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My Raya Pertama and Raya Kedua

2009-09-21T12:48:00.006+08:00

Unlike most of my Chinese and Indian friends who hibernate at home during this holiday, my holiday was consider to be quite colorful. On the 1st day of Raya, I went to see Chooi Yee's daughter. And on the way, went to buy a Mickey Mouse DVD for QiQi. It was the first time I visit Giant at Bandar Kinrara... The Giant was quite "giant" compare to other Giant. It's more like Jusco, with many shops inside. Haha...

Red Eggs

1 month old baby

After tired playing with the kids, head to Putrajaya since from Puchong go there is not too far... I take some time to find the best view of Putrajaya... But not really managed to find many... Here are some of my shots...

Putrajaya

Putrajaya Mosque

Besides, I also went to the Masjid Besi...

Masjid Besi

A shot from inside Masjid Besi

A shot from inside Masjid Besi too, reflections
And lastly from Putrajaya, the Wawasan Bridge...

Wawasan Bridge
I felt kinda satisfied after I came back with those shots... But after I browse the flickr for Putrajaya, my satisfaction drops to a very low level... Felt like my shots can now used to fill the putrajaya lake... another example of can use to fill sea... Haiz...
I always tell myself to try to shoot in HDR for special effect... But everytime I also forgot... when ever I see nice things, my emotion will drive me to shoot it asap... and in the end it resulted not up to my own taste.
Well... I'll improve on that... continue back with my story...
After shoot at Putrajaya, head back to KL and had dinner at Kaki Corner... the Chicken Marryland still nice as before...
Didn't take photo of the food... took photo on the lights instead...

Lights in Kaki Corner
After finish dinner, went to Jusco to buy mooncake for Phoebe's family... (name only for her family... but actually she intended to keep everything for herself... Shiiihhh). This year they have doraemon mooncake...

Doraemon Mooncake
After that... went home... look at the assignment, watch some movies until 5am and sleep.

Next day... wake up at 8 something to have breakfast with family... Went to Pasar Pudu and tried some "not very nice" dim sum. Then send my sister to work and go to cut my hair before coming home to post all this.

And what's left for my Raya is this...

LOTS OF ASSIGNMENTS!

Wish me luck la my friends...

Showgood.com

2009-09-21T00:03:00.003+08:00

Recently suddenly think of an MTV from Jordan Chan 神啊救救我吧... Not the original MTV but the showgood.com version. Here's the MTV:

The part where it sings if never fall in love, life is black and white... is damn funny... I watched that many many years ago but I still remember until now. After I watch a few times, I went to www.showgood.com. Last time the site was down for some time. And now I see it's very nice. I like the 小兵 story very much. It's much reflect our life too... So if you have time u may watch it too... Hehe...

Celebrated Bro's birthday...

2009-09-16T09:37:00.004+08:00

After a tiring day of work + night class, I called home and asked whether my family had celebrated my bro's birthday... and they say haven't cut any cake yet. So I rushed from Serdang to Secret Recipe at Leisure Mall... Managed to reach there before 10pm and called my family to check what cake he prefer. Then I bought a Chocolate Indulgence for RM73.50(include tax).

I put the cake into the car then when I close the car door... suddenly something screamed... I was like "WAHHHHH!!!!!" then I see a cat was there with its tail between my car door... haiz... Pity the cat... it sure pain... Fast fast open the car door and it run away like a rocket. Then I checked around to see whether it is below my car or not to make sure I don't drive over it later. Then I see it across the street... Seems ok then I drive away.

Reached home and celebrated my bro's birthday. My sis bought home some satay. So after eat satay then cut cake to eat. Didn't take any photo because I didn't bring my camera. The chocolate is nice but the cake is a bit too dry...

My 1st Sony Alpha Workshop

2009-09-13T17:45:00.005+08:00

After so many months I bought my camera and registered as a Sony member... Finally I successfully registered for the workshop. From there... I learned a lot of basics which I don't know... Most of what is taught was not in the manual itself.

The Class
John Shum was the main guy who gave the talk. He explained in detail what each function of the camera is used for and how to get the effects that we want from the photos.

John Shum
We also have Denise Chan to share her passion for photographing through her work. She showed us some of her photos and that really inspire me... She took photo every weekends... And it was as early as six thirty in the morning which she normally start her journey. Every weekends at six something I believe most of us are only doing one thing... SLEEP...

Denise Chan
We had a short period of photoshooting at around 4pm. It was outdoor on and beside the street. And below are some of the photos I took:

The Models

Shooting From Low

Behind The Greens

B & W

Contrast
Jerry didn't take much photos. Maybe he is more interested in shooting still objects or landscape... Well... I don't know... but I'll find out.

Light Trails in KL

2009-09-13T11:31:00.003+08:00

It was last Thursday when my company had a weekly badminton session, I suggested to my colleagues that we bring our camera and shoot the light trails on road beside the Pusat Komuniti Bandar Tun Razak, where we play badminton...

KL night scene is very nice... I heard from my lecturer once before said that... Many tourists came to Malaysia to see the colourful lights of Malaysia. This is absolutely true... Of coz this got bad and good la... Bad is it is wasting our money as tax payers... but the good thing is it benefits our eyes...

Night Scene

I cropped part of this photo and put as the header of the blog if you noticed. Hehe...

Thai Food @ Dataran Dwitasek

2009-09-11T10:06:00.003+08:00

Couple of weeks ago... I went to try out the Thai Food at Dataran Dwitasek, Bandar Sri Permaisuri (The area where Kayu and Pappa Rich located). If you've been this place before, you'll know a coffee shop called "Yi Nan Mong". After a few months the coffee shop "gulung tikar", this Thai Food opened. I can say that the price is not very expensive and not cheap, just average. A fried rice (taste like chinese fried rice) is around six ringgit and seafood tom yam about nine ringgit. But the price for drinks a bit expensive la... Teh Tarik / Nescafe costs about three ringgit.

Hmm... the taste of the food is ok la... Can give a rating of 7/10. So if you all can't think of what to eat, then can try this. Hehe..

Tom Yam

Fried Rice

Mango Salad

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Miss Model 2009 - Modified for different Feel

2009-09-10T14:28:00.003+08:00

After some times, suddenly hand a bit itchy so play with the photos I have... Decided to take the Miss Model collections that I have for this operation...

What I did was some I cropped and some turn to B & W.

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Different techniques result different feel... I'm still on the journey discovering more and more... (",)

Sigh...

2009-09-10T09:57:00.000+08:00

I took one day just to study for Accounting. It's been long time I didn't sit at one place and study. But... I did really bad in that paper... Even though I haven't get the result I already can feel it. Those I read didn't come out much, those I didn't read come out a lot in the questions. The opportunity cost of studying for this bad result was too great. I leave all my office work and went to library to study... Sigh

Anyway, let bygones be bygones. I guess I know why it happens that way. I should revise and do all the exercise of each chapter after the classes. I shouldn't wait until the exercise given by the lecturer then only do. So, from now on... I will change my strategy. I'll start pumping on the questions.

This Sunday I will have another exam. But Saturday I'll be going out almost whole day, for photography workshop. So what I need to do is spend as much time as I can to study before weekend. That's why I told my colleagues that I will not be able to join them for fun on Friday night as usual. I borrowed a few books related to the subject that will be tested this Sunday. Hope that it will help in my exam.

Amazing Thailand

2009-09-09T11:10:00.002+08:00

It was weeks ago when I went to Midvalley they have this Amazing Thailand festival. Thailand, our neighbour country, is full with excitements, full with exotic foods, and arts. When I went to Hat Yai, I did tried some of the food and it taste special. Some of them were really nice. And Thailand is some where really worth to visit.

