the truly asia trip -malacca

this is by far the most last minute getaway which we seriously decided a day before the trip.

The actual plan was to go to Penang to walk and eat and grow fat but due to time constraint, we decided on Malacca where we can also walk and see and eat and grow fat. It is a place where u can find all kinds of museums, alot of shophouses, lanes and nice food and..skies. =D

 

We took abit of a roughout way too. We took 170 to larkin and in between, we got to alight many a times for customs. Due to the horrendous traffic jam in the morning. We alighted way before the malaysia checkpoint and followed the 'experienced crowd' (can see from the way they garang through the road, challenging the fierce traffic behind) walk through the highway and up the checkpt and  boy, i felt my lungs became 2 tanks of carbon monoxide after we reached the checkpoint. 

I haven travelled to Malaysia by land since i was 7, I was relieved that there was no jammed packed queues and theres AIRCON! haha i know. m suaku. Then again, maybe it's a weekday. (We went on a Tuesday morning)

When we reached Larkin. We were crowded by touts, asking us where we wanna go..but they weren't as aggressive as those in China, who literally start to pull ur bag from u. We finally picked one out of that lot and took a 3 hour bus to Malacca! 

At Malacca central, We took a bus to our hostel -the only booking we made for the trip LOL.

Anyways, the local bus experience was quite a funny one. The 4 of us were all less than 1.65m and there wasn't any seats left, so we were left standing. Thing is, the stupid triangle holder for the hand is way above us that we got to lift our hand straight up. This is the first time i felt that i am really vertically-challenged and when i looked at my friends, we laugh mad at one another.

here goes the picture-intensive post...

of course, the first stop is to fill our tummies at Jonker

Shophouses visiting...alot of interesting touristy stuff

when u have no money to buy, u shoot it back.

This is a library. It's quite awesome.

princess acting cultured lol.

this was when i started loving the clouds.

along these lanes of shophouses, u can find funeral parlours in 

random units. I got quite freaked out afew times. like straight

on ur face. and there was one just right beside a guesthouse.

wires and skies awwwww

especially love this shot. looks like japanese street too.. aww blueskies

Cheng Ho Tea House. (part of admiral Zheng He museum)

Oh how can i missed out the orang utan house!

the artist is a cool-looking guy. theres 3 shops there

and they are just as cool la. 

Afamosa fortress..one of the places of interest. 

Exercise time!...aww love the sky... =D

The interior...

This busker can sing really well...initally we thought he just played for fun...

see those blocks beside him? They are tombstone extracts. beautiful.

Really nice oil painting. the artist when miles away to the countryside

to paint this series

the overpriced behchap! but i must admit that the ride was quite comfortable!

This ship is a museum. kid u not. Hang Tuah is inside.

see? 

another view.. 

at villa sentosa....actually this is a rural part..theres a more

posh cultured part across the river...kampong-style of bungalow

some cafe we rested in

oh! must try chicken rice ball at Jonker!

hidden among the bustling Jonker, 

theres a few quiet lanes that reside many many

galleries and artists' studios....where u can see them

work on their art pieces and talk to them...really cool!

close up on 2 red panels from the picture above

really like my bowls to end up like that.

an evening view of the Cheng Ho Tea House

At night we went back to Geographer's Cafe as we were tired of 

chicken rice, laksa and all food asian.

love this display

Although it was only 8 at night, there were only 

some customers and they were all on the ground level.

So technically, we enjoyed the entire 2nd level to ourselves!

so much so that we stayed till 11 plus! 

On the last day and last stop, we returned to the tea house for tea 

as promised (to an interesting indian old lady)

shelves of wine jars and  there's a life size giraffe of 3 storey high

beside it. It was said that Cheng Ho brought it from Africa to China as a Qi Lin 

(forgive my understanding of Chinese myths and legend, but i thought Qi Lin was a mytical reptile)

Interior 

I missed the evening time .

at the back garden of the guesthouse..where we had our breakfast

A view from our room

as these were old architectures...wells can be found in alot of houses

the window in the picture is my room's window

The guest house we stayed was also simple and cozy. It's a 2 storey shophouse along the mainroad. No hot water, no aircon but still, it's still quite clean!

and in total, i spent about 130 bux for 3 days 2 night. wheee spent much less than i expected!

hee happy. =)

Corbin's 1st.

