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after so long

2010-09-12T08:39:00.001-07:00

yea yea. I know I hv neglected my blog for so so so long.... I m sure all my readers have already gave up on me. he he. anyway, I m back. I will post all my past years travelling here I.e. Beijing-harbin, Korea, macau, Japan etc.... pls be patience... as it will takes me some time to post since I hv lost touch with flogging for so long..... be sure to check it out after 2 wks. tata

080531 - Port Dickson Trip

2008-05-31T20:27:00.000-07:00

Early in the morning, we set off at about 9am. All went there in a few cars... Luckily i do not need to drive as those who drive that day were all bless with fantastic super expensive cars such as WISH, CAMRY, RAV4, MURANO & etc.... goodness, imagine me driving MyVi there. Luckily, this round, i do not need to drive at all. I sat nicely In RAV4 and enjoy my journey to PD. Wo hoo.... Above pictures were taken when we reached the banglo. We quickly decorate the front hall with balloons and a wishing board "SELAMAT JALAN SINGAPORE KIA".... Well... yeah, Ivan's farewell and he happens to be one singaporean. He is finally going back for good and preparing for marriage with Eurris. I am so happy for him!!!!

Above show pictures of us waiting for Ivan to open the front door. Each of us had in our hand all the cut-sized pieces of paper which we intend to throw on them when they arrived.

(all the photos are photos of our group pictures. Yeah... all URC-ian, X-URC-ian !!!!!)
URC, I MISS U SO DAMN MUCH !!!!

Chef Wan Launch at KL

2008-05-27T09:37:00.000-07:00

Yeah... Completely cool... We get to join the launch of Chef Wan cookshow for Ayamas. Wow... We were expected to wear our Ayamas uniform, therefore i went there with it but slightly modified... hahaha.. well .. what to do... i am still unable to fit myself into the shirt so i have to wear another read blouse inside... It was quite interesting. We get to see Chef Wan life cooking show, some journalists, ayamas top management and best of all...FOC food... wahahaha... here are those photos taken during the launch...

pic of me & my colleagues

Two of my best Pals in Ayamas -Eyling (above left) Paul (below)

Darlie farewell

2008-03-09T09:33:00.000-07:00

Bye bye darlie. We shall miss u. HOpefully after your graduation, we have to chance to meet again in this company !!!>.

Thailand Trip

2008-02-16T09:24:00.000-08:00

Wow....i am so lucky to be given the chance to travel to Thailand only after working for about 1 month in this company. Absolutely awesome. We were actually there to source for supplier for one of m=our new project. Met up with the potential supplier in Ranong. Very outskirt place but famous for their hot spring. Really fantastic. However, that place is really boring... hahaha... But then of course we get to stay in Thailand Bangkok and did our shopping there. i bought one ciplak LV bag there. hahaha... yeah yeah... some of you who knows me must be shock to hear this but yes... i really bought one.. hehehe.. i am shocked myself but well... i quite like it... Don know whether i will really use it or not.. hahaha....

AYAMAS, here i come

2008-01-15T09:16:00.000-08:00

Finally, the first day of work in Ayamas. I travelled all the way to Wisma KFC for my first day of work. Damn, the public transport was horrible. I have to go to KL sentral by Komuter as early as 6.30am to catch a good seating, else i have to travel all the way to KL sentral standing!!! FYI, it is an hour journey from Klang to KL Sentral. When i reached KL Sentral, i have to walk a short distance of 3 mins journey to reach KL monorail station. From there, i have to travelled by KL Monorail for about 20 mins to reach Raja Chulan station whereby i have to walked another 5 mins to reach Wisma KFC. Wow... good exercise for me....... The time to travel back home is even worst! complete nightmare. People seems to be rushing back at about 6.15pm. In order to make sure that i can reach klang before 8pm, i need to squeeze my way into the Komuter that arrive Kl Sentral by 6.15pm. The passengers were humongous. There hardly seems to be any place with any breathing space available by the time all the passengers rush into the komuter. In fact, not all were able to squeezed their way in...... really scary..!!!

Resignation

2007-10-24T23:06:00.000-07:00

yeah...today is the day i finally tender my resignation. Wow... never know that i will really leave this company as i really love working there. Well.. i guess people must move on to grow up... haha.. however, i will never forget all that i have learned, enjoyed and cultivate here. I will miss u guys tremendously

Our Beloved Joyce Chu Chu Farewell

2007-10-23T22:27:00.000-07:00

About a month ago , we received a shocking news from Chu chu saying that she is going to resign and will be reporting to a new company soon. Well.. she is really secretive about her new working place. All we know is in KL, FMCG line but not food related... Wow.. what a small tip, we cannot guess at all where she is going.... Anyway, we still felt sad that she is going even though she is very quiet and not as "bising" as our dearest tiger.. haha *wink* (pls don kill me tiger).

Anyway, on that day, i was not able to attend on her last day. That is because i was going for my offer letter from *A* company. hehe.. yeah yeah.. soon i will be throwing my letter too...

Back to the main topic, so, today is her last day, so my colleagues surprised her with a bouquet of flowers (above is picture of the flowers) **wah so lovely.. i also want**
Since i wasn't around that day, she wanted to take a photo with me as well. That's why she used the product that i am incharge of as well as the soft toy that Justine bought for me to represent me. Gosh... look at me, branded by Cloud 9 as well as the piggy... sob sob... is that really me ??!!

ChuChu's Bday & URC AGM - Eng Keong's Farewell

2007-10-01T18:31:00.000-07:00

In actual, chuchu's bday is on last saturday. However, since we worked only 5 days week, we can either celebrate with her before her bday or after her bday. We decided to do it after her bday. Reason being her present is still on the way... hahaha.. we wanted to make the present something memorable and something special. That's why our beloved jane mama come across this absolutely fantastic idea to put together all her memories of URC into a big portray for her. below is the picture of the portray and chu chu crying when receiving this portray. Sincerely, i love the portray a lot as well......

Well.. a further description into the portray. When you look from far as per shown in the picture on the right, it looks just like a normal portray with Chu chu's picture. However, when you see close up, you will see that the portray is actually make of a few thousands small pictures of all of us (look at the above picture, does it looks like a jigsaw puzzle to you? yes, those jigsaw puzzle is actually all of our photos) Amazing isn't it ? this is completely cool.. we managed to make her cry with this portray... hahaa...

Well...finally, the day come... We have to say goodbye to our friendly Asst. General Manager, Mr Eng Keong. In actual, he was the more of our lecturer, senior, boss, friend and etc. Reason being whenever we talk to our AGM, he will tell us his point of view as well as salesman point of view for any activities that we planned for them. With that, we have another different angle to view the whole situation rather than just from our own opinion. Moreover, he will teach us how to handle the business and what to do and not do from his experience. We really learned a lot from him. Personally, i really like him a lot. I will from time to time talk to him to understand his point of view as well as to learn from his experience.

Anyway, today our company organized this farewell party for him at sheraton, Subang. One of the chinese restaurant. As all of our company salesman, marketing & big management are chinese, we tend to celebrate any company occasion in chinese restaurant. Below are some of the snapshots taken during the farewell.....

Office Tom Yam Party

2007-09-26T01:46:00.000-07:00

We had a tom yam party for lunch in our own office today. Yeah.. We are blessed with a pantry that has microwave, rice cooker & fridge. With that, we can actually do quite a lot of cooking in the office. With the arrival of a few new colleagues, we thought that it is good to have another round of tom yam party in the office to "kam ching" a bit.. Over in URC Marketing, kinda difficult not to show any photos of food as most of the time we are eating. We enjoy food and food is the only common language that we spoke. Besides that, food also de-stress us. Whenever we are unhappy, we will make sure we have good lunch to overcome our stress. In addition to that, we have one good cook here. Last time, before Justine left, we actually have two good COOk. Well... really miss Justine very much. Without her, our office is not so fun anymore......

BOSS'S B'DAY

2007-09-25T05:53:00.000-07:00

Today is my boss's birthday. Normally, our marketing department practice is to surprise that said person during his/her bday with cakes or present or both. For this round, i was not available that day as i had already applied leave to go to Genting with my parents. Somehow, those are the pictures taken that day when i was not around... Seems like quite a fun moment.

Above are pictures taken when my colleague, Chanttal, purposely wrapper one of our own company's product into a gift for him. Look at how good an actor he is, showing his happiness when receiving a product by our company..haha Way to go boss....

Julius Treat

2007-09-08T01:40:00.000-07:00

Today we managed to get Julius to treat us one last time before he leave Malaysia for good. Yeah yeah.. i know that lots of ppl start complaining my blog portraying too many photos of FOOD.. so i will refrain from uploading any food related photos for the time being.. hehe.. Anyway, back to the main topic, Julius will be going back to Manila to join his family there. Of course we all wish him all the best. Hope he will lead his team back in Manila as well as when he was leading us marketing team in Malaysia.

