Feeling Jitty Again

AHHH… It’s been weeks (or months?) since the death of MJ and looks like my blog is dead as well. Hah, don’t worry it hasn’t. I have been keeping myself busy with….erm, FACEBOOK, in particularly the Happy Farm and Restaurant City. I have been working non-stop as a farmer as well as a restaurant manager cum waiter cum cleaner. Life is hard, isn’t it.

Anyway, today I am feeling 'jitty' so I’ve decided to write something here. Let me just post up some photos taken during the last weekend. I went back to KL cuz the National Day was on Monday. In fact, I went back home last Wednesday after the Japanese class so that I will have a longer holiday. Yup, I am taking Japanese language again and by the end of this year I will sit for the Japanese Proficiency Test Level 4 (JLPT4) together with Ning. わたしのこいびと　＾＾

Last Wednesday, Choon Wah, Ning and I headed to KL at around 7pm by Ning’s car. My car has been sent for service following a minor accident in the campus car park two weeks ago. The front part of the car was slightly crushed.

 An unfortunate day

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On Thursday, I brought Ning to the aquarium shop opposite my house and she was delighted to see so many fishes especially the guppy. There were many female guppy with nice red colour tail. Sadly we couldn’t  manage to buy some back as the shop hasn’t open on the day we wanted to return to UTM.

At night, we went to Low Yat Plaza cuz I have wanted to get an external hard disk for since a long time ago. I got the 320GB Western Digital with a 2.5” Cooler Master casing. Then I swapped the hard disk with the 120GB one in my laptop.

 

I need more storage

  

Always cool

After that we went for some doughnuts at the Times Square's Krismy Kreme. We stayed there for a while and I played Happy Fedarm surf the internet with my laptop as there is free WIFI.

 

Heavenly sweet

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On Friday, Ning and I met up with Choon Wah at KLCC before going to the Bookfest at the convention centre. This is also the reason why we wanted to go back to KL at first – to visit the largest annual bookfair in Malaysia. In KL, I could see many people wearing masks fearing that the Ahini virus might spread.

 

We went by LRT

  

Bookfest @ KLCC

I bought a book by Steven Hawking 'The Universe in a Nutshell' It talks about general relativity and quantum theory which I've always been interested since I was young. Also I got myself a chinese version of D.K. Ching reference book. Ning bought an animal encyclopedia and a comic. Choon Wah bought a VRay rendering tutorial as well as an architectural handbook. We had pizza for lunch. Only then I realised the menu of Pizza Hut in KLCC is different from the other outlets.

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On Saturday, Ning wanted to meet up with her hometown friends studying in IMU and UKM - Bibi and Ing Ing. And MidValley was the meeting spot. I was quite impressed with the Raya decoration in the mall. Everything was so Lat/comic/paper-like. *thumbs up* =)

  

See?

  

Chicky chicky

  

Ah, reminds me of the measured drawing days

  

L-R: TBK, Bibi zai, Ing Ing, Ning and me

For dinner, Bibi zai insisted going to Chili's Grill & Bar and there was a lot of people queuing up the line outside the restaurant. I put down my name and the guy told us to come back in another 1 hour. Good food always come after a long wait. Here are what we ordered that night:

  

Lamb Shoulder

  

Country-Fried Chicken Crispers

  

  

Monterey Chicken

After a satisfying meal, Ning and I said goodbye to her friends and we went to Wisma MCA for a charity concert organised the Buddhist Society. Earlier, Tiong invited us there as he will be singing on that night.

  

This will be aired on Astro AEC during the Mooncake festival

 

Rynn Lim (林宇中) was one of the guests

However it was already late when we reached there and therefore we watched for a while before leaving the hall. Didn't get the chance to watch Tiong performing on stage.

I think I shall stop for now as I'm getting a lil tired+sleepy already. To be continued soon... =)

Happy Moment

WEEKS ago Chin invited me to an event held in Isthmus, MidValley. He took part in a contest organised by Happy earlier and apparently he got a second prize award. Congratutions! I also met with Nicolekiss on that night. She too won something from the contest.

Photos taken from Nigel. Read Chin's post on the night's event =)

Farewell 2007

SO finally we have come to an end of 2007. Few days later I’ll going back to the lousy university. Yeah, lousy cuz the internet connection in the hostel is so soo sooo sloooow. And the food there sucks! There is only ONE Chinese stall in the whole university. So freaking lousy!

University Tiru Meniru (UTM)

Also have to get back to uni life already. Projects, assignments, sleepless nights, then sick due to lack of sleep.

My hostel block

But on the other hand, I will get to meet my coursemates again. After 1 month of missing seeing each other, I’m sure we have much to discuss and crap about. And hope CK will bring more “supply” to the hostel.

That's CK

I never did much during this holiday. Didn’t find a job, didn’t go for a long trip (except the Genting one) and basically just laid at home and did nothing. Once awhile met up with some friends for yamcha and movie session. That’s all.

GSC Pavilion

This coming semester I’ll be joining Ar. Hong’s environmental workbase. Some friends from his previous batch said that he is not that good, he didn’t crit much on our design until the very last minute and he always talk about business rather than architecture. I guess maybe that's his style.
However there were also some good comments on him: how he helped his student to save money on printing and most important of all, he gave fair and good grades to all for the final project! And, he is a Chinese! =) The ONLY Chinese lecturer in the whole 1st and 2nd year. Not so sure about the other years though.
OK so 2008 is coming and what is my new year resolution? Erm…well, as usual, hope everything will be smooth and nice (although it will not be sometimes, I know) and hope that I can meet my falling star anytime soon. =p
Haha. But mum always say: "Ming, study first lah….study first…"
So I guess just leave that to fate.

