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被软禁着的人间天堂 - 西藏

2011-10-03T01:13:00.006+08:00

游走中国西藏，都必须成为“外星人”，因为 Alien's Travel Permit 的直接翻译正是 “外星人旅行证”。比较正确的英文翻译因该是 Foreigner's Travel Permit...

入藏前，我们大伙儿得在格尔木呆上好几天，四处找寻西藏旅游公司。办完入藏手续后，就赶紧订购青藏高原列车，入藏去！

在格尔木奔波于签办入藏证的那些日子，让我们开始怀疑中国让西藏对外开放的诚意。旅客在西藏不被应许擅自离队，好一个不可思议的旅游政策。。。-_-|||

When you hesitated to give cough medicines to your child...

2011-09-18T15:23:00.003+08:00

World of medicine is ever-changing. New evidence emerges and new researches heavily impacted the practice of medicines today.

For example, 20 years ago, young infants presented to GP clinic with signs/symptoms of cough and cold would usually be prescribed some cough and cold medications (e.g antihistamines, antitussives) and eventually the child had a very good sleep/rest after the routine doses. Parents were happy that the child was finally sleeping and eventually the child recovered after 3-5 days of illnesses......To date, there are very little evidence to prove that these cough and cold medicines work, and abundant of reports were noted that routine usage of cough and cold medicines can lead to untoward adverse drug reactions, i.e effects on sleep or hallucinations, oversedation, and worst if respiratory depression!

And so, the prescribing pattern changed...

As better to be safe than sorry, our Ministry of Health has issued a banned for use of cough and cold medicines in treating young infants (up to 2 years of age), and along with it also a caution warning regarding use of cough/cold medicines in children younger than 6 years of age. In echo to the World Health Organization warnings regarding routine prescription of cough/cold medicines in young children, promethazine (a very effective antitussive antihistamine) and many other antihistamines have been forced to change their labelling for dosing recommendation.

Several alternative symptomatic relief treatments are being suggested, e.g Menthol inhalation for cough and nasal saline drop for nasal congestion (block nose). Salbutamol is commonly used for asthma but it also helps in breaking up of the congestion that is in a babies chest without having to use an expectorant. Although evidence is not conclusive, it has helped quite a bit. Young children can sometimes coughing up the mucus that was causing them to wheeze and they can breathe easier after each treatment. Hence, due to the better safety profile of salbutamol in children, it has become a non evidence based practice among some doctors.

Discovering the beauty of Annapurna in Nepal

2011-09-16T10:34:00.007+08:00

Walking across the border from Tibet, China into Nepal, I felt like a free man again.
Waving off those Chinese in their smart army suits, what welcome me ahead are bunch of nepalese people and crowds of happy tourists like me gathering around the custom office busy with their luggages and passport.

In a 4-wheel drive (NRs 600-700/Pax), we were transported from the border down a small muddy hilly road to Central Thamel, Kathmandu. It took us 4 hours bumping our way into heavily tourist Central Thamel. First steps on the land of Thamel, it felt like we being a group of celebrities. Having ourselves surrounded by promoters, travel agents, hotel agents and etc. etc...We finally decided to split into smaller groups to go round hunting for cheap backpacker lodge. The room rated at roughly NRs 150-300/pax.

Central Thamel 是背包客云集的旅游区, 而且也是最密集的市政. 当地大小客栈占大多数, 旅游小公司, 法国面包店, 古董老店, 灯笼店, 布店, 背包与登山用具店, 服装与鞋店, 快餐店, 咖啡馆, 网吧, 酒吧等等, 应有尽有!

Going on foot with a small camera bag (big one was carried by my guide/porter) is a no-sweat task for me at the initial part of the trek. We trekked across grass fields, villages, rivers, small hills, corn fields, huts and little cafes.......

Short listed Myanmar Language

2011-08-01T00:14:00.004+08:00

When a question is asked, the word "thalar" should be put at the back of the sentence...

e.g. Do you have runny nose? [Narsee thalar?]

1. Cough 1. Chaungsoe (thalar)
2. Runny nose 2. Narsee (thalar)
3. Fever 3. Kopu (thalar)
4. abdominal pain 4. Bikenar (thalar)
5. muscle ache 5. Ahkyawnar (thalar)
6. itchiness 6. Yar (thalar)
7. antibiotics 7. Pothat say (thalar)
8. diarrhoea 8. Wanshaw (thalar)
9. vomiting 9. Un (thalar)
10. constipation 10. Wanchut (thalar)
11. breathlessness 11. Ah thetshu kyat (thalar)
12. ear discharge 12. Narmakyar Bular (don't put "thalar" here)
13. headache 13. Gaungkite (thalar)
14. swelling 14. Yaung (thalar)

Please don't put thalar in following words:

once a day Ta nayt ta khar
twice a day Ta nayt nit khar
three times a day Ta nayt thone khar
after meals Ah sa sar pyi
one tablet Ta lone
two tablets Nit lone

Buying a 2nd-hand house - Simplifying the complicated procedures......

2010-12-26T16:25:00.019+08:00

*when one is ready to buy a house from the seller, he will need

a Banker for housing loan (check out Citibank, Maybank, Ambank and CIMB Bank);
a reliable lawyer (recommended Lawyer, Ms. Chong, from Wong-Chooi & Mohd Nor Lawyer Firm);
a real estate agent (optional if dealing directly with house owner)

Preparing Yourself for the Buy
Must have more than enough floating cash for the 10% down payment + the 1% agent/broker fees (nego with your agent if he is willing to offer any rebate on the 1%)

There are crucial elements to be aware of:
(1) Mortgage Pre-approval,
(2) the Down Payment,
(3) Mortgage Options and
(4) Closing Costs (legal fee and stamp duty).

Mortgage Pre-approval
Means the amount of money you'll be able to finance through a loan and what your monthly payment will be.

The Down Payment
Current government policy (Effective since sept 2010) stated that for those 1st-time house buyers with income
This will allow the 1st-time buyers to obtain 100% home loan. They will also be given stamp duty exemption of 50% on instruments of transfer on a house not exceeding RM350K.
2nd-time house buyers are only entitled for a max of 90% housing loan while those 3rd-time house buyers are limited to 70% housing loan.

The Mortgage
Consult the banker, the customer service provider will be able to assist you. A real estate agent is optional.

Closing and other additional costs
Closing is when ownership of your new house is officially transferred from the seller to you. Sometimes sellers will pay closing costs. If not, you need to be prepared to pay this additional cost.

*IF you are simply in love with the house and think you can afford it, you will need to pay "Good faith deposit", a deposit (usually 1% of sales price) to show the sellers that you are really interested in buying their house and that you are willing to make them an offer.

Securing your dream house
Ask yourself: What am I buying into? A future house for a home, a life-style or just another investment (renting out)?

The Offer
There and then, u need to make the seller an offer in writing. Careful when making an offer letter: State the details!
How you intend to finance the house
Amount of the down payment
Who pays the closing costs
What inspections will be performed
Whether personal property is included in the purchase
Terms of cancellation
Any repairs you want done
Date you will take physical ownership and possession of the property
How to settle disputes should they occur

Contingencies:
*Contingencies generally allow you to anticipate potential problems so that if something goes wrong, you can cancel the contract without penalty. If you cancel a contract without having agreed upon conditions and contingencies, you could find yourself forfeiting your good faith deposit and the money you spent to inspect the property, as well as other damages. For this and other reasons, it is highly recommended that you retain an attorney. Your attorney will advise you as to what you should include in your offer to protect yourself.*

Before making an offer, thoroughly evaluate the property (including but not limited to the following):

Property Conditions
Ask around the neighbourhood, the locals can give you a better picture of the place and the house itself. Check for any damages in the house. Take note of what the previous owners have done to the house to determine if these improvements warrant the asking price and/or were done correctly.

Indispensable Insurance
Before a mortgage company will approve your lending arrangement and allow you to close on your new house, they will typically ask you to show proof of title, title insurance, and house owner's insurance. Your Real Estate Professional or your mortgage representative can help explain the details, and your real estate attorney can provide counsel on title issues and title insurance.

The Final Visit (Walk-Though)
Before the closing takes place and the property is transferred, you should revisit the house-to-be-taken-over and take this moment to make sure that all the items the owner agreed to leave behind are still there.

The Closing
Generally, the seller is required to provide clean title to the property at closing. Your legal counsel can best guide you through this process, making sure that all documents are provided and steps followed

STEPS TO FOLLOW:

1. Meet the owner, verbally agreed on buying over the house.

2. Survey the current BLR and the offers from different bankers for housing loan. The customer care consultant will guide you as in what documents to prepare (e.g EC of income tax, 3 months pay slip and the Sale of Property agreement).

3. Get a legal attorney/ lawyer that you know better.

4. Prepare a simple agreement on Sale of Property (consult your lawyer: the agreement should consist of the title unit, address of the unit and parcel unit) and get your lawyer to stamp it. Get the agreement signed by both the seller and U. Upon signing, pay the 1% "Good faith deposit". U should get a photocopy or a S&P Agreement from the house owner as reference.

5. Usually a 15 working days period (about 3 weeks) will be given to purchaser to deal with his banker and lawyer in getting the loan approved.

6. Get back to your banker immediately with the required documents and you will be briefed on the loan rate and the monthly instalment thingy.

7. Contact and update your lawyer on your current progess with the banker. Get your lawyer to contact the seller (if the seller is using the same lawyer, easier!) or the seller's lawyer (a bit difficult, but still workable).

8. Your banker will need some time to process, evaluate and approve your loan application. Once approved, the customer care consultant will contact you and you need to sign the LO (letter of offer).

9. Once signed, get the banker to fax a copy to your lawyer. Then you are done with the banker.

10. Follow up from your lawyer to ensure that he/she has got the fax copy from the banker. Upon receiving the LO, your lawyer will process the new S&P and will call upon both the seller and you to sign it before the due date.

