What life is all about...

A year has passed....

2011-05-31T15:05:00.004+08:00

She has left us for a year now but deeply inside me I still feel sad and misses her so much. Looking back into the year, things did change. If you ask me if did it change for a better one, honestly I really do not know. I still miss the old days when she is around nagging and scolding us. Now, the house seems quiet after both my sisters got married and moved out. It became silence when my brother went further his studies in Australia.

Ok ok, agree that both my kids isn't the quiet kind of kids. Wanted to thank my mother in law for staying over at my house to look and care for them. Or else Tracy and I will be stressed like hell. Anyway, the kids growing fast and quite a quick learner. They still yell and scream all over the house but there were times before they go to bed, they will say....

"Daddy, Mommy... I misses MaMa (grandma) very much"

"Is Mama looking over us all the time?"

Though my eyes are dry but deep inside my heart, I'm still crying and hurt. Is she really looking over us? If yes, will she be sad too when she sees me sad thinking of her?....... life is really hard but I got to hang on and hang strong for the kids and family.... I hope I could do it.

To my mommy

2010-12-31T11:38:00.003+08:00

It's been sometime I have not write anything on my blog. So this time decided to write a letter to my mum before the year 2010 ends.

To my Mommy,

I love you because you tauaght us respect,
I love you because you did not ever neglect,
I love you because you allowed us to be children,
I love you because you are the best cook,
I love you because you disciplined with love,
I love you because even when I failed you never gave up,
I love you because you make us smile,
I love you because you love us unconditionally,
I love you because you believed in me,
I love you because you care for us,
I love you because you never placed any conditions on me,

I love you for so many other reasons but I love you most simply because you are only you! Not only on special day that I will remember you but I will love and miss you forever and always!

Tribute to my mother

2010-06-03T15:52:00.007+08:00

My mother was brought back to our home and the whole family members of mine were there to be her before she had her last breath. She has lost to the fatal desease after a two week battle. We are really heart broken and sad. She is really a great mother to us. She always puts our family on the 1st place. Never seems tired nor complain. Her smiles were warmth and her laughs were kind. She has taught us much and her teaching will always be remembered. Oscar and Oswald will sure miss her as she loves my kids very much. We all will miss her. Though her days were'nt long but I believe she have had the best days together with the family.

Mommy... you are the best mommy one could ever have and I thank you for what you have done for the family. Things might not be the same now after you left us but we are now grown ups and will take good care of our father and family. We will continue to spread the love and warmth like you do to our family. Mommy... you will always be in our heart.

WE WILL MISS YOU & WE LOVE YOU FOREVER ........

p/s: I would like to thank all those who had gave support and paid their respect to my mother. Our family really appreciate it and I think so is my mother.

Depressing...

2010-05-28T11:19:00.009+08:00

Today is already the 14th day my mom been in the hospital. I’ve been here every day since from 9am to 8pm each day to see if there's any progress. She is still in the ICU and her status being monitored closely. Each day passes by and my mom’s condition is getting worst. All medication given to her to fight the disease seems to be not helping much. Doctors say the cancer cells are too aggressive and spreading fast. These deadly cells infect one organ to another. Before the doctors could solve an infected area another one just popped up. Now her blood counts are low and seem to have internal bleeding at times. Blood transfusion is given to stabilize her. When I see her during the visiting time, she is getting weaker and weaker. It is really depressing but I need to carry a smile whenever I see her.

I ask the doctors to do their best in getting her comfortable during her stay and I think that is the least we could do. Hope seems to be fading away as more negative issues were mentioned than good. My family members are now trying to accompany her as much as we could. Chat to her, smile to her and at times joke in front of her. What else can we do………………..

Relief cut short

2010-05-26T01:01:00.003+08:00

It should be a better day for my mom and family as her condition is stable. All doctors say she could be transfer from ICU to the normal ward. That was good news to us. It was almost 6pm when she was transferred to a single room. We all get to see her all day instead of the 2 hours earlier on. Mom looks better and we all praise her that she did well to recover. We chatted with mom happily together. But then later, we turn sorrow again. It all started when my mom wanted to piss. The nurse found that there was blood in the urine. Doctors were called and urine sample was test. Results show there were signs of blood clotting which needed to be cleared. To be on the safe side, mom has to be transferred back to ICU for monitoring. It was then 11.30pm. Within 4 hours she is back into that scary ICU again.

My sis and I are now outside the waiting area waiting for the condition of my mom. The waiting is real scary and seems forever…….

Worst days of my life

2010-05-23T16:42:00.005+08:00

For the past week has really been shocking and heartbroken for me and my family. Everything happens so quickly and now it changes everything. I’m now in the hospital because my mom has been diagnosed with gastric cancer and to make things worst it is already at stage 4. We are in great shock once we were told. My mom has no symptoms at all and she has body check up every year and all the results show my mom is in good condition. It is already the 9th day she’s been admitted. At 1st she was admitted to a hospital in Cheras but then on the 4th day she was transferred to another hospital in Bangsar which has better in expertise and equipments. Each day passes and the whole family members took turns to look after her in the ward. She is getting weaker each day. But then during the night of the 6th day, my mom has breathing difficulties and now she is in Intensive Care Unit. The cancer cells are just too aggressive as it spread to other organs very fast. These cells have now infected my mom’s liver and lungs. Then it affected the kidneys too. Everything just went from bad to worst. We could only see her during the 2 hours of visiting time each day. 2 hours in the noon and another 2 hours in the night. As the rest of the time we’re just outside the waiting area hoping that nothing bad would happen.

Now she is in stable condition but doctor say things weren’t on the bright side. Chemotherapy has been given to her hoping that it will slow down the spread. What I could do now is just sit outside the ICU waiting area and pray hard hoping things will get better. My mom has been such great person to family, friends and work. She eats healthy and lives healthy. She don’t drinks nor smoke. Why does she have to go through all this? It is just not right! My whole family tears drops when we see her getting weaker each day. Even now the tears just kept dropping down while I’m writing this. My dad has caught himself a flu now after so many days of heartache. The kids try the best to ask him to rest while we take care of mom. Dad asks us to take care of ourselves too but it is nothing compared to what my mom is going through now. Just imagine a close person lying on the bed with multiple tubes going through her. She could not drink and eat much. Through her eyes we know she is suffering and it make us very sad. Sleeping isn’t easy for her neither it is for us.

Phones have been ringing for the whole week and I would like to say sorry to those that I did not pick up. It has really been a tough week but we are not giving up hope. Please do not come to the hospital to visit her. We do not want others to disturb and affect her. If you want to help please do pray for my mom to get well and bless her to live more better days ahead. Please…….

Thomas Cup - Malaysia lost to China

2010-05-15T10:03:00.003+08:00

I was rather disappointed with our national players during their semi final clashes with China in the recent Thomas Cup tournament. World no. 1 Lee Chong Wei lost again to his nemesis Lin Dan. They have met each other for a total of 21 times and Lin Dan won 15 times. World no. 1 doubles player Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong also lost to China Fu Hai Feng and Cai Yun. China players seems too strong in attacking and solid in defence. Then all hope lies on veteran Wong Choong Han who then as expected lost to Chen Jin of China.

All three matches Malaysia lost in straight games. To me it is expected that Malaysia will lose but I did not expect them to lose so poorly. All three matches China won in straight games. We might have world no.1 players but yet China has the best players in the world. What does World No. 1 ranking means?

Score:
Lin Dan beat Lee Chong Wei (21-17, 21-8)

Cai Yun-Fu Hai Feng beat Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong (21-15, 21-10)

Chen Jin beat Wong Choong Han (21-16, 21-7)

Well, it is 18 years back since Malaysia lifted the Thomas Cup in 1992. Maybe I should now train my kids and bring back the cup... hahahaha.... or maybe football.

Sick ! Sick ! Sick !

2010-05-06T14:42:00.002+08:00

Long time did not update my blog liao so decided to write a bit of my worst days. I have fell sick for the whole week. What illness? .... I got FEVER, FLU, COUGH and SORETHROAT! It all started when I woke up one Monday morning. Started to have sorethroat but still I went to work. After a couple of hours in the office, I got myself a mild fever. Decided to head home to rest. Took some panadols pills and off I went to sleep.

Later in the evening I got a fever of 40 degrees! Tracy send me to a clinic asap. Took the medicine given and again went to sleep. Next day, the fever did not go away and came the flu and cough. Damn. Was very week the whole day and was scare it was H1N1. Went to the hospital to check again. Doctor says it wasn't H1N1. That was a bit relief. For the whole week the fever comes and goes. From 37 degrees to 39 degrees and then back to 37 degrees. Worst still is that I got to fly to China at the end of the week.

Rested for the whole week and I did go to China with Tracy. It was one of the worst business trip ever. I was still sick for the 1st few days there. As I was getting better, Tracy then suddenly fell sick! Oh my god..... She got the same fever, flu and cough. I think I had tranfers the virus to her. We we're in China for 5 days 4 nights and sadly most of the time we just rested in our hotel rooms. But we still manage to do what ever business we were there to do.

Just got back to KL last night and we're both still sick!...... sigh...... worst is Oswald and my Mom also sick!

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!

Chinese New Year 2010

2010-02-22T10:51:00.004+08:00

GONG XI FA CAI guys!!!! How did your CNY holidays went?

Mine was actually not too bad this year. Had some great gatherings with family and friends. The fireworks this year is super duper crazy. Every night BIG BOOM BANG! Oswald was crying each night before bed... Ha ha. Below's a summary of my holidays.

Family : Cheerful and meaningful with kids running around while parents chasing after them!

Friends : Had some traditionally house visiting friends and also some night outing crazy friends!

Food : Damn Full but each meal almost the same with "Lou Sang", prawns, fish, chicken, duck...

Drinks : Drank too much! Those who went to the Library the other night should know better!

Gamble : Not good this year. Lost quite a lot.

Fireworks : Siao! Too much rich people burning their money every night. But Hey, its CNY!

Angpows : Over budgeted. Used up at least 1k. Maybe due to too much gatherings. Ha ha.

Hey.. the holidays ain't over yet! More gatherings coming and it means more $$$ needed! Huat Ar!

Laos Trip - Vientiane City

2010-02-13T09:47:00.006+08:00

Vientiane City (Day 4)
Woke up early the next day to have our breakfast before catching our early bus ride to Vientiane City. Told Tracy how exciting it was the night before just to make her regret for not joining us. She doesn’t seem to care and said I must have enjoyed myself with all the western ladies… haha.. Anyway, we chose a restaurant over looking the mountains for breakfast. A few of us are reluctant to go but too bad we have already purchased the tickets. Vang Vieng was really a nice place to be at. Slow and peaceful town in daylight and suddenly turned into a nightlife heaven when the sunsets… Bid farewell and Vientiane here we come!

A little info about the city - Vientiane, the capital of Laos, has a population of 200000 and is one of southeast Asia's most laid-back capitals, with relatively little traffic in the streets. Vientiane has no tall buildings and exudes a special aura that combines Lao, Chinese, Thai, French, Soviet and American elements. The city is located in a fertile plain on a broad curve on the northeastern bank of the Mekong River. King Setthathirath officially established it as the capital of Lan Xang in 1560. When Lan Xang fell apart in 1707, it became an independent kingdom. In 1779, it was conquered by the Siamese general Phraya Chakri and made a vassal of Siam. Later it became the capital of Laos under the French protectorate in the late 19th century. It has continued as the capital until today.

Back to our trip. We hopped on to our bus at 9.50am. The VIP bus tickets we purchased aren’t so VIP at all!! Luggage has to be place on top of the bus rooftop and it wasn’t air conditioned! … Hmmm… felt a little bit being conned here. The bus was filled with all western tourist and we’re the only Asians. The ride took us approximately 3 hours plus to reach Vientiane city. The journey wasn’t as rough as the road we got here from Luang Prabang which is a relief to us. As the temperature rises and we felt the heat, we know that we’re gonna reach the capital soon. The ride stopped at a bus station with tuk-tuks drivers welcoming us. Each saying “City for 10,000 KIP”. We thought we are supposed to be in the city already but we weren’t. There are a couple of westerners arguing to the driver about the last stop but the driver just ignored them. Hmmmmm… ok… Welcome to the city I thought to myself.

Anyway, showed the tuk tuk driver of where we’re heading and we hopped in. This isn’t the small tuk tuk we usually see in Thailand or Cambodia. This is the XL size. Our tuk-tuk was filled with 13 people, packed like sardines while the hot sun blazing down on us. Luckily it wasn’t far. We noticed that city people are rich. You could see the Mercedes, BMW and Volkswagen Beetle on the road. Even GTRs like Skyline and Fairlady zooms by us. As usual, we started looking for accommodation. Most of the guesthouses we walk into are either too expensive or fully-booked. We then suggest the ladies to sit down for lunch while the guys continue searching. We finally found a newly opened guesthouse that costs us 150,000 KIP per night. Everything seems to be good in this guesthouse except for the care taker lady. She seems a bit weird to us. Often giving us a strange smile and then suddenly an eerie laugh. Her eyes were as if telling us to “enjoy the night here, I’m gonna make your stay a ‘memorable’ one”. Oh no.. What have we got into?!?!? We braved ourselves and stayed for a night. Must find another hotel tomorrow!

Threw our backpacks in the room and off we went city touring. Since it was already late in the noon, we could only able to visit the Victory Gate. Also known as The Patuxai, formerly the Anousavary or Anosavari Monument, is a monument in the center of Vientiane built in 1960. It is an arch with an observation deck on top, built to commemorate Lao who had died in struggle for independence from France. Then we went to the Mekong river. This is where most of the tourist stayed where restaurants, pubs and massages could be easily found. Ah Pao and I sat in one of the river bank restaurant enjoying our beer while the others went for massage again. The Mekong river now with some construction going on wasn’t a nice sight. It seems they are narrowing the river to make way for more land. With trucks moving in and out, dusts are flown everywhere.

After they have finished their massage session, we went for dinner. Dinner was good as we ordered fish, pork, seafood soup, vegetables, springs rolls and of course more beer. After the dinner, we took a stroll down the town looking for a pub. Not much sighted and we head back to the riverside again. We went to a pub called Rooftop Bar over looking the river. In this bar we found loads of freelancers if you get what I mean. KP was eyeing on each and everyone of them…maybe hoping to catch one… haha.. too bad they are not in the looks department. After drinking a beer tower, it’s time to call it a night.

