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2009-04-20T15:24:00.004+08:00

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Balloons! Balloons! Balloons! 飛波!

2009-03-21T10:56:00.003+08:00

1st Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2009. From 19th to 22nd March, balloonists from around the world come to Malaysia to... erm... fly their balloons! This is the first time Malaysia is organizing such hot air balloon event. We Malaysian seldom got the chance to see these balloons. So I've decided to go.

I woke up 6 something this morning just to go there hoping to take some nice pictures. Reached Putrajaya around 7:15am. Already saw 1 balloon setting up. And it's the Nescafe balloon. Talk about branding huh.

Flame shooting into the balloon's belly to warm the air inside.

Here's the 1st balloon i saw. "Become a morning person" and they're the earliest to setup their balloon. Good advertising!

Who did i met again during this photography session of mine? Is the lovely Fidella again. This is the second time I bumped into her during my photography sessions. First time was Sungai Lembing (scroll down to view the previous entry). We just love taking photos. :D

Although is quite early in the morning, but there's already crowd crowding over the fences near those balloons. And there are damn a lot of photographers there!

Still pumping flame into the nescafe mug to keep warm.

What's a fiesta without clown.

The full view of the Mug-shaped Nescafe balloon.

Looking into one of the balloon.

Team Netherlands.

All the teams are preparing their balloons for the short flight. Colourful!

The sun just came out and seems like Mr. Clown doesn't like it.

Photographer risking their camera getting so close to the flame.

Almost finished setting up!

The Netherlands.

And they started to lift off. :D Wish is can go up there.

Wonder how they steer the balloons.

This is the chopped-orange balloon from Belgium.

Oh no! It'll rain orange juice!

Team New Zealand started their journey.

Wonder what size is this mug. Super Venti?

Photographers busy shooting the balloons.

One by one they took off.

The clown still ain't happy after it started flying.

Pink elephant! This is the balloon Fidella was here to see. Haha...

Colouful~

There there after reaching some height, Mr. Clown started smiling. :)

Giant cock in Putrajaya! Peacock la.

This peacock got bling-bling.

Team Belgium.

Haha, the further balloon looks like it's still sleepy.

Dumbo flying away.

A picture for Fidella and Zeejay before the last balloon flew.

It's the CAT Zeppelin. You know why it's the last to fly? Cos it's Team Malaysia!

After all the hot air balloons flew away, para-gliders started to glide around the skies.

Looks like quite fun also.

A glider flew-by us.

The last balloon left here is for pay-per-ride. But you don't go anywhere, just go up, and then come back down.

Didn't bother to go to the fun fair and carnival sections cos I think it'll be the same as the others. So packed up and go home~

Friendly people, good food, fantastic sunrise, a small and colourful town call Sungai Lembing

2009-03-13T00:36:00.014+08:00

On the 7th of March 2009, Clive organized a trip of 25 city dwellers, to this friendly little small town Sungai Lembing, 林明. Sungai Lembing is a town that used to mine Tin Ore (Bijih Timah). And now it's famous for it's sunrise view with sea of clouds below your feet! My closest gang of people is in one car, which is Andrew, Aivy, Siewmei, and me. The objectives of this trip for a few of us is to photographs the nice sunrise. We did the photographing, I'll leave you to judge. :P

First stop of the places to go when we reached Sg Lembing is Gua Charas. Is a big cave within a rock mountain, and there's an abandoned tin mine inside too.

The gang walking up the staircase towards the big cave.

Just before we want to go up, it rain a bit. But luckily it stopped after just a while. So be careful when going up, slippery.

Andrew posing.

This is the inner of the big cave itself.

Smoke gets in her eyes. :D Clive and his gf.

Another shot of the cave.

Looking out the cave shot.

Another shot looking out

After we finished going around inside the cave, while walking back down I took this shot. Gonna rain soon~

Day 1
When we first reached our place in Sungai Lembing, I was quite dissapointed with the place we're gonna stay in. It's a brick house inside a kampung, nothing wrong with that. But the place is actually a bit messy, 3 rooms for 25 people and only 1 toilet. Mattresses are put on the floor, and the roof was leaking.

Luckily Clive asked that aunty who's responsible for the place to find us another place to stay so we don't need to squeeze so many people in that house. So 12 of us was moved to another house, which i find quite satisfying. No doubt it's a wooden house, but it's clean, no leaking, nice bed, and got 4 toilets!

This is the picture of the room we gonna stay. Clean and spacious.

This house has actually been used to shoot a local movie before. Forgot about the title of the movie, but there's actually a script book lying on the table in the living room. This is the living room itself. Very old-skool and nice.

Framing Aivy and Andrew.

Window to see the kitchen.

Single clothe hanger hanging there. Asking for people to shoot la. Hehe...

A tea table outside the corridor of the house.

Looking in from outside, old-skool gate-type door. To keep dogs out?

Front of the house. We brush our teeth at the sink there, convenient.

Welcome stairs.

After we had our shower, we drove back to the previous house to have our dinner. Because it's catering. The food is not to say very good, but not bad also.

After dinner resting.

Watching TVB series.

After the meal and a while of sitting, we decided to get out and go for a walk. After that we went back to the place where we suppose to spend the night and rest. Need to sleep early because we need to go sunrise hunting tomorrow morning. Have to wake up at 4am!

Day 2
The big day for us!
8th of March 2009, we woke up at 4am had some light breakfast, and went to the leg of the mountain. We reached there around 5:15, but the place is already crawling with people. But our luck didn't ran out because although there's a lot of people going up there, there's not many photographers. Thus, we found some nice spot to shoot our sunrise.

Reached the top around 6am, already a lot of people waiting for the sunrise. Even got some people actually setup camps there.

The whole sky was covered with stars, very nice.

A moment between night and dawn.

Just before the sun came up.

There you go, waited for an hour plus for this moment. But it's all worth it. Breathtaking view. People there watching actually cheered for the sunrise view.

Here's a shot of the whole thing up.

Look at the clouds under us~ It's like we're damn high in the mountain.

You have to go there yourself to be able to feel the moment for yourself. How nice and magnificent it is.

Could never asked for a better spot for the sun to came out. Directly behind the mountain, thanks for cooperating Mr. Sun.

Like the natural gradient.

Andrew and Clive. This is the second time Clive is here, he still enjoy every moment of it.

Watching sunrise with his gf. :D how sweet.

Aivy and Siewmei's face got the early golden ray shower from the sun.

Cliff's gang including Fidella and Zeejay was also there. They had some nice captures too, saw them in facebook.

A cute shot of Behn. Like Mario jumping. Haha...

The other side of the mountain, was not bad also! The clouds was a bit too much! Haha. How can I see such a scene in Malaysia! Where else?

Huge spider with a huge web. It's enjoying the morning sun~ just like us.

Not lying to you about it is huge!

Somebody put dried ice under there somewhere~

A mountain island.

A lot of branches and leaves.

More clouds.

Too much of clouds. Hehe...

Stairway to heaven?

Proof of visit for andrew. :D

Traffic jam! From this shot you can see there are really a lot of people on the top just now.

Andrew and Aivy. Finally reached the bottom. Tired, but very worth it.

Siewmei's speechless expression tells you how nice the view was just now!

After we came back down to earth, we went looking for breakfast in the Pasar. And it's a Sunday morning, they actually having a Pasar Pagi there. Cool~

Java street, the street towards the pasar.

Look at the crowd waiting for the famous "Sister's Noodles".

After the breakfast, we went walking around the small little town to do some shooting. The town is really colourful. Siewmei became my model for the day. Haha.

Blue and yellow combination.

Big tree in the middle of the main road. Not sure if it got a name.

The kampung of Sungai Lembing. They still having the lanterns from Chinese New Year. :D

Shop gates.

Green gate Siewmei.

Tailor Yap Wai Hing.

Now is yellow gate.

Rusty building.

Abandoned old houses.

Riding a bike the kampung style.

Met these 2 young girls running around in front of the shops.

Aivy asked to take a picture of them. Haha. So cute.

Nicely coloured wooden houses.

Motorcyclists can pump petrol from this fuel pump which is like quite not safe.

Andrew's name was on the window. So he went posing next to it.

Cracked floor.

One of the main transport of small town, bicycles.

After all the eating and walking, we went back to the house. But that didn't stopped us from shooting. Haha. I took Andrew's 50mm to play.

Siewmei and Clive sitting at the front corridor of the house.

Nice and sharp.

Don't know what kinda flower is this. A bit weird, but nice.

Tractor.

Busy-ness

Hope.

This is Clive's new car! A V8 Twin Turbo.

Kampung must have ducks lor. Hehe.

Done shooting the surroundings of the house, we need to pack and move again. Why? Because when Clive planned, everywhere was quite packed already, so he has to book 2 places. Although I really like this wooden house, but still have to go.

Packed everything in the car, and went for lunch first, because it's not the time yet to check in.

Waiting for food to arrive.

Also waiting for the food. Hehe.

This is Ah Fai, Clive's friend. Hello~

The couple.

The Yin Yeung Milk of the coffee shop is not bad.

Viewing out the window behind me.

After the meal, the plan was to go to this place called the Crystal House, 水晶屋. The house is not built from crystal, it's just that the uncle and aunty that stays here collect a lot of crystals and some other stuffs.

Entrance to the Crystal House. RM2 per head will be charged.

Disco ball? What the...

Sleeping guard doggy.

1 of the 2 tunnels that the uncle dig himself.

The wall is filled with coins that visitors stick on.

This is another project of the uncle, he already dug for 8 months on this one. He is trying to replicate the mining scene from last time.

This is the uncle/owner of the place. He was telling some interesting stories of himself about how last time when he was still mining.

Aivy holding a raw Tin Ore. It was quite heavy.

And here's me holding a Bronze Ore I believe.

On the way out, we passed by this hanging bridge, so we went down and do some scene shooting. There are quite a few of these hanging bridges along the Lembing river for easy access to places. Motorcycles can actually use these bridges to cross to the other side.

Clive shooting some nice kampung scene.

Houses next to the river. One of the houses there is actually the manufacturing plant for the famous Mee Sungai Lembing. We didn't went there today, but we'll come back tomorrow.

Windy Siewmei.

Aivy and Andrew enjoying kampung life. Haha.

This is a funny shot. 3 of them actually trying to shoot a motorcycle coming towards them.

After the bridge, we headed for the Sungai Lembing Museum.

You can find a lot of history about Sungai Lembing town in here. How it started and how's the mining industry.

A replicate version of the lift tunnel.

A lot of old-skool machinery can be seen here.

Calculator?

Have no idea what is this, and I'm lazy to read the explanation. Haha.

