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Job Hunting: The Application, The Wait and The Call and/or Rejection

2011-01-20T11:27:00.001+08:00

1st step once you graduate, other than partying till drop dead and play and play and play, is to go for job hunting! Contributing to the surplus number of the unemployed is not a pretty sight, I admit, but that is what every single graduate have to go through.

Nowadays we are blessed with the advancement of technology and telecommunication. We don't actually need to buy a newspaper and look at the classified section to find a job or pay for an employment agency to help find a suitable job for you. All you need is to hook up to the internet and register as a job seeker under major employment service websites such as JobStreet and Monster. From there, you can start searching for suitable jobs to suit your degree and your interest. Of course when you want to apply for a job you are interested in, you need to prepare your resume and relevant documents, and in some cases, you also need to prepare a cover letter, just as a formality and it will also show how interested you are to get the job. So, with the ease that technology had provided us, there is no reason to start firing up your resume and chocolate coat it with sweet stuff that employers would love to see and then start spamming those emails and online applications!

Of course, that's not all. The worse part is not the application, but the wait. Some employers are gracious enough to reject you outright if they think you are not suitable or they already found a suitable candidate for the job. Some thou, they left you hanging for months after sending you an email stating "under consideration". And if you successfully caught the attention of the employer, congratulations, you are invited to an interview!

I made around 30 applications on JobStreet and around 20 on Monster from July till August and the rate of incoming calls for interview is low. Got invitation to few face to face interviews and bunch of phone interviews which I accepted and also a few which I rejected due to low pay and other limitations like required to own a car and must be able to speak Cantonese (yes I don't speak Cantonese!), during that period of time. In the end thou, the few interviews i accepted, I had to reject due to family issues and I must emphasize here that if you can help it, DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT cancel your interviews. The employer might not accept your reason for not attending the interview and put you under black list. That happened to me, but I had no choice. So, it turned out that I am still, unemployed =/

Kuching Food Trip – 4th July 2010 to 6th July 2010

2011-01-20T11:26:00.000+08:00

Yes, Kuching! The capital city of Sarawak but we are not here for that... we are here because it is also called the City of Food! Cheap and nice kampua, the famous pork and fish sio bee, the yummy open market beef soup noodle, icy cool ABC with belacan meehun and not to forget Kuching Laksa! We indulged ourselves all right, I mean how can we not with the "Kuching Legend" Aaron there doing the food rounds with us?

1st day there, Ian's dad and Aileen was there to fetch us. We had our breakfast 1st, having some of the Kuching Laksa (top right section of the photo above) at a coffee shop behind Cold Storage Green Heights. They said the soya bean drink and teh C is nice there but I didn't get to try those coz I ordered already. Then right after that, we headed back to Ian's house and slept, due to the very uncomfortable bus ride to Kuching.

Then afterwards, Aaron joined us for lunch. Before we went for lunch, Ian's mum made us some dragon fruit yogurt drink to rejuvenate and revive us from our fatigue. It was delicious! This reminds me I need to get a blender when I get my own place... that or a food processor. We went to have Hainan Chicken Rice for lunch that day, forgot what the place is called thou but it is really delicious! Then where else to go after that? Aaron suggested another lunch but of coz we are not as crazy as that lolz. We went to The Spring Mall, it is just behind Ian's house, and went for some window shopping and Sugarbun ice cream. Then during the evening we went for ABC and the famous local delicacy, Belacan Meehun (bottom left section of the photo above). It is a mix of belacan soup, bean sprouts, cucumber, meehun, rojak sauce and cutter-fish. The taste? To die for! For dinner we went to a place that serves korean hot pot and sizzling pan, buffet style. So we had a hell of a dinner eating all the good stuff. After dinner, of coz, comes supper. One of the famous spots for supper in Kuching is the open air market. The beef noodle (top left section of the photo above) and fish sio bee (bottom right section of the photo above) are one of the famous dishes there. The beef noodle serves the soup and bean sprout in a separate bowl from the other ingredients so you have have it wet or dry... or both at the same time. Oh yes, not to forgot, the soya bean drink there is really nice as well! Smooth and thick, like mum used to make. Then, we went for a movie, watched this lame ass movie called "Frozen", which pretty much just showed how everyone died except a girl while sitting on a chairlift on a snowy mountain at night. Yes, I just summarized the whole movie in 1 sentence.

For the 2nd day, charged up and ready for adventure, Ian's dad brought us out for breakfast. Went to a place where we can have EPIC Kuching Laksa, as Ian described. How come it is called epic? Well, it has all the good stuff and then some more... lots of big ass prawns, thick thick laksa gravy, extra meat and veges and spices, all those in an extra serving size bowl! I still fantasize about it when I am writing this sentence... Then went for a walk at the newly opening E-Mall, where they sell mostly computer peripherals and gadgets. Just opened at that time so not many shops open and not much to see. For lunch, we went for something less intimidating, went for SCR (Singapore Chicken Rice) near the mall. Well, I thought it would be less intimidating but it turned out we shared a white broiled 1/2 chicken and a roasted 1/2 chicken plus other side dishes, between the four of us. It was, once again, epicly full. The afternoons are a bit slow so we went yet again, to The Spring Mall for window shopping... and have the Sugarbun ice cream. We had dinner at a place called Courtyard at Tabuan Road, a recommendation from Jnee as she joined us for that day! The food there was nothing short of awesome and the price are quite reasonable for a slightly higher class restaurant. Most of the dishes they served have this mix of Thailand and Chinese cuisine theme, so it was a tad bit spicy. Then afterwards we went to sing K at KBOX Karaoke, The Spring Mall. The rates are quite cheap for weekday nights, RM24++.

Last day at Kuching... all good things have to come to an end. But not without having a nice breakfast first! Once again Ian's dad brought us for breakfast and we went to a nice coffee shop where its design closely resembled those of a very popular francise: Ipoh White Coffee. Food and drinks are much more normal, for a change, lolz. I had Kuching kolok mee with wantan, nothing very special. Then we sent Wu Zhang to the airport. My flight is later in the evening so we got some more time to kill. We had a normal and light lunch, then Aaron and Ian brought me sight-seeing around Kuching while waiting for the time to send me to airport. I had my dinner on the plane, although I must say Air Asia's in flight meal still sux pretty much, or maybe it was coz my expectations were higher since all I had in Kuching was all awesome. It is the City of Food after all!

The HORRIBLE Bus Trip to Kuching – 3rd July 2010 (9.00pm) to 4th July 2010 (9.00am)

2011-01-18T18:24:00.000+08:00

Okay, actually an overnight bus trip to Kuching doesn't warrant its own blog post... unless, it is so damn horrible I am able to rant out a long stream of complaints.

So, we bought our ticket at erm, lets say company "sux", and Ian asked them if the bus is express bus all the way to Kuching. The clerk said yes. Ok, cool, then he asked if the bus for that night is old or new, the clerk said all their buses are new. Orite, that's even cooler. However, we didn't know that we are in for a hell of a ride!

The overall journey by bus will take approximately 12 hours and will take us past a few places on the way. Departing from Bintulu, we will head for Sibu first, then pass a new bridge on the Rejang river into Bintangor territory, then to Sarikei, to Sri Aman, lastly to Kuching. An overnight bus trip would mean we won't see anything on the way in the pitch blackness, so no photos for this blog post as well.

We decided to take an overnight bus trip to Kuching so that we could actually sleep on the bus, all the way to Kuching, so we can start our fun tour ASAP. But it turned out that the bus we were on was an old one. We reached the bus terminal and was deeply disappointed. Their reason? "Sorry boss, the new bus just broke down, had to take out the spare bus." One glance at the old bus... sigh, better be prepared for a not-so-fun ride. Not to discriminate old buses but this 1 really takes the cake away.

For 1, the bus is so noisy! All along the way the bus was groaning, screeching and squeaking non-stop. And as if it is not enough, the road condition all the way to Kuching was so terrible, everywhere got port holes, especially on the way to Sibu. Enough about the bus, lets talk about the interior of the bus. My seat, for example, doesn't recline... So, imagine sitting at a 90-100 degree angle for 12 hours, yeap it was hell. Ian's and Wu Zhang's seats did recline... but they had a trade off of unlimited air-con water drizzling down on them. And and!!! There is this putrid smell which I cannot really put my finger on... until I saw the "store room" compartment in front of me got cockroach coming out from the door cracks. I was like, what the hell!! And that "store room" as the sign reads, is actually a lavatory compartment, but they closed it down... and for good reason. But at least get rid of the smell and please please at least clean it.

So, we arrived exactly 12 hours later, distraught, fatigued and in extreme need of a real sleep. Hell of a way to start a new day.

Wu Zhang and Ian Tan visiting Bintulu – 2nd July 2010 to 3rd July 2010

2011-01-17T15:47:00.001+08:00

Note: 56k friendly post - no photos coz we didn't took any... at all!

After packing everything into my car and said our goodbyes to the pang mian auntie at En Xin Cafe, Wu Zhang, Ian Tan and me, set out from Miri, heading to my home at Bintulu. The car was packed full to the brim, bearing our possessions which we collected for these few years. The drive back to Bintulu was... uneventful, as usual.

Since they are only staying 1 night at Bintulu, we have to fully utilize our time to explore the specialties here. Well, actually there aren't many places we could go here.

We had supper at Ah Kiang's, the fried chicken feet, stir fried clams and stir fried snails are one of the few popular dishes there, so we ordered all of em. The next day we went to Summer Tea, since Ian said he wanted to go look-see, and drank bubble milk tea, which was quite nice actually. Also went to have a stroll at Park City Mall, which yet again, uneventful. Then at the evening we went to the beach to try the famous Ah Pek stall to eat ABC + Milo, which is my favourite spot to have cold and delicious ABC. <--- Actually we slept at my house during that time and we cheat our friend we went to beach! Thanks to Ian for the correction :P

For dinner, we went to a place which me, myself, had never been to as well. Somewhere at Kidurung, there is a famous spot for eating wild animals, like lizards (not the house lizard, those big ones in the forest), turtles, flying fox and fruit bats. We splurged, the food is really nice!

Well, that summarized everything about their trip here... Sorry for the lack of contents and thousand apologies to Ian and Wu Zhang for being such a terrible host >.<

Last Day as a Student in Miri – 1st July 2010

2011-01-17T15:21:00.000+08:00

1st of July 2010 is a big turning point for me. As it marks the last day as a student in my uni-life, the transition from a liability to an asset in the workforce begins, the transition into joining an economic phenomenon known as work-life... or well, to put it more bluntly, being jobless :P

During these full 5 and half years of uni-life at Curtin University, Miri, there are highs and lows both academically and socially which I would like to call achievements. 1st I would like to say that... I FINALLY GRADUATED! And the spoils, a sad piece of paper with my name on it and a degree course name... and a logo and signature, that's about it. Can't imagine I waited on 1 year of foundation and 4 and half years of degree just to get this piece of crap which could be printed on any conventional printer. However, the process of getting the degree is filled with memories.

The last 2 months of my uni-life, I had been cramming on books, journals, software and hardware development for 16 hours per day at the IT Lab just to get my thesis done... God, that was one hell of a time.

Aside those, there are of course other things that I am quite proud of, which is being involved in a few social clubs in the university.

