My life currently - in another island down South

Dead blog?

2009-04-05T08:29:00.000+08:00

Recently, my blog was polled under the category of 'Dead'..well, I'd say...IT'S NOT! It's just that they never come and read!!!

:p

Interesting Delhi trip

2009-04-05T08:28:00.000+08:00

I've been there a couple of times but my last trip (a couple of days ago) was by far the most interesting 1..considering most of crew would just stay in the room and hibernate..some of us decided to get on the road to Taj Mahal :) and then 3 of us even catch a movie in the local cineplex!

more updates bout it later ;)

Getting a hobby

2009-03-30T02:00:00.002+08:00

Not too sure when was the last time i got so hot on something..(maybe a couple of months back when i so want to get an ipod touch :p) but that aside..somehow i feel like..i really wanna pursue photography!

:)

it's an expensive hobby but since i have a couple of bucks to spare now..might as well get started 1st yea ;) then later if i need to go deeper into it then maybe who that stumbles upon this blog can sponsor-sponsor sikit la ya...terima kasih banyak banyak oh..!!

I've finally succumbed...

2009-03-26T09:22:00.003+08:00

yea..the day was 24th Mar 2009..me and my fiancee both signed up on Facebook :p

main reason that tipped us was coz we wanna show off our self-taken wedding photos..hehe..using her hp :)

check out my facebook account if u wanna see them

enjoy!

Here's another edit and probably nicer :)

2009-03-19T00:40:00.005+08:00

ahh..i'm satisfied with this 1 :) wat do u think??

(please don't read too much into my belief..i see it as a good picture only)

Duomo, Milano

2009-03-18T22:39:00.000+08:00

1 of the places that my company flies to is Milan, Italy. So happen I was there last week and this is what I captured. Duomo, Milano. THe oldest church in the whole of Italy.

This is 1 of the few pics that I've edited :) very simple editing only of coz...u like it?

HAH! still NOT on Facebook yet!!

2009-03-18T18:34:00.001+08:00

:) yup! haven't signed up for one yet..

but what am i waiting for??!!

Healer - by ex-Pastor Mike Guglielmucci

2009-03-17T01:40:00.002+08:00

Am listening to his song right now and felt that although the author had "spun gospel of lies" and deceived tens of thousands of people..i still feel his lyrics are very much 'sing-able' and apt to our own situations..

we all have our own 'disease' to deal with whether or not you think you are holy. Humans are not perfect and will never be until the day we meet our Creator. The spotlight is on him because he's a public figure. But for all you know, the pastor or leader you've been looking up to is just like him! Or maybe that person also harbor some sort of malice or deceit in their minds that is just not made known to you? That is just as bad, if we even can compare.

Whatever the case, we are called to love and not judge. Submit yourselves to God and come humbly DAILY to Him for our DAILY bread!

Primarily, I'm speaking to myself....

You hold my every moment
You calm my raging seas
You walk with me through fire
And heal all my disease

Pre-Chorus:
I trust in You
I trust in You

Chorus:
I believe You're my Healer
I believe You are all I need
I believe You're my Portion
I believe You're more than enough for me
Jesus You're all I need

Bridge:
Nothing is impossible for You
Nothing is impossible for You
Nothing is impossible for You
You hold my world in Your hands

I want to die to myself..my sinful desire..and to live my life according to Your Perfect Word!
Amen!

It may not be peer pressure after all...

2009-03-11T01:06:00.002+08:00

the way my friend relates to me is..as tho is a must for keeping in touch's sake..

i'm talking bout getting a Facebook account :) yup, call me dinosaur or out-date! already 2 of my friends have labeled me that..hehe..

i guess it's a matter of time only..in fact..it could happen right after i post this :p

but should i? or should the question be..why shouldn't i?

Counting down the months

2009-02-06T23:39:00.002+08:00

Time really flies me by! In another month, I'll be down in this other island for 2yrs!! My initial plan was to go back this April right after my bond but due to some changes in the plan..i extended it till Jan 2010. that will make it another 11 month..but still it's less than a year!! :) :/ :( dunno what to feel...

roster is out by the month and so i'm counting down my days here by the month..it's really fast! 11 more roster nia!!! haven't done much review on my life and goals :p but i do hope i'll go back a changed (and better) person than i was :)

a word of thanks to all those who have read and prayed for me..much appreciated!

and till then....take care now..bye bye then! (quote: The Mask by Jim Carrey)

God bless!

Happy Birthday to my 1 and only!

2008-12-01T02:53:00.003+08:00

(Warning!! mild PDA-public display of affections- ahead!!)

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to my one and only.....
Happy Birthday to you!!

Yes, that's you my darling :)

Happy Sweet 26!!

Pray for me!

2008-11-06T01:07:00.003+08:00

Life away from family, friends and community is not easy. What I mean by that is not that I can't eat, sleep or live my life. Is something like you are living but not having a life. Well, how you define life then matters :)

As for me, is fulfilling my dreams and passions! To live life to the fullest I know how and how He wants me to!

This is my present 'agony'. Pray for me...a simple 1 liner prayer will do and I will be grateful. Is something I'm in dire need of. Let me know if you have done so by dropping a note at the 'Drop Your Fruit Here'. You can remain anonymous.

Thank you very much!

Getting a Facebook account

2008-10-25T01:39:00.002+08:00

the question is..should i get myself to Facebook? Should I succumb to pressure? Actually nobody is pressuring me..just that :) well..kinda like everyone is having it and if you are not...you are left out!! Not like I'm feeling left out..just that I'm curious to find out how's it like?! Definitely lots of good reports and testimony bout it..so it makes me feel like...I should join in the fun too!!!

hhmm...does not that sound like evangelism for Facebook?!
(Food for thought)

i have my own life!

2008-10-11T20:51:00.002+08:00

it's funny how some people like to associate themselves with what they do for a living..they brand themselves with their job title. to a certain extend, you take their job title away, they are lost as to who they really are! get what i mean? i'm sure you do...

it's rather a sad fact of life but that's how the world spins..

but they are some of us who also know how to give clever answers..like "i'm my mother's child" or "i'm my husband's beloved"...

well, is that really who you are? will itreally satisfy you deep down with that answer? i'm not saying even by calling yourself a Child of God will solve that mystery...

deep deep down...deeper down..what kind of God are you believing and what kind of a child you are and to be?

you have your own life! so, don't try to be like another person or embody whatever title given you.

live the kind of life the Lord has given you. seek it and you will find it!

XURF's up!

2008-08-20T04:10:00.002+08:00

hey hey!!

XURF's up!!

here's the address: Splendid and Provocative - XURF!

Check it out!!

XURF

2008-08-19T20:55:00.006+08:00

Hi fellow readers and friends,

I'll be setting up a company selling T-Shirts with Christian theme and elements printed on it. The name of my company is XURF (pronounced as 'surf') which means eXpress UR Faith. The reason for the existence this company is for you to be able to proudly wear Christian-themed T-Shirts and eXpress UR Faith!

Currently, I take my stock from Funky B located in which they import from the USA (Kerusso). Because of the import cost, it adds up to owning these brilliant T-Shirts but there is good news! I'm willing to absorb it and bring it in to Penang, Malaysia for you! You can check those 2 websites (prefer Funky B as it is definitely available) for the design you like and mail me at xurf.tshirts@gmail.com (preferred choice) or sms 0164134112 for orders.

Also, in the very near future I'll come out with my very own design with XURF as the brand and designs. Expect splendid and provocative designs that is meant to stir up a good conversation between you and whoever that is sure to question you on it. Most importantly, it will be at the lowest price to eXpress UR Faith with your T-Shirt!!

As for now, I thank you for your support and looking forward to see you XURF!

Leslie Yim
Owner
xurf.tshirts@gmail.com
016-4134112

p/s: be sure to check back for a dedicated blogspot for XURF where you can view T-Shirts I carry and splendid and provocative designs from XURF!

Boyz to Men

2008-08-01T22:06:00.002+08:00

:) yea...it's cheesy but well..who cares!

2 of my frens are getting married, 1 this year and the other in march 09, and i happen to be both their bestman. altho the latter told me i'm actually his backup plan :/ yup, both of us have this somewat tagline...'frens, use them or lose them' :) guess he's really living it!

altho both of them should have turned 'man' long ago but who am i say? ;) they are both 6yrs my senior...and i'm ready to join them to be among the 'man' group..

and so...we are on our way from Boyz to Men!

Go for REAL..please!

2008-07-02T18:38:00.002+08:00

Leave the EPL for goodness sake and it'll be a much better sports and tv channel to watch!

Yes, i'm talking to you, Mr C. Ronaldo for who is more interested in yourself than anything else!

SPAIN! EURO 2008 Winner!

2008-07-02T18:27:00.002+08:00

Time: 2045 (GMT +2)
Location: O' Leary's Sports Bar
Event: Euro 2008 Final - Germany vs Spain

WINNER: SPAIN!!

With Torres who scored the only goal at 33rd minute! :)

A nice guy, with a nice attitude and playing for a great club...Liverpool!