Found this photo very funny, so took a picture of it. It looks like the cover of a rock band's album. Linkin' Park of old times? Lembin' Park?

It rain while we were visiting the museum, so we waited a while for the rain. Then was off to the new place we gonna stay. It's a banglo modified to be a guests house. So there are a lot of rooms and a lot of showers. And it also has a stairway for us to walk up to the hill behind, so we can see a nice view. But I still like the wooden house more. Hahaha.

We went up the hill behind us.

Behn and his sister Sherrina.

Siewmei kena pulled by me to take this photo. Hehe.

This is the house we'll be staying. Can say it's quite big.

Went out of the house to wander and see got anything nice to shoot.

Sherrina posing in front of a wooden house.

Captured this while Andrew is in front capturing the shadow.

There's a cage next to the house and inside got 2 peacocks.

This is how the house looks like from the inside.

Fully air-conditioned and Astro-ed.

Got to our room, washed up, rest, and it's time for dinner! Haha. Went back to the Pasar, but this time is eating normal rice and dishes of nice food.

We were seated 3 tables. This is my table.

And this is Clive's table.

We arrived at the place 20 minutes earlier, and the aunty wasn't expecting us to be reaching earlier. So she rushingly started cooking to us. But she was quite fast.

This is the aunty who cooked for us.

After the dinner, we went back to the banglo with no place to go. Because the plan for day 3 is to the Rainbow Waterfall. Again is an early trip out, transport will reach us at 5am to send us to the waterfall. So at night we did sleep fairly early.

Day 3
We missed the transport to the Rainbor Waterfall! Actually we didn't missed it... hehe... just that we woke up around 4am in the morning, I found out my feet was a bit sore from all the walking yesterday, so I told my gang I don't feel like going, then they also cincai. So ended up we didn't go. There was some other factors also that we don't want to go, cos Clive and Sherinna described to us saying how hard and scary is it and how much leeches are there.

After we decided not to go and went back to sleep, the others people started waking up and preparing for their trip. Then it started raining. Heavily. It just lasted for a while, but that further support our decision of skipping the trip, cos of the journey will be harder, leeches will be more, and the cloudy sky means there won't be any rainbow to see.

Because Clive and some of the others been to the Rainbow Waterfall before, they weren't actually planning to go again, so they have some other plan. Ended up we followed their plan.

Remember I told you about the famous Mee Sungai Lembing manufacturing plant opposite the river? We came here.

They both very happy. But what is Siewmei pointing?

This, Siewmei is pointing at this. One of the shops there is selling 蛋散. Hahaha... funny la. Don't ask me what is it, cos I didn't bother to ask the shop owner.

This is the stairway to where they manufacture the famous Mee Sungai Lembing. Too bad our timing is a bit wrong, if not we'll be able to see the aunties making the noodles.

The kitchen.

Natural light to brighten the inside.

What is so famous about the noodles here? It is because the water they used to manufacture these noodles are from the mountain. 100% pure mountain water, clean and pure.

The machine to make the noodles.

The flour ingredient.

Staircase outside the window. Emergency exit?

This is how the noodles packaging looks like. Remeber to recognize the logo before buying.

Aunty kindly explained to us how the stuffs work there.

This may be where they get their source of the mountain water.

Proof of visit, Siewmei.

Proof of visit, Me.

Proof of visit, Andrew.

This is the aunty's son. Very cute kid running around scolding the dogs. Hehe.

The dog that got scolded.

The cross is used as a hanger in rural area. Hehe.

Very kampung's texture.

Nicely toned colour house.

Overall, although we missed the Rainbow Waterfall, but the trip was well worth it for the magnificent sunrise itself. Anybody reading this post, you must go see for yourself! Highly recommended by me. :) Hopefully you enjoy the photos.

Waihoong's birthday

2009-02-24T00:01:00.003+08:00

6 days after Weiyee and Yippie's birthday, on the 11th of Feb is the birthday of Waihoong. Compare to the previous party, this one is more closed. Just the 6 of us having a quiet dinner at Chinoz on the ground floor of The Gardens. Although we didn't have as much people as the previous party, but the closeness of us all compensate for that.

Chinoz, they have some nice pizzas.

So happy. :)

Waihoong wearing his newly opened present. The colour suits him quite well.

Some starters for the hungry people.

Meng arrived a short while after.

BMW taking photos together. Brian, Meng, and Waihoong. :D

Their pasta is not bad too.

Another shot of the other pasta.

Pizza!

Pizza with caesar salad on top. Have you seen this before?

Seafood pasta.

A little cake for his birthday.

Jook arrived when we were almost done. But then, he arrived la.

A happy birthday party might not need a lot of people to be happy. :)

Weiyee & Yippie's birthday @ alexis

2009-02-22T20:48:00.005+08:00

On 5th of February this month, we had a birthday party for 2 birthday gals, Weiyee and Yippie. We went to Alexis at The Gardens, cos is near to the office :D and the environment is very nice.

Because it was a join birthday party, a lot of people showed up, some for Yippie and some for Weiyee. But most of them know each others. And because a lot of people showed up, there's a lot of pictures taken. Filtered a lot of pictures and ended up with all these to blog. :)

Alexis' menu

Very nice ambience

Tables and chairs prepared for big group of people.

First group of people to arrive at Alexis. Me and Sue-Ann reaches there earliest because she got a bet with Jacque saying that she'll be on time. She did!

Siewmei also arrived on time.

And of cos the punctual Jacque and Leslie.

From classmates to colleagues.

A nice shot of Siewmei against alexis.

Brian with birthday girl 1.

Jacque's portrait.

Shyng reached a while after and gimme this look.

Alexis served some quite local cuisine, and they are not bad at all.

Some of the normal western food.

Claws pasta!

Shyng~ and Siewmei.

Douglas joined the party for a while and left early. Not very sociable.

The couple: Jook and Shyng

Boo~!

Waihoong trying to look slim hiding behind the girls.

After we finished eating, only the 2nd birthday girl appeared. Cos she had another celebration earlier.

Weiyee started taking pictures with everyone, here's she and Sue-Ann.

Weiyee and Brian.

This is the group of people closer to Weiyee.

A random shot of Sue-Ann acting like a doll??

Birthday girls! Both of them having the same birthday.

Another smaller group photo.

Weiyee and Syam.

Another random shot (by Leslie) of Sue-Ann looking like she being... I don't know... What you think?

Weiyee and Fidella.

Hamyu posing!!!

Karen Wong.

Nice teeth.

Siewmei, Yippie, Karen Wong, and Dawn.

Birthday girl Yippie with Fidella.

Yippie got a special talent. See she put her hand on her forehead, for more details, please contact her yourself.

Yippie and her boss.

Normal group photo.

Not so normal group photo. Imitating Yippie. LOLz...

Happy Valentine's Day 2009

2009-02-15T10:20:00.003+08:00

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone! Hope it's not too late to wish everyone now. Have you had a great Valentine's Day yesterday? :)

Most of my friends had their own plan yesterday. So I don't have anywhere to go. So after my light dinner, I went out driving. A while later, I reached NZX in Ara Damansara. This used to be my hangout place a while ago, but then I was a bit busy and then there's this Disney Fun-tasy thingy going on and the cafe I used to go will be filled with family and children, very noisy children. So since yesterday was so free, why not went back there to check out if the Disney Fun-tasy thingy is still there or not.

So I reached there, took out my camera, and started walking and shooting.

Flowers, one of the ingredient for Valentine's.

I wonder who will buy those.

Florists Mega Sale on Valentine's day?

Quiet street near the end of NZX.

Fresh fruits will be available tomorrow morning. I think.

This shop is quite cute. The width of the shop is same as the width of the door, so the shop is like an alley, you walk in here, you walk out the other side.

100 Degree steamboat, hotplate, and BBQ.

In between shops.

Since there's Disney Fun-tasy going on, M.C.K.Y is there also. Nice wall.

Fullhouse with their expensive decoration, a mini cooper, in front of their shop.

Spider-men lying around NZX. Seems like this Valentine's will be just the 2 of them.

Stall selling little pots of flowers.

After a while of walking, I've reach a very familiar doorstep.

Apparently the Disney Fun-tasy is still there, but now, you don't need to pay to see it. Disney Fun-tasy is actually some lantern and figure display of Disney characters. The kids like them. I also saw a lot of couples there taking pictures with the figurines. So, since it's free, walk in a see got what to see la.

Underwater Funtasy. Got shark, but no mermaid.

I think this is the shark from Shark Tale.

Bambi with 2 rabbits.

The Baboon Elder from Lion King.

I think this is Simba.

Animals dancing on stage.

Cute animals from Disney.

One of the latest Disney character is here too, Wall.E.

It's a jungle there.

Besides the lantern, there's these kinda Disney character Figurines all around NZX. This particular pair is on the center stage. A lot of couples taking picture with them.

Wizard Mickey working his magic.

Minnie welcome everyone.

Mean little Donald.

Goofy exploring the Malaysian rainforest.

The man from outer-space! Well, he tot he does.

Gentleman Mickey with bling-bling.

Lilo with her toy with McDonald's fries on its head.

Stitch playing guitar for passer-by.

One of my favourite cartoon last time, Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers. Cool~

Bunch of harmless animals in this zoo. Look at this one, a toothless tiger.

A stupid dog name Pluto.

Christmas has passed. But Mr. Jack Skellington refuse to go.

This is Marie the pussycat. I don't know what cartoon is this.

Brokeback Woody from Toy Story.

Finally finished walking and taking pictures. Not sure when this Disney Fun-tasy will end, if you're interested in it, why not go over and take some pictures with your favourite cartoon characters.

Colour-less

2009-02-12T00:36:00.003+08:00

Read some article about shooting black and white, so I started experimenting on my own in the office. It's my first time shooting black and white using my camera, to make things more fun, I jacked the ISO up to 3200! Noise! I want noise!

Below are the results from 2 days of shooting randomly around the office.

After the rain in the evening time.

Our Coke fridge.

Filled with Coke. But how long will they last?

Tea on the carpet.

Outdated magazines on the bookshelf.

Weaved.

Ventilation.

Are those number of pages on the notepad?

Pickers.

Coffee? Tea? or...

Light puppets.

Passing by...

Cup warmer.

Got orange.

Yippie.

It was quite fun shooting this series of pictures. Comments and criticisms are welcome~

Little Damien Poon

2009-02-09T17:30:00.004+08:00

Visited Dom (Dominic Poon Cheeleong) last Saturday with Andrew. It was a planned dinner with Dom, his wife, Soo, and his son, little Damien. I reached Andrew's place around 7 something and we were going to Dom's place together. But when we called him telling him we're coming over, he was stunned. He forgot about the dinner and he was having dinner with other friends of his. In other words, me and Andrew were FFK-ed.