Recommended legal attorney:

Wong-Chooi & Mohd Nor
Ground & First Floor, Lorong Mayang PAsir 5, Taman Sri Tunas,
Bayan Baru,ulau Pinang 11950, Malaysia
Tel: 04-644 4655 Fax: 04-644 4892
E-mail: Only available online
http://superpages.com.my/superhome/lawyers/wongchooi-and-mohd-nor-69917.html

Gates of Dawn - Secret Garden

2010-12-26T15:36:00.009+08:00

The wheels of life keep turning.
Spinning without control;
The wheels of the heart keep yearning.
For the sound of the singing soul.

And nights are full with weeping.
For sins of the past weve sown;
But, tomorrow is ours for the keeping,
Tomorrow the futures shown.

Lift your eyes and see the glory.

Where the circle of life is drawn;
See the never-ending story,
Come with me to the Gates of Dawn.

And whose is the hand who raises
The sun from the heaving sea?
The power that ever amazes

We look, but never will see?
Who scattered the seeds so life could be,
Who coloured the fields of corn?
Who formed the mould that made me me,
Before the world was born?

Lift your eyes and see the glory.
Where the circle of life is drawn;
See the never-ending story,
Come with me to the Gates of Dawn.

Learning to speak some Nepali phrases

2010-08-30T12:21:00.019+08:00

During the 11 days Annapurna Base Camp trek, am glad that I pick up a few special Nepali phrases despite massive blood donation made to the local Juka (leeches!)......
How are you? Are you okay?
Topaiilai Kastocha?

I'm fine /OK
Malai Tikcha

I'm not fine / Not OK
Malai Tikchaina

Hello / or Welcome
Namaste (commonly used as greeting)

Thanks / Thank you
Dhanybhad

What's your name?
Topaikunam Keatho

My name is Tang
Meronam Tang ho, or just Tang ho

Let's go, slowly slowly / fast fast
Jamjam, bestari bestari / chito chito

What's the time now?
ahile katibajo

I want to go home now
Moh, abba gora goyea

Pretty
Sunderi

How much?
Kawti buayeo

Where are you from?
Topaikah bata?

I 'm from Malaysia
Moh, Malaysia bata

Good bye and see you again!
Hasta pheri bhetaunla

Besides, I did learn some name for body parts
For example: If you have pain (dukio) on the head, you can say tauko dukio (headache)......, if pain on the thigh, you say tikra dukio (thigh pain) and so on so forth.

--they also taught me some bad words--
Penis
Laro / Lado

Testis ("nuts")
Gula

Vagina
Puti

F*cking
Chikcha / Tacktack

VEry Very Bad phrases like these are ONLY for trekking purposes! (Bad words bad words, haha)
"Jiri miti daura, ako don don; Timro puti dekhta, lado ton ton",
"AKT, beh ta le; Tio puti, eh ta le; Chik tin cha, Kancha ke ta le..."

To learn more about simple Nepali Language, click on these links
http://www.nepalischool.com/Home
http://www.nepal4you.com/Learning_nepali_language.htm

Loafing in BeijinG

2010-08-25T13:12:00.028+08:00

Early July was hot and dry.......somehow we escaped the heat wave there......

We flew with MAS airline (http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/hq/en.html) because we simply have no other cheaper options........*unless AirAsia flies Beijing......*
The foreign airline providing the same non-stop flight from KL to Beijing is China Southern Airlines (http://www.cs-air.com/en)

The flight took roughly 6hours to touch down at Beijing Capital International Airport. Arrived in Beijing early in the morning at 6am and we were fresh and excited. It took us some time to search for the exit to the airport Subway (In Malaysia we call LRT) station.

The subway connecting Airport and Beijing metropolitan cost us RMB25 and we both arrived at DongZhiMen station(东直门站）. A flat fare of RMB2 with unlimited transfers applies to all lines and all lines are inter-connected! For more info, refer Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_Subway)

We checked in our youthhostel at DongShiQiTiao street(东四七条), off ZhangZiZhong road (张自忠路). The youth hostel is about 10minutes walk from the subway station. It cost us RMB35/night/bed in a dormitory. Due to the VERY LIMITED space in the room, we decided to spend all our times outside loafing instead of being locked in the congested room.

想预先查询有关国际青年旅舍详情，可查阅网址http://yha.zhula.com/
下午逛了南锣鼓巷。。。
这是北京东城区鼓楼大街旁一条历史悠久的街道,是北京保存最完整的四合院区。巷子的布局象个棋盘,一共连接了八条平行的胡同。

南锣鼓巷的特色店其中有创意店，陶瓷乐器店，小酒吧，小茶馆，私人住宅（不供参观）。

创意店里的两个印有特别图案的杯子
火柴盒专辑是创意店里陈列着的精品珍藏系列之一

书店里摆着一些封面抢眼的树皮小册子
这些就是油炸知子与蝎子

最有名的是老北京的文宇奶酪店。想买一杯来吃都得排长队。此店每天只制作400碗奶酪,每天都卖光！店里奶酪品味多:原味的、双皮奶酪、燕麦奶酪、红豆奶酪等等。姐姐给我们买了两杯，揭开盒盖就大口大口的吃。其奶酪浓而不稠，酸中带甜，回味无穷！

Never have plan to visit Beijing this year but "HOLA Beijing!" I come and go......

Answering the call from Vietnam......

2010-01-09T15:05:00.060+08:00

2009 December 21 (Welcomed by Winter in Hanoi)
Took an early MAS airline to KLIA for a transit to Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi. The flight took us about 3 hours to reach Hanoi......

Touched down in Hanoi, my thermoregulator malfunctioned due to the sudden change in environment temperature (from 30DC in KL dropped to 15DC in Hanoi!) I was welcomed by Winter in Hanoi!
One can choose to board the airport bus to Hanoi bus station or a faster way of getting there is to take a cab, which is definitely more costly!
We finally arrived at Old Quarters in the afternoon and checked in to a guesthouse (CAMELIA).
*This is the guesthouse that we have BLACKLISTED! (unstrategic location and the lady incharge wasn't very honest in offering us the Ha Long Bay trip!)

With only a simple T-shirt, I explored the Old Quarters in Hanoi. 河内的Old Quarters 被称为老街区，也有人叫老城区。。。
My very first impression towards the Old Quarters - An old style township that survived the modern civilization!
穿梭河内老街区的大街小巷。。。
什么都没做，手指就一直忙着按相机。。。
一直拍心就一直想。。。我这一趟越南之旅，难道就只对这些头戴标志性草帽和挑着担子的越南阿姨感兴趣吗？
Second minute on the road......I was hit by the honks of those motorcycles and cars, that has left a great impact in my mind - 河内的交通真是乱七八糟!
。。。就像这电柱一样乱七八糟，错综复杂！

First day in Hanoi, we have no particular activities planned, so we just tour around on foot and soon we got our first sight at the famous Hoan Kiem lake [还剑湖].
Around the lake, you will see old folks sitting in groups, young couples whispering and some young adults jogging around the lake (Not shown in the photos)......How relaxing!
There is a temple, Ngoc Son Temple, stretches into the middle of the lake where you have to pay to get into the temple.
Soon, we walked pass the Tortoise tower, which is located in the middle of the lake. There is no by-foot access to the tower unless you ask for a boat.
Photographing the tower is almost impossible due to the thick mist surrounding Hanoi. Damn!

Near the evening, my other 3 travelmates started to crave for ice-cream.......so we ended up at Fanny ice-cream (First time eating ice-cream during winter......).

Although it costs us about 50,000-60,000VND/cup, yet I have never regretted giving it a try!
If you happened to be near Hoan Kiem lake, you shouldn't have missed it. *Highly recommended*

2009 December 22 (Cold & Misty in Ha Long Bay)
很早就起床。。。马马虎虎吃了早餐，客栈就为我们安排了小游巴，把我们送往下龙市。
开往下龙湾的船只大多都聚集在下龙市。
We were charged USD45 for the whole 2 days 1 night (on the boat) of Halong Bay trip. However, I realized that the ticket for a trip on the boat (including overnight on the boat) should have cost us only 60,000VND (approximately RM12)!! Wa Lew eh.......bloody money sucker Camelia......
In 1994, Ha Long Bay (Vịnh Hạ Long 下龙湾), which is located in Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam, has been tagged as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
It features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes. 整个下龙湾的面积涵盖了1,553 km²,包括大约1,960小岛屿.

Legend told that during the war between Vietnamese and Chinese invaders, the gods sent a family of dragons to help defend the land. This family of dragons began spitting out jewels and jade. These jewels turned into the islands and islets dotting the bay, linking together to form a great wall against the invaders.
We spent the 2 days and 1 night on the boat bathing in mist and cold chilling wind while our boat drove across hundreds of islands.
The place where Mother Dragon flew down was named Hạ Long, the place where the dragon children attended upon their mother was called Bái Tử Long island, and the place where the dragon children wriggled their tails violently was called Bạch Long Vỹ island
Ha Long Bay is located in northeastern Vietnam, bordered on the south and southeast by the Gulf of Tonkin, on the north by China and on the west and southwest by Cát Bà island.

2009 December 23 (离开冷漠的下龙湾。。。）Never will I forget the rush from Halong Bay straight to Hanoi Airport to catch the afternoon flight to Danang......*seriously if you are taking the package tour (be it 2D1N or 3D2N) of Halong Bay, don't fly straight to Danang (Hoi An) on the last day of the package tour!*
Took a 2pm local flight from Hanoi to Danang. From there, we were forced to take a quite expensive taxi (again) to the little ancient town called HOI AN! Checked in our guesthouse Thanh Binh I Guesthouse) Late in the evening when we finally arrived in Hoi An, we unloaded our luggages and immediately set out for a nice dinner in town!
The heart of the town is so small that one can tour by foot. We walkabout in town at night......

U have a variety of shops in Hoi An......and they just have so much to offer!

Good to excellent tailoring service......

Nice local handicrafts......

Selling hand-made lanterns......(*real fine finishing! However, quite costly!)

Selling beers and wines......

Galleria with loads of painting and etc!

