Wednesday, December 26, 2007

AirAsia experience

Have you experienced flying with AirAsia with the motto - Now everyone can fly? How was your experience? Good? Bad?

I personally have taken it a few times, the latest being to Macau. So how was the experience? Wasn't too happy with it though for a few reasons. Or maybe for the price you pay, that is what you get?

En route from Penang to KL, there was a huge group of Vietnamese factory workers going back to their home country, they carried on board big and small bags, I'm sure it's more than the 7kg allowed. Seated next to me was a Vietnamese lady. I was reading a magazine with my right elbow on the arm rest. This lady then place her entire left hand on the arm rest even knowing that my right elbow was there. So I was the loser here and had to let her use the arm rest. Just upon touching down in KL, you can hear all those Nokia tunes when one switches on the handphone. The air stewardess had to ask them to switch it off or risk having their phone confiscated.

The journey back from Macau to KL was yet another experience. We were queing up in line at the departure gate, about 5th in line from the front. When we were allowed to board the plane, there was a sudden rush of people (typical China residents) to the front from left and right. As usual, passengers with express boarding and also senior citizens were allowed to board the plane first. There was this Indonesian guy who was supposed to queue behind me, jumped queue, and shoved to the front, demanding to board the plane (he did not pay extra for Xpress boarding). He became roudy and shouted to the poor girl maning the gate, "How much is it for the Xpress boarding, I pay you now. This is bu$h*t. I've got 3 kids and we need to board the plane first. Yada yada yada" That was when all hells broke loose and people from behind started pushing. Imagine we being squashed like sardines! Gosh. After having our boarding pass checked, you can see people practically running on the runway to board the plane! More of like the Amazing Race! Just to grab a seat in the front rows! Haha...that was so funny to watch. Majority do not know that the emergency exit rows have the most leg room! Lol...

The flight back got delayed right from Macau back to Penang. At KL, there was a bunch of 4 year old kids, about 15 of them, that went on a field trip to KL with their kindergarden teachers. Imagine a bunch of hyper active 4 year olds travelling on the same flight as you! The flight back from KL to Penang got delayed again (very typical of AirAsia) and only took off at 11pm. Not long after the captain announced that we are about to touch down in Penang. I looked down at my watch and it was only 11:30pm and we are about to touch down! Wow...30 mins to fly KL-PG sector!

What a long and tiring trip back to Penang. Wonder if I will ever want to take AirAsia again..... I wonder.....

Monday, December 17, 2007

Much needed time off

I will be at the below location from tomorrow onwards for a week or so. Will snap some nice pics with the new camera. Hopefully it arrives on time, else I will use Alex's camera. So stay tuned...

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

New toy

Have been pondering for quite some time, whether should I invest in a DSLR as I've already have a prosumer Powershot S3 IS just over a year old. There's an ongoing promotion which is worth it to go get one now. Buy...not buying...buy...not buying...hai...In the end, I've decided to purchase it. So I'll need to make good use of it next week during my much needed time off and this time, I need to make sure I set the auto focus to AUTOMATIC!!!

So...I'm gonna pick up the new toy tomorrow...song!

Monday, December 10, 2007

Imitation Nike's

I received an sms from my bro last nite..it goes as following...

"I am sorry to tell your China Nike shoe that I'm wearing now, the sole half dropping off already. Will use rubber band to hold it in one piece till I get back to Penang."

Hahahah...my dad was laughing away after seeing the sms. That's what you get when buying imitation Nike's. My bro is so much vain-er than me when it comes to shoes. Lets see..he has 4 pairs of basketball shoes, 1 pair of casual shoe, and dunno how many more pairs which I do not know and have lost count of it!

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Finals: 1-3

As expected, we lost 1-3 to Agilent again this year. Unexpectedly, we won 1 match against them. Neverthess, we had fun and teamwork and team spirit was great. As a consolation, we received a medal and a Nike jacket. We found out that the Nike jacket is a fake Nike the next day! Haha..

The guys fared better than us, over throwing the defending champions with a margin of 3-1. It was exciting watching them play, all their games lasted 3 sets. We had to wait for them to wrap up before prize presentation ceremony can proceed. By then, it was almost 1030pm already...

