Fireworks

It’s now the year of dog~~! And I wish I can have a dog~! Of course it’s not because this is the year of dog. I’ve always love dogs, and other animals as well. But my mum wouldn’t allow us to have another after our first, Pelly. By the way, my Pelly, he was such a handsome dog.

Anyway, there weren’t many 红炮 this year leh. I still remember years back, the sound from these fire crackers could last for as long as 2 hours… Imagine that. I’m ok with红炮 but I HATE the one which emits one single VERY loud sound. I don’t what’s the name. My neighbour kept playing (or burning?) it.. You’d get a shock every few minutes, imagine that again.

As I was saying, there weren’t many红炮 this year, but more of fireworks. Everywhere we look, we could see the fireworks. Last year my brother and I tried to capture it by the now obsolete Olympus C-750 (Even though we bought this C-750, in what.. ONLY about 2 years back?). Its focusing was quite slow, but of course, every new camera produced is better than their “ancestors”. So can’t be compared to the new models now.

This year, I tried to capture the fireworks by my Sony-W5. Its focusing is much much faster. I was hoping I will be able to take a decent photo, can’t say “good photo” because I’m shooting without tripod.

The fireworks started as early as 9pm. I ran outside to take the photo.

There were fireworks at all directions.. These are some distance away from my house.

I thought this picture on the left sort of looks like some nebula in the universe. (Remember to click the icon in IE to enlarge the photo to its original size)





Are you wondering what the orange light was? It’s the streetlight. The other side was blocked by a tree, and I couldn’t get a good angle. By the time I found a spot where I won’t shoot the streetlight, the fireworks would be gone. I never knew where to stand because there were fireworks everywhere.

Thanks to my neighbour whom I hated because they kept igniting the terribly annoying firecrackers, I got these photos:



These, of course, were badly taken but I’m happy enough Excellent fireworks photos are usually taken by terrific cameras like SLR and mounted on a tripod.
I was at the back of my house when we saw these fireworks flying up to the sky from our neighbour’s house. And I sprinted towards the front. It was right above our heads. I shouldn’t have ran, come to think of it now. What if I fall?? It doesn’t matter if I got injured or what…but what if my camera drops?? What if it spoils?? I shouldn’t have risk that for the firework photos. Haha… But luckily nothing bad happened to my Sony..


And the last one.

Mini bouquet

Today is Lunar New Year's eve. Every year we will buy some flowers to put beside the Buddha's statue.

When my brother was arranging the flowers, a small one fall off the main stem, I picked it up and *ting*, a lightbulb lighted on the top of my head. hehe.. I mean I suddenly have an idea, I want to make a mini bouquet.

And *ting*, here's the result :
Cute or not? I hold them together by cellophone tape.. You can see the tape in the pic... I couldn't crop the picture further cos it won't look good. The yellow colour in the background were the bigger ones we bought, er.. think it's lily. I deliberately hold my mini bouquet in front of those lilies as to add some colours to the background.

I said mini bouquet because ...

And I placed the mini bouque under the sun with some other plants at the back. I love this shot. I wanted to accentuate the sunray.

In this, the background is another 水梅bonzai. I wanted the 水梅's trunk in this photo to have a "big tree" feeling. Can I use the word "trunk" for a small plant like this??? I don't think so... but I don't know what word to use...

I stuck my mini bouquet in another 水梅's trunk and made it looks like it's growing out from there.

Er... nothing else to write anymore about these flowers... hahaha...

And.. so, wishing everyone who reads this blog a prosperity year ahead~! Happy Chinese New Year~! Gong xi gong xi gong xi ni ah~.... gong xi gong xi gong xi ni~....

Bird's nest

No, not the bird's nest that we eat.

The real bird's nest, it appears on a 水梅tree in my house. The bird used plastic bag to build the nest... cute... There's no bird in sight and no eggs though.. We wondered whether this is an abandoned nest. Hopeful it's not. And hopefully the bird mummy will come to lay eggs here.

DIY greeting card

My brother sent this to his friends and me. These are my doggies. One for me to hug (while sleeping of course), one to put beside my pillow so that I can rest my hand on it. hahaha.... These 2 are in JB. I've got another 2, one is a pig, another is the big doggy but pink one. I wanted to post about my "soft toy family".. but haven't do so... hahaha....
I don't know why the last pic was distorted... It never happened like this when I upload photos... You can click on the photo to view the bigger version.

Anyway, very cute right~? hahaha...

