Hell Sent, Heaven Loved!

WOW!

2009-10-09T11:56:00.003+09:00

I've not touched(much less visited) this site in ages. The main reason is that I'm feeling that I'm going to talk about politics here, which isn't appropriate. Guess I'll continue this once I'm no longer bonded by the Malaysian Autocratic Government. Time to focus on my life. Bye-bye all~ :)

Not so Joyful Lina

2007-06-01T21:09:00.000+09:00

I've expected this result the day it came out in The Star. As a liberal atheist born in a conservative Muslim country, thats another blow to freedom. Freedom guaranteed under the Constitution. A Constitution filled with holes. You don't need to be Tiger to hit a hole-in-one for this!

Just a few months back, I had a very meaningful chat with a friend of mine. He isn't M'sian and I'm quoting his words(ya, I still remember) so don't tell me that I'm not a Muslim and not supposed to even bring up such a sensitive topic. That friend of mine is the so called 'Good Muslim' who doesn't need to be told when to pray, what food to avoid and how to blow up the Americans.

"My dad is a Muslim, my mum is a Muslim, I'm a Muslim. Hey, since when is Muslim genetically transferable? I don't care, I don't want to believe in this crazy religion, I like beer. Tell me J.C, why is this happening to me? I don't want to be a Muslim! "

Me: Don't ask me! Ask your god Allah! Why ask me? I don't care about what you believe or not lol! If you don't like it so much, just quit!

"I can do this in Japan, but once I'm back in my country, the police will kill me!"

Me: You make your own liquor in your backyard, you think the police actually gives a damn?

"If they don't know, then its ok. I wanna go to America to practice a new religion, if they let me in that is"

Me: If you don't bring a nuclear bomb along, let them do a full body 'harassment' on you, stay in the prison for a few years for being an Iranian trying to find a new life in America, then you might succeed!

".......I'll stay in Japan and pretend to be a Turkish, otherwise I won't be allowed to enter clubs here"

Me: Good luck~~!

We actually covered a wider topic about Muslim rather than those few sentences. I must admit, with my limited knowledge and ignorance, I don't think I'd learn much. But I don't give much of a damn anyway.
So, theres a few shocking thing I learned, that M'sia is VERY strict about the Muslim religion. According to him, Iranians are way more secular then us! Yes, officially, Muslim is the only religion and unlike M'sia, alcoholic drinks is almost impossible to be found in the country(don't mention karaoke and clubs lol!) Surprisingly though, there those who went around this law by planting their own alcoholic stuffs at their own backyard(like my friend here!) According to him, Asahi Super Dry is better than homemade though :p

I asked him how ppl date in his country, and surprise surprise!
"You ppl can hold hands in M'sia and kiss right?"

Me: Ya, if you are not a Muslim, you can do that.
"Oh, in my place, we can't do that, so we do it all online. You go to some of those popular chat sites and try asking where they are from. Everyone will say I'm from Iran! We went high-tech, unlike America and Japan, we use technology!"

Me:How does the guys and gals meet then?
"We set a 'date' in a place like a shopping complex wearing a predetermined item/colour clothes, then we'll walk pass that spot a few times until we see each other"

Me: Then? Then?
"We walk past each other and pass a piece of paper with our photos, letters, and maybe a present"

Me: Damn, that actually sounds quite romantic if I live in the 1900's. You should use u know, those birds called pigeons(goes on explaining what a pigeon is).
"Nah, no need for that, I'm in Japan now J.C! My Jap gf is great, in bed and in the clubs! I love her!"

Me: You lucky F%#ker!

NO Iranians, Americans and M'sians were harmed in the making of this conversation. My friend's family have recently migrated to Japan. No worries I hope!

Meet Big Boss!

2007-05-30T18:54:00.001+09:00

Shi Han*Serious* : We'll leave at 3.30pm to catch the 4pm train! Don't let ppl wait for us ok!!
A few hours later~~
Shi Han*Smilling* : 4pm?! Kenot la.
Don't you just love being a M'sian? :)

Ok, we weren't actually too late. Still have to wait for the VVVIP to arrive. Everyone just waiting anxiously for someone to just say "Ok, you can eat now!" LOL!

They came, they talked, I don't remember shit!!

See how long I've talked! I'm sweating like crazy! I'll take off my clothes. Who cares? I'm not in Japan for nothing!

5-Star, most expensive in Osaka, so good that every VVIP who comes to Osaka comes here. I guess 5 stars also means that they can count up till' the 5th word only huh? U think I'm crabbing? Guess whats their hotel name?
'ROYAL RIHGA HOTEL, OSAKA'
See! No 6th word!
p.s. If any RRH people is reading this, I'm seriously interested to work as a spelling 'corrector' in your hotel chain. I'm a SPM qualified student with 20 years of Manglish under my belt, speaks in perfect jabber and, with an expensive e-dictionary, able to correct almost any spelling errors that your hotel had/may make. Come on! Give me a shot! (Don't bother if its anything less than 300,000 a month)

Our PM is just a star for that night. Take pictures here, take pics there, sign here, sign there, shake here, shake there.

See, see! All this 'jakuns' haven't seen a PM before...I've shook hands with him a few years back dee lo! And for your info, when I was in Langkawi 2 months ago, I saw Mahathir ok! We were dining the same restaurant somemore! Ok, he was dining, I'm was just 'eating wind'....but still better than nothing right!

Talking about expensive hotels, this is interesting! I mean its just moving a 80kg bathtub out of a hotel, how hard can it be?!

The Year Of The 3quel

2007-05-02T15:52:00.000+09:00

Sorry for being absent for a long time. I just didn't have the mood(and will) to write during my trip back up till today. Maybe I'm growing tired of all this?

Cut that away, I'm starting my blog after a long hiatus with a few movies I've been anticipating. 2007 is officially a moviegoers years since there are tons of new(thats actually interesting) movies. Heres what I'm waiting for:

3 in a row, 3 times without fail, I got to watch spiderman on the 1st day its being premiered. 1st of May, it was for Japan. I'd used to complain about how slow movies are being premiered in Japan and how by that time its premiered, its actually available in verycd.com to be downloaded. Not this time its not!

This show is much better than Spidey 1 & 2 cos theres more to the eyes now. Better special effects, Gwen Stacy(berry pretty), a twisty ending and also Gwen Stacy. Enough said, if you haven't watch this movie yet(I doubt it though), run to your nearest cinema NOW!

Release Date: 1st May 2007

Johnny Depp is back for this (supposedly) final climatic swashbuckler movie this spring. Anticipate more slapstick humors from him which never fails to impress the whole cinema. I'm still truly amazed how he could be so carefree yet manage to be the most wanted dead in the entire film. If only I could live such an interesting life after a few bottles of rum!
Orlando Bloom? Nah! I'd rather see how our god of gambler kick ass in this film! Go 'Tou San'!
Release Date: 25th May 2007

I've watched Shrek in the cinema, watched Shrek 2 in the cinema TWICE, and I'm hoping I don't do anything stupid for Shrek 3. Why I like it so much? Well, unlike most Disney animations, this doesn't have any 'childish moral of the story' towards the end. Instead, theres lots and lots of unsangkarable(unimaginable) parodies, straight forwardly simple storyline, yet smart enough to make everyone smiling like that donkey throughout the entire film. Nothing stupid like watching it only once in the cinemas ok!
Release Date: 30th June 2007

Ok, this isn't actually a 3rd sequel or even any sequel. This is my childhood dream cartoon turn ing into a full blast action-sci fi movie. To see my favourite F-22 Raptor transforming(hence the name) into a killer robot is more than enough to set me a date with this movie. However, I'm a lil sceptical about cartoon adapted movies, usually, the storyline is either way out of the original version, or too similar to be creative. Spidey did it, so I guess I'll just have to check it out to know!
Release Date: 4th August 2007

What are the odds of getting even? 13 to one
I was so close about forgetting this show. It did badly during the 2nd part, but 13 isn't always a bad number, so I'm giving their exceptional cast a chance. Since this is also the final part of the 'oceans' trilogy, why not?The 3 most suave guys in the entire trilogy. *No matter how 'cute' you girls think Brat Pitt is, PLZ don't watch Babel, PLZ!!*
Release Date:11th August 2007

HEROES
Yatta! This isn't actually a movie, but I'm including it exclusively in this post cost this TV series is really-really good! Most of the guys I know have heard about it, but let me talk about it still.
If you have guessed it from the tittle, peoples across the globe discover that they have extraordinary abilities, from the cheerleader who realizes she is invincible, to the office worker who can bend space and time. These strangers are discovering they are meant for something bigger....
If you think this is about mutants in fancy costumes, or sexy/handsome ppl trying to save the world(think X-men), then you are absolutely wrong! And unlike most 'black & white' show of good versus evil, this is absolutely gray(not gay!) It emphasizes on human emotions, and questionable acts in order to safe the future. I tell you, this show is soo good, that at this current moment, I'm 101% hooked to its idea and concept. No more hours of never ending 24 series, or dead bodies in CSI, or even calling a show Prison Break when its obvious they are already out. This show is totally ori! I'm not alone here, I have millions of Americans(and my sis's bf) to support what I've just said.
If you've taken my word for it, prepare tons of junk foods, a comfy bed/sofa, lock your door, and remember to go to the toilet. Once you've started, you'd thank me! And remember "Save the cheerleader, safe the world!"

-Updates!-
Something to get you started...

Buzzing up!

2007-05-01T00:40:00.000+09:00

Another long hiatus and another year to go;
Stay tuned, and don't go,
Winter is gone, and summer is near;
This is gonna be 1 hell of a year!!

HELLO SUNSHINE!

2007-03-03T01:07:00.000+09:00

Penang!! Here I come baby!

The Theory Of Jeremitivity

2007-02-24T20:38:00.000+09:00

I'm still having my finals this week, I've inserted so much till its kinda saturated now. Now, let me heat up my brain so I can add in more info~~

Theory of Jeremitivity has 3 main laws

1.Deutsch ist nicht Englisch! Deutsch ist nicht Japanisch! Deutsh ist eine muhe in der Esel!
This is how we say it out in English :
" I like to go to school"

How we say it in 日本語：
”僕は学校へ行くのは好きです”
(I school to go like)

And for Deutch:
"Ich gern nach Schule fahrt"
(I like to school go)

"In the 1st law of Jeremitivity, if your teacher says that your grammar is bad, its not your fault, don't blame yourself for being lazy & ignorant, its just that your are born in the wrong country using the wrong language."