Day 5.
It was a good morning as the beer we had last night does the trick. Lucky the care taker lady did not do anything to us. Ha ha. We had pork noodles for breakfast along with Lao coffee. Then we packed our belongings and decided to stay at the riverside for our last night. Last night means a more comfy stay. We all agreed to treat ourselves on a USD12 per pax hotel called the Riverine Hotel. 2 times more expensive than our usual stays. After checking in we ask for a tuk-tuk to bring us to Buddha Park. They ask for 60,000 KIP per person. Now that is expensive. Then they lowered to 40,000 and we still rejected them. Butt was clever enough then to ask the hotel counter. They could bring in a private van for a whole day tour at USD40. Then the tuk tuk driver came to offer us at 20,000. Hahaha. What a huge difference but too late. Of course we’ll take a private van with air condition. We went to Wat Sisaket, morning market, Pha Tat Luang, Buddha park and ended in a wet market. Was pretty tired that day.

Again they went for massage and again Sylvia, Pao and I drank beer waiting for them. Dinner was the same restaurant the night and ordered almost the same dishes. Only difference is that the dinner is my treat as I wanted eberyone to enjoy our last night in Laos. I wanted to thank this good bunch of friends tagging along in the trip to Laos and making it a memorable one. We’re on our way back to KL the next morning.

So where to next? Chiang Mai as suggested by Tracy ?

Laos Trip - Vang Vieng

2010-02-09T10:48:00.008+08:00

Ok.. lets get back to our next destination from Luang Prabang..

Vang Vieng (Day 3)
After the ritual and breakfast. We head back to our hotel to pack up. It is time for us to move to another destination, Vang Vieng which is a 5 hours drive by a private van. If you opt to take a bus ride then it will be a 7 hours journey. So to save time we took a private van at 130,000 KIP per pax. The journey was still a long ride and not comfortable at all as the road was very bumpy. To make things worst it was a winding road. For 5 hours we went up hill, down hill, left and right turns. It was like riding a roller coaster as our body sways from left to right and vice versa. Finding a restroom on the way isn’t an easy task either. We have to hold on to our pee for almost an hour to reach our half way destination for lunch. The restaurant has quite some view actually and it made the journey a little worth it. How often you could have lunch with a spectacular mountain view with cold wind breezing through your hair. After 40 minutes stop, it is time to hit the roads again which took us another 1 and half hours drive to reach Vang Vieng.

Vang Vieng lies approximately 180km south of Luang Prabang. The town is nestled alongside the Nam Song River which winds its way through dramatic karsts of limestone mountain range. This is the place for adventurous tourist to stay as there were many activities you could choose from rock climbing to water rafting, jungle trekking to mountain caving and etc etc. As we reach the town we check into a guesthouse that costs 150,000 KIP per night. We are amazed that behind this guesthouse lies a wonderful limestone landscape with a river by the side. So cameras were pulled out and we start snapping away. As planned, we opt to stay here for a night before going to Vientiane city. Wasting no time we hit the town to see what it has. It was a quiet town. Not much tourist found. Not as happening and adventurous as we thought to ourselves.

We passes by a tour shop and ask what they could offer. Since it was late afternoon they say we could only take the river kayaking for 60,000 KIP. Manage to bargain till 50,000 KIP per pax. We will be kayaking for 8km downstream on the Nam Song River. This time the river flow will be calm with only a few minor rapid obstacles. We had to put away our cameras as we’re afraid we might fall into the river. Lucky for Ah Pao he has an underwater camera so he is the only one capturing the whole session and views. I was stunned by the landscape.

Half way through we suddenly hear loud music and people screaming. As we turn by the corner we’re amazed to see a lot of tourist partying by the riverside. Now we know where the tourists are. They were dancing and doing the Swing Jumping. It’s sort like bungee jumping but we’re suppose to let go ourselves and fall into the river. Very exciting indeed. As we move on I found that the kayak that Butt and I were riding is seeping in water. I think it got a crack when we bump into some rocks earlier on. We stop by the riverbanks to rest while the guide get it fixed. Butt and Pao wasted no time and do the Swing Jumping. They seem to enjoy it. Especially Ah Pao as he screams his lungs out. I did not try as I was afraid of the cold waters and I was already shivering. After 3 hours of kayaking we finally came to our last stop. By then it was already dark and we’re all exhausted.

After dinner we head back to our rooms to bath and rest. Since it was still early, a few of us went out to look for nightlife while Tracy and Sylvia went straight to sleep. As we walk, loud music could be heard. A western tourist highly recommended us to try out the Bucket Bar for a crazy night. So we did and hell it was packed. Think there were at least a hundred tourists partying in there and most of them are westerners. I think we’re the only Asian there. So the tourist only comes out in the night! We drank some whisky and beer while watching people dancing. Then we went to another bar called Q Bar. Not so happening as Bucket bar but still it played some good tunes. Getting late and slightly drunk we head back to sleep. We’ll need to head down to Vientiane city early next day. How we wish to stay another night here but too bad we had already purchase the bus tickets.

Stay tune for Vientiane city....

Laos Trip (30th Jan - 4th Feb 2010)

2010-02-06T16:15:00.013+08:00

Ahhh... Just got back from my 1st trip for the year 2010. This time we went to Laos. I'm sure you guys will ask why Laos? Is there anything in Laos? Some even do not know where this country is. Well, I actually plan to go to this country long time ago and I was surprise that a few travelling buddies wanted to join in. There were 7 people in this trip and they consist of Sylvia, Kian Ping, Pei Zhi, Pao, Butt, Tracy and myself. Date was set and off we went to this unfamilliar country.

Luang Prabang (Day 1)
I must thank Sylvia and Butt for the research and infomation they gathered. We flew 2 hours and 30 minutes to reach Vientiane, the capital of Laos. Then we purchase the domestic air ticket (USD85) to Luang Prabang which is around an hour flight. Luang Prabang is actually one of the highlands and it has both natural and historical sites. As this was sort of a backpack trip, we will then need to look for accomodation. There were plenty of houses converted to guesthouses ranging from USD10 to USD 40 per night. We compared and viewed a few guesthouse and finally decided to stay in Oudom Souk Guesthouse near the Mekong river which cost USD13 per night. After setting in, off we went out looking for lunch. We walk by the riverside and found a lot of stalls situated. Food was acceptable but the view of the Mekong river was great surrounded with magnificient mountains side. It got even better when we down a few bottles of their local beer called Beer Lao for 10,000 KIP per big bottle (about USD1.20)... ha ha. After lunch, we kept venturing the area. It was a slow and relax town. Everyone seems to take their time with their chores. A significant appeal of the town was that there were a lot of French provincial style houses. We were surprise to see a lot of western tourists and all the time I thought no one would ever thought of travelling to Laos. Very clearly I was wrong.

As the day turns dark, the wheather drop quick too. It was about 14 degree celcius compared to 28 degree in the noon. Lucky for Tracy and I we brought along a jacket. But for others, they did not. As usual in most of our trips, a foot massage is a must but it turns out to be a dissapointing one. It was like touching here and pinching there. Even my wife could do a better massage than them. Anyway, at the end of the main street of Luang Prabang is a night market. Each stalls sells almost of the same thing like shirts, silk clothes, bracelets and paintings. The dinner was a simple one. We all had noodle soup which costs us about 10,000 KIP per bowl. The noodle was pretty good actually but their chilly paste was unbearable! A must try! We all went to bed early as we all felt tired.

Luang Prabang (Day 2)
The next day, we took a half day tour to see the historical Pak Ou Caves and the rice wine village. But before that, we had our breakfast at the food stalls. All stalls sells the same food, toast bread and Laos coffee. I must admit they are good especially the coffee. It has a smooth and yet a strong aroma. Anyway back to our tour. Pak Ou Caves are noted for their impressive Buddha sculptures assembled over the centuries by local and pilgrim. This cave is only accessible by boat and is about 25 km from the center of Luang Prabang. The journey was a long and a cold one indeed. None of us expected it to be so cold in Laos and we were all shivering.

Half way up the stream, the boat driver took us to the wine village called Xang Hai Village. They called them whisky but in fact they are rice wine. We then got the apportunity to see the process of wine making. We sampled some of these wines and bought a few bottles to warm up our body. They even sell wines dipped in with scorpions, snakes and centipedes. None of us dare to drink it but Ah Pao bought a bottle home for souvenier.

We then continued our journey to the caves which is about another 30 minutes ride up the stream. The cave wasn't a huge one but it laids hundreds of mostly wooden Buddhist figures on the floors and wall shelves. The caves has a lower cave (Tham Ting) and a upper cave (Tham Theung). Both caves contains approximately 4,000 Buddhas of all sizes. It was quite a view. You will have to walk hundreds of steps to the upper cave. Some of us are exhausted half way. In the upper cave, it was very very dark. You will need a torch light to see the sculptures and steps. We must thank Pei Zhi this time for her mobile torch light or else we might trip over the steps.

We then head back to our guesthouse to rest. We sat outside our rooms alley and gulping down Beer Lao. Had wonderful chats about life and friendship. As night draws near, it's time for dinner. Dinner was a good one that day. We had our dinner in the back alley of the shophouses. Most of the food they sell were either roasted or fried. We had roast fish, chicken, pork as we down them again with Beer Lao. After the heavy dinner, we went strolling the town and later on off to bed.

Luang Prabang (Day 3)
Another good experience was offering alms (food) to the monks. Luang Prabang is considered a holy city in laos and listed as the UNESCO World Heritage site. It houses about 33 Wats (temples). The monks food for the day comes from this ritual held very early in the morning. From what I understand, they are only allowed to eat food given to them on the morning of each day. To participate, you will have to get up very early in the morning. Sylvia, Pao, Butt and I woke up at about 5.30 am to see this ritual. Upon walking up to the main street, there were locals selling us sticky rice and bananas to be offered to the monks. Sylvia bought one and waited patiently along the street. There were hundreds of locals and tourist participating. They squated on the floor mats with their food in front of them. Tracy later on join us as she could not get back to sleep.

As time strikes at about 6.15am, we could already see the monks walking towards us. It was line of at least 300 monks. The monks then opened up their bowls for us to place the food in them. One by one, they were offered food. It was such a great experience. I could not help snapping away with my camera but dare not got to close to them. The ritual ended in about an hour or so as the monks continued their way back to their wats. Waking up so early to see this ritual is worth it! We then grab a quick breakfast and continued our journey to our next destination, Vang Vieng.

STAY TUNE FOR MORE............

Montea Shooting Contest

2009-12-22T16:56:00.002+08:00

Hi there guys... our company is holding a shooting contest. Please feel free to participate. Good Luck!

8th Day of Me and My Kids

2009-11-23T15:00:00.003+08:00

Finally it is the 8th day, Tracy and my parents will be back tonight after their 1 week business trip to China. Oscar, Oswald and I miss Tracy a lot. She has never been away from us for so long. During this 1 week, I have gotten even much closer with my 2 kids. Although they are naugthy at all times but somehow it was a pleasure seeing them screaming and running around. They are growing pretty fast as Oswald now can speak a few simple words. As for Oscar, he just graduated from his 2nd kindergarden year. His report card was actually quite good. No matter how fast they are growing, they will always be my small lovely monsters.. love them always... hee hee

Can't wait to see Tracy tonight!

4th Day of Me and my Kids

2009-11-19T10:08:00.008+08:00

Well well... it is now Thursday morning and I have been taking care of my kids for 3 days already. Believe me, it ain't an easy task. Now I'm feeling a bit tired and sometimes stressed out. As you know, both my kids is not the regular kids. They are the SUPER DUPER HYPER ACTIVE type. They made me shout and run around the house every night! Dinner is really a tiring job as Oswald won't eat quickly. He will smile at you then run away and I will be chasing after him with a bowl and spoon in my hand. Oscar is better as he could feed himself now.

Getting them to fall a sleep is just time consuming. Both of them will then ask "Where is Mommy? Where is Grandpa? Where is GrandMa?" ... I repeated the same answer 3 to 4 times every night! Will need at least an hour for them to doze off. By then it is already almost 11pm. I then need to get ready the school uniform, school bag, wash clothes, wash milk bottle and dishes etc etc etc... sigh... oh ya, I only got the time to take my dinner at 11pm yesterday night....

Not much sleep lately. 3 nights down and 4 more nights to go before my savour comes back!

Just me and my two kids

2009-11-15T23:04:00.003+08:00

Tracy will be flying to China for 1 week in a few hours time. The worst thing is that both my parents are going along too. Yup, for business again. Now I will have to care of my my kids Oscar and Oswald for 1 whole week. Could not sleep so decided to update my blog after sometime.

My parents and Tracy will be going to Xiamen, China to look at some tea process. Actually it is me that would go along with her but I suggested that maybe my parents should go. They have not been out overseas for quite sometime and they agree. But I had to take care both my kids. For a whole week! Now thinking of it already scare me. Ha Ha.

A brief of what I needed to do everyday:-

1. Wake up at 6.30am and wake up both my kids. Make milk for them as breakfast.
2. Send Oscar to school and then Oswald to nanny's place.
3. Need to rush to my office before 9am.
4. Then as usual busy with my work.
5. After work at 5.30pm need to pick up Oswald and Oscar.
6. Need to buy dinner and feed both my kids.
7. At 9.30pm, make milk and time for the kids to sleep.
8. After they slept, need to get ready Oscar school bag for the next day.
9. Wash clothes.
10. .......... My free time!!!.. but dunno what time will that be already...:(

Hopefully I could handle the week without much problem. Wish me luck guys!

Nanning, China Expo (18th - 22nd October 2009)

2009-10-28T09:33:00.000+08:00

After my trip back from Hanoi, Tracy and I flew to Nanning, China the next day to attend a exhibition there. We wanted to source for some products to expand our business. Anyway, we made some new friends there. Overall a good trip.

