Monday, August 29, 2005

用华语写blog

写了这么多的 english blog 但是从不成写过华文的 blog. 所以呢,今天我要试试看能不能写出任何东西. 一直以来我的华语不好,常常都被朋友们笑, 发音不准他门会笑,读错他们也笑,不会读他们也笑. 最可怜的时后就是去唱K了, 唱华语歌遇到很多字不会读的字就惨了, 每当轮到我唱的时候他们就会很注意听我有没有唱错,一唱错他们就会大笑一场,他妈的!但是还好拉,都习惯了.我华语不好也不是完完全全我的错,我的家庭不 是一个传统华人家庭,我爸爸不会讲华语,我妈妈的华语也很栏只会讲不会看,我姐姐没去华校,她去了马来校所以她也不会华语.在家我的华语是number one了,我华语这么栏也可以是number one,真是难以相信. 从小到大我都很讨厌华语,因为每次都拿零蛋. 越读就越讨厌,拿越多零蛋就越不想读下去了.最后,PMR 结果拿了一个 Elephant, 我就任命,知道华文不喜欢我,所以我中四也在不拿华文了.
现 在我觉得我的华语有稍微进步了,因为我常常跟台湾的顾客交流,我的三脚猫华语也变成十脚猫华语了.希望我还可以进步, 因为我觉得华文对一个华人来讲是很重要,我很希望我的孩子将来不会变成香焦人.打了一半天,才写出这么少字,我看这会是我的第一也是我的最后一个华文 blog了.

Saturday, August 27, 2005

I want out

It's no secret, many of my friends know that i don't really want to be in kuching. Right after i finish my studies, I was offered a job by a big Multi-National-Company and to be based in PJ. I was thrilled and and doubtful at the same time, i wanted to go but my parents weren't really about the idea. In the end, i got back to kuching and starting working here. All this time, i never stop thinking about what if i have taken up that offer, how would my life be now, i can't help but think that life would be much better if i had gone there.


Where i used to stay when i was working in PJ


I'm not saying kuching is bad or what, i wasn't born here but i grew up here, so it's still my home, i'd love to come back here one day and settle down say when i'm 40. It's just that i'm only 23, i still feel hungry for adventure, going to places, exploring and trying many things. Life here in kuching is okay, still very much dependent on my parents, eat my mom's cooking, live in my dad's house, it's good and all, i don't have to worry about breakfast, lunch or dinner, no worries about laundry, utility bills, but there's just something that i lack of, and thats freedom. REALLY REALLY do miss my life back in uni.

view from where i used to stay in melaka


I really got used to my uni life of doing what i want and when i want. I was surrounded by friends all the time and not a moment of a loneliness. So many activities, friends would come over, i'd go over to my friends', i was happy, eventhough i had to wash my own clothes, find my own food, i was enjoying myself. Sadly i couldn't say the same now. I do have friends in kuching, really good and close ones but most are just busy with own life, with work and GF ( i want a GF too!!!) we just don't hang out as much as before.



Should think of what i want to do with my life

My job here is okay, just that i feel the pay is low comparing my my friends over in INTEL, INFINEON or NS. Do need a higher paying job, every month after paying off my study loan, car loan and other stuff, i am left with only a fraction. Feel much poorer after i started working.
I guess this year is still not the time, I'd like to gain more experience 1st with my current company, will see hows the yearly increment, will be getting my evaluation soon, can't believe i've been working for this company for almost a year. Haven't really thought of where I wanted to go, but kulim did cross my mind, there are many semiconductor plants starting up there, also though of penang, JB or melaka perhaps.

Work in penang maybe?


Its a saturday and i'm sitting here writing this entry, life really can't get anymore boring, after finishing this, i don't know what should i do next, talk to the wall again i think.


I want to be free, clear water blue sky.

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Some activity at last

Got some of my social-life back, I just went to see Charlie and the chocolate factory with my colleagues yesterday. Going to movies on Wednesday is one of the smartest thing I did, the ticket is only 5 bucks rather than the usual 9 bucks…that’s 4 ringgit of savings, ehh 4 ringgit is also money le, you can have 1 kolo mee and a coke with 4 ringgit, send 80 sms-es with 4 ringgit, have 6 prints of digital photos with 4 ringgit, wow that’s huge savings….so damn proud of myself.