2.der Bierkrug, die Hut, das Dorf
Der for man, Die is for woman, Das is for no lifes!
Manly things:
Your Vater(father), Supermarkt(Supermarket), Geldbeutel(Wallet), Diamant(Diamond)
Girly things:
Your Mutter(Mum), Uhr(Watch), Prufung(Exams!), Kirche(Church), Bank(Bank)
Sexless:
Worterbuch, Buch, Heft(Books! Books! Notebooks!), Geld($)

"2nd law of Jeremitivity states thats theres a sex for every items in this world. However, just stripping/tearing/undress it would not 'reveal' its true identity. You need to use some simple imaginations to get it right.
a)Things like shopping, diamonds are simply inseparable from girls, this is cos those things are guys! Girly things on the other hand, seems to interest guys more! No comments on exams though!
b)IF so happens that 2 or more items of a different sex get mixed into 1, (exp: diamond watch), the latter will be the dominant sex regardless of the former.
c)Ppl who are purely interested in $ rarely gets real love(according to 99% of the movies). BEWARE!! Those who study too much suffers the same fate!
d)Do you know that your finger is a guy & your nose is a girl...I bet you know why sticking your finger in your nose in public isn't encouraged huh!

3.Are GIRLS EVIL?
It is proven that:

GIRLS = TIME X MONEY

according to the proverb "TIME IS GOLD", and since GOLD = MONEY, we can assume that

GIRLS = MONEY X MONEY

= (MONEY)²

since MONEY is the root of all EVIL,

GIRLS = (√EVIL)²

henceforth,

GIRLS = EVIL!

theory is proven!
3rd law of Jeremitivity states that you should never completely trust whatever you see or hear, especially this post which is defined with a 1/с% of reliability. (c: speed of light constant)
I don't mean to hurt any of the gals feelings out there, it is invented by a guy who go dumped by his gf after taking all his $$....thats NOT me!

Ok, back to my studies!

Every Year Got Fish!

2007-02-16T20:48:00.000+09:00

Another CNY, another "What am I supposed to eat tonight?". Celebrating CNY far away from your beloved family must be really disappointing...no super nice once in a year special meals & no gambling(not enough kaki for Tai Tee now, but I'm expecting a Chinese junior next year...hehe...hope he is the corrupt type, otherwise, I'll just turn him into 1). Worse of it though, is that I'll be having my major exam on precisely the 3rd day of CNY. Means while millions are celebrating with their friends & family, I'll have to nerd through my text books alone in my room. Haih, why must Japs change from Lunisolar to Gregorian calender? Otherwise I'll be celebrating it together with them!

Looking at the bright side, I will be going back to M'sia really soon now(15 days n counting!) Can't make it for reunion dinner, Chap Goh Meh also will do...at that time, most of the hawker stalls would have their price reverted back to normal, usually with the sudden drop in chicken prices cos of over production(Happens every year in Penang) Besides that, I have a strong feeling that a few of my friends will still be in Penang at that time.

I've been anticipating Petronas adds for every festive season since I got over to Jap 2 years ago. It didn't mean anything to me while I was still living in M'sia, but after a 2 year stint here, I can truly understand the meaning of spending time with those who you really care(not forgetting the gambling part!) Petronas theme for this year is about going back to our kampung to celebrate CNY with our gramps who we have left living alone for the whole year. It really made me kampungsick for not only being far away, but the fact that the 'kampung' I grew up with is no longer there physically....only ashes & fond memories of my best childhood remains. For those who still have their gramps, remember this 'You won't miss until its gone'. Don't do what I have done, cherish the moments especially for this coming CNY!

Ok, I'm not typing anymore, celebrating CNY alone in my room while posting about how much I miss my childhood days isn't gonna help with my exam results! So to all of guys out there, have a wonderful time with your family, stay safe, get tons of angpau & gamble your hearts out! Its the year of the Boar now, so for the 1st 15 days of CNY, forget about dieting, theres 350 days more for you to accomplish that! Spaghetti for reunion dinner anyone?

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!

A Reminder To All You Drivers Out There!

2007-02-10T14:34:00.000+09:00

omg! I broke my leg?

2007-02-09T16:14:00.000+09:00

It happened 5 days ago in the worst board-related accident I've ever had. It is kinda fuzzy to me now, all I remembered that day was that there was very little snow, I see a lot of kids skiing around me, I lost control of my snowboard while trying to change direction and *WHAMP!* 4 fences was torn down & a bulldozer greeted me :)

Fearing that I might turn out like Christopher Reeves, I immediately gave my hands some shaking and my neck some twisting.....ok, everything is fine. Tried moving my right leg, it responded, tried lifting my left 1 but felt nothing. Immediately, I had my snowboard removed while checking to make sure that I'm sitting on a safe spot and not in the middle of the deadly path. Tried moving my left leg this time and OUCH! It hurt so badly I almost cried(but decided not to cos I don't want any commotions) Fortunately for me, my short stint as a scout really helped. I gave myself a simple body check and nothing seems to be out of place.

Decided that I can't do much sitting there, I boarded down the rest of the hill hoping to get some rest down at the resting area. Immediately after reaching though, I had a change in mind & did the thing I wasn't even supposed to think of....I took the lift back up, up to the starting point again. I must admit, I was half limping t that time, but my brain doesn't seem to mind when theres still the slightest willpower left inside. At the peak, a few horrified looking friends who saw what happened asked if I'm ok...."No, I'm not ok, my leg hurts like hell now! Now, can you move away plz, you are blocking my way down!" With that, I completed only 5 more trips up and down the hill cos of time constrain.

The funniest things for me, is that a few who witnessed my fall only slided down once....it was their 1st time, so I guess my fall must have scared the living hell out of them. Well, too bad, it hurt a lot at that time, but its just not me to give up like that! This was when I found out something I've always suspected to be true....before this, doing something I want usually involves money, logistic & some guts. At that moment however, even with the prospect of a broken bone looming around the corner didn't stop me. I proved that the bull inside me must be 'stubborn' like the 1 in KLSE right now. When I wanna do something badly, I'll do it no matter what!

Well, walking was a chore on the 1st day, but on the 2nd, it wasn't that bad anymore, by the 3rd day however, thinking that its alright now, I decided to do some 'exercise'...Big mistake, cos the 'pin poking at my knee' sensation can be felt again...badly! Made another mistake for playing football during PE(albeit relegated to a defender only!) Its the 5th day now but I'm still not sure if I have any cracked bones. I don't think I'll find out or want to find out. Don't need some doc to advise me to rest more, avoid this food, bla bla bla....worst of all if I need to have my leg covered in Plaster of Paris! No way!(You can pierce my skin, stuff me a mouthful of medicines, but not take my freedom away!)

I'll just trust my body for now while making sure no 'unfamiliar' lumps appear(sign of broken bones) Hope its just a twisted knee and nothing more, I still wanna run around when I'm back in M'sia. Anyway, anyone wants anything from Jap? Sookie the 'tak tau malu punya cha bor' already asked for 2 mags called 'Ageha'. Don't be malu, just shoot!

p.s. I didn't get my pictures from my friend, but since her sis was with us the last time, you can stalk her post about the trip here, here, here, here, here & here
A word of warning, the amount of pics are enuf to make Cheesie & Xiaxue both jealous! Now, don't say I didn't warn you...

Born To Have Fun!

2007-01-04T23:59:00.000+09:00

Happy New Year to everyone out there! I've finally found the time & energy to start posting but since I'm in a serious shortage of photos, this would have to do till I get it from my friends. A short introduction of what was the BEST moment in my life.

The monstrous rain & snow

The energetic faces of those long time no see friends and some new ones too.

3 days of non-stop skiing/boarding, falling, lift riding under extreme chillness~~

The tiredness after all that.

The shopping done.

The Oohs & Aahs about Tokyo.

The celebration at the embassy.

My first time in Universal Studio theme park....

And more! Hope I get those pictures as soon as possible so you ppl can see the crap I'll be posting...till then, everybody say hi to Snowman ver 2.0! (say its ugly and 13 ppl will kick your ass!)

Oops 2006!

2006-12-25T18:48:00.000+09:00

Sorry about this, but I didn't have anything to write yet. 2006 isn't over yet and I'm not the type of person who makes new year resolutions. This is my last entry for this year before leaving to Tokyo(In another 2 hours time)...more snowboarding & Tokyo pics coming up!
Be jealous n stay tuned! Merry Chrismas & a Happy New Year!
Btw, try not to get beaten up this year the both of you ok! For the rest, stay safe too! Bye!

Hi, I'm from Malaysia, but currently studying in Japan.

2006-12-17T13:00:00.000+09:00

"OMG! You are so lucky! I like Jap girls, they are very cute!", "Japan? You get to see cute girls everyday, I'm jealous with you", "Japan? I like Japanese porn, they are very cute!"

These are the comments I get every time someone from another country knows that I'm currently in Japan. Almost everyone has been asking me for names of some cute actress, do I have a cute Jap gal as gf, the AV porns, and anything to do with that. Seriously, besides my parents and those living in Japan themselves, the rest of the questions always revolve around 'cute Jap gals'.

My reply is, Cute? yes! Alot! Trying To Be Cute or TTBC gals are all over Japan! The moment I see any of them, I tend to wanna vomit! According to my friend here in Japan, once Jap gals remove their makeup, they will scare the living hell out of you! How true is that? You find it out yourself.

"What do you mean no cute gals? I see plenty of them!"
Plenty yes, but its always on movies, magazines, dramas, newspaper, movies, magazines, dramas....well thats practically it. If you were to walk around Osaka blindfolded, chances are, you'll bang into either a:
a)Madman
b)Wall
c)TTBC gal
d)A moving vehicle
Now try taking off the blindfold off n walk around, you'll find that you'll see the same thing you'd bang onto blindfolded.
Those cute girls either have themselves locked at their rooms with servants buying all their needs, or bz with photo shoots at studios/tv stations.

"You didn't go out much thats why you didn't see any of them!"
Come on la! I've been to almost the entire Japan's must go places(safe for the southern region). I've even been to the reputed 'pretty gals' of Akita, nothing there also. As for the 'naked girl sushi shops', I've only heard it from my Japanese teacher while in KL, told it to my friends in Penang, and all of a sudden, sushis in Japan are served on top of naked girls....lol, talking about shooting canons!

"Where are the girls?! haiyo boolat.. keepin all for urself in ur ahem *collection*"
Ben, what photos are you talking about? You know that its illegal to take pictures of a stranger without asking permission 1st? If you are talking about porn pictures, yes, I used to have 1. Given to me & Shi Han by Randy during my GW holiday as a birthday present. Where is it now? I don't know. Randy was so tasteless to buy a porn book filled with 60 year old ah-mahs! Threw it away the next day. Since then, I'm not interested in buying any, but if you want it Ben, I'll gladly buy it for ya!(Must pay me back!)

As a conclusion, don't put too high of an expectation towards anything in Japan. I'm happy with my life now even if Japan isn't filled with kawaii gals. Truthfully speaking, I can't tahan TTBC ppl. I got a 60 year old Jap teacher who just acts like that, really feel like kicking her down the drain everytime she acts cute. Well, thats just me, maybe some of you like TTBC gals.

I actually wanted to post some pics, but wth, don't wanna create another wrong impression!

How To Survive Through Winter in 1 piece.

