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Thursday, January 31, 2008

double damn

Damn!!! Home network down, forced to come in to office alone

Tonight is the last sprint for the completion of one of the project, hope it does complete :) Ganbatte kudasai!!!

And sorry for not able to update the blog so frequently, know that many of you come in but found no update. Promise will write more when projects completed, k?

In case I forgot, Happy CNY in advance :)

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

yesssss

Light At The End Of The Tunnel, by DAN CHUSID

Finally!!! I see some light ahead of the tunnel :)

Cross my finger and hope the design can pass through the flow without any glitches now *_*

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Monday, January 28, 2008

tense

sob... sob...
12midnight, alone in office...
still stuck @ the "one" & only issue...
summoned many helps, but no avail...
while the dateline has been almost a week due :(
arghhh...

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Sunday, January 27, 2008

aya's diary

"dont rush... dont force it... dont give up... because all of us are walking together step by step"

"is not that im the only one in pain. Either people who understand or dont understand, both are actually in pity situation"

"using a pollinated stem to describe my life. At the very early stage, i want to appreciate it without any regret"

"mum, in my heart, you always believe in me. From now on, i will always need your help. Sorry for always have to make you worry"

"why the dreaded sickness chosen me? I find it hard to accept this as destined."

"what is the reason to live on?"

"I want to invent a time machine to go back in time"

"If i was not sick, i can fall in love, without holding back"

"I really want to hold on to a person"

"I wont say again that i cant go back in time. I want to accept who i am right now, accept the situation i am in now and live on"

"although i was hurted by the unintentional gesture, I still know that people around me still care for me"

"therefore i would like to stay here a bit longer, because this is where i belong to"

"even if you fall down, it is still ok. Because all you need to do is to stand up again."

"when you fell down, take the chance to look up at the clear blue sky. The sky dont have limit, smiling with you gently"

"people cant always live in the past. As long as you live the current moment, it is good enough."

"mum... can i... really get married one day?"

"Im still alive..."



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Saturday, January 26, 2008

Charity Through Sports

Is Saturday, but still have to wake up earlier than normal working day. I didnt go to work today actually, so where did I go???

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I went play basketball for charity @ Methodist Boy School, and I would say that I had a really really great time :)

It really felt different stepping back to school compound again after so many years. Apart from felt undeniably old, it brings back many wonderful time in school, and remind of myself how different I am today.

Walking through the classrooms, felt like wanting to sit on the wooden chair & table and make a fool of myself. Anyhow, the size of the chair and table seems awfully smaller, probably I have out grown myself physically but my mind about the past still remain the same.

There are students in the classroom organizing their society's weekly event. There are Science Society, Art Society, History Society ... bla bla bla... And there is this class-packed Chinese Society. Seems like Chinese Society is still the popular choice.

There are students who empty chatted away at free time in the classroom too, talking about anything. Nothing worries them, probably except study pressure and some puppy love thingy, just plain speculating :)

Buying a big bowl of curry mee, or a plate of mee goreng with many ingredients, or a plate of nasi goreng with 2 dishes, and it only cost you RM2 for each plate/bowl. Indeed sound cheap. But ensuing deep thought has remind me of how far different i am since i left school. RM2 may sound cheap to most of working people like us, but for many school children, it is a lot since they dont have income. I remember the time that i have to ration my daily allowance for mee and for junk food. If i want to buy a Tora or mamee i would have to save for them. And if i were to be treated a luxury meal like McD or KFC those days, i will be very very very very happy. The word to be used to describe all these is "appreciate". As of today, I took meals in cafe, McD and KFC are within reaching distance and budget. Really a quantum leap. While I get a mouthful of food everyday now, sometimes I have lost the sense of appreciate. Today's outing remind me of that. Life is like that, need things/events/friends to give you a nudge occasionally to stay true to yourself.

There is this one student who leave an impression to me today. No No No No... Dont get me wrong. It is not about things like love at first sight lar! But is about the character that I see in this student. She is a PBSM (Red Crescent Society) member. She is not tall. She seems to have some problem walking naturally, probably some bone structure deformation. She carries a quite big backpack, with a bottle of water and a first aid kit box. She eat alone (but she is a big eater, she ate a big bowl of curry mee, yet still chewing some biscuits later), walk alone and generally is alone all the time, yet she smile happily. Then i was thinking, why she is always not with the other PBSM member? Is she choose not to or the other choose not to? Popular or unpopular is still the discrimination trend among student i guess.