(sideline: haha! Portugal didn't even make it to the semis! most importantly..loudmouth Ronaldo was out of the pic and wasn't even named the top 23man squad in Euro! YES!)

The Last Surprise

2008-06-19T21:35:00.002+08:00

After the sun has set, proposal is over and dinner has been paid..happiness still linger

and next comes another SURPRISE!!

it's pre-arranged for our friends to gather at her house 1st with the big poppers and confetti to be thrown at her for some celebration!

Were 'scheduled' to reach home at 9.30pm but due to the unexpected circumstances, we were delayed by almost an hour..thank God and our friends..their enthusiasm level were still high! :)

Lights out, camera ready...she opened and went in 1st...SURPRISE!

her natural reaction? step back and bent down :)

yet again...another wonderful SURPRISE for her and a good mini celebration for us :)

alrighty..this shall mark the end of my proposal story..

till then..take care and God bless!

Now the Real Thing...Finale!

2008-06-01T01:48:00.002+08:00

Finally! Finally..I found the time..and energy (not much of them now actually) to blog this Finale!

So i did blog backwards..you know the last event 1st and now back to the beginning of how it all happened.

To be really honest, most of the stuff is quite last min. I'm not sure how many of you thought that I've spent weeks or months on this but it all actually came about in approximately 3days :) well, other than the flower idea..which i thought about it for about a week.

Anyway, it was just supposed to be the flowers with the t/bear and i know there must a personalized card just that how it'll look like...no idea! :) the whole idea was only to bring her to the beach (not even the park royal beach since the parasailing idea wasn't even thot of yet!), enjoy the sunset with some sandwiches or something, show her some pics while i go get ready, call her to come over the my car n pop open my boot, walk out and pop the Q! i thot it was gd enuf..

UNTIL!

11/5,Sunday afternoon..a recently-married fren of mine told me that was lame :/ and suggested parasailing to me, as noted in part 2. he even lied about the price..saying it's only about RM30-40 per person which in actual fact it cost RM150!! monkey! between this time, i'm already cracking up my head on how to maximise this parasailing experience w/out whipping out the ring and yet still have the same effect..and so the banner :) also thot we could have some time alone up there ;)

Anyway, back track a bit

10/5,Sat evening..while she was away for a wedding dinner..i was at supper with the fren who arranged the flowers for me..discussing on how we should go about it and all..he still had to get the consensus of his mom..the mastermind behind it

11/5, Sun afternoon..celebrated Mother's Day and had some dimsum in the morning..she was out celebrating after church as well. while she was still at it, i stole some time to go check out the t/bears. went to Gurney..disappointed! Next stop, 1-Stop..ahh! found it! :) since i was on my way to her place, i told the salesperson that i'll be back to get it tomolo.

1 down (t/bear)! 3 more to go...(flowers, card and banner)

12/5, Mon early in the wee hour..after coming back from her place..figured i should think of how the card and banner should look like..as usual, i like to multi-task :) i was on my throne and thinking..just like stuff coming out from my rear end..my creative juices came out from my mind!..ah ha! out came 'WWYM'..well, there's actually some history to why i(we) like 4letter words :) too long an entry already..next time maybe

12/5,Mon morning..which is D-Day! woke up slightly early and thot i have lots of time and so i 'relek' a bit la..went out only at 11am to get the cloth, cards, spray and misc. and reach home at bout 12.15..by then i realise i'm super late as i'm supposed to meet her after her lunch which is about 1.30pm!! in between also, i went to buy the t/bear, meet up w the fren who helped me out with the flowers to pass the t/bear to him..btw, he only went to get the flowers at 2.30pm..and they still have to de-thorn 150 roses, arrange it and get it done by 7pm :) kudos to them!! thanks again! thank God her plans ran late and so i have some time to complete the banner and card! phew..

Also there were lots of calls in that afternoon about my evening and i have to pretend that we were talking bout other stuff as she was with me..thank God again that she's blur ;)

so all in all, you can say..the physical work is done only on D-Day itself :) how last min. can you get? BUT..it still went well..although the extra surprise wasn't called for..all of us still enjoyed ourselves..

thank you once again for following this series for such a long time..hope you've enjoyed reading it :) take care and God bless!

(1 more SURPRISE!)

Sydney

2008-05-27T17:06:00.001+08:00

Sydney was not too bad a destination but the flight was...was...sigh...

Wesley Methodist was just behind the hotel that I was staying and Hillsong City was just a 25mins bus ride away :)

Also, Darling Harbour and Opera House are all within walking distance...

All in all, Sydney is not too bad but the flight was...was...sigh...

After a year

2008-05-27T17:00:00.002+08:00

Finally, I put what I've been trained to use :)

Few days ago, on this particular flight, the safety video failed us and the crew-in-charge called for the crew to standby for live demo :/

And so there we were in our positions with the necessary equipments, awaiting his announcements for us to start.

(few minutes later)

All were not as smooth but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be :)

Sydney!

2008-05-24T00:13:00.002+08:00

Tomorrow...

Marks my 1st time to Sydney!

Not that is a great destination or a place where i've been longing to go..just that is over a Sunday and i have a fren there who can bring me to church..so that makes it great :)

Heard that the load going down South is always pack and never an easy flight to do..so hopefully the time spent there can make up to it la..

Some thoughts on UEFA Champions League 2008

2008-05-23T02:44:00.004+08:00

1stly, was glad that i wasn't in S'pore yesterday..if not, i'll have to walk 40mins to watch..if it's Liv, i don't mind :)

Anyway, Man Utd are the champs and kudos to them!

Downs of the game:
1. Why does it have to go all the way to penalty?! :( have to stay up an hour longer.
2. Stupid Drogba has to slap that poor fellow..although only mins to penalty shootout but the ball is still round! (rem Riise's own goal during semi-final?!)
3. C. Ronaldo (read 'arrogant idiot') has to score the 1st goal.

Ups of the game:
1. Lampard scored an equalizer!
2. Both teams were dominating.

The worse of the game!
- Terry missed the penalty.

The best of the game!
- Ronaldo MISSED the penalty!! woohoo!!!

Yup, this R fellow really has an arrogant attitude which shows on his face. I hope the news is true that he's moving to Real Madrid. That way I can watch Man Utd play and cheer for them if I ever needed to.

And now for some adverstisements...

2008-05-20T02:21:00.003+08:00

Any of you out there who wants to know more about diamonds...log on to this website

Proposal Ring

:) enjoy!

Now the real thing...part 3

2008-05-20T01:53:00.006+08:00

SPLASH!!!!!!!!! (got to stay afloat!)

wait a minute..we have life jackets on :) hardly any effort needed to stay afloat..why are we afraid? natural instinct i guess...

so, the boat u-turned to save us. we asked him what happened before he helped us up. he said 'enjin rosak (engine failed)'..funny then..how did he manage to make the u-turn? my mind was super unsettled. i thot they did it on purpose to in turn give me a surprise! while all these was running through my mind as he was helping gf-turned-fiancee, suddenly, i became kiasi! was afraid he would save her and take her to somewhere else and then leave me alone in the middle of the sea! :) don't ask me why i think of silly things like that...

obviously we both got up the boat n slowly made our way back to shore. before we reached, i signaled for the banner..she, then, innocently asked me..'What's WYMM?' I thot it was obvious enough but still i answered her..'Will You Marry Me?' ....(pause)..can't rem if she gave me an answer or not :p

(That's us trying to swim ashore..3heads :) coz the other 1 was the operator of the parasailing)

Next up...THE FINALE! (you won't wanna miss it!)

Now the real thing...part 2

2008-05-18T17:57:00.007+08:00

Alright..back from Dubai, rested well, had a good lunch..nothing much left on my mind on what to do..and so here it is..part 2!

in the previous part, it was...(pause)..u can read it yourself..it's just at the bottom..scroll down!

so before all the 1/2 naked, 1 knee-down proposing to a happily shocked and wonderful lady..quite a bit of drama happened :) and so i'm revealing why i'm actually 1/2 naked

the teddy and flowers weren't the only surprise i had for gf-turned-fiancee..why we were at the beach was becoz a smart fren of mine suggested i do parasailing, whipped out the ring and propose. i took 2/3 of the idea..parasailing and propose. figured it was a very very great big risk to try to wear the ring while we were parasailing..and i thank God so much i didn't take that idea..why? read on..oh btw, even though knowing full well i (we) were going for it, i didn't bring any extra clothes..smart guy eh :p

by about 6.30pm we were at the beach..pretending that we were just strolling on it but in my heart i was already looking for the parasailing ppl. after about 10steps into the beach area, the guy approached us! haha :) save my effort a bit..so i pretended we wanna think bout it and at the same time try to lower the price.

(the banner)

Cut long story to short..we agreed to take it at 7.10pm (of coz! it was part of my plan..as i've prepared a banner!) at this point, i was rather nervous as my frens were supposed to set up my car boot with flowers by 7pm (about sunsetting time) but they only reached at 7.10pm!! all was a rush but phew! they made it and so did my plan..up till so far, at least..