So me and Andrew went look for our own dinner, then after that only we drove to Seri Kembangan to look for Dom at his house. It's been some time since I last saw little Damien. He's getting cuter and cuter. Very hyperactive, non-stop moving when I was there in his room. I was thinking maybe because he saw somebody new that's why he's acting very hyper. But Cheeleong told me he's like that, constantly. Haha. Complaining very tired taking care of Damien. Good luck dude.

Tadaa~ first appearance in my blog. Introducing, Damien Poon.

Cute or not? Wearing tie and got batches. So formal. Hehe.

Playing on one thing while looking for the next thing to play.

Side profile.

Playing with his toy house.

I think that's 2 twirls on his head there. Will be a naughty little kid.

Father and son. Happy~

After playing with Damien, the adults went out for a drink at somewhere near his place. The Ambience of the place was quite nice. And it was quite an interesting session. Here's a picture of Soo and Dom.

Me and Andrew.

For more photos of cute little Damien, please visit Dominic's blog.

New kicks for my ride

2009-02-05T00:13:00.002+08:00

Last day of January 2009. I bought new kicks for my ride. The day before, when I was driving back from office, my car steering started vibrating and wobbling. Felt worried for my car. So, the next morning, I sent my car to service centre. They told me that my tyres got problem.

So I went to one of the tyre shop in SS19, the boss there showed me the problem on the tyre. But then he said he doesn't have any stock on tyres cos still Chinese New Year, so, no stock.

So I went home and turned on my MSN, saw Victor and told him my problem, and he reccommend me this shop in Klang. He said they are the Master of the Tyres Universe, something like He-Men. So I went to fetch him, and off we go to Klang.

The blue shop in the corner. Only shop opened on that row. Very hardworking people and very professional. Their range of tyres are quite wide.

Took off the shoes. Disc brakes look OK. Brakes pad still intact. Cool~

After 15 minutes of changing the tyres. Waited for about 1 hour just to do the alignment for my car. Cos there's just one machine there to do alignment.

Spent RM300 here to change my 2 tyres in front. A hole in my wallet, but new shoes for my car. No more wobbling and vibrating steering. :)

Welcome home to Malaysia

2009-02-02T20:31:00.003+08:00

On the 23rd of January, my gang organized a dinner at Bubba Gump Shrimp, The Curve, because Weiyee and Alex came back from Beijing for Chinese New Year holidays. So the dinner is to "wash dust" (chinese saying) with both of them.

Want to apologize to Waihoong because we set the dinner at 8pm, but we reached there around 9pm. So Waihoong waited there for an hour, alone. Hehe. Ooops.

Waihoong with his pissed face. His eyes are like questioning us why are we not punctual. Hehe. Jam la dude.

Siewmei posing with the menu while thinking of what to eat.

The place is filled with stuffs from the movie Forrest Gump.

We were seated next to the staircase. Behind us is a big poster of one scene from the movie.

Unique decorations but the seat we were seated was not so comfortable, a bit too tight.

Started, the onion rings.

To my right, the staircase.

Don't know what is this called. But look delicious and tasted quite ok too. :)

Shrimps.

And more shrimps.

Sue-ann and Brian arrived. Sue was sick and Brian have to go all the way to Cheras to pick her up. That's why they're late.

Weiyee came after them, with a new hairstyle! We were all quite shock. Hehe.

Alex, the last to arrive.

Must take photos for memories la. :)

People from Beijing, China. Hehe.

Alex didn't change much throughout the year.

Dessert menu was placed on a ping pong bat. Why? Because in the movie, Forrest Gump was very good in playing Ping Pong.

Took a photo of Weiyee in another room on the same floor. I think the decor is based on Forrest Gump's house in the movie.

After we finished the meal, Siewmei helped us took a group photo. Thanks Siewmei. Sue look really sick in the picture.

This my first time eating at Bubba Gump Shrimp. The ambience and the feel are nice. The food consider quite ok also. The pricing is around the same as Chili's and TGIF. You can go try try if you feel like eating prawns, I mean shrimps.

Steven's holiday at home

2009-02-02T17:06:00.004+08:00

Steven Lee, one of my ex-colleague who went to Taiwan to continue his higher education, came back from Taiwan for the Chinese New Year because he's having 3 weeks of school holidays.

He used to be under me and Siewmei's supervision during his employment in the office. Thus, we're quite close together (correct me if I'm wrong. Lolz)

He gave us a surprised visit during last last Thursday, when we were having our Karaoke session at Redbox, Mid Valley. So after that Karaoke session, we went for our dinner at Burger King. Caught up about his study life in Taiwan, and talk a lot of other stuffs.

Wishing him success in his studies at Taiwan and become a good product designer.

(First photo, we're very happy.)

Nothing much lately

2009-01-15T00:29:00.002+08:00

There's nothing much going on lately. Thus no new blog entry so far. Chinese New Year is near, but I still haven't buy anything for the new year yet. The only clothing I got now is my shoes which I bought damn long ago.

Been busy reorganizing and repainting my room lately. Consider done now, just need to add a little bit of decor to make it perfect. Quite happy how the colours turned out and the new furnitures fit right in. Nowadays I'm feeling happy everytime i enter my room. :D

Meeting with Liz

2009-01-04T21:46:00.002+08:00

On the 2nd of January 2009, we met an old friend, it has been quite some time since we met her since she's working in JB now after she quit. But finally on the second day of 2009, we met up. She looks slimmer now, besides that, she's still our good ol' Liz.

We caught up a lot and enjoyed the night. Hope to see you soon again Liz and a Happy New Year.

Wind surfing with papers

2009-01-03T21:49:00.002+08:00

Last week, me and the gang finally went for the several-time-postponed kite flying session. Me, Siewmei, Yenc, and Jook went to gather at Shyng and Jaemy's house at Kota Damansara. Aftere a brief lunch, off we go to where we never went before, Taman Metropolitan, Kepong.

We reached there around 3 something, where there's still a lot of parking spaces available. But after we went down a while, it started drizzling a bit. But the kite seller uncle told us very confidentally that this is cloud-passing-rain, and very fast will stop. He also told us to trust him cos he's very familiar to the weather there. So we did, bought the kite for RM15, and 500 feet string for RM5.

Shyng holding the RM20 kite like a kid + the expression of "can we have this one instead?" on her face.

Yenc re-tying the string to the kite because the string got stuck on the tree while the kite was on the ground on the other side, so she has to free the kite, roll back the string, and tying them back again.

Shyng and Jook, writing some love messages to the kite before flying it. Awww... so sweet.

While the others are busy doing their own stuffs, Siewmei had already flew her kite to the sky. So enjoy~

Me *thinking: which one is my kite?*

Yenc and Jaemy still trying to get their kite flying after some time. I think the kite doesn't quite like Yenc because Yenc was shouting saying another kite that shaped like a Stingray was so nice, she so likes it. Hehe.

Actually Jook and Shyng also still can't manage to fly their kite up yet. Maybe the kite was overloaded with lovey-dovey messages. Lol!

Me *still thinking: which one is my kite?*

Yenc sweating like waterfall and tired. Jaemy was thinking *how come other people can fly the kite up so fast geh?*.

The Shyng + Jook team still haven't manage to fly their kite up, so Shyng trying to walk the kite instead of flying it. Wuahaha...

Ok ok. One last try.

Jook releasing the kite, while Shyng pulling and running.

Finally, the couple managed to flew their kite up the sky.

Flying side by side.

Jook manage to finished his roll of string. Shyng so happy. :)

After flying the kite up about an hour, we decided to stop and pose with our kite a bit. I like this shot, but too bad the background a bit noisy.

Me imitating Siewmei's pose to hopefully get a nice picture. Comments anyone? Haha...

See, I told you Yenc's kite doesn't like her. Their string broke, and the kite flew away... to a place far, far, far, far away... But Yenc quite ok with it also after a while, she said next time can buy the stingray kite. :

Jook and Shyng so happy to got their kite up and flying.

Flying kite outing: done succesfully!

Welcome 2009!

2009-01-01T02:37:00.002+08:00

Another year passes by. Hoping the new year of 2009 will be a good one. Wishing every reader a good year ahead, and stay healthy. 2009 will be a tough year, stay strong and fight it through! We can do it!

The forgotten corner

2008-12-20T23:29:00.006+08:00

Nothing to do on a Saturday afternoon, took my camera, went to this forgotten corner of Subang Jaya. Located in SS12, next to Holiday Villa and behind SJMC, I think the lakes here is as old as Subang Jaya itself. There's the smaller lake, where it is run by a company to let people enjoy fishing for a price of cos. Then there's the bigger lake, you can also fish here, it's free, but the fish you gonna get will not be as good as the other one.

Yes I've been here before, long time ago cos there's nothing much to do here. People still come here to jog and workout, but I think not as many as last time, with those aquipments built here all torn and broken. And then with less people here and the crime rate so high now, don't think it encourages people to come here more. Rubbish can be seen, but still consider ok lar for Malaysian standard. Hehe.

So I reach here around 2 something and started my walk around the big lake.

The entrance to the big lake. No cars allow.

The view towards the IBM tower.

There are a few type of trees planted here and they're planted in groups. This is one of them.

Sheraton Hotels can be seen here.

Greensss... you can come here jog and get some fresh air. Well... a little better than other places in Subang. Hehe.

Reflection of the sky.

Manage to captured a lovely dragonfly couple hovering above the lake. So sweet. :)

There are a lot of these red colour egg-like thingy around the lake. Can anyone tell me what kinda eggs are they?

More cables.

An abandoned theater at the other end of the lake. When was the last show? I don't know.

A hut next to the stage.

Tired? Have a sit and enjoy the view.

One of the rectangular-shaped pillar. Should be used as fence pillars, but the fence is gone now.

Ass-shaped chains. Exercise anyone?

The path around the lake.

Federal Highway is actually just behind those trees.

Dark clouds started to form, don't want my D300 to get wet so I faster leave the place.

I found out that the place can be quite okay for portrait shooting. Next time will try with people in my photos. Have a nice day~

SIGGRAPH Asia 2008, Singapore

2008-12-18T01:58:00.003+08:00

Went to Singapore last weekend to attend this convention called SIGGRAPH which held in Suntec City. 7 of us, me, Brian, Sue-ann, Tony, Jook, Tiffany, and Chinling, went down to Singapore by a night train on Friday night 9:30pm. But the train was delayed for half an hour. No biggy tho. Experienced night train (those with bed) once in 2005, so it's nothing fresh for me.

Can't really sleep at night, took my camera out and snap some motion of the train.

This is my space. With my bags, can't really consider comfortable. But I'm guessing it should be better than those sitting ones.