Business Trip to Hanoi, Vietnam (14th - 17th October 2009)

2009-10-24T08:53:00.000+08:00

We were invited by the Tea Association of Vietnam to attend a Tea Conference held there. Since they throw in the accomodation and field trip, we went to meet up with some suppliers of ours.

Bangkok (4th - 8th October 2009)

2009-10-10T17:28:00.000+08:00

Yes... Bangkok it is again...

Tracy's Birthday Party @ Rockmount (18th September 2009)

2009-09-19T12:14:00.002+08:00

Well.. two days after my birthday comes Tracy's birthday. A bunch of her secondary friends wanted to celebrate with her and off we went to a bar called Rockmount. Quite a number of friends turn out that night and we just realize that one of them has the same birth date with Tracy. What a coincidence!

There was a singer singing some oldies and retro songs. It was okie. Through out the whole night we just had beers and I think we all had at least consumed 16 jugs! All was getting a little tipsy and chaos happenned.. ha ha... Well, would like to thank all for celebrating Tracy's birthday. It was sure a night to be remembered.

Tracy was DRUNK!!! She really had a wonderful night!

My Birthday - 16th September 2009

2009-09-17T11:07:00.003+08:00

Well well... times flies by quickly and it's my birthday again... getting older and older. Tracy and I went for a seafood dinner in Hau Kee Restaurant, Cheras. We ordered some crabs and we could not finish it. Then after the dinner, we head to SkyBar, Hotel Traders for a drink. 1st time there and got a great seat along the glass panel. Had a great view of the Petronas tower. Although it was a Wednesday night, but the place is still packed with patrons. Quite a lot of "leng lui" too... hee hee..... Overall the environment is good and so are the prices for the drinks! ... Worth a visit!

Wanna thank Tracy for the lovely night! Love you!

Merdeka Eve Drink Out!

2009-09-01T10:51:00.001+08:00

2 friends was in KL for a short trip. 1 from Malacca and the other from Penang. So we decided to have drink on this Merdeka eve night. There were six of us that night... Peggy, Slyvia, Liz, Butt, Tracy and myself.

p/s: I "slept" with all 4 ladies.... hee hee

GuangZhou, China.

2009-08-26T11:04:00.002+08:00

After 3 nights stay in Hong Kong, it is time for us to depart to GuangZhou, China to meet up with some suppliers. It is my 2nd time there and frankly speaking, I like it there more than Hong Kong. Everything is so much cheaper there. Food is great too. Was there for another 2 nights stay to source for goods. Overall, not a bad business trip as we got what we wanted.

Hong Kong - Leisure Part

2009-08-21T09:25:00.003+08:00

Ok… now for the fun part. 1st time being in Hong Kong so do not know what to expect. On arrival, I find the island was actually quite clean and the people are very well mannered and friendly. No matter where I go, the sales person will greet you… “Welcome, take your time to look around” , “ Thank you, have a nice day”. I was rather not use to it as in Malaysia, they will not even bother to look at you. I was standing by the bus stand and admire people lining up to get on to the bus. If in Malaysia, I think you guys should know best. Hong Kong is a city of lights in the night. Skyscrapers showing off their lighting effects as if it is in a performance.

The MRT is really very very convenient. You could almost go anywhere. We did try the ferry too. Quite a view of all the high rise building. Food was okie and the beers was not that expensive. Ask around and was told that now drinks that is lower than 30% of alcohol is tax exempt free. How I wish it was the same back in my country.

Went to quite some places shopping and drinking. Went to Temple Street, Ladies Street, Sports Shoe Street, Lan Kwai Fong, Causeway Bay etc etc etc.. best is still Lan Kwai Fong where all the pubs are situated. Damn lots of people especially westerners. Not a bad place indeed. Minus point is that you are not allowed to smoke indoors. Oh and I saw a Hong Kong celebrity there too… Sit Kah Yin… or better knows as Hou Yi… not sure if u guys knows who… hee hee… enjoy the pictures…Guangzhou, China in next post... stay tune again…

Hong Kong Business Trip (12th - 15th August 2009)

2009-08-18T16:58:00.015+08:00

Finally I’m back in KL after my trip to Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China. It was sure an eye opening and tiring trip. This time I went with my wife Tracy and some members of the Tea Association of Malaysia. We touched down late about 10pm in Hong Kong airport. Due to the swine flu H1N1, most of us wore a mask to protect ourselves. But then, we totally forgot about it… hahaha... Anyway, we were sent to our hotel and after checking in, 3 of us went for supper. Uncle Tan was a good friend of my father so most of the time, 3 of us were together. The 1st meal in Hong Kong was not bad but kinda expensive. We had porridge with some pork. The white porridge costs us RM3 per bowl and the pork (see image) is already RM40. We then ordered 2 bottle of beer at RM11 per bottle. We head straight to our hotel after that. Oh ya, the hotel provide adults channel for guest at RM50 per movie… ha ha… very expensive but never thought they had these services. But I did watch the preview… That ends our 1st day… lol

Woke up early the next day at 7.30 am to have breakfast but it was raining heavily. So I had to go 7-11 which is next to our hotel to buy bread only. Oh… breakfast wasn’t included in our stay… I just realized that when I arrived. At 9am, we board a shuttle bus to exhibition center. The exhibition was great and a lot of networking been done. Tracy and I head our own way to look for our own stuff. Met lots and lots of suppliers. It was business, lunch, business and dinner. Don’t wanna bore you guys. Enjoy the pictures.

More on leisure on my next posts… stay tune…

Japanese English

2009-08-04T11:27:00.003+08:00

I dare not say that my English is good but I think I have a better English understanding than them. Some are really hard to make up what they meant.....

Happy Birthday Bro!

2009-06-26T09:00:00.009+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VTECK!!!

How can we forget it... hee hee... remember to pay us back the dinner wor. Oh ya, the cake was baked by Tracy herself!

Father's Day @ my grandpa's house (22nd June 2009)

2009-06-24T11:16:00.000+08:00

Another family members gathering. Each year we will celebrate Father's Day at my grandpa's house. All family members will turn out on this day until there isn't enough seats. From the living hall to the kitchen, then to the garden was all occupied. I have calculated the total attendees was about 50 ++ pax. I think if all turn up, I think the Liew's family could easily hit the 70 - 80 members mark. A great night for us to catch up on what's going on lately.

To all fathers... HAPPY FATHER"S DAY !!!

Family Day Trip - Hot Spings Park Sungai Klah (6th June 2009)

2009-06-22T10:53:00.004+08:00

6th June 2009, it was Agung's birthday so it's a public holiday for all of us. We decided to head down to Sungkai to dip ourselves into the hot springs. The journey took us about an hour ++ to reach. It was really packed with people. They have a mountain spring pool, hot spring pool, egg boiling, therapy pool etc etc. The hot spring pool are actually very hot indeed 40 - 50 celcius. I barely could stand the heat. The kids had lots of fun there. Overall, it is a huge park and environment was not bad just that there were too many people around.

Home Made

2009-06-15T17:00:00.003+08:00

Recently my wife Tracy loves to baked!!! I do not know why suddenly she had the urge for baking cakes.. below are some images of the cakes she had done... it really tasted not bad.. maybe I should start opening my own bakery shop... so guys, place your orders now... hee hee

Cakes she baked till to date if I could remembered it correctly:-

Pumpkin Cakes - 4 cakes
Butter Cheese Cake - 1 cake
Chocolate Cake - 2 cakes
Raisin Muffins - 12 pieces
Lagsana - 1 tray

Ah Pao Birthday 2009

2009-05-22T11:19:00.000+08:00

Ah Pao's Birthday.... we had a pot luck gathering at my house.. Almost all friends turns up and so did the kids... Oscar, Oswald, Junre, Jareth and Audrey. It more like a party for the kids than Ah Pao's birthday... hahaha... Tracy baked a cake for the occasion and it seems the guys loved it. As usual, we had alcohol to go along with the food... red wine, whisky and beers... hee hee...

Langkawi Family Trip (29th April - 1st May 2009)

2009-05-05T10:57:00.001+08:00

It has been sometime that my family had gone for a trip together. This time we went to Langkawi Island. It was Oscar and Oswald 1st time taking a flight and they are so excited about it. It was overall a good trip indeed. I think I should organise more such trips....

Fish Farm Thai Restaurant @ Hulu Langat

2009-04-24T09:24:00.005+08:00

I heard about this restaurant from my mom actually. She told me the food was good with a nice fish pond and vege farm environment. Ask her where was it and she told me inside a jungle... i was duh.... got the address from her and off we went searching for it with Tracy and Butt. Went up and down the hill and saw a small sign board which says "Fish Vege Farm". We turn in and got ourselves into a bumpy rough country road. It was very bumpy indeed and we could only see trees around us. We thought that we might got the wrong place but then we saw a glimpse of a pond. We headed straight and came to the restaurant sitting above a pond. On its side was the vegetables farm. The decoration aren't great but the environment is superb. We're sitting in a restaurant surrounded by forest with a pond and farm.

It was lunch time and it was quite packed with patrons. I wonder how they got to know such a place. There were monkeys running on the roofs and we're scared if they are hostile... hee hee.. We sat down and came a Thai lady to take down our orders. She recommended some of their specialties and we decided to try it. The food was actually good, espeacially the fish. Below are what we ordered. Sat there chit chat, drank our beer and enjoyed the food. Definitely be back again.

FISH FARM THAI RESTAURANT
Km 4, Jalan Ampang Hulu Langat, 68000
Ampang, Selangor.
Tel:017-2515235 / 0192606493

Lunch, Movie & Tea @ Pavillion KL

2009-04-08T15:46:00.004+08:00

Ya ya... yes yes.... Tracy and I went to Pavillion again. We went for the movie Fast & Furious 4. Before the movie we went to have a quick bite. Tracy wanted to try out Subway, a sandwich bar. There's quite a lot of varieties of sandwich to choose. Tracy chose the ham sandwich and the bar attendant get his hand on. Slicing the bread, applying some butter and placing the meat. Then he ask us what vegetables we want to add in. I just say "All in" and he gladly did so. It was a set meal so it came with a cup of tea. I did not taste it cause I was still full from the breakfast I had. Tracy seems to enjoyed it.

We then head straight to the movie theatre. Notice a lot of new movie trailers such as X-Men and Transformers so expected to watch both of them..haha.. movie begins and ended. Nothing much to say about it. Overall, the movie Fast & Furious was quite a satisfactory one. After the movie, I was my turn to feel hungry. We decided to try out the cone pizza outlet called Kono Pizza. The topping was almost no different from the regular pizza shops. Just that the serve in cones. Ordered a set meal which comes with salad, mushroom soup, garlic bread, a soft drink and the cone pizza itself. The salad, soup and bread tasted normal. Main thing is what the cone tasted. To my amazement it tasted normal too... hahaha.. the set costs me RM16.90.

Another day passes by. Expenses for the day.....

Sandwich - RM12.00 kua ( I did not paid for it )
Movie - RM25.00 for 2 pax
Popcorns & drinks - RM4.60
Pizza - RM16.90
Car park - RM12.00 !!!!!!

Total: RM70.50 !!! without beers this time.. hee hee

Lunch @ Pavillion

2009-04-03T09:08:00.003+08:00

It was a normal weekday with nothing much to do, Tracy and I went to Pavillion for lunch. Decided to go for sushi and straight we went to Sakae Sushi. It was almost after lunch hour so there were'nt much patrons. The interior was very comfy. As usual, we sat by the sushi rail so that we could grab whatever we want. Tracy loves sushi very much, especially sashimi sushi. It was a reasonable thickness of the sashimi meat and fresh. I had a beer to goes down with my Chicken Teriyaki Don. We manage to chomp down a few plates of sushi and the bill came up to RM70.25. Quite an expensive lunch but we a damn full lunch.

We then head for a little window shopping. Notice a lot of sales going on lately maybe due to the economical crisis we are facing. Then Tracy had the sudden urge to eat donuts and we could only think of J Co. Donuts. We bought a box of 6 donuts which costs us another RM12.50. Then we head to a restaurant cum bar for drinks. I drank more beers and Tracy had a tea and eating her donuts. The bill there came RM30.25.

Overall, the whole afternoon we had use up a grand total of RM120++. I think I should cut less on beers... hee hee

Ching Bing Festival

2009-03-30T10:52:00.003+08:00

Once in a year, we chinese will have a festival called Ching Bing where we will pay respect to our ancestors at their burial site. I've been there every year. We woke up at 5++ am and started our journey to our 1st site which is my great grand mother located in Cheras. Then we head to Serdang to my grandmother's site. I could see that this year the traffic is so much smoother than the previous years. Do you think the economic crisis affected this festival too?

Earth Hour - 8.30pm, 28th March 2009

2009-03-30T10:25:00.004+08:00

It was Earth Hour day, so I decided to invite some friends over to my house to celebrate it along with my family. This day, we were suppose to switch off all lights from 8.30pm till 9.30pm (1 hour) to show our concern to save Earth. Hahaha. So we did. We started our dinner at 8pm with lights on, but then sharp 8.30pm all lights were off. So have to eat in the dark with candles litted up. Kinda romantic wor... Then we went out to my garden and started our usual drinking session. I could see some neighbours of mine did switch off their lights too. Those who were at my house were Kevin, Rachel, Andrey and Butt. Later on came Pao, Pang Yew, June and Avis.

Pang Yew who came later that night did gave us a surprise which I think that I'm not suppose to mention here. Those who knows him, ask him for more details.

Dinner with lights on.

Dinner with lights off !

In my garden

Getting a bit drunk

Burger King

2009-03-30T10:06:00.004+08:00

Tracy has been asking me to go eat Burger King for quite sometime already after she saw their advertisement on a public bus. She is really keen to try out the Whopper Burger. So last Saturday was kinda free so off we went to Sri Hartamas outlet. Looking at the prices, it is slightly more expensive than other burger fast food chains. We ordered 1 set of BBQ Cheese Burger and 1 set of Black Pepper Whopper. Turns out that the Whopper is so much bigger in size! Of course more expensive lor. Anyway, we chomp our burger but still we could not finish up the frech fries... Taste wise was not bad. Finally fulfilled Tracy's eager for Burger King!