Actually every country has it's own culture... in Thailand, you can see that they very respect their King. You can see that their King's posters everywhere. And there are many temples in Thailand. They prayed a lot. Not like what we are doing... played a lot... Haha...

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Change in life

2009-09-09T10:26:00.000+08:00

I used to wake up at 8 something nearly 9 even my office hour should be 9 to 6. It was since 2 months ago when I just start to take my MBA that I start to wake up earlier than usual. Because I need to leave at sharp 6 that's why I need to reach office by sharp 9. But waking up is a point, staying awake is another different point. I used to wake up then go back to sleep not long after.

To change this habit, recently I read on a book saying that in a famous book "The Monk That Sold His Ferrari", the author said that to wake up early, you must wake up with something meaningful to be done. He recommended that we write journal to keep us wake early. I'm now doing something similar, but a bit different. I start to wake up to write blog. So you might see that from now on... my blog posts will be more and more... Hehe...

It's a good thing for myself too... as there are too many things I wish to express through my blog to the world full with good readers. Old days, we always try to find a good listener. But in the information age, we are now in need of good readers. Someone who will read your blog and understand what type of person you are. And if you are reading this, you are one of my good readers!

The beauty of Pasar Ramadhan

2009-09-07T14:11:00.003+08:00

It's Puasa time again... and for Malays, many will turn on hibernate mode at home (if no need work) then go out to buy foods from Pasar Ramadhan when they are about to Buka Puasa. And for other races, many will join the fun buying foods from the Pasar Ramadhan too. There are many varieties of foods available ranged from light such as agar-agar, kuih, curry puff, etc to heavy like rice and noodles. One of my favorite food is the Ayam Percik which is hard to find if it's not during the Puasa month.

The Pasar Ramadhan was once quite popular with their cheap foods. But due to rapid increasing of living costs, we can see that the prices had gone up quite drastic years back. A pack of noodles sold at RM1 each is now selling RM2 each. And the fried chicken from RM1.50 each piece is now selling at RM2 or RM2.50. Chicken rice from RM3 to RM4 each box.

This changes I guess most of us aware of. But we just pay the price as we know that was the market price nowadays. But there are beauty lies in this Pasar Ramadhan, which most of us can't see it. You'll notice something is different with the bargains after 7pm. I was there observing the changes. People are start to shout "Last Call! Last Call!". Yeah... it's now the best time to spend your money. The sellers start selling their supplies at "Exit Price". They need to liquidize their inventories. At this time, you can see that those stuffs selling at RM1 each normally are selling at RM2 for 3! Agar-agar which you buy RM1 for 3 pieces are selling at RM1 for 4 pieces now.

But of course there are risk if you want to wait them to sell at lower price. It depends on factors such as total supplies, total demand, and whether they have their way to manage the unsold foods. And if you observe for a few days, you'll know which stalls that always sell the foods at lower price when they about to Buka Puasa. But if that day there are many demands, or lower supplies, you might not get what you wish to eat. Haha.

Anyway, Happy Buka Puasa for muslim and non-muslim (",)

Balancing between Work-Study-Life

2009-08-29T11:52:00.004+08:00

The frequency of my blog post has been lesser and lesser... There are a lot of thing which I wish to post... A lot of thing and a lot of feelings which I wish to share with all the readers which read without any complaints...

Study life is really no honey moon life... especially when you are working... Lots of assignments, exams, discussions, presentations, reports... it's kinda burdening. Stress is something I need to learn to manage...

Sleeping late at 3am and wake up early to go to work is a common thing for me now... Work from morning till 6pm then rush to uni like driving GT... speeding and worry about summons that I may encounter... Best time is enjoying the breeze air after my class, driving back along the Mines-Sg Besi highway, I normally opened my car window, turn off the air cond and let the natural wind blow away all my stress, removing my headaches... so that I can go home and continue my work...

I did my work normally until 2-3am... and this is what I expected from the first day I work as a software engineer... And now with more projects on hand... Pending tasks are stacking up... Lucky still... have Eric to help on some tasks... and I do appreciate his help... Teamwork and supporting environment keeps me going... pass through everyday without any big obstacles...

I still remember that once before... we always stay back at office until 12am... that was the toughest days we had in our working life in this company... Now what we facing is not as hard if compare to what we gone through. And that worst experience is what shape our supportive environment...

I believe all my colleagues know that everything is good in this company except "something" that we cannot control... and those good thing is the reason we stay in this company... and enjoy our trips as a team...

Work life is not a big matter for me with the support of my colleagues... Study is something what I have to control myself... and life is something I need to learn to enjoy! (",)

KLPF 20090816 @ Midvalley

2009-08-16T18:04:00.002+08:00

Yeah... second round of my visit to KLPF... I reached at around 11am and the exhibition hall is already very crowded because of the EOS Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant SEA 2009 Photography Contest. Pageant had cat walk on the stage for photogs to shoot. Although the contest is only open for Canon users, but other brand supporters will never miss the chance to shoot leng luis... So the area around the stage was as crowded as the day before. I did took some photos of the pageants, but I'll post it in another post later. Now I'll continue with the booth girls.

As expected, after news about there are girls to shoot at booth, there will be more photogs a.k.a. "buaya" will appear at the hall today... Haha...
It was not as easy to shoot as yesterday as the ratio of photographers to model had increased. And there are more hands and arms and heads that block the camera.

But still ok la... can shoot some also lo... so share with you all what I've got:

Tamron as starter

Playing with hair

Wishing upon the sky

Sweeeeeeeeet smile

This is from "Digi Cabi" booth... Too crowded to see booth name yesterday

The other girl from Digi Cabi
This booth was VERY crowded yesterday... Guess what... it was SUPER crowded today... Maybe as I said earlier... Today more buaya... so walk pass that booth also hard.
And something special today... There are more models...
When I was about to leave... pass through the Nikonian Academy booth... and saw 2 leng lui posing there... No wait lo... Shoot shoot shoot...

A pretty girl from Nikonian Academy booth

Dark eyeglass mode ON

Another girl from Nikonian Academy booth

"Kiss u..."
I was wondering why they asked the girls to wear such thick and hot jackets... Poor them... I guess they sweat a lot...
And lastly, a girl promoting for DigiColor...

DigiColor
Hope you all enjoyed the report... (",)

KLPF 20090815 @ Midvalley

2009-08-15T22:20:00.006+08:00

Went to Midvalley today for Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival. I was intended to go there to shoot some models in the Model Shoot session. Already prepared for the crowd before I reach there... But it was a lot more than what I expected.

But at least... I've got a shot...

Anyway, this is not what I want to shoot... Without wasting time shooting object from very far, I walked around... and got some of the below:

This girl a bit cocky before I approach her... But when I asked to take her photo, she's quite ok... and looks quite elegant... I like the feel...
So morale of the story: Don't judge a model by her look... you'll get different result from every aspects...

As I walked towards the end of the hall, I saw a bunch of photographers keep flashing at 1 booth... So I also go there and see what's so interesting...
And I guess that was the most famous booth of all...
With two girls (I guess is Thai girl) wearing a tied up shirt exposing part of their bra, most of the guys leave nose bleed... Hahaha

"I miss him..."

She looks so sad...

The other girl at the same booth

The tatoo is so sharp... (Although temporary but nice)
Inside the hall, there are a lot of Photo Societies pulling members, but I didn't join any of them... I believe online forums like Photokaki and Alphanatics had more than enough information that I needed to improve. Cheers to all the members!
ShaShinKi has a booth there also selling some accessories and promoting their website. I knew about their website when Tuck Hoh told me when I just started to venture into photography...
I didn't really survey for the prices of accessories... because I scare later hand will feel itchy... Haha
Already spent for my lens before I went to Ipoh for model shooting... So absolutely not going to spend more this time...
As I passed by the Tamron booth, I took a few shots of the model there...