Back to the movie, I would say it is a good movie overall, actually enjoyed myself watching it, not sure is it because I have not watched movie for some time or it’s really the movie. Johnny Depp is awesome as usual, he plays this strange character Willy Wonka, I think the character suits him perfectly. No sui-cha-bo in this movie unfortunately, well it is after all a kid’s movie, so sui-cha-bo is not needed.

I really feel like eating chocolate after watching the movie, so if you are an choco addict and trying to cut down….better don’t watch it. If you don’t mind putting on some weight then I would strongly suggest you bring a bar of chocolate into the theater when you go for that movie.
For RM5, the movie is definately worth it, lots of laugh and some odd scenes in the movie. Fairly entertaining, much much better than staying at home talking to the wall.

Monday, August 22, 2005

Trip coverage: GENTING HIGHLANDS

Participants: Me, Cris, Fel, Khiong and Tathui.

GENTING….most malaysian know it, you know it, I know it. It sits atop Ulu Kali hill(no I did not made up the name of the hill), it is paradise for theme park enthusiast and heaven for gamblers. I like it not because of the theme park nor do I like to gamble (it’s true it’s true), I like the place because of its cold climate, and its cool breeze. So that I can put my right leg on a rock, my both hands in my pocket, my eyes looking dreamy and straight ahead, with the famous titanic song playing at the back and the cold breeze brush through my hair, suddenly I feel like kate winslet.
Anyways, I stopped by GENTING after my convocation ceremony few weeks ago. The last time I went to GENTING was November 2003, long long time ago. Gosh, how time flies, last time we went up there using cable car, well I’m not really a big fan of cable cars after hearing so many tales of the whole cable car falling off the cable and plunge down to the forest. So this time, we went up using car instead, yes taxi to be exact. But damn, it is far scarier than using a cable car, the taxi driver must have watched “Initial D the movie” lately, attacking the sharp corner, going very fast up to the resort and if something goes wrong, equally fast up to heaven.
Lets make it more fun for this blog, I’m gonna post some pictures of the trip, and you try to guess what is wrong with all the pictures. Answers will be revealed at the end of the blog.


sorry for the low quality of the pics, that’s tathui on the far left, khiong’s “normal” friend.

GENTING was packed and loaded with people, “people mountain people sea”, young people, old people, children, Asians, Arabians, Caucasians, Indians, all also got.


Burger king burgers are the best


yes I like burger king


eating KFC chicken in Burger king restaurant!! How dare you, patutla wanna cover your face

After lunch in Burger king, we went out for a walk, me being the photographer, I try to take ask many pictures of khiong and his “normal” friend tathui. Being the very shy couple “normal” friends, they refuse to let me take their photos, makes me feel like I am paparazzi. But I manage to snap some shots still…hehe


don’t shy shy ler

When night time falls, that’s when the magic begins, we decided to hit the casino, yes bring me some money!!!


coming coming, lai liaw lai liaw



entrance to casino, pathway to wealth or poverty?


I lost like 20 bucks on slot machine and I was done. Gambling is just not my thing, never really like it anyways. Khiong walked out 70 bucks richer and he’s a happy man.

yes…it’s mine…my precious…my 70 bucks

As for cris, he lost terribly, as we say in mandarin, “lost until take off pants”, all done and deal in a single night, he went back to the hotel room “ngam sap sap, tau tap tap” literally meaning “eye wet wet, head drop drop”.

after lose so much money, of course eat Maggie cup noodle lo..

Perhaps cris should have sit on the luckies chair in the world before he goes in the casiono, that might bring him luck.


no bluff, I just sat on the luckies chair in the world


Our hotel room in 1st world



wahhh no more shy shy worr


all set and ready to go…pic taken before we leave genting



foggy background


our F1 taxi driver in action again…

On our way down from the resort was even scarier, our sleepy F1 taxi driver was really one of a kind. He almost fall asleep while on the wheel, gosh I almost piss my pants when cris said our taxi driver is sleeping, we got very scared and quickly woke up our half sleeping-F1-taxi-driver I kick the old man out of his taxi and drove to KL myself.

wah wah wah….watch out watch out!!!

