Life is a Learning and growing process

我的害怕

2011-11-12T23:02:00.003+08:00

在人生中，我們會經過很多困難的時刻。。。不管是在家庭，或感情上。。。

活在這世上二十多年。。。也經過不少的風雨。。。受過不少的煎熬。。。

說看開。。。也不是一件很容易的事。。。忘掉。。。也還有回憶。。。我中覺得我很失敗。。。感情上。。。生活上都覺得有點失敗。。。

但是。。。我覺得。。。我最失敗的是在感情上。經過了多少的傷害，感覺我的心快麻醉，每次想踏進一段愛情就有害怕和恐懼感。這也許是因為，我每次很用心的去愛，付出一個人，得到的回复是傷害，有的說他們需要朋友而已，有的說在外面孤單。。。這些傷痕都是很難忘掉的。就像一首歌裡寫著

有些傷痕像場大火把心燒焦難以復活，不碰了好像忘了恐懼卻在腦海住著。。。

這些時間我也許能放掉。。。但是這恐懼還是在我腦海裡。。。實話聽到你想去澳門，我是很開心在同一個時候害怕及捨不得。。。害怕失去，就像以前的感情，心裡很亂。。。但是這種感覺你應該是不知道吧。。。我很怕。。你去了澳門後。。就會把我忘掉。。。拋棄我。。。我很怕再到回一個黑暗。。。悲傷的世界裡。。。一個忘了什麼是笑。。。開心的人。。。有多一次受到很大的傷害。。。

我承認。。。當我付出。。我也求林一方也有個回報。。。就像有一首歌。。。寫著

誰不貪圖誰不求回報付出

我只要求，只要求能搞有個長久的感情，能一起走下半生的另一半。。。真不懂是不是要求太高。。。

真的害怕。。。。。。。

改變

2011-10-26T22:23:00.005+08:00

我活到這把年紀。。。看了不少東西也學了不少。。。最近我學到了一個新的東西。。。那就是人的心是很快的改變。

在一個短期之內。。。他們可以很愛你。。。也可以在短期之內傷害你，放棄你。他們的理由多得很。反正。。。受到傷害的不是他們而是我。。。我該學會自私，不在為別人著想，不在說服他們，不在付出。

When Love Finds YoU

2011-09-01T23:03:00.005+08:00

There are times in life when you just want to give up on certain things but things starts to turn around and you feel that it is not that bad at all.

I want us to be happy always~

Take Love for example, after my first horrible relationship, a wound so deep that until today the scar will remain in my heart. I move on with my life until recently things took another turn. Love found me.

I never thought I could love someone as anymore until I met dear. I believe that it is fate that brought us together. Even though my first failed relationship was also a fate, I will still choose to believe that meeting you and loving you is a fate and present from heaven that is so great that words alone cannot express it.

You are the doctor of my heart. Take good care of it =)

I know that you went through a bad relationship and felt that it is not fate. I choose to believe it is fate that brought us together and initially I wasn't sure how much I could love you but now I could say it out loud that I love you more than anything in my life. I want you to know that you are so very special to me and I want you to be happy, I want us to be happy. I want to walk with you down this road of life, to walk with you will we are old and wrinkled and to the day I am buried in dirt.

I love you more for each tomorrow

What I can assure you is that I will love you more for every tomorrow. I love you dear so much.

A quickie update

2011-04-10T15:38:00.002+08:00

The moment I stepped into the 'real' working world life has certainly changed. I would say there are so much unexpected things in life that we might not see.

Working life is good, as a fresh grad I can't say much about the pay but as an accounting graduate this is an opportunity for me to learn a lot of stuff. Whatever I have learn in my books well not all are applicable in the working world but there are still bit and pieces that still can be used.

I am trying my best to work hard and do my best. But not all things has been smooth sailing for me.... this time I chose to keep quiet from office politics but it came attacking me well... one thing I have learned is that in any office you may be in there will always be office politics it all depends on how you want to face it and deal with it. For me I chose to ignore it, give in but not all as I still want to be myself.

Peak season is near now so life is getting hectic. Do I like it? Hell I do, but at this time I do miss some of my best buds ^^

Wish everyone well and God Bless everyone.

Toodles.

Another New Year. New Resolutions

2011-01-02T14:14:00.002+08:00

Another has gone by and another new one has arrived! Welcome 2011! So new year, new resolutions ought to be made.

My new year resolutions would be...

to do well in my work
To complete my CPA soon
Loose a few pounds
Walk in the path God has set for me.

So what are your resolutions?

The First Step into the real world.

2010-11-22T21:37:00.002+08:00

So much has happened for the past 1 1/2 months. I had a short and brief period working at the old language center, I was happy to got back and work and get to meet up with my old colleagues and buddies.

Within that month I also made some new friends. That was the happy part... the most disappointing part working there again, was the management. I felt unhappy there, as I felt the management is exploiting their staffs and grinding and making life a living hell there. Don't make me start with the sad facilities. The only thing the provide staff is water....which occasionally runs out of stock, but to be fair within that one month, water was abundant or so to say. There were so many stupid and unnecessary restrictions, which makes working experience there very unpleasant.

The office politics there was slightly better but not really, anyways soon, by the grace of God, I got another job, a job that I wanted to go for, that is an audit assistant. I quickly accepted the offer and quit the center, I felt bad about doing that but to be fair, I studied accounting and not teaching and I would love to get a go in the audit field and start learning. Pay wise it may be small but I can learn! That is important.

Once I was in the new office, I felt at ease and I settled down quite fast, facilities provided to the staffs was adequate as compared to my old workplace, there was so much difference. Work time was more normal.

My colleagues over at my new workplace are fun and friendly people. At least I could save some money while working here for I can bring my food and heat it up, I could have warm nice meal for lunch.

I am enjoying myself and I am ready to face the challenges of life and ever so ready to absorbed new knowledge. Wish me luck.

Life...what is life?

2010-10-25T14:39:00.003+08:00

Recently, there are so many questions that is circulating and popping up in my mind. Questions like... am I too straight forward and blunt? Am I too verbal? Why is life so complicated? Why is love so complicated and feeling lost.

In such a short time, so much has happened. Frictions, misunderstandings, failed relationships (or so to say), failure to obtain a job for so long. Am I seeing Kuching from another view? Should leave this place? Is it God calling and nudging me to leave this city?

So many questions, but so little answers. Someone you care is not answering your phone and you do not know what is wrong, messages left not replied and it starts to make you think, what went wrong? What is the problem? Was there is misunderstanding somewhere? Gosh I really would love to know.

Life oh life, why oh why do you have to be so harsh. I am currently lost for words. It is time, I guess it is time for a time-out.

Malaysia - A cultural country~!

2010-09-22T23:31:00.004+08:00

If someone was to ask me, what are the perks of being a Malaysian. My answer would definitely be the unity of the different races and culture. Malaysia is one of the few countries where I believe people from different races live together harmoniously, or in this case Sarawak in particular. In Sarawak alone there are many cultures fusing together, we have Chinese, Iban, Malay, Indians, Kelabit and many more living in this state situated in the island of Borneo.

I am a Kuchingite and spend my years growing up in this lovely slow pace city. I mean if compared to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, Kuching is a laid back city. But of course in Sarawak it is the busiest and most hectic city.

Over the years, Kuching has developed so much, one thing that has yet to change is the closeness of the people. Recently, the Muslim celebrated Hari Raya or Eid ul Fitr. After a month of fasting or Ramadan, they will celebrate it with open house and visiting of relatives. This is the holy month in the Islamic culture.

The delicious food, From top: Ketupat, Beef Rendang, Masak Merah, Curry Chicken, and Nasi Kuning (Yellow Rice)

This is also the time for me to catch up with my Muslim friends, as we are all busy with our work and study lives. This was the time where we do visiting and get together to share stories and laughter. Another best thing about Hari Raya Aidilfitri is the food. My friends really make good Malay food. Curry, Beef Rendang, Masak Hitam, Masak Merah, Satay is all out of this world. Not to mentioned the delicious raya cakes, thinking about it now is making my mouth water. This Hari Raya was indeed fun and meaningful and I look forward to more of it.

Best part is catching up and having fun with friends ^^

On another issue I remember when I was young, we used to have an Indian neighbour. I remember during Deepavali they will make Muruku and give some to us. They were great neighbours, at times I go over to their house and hang out. Sighs~ those was indeed the good old days.

So that is it, one of the perks of being a Malaysian!

시금치나물Ｓｉｇｅｕｍｃｈｉ　ｎａｍｏｏl

2010-09-13T21:00:00.002+08:00

I always have this soft spot for Korean, I mean heck, besides their hot looking actors and actresses, they have pretty good food too! Some of the Korean dishes are pretty simple to prepare, example the spinach side dish(시금치나물Ｓｉｇｅｕｍｃｈｉ　ｎａｍｏｏl).

Since I am a newbie at this, I for one decided to try off the easy ones first. Sigeumchi namool is really easy to make and nice too with the plus side of being healthy. I had it for lunch and dinner, but I decided to modify a bit of my dinner's version by adding in a bit of shao xing wine, which is not bad.

With Hwa Ramyun

With Ｒｉｃｅ

Kimchi!

시금치나물Ｓｉｇｅｕｍｃｈｉ　ｎａｍｏｏl

Maybe in my next post I will show you guys how to make it.

Review - The Expendables

2010-08-26T11:58:00.004+08:00

Just yesterday, I dropped by the Cinema to watch 'The Expendables', a recent release featuring big names such as Sylvester Stallion, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Terry Crews, Jet Li, Dolph Lungren, Randy Couture and David Zayas and I would say special cast Arnold Schwarzenegger.

So what really is The Expendables about? Well, a short synopsis of the movie;

THE EXPENDABLES is a hard-hitting action/thriller about a group of mercenaries hired to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow its ruthless dictator. Written, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, THE EXPENDABLES brings together a dynamic cast including Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, Terry Crews and Mickey Rourke.

Casts:
Sylvester Stallion (Barney Ross)
Jason Statham (Lee Christmas)
Jet Li ( Yin Yang)
Dolph Lundgren (Gunner Jensen)
Eric Roberts (James Munroe)
Randy Couture (Toll Road)
Steve Austin (Paine)
David Zayas (General Garza)
Giselle Itie (Sandra)
Terry Crews (Hale Caesar)
Mickey Rourke (Tools)
Gary Daniels (The Brit)

So how good was this movie? As a typical Stallion movie, it is an action pack movie, where macho man are on to save the world. Part of the movie has some comedy in it, which is pretty much vague, I mean you really have to get the joke to laugh. In this movie Jet Li was not really the hero anymore, the hero was of course focused more on Stallion and Statham, but nevertheless Li showed off his martial arts movements very well here.

I thought Schwarzenegger part was a bit lame and boring, I mean this was the part where it was suppose to be funny but you go like, 'What the hell are they blabbing about'. Parts of the movie was boring, where all the talking took place. The action came in when Stallion and Statham was at an Island called Veilna or Veilnda or something that starts with a V. Where Stallion met a woman whom he loves or not? (You go and watch). Something happened in the island and they tried to bring the lady away which she refused. Once back in their safe spot, Stallion couldn't forget about the woman and decided to go back alone, but his friends wouldn't let him and they joined him into a task of bloodshed.

Want to know more about the movie? Watch it yourself. If you are a die hard fan of Stallion do go and watch it. If you like action pack movies, not a bad movie to watch. If you are into romance, not really one you would go for.

So I rate this movie

The Rain Tree Restaurant @ BCCK

2010-08-19T01:50:00.015+08:00

Western Food is abundant in Kuching but to go to a place with a good environment and at the same time serving good western food, there aren't many.

Over the years, the city of Kuching has been growing and developing at an acceptable pace. I wouldn't say it is really fast but it is as I said acceptable. As people from other places starts to flock into the city, as the number of expatriates increases, the lifestyle of the people here has also changed. Over the years international brands has been making their presence known in this middle size city. Some are doing well, such as Starbucks Coffee, Secret Recipe, boutiques and much more.

The demand for variety of food and fine dining places has also certainly increased. The recent opening of the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching has marked yet another mile stone for the City of Kuching, being the first purposed built convention centre in the island of Borneo. It has already managed to attract a few international conventions to choose it as the place to be. Another further development for the convention centre was the opening of it's fine dining restaurant called The Rain Tree Restaurant.

This mid-size restaurant located at the east side of the building (as you enter it) is nicely designed with the Sarawak native tribal designs. The restaurants integrates both Western and Asian delights into their menu, but do bare in mind that the restaurant serves mainly western food.

Using nature to create this water feature.

The service at the restaurant was good, waitress were attentive and the supervisor was friendly and approachable. The atmosphere of the restaurant was cozy, gives a warm and welcoming feeling. The choice of menu was good, waitress or waiter was well exposed to the menu and was able to recommend when inquired.

While waiting for the food, fresh breads are being served together with butter. The drinks are not bad at the same time not that great either. I opted for Lobster Bisque and Duck breast with herbs.

Mushroom Soup

Lobster Bisque

The Lobster Bisque was good, It wasn't too salty nor too bland, it was just right. As for my duck, it was good too, the meat was tender and juicy and the black-pepper brings out the taste of it. I did try bits and pieces of the dishes my friends ordered. The mushroom soup was thick and delicious. The Spring chicken served with rice was good, especially the rice, I would recommend that if you do drop by at the place do try the spring chicken. The rest of the dishes was not too shabby, salmon was well grilled and the rack of lamb was tasty too.

Spring Chicken With rice

Grilled Salmon

Duck Breast

Giant Prawns

Complimentary chocolates

My overall impression of the restaurant is good. I think it is a good place to dine with your family and friends, that is if you are not too price conscious. I would warned that the pricing for The Rain Tree Restaurant is expensive.

So, verdict... Would I recommend The Rain Tree to everyone?

I think it is a restaurant that is good to bring your family for some big occasions, the restaurant is a bit far as it is located at the Isthmus area where plans is to built up that area into another part of the City of Kuching. It is slowly developing place. So in case you want to celebrate some special occasion do consider The Rain Tree Restaurant @ BCCK. For more photos please click HERE.

Getting to Borneo Convention Centre Kuching or The Rain Tree Restaurant. For large map click here.

The Lonesome protester

2010-08-18T17:17:00.003+08:00

Yesterday, I was downtown doing some chores. It was a rainy and dull day but this was all washed out when I saw this lonesome protester standing outside CIMB and Standard Chartered bank, holding a white cardboard with hand written words about certain politicians. This lone protester was an old man.

He was not camera shy, when some people stopped by to take photos, he happily adjusted his card to show it to them and posed for them to take a photo. After that, I met with someone who works there and told me that this is not the first time the guy appeared here. He has been doing quite a few times already. As there was no violence and he was an old man, I guess nobody bothered to report him and let him be.

pose, one for the album

A lady chatting with him.

I do wonder... does he not get tired of doing this or standing there for hours? By the way if you can't read what's written on the card. It says

Datuk Yong Khoon Seng adn YB Tan Jooi Phoi Support Con-man and Ah Longs

For your information Datuk in Malaysia is similar to that of Sir status in UK and YB or Yang Berhormat is The Honourable... and Ah Long means illegal money lenders.

