Hong Kong

i went to Hong Kong, but it was a very short trip, it's like a 2 nights trip. we reached there late at night and left early two days later. don't ask me why. i wasn't there alone, i was there with some colleagues. it wasn't a very nice trip though because some people wasted my time and spoilt the whole plan. if not, i believe it's going to be a good one.

well you see, i decided to walk around alone the next day but this one gal wanted to go with me. so i gave her a wake up call at around 10:30am. by 11:30am i'm done, and so i believe that she's done too. called her and she said that she's still on the bed. what the hell! so i asked her if she still wants to go, otherwise i'm going alone. she said yes, asked me to give her a few minutes. how dumb of me for waiting, i should just leave her and go by myself. so another friend of mine and i waited for her. then one by one started calling and said that they wanted to go with us, asked us to wait. and so we waited and waited and waited and guess what, we only left the hotel at around 1:30pm. gosh, so much time wasted.

went to Mong Kok right away and these bunch of people just kept wasting my time. they spent like hours in this one place and they bought nothing. i then walked by myself and so unfortunate, we met again later. they decided to go to the Ladies' Market and i followed. Ladies' Market is just like our Petaling Street, they sell the same thing throughout the whole stretch of that street. i looked at my watch, it's almost 7pm. decided to leave to the Avenue of Stars to catch the light show, A Symphony of Lights at 8pm. told them that i wanted to leave but according to them, we're reaching the end of the street. and some of them wanted to see the light show too. so alright, i waited again. by the time they're done, i looked at my watch and it's already 8:05pm. oh well, good bye my light show. then one of them, my senior colleague said, "i'm sorry if we're stopping you from your plan". duh!! you know, there's like so much to say about them but i'm sooo mad thinking about it, so to cut it short, that's the story. next time i should just go out by myself and not wait for people like them. wasted my time and spoilt my plan. arrghhh!!!

everything in Hong Kong seems to be quite cheap except for their food. but it's ok for me coz i'm the type who don't mind spending on food, i...guess

some pics...


Took MTR (Mass Transit Railway) from Tsim Sha Tsui to Mong Kok.


Buses.


Esprit.


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Hey, it's Kwon Sang Woo.


Sang Woo again, handsome yo..


Food...


Food again.. Eww...cows' part (top left), yucks..


Curry fishball - HK$5.


Fish meat 'siu mai' - HK$5.


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Taxi.


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Wow, what a name. Babi-la.. =P


Wonton noodles for dinner - HK$18. i tell you, it's super nice. and in Malaysia, the dumplings are usually filled with pork, but there dumplings are usually filled with shrimp. good for me coz i don't like pork. yummy...


Red bean and ice lemon tea - HK$16 and HK$12 respectively.


"Thong sui" time; red bean soup - HK$13.


Black sesame - HK$15; looks a lil disgusting but it's super nice man.


Papaya tapioca, forgot how much.


Chocolate milk (nice) and soya bean milk; commonly seen in the HK drama series.


Marlboro Ultra Lights - HK$30. that’s like RM15, very very expensive but i bought it because of the box.

a few days ago, i went to this karaoke pub which i've never been before with this bunch of people. few minutes after we're there, this man whom all of us fear most asked us if we want to watch strip show. he's sooo desperate that all of us ended up watching strip show with him that night. well i've seen a strip show before, male strip show when i was studying in London. it's a ladies only event organized by the university's Forum students' union together with Ann Summers. but watching naked girl dancing around was my first time. after the show, that man started asking money from us, he wanted us to pay for the show as well. i was like, what the hell!! you want to see strip show, asked us along, then that naked girl went dancing around you and you stupid pervert ass want us to pay for it! this is totally absurd and ridiculous. but what can we do? nothing but to fork out the money unwillingly. yeah, we're all mad about it. i even heard from the others saying that that man wanted that girl so badly that night and he wanted her for FREE. WHAT THE FUCK!! hellooo, nothing is free in this world ok, you stingy bastard!

i was talking to my brother online, and we were talking about food. he called home and talked to my Mum the other day, saying that he is getting quite bored with the same food they're having everyday. hmmm...he's just not as smart as me. hehe.. so i told him about the brand of frankfurters which i usually had (super nice) and i was telling him about some other dishes which he can cook. told him about the nice food he can get from the hypermarket there and also the junk food he can buy. omg, i miss UK so much. i miss London especially. i wish to go there again someday, and get to stay over for a longer period. i wish i could migrate over and be a Londoner. h-o-w i w-i-s-h..

