Merdeka eve
This was supposed to be posted up on the National Day but delayed delayed delayed and one month later, I am too lazy to try to describe what happened so photos are good to say a million words.
Flowers blooming in the night sky
Nice reddish fire, notice the little glowing worms.
Looked like lightning struck the fireworks at the same time
We were at The Curve on the eve of National Day to join in the crowd for countdown, but unfortunately, there wasn't any countdown due to bad time management on the event hostess' part. So we were greeted by the fireworks unaware, but it was amazing, took lots of videos of the beautiful fireworks, certainly one of the longest lasting firework session I've watched so far.
Diane and I
Before the curve we were at Midvalley, met up with Diane there then Pmay then PyanTLoon. Had dinner at Kimgary (ah lian must eat HongKong food ma). Soon, there were just the 3 of us, diane, pyan and I hanging out at Ikano, shopping. That's where we met Venez and her friends shopping as well, and Xinch and her friends shopping too. National Day had officially become a shopping frenzy for us all.
A good time spent, apart from all the jam, reached home ard 3am.
Labels: celebration, friends, outings
Fab Saturday
Last weekend, I'd decided to return to Penang to meet up with friends who are back. So after work, I'd to rush to Pudu to board a bus but little did i know that it was that difficult to get a bus ticket home on Fridays. Pudu was crowded with ppl eager to rush back to their hometown. Konsortium had obviously sold all their available tickets, and that's like the only bus i take usually. So i had no choice but to settle for an almost unknown bus, risky but i just wanna get home. From the promised time 7.30pm, the bus only appeared at ard 9pm. It was insane and not to mention the bus was creepy, in a mess with torn curtains and faulty seats. Argh barely moved in the bus, no more next time. Anyway i reached penang at 2am, the latest i've ever arrived in a bus.
Did not even have the chance to talk to mom until the next night, when she returned from work. I think this trip back, i saw my friends longer than her. My father was in a great mood, hehe bought me lots of fruits because i complained of constipation. My sister treated me like a princess, washed my clothes, swept and cleaned my room. Such a nice family i have. haha.
Had a nice outing on Saturday, met up wid Diane, Jade, Adel, Eileen and also Winnie. They were all still as insane as years back, especially Jade and Eileen. Those two just can't stop stepping on each other's tail. We made noise in Wong Kok like we owned it, ordering again and again, one small dish after another, a little memalukan saja.
Someone said we look like sisters......... o.O
Recognize the glutton?
Di-lian, Winnie, Eileen, me, Jade , Adel
Long lost Winnie Pooh
Ji Mui(s)Labels: family, friends, outings
WEI-LYN CHUNG
This entire entry is gonna be dedicated to you! So MakCik LYN,
HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY!!!
Wish you a happy merry fun birthday. Though this might be a little late, still the wishes are always the same from me. Live life to the fullest and enjoy every moment possible. Big Big auntie already now....so BEHAVE! hehehe....miss ya loads, not only from me but everyone here. Wonder how much you have changed so far, but I'm sure the sadistic humour is still there. heheh. SEE YA REAL SOON!Labels: dedications, friends
:) :) :)
A friend is back in penang! couldn't believe it for i didn't expect her to be back so soon. She's just gonna be here temporarily so now i'm considering returning to penang one fine weekend. Need time!
Life has been quite hectic since i started this internship, but it's a good feeling though. Not the kind of stress you get during examination period, this one is way better (I'm not feeling the working stress, yet). No reading into late nights required. About a month more to go, and certainly I would have learned a lot by then, not just procedures and paperwork but the corporate world and working ethics........and also how you can still make loads of money being unproductive.
Labels: friends, internship
Bad news for ML
Baboon called while i was on my way to the elevator at my apartment block, just to say 'hi' she said. Ok. One hour later, walked into my room, checked my handphone and saw missed calls and an sms. Anne wanted to treat all of us to a meal at TGIF. WHAT? I was actually thinking no way she's so nice, i mean for all of us? No matter how nice you are, you won't treat 10people to a dinner at TGI Friday's! Suspected something wasn't right. After thinking for sometime, i decided to rush there (reason being out of curiosity, not becos i 'tam chiak' lah), although i was quite hungry i have to admit.