Anyhow, back to her. At one time, she was like having to carry an empty thermos bucket half the size of her across the field after the event. All the other members has left but she is still around to help the school teacher clearing the mess under the hot sun. At time she even drag the bucket on the field, with her backpack and bottle of water. Seeing this, I hesitated to help or not to help. By the time I pulled out the car key from the ignition (I was going back at that time), she already half way through the field. At the end, I didnt help. You know why i hesitated? Have you ever thought of if you ever help someone handicapped, sometimes (but rarely) it is an insult to them, because some would think that you think they could not even do a simple thing like that. This is the rare case, but i did encounter that before. Sometimes it is better to watch them working hard and putting effort towards their tasks, and give encouragement/praise in the process :) I am sure you might agree with me that she is a hardworking person that doesnt scare of hardship, even at this young. This is the character that I see.

Write so much, still havent touch about the basketball game. Gomen na! :)

10 teams were invited to the Charity Basketball game, but only 8 teams turns up with most teams have just enough a team players. Well, not that I want to brag, but our team is the most experienced/old team. The other experienced team was Dalat (an international school), didnt turn up because they went down KL for another tournament. We won a lot actually from the beginning till the end, but sometimes i do felt that i take no pride winning over the students. Then again, seeing the students played, remind me of the time when i just started to play basketball. I am as clumpsy and as inexperienced. Althought many of them felt helpless against our team, but I could see their burning desire to improve and play better. I am sure if they really put a lot of effort and with the right coaching, they will become good players too. And most importantly, enjoy the process of growing up together, happy or sad, in the basketball team.

Had a short conversation with some students, mostly players, and the most popular question they will ask is "where are you from?" :)

Ok, kodak moment of the great time today.

The morning greeted us with a beautiful sky @ MBS.

the lovely husband and wife :)

The Jit Sin Legendary Basketball player of all time - "zhang jie"

I am really sure that @ that very moment, I got enlightenment about "7118". 4D 4D, anybody?
As usual, my friend still like to play a fool around :)
CY @ free-throw line
My friend was paiseh enough that fail to give flower the the girl


The charity-bought flower and the medal of good times 01262008

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Friday, January 25, 2008

to ponder

fall sick is not an unfortunate thing ~~~ just an inconvenient thing only ~~~

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

wondering version2

Friendly Reminder: Before you read this, you're really really really encouraged to follow the following instruction, so that you could get the best effects, k? Cheers :)


Imagine that on a very very one fine day,
you are taking a stroll in the beautiful New York Central Park,
you know... like the one in the movie Enchanted,
where there are some cute cute tiny litty cartoon characters in it,
and everything seems very very lively,
with people singing singing here and there,
and everything seems soooo nice and wonderfullll...
you get the picture, right?

Then your got an sms, and you take a look on the screen,
aww... is from someone lovely in your life,
with that cute cute photo on the screen.
And then you open the message and it read like this...

"Wouldnt it be really really nice that if you stare at the cute cute tiny litty problem long enough, the cute cute harmless litty problem will goes away by itself?!"


*_* WHAT THE HECK AM I DOING AGAIN??? Gotta back to work :p

beep... beep beep...beep beep beep beep...
SOS!!! Anybody out there???

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Monday, January 21, 2008

wondering

Have you ever thought of things like...

If you stare @ a problem long enough, the problem would eventually resolved by itself?

Daa... I have been plagued with the same techincal problem @ work for days, and I have been staring at it days and nights, but still going round circles...

Sigh... dateline is this Thursday...

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Sunday, January 20, 2008

table

As technology gadgets evolves and becoming ubiquitous, there is no more dining table, drawing table, magazine table, study table, make-up table et cetera et cetera...

The special function tables purpose has been blurred, and essentially merge becoming one name, which is just a "table". So, what the fuss? Where ever you can put your laptop on, type away through the virtual world.

And I would like to present to you, the best trendy multi-function table of today's modern living...

It's affordable, foldable, light-weight, comes with an iron as accessory, and I heard that my friend even eat his maggi mee on this table too :) Sorry Beng, hope you dont mind :p

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blog from office

Since i spent so much time at work these days, what else i can blog about beside work???

Well, fear not. I found a way to do so, and it doesnt take much time also, hehehe...
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Photos can tell a lot, dont you agree? :)

office front-desk
I am junkies these days
Breakfast treat from boss
Probably how i look like after being junkies for months *_*
My new "pet" for CNY
To watch in CNY if too free, see can flush a litre of tears or not
Sea view from my cub :)

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

focus night


:) this my dinner at office today.
Been working days and nights rushing toward datelines.
But occasionally having sumptuous meal like this, and being paid for is really an enjoyment ^_^

However, I took the photos after I took a bite and finished the fries, because i was damn hungry :p
see the actual disaster in the box, haha :)


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Saturday, January 12, 2008

drifting

As morning still fresh in my mind, now is almost the middle of the night.
As I was attending a wedding reception this evening at 7pm, suddenly it was almost 10pm and serving the last dish.
Felt as if like when you get too busy, time felt as if drifting pass you too fast.

