First of all, Happy Bday Fred!!! He had his bday on the 22nd of April in Botanic Garden. Me and Fred meet up around 10.45 am that day to buy things that are needed for the picnic. Then headed to the Botanic Garden by Cable Car. After the whole picnic, where the others has gone back, Fred make me and Derek teman him for a while more until his uncle comes to get in at Lambton Quay. So, we went to the Queens Warf and walk around.

~The Cable Car Track~

~Some view in the Garden~

~Walking path in the garden~

~The Bday boy with his bags of foods~

~Setting up for picnic~

~The paper plate cute kan?~

~Me and Cynthia photographed each other for fun, LOL~

~The garden's hot house~

~Me!! At the man made waterfall~

~At the Queens Warf~

The weather was nice for the whole picnic, bright and sunny. And suess what, I even saw my ex-homestay in Palmerston North visiting the garden. Gave me a shock. LOL!

Life of Boredom

2009-04-18T23:39:00.000-07:00

Holiday's here....
With no work and no class, all I did the whole week is lie in bed and sleep, and occasionally make some food to eat when hunger is really unbearable...

Gah... Was suppose to catch up with my econ study and management study, but with now improvement... sigh... But good news is that I've passed my Accy oo1 Book Keeping... Mua ka ka ka ka.... Sigh... Sigh... Bored to death.... Mum and Dad them all going back to KL on the 21st... Yer~~~ I wanna go back also... Mosquito!! Remember my Dao Sha Piang!!!! I so so so home sick now, and this home sick has never been better ever since I came back to NZ... I hate this place!!!!

$$ MONEY $$

2009-04-06T01:12:00.000-07:00

I hate every school semester starts!!!!! Currently in year 2 now, and guess what, no body tell me that studying accounting needs to pay a fortune for the books!!!!! Guess how much I spent?

50 bucks? You're dreaming...

100 bucks? Not even a book's price...

150 bucks? Guess again...

200 bucks? Closing on...

250 buck? Almost there...

300 bucks? BINGO!!!!!

~TADA!! Almost all the books that are needed for my ACCY 231, Financial Accounting~

~It's only week 6 and already have volume 2, and volume 3 is coming out at week 9~

~My "beloved" text book... They say is a prescribe one in the book shop, but then, the lecturers tell us that it's only recommended~

~The Bible for all accountant, The Reporting Standards~

~LOOK at how thick it is, and the phone is Nokia N73~

~The total thickness of all my accounting book, and beside there is the normal stabilo pen~

And that, is only one of my paper, which is Acccounting 231, not including other papers... GOD... And I have already spent almost 500 bucks on it... And it's equivalent to MYR 1000+!!!

Who's the Bday Boy?

2009-04-03T18:27:00.001-07:00

Heh... Happy bday to certain some one, whom I always called him a python and going on to upgrade to anaconda (cause he always snake around during office hour) ha ha ha.... And you know who you are I'm talking about!!! I like the cake, too bad I can't devour it... Ish...

Dumplings, dumplings, and dumplings.....

2009-04-01T03:33:00.000-07:00

Weh.... Nicole and Emma planned to make dumpling and asked me to joined them.... When I reached Nicole's place, Emma and her already done with making the dumpling skin dough and mixing the ingredients for the dumplings. There is another girl joined us in the dumpling making, forgot her name, but she's from Shanghai. Well, 4 of us made dumplings.... Finally, we manage to eat the dumplings around 9 pm.... I tell you, the dumpling the Chinese made is so different than theose we had in M'sia, it's really nice. Then we make our own sauce to dip the dumplings, and the ingredients is: soy sauce, vinegar, Lao Gan Ma(老干妈, it's a sort of China's chili oil...) and garlics.... Mmmmmm..... Nice.....

~In the process of making the dumplings, and Niole asked me to take a photo~

~ Still in process of making it, but Nicole is getting pro in making the skin~

Standing strong!

2009-03-24T19:18:00.000-07:00

My cousin send me this video, and I'm so so touched with it after I've watched it...

A salute to Nick Vointage!!

This video is about a man that had lost all his limb, and demonstating how from lying on a desk and getting up without using any hands and legs...

相守有那么难吗？

2009-03-23T02:28:00.000-07:00

相爱很难，相守更难，偕老更是难上加难...

我的某个朋友，今天告诉我说，他的枕边人出卖了他... 现下的他无家可归，也心灰非常... 当他的朋友，只能精神上安慰他，也没能做些什么实质上的东西...

类似的状况很是时常在我身边发生，这是叫做世事无常吗？难道说，当两个人决定在一起过人世的时候，一有状况发生，即便是一些小摩擦，能导致两人恶意相向吗？既然都能在一起过人世，那为什么不能好好相处呢?

我真的不明白...

