A famosa trip

Trip after trip, i have nearly used up my energy but nevertheless i have had great trips with my all my friends. On sunday, we went to A'famosa in Alor Gajah and spent a night there. With 8 of us in 2 cars, we took off from my house in tangkak and it took us less than an hour to get to A'famosa water world. After the monopoly session that lasted till wee hours the night before, we could hardly get up early in the morning and thus we had only set off at around 2pm along with the wait for my younger brother.

i didn't quite organise the pictures well so please bear with me.

One of the getaway in A'famosa, the animal world safari. But believe me, it's nothing great in there. The animals are skinny and looked to me they have not been well fed. sho shad!

Chea hao, sitting next to the driver, YZ. He kept on influencing YZ to drive recklessly which he really did at night.

the swimming pool in the villa where we stayed. However, we never got in the swimming pool throughout the stay as the swimming was really DIRTY!!!! We planned to just wash our feet in there.

the Villa where we spent a night in. It's a villa with three bedrooms which could easily accomodate the 8 of us but with only 2 bathrooms. we had to cut the queue to get to shower before each other.

One of the driver YZ, under great pressure for driving his sister's car. lol.

Mao, pretend to be below the required height while she in fact is not much taller than the required height. lol. kidding aye!

my younger brother VK on the left, and YZ on the right showing how reluctant he was to be in the picture? lol.

Mao, pointing at the float that she wanted to use in the water world. well, which one is nicer? i will never use any of them !!!!

Mao, posing with the elephant which obviously didn't give a damn to pose for the shot.

yeah, it comes a little too late. WELCOME TO A'FAMOSA!

We went to melaka for dinner at night. It's a 45 mins drive from Alor Gajah. We parted in Melaka as i couldn't find my way to Jalan Hang Tuah. xhui, mao wiven and Kar were having satay celup there while cheahao, YZ me and my bro were going to jonker street to grab a bite.

the waffle hotdog. have you ever tried it? i don't think you will get it anywhere else!

Melaka has always renowned for its popiah. here it is, the popiah without ground nuts in it! huhu!!! just nice for me!

chea hao was trying out the waffle hotdog. it looks great doesn't it? and it taste great as well !!!

our dinner at the "Gu Cheng Ji Fan Li". As you can see, that's the local chicken rice ball !
i asked the waitress a silly question " shall we mash the rice or just eat it the way it is (just bite off the ball-like rice)?"
Chea Hao then said " you can just order the normal chicken rice if you wanna mash it! " lol.
STUPID ME!!!!!!

My younger brother and Cheahao. you can see me taking the picture from the reflection in the mirror. haha.

One of the shops in Jonker Street which i thought worth taking the picture for its design.

On our way back to the villa, after YZ had ignored the traffic light and sped all the way just to get the garage before Wiven. lol.

We stopped by halfway when we saw the ferris wheels. we have an "Eye On Malaysia" in Kuala Lumpur, and a miniature in Melaka which i called it "Eye On Melaka". lol. YZ and i camwhoring in front of the ferris wheels.

Me and Mao.

We went to the safari the next morning after the not-so-great-breakfast which was included in our package. lol.

The racoon !!! i remembered Matt telling me that racoon is originally from north America when i told him we have it in Malaysia. lol.

The goat was trying to kiss me !!!! omg!!!! No!!!!!!!!!

The elephant which was good at showing off himself in the animal show.

Xhui, a close-up picture just for you !

From the left : xhui, kar me and YZ. i sat bolted upright and looked like geek! sorry~

The trip came to an end after the lunch in Melaka on the 31st of December. it's a trip for us before 2008 hits the ground.

Happy new year everyone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Penang, Langkawi and Ipoh

sorry for not updating my blog for quite some while. i have been pretty caught up with life back in malaysia. After spending three days with family at home in Johor, i went to KL to meet up with friends. Chea hao, Mun ee, Kar, Wiven and June were those i have seen. i stayed three days in KL before coming home and spent the next five days at home before going to KL again on friday to watch Kar's performance in her Uni's annual event "Friday Night".

On sunday, which was five days ago, i went on a vacation to Penang, Langkawi and Ipoh. Lots of local cuisine like char koay teow and prawn noodle in penang, ipoh hor fun in ipoh, and yadda yadda yadda, nice beaches in Langkawi (actually not that nice if compared to the one in aus :(, the sea water still made my body itched). Undeniably, i had a great time with mates and we just spent the fabulous five days together!

anyway, i didn't have any pictures of those delicious cuisine with me. actually i just don't want to post them up as not to upset my dear friends in the UK or some other countries. blek!!!! the food can really be nostalgic!!! wahahhaa.

here are some pictures taken on the way to langkawi and in Langkawi.

i was bored sitting in the ferry for four consecutive hours. it's a torture!!!! People were puking and stuff made the smells in the ferry uprigth unbearable!!!!!!
Don't footsie me Sam, i am shy !!!!!!!
is she cool? she was smiling, who had that magic power to make her smile?
haha, i look better! anyway, Sam should be credited for this picture. Now you can tell how boring it had been to be in the ferry all the way to langkawi from Penang.
erm, we should go for sunnies ads! any idea?

