F.R.I.E.N.D.S

FRIENDS has been a hot topic lately.. A topic that stir different thoughts...
* Angel wrote friends...
* May wrote If I could turn back time...
* King's wife wrote I turn to You...

I was flipping through the old photo album and came across this vintage photo. Taken in 1992 in Kabong Beach, Sarawak together with my Upper Six classmates (my old friends). We went to Kabong Beach the next day after we our last paper in STPM exam as planned. Wah.. come to think about it, I had left secondary school for 14 years .... We chartered a school bus for the trip and departed early in the morning. Few hours later, we reached our final destination - the isolated Kabong Beach. And that was the last time I had outing and crazy time together with my ex classmates. Those were the innocent good old days; Everyone is so pure and sincere.

I can't remember a word about what we were yakking about during our 2 days and 1 night trip in Kabong Beach. The only thing I remembered was most of us didn't sleep and stayed awake throughout the night... lying down or sitting on the beach in small groups.. looking at the stars and the dark sky.. looking at and listening to the plashing of fiery waves (of the South China Sea)... enjoying the cool breeze.. sharing our thoughts etc... During those days, we totally had no idea and clueless what the future has in store for us.

Although friends come and friends go, I still keep in touch with most of my ex classmates or schoolmates (via sms or phone call or email, but not on regular basis). Nowadays, we hardly have time to meet up coz everyone is busy with their own lives, their commitments, their families and their jobs. Moreover, each and everyone of us is working in different towns or different states or different countries. But... One good thing is we still have reunion gathering each year (without fail) during Chinese New Year in my hometown - a small town called Sarikei. Too bad I cannot made it to join them for the last 2 gatherings..

Appreciate what we have while it lasts ;)

Magic Wand??

I came back home during lunch hour in the afternoon to get some important documents which I left behind. When I was just about to leave home, I heard the ding dong sound... I opened the door & saw Mr Postman awaiting out there with a parcel... all the way from the KiasuLand, Singapore !!! Thanks Carcar for the wonderful gift. Guess what is it???

I opened the parcel and saw this... Little Octopus or Sotong? Two words to describe it - So cute !!!!!!!!! Hold on... there is a wooden stick attached to the octopus... I'm cracking my head, wondering what is it....

It looks like Magic Wand woh.. Remember the fairy godmother with the magic wand (with a star attached to the other end) we read in the fairy tales during our childhood time? Might be I can turn people into octopus or sotong by pointing the octopus end towards them.. Taa-daa... What a brilliant idea !!

But when i looked at the octopus again... examining in great details.. front & back, up & down, left & right, again & again... I come to the final conclusion.. This is an Octopus Stick Massager !!! Might be I can use the octopus to piak at others too... Wonderful piak-ing tool !!! I like !!! Muacks to Carcar for such a wonderful gift :)

Psssss.. Ah Boy loves this toy too leh.. He admires it and pleads me to give this cute little fella to him.. Sorry lah, my little doggy, The cute octopus is mine.

Yeah, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Carcar once again for the lovely heart card which she sent me in early November. Thank Q Thank Q.

My Gadgets, My Toys...

These are my toys and my beloved gadgets... which are either black or grey in colour.. I love black... I don't fancy pink. Black is great. Black is cool. Black is mysterious. I know Leonald loves black too, judging from his Black, Blacken, Blackie post.

My one year old Pentium D processor-based Desktop, with my doggy picture as wallpaper.

Webcam

Microphone

Volume control for PC speaker.

My Digital Cameras - Konica Minolta Z2 (bought in 2004).

The handy digital camera, Minolta Dimage X50 (bought in 2005).

The Nokia N73 handphone (bought in September 2006) with the misty Mt Kinabalu scene as wallpaper.

My faithful companion - My PDA, Palm Tx (bought in July 2006).

The Transcend JetFlash 512Mb Thumb Drive (bought in 2005).

Kenny is in Town

Kenny, the rocker is in town.. He balik kampung to visit his parents and took this opportunity to jalan-jalan cari makan in Penang. What else to do in Penang besides eating ??? First of all, we visited the famous Penang Assam Laksa (the one next to the longkang) in Air Itam Market. As usual the place is packed & full house. Manage to get a seat after a while. The vendor must be making big bucks huh? Halfway eating, we witnessed one sad incident... stray puppies being caught by the MPPP. The puppies were yelling and crying for help.... The way the puppies being caught was kejam. Don't ask me how... *Sob*.

While we were savouring the assam laksa in Penang island, that someone-someone out there at the same time having nice food & long hours of chit-chat in KL ;) After our first round of food, we wandered and drove around a while.. Well... come to think about it, not many interesting places to go in Penang except makan... So we ended up in another makan place called Swatow Lane. This time we managed to secure a seat inside the air-conditioned room. The place is fully occupied and noisy like pasar :P

Kenny said "This is what we called Char Koay Teow" (in comparison to the char koay teow he had in KL) :D

This is what we called Chen-dol (with my name in it.. *Perasan*), the sweet concoction with gigantic kidney beans.

