Sunday, July 5, 2009

My Life In Malaysia So Far.....

I did too many things since I came back and I guess I will just summarize everything in just one post. I'll just write what I remember.

I have been going to Ipoh for work quite a lot. Just meetings with dad and generated some ideas for expansions for the business over there. And I spent a fair amount of time in Teluk Intan to rest and eat some local foods. I had some Bak Kut Teh, a lot of seafoods and some other local delights. Mangosteens and durians are in season too, and since one mangosteen costs me $2 AUD in Perth, I certainly felt more happy to eat more here.

























Picture credit: foodstreet.com.my


I had a lot of salty egg yolk crabs too ! They were awesome and I can't get enough of them :). Due to the level of cholesterol in it, it's not something I would prefer on a very regular basis. Soya had some of them too and her's looked really nice.





















Last week, I went to Hat Yai with baby for a 3 days two nights trip. It was awesome, lots of seafood, big oyster (really huge) and baby did some shopping. The last day of the trip, my called me and asked both baby and me to go for a dinner. Our accountant was there with us and two of my sister's friends from KL were down in town too.

Again, a lot of local foods during the past 1 week.


Thinking about it, I have barely 2 weeks left before semester 2 starts. Sister is going back to school tomorrow. So we did some shopping in KL today. We went to Pavillion for a bit of walk and then walked over LV which is inside the J.W Marriot Hotel building at the opposite. Star Hill, was it? Initially, we went there to get mom two handbags and one for sister only but we ended up buying 5 of them.






















Actually I didn't want one because I simply think I don't need it but my dad persuaded me so I ended up buying one for myself. I thought of getting one for baby also when she is down in KL with me next time.




















3 for the girls. They even printed their own names on these bags ! How lucky ! I couldn't do so on mine. My mom and sis are not obsessed about handbags but most girls do. I don't know why, just handbags !

I could not afford all these on a regular basis for now....




















One each for brother and me. Thanks pa !

Have to work hard to make up the hole in my wallet from now on....


One more highlight is I lost my less than a month old iPhone 16GB in Sunway Pyramid Car Park !! yesterday. This is how it happened. Mom was driving and we were looking for a parking space and not too long, we spotted this couple walking towards their car. I asked my mom to follow them for their parking space. So we waited, the couple reversed their car out and we were ready to go.

Too bad, mom said she is not good at doing reverse parking so I said I will do it. That was the beginning of the problem. I got down from the front passenger seat, and that was when I dropped my iPhone ! I did not realised it becuase it was in a leather case and I only realised I lost the phone after I parked the car.

We started calling my phone to see if I dropped it somewhere inside the car but I was quite certain someone took it away already. There were a few people washing car right in front of the place I parked my car and I think they took away my phone.

I was really upset and we tried to call and ask him to return the phone to me. The phone is password protected so it makes it harder for the bastard to use the phone. Since that was the case, we thought offering the bastard RM1,500 for him to return me the phone was a bargain. He turned off the phone. By the way, it was a guy who took away my phone. Baby called him, and he was too scared to talk further after the initial first "hello" he off the call and at last turned off the phone.

It's over and I don't think I should think about it anymore.

My dad gave me his iPhone even though I insisted it is not necessary. That's life I guess. You make a lot of money and at some point, some things will come along and some money will be wasted unnecessarily and involuntarily. No matter how rich you are, you still feel the pain in the heart.


However, 5 LVs today make up some of the pain :). Shopping costs money but brings happiness.

I am going to Bali soon with baby then come back and fly back to Perth after.

There are a lot of things I am looking forward for but there are also a lot of things I do not dare to imagine at all.

I think that's life. You can't have all the good things all the time.

I'll take life as it is.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

I am Home

I am now in Malaysia !

The day I came back, I went to Sunway Pyramid with dad, mum, sister and baby ! So we had this quick lunch before dropping baby off to her dad.

The weather was really hot for the past two days but in KL it was alright. I stayed home most of the time and it rained for a bit, so it wasn't that bad.

Back in Teluk Intan, Perak, it is really hot today. Came back to TI today and went around with dad to get some work done. It was really nice talking so much to him about everything. I love talking to my dad because I learn all the time through conversations.

Today, we had some hawker food which tasted very good and can no way be found in Perth. But, I don't fancy them over the long term. I guess, I am quite used to the eating habit/diet in Australia already.

Grandma gave me close to 30 "zhung". Sigh, how are we going to finish all that? I will share some with baby, hehe :).

Development project is starting and I am going to Ipoh early morning tomorrow with dad for some work. Hopefully the growing pace of our business in Ipoh will continue to grow at their best. :). A lot of things to look forward to.

I better work and learn hard. Baby wants me to marry her when she's 25 or 26. Hahaha, babyyyyy ! :).

Till here, update soon on work and once I start to blog on those, I might lock my blog to only readable by my close friends.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Li Shan's 21st Birthday @ Perth

Just two days before baby and I flew back to Malaysia from Perth, we attended Li Shan's early birthday celebration party at her friend Pei Wen's house.

She invited some of her closest friends to the party and I was fortunate enough to be invited.

It was a pot luck party so everyone was expected to bring something to the party.

She actually stressed that everyone should wear really nice on that day and girls should wear dress.