In the bus, i kept messaging Baboon to tell me the real purpose for the gathering. Finally she gave in and said Anne won't be wid ML anymore. WTH? ML's hers what?!? When i reach, it was awkward, everyone was quiet, it's not right, ML ppl were seldom quiet. Taking the right opportunity, i asked Rno about it and he told me someone else had bought over ML from AnneRajan cos the family will be moving to Doha.
Anne will no longer be our dear boss starting fr Aug, it's really a sad event cos she had been the best boss i've worked
with. Have you ever seen any boss who would actually mop or sweep the floor together with his/her staff? Well, Anne is this humble. She treats all her staff just like her friends, bringing us to each others' open houses during festive occasions.
This is definitely gonna be a big loss to ML staffs, for losing such nice bosses [Anne, Rajan, Chloe, Ciara & Auntie Kim "All the best "]
Labels: friends, life
movie and ah-lian's stay-over
on Friday evening, finally watched Transformers! WOOHOOWOW! great movie! everyone should watch it even if you are not into action flicks. Shall recommend this to my dad, it'll probably be one of the few few few movies that he would not fall asleep halfway watching. Still, i must get the DVD cos i actually missed the first 30minutes into the movie. WhY?? because of work. didn't expect to finish so late....such is working life.
After the movie, met up wid Diane Lian Wong, yes Lian is her middle name. had dinner at the foodcourt with her and Cming. Two of them just met and for the first time since dunno how long ago, i haven't seen any one of them being so polite. well, not to me anyways. Then after dinner, we head back to KJ and waited for the damn bus for 1 full hour, even though the bus was parked just right there, it wouldnt budge.
so by the time we reached home, it's already quite late and I was dead tired. so went to bed early, cos i HAD to attend a children's workshop in the morning. zzZzzZ
Labels: friends, life, outings, recommendations
Need more time at home
Yes it means I'm back in Penang for my study break, but what was i doing the past 8 days here? finished 2 chapters out of 14 chapters and had been going out nearly every day since the day i came back. I just cant say no to outings with frens. How often do i get to see them in one whole year? some only once, so how can i miss this opportunity rite? self-rationalization, i know. It's just so fun hanging out with high school mates, even if we just crap and talk nonsense most of the time, it was good crap. Since we left high school, I've kept in touch with those whom i really treasure and I'm really glad after 3 to 4 years, our friendship has been going pretty strong.
Every time we go out, it was nothing but fun. and now it's quite depressing to think about going back to KL on Monday. 2 and a half more days here and I'll be back to my other lifestyle there, my reluctance is a result of not knowing when i'll be back here again, not anytime soon till end of the year perhaps. Summore Jade is already in Pg and Lyn is coming back pretty soon too! I can only dream that i'll be free these few months.
On an unrelated note, good news! I am officially selected by Maxis as an intern, starting the week after finals. This is gonna be such a valuable experience, i just know it.
I'll end with a picture of my HaPPiE face.
Labels: friends, life, outings
Ah Foo
HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY, JADE!woohoo, u are the first among all of us to turn 21 - the legal age to do just about anything..hehe. Dun think u will be reading this, anyway all the best in everything you pursue! Labels: dedications, friends
:)
HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY, XINCH!All the best for the new year too! Now only finally 19, so jealous! lol! May everything goes well for you, hsemate~
Labels: dedications, friends
^_^
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PYAN!
hope you'll have a great time today, may you enjoy KL and grow to like it. hehe
Labels: dedications, friends
Farewell, my friend
I was dead stunned when u broke the news. It's shocking to suddenly realise that u are leaving the country not to do something what common people our age do. But then it's not like it's the end of the world hey. You faced the whole situation with courage and determination and i really admire you for that. Not many dare to take the step that you took for the sake of their family. Not many are willing to sacrifice so much even for their family. Not many can withstand the thought of uncertainties that might befall them. Not many could still stay strong when people around them fail to. Not many would bear the full burden and responsibility of others like the way you did. Not many are able to act the way you did, to choose this path and continue your journey in life. For this, you truly proved yourself to be someone worthy of respect from family and friends. Even at moments like this, you never did once forget your friends including me.
