Falling in LOVE with life...

Life is an art. You are the artist.
You can draw and paint your own destiny!

Life is a recipe. You are the cook.
You can mix and match the right portion of ingredients.

Life is whatever it is...
It is always beautiful...
So, LOVE your life,
and live your life to fullest!!!

Friday, October 29, 2010

Road Trip to Ipoh--Day 1

7.30am depart from Penang to Ipoh.
On the way, we passed by Dato' Michelle Yeoh former school-St' Michael.
I was so impressed with its architecture. It's a true church masterpiece. Gorgeous!

Our first stop is Fu Shan Dim Sum Restaurant, which located at Ipoh downtown.
We met up KL Loop and had breakfast there.
This is the most grand Dim Sum Restaurant I have ever been.
They employed Chinese vintage interior design and their workers are dressed in traditional wear as well.
I was dazzled by a variety types of Dim Sum.
Most of them are so delicious!






Next destination is Kellie Castle in Batu Gajah. It's about 20 minutes away from Ipoh.If I hadn't gotten there, I never would have known there is a castle in Perak.
It was owned by William Kellie-Smith, a Scottish rubber planter in Malaysia in the early of 19th Century. But, it was never to be completed due to the sudden demise of William. Eventually, it became a haunted house and now open to the public.
I really like its Greco-Roman design. It is able to make a misconception that I were in Italy...

As we know, Ipoh is famous with many natural caves. We decided to visit 3 caves in a row--Sam Poh Tong, Nan Tian Tong and Ling Sen Tong. Various statues of Buddha and deities are placed respectively inside the caves.

What is the hottest food in Ipoh?? It certainly goes to Bean Sprout Chicken. Definitely, we had it as our dinner at Lao Huang restaurant. Meanwhile, we bought another well-known food--Salted Chicken to eat along.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Penang Half DayTrip

22 August 2010

I did not real explore Penang Island in ages.
Such a shame for being a Penangite as I don't know well about Penang.

My friend organized a Penang half day trip and I definitely joined them.
First stop: Toy Museum
It is owned by Mr Loh Lean Cheng with his toys, dolls, and other fun figuring collections. Some of the collectibles are able to recall our childhood memories such as Popeye, Combat, Ninja Turtles and etc.
It's pretty much fun to see especially for kids.









2nd Stop: Pinang Peranakan Mansion (Baba & Nyonya House)




Peranakan (a.k.a. Baba & Nyonya) was a Chinese community who adopted
the selected ways of local Malay and settled especially in the Strait Settlement
(Penang, Malacca and Singapore) in the late 15th and 16th century. Therefore, the other name for Peranakan is called Strait Chinese.

This heritage mansion is huge and well-presented their custom and tradition.
I was so impressed with its architecture especially the carved-wood artwork.
Definitely a worth place to visit!











Last Stop: Bukit Genting
We drove up to the top of Bukit Genting.
It's a nice little place to relax yourself with its mountain view.




We had our dinner here with Thai food and then waiting for sunset.
This was my first time to see the sunset.
You have to be more patience to observe the whole process from the beginning until
the sun sets down.


It was a wonderful day!
Hopefully we could have more trips to go......

Thursday, August 19, 2010

The Sexiest Men Alive On Earth

Hihi...
Neither a list which is voted by any media nor internet surfer.
Just my own's nomination.

1. Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man, Sherlock Holmes)

2. Patrick Demsey (Enchanted, Grey's Anatomy)

3. Gerard Butler (The Ugly Truth)

4. Cory Monteith (Glee)

5. Matthew Morrison (Glee)

6. John Cusack (2012)

7. Julian Mcmahon (Nip/Tuck, Charms)

8. Paul Gross (Eastwick)

9. Johann Urb (Eastwick)

10. Hugh Grant (About a boy, 4 wedding and 1 funeral)

11. Michael Buble (Canadian Jazz Singer)

12. Chris Martin (Coldplay vocalist)

13. Keanu Reeves (Matrix)

14. Tom Cruise (Jerry Maguire, Mission Impossible)

15. Sean Faris (Never Back Down-The first movie I had watched in the US)

They are hot and awesome!!! LOL...
Any suggestion??