Something really funny happened before we took off..but i guess you'll have to wait a little while longer to see wat it actually is ;)

so we were up in the air, i signaled for the banner, i asked her to see it but we were too far up..we couldn't see it :p we enjoyed ourselves up there and suddenly..bbrrggghhh...we heard the boat engine shut down..WHAT!! and mind you, we were in the middle of the sea already AND with strong, big waves!

yup, you can only parasail with the boat pulling you at a rather fast speed but not with the engine off!!! obviously, we started to drop..slowly..slowly..JANGAN!! (means "don't!")..going..going..gone! SPLASH!!

before the splash, 1st thing on my mind, pockets empty..no wallet, hp and car key..2nd thing, there goes my plan :(

after the splash, make sure we don't drown :( (this is the only thing on her mind)

we survived of coz :) with no injuries but full of memories..

and there you have it! a wonderful adventure for me and her..thus also explains why i'm 1/2 naked :)

what happened after the splash?

STAY TUNED!

now the real thing..part 1

2008-05-14T19:38:00.006+08:00

ahhh!! really wanted to only blog about it next week..but there are friends already asking me about it..so might as well la :)

where should i start..coz it's really a long long story!! let's see if i can do something different by working things backwards..hhmm..

ok! the memorable date was 12th May 2008..the hour was 7.30pm..the venue was the beach behind Park Royal beach (should give you guys some hint on why i wasn't having any shirt on)

I was 1/2 naked (seriously, it wasn't part of the original plan. if it is, i'd have made sure i am much more well built!) and down on 1 knee asking 'Will You Marry Me?' (too bad...my frens were busy taking video instead of pics, so there's no picture to show) The answer came after she recovered from the shock! Thank God it was and still is a 'Yes.' :)

Here's the reason for the shock...

143 red + 7 champagne roses = 1437...if you are wondering wat those no. signified :) hhmm..go ask the younger generation ;)

All was good but a little surprise came my way, our way and threw my plans a bit off..

STAY TUNED!

end of part 1

1st..the Fake One

2008-05-14T19:20:00.007+08:00

somehow can't wait to blog about it :)

so here goes!

started back on 29th March '08..wanted to give my gf a scare about me proposing to her in a local coffee shop..NOT with a real diamond ring but this..

it was a 'Diamond' T-shirt that i got from Taipei :) i succeeded..did really scare her..if u click on her blog you'll know :)

Gave her lots n lots of surprises around the issue of 'proposing'..something...i enjoy doing and also she likes receiving ;)

To wrap up this Fake One..it was good, clean fun!

Something changed...

2008-05-14T00:24:00.003+08:00

Ladies n gentlemen, i'm pleased to announce that something very significant has changed in my life..

STAY TUNED!

(we'll be right back...after i get some rest and done with the busy week ahead)

i'm 25 minutes too late..

2008-05-11T01:06:00.003+08:00

yup..i can almost make that my song this morning...

Unfortunately is not 25minutes but 15minutes only! that was all it took to have me missed my flight back this morning! :(

the story goes back about 15hrs back..i didn't make it up..it's true! 15mins..15hrs..here's how it goes..

i was at amsterdam and my flight was scheduled to depart at about 12noon and we were given wake up calls 3hrs before flight..so thus 15hrs :) anyway, that's not the highlight..

the highlight is..the reason for the delay..apparently, the staffs of this particular company that handles my aviation's aircraft decided to go on strike! the crew that landed that morning had to wait in the aircraft for 2hrs!

i was worried! of all days to go on strike, it has to be today!..or rather yesterday! to cut the long story short...i was given some hope when i calculated that i could still land just on time but i failed to realise that they stop accepting passengers 40mins before scheduled time of departure (that's 0805) and i was at the counter at 0740! :(

SO! i'm 15mins too late :(

p/s: if u wanna know the reason of the strike, ask me.

Gear Lust!

2008-05-04T18:37:00.002+08:00

haha..got this term from a friend :)

yup, sad to say..i'm in this position. started with a Canon digital camera, which i'm quite satisfied with it..especially now that i know i can do more with it..but secretly still desire to have a DSLR camera :p Gear Lust #1

next comes my Dell notebook..probably 1 of the worse decision of my life! not coz it's a Dell (how can i turn my back on Dell?!? :p hehe..) but coz of its partner; Microsoft or specifically Vista! Was deciding between Dell|Windows and Mac|Leopard..the prob is..Dell|Windows is cheaper and already available and Mac|Leopard is slightly more ex and a few more months to wait..so my impatience and shortsightedness gave in..i'm now a not-so-proud owner of Dell|Windows :( still..secretly desiring a Mac|Leopard (be it the normal Macbook or even Air :p) Gear Lust #2

when i was down in s'pore the 1st month, back in March '07, i have the option of choosing the best hp for myself at that time and i chose the SE k700i..rather happy with my decision :) until the jog dial starts to trap dust and thus not so sensitive..got a little sien with it and craving for HTC begins! Gear Lust #3 ..was asking around if anybody wanna buy my SE and lo n behold! found a fren of mine :) sold it to him and got myself a TyTN ii..and a Touch Dual for gf :p no more Gear Lust in this aspect coz getting a HTC that time was it..hehe..but the prob now is, i'm not fully utilizing it..so a bit sien with the fact that i've spent so much on it but only using it as a normal hp :/

therefore, lesson learned is save up your money and only..ONLY get something you know you will fully utilize and know how to use it FULL well...even though you have to wait a little while and a little more ex..then you can look back and say 'well done, my own good and wonderful decision!'

so HOT!

2008-05-04T18:34:00.002+08:00

what's with s'pore lately? it's been so hot for the past week! hardly any air flow as well..

normally i can survive with just the fan but not these pass few days..

it's so HOT!

Never...

2008-05-04T05:07:00.002+08:00

Never get involve in a relationship that you know that will not last or 1 that you don't see or choose not to see how the future is or will be...

BUT

once you get into 1..make sure there's no backing out! coz if there's even a slight chance or opportunity for this to slip thru..that may or will be a very wide and possible gap (read easy way out) in the future..

IF

you plan for that to happen, don't ever get into a relationship..

(applies only if you are serious about a relationship and don't intend to just 'check-out' the other person..if you just want to check out the other person, then check him/ her out at the friendship level and never reveal your feelings to him/ her at that stage.)

ALSO

This has to be the consensus of both party.

Sign,

Dr. Leslie 'Love' Yim :)

And the result is...

2008-05-01T06:02:00.002+08:00

Leslie walked there! Took me about 40mins, i think, but gd thing there's gf to accompany on the hp :)

but too bad..the real result is Chelsea 3 - Liverpool 2 (aggregate 4-3) BIG SIGH! Dun wanna blame but if it's not coz of Riise's own goal..Liverpool is thru to meet long time rival, Man Utd, in Moscow.

Too bad..just too bad..BIG SIGH!

1 for UEFA Champions League: Chelsea vs Liverpool

2008-05-01T01:39:00.002+08:00

it's 1.40am on the 1st of May 2oo8 - the reason i'm still up is because i'm waiting for this match to kick off at 2.45am local time (GMT +8)

gosh! the problem is 1) no frens of mine here (s'pore) is interested in watching it!! well, not like i've lots in the 1st place...anyway.. 2) the nearest place i can watch is 30mins walk from my place or take a that will cost bout $10-15 given that is pass midnite now :/

i can try paying for streaming it online but..haven't got the confidence in stuff like that yet :/

so how?! should i walk? which i'm actually not too sure if they'll screen it or waste $ on taxi fares?

result will be out in less than 30mins..

I'm happy!

2008-04-07T01:02:00.003+08:00

Good Lord! Finally, after a year of self-questioning of how I can reach out to my landlady..the answer came just a few minutes ago. What did I do? NOTHING!

Yup, i was merely washing my clothes and she came up to me and ask if i believed or ever visited a medium. I told her I'm a Christian and i don't believe in those ways. She responded by saying her sister is a Christian as well and the conversation took off!

Not sure if I've conveyed a good message but at least the name of Jesus came out more than 5times. I'm so glad!

This came as a response to my prayer, obviously. I always tell God that I really don't know how to start to share with my landlady. Today, just now, He showed and opened the way! WOW! I'm so glad and so happy!!

The solution I have for myself is..stay close to Him and He will grant you the desires of your heart.

Thank You, Jesus!

more than a year

2008-04-02T23:05:00.002+08:00

yup, i'm down in this other island for more than a year already. time really flew me by!

other than having more cash, gadgets and material belongings..i really dunno wat else i've gained. for some, THIS is it..but for me? yea..partly..

my so-called spiritual parent asked me this..'so what is your (me & gf together) 5year plan?' i honestly couldn't answer..i told them my mind stopped at Jan 2010 :/

was that good enuf? definitely can't be doing this the rest of my life! sigh..

only know how to moan but dunno how to put things to work :/

Grey Sky

2008-03-24T18:24:00.003+08:00

Looking out my window..
Grey sky is what i see..
Oh Lord, You know it's You I adore..
Open up my eyes to see..
That it's You forever I'll follow!

