When The Clock Turns Anticlockwise

Pastor Ordination @ Kechara

2011-11-10T15:35:00.009+08:00

I was invited to go for a Pastor Ordination at Kechara house not too long ago.

At 1st, I was thinking, "pastor ordination", must be a new church!

Or so it was...

My guess why they call them pastors is because pretty much like the Christian definition, pastors look after their 'flocks'/followers.

Nevertheless, it was an eye opener.

1st time going into a Tibetan Buddhist association house.

The super star of the night is a monk by the name of - H. E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche.

He is probably the most 'diva' monk I've ever meet or know of!

Hollywood portrayal of monks went out my mind and into the trash can.

His manner of speech, outlook (shades), his persona, nothing like a stereotype Shaolin monk.

no this is not him

"Je suis qui je suis!"

You see what I mean...

I have to give him credit though, he speaks well, and he definitely knows how to engage the people.

For that, I respect him.

Thus ends the pastor ordination.

Indeed a new experience.

And no, I don't want to become a monk. :)

Left 4 Speed 2 (Left 4 Dead 2 Parody )

2010-04-20T23:44:00.001+08:00

Remember the game Left 4 Dead?

Some time ago, I think I've posted a video of a parody of Left 4 Dead.

Now with the new Left for Dead 2 game released, fan boys just cannot wait to make a parody out of the new game.

I know I haven been updating my blog for a long time.

Hope this made up to you.

Enjoy!

"Look they are dropping us presents!"

"Err.. why are they exploding?"

Tree Hug-gers

2010-03-29T16:57:00.001+08:00

I saw this some what amusing sign in one of Sunway Pyramid toilet the other day.

It is another way of telling you to wipe your ass again and again with already shit filled toilet paper.

I like the creative tag line.

Sadly, I'm one who concerns more about hygiene then trees. :P

Nobody is gonna smell your shit and say that "oh that guy is noble, he is trying to save the environment!".

They'll just say "you stink!".

Aj Rafael Ft. Jesse Barrera - She Was Mine

2010-03-17T19:22:00.000+08:00

Hey guys~~

A quickie for the day!

To be honest, my motivation these days are really low, I just could not seem to focus much on my own studies,

Let alone my blog updates.

Nevertheless, from time to time, I would love to share some really nice songs, funny videos and etc.

Recently I recalled a friend of mine introduced me a song long time ago.

I decide to just pick up a tune or two on Youtube since I was looking for some new songs.

And here is it!

Simple lyrics and soothing melody, absolutely love it!

Recently I had a strange liking to these kinda slow mellow songs with catchy tune at the back.

I wonder why.. :P

Till then, I hope things would be better soon for me and all of us who are not doing too well at this moment in time.

Take care~

I Thought I Will Never See This In My Life

2010-03-09T19:15:00.000+08:00

I was at the Summit USJ the other day.

Just hanging out as usual.

Normally me and my friend would walk around randomly, up and down just wasting time.

When I was on an escalator heading down, I saw this.

Darn, sow could someone lost 1 side of his sandal and not noticing it at all?

I was thinking, this guy must be really dumb.

BUT!

Few seconds later after I clear walking down the pathway, I saw this.

Heck, that is something I've always imagine it happening.

Never thought I would ever see one live!!

Bunga Citra Lestari - Pernah Muda

2010-03-03T18:39:00.001+08:00

Hey guys, I wanted to update something with some substance today.

But I don't feel so good mentally.

Kinda tired and thinking a lot lately.

I'm sorry if you were expecting more from me.

Looks like I've got to make it up to you guys some other time.

When I don't feel so good, I'll listen to some good tunes.

Here is one I wanna share with you guys, its an old song, but I like it nevertheless.

The sound quality a little bit rough from the MP3 version, I think Youtube got other version, feel free to check it out.

Till then, take care. :)

Ride Down South

2010-02-27T16:42:00.001+08:00

On Friday a group of 5 people went down to Melacca to do a project - 'Religion tourism'.

Everything went quite well, going to edit the video soon~

This trip is really a hard to get.

Sleepy cat on a hot day in 'Dataran Pahlawan'

Having all 5 of us group members down there ain't an easy task.

Nevertheless, I am glad its all over and we had a great time there.

Jonker street was great, got ourselves some paint job.

I got mine on my right hand.

Melacca is truly a place you should visit.

More portrait photos in another camera.

Till then~ ;)

Prosperity Rains Down On Me

2010-02-20T18:28:00.000+08:00

Though this years CNY mood is not that happening as previous years.

I'm talking about the overall atmosphere this time round.

Nevertheless, this year surprisingly is one of the best years for me since I forgot when.

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Picture speaks a thousand word. :)

Spring Cleaning Sux

2010-02-13T11:32:00.000+08:00

Goo'day mate!

Sorry for the long lack of updates, my internet was rather crazy these pass week, modem was wrecked.

I've just got myself a new Celcom USB modem, working fine for now, but they din give me the installation CD, hence my Windows Vista is unable to install it. :(

I'm afraid I cant stay long to write a longer update.

I'm in the middle of house cleaning, till then, Happy CNY and my the red packet just flow into your hands more and more!

*Melvin runs back to cleaning*

Mind-screwed

2010-01-31T21:16:00.000+08:00

Have you ever been through a state where what you thought you knew suddenly became something totally unknown?

Things seem to be going all hills up, and suddenly everything just came to a halt and went downhill all the way.

Investing in something which seems prospective may turn up into a disaster, or worst something to haunt you later on.

I tried following the book, it failed.

I tried not following the book, epically failed.

Philosophy, theories, media and etc all seems too bullshit to even exist.

Cant things just be more simple?

Why all the hassle to deny something that clearly its your basic want or should I say need?

Hypocritical standard operating procedure, its a miracle people can live in those situation.

Shakespear said "everyone is an actor playing their part on lifes stage.", but I say "everyone is a great pretender playing a part they should not play."

I also don't know what else to say.

I'm mind-screwed!

Kerispatih - Tak Lekang Oleh Waktu

2010-01-25T17:53:00.000+08:00

A friend of mine intro me a music video.

He told me the MV was shot quite well.

But what I loved the most was of course the song itself.

Beautiful melody, lyrics and nice MV makes it even more appealing to me.

Here is the MV on Youtube for your viewing pleasure.

So what do you think? :)

After Sunrise

2010-01-18T23:55:00.000+08:00

Today was a fateful day.

I thought that getting up early morning with a head pain was bad.

But what I had to faced in school was evermore "exciting".

I do not wanna go into detail about what happen, but you can ask me about it face to face.

The bottom line is, I became the class representative and I am no longer 'single' due to a "exclusive service scandal". :(

Darn man, now how la I going to get a girlfriend now? :(

Gee... Thank YOU guys...

Clowning around in Sheraton Bandung

All in all, things seem to be fine, though the new campus isn't that convenient, but I think we will get used to it soon.

After today, I'm feeling that this term will go quite well, still keeping my fingers crossed though.

Till then, I'm off to bed so I wont get a head pain tomorrow morning.

Take care~ ;)

Project E.A - Economical Abundance

2010-01-11T14:00:00.000+08:00

Alright, new year new goals.

I have to say though I'm thinking ahead a lot lately.

Still, I'm excited for 2010!

Many things can happen in 365 days, sometimes we cant help but to be down and sad.

Absolute Beauty of Kawah Puteh - White Crater

Instead of drowning counting the days we have to live through sadly.

There is an equal amount of days for us to be happy and try our best to live it all out.

Like the U.S Navy motto, "The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday!"

After much pondering, I realize my problem last year was I am always short of cash, plans never came to pass because of the lack of funds.

With ma lady host

This year, I promise I'm not going to be in the same shit hole.

I'm gonna save up some of the cash while put some into good use.

2 things I must do this year with the money I saved,

Absolute Beauty

1st, to get myself a new phone. My old W810i has served me well, its showing sign of old age by turning off automatically and having distorting my received SMS.

2nd, go to another foreign country for at less 5 days.

3rd, God willing, to get a DSLR Camera.

Kebun Teh somewhere in the mountain area of Bandung

Now I shall go get some motivation by opening my empty piggy bank.

So whats your 2010 gonna be like? :)

Thinking Ahead

2010-01-06T15:56:00.000+08:00

So the new year has begun, whats ahead for us this year?

365 days may seem a very long time to some, yet short for others.

I meet with an old friend when I was in Jakarta few weeks ago.

It was great catching up with him and learning how the other people that were in his social circle last time are doing now.

Reality reminded me again that, "hey man, you are gonna graduate in 1.5 year! what now?" during the time we were catching up.

Knowing that one became a captain in a restaurant, one doing freelance pastry supplying, one became an event promoter,

One took over his father's business, one became a cook in hotel and one in a Japanese restaurant.

Each of them took their own path.

There I am, sitting down there listening to all the stories, kinda makes me feel like a total noob.

Have any of you get that kind of feeling before?

You wanna do something in life but still you cannot do anything and knowing if you do, there will be major risks involved.

I hope this new year will be a year that I can do something really useful and memorable.

Till then, I wish you guys will have a great 1 year journey ahead!

Good Bye 2009

2009-12-31T19:17:00.000+08:00

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Whats On My Mind:

OMG MELVIN HAS UPDATED!
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Yet another year went by in a blink of an eye.

I looked back at what I wrote in the beginning of 2009, my resolutions.

I got 6 of them.

Some I manage to achieve, some I did not, some just started.

Things we expect to turn up good and it doesn't.

On the other hand, somethings we never thought it could ever occur, it did.

Bottom line, circumstances may change, but it is our choice to ride with the wave or ride against it.

That ride might just turn out to be smooth sailing or crashing onto you.

I had my fair share of bitter sweet, what about you? :)

There is just something muscular about this cloud lol

I hope that 2010 would be a great year ahead, as you all can see my blog record has not been consistent.

I would wanna do better this coming year.

Wish you all a happy new year! May good opportunity come to you!

Pre-Indonesia Expedition

2009-12-05T00:41:00.000+08:00

Words could not express my excitement!

Finally I am able to travel out of Malaysia again!

But this time, the heat is turned up many times.

I'm not talking about Singapore where everything is so organized, nor Sabah where everything can be solved with just a smile.

Its Indonesia! Besides the initial journey from Malaysia to Bandung, which I will be traveling down with another friend of mine.

The transit journey to Semarang and Jakarta would test my level of independence and fluency in Bahasa.

The tension between Malaysia and Indonesia politics isn't favorable to me at all, especially in Jakarta, a friend actually told me to be careful with the authorities there.

Whatever that means, I don't wan to come home "in a box."

Wish me all the best there~ I'll send greetings if I am able to on Facebook or here!

Stay tune~ ^^

Memories Of Term Six In Black And White

2009-11-30T17:31:00.000+08:00

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Whats On My Mind:

This post was written on 19th of August 2009.

Yes I know what you wana say, sorry lor....

This wont be a long winded and emo-fied post,
just something short and sweet. ^^
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Long gone were the times we go up to 7th floor and pool till we forget class time.

Long gone were the times every corner we turn and we will see familiar faces.

Long gone were the times where the food stalls in campus were better then now.

And long gone were the times of being a noob, we all had in a way or another, elevated into a new phase today.

Jeff's birthday & farewell in KL

I came to college, its atmosphere doesn't seem to be like old times.

With both DH 28 Rooms Division and Food & Beverage students joined together in one same class along side with a hand full of new students.

The scene has changed.

Candid shot during class, stress term 6!

Nevertheless, things go on, I am sure all of us gotten used to the new surrounding, but it is good to recall those sweet memories of diploma days.

One such thing I always do was when I walked pass the 3 restaurants, looking at our recent junior batches performing service in there.

I would always say, "I was there".

I also recalled the moments where I HATE being in the kitchen.

Blardy fiche technique that I could never seem to understand, the smell and pre & post service experience.

Now, I walked into this place where I used to dislike, looking at the station we used to place and do our mise-en-place while chatting and ended up our work was behind time.

Suppose to study for exam

I got to be honest with you, I kinda miss those times a little bit.

Not a whole lot! Just a little. :)

I like this picture very much~
Thx to Elaine for the simple yet classy frame edit. ;)

Term 6 was the only term we had lots of photo taking session.

Regardless the person is narcissist or not, you either pose willingly and end up being in a nice picture or post unwillingly and end up having a distorted face in the picture.

Despite our finals was close to us, we still manage to have fun and pass our finals~

An achievement indeed. :P

I can say, we had run the good race, and we finished well. :)

Many had left to pursue different paths, nevertheless you will always be remembered as batch 28.

Good blessings be upon the path you take.

May we always be in your memories as you are in ours!

A new journey had already begin~

-The history of batch 28 (DH/DC/DT), its joy and sadness lived and rest here-

Long Live The Tang Emperor!

2009-10-18T16:23:00.009+08:00

Sabah has always been close to my heart, my 2 previous visitation 5/6 years ago has left a strong imprint in what I become today.

I learned to take care of myself, sleep in sleeping bag, bath in the river and even shit in a toilet that don't have a flushing system. That is another story.

This time round, I was more fortunate, due to the fact I came 2 days ahead of time. I checked myself into a hotel in Kota Kinabalu town - 'Tang Dynasty'.

My room

I am going to share a rather funny yet creepy story about the place I stayed for 3 days and 2 nights.

I checked in at Tang's on the 25th of September, the hotel is kinda nice, small but peaceful, its a 3 start if I'm not mistaken.

So I took my key, room number 629. As soon as I reached the 6th floor, I walked out from the lift to look for my room, there was a sign showing room number what and walk to left or to right.

I scan through that sign board.

This is the sign on the 4th floor, I never took the one at 6th floor.

Where is 629??

My heart begins to beat... *dag dag dag* Imagination running wild, scenes if horror movies flashing in my head.

I picked to walk along the sign that point towards 628, though it did not say 629 is over that side.

Step by step I walked, pin drop silence echos the entire 6th floor, only the sound of the exhaust hood could be heard from the other end of the hallway.

As I approach the end of the hallway, at the corners of my eyes, I caught 2 separate door openings, the creaking sound of the carpet gets louder as I am getting near to the end.

This is not the 6th floor, its the 4th, the room at the right end there, is mine

The 2 separate doorway turns out to be an opening into another 2 room, the feeling is like 2 rooms inside another room.

Darn, it feels like a mortuary I tell you.

I hold up my key card, the moment of truth.

*teeeet teeeet*

Invalid key card!

I could not say how happy I was! I rushed down to the reception, put on a pitiful face, I told the receptionist, "can I change my room? I cant enter my room..."

Bingo! Score 1~ Hence I changed to the 4th floor, and I don't have a trouble since then.

Later did I know, Tang Dynasty hotel actually undergo a renovation and in the process an accident, a few of the workers died.

And 629 was one of the new rooms after the construction.

Shit, thank goodness the door was jammed!

In addition to the horrors of Tang, I had 2 more friends whom are girls with me that time, they were in a different room on the 5th floor.

One of them were in the shower, and one was watching TV, suddenly she heard someone calling her name.

"Hannie... Hannie... Hannie"

That was freaky when she told me the story later.

Sabah indeed is a land filled with mystical elements, for those who had never been to Sabah, you got to come here someday.

With that I shall leave you guys with this post for the week.

Till then, more to come! ;)

March of The Flying Ants & Its Friends

2009-10-10T18:38:00.001+08:00

Good greetings!

It has been 2 weeks of survival in the land below the wind.

Things are starting to get better and I am getting more and more familiar with the lifestyle here.

I am currently over at Joel's place at Luyang, KK.

Road to Joel's house

I've actually hand written a post on my note book, totally prepared to just type out everything and post it up.

Apparently I forgot to bring my note book with me. :(

Not to worry, nevertheless I shall just update a few memorable events here.

Other then getting hit by the tail of the Manila typhoon which in return caused quite a few parts in KK (I assume) to black out and unending rain pour.