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Y Junction

Life is hard! But nothing is easy...
I have been struggling in my working life.
A lot of thoughts have crossed my mind.

I thought this is the best chance and the best time to go for a change.
But, not really a good offer!
It's time to make an important decision.
This has made the current situation tougher!

If you were me, which one would you take?
A.An OK pay, calm, stable and non-challenging job;
OR
B.A very low pay with allowance plus commission (unstable pay), frequent outstation to oversea, high risk, high challenging, high tension job.

If they would offer me the consolidate between A pay and B tasks, then it's perfect!
But, life won't be perfect.
This is the problem.

At the Y junction now.
To be honest,I don't want to miss the chance that I keen on,
but the challenging is way too high for a noob like me!
For the current job, the pay is not so bad but the task is suck!
What should I do???
Kindly advise me if you could.
:(

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Jewel of Muscat

5 June 2010 Saturday

It's hardly to get a whole weekend off.
Thanks for Yang di-pertuan Agung's birthday!

Kar Mun and I wandered around Penang Island.
We went to PISA food fair.
It was congested.
We watched the chef challenge competition and had some food samples
but ended up with buying nothing.

I used to read an article about Jewel of Muscat ship from newspaper.
Today we had luck to see it at ferry port.
It is a reconstruction of 9th-century ship and sailing from Oman to Singapore.
The unique of this ship is building without any nail.
Coconut fibers were sewn together to build the hull and each timber has had to fit perfectly. The sail was made from palm leave.
This is truly amazing!!!











We stopped by Penang road to have a Chendul from the very famous hawker stall- Teochew Chendul. They also have a branch at Komtar Walk.
You could see the stall is always crammed with crowd.



After that, Times Square was our next destination.
But, it was totally freaked me out!
There were only few shops opening.
A little spooky and I felt so disappointed.

Lastly, we had a nice dinner at Da Han Ming Guo-Korean restaurant.
It is located at Prima Tanjung 98-01-40, opposite Island Plaza.
I have known it from GuangMing Daily.
It is a home-style restaurant which is operated by a Korean lady.
We ordered spicy noodle, kimchi noodle and BBQ pork.
The foods were delicious!



Spicy Noodle


Kimchi Noodle


BBQ pork


This is the way how you eat BBQ pork with vege, garlic, green chili and sauce!


This was a perfect holiday!
Even though I live in Penang but I am not familiar with it at all.
Such a shame!
Penang is known as "The Pearl of Orient", it is so beautiful.
I love it very much.
I feel like I am a tourist every time I visit the island.
Hopefully all Penangites could co-operate in order to keep the island clean and healthy.
I would love to explore more about it......

Sunday, May 30, 2010

She Fu 17 Penang Gathering

29 May 2010 Saturday night Heavy Rain

I didn't meet She Fu 17 activity partners in ages.
Last month, a gathering was held in Full House, Sunway Pyramid.

From clockwise: Wan King, Eyan Nee, Kang Kang, Chew Hwa, Li Peng, Xue Wen, Me and Jiang Fei


This month, I decided to organize a small one especially for Penangites.
Unfortunately, the weather wasn't good.
It was raining heavily and storming around...
Despite the bad weather, most of us insisted to show up
as we didn't want to disappoint each others.
And, we knew that it's hardly to get everyone together since the busy working life.

The devil rain put us in a very sorry plight.
Nobody expected to end up in such situation.
But, it's still funny, embarrass, excited......

We had our dinner at Manhattan Fish Market, Autocity.
The attendance was 4 out of 5. Not bad at all.
I ordered a marinara seafood spaghetti and hot chocolate.
The rest of them ordered Herb Dory fish and rice, fish n chip and seafood fettucini.
The foods were delicious!
We enjoyed our girl talks--sharing about life, complaining about work,
discussing about guys and bla bla bla!