Weight issue

The other day I was strolling around the neighbourhood shops with Gabriel. I saw the weighing machine and like any other girls, we are all obsessed with how much we weigh. So I wanted to weigh myself. Guys will comment that, that’s such waste of money. But what the heck, I want to know my weight.

It was those big big machines which will print your weight and a little bit of “fortune telling” or “character reading” on a small piece of card. I put in a 20cents coin.

“Grr grr grrrrr.”

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Nothing… … ...
Nothing came out! The god damn machine ate my money! It ate my 20cents!

I got very agitated cos these machines always “eat” my money! I “slapped” the freaking machine. I wasn’t satisfied. Then I kicked the machine. I kicked very hard. And guess what..

“Grr.”

The card came out.

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Must use force one is it?

It printed : 42kg.

What??! I’ve gained 2kg??? I don't buy it… I don't buy it! I don’t feel like 2kg heavier?! I feel 2kg lighter! after all those work out in gym………………

I didn’t buy it. So when we came across another weighing machine, not the same type, I weighed myself again.

I inserted a 20cents coin again.

“Grr grr grrrrr.”

…… 1 second… 2 second…

“Grr.”

The bloody machine kept me waited for 2 seconds before coughing out the card. I was about to kick it already.

42kg.

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No choice. I gotta admit that’s really how much I weigh now…

Gabriel said after so much exercise, I should have burnt fat and gained some muscles. And muscles are heavier than fat. So it doesn’t matter what the number on the card is, as long as we feel that we look better than before.

Well, I suppose he’s right. Better to think he’s right, eh? if you know what I mean… Hahaha…

Speaking of exercise, there was a man in the gym, a very fat man, er.. I don’t know what word to use, “strolling”… perhaps? He was “strolling” on the threadmill… No, it was slower than strolling… literally “dragging” his feet on the threadmill… I tried to simulate his speed, and I swear to God it’s just speed 1… which is really slower than strolling. Why on earth did he come to gym for? To “walk” slower than how he usually would? What kind of workout is that?

Normally we would say, as long as you take the initiative to go to the gym and do any workout, it’s better than nothing. But it doesn’t seem to apply here… It doesn’t make any sense whatsoever to go to the gym and drag your feet on threadmill on a speed slower than anyone’s strolling speed.. What was he thinking??

P.S. It suddenly makes me think, we always say, “What on earth is he doing?”, “What the hell is he doing?”, or “What in heaven’s name is he doing?”.. Earth, hell, heaven, we used it all, don’t we.... I think maybe it’s better or more emphasizing to say, “What on earth and hell in heaven’s name is he doing?” .........

………… crap…

"Into The Blue"

I just watched the movie "Into The Blue" starring Paul Walker and one of my favourite stars Jessica Alba.

They are so gorgeous and the movie was very nice.. Makes me miss the ocean.... really miss the ocean.... I wish I can be as adept at skin diving as Jessica Alba. I still can't skin dive.. It's not as easy as it looks... and I can't hold my breath long while swimming/finning..

And Paul Walker is so cute~~ In my opinion he's not very very handsome, but he's got very charming eyes... and he has a very faithful-lover-looking-face. hahahaha.... oh, and very very attractive smile~~~~ all in all, he's extremely charming. hahaha..

Anybody noticed the fins wore by Jessica Alba? Half of it is transparent, very transparent, it looks extremely cool.. My fin is Atomic's liquid blue split fin. Part of it is transparent, er.. I should say translucent. I think my fin is cool enough, but the fins Jessica Alba wore in the movie was even "cooler"~! Oh I want that fin~~!!!! Where to find it??? I couldn't screen capture the scene in the movie where she's wearing the fin. I don't know why.. I just couldn't capture it... Anyone sees that fin please tell me............................ I want that fin~~~~~

Guess what

A 无聊post... ***Can guess what this is?

Or this?
This should be quite obvious.

Very easy right...? Said so this is a 无聊post...

Don't know what it is?

The answer is here and here.

Currency-filled-red-red-packet

It’s that time of the year again, not Xmas, but Chinese New Year.

