Digital Pics Project FAILED

wanted to select n print out my digital pics but mission failed! sigh... instead i backup the pics by burning it to cds... while going through the files, i realise there is alot of stoopid pics which is not worth printing out... better save monies.

before i know it, its already FRIDAY today... another few more days n I"ll be starting my new job. when i think back what hv i dont the past wk.... NOTHING... maybe just ran some errants. Ohh.. at least i managed to go for spa treatment.. which was relaxing!

then i started thinking what have i achieve this year.... hmm... got a few things.. got my CPA and CISA title!! got to work overseas (taiwan was great!), got a new job!!! hahahahahah so i think my achievement for this yr is not bad at all...

but the question now is what would be my goals for next yr? Normally i dont list them down... it'll just get stick to my brain n i'll remind myself abt it from time to time. But now, it seems like I have done most of the things i want to do in terms of my career... maybe its time to concentrade more on self improvement... like maybe eat better, get into shape, loss some weight... that kind of thing... hehehehehe

will hv to think hard....

btw, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Today marks my last day with EY

My journey with Ernst & Young is finally coming to an end. Got to know alot of great friends, learnt alot of things. Thanks everyone for the great time I had while in EY! Here are some of the pics taken in my last EY annual dinner...

Digital Pics

realised ever since the invention of digital camera, nobody ever print out their pictures anymore... then i checked my physical collection of pics and noticed majority of the pics were from 2 yrs ago!

so i am planning to print out all the nice digital pics taken since 2004 and get a nice book to stick them to.. of course me gonna add some comments to the pics too. that would be my task for next wk... :)

Ozzie Pics

I hv selected a few pics taken in Australia (except for the wedding pics) n uploaded them to Flickr. Havent collected all of them yet.. so the pics will be uploaded batch by batch.

Btw, remember to filter the pics by searching the tag 'ozzie'. If not you'll be looking at all the old pics too.

christmas decorations

something to ponder upon... came across mid valley's christmas decoration over the wkend, which is very very nice. It gives me the feeling that its a white christmas... since everything is in white!

then i was in klcc ... working over the wkend.. imagine, tender already still hv to work on the wkend! anyway, back to the main headline... as we were walkin out to hv lunch, i noticed, KLCC DOES NOT have any christmas decorations at all! Besides that, they still hv the Raya decoratives hanging in the centre court.... talk abt multi-cultural!!

New Toy!

Dav got me a new toy from HK! Its another Aquapet to add to my colletion.. now Tu has a new friend. His name is Blotto...

Note: Welcome back babe!

Back from Ozzie Land

So depressing... the hol is ending! Wedding was great. Good catching up with uni mates and some ex-colleagues.

Had a lot of fun in Melbourne as 2 of my uni mates tag along with us. Highlight of the trip will be the 15 mins helicopter ride in The Great Ocean Rd... it costs a bomb but worth it! It takes us over the 12 Apostles and London Bridge (see map below).


Also recently (sometime in June this yr), one of the apostle collapsed. So we were tryin to figure out which apostle it was.




Am collecting all the pics taken from my friends. Will browse through and select the best of the best to post them here. So be patient.. the pics will be up very soon.

On a separate note, my babe has gone off to HK for a hol with his friends. Miss him so much!! Just a few more days and he will be back... :)

Ozzie Adventure Part 1 - In Sydney!

Good news is we make it to Sydney.. bad news is, it's gonna rain the whole time we're here!!! But that's ok.. it doesnt deter us from doing the things we wanna do.

Was suppose to hit the city first thing this morning.. but since i am not a morning person, I only woke up at 11 (it was raining and damn nice to sleep in). Then we missed the bus, which was suppose to take us to the city by 1.30. Had to walked to the nearest shopping centre, call a cab to take us to the nearest train station and catch a ride to Grand Central. Only arrived in city at around 2pm.

As we wanted to make our Bridge Climb booking and The Rocks Ghost Tour booking, so we head to Circular Quay. Had fish & chips at The Rocks... and then walked from Circular Quay back to city centre (George Street) to meet Chia Ying's uncle and cousin for dinner at Cockle Bay's Wharf for dinner.

Did alot of walking after soooo long.. hehehe now abit tired. Got to hv my beauty sleep now for tmrw's wedding reception!