Sam's big 3

2010-08-13T21:33:00.003+08:00

Just last month, Samuel Celebrated his 30th birthday. Since on that they he was traveling and would only be back late in the evening we decided to celebrate it with him right after he arrive. We decided to have the celebration at Mc Gregors, Brighton Square.

So, after Henry and Cuthbert picked up Samuel from the airport, they came over and picked me and it was off to a wild wild celebration of trying to get Sam drunk. We got Sam his favourite cake and before making him drunk, cake cutting ceremony and blowing candles is a must for the birthday boy.

The must have cake

The cute bow tie a.k.a ribbon

After that we played some card games, attempting to make birthday boy drunk but... it was such a failure darn!!!! In the end, Bert and Henry was drunk... well Henry was tipsy and Bert was drunk.

Just for Fun

We also made a new friend, the waitress name Adele. She was cool, fun and was attentive and tricked Sam too~! Hehehe... After that, we went off to Mc Donalds to have GCB, well Bert had it and Henry had the Chicken. It was a fun filled experience and next year, it will be a must to make him drunk!!!

To view more photo click here

I am back~! but not my PC 我回来囖。。。但。。电脑还没。。。=（

2010-08-11T00:04:00.002+08:00

Hello all~~! I am back in Kuching since 2 days ago, it has been crazy as my really close friend cum brother brought his darling back from West Malaysia, so I was elected as the honorable tour guide, will be bringing them around for these few days.

Eventhough I am back here already... my PC faced some problems and is still being repaired.... sighs... hopefully everything will be ok. Another sad sad thing is.... still have no reply from the Job application... sighs... sad sad...

我回来囖。。。吉隆坡还不错玩的很开心呵呵。但是人回来电脑还没。。。伤心咯。。。不只这个工作方面也不太好。。。没回复。。。担心呢。。。。

KL here I come~!

2010-08-03T23:05:00.004+08:00

*dum...dum... dum...dum* " This is the final call for all passengers boarding Air Asia flight AK 5210, AK 5210 to Kuala Lumpur, please proceed to departure hall A, Gate 3. Thank you"

Yahooooo.....!! I am off for my short vacation before stepping into the challenging working world. Am I excited, well I'll be damn... I am overwhelmed lol as I am not sleepy at all now... which is a bad thing LOL.

An Air Asia Airbus 320-200 sitting on the tarmac @ Kuching International Airport

The iconic Twin Towers @ KL, The Malaysian capital

I will be in KL for a short few days with my fellow buddies. I wish I am able to meet my other friends in KL too, Miss them heaps. Must meet darling Angel and also my cuzzie!! Since it is the Malaysian Mega Sale, I will of course do a bit of shopping too. I'll blog about the trip when I get back. May God Bless me with a safe trip~~!

Yours truly and Miss Angel Valerie

Should do Fish Spa with her again~!

Interview & Work --->

This morning I was asked to do some form fill in and to do a pre-interview assessment in Ernst & Young Kuching. I must admit I was nervous of what I will be tested and I would say it was pretty tough questions. I can only hope that I have done well for it. I really hope and do pray hard that I will be able to get this job, as they have pretty good pay and the working environment is not bad plus I think I may be able to learn a lot of things there. May God bless me though.

Currently I am teaching part-time at PBTJ as a way to kill off my time while I wait for a job offer and also was thinking in line of earning extra income. I do enjoy teaching the students and in a way introduced the students to a new method of teaching, that is using a projector and teaching them through power point slides which so far was good for the first day, which is today. Hopefully, the students understood what I was conveying to them.

That is all for now. Wait up for more posts~! God Bless you all!

Puzzle @ Pullman Hotels & Resort Kuching

2010-07-28T16:31:00.012+08:00

It was like any other normal day, but it was a bit special as it was a celebration. What was the celebration about? Well, it was a celebration on the completion of my undergraduate studies at Swinburne University ( Sarawak Campus). Finally, I am out into the working world...technically speaking as I am still job hunting. My sister gave me a few choices for places to dine for the celebration.

She suggested Pullman. Then I thought about the comments which I have received about the food there and hoped on the opportunity to try it out and to see if it is really that bad. Dinner started around 7. When I arrived the restaurant was not really packed. The atmosphere was good, not much to complain about, I would say the design is minimalistic as the hotel's main aim is to cater for business people.

Once seated we were offered a choice, either à la carte or buffet. I chose the latter and my sister and mother went for à la carte.

Buffet Choice & Taste
I think the choice given for the buffet was decent, ranging from cold to hot dishes. The choices for desserts was pretty good as they offered various pastries and cake. I was happy as they were offering salmon shashimi and cold boiled lobster. I noticed some of the dishes does not have any name being displayed, which is something that the staff in puzzle has to look into.

Shashimi and some other cold dishes

I thought the food was pretty good, albeit not all are good some are pretty much bland and tasteless but most of it was good. I truly enjoyed the shashimi and also the other cold dishes. The pasta with meat balls was good. The butter fish was not that good as it doesn't have the butter taste to it but more creamy I would say. I like the grilled asparagus which was nice and also the appetizer which my sister ordered which consist of chilled jelly fish, prawns and fish, there is a spicy and sourish taste which makes it really appetizing.

Pasta with meatballs and the supposedly butter fish

As for the steak which if I am not mistaken, is called the Oak Basket was really good, the meat used is cured beef and very well marinated. Make sure you request the steak to be medium rare.

The Oak Basket

Cheese Platter

By the time I wanted to start with the dessert I was quite full so I didn't have much. I tried the jelly cake which tasted ok and another cake which I can't remember the name was quite sweet but not that bad. The tarts are good, love the tarts. As for the macaroons, it was not that great, no doubt the inside was soft but I thought it was pretty much bland.

Desserts comprising of cakes and tarts

Macaroons~

Service
The service was good as the staffs are friendly and would greet you but I won't say excellent as there is space for improvement, as at times they fail to take care the needs of the customers.

So what is my overall impression of puzzle, here is my rating.

For information about Pullman Kuching CLICK HERE

Julie Garwood - Killjoy

2010-07-27T20:56:00.005+08:00

After reading a few of Jodi Piccoult's novels, it was high time that I have a changed of authors. Alas, I chose Killjoy by Julie Garwood.

Initially I didn't have much thoughts about this book, but boy was I wronged, the moment I sank my eyes on it I was hooked I tell you. Phew~ Hooo Boy.... No wonder she is the number 1 New York Times bestselling Author and I can vouch for that.

From the very first chapter of the book it was already...exciting!!. The plot was well laid out, and the whole novel was easy to understand. I mean unlike some novels where the plot is everywhere and imagine if you are on a road that is not straight but snaked around, for Julie's it was a perfect straight smooth road which is a pleasure to 'drive'. The storyline was not monotonous at all there are parts which will spring up a surprise to you. Furthermore, the characters in Julie's book was full of life. I am not sure about you guys out there but as I read a novel my mind would create a movie inside and when I read Julie's book it was an instant snap and all the characters are up and moving in my head.

Not only the characters was alive, the way she wrote this book was very descriptive. It was because of this it was even easier to picture it in my mind on how the characters move, talk, their characteristics and more.

Just to arouse your curiosity, here is a short plot summary of the book:

Avery Delaney is not your average woman nor did she led a happy childhood life, after her birth she was abandoned by her rapacious and conniving mother and she was raised by her grandmother and her beloved Aunt Carolyn. Then, when she was eleven, witnessed her grandmother's violent death, before Avery was shot herself and left for dead. Miraculously she survived. The man responsible is serving time in a Florida prison.

After she grew up she joined the FBI. Her razor sharp mind and ability to decipher evidence have made her an expert crime analyst for the FBI. Now, she will have to use her skills on a case that hits painfully close to home.

Avery's beloved aunt Carolyn was on her way to a posh spa in the Colorado Mountains, but she never arrived at the spa. With scant clues and fewer resources, Avery must track Carolyn down and outmaneuver a brilliant professional killer named Monk, who is part of an elaborate plot of madness and lethal vengeance. While solving the case, Avery accidentally bumped into a guy who she hated right down to her guts. So could Avery be able to solve the case on time and save her beloved aunt and would she the guy she hated so much delay her?

I would give this novel a 9/10. If you want to know the whole story, I would recommend you to get the book. Happy readings~

Jodi Piccoult - Handle with Care

2010-07-15T20:01:00.002+08:00

Handle with care - Everything breaks, some things just hurt more than others. That was written on the covers of Jodi Piccoult's newest novel. Up to today I have read three of Jodi's Novels and each gets better.

Without any doubt, Piccoult has done it again with this novel. It was a novel well plotted and the moment you feast your eyes on it, and you find yourself flipping the pages digesting every bit down.

Before I go on, most of Jodi's novels that I have read so far is pretty much involve with legal matters. Her stories revolve around the real world. Her gave all her characters life, as you read it, it is as if each and every character is alive and playing in your head.

Handle with care is some what pretty much similar with My sister's keeper another one of Piccoult's masterwork. In this novel it talks about a certain illness, Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) which deals with brittle bones that breaks easily, It talks about this family the O'Keefes who wanted another child real bad. In a way, through God's blessing Charlotte O'Keefe was pregnant. But sadly, the joy came to an end when they found out that the baby has OI type III. From then on it was a whirl wind for the lives of the O'Keefees. One fine day, the O'Keefes has learned that someone could be blame for the suffering their family had to go through especially their daughter with OI. They are able to sue the gynecologist for wrongful birth, but there was a problem, the person that they will be suing would be their best friend. How would this story end? It is for you to find out.

I would give this Novel a 9/10. As I mentioned earlier the book was nicely plotted and not very confusing. Characters are full of life and the story was touching. The ending was a surprise ending. We could also see that Piccoult has put in a lot effort and research before writing this novel which resulted in a gripping, detailed novel. I do recommend this book to you guys, that is if you don't mind sad stories.

KIA Forte vs Honda CIty 2009

2010-05-29T22:49:00.005+08:00

KIA has certainly come a long way to design beautiful cars. I reckon that Korean cars don't get much recognition as compared to Japanese cars. Design wise, so far Japanese and European cars beat them hands down.

But I guess, KIA realised this, recently KIA started to have some design revolution. In order to do so, they employed ex-German Audi designer Peter Schreyer to design their cars.This let to the birth of the KIA Forte. Evidently, the Forte looks so much better than previous Korean car. And for the price you are getting with the specs that come with it, sure is a winner.

I was contemplating of changing into a more comfortable car, before that I had my eyes on the Honda City 2009, which looks delicious from both outside and inside. Soon, the Forte was introduced and I decided to take a look at it. For a car bigger than a City and with better specs, it was priced so much cheaper than the City. This was an eye catcher. I decided to put the City against the Forte to feel which is a better bargain.

Forte

Design wise, both the Forte and the City looks good. But City has too much plastics which makes it a bit cheaper looking as for the Forte it gives out a more elegant feel.

The interior of the City looks simple with a few buttons, but as for the Forte the cluster of buttons makes it look very 'techy'. The best part is the Forte has a push to start engine button (for the SX series) and makes it a key-less entry car, pretty cool huh.The Forte comes with 1.6L and 2.0L engine while the City comes with 1.5L engine. But then again Honda engines are famous for its power.

So, the next thing to do was to test drive both cars. Starting with the Forte. Sound pollution in the car, is very minimal, I felt that it handles Malaysian bumpy roads pretty well. Accelertion was good, slightly slow in the beginning but not too shabby. The power steering was a bit heavy at low speed which was a bit of a sad thing. As I didn't drive the car for a very long distance, I am not sure about the fuel consumption part. But at high speed say 100km/h the car is still pretty much stable many thanks to the car's heavy body.

The city is nevertheless a great car too. Acceleration was great for this car, it handles well on the Malaysian bumpy roads not too shabby. The power steering for this car is much better than the Forte but I felt that noise insulation Forte still beats it hands down.At 100+ km you can hear the engine roaring but acceptable.

Spaciousness, Forte still beats the City.

After with considerations of the pros and cons for both car. I can't wait to get my own Forte. Sorry City

Zombied

2010-05-19T10:25:00.003+08:00

I think it is due to age...recently I have a hard time falling asleep. Last night was a terrible night tho. I didn't not sleep a wink at all... I tried but just won't fall asleep and it's like you are tired but you just can't fall asleep. It was down right torturing...

So now here I am in Uni... looking like a total zombie with a dead brain. I bet when I reach home later on I can't sleep again. Please please.... let me fall asleep tonight if not I will be a superfied zombie and scare the hell outta everyone.

Sighs.... maybe the coffee is working for me now. I think.

Book Review: Salem Falls by Jodi Piccoult

2010-04-23T19:04:00.004+08:00

Recently I am pretty much hooked up with Jodi Piccoult's books. I find them really good and it just catches my attention and makes me want to read more of it.

Recently, I finished the second book I bought written by Jodi called 'Salem Falls'. In this novel, it tells the tale of Jack St.Bride an unlucky man who was accused of Rape. The first accusation has caused Jack his career and to live a normal life. After serving his due., Jack moved to Salem Falls in search of a new life. It was fate that brought Jack to Do-O-Diner and at the same time met the love of his life Addie Peabody.

Salem Falls

But not along after that Jack St. Bride was once more convicted of rape by a group of teenage girls practicing witch craft. Jack became their target for their malicious act. The entire town is searching for answers and once again Jack has to prove his innocence at the same time would the woman who fell for him believe he is innocent? Read the Novel to know the outcome.

After finishing the novel, I must say Jodi has done it again. The entire novel was well plotted and interesting. Characters are very much alive and you can feel and see that Jodi has done a lot a research. Every chapter was gripping and not at all dry nor bland.

My Sister's Keeper

My next Jodi Piccoult novel would be 'My Sister's Keeper' I have started reading already and I find it hard to tear my eyes of it. Will do a review on it when I am done with the Novel. Kudos to Jodi for writing good and gripping novels.

Snip Snip

2010-04-22T23:24:00.002+08:00

It was a high time I need a haircut. It was long on the sides and the back... well the front too.

So off I go for a haircut on last Sunday. Made an appointment but was late...=.=

I usually go to Jantzen at Spring for my haircut and usually will look for Albee to do it as she does a pretty good job on it.

I decided to re-colour my hair again. I don't usually go for really bright colours I like colours that looks natural and my stylist and I decided to go for brown. While browsing through the magazines I found a particular hairstyle which I like and asked the stylist whether would it suit me. She said yes but the down part was I had to leave the front part of my hair uncut, she says it needs to grow thicker in order to look nice... I was thinking...what the heck might as well go for it. After dying it and cutting it the end result was....

Hair colouring process...with the UFO thingy above me hear. =P

Not bad... I quite like it. What is your verdict?

Before

After

Expert @ 4.5 mile, Kuching

2010-04-15T00:41:00.005+08:00

There is this coffee shop located at 4 1/2 mile that sells pretty good Kolo Mee.I personally felt that Good Kolo Mees are hard to come by these days. Sure there are lots of stalls selling the same stuff but they taste like crap.

But the stall here, if I am not mistaken makes their own noodles, thus, it tastes different and it has a really good texture.

I also found out that they sell good fried carrot cakes here too. Yums!!

The delicious Noodles (above) and fried carrot cakes (Below)

When you think you are over it

2010-04-13T21:36:00.002+08:00

Just when you thought it was gone.... you saw the photos and all emotions came crushing back into your heart and life again.

