Good Bye 2009

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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

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

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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!

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! ;)