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2011-08-09T20:25:00.004+08:00

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Taiwan Day 7 - 26th March 2011

2011-06-24T21:57:00.005+08:00

Finally, our last day at Taiwan. Feel sad need to leave today. Anyway, there's not much things to do this day, basically is the journey from our hostel to the airport only. Our flight is at 3.55pm and we should be in airport by 2pm. We have enquired earlier that the express bus from Taichung to Taoyuan International Airport will wake about 1.5 hours to 2 hours.

Since there's no activity today, we slept longer and only checked out at 10.15am. We walked to the main road and wait for public bus to come. No need to wait long, about 10 minutes, the bus came.

Journey took about 40 minutes to Taichung Bus Station. We went across to Taichung Railway Station to collect our luggage that we kept there 2 days ago. Total days kept there is 3 days. Since we have already paid NT17 earlier, we just need to pay another NT34.

Then we walked next door to Kuo Kuang Bus ticket counter to buy our ticket. Managed to buy a ticket to Taoyuan, then looked at the platform stated to Taoyuan International Airport. We went back to the counter to ask if we bought the right ticket or not. Nope, wrong ticket. It's not the same place. Should have bought the ticket to Taoyuan International Airport instead. To our horror that the next available bus is at 1.30pm. Luckily we get to refund the ticket, to a black face of the ticketing lady. Sorry.

Ok, we get a little nervous. Looked across the road, there's another ticket counter there from U Bus. We kind of dashed to the counter, only to our relief that there's a bus at 11.30am. Without wasting anymore time, we faster queue and bought the ticket. Phew, close call.

Bus ticket cos NT240 per person from Taichung to Taoyuan International Airport.

U Bus ticketing counter.

Since we still have some time, we might as well buy some souvenir back. Look for one of the famous Taichung delicacy, Sun Cake (太陽餅). Lucky there's a shop nearby. Bought a box of 20 pieces per box of 4 different flavours. Cost NT380.

Then still have a little bit time, went to queue for this snack. NT25 for 3 pieces. By the time we get back to the ticketing counter, the bus was there already.

The interior of the bus. Very comfortable. There are a lot of small TVs in the bus. They were playing Despicable Me. I haven't watched it yet, so it's quite enjoying ride to the airport. They have built-in speakers on the chair next to where our head is resting. It's So Fluffy I'm Gonna Die!!!!

Traffic was fine, so we reached the airport in 1.5 hours. Went to check in our luggage, only to a long queue, really long queue that spans almost half of the airport. Managed to meet one of my secondary school senior at the airport. They went to Taiwan a day earlier than me but came back the same day and plane.

2.40pm only managed to check in. While earlier we expect to wait a long queue, I decided to go to 7-11 first to buy lunch since we haven't had one. There are still balance in my EasyCard, so I just paid using the EasyCard. After check in only went to 7-11 to have bento for lunch.

Bento

Bento after microwaved. It's really good that the 7-11 here have bento and also have microwave to help reheat the bento.

Another bento.

Yummy.

The plane finally leaving Taiwan at 4pm.

The nice view really a nice send off.

Amazing view.

This time we get a side by side seating, beside the window. This flight took a little longer to get back home compared to when we went to Taiwan. Touched down at LCCT at 8.30pm.

So, that's all 7days of my journey in Taiwan. It's a really enjoyable and fun trip. Managed to eat some good food, experience a very strong wind that nearly flew us away and also be in a less than 3 degrees celcius mountain.

We will definitely go back to Taiwan again, to visit the places that we never managed to cover this time around.

Bye bye Taiwan.

Taiwan Day 6 - 25th March 2011 Part 2

2011-06-22T16:37:00.005+08:00

Ok, this is part 2 of Day 6 in Taiwan.

After lunch, we head towards Formosan Aboriginal Cultural Village (九族文化村) just a little north of Sun Moon Lake (日月潭). What to do here? Besides visit the cultural villages, you can also board cable car and play at the theme parks.

Both Formosan Aboriginal Cultural Village (FACV) and Sun Moon Lake (SML) are connected via cable cars besides the winding land route. FACV entrance fees is NT550 per person. [Alert] I just check FACV website, it's now NT700 per person. And come July 1st, it's NT780. Check with your tour guide (if you have one) the entrance charges. But I think they have a special Summer price promotion.

This is the entrance to FACV.

Cable car.

There are 2 different cable cars here. One is above which will bring you up the hill. At the top point, you can connect to SML via another cable car system. It's better to enter through here rather than enter from SML cos the cable car charges from to FACV itself is about NT300 2 ways. If you come from FACV, it's free as it is included in the entrance ticket. You'll get a UV stamp on your hand when you board from FACV and just show to the staff at SML side if you want to return to FACV.

We plan to ride the cable car uphill first, then switch cable car to SML.

The theme park at FACV taken from the gondola.

Colourful SML line gondolas.

Thick fog attack. Can't really see SML from here also.

At SML cable car station.

We decided to cut short our SML trip and head back to FACV instead. Plus it started to rain, not heavy though.

Colourful gondolas again.

When we were back to the hilltop of FACV, we then walk downhill and visited all the villages in a long and winding road with a rough map on our hands.

One of the places at the villages.

Help!!!

No comment.

FACV gondolas passing above us.

One of the famous aborginal tribes in Taiwan.

Looks like real people.

Cute piggy statue.

Not real person.

Not real person also.

A little bit bigger than our gasing. Need to aim to the pot at a certain distance, and make it spin. Made it after a few tries.

One of the theme park views.

Indoor Theme Park

This lavender is taken just opposite the entrance of FACV which they called the place European Garden. It's the largest European themed garden in Taiwan, bigger than the Little Swiss Garden in Cingjing. It even has a train going around the garden.

A grand building in this garden.

Jason came and fetch us at around 5.45pm, 15 minutes late than the 5.30pm we agreed on, but no worries, we enjoyed our little extended time there. Now it's time to go back to Taichung and back to our earlier booked homestay. But before that, Jason brought us to eat mee suah at Taichung. Since he is from Taichung, he sure know the best place to eat. We had Pork Intestine Vermicelli (大腸麵線) which is far nicer than the A cong mien sien that we had back in Shilin Night Market. Cost NT40 only. It's always nice to eat hot soupy food in a cold weather.

After the short pre-dinner (need to stuff more food at Fengjia Night Market), Jason brought us to a street of high class restaurants in Taichung. We can't really afford that, so we just took pictures.

Nice signboard.

Piggie.

Toaddy.

After that, we go for a little detour. Jason brought us to a little stall in Taichung to buy the ever famous Pinang(Bettlenut) from scantly dressed Taiwanese beauties. We had a mission to secretly took her pictures from the back of the van as he buy it. Too bad there a setting issue on my camera, didn't managed to snap her photos. Didn't really see her also. Should have taken video instead.

Anyway, after that we moved on to our homestay. We stayed at J&I Fengjia Mei Shu Guan(逢甲美宿館). NT1300 per room per night. Booked online through their website and were allowed to pay when we arrived. Jason is really nice and helpful when he brought us to the room. Although the building is at a backlane of another building, the security in the building is very good. We need to have a special key to open the door at the entrance and also the same key at the lift to go to our room at 3rd floor.

Interior of the room. We choose the Kitten's Secret Garden (小猫秘密花园) room. Too bad there's ugly looking repainted wall or else it would be a really nice room to stay.

Another ugly wall.

This room has a small portable dining table with 2 chairs, mini fridge with cold mineral waters in there, study table with desktop computer where we can use it for free.

Nice little cute notes welcomed us at the back of the door.

Name cards at the table

Don't need to worry about lack of beauty care.

After settling down at the hostel, we went out to Fengjia Night Market - FCNM (逢甲夜市) for our dinner. Our place is quite near to FCNM but we still went the wrong way at first. It's just 5 minutes away from our hostel.

FCNM is just outside of Fenjia University. Pic above is the landmark of the university.

We started off from here. At the start of this street, opposite of each other are 2 stalls selling the same thing which is Big Saussage Wrap Small Saussage (大腸包小腸). The one on the left is more popular with longer queue. So, we join in the queue also.

This stall put the pictures of celebrities that had came and taste their food. They even have LCD tv to show the tv shows where the celebrities went there and eat their food. Well, their 大腸包小腸 is not bad. NT40 each.

Then we went to this stall which has a long queue too. Kiasuness kicks in again, so we joined in the queue. This is Japanese Fried Noodle Bun (炒麵麵包)

炒麵麵包 NT49. Have few different flavours.

Moon House Shrimp Pancake (月亮蝦餅) NT40 small. Not bad.

Famous Wu Tsay Sau (烏賊燒). NT65 each. Have different flavour. Need to take number.

Saw this banner. Never thought our satay is famous here also. But didn't go and buy it. Why want to come Taiwan to eat Malaysian food?

Gold Right Leg (黃金右腿) NT65

Too many food already...can't eat anymore, so we decided to get back to our hostel. Had a shower, watched tv (Kindergarten Cop) and online. Also preparing for our last day tomorrow.

That's the end of part 2 of Day 6. Final day coming up.

Taiwan Day 6 - 25th March 2011 Part 1

2011-06-11T16:09:00.008+08:00

Wake up in Day 6, Friday morning to an even colder day. So cold that I want to just keep on curled up in my electric blanket. But I can't. Had an appointment with the rest to visit He Huan Mountain in the morning.

Breakfast was at 8am but since I'm already ready earlier on, I just enjoying the cold refreshing morning and taking some pictures.

Another picture of Starry House.

Morning view from Starry House.

Lavender in front of Starry House.

Thermometer at the entrance. 3-4 degrees celcius.

Living room. The counter.

Living room, sofa.

Living room. Watching morning news.

Our breakfast. Yummy.

Before leaving to He Huan Mount, 李大哥 showed us some pictures of the stars that was taken by his customers during the summer/autumn. Really nice pictures.

More star pictures.

As we saw the news on TV that it's going to be uber cold in Hehuanshan, 李大哥 kindly let us borrow some of his winter jackets.

Don't get me wrong. We didn't go to Taroko Gorge. He Huan Mountain is within the area that was gazetted under Taroko National Park. This mark the border of the Taroko National Park while we were on the way to He Huan Mountain.

Well, bad news for me, as I have a bout of discomfort on my stomach and head, and feels like barfing. Maybe because of the pressure as we are getting higher, plus the breakfast and also plus the winding road and I'm seated at the back of the van.

At one point nearer to where we wanted to go. Stopped awhile to take pictures.

Really nice nice view.

Finally reached He Huan Mountain at 3158m above sea level. We really did not regret adding this unplanned itinerary to ours. The views here are breathtaking. We really enjoyed our time here. Even the really cold weather and occationally strong wind.

Date: 25th March 2011 at 10.40am.

Current temperature: 2.6 degree celcius. After we take, it went down to 2.4.

We were back to Starry House at 12pm. The journey down also not a good experience for me. So, when we reached Starry House, I told myself that I really need to force myself to barf, to make myself better. And I did it. It does get a little better. And then off we go after saying farewell to 李大哥 and his family. We head down to Puli first for lunch.

Jason our driver and tour guide brought us to this stall selling 大腸包小腸 that he recommended. But we just had sausages only. Not bad. I am still not over the barfing thing, so I request for the washroon for my second round of throwing up. And yay, finally over the unwell period.

Jason then brought us to this place for lunch, which he claimed cheap and nice. I'm not sure where it is as I wasn't really looking at the route. If you want to go, just call the number. Apparently they are famous of their roast chicken which they roast in a huge ceramic pot under a fire feuled by wood.

Had bamboo shoot soup as appetizer.

The roast chicken. Very nice.

The whole food. 7 of us eating. Cost us NT150 each only. Cheap and nice.

After lunch, we head to Formosan Aborginal Cultural Village which is the second unplanned itenary for all of us. With thick fog everywhere, Jason suggested go to Formosan Aborginal Cultural Village instead and make just a brief stop at Sun Moon Lake via the cable car.

More of that in Part 2 of Day 6 which will include our time at Formosa Aborginal Cultural Village and Fengjia Night Market.

Bye.

Taiwan Day 5 - 24th March 2011 Part 2

2011-06-09T22:27:00.000+08:00

So, here's part 2 of Day 5.
After discusssing with 李大哥 about our itenery, we decided to visit the Green Green Grassland first as they are about to close. 李大哥 fetched us there which is about 5 minutes away. Reached there about 4.10pm. Enquire about the farm at the counter. We were told that the closing time is 5pm and there are no more sheeps to see. Walao. Came too late. But since we were there and we don't really have time to go the next morning, so we just went in and see what is inside. The lady at the counter told us to start getting out at 4.30pm. There will be announcement when the time is almost up.
So we decided to just walk across the farm heading south to another exit which is nearer to Little Swiss Garden which we planned to visit next. Entrance fee is NT40.