Happy!

am happy that I will be flyin off to the land down under tmrw for a wedding.... but damn tired and lazy to pack my bags now. On top of that my nose is acting up... been sneezin non-stop ever since I got back from dinner... must be due to the rain. Got wet abit on the way out just now...

besides the holiday, there is another thing which I am happy abt. Made a decision today which will change my life. will annouce once everything is confirmed and NO its got nothing to do with settling down!

will be away for abt 2 wks. thus wont be able to update the blog. will try to take some nice pics and hopefully share it with everyone.

i wld like to take this opportunity to say "CONGRATULATIONS, SERENE & ED!" Cant wait to catch up and see everyone.

My Current Bedtime StoryBook

Mao: The Unknown Story
Written by Jung Chang & Jon Halliday
No of Pages: 659

Let's see how long I am gonna take to finish this book... :)

Million ringgit fairy-tale wedding?!?!

hmm.. stumbled upon this news after dinner today.

A guy who had a sex change operation to become a woman married another guy in Kuching!! I didnt even know its legal to undergo a sex change operation in M'sia to begin with.... On top of that, the 'husband' have to proposed to her 6 times!!

The funniest is when my elder sis and brother-in-law pointed out that the bride has an 'ADAM's APPLE' in the wedding picture!!!! Check it out urself.

To read more abt the wedding --> http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/11/14/nation/12586038&sec=nation

Heard of 'Gila Monsters' Lizard ???

This is so funny... while searching for the instructions on using my new MonsterPet, Kuda, I stumble upon this piece of information. There is a species of lizards called 'Gila Monsters'. Damn funny right... hahahahaha

A little bit abt this creature:

Gila Monsters belong to one of the two venomous lizard species of the world. The other poisonous lizard is the Mexican Beaded lizard. The Gila Monster is unique among other reptiles. It is large, heavy-bodied, possessing a massive head, and small eyes. One of the characteristic signs of the lizard's appearance is its short, swollen tail. The body is a spotted pattern of black, pink, orange, or yellow scales.

Wonder if these lizards are really 'gila'. Hahahahahahahahha!

New Toy!

Got a new toy from Dav to add to my already huge toy family! hehehe. Its called Kuda, the Bush Monster.

Manufactured by Tomy, it is a pocket-size MicroPets that "listen" and respond to your voice commands. Kuda will run, walk, zig-zag and turn around. With more than 18 commands and functions, this miniature monster will amaze you. His ears really move up and down and his eyes light up. Requires 2 "button-cell" batteries.

Although it was a gift, it didnt come with the instructions. Thus I am seeking high and low for the instruction on how to activate the so called 18 commands and functions. So far could only get it to run and dance.. will appreciate if anyone out there knows how to 'play' with this monster.

Check out this site for other MicroPets - http://tinkerville.cutthatout.com/micropets/us/

Note: Thanks babe!

Mr Brown's Podcast - Zhng My Car

This is quite a funny podcast... The S'porean version of 'Pimp My Ride'.

Download at http://podcast.mrbrown.com/tmbs-051010.mp3

Enjoice!

Indecisive

make decision to be happy
sometimes happy decision doesnt mean happy for other ppl
how to achieve compromise?
how to make everyone happy?
where is the balance?

its hard
no one says its ever easy
to lead a happy life

i dunno how
i dunno where
i hope that things will work out as i want them to

Malaysian Culture

Something a colleague sent me today. Enjoy.

There once was a very good old barber in New York. One day a florist goes to him for a haircut. After the cut, he goes to pay the barber and the barber replies: "I am sorry. I cannot accept money from you. I am doing community service."The Florist is happy and leaves the shop. The next morning when the barber goes to open his shop, there is a thank you card and a dozen roses waiting at his door.

A policeman goes for a haircut and he also goes to pay the barber after the cut. But the barber replies: "I am sorry. I cannot accept money from you. I am doing community service." The cop is happy and leaves the shop. The next morning the barber goes to open his shop, there is a thank you card and a dozen donuts waiting at his door.

A Malaysian software engineer goes for a haircut and he also goes to pay the barber after the cut. But the barber replies: "I am sorry. I cannot accept money from you. I am doing community service." The Malaysian software engineer is happy and leaves. The next morning when the barber goes to open his shop, guess what he finds there...