A Birthday wish to Jagiya

2010-04-10T23:58:00.003+08:00

It is her big day! well...this post is a bit late but spent sometime picking the right photos and edit a bit of it.

I wish Jagiya to have a blessed Birthday and wiser as she is older now. Here is a slideshow specially for you~ Hope you like it. =D Specially chose the song Something special because she is something special =D

HUGS!

My new interest!

2010-04-01T23:59:00.004+08:00

Well...not really a new interest to me, as I always love to photograph stuffs. Including myself!! I felt that each time when I click the shutter I am saving up a part of my memories be it sad or happy into a little treasure chest. I felt that photos should also be taken nicely.

As with every other things, photography needs passion and also the urge to learn and also a tad of skills and gifting to do so. Another thing I like to do now is selecting a few photos which are fit to be turn into photos that looks vintage! I think vintage photos are so cool and sexy! Thus, I am in the process of learning how to make it look old.

Here are a few of my handy work. =D

I hope to learn more photo editing skills and learn to take better photos!

Takoyaki anyone?

2010-03-14T22:19:00.006+08:00

Takoyaki anyone? Or more to What the hell is Takoyaki?

Here is a little introduction of Takoyaki @ simply-edwin.blogspot.com. Takoyakis are a popular Japanese dumpling which consist of batter, chopped cabbage, spring onion and not forgetting Octopus. It is topped with Okonomiyaki sauce, Ponzu, Mayonnaise, Katsuobushi (Fish Shavings) and Wasabi sauce.

They are very delightful stuff to chew. Japan Boat Takoyaki is a Franchise which orignated from Osaka, Japan. Over the years they have spread their wings to Hong Kong, Taiwan and gradually in 2001 into mainland China. Their growth was tremendous as in 2003 they expanded their Franchise into Canada and the United States of America.

Japan Boat Takoyaki @ Hills Shopping Mall (Top) and cute decor (Bottom)

They ventured into the Malaysian market in 2008, with the establishment of Japan Boat Takoyaki Sdn Bhd (equivalent to Pte. Ltd.) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. 2 years later the franchise was brought into the bustling city of Kuching, Sarawak. JB Takoyaki is very new in the Kuching market. Over the years locals has mimicked the making of Takoyaki, but none of them make them as good as JB Takoyaki. Theirs are Big, delicious and with wasabi sauce too! The batter for JB Takoyaki is send in from Taiwan and Japan to make sure the quality is there,hence the good texture and mouthwatering smell and the gastronomical taste to it.

Cooking the Takoyakis

After taking JB's Takoyakis I have found my new love. It was simply delicious and best taken when it is still pipping hot. JB Takoyakis are topped with pepper, chilli powder, mayonnaise and wasabi sauce, which is a sinful combination.

The delicious...mouthwatering Takoyakis!

I'm Lovin those Takoyakis!!!! Mmmm...mmmm....Mmmm~~

For those who wish to taste Japan Boat Takoyaki, dropped by at Hills Shopping Mall, it is located underneath Pullman Hotels, go to Lower Ground Floor and look for Food Inc and walk in, it is 1 stall next to Kimbay Express. There is map below showing the locality of Hills Shopping Mall.

Hills Shopping Mall Locality map

Enjoy and don't forget to obtain you card coupon and with 20 chops you get one free.

Note: Japan Boat Takoyaki is the first and only in Kuching and probably Sarawak. It is Tasty, Yummy and Delicious. Remember Never Try, Never Know.

My 2nd round of Blood Donation.

2010-03-13T23:19:00.005+08:00

Can anyone of you guess when was the last time I donated my blood? If your answer is 1 year....nah...wrong... if your answer is 2 years...it is also wrong. It has been 4 years!! Yes! 4 freaking years since I last donated my blood. That was back in April 2007. I have been out from the blood donating drive for quite some time and I am back again!

My lil Blood book =D

Before the blood donation, they will have to test your blood pressure and hemoglobin. If everything goes well, you may proceed to donate your blood. A person can donate their blood every 3 months. Note: You can't donate your blood every month. Before you donate your blood, make sure you are not in any sort of medication for the past few months or weeks, not engage in any unhealthy sexual activities and also make sure you get plenty of rest and your feel great on the day of your blood donation.

As for me, everything was fine, blood pressure was good, hemoglobin fine too. So off I went and laid down to give my blood. The funny thing was that my blood is so eager to leave my body. Since the first time I donated, it was easy to search for my blood veins and my blood flow was fast. It took a few mins less than 5? for the bag to fill up.

My Shepherd's virgin attempt in donating his blood. =P

The one thing I hate about blood donation is... the needles... I hate needles...and actually I am bloodphobic (I created this word) . So when I donate blood, I try not to look at it too much or the consequences will be detrimental. LOL.

Well, that is all for now. I hope all of you readers out there can do your share in donating your blood too. Next stop for me ... organ donation!

Farmville Reality~

2010-03-12T23:55:00.003+08:00

It has been quite a while since the last time I have blogged.... yeap....stretch the quite. Life has been good. I went for 3 months of internship which was very rewarding and I am currently doing my final semester. (YES!) Finally... I have come such a long way.

To highlight some of the stuff of my life. I recently went to a friend's orchard. It was about an hour plus drive from downtown Kuching. The drive brought us to this small coastal town called Sematan. Sematan provides one with clean beautiful beach. Before going off to the beach, we stopped by at the orchard first. After that we went to the beach to have some activities, except swimming because all of us didn't bring extra clothings. Ya...how stupid can we get.... but nevertheless the orchard outing was fantastic. We had a fun time harvesting the fruits, most of them...well all of them the local fruits here.

The wonderful orchard with the mountains @ the background

Yours truly

We harvested a lot of dragon fruit, really a lot, it was like a dragon fruit harvesting frenzy. We went from plant to plant to pluck the ripe dragon fruits.

Dragon Fruits~

We also harvested a lot of lemons, papayas and a few oranges. (The oranges were sour and I made it into Juice... hail to Vitamin Cs!)

The harvests~

It was really something different and I can't wait to go back and start harvesting fruits and fish the fish from the pond... =P

Lost Again?

2010-02-27T10:15:00.003+08:00

I definitely have disappeared from my blogging life for a long time. Just a quicky update on my life.

Life has been well shall I say pretty exciting. I am already in my final semester all thanks to our great God's Wisdom and blessings upon me.

This semester break, I was fortunate enough and again thanks to the Lord, I was able to do my internship at Ernst and Young. Life in the office as an Intern is should I say very interesting. Life there was really busy and hectic jobs keeps coming and the timeline was really tight.

I am now getting ready for my final and new semester. Wish me luck and God Bless.

Riibbit Riiibit~

2009-12-29T21:37:00.004+08:00

Was having steamboat with Jadey and Kelly. While I was taking ice cream, I saw these buggers. They are pretty quiet and there big eyes stare straight at you pleading for help. Why so? Cause they are going to end up in someone's stomach sooner or later. It's just a matter of time.

Be strong my fellow bull frogs. You'll be in peace pretty soon.

My B Day!

2009-12-05T23:05:00.003+08:00

Announcement!!! I have officially lived in this world for 24 years!! Yes about a week ago I celebrated my 24 years of existence in this world. Amen!

It was indeed a memorable day, Sweetie flew in to shower me with gifts and also lots of surprises. The down part was, she missed her flight due to the negligence of Air Asia bus driver and there was no compensation made. SHAME ON YOU AIR ASIA! But the most important thing is that she is that arrived in the city of Kuching safe and sound.

To power things up, brought her to Spring and I went on a lil shopping spree bought my DKNY Men Eau De Toilette, loving it lots. I also bought a shirt from SUB.

Then we had lunch at Silhoutte after that it was off to home for a quick rest while I did a bit of Revision.

Later in the evening, while Miss Angel was dolling up herself, I was a wee bit bored and started to play with her 'treasures'. This is what I came up with =P

Miz Bear being accessorized

After she was done, we were off to pick Sharon and Tee Heng and off we went to Junk restaurant to fill our tummies. We ordered Calamari Mango Salad, Fettucine Carbonara, Baked Prawn and Lemongrass Chicken, and Amen, there were all so delicious~! Especially the prawn....just simply Ommph! Not forgetting the 4 glasses of wonderful Peter Lehman Red wine. Superb!

Calamari Mango

Fettucine Carbonara

Baked Prawn!! YUMS!!

Lemongrass chicken

Angel and I

Tee Heng and I

Sharon and I

Sharon and Angel

Friends

After that it was off to the Cottage to look for Shirley and enjoy music from the live band. I must say not bad, not bad at all. Considering the fact that we do not have much lounges that have life bands. I had a big huge fantabulous surprise and Angel's friend bought a birthday cake and the bad started to sing a birthday song. Thank you all so much~!

The Band

Sharon, Shirley and I

My Cake!

Angel & her friends~

But that's not the end, We went for a late night movie, Finally I watched 2012. All of us went except Tee Heng as he watched it already. The movie was good I enjoyed it but it was long. about 2 1/2 hours. But it was worth it. After that it was off to bed~~

Thanks Sweets for the surprises and prezzies MUACKS!

Study Study

2009-11-26T23:29:00.003+08:00

Sighs... I just hate exams. When it comes to exams stress level goes up and all the problems comes... you can't sleep, can't eat or the opposite you eat too much. For me I can't really sleep and I ended up sleeping really late.

I have just completed 2 papers and I have another 2 more papers to go. 1 paper on 2nd Dec and the last one on the 4th Dec... still a long way to go before my stress level officially comes down. Sighs...

Sometimes... I just get so tired of studying I just took out the phone and this is what happens... =P

Yup I am the bad guy. I bring bad example to people?

2009-11-15T23:05:00.002+08:00

What to say, what to do? but I will just shrug it off. I am and should be used to this, of what you might ask. Friends for years, and yet my character is horribly mistaken? I get the blame for being a bad influence to people?

Oh well...I am the bad guy, I am a bad influence... yada bla bla bla...bleh bleh bleh.

2 marks added in Satan's record for being and evil ass! woo hoo!

ADV: BORNEO CONVENTION CENTRE KUCHING

2009-08-15T15:01:00.005+08:00

Ever thought about having a convention at some far away exotic place? Surrounded my the mystical thousand year old rain forest rich with exotic plants and animals, surrounded by beautiful beaches, Jam together with exciting fun-filled nightlife, savor both international and local cuisines, shop till you drop.

This is no more a dream but a reality as you can get all this at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK).BCCK is the first purpose built convention centre in the island of Borneo. The convention centre is slated to be open on October 2009.

Through detailed and comprehensive planning, BCCK is design with user's comfort in mind. The centre is laid out in one floor making locating meeting rooms and halls simple and uncomplicated. Featuring world class facilities, spacious environment and elegant conference hall lead by professional management team which provides 5 star services. Thus, making having an event here unique and an unforgettable experience.

The building has a rainforest theme architecture, one of it's major distinction is the roof shaped like the 'ririk' leaf a rainforest plant which plays an important role for the indigenous tribes of Sarawak.

BCCK assures you with an unforgettable experience and quality assured. For more information please visit BCCK's website here or liase with one of the PR & Marketing Executive
MR. Christian Chiou @
email: christian.chiou@bcck.com.my,
Phone: (+60)82 392 888 / 688 (ext. 201)

Gunung Gading Escapade III

2009-08-13T22:25:00.008+08:00

This will be the third and final part for my Gading trip report. I must say this was a very interesting trip as it was an eye opener by dear old mother nature.

During this particular trip, we say many types of plants and a few big and small jeepers creepers.As usual I will let all the photos do the talking.

The army's nest!

Look at those hardworking termites!!!

Forest Cabbages? Nah this are Raflessia buds

Believe it or not this is a Raflessia bud

The legendary flower! Blooming process takes 12 hours if not mistaken

The legend....that is dead... this is a dead raflessia

Raflessia leaves...

A survivor! This tree was struck by lightning but it survived.

Another funny but beautiful flower.

DANGER! This ladies and gentleman is a forest centipede, very active at night and it's known to attack people

Eggs! But whose eggs are those??

Dear readers, the eggs you saw belongs to this cutey...the forest lizard

Wild ginger flower

Forest something...can't remember

The wonderful tour guide!

Summary, Mount Gading national park is a place that one ought not to miss when they are in Kuching. The natural flora and fauna will amaze you, that my friends is the creation of God and mother nature.

哭也是过一天。。。笑也是过一天

2009-07-28T23:03:00.003+08:00

最近我看了一片新加坡的连续剧，《黄金路》。在戏里女主角说了一句话感动到我。她说“哭也是过一天，笑也是过一天那倒不如笑着过一天” 。

我就坐下来想。。。她说的话是有道理。我对我自己说从今天起无论发生什么是我都要开开心心的去面对那些问题。我要笑着的过每一天。这样生活就比较有意思还有也老的慢一点。哈哈。

我也希望大家们也可以笑着的过每一天。

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Let me explain the above Chinese post. Recently I have watched a Singaporean drama series called the golden path. There was this character in this series whereby the lady said. Even if I cry the day will still pass, Even when I smile the day will still pass. Might as well I just smile away the worries better than crying everyday making life miserable.

So I sat down and gave it a good thought. How true is this, life could be so much better if we just think positive. No matter what hardship we face, we should always face it with a positive attitude and not cry ourselves out like there is no tomorrow. So I told myself, from today onwards no matter how hard life can be I will try my best to keep smiling and smiling and solve the problem with a positive attitude. In this way I can keep myself looking young too. Haha...vain right?

Gunung Gading Escapade II

2009-07-25T01:25:00.000+08:00

After lunch it off to the national park. The road to the national park can be a bit tricky. The turning is well hidden so make sure your eyes are open wide to look out for the big signage stating Gading National Park.

The park offers a few types of accommodations for visitors whom wish to stay overnight and facilities provided are adequate. I will state the types of accommodation at the end of the entry. Once you reached the park it is totally different from what you would get in the city. The air up there is cool and fresh and pollution free. You can hear birds singing and chirping happily away. Before entering the park, you will have to pay entrance fee, I think it is around RM5 or above.

There are a few trails in the park that you can choose from and 2 different waterfalls. But be warned and reminded that waterfall No.7 is not open due to the area has been deemed 'unclean' and was said that a few years back some local students went back home and got possessed as the bad spirits followed them back.

The many mountains surrounding Mount Gading

signboard showing the life-cycle of a Rafflesia

After checking in, it was off to the trails. We decided to do some jungle hiking to the waterfall for some fun. Along the trail I saw many interesting forest creatures, some really disgusting but some really beautiful.

Pitcher Plant

I think this is a forest millipede

Wild Pandan (above) and the flower

Beware there are branches filled with these huge thorns!

Ugly insect this is...very ugly

Waterfall area

Plants along the waterfall

Some spider made its home underneath the rocks

My new buddy!

Shitake anyone?

Wild forest fruits...not sure is it edible...u can try and tell me

Creepy crawlers

BIG HUGE spider

After the fun at the waterfall it was back to our rooms, we had a quick shower and we started the fire for the BBQ feast. Well the others not me cause I had my test coming so I was asked to go and do my revision. While doing my revision a moth decided to join me in my revision. After a while the aroma from the BBQ tempted me to go over and feast with the guys.