This girl pose a lot with the pole

Tamron Tamron
There were a booth selling big Epson poster printing machines... The photo printed in such a big size is really nice...
Maybe one day I will print one of my work in that size... Hehe
That's all I can share for KLPF... There are still 1 day on tomorrow 2009-08-16 if you still haven't visit...

PC Fair 2009 @ KLCC

2009-08-03T11:14:00.005+08:00

PC Fair 2009, I went there on Saturday around afternoon. Reached KLCC, and had my McLunch then proceed to the Convention Center through Aquaria. On the way to the destination, I already can feel how much people will be there in the PC fair...

Crowds heading towards PC Fair

The pc fair is a bit different this time. They start promoting more Online Games. In the first hall I entered, there were a bunch of cosplayers. All promoting Online Games and attracting the guys to sign up. Haha... not many can resists their attractions and I guessed a lot of Online game accounts were signed up within this few days.

As for laptops, girls promoting were like fairs before. Not much different on their uniforms. As for the girls, a bit different la... You judge it yourself.

CSO ambassadors

中華英雄

中華英雄倒 ("到" - Reached) - Alan didn't realize he's been 中華英雄 for some time... LOL

War2 ambassador - Most of the guys focused on this booth, as they have the sexiest girls all around, and many guys been pulled just like that to sign up new accounts...

3 kingdoms ambassadors - Not too sure why they have the angel wings on their back tho...

3 kingdoms ambassadors

Cubizone ambassador

Cubizone ambassador - Ah... Her eyes are so seducing... perfect match for her costume

Pandora Saga ambassador

Ermm... a pretty promoter for dunno which brand... Haha

Samsung's Joanne

Panasonic - Star Search?

IPhone! Yeah... the most colorful 1

Avira's nurses the famous 1... We can even see their pics printed in other hall

End of report... I didn't look at any brochure, because not planning to buy anything from there... Haha...

Goy's Birthday Celebration @ Neway KL

2009-08-02T11:20:00.005+08:00

Been away for kinda long... Lots of things that I wish to blog it out, but due to insufficient time, everything left in a small corner inside my head. And now is the time to unleash them... Hehe...

It was Goy's Birthday on last Saturday, he purposely come to KL to meet us all... But unfortunately, most of the things went unplanned due to lots of unexpected events through the weekend. So sorry for him.

But at least we went to Neway as planned. Hehe. It was quite fun over there, because Goy met Han Ting and Chin Siang, who always don't sing at karaoke, sang a few songs too...

The Food at Neway

Han Ting, Chin Siang, Goy The Birthday Guy

Vivone & Gladys

I left early for another event that day... And they went to Wong Kok to drink the huge milk tea. In the end... Goy's stomach not feeling well... Too much milk tea I guess... Haha

The next day... we went to had our breakfast, but I don't feel good that morning, felt a bit headache and wish to vomit. So scared that I kena H1N1 that time, went home to rest a while before send Goy to Puduraya to catch his bus home. And we missed the chance to walk at the Petaling Street like Vivone.

So that was it... they went back to Penang... Haiz... Don't know when they will come again... Looking forward for the next time they come... And wish that time can have better plannings...

University Students turned Cosplayers @ DaiCon MMU...

2009-07-13T10:02:00.003+08:00

It was DaiCon, a Celebration of Japanese Modern Visual Culture event in Malaysia. I reached there on Saturday around 12 something where the Cosplay Competition event is going on. I didn't stay much near the stage, instead, walked around looking at what they have there. It was really a great event for anime lovers. There were a lot of collectibles selling at counters from posters to cards to figurines and many more. You can see cosplayers all around the hall. Some of the guests that day also added something on top of their normal attire such as bunny/cat ears, tails, caps, etc.

I can see in the eyes of anime lovers, their desire and joy of owning their "angel" or "guardian". It was really a great experience although me myself is not an anime lover. I wouldn't understand why they can spend so much money to own a figurine. Just like they won't understand why photographers can spend over thousands for a DSLR. Haha... I guess sure the gals will say... "Why not I be your guardian or angel, and you spend those money on me". Haha...

Actually it all downs to one thing... Interest. Interest is what creates desire to own. And different people have different interests. But the theory is just the same... You have interest that's why you wish to own it. OK... talk too much already... back to topic... Cosplayers that day are great... I believe even their own friends never expect that they are so different as a cosplayer.

Here are some of the photos I've taken.

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Among all of them... I only know Mario Bros... Haha... Sorry la... Outdated in anime... =P

There were also Gundam, Macross and a lot of anime figurines.

Chihara Minori, a popular Japanese voice actress was there too... But I didn't wait for her to reach, I left earlier because got something to do... So that's all I have to share... (",)

KLCC trial Operation 001

2009-07-12T01:10:00.002+08:00

Last Friday as promised, we all bring cameras to office. After work... me, Phoebe, Jerry and Eric went to some where near KLCC... at 1st I see it quite hazy and a lot of cloud nearby... but when reached the destination... the surrounding area seems quite clear... so me and Jerry start setting up tripods and we all start take pictures...

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JENG JENG JENG JENG...

KLCC

How was it? Not too bad right? Hehe...

I felt wiser already...

2009-07-07T21:35:00.004+08:00

Yesterday... I went for a so called orientation for MBA at UPM. It was held in Philip Kotler hall. I didn't know this hall even though I've been in UPM for 3 years. So the Dean start explaining about the faculty and continued by the deputies for some course descriptions. I get to know a guy name Kee Wei, he asked me to call him Kiwi (I won't do that...). After the session ends, go back to faculty of computer science for internet. And then found out that today no class. Haiz... waste time wait there.

Today... was my 1st lecture. I went in late because of traffic jam caused by heavy rain. I sat beside Deepa and Mee Hui (not too sure whether the spelling is correct or not) and the lecturer explained about what Organizational Behavior (the subject I taking) is all about.

So what is Organizational Behavior about? It was formed by Organization and Behavior. Course mates suggested Team, Emotion, Attitude, Values, Cultures, People, Promotions, etc. Then the lecturer relates all the attributes mentioned. He said values, everyone has the values that they practice, example cleanliness, tidiness, how you feel when you normally stay in a very clean country and come across a very dirty country.

And Emotions, every one has emotions, Anger, Love, Sad, Joy, if you don't have emotions, you are Zombie! And attitude, it is emotions, practiced in long term, so it's a long term emotions...

And Cultures, it is something that practice by a group of people. Just like Bindi on Indian women forehead, which the red means married, black means single. It was practiced by large group of Indians. And it's Indian's culture. And the lecturer said "It was my culture, not all, that 1st class shall be a half class... and the class will end early today".

Yeah... that's the end of my class...

Miss Model of the World 2009 - Malaysia Final

2009-07-06T09:35:00.003+08:00

On 7th July, I went to Ipoh for the event Miss Model of the World Malaysia Final photography contest. Have to wake up early in the morning at 4am because the event start at 9am. Drive all the way from KL to Ipoh. Feeling sleepy + it was raining in the morning when on the way to Ipoh... Almost fell asleep a few times. But because of responsibility, I must focus on driving. Haha... and done it... (Proud of myself... hehe)

Reached Ipoh at 8.30am and had breakfast at McDonald. After that we went to the Lost World, Sunway for the event. When we reached there, we were told that all passes are finished... OMG... then they gave us the Official passes (for reporters). Haha... different from others... we get the blue passes instead of yellow.

OK... cut the craps... proceed with photos... I know u guys like that... Hehe...