I was down with food poisoning just 2 days ago, and thankfully I am well since yesterday!

The experience was one of the worst in my life.

Night view from his place

Never once I vomited 5 times and shit 4 times in any food poisoning event.

It was so bad, I beg God to take me back to heaven.

Partly because of the ringing headache that just cannot go away.

The pain was so agonizing, I couldn't sleep at all, thoughts run wild, I kept thinking that I will not make it back to West Malaysia alive, the chant of "I want to go home" kept ringing in my head.

Monuments found in one of the catholic church

I am serious! The effect of the pain can drive anyone up the wall.

Finally, I could not take it anymore, I told myself I got to go to the doctor.

To cut the story short, I got myself an injection in the ass to stop the headache and a hand full of medicine.

I could barely walk after the shot, Lin Yin who accompanied me throughout the entire journey couldn't stop laughing at the way I was trying walking properly. :(

A moment I was walking like a penguin, another moment like a pregnant lady (if I place my hands on my waist).

And the rain made it worst, she was holding an umbrella while walking behind of me, and as the light shines,

The shadow projected on the wall looked as if the Sultan of Melacca was strolling in pain with a kuli holding an umbrella behind of him..

Nexus Karambunai's lobby

Laughter in the mids of pain, boredom is definitely not the word to describe this training. I am sure there will be more yet to come! ;)

Till then, I'll leave you guys with this piece, better hope I don't forget to bring my note book next week! Take care!

Greetings From Sabah

2009-09-25T15:18:00.000+08:00

Bonjour!

This post affirms that I had arrived safely here in Sabah.

I still cannot believe that I am back here again, after almost 5 years.

As the plane was taking off this morning, in my heart I was thinking "ok I am leaving finally!"

Upon taking off, in my heart I was counting, "1,2,3,4,5,6.... It has already been 10 seconds I'm off West Malaysian soil."

There I was, looking down from the plane to the ground, knowing that I wont be back here after 2 months made me wonder how would things be back at home ground.

I do hope things will be good at home.

Anyway, this will be a short one, work starts on Monday, I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

All the best to you guys back home and anywhere else!

Till then, take care! ;)

To The Land Below The Wind

2009-09-21T12:36:00.000+08:00

Hey guys, I'm back for another short update!

Due to my long absence from my blog, a lot of things had happened and was never told.

1st and foremost, I just came back from my class trip.

We went to Eagle Ranch Resort at Port Dickson.

Once the pictures are uploaded by my classmates, I shall write about it even more later.

Check out Danial's facial expression! XD

Today, I just wanna take this time to inform all of you guys, I will be leaving KL.

I wont be here no more, but I will be going to Sabah.

I only have 4 more days at Semenanjung Malaysia, my flight will be on the 25th of September, which is this Friday.

It will be after a long time before I return to this part of the world.

Come to think of it, I never thought that I would leave my comfort zone so soon!

Geez.. I always wanted to leave (don't get me wrong, I'm excited to go actually), but having to leave the usual things behind and go to a place with no cheap access of communication with the people back here makes this move out a heavy one.

Me being me, I started to think how would my departure affect my current surrounding?

Will my absence be just another absence? Or will my departure mean something to anyone at all.

That is something I will or will not ever find out.

Till then, I shall talk more about it soon! Take care guys! Have a good Raya Celebration & eating all the good food!

To all my BDH counterpart, all the best for your training! Will see you guys next year! ;)

One Dumb Thing I Did

2009-09-17T10:46:00.000+08:00

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Whats On My Mind:

1st of all, I wanna apologize for my long absence, indeed I was very distracted by all the happenings these pass few weeks. Though I was not physically tired (sometimes), mentally it was taxing. I will further write down the details of my happenings soon. :)
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Yesterday was my Law exam.

The night before I was out to study, lets put it this way the so call night study session was more of a food for the soul then food for the brain.

Then I came home, knowing what I did was very little and I was too tired to go on, it was then I got a great idea!

I shall set my alarm at 5am, wake up and then study till I have to go college.

The plan was good, I've done that before and it was rewarding.

BUT!

This time round, something went terribly wrong...

If you are thinking that I forgot to set the alarm, well....

Sorry to burst your bubble, but no I did set my alarm.

However, the mistake I did was to leave my phone beside me on my bed as I fall asleep.

What made this mistake even wrong was this.

5am, the alarm rang!

*Melvin was half asleep, but heard the ring*

*Melvin though it was a PHONE call, thus conveniently took the phone from the side, press the button to "answer the call", in reality he hit the turn off button*

*Melvin then place the phone on his ear, and say "Hello.. Hello.. Helloooo..."

*Knowing that no one was "on the other line", he "hung up" and went back to sleep.*

I got up to realize the time was 7.30am!

Absolutely wonderfully dumb dumb, don't you think so? :)

Jangan Menyerah - d'Masiv

2009-08-09T01:14:00.000+08:00

Dear friend,

I had believe in you and I will still believe in you.

You said you are a lost soul, lost your dream and etc.

But have you started with what you can do (I'm sure you know what am I talking about)? Everyone has to learn to find time to fight the good fight, the key is time management and passion.

The feeling of dragging our feet up after every crap thrown at us is doubtlessly tiresome.

You, me and anyone else too.

Self-discovery is never late, it is an ongoing process, a famous Mandarin saying (direct translation) "live till you are old, learn to you are old".

Changes are bound to happen, it is part of the menu of life, it could be our character, environment or even our philosophy that changed, its the matter of for good or for the worst.

Let me ask, whenever a new task or opportunity (some you have to find yourself) given, are we the 1st to back off and say no? Maybe out of fear or maybe "lazy la"? :P

That is why things remain the same, because without trials and hardship, we can never mature, things might get out of hand or screw up, but there is where we can learn to pick ourselves back up.

When we don't swim against the current, sooner or later, it will sweep us away with it, because that is how the world is, "look in the mirror and change what you see, and your world will change."

By saying all these does not make me perfect, neither by complaining that we are at a disadvantage point, that will only keep us at where we are only to look upon others for the rest of our lives.

I still fail and I do succeed at times, because I am still human.

I have my own version of current to swim, and you have yours too, don't ever compare others to yourself, because each of us are unique and have a different destiny.

If you try to walk in someones destiny, you will only realize you cant catch up or meet the mark, because that destiny is NOT meant for you.

Learn to say yes to changes and adept in them will give us the edge, with commitment and passion, it will drive us even further!

I'm glad that you said you refuse to stay that way (to give up), everyone needs assurance and encouragements from time to time.

I cannot make it this far if I don't have people encouraging me, sad to say, my mother is not one of them, nevertheless, that is not an excuse to stop us rite (dad or mum alike)?! XD

Like many had encouraged me, I am here to encourage you. :)

Why say we wanna becoming someone when we ARE already someone just yet to be known by others, its just publicity problem. :)

Don't feel pathetic, because you are not the only one feeling that way. Yes, we sometimes feel that we don't know where are we going, that is why we have to learn to stay focus, and aim for the finishing line ahead.

In the Olympics or sports event, tell me when we ever saw a runner looking back while running? I can confidently say, none of them do, they look ahead and all of them will fix their eyes on that white line ahead of them.

I do hope you get what I had said, I might not know what are you really thinking inside your head or your emotions truly feels, nevertheless once again I tell you.

I will be here to encourage you!

Besides that, I got a song here for you, I hope it will bless your heart as it has inspired me. :)

Jangan sekali menyerah~

Dulu And Then Sekarang

2009-08-04T01:27:00.000+08:00

I was browsing my Facebook like any other day, but all of a sudden, I just got a sense of nostalgia due to looking back at so much past photos.

These pass few days and months I was ~~forcefully~~ tagged in many of those old photos that I forgotten I even took it before.

Its amazing don't you think? Especially when you notice in such a short time spend, and each individual changed so much.

2006 after drama production in school

I don't know about most of you, certainly I had change a lot, my friends said I do and I 100% agree to their statement.

In just a spend from 2006-2009.

Its like turning around the number '6' and the '9', so different yet still very similar.

5Bestari 2006

I see myself grown from being ignorant to sensitive to the people around me, though sometimes my senses are wrong, or sometimes its just only me.

Nevertheless, its a process of learning.

I also see myself strengthening my dreams, until today my dream has never died, disappointments for sure led me down many times,

Some random photo taken in 2007

There is a saying, "what cant kill you builds you."

My dream became an even bigger picture, there are more installed for me then what I 1st dreamed and expected.

I learned that I have to 1st empower myself before I could empower others, for this will be apart of the bigger picture I see in front of me.

Elementary school reunion 2008 at Sunway Pyramid:
class of 2001 6D, SJK(C) Lick Hung

I see myself living a non-routine life, though present time stories and circumstances scares me, the fear of being marginalized in society is certainly unbearable,

But I wan and I choose to press on, though the thought of giving up sometimes popped in my head,

I would always comfort myself with words like "to dream is a one time event, the step for the dream to turn into reality is a process."

BDH 31 option-A group 9, 10 & 11 steamboat dinner outing 2009

July has ended and August is now, another half way more the there goes another year, all these moment will soon be stored in memory and turned into past stories.

What lives on must move on, to adapt in this ever changing world.

To remain in where we stand and think that we are alright, not doing anything to improve things is already a conduct of complacency.

My hope is to see the best potential manifested out from us all, be it for a dream, ourselves, family, love, friendship or country!

Happy half year! ^^

The Big Blank

2009-07-26T19:07:00.000+08:00

Hey guys, I know I haven been updating consistently, the photo uploaded problem and some other stuff caused me to temporary lose steam to write my new stuff.

You know, after you get used to not blogging for so long, when you sit in front of the desk again, you just don't know what to write...

Term 6 flash back, new semester post and a few others still pretty much pending.

I don't wanna just write some half bake crap and post it up, better off my attention turned towards something else then those important post.

Never fear! This will just be a momentary phase, I will be back soon! The best is yet to come! ^^

Anyway, I know I've said before I wont be writing typical "my life this and that" kinda thing, but sad to say, I am currently lack inspiration to cook up some funny crap.

But I think its a good idea to just shed some light on what is going on right now, and what am I up to at this season of time.

Well, 1st off, in case if you guys still wonder, I just started my 1st year of degree few weeks ago, it was rather odd and weird at 1st, looking at unfamiliar faces in class.

Not that I don't know most of them, except some new students, but we had never had a class together before, I guess I will get used to it some time soon.

We are going to have a class dinner at Summer's Steamboat this coming Friday!

I hope many will turn up and not FFK last minute!

"A class that eats together, stays together!" ^^

Other then that, this semester there are many projects, and especially video projects!

I don't know if its just me, the trend of doing assignments had evolved from boring reports and presentations to video presentations & role play!

Best part is, its a blardy hotel school!

But.......... I like it~ X)

Just a little spoiler, we have to do 1st an advertisement for English assignments, and the boom is a short film in FRENCH for of cost none other then French assignments.

Baybeh... Its hell load of challenge, but I have an inspiration! Just you guys wait, do check it out when its done.

Nevertheless, I'm looking forward for a great new term and season, till then will further update some more!

Take care guys & girls!

To Train There or Not To Train There?

2009-07-18T21:39:00.000+08:00

I got a rude shock yesterday morning.

When I log on to my Facebook, the 1st thing I saw was a shot out posted by one of my friend(from Indonesia) which was, "**** you terrorist!"

I was like "okey..."

As I was further scrolling down my page, I saw another statement posted by another friend of mine(also from Indonesia), the content are similar, talking about some terrorist thing.

And there was another statement, and another and another!

My suspicion was high, I went onto yahoo news but I did not find any terrorist act of any kind. It then strike my mind that yahoo is based in America, maybe they haven wrote about it.

I could not help but to log on to another website 'Malaysiakini'.

To my horror, I saw this.

Ritz-Carlton & JW Marriott Jakarta was bombed!

Why am I reacting so much?

Well, for your info, those 2 hotel simultaneously was within my industrial training placement list!

Thank goodness they did not decide to explode at the time that I will be there.

Ritz-Carlton's after the blast

I am speechless...

What can I say.

R.I.P victims of the bombing.

Yahoo news link here.

Counter-Strike 300 Parody

2009-07-12T18:30:00.001+08:00

I really apologize for the long hang, until now I am still unable to upload any pictures.... :(

But I finally got an idea.

If pictures cant do the talking, then videos will do the job pretty well!

I stumbled upon this really funny parody intertwining the game 'Counter-Strike' a.k.a CS, and the movie '300'.

Such creativity! They way they played with the characters movement are simply entertaining to watch, very cute also.

Once again I'm very sorry I could not update this time round, I will try my best to fix the problem.

Till then, I leave you with this video.

Enjoy~ ;)

"This is Sparta!"

*head shot* XD

A Waiters' Rant

2009-06-29T00:33:00.000+08:00

Caution: I'm a little tipsy after eating too much of chocolate! So this post is written in a sarcastic manner, nevertheless it might help anyone of us to be a better customer! Enjoy~

As a hospitality student majoring in Food and Beverage, I hereby going to share a piece of my mind to all of you out there!

The silent ranting of waiters had begun since human started not appreciating the good things people do for them.

Little do you know,

But I say it ends today! *put on the Hitler look*

Here are the insider secrets about restaurants, from tipping to what days to avoid dining out and what will put you on a waiters black list.

This is a Malaysian-ized version based on the original inspiration.

1. Avoid eating out on holidays, Friday and Saturday nights. The sheer volume of customers guarantees that most kitchens will be pushed beyond their ability to produce a high-quality dish.

2. There are almost never any sick days in the restaurant business. A busboy with a kid to support isn't going to stay home and miss out on their salary(RM5 per hour) because he's got strep throat. And these are the people handling your food. :)

3. When customers' dissatisfaction devolves into personal attacks, adulterating food or drink is a convenient way for servers to exact covert vengeance. Some waiters can and do spit in people's food.

4. Never say "I'm friends with the owner." Restaurant owners don't have friends(some of the sad ones). This marks you as a clueless poseur the moment you walk in the door, sorry la, still no discount for you.

5. Treat others as you want to be treated. Yes, people need to be reminded of this, and clearly most people are blardy ignorant, even the rich and educated people sometimes behave like that!

6. Don't do that annoying "kissy" sound to get our attention, especially in a high class restaurant(if mamak, that depends which one)! I had customers doing it to me when I was training in the HOTEL! Good God! @.@ Remember, we have shears that cut through bones in the kitchen. ^^

7. Don't order meals that aren't on the menu. You're forcing the chef to cook something he doesn't make on a regular basis. If he makes the same entrée(main course) 10,000 times a month, the odds are good that the dish will be a home run every time.

8. Splitting entrées is okay, but don't ask for a glass of hot water and pull out your Milo 3-in-1 packet so you can make your own cheap Milo panas. What's next, grapes so you can press your own wine? -.-"

9. If you find a waiter you like, always ask to be seated in his or her section. Tell all your friends so they'll start asking for that server as well. You've just made that waiter look indispensable to the owner. The server will be grateful and take good care of you(only in high class restaurant and hotels).

10. If you can't afford to leave a tip, you can't afford to eat in the restaurant. Servers could be giving 20 to 40 percent to the busboys, bartenders, or hostess, but in Malaysia, is every man for himself, not that I want it to be, but I've experience being con by senior staff before on tipping, so I ain't gona share my catch no more. :)

Prawn cocktail preparation

11. Always examine the check/cash. Sometimes large parties are unaware that a "gratuity" has been added to the bill, so they tip on top of it. Waiters "facilitate" this error. But typical Malaysian very stingy wan, sure wont give tips and left over coins ain't tips, what do you think we are, beggars?, what more accidentally pay extra, fat chance!

12. If you want to hang out, that's fine. But increase the tip to make up for money the server would have made if he or she had had another seating at that table.

13. Never, ever come in 15 minutes before closing time. The cooks are tired and will cook your dinner right away. So while you're chitchatting over salads, your entrées will be languishing under the heat lamp while the dishwasher is spraying industrial-strength, carcinogenic cleaning solvents in their immediate vicinity.