After many hours of train ride, procedures, and walking, finally reach where we going to stay at around 7 something in the morning. The thing is we can't check in yet so early in the morning. So we put our luggage there at the lobby, then went to wash up a bit and get ourselves moving to have some breakfast. This place that we stay is just off Orchard road, behind The Paragon shopping mall. So it's really convenient.

Walked to this place under Paragon to eat our breakfast. It's a small shop called Ah Mei Cafe. The toast there is really good.

After the breakfast, walk some more to the nearest MRT station, got ourselves tickets to City Centre station, where the convention is held. In the photo you see Tiffy waiting for the MRT.

Not too cramp inside the train. Too early to be packed on a Saturday. We reached our location around 10am. Registered ourselves, and prepared to walk in and see some interesting things. The bad thing was no photography are allow. So... no photos lar from the convention.

After we finished the 1st part of our convention/exhibition, we went down for lunch before continueing our 2nd part. This is the food court at the ground floor of the convention centre. It's called Food Repuplic. The theme there is really nice. Looks like from some Harry Potter movie.

The food court were pack with hungry people. Luckily the food there was not too expensive.

The 2nd part of the schedule was just animation watching. Got some nice animations we watched. And there's a Korean animation that made me fell asleep. Even the guy behind me agreed with his snoring sound. Watch around 6 or 7 animations, we've felt that it's enough, so we left the place and go walk walk around Suntec City. Here's a shot of Tony and Jook waiting for Brian and Tiffany while they checking out some gadgets.

Much awaited place to be since we're all damn tired. We've booked 2 service apartment units to cater for around 13 persons, but only 7 of us turn up. So that means we can sleep better with more space to "look" around. Hahaha. Above shot is the living room.

This is the master bedroom.

And this is where i slept. Simple and nice.

The dining table became our place to put our stuffs.

This is the view from my room.

After some resting, is dinner time! Walk our from our room to eat around 7pm.

Dinner was on Brian, thanks dude. He brought us to this place call NYDC inside this mall which i forgot the name. The food there was nice.

Brian and Sue-ann ordering food.

Tiffany reached the place a bit later.

After the dinner, I met up with Ailin. I asked her to bring me around to do some shooting. I still got a lot to learn in shooting street at night.

This shot and the above shot was shoot by 50mm. Gotta like the bokeh!

After Orchard road, we took the MRT to City Centre again. But this time we walked to another direction. Here you can see a very nice skyline of Singapore. Above is a picture of the 1st Singaporen Casino in the making.

Ailin on the bridge with the Durian and Singapore largest ferries wheel.

This is part of the skyline in Singapore. Very nice.

Finally a picture of me posing in front of the famous Singapore Merlion.

Helped Ailin took 1 photo with the Merlion because this is the 1st time she's here also. Hahaha. We chit-chat at this place for some time, then we headed back to Orchard.

Buffet breakfast included the next morning.

We have to check our from the service apartment before 12pm, so after our breakfast, we went back to our room, pack up, and go to the lobby to put our stuffs. Because our bus back to KL is at 5pm and we wouldn't want to carry all the luggage with us. After everything done, we went walking... again.

Jook, me, Chinling, and Tiffy is in this picture. :) Merry Christmas everyone.

Lucky Plaza. A place where most foreign workers like to hangout. Damn a lot.

It rain and stop and rain and stop on that Sunday.

After Orchad road, we went to Peninsular Plaza to look for some camera stuffs. But then you can see from the picture, they close on Sunday. WTF!

A very pretty church on our way back.

After some hours of bus riding, we've finally reach KL. And that concluded our little trip to Singapore. It was tiring because of all the walking. Didn't manage to meet up with some other friends due to the tight timing. Next time... next time...

A visit from GOD

2008-12-17T17:17:00.002+08:00

Yup... GOD... John Knutsson, the Flash (Adobe) Actionscripting god is back from Sydney for a holiday with his wife. He went to the office yesterday to look for the guys, and Jook sms me to join them for dinner. After so long, of course must go and meet him lar. So I msn Siewmei and off we go dinner together.

John didn't change much, just that he stopped smoking during his time in Sydney, and he ordered a plate of salad for his dinner. He's getting healthier and healthier. We talked a lot during dinner, from his current working conditions, to some old company trips.

We had great time catching up with this old friend, and may all his plan work out. Merry Christmas John.

In photo (from left to right): Little Rabbito, John Knutsson, Jo-anne, Waihoong, Meiyeng, Karen Koay, Ben, Brian Leong, Sue-ann, Meng, Jook, and me holding the camera.

An outing to Broga Hill

2008-12-09T00:39:00.004+08:00

Invited by Clive, me and Siewmei were joining Clive for a photography trip to shoot a very nice sunrise at Broga Hill near Semenyih. The trip was organized by SK, and the total headcount for the trip was around 16.

We started our ascent from the foot of the hill around 6am(so can you imagine what time we woke up!). The path was slippery and very dark. Torch light is a must because it's total darkness there. After the initial palm tree plantation, we were walking in the jungle itself. Luckily we were wearing our long pants because there's a lot of tall grass and branches which can cut. Around 50 minutes later, we've finally arrived at the 1st stop point. A rock which indicate it is the 1st stop for us, we stopped(of cos) to rest, and prepare our cameras to wait for the sun to rise.

Unfortunately the weather of the day was not very nice. It was drizzling a bit on our way up, and it was cloudy when we reached there. So after some waiting, we figured that there'll be no sunrise shooting that day. Too much clouds was blocking the sun. Damn it. So, we started shooting everything la, since there's no focus already now.

1st stop, we were waiting for the sunrise, but dissapointed.

Clive bought McD for breakfast that day, and he really knows how to enjoy his McD. :)

The way up to another stop.

A view from the top.

Weirdly there's some flies flying around at that high. Wonder that they're up to.

After we reach the 2nd peak, we discovered that a lot of uncles and aunties, some bringing their family up there for morning walk! *Respect yo!*

Siewmei brought her brother's camera there to play play. :)

Look at Clive, so happy.

Let's go up there.

The grass does look like padi.

On the way up to the 2nd stop.

This is a higher view.

The rock there are quite nice as photography background.

Clive performing some flying kicks with his hand firmly gripped on the rock. But the image shows that he's more like falling.

Sometimes photographer tends to ignore their own safety for a good shot.

3 photographers 1 model.

Everyone waiting, taking pictures, and chit-chatting there.

Looks at the lower clouds, not enough to make the whole scene nice. And look at the upper clouds, too much to be blocking the sun.

Tired and resting.

Getting a nice pair of climbing shoes are quite important.

Say "chiiiiizzz"~

Patriotic Clive.

It was my 1st experience going up this high for shooting. Although we didn't manage to get a nice shot of the sunrise, but then it's still a good experience for me.

An afternoon tea session at Oh-&-Ah

2008-12-08T01:31:00.003+08:00

Stella came back from Singapore last Friday, so she called us out for a Karaoke session on Saturday morning. Stella, Siewmei, Benny, and me was there for a 2 hours (only) K session. We sang from 11am to 1pm. First time singing with Stella and Benny, both of them was very good K kaki. Hehe.

So after the Karaoke session, me and Siewmei bought some cakes and went to Sri Petaling to meet her friends. It was a small but warm gathering for them since they're friends since college days. Catching up with each others and talking about some women's stuffs since one of their friend, Liz is pregnant with a baby girl. Congrats.

The place that we went at Sri Petaling, from outside it just looks like a normal 2 storeys house with a lot of cars parked both side of the road. But inside, it's actually Oh-&-Ah, the shop. Why did we gathered there is because one of their friend, Teck Yew(I think that's his name) is one of the owner of the shop.

They sell all sorts of nice, cute, old-skool, useful and pretty stuffs. From home decorations to clothes, personal accessories to toys. And a lot of their products are handmade also! This means they're unique. I'll leave their website to list down what they have to sell. Gonna share some(a lot) of the photos I took there.

Their logo. An... erm... animal i think. With a lot of hair.

1st floor showroom.

Most of the accessories they sell is for the girls. So girls, if you like accessories, you'll have to check them out.

Funky giraffes.

Earrings and printed tees.

Big rings.

Old-skool tin firetruck necklace.

Besides those items that can be bought, there are a lot of the decorations there that are only for display purposes only. Too bad.

Colourful earrings.

A special hanger for you to hang your earrings?

Handmade badges. Pretty nice and cute. We bought a few from the collection that they have here. But some of us are eyeing on the suitcase itself. Hahaha.

Each of their pricetag, are hand-drawn and pretty much unique from one another.

Nice and cozy fitting room.

It's the Mega Sale season!

A beautiful tree branch decorated with little cards of of wishes and wish list of customers and friends.

A cabinet top filled with hand-molded figurines.

Looking for something different to put your flowers in?

Boxes with expressions.

Closer look at the figurines.

Stones with drawings. Pretty Zen-ish.

Tin toyz... is this old-skool or what?...

Animal shaped necklaces.

Key chain made out of... a lot of stuffs.

Ride with Mr. Postman.

Chalk writing on the wall. Pretty cool. I'm gonna try it in my room sometimes.

Dried flowers that they're selling.

Notebooks.

Figurine A (right): "Wei, I think there's something on your head."
Figuring B (left): "Screw you la. Where got."

A peachful demonstration.

I'm not sure whether it is eating the plant? Or it is vomitting them out.

Plant now! Safe the Earth. Apparently there are seeds in those small boxes, that will grow trees up to 25m high!

Nice piece of antique-looking fan. But I think it is for blowing only, not for sale.

Some of the badges we bought in close-up.

It's time for people shots. :)

Gigi and Brian. And Siewmei in the middle.

Me and Royce. Don't be mistaken that we're very close friends, this is my first time meeting her. Hahaha. Very friendly and playful as you can see from the picture.

This shot looks like some magazine cover.

A very nice shot of Siewmei posing against the dried flowers. The colours are very nice.

Brian Wong trying to perm his short hair.

Brian with the dried flowers also.

Very cute bag that Siewmei is holding. This shot also looks like those street fashion photography.

Good friends: Teck Yew, Gigi, Royce, Siewmei, and Liz. (from left to right)

Little drummer tin toy robot: "Thank you for your visit. Please come again soon."

The good ol' gang

2008-11-30T02:17:00.005+08:00

A quiet little Saturday had turned into a small gathering session. Well not actually a gathering, more like a yumcha session. I say it as a gathering because got one person that I haven't seen for very long was there, Victor's girlfriend.

I already forgotten when was the last time I saw her. But I know it was damn long ago, because she told me that I look nicer with short hair. I was shocked when she told me that because I cut my long hair like yearsss ago. That's how long she hasn't seen me. Lolz.