White Shoes & The Couple Company

2009-03-27T11:24:00.003+08:00

Recently saw a music video of this band called White Shoes & The Couples Company from Indonesia and I find it very retro and interesting. Heard a few other song tracks by them and it attracts me. What you guys think? Anyone out there had their album? Care to share with me?

Below is one of their famous song music video.

Something I think pretty amazing..

2009-03-21T15:22:00.002+08:00

Got these optical illusion emailed to me from someone and I think they are quite amazing. So I just post it up to share. Enjoy....

How quickly the years pass!

2009-03-16T10:54:00.005+08:00

'Remember yesterday, dream about tomorrow, but live today'

When they were children......

When they were in their twenties.....

When they are in their ........... I have lost of words... hee hee

Bali Island - 3rd Day

2009-03-10T19:05:00.005+08:00

Ok...now for the 3rd and final day. Nothing much had been planned for today. More of a free and easy day. Oh... except to go try out Babi Guleng. Got a restaurant name recommended by the tour guide previous day and off we went there for lunch which in the end seems to be a bad idea. 4 group of people going seperately and dissappointly, none of the driver knows the place. All four cars on their seperate ways trying to locate the restaurant. We all were texting and calling each other to see whom had arrived. What a chaos. It took us almost an hour to reach the said destination and all mood was already being spoiled. Anyway, the food was not up to my expectation but some did say it is very good. Half day gone for sake of a PIG.

Then the gals wanted to enjoy the rest of the day by going for spas. We guys are happy to hear so and wanted to clap our hands and cheer Hooray but somehow, we dare not to.. we just had eye contact as if we know what we all meant... hee hee.. Deep down inside their heart, they all already celebrating! The gals took off and left us the guys to think of where to go with a few MILLIONS of rupiah and sperms also... hee hee

Then one suggested to go massage and another say go karaoke. One even say go to "Men" spa... I told them we cannot do this to our wives.. we must cherish them and not hurt them... then Kevin says he will pay for all my expenses so I gave in... hahaha... In the end, you know what the guys did? We did all THREE of them (massage, karaoke and spa). We went to a center called the GUYS HANG OUT. Upon reaching the entrance, already can feel that our heart pumping very fast. A lady approach us and guided us into a karaoke room. Then in came the GRO's. Each of us chose 1 lady and the session begins. Drink, sing, hug..... the atmosphere is getting very steamed up so off we head for jacuzzi... we stripped naked along with the GRO's... spend sometime there and we were guided to the massage rooms. The GRO's can do very very good massage and it was very sensual... so when the small head takes control over the big head... no need to tell what happen lor.. i think u all knows... Then suddenly I heard a woman voice shouting "Sei Lou ! Kiu Kai!"... I turn over and saw my wife instead of the GRO... I scream the lungs out of myself...AAAHHHHH!!!!... then we woke up and realize it was just a dream... kekekeke... well, well... back to reality liao... the guys holding a can of beer in our hand with a drop of tear appearing in our eyes.....

p/s: the paragraph above is just to build excitement of reading pleasure. None of it is real. Deep in our heart we only love our other half. We will not betray them!.... Right guys?... or maybe I should put "not yet betray"..... hahahaha

Enough of day dreaming, we guys walk around the Kuta area for hours and had a drink in a cafe. 7 guys, staring at each other wondering what to do. Finally we ended doing an hour massage ( a decent one) and then went back to the hotel to swim.... what a afternoon!..... The gals came back from their 3 hours spa session and we then went out for dinner. After the dinner, what else.... we went clubbing again... and since it is the last night, we drank and dance the hell out of ourselves... espeacially the ladies... Would like to thank Vteck for buying us the drinks. Pictures below tells a million words, so I'm not going to say much then.... enjoy the pictures....

The next and final day, we did nothing much but some last minute shopping. At 12pm, check out of the hotel and went straight to the airport to catch our flight back to Malaysia. Overall, another good trip with some old and new friends... looking forward for the next trip!

For more stories & pictures:-

KP's Blog http://kp0046.blogspot.com/2009/03/bali-trip-2009.html

BanTwan's Blog http://btlee.blogspot.com/2009/03/bali.html

Bali Island - 2nd day

2009-03-09T10:11:00.003+08:00

Alright, here's the 2nd day of our huge group trip to Bali Island.

Woke up early at 7 am in the morning for breakfast. I have earlier on planned and arranged a 1 day tour with a agency there via email. Since there were 20 people of us, so a bus was arranged. At 8.10am, we all walked to the beach waiting for pick up. 1st stop was a dance performance called the Barong Dance at Batubulan Village. It was a huge place with a seating capacity of at least 400 pax. Anyway, the dance was not what we all expected. This dance comes with a story and jokes that somehow did not impress any of us. It took an hour for the performance to finish. I bet someone did fall asleep during the show.. hee hee

Next we were brought to a Gold and Silversmith located in Celuk. It was a quick drop in as we left in just 15 minutes. No one bought anything there except for Rachel I think. I think not much commision the guide could fork out of us... hee hee. We hopped back onto our bus and head for the Mount Batur in Kintamani. It was raining cats and dogs when we arrive and the fog covered the view of the mountain. It was rather dissapointing but there's nothing much we could do about it. The buffet lunch otherwise was quite good actually with quite a lot of food choices to savour. We filled up our stomach and head to our next destination - The Tirta Empul Temple. It was still raining when we reached but nothing gonna stop us. The temple was a small one but had some history behind it. We saw worshippers cleansing themselves in the cold spring water pools before they could enter the temple. From adults to even kids were bravering the cold just to pay their respect and worship the gods. As we board our bus again, Ms Yean then requested to visit the rice paddy terrace field. She mention it was quite a view. So I talk to our guide and we did drop by for some pictures... hee hee

We were then brought to the Art market in Ubud for some shopping. Arrive the market at 4.45pm and we were only given 45 minutes to shop as the guide said time is running short. Now this is the place where the ladies showed their barganing skills. Price not right, moved on and eventually they will call you back and then you will feel proud as you had win the price negotiation. But you'll feel sad when someone else purchase the same thing with a lower price. Anyway, I think almost everyone bought something there. We then rush to Uluwatu for the Temple on the Rock. It will take 1 and half hours to reach. When we reach there, it was already pitch black. Some of guys are already pissed with the long distance drive. We did not enter the temple. We then head for our last destination, Jimbaran Beach for seafood dinner. All 20 of us, sits on the beach sand, listening to the waves while waiting for our food to be serve. The seafood dinner was quite good. We were given crab, prawns, fish, clams, cuttlefish, soup and vegetables. This meal will at least cost RM35 - RM45 in Kuala Lumpur per person. As it was our last stop, Kevin bought us all beers to go along with the food. Thank you so much Kevin!

There ends our 1 day tour. The journey from one place to another was too far as we spent most of the time on the bus itself. As for the lunch and dinner, it was very worth it indeed. All in transport, meals, entrance tickets etc etc for 12 hours... 1 pax is only at about RM70. A good deal!

It was about 9.30pm when we reach our hotel and we decided to head for a dip in the pool. The pool was filled with young westerners which to the guys are very entertaining.. hee hee.. we all chit chatted and drank more beers. As the time almost reaches midnight, I then suggested to go for a walk at the Legian street... hee hee... at 1st I thought no one will follow Tracy and I but then I was wrong. Daniel, Reis, KP, PZ, Butt, Mark, Kevin and Rachel tagged along. We chose a discotheque without air conditioning. Very stuffy inside but still a lot of patrons. Saw some local chicks dancing on the stage while we down our beers again... hee hee... We ended the night at about 2am++.

There goes another day! Tune in for more exciting happenings the last few days. SEXTIFACTION GUARANTEED! .. hee hee....See ya!

Bali Trip (28th Feb - 3rd Mar 2009)

2009-03-04T17:28:00.011+08:00

1st Day - 28th February 2009

Just came back from a trip with the same usual gang and some new friends! Total of 20 people! Biggest gang of people I have gone for a trip! They were:-

Gary & Tracy
Kian Ping & Pei Zhi
Vteck & Stella
Kevin & Rachel
Butt & Avis
Mark & Yean
Daniel & Reis
Eric & Reiko
Ah Fai & Peggy
Esther & Esther's Mom

Anyway, we went to Bali Island. Reached the island at about 12.30pm and straight we went to check into our hotel. While we're checking in at the reception, Kevin has the urge for some beers. So we both went to search for it. It was our 1st beer and drank non stop the rest of the day. Anyway, the hotel was okie with lots of westerners ladies which we all enjoy watching but the toilet of our rooms is lousy with dirty waters. After that we met up with Eric, Reiko, Esther and her mum which arrives a day earlier and we went for lunch. Lunch was at the beach side, an economical lunch. Then straight we head for the roads... shopping... ice cream...

This is my 2nd time to the island. While we were walking down the streets, Tracy and I do recall the memories during our 1st trip. We walk by some nice stone carvings and we stop for photo shooting! Look at the pictures below. They really think they are super models.. no need to look at the camera one.. haiya... Anyway, continued walking around the area. All the while the guys was holding a can of beer in their hands.... Hee hee

At about 4.30pm, we head back to the hotel to meet up with the 2nd batch of friends, Vteck, Stella, Kian Ping and Pei Zhi. As they were hungry, a few of us went for a bite with them while others stayed in the hotel. Tracy and I had a foot massage that night. It costs only about RM 15.00 for an hour. Cheap right? Later in the night we went clubbing till early morning.

That's basically how our 1st day in Bali ended.... please come by to check out the 2nd day... coming real soon...

Have you seen him so handsome before?

2009-02-25T17:19:00.008+08:00

Was free today, and decided to surf the internet. Somehow got hold of this picture of our wonderful friend BANTWAN. It is written in the internet :-

"Mr Lee Ban Twan - Web Services Manager".

We are so proud of you!

Have you guys seen him so handsome and smart before? can use this picture for love matching company liao... sure got lots of reply one... hee hee

A little of gardening

2009-02-16T10:19:00.002+08:00

After our valentine luncheon, we both went back to our office. Got home and found this little busy fella. My mom was doing some gardening and Oswald decide to chip in a helping hand. He was really really busy. Walking up and down, from this end to the other with the flowering pot in his hand... without water lar of course.. haha.. when he sees my mom plucking some grass, he also kneels down to do so... really a copycat!.. I could not resist and quickly took some pictures of him...

A simple Valentine day

2009-02-16T10:05:00.002+08:00

It's Valentines Day, Tracy and I decide to have a simple luncheon instead to celebrate the Love day. It was a luncheon because later in the night my family will be celebrating my brother's birthday together. Anyway, we went strolling around Pandan Indah to see what restaurant we could find. Tracy wanted to eat steamboat but to our dismay, we could not find any during lunch time. So we decide to go to a BBQ restaurant. The menus were then presented to us and we saw they serve steamboat too! Ah, it is like a wish came through for Tracy. We ordered a single pax steamboat, some bacon and lamb BBQ, some sushi and a few bottles of beers. We had great time enjoying ourselves and talking about the old days. Come to think of it, I already lost count of how many years I'd been celebrating Valentines Day with Tracy...:p

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO ALL!

Jakarta 6th - 8th February 2009

2009-02-09T11:09:00.002+08:00

It was a sudden decision to go to Jakarta, Indonesia. There was a Coffee & Tea exhibition there and decided to pay a visit. It was only a 3 days 2 nights stay. Manage to book 2 flight tickets with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and it only costs us RM700++ for return flight for 2. Now they even offered to fly to Bandung. Anyway, it was Tracy's 1st time being served by a western stewardess and she mention they aren't that pretty nor young... hahaha... The food they serve on board is actually quite good so is their red wine... hee hee... The flight took about 2 hours and we touch down in Jakarta at about 7pm. The hotel I booked had sent a personnel to transfer us to their hotel.

This is my 2nd thime to this city and the traffic is still the same. Very very congested. It took us more than an hour to reach our hotel where it normally takes only 30 minutes. The hotel I booked is called Hotel Borobudur, a 5 star hotel. The hotel is huge but it is already kinda old. There is a garden and lake too which makes it a resort. The room was okie to us. Had dinner in the hotel and later straight we went to bed. The next day, we went for breakfast which was provided. Tracy was shocked to see so many kinds of food was served. We had a stomach full breakfast. I then call my agent in Jakarta and we set to meet at the exhibition center. Took a taxi there which was not far from the hotel. Once we enter the halls, we were actually very dissapointed. There were'nt as much exhibitors as we thought there were. Only manage to find a few which were in line with what my business is. A lot of stalls are still not occupied yet. It only took us less then an hour and off we went out to wait for my agent. Had some business talk with him and later on he offered to send us to a renowned shopping complex called Senayan City.

Since there is nothing much to be done already, Tracy and I went window shopping and later on even catch a movie.. hahaha.. we watch Benjamin Button. It was a very nice movie actually but kinda long one too. We then took shabu shabu for lunch and dranks some beers. Then more shopping and then dinner.. hahaha.. really nothing much we could do in Jakarta. Bought more beers and chips to be brought back to our hotel. We continued there. There goes the 2nd night. Gonna fly back to KL the next day.

The next morning, took our breakfast as usual. Since our flight is late in the evening, we took our time walking around the hotel vacinity and took some pictures. We actually wanted to go for massage but sadly it was fully booked until 4pm which was then too late. We then went shopping again to kill some time. At about 3pm, we went to the airport. We found a massage center there and we had a foot massage for an hour. hahaha. The massage was good but kind of on the pricey side but what the heck!.. Shopped and drank more beers in the airport while waiting for our flight. We reach KL in the night. Overall, a bad exhibition but then a great time with my wife Tracy!

B.A.M. CNY Gathering 2009 - 5th February 2009

2009-02-09T10:29:00.004+08:00

As usual BAM will have a CNY gathering for the members and public. This time it was held in The Pub, Shangri La Hotel KL. The turn out was great with I think about 200 pax. International buffet and free flow of beer and soft drink was served. A lot of high profile bosses and even celebrities were there. I managed to get a few friends of mine to join and we really drank a lot of beers that night. In the end, I was a bit drunk liao. Anyway, I would like to thank them for the support towards the association.

