journey of CNY

Starting from eve of CNY, I've been going about playing mahjong..
Eve:
Huihui's hse - play til 1st day of CNY, 8plus..

1st day of CNY:
At 1st at huihui's auntie's hse.. den Buddy's hse..den huihui's hse..
dat's tiring den working..
by the time i reached home, its already 9am on the 2nd day of CNY morning..
flat dead on bed..

**my buddy's hse on 1st day of CNY too**
Fun playing blackjack with lotsa of People!! Crowded!!
Din noe it could be so fun!
hehe..HIGH til make pple keep laffing at us, the HKSS gang!
we can so excited over the card of 15points..
Madness!!

2nd day of CNY:
Went Huihui's to have steamboat..
1st time in my life, I went to friend's hse to have steamboat..
and it was with friends dat I'm not close with..
But..
Nice experience..

Went Ktv after steamboat last nite..
Its been long dat I really enjoyed myself so much..
Singing & singing & singing..
Til now, I will still smile to myself when I tot of us singing, "Love me for a reason"..
Come'on, we could sing without microphone! Dat's powerful lor..
Loud!! Qiang said we could form a band..
Hmm.. Super Band!?!
Too bad audition over...heez..

#realli envy huihui to have such a fun-loving mama..
she could go KTV with us, enjoyed herself, chat with us just like friends..
Seem to be no generation gap at all..being hug by her is like,"hey, so sweet.." #

Suddenly miss them again..
Love u guys....

Fireworks

Brother came home showing me how beautiful the firworks were on the New Year Eve..
He was excited about it..
Indeed, it is beautiful..
coz there are photos as proof & Video as well...
I want to watch "LIVE" next Year!!
=)
Happy Happy New Year!!!

Happy Chinese New Year!!

Wish upon good health for everyone, wealth for everyone and happiness for
everyone!!~

Life is full of shit

what is happening...
I don't expect this happening when I was young..
Worrying about money..

I feel the stress..
Calculate my pay and the thingy I nid to pay off and basically I left with nothing..
Not only this month..feb also..march also..and not to mention april..
Guess I nid to push back my bangkok trip..

This is miserable. I dunno what's wrong with me. I keep thinking and thinking of way to make more money. Maybe to find a part-time job..
I just want to clear everything..yes everything..
By this rate, I'm going mad soon.

I used to be jobless for months and I'm not like this. I worry but not to this extend. I alway think there's alway a solution to everything but now..thing don't seem this way.
Its torturting me..

Wat's worse when u earn and pay off ur stuffs and left yourself with nothing??
Yes, mabbe a few months of all this shit and I can be back to normal..
But this few months are definitely a hard time for me.

Wanting to go MO, MoMo, ktv..and wat, no money mean I can't go anywhere..
Days when you don't even have bus fare to travel, hey, dat's hell to me.
Friends asked me out..and wat I said.. "I don't have cash, you guys go ahead."
Yes. I'm poor.

At my age, I earn little, on a new job, can't even support family abit, not even myself.
I don't want to think about all this, but I can't stop myself.
People at my age, some are married with a good career..wat about me?
A lump of shit indeed!

Life basically suck without money. I can't survive!!!
What am I in this state?
I have myself to blame...and no one else..
I'm trying to lead a brand new life now. Pls dun torture me any further!!!
Arrghhzzz...

Band!

Suddenly misses those days when I was in school band..
memories of fun days...

Military Band Rox!

Seven Wonders...

Early in the morning, my colleagues were discussing about the Seven Wonders and we have different wonders in our minds..
So, I did a check on the net....and found out..wonders of the world..
Out of Seven Wonders, only one exist.. Realli beautifully wonderful...

Introducing...
The Seven Wonders of the ancient world..

1. The Great Pyramid of Giza
Serving as tombs for the Egyptian pharaohs Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure in present Egypt, these pyramids were built during Egypt's 4th dynasty. A gigantic stone structure near the ancient city of Memphis, serving as a tomb for the Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu ... Man fears Time, yet Time fears the Pyramids

2. The hanging Gardens of Babylon
A palace with legendary gardens built on the banks of the Euphrates river by King Nebuchadnezzar II
From 1792-1750 BC, the Babylonian kingdom flourished under the rule of a famous King, Hammurabi but it was not until the reign of Naboplashar (625-605 BC) of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty that the Mesopotamian civilization reached its ultimate glory. His son, Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) is credited for building the legendary Hanging Gardens. It is said that the Gardens were built by Nebuchadnezzar to please his wife or concubine who had been "brought up in Media and had a passion for mountain surroundings".