2006-12-10T08:49:00.000+09:00

Winter is the best part of being in Japan. You couldn't say that you've been in Japan unless you've braved through the chilling winds, bizarrely white snow, the 5pm already dark days and the overly thick clothings. Winter in Japan, for those unexperienced, might prove disastrous if you don't know what to expect. Well, heres something that I've learned from my encounters.

1. Watch the news.-Look at the weather forecast report at those days you are planning to go out. A week ahead if you are going out for a holiday where weather reports aren't available. Keep track of the lowest temperature and weather so you'll be prepared at whatever mother nature throws at ya. You wouldn't wanna be the Malaysian running under the rain at 0C.
-Know which place if being covered with snow and is causing delays and jams.

2.No (electric)heater
-It crazy to off it, but its crazier to have it on during the entire night. Hot dry air in an enclosed room with little fresh air circulation, you are suffocating your own body!
Solution: Heat up the room a few hours prior to sleeping, then use blankets and futons to keep you warm. Time the heater to reactivate 2 hours before your timed waking. Saves electric bill and no risk of sparking a fire....

3.Chuck your thick jacket away
-Contrary to what most Malaysians believe, a thick winter jacket isn't gonna make you fell all warm and comfy. No matter how thick your jacket is, if its not wind resistant, its worthless.
Jackets are only to prevent temperature changes, so if its cold, its gonna keep you cold! Besides, theres no difference to the human skin between 0C, -5C or even -20C, all you feel is cold and the stinging pain on the skin(very dry air). To keep warm, wear some tight fitting clothes(yes, those that PAS wouldn't allow in Kelantan) beneath your jacket. During my last ski trip, I'd survive with only 1 really thin T-shirt and a windbreaker no thicker than the one I use in M'sia.

4.Avoid this places(in red)...if you plan to take a train, unless you like the snow a lot, and wouldn't mind seeing snow for the next 13 hours for your supposedly 6 hours trip.Solution: Take a bus or plane if you are rich. The downside of taking this two means of transportations are that you'll have to plan well ahead. Not suitable for the fickle minded or the spontaneous humans.

5.Control
-Winter is all about being fat and putting on weight. Until the scientist comes out with a 100% safe medicine to keep you fit/slim, control is the only way. At cold weathers, hunger pangs occur very frequently! Submit to them and there goes your summer's hard work!
Solutions: Whenever 1 strikes, stop whatever you are doing & go to sleep. Sleep is the only stronger remedy besides eating itself.
Too bz with reports and studies? Gurgle with Listerine then, it works for me!

6.Stay healthy....lol!
-I haven't experienced this firsthand yet, but try not to catch a flu/fever during this wonderful season. Temperature changes causes me to have slight fever once in a while, fortunately, nothing serious until I need to hibernate.

7.Drink more booze
-A little wine or liquor will keep you warm without much side effect. Avoid beers if calorie count is a problem. Preferably, go for a small glass of anything above 15% alcohol.

8.Get an alarm clock-I've said that sleep helps with the hunger, but did I mention that getting up is important too? That beauty sleep is important, but sleep too much & you'll be a beautiful sloth. Need help getting up? Get a XXLoud alarm clock like mine :p
Not everyone is so fortunate to have Kristin Kreuk/Prince Charming's kiss to wake you up.

9.Stay alive!
-Winter is a suicidal season. What not to say so? Sad songs all around, the coldness, the silence that accompanies it..you get what I mean. If anyone of you have any, I mean ANY thoughts of suicide or anything that stupid, well, gimme a call. I'll try to talk you out of it.
Even if I fail, well, at least I'll make sure your money wouldn't be spent by the devil buying Pradas.
If you malu wanna call, this might help too:

I got Tagged?

2006-12-03T13:50:00.000+09:00

Didn't notice it until the day just before my exams! Well, its better late than never right? :p

Four jobs I would stink at:
Primary schoolteacher(1 kid, yes. 30 kids? Die!)
Any job that requires me to remove my clothing unnecessarily
Artist
Fighter pilot(bad eyes...)

Four pretend nicknames I'm making up for myself:
Raptor4eva
J.C
BoOLaT
Ja-re-mi(by my Jap friend)

Four movies I've watched over and over (and not fall asleep):
Lord of the Rings(Arwen is HOT!)
Armageddon(Grace is HOT!)
Shrek 1 & 2
V For Vendetta(Remember remember, the 5th of November)

Four things I love to do on weekends:
Shopping!
Cycling
Nerding in front of the comp
Reading Magazines

Four alcoholic beverages I've enjoyed:
Tequila Pop
Vodka On The Rocks
Heineken Beer
Shandy counted alse right?

Four celebrities I would go on a big date with:
Kristin Kreuk
Sawajiri Erica
Maki Goto
LivTylor!

Four things I could not live without (excluding essentials):
$$$$
Computer with 24 hours internet connection
Friends
Car(Freedom!)

Four of my favourite foods, whom I'd like to bon appetite with:
Mamak & BBQ steambot - My Gang
Sushi - Sis(can eat for free ;p)
Buffet - With the 'Ji Ni Ji Pai'(Hokkien) gang!
CNY reunion meal - Everyone in the family, including uncles & aunts(The more the merrier!)

Four places I would rather be right now:
Desa Permai Indah, Sg. Dua, Penang
Alps,Europe
Hokkaido, Japan
Maldives

Who should I tag, who should I? Hmm...

Speakers

2006-11-28T20:26:00.000+09:00

My inspiration,

My hard work....
Using POV-Ray's most basic design forms, its my 1st try so its still with noobish shapes and lightings. Was supposed to design a speaker, but because the tweeters are harder and more time consuming than I thought, I ended up stucking a few 'light bulbs', brighten them & here you are. A lamp post!
This actually reminds me of daun pitis used by Kelantanese once upon a time ago.

Last post for the next 2 weeks, exams here! Good luck to those having exams soon & wish me luck too k!

Not another schoool trip?

2006-11-23T15:01:00.000+09:00

9th Nov 2006! 4th year student of Nara National College invading Aichi prefecture!
Off we go!!

1stly, let me introduce my 'tour guides'. On the right is my 'oh-so-blow' class teacher and on the right is the super pro computer teacher! They are in charge of our welfare for the next 2 days and to make sure we don't go missing in Aichi. Most importantly however, they are supervising us against doing anything silly(which my class has a reputation of)

1st stop, picture at one of the rest areas. We were like a bunch of businessman on a our way to make millions. Only our childish behavior gave us out! I don't know why, but its school rule to wear like this when you are out in a school trip. No complains though, its kinda chilly out here already.
This happens during lunch hour...a bunch of smart looking, suit wearing guys eating bento(boxed rice) in a garden just outside the city. Embarrassed? Have no fear, all Japanese do the same. Suit wearing is the new casual swearing!
The main purpose for this trip is to visit as many factories(its actually lawatan sambil belajar) as possible during this short 2 days. Aichi is the hometown of Toyota, the pride of Japan. We visited the main factory (no pictures allowed) so this showroom with the latest Toyota cars is the best I can do to show here. Rest assured, theres nothing too high tech going on inside the factory. Its just the manufacturing plant, not the R&D department.
A quick fact: Toyota's investment in this prefecture is so great, that if it goes kapoo, then there will be hundreds of thousands of jobless ppl here!
You've seen this in my blog more than 1 year ago...
Now THIS, is new! A modified version which looks sportier and with a huge headlamp attached. I notice that names of stuffs these days all begins with 'i', no thanks to i-pod. 'i' is now a word so cool, if you have it in front of your product name, sure can sell 1! i-keropok anyone?
Toyota's famous mascot, kiss~kiss~?
Truthfully speaking(or typing) there isn't much pictures that I can show cos most of the places I went to were all no-camera zones. In order not to end my blog so soon, I'll do a little intro about the Japanese friends in my class, starting with my closer friends.
Fom left: Yamaki, Tat-cyan, Nan-cyan & Cheong-cyan (0.O)!

Tat-cyan is the exact opposite of Randy Gui. So completely different mentally & physically lol! Quiet & clam most of the time, you won't find him laughing too often though. But if he laughs, then your joke is definitely very good. Alas, don't let his small size fool you though, he is one of the best baseball player in my college & is 1 hell of a strong guy! I wouldn't wanna mess with this guy.

Nan-cyan is the guts guy who worships Hercules & Thor. Strength, power, stamina, blabla....He is a fan of my Mens Health magazine although according to him, he can't understand a single thing. Almost without fail, he challeges me to arm-wrestling every day. Why? Cos he still can't beat me yet :p

Theres Yamaki(but forgot to take his pic) who is 'Mr. Clean'. Always show off his ability to stay away from pornographic cos he has an understanding gf(according to him) How true/fake is that? Well, lets not find out. This guy has been sitting beside me since last year. The most popular thing about him is his 1 special bag which he never brings home, not even once! Can't reveal whats inside, sensitive material.
These are my other friends. Some scholars, some sportsman, some 'gentleman'.

Kiibou is always serious looking, has this no nonsense attitude when I 1st met him.
Once you get to know him, hell turns loose...
A bright chatterbox trapped in a table filled with 2 of the quietest person in class = 1 really funny scene!
Our room for the night. Looks dirty? Well, out of 4 person, only 2 used the room to actually sleep. The rest(including me) were at other rooms playing Nintendo Cube, PS and even mahjong while munching tons upon tons of chocolates. Japanese mahjong is almost the same with the M'sian version except that they can have a full set of doubles and still win, then.....why am I explaining? 99% of my reader don't even know how to play. Ask you mum, uncle, auntie to teach you, its good for your brain.
Highlight of the trip! FOOD! Nothing else is more memorable compared to this...

As if 10 isn't enough!

2006-11-15T15:56:00.000+09:00

For some 'unknown' reason, my mum got hold of my entry about the previous parcel. So, now, I get 15kgs instead of 10! 15 out of 10 in the luv-o-meter, I just can't ask for more can't I?

In the process of being stripped naked, one piece at a time....

Guess what was the 1st thing that greeted me? 2 packets of Indomee surrounded by more than an inch thick of reinforced styrofoam. This box could take a bullet and still live to tell!
Now lets go beneath to explore the secrets in this well protected box...
I got my usual canned fishes from M'sia plus an added bonus! A can of kaya! Although a junior of mine could proudly say that she had managed to make kaya. I'd rather wait for a month for a can to be sent here after imagining the mess I'd make trying to attempt one.

4 whopping packets of curry spices! 2 packets to survive through the next 3 months before my re-entry back to planet M'sia and another 2 to show of my cooking skills! A Jap friend of mine said that its so nice that now I have to cook for another 7 person to satisfy their curiosity. As 1 of them said "The future relationship between Japan & M'sia rest in your cooking skills". Aiyoo, kenot pray-pray la!

