Memory Lane -- Wollongong Part 1

Today, I walked down on my memory lane trip to Wollongong -- the only place I can still call home.

I took the 10:21am train to Wollongong and reached there at about 12 plus. There wasn't any express train, so I took the lesser stops. I dozed off a bit during the few stops, haven't got enough sleep. So I aligned at North Wollongong station and took the free shuttle to uni -- yes there is a free shuttle now. Nice! :D

I stopped at the bus stop just outside the recreational and sport center, had a quite browse then walking through the Health and Behavioural Department and took a detour to admin building across McKinnon Building, which is the biggest lecture room in UOW. I then walked back towards the Arts Building and Communication center before finally stopping at the brand new luxury Library which is now linked to the computer lab. WOW!! It was so grand!! I went to my fave corner of the libray and took pic there.

I then continued my journey to unicenter and stopped for my memoribilia shopping at the unishop. I settled in with one tee, one short, lanyard, two bumper stickers, magnet, two pens, key chain and reuseable bag. I wanted to get the UOW graduation bear for the Bachelor of Arts, but it was sold out from last week's graduation. Sigh!! :(

After that I grabbed lunch at the unibar, which was the only one open before heading to Kooloobong .. my 'home' for 2 years. The weather was hot with a little breeze, so not bad. I went pass Hope Theater which is under construction. UOW is really expending. Not only Hope Theater is currently under construction but also the IT Building located at the entrance of uni. Awesome!

Done with the uni reminiscing, I boarded the No. 11 bus to the mall, which cost $1.80 back then, now it's $3.20. Tsk tsk! I didn't get the chance to go to Campus East, maybe tomorrow when we get the rental car, should be easier.

Will continue the blog entry later .. it's now 1am, and I still haven't packed up my stuff to move to hotel tomorrow. My family is arriving tomorrow, so no more 'ME' time ... Hope I can still enjoy my time :D

Nite everyone!

Sydney

Just got back from roaming the Sydney city .. went to QVB, The Rocks, Hyde Park, Sydney Bridge and the Opera House. Well, the city doesn't change much since the last time I'm here. Then again, I didn't spend much time in Sydney during those days anyway. So it's still pretty much city feeling .. I shall feel more at home tomorrow when I go back to Wollongong.

Though one thing I miss the most about Sydney is the atmosphere, having street musicians, listening to people chatting on the street and seeing people kissing in public .. which we don't get to see that in Asian countries. Plus Sydney offers the Christmas feeling with the beautiful decorations and specially today's weather is really nice. A little bit breezy but it's just nice.

So today was basically about getting back the familiarity so I know the way around when my family comes and reminiscing the old times.

Meeting Brian again after almost 8 years and Pat after 10 years was surreal .. we've been friends for almost 12 years and it was amazing. The Lin's brothers have been a family to me. So thank you guys for everything and I got to meet their girlfriends too and share the stories.

It's gonna be a good 10 days in Sydney. Too bad I can't share the photos now, gotta wait 'till I get back home.

Down Under

Hello from land down under ... I finally received last minute confirmation on flying 2 days earlier than my other family so I get the chance to have my memory lane trip to Sydney and Wollongong.

The initial plan was go straight to Wollongong today after arriving in Sydney, but I was too zombified, so I decided to postpone to tomorrow and roaming around the city today after re-charging my sleeping time.

I'm currently at Brian's house and about the head out to enjoy the weather and the city. The weather is just nice. Not too hot and not too cold .. a good summer day of 25 degrees.

Have a good day people.

Wishing you an early Merry Christmas

This comes in the email today ... realizing that Christmas is just around the corner and this would be my first Christmas away since I started working almost 7 years ago.

This should be my 2nd or 3rd Christmas in Sydney 'cos I always went home for Christmas holiday during my uni days. Well, at least this time I get to experience Christmas period in winter :)

Anyway, have a great Christmas holiday. Hope you have a great one ..

one week and counting down ..

In one week time, I'll be flying to HK and Sydney .. too bad 'till now my flight to Sydney is still on waiting list .. hope I get it confirmed soon. I hate being left hanging like this when I have well-planned my days with my best friend there. Argh!!

Anyway, I'll see you soon cousins, aunties and uncles ..