The Main Entrance.

After we enter, there's a big rock in from you us. The view from the entrance is quite amazing, if there's no or less fog, it would be marvellous. Since we were told that the sheep were sent back to their pen, we didn't really have high hope that we can actually see them. But guess what, there are still some roaming around the grassland. Yay.

Baa baa black sheep. The odd one out.

You can find other animals too beside sheep.

Taiwan does a lot of recycling activities, so even their recycling bin here is so cute.

Up close shot of one of the sheep.

Another close up shot.

A group makan together.

Unfortunate one who got stripped of it's wool in a shaving activity earlier on.

Usually, the shaving of sheep show is held during the weekends but there was a special show held earlier in the afternoon before we were there (On Thursday). Yeah, we missed the show.

The sun looks nice in a foggy space...so tried to take the picture. Outcome not as I expected.

Besides sheep and ox, there are horses too.

And pony also.

Nice flower.

Ok, it'll look nicer without the fog.

Managed to walk across the whole farm in 1 hour. There's a stair towards the exit. Lucky we went the right direction as the stairs was going down. Before we exit, we stopped by a souvenir shop and buy some food items. They were about to close when we reached.

Next stop, Little Swiss Garden. It another 10 minutes walk from the Green Green Grassland exit to Little Swiss Garden. We stopped halfway at the Cingjing Information Centre Building to look and see what is in there. There are cafes and souvenir shops there.

At the entrance of Little Swiss Garden, there's another building called Carton King. Basically, most of the things they build there are using carton. More of that later.

Carton King.

A cat sitting peacefully at the entrance.

Windmill made of carton box at the entrance.

Entrance ticket to Little Swiss Garden. NT120 each. If you own the Youth Travel card, you'll need to pay only NT90 (if i'm not mistaken).

Nice flower.

Another close up shot.

Flower.

Windmill in the middle of the lake. There are shows at certain time at the lake.

More smaller windmills and flowers.

White Pigeon

Flower

Lavender

It's 5.30pm and started to get dark. Lights are lit. As it's getting darker, we just exit the place which connected to Carton King shop.

Carton Sheep

Carton Lights

More carton works.

Carton post box.

Carton Hello Kitty Cake

Carton dudes.

Carton Clock.

Giant bee. Actually beside carton king is 7-11 shop and above 7-11 is a shop selling products made from honey, thus the giant bee. We tested some honey drinks and biscuits. Very nice. Feels like buying all of them but we only bought the biscuits.

Another giant but cute bee.

It's 6.15pm and it's totally dark outside already. Called 李大哥 to fetch us back to 觀星園. Reached about 6.45pm. Take a short rest and it's dinner time. 李大哥 has prepared a nice ingredients for steamboat for our dinner. There are another 4 people staying there also, they are from Malaysia too.

Got few types of mushrooms, a little fishballs, brocolli, sweetcorn, vege, winter melon, sweet potato, carrot, tofu and more vege.

Also got sliced meat, beancurd and glass noodle.

The meat. Yum yum.

The counter at living room.

It's ready. Let's dig in.

Very yummy and healthy steamboat. Nice to have a hot food in a really cold weather.

After dinner, all of us had a nice long chat at the living room, while refilling hot tea. Heard nice stories from Jason, the tour guide.

We actually planned to leave Starry House in the morning by bus so that we have enough time to visit Sun Moon Lake and later to Taichung. But 李大哥 mentioned that our plan are same like the other 4 people and asked whether we want to join as they booked with Jason to go He Huan Mountain first then to Sun Moon Lake and back to Taichung. Ok, a sudden change of plan, but to share the cost and time, why not. Only NT1000 each to go from Starry to Hehuan Mauntain, back to Starry and to Sun Moon Lake and after that fetch us back to our homestay in Taichung.

So, that's the end of day 5. Stay tune for more exciting day 6 coming up.

Bye.

Taiwan Day 5 - 24th March 2011 Part 1

2011-05-23T23:20:00.015+08:00

Sorry for the delay. Here's day 5 of my Taiwan trip :) This time we're leaving Taipei and heading south to Taichung and then to the centre to Cingjing.

Checked out Fun Taipei Backpackers. After checking that we didn't leave anything behind, we came down and pass the key back to the cashier at OK Mart. Then head towards MRT Station. Before boarding, stop by at 7-11 to buy breakfast first. (9.20am)

Our breakfast!!

The MRT station there no bench to sit, so we just sit beside the stairs. This is the bicycle parking at the station. So convenient :) So, after our short breakfast enjoying the cool breeze, we head towards Taipei Main Station via MRT. (9.35am)

At Taipei Main Station, we switched to HSR Station which is just next door to the MRT Station within the same building. Queue at the counter to buy ticket to Taichung. We didn't buy in advance(didn't really know need to book in advance scared no seat). Luck was on our side as there are still available seat to Taichung.(10am)

We were there about 10am so we still need to wait like 15-20 minutes before they allow us to board. NT700 per person per way.

Me with the bullet train's head.

The interior side of HSR.

This is Taichung HSR Station. Time reached here really on the spot as stated in the ticket (11.19am). Oh how I wish our train will be as efficient as this. We had information earlier on that there's a bus that go to Taichung Train Station as the bus to Puli is just opposite the train station. But our main reason to go to the train station is to deposit our bigger luggage there and travel with our smaller luggage. There's a baggage service at the train station.

At Taichung HSR Station, we were waiting for the bus to come when we were approached by a few cab drivers who offered to fetch us to Taichung Train Station. They said he bus might took 45mins to reach there as they have a lot of stops to make. The offered NT280, which we didn't take. Went to the route info nearby and saw that the bus really have to make quite a number of stops between HSR and Train station.

Then another cab driver approached us and offer us NT200 and claimed that he wanted to go that direction also. Well, since we are quite in a hurry as we still have quite a journey to make to Cingjing, so we accepted. (11.35am)Reached in about 10 minutes(11.45am). Went to the end of the train station to the baggage counter. Put the luggage there, keep the tag, and pay NT17 for day 1. Balance will calculate per day when we come back and collect.

Ok. Luggage is safely kept. Now to the bus station. We crossed the road to one of the bus station there. Enquire about the bus to Puli and was told there's one coming at about 12.20pm. Quickly bought the ticket and wait it out at the bus stop.

The ticket to Puli. NT125 per person.

Poor little doggie as it looked suffocated. While we are waiting for the bus to come, got one auntie came and sit beside me and talked to me in Hokkien which I only can understand a bit only. I have no idea what the heck she's talking but I politely just smiled. Apparently she's going to Puli also.

On the way to Puli, you'll see a lot of this massive flyover. And I really mean A LOT and MASSIVE. And it's so damn high running across barren land with a lot of "Pinang" trees planted.

Our comfy bus with leather seats but very less passengers. Remember the auntie I mentioned just now? Well, she was seated in the front row and was mumbling to herself and also talking to the driver. I guess she's a little bit "crazy".

"Pinang" trees! There are a lot here especially at the less developed area. And at these areas are where the girls selling "pinang" with very less clothes.

Yay. Almost reached Puli.

Yellow flowers are falling down from the trees. As I snapped this view, there are still flowers flying down due to the strong winds that blew.

Finally reached Puli Bus Station at 11.15am. Quickly went to the Nantou Bus counter to buy the connecting bus ticket to Cingjing. There's one coming in 20 minutes time. Bought the ticket and then wait la. NT115 per person.

In the meantime, we went to relieve ourselves. Unfortunately, in this "kampung" area, the washrooms are far different from Taipei, can match our own public washroom here in Malaysia. So smelly.

Ok, I was relieving myself at the urinating area when I noticed someone coming in. To my shock is that crazy auntie that walked in and just went to a stall, nonchalantly. And it gets worse. Although she was at the last stall, she didn't really close the door at all and start relieving herself also. OH MY GOD!!!!!! I quickly get out from there and pray that the bus came quickly.

Anyway, we realized that we still haven't had our lunch yet. And while we still have another 20mins before the bus arrives, finding a restaurant to eat is out of question. So I asked the lady at the counter where can I get food and was directed to a nearby place that I can takeway. They called it Bento.

Looks like mixed rice to me. And they are really green there by using paper box. This is mine.

This is my other half's. It cost NT50 each.

As I walked back from the bento shop, pass by a shop where a lady was squeezing all the oranges(Using machine) and put it in this bottle for sale. One bottle NT20. It's nice because it's freshly squeezed.

On the way up to Cingjing. Same experience if you have gone to Cameron Highlands before. The difference is that this place is far higher, so the valleys are very deep and you can feel it's just beside you only. When the bus makes a turn, you can feel like it's going to crash.

Eh. Suddenly reached Europe?? Haha.

Yeah. Reached England? Old England? Actually is one of the design here in Cingjing.

This is Little Swiss Garden view taken from the bus. Will cover the stories of this place in the next post. Finally reached the last stop of the journey(3.10pm). Came down the bus and called 李大哥, the owner of Starry House (觀星園) where we are going to stay. He's not around but someone else will come and fetch us who arrives about 10 minutes later to bring us to Starry House.

This is our room. Since the temperature is usually cold here, there's electric blanket just above the matress so that you can feel warm at night. We were told to set the temperature to 2 so that when we came back at night, the bed will be warm and comfy to sleep in.

Another angle of our room.

Another angle.

This is what it's supposed to look like when you wake up in the morning. Sea of clouds.

This is what it's supposed to look like when you wake up in the morning. What a beauty.

This is what it's supposed to look like when you wake up in the morning. How blissful.

Well life is not perfect. We were there at the wrong time, so everywhere is fog.

View from our balcony. Can't see what's outside also.

Hot/cold water dispenser outside the room at the corridor.

So cute, I like Husky. Notice the different colour of it's eyes.

As time went by, the view became clearer.

We were quite late when we reached there, about 3 something. As we sit down with 李大哥 to discuss the suitable travel itenery, we were told that there's nothing much to see of we still stay there. So, we actually went to the Green Grass Valley first to see the sheep, then only walk downhill. The details will be continued in part 2 after this.

As summary, switching mode of transportation will make you lose time, so you better prepare your journey properly. Travelling in a group of at least 4-6 people is better so that you can hire a transport and share it out, then you can reach your destination faster too.

Ok, that's all for now. Part 1 is over.

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2011-05-23T22:30:00.003+08:00

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Taiwan Day 4 - 23rd March 2011

2011-04-21T13:26:00.016+08:00

Day 4 in Taiwan. Same as previous day, it's cool in the room...and can felt cold wind just as we stepped out of the door even though we're still inside the building. This time, I stick to long pants and bringing along the umbrella we bought the day before. We don't want to have to buy again if it rained again. We stopped at OK Mart near our hostel to have breakfast. As usual they have a promotion of a bread and drink for a promotional price.

The view from OK Mart where we had our breakfast.

Another view outside. Time is about 10am. Not many cars here. Maybe most of them ride the MRT or it's already working time. We actually took our time to come out, that's the beauty of free and easy. Haha.

My drink. Mixed fruit/vege juice. Not bad la.

The bread.

Our first destination to go today is Yehliu. Since it's only 2 of us, it's not worth hiring a car/cab so we go there conventional way. By bus. We board the MRT at Jiantan Station and head south towards Taipei Main Station. The bus station within the same building does not cater the route to Yehliu so the lady from the information counter guide us to another bus station nearby.

This is the mall where MRT, HSR and bus station house. We are standing at a pedestrian bridge now. We came from the far right(in the pic above) and need to use this pedestrian bridge to get across the big road that is busy with traffic. Opposite this mall is the Railway Main Station. And the other opposite of the railway station is the bus station that we need to head to.

From the pedestrian bridge too, we saw this Panasonic signboard with the current temperature. Yes, it 13 degree now at 11.15am.

11.20am bus ticket to Yehliu. Cost NT96 per person. Kuo Kuang Express bus, quite comfortable.

While on the way, saw this building with a huge dog on the rooftop.

We reached Yehliu at about 12.30pm. Journey approximately 1 hour 10 minutes. We came down at the main road and had to walk some distance to Yehliu Geopark. Luckily it's not hot, so we don't really feel tired while walking.

Harvest at the Fishing Harbour.

Lots of fisherman's boat around here.

Sea view shot.