There were many many people ...

who came to see  star Corbin...

the jie jie

the golds...

the vain..(aunty)

the tak-glam(mummy)

the couples (aunties and uncles)...

the yi ma gu zeh.....

the shy-cheeky....

and not to forget the man's-best friend.

and that my first party shoot....didnt do much editing (lazy winterbugs get to me)

i think i better shoot more before

i really get shot when the sem starts...hais =|

apologieees for quality. 

anyways..shall end this post with a candid pic

when-the-go-men-see-hot-babe.

next up: Malacca trip and Leonard's birthday.

woof! my time again!

time to zzzz. gd night.

(accidentally deleted the pictures....stupid blogspot...)


weeeee 50mm, come to mamaaaaaa ....for 3 days.

only from behind...

random joke of the day

Yest, my bro went to duplicate a set of keys as he had cleverly lost the entire pouch. So, he came back and stood outside the door, trying out...he turned n turned n turned, to no avail.

nono: eh, cannot leh.

me: try again...

nono: no, theres no sound of the catch.

me: try from inside

so he twisted his wrist through the gap of the gate to the other side of the knob and pushed the key in and 'clicked'!

nono: yeah!

me: HAHAHA, u can only come in from behind!

nono: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA GO N DIE.


LOL
well, if u get it...


and did I mention that exams are OVER?!

I am so not looking forward to my results. =(

Hi, My name is Mumu

My owner is very stress and busy this week, so I use this chance to lay my paws on her toy

She named me Mulan, but go by the name of mumu
and I m a bitch but not bitchy at all.
I'll be turning 5mths old in a week's time
I love to drink milk and bak gua
and all other 23523871270198 things i can get hold on
paper, rubberbands, coackroaches, socks
u name it, i ate it before.
I love to play with water, but hate bathing.
I like the dry looks on their face
Running into the room and hide under the bed
is part of making the beings at home exercise
I love it when they try to look for me,
crawling and trying to squeeze under the bed.
I pee and poo wherever I like, despite the daily
whacks i got,
Manja is my middle name.
Unlike my owner, I love to play with people,
I get all excited, wag my tail at such fast a speed
that someone said i could take off from the floor
like helicopter anytime.
and ..., i got to go have my dinner!

Kthxbye!

raining Cats and Dogs

exams are pain in the assessssssssssssssss


results is gonna rain Cats and Dogs for me this semester.


nd a breatherrrrr

UR COMMENTS NEEDED

hi people. just nd ur individual feedbacks.

If u are given the liberty to be what u wanna be, (can be a person/occupation/identity/object/things) what would u be. it can also be what u wanna be but never can be.

post them in chatbox!
pleasssssssssssse, appreciated! =)

hugs!

of blacks and whites...and middle grays.

developed and printed 2 of mumu's pics for a break after a day of darkness yesterday...






















my naughty lil' bitch.


one of the street photos for homework (quite like this).



















yesterday saw me leaving school at 9 to get home by 11 to discuss archi's presentation for monday (the 2 foreign guys whom i tot were vietnamnese...turned out to be CHINESE from PRC. ) chey, went such big round of machiam visual haggling of chickens and ducks....only to realize that everyone 都會講華語.

and i haven finish an extra roll for tmr..hais...my weekends are for mondays...exhausted

alot of times, i wish i was smarter...

nuff said.

quick bites!

sorry for the lack of updates, these few weeks are bad house weeks..even though i m having 1 wk break, i have been going to school everyday -_-. Staying in the darkroom for 9 hrs a day is making me drowsy and huhry.....and tmr i m going back again to rush my work...i spent 2 days doing one print.=~[ will post up if they survive my prof's portfolio review....*cross fingers*

got tonnes of assignments and research to do, and not to forget a term test and history oral presentation right after this week, and just as i m typing this, IT IS FREAKING WEDNESDAY ALR OMFG!


oh! dear people, meet my darling.