CNY Reunion Dinner

2009-03-20T17:02:00.000-07:00

Today is the night for Reunion Dinner.... This year is much better, cause we have manage to finish the cleaning yesterday night... Then, mum made us dinner, a very very tasty dinner.... We had dinner at around 5.45pm... And the dishes for the dinner, is irresistable!!! Each dishes for chinese new year reunion dinner has their own meaning, and there are soem dishes that is a mush for reunion dinner...

~The Reunion Dinner~

~Tomato prawns, man, with the sweet and sour taste...~

~Fish, with the meaning of reching higher with every step(步步高升)~

~Lettuce, with the meaning of prosperity(生财=生菜)~

~It's a bit different than the chicken you would have out side, and we choose herbal chicken, because we like it!!!~

~Tri coloured vegetables, and the meaning, I don't know...~

~The soup, was suppose to have lotus soup, but choose this one instead, cause the ingredients had been in the fridge for sone time...~

~Mosquito~

~Mei Mei, holding her prawn~

We finished dinner around 6.25 pm, then start out with the last cleaning we had, which is washing the floor outside... I didn't join the troop, cause Mosquito didn't wanna do the dishes, so I have to do it... The 5 of them, with 3 adults really washing the floor, and with 2 devils playing with water, I can actually hear shouts from them even I'm in the kitchen...

~The final rinse of for the floor~

~Mosquito, dunno doing what when she's suppose to be at outside washing the floor~

~Mosquito comes in, and asked me to post like the Gustave, in Ratatouille, with the dishes~

~Bringing out the new sets of chopstick to use during new year, bought from Korea!!!~

After the cleaning, we went to town, for last minute shopping, but didn't buy anything, cause we had bought all the stuff we wanted...

~Mei Mei hang on to Mosquito like a koala~

Then, we decided to head back home, since there are so many people in town. We went back and took shower. Err, the shower is a bit different than the normal shower we had... This shower is taken along with cresentimum flowers and pamelo leaves, as the elder says, to clean away the bad luck from last year... After each and every one took turn of showering, Mosquito only found out that we did not take out the biscuits and cookies, and mandrin oranges!!! So we quickly arrange every thing and every thing need to be done before 12 o'clock midnight...

~Forgot what is this call, but mum ask me to stick it to the basket~

~The biscuits and cookies and other stuff, after put in the container, then up to the table~

Every thing are all set!!! Once reach 12 o'clock, the neighbouthood start playing with fire works and fire crackers... Poor Terry, he's afraid of fire works, once the fireworks start, he had to run into the house and hide under the conpumter table... Poor him...

~Abi covering Terry's ear during the fire works~

~Taken while waiting for the clock to strike 12~

~Mum, watching us playing fire works~

~Yay, fire crackers, nice huh~

~Another fire crackers, being thrown by me~

CNY Eves

2009-03-20T16:39:00.000-07:00

Chinese new year is just anothere few days ago.... As usual, the whole family started cleaning the house!!! (I have already started a 2 weeks earlier, but given the size of the bloody house, it's quite impossible for me to finish cleaning everything!!) So 1st thing 1st, to get the study room clean. OMG, you should have seen the dirtiness of the room.... And it's in a mess!!! Me and Abi was cleaning the study room, dad and mosquito is redesigning the kitchen, and mum is cleaning her room, and Mei Mei? stopping herself in making more mess.....

~This cupboard was originally place in the dining room, but mosquito say not nice, so they put it in the kitchen...~

~Then, they need to relocate the microwave oven...~

Then, we need to clean the windows, the doors, the floors, the pianos, wipe the walls, etc., etc. Although we had a long week end to clean the house, but with the size of the house, and with only 4 person that get used of CNY cleaning, plus an apprentice(Abi, i'm training her to help with the house chores), 3 days is not enough, plus we need to decorate the house, and was the floors outside the house.... I just hate big house!!!

Lahad Datu - Sandakan Trip

2009-03-20T01:25:00.000-07:00

Was just an ordinary Saturday, with Monday is a public holiday, I didn't do any planning towards the long weekend... A Really normal morning, fussing my sisters to wake up, starve to death because the devils woke up late... The around 11.00 a.m., mum called back and asked us to pack up our things to go to Lahad Datu.... I was stunned, because dad had went to LD a few days ago. Then mum said dad asked us to go..

mum:"Eh, go ask the devils to pack up their things... We are going to LD..."
me:" huh? how come so suddenly?"
mum:"your dad ask us to go down to spend the public holiday with him..."
me:" heh?! then how we go down there?"
mum:"we drive..."
me:"......"

I was speechless, cause driving to LD, even or dad, need about 6 hours plus... Plus, me and mum dun really drive long range much, and that time is already 11.00 already.. Then...

me:" har? now 11.00 liao wor... by the time we reach there it's gonna be around 8.30 pm, you and dad crazy ka?"
mum:"I dun care, you go wake up your sisters and I give you one hour to get everything set!!"