It's lonely without You..
A million people all around me..
Somehow..It's not the same..

Don't wanna live my life the way it is now..
So much better with You around..
Yea..that's my target now..

The sky is grey..
Not the worse..
Definitely not the best..
So come make it better, I pray!

*would someone be kind enough to make that into a song :) don't mind editing but of coz dun edit till i can't recognize also la..thanks!

What is it with taxies and me?

2008-03-20T20:41:00.003+08:00

somehow..deep down..taxi drivers just get on my nerves! back home and here alike! they just gives me an impression that they are conman on the loose! obviously i'm generalising but is definitely my own point of view..

Dec 1999..while still in Penang..my 1st road accident..my beloved (now lost) bike kissed the side of a blind taxi driver's car...resulting in making RM200 from my insurance claim for staying in hospital for 4 days :/

somewhere in Jan or Feb 08...in Puduraya, KL...superbly common for taxi drivers NOT to follow the meter..and at least 5 taxies parked right beside a proper taxi stand with ppl waiting in line for taxies! i'm obviously 1 of those..they charged easily double the amount for the normal trip..reason being "your destination won't have customers for me"..and so? is that my problem? if you find it so hard then don't be a taxi driver la!

beginnning of March 08..almost late for work and was drizzling..a normal sight to see empty taxies but show 'busy'...resulting in calling for a cab that cost me extra $2.50

on 20th Mar 08..just reached back from KL and shared a taxi with a stranger couple...they went to Punggol and me back to room..their destination and my place by bus is max!! 15mins..but that taxi driver took a long long way..not only wasted my time BUT cost me easily $10 more!! total fare was $36..from Golden Mile to Punggol to Tampines! even buses know that there's TPE that connects the 2 town..that idiot went all the way down to Hougang then back to Tampines!

that incident really flared me up! he's probably been praying very hard coz i didn't take down his name and license no. and lodge a complaint..he'd probably get a warning and who knows may result in getting fired.

many other occasions which i felt those monkeys purposely detour a little just so they earn that bit more...few cents here and they and probably end up few tens of dollars a day...to hundred + a month...common!! tell me this is not con job?!

also, they way they drive on the road..you better not offend any1 of them..they'll probably gang up on you! (this is at least true back home) they are a real menace! some more they dare put 'Jemput Naik' as though very welcoming..please-la!

and ya!! rude taxi drivers as well...that monkey that conned me $26 ($10 paid by the couple) was so freaking rude! no smile,no thank you, no nothing! it is as tho there's something up his rear end and he couldn't sit well the whole trip..my goodness! i really should have just call the company up and complaint!! but i know..is too late for it now :(

sigh....sigh...so what's with me and taxi drivers? wait..is it just me now or you as well?

tribute to those conman...MONKEYS!

now that he's also engaged

2008-02-26T00:45:00.002+08:00

yup..my fren is already engaged! it's only a month or so back that i was sort of pestering him to get engaged and married coz he's not young (sorry la ya..at least i didn't review ur age ;) ) anyway, so he started asking bout ideas and stuff la...but now that i come to think of it..he probably already have it way back in his mind..coz..to get an engagement ring so fast without doing some market survey..well, that' seem funny la..at least to me..

ANYWAY! my fren has always been fun and creative and thus he has used it wisely this time to propose to his now fiancee..kudos to you!

the question now is...what about me?

:)

that's for me to know and for you to find out ;)

Is just me or it's general?

2008-02-01T02:38:00.001+08:00

When it comes to packing, i always have this slight fear that i may forget to bring something..hhmm..it can be quite irritating at times :/

finger crossed..that i've gathered everything that i wanna bring back this trip!!

still....WOOHOO!! i'm going back soon!! 12days..yea!! sounds long but when i lay out the dinners and plans..looks like it's not that long actually :/ sigh..

wish that my bank account has $1b :p than i'll probably just feed on the interest! hehe..yea, daydream once in awhile is good :)

Syiokness!

2008-02-01T01:23:00.000+08:00

I'm going back home soon!!!!!!! for close to 2weeks!!!!!

woohoo!!!

Was dead bout now alive!!

2008-01-30T03:39:00.000+08:00

gosh!! 30th Jan 2008..barely 6months old..i almost have to bid farewell to my 1st love...my Dell notebook

was watching Dragon Tiger Gate halfway and it just crashed!! why? i don't know! few hours before that i just installed Quicktime and that was the changes.

sigh..Microsoft (I hope it's Microsoft and not Dell) is really disappointing! really at the verge of giving up and get myself a Mac..not just a Mac but the newly launched Macbook Air!!

(deep down inside..i was actually wishing that it will die :p but will still be able to recover the datas tho..so that i will have a good excuse to get myself the Macbook Air :p hehehe)

anyway, it's now been resurrected! Thanks to none other than my Lord Jesus Christ! some how...i prayed and asked for a miracle..it didn't happen immediately so i gave up. shut it down and went to sleep. BUT I COULDN"T! my data, the time i'll have to waste talking on the phone, waiting for them to come and replaced or restore whatever that is wrong..gosh! time is not what i have in these few days and weeks!

woke up from my bed and decided to just give it another shot. same thing on the dumb screen..inset the recovery CD (yes, repeat the same thing but expecting a different result..crazy right?! think again) and wah~la~ the pointer appeared! i thot to myself..wait..i didn't see this just now...(waiting...) and the stupid windows logo appeared! was it relieved!! but not as yet..(waiting)...yes! my desktop pic appeared together with all the folders (pics, music, so on and so forth) FUHH!!! what a big sigh of relieve!!!!

a gd hour of traumatic experience with Microsoft...yea, something they can boast about that Mac will bever be able to give its end users :/

the question remains...'Why am I still a Windows user?'

Posting up my pics

2008-01-22T04:09:00.000+08:00

didn't see this day coming but hey, i'm uploading my pics to this website :)

and from there you can see other pics that i've taken..

haha..wonder what would come out of it :)

my heart cries out...

2008-01-13T15:26:00.000+08:00

but my flesh suppress it!

my spirit cries...

but my flesh is not making any change!

i long to be a better man...

i wanna be a better man...

but so far it's only wishful thinking :/ coz my flesh just always fail me!

It was good

2008-01-13T15:22:00.000+08:00

yea..it was good but it will be better, if not great, if i can actually work it out! but wat's stopping me?! why does it seem like there's something hindering me?! laziness? lack of determination?

SIGH!

truely, wat i do not want to do, i do...and wat i wanna do, i don't do :(

wat a sad fact of human nature...

change me dear Lord!

time flies...

2008-01-04T22:57:00.000+08:00

yup..goodbye 2007 and welcome 2008!

may be a little too late but better than never! times flies...i've been down here for already 10months! i can't say if it's better or worse..coz in some ways..it's better..and in some ways..it's not.

LIFE..oh LIFE! when i ponder upon it..it always just make me really sober..and when i think that i'm sober..at makes me feel like i'm wasting my life away when i'm not sober! sigh...

2008..i quote from a fren, "Is this the New Year or just another night?"

And i quote again, "Come what may."

I hope i'm ready to be challenged and shaken and be redefined to be defiant of anything that seeks to push me back!

what a Sunday morning...

2007-11-21T21:56:00.000+08:00

yup..told myself that i must blog this down but how could i?! i almost forgot bout it :p

anyway, it was last Sunday when i almost decided to sleep in instead of going for service (dun get me wrong, i already attended a Sat service..in case u say in ur heart 'lousy Leslie')..and we're back...ya, so i finally decided to wake my lazy body up n get ready for service.

it was supposed to start at 9.30am n i was early so decided to have breakfast 1st. as i sat down to eat my food, i saw this teenager talking to his mom (the owner of the food shop). before he left, he initiated to give his mom a peck on the cheek!!

did u read that?! a teenager! initiated the kiss!! in full view of the public!! nowadays, still got ppl show this kinda PDA (public display of affection)? i was honestly very shock (in a positive way)! that's when i told myself..this has to go to my blog entry.

in a fast pace, open, 1st world country like s'pore n still there are teenagers like that..i'm impressed! ya la..just 1 but still :)

snowie....

2007-11-21T00:29:00.000+08:00

wah!! snowing in Korea!! n vola~ it's my 1st experience!! :)

yikes!! too small a pic to see the snow :) but anyway, it's a gd pic to show though..this is the view outside my hotel room. nice view with the illuminated Cross! i like!

also as me n a few other crew were 'jalan-ing' along Namdaeun (Korea's version of night market), there's this older looking aunty who came n wanted to give us some 'brochure'. naturally i rejected, didn't want them to waste their resources on foreigners like me :) but she insisted that we take it n so we obliged la..but it wasn't till she said 'hallelujiah' :) so i said, 'ok, i can have that.' apparently it's some article on Christianity. too bad, i understand no Korean language but i took it anyway :)

seems like Seoul has quite a bit of churches around the area. Ya, in case you didn't know, Korea also has the largest church in the world..pastored by Pastor Cho Yonggi.

