Malaysia is so interesting!

 

Yes, please read this! (Entertainment) news is getting more and more interesting in Malaysia. The latest: Sodomy II. In the mean time, let’s not forget about the arson attacks on churches.

Quickie

Look who’s back.
I have been neglecting this blog for quite some time. I have a day job now, and will be trying out a night job soon. I like to face the different customers who I meet everyday. Some come in smiling, some come in like they have just lost a battle, some come in and expect me to layan them first.

Photo taken at KLCC over the weekend.

It’s 2010!

 

This is like a mandatory ‘Happy New Year’ post.

In 2009,

1. I sat for my last public exam

2. Finished 2 years of studies in Singapore (not sure if there will be more to come)

3. Learnt how to handle a big black camera

4. Had fun

 

In 2010, I’ll be

1. Working (before uni). Not going to rot at home watching movies/ playing games

2. Spending more time at home

3. Travel more, take more photos (hopefully)

Happy New Year! I’m glad that I started off 2010 in a peaceful manner. Sparkling juice, sec school friends, cards, Wii..

 

‘Ryan, please grow up.’

 

More photos from Beijing:

Travelogue Part 1

This brief travel journal will cover my trip to Beijing. The number of photos seen here will be 1% of the total number of photos taken. Let’s get it started.
It was a midnight flight so we boarded the airport limo after dinner. What are the chances of having the same taxi driver for 2 consecutive yearly vacations?
 
We had the exact same taxi driver who drove us last year to pick us up when we just simply dialled the hotline for a limo. Nowadays even airport limos have GPS devices in their cars, quite advanced.
Anyway the Christmas decoration was bad at KLIA, with just a few miserable Christmas trees in the middle of check-in counters for little kids to pose for photos.

Checked in 3 hours prior to departure, so we had lots of time to spare. Headed for supper at Noodles.

Killed time by snapping away at the satellite terminal.

Shot from the aero train. Nice effect (to me).

While snapping guess what I saw: airport staff playing games. They were clever enough to hide behind the counter but not smart enough to realise that people from upstairs were watching them.

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Experienced Malaysian Hospitality for 6 hours, landed at Beijing Capital Airport in the wee hours of the morning. Didn’t get a chance to see the newly built T3 as MAS uses T2.

Ate sandwiches from Starbucks and started to tour around Beijing. First stop: Summer Palace. This place is listed on UNESCO World Heritage List.





The entire lake was frozen. Temperature on that day was 2°C , the highest throughout my stay there and I wasn’t wearing my long john on my first day there.

Visited the hutongs 胡同 on trishaws. Hutongs are traditional courtyard residences, but there are not many left in Beijing today.

Went into one of the preserved residences to have a look at the arrangement of furniture etc. The compound is surrounded by 4 rooms, 1 for the parents, 1 each for boys and girls and another one for guests.



Strolled along Bar Street 酒吧街 before heading for lunch. It was rather quiet cause this street comes alive only at night.
  

Had Brazilian buffet BBQ for lunch. I have no idea what Brazilian BBQ has got to do with Beijing but anyway I think the locals like it a lot.

 
After lunch, we visited the Temple of Confucius 北京孔庙. I don’t know why but whenever I look at his statue, I feel calm.

‘When anger rises, think of the consequences.’ - Confucius

On few occasions, I saw up to 10 men crowding around a Chinese chess game out in the cold. Perhaps thinking/strategising keeps them warm?


Night show after dinner. Very entertaining, very colourful cultural show. Acts include mask changing 变脸, emperor and his girls, wushu, lion & dragon dance and more.

More photos from day 1:

To be continued…

I survived the cold

Just got back from Beijing this morning. Got cut off from Twitter and Facebook throughout my stay there.

More updates soon, but I don’t know where to start. Too many photos to process, and after that I’ll need to put the video together too. Merry Belated Christmas!

Some Updates

1. It’s day 4 back home. I still consider this the transition period, cause I have not really unpacked my stuff and put them into place. I thought that I did not have much space in Singapore, and now here I have much more space, and much more unnecessary junk as well.

2. I don’t have any plans in mind. I’ll apply for multiple universities all over the world, and then see what happens. One thing for sure: I’ll never do something closely related to Chemistry, Biology and Physics.

I secretly hope to get a place + scholarship in a country where there are 4 seasons, then the winter clothing that I bought for my vacation today will not be put into waste after Christmas.

3.

I celebrated my birthday 2 days ago. At least I did not waste the whole day facing the computer like what I did last year. Met some old friends for lunch and tea, then a family + relatives dinner at night. Thanks for all the presents and wishes on Facebook, MSN, sms etc.