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Night in KL after a Hazy Day

2009-07-01T16:04:00.003+08:00

Heavy haze recently as all of us know... And I thought it would be hard for me to get a chance to shoot a nice night view of KL... until yesterday, when I'm getting home... I saw a clear view of KLCC from my office...

So when reached home, I spent some time playing with my camera, and managed to get a few shots...

One of the photo I get is as below, I cropped it become panorama.

KL Night

Explore the Wilderness @ Teluk Batik Resort

2009-06-30T00:59:00.005+08:00

This was the third company team building I've attended. On 27th June, 7.30 am, we all gathered and depart from Wisma Zelan, KL. As expected, I had a nap in the bus because I slept at 3 something the night before. Once reached Bidor, we had the Duck Noodle. I personally think that it is not as good as before... I've tried that a few times before. Maybe today the chef had missed something or what. But the white coffee there is as nice as always.

White Coffee

Herbal Duck
After eating, went back to the bus, and slept again. We reached Teluk Batik resort around 11 something. And we had our lunch there. Because I was still full, I just had some fruits and drinks. After lunch, we can't get our room yet. So all of us put our belongings in one room. Changed to outdoor attire and move to the jungle. Journey began...

The route to the destination is a bit hard because it was quite steep. But we managed to get to the destination safely. Once we reached, Mr Goh, the tour guide cum motivator explained to us about the safety equipments, and steps to go through all the obstacles. It was tired but also a great chance for me to workout since seldom exercise recently. Hehe...

Challenge in Jungle
After everyone done the challenge, we moved back to resort and checked in. The resort is "OK OK" only. TV is not clear, no hair shampoo, no shower cap, no coffee, nothing in fridge, no snacks and no telephone. Others... just fine.

After shower and so... we went to have our dinner. The food there is not very nice... just ok to put in mouth. Then we start our indoor session. We started off with the topic Trust is the foundation of Teamwork. We were asked to carry everyone in the team up, assuming that we had an emergency and the person need to be rushed to hospital immediately. Then we played the spider web game, where everyone need to move to the other side of spider web without touched the web. Here, strategy and team works applies. After the session, we went back to our rooms and rest.

The next day, we woke up early and had our breakfast. Then we went to the beach to have our Canoeing session. And this is not a normal Canoeing session like those at lake or river. What we face this time is the sea... with strong Waves. Mr Goh taught a lot about how to control the canoe, and what to do if there's an emergency. Didn't take any photo because took part in the activities.

At evening, we had our pool session. It began with using balloon filled up with water to play... we have to throw the balloon into the goal. It was hard because in water, the balloon doesn't float. And we cannot break it. After a few rounds or so... we use the real ball. The session overall quite nice as everyone exercised.

Pool

At night, we had some company members sharing session. Everyone share their thoughts, about happiest and worst time in company. After that... Hehe... Best part... Boss announced about Annual Trip... ^^
The night end with yum cha session at the stall inside the resort near apartment.

The next day... we had another indoor session before we check out and leave.

Group Photo

We had our lunch at AMU Coconut Villa located in Kg. Cina. The food overall is OK.

Vege @ AMU

Lala @ AMU

Overall... The trip is nice (",)

Charity Day...

2009-06-15T10:22:00.009+08:00

13 June 2009... It was the 1st time I joined my company to do some charity. In the morning around 10am, we gathered at Wisma Zelan. Then we proceed to our 1st destination, the Jubilee Home at Jalan Loke Yew. We were greeted by the person in charge there. A lady at her 60s. She doesn't look that old actually, if asked me to guess, I would guess 50. We put all the stuffs that they needed on the table. Some of them were vacuum flasks, toilet rolls, detergent, some food supplies and a few cans of "Mui Choy Taucu Fish". Yeah... I never heard about that until that day. It was like normal taucu fish, just added "Mui Choy". The person in charge there explained that the old folks there likes the "Mui Choy Taucu Fish" very much. Normally they will mixes together a few cans + some "Mui Choy" and some cabbage so that it won't taste too salty for the old folks. There are around 28 old folks living there. It is a half private half government Jubilee Home. Government sponsored about RM8/day/old folk there. But it usually takes up to 14months to get the money. But as told by the person in charge, "It's better than nothing". After talked a while and donated money to the house, we leave to next destination, the orphanage.

It rains heavily when we reach the orphanage. It makes us a bit difficult to move the donation stuffs. But we were welcomed by the orphans happily. They keep saying thank you, welcome, thank you, welcome. And that makes us feel that we were really doing some good thing. We felt appreciated. Then we were greeted by the orphans, shake hand and say hello, introduced themselves. But it was sad when see a lot of them were imperfect. There are only a small number of them were normal. I can see the normal there does give their support to the imperfects. And they were happy to see us there. At least they know that the society still cares about them. I try my best to go around, shake hands, say hie. And all of them respond positively.
Photo above is the area where most of the orphanage rest and play around.
Photo above is the living room, where smaller ones were taken care. It was really not an easy job to take care the young ones. Where we were there, suddenly one of them cries loudly. We don't know why he suddenly cry so loud. He seems like scared of something. The one of the adult there pressed his forehead for a while. Then he back to normal. Maybe they have some professional training on that, or it developed from their experience? I'm not too sure.
Photo above are some of my colleagues accompanying a girl. The girl pulls some of my colleagues to sit with her when they pass by her. I guess she needs some people to accompany her. I believe most of them here needs the society to give them extra attentions.
See how poor is the girl above... She walks near me a few times and I shake her hand... say hello... talk to her a bit even though she doesn't speaks.
And the young guy above, when I was taking photo around, he keeps dancing around, trying to get my attention. And I took a few shots, and I show to him the photos. He gave me a feel like the Jamal in Slumdog Millionaire. Who knows, in future, he might be a millionaire? Hope that he will be blessed.

And to the society, hope that at least from this post, the readers will know their existence. There are a lot of orphanage all around. Not only big cities, there are also orphanage in small towns. Try to give some attentions to them, let them feel that they are still valued in the society. Give them any support that you can. You don't have to be a millionaire to donate RM1 to them. Every ringgit for them is a hope to survive. And even though you don't donate any money, some cares will let them feel warm.

Will Malaysia become a Garbage Country?

2009-06-09T11:19:00.007+08:00

Hey all Malaysian... Do you ever noticed that the amount of garbage around you are increasing? You can see garbage everywhere... On the street, on stairs, on everywhere... including what I see below:
It was SUPER SURPRISING with what I saw... It's already 21st Century... and what happened here was like... people are living in Mesopotamia Age. Throw rubbish where ever they like. The lift is for transporting people from floor to floor... Schools never teach us that it's for transporting garbage!

If this kind of habits continues in Malaysia... I believe sooner or later... it will become

*Image from http://seacat.files.wordpress.com

Of course non of us want to live in a place like that right?
Come on... Wake up Malaysian!... there are rubbish bins just a few steps from you... why you want to throw on the floor and contribute to the forming of a Garbage Country?

Asiasoft Game Fest 2009 @ 1Utama

2009-06-07T23:51:00.007+08:00

Are you an Asiasoft fan? Do you play Maple? Cabal? Audition? or Sudden Attack? I'm sure that you will not miss this event if you are a fan. I just heard about this event from forums on Friday. And decided to go on Sunday (7th June) because in the schedule there is Maple Story 2 Launch on Sunday 3pm. When I woke up, my girlfriend told me that she read newspaper and it says that Raymond Lam and Linda Chung will be at 1U too.

So prepare and had our McLunch before we go. Since the event for Raymond Lam and Linda Chung is at 2pm and Maple 2 Launch at 3pm, so we thought that we should have enough time for both events.