2009 December 24 世界文化遗产- 惠安(Thành phố Hội An) 之旅

Hội An - the commercial capital of the Champa Empire
After the end of Nguyen ruling, Da Nang emerged as the main trading port leaving Hoi An as the backwater......
The early history of Hội An is that of the Champa people. These Malay-Polynesian peoples probably came from Java around 200 B.C. and by 200 A.D. created the Champa Empire which stretched from Huế to beyond Nha Trang.

Mỹ Sơn - the spiritual capital
Mỹ Sơn (Vietnamese pronunciation: [mǐˀ səːn]) is a cluster of abandoned and partially ruined Hindu temples constructed between the 4th and the 14th century A.D. by the kings of Champa (Chiêm Thành in Vietnamese). The temples are dedicated to the worship of the god Shiva as he is known under various local names, the most important of which is "Bhadresvara."

Mỹ Sơn is located near the village of Duy Phú, in the administrative district of Duy Xuyên in Quảng Nam province in Central Vietnam, 69 km southwest of Da Nang. The valley at Mỹ Sơn was once a site of religious ceremony for kings of the ruling dynasties of Champa, as well as a burial place for Cham royalty and national heroes.

The Mỹ Sơn temple complex is regarded one of the foremost Hindu temple complexes in Southeast Asia and is the foremost heritage site of this nature in Vietnam.

As of 1999, My Son has been recognized by UNESCO as a world heritage site.

2009 December 25 顺化(Hue)有越南古城之称；

Arrived in Hue at noon, checked in a guesthouse in town and I was like going to collapse due to diarrhea-induced dehydration.......

Lucky that my tourmate spared me some herbs and after sucking on 2 pieces, I gain extra strength to cycle (rental for bicycle = USD 1-2 only) to the nearby train station to grab our ticket back to Hanoi on the next day.

After bought the train tickets, I cycled straight across the bridge to Hue Imperial City (Doi Nai).

Have had a great experience cycling around the Citadel......

Bought a ticket into the citadel and the monuments in it was so look-alike China style buildings, in fact, it is the building built during the Chinese colonization in Vietnam......

2009 December 26 Hue - once the imperial capital of the Nguyễn Dynasty

My tourmates booked a boat to the imperial capital of the Nguyen Dynasty to visit several tombs of the King......

JOurney along the boat took us quite some time (1 hour ++)...
Arrived at the "village" area, there were several motorcyclist waiting. USD6 per ride, damn expensive also......
Along the way on the bike, we got the chance to stop by to witness the making of colourful joss sticks......
The Khai Dinh Tomb, only remembered that he is 152cm tall!

on the boat, we were approached by the post card and bookmarks seller (who is the boatman's wife) multiple times until we bought a few of the bookmarks at the end of our boat trip.
2009 December 27 Took a 12-hour local train back to Hanoi

There are several trains that will pass Hue in a day. Selection of the train is important. There are several trains from Hue to Hanoi daily(SE2, SE4, SE6, TN2 and TN4, among which the Soft class 4-berth sleeper is the best) For travelling overnight on a train, we chose couch with soft bed (SE4). On the couch, please be mindful that the room for 4 is real real small, hardly have extra space for activities......not even enough space for stretching! In fact, we were all the time bound to our bed.

2009 December 28 A hop on & off bike trip in Hanoi before leaving the wonderful city!
Arrived at Hanoi super early in the morning, getting ready to be slaughter by smiling taxi drivers......
Lucky that I am travelling with smart travelmates, we ended up with the licensed taxi driver. **Piece of advice: while arriving at train station, head straight to the taxi booth with your train ticket, get a licensed taxi, you shall be safe.**

我们离开了河内。在去机场的途中，我们的德士司机不太视路，结果逗了一大圈才到机场。上了飞机，闭上眼睛，睡着了。。。

向往那出外游走的日子，更舍不得离开这一个世界文化遗产与奇观之一！

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Tạm biệt Vietnam!

[Everyone is destined to book the last ticket to heaven, that's our final destination. As long as I breathe for another day, I should never fail to plan another trip around the world!]

Happy Mother & Father's Day

2009-06-20T00:50:00.004+08:00

一年一度母亲节，一年一度父亲节，都没给父母亲好好庆祝一番。。。或许我这个做儿子的都不曾在乎过。。。福建人说 ''BO LOR YIONG''!!

父母亲为孩子担心很多东西，偶尔难免会干涉到孩子的自由权，因此那做孩子的就会极力反抗，坚持自己的信念。没错，我们往往认为自己做了正确的选择，而陷入了自我封闭的世界里，父母亲的劝言都已成为不讲理和无知的唠叨。。。

有谁能预知未来，又有谁知世界如何变？一失足成千古恨，再回头已百年身。如果我们认为自己已做了最好的选择，却担心别人的眼光，那我们不但会活得很辛苦，活得很累，还可能使自己长期处于压抑和伪装掩饰的生活之中。常常要给自己拍拍胸膛，问问自己：“我究竟做对了选择吗？”“以后的日子会怎么过呢？”

一年一度母亲节，一年一度父亲节，住离家不远，只有2个钟的车程，却没回家为父母亲庆祝。。。我不曾在乎过。。。真的 ''BO LOR YIONG''!!

我只希望我的父母亲不需再为我们任何一个人操心。自己选的路自己走，我也不希望未来的日子里，我会再让你们担心很多事情。。。如果我们为了自己无知的选择而需付出一定的代价，我可以很明确地告诉您，那不会是我。。。因为我也梦想着一个属于自己完美的家，你们就是我的邻居。。。很想告诉你们，我并不在乎那一年一度的父母亲节，因为每一天都可以是父亲节，每一天都可以是母亲节。

佛主保佑我父母亲身体健康，长命百岁。因为生命这一条路我才走了27年，还有大半辈子要过。。。有你们陪伴，我会走得更加勇敢，更加有信心！

Wedding Photography - Lau Chek and Lau Ee

2009-05-20T20:06:00.031+08:00

On the day of registration - 16 May 2009

Standing side by side, we vowed...

"I vow...
As far as I can see, you were always meant to be -

My Destiny"

Destiny, Jim Brickman

You are the air I need to breathe...

the river of life inside of me...

You are the half that made me whole

You are the anchor of my soul...

You never fail to see me through...

That's the love...

... I found in you ...

--The Love I found in you, Jim Brickman--

Kids fighting in a quicksand...

2009-05-10T23:46:00.008+08:00

Recalling the last time I fight, it was many many years ago when my Children's Corner mate pulled my nose while I was twisting his ears on our way home in a kindergarten bus......It's bad I know but...it's interesting!

Sunday afternoon - Lazy...pampering myself in the bed......

After lunch, browsed through SinChew's Daily online and something caught my attention, this time it's not gossips or any celebrities nudity photos exposed...

Here's the headline:
乱乱乱！糟糟糟！
Seeing the boys fighting each other, he was so disappointed and scolded them.

A pencil box was stolen and no one claimed responsible for it......
During the fight, someone dropped his tag......
In the end, among people mountain people sea (人山人海), this grandpa found his grandson......What a happy reunion!
Out of the hall, this pity boy was left isolated, he didn't get to join the play inside there, how sad......
Can imagine how angry he was......
Our dear friend was waiting for the fight to end......and he needed an immediate relief...
After everything, everyone was tired and it's time for lunch. So they settled their meal at a nearby restaurant with so many bodyguards to ensure their safety while dining. How nice......

End of my story and I personally think that it's an interesting topic of the day. Malaysia is a country rich in its cultures and natural resources! A blessing I call it to be born a Malaysian, at least I was not born at those places where I have to sleep with my rifle tight in my arms and my eyes wide opened......

Phew~! What a relief!

Back to the topic of the day: Kids fighting in a quicksand... To be more specific, it should be "Kids fighting in an economic quicksand, shame on us!"

While the rests of the world is fighting and struggling for survival in this economic crisis, some of our leaders are fighting in assembly and shouting nonsense in parlimen, best described as "Kids fighting in a quicksand, GOOD for nothing!"

Our country is rich in its natural resources, but they are not carefully used and efficiently managed; Our country is rich in its culture, but it's not wisely preserved!

Anyhow, congrats to Datuk Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin who has been declared the rightful MB of Perak by the Kuala Lumpur High Court. Anyhow, still need to congrats Dr. Zambry, the BN's bestman in Perak for winning over the post as Perak MB after the Court of Appeal has finalized its judgement. Good to the BN, they got the dead body of the state; Good to the oppositions, they got the heart of the people of the state......

May the balance in the force bring peace and great fortune to our country!

Making your son a killer...

2009-05-01T21:46:00.007+08:00

Labour's day..........too bad my stomach still working......

9pm, he yelled for food again! Damn......

Trailed the small road in front of my apartment and got across the big drain to the stalls......

Finished a plate of economic rice, I proceeded to burger stall beside the main road, and there was where I learnt how simple to make my son a killer......

While waiting for my burger, saw this young man by the roadside waiting to cross the road to a Bak Khut Teh shop. He was standing so near to the busy traffic flow that if I were the motorcyclist, I would have happily run over him......Didn't see him holding anything, but obviously my sight was blocked by a car parked beside the road.

Ehh, too bad, this young man didn't bring his sexy wife alongside, so he did'n't caught my attention for long. I turned to something more tempting, my burger of course!

Immediately before the next second, I heard a loud braking sound and as quickly as my muscle can move, I turned around and found the man hugging a little kid into his arms and kept rubbing the kid's head, kissing...rubbing again and again......The car has stopped, and the queue got longer and longer......

What happened what happened what happened??!!

"Boss, burger siap......" Damn! *Couldn't you take longer to prepare my burger?*
Now, I had no good reason to stay and watch the show, I will become part of the kepo bystanders...... But what to do, I admit I am kepo......

Now I can hear the kid's cry, within seconds, a young gorgeous lady ran across the road from the Bak Khut Teh shop......and she caught my attention! She ran towards the kid and the young man. Oh I got it, they are one happy family!

The crowds got bigger and bigger......wondering why there were so many kepo punya people.....sigh~

Suddenly, I saw a bystander went over to pick up something from the middle of the road......Could be someone's purse or wallet I thought. I didn't get a clear view from where I stood because the stupid damn parked-by-the-roadside car blocked my view from the stall! Kanasai.......