White-white tei Chee Cheong Fun with stinky black-black tei prawn paste gravy, red-red tei chilli paste, sesame oil and sesame seed. Time to play with the rolled up steamed rice flour. The one I like the most is from New Lane, but only available at night time.

Related entry :
My Balik Kampung Trip

Chewing GUM?

While driving from Sabah back to Brunei, we drove pass the GUM Clinic in Limbang district. The first time I heard about and knew the existence of GUM Clinics was during my medical school days in the mid 90's. My first impression of GUM clinic at that time was... Is that a periodontal clinic? Hahaha..

I'm sure some of you don't know what is GUM clinics. Some might not even realise the existence of such clinic.. GUM clinic has nothing to do with periodontal nor gum related disease. It is not a dental clinic either. GUM Clinics are Genito-Urinary Medicine Clinics that specialize in sexual health including STD (STD is not "Sambungjauh Terus Dail" but Sexually Transmitted Diseases) and VD (Venereal Diseases). Bukan Klinik Gigi atau Klinik Gusi :P

蛋蛋 (旦旦 )Post

This is 蛋 蛋/旦旦 (aka egg or telur) post.. 旦 is close relative of 王八旦, 混旦 and 臭鸡旦. Today I will torture the 旦旦 by eating them...

I'm conducting a wu liao survey on how you eat torture your half-boiled eggs...
1. Slurp the egg white first and eat the yolk later (save the best for the last)?
2. Or sapu the egg yolk first?
3. Or beat & mix the egg yolk together with the egg white prior to makan?
4. Or mix it with soy sauce?
5. Or sprinkle a dash of pepper?
6. Or eat the half boiled egg together with toasted bread?
7. Or... u don't eat half-boiled eggs cos scared of Salmonella infection?

I cannot resist but to giggle each time I see this modified Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes...

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,
All the king's horses and all the king's men,
Cannot put Humpty Dumpty back again.
Had scrambled eggs for breakfast again !!!

Related entry :
Eggs(鸡蛋)

Sabah : Mt Kinabalu (2)

Misty sceneries taken from the car on our way down from Mt Kinabalu back to Kinabalu Park... Thank God this is purely mist & not the deadly haze !!!

朦朦胧胧.... Seeing this, I quickly wind down the car window to enjoy the cool breeze. Syiok. Mmmm.. Misty reminds me of Misti :P

Finally, we were back to the "lowland" - The Kinabalu Park. Still windy (Sabah = The Land Below the Wind/Negeri Di Bawah Bayu. It's windy everywhere). Oh ya, ini pokok manyak comel. Lain daripada yang lain.

Nice or not? Must give face a bit.. Even though not nice also must say nice, okie?

How about this? Cantik? Boleh tahan saja? Err..Nice also, right? :P

This is the overall scene of the plant.. Is the plant ugly? Yes? No?? Whatever lah.. I took the previous two shots from this ugly looking plant.

Sabah : Weird Fruits

I came across these fruits in Sabah. This is my first encounter with such fruits. I have no idea what are these fruits called. I really hope someone can enlighten me with the names of the fruits.

The appearance resemble gigantic Pulasan - I meant the soft spikey "hair" ;)

I'm still wondering... Ini buah apa? *Updated* = Buah Terap

The taste... Mmmm... not bad :)

This one - looks like persimmon. And... the fruit smells like vomitus. No joke !!!

The flesh kinda resembles apple.. One word to describe the taste.... Yucks. Tak sedap leh... For those who likes this fruit, sorry lah...This is just my personal opinion. As you know, one man's meat is another man's poison, and vice versa :P

生

生是一首我非常喜欢的老歌. 这首歌很好听，歌词写得也特别好. Nice old song (in the late 80's) by Jacky Wu (吴宗宪). I love the lyrics. Listening to nice music/songs are therapeutic. When I feel unhappy or sad, I will play some meaningful nice songs and this method really helps. I would like to dedicate this song to Carcar (♥Hope the car is fully repaired and won't breakdown again♥), and also to everyone out there who likes this song.

生 (吴宗宪)

从第一声哭泣开始 你便注定要走这么一遭
所有人世间的事 从此就要一一尝过
要学会看清一切 要学会认清黑白
要会分别是与非 知道这样对不对

从第一声哭泣开始 你便注定拥有喜和苦
所有人世间的事 从此就要踏上征途
要学会说声抱歉 要学会明白别人
要会分别善与恶 要知道这样好不好

你的心在成长的过程中 必然会有些转变
但是永远都别忘记 最原始最美
或许你将面临困难 和难以理解
但是别灰心 我们都曾经 走过这么一回

从第一声哭泣开始 你便注定要离开这世界
所有人世间的事 从此就要抛在脑后
要学会刺激自己 要学会安慰别人
要会分析成与败 要知道这样错了没

你的心在成长的过程中 必然会有些转变
但是永远都别忘记 最原始最美
或许你将面临困难 和难以理解
但是别灰心 我们都曾经 走过这么一回

你的心在异动的岁月里 必然会跟着转变
但是永远都别忘记 最原始最美
或许你将面临挫折 和难以选择
但是别灰心 我们都曾经 是这样的过来

Tortoise Talk

3 weeks ago, on one fine Sunday evening... after gasak the mouth watering Penang Assam Laksa in Air Itam Market, I spent my evening together with the 龟仔龟女 in the Tortoise Pond near the Kek Lok Si Temple.