Can you guess?













Do you know the answer yet?













Come on, think like a Malaysian....













..... a dozen Malaysians waiting for a free haircut!

Bagan Lalang Beach

Here's coupla pics we took from our Bagan Lalang trip.

Amazing view

Balls of sands made by thousands of tiny crabs. Quite disgusting really, I've been here once in the night, the whole beach was literally swarmed by these tiny creatures, and we're walking with our naked feet on them..

Me and my babe.

Photographed by Steph. We were driving home from Bagan Lalang, when we made a turn in a junction towards KLIA and was greeted by this lovely view of the sunset. She is amazing isn't she..?'

Here's some links to some superb Bagan Lalang photographs:

WorldIsRound, http://www.worldisround.com/articles/33291/
USJ.COM.MY, http://www.usj.com.my/gallery/album82

Holiday ended so fast?

Cant believe one wk of holiday pass by just like that... what hv I achieved?? Nothing.. Had made some plans:

1. Go camping and have a bbq at the campsite.
2. Play tennis & badminton.
3. Do some work?

Let see what I actually did during the week...

1. Watched 1 chinese movie (Andy Lau's latest), 1 animation (Corpse's Bride) and 3 dvds (Jap animation, Thai horror flick & Amityville).
2. Had a small BBQ.
3. Ventured to Bagan Lalang beach to witness the sun sets.
4. Cleaned my room (although now the table is in a mess again).
5. Do my mandarin lesson homework & revise.
6. Sleep, sleep and more sleep.

Hahahaha... what a big difference. From an active plans it turns out to be a lazy week... oh well, at least I can say I rested.... but of course its not enuf.

Anyway, I also found some nice pics which I would like to share with everyone. Here goes....

Celebrating Justin's Birthday in One Bangsar


















Mandarin class partners in crime!

Terengganu

Yes, I needed a break badly.. even at the expense of going for a trip myself. Boy was I in for an adventure..

I woke up 6-ish in the morning on Friday. Took a cab down to Stesen Putra. I read from Transnasional website that its the station that sells the ticket. Took a cab down there for 15 bucks. The cab made a wrong turn, earlier than it is supposed to. I decided to walk. Its about 7.00 am, when I finally reached the station. All the counters are closed, I saw two guards there and I asked them.

It turns out that sure.. Transnasional counter sells the ticket.. but the bus will depart from Jalan Duta! Bloody Transnasional.. so I went out and took another cab to Jalan Duta. It costs me another 7 bucks.

I reached there at around 7.20am. Rushed in and discovered that the counters here are still closed. I waited for another 1/2 hr before Transnasional's counter opens. Bought the earliest ticket to Kuala Terengganu at 9am. When asked how long, the ticket lady says 4.30.

I was thinking at the back my head, "Hey, she probably means 4 1/2 hrs". Not bad. It didn't register to me until later that she really meant 4.30pm as I heard from another friend that there's a new highway there (couple of years back, mind you I have not been to the east for a looOOoong time) and it doesn't take long to get across. The whole journey consists of a single stop.. and its only for toilet! My stomach was growling non stop throughout the journey..I was thinking all sort of nice food to eat, fast food, seafood, authentic food, etc etc when I reach there.

Anyway, fast forward, I didn't see any other Chinese nor Indians there at 4.30pm. No restaurant, no fast food in the only shopping complex, Astaka. It's and incredible place, I feel totally alien.

After series of misadventure, tumbling around the town like an idiot. I finally decided to get a place to stay out of town. Took a cab ride to Marang, after much searching I finally settled in a motel/chalet named Rhu Muda Motel by the beach.

Absolutely beautiful surrounding, with tall coconut trees, and almost white sandy beach overlooking Pulau Kapas. A paradise, if it ain't for the rundown chalet that I'm staying in..

For the period of 2 days and 1 night, I've discovered so many nice people there. They are just so friendly and they would sit and talk with you for hours.

To the Pak Cik at the promenade, the pak cik at Seberang Takir and Abang Desa. Thanks for making my trip there so much more interesting. I will remember to visit Duyong, the boat making village, and the lekor factory the next time.

Here's some pictures that I took.