Trip to Tioman Island (day 3)

2008-11-23T16:35:00.002+08:00

Last day here in Tioman, felt the time passed too fast. Haha. Woke up a little later, head to foyer area for breakfast.

Chicken porridge. Not bad for resort standard. :)

Designated area for our company.

Bumped into Sue-ann, so asked her to be my test subject for a while. Hehe.

Back to room, need to pack everything and prepare to leave already...

Zaheer, can said he's in-charged of this whole trip (of cos with the help of Tiffany). He lost his slippers somewhere, so he had to wear the room's slippers.

Waihoong, brought his laptop there to play World of Warcraft. He even missed the group photo just because he wanted to play game so much. Anti-social~

So here's the committee of the Swingers. President: Eve, Vice President: Zaheer, and Treasurer: Tiffany. Thank you guys.

Group photo before leaving the place. Me and Aivee was not in this picture because both of us are shooting using our own camera. But we appeared in Sue-ann camera's group photo. :) She got the most complete one.

Going through Custom before waiting at the jetty area. A lot of people doesn't know that Tioman got duty-free shops also. So that's why we need to pass through the Custom.

Sue-ann cut queue. Brian pissed. Sue-ann don't care. Brian can't do shit. Haha.

X-Women 1: Yippie

X-Women 2: Justine

Waiting for the ferry to load up before we can get in.

Tired smile from Tiffany.

Brian and Sue-ann sat next to me on the ferry ride.

Aivee and Jook sitting behind me.

Motion sickness pills. I'm not sure whether this actually works, or I'm better in dealing with motion sickness already.

Oopsie~ puke alert at "Kuantan 192" road sign. Peishan suffering from motion sickness.

That's it. 3 days 2 nights of Tioman trip. Of cos not enough. But better than nothing.

Trip to Tioman Island (day 2)

2008-11-23T12:50:00.006+08:00

Woke up quite early on day 2 trying to take some nice morning photos. Since the day before i slept quite early, so I've walked out from my room around 8am. Very nice feeling, warm sea breeze, quiet, and the sound of wind blowing against the tree.

A very quiet morning at Tioman. I'm not sure whether is it normal with no people on the beach so early in the morning.

Of cos have to shoot some floral photos... hehe...

I think that's the Clubhouse for those golfers.

This kinda small roads can bring you all around Berjaya Tioman. It's their main road inside the resort.

Goal post waiting to be strike by footballs.

This pic gives me the feeling of a university field more than a sea side.

A nice shot of Tiffany posing with her "beach-ready" bag.

Silhouette of flowers.

Aivee, another DSLR bearer in the office. One of the most experience.

Pickers' colour very contrast with the background.

She trying to be patriotic. Hehe...

Yippie waiting for the bus to go to the diving centre.

Ben acting cool with his snorkle gears on.

Sue-ann, afraid of water, but still want to take the challenge of going snorkeling. Respect.

Yippie acting cute with the snorkling gear.

Tiffany adjusting her snorkle gear very seriously.

David laughing at Brian on how he looks with the snorkling gear.

Waihoong been very pissed of all the waiting and people coming late.

The one with the official diving license going for a snorkling trip. Piece of cake.

The jetty to our rides. 12 people on one boat. Going out in 2 boats.

Quite a long ride, Yippie took a nap on the boat.

Latest fashion in town! Life jackets!

Waiting tired of waiting again before we got to our spot.

Everyone went down to snorkle except for me, I was just there to take some pictures. Hehe.

Pickers shooting waihoong swimming towards her using her Olympus water-proof camera.

A white beach near the place we snorkle.

See how clear is the water!

2 boats parked side by side.

One of a rare shot that Aivee actually look like a girl! Hahaha...

Jook was nicknamed Mer-Jook after this snorkeling trip.

Yippie, afraid of the fishes, screaming like mad when the fishes swim near her.

Those people on the boat was eating mixed-rice, they keep on throwing food down the sea, that's why you see so many fishes here.

A shot of David creating a small scale Tsunami in Tioman.

Ben trying to fly without wings. Lol.

This is Jook with the pose of a bird after being struck by lighting. Hahaha...

John with a perfect backflip dive.

Next spot for snorkeling is near those rocks.

Tiffany resting on the rear of the boat.

Another shot of Tiffany having a fish spa therapy.

Sue-ann and Ben enjoying themselves.

Going to the 3rd snorkeling spot. That's the other boat.

Sue posing on the boat.

We asked Aivee to give us a pose. And this is her best.

Sue asked me to take a picture of her and Brian.

Group picture of my boat crew. Haha...

Reached the Jetty and damn hungry. So we headed for lunch at the foyer area.

Me cam whoring in front of the mirror with Chinling's camera behind me.

After lunch, went back room to shower, then come back out again to go swimming. Before that, I heard some of the going shoot some hoops, so I walked to the basketball court to check it out.

Syam didn't go out to snorkle with us, here she is renting a bike to ride around the resort.

After swimming, went back room again to shower and prepare for dinner, passed by the game room and guess who I saw. Hehe. Yippie, David and Meng there playing Mahjong la. Yippie said she didn't know quite well how to play, but ended up she won. :

Dinner time! Steamboat! Didn't manage to take many shots from the dinner because don't have a flash gun and the lighting was too dim there.

After the dinner, there's the bonfire session where everybody drinks again! haha... Here's the 2 pile of wooden planks for our fire.

One of the pile of woods fell early, creating this unbalance fiery shot.

On the ground, there's actually writings of "Arachnid" and "Slipknot". Took this shot after the fire died out because you can really read it with the fire on.

People warming up. before they became crazy.

Some people chilling at the pondok there.

Tiffany didn't get drunk tonight because she was moving around dancing and having fun. :)

Drinking on the beach. Nice.

Aivee trying to jump over the fire posing like Mario.

More people sitting on the beach drinking and chit-chatting...

Tiffany performing her fiery dance. She's really a performer as you can see from her expression. Smiling all the way.

Jook the parkour lover. Jumping over fire? Not a problem.

Ben's turn. Can't imagine that he actually jumped quite far.

Hahaha. Sue-Ann acting fear. Quite bad acting! Lolz...

Aivee helped me shoot this one, but the timing was wrong. :(

There's a lot of things happened on that night, which i didn't manage to shoot. But Aivee got a lot of those not so proper shots.

Canton-i @ The Gardens

2008-11-23T01:46:00.006+08:00

Went to this newly opened restaurant call Canton-i at The Gardens, Mid Valley yesterday. As you can see from the name, it is related to Dragon-i. It is located at the lower ground floor at The Gardens, near another chinese restaurant Din Tai Fung. The food they sell are mainly chinese stlye barbeque stuffs, such as Char Siew, Siew Yuk, Duck and Goose. Haven't got the chance to try the barbeque goose there cos it was finished by the time we got there.

Business seems to be very good there, because i went passed the restaurant a few times and there's always people lining up.

Took this shot after we ate. :) That's why you don't see people lining up. Cos it's late.

The interior of Canton-i is very nice, combination of beige, white, and pink, made a very comfortable place to have ur meal. As you can see, there's a lot of people.

There's 2 sections here, this one is the left section, the picture before this is the right section.

Decorated with items that are very chinese such as these bird cages.

Very nice semi round seating, but don't think can fit many people in.

SiewMei holding our number ticket posing, while waiting for our seats.

Syam and Yippie queueing up. Look at the line behind then, long~

A rare person to join us eat, because SiewMei came to find us for dinner. :) Have to "bay min" a bit.

Me and Jook waiting for our food. (Jook acting like Yippie)

Actually Syam is also another person who's rarely join us for dinner. Again because of SiewMei's visit, and i forced her to come along. Hahaha.

Yippie and SiewMei waiting for food.

Hamyu showing his reluctant face to take picture with Yippie.

Look at how happy he is here. Haha.

As usual, drinks arrived first.

Each of us ordered the plain wantan noodles, then we ordered dishes to share. This is the Siew Yuk. A bit too fat, but the skin is crunchy. Yum~

Char Siew. Not as good as Shah Alam or Sunway Mas' Char Siew, but still consider not bad.

Yao Mark. Haha, don't know how to say this in English.

Very big and nice wantan. Got a whole prawn inside. Very Q.

Half a duck here. Consider not bad also.

After meal chit chat.

Hamyu with the gals. Hamyu belanja us this round. I think it's because we bought birthday present for him on his birthday just passed not long ago. :) Still... thanks Hamyu.

The price of the food here is slighly above average, but the quality consider ok. So, worth going to try out. :)

Trip to Tioman Island (day 1)

2008-11-16T00:07:00.003+08:00

Went to Tioman Island last Friday on the 7th of November for a 3 days 2 nights company trip. It was quite a nice trip (for me to try out my new camera). Was a bit messy on the schedule, but can see that Zaheer and Tiffany trying all their best to sort things out.

Quite a bit of funny, gross, and new stuffs happened on the trip, adding to the experience of the whole trip. Took damn lots of pictures, but only can share so much here. :) hope you'll enjoy them.

Bus depart from office around 6am in the morning, had some mamak breakfast on the way to Mersing jetty.

Reach Mersing around 12:30pm but missed the ferry. Stranded there for around 2 hours to catch another ferry.

A nice shot of Sue-Ann eating her burger while waiting for the ferry ride at the jetty. Quite a few of them bought the burger there. The taste was not bad.

Finally got into the ferry after hours of waiting. The air-conditioning system was blasting like crazy inside the cabin. Freaking cold.

A shot of the back of the ferry, a patriotic ferry ride. :P

Finally reach Tioman Island after around 1 and a half hour ride of the ferry.

In a bus, on the way to Berjaya Tioman resort.

10 minutes of ride, reach the foyer of the resort, where we had hour super late lunch. Food was not bad.

This is where we'll be eating for the next 2 days.

Sharing room with Brian and this is how the room looks like. Quite comfy.

Before going out for the duty free shopping, manage to get some evening shots of the beach. After hours of rides, finally touch the beach. Haha.

Crazy shopping, cigarettes, alcohol, cigarettes and more alcohol, then cigarettes then alcohol again. Crazy!

Dinner time when the lunch still haven't fully digested. Not much appetite to eat. So walk around and took some pictures.

Close-ups of the foods! Hehe

After dinner was drinking session, got my tripod ready, and shot some long exposures. This pictures looks a bit fake, more like a stage backdrop than a real photo. Weird.

Of cos there's light trails playing time. Took a lof of tries to get this right, 2 copywriters work on this one. Hehe. Jook wrote the "arachnid" and Justine wrote the "tioman".

End of day one, went back to room and slept early to prepare for the next day.

Tracey Fong!