As we approached the main entrance of the Geopark, we can see a parking space full of buses. There are a few seafood nearby and the workers will come and ask us if we want to have our lunch here. No thanks. Need to pay NT50 per person to enter the Geopark.

I can't seems to stop taking close up shot of nice flowers we encountered so here's one more.

The ever famous rock here in Yehliu which is the Queen's Head. Lots of people want to take the photo. This is a maximum zoom from my camera, surprisingly the quality not bad. Still clear. Picture below can see the actual distance without zooming.

With brochure of the geopark in our hands, we try to locate some of the special rocks that resembles something.

This is Candle rock. It does look like a candle.

According to the staff nearby, this is Ginger rock.

Mushroom rock.

Honeycomb rock from far.

I have no idea what is this. It looks nice though.

Look at the queue to take the picture of the Queen's head. Can see it from here.

Another stealth shot of the rock.

Fairy's Shoe Rock.

Earth Rock.

Elephant's Head.

So called beancurd rock. But because the tide is high, we can't really see it.

I forgot what animal this resembled to.

Something like an ancient GPS system.

We kind of rushed here because we reached quite late and we want to go to Jiufen after this. Since we have seen most of the major rocks and the wind is strong and there's a sign of raining soon, we decided to leave. Exit through another door and we pass a row of souvenir shops. Bought a cup of ginger tea to keep ourselves warm. It's nice. NT30 for the ginger tea. We also bought some snacks as souvenirs also, 3 bags for NT250.

By the time we get back to the main road to board the bus to Keelung City and switch bus to Jiufen, it's already 2.35pm. We actually spent about 2 hours here. A bit rushed but still can cover most parts.

Here's Keelung City. This is where the bus dropped us.

Reached here about 3.19pm, a journey that took about 1 hour from Yeliou. Board another bus here to Jiufen which took about another 45minutes. Kinda waste time in travelling.

The moment we stepped down from the bus, this viewing deck is in front of us. Nice view from here. The sad things are that it's not a clear sky and it's going to rain soon, which it did rained soon after. Luckily it's not really heavy. But it's really so so so cold when the wind blows.

The first stall we saw is this lady selling Stinky Tofu. This is the wet one, not the fried one. It taste not bad, very little smell. Price as stated in the stall, NT35 each.

Then we came to a crowd of people surrounding this girl. Looks like popiah but it's a sweet peanut plus ice cream.

There's the ice cream. 2 scoops each.

It's NT35. Put your money there and take your balance yourself.

This is how it looks like in the middle. The green one is coriander. You can request to put if you want to. Overall it's nice and weird to eat ice cream in an extremely cold weather. Actually we would like another serving but we still haven't had our lunch yet, so we moved on to search other things to eat.

This is the ever famous saussage auntie with the wig and signature glasses. She even stop talking halfway and do the pose when she realized that I was about to take her pictures. Ok, had wild boar saussage here. Also NT35 per stick.

Next we stopped by this fishball shop. Although not many people here, since Jolin and Jacky Wu did came here to eat, we decided to eat here also la.

We chose the last one in the menu which is the mixed balls. Add NT10 if want to add noodles so we asked her to add glass noodle together. Total is NT70.

Glass noodle at the bottom ya. Not bad.

This time is dessert time. Taro ball.

This is how Taro Ball dessert looks like.

At the end of the new road, there's another smaller viewing deck with a viewing telescope. I like the scenery.

Another scenery. So peaceful. It would be nice if it's not raining. And it started to get darker now.

Cute dog sure wanna take pics la...

Artist's photos everywhere at this place on the topmost of the stairs.

As we went down the stairs, this is the restaurant in front of us.

Shot from bottom of the staircase.

Milk stick Japanese style. NT30 each.

That's our last meal in Jiufen. Had to reload our Easycard at 7-11 first before boarding the bus to Ruifang Train Station. Leave Jiufen at 6.05pm, so our total stay here is almost 2 hours. Enough time to spent here? Well, it's not that rushing but some of the shops closed already. Probably 3 hours will be a comfortable time to venture around Jiufen.

The journey to ruifang Train Station took 10 minutes only. Bought 2 tickets to Songshan Train Station by Tze Ching Limited Express. We were there at 6.15pm and luckily they got a train coming at 6.30pm. No need to wait so long then.

The ticket cost NT62 per person and is assigned seating. Travel journey will be approx 30 mins as per ticket, which is true. They really reached on time. How I wish our KTM is like this also.

The reason we stop at Songshan Station is that we want to go to Wufenpu Fashion District and also Raohe Street Night Market in which both are just 5 minutes walk from the train station.

There are a lot of shops here, mostly for the ladies. Small shops like in Berjaya Times Square. So, they are also same, no trying which can deter the ladies to buy here. How do they know whether the clothes they by fit them or looked nice. It's like a gamble. But definitely you can find cheap clothes here.

It's not too crowded yet. But there are a few lorries block almost the entire street when they stopped to deliver goods. Scooters are flying everywhere. We just walked around as there's nothing interesting that we want to buy, so we cut things short, by 8pm we switched side to Raohe Street Night Market.

This is Pepper Biscuit. One of the best food we've tried in Taiwan. If you have a chance to come here, should queue up and try. They are just by the entrance of the Night Market. NT45 each. Nice.

Special sandwich.

We chose the one with original flavour for the skin and shredded radish for the filling. NT12 only each.

It's still a cold night, so when we pass by this stall, we had to stop. The smell of their herbal soup is so nice. And a lot of people are eating, almost no more seating space.

We ordered pork rib herbal soup. Very nice. Should try this. NT60. Nice to drink hot soup in a cold weather.

After that, since we have time, we decided to go to Taipei 101 since we're leaving Taipei the next day. We asked one of the guards there the good way to go from Raohe Street. He said either take taxi, take bus or walk 20mins. I thought, maybe 20 minutes is nothing since we walked a lot longer earlier in the day. So we decided to save some money and walk.

Ok, bad decision, it took longer than 20 minutes. I think we took about 45minutes. Quietly cursing the guard in my heart, lol. Anyway, by the time we reached Taipei 101, they have already closed or just in the process of closing so we can only take pictures outside.

Taipei 101 at night. Anyway, as we were busy taking photos in front of Taipei 101, suddenly the wind blows so darn strong. Even I can't balance myself as I'm taking the picture. I had to hold on to my cap so that it won't fly off. Those who are really skinny and light maybe can fly off already..haha. Then decided to call it a day. We do not want to walk again and in the strong wind, so we board a cab to take us to the nearest MRT station which is the Taipei City Hall Station. NT70 since it's near.

So, that's the end of day 4. The wind is like the sending off present for us as we're leaving Taipei the next day to head south to Taichung. Even though we didn't cover a lot of places and had to waste time in travelling, it's still a great experience for us.

Bye.

Malaysia First Homestay Website

2011-04-20T12:10:00.000+08:00

I think most of us like to go for a vacation whether it is alone, with your other half, with other couples or with the whole gang of friends? Some of us do have budget constraints when it comes to accommodation. What type of accommodation are we looking for? For a vacation, probably we won’t be in the room all the time, usually at night where we will hit the showers and hit the sack.

If that’s the case, as long as the place to stay is clean and comfortable, maybe you can consider crossing out expensive hotels off your list. So where do you want to stay? At homestay of course! It’s becoming a trend now for travelers to look for homestay instead of hotels to spend the night. It’s mushrooming everywhere. Question is: where to find these homestay?

Enter Malaysia Homestay! Basically it’s a classified for homestays in Malaysia, your one stop website to search for the best and nearest homestay in the whole of Malaysia. You can find room or house to rent on a daily basis. It’s simple and the descriptions are easy to understand.

I find this very useful if I just want to have a short stay outstation. For example if I have to attend a friend’s wedding outstation and do not want to fork my money for hotels, I can just look at this website to find me a room. Even better if I can rent the whole house and stay with my friends who are coming along. From the pictures posted, they looked clean and comfortable so I think this is a good option for me. Never mind if there’s no breakfast because I can actually taste the local delicacies instead.

So, if you want have a budget constraint and yet want a clean and comfy room to stay, lookout for homestay and from here, you can search for your ideal homestay. Easy peasy.

Taiwan Day 3 - 22nd March 2011

2011-04-14T09:05:00.005+08:00

So, today is our third day. Since we came here by our own and do free and easy, we actually took some time to leave our hostel. Weather yesterday was fine, not too hot, not too cold, so I decided to just wear my bermuda short today. Had a bad feeling about this since inside our room is quite cold around 22 degrees. Anyway, still went on with the 3/4 pants. Stepped out of the room, cold air welcomed us. Since I prefer cold rather than hot, it's actually felt very nice for me. Proceed to Jiantan MRT Station to take MRT to Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall Station since that's where our first stop going to be. At the Jiantan MRT Station, while waiting for MRT to come, saw the temperature displayed at a building nearby. 15 degree celcius. OMG, things doesn't look good but so far, I can still cope with the cold weather. It doesn't really help with the occasional wind every now and then. But we still move on.

This is the famous gate of Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall. Actually took the picture wrong side. Should take the picture from the other side into the hall. Anyway, still can see the name clearly.

One of the halls there.

Tree House?

Flowers!

Nice looking trash can.

The main hall. This is where all the exhibitions is.

Another closer shot of the hall.

Guards are changing shifts. The guards will need to stand like mannequins without moving for 1 hour.

The guard.

Same guard, front shot.

The statue of the man himself, Mr President, Chiang Kai Shek.

We visited the gallery that shows the history and life story of Chiang Kai Shek. Took some pictures but I thought you'll get bored with them if I posted them here. There's some section that exhibit information regarding green and energy saving and more. Very nice showroom, must visit at least once if you are an environment friendly person. After spending few hours here, we went back to MRT station and head up really north to Danshui. Journey took approx 45 minutes from Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall Station. Bad timing to come here. When we reached, it's raining. Not heavy but very very cold. Can't find a building with temperature display to know the current temperature. I guess will be about 9-10 degrees. The final station, Danshui Station is just by the seaside, so the wind is exceptionally strong. So so so so so cold. Bad news with the short pants now :p We didn't bring umbrella so we had to get one from 7-11. They don't have the small foldable one that we can put inside the bag, but since there's no choice, we had to grab the next best (smallest) umbrella. Just nice to put in our luggage to bring back later. We headed to Danshui Old Street to grab something to fill our stomach since it's about 2pm already. Made a wrong turn and had a little detour. Lucky managed to turn in the street from another way. We had Fried Prawn Roll, some fried quail egg with fish, saussage (pic below) and Ah Gei, fishball soup and noodles.

Saussage. 3 stick for NT100.

The famous Tie Dan. Taste not bad. Well, the egg white tasteless and elastic but the yolk is ok, like herbal tea egg. NT100 per pack. We bought the chicken egg one. They have quail egg too. I think this is the most popular in Danshui since a lot of people are queuing to but this thing.

The journey to Danshui won't be completed if you don't visit Danshui Fisherman's Wharf and the ever famous Lover's Bridge. Well, it still rains and the wind is getting stronger and stronger. Feels like almost flying away. We need to take shelter from one of the building here to cover from the strong wind. In the end, we only took the bridge's photo from far which is not too bad. We still had an appointment later that day so we didn't spend too much time here. Bad weather doesn't help also.

After our appointment, feeling tired and cold, we just each had a mixed vermicelli noodle each to warm our body. This taste not bad...can't really recall where this is already. This concludes our third day here. I still have something to update on this post, which is to include the chinese translation on each place. Also will update on the previous 2 posts also. Bye.

Taiwan: Day 2 - 21st March 2011

2011-04-05T11:56:00.012+08:00

It's day 2. Weather is wonderful. Not too hot, not too cold. Just nice. Woke up quite early to catch up with our appointment at 7am. Managed to take out the camera and start shooting some views. Bought some sandwich and drinks at 7-11 for breakfast.

Flowers while on the way from the hostel to Jiantan MRT Station Exit 2.

From Jiantan MRT Station.

Minqian East Road intersection with Zhongshan Road.

We went to Tatung University for a visit. Look at their surroundings. Nice and pleasant place to study. CCTV also everywhere, even fixed on trees.

This is the main building at the entrance.

If you went up the stairs(see previous pics) on the right hand side, this is what you'll see below.

Then we went to Shilin Official Residence which is just few minutes away(walking) from Shilin MRT Station. Just as we went past the entrance, you can see beds of flowers out there and loads of blissful couples are getting their wedding photoshoot done.

I try not to take photos of other people, just want to take the pictures of flowers only. Hehe.

A Rose.

Lavender

Various flowers that I don't know the names but beautiful.