Bumbu Bali & Kvins House

2009-02-06T09:26:00.003+08:00

The holiday is alomost over and the next day we all had to start work liao so we had another get together. We went for balinese food in Puchong called Bumbu Bali. We've been here before a couple of times and the food is still good. Then we went to Kvin house to gamble. Pang Yew, June and Lay Hoon came too but I bet pang yew regreted coming... Cause he lost money to me. It was a lucky night for me as I alone had won about RM200++. But in the end, I ended treating them the dinner and drinks!... great night!

Another night @ my home!

2009-02-05T09:31:00.003+08:00

Another gathering at my house. Met a new friend brought by Kirk Keong. Nice to meet you Tommy!

Chinese New Year!

2009-02-05T09:10:00.004+08:00

This Chinese New Year, a bunch of friends gather together for a dinner and lou sang. The turn out was about 15 people. They are :-

Gary & Tracy
Kevin & Rachel & Audrey
KP & Lay Hoon
Mark & Yean
Butt & Avis
Pao & Esther
Kirk Keong
Yandsen & Eva

The lou sang session was a fun one cause there were 2 tables. We gather in one table and then off to the next which means we lou sang twice. Haha. I brought some red wines and Butt brought a bottle of whisky too. The dinner was good but costly. Anyway, the dinner ended at about 9.30pm and we went to Lunar Bar for 2nd round.

It is my 1st time to Lunar Bar and it was good. They have a great view of KL city. We were busy snapping pictures away. Since it was a ladies night, the ladies need not pay and comes with a free ladies drink. As for the guys, we ordered a bottle of Martell. Oh ya, another friend join in. It was Thomas and his GF Seok Peik. The party there was then continued to my house for a chinese tea drinking. We chatted about all things. I think it was about 3am the gang went home.

Ah... Visit to Cheryl house as usual each year. Brought my kids along as they long to reunite with Cheryl kids Simone and Keagan. Yes, again they were screaming, jumping and crying... what do you expect from kids wor? The adults played mahjong as usual. See the mahjong queens picture below.. hahaha

Lucky Numbers?

2009-01-31T10:16:00.003+08:00

It is on the 2nd day of Chinese New Year and as usual my mom will pay respect to the GODS. After the incense were burnt off, I notice some numbers on them. What I think I saw was the number 9 5 1. Tracy says it's 9 3 1. Since we could not see the 4th number, we did not bet on them. The next day, I went to check on the results and there were a lot of these 3 numbers. The closes number should be 9 5 1 5 with a special prize category. Well, if I could really sees the fourth number, sure I bet on it!.... GONG XI FA CHAI !!!!

Oscar's Birthday Again!

2009-01-24T10:02:00.001+08:00

Last weekend celebrated Oscar's Birthday at my in laws house and this week, its my family turn to celebrate this naughty fella B'day. Oscar was happy of course cause he could celebrate twice. I bet he would love to have the celebration everyday.. hahaha.. Again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

Oscar's Birthday!

2009-01-22T09:15:00.003+08:00

Celebrated Oscar's birthday at my in laws house last weekend. Times flies really quick and now Oscar is 4 years old. As they are growing, we are getting older..... :)

Anyway, Chinese New Year is just around the corner. Wanted to wish everyone a happy and properous new year. Hope that the year 2009 will bring peace and harmony towards worldwide. As said like Obama, it's time to "CHANGE"......

GONG XI FA CHAI !!!

Kiku Zakura & Alexis Bistro @ GE Mall Ampang

2009-01-17T16:47:00.007+08:00

Yup, we met up again on Friday night for dinner and drinks. But this time it wasn't me who organize the outing. It was Ah Pao. He had ask quite a number of friends to go but in the end turn out only 4 of us but still we enjoyed the night. Actually should be 5 of us but as usual Pang Yew the Fei Kei Yau ffk again. Butt, Tracy and I went to Great Eastern Mall early for some shopping and dinner. We decide to try out the newly renovated Japanese cuisine Kiku Zakura. Remembered the last time there, the food was good. This time though the price has increased maybe due to their renovation. But sadly, the food was not up to our expectation. The sukiyaki broth was too sweet and my chicken teriyaki was deeply fried. Might not return unless their standard rises back to what it use to be.

Then at about 9.40pm, Ah Pao arrived and off we went to Alexis Bistro located on the ground floor. I have always wanted to go there for a long time but did get to do so. Now I was excited. As we're walking into the premises, we bonk into my cousin. He is there too with his girlfriend. What a coincidence. Anyway, we were lucky to grab a good table with a view of the stage. Yes, every Friday and Saturday night, they have live Jazz performance. Heard from reviews, it is always fully packed with Jazz fans and it was. At about 10pm, all tables were taken up. Ah Pao who had not taken his dinner ordered the Fish & Chips and was pleased with it. We also order a bottle of white wine. We normally will not order white wine as we don't like it but somehow we want to try again and again it failed to sastisfy us. Should had order the red wine instead. Tracy ordered a Nutty Chocolate cake and it was very very nice indeed. Sharp at 10.30pm, the band starts to perform. The band was called Gruv Avenue. Some of the songs they played was good and some were just so so but the crowd seems to be happy. After gulping down the white, we happily ordered a red. Ah... so much better. Then the waiter came over with another bottle of red wine. He told us that my cousin had paid for the bottle and wanted us to enjoy it. Aiyah... should have waited for another 10 minutes then we will save money for the red wine we ordered... Hahaha.... We had great chats that night and the party ended at about 12.30am with a bottle of red wine in my hand!

Kevin Birthday @ Xenri Japanese Cuisine (11th January 2009)

2009-01-15T09:17:00.003+08:00

So here's the 1st Birthday we celebrated in the year 2009! It's Kevins birthday and we chose to eat Japanese Buffet Luncheon in Xenri located at Old Klang Road. Those who were there was Kvin, Rachel, Audrey, Alvin, Pao, Butt, Alicia, Yandsen, Eva, Oscar, Tracy and myself. We got ourselves a room for more privacy and comfort. The luncheon was good although there weren't much choice in term of food but still it was a tummy filling. Priced at RM46++ per head is actually quite a good deal. As usual, Pao along with Yandsen just chump away whatever they could grab off.. hahaha.. kinda scary when we look at those 2 guys.. Audrey was so cute that day compared to my Oscar who was naughty and playful... Everyone just wanted to hug and cuddle the cute, chubby, sweet, innocent etc etc little Audrey...

After the luncheon, some of the gang head to my house for Mahjong session.. And as usual, I lost in the game....:(

Our 6th Anniversary (8th January 2009)

2009-01-10T10:44:00.001+08:00

It has been six years since Tracy agreed to marry me. January 8th is our anniversary day and we both had a wonderful day. It was a normal working routine for us that day and at 5pm we were both home getting ready for the night out. Tracy is actually kinda tired after taking care of Oswald who was hospitalized the day before but she really wanted to spend time with me on this special occasion. Me too actually as I had plan ahead a few days ago.We depart from home to Pavillion. Once there, we were hungry indeed. I actually plan to have a Japanese charcoal steak for dinner but Tracy wanted to have Chinese food. So we went to LiJin Seafood restaurant located on the 6th floor. Guess what we ordered?

1. Shark’s Fin soup with Crab Meat
2. Hong Kong Style Suckling Pig
3. Braised Whole Abalone
4. River Prawn Noodle
5. Vegetable with Almond
6. Tiger Beer

The dinner was a delicious one especially the whole Abalone. It was our 1st time taking a whole abalone. The shark’s fin soup also very good. We chatted and she says is this what I can do only for the special occasion. I was like huh? She says I could plan so many surprises for my friends but when it comes to her nothing much wor. I told her ya, I only plan for dinner, shopping and movie only. I think she was expecting me to give her a surprise. Anyway, the bill came and the total amount is near to RM300. Although pricey but it is worth it. After the dinner, we head straight for shopping. It was a weekday so the complex wasn’t that pack with people. Tracy bought me a box of underwear’s which has colorful patterns on it. I was like……….. Then I bought her a Chinese style blouse which I think fits her very nicely. I actually planned to go for a movie but Tracy says she might fall asleep so we continued shopping. We walked for almost 2 hours and Tracy felt tired and wanted to have a drink and later on back to our home. Now here’s where the real surprise is.

I told her that I’ll bring her to a nice place for a drink. We drove out of Pavillion and went to Picollo Hotel. She asks why here? I told her that there is one very nice place on the 9th floor that I longed to go. We went into the lift and once we got out, Tracy was blushed and surprised. It was actually the hotel room floor. She says me very bad for cheating on her. I took her to room 916. Once entered, she was shocked that I had booked a Suite. She then noticed a bottle of red wine on the table and a present. She then says she had nothing to change into but I told her I had already prepare everything such as clothes, shampoo, etc etc earlier on and they are in the closet. She then says mom will kill us for not going home. I told her not to worry about it because I had earlier informed my mom about it and ask her to keep it a secret. I told Tracy, is this Surprise good enough for you? She hugged me and says Thank You.

We had some red wine and chatted. The rest of the night I will not go into detail lar. Hee hee. The next day, we had San Francisco Coffee for breakfast and off we went back to work. A great night with my love one and wanted to say to her “I LOVE YOU”.

Oswald Hospitalized !!!

2009-01-09T12:45:00.000+08:00

Yup... Oswald Liew was hospitalized. It was early morning when Oswald started to vomit and having diarrheas. Tracy then brought him to see a doctor and was told that Oswald got food poisoning. And the worst part is that he had to be hospitalize so that he could recover faster. So, he was admitted and had to put on drips..... that's the scary part.. such a young baby had to put on drips... it was really heartbrokening when I saw him... but still he seems happy and still playing around... unbelievable!..... Anyway, Tracy had to sleep in the night with him.

The next day, doctor came and mention that he could be discharge... that's great! The bill came up to RM1k ++ but majority of it was covered by the insurance. We really need to take good care of the kids espeacially on the hygiene part... Let's hope Oswald get well soon.

Tommy & Louis Wedding @ Palace of the Golden Horses (4th January 2009)

2009-01-09T11:06:00.000+08:00

This is the 1st wedding dinner that Tracy and I attended in the new year 2009. Tommy was a college friend of ours. The dinner was held in the Palace of the Golden Horses hotel and the theme for the night was "Shanghai Night". We were all required to wear clothes from the 50's - 60's. The couple has spend quite a sum of money into their night. The stage decoration was great. There are dances and singers to entertain the guest. They even had a short movie clip of themselves. During the wedding, we met with a lot of other collegemates too. It's been almost 10 years. The red wine was good and we really enjoyed the night. I was pretty drunk that night. Tracy and I would like wish Tommy and Louis to live a happy married life.

Xenri D'Garden Terrace

2009-01-03T16:42:00.000+08:00

It was a typical weekday, Tracy, Butt and myself decided to have Japanese Food for lunch just to greet the year 2009. Tracy then thought of this Xenri D'Garden Terrance restaurant located in Menara Hap Seng. This restaurant is another new outlet. The 1st one is located in Old Klang Road. This restaurant has a small garden but with a stunning KL city view. The prices isn't as expensive as we thought it would be. Each set lunch costs approximately RM25 - RM35. The food is actually good. Good food & good environment. Will sure be back in the night to check out the scenery!

Xenri D'Garden Terrace
Lot 2.04, Second Floor, The Podium
Menara Hap Seng
Jalan P Ramlee
Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-2078 6688

Oswald 1 Year Old Birthday Party (28th December 2008)

2009-01-02T15:23:00.000+08:00

Sorry for the delayed posting of this wonderful party. It is a great party indeed. Tracy and I held a Birthday party for Oswald at Hee Lai Ton Restaurant, Shaw Parade. It was a luncheon then. We arrive there early to do some decorations to the room with balloons, banners etc etc. As time strike 12pm, family and friends starts to arrive one after another. It was a good turn out as a lot of my friends were there to celebrate this memorable occasion. All of my friends gave gifts and ang paos. Very grateful to them espeacially Vteck & Stella who could not attend had ask Pao to pass their angpaos to me. Thanks man!! Need to thank Yean too for coming as we only met for the 1st time in JB. Not forgeting Tracy's friend... S.Wei, S.Fun, Alicia, Cheryl, Alex, Simone and Keagan.... hope you guys enjoyed the party. Also to the camera man or camera men, whoever you are. Great pictures! Last but not least, thanks to all Tracy and my family members.

The food was good and of course so was the alcohols! We had whisky, red wine and beer. The adults were all Yum Seng here and there. As for the kids, it was a pack of them too. All together 9 kids, running, jumping, screaming......... very noisy scene but yet a cheerful one. A lot pictures taken that day but I could only post up a few..... Ohya, after the luncheon, a few of us went for 2nd round in Neway Karaoke and we Yum Seng again!!!

I would like to thank all that had attended Oswald Birthday party and wishes you all the Best of Year 2009!!!

Goodbye 2008 & Hello 2009

2008-12-31T17:28:00.000+08:00

Hi guys,

This would be last post for the year 2008. The year 2008 has been quite a wonderful year for me and hope it is for you too. Remember the happy times and forget about the bad ones. I would like to wish all of you and your family a wonderful and a healthy year 2009!! See you again next year!!

YUM SENG!!!!

Christmas Party - 24th December 2008

2008-12-26T10:38:00.000+08:00

Jingle Bells.... Jingle Bells... Ho Ho Ho...Merry Christmas Everyone!

It is festive season, Tracy and I decided to throw in a Christmas BBQ Party for the family and friends. It was actually a last minute decision and we call up everyone to come and they did. So early in the morning, Tracy has to prepare all the foods while I take care of beverages. Then each person is required to purchase a gift not more than RM20 to be exchange during the night. We took the initiative to even decorate the christmas tree and bought some christmas hats too. The night was a wonderful one where we enjoy the food and drank a lot of beers. Everyone seems to be happy espeacially the exchanging gift part. Even my mom join in for the fun. We then unwrap the gift and some of the gift are A Towel, Recyle Bag, Mask, Cookies, Facial Cream, Chinese Hat, Chopsticks, Ashtray, Ang Pau Packets etc etc. I would like the thank all for making the night a memorable night!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!!!

Another party coming. It's Oswald's Birthday party!!!

Vteck & Stella Wedding - 19th to 21st Dec 2008 (J.B.)

