Gosh...

Time really flies. It's already April 2009. Sorry for the lack of posts lately (till I kena scolding by someone for neglecting not updating my blog) :P

I'm now in Sarawak, went back for Ching Ming Festival (to pay respect to my beloved late daddy in Sarikei), and had a good time catching up with some old friends (old classmates) whom I haven't meet up for ages. Reminiscing those good old days. It is amazing how time flies. Everything seems like just happened yesterday. I went back to visit my old school too (my kindergarden, primary school and secondary school). Will go back to Penang this coming weekend. Will post up more pictures soon.

2008

Two more days and 2008 is coming to an end. Too many things happened this year. My younger brother just get married recently in Kuching, Sarawak. I had done the Silk Road Tour and visited Western Australia. Not forgetting to mention I managed to meet back online with lotsa long lost classmates, schoolmates, coursemates, uni friends, ex colleagues via Facebook. I have also bought few lenses this year ~ Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8, Sigma 18-200 mm f/3.5-6.3 with OS and Canon 50 mm f/1.8. Get myself an 8Gb Ipod Touch too & I love it very much. However, just recently, my MacBook Mackie had a "heart transplant" due to hardware failure. :(

Two most heart breaking events that happened this year were I lost two dear close friends and colleagues, Dr Tan Bee Hooi and Dr Alison Lim Yee Hoon within few months this year. Their passing is really shockening but their presence will always remain in my heart. I'm truly glad knowing them and to have them as my friends. Their passing reminds me that I shall treasure and cherish what I have and and do not take things for granted nor procrastinate as life is short. And to those who loves to complaint about small matters in life, I want to tell u that "Just being alive is such a lovely and wonderful thing". Some unfortunate ones are denied of that priviledges. I miss both of you dearly, Bee Hooi and Yee Hoon. Although both of you are no longer here with me physically, your spirit will continue to live on...

Hopefully 2009 will be a better and more promising year...

Congrats Brother

Rest In Peace, Dr Lim YH

I will be away from blogsphere for the next few days,
As my heart is aching,
and I'm now in the grieving stage.
Few months ago, a close and dear friend cum colleague of mine, Dr TanBH passed away
And this morning I got another shockening news regarding my another dearie old friend cum colleague who left us suddenly in a tragic way, inside the hospital on call room.
I still find it hard to accept that she is no longer with us...
My heart is even more painful when I saw her car still parked inside the hospital car park when I came back this evening.
Recalling the moments that we shared together over the last 7 years...
Her smile, her laughter, her voice, her face, her expressions, her gestures...
The last time I saw her was just few days back, and we still yakked and laughed over things..
Never expect things to happen this way.
Why is life so cruel, unfair, fragile and unpredictable????
And now, the past will become memories that I treasured.
My dear Yee Hoon,
Rest in Peace and I will miss you deeply...

On This Day...

Lately I'm lazy to write post. Hence I curi-ed the Moo birthday greetings from Angeles Moo , Misti Moo and Doreen Moo. (psss.. I've Moo-ified Angeles and Doreen btw :P)

Thanks Angeles Moo

Thanks Misti Moo

Thanks Doreen Moo

Thanks everyone for the birthday greetings and wishes on my Cow One aka 牛一. So many Moo-s, sure lotsa Moolahs liao. Kkekekekek... Btw, anyone has any idea why in Cantonese, birthday is also known as 牛一 (Cow One)? They murder one Moo Moo for the birthday celebration ah? o.O Hopefully not.. Actually hoh Gua tak tau the reason behind it... :)

Burping Diary

Sunday – Met up with my dear sampat partner in crime, Angeles who managed to find her way here. Burping Chicken Porky Hot Soup, stir fried green vege (supposedly we ordered tou miao wan) and curry sotong at Ahekor Hot Soup at Bandar Seri Kembangan. Nope, we were not "in Hot Soup"despite drinking the hot soup :P One of the waitress talked like machine gun and summore take the wrong order, and another one blur-blur tei. Asking tambah soup and she went to tapao our hot soup instead!! Earlier on we thought the shop might chap lap soon.. as we are the only customers there. But then hoh, mana tau, in half an hour time, the shop become full house tim.. Continue 2nd round of burping, this time burping cold chocolate drink, iced plain water and ice cream toast again at Old Town Kopitiam while surfing online and burping at twitters using Eee PC and iPod Touch at dunno wat plaza South City Plaza.