Indo Version of Open Happiness 暢爽開懷

entering new year ..

Mickey heard someone's turning 1 year older tomorrow ... :D

Alvin & The Chipmunk - Squeakquel

More movies to look forward to .. funny looking creatures :) Who won't love these three little fellas ;p

It'll be out Christmas Day 2009. I guess I'll watch this in the land down under hihi

7-11 Ad Feat Ashin & Patty Hou

Really cute ad .. thanks bloodbubble for the link. I miss 7-11 :(

New Look

It's been almost 8 years since I left Wollongong for good, the place I still can call home .. upon updating my FB today, I came across UOW Alumni Page and saw this beautiful building .. it's now part of my uni ..

This is the new library. Nice!! The old library was old and dark and now look at those windows ..


The 2nd new building is the Health and Medical Reseach Institute (it was used to be called Health and Behavioural Department) located just opposite the Recretional Centre, which it was already one of the most spanky building on campus, and now look how it turns out .. WOW!!


Seriously, I will be having trouble reminiscing my moments with such a short period of time. I miss you W'Gong ..

Joey McIntyre

Baby Joey grown up good :D

Joey McIntyre is the youngest member of the New Kids on the Block and it seems though they are now reunited, Joey is still the most existing member with the singing career.

This is his latest single 'Here We Go Again' -- Looking good Joey.

In one month time

- photo courtesy of Elly (I want one of this) -

16 November 2009 -- in exactly one month time I'll be flying to HK and Sydney for my Christmas and New Year's holiday. Well, it isn't really a holiday, it's more of a family trip, my cousin's wedding. It's gonna be fun though with limited time.

Just got off the news that my Aussie visa is approved .. phewww!! I was worried 'cos Aussie visa is difficult to be issued. Yay, I'm all set!! :D

It's gonna be quite a long trip of almost 3 weeks covering about 4 countries .. HK, China, Macau and Australia. I'm so gonna be dead broke when I come home. Disneyland HK is definitely a must, specially I'm going over Christmas holiday, so there's gonna be lots of cute stuffs to get.

Now I can only hope for big fat bonus for the new year.

Time for Miracles

Time for Miracles by Adam Lambert the runner up of 8th Season American Idol is the theme song for the movie 2012. Very nice song indeed .. the movie was alright though, it was scary at the beginning specially if you imagine the reality, but towards the end it got boring and too Hollywood.

It's late at night and I can't sleep
Missing you just runs too deep
Oh I can't breathe thinking of your smile

Every kiss I can't forget
This aching heart ain't broken yet
Oh God I wish I could make you see
Cuz I know this flame isn't dying
So nothing can stop me from trying

Baby you know that
Maybe it's time for miracles
Cuz I ain't giving up on love
You know that
Maybe it's time for miracles
Cuz I ain't giving up on love
No I ain't giving up on us

I just wanna be with you
Cuz living is so hard to do
When all I know is trapped inside your eyes

The future I cannot forget
This aching heart ain't broken yet
Oh God I wish I could make you see
Cuz I know this flame isn't dying
So nothing can stop me from trying

Baby you know that
Maybe it's time for miracles
Cuz I ain't giving up on love
You know that
Maybe it's time for miracles
Cuz I ain't giving up on love
No I ain't giving up on us

Baby can you feel it (feel it)
http://www.elyricsworld.com/time_for_miracles_lyrics_adam_lambert.html
You know I can hear it (hear it)
So can you feel me feel you....

You know it's time....

Baby you know that
Maybe it's time for miracles
Cuz I ain't giving up on love
You know that
Maybe it's time for miracles
Cuz I ain't giving up on love

You know I ain't giving up on us
You know I ain't giving up on
Oh I ain't giving up on us

Shattered Glass

This was taken at the busway station that I wait everyday. I saw this shattered glass about a week ago, which later I found out that there was a shooting at 3 busway stations ... scary! Though it happened like dusk .. but still .. scary.

Motive: unknown.

RAIN coming to Jakarta

Jeong "Rain" Ji-hoon (born June 25, 1982), often known simply as Rain, is a South Korean pop singer, dancer, model, actor, CEO and designer. He’s recognized as one of the most influential youngsters in Asia. He even has his own clothing line. And now, the phenomenal Rain is going to visit Jakarta for the first time ever.