There are few hundreds tortoises in the pond... I spent almost an hour looking at the teenage mutant ninja turtles groovy little animals of various sizes with wizened face, stumpy legs and shorty tails.

The outstanding tortoise cos of the shell "colour". Lain daripada yang lain.

Tortoise munching the fibrous leafy kangkung..

Wah... Look at the claws. I dunno tortoise has claws too !!!

Tortoise stretching his front legs after his afternoon nap...

Old tortoise (from the Great great Grandpa category). Smooth shells and "thick skinned" tortoise with stumpy legs. Take note of the thick layer of skin on the neck. The concentric rings on the shell is hardly visible.

Another old Grandpa tortoise with shinny smooth shell.

This one looks like turtle :P

Err.... Watch Out Mr Tortoise /龟先生.. U put yourself in a dangerous position.. Guess what happened the next minute?

The poor tortoise lost balance and PK (pok kai) - I meant fell down lah... Luckily he didn't crack his shell...

四脚朝天... The poor tortoise struggling and trying hard to get up but couldn't... So kesian :(

Sabah : Mt Kinabalu

Entrance to the "starting point" for the enthusiastic climbers who want to conquer Mt Kinabalu (the tallest mountain in South East Asia with the height of 4,101m).

The "Hall of Frame" - The 19th Mount Kinabalu International Climbaton 2005. My name will never appear on the board unless I photoshop the picture :P *grin*

Mmmm.... The "anaemic" looking trees which require blood transfusion :P

The climb (up Mount Kinabalu) begins at the Timpohon Hut/Pondok Timpohon (located at the 1866 m altitude). Nope, I didn't climb the Mt Kinabalu (might be I will do so the next time, might be not.... )

I love this - The Misty View. Fresh Cool Air and Refreshing Cold Breeze. We can temporary forget about the haze which hit the whole Malaysia during that period of time (early October), whereby the API hits unhealthy value in several places.

I can 101% assure u this is definitely NOT haze (else I will cabut as fast as I can..) :P

Two successful climbers on their way back from the summit trail, to Pondok Timpohon. Might be I will take up the challenge in the future? Mmmm... or might be not? Let's see...

And I was amazed with the attires they wore for the climb. Shorts? It is freezing cold at the summit of the mountain in the early morning. Nah... they must had changed their attires somewhere on their way :P

Leaves with different colour..

Jepun Kia Foodie

My favourite Unagi Rice with Pickled Ginger & tamago (That's the name for the sweetened telur in Jepun kia language, right? How I remember the name? From Tamagotchi !! - the handheld digital pet game. Although I never played the game, at least I know the name)..

Fish Roe Sushi (or Gunkan?). Anyway, the name is secondary.. Savouring the yummy food is my main concern ;)

Some sort of sushi or gunkan.. Not only I forgotten the name, I forgotten what is it too.. some sort of sea creature?

Cute Sotong

Few days ago, I came across this....
Mmmm...this is just too cute !!! How to resist this?

Steaming hot Steamed Sotong. One word to describe - Stim !! (U know what I mean, don't u? )

Don't ya think the Steamed Sotong is cute? Leng mou? So chu bee.. I presume u all know what is it, right? Wanna guess how big is de thing? I will post the answer tomorrow.

***Updated 16th November 2006***

The Steamed Sotong is actually Fridge Magnet. It is slightly bigger then the 50 cents coin. I’m surprised many actually thought the “mini steamed sotong fridge magnet” is edible sotong…. LOL

Sotong entries :
Sotong Oh Sotong
Sotong Nasi Lemak
Sotong Kangkung & Sotong Egg
Sotong Snack
Sotong Sketch
zzZZ Sotong

Sabah : Kinabalu Park

Kinabalu Park (Taman Kinabalu) is Malaysia's first World Heritage Site designated by UNESCO in Dec 2000. It covers an area of 754 sq km surrounding the majestic Mount Kinabalu, the highest mountain in southeast Asia (4,101 metres). This botanical site is blessed with astonishing variety of flora and fauna that ranges over 4 climate zones.

For Malaysians, the entrance fee to the Kinabalu Park is RM 3 (RM15 for foreigners). Take Nothing But Photographs. Leave Nothing But Footprints. I'm good and I heed their advice. I didn't curi nor pluck anything; unlike Angel who curi plucked the tea leaves in Cameron Highlands.. LOL (just kidding lah. Angel, jangan marah, okie?)

Hostel - provide basic but clean and comfortable place to rest/sleep for those who wish to stay overnight or for climbers.

Gigantic Temperate Tree Ferns are seen everywhere within the park.