After some hard praying, we reach KL still in 1 piece, Thank You God All mighty.
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What's wrong with the pictures?
Answer: Goddamnit!! Look at the photos, I am the only guy without a gal beside me!! All photos of them are in pair except for me :( my photo is only me…no gal, God what have I done to offend thee……….

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How was your weekend?

So how was your weekend? well i spent the whole weekend talking to the walls of my room, my internet was down since last thursday, i am writing this post secretly in the office hehe. Life without the internet can be pretty boring, can't check my mails, can't update my blog. You might have notice nowadays that there are more entires to my blog, that also means that my social life is near non-existance, no more movies in the weekends, no more ocasional yam-cha session, just me and my wall and the blog, oohh yea of course and work. Man!, i don't have a life...
so how was your weekend?

do you have any hairblower that is older than this?


This is the oldest hair blower i have ever seen





Friday, August 19, 2005

Off you go

There's a saying that customer is always right, today it proved to be true again. My not so lovely colleague, whom nobody in the office really liked was forced to resign today. I still remember how he always say sarcastic thing about me and other people in the office, sometimes he really gets me angry, he always stick his head into things/business that is actually non of his business. I still remember i mentioned to my colleague how i wish he would just leave the company so that we can at last have peace in the office. Well, I thought I was going to be really happy if he leaves, but now when he's really gone, I'm not sure thats how i feel now. I guess probably he got what he deserve, heard from a colleague that he pissed off a customer recently, what i know is that he constantly pisses off our supplier, hell he pisses alot of people here in this office building. The management decided that its best for him to leave. Still not sure how am i going to celebrate lament on his departure, over a few cans of beer perhapis

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

To spay or not to Spay

I was sitting there after I came back from work, playing with ranger, i was thinking, should I spay her or not? No no no no……I don’t mean spray her….i mean spay her….you think I crazy ah? I spray her for what?



you think she’ll like it if I spray her in yellow?


For those who do not really know what spay means, I’ve checked up the OXFORD DICK-TIONARY, it means sterilize(female animal) by removing ovaries
Yup, now you get the idea, it sounds pretty extreme but I’ve read countless online website that says spaying is safe and its actually a normal procedure.
I brought up the idea to cole and she branded me as cruel, mean, brutal, heartless, evil and cold-blooded, okay I may have made up the last few statement but she did label me as cruel. So that got me thinking.



how do you like it if I were to remove your MAN-HOOD haa?


no doubt, I’d rather they spray me in yellow, maybe there’s some chick out there who like yellow skin guy.



I’d rather get sprayed than spayed!


I’ve had ranger for 4 months now, and I watch her grow everyday, she’s like my God daughter dog daughter. She bites me a lot, in a playful way of course, god she bites just almost everything. Every morning, I’d hear my mom yelling at her for biting this or that, or doing this or that, or not doing this or that. My mom just need somebody somedogy to yelled at I guess. Looking back at the pictures of ranger really make me realize how much she has grown, she was just a little cute puppy when I got her home in april, that’s when she was only 2 months old.



Ranger at 2 months old


Was cracking my head what to name her, I need a good name, not those lame names like doggy, leelee, feefee, meemee or wat ever. So I named her ranger, some of my friends argued that it’s a masculine name, but I say power ranger also got woman what!!



ranger at 2 months old



see how happy she is….3 and a half months old



still at 3 and a half months old



sleeping ranger = peaceful backyard (at 5 months old)




who’s a good dog..who’s a good dog? (5 months old)


She’s has indeed grown, I’ve fed her well, I’m not that cruel after all le…why say me cruel…
After some serious considerations, and some bad nightmares about someone removing my man-hood, I’ve come to the conclusion of not spaying her….thats right…you heard it….you’ve won cole…see how influential you are….
COLE 1 BUNNY 0



cole won this "to spay or not to spay" battle



ranger called up cole and extend her appreciation to her, they became best friends since


I'm still waiting for that "you're actually a good guy, one of the kindest guy i know" praise-me phone call from cole.....still waiting.....

