Lucky Star Shines on Chap Goh Meh... and on ME!

One more thing about Malacca, it's not THAT happenning compared to Penang or KL (no offense to my Malaccan friends out there). But I'm still not used to NOT hearing firecrackers bombarding everywhere during this time of the day, Chap Goh Meh or the fifteenth day of the lunar calender.

I did have a splendid surprise from the hawker aunty opposite SilverCity. Me and two of my, housemates do not want to go to pasar malam today (wednesday). Every Monday & Wednesday, there will always be a pasar malam (or a night market in english) in Bukit Beruang. So, we planned to go to SilverCity to have our dinner. On our way there, we have to pass those stalls, suddenly the 'cute' aunty suddenlly called out to us, "Want to eat? Come, come and eat. Have your dinner here." And we were like, huh?? We are surprised actually, speechless. I think she saw our confusion. Then she told us that she have this so called free-of-charge-mini-buffet every year on the 15th day of CNY. Then we went, "ooh...." (still speechless). She continued, "Come and eat. Come and join us. Look on the bright side, you can even save on your dinner expenses". She smiled. We went, "oohh.. hahaha... nolah, Aunty, don't say like tat." The cute aunty kept insisting us, saying that we have fate with her and that's how we ended up at her place. Then she straight away handed us 3 plates and straight away words came out of my mouth, "FOR REAL??!!" This got the whole 'audience' laughed. Those words was not being processed in my mind before i splurted it out and then only i realized that we actually had an audience full of about 3 tables... looking, listening, and laughing at our cuteness/courtesy-ness. Ha.Ha. I felt like hiding my face.. somewhere.. somewhere behind my housemates. But my housemates are not tall enough! If i hide behind them, it'll be like a giraffe hiding behind a cow's back. *pls don't punch me, dear housemates. have mercy on me... though it's partly true... bleks =p* Eventually, we took the plate, ate there. Her food is quite nice as she served fried bihun, fried mee, chicken leg herb soup, fried wantan, homemade meat balls, stewed/braised couliflower with carrots and black button mushrooms, and curry chicken ad her main course; drinks are only orange juice; and some groundnuts and some sweet soft jellies for dessert. It's only a simple homemade buffet, so we cannot expect too much lar.... Hahaha... Frankly, it's delicious, finger licking good. Especially those meatballs, i love them the most. Everytime the cute aunty passes our table, she'll say, "Eat. Eat more, ya. Don't be shy. There's plenty more food."

We ate and we sat for a moment, chewing those jellies and listening at the cute aunty's jigles and jagles whenever she calls out to more of her friends. "Come lah, come lah and eat. Bring an empty stomach." Turns to another person, "Ask your friend to come along lah." Turns to a youngster, "Aiyoyo, don't pretend you didn't hear me calling lah. I was practically shouting already (she IS shouting). Call XiaoHei to come." Turns to us, "The three of eat some more ok? You're all not rushing for time, right? Eat more. Eat more." We just nod our head, with mouth still full of jellies and groundnuts. We saw her dragging another students/victims. They too, were like us in the beginning, couldn't believe their ears. One of them asked whether is it for real? Me and my housemates grinned widely, with some half munched nuts stuck between our teeths. They ARE EXACTLY like us in the beginning.

We thank both the cute aunty & uncle and left the cute aunty's stall when we've finished.
Stomach's full. Famished. Satisfied.
And today, i DID NOT NEED to spend a single cent on dinner.
Call me calculative, but today, luck's on me~! o:-)
Happy Chap Goh Meh~!!!!!
(i still want more angpows.... =( still not enough for me...)

*P/S: Btw, luck's on my hsemates too! (since they are with me. hehehe... =D )
*Take Note:
-Cute Aunty's dialogs have been changed to English. Good English. You wouldn't want to see me writing in mandarin mixed with hokkien here. Or you'll be seeing question marks above your head. (****???***)-

Constantine a.k.a. Keanu Reeves *smugs smugs*

I went to see Constantine the day before yesterday. I planned AND PREFER to see it during Chinese New Year in my hometown, but i just do not have the time. Why do i say 'prefer'? I think you can ask just anybody in Malacca. I'll list down ALL of it when i have the time, ok.

The movie was cool. Though i've heard some of my hsemates said that they don't understand the story, thus boring. But to me, it's still, cool. Ya know.. Keanu Reeves. He's one of my favourite actor of all time. I fell-in-love with Keanu Reeves when he starred in 'Speed' (the bus chasing movie); then the 'Matrix' trilogy; and now 'Constantine'. By the way, he look damn thin in 'The Little Buddha'. Heard that he had to be on a strict diet to star in that movie, just to make him become so-damn-thin untill you can see his rib bones. Anyway, that is not the main point. The main point is what is Constantine about. Basically, it's about this guy, John Constantine, who's an exorcist, tried to buy his way into heaven by helping people to perform exorcisms. He doesn't want to go to hell because he had sent alot alot of satans, devils, etc. into hell. I mean, let's put ourselves in his shoes, you wouldn't want to be stuck in a prison where most of the prisoners there were sent by you. That's exactly how he feels and the reason he doesn't want to go to hell. But Lucifer is waiting excitedly for his forecoming. The plot is about Mammon, son of Lucifer, wants to come to our world using the exact same way as how Jesus had come, with the help of a halfbreed angel called Gabriel. These devils made used of a pair of twins with high psychic powers, Isabelle & Angela. Isabelle was influenced by the devils to commit suicide and Angela is determined to prove it right. So there she goes in search for a person named Constantine. And the adventure started. In the end, they found out that Mammon planned to come to our world by using Angela to give birth to him, just like the way Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus. Constantine managed to stop him by only a few second, by sacrificing himself. Since he had sacrificed himself, he was accepted into heaven, but Lucifer still wants him in hell. After the struggles, Constantine was to remain on earth where we need him most, while he gives himself another chance to realize the plans that God has made for him. Actually this story will be more interesting if you know a thing or two on the bible.