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Round robin 3: 3-2

我的天啊!昨天的比赛,全场最吵的可以说是我们吧,因为我们喊得好大声!每当队友赢了一分,我们就在旁边喊,拍手拍个不停,为队友打气。平常的我,如果电视有播哪里的羽球公开赛,与父亲一同看,一定没有声音的。妈妈都说,电视开着好像没有人在看如此!但是昨天的我,好像个疯人,一同喊,一同拍手,为队友打气。心跳得如此的快。手冷脚软。原因呢是因为我们的第一队输了给对方。我们全部都在斗。幸好接着连续三场取得胜利,进入了半决赛,在半决赛时不必面对往两年的冠军。

现今星期五半决赛的对手 - Seagate,也蛮强的。这次的strategy要把它排好啊!

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Round robin 2 : 5-0

昨天我们以5-0的成绩胜利了Renasas. 今晚的对手Avago蛮强,希望我们的队长和教练能够把pairing排对来,再次的胜利,进入半决赛。

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Round Robin 1 : 5-0

We've won our first match against Jabil with a score of 5-0. It was our first game. Nervousness crept into the game for a number of us, especially the new comers. I sat out of this match as my old injury was acting up again. :( Hopefully I will be able to play tomorrow.

Our team manager was so tensed watching us play! He went "no no, dont hit like this...must hit like that...aiyo aiyo...I cannot watch liao...heart attack oh..." Haha...I see him like that I also kin cheong.

We also had the opportunity to watch Agilent, the defending champions for the past 2 years, play last night. They were playing just next to us. Oh my...really sweat. Seems like there are a few new comers on their team and mind you, they are GOOD!

Will post some pics up later once I have time...

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

FTZ Badminton Fixture

Finally received the match fixtures. Below are the days which the ladies team will be playing. Do drop by at Bkt Dumbar badminton courts to support us. :)

Did not know that we are getting baby-t jerseys this year as compared to the normal t-shirts. We received the baby-t's yesterday with our name embroidery and guess what...they were just ngam ngam fitting. My goodness...

Monday, November 12, 2007

FTZ Badminton Tourney 2007

The annual FTZ Badminton tourney is round the corner again - from Nov 24 to Dec 1 2007 @ Bukit Dumbar badminton courts. We are sending in 1 men's and 1 women's team. A total of 8 factories have registered for the women's team event. Grouping as below. Fixture should be out soon. Will have it posted once I get it. Do remember to come and support us oh! :)

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Trip to Singapore

Was down south to attend a seminar, schedule was pretty pack. Had the privilege to stay at Pan Pac hotel. Sad to say it was not up to my expectation. The carpet and room furniture were tad old. There's still lots of room for improvement in their buffet breakfast.


I've been given an upgrade to a room with balcony on the highest floor. The king bed feels like 2 single bed joined together! Below are some pics of view from my balcony. Notice the construction going on in the left side of pic...that would eventually be the new casino.


Friday, November 9, 2007

柔佛之旅

几乎忙了三个星期。从新加坡training一个星期,周末飞下柔佛参加college同学的婚礼,赶回槟城,然后第二天又趁飞机飞往新加坡参加一个seminar。好累。。。好累。。。

这是我第一次去柔佛。毕业后一大班柔佛的同学都叫我到哪儿去玩玩。毕业后也有六年了吧,到今因为刚巧婚礼,所以决定下去一趟吧!不然就个他们骂个不停!在柔佛感觉上要从point A到 point B,要驾一段好远的路程。另一件事可见到的是在柔佛到处都在建房屋!好多好多的屋子,好多的新住宅区。

Sungai Rengit 离开柔佛大约一个小时出的车程。因为半途下大雨所以两个小时才抵达。这是个小镇,只有两条街。当晚的婚宴大概有一百座吧,几乎整个小镇的居民都出席。没法子因为同学的父亲挺有名的。能够与一大班的同学再次相聚,嘻嘻哈哈的,感觉好快乐。在此要谢谢顺华小弟两天在柔佛的招待。我等着你们上来槟城玩哦!