No doubt you are a great thinker. lol. there are no dead end in this world, really glad that you are so optimistic. may everything goes the way you planned for it to be over there. Send my regards to you and your family. hope that you will meet more kind-hearted souls over there. all the best, will really miss you. may you live happily and stress-free there. don't overwork yourself and remember that there are still a lot of ppl who care for you here. be sure to keep in touch, may the paths ahead of you be bright and great. This post is dedicated to you specially, to bid farewell and also to wish you the best of everything from now on.
Labels: dedications, friends
Sakkai(s) in the island - Day 3 (Last day)
The last day arrived, and also wasted spent lazing ard at home the whole morning. parents bought some nyonya kuih and char koay teow for them. 2 hours later, it was lunch time, time to eat again, dis time mom cooked some nyonya dishes to eat with rice. another 3 hours later, they had to go. We brought them to the bus terminal and off they went home.
Later in the evening, i've plans to meet diane, ade, mel, hwen, cying and xinch at gurney drive to have the long-anticipated fried chicken skin! look how healthy i am. it has been so long since i've seen so many of them all together at the same time and place, it was good. felt like old school times again in MGS and during Lower 6.
It's late and i'm getting quite sleepy, forgive me for the shortness and lack of details, nothing important is missed so that's it lah. My job as a tour guide was officially over and i'm quite glad too bcos showing ppl around isn't the easiest thing to do. Would still prefer to become the tourist instead. However, overall i had fun and it was kinda terrific.
Labels: friends, outings
Sakkai(s) in PG - Day 2
Late. As usual, set the alarm to ring at an ungodly hour, 8am. should have known it was quite impossible to wake up at such a time considering we did not get much sleep the day before. breakfast was mom's Lor Mee, hehe tasted great but a bit too much, felt heavy straight after i finish my bowl. mom's feeding me like a pig at home but of cos my own self to blame for not being able to decline food offered at home.
Today, our destination is THE BEACH. woohoo, the sakkais had not really been to the coastal area, understandable urban kids. so the moment we reached, both of them got excited and decided to get wet and swim in the sea. Funny thing was, sukh wasn't really 'prepared' for it so it spelled t-r-o-u-b-l-e for her. i made sure i don't wet my top cos i didn't bring extras.
After just 2.5 hours at the beach, i felt roasted, i looked roasted and can feel the heat on my skin. Great, now half of my arm is way darker than the other half and i haf a wedding to attend. Not forgetting my black charcoal face. Spent the next few hours at Gurney Plaza to kill time,had our lunch at FoodLoft then we watched Deja Vu. it was damn good! i would say it's a very good watch and definitely worth it. After that we went off to makan again at gurney drive hawker centre. This time i can't eat much, still full from lunch, they serve really big portion at FoodLoft. We only had 2 things cos they wanted to try Pasembur and Muar Chee, both newly found delicacies in their food dictionary.
Labels: friends, outings
Sakkai(s) in the island - Day 1
After the scrumptious hokkien mee feast, with me being their "tour guide" we headed downtown -> Prangin Mall. Initially i wanted to bring them to Kek Seng Kopitiam to try the ever-so delicious durian ice-cream but by the time we reached town it was already late and the coffee shop would have closed by then. So we just walked around prangin and they did a little shopping there. Coming fr Kl, they were obviously not impressed of the mall but anyhow at least Beads Zone caught their attention. Good for Sukh, she finally got the skirt she wasn't exactly looking for but it's nice on her.
Next stop was New Lane! it was already dinner time so where else to go in town other than the famous hawker centre near Sunway Hotel. We ate a lot, well mostly them eating like gluttons, lol. Ordered Lorbak, Satay, Char Koay Kak, Popiah, See Koe Teng and Mata Kucing. i was extremely stuffed after that but apparently i was alone. Those two monkeys were still complaining that they were not quite full yet and wanted more. We walked along Macalister Road and in the end ended up in a bakery shop called Time2Bread. Billy bought bread like he had never seen and tasted them in his whole life before becos he thought they were pretty cheap (below $2 each). our dinner didn't stop at new lane, each of us got ourselves a piece of cake, i got a Mocha cheesecake while both of them had Choc Mud cake. The cakes were so-so only, nothing to shout about.