My study buddy

Halfway through eating had nothing better to do so did some stupid postures. Typical me that is haha. After the dinner we played cards and yapped a lot and I was tired so off I went to lala land and be ready for next day's adventure which was the highlight of the trip!

YUMS!

Stupid looks

Gunung Gading Escapade I

2009-07-23T20:00:00.006+08:00

Sarawak is a place with many hidden treasures and a place filled with dense Jungle. Sarawak is situated on the Island of Borneo together with another Malaysian state Sabah. Sarawak lies at the North-West of the island. The state capital is Kuching, this is where I live. Kuching is largest Urban city in Sarawak and the 4th in Malaysia.

Sarawak and Kuching is not a very well-known place to tourists. In terms of tourism, Sabah and KK are doing much better. This little entry of mine would be on my recent trip to Gunung Gading National Park with is approximately an hour drive from the city of Kuching. Gunung Gading was gazetted as a national park in 1983 and it is located near Lundu town.

This particular national park is where we can observed the biggest and I will assume the smelliest of all flowers in the world. The famous Rafelssia. As far as I know this is and could be the only national park in Sarawak whereby one can witness this fascinating flower, it is not only the flower that would attract one to this place. I would say it is the natural surrounding of this national park which attracts visitors. The serenity and 'songs' of the forest calms one's mind and it is something totally different from the hustle and bustle of the city. A visit to the beautiful place opened my eyes to ... well many weird things.

Our journey began early in the morning. We had breakfast in one of the coffee shops in the city before heading out for and hour plus journey to the town of Lundu where the National park is located. Along the way I noticed that many of the majestic forests has given way to development and oil palm plantation. It was a sad sight to see acres and acres of forest being exploited.

By the time we arrived at Lundu it was already near lunch hour so we decided to have lunch there. Lunch was good, we had some of the specialty there Midin Salad. For those who does not know what is Midin, it is a type of wild fern which is a local delicacy here in Sarawak. It is cooked in many different ways, depending on your preference.

Here are some snapshots of the town and the Midin Salad.

TBC....

The art of Taking a deep breath and let out and forget

2009-07-21T21:42:00.002+08:00

One of the things that I had learnt in life is not to fret and think about things too much. Overdose of thinking about certain things brings so much stress to one's life. Quarrels and conflicts of life do play a part of making life... a bit unbearable.

Different people will have different ways of coping with such situations. As for me I decided to take things easy. Thus, over the years I guess I have mastered the art of taking a deep breath let it out and forget about it and make my life happier and more meaningful. It was really hard at first as there are people who tries hard to make your life miserable and downright unworthy. Some speak ill of you, some look down on you. Nevertheless, I will work hard to forgive for I am a person who doesn't like to look for faults. Just let it be... and well ignore the person.

So my way is to take a deep breath and just forget about it. How about you?

Wotaboutme

2009-06-23T00:10:00.002+08:00

Oh well time for a little updates. Over the pass few weeks I have been busy? What was I busy about? Well I was busy on doing my revision. Now that my exams has passed and I am patiently waiting for my results. Wish me luck and do keep me in prayer that I will be able to pass my exams with flying colours.

On the other hand, I can't wait for July 10th to fly off. Huhuhuhu.... fly away~

Ego-Beyonce Knowles

2009-05-22T16:15:00.001+08:00

One has gotta admit that Miss Knowles is one hot sexy momma. Woot woot...especially when she shows off her stuffs in her videos. Her recent album 'I am...Sasha Fierce'. Sasha Fierce is another persona that she adopted while she is on stage. She states that Sasha is her alter ego which protects her and that is who she really is.

This Houston born lady, started off singing in a group called Destiny Child. Knowles was with Destiny's child until 2000 where she came out solo by signing a three-album deal with Columbia Records. In 2000, also marked Miss Knowles acting career, she acted in the comedy film 'Austin Powers in Goldmember' . Incidentally that movie top the box office gaining $73.1 million on its first weekend.

June 2003, Beyonce released her debut solo album, 'Dangerously In Love'. Her chart topping songs for this album is 'Crazy in love and 'Baby Boy' featuring Sean Paul. In late 2006, Beyonce released her second debut album dubbed 'B'Day'.

Late 2008, Beyonce released another charting topping album, I Am...Sasha Fierce. Sasha Fierce being her alter ego on stage. The chart topping singles for this album is 'All the single ladies...(put a ring on it)' top the billboard chart 100 and 'If I were a boy' top worldwide charts. Now she is back with her third singles from her album 'I Am...Sasha Fierce' , 'Ego'.

Once again in this video, Miss Knowles, shows off her dance moves and vocal strengths and MAN LOOK AT HER MOVE HER THING!

Fast Facts about Beyonce Knowles:
Birthname: Beyonce Giselle Knowles
D.O.B: September 4th, 1981
Born: Houston, Texas, U.S.
Genre: R&B, Pop
Occupation(s): Actress, singer-song writer, record producer.
Instrument: Vocal
Voice type: Mezzo Soprano
Years active: 1999 till present.

Here is a video of Beyonce's latest single 'Ego'. Enjoy and scroll down for lyrics.

Ego lyrics
Songwriters: Knowles, Beyonce Gisselle; Lilly, Harold; Williams, Elvis; Oh baby, how you doing?
You know I'm gonna cut right to the chase
Some women were made but me, myself
I like to think that I was created for a special purpose
You know, what's more special than you? You feel me

It's on baby, let's get lost
You don't need to call into work 'cause you're the boss
For real, want you to show me how you feel
I consider myself lucky, that's a big deal

Why? Well, you got the key to my heart
But you ain't gonna need it, I'd rather you open up my body
And show me secrets, you didn't know was inside
No need for me to lie

It's too big, it's too wide
It's too strong, it won't fit
It's too much, it's too tough
He talk like this 'cause he can back it up

He got a big ego, such a huge ego
I love his big ego, it's too much
He walk like this 'cause he can back it up

Usually I'm humble, right now I don't choose
You can leave with me or you could have the blues
Some call it arrogant, I call it confident
You decide when you find on what I'm working with

Damn I know I'm killing you with them legs
Better yet them thighs
Matter a fact it's my smile or maybe my eyes
Boy you a site to see, kind of something like me

It's too big, it's too wide
It's too strong, it won't fit
It's too much, it's too tough
I talk like this 'cause I can back it up

I got a big ego, such a huge ego
But he love my big ego, it's too much
I walk like this 'cause I can back it up

I, I walk like this 'cause I can back it up
I, I talk like this 'cause I can back it up
I, I can back it up, I can back it up
I walk like this 'cause I can back it up

It's too big, it's too wide
It's too strong, it won't fit
It's too much, it's too tough
He talk like this 'cause he can back it up

He got a big ego, such a huge ego, such a huge ego
I love his big ego, it's too much
He walk like this 'cause he can back it up

Ego so big, you must admit
I got every reason to feel like I'm that bitch
Ego so strong, if you ain't know
I don't need no beat, I can sing it with piano

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Breathe-Taylor Swift

2009-05-22T01:40:00.006+08:00

*Yells!!* I just love this country barbie doll look a like singer. She is quite talented actually and I like all her songs. I think she really has a sweet voice not to mentioned that she is cute too. Recently in 2008 she released her second album titled 'Fearless'. The lead single for this album is 'love story', which in my opinion is quite a nice up beat song.

Another smashing song is 'breathe' this particular song is written together with Colbie Cailat. in this song Colbie is more of a backup singer.

Fast facts about Taylor Swift:

Birth name: Taylor Alison Swift
D.O.B: December 13th, 1989
Born: Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genre: Country pop
Occupation: Singer cum songwriter
Instrument(s): Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Ukulele
Year active: 2006 till present
Website: Taylor Swift.com (click on link to go)

And here is a video of here second hit singles Breathe, enjoy!

Breathe lyrics
Songwriters: Caillat, Colbie; Swift, Taylor Alison;
I see your face in my mind as I drive away
'Cause none of us thought it was gonna end that way
People are people and sometimes we change our minds
But it's killing me to see you go after all this time

Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm

Music starts playin' like the end of a sad movie
It's the kinda ending you don't really wanna see
'Cause it's tragedy and it'll only bring you down
Now I don't know what to be without you around

And we know it's never simple, never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me
You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand

And I can't breathe
Without you, but I have to
Breathe
Without you, but I have to

Never wanted this, never want to see you hurt
Every little bump in the road I tried to swerve
People are people and sometimes it doesn't work out
Nothing we say is gonna save us from the fall out

And we know it's never simple, never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me
You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand

And I can't breathe
Without you, but I have to
Breathe
Without you, but I have to

It's two a.m., feelin' like I just lost a friend
Hope you know it's not easy, easy for me
It's two a.m., feelin' like I just lost a friend
Hope you know this ain't easy, easy for me

And we know it's never simple, never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me, oh

I can't breathe
Without you, but I have to
Breathe
Without you, but I have to
Breathe
Without you, but I have to

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry

Reference(s):
Gossip Teen
Wiki

狗眼看人低

2009-05-21T00:01:00.001+08:00

世界啊世界。。。这世界上人的有很多种人。坏人。。。好人。。。八婆。。。下流。。。贱人都有。我虽然年纪说大不大，说小不小，但是在这年龄，也应该是个做工的人了，但我还在念大学。。。过去犯的错，我也感到丢脸。

我也尽能力来读好我的书。朋友们都读好书开始工作。。。在大学里不多朋友，新朋友也不多。。。所以呢我就经常自己一个人在图书馆里温习功课。我还以为能够找到朋友来教导我是很好的事。我呢，就遇到了一个人。。。还以为他是个大好人，听人说很好的人。就叫他教我。第一次，还好但第二次。。。无缘无故的不爽我。。。都不知道我做错了什么。

不想帮就不想嘛。。。还把人说到很烂。。。说我是水蛭赖在他身上吮他的知识。。。我的天啊。。。好幼稚。他的朋友们还说我是寄生生物，甚至还说我会考不上。。。讲话都不知道有没有用脑想啦。

我不否认我对他们所说的话感到很生气，但冷静来想。。。我没必要跟这些狗眼看人低的人吵那么多。吵也没用，浪费时间及力气，我也没那么无聊跟他们吵。

这些狗眼看人底的人，我只能叫耶稣保佑他们。希望有一天他们反省反省吧。我也告诉我自己绝不能像他们那样狗眼看人低，瞧不起人，觉得自己很厉害而不帮人。这世界需要少一点像他们那样的人咯。

Happy Birthday!

2009-05-20T11:05:00.003+08:00

This is a special post and a birthday dedication someone very special to me.

Hun, today is a very special day for and I hope you have a great day and of course an enjoyable one. Next year onwards, I would love to spend every single birthday with you. Let me sing a birthday song for you...(in words...scared when I really sing...your poor ears will suffer)....=P

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you.
Happy Birthday to Hun
Happy Birthday to you
祝你生日快乐
祝你生日快乐
祝hun生日快乐
祝。。。。。。。你。。。。。。生日快乐。。。。

Here is a virtual cake for you...make a wish and blow the candles.

Hun, you are very special to me。 Happy Birthday hun!.....HUGS....Muacks

Haircut

2009-05-18T17:11:00.007+08:00

Yesterday I send my mum to the hairdresser that she usually goes to. Since she was having her teacher's day dinner she wanted to dye her hair. She insisted on me getting my hair cut at her saloon there. Initially, I didn't want to but after her much pursue I gave in and decided to give it a try. Since she said the hairdresser's daughter and son-in-law are reputable hairstylist whom came back from Singapore.

So, around 2p.m. we went to the salon. It is situated in the city centre and it is called Jen Jen. Recently, it went through extensive renovation so that the interior of the salon looks more modern. According to mum, she said the renovation was because the daughter and son-in-law came back from Singapore and wanted to upgrade the place. So, the interior of the newly renovated salon was quite nice.

The one in charge of cutting my hair was the owner's son-in-law. So after a few minutes wait he came over and cut my hair. He asked me how I would like my hair to look like and I replied him just trimming and off he goes to work. Before cutting my hair, a guy came and quick washed my hair. After that, action comes in...snip...snip...snip...rrrr...rrrrr...

After say 30 minutes he took out a mirror showed me the backside and asked how was it. Well... not bad not bad... at least I don't look that bad. He took some wax and sorta like style it up for a me a bit and showed me again. Well...honestly it doesn't look that bad.

this is me before my haircut

and the after effect.

I just realised when I cut my hair sort my face looks so plum.... I am fat...buhuhu... getting fatter....it is time to slim down! hahaha...

Actually when I looked back at the old photos...I prefer my old looks... I am going back to Jantzen to let them cut my hair... I think they do a better job...hahaha...

Jantzen's haircut. Better right?

Vrooom...Vrooommmm...

2009-05-17T21:48:00.006+08:00

It was just anotha normal day. I was driving home after attending church service today. As I was waiting for the green light at the traffic light junction near my house. I had nothing better to do and was well kinda bored. I was fidgeting with my MP3 Modulator and suddenly there is this low rumble sound right next to my car. I looked up and saw this...

Whaddaya know it is Mr. Big Biker. I was amused and took out my phone and "kepo-ed" away and took a papparazi photo of him doing something on his bike, which I have no idea what is he doing...polishing his bike I think. Lucky for me he didn't catch me taking a photo of him. Hahahaha....

Oh well... I know... I am lame and had nothing better to do and am such a busybody... lalala~

Fake or Real?

2009-05-16T22:04:00.004+08:00

I came across something interesting in one of the shops in Kuching. Actually this happened quite sometime ago already. I think at least a month ago.

Now, this shop aptly called Green Gallery sells a lot of home decor stuff. They have a lot of nice funny looking stuff for one to decorate their house. From fake greens and flowers to home furniture.

I always like to take a peek into this shop to see what they have. The stuff in there aren't exactly what we would call cheap or affordable. But, there are somethings that they sell here that you won't find it in anywhere else in Kuching.

As I mentioned I went there sometime ago and found out that they really do sell anything to everything in there. This thing that I saw took the spot. Are you guys ready to see this outrageous thing that I am talking about? Are you sure you are ready? Here goes...

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Is these real or fake? Take a guess =D

Another thing that caught my attention in the shop was this medium size aquarium whereby they keep Japanese Koi inside together with some other fishes and....this adorable looking turtle. Well... there are 2 of them actually!

Cute looking bugger ey...

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Note:
Green Gallery Kuching is located at the address below
NO. 53, 1st Floor, Blok D Rh Plaza, Jln Stutong, 93350 Kuching, Sarawak
Tel : 6(082) 46 2606

Missing You

2009-05-15T19:11:00.005+08:00

It has been a week already since the last trio you came down here. Today was the day that you just arrived in the City of Kuching and I picked you up from the airport. Every time when you are here or when you are coming here, I am very happy and anxious for you to arrive.

At this time, we are having out dinner at Batu Lintang seafood hawker Centre. I always wanted to be by your side. I feel at eased when I am with you and peaceful. Every time that you are here, I just want to spend as much time together with you. I don't know but I just need you by my side and the world seems brighter.

Loving you was the best thing that has ever happened to me and I truly hope that I can spend the rest of my life with you. I want to be by your side during your rainy and sunny days and be by your side taking care of you.