14. If the person serving you is a trainee from a hotel school such as Taylor's School of Hospitality and Tourism, give them more tips because it encourages them very much, dah la kena buli from senior staff, getting a fat tips makes them feel as if they got a higher pay then the restaurant manager. XD

Hope you guys enjoy reading, original source from Yahoo news, done a little modification to the content, and there you go~ ;) Till then, take care guys and girls~ ;)

Karangan Terbaik UPSR 2007

2009-06-22T20:46:00.000+08:00

A friend of mine forward me an email one fine day, titled 'The Best Essay UPSR 2007'.

I laugh so loud, my mum thought I was high on drugs.

Check it out! :D

TAJUK: PENGALAMAN YANG NGERI.

Pagi itu pagi minggu. Cuaca cukup sejuk sehingga mencapai takat suhu beku. Sebab itu saya tidak mandi pagi sebab air kolah jadi air batu dan air paip tidak mahu keluar sebab beku di dalam batang paip. Pagi itu saya bersarapan dengan keluarga di dalam unggun api kerana tidak tahan sejuk. Selepas itu emak saya mengajak saya menemaninya ke pasar. Tetapi saya tidak mahu.

Selepas emak menikam perut saya berkali-kali dengan garfu barulah saya bersetuju untuk mengikutnya. Kami berjalan sejauh 120 kilometer kerana pasar itu letaknya 128 kilometer dari rumah. Lagi 8 kilometer nak sampai pasar saya ternampak sebuah lori kontena meluru dengan laju dari arah belakang.

Dia melanggar emak saya. Emak saya tercampak ke dalam gaung. Dia menjerit “Adoi!”. Lepas itu emak saya naik semula dan mengejar lori tersebut. Saya pun turut berlari di belakang emak saya kerana takut emak saya melanggar lori itu pula. Pemandu lori itu nampak kami mengejarnya.

Dia pun memecut lebih laju iaitu sama dengan kelajuan cahaya. Kami pula terpaksa mengejar dengan lebih laju iaitu sama dengan dua kali ganda kelajuan cahaya. Emak saya dapat menerajang tayar depan lori itu. Lori itu terbabas dan melanggar pembahagi jalan lalu bertembung dengan sebuah feri. Feri itu terbelah dua.

Penumpang feri itu yang seramai 100 orang semuanya mati. Pemandu feri itu sangat marah. Dia pun bertukar menjadi Ultraman dan memfire pemandu lori. Pemandu lori menekan butang khas di dalam lori dia..lori itu bertukar menjadi robot Transformer..

Mereka bergaduh di udara. Emak saya tidak puas hati. Dia pun terus menyewa sebuah helikopter di Genting Highlands dan terus ke tempat kemalangan. Dia melanggar pemandu feri yang telah bertukar menjadi Ultraman itu.

Pemandu feri itu terkejut dan terus bertukar menjadi pemandu feri semula lalu terhempas ke jalanraya. Pemandu feri itu pecah. Pemandu lori sangat takut melihat kejadian itu. Dia meminta maaf dari emak saya. Dia menghulurkan tangan ingin bersalam. Tetapi emak saya masih marah. Dia menyendengkan helikopternya dan mengerat tangan pemandu lori itu dengan kipas helikopter.

Pemandu lori itu menjerit “Adoi...!” dan jatuh ke bumi. Emak say menghantar helikopter itu ke Genting Highlands. Bila dia balik ke tempat kejadian, dia terus memukul pemandu lori itu dengan beg tangannya sambil memarahi pemandu lori itu di dalam bahasa Inggeris.

Pemandu lori itu tidak dapat menjawab sebab emak saya cakap orang putih. Lalu pemandu lori itu mati. Tidak lama kemudian kereta polis pun sampai. Dia membuat lapuran ke ibu pejabatnya tentang kemalangan ngeri itu.

Semua anggota polis di pejabat polis itu terperanjat lalu mati. Orang ramai mengerumuni tempat kejadian kerana ingin mengetahui apa yang telah terjadi. Polis yang bertugas cuba menyuraikan orang ramai lalu dia menjerit menggunakan pembesar suara. Orang ramai terperanjat dan semuanya mati.

Selepas itu emak saya mengajak saya ke pasar untuk mengelak lebih ramai lagi yang akan mati. Di pasar, emak saya menceritakan kejadian itu kepada penjual daging. Penjual daging dan peniaga-peniaga berhampiran yang mendengar cerita itu semuanya terkejut dan mati.

Saya dan emak saya terus berlari balik ke rumah. Kerana terlalu penat sebaik saja sampai di rumah kami pun mati. Itulah kemalangan yang paling ngeri yang pernah saya lihat sebelum saya mati.

Classic I tell ya!

A remark by the original sender,

"Itulah zaman sekarang anak-anak banyak sangat terdedah pengaruh televisyen"

How true! XD

Memories Of Term Five In Black And White

2009-06-18T02:13:00.001+08:00

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Whats On My Mind:

Finally, I am able to complete my flash back post!

This time round, I was quite caught up with a few stuff, trials & final exams preparation, and all these stuff made my mind very tired by the time I reached back home, hence the late update.

FYI, this post is written in several location and time, so you might experience "time leap" while reading this post. :)
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Important NOTE: I have a friend renting out a Single Room at Mentari Court, 16 Floor, RM 405 fully furnished+AirCond & Great Housemates. If you are interested please feel free to contact me asap~! Thanks! ^^

'Get Together Night' organized by DH 28 for DH 32

As I am sitting here on this beautiful Monday morning, waiting for time to pass till revision class starts.

I looked around the library, the feeling of unfamiliarity creeps up to my skin.

I remembered those PC beside me were most of the time seated with the people whom I know, as I entered the library last time, exchange of 'hello' could go from 1 end to the other.

Walking around the library for 1 round is a tradition which I practice when I entered its compound until today.

Karl Wong

I would at less bump into a few people I know, but now its just merely just an exercise routine for me.

Then the reality of time came to my senses, its already 2009, I've already been here for 2 years.

I opened my hand phone calender, and stared in disbelieve, only can I utter 2 words...

"Holy cow...!"

Chris cross dress during Law Presentation

Today, Giordano came and did a mini sale within our campus, its my 3rd time seeing them in the campus compound, they came on 2008 and 2007, its always during the mid year season.

I still remember asking Rebekah which shirt looks good, bought it soon after that, I'm still using it till today.

Nevertheless, we all know things are bound to change, I'm just sad sometimes to know things change for the worst instead of better.

It is still a learning process, every experience I've been through never one was a waste.

Term 5 was a very different term for me, we had just returned from our 2nd industrial training. I was very charged up!

All excited for the upcoming restaurant promotion project, me and my ever faithful blog poser - Ang Sio Sen,

Had the honor to be elected as Restaurant Manager & Assistant Restaurant Manager.

We tried our best to gather whatever lessons we had learned in our training and apply into this project.

Leadership is not something new to me, because of previous experience, but the challenges I faced was indeed challenging.

What I thought I could do, turn out to be a different story.

Final briefing before showtime!

What I've expect to face turned its tide.

In short, pretty lots of bullshit la. :)

I love this shot!

If you are the top runner for your school, you win the race.

If you are the best at 'Call of Duty 4', you ~~pawn the noobs in Garena~~ win the match.

If you and your team worked together, everyone wins the championship.

"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships!"
DH 28 Group 1 & 2 - February 14 2009
'Made With Love'

It was a good process of self-discovery for myself.

A lecturer of mine told me that I had the tendency to climb a mountain without safety gears.

I asked myself, "am I?".

Karl Wong again~

I know my vision can be really big sometimes, but I am certain and I know what am I doing and I do have plans to execute it, except if unexpected circumstances come into the picture.

If you have ambition, you might not achieve anything, but without ambition, you are almost certain not to achieve anything.

I don't wan to end up, sitting by the 'long kang' side one day, thinking what had I done in this life and only to discover I have done nuts.

"do I look influential?" XD

Besides learning and getting upset, there are also many happy things during my semester 5!

Who can ever forget our friend's facial expression after having 3 guys and 13 girls surprising him during his birthday?

"wahhh~!"

Unsuspecting victim by the name of Fandi

3 guys and 13 girls!

That is a very big ratio difference.

Some missing.. :(

Nevertheless, we had fun. :)

Semester 5 was a season of birthday celebrations, not long down the road, we celebrated another friends birthday.

Doreen's 20th birthday~

Overall, it was a bitter sweet semester.

Love it yet had second thoughts about it.

If you realized the flash back this time, the content is quite little.

Certain things just cannot be expressed by words.

Classic candid shot!

I look back with just a sigh.

Many rooms for improvement, yet I could have done better.

Nevertheless, at the end of the day, I know there are friend whom will stand with me and slap me in the face if I ever go astray, which I find its the most honorable thing to do, and that is what friends are for,

And there are also "friends" whom will only shoot with their mouth but when asked to act, can only pick their nose and say "don't know" or "cannot la cannot"..

Talk big no.1...

Cute college cat edit from Julian's blog(I haven ask you for your new link)!

Why do we fail?

To me, because we can learn to pick ourselves back up again!

Steamboat dinner with Mr.Patrick before term 6 begins

After so much of hardship, joy and pain...

We are graduating this Saturday!

Viva la DH 28~

I'll work on the 'Term 6 flash back' soon(no more delays I hope)!

Till then, take care! ;)

Cin(T)a

2009-06-15T14:54:00.001+08:00

Note: Load the video at the bottom and pause it if you may, then you can watch it once you read finish my description. :)

I had watch many films for so many years, short and long, from good ones to sucky one to weird ones and ones which I had no clue what they are showing at all.

On Friday, a friend of mine showed me a video clip on Youtube.

It appears to be a movie trailer.

I watched that trailer.

It totally blew me off the chair!

I mean, how can anyone think of such creative ways of producing a film?

Really it changed my perspective on film making.

From the movie title itself, to the characters and script(watch the trailer!).

Gosh, I just cant find words to describe the awesomeness of the film.

Just by watching that trailer alone, I would give it a 10/10!

Why?

Here is my explanation.

The title of the movie is 'Cin(T)a', this is a story of a love triangle between 3 characters - Cina (the boy), Annisa (the girl), and Tuhan (God).

Notice the 1st and last letter of the title, 'C' - the boy, 'A' Annisa and the '(T)' - God.

The name of 3 characters encrypted in the title itself! And the entire title means 'love'! How creative can it get?!

Just talking about it amazes me!

I especially love the character description they wrote about 'God' on their official website.

"Is the most unpredictable character. Everybody tries to describe Him. Everybody thought they knew Him. Every art tried to figure Him. But nothing is really like Him...or Her"

My words are limited, why not you guys watch and judge it yourself. :)

Sit back and enjoy!

A truly inspiring piece of art!

For all media/mass com/film students, or for anyone who have strong passion is film. I strongly suggest, this is a must watch movie!

Sadly, due to its controversial nature, the film is only available in the UK for now, I'll be waiting for it to come on South East Asian shores!

Rumors said, in the month of August, it will be launch in Indonesia, however, there is no news if its going to be launch in Malaysia or Singapore. :(

Till then, I'll further blog about it when I get latest info! ;)

Original Writings

2009-06-12T00:50:00.000+08:00

I was suppose to study for my French oral examination, but it seems that I don't feel like it, Prancis macam najis la... =/

Before the idea to create a new label 'Original Writings', I was finishing up my term 5 flash back, but I felt the inspiration was dried up.

I don't wan to update something that I did not do it with my full effort, especially a term flash back post, because I really put in deep thought for each terms flash back post.

Anyway, the reason I decided to create a new label on my blog, is to plow the ground for my to expend my creativity in writing.

This label will feature my own self written rhymes, poem, quotes and etc.

NOTE: THIS IS NOT A GROUND FOR ME TO BE EMO, BUT TO EXPRESS CREATIVITY. ^^

Now, with that line drawn, I'm going to post up something I wrote yesterday.

My 1st its going to be a 3 stanza, 3 line each rhyme.

Its inspired by: 'disclosed information' =3

A message with a thousand misses,
Sealed together with many kisses,
Hope, please don’t shatter into pieces.

You are driving me up the wall,
Just wanna give you a phone call,
Hold your hand and walk in the mall.

Would this work out? I think it might,
Many nights I could not sleep tight,
Wishing this dream would take flight.

What do you think? Comments are of course most welcome, and please, negative comments also(if any), so I can improve my writing skills.

P/S: To a person whom can write a good story, you know who you are, don't ever stop writing, I am still waiting for your other stories! Remember if we want to move those mountains, we have to start digging them from the bottom, never let life or other stuff make you too busy for your dream, you are not alone. ^^

When Nature Calls

2009-05-21T00:14:00.000+08:00

This is gonna be a short post for the day, don't mind the nonsense. :)

Have anyone of you ever get yourself into situation where you really "have to go"?

Believe me when I say I do.

In fact I have many stories of how I always manage to survive from "the great release".

From leaving my friend in the car and running off to somewhere, and the police came asking "where is the driver?"

To cycle back from school during school hours because the toilet in my high school are just so screwed up,

Also, going few kilometers away just to find a nice toilet when I have one near me.

You name it, I've done it.

Call me the freak of nature, but ask yourself if you do not have any somewhat different preference. :)

So one day, I was walking somewhere near my place.

Suddenly, I ain't feeling very well, I thought it was the food I ate just now.

A sign that I have to go to the WC~ But where???

How in the world am I suppose to find a WC in the middle of no where??

I walked and walked, I saw a place, and an idea came into my head!

Guard: "What is the purpose of your visit?"

Me: "Err.."

Guard: "Oh I know, visit your teacher?"

Me: "Ehm.. Yeah?"

And again~ I've done it!

Another survival episode~

There is a saying, "desperate times calls for desperate measures!" :)

This Is The Secrete

2009-05-13T18:55:00.000+08:00

Note: This post will be blogged in a mixture of 2 different language, because its dedicated to the one whom left us so suddenly...

Not die and go to heaven la! Just left a few thousand kilometers away.

~-.~-.~-.~-.~-.~-.~-.~-.

Cici Yunny,

Kayaknya kita udah kenalin kira-kira 1 taon gitu lho, ak masi ingat kali pertama masuk komsel mu di Ridzuan, rasanya beda banget dari gereja lama ku, you and the others welcomed me.

As time passed, days became weeks and little did we realize, weeks turned into months, certainly I've got to know you a whole lot better.

Lo tau gak, actually ak belajar banyak dari kamu, well if you din know, now u know. :P

And here is the secrete you are dying to know. XD

Nothing juicy really, but it is simply what I wana say.

Kamu banyak ngajarin kita, just like a big sister to us all, and there were few things that caused a lasting impact on the way I think and do stuff today.

I learned your way of being flexible, kapan waktu ak gak ada mobil dulu, you would sacrifice your time, energy and fuel just to come all the way from Sunway to Subang and take us back to Sunway again.

Ak tau itu satu pengorbanan yang besar buat kamu, especially during the fuel price hike season last year, ak jadi lebih ngerti waktu udah mulai jemput anak-anak komsel.

Memang ada rasa kesel sedikit kalo harus nungguin lama buat orang yang lambat turun ke bawah, meski, kamu gak ngomel ato apa waktu ak pula yang lambat turun ke bawah.

Justru, ak janji pada diri ku sendiri, that I will not complain(maybe lepas geram a bit la. :P).
Because of what you have done for us, by setting an example.

Its Wednesday today, and I've received a message from Kelvin reminding us about komsel on Friday night.

It reminds me of the times where you would notify us.

Sometimes we forgot to reply, and sometimes we never reply at all.

Now we wanna reply, got no chance already... :(

I still wonder am I dreaming that you had even left Malaysia... Everything happened so sudden, my mind cant comprehend it, still believing that you are here sometimes.