2008-12-22T18:06:00.000+08:00

We been waiting for this day to come and finally it does. A gang of friends travel to Johore Bahru to celebrate Vteck & Stella wedding. We went a day earlier so that we could enjoy ourselves. Reaches there at 12pm on 19th Dec 2008. Had lunch and the ladies went straight for shopping. We guys then went for snooker. Later in the night, the groom Vteck suggest karaoke and off we go. Since the karaoke package includes a cake, so we decided to celebrate Butt's B'day there too. It wasn't plan in that way as we earlier on plan to do it in Vteck & Stella wedding. Now I bet he'll be surprise tomorrow night.. hee hee

The next day we went over to the grooms house. The groom and bride just looks fantastic! The dinner was great too just that the MC was kinda annoying. After the dinner, we then pushed out another cake which is meant for Butt b'day. He was really shocked as he thought it ended the other night. I think he really shed some tears leh.. hee hee... After that we went for drinking session again but sadly Vteck could not join us!.. Anyway, a great trip, a great wedding with a great friends!

Karaoke !!!

2008-12-13T16:56:00.001+08:00

Well.. another outing I had but this time with two of Tracy's secondary friends. The gang are Josh, Butt, Pao, Chery, Alicia, Tracy and myself. We had Japanese food for dinner in Sunway Pyramid and off we went for Karaoke session. We ordered a bottle of Chivas whisky and some beers. After a few drinks, all suddenly turn to be professional singers! Espeacially Cheryl... See pic!... We sang the lungs out of ourselves. Another great night as we party till 3am! Recently too much activities going on... another outing next week in JB! Can't wait!

She can sing! She can dance! She can even drink! Anyone want to sign a contract with her? By the way, she is a mother of 2 kids! ....Unbelievable?..... Believe it.....

A good laugh to brighten up the day

2008-12-11T10:01:00.000+08:00

1. Losing all your friends
Gary comes home and finds Tracy with his friend in bed.
He shoots his friend and kills him. Tracy says "If you behave like this, you will lose ALL your friends."

2. Sister wanted
Oscar wrote to Santa Claus,"send me a sister"....
Santa wrote back, "SEND ME YOUR MOTHER"....

3. Meaning of WIFE
Gary asks, "Do you know the meaning of WIFE? It means 'Without Information Fighting Everytime'!"
Tracy replies, "No, it means 'With Idiot For Ever'!!!"

4. Importance of a period
Teacher: "Do you know the importance of a period?"
Oswald: "Yeah, once my sister said she has missed one, my mom fainted, dad got a heart attack & our driver ran away."

5. Confident vs. confidential
Oscar asks his Dad Gary, "What is the difference between confident and confidential?"
Gary says, "You are my son, I'm confident about that. Your friend over there, is also my son, that's confidential! "

6. Anger management?
Gary: "When I get mad at you, you never fight back. How do you control your anger?"
Tracy: "I clean the toilet."
Gary: "How does that help?"
Tracy: "I use your toothbrush ."

Please note that the names above are for laughing matter only. .. Not real! ... hee hee ...

Malacca 6th - 7th Dec 2008

2008-12-08T09:59:00.000+08:00

It is the school holidays, so my wife invited her friend to join us for a 2 day 1 night trip to Malacca. It was Oswald 1st trip. The trip was fun although the kids were naughty at all times. The wheather was good and we went to quite a few places such as the Melaka Zoo, Jonker Street, Eye on Malaysia etc etc. Good trip and hope there is more to come.

Another Surprise but gone bad!

2008-11-28T10:06:00.000+08:00

Pang Yew (Ah Pong) birthday is just around the corner, so again we decide to surprise him. Dunno why, maybe it is the "Surprise Season"... hahaha... He is actually busy with work so we had to use an excuse that it was Rachel birthday. I was afraid that he might not turn up so I ask him to buy the cake. We went to Robson Restaurant in Taman Seputeh. It was raining cats and dogs outside. All the time we were congratulating Rachel and wishing her best wishes. We drank a lot of beer and had some great chats. After the dinner, the cake was brought out. It was written "Happy Birthday Rachel". The cake was place in front of Rachel and we sang the birthday song....

Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy Birthday to PANG YEW ! Happy birthday to you!

We push the cake in front of Pang Yew. We remove Rachel name on the cake and replace it with a self print name of him. He was kinda shocked but later on we only realized that he had guess what we're up to and even paid the bill. So in the end, a surprise gone bad and he had bought us dinner and even a cake for himself... hahaha... but still, we had a wonderful night!

Aren't we too old for these stuff? Next will be Bantwan's birthday. The surprise is to not give him a party at all... let us just forget about it... hee hee...

F.F.F. (Football Fans Family)

2008-11-24T10:38:00.001+08:00

Last Saturday night, Tracy and I were preparing the kids for a dinner with my in laws. Oscar wore a Manchester United jersey and Oswald wore a Chelsea jersey. I thought to myself it would be great if Tracy and I wear a jersey too. So we did. We both wore England jersey. People were thinking what a F.F.F. (Football Fans Family) we were .... but the matter of fact we are not.... Ha Ha...

Bowling & Snooker

2008-11-22T12:34:00.000+08:00

It was Friday night and was alone, so call up Butt and Pao and we went for a drink. Later on we went for bowling and snooker in Sunway Pyramid. It was fun as we all had not played the game for quite some time.

Muar & Malacca Food

2008-11-18T09:17:00.001+08:00

Ok... the next day, we went for lunch with KP and PZ. It was a good lunch espeacially the bitter gourd soup. Sorry, I was busy eating and forget to take some photos... hee hee. We then head to Muar town for its famous Otak Otak. It was indeed good and we even 'ta pao' some back home.

Then we decided to head to Malacca for dinner and the Satay Celup was in our mind. The Satay Celup was not as good as I last use to savour them but still we had a full stomach. A great trip down south for food and beverages.

A Surprise Party for KP!

2008-11-17T10:50:00.001+08:00

We have plan this trip for quite sometime already. We wanted to give our buddy KP a surprise party at his hometown Johore Bahru. Earlier on had already gang up with KP's girlfriend and off we head down south. I bet KP will never thought of that we all will travel so far just to celebrate his birthday. This trip gave us back our memories of partying together in our college days. What a weekend!

Not going into details as pictures tells a million words. Enjoy!

It was fun and some got drunk. We left at about 3am and went for supper. The next day we went for a food travel. Check out my next post then.

AirAsia VS MAS

2008-11-12T16:22:00.000+08:00

Since a friend of mine kp0046 talks about politics and complain me to post more relevant stuff, I decide to talk about business.

AirAsia Berhad
Low cost carrier AirAsia has abolished the fuel surcharge for all its domestic and international flights, starting Tuesday.Passengers need now only pay fares, airport taxes and administration fees, said group chief executive officer Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes.He also said that the airline would be focusing on aggressive marketing and low fares.Fernandes however said that AirAsia could not guarantee that the surcharge would not be re-imposed if the oil price surged again.The airline under its regional campaign is also giving away 500,000 free seats to all destinations from tomorrow until Nov 16 and for travel between June 22 and Oct 24, 2009.

Malaysian Airlines (MAS)
MAS is looking to reduce its surcharge further to give customers the best value for their money, its senior general manager, sales, Datuk Bernard Francis, said Tuesday.In response to enquiries on the national carrier's fuel surcharge, he said MAS has already reduced it by 50-73 percent for its all-inclusive low fares promotion, covering domestic travel, Asean, Australia and many other countries.Customers loved the cheapest deals in town, and the airline's sales surged 400 percent, he said in a statement here Tuesday."We hear our customers loud and clear, and we are looking at reducing the surcharge further to continue to give customers what they want -- low fares plus five-star products and services, giving customers the best value for their money," he said.

MY OPINION?

Where are we going to travel after Bali? Hee Hee...

Guangzhou, China 1st-6th Nov 2008

2008-11-07T13:21:00.000+08:00

Went to Guangzhou this time to attend the Canton Fair. I was actually quite excited as I have heard so much of the world renowned expo. Arrived at the new Baiyun Airport and I was impressed with its great architectural design. We stayed at a 3 star hotel called New Mainland Hotel and guess how much it costs us. One night stay is RMB900.00, that’s RM450 per night!! It is indeed not worth it but all hotels in the city during this fair will increase at least 3 times the usual price. They are really good in doing the right things in the right time. Anyway, 1st day of arrival we did nothing much as the expo will only begin the next day. We walk around the city, had dinner, a few beers and call it a night. Oh, another thing is Guangzhou is full of haze (air pollution). Not so comfortable while walking around.

The next day went to the fair which is located at the new building at Pazhou. There were a lot of people indeed but not as packed as I was told. Anyway, we did our business and purpose there and off we went to Fangchun. Fangchun is an area where there is at least 5000 shops selling from tea leaves to tea accessories. I was amazed by the size of the place. I wonder how they could survive with so many competitors. We purchased some tea accessories which then took us the whole day. Went back to hotel to bath and suddenly got a call. A friend of mine (Yik Siong) is also there in Guangzhou. So we went for dinner together and later on went to a KTV for some beer. Yes, we did take some GRO’s with cost RMB110 per lady. We sang some songs, played some games and downed our beers. At 1am ++ as the night is still young, my friend ask us to go SPA (a decent one). Haha. Reach there, strip ourselves and dip into the hot pool. It is really a big SPA but lest customers. Maybe it is late already. We then went for some food which is included. Have a 30 minute foot massage and then a 90 minute full body massage. It was really relaxing and I fell asleep a few times. It cost us RMB378 per person. We left the place at 4am++ and slept till 11am the next day.

This business trip, we went from Guangzhou to Wuzhou, Guangxi, and from Wuzhou to Zhaoching, Guangdong to see the tea factory. All these places have serious air pollution! U cannot see more than 100 metres away. During this trip to China, I have tasted scorpion, sand worms, lizards and wine soak with wild bees. Really an eye opener for me. Will bring my wife there next time.

Missing You!

2008-11-07T10:57:00.000+08:00

I have been traveling quite often lately and this time I went for a business trip GuangZhou, China for almost a week. This trip really made me missing my family. You see, business trip is mostly only work on the day time and after dinner, the night is quite free. So I started thinking of my family, missing my wife nagging me and also my kids running around and crying all day. Just can’t wait to be home. Once back, both my kids seems to have grown a lot and my wife looks even more gorgeous. Hee hee. Gave them all a big hug.

It is great to be home!

Evon B'day

2008-10-31T16:35:00.000+08:00

Another family member birthday. Almost every month also got someone birthday.. hee hee.. This time it was Tracy sister birthday. We went for dinner at a chinese restaurant and the bill came up to RM500++. Don't know who is next???

Bandung, Indonesia

2008-10-23T12:43:00.001+08:00

My 1st time to Bandung, Indonesia. This is actually another business trip so not so much on leisure. Anyway, I was there on 19th October till 21st October 2008. We have purchase return AirAsia tickets which cost RM1200 for 2 and with express boarding. I personally think that express boarding is not so worth it but it seems that quite of ppl do purchase them. There were at least 20 ppl with express boarding. As the gates open, they seems to rush to take the 1st row which has more leg space and I was doing the same too which I then feels a bit stupid. Anyway, got myself the 2nd row and off we go on our way to Bandung. The flight takes 2 hours 10 minutes. Time seems to be slow during the journey and I could not sleep. Touch down and it is already 5pm plus local time. We unboard the plane and again, they rush to the immigration. What is the hurry I thought to myself ?? But as I reaches the immigration, I then only realize why. There is only 2 personal handling the counter and there are 160 ++ passengers. Lucky i was in the front row. After clearing the customs, we took a cab to our hotel.

Bandung is actually a highland of itself that's why the weather is cooling. On our way to the hotel, I find the traffic is no diferrence with Jakarta city (full of cars and jams). We stayed at Sheraton Hotel situated on the hill. The hotel is not bad but has not much facilities. The pool was small, there's no pub, no gym. There is just a lobby lounge, a restaurant, a spa and that's basically it. Went for dinner and shopping. Oh.. Bandung is famous for its Factory Outlets. You can find brands such as Versace, Hugo, Polo, Guess, Adidas, Nike, Hermes, Nautica, Zara just name a few and the price is unbelievable. A Nike t-shirt for RM20. A Hugo jeans for RM70. And was told it is original goods but was just made there. So ladies out there, this is a place to go for branded clothings. Anyway, i did not buy anything that night and went back hotel to sleep.

Woke up at 7.30am the next day to prepare myself for breakfast as a supplier will be coming to pick us up at 9am. Breakfast was so so but still a full stomach. Then the rest was business so rather not talk about it. Our supplier took us to their tea estate which is 2 hours drive from Bandung. The sight of the tea garden is a sight to be behold! What a great scenery with tea plant everywhere. If you think Cameron Highland is huge then you have to see this place. The tea estate was so huge that it seems to cover up the whole mountain. Ahhhhh.... Fresh air and green lush... what a place to live. If you want a night view of Bandung city, then you should head to The Valley or The Sierra Cafe located on a hillside. These 2 places has a spectacular view. Night life in Bandung could be a scary one if you are not familliar with. We went to Braga as we heard the area has a lot of pubs. When we reach, the area was dark and quiet. Yes, a few pubs there is and you guess it, with freelancers in it. There is also plenty of karaoke joints too. A plus point for single males to visit it. We were offered a lady for Rupiah 400,000 for a nite. Thats about RM150 but we pass. Hahaha.

On the last day before our flight home, I then only went clothes shopping. I bought a Adidas cap for RM15, Polo shirt RM20 for my kids and a Zara RM24 blouse for my wife. All branded stuff leh. Who say i cannot afford it hahaha.. why go for immitations leh. The best time to go Bandung is on the weekday. Do not go on weekend as ppl from Jakarta will all rush there for the cooling weather and shopping.

So Bandung anyone????

Hi Jareth Yong

2008-10-18T11:58:00.000+08:00

Had a dinner session with one of my best secondary school mates. Infact both husband (Yandsen) and wife (Eva) are my schoolmates. We had a wonderful Thai dinner in Great Eastern Mall and had some great chats. They brought along their baby Jareth Yong so I also brought Oscar and Oswald too. Jareth was very cute indeed as he looks like a japanese child not like his father, a big fat dirty slumpy smelly not handsome old man... hahahahaha... joking ya... Anyway, a great family outing talking mostly about babies.