Boat ride across to Seberang Takir from Kuala Terengganu for 80cents


Sunrise from Rhu Muda Motel, Marang.


Coconut trees, Rhu Muda Motel, Marang. You can see bits of Pulau Kapas in the picture on the left


Fisherman boat with an attached sampan. If you look more close, you can see a huge digging ship, right in the middle. Their making a cove/lagoon in preparation for an international yatch race on November.

Faith, Religion, etc...

Had a discussion with some friends over dinner abt religion, culture and how different it is between the different race in Msia. Then I discover that I do not practice alot of 'chinese' culture/ religion at home or in my life.

When we were young and was still staying in my dad's so called office/hse, my parents used to pray to this indian idol called Sai Baba. Then when my dad's business got better and bought a hse, we moved to the new hse but we didnt bring along Sai Baba with us (much to my grandmother's dissapointment). My parents did not really bring us to temple much besides the annual 'Kow Wong Yea' celebration. Then when each of us had to sit for the 'BIG' goverment exam in school (e.g. UPSR, PMR, SPM, etc) my mum would go to temple to pray for a good luck charm which she will burn into a cup of water n force it down out throat on the first day of exam...

Then one day my mum told us that my elder sis was actually adopted to the 'Kwan Yin'.... n as far as I can remember, I dont think my sis ever went n pray to her before.. which is quite funny. So after she got married in Oct last yr, my mum suddenly remembered that her eldest daughter was pledged to Kwan Yin and she did not asked to take her back before her wedding... which I assume is 'wrong'. My mum was suppose give some offerings and request to 'un-adopt' my sis from Kwan Yin before the wedding.. but due to her short-term memory loss, this was only done few months after the wedding... this is kinda funny..

My family is seriously one funny bunch when it comes to practising the religion... I dont even know whether we have one... !! That's why all my life I always tell people i'm an atheist, although officially we're buddist. I think its good to have faith and believe in something.. but when the belief involves constant execution of certain rituals, it becomes something else.

Something to think abt.. issit really important to have a religion?

Self Searching Journey or R&R ?

My babe has went off to Kuala Terengganu for a break ALONE and left me in this cruel working life for the wkend.

Sigh x2!

But he has been working non-stop for the past few wks.. he sure deserve it...

Mad abt CSI

A few of my colleagues just got back from Shanghai after working there for 1 month. With the business trip, came along a whole load of purchased items. Apparently DVDs are very cheap over there.. so everyone went crazy!! Then I found out that my manager bought CSI boxset which contains episodes from Season 1 to Season 5!!!!

Without wasting my time, I asked to borrow the boxset to catchup on any episodes I may hv missed on AXN. I've always been interested in forensic stuff.. although I'm no scientist... so CSI was a refreshing series which I love to watch.

So Ive been watching one episodes to another until I reach the season 5 DVDs... as I was being told that it contains episodes for the whole 5 seasons, I was excited that I didnt miss any episodes... but to my SURPRISE, as i reach the last DVD... I realise its missing the last episodes!! How I know??? I know cos I remember seeing on AXN ad, the season finale has Eric Stokes being kidnapped and trapped in a coffin. Besides that the season finale was directed by Quentin Tarantino! How can this happened??

Frustrated, I went online to confirm... YES, its true, the DVD is missing Season 5 last episodes... so sad...

Note: Thanks Timmy for the tong yuen & pai kuat.

Removing the blogger navbar..

If you look closely, there's no longer a Blogger nav bar on the top of this site. Found a way to remove this pesky navbar from the top. And.. its VERY easy!!

This involves a bit of editing the template codes.. get into your bloggers template coding. Search for the tag "<body>".

You will need to enclose the body tag with a noscript. It should look like this when you're done: "<noscript><body></noscript>".

Save that and republish your site. Thats it. Easy peasy, like ABC, ais kacang, kacang putih, kacang kuda.. any kacangs..

Annie!

Just testing out some black & white shots on my camera. I'm inspired, after going thru some amazing photographs from Steph's buddy! You can check it out in her blog.

Subject : Annie. She's a difficult subject as she's a bit camera shy (and she's cute!). It's hard to get her to face the camera. What I did was to use the speed burst option on the camera and fire away, 5 shots at a go I think.

3 Musketeers Monkies

I have Jeanne's monkies to accompany me work over this wkend...