A few funny parts were in the movie, especially when the audience thought that he was going to kiss Angela. Twice. The director was good in giving the viewers a little of their own imagination & suspence. I can't keep on the story going anymore. Blurred vision adee.. but here are some of the wallpapers & pics to share with you guys. =)




And here are some wallpapers that i got from their official website. Just right click on your selected picture & choose 'set as desktop background'. Voila~! There's Constantine on your desktop.

Going to bed now.. and dream all about Keanu~~~~~~ Ahhh... *all smiles*

Valentine's...

Valentine's Day... pah~!
I celebrated it with something special.... and somewhere special....
Imagine the venue with dimly litted orange light, that fits contrastly with a little of the pendaflour lights. Ceilings, decorated with cute semicircle type of lights parenthetically with railings of long aluminium railings as a decoration. An elegant staircase leading from the ground floor till the 2nd floor. A huge panel of glass which can act as a full-length mirror. It was so quite... only with a few buzzes of voices from the background. The table is full of things, the chair is comfortable. Well, under the table, I took of my shoes, exercising my feet abit. I looked in front of me.. smiling shyly at my friend... He smiled back. Ahh.. i tried to relax. Then, i looked down at the table again. And i sigh....

How can i finish all 6 chapters in just 3 nights??!!! Those books on the table had already made my brain all frizzed up. I tried to relax but i still can't exactly do that. My friend from the opposite table saw me taking off my shoes to exercise my feet under the table, which i felt like i have to dig a hole to hide myself out of shyness! The glass panels reflected the books on the shelves which later i have to drill in to find some books on my Research subject. The busybody security guard keeps walking up & down the staircase to see whether anybody is talking on the handphone, preparing to jump on them anytime. Those voices... some were previously a girly conversation which was hushed by other students to keep them quiet.

Get a reality check: I am "romantically dating" with my books in the library.

Anyway, these are some pics of those valentine flowers i seen in one of those fowarded emails which i would like to share it out.















And the best for the last, this is my favourite one. Pinks tulips with TEDDY~!!!


By the way, Happy Belated Valentine's Day!!!

I Know What You Did this CNY 2005 (*part 2)

Day 6 - 1st Day of Chinese New Year : Ang Pow mali-mali
"GONG XI FA CHAI~!!!"
As usual, those words... makes me.. feel.. older...
Got up early in the morning, and straightaway got scoldings from my Dad. My highlighted hair. Sigh... not gonna elaborate on it anymore.
Went to relatives' house to 'pai nee'. It's our first time going 'pai nee' on the first day of CNY because all those years, my parents always have Open House from noon till late at night. But not this year. This year's Open House only starts at 6pm in the evening till late at night, with buffet dinner.
Things got busy around 5pm when the caterer came and arrange those tables and chairs. Sorry folks, this year no roti jala. But the laksa & nasi tomato is quite delicious.
Relatives came about 9pm and my sisters went to put some firecrackers with their friends from the island and a few younger cousins of mine. They fired a 8 feet long, red firecrackers. Geez, it was so loud that my eardrums are bombarded.

Day 7 - 2nd Day of CNY : Lagi-lagi Ang Pow
Again, got up early to go to my Grandmother's house. All my uncles & aunties will be there. It'll be so pack like a Family Reunion. Alot of the came all the way from Johor, Klang, KL, etc. which i lost count. Younger cousins running here and there. Teenage cousins hiding in one corner with PCs, telling their joke-of-the-year, soft frinks on one hand, ang pows on the other, etc. Aunties busy preparing delicacies & mee rebus, halal and non-halal. Uncles, trying to make an immitation of God-of-Prosperity, but got run down by small little "mobsters" demanding for more angpows. Elders... well, either they're lost in conversation or lost in the idiot box, with 'hehe & haha's came out once in a while.