~It's across the Sabah, and it's by driving~

I haven't even finished what I wanted to say, then she hangs up the phone.. She is crazy!!!! Get every thing set in an hour?! Pardon me, I need to explain what I need to do in an hour : get the devils up and get them pack their things, and they are slowpokes; need to prepare light meals for the journey; get contact my cousin to get the stupid dog feed while we are gone; pack my stuff; check the security of the house; do the laundries; throw out the rubbish and clean the washing basin, in case there are armies of ants; start the car, get everything into the car.... Man, my mum is crazy. But I manage to do everything in an hour... Then mum comes back around 12.30 and we start our journey....

Not much commotion during the journey from our house on the way to Kundasang, except I almost get mum to go to the wrong way to Kudat.... I'm not really good in going to Ranau, but much better in getting to Kudat... Well, either way could get us to Lahad Datu, but the way I shown to mum need another hour to reach Lahad Datu. We had a small pit stop at the KFC in Ranau, then happily set off again... From Ranau to Telupid, was quite rocky, and cause we were quite hungry, we start munching on n the KFC, then suddenly, mum warn us that a big bump is coming up.. We were quite used to those bumps, as dad always runs over them without telling us and send us really flying in the mid air... So we were quite prepare for the bump, as I was holding a box of fried chicken, and Mosquito is holding a box of Cheesy Wadges... Then....

Over the bump, we are flying in mid air, as well as the chicken and Cheesy Wadges.......

It made quite a mess, and plus before, I accidently spilt the "猪肠粉"... We were lucky that dad wasn't in the car that time, cause if he is, we'll be scolded really badly... Then from Telupid, mum switch driver with me, and I need to drive to the check point at the junction to LD and Sandakan. Then from there, mum will continue again all the way to LD... We almost gone the wrong way, when we were a big round about... Mum said She never seen the round about before, and wanted to turn the car back to the Check point, then I said is the right path, just keep to the 12 o'clock exit... Mum don't really trust me cause at the beginning I almost get her to the wrong way... Mum and me continue argue then suddenly, mosquito shouted:"Aiyor!! Go look for a bloody sign board then we know we are at the right path or not!!!" Just as she said, a sign board came up and indeed, we are at the right path... I'm remember clearly that dad said something bout the round about, so, I win this time... He he he he...

We have another 45 mins more to reach the LD town, then dad keep on calling us every 15 min, asking how many miles more to the town (he can't call earlier cause the there is no line for some part of the road...)... Then, finally we reach!!!! Straightly, we went to Dovist to have our late dinner... Then, we went to Elite Score Hotel (basically is where the new dorm for the directors...). Mosquito wondering if she will "fat one" again or not, and she was quite worry, cause every time she been to LD she sure got sick...

After dinner, we went back to the "Hotel", me and mosquito share a room, and the other 4 of them share another room. Me, mosquito and dad went to our room to get the beds ready... dad said we could use the cupboard, then I go open it up. Suddenly, a "xiu keong" showed up in front of me, then I go scream... Wa ah ah ah... 1st time I scream because of cockroach... Then Abi scream upstairs in my dad's room... The reason, same as me.... Wa ha ha ha

The next day we went looking for food, so we went to Dovist again... I had curry, man, the curry is so damn nice, rich in coconut milk..... They only had the curry for noodle, but not for rice. Mosquito wanted to eat rice (饭桶一个!!!), and only want a plain rice and the curry, so me and mum order 2 bowls of curry, and mosquito ordered only plain rice, and she go hijack some curries from me and mum...

~The curry I've ordered, and came along with yong zhap (酿炸)~

~Sam's plain rice with curry hijacked successfully~

We planned to stay in LD for 2 nights, but didn't, cause the next afternoon, after shopping in the only shopping mall in LD (mosquito finally got to buy herself a pair of jeans), dad said we go to Sandakan... it's only an hour plus to Sandakan.. On our way to Sandakan, we stopped by at one of dad's construction site, the Sandakan Dam.

To be honest, it's very rare that people get a chance of visiting these kind of place. I have been to the dam during it's start of construction, and in the dam, you can still see a some houses and a lot of trees... This time, I can only see water...

~The construction site~

~The devils~

~You can't really see how huge the place is from here~

~Mum and Dad~

~Dad explaining to mosquito what's going to happen when the water over flows~

By the time we reach to Sandakan, it was night time. We da pau yong zhap on the way back to hotel, and also had dinner on the way... We had seafood as usual, then suddenly dad got a call from his friend to go sing Karaoke with him. So instead of going back to hotel straightly to hotel, we made a turn to the Pub... We stay there for an hour, then dad send us back to hotel 1st, he and mum freshen up a bit before going back to the pub...