Close up shot.

Believe it or not, these are what cherry blossoms looked like before they blossom.

This dog actually follows us around in Shilin Official Residence. He's not exactly friendly, just quietly following us around, and relax while we stopped and took pictures.

Bed of flowers.

Next stop we went to Yangmingshan. The Floriculture Experiment Centre. More flower pictures taken here.

Cherry Blossom!!

Cherry Blossom close up shot!

Looks like orchid but don't think so since the overall plant doesn't look like orchid.

More flowers.

Another unidentified beautiful flowers.

Found another nice Cherry Blossom tree.

Maple Tree/Leaves!

Coniferous Plant (As written at the signboard)

Our next stop is at Beitou. There's a lake here, surrounded by sulphur and thermal gasses. It smells here, not that bad, still acceptable.

Here's the lake and the side of it. Notice the steam? Next photo is a zoomed view.

The yellowish part at the side (not that visible) are sulphurs.

There's a waterfall nearby the lake, just about 10 minutes drive up the hill and you'll see this waterfall.

Another waterfall shot.

After whole day travelling, we decided to go back to Shilin Night Market and grab some snacks for dinner as we didn't really finish exploring this night market the night before.

Not bad. You can find a lot of sausage food in Taiwan, everywhere.

Noticed Ah Chong Mien Sien Shop in Shilin Night Market, so bought a small portion of which cost NT45. Personally, not that nice. Had one Mien Sien that taste nicer at Taichung. But forget to take pics, and I don't know how to go since it's the van driver who brought us there.

So, there goes day 2. Tiring but fun. More exiting visiting coming soon in day 3. Watch out :)

Signing out.

Ciao.

Welcome to Taiwan: Day 1 - 20th March 2011

2011-03-30T13:35:00.014+08:00

Finally the time has come. Been waiting for this time since I booked the flight ticket via Air Asia promotion in September 2010. That time, it's kinda painful to race to be the first one to book once the clock went past 12am. Managed to get in but the price is not updated...yet. Tried again 30 minutes later and still not updated. The same thing also 1 hour and 2 hours later. Frustrated, I hit the sack.

Later that day, I tried again in the morning and still not updated. Been browsing through Air Asia Plus and no update yet. Sien. After lunch I tried again and walla, it's there. Without any hesitation, I quickly searched for the right date that fits in with the promotion price. Finally managed to secure bookings from 20th March 2011 to 26th March 2011, Sunday to Saturday so that I have an extra day off after I come back. Finalizing the booking, paid via CIMB fund transfer(save the convinience fee that you need to pay if u pay by credit card) and there you go. I managed to get RM174 per way per person. Altogether with tax, meal and baggage charge, it's RM1084 return for 2 person all in.

Most Air Asia flights are the same. The plane will depart from LCCT at 10.00am (mine was 9.55am) daily and will reach Taoyuan International Airport Terminal 2 at approx. 2.30pm. Since I couldn't find anyone to fetch me to LCCT, I had to actually book a taxi to LCCT from Puchong. Airport Limo taxi from Puchong is RM56.40 one way to KLIA/LCCT. The return journey will be RM64.60. So, return ticket will be RM121.00. I scheduled the taxi to fetch us about 7am. He reached 5mins past 7am which is not too bad considering he's first time coming to my area. Departed at 7.15am and reached LCCT about 7.5oam.

We don't fly a lot and this is the first time we fly by ourselves and first time at LCCT, so there are a lot of things that we need to explore ourselves. Went to the self check in kiosk and printed out our boarding pass. We didn't buy the seats, so we let the system chose for us. The seat is next to each other, so we thought we're lucky not to be assigned far from each other. Then we proceed to check in our luggage. Quite a queue as Taiwan is a hot package at the moment. Even the radiation risk from Japan doesn't affect our travel to Taiwan. When it's our turn, I only realized that I can straight get my boarding pass here instead of doing it at the kiosk. Must remember this next time.

After checked in our luggage, we went to McDonalds for breakfast since there are still some time before they allow us to board. After breakfast, we proceed with the SOP to get to the plane. There were a long queue at the boarding gate so, it took some time there. Finally reached the place, searched for our seats only to realize that we were separated by the aisle. Well, it's not too far away right. The place took off at 10.15am. The journey there was ok, nothing bad happened. There were small turbulence here and there but no big deals. My neighbour was an elderly couple who are with tours. Had some small chat with the auntie as her husband was quite a quiet person.

2.15pm finally touched down at Taoyuan International Airport Terminal 2. Slightly earlier than expected. Went through all the necessary clearance smoothly. Baggage was a bit slow to come off the tunnel. Anyway, after everything is cleared, went to the Tourist Service Centre to collect my Digital Tour Buddy which includes a telephone and a sim card, preloaded with NT100 for you to make call to service centre. I used it to call my accomodation people. If you are 30 years old and younger, you can apply for this for free. There are other services also. You can check it out at Taiwan Youth Travel website.

After getting my free phone, we head towards the express bus counter to purchase ticket to Taipei. We get our ticket at Kuo Kuang Bus Express. It cost us NT125 per person. We boarded the 3pm bus to Taipei city. In the bus, we called Kevin, the owner of the Fun Taipei Backpackers to let him know that we're on our way.

Since Fun Taipei Backpackers is located within walking distance to Jiantan MRT Station, and with the bus passing through Yuanshan MRT Station, we request the driver to drop us at Yueanshan MRT station. It's only 1 station away from Jiantan MRT Station compared to from Taipei Main Station where the bus' final destination will be. But the bus didn't drop us directly in front of the station, we still need to walk awhile to the station. Stopped halfway to buy mineral water from a convenience store. Small bottle charge us NT18.

At Yuanshan Station, there were a lot of people there because it's near one of the entrance of Taipei International Flora Exposition. Since we're rushing to check in and have an appointment later that day, we quickly hop on the MRT and head towards Jiantan Station. At Jiantan Station, I'm quite familiar on the route to Fun Taipei Backpackers as I can see the real photos through google map. After researching for weeks, it's not hard actually to locate the hostel. But first we need to stop by at OK Mart which is one of the convenient store. Kevin left the keys with them, and we paid the balance of the room charge to the store. The hostel is actually 1 minute away from the store.

Front door of Fun Taipei Backpackers. Closed all the time. Got one uncle sitting inside during daytime. It does looked a bit rundown outside but CCTV is everywhere. You'll feel safe walking at night. Even the lifts have CCTV. The room is at 5th floor.

Room a bit small but the bed is soft and comfortable. That's a 22" TV if I'm not mistaken with DVD player. There is a small window just by the racks(hidden on the left side) with mosquito netting. If you close the window, you don't need to close the net. Taipei was cold when I went so I didn't use the aircond at all, not only here but for all my nights there :) The remote below the airond unit has indicator to show the temperature of the room (I think :p) It hovers around 21 to 23 degree at night.

Small little table with kettle and cups. I requested for universal adapter since I need to charge my phone and camera. Taiwan's power socket is different from Malaysia. So please request for Universal Travel Adapter whenever you book a room. They sure have it.

This is the bathroom. Quite ok. Surprising to see that their toilet bowl comes with water spray to spray your anus after completing your big business. Not bad for a hostel huh. (Other 2 places I went don't have this). And they don't have toilet rolls, more like tissue paper(see the yellow plastic bag). Hairdryer is included. The box above the toilet is their water heater.

Shampoo and bath foam is included also. One not good thing about this room is the power for the heater tripped quite frequently. So, you may suddenly get cold water in the middle of shower. If you experience this, just open the fuse box and reset the tripped power. Caution: This may happen few times. So don't shower too long.

This bread shop is just opposite the entrance for Fun Taipei Backpackers. If you see this bread shop, you're in the right place.

Fun Taipei Backpackers is just minutes away by foot to Shilin Night Market. Jiantan MRT Station is the place where people stop to go to Shilin Night Market. When you walk from Exit 2 of the Jiantan MRT Station to the hostel, the building on your right which looks like a car park is actually Shilin Night Market indoor part where mostly are food items. This 豪大大雞排 is one of the stalls in there.(See pics below)

Prepare for a long queue here. NT55 per piece. You have option to choose spicy or black pepper. We took the latter. Not bad. There's another branch stall at the outdoor part also.

Basically, I think you can find lots of news and details about Shilin Night Market in the internet, so I won't elaborate more. You can just stroll along the road and just buy/eat what your instinct says. Whether it taste nice or not, it depends on people. One man's meat is another man's poison.

I'm signing out on my day 1 experience in Taiwan. Weather today is not bad, not that cold. A bit cooler than KL at night.

Bye.

Procrastination

2011-03-28T12:21:00.002+08:00

I need to stop procrastinating... need to really update this blog regularly... Check out for new postings soon ya :) Real soon :)

Acting Your Age

2010-03-10T21:35:00.003+08:00

Long time didn't update liao..paiseh..haha.. here's something to ponder...

Acting Your Age...
Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.

"How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key.

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.

"How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . . You become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would! So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30 ; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I Was JUST 92."

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!" May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

I CAN!!!

2010-01-28T15:33:00.002+08:00

Karens fourth grade classroom looked like many others I had seen in the past. The teacher's desk was in front and faced the students. The bulletin board featured student work. In most respects it appeared to be a typically traditional elementary classroom. Yet something seemed different that day I entered it for the first time. My job was to make classroom visitations and encourage implementation of a training program that focused on language arts ideas that would empower students to feel good about themselves and take charge of their lives. Karen was one of the volunteer teachers who participated in this project.

I took an empty seat in the back of the room and watched. All the students were working on a task, filling a sheet of notebook paper with thoughts and ideas. The ten-year-old student next to me was filling her page with "I Can'ts". "I can't kick the soccer ball past second base." "I can't do long division with more than three numerals." "I can't get Debbie to like me." Her page was half full and she showed no signs of letting up. She worked on with determination and persistence. I walked down the row glancing at students' papers. Everyone was writing sentences, describing things they couldn't do.

By this time the activity engaged my curiosity, so I decided to check with the teacher to see what was going on but I noticed she too was busy writing. I felt it best not to interrupt. "I can't get John's mother to come for a teacher conference." "I can't get my daughter to put gas in the car." "I can't get Alan to use words instead of fists."

Thwarted in my efforts to determine why students and teacher were dwelling on the negative instead of writing the more positive "I Can" statements, I returned to my seat and continued my observations.

Students wrote for another ten minutes. They were then instructed to fold the papers in half and bring them to the front. They placed their "I Can't" statements into an empty shoe box. Then Karen added hers. She put the lid on the box, tucked it under her arm and headed out the door and down the hall.

Students followed the teacher. I followed the students. Halfway down the hallway Karen entered the custodian's room, rummaged around and came out with a shovel. Shovel in one hand, shoe box in the other, Karen marched the students out to the school to the farthest corner of the playground. There they began to dig. They were going to bury their "I Can'ts"!

The digging took over ten minutes because most of the fourth graders wanted a turn. The box of "I Can'ts" was placed in a position at the bottom of the hole and then quickly covered with dirt. Thirty-one 10 and 11 year-olds stood around the freshly dug grave site. At this point Karen announced, "Boys and girls, please join hands and bow your heads." They quickly formed a circle around the grave, creating a bond with their hands.

They lowered their heads and waited. Karen delivered the eulogy.

"Friends, we gathered here today to honor the memory of 'I Can't.' While he was with us here on earth, he touched the lives or everyone, some more than others. We have provided 'I Can't' with a final resting place and a headstone that contains his epitaph. His is survived by his brothers and sisters, 'I Can', 'I Will', and 'I'm Going to Right Away'. They are not as well known as their famous relative and are certainly not as strong and powerful yet. Perhaps some day, with your help, they will make an even bigger mark on the world. May 'I Can't' rest in peace and may everyone present pick up their lives and move forward in his absence. Amen."

As I listened I realized that these students would never forget this day. Writing "I Can'ts", burying them and hearing the eulogy. That was a major effort on this part of the teacher. And she wasn't done yet.

She turned the students around, marched them back into the classroom and held a wake. They celebrated the passing of "I Can't" with cookies, popcorn and fruit juices. As part of the celebration, Karen cut a large tombstone from butcher paper. She wrote the words "I Can't" at the top and put RIP in the middle. The date was added at the bottom. The paper tombstone hung in Karen's classroom for the remainder of the year.

On those rare occasions when a student forgot and said, "I Can't", Karen simply pointed to the RIP sign. The student then remembered that "I Can't" was dead and chose to rephrase the statement. I wasn't one of Karen's students. She was one of mine. Yet that day I learned an enduring lesson from her as years later, I still envision that fourth grade class laying to rest, "I Can't".