Media Prima

2007-09-05T01:55:00.000-07:00

Today we have the opportunity to attend an event organized by Media Prima. Wow.. never in our dream had we known that it will be so grand. All of us went there in our usual working clothes without much make up at all. Imagine our horror when we reached there, most of those are clad in gown or really fabulous clothing with make up and fantastic hair do... sigh... that's my first regret..

however, i am happy that i am able to meet up with one of my long lost dancing friend, Rebecca. We used to learn latin dance together under Mr. Lee. woo... how nostalgic.. She always has a natural talent in dancing so i am not surprise to see her choosing dancing career path. All the best..

My Second regret is not staying long enough to take picture with my most admirable actor, Chan Kam Hong. I love him very very much especially DIV4, Placebo cure... wow... would really have love to take a photo with him... sigh... never mind. luckily my friends took it with him. so at least i get to see him in pictures ..hahaha

070810 - Melaka & Seremban

2007-08-10T02:38:00.000-07:00

Went to Melaka for some business there. After our business, we went to Seremban for the food there. Heard that this restaurant was recommended by the Malaysian's "Ah Sian". A guy who goes to all the best area for local delicacies. My first impression of the place is "huh?!! this place is seriously good for the crab ? Well... we ta pao back for our family. When i brought it home, my parents first question is "yeah mer ? very good ar? looks normally only ma".... To our surprise, after the first bite...hmmm... the taste lasted very long. It is really superb. The "Siu Hai" is bloody good. Highly recommended !!

070805 - Finally inside "Eyes On Msia"

2007-08-05T02:02:00.000-07:00

Today, Dad suddenly said that we should all go to "Eyes on Msia". Of cos i was excited. I always love the ferries wheel and to be able to sit on such a large one...wow... we went together with 2 cousins of us, vivian & Tuck Keng. The queue was surprisingly fast. We do not have to wait long for our turn. We pay RM 100.00 for one full gondola which can take max 8 pax. As we have already 7 ppl, we thought might as well. The view from atop is really awesome . However, the excitement came from being able to enjoy such view with one whole family. On this day, i too realized how important a good camera phone can do to us. We went there on the spur of the moment. Hence we do not have any camera with us except phone camera. Wow... luckily both our phone has nice camera.

070804 - Rokuzen Fiesta

2007-08-04T01:53:00.000-07:00

Wow... Been so long since we last came over to Rokuzen-Plaza Hartamas. Therefore, today i convinced my mum to de-tour to Plaza Hartamas to indulge ourselves with some japanese delicacies !!!.
The food that i find most solid is the softshell crab maki (the one with orangy colour topping sushi) follow by the Unagi maki. hmmmm... delicious. Today we tried the teapot soup. Surprisingly, it is very nice..... Me mum ordered sashimi... too bad. i don like sashimi...yeah yeah.. i know.. silly me. how can i love jap food but don eat sashimi.. hahaha.. well.. i just don know why. Guess it is the psychology thing. I don really dislike the sashimi. Just that when i am biting or chewing sashimi, my mind kept repeatedly inform me that i am eating raw food. Hence, i gave up trying to eat sashimi.

In Memory of "2nd tiun kong"

2007-07-31T22:20:00.000-07:00

Today during working hour, my sister suddenly called me. I was happy that she called until i realized what she has to say to me....

Sis:" Did you hear any news from mum?"
Me:" No wor.. What happen?"
Sis:" 2nd tiun kong passed away yesterday midnight in the hospital."
<*of course i was stunned. My mind totally blank...>
Me:" yorrr... How come ? what happen? how come he is in hospital?"
Sis:" Well..Apparently he had a sudden heart attack and was send to hospital in the evening and at night, he just passed away like that."
Me:" Shit ar.... So how? How is 2nd yi po?"
Sis:" Don know wo.. Mum is there with grandma dy."
Me:" Ok... Tonight must go back early so that we can attend the funeral ceremony."

Well.. i am sure most Chinese understand what i meant when i said funeral ceremony. For chinese, after somebody passed away, what we do is that we arrangee for either a one day, 3 days, 5 days or max 1 week funeral ceremony for the ceased person. The funeral can be in many styles depending on the immediate family wishes (there are sai kong style, buddhism style or many many more. I am sure my 2nd yi po's family will go for sai kong style... Unfortunately, by 6pm, my colleague brought a message from our M.Director saying that he wanted my help to compile something for the BIG meeting on thursday (which is the next next day) and that he is leaving on tomorrow morning 10am. Therefore, he needed those compilation tonight. When i received this news, i was very sure that i will not be able to make it for the first funeral day.....And just as i suspected, i only managed to go home at 10.30pm tonight. Yeah... i din make it for the first funeral day.... I actually felt a bit sad that i am not able to go. I guess after having experienced death in my own family(being my last uncle), i realized that being there to console the lost one's immediate family is very important and it comforts them and makes them felt so much better. It is true, having someone there to share the lost is better than alone... Nevertheless, it also makes a lasting impression as a person that ppl can depend on. The truth is, my 2nd yi po is a very nice person. She is always there whenever we are sad and will always be there to comfort us... Take for example my last uncle case, without doubt my granny was very miserable and sad at that time of his death and my 2nd yi po was there everyday (day & nite)... Therefore, when something like that happen to her, i wanted so much to be there also. Even if i don get a chance to talk to her or anything, by being there itself is a comfort for them. Luckily my sis, mum and dad were there. So at least i felt better. Nonetheless, i vow to go there tomorrow nite. A must for me.....

Eric Chang's Restaurant - First Trial

2007-07-29T12:50:00.000-07:00

Today, i went with my cousin sis, jia yie to Cheras Swimming Pool to monitor the bus advertisement installation on behalf of URC. After the inspection, we went to Plaza Sri Hartamas to try out Eric Chang's Restaurant - Dim Sum.

Well...as reputed, the food was quite pricey however, it was worth it as the food was solid. Especially love the "har kau" & "mak chap char siew bao". Both were awesome.

After food, we went window shopping and eventually i found out that the stuff in the shopping plaza isn't expensive at all. As shown in the picture, i bought a bag as well as two pairs of earrings. I considered all stuff that i bought was value for money !!!

Eyes on Malaysia - 28th July 2007

2007-07-28T00:43:00.000-07:00

Today, sis insisted that we try our way around KL. Yeah... even though we live quite near KL, we seldom go to KL. Therefore, most of the KL routes are still quite new to us.

Actually, the main reason being my sister needs to bring her customer around KL tomorrow. Thus, in order to reduce the chances of taking wrong turning and getting lost in KL, she would rather familiarize the routes first. Therefore, we went to "Eyes on Malaysia". Guess that is one of the attraction in KL. Since my sis's customer stay near to KLCC, therefore, we thought it will be useless to show them around KLCC. Hence, we chose "Eyes on Malaysia", Central Market & Petaling Street. Well...my first view of "Eyes on Malaysia". Unfortunately we did not sit on the cabel wheel. However, we promised to come again with our beloved brother... hehe....

On Leave - doin nuthin

2007-07-26T19:52:00.000-07:00

Well.. Today finally i am able to take my leave. Basically i did not do anything except to laze around with books and movies. If you want to know further what i have read or watch, please go to www.miko-library.blogspot.com

Our Marketing Director's Farewell Lunch

2007-07-25T03:35:00.000-07:00

(Credit : Lindsay Jane)
Well...as mentioned in my earlier post, our marketing director will be transferring back to URC Philippines to accept a senior post. Today, our company organized a buffet lunch to celebrate his farewell and to take this opportunity to wish him all the best in his future undertakings.

The one dressed in white short sleeve shirt is our marketing director. He is young, but he is very capable and intelligent...imagine that, being a Marketing Director and based here in Msia for so many years... Definately something right??!!

sigh... julius, it is sad that you are leaving but i am sure no matter what, family always come first. I felt that the decision to move back to Philippines to be with your family is the most correct decision. I hereby, wish you all the best in finding an everlasting love and happy family.

Well...here is a picture of our marketing department as well as our parting gift to Julius. We felt that by giving him this album is the best gift ever as inside this album, we have compiled all the most unforgetable URC Malaysia Marketing memories. Hopefully, he will flip through the album whenever he misses Malaysia and gain some comfort and fond memories from there......