还在等着朋友寄他说拍的照片给我,才将它们post在http://munwai.myphotoalbum.com/吧!

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Donut craze

There seems to be some kind of donut craze in Singapore lately, that's what I understood from one of the Singaporean here. The queue is about 10-15 meters long and people buy by the dozen!!! The shops even limited the customers to a maximum of 2 dozens of donuts!

I did not understand what is so crazy about it. So, I bought just one donut the other day to try it out, to taste whether is it really that worth it to queue up for the donuts. Can't remember what was the name of donut I bought, but it had dark chocolate in the middle. OMG, I can tell you that it was SOOOOOOOOOO good! The donut was fresh and hot, and when I bite into the center part, dark chocolate was practically oozing out from the side of my mouth. Luckily didn't dirty my shirt!

Imagine blood by the mouth of a dracula. Instead of blood, I had warm, smooth, creamy dark chocolate flowing down the side of my mouth! It was such an indulgence. Yum yum...

Monday, October 22, 2007

Stuffed in Singapore

Greetings from Singapore! After checking into my hotel, I was amused when I got into the hotel room, I was greeted with a baby cot in my room! WTH I did not request for a baby cot! I had to call down to housekeeping and tell them to remove the baby cot from my room. They thought that I have requested for one when I booked my room...NO I DIDN'T, why would I want a baby cot. Yeah I know you guys must be laughing now. :P

Information overload on 1st day of training. Trying to visualize on how the processes are being implemented in our company and it's confusing at times. We're stuffed with food. 1030am morning tea break...come 1230pm buffet lunch at coffee house (which was damn good)...then again at 330pm is the afternoon tea break. Not to mention that they have a coffee machine for us too. So I'm enjoying the daily cup of Latte or Cappucino. :D Gosh man, I am NOT going to stand on the weighing scale available in the hotel room! I'll surely faint seeing where the needle stops! Hahaha... control, I need self control.

I still need to do assignment on a case study and complete a few questions on the mock exam later tonite. Not forgetting to study for the upcoming test on Friday. Sob sob...no shopping for me. :(

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Have you received your news?

My dear friends, wonder have you got your news yet? Are you safe? I've got my news. Will be safe for this round, at least. Can't help wondering what about next round. Hmm...It seems pretty bad this round as I've heard of a lot of friends who are impacted. Sob sob. Come to think of it, people who were working hard got the cut, where as people like "Employee of the Year" is safe! Darn man.... The package seems pretty attractive though. Life goes on....for those who have yet to receive their news, my well wishes goes out to you!

Read in the papers today that there's another mall attack in Manila. At Makati financial district. Glorietta Mall was the target this time. It was an upscale mall. Thinking back, I was at this mall close to 1.5 years back. My CV counterpart treated me dinner here. Reading the news sent shivers down my spine. What if this attack happened when I was there? All the what ifs... Security is tight in Manila and Makati, I'm sure it's the same in other districts. There are security guard posts standing in front of each shopping mall entrance, where they check your bags before they let you into the mall. Same goes for hotels. They even have an additional security check on cars before they let you into the hotel compound. No where is safe now...

Friday, October 12, 2007

New toy

It has been a while since my last post. Been somewhat busy this last week. Hoorey I received a new toy on my bday, a new T61 laptop. My 4 year old T40 machine was giving me problems and since my scheduled refresh is end of this month, thanks to dear that helped out, my refresh schedule was brought forward. :D


How is the new toy? It doesn't look as sleek as the IBM T40 and I find that the battery drains quite fast. Still getting used to the 14.1" wide screen. Have been re-installing all the necessary software for the past day and still testing out the bluetooth function.


There should be news next week. Hopefully I will still get to utilize this machine for the next 4 years?

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Birthday

The title says it all...it's my bday! How was it celebrated? Well...thanks to a bunch of great colleagues, I was treated lunch and the birthday cake was simply superb!!! Even my mum said "Very nice oh...even nicer than Secret Recipe...what to buy ah?" Haha..Received a lot of birthday greetings from colleagues and sms greetings from relatives and college friends. Thanks a lot ya!!

