Happy Graduation Day, Ji Ric!

My house has been surrounded by noise pollution! S.O.S!!

This morning, i was awakened abruptly by a super loud song sang by Siti Nurhaliza. And at one time, while i was still half conscious, i was surprised as to why the Chinese temple put up a "Malay" song???

Mana tahu, it was from a Malay neighbour at the other opposite road of my house (well, my hse is located at a crossroad, so u can imagine how many houses can be stated as "opposite"). They are having a wedding ceremony, hence the musics and the kompangs and the crowd. O_o

No need to sleep liao.

Me and my frens went to Ji Ric's convocation @ Wisma MCA, KL in the evening. It does feels a bit odd, having a graduation ceremony in the middle of the city centre, without any universities in sight. And so there goes the last convocation among my gang of frens (i think, is there anyone else?)!





After the UTAR Inaugural Convocation 2005, we had dinner @ The Coliseum Cafe & Hotel, located at Jalan TAR. It is a very old fashioned restaurant, very very very ancient. The moment i stepped my feet in the restaurant, memories flashed back to 60 years ago. I really can imagine myself in the 30's with all the antique tables, chairs, receptions, windows, doors, everything! For those hygiene-freak, please think twice before coming here. Old stuffs mean looking real old, some with stubborn stain which could have been there for ages. So dont be caught in surprised!



Hearsay, the place is famous for its sizzling steak, and they will cook and serve the dishes right infront of u. But we didnt try any of those. *blek*


*smoky*

Maybe i will go there again and try it. Believe me!

And finally, tonite will be the last noisy nite. As i was typing this, i can still hear ppl shouting using their mic. They are doing some lelong/bidding activities. -_-

"RM8888, any other takers?"
"RM10000!"
"Okay, RM10000. Anyone else? Going once, going twice, SOLD!"

Another long day...

It is supposed to be another work-less and stress-free Saturday.

But no, watch my lips - NO!

I was told that a system which i am working on will be going live on 31st Aug. All the development team members are working hard to achieve the target go-live date.

And i thought i could get some rest after a long day, *sigh* the god worshipping thingy back home is going to last till tomorrow nite. And tonite is the kid's karaoke competition! Arggghhh!

I need the god's cake above... *slurps*

Good bye Hui Siang!

Hui Siang will be leaving us today for a better career path somewhere else. We gave her a farewell lunch (a tradition we inherited out of nowhere) @ KimGary, The Curve. We had the whole stretch of combined tables at the end of the restaurant to accommodate us all.

We had so much fun talking after the meal until the group of ppl behind our tables were so shocked whenever we laughed out loud! Seriously LOUD i tell u. U should have seen the look of their face! *_*


The group of people who ransacked the restaurant!

All the best in your future endeavours!

When i reached home after the usual badminton session, the temple located diagonally opposite of my hse is having some god worshipping thingy, in conjuction of the hungry ghost festival. There's a lot of cars parked outside of my hse, and a lot of noise and air pollution! People are singing their lungs out in the karaoke competition and the huge joss sticks placed outside the temple are burning non-stop. Hear say they are going to hold it for 3 days... Well, what can i say.

Aquaria KLCC

It feels harder to wake up early in the morning after a long break. *yawn*

I have officially marked my 1st anniversary in this office today. Last year's today, i was still a newbie, who just got transferred from Seremban office. Well, newbie I am still now, but most of my team mates were gone.

Anyway, i went to the newly opened Aquaria KLCC on Monday. They are having a promotion till 31st Aug 2005 (Adult RM20, Child RM10), so my aunt grabed me along to go with her kids.

As i was about to leave the hse, i was greeted by this huge grasshopper on my desk. *faster faster grab my cam and snap a pic*


As still as a stone for me to take a shot :)

Although I have been to the Underwater World in Sentosa, Singapore and Ocean Park, Hong Kong last time (which is similar to this one), but i still feel kinda excited.