2008-11-02T02:00:00.003+08:00

Tracey Fong is back! Last Wednesday, Tracey came visit us at the new office. She came back to Malaysia for a 2+ weeks holidays. This is the 2nd time she visited us since she migrate to Australia.

She's doing pretty good there in Australia, as you can see from the pictures, she brought her boyfriend, James, to Malaysia. Nice guy, knows how to cook for Tracey. Hehe. Good catch! Fong. She just started her new job 3 months ago. So this leaves of 2+ weeks is actually quite daring of her. Haha.

She'll be going back to Melacca, her hometown, before she flies back to Australia. Happy seeing her doing so good and well taken care of. :)

Free cookies

2008-10-25T22:25:00.000+08:00

Today's my first time coming to Hollys Coffee so early, because the Internet at home is down for a few days already and have no sign of getting any connection anytime soon. Reach here around 4pm. Had a loyalty card which is fully stamped (10 stamps), redeemed a cup of free ice-blended mocha, and this plate of warm and sweet cookies.

Like it here a lot, since there's not many people, the ambient here is nice, and my experience here before. The staffs here are nice & friendly, and they're getting more familiar with my face. Bet they're wondering who's this guy and what he do. Or maybe for them, I'm just another regular customer, which they have no intention of more understanding.

Brian's 29th birthday!

2008-10-25T20:00:00.007+08:00

Today is Brian's birthday, since today is Saturday, so we celebrated a day earlier for him. Celebrated in the new office, his birthday celebration was the 2nd celebration held in the office since we moved. The first one was JoLee's birthday.

So we bought some fastfoods, some junk foods, and of cos some alcohol and drinks. The surprise was kinda shitty since at the time we wanted to surprise him, most of the people were busy, some were having meeting, and some were working. So left only a few of us there to so-call "surprise" him. People only started appearing after a while.

It was quite ok after a while, people were eating, laughing, drinking, and making noise. The cake was prepared by Sue-ann. She was asking which funny cake to choose from, and this one was the final choice. The cake was very Brian. Haha. Had a lot of fun cutting it. Brian kept the head in the fridge, just like the phyco "ice-truck killer" in the U.S. TV series "Dexter". The left boob taken by David, and the right boob was left for WK. And nobody wants to take the panties. LOLz.

There's another surprise for Brian, which is arrival of the 2 special guests, Eva and Jessica. Both of them are the ex-staffs of Arachnid. It's been quite some time since we met. Happy to see them, had some chit-chats and catch-ups. Eva is still as stylish as last time, and Jessica is still like my X-Minimax, "Minimum size. Maximum sound". And the Mickey on my tee was actually welcoming them as well (notice my t-shirt's Mickey). Hehe. We should meet up more often la girls.

X-Minimax

2008-10-25T16:51:00.004+08:00

Bought this little gadget, X-Minimax that produce big sound. Thanks to Joe who bought it back for me from Singapore, cos there's only the single speaker version here in Malaysia, which is more compact, but this one is stereo instead of mono.

Although this is not as compact as the single speaker version, but it's not really that big, you can see they fit nicely into one palm of mine. Based on the specs sheet, you only need to charge it for 2-3 hours, and it'll play for around 10 hours. I've been using it since for more than 5 hours now since the day i bought, and it still doesn't need charging. Good for travelling.

Honestly, you have to hear it for yourself to feel how much it can give you. The tagline they're using, "Minimum size. Maximum sound", they really mean it.

But again it such a small speaker, so don't expect it to sound as good as your Altec Lansing or Logitech. There's some static noise that is produced by the speakers when there are sound playing, but you won't really notice it if you're not close to the speakers. Not sure whether is only my unit, or the other units are the same.

So, if you're a traveller, and don't like the idea of sticking your ipod headphones in your ears all the time, I highly recommend this product to you. Especially when you're staying in your hotel, you still can enjoy your own music.

Experience GASOLINE (Bad)

2008-10-19T02:42:00.002+08:00

Woke up early today, drove to Taman Desa to look for Andrew. From there, he drove us to Berjaya Times Square for the KL Photography Festival. Dom went there by himself and met us there.

Actually I wanted to go there to see if there's any good deal on the camera I wanted to buy. A lot of photographers and speakers giving talks on their experiences in photography. Didn't stay long though as there's not many booths there for us to check out.

Had lunch there at GASOLINE in Times Square with both Andrew and Dom. Not a very good experience. This is my first time going to GASOLINE to eat. I think we're not the target audience, because almost everyone in the restaurant is very young, as I would say, kids, even the waiters and waitresses.

So, the manners of those kids working there are really bad, I think they've not been trained on how to serve customers. 2 young girls at the bar there was making so much noise, shouting (that's the way they talk) to each others. And once in a while, they swear, yup, they swear in front of all the customers. Me and Dom looked at each other speechless. The table was not wiped clean, very sticky. Those utensils that they gave us, was still wet, OMFG, gross.

The food, I ordered the Kam Heong Fried Rice. I was shocked that the food that I ordered looks like that (refer to the picture below, that was how it's served, I didn't touch it yet), and the plate was also still wet with my rice on top.

The lucky thing was that Andrew's and Dom's food were still OK. To be fair, the taste of the food was still OK. But then again with the hygiene of those utensils and plates like that, I wouldn't be shocked if you get Diarrhea from the food there.

That's it, tried once, never gonna go back there again.

Somewhere over the rainbow

2008-10-19T02:38:00.003+08:00

It's been raining almost everyday here in KL,
making the sky darker,
making the weather colder,
making the road jam-er,
making the walk slipperier
making the mood bluer,

and (not all bad)

making this shot nicer.

The rainbow was so nice, and we can actually see the whole arc of the rainbow at the windows behind where Brian is sitting. And there's actually another rainbow next to the one in the photo, but it was too light to be captured. So, didn't bother to capture it. Hope you enjoy the photo.

Rainy working Sunday

2008-10-12T19:40:00.003+08:00

Came back office to work today. Reached office at 10am, freaking early, all because the office has moved here. Cos if I were to come later, I'll be stuck in the jam.

Don't even have time for breakfast at home, I bought a few buns from the bakery outside Jusco for my breakfast and lunch (I'm thinking that I'll be too lazy to come all the way over here again to have lunch). Saw a lot of people waiting for Jusco to open.

Thought no one will be coming into the office so early, but was wrong. Remi was the first to reach office. Good to have a company when you have a new office which is big, it's scary.

Rain fall again today, just like the other days. Manage to capture this rain shot. Hope you'll enjoy it.

My all time favourite

2008-10-11T23:38:00.002+08:00

Sooner or later I know that I'm gonna blog about this place. This my friends, is my all time favourite claypot chicken rice. Located at USJ 4, New Apollo Restaurant's (新阿波羅茶餐室) Choi Gey Claypot Chicken Rice (財記瓦煲雞飯) uses charcoal to cook the rice inside the claypots.

The stall is run by an old couple (at least I think they are). They take turn to do the cooking. I heard a friend of mine said that one of them don't cook as well as the other, I'm not too sure about that, I think they're both good.

Before I started to love the claypot chicken rice here, I don't actually eat those chopped small chilis. I don't know what happened, one day, I actually tried the chopped chilis with the rice. OMG, what an amazing discovery. So since that time, I don't eat this claypot chicken rice without it.

The price of of the Claypot Chicken Rice here is quite reasonable. RM5, you'll get a small one, which i think is almost enough for 2 persons. A big one costs RM8.50, which i think can feed 3 to 4 persons.

They also sell the Yellow Wine Chicken, which i never tried before, maybe next time can ordered and see if it's as good as the chicken rice.

If you're interested and need directions to this place, please contact me. Hehe.

View from the office (sun included)

2008-10-11T22:02:00.002+08:00

It's been rainy the last few days, and sometimes KLCC and KL Tower will disappear from the sight. Here's a shot of the view when there's sun, and not raining.

What I see everyday

2008-10-06T22:52:00.005+08:00

New office, new view. This is what I see everyday after light. Not the best view, but a lot better than what I saw in Phileo. From this angle, you can see that the KL Tower is taller than KLCC, and the towers of KLCC overlapped. Hopefully we'll be able to see some fireworks, during some celebrations.

The busy road you see in the picture is Federal Highway. And you can see the MNG billboard on the lower left of the picture.

Dinner at Tsim Tung!

2008-10-05T23:38:00.004+08:00

Yesterday, was looking for friends for dinner. MSN with Victor, know that he, Hh, and Sichuen are going for dinner together, so i decided to join them.

Sichuen suggested a place to eat at Pandan Indah, the place is called Tsim Tung Restaurant. It was a long journey that cost us RM8.80 just for the toll money.

The types of food that they're selling are similar to those at Kim Gary, just that the food here are nicer. I quality and the ingredients they used are better i think. Thus, the food are more delicious. The prices are similar also with Kim Gary.

P.S: The food here is nice, but doesn't worth the trip there. So I guess this will be the only time I'll ever eat at this place.

Cova with Jacque & SiewMei

2008-10-05T00:37:00.007+08:00

Yesterday, Jacque and SiewMei came find us at our new place to have dinner with us at Cova, a bistro in The Gardens. The food there was okay. Had some good times catching up with Jacque as we haven't seen her for quite some times.

Cova café, lounge, bistro. This place had a thing called the beer buffet, from 5pm-9pm daily, you can drink all you can with the price of RM48 (Tiger), RM58 (Heineken), and RM68 (Kilkenny). So if you're a beer lover, this is not a bad place to drink.

Jacque also brought a friend along, Adrien if I'm not mistaken. Apparently I saw her a few times already, but just can't recognise her. Haha. Oh ya, she's also Sue-Ann's friend.

The copywriters waiting for their food.

SiewMei with her sweet signature pose. She looks like a school kid with her new hairstyle (the fringe). But then it suits her and give her the fresh look.

Jacque was complaining about her sandwich. Hehe. She didn't know what she ordered because the menu was not clear enough. She tot she ordered the roasted honey chicken.

Posing with a serviette.

Jacque's wrongly ordered Sandwich.

SiewMei's Mushroom Salad.

Want some rabbit food from Little Rabbito?

Jook's Carbonara

And finally, my Classic Beef Burger.

The Red Room

2008-10-04T01:04:00.006+08:00

So, my office has moved to the new place, Mid Valley. Inside the new office, there's this weird waiting room near the reception. The room is fully red in colour and with some cool chairs inside.
When I first saw it I already thought it'll be a nice place to take pictures. So we did.

四年又十三天的回憶

2008-09-27T23:18:00.005+08:00

在與上個星期同一個位子, 同一個時間, 又想寫了. 今天的顧客比較多, 音樂也換了, 今天播的是懷舊英文歌曲. 但對這個地方越來越覺得舒服了.