Books to die for.....
Books with more than a 1000 ways to die....I don't wanna die!
Some protection against the harsh long cold winter. For this part, I think my mum worried a little tad too much. The white bottle is the normal one I asked for, while the pink bottle is supposed to provided GREATER protection and is to be used when I'm snowboarding or anything that involves long periods of exposure to grandma winter! Anyone in Japan wants 1? Vely cheap only selling for 1000yen nia(suitable for all 3 sexes)
This part I very 'yim chim' 1. Get the wrong bottle of chilli sauce & I might end up leaving it unloved & untouched for the next 2 years. Never get it wrong...its always Kimball. The 'Cap Tupai' is also said to be nice. Time will tell, time will tell....

Without introduction, its time for the problems with this shipment....See this pic below here? Look at its condition. Even with a few inches of reinforced styrofoams its still cracked and broken into a million pieces. GREAT!
Mum 0, Pos Laju 1
3 weeks and I already can't stand being a cashier in what used to be the biggest supermarket in the northern region, Sunshine Square . Working there is like the 18th floor of the Chinese hell. No better torture than boredom and a few backstabbing behind! This place got a new face lift a few years back and its still the most popular place to shop for the money conscious. Julian & I hated this place so much we swore to buy this entire company up and fire the head & assistant cashier. Both of you better watch out!

My dirty room made even dirtier with this new parcel. I was digging this box for any 'left overs' just in case I missed anything.Was supposed to write about my school trip to Aichi last weekend, but still waiting for my friend to burn the pics for me....tons of pics ahead! Scout law no.1 'Be Prepared!'

Fly ECOMONY?

2006-11-11T21:33:00.000+09:00

If you'd loved my previous entry about sushis...then try this:

and this:

Its in Japanese with no subtitles...but I'd bet you'll like it!

College Day 2006

2006-11-04T18:02:00.000+09:00

Its over! Finally! 2 days of non-stop nasi lemak not only cured me of my 'nasi lemak sickness', I'm now completely avoiding this dish for the next few months if possible. Talk about wish come true! Its steam tofu from now on...

This years college day went smoothly, nothing bad happened, no quarreling....its all nice and calm....& very profitable too :)

Like every other year, college day is always filled with fellow students trying to make some extra pocket money for this coming winter holidays.

There were tons of junkfood ranging from whole squids to Nasi Lemaks!
(Mari! Mari! Murah Murah! Nasi Lemak 6 Ringgit sebungkus! Mari! Mari!)

The 4 buckettears....we cried so much because of this event. 30 onions in 1 night...cry till dry.

Beside food, there are around 4 stalls with the call sign "flee market 1~4". This is the time where poor kids get to sell their 2nd hand clothes so they can spend it on better brands like.....like.... how do I know? I'm poor wert! I only know Homme Paris, Tag Huer or Levis Red Tabs.

Some were so desperate to study thatnthey even sold their clothes to pay for the school fees (*sob sob* such good kids)

For those artistic, bombastic, virtuosos people, this is the time for them to show of their hidden talents to the whole wide Nara. With the hope that some guy from Avex Trax will sign them up.

Remember 超級無敵獎門人?(Super Trio Series) That show by Tsang Chi-wai? Ya, one of them copied the other's game. Japanese who copied or Hongkies who copied?

Mari! Mari! Murah Murah! Nasi Lemak 6 Ringgit sebungkus! Nasi Lemak 6 Ringgit sebungkus! Mari! Mari!

Well, thats all there is about my college day. It was really an unforgettable day I'd say! We sold up to 270 packets of nasi lemak in 2 days. Made about 3man(RM1000) of clean profit.
After a buffet lunch together, there was still more than enough left for the 5 main share holders. Anyone wanna franchise nasi lemak here? Good $$$

Before I forget, whats a college day if theres no gals pictures right?

1st, we have a Japanese gal feeding a not so happy looking Japanese guy....

Then we have Japanese gals dressed in Japanese fashion...

Malaysian gal dressed in Japanese fashion...

Japanese boy dressed in Japanese fashion....

So? Anybody interested in coming next year? I'll supply free pisang goreng....promise!
You've seen me crap, now see her blog.

Zushi Sushi

2006-11-01T16:09:00.000+09:00

Have fun...and don't you dare move your head from this clip for even a sec!

Learnu Igurisu You Wanto?

2006-10-28T13:05:00.000+09:00

1 1/2 years in Japan. If I still don't get it that the Japs are making fun of us from the English speaking world, then I'm really dumb! I do get this feeling that they do know to write it properly, but they just decided to play with some 'Igirisu' humor. Some are pretty straight foward, some are hidden, some just mind boggling. Don't get me again? Have fun!

I know your restaurant serves good food and have some decent waitress. But if you sincerely want me to call you back for a chat, at least leave a phone number on the receipt. Even better, give us your staffs hp no la. For those who can't read Japanese, a 1st look at this piece of receipt might feel like I've called a 'befriender' type of call-site for some 'oral treatment' and got charged 700yen for it!

I took picture just outside the ferry terminal connecting Hiroshima College to mainland Japan. Make sense why my English language is deteriorating so rapidly. I'm now facing the same problem I'm facing in kindergarden, spelling! With another language, German up in my cerebrum, every letter and word formations are all jumbled up like a bowl of alphabetical soup. Even official signboards aren't helping! Know what the Jap government should do? Fine them 100.000yen for every mistake, like what our M'sia goberman is enforcing instead of catching daytime robbers or part-time rempits!

Ok, here is a quiz:
Are there monkeys in the forest or not?

Yes! Time to unleash my wrath at my English teacher who I have argued for the past few weeks for giving me low marks for scoring high marks. He did it on purpose! He dared to ask me to participate more during English lessons while I've been keeping my mouth shut all this while to protect his own ego!(and his grammar mistakes)

Look at question 25. Lets say I've only watched the trailer a few times but not the actual movie. What answer should best fit that question? Of course its the WTC right! No, according to him, its ANYTHING but the WTC. Why? Because it no longer exists.

J.C: But sir(a PFS lingo for addressing male teachers), isn't it stated that this question is suppose to refer to the movie? In the movie preview you showed us last week, its all about the WTC.

Kanazawa: No, I'm not talking about the preview, its about the movie. Since the movie isn't out(in Japan) & none has watched it yet, I'll assume that anything goes. Except for the WTC cos its no longer there.

J.C: HAR?? WTF!! Like this also can arr? I should have told him I've downloaded the movie illegally and Nicholas Cage is the what New York is famous for! WTF!

In the end, I decided not to argue anymore cos 99% of the class got it right for writting something other than the WTC. Except for me & the Kenyan guy, for reading the instructions thoroughly and 'misintepreted' his question. Anyway, I still scored the highest for that paper, WTF!

Takoyakis & Clubs

2006-10-23T18:53:00.000+09:00

Paa-thay! See the balls? That what we call Takoyaki! Tako=Octupus & Yaki=grill, so takoyaki means grilled balls filled with octopus inside. See how BoOlaT it is? Well, its no suprise that its my favourite food here in Jap. I don't know much about the origin of this dish, but Osaka is extremely popular with it and Osaka is sooo near my place so...(You get my point)
This time, a few Japs decided to have a takoyaki party to celebrate our school sports day(Nice excuse to have a party :p) One of them have some experience in making them so he sponsored this unique frying pan while we just need to pay for the ingredients.
Making your own takoyaki is actually very easy though, just mix in some flour, some eggs, stirr it well & then pour it in the frying pan. Then add in the sliced octopus and wait. Roll it a few times with a toothpick to make it round and Whola!

Like any parties in Japan, its never complete without a few cans of beers and liqours. There was a Henessy V.S.O.P but its not in the pic. Didn't drink too much though, cos I still have my volleyball competition & my blood donation drive the next day. Don't wan't any sick person to be infused with my alcoholic blood. After he get hypertention then susah!

Namba, Osaka
If beer wasn't enough, we(the aliens in Japan) decided to hit a club to celebrate the end of sports day(Ok, I made that up) After 1 1/2 years here, this is my only 2nd time going to a club lol! I couldn't blame anyone though. All of my classmates are 18 or 19 which in accordance to Japanese law, is still forbidden to drink any alcoholic drinks what more patron a club. So its usually more of a spontanous event. Can't plan ahead cos we aliens are suprisingly bz with all sorts of works. We went to the club at 12 midnight and see how deserted it is.....bad signs ahead?

Being all tuned up to club, its suprising that some even ordered COKE!? Lol! I'm suprised on how they are able to dance with their heads straight. No 'high' feeling = stiff robotic dance. I took a totally unknown drink called Bombay Saphire and guess how it tasted? So bitter that I bought a can of Heineken to wash down the bitterness. The liqour might sound cool, but I ain't ordering it anymore! I'll keep in mind to ask for something smoother to the troat & tongue the next time!

By 2.00am, this place is sorta packed with aliens just like myself! The most impressive moment was when a bunch of Saraphova looking Russian gals walking in from the front entrance. Every guy in the club had their necks turned towards them like a bunch of hungy tigers staring at a deer. Must admit though, they are really HOT! 100%! Wow! Anyone has Boon Chye's no in Moscow? Gimme gimme! Too bad I was dancing and they left a few hours later before I got the chance to take their photos....At around 4am, everyone was either gone and those left are all *couple-couple* with newfound romance.

Except the 3 of us...haih...sad! Anyway, I did have a nice time even if I'm gonna crash on my bed once I get back to my hostel. Fook Hee wasn't really satisfied cos there aren't too many gals throughout the entire night. We left at 5am and took the earliest train back. There were 6 of us when we went to the club, but that Kenyan guy was the most successful in his hunt so we left without him. Shi Han is those 'kuai kia' type of guy so as usual he didn't go clubbing with the rest.

I'll be having a school trip to Nagoya in 2 weeks time. If god permits, I'll be going to another club(the best in Japan) in Nagoya with a few of my Jap friends. Hope they can get through the security as they are still underaged. Fingers crossed! Have fun!

I see blur...

2006-10-17T17:48:00.000+09:00

A little peek at my messy room during report assignment weeks. See the poster on the wall? I like it so much that I bought it without looking at the price...ended up burning a hole in my wallet.

This particular day however, was the best!I feel like I'm in Genting except that I'm here doing my report instead of riding an exciting corkscrew roller-coaster.

Look at the time....hardworking huh? Not really, slept too early the night b4.

Nice weather ahead too! Welcome cold, bye bye hot!

Simplicity Is The Name

2006-10-14T19:33:00.000+09:00

Time: A week ago (1am~4am)
Place: London

Scene 1:
I was out overnighting with a few friends in a old shady house somewhere. There were around 4 shadowy person, 1 Superman and me. We decided to do something challenging this holiday so we rented a haunted house and try out our 'luck' locating any ghosts.

I was brushing my teeth together with Superman in a small bathroom with a huge vase filled with water in the middle. Its very early in the morning if I'm not wrong. Then, we got lucky! A face appeared on 1 of the walls! Its a ghost all right! An angry 1 too!