I mean, you just shifted to a new house and went through a job interview, everything was looking good, but the next thing we knew, you are going back to your home country.

Life is just hard to predict and it sucks bad when things turned out to seem bad.

But the reality is still, you had left us for almost 3 days already..

I believe everything happened for a reason, I'm sure there is a bigger picture in plan as to why you had to go back to Jakarta.

Don't worry about us here, we will definitely do our best and keep moving forward.

Jangan sampe lupa kita di sini ya.

Kita semua pasti kangen kamu.

If I do come by Jakarta one day, ak pasti carrin kamu!

Take good care of yourselves, and come back to visit us if you can!

See you in the near future Yunny... :)

-Melvin-

Little Request From A Friend

2009-05-10T00:28:00.000+08:00

Last Sunday...

*As Melvin was about to jump into bed*

*SMS tone*

*Melvin looked at the message*

"Melvin, Joanne here, can you do me a big big big favor, I'm afraid that when me and my friends arrive at Pudu Raya, there would not be any taxi because of the time, if is not too much of a request, can I ask you to take us back to Ridzuan please? But if you are not able to, is alright, I understand."

Thus, the journey begins.

Upon receiving that distress call.

Imagine 3 ladies arriving at Pudu Raya in the wee hours of the night with chances of no taxi stationed there and no one else they know were there to pick them up.

A perfect target for those lurking buggers preying upon the unarmed.

I couldn't help but to jump in and offer my hand even though I had class next morning at 9am.

Well, if I could have stayed up till so late and ~~play game~~ learn up my French, and at that appointed time, she choose to message me instead of others.

That must be a very important and urgent.

Its Pudu Raya some more! One of the most notorious place in Malaysia I tell you... Lots of baddies and funny people there... (I've experience the funny people, but not the baddies)

So, a little kick start to the engine in the cozy breeze of the midnight air.

I'm set and good to go.

But..... I cant remember 100% how to get myself to Pudu Raya...

Thanks to my previous training at Desserts Bar Menara Hap Seng, I manage to find my way there.

I was there just a few minute earlier then Joanne's bus.

I sat down at the mamak near Pudu Raya, with my car illegally parked in front of me.

I cant help but to admire the sights and sound of KL skyline.

I kept silence and just observe/listen to the people, vehicle and those pretty lights.

KL at night is very different from the day, I love KL with the absence of the sun. :)

I felt peace even though I was at the center of a somewhat evil place.

The experience is just very different, observing from inside a moving car is never the same as sitting outside in the mamak.

I cant explain in words man, you just had to get up and get out there to see for yourselves! And guys, go alone, because going in a group is just very distracting sometimes.

But girls... Be smart la.. :P

Finally the arrival of my friend broke me out from my gazing.

I sent them back to Ridzuan, they arrive safely in one piece.

This little "rescue mission" did not return to me void, I'm sure I had gain a new experience from it. :)

Do You Believe In "Royal Bloodline"?

2009-05-05T03:04:00.002+08:00

I feel very bad for not blogging much lately, is the blardy photo up loader!!!!

Why cant I upload photos in my house????

I was able to upload these photos when I was at my friends place few days back, therefore I can post up what I wanted to write about.

Please bare with me, I know I'm way behind time for blogging about my term 5 flash back, food promo and my super belated Singapore trip - Part 2(because I have yet to receive the photos).

Nevertheless, this post is not some half baked crap for the sake of updating, but I really thought through it.

Actually I got the idea for this post when I was chatting with my best friend one day.

As you guys read through this, just reflect upon your own self, maybe you will discover something that you had never knew before in the process.

I call this portrait:
"mencangkung kerana emosi" & also "nothing better to do"
*taken in Pulau Ketam*

Do you guys believe in genetics? Or generational blessings/curses? Skills and ability inheritance from ancestors?

We often say "Wah, you are just like your father/mother, so good at doing business, you must have inherited his business gens.", or something close to that.

A myth or a fact? Honestly, I find it hard to tell myself.

As we talked more and more in dept about this topic, I began to see a pattern in his lineage, all his family members, worked in the field that somewhat has contact with education, human management and resource(only 1 or 2 aliens who are not in those categories).

My friend began to understand the fact that there IS an obvious pattern.

Weird?

Wait till you see my analysis on MY OWN lineage.

My super cute nephew~
*picture courtesy from Sharon(my sis-in-law)*

It amazed and made me laugh at the same time.

Ok, lets start with myself 1st, I'll do an overview, will spare the detail for later.

Obviously, I'm a hotel management student(somewhat la..). I am stronger in terms of my theory and managerial side, compare to my practical and food related stuff.

I'm naturally gifted in film, photography, innovative writing and drama related stuff, alright I'll just sum it in 1 word - 'arts'. Some of you know that very well.

We all look so 'new'... Old times.. :)

To make this test more accurate, I'll take some subjects from both my maternal and paternal family only.

Please bare in mind, my research is not orthodox, I based it on what I know, my own assumption and observation.

The purpose of this analysis is to show, does "bloodline" actually affects our aspiration and talents?

This is 1 face that haven appear for a long time! XD
Its none other then Sio Sen showing 3 generation of manager report. :)

Maternal Grandfather:

Used to own and manage his shoe factory and established a notable brand(not sure does it still exist today).

Note: managerial lineage

Mum:

Was a company executive. In her younger years, I remembered she told me she worked part time at a BAR before, yes my mum, believe it or not. If you come to my house, there is a display of various types of glasses which I only knew the names of it after I entered Taylor's.

I truly deserve to bang my head on the wall because all my life I had walked pass that cabinet, millions and billions of time, I only looked at it properly when I 1st entered college... I used to be amazed at those nice wine glasses and all that college displayed for us to see, only to know my own house also got... =/

Note: managerial & hospitality lineage

Maternal Uncle(mum's brother):

Graduated from one of Switzerland's hotel school, he was the HR manager of Genting Highlands. Left Genting after 20 years(I think). Worked for TAYLOR'S SCHOOL of HOSPITALITY and TOURISM, he was one of the HR personal. Left Taylor's and started to venture back into the tourism industry by starting his own business.

He was the 1st member of my maternal family to own a video camera(when I was not even in primary school), I remembered I was captivated by that alien looking device, and I could still recall, it was a black color V.C that used tapes, the brand was Sony. How could I even remember the brand when I was that age? Because Sony sounds like 'Sonic the headchog', it was my favorite cartoon at that time. :P

Note: managerial & hospitality lineage

Some of the glasses my mum own

Dad:

Manage his own shipping company. According to my paternal family members, he was a natural actor, evidence can be found in my 3rd brothers final project before he graduate from film school(I'll upload on Youtube once I get a copy of it).

Though I have not seen it, but all of them said that his acting was just natural and real. I've heard from mum last time he can sing quite well too! This I have no clue at all, again, I have to get some confirmation, for now lets just assume. :)

Note: managerial & arts lineage

3rd Brother:

Graduated from film school, and currently worked as an editor for a certain company.

Note: arts lineage

Youngest Brother:

Currently studying animation at one of the colleges.

Note: arts lineage

Just another view of the glasses

Just by picking 3 from each side to compare and analyze.

The results are quite interesting don't you think so?

Genetics? Generational blessings/curses? Inherited traits?

Some might say, "maybe it was because of the effects of our upbringing environment."

Well, I can firmly say, my maternal side of the family had never expose me to any of those stuff they do, and I just got to know more about my paternal side of the family after my dad passed on...

So, tell me, how can my upbringing environment effect me? :)

Much like 'the thinker' statue,
but this wan more to blank stare la... :P
*taken in Pulau Ketam*

It is like playing a game, my aspiration towards the arts sector was dominant, BUT fate had played a better card then me(I thought), I was then forced to escape into the hospitality line.

BUT in the hospitality sector, I was soon gradually exposed to managerial stuff and at the same time, helping me to tap into my arts aspiration, I dare to say, I've become better in it then before!

I feel that all these 3 elements "in my blood" are choreographing a stage play which I can summarize into a short phrase:

"With knowledge of management gained from hospitality, hence it shall bring me back into arts!"

I've always believe in this saying, "everything happened for a reason".

I never regret "escaping" here, but sometimes I still wonder why. Well, it is what God know and what I have to find out.

Now, this is my nephew again, tell me he is not
a good actor for his age... :P
*Picture courtesy from Sharon(my sis-in-law)*

Reflect on your own also, believe me you will be surprised! And share with my in my comment box or chatbox, both side had been very quiet... :(

Therefore guys, please make some noise and help me bring some life back to my blog!! XD

So, Do You Believe In "Royal Bloodline"?

Disclaimer: This is an uncontrolled experiment, results are not guaranteed, it is just more towards self discovery, have fun! ;)

My New Love

2009-04-19T17:51:00.000+08:00

I always wanted you so much.

Day and night I have been thinking about you.

I long for you to be by my side.

Now and forever more...

Without you, I don't feel complete.

Nothing else can ever compete.

Picture courtesy from Julian's blog.

Finally you are by my side.

You are the love of my life.

Having you is like a dream.

Bitter because I had to sacrifice for you, but with a willing heart.

Sweet because of your beautiful melody mesmerized me.

The word 'not bad' is absolute deteriorating to your complexion

Fine is the only closest word to describe you.

Even so, words are just mere words.

Never would it be able to describe your elegance.

Picture courtesy from Julian's blog.

Indeed you are a true found treasure.

Should I say I am lucky?

A fantasy turn reality.

Until the day I can fully understand you.

You remain a mystery to me.

Day by day, I wish to know more about you.

And I will work towards that goal until something do us apart.

Greatness awaits us both!

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My awesome new guitar!

I GOT YA ALL DID I???!!!!

Wahahahahaha!! XD

No I don't have a girlfriend yet!

Anyway, special thanks to Edu for bringing this all the way from Indonesia.

Darn value for money!

Only RM280!

Soon I will be able to play guitar too! ;)

I'm Gona Go On A Holiday! Soon.......

2009-04-13T17:56:00.000+08:00

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Whats On My Mind:

My apologies for the lack of information regarding my previous post,
You got to understand, I just got home FRESH from the incident, and did not
know anything about it, nor there were any press release yet,
I wrote what I saw and heard not trying to assume and conclude anything.
I hope you guys understand. :)

Anyway, after all the comments and rumors I've heard, I decided to check The Star
Online to confirm all of these doubts.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/4/9/nation/3664547&sec=nation

My condolence to his family and friends, I'm sorry this terrible accident happened,
may his soul rest in peace...
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One fine morning, my mum told me she will be leaving for Bangkok in the month of September for holiday.

I was excited!

BUT.....

She will be leaving in the beginning of the month... During that period of time, I have classes........ Some more can tell it right in front of my face as if it was a joke......

Nothing can potong more steam then that!

I mean.. What the heck man???

Going on vacation without me AGAIN? Last year Thailand, this year also Thailand, and both times without me also...

Darn my soul demands justice!

I began thinking and thinking...

Suddenly a revelation came upon my little mind, I felt enlightened!

Such an awesome plan could never not be successful.

I asked my mum today,

"Since you are going to Thailand, I actually wan to go also, but sadly I cant because of class, why not like this la, you let me go on holiday to another country?"

Can anyone tell me if they had ever seen
'Bakso' with blue noodles before??
I really wana know is it authentic or just me
eating some colored noodle.... =/

She said only one thing, "if your passport is not yet expire, then alright."

The thought of my passport expiring soon chokes me from the little hope I have...

I kept my fingers crossed, hoping that the 6 month early notice doesn't fall on the traveling month.

One I reached home, I could barely even catch my breath running up the stairs.

I rushed to my room and took out my passport, and....

27th May 2010!!!

Hooray!!!

Confirmation acquired!

Setting course!

Undergoing pre-departure planning!

The 'City of Flower' - Bandung, here I come!!!! :D

September baby~ Soon, very soon! All the cheap branded goods, you are mine! =3

Yet Another Departed To A Place Far Away

2009-04-08T23:55:00.006+08:00

I was at my friend's place(Edu & Chris) just few minutes ago.

*phone rang*

The conversation between Edu and his other friend was obviously about something shocking which took place somewhere.

When he was done talking, he turned to both me and Chris,

"Someone jumped down from 'Suria Mas condo', lets go see!"

Being a typical Malaysian and Indonesian, the 3 of us left the house and went to the location.

Normally 'Suria Mas' is a very well guarded residential area, even if you walk in, we have to register ourselves at the guard house.

But this time, the guards did not even notice we walked in, too stunned by the incident I guess.

I don't know should I say we are lucky or unlucky, as soon as we walked in the compound, a police jeep was heading towards our direction.

When we turned back and look...

Shit! The guy was in the body bag... But covered up..

A sudden chill went down my spine.

We continue to walk towards the death location and meet up with Edu's friend.

I saw the deceased guy's friend was there, in a state of shock, and emotions uncontrolled,

1 second he was walking forward, and another second he wail and turned back, at the same time he places both his hands on his head, like having a head pain.

His other friends got to hold him back... Disgusted by what he has witnessed, he was about to throw up.

All of us did not went to the exact location, maybe we don't dare to see the horror of the "left overs" there.

I don't know about the others who are there, even though I wasn't near, I could smell blood from the location where I was standing, I asked Edu if he smelled it too, but he said no..

Come to think of it... We are not that "gang ho" after all... We normally think that "oh got show to see", but when we are actually there, we don't even dare to go near the actual location.

Personally, although I'm not scared of blood, but believe me, when you actually smell the stench of a dead human blood in the air, not knowing where it came from...

You mind will begin to imagine things.. The eerie feeling never fail to creep into us..

I feel sorry for the guy.. For whatever reason he jumped, I'll never know...

May his soul rest in peace..

*Incident took place on the 8th of April 11.15pm +- at 'Suria Mas' block B(I think)*

p/s: No photographs were taken by me during this incident, in respect for the people around and also because we did not have the balls to go near the death location.

It Is NO Good

2009-04-03T06:10:00.001+08:00

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Whats On My Mind:

My video camera hit the junk yard,
Repair efforts had been made,
Will get it back soon.
Thus, the video will be done shortly. :)

Thank you for your understanding.
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By sleeping 6am 3 days consecutively ain't going to help me health and holiday assignments.

For sure I'm going to get screwed.

But you know what?

I ain't giving a shit about it, yet...

"work work....."

Come on, its holidays for goodness sake, no good to sacrifice the time for never ending assignment that some how it will be settled later on.

Take a chill pill yo..

Only 1 week, and later it will be 3 months of hell waiting to scorch the living souls out of us.

Crap it, I don't even sleep early because I wana make the most out of the 24 hours I got.

Why sleep so much when I can later on?

Spotted in Summit USJ

I sound like a bummer? Well you could say when is time to play, I play real hard.

As I imagine the usual boring routine of college stuff that we are going to go through again ticks me off.

For the love of our lives, why only 1 week off?? :(

Some get to kiss their books and pens good bye for 3 whole freaking month!

3 generation of manager report. :)

Holiday time pass so fast!!!

Darn, life has never been fair anyway...

We are tired, I am tired.

Give us a break man... =/

Left 4 Laughter

2009-03-28T18:36:00.000+08:00

As I continue to prepare for the end of term 5 blog post.

I would not wanna bored the heck out of you guys whom had been faithfully dropping by my blog despite my lack of update these days.

My apologies for that part.

Anyway, the agenda for today is I'm going to share 2 videos to you guys.

Especially for you gamers!

This is a must watch video.

How many of you guys heard of the game 'Left 4 Dead'? It is a rising phenomena, guys and even girl alike, all play it in the name of boredom.

Nevertheless, the 2 video that I'm about to show you guys, is just for laugh.

Enjoy~ ;)

Watch the above one 1st then only the below one.

FRANCIS GET AWAY FROM HER!

But she's sooooo COOL!

LOL!