Just in case you're wondering what they are doing.. each of them has a message to deliver:

See No Evil

Hear No Evil

Speak No Evil

Learn more abt your country

This site quite funny... its called 'UNCYCLOPEDIA'. Do a search on Malaysia and this is the opening paragraph describing our lovely country:

Essentially a tiny penisular found to the north of their slightly more anal cousins who live on an even smaller island Singapore, Malaysia is a young nation of diverse cultures and races (including the F1). Moving foward with a vision as a collective community towards the vision of becoming a developed nation by the year 2020, 4040, 5050 or whatever catchy number.

It is made up of 13 states namely Selangor, Kedah, Trengganu, Kelantan, Pahang, Penang, Johor (just north of Singapore), Sabah, Sarawak, Perlis, Malacca, Perak and Negeri Sembilan. Malays run around with spears and attempt to subdue the technologically advanced but non-wiping Chinese in a bout for island domination. The prize is beer, which is illegal to muslims anyway. But it's the principle that counts, you know.

Then it goes on talking abt the history, climate, people, culture, sports and education in Msia.

Pucuk Ubi - New Town

2 months ago, Cheryl, Chin Teong & I was posted to work in PJ State. Like normal, I was running two shows at one time, so was hardly with the team. Then Cheryl & Chin Teong 'discovered' this restaurant opposite client's place called Pucuk Ubi, whereby Chin Teong was given 'extra' attention by the owners. This is what Cheryl wrote on their experiences in the restaurant:

'today i had lunch at a place called "pucuk ubi" (which means potato stick). the restaurant is located in "new town", a row of shops opposite the pj hilton. it serves borneo food which was really spicy! highlight - its run by a group of transvestites better known as "aquas" and i think 1 of them said a frenly "hi" to chin teong earlier in the morning, i don't think he will be venturing there alone anytime soon hehehe'

So after a few comment to disturb Chin Teong, we never talked/ discussed abt Pucuk Ubi anymore until today when Cheryl found that the owners of the restaurant has left a comment on her post!! Imagine the shock.... :P This is an excerpt taken from the comment:

'well well well... basically you guys were discussing about us and we are pretty glad to have found this blog written by you. anyway, you are all welcomed anytime here to see how pretty we are... hehehe... don't be surprise if we are much prettier than you guys. lol. kinda funny but it's the facts of life that you guys have to accept....'

Read more at Cheryl's Blog.

Not sure if they are the actual owners or not.. i tried to look at their profiles and found that the restaurant actually has a website. Check it out at --> http://restoranpucukubi.tripod.com/
Unfortunately they do not have pictures on the websites...

Taking Annie for a walk

We are starting a new ritual.... trying to take Annie for a walk on the wkend. Hopefully this will make her less restless at home. Thought can take some nice pics of her with the sunset background. But to my horror, its actually quite hard taking dog's pic. Annie always turn n face the other side whenever she sees me in front of her. Then when I got too tired n give up, she will sits besides me and look at me!!







































my frus look when i cant take pic of annie

iDog finally here...

I wanted an iDog... that was in May.... n yesterday nite my sis saw it in Apple Centre in Mid Valley. It freaking take M'sia 4 months to get in into the country.

Then now the person who introduce it to me says its not that great. Sigh...

If you're curious how much it is here.. it cost RM249 to own one.

Food Poisoning

sigh... got food poisoning from last nite's mamak session. Been to the toilet 3 times.. didnt eat lunch.. feel damn dehydrated... gonna head to the bed..

LATEST UPDATE
OMG.. just got back from the docs... I've actually lost 2kg....

What a wkend!

Had a relatively lazy wkend... planned to do some work ... didnt do so until now, which is like 1.27 AM - Monday morning!!!

Matta fair was this wkend as well. Went to get my air tix... am quite happy that I'm one step closer to taking a break from work. On top of getting my air tix, also signed up for a spa package.. hahahah

Had some great seafood... exercise like mad this morning, watched a good show tonite.. STOMP! The chairs in Istana Budaya was quite bad.. luckily the show was good. But I realise that M'sian crowd is quite bad in interaction. The performers was tryin to engage the spectators INTO the shows, but somehow I think they hv failed miserably tonite. There wasnt enuf of enthusiams from the crowd. At least thats how I feel.