Bird bath

2007-11-21T00:17:00.000+08:00

literally :) have u ever seen it? A bird taking its bathe..the unfortunate thing is, it's not at any mini fountain (like most comic strips) but a puddle of stagnant water by the side.

interesting though, it is :)

quadbiking

2007-11-12T14:40:00.001+08:00

heard of that before? it's actually a sport..a type of motorsport :) rather interesting n here's a pic of it..

yup! that's me on 1. initially this quadbiking was tough to handle! it's heavy n doesn't work like a motorbike. i had much difficulty with it..to the point of embarrassment! :p coz we did it in a group n 2 of my female colleagues were there too. but thank the Lord i manage to get a grip of it after awhile :) so it was sweet la...

basically, this machine won't allow u to fall unless u purposely wanna fall..of coz there's certain way of handling it that won't make you fall :)

anyway, the trail we were on was ok but a little narrow n so it's easy to go off tract n crash!

alrighty..so this is 1 of many to come experiences that i've had so far with my current job :) it's interesting coz i dun think i will ever do such a thing if i'm not attached to my current job..

quadbiking...not a must but do so if you have the $$...it cost me NZD 130 for it :) the ride was about an hour only

as i walk...

2007-11-12T14:28:00.000+08:00

back from lunch just now..i realised i actually got lots of stuff that i can blog about! but somehow when i'm in front of the PC..i tend to forget or be too lazy to do nothing but chat :/ if nobody to chat with then i'll laze on my bed..sigh! wat a lazy fellow i am!!!!

no worries..i SHALL blog...but just later la ya :) i'll look thru my pics n see which to blog 1st...

Ups n downs

2007-11-12T01:01:00.000+08:00

UPS! it's great when things in your life are on the 'up'! Money, work-life, social-life, relationship with family members and gf/wife...n not forgetting spiritual-life :)

it's just..great..the feeling..the knowledge n confidence you have knowing that you are heading towards the right direction, doing the right thing..it seems like..'yea man! i'm THERE! this is so right! so good!' 'I'm good!' is written all over your face kind of thing...

but on the contrary...

DOWNS! sigh..it's just..sigh! big time!wat's wrong? wat just was wrong?! have i caused it? have i unconsciously caused it?! if i did, sorry then. but to some, nope! that's not gd enuf! too bad..you will have to try harder!

of coz that's when things got wrong, a situation turned bad, relationship turned sour...but wat about something..this thing that's within the control of your 10fingers?! (not literally of coz)

sigh! yup..DOWN is really not gd..doesn't put u in the right frame of mind...all seems to be not working well for you...

and as for me?! yup..especially when something that touches my heart n i screw it all up! sigh...DOWN! not gd...

just not gd!

oh Lord, i have no more 'face' to come to You n ask for forgiveness..knowing full well your love n grace will embrace me over n over again only makes things worse! 'Get Your Holy Hands off me, Lord!' i cried..sometimes literally...but You wouldn't..just wouldn't...for thousand of years..Your beloved did the same..treated You the same...n thousand of years later..You reacted by..dying on the cruel Cross..all of us! all for me..to say it more selfishly :/

when will i change? when will my live show? when will my life reflect the glory of my Lord?!

my 1st time...

2007-11-12T00:45:00.001+08:00

eh..how can i forget this! to blog bout my 1st time....

my 1st time wearing an original pair of Oakley!! woohoo!!! alright..here it is :)

SHARKS!! suddenly i feel like i'm a narcissist as well!! but...have to show wat if not how you know how i look like?! but please..i'm no narcissist ok :)

well..i think i look ok but got comments say i dun look good :/ nvm la..as long as i like :) okie la...hehe..

hhmm...it's really different wearing original..fakies..they just dun give you the 'feel'...the 'feel' that is quite hard to describe..the plastic..the things you see thru the lens..is just different :)

n ya...after i bought it over the net..i realised..'hey, it's a birthday present for myself!!' :) yup..received a day before my 26th birthday...happy!!

oh btw, (yes i HAVE to mention this)..i got it over the net instead of any spec shop is coz..it's cheaper! but not after i customized it :) hehe.. :p well, if i wanna get a pair of spec..one n for all..might as well make it 1 that i really like...right?!? make sense right?! so i choose the frame color, the lens color n even the oakley logo by the side..the 'O' :) finally..i topped it with my name on the lens..it's small la..can't see it in this pic..

also!! i throw in for myself a reinforced nylon case to protect it :) okie la..this is the whole package..

TADAA!!!

yea...

2007-11-09T23:49:00.000+08:00

finally got myself a pair of 2.1 speakers :) nothing great la but accessorizing my notebook..hehe...oh oh..also this screen protector..but sigh..i suck at sticking it to the screen even small small 1 like my mobile phone i also will get lots of bubble :/

so now my screen got this bubbles scattered everywhere..sigh...gd thing is..is not really obvious la..hopefully my own repair work later will help la..

dunno wat to blog

2007-11-05T18:29:00.000+08:00

nothing particular but just wanna blog something to keep it going..

okie la..a 1 liner will be gd enuf

ciao~

for the 1st time!

2007-10-22T22:42:00.000+08:00

yup! i'm quite close to being around the world already though not in 80days. latest addition will the US of A :) going to Anaheim, LA this time but making a stop at Tokyo, Japan 1st. i'm looking forward to this trip not only becoz it's my 1st time but also there's suppose to be something waiting for me at LA..will tell u in my next post ;)

till then...US of A..here i come!!

Wasting time = wasting life

2007-10-19T23:23:00.000+08:00

so much time, i have
doing nothing bout it, i am
mostly sitting in front of my PC, i shouldn't
do something that will improve myself, i ought
waste no more time, i will

dedicated to xehui

2007-10-11T00:33:00.000+08:00

this blog is dedicated to my gf..she was down the last weekend to accompany me :) we started out our Saturday like this ---->

went for church..service was great and then we went to Clarke Quay..nice place..very relaxing...

but not long after we sat down by the river bank..the sky decided to rain :( but thank God it was only drizzling and for a short while only...so we continue 'park-tor-ing' ahh....nice :) took a lot of pic..but dun wanna post all la...lazy n pointless la :) just post a few nicer 1 will do

<--- nice? :)

side tract a bit..i'm trying to pick up photography..well..not being a pro but just those simple type la..at least not just point n shoot n always use flash :)

okie..back to topic..yes, we dun see each other often so spending time together is great..even if doing nothing..just being with each other is..nice :) will it stay the way even after marriage? i wish..we wish! it's something within our control..so i shall put in the effort n make things turn out right!

our monthly-versary is coming soon...every 13th of the month..so wanna take this opportunity to say..i love you, xe hui! (eeww...1st time ever doing such a public confession but hey, the title already said wat..dedicated to my gf...u dun like..dun read la! :) but come back when there's another post la :p hehe..)

Pedestrian crossing

2007-10-05T10:20:00.000+08:00

have you ever noticed that pedestrian who uses those pedestrian crossings (I have to mention it this way because most pedestrian don't use the pedestrian crossing) that have the proper red/green light for them likes to press the button for at least 5times or more? their fingers are just so automatic and press X5....if you are thinking that nowadays kids are spoilt with all these P, PSP, Playstation or wthatever games (coz most games require rapid pressing on the joypad) or even SMSes...WRONG!!! it happens to even old folks! it has been a few weeks that i wanted to blog bout this but somehow it slipped my mine until this morning when i came back from breakfast, i saw this old folk who just pressed the button for 8times! yes! i counted coz i was waiting for it to turn green. And even before it turned green, this old folk pressed a few more times again!!

i mean..what in the world is going thru these people's mind?! pressing it once, twice or 8X won't speed it up. Where did they get the idea that it would?

Actually, i'm quilty of it too :p it's just so natural to press the button a few times (at least 3X, try me..see it for yourself next time) whatever that spurs our mind to do so, it's funny..it's funny to see human's behavior..to take notice of ppl when they don't know that they are being watched..those little gestures..silent lip-syncing..AND those little eyes that so often roam all over another person :)

hhmm...i'm crossing over to another topic already..i shall stop now then..

till then..God bless!

Virgin touch!

2007-09-30T23:03:00.000+08:00

September 28th, 2007..marks the day i lost my virgin touch...to snow!! woohoo!! indeed, something to rejoice and celebrate!! Allow me to share my joy with all of you..here it is

Yup! That's me in my beenie touching some snowie..! Happie!! Also it is my 1st time ever doing snowboarding..getting on the board is not tough, unlike skateboarding (for some), but getting it to stop IS! It's so easy for the board to pick up speed! The basics to snowboarding is the control the speed and stopping..and after that you will get your whole body aching! i had to sleep for 17hrs to recover and only mildly :/ but well, it's fun! i don't mind going for it another time :)

shall let the vid say for itself :)

........*alamak!!! Bogger doesn't allow me to upload the video :/ anyway, it's not a good video..coz can't see my face :) so it's okie la...

heck it!