The giant glass tube welcoming us to the world of the fishes.

Apart from underwater animals, there are some insects and *ooh aah* animals on display too.


Huge hairy orange spider..

I particularly love this cute lionfish below. It's so adorable and harmless :)




Beautiful corals.

We spent more than 2 hours there and were all hungry by the time we came out. Had some delicious Kenny Roger's muffin before leaving back home and voila, parking cost us 11 bucks! Great! -_-

Lingering in my mind..

Lonely
by Akon

Lonely I'm Mr Lonely,
I have nobody,
For my owwnnn
I'm so lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely
I have nobody,
For my owwnnn
I'm so lonely,

Yo this one here goes out to all my playas out there ya kno got that one good girl whose always been there like ya
Kno took all the bullshit then one day she cant take it no more and decides to leave

I woke up in the middle of the night and I noticed my girl wasn't by my side, coulda sworn I was dreamin, for her I was
Feenin, so I hadda take a little ride, back tracking ova these few years, tryna figure out wat I do to make it go bad, cuz
Ever since my girl left me, my whole life came crashin

I'm so lonely (so lonely),
I'm Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own) girl

I'm so lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own) girl

Cant belive I hadda girl like you and I just let you walk right outta my life, after all I put u thru u still stuck
Around and stayed by my side, what really hurt me is I broke ur heart, baby you were a good girl and I had no right, I
Really wanna make things right, cuz without u in my life girl

I'm so lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own) girl

I'm so lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own) girl

Been all about the world ain't neva met a girl that can take the things that you been through
Never thought the day would come where you would get up and run and I would be out chasing u
Cuz aint nowhere in the globe id rather be, aint noone in the globe id rather see then the girl of my dreams that made me
Be so happy but now so lonely

So lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own)

I'm so lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own) girrll

Never thought that id be alone, I didnt hope you'd be gone this long, I jus want u to call my phone, so stop playing girl and
Come on home (come on home), baby girl I didn't mean to shout, I want me and you to work it out, I never wished Id ever
Hurt my baby, and its drivin me crazy cuz...

I'm so lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own)

I'm so lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own) girll

Lonely, so lonely
So lonely, (so lonely),
Mr. Lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, (so lonely), Mr. Lonely

*****

It's amazing how and why i luv this song so much! ^_^

A weekend full of celebrations...

Its the time of the year again where i will be officially a year older. Not that im complaining for growing up, but good times always fly like a jet plane, and the not-so-good times crawl like a snail. O_o

My birthday celebrations started as early as Friday when my boss bought the 2 delicious cakes for us who were born in the month of Aug. Check out my previous post for details. *points to archives*

Thanks to all my colleagues for the birthday card and their wishes. I'm sticking it on my cub's wall so u are most welcome to drop by and take a look!


I had a hard time recognizing the signatures inside, u know...

Saturday nite was simply amazing. My ex-hsemates took all the trouble to plan for a steamboat dinner to celebrate my big day. That was the first time i celebrated a birthday with them eversince we graduated from uni more than 2 years ago. Although it is just a simple, small and private gathering, but it is very much appreciated! We joked, played, chatted, there is just simply too much to be done together, therefore I ended up staying over at her apartment. Thanks girls! I was so happy that nite. How i wish Peky was there too. Else it would be PERFECT.


I like the decoration concept of her apartment. Simple and nice.. lovely.


Clockwise : Louise, Kyoko, Hui Ying, Yee Ling & Jane.

Sunday morning's weather was breezy and relaxing. I attended my best fren's convocation in Universiti Malaya and it was super crowded, as expected. Since it's her graduation day, she got her bf to become the kuli to do all the photos taking and sweat wiping activities. Muahahaha =))

Anyway, Happy Graduation Day, Sok Yee!