1st of is being a founding board member for Gamerz Club of Curtin for year 2007-2008, then joining the board members for Rotaract Club of Curtin for year 2008-2010, contributing to the Miri community and beyond.

Other than that, there's also the involvement in getting a title for Curtin Prom King 2009, however all credits go to the Emo Kidz for trying so damn hard while I just stand there and getting myself embarrassed... Yes, you guys are the "best" (sarcasm intended).

Among all those, my greatest and fondest find is getting to know my current buddies, bros and sis and some crazies, the Emo Kidz group: Poly, Chan, William, Ian Tan, Ian Chong, Jason (the hostel sleepover dudes), Aaron (a.k.a. Kuching Legend) Lee Hui, Alfred, Wu Zhang, Benny, Ah Hok, Jojo (the crazies and jokers), Ah Wen, Nelly (a.k.a. NEW), Aileen, Tracy, Joanne, Zi Wei (the ladies) and Jnee, Eling and Chloe (the sisters). Here I would like to say: "You all are the best! Thanks for a fulfilling and very happening uni-life!"

The List: Blog Topics

2011-01-17T04:12:00.001+08:00

Okay, I will dedicate this topic only to display a list of blog posts I will commit myself to during these 2 weeks.

The list is really long; I hope I could finish it before Chinese New year!

The List: Blog Topics

Last Day as a Student in Miri – 1^st July 2010
Wu Zhang and Ian Tan visiting Bintulu – 2^nd July 2010 to 3^rd July 2010
The HORRIBLE Bus Trip to Kuching – 3^rd July 2010 (9.00pm) to 4^th July 2010 (9.00am)
Kuching Food Trip – 4^th July 2010 to 6^th July 2010
Job Hunting: The Application, The Wait and The Call and/or Rejection
My Mum's Abnormal Stroke and Heart Condition: The Facts and Happenings – 31^st Aug 2010
Kuching Hospital Trip: Normah Medical Specialist Centre – 5^th Sep 2010 to 13^th Sep 2010
Trip to Perth (Part 1): The Departure Flight – 23^rd Sep 2010
Trip to Perth (Part 2): The Arrival, King's Park and The Convocation + After Party – 24^th Sep 2010 to 26^th Sept 2010
Trip to Perth (Part 3): Perth Royal Show, Swan Valley: Caversham Wildlife Park, Sandboarding – 26^th Sep 2010 – 28^th Sep 2010
Trip to Perth (Part 4): The Road Trip Down South – 29^th Sep 2010 – 3^rd Oct 2010
Trip to Perth (Part 5): Last Few Day at Perth – 3^rd Oct 2010 to 5^th Oct 2010
Year End and New Year Trip to Miri – 30^th Dec 2010 to 4^th Jan 2011
Thoughts for the Year 2010 and Hopes for the Year 2011

So, on average I will need to do one blog post per day starting today. Be sure to check in daily!

The Comeback… Out of boredom!

2011-01-17T03:32:00.002+08:00

Last Post: 27^th May 2010

Today's Date: 17^th Jan 2011

Total Offline days: 235 days

The Verdict: I shouldn't be so lazy :P

Blog Status: Revived

235 days since my last blog post… A lot had happened during these past 8 whooping months, so it had amounted to a humongous number of posts to be written… Damn, that's a really long time!

So, ladies and gentlemen, for now I will present a blog post… a list of blog topics I will be posting for the next few weeks! The actual writing will come soon, so keep your eyes peeled for it.

[ємσ кι∂ 119™] Nelly's Birthday Party!

2010-05-27T19:31:00.009+08:00

Wait...

Wait some more...

Happy Birthday, Nelly!

Well, it's not her Birthday TODAY but it did happen on 8th of May 2010.

Actually planned on giving her a Surprise Birthday Party but... just 2 weeks before that we FAILED to surprise Lee Hui on his Surprise Birthday Party, so obviously it's not gonna work this time, she will be expecting it, lolz.

Feed you guys with a photo of delicious cake 1st
(Photos courtesy of our photographer Wu Zhang)

So we did another Birthday Party Ala Buffet Style... at Grand Palace Hotel.
This is no ordinary buffet, okay! Since it's a Saturday night and it is the 2nd week of the month of May, it is actually a buffet for Mothers' Day!

So if I may, I would like to wish Happy Mothers' Day as well to Mother Nelly, Mother Ah Wen and Mother Fishy, may their children be healthy, strong, smart and as gao lin as their fathers :P

See she smile so sweetly... like honey...

More photos of Nelly and the delicious cake

...because Honey and the Bee mah! A cheerful happy couple

Sweetness to the max! Please don't stare too long, you might get diabetes

Father Lee Hui and Mother Fishy

Jojo and Ianz eating, lol

Ah Wen: 给你死！“爱死你！”
Ah Hok: 哇！痛！

Checking for 爱的痕迹

Mother Ah Wen showing sad face coz Father William is at Sibu

Self pawned! Cannot bite the candles out, haha

Have to bite the seashells 1st, lol

Here comes some caption-less random photos to end this post.
They are so random, I cannot think of meaningful captions for them

Why not good looking guys always think they cannot get pretty girls

2010-05-25T02:51:00.006+08:00

Not my opinion of course. But I saw this topic at Lowyat Forum that I think is too valuable and unique to pass.

The guy was actually rambling about why and how not so good looking guys should not confess to their too-beautiful-to-be-my-girlfriend good friends, based on his experience.

So to protect his identity, I won't post the direct source here. Instead I will summarize his key points:

"When you are just okay looking but have a good friend who you think is too beautiful to be your girlfriend, you are right.

99% of the times beautiful girls can be good friends with not good looking guys because she knows she won't ever fall in love with you and expects you to do the same.

Confess and you will screw up the friendship.

So stop day dreaming, you will never get her. (Lowyat Forum 2010)"

Might be true to some extend, I admit.
I myself feels that way, but I think the guy is wrong when he said he has ABSOLUTELY no chance.

His confession failures are a lot, but simply because he aims for those not so experienced girls, in my opinion.

So, in defense of all other guys and to give himself some hope, I replied this:

"Being handsome is only gonna get girls without much experience.

Experienced girls will know that looks are secondary.

Why?

Coz more experienced girls will know unfaithful/worthless handsome guys are the worst, and faithful ugly-as-hell guys tops them hands down, simple."

I think that my voice should be heard, thus posting this here.

What do you think?

Emo Kidz who graduated and the Graduation Ceremony After Party

2010-05-23T12:13:00.008+08:00

Guess what?

The graduated Emo Kidz girls came back to Miri for their Graduation Ceremony!
It was on 24th of April 2010, same day as Lee Hui's birthday. Venue: Curtin Sarawak Campus

All photos here were "stolen" from the girls' Facebook pages :P

The S.H.E (from left: Yee Ling, Jnee and Chloe)

And also Wai Yen and Tracy!

And of course, since we didn't meet them for quite some time already, have to take some photos with them in their regalia

Us and Tracy (I won't say Felix look very happy here)

Then with Wai Yen

1st photo: The Admin Building "Heron 1" sign

2nd photo: What do you think? (R. Peters 2007)

Lee Hui aka bag hanger

Then after wards we went for Lee Hui's "supposed" surprise birthday party, so we weren't at the Graduation Ceremony. Also no tickets to get us in.

Then right after that...

Yeap! We went to the newly renovated Balcony for Graduation Ceremony After Party!

Was my 1st time there after they renovated and it's much much better than last time! Had lots of fun!

And also took lots of photos

The leng luis

Xin Yii was also there!

A few more photos again

Another one! Still not enough!

Balcony was packed full! We were practically standing on each others' feet and all squeezing together like sardine!

Chloe's mum, auntie and uncle all the way from Guang Zhou! Coolest mum ever! Helped us took photos that night

[ємσ кι∂ 5™] Lee Hui's 23rd Birthday Party!

2010-05-22T23:21:00.018+08:00

"Huh? Another birthday party? So soon?"
I bet that's what most people would say once they read my blog now...
And yeah, it's another birthday party on 24th of April 2010!
And Emo Kidz just LOVE birthday parties!
Time to get high, time to play and time to have fun!

Photos courtesy of Wu Zhang, thanks again!

This time, the event took place at Park City Everly Hotel restaurant... and it's a buffet dinner!
Seriously the place is really nice and we got a good corner spot overlooking the beach and swimming pool.

They arranged a 13 seat-long-table for us, with 12 dark brown chairs for us and one red chair at the head of the table for the star of the evening, Lee Hui!
It was not too packed with people that night, so we didn't need to queue up long to get our food, which is a very big plus to our enjoyment gauge.

The atmosphere was nice with soft music playing at the background, nicely lit up dining hall, good food (they had fresh oysters and grilled mussels!) and a bunch of lively but crazy friends. It cannot get any better than that!

And to top all that... it is much more fun because Lee Hui had no idea at all that we were there!
Fishy made all the arrangements, including booking the table and everything, then told Lee Hui it will just be dinner for both of them.

Well, or so we thought... we were ready to surprise him by coming out of no where, then the receptionist told him: "Hi, your friends are here already."
"What friends?"
-.- Surprise party epic failed...

Well, don't let me bore you any further with words and enjoy the photo plots! (Again, all photos are courtesy of Wu Zhang)

Fast fast hide and light the candles!

Failed surprise... Lee Hui was tipped off by the receptionist >.< The mastermind of the party, Fishy, holding the cake for her boyfriend, so sweet

Pushing in the candles...

Then cake cutting...

Then had to bite the candles out. Emo Kidz's tradition

"Planning to eat the cake or not?"
"No, should be full since is a buffet"
"Ok, then I bu ke qi liaw"
Proceeds to smash face to cake

Lee Hui the clown, lol

Must take group photo 1st b4 he wash the cream off, haha

The cake for "Ha Bi Bi" b4 it was violated

Some random photos taken,

Felix asking for the camera

Our photographer, Wu Zhang

And also side view

I think we were way too loud, thus the table beside us was deserted >.<

The previous week's star, Ah Hok...

...and his alubah session OUTSIDE THE MAIN LOBBY of Park City Everly Hotel

Dinner was just the 1st part of the celebration, next up was

Soho! With Tiger Beer

Chilled beer in a bottle, enjoyment

Posted up for the lolz :P

Birthday Boy with Birthday Hat...

...and his sweetheart, Fishy

Then there is the Waltz

Then there is the Honey and the Bee

Then this one ler.... OPPS! Busted :P

Then comes out the big guns, Flaming Lamborghini

Ready...

And here it is! Tasted a bit like medicine thou

Another group photo with the live band and frens :)

Just some more photos of the sweet couple

Last photo... as we go to another event (will leave this for another entry :D)

[ємσ кι∂ 711] AhHok or a.k.a. Alan Thiam Yeik Hok's 20th Birthday Party!

2010-05-20T22:45:00.009+08:00

Another Emo Kidz member stepping into the realm of adulthood, where the age number starts from 2. He also starts to learn the kinks and crooks of being an adult from ємσ кι∂ 11 and ємσ кι∂ 999, to be a successfully gaolin Emo Kidz member.

The birthday party/dinner was actually on 16th of April 2010 and actual birthday was on 18th April 2010. Venue was at Dynasty Restaurant.

I know, I know this post is WAYYYYYYYY overdue and totally out of sync, but anyways here it is!

Once again, pictures tell a thousand words, so lemme post em pictures and save em typing time.

Just look at how happy is Ah Hok...

