Hail The King

Malaysia has a new king yesterday, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, the second youngest king ever.

Excerpt from Channel News Asia :

Quote : According to a biography released by the Terengganu palace, his interests centre on sports, notably football, golf and scuba diving, and he has a black belt in taekwondo.

But horses are his real passion. He has competed in numerous competitions in Malaysia and abroad, winning first place in two equestrian events in Australia in 2004.

He represented Malaysia in the World Equestrian Games in Germany in August this year, and helped the country win the rights to host the World Endurance Championship in Terengganu in 2008. End Quote.

And you know what, he was scheduled to represent Malaysia in the equestrian event in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha~! But had to withdraw due the date clashed with the crowning ceremony. What a pity. haha... else we'd get to see our King performs~ but... looking at the incident of the Korean rider (who died in a game)... better not...

Photos of Barney, YY, Gigi and CK

Went out yesterday to Marina Square to have dinner at the Changing Appetite. The food was so so..

On the way towards MRT station we took some photos. Quite nice deco ya~ Gold and purple. Looks nice in the picture.


CK say this photo is "Do Re Mi". Me forever is the "Do". hehehehe... My right hand looks like swollen... because of my bag.
"Tu.. Tu....~~" Me~ Captain of mini train~~!! "All aboard all aboard~!"

I like this photo... so sweet~~~ No lah, I am not saying I am sweet lah...
I meant the colours in this photo are sweet. hehe...

and I loveeee this photo~~~ I don't like Barney, but I guess it's ok to share a car lah.... haha.... Barney is bigger than me leh~ My right hand was weird because there was no space to put my hand.... ha~ I look like I am from 小人国leh.....

My legs are weird so I cropped part of it. My pose was weird. But anyway, nice colour of the flower so took a pic. Lucky CK brought camera. I was too lazy to bring mine. hehehehe... thanks to CK~!

Lizard in my mouth

Yesterday I dreamt that I put a lizard in my mouth with its head in my mouth and tail outside. And I asked YY to take photos of me like that.

There are animals around me which eyeing to eat the lizard in my mouth. So I rushed YY to hurry up and take photos of me and the lizard.............. hahahahahahaha... fun dream~

Gold~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOLD~~!!!!!!!!!!

Malaysia's double done it~!!!!! We've got gold again in Asian Game badminton in 36 years!!!!!! THIRTY.SIX. YEARS!!!!!

HAPPYYYY~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And the team of Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong was a last minute made up due injury to another player (I don't know which, Chan Chong Ming?). I don't know Koo and Tan either until Asian Game. hehehehe...

Harrrhhh... this reminds me of the good old days... more than 10 years ago.. man.. 10 years ago....... We were so crazy about badminton and there was international tournament held in JB and we went chased after the players like celebrities. (we also ever chased over angmoh junior volleyball players~) Asked for their autographs, take photos with them. Haarrhhh.. precious memory of mine...

I like Cheah Soon Kit and Soh Beng Kiang the most. But I feel the style that Msian players played then was very defensive. Very frustrating to watch when the opponents keep attacking and smashing and all they could do is hope they can return the shuttlecock. In the game just now, Koo KK and Tan BH was , in my opinion, 70% aggresive, 30% defensive, which is good. They did score a lot on their opponents' mistake though. But not forgetting their smashes were also very powerful~

And, about my "precious memory", I remember vividly we went up to Yap Kim Hock and Tan Kim Her almost immediately after their match. There were dripping.. hahaha.. furiously perpiring. I've never seen anyone sweats like that. We asked for their autographs and they were very friendly and signed for us (plus photos with them) And guess what, our autograph books became wet and almost soaked. hahaha.. oh... speaking of this, where did I keep that autograph book? hahaha..

Of all foreign badminton players (I love all Msian players of course), I love Alan Budi Kusuma and his then girlfriend, now wife, Susi Susanti. I've never met Susi Susanti but I heard from other then classmate that she's very friendly. And I love the way she moved, very very elegant, even when she's playing badminton, like she is dancing. I think I once read that she's a ballet dancer as well.

And, can you believe it, I ever passed a note to our national player Rashid Sidek, with the words "I will support you forever~"... HAHAHAHAHAHAH..... I didn't support him forever. His performance had been disappointing since then. hehehehe... I also posted on a forum that I'll support Tony Jaa forever. I've long forgotten him. AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH...... Celebrities, players, they come and go in our life, like changing clothes. No big deal. hahahahahahahaha......

I should scan those photos if I get the chance... hahaha.. precious memory~~~~

Miko in hammock

Finally captured photos of Miko in her hammock~!!! I think she really enjoys her hammock now. But I haven't been able to capture photos of her in her hammock, because when she's in there and the moment I turn around to see her, she will immediately jump out of the hammock and give me that look of "I want out!", so before I can get my camera, she's out of it already. These few days, I sleep late as I was following Asian Game on tv. I kept her back in cage at about 1am and I sat beside her cage to watch tv. She saw that I ignored her begging of want to come out again, so she went into her hammock to rest. I had my camera with me so I quickly took photos of her in hammock.