Say Hi! to my mulan....aka mumu!! =)

ashes..to snow

abt one and a half years ago, when i was still working as an MA, flipping magazines and newspapers were part of my job.

One fine morning, as usual, i was flipping through the papers, Life! section, I saw a picture that caught my eyes. it was a picture taken in the wild, with orang utans and a lady on a tree. Although i m know nuts about a good photography but i think that was the first ever picture that feels sublime...it makes me feel that theres still some hope for this world, seriously. I was thinking, if one day, someone ask me about my favourite picture/photographer. It has to be this series by him.

ever since i got my macbook, it has been my wallpaper (Think i blogged abt this before) ...and from time to time, i naively will go to the webpage to see if theres discount or some sale for the collection. or just drool over the pictures and curse n swear about when the hell is it gonna be exhibited in Singapore...

one and a half years later..last week, homework for one of the photog classes , when ask to search for 3 favourite images, i actually forgot abt this!!...until i went home n switch on my mac, when it struck me.

and so this series landed on a page for my homework and did a youtube search for the video.

presenting, Ashes and Snow by Gregory Colbert.








http://www.ashesandnow.org
enjoy

now back to daguerre...for mon's presentation arghhhhhhh damit!

better late than never.

as these few days, i m free from work, i've the luxury of my own time (really appreciate this especially when sch term is commencing in few days time). This mid-noon, I was walking along blk 201 to the central bustop, when i saw this old man frm quite a distance, holding on to his umbrella, tapping it twice before making his every step forward.

I was not in a hurry, walking slowly, looking at him, alot of things went through my mind and before i realised it, i had walked passed him. Suddenly, my legs made a decision to turn back. i don't know whether my legs controlled my mind (although technically, it shd be my brain thats sending a msg to my trotters) or some part of my sub-conscious is still working amidst of the scorching sun at 330pm.

He was walking right by the curb to lead himself, but as i hold him, i realised that it could be dangerous as he might just tripped over the curb and also, the ground is not flat. I walked him to the 202 coffeeshop. On the way, I asked him if he does that everyday since it's so hot, he told me he visit the coffeeshop twice a week for coffee. From his eyes, i could see a very thick greyish matter in his eyes. I supposed he's got quite severe glaucoma, yet, he can still make his way from amk central (where he lives) just to have a cup of coffee.

through the walk, i realised alot of things including those i learnt n forgot. Since young, I m always few steps slower than most (yeah, i m not the smartest people around). I am glad that I turned back in the end because I might just regret ( not to jinx anything but i m that sort who would think abt 'what if i did that'...) I mean i really want to minimise these kind of hesitation and not give regrets any chance.
Secondly, sometimes, being in a closer position (be it physically or emotionally), allows u to see things at their position clearly and I m really thankful for my legs in this situation. (read: 3rd paragraph first and second line).
Thirdly, of course, the uncle's coffee-spirit lol despite the difficulties in his mobility and the angry mid-noon sun.
it's nothing major but it's always these little bits of things that remind and bring me back on track.

After I found a seat for him and ordered his coffee. He offered to buy me coffee to thank me...but he had already thanked me with a lesson.


nothing beats school of life.
where nobody graduates.

smiles.

boom deeyadaaaaaaaaa!

ookay, half a week n counting to...



does the entire clip spells n.o.s.t.a.l.g.i.a.

.

sometimes, i just wish to agree that parents will selflessly protect their children.
but i beg to differ.

or at least add an addtional line behind, 'to a certain extent.'

to all unscrupulous parents.
cheers to the successful attempt of ur aims.
and the gain of eternal disappointment from your kids.

i begin to doubt parental relationships. hate to say this but whatever kinds of love has been long toxicated by the root of all evil, i suppose. and like pesticide (or whatever-u-call-it) in animals, they carried through generations in the chain of life.

and if death can solve every problems, humans would have been longed extinct. Maybe thats how dinosaurs died and fossils formed. but wait, they are beasts.


indifferent.

today as i was surfing the net for some song titles, i came across some old chinese songs...(not theresa teng that kind of old, but jacky cheung's era...his cantonese songs still sound as nice as when i was 9.. i made my my dad bought the wen bie's album which was in gold colour. Cheung was my first idol ok, at 9. before that it was tom n jerry sticker album craze (those with numbers for specific stickers...that made our parents broke hahaha), i still remember the satisfaction when i completed a book. Especially when competing with nono.