Scene 2:
We were all running(Superman can't seem to fly) away from a bunch of 'Resident Evil' zombies chasing behind. Rushed inside the Big Ben and the zombies stopped chasing. According to the news, everyone was infected and the streets are now filled with swarms of mindless zombies looking for us! Lost, cold, hungry, we hid inside one of the rooms in the Big Ben.

Time: 4.15am~5.30am
Place: In a lecture hall

Scene 1:
I got a card and signed it. Before me, there are another 6 more signatures on it. I passed it to a girl beside me but she refused to sign. I remembered asking her "Why Not?" but she just shook her head seriously. I then told her this : "You are beautiful, why won't you sign it?". She took a pen....

Time: 5.30am~7.30am
Place: In an unknown desert

Scene 1:
A man with a walking stick was carrying this huge stone on his back and planted it in the soft sands. He was murmuring something when all of a sudden I yelled "Jesus! Look out!"

Scene 2:
The stone that Jesus planted was stolen! I was to retrieve it back in an unknown destination with the help of 3 dinasours. I said goodbye to my dad and rode on top of the baby dinasour. (The other 2 are adult T-Rex) Halfway during the recovery mission, we were attacked by a pack of shadows from the front. We defeated them kinda easily but since we were slowed down, we decided to move it asap.

Time: 7.30am
Place: My Bed
Scene 1:
My alarm clock rang!

3 dreams in 1 night. I woke up shivering after the 1st dream, all hot after the 3rd dream. Suprisingly, I don't feel tired at all even after waking up so many times for the entire night. Instead, I took the opportunity to write down my dream on a piece of paper before I completely forget about it.

Dream 1 is kinda normal to me already. I've been having zombie/ghost dreams quite often but its always in a different place and timeset. It could be the past, present or years into the future. However, Superman is a new cast in my dreams though. Too bad he is useless and can't fly like what he is supposed to. Just that uniform he is wearing indicates that he is Superman(I'm gonna question him if I meet him again.)

Dream 2 is kinda wierd. I rarely have girls in my dreams not to mention saying the word "You are beautiful" to her so openly lol! I know this girl in my reality but won't be mentioning her name here of course!

Dream 3 is also different from my other 'mission dreams' as it involved Jesus! Wow! Jesus in my dreams? Gonna ask him about Buddha the next time. Are they good friends? Are they playing this silly game called 'losers kena thiak kuku chao'?

Stay tuned for the answer! :p

Online games do more good than harm

2006-10-08T10:36:00.000+09:00

Thats whats written on the star online today(8/10/2006). I couln't agree more! Whats so bad about online gaming anyway? It hurts my eyes a little after 16 hours of playing, but at least it doesn't cause lung cancer or make my brains spill all over the road. Seriously, I do think that playing online games(better known as MMORPG) is much 'safer' compared shopping or even jogging around. Why? With the amount of rape/thief/murder cases in M'sia, what better than to have your own kids sitting around at home nerding at the comp instead of risking his/her life in a world filled with nutcases.

"If parents think playing online games is bad, they should honestly ask themselves what they did as youths to entertain themselves when there were no computer games,” said Jeffery Wong, 31, a cybercafe owner" <---He is a CC owner, of course he'll say this!
-The Star Online-

Even if you go to cybercafes for your daily 'fix', its definately safer there compared to the silent garden which might be haunted with ghost or orang gila. I get news that some parents in the US are so addicted to WoW that they left their child to starve to death. A few China guys also died of starvation cos they played WoW for days non-stop! Unlike other countries like the US or China, there hasn't been any stories of ppl dying from too much MMORPGs in M'sia yet. Our CCs have long since solved this problem with starvation with the wide variety of foods raging from hot karipaps, nasi lemaks to bags of chips and canned drinks. Starvation? We are not like the US or China ok! We are a 1st world country!

“If kids are learning how to earn money by pursuing their interest, their parents should be proud of them instead!” said Leon Jalleh, 27, ANOTHER cybercafe operator.
-The Star Online-

Talking about that, I could have made some money out of my MMORPG avatar. A lvl 62 warrior with 1.2 billion gold coins(I toiled days and nights for it) could have fetched about US$250 in the market now. Thats like RM1000! I'm not joking! Thats the max price I've seen in some forums where ppl are bidding like crazy. However, instead of selling it away, I gave my account to a friend of mine in Philipines for free. I'm crazy I know, but I'd rather have someone I trust rather than some richkid Turk having a char with my nickname on it. Its a win-win situation though, he still updates me about my chars advancement while I can rid myself of this addiction for sure!(No more avatar=no more addiction)

Finish babbling about all the 'positive' stuffs about MMORPG, this is very-very funny:

"Youth and Sports Ministry Deputy Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said too many youths are spending so much time in cyber cafes indulging in activities that were non-productive. Liow said the ministry wanted to limit the time that youths could spend playing games at cyber cafes. One of the methods suggested was introducing games that penalise gamers by deducting points if they played longer than a set number of hours. " -The Star-

HAHAHAHa! IS the ministry STUPID or something? Intoduce a game which penalises people for playing too long?! Who on earth is gonna play that game then? What company would wanna make a game like that? Is this the best they can conjure up? Even my mum could have thought of something better like "Take a 3 layered rotan and whack your kid until he/she starts to limit MMORPGs to 3~4 hours a day". My dad would have an even better idea like "Just cut of the internet everytime their results turn bad". Simple, easy and effective ways :p

Personally, I do think that online games really does more good than harm with a big IF. IF you can limit it to 3~4 hours daily. Its easier said than done. IF you can't control yourself, then don't even try to start. I'd be freaking hard to get rid of it once it gets stuck to your body & soul. Take it from a guy who is going through rehabilitation...Don't have to go to drugs to know how it feels lol! So, if there are some challenging spirits who still wanna to try out MMORPGs no matter what, heres a tip:
80%++ of MMORPG players are guys. Make a girl avatar and when asked, ALWAYS say that you are a 16 year old girl who starts playing cos you wanna forget about the pain of breaking up with your BF. In less than 2 hours, I'd bet you'll get tons of cash/items flowing in your inventory!
Another reason why I quitted online games....its a crazy place filled with ppl who have problem with their own sexual preferences! Yucks!

Things J.C Wanna Share

2006-10-03T18:18:00.000+09:00

Another hurrah! My examination is unoficially over after 6 days it was officially over!Don't get me? Neither do I! So I'm sitting down facing this comp with nothing much to do before resuming my exercise which I have skipped for almost 3 weeks in another 3 hours time. With all my mails checked (why did we stop that chain mail? Where is that Gary who is supposely free to mail everyday? Jason & Chris, if u guys are reading this, where the heck have u guys gone? At least I can still see Sookie lurking around at wierd hours)

Fortunately, I could live through my predictable life with a few entertainments once in a while. It doesn't sound much, but the internet itself just isn't that interesting anymore. I'v read through almost every page about 'war' in wikipedia.com, some popular blogger's entire archive, place an order in Amazaon.co.jp just for the fun of clicking & watched tons of youtube's MTV....theres nothing much I can do anymore. These little extras really saved my life!

One of the best, which I once dispiced, is Penang Hokkien Podcast. Irritating at 1st, but once you get used to the loud annoying laughing voice of the host, Miku John, listening to it will be very enlightening & OF COURSE funny! Laughed so much I almost rolled on the floor if it not because that my room is too small for such a space abuse. Their topics are really very simple & typical everyday life of the Chinese comunity in Penang(ghost encounters, FOODS!, gods, fastivals, bees & birds stuffs etc...) There isn't any censorship so all the foul words just keep flying out like nobody's business. The girls are also suprisingly, very good at it lol! For those Penangese living abroad, this is a MUST unless you think that Hokkien is too 'cheap' for you upper classers. You need i-tunes for a weekly auto-download or visit their official site here to download it manually.

BoA, BoA, BoA, her songs lighten up even the darkest days of my life. Irony though, her introduction to me was marked as one of the 'darker' parts of my life :p. Contrary to what most ppl believe, I didn't buy her songs because she is cute or pretty. In a matter a fact, I don't think that she is all that pretty/cute compared to other Jap singers like Ayumi or Sawajiri Erica. Above average? Definately!, but I didn't buy her singles just to stare at her lol! Its her songs & MTVs that I enjoy the most! Ever since listening to her 1st Japanese album 'Love and Honesty', I'm practically hooked to her eastern fused upbeat songs and dances. Ya, I forgot to mention, I really like singers who can also dance, its like they got this aura of elegance with them. With dance, I don't mean Shakira's belly/boob shaking moves or any slo-mo dances though. BoA has this pattern of realeasing her singles. Its always an interval of fast paced music about anything but Love and slower Love songs. This pic here is her latest album to be realeased early Nov. And...err...since this single's MTV is out, I...err...illegally downloaded it 2 days ago. Before any recording company wants to sue me, let me state it clearly that I'll definately delete the MTV after I get my hands on the CD+DVD. I have placed a booking for the single through Amazon weeks ago. I only support piracy until ori comes out....what to do, can't blame me cos her songs are too nice right?
The MTV is nicely situated on the left side of my blog now.

Finally, theres Hitz.fm. I'm 1 1/2 years here and I just found out a way to listen to this radio station through the internet recently. My firefox didn't have the plugins required so it just didn't load no matter what I did. Finnaly, I actually resorted into using IE to listen to the 'Malaysia's No.1 Hit Station'. Fortunately, the morning crew is stil as funny as ever! I don't have any doubts that this is INDEED the most listened to radio station in Malaysia. Its not the latest hitz that make this station interesting, its how they parody songs, play prank calls on the listener that truely make this station shine through the rest! Not to mention that their prizes and gifts are superb! Too bad I'm staying in Japan...I remember when I was in PPKTJ, whenever the cue-to-call was announced, Randy and me would stop whatever we were doing, and starts stabbing our poor phone's keypads over & over...no luck then though...They came to PFS once too! Too bad I wasn't able to stop-by cos I was rushing home for tuition..what a waste!

3 things I wouldn't wanna be parted with anytime soon. They kept me company till the wee hours while studying(don't play Penang Hokkien Podcast at that time though, you don't wanna scare your neighbours!). Since exams are over....I'm gonna go out n start looking for something else to entertain me...really feel like buying an Xbox360...can Microsoft plz realease Halo3 ASAP!?

頭痛,手不動,屁股開孔

2006-10-01T09:37:00.000+09:00

I just spoilt my mood by reading Kennysia.com. Another racial thing stirring up in an irrelevant blog entry. Just great! Ok, now back to my life...

Exams are over like 4 days ago.....nah, just joking! My stupid teacher decided that 4 days break after 2 weeks of crazy study till 3am/burning the midnight petrol is too much so he decided to have another exam on Monday! GREAT! There goes my life!

Anyway, the tittle above could easily describe what I've been through for the past two weeks. I've been lagging behind badly for the past few months becauce of my game addiction so it took me 2 weeks of not so last minute preparation in order to survive this examinaion's onslaught. Practically studied/did my homework till 3.30am while waking up at 7am every freaking day!