We, the 4 devils, stay in the hotel quietly and watched TV. Mei Mei fell asleep while waiting for mum and dad to come back. Then around 1 in the morning, when dad reach home, all hell break loose... Dad rang the bell continuously, and before I go get the door, I'm damn sure that he's drunk!!

Finally he's asleep, and OMG, the snores from him.... sigh... Then in the middle of the night, I need to fight the blanket from mosquito, as you see, 4 of us sleeps in the king bed, where mum and dad squeeze in the single bed, and with Mei Mei and Abi's bad sleeping habit, me and mosquito didn't had much sleep that night...

Then we go had brunch the next day at the famous Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶) in the town... The Bak Kut Teh in Sandakan is quite different from those you get in KK or KL. It's spicy, and instead you have rice to go with that, you can actually have it with vermicelli... And the meat balls are so so nice.. The prawns, are fresh!!!! And the veges actually goes with the soup very nicely!!!

~We ordered the prawns, the kidney, the meat, meat balls and some veges~

~Yum!!! You can actually have a few bowls of rice and still not getting enough of it!!!~

~Quite extraordinary to eat without rice, and the soup is mamamia!!~

Korea Family Trip 15~16 Dec 2008

2009-03-12T04:07:00.000-07:00

A family suprised trip. We went to Korea for 6 days..... Was the 1st time that the whole family went overseas together!!!

On the the 1st day, well, should say night, we went to the airport and fly over to Korea, then arrived there the 2nd day.Was so funny in the airport, we packed every thing that we need to bring to Korea, but there is one thing that mum and dad forgot to pack extra -- SMOKES!! Lol, they only got a pack... With the speed that they smoke, it will be gone within a day, and they would not survive for the whole trip. Ah Wei did buy some smokes, but only 5 packet, plus the one that mum and dad brought, in total there is 6. Lol, they were so jimat during the whole trip, and the 6 packet needs to be share amongst 4, dad, mum, Ah Wei, and Noel.... And they din buy it in Korea, coz was super expensive...

Once we reach, our 1st destination is to the shooting scene of "Jewel In The Palace - 大长今". It was freezing cold there. Even though I had been to Korea the week before, as a tour leader with another tour, but it was totally different feeling with family.

~Need some warmth in freezing cold condition~

~Mum and Mei Mei, and dad doing dunno wat at the back~

~Dad 'poke' Ah Wei when he found out she's taking a photo of him~

After the shoothing scene, we went to another shooting scene , "Winter Sonata - 蓝色生死恋". And to be honest, I have no feeling at all at the scene... Cause I din watch the bloody sappy drama... But I really had most feeling when I went to the shooting scene for "Jewel In The Palace"....

~Mum and Dad, taken during a ferry to the shooting scene~

~Mosquito and Me~

~Taken at, err, one of the famous(?) scene in Winter Sonata~

Then, we had our lunch before proceeding to the nest destination.... It was the 1st meal we have in Korea, exclude the nasty flight meal we had in the plane.... Just one word, Yummy!!!

~LUNCH!!! Nice combination, and I like it very very much!!!~

Then, we went to the temple. It's a Bhuddist temple, and i found that there are some resemblance with some of the temple in our country, but still quite different... LOL...

~Have no ideas why we post like that...~

After the temple we head to hotels... What a night... We had a traditional way of sleeping in that hotel, called "Kang", well, mainly is sleeping on the floor like the Japanese did... During the whole trip, we had three meals a day, we are so well fed, but we digested ti really fast, due to all the walking and exercising...

~Our diner 1st night~

~The side dishes~

~Photo taken while waiting for the other tour members to get into the bus at the hotel~

One exeperience that I would never forget of is the SKI!!!! We had some lunch before heading to the mountain... Too bad that it wasn't cold enough, and on that day it was raining!! The tour guide said that it is rare to rain during that season and along with thunder... But yet, we had fun!!!!

~The awesome lunch~

~The devils posting infront of the pot~

~Mosquito in action~

~Mei Mei~

~Me!!~

~Ah Wei~

~Abi~

~Aiyo Abi, you need to fall so "xiao jie" or not?~

One of the famous meal in Korea is the BBQ. Is BBQ pork, and it's very very nice.. You get to BBQ yourself and the meat supply is unlimited, as long as you finish what you refill... Man... Super tasty!! And the way they eat the BBQ is a bit different, where they put the done pork with a bit of rice in a leave of lettuce, then you roll it, and put the whole thing in your mouth...Yumm...

~BBQ in progress~

~That's me cutting the meat!!~

We did went to another temple during the trip, but this one is kinda different, it's a Sleeping Bhuddah temple. The scenery there was terrific!!! And the temple is surrounded by trees and hills... And the atmosphere is serene, peaceful and quiet...