Kelvin's Birthday Party - 21st July 2007

2007-07-21T03:25:00.000-07:00

Today is our beloved cousin, Kelvin Ng's 21st birthday and it so happen to be 21st July. Haha.. What a coincident. Well.. at first i actually wanted to skip the party ..Eventually i thought..WTF, he is my cousin ler.. of course must go. We are one big family ma.. Yeah... i went. We all had steamboat & BBQ. The food was awesome.

Also heard that my eldest cousin who was married last year finally PREGNANT !!! Woohoo... congratulation to her... So happy. now with this new born, our family will has four generation dy...

Jeanne's Double 2007 Open House

2007-07-20T12:06:00.000-07:00

Today right after work, we were all invited to one of our friend-cum-boss open house. She has just move in to this new house in kemuning utama not long ago and thus, she invited all of us to grace her house for a lil bit of luck. According to Chinese believe, organizing an open house after moving in will bring lucks to the family. Well... i am not sure whether everybody believes in this tradition but somehow, for us, we looked at it as another opportunity to have a lil get-together & not forgetting, also an occasion to attack yummy food AGAIN !!

Wow... seems like right from the beginning when i join this company, our marketing department language seems to be food, food, food and more food...This reminds me of a drama that i have seen whereby it mentioned that in the whole world, ppl may have different custom, language & colour, however, there are three things in which everyone will share the same comman language and that is music, art & FOOD !!!

I guess the saying that "everything has a beginning " is really correct. Today is also the first time in history that i am introduce to some slight motherhood. hahaha.... I managed to carry & play with Tong Tong (my colleague's super cute baby girl)...Besides that, the greatest achievement being i manage to rock her to sleep...or rather almost to sleep... hahaha...

Love playing with baby. They are so cute. The best is to have them loving you back in turn!!! Tong Tong..u make my day.... Love you especially when you smile cos it really melts my heart. However, i guess i am not such a good influence on kids...hahaha... i manage to disrupt her "pai pai sou" as i introduce her to the joy of hitting sofa... so sorry jane jane... *wink*

URC-ian 2nd Trip - Port Dickson (2 days 1 nite)

2007-07-15T17:29:00.001-07:00

Date : 14th July 2007
Time of Departure : 1.00pm
Time of Arrival : 4.oopm
No. of Person : 9

Farewell Lunch & Gift for Sasha & Justine

2007-07-13T22:14:00.000-07:00

Finally the dreaded day has come. It is our time to say goodbye to both of our super crazy yet lovable colleagues, Justine & Sasha. Even though i had hope that this day never arrive, but as always, time never stop. Eventually, we have to face it whether we like it or not....

Parting is always a sad and miserable path to walk on... We got really emotional this time.. Guess we finally realized that losing both crazy awesome jokers will really change the ambience of our working environment. It has always been happy, happy and happy... But now, without both of u, it will become very quiet. I can foresee that our marketing floor will look and sound like a dead city without all of you guys around (namely, Justine, sasha, tivon[left] & julius[leaving soon]).

It was my lost and shame that i did not get to know you guys more than a year. However, i promised that i will treasure all the fond and happy memories that you guys have engrave in my heart. Especially Sasha, will always remember you as my teacher & Justine, will always keep your advise within my heart and if need arises, will use it wisely. Anyway, millions of thank you to both of you. !!

Leaving trend ...

2007-07-09T23:13:00.000-07:00

Early in the morning, yet another news of resignation... My friend, S, has finally thrown her resignation letter. She has been contemplating the resignation for quite a few weeks dy and now finally it is done. There is no turning back anymore. sigh... what a de-motivating months. Everything start with one person resign, follow by another one after 2 weeks.. now, another one after 2 weeks again... OMG... this must be some kind of epidermic.... *shit*...

Turbo on to the max....03.07.07!!

2007-07-09T21:51:00.000-07:00

Sammi's Concert in Genting - 23th June 2007

2007-07-09T00:58:00.000-07:00

"wei, wanna go to Sammi's concert in Genting?" asked SHE.
"Why not. I am ok." Me answered.
There... That's how i ended up attending Sammi's Concert. I am not really an avid fan of Sammi but i quite like her songs. Therefore, no harm in attending it since it is held in Genting. I went to genting with my parents a day before the concert to enjoy the hospitality of Uncle Lim (even though we have to pay...hahahaha). The concert was fantastic. Very fun, rave...indescriptable... I am sure all Sammi's fans love it to the core.

The Nite Out i Missed....

2007-07-08T23:17:00.000-07:00

I have always waited for a day to go clubbin with my bunch of friends from URC. And finally when the day arrived, i cannot make it.. What a killjoy... Yeah... this is because i went to Genting with my parents.. hehe. Well... hopefully we will have another such marvellous out soon. !!

Dinner at Denny's - 21st June 2007

2007-07-08T07:28:00.000-07:00

Today went out with my sis's friends to enjoy a good dinner at Denny's, Klang. Been there a few times already. So far, i still find that this restaurant serve the best Chicken Chop. It is juicy and crispy. Besides the Chicken Chop, I love the potato salad too. The best !! mama-mia... yum yum...

Karaoke Session With Trapper - 15th June 2007

2007-07-08T07:21:00.000-07:00

Today, we went for a karaoke session with Trapper's staff. Coincidentally, the karaoke session co-incide with one of our colleague's, SHE, birthday. Besides that, tomorrow and next tuesday is also another 2 colleagues' birthday, Sexy mama & JC. Therefore, we took this opportunity to celebrate everybody's birthday together.

We went to Neway in One U, new wing. Quite a good ambience place. I love the room, the karaoke equipment and also the mouth-watering food.

Manila Training (4 days 3 nites)-3rd May 2007

2007-07-04T20:33:00.000-07:00

Last week, we were told by management that we (5 of us) will be goin off to Manila for training. Imagine our surprised at being told so last minute that we will be flying off to Manila at 1am midnight of 3rd May 2007. We were excited and yet worried as we have only like few days to make preparation for the trip.

Finally the day arrived we set off to Manila at 1am and reached there at 5.30am. It took us about 45 mins to reach our hotel from the international airport. By the time we reached there, we just managed to grab some quick breakfast at gloria jeans which was located near our hotel before setting off to our training centre for the full day marketing training session. That day was one of the most tiring day of all as we hardly sleep for almost 36 hours. By the time the training went half way at about 1pm, most of us were dozing off but yet pretending that we were listening to the lecture...... The worst part was that when we finally reached hotel, we still cannot sleep first because we need to complete the task/homework given by the lecturer for tomorrow morning session presentation!!! That was one of the torturest thing that happen to us in Manila.

The second day, the same training from 8am to 6pm. By the time we finished our training, thanks to the export team, they wanted to treat us to a traditional Philippines food. Therefore, we went to Dencio's for our dinner. The food are lovely. Tried their famous food, sissiq or something like that. It is fairly comman there to eat sissiq and also the fried pork knuckles. We enjoy all the food.

Finally it is our final day lecture. WOW... never been so happy. All the tortures of presentation, sitting long hours, back ache, headache and cracking of brain to contribute for the presentation had finally comes to an end... yahooo... We made it team !!

Well... always there are two sides of a story, apart from all the bad experiences that i have mentioned above, there are also happy, fond memories. We get along quite well with some of our Philippines colleagues and we enioy their hospitality. They are always so warm and generous. They really took care of us well. Special thanks to Joey, Export team, Snack team, candy team and all... Because of you guys, we had very enjoyable moments in Philippines.

First Photoshop Experience

2007-07-04T09:41:00.000-07:00

Wow... Finally i managed to locate the Adobe photoshop software. Was very excited as i wanted so much to try using and learning photoshop. I believe that it is something essential to learn especially for marketing ppl like me. Well... do not know what to talk about for the first time using photoshop, i decided to just make a scrap about my dog. Well... here it goes.

A reflect of my time in URC Company.

2007-07-02T20:46:00.000-07:00

(Thanks to Sasha for her beautiful URC Scrap)
Today, i took some time to reflect my time in this company. Actually, i must say, my stay here in URC is thus far enjoyable. My colleagues and i really have a great time here in URC. We are very closely knitted. We argue when we have disagreement, we joke and laugh together when we are being silly, we supported each other when encountered hardship and we joke and make fun of each other without any hard feeling. In short, we are like a big family.

However, this close cosy feeling that we have will soon change as we were bombarded with news of 2 colleagues (PDD & SHE) who has and will be leaving us for good. **sigh** Life's suck man. This reminds me of the fact that whenever there is a beginning there bound to be an end somewhere.. Though i am sad about the fact that both PDD and SHE are leaving, i still wish them all the best in their future undertakings for i know that they are moving on to a better future & better life. Ganbatte !!