I wonder if anyone would count the candles on the cake to check out my age. By the way, my birthday cake had 1 less candle this year for some unknown reason.

4. As much as I love to drive, I find it troublesome. From 1 point to another, I have to find a parking lot, pay for parking, double check for car lock bla bla bla…… I still miss Singapore where I can always head down to City Hall or Dhoby Ghaut in no time and settle (buy) everything that I need in a shorter time.

5. I really want to eat more…Malaysian food. Penang anyone? Actually, anywhere will do!

Post-McNair Report

The title of this post may sound familiar too some. That’s because it’s the exact same blog title of a blog post (by a Malaysian senior) that I read before coming to Singapore.

Didn’t sleep much 3 nights ago because I attended post-prom. Didn’t sleep much again 2 nights ago because I was busy packing for home.

The hostel was in a huge mess. I got back my $50 deposit in full despite there was once when we broke a glass from someone’s toilet while playing volleyball. I can’t believe that I actually kept the dirty plate and cup that they gave me 2 years ago (I didn’t use them though). I returned a torn bed sheet, and left some ‘footprints’ on the walls before leaving.

We (scholars) actually live(d) in the dirty single storey lodge in the photo above. Not the two blocks of apartment there. LL lives there though LOL.

Since welcoming me 2 years ago,

till the day I left 1 day ago, there were not much signs of improvement in terms of our non-material standard of living. I ate cabbage from the same lousy caterer for 2 years. 

Just the night before I left, there was only ONE functioning dryer left in the male’s laundry room.

The one and only improvement (for 2 years) was the expanded study room.

Maybe I’m always complaining about this hostel because I’m still not used to living in a jungle for 2 years. But then, I’m not the only one.

Anyway, bye-bye McNair Lodge. I hate this place, I like my fellow borders. United Permas should consider putting this piece of land along McNair Road into better use.

Job-hunting.

Unfortunately, they don’t give away free Starbucks everyday. I’ll look for a job to self sustain. Hues & Roses happening tomorrow night. RELC for dressing up, Shangri-La for dinner.

Time to lead a normal life

So, what now?

 

Let’s PLAY!

PLAY!

 

PLAY!

Don’t ask me how was As, cause I can’t tell. Basically, during an exam I write what I think is correct, so to me all my answers are correct, but more often than not there are mistakes here and there (which I don’t even realise).

Moving on, I seriously need to enjoy life in Singapore now that there’s no stress. Then, I’ll pack up, leave for JB then KL. Will probably slack during the whole month of December and try getting a job for the new year.

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The movie Mulan was really good! It’s worth every cent of my 750 cents spent. By the way I didn’t rely on the subtitles at all during the movie, which I though I would. The movie left me wondering: how many horses were sacrificed during war time in the past? Maybe it’s just because I was born in the year of the horse.

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Photos above were taken at Changi Airport recently when I dropped by after Sitex.

There’s this huge inflatable playground for kids to jump around at T3. I don’t see tourists playing there, mostly locals who are enjoying their school holidays.

Lastly, as Singaporeans being Singaporeans, there’s always a queue!

Let’s chill!

It’s about time to bring back the blogger in me.

I’ve been up with something new recently, it’s actually a hobby that I’ve been doing all these while, just turning pro now (but not yet a pro), and hopefully make some $ out of it in the future.

Give me some time, I’ll improve on it.

I have so many things to blog about, but I have so many things to attend to (besides books). Need to maximise my remaining time here. Talking about leading a stress-free life, this is it.

I hate this cat

This cat is so annoying. It is currently staying in the hostel, and the hostel management does not seem to care about it.

It disturbs me when I’m eating. Once, I stepped on it’s tail without realising. That was when I heard the loudest screech in my life.

There was also once when It came into my room and woke me up from my sleep. That drove me nuts.

Luckily my days in the hostel are numbered so I won’t have to face this little pussy anymore in the future.

I prefer dogs.

Puchong Nasi Lemak

 

Screenshots:

 

Anyone knows about the mentioned Nasi Lemak store that’s buzzing with crowd every night?

Farewell

After 2 years, today is the last day of junior college.

Time flies.

It’s time to move up to a whole new level.

Sheng Siong biscuits

Spotted at Sheng Siong.

The more you buy, the more you’ll need to pay!

Finally, something that makes more sense. Buy more, pay less. I’m confused.

Mid Autumn Festival. I’m starting to find lanterns boring, but exotic mooncakes interesting.

 

Photo by Hostel Comm.