Note: This article is taken from internet.

Happy New Year 2010

2010-01-04T09:07:00.001+08:00

Male or Female?

You might not have known this, but a lot of non-living objects are actually either male or female. Here are some examples:

FREEZER BAGS
They are male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them.

PHOTOCOPIERS
These are female, because once turned off; it takes a while to warm them up again. They are an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can also wreak havoc if you push the wrong buttons.

TIRES
Tires are male, because they go bald easily and are often over inflated. HOT AIR

BALLOONS
Also a male object, because to get them to go anywhere, you have to light a fire under their butt.

SPONGES
These are female, because they are soft, squeezable and retain water.

WEB PAGES
Female, because they're constantly being looked at and frequently getting hit on.

TRAINS
Definitely male, because they always use the same old lines for picking up people.

HOURGLASS
An hourglass is female because, over time, all the weight shifts to the bottom.

HAMMERS
Male, because in the last 5000 years, they've hardly changed at all, and are occasionally handy to have around.

THE REMOTE CONTROL
Female. Ha! You probably thought it would be male, but consider this: It easily gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know which buttons to push, he just keeps trying.

Joke of the Day

2009-12-31T15:59:00.000+08:00

The New Pastor...

A new pastor was visiting in the homes of his parishioners.

At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door. Therefore, he took out a business card and wrote 'Revelation 3:20' on the back of it and stuck it in the door.

When the offering was processed the following Sunday, he found that his card had been returned.

Added to it was this cryptic message, 'Genesis 3:10.' Reaching for his Bible to check out the citation, he broke up in gales of laughter. Revelation 3:20 begins 'Behold, I stand at the door and knock.'

Genesis 3:10 reads, 'I heard your voice in the garden and I was afraid for I was naked.'

What is a Kiss???

2009-12-23T22:05:00.001+08:00

So, what is a kiss in professors's term?

Prof. of Computer Science:
A kiss is a few bits of love compiled into a byte.

Prof. of Algebra:
A kiss is two divided by nothing.

Prof. of Geometry:
A kiss is the shortest distance between two straight lines.

Prof. of Physics:
A kiss is the contraction of mouth due to the expansion of the heart.

Prof. of Zoology:
A kiss is the interchange of unisexual salivary bacteria.

Prof. of Physiology:
A kiss is the juxtaposition of two orbicular ors muscles in the state of contraction.

Prof. of Dentistry:
A kiss is infectious and antiseptic.

Prof. of Accountancy:
A kiss is a credit because it is profitable when returned.

Prof. of Economics:
A kiss is that thing for which the demand is higher than the supply.

Prof. of Philosophy:
A kiss is the persecution for the child, ecstasy for the youth and homage for the old.

Prof. of Engineering:
Uh, What? Im not familiar with that term.

Swift Influence

2009-11-20T16:47:00.004+08:00

Yeah..I'm talking about Taylor Swift. Everyone should know who she is after the Kanye outburst. But she came back strong after that incident.

I admit that I currently like this country chick as my favourite artist. She's really an artist on fire at the moment, bagging loads of awards and no 1 hits. At 19, she has achieve more that what a regular 19 year olds do.

I have the Fearless album. Usually, I only like few songs from albums of any singers, but I actually like all of her songs. Really soothing and nice to hear. I'm sure a lot of you have heard Love Story, You Belong with Me an Fifteen already,but try to listen to the rest such as Fearless and White Horse. Highly recommended.

Back to the title, why influence? Well, she has a song that she featured on. 2 Is Better Than 1, a song by Boys Like Girls featured Taylor Swift is my current favourite song now. I wasn't really a fan of Boys Like Girls before this. After this song, now I kinda like them. Maybe because of Taylor's influence. I didn't think that Love Drunk is a cool song, but now I did.. haha.

This is 2 is Better Than 1 - Boys Like Girls ft Taylor Swift

Lyrics
I remember what you wore on the first day
You came into my lifeAnd I thought hey
You know this could be something
Cause everything you do and words you say
You know that it all takes my breath away
And now I'm left with nothing

'Cause maybe it's true, that I can't live without you
Well maybe two is better than one
There's so much time, to figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking two, is better than one

I remember every look upon your face,
The way you roll your eyes, the way you taste
You make it hard for breathing
'Cause when I close my eyes and drift away
I think of you and everythings okay
And finally now, we're leaving

And maybe it's true, that I can't live without you
Well maybe two is better than one
There's so much time, to figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking two, is better than one

Yeah, yeah

I remember what you wore on the first day
You came into my life
And I thought hey

Maybe it's true, that I can't live without you
Maybe two is better than one
There's so much time, to figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone
And I'm thinkingOooh I can't live without you

'Cause baby two is better than one
There's so much time, to figure out the rest of my life
And I've figured out with all that's said and done
Two, is better than one

Two is better than one

Looking forward to her next album now... :)

Cyril Takayama!

2009-11-06T09:47:00.000+08:00

As a child of the 80's, I grew up in the time where David Copperfield was famous. Then, I started to have interested in watching magic shows, although I didn't have much chance.

Come beyond the year 2000, I stumbled upon some clips send by others in the mail about this amazing magician. Haven't had a clue on who he was. Saw him again with "THEM." Still doesn't know his name until recently, found loads of his street performance in Japan on Youtube. He is CYRIL TAKAYAMA!

I'm really impressed with his magic abilities. He did something that I have never seen in other magicians before and I wonder how it is just an illusion and not real. I woudn't compare him to other magicians like David Blain or Criss Angel because they have different kind of magic but he is in a world on his own.

Few weeks ago, I was in a video store in Kuala Lumpur and I found a dvd on Cyril's street performance in Japan. Quickly snapped it without hesitation. In there were loads of his amazing magics which some keeps on amazed me until now. Too bad most of it in Japanese and there's no subtitles :p.

Most notable performance that he can do is bringing out burgers/food from posters and eat it, then put it back half eaten. This is my favourite. Another similar instance is that he made a tap using a marker pen and stuck it in a poster of a cola drink. The cola literally flows out when he opens the tap...and it's a real thing!

Cyril can do magic in lots of different way such as card tricks, coins, telekinesis, flying and a lot more and I can't wait to see what he has stored for us in the coming future. I wouldn't be surprised if he can do something that is really impossible.

There's not much to say on whether Cyril touched my life.. but he has set a standard of magics that I'm going to expect in the future, not only from him but also from others.

A legend in the making..or is he already one?

CYRIL: Simply Magic!

Taikor

2009-10-14T21:48:00.004+08:00

Yes, I'm talking about "Big Brother" as translated. Also talk about big boss in triad days.. happened to me? No. It's just a novel.

This is no ordinary novel. It's really good. It has a great characters and storyline and have some elements of facts about pre independence Malaysia in the 1900s. Very highly recommended to read this book.

The author is Mr Khoo Kheng-Hor from Penang and published by Pelanduk Publications (M) Sdn Bhd. I think you can find the book in various bookstores in Malaysia.

A historical saga that brings back the past for those who could still remember and for the young who may wish to know how things used to be in the years between 1922 and 1982.

From the beginning in prewar British-ruled Malaya, the story revolves around the life of a boy as he grows to manhood. It traces the migration of his family from South Thailand to Penang after his father passes away, his brief childhood living with his young widowed mother who subsequently remarried, and thereafter his banishment as a youngster by his stepfather to war-torn Shanghai. On his return, he had to find a way to earn a living and thereafter, survive the bloody days of the Japanese Occupation. Even after the surrender of the Japanese, there was the lawless postwar period, from which he saw opportunities to eventually emerge as a taikor(big brother) in Penang's chaotic underworld. Apart from opportunities, the postwar years also saw dangers, like the Emergency period when Communist insurgents tried to destabalize the country's development.

Finally, a nation was born when Malaya became an independent sovereign State. And just as the new nation strive to build a future from its historical legacy, the taikor sought to break away from his past involvement in triad activities to build a new life for himself and his family.

Check it out. You won't regret it. This novel was nominated for the 2006 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

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Taikor wasn't the only one novel that Mr Khoo wrote. There are 3 more.

The second one - Don't judge the book by it's cover.

Following the success of his first novel, Taikor, which was nominated for the 2006 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Mr Khoo has launched this second one which plunges the readers into the glitzy world of nightclubbing.

As Mr Khoo takes you behind the scenes of a large Kuala Lumpur cabaret and nightclub, be shocked and fascinated by the lives of a host of vividly-drawn characters, from the dance hostesses, mamasans, managers, bouncers to those customers who patronize nightclubs. Be prepared to find yourself in a whole new world totally different from those known to most of us. It is a world where money "plenty of it" is king, arousing greed, lust, violence, and yet be surprised to find out that the players are, in truth no difference from us, the average guys, as they too could love, hate, dream, hope, despair, feel hurt, bleed, laugh and cry as we do.

As passionate storyteller, Mr Khoo spins a tale encompassing other tales covering juvenile delinquecy, growing up, deceit versus honesty, love, broken home, corruption and power abuse of police officers, rape, blackmail and murder.

Be entertained.

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The third one.

Today, many people around the world have heard of Malaysia and Singapore. But not many really knew that these two nations were once known as literally meaning the "Southern Ocean", a name given by the early Chinese migrants who flocked to this part of the world to escape from war, poverty, hunger and famine, and to seek their fortune.

In this absorbing historical saga, Mr Khoo weaves an engaging tale linking the multi-racial peoples who inhabit the two countries: the orang asli(i.e. the aborigines), the people from various parts of Southeast Asia collectively known as the Malays, the Chinese(migrants and Straits-born Peranakan), the Indians, and of course the Eurasions, descendent of inter-marriages of the natives and the Europeans, such as early Portuguese who came to colonize the wealthy Malacca Sultanate, before being chased out by the Dutch, who in turn were outmaneuvered by the British, who thereafter systematically colonized the land to be known as British Malaya and the Crown Colony of Singapore until they too were driven out by the invading Japanese.

Here is the fascinating story of their relationships, as seen through the lives of four generations as they toiled and struggled for wealth and power, fought for their beliefs and freedom, and felt their hopes and dreams for their future and those of their offsprings, as Nanyang became two separate fledging nations.

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And the most recent one.

Death was an old companion for him.

He grew up in uncertain and violent times. Even with the return of the British after the Japanese Occupation, a peaceful life was still non-existent in post-war Malaya. He was forced to join his family in suffering an uprooting from his home to a barbed-wire New Village as a government’s strategy to contain a Communist insurgency.

Having watched his father’s cold-blooded murder as ordered by an over-zealous British army officer, he knew he had to survive in order to seek vengeance. Young as he was, he also knew he couldn’t do it all on his own but had to learn from those who were able to teach him.

It was his destiny to meet the sifu - teacher or master - who would initiate him in the deadly craft of a professional assassin. But unlike many others, he wouldn’t kill indiscriminately. He killed only those who deserved to die until death came too close to him.

Just finished Sifu. Again, another twist of characters and plots in this book. I shall not reveal more so it's better you grab a copy and read it yourself.

Bali Day 2- 19 September 2009

2009-10-02T12:06:00.006+08:00

Day 2 started with a bang. My alarm was actually set at 7.30am. But at approx 7:06am, I was awoken by a loud sound. In my blurness, I noticed that my bed is moving around... like when you are in a bus on a long and bumpy road. OMG!! It's earthquake! You can hear the buildings and windows vibrating. It stopped after awhile.

I went outside to see that everyone is actually outside, asking what is going on. They say it's earthquake...not sure where yet. First time they felt that strong tremor in Bali as per the hotel staff. I went back in and freshen up. On the Tv to see if there's any news about the earthquake. Voila. There was. The epicentre was in the ocean, about 75km south of Denpasar. Oh well, we all continue with breakfast without any panic or what and continue the day as planned.

After breakfast, our first stop is the Monkey Forest visiting the mischievious monkeys. Monkeys as usual are quite scary but here are not that scary. They only want food. You can actually buy bananas at the entrance to feed them monkeys. Usual things u can see is finding kutu la. You can see the pics down here that they really enjoy it, even until showing your butt to everyone.

Ah, the relaxing mood...

So, after hanging at the Monkey forest for like 2 hours from 9am to 11am, we head all the way to the other end of the road to have our lunch. Not all the way as there bound to be someone stopped at the shops on both sides of the road to grab something as it's our last day to shop there.