And if that isn't bad enuf, I have to suffer from stomach cramps and lau sai! For some unknown reason, everytime I start my tedious 3~4 hours sleep program, my stomach gets upset & decideds to go on strike to protest for the insufficient rest. Its just refuses to absorb the nutriens & instead, just passes everything right to my bowel to be flushed away! What a disobedient organ! The exam pressure didn't help abit. This problem ended right after my exams was over(miraculously lol) However, yesterday, I woke up at 5.30am even though I slept at 2am not feeling a little tired. My body have adapted to it already I guess?

Ya, talking bout health, 1 of my worst nightmares just happened. Someone has stolen my identity in Japan! I receive this letter informing me that my medical insurance have paid my 25000yen(RM800) medical fees! WTF! I didn't even fall sick once and I was told that I visited a clinic in Osaka for 4 times with each time costing RM200~RM300. That SOB took my identity to receive discounts(20~50% paid by MY medical insurance!!!). If I need to fork out more for my insurance premium next year because of this, I'm really gonne F**K that clinic. I have proof cos my health insuran card(needed when you wanna claim the insurance) is with me & there isn't a single 'JC telah melawat klinik XXX' stamped on it. Guess what, this happened during my examination week somemore! This problem is currently handled by the hostel's office. If they couldn't do anything, I'm gonna go to the city council and maybe file a police report against the particular clinic. Jason, Ben! Help me with a lawsuit!

Anyway, back to some lighter news, there is this new shopping complex which just had its doors opened in Osaka a week ago. Its called Namba Marui, which in direct Manglish translation, is called Namba's BoOlat. Its the latest & trendiest department stall targetting those young brats who are deprived for a way to spend their hard earned parents money(macam aku lol!). 7 floors dedicated for gals, 2 floors for guys(hey! not fair!) and the best part? A 9 screen cineplex!!! Yeh! This is what I've been waiting for! A movie in Osaka never felt this good! For a fee of 1000yen(RM35), I get to watch 2 month old Hollywood movies!!YEH! I'm really happy!(I'm really really happy) Another better news? I got 'wind' that a new shopping complex will be built near my place! Wow! I'm gonna go pokai if they manage to get it built before I grad from this college.

Thats all thats important to me for the past few weeks. Can't wait for it to start snowing! Snowboarding, skiing, snowman making, snowball fight...why couldn't there be a country like M'sia with only 1 season but its winter whole year long? I'm gonna love it!

How Much Do You Love Your Parents?

2006-09-09T08:21:00.000+09:00

How much do you love your parents? Ask a small kid in the past and he/she'll tell you "This much!" with both hands wide open. Ask a kid now and he/she'll say "To infinity, and beyond!" Ask a teen at any moment between year 0000 to 2006, he or she will ponder for 5 minutes and says "ok ok la....but my mum/dad arr ___!! & ___!! & ____!!!(fill in the blanks with your own 'buts') If I could make a graph out of it, the lowest point, dy/dx=0 would be just after you start to care about how you look until just before you get your car keys to freedom. Anywhere in between should be hell while anything after should be heaven(for you and for your parents)

So, how much do I love my parents? Since I'm out of my teens already, I do think I could appreciate(more like missing it) my parents nagging. I'm actually enjoying telling my parents that I did something stupid/bad/evil/not me so I could enjoy the little nag through the phone. Call me nuts, but I still do it whenever I'm free & my hp bill is too cheap for the month!

Ok, back to the question.How much? 10 Yes, its 10! Not out of 10, not out of 100 of course! But its 10kgs! Why 10 kgs? Well, thats how much I get from every parcel sent from my parents every 2~3 months once or so. 10kgs worth of love from my parents once in a few months is VERY satisfying for me.

10kgs of the best things in the world!

So, whats inside this box of 'love'? 1st, theres my 'latest edition' of Men's Health , Game Axis/PCGames(I'm a game freak) and a few pirated DvDs of my choice! I still love the M'sian edition of Men's Health cos theres less pictures of gals in very little cloth. Less pics=more information about anything I would wanna read. Not really interested in the 'Ah mohs' gals in it anyway. I'm the sticky rice type..Asians who just love Asians lol!

Then theres the spices from M'sia & NZ(Lamb Ragout is supa nice! Thanx 2nd aunt!), sardins and other fishies from M'sia. Notice a few cans of tuna in mayonnaise. Even though I could get those in Japan, I dislike the fact that its saltier and theres not much fish smell in it. Whats a tuna if theres no tuna smell?
And finally, the most precious of all! Hup Seng biscuits! Every delivery would not be complete without a few packets of this salty, cheap, 'but i cant live without it' biscuits! Yum yum! Its mine! Don't even dare to touch it! *slaps Fook Hee's hand as he approaches for it*

With all those stuffs I get, this is how my 'Entertainment cupboard' looks like after I placed everything in it.This is how my 'Study cupboard' looks like!

Then theres this problem with this latest 'Box of Love'. Like any mum who loves their kid, they tend to spoil your diet plans. No matter how many times I told my mum not to send me sweet things, she'll always say this
Mum: Why don't want?(sad voice on the phone), its just a box filled with (insert and unhealthy food here) only ma. I got it from a friend of a friend of a friend of mine. Your sis wouldn't eat this things so you take it la!
Me: Lol, I'm staying away from fattening stuffs & you still wanna get me these things? Give it to any friend of yours with kids la....
Mum: But....(She have already made up her mind)

So, in the end, I received a box filled with mini chipsmores. And as any other filial son, we wouldn't want to let our mum down or disapointed. So....
How much do you LOVE your parents?

Hokkien Rocks!

2006-08-30T01:34:00.001+09:00

NEGARAKU!

2006-08-29T18:40:00.000+09:00

Here I am blogging again! Come to think of it, exactly 1 year before, at this time,I was also blogging like mad. Maybe cos college is gonna start & I'm looking for some excuse to NOT do my 'already last minute but no mood to do' homeworks. In that case, its devils 2, angels 0.

Talking bout the 49th merdeka day. What has the country achieved till today?
-Longest buffet in the world
-2nd tallest building in the world
-3rd most unfriendliest city in the world(thanxs KL ppl!)
-Mahathir complaning non-stop
-Badawi keeping quiet
-"We still have the cheapest petrol in SEA"
-Malaysian Time
-Brain drain problem
-All the races living happily in the same housing area, just that Malays are in block 'dUn question My special NatiOnal rights', Chinese in block 'Money to Control them All' & Indians in block 'what about MIC?'
-Internet cencorship law under review!

What we could expect to see by 2020:
-The most expensive petrol in the whole SEA
-To have 10 person to witness a rape case in order for a person to be prosecuted
-Have 40 million citizens
-Where 30% of the profesionals will be in the US, UK, Aus, Euro etc
-A bigger rag so we could sweep all the problems inside it.....& hope no 1 notices
-The 4th PM who is also the 6th PM of M'sia
-Where 99% of the rakyat lives in 1st class infrastructure but with 3rd world toilets & rubbish everywhere
-No more TOTO, Magnum 4D, ZOUK, CHILLS, CASABLANCA, Fatty Loh Chicken Rice
-To have a non-Chinese Chief Minister in Penang
-Disneyland? In Johor?
-Tell your friend you got robbed and he/she says "Biasa la"
-INTERNET CENSORING! or apply for a yearly permit to publish your post from the goberman

Towards a BETTER MALAYSIA! Selamat Hari Merdeka!

Last of my summer.

2006-08-26T00:32:00.000+09:00

So, this is Miyajima Isle. This 鳥居(Torii) or gateway, is another famous place in Hiroshima. For some reason, its one of the World Heritage Site(like Gunung Kinabalu or Georgetown, Penang) where it will be preserved as it is for millenniums to come.

Seriously, I don't find it too interesting or special? Its just a metal gate built on the sea. What madman is actually so free to do such things I wonder? I'm just not that artistic person to judge things solely by their looks and not its purpose(except gals la!)

Besides this gate, Miyajima is also popular for the following items:

Momiji=maple, Manju=pancake. So Momiji Manju=maple shaped pancke with all kinds of fillings.

Grilled Miyajima oyster. Cost me RM7 for each plate with 2 oysters. It was VERY delicious! Its the only thing that 'ah mo' take raw while Japs take cooked. Come to think of it, what an irony?

After hours of cycling around, we found this very nice & cooling waterfall spot. Randy tried to take a pic with his vid-cam with only 8 secs delay and guess how the picture turned out? He was exactly in front of me bocking my entire body while his back faces the vid-cam(He was still running to the spot next to me) Well, this is the 1 with me and only me!

The 3rd day was to visit Ah Long's college in an island nearby. Before that, theres still 1 more thing we wouldn't wanna miss in Hiroshima, and that is Hiroshima's Okonomiyaki. Its hard to describe what it is, but lets just say that its a Jap version of a pizza(Like mutabak is the Indian version). Tasted sweet, but I still can't decide which is better, the Osaka version or Hiroshimas'. This 2 places are known to have the best Okonomiyaki in Japan.

Ok, back to the story. This is Along's college in an island. Its quite a small island, and the 'best' part is that the convenience store closes at 8pm & theres NOTHING there. Hmm, a conducive environment to study I guess? No distractions? I LUVING my college more after visiting this place! Anyhow, this is a shipping college & the ship on the pic belongs to them. Must be cool to actually pilot a ship with that 'sailor' uniform!
Me: Direction bearing 26-22! 13 degrees at 20 knots to starboard side!! Move it you lazy apes!!
Men: Aiyee Captain!
I'm gonna regret being another mechanical engineer!

This concludes my very-very short holiday in Hiroshima. Its only 4 days of travelling with another day back to my place! Thanx to Along and Chin Leong for letting us 'crash' in your tv room & that unforgetable watermelon! Well,good night every1!
p.s. Along is 2nd from left & Chin Leong is 3rd. Along is the head of a 'shark' society in KL so when you see him the next time(He can be anywhere in the globe) don't forget to greet! Nitez all!

Hiroshima

2006-08-24T23:23:00.000+09:00

Welcome to 広島(Hiroshima), or 'Wide Island' in English. I'm supposed to go to Taiwan for my summer hols, but somehow, I just can't find the right time. So here I am, in the piece of land which so happen to have a nice sunny weather one morning 62 years ago. The landmark where the most disastrous weapon in world have ever been used!

So, here I am with my ex-roomie(again?). This trip was planned on the phone, took 15 minutes, and what do I know, Randy was on his way to Nara for the 4th time just a day after the call.

We left to Hiroshima from Nara just like that 2 days later. I just like it when things are made so spontaneously. No plans, no headings, just a train ticket and thats it! No worries about time schedule, date lines or 'must go here & must visit there' syndrome.