~Family photo~

~Abi, karate'ing a slice of ice at a pool near the temple~

We also had a chance to visit the "Everland", which is the biggest theme park in Korea. It is also treated as the Koreans' Disneyland. The theme for that month, of course, is christmas, and every inch of the place is decorated very festively. There are outdoor games, as well as indoor one. Was super fun!!!

~Taken at the Everland~

~Taken during a parade~

~Korea's special mee, very nice....~

There are always different kind of meals in Korea, where most of them are delicious... I actually finds it that they seldom have fried stuff.... Wonder why.....

~Shitake Pot, the taste is very very natural sweetness~

~Stone Bowl Rice, one of the famous Korean Dish~

Before we head back to KK, we got a chance in experiencing the Kimchi making. In fact, we alsp got a chance to try on their tradition clothing...

~Family photo in Korean traditional clothing~

~Experiencing Kimchi making~

~Ingredients of making Kimchi~

The only meal I don't like of all the Korean dish is the one we had on our last day before the flight. It's actually ok, but i don't like it cause of the strong smell of herbs.. We were enjoying our meal while looking around of the interior design of the shop. Then, we found some message written on the wall. This shop is kinda special, where customers are encourage to leave a message on the wall, and we found out that there were also some Malaysian been there before, and there is one dated only 2 days before us.

~The herb dish~

~Photo taken outside the shop~

Things in Korea are quite cheap, assuming you know where to shop. Ah wei actually got me a winter coat in Myung Dong, a fashion street, for only RM 27!!! Then the other night when me, Ah Wei, Mosquito and Noel when lurking around the street near our hotel, and Mosquito got herself a cool winter coat for only RM 24.30!!! And Ah Wei got two piece of long sleves blouse for 5000 won for 2, meaning it's only 13.50 for 2!!! And the Korean instant noodle is very cheap, compared to those you could get in Malaysia, not to mention that the taste is different...

Yesterday Once More~~

2008-12-03T18:31:00.000-08:00

Me and my family will be going to Korea on the 15th, and my dad's passport expired, and my 3 younger sis dun have passport. So, my dad brought the whole family to the immigration department to apply for a passport.

~The Immigration Department in Sabah~

We parked our car outside the building, then went into the department. We reach there around 9.30 a.m., and the department is already packed with people. We took the form and quickly filled it out. Because I don;t need to apply for a passport, as I already had one, so I helped my dad to fill out my 2 younger sisters' form. After done filling in the form, we all went to take the number to wait for our turn. After taking number, we manage to find a place to sit 6 of us. While waiting for the machine to call out our number, and we had nothing to do, me and my dad started to disturb Samantha. Poor her. The waiting was actually not too long. As the number called out are getting closer to our number, then the machine suddenly called out the number back wards. Samantha was impatient and started cursing. Then suddenly my dad took out his old passport and looked at it. Me and Samantha did not pay any attention to him, then suddenly my youngest sister was excited about something in the passport. It was about pictures of em and Samantha when we were kids. I think that was when I was 6 or 7 of age.

After taking a look on the picture, we started thinking back on the old days. Then I suddenly realised that the trip to Korea will be our 1st family trip to oversea. Then Amanda started to complain that she never went to overseas before and bla bla bla...

~Places me and my sis went to when we were kids~

It only took us less than 2 hours for the application process, after that, the officers asked us to go back and claim the passport after one in the afternoon. So, my dad drive us to the nearby town to get his things done. After my dad had gotten his things done, it's not even 12, so we went to the McD nearby the immigration department for lunch. We sit there till 1.05 p.m., then we went back to the immigration department to collect the passport. We then need to rush to the airport to collect my dad's business partner coming from KL, and had to borrow my dad's car to him. On our way back, my dad keep on saying how efficient the immigration are now. He told us that during his time, applying for a passport could take a day, or even days to get it done. Me and Sam was like OMG, it we were to experience that, we could die of impatient.

Foods Outside Taman Selesa~~

2008-11-30T11:07:00.000-08:00

Been back from NZ for almost 4 week already I think. Been out to have breakfast and lunch for quite a couple of times. Been changing places to eat, just to make sure I manage to eat all my favourite dish before I return to NZ. LOL...