Recently has been burrying myself in work. Therefore, my blog posting started to sslooowww... down. Even if i do post, it will be all about work & technical stuffs, dont want to go into too detail until readers fall asleep.

And because my recent life is all about work, whenever there is occasion like a wedding dinner, like the one this evening where Edwin & Sarah held a reception at Evergreen Hotel near Gurney, where many friends and ex-colleagues will be there, I will certainly feel excited about it :)

Seen many familiar face there, chatted a while and took some photos too :)

The Prince & Princess



Sweet Couple #1
Me playing creative... Sweet Couple #2

LS playing creative... still Sweet Couple #2 The Pretties...
The lads...WM & the pretties

Also seen a face that I really dont want to see, which I had actually anticipated and had suppresed myself for not creating a commotion :p Seen my be-hated ex-supervisor (The Singh) there. You can call me "small gas" or not being a gentleman, but I just could let the past go. He as usual came along making the stupid joke >_<



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Tuesday, January 08, 2008

nothing particular

Nothing particular actually. Just a random post here. Seeing the blog not updated, weirdly felt uneasy :p

Since new year, been busy trying to recollect myself to the old routine (both in work and leisure) after coming back from business trip, but intervally interupted by short holidays, like the one coming this Thursday. Felt as if everytime back to office, need to spent a couple of hour to rethink back where I stopped and continue the work. Actually quite tense too, I am charged with 2 projects right now, but the design specs stil not finalized, and both dateline is a week before Chinese New Year. Very scary and tense. What if the dateline slipped? Should I choose to come to work during CNY and spoil my holiday, or should i just leave it and let the whole projects slipped for at least half a month? Headache... Hopefully everything will goes well in the coming weeks, so that I can have a worry free holiday in February >_<

Yesterday, I met PDC Idol twice in 2 different locations during lunch and dinner, and he is with his housemate/gf :) What a coincidence. Probably Penang island aint that big. Or probably i got a confession to make ... I am a pyscho who is trailing people around, shew... :p

Today, after work, seeing the sky has cleared after rain, I rush myself home, pick up the basketball and went to the guardless PG9 to play basketball, hehehe... I had a good work out today. Felt great although tired. I guess I will sleep soundly tonight with a good feeling :)

Good night!

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Saturday, January 05, 2008

Archer Jason Lou



Looks cool isnt it? I tried archery for like the 2nd time in my life and this time is @ Sunway Pyramid last weekend. RM8 for 12 arrows, pretty good fare for archery experience :)


Want to know my bow result??? See below...





If you count properly, where the 2 other arrows went???
On the floor actually... :p

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Wednesday, January 02, 2008

step in Beijing

Yup, finally, here is the Beijing post :)

Well, I am actually finding a hard time on how to post this. If summarize it too short, there isnt much detail. If make it too long, will make the post boring. So, stay with me ya, I am trying my best.

My journey to Beijing started by overslept :( Luckily I got my driver calling me to wake me up at 5.35am in the morning, which is the time i supposed to meet him. Realizing that I am late, I was forced to used my long concealed superman speeding bullet ability... okokok... i am exaggerating :p

image from allposters.com

Anyhow, I took shower, shaved, changed, last checked on my luggage and then wooshed down, all within 10mins. I suprise myself too >_<

It is bit off to start the journey like that. But I still manage to reach the airport at 6am, flight was at 8am. I later checked in my luggage and then started the long thirsty waiting journey to Beijing, with transit in Bangkok. Why thirsty? Because liquid is not allowed in the flight cabin and I couldnt locate any water dispenser around since I am not familiar with airport layout.

Transit @ Bangkok Airport
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At 4.30pm, I touched down at Beijing Capital International Airport, but only managed to get out of the airport an hour later, long queues at custom and luggage retrieving. At 5.30pm, it was already dark and misty, quite cold too. I took taxi to my hotel, greeted by my customers over there, took dinner with them and had a short discussion on the itinery.

Some 1st day random,

  • The Chinese drive on the right side of the road, like in US, cant really get used to it at first
  • Truly experienced the Chinese culture of ordering a lot so that not to mistreated the guest. At dinner, I tried to eat everything on the table for not to waste the food, but the customer asked whether enough or not, wanting to order more for me, oops...
  • I have been asked a few times on the same question by the customers "where your ancestor from in China?” linking or trying to understand why I am so tall *_*
  • trying to sign-in into blogspot, only to realized that it is blocked. Quite irritating as I was addicted to blogging
  • static! static! static! I hate static! I got zapped a few times on my first day there. But got used to it days later

The subsequent days there, I spend majority of my time indoor working. As you know, this is a business trip, not a leisure trip :(

Out of 7days there, I worked for 6days. In addition to that, I am not working in an office or a meeting room. I am working in the living room of my hotel room. The customer managed to setup the workstations at there and come visit me early in the morning until late at night >_<

About work, the customer did ask a lot of questions. Felt as if like student asking lecturer many many weird questions during class, remind me of the university days, kinda funny too to be reminded about this.