Didn't expect any surprises and didn't receive any. As usual. Any presents? An opened packet of half full NIPS chocolate!!! In other words, none. As usual. Sigh..

"Where you wanna go eat?"
"QE II"
"You dont wanna go G Hotel eat Japanese food?"
"Well that was one of my options too which I had think of, ok la, we go Japanese food at G Hotel"
"You sure?"
"Yeah, we go G Hotel, then you can treat me QE II another day"
"Yeah dream la"

I guess it was because of the nice Belgium Cheesecake taken at 4pm, wasn't too hungry over dinner but ended up pretty full. Yet I still had little room left for dessert - homemade Kuyogoma ice cream. What's that you may ask. That's black sesame seed ice cream. This cost us RM10 for the single scope ice cream! How did it taste? Frankly, it was not as 香as the one I had in Japan. And it's much more cheaper to have it in Japan even after the conversion rate! So Kancil, make sure you taste this in Japan when you come across it. Btw, Yen dropped to 2.89! Thinking of buying some for keeps to be used next year!

*note: no pics to share as I am still figuring out how to transfer the files over to my laptop from his mobile phone through bluetooth. Read following post.

Saturday, October 6, 2007

十月的目标

停止了两个星期没练球,下个星期要加倍努力了。原本十一月尾的印度trip已confirm没去了,所以现在应集中精神去练球,也同时进行减轻计划。阿曼,记得来为我们加油哦!

Monday, October 1, 2007

Vacation

The vacation bug has started! So many people are off for vacation. His parents just came back; My parents just left; a number of bloggers going off for holiday this month and next month...HOW NICE!I wanna go for vacation too!

There're already plans made for end of next year to attend my bro's convo in Aussie and at the same time tour Aussie. Since my sis is now in New Zealand on work assignment till January next year, maybe it's a good idea to go tour NZ now since I'll get free accomodation. Lol. :D

There're also talks on visiting The Land of the Rising Sun - Japan, next year too. Wonder if it'll materialize? Anyone wanna go?

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Addicted & frustrated

I am SO desperate now!!!!! Heroes season 2 has started in the States but I can't seem to locate a single copy of it. Anyone out there manage to locate a copy of it?!?!?!

Super frust now!

Monday, September 24, 2007

Photo shooting session

Invited by a colleague of mine for photo shooting over at the PG International Lantern Festival at Auto City Juru. Looking at pictures from other photographers, looks very nice although need to pay RM15 per entry! Kinda tempted over the offer. :) It has been a while not snapping any pics, it's time to pick up the camera and make full use of it again.

Initially I thought that this Lantern Festival was only for a short period of time as had the impression it will be over once Mid Autumn Festival is over this week. Mana tau, the exhibition will be on until December!!! Wow...I was also told that the organizer will be adding more upcoming themes like Hari Raya, Depavali, and not forgetting Christmas!!!

Of course during Raya you will be seeing mostly green colored lanterns, Depavali and especially Christmas should be an interesting time to go for photo shoot as I expect them to be nice!

I've not done night shooting before and I bet my skills suck but I am tempted to take up the offer. I intend to have dinner over at the Chicago Rib House, what to eat? Of course RIBS!! My fav. Anyone tried out this place before? Don't misunderstand oh...taking pictures is the primary intention whereas having Ribs is an add on! To those avid photographers out there, anyone wanna join the outing??

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Scratches

Poor me...
So many scratches
Here and there
Why oh why...
Why do you all treat me like that

Nevertheless I'm happy
As I've just received a gift
A new shinny coat...how nice!

Time will heal
I'm sure you will try your best to heal my scratches

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Rain rain go away

It has been raining non-stop for the past 48hrs. Isn't it nice to sleep in? I don't get to wash my baby for the past 2 weeks already and she did not get a nice shining coat for the past 2 months! :( Wonder when will the rain stop???

Bought some Japanese language books from Kinokuniya. Will I ever have the determination to pick up the language this time round? Lets wait and see...

