Thursday, November 23, 2006

Canon in D (Rock Version)

I've always loves this song as it gives me kinda inspiring feels. The song title is "Canon in D" by the famous Johann Pachelbel. It's full title would be (Kanon und Gigue in D-Dur für drei Violinen und Basso Continuo or Canon and Gigue in D major for three Violins with Bass Accompaniment) if you wanna know. It was written in 1680 but still a popular song now.

That's some history about the song. I've done some search on this song and to my suprise i've found some interesting variation of this fantastic song, Canon in D Rock! This special arrangment is done by a guy called JerryC from Taiwan. Here's the video links let me know if you too find it nice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmOBTP0iDqY

Saturday, November 04, 2006

Growing Grass in Your Office

We all know plants are pleasant to eyes and gives you some relaxing feels when they're somewhere around or within your visual sights. But how often do have the chance to growing or planting one? Obviously not with our usual hectic schedules and we can't just plant something without any knowledge about planting.

Well, if you like some living greenery beside you (you can grew it in your office), there's a way for you to easily achieves it. There's some prepacked grass beans in some medium sold out there. I got mine from my Cameron's Highland trips at RM10 for 5 units. They're made in all sort of shapes and sizes. It's very easy to grow it. Just put some water at the bottom of this thing and just leave it anywhere that there's lights. The grass will start growing after approximately 1 week after you consistently supply water to it.

Here's the progress snapshots.

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Initial Stage.

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After 1 week.

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After 3 weeks.

Doesn't it looked cute? You'll feel the statisfaction of growing something yourself (especially for those who never planted anything before in his/her life). It's quite pleasant to have some nature stuff sitting nearby you while you're surrounded by all sorts of electronic machines and gadgets.

So, if you think you might wanna grew something like this, maybe this would be a good startup. Have fun!

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Baskin-Robbins Mid Valley Little Pets

It was this day on 31 October where i drove all the way from Sri Petaling to Mid Valley to get some yummie Baskin-Robbins ice creams because they have 31% discount on 31st of any month which has 31 day. This was my second time buying on this promotions day from this particular outlet. Well, it's quite a deal because you're getting something on a lower price. So, i happily parked my car and headed straight to the outlet. It was packed with people waiting for their turn to order, so i silently took a number and waited patiently for my turn.

tick tok tick toc .... finally it's my turn (after approximately 30 minutes) yay!...

So.... i put down my order of ice cream, paid the cashier and wait happily for the staff to pack them. Suddently i saw some "Baskin-Robbins Pets"! How cute they're! My god! I quickly snap it with my phone camera.

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It's a crockroach (siu keong)!

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Zoomed in of the above photo.

Dammit! This outlet is not clean and they're not doing enough cleaning and prevention! I've just paid for my ice cream and after all this long queue and all i get is this shits??

On another thought, maybe it just crawled in from outside and furthermore it's on the other side of where they stored their ice cream, big chance the stocks are not affected by it. So i took my orders anyway and i'll never ever coming back to this outlet again. So any Baskin-Robbins fans out there please be careful, but.... they're still a nice ice creams.

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Cameron Highlands Trip

This is my 3 days 2 nights trip to Cameron Highlands on the 1st September 2006 with my lovely KP. It was my 2nd visit to this nice little highlands and i still find it to be a very nice place to relax and spend some quality time with someone =). Though this was my first experience driving up to Cameron Highlands, i still find it quite easy to locate with some visuals guidance from my project manager Chim, thank you.

Driving up from the old route (Tapah) is quite a nightmare when there's some big trucks or lorries passing by your car from the opposite directions with a mere few inches, phew.... so just try to keep a comfortable distants from them if possible. Freakin me out each time those big wheels passes by. Other than that, everything else is okay.

Booking a room in Cameron Highlands during peak seasons is quite a hassle as i've spend few hours browsing website and calling the hotels for securing a room for 2 nights (i did it in 2 week advance mind you). Ends up i managed to get a room in a budgeted hotel in Brinchang town which is still okay apart from the sudden malfunction of the water heater when you're using it for too long (grr...).

Here's some snapshots of the memorables trip...



Steamboat dinner with KP, Meiru and Desmond(taking picture for us) at Brinchang town which is not that good (in terms of quality and quantity) compares to Sri Petaling's Ho Ho Steamboat.


Brinchang night market.


KP doing some night market shopping.


Brinchang Town.


Sungai Palas BOH Tea Center (entrance).


BOH Tea Center (tea processing machinery exibition hall).


BOH factory.


BOH Tea Center enterance.


Splendid scenic at the BOH estate.


On the estate ground.


Walking back along the farm.


Getting cozy at the fireplace.


Best picture of the trip ^-^


Had our nice english dinner at this Smokehouse Restaurant (quite pricey).


Touch of nature.


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Strawberries.


Some farm we visited.


To conclude this whole trip, i would say that it was a pleasant holiday and this place is definitly a great place for someone to unwind from the hectic city lifestyle as it has cool, easy goin, and relax enviroment up here.