Day 8 - 3rd Day of CNY : AhKor's Banglo
Pulled AiLin out to accompany me to the island to visit my AhKor in Sungai Ara. I'm still not that familiar with some of the roads especially the Bayan Lepas area, so AiLin will be my tour guide a.k.a. 'orang tunjuk jalan'.
Met AhKor and Irene in Super Tanker, took lunch, went to his house. Situated in Taman Bayan, a new housing scheme, i believe, his house/banglo is very spacious, to consider only 4 person living in it. He showed us around his new house and gosh, his family really knows the definition of 'luxurious' (i'm quoting from AiLin), a house with big personal bathroom for each room, and a sauna & jacuzzi on the 2nd floor with an "attic". His room is cool, i mean, cool colours makes it look cool, in contrast with the hot weather outside before we came into his house. Closets are closed, beds are made, but aih.. his laptop & other 'ka-chang' are splatted on the floor! *smugs* =D

Day 9 - 4th Day of CNY : Pegi sana, pegi sini
List of the events. Went to SweeIm's house at 9.30am, CheaYing's house at 10.45am, WayNah's house at 12pm, YitShee's house at 1pm and meet Corina there, had lunch at 2.00pm, and reached my house at 2.30pm. Planned to go to AiLin's house next with Corina, then to the cinema to watch Constantine with SweeIm, but my eldest cousin is coming all the way from Kuala Selangor to visit. Sigh... i really wanna watch Keanu Reeves~

Day 10 - 5th Day of CNY : tak mau balik lagi, mau lagi angpow =(
Went back to Malacca... in a hot weather... like 35 degrees celcius... stuck in traffic jam... sweats pouring from head to toe... arrrhhhh~!!!!!


I STILL WANT MORE ANGPOWS~!!!!!!!

I STILL WANT MORE HOLIDAYS~!!!!!!

I Know What You Did this CNY 2005 (*part 1)

I'm back in Malacca. A little exhausted. All for all. Still in a good shape.. except for a little skin squeezing itself out of my jeans. That's the proof of going back to hometown and settle myself in a very comfy place where it ALWAYS WELCOME me back. Oh, and the food itself, for all that matters, u know.

Day 1 - Back to hometown :
Quickly rushed back to EP after class. AhKor is gonna fetch me back. Yahoo~!!!
*No more stucking with 24 other people to get on the hot, stuffy bus.*
Reached Penang at about 4pm. Too bad my parents are still working & my sisters are not at home at that time. Just so the time, i asked AhKor to drop me at Secret Recipe in AutoCity, where i pampered myself in a delicious, soft chocolate chese cake called 'Chocolate Indulgence'. It goes perfectly with the Sparkling Juice in the so-damn-hot weather. Ahhhh... quenched my thirst.

Day 2 - Back in hometown :
My younger sister woke me up, telling me that my youngest sister vomited. And my younger sister do not know what food could she eat since she's just vomited and at that time we haven't taken our breakfst yet. Confusing? OK, it's like this.. A woke me up to tell me that B just vomited. A wants to prepare breakfast but do not know what food is suitable for B.
After lunch, Dad dragged me to my old house to take back some of my Mom's kitchen ware which she left behind while packing. And also brought back more 'kitchen rubbish' which only my Mom finds it useable.

Day 3 - To the market :
After all the naggings from my mother, i finally woke up. My ears couldn't stand the fuzzing & buzzing for what the heck of commotion was about. My Mom ordered me to go to the market to get some food for breakfast, buy some 'siu mai' & crabsmeat, and on the way i can shop for new year's clothes. I haven't buy any new clothes yet! Basically, it's a last-minute shopping. Luckily i finally found like 2 new tops. Kinda depressing by the look of the quantity, but what more can i say, it's a last-minute shopping. In fact, i have actually found a few nice clothes... but no more my size. I'm not petite but yet not fat, which makes the matter worse. All those averagely-normal size clothes are sold out like hot cakes. Again, it's a last-minute shopping.

Day 4 - Trips to the toilet :
My Dad told me to go to the Telekom in the morning but i had diarrhoe. It's not food poisoning, it's the so-called slimming cereal i took. The function of the slimming-cereal is, of course OBVIOUSLY BY READING IT, to make me become slimmer. I was hungry the night before so i ate the cereal, which supposingly make u feel full, not like slimming-teas which only makes u still feel empty in the stomach. The taste of that slimming cereal was really AWFUL! By morning, i was rushing in & out of the toilet for 4 times. And oh, parenthetically after all the toilet-running exercise, i didn't even loose a gram! *curse curse curse*
So the Telekom trip was postponed till 3.30pm. My youngest sister debated that Telekom was in Tmn. Ciku, and without giving a second thought, straight to Tmn. Ciku i went. Ended up there just to find that my sis told me the wrong place. She mistook the TNB office for Telekom! Clearly as she had guessed, she got her new-year-scoldings from me. Eventually we did went to the real Telekom building, stood there as grandly as any pre-war conctrete building would be. And a consultation of appling a StreamyX with a young, good looking malay guy in the office really makes my day after all.

Day 5 - Reunion Dinner :
It's true where Mom's are always the best. I just joked with my Mom the other day that everytime we have our reunion dinner, we never have 'lou sang' before. This year, good ol' Mom bought all the ingredients for our very own homemade 'lou sang' which consists of carrots, young mangoes, papayas, purple cabbages, etc. All fruits of different colours. The taste is as good as it looks =)
Took a nap before the long night of praying at midnight accompanied by the sounds of fireworks.