BABI GULING!!! Yay, you must try this when you come to Bali. The restaurant we went, Ibu OKA Babi Guling was packed with ppl, even got long queue when we reached at about 11:45am. we managed to get a big square table what we have to squeeze to fit all of us. Pics below. It's nice but the skin is everyly crispy until it's damn hard. Poor Babi.

After lunch, we went to Ubud Market to do a little of shopping. Bought some clothes and vanilla. Then is Spa time!

We went to Verona Spa which is just located at a lorong beside our hotel. Booked the package..which lasted 4 hours to finish. Nice place, nice massage, but ducks outside is so noisy when massaging. Ka ka cau cau.

After spa, is dinner time. Also nearby at Dian Restaurant. Most of the guys had tasty food but the one I had, Set Bebek (crispy duck) is not so nice. Rice is too sticky, duck was dry and portion was so small. Not full at all. We had another crispy duck the next day, that one is much better. Check out the day 3 next ya.

Bye.

Bali Day 1 - 18 September 2009

2009-09-25T10:32:00.008+08:00

My first time on a plane, flying across ocean... and it went to the awesome island called Bali. Bali is part of Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim and yet almost 90% of Balinese are Hindu. That's why you can see a lot of Ganesha's and Buddha's face all around Bali.

Flight was at 9:50am. Reached KLIA main terminal at about 7:45am.

Almost everyone has arrived. Two went to LCCT because the taxi uncle sent them wrong way. Luckily they made it in time to check in. We fly by Malaysia Airlines.

Suaku, you may say about me, but first time flying, what can you say. I guess everyone who fly first time will take pics of clouds from above. The pics here looks like 3 animals to me..haha.

Since it's MAS, we had breakfast on board with a choice if roti canai or nasi lemak. We chose nasi lemak.

It actually came with a pink guava juice as seen on pics. And also 3 biji Ferrero Rocher and Jacker Wafer Biscuit(which has been taken out). The nasi lemak was nice. Small portion though but no complaints there as I had 3 pieces of cake at home, then had McDonalds breakfast at KLIA. Quite full. Haha.

Pics below is stewardess in action, serving breakfast to everyone.

We touch down at Bali at about 12:55pm. We were flying really close above the sea before landing as the airport runway is right beside the sea. Kinda a bit scary..haha.

Went through immigration without much hustle..long queue cos it's holidays. When collecting our luggage, the drama begins. We couldn't find 5 of our luggages. We had 21ppl coming to bali and 5 of them are missing, including mine, my gf's, my boss' and 2 of the boys. According to my boss, this is the first time the luggage is missing since they started flying around.

We went to lodge a report. They said the luggages were stranded at KLIA. Luckily there's another MAS flight coming to Bali in the evening, and they can bring the luggages along. They promise to deliver the luggages to our hotel in Ubud once they arrived. So we take our copy of report and leave the airport, with 7 of us without our clean clothes to wear for the whole day, hopefully. We leave at about 2:30pm to Ubud.

Reaced our hotel at about 3:50pm. Yulia Village Inn was located at Jalan Monkey Forest in Ubud. The road is full of shops on both sides, be it selling souvenirs, t-shirts, sarongs, restaurants, hotels, bungalows, spa and not forgetting the Monkey Forest.

We went to have our lunch at a nearby restaurant. Ubud Village Restaurant. Since it's about 4:30pm when we went there, we had a light meal as our supposed dinner was supposed to be at around 7pm...which was pushed back to 8pm. Pics below is one of their signature sandwich.

After that we went jalan jalan along the road to see if there's anything interesting to buy. Interesting view all the way and they sell interesting stuff also. After that, we went back to hotel. Bad news, luggages haven't arrive yet. Everyone else went to dinner with clean clothes. 7 of us went to dinner after bath with dirty clothes.

Dinner at Wayan cafe, only a few minutes walk from the hotel. We sit on the floor with coffee table, which is quite a tricky way to sit for my boss and also myself with long legs. Haha. Need to adjust the way i sit a few times. I had Wayan's Chicken Curry. It was good.

Oh. When we get back to hotel after dinner, we got news that the luggages have arrived in Bali, but not sure yet when will reach the hotel cos there were few others who share the same bad luck as us. If they are staying at Kuta or Nusa Dua area, they'll get it first. We're staying at Ubud which is in the middle of Bali, so, it's most likely that we are the last one to get it. And alas, we got it at about 11pm. Yay. Clean clothes.

Here's some pics of the hotel we were staying. Bed looks nice. And they are so kedekut giving only syampoo..no bath foam also. And 2 shower cap. And 2 mineral water.

Ok. That's basically first day at Bali. Will continue with day 2 later. For more pics, can check it out at my facebook photos.

Lazy

2009-09-15T09:23:00.003+08:00

Ya, the lazyness kicked in :( Plus I don't have much to say anyway..

Goal fest in last weekend's BPL. Yossi showed why he's important by getting a hattrick against Burnley with Kuyt completed the 4-0 scoreline. Man City also get 4 goals as they passed their first test with flying colours against Arsenal, who only managed to reply 2. But that 2 means the last team finally concedes. High flying Spurs was brought down to earth by Man Utd. As quoted by Jamie Yeo(something like that), "1 man down, 1 goal down, win 3-1. That's why they are champion." Chelsea scored another last minute goal...I thought Stoke will pull out a brave draw. No big surprise in the other matches.

Champions League starts today. The race to become the European Champion is on.

Friday, I'm going to Bali..yay. Don't look for me until the next Wednesday. Will write a diary and put it here, just for a guide if you want to go next time. Hopefully can catch good pics. Sorry I dun have those high tech digicam... only normal Olympus camera.

Here's some jokes for u guys..

Miracle at a Gas Station...

Sister Mary, who worked for a home health agency, was out making her rounds visiting homebound patients when she ran out of gas. As luck would have it, a gas station was just a block away. She walked to the station to borrow a gas can and buy some gas.

The attendant told her that the only gas can he owned had been loaned out, but she could wait until it was returned.

Since the nun was on the way to see a patient, she decided not to wait and walked back to her car. She looked for something in the car that she could fill with gas and spotted the bedpan she was taking to the patient.

Always resourceful, she carried the bedpan to the station, filled it with gas, and carried the full bedpan back to her car.

As she was pouring the gas into her tank, two men watched from across the street.

One of them turned to the other and said, "If it starts, I'm converting."

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A Summer Skirt Situation...

As the bus stopped and it was her turn to get on, a lovely looking woman became aware that her skirt was too tight to allow her leg to come up to the height of the first step of the bus.

Slightly embarrassed and with a quick smile to the bus driver, she reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little, thinking that this would give her enough slack to raise her leg. She tried to take the step, only to discover that she couldn't.

So, a little more embarrassed, she once again reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little more, and for the second time attempted the step

Once again, much to her chagrin, she could not raise her leg.

With a little smile to the driver, she again reached behind to unzip a little more and again was unable to take the step.

About this time, a large Texan who was standing behind her picked her up easily by the waist and placed her gently on the step of the bus.

She went ballistic and turned to the would-be Samaritan and yelled, "How dare you touch my body! I don't even know who you are!"

The Texan smiled and drawled, "Well, ma'am, normally I would agree with you, but after you unzipped my fly three times, I kinda figured we was friends."

Drunk at a Bar...

2009-09-01T20:47:00.005+08:00

In the middle of a huge metropolitan city was a skyscraper where at the top was a bar. At the end of a particularly hard day at work Jim went up to the bar to let go the stresses of that day. When he got there, there was already a man sitting at the bar drinking a particularly vile looking drink.

This strange man said "watch this" and proceeded to walk over to one of the large windows lining the wall. He then picked up a chair and smashed out the window and stepped out.

He started falling toward the ground turning end over end and right before he hit the ground he stopped and proceeded to drift up. He floated back up through the window and went back over to the bar.

Jim looked at the bartender and said "I'll have what he's having!"

After a few rounds of the drink, Jim stumbled over to the window and fell out. He fell all the way to the ground and landed with a loud SMACK.

The bartender turns to the mysterious man and says "Superman, you're such a jerk when you're drunk!"

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BPL action over the weekend is normal. Gerrard snached a late win for Liverpool at Bolton. Man Utd got away with a win over Arsenal thanks to an own goal by Diaby. Arshavin scored a wonderful goal though. Lennon fired a stoppage time goal to keep them 4 win out of four to join Chelsea at the summit. Man City continued to have another clean sheet as Adebayor scored his third league goal as in many games.

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Daddy Action...
A grade school teacher was asking students what their parents did for a living.

"Tim, you be first," she said. "What does your mother do all day?"

Tim stood up and proudly said, "She's a doctor."

"That's wonderful. How about you, Amie?"

Amie shyly stood up, scuffed her feet and said, "My father is a mailman."

"Thank you, Amie," said the teacher. "What about your father, Billy?"

Billy proudly stood up and announced, "My daddy murders people, steals from them, and drinks."

The teacher was aghast and promptly changed the subject to geography. Later that day she went to Billy's house and rang the bell. Billy's father answered the door. The teacher explained what his son had said and asked if there might be some logical explanation.

Billy's father said, "I'm actually an attorney. But how can I explain a thing like that to a seven-year-old?

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What is the most popular song in the radio now? I listen to radio a lot when I travel. I listen to "I Got A Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas everyday. Caught the same song played at 2 different stations at the same time for a few times. Chances of 3 stations playing the same song? Well, almost. 2 stations played I Got A Feeling and another playerd Boom Boom Pow. I''m sick of the songs already. Another popular artist that I frequently heard on the radio is from David Archuletta. I think I listen to all his songs everyday. But the songs that I look forward to at the moment are You Belong With Me and The Climb.

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Holy Jokes!

A father was approached by his small son who told him proudly, "I know what the Bible means!"

His father smiled and replied, "What do you mean, you 'know' what the Bible means?"

The son replied, "I do know!"

"Okay," said his father. "What does the Bible mean?"

"That's easy, Daddy..." the young boy replied excitedly, "It stands for 'Basic Information Before Leaving Earth.'

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There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the country.

"Is there anything breakable in here?" asked the postal clerk.

"Only the Ten Commandments." answered the lady.

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"Somebody has said there are only two kinds of people in the world. There are those who wake up in the morning and say, "Good morning, Lord," and there are those who wake up in the morning and say, "Good Lord, it's morning."

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A minister parked his car in a no-parking zone in a large city because he was short of time and couldn't find a space with a meter. Then he put a note under the windshield wiper that read: "I have circled the block 10 times. If I don't park here, I'll miss my appointment. Forgive us our trespasses."

When he returned, he found a citation from a police officer along with this note "I've circled this block for 10 years. If I don't give you a ticket I'll lose my job. Lead us not into temptation."

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There is the story of a pastor who got up one Sunday and announced to his congregation: "I have good news and bad news. The good news is, we have enough money to pay for our new building program. The bad news is, it's still out there in your pockets."

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While driving in Pennsylvania, a family caught up to an Amish carriage. The owner of the carriage obviously had a sense of humor, because attached to the back of the carriage was a hand printed sign:

"Energy efficient vehicle: Runs on oats and grass. Caution: Do not step in exhaust."

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Still haven't have any update to my stories...sorry.

He is Watching You...

2009-08-26T15:16:00.002+08:00

A burglar broke into a house one night. He shined his flashlight around, looking for valuables. He picked up a CD player to place in his sack, when a strange, disembodied voice echoed from the dark, saying,

"Jesus is watching you."

He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight off, and froze. When he heard nothing more after a bit, he shook his head and continued. Just as he pulled the stereo out so he could disconnect the wires, clear as a bell he heard,

"Jesus is watching you."

Freaked out, he shined his light around frantically, looking for the source of the voice. Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight beam came to rest on a parrot.

"Did you say that?" he hissed at the parrot.
"Yep," the parrot confessed, then squawked, "I'm just trying to warn you."
The burglar relaxed. "Warn me, huh? Who in the world are you?"
"Moses," replied the bird.
"Moses?" the burglar laughed. "What kind of people would name a bird Moses?"
"The same kind of people that would name a pit bull, Jesus."

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Third round of BPL. Well, another defeat to Liverpool. Now, they have lost twice in 3 games/10days. Shocking to me. Didn't watch the game. No ASTRO at home.Don't want to go out in this month also. This time, also defending set pieces failed them. They need to get their act together if they want to end the long wait for the title. Perhaps Rafa should bring Gerrard back to central midfield and play with 2 strikers. Else, Burnley continued their fairy tale run in the premiership, this time Everton was the victim to another 1-0 defeat. Spurs, Man City and Arsenal also end up with a win. Now only left Man City as the only club yet to concede a goal in the premiership. Stoke and Birmingham got the first draw game of the season.