2007-09-26T00:13:00.000+08:00

haha...in less than 5secs, i've decided what i should actually do bout it :)

when i've got nothing much to blog about..then i dig out the history and blog lo hor..simple la..why even bother to consider, right? madness..

anyway, here's some of it :)

This pic shows my 1st visit and encounter with such a lively congregation of City Harvest Church, Singapore. They are the largest church in South East Asia (if i rem correctly) and they have about 24k+ members. (Btw, the pic was taken by my SE K800i, impressive eh the cam ;))

anyway, this has been the church i'm going to on any available Sundays since April '07.

City Harvest have very contemporary congregation and pastors and they are not shy about it. The Senior Pastor dyed his hair and probably only short of a pair of earring to cross the line (for most not-so-contemporary churches, dying of hair had already crossed the 'so-called' line). I shall stop here less i start any unnecessary debate. Let me defend myself by saying that whether you dyed your hair or guys, if you pierced your ears, Jesus still loves you and had died for you on the Cross. AND that is good enough for your salvation.

Ahh...just wanted to blog about this coz it's true that you can't find another church like this 1 in M'sia and S'pore, other than those who are under CHC's umbrella :)

over the months...

2007-09-26T00:10:00.000+08:00

have accumulated quite a bit of stuff to blog actually but should i do backlog or leave it behind and let time buries it?

strike out!

2007-09-20T01:38:00.000+08:00

~~testing~~

muahaha! thanks to Mr Fitness First instructor..i now know how to ~~strike out~~ the words!!

Thank you!

Home Sweet Home...

2007-09-19T11:30:00.000+08:00

I've stayed in quite a bit of hotels already but none can compare with the feeling i get now..and that is home sweet home! previously, hotels like to boast that they give the home away from home kinda feeling..but i doubt if any hotel can ever do that..because...they just can't! at least that is how it is to me :)

Short stay but well, better than nothing..great food...great time with family and friends..makes me wonder if i should come back with every opportunity i have..hhmm..

Great time in London!

2007-09-17T06:58:00.000+08:00

Went to stonehenge! yea! BUT it was closed! had to stay outside the fenced area and only take pics from afar :/ sigh!! the prob is i spent bout 45pound to go there!!! and didn't even get closed to it to take a better pic :/ sigh!!!

AND!! i found out later that i actually could have taken a bus there and would have cost me bout 1pound only!! AAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! sigh :/

nevermind la..it's all good..i dunno how else to console myself other than hey, i've been there! have you?! ;)

oh well, time here is still great..managed to catch up with Ah Saw & wife and Wei Kheng..spent the whole Sunday with them and yup, it was great :) will blog on this particular Sunday next time..

till then..take care and God bless!!

my 1st time

2007-09-16T05:35:00.000+08:00

WARNING! To those who are not into toilet stories, please come back in a few days time till this blog is updated.

Ahh..before i started flying, i was actually wandering when will be my 1st time that i will take a crap on the aircraft during work :) and yup, today 15Sep07 marks the day! When i had the urge to do so, i already had in my mind that i will blog it down!!

but sigh...was i disappointed :/ nothing was out! spend a few good mins of my rest time in the lavatory and nope! langsung apa pun tak da...

okie la...enough toilet stoties for 1 entry :)

3 buttons

2007-09-14T02:05:00.000+08:00

gosh..!! 3 buttons in a month is just too much!! yes, i had to sew 3 buttons in 1 month!! since the day i know how to hold a needle till now i've never even sewn a button but this month i have to sew 3!!! the tough part is not the sewing itself, though it can be quite messy with all the strings everywhere, but putting the string through the teeny weeny needle hole! goodness!

Though my mom will never ever read my blog but thank you mom for sewing all the buttons for me previously :) and thank you darling too for sewing 1 button for me before ;) hope won't have more to come ya..

driving a Mazda 6 on a freeway!

2007-09-11T01:24:00.000+08:00

the loooks of the car? good! the power of the car? wonderful! the feeling of driving it? GREAT! don't think i'll ever own 1 but it's good enough to have ever experienced dfriving in 1 :) was able to drive it while i was in Christchurch, NZ. the power comes as soon as you toe tipped on the accelerator. touching 110km/h wasn't an issue..wait, 110km/h was M'sia's highway speed limit..and the prob is...100km/h was NZ's!!! sigh!!

with the car and it's ability...only for 100km/h?! sigh!!! according to a fren, don't play the fool in NZ..policemen are quite active on the road..unlike what me and my fellow countrymen are use to. but looking at the potential of the car and the long straight road in front of me, i really can't forgive myself if i limit myself to 100km/h..dang!!! heck it! haven't even floored it and i see 140km/h already :) nice!! well, wasn't all the way though but it was great to release it once in a while..phew! good thing no police patroling then...

UNFORTUNATELY for my fren who drove us back after our trip..he was cruising at 120km/h and we met an oncoming frenly 'blue & red light' :) it U-turned and followed us..well, the rest is history...nope, my frens..no 'business' talk there...we had to trade NZD 80 for that piece of paper and here is how it looks like

oh well, after dividing by 5..it wasn't too bad la :) and ya, since i'm at this might as well continue on with another of our exciting adventure while on our trip..btw, we were on our way to the place where they filmed LOTR ;) and here's he beautiful view

we didn't have a tour guide, obviously, and so we can only suspect that this river that you see in the pic..is the 'dark, dark' place where 'that little creature' brought frodo and samwise passby..you rem that part? anyway...it was generally a very nice view with the snowcaps and all...

oh ya, the thing that i can sort of boast of, nothing proud of it, but hey, how many of you ever changed a tyre, let alone change in 'Middle Earth'?! ;) well, i did! haha...then we decided to take lots of photo there also la..

hhmm..that's bout it for this post la..and 1 last photo for you..me and Mazda 6 :) enjoy!

honestly...

2007-09-11T01:18:00.000+08:00

will i miss this job when the day comes for me to give my 'letter'? the answer is a 'NO!' well, it's quite a big no there. Yup, the pay might be good...let's just say...very good :) including the lifestyle..but other than that..is really not a job that i would love to have till my time on earth ends. guess, a job is more than $$ and lifestyle..is about doing what and where your passion in life is. blessed is the man who finds it..and i'm sure you can..search for it, seek it, find it and be happy with it :)

Was encouraged to take up a hobby

2007-09-07T22:53:00.000+08:00

Woke up at 3.30pm today and spent most of my waking hours in front of my PC since then :) wat else is there to do than chatting and reading some stuff over then? so i was chatting and Thern encouraged me to take up a hobby..any hobby and stop rotting!

well, ya..my life is really kind of rotting here. if i dun start doing something that will at least last and benefits me, i think i will live to regret it :/ 1 of my goals is to be physically fit :p but honestly, tak da motivasi man! lazy to go gym la..sigh..how la like that?!

2007-09-07T16:34:00.000+08:00

wah! boringness...woke up from my nap and it's only 8+ pm..well, dun intend to nap any longer than that though..but really boring coz nothing to do in the room except to chat! :/ good thing got frens to chat with though :) thanks frens!

oh well...

might as well share a little bit bout what i've learned so far in S'pore... realise that being a nobody in the society..you really can't influence people. like it or not..position play a role and when you speak, ppl will listen to you..why?! coz of the little (or should i say big) title you have in front of your name. no wonder ppl are fighting hard for power :/ for with it..comes the power of influence. when you can influence others, you can get others to do things for you or get them to believe in what you believe and be your follower. doesn't that sound like leadership?

hhmm...my thoughts are kinda random now..may not be a good time to say something serious like this :) but i think that's good enough for thought provoking ;) till then...God bless!

p/s: this blog was supposed to be published a week ago (this was written somewhere in April '07) but blogger seemed to be having some prob with publishing :/

land of fakies

2007-09-06T17:18:00.000+08:00

wahl..syiok! although most of the things i don't need it but seeing so many of them and being cheap...syiok man! the sellers are real throat-cutters..wait..slayers would be a better word..i bought a pair of shoe and the price quoted initially was $120...after much bargaining..it was down to $25..madness! imagine those 'fish' that bought at the initial price! i was told even my price wasn't the best yet...could be lower..

after all the bargaining..i'm kinda tired! in the end..it's really about paying a price you are comfortable to pay and leave happy :)

in case you are wondering which 'haven' i'm talking about..it's Beijing, China ;) well, let's not give her such a bad name la ya..it's not all fake.it's just brandless or probably not authorized :p did it help?!

not only their stuff are cheap..the food's too! gosh! me and 2 other guys..ordered 4dish, fish, beef, chicken, vege..big portion 1 some more, and we couldn't finish...all that for only $30!! and ya, drinks included too...and not free chinese tea..

i'm going back ther again next month :) and we shall see what other cravings i have then ;) hhmm..i'm thinking of another pair of shoe..hehe..