**to be continued...

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder~

I heard this phrase on the radio when i'm daydreaming a.k.a. studying in the library. Suddenly, it hit me, I'M HOMESICK~!!!!
The absence of my family around me makes my heart grow fonder towards home... especially my new house in Seri Juru, Penang. When i was walking out for dinner (as usual) but this time, in my head, i kept on humming one of those CNY songs, "Long Me Jing Shen, Long Ma Jing Shen, Long Ma(x3) Jing Shen...." I was soooooo excited!
Then the thought of having my misterm invaded my mind, just like a pail of cold water fully-filled with ice splashed ALL OVER ME, calling me to go back to earth. Back to the horrifying exams~ Brrr.....
Sigh... what a thought.

Midterm Exams are Trying to SLAY My Head

I guess i haven't been sleeping much lately.. cuz i'm alwiz tired.. might be the consequences of midterm exams. Midterms are trying to slay my head inches by inches away. I don't how much further i can dodge unless i study harder. Sigh... somebody.. pleeeease give me some encouragement** RuShan shockingly told me i had "heavy eyebags" when she hit my head to wake me up when she saw me napping on the library table. Terkejut aku tau~!!! Aku seorang-seorang, tiba-tiba muncul si bedebah mai pukul aku punye kepala~!

I was in the library for so long that i lost track of time. I planned to go back at 3pm, take a very short nap, before heading to the Bukit Beruang badminton hall to help out my friend on the Smash Open. Eventually, i went back at 4.45pm, a much later time than i expected.

The Smash Master thingy was suppose to start at 6pm but CheeHaw was late. He told us that he'll come to fetch us at 5.30pm but me & JingPei waited at SFC for like.. 15minutes... but all thanx to Florence as she's there to accompany us with her crappings.. as always.. hehehe... We went there and did very very odd jobs which is out of my expectations. Saw those professionals played with experties and we go "awww... ahh... oohh..... woah.... *clap clap clap*". This was just the preliminary round. There's more to come tomorrow. And finals is on the day after tomorrow.

Reached home at around 10.30pm because after Smash Open, we both girls went to campus to shoot some hoops. Sigh.. long time din play liao... My hands are so rusty. We planned to jog around campus too.. but later on we felt stupid cuz it's already so late at night, and seeing two girls with long hair running around the campus field would be so spooOOOooky...
BOO~!!!

Not in the mood for writing... yet.

I'm so damn tired. Spent this whole week to study for today's midterm exam and i still feel that i did not do any good in the paper. I'm praying hard that i'll pass. I think i'll pass. Whatever. The most important thing is that today's paper is over and i have to start to concentrate on another paper already. Time... goes so fast that sometimes i wish there's more than 24 hours and there's not enough, i'll start cursing around and the most pitiful thing is that my pc is the one that will kena the most~! (pray.. oh pray.. **thank God that i'm NOT cursing people.. hahahaha...**).

Frankly, i'm not in the mood for writing.

Sleepiness is waiting to take over me;
oh my bed looks so comfy;
with my XiaoPan hugging me;
Oh yes, i AM sleepy.

Exercise...Exercise... I think i need a daily dose of it!

It's very tiring this week. Went back to Penang for 3 days to help my parents to move those big heavy furnitures. My parents don't have any sons, so i know that it's my responsibility to act as a son AND a daughter. Anyway, my sisters did help too. They actually help alot before i reach my home. They swept, they mopped, they cleaned, they etc. etc. Luckily they're there to help my parents out. If not, my parents would be panting out of breath.

And talking about out of breath, i had sore arms since Saturday. And it's still soring. Those badminton training are just my first class on Friday and i hope not to have sore arms after training a few more times. It's 1 semester since i've touched my racket. And i didn't go for swimming last break. Sigh.. That's just my laziness... cuz i should have exercised alot more.. but.. aiyo, lazy lar.. hehehe..

Yup. I've enrolled myself in the Badminton Workshop organized by my Uni but that's just to get my old self working. My level of badminton is not from point zero but i still feel that i should learn some of those basic steps to help myself to hit the shuttlecock more confidently, skill-fully, and speedily. I remembered once my dad told me that i alwayz hesitate to hit the shuttlecock, and when i hesitated, the shuttlecock will make its way to land lower, making it more difficult for me to hit back with speed and target. My sisters are far better than me in badminton, partly because they've taken a very serious badminton training during secondary from a professional coach. I've indirectly learned a few bits and pieces from them but i still find it not enough to satisfy myself. And my sisters have better stamina than me. They can run faster without breathing as heavy as me and i'll still be lagging behind them.. panting my breath away. Both of them are good in atheletics like 100m run, long jump, high jump, 'lontar peluru' thingy, u know.. those sports that we're suppose to take during secondary. Basically, they're better than me at sports. Period.

I just came back from the Annual Chinese New Year Extravaganza 8 (CNYE8) held in Emerald Park. Frankly, it was pretty boring because all those performance are all kind of the same as last year. One of my fren, TeikHong, even pointed out to me that it's still the same person who performed; same performance, same person. SIEN. The only part i enjoyed was the lion dance team from Segamat, Johor. The black & red lion stunned the spectators when it jumped from a high pole to another. And the food... aww... the food... TOTALLY, OBVIOUSLY, NOT WORTH IT!! And TOTALLY TASTED AWFUL! What can i say, i'm a pure Penangite.
La~La~La~~~ *singing***

My new house waiting for me in Sri Juru, BM, Penang. hehe... i juz can't wait * starting to get impatient ;-) *

It's already 5.00am and i'm still packing. BFN textbooks, financial calculators, scientific calculators, tutorials... Shesh~ i'm suppose to be sleeping by now. But blame me, blame me, blame myself. I should have packed earlier but... laziness took over me (*STOP GaspiNG! It's not something unusual =p ) . I've spent the whole day doing practically nothing, unless if you consider chatting, onlining & blasting music is something. *Guilty guilty* =(

My Dad phoned me last Monday night to tell me to go back for the house-moving ceremony. Yeap, i am moving. From Taman Sri Rambai to Taman Sri Juru. From a swampy area which will always flood whenever there's a heavy rain to a light-industry area which the traffic will always be jammed especially lunch & after office hours AND is quite on the highland.