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[Joke] Watch The Watch...

It was opening night at the Orpheum and the Claude the Amazing Hypnotist was topping the bill. People came from miles around to see the famed hypnotist do his stuff. As Claude took to the stage, he announced,

"Unlike most stage hypnotists who invite two or three people up onto the stage to be put into a trance, I intend to hypnotize each and every member of the audience."

The excitement was almost electric as Claude withdrew a beautiful antique pocket watch from his coat.

"I want you each to keep your eye on this antique watch. It's a very special watch. Its been in my family for six generations."

He began to swing the watch gently back and forth while quietly chanting, "Watch the watch, watch the watch, watch the watch.... "

The crowd became mesmerized as the watch swayed back and forth, light gleaming off its polished surface. Hundreds of pairs of eyes followed the swaying watch, until suddenly it slipped from the hypnotist's fingers and fell to the floor, breaking into a hundred pieces.

"Crap!" said the hypnotist.

It took three weeks to clean up the theater.

Fear Factor

2009-08-22T16:48:00.003+08:00

Well, just in case you want to know the correct term of what you fear or have phobia in, here's some of them that might link to you.

But before that, here's some facts about some celebrities who have a weird fears in them. (Taken from a pullout in The Star)

1. BBC's Mind Matters reports that Johnny Depp is not only afraid of spiders, he also freak out whenever he sees a clown! (Now you know how to fight Captain Jack Sparrow)

2. Actor Matthew McConaughey may be fit and hunky but he is scared of tunnels and revolving doors.

3. Scarlett Johansson has a more common phobia - cockraches.

4. Former Baywatch star Carmen Electra may have done millions of photoshoots by the beach but the actress is still not quite ready to jump in the water. She is afraid of water. (So how did she act in Baywatch in the first place...)

5. Not only he is commitment-phobic, according to Toronto Star, John Mayer also has 'dirt phobia' and always goes through every corner of his hotel room to make sure that it's sparky clean and free of dust when he checks in.

6. Nicole Kidman and butterflies? They just don't go together. Based on a news report on Contactmusic.com, the Australian actress is reportedly suffering from fear of butterflies.

7. You think David Beckham is cool? Think again. The footballer is reportedly suffering from ataxophobia (fear of untidiness) and must organize his wardrobe according to colour. He also has the urge to count his clothes and organize his magazines in straight lines.

8. Talk is that actress and reality star Pamela Anderson is terrified of mirrors.

9. Keanu Reeves is reportedly suffering from scotophobia (fear of darkness) and computer phobia. (So, how did he become Neo in Matrix?)

10. Sarah Michelle Gellar is scared of graveyard. According to FOXNews.com, a fake graveyard had to be built because the former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star refused to film the series in real graveyards.

The list.

Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.
Achluophobia- Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia- Fear of noise.
Acrophobia- Fear of heights.
Agliophobia- Fear of pain.
Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing the street.
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Ailurophobia- Fear of cats.
Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens.
Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic.
Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions.
Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car.
Ambulophobia- Fear of walking.
Androphobia- Fear of men.
Angrophobia - Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single.
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders.
Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers.
Atychiphobia- Fear of failure.
Aurophobia- Fear of gold.
Autophobia- Fear of being alone or of oneself.A
viophobia or Aviatophobia- Fear of flying.
Bibliophobia- Fear of books.
Botanophobia- Fear of plants.
Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness.
Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women.
Cathisophobia- Fear of sitting.
Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors.
Chiraptophobia- Fear of being touched.
Chirophobia- Fear of hands.
Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia- Fear of money.
Cleithrophobia or Cleisiophobia- Fear of being locked in an enclosed place.
Cyberphobia- Fear of computers or working on a computer.
Cyclophobia- Fear of bicycles.
Cynophobia- Fear of dogs
Deipnophobia- Fear of dining or dinner conversations.
Dentophobia- Fear of dentists.
Dishabiliophobia- Fear of undressing in front of someone.
Domatophobia- Fear of houses or being in a house.(Eicophobia, Oikophobia)
Ecclesiophobia- Fear of church.
Eleutherophobia- Fear of freedom.
Enochlophobia- Fear of crowds.
Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers.
Epistaxiophobia- Fear of nosebleeds.
Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge.
Ergophobia- Fear of work.
Erotophobia- Fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
Euphobia- Fear of hearing good news.
Eurotophobia- Fear of female genitalia.
Gamophobia- Fear of marriage.
Geliophobia- Fear of laughter.
Gelotophobia- Fear of being laughed at.
Genophobia- Fear of sex.
Gerascophobia- Fear of growing old.
Gerontophobia- Fear of old people or of growing old.
Glossophobia- Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
Gymnophobia- Fear of nudity.
Gynephobia or Gynophobia- Fear of women.
Hadephobia- Fear of hell.
Hagiophobia- Fear of saints or holy things.
Hemophobia or Hemaphobia or Hematophobia- Fear of blood.
Iatrophobia- Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors.
Ithyphallophobia- Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.
Japanophobia- Fear of Japanese.
Judeophobia- Fear of Jews.
Kolpophobia- Fear of genitals, particularly female.
Mageirocophobia- Fear of cooking.
Maieusiophobia- Fear of childbirth.
Malaxophobia- Fear of love play. (Sarmassophobia)
Medomalacuphobia- Fear of losing an erection.
Medorthophobia- Fear of an erect penis.
Melanophobia- Fear of the color black.
Melophobia- Fear or hatred of music.
Menophobia- Fear of menstruation.
Musophobia or Muriphobia- Fear of mice.
Mycophobia- Fear or aversion to mushrooms.
Mycrophobia- Fear of small things.
Myctophobia- Fear of darkness.
Myrmecophobia- Fear of ants.
Novercaphobia- Fear of your step-mother.
Nucleomituphobia- Fear of nuclear weapons.
Nudophobia- Fear of nudity.
Numerophobia- Fear of numbers.
Nyctohylophobia- Fear of dark wooded areas or of forests at night
Nyctophobia- Fear of the dark or of night.
Obesophobia- Fear of gaining weight.(Pocrescophobia)
Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.
Odontophobia- Fear of teeth or dental surgery.
Oenophobia- Fear of wines.
Oneirophobia- Fear of dreams.
Oneirogmophobia- Fear of wet dreams.
Ouranophobia or Uranophobia- Fear of heaven.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia- Fear of Friday the 13th.
Parthenophobia- Fear of virgins or young girls.
Pedophobia- Fear of children.
Peladophobia- Fear of bald people.
Pentheraphobia- Fear of mother-in-law. (Novercaphobia)
Phagophobia- Fear of swallowing or of eating or of being eaten.
Phalacrophobia- Fear of becoming bald.
Phallophobia- Fear of a penis, esp erect.
Pharmacophobia- Fear of taking medicine.
Phasmophobia- Fear of ghosts.
Phengophobia- Fear of daylight or sunshine.
Philemaphobia or Philematophobia- Fear of kissing.
Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love.
Phobophobia- Fear of phobias.
Placophobia- Fear of tombstones.
Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers.
Satanophobia- Fear of Satan.
Sciophobia Sciaphobia- Fear of shadows.
Sexophobia- Fear of the opposite sex. (Heterophobia)
Taphephobia Taphophobia- Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.
Telephonophobia- Fear of telephones.
Theophobia- Fear of gods or religion.
Tocophobia- Fear of pregnancy or childbirth.
Triskaidekaphobia- Fear of the number 13.
Urophobia- Fear of urine or urinating.
Venustraphobia- Fear of beautiful women.
Virginitiphobia- Fear of rape.
Vitricophobia- Fear of step-father.
Zelophobia- Fear of jealousy.
Zeusophobia- Fear of God or gods.
Zoophobia- Fear of animals.

15 Malaysia

2009-08-21T21:54:00.003+08:00

15Malaysia is a short film project. It consists of 15 short films made by 15 Malaysian filmmakers. These films not only deal with socio-political issues in Malaysia, they also feature some of the best-known faces in the country, including actors, musicians and top political leaders. You may think of them as funky little films made by 15 Malaysian voices for the people of Malaysia.

Title: Potong Saga by Ho Yuhang

Synopsis
A laugh-out-loud film about a Chinese boy’s misguided attempts at opening an Islamic bank account.

Title: Chocolate by the late Yasmin Ahmad

Synopsis
A quiet tale that reminds us that, despite the multifaceted contradiction of Malaysia, life goes on – even if not all of it is sweet.

Title: The Tree by Amir Muhammad

Synopsis
Malaysia’s most influential spiritual leader Nik Aziz offers commentary on the virtuous and Islamic way to conduct ethical commerce in his inimitable style.

Go to www.15malaysia.com to download these movies for free.. YES. FREE! 12 more short films to be released. They are going to be released one by one every 2 days. The next one House by Linus Chung will be released at the website at 12am sharp on 24th Aug 2009. Don't forget to check it out. I will be posting the films here also. Support our local film. We are MALAYSIAN!!!! Woo hoo...

Tak Sedap

2009-08-20T16:03:00.002+08:00

Well, I can't make it to lunch with my colleagues today cos have a meeting at 2pm. Was early so I stop by at a roadside stall at Jln Chan Sow Lin to grab a bite, rojak and cendol for lunch. Turns out it sucks big time. Really sangat tak sedap. But no choice, telan saja la. It's cheap, though. RM3.50 for both rojak and cendol. Well, that's one stall I'm never gonna go back again.

Footie fans got another round of shock in game 2. Newly promoted Burnley provides the shock of the day with the 1-0 defeat of champion Man Utd. Spurs turn on the heat by going top of the league with a 5-1 win away to Hull. Else, it's back to business by Gerrard and co, with the captain assist twice in a 4-0 win against Stoke, who held them to a goaless draw last season, twice. Torres opened the scoring spree, Glen Johnson scored no 2, his first goal in his home debut, Kuyt and N'gog seal it in the second half. Hopefully they can continue the free scoring against Aston Villa on Monday. Also will miss watching the game again...why can't they play on Sunday???

Had a bad luck in the morning. While squeezing my way through the traffic before Sunway toll at LDP, this 1 tonne lorry keeps squeezing into my lane. He was very close on my left. I let him pass, hoping he doesn't touch my car. But no, he chose to scratch my left side mirror with his rear side. And I'm not sure whether he didn't know it or pretending cos he doesn't have any reaction. Damn...Kanasai.

Went to renew my passport this morning at Subang Airport there. Was there yesterday but too many ppl, so have to abandon the plan and come back today, earlier. There were only 2 counters ooen and the machine at the kiosk is not working, and I don't think it can reach us in time with 20ppl on queue and it's 8.40am. (I start work at 9am) So, come back today lor. Reached at about 8am. Kanasai today they open 4-5 counters. I don't even have to wait for my turn and it was all done within 5 minutes. Can collect new passport within 2 hours but decided to drop by tomorrow to pick it up.

So, today reached office 1/2 hour early. Yay...

Kids Say The Darnest Things

2009-08-18T23:19:00.004+08:00

Quiz for Kids...

Q: Name the four seasons.
A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.

Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink.
A: Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists.

Q: How is dew formed?
A: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.

Q: How can you delay milk turning sour?
A: Keep it in the cow.

Q: What causes the tides in the oceans?
A: The tides are a fight between the Earth and the Moon. All water tends to flow towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and nature hates a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in this fight.

Q: What are steroids?
A: Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs.

Q: What happens to your body as you age?
A: When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental.

Q: What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty?
A: He says good-bye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery.

Q: Name a major disease associated with cigarettes.
A: Premature death.

Q: How are the main parts of the body categorized? e.g.abdomen.)
A: The body is consisted into three parts - the brainium, the Borax and the abdominal cavity. The brainium contains the brain; the borax contains the heart and lungs, and the abdominal cavity contains the five bowels, A, E, I, O, and U.

Q: What is the fibula?
A: A small lie.

Q: What does "varicose" mean? (I do love this one.)
A: Nearby.

Q: Give the meaning of the term "Caesarean Section"
A: The Caesarean Section is a district in Rome

Q: What does the word "benign" mean?'
A: Benign is what you will be after you be eight.

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Take 1. Heard some news that Rafa only had 2mil pound transfer kitty? Who the heck can he buy with that amount of $$$? Defender from Conference League? Even a defender from Hull is rated at 10mil pound. WTF???