~This is the Shang Nyuk Mien, just ordinary pork noodle, but really nice~

~Gon Lau Kway Teow~

~This comes with the noodle, you got the choice of the combination of type of meat in the soup that go along with the noodle~

~Fried tofu, taste nice, but I had it nicer at another place~

~Pan Mien Soup, not boasting, but I still feel that my mum's Pan Mien is the best, but this taste nice as well~

~Gon Lau Pan Mien, a dried style Pan Mien~

~Another Gon Lau, I had it at a place i never went before. The noodle just taste normal~

~This one comes with the Gon Lau above. Not too bad, but I like the fish balls, springy~

~This is You Char Kway, you can't get it freshly fried in NZ, it just taste so nice!~

~Me and my sis, Sam, went out to look or a computer hard ware one afternoon, then felt hot and thirsty, then decided to go to Wagamama at Asia City to rest. We ordered the Ebi Tempura, Tempura style prawns, nice!~

My Finals Result~~

2008-11-30T10:51:00.000-08:00

My hard work during finals did paid off in the end. When I was having exams for my 3 papers, which are the INFO 101, MGMT 1o1 and QUAN 111, I thought that I've screwed it. The paper that worried me most is the bloody Quan 111. I'll remember it for the rest of my life, cause I had a friend told me that I can pass the paper easily by just doing pass years papers. Eventually I did. Quan paper was the last paper I had during my finals, and i only had 3 days to prepare for it. I could do the pass year, not excellently, but quite OK, I mean, at least I know how to do the question and at least finish the questions. Then the next day, was the big thing. was nervous that time, but still feeling quite a bit of confident. Then went it to the exam hall and opened up the question paper, taken a look on the 1st question, I was twitching. Then on the look of 2nd question, in my mind was "HOLY CRAP!". I tried my best to do the paper. And man, it was quite tough for me. Damn! Then, went out from the hall with one question not done, I was completely hopeless to get a pass on the paper.

However, I've check on my results week back, and man, I was glad that my hard work was paid. I got a little more than pass for that paper. Mua ha ha ha. When I went to check on my result on the black board and saw my result, I was so so so happy that I actually jumped up and down... Ha ha ha.. and I couldn't stop laughing the whole night!!!

A Trip To The Beach~~

2008-11-27T23:47:00.000-08:00

Days been bored and after normal lunch with my family near my dad office, I decided that to bring my granny and my sis to the beach. We make a short stop back to my house, then bring up all the things we needed, and not forgetting the stupid dog,then heading off to the beach.

~My stupid dog~

~The scenery when we reach~

~the small stream connecting to the sea~

~Me, bringing the dog to swim~

~Me, and my stupid dog~

~Last but not least, group photo~

~You can see some tiny crabs crawling out from their holes along the beach~

Ultraman Series~~

2008-11-20T21:30:00.000-08:00

Lasrt night, around 11.30 p.m. like that, me and my family went to the mamaks, excluding my dad and my granny. 5 of us were hungry at that time, so we decided to go to Salim, where is the famous mamak stall here.

~This is the mamak stall looking from outside~

We went in there and sat down and started to order our food. I've order Madras Ping, along with Mee Goreng. Then my sis them all ordered Roti Telur, Roti Chanai, and Roti Tisu. While waiting for the food and drinks to come, I had my sis to pose for me for a camera shot.

~Asked her to post, but have no idea what she's doing at that time, sigh~

Then our drinks came, and my beloved Madras Ping!!! Nice and refreshing. This drink is different from the Teh Tarik we usually had in the mamak stalls...

~It's refreshing enough ny just looking at it...~

~Me while enjoying my drink~

There are quite a lot of people at the restaurant that time, so it took quite a while for the foods to arrive. Then, all four of us (of course my mum didn't join us in the stupid act...) transformed into Ultraman!!!!

~Ultraman No.1, Amanda Man!!!~

~Ultraman No.2, Melissa Man!!!~

~Ultraman No.3, Samantha Man!!!~

~And of course not to forget me, Ultraman No.4, Rebecca Man!!!~

Then finally at long last, our food came!!!! Man, of all of the food we ordered, and including the drinks, it only cost us RM 17.70!!!! My god, where can you find this cheap food in Wellington?! I don't feel like going back to NZ now... sob... sob...

~Mee Goreng, look so so so different from those "fake" ones you got in Wellington!!!~

~Roti Tisu~

~Roti Chanai~

~Roti Telur~

Dining at Dovish~~

2008-11-20T04:30:00.000-08:00

Dovish, is one of my favourite restaurant in KK. We had then when I was back in KK on the second night. We had quite a few dishes, and some were my favourites.

~Sa Bak, a shell liked stuff steamed with garlic, man, tasted heavenly~

~Crabs, cooked with rice wine, and my god, you really can't find it anywhere~

~This vege, taste nice, but was not what I imagine to be like. I had this in another Dovish in Lahad Datu, that one is superb, but this one also nice, fried vegies, and had some dark soy sauce on top of it~

~Dong Fung Lor, shell like creature, not my favourite, but still quite nice~

~ Here come the main course, the ginger fried rice, yummy~

~Prawns, this is just normal prawns, just boiled with hot water, and the taste is so so so sweet~

~The size of the prawn~

~And lastly, the dessert, coconut pudding, one word, refreshing!!!~

~My parents and my youngest sis at the restaurant~

Me and My Beloved Family~~

2008-11-19T20:50:00.001-08:00

Alrighty, finally back to reunited with my family!!! Now, introducing my family members!!!