Stopped by at Kobe(Kobe Beef anyone?) for some Chinese food which was like months since I ever had a decent Chinese meal. The entire journey took me about 7 hours, which is VERY near by Japanese standards.

Checked in the Hiroshima Youth Hostel in the evening and called it a day.

The 2nd day's event started with the visit to the all so popular Peace Park Memorial Museum where all this pictures were taken. Its actually a remembrance to all of us war lovin' ppl about the suffering and pain and blablabla! There were a few crying 'ah ma's inside. Its supposed to have made us feel gloomy & sad inside, but guess what? Neither the both of us were in any 'gloomy' mood. Must be cos the Japs took Randy's grandpa's bicycle 65 years ago and I just love the fact that there used to be such a great war(I'm a saddist till this day lol!). No bad mood, but tons of stupid jokes about this bombing.....cruel ppl!

The night was spent watching fireworks which so happen to happen at a place we planned to visit the next day. Since no plans=anything goes, we went there eventually. This is the 1st(and only?) 花火大会(Fireworks display) I'm gonna catch this entire summer. Had my 1st 'sardin fish' experience on the train heading there. Too bad that our youth hostel has curfew, so before the grand finale, off we go...back...wouldn't say that it was bad, but why on earth must the stupid hostel have curfew time? WTF, I paid you RM70 and I don't even get my little freedom! Should change your name to 'Hiroshima Warewolf & Cinderella ppl Hostel'.
Anyway, I'm too tired to continue blogging anymore now. I just spent 2 hours typing in Photobucket and guess what, they discontinued their services with Blogspot! 2 hours and X joule of tenaga kinetik lost! Great! Too be continued....

AGAIN?

2006-08-23T20:08:00.000+09:00

She can't dance half as well as BoA, she got a crooked tooth & I've seen her on tv just 2 months ago! I'm ADDICTED to her! HELP!!! Maybe cos shes too cute?

From nowhere.....

2006-08-12T11:21:00.000+09:00

to Hiroshima tomorrow?

It all happened in a sudden, just after 15 minutes of phone call with my ex-roomie, there goes my 'uninterupted' peace for this summer holidays. I don't know whats nice about Hiroshima besides the Peace Park and the museums. I'm not much of a historian myself, but anything to do with WW2 should be interesting. Besides that, I'm just clueless about Hiroshima. Maybe I should go to any nice beaches ^^ and have a dip while I cleanse my eyes abit.
p.s. One shouln't stay in Hiroshima for too long, if u read your Kimia books, it said that radioactives burrows in the soil for like hundreds & thousands of years! Yeah! Suicide! jk jk

Sinned!

2006-08-05T20:46:00.000+09:00

I'm a grown up now. After being through my worst failure and addiction, I'm a changed person now. I won't repeat my mistakes anymore...I'm a man!

What has happened to me for the last few months? Look at the picture to the left, thats where I was for the past 3 months. Knight Online.
This game was & still will be the best game I've ever played in my entire childhood. I'm a high lvled warrior in a grade 1 clan killing other players during my past time while organizing boss hunts and money gathering with my friends from the US, Canada, Sweden, Philipines & Turkey.

This addiction almost killed my life. I stopped going to the gym, stopped socializing in the Msn/Yahoo/Icq/telephone/skype, and most important of all, stopped studying.
"No study = bad results" rule just doesn't seem to bother with me at all. What I cared was just to gather with my bunch of in-game friends and do so much killing as any kid would have dreamt. Exam results were bad. I lost muscle mass :( and some fats :) , sleep for 4~5 hours a day after all the game & homework have been completed.

It stopped.....my life changed when I saw this:

It happened on a friday while I was having my dinner at 10pm(yes, its that late). What caught me at 1st was the beautiful girl in the drama. Deciding that a drama with pretty girls >> guys in shorts sweating out trying to out-punch each other, I stay tuned to it till the end of that episode. Its a typical Japanese love story where good looking guy falls for a cute girls and vice-versa. The 'catch' is that the girl has XP (Xeroderma pigmentosum) disease and she will die soon. He wasn't 100% in love with her at the time he found this out, and against advises from friends, he did anyway. A guy with all to lose and nothing to gain still goes on with the love has really some guts!

So, what am I doing with my life? I'm not gonna die soon(touchwood), nor am I involved in any love where my gf is gonna die or leave to anywhere. Why am I sitting here in front of my computer where life is limited & anything could happen the next day. I've all to lose & nothing to win from playing this game....this is pathetic! Theres no 'guts' losing everything to this game, this isn't love, well, this isn't anything important at all!

Today, I logged in to my game, told my clannies that I'm leaving for good, and left. For good I hope. I know theres a life for me outside there in this world waiting. May it be my school life, social life, love life, sports life a.k.a gym, I'm gonna go for it! I'm gonna spend time on things that I can feel, touch, hold, enjoy, experience, wise up. I'm in for it! I'm a grown up!
Went to the gym today after a 2~3 month hiatus. Starting my long awaited revision tomorrow.

Btw, the show is called A song to the Sun (タイヨウのうた )
And this is the opening scene:

Piala Bumi

2006-06-17T07:35:00.000+09:00

Win the cup!
GOD BLESS THE TEAM!

DON'T CLICK IT! PLZ DON'T!

2006-05-27T20:22:00.000+09:00

DON'T CLICK HERE!

Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah!

2006-05-24T21:56:00.000+09:00

1 month? Thats how long I didn't blog...thats how lazy I am these days. Exams is 2 weeks away and for some reason, I just fell like blogging now....this blog is about something that happened quite some time ago so...thats how it got its tittle...

CHRIS! Remember that you kept calling me 'Yokohama' for no reason at all...well here it is..YOKOHAMA! The port city of Japan...popular for its...its....I don't know? This ferris wheel?

2006 Yonex Badminton Championship

21 years, thats how long it took for me watch a sporting event 'LIVE' with my own naked eyes....
I could consider myself fortunate to be able to watch this event there and then cos it would take another millenium or so before Japan will host this event again....Its held in Tokyo so its kinda far from my place, but with the semangat of Malaysia Boleh, "die-die also must go"!

Fortunately, the tickets are sponsored by the embassy so it kinda relieved my wallet after taking in all the expensses that needed to survive in Tokyo for 5 days....

Here are some pics of the players whose photo I managed to take. Since falsh isn't allowed, most of them appeared blur...just look at how semangat Tan Fook was after winning in the mens double against Denmark!

This guy really underperformed during the semis. He seem to be reacting to every move the Danes are doing while failing to do anything to set his tempo back...I remembered 1 fella shouting by the stands "Hafiz, tolonglah, tolonglah.. tiket dah la mahal, tolonglah main betul sikit!" Thats how bad he played after a great performance versus the Koreans!

Those of us there during the Korean match(sitting in the front row) would have, by now, noticed something...that is never call a popular person by his real name(In this case, Tan Fook) My seniors spend a few minutes shouthing this name and he didn't even take notice. Then, out of no where, 1 of them shouted "Ah Fook!", and he immediately turned his head towards where the call came from...well, this is how I managed to take this 'Prized' photo of mine! He is actually posting for my camera after I yelled(more like squezing every single muscle to produce some frequency) "Ah Fook, mong kor lei, oi yeng jiong siong"(Ah Fook, look over here, I wanna take a pic! in Canto)...hell was I delighted to have him pose for a pic!

Besides the Japanese audience, the entire stadium was practically dominated by us making noise, the 'E-slap wave'(you PFS guys know what I mean, right Wan Yean?), cheering for every single reason there is to cheer....During the quaters, there was this lonely, pityful looking Jap sitting beside me watching the Uber Cup in the Malaysian side of the stand....well, I don't know how he ended up here, but I do know where did that 'pityful' looking face came from. I bet he can't concentrate on the Jap girls playing with all the commotion happening in the Malaysian side.

Well, not all Jap seems to bee rooting for their own country though, this primary kids find more fun doing waves n cheering "Malaysia Boleh"(I asked them, and they said they don't know what it meant but its fun so they joined in!) for our home team.

I was actually contemplating wheather to place this pic of Danes winning the day. It was a lousy day for a few of the players, but I think the Malaysian players did their best although Hafiz was a real disappointment, and Choon Han have to injure his ankle ....well, there goes the only chance Malaysia has for winning the cup in another few more years to come. Lets hope that the doubles team could maintain their great performance, and China to 'bagi chance' a little...whats a game if u always win? Like Micheal Schumacher winning all the grand prix and the FIA have to change the rules to make you lose...

MALAYSIA BOLEH!

2006-05-07T21:45:00.000+09:00

Just got my internet up and working 30 minutes ago. I'm a little sick now, down with sore throat and with insuficient sleep after a long bus ride back from Tokyo. To those folks who have watched Thomas Cup and you think you saw a 'round' fella cheering for the Malaysian Squad, well, guess no more! I was there on the 1st row alright! Got a few more stuffs to write, but not now& not today, just wanna sleep and prepare to go back to school after 1 week of Golden Holiday. Sleeping now...bye

HAPPY B'DAY!

2006-04-23T21:25:00.000+09:00

Happy Birthday To Me,
Happy Birthday To Me,
Happy Birthday To Meee...
Happy Birthday To Me!

I'm 21 dee! OMG! Living a life as a 'young man'...can't go to playgrounds without being stared,can't play Pokemon cards without the whole neighbourhood knowing about it, and having no GF when you are this age is definately gonna freak my mum out! HAPPY B'DAY ME!

WoW!

2006-04-18T20:51:00.000+09:00

I can't imagine this! 2 months since the last time I blogged. I didn't wanna blog in M'sia cos every second counts. And even though I am back in Japan for quite sometime, I just lost that need to write anymore. Just don't have that mood to type anything. I rather just sit down & do nothing staring at an empty desktop screen than to type.....

Anyway, how does my new blog skin look? I think that the old skin was a little too dark after sometime, so decided to 'lighten' it up abit. The template & layout didn't change much though, don't really wanna spend too much time doing this cos i just prefer to stare at a blank screen for no reason...my brain is going crazy dee!

Ok, a little intro about my life as the 4th year student in Nara National College Of Technology. I'm now staying on the 2nd floor of my hostel, which segregates me from the rest of the foreign students! Felt a little wierd in the beginning, cos I have to control my speakers from going full blast and I can't go next door for a chat or 2 with Fook Hee or Shi Han anymore.....well, thats actually the only difference lol! Cos now, instead, I got a few 5th year Japs coming to my room for a chat! We even drank beer together last friday!

School, however, is VERY different! Most of my engineering subs are like twice as more, more reports coming, class until 4.15pm everyday(why isn't there any sembahyang Jumaat here? I really miss that lol!) and another scary fact: THE MOST SOB TEACHER IS NOW TEACHING ME FOR 4 HOUS A WEEK!!! I don't know what the hell is he teaching, and the best fact of all, he craps for 3 3/4 hours before he even starts the teaching! I'm just praying that I can get some sort of help with this sub before I fail!