Too bad i was too tired till i forgot to bring the camera along, no photos...sheessh.
Labels: friends, outings
Memorable vacation - Part 2
here it is, the rest of the story. We thought we had better go see a doctor in case it wasn't jus a mild food poisoning. my friend drove us to this hospital called Southern Hospital, once reached, we walked straight into the emergency section. Mel, Jolene and i were the first 3 people to arrive at the hospital while Daniel drove back to get the rest. We told the doctor that we were not the only few, there were 3 more people on the way, and he was alarmed. haha the people there kept asking where we ate and all, but as far as i know, no action was taken. The doc wanted us to be put on drip. Jo and I insisted that we were perfectly okie to escape the drip, hehe. No, we are no scaredy-cats, it was painful lah.... so after lying there for 3 or more hours, we were finally allowed to be discharged.
daniel called his cousin to fetch us back to his house cos one car wasn't enough for all of us. there we looked like half-dead, his aunt even cooked porridge for all of us (really paiseh), then we bathe and hang around in the living room, soon after his parents n little 2-year old brother came back. Gosh his brother was sooooo adorable! Just so very cute....hehe...later he brought us to the portuguese settlement where we walked around, most of the houses there were over-decorated with lights and streamers. then it was time for us to board the bus at 10pm. thanked daniel and off we go.
so glad to be back here once again.....the malacca trip was overall 70%good and 30%jinxed..but i wouldn't deny we did had a pretty good time chatting at night and for discovering that my misconception towards a friend had changed. it's not really that bad. it's cool, it's funny and definitely unpredictable.
hey, you do not always have the opportunity to go through food poisoning with a bunch of crazy friends, right?
Labels: friends, life, outings, thoughts
Annual gathering turned to a hospital visit
again, another year has passed by and it's time for a reunion in december! this time it's malacca....so who went? me, may, joa, yan, whoi, jolene, mel, chiew....we departed on the 13th fr kl and reached malacca after 2 hours. took a cab to the resort jolene's mom reserved for us, thanks to her mom, it's free! it's located in ayer keroh, being unfamiliar to dis new place, we were kinda lost hehe.. the next day we got our way to town where all those historical architectures stood proud. walked around nearly every route there is, visited and took lots of pictures....ChristChurch, Jonker Walk, and etc...... Chicken rice ball, chendol, nyonya laksa, baba laksa, some snacks, nyonya food for dinner (the best kapitan chicken)...tasted all these in one single day.
here comes the epitome of the trip! on our very last day, we had a 12pm bus to catch back to penang, chiew boarded the bus to sg. so in the morning, my friend offered to fetch us to Malacca Sentral and before that he suggested a certain famous mee goreng somewhere nearby Seri Costa Hotel which happened to be closed. So then we just simply walked into an ordinary looking coffee shop for breakfast. ordered fried rice, 5 of us did so. i ate like a quarter and my friend helped finish like 3/4 of it. then he drove us to sentral and that's when me n mel started rushing to the washroom to puke! found jolene there already vomitting! we can't hold back anymore seeing all the cubicles were taken so we just puke all over the basins. pity those loud-mouth janitors who were cursing and shouting at us like we did it on purpose, ignore ignore....vomitted twice in there, then 3 of us sat down and started a vomitting marathon with a bunch of plastic bags clutched tightly in our hands. the rest had to take care of our bags, my friend n joa went to get us some medication...when they got back, it was joa's turn...later on, yan felt sick too...we didn't think we could endure the 7-hour journey back to penang in this kind of state, so we requested for a change of tickets to 10pm. fortunately they agreed to change them but whoi said she wanted to return so she went back alone. with so many of us sick, my friend and pmay were the only healthy ones left...lol, they had to take care of so many of us, i do agree that seeing us all looking sick and weak at the same time is kinda hilarious.
dis is getting too long, there are more but now's not the time...
(to be continued in the upcoming entry)
Labels: friends, life, outings, thoughts
Flowers blooming in the night sky
Nice reddish fire, notice the little glowing worms.
Looked like lightning struck the fireworks at the same time
Diane and I