Nice cosy chalet in the highlands. If we visited the place again in the future, we might consider to stay overnight to enjoy the serenity of this place and to explore the jungle trails or mountain trails.

I have no idea what is the name of this plant which is seen everywhere in Kinabalu Park. Pinkish in colour.. LOoks like berries from afar.

The "ripened fruit" was dark purplish in colour.. Nice colour combination. Pink-pink tei and purple-purple tei... :P

Wow... Pink flower buds. I presume the nectar was sweet, judging from the crowds of black ants surrounding the flowers.

I like this photo - The Temperate Rainforest Tree Ferns in Kinabalu Park - black-black tei and green-green tei :P And little bit of blue-blue tei too.

to be continued....

Swatow Lane Revisited...

Misti just left a comment saying she suddenly thought of Chee Cheong Fun. This reminds me of some of the food picture I took last month in Swatow Lane. So I jahat and posted this up, hoping to make her lao hao sui.. I presumed she is still struggling inside her workplace and hasn't have her dinner.. I heard a little bird telling me LB wants to eat this too...

Penang Chee Cheong Fun. Different from KL or Ipoh Chee Cheong Fun. All also I like, no special preferences. Btw, This is not pig intestines ;)

Yam Cake or Oh Kueh. The home made one is still the best (with big big chunks of yam) but since I lazy to make myself, so I will take the easy way out. This one mostly flour only...

Penang Fruit Rojak. My all time favourite. How can I give this delicacies a miss? No way :P

Fish Balls & Meat Balls (or whatever balls but I hope it's not Durian Balls) Tang Hoon.

Related Swatow Lane Entries:
* Lunch @ Swatow Lane
* Winn-ing with Winn

Durian Ball Snacks

On our way too Sabah last month, we stopped by one of the petrol station in Limbang, Sarawak. While waiting for the petrol tank to filled up, I went inside the convenient store to buy some bottled drinks and snacks. And I noticed the small handy packets of durian flavoured ball like snacks on the rack !! Gosh, I haven't have this for ages. I think the last time I have the snack was during my primary school time. Surprisingly, it is still sold at the same price, 20 cents per packet. Reminiscing the past and the junk food that we used to consume during our childhood days, I can't resist but to buy few packets :)

Shuffle shuffle...

May wrote about Tuney Nark Shuffle Me some time ago and wanted to know what are my answers to those questions ... Homework woh... Tag woh... Took me so longgggg to submit the homework :P

What is it about? This is how it’s done....

1. Put your music player on shuffle mode (Winamps, iTunes etc.)
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question.
4. Absolutely no cheating!

The tag is easy to answer but typing the answer in chinese characters is the one who "killed" me.. It's much more easy to type in english than chinese :P I translate the answer in English too :P

1. How am I feeling today?
* 追梦人 (凤飞飞) /Chasing after dream
Does this means.. I enjoy day dreaming? nah... nope..

2. Where will I get married?
* 明天会更好 (群星)/A Better Tomorrow
This is really chicken & duck talk.

3. What is my best friend’s theme song?
* 从开始到现在 (张信哲)/From Beginning till Now
I know there are lotsa people out there who loves this song.. The chinese version of Winter Sonata theme song :)

4. What is/was highschool like?
* 忘记你不如忘记自己 (王杰)/It's better to forget myself than to forget you.
Mmmmm..... I do enjoy high school but just that I don't like exams !!! LOL

5. What is the best thing about me?
* 再回首 (姜育恒)/Recall back
Too many good things about me that I have to recall back the details? *faint*

6. How is today going to be?
* 一翦梅 (费玉清)/Something to do Plum Tree branches? LOL dunno how to translate this..
(ask for help from Carcar, and she spontaneously say it is "sepotong bunga", but after using her brain, she changed her mind and say it's "sekuntum bunga")
I didn't see any flowers also... Cauliflower can be considered as flower or not?

7. What is in store for this weekend?
* 一场游戏一场梦 (王杰)/It's just like game & dream
This weekend I gonna play games ah? Okie.. I will play Bejeweled 2 and Chuzzle :D

8. What song describes my parents?
* 心太软 (任贤齐)/Too Soft hearted
Mmmm... They hardly scold me cos I'm very quai kuai :)

9. How is my life going?
* 忘了你 忘了我 (王杰)/Forget about you and me
How can I forget about you all? What's the meaning of life if I forget everyone? So lame....

10. What song will they play at my funeral?
* 是不是这样的夜晚你才会这样的想起我 (吴宗宪)/Do u only remember about me at such a night?
Muhahahaa... This is a good one :D

11. How does the world see me?
* 我想有个家 (潘美辰)/I want to have a home
Choy!!! I already have a home lah.. Apa lah..

12. What do my friends really think of me?
* 安妮 (王杰)/Annie
Who the heck is this Annie? My name is not Annie, okie? :)

13. Do people secretly lust after me?
* 我是真的爱你 (张信哲)/I'm truly in love with you
*Faint* .... at this answer

14. How can I make myself happy?
* 那一段日子 (巫啟賢）/During those days
Does this means.... recalling back good old days will make me happy? LOL

15. What should I do with my life?
* 耶利亚女郎 (童安格)/Miss 耶利亚
Who is this Miss 耶利亚? Some famous person issit? Should I follow her footsteps?