So.. was also clumsy just now.... my feet was wet n I slip n fell on my knee coming out of the bathroom... *tsk*tsk* damn painful now. Its kinda red, I bet later on today it will be BLUE BLACK. We shall see... might take some pics to show... :(

Have been doing alot of thinking too... on how i felt abt work, feeling tired, needing a change.. I realise i've been doing alof of complaining & talking but hardly any action! I need more motivation and ask myself what I really want. Its no used complaining if i'm not gonna do anything abt it. So to everyone out there, will welcome any form of feedback... on the possible change I can make, jobs I can do, esp for those who knows me well.

Maybe a hol in Nov will do me good and will make that feeling go away.

Mass Resignation Day

Ok.. my colleague has suggested what we quit together on the same day on the same time... anyone game for it???

Fed-Up & Piss Off

I wish I could do something else with my life rather than chasing ppl for documents, verifying ppl's figures, taking minutes, preparing presentation slides for jobs which I didnt do, listening to boss' expectation for half the day, attending tonnes n tonnes of meaningless meetings, feeling disappointed with ppl's behaviour, etc.

Why cant I find the 'right' job?? Which I wont be complaining and feel let down by other ppl's behaviour?? I wan to feel happy.... !! Why issit so hard to do that?

Maybe taking a yr off from work would do me good... something to consider seriously.

Finding for t-shirt printers

I'm finding for quality t-shirts printers at a reasonable price in Malaysia. If anyone have any contacts, please let me know.

Piglet Movie Part 2

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This is the second part to the movie. For more info on the creator, visit 'Squeal like pig!'

Piglet Movie Part 1

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This was produced by my good friend, Joyce. Its quite cute and it has second part to it. Will upload the second part as well for everyone's vieweing pleasure. Enjoy!

iPod Nano

Sigh... my iPod's only 9 months old and there is a new iPod out in the market. Introducing iPod Nano. Its essentially a combination of an iPod shuffle and iPod photo. Its looks soo cool. Esp the black one. This is a cool to have.. not a MUST to have.. hahahaha

Never ever give up

Loved this pic so much, had it stucked to the freezer door for years. It inspired me, I hope it would for you too.

We lost!

Today was the IAFG Basketball Finals between EY & KPMG... we got trashed 26-66!

But am still very proud of our team cos:

1. We BEAT PwC last week in the semis.. hehehe (our arch-rival)
2. There's 4 players in the team from RaBS. Specifically ALL of them are from TSRS! (Good work Tuck Wai, Jerry, Chin Teong & Kevin)

If you're wondering what is IAFG, it stands for Inter-Accounting Firms Games. This is like the mini olympic held yearly with participants from the various local accounting firms.

Managed to obtain some pics from last wk's semis against PwC.

Myself, Yin Ching, Shauntine & Justin cheering as our team score another gol!


EY cheering in full force.

Hall of shame

Caught this idiot, cutting queue last night at the Motorola bridge. Number plate HWC 49. Please give his service a pass and get another cab.

Accident button

I cant start Quicktime on my stoopid T42. Dav suggested force shut down...

Dav: Ur comp got that button or not?
Steph: Got. There (pointing to the white dot button in the middle)

Dav fingers automatically press 'the' button long enuf that the comp shut down.
Being the naive me, not sure if the button functions the same way for all laptops.

Steph: Does this button has the same functions? (while pressing on his comp's startup button)
Dav: I'll BITCH slap you if my comp shut down (angry response due to the fact that he's working)

'POOH!'.. true enuf his comp shut down....
'SLAP!' ... there goes my face.... *TSK*TSK*

Thank you!

Thanks to everyone that had sms-ed me birthday wishes, yes I'm a year older now. Sorry for not replying all the SMSes, my phone's gone ker-plunker, dropped it one time too many (is this the right phrase, hmmm?). Here's the list (in no particular order)

Raymond, thanks bro. Loved the moon cake! Thanks to my dad and rest of the bros too.

Steph, for being such a wonderful person. You are always there for me.

Boon, it's been awhile since we've jammed. Biler? We should start again. Gotta get someone to read the chinese message that you sent me..don't know wat is it. hehe
Btw, your message is the first that I received!

