House warming

It was FF's house warming party yesterday. She invited many of her friends to attend it. Well, actually I was quite worried that it might end up to be a direct sales talk, but luckily it did not turn out to be so.

(FF accidentally typed "house warming" as "house warning" in her sms to us )

I went together with Chok and ShiowIng. ChiaHeng and TatWai also joined us for a while. (The two guys arrived at 8.15pm and they had a 8.45pm movie to catch!) We bought FF a present but I have no idea with what it is as Chok is the one who bought it.

The house is really a big one. Heard that it spends about RM300,000 including the rebuild of the house and the cost of the furniture.

Chok and I both found it strange as her boyfriend did not attend. This can be considered as a big occassion for her and he should be there. But he was not there. So we asked her and she just said that he is not free.

The three of us (Chok, SI and I) stayed until 10.30pm before we went to fetch WaWa and meet PC for yamcha session where CH and TW came to join us too after their movie. Another crappy night with them talking about movies and other funny stories.

A piece of news for update: CaNon is getting married this December 22.

Err... I hope that I won't be invited for the wedding dinner. (I am not really familiar with him la...)



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Yamcha session again with Chok, WaWa, TatWai and ChiaHeng. Chok came to fetch me first and we had some gossips over what happened the day before.

FF sms-ed us (so far I know that PC, Chok and I get the sms) and told us that she has actually broken up with the guy.

(No wonder he did not appear in the house warming party.)

Well, I am not good at comforting people so I just told some jokes and congratulated her for being single again by saying that many guys will be overjoyed hearing this. She seemed to be entertained by my silly jokes.

But, what Chok received is TOTALLY different. She accused him (actually I am accused too) for leaving her out for the yamcha session. Well, she is the host for the party. She has so many relatives there. Could we ask her out then?

Chok replied her so, saying that we knew she is busy so we did not ask her along. Then she shooted back, saying that we never ask her to join any yamcha session, we always keep her in dark of some secrets, bla bla bla...

Well, this is a good point. But when did she ever tell us when she is at home? And how are going to ask her out when we do not know that she is home? Usually it's like this, when I am back, I will tell Chok, then he will arrange for a yamcha session if others are also in Kluang.

(What made Chok most angry is that she said, " ...you all always kept me in dark... now only I know that good friends also got secrets..." )

Hellooooo... Be sensible a bit la... What kind of secrets do you mean? Yamcha without you must be having secrets? How old are we now? Still THAT childish and wu-liao huh?

What is she expecting? And please lor.... When we asked her out, she will reject us 8 out of 10 times. And even if she comes out, she will keep yawning or pulling a long face as if we are torturing her. We are so keen to talk to her as we seldom meet her up yet she will usually just replies us with not more than 10 words in a sentence -.-"

When we know that she is back (as she will still tell us then) and ask her along, she said she is tired, sleepy, don't feel like to go out, not feeling well, etc etc.... Now when we don't know that she is back now (as she always secretly goes home and doesn't let us know) and so don't ask her out, we are accused as leaving her out to be alone. Just what kind of theory is that?!

At the age of 25 or 26, I have a friend who is playing such a childish and wu-liao "game".

Chok is speechless in front of her unreasonable statements. But she did not dare to say so to me, as she knows that I will sure reasoning with her with the facts.

Poor Chok said, "I am quite angry actually... But never mind lor... She just broke up with her boyfriend, I am unlucky to be her target..."

It's getting harder and harder to understand this friend of mine. Just what is wandering in her mind?

Chances of meeting old friends

Last night, I yamcha with Chok, WaWa, TatWai, ChiaHeng and WeiSheng. Diana has something to do and could not make it.

I haven't met WeiSheng for nearly two years! It's a rare chance for being able to meet him up. ChiaHeng has just started to work in Public Bank Kluang, while TatWai has been helping in his family business.

KokTong's father has just passed away, due to sickness. We went to the funeral after that. Met CaNon and his girlfriend there. Sigh... Old friends could only meet together in a funeral?! If it is, then I would rather not to meet them...

Hope that the dead soul could rest in peace.

A day in One U

Went to One Utama today with TeckKhai and his housemate, ZhiMing. I watched Spiderman 3 with TeckKhai while his housemate watched another movie since he has watched it before.

