I have been very angry. Have been complaining. Have been feeling frustrated. For some little things that happened to me. For some little things that someone said that provoked me. For a lot of things.
I asked, how do we, as Christian, deal with these situations? How do we forgive those people who keeps provoking us, again and again?
Until I got the email from my CG member...
One day a while back, a man, his heart heavy with grief, was walking in the woods. As he thought about his life this day, he knew many things were not right. He thought about those who had lied about him back when he had a job.
His thoughts turned to those who had stolen his things and cheated him.
He remembered family that had passed on. His mind turned to the illness he had that no one could cure. His very soul was filled with anger, resentment and frustration.
Standing there this day, searching for answers he could not find, knowing all else had failed him, he knelt at the base of an old oak tree to seek the one he knew would always be there. And with tears in his eyes, he prayed:
"Lord- You have done wonderful things for me in this life. You have told me to do many things for you, and I happily obeyed. Today, you have told me to forgive. I am sad, Lord, because I cannot. I don't know how.
It is not fair Lord. I didn't deserve these wrongs that were done against me and I shouldn't have to forgive. As perfect as your way is Lord, this one thing I cannot do, for I don't know how to forgive. My anger is so deep Lord, I fear I may not hear you, but I pray that you teach me to do this one thing I cannot do - Teach me To Forgive."
As he knelt there in the quiet shade of that old oak tree, he felt something fall onto his shoulder. He opened his eyes. Out of the corner of one eye, he saw something red on his shirt.
He could not turn to see what it was because where the oak tree had been was a large square piece of wood in the ground. He raised his head and saw two feet held to the wood with a large spike through them.
He raised his head more, and tears came to his eyes as he saw Jesus hanging on a cross. He saw spikes in His hands, a gash in His side, a torn and battered body, deep thorns sunk into His head. Finally he saw the suffering and pain on His precious face. As their eyes met, the man's tears turned to sobbing, and Jesus began to speak.
"Have you ever told a lie?" He asked.
The man answered - "yes, Lord."
"Have you ever been given too much change and kept it?"
The man answered - " yes. Lord." And the man sobbed more and more.
"Have you ever taken something from work that wasn't yours?" Jesus asked?
And the man answered - "yes, Lord."
"Have you ever sworn, using my Father's name in vain? The man, crying now, answered - "yes, Lord."
As Jesus asked many more times, "Have you ever"? The man's crying became uncontrollable, for he could only answer - "yes, Lord."
Then Jesus turned His head from one side to the other, and the man felt something fall on his other shoulder. He looked and saw that it was the blood of Jesus. When he looked back up, his eyes met those of Jesus, and there was a look of love the man had never seen or known before.
Jesus said, "I didn't deserve this either, but I forgive you."
It may be hard to see how you're going to get through something, but when you look back in life, you realize how true this statement is.
Read the following first line slowly and let it sink in.
If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it.
When Jesus died on the cross, he was thinking of you!
Monday, June 25, 2007
Thursday, May 31, 2007
My lovely Marcus
Everytime when I show my family pictures to my friend, I get the same response. "Is that your youngest brother? Oh my god he's so big already... How old is he now?". Then, I'll proudly say, he's in Form 5 now. Then, the same comment will come again.. "Gosh, the last time I heard you talking about him was when he was in Primary 3 and he was still a boy....." and it goes on and on.
True enough, time flies. When I left my hometown to Uni, Marcus, my youngest bro, was only 8 years old. He's 10 years younger than me. I used to take care of him - feeding him, bathed him, changed him, almost everything. And now, look, the boy that I used to carry in my arm is now 1 head taller than me.
Why is Marcus lovable? When his teeth started to grow, I realised his teeth look like mine. We both have rabbit teeth! Since then, he became my favorite brother.
I have a lot of fond memories on Marcus when he was young. He used to be silly and stupid - as in very easily tricked. Of course, I am 10 years older than him! However, now he has grown up, my tricks just don't work anymore. And he's 10x smarter than me now!
My memories with Marcus
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1. Marcus is very ticklish. He couldn't stand it when others start to tickle him, and I love to do that. I don't even need to have my fingers on his body. I just need to show my moving fingers, as if I am telling him.. "Hey.. I am coming.." and he'll laugh until he lost his breath, and until my mum started to scream as he has asthma.
2. I have to guide him doing his homework when he was in primary school. Being a boy, he always got distracted. To keep his interest in completing his work, I had no choice but came out with some tricks. For e.g., opening a can of coke and told him.. OK whenever u finish copying 10 words, you get to drink one sip of the coke. When you finish, the whole can is yours! It worked wonders then!
3. When he was 6, I saw him coming out from the kitchen holding a cup. "What's that?" I asked. He held the cup closer to his mouth, and said "Plain water" and he finished the drink. Later only I found out, it was sprite! One year later, I bought some fries for him from Mc Donald (I had to do that to get him to go out with me!). While I was driving to pick my sis, he was feeding me his fries. I asked him, "Do you remember that you never share food with me last time?". He said, "really?" And gave a mischievous smile!
4. When I went home during my semester break, he told me he scored only 70% for his BM paper. "That's lousy! I always scored >90% when I was at your age!" I told him. He said, "The questions are really tough you know. Let me test you!" And he started to take it out and read the questions to me. Of course I could answer them. Then he said.. "Hmm... you're really quite smart....". He was 10. I was 20.
5. The same year, I brought him for his first movie in cinema. He was excited! He has never been to cinema before. He asked me, so do we get to buy pop corn and coke when we visit the cinema? I was shocked, and asked, how did you know? You never been there before. He answered me, it's shown in the TV. I told him, Well, you know this is Miri. There's no pop corn and coke in Miri's cinema. He just kept silence and accepted the truth. Anyway, in the end, he got his pop corn and coke during the movie.
The list can go on and on. I told someone before, I wish I could go back to the time when Marcus was growing up. I missed seeing him growing up from a boy, to a man (maybe not yet a man?).
Now that he's half way grown up (:P), he'll soon be leaving the family and going to explore the other phases of his life. The thought of him be far away somewhere hurts me everytime. Anyway, as a sister, I'll always love him like when he was as cute as 5, because he's just so lovable!
True enough, time flies. When I left my hometown to Uni, Marcus, my youngest bro, was only 8 years old. He's 10 years younger than me. I used to take care of him - feeding him, bathed him, changed him, almost everything. And now, look, the boy that I used to carry in my arm is now 1 head taller than me.
Why is Marcus lovable? When his teeth started to grow, I realised his teeth look like mine. We both have rabbit teeth! Since then, he became my favorite brother.
I have a lot of fond memories on Marcus when he was young. He used to be silly and stupid - as in very easily tricked. Of course, I am 10 years older than him! However, now he has grown up, my tricks just don't work anymore. And he's 10x smarter than me now!
My memories with Marcus
---------------------------------
1. Marcus is very ticklish. He couldn't stand it when others start to tickle him, and I love to do that. I don't even need to have my fingers on his body. I just need to show my moving fingers, as if I am telling him.. "Hey.. I am coming.." and he'll laugh until he lost his breath, and until my mum started to scream as he has asthma.
2. I have to guide him doing his homework when he was in primary school. Being a boy, he always got distracted. To keep his interest in completing his work, I had no choice but came out with some tricks. For e.g., opening a can of coke and told him.. OK whenever u finish copying 10 words, you get to drink one sip of the coke. When you finish, the whole can is yours! It worked wonders then!
3. When he was 6, I saw him coming out from the kitchen holding a cup. "What's that?" I asked. He held the cup closer to his mouth, and said "Plain water" and he finished the drink. Later only I found out, it was sprite! One year later, I bought some fries for him from Mc Donald (I had to do that to get him to go out with me!). While I was driving to pick my sis, he was feeding me his fries. I asked him, "Do you remember that you never share food with me last time?". He said, "really?" And gave a mischievous smile!