The crocodile cave (gua buaya in malay). Well, the name can be deceiving, there wasn't any crocodile inside, its just a normal cave but an unusual rock structure after being weathered and eroded for hundreds years (too much geology!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

the eagles were just fabulous. Sam said she wants to be an eagle if given the chance and i know why is that now. lol.
camwhoring on the speed boat. the speed boat guy, Sun, Sam and me!
/ stop pulling that off me. it's causing me so much pain ..... :( .......lol.
erm, not sure what's that. sorry i wasn't paying attention. it's just too hot i reckon.
the stingray!!!!!!!!!! it's so cute. i think the crocodile hunter was just unlucky to be stung by the stingray! seriously, so unlucky!!!!
wow, i just like this picture!!!!!!! it's just nice, isn't it? so professional !!!
row row row your boat....they were exhausted and couldnt be bothered to row forward anymore! so sad~~~~

Sun, the model for Colgate advertisement. lol.
Karmen and Wiven. the loving couple. Karmen was about to drink the water AGAIN when the picture was taken. Karmen, the waterdam????
i am so in love with rocks. lol. it reminded me of the story "what would you do when you are left alone in the isolated island and there is noone else?" ...." i will have sex with the animals on the island!"....lol....
erm, just a picture.lol.
the young boy that showed us around the fish farm. He is good for that age. Actually it will be so much fun to be able to work in a fish farm. :)
aha, karmen and me. it's almost sunset. i should have worn a swimming trunk for the picture. lol.
the group picture. too bad Gilbert (the guy on the right at the back) didn't have his sunnies that he had to do one with his hand.
the "baywatch" picture according to Sun. wow, sam, you will be famous soon !!!!!!!!!! Don
't forget that i took the picture once you become famous. i love this picture. so romantic and they just had their way to be expressive.
Tanjung Ryu beach. It's believed to be the prettiest beach in Langkawi. :)

The trip ended after the visit to Ipoh.

A short break to elsewhere with your mates is definitely worthy when you really have had a great time with them. You get to get together after a year not seeing each other and go back to your old life when you were with them. It helps bring up all the memories and you will just feel that "i am really getting older" when you said lots and lots of " i used to......"... 20 is on its way, and my last teenage year is going to end soon !!!! enjoy it!

The purplish home

i feel guilty not having my house involved in my blog. My dad decided to repaint it last year a week or two before i went to Australia. So, the previous "white-house" turned into the purplish house, a wonderland that i am enjoying to bits at the moment.
yeah, the purplish house, with light brownish pillar withstanding the whole not-so-heavy-weighted family.
The front view. My grandma is having a minor backache so the plants are not so well taken care of. hehe. but they still look nice nevertheless.
look for the unit number. It's 47. I was amazed by myself when i could fill in the complete mailing address as requested in the airport despite the fact that i left home when i was 13 years old.
oh yeah, my little blackie. Always my favourite, my lifetime beloved. Have been driving him for the past few days to hone my already excellent skill. :)
haha, her name is just simply "girl girl". her brother was dead last year so she looked a little bit lonely ever since.
i've missed the mooncake festival. we used to hang out on the little ceramic table pretty often. It doesn't come in handy as the raining season has started to hit.
The motorbike. Despite the fact that i don't have my motorbike driving license, i ride on it pretty often. i started riding motorbike since i was 13 years old, so my skill is never an issue.

ok, going to meet up with my friends later. i will update soon.

I'm Home

i am home, yeah finally, after spending 9 hours on Jetstar JQ65, two movies and a power nap and babbling non-stop to Jason for the rest of the time. I was late checking out and my parents (surprisingly my elder brother as well) were waiting for me outside the arrival hall. Oh yeh, i was in my dad's new car for the first time. and it'd certainly feel better if i can steer it but who will ever trust me after the 10-months-gap of not driving at all. sigh~~~

Back in Malaysia, back to my home, to my family, friends, my bedroom and the queen size bed.
And of course all the most-missed malaysian cuisine. I am also back to the reality, back to see all the people i have been seeing for the past 18 years. no more blonde hair, no more blue eyes, and no more aussies who speak with the speed of lightning. Turned on mix fm, but switched to my fm after a few minutes. Afterall, it'd been with me all the time when i was in Malaysia.

i woke up at 6am this morning due to the jetlag i was suffering. It certainly felt like a long day with so little sleep and the exhaustion caused by carrying my bossy nephew all the time. yeah, it's really good to have a baby at home. :) Had a long chat with my mum when i was driving her to melaka this afternoon. No changes have had taken place on her in the past ten months, she is still her, the lovely and caring mum. But my dad has changed a lot, still the stern-looking dad, but with a pang of cuteness in him when he played around with his newborn grandson.

My internet connection could not have gotten any crappier. it gets disconnected all the time, and worse still, i couldn't get to access to it sometimes. So i will update you more with my current life in Malaysia soon.

oh cutie pie ! holding his pacifier as if i am going to grab it from him. lol .

and yeah, everyone says he looks like me. well, you can tell the resemblance from this picture, can't you?