Even thou we used his head to crack the red egg, he is still happy

又是苦瓜。。。

Lee Hui and Fishy. See the waiters and waitresses in the background? They served us like kings and queens, awesome service

The food was so good, I cannot stop stuffing my face with full

The shy couple

Birthday Cake!

Emo Kidz tradition, must use teeth to pluck out the candles... after we push the candles deep into the cake of coz!

One big happy family + wz the photographer

Ready... Set... GO!

The remnants of the cake

Well, as usual, we follow up the dinner with another round... of Karaoke at 4 seasons!

The beer girl... Eh, no... That's Elaine :P

Lee Hui not wanting to sing, hahahaha
1st time heard Fishy sing, she has the voice of a mermaid! Just as her name suggests

The photographer of the night was wz, so I credited his photos with a watermark bearing both the blog's name and his name.

Awesome URL blocking at Curtin Sarawak Campus!

2010-05-20T22:35:00.004+08:00

I didn't realized that Curtin Sarawak's ICT department actually selects and BLOCK certain famous peoples' blogs!

And you know what? Cheeserland.com is actually been blocked by the campus's ICT department!
HAHAHAHAHA! Fucked up right?

I bet it was because she used a lot of "fuck"(s), "shit"(s) and "bitch"(s).
Still it's very common in today's world to use those "common language", really a very dumb and old-fashioned way of thinking.

And some more funny shit... they block the use of sending emails! Also cannot use certain forums because we actually upload some stuff to the websites.
Then how are we supposed to email and use forums at campus? STUPID LAR!

Happy Birthday to my housemate, Elaine!

2010-05-20T02:51:00.005+08:00

Yeah, happy 21st Birthday, Elaine!

I will make this a short post, photos are still been processed and should be out in a few days time!

Lots of birthdays in Emo Kidz this few weeks, and I will make a special reappearance in the blogging world just to document and commemorate these special moments... once I get the photos of course!

Stay tuned!

UPDATE: Here is the blog entry on the surprise party and cake war for Elaine on the midnight of 20th May 2010: Elaine's Surprise Birthday Party
It's in Chinese... so for those who needs translation: English Version of Elaine's Surprise Birthday Party

This is also to help promote her new blog! Hehe.

Once you go, I hope you go for good

2010-03-26T13:48:00.003+08:00

No, I am not talking about you, the other you, or the you on the far side.
I am talking about these negative emotions I am having... All will be come to pass, tomorrow, on an airplane.
And I hope that's that. The End.

Winter Solitude

Stopped blogging for a while due to the super addictive Twitter!
It is like a more convenient alternative to blogging, where you just post whatever that comes to your mind at that single instant.
It's actually quite fun! Add me up if you have a twitter account. Or go register one now!

Currently in G3 Computer Lab, freezing, slipping into hypothermia...
I think I can't feel my toes anymore.
If I happen to be missing for a few days, come find my frozen corpse in G3 Computer Lab.

Reunion Dinner & Chinese New Year Part 1

2010-02-15T00:43:00.008+08:00

Hoho! The big day has finally arrived! Happy Tiger Year! Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Before anything else, please allow me to share with you this awesome video:

This video sure brings up the Chinese New Year mood, yes? :P

Okay, enough jokes and let's get going with the Reunion Dinner!

The Reunion Dinner for Chinese New Year happens on the evening before the 1st day of the Chinese New year.
It is a time when all family members from all over the world gather, usually at the grandparents' place, chit chat and catch up on the year's happenings.

Chinese traditional red firecrackers, usually used before the Reunion Dinner

However, for my family, ever since my second uncle died from heart failure, we hadn't had a Reunion Dinner at my grandparents' place.
So, like the previous years, our small family of four make our own Reunion Dinner, here at Bintulu.

Onions, garlic and stuff for cooking

Guess what this is!

My mum in action (of course I helped out)

I helped out my mum in the kitchen during the afternoon. Didn't get to go into action myself as my mum is way too pro already. Just can help accompany my mum, do some dishes and prepare the materials.

Simply love her cooking! Can beat any restaurant in the region!

Called Chang Shou Mian, if direct translation means Long Life Noodle

The spread! I simply love my mum's cooking

The cold dish

Cod fish slice with a dab of extra virgin olive oil, really like this (I teach my mum how to do this 1 :P)

If you haven't guessed what this is yet, this is how it looks when served
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It's Sea Cucumber! A really large one, too! A gift from my dad's friend

Desert was just a simple combination of longan with sea coconut in syrup.
Simple but heavenly!

Will post up part 2 when I got more pics of Chinese New Year here at Bintulu!

Chinese New Year Resolution

2010-02-08T15:37:00.005+08:00

Well, 1st of all I wish to apologize for the 1 week break I took from blogging. Didn't find anything interesting to write about and still waiting for more polls to pool into my poll HERE. If you haven't vote yet, please do!

Chinese New Year is only 5 days away (if you exclude today).
Time flies way too fast! Faster than I wanted it to be, anyway.
Getting older and older already... few more years and I won't be getting Ang Pau anymore; I will be giving out Ang Pau instead!

Chinese New Year deco. My dad bought it from Guang Zhou

Well, finished spring cleaning for most parts of the house already, left the garage and garden area only.
Nearly finished buying all the stuff needed for CNY as well.
This year really don't have much CNY mood at all, maybe it's my age.
Feels only like any normal day... plus cleaning, baking and occasional CNY songs at supermarkets.
And surprisingly, I am not looking towards the annual house visits I usually do with my friends.
In fact, I feel that it's a very tiring tradition.

Some more deco :D

Aside from all those, I am looking forward to meet and hang out with some of my old friends, classmates and relatives who I haven't seen for quite some time.
Chinese New Year brought them all back here to Bintulu, and that's what I like most about CNY.
I know I said about being sinful and consume food in exceeding amounts, but at the same time I am also looking forward to lots of home baked cakes (cheesecakes specifically, mmmm~~), cookies, biscuits and tid-bits. (Okay, there goes my maintained weight. I am gonna return to Miri as a fat block)

Jade twin fish deco. This one had been here for 9 years!

I made my New Year resolution last year HERE and I am proud to say that I had achieved at least 1 of those resolutions already!

So, for this CNY, I am gonna add more resolutions to the list, which I see fit.

The list from New Year:
1. Stop smoking (Going on strong and hopefully will stay that way forever)
2. Stop drinking (Breached already :P, but no harm trying harder, rite?)
3. Stop driving over the speed limit (Except long distance and so far so good)
4. Stop gambling (MOST IMPORTANT! CNY is always the time to gamble and I always lose! Have to hold on tight to this)
5. ~~Do night driving back Miri/Bintulu~~ (Completed!)
6. Graduate from university, convocation at Perth (ongoing)
7. Get a girlfriend (No progress, lol)
8. Get a job (ongoing)
9. Get a dog (ongoing)
10. Continue my blog (ongoing)

For this Chinese New Year gonna add:
1. Go vacation to at least 3 countries outside Asia (So you see, Australia counts as 1, so 2 more)
2. Make lots more new friends (How come I forgot this for my New Year resolution >.<)
3. Try to pick up a sport (Need to keep in shape and at the same time polish my skills in sports)
4. Try to be more cheerful and keep an open mind (I think last year was a gloomy year for me, time for a change :P)
5. Go on fishing trips regularly (once a fortnight would be best :D)

So how's your preparation for CNY?
Do drop me some comments in the chat box (left panel) or in my comment box :D

Cookie Monster!

2010-02-02T20:00:00.006+08:00

Chinese New Year is less than two weeks away now!
Lots to be done before the Big Day, busy as a bee.
Besides the usual spring cleaning (I haven't started yet) and buying lots and lots of CNY stuff, there's also baking!

Lots of yummy photos of yummy cookies here:

After making the dough and shaping, ready to be baked

Can't wait till it's baked

On the cooling tray. Cannot eat straight away coz still sizzling hot and not crispy yet

The final product, Corn Flakes and Chocolate Chip Cookie

I helped my mum in baking all these cookies lor! From measuring to dough, to shaping into size (some might be too big or too small :P), to cooling and to putting them into containers (not to forget testing and tasting).
Baking cookies kinda easy actually, just need a lot of time if you are baking a lot in one go. Mixing the ingredients into dough and shaping them into the appropriate size takes the most time and effort as this is quite repetitive and boring. Not to say cannot even hold anything else since my hands are oily from the butter in the dough.

Baked other types of cookies as well!

Oats and Chocolate Chip Cookies (this one my mum modified from other recipes)

Rock Chocolate Cookie (bought the mixing from a bakery shop, just add butter and egg)

Almond Cookie

Butter Cookie

Made 5 types of cookies in total, only used up 2 mornings.
Welcome to come my house for visiting during Chinese New Year!

P.S.: Been missing from blogging for a week now... coz of Mass Effect 2 and couple of other games, hehe.

1SentenceBlogger want readers' choice!

2010-01-26T21:19:00.010+08:00

I am practically doing nothing at home, thus no happenings...

... and I have no idea what to blog about, no inspiration, writer's block, whatever.

So, I am gonna post a poll here... and YOU, the readers, get to choose which topic you would like to read most on 1SentenceBlogger!
Just please don't ask me to blog on my love life, because I don't have one (No.-insert my age- Valentines Day as a single) or about my career, because I don't have that either.

Every input is highly appreciated and will help me in my blogging =)

Thank you! Arigatou Gozaimasu! Komapsumnida! 谢谢！

1SentenceBlogger just had a facelift!

2010-01-24T00:04:00.004+08:00

Check out the new look I give to the blog!

Took me some time to find the correct colour combination, the perfect background and I even changed the title description.

Also changed the side-bar from right to left, now it looks tidier and my blogger list won't get blocked by over-sized photos and videos.
I increased the width of the main section as well, so I can now post wider videos and bigger photos!
The too-large video was an eye-sore, glad I got that out of the way.

Hadn't touch HTML coding for like nearly forever and it was a bitch playing around with the code, but nonetheless, the results are satisfying.

Gonna design a banner background next. Anyone can volunteer to help me?

I suck big time in Photoshop...

Local Malaysian Green Day

2010-01-22T22:20:00.003+08:00

Heard of the song "Through My Window"?
It was once featured as the background music for TmNet's advertisement, the paper guy one, and was quite famous on radios and MTV channels.

When I first heard it, I seriously thought the song was from an American band, MAYBE even by Green Day themselves.
Their hard rock music, lyrics and I dare say even their voice resembles Green Day's signature all-American loudness and accent.

Well, the band was actually local, from Malaysia, by Malays.
They called themselves Bunkface and produce both English and Malay songs.
Honestly, I am only interested in their English songs and I like these two songs especially:

Through My Window - Bunkface

Prom Queen - Bunkface

Enjoy :)

The bored and the dead

2010-01-21T22:35:00.005+08:00

Everyday is a cycle of repetitive schedule.
Wake up - lunch - sleep - wake up - dinner - web browsing/facebook/blog/game - sleep... it goes on and on without a break.
This boredom practically made me a body of animated dead, a zombie: bored life = dead life
I am already sleeping more than 12 hours per day!

The scenery I am stuck with, every-single-day

Maybe I am just used to the more hectic lifestyle as a under-grad student.
Or maybe I am just waiting for something to happen?

I need a new hobby... or a girlfriend!