Honey, I love you so much and I miss you so much

Wanna Thank You...

2009-03-26T22:05:00.003+08:00

I was well being nostalgic ... and suddenly had to urge to write this out...

Take it as Ed's rantings haha...

Here is another sad sad story
Yet another broken hearted....

It started roughly two years ago
where I thought I finally found true love
It's safe to say that I really love you so
It was you the one who I always care

I would do anything to make you happy
I was not lonely anymore because I know
I have you...
But heaven forgive me for I was wrong

I thought I hated you
for the pain you have cursed upon me
But now I stand here and proudly declare
I don't hate you but I wanna thank you
I wanna thank you
for all you'd done
I wanna thank you
for the pain
I wanna thank you
for making me stronger
I wanna thank you
for making me wiser
I wanna thank you for giving me those heartaches
I wanna thank you...
Oh... I just wanna thank you

It's a month since you've left
I feel alone and afraid
It has been two weeks since you last called
I'm all alone, afraid and cold
Missing you terribly

I tried to call you
But all efforts were in vain
Cause what I got back was just pain
What have I done wrong
and to think that the I thought our love was strong

I thought I hated you
for the pain you have cursed upon me
But now I stand here and proudly declare
I don't hate you but I wanna thank you
I wanna thank you
for all you'd done
I wanna thank you
for the pain
I wanna thank you
for making me stronger
I wanna thank you
for making me wiser
I wanna thank you for giving me those heartaches
I wanna thank you...
Oh... I just wanna thank you

After a few weeks
We each went our separate ways
You said it won't work out
Cause we are far away

I had nothing more to say
Just let have it your way
for my heart has already become so numb
Numb from the pain that was constantly inflicted...

I thought I hated you
for the pain you have cursed upon me
But now I stand here and proudly declare
I don't hate you but I wanna thank you
I wanna thank you
for all you'd done
I wanna thank you
for the pain
I wanna thank you
for making me stronger
I wanna thank you
for making me wiser
I wanna thank you for giving me those heartaches
I wanna thank you...
Oh... I just wanna thank you

I just wanna....thank you...

Written & edited by Edwin Lau 2009

Mental Note: Be early for my 10.30am classes

2009-03-25T22:53:00.003+08:00

Well... it has almost been a month since I started classes *sighs* and as for studies I am coping quite alrighty here. I hope and pray to God that he will help me in my concentration. As the semester proceeds on, there are a number of things that I'll have to change and make a mental note.

Since it is already almost at the end of March and the foundation students has already started their classes... once again I have to wake up early and grab a good parking spot... because the good old days has come back to haunt me... the parking problems are back.

I remember on Tuesday... I had a 10.30am class when I reach the uni well around 10.00 and I went in the the multi-story car park as usual. When I entered the car park, to my surprise it was packed... I couldn't find a parking spot until the top floor... this is my first time ever going all the way to the top floor to get a parking spot for myself. It was round and round and round and round up there and it was not really fun.

But the rewarding part was that the view up there wasn't that bad afterall... I can see well.. .the whole campus and also the Central Business District of Kuching. So, that is the plus side.... the down side was the turns that I had to make. BUT....BUT I would rather go early and get a parking downstairs rather wasting my petrol driving all the way up there... I can always take the lift up anyway.

Can see the City Centre from here.

So...tomorrow I have another 10.30am class I gotta wake up early and go grab myself a good parking spot. Yee HA! Go EDWIN!!

Closed off from Love

2009-03-20T23:16:00.003+08:00

So much has happened in my life for the past 2 years. All I can say my life was a turmoil and at times it was a constant nightmare for me. But I do thank God for all that has happened in my life because it had made me stronger.

All those hardships and pains has taught me a lot. Failures in my life has taught me valuable lessons. A recent "fling" because I would not call that a relationship has made me realised some thing. I realised that my past failure relationship has caused so much damaged that finally my heart has been closed off from love. The pain that I felt... I really could not explain. This has also caused me to hurt a number of people. Sometimes I asked myself... am I asking too much from a person? There are only three essential things that fulfill my requirements in a relationship these are...sincerity & Honesty, commitment and love. It seems so hard to find. Sad to say all my relationships never ever lasted a year. I do envy people whose relationships lasted years. But no point crying over spilled milk.

A verse from a song is very much suited to what I feel and what I am right now. It is from Leona Lewis's "Bleeding Love". Here goes "Closed off from love, I don't need the pain". It is true I do not need the pain anymore. All I want to do now is to concentrate on my studies and finish it off and come out and work.

Eventhough deep down in my heart I am missing a person pretty much... but the person is ignoring me. Oh well... that is life isn't it.

A toast to me for my studies. Gambateh to myself.

Cheers
Dwinz 09

2009-03-12T20:29:00.001+08:00

I have already left the company for a week or so now. I started my classes last Monday. Everything is going well and seems smooth and okay. I need to put in more efforts into my studies.

the past....

For the past few months and year my life was like a roller coaster...ups and downs... things and choices that I have made in the past made me regret somehow. But all that is in the past now.... and a new chapter of my life begins.... I need to study hard get my degree and realise my purpose of life now.

CES family

All of my friends have move on... it is time for me to move on too. I miss Sylvia and Jadey a lot. I have not contacted Jason and well Kelly for ages now. I miss Florence... I miss Lone.... I miss Francis... Miss KP's laughter... Sighs... I wish they are right here beside me....

I have been giving some things quite a lot of thinking... I felt that forgiving someone is not going to be easy... but I am willing to forget the pass and forgive them... be it how they have treated me, I guess everyone deserves forgiveness...

Well that would be all I guess... toodles... =)

Reminisence

2009-02-08T20:20:00.004+08:00

Time flies by so fast... its already the second month of 2009. The Chinese New Year is almost over. Tomorrow marks the last day of the celebration for the Chinese New Year.

Honestly, I love Chinese New Year. I love it when my close friends are all back here. I felt overjoyed spending time with time. Every second, was pure happiness and joy. I truly miss them so much now.

Francis~

Lone and I ~

Tee Heng!...err... sorry TH... I can't find photo of you... this is the only one I have... don't kill meee...plss...

Francis and I

Yee Lone, Francis, KP, Florence and to make it worst... Sylvia is leaving... I will feel even more sad. Sighs....

Well... during this Chinese New Year, Francis, Lone, Tee Heng and me went back to our old High School (its our old school except for Tee Heng, he was from another school). It was a sad sight to see the old block was burnt down to dust and ashes. As we walked around the school, memories came flooding back into mind.

The remains after the aftermath

Over the years, the school has indeed changed so much, but no matter what there was still some connection between me and the school. Sometimes, how I wish I could go back to the old school days. I miss those days... I miss my close friends.

Our class~

Welcome back to KHS~

Reminiscing

I miss you guys Lone and Francis~

09 Resolution

2009-01-07T23:13:00.003+08:00

Here goes my 2009 resolution.

Study hard and Study smart.
Spend more time with Jason and Syl (esp syl) since she will be leaving KCH soon.
Spend time with flo che che
Spend time with Jadey
Forget about the painful past
Must Must go Gym
Spend more time with family
Excel in my work (but studies come first)
Clear any outstanding debts
Get my life straight for once
Dye my hair before CNY
Buy New Cell Phone (Greedy =(...)
Fly to KL and S'pore to spend my new year with cuzzie Syl and my friends.
Do not wish to get involve in people's relationship proble
Save money!!
Live life the fullest
Blog more!

2009-01-06T00:12:00.002+08:00

I think this blog has been quite dead for some time. I was really busy with work and with life. So much has happened in 2008. Should I say I had a dramatic life?

Friends come and go... made new ones loose some. Crap friends and shit friends. Good friends and friends that are and will always be there for me. I dunno how to explained what I have been through in 2008. All I could say it was a shitty year.

I only can hope 2009 will be a better year. Currently now... I just went through another drama... emotions are so F**ked up now. Sighs....

Well... I'll try hard and do more posting soon....Next would be my resolution for the year!

Probation Period ends this month.

2008-10-25T15:38:00.004+08:00

Well... time sure passes fast... really fast... the month of October is almost over and November is closing in. Final examinations are closing in too. My probation with CES has ended and Bryan, my head has evaluated me. Now I am waiting for my confirmation letter. Wooot Wooot~~!

Before I got my confirmation, already the company has given me some other tasks and responsibilities to do. Hopefully I can complete the task well.

During the evaluation, Bryan has found a few faults... lolx... one of them... I guess the worse was when I sat on the table and put my legs up on the chair (it was my habit...) I can't help it... he also said that when I folded up my sleeves was inappropriate lolx...

Hopefully I will receive a better pay... prays hard.... I better get back to my work now... will be posting again soon... if I have the time...

What my name means... how true is it??? Hmmm,,, quite I guess

2008-10-15T00:50:00.002+08:00

I have been missing in the blogosphere for quite sometime... reason giving been really busy... and also a bit lazy to update...

I found this site via Angela's blog... coolness!!

What Edwinlaugheekiong Means

You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.

You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.

At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

You are balanced, orderly, and organized. You like your ducks in a row.

You are powerful and competent, especially in the workplace.

People can see you as stubborn and headstrong. You definitely have a dominant personality.

You are very charming... dangerously so. You have the potential to break a lot of hearts.

You know how what you want, how to get it, and that you will get it.

You have the power to rule the world. Let's hope you're a benevolent dictator!

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.

You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.

You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.

You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.

You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow.

You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily.

Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is.

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.

You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.

You have the classic “Type A” personality.

You are a very lucky person. Things just always seem to go your way.

And because you're so lucky, you don't really have a lot of worries. You just hope for the best in life.

You're sometimes a little guilty of being greedy. Spread your luck around a little to people who need it.

You are deeply philosophical and thoughtful. You tend to analyze every aspect of your life.

You are intuitive, brilliant, and quite introverted. You value your time alone.

Often times, you are grumpy with other people. You don't appreciate them trying to interfere in your affairs.

You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out.

Success comes rather easily for you... especially in business and academia.

Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You're a strong person.

You are a seeker of knowledge, and you have learned many things in your life.

You are also a keeper of knowledge - meaning you don't spill secrets or spread gossip.

People sometimes think you're snobby or aloof, but you're just too deep in thought to pay attention to them.

You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life.

You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you.

At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

When Predators become the Prey...

2008-09-28T23:49:00.004+08:00

They lurk in the sea... maybe in schools...and for those fishes who fails to notice them will die a miserable death...

Honestly... I do know what type of fish is this... all I know is how to cook them LOL! But one thing I must say is that these are the ugliest fish I have ever seen in my entire life... seriously they are hideous! And there is no prize for any guesses what do these fishes feast on... by looking at their teeth and mouth and looks... one word... carnivores. The funny part is despite their hideous look, the flesh of this fish is actually quite nice. How do I describe the sensation when the flesh touches your mouth... the only way to describe it, is that it melts in your mouth.

The fish and its family members... from predator to prey XD

This type of fish is best cooked with soup and Chinese preserved vegetables. To clean the fish is easy too. Just use a knife cut the head halfway down (gills area) and pull and the guts will be pulled out together with the head. Use water to clean the stomach for any blood.

This guy must be hungry!! Look at the size of that fish it ate!!

Next boil a pot of water (500ml approx.) wait for it to boil add in the vege and cook for a few minutes then after that add in the fish and for 5 minutes you can turn off the flame and it is ready to be served.

Best taken with rice.

half way through preparation for other dishes I found this adorable chilli!! It's short fat and cute... LOL...

突然

2008-09-16T22:08:00.003+08:00

我。。。

突然觉得很累。
突然想了很多。
突然好想放弃。
突然好恨自己。
突然觉得伤心。
突然好想流泪。
突然好想知道。
突然觉得自卑。
突然心里好乱。
突然觉得自己没用。
突然问及想我为什么活在这可恶的世界。
突然好想好友们。
突然好想你。

我真的。。。很累，很累，很累了。。。我如何可以放弃一切吗？
*唉声叹气*。。。看来。。。还不是时候放弃。。。。
加油吧...艾德文～你一定可以的哦。。。。都已经这么多年了。。。撑下去吧！

I'm Late...I'm late...I'm late

2008-09-07T09:47:00.003+08:00

*Sighs*.... this is bad oh super duper bad....I can't believe it....I am actually late for work again... Oh well is what you actually get if you sleep too late and you are bloody tired....

This is like... er..... the 3rd time I am late this week.... but today hits the spot I was late for well...technically speaking more than 15 mins... I overslept due to the reason.... I......I... kept snoozing my freakin alarm... but...but...but I was really exhausted and... and... and.... the weather was perfect for a snooze in.... =(

Oh well... *crosses fingers* hope they won't cut me pay...

Another shit thing that happen to me today was.... I forgot my ATM pin number... oh shit!!!! I seriously forgot about it. It all started this way... I had to change my password due to some unwanted reason and then I didn't go to the bank for ages and I totally super duper forgot the dang password. *Sighs* I am getting old.... I need ginkgo... yes...somebody donate me ginkgo...=(.... I need memories... wtf am I saying??? Sheesh...

Oh well...I don't have the card now.... I surrendered it already.... *sniffles* bye bye me darling...

New facelift Perodua Myvi - Causing me to be Indecisiveness now...

2008-09-01T23:15:00.011+08:00

Recently the Malaysian producer perodua announced their new face lift myvi. Initially I read about the facelift at paultan.org. From the looks in the photos the newly face lift myvi looks ugly. Some say it looks like a pig. Honestly my first impression was...WHAT THE HELL DID THEY DO TO THE CAR!

Honestly, all these while myvi has been my favourite Malaysian made car. Perodua a competitor to our main national car producer proton has been out beating them in terms of sales and also car reliability.

Last few days, I accidentally saw the new Myvi at one of the car showrooms. The real car looks nice and more curvier. I went and take look at the interior of the car and I fell in love with it. The interior had some make over which gives it a comfortable and a touch of elegant feel. The new dashboard was out of this world and I totally fell in love with it. The new meter cluster looks so much better than the older siblings.

The audio system had some upgrades too. The new audio system is able to detect bluetooth and also has a USB port in case one wants to put some music into the thumb drive and listen to it in the car. But note that it only for the 1.3L premium variant only. As for MP3 capabilities it is available for all variants.

The passion for safety. A new safety feature for the Perodua Myvi is the Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD) & Brake Assit (BA). The EBD and ABS is only for the 1.3L premium variants only also. Like the older siblings the new Myvi comes with a dual SRS-airbags, also this can be found in the 1.3L premium variants.

Other features for the new Myvi would be seat height adjuster, UV protection windows which protects up to 91% and windscreen and Shopping hook. The shopping hook and seat height adjuster is available for the premium variants only.

The test drive...

After looking at the Myvi. I decided to test drive the "new car" or the car with the new look. The test drive the 1.3L SXi variant which is the premium but it is manual. Stacy followed me on this test drive, joy ride. Once in the car, you can feel that the car is quite spacious and comfortable. Start of the engine, the interior of the car seems quiet. Hit the first gear and we are off. The car is smooth and easy to handle. There is not much engine noise in the interior. The car runs smoothly and brakes are very responsive. The pickup for this car is good. I did a U turn and it was also smooth and easy to handle. At 80 km/h it runs at 2000rpm which is quite ok. The only sad thing is that the front car plate has been taken off so I can't take it for a longer drive.