Monday, August 15, 2005

haha...thats funny guys

apparently, i was "hit by the hitz fm" kinda prank! haha.....my colleagues decided to throw me a welcome-back surpise by telling me the new company policy of no lunch outside the office, i really bought it and got pissed off about it. My such good colleagues decided to tell me the truth when we were heading for lunch today, they had a good laugh and hell i had a good laugh, who wouldn't......thats a good one...a real good one

Sunday, August 14, 2005

perfect.....just perfect

Just got back from my convocation trip to melaka, then to genting and KL. Still don't feel like going back to work, still pretty much in a holiday mood. To rub salt to the wound, I've just received some 'disturbing' news from wen, wen is my colleague, he has just told me that there's a new company policy, NO EMPLOYESS are allowed to have THEIR lunch outside of the company, meaning to say, we must have lunch in the company cafeteria, where the food sucks...when i 1st heard the news i went nuts.....how could they do this to us? we're being treated like prisoners.....i hate you Mr CEO.....then after a few minutes, i calmed down and came to my senses......well i was still cursing the CEO and all, but well i guess at least we don't ever have to argue where to eat and who should drive anymore....
other than that, I was also told about a ill fortunate fellow employee, she has just been diagnosed with throat cancer, we are all starting a donation drive for her, I've donated some money, not a substantial amount but hope it helps, wish you all the best and get well soon!
another bad news is that my long serving NEC monitor that has been with me for the past 7-8 years has just died on me yesterday.....you have served me well buddy, it was my 1st computer ,i got it when i was still drinking milk from a bottle still reading "sains" text book in form 3. The price for a new 15' monitor would be around 280 bucks...being very very poor at the moment i decided not to get a new monitor, instead i will try to fix it. Then it hit me, all of a sudden i remembered i am after all a graduate with a degree in electronics engineering...thats got to mean something right?? so i grab my tools, well actually my only tool, my screwdriver, i crank open the cover of the monitor, after some inspection, i have come to the conclusion that i have no idea what is wrong with the monitor, so much for a degree in electronics engineering, money well spent for education bunny, bravo bravo.

my old monitor, i will fix you....don worry
no you can't....you're not smart enough!


I spreaded the news about the death of my monitor, in hopes that someone out there will pity me and buy me a new monitor, well that didn't happened but what happened was I got a used monitor free of charge from cris, haha thanks cris, i owe you 1.



my new monitor given by cris
To be greeted by all these bad news when i just got back from my holidays is wicked way of welcoming me back, i've just been away for a week and all of this shit has to happen. Not really looking foward to work on monday, cafeteria food??mmm i have my doubts...perhaps i should "ta-pau", a fellow colleague who just found out she got cancer, thats sad, my 8 year old monitor just died on me......great timing!! all in all i say.....perfect......just perfect.....

Thursday, August 11, 2005

My convo

Friday (5th august) 1st day
cris who looked tense and fel who looked bored
Our 7.10am flight got delayed to 9.20am for some techinical reasons so we had to wait, which made cris anxious. He’s never a big fan of flying, he looked nervous, no? had a small sandwich which cost me whooping 5 bucks…darn….money hard to earn u know…
wing inspection….mmm seen alrite..you better not fail on me dear wing
Finally its our time to fly, well just checking out the wings…..ehhh they say technical problem mahhh…..i also abit kanceong….but the wing seems kua…
Arrive in KLIA around 11.30am, quite late already, I need to collect my robe as soon as possible…..later they say no more robe I ma die….
robe still got but left with S size and I look like a total dumb-ass in S size…must change it
well I rush down to melaka and good thing still manage to get my robe….butttttt………..tak ade saiz lagi laa…...they gave me S size……S size???? Apa??see how silly I look in S size…..
bunny: hi, I’m here to collect my robe…my name is bunny(not my real name of course!!)
malay girl: mm..ok…tunggu ya
bunny: ok thank you
malay girl: we tak ada size lagi la…tinggal S saje
bunny: haa?? What?then how ?
malay girl: kita orang kena datang lagi pagi esok, kami boleh order kat branch kat KL
bunny: ohhh can can,where?what time?
Malay girl: esok pergi dewan seri negeri, collect between 630am to 830am
Bunny: ok thanks