Final Hour To End of Term 5

2009-03-23T18:51:00.000+08:00

*Melvin holds up his notes and start to read it*

10 minutes later

*ZzzZzzZzz*

This time round, for some reason I'm not worried if I would past the final assessment or not.

But I am fearful if I do not score and maintain my grades well.

My target is 14.5 - 15/20 and above global average.

Call me nerdy or whatever, but this time round, I have that bad feeling in my gut, if I don't score well, I feel it spells trouble to me.

I so hate this bad feeling in my gut, it literally hurts when I sense something bad.

The bad thing will surely happen if I don't follow what my gut say.

Its like 6 sense... but sense through stomach pain... How vain can that be?

But today was good.

I expect the paper to be freaking hard, but it turned out to be well, except English paper, its not hard, but just plain annoying to do....

I'm glad and thankful that the ~~last minute~~ study time wasn't put to waste.

Day 1 down, 1 more day to go.

Hence our term 5 will come to an end!

I'll be preparing for the term 5 flash back post.

Traditionally done once every term ends, a time of reflection on the good and bad stuff.

And the moment all DH 28 FB students was waiting for, the food promo video!

My video camera has been fix, once I get it back, I'll work on the video presentation.

I got to go study now, will update again soon!

Take care!

The "Scarily Accurate" Test

2009-03-16T13:48:00.001+08:00

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Whats On My Mind:

I'm unable to post additional pictures on to my blog post.
For what reason? I really don't know, but i only manage to
upload 1 before the problem happen.
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How many of us love to find out more about ourselves?

I mean, your true inner self, your aspiration, habits and etc.

Thus, we journey through life, baring all the scars that the world inflict us with.

This long yet short journey constantly shape us into a character of our own, with past experience and education so diverse from any other individual.

No wonder humans are so complicated.

Quite some time ago I was browsing my Facebook.

It was then my eyes caught on 2 particular word, "scarily accurate".

Apparently a friend of mine posted this personality test with the website link there.

All these personality test bullcrap I've came across countless time.

But this time, my attention was totally stolen because my friend whom posted that link, I know he is no chain mail lover, nor like those tagging stuff.

A 101% sane dude!

I couldn't help but to click on the so call personality test web page he posted.

There I was, sitting in front of my PC, doing that 9 question test.

The result indeed was "scarily accurate", those question they ask are just so RANDOM, you cant possibly guess their pattern.

I was astonished, till I kept the test result in word. Soon, I had totally forgotten about it.

Yesterday, I was browsing her blog, as I was reading and reading...

The familiarity... I've seen this somewhere before...

At the end, there was a web site link, I checked it out.

It was the "scarily accurate" personality test I did long time ago!

I thought, since it is so "scarily accurate" I shall post my test result which I did long time ago here.

If you realized my pattern of blogging, you know that I'm also not a chain mail lover nor a taggie tagger person.

Now here, you be the judge of my test result, especially for those of you who know me, tell me if you find this true. :)

1. Your view on yourself:

Other people find you very interesting, but you are really hiding your true self. Your friends love you because you are a good listener. They'll probably still love you if you learn to be yourself with them.

2. The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:

You are not looking merely for a girl/boyfriend - you are looking for your life partner. Perhaps you should be more open-minded about who you spend time with. The person you are looking for might hide their charm under their exterior.

3. Your readiness to commit to a relationship:

You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

4. The seriousness of your love:

You like to flirt and behave seductively. The opposite sex finds this very attractive, and that's why you'll always have admirers hanging off your arms. But how serious are you about choosing someone to be in a relationship with?

5. Your views on education:

Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

6. The right job for you:

You have many goals and want to achieve as much as you can. The jobs you enjoy are those that let you burn off your considerable excess energy.

7. How do you view success:

You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.

8. What are you most afraid of:

You are afraid of things that you cannot control. Sometimes you show your anger to cover up how you feel.

9. Who is your true self:

You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.

Here is the link to the test, try it if you will. :)

http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx

Law Drama Presentation

2009-03-09T20:12:00.000+08:00

I wanted to blog about some other stuff today, but I cant seem to gather up my words.

I just got back from KL with some of my friends, was helping my friend with his project.

There were total of 6 of us in my friends car.

I'll tell the story in my upcoming post, in short, we meet an accident, an old man, and gangster/"adviser".

Till then, I'll let you guys watch this drama presentation me and my friends did in Law class.

This was the 1st wan we did on 'contract law', I hope you enjoy it.

Sorry I haven been updating frequently, my internet is a bitch....

I pray that things will get better soon!

Take care!

Youtube Is Just So Gay

2009-02-27T01:26:00.000+08:00

I just don't understand how could this happen.....

Yesterday I left my PC turned on over night to upload a video on Youtube.

To mo horror after 7 hours of time spend given for uploading, the video was not even 2% complete!!!!!

My Celcom line was cut off..... =/

Fine!

I'll wait...

Today, as soon as I reached home, I turned on my PC to upload the video again.

I left to Ridzuan to get some work done, 4 hours later, the video was finally uploaded!!! =D

The heck!!!!

'The video contains an audio track that has not been authorized by WMG. The audio has been disabled'

Youtube is so gay......

'As a result, your video has been muted'

This phrase is enough to boil my blood... =@

Anyhow, I still have to leave my PC on overnight for the upload again....

Another blog entry by tomorrow once I'm home, stay tune!

So sorry for the major delay... T.T

Half Full or Half Empty

2009-02-18T00:42:00.001+08:00

Hey guys, I'm sorry I know that I am lacking of updates lately.

I will pick up the phase soon, as for now, my mind has wondered away to somewhere due to a certain distraction.

Trust me, the best updates are yet to come!

Featuring my law drama presentation, Puteri Gunung Ledang The Musical at Istana Budaya, 'Made With Love' food promotion flash back, Fandi's birthday surprise bash(you will be able to see the things behind the scene my friend!) and many more!

I just have to find around 4-5 hours to bring my thought of words together.

French test just ended today, I'm glad that I was able to do it, thanks to Ting Ting for the notes, merci beaucop!

But my road ahead ain't a walk in the park, still got so many more assignments and assessments to go.

Have any of you felt this way before, even though something is over, the same thought still haunts you, telling you that you can do better here and there...

Darn, I know the fact its over, but sometimes humans just humans, we cant help but to have the thought flashing in our minds.

People often say, "forgive and forget"..

Forgiving is what I can and will do, but to forget?

That has take a lot of time..

Holding grudges are just bad for the heart, I'm still learning, one step at a time.

I often ask God, "why do I always have to be the good person? Can I be the bad one for once?".

Obviously, I said that out of just sheer sadness.. I believe everything happens for a reason.

And behind every reason has a lesson to be learned!

Hence I will not stop learning till I'm in the box.

No, I'm not a nerd if you think I am~ :P

But wisdom, perception and understanding gives me great power.

I begin to have vision when I have knowledge, and I can foresee the odds in front of me, it satisfies my soul to break opposition strategies, I have no idea why..

I like winning I guess? Who likes to lose anyway? Hahaha... But if I do lose, I will try not to whine like ~~those school kids playing dota in the cybercafe~~ a baby.

Remember, every thing that happens has a reason behind it.

If a tribulation cant kill you, it will surely built you.

More to come soon! I will further on my stories next time~

Now, off to Ridzuan condo to do some work... :(

Take care guys, see ya!

Never Give Into Laziness Or Procrastination

2009-02-11T02:02:00.001+08:00

I'm very proud and very happy that in a short time we hit the studio, ~~because we don't have enough equipments~~.

It has been my dream to step into a studio since the band was formed.

But I'm also very disappointed and upset that we went there not to make music but noise.

Blardy heck, 1 hour RM40, that cheap half torn down studio which the microphone and amplifiers are not working properly, bad ventilation and sucked up place.

Totally a ripped off!

But then again, it was an experience.

No more jamming in the studio at SS15!! :(

I believe we will continue to move from strength to strength.

Much effort and sacrifices had to be made, no matter how busy I am, I will never give up on what I believe in.

Note to a friend of mine, you know who you are and I know you DO read my blog.

Don't give in so easily, you have great skill in that thing you do, please don't stop half way what you started.

Its not worth to hide that talent of yours, I'm sure you don't wan those words that were said to you by someone whom is closest to you to come true.

Prove that person wrong, and I'm sure he will be proud of you one day.

I would not purposely waste my time, my sleep and effort to blog and tell you this if its not worth it.

I believe in you, why cant you believe in yourself?

And yes, laziness WILL strike from time to time, that is why you can never run this journey alone, I will support you all the way.

Tell you something, I had already establish a connection with my aunt whom one of her friends is the former General Manager of BMG Malaysia, now merged with Warner Music.

As soon as my band is done with the 6 chosen piece, through my aunt, we will send to her for listening, if GM said "yes", I'm sure the road ahead will be bright!

You know, most songs has music video, and most music video(well, not all) has stories. It is just my planning, when everything is running well.

MAYBE if circumstances allow, I would love if you can help out with the story development for the video.

I have already laid my ground, it is now up to you to believe in yourself and do your part of expending your creativity.

When you think your not good enough, or you feel small or you doubt yourself, remember, "mistake is something you do, not something you can be."

Nobody is perfect or supreme then the other, it is just who has the opportunity & attitude.

Ever if you are planning to quit or felt that there is no more fire in you, find me, I will be more then glad to help out. :)

It is all in your own very hands!

We Are On Fire

2009-02-06T01:22:00.000+08:00

What you do when there is a fire outbreak nearby?

What do you expect others to do?

Run? Hide? Laugh? Cry? Panic?

When it happens, the entire scene turned into some sort of cinema.

People like me will pop out their camera phone and start taking picture of the fire and surrounding.

But some will come up with the idea of doing these...

Imagine, 2 fire outbreak in a gap of just 7-8 months.

That is just plain crappy.

1st the car park, and now the office, next? ~~Taylor's College!~~

But the all bad things have a good side,

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ASSESSMENT CANCELED! XD

Good Old CNY Lesson

2009-02-01T18:14:00.000+08:00

This year was a more fruitful year compare to last year.

I'm not talking about the amount of 'ang pau' I received, I noticed that as you grow older, you get lesser, I don't know about you guys, but that is for me.

I've been out almost everyday, catching up with friends or visiting relatives, it was a rather relaxing time for me.

Being able to take a weeks break from the hectic college lifestyle was a bonus.

Long journey ahead...

This year, for the 1st time I hang out with my paternal side of the family, indeed, it was very different from what I've experienced on my maternal side.

On my maternal side, gambling was not that popular, we do play card games, but axe the cash.

On the other hand, for my maternal side, CNY = gambling time, but not everyone gambled though.

The 1st thing I saw when I entered my aunt's place was 2 'majong' table, even before the food was served, the casino open already..

Being a none majong player, we hit the cinema at 1U, watched a good old Hong Kong comedy and laugh our arses off.

After movies, we went back for dinner, and still, the game was on. I couldn't not bare it anymore, I don't wan to just sit and watch TV.

In my mind, I thought maybe we could play a none gambling style card game, so I made the call, "got cards?".

And there was the cards, when we sat down on the floor, immediately my brothers took out around RM50+ and placed on the floor.

I was like "oh shit...", sure lose like crap if they are playing big, but I cant say that I don't wan to play if got money involved, some more I was the one that made the call!

So I complied by taking out RM10 from my wallet as my base as a sign "small only", besides its CNY, once awhile gamble, quite fun also la.. :P

Good old 'black jack'.

Smallest bid - RM1, highest - your wish.

Spotted at Pulau Ketam, still using old Bahasa..

My eldest brother Gary was the dealer, soon from 4 players, it grew to about 8+.

My bid was RM1 at 1st, but cannot tolerate the slowness, and I kept winning! But in my heart I know no one is going to get rich by gambling, I made a deal, if all players increased their bid, then I will only do so.

As soon as I was the last RM1 bidder, I increased it to RM2. If dealer strikes the x3 or x2 from their winnings, it means I'll lose RM6 instead of RM3, and that was a lot, considering I only had a base of RM10.

Pulau Ketam cat are very playful...

But life was good, I began to reap a harvest of almost RM40 profit and increasing even more.

Gary was losing big time.

When the amount of players increased, he lose even bigger time.

Not long after, Sharon(his wife) stepped in after seeing so much of cash flowing out to us "little fishes", she became the dealer instead, and Gary just pump in the cash.

I was hesitant, half my heart says "profit time!", the other half says, "money is the root to all evil". I was glad I did not increased.

Although I was on the verge of doing so, I placed my bet "all in", it was RM8, if dealer strikes the x3, I'll have to pay RM24 compensation, its so much of money, its not funny.

Thank God, as she gave the cards, one of my cards accidentally flipped open! It never happened to anyone else as far as the game goes. Like a sign from above, I withdraw from that game immediately.

And the cards were dealt.... Dealer strikes the 5-cards-in-a-row-without-going-above-21.. x3 compensation to all! =O

Holy cow!

Absolutely speechless....

Lesson, don't be so greedy, and I'm glad I don't have to learn it the hard way.

Nevertheless, this CNY was good, and I've enjoyed every single bit of it.

One last story before I put the fullstop.

My young cousin sister around 6 years old I think, she asked her dad(my uncle), "Daddy! daddy! How to play?"(referring to the game of 'black jack')

My uncle replied, "Oh! Very easy wan, this game you just put money, and more money will come back to you, don't need to know how to play."

Gosh! My uncle's a genius!

Ordained For The Extraordinary

2009-01-27T04:04:00.003+08:00

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Whats On My Mind:

I'm so sorry for the much delayed update, I know why I am unable to view my blog from my PC,

Its Nuffnang's fault! I realized that when I opened any blog which has Nuffnang ad, I cant view, the reason behind it? I have no frigging idea, but I think they blocked my IP, if any blog that has their ad I cant view with my PC, maybe because I view too many times in a day, hahaha...?
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Happy Chinese New Year!

May all of you be prosperous in the area of health, finance and relationship this year!

Now, my ang pau please?! :D

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Dear blog,

After my absence for such a long time and not writing anything onto you, I hope people still come and look at your pretty face again.

You know ever since college commenced, I had headache almost every night the thought of assignments, group projects, exams and food promo haunts me almost every moment I breath, eat and shit.

Regardless of what is going on, I know we all want the best for the promo, but there are certain things that we should not be ignorant towards.

We are all humans, we have ideas, we learn, listen, speak, get stressed, feel happy, sad, angry, excited, or hyper and even make mistakes.

The bottom line is, we are no where near perfection and everyone else around us have feelings too.

I've learned it the hard way, an old friend of mine thought me, "speak with no haste, listen and you'll be amazed".

Though I may sometimes talk more then I should, under "conscious" circumstances, you'll realized that I will stop speaking once someone cut my conversation half way through my speech.

Do I get irritated? Well, sometimes, do you if someone else does it to you...?

It is give and take... One party just have to compromise, if neither will give in, there wont be any ending to it, but some argument are worth to fight for, we just need a good judgment.

E18~~!

Bloggie oh bloggie.. Tell me, am I accountable for executing certain stuff differently? Practicing a different core value hopping others will understand, accept and not taking it for granted.

I've never believed in "force/push labor", but "free consent/will". Knowing we are all grown people with maturity working together without any separation of hierarchy, my name is synonymous with the word 'democracy'.

After all, we will be stripped off of what we hold and be mere commoners again, why do we wan to dictate others? Why do we wan to make everyone feel so darn miserable? At the end of the day end up not talking to each other...

Scared that things will not get done? Perhaps for our personal image, respect or perfection hungry?

Is it that worth it? When things come to an end, we will still see each other as per normal. As if none of us care about the 'big day' ahead, I'm sure all of us want to see and do the best not just some of us...

"A leader is not measured on how hard he or she can push people, but measured by their speech, attitude and the willingness to be patience guiding the people."

Any Dick, Tom and Harry can push, but the game of words and patience are for the ones who are prepared to fend away and if have to, tank flames of all sort.

Of cost this does not apply to everyone, here is where wisdom comes into action.