Conman Story

2007-07-02T08:03:00.000-07:00

Today, after came back from work, my dad told us about a conman story which he encountered and purposely pretended to comply with the whole situation. It all started with my dad had a phone call........

telephone machine:
"you have been summon to attend a court case. Kindly press 9 for further information" ((My dad purposely pressed 9 to find out more even though he knew deep in his heart this is a con call))

[Phone conversation]{spoken in mandarin}
conman 1:"Hello. This is the court administrative department. How may i help you?" ((for god's sake, in Malaysia, you will never find a court person that speaks fully in mandarin at the first phone conversation))
Dad:"Hello. i called regarding the court case"
conman 1:"Tell me your name & IC no."
Dad:"Tee Ah Siong" **My dad simnply lied a name & IC no.**
conman 1: "wait. let me check your profile...**after 1 mins** oh.. Mr. Tee, your name appear in one of our court case. Do you know someone by the name *Ah Long*?"
Dad:"No. I do not know him"
conman 1: "Oh. Ah Long is arrested for drug-trafficking & dealing in the black market. Your name appeared to be connected to him when we further investigated"
Dad: "But i do not know him!"
conman 1: "It is alright. We will process this information. Later the police department will call you up for further interrogation."
[End of Phone conversation 1].
{Over here i need to clarify this. My dad is a very playful person. He heard about this kinda con-manship from radio and also newspaper. Besides that, he had also received several atime this kinda con-manship telephone call. Hence, he decided to play along with this when he pressed the no. 9}

** After 5 mins phone ring again**
Conman 2: "Hello. is this Mr. Tee Ah Siong? I am Inspector *A"
Dad: "Hello. Yes. I am Tee Ah Siong."
Conman 2: "Kindly verify your IC no. **My dad already knew that they are going to ask for verification therefore when he simply made up an IC.no, he did jotted it down in a piece of paper, after verification, he started telling my dad about the case. He mentioned that if my dad wanted help since he is innocent, he can get help from someone from the Jury department.**
Dad: ** Pretended to be scare & ask him for more information on the jury department. After that, my dad asked him something which shocked the conman** "You are inspector of which rank with how many stars?"
Conman 2: ** taken aback, replied**" Actually i am a sergeant with 3 stars ranking" **According to my dad, sergeant is the easiest to lie as they have only up to 3 stars. After that he mentioned that he will helped my dad out by asking the someone from the jury department to help**
[End of Phone Conversation 2]

[Start of Phone Conversation 3]
Conman 3 (lady): "Hello. Is this Mr.Tee. I am calling from the Jury department"**this time spoken in English**
Dad: **Pretended do not know english and purposely spoke in bahasa pasar (broken Malay language) but somehow, dad said the conman 3 do not seems to understand so my dad spoke to him in mandarin which he replied in mandarin too. ((come on... hellooo..... jury department spoke to you in mandarin ?? something must be damn wrong lo**
Conman 3 (Lady): ** Again, a series of verification procedure before talking to my dad on the case**" i heard about your case. Somehow since your name is connected to black market, your account seems to be used for black market transaction. Therefore, your account will be frozen in future. bla bla bla.... However, if you want to save it from being frozen, you can temporarily transfer the money to the public safety account while we undergo the investigation. Exactly how many accounts do you hold?"
Dad: "One joint acct with my wife in Public bank but the bank book is with me"
Conman 3 (Lady): "Ok. We will teach you how to save your money from being frozen in the account. All you have to do is withdraw all your money but keep at least RM 100 in the bank to avoid termination of account. Later transfer the money into **** bank with this AAAA account name and XXXXXXX account number which is the public safety account. Are you listening attentively?"
Dad: "Yeah yeah... i am damn scare already. i wish to settle of this as fast as possible too to avoid any problem with my saving account. But how do i contact you when i have already withdraw the money ? can you give me your phone number?"
Conman 3(Lady): "It is alrite. I will call you back in 30 mins. In the mean time, you go and withdraw your money and transfer it to that account. Remember, avoid all conversation with the bank admin and do not speak of this to anybody else, you will not be able to take out your money."
Dad: "definately. i will not speak to anyone"
Conman 3(Lady): "again, do not speak of this to anyone. I will call you later"
**Actually, i have omitted quite some of the conversation as it will be very long. Somehow, everytime when they called, they will ask for a series of verification of the things that you have previously mentioned**
[End of Phone Conversation 3]

** After 30 mins , he called again. This time my dad out of playfulness, pretended to be Mr. Tee's wife. He used a cloth to cover the phone and spoken in higher pitch. i must say, by this time, my dad's colleagues are all laughing like mad already**
[Phone Conversation 4]
Conman 3(Lady): " Is this Mr. Tee?"
Dad : "No. i am his wife. Who is this?
Conman 3(Lady): "How come your voice sounded like a man? Are you Mr. Tee?"
Dad: "Huh? Did my voice really sounded like a man ?! By the way, who are you ? How come there are woman calling my husband?"
Conman 3(lady): "Err.. i am your husband business client. Is he around ?"
Dad: "He went out to the bank just now. Haven't come back."
Conman 3 (lady): "oh. ok. i will call back later then"
[End of Phone Conversation 4]

**After another 20 mins, the lady called again, this time my dad pretended that he has already returned from the bank**
[Phone Conversation 5]
Conman 3: "Hello. Is this Mr.Tee?"
Dad: "Yeah. it's me. Just now did you called my wife? she complaint that someone said her voice sounded like a man."
Conman 3: "Sorry. we called. How many ppl is there in your house ? How come so noisy ?
** She must have heard my dad's colleagues' laughter therefore begun to suspect something**
Dad: "Nah... i am just listening to radio. My dad really did off the low voice radio. with this gesture, my dad's colleagues knew that silence is needed, therefore everybody cease talking and laughing**
Conman 3: ** After hearing no noise anymore when my dad said he off the radio, started asking about the bank visit information. "So how's everything ? Did you do as what i have told you?"
**My dad told us that the lady asked a series of questions to verify that my dad is not telling a lie. Luckily my dad is smart enough to answer everything soundly**
Dad: "Yeah. i did as per what you asked. I went to the bank, got my number and approached the counter 6 which was served by a malay lady, since she suddenly had a phone call, she just asked me to go to the next counter. As i see the next counter is a chinese lady, so i thought it is better since i do not know how to speak in either Malay or English. When i wanna transfer the money into the account name that you gave me, the chinese lady ask for my IC. When i gave her, she started asking how come i am transferring money into this specific account. she started to ask plenty of questions regarding this account. Since i do not have any information on you, i told her that i am transferring the money to the public safety account."
Conman 3: "Aiyo, i thought i told you not to talk to anyone."
Dad: "Well, she mentioned that if it is public safety account, impossible the account name is a specific person's name. Therefore, she refused to let me transfer the money into that account."
Conman 3: "See, told you not to tell anybody about it. I think the lady must be the person who helps in using your account to deal with black market. That's why she refused to help you."** My dad said ahe thought for awhile, then started saying that the account given previously was just a test to see whether i do understand the whole process.**"If that's the case, do you have any other bank around your area besides public bank?"
Dad: "Yeah. i think there is another one."
Conman 3: "Good. How about this time, you go to that bank and input the money into this account?" **Dad said this person persisted for my dad to go to another bank to input that money. I guess maybe they are thinking it is so hard to get someone who is stupid enough to follow what they are saying and really input money into that account, therefore they persevere. They still insist my dad to put the money into another new account**
Dad: **Gotten a bit tired of their persistence, mentioned something that makes them scare. "Aiya, to avoid any confusion, how about you gave me the court case number, i will ask my friends' friend who is a lawyer to look into this case.."
Phone: "..tut...tut..tut........
[End of Phone Conversation 5]

The reason i am posting this here is to let you guys know, there are lots and lots of cases of con-manship nowadays. Please be extremely careful. Do not reveal unnecessary information too much.!!!!

2007-02-21T22:07:00.000-08:00

2007-02-21T22:00:00.000-08:00

Wow... Chinese New Year just around the corner. Today, i woke up at 10am. Had my CNY hair cut at 12.00pm. luckily i can still get a hair cut.. hahaha... quite last minute.. yeah.. i know.. i am always so lazy!!

Later after our "tuen yuen fan", we went over to our granny's house. This is our tradition. we will go over to our granny's house, every single NG family member. There, we had all our uncle's & aunt's ang pau... wo ho... so happy.... Lingered at my granny's house until 10pm before i went to ah ma's house. Came back at 11.30pm to prepare for our "ying chai sen". hehehe...