See how many presents she got for her graduation? And that is just 1/3 of it...*gosh*

That nite, dinner was set @ Federal Hotel's Revolving Restaurant for MY BIRTHDAY celebration. We were feeling a bit dizzy at first, cos the restaurant wasnt revolving so smoothly, there were some hard chokes once in a while. But when the food came, everyone was too busy feasting than to bother about the dizziness :)

Frankly speaking, the food served are quite costly and not superbly tasty. So my wild guess is, people go there for their environment ~ which is great for dating couples. Guys, jot this venue down for future reference! *bwahahaha*


If we wait a lil bit longer, i think the whole cake will be caught in fire! :P


Group photo @ the first revolving restaurant in M'sia.

The last celebration on Monday was celebrated with my colleagues. We had a short karaoke session @ RedBox, The Curve. It was a great stress reliever, except for the mic fighting part... -_-

Thanks all for coming.


We snapped a photo in Ikea and pretending it is our own kitchen.

*day dreaming*

p/s : a lot of ppl have been asking me for the updates on my birthday, but i just havent got the time to write it for the past few days. Im not sick or anything, thanks for the concern. So here it is. Enjoy reading.

Happy Birthday Lee Yan!

Happy birthday to u,

Happy birthday to u,

Happy birthday to Lee Yan,

Happy birthday to u!

This is gonna be the first time that u'll spend your birthday away from home. It's winter season over there, so i guess u should appreciate it more since it's really special and very seldom to have the same opportunity again!! And u can do whatever u want without your family's knowledge. Hehe :P

I hope you will be able to enjoy it rather than being home sick. Dont work too hard, and take care of yourself! I'm missing u so badly! Call me when u are back for summer holiday k?

*hugz*

p/s: its really hard finding the best picture of u. All are so nice... *cant decide*

A day of farewell and celebration...

Today is the day, where i'll be a free girl again.

I was skipping to my team mate, Chen's cubicle around lunch time.

"what do u think u r doing?" *looking surprised*
"erm, i have a lil gift for u. tada... it's all urs" *handing him the pager with a grin*

MERDEKA!!! Okay lar. I know for u guys that have been doing support all these while might think that im over reacting, but im really feeling relief and happy that its all over. *phew*

Had lunch in Nippon Yataimura Japanese Restaurant @1U Old Wing. Today is Sau Pin's last day in ON. Oh, im never gonna have anyone to refer to when i have problems in my development work in the future. Im the only development team member left now, no, supposed to be the only permanent team member left now.... *lonely, im so lonely, i have nobody, im on my own*


Can anyone please translate?

We had a birthday celebration for all the Aug babies (Siew Kuen, Chen, Daniel, Uncle AJ and of cos including me!) in my company later that evening. My big boss bought 2 cakes from suchan® Restaurant.Bakery.Cafe ~ Tiramisu (their signature cakes) and Carrot Cake. Super DEEE-LIIIII-CIOUSSSSS! But it is kinda costly, more than 80 bucks per cake. O_o


Tiramisu & Carrot Cake *yum*yum*


My colls all waiting for Daniel, one of the babies. He was in a conference call with our user in HK.

Damn 'dai pai' man....

More details about the celebration in Jeff's. Note that the pics taken by him are way much clearer and nicer than mine, cos his newly bought Sony Ericsson K750i hp provide 2MP photos, whereby mine less than 1MP. So cannot compare lar.. rite??!! -_-

What could have been worst?!

Hey.

Yea, im still alive. -_-

I've experienced the worst nightmare that i could have ever imagine for the past few days. For those who saw me daily, u will understand what i have gone thru. *dark circles & big puffy eyes*

"wow, u have been pretty busy ar?"
"yeah, getting more than 30 beeps a day is really INTERESTING!"
"so u've been working late huh?"
"how u know?"
"your face shows everything, damn chan!"
*piak*

And as if my condition is not bad enuff, the haze is getting worst. The visibility has been reduced to less than 1km at my area. When i was out having dinner with my colls last nite in Hartamas Shopping Centre, he kept on pulling his tshirt covering his mouth and nose. Wah lau eh, dont do like that lar, it made me feels like covering mine too.. u know how those act can influence u.