4. When I went home during my semester break, he told me he scored only 70% for his BM paper. "That's lousy! I always scored >90% when I was at your age!" I told him. He said, "The questions are really tough you know. Let me test you!" And he started to take it out and read the questions to me. Of course I could answer them. Then he said.. "Hmm... you're really quite smart....". He was 10. I was 20.
5. The same year, I brought him for his first movie in cinema. He was excited! He has never been to cinema before. He asked me, so do we get to buy pop corn and coke when we visit the cinema? I was shocked, and asked, how did you know? You never been there before. He answered me, it's shown in the TV. I told him, Well, you know this is Miri. There's no pop corn and coke in Miri's cinema. He just kept silence and accepted the truth. Anyway, in the end, he got his pop corn and coke during the movie.
The list can go on and on. I told someone before, I wish I could go back to the time when Marcus was growing up. I missed seeing him growing up from a boy, to a man (maybe not yet a man?).
Now that he's half way grown up (:P), he'll soon be leaving the family and going to explore the other phases of his life. The thought of him be far away somewhere hurts me everytime. Anyway, as a sister, I'll always love him like when he was as cute as 5, because he's just so lovable!
Monday, May 14, 2007
Bear & Cat Talk
The Bear was accompanying The Cat to the bank to withdraw some money from the ATM machine.
Cat: Did you realize that everytime when we take money from ATM machine, your ATM card will come out first then only followed by the money?
Bear: Ya hor...
Cat: Don't understand why they want to do this. Why can't the money come out first, then only the ATM card?
Bear: Maybe they want to make sure you remember to take the ATM card.
Cat: Hmm?
Bear: Ya, because you'll never forget to take your money. So your card should come out first before your money so that you won't forget to take your card.
Cat: Ya hor! Bear why are you so smart today?! I never know you can be so smart!!
Bear: Hey com'on. I was a Business Analyst before. I drew process flows! Duh~!!
The Cat was hungry. The Bear was preparing to cook a simple fried omelets with ham as an extra dish for dinner.
Cat: <Beating the eggs & adding soy sauce into the beaten eggs>
Bear: Eeee? How do you know you should put soy sauce into eggs?
Cat: Of course I know la... It makes the eggs taste saltier and nicer.
Bear: I thought you won't know since you don't cook...
Cat: Com'on. I know more things that you don't know.
Bear: Yeah right. You don't know about the ATM machine.
Cat: Yah except that one since I was never a BA! Sometimes you can be quite smart also.
Bear: OK, enough. Shut up!
Cat: Did you realize that everytime when we take money from ATM machine, your ATM card will come out first then only followed by the money?
Bear: Ya hor...
Cat: Don't understand why they want to do this. Why can't the money come out first, then only the ATM card?
Bear: Maybe they want to make sure you remember to take the ATM card.
Cat: Hmm?
Bear: Ya, because you'll never forget to take your money. So your card should come out first before your money so that you won't forget to take your card.
Cat: Ya hor! Bear why are you so smart today?! I never know you can be so smart!!
Bear: Hey com'on. I was a Business Analyst before. I drew process flows! Duh~!!
The Cat was hungry. The Bear was preparing to cook a simple fried omelets with ham as an extra dish for dinner.
Cat: <Beating the eggs & adding soy sauce into the beaten eggs>
Bear: Eeee? How do you know you should put soy sauce into eggs?
Cat: Of course I know la... It makes the eggs taste saltier and nicer.
Bear: I thought you won't know since you don't cook...
Cat: Com'on. I know more things that you don't know.
Bear: Yeah right. You don't know about the ATM machine.
Cat: Yah except that one since I was never a BA! Sometimes you can be quite smart also.
Bear: OK, enough. Shut up!
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Friends
It has been a very hectic month.
Anyway, it has been a great month as well after all the rushings.
I got to meet up a lot of my old friends, and also new friends from other countries during my business trip. All of them light up my life in a special way & added extra sweet memories into my life.
A real funny guy
A very good looking manager & talented singer
Anyway, it has been a great month as well after all the rushings.
I got to meet up a lot of my old friends, and also new friends from other countries during my business trip. All of them light up my life in a special way & added extra sweet memories into my life.
During my friend's wedding, I never expect to bump into the other 3 of my ex-colleagues from my first job in Vietnam. What a great meet up even though we just talked to each other for less than 20 minutes!
My pretty girl friends & the groom
After the dinner, I met up with my two zi muis (aka sister) for supper. The last time when I met them (if I am not mistaken) was >1 year ago! The meet up was great and we enjoyed all our gossiping & updating.
My sexy zi muis
I flew to Philippines for my business trip on the very next day. I met up with a few of fun friends from Costa Rica. We had great talkings, laughings & dancings together after the daily tiring meeting. Even till now, some of the jokes still crack me into laughter whenever I think about it!
My sexy zi muisI flew to Philippines for my business trip on the very next day. I met up with a few of fun friends from Costa Rica. We had great talkings, laughings & dancings together after the daily tiring meeting. Even till now, some of the jokes still crack me into laughter whenever I think about it!
A real funny guy
A very good looking manager & talented singerAfter I came back from my business trip, my uni friends came to PG and visited us (those who work in PG) and we had a good time hanging out till 2am for 2 nights continuously! I felt like I am 20 years old again!
Hanging out @ the beach....
Besides, I also met up with others that I didn't take pictures with.
All the gatherings / meeting up make me feel great. Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts.
Life is just great with friends around us. Don't you agree? :)
Hanging out @ the beach....Besides, I also met up with others that I didn't take pictures with.
All the gatherings / meeting up make me feel great. Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts.
Life is just great with friends around us. Don't you agree? :)
Friday, April 20, 2007
W.H.Y?
Have not been blogging for almost a month.
Life have been terribly busy & stressful for this whole month.
I over stress myself, causes big ulcer that prohibited me from eating for few days while I am on my business trip (it's really the worst thing you can have since you can't taste anything that company pays for you!), blur like a "sotong" (squid), prolonged headache and stiff neck & shoulders.
I sacrifice my time, my sleep, my health and all my attention to things that no one appreciates (I think), and yet I am still doing it. WHY?
Sometimes I wonder, whether it is worth it to live in this way?
Ya, the answer is NO it's not worth it. But, can I choose not to live in this way?
I don't know.
I guess, I over stress myself again!
Life have been terribly busy & stressful for this whole month.
I over stress myself, causes big ulcer that prohibited me from eating for few days while I am on my business trip (it's really the worst thing you can have since you can't taste anything that company pays for you!), blur like a "sotong" (squid), prolonged headache and stiff neck & shoulders.
I sacrifice my time, my sleep, my health and all my attention to things that no one appreciates (I think), and yet I am still doing it. WHY?
Sometimes I wonder, whether it is worth it to live in this way?
Ya, the answer is NO it's not worth it. But, can I choose not to live in this way?
I don't know.
I guess, I over stress myself again!
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Full House
I have not been watching series for a long time. I wasn't Rain's fan also even though i heard of his names 2 years ago. I remembered when a friend asked me if I know where to get the ticket for Rain's concert, I arrogantly and coolly told him I am not his fans.
Lily lent me Full House series before CNY. It's a very old show, yes I know. I think it was shown in TV8 when I was still working in KL 2 years ago. I didn't have time to watch it, and truthfully speaking, I didn't feel like watching it after too much cryings from the other previous series. It's always sad as the main actor/actress will always die - for all sorts of reasons, such as cancer, accident, etc etc.
Work was too stressful and I finally watched it last weekend to relax myself.