After his last tour, Rain’s Coming, two years ago, he is now set out to marvel the world again. Rain is now in the path of presenting his fans with Legend of Rainism, his latest tour. This concert is a gift for his fans who’ve been waiting for his breakthrough. Rain himself was involved in planning the concert from the very beginning and all the way to production. He poured himself in this concert as the legend of periodic icon of 21st century.

His main purpose in this concert is to reach his fans as close as he can through his performance. With the best effort and passion, Rain will entertain his fans through charismatic dance and performance, and together, creating an enjoyable unforgettable moments.

* extracted from WProductions site

Anyone interested in seeing him live in concert? Contact WProductions for more details ..

8 days to go ..

Inspiration

This following blog post is from Tay Kewei , who has been one of Lee Hom's back-up singers for the Music-Man tour .. this is what she wrote about leehom -- what an inspiration

LEEHOM

what i've learnt from this dude,
is that despite being on TOP of his game,
being such a mega superstar that he is,
despite landing endless commercials and gigs,
he works hard.

there is nothing very mysterious about success,
especially when i get this close to leehom.

true, his good looks, luck, talent all played a part, 天时地利人和blah blah blah,
but if you can stick through it,
re-invent yourself and remain an artiste for more than 10 years and still be as big,
it all boils down to hard work.

so we've all heard the statistic, he's been to 29 cities within 40 days,
endless 商业演出, he's swimming in piles of money,
but he ain't partying.

after his ION gig in Singapore, we hung out till late,
and the next morning he flew back to Taipei immediately for a huge open-air show to about 60000 people at night.

and there i was lounging in my house the whole day,
and I watched the Taiwan news on TV in amazement:
Wow, he's sporting exactly the same hair, and wasn't he just here with me less than a day ago?

How can someone so effectively maximise his time spent everyday?

And he'll be directing his own movie very soon, and starring in it as well -
it's a personal project that he made come true,
something totally different than what he's used to (making albums)
and definitely taxing,
but it will bring his career to a whole new level.


this is kewei's own words of success ...

Have you ever wondered,
everyone's partying, having supper, watching the movies, having a good time.
Everyone's trying to schedule their time to meet friends, packing their social calendar to the brim,
I had a wild thought that I don't want to be like everyone.

I want to succeed.

Not many people succeed, the ones who do,
are not like everyone else.

The ones who succeed are different from everyone else,
they subscribe to a different lifestyle,
they work extra hard.

Being successful is just a place not many people get to -
it filters the hard worker from the insanely hard working ones.

Like so many other people, for many different reasons,
he's gonna be my role model for now.

I won't be able to reach where he is now, but if I can get close,
it would be darn remarkable.

* Personal note: this is the main reason why I love and adore him so much. No doubt he has a very nice looking, but despite all the outside appearance, he is always this hardworking, talented, humble and kind person. What an inspiration indeed .. I'm honoured to have meet him personally and honoured to be his fan.

Googling Sesame ..

Happy Googling ... :)

Early Christmas

Christmas is my fave holiday ever .. but I've never owned a Christmas theme doll, not even a Santa Claus.

Every year Starbucks releases it's 'Bearista" Christmas doll and I decided to get one pair this year.

So please meet Santa and Sinti (as my good friend Nat named her) aka Mr and Mrs Claus - new members of my sleeping company. Hope this year Christmas will be extra special .. I'm pretty sure it will ;)

Lee Hom's Shrine

My Lee Hom's Shrine finally UP .. these treasures of mine have been all over the place, I'm really lack of storing places in my room. I need more space ..

40th Anniversary Sesame Street

Sesame Street is celebrating its 40th Anniversary today ... Google teamed up with Sesame Street on making the Google doodle theme. Like this for example ..

I don't particular grew up with Sesame Street 'cos I don't like it the fact that it was dubbed into Bahasa, which is weird. But Sesame Street accompanied me through many mornings back in Australia. My breakfast was always with Big Bird, Elmo, Erni and Bert and many other characters through Austar in my living room back in Kooloobong.