Overall, the Myvi is a good car. I would love to get it but there are a lot of things that have to consider. So it keep me in a indecisive stage now.

For now, I will not think about getting the car first. Must make the plans out properly because this is a big investment for me.

For more info about Myvi download the PDF brochure HERE.

They are everywhere!

2008-08-26T22:59:00.005+08:00

I guess being a tutor there is just one thing that I can't escape from...that is students who are extremely slow... not just slow...slow BUT, they are the SUPER DUPER EXTREMELY MEGA ULTRA COMBO MAX MODE TOP DEEPLY TRULY SERIOUSLY UTTERLY UNCONTROLLABLY SLOW...

So far I met two. One in my old workplace, who was... word alone cannot symbolise him. The second one is in my current workplace. Well... for this case... *sighs*, I shall be kind... maybe her case... is different. I heard she came down with this high fever or something that resulted her being slow in catching things or... any normal human description of her "Weird".

I am not mad at her or anything but sometimes the things that she said just annoys me to the maximum! I know... I know... being a tutor I should be patient....yada, yada, yada. But imagine... suddenly you have a student in your class that suddenly asks you stupid questions which is by far seriously stupid. At times when you joke... she repeats your jokes and laugh out loud, sometimes she will tell you oh...this word this is how you say it in this dialect...

At times me reaction was just...either (......................................................................................... x 10000000000) or (=_______________________________________=)"""

When you are teaching, she starts to drift away and god knows what she is doing there and I can;t just keep paying attention to her because I have other students to attend to.

Like today when I was in class. I was teaching the past continuous tense, the simple present tense and the present perfect tense. I decided to distribute notes for the students this time and in some of the notes I encouraged the students to write some sentences for me so that I will know whether or not they understand me and I can correct them from there.

She didn't do a hoot and yet she tried to copy from the book and of all the things... MY examples in the notes! I stopped her by saying that I remember what is in the book and she must think of a sentence of her own each for simple present and past continuous. She just can't do it, so I told her to stay back after class to tutor her extra.

After I finished one unit and was proceeding to another unit, suddenly she told me I have not taught the other unit and funny enough I was juts getting to it. I told her that do not worry I will not leave any units untaught.

After the class, I asked her to meet me in the Lecturer's room. So once settled, I asked her to give me the sentences.

Her: Teacher can use "The telephone rang"?
Me: *Looks at the paper and went quiet for a while* SY that is my example and you are not suppose to use my example. You are SUPPOSE to create your own sentence.
Her: Keeps quiet...
Me: Ok... give me the past tense for walk.
Her: *Thinks* Walk...
Me: *Nearly fell down from the chair.* No SY that is a present tense. *Looks at Stacy and asked for help*

Stacy: Ok... do you know what is a verb
Her: Yes... its "Dong Ci" in [mandarin means verb]
Stacy: Ok so what is the past tense for walk.
Her: Walk.
Stacy: *Nearly fell down* No...that is present tense.

After much attempt Stacy gave up.

I re-attempted to teach her.

Me: SY what is past tense?
Her: "Dong Ci" (verb) I nearly cried...
Me: *Patiently* SY no past tense is not a verb, past tense is something that is history and present tense means now and continuous means always happens.
Her: *nods her head*

I then decided to write on a piece of paper...

Walk
Walked
Walking

Me: Which is the past tense?
Her: Walking...
Me: *went speechless and was going to slam my head on the table*
Her: SY, that is a continuous not a past...
Her: Walked.
Me: *Relieved*

Talk
Talked
Talking

Me: Which one is the past tense?
Her: talked
Me: *in my head* Now we are making progress.

But I felt suspicious she was guessing and memorising where I put the past tense.

Ran
Run
Running

Me: Which is the past tense?
Her: Run?
Me: *Looks at her in disbelief.* No
Her: *takes another quick guess* Ran
Me: *Not at all impressed* Ok...good.

Write
Writing
Wrote

Me: Which is the past tense?
Her: Write.
Me: *boiling inside but try to keep calm... wanted to cry but no tears* No, SY that is present.
Her: Writing?
Me: *Looks at her in disbelief* No SY... you are guessing the past tense is wrote.

At the end I explain to her again and as her dad was looking for her. I asked her to go home and give me one each a sentence on simple past and past continuous and show it to me tomorrow.

So... wish me luck tomorrow and hope I don't jump down from CES building...

Study Wuzzy

2008-08-19T23:40:00.002+08:00

Ok... this I am having mixed feelings now. Why so? Well... I will be starting my classes tomorrow. After a few months of rocky and shitty life... I am back to my study life and working life again.

I am happy because Swinburne and most importantly God gave me another chance to continue on with my education. Last semester due to some unwanted reasons and also my blindness in judging some things I failed miserably in my examinations. Put it this way I flunk my whole course period...
I promise and will make myself slog this semester to pass the subjects I have taken. I have made a vow that I will not repeat the mistakes that I made previously. Even though the pain has not been fully healed but I am standing up better now.

I found a new job and I am able and have the chance to continue on with my tertiary education. Being a person believing in giving chances I must and will treasure this precious chance. I realise in life we learn things almost everyday. I learnt that it is best to leave relationship aside. I learnt that sometimes no matter how much you sacrifice or do something for a person it can me a waste of time and ending up hurting yourself.

Now I have a chance to get my life back on track and set things straight. I went astray before and I am not going to let that happen again. Life moves on without you... you are just a person who appeared in the past chapter of my life and its time for me to move on. Scarred for life I may be but I have learnt a valuable lesson.

This semester since I am working at CES full time I decided that I should take less subjects. Fuck all even if I graduate late because I am working and I am not like most people who do not need to work for their pocket money. I took up 2 subjects which Management Decision Making and also Corporate Accounting. I need extra effort in my studies and pray that I could do well this semester.

I would also like to thank Bryan for being a good and understanding boss. For arranging the time for me to be able to attend my class. Thank you Bryan so much.

I would like to thank my "wife a.k.a Hun" for accompanying me and for being such a wonderful "wife". This semester will be hard on me... something new...because I am working full time.

I also would hope and pray that my confirmation to work at CES will be received ASAP.

I am happy because I get to continue my study...
I am sad because Fifi left already
I am sad because darling kelly is sad...
I am nervous because it is a whole new life for me...

To a person,

I hope I am not being too cruel here... but sometimes it makes me wonder.... do you really treasure a chance that people gave you? Or is someone like me so unimportant to you. I always looked forward to Mondays and it is our hang out day...

Last Monday, you never contacted me as you said you will and I wondered why... maybe it was wrong of me to give you a chance to correct your mistakes... seems like you have no courtesy to even inform people if you are busy or what and you made people wait for you. Thank God I was not stupid enough to wait for your message or call for the whole day...

Anyway thank you for whatever you have done back then... don't get me wrong I do appreciate what you have done... but sometimes... sit down and think about your actions and how it would affect one's feelings....

Good luck to you and all the best.

P.S. I am not a toy to be played around I am made of flesh and blood. I have feelings too.

In Loving Memory of Fifi...

2008-08-17T09:53:00.004+08:00

In Loving Memory of Fifi...
R.I.P
9th August 2008

This is a special post dedicated to my lovable adorable dwarf hamster Fifi. Fifi used to be my sister's hamster, she took care of her for a year plus before bringing it home to me and I took over the task of taking after her.

When she came home, she was already sick, but being Fifi... she was strong and move on for a few more years. We send her to the vet but there was nothing much the vet can do as Fifi was too small. For 2 long years, Fifi pulled through, having a hard time to move around because of the growth. As she aged she started to loose her fur behind her body. Her eyes had cataract and she had a hard time seeing things. When I saw that my I felt a pang in my heart. Each time I saw her struggling I felt a sharp pain in my heart.

On 8th August 2008, Fifi got weaker, she had no more strength to move. She kept sleeping. 9th August 2008, the Lord had brought Fifi into his hands. She left this world. Finally all the suffering that she felt was over. Rest in peace my dear Fifi. I will miss you a lot...

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Small Thoughts:
Something went wrong with my computer's window and now is still under repair... Still waiting for Stace's bf to check it.... That explains why there were no updates for a long time.

All in a day....

2008-08-03T00:23:00.008+08:00

Start of the day....

Many thanks to my Sis Angela for the wake up call at 9 am in the morning, but to tell the truth I slept on for another 30 minutes before heading for the shower. But before that I will have to sms my "wife" to tell her I am getting ready already before picking her up.

So after my shower, typical me will scoot off to the computer and surf the net a bit before going down to the car. So I arrived at her house 30 minutes late or something and that gave her a chance to complain...lolx... after that brought her to the ATM located at Everrise BDC, and it seems like its the beginning of the month and everyone is queuing up there either to check has their salary been cashed in or to withdraw money.

The queue

My "daughter" is all grown up....

Since I was picking up Stacy so both of us arrived at the office early...(technically speaking as we are working afternoon shift today)...

Our daughter...Odelia came a bit later...(typical her lar...) she came into the lecturer's room panting... she thought she was late but in actual she was not... so she had no simple make-up on her face.... and also typical her... she brought her own food and did not bring any for the parents... (aihh...kids these days...).

After settling down... out comes her make-up kit. First on the list is to put on her cherry lip balm... and waddaya know daddy and daughter use the same brand of lip balm, Nivea! (High five).... but mine is none flavour or colouring. After lip balm, it was the eye-liner... carefully she drew a beautiful line over her eye... seeing her doing that seems like my daughter is all grown up... *sniffs* my lil girl has grown up... so grown up that tonight she did not have the time to accompany daddy and mummy for late night shopping at The Spring mall for she needs to go dating and she is so shy about it...

How to draw eye lines... firts take out eye liner...carefully draw...

Make sure it looks ok...

Do touch ups

Make sure its even... and use finger to smudge it a bit... LOLx

End result... prefectness

She is also so grown up that her mind got a bit astray... and I have no idea how to get her brain back straight... all the grandpa's fault lar... show her that type of stuff...

Sighs... kids... LMAO...!

Lunch Hour...

After my daughter dolled herself up all 'purdy (pretty)', we waited for her aunt Angela a.ka. my sister to come over to have lunch together. Some sort like a small family gathering... as we walked down the stars... we realised that my car was parked right outside the centre... so my sister being her naughty and lame-self decided to play with my car's back wiper... while she was doing that, she found my Ah bun (My wife gave it that name) and so being a nice bro, I took it out and let her carry it out... well she kept hugging it the whole way..

But in the end... it got into the hands of my wife... she refused to let it go...since she was not feeling good (Women's monthly thing... u know what la), we decided to let her hug it... after such a long time... she suddenly fell in love with it... and she dropped it on the floor twice... Grrr... hope it is not dirty... (jk...jk)

My new son...

Sighs.... I am already a father to a daughter who is older than me by a few month.... tsk tsk.... now I have another son... well a few more kids... but there is this particular kid in my kiddy class that I love him so much because he is super adorable. His name is Deron Ting...(sighs.....of all the surname...its Ting...) Nevermind...

Today my son got into a fight with someone older from my wife's class, I think the name of the boy is Robin... I scolded him and made him apologise to the other kid... he looked at me with his big eyes and was like almost in tears... I know I must have looked fierce in there. He was then brought to clean up with the accounts clerk, when he entered the class he sat quietly and do his work. I asked him does he still want me to love him and pamper him? He quietly shook his head (Heart's melt)...

I then looked at his face, he had still had some marker smudges on his face, his big cute eyes looked at mine and his face was full of innocents (heart melts some more). I then went and took the wet wipes and clean off his face. He then looked at me with those eyes... (BOOM... ok....I can't get mad at him anymore... *heart turns into liquid *)

Dinner time...

As we finished our class, we went down for our dinner before our next class starts... again Ah bun has been carried down... but before we went down for dinner... we did some stupid camwhoring (me that is) with Ah bun.. one of the photos I politely asked my dear sis not to put it up in her blog... but my request went into deaf ears... -.-'' she still posted it up...

This is Ah Bun...

The forbidden photo... that she still posted it up..sienz...

Another attempt...lolx

So as revenge I will post hers up... muahahaha...

Caught her... haha!

Peek a boo... haha

Anyway... we went down for dinner, sis was not eating as she was going home soon. So only Stacy and I had dinner, since our daughter brought her own bread... anyway... I took the opportunity to take some candid photos of my daughter and heh heh... darling sister... and it turns out to be good.

The spoiler of the day.... Stupid fucking cock sucking no good slut cheap ass rude bitch....

This girl which I seriously never ever liked her which I so wish she will just vanish into thin air is a super fucking cock sucking no good slutty cheap ass banging ugly fugly cao cibai rude and bokasi bitch... *Phew*... since she is so noisy in class that is swell with me but when I asked you a question and you answer me in such a rude way... and you do not even respect your tutor/instructor...wtf...

Today she was in my EC (Elementary Conversation ) class. SO basically its a big class... I needed all students to participate ... so, I gave a topic about can you remember anything about their childhood. When I asked her... she gave me craps and saying she nearly got knocked down by car which gave a some trauma in life and caused her for being a bitch now...

So after the class ends... she was coughing (choking...serves her right).. I jokingly told her that...

Me: See... you talk too much crap and you said something wrong and this is what happens...

She asked her brother or whatever that guy is hold the cup and she go and kick my leg.... Fuck lar... I am your lecturer not your friend or whatever lar... RESPECT lar... BITCH... being me I ignored her... She continued to cough and being me ... I went...

Me: Kick me some more... see cough even worse... serves you right ( and walks fast back into the room)

Stupid bitch lar...

To top it up... my daughter ar... or my daughter's student want to do voodoo on me just because my daughter say I am bad... celaka.... nevermind... what hurts the most is my daughter suggested to use needle and poke the voodoo doll that was suppose to be me... So... this is how a daughter treats her dad.... sad....sad....

That is all for now. Chips Chips~~

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Lameness.com

Take a guess please.....

Where did the farmer take the pigs on Saturday?

What did the lion tell the jackal when they came upon a group of hares?

Last riddle's answers:
1. Curio-city (because curiosity kills the cat)
2. Because shoulders have blades...shoulder blades... XD

Missing my old students

2008-08-01T23:48:00.006+08:00

I miss them so much... sighs... it was a hard decision... but in the end I had to make a decision... I feel bad to leave my old students behind in the old tuition centre, but I can't help it. I need a stable income and the previous centre could not satisfy that so thus, that was one of the reason why I moved over to teach at Cambridge.

my form 3 students

My funny colleague

I also miss my old colleagues there, they are nice people and I truly miss them. I miss my lil rascals in primary class, Aaron, ever naughty Wilbur, talkative Arthur, Laughing Ming Jia, and a lot more.

My rascals....

My bubbly colleague with my rascals

one of them wrote me a letter with a lot of errors inside...*sniffs*

I also felt bad because I did not get a chance to bid my Form 1 and Form 2 students goodbye. I miss you guys so much also. Sighs... I feel so sad...

My other bubbly colleague... (Odelia u are not the only bubbly one o...) wakaka

I wish my PMR and UPSR students good luck in your examinations that will be coming soon. Do well and do keep up the good work. I miss all of you so much.

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Lameness.com

Take a guess!!!!