2007-02-21T19:58:00.000-08:00

2007-02-21T19:51:00.000-08:00

2007-01-15T19:45:00.000-08:00

Yeah yeah... i know i know... i accidentally duplicate some of the food... sorry... my fault... hehehe... anyway, it makes it looks like we had a lot of food.. hahaha

2007-01-13T19:42:00.000-08:00

Cameron Highlands Trip 3 days 2 night

2007-01-10T00:45:00.000-08:00

New Year Eve Lunch - 28.12.06

2007-01-10T00:41:00.000-08:00

Yeahhh... i know it is early... but then, a lot of us going on leave tomorrow onwards, therefore, it is best to celebrate today... yeah yeah... i am one of the one going on leave tomorrow.. hehehe...

Christmas Day - 25.12.2006

2006-12-25T10:08:00.000-08:00

Today, i wanted so much to purchase my dream digital camera. Therefore, at 11.00am, i went to Klang Parade to look for the digital camera range. I have in mind 3 camera; exilim, sony t10 & Canon Ixus 850s. Eventually, after much comparing and discussing it with the salesperson, i decided to buy Ixus 850 s. The Camera LCD is great as compared to the other two....Imagine, me in dilemma which to buy for almost an hour before i finally made my decision. hehehe... Merry Xmas to myself.....

After that, went home directly to fetch sis as we had already booked ticket to watch movie with our cousin at JJ, Bukit Raja. We had our lunch there as well....

After the movie, we went home to rest for about an hour before departing to One Utama for our christmas dinner with our friend and cousin !!!

Daddy's Bday Brunch & Curve Shopping - 24.12.2006

2006-12-24T23:49:00.000-08:00

Today we celebrated our dad's birthday. In actual, my dad's birthday is yesterday. Unfortunately, my sister were otherwise engaged. Hence, we have to postpone the Bday celebration meal to today. We went all the way to Yong Tat, Telok Gong to have our brunch. Were recommended by my dad and sis, saying that the restaurant serve good food. Well... I must say the food is good. We enjoyed our food very much. However, i must say, i find the bill quite expensive. Especially for certain food. Below are the pictures and the price. I am sure you know which expensive food i am refering to......

After that, we planned to go to The Curve to get Daddy's Xmas present. We went there at 2pm. Horrible jam, man... Besides that, i got a "surprised" phone call from someone from my kaisha. "This person" started babbling about all the "hateful" things that "this person" had done to all of us in our kaisha. To me, explaining means trying to cover track that "this person" had walked. Therefore, it convinced me even more that "this person" is the culprit behind all the "issues" that we faced in our kaisha... Anyway, i can't be bother with all the petty things happening in our kaisha. hehehe... Life's too short to worry about this kinda "irritating, pest" !!.

Tong Yuen Day !!!!

2006-12-22T00:33:00.001-08:00

Happy Tong Yuen Day to everybody !!! We had a good tong yuen prepared by our very own URC chef, Justine Wong... Good tong yuen soup !!! We love it. Thanks to you gal...

20th December 2006

2006-12-20T11:27:00.000-08:00

PRESENTATION OF PRESENT CEREMONY .....

Today, we presented a present for Ivan, the one and only Singaporean among us.... This is a token of appreciation for all the "big Big" effort that he contributed to us during the christmas party celebration.

Thanks to you Ivan. Hope u like th present !!!

First Bonus Spent - 17.12.06

2006-12-17T23:43:00.000-08:00

Since started working, i have been telling my mum that i will buy her Louis Vuitton Handbag. Therefore, after working for 6 mths & struggling to save those money, i finally, dare to bring my mum to LV Starhill, KL to choose the bag that she likes. To tell the truth, kinda afraid that the bag that my mum chose will overshoot the money that i saved up. Fortunately, it is within the budget. hahaha... Below is the picture taken of the bag that she choose. As for the dress, i bought that for my cousin's wedding dinner. I went searching for dress high and low in KL but the sizes are quite limited. To my amazement, i found this dress in Klang Parade, Oltre Mode. The Cost is of course expensive. However, the material of this dress is good. Therefore, in my opinion, it is value for money product!!!.

Xmas Party in URC - 15th December 2006

2006-12-15T20:21:00.000-08:00

Wow... Time flies man... it has been half a year for me in URC working as mktg exec. i love my times here apart from the normal up and down of lifes, being in URC is one of the happiest moment of my life as well....

Today we had our xmas party. yeah yeah... i know it is too early for xmas celebration. But then, our colleagues here mostly will be taking leave during christmas time, therefore, it is wise to have an early celebration. We had barbeque in our company.. hahaha... The whole event is good. Thanks to our Singaporean friend, Ivan ( u r the best man ><). He bought each of us a santa hat. It really makes us feel like Christmas. What, with the xmas tree and presents.... wohooo.... We had an exchange presents ceremony after all the eating. The whole event ends at midnight. Thank you so much to Justine for organizing the event !!!! We love u, girl !!!

Arrival Of GENKI- 13th December 2006

2006-12-13T22:16:00.000-08:00

Woo hooo... Genki is finally here.... A new addition to our family, Genki. He is a "australian Silky Terrier" breed. Very Cute... Kawaii ne... My Aunt gave one to us after her "Silky meow meow" (her Silky's name) gave birth to 2 new puppy (long fong tai- a mel, a female) on 10th November 2006. Today, finally, we can bring him to our home sweet home.

WELCOME HOME, GENKI !!!!!

Actual Wedding Day 10th December 2006.

2006-12-10T08:10:00.000-08:00

Today is the actual day... Well... i will update you guys with the whole event later as i do not have any photos with me currently. Awaiting for the photos to arrive from my sis. Gomen gomen.. will update it soon..

Shiau Way Jie Jie's Wedding Dinner - 3th December 2006

2006-12-03T20:00:00.000-08:00

ding dong bell... Today is Shiau Way's wedding dinner (girl's side). She is our eldest sis in our whole "ng" family. Finally we can here the ding dong bell.. hahaha... Our First wedding for our generation... good good. It is nice to know that she is happy. We are happy for her too... Shiau Way jie jie, good luck ne.. :P. Adam... must be nice to her ar... Else, we won't let u go easily man !!!

Below are photos taken during the wedding dinner... Food.....yeahh....

WOW... Justine's Wedding.. 11.11.2006

2006-11-11T08:15:00.000-08:00

CONGRATULATION TO U, GIRL !!! ANOTHER ADDITION TO DESPERATE HOUSEWIVE CLUB !!!! SIGH....

Colleague's Hen Night - 3rd November 2006

2006-11-03T20:05:00.000-08:00

Yeah... finally after waiting & planning for so long, we have our first URC's Hen Night. Our dear colleague, Justine is going to be married on 11th November 2006. Therefore, we booked a room in Summit Hotel USJ to have our celebration there. Below are the photos taken during the party.

Eye prob!!! Damn Irritating

2006-08-15T22:48:00.000-07:00

Aiya... what a dissapointment. Woke up today with a sour eye. Really damn painful whenever i blink. Seems like there is some sort of "pimple" growing inside my eyelid. Damn. tell u..this is not a good feeling. Do hope that it will be alright tomorrow. Cross my finger and pray to god.. ehehe..

SORRY for the laidback..

2006-08-15T22:40:00.000-07:00

So sorry. Been awhile since i last updated my blog. Well... will try to do it more frequently. bear with me pls... To all my Aussie frens... Sorry Sorry... Hope u guys don give up visiting my blog. hehe//

Well. currently i am working now. Love my job very much. Good boss, good environment, Good colleagues.. Yeah... what else can i ask for ?? of course... increment hahaha...

Well... promised that i wanna update my kunming photo but till now i haven't update it.. gomen nasai. Will do so next. As i am accessing internet in my office, therefore i dont have any photos with me now.

Well... hopefully all my friends are doing great. THis pict is taken during my colleague's birthday. A bunch of pleasant and funny friends. Love you guys. !!!

Present for Mum & Sister

2006-07-07T05:19:00.000-07:00

WOW... Louis Vuitton ...mmmmm.......

2006-07-05T05:05:00.000-07:00

FrogPrince+diet

2006-04-15T22:52:00.000-07:00

I can't believe there is such handsome guy around in the world. Was watching "frog prince" a taiwanese series love story for the past few days. Ever since then, i felt completely in love with the Main actor "ming dao". He is so cute. I love him acting as "shan jun hao". He is sooooo cooll... every girls dream man...!!!! How i wish there are such gorgeous "actual" person around with such good qualities as "shan jun hao". Becos of this movie, finally i am able to encourage myself to go on diet. I have since then, shred a few kgs. I am proud of it!!! Hehe.. now i feel good and looks good with whatever clothes that i wear. Do hope that i will be able to continue with this diet plan till i am completely "gorgeous". pls pls pls... do let me be able to continue till i have my ideal weight.. hahaha... but i guess i am not that displine... hahaha..