No doubt I forever will have a little kid inside of me :D

So Happy Anniversary Sesame Street .. and the words are out .. Michelle Obama will be guest in the 41st season. Sweet!! :D

Elmo lover or not must watch this .. this clip was taken during Elmo's first visit in Australia - Rove Live in 2006. So cute!! :D

Christmas Time is Near

Starbucks has started their Christmas drinks - Dark Cherry Mocha and Toffee Nut yesterday. I had my first Toffee Nut yesterday and accompanied me throughout the afternoon while I dealt with files audit. Hmmm .. yummo!! Time flew .. it's Christmas Time again ..

While at it .. it means Thanksgiving is even closer. Let's start out giving thanks for everything we have achieved this year.

A good quote found while browsing for something ..

REMEMBER what's important in life ..

is free time, peace of mind, sense of accomplishment, family and generosity.

Astro Boy coming to 21 today

Yay, series of my movie lists are coming .. starting with Astro Boy and will be followed my Twilight Saga - New Moon on 20 November and hopefully many more!

Lee Hom in Brand's Chicken Ad

This is the Singapore Version with English voice over - will be aired nationaly in Singapore on 16 Nov ..

History

I just came to love this MJ's song - History, a very nice and meaningful song. I'm not too sure it's the original MV but it says it is ..

So yeah people .. create your own history everyday :D

He got kicked in the back
He say that he needed that
He hot willed in the face
Keep daring to motivate
He say one day you will see
His place in world history
He dares to be recognized
The fires deep in his eyes

How many victims must there be
Slaughtered in vain across the land
And how many struggles must there be
Before we choose to live the prophet's plan
Everybody sing...

Every day create your history
Every path you take you're leaving your legacy
Every soldier dies in his glory
Every legend tells of conquest and liberty

Don't let no one get you down
Keep movin' on higher ground
Keep flying until
You are the king of the hill
No force of nature can break
Your will to self motivate
She say this face that you see
Is destined for history

How many people have to cry
The song of pain and grief across the land
And how many children have to die
Before we stand to lend a healing hand
Everybody sing...

Every day create your history
Every path you take you're leaving your legacy
Every soldier dies in his glory
Every legend tells of conquest and liberty
Every day create your history
Every page you turn you're writing your legacy
Every hero dreams of chivalry
Every child should sing together in harmony

All nations sing
Let's harmonize all around the world

How many victims must there be
Slaughtered in vain across the land
And how many children must we see
Before we learn to live as brothers
And leave one family oh...

Every day create your history
Every path you take you're leaving your legacy
Every soldier dies in his glory
Every legend tells of conquest and liberty
Every day create your history
Every page you turn you're writing your legacy
Every hero dreams of chivalry
Every child should sing together in harmony

Michael Jackson - This is It

I heard news about this movie but I wasn't planning to watch it until yesterday when it was released ... I wanna see what the fuss about. And I'm glad I did, it was awesome. I think I got multiple goosebumps throughout the movie. It felt like watching the real concert on VIP seat .. it felt like he was still alive. It felt like we are all still waiting for the concert to actually happen.

It was the first movie I ever watched that all the audiences were singing along and clapping as if it was the real concert.

I was never MJ's fan, though I grew up listening to his songs like Beat It, Billie Jean, Thriller, Black or White, Earth Song, Man in the Mirror and long time fave Heal the World and many more. Honestly I don't own any of his CDs but I like lots of his song and I always admire his works and how he really care about the world. And Neverland ... still amazed me!

His sudden death last June, just moments away from his Final Curtain Call concert in title of "THIS IS IT" in London after 10 years absentee took the world by surprise. His adoring fans were devastated, the world seemed to stop all of sudden. There are also lots of "new sudden" fans. No one wanted to believe the news but yet it was true. The King of Pop has gone.

This is it basically tells us about the journey of the concert preparations. Countless hours of rehearsal of dancing, singing, visual effect to make 13 July perfect. It would have been one hell of concert if it happened. The rehearsal itself was already amazing .. he took part on every details made for the concert and he of course know everything about his works, so if one musician made some improvisation which doesn't suit him, he'll know immediately.

This movie also tells us the other side of MJ. All this while, we, the fans and audiences can only see the outcome of his works, Michael Jackson the superstar -- but we never actually see the preparations, what MJ liked in his normal days. These footage were meant for MJ's personal library - but in remembering what a great artist he was, Kenny Ortega - the director and MJ's best friend for many years decided to take these as something to remember MJ by. The movie will only be aired for 2 weeks around the world.