3. The Statue of Zenus at Olympia An enormous statue of the Greek father of gods, carved by the great sculptor Pheidias. This is a statue of the God in whose honor the Ancient Olympic games were held. It was located on the land that gave its very name to the Olympics. At the time of the games, wars stopped, and athletes came from Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and Sicily to celebrate the Olympics and to worship their king of Gods: Zeus.


4. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus A beautiful temple in Asia Minor erected in honor of the Greek goddess of hunting and wild nature. Eight hundred years after its destruction, the magnificent Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, had been completely forgotten by the people of the town that had once held it in such pride…


5. The mausoleum at Halicarnassus A fascinating tomb constructed for King Maussollos, Persian satrap of Caria. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus is the burial place of an ancient king. Yet the Mausoleum is different - so different from the Pyramid that it earned its reputation - and a spot within the list - for other reasons. Geographically, it is closer to the Temple of Artemis... And it was the beauty of the tomb rather than its size that fascinated its visitors for years.


6. The colossus of Rhodes A colossus of Helios the sun-god, erected by the Greeks near the harbor of a Mediterranean Island. The island of Rhodes was an important economic centre in the ancient world. It is located off the southwestern tip of Asia Minor where the Aegean Sea meets the Mediterranean. The capitol city, also named Rhodes, was built in 408 B.C


7. The lighthouse of Alexndria A lighthouse built by the Ptolemies on the island of Pharos off the coast of their capital city. Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, only one had a practical use in addition to its architectural elegance: The Lighthouse of Alexandria. For sailors, it ensured a safe return to the Great Harbor. For architects, it meant even more: it was the tallest building on Earth. And for scientists, it was the mysterious mirror that fascinated them most... The mirror which reflection could be seen more than 50 km (35 miles) off-shore.

How abt the Seven Wonders of the World? Here is the list........

1. The Pyramids of Egpyt

2. The Taj Mahal, India

3. The Eiffel Tower

4. The Leaning Tower of Pisa

5. The Statue of Liberty

6. The Hanging Gardens of babylon

7. The Great Wall of China

More wonders......
Forgotten Wonders
Abu Simbel Temple in Egypt
Angkor Wat in Cambodia
The Aztec Temple in Tenochtitlan (Mexico City), Mexico
The Banaue Rice Terraces in the Philippines
Borobudur Temple in Indonesia
The Colosseum in Rome, Italy
The Great Wall of China
The Inca city of Machu Picchu, Peru
The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
The Mayan Temples of Tikal in Northern Guatemala
The Moai Statues in Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile
Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France
The Throne Hall of Persepolis in Iran
The Parthenon in Athens, Greece
Petra, the rock-carved city in Jordan
The Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar
Stonehenge in England
Taj Mahal in Agra, India
The Temple of the Inscriptions in Palenque, Mexico

Modern Wonders
The Channel Tunnel
The Clock Tower (Big Ben) in London, England
The CN Tower in Toronto, Canada
Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
The Empire State Building in New York City, USA
The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, USA
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, USA
The High Dam in Aswan, Egypt
Hoover Dam in Arizona/Nevada, USA
Itaipú Dam in Brazil/Paraguay
Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, USA
The Panama Canal
The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Statue of Cristo Redentor in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Statue of Liberty in New York City, USA
The Suez Canal in Egypt
The Sydney Opera House in Australia

Natural Wonders
Angel Falls in Venezuela
The Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada
The Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia
Iguaçú Falls in Brazil/Argentina
Krakatoa Island in Indonesia
Mount Everest in Nepal
Mount Fuji in Japan
Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
Niagara Falls in Ontario (Canada) and New York State (USA)
Paricutin Volcano in Mexico
Victoria Falls in Zambia/Zimbabwe

And our dear IT Manager was asking, when will our Singapore "durian" become one of those wonders? .... hmm..... possible?