As a very predictable person as usual, you can guess! I LOVE THE SHOW TO BITS!!! Before I finished the series, everytime I wake up in the morning, I think of the show. When I am working, I can't wait to go home to continue my series. I have to finish at least 1 DVD (4 episodes) before I go to sleep. If not because of heavy workload here, I might even watch till 4am just to finish it! I even thought of bringing the DVD to office and watch it. And I watched the last episodes 2 times!! Now you believe how much I love the show? :)
It's a comedy. It's about Rain & Song Hye Kyo got married on a contract, with their own hidden purposes, but later on fell in love to each other. Standard plot, I know. But when I watched it, my feeling grows as their feelings for each other grow naturally, from hatred on each other, to concern and slowly become love. It's just too sweet for me to take it. Too sweet!
My emotion followed the series. Whenever Song Hye Kyo cries, I'll also cry, so badly till I got headache the next day and gave EG a big shocked as he never thought I could cry that bad over a series! I can feel her heart pain and the hurt when Rain was trying to deny his feelings for her. Their behaviors which truly show their love for each others unconsciously are just so natural that it can easily bring a smile or even tears to my face. When Rain finally faces himeself and confesses his love to Song Hye Kyo, I almost melted. Is this a girl's thing again? Hmmm...
Anyway, now, Rain's stupid smiling face is stucked in my head. I can't get him out. He's not a romantic guy in this series, but at least he's cute, very cute, and very the-man. *Blushed*
Word can't describe how much I love the series, you got to watch it yourself. If I like Sonria Pasta for 80%, then I LOVE Full House for 200%!! For those who love romantic comedy, this is definitely not a miss!! You just have to watch it!
EG? Ahh... He asked me never watch this kind of series anymore as it's affecting our relationship. *wink*.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
My First Lucky Draw
I never win a lucky draw in my life before. I never win any lottery as well. My car plate number never appears on the Magnum or Toto result board before. Somehow, I have accepted the fate that I will never have the luck to win anything without spending effort on it. That's why I don't gamble because I know I won't win.
I used to read Nu You (Chinese version of Female) last year. I bought the magazine every month and for once, out of the blue, I submitted the lucky draw forms attached at the back of the September 2006 Nu You. I submitted 5 different forms in total, prizes include perfumes, one night stay @ Genting, etc.
I forgot about it totally after few weeks.
Last few weeks, I got a letter from Blu Inc (publisher of Nu You) and it said I was selected as one of the 40 lucky winners for a Wacoal hamper worth of RM120. Note: HAMPER.
Since I cannot claim the HAMPER from KL, so I paid the money order and asked them to post it to me. After 2 weeks (TODAY), they sent it to my office and I got a PARCEL.
So, what do you think WACOAL will give me? Hehe....
This is the parcel that I got.
Viola! My first "sleeping dress"!
I used to read Nu You (Chinese version of Female) last year. I bought the magazine every month and for once, out of the blue, I submitted the lucky draw forms attached at the back of the September 2006 Nu You. I submitted 5 different forms in total, prizes include perfumes, one night stay @ Genting, etc.
I forgot about it totally after few weeks.
Last few weeks, I got a letter from Blu Inc (publisher of Nu You) and it said I was selected as one of the 40 lucky winners for a Wacoal hamper worth of RM120. Note: HAMPER.
Since I cannot claim the HAMPER from KL, so I paid the money order and asked them to post it to me. After 2 weeks (TODAY), they sent it to my office and I got a PARCEL.
So, what do you think WACOAL will give me? Hehe....
This is the parcel that I got. Before I open it, I kept trying to guess what's in the parcel by feeling it through the plastic, hoping I don't feel any wire. (You should know what I mean... :P)
Viola! My first "sleeping dress"!I had a peep when I was in the office. I didn't dare to take it out as I wouldn't know how my colleagues will response. I couldn't believe that this piece of thin cloth cost RM120!!
Anyway, this is my first lucky draw that I have ever won after living for 26 years. An early wedding present?! Way too early!! EG said it looks very old, like an auntie. You think so?! Guess I'll give it to my mum!
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Visual DNA
EG told me he added a new post in his blog and asked me to go and have a look. He said it's interesting. As being obedient as usual, I did. :P.
As a result, I find it really quite interesting as I always wish to know more of myself and often get fascinated by those surveys or horoscope thingy that could actually assess me accurately.
OK a quick summary of my visual DNA:
Mood: Easy Rider
Always taking life how it comes, and living in the moment. They don't get fazed by life.. they just breeze through.
Penguin~: Ok, this is somewhat true....
Habit: High Time Roller
They are only seen in the best, and the finest, they love top quality, high-end glamour. Always adding a touch of sophistication to the proceedings.
Penguin~: Erm... I didn't know this... You think so?
Fun: Escape Artist
They are forever slipping off, getting away from the rat race, and recharging those batteries. Independent, and thoughtful - they know themselves well
Penguin~: Erm...?
Love: Love Bug (I like this!!)
They are the type to fall in love a thousand times a day. Their feelings snowball quickly, and they are full of passion
Penguin~: Oo-Ou... This is not the first time I get this kind of result. Doesn't sound like a good thing right? :P
Hmm, I am not sure if all these are true. You can give it a try by just clicking on the title. I have embedded the link. Have fun knowing yourself more!!
As a result, I find it really quite interesting as I always wish to know more of myself and often get fascinated by those surveys or horoscope thingy that could actually assess me accurately.
OK a quick summary of my visual DNA:
Mood: Easy Rider
Always taking life how it comes, and living in the moment. They don't get fazed by life.. they just breeze through.
Penguin~: Ok, this is somewhat true....
Habit: High Time Roller
They are only seen in the best, and the finest, they love top quality, high-end glamour. Always adding a touch of sophistication to the proceedings.
Penguin~: Erm... I didn't know this... You think so?
Fun: Escape Artist
They are forever slipping off, getting away from the rat race, and recharging those batteries. Independent, and thoughtful - they know themselves well
Penguin~: Erm...?
Love: Love Bug (I like this!!)
They are the type to fall in love a thousand times a day. Their feelings snowball quickly, and they are full of passion
Penguin~: Oo-Ou... This is not the first time I get this kind of result. Doesn't sound like a good thing right? :P
Hmm, I am not sure if all these are true. You can give it a try by just clicking on the title. I have embedded the link. Have fun knowing yourself more!!
Friday, March 09, 2007
Sonria Pasta / 微笑Pasta
I have been noticing about this Taiwanese series showing in Astro AEC from 9pm - 10pm daily. My first impression on the movie was, another lame movies with lame jokes and lame conversations, or another Meteor Garden (which I was once fell in love with).
When I have the control of TV remote at home, I don't know why but I'll switch to this channel and watch it. And guess what, OK, I am addicted to it now.
It's a sweet movie. OK, like I said, the plot might be lame, but things that they said touched my heart. It's really sweet and I can easily fall for all these things. I don't know why, but it's just ME.
In Sonria Pasta, it's about a sweet "war" between Cindy Ong and Nicholas Teo. They quarrel everyday, but yet they like each other so much till they want to force each other to confess. It brings a smile to my face after a hectic day. Somehow, I think I been through that when I was once young. Another thing that touches my heart is how supportive Cindy's family is in the movie, that caused her to be so determined in everything that she does, no matter how stupid it is.
All in all, I am touched, by all the little little things that are done by both Cindy and Nicholas to show their love to each other, subconsciously -- that's the sweetest part. As said, to touch someone's heart, you do not need to do any big things, but it's the small small little things that will touch them deeply. I think, it's fully shown in this series.
And I also fell in love with the ending songs - 北极星的眼泪. I managed to download it this morning, and I'll just keep listening for the whole day, week, or even months, till I am bored. Well, that's just ME again.
Alright, it's just a girl thing then.