16. Will I ever have children?
* 宝贝对不起 (草蜢)/Baby, I'm sorry
Muahahhaha... I can't stop laughing looking at this answer. So liuliu geh..

17. What is some good advice?
* 酒干淌卖无 (苏芮)/Do you still have any empty beer bottles for sale?
This is another chicken & duck talk Q&A

18. What do I think my current theme song is?
* 是否我真的一无所有 (王杰)/Is it true that I don't have anything?
Walao.. how come so sad geh? Piak the music player with sotong !!

19. What does everyone else think about my current life?
* 龙的传人(费玉清)/The descendant of Dragon
Nyek Nyek.. Chinese are considered as the descendant of dragon, right? 龙的传人

20. What type of men/women do I like?
* 这样爱你对不对 (陈淑桦)/Is it correct to love u this way
No comment on this... dunno what sort of answer is this...

21. Will I get married?
* 祝你一路顺风 (吴奇隆)/Wish u a smooth sail ahead
Most of the time also smooth sail mah..

22. What should I do with my love life?
* 童年 (刘文正)/Childhood days
Love life in childhood days? Those are puppy love. Itu lain, sekarang lain :)

23. Where will I live?
* 挪威的森林 (伍佰)/Norway's forest
I don't want to live inside the jungle. Cannot imagine my life living inside jungle

24. What will my dying words be?
* 领悟 (辛晓琪)/Comprehension
Mmmmmm....

25. When I’m having sex I say…
* 美丽的花蝴蝶 (张洪量)/Beautiful butterfly
Another gila answer. No eye see.

26. When I meet a guy/lady for the first time I say…
* 爱情的故事 (方季惟)/Love Story
Wah.. u think Love at First Sight meh? LOL

27. When my parents are angry I say…
* 月亮代表我的心 (鄧麗君)/The moon represents my heart
Wah.. this answer sounds very sweet leh...

Sabah : Nabalu Village

We stopped by Nabalu Village (Pekan Nabalu) on our way to Kinabalu Park, Sabah. (Nabalu = Mountain).

Huge Pineapples in Nabalu Market. The Ong Lai :) *ahem*

The View Tower in Pekan Nabalu.

Too bad we can't see the Mt Kinabalu cos of the %$#@&*^ haze.

So I looked around for something else from the View Tower. Something caught my attention at that moment.. One homeless dog quenching thirst by drinking the dirty water.

Mind Your Head? So hilarious..

Well groomed pussy cat enjoying his luxurious meal (fried noodle & koay teow). In contrary with the wild homeless dog I saw a couple of minutes ago .. 同"人"不同命 ??

Pekan Nabalu Souvenir Shops

Local Handicrafts

We saw the poor dog again. This dog is indeed kesian. Look at his skin lesions :( We fed him some leftover bread and he happily sapu all in split seconds. The poor dog must be hungry :( Must show this photo to Liucas and Ah Boy . Liucas, see? U are so lucky !! U shouldn't grumble nor complaint if Winn fed u leftover food :P

Char Siew & Siew Yok

Day Dreamer complained that my previous post, Before & After has too many words, unlike LB's Before & After post. (I quoted what she commented in LB's post "More pictures than words, unlike Chen").. Did she mean I'm very cheong hei? And this LB pulak "add salt to the wound" with his reply "Maybe Carcar should go inform Chen that she is more long-winded than me, you think? LOL!" Really Char Dou.. Nah....Today I'm going to post more pictures and less words to prove that I'm not so cheong hei :P

**Warning : Proceed at Own Risk**

The sinful but mouth watering Roast Pork/Siew Yok/Sio Tu Bak/烧肉 with crispy skin, layers of thick fat & lean meat.

Thinking about the sinful nice and crispy skin of siew yok.... Carcar, I presume u like this? I remember u love the fei chu yok :P Someone previously slurped and swallowed the fatty skin & the fatty layer of the fei chu yok.

Another equally sinful lao hao sui Char Siew (叉燒).

*Warning*: These are unhealthy food. Sad to say, All unhealthy food are delicious food. I don't promote unhealthy and sinful food, okie? Eat in moderation. Don't over indulge. Maintain healthy lifestyle.

Related entry :
Roast Pork & Char Siew

F.R.O.G.S

Nice? Interesting? Cute? Scary? Geli? hak sei yan? kia si lang? chu bee? I bought these froggies from the Filipino Market in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Frog key chain and Frog "Handbag" or "Coin Purse".. LOL

When I was busy choosing the frogs, the storekeeper told me : "Pilihlah ni, katak ini gemuk.. Bagus, Cantik !!" Hahahha... I wanna laugh when I heard that. I'm not so kiasu lah.. I mean I won't pick the fattest frog :P I prefer a nicer looking frog than a fat tuapui frog :P

The unique Frog Key Chain

Wonder how they preserve the frogs... Not scary, right? Wanna pat the froggy's head?