Reached 1Utama at around 2pm. And we were surprised that there were a lot of people, even near the entrance at Level 3. It was so crowded and people all looking down at the stage. And yeah... It was because of Raymond Lam and Linda Chung. I never see an event at 1U that can attract so many people. And I tried to go down 1 floor by 1 floor looking for place where I can at least look down and see what happen, but failed. People stands on chairs, dustbins, where ever that can make them higher and able to see what's happening. But I decided to go down to G Floor. At least with the same height, I can raise my camera and able to look at the LCD. But even the G Floor is super crowded. So no choice, move on to the Asiasoft event.

The event was great. It started with a remote controlled baloon airship carrying an Orange Mushroom to the stage.

After that, it continues with free gifts and Hip Hop Dance. Ermm... Actually I was wondering what Hip Hop relation with Maple Story 2 Launch... And in the end I think it's totally not related =.=
After Hip Hop and gifts, it continues with the Cosplay. I believe many people like this part. Hehe...
Here are some photos from the event.
Below is the character from Sudden Attack. Ermm actually I know this game since... Last Saturday... where I see people playing in Cyber Cafe. Haha... Actually seldom play games nowadays... A lot of new games and characters also not sure... Hehe...

This one I know... coz I did play the Game... Cabal...

The pretty girl below from Sudden Attack... but the tall guy not sure... Maybe Pirate in Maple Story?

Another Sudden Attack girl and unsure tall guy... Hehe

Two girls from Yulgang

A cute girl from Audition

Below is my favourite Maple Character... The Ice Mage... Too bad no Cosplay for him...

It had been quite some time didn't play Maple. I guess after this Game Fest, the demand for this games will increase. People will start play the games introduced there. And old players who stop playing might start play it back. (",)

1 Click From You, RM5 From DIGI, ACT NOW!

2009-06-05T12:42:00.003+08:00

Have you ever think of donating for a cause? Nature? Health? Social?
Do you part now... Just one click and DiGi will donate RM5.
DiGi is hoping to raise RM150,000 in 30 days.
Click on the image below to help:

Don't wait any longer... Spread the love... It's just one click anyway...

My Proud 300!

2009-06-01T12:48:00.009+08:00

Spartans, tonight, we dine in hell!
Hahaha... Still remember this tag of 300?
Anyway... It's not really related... Hehe...
Just wanna thank all my readers...
Because of you all, I get my 300 Hit Count which you can see at the bottom of my blog...
Basically about 10 views daily... which I think quite OK for a new blog...
From my nuffnang analytic...
I get a total of 704 views and 293 is unique. Hehe...
I can't say it is a very great achievement, but I just wanna express my gratitude over all my readers... Love you all ^^
And wanna thank Nuffnang too, as some of the traffics are directed from there... Love you Nuffnang ^^

Snake

2009-05-29T12:31:00.002+08:00

I still remember during uni years in Computer Science, there were one assignment requires us to build a simple snake game. Haha... I believe that we all played Nokia's snake game when we were still very young, right? That time we don't have even color game on handphone, Nokia's snake is black and white only. Now technology advanced very much... I bet it has been long time you didn't play Snake. So here I embedded a Snake game for you. See how advance is the Snake game nowadays... (",)

Hope you all enjoyed the game! Adios~~~

Paint the world white to save energy

2009-05-27T11:32:00.003+08:00

Most of us are aware of the hot weather on our mother earth today... heat are increasing... the earth are warming... getting hotter... so what have u did to save the world from extreme heating? You turned on air conditioner when ever you felt it's hot. You turn on all lights when ever you felt it's a little dim. You drove your car to reach a 100m away shop. All this are contributing to global warming. Have you ever think about it?

Recently, Obama administration wanted to paint roofs an energy-reflecting white. Brighter color can makes the interior of buildings cooler and reduce the use of air conditioning. This can also reflect the sunlight back and overall reducing the temperature of earth. Of course I believe that for many people, dark color looks elegant. But is that worth if you have to live in a world hot like hell?

Most of us are educated people, especially those who reading this. So since we are aware of the problem, why not join our hands, do at least what we can to save the world? (",)

What you can do at least:
1. Recycling
2. Gardening
3. Minimize the use of air conditioning
4. Use heat reflecting colors
5. Get educated of what to do and not to do to save the world

Hope that we will have a better world to live in... (",)

Super GT 2009 Official Launch

2009-05-24T14:55:00.006+08:00

As marked on my calendar... I went for Super GT 2009 Official Launch at Sunway Pyramid on 23rd May. The weather was so HOT and the event was held outdoor. I guess my skin color much darker after the event.

I reached Sunway Pyramid around 3.15pm. Walked around and start shooting. Although it was very hot, there are a lot of photographers there. Walked around and took some shots on cars:

So those are the cars that I focused. After a while, the Queens started to walk around and posed.

Pity those girls, have to pose under damn hot sun. But they never feel unhappy at all... Keep smiling charmingly in front of the cameras. That is something respectable.

As I'm shooting around... I saw this Red Bull girl... walking around... promoting Less Sugar Red Bull

Tada... I get myself 1 Red Bull! For FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

It was so HOT and Red Bull Saved the Day! Haha... Feel so good after drinking a cold Red Bull. Feel Energetic =P

At around 4 something, Japanese GT Queens appeared. They introduced themselves as Nana and Sana. After intro, they had an autograph session.

That's all about my tired and hot Saturday! (",)

Geng Pecah Cermin

2009-05-23T23:21:00.004+08:00

I'm sure that if you happened to pass by condos or flats with many cars parked along the street, there are a lot of window glass pieces scattered everywhere. I still remember that few months ago... My colleague's car's window was broken by some people and his radio was stolen. Most people was surprised as it was not an expensive radio... just the original radio which comes with the car. And he has to take 1 day leave + spent RM100 to fix the window. If I'm in his shoe, I might think "Why don't I just give you my radio... and you leave my window alone? At least I don't have to spend an extra RM100 to fix the window? =.="

Then, everything was cool until a few weeks ago... I still remember that it was Sunday and I went out until 1 something. When I reached Taman Mulia, I parked my car under the flat residence parking. The next day when I want to go to work... I see this:

The weird thing was... Nothing is lost in my car... Maybe they just break it for fun? =.= Or maybe they want to steal but got people saw them. I spent half day leave + RM80 to fix the window.

So do the authorities aware about this? I can tell you all that the authorities are aware of this. They even have the plate numbers of those "Geng Pecah Cermin". I saw them with my own eyes when I went to the police station. But since they are aware of this, why does more and more cases happens today? If they already have the plate numbers, I don't think it would be a very hard work for them to trace who are the owners (which might be one of the Geng Pecah Cermin), right? Even the media had reported where and when normally the break mirror activities took place. So are the authorities doing their part?

Last few weeks if you noticed, there are a news report saying that the polices was very capable in catching thieves when a minister had been robbed. In the same week also, my friend was being robbed, thieves went into his house, stole all his valuables, but he was not that lucky, having polices help him trace the thieves. Is this the difference between a normal citizen and and the renowned? Is it criminals against us, the normal citizen shall be neglected? What for we paying taxes? Aren't we hoping that government can do their part to look after us?

No matter what will happen to our country, just take care of yourselves and be extra careful. Criminals are rising nowadays. Just hope for the best. And remember... live life to the MAX! Who knows what will happens tommorrow?