Monday – Gadget moment plus burping chicken, beef and mutton satay plus nasi himpit and coconut water with Sbanboy at Sate Hj Samuri, Bangi. Order too much satay till cannot finish... *burps*

Tuesday – Too much burping already.. So berehat seketika :P

Wednesday – Catch up and continue burping chicken satay and nasi himpit plus coconut water again with few of my good old uni frens (coursemates) who are now working in UMMC, GHKL and PPUKM in Sate Hj Samuri, Kajang.

Thursday – Sampat moment and burping Bakuteh tom yam bee hoon, slices of watermelon and ice lemon tea with Angeles, LB and CP1 at ?Station Kopitiam in Mines Shopping Mall. Feel like kena ti(p)u cos the servings is mini in comparison with the one in the picture, and the waiters there are super sotong. (And not forgetting, we burped Vitamin C too ~ the Vitamin C iced lemon tea drink plus some 38 "no eye see" photo session). Since the food portion is not that big, we continue burping milk tea and peanut butter toast at Uncle John Kopitiam cos no StarBucks mah.. (No flying peanuts, duh). And also iPhone-ing, iPod Touch-ing and Nokia-ing, and almost Eee PC-ing. And the fat koi in the pond didn't get to eat the peanut butter toast crumbs.

Addendum : And also kena ti(p)u by the ?Bangla waiter who said there were WiFi in the Station Kopitiam but in fact there is none. He also dunno what is soy sauce. Fulamak..

Friday – Burping Diet Coke, French Fries and Double Black Pepper Burger at Burger King in KLIA. Can't wait to go back home as I wanna burp Penang Assam Laksa :)

*Burps*

And the Silk Road Tour series will continue after this :)

9th Anniversary

Many thanks to BabeKL for the advanced Anniversary Greetings posted in her blog few days back. If not I would have totally forgotten my wedding anniversary liao this year. Thanks BabeKL once again. BabeKL and her hubby also celebrated their 10th Wedding Anniversary recently, on 4th July aka US Independence Day :)

Yeah, today (7th July) marks the 9th Wedding Anniversary for me and my hubby. No celebration lah. After so many years, we don't really celebrate birthdays or anniversaries (till i almost forgotten about it this year :P), as long as we love each other and have each other inside our hearts every single day.

Just now, I kaypoh went and read back what I wrote in the past, and noticed the sampat Winn suggested me to celebread by eating bread during my wedding anniversary 2 years back. And the equally sampat Carcar suggested me to cele-bread by eating celery + bread. And since I malas nak tangkap gambar today, so I will use back the same wedding ring photo I posted last year :P ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶

And nope, I didn't eat celery nor bread today :P

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Goodbye Kuching

This is what I had for brunch today - Kam Pua Noodle (干盘面). Something that I had since childhood time (which is not available over here in Penang) before I bid farewell to the Land of Hornbill. It looks like Wantan Mee but the taste and texture of the noodle is different. I still remember during my secondary school days, the noodles was sold at RM 1.30 per plate in Sarikei. Now the price is already RM 2.80 in Kuching. Talking about those good old days when everything is still cheap and affordable :P

Yeah, I'm leaving Kuching today. This is just a short balik kampung trip but quite an enjoyable one too. Especially I managed to meet up with quite a number of my secondary school friends/classmates and two of them I haven't meet for 16 years. Seems like most of my Sarikei friends and classmates/schoolmates have either migrated or are now working in Kuching. ;)

15.6.2008

10 years ago, on this day.. I reported duty to the Sarawak Health Department and started working on the same day in the Orthopaedic Department in Sarawak General Hospital. Time flies and 10 years had passed since then. And today marks my 10th working anniversary :)

During my recent tour to Silk Road China, when some of my tour group members found out that I'm working in the hospital, few of them asked "Are u still doing your housemanship?" or "You just graduated not long ago?" etc... When I told them I have worked for 10 years already, they are surprised cos they think I looked much younger than my age. I really look so young meh? Hahahha... And there are people out there in the street who thought I'm still a college student. :P

Like what Yenjai told me few days back, might be next I can get discount price when buying economy rice by telling them that I'm a student. (Well, certain eating places in KL give discount for students). I think I should get a "fake student card" so that I can get discounts and special price when buying things or going for buffet etc. Hahahhaa..