What the heck! The bystander was actually helping a middle age man up! He was wearing a helmet and guess what...He was a motorcyclist!

What happened what happened what happened??!! I was trying to link the pieces of scenes i got in front of me......

The man with the helmet on his head walked slowly towards the kid's father and he seemed like asking if the kid is OK......then he walked back to get his motorcycle. He was moving in slow motion and that gave me time to think......and think......and think.....

Before he left on his bike, he stopped and he seemed giving the child's father and mother some kind of advice......Then a bomb exploded! The kid's father was suddenly shouting in anger and threatened to hit the middle age man on his bike and before the good fight was on show live in front of me, the wife pulled him back and the young man was later stopped by a bystander......I could hear him yelling and scolding the motorcyclist some kind of harsh and rude language. The motorcylist left into the dark and people around started to discuss and edit their storyline, as though this would be tomorrow's headline......

Well, on my way back, I finally linked every scene and i had learnt that it wasn't that hard to make my son a killer!

The father was hugging the kid, kissing kissing and rubbing the kid's head......SHAME ON YOU young man! You could have made your son the youngest killer today!

The motorcyclist hit his emergency brake when the kid suddenly ran out towards the middle of the road and he managed to stop his bike and fell. Somehow, the front wheel still hit the kid, that explained why the kid was crying. If at that particular moment when he fell onto the ground and the car were fast from behind, he could have died on the spot (So did the kid)......his children at home would be waiting for a never-returning father and the wife, a never-returning husband......

And the young father was scolding angrily at the innocent motorcylist like nobody's business and we all know, he loves his child, blame him not........SHAME ON YOU young man! Being a father is not as easy as having sex, get your wife pregnant and let your child rot!

Perhaps he should give himself a good slap on his own face and yell at himself, SHAME ON YOU bastd! You nearly killed your very own son and an innocent roaduser......

Just hope that he will realise his own mistake and regret his own carelessness for not looking after his son while going on the road......

Never never cried over a spilt milk and for the same lesson learnt: Never never cried over a dead body. Love them and care for them while they are still breathing.

See? It's never easy to be a father, damn! It's better not to have kids, hahaha!

Oh burger, how i missed you......before i got my first bite...

Aiks......mom's calling again.......How could I get a girl if my mom is calling every other day? Before I could get fed up and ask why she call so frequent...... I could hear her over the phone......I had a sigh of relief, she's still breathing and I felt the warmth from her voice......

Am glad that my parents have been teaching and guiding me all the while......

I will always remember this very simple way of making my son a killer......

2009 Bridal Photography in Penang

2009-04-13T23:27:00.025+08:00

My dream lense...What is he shooting?
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Bridal and Photography exhibition at Penang International Sport Arena (PISA)
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Let me present to you - Queen of the day! Miss Malaysia
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A blend of beauty, class and elegance...
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Weird but unique!
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She has got class!
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Sexy and style...
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Nice gown in its best fit!
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Young and innocent...
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she's got every bit of class...
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If only I own a lense like this......it should be fun!
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Fresh into modelling...A bit bit like underage lar...
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Nice gown......Hot and striking!
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One of our Malaysian top model
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Let see who's more attractive......
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If it goes higher, the stage will collapse for sure......
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The decent green
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Nice design but quite dull in colour...
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如果她天天穿着婚纱出街，猜想街上的男人该会为她而疯狂。。。
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Ok, now you have the ladder right in place, what's next?
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This is the consequence of not having a ladder in the crowd of photographers...
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Bring painting to the next level...
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Searching for best shot...
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Too sharp for the camera to take it...!Out fo focus!
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Sometimes have to squeeze in between the other mates and try to get some shots from their cameras...
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Ohohoho...she's cute...
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she can melt you with her eyes...
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Colours ruled!
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Thanks to this pretty artist, she has brought colours to human! Ha!

Mount Kinabalu, Sabah

2009-04-11T17:14:00.146+08:00

In year 1858, Mount Kinabalu was first ascended by Hugh Low and S.St.John...

Two of the mountain peaks (Low's Peak 4095m and St John's Peak 4091m) were named in their honours

The other two peaks that have become the icon of Mount Kinabalu are South peak and Donkey's ears...

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...I present to you, South Peak at 4090m above sea level...

Since primary school, I thought that Mount Kinabalu is the highest mountain in SouthEast Asia. However, after some googled researches, only I realized that Mount Kinabalu isn't the highest mountain in Southeast Asia......

Highest or not the highest...well, it doesn't affect me at all......

我到访沙巴的次数不算多，也不算少。。。但是离开沙巴后总会有少许的想念。
比我高几公分的妹妹也已经是第二次跟我到沙巴游玩。。。

想念的是那儿的两个好兄弟和一班朋友，
想念那儿优美的风景，

更想念的是那近在眼前却感觉遥不可及的神山。。。
终于，在 2nd of April 2009......
While waiting for boarding...
A bunch of us left Penang on a 2 1/2 hours flight to Kota Kinabalu.
While waiting for our friends who flew over from KL...
Arrived at this backpackers lodge - Rainforest. We got all our luggaged checked in the lodge and immediately we bounced out into action!
----------------http://rainforestlodgekk.com/---------------
Address: Lot 48 Ground Floor & 1st Floor, Jalan Pantai 88000, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, East M'sia Tel: +6 088 258 228 @ +6 088 253 228
--------------Email: info@rainforestlodgekk.com-------------

我们一行人涌到附近的咖啡店（怡丰）去尝一尝　kuching curry mee 和 leong fun susu...
The noodles there can cost up to RM4-RM6 per bowl, don't play play......perhaps you can bring back the bowl as souvenir......
结论是：还是槟城的 laksa lemak 和黑糖豆奶棒~！
Under burning hot sun, a sip of coke can be so cooling and refreshing!
Aiks......these ppl preferred something local...Check out our friend up there, she'd got two!

沙巴旅游其中一项活动就是-跳岛（island hopping)
我们选了其中两个岛屿，一个人得付RM33!贵到吓人！
我们选择了 Manukan 和 Sapi-sapi 因为这两个岛的距离最远。。。嘿嘿嘿！
Heading our rented speedboat which will bring us to Manukan and Sapi-sapi
This is what happened when you go island hopping but not actually snorkelling...(just to be frank, I am hydrophobic...)
We din go snorkelling. We musn't get wet and exhausted because we still have a mountain to conquer!
Although we didn't go snorkelling, but James' cap abandoned him and flew off into the water to get itself a good bath!
在那两个岛屿兜了个小圈，不知不觉地就发现黄昏逼近了。。。
Demikianlah riwayat sepasang fashionless old slippers......
My friend took this great shot while his boat sped passed one of the playgrounds of these Phillipinos' children...
我们大伙儿游玩不忘运动，所以徒步回客栈。途中，我们找到了那双神鞋！神鞋就是爬神山的鞋，本地人称之为 Adidas Kampung!
A pair of Adidas Kampung cost us RM6.90. If you have local friends, they can get you at RM5 per pair...
Found this special fish in town at a small roundabout. A landmark? Hmm, I wonder......
The sun is setting exactly 1 hour earlier than peninsular Malaysia...
After a bath, we dined at the coffee corner of our lodge...
We ordered set dinner and a glass of ice cold layer tea. The layer tea is sweet, but nice!
After dinner, we celebrated Lean Ee's birthday there and then.
After that, many of our friends were tired and headed back to their rooms. A few of us were over-excited and proceeded to atmosphere to grab a drink.
I am not a social drinker...I don't drink often. But in particular, I love this place, Atmosphere!
After a glass of mocktail(blend of fruit juices) and one small glass of cocktail, we left Atmosphere and dozed off immediately when our heads hit the pillows back in RainForestLodge.

As early as 6am on 3rd April 2009...
我们把大背包寄放在客栈后，就背起小背包赶巴士去了。。。

那一段山路难免弯曲，几乎每个人都在巴士这一个大摇篮里睡着了。我与凯升可是兴奋得睡不着觉，结果两个人一路上山就一路拍，不亦乐乎！

On the journey to Kinabalu park, our tour guide Mr Teles Chin told us a tale about Mount Kinabalu...
As adapted from Wiki, the first derivation of the word Kinabalu is extracted from the short form for the Kadazan Dusun word 'Aki Nabalu', meaning "the revered place of the dead". The 2nd source states that the name "Kinabalu" actually means "Cina Balu" (which would fully mean "A Chinese Widow").
The tale is about the waiting of a local girl for her husband (a prince from China)...... The young lady was seen climbing up the mountain at every sunrise, returning only at night to attend to her growing children. One day, she fell ill, and died at the top of the cold mountain while waiting for her husband......
The spirit of the mountain, having observed her for years, was extremely touched by her loyalty towards her husband. Out of admiration for this woman, the spirit of the mountain turned her into a stone. Her face was made to face the South China Sea, so that she could wait forever for her dear husband's return.

Enough of the tale, now back to our journey...
The tour guide stopped us at a spot where he thought could be the best spot for some shootings......and we guys did what he expected us to do...Ended up we shot clouds and much nicer clouds......
Along the way, we stopped at a station where there was this platform, and it served as the best point for a group photo!

Before we reached Kinabalu Park, here's some introduction of our gears...
A walking stick...I found it to be my best hiking companion.
A head light for the second part of the hike when we started off at 2.15am in the morning...it cost me RM38, damn expensive heh!
Choosing the best fit gardening gloves *Taken weeks ago while we went shopping for hiking stuffs at Tesco......
On the bus, we can see Mount KK far in the mist......