Miko enjoying totally charred/burnt toast. Her poo is a bit soft... Burnt toast will help her clean up her digestive system. Before I gave it to her the first time I wondered how would anybody likes a charred toast... but she likes it sooo... much, I guess because it's crispy. hahaha..

"I am bored! I want out!"

Miko enjoying the new toy I bought her. She loves to chew on these, but it gets all over the floor...
I was lying on the floor doing crunches. And Miko had her gaze on me allllll the time, expecting me to let her out. I had my camera beside me so I took these photos from an upward view. haha...

result - UNACCEPTABLE

I got my Japanese test result today by mail. I thought I have to go to the school next Tuesday to see the result.

It wasn't terrific. There was no ranking indicated on the letter. I guess because this year is only half of the 2 years advanced level. I cannot remember did my past year result slip indicated the ranking... I don't think I am in any of the top 3 though.

My result :

Grammar/vocab : 92/100
Listening : 42/50
Dictation : 42/50
Writing : 32/50
Oral : 45/50
Essay : 43/50

I scored 43 over 50 in essay, which I am ok with. 92 over 100 in grammar which I am satisfied. But... I scored 45 over 50 in oral test. That was... upsetting. I thought I scored perfect! at least could get 48 or so! I didn't stutter, I sounded natural, I was calm, everything was perfect and I was so happy when I came out of the test room. This is so upsetting!

Worse still, I scored a pathetic 32 over 50 in Kanji test!!!!! I don't understand!! There was only one word that I couldn't recall! Shit!!

I see too highly of myself.

I have to really buck up next year. This is really shit.

I have to invest and buy some books to practise now, though the books are fucking expensive. but I really have to study hard next year. Such result sucks!! SUCKS BIG TIME!!!! Totally unacceptable!

"Malaysia Boleh"...

"Malaysia boleh~ yay yee yay yee yay~ boleh boleh boleh~ Malaysia boleh~"

That's our theme song for Asian Game Doha 2006.

THAT, is the worst song I've ever heard.

Can't they think of other lyrics other than Malaysia boleh? Yeah yeah yeah, Malaysia boleh, boleh do this and that, boleh achieve this and that, but cannot sing something more creative? And the tune... THE TUNE... GAWDDDD.... I think they just "tikam" and pick any of the officers or clerks and threw the task of creating the song on their shoulder. It's not like Malaysia is lack of entertainment industry talents. tsk tsk tsk....

They all sound the same. Patriotic songs, Asian game theme songs, Sukan Malaysia songs, whatever. They all sound the same. Might as well pick one tune, and change only the game title each time in the lyric.

I think if I am one of the representatives of our nation, my spirit will very much be affected when I hear that theme song...... better don't play the song. Such a disgrace.

Pretty mini instant noodle

My Japanese colleague gave me a mini instant noodle from Japan.

I opened it and wah... got a piece of toufu inside.. actually it should be "tau gua". And the tiny fish-cake like thing, usually just a round shape in our local noodle, in this Japanese mini instant noodle, it's a flower...

So pretty right? Looks delicious already right? And it did taste good, very authentic Japanese taste. Japanese, you just dunno what else they are going to "beautify" next....

Let's all be happy

I were asked to deliver something to customers at about 3+pm today, to Ang Mo Kio then to Tuas.

I couldn't concentrate while driving there... From AMK to Tuas was easier as I used PIE, I just had to drive straight until the end of the expressway. But I was in a hurry, drove a bit faster than usual, and I couldn't concentrate... kind of dangerous....

I just couldn't keep my mind off the "discussion" that took place before I left office.

So many people are unhappy. My social circle is extremely small. Yet, there are already at least 4 types of relationship problems (including my own) which caused unhappiness. I once thought I am the only unhappy one. Which of course is not true. Everybody has a certain degree of problems, including the rich and the poor.

I had my down time, I've dwelled on unhappy things, I've cried dozens of nights, cried hours at a time until my eyes swollen like a gold fish the next day... but , life goes on. Earth doesn't stop turning.

I tried not to think about it and try to divert my attention to other things. If I can change the situation and make it better, make it the way I want it, then great. But there's nothing I can do to change the situation. Then I either have to accept it, or get the "source" of problem completely out of my life. However, "denial" is the easiest to do, "accepting" is not. I think I can say, so far, I've got myself out of the denial state, which is good.. I think...

I've watched the friends around me. I've listened to their problems. I've tried to give my opinion. But giving opinion, and "meddling" is very close? I hope none of my friends are offended by what I've said. Up until now, I've said things which I sincerely hope to alter all my friends into "happiness boulevard", even though I myself is not very happy. But we are all trying. I know it's not easy but... it upsets me knowing about their sadness. I hope I can do something.