I'm going back to Penang today... as in a later time, Will be catching the 8.30am Bas Wira to Melaka Sentral and from there, i'll take the domestic 24seats VIP bus home. Onthe ticket the bus is suppose to leave at 10am, but it's better to be early than late. So, i've done the math, and i estimated that i'll be reaching Pg at around 5 something pm. Another long day & a long journey back to Penang. Or rather back to BM! Hahaha... Gonna drop off at the Juru toll house, and my Dad will fetch me from there.. Gosh, remind me to give my Dad a miss call when i reach Ipoh!

Feeling a little bit hungry now.. damn! How am i suppose to sleep with a juz-filled-up stomach??!! Sigh... i think i've gotta live with today, or if not i don't think i'll be getting my precious beauty sleep anymore.

Be back on Tuesday!
zzZZZzzzZZZzzzzz......

Finally... done on the chatterbox..

I've been trying to settle those so-called 'bad-id' thingy on my Chatterbox for quite some time, and i hate HTML stuff. I've taken a short course on HTML long time ago.. like when i was in form 4, but.. aih.. that time was useless!! I've forgotten e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g. I think i should write it in caps, but.. never mind that. Luckily at that time, the school sponsored the whole bunch of us F.O.C. And obviously i didn't do a good job out of that seeing the outcome of the present. But now, after 'mata sepek-ing' at those numourous alphabets, I finally did it! DIY. Yahoo to myself!
*sigh...* super "happy"...
Now finished on my chatterbox, i'm gonna start on those pics... i dunno why.. i juz can't seem to upload any pics.. Is it something wrong with what i do? Or is it something wrong with the web-hosting? Or is it something wrong with the blogs again? Oh, I dunno...
*sigh...* super blur...
And maybe after that, i can start changing my blog into a fresh look all over again~ hmmm.... what colour should i put in the background?
*sigh...* super "free"...

Asian Tsunami Alert!!!

Recent news over the BBC, CNN, NewsAsia flooded everyone's woresome. Damn tsunami hit Malaysia too. Very rare indeed. I used to think that Malaysia is such a safe place, in terms of no volcanoes, no twisters, no alien kidnappings. It all changes one Sunday morning.

At 9.25am, my Dad called suddenly to ask if i am OK. I was totally sleeping like a log. Then he asked whether did i felt the tremour. I was like, what tremour?? I was having such a beautiful dream, and BOOM, tremour??!! Later my Dad told me that there was a jolt of earthquake. And i was like, oh ok. so wat? I know i sounded non-chalant but in truth, i was still in a blur case. And also my Dad loves to joke, and i thought he was joking at that time too.

I hung up & try to continue my sleep. But i still find that something is so so wrong somewhere. My Dad wouldn't call in the early morn just to joke about things like that. So i drag myself up, switch on my pc. And WHAM~! It really is an earthquake! At first it measured at 8.5 on the Richter Scale, then another report said it was 9.0! It's the most disasterous in 40years time.
It was an underwater earthquake, only 10miles below the oceanfloor near Acheh, Indonesia, which caused a large tsunami to hit Perlis, Kedah, Penang, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and as far as Maldives. I called my Dad again to report on my findings. Eventually, my Mom had already switch on the Astro watching CNN Asia back at home. No wonder they know the news faster than me. Yea, yea, advantages of Astro.

I asked my Mom about her youngest sister. My youngest aunt lives in a high-rise apartment in Dato'Keramat, i think that's what the place is called. ="> *shy shy lah... forgotten the name**
Found out that she's safe, she ran out of the building at once when the tremour came. Lesson learned: Never stay in a high-rise building. My house's cool, don't worry guys. I'm living on the mainland, so i guess that's what saves my house from the tsunamis. Thanx again guys, for your concern. You guys are the greatest~! MUUUUAXX~~!!!

All sorts of donations are being carried out, both in MMU and private organisations outside, all donated to the victims of the tsunami. So, everybody, please do your part and help the helpless. And surely your kindnes will be repaid in the future.

Christmas O' Christmas...

This year's Christmas and last year's Christmas has no difference. The similarities are simply, plainly bored. Yeah, BORED. Not that Christmas is boring, it's fun. But it does depend on who you're spending Christmas with. For example, it would be romantic if a couple celebrates together; or it would be fun if one whole bunch friends are celebrating together; but it would be lonely and also boring if u celebrate alone.