1%

2007-09-04T09:23:00.000+08:00

Few months before today, I told my Lord that what if 1% is all I've got for You? He replied, "If 1% is all you've got, 1%, then, is all I need." Thank you, Jesus!

The surmounting love Jesus has for me, and all of us! Everytime when I turn to myself and my faultss, I only see failure and hopelessness. But when my thoughts are turned towards Him, I see, feel and experiended love, joy and hope! And with that, my mind brings me to this verse

Phil. 3:8 - Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, what is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, what is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about such things.

Oh, how the Lord always want the best for us! Thank you, Lord! I shall focus on You always...and when I think I can't, I shall remember that with the only 1% I have, I will give it to You.

Amen!

finally!

2007-09-03T23:18:00.000+08:00

fooh!! after days of battling with Dell+Vista..finally the winner emerged! Linksys! Seems like the prob lies with Linksys' router's configuration and nothing wrong with Dell+Vista..anyway, it's bad enough to leave a bad after taste for me..

but well, now that it's all over..really don't wanna talk bout all that :)

now..with all the backlog of blogging..like 6months of stuff..let's see how long it'll take to update myself at this blog

AHHH...!! really happy that i can finally put my new notebook to good use ;)

this post shall be it for the day la..till then..God bless!

Vista ruin your life!

2007-09-03T12:35:00.000+08:00

well..it's sad but i'm dedicating the 1st post (using my new Dell notebook) to criticise Vista :/

Lousyness! They boost bout better wireless connectivity but the actual fact is it's giving me lots of problem! Had to this and that but still the problem is there! Lousy!

I'm so fed up with it that i'm deciding if I should sell if off and get a Mac!!!

sigh....

Blogging in London

2007-07-21T05:07:00.000+08:00

not a bad idea. I can actually blog in every station that i'll be at :)

the title says it..i'm actually in London now. i like this place! well, other than the huge margin in converesion that makes everything so expensive despise the 'SALES' that's going on everywhere now..sigh..

but this is something wonderful..well, at least to me..all the way to London and i had for lunch and dinner...Malaysian malay food!:) and it's not that bad..coz it's actually done by Malaysian Malay..haha..when i walked into the shop..it's actually like walking back to Malaysia..seeing Malays, hearing Bahasa Malaysia and eating Malay food..the only diff is..it's colder there compared to back home :) i was telling my friend who was with me, who happens to also be a fellow Malaysian, that how nice if Malaysia is actually like that place :/ anyway..

other than that..maybe not wonderful..but interseting experience..there are other great experiences for me here in London too..i have taken videos and pictures but can't upload it here coz i'm actually using a free public PC. will try to post it when I get my new PC-la :)

and talking bout PC...sigh..I better not start...and therefore, I shall end here for this entry..

till then...take care and God bless!

The Finale!

2007-06-25T00:54:00.002+08:00

yup..ladies and gentlemen! it's coming to the finale of my training days. Graduation ceremony is starting in less than 9.5 hours. Before you know it, i'll be back in my home sweet home, eating wonderful and delicious Penang food! But all good things must come to an end :/ I'll only have a week back home and have to back down South to the other island there. Nonetheless, I'm back with a difference. No longer a trainee BUT....not-so-great though..a probation worker for an aviation company :) still the pay is great..so who cares?!

Lots to work on but I guess the going gets tough and the tough gets going! That's the sacrifice for....good pay!! woohoo!! Am i looking forward it? YOU BET! And soon..i'll be having MY Mac at MY laptop...hah! ;)

Wait..at this hour..i actually should be sleeping and preparing my physical body and mind for graduation..yup, that's what I'm going to do now. Alrighty..till then...

i do have something to blog

2007-06-25T00:54:00.001+08:00

ya, just that,,

1) I'm quite lazy now
2) the photos that I want to upload is not in this PC
3) I actually have other better things to do than to blog right now :)

Therefore, this will be it for me :)

Till then...take care now bye bye then...

October!!!!

2007-06-25T00:54:00.000+08:00

October!! Why so long!! :( it was suppose to be only in August but now in October!! sigh..another additional 2 more months :/ should I wait or just heck it?! I'll be stupid if I don't but 2 months can be quite long with I have now...sigh!!!

oh..in case you are wondering what i'm waiting for..it's the new Mac OS Leopard :/

for the sake of blogging, i change!

2007-06-12T22:53:00.000+08:00

hehe..actually that's a lie la :) had to switched to this old notebook coz needed to mail a fren something regarding work. just wanted to use that as my title coz it makes me feel like i'm a real blogger :) wat the heck..anyway..

it's only this old notebook that allow me to blog. the normal desktop can't allow me to load this 'posting' page..dunno why :/ sien! and i'm quite lazy to switch here and there so i didn't blog the whole month lo. i'm looking into getting a new Mac though :/ but that's not any time soon..sigh..so my blogging and updates will just have to wait la..oh! i can't blog much with this old notebook also is coz my pics and stuff is on the desktop :/ sien!

well, just a simple update bout everything..and that is..3months + has passed and i'm not sure what has actually changed since day 1 i touched down in S'pore :p surely they are changes..just that now i can't pinpoint wat is it exactly nia..the obvious 1 will be that i'm graduating real soon :) and i know my batchmates a lot more d la..for good or for bad :)

alrighty then..till i blog the next time around..take care and God bless!

test blog on old notebook

2007-05-10T23:12:00.000+08:00

test blog to see if my old notebook can post this entry or not :)

ok..now that it works...

2007-05-06T04:34:00.000+08:00

for watever reasons..i can't blog from my old PC and the PC i have in my room. now that i can blog with the notebook at my fren's palce...i thought i better grab the opportunity-la..but all the photos i wanted to upload is not with me :/ well, nvm-la...next time :)

hhmm..it's 4.36am on a Sunday morning and i'm still awake..it's not something good becoz i want to go the church in a couple of hours time. i'm not sure if my body will listen to me or not though :) but good thing is i sort of have the option to choose to either go for the 11am service or the 1.30pm service..though it's 2 different services altogether...

it's always the case...when i want to blog..i dunno wat to blog..when i can't, i have lots of things on my mind that i want to blog it...lousy!

oh well, since i've been tagged by Alvin Looi...to post bout something like..6weird things bout myself..i think i shall blog bout this-la..let's see wat's weird bout me..hhmm...

Weird #1 - ......i...eat a lot and i'm still skinny? you consider that weird?
Weird #2 - i walk to my workplace every morning :) it's bout 3km apart and it takes me bout an hour to and fro :)
Weird #3 - i actually can't control my fart well...anymore :/ i hate it when i want to hide the fart but it comes out anyway..sigh..so embarassing :/ i hope it won't jeopardise my work :p haha
Weird #4 - i can sleep on and on and on...and still feel sleepy a few hours later
Weird #5 - i dun really know how to make full use of the internet...well, i think this qualify as weird for me :) internet for me now is quite limited to mails, friendster, online banking and wwe :p wat else can i do with internet?!? ok...and blogging
Weird #6 - i can actually walk around town bare footed...this happened 7years ago..yup, and it probably won't repeat itself :)
Weird #7 (bonus) - i actually spent my precious waking moments at this hour thinking about the weird side of myself! :/

ok folks...gd nite! however much i like to blog or want to blog at this hour..i think blogging at 5am in the morning is just not right...dun i ever dare do it again....but wait :/ i might do it again in the future..due to the nature of my job..hhmm..

testing testing 1 2 3

2007-05-06T03:31:00.001+08:00

i hope this post get posted....if it does then i'll explain it the next time i blog :)

routine tiredness

2007-03-19T19:12:00.000+08:00

i guess this period of my life is probably the healthiest..do you believe me if i said i walked to my work place? :) it takes about 25mins to and another 25mins back ;) Mon to Fri..not bad eh..guess i don't need those hiking or jogging la...thank God! so far haven't encountered any rain yet...hopefully by then i'll start flying and don't have to worry bout this anymore.

partly becoz of the daily walk, it really saps my energy (i think) and i'm always very sleepy once i reach my room. good thing roommate not around..if not i dunno if i'll be able to catch some rest or not. All in all, all is good :) get to save some $ and also can have my own privacy...but not always though...

alrighty, with that said and done...i'm going off to take a nap and to S'pore's pasar malam for the 2nd time :D

nitez!

out for 12 hours in 2 consecutive days!

2007-03-19T00:19:00.000+08:00

wow...not bad eh ;) been to few wonderful places in S'pore; Bugis Street, that's like the Petaling Street of S'pore, and Vivo City. It's great..saw lots of nice things at Bugis Street and it's rather cheap...w/out conversation though...Vivo City is huge! went there for a movie; Pursuit of Happyness. well, it was good acting by Will Smith but i find that the storyline was ok. i think a lot of ppl is like Christopher Gardner as in...they were determined and then work their way up to be successful in the society. i guess the movie is over promotionalized..haha..if there's such a word :)

it had been a good weekend..looking forward to next weekend. going to S'pore Zoo and maybe watch another movie :) hope i won't be disappointed la...

till next time..God bless!

only after 2 weeks?