3 of my still-in-contact-ex-classmate-friends got married in year 2005. Prior to that, most of my friends are either single and available or attached. So there wasn’t much “debate” during the past CNY. So now this coming CNY, we have 3 married couples. Guess we would be debating whether or not they should give us the “currency-filled-red-red-packet”. (I avoided the word “money” on purpose)

I sent an email to my friends stating “It is against my policy to receive the red-red-thing from same generation of friends.” Hehe… I couldn’t resist using the phrase “against my policy”… It just popped in my head… and I thought it sounds fun…

Anyway, I am really against the idea of married friends giving us, the unmarried ones angpow. Some friends think they should give, some feel they must, some say whatever, for me personally, I say no need. It’s just so weird and awkward, ok? Unless I have kids then they should give angpow to my kids and vice versa. Angpow is something to give from senior (长辈) to junior（小辈） mah... Among friends.. no need what… It would feel like they suddenly become my长辈 overnight…

肚子大大

*Disclaimer* This post is NOT an imitation of Xiaxue's recent post about her conversation with friends in MSN. It's just a coincidence that Gab has drawn something interesting in MSN. I thought it's funny, hence this post.

Know who this is?

THAT, is Gabriel's interpretation of ...

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ME!
Because I kept saying I’ve got a bit of biceps. AND big tummy after meals. And so, he said I look exactly like…

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Lilo...




Hence, this...

I think that is a very good portrait of me. Though I don't have such a big biceps... LOL... And I do not want such big biceps... looks horrible... but at times, I do have such big tummy.... LOL...

By the way, I think Lilo is a cute name... Maybe I'll change my name to Lilo... OR ask my friends to call me Lilo after meals only. hahahah.. Maybe that can serve a reminder for me not to eat to much, ya~!

Boxercise and bad person

I am a bad person.

I love boxercise.

What is the relation between these 2 statements?

Well, you can see all kinds of people in a boxercise class… Most of them, probably including myself, are not very graceful when doing boxercise. I don’t like to look at myself in the surrounding mirror but I like to look at others. It’s actually not a very nice scene to look at, to be honest… Because most of them are doing it in the wrong way, wrong rhythm, funny movement. Funny as in “ugly and funny”. And I don’t like to stand beside guys by the way… Guys ALWAYS overdoing it. They usually concentrate on exerting as much force as they are able to and neglect the beauty of correct movement. Yesterday, the guy beside me moved exactly like a gorilla…I’m sorry, that’s why I say I’m a bad person…critising people… Not that I’m so great myself.. But I’m sure I must have been someone’s “criticizing subject” every now and then as well… So… heck cares. Anyway, that guy was moving exactly like a gorilla thumping its chest to show dominance… (I am so sinful…) I swear he looked exactly like how I had described… I had to suppress my laughter so hard that I almost got internal injury...And when we all rushed to get a cushion at the end of the class, his all sweaty arm brushed against mine!!! EEEEEWWwwwww…………………………… freaking disgusting!!……… Guess that’s the price I paid for thinking that he looked like a gorilla……… ("Here! Gorilla sweat! Sucker!")

And hor… guys’ sweat fly everywhere!! “Sweat bullets” , that is… If they don’t punch the air using their “suck milk strength” (Chinese always say “用尽喝奶的力气”), they won’t produce “sweat bullets”… They’ll still sweat of course but at least the sweat won’t be “shooting” all over the place…!

Oh oh oh, and guys like to “act cool” while doing boxercise. Have you the faintest idea how hilarious that can be??? Before you start “acting cool”…you better make sure your movements are correct. Else, it’s so fugly and hilarious, it hurts my eyes… Some guys punch like they are doing slow motion scene in Matrix or 黄飞鸿 or something. Tak boleh tahan, man…

I have to really refrain myself from going towards them and say, “Please don’t act cool, because you are NOT cool.”… (wait a minute, this line was originated from Dickson, not me.. hahaha… I stole his line..)

Anyway, let’s talk about the real cool man, the instructor, Keith
I hope he reads this blog someday. Haha… He is really cool… He is not very handsome, not very tall, but he’s, in Japanese we say “kakoi”, which means something like stylish. If those “act cool” guys can do the movements as good as he does, then, feel free to continue acting cool. I would have no objection. If not, please spare us from the eye-soring scene… And I want to say it again, Keith, is just super cool

Thankfully, there are at least some “chiobu” in the class. There’s this girl, her movement is so eye-soothing to look at, extremely energetic yet graceful, almost like dancing. She doesn’t have an inch of fat on her. She is my motivation. Hahaha… If she’s in the class, my eyes are always on her. I like her concentration, and she always have this very-determined-kind-of expression on her face. You’ll be amazed of how the same set of movement looks so different on different people.. If all, well, “all” is a bit too optimistic, if 50% of the students move like she does, I think Keith will find it 10X more enjoyable teaching the class…