2 days 1 nite - Malacca Trip

2006-02-06T04:55:00.000-08:00

We decided to go to Malacca on this day. The decision to do so was because my sister had a wedding dinner to attend to. Since she has to drive to Malacca all by herself, we decided that we might as well follow her there to do a little visiting ourselves. hehehe....

1 week trip to Kunming, China

2005-08-29T07:45:00.000-07:00

After much convincing and persuades, my dad finally agreed to have a family vacation in Yunnan, China. Basically, our route is from Kunming to Dali then to LiJiang and then back to Kunming. The whole trip comprised of 8 days 6 nights in China. the other two nights were in aeroplane. The first day, our departure time is 21 August 2am at mignight ( or u can also say 22nd aud 2am in the morning). By the time we reached Kunming's airport, it was 7am . And that itself consider a day already. Anyway, the whole trip was fantastic. I will try to upload all those pictures soon.

Finally... after all this time, i have all the photos ready now...

Mushroom name that u know, i am sure it is in our steamboat.!!!

Job-hunting

2005-08-29T07:39:00.000-07:00

Well... Finally have to hunt for job. Not much excitement at all... job-hunting means finally, i have to face the real world. sad to say this, but i would much rather just study and be with a bunch of my friends back in Gippy. Those days were really happy. Now, I have to start thinking about saving money, earning money, paying petrol, fees, and also the cost of a brand new car. My dad agreed to buy me a car as i don have a car yet. But the agreement is that i have to pay the monthly cost of the car. which is about RM 700. Thinking about this makes me feel sad as fresh graduates' rate is only about RM 1800 - RM 2000 MAX !!!! sigh.... well... have to try my best though. Wish me luck !!!!

Tasmania Trip

2005-08-29T07:30:00.000-07:00

wuhu.,.,... finally came to Tasmania. Tasmania is a really pictureque place. The scenery is breath-taking. However, like all other country or state, beautiful scenery means that you should not expect something as happening as Sdyney or Melbourne City. To all Gippy friends, Tassy is hmm... more gippy than gippy.... hahaha... i guess u understand what i meant. The different is that you should substitute all those cows in Gippy to Sheeps !!!!! My whole trip there was not to say very memorable (due to some problem that i faced which caused me to feel really down and emotional) but apart from that, the scenery is not something that u can forget easily. Below are pictures taken in Tassy. Whether tassy is beautiful or not, u can be the judge !!!

HEHEHE.... Sorry for the long wait.!!!

2005-08-29T07:21:00.000-07:00

dear all, I am so sorry that i sort of completely stop updating my blog. Well... now, here i am. Back to this webpage to let all of u my friends know what is happening around me since july this year. hahaha... Well , to all of my friends, i finally graduated !!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!! Special Thanks to Longy and Mel for accompanying me and also supporting me throughout that whole exam period. Without u guys, i am sure i would have completely gone berserk !!!... Thanks again for letting me a shoulder to cry and also the effective counselling. Besides that, yo...Audrey and Lily, thanks for being my study companion. Really appreciate that especially Audrey's cooking (during exam period and the week before) !!! lastly, thanks to all my friends who were there to guide me through my stressful final sem; Len, Tim, Felicia (thx 4 ur advice), Alvin, Alicia, shea Li, Joe wiz and etc. Love you guys !!!! Really miss you guys and all the wonderful exciting, hilarious moment in Gippy !!!!!

GloBall

2005-04-07T02:02:00.000-07:00

Well....after much waiting and deciding and hard work, we, the ISA, have finally put together our GloBall.....!!!! yeah,...........!!!!! well....GloBall is actually our culture night whereby everyone was to wear their culture costume. I had fun that day. Eventhough, i moved a lot in making sure that every guests have their table and seats, i did enjoy and was glad that it went on well (though i must say, at the beginning, it was a bit shaky and unorganized). Well...it is now all well underwater... hehehe... well...below is picture taken at the GloBall itself.

Bucchan Caves, Lakes Entrance and Wyanga Winery

2005-03-17T01:50:00.000-08:00

Today i went on a trip to Bucchan Caves. for your information, it is not pronounce as (bu chan)... it is pronounced as ( Buk-Khen)... a bit weird right??? well...that's how it is pronounced... well... i went there of course with my bunch of friend, mel, len, tim and also a new additional friend that i met this sem, Lily...!!!! Welcome her to Gippy!!!

well...i guess i don have to say much.... photos tell more than what i can say...therefore, without wasting any more of your time in reading, might as well jump straight to the photos below !!!

the pict consist of hui ting, me, lily, mel, len and joyce.!!! go girl, go go, girl!!!

after that, we went to Lakes Entrance for our lunch whereby we had fish and chips and then, we proceeded to Wyanga Winery where we had our wine tasting. I tasted port, white wine, blackberry nips and etc... Well... let me tell u this, Blackberry nips when keep cool and mix with lemonade is absolutely delicious !!!! Below are pictures taken in Lakes entrance and also Wyanga Winery!!!

Finally....Time to go back to my hometown...!!!

2004-11-20T10:49:00.000-08:00

i stayed in NZ until 17th Nov. I boarded my flight back to Sdyney on 18th Nov early in the morning. I stayed up whole night in the christchurch, NZ airport as i was trying to reduce my travelling expenses. i reached Sdyney at about 9 am. Went to the Paddy's market and then meet up with my friend,Anthony. He accompanied me the whole night as i didn't book any accomodation since my flight back to Melbourne is also early in the morning. therefore, we lofe around Darling Harbour. Eventually, by 3am, he sent me to the airport and waited with me till 5am. I boarded my flight at 6.00am back to melbourne city. Once i reached there, i stayed in the airport whole day till 9pm at night as my flight back to Malaysia is on the same day. I wanted to make sure that i reached malaysia early in the morning on 20th nov. That day was my sis's birthday. i wanted to giv both she and my parent a surprise "come home" but unfortunately, my sis already knew about my plan. so she opted to fetch me from the airport. Therefore, that 3 days were really a marathon for me. I didn't sleep from 17th nov onwards until 20th nov!!! but i was very happy as i am finally back in the arm of my family !!!

Trip to NZ: Frank Josef Glacier

2004-11-14T10:33:00.000-08:00

Frank josef Glacier, as the name stated, is a place where you can see glacier. It is really a fantastic place to go as you won't be able to see such scenary in M'sia. I went for a half day hiking in the glacier. It was really tiring but the experience is worthwhile. The half day hiking last for about 4 hrs. For the hiking purposes, i have to wear a 1.5kg boot and also a crampon. The crampon is to grip the ice when you are hiking on the glacier. To tell the truth, it was really very dangerous. Had any member from my group lost their balance, all of us would have easily fall off. As you can see from the pictures below, the walk was very narrow and slippery!!! I had trouble making sure that i don't fall down and i am sure the rest of my team members faced the same situation. well... you can see for yourself how dangerous it was. but don be intimidated by my description. really, the experience is really worth all the trouble. You should try it too !!!!

i was there on 13 and 14 Nov 2004. On 14th, i did my half day hiking !!

Trip to New Zealand: Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown.

2004-11-10T06:00:00.000-08:00

Here is Queenstown. The most prominent thing in Queenstown is Lake Wakatipu. No matter where you are, you will definately see this Lake. It is the second largest lake in New Zealand and consider the largest lake in South Island. Therefore, as soon as you see this lake, you know that you have already reached Queenstown. Well.... For those LOTR fans or lovers, you will surely love this area. A lot of the LOTR merchandises are sold here and in fact, there are a lot of LOTR sight-seeing tour here. You will be able to see a lot of scenaries from LOTR movies. I, for one, love this place. Though, i must say, in comparison with the rest of the town, Queenstown has four season in a day. Even though i was there at the end of spring, the weather was still very very cold then. Below are pictures taken by the Lake. The scenaries are very breath-taking. Some of my friends don't believe that the pictures are real. Well... take a look at the pictures below and be the judge yourself!!!!

ohh... i stayed in Queenstown from 10th nov - 13th nov 2004.

2nd day in Sdyney...

2004-11-07T01:37:00.000-08:00

on the second day, i went to Circular Quay where the sdyney opera house and sdyney bridge situated...in fact, the rock is also there... I went over there, took a couple of pictures...mostly the landscape as i was travelling alone, thus, i don have many photos of me taken... occasionally i would asked some stranger to help me took a photograph...but still... not too often... hehehe... well... below are a few shots i have gotten in Circular Quay.

well,... din do much as well on that day... As i have a big trip tomorrow(my trip to south island, NZ), i must make sure that i am fully energetic tomorrow...!!!!

Sdyney...Here i Come !!!!!!!