Sushi King in Bintulu??? =O

2010-01-18T23:50:00.005+08:00

I went to Park City Mall and saw that beside Junction Food Court, there is a new shop (well, not so new since it was there for around a week already):

"There's Sushi King in Bintulu! ZOMG!!!!!"

Nope, I did not just said that. Not me who said it anyway, but that's what I thought the people who practically FLOODED to Sushi King would say. I mean, look at this photo:

It is really flooded with people! There's a line forming outside the restaurant and it was freaking 10.30am! Wait till it's lunch time...

It is like a new toilet with golden seats and everyone is rushing to sit on it, even if there's a fee you need to pay for just sitting on it. Sushi King is not cheap to dine at, you know.

Damn it! Now there's a shop in Park City Mall which reminds me of Escapade.

Sarcasm Is One Of The Services I Provide

2010-01-17T00:03:00.003+08:00

[SARCASM = 100%]
Today is a glorious day!

Simply glorious and wonderful! I almost thought I woke up in Heaven today.

The day started with a wonderful black sky, brimmed with dark clouds threatening to become a storm anytime.

Then I found out my desktop was attacked by some kind of worm...
At first it won't even load into windows, I nearly made holes on my room's ceiling because I skipped uncontrollably in joy.
After a few dozens tries, windows finally load up. Kept on auto restart and occasional BSOD and was not because of memory module, marvelous! Well, I managed to backup everything necessary (like p*rn and illegally downloaded songs and movies), then did a clean reformat.

Then towards the evening, Streamyx (aka Suxmyx, Screamyx, Crymyx, Slowmyx, whatever you wanna call IT) had in stored a pleasant surprise for me!
Yes, my resident's internet connection crawled to a mere 900+bytes, that is around 4 to 5 times slower than 56k modem.
Another reason to be happy and open a champagne bottle... an empty champagne bottle counts as well, of course.

Of course, the day won't end with just that. My desktop's power supply fan decided to make me happy by spluttering illegible ramblings noise.
Finally feeling so happy and sorry for it, I decided to open the whole power supply, carefully and tenderly tear it apart (voiding the warranty in the process) to get to the fan and oil it.
After I reassemble everything, it still splutter out some loud noise....
So I banged on it a few times, the noise stopped... for now that is.

And then I had to proceed to install all the drivers, programs (download accelerators for p*rn and illegal songs and movies) blah blah blah the whole nine yards.

I just felt that I need to blog about my wonderfully eventful and marvelous day, so I write this entry, for the lulz of it.

The end.
[/SARCASM = 100%]

I think I shed more hair and some white lines are starting to form today.
Man... what a day.

On lighter news:
Current poison - Fifteen by Taylor Swift, What About Now by Westlife

Running out of things to blog about!

2010-01-16T03:17:00.004+08:00

Hm... staying at home is not good at all!
But then Bintulu has nothing exciting outside.
At least at home I have the INTERNET.

Post some random stuff for you guys lar. Nah, here:

At the Curtin cafetria, preparing my formula sheet for an exam

The end result =P (Click for larger view)
Felix actually asked me for my formula sheet, said wanna frame it, lolz
I think i got 3 or 4 more of these, did 1 for every year

Ok, going to bed now, it is freaking 3.25am now *yawns*
Nitez everyone.

Sibu Trip

2010-01-13T19:14:00.005+08:00

Well, I am now back at Bintulu. The trip to Sibu was... wet and moldy =/

It rained all day long at Sibu, not very pleasant

Anyways, I went there mainly to test drive a couple of cars.
Well, actually in the end only test drove one car, since there's no stock for the other one.
Planning to get a new-car, IF I can sell off my now-car. And that is a very big IF.
Hard to sell off a 4 year-old car going for 5 in less than 4 months. Sigh...

Dropped by my grandparents afterward, just to show my face and chit chat.
At dinner, I tried out a new dish, it is a fish actually, deep fried till it is very crispy. The fish was very sweet, very nice texture, but quite expensive as well =/
I think it is called Pari or Piri. No photos, forgot to take >.<

Sibu was uneventful and boring. Mainly cause the trip was spontaneous and I forgotten to bring my laptop adapter. And the Sibu-Bintulu road, was OMG lots of holes! It did not felt like driving, more like playing "dodge-hole" and extremely tiring and bumpy. And I thought Miri-Bintulu road was bad...

This reminds me, there is this saying in Malaysia during "Pak Lah's" reign as Prime Minister: "The number of holes on the road is directly proportional to the number of holes on the PM's face." That was said cause his face had lots of holes, lol! Our current PM has a smooth face, so don't know when those holes on the road will disappear *rolls-eyes*

Had lunch at Selangau today and the dishes was very nice and quite exquisit

The dishes! Guess what those were =P

The coffee shop is just slightly at the left side, opposite of Shell petrol station, corner shop lot.
All the dishes shown above were taken from the wild and not grown/domesticated.

I will do some detailed explanations for my readers from outside Malaysia.

The vege-like dish is called "milian" (I am pretty sure there's a more official name for it), a kind of wild grown vegetation. Mostly found on the Borneo Island and I love the taste of it! It feels crunchy and sweet at the same time.

The blue plate is what the local calls as "Bat-man". It is actually a breed of wild flying squirrels, but not the kind you saw on Discovery Channel, it is much much smaller. The prime part of this dish is the skin, not the meat.

The dish with onions is what we call as "tian-ji" in Mandarin. It is not field chicken, if that's what you were thinking, lol. It tastes like chicken thou, only much sweeter and the meat more tender and elastic. This might sound gross for some of the readers, especially those from metropolitan cities, but "tian-ji" is actually a breed of toads. Yes, toads, not frogs. You can easily find these in some coffee shops on the Borneo Island. Most of these toads are breed locally and had been domesticated, but the one I had today is actually from the wild, something special and hard to find.

The last dish is less gross, haha. It is just wild boar =P
Nonetheless, it is still quite exquisite.

The whole meal consists of dishes which the ingredients were taken from the wild. Not everyday I get to taste these dishes.

Well, that's all from this trip. Till next time!

1SentenceBlogger Hails From Sibu!!!!

2010-01-13T00:48:00.002+08:00

Under a spontaneous decision, I am now at Sibu =P

Drove here in my car, my dad as my passenger on a beautiful Tuesday morning, I arrived here after a mere 2 hours and 10 minutes.

First time in my life I drove here and also first time I drove at Sibu! Lucky enough I did not get lost, lolz. After I drop my dad off at the Sibu Country Golf Club near Sibu Airport road, I made my own way to town, in search of Paramount Hotel. I was actually hoping on my Garmin on my 5800XM, but hell broke lose and jammed my GPS signal >.<
Lucky enough I still reached the hotel, after a few wrong turns and a lucky short cut.

Will be back after a night stay here. Forgotten to bring my laptop adapter and the battery is dying.

Till then, ciaoz.

Random Thoughs, Random Reading During Summer Break

2010-01-11T23:21:00.005+08:00

It's bored here back at my hometown... I mean, I am so bored now, I am literally blogging about what I am thinking!
I was thinking "Hey, since I am free, why don't I blog more, expand my network, get more people to read my blog?"
Problem is... I got nothing to blog about! >.<
No one wants to see me blog about how bored am I, right?

...

Oh, I am blogging about how bored I am right now, lol. Bear with me a bit.

Those close friends who were here for their holidays, most of them had already gone back to their studies. Other friends, working. Plus there aren't many places in Bintulu to hang out anyway. Go Miri? The Emo Kids there are working as well.

Good thing is, save money! Last trip down to Miri really burnt my wallet, pocket and half of my pants.
Also losing quite some weight because no more breakfast or high tea or supper with friends. A good thing.

Well, picked up some of my old hobbies nowadays, like taking long naps and reading.
Not gonna blog about my long naps here, just the reading.

Came across two good books during this summer break:
Let the Right One In, by John Ajvide Lindqvist
and
The Magicians, by Lev Grossman

The book cover for Let the Right One In

Let the Right One In, by John Ajvide Lindqvist, is originally not written in the English language.
The book I read is actually an English translated version, translated from the Swedish language.
The content of the book is so good, it was translated into many other languages. I even saw a Korean version in the bookstore.
Not just that, it was made into a movie as well!
The plot is good, clear and concise, with minor branching from the main story line.
The author manage to put the plot in such a way, there is no dull moment and full of suspense.
However, the overall story lacks description and people theory. The book focus mainly on the plot and story line.
Oh, and the most important part... It is about dark, medieval and vampiric stuff, the stuff I like most in a book.
Not going to say anything bout the story here, go read yourself. Warning thou, not for the faint of heart.

Knowing myself, I am a big fan of vampire stories, thus I simply love this book. I finished nearly all the popular best selling vampire book (including the four Twilight series, finished em last summer break), except the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. The story line by Anne Rice is way too long and the book is as thick as an Amazonian native tree. I think the book actually took up that much wood.

The book cover for The Magicians

Ok, this book is very very unique. It actually combines the worlds from Harry Potter, a bit of Lord of The Rings and Chronicles of Narnia.
The essence of this book, I can say, is the opposite of Let the Right One In.
The plot is messy, confusing and branches out a lot. Those who has short term memory lost simply cannot keep up with the changes in the plot.
However, I consider it a plus for the unique plot set up as at the end of the book, everything falls into place and the author really put a lot of thought to make the irrelevant side-plots turn out important.
Besides that, this book is less narrative and actually more descriptive. Unlike most books, especially Lord of The Rings, which focuses a lot on the environment set up and description, this book actually focuses a lot on each and every character, including those who only appear in a page.
The author describes in minute detail on the personality, mood swings, the thoughts, motives, even the history of every single character. And that, for me is really unique.
Going to try to get Lev Grossman's other book, CODEX. I like his writing style, a lot!

I hope I don't bore you guys with this post. For those who likes reading as much as I do, these two books are highly recommended.

End of Sem Party, Semester 2 2009

2010-01-09T22:38:00.001+08:00

(Okay, this has been sitting in my draft folder, only half-done, for months! Nearly forgotten all about it, so yeah, it is kinda like an super overdue post >.<)

This also served as a farewell party for Joanne Elaine, since she is going to Perth to continue her studies... We will all miss you!!!

As an Emo Kidz tradition, all Emo Kidz after finishing their final exams must do a series of things which is so sacred, the semester just simply cannot end without it:

1. Eat - yeah, eat is a must lar. This year we have Master BBQ Chef, Chippy Chieng on the grill and BBQ stand (yummy chicken wings and his trademarked BBQ three-layered pork) and Mr and Mrs Chien doing the chao-meehun, chao-mian and other dishes.

Chippy Chieng on the grill

Mr and Mrs Chien's cooking

2. Drink - Wait, did I just said drink? When Emo Kidz say 'drink', there is only one meaning... BOOZE!

The Johnny Award goes to... JE!

3. Puke - In full, is puke-your-guts-out... literally. This one I admit I did not complete... coz I skipped this step to step 4.

4. Pass out - If you failed to do this, any standing Emo Kidz will prepare a concoction of 3 or more liquor/alcoholic drinks, to make sure you either pass out straight or return to step 3.

Namely these 3... but some other times we got beer and/or red wine.

Passed out victim... Luckily I was smart enough to pass out in the room, not on the road

5. Hangover - result of step 3 and 4.

We kicked off the party 1st by eating and drinking non-alcoholic drinks and also chit chatting, like at a normal part. The food was awesome, especially the barbecue items and the mee hun!