到了kinabalu park, 导游负责登记名字。
办妥了手续，就派车载我们大伙儿到mersilau gate 去。
由于登记方面延误了些时间，所以我们早上十一点左右才开始爬山。。。
Before we started our hike, some of our friends had their bags carried by our three friendly tour guides (Dragon, Ruby, Dominic). It cost each of them RM7/kg for the whole journey up hill and down...
The first 1 KM was quite fun because we were still fresh and energetic...
我们这一支爬山团有三位 mountain guide 护航。
This was our lunch: bread, egg, cup cake plus fried chicken...what a combo!
这一支所谓的精英队一鼓作气，一马当先，在短短的半个时辰后就不见人影了。。。
丢下我们比较慢的一群随后一路追。。。
After sometimes, a few of us gave up and we started to slow down......
Resting time...Took a break for water and ORS...From what I have noticed, the summit trail is well marked and eased out in places with man-made steps and even wooden ladders.
一直追了几公里，依然感觉不到人气，连那沿路的大树们都在嘲笑我们没用，跑得那么慢。。。
体力不支的我才跑不到2公里，就开始想要丢东西了。。。
无可奈何，就舍下我带着背包里的2罐汽水，每一公里丢一罐。。。
把汽水罐安顿好后，就继续上路了，希望随后赶来的朋友会感谢我。。。
Had you guys seen the drinks I left behind? Hope you guys will like it...
Some people told me that the mountain and everything that grows there is sacred to local Kadazan people. So, there is no litter on the mountain. Ooops....
Taking a break at a shelter while refilling our bottles with sky juice......
The trio......getting recharged after a good rest at Nepenthes pitstop...
The longer we walked, the slower we progressed. We started to suffer now......
Didn't feel like wanting to look at the camera......
Lucky to have a toilet along the way.....so plan your hike properly. However, due to profused sweating at the first few KM of the hike, I think my bladder was 100% dry all the way till Laban Rata......

我们一直爬，就一直埋怨路途太艰难太遥远，简直是比我发的恶梦还要恶劣。。。
每看到梯级，我们就差点晕掉了。。。
We started to hate stairs a lot now......

抵达海拔大约3500公尺，空气细薄，感觉到自己的呼吸越来越急促，头开始有点疼。。。
Reaching 5KM, there was this small path leading us into the mist...At that very moment, I felt myself walking into a heaven...
This 精英队 never stopped to give moral support to us the 4 legged team back there......kanasai...
在这儿，我们看到了那沸腾的云海！
This is Tung's butt...It attracted HL and she gave it a shot...Nice!

走着走着没多远，那一双脚开始闹脾气了。。。每两三步就抽一下抽一下，搞到我停停走走的，太不像话了！
I couldn't believe what i was resting on while i was completely exhausted during the hike...
This was the first team that sped up the summit trail without leaving any footprints...

眼看还有1-2公里就快抵达LabanRata 的客栈了，所以我们慢马加鞭，加快脚步。
Congrats to our Lim family, the endo/diabetic family Rockz!
First time to Mount KK, after hours of sufferings...our Master Yoda was thanking everybody the time she reached Laban rata... "Emm mm, happy happy, I yam"
A friendly reminder to all hikers...
Finally, we, the second group reached Laban Rata late in the afternoon, or maybe I should admit, we arrived in the evening......and we missed the sunset!*!@&%^*&

抵达半山Laban Rata, 体贴的战友帮我准备了丰富的晚餐。。。
当时的我头晕头痛又作呕，情况很糟糕。。。那还是我第一次抗拒食物呢！鸡蛋糕！

After a few bites of the food my friends prepared, I headed off straight to Pendant Hut for a short briefing on Via Ferrata and then a good rest...
A briefing from the drug pusher instead...
I felt like my brain was crushing out from my head that time......Luckily, after overdosing my dexa with some help from Chipmunk's acetazolamide and Panadol, I managed to get my brain in place......

4th April 2009
We started off at about 2.15am...Before we proceed, here's the second introduction to our gears:
It's very cold and windy along the way up till the peak! The temperature can go down to < 10 degree celcius! The weather up there is unpredictable...

It was very dark and head light (especially the Energizer head light) was absolutely essential. We climbed the trail, which was mostly wooden ladders. Felt so damn helpless because we can only see as far as our head light can show...
After about an hour's climb, we came to a rock face, where the only way to climb was to grab hold of the rope already tethered there and follow the rope all the way up till the peak!
Thanks to the help of drugs......Dexa 4mg stat, Acetazolamide 250mg stat and Panadol 1gm stat
I finally made it till the peak!!
A nice shot from my friend, featuring our best videoman Tung Kean Seng, who shot mainly and only gals......Prove me wrong!Hahaha...
凌晨的一场雨相反的引来了更密集的云朵，让我们错过了那一场震撼人心的日出！看到的也只有那远方的彩霞。。。
Confession of James and Wui Siong...
Confession of Master Yoda when she reached Low's Peak...
Confession of Chipmunk when she reached Low's Peak
I wondered: Have Ah Hu and Ah Ngua gone to the wrong peak......why their's snowing one...?
Confession of our Malaysian version Steven Chow...He claimed that he was the first among us to reach the peak...Hmm, after a long investigation, we finally found out that it's Yue Loong's Mama Kee who had first stepped foot on the peak... [以上故事纯属虚构]
Met this young boy (Yue Loong) looking worried......
This should be his silky mom we supposed......
What a happy ending...the reunion of a silky mom with her beloved son...Awh.....sooooo sweeet........Ohooh oh wait! What about the missing papa?
There he is, jumping here and there!
The two puteris......namely the Puteri Bukit Jambul and Puteri Air Itam Dam...
Here we are, kickin' and alive all the way till the peak! We made it!
The St John's Peak at 4090.7m above sea level...The one that the local people said it to be the stone statue of the chinese widow facing South China Sea...waiting for the return of her dear husband......

All our sufferings paid off with the great satisfaction and superb view from the highest peak in Malaysia!
So a bunch of us terrorised Low's Peak......
We went down to Pendant Hut via a special route......Via Ferrata, this activity is called Mountain Torq!
Sunshine after rain......Loved the warmth from the morning Sun!
After got into our bod climbing harness, we were ready for Walk the Torq activity! Seemed that our friend back there was still struggling with her Petzl Elios Helmet...
Going down the slope...
A different sight of Mount Kinabalu...It definitely look like it's snowing here, but it's not...
Just got a random one! Everyone was kinda tired but excited now...
How good if all 18 of us were in the team...
That's me and they call me UNCLE TANG......I'm a bit old, but I'm still fit! Ha!
Metal plates are anchored into the rocks. They serve as steps for the climbers to go down the rocks...
The metal scorpion clips for ease of one hand clipping...
...and He is our Mountain Torq guide - Gino. Guest his brother's name...
The red stretchable easy rider crabs can sustain up to a weight of 2000kgs!
Here you go, the Queen of Pong Chu......
Everyone crossed the Monkey bridge safely, non of us fell.......
Back at Pendant Hut at around noon. Packed all our stuffs, before we left for Timpohon gate, I left some words of thanks in their guest book...
We din do the highest Via Ferrata, but at least we have tried the Walk the Torq activity for free and we find it to be quite exciting! Thanks to our agent from Penang and Kota Kinabalu...
[Berbudi Holidays] No. 65, Jalan Siam, 10400 Pulau Pinang.
Contact: Ms. Corina Chew H/P: 012-4230126/016-4220126 Phone:04-228 6815 Fax:04-228 0996 Email:Berbudi@hotmail.com

On the way down to Layang-layang, we saw this little pong chu...Guess 4th Arpil 2009 will be their most memoriable day because never in a lifetime they have got a visit from their Queen (Big Pong Chu)!

It was raining all the way down from Laban Rata till Timpohon gate.....

Here, we have captured a few of our best climbers......
Mama Lim in her dreamland...
Lim Kelvin - the best climber. FULLY EXHAUSTED...
Chen Hooi Li - among the first to reach Laban Rata. *Don't look at me, photo not taken by me...* This considered very good liao since i have replaced the previous sleeping-in-the-plane photo one with this one...
Tung 猪 - another best climber. Also best videoman!
Mama Lim, Yi Ling and Pong Chu. Looked quite exhausted too!

Now, here are those who determined to challenge Mount Kinabalu again!
He is the only one who have got the longest stay at Laban Rata...
Due to a sprain at his ankle, Yeoh and wife terpaksa balik to RainForest lodge and plan their own trip around town the next day...

-The worst day travelling is still better than the best day at work-
True enough, all the sufferings that we had gone through while climbing Mount Kinabalu were paid off with the superb view from this highest peak in Malaysia (5th highest in Southeast Asia)!
Thanks to my brothers in Kota Kinabalu, Vincent, YenPing, Ee Vien and a bunch of great juniors who have hosted me and friends during our stay in KK town...
离开了这一个人间天堂，是为了寻找另一个世界奇观。。。
没后悔拖着笨重的身躯上山，也没后悔淋着雨飞奔下山。。。征服了神山-我国的最高峰，也是大马第一个世界文化遗产，我因此而满足与骄傲！
This is the first highest mountain i learned since my primary school and...
Again, I want to tell everyone...that I had come, I had seen, and I had conquered!
世界那么大，一辈子都走不完。。。一次的旅行，一次的见识，旅行因此充实了我的人生！

Genting & Sungkai

2008-11-11T00:32:00.057+08:00

......and we called it a trip! Short but exciting!

二零零八年十一月七日
Not sharp at 10.30pm, after a heavy rain, our colleauges started to arrive at our meeting point in HPP. We gathered and waited to board the school bus......

二零零八年十一月八日
We arrived at Goh Tong Jaya super early in the morning, much earlier than the time our brain punch-in... There are 4 "chopper" kopitiams in a row, this is one of them......
However, it looks expensive and lacking variety of food. Hence, we opted for the kopitiam next door...still we concluded that these kopitiams are all terribile throat-cutter when a group of 4 paid Rm100+ for bak khut teh.....

After the early breakfast, we proceeded to Bukit Tinggi. This was how we look like after a heavy breakfast...
Tai Lou Meng Fei dreamin' away......
Mr. Chua in the mood of vomiting......
She probabaly had too much of coffee during breakfast......
Excessive glucose has probably driven them into the serotonin mood......
and she looks real overloaded......
These 2 lau ees snoring away at the second half of the journey to Bukit Tinggi......
Last but not least, this is one of the Bak Khut Teh victims and he probably had swallow all the bones......