10 year old cat at my aunt's house, look at its 'tulan' face..
When she don't like you, she will scratch you... :(

My deepest concern is to keep the team united and of high moral, once this 2 golden foundation are broken, no matter what we do, it will crumble and vanish into oblivion.

What else can I say? I only can do my best by playing my part well and get down on my knees, and pray everything will be smooth.

Definitely all of us will learn at the end, its the matter of how we take the final outcome.

Sincierly your author,
-MelzKC-

Walking On The Railroad

2009-01-11T22:07:00.001+08:00

Countless nights of burning the midnight oil.

Hours spent cracking me poor head.

Organizing the 1st Crossroad Generation 'the band' meet up isn't that easy.

Organization skills was put to the test, and indeed I have much more to learn.

And I'm happy to say that, today was a fruitful day!

Watching stage performance during Christmas eve at church - me & Alice

We manage to finish arranging 1 song and compose a new one, all we need is just to practice more, and in no time, to the recording studio we go!

Inspiration come, inspiration go.

I don't wan to lose even one bit of it.

The challenge is for me to take it all down before I forget.

Most of the time, my inspiration comes when I am in the toilet, in the stage of half asleep and thinking about stuff in a cold place.

Up to a point, I sleep with a note book and a pen on my bed, refusing to even let go a bit of what I created.

With the only light source coming from a hand phone, it isn't easy...

For a long time, it will feel uncomfortable, and I came up with a solution - writing in the dark.

Sometimes think half way till fall asleep with the pen dropped by my side.

College work, assessments, food promotion and industrial training report is something that I have to prioritize also.

But I'm believing that we will be able to do the best we can and impact the music industry of Malaysia, Southeast Asia and later Asia!

Christmas eve at City Harvest KL - me, Alice & Andrew.C

Together we can make history!

Oh crap... I just realize.. 'The band' does not have a name and an emblem..... @.@

Now, that will be under the "to do list"....

Dawn of A New Dynasty

2009-01-09T17:13:00.000+08:00

We are back at last!

The cry to return to college has finally come to an end!

But, as soon as we got back to college, we start crying again...

Ironic isn't it? We scream so loud, asking the time to pass faster so we can return to college.

And when we got back, we closed our eyes and wish upon the shooting start that the college will burn down the next day.

Paparich's "Milo Dinosaur" at Taipan USJ

1st day, we somewhat got shot by our lecturer, asking where is our industrial training report.

2nd day, the official election for the food promos restaurant manager and assistant restaurant manager, and later screwing up our dinner service.

We definitely need time to get use to the French ~~fries~~ system again...

3rd day, countless meetings with board members regarding the promo and homework to do.

Nevertheless, we will finish strong by the end of this term!

I will not allow this food promo to be just like any other food promo. It will always be a sweet memory to us all.

Jenn's b'day celebration

Together, DH 28 and DC 28, we will make history!!

p/s: Further details will be updated, due to low resource of pictures, I am unable to proceed to elaboration. Sorry.

Resolution Reflection and Realization

2009-01-05T14:33:00.000+08:00

1st up, I'm so sorry for the super delayed update, I was out of the house most of the time, when I come home, all I wan was just to hit the bed.

But this blog ain't dead yet! :)

I'll try my best to resume to the 2-3 days update routine.

Gosh, class starts on the 6th, my guns are all up, lets see what this new term has install for us!

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Upon stepping into the new year, I'm sure all of us has new dreams and goals.

Nevertheless, we have to take time out and just have a moment of flash back on what we have done the previous year.

Many things for sure, one of which I think most of us have done would be writing our new years resolution.

I know new years resolution is something most of us make, but sadly the 2nd day we already forgot what we wrote.

But I learned something today...

New years resolution is important!

Some people might say, "why do we have to write down all the stuff we wana do this year? "

Well... Simple, because we forget.

But it is important to set a goal/vision/dreams, especially when a new year begins, because its a fresh new start!

A chance for us to leave all the unwanted and ugly memories and experience behind and have another beginning.

If we never set our own personal vision, we will just live life like how the leafs blown by the wind - directionless.

Vision is simply our destination, it is where we want to be.

Just like driving, we have to know how our destination looks like to get there, or ask for directions and have a nearby landmark in mind to make the process of finding much easy, if not we will just end up lost.

Of cost, to birth a vision is easy, but we must not forget to find ways to achieve the vision, we need values.

Values are pretty much the strategy of what it takes to get us there, in other words, practical steps we have to take to make things comes to past.

Imagine if I want to go Singapore, but all I do is just stand at the boarder of Johor, looking across the sea, gaze upon the shores of Singapore on the other side

And start chanting "Singapore! Singapore! I'm coming! You just wait!" over and over again.

That ain't gona get anyone anywhere..... Its more like your crazy....

Heck, we have to get ourselves a bus or air ticket and go there! These are what I mean by values or strategies.

I've notice we often set resolutions but at the end of the day, we are not able to give a pat on our own back and say "well done!".

The cold cruel fact is because we lost the focus, at times it happened to me also. :(

Not to say its hard to achieve, but we just simply cant see our vision anymore, it becomes blur and we lost track,

We set the resolution in a way, like this illustration,

We aimed for the starts, but we will have this thought behind our heads, "hmm.. if I miss the stars, never mind la! at less I can hit the moon!".

The stars are so far and we start to lose its image, end up we cant even see where we are aiming anymore, of course we will end up not hitting it...

Why aim for the starts when we can aim for the coconut on the coconut tree and have a sure 100% success hit?

Ain't that a better choice?

If our vision is small, but our value is big, our vision can go from good to the better, but if our vision is big, but our value is small, our vision will surely die...

As for myself, I have other dreams and goals, some came to past, some died along the way.

Come to think of it, those plans that died, are due to strategy malfunction, that is why I've never achieved it.

But this year, I wana make it different, this time with more proper planning and organizing my visions in a orthodox manner.

This 6 pledge to fulfillment will stand as a testimony, and now, I must live my life in a certain new lifestyle to reach this 6 target. *roar*

1st - Work together with my fellow group mates of DH 28 FB Group 1 & 2 in unity and put up the most memorable and fun restaurant promo ever, and to create a college moment memory that are worth keeping.

2nd - To score minimum 16 out of 20 (global average) for my term 5 and term 6 exams. *cries*

3rd - Schedule the 1st meet up for Crossroad Generation and later proceed to do a professional recording at a studio of minimum 11 original songs.

4th - Manage my finance well, and set aside minimum 10% in to my savings.

5th - Travel to 1 foreign country and 1 state in Malaysia, target destination - Penang.

6th - To learn basic Korean language at Korea Plaza for FREE. (anyone interested to join me?)

This booklets ain't cheap, they just hand it all to me as if they were rough papers, these are all up to date stuff about Korea, info about shopping, transportation, accommodation, culture and maps...

Korea Plaza's expenses are all paid by the Korean government! Talking about recession eh??

I said before, the sell their country, after further investigation, they are selling no more, instead they are giving away their country for FREE! Cooking class, language class, you name it, all FREE!

Alright, that is a little side track...

Nevertheless, I'm believing for a greater and much happening year ahead of me!

How would you alter your 2009? :)

Mat Rempit

2008-12-30T14:54:00.002+08:00

I've got a text in MSN from a friend of mine - Hui Wen.

She told me that I might wan to blog about this(an e-mail).

Its a story about this group of girls that were coming back from prom night very late in the night and how they were stalked by this gang of bikers on the way home and how they escape.

Come to think of it, I've never spoken much about our country's very own "superhero" on our streets, they are none other then - mat rempit.

Bombardment of warnings from our parents and those circulated mail in the internet sometimes leaves us to think will it happen to us one day?

Hey, but the world is a dangerous place.

Would one ever hide himself or herself all day at home just to stay safe?

No one wants to die of boredom.

The answer is obvious, but of cost we have to be careful.

All we can do is just to minimize the chances of these bad stuff happening to ourselves.

Unexpected situation will always happen in life.

After hearing so much about the terrors that these rempit has caused,

I've done my part in laughing at them in the video below.

I don't think this rempit will be able to do much, take a look and you'll know what I mean.

Stupidity beyond comprehension. :)

Last Day At Dessert's Bar

2008-12-24T20:08:00.000+08:00

After today, I don't have to wake up so early and get my ass to work.

After today, I don't have to tolerate countless hours of jam just to travel down to KL for work and back home after that.

After today, I wont get screwed by my supervisor for being ~~30 minutes~~ 5 minutes late to work.

After today, I will ~~be able to bump around till the end of my holidays~~ have to start writing my industrial training report.

After today, I will be few hundred bucks richer.

After today, I wont have my free cup of coffee everyday.

After today, I wont have the freedom to "sample" my favorite ice cream/sorbet anymore.

After today, I wont be able to go for the Friday bazaar and get my favorite 'nasi kukus pandan with ayam goreng rempah'.

After today, no more 'satay ikan', 'soup rasem' and those other healthy/unhealthy food alike for lunch.

After today, I'm free.

After today, I will become a full time student again.

After today, I know what I had learned in this pass 3 months wont go to waste.

After today, I learned how not to be deceived by the looks of a person and their early stage behavior.

After today, I believe I have either changed for the better or for the worst.

After today, I learned that I can never please everyone no matter how hard I try.

After today, I know no matter how hard one tries to be a "good person", someone will just see you as a "bad person".

After today, I wont be that "nice" anymore~ :P

After today, I will miss this place.

After today, I will look back and reflect the lessons I've learned from time to time.

After today, I will try my best in whatever I move on to do in the days to come.

After today, there will be a better tomorrow!

After today, I only have 12 more days till new term starts!!!!

See you guys in college soon!!! ;)

Darn, I miss that frigging LCS... =/

Point-less-B-Guitar

2008-12-19T01:55:00.004+08:00

I was walking at Point-B Departmental stall one Sunday.

Why was I there???

Because I really have nothing else better to do...

Anyway!

I saw this really nice colored guitars on display.

The 'purple' guitar is actually pink! Camera not very good ma...

Then I saw this little signs on the top of the guitar.

With a big 'NO'

I went up closer to take a look.

You wan to sell guitar, but cannot play?? So how to test the sound??

That is like a food stall showcasing their food menu but the stall keeper comes up to you and say "all these are for display only, no buying allowed!"

Come on... Give me a break!

What next? "We sell 'mee goreng' but without the 'goreng'?!?"

Interesting Restaurant Theme

2008-12-13T14:20:00.001+08:00

I've seen many different and interesting stuff when I was at Singapore.

From computerized cabbies.

To big large helicopter fan blades at 'Bugis Street'.

Interesting and weird restaurant concepts are always a norm, its what restaurant owners are looking for, something that can capture the peoples attention.

But the mother of all opportunist restaurant entrepreneur award goes to this particular restaurant owner.

Whoever came up with this, thumbs up for creativeness!

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This is one guy that knows his marketing!

Using the US election as a theme?

What else in the future...

Makes me wonder sometimes...

What if we switch our focus to Malaysia instead?

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I'll name it - 'Boleh Land Restaurant'~!

"UMNO? MCA? MIC? Keadilan? DAP? PAS?"

"Tak apa lah! Semua boleh masuk!" XD

Pergi Ke Singapura Beramai-ramai

2008-12-08T00:40:00.005+08:00

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Whats On My Mind:

I think I have to split my entry into another part
due to the excessive amount of photos...

I've never noticed I took so much of photos!! @.@
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Absolutely sorry for the uber delayed update, I was distracted by certain task that I have to do.

As promised, I'll be sharing my exploration experience during my duration of visit to Singapore on the 21st - 25th last November.

A supposedly all expense paid trip(only have to pay RM 25) to Singapore turned out to be a bummer when the date clashes with my industrial training...

Instead of following the schedule, which requires us to depart from Malaysia on the 19th, I went down few days later(21st) with another group of friends.

Because of that, I had to fork out another RM 180 for my bus ticket.

21 Nov - 6.30PM

We departed from Sunway Pyramid via Aeroline bus service.

Comfort level? I'll say 50:50..

One thing for sure, the space is just soooooooooooo blardy small! My food tray slide towards me while I was eating, almost fell on my shirt!

Good thing my hands were fast, if not I'll smell like Thai noodle all the way till I reach Singapore.

5 long hours of ass bumping and leg cramming sessions in the bus, and finally!

22nd Nov - 12am

Singapore!

Our drop off location was at Harbor Front.

Thank goodness, my friend's(Alice) friend(I forgot his name) came to pick us up.

To celebrate our arrival, I popped open a piece of gum.

Well, its not illegal anymore rite? :D

Cheers = 7-11 in Singapore

I noticed that during the night in Singapore, every darn thing is dead!

Shops are closed, less people at the streets and even cellphone prepaid cards are all sold out!

The worst thing was, no fooooooooooooddddd to eat............ T.T

Approx 1am

Our local friend wanted to bring us for supper, to our horror, the food court was closed! After all the long walk!!!

What the heck, Singaporeans don't eat at night wan meh.....?! *cries*

The new plan was, we load our stuff at the hostel and then we find em some good yummy food later.

But, I don't even know where I stay! I've been told the place I'm going to stay is 'Standfield Residence' at Vernon Park.

Approx 1.40am

Unlike Malaysian cabs, shockingly most of the drivers aren't really familiar with the roads, I told them "Standfield Residence, Vernon Park" and they scratched their head and say "har?".

But I like their efficiency though, there are LOTS of cabs around even though it is pass midnight.

As we approach the empty taxi stand, in just 3 minutes, 4 cabs came!!

You don't even have to flag them down, they come by themselves!

Once again we are in luck, my local friend sort of knew where the place was.

It was quite troublesome because I'm the only one who was staying in a different lodging, all the others whom I came with were allocated in the same hostel, same room some more.

Well, that is because they are all girls...

'Standfield Residence'

Heck, is ok... No problem, I don't mind the different arrangement.

BUT what I mind was~

They just so happen to place me in a lodging that is beside a cremation-cemetery(no I did not take a picture of that place -.-)

And opposite a special armed forces military base(they call it 'gekhas' or something like that).

"Welcome to Singapore, You shall now sleep beside
the 'sleeping ones' for your duration of stay!" *grins*

Approx 2.30am

After all the unloading and settling down, its time to eat!

Darn! I have to walk out to the main road to hail a cab, due to the secluded area of my lodging place, cabs rarely pass by.

Shit! I have to walk pass the blardy cemitary in the middle of the night, I don't fancy that kind of sport...

It seems that I have no choice.. I'll just have to brave through the cold brezzy air and the atmosphere of the creeping night silence.

I took a brave step towards the entrance, ready to journey through the dark road ahead.

As I step out of the gate, I saw....

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A CAB DRIVER REVERSED HIS CAR TOWARDS THE FRONT GATE OF MY LODGING PLACE AS IF HE KNEW I WOULD COME!!!

Darn, I so love Singaporean cabs now!!

Efficiency = 150%++!!

Approx 3am

Anyway, we left to Aljunied for some food.

But mother of all importance, communication!

I got myself a 'Starhub' sim card at a 7-11 store.

'Starhub' is the 'Digi' of Singapore, I was told most students used their service, because of its value for money.

This I can testify, indeed it is very worth your cash.

If you are planning to get a sincard when you visit Singapore, go for 'Starhub'!

I tried this 'Pok Noodle', 'Pok' in this term means thin, so this is not 'mee babi'.

Surprisingly its dry spicy taste makes this noodle quite good.

Heck! Everything taste good when we are hungry!

Approx 4am

After much chatting and cultivating big eye bags, its time to hit the bed.

Good morning Singapore!

Approx 11am

I did not follow the bus to the conference hall, how in the world anyone can wake up after sleeping so late at night?

While I woke up around 11am, the the girls apperently woke up later then me!

I decide to take a walk to their hostel area, which is 10 minutes walk from the place I stay.

Bright morning sun and cooling breeze, just what I need to start a good day.