2007-03-17T22:47:00.000+08:00

oh :) hehe..didn't know that my old notebook can actually log into to blogger and that i could actually blog :p anyway, better late than never!

lots of things to blog about and the 1st 1 is definitely...i'm finally here in S'pore! it was a hectic 2weeks for me as i needed to rush for finding a room and also finishing my last assignment for BTS. well, thank God that both is done by now already :) i'm free like a bird! sort of...

training started last Mon and really lots to read and remember. unlike school days where you can actually 'return' what you have learned to the teacher, you can't actually do that in my new job. if i ever do that..they will probably 'return' me to where i was from :/ therefore, i really need to ask God for good memory power! the notes are almost 2inches thick but of coz dun have to remember every single word but it's still necessary to know what those 2inches notes are talking about :/

hhmm..now that i know my old notebook allows me to blog..i will take my time and slowly update 1 story by 1 story :) took some pictures of frens and location too...will try to upload it here and attached it...hopefuly can la...if not will have to wait till i get myself a new PC..which is not soon :/

till then...take care and God bless!

not much time left

2007-02-21T17:07:00.000+08:00

1 week and a half is all i have left before i embark on my new journey...that's sad :( what's worse is my work and assignment are piling up that i dun have the time to even feel sad! my mind is only work, assignments and planning to go down :(((

spiritual life ain't that great too and this really top it all up to make it the worst! sigh...

Lord, forgive me! help me through this time..Amen!

sad but true

2007-02-14T16:18:00.000+08:00

:( yes, i'm leaving my comfort zone to a foreign land..more specific..to another island down south...sigh..never imagined such a day would be a reality but i have another 19 days to let this truth sink real deep into my soul

leaving my church and seminary studies are probably the toughest since i've grown very much attached to them..ya, what about my family? i guess i'll only know how it will really feel when the days draw nearer and more so on the day of departure :( i'm a cry baby..i'll probably cry buckets of tears if my parents will be there to send me off (i think they will be there la..tissues please!)

sigh...well, 19 more days and bye bye lovely Penang island! but as time is ticking away, i've no time to actually stop and actually let it sink in because i'm still so busy with assignments and work! pray for me!!

so Lord, i need your strength and wisdom and creativity..grant it to me, Lord. asking it in Jesus' name! Amen!

Casino Impossible...wait..or was it Mission Royale??

2007-02-03T18:19:00.000+08:00

yes..it's long due..i was lazy to blog about it :p

on 15th Jan, me and few other frens did this crazy thing...coz it was free movie day and all we needed to go was to line up and exchange it for free movie ticketes. Good thing is most if not all the movies, i also haven't watch :) so here are the movies...

12noon - MI 3
2.30pm - Casino Royale
6.20pm - Cicak Man
8.40pm - Eragon

we reach Queensbay...by the way...it was like a promo from GSC..they haven't open officially so this is probably something promo they use to test out their sound system and everything la...anyway, reach there at bout 9.30am..i was thinking sure a lot of ppl by then d coz knowing Penang ppl..mostly kiasu 1 :) sure early early go line up 1..but mana tau..not that many ppl and some didn't even know how many lines there were. so i opened up a new line and i was the 1st! (clap! clap!) and my other frens line up at the other line in case mine was a fake line...fake line meaning nobody at the counter then 'jialat' lo...cut long story short...we all got the tickets and then we went to CHLS for brunch then head back for our 1st movie...

i was concentrating so hard that i almost didn't get wat MI 3 was all about :/ i forgot wat MI 1 and 2 is d also so it's like watching something totally new..anyway, the next 1 was Casino Royale..you know la..both these shows quite alike 1...almost can't differentiate between them..haha :) as the title goes :p but both shows were good..time well spent...

next up was Cicak man but we went for heavy tea time (which was dinner actually) 1st...well, this show was kinda of a time-waster but can't expect much la..it's local production...thank God for some lame local jokes if not the whole show will suck to the max! so if you are in it for some local jokes..go for it....

Eragon...a lot of ppl say lousy..but i think is ok la. at least is not something like Cicak Man :p hehe..

all in all..it was a tiring day...spent like 13hours in Queensbay :/ not sure if i'll ever do such a thing again or not but if again is for some free shows that are good...i'll consider :)

till then!

Are you ready?

2007-01-03T13:01:00.000+08:00

I said...Are..You..Ready?!?!?!

like it or not, 2007 is here and time waits for no men :/

honestly, i'm not sure if i'm ready for it or not. the past 2 big events has taken me by 'surprise'..Christmas and New Year..they come and go so fast i didn't even realised it! and that's sad because i failed to make the best out of it..no gifts and no particular celebration. yea, some might say it's just another day-lah..no big deal wat...but hey, the thing is because everyday is jsut any other day, we want to put some special meaning into some special days :) and therefore, we need (or maybe just i want to) to make is special by doing something special.

what's your definition of 'special' and how you decide to celebrate it is up to you-la. but as for me, i did nothing (or actually nothing much done) and that is kinda sad for me :(

anyway, back to main topic and that is i'm not really ready for 2007. can you like stop here for a moment? :) i wish so! sigh...like it or not...

WELCOME 2007!!

100th post!!

2006-12-31T21:19:00.000+08:00

ok..this is the 101th post :) didn't realise that i've reached the 100th post..haha..anyway,

Just wanna usher in the new year..2007 and with this post...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Looking forward to a good new year!

God bless the queen!..or better yet...God bless me! :p

YES, we need an overhaul

2006-12-20T15:31:00.000+08:00

after much wear and tear, yes, we need an overhaul. Errm..there were some periodic reparis and services and even once quite a big repair work done BUT the old habit kicked back in not too long after that. A long time has pass and i'm convinced of a major overhaul is much needed!

UNFORTUNATELY! no engine transplant is allowed :/

Therefore, much time, effort and energy has to be poured in to calculate the cost of the whole project. oh no! it's not going to be something light and easy. it's going to be heavy duty if you want to see a real change in performance. the new year is coming and we have not much time left.

BUT the prob now is.....who is going to be the pioneer? who will want to spearhead this project? who has what it takes to brace what is to come and get their hands dirtied?

AND WILL I BE PART OF THIS MAJOR OVERHAUL?

puposely

2006-12-16T18:15:00.000+08:00

ok..this is on purpose..whether you like or not..if you think it's not true..i don't care..but this is what i purpose to do...and that is to

THANK GOD!!!!

why? initially i had the plan to drive to Awana Genting for church camp last week. But due to some misunderstanding and some good intention arrangements, i didn't have to do so anymore and in fact got to follow the church van up (which was free! hehe..better la) And so we went up and came back down and the camp is over and things are back to routine.

now here is the thing...if you read my previous post, i've made noticed that my car's timing belt 'putus'. that was only 1 day after i came back! imagine the horror it would have caused if i have drove all the way up to Awana?! goodness! isn't this something to thank God?! Yes, i still had to pay RM 800 for repair but i'm not sure how many live si would have claimed on the highway if i were to drive up! FUH!! really thank God!

Well, i actually already thought about this when the accodent happen but the frustration was so overwhelming that i just shut the praise to God :( until NOW! that i PURPOSE to give God the thanks and the praise! Yes, you don't have to remind me that it cost me RM 800 :/ i know...it hurts..oouucchh!

well, when i bought this car, i've atually already dedicated it to Him. So if He decides to let this accident happen to His car then so be it la! i'll make the payment 1st, and i'm believing by faith :D that He will pay me back :p hehehe...please la God :) please ya..hehehe...

:( to :)

2006-12-16T18:12:00.000+08:00

today, i was :( but thank God at the end of the day...i'm :)

The Lord gives and the Lord taketh away...

2006-12-15T13:16:00.000+08:00

not sure if it's right for me to say that or not but..well...that's how i felt about it...
just like my previous post that says the Lord blessed me with a 3D 2N hotel stay..i was happy! (though it's in Terengganu)

but 2 days ago, while i was driving home, my car just stalled. i thought.."what the heck?!" then i calledm y mechanic and he said give it a few minutes then try again...and i tried again...can't start it...he came over and check and the verdict...timing belt 'putus'-la....babi hutan belanda!!

so i thought of selling off the free stay and use it to repair my car lo..too bad for me la..no more holiday :(

BUT what's worse! the mechanic called and say the repair caused me RM 800+...wahlau-eh! siau man! how like that? you tell me how la....aiyor..sian sian sian-ar!!!!!!!!

so you tell me...has the Lord given and has He taken it away or not? i hope i won't be like Job :/

free stay @ Awana Kijal..wooo hoo

2006-12-14T10:30:00.000+08:00

well..not really something to 'woohoo...' about coz it's so far off...in Terengganu!! :/ but well, free d wat..wat else i want right :)

so now considering to sell it..then use the $ to go somewhere nearer :) thanks to a suggestion from a friend ;)

but ya...thank God for the blessing still ;)

choices

2006-12-07T15:58:00.000+08:00

can i make my own choices and then only consider the consequences?
can i make my own choices and then only let God lead?