Before & After

One fine afternoon... after exam, Pinky Piglet came up with her own tag Before & After. Before and After... Before & After of Anything... Everything... Apa pun boleh.. Mmmm... As usual, I'm lazy to think so much.. Just scratch-scratch head a bit (I don't have kutu, okie?) and I will just write whatever things that "pop up" in my mind :P (pssss.. I just found out Mr Goober tagged me too after I answered this tag.. Luckily the same tag... phew... *wipe cold sweat*)

*Before and After Having A Dog
Before I have my min pin, I always have the thought that having & and taking care of dog is troublesome. After I have my little dog, I only know how much fun it is to have one. Definitely no regrets !! Can I conclude with this statement that.... Those who don't like dog dunno what they are missing out in life?? Kekekkee... Those who dislikes dogs (eg. Carcar & Redsponge) please don't piak me :P Btw, Carcar, your beloved iguana or cockroach won't come & greet u when u come back home nor manja with u leh..

*Before and After Blogging
Before I start blogging, I just want to have a space to write down some stories when I feel wu liao or jiak pa bo su chor/sek pao mou yer chou time. But after I started, I get to know & make friends with so many bloggers, including you, You and YOU. Yes !!! YOU.. You know who you are :D (and many of them have become my real friends in real life instead of just "blogger friends" - Quote what Carcar said - don't use the word "blogger friends", coz it sounds so lame. And not only that, I noticed I can write humorous and crappy stuff too which I never realised in the past :P

*Before and After Vacation
Before vacation, most of us will be looking forward to it cos we presume we can have a good time and most importantly have a good rest... But somehow, after coming back from vacation, I feel more tired and I feel I need another holiday !!! So... does that means - better NOT to have holidays? Nah... not true !!! I want holidays !!

*Before and After Ordering Food
We might crack our heads at times thinking what to order for meals, but once our orders arrived.. The food that others have seems nicer and tastier... Mmmm.... Is it true that other's food always taste better? :P

*Before and Buying Certain Things
Occasionally, before buying certain things, I might go all the way out to get those stuffs but once I get it, I might just tossed it aside to the extend forgetting about it .. Kakakakaa... Luckily not all the times lah.. Occasionally and once in a blue moon only. If all the time, then die lah.. my house will be occupied with rubbish :D

Nyek nyek... (rub hands). Time to torture few people to keep it going :P
* 美湄
* El Bee
* Horror Winn
* Princess A
* 车车
* Missi

**Updated :
The Responses so far...
1) Live Longer & Prosper - LB
2) It Could Only Get Better - Ah May
3 Before & After: Part 1 & Part 2 - Angel
4) "B" for After - Carcar

Sabah : Tamparuli Market

The Tamparuli Market is located next to the Tamparuli Suspension Bridge in Tuaran district, Sabah. We stopped by the market for a short while before continuing our journey to Kinabalu Park.

The cute little boy with innocent broad smile whom we met in Tamparuli Market. 天真无邪的脸孔 . The little boy felt very happy when we took few snapshots of him.. He is so cuteeee... :D

Another young chap selling preserved and salted fish aka kiam hu.

More salted fish, dried prawns and other preserved foodstuff stalls..

Aunty seeling nasi lemak, doughnuts and all sort of kuih-muih. I remembered buying nasi lemak in plastic packets (instead of being wrapped up in banana tree leaves) during my primary school days. During those days, one small packet of nasi lemak was sold at 20 cents per packet (with groundnuts, sambal ikan bilis, slices of cucumber and eggs) . Those really were the days...

Vegetable stalls. One of the famous vegetable in Sabah is the Sabah Fern or Sabah vegetable, which is also known as Sayur manis. (The dark green vege in the photo) Sayur Manis is also available in Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia. I still prefer the Sarawak Jungle Fern or Bilin, my all time favourite :)

Lazy bum cat in slumberland (dreaming of Fried Pomfret??).... lying next to the Roselle. I wonder why he chose to sleep next to the roselle? Cos of the nice scent?

Seeing this reminds me of the yummy mouth watering preserved Roselle :) Nice snacks.. better than Lormaikai :D

Related entry :
Tamparulli Suspension Bridge

Pink, pink & pink !!!

LB got told off by 车车 aka 卡卡 (Carcar loh) for being so long-winded, so he merajuk (ala sotong style with spreading tentacles) and started this Five, Six, Pick Up Sticks.. tag and managed to get the following helpless victims to volunteer subconsciously (on their behalf) to do the tag !! (Whom are none other than May, Princess Angeli, Chen/Ah Boysley, Datin WinnCi, Misti KLANG KLANG & 卡卡).