My opinion after watching this movie is .. MJ is just another human being who wanted to share what he loves best to the world, to his loving fans. He was a humble musician who didn't like to be praised. Everything he did was simply out of love and for love ..

I may not be fan then and I may not be fan now .. but no doubt MJ was .. is .. still the biggest influence in the world of music. It was totally an honor and priviledge for those who were able to be part of MJ's life and music journey.

MJ, you may be gone too soon but your spirit carries on ..

Amazing Aerial Photos

Click here to see more amazing and incredible photos.

I guess I have always fascinated with amazing and beautiful photos, scenic photos have always been my fave since I took photography class back in high school, perhaps that was one of the reasons I took it too -- plus my dad was a photographer graduated from Germany. But I've never further pursued it 'cos I wasn't patience and creative enough to capture those beautiful things and the equipments are so expensive. So I just settled with enjoying those amazing photos.

Product and model photos don't impress me much .. live events (no blood, reptile, accident what-soever involved though) and specially scenery like those pics above are the ones which take my breath away.

Do I need to say more?! Just simply amazing!

Save the Planet

Natural disasters have been occuring all around the world - countless earthquakes, typhoon, flood .. they are simply sign of Earth is getting tired and old.

Mother Earth is angry for not being taken care .. so people please love our earth more and show some respect to it. If we won't do it, who would?! Please take care of it ..

Starbucks has been continously support the environmental in giving out discount for those who bring their own tumbler/mug when they purchase their drinks. I hope it's not only because of the discount, but because their own self awareness in making a changes for the world.

改變世界...改變自己

Sorting, Packing, Sending ..

Finally, after over 1 month since it was released, 53 Music-Man DVDs arrived at my office. Huge box which can't even fit in Lia's CRV, we had to unpack the content and load them separately into her car.

This is what 53 DVDs look like ..

Sorting out is the worst part. We have to be careful who order which and which send to where. I missed calculation few times .. thanks to the small post-it, everything is nicely settled.

It took about 2 hours plus, 4 people ... so finally 37 packs were ready to be sent away.

And to add my collections, my MM figurines also come in the huge box

I Fall All Over Again ..

I have no words to describe this person .. MM, I miss you badly!

World's Batik Day

2 October 2009 -- UNESCO has officially name Batik, as Indonesia's cultural heritage. This was given by representatives from 114 countries who gathered at UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Heritage, which is currently holding its fourth session in Abu Dhabi.

Today, the street of Jakarta and all over Indonesia was 'invaded' by Batik .. the sale of Batik increased by at least 20%, even I bought my first Batik blouse ever :D

Indonesia and Malaysia have been in battle in proofing who owns it, well Indo has won the battle .. Congrats and let's appreciate it more.

Goggle V

Random-ness

No topic post today .. just don't feel like working and just wanna post some stuffs I bought, will get and something to look forward too.

1. Soft toy -- Scrump and Care Bears. I bought these 2 cuties on my last day in SG .. both bday gifts for my friends. For those who don't know who Scrump is, Scrump is Lilo's doll which she sew from fabric. Well, this one is the cuter version of the actual Scrump, the actualy Scrump looks a bit scary (sorry Cyn ;p) but she loves her so much :D

I didn't know who Scrump was 'till she told me, though I watch Lilo & Stitch but no one really notice her I guess. And I found her quite cute (this version ;p), I can't help of getting one for myself. So yes Cyn, I bought one for me too :D

2. Playing card of three of my favorites .. My Melody, Lee Hom and Disney .. nice! :D

3. More Lee Hom's collections -- all found at Yahoo Taiwan Auction. Thanks to Ricky for bidding. They are autographed CD of Lee Hom's trip that he made during the Shangri-La album preparation, Shangri-La first edition (my introduction to Lee Hom), autographed Unbelievable CD, Falling Leaves single CD and finally .. White Paper which completed my full album collections.

4. One Tree Hill Season 3 Boxset, which I found in the local Movie Store. Two seasons down, 4 more to go, well actually I have Season 1 and 2, but they're pirated, I'm planning to get the original boxset, which Gosh, this will definitely bankrupt me to the max.