The Carrot, the Egg and the Coffee

A carrot, an egg and a cup of coffee...
You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up.

She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose. Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire.

Soon the pots came to boil.
In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil, without saying a word.

In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl.
Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.

Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me, what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.
Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots.
She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.

Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee.
The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.
The daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?"

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity ... boiling water. Each reacted differently.

The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.

The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened.

The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.

"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. " When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?" Think of this: Which am I?

Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat?
Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a break-up, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavour.
If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation
around you.

When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate yourself to another level?

How do you handle adversity?

Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

***Source from email. Find it meaningful, so I decide to post it here.***

Just a Test

A test to share with u guys!! I did it..quite accurate on me!!

One day, you get lost in the wilderness while travelling. It gets dark
and

you have no choice but to seek refuge in a small hut nearby.
The owner tells you all his rooms are haunted. Which room will you choose?

The room where:

Room (A)
- a human head stares at you maliciously from outside your window

Room (B)
- the bathroom door creaks open and close, and there are sounds of a
woman sighing

Room (C)
- the bed starts rocking violently whenever you try to sleep on it

Room (D)
- a headless ghost sits at the foot of your bed when you awake in the
middle of the night

MAKE ONE COMFORTABLE (?!) CHOICE BEFORE YOU SCROLL
DOWN FOR THE EXPLANATION.
IT'S QUITE AN INTERESTING ANSWER..........

Scroll down for explanation.

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A) A human head stares at you maliciously from outside your window.

Explanation: You need a lot of private space and are more suitable to
work alone. You look for stability i.e. a job that is not easily
affected by external factors and provides steady income.

E.g. Doctor, lawyer, SOHO, teacher, administrator.

B) The bathroom door creaks open and close, and there are sounds of a
woman sighing.

Explanation: You prefer a stable job that does not require you to run
around or meet people. You are willing to be subjected to pressure
from your bosses if that lets you sit in an air-conditioned office
all day.

E.g. Civil servant, engineer, computer engineer, accountant.

C) The bed starts rocking violently whenever you try to sleep on it.

Explanation: You are an active person who cannot sit still and does
not like to be restrained. You are easily adaptable to a job which is
full of changes and not routine.

E.g. Marketing, insurance, sales, delivery man, chauffer.

D) A headless ghost sits at the foot of your bed when you awake in the
middle of the night.

Explanation: You suit jobs that need you to meet people, especially
large crowds. Your job will depend on these people, but you will not
know who they are

E.g. superstar, politician, PR, counter/frontline sales.

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Its time for you to go..

I hold those memories in my hand tightly..
I'm going to let them go today...
Not because I don't want them anymore..
Is just that I cherish them
too much that my hand no longer can hold them..
I bid my dearest goodbye..
pin on a hope that a better memory will come along..
which can lasts for a lifetime... a hope depending on fate...

Feast!!

Here I was, at my dear Jasmine's house..

And this was the table (before) where we had our dinner feast!

I decided to explore what they bought....so I opened the fridge and saw fishballs...

and My Favourite Yoghurt Drinkz!! Bought by Ah-mah!! There was Ruffles too..but I finished the whole packet up le..so No Pic! Guilty..

They were busy meddling with meats and prawns...while I..hehez..took photos lor..

Cheesecake making in process.....

OH My God, I tried this lor..I can't even managed it alone although I'm BIG..but not strong lor.. =(

Finally it was done..going into the oven soon...

Ah-ha..there you go..OVEN!! And DONE~~

Juices Jasmine bought specially for the nite!!

Here I presented my favourite, Salmons!!! Yummyz!!

The meats prepared by ah-mah..got pepper one, honey one, spicy one...spare ribs one..hehez..droolz when I tot of it now..

Hotdogs..crabmeats..these 2 would alway be there for hotplate and steamboat..as usual hor..

Fishballs!! Oh..the so-called "bird eggs" by Jasmine..I proudly said I did help to peel the shells..but dued to my skills, I decided to stop.. if not I guess I would finished all up while peeling le..

Setting up and preparing...I did help too!! Don't accuse me of doing nothing but eat!!