" Oscar, Oswald... this is Jareth.... Jareth, please meet Oscar and Oswald"

Parents Nightmare!

2008-10-13T12:41:00.000+08:00

Introducing to you the Fantastic Four!

It is a usual routine for me and my wife to return to the in-laws on every Sunday but today is not an ordinary day. It is a day when the scary Fantastic Four gets together! A day that we parents fears the most! They were fighting, screaming, jumping ... whatever they could do to piss us off!

After the finishing the cakes we bought for them, they change into their costume (naked lar) and jump into the pool. Then they start showing us their superpowers .. KaCha! HeeYa! KaBoom!...... To save us the trouble, we send in a scapegoat as the Monster (see pic). Phew... lucky I was not the chosen one! After an hour, battery running low liao.. so they have to recharge... all drank up thier Super Duper Alamak Milk! Thought it was a wrong move but no, it was a good one. After drinking they all went for a nap. Aaahhhh.... PEACE AT LAST!

Since they are asleep, we adults play mahjong straight away.. hahaha...ohya, Butt was here too. While we're playing, the ladies went to prepare dinner. Not long, the awakens of the monsters again... hai..... Anyway, dinner was a good one. Very delicious indeed. We had some beers too. Oh..forgot about my baby Oswald. He slept most of the time that's why he's "The Innocent Child". A good and tiring family get together. Do not know when they will reunite again... now thats scary.....

A good lunch!

2008-10-13T11:51:00.001+08:00

My uncle brought my mom, Tracy and I to a chinese restaurant in Pandan Mewah, Cheras for lunch. He said that it is a good deal with good food. We were given the menu and yes the deal was good. Every dishes costs only RM5.80 and they have 65 different food to choose from. See the list below. Quite a good deal huh!

We ordered a few dishes and it was good indeed. They even gave free chicken soup. Although the portion wasn't huge but still we had a full stomach! What we ordered?

1. Kam Heong Lala
2. Potato leaves with belacan

3. Chicken Fried Rice
4. Fried Pray Mantis Prawn
5. Butter Chicken
6. Pineapple Fried Rice (not in picture)
7. Chicken feet soup (free of charge)
8. Chinese Tea

Total bill:- RM38.00

Will sure be back as there are still a lot to choose from the menu!

How are you mate?

2008-10-11T10:01:00.000+08:00

We heard so much about Sylvia's Ireland boyfriend and finally I got the chance to meet him yesterday. We set for a luncheon meet over at Sg Wang. I actually expected him to be a fat and mature guy as what I recall seeing him in Sylvia's handphone but I was wrong. He is actually quite fit and looks a lot younger. Anyway, we sat in the cafe enjoying the food. He was quite, maybe I wasn't friendly enough. I then ordered a bucket of beers to get things going and it did. He loves beers and mentioned to me it is their culture back in their country to have beer whenever they could. He says beers here in Malaysia are cheaper compare to theirs. I told him that it is even cheaper in Bangkok, Indonesia and Cambodia! We had a great time talking just about anything. We were there for 3 hours and we already drank 3 buckets of beers!! We parted our ways by 4pm. But that is not the end, we met up again in the night!

Called Kvin, Butt and Pao to have a drink with the Irish guy. They all agreed. Venue was then set at Thai Club in KL but sadly the Irish is just wearing shorts and slippers! We then divert to The Laundry Bar in The Curve. Drank a few more jugs of beer and went home.

This western guy can really drink man! We all already blur blur but he still wanna go on drinking and the only thing Sylvia could do is just shake her head! Hahaha. Unbelievable! What a beer day! Can't imagine if I were to go to Ireland to visit him. Sure die lar!

Big Sis B'day @ Milwaukee Kepong

2008-10-07T11:31:00.000+08:00

Big Sis or we usually call her "Ah Tai" birthday is just around the corner, so my mother in law ask for a dinner outing. Set on a Sunday night and venue at Milwaukee Steak Corner in Kepong. The restaurant also known as a big bike concept restaurant for the Harley Davidson Club. This steak house also has another branch in Balakong and another in Vietnam! I have been to the Balakong outlet long long time ago liao and recall I had some good food there.

As we're looking at the menu, I found out that the prices are above average but worth it if the food is good. We ordered our dinner and overall it turns out all being acceptable. The one that is real good is the US Spare Ribs, medium done, so tender and juicy! But the price is high also lar. Hee hee. We also order some Escargot and it taste not bad either.

The food is not bad but the drinks are a bit on the steep side. Every drink cost at least RM6.90++. Another wonderful outing with my in laws. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AH TAI!!!!

De Solvang @ Solaris

2008-10-06T10:40:00.000+08:00

Alright, why did I say that my mom won't be happy for long in my previous post? I think you can guess it. Yup, I went for a drinking session with my friends right after my mom's cake cutting ceremony. Hee hee... Leaving my 2 kids with her... She said that I'm very clever, make her happy happy then suddenly throw my kids for her to care.. hahaha... she just ask me to come home early and drink less... what a great mom I had!

Alrite, about the night drinking session. Why we had a gathering? Cause our lovely friend Liz Lee was here in KL. She is based in Penang and still single. So guys out there, do contact me for further enquiries... haha. At 1st, we actually planned to go to a Jazz bistro called Alexis in Ampang. There's a live performance there too. As I was on the way, Josh Wee who reach there 1st says the place is full house. Unbelievable, never thought there will be soo much Jazz lovers in KL. Anyway, we then change venue and Solaris came to my mind. Heard so much of the place so decided to try it out. We reach there and notice there is quite a number of pubs and bistros but not so much of patrons. We then choses one bistro called De Solvang as the music is relaxing.

The drinks sold here isn't cheap but expected lar. A jug of beer costs RM58++. Ordered a few jugs of beers, had some great chats and enjoyed the music played. Ohya, the beer ladies there are kind of sweet too. Hee hee.

Our Lovely Mom's B'day

2008-10-06T10:16:00.001+08:00

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to Mommy,
Happy birthday to you!

It was my mom's birthday, and we celebrated it last Saturday. It was really a good get together for me and my family. We had a wonderful seafood dinner (forget to take picture) and then went back home for the cake cutting. We had so much laughters during that night, thanks to my son Oscar as he made all sorts of animal faces and sounds. Only then I realizes that he knows so many different kind of animals. Not bad huh for a 3 year old.

My wife and I got her a glitering dinner handbag for present. My younger sis also bought her a bag, but it much bigger and expensive than mine.. hee hee... anyway, my mom is a happy woman that night... but not for long... hee hee (read my next post)

Divino @ One Bangsar

2008-10-03T10:30:00.000+08:00

It was Hari Raya eve and since it is holiday tomorrow, we decided to celebrate it too. So off we went to Divino Wine Bistro at One Bangsar along with a few friends. This bistro was runned by the same boss of Denise Wines. I have heard of the place for quite sometime and the thing that attracts me is that they had a wine cellar there where we could purchase retail prices of the wines and savour in the bistro. No extra charge or corkage. I love wines.

We reach at about 8.30pm and the place was not pack. We ordered our dinner which was surprisingly not that expensive and could actually consider cheap for a place in Bangsar. Anyway, after placing the order, off we went to choose the red wine. The price range is from RM50++ to RM12000++ per bottle. Of course we did not get the 5 digit bottle lar. Hee hee. Was recomended a fruity and soft wine for starters. It was called Pinot Noir. Not strong at all but the ladies would love it. Food was not bad and we later on ordered another bottle. This time I chose Carbernet, a level higher than Pinot Noir.

Then a few more friends joined us and he chose another bottle Carbernet Sauvignon Merlot. Ah.. even stronger.. love it. We were chatting away and soon we ordered another bottle Shiraz this time which is the strongest in flavor. One of my friend got a bit high and went for a nap. Hahaha. It was a great wine night indeed.

Pictures of us in Bangkok

2008-09-24T17:32:00.000+08:00

Ok.. Here are some images of our Bangkok trip. Sorry for the blur images as I use only camera phone to capture. Hee hee.

Our 1st meal in bangkok but served by a lousy guy!
Maybe we're Asian kua...

Shopping! A heaven for the ladies but a nightmare for the guys!
But I enjoy shopping also lar... hee hee

Oh yeah... the beer towers! Main reason we're there... Cheap beers!
A heaven for the guys, nightmare for ladies! haha
The guy on the left got drunk! The right one never get drunk!

Tried these before? Grasshoppers.... Look! The leg is still moving!

Well, it's not moving anymore. See how much he is enjoying it.... taste not bad actually.

This fella never stop eating! Ah Pao should recognise this stall. The fish maw soup!

Ah... what a great way to relax ourselves by having a foot massage.
This where Yandsen got molested by a teenage ladyboy! Haha.

Bangkok, Thailand

2008-09-20T16:54:00.000+08:00

16th September 2007
Today is my birthday and on the 18th September is my wife's birthday. We are going to Bangkok to attend a Food Expo and to celebrate our 1st overseas birthday. But no, it was not only the 2 of us going. Manage to get 4 friends to join us. Butt, KP, PZ and Yandsen. 1st of all, I wanted to thank Pao for sending us to the bus terminal. He is a real friend indeed. Once we arrive the LCCT, we went to check in 1st and then we proceed to our usual waiting area The McDonald’s. Surprise to find it not packed as before but only to realize that it is fasting month for the Muslim.

The times flies by quickly and we're already on our plane flying to Bangkok. Journey took us about 2 hours. We touch down at about 11.45am Thailand time and there is already an airport transfer that we booked earlier on waiting for us. We had made accommodation bookings in Khaosan road because our last trip there was a memorable one. Khaosan road, a road packed with travelers, pubs, restaurants, street markets etc etc. Checked into our hotel and off we went for our 1st meal in Bangkok and of course our 1st beer too. Hee hee. Beers are cheap here. It only cost us 40 Baht (RM4) for a large bottle of local beer. Oh ya, there is a new policy in Thailand. Convenient stores are only allowed to sell alcoholic drinks to customer from 11am – 2pm and 5pm – 12pm. But pubs and restaurants are allowed to sell at all time but of course at higher price. But still cheap enough lar. After the lunch, we went straight for shopping. We realized the area isn't as packed as before maybe due to the protest happening recently. My wife made a kick off by purchasing a shirt 1st then followed by the rest.

It was indeed tiring from all those bargaining and walking so off we went for a massage. Massage here ranges from 180 Baht (RM18) to 220 Baht (RM22) per hour which is a lot cheaper in Malaysia which normally comes in RM50. Massage was good and it made my wife extended another hour of oil massage. Dinner and beer session followed after. Then more shopping and savoring the street food. Again we tasted the bugs. This time we ate the grasshoppers. Very oily but still taste alright. Then there is also the famous Pad Thai (fried noodles) for 20 Baht where you can find everywhere. We also ate a lot of deserts and I personally like the Sticky Mango Rice. After filling up our stomach with the local delicacies, it is now time for beers! We went from street cocktails that serve cocktails in a plastic bucket to pubs for beer towers. Did not get too drunk cause we got to rest to attend the expo which starts tomorrow. Ohya, Yandsen saw a local man masturbating in the room next to his that night. Later on in the middle of the night, Butt heard a woman speaking into his ears while sleeping. Scary huh? Haha.

17th September 2008
Woke up at 7+am and went for breakfast with Tracy. I was thinking that we're probably the earliest to wake up but no.... Yandsen just got back from a walk! He says he always wakes up early. Others are still sound asleep. Then Butt woke up and later on went for a morning massage with Yandsen. At 10.30am, we all went to the exhibition center which was located in a new shopping complex called Siam Paragon. The journey was long cause of the usual traffic jam Bangkok is famous for. The expo was not as big as I thought of but still manage to get some interesting products. Not gonna elaborate on that. After the expo, we went for a Japanese lunch inside the complex. It was good and the price is cheaper than in Malaysia. The complex houses a lot on huge international brands. We went from one complex to another complex. From a luxury one to a bargaining market complex. Hee hee. Of course we love the market one lar. Cheap mah! Shopping is real tiring and we went for foot massage again. This time Yandsen was attended by a going to be shemale teenager. The massage was fun as we had great laugh teasing Yandsen as the boy massages him. The boy gave him an extra 10 minutes massage for free. The boy even asks Yandsen to go out with him tonight. Haha. Yandsen ran away as fast as he could. Not even looking behind if the boy was chasing him. Hahaha

Then we went for a dinner in the food court in one of the complexes. We were real tired then but it is still early. We are not going back to our hotel definitely and we decided to venture the renowned Patpong road for street markets and of course the A-Go-Go bars. Yandsen and Butt went to check out the scenes to see which has the best quality in terms of looks and body while the rest waited at a pub. Then we went into an unforgettable experience. The so called "Ping Pong Show".

We were ushered into an upper floor pub. Upper floor means special features lor. It is our 1st time ever in such places and would probably be the last one too. Once entered the premises, a fouled stench is in the air. To be specific, smell of urine. Then we see a lot of naked gals on the floor and the stage. I found out that we're the only bunch of patrons there besides a single westerner sitting at the other corner. Since we're in there, ordered a beer and gave the usherer a tip. We check the stage then. All the dancing naked girls turn to face us. The quality really not good ler. All auntie. No body shape. Look not pretty. Then the unimaginable thing happens, we sees ping pong balls flying towards us. We found out 2 gals on the stage was firing them at us.... u guess it, right from their lower body! They inserted a few balls into them and fired right at us. Now I know why it smells in the area. Yucks!! Imagine those balls hitting on you or even worst your lips. I think you will go for Dettol wash asap. Before we could down our beers, another 2 gals went up. This time with a small horn in their hands. They inserted into them... yes... the same lower part and played an irritating rhythm. This is really unbearable to all of us. Then later on came a lady and sits beside one of us. Not me ya, cause my wife was next to me which is a good thing. Not gonna say who is the guy lar but I bet you can guess it. She started molesting him. She even pulls down her bikini and offered him to touch her breast. The looks really auntie ler and we all rushed out of the premises as quickly as we can. Well all I could say is that it is a nightmare in this place! I wonder who would want to see these shows. If we went there without Tracy and PZ, I’m sure we will not come out alive!