As we were "happily" walking back to the office to resume work, *foot steps were abruptly stopped*

*Holy shit* The main door was closed and locked! And none of us had the keys. They were in the office, chucked peacefully in my drawer. O_o

Bah kata pepatah, sudah jatuh ditimpa tangga!

GREAT!


I never really had the chance to admire this wooden door before. *sigh*

But we managed to find our ways in the end, and worked till midnite. Dont ask me how. *dum dee dum* Those mainframe folks really gave us a hard time... implement something without having enuff testing. See what happen now? Our loads all failed!! *mumbling*

Now that everything has been resolved (finally), i sorta have the time to feel sleepy. The effect of the sleepless nights has taken over my whole body. I wonder if i have the energy to dance tonite. Maybe i shud curi curi sleep in the meeting room. Keke.

I kinda phobia whenever my pager beeps. My coll was trying to tell me to take it easy. "Dont worry, u will get used to it soon. I have been doing this for 5 years and im still here. u'll be ok, just take it easy and dont keep all this 2 urself."

So cool. *_*

Pikom PC Fair 2005

The day was started with a beep from the pager i was carrying since Friday. It was 5am in the morning, and i reluctantly woke up to check out the message. An error has occurred in one of the loads and i have to dial up to the company's network to recover the data. *sigh*

Mom and bro went to MidValley today to catch a movie and do some shopping. Since they will be out long, so i decided not to follow them, in case i needed to do support. Sacrifices have to be made...

Instead, me and 2 of my frens went to the KLCC Convention Centre for the Pikom PC Fair 2005. I thought of going there for a while only, get the stuff i want and then ciao. So if there is any beep, i should be able to reach home on time to work it out.

The new convention centre is really nice.. but as usual, super crowded. Those IT savvy finally came out from their caves to get the best bargain of the latest gadgets in the market. Sales people were yelling everywhere to attract anyone who came. *free printer, free pen drive*

Came home with my stuffs, was starving cos didnt get lunch and there was 10 miss calls on my hp and 7 beeps on my pager. Being in the exhibition hall was like separated from the outside world! -_-

Congratulations Kwok Fai!

Oh my god, im so damn happy now. Super duper hyperactive... *jumps up and down*

Kwok Fai won the Astro Talent Quest 2005!!!!!

It was like a dream comes true for him. I know that he has been wanting so much to win this competition and he has worked very very hard to achieve this goal.

When i saw him after the semifinals show in Astro, he looked so tired and exhausted. Getting not enuff sleep to give way for practices is really not easy. And with none of his family members by his side, frens are what he needed the most. That is why i was there in the studio (where u guys caught me on camera) to give him some mental support. At least he knew he was not alone.

Anyways, all his hard work did pay off. I am so happy and proud of him. ^_^

He walked away with a cash prize of RM35K + a Nissan Sentra 1.8L worth RM108,005. He will also be nominated by Astro to represent Malaysia in the upcoming international singing competition i.e. International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship 2005. *wow*

And i didnt know that he is so good in saxaphone.. im really amazed. O_o

He will be a SUPERSTAR now. Gonna be super super busy with a lot of stuffs... travelling here and there, making musics, taking photo shoots, making deal with adverts, etc, etc. Hopefully he will still remember us, and keep his feet on the ground!

Well, need to find one day when he is less busy (if there is) to congrats him in person and chit chat a bit about his new life. Peky, join us will ya?

Again, all the best in your future undertakings and hope to see your album soon, Ah Fai! Stay healthy! :P

Sweet Birthday 2 U, Siew Kuen!

This is dedicated to Siew Kuen or famously known as SKII in the company. Maybe there will be some of u who would wonder why is she called SKII? Is it because of the skincare product that she is using? Or is it because she looks a bit like Sammi Cheng?