Esther & Mei Yee, we should have more food outing, yah!? I'm thinking of seafood, satay, steamboat, Swedish meat balls, and etc..

Pooi Chin, Sook Ling, Alexis and Ivy, how was the fireworks?

Emran, Prakash, Liaw and MK, it's been a while since we had a gathering with everyone in it. Missed those days when we used to hang out and do nothing. I can still remember.. water pressure, suzuki, superman act and other OTBs :D

My colleagues in Convenxia, love you guys and gals. Life is much more interesting with everyone around. :-) Special thanks to Ying, Aless and Wai Kong, I've never had colleagues which is so interesting and funny all the time!

To the rest, thanks for being part of my life. Keep in touch.

Current Playllist - Shelley Leong's Storyteller

Thanks to Cheryl, we hv been listening to this local jazz singer, Shelley Leong non-stop.
She has quite a unique voice...

Check out her website at http://www.shelleyleong.com/

The Star also featured her in the paper last sunday with the article titled "Sunday with ... Shelley Leong". Its a picture gallery of what she did on Sunday.

Google unveils Google Talk

Unbelievable, it was only yesterday when CNN wrote about Google is doing an Instant Messaging. The next day, they went public with the Google Talk. Downloaded it and installed. Problem is, there's no one to test it with..

Any takers? You can reach me at david.seow at google's mail. And of you can download it at http://www.google.com/talk/

Pink Monkey

Found this on engadget. Its a 'Kapo super monkie radio' - a portable radio in the shape of a sleepy monkey. It looks so cute rite??? However, it is reported to be 410 grams, which is quite heavy. But I seriously dont mind having one on my bed since I dont hv radio in my room... hehehe

Wld welcome anyone who has details on where to get this monkie... :P

Mike, was told might be able to get in Sg.. can find out for me?


LATEST UPDATE
Dav managed to find out the where you can get this cutie. However, currently its only available in Singapore & Hong Kong. The location in Sg are:
1) Cocoon at Cineleisure
2) Kalm's outlets at Ngee Ann City, Centrepoint
3) Lovely Land at Bugis Junction

According to the agent (ACE CLOVER ENTERPRISE SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED), it will be made available in Msia soon... cant wait!! heheheh

Flashback

On the way home from dinner just now, dav & I had a discussion on the cartoon / series we used to watched/follow in the olden days... and i mentioned shows like Thundercats, Transformer, Knightrider, Airwolfe, etc... Then he said I am quite boyish...

Recalling my childhood days.. there was indeed some time when I am quite a tomboy. I never had dolls... i remember playing with leggos (my fav) and playdoh. Never had soft toys. Maybe thats why I am collecting so many now.. Ironically, I hv LOTS of them and they are occupying half of my queen size bed. muahahahaha just cant get enuf of them.

Lets stock take on the toys I have on my bed:
1. Max
2. Hippo
3. HUGE yellow cat
4. Blue man
5. Yellow star
6. Red heart
7. Dino
8. Tu the Aqua pets
9. Owl

Sembunyi Spa, Cyberview Lodge Resort & Spa

For Dav's birthday this year, I have decided to take him to a Spa to get some R&R. I have chosen Sembunyi Spa because it is located in the middle of no where. Hence it is very quiet. Plus, it has great scenery and great interior design. Dav loves the Balinese style architecture and design. So this place fits the criteria perfectly.


Besides that, the whole place is full of these flowers in water pots. Very nice indeed.

















I have chosen the 'Forever Yours' Package for couples. The treatments are carried out in the Exclusive Mayang Sari Suite. The treatments includes:

Body Massage (a choice of Aromatherapy, Balinese & Shiatsu)

Floral Fantasy Body Treatment (Island Dream Scrub followed by Yoghurt)

In the Garden Bath (Rich Milk and Fresh Blossom Bath scented with Melor Dream Bath Gel)

We choosed to have Balinese massage and I opted for a 'Warm & Spicy' Body Treatment instead of the 'Floral Fantacy Body Treatment' as its good for body aches.

We were advised to arrive one hour before the treatment to enjoy the facilities there (i.e. fitness centre, steam & sauna, jacuzzi bath and ice cold plunge pool). So we were there an hr early. After choosing our choice of oil for the massage, we went to the fitness centre for a workout before we enjoyed the jacuzzi bath & ice cold pool.