Oh yea, i AM hinting that i NEARLY celebrate Christmas alone. All my housemates are either balik kampung or went out somewhere, most probably to the Portuguese Settlement. There's a Christmas Countdown held there every year. But lucky me, i managed to call up my ex-housemates, Yuki & Jing Yi. We eventually went only to Jaya Jusco (it's better than staying in Emerald Park or Bukit Beruang when others are having all the fun ;-) Right?). Had some Nando's Chicken. Yuki & Jing brought one of their friend, Jason. Another Perak-ian. It's like i've been having a sudden rush of alot of Perak-ian friends. And I am glad. =)

Anyway, i've been warned that this Jason is such a calculative person. I mean calculative as in 'kiam siap'. If i've not been told that he's a Perak-ian, I would have thought that he's a Penang-ite. You know lah, other than delicious food, Penang is also famous for their 'kiam siap' guys, stingy stingy. Jason even counted the menu to see which set of meals are more worth to his money... in FRONT OF THE WAITRESS~! my, my, my...
A good side of him is that he is very sporting & a good joker.

Went around window shopping after dinner in JJ. The Popular bookstore in M'cca are lack of nice & cheap books to read. OK, i'm actually on budget, but at that time i felt like wanting to read something interesting. But the cheapest & interesting book i found was priced at least RM15++. It's not worth it since the thickness is not there, around 1cm thick, less than 100 pages. Back in Penang, i can get i RM5-8 book from Popular with around 2-2.5cm of thickness, which is around 300-400pages. I put the book back on the shelves, where it was before as if it was untouched.
Shesh, now i find that i AM the MORE calculative one~

I did some very very very last minute christmas shopping. They are for Yuki & Jing Yi.

Went out of Popular... empty-handed. So sad. Went to the carpark before 10.30pm... empty-handed. So so sad. Not satisfied. We walked into JJ, bought some carbonated drinks & ice, went straight to Jing&Yuki's place. Celebrated over there.... with JingYi's new little christmas tree with fake little tiny-weeny presents... while watching anime 'Cooking Master Boy', cantonese version~!

Pathetic? I think not.
I nearly celebrate Christmas all alone. And that's even more pathetic~

MERRY CHRISTMAS~!!!

Dumbells, Dumbells, my very own Dumbells

Back from my 3 weeks break. There's nothing specially memorable for me, except for learing those roads around the Sungai Dua area near USM in the island. Then the usual normal routine i during my break--->> s.w.i.m.m.i.n.g.

My parents fetched me back to Malacca this time. Taking this excuse as a holiday trip for my twin sisters who just finished their SPM this year. I drove all the way down to KL, then to M'cca; where my Dad couldn't get his hands off the stering wheel i drove... and he never get his chance to sleep even though i'm driving.. his eyes are fixed on the road. Now u know why.. hehehe...

Oh yea, guess wat i've got as my birthday present from my parents.... MY OWN PERSONAL SET OF DUMBELLS~!!! It's deep pastel purple in colour and even though it weighs only 3 pounds each, it's enough for my to get my biceps & triceps sore for the whole day. Hmm.. i have such a lousy muscles, i guess...
Well, train train train train more~

Kudos~ To the Blog Administrators!!!

It has been a long time since i have been posting something here. I've tried to login a couple of times this whole week but in vail. The furthest in can access is to the 'Dashboard'. No further. At first i do not know why and i had written some emails to the Blog Administrators. Kudos~to them for solving my problem in 2 days time. It might be long to some people, but to serve billions of Bloggers around the globe is not an easy task. Later, i've read some of the postings on the Blog forum and then only i found out that this thing is not only happened to me, but to some other hundreds of users as well. It's actually the Blog admin would like to increase the capacity.

Truths On How Halloween Comes Around~

Ever wonder the origins of Halloween? Well, here it is.. after searching on the net.