When I was driving on PIE, I thought about all those different kinds of problem which different friends encountered... my eyes went wet. This is the first time, I felt such way about somebody else's problem. I've grown extremely sensitive and sentimental in these few years. I don't like this, I don't like this AT ALL. It's hard. It's like... when I see an extremely beautiful sunset, I would cry, when I see a mother chimpanzee hugging its baby, I would cry... It's totally crazy.........

At the end of this post, I hope none of my friends were upset by my opinion that I've given. If I've offended you (yes, you, you who are reading my post) at any time, I am sincerely sorry. My intention is hope all my friends can be happy, honestly, from the bottom of my heart. I sure hope I myself can be happy again too........

Let's all be happy again.

wanna f*ck?

I just came back from Sg, switched to my Malaysia line, and I got a voice message. By the way, how come M'sia phone service provider doesn't tell us who/which number left the message??

Anyway, from the accent, the message was obviously left by a Malay male. I couldn't get the first few words, but what's clear is that he said, "Wanna fuck with me?"

This was the first time I received such voice message. I had no feelings towards this, no angry, no upset feeling.

I only wonder, what excitement would he gain when he can't even see or hear the other party's reaction? I mean, these perverts, they like excitement. They want their "victim" to be scared, to scream, to cry, etc. When they don't see or hear the victim's reaction, what fun is there?

I worked as a receptionist in a hotel before. It's always interesting to work night shift. It's extremely quiet but I didn't mind at all working night shift.

And once in a while, we'll receive calls from strangers, men, to be specific. The man would call, and if he heard the receiver is a woman, he'll moan and groan or panting heavily like when they are making love. At first we just hang up.

But he won't stop calling. So, when he called again, me and my other female colleague would put it on speaker phone, of course, that was when there're no guests around lah. (Anyway, he always call around 3, 4am, hardly any guests)

So we put it on speaker phone, he continued his moaning, and we were laughing (silently) like crazy... Then my male supervisor would moan back to him! HAHAHAHAHAHAH.... and that guy would hang up immediately. It was sooooo... funny.

My supervisor sometimes will go to nearby phonebooths to check if there's any guy there, in case this pervert is using nearby phones. If so, then it's not funny anymore.

When he calls again, we would let him moan all he wants, my supervisor will then ask him things like "wanna fuck?", "come lah", etc etc. The guy would kept quiet before he finally hung up. Sooo... funny, kind of spice up our boring nightshifts. hahaha....

I've "improved"!

Yesterday I was dammmnnnn sleepy at work... and was on the verge of falling asleep in no time... I was to write my colleague's name at the back of a cheque, but instead, I wrote : "emperor can't"........................................................

I was really half asleep and half dreaming already..... I can't remember what dream was that that made me wrote about "emperor"... but it was soooooo funny when I looked at what I've wrote.

Remember this, Sleepy In Class. I wrote "1130" instead of "いる ". Now I "improved"... "emperor can't".... very funny...

Birdies

Hey hey, see this. I've been wanting to catch a glimpse of these birds for a long time. They'll be around every morning, making loud bird calls. Sorry, I don't know what is the correct word for "bird calls". Shouldn't be "chirp", chirp should be a different kind of bird calls. Previously when I rushed in my room to take my binoculars, by the time I rushed out they were gone. It's like that all the time. They can be there for a long time, when you want to take a closer look, they'd fly away. By "close" I mean, a few meters away.

Today, much to my delight they had been very cooperating Perched on the branches on the tree in front of my house for a very longgg time. They were about 4 to 5 meters high on the branches.

You can see their red eyes. These photos were taken by my bro's camera Olympus C-750. Extended to its full 10 times zoom. My hands were shaking bad but the photos came out well. I couldn't have taken these photos with my Sony W5 for it only has 3 times zoom. I always ponder, if i were to go to Africa, which camera should I bring... C-750 has 10times zoom, very useful to take photos of animals at a distance away. However C-750's shutter speed is slower, focusing takes longer than my W5, much longer... W5 is so much faster in its shutter speed. It's important because animals don't just stay there waiting for you to take their picture. Well, unless you are taking photos of a sloth.
And I were to bring both, I'd become clumsy.. with so many stuffs hanging on me. So I guess the best solution is... buy a new camera with 10times zoom and faster shutter speed~! hahaha.. yeah right... wait long long...

They look very much like crows but they are not. I like their calls. There is another kind of bird which will call in the morning too. But it seems those kind of birds are getting lesser, as I don't hear their calls as much as when I was younger. And I have no idea what they look like either. Their calls sound similar to those sound we play before an announcement.

It seemed like this 2 birds are dancing to each other, "courting session in progress", I guess. hehe.. Check out a short video here :

Bird dance

Though I am not a big fan of birds, but it's always interesting to see them, to see any living creatures which we don't usually see. Right?