Had lunch at Wong Kok Char Chan Teng （旺角茶餐厅）. The shop has just been renovated. I like the green-colored decoration. But too bad that I did not take photo there =(

Back to the movie. The story is captivating, but just a bit too long and nagging. It is mainly about avengeness and forgiveness. It is said that one always have a choice, to choose the best. Hmm... This is quite meaningful.

There are so much of bad guys in the movie. Peter Parker has turned bad a while. Anyway it is still the hero-always-beats-the-bad-guys-successfully-at-last ending. The stunts, special effects and animation are all very well done. But I just somehow feel that it is not as good as the previous stories. Why? Maybe it is because that I can already predict the story and the special effects of the movies are not something new now.

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There is a promotion on One card in One Utama. I have no idea of what the benefits one can get from the card but I can see that the mall is well-decorated with booths where applicants can redeem free floss-candy, manicure service and other interesting things.

There are clowns and games and a lot more there!

Carnevale and well decorated booths.


He is so tall!!!

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Met Mona for dinner at SS2 after we left One Utama. We went to eat yong-tau-foo. I ordered one curry chu-cheong-fun too. Though Mona said that it is nice, but I personally think that the normal one with sweet sauce tastes better =p

Yong-tau-foo, before and after.

Mona shared with us her experience while did a shooting in a Peranakan museum in Penang weeks ago. The stories are a bit geli as they are related to some dirasuk-hantu thing.

The shooting process was interrupted by some weird shadows =x And the producer (the victim who kena rasuk hantu) behaved weird during the shooting, kept scolding people for no reason but he claimed that he could not remember anything of it after that. And he fainted and vomited after he left that place when finished shooting.

Er... This kind of stories is just... Believe or not. Luckily roommate Avila is in room and I am not sleeping alone tonight =p

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So, I am going home tomorrow. Holidays~!



p/s: Luckily roommate CC is going back to campus on Monday and can help me to return the books!!!

It's Saturday ^^

Went out for the whole day =p

Took bus U85 to Pasar Seni. Went to Pudu as WF wanted to buy her ticket for next weekend. Had brunch at KFC before we went to Mydin for shopping. Went to Mid Valley too before we came back to MC. It was 10am when we went out and 8pm when we back to MC. And with the new bus fare system, I only spent RM2 for my transportation today after being to so many places!

Bought a Polo wallet for my dad since Fathers' Day is coming soon. Its original price is RM109.90.

(If you know me well then you will sure know that I will never buy such expensive thing.)

I bought it with a 70% discount. I just love sales~! Especially a GREAT one =)

His birthday is in July. Mum told me to buy him a watch as his watch is already old. Ya, I have notived it too. But I need to save up some money to buy one for him. Is RM200 enough to buy a good watch? Or maybe I need more money to get a good one?

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Posting form has been a headache for me. I need to apply for posting from the Ministry of Education so that they will allocate me to teach in secondary school after I have graduated. I am given four choices of state which I can go for my service.

But, I only want to stay in my dearly Tanah Besar Johor. So, rather than just write the states, I write the districts as well. First choice is of course my beloved Kluang aka bat town. Then Segamat, Johor Bahru and Batu Pahat.

Reason is needed for my choices. I wrote there, "Supaya dapat berkhidmat untuk pendidikan dan menjaga ibu bapa yang telah melanjut usia pada masa yang sama."

(So that I can contribute for education and take care of my aging parents at the same time.)

Duh! The former is really a crappy one!

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Legs are in pain now after walking out there for the whole day.

Eyes are so sleepy now since I did not have good sleep for these two days.

Saturday is over soon =(

The same wish AGAIN.

I WISH THAT IT WILL BE SATURDAY FOREVER!!!

When can this dream comes true??

Sigh... I am crazy...

Weekend @ Home

Moved to the new room on Friday. Spent the evening to clean the room (as the current roommates seem do not have time for so) and arrange my things.

Did not plan to go home at first but... It's mothers' day. I think that I should go back even if just for a meal together. So, forget about my work and chores, and I packed something to be bring back home. A BIG bag of it!

Slept at the upper deck of the double-decker. It is quite hot but I was still able to sleep well as I was just too tired.

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Woke up early in the morning and rushed to Pudu. Had my shoes mended by a cobbler before I went to buy bus ticket. It took only 3 hours to reach Kluang!!! Thanks to the very smooth traffic, and speeding-driver =p

CY and James met me at Kluang bus station. We went to The Wan Restaurant a.k.a 湾仔茶餐厅 in Kluang Parade.