Walking in this part of Singapore, I have a sudden feeling that I'm in some western country.

I'm amazed of the much difference between the landscape and infrastructure of both Malaysia and Singapore.

We are so close to each other, yet there is a very obvious difference, it takes a little observation to realize it.

Of cost some parts are similar.

Clear instructions telling the bus route.

I'm sure no one will ever get lost here, its just too simple to understand!

Our bus services have a lot of catching up to do...

Heck! They even show you where will you most probably die!

Morning walks are refreshing, especially after sleeping on a bed which are as hard as a rock.

I made my way up to their hostels rooms,

Girls will always be girls, I've waited in starvation for almost an hour++ before we head off to our next destination.

The exploration begins... :)

~To be continue~

Asia Conference Singapore

2008-12-01T23:51:00.005+08:00

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Whats On My Mind:

Sorry for the much delayed update,
I was rather caught up with other stuff
for these pass few days since I got home.

Anyway, I will be splitting my
Singapore trip blog entry into 2 parts(might have more). :)
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My trip to Singapore was great, except for not having enough of sleep...

The reason for this trip was to attend a conference organized by City Harvest Church Singapore - 'Asia Conference' at Singapore Expo Stadium.

Touching Asia, transforming the world!

This isn't my 1st time going to Singapore, once I went was during my primary school time and the other was 3 years ago for 'Emerge Conference' also organized by City Harvest.

Singapore is known for its 'kia su' culture, the everything must be 1st, and so call cannot lose out attitude has created various impression to Malaysians like myself..

I always have a mind set where 'kia su' means pushing each other into the MRT without giving much consideration to the people around or cut cues at McDonalds.

If that is the case, I think Malaysia should be the country that gets the title of 'kia su' instead, except the cut cue part,

Just look at the condition at the KTM stations during peak hours and you will know what I mean..

But seeing is believing, although the 'kia su-ness' that I witnessed wasn't cutting cue and pushing people, I tell you, its still amazing to see the determination of these Singaporean people.

Its not a straight line, its a continues 'S' shape,
so you imagine how long it is....

They line up for very long just to be able to get seats in the main auditorium!

And my very long means 2 - 4 hours! Some even longer then that! Seriously worst then some famous band concert...

Lucky, a local friend of mine had book seats inside the hall, hence we went through the back way like a VIP. :)

Passing through lots of restrictions and under the rain was troublesome, it does not matter, still better then lining up...

Did not manage to get into the main hall, and we were not satisfied, heck I traveled thousands of kilometers just to get myself behind a big screen projector?

So, we promised ourselves that we will be as 'kia su' as possible the next day.

There is a saying, "if you cant beat 'kia su-ness', then become 'kia su'!"

Since then, we always manage to get seats in the auditorium! Yay!

Cultural adaptation sure is important..

20 thousand++ people from around the
world attending this conference..

I've meet many nice people in Singapore, they were kind, helpful and very generous.

But there are bound to be arses around no matter where we go...

One day a friend and I went into the auditorium early, we had to book 6 place for our friends whom are coming late.

City Harvest Singapore Choir team

Bare in mind, thousands of people are constantly coming in, only 2 of us, a guy and a small size girl, our surrounding are already filled,

While having the need to book 6 other seats and at the same time telling people who attempts to sit there "sorry, its taken"...

Not an easy task...

We loaded any stuff we can find in our bag and place them on other empty chairs, lucky we still manage to take up 2 seats in front of us and 4 behind.

Like a shepherd fending off the wolves, all attempts were smooth, BUT....

There is this bunch of aunties and uncles(maybe around 45++) who came, I was sitting there and couldn't care less of their presence.

Special performance by - JJ Lin, Singaporean singer..
Jack Neo - the director of the famous 'I not stupid' movie was there also!

I began to notice they stopped on the stairs where our booked seats were, I knew they are going to sit there even though our stuff are placed on the chairs.

True enough they did! I kindly told them, "I'm sorry these seats are taken.."

And I over heard their conversation in Mandarin "here also got no people sit also."

Wahhhhh I tell you, I was so furious! Hesitate to raise my voice, I kindly told them again "I'm sorry these seats are taken, my friends are coming in soon."

The uncle who is standing beside them said, "I don't see your friends anywhere, and my friends are all here already."

@#$%~~!!! So unreasonable! Don't they understand what is the meaning of the seats are TAKEN??!!

Coke bottle tower!

Just when I was about to tell them again, my phone rang, my friends called, saying that they were already in the hall and was looking for us.

My blood was boiling, I spoke in Bahasa so those monkeys behind wont understand what I was saying,

Told my friends to get their ass here quick, because senseless people are taking up their space already, upon saying that, I turned back and stared at them!

Obviously I spoke very loud, the surrounding people were looking at me, I think those aunties felt really embarrassed and the fact they realize I'm not Singaporean, they stood up and left!

The best part is, on the empty chair I placed the bottle of water that was given to me upon entering the hall, the dumb auntie even took my water bottle away when she left!!!! @,@

People like these.. Really no comment la..

Nevertheless, we still had a great time!

I will post more about my other exploration experience besides the conference in my next post.

Will be back soon! Take care! :D

Competitor Analysis

2008-11-16T19:25:00.001+08:00

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Whats On My Mind:

I'll be going to Singapore on the 21th - 25th
this month for Asia Conference!
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After my transfer to Dessert's Bar Menara Hap Seng KL,

The challenge became harder because of tight competition between various food and beverage outlets.

We device strategies and plans, only to find out the much more prestigious food brands copy our same technique also!

Howdy neighbor!

Blardy hell, need or not ar?

We give sampling half cup, they give sampling full cup with straw some more....

Nak cari gaduh ke?

But not as power as this next neighbor.

This wan is dine & bank man! Now you cant find excuse to not pay for the food anymore.

And what is darn arse is, when they got too much of customers,

The customers will naturally come over and sit at our tables outside.... :(

Indian buffet

Observing my surroundings can be really interesting, cause I notice something,

On our left is Old Town Kopitiam, right side we have Starbucks, Desserts Bar is sandwich in the middle between those super brands, Olive Tree is just few doors away.

Imagine with me, OTK sells full meal set, Starbucks and their signature aromatic coffee, Olive tree with its value buffet lunch and we on the other hand offer delicious desserts.

But this neighbor of ours...

Sells their country!

Temporary Inspirational Down Spiral

2008-11-09T00:38:00.000+08:00

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Whats On My Mind:

I feel like a walking dead man...
So "Energyless" and tired...
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I sat in front of my computer, with all my strength I began to think and feel.

I closed my eyes, and began to follow with the melody.

I listen to it again and again and again and again.

To my horror, I wasn't able to put into pen any words to describe the feeling from the playing melody.

I felt frustrated,

"What has happened to me?! Why cant I write anything!?"

Doubt began to cloud my senses, I could not understand why,

My mind was white blank, I literally felt that I was choking when I lay myself on my bed, every breath I take it felt heavy.

Suddenly rhyming and 'poetic' writing seems so alien to me.

Maybe because I am just mentally and physically tired?

Maybe its just not the right time?

Or maybe I'm just blunt and this season of time...?

I wan to be able to write good lyrics again... I believe I will once more, even better and greater then before.

But when? When will I regain my inspiration again...

Dear God, empower me to write again!

Award From His Royal Highness Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan

2008-11-02T00:48:00.000+08:00

*Phone rings*

Me: "Hello?"

Mr.Adrian: "Melvin, Mr Adrian here."

Me: "Oh! Whats up sir?"

Mr.Adrian: "We won!"

Me: "Won what?"

Mr.Adrian: "The competition!"

Me: "What competition?"

Mr.Adrian: "Remember, few months back I submitted your group's video to the Malaysian Aids Council? We won 1st place!"

Me: "Oh my gosh!"

Mr.Adrian: "And the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong will be presenting the award at Mandarin Oriental Hotel!"

Me: *pengsan*

Mandarin Orientals Banquet hall

I couldn't believe it myself when I heard about it!

I was stunned and over joyed at the same time.

I could only give thanks to God for He has blessed us with this award.

Mr.Adrian represents us to receive the award

But I was unable to tag along with Mr.Adrian to the award ceremony due to security reasons.

Darn it! What they think I'm going to do? Boom the hotel & assassinate the King?

Up till now, I still could not believe that this very award in my hands was presented by the King!

What an honor!

I have dream of many things, but certainly I have never dream of receiving an award from the King!

Especially at the age of 19!

Man...

I'm speechless...

I don't know how to put it in words...

Part of the notification e-mail that the organizer sent

All I can say, without His strength and wisdom guiding me throughout my journey, I wont be at the stage I'm at today, thank You God.

Without my GTG team mates, the video wont exist.

No fancy long blog post, nor bombastic English words, I just wan to say...

I'm darn proud of us all.

p/s: will upload the other photos when I receive them.. :)

Gua Kangen College

2008-10-26T02:17:00.001+08:00

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Whats On My Mind:

There will be a really interesting post coming up next!
Believe me, it will blow your pants off! So stay tune!
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Words just cant explain how I wish to go back college!

I miss the times where we were just so darn free.

Even though with assignments and test, we still at less have the space to lepak, play games and do other fun stuff.

Cook for fun at Christin's place~

I miss the times we boycott stupid-fatty-ass-stick-on-chair English teacher,

"Ok ok! 4.30pm already! She is late half hour! Its our darn rite to ciao! Consider give face already la, higher diploma students 15 minutes already no where to be seen!"

Our masterpiece! 'Daging masak hitam'!
I know, shut up! Its still taste nice ok!
Looks can be deceiving! =3

After saying that, we DH 28 for the 1st time, walked out of class because lecturer was late.

But only to face replacement class the next lesson.... :(

I miss the times we go pool and ~~condemn how lucky Fandi is when he plays~~ just chill, play a round or 2 of pool.

I also miss those cooking sessions we did at Ridzuan Condominium.

Eduard is not just a talented musician, he is also a great cook!

Self created recipe dish, with ~~cheap~~ white wine and rice bungkus from the mamak downstairs.

What more can we ask for?

Edu showing his kitchen skills!

I say the most important is still have fun hanging out no matter the condition or environment.

Come on man, there is more to life in college then just to study!

But I never say study is not important ok! :D

Chris the bitch sommelier... :P

I hope time just pass faster, I cant wait to enter the next phase of college!

Graduation is just so soon! 8 more months!

I forgot what is the name of this dish... :(

To all my DH, DC & DT friends, hope to see you guys soon, take care and stay strong during training no matter the shitty condition!

There is always a reason behind everything. :)

That is all for now, will be back again with new updates! =D

Step By Step We March

2008-10-21T00:42:00.003+08:00

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Whats On My Mind:

Play & PAUSE the video 1st before
start reading to have better 'feel'~
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My brain seriously cannot think straight!

I tried to think of something to write, but I cannot!

Mental tiredness is so strong, I sometimes feel if I'm even dreaming right now..

But I shall press on!

No matter how tired I am, this blog will not die!

Therefore, I have prepared a 2nd spoiler on the things 'Crossroad Generation' is currently up to.

It is another original melody that has yet to have any lyrics.

Imagine with me as you are ready to listen to the song, alter the story however you want it, this is just a guide line... :)

You grew up with this person, you knew him(or her) since forever,

You both are neighbors, since young you have been playing together,

Sharing with each other the joy of playing under the rain and the tears of suffering under parental wrath.

Ultimately you went to the same primary school and later on high school together,

Both of you were popular in school and are sought after by many girls(guys if you are a girl).

Ayam Penyet at USJ 9 closed down already!!!! T.T

You always liked this girl but never dared to tell her, never have you thought that your best friend liked the same girl too, and they got together!

You felt frustrated and at the same time you feel that you cant be angry at him, your in a emotional spiral.

At the end, you understood that your friendship is greater then that relationship, you became the bigger person.

Something like that la..... I cant think of a proper story, maybe you can imagine it, hehe...

Now sit back and just let the music take you into your heart. :)

Composed by: Eduard Wijaya

Lyrics soon by: Melvin Teoh

Please forgive Edu, yes there are certain parts his tone cant reach, but hey, that is a melody from the heart..

Its like a stage performance, everyone has a part to play.

Hope you guys enjoyed it!

Let me know what you think of it if you will..

Thanks~ :)

Those Darn Blog Things Which Are Kinda True Sometimes

2008-10-13T21:40:00.001+08:00

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Whats On My Mind:

I changed my hand phone number,
ask me for my new one if you din get my message alert. :)
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After much hype working at 1st, I began to start feeling dry..

As days turn to weeks, I just couldn't wait for it to turn into months and eventually flush into the toilet bowl of history.

The people at my work place here are good and the pay is good too.

Maybe its just too routine and boring..

Good thins, I got a call from my supervisor, she said I will be transferred to Dessert's Bar Hartamas, which is good, a new environment!

I tried the above test on some website, I think that pretty much explains why.

I can't take it anymore! I will go crazy if this goes on!

So I found myself a time killer! Just in case my new spot is as boring as Mount Kiara.

This RM16 baby will be my best friend for now,

I know its not going to last, because I love reading these kind of ghost stories.

Its the only book I can read finish in 1 day!

Finally!

The results are out!

Here I go again!

1st to walk out of cost accounting test and still manage to pass the exam! Definitely way better then my term 2 financial accounts.

Thank heavens! :D

Looking at this results really makes me miss college so much, hope to see you guys again soon!

Take care! ;)

p/s: Better updates next time... Really mentally tired at this point of time... :(

Crossroad Generation Dilemma

2008-10-07T02:15:00.002+08:00

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Whats On My Mind:

You MUST play the youtube video at the end of this post!
Sorry, but please bare with the low quality.
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I know! I know now!

The reason behind my distracted state that I have been going through for weeks.

I was like a walking dead, totally lost interest in everything for no good reason...

'Crossroad Generation' is my hearts core, and it is logical for me to be very concern of its welfare.

I place a very high expectation on my team and ultimately myself.

I did all I can to make this one step closer to achieve its purpose, this means sacrificing time, energy and most of all - money....

The planning and strategy...

Up to the state where I planned to register 'Crossroad Generation' at Putrajaya(I just knew we can do that!), and it will be listed as an official club.

One of my members even established a connection with an event company, they require us to form a band as soon as we can, latest by end of this year.

Because they will call us IF they are throwing another event, and our future band will be required to perform!

Vocal demonstration by Shaun Lee! XD
He is so gona kill me if he sees this!

But later do I realize, I'm climbing up the ladder that was leaning against the wrong wall...

Nothing wrong with the registering to be an official club, or play in an event.. In fact its all great!

But I unintentionally cast aside my initial mission - 'to turn dreams into reality', replacing it with 'to turn MY dreams into reality'...

Putting selfish ambition and lusting for recognition as my 1st priority had crippled my ability to express my creativity...

The thought of wanting to be at the top fast made me restless and full of anxiety...

But now, I have been awaken from this blindness, I will not walk that path again!

I always have to remind myself why I started 'Crossroad Generation' in the 1st place!

Future CRG Public Relations Director
& future CRG Vocalist on the headlines!

Seems that every time I always say productions coming up, I'm writing this song and that song, a little this and a little that..

Well, here is one of our upcoming song!

Its only the 1st draft, and it has no lyrics, and yes, the sound quality is bad, because I recorded it with my half arsed camera phone..

Anyway, Crossroad Generation proudly presents to you!

Our 1st spoiler! Enjoy~!

Composed by: Eduard Wijaya
Hummed by: Shaun Lee
Lyrics soon by: Melvin Teoh

Please feel free to give me your honest comments!

For example, how do you feel after listening to it, what kind of song you think it is, what should we do to be better and anything else you wan to say.

Really appreciate if you do so!

Thank you guys! :D

Sweeter Day By Day

2008-10-02T21:48:00.001+08:00

Just 3 days of working..

I've already learned so much from the staff at Dessert's bar.

Strawberry Mango~!