第二次张开眼睛，发现自己已抵达 Bukit Tinggi 的法国村。
法国村也称Colmar Tropicale。。。
今天星期六，这地方却是那么的平静。。。
只可惜好多商店还没开始营业。。。
无可奈何，唯有四周兜兜走走，拍拍些小照片作笔记，不亦乐乎！
Wonder if the residents inside speak french...
Gosh, some of the building materials like cobblestones and roof tiles are imported all the way from France!
However, I don't think these flowers are imported stuffs.....hehehe......

One of the resorts which open you to a panaromic view of hills and green landscapes...
The clock tower......
Basically, this French village owned by BerjayaHill Resort is a replica of a collection of buildings from a north-eastern village in France dating back to the 16th Century
Here comes the intruders from Penang......
Street posers...
Backstreet boys and galz......
Challenging the law of Newton......
...and before we left French village, my colleagues spotted this 4 pillar-bridge...

This was the transit bus we took to go Japanese Village...
The first impression I had was that the place is like a park in the jungle...
But there are a small pond and a little Japanese-style cottage which make the whole place look a bit more attractive......
He is our best tour guide and also the ladies' lover! Steady and humorous!
Sadly, i accidentally dropped one of my wife's spectacles and it costs me the whole afternoon trying to fix the lense. Damn it! Haiz.......don't worry my dear, will buy you a better spectacles soon!

离开了法国日本村，我们乘坐巴士再次出发，向另一个高原驶去。。。
抵达云顶第一大酒店，看到那儿游玩赌博的人潮。。。还以为今天在云顶赌博不用钱。。。

可怜的两个家伙等到花也谢了还等不到房间。。。
在等下去，我相信他们就快要开始吃人了。。。
越等越开心。。。
她们像不像中国籍的非法移民？

在等 check-in 之际，顺便到这一家酒店的厕所去逛逛。。。
在厕所打广告果然高明。。。
要找小姐，有钱立刻就有开心！没钱就借钱，当车当名表当手机当金皆可。。。。。。
社会败坏风气日益严重，处处危机。。。问问那些男人，你宁愿用一辈子的幸福去替换那短短几分钟的高潮吗？-_-|||

Grabbed my lunch at this so-called Shanghai Restaurant... ...and out the four Xiao Long Pao i ordered, 3 of them leak, no soup inside, bad huh......

Okok......At last we checked in our room at 12th floor after a couple of hours waiting...

After a good heated bath, we transformed.....
Before going for the indoor themepark, here's the charger! Now everyone is fully charged to the MAX!
Before boarding the slowest train on earth...
15 of us conquered almost the whole roller-coaster!
Wonder what will happen if we boarded the roller-coaster at the outdoor themepark......
The ancient clock tower ticking away every happy moment we have had at the indoor themepark...
There's the mary-go-round behind, don't look back, we are still young......
Somehow, still missing the outdoor themepark very much......

二零零八年十一月九日
The next day early in the morning, we went for bowling and here's the proof
Before we reluctantly left Genting, we repeatedly do this......Ohh, legs also nearly cramp liao...
The 3 fatties who seriously need good exercise......

On the way to Sungkai-Perak, many empty stomachs started to make noise already...
and there you see these several junkies munching happily on the junk food...
A few of our tourmates missed the chance to try their luck at Monte Carlo Casino de Genting......
So, here they are...Let me introduce to you, the little Genting at the back of the bus...
Big money big money big money huh! Hahaha.......

After a couple of hours shaking in the bus, we arrived at hot springs park Sungai Klah...
This is definitely not hot springs pool...
We chose to stay in the cooling pool.....Hahaha!
...and before we left the pool, here comes our trademark pose, jump! again.......
Our seniors who helped to look after our belongings, we owed them a big favour!

Basically, that's about it。 Genting & Sungkai, 2 days 1 night......and we called it a trip! Short but exciting!

Coming next in April 2009 will be our Sabah - Kota Kinabalu - Mount Kinabalu trip!
Remember KhaiShen once said: "The worst day travelling is still better than the best day at work!"

到吴哥王国潇洒走一回。。。

2008-09-09T21:09:00.076+08:00

AUGUST 27

凌晨四点钟，迷迷糊糊地爬起床。。。赶飞机去啰!
Early at 4am, I drag myself out of bed ...amd rushed for the airport!

大约八点钟，抵达 Siem Reap 国际机场
Around 8am, we arrived at Siem Reap International Airport

Tonle Sap 湖的水上家园就是我们的第一站
Tonle Sap lake and the water village is our first station

为赚些钱而旷课，只有十四岁的他。。。或许是湖上最年轻的船夫了！
To earn some pocket money, he plays truant from school. He is now 14 years old and he is
most probably the youngest boatman around the lake...

I am consulting the young boss on how to drift his boat...

We spent a good 2 hours at Tonle Sap water village...
Back to hotel for a total clean up, drained off a few kgs of dust from our body...
And we were on the go again!
午餐时间一到，肚子马上就通报。我们徒步到离客栈不远处的 [Phsar Chas (Old Market)]逛逛，顺便就解决了我们的午餐。

朋友告诉我说 Phnom Bakheng 的日落是最美的。。。然而，午后的那一场雨让我们错过了Phnom Bakheng 的夕阳。。。无奈，扮个鬼脸来留念啰！
A friend told me that sunset in Phnom Bakheng is the best. However, it rained not soon after we reached the wat.

Around 9.00pm, we dropped by bar street to hunt for food. We had our dinner at Khmer Family Restaurant and we enjoyed the good food served (esp Fish Amok). Back in the King's Guesthouse, 3 of us bargained with the Tuk Tuk driver, a.k.a Terrorist No. 4430, over the total charge for our 3 days Siem Reap tour.
...in the end, Terrorist Won! We lost...

August 28

凌晨四点钟半，也是迷迷糊糊地爬起床。。。赶日出去啰！
第一次踏足于小吴哥的土地，感觉非凡。。。站在远处眺望小吴哥的英姿，突然有了一股冲动与期待。。
背着彩霞的小吴哥在湖水的相映之下，美如一幅画。。。
刚踏入吴哥塔，就情不自禁的照了一张。。。

再兜了好一会儿，一时间太兴奋，又照了好几张。。。

小吴哥不单是游客们的观光景点，更是这一个小瓜子的快乐天堂。。。
马马虎虎的绕了一圈，就朝大吴哥去了。。。
*Angkor Thom(大吴哥)was the last capital of the Angkorian empire, constructed late12th-Early13th century C.E.*

大约九点钟，我们在嘟嘟车夫姐姐的小食档吃早餐。就那一天认识了两个小瓜子，丽欣与丽湘。。。
在大吴哥(Angkor Thom)游走了好几座古庙，行程可是蛮充实的！在那许许多多的古塔当中，我们参观了
[Bayon] was the king Jayavarman VII's state-temple. Here, you will find bas-reliefs on the exterior walls illustrating real-life scenes of the everyday life and the battle between Khmer and the Cham.*
*the giant stone faces of [Bayon]*
[Baphuon] is a huge temple-mountain in the heart of Angkor Thom
[Baphuon] 走在这笔直的小路上，感觉自己正走进另一个天堂。。。

[Phimeanakas] Impressive laterite and sandstone pyramid.传说这座古庙顶端的金塔内住了一条会变成女人的蛇精。吴哥国王每晚都得上去和她造爱，以避免灾祸的降临。

[Terrace of the Elephants] The wall faces East, as being showed in this photo that the carved elephants bathing in the morning sunlight.

[Thommanon]与小吴哥是属同一期的建筑。

正对着它的是[Chau Say Tevoda]。由于多年缺少维修，其损坏程度比[Thommanon]还严重好几倍。因此，考古学家称之为受冷落的妹妹塔。
[Thommanon & Chau Say Tevoda] 这两座以沙石建筑而成的古庙在树林的环绕下，别居一格！

[Ta Keo] - a temple-mountain dedicated to Shiva. The lack of carvings in the temple suggested that construction on Ta Keo might have stopped particularly early in the decoration phase.
A more architecturally and artistically superior temple-mountain would be Pre Rup, but we missed. Anyhow, Ta Keo remained to be one of our favourites!

下一站我们来到了[Ta Prohm],探索这一座匿藏在树林中的千年古庙。
[Ta Prohm] 最让人惊叹的，该就是这一棵长在庙顶的大树了。。。
走着走着，那么巧就出现两位和尚朝我们这一个方向走来。原来他们的出现，可以带来非凡的色彩！

[Banteay Kdei] was constructed during Late12th-Early13th century C.E, of much the same style as Ta Prohm. It functioned as a Buddhist monastery.

From [Banteay Kdei], we proceeded to our last station, [Srah Srang], which is opposite the East entrance of [Banteay Kdei].
We din manage to see the very sparse remains of an island temple poking out of the middle of the lake because they are visible only during dry season when the water level is low.

Around 7pm, we were offered a buffet dinner (inclusive of traditional dance) @ Jasmine Restaurant by our guesthouse PIC. We rejected the offer & proceeded with our wise-plan - We went straight to Jasmine Restaurant bypassing our guesthouse(GH) and hoping to get a cheaper deal. To our surprise, it turned out to be the other way round!
We were later told by the receptionist in the restaurant that all the guests at the GH will be offered a cheaper price.
IN conclusion, it ended up that the receptionist call to confirm our resident-status in the GH and we were offerred the same price initially offered by the PIC of our GH. We learned a special lesson today!

August 29

凌晨四点半左右，被闹钟叫起床。。。赶日出去啰！
[那一道曙光划破了夜空，唤醒了正在沉睡中的巨塔。]

大约七点钟，我们离开了小吴哥。在嘟嘟车夫姐姐的小食档用了早点，与丽欣与丽湘聊了几句，就启程到离SiemReap 37km 的 Banteay Srei 去了

沿路的风景多为田园与甘榜，让我感觉到自己像似走在马来西亚的乡间小路上。

由于我们是以嘟嘟车代步，偶尔难免沿路滚滚的红尘，并不得已就把自己的头给包了起来。

[Banteay Srey] 也称女人庙 “Citadel of the women”。其墙上的雕刻是所有吴哥庙宇当中最为突出与完美的了。

参观了女人庙之后，我们开往 [East Mebon]。

我们逗留了一会儿，就在那儿吃午餐。接下来我们又拼命走了好几座古庙：
[Ta Som] A big tree grows from the top of the eastern gopura.
...and i think these ppl here open their eyes only at night...