四年又十三天, 一個不算太長也不算太短的時間. 在這間公司差不多每天來來回回的, 終於在昨天, 最後的一天, 結束了. 別誤會, 我不是辭職, 而是公司要搬了. 從 Phileo Damansara 搬去 MidValley Northpoint.

你會不捨得嗎? 我應該會吧. 雖然現在還沒真正的感受得到, 但, 應該會吧. 太多太多的事情在這發生過, 好的, 壞的, 開心的, 傷心的. 也看過太多的人來來去去. 多麼多的回憶, 就讓他收在記憶裡吧, 以後再拿來慢慢品嘗.

每天早上一踏進公司第一樣看到的東西, 臨別前, 怎麼可以不拍照留戀呢.

八樓的接待處, 大部分東西已經丟進紙箱裡了.

八樓, 看起來像是戰場. 太亂了.

Sue-Ann 躲在箱子的後面, 還在趕工, 太勤力了吧.

Phileo Damansara 1, Block A, 701. 我們會記得你的.

寧靜的星期六

2008-09-20T21:54:00.008+08:00

隔了好一段時間沒有Blog. 今天沒什麼東西做, 來到了一間咖啡廳, Hollys Coffee, 帶著我的Laptop,

少少的人,
一點點的 Peach Tea,
一點點的爵士,
一點點的空間,
一點點的心情,
寫了.

記得上個星期的今天, 在 Park Royal 見證了 SiewMei 和 CheeYen 的婚禮. 美麗 + 帥, 祝他們幸福快樂.

Bye-bye WEA 8221

2008-08-12T00:47:00.003+08:00

WEA 8221, a Proton Satria owned by Sue-ann till last last Friday. After many many years of driving ~~recklessly~~ carefully, and taking care of the car, Sue decided that the car had served it's purpose ~~to the max~~ and it's time to change to a new car.

On the 1st of August 2008, the car was officially taken away from Sue. We all went down and took some photos just to remember that ~~don't buy 2nd-hand car from Sue~~ WEA 8221 had served its owner very well.

Sue posing with her beloved WEA 8221. Currently it's her ex-husband now.

The people who enjoyed the service of WEA 8221 before.

Sue-Ann's new husband, is the Suzuki Swift now. A very mean husband. Happy for her. Hopefully this new husband won't end up like her ex.

A night out with Jessica

2008-07-20T02:50:00.004+08:00

Its been very long since we last met Jessica. Since now she's back from Singapore d, we have to meet. So we went to Starbucks at Center Point on last Thursday for a small gathering.

It was quite a fun night catching up with Jessica, talked a lot of crap and a lot of scary stuffs. Hahaha. Hope to see you again soon Jess.

The Duck King Restaurant @ Jaya One

2008-07-19T12:46:00.011+08:00

Went to this reataurant called Duck King on Wednesday. Because Waihoong and Sue heard a good review from David, saying that is damn good.

After some googling, found out that The Duck King is actually already quite popular in Indonesia, and only around 3-4 months ago, it flew to Malaysia. And the only one around now is at Jaya One. So there we go at night to Jaya One.

The resraurant is located at the corner, opposite Secret Recipe. Once you open the door, the nice smell of duck meat is just nicely flowing inside the restaurant. Smells good.

This is the logo on the menu. Gives me a feeling that the duck is giving a middle finger.

They actually sell their menu for RM1,500.

The paper quality is very nice and thick, the imagery also not bad. But RM1,500...

This is what David recommended to Waihoong also. Deep-Fried Durian Pancake!

Siewmei joining us for the dinner.

Waihoong can't wait till the dessert comes.

The Duck King's Chopstix.

Sue-ann and Brian came a little while later after they finished their work.

Suddenly, a scent of durian flew-by from another table, and Sue-ann's sensitive nose couldn't take it. Haha... she don't like durian at all. (Siewmei is just acting there... hahaha...)

So here comes the food, this is 北京鴨. Looks good, but i couldn't really taste the duck. Although is only the crispy duck skin inside, but there should be some taste of the duck right? All i can taste in this dish is the sweet souce. Because this is my first time eating Peking duck, so i don't really know if this is the true taste of Peking Duck dish.

This is the meat of the duck from the dish above. X.O. 醬炒鴨片. Again with the same problem as the dish above. All i can taste is the X.O. souce and a little spicy meat. The meat itself is tender, but you kinda don't know what meat you're eating. Dissapointing duck dishes from The Duck King.

This is the 芙蓉蟹扒自制豆腐. Homemade Tofu, nice.

This vege dish is for those who don't like vege. It's called the 香港芥兰二味. 2 different ways of cooking the same vege. One side is the normal one, and another side is deep fried. Very crispy and tasty.

惠洲梅菜花腩煲. Very nice also, the pork is very soft.

There are 3 types of rice here, the white rice, and this is the 海南油飯.

And this is the 3rd type, 頭抽豬油撈飯. Using pork fat to mix with the rice. Very porky, not for those who don't like the strong pork smell.

After we finished eating while waiting for our dessert. Sue and Brian - Satisfied.

Siewmei with her crooked peace sign.

Trying to imitate the crooked peace sign. haha...

The dessert is here. 楊枝甘露. Mango dew with sago and pamelo.

This is the one Waihoong and me is waiting for. 酥炸果中之皇.

Can you see the durian filling inside... so soft... very nice dish for those who likes durian.

Sue-ann took a small bite, and almost finished the tea from the pot... hahaha...

Overall the food is great, except for the duck, which is very weird from a restaurant that is expert in duck. I think i'll come back and order some other duck dishes to see if it's that bad or it's actually very good.

First 2 Threadless Tees

2008-07-17T23:12:00.003+08:00

My first 2 Threadless tees have arrived to the office today! Finally!
Last 1-2 month ago, there is a sale going on in Threadless.com. Jook have an account in Threadless, so he good enough to let us tumpang his shopping cart... hehe...

These are the 2 tees i chose...

Their tag printed on the tee itself, cute...

The not so good thing about the tee is that the material feels a bit cheap.
The tees are a bit long now, let's see how it'll turn out after the wash.

Successful?

2008-07-02T01:02:00.007+08:00

The question: How do you consider yourself successful in life/career?

Case 1:
Doing what you do, and trying to be the top of what you're doing, but it doesn't guarantee anything. With just enough money to survive your day to day life, with not much time for your friends and family, not even talking about raising one of your own. But hey, you're good at what you do, and you like it. Successful?

Case 2:
Doing what you don't really like, but you got the money to buy what you wanted, you got the time to be with the one you love. Raising a family and have good financial status to even send your kids to oversea. Successful?

I guess it all goes down to you and where you wanna go with your life. With the standard of living in Malaysia going up like nobody's business, its really hard if you're in Case 1. Of cos the dream of everyone will be doing what they like, and getting what they want. But how hard is that? Is time the factor in this case? You just have to persistantly persue what you like and in the end it'll all pay off? When is the time to say "That's it, I think I'm not going anywhere with this."?

I think another consideration in this is, how much do you care about how other people look at you. I guess everyone sees a successful person as an individual who are able to buy big cars and live in big houses. That's what I see also. A man able to drive a sports car, live in a big and nice house. Do you care about what he does for his living? Do you care about if he's happy with his current job? The thing is he's successful in life.

From there it kinda comes back to make you think that, is doing what you like really that important?

Do you consider yourself successful?

I'm just crapping here because today I'm having a shitty day...

Signing off,
Someone that's not being appreciated by the company.

Euphoria by Ministry Of Sound @ Sunway Lagoon Resort

2008-06-29T22:54:00.008+08:00

Got lucky enough to be invited to the soft-launch of this new club in town, Euphoria @ Sunway Hotel there... The club was moderate in size... it has 3 main sections... the main hall, which plays some rojak RnB, Hip-Hop, and Rock... go down one level and you'll find the second section... they play house music there, which i like... in this section you'll find the environment is more chilled out with comfy couches... walk another half level lower and you'll find the third section, which is dance floor for the second section actually, but it's kinda seperated from the second section... oh ya, the second section has an open air area which you can walk out and have a smoke or some fresh air... one of the flaw i found in the main section for this club is there's not enough tables and chairs, and place to put your drinks for example some railing which you can use... so if you don't have a table there, you gonna have to walk around with your drinks the whole night, or you stand next to the bar...

Visit their cool site to have a look...

Chick's toilet sign... big enough to let those drunk people to see...

This is so un-cool... I think this is the first big club in Malaysia that doesn't allow smoking in the open area... you have to go to this room or outside to smoke... I guess is good news to those non-smokers who like to club...

A bridge on the 2nd floor... girls with skirt please take note, the bridge has a transparent path so the people downstairs can actually see what color you're wearing that day if you don't mind walking pass the bridge...

Free-flow of alcohol all night long... woo hoo!... but i don't drink...

Performers was hired to perform on this soft launch... very weird outfit... maybe something like cirque de soleil...

Me with the chicks... haha...

Professional dancer dancing on the podium...

Another shot of her...

Sue-ann wanted me to take a picture of her with the dancer...

Sue and me with the dance floor as the background... empty...

Pickers, Eve, Brian, Sue, and me chilling there...

Pickers with the Enforcer... she lets everyone licks her lollipop... gross...

Another round of performance... Professional dancers... erm... grinders... grinding a belt of nuts and bolts on themselves...

Brian's turn to have a picture taken with them...

Mika(Eve's close friend), Eve, Pickers, Brian, Jo-anne, and Adrian at the back...

Guess who we bumped into... Keith... damn long never see him... he gained some weight... haha... must be living some good life there... keep it going Keith...

Group Cam-whoring... with Jamie holding the camera... this is while she's still sober... she went down after that... haha...

Sue-ann taking picture with tall guy which looks like the Ghost in the Matrix... Wannabe...

Welcome Back Dinner at Chili's With Alex

2008-06-23T01:17:00.010+08:00

Alex is back (for holiday)! Actually we knew that he's be back, just didn't know that he's trying to hide from us for the 1st week... haha... cos he planned to stick with his family for the first week...
So I manage to get hold of his Malaysia number from WeiYee... haha... and he was so shocked how i got it... After got his number, must call him out to eat la... we chinese mar...

Alex - not as fat as the last time he came back (not what i expected)... haha... and he got hair...

Must take picture with him lor... don't know when will be the next time he comes back...

Sue and Brian reached a while later, but we're still waiting for our seats outside of Chili's...

Waihoong looking for something not so fat...

Even the less appearing Karen Wong joined us... cos Alex mar...

Siuyeh (Chris) used to sit beside Alex when they were both working in the office...

Brian just back from Singapore, and Alex back from Beijing...

Waiting for food...

Still waiting for food...