When I have the control of TV remote at home, I don't know why but I'll switch to this channel and watch it. And guess what, OK, I am addicted to it now.
It's a sweet movie. OK, like I said, the plot might be lame, but things that they said touched my heart. It's really sweet and I can easily fall for all these things. I don't know why, but it's just ME.
In Sonria Pasta, it's about a sweet "war" between Cindy Ong and Nicholas Teo. They quarrel everyday, but yet they like each other so much till they want to force each other to confess. It brings a smile to my face after a hectic day. Somehow, I think I been through that when I was once young. Another thing that touches my heart is how supportive Cindy's family is in the movie, that caused her to be so determined in everything that she does, no matter how stupid it is.
All in all, I am touched, by all the little little things that are done by both Cindy and Nicholas to show their love to each other, subconsciously -- that's the sweetest part. As said, to touch someone's heart, you do not need to do any big things, but it's the small small little things that will touch them deeply. I think, it's fully shown in this series.
And I also fell in love with the ending songs - 北极星的眼泪. I managed to download it this morning, and I'll just keep listening for the whole day, week, or even months, till I am bored. Well, that's just ME again.
Alright, it's just a girl thing then.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
2007 New Year Shang Hai Trip
For the whole February, I think I spent half of the month overseas. 4 days after I came back from Cavite, I flew off to KL to meet my family and flew to China – Shang Hai to spend our Chinese New Year this year.
This is the first time my whole family went for a trip together so all of us were kinda excited. The tour agency told us that the weather in Shang Hai will be cold and we’re fully prepared with all our winter clothing, gloves, scarves, socks and everything that can keep ourselves warm.
It was 8 days 6 nights trip (2 nights on the flight) and I really enjoyed it. I have always been fascinated by China histories, and when I went to the real place, the feeling was just indescribable and I was just amazed and enjoyed the stories told by all the China tour guides when we visited each place. Believe it or not, I actually bought a notebook to write down the stories when we went to all the places as I really wish to remember all of them.
Of course we did not spend our full 8 days in Shang Hai itself. We also went to other places around Shang Hai, i.e. 苏州 (Su Zhou), 无锡 (Wu Xi), 南京 (Nan Jing), 杭州 (Hang Zhou). The places are full of people and the mood for Chinese New Year was just great. You can see lanterns everywhere, and fireworks almost every night. Besides, it’s winter (3 degrees to 10 degrees) and it’s really a total different experience for my whole family. Besides, our mandarin improves tremendously after the trip as the local tour guide used the most correct mandarin while explaining. My family had a real tough time understanding their mandarin as all the 8 words, 16 words, or even 32 words idioms / poems came out in almost all their sentences! LOL....
I can't tell you all the details of my trip. It'll take few days. So, enough crap. Picture time.
Our flight was at 2am on 15th Feb. The flight took 5 hours and we reached China Pudong Airport at around 7am+. And straight away we started our visitings.
This is the first time my whole family went for a trip together so all of us were kinda excited. The tour agency told us that the weather in Shang Hai will be cold and we’re fully prepared with all our winter clothing, gloves, scarves, socks and everything that can keep ourselves warm.
It was 8 days 6 nights trip (2 nights on the flight) and I really enjoyed it. I have always been fascinated by China histories, and when I went to the real place, the feeling was just indescribable and I was just amazed and enjoyed the stories told by all the China tour guides when we visited each place. Believe it or not, I actually bought a notebook to write down the stories when we went to all the places as I really wish to remember all of them.
Of course we did not spend our full 8 days in Shang Hai itself. We also went to other places around Shang Hai, i.e. 苏州 (Su Zhou), 无锡 (Wu Xi), 南京 (Nan Jing), 杭州 (Hang Zhou). The places are full of people and the mood for Chinese New Year was just great. You can see lanterns everywhere, and fireworks almost every night. Besides, it’s winter (3 degrees to 10 degrees) and it’s really a total different experience for my whole family. Besides, our mandarin improves tremendously after the trip as the local tour guide used the most correct mandarin while explaining. My family had a real tough time understanding their mandarin as all the 8 words, 16 words, or even 32 words idioms / poems came out in almost all their sentences! LOL....
I can't tell you all the details of my trip. It'll take few days. So, enough crap. Picture time.
Our flight was at 2am on 15th Feb. The flight took 5 hours and we reached China Pudong Airport at around 7am+. And straight away we started our visitings.
Clockwise from top left: View from the flight at 5+am, @ airport waiting for our tour bus, my parents in Pudong Airport, a glimpse of Shang Hai traffic
Clockwise from top left: 上海城隍庙，上海黄浦公园，猪脚，苏州古运河
Top: They said Emperor Qian Long was lost here for 2 hours, 蚕丝(silk worm?)
Bottom: Fantastic place where the Romance of Three Kingdoms was filmed.
The only fireworks pic captured by my bravo bro and sis by standing outside the hotel, freezing and shaking, in the middle of the night on first day of CNY.
Clockwise from top left: They said this is the 8th son of the dragon, Nan Jing's rocks with the names on it, Hang Zhou Tea Farm, Hang Zhou Xi Hu 
Last but not least: Shang Hai Night Views
During the trip, we had 2 digital cameras, and guess how many pictures we took for the 8 days trip? 1200++ pics, about a total of 1.6GB. Hmm... I am still thinking of how to filter the pictures to share with other friends. I guess I'll just share through my blog. :D
OK, finally all my holidays are over! It's time to concentrate in work as there're tonnes of things waiting for me to complete!!
Oh ya, before I forgot my promise on my Oakley's picture:
My sister, my china tour guide, me with my Oakley and my mum
Lastly, before the CNY ends, Gong Xi Fa Caii to everyone. Wish all of you have a blessed new year in 2007!
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Trip to Manila / Cavite *again*
I just came back from Manila last night. And yes, this is the 2nd time I went to Manila to attend a training in Cavite. Despite the fact that we only have 5 hours sleep as we need wake up at 4.30+am to get onto the shuttle at 5.30am (the journey from Makati - Cavite is 1.5 to 2 hours..), the two trips are totally different experiences.
The first time when I went in March 2006, I did a lot of shopping and spent most of my times walking around the shopping malls near Makati - i.e. Glorietta and Greenbelt. The shopping malls are classy, big, and with great sales. We had good food and took a lot of pictures with a few great restaurants.
As for this time, it was a totally different experience as I went again with two of my good friends from Kulim and ChengDu. We have decided to be more adventurous by going around Manila. On the first Sunday, we took a taxi down to Intramurus. We walked around the area for almost 2 hours (it's a BIG circle) and we went pass a few old churches, and Fort Santiago. The weather was not as hot as I experienced last year. The locals said it's the cold weather now so it's quite a pleasant walk around that area. I have taken some pictures at that area.
Fort Santiago @ Intramurus
We walked on it. It felt real good as you can see great views over the fort.
Views over the fort. A lot of couples were dating there.
The weather was good with fresh, cooling breeze. The walk was just very relaxing.
The grand old Manila Catheral
One of the streets @ Quiapo Ilalim
Clockwise from top left: Quiapo Church, Statues of Christ, Street snapshot, Kids playing on streets
The first time when I went in March 2006, I did a lot of shopping and spent most of my times walking around the shopping malls near Makati - i.e. Glorietta and Greenbelt. The shopping malls are classy, big, and with great sales. We had good food and took a lot of pictures with a few great restaurants.
As for this time, it was a totally different experience as I went again with two of my good friends from Kulim and ChengDu. We have decided to be more adventurous by going around Manila. On the first Sunday, we took a taxi down to Intramurus. We walked around the area for almost 2 hours (it's a BIG circle) and we went pass a few old churches, and Fort Santiago. The weather was not as hot as I experienced last year. The locals said it's the cold weather now so it's quite a pleasant walk around that area. I have taken some pictures at that area.