No, no, no. Not that sort of reason.

My company has the tendency to call someone by their initial such as SP Lee, MJ Tee, LY Tang and etc. But there is already someone with the initial 'SK' in the company, thus she was named SK2 (as a nickname lar, but we call her Siew Kuen in actual).

We treated her for lunch in Vietnam Kitchen @ 1U today. The food is still as good as the 1st time i tasted them. *yum*yum*

All the best again darling!

By the way, i have finally graduated from my swimming class!! Yay, yay, yippie, yippie, yay, yay! The weather today is just perfect, no rain nor haze nor sun. I wanted to bitch about how the instructor acted earlier initially, but then mebbe i'll just treat him better and save all the bitching part cos he taught us til almost 8pm, way after our supposed end time. :P

He even told me to come on Sun to join the class, if i am free. So that means, i have extra classes to polish up my diving skill that i've just learnt today. The best thing is that i have no commitment to it, since it is something extra that i never thought i would get. *goody goody*

Sunrise Jazz & Rhythm Fest 2005

Ohh, i luv Jazz music!

And this Fri we have Shelly Leong & Jazz Odyssey performing @ Plaza Mont' Kiara fountain courtyard. *clapping hands* I have been hearing so much about her and the band all these while, but i just didnt manage to get any chance to see her in person. Plus, i got to know about this event today from my coll, right on time before her scheduled performance.

Should i go or should i not? Hmm, i can go there from the office after work since it is nearer than going from Ampang, but her session only starts at 9pm... What am i supposed to do in between that 3 hours +? *think, think, think*

Go meeting first. Continue later.

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Im back. And all my hopes were dashed! *waa*

The day that i've dreaded has come. I will be on duty starting tomorrow evening for a week!! Yes, i know i've been told about my new role to do support and carry pager and stuff, but i've never done it before mar. Im kinda lil bit scared.. what if there is any issue during that week (which is 100% guaranteed) and i dont even what or how im supposed to do to resolve it? *heart beating faster and faster*

This is a big pressure okay! Like a big rock himpit-ing my body.

And i was told (or should i say "threatened" :P) to stay close to home where internet connection is 24 hours available so that i could log on to the company's network and do whatever i am supposed to do when the pager beeps, indicating abnormalities. Well, that means no far far away outing, no makan trip, no late night out, no clubbing, no yumcha, and no Shelly Leong? This is bad... -_-

And only just a while ago i thought this is the chance of a lifetime for me to see her performance. Now it is like im so near, and yet so far!

Oh, great...

Heck, i just recalled that my ex-coursemate asked me out for clubbing this weekend to celebrate his success in proposing to his gf. And i was planning to go to my frens' convo in MMU, Malacca this Sun, plus some visiting and jln jln. Oh my gosh, why does everything has to happen at the same time one?? *damn*

Come to think of it, mebbe it is better to be the duty manager this coming week, rather than the week after. Cos it would be my birthday that weekend and i dont wanna stay at home working on that day. Hopefully this is a better alternative ... sad sad case.

Dont u guys try to switch off ur handphone! Bring it wherever u go, and answer my call k, cos i'll be most probably asking for help. Pleaseeeee....

Oopss, i thought it is gonna be a short post initially, but ended up this long. Keke, I guess things are not predictable sometimes. And it is already proven. *points up*

Recharge Revelation : The Ultimate Beach Party

Anybody up to this one? The return of the Melbourne shufflers...

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Another fire in Sumatra?

It must have been the super hot weather lately which resulted in another jungle caught in fire. I was a bit shocked when i came out from the office building just now. Immediately i switched on the radio and there was news about a fire in the Sumatra island. The wind brought all the smoke here (as usual -_-), and almost choked us alive!


Hazy sky... *cough*cough*

The weather was still fine during noon when i went out to tapao my lunch. Hopefully things will get better soon. Not another "darurat" please. :(