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Testy Testing...(Old Joke)

One night Jack Evans, along with his 3 university friends went out drinkinig till late night, as many college students are prone to do, and didn't study for their test, which, of course, was scheduled for the next day. In the morning they thought of a plan. They made themselves look as dirty and weird as they could with grease and dirt. They went up to the dean and explained that they had gone out to a wedding last night and on their return the tire of their car burst. They continued to explain how they had to push the car all the way back and that they were in no condition to appear for the test. The dean, being a compassionate human being said that they could rtake the test after 3 days. The students garaciously replied that they'd be ready by that time. On the third day, they appeared before the dean. The dean explained that since this was a special test all four were required to sit in separate classrooms for the duration of the exam. They all agreed as they had prepared well in the last three days. The test consisted of 5 questions with total of 100 points:

MID SEMESTER COURSEWORK EXAMINATIONINSTRUCTIONS :All questions are required. Any inconsistencies on any of the questions among the four students will result in all the candidates getting a zero mark.

Q.1. Write down your name. ----- (2 POINTS)
Q.2. Write the name of the bride and bridegroom at the wedding you attended. ----- (30 POINTS)
Q.3. What type of a car were you driving? ------(20 POINTS)
Q.4. Which tire burst? ------- (28 POINTS)
Q.5. Who was driving? ------ (20 POINTS)

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Take 2. Car meter reached 12k this morning, after using it for almost 5 months. Averaged usage of petrol about RM400 per month. Travelled averaged about 2500km per month. Been using few petrols to compare the performance. Started using P at first, then tried S and one time M. Been using S for a few months now cos got competition. Hey, RM30k is a lot ler...but didn't win any yet. Summary, S is slightly better than P in terms of performance. But I will still alternate between S & P to find out more comparison performance, especially when RON95 is coming next month. Also, it's far away from what Proton claimed that Saga BLM can achieve. It could be my style of driving or the city traffic that cause it but it's almost half of what they claimed. Maybe I can send them a copy of the report that I made.

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Birthday Wishes...

Little Bobby came into the kitchen where his mother was making dinner. His birthday was coming up and he thought this was a good time to tell his mother what he wanted.

“Mom, I want a bike for my birthday.”

Little Bobby was a bit of a trouble maker. He had gotten into trouble at school and at home. Bobby’s mother asked him if he thought he deserved to get a bike for his birthday. Little Bobby, of course, thought he did. Bobby’s mother, being a Christian woman, wanted Bobby to reflect on his behavior over the year.

“Go to your room, Bobby, and think about how you have behaved this year. Then write a letter to God and tell him why you deserve a bike for your birthday."

Little Bobby stomped up the steps to his room and sat down to write God a letter.

*****LETTER 1

Dear God,
I have been a very good boy this year and I would like a bike for my birthday. I want a red one. Your Friend, Bobby

Bobby knew that this wasn’t true. He had not been a very good boy this year, so he tore up the letter and started over.

*****LETTER 2

Dear God,
I have been an “OK” Boy this year. I still would really like a bike for my birthday.
Bobby

Bobby knew he could not send this letter to God either. So, Bobby wrote a third letter.

*****LETTER 3

Dear God,
I know I haven’t been a good boy this year. I am very sorry. I will be a good boy if you just send me a bike for my birthday please.
Thank you, Bobby

Bobby knew, even if it was true, this letter was not going to get him a bike. Now, Bobby was very upset. He went down stairs and told his Mom that he wanted to go to church. Bobby’s mother thought her plan had worked, as Bobby looked very sad.

“Just be home in time for dinner," Bobby’s mother told him.

Bobby walked down the street to the church on the corner. Little Bobby went into the church and up to the alter. He looked around to see if any one was there. Bobby bent down and picked up a statue of the Virgin Mary. He slipped the statue under his shirt and ran out of the Church, down the street, into the house, and up to his room. He shut the door to his and sat down with a piece of paper and a pen and began to write his letter to God.

*****LETTER 4

God,
I'VE GOT YOUR MAMA. IF YOU WANT TO SEE HER AGAIN, SEND THE BIKE.
Bobby

First Game Over

2009-08-17T21:19:00.004+08:00

Ok, Liverpool lost in their first game. Sad. I have to admit that they play like sh*t in the first half. It's better in the second half but they don't really deserve to win with that kind of performance. I also admit that I thought referee is "kayu". IMHO, it's a clear penalty on the push on Voronin by the Spurs' first goalscorer. The handball is no issue. And I'm furious on how easy the referee give free kicks to Spurs whose player fell with a soft touch. Well, I'm not going to get banned for critisizing the stupid referee. Stupid stupid stupid.

Anyhow, it's quite a concern on the way they played last night. They only get lively when Yossi was introduced. I thought Johnson was all sorts before his surge run to get the penalty. They let Spurs control the game. Wednesday is the first home game against Stoke. Hopefully they don't park bus in front of their goal again. And hopefully Rafa can find a key to unlock the bus and drive it away so that his boys can score.

Back to BPL, all 10 games ended up with winners, no draw. 6 away winners. 4 debutants scored. Shock of the day is of course Arsenal's 6-1 win at Goodison Park. Only 6 of 10 games will be played next in the midweek. Cos there's qualifying games to the European Games in midweek also.

Anyway, back to reality. A bit busy over the weekend. Had a gathering with some of the old old old batch of MMURCS. For pics you can check my facebook. Also played badminton on Sunday afternoon having missed it a week before. Now my right leg is sore :(

Was quite upset that Malaysia didn't have any representatives in Badminton World Championship in India. Ccan't believe the Datuk Lee stuck at QF. The doubles also crashed out in the semis, when they are so close to make it to the finals.

I still haven't got any update on my stories. Still lazy and lazy. Haha. Ok, maybe will continue brainstorming today.

Will do another review of BPL on Thursday although I might not be able to watch it. Biasa la midweek game sure 3am here.

Okla..nothing to write liao

Choose Children's Name Wisely

2009-08-14T11:10:00.004+08:00

Choose your kid's name wisely or they will be the laughing stock of his/her entire schooling days. I got this forwarded mail from a friend(Thx Ken) and just want to share it with you. You might heard this story before, but I think they still will make you laugh.

Confusing Chinese Names

Caller : Hello, can I speak to Annie Wan (anyone)?
Operator : Yes, you can speak to me.
Caller : No, I want to speak to Annie Wan (anyone)!
Operator : You are talking to someone! Who is this?
Caller : I'm Sam Wan (Someone). And I need to talk to Annie Wan (anyone)! It's urgent.
Operator : I know you are someone and you want to talk to anyone! But what's this urgent matter about?
Caller : Well... just tell my sister Annie Wan (anyone) that our brother Noel Wan (no one)has involved in an accident. Noel Wan (no one)got injured and now Noel Wan (no one) is being sent to the hospital. Right now, Avery Wan (everyone) is on his way to the hospital.
Operator : Look if no one was injured and no one was sent to the hospital, then the accident isn't an urgent matter! You may find this hilarious but I don't have time for this!
Caller : You are so rude! Who are you?
Operator : I'm Saw Lee (Sorry).
Caller : Yes! You should be sorry. Now give me your name!!!
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This is hilarious ....Why Chinese shouldn't have Christian names:

Anne Chang => Dirty (Mandarin)
Anne Chin => Keep Quiet (Mandarin)
Faye Chen => Dusty (Mandarin)
Carl Cheng => Buttock (Hokkien)
Monica Cheng => Touching your buttocks (Hokkien)
Lucy Leow => You are dead (Hokkien)
Jane Tan => Frying eggs (Mandarin)
Suzie Leow => Lose till death (Hokkien)
Henry Mah => Hate your mum (Mandarin)
Corrine Tai => Poor fellow (Hokkien)
Paul Chan => Bankrupt (Mandarin)
Nelson Tan => Bird laying eggs (Mandarin)
Leslie Tong => Rubbish Bin (Mandarin)
Carmen Teng => Leg hair long (Hokkien)
Connie Mah => Call your mother (Cantonese)
Danny See => Squeeze you to death (Hokkien)
Rosie Teng => Screws and nails (Hokkien)
Pete Tsai => Nose droppings (Hokkien)
Macy Koh => Never die before (Cantonese)

Moral of the story, if you have the surnames above, think carefully about the Christian name to give your kids.

Novel Prologue

2009-08-12T12:01:00.002+08:00

Last night I started to draft my first chapter. It was hard thinking of the story and plots and characters. In the end, it suddenly came. Yay..free flow but had to stop cos it's 2am already. Will continue today.

But as a standard quote... "Cerita ini adalah rekaan semata-mata. Tidak ada kaitan dengan yang hidup atau yang mati."

There you go..haha. Anyway, it's a fantasized story, and it will include some facts from the real world. You might find some characters resemble you. And the story may seems familiar, maybe blast from the past or somewhere you read before.

Sneak peak? I have no idea cos I just started on the first chapter...haha. Wait if you can.. and please don't expect new story everyday.. sometimes the idea just stopped coming... maybe few hours, maybe few days, maybe few weeks or maybe few months. But you can pester me if it's not updated for so so long.

Thanks for your support ya.

Life's Like That

2009-08-11T10:08:00.002+08:00

It's hard to get people to gather together nowadays. I've been trying to hold 2 different gatherings for 2 different sets of people this month. While the total ppl are over 50, I only managed to get about 10 to 15ppl to join the gatherings. It's kinda sad too.

But I understand the situation. Life after school/university is definitely different. There wasn't any time to gather around and have fun. All people have gone to the point where they are in the rat race to survive the world today. Work and own family come first. No, mostly work will come first. If work doesn't come first, the the rest won't be able to come later. Also, some are all over the world.

But 10 to 15 ppl is still not bad. At least we still have some people to have fun with. Sure, the more is better, but less is not worse. So, will take this time to enjoy and have fun with them cos you'll never know, these times will be one of the memories you'll cherish later.

Other news..football..yay. The season has started. BPL will start this weekend. But Liverpool's game is on Sunday. Usually I will bo song cos need to wait another day to see them play, but this time, thankfully it's on Sunday. Why, cos I have plans this Saturday night, so will definitely miss the game if it's on Saturday. Woo hoo. I don't want to do prediction cos I will always be rooting for Liverpool all the way. Kinda worried tho with the central defensive injury problems. But I think Chelsea will be quite strong cos they don't have big names leaving. Not like the other big 4, where Alonso left Liverpool, Ronaldo n Teves left MU and Adebayor left Arsenal. It could be interesting if Man City with 9 forwards can join in the exclusive big 4 status.

I still haven't start on my story writing. A bit lazy and out of idea. Maybe should sit still for one day to think of a great plot for the story. Come come my idea.

That's all for the moment.

Terry Fator

2009-08-10T14:05:00.004+08:00

Ok. Lazyness kicked in barely days after starting this :(

Well, just want to share this amazing entertainer who won America's Got Talent...last year i think :p He's a ventriloquist. Not only he's a ventriloquist, he's also an entertainer, impersonator and now headline in Las Vegas, with most actions without moving his mouth. If I can do half what he can do, or maybe if i can impersonate 2-3 person with ventriloquism, I'm gonna be so cool :)

Here are a few of his acts in AGT. His audition already blown the judges away. Check it out.

Yoo hoo...

2009-08-05T09:50:00.002+08:00

Today's haze like quite bad.Visibility is not very good. The only plus sign is can't smell the burnt smell. Stuck at traffic a lil longer but still made it to office in time.

Supposed to have a meeting with JKR today. Called every extension I have with me to confirm my meeting but no one picked up at all. Maybe I should just drop in and surprise them.

Woke up to the news that Xabi Alonso is going to Real soon. Really sad. Besides his super passes, he's the one we look for to get the opposition players red card. I'm not quite sure whether Rafa can find someone as superb as him, but maybe if he can get a great striker to partner Torres, then Gerrard can go back to his midfield role, with Mash as the holding mf.(Hope Barca don't prise him away too) If Real really paid 30mil pound for Alonso, then Rafa's making a 200% profit for a player he bought for a mere 10mil pound 4 years ago.

To add more variety in here, I might write a long story(like novel) and post chapter by chapter when I had it. Look it out in the Novel label later. Need to put my thinking cap to create a great story. Hope my lazyness won't kick in with this one.

Right... signing off now.

New blog - Online

2009-08-05T00:18:00.000+08:00

So, I decided to start new one again. Will try hard to update frequently.

I hope to not write too much about Liverpool and BPL which is due to start in less than 2 weeks, cos it might bored you to death if you are not a football fan.

It 12.20am now. Not gonna write too much now. It's almost sleep time... well my sleep time is usually not going to be happening in about 1.5 hours later... so ya... a bit lazy and no idea to pull some crap out of my head.

Signing off to the first post of Luna Noctiluca.