[Neak Pean] A small island temple. Pools are full only during wet season. 传说中这里的水有医疗的功能。。。、

[Preah Khan] means sacred sword. 这是Jayavarman VII 国王为其父王而建的巨塔。它曾经是佛教徒的宿舍与学校，也曾经是国王短暂的宫殿。

墙壁上的石雕多是神像，看了虽然有点眼花缭乱，但是这一些遗传千年之作都让我们这些前来的游客赞叹不已！

这一棵扎根于墙壁上的大树，像似在努力地为[Preah Khan]攀出个名堂来。。。

大约下午三点，趁着蓝天白云，我们再度回到小吴哥拍照！

结束了今天的庙宇之旅，我们返回客栈去冲洗一番，较后就徒步到附近的Siem Reap Central Market去逛逛。
These are the betel containers. Betel is a type of psycho-stimulant - you chew it you get high. The silver containers come in different sizes, shapes and patterns, the animal-like container is more unique and much favoured. The price of these betel containers depend on the amount of silver component incorporated as the raw material.
这些丝绸也是Siem Reap的特产之一。

Later, we proceeded to bar street hunting for food again.
We passed by this very nice restaurant - The Red Piano...
HOwever, we din go in. The food were highly priced! Damn it!

Finally, we dined at Khmer Famous restaurant. James and I ordered Long Island Ice Tea (not bad!) + Margarita (not nice!!) + Angkor Beer + Singha Thai Beer. We ended up quarterly drunk, but still able to walk. Great......

AUGUST 30
在 SiemReap 的第四天，我们走到脚都几乎要断了。。。凌晨闹钟一响，我们不得不起身，要不然那嘟嘟车夫又会来敲门了。。。哈哈！今天的日出不在小吴哥，因为我们选择在 Srah Srang 看日出。。。
坐在湖边耐心等待，等待那第一道曙光。然而，遍布的乌云让我们错过了一场震撼人心的日出!

Around 6.30am, as usual, we breakfast at tuktuk driver’s sister’s place in Angkor Thom. We bid our farewell to the two cute sisters, Ly Heng & Ly Heang...and we moved on to Rolous group temples. On our way out from Angkor Thom, we saw this elephant ride.

今天的第一站，我们抵达 [Lo Lei]，Rolous group 的其中一个庙宇。Rolous group consists of Bakong, Preah Ko, Lolei and baray. These monuments represent the remains of Hariharalaya, the first major capital of the Angkorian-era Khmer Empire.
When the archeologists said it's artistically carved, they mean it!

Before we left [Lo lei], we saw these 2 school-going young ladies playing somekind of board game. I spent 5 minutes watching them playing, but I still "see no road & catch no ball"

Next in line is [Preah Ko - Sacred Bull].
The 6 towers on the platform and their carvings are all very well preserved.

在我们离开[Preah Ko]之前，刚巧给我们碰上了这一辆牛车。。。

Rolous group 的最后一站是[Bakong]。我们抵达[Bakong]的后门，然后顺着外围绕了半圈才来到他的正门。
。。。遇见这一位放牛的uncle。。。
[Bakong]四面环水，犹如一座城池。

由于这是我们再SiemReap的最后一站，所以我们尽情的拍照，好做一个[Angkor]的完结篇。
This is James Lim, and he was forced to be in the photo...hehehe!
[Bakong] should be the first among the monuments to apply the temple-mountain architectural formula on a grand scale.
[Bakong] temple displays a very early use of stone rather than brick.

在[Bakong]吃过了午餐，我们就回到客栈去好好的大睡一场。睡了午觉后，我们到[Phsar Chas (Old Market)]去购买一些手信给朋友。
准时五点半，我们就踏上我们的嘟嘟车，赶到小吴哥看日落去了！

大约傍晚七点，我们无缘 Dr Beat Richner（a doctor with a big heart）本人的演绎会，唯有看他在柬国创医院济世的短片。

August 31st
We were early today to pack all our luggages, preparing to leave for Phnom Penh. We boarded Paramount Express bus in front of our guest house. The journey took us about 6 hours to reach Phnom Penh. Sad......it was a rainy day! Damn!
The moment we reached Paramount express bus headquarter, the tuk-tuk driver was already there waiting for us. We got a smooth transition to the guest house in Phnom Penh. (*this is the good thing about pre-booking your guesthouse because they will arrange their respective tuk-tuk driver to pick you up at the station!)

在首都的第一站，我们就被载到法国市集去逛逛。
这儿摆的货品形形色色、种类繁多，看得我们眼花缭乱。
A variety of colourful goods welcomed us.
由于时间逼促，我们马马虎虎的兜了一圈，就返回头了。
Due to limited time, we made a quick browse through the shops...
赶时间之际，忘了午餐。幸好凯升买了油条，好让我们充饥充饥。。。

大约下午四点半，我们抵达了柬国有史以来最多冤魂之地 Cheung Ek Killing Fields。
在Polpot暴军的统治下，成千上万无辜的性命惨被折磨与杀害，然后被集体埋在这里。
Under the Polpot regime, thousands of innocent souls we tortured and killed. They were then burried here.
Polpot暴军被铲除后，新政府揭发了暴军的毒行，因此不断地在这屠场挖掘。
After removing the Polpot regime, the new government discovered the cruel deeds of Polpot and eventually found this Chueng Ek killing field.
看着那陈列在纪念塔的千万个头壳，鼻腔一阵酸，好一阵子都默不作声。犹豫了片刻，才决定把他们拍下来，作为旅行笔记中的见证。
Seeing the thousands of skulls on display, we felt really really very sad. Hence, we took a photo of it and adopted it into our travel diary.
我们上了花，合掌一拜，表示了我们的敬意。
We presented the flowers and prayed.

看了太多伤心的景象，都应该开心一番。所以，我们决定在 Happy Pizza Restaurant 吃晚餐。我们点了3个Pizza, 痛快的大吃一顿！
After too much sad moments in the Chueng Ek killing field, we decided to dip into some happiness in town. We chosen Happy Pizza Restaurant and ordered 3 big pizzas
我们在点吃的当儿，就发生了这么一段有趣的对话：
"Any order Sir?" Yes, I want this pizza.
"Large, medium or small Sir?" Medium...eh, what is this happy pizza?
"oh...we add some herbs, make happy..." Great......then we shall try it!
"So, 2 medium & 1 small? Make happy Sir?" Yes, make happy. Any extra charge to make happy?
"Yes sir." How much?
"Same Price Sir." ..............-_-|||...........

Thanks to the happy herb (possibly Marijuana?) added into the pizzas, James and I who took almost 80% of the pizzas...and we ended up walking like a retarded child, talking crab, smiled and laughed for no reason on our tuk-tuk along the way back to guesthouse.

SEPTEMBER 1
Second day in Phnom Penh, 也是我们柬国之旅最后一天，心情确实是有点沉重。

早上七点半，我们参观Phnom Penh Royal Palace 和 The Silver Pagoda。在皇宫外头，我们发现了椰子新的用途。。。
We visited Phnom Penh Royal Palace and The Silver Pagoda early in the morning. While waiting for the clock ticking to visiting hour, we found a very special use of coconut...
我们在皇宫范围里走马看花，就顺便照了几张相作纪念。。。
Due to time constraint, we just quickly browse through the garden and took a few shots around it.

时间将近11.00aｍ，我们赶往Phnom Penh Central Market (Psar Thmei)。

来到卖花的摊子 "gao gao zhan, mou bong chan (in cantonese)", simply means that we come, we see see look look, we take photos......but never buy...

Colourful roses in the morning light

A variety of travel guidebooks available on the shelf

We left Phsar Thmei with 2 Lonely Planet guidebooks - China and Australia, which were sold at a very very cheap price (of course the quality is not as good as the original...)

Last station of our trip - Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
Previously a school in Phnom Penh, after Polpot regime captured the capital, it was turned into the most brutal detention camp called S21.
Here, I would like to highlight the nonsense security law adopted by Polpot regime in S21. It goes like this...
[It's better to arrest ten people by mistake than to let one guilty person go free]
This is the lockout room where the prisoner was tortured and burnt to death during the process of interrogation...Sad...
有多少心灵被这些铁钩给牢牢的锁住了，没人知晓；问有多少哀求与祈祷被这铁窗给牢住了，没有人能够回应。。。
How many souls were locked and how many prayers had been heard...no one ever know......

我们匆匆的离开了Tuol Sleng。在去机场的途中，我们逗留在一家面包店打包午餐。
We left Tuol Sleng in a hurry. On the way to the airport, we stopped by a bakery to grab some buns for lunch.
就这样，望着那渐渐远去的青色大地，心情起伏不定，多少都还是会依依不舍。。。舍不得那出外游走的日子，舍不得身边好友的陪伴，更舍不得这一个世界文化遗产与七大奇观之一

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 BYE BYE CAMBODIA!

The sweet encounter with 2 young Cambodian lecturers

2008-09-06T11:08:00.007+08:00

During my trip to Cambodia, me and 2 of my travelmates bumped into these 2 lovely young Cambodian lecturers......

The first day we met them at their mom's mini restaurant -

"Sir, do you want to buy my books, 1 for 3 dollars, cheap cheap", then we saw the younger one came running "Sir sir, buy these (showing her kilikala stuffs in her basket), 1 for 1 dollar only..."

"It's ok, no thank you"

"Sir, you frm Malaysia?" (I'm quite surprise!)She turned to my fren, "Sir, you frm Taiwan?", and finally she asked our lady tourmate "Sista, you frm S'pore?" .........I suddenly realized, "Okay......i am the darkest among my travelmates, so i am from Malaysia..."

So, we ignored their questions by asking a silly question

"Where r u from? You two staying around here?"
"I yam from my mother..."
"......................."
"......................."
"......................."