Tunggu Balik Rumah

I'm now in KLIA, awaiting for my flight back home to Penang. Was in KL for few hours. So sleepy.. Almost fell asleep inside the cab just now.

And I just found out today I can even check in for my flight from KLIA to Penang in Penang. Hence I check in for my flight from Penang to KLIA and also from KLIA to Penang at the same time. (I don't have any check in luggage lah of course) :P

I'm Back

Finally I'm back home in Penang. Went for 10 days Silk Road Tour in China. It's tiring but fun, especially riding on a camel in the dessert, riding horse in a countryside farm and not forgetting riding the donkey cart. Just reached home early morning today, reached home around 1 am and started working today. I still feel so sleepy and tired....

Will reply to the comments in the previous post later, and thanks for the sms sent by some of u when I was away :)

Bike Mania...

Suddenly.. I have the urge of wanting to ride a motorbike...

My Good Old Yamaha Y100 Sports Motorbike (my mode of transportation from 1996 till 2000)

If not, a mountain bike also will do..

I miss those 2-wheeled vehicles
I miss my mountainbike and my motorbike...

Missing Number Plate

I didn't realise my car number plate was missing till this morning when I visited the petrol station. After paying at the cashier counter and walking toward my car, to my horror, my car has no number plate! The screws for the number plate were there except the whole number plate was missing. I dunno when did that occurred either. Who vandalised or knocked my car? Wondering how long had I been driving around without the back number plate?

And it costed me RM 14 for the new number plate. Is that expensive, or cheap?

The Final Journey

My dear friend, you have finally completed your journey and the final chapter in this world. I was in tears when paying my last respect to you today, and it was so painful. But I'm glad I managed to bid the final farewell and sending you off the final journey in the Crematorium Hall in Mt Erskine this afternoon. I believe you are now in a better place.

I'll still continue to keep your contact number and your above profile picture in my handphone, your email address in my email account and also your contact in my msn messenger, yahoo messenger and google talk instant messenger even though I know I won't see you online again. I'm proud and happy to have you as my dear friend. Rest in Peace Bee Hooi and I will miss you forever. Yeah, I will stay strong and continue to move on, and I believe that is what you wants too.

明星

This is one of the sad song (明星/Star) that I had been listening to today. Although my heart is still aching and in the grieving stage, I would like to thank everyone here for the condolences and hugs. Although my dear friend is no longer with us physically, but her presence will always remains in our hearts. And she still bring hopes to those in need, as she had pledged for organ donations earlier on. She will still continue "living" through others and I hope that those who gets her organs for transplantation later on will be blessed throughout their lives.

明星 (Anita Mui)

当你见到天上星星 可会想起我?
可会记得当年我的脸
曾为你更比星星笑得多
当你记起当年往事 你又会会如何
可会轻轻凄然叹喟
怀念我在你心中照耀过

我像那银河星星 为你默默爱过
更让那柔柔光辉 为你解痛楚
当你见到天上星星 请你想想起我
当你见到星河灿烂 求你在心中记住我

We Miss U...

Life is so fragile...
The sky was also weeping,
Explaining the heavy rain yesterday night,
and not forgetting the groomy weather.
And how I hope what I heard this morning was not true...
What I fear of the last few days...
What I hope won't happen had indeed became a cruel reality.
I'm very sad and too shocked for words,
My heart is filled with unspeakable sorrow and anguish,
Every moments that we shared together over the last 9 years...
had started to flash back.
Rest in Peace my dear friend,
and we will truly miss you deeply.

*Bawl*

The clever me issued a cheque dated one year back. I didn't realise the mistake till I received a phone call from the bank (after I banked in the payment cheque via the cheque deposit machine). Aiyak.. Dunno why lah I sotongly mistakenly written the year as 2007 instead as 2008. HOW COME? So ocipala.. So sotong..