~My sis, Samantha and my granny~

~Me, my youngest sis, Melissa and my second sis, Amanda~

~My cute parents~

~Ain't she look cute?~

~Three musketeers is here!~

~And finally, our last family member, Terry!! Woof!~

Cookings at Taman Selesa~~

2008-11-19T19:32:00.000-08:00

Been back for a week already.... And finally could taste my mum's cooking for 7 months or so... Mua ha ha ha ha... first my mum cooked pork leg (猪脚醋), yummm....

~Pork leg in process~

Then, yesterday night, my mum cooked me crabs... My mum cooked it with tomato ketchup, chili sauce, and with eggs.. My my, so so so so delicious!!!

~Just look at the size of the crab, it's much bigger than my psp~

~My my, what a big crab it is~

~And the end product!!!~

~It's just the normal crab here, and I've eaten a much bigger one~

~Me and Mr. Crab~

I found out a very funny thing about my dad. Every one in the family know that my dad hated, not just hate, but loathed the garlic. He cannot tolerate any big sized chopped garlic in my mum's cooking. Thus, he now had a new responsibility when my mum starts to prepare dinner for the family, which is to FINELY, and yes, very finely chop the garlic. And it is how amazing my dad could chop the garlics into very very very fine bits, and it's finer than what you can find in garlic bread!!! And the most interesting thing is that he would spent like half an hour to 45 mins. to "refine" the garlics... Man, I really salute him!!! Praise you, my beloved old bean!!!

~The original size of the garlic~

~Garlic "refining" in process~

On My Way Home~~

2008-11-14T19:25:00.000-08:00

This time I don't need to travel alone. I travel back to KK with Elun. We headed off to Wellington Airport around 1830, and our flight is at 1930. I got Fung SiFu to send me and Elun to airport.
Then we go check in at the counter. Our luggage total up to 50 kg, 21 kg for me and 29 for Elun. It was just nice for the weight, but suddenly the guy at the counter say that one person can only have 25 kg. But me and Elun was travelling together, so 2 of us can carry 50 kg, and it was just nice, our weight, until now i still don't know why the guy at the counter asked us to even out our luggage weight.... Then after me and Elun sorted things out, his luggage weighted 26 and mine 23...

~My Luggage, 23 kg, with one of Elun's hard disk inside and his bunch of wires~

~Elun's Luggage~

We reach Auckland Airport around 2030, then we go loitering around with our bunch of luggage. At first we waited at the check-in area, but then we got hungry, so we went to the McDonald's at the other end of the airport.

~Auckland Airport's McDonald~

Then we decided to wait at the McDonald until our check-in time, which is at 0450... Each of us take turns to walk around the airport, then, at a point, Elun was so tired that he rest on the McD's table... Kesihan...

~Exhausted Elun~

We waited for 6 hours before we could check-in. Then we boarded the flight to Brunei, finally. The flight was ahead of schedule, but got delayed because 2 passenger were detained by the and were not allowed to travel. Then another shocking is that we are flying directly to Brunei, me and Elun was like OMG!!! Our flight to Brunei takes about 9 hours and 10 min. Reach Brunei, another 6 hours to wait.. Stupid!!! We got the meal voucher from the ticket counter, had our lunch, then slept throughout the whole time until the time that we need to get through security check. During the security check, there was a problem from a family traveller travelled from Heath row, where they had bought some duty free stuff that was liquid and it cost 50 pound. The family explained that the the duty free airport that sold them the liquid did not seal the goods for them, and the staff just would not let them get through the security check. The family was furious and one of the family member was swearing the whole time. Then, it was time to board the flight, and finally, I'm back to KK!!!

Dinner with Friends~~

2008-11-11T00:36:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, me, Nicole, Emma and Emma's cousin went out together to have dinner. At first we wanted to go to Hell Pizza to have buffet, reach there then only we knew that they dun have it for the summer. Then we went to another place, after much discussion. It was a Korean and Chinese Restaurant, forgot the shop name. Reach there, bloody shop said Monday not open. I was so hungry that time until I was @#$%^.... Ish...

Then our last resort, go to HK BBQ. Reach there, I saw Frederick, Kim and Marilyn ( I think that's her name... :p ) We were so hungry, and the 4 of us ordered 6 dished to share between us, plus 2 bowls of rice... Mua ha ha ha..