BBQ chicken wings

The BBQ three-layered pork! I could still taste it in my mouth, it was that awesome

The Chien(g)s prepared so much food, we ate from 7pm to 4am the next day >.<

After all the food and everyone is full, it is all fun and games! Played the D*ck and H*le game and catch the mouse.

All sitting down in a circle, anticipating the unknown

But before the game starts, it is essential to do some warming up to avoid cramps and injuries, so:

We "warmed up", the Emo Kidz way! The one who poured the JD didn't even drink a single drop himself >.> (pussy... pussy... pussy... pussy... pussy...)

The punishment of the game, is of coz, DRINK!

After the games, we all got hot and sweaty due to the alcohol in our system, so the party moved out onto the road:

A makeshift table

Started taking photos

Lots more photos

Zi Wei joined us much much later

Some of us (including me) got so restless, we did some really stupid stuff, lol. We tried to topple Felix's car into the drain in this photo, but obviously we failed, hahaha

The spoils of war for this semester... missing some bottles of Chivas, couple of crates of Heineken and few bottles of fine red wine

(Photos courtesy of Joanne)

Then, just like that, we said our farewells to yet another semester and also to our beloved Joanne T.T
May you study in peace, without us, at Perth.

2010 New Year's Eve

2010-01-07T10:03:00.016+08:00

What is so great about New Year Countdown? Well, nothing beats counting down to the New Year with your close buds and girlfriend/boyfriend (if you have one), after all it is a once in a lifetime thing, 2010 New Year is not gonna repeat itself.

It is also a great chance to say goodbye and finally rid off a completely lousy and fucked up year (pardon my French), well that's for me, and embrace the infinite possibilities a new year can bring. There's actually quite a few things I HOPE can happen in 2010, on the contrary that some actually did not happen or had quite an opposite effect in 2009.

I know for some, especially Jojo, William and Ian C., 2009 is a splendid year and hopefully 2010 will bring equal luck and fortune, if not more.

I had listed out 10 things I wanted to do in 2010:
1. Stop smoking (Occasional breach of this during parties acceptable)
2. Stop drinking (EPIC FAILED! The 1st second of the new year already started drinking, lol)
3. Stop driving over the speed limit (Except long distance. Who the hell is gonna drive 70km/h all the way)
4. Stop gambling (so far so good)
5. Do night driving back Miri/Bintulu (Done and it was nothing short of awesome)
6. Graduate from university, convocation at Perth
7. Get a girlfriend (Same hope every year; got fucked up very badly every year)
8. Get a job
9. Get a dog
10. Continue my blog

Enough of myself... it's time for the party details!

What's better than having the last dinner/supper... at McDonalds!
Seriously, lol, I had my last dinner/supper for 2009 at McDonalds. Let the photos prove it to you.

The 2 Fei Zais

Alfred's camwhoring skillz

After that we went to secure tables and seats at Alfresco... Hell, bloody lot of people! Finding car park took around 20 mins, then loiter around, "wash" eyes and trying all out to wait and find tables. We were there for so long, even had time to take quite a few photos.

Ahemz

So sweet (sweat)! Sweat is an inside joke, don't bother

Then, really no other choice already, we went to Siam Thai Bar. Alfresco, Balcony and Cherry Berries was packed right out to the front door and onto the side walk... and for some reason, they played country rock and some oldies, not really our style.

Thai Bar still the best! Cover charge was expensive thou >.<

Some group photos first

The girls

The guys

The couples
-.^

Er... The "special" kind of couples

The beer table! Didn't order a lot, only 2-3 cans per person

2010 1st group photo

Okay, from this point on the photos are just random and jumbled up, with no actual sequence. Got lazy to rearrange them:

There are lots more photos... but if I upload more this will no longer be a blog but a mini album, lol.

Got back really early that night (for a clubbing night, that is), around 1.30am.
Then next morning woke up early and went for a nice, warm, delicious breakfast at Ho Poh.

The kueh chap is nice!!! My favourite in Miri

New Year gesture by Lee hui

Poor Shirley... she had to work (also got Jackie, he was the photographer)

(Photos courtesy of Chloe, Tracy and Jackie)

Back to Miri Trip (26th Dec 2009 - 1st Jan 2010)

2010-01-06T15:48:00.008+08:00

Trip back to Miri was... repetitive, for nearly everyday since the others are all working >.<
End up me and Chloe went to 3 ice and rojak sessions in a week, omg fat!

Got there in time for my birthday, lol. No need a new post for that thou, since not much happening actually.
But still, a lot better than my 21 other birthdays, where I just celebrate at home =P
We went to New Tanjung Seafood Restaurant (the name got "new" but the restaurant is not new at all).
Let the photos do the talking:

The crowd (also got Jojo, Chloe and Jackie)

The spread

The munchies

The white wine

After dinner we went to MOVIE! Alvin and the Chipmunks 2:

Chloe says Theodore is Jojo in hamster version, lol

(Photos courtesy of Chloe Koo)

The rest of the week was:

Driving to meet the guys for lunch, bringing their girlfriends along

After lunch, we went to The Tea Box for some deserts =P
Then me and the girls go for walk walk, shopping... to make room for...

Ice and Rojak! This shop near Imperial Mall si beh nice de ler

This one was taken beside RHB bank at town... Got many stalls doing Ice and Rojak there.
P.S.: Stall no.10 is the BOMB

On 30th, we went for movie, Sherlock Holmes (nice! 5 stars!). Then chill out at Soho

The new and improved Oreo Milkshake! Damn nice!

Some went for pool

Photo taken from Tracy's Facebook =P

Dunno who so happy coz Tracy is back!

(Photos courtesy of Chloe Koo, again)

Next up: 2010 New Year's Eve

Happy 22nd Birthday to ME!

2009-12-25T23:36:00.003+08:00

It is now 12am... I am alone... at home... in front of my computer typing this entry... too pathetic
>.<

Ok, I lied. I am also drinking some fine 14 year-old chilled Vineyard red wine, smsing and Facebooking. Now not too pathetic, but still pathetic, can be better.

Going Miri in exactly 9 more hours. Will reach Miri before noon. Bowling!!!! Here I come!

Christmas Eve and Christmas at Church 2009

2009-12-25T22:46:00.003+08:00

First off, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Christmas Eve for this year was... eventful, lol. Me and four other girls, so it was totally up to me to secure seats for em. Went through quite a hassle to find a good place to actually chill out and wait for Christmas countdown. Most of the places are so damn full, from as early as 8.30pm! >.<

Ended up we all hogged a few seats at Elaine's cousin's table at MNG. =.='''
Really this year Christmas Eve was so different compared to last few years, where places in Bintulu were actually deserted on Christmas Eve.

Took some pics on the nite, but using friend's camera so have to wait for uploads on facebook =P

Woke up early next morning to prepare to go church! Christmas Mass is like, one of the most important masses in the whole year and I just couldn't miss it.

Eng Kwong Methodist Church, Bintulu

A lot a lot of people today, packed full and had to squeeze together

Again, a lot of people

Time to exchange presents!

Then after that, straight go home, eat, sleep, read blog, write blog, wait for my birthday, the end.

Totally uneventful Christmas, spent at home, sigh.

Christmas Carol near my house 2009

2009-12-25T10:38:00.004+08:00

23rd of December 2009, I went Christmas Caroling at my residential area.

Well, not exactly Christmas Carol, because this year there was no walking around and singing Christmas songs on the road. Instead, we were doing house visits to spread the good news of the Lord's arrival and do a couple of short prayer sessions, to praise the Lord and bless the house and family for their kind hospitality.

At 6.30pm, after a quick dinner, me and my mum went to our church to gather first. It was a good time to talk and mingle around with friends, especially those who came back for the holidays. At exactly 7pm, we all go Christmas Caroling at our respective residential areas.

One of the houses we visit (That's my mum, =P)

After the prayer session, we chill out, eat and drink (The cakes are nice!)

Cute kid!! Very naughty but smart, can understand what we were talking

Now back at the kitchen... THE SPREAD!

Every house that we visited prepared quite a lot of delicious food for us. After that we all went to the 2nd house and ooooohhhhh, the peanut soup si beh nice! Every year go there the aunty sure prepare peanut soup. Too bad no pics from that house, got elders and scare they don't like.

Benson's 23rd Birthday Buffet

2009-12-24T19:56:00.008+08:00

Venue: Imperial Hotel (Palm Terrace Cafe)
Event: Benson's 23rd Birthday Buffet
Date and Time: 7pm 6th of November 2009

Yeah, I know I know... this entry is really really late, like 1 month and 2 weeks late. But still, to honor Benson, this is a must!

Now, the birthday boy! (Photos taken from Joanne =P)

The Birthday Boy

The Emo Kidz (once again, minus a few)

Show some of the photos for the food which I managed to take:

The one in a shot-glass I think is called Lime Cream or something, quite nice if you like lime and sour. The donut was quite special, coz got cheese shredding and some kind of cream(I think made out of milk) and is super yummy!

Sago in syrup, gula Malacca, coconut milk, a dash of whip cream and a sweetened cherry, simply nice!

This actually happened like 3 days before the final exam! Omg omg... But because we all love Benson, we still find time to celebrate this wonderful day, only once per year, really must not miss it eh! The food there was nothing short of amazing, no complaints at all. Ian Tan managed to eat so much roasted lamb, he cannot bite anymore, lolz.

Of course after buffet, still early, only around 9.30pm. The others went for shisha, but I didn't go because really damn scared will fail, have to go back grind my nose on books (or my LCD screen).

PS: I wonder what happened to the cake... Since it was a buffet, we stuffed our stomach and face full of food, there's simply no space left for cake!

Curtin Prom Night 2009 (Stars of Romance, aka Romance of Snack Plate (Benson, 2009))

2009-12-23T00:50:00.014+08:00

(WARNING: This post is supa-not-56k-friendly)

Seriously! I went to 4 Curtin Proms since 2006 till 2009 and this is by far THE WORST PROM NIGHT EVER!
And the worse is, it gets worse and worse each year!

Now... one who did not attend the said event, would ask: WTH? How come got Snack Plate?
Firstly I would like to explain what a Snack Plate is. Refer the photo below and you should know what it is... If you still don't know, you seriously live under a rock!

Snack Plate: Menu from KFC

Ok, back to the event: Curtin Prom Night 2009 (Stars of Romance)

Ugh, the theme of the event is about romance... single guys, like me, and also girls really don't fit in too well with the theme. Either way, I still go with my fellow Emo Kidz since this is the last prom for us!

Anyways... here come the PICs (note that none of these photos are from myself, I don't own a decent enough camera for low light/outdoor shooting)!

The girls in white: Aileen, Chloe, Ah Wen (Ah Hong)

The Couples

The girls in black: Joanne, Zi Wei

The guys: Chippy, William, Benson, Chan, Jojo, Ian, Felix, Ian, ME, Alfred

The guys, again, minus a few

The gang and Pro-Vice Chancellor (I was not in... was the photographer, lol)

The two posers

The three musketeers

Something wrong, lol

Aiyerrrr~~~ So sweat (Lee 2009)

Daphne and Benson

Suspenders O.o

Again, suspenders, lol. Most of us guys wore it to Prom >.< Aiyerr~~~ Another sweet couple, DK and Meat Meat

Magic show?