Which city does the cat never travel to?
Ans: ????

Why did Malcom rub his pencil on his shoulders?
Ans: ???

Bye Bye....

2008-08-01T00:14:00.004+08:00

Today... marks a sad day... this is a special post dedicated to my friends at work.

To Joanna...
We may not know each other well, it has been a short time since we talked but you are a great friend and a great person to be with. Its fun to joke with you and your laughter has certainly cheered all of us lecturers up... well except Menstrual old man for all that matters. Sad to say, I came in late. But in these short times I really enjoyed your existence, I think we can say that you bring the sunshine into the office.

Pretty and sassy Joanna

A song dedicated for Joanna

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This section is dedicated to my friends in CES and some of my other close friends.

Stacy, Odelia, Angela, Joanna and Jason, my Cambridge buddies and friends who words only can't describe all of you. Because of all of you my life is so much more different, you made working in Cambridge more fun and lively. Without you guys I dare not imagine what will happen or how would it feel like to be working there. I might be there for a short while but it seems that we have known each other for a long time and I truly thank God for knowing all of you and for bringing you all into my life and be my friends.

My arms

Flo che che, Sam me Bro, Lone and Wing, words alone can't portray what I want to say inside my heart, you guys are like my arms which I can't loose anyone of you for loosing it, I will be disabled for life. You all mean so much to me.

Friends from CES, Sam bro, Flo Che che, Lone and Wing, you all are like my left and right arms loosing anyone means I will be scared and disabled for life. No matter what, we must be BFF and try not to let anything tear us apart.

I am not good at writing but hopefully this works.

Along this journey of life,
I found a lot of friends and saw different people
Some friends are worth keeping and treated like a treasure
Some friends are the people who passed by in my life

It takes time to find a friend that is worth keeping
As life passes by we keep seeking
For, it's easy to make friends
but its never easy to find real friends

This time in life, something magical has happened
Even though it has been a short time
but I felt like I knew you guys long ago
Sharing, joking, teasing and chattering became our pastime

I thank god that I have found you guys
For you are my true friends
As the day comes to an end and its sad to bid goodbyes
You are friends of friends that transcends

- © Edwin 2008-

Prone to Wrong Statements...

2008-07-30T22:17:00.004+08:00

I am prone or a good target for wrong statements. I think I myself sometimes give out out wrong statements too, like today.

Scene 1: Lunch table @ Expert

During lunch hour, Jason joined us and the whole group went crazy again. So Jason was teasing us on Stacy's wrong statement yesterday. I don't exactly remember what or how did the conversation drifted on to a loner senior of ours. This is when my wrong statement came out... I was trying to say that the guy (loner senior) was going to say " Stacy be mine" and the statement just came out wrong... I did not notice until... Stacy pointed it out... I was like ... SHIT! Shhh... don't say it out.

She kept laughing there. Well... and they said I was a bit crazy today... I can't deny that fact.

Scene 2: Inside the office.

As you all know my drawer is filled with food and became a pantry. I was going to make coffee and suddenly I turned to Odelia,

Me: Eh eh... Odelia bring a cup here tomorrow so you can make coffee also.
OD: Ok ok... I bring it tomorrow.
Me: Don't forget to bring, you see Stacy and I we are drinking Mocha now...nice....
OD: But I have no CUP...
Me: .... You have no CUP.... No Cup....
(Stacy and Odelia looks at me and laughs and I laughed to coz... they know what I meant)
Stacy: This Edwin ar... so dirty minded today...
OD: Ya ya... he is soo... hiao
Me: ... WTF....I just re quoted it ma...
Stacy & OD: Aiya... today you memang dirty minded
(In comes Joanna... and they told her... as for me *dies*)

Scene 3: SCR restaurant

We were having a drink with pretty Joanna...since today is going to be her second last day working in Cambridge. ( We are going to miss ya Joanna)

We were talking about somethings about the company and we came to this topic about Joanna jokingly asking us to leave with her...

Joanna: Its not like I am asking you guys to leave with me...
Us: .... listens....
Joanna: I mean like ... I ask EDWIN TO LEAVE WITH ME...
Stacy: *Laughs* That sounds so wrong....
OD: Laughs...
Joanna: Laughs...
Me: *Laughs* Sighs... How come I am always the victim for the wrong statement.

So yea another wrong statement from Joanna today.

Another Issue:

Treasure the chance...
If my mum is to give me one more chance I will have to study extra hard this semester. I feel so guilty for crapping up in my exams. I seriously feel so bad in my heart...

I should not have let it started in the first place... Now I see the damages it has caused... I am now picking up the pieces of my life...

p/s: Odelia!! we are gonna start a new blog specially for Odelia. The add should be bubblyodelia.blogspot.com
Tagline: Bubbliness XD
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Lameness.com

What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?

Right Kind of Wrong... Nah... Wrong statement

2008-07-29T11:47:00.006+08:00

Today has definitely been another interesting day. By right today I should be doing split shift which means that I work until 11.30am and I have the afternoon free to do whatever I want, but today since Stacy kept reminding me that I still have my Elementary Grammar lesson plan to do which consists of 3 units this week. I decided to stay back for the whole day to do my lesson plan. With that an interesting day began.

It began we went out for lunch with another friend of mine. After lunch... we were pondering on whether on should we go to Stacy's house and grab the electric kettle since the water supply in Cambridge has run dry. In the end, I was ranting I need coffee to keep me awake so we went to her house and grab the kettle (Thx Stac... saved me from falling asleep in the midst of doing my lesson plan...LOLX), so after the kettle I decided to repay her good deeds by giving her a packet of Nescafe 3-in-1.... lolx sound pathetic right?

The empty huge bottle/tong

Saved by the Kettle

Ahh...~~ Coffee...

Anyway... the day began with us disturbing Odelia and this time Jason joined into the game... being bubbly Odelia, she was slow at catching us, When I smsed her she actually asked am I Angela or Edwin? Being naughty me, I replied her its Angela. After a while, she replied Jason saying that she is running out of credit... (Hmmph...did not even bother to reply me...*sad*). So I called her and disturbed her. Well we had nothing better to do.... and we called her when she was in the middle of her meal... lolx...

Me lil cactus....

Our Beverage pantry...a.k.a My drawer also... XD

Our snack pantry... also my drawer XD

Later on, the afternoon was filled laughters every now and then ... around 4pm... Stac left for her class, So I was left alone with Jason, he was busy marking some papers and I was busy preparing my lesson plan for the evening Elementary Grammar class that I was going to teach. Thank goodness I was able to finish it on time. Around 5.30 Stac came back into the room... she was waiting for me to have dinner. I guess she was bored... so she started to pick on things on my table and she took my ruler and I had this sticker with my name on it. Printed on the sticker is " I Belong to... Edwin Lau". Typical Stacy who was prone to WRONG STATEMENT read the words aloud (Imagine that)...

Stacy: I BELONG TO EDWIN LAU....
Jason: You What...
Me: Busy doing work....
Stacy: Oh Shit! NO....no... no...!!!!
Me: (Suddenly realise what she said)..OH SHIT!!! Stacy!!!THAT IS SO WRONG!
Stacy: Arrghh...
Jason: *Laughing*...Oh...since when you guys started...

*and out goes Jason telling it to Anna and inside Stacy and Edwin was "Crying"...

Me: You so ruined my reputation now...
Stacy: I want to resign liao... I go write resignation letter....
Me: I think... I should be the one lar... coz all the WRONG STATEMENT falls onto me... sniffs...
Stacy: *Laughs* Sorrry.... but I can't help it.

Lesson learnt: Be careful of what you said when you are working in a English Language Centre, especially Cambridge...

But without Stacy's wrong statement... it won't be that funny at all... LOLX...

I enjoyed my class tonight. My students are all good tonight and very cooperative and most importantly they are willing to learn. Stacy, sorry to hear about your EC class, if you really can't take it, I think you can bring the matter up to the head.

Stacy and I will be looking forward to Odelia's presence tomorrow...huhu... we are gonna have some more laughters tomorrow. Can't wait to see Miss Angela on Thurs too! with her it will be a complete set of four stooges with a lot more laughters.

Never know when is Stacy is going to come up with the wrong statement again... wakaka.. but please don't fall on me again...

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Lame-O
....How could we turn a pear into a spear?
anyone can guess??

Answers out in the next post... hehe can put your answers in the comment area. Hiaks!

EmBaRraSsing Lar!

2008-07-26T21:57:00.010+08:00

Wow... its already my 6th day working in Cambridge Language Centre! That was fast! Tomorrow marks my 1 full week working there! In this 1 week, I met some really cool people, from colleagues to becoming my crazy friends. Wild, laughters, lame jokes, wrong statements... that was what made us enjoyed each others companionship. These people are, Ever young Stacy...miss la la Angela and Ever jolly Odelia (OD)... haha. They are really fun and made the working environment lively and fun. Oh and thanks to Jason too who helped me a lot, Stacy and Odelia too!

My table!! its the one right beside the window...with files.Next to my table is Jolly Odelia's table

Me workplace...

Candid photo... hu hu...

Stupidity part.........

D@mn! D@mn!...
Sighs tonight typical clumsy and blur me has done something silly, stupid and embarrassing again.... sighs.... Wanna guess what did I do again?

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Oh Well... here goes... I was doing a conversation class today with my students. It was a pretty big class. In total I had like 25 students who attended the class. So we were back to the topic of sleep and dreams. It is such a boring topic *yawns* I mean seriously its a repetition and I do not know how to make the topic interesting. Being me, and understanding how would the students feel I decided to pick the best activity from the book and ask them to discuss it. So half way through the lesson this group of students under the "T" family decided to go out. They were this hooligan type of people, so I kind of ignored them for being late and going out half way through the lesson. When they came back I was in the middle of a conversation with my other students and helping them out through the conversation. In order to let them pass, I leaned back pushing the chair with me... to my shock! the legs of the chair bent! and I nearly fell down! WTF! I was so bloody embarrassed... Stupid lousy chair.... Grrr...... Sighs.... I am not that heavy...must be the chair is of cheap quality.... *bleh*

But... it was a fun place to work in. I have learnt so much there.... and its like I am growing up everyday. Seeing new things... meeting many different kind of people. Along the way, I met new people...new friends and my friends cum colleagues... I am so thankful to have you guys. Oh and thanks to Bryan too for employing me and giving me a chance to work here.

As August approach it will be the time I learn how to juggle my time well. Because I will have to study and work full time. Hopefully I can cope with it. I will try my best.

Oh well... that should be all...Peeps =D

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I miss Florence JJ so much... I miss my old friends...how I wish I am back to those good old days...I really miss you guys heaps.

Darling Kelly JJ...hope you are having fun now in Thailand.... =D

If I could I would...

2008-07-24T22:22:00.004+08:00

Lately I have not been blogging much, reason being that I was busy with my new job. There are a lot of things that I need to get used too. One of them is preparing the lesson plan, this is a habit which I do not have because in my previous employment I do not need to prepare a lesson plan.

Never the less, the new job is kinda fun. I am learning new things everyday. The fun thing is about the different range of students you get to meet.

I will talk about it more in another post. I have something else to do now. Sighs... busy busy.... what I wanted to say is... after 3 days of teaching I met some really bitchy bitch students and also super students. Since I am new I am trying to control my temper.

Today I met this really rude student who was testing me... I was about to blow but I decided to swallow all the rage that was about to explode.

Here is how I feel n0w. I wish they hate me and they won't enroll for my class next week... bleh! Since you do not like me and made me not to like you... Be my guest... shoo... scram ...vamooz...

*Hmmph* the nerve!
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Sighs good news followed by bad news.... I failed my whole course again... sighs...I can only blame myself...

sadness.comz.....

I GOT IT!!!!!!!!!

2008-07-17T22:44:00.002+08:00

YES! HA HA! I am so happy...delighted! In the previous post I had mentioned that I was looking for a new job and I went for an interview. Today was judgment day.... as I was going to have a trial class or mock lecture. So today Bryan the person who interviewed me came into the class to evaluate me. Half way through the class he went out. I was partly nervous, for I did not know how did I do.

The students are very naughty, or so to say. But they are ok and a really fun bunch. They understood what I was trying to to teach them and they pretty good and I am happy with it.

As the first class ended and was getting ready for the next class. Bryan came up to me and asked me to see him in the meeting room. My hard was beating at a 100 per minute. I was nervous and did not know what was going to happen. To put it bluntly I would have thought I screwed up. But he smiled and said he was happy with my performance and I had the confidence in me and I am truly experienced. He was happy with my performance and he decided to increase my pay and I am to start work on the 21st!

I believe this marks another new chapter in my life. Be gone with the old and here comes the new! Again another new chapter in my life. I am delighted and excited about my new job. Tomorrow I will be attending a short course and signing the contract and receiving the letter of offer.

Wish me luck and here comes the new Ed!!

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Small thoughts:
When I was teaching I totally forgot about you. When I am back home you came back into my mind. You just do not know how much you meant to me. Even though you said you know, I highly doubt you truly understand.

I wanted to share this good news with you. It is so sad that I could not anymore. Wish you all the best...

Happy Birthday Sam!!

2008-07-17T12:23:00.003+08:00

This will be just a short post.

Well today is the official day and the day that marked his existence in this world. Its my Bro Samuel's Birthday. I wish you the very best and good luck in the future. Bless you will all the happiness in life.

Bro, you may be a year older but to me you will always be a young, kind, lovable bro deep down inside my heart. You and you are indeed a blessing in disguise and an angel that was send down by God during my saddest moments in life. You have been a great bro. I thank God every day because I have found a great person in life that is hard to come by.

Thank you for everything bro, and if in all these times I had been a pain in the ass I am sorry. BFE (Bros Fore Eternity)

Happy Birthday bro!

A New Job in the Process? Can I get it?

2008-07-15T12:06:00.007+08:00

A New job? Can I do it? Can I get it?

Recently, I decided that I need a job change. I have been working as a part-time tutor in the current tuition center for three wonderful years. Recently, it is starting to get dull and my payment has been deducted. Rules changed and its not favoring me.

One of the choices that I gave myself was that I would try and do home tutoring but in order to do home tutoring I need to have students coming in and also I need to get permission from my mother to conduct tuition classes at home.

I did not really went job hunting. Alas, an opportunity came up soon. A Language Centre not far from my house are hiring. They seem to be a pretty established company with their main branch in Singapore. The company is called CES group. I decided to give it a go and called them. They asked me to go over and fill in their application form and so I did it. A few days later they called me up for an interview which was this morning. I was feeling nervous about it and was afraid that I would screw up and I wanted to present myself in the best way possible.

The guy who interviewed me was kind and friendly. So eventually all my anxiety disappeared. He then explained to be about the company and the many different branches they have globally. I also learnt that they wanted full time English instructors and again. I decided to give it a go. He arranged for a trial class for me to assess my performance. They gave me some materials to prepare. Hopefully, and hopefully I will not screw up.

Wish me luck

RWMF 2008

For those out there who have not heard about the Rain Forest World Music Festival... click here.

RWMF is held once a year and this year I decided to pay it a little visit and it ended up wanted more and more! It was fun, crazy and lots and lots of fun!

I am planning another trip again next year. Yeah!

I will blog about the RWMF in my next post so stay tune.