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Trip to 1U

Woke up this morning feeling fully charged after the rest day yesterday. Decided to head out to 1U. Heard from colleague that there is a free shuttle bus to Ikano from Kelana Jaya LRT St. That's great I thought. It was quite a long journey having to take the LRT out to KJ from KLCC, 25 mins to be accurate. Upon reaching KJ at 10:35am, the free shuttle bus service to Ikano is 10am and the next one is at 11:30am. Oh no, made a mistake, I should have check out the shuttle schedule beforehand. Oh well, of course I am not going to sit there and wait 1 hr just for the free shuttle. Looking around the place, it's either taking Rapid KL or the cab to my intended destination.

Had a look at the signboards of Rapid KL, trying to figure out which bus route takes me to 1U. Confusing for a first timer *blush*. I went and ask the cab drivers seating there chit-chatting while waiting for water fish like me to approach them for business. "Pergi 1 Utama berapa?" I asked. The guy happily walked to his cab and asked me to follow him. He has not answered my question yet, so I asked again "Uncle, pergi 1 Utama berapa?" He said "15 Ringgit". I stopped walking and said "Har? Bukan jalan meter ka?"15 Ringgit tak boleh kurang?" "Tak boleh" was the answer. WHAT?!?! That is a total rip off man. "Takpa, I tak mau" was my next answer to him and walked off back to the bus stop. Asked some ppl waiting for buses there on which bus to take to 1U and they were kind enough to point me to the right bus which costs me only RM2 to 1U. Great!

Only did window shopping there. So happened that there was Honda roadshow there at new wing ground floor and guess what...apart from City and Civic which were on display there, Type R and Hybrid were on display too! Woohoo, that made my day man! Knowing that 光头梨dreams of owning Type R, so I SMS-ed to kacau him. Sorry ya, you couldn't concentrate on the seminar after that. Haha..I personally don't really like the interior of Type R. I checked out the Hybrid too, interior is fully leather with 6 CD changer as compared to 1.8 Civic. Exterior ducktail spoiler looks sporty and nice. However, I wonder if the 1.3 engine is sufficient for this big car? We shall wait for the review to see how it goes. For those Type R fans out there, the Honda roadshow is on until Sunday at new wing, 1 Utama ground floor. Go check it out!

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

R&R

别误会,在此R&R不是Roles & Responsibility, 而是Rest & Relax! 今天没打算去那里,翻开看看Spa Menu,好想去pamper下自己。看了价钱,又有点心疼因为价钱相当贵。最后,关了只眼睛下去Spa做appointment。现在我的裤袋破了个相当大的洞,嗨。但信好是一年一次。选择了一个steam, full body scrub和full body massage的package。两个字形容-relexing和SONG!

Monday, September 10, 2007

Time off in KL

My legs are tired...have been walking since the shops opened this morning. The mega sales have just ended, yet I went shopping! It was more of a window shopping type but there were a few items on my list that I needed to get and I managed to find one that I like. It feels nice, not needing to think of work. Frankly, I perfer to shop overseas. Not that I am being snobbish or whatsoever but I dont like the culture here where you walk into a shop and the sales assistant will follow you around wherever you walk in the shop! Wonder which mall should I head to tomorrow. Or maybe I shall pamper myself at the spa tomorrow...Hehe...

Btw, PoiPoi if you reading this, I am enjoying my DUNKIN DONUT while typing this blog. Muahahah...I didn't bring my cam here this trip, so no pictures to tempt you. Geez this is so sinful I can tell you. I've lost 1.5kg the past month and plan to loose another 1.5kg this month. Just one donut won't kill me rite?! The funny thing when I was ordering the donut, I told the person "1 mocha donut to go" and she was looking at me. Only then I realized and told her "take away". Ngek...mindset still tuned to US. :)

Neeways...need to head to the gym to loose some weight...Later!!