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San Augustin Church outside.
San Augustin Church inside.
Someone just had a wedding there.
San Augustin Church inside.Someone just had a wedding there.
Fort Santiago @ Intramurus
We walked on it. It felt real good as you can see great views over the fort.
Views over the fort. A lot of couples were dating there.The weather was good with fresh, cooling breeze. The walk was just very relaxing.
The grand old Manila CatheralOn Thursday, we went to another place in Manila which is called Quiapo. It's a free market underneath the bridge. Apparently, the hotel people was telling us it's not recommended as it's kind of crowded and it's not safe. But, being adventurous, we got on a taxi and went there after our breakfast (Training was in the afternoon). I won't say it's impressive but it's another experience. There's a market nearby so it's dirty, smelly, crowded, and hot. I had to be very careful when I am walking as there are pot holes everywhere and you wouldn't want to step on any unpleasant things.
One of the streets @ Quiapo Ilalim
Clockwise from top left: Quiapo Church, Statues of Christ, Street snapshot, Kids playing on streetsOn Friday, most of us have used up all our cash. We wanted to go somewhere further or different, but the day tour was just out of our budget (~USD100 per head). Besides, the weather also turned hot. So, we only went to China Street at 4pm. Well, all I can say it, it's quite a bad experience. The place is crowded, noisy and smelly. And the place was just filthy with all sort of people all around. Buses and jeepneys stopping everywhere and shouting for passengers. I had to be extra alert while I was walking as I could trip anytime. The shops are small, and you have to give way everywhere you walk. It's just not a very pleasant experience.
Clockwise from top left: Statue of Ong Pin (I guess it's a hero), carriage on the street, fire engine out of no way, Binondo's church
On the street in China Town - looks crowded to you?
Welcome to Manila China Town
Clockwise from top left: Statue of Ong Pin (I guess it's a hero), carriage on the street, fire engine out of no way, Binondo's church
On the street in China Town - looks crowded to you?
Welcome to Manila China TownLastly, when we tried to get a cab back to our hotel, we couldn't get a taxi. How great right? Ended up we stood and waved for almost an hour then only we managed to get into a taxi, and paid the driver almost double the taxi fare as he said the traffic to Makati is terrible. Out of desperation, we did. Anyway, the taxi fare wasn't that expensive.
I can't imagine that I need to go there again in April. It will be my third time in Manila again and tell you what, I have decided to stay just in the Hotel and maybe just do a little shopping like dried mangoes and pearls. I am not coming out ANYMORE!!!!!!
I can't imagine that I need to go there again in April. It will be my third time in Manila again and tell you what, I have decided to stay just in the Hotel and maybe just do a little shopping like dried mangoes and pearls. I am not coming out ANYMORE!!!!!!
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Grow Old With You
I like this song. It's so cute. :)
Grow Old With You (by Adam Sandler)
I wanna make you smile whenever you're sad
Carry you around when your arthritis is bad
All I wanna do is grow old with you
I'll get your medicine when your tummy aches
Build you a fire if the furnace breaks
Oh it could be so nice, growing old with you
I'll miss you
I'll kiss you
Give you my coat when you are cold
I'll need you
I'll feed you
Even let ya hold the remote control
So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink
Put you to bed if you've had too much to drink
I could be the man who grows old with you
I wanna grow old with you
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
后悔
曾经，自大的说，我的字典里没有后悔这两个字。
曾经，自大的说，所有发生的事情背后都有它的原因。
曾经，不可一世的说，不要回头后悔，要勇往直前面对未来。
事实上，当意料不到的事情发生时，一切已经后悔也来不及了。
第一次深深感受到如此的无助。
狠狠的哭，后悔，懊悔，忏悔。
无补于事。
如果一切可以重来，那，结果会不一样吗？
曾经何时，也说过，这世界上是没有如果的。
Friday, January 12, 2007
歌
那天，找到了旧的CD。里头有周惠和燕姿的MP3，让我忆起在越南工作的时候 － 那时的伤心，压力，沮丧，放弃的心情，仿佛我又回到那时的生活。
话题
面对面坐着的是不是你,
爱情还在不在进行.
想问你是不是想要放弃,
却害怕你也在问自己.
分手是我们唯一的话题,
却没有人愿意提起.
如果一开口变成了结局,
我的心就会离开身体活在过去.
爱不爱结果都叫人伤心,
我不知道该怎么做决定;
分手应该是要先哭泣,还是先忘记.
你是否也有相同的难题,
你的勇气里有我的命运,
我不知道你会不会决定.
我想我现在还不够清醒,
该爱着你,该离开你,
还是继续--逃避
听了应该有３年了吧。还是那么喜欢。多么真实地感觉。多么震撼。尤其是那句 “你的勇气里有我的命运”。
燕姿的我不难过也是一首让我深深感动的一首歌。
又站在你家的门口 我们重复沉默
这样子单方面的守侯 还能多久
终于你开口向我诉说她有多温柔
虽然你还握着我的手 但我已不在你心中
我真的懂 你不是喜新厌旧
是我没有陪在你身边当你寂寞时候
别在看着我说着你爱过 别伤痛
我不难过 这不算什么
只是为什么眼泪会流 我也不懂
就让我走 让我开始享受自由
回忆很多 你的影子也会充满我生活
我并不懦弱 你比谁都懂
虽然寂寞 这会是我最后的宽容
抱紧我 再抱紧我
这一份感动 请你让我留在胸口
别再说是你的错
爱到了尽头 是非对错 就让它随风
忘了所有 过得比你快活
不要再说 或许这是最好的结果
现在分手 总好过你不爱我一拖再拖
松开你的手 离开你左右 我向前走
这会是我 真正的解脱
Friday, January 05, 2007
The Flight That Fought Back
I was watching Discovery Channel in Astro last night.
The title of the show was “The Flight That Fought Back”. On 11th September, 2001 attacks (also known as 9/11), the terrorists hijacked 4 flights. Two crashed into World Trade Centre, one crashed to Pentagon and one more - United Airlines 93 – crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
In the show, they reconstructed what happened on United Airlines 93 from the phone calls the passengers and the crews made through the GTE airphones. They played the actual recording of the phone calls.
Those on that flight fought back, as stated in the title. They fought against the terrorists and took the last bet trying to save their own lives.
Everyone knows the ending of the show. Everyone knows that there’s no survivor from the crash.
It really moved my heart. I feel so sad everytime when I tried to imagine how they felt on the plane when those on the flight called their loved ones – their partners, their families – to tell them they love them at the very last moment of their lives. My heart aches everytime I recalled the looks in their families’ eyes when they tried to recall the incident that day – when their love ones called them from that flight.
My imagination started to run wild and I started to think what’d I do if I am on that flight? Who would I call? What would I say?
I just… feel so sad….
Life is just so unpredictable. No one in the flight would even expect that. I remembered one of the passengers said “I can’t believe that this happened to me”. We never know what’s going to happen in the very next seconds.
So, like what a friend told me before, live everyday as if it were your last, then you’ll appreciate more.
The title of the show was “The Flight That Fought Back”. On 11th September, 2001 attacks (also known as 9/11), the terrorists hijacked 4 flights. Two crashed into World Trade Centre, one crashed to Pentagon and one more - United Airlines 93 – crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
In the show, they reconstructed what happened on United Airlines 93 from the phone calls the passengers and the crews made through the GTE airphones. They played the actual recording of the phone calls.
Those on that flight fought back, as stated in the title. They fought against the terrorists and took the last bet trying to save their own lives.
Everyone knows the ending of the show. Everyone knows that there’s no survivor from the crash.
