Special Day

Everyone has their own special days. Every does, i guess. May it be a good or bad one. I have one too.... =) and this special days falls on the lovely 8th of January.

The weather was good on that particular night although it rains a bit in the later night. I enjoyed it very much on that night and hope i can do this every single years till the day i gave my last breath away.


start with a romantic dinner.


enjoying the dinner.


take a stroll and have some drink at KLCC fountain.


and got some magnificent view :)

Public Mindset

Here i am, sitting in front of my big bulky crt monitor practically doing nothing on a Friday night. A lots of people said that we should go out get some life or at least do something rather than staying at home.

Well... a lots of people tends to think that we should follow the norms so that we won't looked weird or be more acceptable to the mass peoples. True, to some extends such as you can't dig your nose in the public or do something illegal. Got what i mean? But sometimes peoples asked why do you
eats all you vegetable and then the meat, those kind of things. This is really over the board as WHY should one person MUST follows a specific flows or ways? Maybe it's our Malaysian education system that implants this mindset to our brains. I do not mean that other countries do not have this issues, but not until these level i guess. We start follows the "obeying instructions" thing from day one since we started our primary till the end of our secondary/form 6. We're not brought up in a environment whereby we need to think then act, but do what have been told. Over times, these is how we're being shaped into. And these is why we're lacking compare to other developed countries. What amazed me so much is that WHY our government failed to notice this critical point and do nothing to at least improves a little to our education system from time to time? *shaking head in disbelief*.

Introducing English as the medium to be used for science and maths do count as some improvements made by our education minister, but that does not improve on the critical aspects which is the ways people do things and think. It's true that mastering English would helps, but you still can't think creatively or have people to think that they need to provide solution rather than wait for instructions. Often we see that those who scores high marks does not necessary successful after they're graduated. And this shows that the education system does not reflects true potential of a students and this is wrong.

All these will directly affect us all and affect the country as well. Even the smallest things. Peoples in this country have been suppress and unable to perform to their maximum potentials. Sad thing eh...? but we're not in position to do anything but can only write it out here :)

Read a lots and question on everything, and we might stands a chance to makes things right again.

My Typical Sunday Activities

It's been some times since i posted my last blog. Going places and headache with some issues (glad it's over now). Well.... still waiting for my Penang trip photos before i can blog about it, in the meantime maybe i can post some photos i took during one of my weekends outing.

For those who're living in KL (or in some other cities) knows that there's not much things we can do, right? unless you have a gang of friends that have strong common interests that they can do together (such as hiking or dancing or etc... ^-^). and for the rest of us, it's either malls, movies, go eat somewhere nice, or sleep.

So.... on this particular Sunday on 07/01/2007 we went to catch a movie at Cineleisure. I'm not aware that so many of the previously vacant shop lots has been occupied now because it's totally nothing except for the cinema from my last visit here (few months back). I like the environment pretty much as it's spacious unlike some malls that's very cramp up, felt like you can't breath in there.

So here's are some of the photos.


This is my first picture of the day (ground level of CineLeisure).


Main Entrance.


One of my favorite brand.


Water fountain at "The Curves".


Does this fountain looks similar with the one in Bugis Singapore?


Walking towards "The Curves".


Passing by some kiosks (bad idea, not enough space how do they expect people to walk?? *grin*).


Some band playing some folk songs.


Tidy little mall (inside "The Curves") unlike Sg. Wang.


Taken from inside of a shop.


Fountain again! i think the building designer like water fountain alot (just located outside of the toilet).


This is taken after our movie.


I think for those who never been here *ahem* (which i think very unlikely unless they don't live in KL) might wanna take a glimpse of how it looks like.

After that we headed for foods at SS2 (which i didn't took any pictures so can't show here) as most of the shops here are packing their things up.

Well.... how's that? that's my typical Sunday. Maybe you guys could suggest any other nice activities?

Cheers....

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

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.


Initial Stage.


After 1 week.


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!

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.


It's a crockroach (siu keong)!


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.

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.