Memories

After visiting the RWMF at the Sarawak Cultural Village it has brought so much painful memories, you left so many trials which makes it hard for me to forget.

The pain is still eating me from the inside...

Realizations

I realised that in life we cannot rely on a person too much. We have to try to be independent because that person has his or her own life too. We can never expect them to entertain us all the time . They have their own life to live and their own love ones.

It will be selfish for me to ask so much and ask them to pay attention to pathetic me. NO! I will not do that! I will live my own pathetic life and not get anyone involved!

Scarred for Life....

You are the biggest mistake I had every made in my life. It was the mistake that was good and bad at the same time. You had taught me so much about life and love. You taught me how to love.

I am sorry and at the same time thankful to have known you. The pain you caused me is unbearable. The cut you left in my heart is deep and it has been bleeding ever since. I tried to patch it up, but everytime when I see images of you the wound reopens... I thought I was ready to forget but it seems that I am not even close to being ready. This shall be one thing that is hard for me to forget.

I am scarred for life.....

为什么? 。。。。Why?

2008-07-10T23:49:00.002+08:00

为什麽我会遇到你？
为什麽爱上你的人是我？
为什麽爱你爱到那么深的人是我？
为什麽心痛的人会是我？
为什麽倒头来一厢情愿的人是我？
为什麽一厢情愿的人会难过？
为什麽对你舍不得总是我？
为什麽倒头来被伤害最深的总是我？
为什麽想起你的人是我？
为什麽为你流泪的人总是我？
为什麽你不把机会给我？
为什麽不早点放开我？
你都知道你要的将来是什麽
为什麽要拖我下去？
为什麽你能这么轻易放弃？
为什麽这段爱情这么脆弱？
为什麽我不能给你了解我所要表达的东西？
为什麽你总是误会我？
为什麽我们不能幸福下去？
为什麽真爱你的人会难过？
还是你需要那真情意?
我输了在你这场游戏。。。。。。

Translated version:

Why did I have to meet you?
Why was I the one who fell in love with you?
Why was I the one who loved you so much?
Why am I the one being hurt?
Why at the end of the day this is only a one-sided love?
Why is it the one who gives more is the one being hurt?
Why am I the one who can't let you go?
Why am I the one who is always being hurt?
Why am I the one who misses you so much?
Why am I the one who keeps shedding tears because of you?
Why did you not give us a chance?
Why you didn't let me go earlier on?
For you had already planned for your future...
Why did you had to drag me down?
Why is it so easy for you to let go?
Why is it that this love/relationship is so weak?
Why can you not understand what I was trying to say?
Why do you keep condemning me?
Why can't we go on being happy forever?
Why is it the one who really loves you get hurt in the end?
or do you really need the real cordiality...
I have lost in this game of yours...I surrender...beaten and hurt....

Mother and Son Confrontation....

2008-07-08T22:29:00.004+08:00

July 8, 2008... a mother came up to her son... saddened and disappointed....and here goes the conversation.

Mother: You don't go upstairs, come down here and tell me what do you want.

The son descending the stairs....

Son: Yes?

Mother: Tell me now what is the standing between both of us?

Son: ..... (keeps quiet)

Mother: You have been rebellious and very rebellious and that I do not know how to teach you. You have become very selfish.

Mother: You have never appreciated what I have given you. Your studies... I do not see you putting effort in your studies at all. Look at it now, its the holidays and I do not see you touching your books. Your cousin's has told and has been through uni life and they say you really need to put the effort in your studies but I do not see you putting the effort in it. All my hard earned money has been invested in your studies.

Mother: You treat me like your enemy now. You could never listen to me and what I told or tried to teach you. You are worst than your sister. It has come to a point whereby I told your sister too that I want to disown you. So tell me... what is that you want? Freedom?

Mother: I think I gave you a lot of freedom. If I wanted to control you I could have easily taken the car away from you. But you are living in my house and I am your guardian and there are rules in this house that you will have to abide too. Now... tell me what else do you want? Total freedom? Do things your own way.

Son: Well... to tell he truth I am sick and tired of being blame for things that I have not done. Like the day you forgot your house keys. You put all the blame on me.

Mother: Well... I did not tell you the whole story... that day... when I was locked out... I needed the toilet properly... I had no where to go and I had to relief under the star fruit tree using plastics to block the view. Have you ever thought you would react the same? When.. the time your dad let the dog off and when you came home the dog ran out of the house did you not get into a fit? Did you not blame it on your dad...?

Son:....(keeps quiet again. Seriously, he does not know how to answer)

Mother: If you have put yourself in my shoes and think of it from a parents point of view. You would see things differently. You go out late into the night. When your cousin were your age they do not do that. Well it worries me...since I know how you drive and they are a lot of bad people out there these days.

Mother: Tell me... since we make each other unhappy. Why not let us just go our separate ways. I will disown you. I do not need a son like this.

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The story ended when the son said no. The mother said that he should change and not be selfish. She kept insisting that she has done so much for her son and her son has never given back anything. The conversation ended that the son will have to abide to the rules. In the son's mind he thought...it was a good thing that his lover has left him...maybe the mother was right... he was a selfish person, conceited and self-centered
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There is more to the conversation between the two of them... but if it goes on the list will be endless. All the son wants is to finish his studies and move out, but even when he moves out, he will not neglect the parents because in his heart, he loves his parents just that maybe he had a hard time showing it.

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Mom,
I know I may not be the greatest son in the world nor had I every done something really proud...but I truly appreciated what you have done for me and Mom... I really love you and you and always will be the number 1 in my heart. Although sometimes in life... I cannot follow what you want me to do... please understand me.

I know that writing all these in here is meaningless to you... but....

I am so sorry....I really am sorry....

It's all my fault a.k.a the faulter

2008-07-07T22:23:00.004+08:00

It is so hard to start this post. I do not know how to begin. Sometimes I wonder what type of world are we living in and what has become of this world. Like the China Earthquake, or how everything in the world is going wrong.

My life...well was not on the smooth sail either. Shit and more shit happens which is pulling me down. My mother is not making my life easier. Seems like she is enjoying picking at me. My sister since married has moved out and is living with the husband and in-laws now. My sister kept telling me that I have to give in and take it easy. I wonder... how much could I take off these words of sarcasm and words that pierce through ones heart.

After my car accident my mum has been on my ass 24/7. She wants to control every fucking thing in my life. From the food that I eat, to how my hair is cut to how I dress myself. She always think that she is right and she is never wrong. She thinks she is the smartest and we are all the dumbest.

Nothing , nothing at all that I do or have done has ever satisfied her. Never has she given words of encouragement, all she wanted was more and more and all she could do is to compare me with other people like my cousins. Things that she has done wrong, she pleasantly put the blame on me. I tried hard to ignore, but my heart felt the pain. This year, I felt nothing but pain in my life and felt like I am getting weaker...How much more pain can I take in?

I really do not know what to do anymore. To add in more insult...as you all know I had this thing for fishing The reason I wanted to do fishing was because I wanted and tried to forget some unpleasant things that happened recently to me. Yesterday, I went fishing with my sister and brother in law. Thanks to my sister I had a new fishing reel. We caught a few fish and I decided to keep one of them. I ask the man to put in water to keep the fish alive. During the journey home, the fish struggled a lot. Little did I realised that its spikes on the fins has pierced through the plastic bag...water started to drip..and when we got home my sister realised that the water was leaking out of the bag. I got a rant and blame from my mother and sister. Mother says that its my fault because I brought the fish back, she kept saying the pond fish are not edible...because of some smart ass reasons which I do not want to mention here, this reason being many thanks to my father too. My sister kinda and sort off blame it on me because I was not aware that the bag was leaking...I was not aware because...1...the bag was leaking, 2... my legs were in pain so I did not feel anything...

My brother-in-law tried to make me feel better by saying, they understand because I am a very blur person....thank you very much... I do not know how to reply or should I take that as a compliment or an insult. I know whatever I say....or no matter how I argue... I will loose... and people will say I am rude because I argue. So, lesson learnt...if I am to go fishing with my sister and brother-in-law (which after the incident I don't really feel like going with them in case I create more trouble) I will let go of all the fish I have caught. It was something fun...but turn out to be a disaster and mood killer in the end.

There are so many things that I could list out but I don't see the point of doing so. All I could say is... It is all my fault... I am the troublemaker, I am the stupid and the useless one. Mum, you should have not gave birth to me...I would rather not live in this world anymore...that is how I feel now...I am living everyday in darkness and depression and I tried hard to fight it and you are not making my life any simpler and happier.

All I want now...is to finish my studies and move out.... God...if you still love me please...help me out a little and let me finish my studies... I don't want to live in this broken family anymore...it does not has the family warmth in it... please....let me go.....

Addicted to Fishing - Part 1

2008-07-06T20:10:00.006+08:00

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Chirpy Thoughts:
Kelly... I wanna thank you so much for being there for me through all these hard times that I am facing. I guess you kinda got sick of my ranting. But Che... I really wanna thank you so so much. You have helped me pull through... thank you. Hugs
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Recently, I have this sudden urge to go fishing. I am no pro fisherman and have limited knowledge about fishing. So where do I start? River fishing, Sea fishing or deep sea fishing?

Well, since Sarawak is a place blessed with many winding snakey river which most of it are infested by crocs, I decided to leave the river bit out for now...so sea or deep fishing... I am no pro fisherman...so axe off that thought too. Now where to fish?

It's so mind boggling... where oh where .... answer was simple... do pond fishing. There are a few places, well very few places in Kuching that provides pond fishing that is fresh water fishing. There are two off Steven Yong Road which is deep inside a small village called 'Hajji Baki" or something. The first one I went to which is situated at Lane/ 'Lorong' 6 is ok...not a very nice place but they have some really greedy fishes.

The ponds

bait

The place is called "Pogong Sombu" a native name I presume. 'Pogong Sombu' has four ponds. One of the pond nearest to the entrance has big tilapia's, the middle pond has some cat fish and smaller tilapia's in it. Another pond is filled with silly Juvenile tilapia's which is super easy to fish because they are too greedy.

'Pogong Sombu'

Poor fella...

So on that day, bro Sam and I caught quite a lot of fishes...some died half-way and some have a very strong will power to live. In the end I only picked a few fishes to bring home and keep and all those are the small ones. On that day was bro Sam's first fishing experience too.

Preperations before fishing

Vandalism. First Pic " Danger! There is a mermaid here". Second Pic "Whoever reads the notes are dumbass just like the catfish....the person who wrote this are just as dumb"

Casting...

Greedy fish.

By the way there is a story to it. Initially when we were there, we didn't catch any fish and our baits keeps getting nibbled off. We got so pissed and went back to the shop to buy smaller hooks and got 'me-self' a secret weapon which was fun indeed. But the secret weapon didn't last long I got bored with it and decided to go back to hooks.

Bro Sam's first catch!! Congrats bro!

The best part...can see planes!!

My other catch..

Before we went back. I had a surprise catch. It was a...well...small catfish, but I gave it to the other fishermen who wants it and together with some of the bigger fishes. I kept only 4 of the smaller ones and set the rest free...

The fishies I brought back

It was truly a fun filled experience and bro, what is your opinion on fishing now? Did you enjoy it?

That is all for now, Stay tune for more stories.
Peeps~!

Keep Moving Forward

2008-07-03T02:06:00.004+08:00

Life can be very complicating at times. It can be simple and it depends on how we look at it. I have learnt so much in these few months.

I came to learned that how ones love can just fade away so fast and how unjust it can be. How the next minute due to the fact and the reason given is the distance the person's love for you has faded. Is love really that fragile and easy to fade off? Maybe to some it is, maybe to a person the relationship does not mean much it could have happened. The pain for the victim is excruciating and it is hard to get through alone. But I have come to learnt a quote recently from a Disney movie called "Meet the Robinsons" a quote that has taught me to move on in my life.

There are times we will still look backwards and think, "how could it happened" but what is the point? There is no more point to think and keep going back in the past. We may look back and laugh, "Look how silly was I back then" or felt that it was a shame it ended up as nothing, but nevertheless we will and always and must keep moving forward in life.

" We don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things. Because we are curious and curiosity keeps leading us down the path" - By Walt Disney.

It is sad to see how we ended up like this, things looked so perfect, maybe I was never the right one for you, I may have the magic to make you fall in love, but I do not have the magic to make you see things in a different point of view nor do I have the magic to make you love me more...

No matter what I will keep moving forward and I must and will keep moving forward.

The Reunion

2008-07-01T11:57:00.004+08:00

Just a few days ago, My long lost friends and I had a small gathering. I have not seen them for ages. It was not a very big group but we are close during our study days.

They are still the same after all these time. Sung is still as evil as ever, Chai Hia didn't change much, Tee Heng...sighs this guy did change a bit, he changed into a Foochow speaking machine which speaks nothing but bad things in foochow. LOLX, because of him we had a roar that night and I ended up learning those bad Foochow words. Tsk... tsk... Tee Heng shame on you. Seng Hock was still pretty much the same, as crazy as before too if not crazier.

We had our simple reunion dinner at Jerald's place, near 3rd Mile. It is a small quaint little house that serves both Western and Asian food. I did not take much photo of the place since I was there for the gathering and not for food tasting. But overall Jerald serves pretty decent dishes.

The dinner started around 6.30pm, Tee Heng, Seng Hock and I were a little late for we....er.... more on me decided to drop by Cold Storage for a looksi looksi.

Everything was normal that night, except for Seng Hock, the food that he wanted was out of stock, I reckon 2 dishes at least. It was funny, because he was getting frustrated in the end.

The night proceeded on well, we went home around 9.30pm ending with Tee Heng keep saying "Tao lang, Keng jing Kuang, Neyou No"(Foochow)... you guys don't wanna know what it means...

Group photo: (L-R sitting) Seng Hock, Chai Hia's bf, Chai hia.
Standing: (L-R) Sung, Me & Tee Heng

♪ A New Start.

2008-06-30T22:04:00.003+08:00

So much has happened for the passed few months. A wound cut so deep, I truly do not how could I or would I live through it.

Nevertheless its a new start for me. A new chapter of my life begins here. Could I go on? Am I strong enough? No one knows but myself. I have learnt that a person's love is actually so frail and weak or was it the person never intended to truly love me and that is why it was so hard to make the person understand things. Was it because they are so reluctant to commit that is why they think I wanted to change their thinking? Nobody knows only they themselves and the person knows.

I have already put in my effort and I know, maybe to the person I am nothing just another toy for the person to play with. I do not know...maybe you did love me...but you were too afraid? I do not know anymore and I don't want to know anymore.

Here signifies a chapter of my life. Here I will live the fullest of my life. Here I will make a better life for myself. Here I grew up and...Here I say, I truly do not blame you for all that has happened. Here...I start a new life. Here I go...Edwin is back! Its the new me...a new start...
Let the past be the past and forgotten but learnt

Many thanks to:

Sam my bro (love you bro),
Sharon (my laopo),
Angel (My sweetie & my angel),
Yvonne (My darling sister... I love you so much),
Vivi (for being such a great friend),
Wawa (My wonderful god sis),
Kelly (You are an angel *hugs* *muacks* Love you too),
Tee Heng (A friend I could never replace),
Lone ( Another friend I could never replace).