It really moved my heart. I feel so sad everytime when I tried to imagine how they felt on the plane when those on the flight called their loved ones – their partners, their families – to tell them they love them at the very last moment of their lives. My heart aches everytime I recalled the looks in their families’ eyes when they tried to recall the incident that day – when their love ones called them from that flight.
My imagination started to run wild and I started to think what’d I do if I am on that flight? Who would I call? What would I say?
I just… feel so sad….
Life is just so unpredictable. No one in the flight would even expect that. I remembered one of the passengers said “I can’t believe that this happened to me”. We never know what’s going to happen in the very next seconds.
So, like what a friend told me before, live everyday as if it were your last, then you’ll appreciate more.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
My New Baby
It has been a busy month – with Christmas & Birthday all in December, planning of CNY trip next year and etc. Work has also been piling up with new expectation by the year of 2007.
I have been walking around and around with EG to find a model that fits my face. My typical Asian face gave me a real hard time to find one that fits my face well. Most of the glasses are hanging halfway on my face as my nose bridge is not tall enough, and my face is too small. Besides, I am quite fussy in the design, frames, lenses and color. For the price that we are going to pay, I want it to be all in one - practical + fashionable. I almost gave up but EG kept pasturing me to keep choosing. He’ll keep an eye on all optical shops with Oakley rack and forced me in to try all sorts of models.
Until, finally, EG saw Oakley Dart in Oakley’s website.
So, I, again, went to try at a few places to check out the price and discounts. They’ll always tell you Oakley is a controlled price item and they can only give you 10% discount. Finally, after all the hiccups and all the hoo-ha, we finally went down all the way to Perangin Mall to get Oakley Dart Berry/G40 Black Gradient after work on one fine day, from the same shop where EG got his Splice – his birthday present, hoping that the my Dart has not found its owner yet.
The best thing is, this model comes together with its casing, especially for women. I love the casing to bits, it looks so elegant, although it’s a bit big for me to carry around.
I have been wearing this all around – hoping that it's sunny when I am outdoor. It’s cool. Very solid. Great coverage. Color is very good. I don't get headache anymore when it's sunny. I just can’t wait to wear it for my CNY trip with my family to
Alright, enough about Oakley. Before the clock ticks 12 midnight today, I wish all my dearest friends a very happy new year. I hope year 2007 will bring good lucks to all of you and may all of you stay healthy, pretty & handsome, and happy always. Muahhh…
Thursday, December 21, 2006
I am excited
I am excited today.
My heart is pounding faster and harder. I can't wait to leave office today. I can't hide my excitement. I am... just excited.
You must be wondering, why?
Is it...
Because holiday is coming? No....
Something good happened? Not really....
I got lottery? Neh.....
EG going to propose? Maybe next life....
Because my birthday is coming? Hmm... Maybe....
Since young I have trained myself not to have too high expectation on everything as the more you expect, the more disappointment you'll get at the end when things go wrong.
But this time, I hope there won't be any disappointment.
So, you're eager to know why I am excited today?
Hehehe.. Not going to tell you today! *Blek*. :P
My heart is pounding faster and harder. I can't wait to leave office today. I can't hide my excitement. I am... just excited.
You must be wondering, why?
Is it...
Because holiday is coming? No....
Something good happened? Not really....
I got lottery? Neh.....
EG going to propose? Maybe next life....
Because my birthday is coming? Hmm... Maybe....
Since young I have trained myself not to have too high expectation on everything as the more you expect, the more disappointment you'll get at the end when things go wrong.
But this time, I hope there won't be any disappointment.
So, you're eager to know why I am excited today?
Hehehe.. Not going to tell you today! *Blek*. :P
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
The Good Old Days
I was cleaning up my old stuff that I brought with me from KL last weekend. EG was telling me to throw away things if I don’t need them anymore. Well, he always thinks I keep rubbish. *blek*
I was going through my CD folders and the old CDs that I burned in Uni. I saw pieces and pieces of colored CD-Rs with title “My MP3”, “My MP3 (English)” and etc. It brought my mind back to the Uni time.
MMU is a University in the middle of no way that provides LAN and free internet to all their students. For us who stayed in the hostel, we really fully utilized it, and fully enjoyed it – downloaded albums, movies, mp3, and a lot others from the net, or other’s sites. For the guys, they took almost 70% of the bandwidth for LAN games (What else?!). And the most common things that we did was online chatting.
I missed those days, very much indeed.
Few days before, I was helping my friend to type out some proposals for church activities. He commented that I type very fast. I thought it’s very normal. Why? It was because in hostel, we chatted throughout the days and nights. It was our main communication tool to save our phone bills! I remembered my record was 7 yahoo messenger chat boxes on my computer screen at the same time. My fingers just flew over the keyboard and kept typing and typing for the whole night. Not to mention the blinking ICQ icon at the bottom right of the task bar. I even chatted with my lovely roommate even though we’re less than 2m away!! Talking about my piggy roommate, she can type with 2 fingers and she’s faster than anyone else. I wonder if she still types with 2 fingers now. :P
Those were the days. Crazy days.
Those were the days when we woke up, the first thing that we did was to on the computer before we went to the toilet to do the rest. When we’re back from the toilet, the lovely computer would then be loaded with all the messengers like yahoo, ICQ, and everything else online.
We have graduated since Uni for almost 5 years. All the memories still bring a big smile to my face. Those were the days when everything is sweet, and funny. Those were the days where you can find the purest and most sincere friendship.
I remembered how we had the birthday bash for Shizuka at the playground. I still remembered how cruel we were since we know she can’t run (she still can’t!). When all of us were running after her with flour and eggs, she squatted down and said: “Jiu Ming ar… (Help in mandarin)”, but her all good friends showed no mercy and the next thing she knew was, at least 10 eggs and X packets of flour just poured onto her head. Her poor roommates had to help to take out the flour + eggs on her hair for the whole night (till 5am?). She got to wash her hair for 3 times if I am not mistaken. That was the best birthday bash! We also gave her the most unique birthday present – a book of wishing cards. I hope she still kept it.
I remembered Piggy and I always played the MP3 in the room. And we always sing in the room. Then, she’ll always give me a
Before we went for the prom night, Papa, Valerie and me had to dance Para-Para Sakura every evening in the room to keep ourselves fit! Me and Papa would also walk around the campus (had no stamina to jog!) to lose some weight. Sometimes the guys drove pass and saw us, they honked loudly at us. And we both will shyly try very hard to hide our faces away from them.
There’re just lots and lots of stories – in Library, in Lecture hall, in Tutorial, during dinner and etc etc. EG and I sometimes just can’t stop talking about it and keep laughing for the whole day esp. when we tried to imitate how other people, such as Soo, acted.
And I wonder if anyone still remembers the Lady in Red story. I found the old emails while browsing my yahoo mailbox. We were discussing on how we’re going for the graduation in Malacca in 2003. I remembered I just laughed out loud when I read the email while I was working in
Once a upon a time, in a land called MMU; there was a princess called Winnie. One night she was hungry and had this urge to go eat supper. Usually during weekends in MMU there aren't many people around so she kinda ran out of options.
So happened her good friend Prince Ah Bi who messaged her on Yahoo!; and after some initial ehem** u know crocking :) he asked her out for supper cos he has not eaten dinner and was awfully hungry. What a coincidence. Arrangements were made and Prince AH bi was to pick her up at HB3.
So, our Princess Winnie dresses herself up putting on those little cute red slippers which would guranteee to get attention even though it was in the night. Having done that she walks to the placed agreed upon earlier and waits.