Luckily this is an easy tag - to post up six mindless but color coordinated pictures. I asked ah boy to help me to go through all my film rolls and my super thick photo albums (coated with one layer of thick dust) to pick up the pictures. I will choose PINK as my theme colour since I have lotsa "pink" photos, although pink is not my favourite colour :P

Remember the pink-coloured sugar coated pills? Looks like M&M or Smarties chocolate niah. These pills not only can fool children but can trick adult as well. These pills are none other than Ibuprofen, painkiller from NSAID group.

The "Run Away" pinky piglet (to a far-far away island called Borneo Island). Nope, I didn't bully the pig, in fact I sayang the pig... But too bad, the pig still has to go (*sob*)

Kakakkakkaka... I can't help but to laugh when I see this picture again. The Pink Octopus yang Merajuk - with fatt hao sexy pouting lips (preparing to squirt out octopus ink anytime) with tentacles folding inward.. awaiting to be piaked? This picture was dedicated to the tag starter, LB, few months back :P

This is another nostalgic picture, The Pink Banana aka Musa Velutina Pinkie which I saw in Unker's house. Too bad... the pink banana is non edible :(

Pink Vodka with minimal alcohol content. Don't worry, definitely won't get drunk after hantam one or two bottles.

My faithful pink companion - The Pinky Card Reader. This is my "must-have" tool :)

I need to pancing 6 victims and I will tag all the Sarawakians (& not forgetting the pink community) :
* Pink Cotton
* Pink Winnie
* Pinky Piglet
* Red Sponge
* Mr Goober
* Ben Ben

**Updated
The Responses so far..
1) Colour Blindness Test - Pink Cotton
2) My Pink-pink Room - Pink Winnie
3) My Pink-pink Piglets (1) & (2) - Pinky Piglet
4) Colour of Blue - Ben Ben
5) Red - Red Sponge
6) Goober Secrets : The Color Code 6 TagGoober Secret : The Colour Code 6 Tag

yeah... Everyone submitted their homeworks :)

My Ringtone

夕陽之歌 is my mobile phone default ringtone for the past 4 years (from Nokia 3315 to Nokia 6610i to my current Nokia N73, I’m still using the same default ringtone). Is this what we called as "长情"? 夕陽之歌 (Song of sunset) is the theme song of the movie 英雄本色III 夕陽之歌 (A Better Tomorrow III, released in 1989, by Chow Yuen Fatt, Tony Leung Kar Fai & Anita Mui). Pink Winnie said she dunno this song, but I think likely she had heard this song in the past. I promised her to post this song up and here it is.

夕陽之歌 by Anita Mui

夕陽之歌 , 英雄本色III (梅艷芳)

斜阳无限 无奈只一息间灿烂
随云霞渐散 逝去的光彩不复还
迟迟年月 难耐这一生的变幻
如浮云聚散 缠结这沧桑的倦颜
漫长路 骤觉光阴退减
欢欣总短暂未再返
哪个看透我梦想是平淡

曾遇上几多风雨翻 编织我交错梦幻
曾遇你真心的臂弯 伴我走过患难
奔波中 心灰意淡
路上纷扰波折再一弯
一天想 想到归去但已晚

啊 天生孤单的我心暗淡
路上风霜哭笑再一弯
一天想 想到归去但已晚

There are 2 other similar songs (same music but with different lyrics by different singers).

千千阕歌 by Priscilla Chan/陈慧娴

千千阕歌 (陈慧娴)

徐徐回望 曾属於彼此的晚上
红红仍是你 赠我的心中艳阳
如流傻泪 祈望可体恤兼见谅
明晨离别你 路也许孤单得漫长
一瞬间太多东西要讲
可惜即将在各一方
只好深深把这刻尽凝望

来日纵使千千阕歌 飘於远方我路上
来日纵使千千晚星 亮过今晚月亮
都比不起这宵美丽
亦绝不可使我更欣赏
ah....因你今晚伴我唱
(因今宵的我可共你唱)
(都洗不清今晚我所想
因不知那天再共你唱)

临行临别才 顿感哀伤的漂亮
原来全是你 令我的思忆漫长
何年何月才 又可今宵一样
停留凝望里让眼睛讲彼此立场
当某天雨点轻敲你窗
当风声吹乱你构想
可否抽空想这张旧模样

This is the Chinese song 风中的承诺 by 李翊君.

风中的承诺 (李翊君)

昨夜的雨 惊醒我沉睡中的梦
迷惑的心 沾满着昨日的伤痛
冷冷的风 不再有往日的温柔
失去的爱 是否还能够再拥有
漫漫长路 谁能告诉我
究竟会有多少错
何处是我最终的居留

曾经在雨中对我说 今生今世相守
曾经在风中对我说 永远不离开我
多少缠绵编织成的梦
多少爱恨刻划的镜头
为何一切到了终究还是空

Same music but...
Different lyrics...
Different singers...
Different feel...
But all are sad songs
Which one is your favourite?

SAMPAT LIULIU Q&A Session

I found this somewhere on the net. Randomly list down 20 names prior to looking at the questions. Then, answer accordingly. No cheating, okie? (Although this is not exam.. :P ) 20 names only meh? I want to list more... 20 nama tarak cukup :( Can I list down 50 names? I fill the names in the column randomly, before looking at the question. So absolutely (101%) no bias here.