And probably because I stayed indoor too much, coupled with the very dry indoor heater air, I fell sick on the 3rd day there. I got fever and very bad sore throat, although I drank a lot of water. My nose started to bleed too, and rashes all over my legs and arms. Finishes all the panadols I brought there. Got felt better a bit occasionally. I can say that I have truly experienced the fact that a person really misses home when he/she got sick in the foreign land.

Anyhow, all these obstacles didn't deter my excitement for being there. Always looking forward to the last day I am there, for it because last day will be my half a day trip to "tian an men" square :)

On the very last day, which is Sunday too, i woke up very early at 6am, and started my journey to "tian an men" square to watch the highly recommended flag raising ceremony.

I reach the square at 7am, and already a lot of people over there. After the flag raising, probably I am not that patriotic even in my own country, doest really felt anything interesting, but there are at least a few thousand of people at the square, all tourists. Security at the square was very tight too. Police, plain cloth police and "gong an" are seen every where. All bags are screened before entering the square.

My supposed half day trip at the square have been shorten to 2 hrs for many reasons. Every buildings/entrance has beeline queues all the time. Tourist keep on pouring into the square, probably I have chosen a wrong day to visit the square during weekend. It is freezing cold too with the wind blowing, my face felt as if it is a piece of frozen meat. Nature called too but I could not find a toilet and the "gong an" keep pointing me to the wrong direction. At the end, I given up and took a taxi back to hotel, without visiting the "forbidden city", kinda sad for not able to do so.

Anyhow, in the evening, I started my journey back to Malaysia, with transit again at Bangkok, only this time stayed over night at Bangkok. And probably because the sudden change of weather, my nose bleed getting worst when i was in Bangkok that night. I was afraid that I would be very sick until the next day where I would have to give up wondering around Bangkok. But gladly I felt better again the next morning. I walk around the city, to the latest shopping mall in town - CentralWorld, bought a nike like dry fit shirt there, at 295baht only. I spend an hour there before walking back, tried the thai massage, then again went to airport. I reach Penang on xmas eve night at 10.30pm. Was glad to be home at that time :)

ok, photo time. But many photos dont have me in it, because I am holding the camera, consequences of traveling alone :p

some random photos taken on the way visiting another customer
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Super duper sweet potato, as sweet as honey
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Believe it or not, it is a one stick of noodle
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must try "dong lai shun" lamb steamboat. Best!!!
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Best Scholar Porridge in town. Got ice porridge, got sweet porridge etc. I dined there twice.
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View from my room
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On the way to Carrefour @ "dongguanchun"
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Traffics in Beijing

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Cycling still a plenty in China
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It is a huge basement Carrefour
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Very creative to put the snacks along the escalator
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Peking Roast Duck in vacum package, bought one back :)
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High-end luxury lifestyle store
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Nice posters, love it :)
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Beijing Olympic Store, can be found in many places. Spent quite a fortune in this shop.
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Hawkers. Dont really dare to try the food as my imune system not ready for China germs :p
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Funny reminder

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me @ tian an men square at 7am
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Advantage of being tall is able to get a good view above :)
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Morning Beijing!
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The flag has been raised!
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More people...
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Hordes of tourists...
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Some sceneries shot
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Me face is frozen although packed like a dumpling, couldnt smile *_*
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Marching. left... left... left right left...
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Empty street in the Sunday morning.
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Counting down...
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Crossing...
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byebye forbidden city, come visit you next time...
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Some beijing city shots from taxi ride
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Beijing map @ bus stop. It has many circles of highways
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Where i stayed

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me @ Beijing Capital International Airport
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walk around Bangkok in the next morning
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Very nicely decorated and huge CentralWorld
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Thai loves their king a lot and very sincere devotees

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Kids studying using PC at stall
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Cool taxi
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Lots of billboards in the city. btw, I just notice the Petronas symbol today

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me @ Suvarnabhumi Airport
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Well, that's about it for my business trip to Beijing end of last year. For more photos, you can click on this and this :)

All in all, it was an eye opening trip. Looking forward for more if there are chances. However, there are a few things that I wish to try when I was there, but circumstances didnt allow. I havent tried the SzeChuan dishes, havent seen the Great Wall of China and havent went into the Forbidden City yet. Will have to postphone them for future then :)

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