Guess who actually came to meet her; it was EuGeen, Bruce and AH Long. Turns out its was just a prank eg pulled off. Man was the princess furious; well this is an old story that somehow was missed in our numerous storytelling sessions. So this is how the title lady in red was made up. I bet it would've been a really sweet supper session if it was actually Prince Ah bi that picked her up. But thats another story... if I remember which is called Prince Ah bi and Princes Winnie goes to
ahhh... the wonders of internet chatting. So much for the red slippers
Those were the days! The good old days!
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
An Unhappy Happy Person
I wonder how many of my friends actually see me in my unhappy moments. Maybe those that who're really close to me did.
I can be quite emotional, with no reason. Well, that's a girl's privilege.
My mood today is just BAD. Real bad.
I can talk a lot. But when my mood is bad, I'll be very quiet. Just like today, I didn't speak a word to anyone around me. I am just very transparent.
I am drowned by my own expectations. I am stressed. I am feeling helpless. I am frustrated. I am depressed. And I just think everything is not right. Things are not going as what I wanted them to be. *Sigh*.....
Instead of making myself feel even worse, I chose to do nothing but just watch TV. I ate maggie, and egg tart, and chocolate, and whatever things that are unhealthy that I can find to fill my stomach. Then, I feel better.
How stupid, right?
Why? I don't know. Maybe it's PMS. Another girl's excuse to be emotional.
D*mn. I should go sleep now.
I can be quite emotional, with no reason. Well, that's a girl's privilege.
My mood today is just BAD. Real bad.
I can talk a lot. But when my mood is bad, I'll be very quiet. Just like today, I didn't speak a word to anyone around me. I am just very transparent.
I am drowned by my own expectations. I am stressed. I am feeling helpless. I am frustrated. I am depressed. And I just think everything is not right. Things are not going as what I wanted them to be. *Sigh*.....
Instead of making myself feel even worse, I chose to do nothing but just watch TV. I ate maggie, and egg tart, and chocolate, and whatever things that are unhealthy that I can find to fill my stomach. Then, I feel better.
How stupid, right?
Why? I don't know. Maybe it's PMS. Another girl's excuse to be emotional.
D*mn. I should go sleep now.
Thursday, December 07, 2006
My First Dish in PG
My first cooking in PG! Looks nice right? *Shy* *shy*...Ok, this is not the official first cooking after I came penang. I did hard boiled eggs, half boiled eggs, or even 3/4 boiled eggs & toast bread for breakfast (Yum Yum). I did mee kolok (means dried mee with soy sauce/pepper/oil) for dinner also. I also did Microwave Potato Chips. *wink*.
I finally officiated the "opening" of the Vision Frying Pan that we bought form Langkawi two months ago. The pan was, sadly, hiding in the kitchen cabinet and probably playing with some lizards.
Comment from EG? As usual, he won't give too much compliment. "Ok la... not bad..." and next he inspected the whole kitchen to check if it's oily after the frying....! Grrrr.....
Oh, by the way, in case you guys can't recognise what the food is... it's just fried eggs with sausages. *wink*.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Choices
Realise it or not, we're facing choices in our life, everyday, on everything.
Some said, it's better with more choices - I guess, that applies to shopping malls most of the time. However, when a shopping mall has TOO MANY choices, then all the guys will get headache as they'll need to walk longer with their girlfriends as they'll take longer to choose their dresses/clothes/what-so-ever.
Some of the example of choices that I have made (or still trying to make):
If there's only Mc Donald, I don't even need to choose whether I should go KFC or Pizza Hut. If there's only Guardian, I don't even need to check the price @ Watson as well to make sure I got the best deal. I guess, it doesn't apply to all. Life is never so simple.
- To buy Wira or Satria?
- To stay at USJ or move to Sri Kembangan?
- To work for money or work for interest?
- To move to PG or stay in KL?
- To follow my heart (emotional) or follow my head (rational)?
- To cut my hair short? Or to keep it long? Straighten it? Or curl it?
- To go Gua Tempurung and come back with cuts all around or stay in office and just enjoy the air-cond?
- To always please people around me or just make myself happy?
- Which country should I go during CNY with my family? China or Taiwan?
- To be a miser or be fashionable?
- Which sunglasses worth the $$ the best?
Sometimes, we'll take quite some time to make a choice. Reason? Because everyone wants to make sure that they make the right choice with the best deal. Or another word - Kiasu (scared to lose).
For me, I'll just think that more choices just make life harder....
If I give you a choice, will you choose a simple but boring life, or another interesting life with all sorts of complicated things bothering you at all days? Can you choose?
Can you? Can you?
Deadlock.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
乱乱说
最近我的心情起伏不定。时而高兴，时而忧郁。感觉上有很多事情在脑袋里，但是却不知道应该做什么。头痛。
时间滴滴答答的过。人慢慢变老，变懒。好可怕。
12月要到了。圣诞节要到了。我的生日要到了。
还记得去年在太平庆祝生日。前年在Sri Kembangan 庆祝。大前年在越南庆祝。大大前年在Puchong F1庆祝。再之前？不记得了。
不知不觉，5 年了。大学毕业就要 5 年了。中学毕业 10 年了。好快。好可怕。
今年出席了最少5个婚礼，收了最少10张请帖。。好多人结婚了。时辰到了。大家都到了谈婚论嫁的阶段。真的好可怕。在多几年，大家应该是在谈孩子吧。o_O
12 月了。明年我会在那里庆祝生日呢？明年我会变怎样？明年会发生什么事情？太可怕了。
时间滴滴答答的过。人慢慢变老，变懒。好可怕。
12月要到了。圣诞节要到了。我的生日要到了。
还记得去年在太平庆祝生日。前年在Sri Kembangan 庆祝。大前年在越南庆祝。大大前年在Puchong F1庆祝。再之前？不记得了。
不知不觉，5 年了。大学毕业就要 5 年了。中学毕业 10 年了。好快。好可怕。
今年出席了最少5个婚礼，收了最少10张请帖。。好多人结婚了。时辰到了。大家都到了谈婚论嫁的阶段。真的好可怕。在多几年，大家应该是在谈孩子吧。o_O
12 月了。明年我会在那里庆祝生日呢？明年我会变怎样？明年会发生什么事情？太可怕了。
Monday, November 27, 2006
My Tickle IQ Test Report
I was surfing Google for the solution for "ODBC General Error" that appeared in my excel when refreshing a query. And then, a window popped out asking me on some IQ questions, and i clicked on it and started to answer all the classic IQ test in Tickle.
My IQ report (Summarised):
My IQ report (Summarised):
Your IQ score is: 129 |
Hmm... Interesting right? So don't complain that I am calculative, because I am born in this way, to live with numbers... My life is a series of equations.... Hehehehe... *sound so boring... aarrrgghhhh....*
One of the questions in the IQ test:
1. John likes 400 but not 300; he likes 100 but not 99; he likes 3600 but not 3700. Which does he like:
a. 900
b. 1000
c. 1100
d. 1200
A piece of cake for all of you. Right? If you're interested, can always try to go for the full test @ http://web.tickle.com/tests/uiq/index_main.jsp. Somehow I remembered you'll need to pay to get the result, but this time, I paid nothing and I get the full 15 pages comprehensive reports. Well, I don't know how accurate it is, but heck, it's free... :P
Give it a try! :)
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
I feel so old......
I am 26 years old this year. To be exact, I am 25 and 10 months and 25 days old as of NOW (as I am writing this).
Still young right? 26 is such a sweet number.... Hmm.... *scratching my head*
I was having dinner with friends, and while talking, we found that we're old already....
1. We have been working for almost 5 years!!! Oh my god.. oh my god.....
2. We cannot sleep late anymore, have to wake up at 8am automatically.
3. If we try to sleep more, you'll get all the backache, waist-ache and whatever ache....
4. We cannot stay up late - must sleep before 12am...
Gossshhh... We're OLD already....
In fact, for me, I realised more things that changed within me all these while...