Well, this is a newly-opened restaurant. It actually looks very much like Kim Gary, I mean its renovation, staff's uniform and also food! But... The food there just aren't so nice.

The menu is ok. I had a glass of milk tea and a bowl of Nissin noodles. The milk tea is too sweet. The noodles is soaked in a BIG bowl of soup. The chicken luncheon meat is cut into thick pieces. The egg is not fried well too. Sigh... There is still roomssssssssssss for improvement for this restaurant.

My bro WeeSiong came met us after a while. Then we jalan-jalan a while in the shopping mall. Hmm... There are still plenty of empty shop lots. I wonder if it will end up like Plaza Bintang which is deserted now or not...

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Spent the evening at home cooking and playing hide-and-seek with the kids. The kids are really LOUSY at hiding. Kakaka...


I got you boys!!!

HowFei is clever enough to hide himself in my cupboard but... He left his feet outside and I caught him easily.

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Had dinner together with my family at home. WeeSiong bought fried chickens from KFC as well.

(Too busy with eating until I did not take any photo!!!)

Parents went out for to watch a karaoke contest after that. I was able to take some photos of my mum before she went out. She was in the uniform (pink color kebaya blouse) of some society. Nice pose, right?

Did not go out yamcha as told no one that I was home (except CY). I stayed home with brothers and we watched Saw III together. A very disgusting movie indeed. I had to hug my bolster while watching it as most of scenes are just too bloody violent.

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Back to KL by 1pm bus. It rained heavily all the way back.

My short weekend has come to an end. It's Monday again. Sigh....

Still the same wish as last week: I wish it will be Saturday forever!!!

Spent big money

Spent big money today =(

Went to MidValley this afternoon to buy something. Erm... It has been quite some time since I last went there...

Bought a Canon Pixma iP1700 at RM159, and also its refill at RM11. I used to pay to ML and used her printer to print out my assignments in the past. Now I need to print lesson plans everyday. It will be more convenient for me to own one.

Then did some grocery shopping. A beautiful Saturday just passed like that.

How I wish that it will be Saturday forever~~~

Left home

Left Kluang around 5pm. I was so tired until I slept on the car instead of talking to TK who was driving all the way back to KL. I talked all the way from KL to Kluang on Friday midnight to keep him awake. But I was just too tired yesterday...

Arrived in PJ about 8pm. Went for dinner at a HK style restaurant at SS2. The name of the shop is "食好D". I have a set of braised pork + braised egg set meal where drink and dessert (some mango-flavoured blended ice + ice cream) are provided. Their food is quite okay, but both TK and I still prefer the food at our all-time-favourite Shall We Meet.

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Some of the other photos I took for the kids while I was at home for the weekend.


Counting fingers???


18SX
(He did not shut the door while bathing!)


Wahaha... Big ribbon on their heads!

Photos

Photos of the picnic session days ago...

Sunday Morning

By the lake in UM, early in the morning around 7.30am.
The tallest building is Menara TM.



Scenes in campus.
Green green grass and tall tall tree =)


The weather is so nice today!


Faculty of Education


Millennium Court, the place I have been staying for almost 4 years.


Last but not least, first birthday present for my 25th birthday.
A teddy bear with handmade cake!
Thanks, my friend~!

A long day

Back to room after attended the workshop which is about my teaching practice. Dead beat after listening to talks and watching videos for the whole morning...

TK came PJ this noon and he drove me to find the school which I will teach soon. The school is located in Section 5, surrounded by bungalows and Bukit Gasing. It is actually quite near to MC and I think that it will be better if I continue to stay here. However, I will have to wait until I meet the principal and get my teaching timetable before I can have my final decision.

Went to eat the very famous Ipoh nga choy gai fan (chicken rice with bean sprouts) at Jalan Gasing after that. Proceed to One Utama after that to catch a movie.

We watched Just Follow Law. A nice movie which reflects well about the attitude of some civil servants. Eg: use "rules and regulations" as excuses to drag the progression of some application, knock off 5.00pm SHARP, pushing away the responsibility to other departments, etc.

However, there are also some touching scenes when Tanya (whose soul is trapped in TengZui's body) realises how much her mother actually loves and dotes on her, and also when TengZui (whose soul is trapped in Tanya's body) realises that his irresponsible attitude has made him a terrible father.