So I took my S size robe, knowing it won’t fit but well out of curiosity I tried it and I look like a clown.
This year, for the 1st time ( I think la) our names will be called and display in the screen when we go up the stage, I know last year no names were called or displayed….i guess someone complained and the university came up with a smart idea…..they manage to get more money from us again if we want our names called and displayed…here’s how it works:
you need a working student ID card….or a IC (with touch n go)….swipe your card at the reader and the computer automatically reads out and display your name….pretty neat ehhh…..here’s the thing….if your student ID card does not work ( which most of our student ID card don’t) or your IC does not come with touch n go (mine don’t have, yours have? See ler…got?) then you need to purchase a “convo card” nice name by the way….and use it for that purpose…..if not, they won’t let you go on the stage…

deposit to get enroll in the uni…………..rm500
average school fees per semester……… rm5000
convo card……….rm 20
have your name display and mentioned when u’re up the stage………priceless

so, I happily paid the 20 bucks and got my “convo card”, money well spent, good job bunny….*sob*sob*
my defect, defaced and bended student id card and my new, proud, white, rm20, convo card….ohhh why didn’t I take better care of my student id card…..
the card reader….
birds’s eye view of melaka city
beds of emperor hotel
my room with fridge and TV
Stayed in the emperor hotel melaka, not bad the hotel just a little old tats all….good view too, will be staying alone for the 1st night….kinda scary….
shafen, poh and bunny….yes we are hungry…where’s my food!!??
ahhh..yes feeling full and satisfied..from left to right (teekok,yongsen,ahchu,shafen,ivy,bunny,joehan,Daniel)
We had sort of a reunion dinner with my friends, BEI ZHAN’s the place. We later went to daniel’s new house to gamble( yea yea u must be thinking haa gamble?…..we got nothing else to do wat!!) well I lost around 30 bucks…..its official!!! I’ll never win in gambling….
Well got back to my hotel, my friends came along too….they say wanna accompany me worr cause if stay alone in hotel sure will get scared…ok ok honestly I am a little scared…hehe we talked and gamble again thru the night….i didn’t get my sleep…had to go change my stupid S size robe in the hall at 630am….

Saturday 2nd day
Went with poh to the hall and reach around 640am( I know it seem we are kiasu like tat but ehhh I look silly in S size robe ok!!)met ahcheng there, he also want to change his robe….he got a L size and wanna change to XL……
ahcheng and poh, me and poh wanna change our robe so that we don’t look silly, ah cheng wanna change because he can’t even button the robe…kolian
if you think the drama ends there then you are wrong……we got ripped off…..nobody even turned up to help us change our robe….we waited till 730am……bloody hell….they all bluff us…
unsatisfied customer…..
went to the hall like 6 something in the morning and to discover we got ripped off it does not feel good at all……see how pissed poh look…hehe
but then yongshen agreed to change his robe with me, he wants a S size and I want a L size but he got a M size, aiyaa better than nothing laa….correct not?
Got back to the hotel feeling exhausted, didn’t sleep at all the whole night….i tried to get some sleep but just cannot….can’t explain why…well I manage to dip myself into the bathtub filled with warm water…..aaaahhhhhhh feel so comfortable….
Expecting to be at the hall again at 11am, its my ex-coursemate’s convo ceremony, didn’t feel like going at all…but well what the heck…..haven’t talk to them for like 4 years…or was it 5? Also I have to meet up with cris there, he went to KL the day before.
bunny,okui,kiantuck,cris….long time no see long time no see
man I was very tired, I pratically had to dragged myself out of the hotel, drove the car to the convo…which by the way I must thank poh for borrowing his car to me…..thanks buddy...
Daniel,bunny,poh,chunpeng…hehe tomolo is my turn!
The convo was packed, filled with people that I don’t know, that I think I’ve never seen before….kinda strange, to study at the same UNI and feel that I have not seen these people before……I must be anti-social or what….weirdo
tents where guess and our parents can seat…
teekok decides to have a show-down with the authorities of the uni…he said the card is too expensive and wants a refund( why buy in the 1st place?? I also duno)
I think this is how the conversation goes ( if I remember it correctly la)
Teekok: saya nak kasi lefund boleh?
Malay lady: kenapa?
Teekok: saya nak guna smart kat, boleh?
Malay lady: kalau nak refund kena ada resit
Teekok:saya tak bawa la
Malay lady: kena ada resit dik, smart card kamu ada touch n go?
Teekok: *retrieving his smart card from wallet* ehh tak ada la
Malay lady: kalau macam tu tak boleh la dik, kena ada touch n go baru boleh pakai
Teekok: ………….ok