5. In-ear headphone for my i-pod. Well, I thought of getting the original Apple in-ear headphone, but it costs almost USD100. No way on earth I'm gonna buy earphones for USD100. This Sony earphones are awesome enough, I simply feel disconnected with the outside world once I put them on.

6. Music-Man Concert DVD - Hong Kong version with bonus of Man in the Mirror CD. I wasn't planning to get one, 'cos I already ordered one Taiwan version which comes with the Music-Man figurines. But I got so tempted with the limited edition single, so I bought it anyway. Maybe I'll give away the DVD to someone :D

7. Sony Ericsson T707 -- soon to be mine, I hope! I've been planning to get new phone. But lately SE always release slide phone which I'm not quite fond. I'm a clam shell person, so I'm gonna get this one instead .. blue one of course. I'll wait for my next paycheck.

While I have spent quite a money for those stuffs above, I'm still currently waiting for these stuffs ..

1. Music-Man Concert Figurines

2. Music-Man DVD Taiwan Version with the MM figurines

3. And of course, I'm looking forward for my Aussie trip end of this year. Yay!! Can't wait!!

My flight is confirmed, but still need to apply for visa and arrange accommodation for my family. My accommodation is pretty much fixed though. Also need to plan where to take them and stuffs. Hopefully we have enough time to explore big parts of Aussie-land. Opera House is a must.

Last part of the this random-ness post .. please meet my new 19' monitor at work :D Sweet huh?! LH relaxing with his coffee enjoying the view.

Caught in the Act

This was just one of few scenes that our faces caught in the MM DVD .. :) Pheww, at least I wasn't doing something crazy, I was enjoying the moment. Good thing about sitting on Row 1, we were prohibited to record and snap with camera, so we got to enjoy every second of the concert.

I have yet to watch the DVD, I'll get my copy today.

Thanks LHTHFC for the capture :D

Sampai ke Ujung Dunia

I don't really listen to many of Indo songs, I totally lost track of new singers and bands. I know some of new songs from radio. This is one of good song I like .. it has nice and simple tune and good lyrics. "Sampai ke Ujung Dunia" by Dirly. I personally like the piano and guitar in the song.

Dirly was the runner up of Indonesian Idol Season 3 (2006). His voice is much better than the winner.

Cinta ini menggelisahkan aku
Membuat aku gila
Andai kita terpisah
Mati rasa-rasaku

Cinta ini membodohkan aku
Menutup akal sehatku
Andai engkau tak disisi
Risau isi jiwaku

Reff:
Selama kau belum jadi milikku yang utuh
Aku akan selalu milikimu
Selama bumi masih akan terus berputar
Aku akan slalu menujumu
Walau ke ujung dunia

Cinta ini membodohkan aku
Menutup akal sehatku
Andai kita terpisah
Mati rasa-rasaku

Season 7 Promo Shot

Season 7 Episode 1 - "4.30 AM (Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad)" has started on 14 September 2009 .. looking good so far, there hasn't been any problems or intrigues or anything.

The main characters continuing from previous seasons are the Scott's Family of Nathan who is in the off-season of NBA, Haley who is making a come back to singing career and Jamie who is turning 7. Other main characters are Brooke and Julian who are finally in relationship, Milli and Mouth who are continuing their sweet relationship and Antwon and Lauren. There will few characters come and go in this season, but everyone is starting new life without Lucas and Peyton.

Season 7 introducing 3 new characters .. Quinn as Haley's older sister, Clay as Nathan's sport agent and Alexis (coming soon).

For the time being, I have to watch it over youtube .. I don't normally watch series 'till they're all release on DVD, but I can't wait for this one .. so I'll be surely on youtube on Tuesday night (the series air Monday night Eastern Time). Thank you to whoever put each episode up on youtube .. Really grateful for that.

And I would love to have this Nathan Scott NBA card :) I used to collect NBA cards when I was in school.

Counting down to Episode 2 - What Are You Willing to Lose on 21 Sep. Yay!!

Last year today ..

this is where I was .. Taipei 101.

Spent NT3000 at Page One, watching Mammamia with Mel2, Renny and Lia. It was a relaxing day indeed, while counting down for the First Music-Man concert @ Taipei Arena. It was one hell of holiday for me .. lots of great things happened, including experiencing my first Taipei typhoon.

Time flies .. too fast!!