We then went back to Khaosan road and started talking about the experience. All seems to gonna had a nightmare tonight! hahaha.. We opt for more beers to help us forget it. Went into 7-11 stores and came out with our beers. Finish it and went for another round. We got high but still the night is young so we hopped into a disco called The Lava and was attended by 2 friendly and presentable ladies. They are wearing sexy dress and are good in social. Now, this is what I call gals lar. Not those before!!!!.. Anyway, we were persuaded to buy a bottle of Bacardi by them. I decide to pay for the whole bottle to celebrate Tracy’s B’day. We drank and dance till late night. Butt was drunk indeed and so was I. Went back vomited and slept without thinking of the experience that happened. Alcohol works man!

18th September 2008
We were supposed to go to Pattaya today but due to the 3 hours journey, we decided to called it off. We then check into another hotel nearby which has a pool and better rooms. The rates are of course higher lar. Today, we did not go anywhere but only Khaosan road. We all went separate ways. Tracy and I went shopping again. Then she decided to treat herself a pedicure. It is her b'day anyway. While she gets herself pampered, I wander around and then sit in a pub to relax. I was there for an hour or so looking at the local and tourist passes by. Isn’t it wonderful if you could do this all day? Then spotted Yandsen and he joined me for a drink. What would our trip be without a mahjong session? Hee hee. At 5pm KP, Butt and I played mahjong in the room while the others went for a nap and more shopping.

Dinner time came fast and we are all hungry. Walk into the back alley to find some local foods. Found one and we order quite some wonderful dishes. Fried fish, boiled clams, sweet and sour prawn, tom yam soup, veggie, fish maw and a couple of beers. It costs us only 500 Baht which is about RM50 only. Rain came and it really spoiled our last night here. It rained for hours and all we could do is to wait till it stops. But no no... it keeps raining. We drank some more beers and another night just flew away.

19th September 2008
Nothing much happen today because we’re going back to KL soon in the noon. I woke up early today too. I went down for a walk alone while my wife still wants to sleep. Bought myself a cup of coffee at 7-11 and stroll along the road. An hour later, went back to my room to have breakfast with Tracy. While we're having breakfast, Yandsen walks by. He is also awake at 7am and then joins us for a coffee. Since it is only 10am, and the others are still asleep, 3 of us went for massage again before heading back to KL. Our flight was 3.15 pm and we reach LCCT at 6.30pm.

Overall, a pleasant trip and definitely unforgetable show ever!

A Party !

2008-09-13T11:35:00.000+08:00

Was ask for a drink by Josh, Butt and Pao at Sui Xin Restaurant near my house. I went there 1st while my wife will join in later after her family dinner. Nothing seems unusual as we drank some beer and chit chatted. Then came Yandsen. This fella has not been joining us for drinks for quite sometime as he is sort of a family man. Ordered another round of beers. Then came Kevin and Rachel. Well well... what a day where we could all gather together after Rachels delivery. I called my wife to enquire her location as today is not a day to be missed. Then she arrives and we all had some great laughs while gulping down the beers. Suddenly came a surprise.

Kvin brought out a cake and I wonder. No way! No way! These cheapskate people are celebrating Tracy and my birthday in a roadside restaurant! Damn! Hahaha. Tracy and I never expected this to happen but when i came to think about it, i should have figured it out earlier. These people dun usually come out but suddenly all appeared. Stupid me. If i know, I sure change the venue to a 5 star hotel or something! hee hee. They sang us birthday song and tears flows from our eyes!. Joking only ya. hee hee. The cake was good. We had a lot of beers until I got a bit drunk. Then they suggested to continue at my house. Could I say no meh. Drank some brandy this time. Now I more blur liao. At about 2am, it is time to go as some of us needed to work the next day.

Anyway, Tracy and I would like to thank you all for celebrating our B'day and it really made our day a memorable one. What great friends I had and will always cherish them. Ya, I know of too much sweet talking but must talk nice a bit mah about them so that next time they will treat me more beers! hahaha Friendship forever!!!

Business Trip to Jakarta

2008-09-13T11:27:00.000+08:00

8th September 2008

It was my 1st business trip to Jakarta, Indonesia and I’m an instant millionaire. We took a Holland airline called KLM there. Is is also my 1st time being served by a western stewardess. Since meals are provided, I had myself a bottle of Red wine. Hee hee. Food was ok but the stewardess is very pretty indeed. Reach Jakarta at about 6pm local time. Air transfer was provided and it is suppose to take us only 20 minutes to reach our hotel but instead it was 1 hour journey. Traffic was bad indeed. I think much worst in KL. Anyway, upon reaching our hotel and found out it is really a huge hotel. As we went into the hotel premises, our car was check for any bombs. They even open up the car door to look inside. I was told that all buildings in Jakarta had these kind of checks since the bombings. Then we needed to be scanned before entering the hotel lobby. Just like when we board a plane. What a tight security!

The lobby was quite amazing with lots of huge sofas and the stairway is very grand too. There were huge plant pots being place which make it a very comfortable scene. It is very busy hotel indeed as guest walks in and out. Later I was told it costs us about RM700 per night! I was shocked. Never stayed in a so expensive hotel. A key card was given to access the lifts to specific floors of to our room. The room was nice and spacious. It has a plasma TV and even a business working table. The bathrooms come with a shower and a bathtub that comes differently. The shower was those massaging showers where the water sprays to all parts of your upper body. Hope you get what I mean. Hee hee.

After placing our luggage we went straight to business as there is already a supplier waiting at the lobby. After an hour or so, we then head to a nearby shopping complex for dinner. Ah, my 1st meal in Jakarta. We went to the food court for more choices. We then chose to have local mixed rice. Food is not so good actually. It is either too SALTY or too SPICY. Yes, kinda hard to finish my plate actually. Then we walk to the local supermarket to see some teas they sell. After all that, we head back to our hotel since it is already 10.00pm. Had a shower and we head down to check out the bar. Ohya, during the fasting month, all entertainment outlets are not allowed to open for business. Only those in hotels are allowed to do so only. The bar in the hotel is still very empty at 11pm, maybe because it is a Monday night. So we decided to call it a day!

9th September 2008
Woke up early at 7am cause there will be another supplier that will pick us up at 9am. We went down for breakfast. The cafe serves lots and lots of food. There is western, japanese, oriental and local food. There is even dim sum too. Sushi was also served and I wonder if the Japanese really eat sushi for breakfast. The food was very good indeed. After that we went for our business matters so i will not go into that. We had lunch at local restaurant and again it was very SPICY. After a bite, I cannot stand it. Sweat rush down my head as i cough the hell out of myself. I only took vege only. Hee hee. Reach our hotel at 3pm to see another supplier and ended at 5pm. I went to rest and then at 7pm another supplier buying dinner. We had an oriental dinner just in our hotel. I thought to myself, finally a good meal and it turns out to be one. Had some beers since they are paying for it. hahaha. It all ended at 9.30 pm and we went again to the bar. Now at 9.30pm, the bar has already quite a few customers hanging around. Ordered a guiness stout that cost me RM24 a bottle. What the heck! Just drink ler. As I was cruising in the bar, I only realize most of the customers are ladies and they are without any drinks. Just standing there. Now I get it. hahaha. The quality isn't that great so I just enjoy the live band performing. Then suddenly a lady ask my cousin if he needs any company. After a few chats, the lady walks away. Asked my cousin and he told me she quoted him 1 million rupiah! That is about RM370. Way too expensive. After a few bottles, felt tired and there goes another night.

10th September 2008
Woke up at 8am and had breakfast. The food is the same as yesterday. At 9.30am, continued with my business schedule. Bla bla bla. Reach back hotel at 5pm. I went for a drink in the lounge while my cousin went for a massage. Ordered an ice coffee and it cost me RM22 leh! Then later on I only ordered for beers which only cost almost the same. We went to another shopping complex for dinner and later back to our hotel. It was 10pm and again I went to the bar. Now the bar is packed with people and realized that it is a ladies night. Wow. Damn lots of ladies leh. We men are outnumbered. 7 out 10 are ladies. I stood at the bar with my bottle of beer while checking out the scene. These ladies usually targets for westerners 1st and then only turn to Asian men. At about 11.30pm I decided to call it a day cause we need to get up early the next day.

11th September 2008
We woke up at 7am today and at 8am, we were off to the tea estate. The journey is about 2 hours drive. Was shown around the factory while a supervisor explains to us the process of teas. Took some samples and then went to our tea agent office in the noon. Blab la bla and time for us to head to the airport. Overall, a great business trip but a boring leisure trip.

Tracy & My Birthday with my Family

2008-09-07T17:17:00.000+08:00

Going to travel on the 16th September, so my family decided to celebrate Tracy and my birthday a week earlier. We went for a steamboat at Xiao Fei Yang Restaurant in Pudu. We have been to this restaurant for a number of times already. The food was good, especially the meat slices. At the end the total bill was about RM270.00. Quite expensive huh for a steamboat. Anyway, we had a wonderful dinner and would like to thank my family members for the special occasion. Love you guys!

Datukship

2008-08-21T15:30:00.000+08:00

Todays newspaper said that the government will award Datukship to our national no. 1 player Lee Chong Wei for winning the Olympic silver medal. Just like Nicol David, who is world no.1 squash player also awarded a Datukship earlier. Isn't it great when you play good in sports you'll get the honour. Must train my kids now. What sports should I train them? hhmmmmm...... maybe weightlifting.. hee hee

Dad Birthday

2008-08-18T12:08:00.000+08:00

Just celebrated my dad birthday yesterday. It was the nite of our national player Lee Chong Wei final Olympic match with China's Lin Dan. Sadly, the restaurant do not have a television set so did not watch it live. Anyway, it was a great outing where we had a wonderful feast along with wine and whisky. I think that alchohol did most of the work... hee hee ...oh ya, then later on found out that Malaysia lost the match.. but still a Silver medal!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU DAD !

Leka Leka

2008-08-03T17:34:00.000+08:00

Today we went shopping at Lot 10 Isetan cause it is the Megasale! Shopping can be real tiring so after that we went for some beers at Leka Leka. Butt and Pao then tried the Shisha (RM30) and seems to enjoyed puffing away too. Just look at the pictures and you will know what I mean. Haha. The Gelato sold here was quite nice too. Look at Keong expression. Haha.

Bayar Saman!

2008-07-31T15:55:00.000+08:00

Today went to check how many traffic summons my family has. We have 5 cars and guess how many summons we got. Break down as per below:-

Dad's Car - 4 summons
Mom's Car - 5 summons (actually 1 is mine during JB trip)
Tracy's Car - 2 summons
Sister's Car - 2 summons
My Car - 0 summons (keng leh!)

Total : 13 summons

Now guess the total amount payable.

13 summons, total payable RM2000.00. After discounts somemore! If not it'll be 3K++. Ya ya, drive fast fast and you think you are flying but it is your money that is flying away. So please drive and respect the law or you are fooling around with your hard earn money!!

Hai... no money liao early of the month! I think my dad is already crying in his heart!

What a friday night fever

2008-07-28T09:07:00.000+08:00

It was indeed a long night. Last Friday my wife had a gathering with her ex schoolmates in Subang and I had to send her there. Since I will be alone, I invited Butt and Pao as a companion. We then call Kevin. Ok set... on liao. We gather at a food court in Sunway where we had our dinner. Of course, beer also lar. I think we drank at least 8 large bottles of beer. A bit blur blur liao. Then Kevin had to go shooting nearby and he left. So Pau, Butt and I decided to go clubbing at one of the hottest clubs in Sunway. 1st time there, so did not expect much. Cover charge was RM50 for a drink. We went in and found that the place was cool, not too crowded and stuffy. Music wise was kinda trance and rave. Anyway, there were a few in house dancers on the stage whereby Butt and Pao enjoyed. I lit up a cigarette and was ask to smoke downstairs. It is a non smoking premises. Never been to a non smoking club before... no wonder not stuffy lar.

Later on, my wife friend called me up and inform me that Tracy is drunk. Ohya, she is now in a karaoke venue. Hard to believe that she is drunk but what to do. Drank up the remaining beers and left the club. Reach there, call her and she say she is okie and wanted to stay on. Duh.......... well, then receive Kevin sms that he will be done in a few minutes and where to go... So we decided to sing karaoke also lor since we were there. Book a room and i went to send my regards to Tracy's friend which then I regreted. Once in, one shot of beer. Then another shot of beer. Walau eh... now i blur blur liao... quick quick left the room and went for my friends. We sang, actually we scream all nite long. I think all was enjoying themself when only to find out it was aredi 4am... long time no go out so late liao and i was kinda drunk. Reach home at 4.30am and tomorrow got to work... sien ler....

Anyway, thanks for my buddies Butt, Pao and Kvin to accompany me that nite if not i'll be alone and dunno where will I end up at... SPA? .. hee hee

Three Kings

2008-06-28T14:50:00.000+08:00

As often said by my wife, we are the THREE KINGS! Always make her angry and always have to take care of us. Hee hee... Do we look that naughty? No right.....

Phuket 7th June - 9th June 08

2008-06-12T16:52:00.000+08:00

It was a sudden decision to go to Phuket, Thailand for 3 days 2 night stay. A friend of mine who needed a vacation asks me to join him and since it falls on the Agong birthday, my wife and I decided to unwind ourselves too. This is my 2nd time there and there aren’t many changes. My wife loves the massages there as she took 4 sessions while I only took two.

The thing that I love most is definitely the beers. Ha-ha. Cheap mah. Night life is the same with shops having A-go-go dancers showing off their skills. There's a lot of lady boys too. Some had really good figure. Food was ok also. Ohya, we went for shooting too. Real gun with real bullets. 10 shots for 690 Baht. It was fun but I did not shoot very well as I drank a lot of beer before it. hee hee... Overall, a good trip. My wife said that she will be back!

New Hair Do

2008-05-27T16:40:00.001+08:00

My wife new hair do. Very nice isn't it?

Ah.. my secondary days...

2008-05-17T16:09:00.000+08:00

Came across this photo from my secondary school days. Guess where I am. Guess where is Ah Pao. Guess where is Yen Sin. Guess where is Ping Ping.