Well that’s so much of a show-down….though he gonna open a can of whoop-ass but the conversation lasted for less than a minute….disappointed ~
teekok and the malay lady…refund saya nak refund….
In the afternoon, went out bought some stuff and went back to the hotel….had our dinner at beef soup stall….my favourite stall during my time in melaka…
Well tomolo is my big day…I need to look good for the chicks….so got me self a facial treatment….
cris decided to join in….i can’t take a pic of myself while doing facial ok??
Sunday 3rd day
Finally today is my convo….woke up around 530 in the morning…..feeling so so cold, the room is freezing, my blood almost froze inside me…anyhuu…got myself ready,put on my convo attire and off I go…I somehow can relate my convo attire to darth vader’s outfit….can you?
my headgear……and darth vader’s head gear
yup….there’s similarity…..
got to the hall fairly early in the morning….got me final testing of the card and yup its working well….
we waited and waited and waited….faster le….very hot wearing this u know
still waiting to get in….nabehh….hot laa…
do we look crazy??
group photo before we get in…….still cannot go in meh??
Jolly….finally can get in the hall….the seats are so so close together…..i think my butt nearly got attached to my friend’s butt who is sitting next to me…..gosh….quite disturbing having that image in my head…..anywho…it was rather boring throughout the ceremony…..Dr.Siti Hasmah gave the longest speech ever….in english…..in malay…..well….we entertain ourself by laughing at the funny name of the people who got up the stage…..we had a good laugh when we heard the name “chin ka cheng” do you get it??? If don’t then ask me…hehe
the gals at 1 side…..
the guys at another side
then the speech ended(finally)….scrolls were given(finally)….so out we go…..the most anticipated moment…..photo taking!!....
cole has arrived and I’ve arranged her to meet up with cris and fel, very happy that she came all the way from KL to my convo….thank you thank you…not much changes from the last time I saw her…which was more or less a year ago….
me fresh out of the oven…oops I mean hall
the 1st photo taken with a fren must be with cole laaa…..
bunny and boon….aka mr white
boon,foongling,bunny….why are we leaning to the left??
little bunny and big cheng….my ex-housemate
bunny,Daniel..many ppl say we look alike….got meh??
fel,bunny,cris….me best mate
Daniel,teekok,bunny…
cole,weiling,fel,cris,amy,bunny,Jackie….camera man…faster..very hot
bunny with Irene and Edmund…they taught me how to dance
amy&bunny..
Jackie & bunny….my ex-housemate….
sweeping & bunny…funny guy
joehan & bunny
Lydia & bunny…my ex-coursemate, now my colleague
poh and bunny….me best fren
sharon & bunny…
hung out for a while outside the hall….took some photos, shook some hands….then it’s back to the campus to return the robe and get back my 100 bucks(deposit for the robe)…
everywhere we go…must take photo
more photos….cole,fel,cris
bunny & cole…:)
and yes…it would not be complete without us taking photo together
later on we went for lunch together….had this famous hainanese chicken rice ball…..pretty good…missing all the good food in melaka already….
After having lunch and dessert, cole had to go already….we wave a tearful(ok ok..maybe there were no tears but still…..) goodbye and we parted…..
mmu convocation..
That pretty much concluded my convo….there is this 4 little words that I said the most
during this trip, everyone guess……and it is…..”long time no see”, I practically said this to almost everyone that I see.
The convo all in all was okay….happy to be able to meet with my uni mates again, happy to get well wishes from friends, very happy that cole attended my convo..hehe…happy, and of course happy that cris and fel came all the way from kch to attend my convo….thanks to all of you…
cris,fel,khiong,tathui present me with this flower for my convo….thanks guys…
cole gave me this card and book….thanks cole I like it
aen gave me this card….and its all the way from UK…thanks aen
my sis gave me 500 cash as present for my convo…of course not the coins la…its in the bank…want me take pic of the bank ahh??