Then, i suddenly remembered that i always wanted to find this particular song for many years, not kidding. It was a theme song for a hk/taiwanese drama called 京港爱情线. This drama aired 3 times in Singapore. I watched all 3 times. Before the recent Korean wave, my mum was amazed by how captivated i was by a drama. hahaha and Now i am just as amazed by the mother with how she can watch 愛上女主播 or rather 張東健 every.day. for quite awhile.

Anyway, back to the song. It is by Jeff Chang. DAMN NICE OK? hahahai still remmeber how fustrated n annoyed when i couldn't find it in IRC.... @FIND @FIND ...browse lists n lists of jeff chang's songs until my eyes popped out n in but still with no avail.... and the fact that i was only able to touch the computer at wee hours in the morning...ya..those were the days...when i was using dialup...ok, now i m beginning to recall the dialing tone and the eeeeeeeeeeee with 28.8k modem...beige with a green strip that lines a stretch of flickering red lights...
what? oh, how i remembered so clearly?...thats because everytime i dial up, i would stare eagerly at the tortoise modem. until it gt connected, cos time is precious, especially when u can only use the internet after everyone's asleep. kanna gui . it's pathetic.

haha maybe u guys have watched it before. It's a really nice show. It's about love relationships between 2 couples from Hongkong and Beijing.... i still remember i really like jacqueline ng's (wu chien lien) character in it. Yeah, I luv it a more than decade years ago, when i was in primary sch...i still have deep impression of her character in there as Fong Ming. and u can see Moses Chan aka Pretty ok in 唐心風暴...if u all wanna watch it, i gt the VCD. err yes, VCD...got it for 5 bux. hahahaha enjoy.



Just as i thought that theres 3 more weeks of hols, weiching just reminded me that it's only 1 week left of my precious precious holidays!!!...time flies... and i'ts journey to the west for me everyday...literally.

n ian, haha yeah, i wanna car pool!!!!!!! send me ur schedule!!!!!!!!! rawr...

just what is wrong.

dear blog
yours truly has got a job afew days ago. Very happy, as it can fill up the hole in my pocket and as well as to earn money for the next semester. Just wanna earn as much as possible during these few weeks and not sponge from the house. Work is at my previous previous co. in bouna vista. =)

work aside, these 2 days haven been gd...felt super low, especially yesterday..i m alr very low within, and during work, some of my colleagues brought up a very sad case...and if it's not enough, my shoes straps snapped.=/

at the end of the day i felt i really need to talk to someone...but those few whom i can talk to were not exclusively available...so end up calling tris and company...as usual, end up only the 3 of us. anyway it's sorrow dripping session, so 3 is not a crowd.

wanted to go to a peaceful place, so tris suggested afew...and we ended up in keppel marina..really nice place. even though we dressed like shit, esp zw, in his usual tees and berms. I thought i would tear ....but i didn't. Sometimes, we can't deny the fact that life is really what u watch on tv..dramatic, so reel yet...so real.

Just as i thought i've felt abit better, on the way back home, after dropping zw...the car infront of tris's great white made an e-brake and the next moment, *bam*!. his car got kissed by a taxi behind. Lucky thing, his car was alright, otherwise i'll be damn guilty.... i know i shd count ourselves lucky, as it could have been worse *touchwood*....thank all gods.

anyway, hope this dull emo season will phase out soon...

peace.




i hate facebook. as much as friendster.

nope, not booking in.

i finally did it after 2 years.










process!








Thanks for all the donations, my dear people!

screw it

still at chapter 5. i am so dead. got a D for quiz and i should SERIOUSLY learn to S/U.
damn it.