And finally our dinner!! Nice, fun, full one!! Oh yah!! The cheesecake is yummyz too!! All thanks to them..I had such a filling dinner!! dunno when will be the next dinner be.. waiting..

Bad year start

Guess it's not a good year start for me.
on the 31st Nite, I felt itchness on my back & hand..
Thinking its might the cause of seafoods when I saw my buddy..
Her hand has red big rashes..while mine are made up many small red spots rashes.
So I confirmed its not dued to seafood coz we had dinner at different places.

My condition got worse on 1st day of 2006. The rashes grew on another hand but not alot though..while my buddy's leg was infected. Well, disgusting rashes we have.
Intentionally, I wanted to take photos of our disgusting hands, but my buddy said,"hey, dun disgust pple lah!"
Orh....true..so disgusting..

This wasn't the end. My legs started to grow some on the 2nd of 2006. Yes. Fresh red spot! You know I look actually like HIV carrier!
Imagine I board on a bus, a lady stood up and moved herself behind when she saw my rashes hand! Oh!she treated me like a freak ley!!

Seen Ma Guang, he insisted its dued to alcholic drinks and heaty foods! Slap him ahz!! Told him we drank a little yet he kept insisting its feng mo or jiu mo? watever he said, its definitely NOT. Spending $50.30 for the medicine which my buddy and I felt its will not be working on us..Decided to go for western doctor instead...

Well, had an injection..and some cream applied. Come on, why am I suffering all these? The injection was painful..felt the drowsiness..slept as early as 9plus last nite..
I was given MC but thinking I should go work, so I woke up in the morning and I felt the drowsiness strongly and the head spinning..no choice, I had to use the MC dat was given..I sms-ed my boss and I'm glad he asked me to take care of myself instead of angry.. coz last tuesday I was on mc too dued to the long hours of coach back from Ipoh..

I guess..
You can't imagine the itchness dat I'm suffering..especially my back.
I can't sleep well at nite, waking up a few times to scratch here and there. The medicine doesnt really help..I still feel the itchness..but at least those spots are not so red now..not swollen..

I know wat the causes of these rashes..coz its not only buddy and I got it,another friend too. We did not suspect. We confirmed it is dat place. There is the only place we went together. We went down, lodged a complaint. And well, the operation manager did not sound good. In fact, he was doubting us. Finally, we got ourselves a staff there to actually prove its their chairs which caused our rashes coz he got it too!!

Hopefully tomorrow the management will give me a good explanation abt all this..
Gosh.. wat a year start..

Pub.Cafe.Restaurant

Actually planned to go TheBalcony last nite...but too bad..its FULL!!
Drop dat idea and headed to Taka for Jap Noodles instead..
I will definitely go there again and make sure I get myself a seat..
The Balcony's Webbie!!
Coz..I heard its a very Cosy place..but the foods are so-so only.. Heard only..
For the Cosy part, they deserve me visiting 'em!!
Heez.. that's all I know abt dat place..

After the dinner,
we went IndoChine for a drink!!
Hmm...dat place is really nice for hanging out..
Like dat place alot to mention abt it again..
For a little gossipz..a little amazing stories..and a lotsa of jokes.. juz nice!! Nice decoration..nice seats..

Basically the place is separated into 3 parts.

1 Part: The Vietnam Foods which is located at the non-aircon area. Using wood as the concept, placing beautiful candles on the table which is suitable for lovers as well..
If you're a smoker, its perfect! After the meal and you can just smoke without walking out of the restaurant..

2 Part: The fine-dinning Area!!Its look so class and of coz with air-con!! They haf enclosure corner if you need some peace and maybe a proposal..? romantic ley..

3 Part: The pub area with Life band!! A bright lighted platform which link you to the ..dancefloor?
Great Singers..great Crowds!! Great Sofa seats!!
This is the best!! Not so noisy..not so boring.. Great!!
but..the only bad thing abt this place is..there is no toilet located at the place itself!
I dunno why such a big place could left out a toilet?? funny eh..

I raised my both hands to tell you guys, its a place worth dropping by.. eh..i seem to introduce this place as if I'm one of the investor ley..
But..I dun mind to be the investor's wife you know?
hehe.. I will be rich by den..

and mabbe I open a Bar called, "Nerdie Bar"....idea hor!!