From P&S to DSLR

2009-05-22T14:08:00.005+08:00

My experience from P&S to DSLR. I would start from 2008, when I don't even know what is P&S (Point & Shoot) and I never even touch a DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex). I just know that I see a lot of pro holding big camera in events and everyone focused on them. Anyway, that doesn't affect me much as I just need a camera. Until on January 2008 when I decided to go Hat Yai in February 2008 that I think I should buy a camera. So I browse the Lelong.com.my and Casio Exilim caught my eye. And I bought my Casio Exilim EX-Z700 from there. It is a 7.2MP 3X Optical High Speed Digital Camera. I was like "Wah... finally I have a digital camera." and 7.2MP at that moment is already very good. Took a lot of nice pics with that camera. I'm quite into photography... like to shoot around.

I was very satisfied with my P&S, until my 1st company trip to Australia... where many of my colleagues were using DSLR... The result is... cannot fight at all... DSLR wins with no mercy... Compared my photos with them... I felt the photos I took doesn't have any value more than a piece of memory. That was when I start to have interest in DSLR. Then I start to look around, and get advices from Daniel and Tuck Hoh. I also tried to shoot with Ek Wei's α350. Started to get poisoned by DSLR. As suggested by Daniel, I tried to feel the cameras, I went to shops to ask for price and tried to hold and shoot... I've heard a lot of good comments about Nikon and Canon.

One thing I don't like about Nikon is the design comes with a red color part on it's body:

And as for Canon, overall I'm OK with it. But I get attracted by Sony. I like the brand, I like the model name (α Alpha) and I like everything about it. The price for entry level is also quite attractive. I understand that in future when I want to get more add ons, it might cost me more than what I can get with Nikon and Canon, but I still love Sony!

So in the end... this is what I bought:
Sony α300. Took a lot of great photos with it and so far I'm quite satisfied. Hehe. Maybe will look for flash. And looking forward for more trips and events... to make it more worthy...

Nescafe and Risk?

2009-05-21T16:47:00.004+08:00

Recently I have received emails regarding Nescafe. It does caught my attention as I'm a Nescafe fans. The email looks like below:

Beberapa hari lepas saya dikunjungi oleh seorang pelajar lelaki tahun akhir.
Sudah beberapa bulan pelajar ini tidak bertemu dengan saya.
Pelajar ini mengemukakan beberapa masalah kumpulannya untuk diselesaikan oleh saya sebagai seorang penasihat akademiknya.
Alhamdulillah masalah dapat diselesaikan.
Selepas hajat terlaksana, pelajar ini yang saya namakan sebagai Ahmad menukar topik kepada topik kesihatan dirinya.
Beliau mengadukan masalah dirinya.
Beliau dapat merasakan kemerosotan tahap kesihatan dirinya.
Berikut adalah antara tanda-tanda yang dapat dikenalpasati:

Kerap berdebar tidak menentu masa. Kadang-kadang waktu membaca
tiba-tiba jantung / dada berdebar dengan laju.
1. Bila jantung berdebar ini berlaku, ia akan diikuti dengan dahi berpeluh
2. Beliau juga kerap merasakan kesakitan pada dadanya.
3. Sering mencungap dan kadang-kadang kala sewaktu sembahyang pun mencungap..
4. Semakin tidak tahan atau alah dengan panas terik matahari dan jikalau kena panas, badannya akan banyak berpeluh dan tidak selesa.
5. Jikalau tahun lepas, kekerapan simptom-simptom di atas agak jarang namun kebelakangan ini, kekerapan kejadian semakin kerap sehingga satu kali serangan dalam setiap 2/3 hari.
6. Tapak tangannya.semakin basah.

Berdasarkan simptom yang saya perolehi saya terus menyoal tabiat permakanannya.
Selepas mendapat data yang dikehendaki saya pun memberikan penjelasan 'Ahmad, engkau ni walau pun usia masih muda, jantung engkau sudah bermasalah.
Punca masalah engkau ini adalah kerana engkau kerap meminum Nescafe 3 in one.
Nescafe adalah tidak baik dan merosak buah pinggang manakala krimer yang terdapat di dalam campuran ini sangat merosak jantung.
Krimer ini bukan diperbuat dari susu tetapi adalah dibuat dari kelapa sawit (non dairy creamer)'

Selanjutnya saya menasihati Ahmad untuk melakukan perkara berikut untuk merawat jantungnya:

1.Elakkan dari meminum Nescafe yang merosak buah pinggang dan elakkan sama sekali apa jua jenis krimer yang dibuat dari selain susu (non dairy creamer)
2. Elakkan dari mengambil coffee mate kerana ia adalah non dairy creamer
3. Elakkan makan ais krim kerana mengandungi krimmer yang tinggi
4. Elakkan susu pekat manis yang mengandungi krimer dari selain susu.
5. Elakkan memakan sebarang makanan yang mengandungi margarine
6. Elakkan memakan burger, naget, kentang goreng, potato chip dan segala yang sewaktu dengannya
7. Elakkan mandi selepas makan
8. Amalkan amalan: Ambil segenggam kacang hijau, rendam dalam air kira-kira 10 minit,selepas itu rebus asal masak dan bukan rebus sehingga pecah tanpa membubuh garam. Selepas itu buang air rebusan dan makanlah kacang hijau ini dan amalkan amalan ini setiap hari
9. Boleh beli jintan hitam dan makan setiap hari atau pun belilah yang sudah siap diproses atas nama habbatussauda
10. Amalkan makan sayuran pahit seperti kailan, peria, pegaga, daun ubi, pucuk betik, ulam-ulam dsbnya.
11. Kurangkan makan nasi lemak terutama sekali nasi lemak di kedai kerana mereka mencampurkan minyak masak kepada nasi lemak agar nasi lemak ini kelihatan cantik berderai dan tidak melekat.

Kepada yang mulai menghadapi masalah dengan jantungnya atau yang sudah lama bermasalah jantung, bolehlah mengamalkan amalan di atas.
Sekian wassalam wallahuaqlam. _,
'sharing is caring.

For those who doesn't understand Malay, the article was about Nescafe has non dairy creamer which will bring harm to the heart. Of course, as a Nescafe fans, I felt like "what the... ". While Nescafe was actively promoting their products saying that it contains antioxidants that could fight many diseases and free radicals, there comes emails that trying to spoil their image. I can't tell whether this email is a hoax or not. I searched over the internet and the same article were circulating in many blogs and forums. So no one can prove this is true or not. People never thinks before they post and forward. Just like in many email hoax, they think it's true, so they send it to friends. Most of their friends not sure is true or not, then forward to other friends. And in the end... It seems true... but it was a hoax.

Me myself won't believe that much in this email. As a Nescafe fans... I understand that there are certain risks in taking it. As it contains caffeine. And I believe the sugar will also be a threat to our health. But I don't think it is as bad as stated in the email. Some more... why only Nescafe are mentioned instead of other instant coffee as well?

In my other findings, I found the benefits of coffee:

· Reduces the risk of alcoholic cirrhosis
· Decreases risk of type 2 diabetes
· Reduces risk of developing gallstones
· Discourages the development of colon and liver cancer
· Improves cognitive function
· Reduces headache/migraine severity
· Reduces the risk of Parkinson’s disease
· Improves endurance performance in long-duration physical activities
· Reduces the risk of liver damage in people at high risk for liver disease

I will stick to my own... drink moderate... as I believe everything we eat and we drink might have certain risks and benefits. Why worry so much on little tiny things as we might have lots more important stuffs to worry and do? Lets live our life to the MAX!!!

Sunrise and Sunset

2009-05-20T14:39:00.001+08:00

What does sunrise and sunset means to you? Different people has different feelings when they looked at Sunrise and Sunset. Some of them are even "describable"... It was a feeling deep down in your heart... Some feel HOPE, some feel STRENGTH, some feel WARM, some feel ENERGETIC, some feel COOL, what ever words that might describe your feelings. Why does people wake up as early as 4-5am and drive for 2 hours to go to some where they like to watch the sunrise? Or after a whole tiring day of work, rushed to watch the sunset?