My old friends since the 1st week of Foundation: Meat Meat, Jackie Chang

Me and Chloe, black and white

Me and Meat Meat

Me and Miss Model (aka Hiok Hiok Hiok Girl) XD

Me and the two Jo's

Me and Zi Wei.... The flash from Benson's cam nearly turn me blind >.< The Prom King and Queen Nomanies

Final result... Beautiful Queen and exactly-opposite-nervous-wrecked-almost-froze-on-stage-guy
I seriously don't know how to dance, wtf... never took lessons coz never thought will be needed, zzz... See the hand position all salah, fail. Big embarrassment, and I have the Emo Kids to thank for that >.>

YEAH!!! AFTER PROM PARTY!!! We all drank a lot and got wild on the dance floor, was fun! Much more fun than Prom.

Seriously... This year's Prom is my last and by far the worst! OMG the food! Wanted to show you how the food looks like but since the photos has been deleted by the photographer, better don't post it here. But you can still refer to the 1st photo above, as reference. Trust me, it wasn't far from the real thing!

Well, more pics... but this time they are from my lousy phone camera at home:

The Invitation Card. They sub this as a entrance ticket as well, kinda creative

Got silver words eh, plus name and also student council chop all in silver, no play play

Don't know what this is called... only got this after being an idiot and stage frightened. So not worth it!
And the Emo Kidz thought got free liqour, WTF!

Well, special thanks to Chloe, Kally, Meat Meat, Jackie, Benson and Joanne for the photos.

Now you guys can see why I was so reluctant to post this blog entry. Wasn't much happening, the event and programs was just so so, if not lower, and the food-SUX-period! Most of those who attended Prom actually went out for second dinner. The Emo Kidz ate a lot of those Snack Plate buns (we asked for a lot more from the waitresses) to last us through the night.

The Hibernating Blogger has AWAKEN!!!!!

2009-12-22T22:51:00.002+08:00

Orite, time to blog blog blog~~~

My short break... ends up much much longer than I had expected! I was like so damn lazy after exam... was sick on the last day and didn't recover till much later (excuse, lol). Slept for like more than 12 hours per day and can reach till 20 hours of sleep in 1 single day. Time to pick up my resolve and put some OMPHs into my blog now!

Now let's see... I did promise the Curtin Prom Night 2009 entry, which so well delayed for quite a few months now, once I return. So next up will be that. Well, better list what I am planning to blog about here before the New Year:

1. Curtin Prom Night 2009 (Stars of Romance, aka Romance of Snack Plate (Benson, 2009))
2. Exam and Result, thoughts and lessons
3. Old and New Friends
4. KL Trip with Family
5. Turning 22nd
6. Christmas Carol 2009 (will happen tomorrow night, 23rd December 2009)
7. Christmas Eve 2009
8. Christmas 2009
9. Back to Miri Trip
10. 2010 New Year's Eve

Look forward to it, k?

1sentenceblogger is taking a self claimed break!

2009-10-22T03:33:00.002+08:00

It is nearing the end of the semester! 2 more teaching weeks, including this one, then that's it, end of my Year 4 Second Semester. Time sure flies...

Well, that's not the point. The point is, I am now spending more time in my studies (ugh, the nightmarish load of assignments!), in myself and also friends, since some are leaving after this semester due to graduation and Perth. So, less time for my blog, to balance it out. That doesn't mean I am abandoning the blog, just taking a break, sort things out and before you know it, I will be back full blast! Remember I still haven't posted the entry for Curtin Prom 2009? 1st thing I will do once I am free is to post that long delayed entry... had been sitting in my draft folder a lil' bit too long.

Until then, cheers, have a good life, keep the night candle running, remember to submit your assignments on time and all the best is exams!

Adios!

Sentence for 18th October 2009

2009-10-19T15:52:00.003+08:00

Sentence: Sleep is the ultimate pleasure... and it's free!

Ugh, pretty much ended up dead on the bed for the whole day, except for a few hours active during the afternoon. I even skipped dinner and slept till 11pm. Winded up having gastric and hell that was painful... Luckily there is a mee stall nearby my house so still managed to get up, wash up and drag my ass over for supper.

And that marks the end of another weekend... 3 more assignments this week, so better start early!

Sentence for 17th October 2009

2009-10-19T02:39:00.006+08:00

Sentence: Eating and spending money are pretty much alike; one open mouth, the other is open wallet (Hii 2009).

For this entry I grabbed a quote from a friend of mine, Shirley. There is some truth behind this: natural instincts to splurge on the unnecessary and can't control what we eat, which pretty much goes into the same category of unable to deny pleasure.

Today is a day for total karma and goodness! It is A Day With PDK! Some of you, especially those not from Miri, might not heard of PDK before. It is a non-government organization (NGO) who specialized in helping mentally challenged children and their parents to overcome their problems, hopefully able to help these special children to be independent and fit into society. If anyone is interested to help them, in Miri, or want to organize any events to help them, please feel free to contact me for more info.

A Day With PDK, an event organized by Rotaract Club of Curtin, Miri. The event OC was Rtr. Chai Wu Zhang, but he wasn't always at the scene since he has to run around making sure everything was in order and also make sure the lunch was prepared and brought to campus. So I was acting OC for the event and accompanied them along with 12 other Rotaractors. Here are some photos me and my brother took:

When we 1st arrived. There were 13 of them and 13 of us, along with 3 teachers from the center.

Curtin Tour and briefing. All these was done with me using English and really choppily improvised Malay Language >.< Luckily Rtr. Aileen Ho was there to help translate, she is actually quite fluent in the Malay Language

This was taken outside the Admin Building

Walking towards the School of Business

A teacher and a PDK member helping

The new Multi Purpose Hall and Delifrance

Taking a break after a long walk

And another break. Vice President Rtr. Felix Lam was on the scene

After the tour, we went to bring the children for a movie at one of our bigger classrooms. The movie on play was Bee Movie, I never watch that before so I also sit back and relaxed while the movie was on play.

After the movie, we brought them for some games: Musical Chairs was the 1st

The two finalists

After that we played The Eagle, the Hen and the Chicks (Rough translation from Mandarin). No photos of these till our OC upload the photos.

After that we had Rtr. Lu Jee teach them (and us) some basic Karate moves

Rtr. Bahahahaha distributing our lunch: McD set meals sponsored by McD. Many thanks to McDonalds, Miri

Happily eating while chatting with each other

After lunch, a group photo, then we sent them off back to PDK

Some of you might notice that not all the PDK children are actually that young. Some of them are actually older than me, but their mentality are still young, like children. The group that came with us are the older group, very obedient and all loves to play. Watch out for Rotaract booths opening around the cafeteria and posters on the notice boards for upcoming events!

Sentence for 16th October 2009

2009-10-17T07:45:00.003+08:00

Sentence: Sometimes men can push the limits... and also the unlimited.

Wow, really a hectic week! Slept at 7.30am, woke up at 10.30am to do my Eng. Management project. Big big project, turns out the report was nearly 80 pages. Printed out till the last few pages, then out of ink. Had to use clumsy blotches of maker pen ink to repair some of the text, ugh. So wish I had a laser printer then...

But hey! That marks the end of my most hectic week! Only 2 more teaching weeks to go till the end of the semester, woohoo~ I am still wondering what I should do during my 3 month summer holiday. I haven't went to find a job yet, but that's most probably what I will do.

A typical Friday. Bowling with the family, dinner out. Then the Emo Kidz, or more like the Chiengs, organized a steamboat party just on Ian Chong's porch. Had fun just doing the normal chatting and some catching ups. It's been a while since the members of the Emo Kidz gathered, due to hectic assignments. Ian Chong slept through the whole party, wtf.

Sentence for 15th October 2009

2009-10-17T07:44:00.002+08:00

Sentence: Hectic!

Well, 1 word can describe everything for this particular day! 3 assignments needed to be passed up the next day! Holy shiet!

Back to grinding the keyboard, chao~

Sentence for 14th October 2009

2009-10-15T01:37:00.006+08:00

Sentence: Now I feel like the world is very small and at the same time not small enough... so small that some things happens so coincidentally it is hilarious; but at the same time it is not small enough as you just can't seem to meet some people.

Went to Bintang Plaza this evening, went to have dinner at Sushi King with some old friends. My bro and his friends tagged along. I still recalled 2 months before, the last time I dine at Sushi King, the service was good, choppy and fast. Even had a chat with the cashier/manager last time and he taught me how to use the points accumulated using my credit card. Cheerful and friendly crew, one of the reasons why I like to dine at Sushi King... and they also speak fluent English.

Two of my favourite dishes at Sushi King

However, my image of Sushi King shattered this time. They replaced the whole crew with locals. The food is still as I recall, but the service really turned my appetite back home. What I experienced about their "new customer service policy" that night:

1. When I arrived, there was no one welcoming me. Wait, let me correct that: There were 3 waitresses standing at the doorway and they greet me with sour faces and nothing else. They didn't ask me how many seats, didn't show me to my seat and what the hell happened to "welcome" in Japanese?

2. Ok, so I serve myself to my seat, fine. Still ok with not being welcomed positively, have my appetite intact and ready to attack the menu. One of the few things I noticed was that when I sat down, they gave me the menu but didn't give me a cup of tea and no saucer for the wasabi and soy sauce. Naturally, I request those items first, then proceed with the menu. I placed my order and my food arrived, but not the cup of tea and saucer. Naturally I requested, again, politely. I ordered two things, but only half came. Why half? Cause the tea came... in a teapot! What the hell! That's when I lost my patience and did the cup sign with my hand and mouth the words out "C-U-P", then the waiter goes "what?" (Do you have any manners lady? Usually people say "Pardon me", especially when you are in the servicing business). I repeated the hand gesture and mouthed the words out. The waitress goes like "Oh~ Cawan, ya?"
WHAT THE HELL!!!!! That's when I gave up on the saucer, I am 1000% sure they have no idea what I was saying in English. So I improvised and used something else as a saucer:

The one of the left is a "saucer", the one on the right is actually a top they use to cover the miso soup bowl, my imporvised saucer

3. At the cashier, I paid using credit card, gather points to be used the next time I go there. Oh my god... Slow! Really really slow! They key in the list slowly and steadily. Come on, you are running a cashier, not a freaking operation! And after I paid, where is the "Thank you" and "come again"? It is as if they want me out and be gone... forever! And the sour faces! At least lighten up when you speak with the customers, ok?

On a lighter note: I did promise photos from my last post, right? Well, here they are, posters from Curtin Career Fair 2009:

Posters/Banners like these can be seen everywhere on campus this week
P.S.: I am actually in the second poster from the right, can you spot me?

Take a good look at the first poster from the right. See anyone familiar? I never knew him as a knowledge user, lol.

Sentence for 13th October 2009

2009-10-14T16:23:00.002+08:00

Sentence: Sending out resumes in a career fair is like giving out free toilet paper.

There is a Career Fair in Curtin University these 2 days, 13-14 October. Saw some people handing out resume after resume (Jojo), some just loiter around, fill in forms and gather brochures (me).

Saw some interesting posters up around campus in conjunction with career fair. Will post some up in the next post.

Sentence for 12th October 2009

2009-10-13T03:34:00.002+08:00

Sentence: No grass on the busy road; No hair on the clever head.