And this is the first time I write the wrong date on cheques, or the first time my cheques was rejected.. And chun-chun, this occurs on the leap day on the leap year. What a day to remember! Grrrrrrr... :(

Do I attract Lizard?

The birthday gal, Misti Moo mentioned that she attracts Flying Cockroach. (Eeeeeeeee... cos I really hate flying cockroaches, as I dowan them to land on my head). *Touch Wood*.

I'm thinking, on the other hand, do I attract Lizard?

• Firstly, was the frozen lizard incidence (2006), which I had shared earlier on in. The lizard must be damn stupid stewpig that it climbed inside freezer compartment of the fridge, left unnoticed and was frozen to death inside the ice cubes container.
  

• Secondly, was the baby lizard incidence (2007). The silly (or clumsy?) baby lizard lost it's balance while climbing on the ceiling and fell down, hence landed on my head. Really ocipala.
  

• Thirdly, was the adult lizard incidence (2008), which happily climb onto my back (waist region) yesterday night. I felt something touching my back and initially I thought it was Ah Boy touching me with his paw but he was nowhere in sight. Few seconds later i felt the touching sensation again. Then only I realised it's the gatai lizard!! Hahahaha, No shouting nor jumping around nor yelling as i'm not phobic of lizard. Luckily it ran away fast when I shoved it off with my hand, else I will really piak it :P
  

What will be the next incidence? KFC, hopefully I won't find a death lizard nor a lizard tail inside my food (as I experienced finding a cockroach's leg inside my food in the past). Choyyyyyyyyyy........ Me and my big mouth. *Touch Wood* :P

6 unimportant facts...

Chen from Mobile Me Molest Me? wanna knows 6 unimportant facts about me. Neh.. those irrelevant ocipala stuff or things that nobody really cares about . Since Chen wanna keeps low profile, hence i won't link back to his blog :)

Here are the rules:
1.Link to the person that tagged you.
2.Post the rules on your blog.
3.Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.
4.Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
5.Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.

The 6 unimportant facts about good old me :-
1. Watching movie is not my cuppa tea. (Yawn..)
2. Say NO to deep fried or oily food stuff. (Yucks !! It's nauseating)
3. Coffee? Nah... No... (Else sure insomnia kaw kaw)
4. I enjoy drinking milk, since baby time.. (Milk good mah)
5. I love hot and spicy stuff. (Syiok leh. Lagi pedas lagi sedap)
6. I prefer eating vegetables more than meat. (but I don't eat grass nor leaf medley) :P

I wanna know the 6 unimportant facts regarding my Fluff-kaki-s and Ocipala kaki-s.
1. Fibrate ~ Who Wants To Know?
2. Dobbs ~ 6 unimportant facts…
3. Yenjai ~ Six Unimportant facts About me (part 1)
4. Moz
5. Albie ~ The Number Six, Six, Six
6. Misti ~ 6 unimportant facts about Me

12345

LB sampat wanna knows the 12345 ocipala things about Agony Chev. *Ahem*

Name 1 thing you do everyday :
• Eat (We live to eat, not eat to live)

Name 2 things you wish you could learn :
• Swimming
• Sleeping? :P

Name 3 things that remind you of your childhood :
• Pouring salt on Siput Babi aka Snails (Geee...)
• Breaking Grasshopper's jumping hind legs (oops...)
• Catching little longkang fishes from drains or watching tadpoles swimming (another EFND activity).

Name 4 things you love to eat but rarely do :
• Longkang Laksa? (cos lazy to go there)
• Sashimi (expensive mah)
• Siu Loong Pao (no kaki)
• All the Ocipala FoodStuff (cannot eat so much mah, cos not healthy)

Name 5 things that make you feel good :
• DSLR Camera and all the related stuff
• Computer/Laptop and broadband.
• Collections of Moo Moo
• The thrill of riding Motorbike. Vvrrrrrrrooooooooommmmmmm...
• The syiokness of cycling Mountainbike

Not tagging anyone since it's still CNY :P