Personal Creation

Vida, Tania, Thelma, Mba Git, Feby and Evie are my gal pals at work .. these what I made for them upon my return from SG ..

I've been to SG for so many times, I had no idea what to give them from each of my trip .. from fridge magnets, keychains, chocolate, you named it. So I thought this time I give something different. I thought of it since the day I decided for the trip.

So I bought the wood frame at IKEA and decorated them individually .. the pic was taken on Mba Git's Birthday in May and ta da .. there you go. It's nothing fancy, but the thought that counts right beside I had fun doing it :D

Lebaran Cookies

So I was looking through stardreamer's blog today and found this .. she was just telling us about how she enjoys cooking and baking now. This is it 'Chocolate Crunch Cookies' .. YUMMO! Me love cookies.

The message in the blog was .. "If you would like to try, please send me sms before 21 Sep 09....hahahahaa....The first 3 sms that I receive before the due date would get 1 tube of above Chocolate Crunch Cookies made by me!!"

And I immediately text her and I'm girl no 2 to text her before the due date .. so I'll received freshly from the oven Chocolate Crunch Cookies specially made by my dear gal after the Lebaran .. YAY!! Thanks girl ..

Quote of the Day

"Remember that one single positive dream is more important than thousand negative realities. Since we are young and free to create whatever we wish, anything is possible."

by. Adeline Yen Mah of

Chinese Cinderella: The Mystery of the Song Dynasty Painting

痞子英雄 (Black & White)

It's been a while since I watched Chinese Series, in fact somehow I kinda avoid of watching series 'cos it's hard to stop once you started .. so anyway, friends were telling me about ZZ's (周渝民) new series, it's a very different from his sensitive role "Hua Zhe Lei" in or confident businessman "Qi Wei Yi" in or his other goofy and childish characters, instead here he acted as cop, he is a craven and cowardly ruffian who's interested in the chasing girls, but that makes it quite interesting and along the storyline, his character changed to more serious.

ZZ plays Chen Zai Tian aka "Pi Zi" and Mark Zhao plays Wu "Ying Xiong" -- that's how director Cai Yue Xun (the director of and ) came up with the title "Pi Zi Ying Xiong - Ruffian or Hero"

ZZ (痞子) acted as "an officer who relies on bullet dodging, ludicrous intuition, and mysterious information to solve numerous cases"

英雄's characters are righteous and a bit overly unyielding, this case solving expert will heedlessly crash cars, jump from buildings, and kill others every time in the hunt to capture a criminal. He's a man of justice who can distinguish what's right and wrong. He's the hero in his colleagues' hearts, while he's a crazy man to his team captain and officers of higher ranks.

From the news I read, initially Director Cai wanted to reunite F4 to act on this drama, but it was feared that having four handsome guys standing simultaneously in the light might cause the audience to obsess over them, which is a good point .. I personally don't think that this series can stand on the same level as Meteor Garden, they are totally different genre and it would definitely ruin the nice story plot if putting all F4 guys in the scene.

I have yet to finish watching the series .. but so far, it got me hooked! I could give 4 stars out of 5 and Mark Zhao isn't bad at all .. :D

The Proposal

This is Sandra Bullock latest movie released last month .. I like her a lot, I've watched most of her movies, not all but quite a lot and she is very an expressionist person in her characters of all her movies.

And Ryan Reynolds .. hmmm .. he is yummy. I've never actually noticed him as this gorgeous and hot guy :) I've seen his early works from TV series Two Guys, a Girl and Pizza place back in 1998. He was always this goofy and not-so attractive guy playing comedy movies like Just Friends, Van Wilder, Definitely Maybe 'till he took a serious role as Wade Wilson who soon to be Deadpool in X-Men Origin: Wolverine then I started notice him ..

Anyway, The Proposal is indeed a must-see movie specially for those movie lovers .. it cracks you up but at the same time it gives romantic feeling of being in love .. love truly comes unexpected and when it comes, hold on to it or you'll lose it for good.