I asked her if I could wear singlet and short pants only and she responded me by putting this message "anyone who comes in short pants and singlet will be introduced as stripper" ... on her MSN personal message.

Knowing Li Shan... she will probably walk her words, and since it was her birthday, I dressed according to what she said.



















#1. Baby and I brought Mai Fun and Curry Chicken there. I think Li Shan took photos of the curry chicken but she didn't put it up on Facebook. So just this picture.




















#2. The host Pei Wen prepared this. Cold pasta and it tasted really good. She made some Jelly Shot also which were all awesome !

























#3. Baby, me and Li Shan, the birthday girl ! It wasn't her actual birthday though on that day, but yeah just consider it as her birthday. Haha. Baby looked cute in this picture <3.




















#4. Baby, me, Li Shan & Li Zhen. They are not sisters by the way. :P. I looked quite red which was perfectly normal. Not drunk, just one shot. One shot will not kill me. Haha. I should have drank more but if I did, I wouldn't be able to cashman Burswood casino. Hehehe.




















#5. Another picture of us, now standing. Look at baby's hand, aww so sweet :). Li Shan looked really good too on that night. 21st Birthday really means a lot to a person I guess. Key to freedom age. Now the pressure is ON, because I am stressing out how to celebrate baby's 21st birthday early next year.




















#6. Soya's boyfriend, Hanns, Calvin, Soya & Li Shan ! A bunch of fun people.



















#7. The host, Pei Wen and Li Shan. It wouldn't be so perfect without her friendly and warm welcome.
















#8. Pei Wen, Li Shan, Denis, Kenneth^2.



















#9. While the two best friends were busy camwhoring...




















#10. I was too busy eating... actually I was pouring some Pepsi into my cup. It seemed like Li Zhen was enjoying her food :P.

























#11. And THE VODKA JELLY ! They tasted good ! And you can't get drunk eating that :P. Everyone had a fair share of these.
























#12. She was too busy with the TV. :P



















#13. A group picture. We had a more complete group photo towards the end but I don't have it now with me. I'll update when Soya sends it to me.



















#14. After dinner, we played some poker while waiting for Li Shan's friend, Sin Ling, to come over with the birthday cakes.
























#15. The happy looking birthday girl with her Tiramisu cake, made by Sin Ling.
























#16. Sin Ling & Li Shan.
























#17. Then it was time for birthday songs and cakes cutting. Li Shan, what wishes did you make?
























#18. Cake cutting.




















#19. Li Shan, I hope you like the birthday present and Happy 21st Birthday ! It's once in a life time, so enjoy it while it lasts.

I hope you had a great time :).

If you're celebrating in Ipoh, count me and YJ in okay :D.

I guess by this time, everyone is in Malaysia already. Have fun and enjoy the holidays to the fullest people !

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Dot Points Update

















  • I went to Li Shan's birthday party yesterday and it was really good.

  • And she put lipstick on all the guys, and made me looked like a girl. They thought I have the potential to be those "ah kuas" in Thailand. More on that when I get all the pictures from her. :)

  • Went to Burswood Casino after. Was thinking of having a bit of a look and was explaining about gambler's fallacy.

  • Ended up playing a little.

  • Was thinking to just donate some money away, but managed to pull the trick off and won some at the end.

  • And packing for home now :). Can't wait :P.

  • This semester flew by so quickly....exceptionally quick that made me feel that I might miss Perth next time, the place and the bunch of good friends :).

Friday, June 19, 2009

Post-Exam With Baby: Part 2

After dinner, we went to Garden City and there is this pet shop situated a few shops away from one of the entrances. The thing about this pet shop is, they actually keep the puppies right at the entrance of their shop.

In the past, whenever we went to Garden City, we always dropped by this shop to have a look at the puppies they had there. Today, was no different. Baby was so excited when she saw this cute little Maltese.



















This cute Maltese caught a lot of attention from the public and there were a few other people taking photos of him as well.

He basically stole all the limelight over there.

Everyone was pretty much blown away by this cute little puppy and baby was really excited seeing this.

I actually thought that other puppies are pretty cute looking too....



















Ahhh this couple smooching there :P.

When I go back to Malaysia after I graduate, I would love to have some doggies too. Baby definitely will ask for some. Haha, I have two ugly ones at home now. Ahem, my sister gonna go mad.....




















The world today is so different... not only kids have toys... dog also need toys... haha...

After that, we just walked around for a bit.... had some ice creams... and entered many different shops... but no shopping is done this time because I think we have much better varieties back in Malaysia...Might as well buy when we go back....


Among many shops that we entered, this is one of my favourite....




















Piggy banks !

And I can't helped myself from taking these few pictures that I think necessary to you know sort of beautify my blog a little bit.. with some colourful pictures....

Over the next few days, I have a lot of interesting to blog about birthdays and gatherings.....and of course when I go back, I have lots and lots of things to write about... because it's now holidays for us !!!!!




















I like this one, the penguin not the cash cow.... haha...



















And they even have this fake chewing gum that you can use to set up a prank on your friends in school.... for those who went or go to high school in Australia, you know we have this padlock for our own locker in school.... you can stick this fake chewing gum onto the padlock..... haha ! All sorts of things in today's world.....

Speaking about prank.... check this out . Hilarious man !!!

That's about it for today,

Happy Holidays Everyone !!!! Have fun and see you all in Malaysia :)