yesterday's movie was good but we were late for almost 20 minutes. so we were quite blur because we don't know what was happening in the beginning. after watching that movie, we started to be afraid of 3am. if you've watched the movie, you'll know what i mean. it is quite scary thinking about demonic possessions or being disturbed by the "entity" from a different world. scares the bejesus out of me.

after movie, we fetched Tracy G home and we went to Q-Bar to meet Rosh's friends. since she's not going home to sleep coz she's sleeping over at her friend's place (Tracy M), she took the opportunity to party till "early" and she wanted to get drunk. her parents are very strict and everytime when she's out, she needs to go home early, just like the Cinderella, and she has never got drunk before. so yesterday was the night. unfortunately she wasn't drunk although she had lots and lots of vodka. i think she's a born drinker. but she was tipsy though. Tracy M's bf was the one who's drunk. and he puked. Rosh didn't puke coz she wasn't drunk, she was just tipsy. but she was laughing all night like some mad mad woman. as for me, i didn't drink much so i was so sober. i only had a glass of vodka lime and a shot of vodka. didn't feel like drinking that night. i felt so bad that they actually need to find a way to fetch me back. Rosh was supposed to fetch me back but she was tipsy and we wouldn't let her drive. i wanted to drive her car then, but she doesn't trust my driving. obviously, coz i usually don't drive, or should i just said that i don't drive. in the end, her friend decided to drive her car and fetch me home. everytime when my friends ask me out at night, i always feel bad because they'll have to fetch me back. sometimes i do not feel like going because i don't want to trouble them and i know, sometimes they're not willing and not happy to drive me back although they said that they don't mind. i think i should just go out less. or if i'm out, i should be back earlier by myself.

you must be wondering why didn't i drive? i think i'm scared. what? you think i don't wanna drive? of course i wanted to, but the fear is overwhelm. it's like a phobia to me to drive on Malaysia's road. the motorcyclists are scaring me to death and Malaysians' drivers are way too reckless when they're behind the wheel. that's the fact that no one can deny. even the 'guai lous' said that. Malaysians' drivers are very the HORRI-THE-BLE. ok not all Malaysians are like that but most of them are. Malaysians are nice people but when they're behind the wheel, they're NOT. that is the ugly side of Malaysians. if you're to give me a car in London, who said that i'll never drive? i will drive for sure because i feel so safe driving on the road there. well as for now, it's either i learn to overcome my fear or i'll never drive forever.

Singapore & Kuching, Malaysia

pictures time...

Singapore


look, the curtains can only be activated by a remote control (my room in Singapore). among us all (my colleagues and i), my room is the only room with this kind of curtains. how lucky...


let's have a look at the view outside...


uh...what a "nice" view indeed.. -_-! construction's going on.


cotton balls in the sky..


look..they're everywhere.


Aerial view of Singapore 1.


Aerial view of Singapore 2.


Aerial view of Singapore 3.

The food we had in V8 Movie Restaurant, Singapore


The free soup.


Fish & chips.


Crispy chicken or wateva, forgot the name.


Also forgot the name, chicken chop bla bla bla.


Pineapple fried rice with ... forgot.

Kuching


Taken from my room; Kuching North City Hall and Fort Margherita.


The Waterfront and i think that is Gunung Santubong.


Holiday Inn Damai Lagoon Resort.


The beach; Holiday Inn Damai Lagoon Resort.


The pool and the beach; Holiday Inn Damai Lagoon Resort.


The pool; Holiday Inn Damai Lagoon Resort.


Passport to Sarawak Cultural Village.

more pictures here on Sarawak Cultural Village.

yup, like what i've expected, i'll never get to watch Doom in the cinema. all my friends have watched it and they watched it WITHOUT ME. anyhow i'm going to catch The Exorcism of Emily Rose in the cinema later in the evening with Rosh, her friend Tracy G and jie. come to think of it, this is like my FIRST time going to the cinema for a movie this year. eh no, actually it's my second time because i went for a free movie called Shall We Dance on Valentine's Day. so this time is gonna be the first time that i'm paying for the ticket myself. yes i know, it is SUPER PATHETIC of me. lets hope that it is going to be nice, and it's time to scare Rosh. hehe...