For myself, I felt that Sunrise brings HOPE, Sunset brings WARMNEST...
日出带来希望，日落带来温暖. What do you feel when you looked at the photo below?

It is a sunrise photo that I took a few months back. Of course it's hard to determine whether it's sunrise or sunset from the photo. But if you are there... you will feel the cool breeze air... Take a deep breath and you will feel energized, full with HOPE to face the day... I believe that we all faced quite some challenges in our everyday life. When you feel so... take a deep breath and say to yourself "I can face it". Your life will be much better!

Whereas when I face the sunset... I feel WARM... it would be a peaceful night to relax... Hope you all enjoyed the sunrise and sunset at your place too (",)

One Night in Hat Yai

2009-05-19T13:42:00.001+08:00

I'm back to Malaysia from a "What an experience 'luan lai' trip". Called this trip in such way because I went to Hat Yai หาดใหญ่ with some friends, and experienced a lot of thing that YOU might have not experienced before. Ahem... when I say "might" means maybe you experienced before. Hehe. So what I did was I took KTM to Hat Yai... Yeah... KTM. Walao eh... it was a more than 10 hours in KTM trip. But it was really a good experience. This is the train that I took:
and place we sleep:
The best experience in this train was... IT WAS ON FIRE in the morning. The incident happens when everyone was asleep... Suddenly I heard sounds like firecrackers "Pak pak pak pak pak..." so I looked out the window and I saw FIRE! Not long after... the train black out... electricity turned off and found out that it was because water dripping on the wire. Didn't take a picture because still blur that time. The train stopped at Bukit Mertajam for quite long, waiting for the technician to come. A few minutes after the technician came, the train operates as usual... Sweat... We waited for so long and the technician settle it in a few minutes.

After a few hours, the train reached Padang Besar... And we have to change to van to Hat Yai because the KTM people said that they have to fix the train in Malaysia. No choice... Stamp passport and take van to Hat Yai. As soon as we reached Hat Yai... We had a KFC lunch. Prices not much different from the price in Malaysia. But there are more choices of food in Thailand KFC... Not only have fried chickens... They have Shrimp Burger, Roast Chicken Burger, Thai Chicken Rice, etc. But didn't take photo also because too tired and hungry already. Hehe. Since the KFC is in the same building with Robinson Complex, we went into Robinson and walked a while.

After that we took Tuk-tuk to Wat Hat Yai Nai วัดหาดใหญ่ใน... The Reclining Buddha there is very big... Bigger than those I see in Malaysia:
Look into the eyes of the guy in the pic... Erm... He's like very sad... Hahaha... Help him add dialog "Please bless me more as I spent 100 Baht (RM10) on this incense sticks and flower." Haha.
Building nearby:
After that... we went to the famous Fountain Circle วงเวียนน้ำพุ as planned... But when we reached there... It was a really big surprise... The fountain... NO WATER! =.='''
Then we walked to the Clock Tower... another surprise... It was under renovation...
Fountain Circle without water:
Clock Tower under renovation:
Then we head to our hotel and had some rest. We stayed at Golden Crown Hotel. At first we went to Golden Crown Plaza... Then only found out that we went to wrong hotel =.='''. When reached the right hotel, the receptionist requested for our passports. They said will give us after they printed the receipt. So after we bath, we go to take our passports. Then they say can't... must pay deposit for it. The deposit then will be paid back to us in Baht when we check out. Really sweat =.='''. That is the reason I still have Thai Baht after I come back Malaysia now. Conclusion... this is definitely not a good place to stay. Sakura is much better.

Around 4 something... we went for massage at Lee Garden Complex.
It was not bad... But I think Sakura Hotel's is better. Last time when I went to Sakura, they really pressed on the accurrate pressure point... This 1 a bit not accurate. Spended 240 Baht for 1 1/2 hour massage and 20 Baht as tips.
Then we went to Savoey Seafood Restaurant... Had some coconuts, beer, some dishes and Tom Yam Goong there.
Overall the tastes of the food there is quite good. Just that the Tom Yam Goong is not as spicy as expected. Maybe they think we (tourists) can't eat so spicy.
After finished our dinner, we planned to go to Odeon, but it was under renovation. Aiks... Why so many places under renovation??? So no choice... walked around then went into Lee Garden Complex. In there we sit and have some drinks at Anita de Fortay Coffees. The tastes of the drinks is quite nice and it's not too expensive.it only costs about 50-70 Baht / drink.
After that... we went into The Oldest Bookstore in Thailand... Seng Ho Bookstore...
Then we go to Pink Lady Complex to have some fun. We went there to have some drinks and watched some show. Drank some beer + juices only cost us about 310 Baht (RM31).
And of coz we won't miss the Durian/Manggo Glutinous Rice and also the Fried Seafood and Chicken.
The end of the night...

The next day... Went to Kim Yong Market
Aftter finish buying stuffs, we check out and ate duck noodle near the hotel we stayed.
Then we walked to the Clock Tower to take bus to Padang Besar. The bus cost us 40 Baht each. And during the ride, we passed by Hat Yai City Municipality Park. Lucky we didn't go there as we see that all gate was locked. Then we passed by Carrefour, Hospital, University of Prince Songkla, and a few temples.
When reached the Custom, we stamped our passport and we walked to the Malaysia's Custom. Yeah... WALKED. Have you experience walking from Thailand's border to Malaysia's border? Haha... Stamped and back to Malaysia... straight go to KTM station, buy some snacks and food then board the train back to KL.

Yeah... That's all about my One Night in Hat Yai trip... Adios...

EON Service Centre

2009-05-15T15:11:00.000+08:00

7.30am in the morning... it was so hard to get my butt off the bed as I extremely seldom wake up early nowadays. I made a call to Eon Service Center in Chan Sow Lin and confirmed a slot for my car service. It was not long ago since my car window was broken for an unidentified purpose. Yeah... unidentified as it was only the window was broken, no thing was lost. I shall thank god for that. Much luckier than many people out there. It cost me RM80, RM20 cheaper than ordinary people as I get privilege because there was introducer.

I reached Eon Service Center at 8am, where I start writing here. This service centre was the best I ever go... as this is a big service center with all the required equipments. And they follow the procedure, step by step. Sometime, if you don't make appointment before you come, they won't accept you. So better call before you go there. I did my last car service here also, where I see them lift my car up and down a few times, in different bay. And also take out all tyres to check. Maybe because I never see any of my previous service center doing that, I have more confidence in this. But there's one thing you have to take note... that they have a habit of going out "minum teh". I met one the first time I service my car. I saw my car at the same position an hour after I handed my key to them. So I asked a person who looks like a supervisor, then she told me that maybe he went to "minum teh". After that, she called him, and my car get serviced not long after.

This time is much better. The service was started once I handed the key to them. But due to my air conditioner got problem, it takes quite some time to service. That's the morning I spent... ^^

RON95 introduced, RON97 will cost 20 cent more...

2009-05-14T20:06:00.000+08:00

Okay... That was a clever step. Instead of increasing the price of RON97 directly, government finally bring RON95. RON95 will be placed at a price of RM1.75/liter, 5 cent cheaper than RON97 now. But when RON95 launched on 1st Sept... RON97 will be sold at a price of RM2/liter.

There are pros and cons of coz... you will have a chance to enjoy cheaper petrol (although only 5 cent cheaper than what we have now). And we will be pumping lower grade petrol to our beloved machines.

Yeah... Good news and bad news... Anyway... we can't do anything... Just accept our fate. If government announce RM3/liter petrol today (just an example), we still can't do anything... just go out less frequent... and find some part time job lo...