1. Winn
2. Carcar
3. May
4. Albie
5. Angel
6. Ben
7. Pink Cotton
8. Cynthia
9. Red Sponge
10. Day Dreamer
11. Butt
12. Goober
13. Zero impact
14. Misti purple
15. Kenny
16. Cocka
17. Sengkor
18. 13th Panda
19. Simple American
20. Paper Crazy


How did you meet 14?
I know KAKI LANG MISTI from blogs. Summore Misti is the honourable member of CARMISTWINNANPLINKTITOKICHENJALIB, our long alphabet company.

What would you do if you never met 1?
SAM PAT lah u, asking this sort of SAM PAT LIULIU BODO question. Life still goes on if I never met her but life definitely won't be so interesting without WINN and her dearie son LIUCAT...

What would you do if 20 and 9 dated?
I won't do anything mah.. Nothing wrong if PAPERCRAZY dates RED SPONGE or vice versa. Unless if they dated and asked me to pay their bills. kakakkak...

Did you ever like 19?
Like, I like. Simple is good and I like simple stuffs (complicated stuffs made me headache at times). SIMPLE AMERICAN is simple, so I like :P

Would 6 and 17 make a good couple?
BEN & SENGKOR. LOL... One IO KA CH'NG. Another one always with mask on..HOW CRAPPY !!! What a crappy shaking butt couple :D

Describe 3.
AITELYU - Cheeky, Weird & Melancholic Baby (Hehhehe.. I remember this is how MAY described herself in the past.. )

Do you think 8 is attractive?
Of course lah.. No need to elaborate further.. U can see CYNTHIA's beautiful & sexy pictures in her blog.

Tell me something about 7.
Some PEOPLE says PINK COTTON skips more than walk. She is a professional skipper and adores pink colour, except mouthless pink Hello Kitty. She enjoys daydreaming inside the toilet. She has fetish towards loves to smell new notes. 'x' . Hopes she won't scold me "YOUR HEAD" after reading this.

Do you know any of 12's family?
I know fried peanut, steamed peanut, salted peanut, roasted peanut, peanut brittle, peanut candies, peanut cookies, peanut butter, bla bla bla.. and not forgetting the M&M peanut snack !! So, I can consider myself as knowing the nutty MR GOOBER's family, right? :D

What's 18's favourite?
13th PANDA of course likes pandas, logic right? else she won't name herself 13th Panda :P

What would you do if 11 confesses that he/she likes you?
AH BUTT woh.. I like her too !! Good mah, why not? Unless if she confesses she dislikes me, then I will hide in one corner & sob sob.

Who is 9 going out with?
I know I know.. RED SPONGE going out with that someone someone loh... *point point finger*

How old is 16 now?
COCKA nickname is Coca Cola. Since Coca Cola is introduced to the market in 1886, so (counting...), Cocka should be ... 120 years old !!! What an OLD COCK !

When was the last time you talked to 13?
I last talked face to face to ZERO IMPACT during my last visit to KL. Else we talked on & off on YM :)

Who's 2 favourite band/singer?
Eeeeee... I dunno woh.. How can !!! I thought SOTONG MIND THINKS ALIKE? Must ask CARCAR during our next sam pat session. SOT SOT SOT.

Would you date 4?
Have to wait till next year liao if wanna date ALBIE .. The LONGKANG DATE @ 14 July 2007 :P Can tapao LORMAIKAI to eat together with the Penang Assam Laksa for the longkang date :P

Would you date 7?
Why same question geh as last question? So liuliu geh. No other questions liao ah? Of course I would. But must bear in mind not to pronounce PINK COTTON mia name wrongly. Nanti kena her signature BOK or PHIK PHIAK. 'x'

Is 15 single?
KENNY is still single but whether available or not I dunno liao.. Wait !!! Is he married to ROCK BAND?

What's 10's last name?
Kkekeke...I know I know.. Btw, DAY DREAMER last name is not Dreamer, okie? :D

Would you ever be in a serious relationship with 11?
What sort of serious relationship? Sounds so serious geh? I scared liao leh. Mmmm.... AH BUTT please helps me to answer this question.

Which school does 3 go to?
I read AH MAY's post regarding her previous school some time ago (inside LB's punya bangchai blog instead of her own month-of-may blog... so confusing geh..) but can't remember liao... somewhere somewhere in PJ/KL area kua?

Where does 6 live?
The IO KA CH'NG BEN BEN lives in The Land of Hornbill in a beautiful city called Cat City aka Kuching :D

Whats your favourite thing about 5?
ANGEL is the angelic angel woh... with wings hidden underneath her baju (POINT POINT) & likes to smile. She is always cheerful. Can hear her hahahhaha each time I talk to her on the phone :D

Anyone wants to join in the fun & partake in this sam pat Q & A session? Or wanna create your own sets of questions? PIAK PIAK PIAK and SOT SOT SOT :P