The word itself, "Halloween," actually has its origins in the Catholic Church. It comes from a contracted corruption of All Hallows Eve. November 1, "All Hollows Day" (or "All Saints Day"), is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints. But, in the 5th century BC, in Celtic Ireland, summer officially ended on October 31. The holiday was called Samhain (sow-en), the Celtic New year.
One story says that, on that day, the disembodied spirits of all those who had died throughout the preceding year would come back in search of living bodies to possess for the next year. It was believed to be their only hope for the afterlife. The Celts believed all laws of space and time were suspended during this time, allowing the spirit world to intermingle with the living.
Naturally, the still-living did not want to be possessed. So on the night of October 31, villagers would extinguish the fires in their homes, to make them cold and undesirable. They would then dress up in all manner of ghoulish costumes and noisily paraded around the neighborhood, being as destructive as possible in order to frighten away spirits looking for bodies to possess.
Probably a better explanation of why the Celts extinguished their fires was not to discourage spirit possession, but so that all the Celtic tribes could relight their fires from a common source, the Druidic fire that was kept burning in the Middle of Ireland, at Usinach.
Some accounts tell of how the Celts would burn someone at the stake who was thought to have already been possessed, as sort of a lesson to the spirits. Other accounts of Celtic history debunk these stories as myth.
The Romans adopted the Celtic practices as their own. But in the first century AD, Samhain was assimilated into celebrations of some of the other Roman traditions that took place in October, such as their day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple, which might explain the origin of our modern tradition of bobbing for apples on Halloween.
The thrust of the practices also changed over time to become more ritualized. As belief in spirit possession waned, the practice of dressing up like hobgoblins, ghosts, and witches took on a more ceremonial role.
The custom of Halloween was brought to America in the 1840's by Irish immigrants fleeing their country's potato famine. At that time, the favorite pranks in New England included tipping over outhouses and unhinging fence gates.
The custom of trick-or-treating is thought to have originated not with the Irish Celts, but with a ninth-century European custom called souling. On November 2, All Souls Day, early Christians would walk from village to village begging for "soul cakes," made out of square pieces of bread with currants. The more soul cakes the beggars would receive, the more prayers they would promise to say on behalf of the dead relatives of the donors. At the time, it was believed that the dead remained in limbo for a time after death, and that prayer, even by strangers, could expedite a soul's passage to heaven.
The Jack-o-lantern custom probably comes from Irish folklore. As the tale is told, a man named Jack, who was notorious as a drunkard and trickster, tricked Satan into climbing a tree. Jack then carved an image of a cross in the tree's trunk, trapping the devil up the tree. Jack made a deal with the devil that, if he would never tempt him again, he would promise to let him down the tree.
According to the folk tale, after Jack died, he was denied entrance to Heaven because of his evil ways, but he was also denied access to Hell because he had tricked the devil. Instead, the devil gave him a single ember to light his way through the frigid darkness. The ember was placed inside a hollowed-out turnip to keep it glowing longer.
The Irish used turnips as their "Jack's lanterns" originally. But when the immigrants came to America, they found that pumpkins were far more plentiful than turnips. So the Jack-O-Lantern in America was a hollowed-out pumpkin, lit with an ember.
So, although some cults may have adopted Halloween as their favorite "holiday," the day itself did not grow out of evil practices. It grew out of the rituals of Celts celebrating a new year, and out of Medieval prayer rituals of Europeans. And today, even many churches have Halloween parties or pumpkin carving events for the kids. After all, the day itself is only as evil as one cares to make it.
Clip taken from < http://wilstar.com/holidays/hallown.htm >

So now you know~ ;)

One Month Ago punyer Bday *continue punyer ler

For the continuation of my Bday, it seems like 1 month ago. 'Paiseh paiseh' i did not post for quite some time. Eventually my housemate DID celebrate with me. Wel, they've even tricked me~! Hmmph~!!! They bought a mooncake, saying that they did not have any Bday cake & the mooncake will be my Bday cake. Aaaand, they've even sang the Bday song on the mooncake. Naughty them~ Hahahaha... As for my real Bday cake, it was Secret Recipe's Chocolate Moist Cheese Cake!!! My favourite!!!!
Thank You GUYS~!!!!!!!!
--->My housemates of 2004/05 =>> Soon Chee, Rachel, Kai Wen, Ru Shan, Christina, Pei Pei, Joanne, and Toh Hung (my roomie)<<= <---

The Eve of my B*RthDaY

My Birthday... ahhhHHHH... =) *grin grin*
Well, my birthday is actually yesterday and it is the BEST-EST Birthday i've ever celebrated!!!

The night before my birthday, it was, well, BORING. Nobody is at home, except 2 of my housemates but they were out at that moment. It was around 10pm and i was quite sad as all my frens balik kampung. Then AhPua came to my rescue!! He ask me to go out for burger with him (i think he's VERY BORED) but i said burger would do no good; i told him it is my Bday(he didn't know when is my Bday), and he was surprised. He suggested we go somewhere else than just burger. I managed to pull KimFei along before agreeing.

So we ended up in Sampan Bistro. I've always heard people talked about this place but i haven't been here before. An opening eye experience. AhPhua brought another fren with him, introduced as GuoZhong. I always have to think twice before calling out his name, just in case i accidently call him 'ZhongGuo'(China)! Hehehe... The first thing they did upon reaching Sampan is... taking photos with a Ferrari!! *Guys* Sigh... Reminds me of my dad who is also a car enthusiast~

The scenery in Sampan Bistro is.. well, very suitable for couples to 'pak tor' lah.. not really suitable for a bunch of frens like us. It has a scenic view of the sea, with no beach. You can say, at least there's the sound of the ocean crushing the curb/side stones of the bistro. We choosed a side-corner place, good for viewing the whole sea, which i still find Penang beach is still DA BEST~!!

Midnight came and the clock struck 12. The 2 guys put the Smapan Bistro's candle in front of me... and they started singing... --->>
~*~CU Lu SeEA JIT HUA HI~*~
CU Lu SeEA JIT HUA HI
CU MING ZHENG SeEA JIT HUA Hi Hi
CU Lu SeEA JIT HUA Hi....
~*~(Birthday Song - Hock Kian)~*~

%^<<*He rewrote this in my Friendster's testimonial*>>%^

Me and KimFei laugh & laugh because it was so funny.. and very creative of him! By the way, before he wanted to sing the 'song' he did ask us how do we say 'happy' in hokkien. too bad we do not know, so he use 'Cu' as 'happy' in mandarin. I made a wish and blew the so-called candle-in-the-oil, without cake. But i don't mind! Really! Because i had a great time!