Transformers 2

2009-05-14T11:31:00.000+08:00

I'm sure that there are a lot of Transformers fans out there. Have you watched the trailer? Here it goes if you haven't watch it.

Back in 2007 when Transformers was brought to cinemas... Everyone was so excited. It was a great film. I watched it again few months ago... And I'll make sure myself watch again once more before I watch Transformers 2.

So what is Transformers 2: Revenge of The Fallen all about? If you had watched Transformers, at the end, Decepticons were thrown into the sea. Now... they are coming back for revenge.

In the trailer... I guess got 1 scene catch quite a lot of attentions. The scene where there's a girl on the bike. Haha... There's 1 scene in Transformers that I still remember also... where Megan Fox open Bumblebee's bonnet. I guess you remember that too right?

And guess what... Transformers 3 already get a release date. It would be released on July 1, 2011 according to Variety. That's cool right? We can expect Transformers 3 in 2 years after watching Transformers 2. Hehe...

Dream House

2009-05-13T13:20:00.000+08:00

As I told my friend... I will blog about my Dream House. And here is it... A post about my Dream House. I believe that many people have thought about buying a big house. In fact... That was what I set in mind when I was small. So how about you? How you define your Dream House? I will wait the answer from you OK? You can mail it to me... Hahaha...

So here I will tell mine first. There are not many houses that I've seen before that I have set as a Goal. A few years ago... there was one. But I've lost the photo. In fact... I've also lost it in my memory. That is not very important now... Because I've found a new Dream House. What I target to get now is not a Castle, and not a Penthouse. My Dream House is a villa - like house, single story, and with a swimming pool which I can see from my living room.

Below are some photos of Residence Resort... where the design is something like what I'm looking for...

Day View:
Night View:
OK... Now you have seen my Dream House... But how to get it? If you have read "The Secret"... and believe the Law of Attractions... I guess you know the easiest way is to think of it more often, request it from the universe... and receive. Besides that, I believe all that I'm doing now are leading to my Dream House such as my job, business ideas that I'm generating, my approaches... all that.

"有梦想谁都了不起"... A part of "北京歡迎你" teaches us that we must Dare to Dream. Dream will come true if you stick to it, and do necessary things to achieve it. Hope you can achieve your Dreams too... Good Luck!

30% Luck, 70% Hardwork

2009-05-10T12:12:00.000+08:00

Suddenly one of Shinjuku Incidedent's scene keep playing in mind. The part where they sing the song 30% Luck, 70% Hardwork... Haha... I guess most of the old ones know this song. Me myself (even not the old ones) heard this song couple of times. This formula might be useful to the old days... those 60s, 70s and maybe 80s. But now... this formula no longer enough for us to survive.

I always believe that if you want 100% results, you need to have 120% efforts as the 120% might face some set backs which we estimate it 20%. Combined with the old formula... Tada... The new formula might looks like this: 30% Luck + 70% Hardwork + 20% Brain (Total Up to be 120%) - 20% set backs. There u go... 100% SUCCESS!

If you read this and wish to follow... Don't blame me when this formula don't work. Hehe... it's just a reference. Adios.

Prepare to say bye bye to RM1.80

2009-05-08T11:38:00.000+08:00

" Oil prices climb above US$58 first time in six months "
in the star online today said that U.S. economy is showing sign of recovery. But how does that affects us? Many of us sure have forgotten when the oil price shoots up to RM2.70/liter during 2008, government had set a policy that oil prices will be reviewed regularly according to the market price. And we had been enjoying our RM1.80/liter since 16th Dec 2008 even though all other stuffs' price has increased by more than 40% (and never shows any sign of decreasing). I believe that most of us noticed that a bowl of noodle increased from RM2.80 to like RM4.00. Those were the days...

Cut the crap... So what will happen next? If this time oil price goes up again, will the prices increase again? o.O This will be a nightmare for most of us. So... be prepared friends... Save some money and spend wisely.

Fashion on One 2009

2009-05-07T10:08:00.000+08:00

All started with a sms from an unknown sender on 23rd April. "Dear Alpha users! Sony is holding Alpha Fashion On 1 Challenge in One Utama..." Yeah that is why I began to search what is happening in 1U. This was an event held in 1 Utama Shopping Center from 24th April 2009 - 3rd May 2009. And to my surprise... The 1st event is "Triumph Zero to Sexy". I believe many guys will aim this 1. Haha... But that day... after work... I didn't go... Just go out yum cha and lepak-lepak with colleagues only.

So on 1st of May... Action begins... I reached there at around 2pm. And Voir Gallery already half way to the end. No choice... Wait next brand lo...

There goes Bimba & Lola

The models are pretty right? Hehe... After Bimba & Lola ends... walk around... came across a Bridal booth where there is a small size fashion show. The dresses are from Romantic Bridal. Shots below...

After the show ends... walk around shopping a bit and watched Kitschen show. Kitschen has a lot of nice apparels but too bad... my camera was not ready. Haha... Kept in bag already. Some more nice position for me liao...

After that... wait for Xixili show. Not much place for photogs that time. Some area reserved for their VIPs. And most of the photogs camp there since many hours ago... Haha... Sure lo... Best show of the day...

I just managed to take some shots...

That's all for the fashion show. It was so tired after 8 hours in 1U. After that go yum cha with friends... went out whole day... Hehe... My holiday was worthy

Penang Trip

2009-05-06T23:44:00.000+08:00

Penang... which Malaysians know as a state with lots of big companies and factories. A state where numerous condominiums lies. A state where you can see development projects going on here and there. But how much do you really know it? How many places you have explored? I believe that many of you guys (even those staying in Penang) miss out a lot of nice places. Places close to nature... places that you can relax... and places that you can take great pictures. So now let me share with you all where I had been when I went to Penang a few weeks back.

1st is the Toy Museum... It claimed to be the biggest Toy Museum in the world...

Wow... I'm sure u know this guy... "My precious..." This fella looks so real.
Next...

Yeah... This is my favourite cartoon. Old Master Q... Hehe
Then continue with Butterfly Farm

And...

What about the Burmese Temple
And also Snake Temple
There are a lot more photos that you can browse from my flickr album... Hope that you all enjoy... Don't miss out those nice places in Penang... Also the food... Hehe

P1 W1MAX

2009-05-06T14:04:00.000+08:00

Everyone was talking about broadband... How fast is this one... How reliable is that one... etc. P1 W1MAX catch my eyes when they launched. And I kept myself update about their growth, and feedback. When I went to PC Fair recently, I saw a lot of W1MAX promoters at their booth, promoting the newly launched Wiggy. It was quite attractive. Rm149/month you get yourself a laptop and wireless broadband.

But...

This is what happened to me and some of people out there... "Sorry, there's no coverage for this area." This sentence might sound familiar to some of people same fate with me... Cheers!

As you can see... Every where around my area has coverage. And only mine don't have... Haiz... I'm not thinking of TMNet as I don't need a telephone line... I don't make house calls. And other broadband providers doesn't seem attractive to me. So... no choice... Just wait like since many months ago... Pray pray that they will build a station near me soon...

The number 1. . .

2009-05-06T11:51:00.000+08:00

Yeah... The number 1 post in this blog. I've been wondering why people like to blog. Why write everything out and let people read? And recently, I've been visiting blogs... read a lot of posts. And I learned a lot. Yeah... I agree more on "Sharing is Caring". A lot of useful information we can get from blog posts. And I've been joining more events nowadays... Took a lot of photos. And that makes me more interested in creating a blog and blog them all out. OK... just hope to get more supports from you guys... Adios...