Saw this from a video on Facebook, a student from NTU Electrical Engineering Department wrote this as a joke in a survey form for the lecturer. Completely hilarious! Just search for "Lecture at NTU Singapore".

Today, once again, I skipped my Monday classes. No feeling of guilt, however, and I think all of my friends knows why, haha. Basically the whole day was just smooth sailing, nothing much.

I had dinner with my housemates and my brother later in the evening thou. Went to one of my favourite restaurant called 快可利 (I hope I got the name right...). The place basically serve non-halal food with tonnes of selection of Chinese dishes, from the normal fried noodles menu to steamboat menu. Besides that the drinks are actually really good and really worth it!

My favourite drink! 鲜红毛榴莲冰沙 (Ice Blended Fresh Soursoup Juice)

The greens (Along with egg, tofu, fungus, seaweed, dried tofu and some noodle)

The most important ingredient: Meat! I ordered three-layered pork slices, but there are lots of other choices of meat

Add it all in and it looks like this. Also have some pin mushrooms floating about.

Damn, my mouth watered when I was writing this entry... Till next time!

Sentence for 11th October 2009

2009-10-12T00:15:00.006+08:00

Sentence: 出国吃午餐。

This sentence sounds really cool, considering that we actually went out of the country for lunch, haha. For us it was pretty easy, it only took 10 mins to cross the border into Brunei and another 10 mins drive to our favourite Japanese restaurant, Escapade.

Escapade, Kuala Belait

The food there is to die for! To name some, Layer Sushi, Big Belly Fish, Alaskan Roll and Baby Octopus are highly recommended. There are lots of other delicious food on the menu of course, but didn't really go there often enough to try others out. Ian Tan's favourite is the Salmon Sashimi.

Quite a spread for 4: Me, Alf, Ian and Aileen

Looks like a real train, even have a driver up front, lol.

Escapade Express

Later in the afternoon, we went for a second round of food splurge: Durians! Since it is near the peak of the season, durians are running cheap. We went to Emart and ate some cheap, but nice durians, only RM5 per pop and can run as cheap as RM3 per pop. 7 of us went, had 9 RM5 ones and 1 RM25 ones. The RM5 ones taste better and quite meaty, but the RM25 ones have better texture and have a milder but slightly different taste.

Well, can't just eat and drink full then straight go back home to be a couch potato, right? So we went to campus to have a walk. Some of you might think us crazy and out of our minds but believe me, Curtin's sunset views and evening weather are quite pleasant.

This was actually taken at campus

Beautiful sunset reflection on Curtin Lake

Sentence for 10th October 2009

2009-10-11T01:56:00.006+08:00

Sentence: Woke up this morning and found out my voice wasn't quite right... and I had to sing with the other Rotaract BODs later tonight!

Lost my voice when I woke up this morning... Thanks to the Sichuan Spicy soup I had the previous night at Little China.

Had the honor to take a group photo with the Rotary District Governor, flew in from Malacca, and also with the Dean of Curtin University. I actually woke up late and only in time for the photo session, haha.

Then had a very messed up rehearsal for our group song, Breaking Free. But we had it sorted out anyway. We settled with everyone taking a set of lyrics up to the stage. Will not look nice but is a lot better than nothing.

Then later at night I had to attend the 2nd Joint Installation of the Rotary Family, 2009. I got free tix since I am on of the BOD, so it was ok... at least the food was a gazillion times better than Curtin Prom 2009! And due to short of time, we didn't went on stage to perform! Woots!

Once again sorry for the absence of photos... waiting those to be uploaded and tagged on Facebook. Please check back at a later date.

Some funny stuff happened there. For one, PP William Chien was invited on stage to become a temporary MC and lucky-draw-boy, haha. I don't know if anyone took a photo of him on stage but he wore a simple buttoned t-shirt and shorts, you imaging that yourself.

Then there was this lucky draw tickets, each RM5 and the grand price was an Acer 14 inch laltop, followed by a Acer Netbook, an 8 megapix digicam and other 27 prices. IPP Ian Tan bought 2 tix, 1887 and 1888 for the draw... and ended up 1889 got the digicam. We all laughed at him for being out of luck, including PP William, he in fact laughed the loudest. But little did he know... he was forced to buy 10 tix from Rotary, numbered 2881-2890, that's RM50. When the number was drawn for the Acer Netbook prize, we all waited with batted breath as the number was announced. It was 2... 8... 8... *drum rolls*... 0! He had like number 1-9, meaning 90% chance the netbook could be his. But his luck was right down the gutter and into the sewage tank, the number was 0, the only number 288X which he didn't have. So much for "investing" Rm50, haha.

Sentence for 9th October 2009

2009-10-11T01:41:00.006+08:00

Sentence: Life's like sand, you brush with each other into smaller bits, then combined with other bits to form a whole new you.

Happy birthday to our star of the day: Chloe!

No photos... still waiting :P

We gave a birthday surprise to her by appearing by her doorstep at exactly 12, with cake and everything. Then later at night we went to this place behind Siamese Secret's, called Little China. First time been there and I think the food was just so so, nothing special actually, and it came with a pretty big price tag.

Then we went to see this new movie: Surrogates, by Bruce Willis.

Movie poster!

SPOLER ALERT!!!!

I think the movie, concept and everything is pretty much ok; only ok, but not quite there yet. I do give 6 out of 10 for this movie. The few things which disappoints me is the ending. It pretty much sucked. I mean, the main character gambled billions of life for his own ideal, which is to have everyone become real again and to be able to be with his wife in the flesh. Second is the action! Oh my god, this is the first time a movie with Bruce Willis in it with such minimal action and so much talk.

Somehow quite a few movies this year is a complete disappointment.

Sentence for 8th October 2009

2009-10-09T02:37:00.002+08:00

Sentence: All the things I want to say, all the things I want to do, all the things I want to express, cannot compare to how I feel about you.

Just another day as a student... and a son to my parents.
After class I went straight down to town, just to chit chat and have dinner with my parents. Quite enjoyable, considering I haven't had much intelligent talk with me being alone in my room, with my computer, doing assignments. I didn't even go out much with the Emo Kidz after prom, sigh.

But hey! It is finally weekends again! Woohoo~~! My enormous pile of what-not assignments is slowly diminishing and the thought of no classes for 3 straight days really cheers me up. Even my health is recovering. Wonders of weekends~~

Today, midnight, we did something fun... And it only took 16 minutes, lol. It's Chloe's birthday and we went to gave her a birthday surprise.
Happy Birthday, Chloe!

Sorry, no photos yet... Will upload here once those are available.

Sentence for 7th October 2009

2009-10-08T00:47:00.003+08:00

Sentence: Life is like a flower: we all start out as seeds, need nurturing; then we grew and need to be taken care of in a nursery; then we are transplanted into a pot, our own world and society; then we started to grow bigger, transplanted into a bigger pot; then we produce buds, which needed lots of care or it will fall off; then finally the buds bloom, beautiful yet mysterious, which attracts others to us.

Still sick, not yet recovered, sigh. However the weather was nice, I really did enjoy the thin sunlight against my skin and the cool breeze that brushes on my cheeks. The weather had been hot past few weeks, with occasional rain drops. This is indeed a very relaxing day, perfect to nurse my sickness. Too bad I still have assignments to worry about, which does not help with my recovery at all!

Went to bowling, again, with the Emo Kidz. There is this Bowl All You Can, Rm19.90 and then you can bowl from 9-12pm, only on Wednesdays thou. I can't believe I still went, considering I am still sick and having a headache all the way, ugh. Anyway, had my share of fun. We played 8 rounds in total and there are some pretty awesome scores from our star bowler, Ianzz!!

192 points! Holy shietness! And we thought that was awesome enough for the night, till...

198! Holy shietness didn't even come close! 163 was Ian Tan, and he got turkey from a free strike, lol.

Stay tune, entry on Curtin Prom 2009 will come this Friday, if I can find the time.

Sentence for 6th October 2009

2009-10-06T20:14:00.006+08:00

Sentence: Wow, today was such a short day for me: My day practically started around 7pm, when I am finally fully awake.

Woke up and 1st thing I saw is my email. Got an email from Eling, Mandarin comic strips, I find it quite entertaining (beside the fact that I don't recognize half the words), so I will post it here.

This one is about love life

This one is about secrets

This one is about watching a movie

This one is about how things remind you of people

This one is about life's trials

This one is about being life's servant

This one is about love, again

This one is about life's fulfillment

Sorry with the small pictures. I can't seem to find a way to adjust it to be 'readable'. Anyway, just click on the pictures for a bigger view.

Sentence for 5th October 2009

2009-10-06T00:48:00.002+08:00

Sentence: Laying on the bed, perspiring, tried to get up but it feels as if someone is pinning down on the shoulders, throat felt hoarse and head feeling heavier than the rest of the body... then I realized I am sick.

Woke up today with minor sore throat and a MAJOR headache! Ugh... But then I can't stay in bed forever, got assignments I need to deal with, which makes it even much worse. Hope I can recover soon.

Sentence for 4th October 2009

2009-10-05T00:43:00.003+08:00

Sentence: Pissed off at the fact that when you want something, it never comes; when you don't want it anymore, it comes to you and you have no idea how to get rid of it.

Don't trust the weatherman. Old school joke, but I find it really ironic today. Internet news suggested that Typhoon Parma, which hit Philippines a day before, will hit Borneo Isles during evening-night time. End up there's only roughly 15 mins of very very heavy rain accompanied by strong wind. Like I said: Don't trust the weatherman.

Starting to slack a bit on my blog nowadays. Entries made are now late by one day at least. I will try to motivate myself and keep this going on.

Sentence for 3rd October 2009

2009-10-04T14:30:00.005+08:00

Sentence: Mooncake Festival... and I didn't even saw the moon, totally forgotten about it!

Last night's Curtin Prom Night was a blast (aside from the food... and program)! And the After Prom Party is even better! Many things happened and deserves a whole post just for it, plus I am still waiting for all the photos to go up on Facebook.

This year's Mooncake Festival was not as eventful as couple of years ago. We used to have our own barbecue, then walk around Senadin area with "tanglung" in our hands, the whole bunch. This year, we had a modest dinner at Lu Bin Tang, some went for a romantic dinner at some Korean Restaurant (someone, I am not gonna say who). Then we went to visit this Mooncake Festival Fiesta/Stalls in Campus:

Sorry, no photos since the Emo Kidz photographer, Joanne, was not on scene.

Then the whole bunch went to Ian's house for mahjong. Overall it is an uneventful Mooncake Festival, just another day with the Emo Kidz.

Sentence for 2nd October 2009

2009-10-03T10:17:00.005+08:00

Sentence: Mood swings are like a traffic light: when it's green, you PARTY; when it's yellow, you go emo; when it's red, you go like "RAWR" just like in GodGame Mahjong. :P

At any rate, my mood is in the RED zone for today.

Was rushing my Engineering Management assignment since last night. Then I went to Lutong with Xiao Li, Ai Ling, Annie, David and Jinno. Man, going there reminds me of how often I get to taste the delicious char kueh tiao + egg and the wantan soup... after going to Thai Bar with the Emo Kidz. We don't do that anymore thou :(

After our so-called breakfast, I had to work on the assignment again. Didn't get any sleep until like 6 something. Then I had to woke up around 9.30 to prepare for class, only to find out that class got canceled! Waking up early by alarm for no particular reason really is a bummer.