I can't kena rain anymore. If i do, I'll get headache and slight fever.
My pimples are taking longer (2-3 weeks) to heal compared to uni time (2-3 days!!!).
I fall sick very easily.
If I fall sick, it takes longer to recover (1 week compared to 1-2 days!!)
I have no mood for long hour shopping as I feel tired walking for too long.
I prefer to stay at home doing nothing than go under the sun.
I'll feel dizzy if i walk under the sun for too long (esp. after lunch).
I get headache very easily, so easy that I can get it immediately when i open my eyes if i don't have a good sleep the night before.
I'd love to sit in EG's car compared to my own car as his car is more heavily tinted.
I don't know where to go when I am bored, so I'll rather stay at home and cook "tong soi".
I have no mood at all for clubbings or pubs or beer or any alcohol drinks.
*Cough*, and I am having terrible sore throat now!! Geeeee..... Guess I am facing my quarter-life crisis.... I feel SO OLD......... :(
PS: Ok ok, not so serious la... :).. But I really cannot deny that I can't do things that I used to do when I was in my early 20s... That makes me sad a bit. Hmm......
Still young right? 26 is such a sweet number.... Hmm.... *scratching my head*
I was having dinner with friends, and while talking, we found that we're old already....
1. We have been working for almost 5 years!!! Oh my god.. oh my god.....
2. We cannot sleep late anymore, have to wake up at 8am automatically.
3. If we try to sleep more, you'll get all the backache, waist-ache and whatever ache....
4. We cannot stay up late - must sleep before 12am...
Gossshhh... We're OLD already....
In fact, for me, I realised more things that changed within me all these while...
I can't kena rain anymore. If i do, I'll get headache and slight fever.
My pimples are taking longer (2-3 weeks) to heal compared to uni time (2-3 days!!!).
I fall sick very easily.
If I fall sick, it takes longer to recover (1 week compared to 1-2 days!!)
I have no mood for long hour shopping as I feel tired walking for too long.
I prefer to stay at home doing nothing than go under the sun.
I'll feel dizzy if i walk under the sun for too long (esp. after lunch).
I get headache very easily, so easy that I can get it immediately when i open my eyes if i don't have a good sleep the night before.
I'd love to sit in EG's car compared to my own car as his car is more heavily tinted.
I don't know where to go when I am bored, so I'll rather stay at home and cook "tong soi".
I have no mood at all for clubbings or pubs or beer or any alcohol drinks.
*Cough*, and I am having terrible sore throat now!! Geeeee..... Guess I am facing my quarter-life crisis.... I feel SO OLD......... :(
PS: Ok ok, not so serious la... :).. But I really cannot deny that I can't do things that I used to do when I was in my early 20s... That makes me sad a bit. Hmm......
Monday, November 13, 2006
My Supposed-To-Be Detox Dinner
My dinner last night!! We were running out of ideas of what to eat out after we did our catering for almost 3 months.... Then we thought we have been eating quite a lot of rubbish for the past few days - Mc Donalds, bakuteh, etc etc... So we decided to have a detox dinner to cleanse our body system!
So we only have honey dew, oranges, tomatoes and cucumber with vinegar and sugar (forgot to take that) and 2 big mugs of fresh soya for our meal. NIce or not ar? Ah well... after a while you'll feel bloated for it. So we were thinking that these fruits might not be filling enough for us. So we decided to make our HOME-MADE MICROWAVE PATATO CHIPS!!!!
Looks good isn't it?? We did some trial and error and finally the result is NOT BAD... We didn't have the correct utensils to slice the potato chips thin enough, so some are not as crispy, but it really tasted quite good. Interested? Hehehehe... Ask me for the recipe. It's superbly easy!!
I know, the next question that you guys will ask next is sure..... can tahan meh? Ah well, we boiled another 2 sausages around 10+pm because EG felt hungry and I just couldn't stand the temptation... -_-"....
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
My First Year Anniversary
It was my first year anniversary working in PG yesterday! I can't believe it. Time flies. My colleagues were congratulating me on "completing 1 year working" here... sound like a big task right? :) In my 4 years of working, I have never owned my own cube before, until when I move to PG. My previous jobs requires me to move around - either I was working in offsite for development/deployment or I was loaned to other companies as a third party vendor.
Until now, let me proudly present you my cube!! :).... I am a very messy person and my cube was always been messy with all the papers/files around. But I just added some of new members to my cube and hence now it is kinda tidy than usual.
Things on my cube
1, Flower from EG - drying up already
2. Tortoise on my laptop docker - got it from Fenny in KL I think
3. Tissue box
4. Crabtree & Evelyn body lotion - for my delicate hands after doing my washing
5. Sebamed Lip Balm - for my always-cracked lips
6. Some leaflet with very cute face gotten from Perangin Mall
7. Key Chains - sourvenirs from colleagues from Sabah and Thai
8. Holder for all my pens, stapler, scissors, etc....
9. Calendar - with all important dates circled, such as pay date....
10. Peanut butter - for my breakfast with bread
11. Letter holder - but I used it to hold the 3-in-1 drink given for free for breakfast
12. Piggy note holder from Parkson
13. A recognition plaque gotten early this year
14. PENGUIN - got it from my Auntie when we visited Philip Island in Aus
15. Bear Bear that came together with the flower from EG
16. Piggy mousepad
17. Some notes sticking on my top cabinet for my quick reference
A typical girl's cube right? With all the soft toys and useless things sticking all around. *shy*... But well it helps me to feel "homey" and gives me more motivation to work. Hopefully I can complete the 2nd year here!!!!! Wish me best!!!!
Thursday, November 02, 2006
凤凰四重奏
I saw this movie in TVB website for quite some times, and read about their good comments also. During Raya holiday 6 days break, I found the DVD at EG's place and started watching it.
The series describes the love stories of the main actress and actor (佘诗曼 and 马德钟) in 4 different generations, i.e. 1900, 1954, 1975 and finally 21st century. The show consists of 30 episodes, which is quite long, I thought.
When I was watching the first two generations, I almost wanted to kill myself as the story was bitter, very sad and very long winded. In the first generation, both of them were in love but she had to marry another shitty guy in order to save her father's business (same old stories). So, in the movie, she loves him, he loves her, and their loves were only conveyed to each other through their eyes when they look into each other. She had a daughter in the end (of course it's with her real husband) and both of them died together in some accident.... Haih.....
The 2nd generation, the daughter (acted by 佘诗曼 also) was a student and the guy (acted by 马德钟) was the teacher. It's the era when chinese were fighting against the japanese or the other invaders to China. And it's also the era when the younger generations were fighting for freedom in love, rather than letting the parents to decide. So how? Run away lo... and long stories in between where they were working hard for money and bla bla bla bla bla.... Finally they got seperated again because the guy joined some secret community to fight againt the japs and left the wife and their daughter in China... and then somehow the wife, the daughter and the granddaughter moved to Hong Kong.
I almost gave up when i finally finished the 2nd generation. However, if you know me, I won't give up so easily so I went on!
When it comes to the 3rd generation, things started to get interesting. This is the generation where guys are super ego, and girls are expected to only be the housewife and be very obedient. Conflicts happen when the wife, again the same actress, went out to work and become her husband's, the same actor, boss. This generation is very funny. The way they talked as well as the way they walked can burst me into laughter. EG is watching it with me every night as he's addicted with this generation and immitated the way the guys talk every night. It's irritating but it's really funny!
I still have almost 10 episodes to go to finish the show but, as usual, I have read the sypnopsis for the whole drama so I know what's going to happen in the end... Hehehehe...
Anyway, this is a real interesting drama showing the main difference between the 4 different generations, and how all our mind has actually "evolved". If you have time to stick to the TV, do give this series a try!!
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