During poly, it's mainly my IS modules that got me my As...now..its C all over =(

gt back my results. luv Qing man! hahaha he upgraded me from a C- to an A- for drawing || . i am so motivated to take advance
drawing. hahahahahaha
this sem's results, thou can't complain much but i would prefer no Cs.....but quite impossible. loL just saw my degree audit
cgpa...3.58.... if it's in poly, i would have jump for joy but not here in ntu. it's on the fence man...and astro may just do me in! damn it. Although, studies ain't all abt results but it's just an answer to gratitude to my people, especially my uncles. ( ok, enough of long-winded corny lines)

one year of "fun" inmidst of hair-tearing, heart-sinking-to-right-to-the-bed-of-my-lungs (ok, exaggerating,. just heart sank), tear-jerking nights. yeah. i survived year one.

on a lighter note,
Iphone is here. I heard nono screaming "iphone! iphone!' in the next room with steve jobs presentation conference playing. Yet just then, he complained that the 3g sux. I personally think that Ipod touch is good enough. I don't wanna be able to do so many things with a multipurpose device and eats up all the batt needed for proper calls n msgs...it's ultimately iPHONE unless it runs solar.

a phone should just be..a phone. let ipod touch do the jobs for entertainment man. MP3s, vids, safari! woohoo... give me an ipod touchhieeeeeeeeeeee

ok, gt to go back n chew pages!

muchlove.

=( mug mug mug

boo! i m only at chapter 2 of 8.......damn damn damn

i wanna go shopping.

please be nice.

Had my first astronomy lecture today. lecturer was...nvm... but the dvd played was quite interesting.

the line. of the day: I am from outerspace, made from the heart of a star

just learnt that we are star-stuff =)

but i just blew 42 bux on the textbook today...-_- i hope tmr and thursday will be just as interesting, but i really look forward to the star/sun gazing sessions. join me la...i try to smuggle u in hahaha

now that the holidays are here, my lazy mode is tuning in, i was still lazing on the bed at 1145am despite the fact that i got a class at 130 and have yet to print notes for the lecture. Tongiht is the final night in hall, i'll miss this little privacy of my own.
*horrendous thought of the travelling hybrid journey of mrt>bus or bus>mrt>bus with hybrid concessions. The > is made up of squeezings, waitings, wastings, agonies and endless wtfs.....*

on a lighter note, i'll be catching up with people whom i haven met since ages as well as movies which i have been waiting for =)

Tomorrow: movie with the guys in cine: forb. kingdom...not very enthu abt it thou, don't really appreciate jackie chan's stuff
Friday: dinner with chris and lisa!! =D
Saturday: Mommy's day celebration...anehasehyo~ yeah mummy's all into korean and kimchis...
Monday: Hansel and Gretel ( tentative)

oh and talking about movie..IRONMAN is damn worth the 6 dollars movie tix la! like the technology, like the story, love the ironman and the man inside the ironsuit. LOL tony stark damn hot la. ok, thats too bimbo a review of a movie from a student who did film critic last sem...haha not sure if i'll even pass man...*cross fingers*
I wouldn't mind watching it for the second time =)

and as usual, whenever i commented about hot guys, ching will always link it to our good ol tve ziggy..uh, she said robert downey jr looks alot like him..., i told her that she only identify those moustache n goatee and just whack. but she forgot the tummy. =X
3.5yrs after grad, she still refuse to let me off the ohp incident.......-_-

and KUKUs long-awaited dinner next thurs....i think...hee

Next, my dear people/passerby/annonymous...

please be kind this holiday/may/june/july, support the Children Cancer Foundation's Hair for Hope event. Contribute abit of your allowance, salary to help the kids. I know climate is going crazy, economic is slowing down, and I am not getting paid for this but your little donation and support will be appreciated. well, at least yours truly will.

i'll be contributing my hair this july, kindly support me morally and the kids financially.
http://www.ccf.org.sg/hfh/webApp/shaveeBIO.php?shaveeId=48

ok, cs3 time.
to all happy days, pple!