Alright, the far left end, inside the black clay pot, is the 鱼香茄子(egg plant cooked with meat)，at the right is the 烧鸭(Roast Duck), and the dipping sauce is superb!!!! In the middle, is the 烧肉(Roast Pork), my my, missed the roast pork back in KK... The green dish is 上海小白菜(Chinese Vegetable), then the front right is the 叉烧(BBQ Pork), yummy... Lastly is the pot in front is the 海鲜煲(Seafood Claypot) >^< !!! This is the picture during the meal...

After the meal, and yes I know, it's very shocking... Mua ha ha ha.... >"<

And there's the 2 bowls of rice... Eh he he he he..

Me and Nicole~~

After dinner, we went to New World at Oriental Bay. I bought home 6 bottle of Manuka Honey... While accompanying Emma and YiXin buying their grocery, we pass by the section where they put meats for dogs, and guess what we found, a very big bone!!!

My Finals~~

2008-11-10T23:50:00.000-08:00

Hish!!!!! There goes my finals..

Was quite confidence before the papers, but when I turn over the paper start reading the 1st question, 1st thing flash through my mind "@#$%^"!!!

Sigh...

Did so badly...
Especially for my Quan 111... Do pass year also no use...

Stupid me... Sob Sob....

The night before my Mgmt 101, Nicole and me went to the restaurant at Cuba St., called oriental something, forgot the name, ate the "鱼香茄子煲", egg plant cooked with some meat. The dish was nice, but OMG!!! So damn oiley!!!

Just get to look at the yellowish stuff, it's all oil!!!
Yuck!!!!

Home~~~

2008-10-29T00:18:00.000-07:00

Yesh!! Will be going home in 2 weeks time. Was so excited a month ago, but suddenly don't feel like going back, after I heard my mum told me that I’m going back to Seremban.

My last two week's activities... Last Sunday, no, should say last last Sunday, went out with Frederick and a new friend, called Kim, to yum cha in Regal. Nice food… Mua ha ha ha….

Then last Sunday, me and Nicole met in the morning market, then go makan makan in Eat Asian, then after that, went shopping. I’ve bought a New Zealand edition monopoly for my sis. I like this monopoly a lot, it will not be dealing in cash, but in the EFTPOS method… Mua ha ha ha… I’m sure my sis will like it, cause it won’t be seen anywhere else, unless my sis’s friend have siblings bought it back from NZ back for them… As for the price? Heh~ Ask me no question and I'll tell you no lies... Mua ha ha ha…

I still had a list of things to buy…. Miss Koh, my beloved piano teach, want me to buy some manuka honey for her, mum asked me to buy sheep skin for her then, then I heard that Wei Jie is going to move to a new house, so mum ask me to get her a sheep skin as well, then I need to buy thing for Ming Jie, G-Anne Jie (dunno whether she’s coming up to KK or not), Mr. Lim not going to buy him anything, perhaps, cause I’ve gotten him when I last went back, but probably a couple glass for him and Jannie (sorry ah Mr. Lim if your GF's name misspell.. he he..). Then I need to know whether Ah Gor coming up as well or not… Wah… my list getting very long leh… And not to forget Ah Yin jie’s key chains… aiks….

There goes all my salary…. I like the feeling of looking forward to go home, but time spending on to choose gift for my family and friends really gimme headache… ish…

I watched a new movie from Singapore, called “Money Not Enough 2”. The movie itself really bermoral, and the scene where the grandmother been treated badly by her sons and the scene that she pull out the oxygen tube to save her daughter makes me cry like mad… sob sob… Make me miss my grannie so so much… Then that day terus I call back to chat with her…

Why Blog?

2008-10-16T03:53:00.000-07:00

When I was a kid, I tried quite hard to keep a diary. But it failed due to my laziness and lack of perseverance. As I grew up, I remember things back then. I thought that I could remember things well and clear. Recently I read one of my friend's blog. In there, it refreshes my memory throughout my time spent with her and our group of friends. And it reminds me of some small things that I actually forgotten.

Maybe a blog to me is not just recording my life, but as an intermediate that I could look at and refreshes my memory on some certain things. I don't really trust my memory that much and I don't think I would hold a pen and really get down to it and write a diary.

First Blog ~~~

2008-10-14T03:00:00.000-07:00

Exams coming up, but have no mood to study. I've finshed watching the Moonlight Resonance (唐新风暴之家好月圆), a Hong Kong soap drama. In that drama, a lot of the scenes makes me cry. The drama brings back a lot of happy and sad memories to me. And makes me to think back my family dearly. The Jo Bao (Jo饱) , played by Ha Yu (夏雨), really resambles my dad. After watching the drama makes me home sick badly. I missed the time I spent with my family. Then, going trough the photos that I wanted to post up to this blog, I only found out that I don't have much photos with my family. I have a to-do-list now that have the highest priority, which is to take decent photos with my family once I go back to KK!!!