And there was another funny thing happen with the flower-aunty. She tought we were double dating couples, cuz we have 2 girls & 2 guys, but in fact were just normal friends celebrating my Bday. She keep insisting the guys to buy her RM10 per rose for me & KimFei! Finally, with much talking & persuading, AhPhua & GuoZhong managed to get her to go away. *Glad Glad* Hahaha...

I had a really have a great time there and not to mention a great laugh until my tears came out.. Laughing & wiping my happy tears away.. and i started thinking, i have alot of wonderful friends around me. And one of them, well, i mean 3 of them are already sitting around me, are some of the examples. I started to see, FRIENDS.. friends are so mportant in my life.. and i wonder what would i do without them..
FRIENDS.... --->> HUGZ, HUGZ, HUGZ
MUUUACKS, MUUUACKS MUUUUACKSS
i LOVE u GUYS~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FINAL NITE of Mid-Autumn Festival

The real day of the long-awaited Zhong Chiu Jie. Another boring day which we do not how to waste with. After dinner, we walked back to EP and we(my housemates^again^, and i) had an idea. Actually it was JiaWen's idea. She suggested that we spend the night watching the stars & moon while eating mooncakes and drinking tea. This gets us excited and we started to plan what we have so that it can be accomodated when we were to really going with the plan.

Luckily for us, we spotted an empty table after dinner & desserts (we had ice for desserts.. hehe...). Coincidently, KimFei and a few of her housemates are only beside the table. We sat down and told them about our plans and ask them to join us. ^The more, The merrier^
They agreed with our plans without much hesitations. So, JiaWen & Christina went up to our unit first to bathe, boil some water for tea, and bring down some extra cups for our 'guests'.

On the other hand, me & my roomate, volunteered to stay downstairs first because other than booking the place, we can entertain our 'guests' too. =) But it was getting drizzling, then more drizzles. U can say that we were very stubborn because we are still staying under the drizzle just to book the table.

After about 15 minutes, JiaWen & Christina FINALLY came down with alot of cute cups (which the cute cups are mostly mine~! ngek.. ngek.. ngek..), BOH tea, hot water flasks, sugar, small spoons, etc. Then it's my turn to go up & get some things which i forgot to tell them to. I came down with yesterday's candles, matches, a few more cups, and a mooncake. We just sat on the drizzled table while eating mooncake & kuaci (JiaWen bought that) while watching the moon. But the moon is always hiding itself behind the clouds. Finally, the Moon came out, and the drizzles stop.

Admiring the moon is not the only thing we did. We gotta have some fun! So i threw the kuaci's shells to KimFei & WinSee. I got them both surprise and they couldn't catch me bcause they do not have kuaci seeds~ =) YAHOO!!! We (the two tables) ran around here & there, throwing each other with kuaci seeds! I got the most people to chase me (because i'm the one who alwiz throw it at them), WinSee got the most people throw kuaci shells at, and the rest...?? They laugh ALOT. i mean, ALOT~!!!

Late at night when KinFei's housemates have gone, we decided to play with candles as we forget to play with KimFei's housemates. But we didn't even get to play it as the morning breeze at that morning was quite strong. Finally, we gave up , clear our stuff & went home ( i mean, to toilet first)hehehehe....

CHeerios~!!!

EVE of Mid-Autumn Festival

On the eve of this year's Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhong Chiu Jie), me, my housemates, and my housemate's friends suddenly plan to take lanterns and go around Bukit Beruang... just for the fun of it. One of my housemates got a few lanterns from the EP's (Emerald Park) warden. I do not know how did she manage to persuade the warden to lend us some, but she did it perfectly.

And off we went to the EP Garden to lit our lanterns. A whole big bunch of 12 person lit the lanterns, holding it on our hands, and we got some supports of "Hahahaha... Zhong Chiu Jie Kuai Le", "Xiao Jie, wo ye yao na dang long", etc., from the EP guys who are stayed facing outside; but we ignored them. Pathetic people. So, set with 12 person, 10 lanterns, 5 boxes of candles, 1 guy (bodyguard), finally we are ready on our way to toy the whole Bukit Beruang.

We started with Taman Bunga Raya and walked by the KUKTM's hostel, Pangsapuri Bunga Raya, previously MMU's off-campus's boy's hostel. Some of those naughty guys even sang a "Happy Birthday" to us on their balconies. Pathetic of them isn't it? Pathetic with a capital 'C'!

We didn't manage to go ROUND Bukit Beruang because one of my housemate was already complaining tired and sleepy. Although we're still in Taman Bunga Raya, we turned back with a heavy heart. Suddenly, a kancil car drives by and the kid inside embarassed us!!! He said, "Hahahaha... Je Yang Da Le Hai Ti Deng Long! Hahahaha..." OOOOoooo.. that grummy little kid!!! I was so annoyed with his comment. I was almost boiling!!! But i reminded myself, That is only a small kid. This small kid still doesn't know the meaning of this special Mid-Autumn Festival. To him, it might be only playing with the lanterns and nothing more.

Even though i do not know how to read Chinese, but i AM GLAD that my parents taught me well about Chinese cultures and i appreciate it.

Thank YOU, AhMi, AhPa!!!
~*~I LOVE U GUYS!!!~*~