2004-11-07T01:15:00.000-08:00

Well...after sending me off, i guess they headed back to Gippsland... well...as for me, i was happily waiting for the sight of sdyney to arrive...after an hour of flight, i reached sdyney finally... I checked-in on my accomodation, YHA sdyney central (fantastic place to stay. Very clean, nice and also comfortable..price is AUD33 for a night ... is actually a 5 star hostel..just to let u know...) Then i went directly to the Sdyney Chinese Garden. Below are some pictures of the chinese garden... Though, i must said that i was quite dissapointed with the scenary there. Well...might be due to the fact that i have seen some really awesome garden in Beijing, China, therefore i find it a bit boring... well.... be the judge yourself... the entry price is about AUD6.00.

Departure Date!!!

2004-11-06T01:08:00.000-08:00

Today my friend, Longy, Mel, Len, Tim and Denise went down with me to Melb City. They accompanied me whole night and even slept in the airport to sent me off. Let me explain here, my flight was on the 7th Nov early 6.15am. Therefore, they stayed up with me whole night from 6th Nov til my actual departure time!!! how sweet... thanks to them and also especially Longy for sending me to the Tullamarine airport and also Mel (hehehe... without your affirmation, the chaffeur wouldn't dare to sent me off!! ... u know la... hehehe :P) oh... and also Tim as he had to drive another car since there is no enough seating for all of us....Thanks to u guys !!! you guys rock !!! hehehe... i must confess that though i don really understand what that's mean, but since many ppl is using it... i guess it must be some really nice word...!!! kekekeke....)

hand over ceremony

2004-10-17T07:13:00.000-07:00

today is the ISA hand over ceremony in Lady Mikado near Midvalley morwell... for all malaysian, this is not the midvalley in msia. it is called midvalley but is no way near as big as the Midvalley in malaysia... well... longy became the Master of Ceremony...well who else, the only asian with the strong accent... hahaha... he is good. thanks to him... well... we had a combination of japanese and korean cuisine... fantastic... well...below is the place...

philips island n len's birthday

2004-10-17T05:35:00.000-07:00

today is the day i finally can watch the penguins parading home ,.... hahaha,... so happy... well... first of all, we went to mirboo north to have our lunch. over there we took a few pictures of the muriel. hopefully i got this spelling right.!!! then we proceed to philips island where we stopped at cowes for a short walk.WOW>... apparently there is the grand prix motorcycles racing there...but not the actual one cos the actual one is tomorrow. but still....wow....all the motors are really stylo.... fantastic. i took a few photos of them...
belows are the few photos taken in mirboo & philips island.

after that, we went to watch the penguin parade. the penguins are sp cute. they are so very tiny... they just ran when they are nearing their home... hahaha... it is really cute... but the weather isw freezing cold that day... all of my friends went off after watching a few penguins parade home... but i stayed longer... eventually, i went in as well... hahaha... cos it was almost time to go back to our bus... fantastic day. i love the penguins. !!!

(unfortunately no photos cos we are not allowed to take any photos during the penguin parade)

The 'GOWN' Day !! Congrate to all my friends..!!

2004-10-07T11:01:00.000-07:00

Today is the gown day for all international student who is graduating this semester. This event is held just so that international student who opted to graduate at their own home country get a change to take some photos with their lecturers and friends in the graduation gown !!! so interesting to see everyone getting so excited over it... hahaha... makes me want to wear the gown as well... Congrat to all my friends who are graduating this semester. Hope to see u guys in future and friendship forever !!!

The two graduating friends of mine are Alicia (with red flower) and Melissa (with orange flower)... hehehe.. both of that flowers were by me... i know that i wont be there for their real graduation day, so i felt today is the day to buy them those flowers. so glad that they like it...

4th day in Canberra: Aust. Royal Mint, Nat.Gallery & Departure date

2004-09-28T18:03:00.000-07:00

Today i had my breakfast with Eun Jeong, the Korean lady. She gave me one roll of sushi and asked me to share with her the rest of the sushi. I ate only 3 pieces as i don eat breakfast usually.

Went to the Australian Royal Mint today. i mint my own $1....hahaha...however, the process was so fast that u can't see anything at all.... after that i went to the High Court of Australia, decided to have my lunch there....hahahaha...it is not ever time that u go into the High Court therefore i told myself that no matter what i must have lunch there. i ate my favourite food, Quiche. hahaha... really nice. I like it. then i set off to the National Gallery which is just beside the high Court. Spent about 45 min.

On my back back to my hotel which is about 2.30pm, i met with yet another lady that traveled alone. She is from Taiwan...(muahahaha...it seems i am not the only one travel alone!!!!) Her name is Yu Fen. She is also planning to come to Melbourne on 29th which is the same day as the Korean lady... Anyway, by 3.00pm i reached my hotel, instead of collecting my backpack from the receptionist, i went to the Canberra Centre again to have a last look around. As i was about to collect my bag from the reception counter, to my suprise i see 2 of my seniors at the reception.... They just reached here today. Unfortunately, since i am leaving already so i can't tell them much. Just a quick guide on the places that i felt they must visit and then i left to catch a shuttle bus to the airport at platform 6.

Reached melbourne City at 7.oopm. Waited for th train back to Morwell at 8.30pm and finally reached reached Morwell at 10.45pm. My friend, Darrel, came to pick me up from the train station and brought me safely home to my house in Churchill. So by the time i reached home, it was already 11.00pm. Thanks to Darrel..............!!!!! by the way, He is our ISA (international Student Association) president this semester. hehehe.....

3rd day in Canberra:Cockington Green, Canberra Centre

2004-09-28T09:44:00.000-07:00

As usual in Canberra, waking up at 6.ooam is already a habit(pls note, only in Canberra, *wink*, it is impossible for me to wake up that early in my Uni campus...hahaha). I took a shower and went out at about 8.08am. Missed the bus to Gold Creek Village. the purpose to Gold Creek Village was for the little miniature Great Britain in Cockington Green Garden. I had to wait for the 8.20am bus (no.52 platform 8). Reached there at about 9.05am however, cockington Green open at 9.30am. so i took the 25 minutes to take pictures. At about 9.30am, as soon as the gate opened, i went in to purchase my entry ticket and also the guide book. All this cost me about AUD$15.oo. As i imagined, i really love this place very very much. Surprisingly on that day, there were a lots of tourists either from Europe or from India... Well...those European ppl were really friendly and helpful. They helped me took a few photos...Thanks to them... hahaha... below are the pictures of Cockington Green Garden.
first=entrance of cockington green, inside of cockington green,

I also bought a lot of things here in Cockington Green Garden's shop....**SIGH** what to do...??? i am already broke.... i left Cockington at about 2.30pm. I went back to my Hotel to put all my stuff away and then went to Canberra Centre to get myself a daypack. The sling bag that i brought with me almost killed me especially when i have a lot of stuff in my bag. Hahaha... happy to get myself a red daypack which cost me about AUD$45. Well... by 6pm, i went back to my hostel and ate dinner at 7pm. Today, another person was added to our room. Her name is Bae Eun Jeong from Korea. Nice lady. I talked to her and told her how to walk about in Canberra. I gave her a RM10 as souvenir from Malaysia and in return she gave me 1000 won... hahaha... i told her not to..but she insisted... so happy that i now have a friend from Korea....and also...(***darling*** if u see this,well...i do it for u also...hahha... i remember u said something about Korean girls are cute... hehehe... i have her contact details with me... i will pass it to u if u ask..hahaha...**wink**)

2nd day in Canberra: Nat.Library, Questacon, OPH, NPH and sunday market

2004-09-26T08:57:00.000-07:00

well...took a shower at 5.30am and went out for a stroll at 7.ooam. Today i went to the National Library. hahah... i din go in anyway...just to take photos. and then within walking distance (app. 10min) is the Questacon (the sci and tech building). Interesting place... After that, i went to the Old parliament house and also the New parliament house. By 2.30pm, i left the New Parliament House and walked to the Sunday Market in wentworth, Kingston which took me 1 hrs to reach there. however, the sunday market closed at 4pm and i reached there at 3.30pm...sad..:( not much time for me to walk around... by 4.15pm, i left the sunday market and went to a nearby bus stop and waited for the bus. At that time, i was a bit scared as someone actually shouted at two Asian guy "CHINA BOY"...that's make me really scare as i was there and i was thinking what if the bus does not turn up at all???!!! luckily, the bus arrived at 5.30pm and i reached my hotel at about 6pm. Had my dinner and talked to my room mate, Marianne Riphogen from Netherlands. She has very good english!!