Photo of me and Karen, with Siewmei in the middle...

Group picture...

This is so cool... Alien Employment Permit... if one day, I go China and work, this will be one of the reason... to own one of this... hahaha...

First time i see a shrimp dish in Chili's... ordered by Karen... but the rice in this dish is a no no... tasted very weird...

Old-Timer burger with added everything... haha...

Skytrex Adventure Part II (The Action)

2008-06-21T09:13:00.016+08:00

After the rain, we can't wait to get started... Waihoong was the first one to rush out and climb the first stairs...

Waihoong attaching his harness to the safety line...

Sue-ann look so happy... for now...

Hmm... i think something hit Siewmei... haha... (she's quite a good actor)...

Lovely Leslie and Jacque waiting for their turn...

After a few of them went up, Sue-ann start to feel the stress... haha... look at her!

My turn, this is what it looks like from the top... are you afraid of height? hehe...

Sue-ann climbing up the stairs slowly...

The first challenge... easy... just walk through...

A photo of the Zig-Zag bridge from the bottom...

Sue-ann taking the first challenge... steadily...

Jook is like running over... wth...

Siewmei with double-V...

I like this shot, a lot of stuffs happening in the picture, you can see Sue-ann and Jook on the top left, Siewmei getting ready to climb up on the lower left, Sonny walking through the swinging bridge, and Janelle waiting behind Sonny...

Sue-ann challenging the Zig-Zag bridge... Syam is coming in to the picture in the red shirt...

The first flying fox, and the highest one...

This one is easy, and very short...

Flying rabbit... haha...

The swing bridge, each of them is an individual swing... so you must be very careful or you'll slip and fall...

Traffic jam!... haha... Sue-ann taking her time on the swing bridge while others are waiting behind... can you see waihoong on the left? This is his second round?! He finished one round of the whole thing and then start all over again! Damn fast...

Flying Jook.

The net bridge... one of the easiest challenge...

You see... Waihoong is chasing us from behind...

My personal opinion, this is the Toughest challenge... is like Tarzan, you have to jump from one plank to the next one by holding the rope and swing yourself over... The distant between the plank in the picture looks small, but believe me... is not...

Siewmei surfing the net happily...

Siewmei got a talent in this Tarzan challenge... she made it look so simple... *respect*...

Look at Waihoong doing it... look at the expression on the face... haha... not easy yo...

Longer version of the first Zig-Zag bridge...

Chicken Exit... for... chicken... hahha... you can exit to the ground from this Chicken Exit if you really can't take it anymore...

Another net bridge... this one more romantic, walking pass arc of leaves... hahaha...

Me, Ben, and Siewmei taking a break...

A very nice shot of Ben getting his harness right... it was hooked to the wrong safety line... haha...

Flying Rot

Quite high lor... haha...

This is the last bridge... very long and wobbly...

Syam, Jook, and Ben... Team "Tribe Toyota"...

Waihoong getting down to that final bridge... his second attempt...

Sue-ann sitting there getting ready to swing to the other side and grab the net, while Syam is walking over...

Way to go Sue!

Syam failed to grab the net on the opposite and was left hanging there... hahaha...
Jook and Ben on the right there trying to safe her...

Siewmei preparing to step on the final bridge...

Waiting for my turn...

There is where i came down from...

Ok... make sure the harnesses are secure...

Spider-rabbit...

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Monkey...

Siewmei getting ready for the final challenge... a long Flying fox...

Weeee...

After everything is done, this is how i look like... exhausted...

Waihoong enjoyed his time there... 2 fingers - mean he finished the course twice...

Before we leave the place, another group photo...

Skytrex Adventure Part I (The Preperation)

2008-06-10T01:19:00.017+08:00

Went to Skytrex Adventure at Bukit Cahaya, Shah Alam, with 12 of my colleagues and ex-colleagues... had a lot of fun there doing stuffs that city people don't normally do... is the ultimate outdoor adventure... well, at least for me...

This is what we saw when we were walking into the park... damn high... the instructor told us it was 17 meters high...

We were hanging around waiting for our harnesses... so just stand and look at other people at the training ground...

Before we start to do anything, of cos have to take photo la...

Waited around half an hour+, finally they have harnesses for us to use... the employee there helping SiewMei to fasten the harness... while she happily posing there...

This was Brian's equipment for the day... his laptop... haha... he actually brought his laptop there and work... he don't know what he missed man...

A special full body harness for Benny Boy... maybe that guy tot he's too huge or what... hahaha...

Ben, SiewMei, and Leslie are happy with their new look... haha...

Waihoong was well-prepared with his army pants and sissy Timberland shoes... haha...

Jook: "Wanna hook me up?"

Luckily i was wearing dark color clothing... haha... cos the harness causes the bottom part to not look that nice... haha...

Janelle and Sonny are getting ready...

So are Leslie and Jacque... can't wait to take on the nature...

Sue-ann, Jook, and SiewMei posing before the training...

This is our instructor, Mr. Malay Guy...

Listening to Mr. Malay Guy briefing...

Mr. M.G teaching us how to use those harnesses... cos there are 3 different harnesses to use...

After briefing, WaiHoong can't wait to try it out... so he's the first one up...

While i'm up there, i still got time to take out my camera and cam-whore in the middle of the hanging bridge... hehe... look at sue-ann at the back there...

Jacque jumping towards the net in Spiderman style...

SiewMei slumberly walking and posing on the hanging bridge...

Sue-ann's turn now... her face showed how worried she is...

Janelle doing the Tarzan...

Sue-ann still there crossing the hanging bridge slowly and steadily...

Sonny act shouting... cos Janelle said since paid already... must shout... hahaha...

Flying-fox-Janelle...

Again SiewMei with her slumber style flying foxing to the end of the training course...

Sue-ann very tensely swinging to the end...

Before everyone can finished the training, rain came pouring at us... luckily i finished fast and went to the pondok... not too lucky for Ben... maybe that's why he fell sick after that... haha...

A shot of the small pond behind the pondok while rain falling...

More to come on Part II

Dinner with Shyng and Lay @ Sushi Zanmai 1U

2008-06-01T02:27:00.012+08:00

After my routine swimming session at meng's place, I called Shyng, as she told me before that she'll be working on that day and i can look for her for dinner (cos her work place is quite near my swimming place). Mr. Lay also joined us cos he is also working on a saturday. Haha...

How did we end up at Sushi Zanmai is because of Karen. She went to eat that day itself also, after she tried it she SMS us and told us the food was really good and fresh there. Not a bad recommendation... hehe...

We need to wait and queue before we can eat... *boring*... (I guess this is quite normal nowadays for newly opened restaurant inside shopping centres.

So I queue...

And Shyng is queueing also and posing...

Sushi Zanmai is the second "Zanmai" restaurant opened in One Utama, another one is located near TGIF at the old wing of One Utama, it is called Pasta Zanmai. But i never tried that before...

People in front of us...

This is how the Sushi bar looks like from the front door...

This is what it's like on the right side of the entrance...

Finally we got seated...

The Menu...

Light fixtures around the restaurant...

Standard set of "Sushi-eating-must-haves"... similar to other Japanese restaurants...

The sashimi there is not expensive at all...

This is a view from our table, we can see chefs cooking inside...

The conveyor belt carrying assorted Sushis on top, you can start eating right away!

"Wah! This plate very nice, can take ar?" said Shyng...

Our food arrived, this is the small Chicken Katsu Don, hmm... i'm not sure how's the big one is like...

This is the Ebidon, the prawns were quite fresh...

Hah... my favourite, Sashimi... the way they cut is different from Sakae Sushi, the size of each slice is not as big, but a plate with 7 slices of Sashimis cost only RM13... is that cheap or what...

Gyu Enoki Roll... the flavor was good enough...

Finally Mr. Lay arrived and start eating right away... haha... he must be damn hungry...

Shyng having her Chicken Katsu Don...

Lay ordered this Stamina Roll, it was quite good...

Not sure what is this called, but the arrangement of the food was quite new to me... haha...

Sashimi is never enough... so we ordered our second plate...

Hotate Teriyaki... this is quite good except it tasted a little bit fishy... so you need to squeeze some lemon juice on top, then it'll be good...

Forgot what is this called... quite chewy and nice...

Like the texture on the cup, feels like a rock surface, and it feels like it'll not break if you dropped it... haha...

There, a picture of the satisfied customers...

How did it all start?

2008-05-23T03:26:00.002+08:00

How did it all started? And how can it be stopped?
Where can i find the answer? Or can the answer be found?

Come to think about it... the answer is already there...
and there's no altering of anything...

So I guess this is just another part of life... my life...
that i have to go through...

我不想走
去你媽的路口
破碎的痴夢
丟到馬桶讓水流
本人依然沒救
而香煙沒停過
咳到我心很痛

Shit... hungry... but it's too late and i should be sleeping...

After so long...

2008-05-18T12:00:00.002+08:00

It's been 2 years+ since my last entry... something happened made me wanna start writing something here...

Always like 張震嶽's song... quite useful when you need it...

The trip to Nilai

2005-09-25T01:54:00.000+08:00

Just another un-planned saturday for me. Fren sms me to think of a plan, suddenly Nilai pop in to my head. So i suggested we go nilai and have dinner there...

Reach there at about 8pm, went looking for the place where we had dinner last time. Found out that none of those nice dinner places is open. Damn. So I called my fren that i tot is still studying in the college to see if they are having holiday. My fren picked up the phone and I asked him where he was, he told me that he's in UK now. Hahaha. I'm like What The Fuck!? Bye Bye, and i put down the phone. Me and my fren ended up eating in Cempaka Deli. We used to eat in Deli too, but then not much nice memory at that place.

After the dinner we went driving around nilai and went back to the college to see how much changes are there after 2 years we left. Amazingly there's quite some changes and we're amazed. New places for students to stay, new restaurants open just besides the college, new road built. We were like WOW, why aren't those places built when we were studying there, it'd be a lot better if those places were there when we are there.

Also went to the place we used to stay. The house became a place for people to eat i think, cos we can see a huge fridge with drinks inside there. The area we used to stay in is now dead cos of all the new areas that are built nearer to the college.

Felt a bit of sadness after the trip cos the place we used to studies and have fun is no longer the same. The unfamiliarity is too much.

Extra: About the fren i called that told me he is in UK. I wanna congratulate him cos after so fucking long he has been studying in the college and now finally he is completing his course in UK. I hope that he'll do his best there. Congratulation and Good Luck, DC.

First post

2005-09-22T02:05:00.000+08:00

Hey... just signed up with blogger and hope i'll start bloggin'.
2am now... still playing with the customization of the blog to see how well it can be customized... guess i'll need more time to explore it further... luckily i know a bit of html and css coding...