i think she feels a lil left out. i think she feels neglected. i think i've hurt her in a way which i don't mean to. i think she doesn't know that she has hurt me in a way that she doesn't mean to. i think i've made her change her thought about me. and i think she likes me less. now that we're both working and we're on a different path, we tend to fall apart and see each other less. we don't seem to be as close as how we used to be. we don't seem to know each other as well as we used to know. we've not seen each other for weeks and we sms/call each other less. "why must these happen to us?! is it me who has changed, or is it you who has become so different?" but i think it's the both of us. i've been asking her out quite often and everytime it's a failure. when she's free, i'm not and when i'm free, she's not. and usually when i'm free, Rosh is free too and we'll both be going out together, very often. when she knows that i'm out, she knows that i'm out with Rosh. is she jealous? will she be jealous? will she thinks that i'm leaving her out? it seems like, i'm the one who always put an effort to ask her out, and always it doesn't work. sometimes when i wanted to ask her out, i tend to have a second thought because i'm afraid that she might find me being irritating for asking her out so often. and sometimes i decided to do nothing and wait for her to ask me out. yet, for the past few weeks, she didn't text nor call. i don't wish that we'll end up like strangers. i don't wish that our friendship will end. and i don't wish that we'll be like this forever. just to let you know, you're always a friend whom i treasure the most.

well you see, maybe i'm just being over sensitive.

Some Say...

Some say love, it is a river
That drowns the tender reed
Some say love, it is a razor
That leaves your soul to bleed

Some say love, it is a hunger
An endless aching need
I say love, it is a flower
And you its only seed

It's the soul afraid of dreaming,
That never learns to dance
And the soul afraid of waking,
That never takes the chance

It's the one, who won't be taken
Who cannot seem to give
And the soul afraid of dying,
That never learns to live

When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long
When you feel that love is only
For the lucky and the strong

Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snow
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
In the spring becomes the rose

This came into my mailbox the other day. i thought it was some leaflets regarding some new events coming soon coz i always get these kind of stuff from Kent and Recharge. opened it and voila...


This is what's inside. opened again and ...


2 CDs yo!! cool... tried playing them. disc 1 got nothing and i love disc 2.


The main layout.


R3 Gallery; got to see some random pics taken that night. and Johan Gielen's Mix; all the tracks are awesome.

finally, they announced the news this morning. it's Doomsday. the virus has been spreading rapidly, a lot of people were killed. that was when i knew that i must not wait any longer, there's not much time left, and so, i asked J out. he said yes, and we went to the mall together. i was so happy to be out with him, for i never thought that he would say yes. we were walking like friends, when suddenly i saw a gal walking towards us. she looks so familiar from far. as she was walking closer, i finally got to see her face clearly, she's A. "why is she here?", i thought to myself. she came closer and closer and started smiling at him. she then held him by the arm and they both walked away together, leaving me there, standing alone. as they were walking away, she turned to me and gave me this "funny" stare, as in the he's-mine kind of stare. i just stood there, feeling pissed and sad. how could he walked away with her and leave me alone?! they then walked into MNG and there, she started hugging him and getting intimate with him. she gave me another stare, the i-win-you-lose-he's-mine-and-it's-fun-to-see-that-you-are-angry-and-jealous kind of stare. i turned around and walked away. as i was walking on the street like a dead soul, suddenly there's a tap on my shoulder. it's a friend. i told her about what happened. she looked at me and told me that it wasn't his fault, it was A's fault. all these while, he has feelings towards me but it was A who forced him to be with her. he is afraid of her, that is why he did not leave her. she even knew that J bought a bottle of perfume for me. but because he's afraid of A, he has been keeping that bottle of perfume for quite some time and is afraid to give it to me. i was happy to know about the truth, that he has feelings towards me. but i decided to let it be, as the time is running out. there's nothing much i can do. it was 4 hours before Doomsday that i decided to blog about this. i ran to the library down the road and saw a bunch of zombies there. the virus has spread till there. no where to run. i then saw a coconut tree right in front and decided to climb up the tree to avoid from the zombies. as i was about to climb the tree....rrRING...

it's my alarm clock. it's just a dream. a very dramatic one. i just love having this kind of dream. i mean not the part where A snatch J from me, but about the zombies and stuff. weird, full with actions, mysterious, horror kind of dreams. lovely.. but the part where A pulled J away from me, that suck big time.

i finished work early today and decided to have dinner with jie and Nikki. i was with jie and we were supposed to meet Nikki and Ben near The Curve. since it was after office hour and was raining, jie decided not to use LDP, instead he used the other way. when we were about to reach the toll booth (exit to PJ), we heard a loud blow and there, right in front of us, the windscreen just cracked. thank goodness it did not shatter. we called Nikki to tell her about the incident, meet her at her place and jie parked the car at Nikki's house. we then followed Ben's car and we ended up having dinner in a restaurant near Paramount.