1st day in Canberra: War Memorial & Floriade

2004-09-25T19:07:00.000-07:00

Arrived at Canberra airport about 8.45am. Board on a cab to bring me to my hotel:City Walk Hotel as shuttle buses do not operate on weekends. The hotel is more like a hostel as it is suited for backpackers. AUD$22 per night with kitchen facilities, clean linen, donna , a common area, toilets and shower rooms). FYI, the $22 is for a night where u share room with another 5 person (yeap..it is six bed per room). Not bad. i do like the hotel anyway as it is clean. Below is a picture of the room.

after i checked in my room, i went straight to the War Memorial by a bus (by the way, the bus interchange is just directly in front of my hotel:convenient right??? hehe....). Cost me about AUD$2.40 for the bus fare. With international student card, u will be able to get a concession price which is about AUD$1.30. Well...on the whole, war memorial is like what the name suggest, "WAR MEMORIAL". So everything u see is about war. Well...for those who like history very very much, this is the place for u!!! **WINK** However, for me, well...it does give me a very eerie feeling... some of the sculpture there makes me scared...hahaha... I spent about 3 hrs there.

After that i went to Floriade, the famous flower extravaganza. Beautiful. really lovely. I love it. Below are a few pictures on Floriade. to tell the truth, i don quite dare to ask ppl to take picture for me at the very beginning, therefore, the only pict of me in the war memorial is the above pict...hehehe... **blush**, ppl shy ma.... However, at the Floriade, as the flowers are too beautiful, i gather my courage and started asking people to take photos for me...haha... (FYI, i went to Canberra alone, a real fantastic experience!! **wink**). on the right side of the photo is capt.cook memorial jet. it only operates from 10-12pm and also from 2-4pm. Well...after that, which is about 4pm. I was very very tired as i did not sleep the day before, so i went back to the hotel and slept at 6pm. unfortunately woke up at 12 midnight and just tossed and turned about in my bed until 5.30am where i got up to take a bath...:( sad....

the departure date!!!

2004-09-24T06:17:00.000-07:00

Today i slept at 6am because i took me whole night to research & plan my trip to Canberra and also to pack my bag. I woke up at about 2pm, prepare myself and by 5pm, Alicia fetch me to the Morwell train station of which i depart to Melbource City (Spencer St. to be exact)at about 5.30pm (A big THANKS to u, Alicia **wink**). I met with a bangladesh doctor in the train. He is also going to Melbourne city but heading off at Dandenong. I reached Spencer st. at about 7.45pm. as my flight is tomorrow morning 25th sept at 7.45am, therefore, i don plan to sleep at all as i am sure i wont be able to wake up on time (**blush**). hahaha... my housemate can easily be my witness as they have to suffer the noisiness of my alarm clock while i still sleep like a log most of the time...hahahaha... (**sorry to them all**) ;P

well....since i have nothing to do in Melbourne city, i went to the Crown. well... for your information, i did not gamble at all... hahaha... i just went there to sit and also to take some pictures. These pictures below are all taken in front of the Crown.

hahaha....nice right??? i am proud of it as well...hahaha... anyway, i sat by the river until 2.30am and then i walked back to Spencer st. to board the shuttle bus to Melbourne airport. I reach there at about 3.30am and spent the rest of my time reading in the airport. Finally board my flight at 7.30am and the plane "Virgin blue" depart Melbourne City at 7.45am. TO CANBERRA, HERE I COME.............!!!!!!!!!

Ski Trip In Mt Hotham

2004-08-22T07:13:00.000-07:00

Today is the day i am finally able to ski, make snowman and see REAL snow. The feeling of excitement caused me to abandon my sleeping and stayed up whole night until 3.45am in the morning of 22 Aug 2004 to board the Uni bus that brought us to Mt Hotham. I tried sleeping in the bus but it was useless. I am too excited. When the bus finally arrived at Mt Hotham, i can't help but rushing myself to get my skiing gear and had everything ready for the skiing lesson. However, all my excitement was drenched off when i started to realize the adventurous journey of skiing. Let me make is as simple as possible to associate my skiing adventure. "SKIING is HELL". All my dream of skiing like a PRO and make my friends envious was thoroughly backfired when I practically fell down in every imaginable ways.!!!

My friends and i decided to go to the summit of Mt Hotham and get some good shots.... i was so happy and glad that i followed them up when i saw the exquisitely scenery. However, after about an hour of photo taking, all my gladness and happiness just disappeared and was substituted with fear of going down the dangerously steep slope. i tried letting myself relaxed and went down like normal..... it was ok for only about 1 minutes and then the "heroic" fall performances begun again. Eventually, after about 3 falls, i gave up and took off my skiing gear. I walked all the way down the slope. My GOD...it takes almost hours and hours to reach below. Well...i am glad that i experienced it and i seriously don't want to endure that ever again !!!!

The Party !!!

2004-08-18T20:58:00.000-07:00

yesterday we had a birthday party for a few people namely Yong, Herman, Vikki and Kenny. Four of them celebrated their birthday in our house. so yesterday we had a very long night with cocktail and a bit of dancing. The music was blasting the whole night until about 4 am in the morning. Although i did not join the party much cos i seldom drinks and dance, i find the music to be very good though.

The big step!!!

2004-08-16T01:07:00.000-07:00

After all this year, i finally brought up the courage to dye my hair. However, i have to take such a long time and a lot of convicing before i finally do it... well...i am quite surprise...i find that i quite like the after effect of my hair. Hopefully by changing hair colour, i will be able to change my inconfident personality as well....A "BIG" thanks to Alicia. She contributed the most in the dying hair process.....She has such a big part of job, including acting as a hair-stylist, hair-counsellor, beautician and etc. Thanks to her. And not forgetting Lenore as well...for giving her opinion on most suitable colour for my hair. Thanks to all of u!!!!!
and specially thanks to Yong for driving us to midvalley....

Well...This is my new hair colour!!

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SRA BALL

2004-08-15T06:14:00.000-07:00

In August, one of the biggest event was the Annual SRA Ball. Everybody has to dress up for this particular ball. at first, i decided not to go ... eventually, i changed my mind and bought the ticket in the last minute. i was lucky to get a dinner ticket..or rather i thought i was lucky. supposingly the event was "GRAND" but mind u, i find that event to be a dissapointment! Firstly, the organizer never once introduced themselves. The ball dinner ended so fast with only one main course (a choice of lamb or chicken schnitzel) and a dessert ( a choice of salad or chocolate cake). Even though sometimes u might find that speeches is dreadfully boring, no speeches at all make the atmosphere a bit weird as well.....!!! Hopefully in future, the organizers will take note of this small but neccessary problem.

Here is a pict of me, siti, alicia, sue, lenore and melissa

Monash big day out

2004-08-15T05:00:00.000-07:00

during our orientation which last for a week, we were arranged to meet with other Monash campuses Australia in a place named : Healesville . We went for a tour in Healesville sanctuary and during dinner time, we met up with other campuses students.(newbizs as well). We danced folk dance together. It was quite fun!!

Below is a pic taken after the dinner and dance!!

the orientation

2004-08-14T07:42:00.000-07:00

during the orientation, i was lucky to meet a bunch of friends of mine. They are really good people. starting with the eldest and most sensible Zen, the funny housemate Alvin, the friendly Steve, the handsome Yee Jin, the other three hometown buddy(sky, ching hou and Angeline), 2 indon best friends (Audrey & Ervinna), the fairest of all, each and the beautiful, happening housemate Alicia. oh....also not to forget the rich chauffeur, yong(longy). Very lucky to meet u guys!!! Would like to thanks u guys as well... without all of you,,... i will be very very homesick and lonely here in Gippsland. Hope our friendship will remain forever !!!!

pict of me and a bunch of newbizs of Monash University Gippsland Campus. Good luck guys in surviving Gippsland !!!!

the month of July

2004-08-14T07:20:00.000-07:00

well....during the month of July, a part of my life change thoroughly. I came alone all the way from Malaysia to Australia . A country that is totally alien to me. I have no idea what to expect. Besides that, all this while, i have been living happily under the guidance of my parents and at 9th July, i have to start a new journey of my life without my family around me for a year. Well...some might think that one year is not that long but for me who has never leave my family before.....one day seems long enough for me...what more to say about a year. It is like a torture.........!!! However, i was lucky to meet with a few friends here. And especially two of my friends who showed me around Gippsland and always make sure that i am not lonely here. Therefore, i am very gladful. I specifically want to thanks Melissa Lim and Lenore Liew for all their efforts. Thanks u gals !

difficult to wake up

2004-08-14T00:21:00.000-07:00

haiya....everyday i have to drag myself out of bed. STudying in Gippsland makes me too relax....which causes me to sleep more than i do.... goodness.... i am becoming lazier and lazier.... how i wish i can stay like that forever, doing nothing and lazying around.