Family is important. There is nothing which can replace that kind of unique relationship. Seeing the scenes in the movie, I have to wipe away my tears secretly.

A typical Jack Neo's production. Realistic, fun, humour, yet touching.

Dinner @ Kim Gary

Had dinner together with roommates Joan and Stef as celebration for our birthdays ( since we were all born in March ). Had baked cheese rice at Kim Gary. Yummie~! I enjoyed the dinner a lot until I forget to take some pictures of the nice food =p

The dessert is weird. Instead of the nice fruit jelly I had last time, it's a white-coloured-coconut-milk-flavoured-quite-flaccid-pudding. None of us is able to finish up the dessert. Hmm.. I personally think that fruit jelly which this restarant used to serve is better.


Picture showing the pudding, partly eaten by Joan.


Picture showing the pudding, partly eaten by me.


Picture showing the pudding, being smashed up by Stef.

(Stef will strangle me for blog about her funny action onto the pudding... )

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Had a free skin analysis at The Body Shop promotion booth after the dinner. The result says that I have normal-oily skin, while my skin concerns are shine control and blemishes.

The promoter recommended some of their products to me. That will cost me around RM150. But this is cheaper, if compared to their products at usual price.

Women at my age have to start doing skincare more often. But RM150 is quite a lot for a poor student like me. I need to think about it again...

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Luck is not with me today. One of my sandal is broken once I stepped into the taxi heading back to MC.

Maybe I should think positive. I am considered to be lucky enough as the sandal only went broken when i stepped into the taxi but not while I was walking in the shopping mall.

Time to buy a pair of new sandals. Hehe...

Delicacies @ Petaling Street

Went to Petaling Street for dinner last Friday. Let's see what is so famous there.


Singaporean style fried beehoon


Hokkien style fried noodles + kalamansi drink
(The fried noodles is really NICE~!)


Asam laksa & kangkong sotong


Kangkong sotong
(Yummie~!)


My very first bowl of asam laksa in my life =p

出游篇

前天中午请两个弟弟去McD吃午餐，傍晚就和Chok、Mona、阿牛、娃娃、德凯、国祥以及刚从英国回来的佳恒去Batu Pahat吃海鲜。

（大病初愈的我竟然跑去吃海鲜，真的是……）

原本我也不想去的，但是盛情难却，而且我也好久没见过国祥和佳恒了，所以就去凑凑热闹。

吃了海鲜就去走什么“情人桥”，穿这高跟鞋的我和娃娃真的是吃尽苦头，我每一步都走的胆战心惊，因为洋灰桥之间有缝隙，会卡着我的鞋跟，真的是没有试过走路走得那么痛苦的。佳恒一直跟我在我后面，深怕我会跌到，真的是谢谢你了！

最后一段桥是木板条搭的，我索性脱掉鞋子打赤脚走过去，娃娃也依样画葫芦，我们还拿着我们的鞋子在桥上留影 =p

十一点多回到居銮，男人们意犹未尽，结果一伙人又到Chok家里续摊，再加上随后赶来的启伦和女朋友，一起大喝西洋凉茶——啤酒。虽然我内心是蠢蠢欲动，但是为了我的肠胃着想，最后我只是坐在一旁看也不喝酒的阿牛和娃娃打game。

最后，又是凌晨时分才回到家里……

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昨天早上被妈妈吵起来去喝早茶，难得她休息日，大弟就载了我们出去吃东甲牛肉面。然后我们去居銮新开的地王广场逛逛，我出钱给妈妈佩了副眼镜。

（我最近真的是花了不少的钱啊……）

接着就去看音响，家里的那套早就已经坏了，难得有时间出来看看，选了一套Pioneer，要多一个星期才会送来家里，幸好这次不必我花钱 =p

右图：明吉摩河上（BSN对面）的一座木桥已遭洪水冲毁。

大弟下午就回去新山了，爸爸载他去巴士站，我顺便去拿回给鞋匠修的鞋子（应该是昨天在情人桥把鞋跟踩损了），和妈妈也跟着去凑热闹。送了大弟之后，爸爸想吃东甲牛肉面，结果我和妈妈就一天之内吃两碗牛肉粉 '_'|||