What is even more exciting was on the 2nd day of work, there was this group of 5 people who came at night.

As usual, I went and took their order.

Suddenly one of the guy said something,

I forgot what garnishing is this for!

"today is my friends birthday, can you sing him a birthday song?"

"arh..?"

"please! I'm serious! look i'm foreign, i just wan my friend to have a memorable birthday."

"arhh....?? you sure?"

"yes, you HAVE to do it, please!"

"err.. alright, no worries, I will get that arranged for you."

For 'apple smoothie'

Do I even have a choice??? T.T

Who in the world would expect that on their 2nd day of work?

Whats even more funny was, a family of 5 came.

Apparently the dad wanted to buy some desserts for his young son, so he placed the order and sat down.

For 'apple honeydew smoothie'

Few minutes later, he stood up, walked to us, and told us "look, my son fell asleep, can cancel the order please?"

And the entire family left just like that...

What strange nonsense...

Like that also can?!

For 'kiwi peer smoothie'

The strange just gets stranger.

There is this product in our menu that goes by the name '6 pax'(those abs kinda 6 pax).

I think, if not because they are made up from fruits and less butter,

They should rename it to '6 months'(is 6 months pregnant punya pregnant).. :P

Wishing all my training course mates 'Happy Training'! Hope to see you guys soon!

I'm all excited for the upcoming food promotion in term 5! Are you? :D

1st Day At Desserts Bar

2008-09-30T00:11:00.000+08:00

Our shift starts at 9.30am today, Sio Sen, Rebekah & I tumpang one of our friend - Terence's car to our work place.

The 4 of us we divided and sent to 2 different areas, Hartamas & Mount Kiara.

After dropping the girls at Hartamas both of us guys head to Mount Kiara.

I have totally no idea where and how does the place look, we only knew our supervisor by the name of - Qian Qian.

Like sheep to the slaughter, we just went in and hope our supervisor isn't a devil.

And thank goodness she is a really nice person!

"strawberry bathing", in other words, wipe the strawberry..

Upon the normal introduction and all, we take a look at the outlets menu, just to have a rough idea of what we sell.

After that, its ice cream tasting session! We get to taste a bit of all the ice cream that Desserts Bar offer.

Not bad for a 1st day..

Our supervisor teach us how to make this particular dessert, the one above.

Its apple jelly + green, red, black grapes + apricot + yogurt at the end, its nice, but dry..

Till the end, you feel like throwing up after eating it, but heck, its an experience anyway!

I really like it here, this training is going to be a really good one!

So good in fact, they really understand their employee very well.

How can you not like to work for Desserts Bar?

p/s: sorry for the short update, some thoughts has been really distracting me these days, I will be better soon, till then will think of better & funnier updates! :D

Memories Of Term Four In Black And White

2008-09-22T21:11:00.001+08:00

Day 1 of term 4

Christopher: My resolution for this new term, skip less class!

Me: Yeah rite, isn't that what you said last term?

Christopher: Serious, this time I wont skip class.

Day 2 of term 4

Me: David(his house mate), where is Chris?

David: You know, as usual..

Me: ......

Both my favorite blog posers combo together!
Karl Wong and Sio Sen

Thinking back of those months in college makes me feel old..

At the same time last year, we were just term 1 students, and now we are in the 2nd year, semester 4.

Changes are inevitable, they are bound to happen no matter what you do and where you are.

I've realize that I've change too, and I believe that the people around me surely will notice.

You see what I mean?

Some said that I'm more closed up to myself.

Some said I talked way a lot compare to last time.

Some said I have a 'strong character'.

Omgosh! My face look darn evil in this photo!
Sio Sen, Rebekah & me

Some said I'm slacking.

Some said I'm more stuck up.

Some even said I don't understand you.

Hotel management wrong course my friends,
should go for acting! XD - Joel & Daniel

For better or for worst.

Bottom line, people do change in some ways.

And everyone surely has something to say, which is a good thing, cause comment help to built us up, I love to hear comments from people about myself. :)

Of course, we have to be wise in listening, not all comments are acceptable.

Cocktail making by Mr. Tay Boon

Anyhow, this terms rating?

I would say its a 2.5 out of 5..

I personally find this time round, everything is quite dry.

The subjects, oh my goodness, especially the French!

nine hundred ninety nine thousand
nine hundred and ninety nine

13 words with "-" symbol, just to say "999999"..

In French, they don't just say the numbers, they multiply them!

I'm not sure which number, but for example, number 50, we just say fifty, they say "10 x 5"!

Crazy I tell you...

Cocktail tasting session was rather interesting.

I did taste those cocktail, some good, some bad.

I wonder how people came up with these anyway..

Lu Shen, Ivana et Moi(and me)

Too bad I don't drink liquor.

The alcohol content is just plain high for me.

I remember someone got drunk rite? Hmmm..... I wonder who... :P

The class that I enjoyed the most other then Marketing, would be the restaurant practical.

Mr. Patrick kick our arses really hard towards the last few classes.

Nevertheless, its still better then French and English class!

Caught!

Little rat found in restaurant store!

Although this is a rat, but its so cute!

This is one chicky rat, he will look at you and not run away, and when you put your hand near, he will stand and raise his 2 little hands.

Karl & Jeff at Old Town Kopitiam

But he was so stupid, he got caught by a plastic bag, it was so curious, it just stayed there looking and sense no danger ahead.

Till I can take a photo of it.

Fandi in the public speaking competition

I remembered on one fine day, our campus had an fire emergency, we were required to evacuate the building as soon as we can.

No, no one died, but apparently someones car(Honda City) got caught on fire.

The reason behind the flame? Unknown...

There was a white MYV beside it when that happen, what happens when a white MYV is beside a burning Honda City?

You'll guest it! It becomes a "Michael Jackson" MYV!

Get it?? =X

I like this picture, its so natural!
Fandi & Ivana

If you still don't get the lame joke, it means half black half white la! XD

Which its true, our lecturer told us.. I feel sorry for who ever owns that car...

I wanted to go take a look myself, but I was too lazy to do so...

Someone is posing, find her! :D

I don't know why, I feared this terms exam more then the previous final exams.

Maybe everything is so new and different from year 1?

Or maybe I've truly slacked a lot?

My skipping class record is higher compare to the previous 3 terms add together.

~~That is because we got a bitch lecturer for Business English whom is glued in front of the PC and sits while teaching.~~

Chris attempts to "anwar" Daniel while Joel is watching

That is part of the exam fever phenomena...

Anyhow, we are going to start our training in a weeks time, it will be a great time ahead!

Will really miss college!

Manager day!
Sio Sen, Chris, Me, Wen, Karl & Yin

I'm selected to take up the role of the restaurant promo manager in term 5 and Sio Sen the assistant manager.

Honestly, I'm half excited and half scared, but we will not fail you guys!

We gona make a big big boom together!

Till then, take care guys, all the best for training!

Swahati

2008-09-17T15:51:00.002+08:00

Remember I said something about my Malaysian Studies project?

Well, here it is! The meaning of 'Swahati' = Hati Sendiri, one's heart/own heart in English.

A video presentation done in the name of finishing my assignments.

My initial plan was not a music video based theme, due to certain unfortunate event, I have to resolve to this method.

Anyhow, I'm glad it turned out well.

The main idea is 'Malaysia a multicultural society'.

You will see 3 different settings in the video, 1st is our visitation to the Sikh temple,

2nd is at Mount Kiara, where one of our group mate - Lim Yin's mum had a Baju Kebaya stall.

Lastly, this shot is self explanatory, you'll know what I mean after you watch the video. :)

Please sit back, relax and enjoy the show!

The song in the video was sung by another group mate - Daniel Tham.

He is one of the vocalist/pianist that I talked about in Crossroad Generation!

So what do you think? :)

Many Faces Of My Baby Nephew

2008-09-14T14:01:00.001+08:00

I tell you, little Ivan is gona be a really good actor someday...

He is practicing already!

Behold the "ji wang" look.

Like em good sad Korean drama where their love story is always so darn complicated.

Little Ivan is playing the sad guy face when the girl goes off with another guy.

Next up, the "I kill uuuuu!" look.

You know those drama series where family members back stab each other in order one can gain all the wealth.

He is now playing the role of the jealous younger brother, in this scene he is plotting to kill the elder brother because the father gave all the money to his brother instead of him.

This is the "omg she loves me!" look.

He is depicting a guy whom just gain the love of the girl he long chased after.

And, the "holy shit!" look.

He is now showing ~~how was Fandi's face when he got pawn by me in dota~~ a shocked facial expression when he knew he strike a lottery.

Not forgetting the "wuu lala" look.

It is when he saw a really cute baby girl next to his cradle.

Last but not less, the "the day is save" look.

You know those superhero movies, after they saved the day, sure got some look on their face wan, I just wonder which hero is he imitating...?

I cant wait to see him during the full moon party! :D

Till then, take care! =)

An Incomplete Plan

2008-09-10T20:13:00.001+08:00

Its a joy for me to announce this! *keeping fingers cross*

From the 7th - 15th of December, I will get my arse on the plane and fly myself to Jakarta, Indonesia.

If you guys have any words of advice, please do tell me! Really appreciate it, thank you! ;)

Jakarta at night..

The date might be clanged if there are any problems during the planning.

Actually the plan is not to visit Jakarta only, the main idea is to visit Bali Island.

Bali..

There will be 2 other friends of mine whom will joining me at this point of time, I shall not review who they are now, because the plan is not solid yet.

Anyway, our journey will be a really rough one, due to the inability to splash money like water,

I have searched Air Asia for other alternative instead of a direct flight to Bali which cost around RM 660 to & return.

Tanah Lot, Bali

I came to a conclusion, and its the best I can get for now:

1. Flight from KL to Jakarta(RM192.50), stay a night or 2.
2. Take bus from Jakarta to Bandung, stay a night or 2.
3. Take bus from Bandung to Surabaya, change to ferry and cross over to Bali Island.
4. Take ferry from Bali back to Surabaya, taxi to airport and fly back to KL(RM270).

Tada! Master plan!

Sura & Buaya, that is how
Surabaya city got its name..

But there are always room for unexpected events.. I just hope that things will go well..

Hmm.. There is something I find quite funny, I told a friend of mine from Jakarta that this was my plan.

National monument

She naturally assumed that maybe my local friend there will be bringing me around, but that wasn't the case.

Her facial expression changed.. As if I just told her something shocking..

Kelimutu Lakes, Flores

She then wished me "semoga kamu bisa pulang ke Malaysia dengan selamat"(hope you will return to Malaysian in one piece)...

I was confused, so I asked.. And apperently Jakarta ain't quite a safe city to travel in(thats what they say).

I mean how bad can it be?

Hmm....

Lucky for me, she told me to confirm the date with her, when I will be there and how long will I be there, and she will arrange her friends or someone to bring us around during our visitation.

Its still under planning.. :)

Really, I'm looking forward for this trip, its gona be one heck of an experience, and most importantly, got stories to tell when I come back! :D

Sunset at Kuta

Last but not less, I found this comment somewhere in the net.

"In Jakarta, crime can happen almost anywhere. One of the most common places to get robbed would be the public transportation. Be very careful of what you show people when you are in public. Keep your eye on your stuff! If the crew takes your luggage, make sure you can watch the luggage compartment or at least be sure nobody can get to it. Pickpockets are also common in buses. Hijackers (sometimes a gang of high school students!) can sometimes take over the bus. Bus terminals are usually full of people and can be a problem as well. If you decide to use public buses, don't flaunt your wealth (or anything someone may want to take: cameras, expensive sunglasses, cellphones etc)"

View of Jakarta at night

Darn sure I'll look forward for this trip.

Hijacking our parents car consider very big balls already.

Imagine us hijacking RapidKL busses! Hahahaha!

My Nephew Is Born

2008-09-04T19:12:00.000+08:00

On 2nd September 2008.

My little nephew was born.

Ivan Teoh Cheng Qian is in the house~!

Congratulations to Gary & Sharon.

So fast know how to *bleah* people already...

I got a feeling your going to be a lively little boy one day.

Will visit you soon! ;)

Who wants to come along? Hehehehe...

Our Heart Are The Shapes of Malaysia

2008-09-01T16:58:00.000+08:00

August 17, I was invited by a friend of mine to her church event at Bandar Sunway.

Upon entry, I was greeted with the word "merdeka" by 2 girls.

Owhhh kayyy.... Thats unusual.. I mean, who the heck greats people with "merdeka"? Maybe its their culture during independence day,

But I know we Malaysians one thing for sure will not great each other "merdeka", but most of the time we will rejoice together and proclaim,

"Yay! tomorrow holiday!".

I smile and nodded my head to the girls.

As I was about to walk into the hall, they handed me a bulletin and a miniature 'Bendera Merah Putih'.

Its a shame to say that, I don't even have the 'Jalur Gemilang' and I am now having the 'Bendera Merah Putih'.

Well, during secondary school times, they gave it to us during the merdeka celebration, but they took it back after the assembly, so what to do...

Blardy cheap bastards! :P

And I never buy also la, so.. shhhtttt!

Oh, I forgot to mention that 17 August is the independence day of Indonesia.

Well, now that you get the picture, I can go on sharing my experience witnessing the entire event as a foreigner.

I've arrived at the church a little bit early, my friend was part of the team which will conduct the 'Upacara Bendera'(flag ceremony).

So I had to sit alone among people I don't know.

The upacara started with the team marching in from the hall door way.

I was told by my friend, they had to do this every Monday during school times, much like our Malaysian version of perhimpunan(assembly).

The only difference is they use a certain groups of people to perform, while ours, siapa-siapa pun boleh(anyone also can), mainly ~~perfects~~ prefects.

I notice something, the flag carrier is a girl.

But what interest me even more, was the amount of girls in the upacara team are more then the guys!

No I'm not being sexist, but normally guys are more into these kind of thing rite? This totally surprised me.

After the upacara, the church service starts.

Till a point, during the singing, the stage leader said, "mari kita kibarkan panji-panji kita."(come lets raise our flags!)

Hmm..... I looked around, everybody young or old, guys and girls, all raise their flags.

I'll look darn odd if I continue to keep my hands in my pocket, and no one knows that I'm Malaysian, and I couldn't possibly explain to them, it will just make me look dumb.

There is a Malay saying, "masuk kandang babi jadi babi, masuk hutan monyet jadi monyet!"

Yes I know what your thinking, shut up.. :P

So I took the little flag, raise it up till my neck level and just move it left and right.

Come on man, I don't even frigging wave the Jalur Gemilang pass my head.

But, I felt a sense of difference at that moment, it just doesn't feel 'home'.

I like the phrase written there,
"Patriotic, will not fade till the end of age."

Hmm... Its like this, you wish Lee Chong Wei will win the gold meddle, but at the same time, you criticize and say "Malaysia sure cant wan la", but in your heart you really wan him to win,

But when he lost, you start to say, "see la, what I told u, sure lose wan", at the same time in your heart you felt very sad because he lost.

Thats the closest how I can describe.

I think that feeling is call nationalism. Remember I said once, "loving the country and loving the government is 2 different thing."

Maybe is time for us to think what do we really feel about our own country, indeed there are many shit in our piece of land, and darn your right everyone is sick of it,

But are we going to complain forever?

Through my observation during the entire event,

I can really say that these group of Indonesian people know that their country has many problems(which I think we know a bit also reading from news papers),

Yet they pray their hearts out for a better transformation in their country, the girl who prayed on stage, I can see tears flowing from her eyes.

Man I tell you, their level of nationalism, is something we are way far behind.

The event came to an end with the choir team performing, I manage to capture 1 minute of their performance with my half arse quality camera phone, photos = good, video = very bad.

The sound quality made it sound bad,

but the actual performance is really good.

Selamat Merdeka to all my Malaysian friends.

Lets move onwards for a greater and glorious future!

She was the one whom invited me for this event, Ivana.

Take care~ ;)