Then I had to go for Rotaract Installation Night rehearsal at campus. Went there quite late since I had to pass up my assignments and find some lecturers. We will be doing a performance, group singing, during that night and this is the song we will be singing:

Then right after that, I went back home to have some shut-eyes so I am well and prepared for... Curtin Prom Night 2009 and the After Party! More on those after I get back. Hopefully the food is better than last year's.

P.S.: I can't believe I saved and forgotten to publish this post yesterday...

Sentence for 1st October 2009

2009-10-01T19:40:00.005+08:00

Sentence: There is a foreboding moon tonight, with a rainbow ring around it, half-covered in clouds with some stars around it... Simply beautiful.

Moon is nearly round tonight, it is near towards Mooncake Festival already!

P.S.: My cat is outside enjoying the moon right now, he is a romantic dude.

Sorry, using XM5800 for this shot, can't see the stars and rainbow ring :(

Tomorrow is the long awaited Curtin Prom Night, themed Stars of Romance and Elegance (sucky theme, I know). Went for shopping with the guys, bought suspenders and bow tie, then follow them to the barbers. The shopping was so last minute, while I am typing this right now, they are still at town hunting shirts and slacks, lol.

I am planning to go with black collared long sleeve t-shirt with red suspender and slightly marooned-red bow tie and coat. Hopefully it will turn out nice. Not expecting something spectacular, just nice is good enough for me.

2 more days till my dad's birthday. Don't have a single idea what to get him this year. He got everything, so it is quite hard to choose a present. Any suggestions?

Sentence for 30th September 2009

2009-09-30T18:11:00.003+08:00

Sentence: Whatever you do, think or even hear, it is all up to yourself to decide what meaning it brings... Let not others influence that.

Today's blog would be dedicated for my cat, Mimi:

Yeah, that's him!

Found him inside Elaine's car early morning, March 19. 1st I heard a cat's cry, and I didn't heed it, probably a stray cat. But then, it kept on crying for like an hour so I felt like I had to check it out. End up there is a white stray cat under the hood! Then Elaine said: "Lets keep the cat!", I just agreed.

Roughly 2 weeks after we brought him in.

2 months after that, he is so fat, you cant even see the bright red collar in this pic.

Ever since then, he has been with us. The 1st week was hectic! At first, we did not prepare a litter bin for him, since we haven't bought one yet. Elaine's bed was the 1st poop site. While I was laughing my ass off, my bed became the 2nd poop site =.=||| And to make things worse, cats have a natural tendency to have diarrhea when they are in shock. Mimi was no other. Then we straight went to buy a litter bin and collar for it, not wanting him excreting anywhere and everywhere. Luckily we don't need to train him to use the litter bin, but his watery poop is still a problem, we need to constantly check the litter bin and wash it off.

6 months plus has passed. Now this stray cat with just normal white fur became like this:

Yeah, he is now so damn fat, he weights 5kg! At least his fur became silky smooth... need to put him on diet sooner or later.

Now most of you might wonder what we fed him to get him till this fat. One of my housemate, Xiao Li (aka Big Housefly), brought him back home for semester break. The neighbor's kids kept on giving him treats, transforming him into a modern couch potato cat. Now all he does is eat, drink and sleep...

P.S.: Elaine was the one who suggested the name, so don't ask me how come a male cat has a girly name. I prefered the name Zhu Zhu (Pig Pig) thou.

Sentence for 29th September 2009

2009-09-29T17:36:00.005+08:00

Sentence: When it rains, it rains down... HARD! And to make things worse, lets add a strong wind to it.

No, I am not talking about Thyphoon Ondoy in Phillipines and definitely not the weird sudden downpour + strong wind we are experiencing these days.

I am talking about problems with my computer! Last week I had hackers hacking into my Facebook and Hotmail account... Last night my primary HDD and graphics card suddenly stalled and crashed, even after rebooting a few times doesn't help, so I rewired the data and power cables... As if those were not enough, this morning I was greeting with my Firefox unable to load Facebook applications! After trying to fix it for 4 hours, including trying on Google Chrome (failed miserably), I finally gave up and reverted back to using IE8, which I utterly hate! Ugh~~~!!!!

And to add some spice to things, my cat have diarrhea , which makes things even worse. Will post some pics of my cat at a later date.

Sentence for 28th September 2009

2009-09-28T12:57:00.004+08:00

Sentence: I hate hackers!

My Facebook account was hacked... TWICE! And the language changed to Arabic, so I could not do anything about it. Took me 1 whole hour to reorganize my Facebook profile and stuff. Luckily nothing was taken/sent/deleted.

As if it is not worse enough, my Hotmail got hacked afterward, making it impossible to retrieve my Facebook password without it. Luckily I was able to retrieve my Hotmail password via an old an unused alternate email, which miraculously still active. Otherwise I will be in very deep shit... Msn contacts gone, important emails/files gone and have to change email address!

I suspect these accounts were hacked via Mozilla Firefox cache files, since accounts using IE8 to access is still safe and secure. I reinstalled Mozilla Firefox and did a clean sweep to get rid of all cache faults, hoping this won't happen ever again.

Here is how my Facebook look like in Arabic:

P.S.: Don't ever try this! I won't be held responsible if you are unable to change it back! Lol.

Sentence for 27th September 2009

2009-09-27T20:53:00.003+08:00

1st, updates from the week:
At Bintulu from 20-24 September
Then 24th afternoon got into a minor car accident... No photos since only side mirror need to be replaced.

Then 25th, I will let photos do the talking (V is me, btw):

Round 2 of 5 V^.^=

Round 4 of 5 w00t w00t!

So in a nutshell, 1 sentence:
This whole week, my life is like a roller coaster: you don't know when you will go up-ramp, when you will go down ramp.

Sentence for 17th September 2009

2009-09-17T02:11:00.001+08:00

Finally I can update my blog!!!!
Since I am having my exam in exactly 12 hours, I will go straight to the content.

The world doesn't revolve around you; it revolve around what you do.

Sentence for 15th August 2009

2009-08-15T01:31:00.002+08:00

Wow, 10 days without an update! Been sick of the smoke, some assignments, movie and bowling night outs, mousehunting, etc etc. Nothing much happening.

Ok, up to business:
They say there is always a calm after a storm; true, but there is no guarantee the calm will last long.

Sentence for 5th August 2009

2009-08-05T15:55:00.002+08:00

Lots of people started to fall sick lately, including myself, and the culprit is... (see photo below)

Yes! Bush fire (Disclaimer: Photo is for illustration purposes only)

Sentence for 4th August 2009

2009-08-04T03:59:00.002+08:00

Looking up the sky tonight,
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have the wish, I wish tonight!

A beautiful starry night, feels like the stars could grant any wish.

Sentence for 3rd August 2009

2009-08-04T03:56:00.002+08:00

Went for birthday celebration, then went for bowling, super duper fun and I scored high!

142 points!

Sentence for 2nd August 2009

2009-08-03T01:13:00.003+08:00

They say fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me; how about fooled for the 3rd time, but still have feelings for that special someone?

Sentence for 1st August 2009

2009-08-03T01:04:00.004+08:00

Life is actually very very simple, but we, ourselves, with the help of others, managed to make it very complicated for each other.

Who the hell put those signs up?

Sentence for 31st July 2009

2009-08-03T01:02:00.000+08:00

End of the month, accomplished nothing, still single, still spending parents' money, still have no grasp of my life.

Sentence for 30th July 2009

2009-07-31T18:59:00.002+08:00

Seeing those flowers, with the butterflies flying around and lush green grass on the other side, makes me wish I am on the other side.

Yeah, it looks pretty and perfect; the exact opposite of the state of my life.

Sentence for 29th July 2009

2009-07-30T20:22:00.000+08:00

Played badminton again today, suddenly feel like I am seriously out of shape!

Sentence for 28th July 2009

2009-07-29T00:00:00.002+08:00

Every single sport, there is a goal; however, my life lacks a clear goal, I still can't see it clearly yet.

Sentence for 27th July 2009

2009-07-27T23:57:00.004+08:00

RANT: Just realised I have a very high marginal chance I might fail my Microprocessor 401... *stress* *stress* /RANT

Chocolate heals a broken heart, vitamin C heals flu and a cast heals broken bone... but nothing beats how a good friend and a warm hug heals up everything.

Wish there is someone here

Sentence for 26th July 2009

2009-07-27T23:53:00.002+08:00

Just one thing I wish to say today... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy 20th Birthday, Kitty :)

The sentence for 25th July 2009

2009-07-26T02:18:00.002+08:00

Sometimes you never know what's coming till it hits you straight in the face, but sometimes you expected things to happen and it never did.

Life is cruel and painful, eh?

Sentence for 24th July 2009 (Rushing last day supplementary assignment)

2009-07-24T13:58:00.003+08:00

Lost, Forgotten and Confused: Lost my soul, Forgotten my life, Confused if I am alive or not.

I feel like I am laying right inside there... waiting to be buried

Sentence for 23rd July 2009... damn tired, spent 6 hours at campus

2009-07-23T18:13:00.002+08:00

The putrid smell, mushy and gooey sensation, the nausea feeling... OATS really really sux!

Yes, this one, this brand, this colour! Ugh!

Sentence for 22nd July 2009

2009-07-22T05:44:00.004+08:00

Gosh, nearly 6am in the morning and can't even get a few winks in... I will look terrible in the morning *shrugs*
Might be because things are different around now, especially after yesterday :( oh, and also my supplementary lab report I need to worry about

Well, sentence of the day would be:
Some Love is like Life itself: When it is far away, you chase it... but when it is within arm's reach, you just don't care; Some are just meant to be.

Sentence for 21st July 2009

2009-07-22T00:51:00.000+08:00

Since I am born, I have always been waiting, but is there actually a meaning in waiting?

Well, lets get things started! Sentence for 20th July 2009 is...

2009-07-21T00:01:00.000+08:00

Fresh like a water lily in the morning, too bad it will still wither 3 days later.

EDIT: I forgot to make an intro for this blog! Dang~...
Common intro quickie would be why, when, where, who and what. So, here I go!

1. Why?
Since I am ALWAYS changing my msn comment, like every single day, with snetences that describes my feelings of the day, my mood for that moment, my plans for the day or maybe just a summary for my day. So, rather than writting and forgetting each comment I made, wouldn't it just be better to record it down, blog style? So here it is, my blog :)

2. When?
2 or 3 days ago, my friends suddenly talked bout the blogs they are keeping, how much time it took just to find suitable comments on each photos, etc etc. Then I said: I don't write blogs, I only read them... Yeah, I am a blog reader. I read blogs every single day.
While I was seeping my ice cold chinese teh peng, suddenly I thought about a one sentence blog... That's when all these started!

3. Where?
Where I update my blog? Essentially anywhere! Ever since I bought my 5800 XpressMusic, I had been online on Facebook, Mousehunt and reading blogs, as long as there is a free wireless service.

4. Who?
Who inspired me to write this blog? The answer is, my friends :) Some of the Emo Kidz members started keeping blogs since last few months, some revived their dead blogs and some had been writting ever since. So, I joined the gang.

5. What?
What is the blog about, you ask me? A sentence to describe my day :) It can be my mood, feeling, plans or summary for the day.

That's all, 1st entry and more to come!