From clockwise: Chun Peng, Chien Hooi, Me and Kar Mun


Finally, the devil rain was turning into angel smile.
Saturday night was still young.
We walked around before dismiss.
We found Hitz.fm on Wheel-the radio channel promotion bus, nearby the lover's bridge.
Of course, we were on board to grab some freebies.
But, we had no luck to win any shirt.
Oh well, we continued to window shop in the park.





It's time to say goodbye.
We promised ourself more activities are coming up.
This was really a sweet gathering!


Monday, May 10, 2010

Life is...

My life is starting on the track i guess.
Working life is suck even though i just worked for about a week.
I am still a noob in working battle.
No matter how hard is it,
I will stand for it and learn whatever I can.



I wanna do something meaningful to enrich my life or i would wither.
A long to-do list in my mind:

1. Baking workshops
2. Volunteering
3. Exercising
4. Reading
5. Outdoor activities
6. Clubbing (not night clubbing).
7. Traveling
8. Scrap booking
9. Decorating room
10.Learning new languages
11. Part time job ......


Sometimes I push myself too hard!
I wonder where am I and which way would be the best for me???
I am pondering the meaning of life all the time.

Just blast off with my young heart!!!

Friday, April 2, 2010

Discovery Seattle and beyond...

Seattle,Washington -- 28 February 2010



May suggested to visit her friend's host family house.
What a great huge house with a lake view at their backyard!



We were on the way to the Snoqualmie Falls, about 45 minutes away from Seattle.
Washington a.k.a evergreen state.
Even though it's a winter time, I still could see tons of green pine trees everywhere.
Walked through the River trail to reach closer to the falls.
It's a good workout for me without skeptical after the long winter.
It was exciting to hop from rock to rock as they were slippery.











Before heading to nearby outlet, we stopped by at the visitor center.
Unfortunately, it was closed. But, we had a chance to see the cherry blossom.





Next destination was University District.
The best university in the state-University of Washington is located right here.
We decided to have a Thai food as our late-lunch.







We went to Fremont neighborhood of Seattle intently to visit The Fremont Troll.
It is a piece of public art which is living under the Aurora Bridge.



At night, it's the best time to view Seattle's skyline at Kerry Park.
It's incredibly gorgeous!!!



We ended our day in downtown at Cheesecake Factory with a piece of strawberry cheesecake.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Home Sweet Home

Today is the 5th day of my returning.
I spent some quality time with my family and best friends.
Every single moment is fulfilled by blissfulness!

All I can do now are cleaning, unpacking and reorganizing of my stuffs.
Meanwhile,
I am hunting a job and hopefully could land a good one as soon as possible.

Still in the middle of overcoming the reverse culture shock.
Especially the weather here. It is absurdly freaking hot!!!
I will be fine!

Updating my ultimate travel is coming up soon...

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

25th months-- Bon Voyage

Having my last Boston Kreame donut now for these years.
Today is exactly my 25th months in the states.
Can't believe that I am leaving in couple hours!

Excited to back home to see my beloved family & friends.
Hopefully to settle down soon!
In the meantime, I miss here in someways.
Life isn't perfect!
I am about to sober.
I am about to awake from my dream.

I am ready for the new miles stone of my life...
Blast off!!!

Kiss goodbye to Boston & the United States.
It's bitter sweet!

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Up in the air...



I woke up at 3 something in the morning and
went to Boston Logan International Airport at 5am.



Departing from Boston to Los Angeles with Virgin America.
It took about 5 and a half hours to get there.
And then, my connection time was 3 hours to catch another flight to Seattle.
It was 2 and a half hours to arrive at my final destination.
Moreover, I had to take the link light rail south transit from the airport to University Street station to meet my friend. ANother 45 minutes!

Eastern time and pacific time are 3 hours different.
It made me felt like I had been flying, waiting, transfering for whole day.
It wasn't fun at all. Couldn't sleep well.
I am so sick of it!!!
Don't even mention about 3 more flights I am gonna to take next month.
The grim one will be the long flight returns to M'sia.
Arhh!!!!


Today was all about flying.
Hopefully do some sightseeing next two days...

Welcome to Seattle!