我这个星期天一大早也要回去KL了，阿牛已经决定早上七点开车。一个星期的时间还过得真快啊！

探亲

昨天晚上原本答应了要去Diana家里拜年的，但是我的病情反反复复，最后还是在家里休息。

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这几天下午家里都很热闹，初一下午大伯、大伯母和大堂嫂带了孩子来给婆婆拜年。初二下午则有丽堂姐夫妇、玲堂姐夫妇和孩子、强堂哥夫妇和孩子、云堂哥和女朋友。这几个亲戚都和我家没有什么交情，而且他们的小孩真的是很没有礼貌又爱捣蛋。所以也幸好昨天下午佩娟来找我，我才能借机溜出去。

今天下午是姑姑、淑娟表姐、翠娟表姐夫妇和孩子来家里拜年。还有二伯、二伯母、萍堂姐夫妇和孩子。这些亲戚和我家里就比较有交情，所以我才没那么无聊，而且他们的小孩真的是有礼貌又调教有方，我还有心情跟他们玩闹。

昨天傍晚吃了饭之后，我带健飞堂弟和豪飞堂弟在家附近散步，结果他们在我家后面的儿童游乐场玩得不亦乐乎，还吵着我说还要再去玩。

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傍晚和爸爸、妈妈以及大弟去吗什拜访外公、外婆。不要他们老人家下厨准备那么辛苦，我们打包了好多食物过去。那么巧在flat楼打包的时候，遇到了在那里吃饭的光辉、雪莹和他们的家人，和他们聊了几句。

外婆的状况比之前好多了，上次中风之后她本来是无法走动的，现在已经能够借着助行器来走动了。我平时没什么时间去探访他们，也没有什么可以给他们，临走之前塞了点钱给他们，算是一点心意。希望他们老人家能够身体健康，天天开心！

过后我们去令金二伯家里拜年。其实他们下午有来我家里拜年，只是我爸爸妈妈都不在，所以此行其实是来给萍堂姐的两个孩子派红包的。

回到家里已经接近午夜十二点了，还真的是蛮累的……

聚会

已经是年初二了，病情仍旧没有好转的现象，幸好只是腹泻，没有腹痛如绞或是呕吐什么的，算是趁机排毒吧！

昨天晚上俊仪和逸松说好了十点来家里拜年，后来德凯打电话来问我有什么节目，我就叫他过来我家里。结果准时的阿牛十点就到了，德凯也没有迟太多，反而是逸松迟了整个小时才去接俊仪，看来从北马回来南部的他还没有适应时差吧！哈哈……

最后大家去Chok家里聚一聚。阿东、阿成、大头先到，然后是我们六个，加上娃娃和方翔，启伦和慧芳过后也赶来。大家就是聊聊天、吃吃东西。

我真的是太久没有看到逸松了，连他换女朋友了也不知道，还摆了个不小的乌龙，真的是有一点丢脸……

（Uncle啊！真的是很对不起啊！）

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中午的时候佩娟来家里拜年，结果又把不想出门的我拖了出去。我们去慧芳家里找她妈妈拜年，没办法，谁叫我们的慧芳姐贵人事忙，总是节目多多、神龙见首不见尾。

然后我们去美玲家里拜年，再和她一起去McD会合Diana、秀瑛等人。到了那里才发现还有婉玲、诗云、欣怡、宝玲、彩慧、ShyYin。

我的堂妹打电话来问我去不去小学同学聚会，那么巧他们就在附近的老井茶坊，所以我就上去打了个招呼。见到了很多好久都没有见过面的小学同学。出席者包括了我堂妹淑芬、婉婷、月丽、秀珍、素珍、桂华、雁秋、晓玲、芊慧、顺发、育祥、振贤、景威、志祥、志成。

出席者当中，就只有我、婉婷（台湾，医科）和月丽（USM, KPLI）还在念书，其他人多数在新加坡工作。他们当中不少已经成家了，还有人带老婆或是孩子出席的。育有三个孩子的芊慧荣登“第一名”的宝座，而现在正怀着第二胎的晓玲依旧那么漂亮，真的是令我汗颜……

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晚上又继续去朋友家里拜年，和佩娟以及美玲一起去德凯家，然后把德凯拉了出来一起去秀瑛家，然后我们四个人又去幸云家，最后午夜时分回到佩娟家，在她家附近的嘛嘛当吃宵夜。

农历新年，就在吃吃喝喝、谈笑之间过去了……