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

冲劲力

嗨...近来毫无心情。不再拥有以前的冲劲力。以前做得蛮开心的。对工作上还蛮有兴趣的。可能是现在工作范围以不同了。感觉上范围已被缩小。想要去做的,但又要考虑到这还是不是我的工作范围,我应该不应该去做。搞得我兴趣也慢慢地减少了。

以前的我当有冲劲力去工作时,虽然做得蛮累的,但对自己的工作感得很满足;今天的我,范围被缩小,得做得也少了,应该好轻松,但反过来好无聊。是不是好矛盾呢?在这comfort zone也蛮久了,不懂是不是时间该考虑换环境呢...

还有两天就放假了,好高兴!好期望下个星期可以好好的休息, 不用为任何事情烦恼。啊对,需要烦恼的是不可以花太多钱啊!哈哈。但也好想花个痛快,too bad sales 已完了。Anyways, 有好几样东西是要买的。希望在那儿可以找到我喜欢的啦!Hoorey...can't wait!

这也是我第一次用华语post blog. 我的华语好烂,如果有什么差错,请原谅哦。SPM 考华语是刚刚好pass 的那种!

Sunday, September 2, 2007

Cheap bargains

Accompanied parents to look for curtains at QB but ended up not purchasing any. Not that they were not nice, just that they decided not to change the curtains yet at this point of time. I had the intention to purchase a new pair of badminton shoes as my current pair is worn out. Saw that there were some cheap promotional Dunlop court shoes on sale for RM39.90, which was dirt cheap. The quality looks pretty satisfactory. Normal badminton shoes cost RM100 and above. So what the heck, I bought that pair of shoes.

Happily wore the pair of new shoes for training on Saturday. My good comments - shoe was comfy. My BAD comments - grip was not good and tiny bits of the rubber sole has come out!!! OMG! Luckily I brought along my old pair of shoes, so had to change back to the old shoes for the remaining session.

Dad asked me to go exchange to another pair of shoes of different brand from QB as I still have the receipt. I was thinking....can meh? This is Malaysia. Good customer service??? I seriously doubt so. If in the States, then that will be a different story.

So the moral behind this story → cheap bargains ≠good quality!!! Hai....

Friday, August 31, 2007

Dogsitting

What have I been up to this whole week? Instead of babysitting, I've been dogsitting! Yeah, looking after CoCo - Chien's poodle, while he's away for a weeks training. Brought him over to my place and it was a tough week. Since he's not familiar with my place, he was peeing all over the place and my mum was furious!! He particularly like THE spot on one of the cabinet. I got feddup with cleaning so I moved his business tray over to the cabinet and he obediently went to the tray whenever he needed to do his big small business. But occasionally 抗议, peeing wherever he likes! He was crying on the first night here and was seating at my front door all day long, waiting for his owner to come back. Hopefully he will not go cookoo after a week!!

He's got all his toys in my living room. Notice the red fish, I bought that for him from Hong Kong. That was his fav toy earlier. The dinosaur is now his fav. The boomerang and ladybird was from US. Will be dogsitting till Sunday night, then Merdeka for me!!

Housewarming

Was down in Ipoh last weekend to attend my uncle's housewarming. He booked the function room and catered buffet dinner there. My sis, Chien, and I bought Jusco gift vouchers as a gift him and he and my aunt bought the below set of diningware.

Was pretty bored with nothing much to do after dinner. We cousins ended up playing in the kiddy playground while the adults were chatting away in the function room enjoying the aircond. There's also a pool table there, so the elder ones played pool while the younger ones were hogging the computer playing computer games. Got bored playing pool as all of us are not good in it and it took us a LONG time to complete a game...so what's up next? Karaoke! BUT we did not have any karaoke CDs with us. What to do? We used music CDs and just sing along with it lo. We sang 光良's 童话 over and over again. The room was not sound proof, and we sounded like croaking frogs! Who cares anyway...haha. Below is a pic of we cousins. Missing here is 2 Singapore cousins, my sis, and bro.
The night was still young. We got bored singing. Had to entertain ourselves. So we ended up doing act 1...
act 2...
and act 3

Thursday, August 30, 2007

My first blog

Ok Ok, so here I am with my first blog after much persuasion from colleagues. Will try to blog whenever there is something exciting or whatever I feel like saying. So stay tuned...