Great...

My friend James then asked about the Lonely Planet books

"Can i get 2 for 1 dollar? I remember i heard the calling of children at Phnom Bakheng offering us 2 books for only 1 dollar!"

"Yes sir, you can buy in the moon......They cheat you sir, they just want you to stop to see their books......" (Hmm......this makes sense too!)

"Ok then, we will go to Phnom Bakheng to ask the price. If they sell 1 for 3 dollar, we will come back tomorrow to buy from you. Tomorrow only we will see your books."

Finally, our breakfast is ready...

"Sorry, we have to eat now, bye bye" (trying2 get rid of them......)

"Sorry no honey sir, bye bye means you buy......If you get 2 for 1 dollar, you buy for me also. If you dont get, you come back and buy from me, ok?"

On the second day of our visit, we became friend. The younger sister drew for us, although the drawing is not good, but it is lovely! I brought it all the way back to Malaysia as the most precious souvenir ever!

The third day we had our breakfast there again. The elder sister taught me how to fold paper money into a heart-shape. I made 2 heart-shape paper money for both of them and the elder sister gave her own-made one in return. *Here, they have totally forgotten about selling their books and souvenirs. And we can see through their eyes, the lovely innocent young soul hidden within..."

Ahhh......what a sad story in Siem Reap when we see so many young kids wandering about the roadside and tourist attractions trying to push sales......

Lastly, before we left for more temples, my fren bought the books from them, 1 for 3 dollars.

...And we took this photo before we left.

I can't really tell how I missed these 2 lovely sisters from Cambodia because they have been the 2 youngest lecturers in my life!

A friend's recommendation

2008-07-29T00:10:00.008+08:00

Dropped by Ipoh town one late afternoon while was on my way back from KL to Penang. Managed to call up my friend to ask for direction to this very famous shop which sell Beansproud Chicken Rice & kuey teow.

It's my first time to that famous street where I noticed quite a number of shops selling the same thing, Beansproud chicken rice & kuey teow. There, I saw good competition between the shops, that was interesting! Now which to choose......

This Ong Kee is recommended by my friends from Ipoh. 3 out of 4 of them (75%) recommended this restaurant. So I happily had my dinner there with another 2 friends of mine.

The servings look ordinary, but they taste good! Besides, my friend also ordered a bowl of meatballs which is not displayed in this photo....nyum nyum!

This is Lou Wong...It has succesfully popularized its name throughout the country. There, you have to pay extra for government tax. Undoubtedly, it has more customer, mainly due to its popularity i guess.

Anyhow, i am not bias towards any one of the two. Other than that, there are a few more restaurants selling the same stuff. Competition has made all of them stronger. The popularity of beansproud chicken rice & kuey teow in Ipoh town will be maintained as long as there's healthy competition among these restaurants. The next time I drop by Ipoh, Lou Wong will be next.

Thanks to my Ipoh friend who has hosted our short stay in Ipoh, it's a great recommendation afterall!

A friend's recommendation

2008-07-24T21:37:00.009+08:00

The food is ordinary, but they come in great varieties, from A to Z!
The environment is special, coz it's our first time there, Ha!

This 3-shop-in-a-row Golden BBQ Steamboat Restaurant stands proudly by the Nagore Road, Off-Burmah road, in the heart of Georgetown.

Had a fulfilling buffet dinner at the shop one great evening with a bunch of colleagues, it costs us RM20 per person. Later we found Mr. Yeoh (a.k.a Joseph), the shop-owner a very nice and friendly person to talk to! Great...

Din go around photographing the food on display, because I just couldn't stop eating! Shit!

It opens everyday from 4pm-11pm, including Public Holidays! First Monday of the month, you eat yourself lar. YOu can call the boss at 012-4388324 to ask if they have special home-made Prawn Mee (Hokkien Mee) on that particular day, it's worth trying!

I personally recommend you to go at around 8pm, when the night falls. The whole street will be lightened up with neon light. That special lighting effect has actually added some credits to the place itself. Kwel huh!!

K, so guys, remember to fast for the whole day, then pay a Rm20 visit to this shop and eat your heart out! Cheers!

Taking a break...

2008-07-23T21:12:00.005+08:00

Take a break, take deep breath...

---------why?!-----------

That's the simplest way of keeping yourself awake all the while!

Busy and stressful life drives us tachypneic...Shallow breathing leads to inadequate delivery of oxygen to the brain, and hence, we find ourselves confuse at stressful moments!(note: this is not evidence-based theory, hahaha!)

One evening, i took a ride to the nearby hill side, sat down on the grass and waited for the sun to set. For the good 2 and a half hour, i was doing nothing besides wasting time day dreaming. Great! Very quickly, i started communicating with myself...

"You meet people everyday and hardly spend time for yourself. You lost your direction when you come to a crossroad, not knowing which way to choose. Sad huh......"

"Life is short, so earn your money wisely without compromising your health or else very soon you will find yourself started spending loads of hard-earned money buying health!"

"Good times tick by seconds, bad times tick by days! Shittiness......"

Very soon, the sun set.......and i had to leave before being sabotaj by mosqi.

What a wonderful evening i have had with myself at the hillside. It's rewarding to talk to ourselves sometimes......

Hahaha! I am on Risperdal.......nah!

OMG........I'm pregnant!

2008-07-13T11:59:00.009+08:00

Pregnancy is no longer the patent right for ladies.......we have had generics on the market!

Many men are pregnant nowadays, uhh......Sadly, I'm one of them......SHIT!!!!!

Checking on my 3 month-old baby everyday hoping that i will get an immediate abortion.....*sigh*

What to do? The baby is growing happily day by day sucking on the fats i bought from the stalls which sell Char Kuay Teow, Curry Mee, Nasi Kandar, Nasi Lemak, Dim Sum and etc.......

Those "baby abortion" centres are doing a handsome business promoting their meal-replacement drinks and pills. Some recommended their own exercise programmes and high-tech devices. However, it seems that the diet-therapy is favoured.

Hence, we can see all sort of direct sales slimming products and pills in the market. What should be the effect of those pills? To burn your fat or more accurately to dehydrate you so that you will loose weight instantly after 1 week of pill-therapy?? Great......sometimes we spent >Rm100 for a short course of meal-replacement therapy and what actually is the end point we are expecting? To prevent obesity? Probably........yes! It's the only cost effective way to keep fit? Hmm,I wonder.......

I'm not rich, cannot afford those expensive abortion pills and programmes. So I am left no choice but to cut down the volume of my daily meals and fat consumption.

Met a 70 years old man along the way up to a small hill early Sunday morning and I suddenly realized -------Many of those old folks i met on the hill are not pregnant! They are still as strong as a horse! Now, i got my conclusion, consistent exercise + reduced calorie/fat intake (as in older ppl) is one of the MOST COST EFFECTIVE way to stay fit all the while!

Correct me if i am wrong......

For one exception if you were born with super fatty genes where you turn morbidly obese at young age, then I would probably recommend you to consult a doctor, you might need Phentermine or Sibutramine to help out along with your diet + exercise therapy.
---Reductil (Sibutramine 15mg)----

Guys.....please don't love your fatty baby!

Unlike the ladies, pregnancy in men will never due......

Smile to the world!

2008-06-10T21:01:00.005+08:00

......made in India, made in India......recalling this once-very-popular hitz, the song is still freshly played in my mind.

From the colour of the skin, we can possibly guess: Indian, Pakistani, Malay, Arab or a mixed of any two......Well, does that really matter? It's only a chubby baby doing what a baby used to do (fingers, yum yum.....)

If you ever wonder what's the purpose of life, please always remember that you were once a parasite and eventually you grow out of it (or maybe you are still being a parasite), being capable of self-care, finally you are prepared to give back to the world you cared so much. It can be load of donations, tender love and care or just a simple smile......If only we have enough wisdom to realize the purpose of life God has given us, for all his blessings, we will live happily ever after on this beautiful and heavenly Earth......

Please my friends (no offence to any of the religious groups), don't waste time waiting for heaven after death, because we can start turning our mother earth into the real heaven, where we have no regrets spending our whole life with the ones we love!

Be it dark skin, the black, the white, the chocolate, the yellow......or whatever colour you are, start smiling like a baby and start giving back to the world when you are ready!

the babies........

2008-02-17T23:15:00.003+08:00

I adapted the term parasite (寄生虫) from Wikipedia:

"It is described as a species which benefits from a prolonged, close association with the other (called the host), which is harmed......"

If it isn't about the different species that matters, I would have found myself to be a parasite! I was real small in my mother's womb, but my body cells divided rapidly and specialized efficiently. I extracted almost everything from my mom's blood, and guess how I showed my gratitudes........ booosshh....! wALa, i returned big junk of metabolic wastes to her! Bad huhh.......and I kicked her sometimes!

"Parasites increase their fitness by exploiting hosts for food and habitat." See? I am right!

And one day, when the time was right, i finally made my way out from the womb.......searching desperately for a new host......Luckily i felt something, something warm near to me! That's it! That should be my next host I think!

the next thing i remembered was that I discovered the best way to attract my hosts - I cry! then.......i felt the ground a bit shaky, then suddenly 2 giants appeared before me.......

"OooOoo.....baby don't cry don't cry, papa mama are here, you must be very hungry now, come, mama hold you......" Hmm.......I couldn't actually comprehend their alien language! But at least i knew i will get my food everytime i cry.

So, if I don't call myself a parasite, at least i should agree that i am a pseudoparasite......... (*heyhey, it makes me almost the brother of pseudomonas........)
Fluorescent photo of a pseudomonas......

Guyz, to any pregnant ladies or mothers you meet on street, do respect them, coz they have got a parasite living inside them, or probably many parasites living around them!

pregnant lady: "...so doctor, have you seen anything? how's my baby? is my baby fine?......"
doctor: "eh......hmm......almost, ......almost.......there you go! See the moving objects here? Congratulations ma'am, you have got a twin parasites!!!!!!"

and....... the pregnant lady said with a smile on her face......

"Thanks God"