Here is a synopsis of the movie:

Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is the executive editor-in-chief of a book publishing company, Colden Books, who forces her assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds) to marry her in order to avoid being deported to Canada. He grudgingly accepts, under the condition that he is promoted to the position of editor. When the government investigates, the two are forced to spend the weekend with his parents in Alaska in order to sell the lie. The family suggest they could marry the same weekend, and they reluctantly accept. They start to fall genuinely in love as they spend more and more time together. Because of this, during the wedding ceremony, Margaret decides she cannot do this to Andrew and confesses the business arrangement in front of everyone--including the immigration officer handling their case. She is then told that she has 24 hours to get back to Canada, and thus goes back to New York to pack her things. Upon doing so, however, Andrew shows up at the office and confesses his love for her in front of the entire office staff, proposing marriage all over again (taken from IMDB)

Pulang Kampung ..

If things go as plan, I'll heading "home" to my growing up place in 3 months time, which is I'll be spending Christmas and possibly New Year in the land down under .. yay! :D

This was totally take me by surprise, I did plan for a trip to Aussie in 2010 for my best friend's wedding but since this trip will be about 6 months in advance, I'm sorry B .. I guess I won't be attending your wedding, but miracle happens, so hope by then I have enough saving to go there again and witness your special day ^^



My trip this time will be a family trip .. my cousin (first grand child from my mom side) will be getting married in Hunter Valley - Wine Country, it's indeed a beautiful place. It's located about 2 hours drive North of Sydney. She has picked an awesome place, though it would be even more beautiful if she could pick in Autumn/Spring season to have her wedding instead of Summer, 'cos Summer in Australia is just too hot and dry .. anyway, this wedding would be a big reunion for my mom's family from all over the world as well, we will indeed gonna have a good time.

And surely I'll be heading down to Wollongong .. place I can still call home .. I'm so looking forward to see my friends there again and reminiscing those special moments. I'm also gonna be a tour guide for most of my family who has never been to Aussie .. Sydney and Wollongong in particular.


I really hope that 2 weeks would be enough for me to have that reminiscing feeling of being home after 7 years.

5 days to go ..

'till One Tree Hill Season 7 begins .. can't wait!! Now that Nathan is with the NBA, it's gonna be awesome .. but too bad no more Lucas and Peyton. Hope they would pop in every now and then ..

五月天 First Concert

My first MayDay concert was great .. the concert itself was actually awesome though sadly I didn't feel the hype 'cos I was pretty much lost with the songs, only few were familiar in my ears. But I enjoyed it ..

This was my 2nd time step foot in Singapore Indoor Stadium, of course it felt different .. the first was back in Oct 2006 for Heroes of Earth concert. Back then I could feel the hype even before the concert. This time, I was looking forward for it, but at the same time I felt something missing.

As for the crowd, this MD concert was definitely smaller than LH's back then, there were still lots of empty seats but becos it was a rock concert, you can actually feel the hype-ness from the fanatic fans. There were lots of fast songs and the fans were jumping, screaming and sang along with them.

I was practically a silent audience .. other than I don't know most of the songs, the guys were all speaking in Chinese which I was lost once again, I picked up bits and bits but overall I was pretty much out there. Though one thing I like the most was during the L.O.V.E shout out and how the guys warmed the stadium, it was amazing! It was different than LH's or DT's concert.

The concert went 'till 10 mins passed midnight .. it was surely an experience. Afterwards we headed to the usual supper place MD guys always go when they are in SG, but too bad we didn't see them.

Anyway, these are the best pics I took during the concert .. and somehow I liked these, it's not close up but it shows the whole stage with all of them on it. Well, what more you could get from side seat :)

Sweet treats from Japan

A friend from work just got back from his partying trip in Japan and brought us these sweets. These are some interesting flavour of KitKat .. they are original KitKat (red), Lemon Vinegar (yellow-white), Mango (yellow-red) and lemonade (blue). Imagine sprite flavour in a chocolate .. hmmm .. yummo!

I have yet to taste any of these, but it sounds interesting. Thanks Ndi.

Bankrupcty

My 6 days trip in SG resulted me with bankruptcy .. these are just parts of what I spent .. but a friend said that as long as the things you bought not available in Indo, then you're fine. Well, thanks man .. :)

My new-added collections of My Melody

And my original Season 4 of One Tree Hill .. yay!!

On my last day of the SG trip, I checked-in to the hotel and guess what there was a DVD player in the room. What could be better watching Nathan in action in a quite decent hotel room .. alone :D