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i was in Singapore for 4 days but i never buy anything from there at all. didn't go to places, the only place i went to was Parco Bugis Junction (shopping centre) to meet up with my college friends for dinner on the first day. oh and i also went to the mall right next to our hotel for dinner for the remaining days. yes, i know it's pathetic. we were so tired after work everyday, we were like dead fish and we didn't get enough sleep everyday. anyhow, my friends brought me to V8 Movie Restaurant for dinner and the food is quite good. they give complimentary soup to every customers. how nice, free starter before having your main course. Thanks for the dinner, Santi and Merawati.

was supposed to meet Karen at Orchard on 20th, but i couldn't make it because like i've said earlier, too tired. sorry Karen, guess we'll just meet in Malaysia one day.

yesterday evening, i was supposed to wake up at 5:30pm and go to jie's house at around 7:30pm. we'll be having a reunion dinner with our friends from university. i knew that the alarm clock rang and i thought of taking another 5 minutes nap before getting out from bed and get ready. when i opened my eyes again, my room was quite dark and when i looked at the clock, OH MY GOD!!! it's already 7:15pm. SHIT!! immediately i took my phone and started typing a text to jie. then jie text me, asking me where am i. GOSH.. i told them that they shouldn't wait for me and should go ahead with the plan without me. i knew if i am to get ready and leave my house, i'll be there very late. Nikki called me back and told me that she will try to force jie to come to my house to fetch me. DAMN IT. i felt so bad, really bad. so we had dinner at Vietnam Kitchen and after dinner, we went to Kafe 7 to play pool. it was fun catching up with these people again after so long. i've never seen some of them for almost 2 years; exemption to HC, Nikki and jie 'coz we meet quite often. jie then dumped us and went for movie with his friend. THEY WENT TO WATCH DOOM!! WITHOUT ME!! arghh... HC is going to watch that with someone else too. no one wanna watch it with me. :'(

i'll post some pictures when i'm free.

can't wait to go to Singapore tomorrow. i'm not looking forward to work but i'm looking forward to meet my old friends from college. 2 of them went to Singapore to work after graduated from college. can't wait to meet them tomorrow evening.

Karen is not in Singapore. she was supposed to be there last week with her colleagues but there was a change of plan. her company postponed the trip, and she'll be going there on the 20th Oct. well it's still good, i'll still be in Singapore by then. at least we can still catch up in Singapore. duh..as if we cannot meet when we are in Malaysia. well it's quite true, we are so busy with our work that i think the last time i met her was a month ago or maybe more. oh well, i'm so excited. just hope that everything will be good.

how's life? busy busy busy. work sucks and it's sickening but sometimes it's all good if my team members are nice. well what can i say or do about it? nothing but to live with it. this is how i'll get my money, an earning for living every month.

i'm going to Singapore next week for 4 days 3 nights. not going there for holiday but to work. yup, another business trip. just pray that my team members for that project will be nice and good. Karen is already in Singapore, she's there to work too. there's this big exhibition going on in Singapore and her company is involved in it. might catch up with her if we're both free.

can't wait to catch DOOM in cinema. that is if i'm free and if there's someone who is willing to go with me. or else, getting a DVD will be great too, but i'll have to wait for months.





DOOM

Nails in the fences...

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.

The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open their hearts to us."