Flip-flop on my desk

One thing that I really really looking forward in 2008 is to travel to Canada and USA with my aunt’s family. Some weeks ago she asked me whether I’ll be free on this coming June cuz if I am, I can join them for a tour to Canada. They will also be going to visit my cousin brother who is currently studying in Seattle.
I was very very excited when I heard that but I would have to ask my dad first and guess what? He approved!!! I really can’t believe. Haha. I am going to land of ang moh for the first time if everything goes well next year.
One more thing my aunt told me that got me really high is that, if the plane transits at Japan, we might stay there for a day or two. Whoa…isn’t the trip too wonderful?! Hehe.
So what I'm gonna do when I return to uni is to confirm my sem break next year. Hopefully there will be no clashing with my measured drawing assignment, which I’ll be doing it in Negeri Sembilan on next mid-year.

At MidValley after watchin 'I Am Legend'

Last but no least, Happy new year to everyone! =)

A Choice to Choose My Date

IF I had a choice to choose who I wana date during this Valentine's Day. It would definately be Vanessa. She is a girl from my course.

It's not that I fell in love with her or I love her so much. The truth is, she is the girl where I think almost every guys will not fail trying to ask her out on that day. I dunno how to explain that. She has the 'attractiveness' which makes me want her to be my valentine's date without any hesitation.Just like Hannah Tan, the TV host/former beauty queen/singer, she is also a mixed of Chinese and Kelabit, or Chibit. In fact, she is a friend of Hannah's younger sister too. There were once in the same class.

However, there is a problem: The South China Sea. She is now back at her home in Miri, Sarawak. And I'm stayting in the potato-shaped Peninsular Malaysia.

Too bad =(

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Anyway, back from dreaming. I did spend my day out yesterday during Valentine's day. In the morning, Jian Fai fetched me to our Alma Mater, MBSSKL. There were alot of changes since the days we left the school. The sport houses T-shirt has been changed..to a more childish look. One part of the school block (where my Form5 class was located) has been demolished..to give way to a new four storey block with 12 classrooms.

And there is a new column right in front of the school office, called the 'Kisah Benar'. It is basically stories about some students doing some good deeds, contribution to the school, being helpful etc.

Truth story of MBS

what the..?

Wah Lao!!! Since when MBS started this? And whose idea is that? Well, I think it's OK to annouce it when for example, a student saved an ah pek from drowning in the Klang River or a boy stopped a riot at Jalan Chow Kit and managed to settle the arguments between the Guas and Geis but not every remeh-temeh stuff also need to inform the whole school ma.

Coincidencely we also met up with Siang Ling and her boyfriend, Kukan. Then Choon Wah came too. We saw some of our teachers and had a small chat with them.

During noon, Choon Wah and I went to Puduraya because he wanna get a bus ticket back to UTM after CNY. Then we went for lunch at Green Hut. Jian Fai didn't join because he had to fetched his girl girl.

After lunch, CW went back home and I went to MidValley to meet up with my Valentine's date. Hehe. There was this acrobatic shows from China performing at the Center Court.

Let's just turn and turn

Playing the 'che ling'

I went to collect the movie tickets which I've booked two days ago through the net. My date was still on the way to Midvalley so we decided to meet at the cinema entrance as the show was about to start at 3pm.

We watched Epic Movie. I tell u, this is the most silly show ever. Something like Scary Movie, it combines some parts of the movies from Da Vinci Code, Snakes on the Planes, Nachos, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Narnia, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, James Bond, Superman, Star Wars, Click and also Borat. And it makes fun all them throughout the whole show.

There is also Paris Hilton appearing in it ;)

After the show, we shopped around before having a drink at Secret Recipe. I saw the girl which I admired (she is two years my senior) during the school times, walking with her boyfriend outside the cafe. I think she saw me too.

My date's new Sony handphone, with my old bluetooth light handphone

Suddenly there was a loud 'THUMP!" At first I thought Godzilla has arrived at MidValley. But It was actually some African guys who were just started a fight nearby. Soon the securities came and the crowd witnessed the show.

Valentine's day, couples everywhere. Holding hands, presents and flowers all around. Girlfriends shopping and boyfriends waiting to pay. There were also some school boys and girls, dating in the mall after in their uniforms.

"HELLO, after school go back study la! Aih..children nowadays!"

Haha, can't blame them. Two years ago, I was like that too at this time with my ex. Times flies, everything moved so fast and not the same anymore. Sometimes I wonder if she is doing good, or I am just doing not so great.

By the way, don't get me wrong. My date which I asked to accompany me yesterday is not a girl, but a guy. We are not trying to break our backs to become one of the brokebacks. He is actually my good friend during the high school time.

Since many of our friends are attached and not available on that day so I managed to ask him out. Who says Valentine's day must only celebrate with ur boy girlfriends, darlings or dear?! As long we have fun and enjoy ourself on that day right? =)

Nicholas Kau with the stage decorations

After a whole day of walking and shopping, we went back at about 8pm by train. Nicholas went back to his college at Nilai because he will be having a class on the following day. And since Chinese New Year is coming, I bought myself some gifts:
A Sony Ear Clip Headphone for my MP4 player. What I like about it is that the wire is retractable.
A pair of straight cut jeans from S&K. Got discount 30%. With jeans I don't have to wash it everyday in my hostel =p
An architecture book about houses from MPH. Might be useful for my upcoming third studio project. There are a lot of books about architecture but one thing about architecture books is that they are not really cheap.
Spent about RM300 on those stuff. This time I must visit as many places as I could to get MORE ang pows already. *grin*