As we were the only guests for the next 2 hrs, they were kind enough to allow us to enjoy the jacuzzi bath together in the ladies' room. Supposedly the ladies and men's room has its own jacuzzi bath. Next to the jacuzzi bath, there is the ice cold plunge pool. I was advised to be in the warm jacuzzi bath for 10mins then head to the ice cold pool for 3 secs and repeat the process. I dont think anyone can stay longer than 3 secs as its really ICE COLD! Almost forgot, next to the bath is a BIG window (as shown in the pic). U can just sit in the bath and enjoy the view of the lake for as long as u wan. They have also built a small water fall in the jacuzzi, pouring warm water into the bath.

We were already feeling so relaxed in the jacuzzi before the treatment. Reluctantly we left the jacuzzi after abt 20mins to prepare for our treatment.

The Mayang Sari suite is on the first floor and it has its private balcony overlooking the lake. Before the start of the treatment, we were given cold ginger tea and a cold mint flavoured face towel to enjoy at the balcony. Then we were lead into the room where the treatment is being performed together. The room has its own little bathtub, a toilet, a little daybed and of course two massage tables. Also the room has full glass door with a landscape view outside.

After abt 2 hrs of massage & body treatment, we were left alone in the room to enjoy the milk bath with flower petals with cold ginger tea and mango pudding. An hr later, we came out relaxed and refreshed with silky smooth skin... heheheheh

Wat an unforgettable experience. Will definitely recommend it to all. They have quite a few promotion packages until Dec. So anyone interested can obtain the brochure from me... :) For those who wanna check out the treatments they have, you can browse through the online catalogue.

Last but not least:
To my dearest David... Hope u enjoyed the spa as much as I have and HAPPY BIRTHDAY! From your girl, Steph

Haze - Part 2

The Star has reported "Be prepared for the return of the haze as early as Monday". This time Dav told me Singapore might be affected too... "In addition, the south-westerly winds are also likely to blow the haze to Johor and Singapore."

So Mike, I think you'll need a BIGGER fan to blow away the haze... hehehehe

Pics from Petronas Twin Towers

As u can see from the pics... u can hardly see anything out the windows!





I wonder if its as bad in Singapore... any comments Mike? Gerard?

Haze is back!!

I cant believe the haze is back again.. this time round it seems worse than previous years..
Imagine my eyes feel dry and uncomfortable all the time. On top of that I can even smell the burn smell. It even looks hazy IN KLCC itself... sigh.... and all the Indonesian g'ment can do it say 'SORRY'... I tell you, sorry wont heal ppl from respiratory problems..., sorry wont clear our sky and let us breath FRESH AIR!

In this kind of situation ppl will appreciate fresh air more and will not take it for granted...

Will try n take some pics tmrw in KLCC....

Maximillian and Us Ver2!!

Finally.. I've promised to get this up this weekend. So here it is! Layout's and contents are much cleaner that before. Used subtler colours for the navigations and interface around. I think that's why it looks a bit dull. I want to highlight the contents and the pictures inserted.

Have added images on top to visually paint the pictures of anything interesting. Have also added the pics of ourselves there to maybe document the different stages of fatness.. *chuckle*

Problem with this new layout is that most previous contents needs to fixed and readjusted. Loads of work. Didn't finish with all the changes. Will do that later, or someone else will do it..hehe

So anyway, what do you guys and gals think? Love to have feedbacks on the current look from anyone.

Cheers

E&Y RaBS Group Trip - Summerset Rompin

RaBS Family. Total abt 80+ of us in Rompin.

Jeanne sleeping on the way thr.. too early for everyone to be chirpy.

My room mate for 3D2N - Lydia (Edna's twins, hehehe)

This is what I did on pyjamas nite. Too bored and was too fascinated with the helium balloons. So, thought it might be fun to see if I can float Nobi (Thks Edna for being sporting!)

Birthday Presents

Took pics of the presents I received this yr.

Got an extra lamb in my room... a very sweet looking one actually. Got flower patterns on it...

Mr. P's mug and coaster. Look at the inside.. no its not old tea bag in it.. its a pic embeded into the mug. Damn cool!