OMG!! my friend who was in Canada just called to tell me that she's now in Malaysia. she's gonna be back here for 2 months and is leaving again end of November. she's not working any longer, she quitted the job she was doing in Canada and registered for a new course, which will start early next year. how i wish i'm as lucky as her, to be able to study and study and study, taking courses after courses until i finally found something i really like. almost all her brothers are working as doctors or something related to medical. so guess what course is she doing next year? yup, you got it, something to do with medical. she's taking Dental Hygienic. she's going to be a dental hygienist. WOW!!! she has done computing, networking, management, office job and now...man something really professional. why didn't all these came to us when we were younger, when we were thinking so hard on what courses to take right after high school? all we think about was computing, computing and computing.

i was stucked in computing too and graduated with a degree and spent so much money oversea but am doing something totally NOT related to what i've studied. we should have think about these professions earlier; dental hygienist, chiropractor, those "white coat" professions. well who ask me to be so stupid!!

i don't like to be disappointed and i don't like the feeling of disappointment. i mean who likes that anyway? being disappointed for a particular matter for once is ok. but if it happens over and over again over the same matter, that really suck. on the 2nd Oct, i decided to ask Trey out for dinner for her birthday, when she told me that she couldn't make it because she's going to have dinner with her family for her birthday too. that i understand and i'm fine with it. then the next day, i wanted to ask her out again for dinner and this time, she couldn't make it again because she's going to have dinner with her family as the dinner on the 2nd was canceled. her brother wasn't free so they're going to have it on the 3rd, that was yesterday. as for today, before i decided to leave my house to find her (i wanted to give her a surprise actually), i gave her a call instead, you know just in case she's not free. i was glad to actually called her first before i leave, as she's going to her friend's house to celebrate her friend's baby's Lunar Birthday. YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!! you know how hard it was to be disappointed for 3 times straight?! then you must be wondering, why dinner and not lunch or whateva? well don't ask me why for i do not know how to tell you. that's just part of the plan, the plan i have in my head. ya plan, you see, NEVER EVER PLAN! SHIT!! anyhow there's no one to be blamed. i can't blame her, but i must say that i'm disappointed. this sucks!!

last week, i was in Kota Kinabalu with Rosh. it was a very short trip for us, so we didn't manage to walk around to places and the plan to go to one of the islands was canceled. it was scorching hot outside, therefore we finally decided to settle down in Coffee Bean. chatted for hours and that's when i spilled the beans about myself; yeah she's my friend and of course she knew a lil bout me, but i was disclosing about the guys whom i used to like and the guys who used to like me. i actually shared almost everything with her. i trust her and we really click very well and she's a super nice gal whom i really really adore.

oh ya, i had tiramisu in Coffee Bean in KK and it's so different compared to the one in KL. the tiramisu there comes in a bowl, unlike the one in KL which comes in slices. it tasted better too. talking about tiramisu, the best tiramisu i've ever had/tasted was from Ristorante Rocking Horse in Milan. if you happen to be there, go try it. it's super duper yummy.


Coffee Bean's tiramisu 1


Coffee Bean's tiramisu 2


The best tiramisu i've ever tasted; Ristorante Rocking Horse, Milan. a MUST try if you happen to be there. two thumbs up!!

yo Trey,

::~*HaPpY bIrThDaY!!!*~::

may God bless you in whatever you may do. have fun and go celebrate with a blast!!

on the 29th Sept, i was in Kuching for a business trip with my colleagues. just for your information, we always work with different team of people everytime. so sometimes you'll get some really nice people and sometimes you'll get the really nasty ones. i was lucky enough to have these bunch of nice people as my team the other day, although there's this gal who turns out to be quite shitty. still i have to work although at times i really do feel like slapping her. *chill*

after having seafood for dinner at this place which i think it's called The Rooftop (that's because the place is located on the rooftop of a building), one of my colleagues was nice enough to accompany me for a walk along the Waterfront (i've never been there before). he's a really nice man (old enough to be my Dad. yes i know, what's with me and old men?? i think it's because they're much wiser and understanding, and they do not seem to have any other intentions compared to the younger ones) and we chatted for hours before we realized that it was already 11pm and we need to leave Kuching early next morning. that's when we decided to call it a night and we went back to our rooms and sleep. i wish to work with him again soon, for i really do enjoy working and talking to him.


Yup, nothing left. wanted to take a picture of the food earlier but we're too hungry.


Astana Palace, taken during the walk along Waterfront.


A closer view.


when we were in the van heading to our hotel earlier in the noon, it was freaking hot and there's no air-condition in the van. i was sweating like crazy and he said that he'll buy me a fan if he sees one. so tadaa...he bought me this while we were walking along the Waterfront (very cheap only lar ok, RM4 only). still, it's something and thanks.