updates

hello, my dear friends. i know, i went missing again. hahaha. i'm sorry! i hope i could blog at least once a week from this year onwards. i'll 'try' to insert pictures as well. but at this rate, looks like i have to work harder. 

oh yes, updates! biggest news of the year - i finally got a job! so i'm officially moving to singapore next month. my job hunting process was rather smooth (and short). the director seems like a nice guy, the pay is not too bad, the location is perfect and the job scope looks interesting, even though it's a small firm. i can only say that i'm pretty lucky. i hope everything will be fine!!! i'm still quite anxious whenever i think about the fact that i'm going to work real soon. anyway, i am yet to find a place to stay, get myself a new number and settle down.

the previous week in kl involves a lot of quality time spent on catching up with friends, indulging in good food and exploring places nearby kl that i've never set foot in. i shall just let the pictures do the talking!

i. gathering in The Gardens

































ii. mango mania, bangsar after the gathering
























looks like shit. but it is super duper awesome! what's even better? it's lowfat!


iii. MOF

i can never get enough of green tea. the red bean paste with green tea ice-cream is especially yummy. *drools*


iv. mille crepe at food foundry

 

the melaka ones are the best. but this is still good. a little expensive though.

v. pineapple fried rice at solaris, mont kiara.

best pineapple fried rice. ever.


vi. BUBBLE MILK TEA (in caps cos they are <3)

my first hot bubble milk tea in malaysia. with generous amount of pearls that will make your jaw sore just by chewing them. ahhhhhh super <3 <3 <3


vii. king bun at Port Dickson


















chicken curry wrapped inside a bun. unique eh?


viii. my new friend - Bobby

















 Bobby comes in happy colours.

























Bobby and me at Sepang Gold Coast


ix.

a must-have before flying back to tawau, to satiate my McD crave since McD does not exist in tawau. =(

will update soon again! kthxbai

goodbye, 2010

hello everyone! Happy 2011!!

most people does this in january, reminiscing the old year and contemplating the coming new year and you know what? i'm gonna do the same thing as well :)

2010 is by far my most fruitful year, with a lot of wonderful things happened around me unexpectedly. and i must say that my greatest achievement for the year is falling in love with someone really special. i always wanted to write a post about him but i just don't have enough time (sorry baby!). they said it's best to fall in love with your best friend, and i couldn't agree more. we have so many things in common, which is quite scary initially, but after some time i thought it was cool. he's the most patient and caring person i've ever met. and i love that he is always willing to listen to me and give good advices. having that said, i considered this as good karma (: (screw all the guys out there who cheated on their gfs, karma's gonna come back and kick ur ass, really hard!) i am quite confident with this relationship and i hope it will work out :)

 

first picture after we got together.

conquered broga hill XD

however, academically things weren't that smooth. i sat for my final two papers in june and was glad that it  has finally came to an end. when the result was being released in august, i failed both of them. unexpectedly. i always thought i'm gonna pass either of them. it was pretty hard on me, probably because i've not faced any serious failure in my studies before. but oh well, nothing else i can do except accepting the fact.

2010 is also the year that i travelled the most, which is also another achievement! i spent almost the entire second half of 2010 wandering here and there, living in a suitcase under different shelters. the pros:  self-satisfaction, broader perspectives, pro packer. the cons: packing, constantly have to worry about overweight luggages

cuti-cuti malaysia includes:

Genting Highlands

Penang

 Kedah

Sarawak

and Cameron Highlands

cuti-cuti asean:

Singapore

and thailand!

and then in august, i went on the trip of my life. it is my 2nd time to australia, but this time not as a tourist, but as a work and holidaymaker :)

the experience in australia could warrant another post, but like always, i am just too lazy. you can punch me now >.<

i lived in melbourne with my not-so-close hong kong relatives. i have never met them before this, but step by step i learnt to adapt to their hong kong family lifestyle. thank god my cantonese is not too bad, lol.

life in a playroom (spot my little eeyore on the left! =D). imagine waking up with toy cars, robots and lego. hahaha i think it is pretty cool.

when i was not working in the cafe, i would be working as either babysitter, piano teacher or housekeeper. and when i'm not working, i would be wandering around melbourne. it was indeed a precious experience.  and for the first time i spent a lot of time traveling on my own. i felt so close to myself, i felt so different.

first encounter with snowwwww

i also made awesome new friends

and catch up with old friends

traveled to south australia at the beginning of spring

kind suzanne who lent me a spare bed


in november, i left australia months earlier than my intial plan. i love melbourne. i still do. but i guess it was a right decision.

went to sunway lagoon the next day after i landed in malaysia with my good ol' friends!

and in mid-december, i went to china for the first time! and it snowed when our flight was landing in hang zhou.. what a surprise!

in hang zhou. he said my face and my jacket almost blend in with the snow wtf. i don't think i'm that fair lar

hui xin the awesomest tour guide!

at zhou zhuang, the beautiful canal town

picturesque west lake, hang zhou


2010 ended with fireworks in sunway pyramid. =D  it was also my first time spending new year eve in kl

at the end of 2009, i thought my shitty life would continue to be shitty.  but i was very wrong. 2010 was such a good year for me, perhaps it won't hurt to be a little optimistic. that, is one thing that i shall learn.

wow!!!!! did anyone actually read the whole thing? this is such a longgggggg post, i've never posted so many pictures of myself in my blog XD i guess it makes up for all the lack of updates in 2010. heh

may 2011 would be another awesome year :D

and so, here we are

finally went to malacca last weekend. 9 out of 10 people that i talked to told me malacca is boring.

me: yay!!!! i'm finally going to malacca next week!

a: malacca is so boring. the food are so so.

me: guess what?? i'm going to malacca on next saturday!!

b: i went there once and never wanted to go back anymore. malacca sucks.

well, i think malacca is such a quaint place. i love it. i would describe it as a rare gem of our country. apart from the historical buildings which serve as the evidence of the Dutch and Portuguese occupation, that we've read about for uncountable times in our history textbooks, the whole place is so unique itself - rows and rows of well-preserved old streets, the faint smell of decay, dust from the buildings and elders who cycle along the street in a very slow and steady pace. it is like walking into a real history book. everytime we turned into another street, i would ask myself, it this even real?? well, at least the parking lots, carbon dioxide emitted by proton wiras and myvi-s are very real.

among the popular must eats, only 2 of them managed to capture my heart (or tongue?): the chicken rice ball and mille crepe. i thought cendol and satay celup was just okay.

said chicken rice balls. so addicting and tasty.

said mille crepe. the cakes are moist, spongy, semi-dense and the aroma is just perfect. *drools*

jonker street





so tempted to caption this pic as 'on a christmas morning' but sadly there's no snow.




everyone in  A Famosa.

everyone in... where's this place?



everyone minus the happy pink couple in Christ Church Melaka





everyone minus the happy pink couple in front of the Queen Victoria fountain





best caption i could think of: why aren't you here yet?




then again, if u define fun and travel as shopping, more shopping, huge malls, skyscrappers, hot chicks and cool dudes, then malacca might be really boring for you.

so... what's next?