Classmates here are now treating me almost as an equal dee...no longer that 'stranger from Mars', I can kacau anyone I like anytime I like! My classmates are more like my form 4 friends in PFS, having a unique diversity of gangs, but each gang suprisingly goes very well with 1 another. I was wrong the last time about the 'ah beng' and 'nerd' clans being 2 worlds apart! That was just my 1st impression. Also, with my Jap language getting better, joking & understanding them is much simpler....no more "Har? Can you repeat that again plz..."(What a lame way to destroy a good joke!)

I'm crapping alot in this blog cos I'm free now....getting bored of my online game dee....tired of talking to other players in Turkish(I've learnt a few words dee.."Aga" is "Hi" in Turkish) Tired of meeting with a bunch of kids playing this game asking me(in Turkish) to give them this item, that armor, donate a few million coins...NoNoNo!! Which part of my rouge character writes that word "Generous Donator Here! Come and get free items" As for the rest, I'm just bored dee....so, I told myself to start studying harder so as to qualify for a scholarship to a Uni in Japan, socialize more(Lonely lol!), and don't spend so much money!(I fell that its my responsibility to start supporting my family after my dad's retirement).

My nearest aim now is how to celebrate my b'day...24TH APRIL OK!! REMEMBER THIS U PPL! Write it down! What should I do? Go shopping and buy something expensive like last year?(Can't, will break rule:Don't spend so much money), or just stay at my hostel eating cakes? Maybe I wanna try making myself my own cake, heard from a not so new found friend of mine from S'pore that Gary is a master chef and makes good cakes....wanna try out also la!

Ok, its 9.48pm now, should be doing some exercise now, but tomorrow got 1500m run, need all the energy for it...last record 6minutes 19 secs. I'm GONNA BEAT IT! Wish me luck!

What Am I?

2006-03-12T19:50:00.000+09:00

Help me to know me....
http://kevan.org/johari?name=Jeremy+Cheong

I'm BACK!

2006-02-28T14:48:00.001+09:00

Yo guys! My exams are just over & I jumping up and down in my room, on the stairs...everywhere! Finally, 1 year have passed, I am no longer a 3rd year noobie anymore, but a senior in my own rights here in Nara National College of Tech. I dont wanna talk bout my exams too much, some I did very well, and some I just hope that god will help make the teacher 'blind' when marking my paper...some markah kesian PLZ...anyway, its all over now, and I am LOOKING foward to my 1st trip back to M'sia now.(Its no longer 'going home', but just a short stop before coming back to Japan, AGAIN....)Well, without further delaying my true intentions, I wanna type bout ALL the stuffs I plan to do when I'm back!

NO.1: FRIENDS!!
Everyone! Not only my gang and those in Penang, but ALL, ALL, I don't care if its Joon Kee or Kwok Thong(The person I can say I hated most in high school), just wanna meet with everyone! I know its somewhat impossible cos everyone is everywhere, so I'll leave it to 'fate' to decide...

NO.2: Family?
I'm not kinda sure till now, I didn't really miss my parents before except during the CNY festival only, and thats that! Maybe it runs in my family or its just me? Hmm....but i still wanna see how my parents have change....my dad got retrenched(I like to call it kena 'fried cuttlefish') cos his company didn't do well instead of all the good publicity about Penang in The Star, my mum is complaning that she is 50 now and hopes to be forever 28...why huh? why 28? My sis was supposed to be in the US, but for some non-terrorist related reasons, she failed in her 1st application...and because I didn't 'puasa' as promised.(Which she said will bring her good luck? HAr?) Good luck in your second try sis! Ya! Finally, my dad'd B'day is today! Happy B'day Dad! So 'ngam' today is the last day of exams..and I'm jumping up & down!

NO.3: FOOD
No more Jap food for me for 1 month plz! NO!! What do I feel like eating the most now...hmm...Hokkien Mee!(Prawn Mee for those living in the southern region) I really miss this food lol! Next to come? MAMAK!!! Garlic Naan! I still can remember eating it almost every morning after my comp sessions with my gang! So, let me see, theres, 1 Ton Mee, Curry Mee, Nasi Lemak, Rendang, Sushi, oily Char Koey Teow, Laksa, SATAY CELUP!!, Duck Rice(to my juniors who loved duck(as a dish that is), theres NONE in Japan! Only in your dreams can u find any!) and the list goes on....wait, I see the word sushi, ya, I'm not kidding, I have this fav shop in Sungei Wang called Tokyo Sushi and I'm going there again! Still love sushi alot lol!

Ok, this is getting long winded(as usual la...) so I'm gonna leave here with a song which is playing in my brains since the exam ended! ENJOY!

3 GUYS A GAL & Tons Of Snow!

2006-01-18T18:01:00.000+09:00

Too many too write, too much time.....har??!

Ok, 1st, let me introduce all the main characters from my new production called 'Winter Sonata' (which actually makes sense & with lots and lots of snow....just like what winter should be!)....from the left, Randy, Sze Thing, Fook Hee...and ME!

Time: Noon
Venue: Hakuba Goryu 47, Nagano(Winter Olympic was once held HERE!)

Me: Woo...Cool place!!
Randy: Woo...Cool place!!
Fook Hee: Woo...Cool place!!
Sze Thing: Woo...Cold place!! And I'm hungry!
All the guys: HAr? Hungry again? We thought we just had breakfast a few moments ago??
Sze Thing: Ya...but...but....I thin dee ma...so I can eat more lo....& I like eating! Kenot mer!?

Anyway, this story continues with the 3 guys & a gal decided to not think bout anything else but stare...woo....at the beauty of this mountain.
Me: Hey, since its like 1pm now, and its gonna close at 5pm, I think we shouldn't use the lifts but climb up...Hey! Won't wanna waste 100bucks(RM terms) to ride lifts for half a day rite?
All: YEAH! Nice thinking Cheong.....
2 hours later....
Sze Thing: I'm tired! I can't climb anymore.....and my butt hurts!
Fook Hee: (In Mandarin) I don't think you ppl notice it, but are we the only ones climbing up everytime after we board?
Randy: Cheong!!!
Me: Err.....
Everyone: Hahahahaha!!
Can't remember name: If anyone asks, remember to say that we are S'poreans ok! You don't wanna make M'sia's name bad, wouldn't you?

Me: Wee....Me snowboarding! Me cool! Me fun!

Me: Aiya, if Me don't drop down that often...ceh!
(After the pictures were taken)
Me: Wei! Fook Hee! Why this pic so blur 1? How the hell do you take it 1 la...?
Fook Hee:(While shivering) Brr....you try and take pictures while taking off your gloves!
Randy: Hey, take my video cam & record my decend.....
Me: Aiyo, not nice la this pic, take again for me also la....
Fook Hee: Don't want! Too cold....hey, take for me also....
Me: Har? 2 together? Sze Thing, you want me to take for you too? Take all of your photos in 1 go! Easier for me...
Sze Thing: My legs are sore, I just rolled down from a steep slope, my wrist is injured, my butt hurts....No..I don't wanna go up again....no....can we go makan?

Well, believe it or not, the 4 of us were the last person to be in the mountains when it was closed...Kena halau from 'Pak Guard' telling us that its already night time & come again tomorrow.
= End Of Chapter 1 =

Haih, why my online game got problem connecting la! Now so free to blog...

Night time, In front of our backpackers hotel(no more tidur jalan, don't wanna turn to Frosty!)
Sze Thing: Lalala! {I'm with a bunch of guys who are so lonely without GFs....how pathetic!} Lalala....I love making snowman....lalala...I haven't actually make any before...lalala...

Me: This snowman's body is kinda small. Why not make something to make it look taller? U know, a platform or something? So it faces anyone going into the hotel?
Randy: I'll start digging the platform while you continue with the snowman.

Me: Hmm..this is taking too long....hey Fook Hee, wanna give us a hand here?
Fook Hee: (Humming) hmhmhmhm...hmm...
Me: ??

After a few hours!
2 of us: Tada! 80% done! A snowman with some self privacy having his own space...
Me: Hey, I'll go check out whats been bothering Fook Hee....he seems to be into something...
Randy: I still have Sze Thing here to help me rite? And both of us could be together....alone...right Sze Thing?
Sze Thing: (Eyes wide) Har?!

Randy: Yo,Cheong! What are the both of you doing over there?
Me: We are making love....
Randy: HAR!!
Me:(Real quickly) Nonono! We are making a love shape...not love...not love!
Fook Hee: Hahaha! Make love!
Everyone: Hahahahaha...

LUV!!

Mr/Mrs? Snowman/woman: So? How do I look? Do I look good? But I always think that my tighs are sorta big...
p.s. the centre opening was supposed to differenciate the snowman/woman's shoes...nothing more!

Randy: I feel bored...lets do something stupid(as usual)
Fook Hee: Lets take pictures! Lie down over here Randy.....Sze Thing, you sit over here...and do this...
Me: Me ler?
Fook Hee: You'll be the camera man
Me: Why me?
Fook Hee: Cos I see you everyday and I don't wanna to see you in the pictures somemore!
Me: Ahh!! Ok....everybody in your positions....
Randy: {I feel crazy already}
Me: Say 'sin choi-sin choi'

Mr unknown: Hmm..feel like eating ice kacang today...let me go take some ice!

= End Of Chapter 3 =

MISTAKES!!

Me: Hey, what did the man told us just now?
Randy: (Sleepy face) He said that we could take anything with the word Nao written on it..its for us...
Me: Oh, ok then!
Next morning....
Nao: (Opens the fridge) ARE!!?(Jap word) Ichi, ni, san....
Me: Oh o! Randy, u sure bout us taking things with the word 'Nao' written on it?
Randy: Actually, I'm not very sure!
Me: Then I think we better go say sorry! Cos I just fried 4 eggs for our breakfast!
Randy: すみません！先、卵を取ってしまった。(Sorry! We accidentally too your eggs!)
Nao: あっ！そうですか！(Ak! No wonder...)
Randy: 本とにごめなさい！(We are really-really sorry!)
Nao:大丈夫です、後で買い物する時、返してもいいよ！(Its ok! When you go shopping tonight, you can repay me then)
All of us: Fuh....

Our saviour for the day! Jusco!(They don't have the Jaya word here) We got the eggs & the breads(yup, we took the breads illegally too!) Luckily for us....

1am in the morning....after hours of playing non-stop with snow
Me:(Knock, knock!) Excuse me!
5 minutes later
Me: (Knock, Knock) You are in there for like an hour...can we have our turn?!
An 'ang mor kau': I think its Jerry inside there bathing.
Me: Really? He is in there for quite some time now!
Me: (Knock. Knock) Can you plz hurry up! We have been waiting for hours!
'Behind the door noise': OkOk!
10 minutes later....doors open...
Me: Har!!!
Boos & Nao: Ok, you can have your turn(Smiling but with fire in the eyes)
Me: OMG Fook Hee! The person inside there wasn't Jerry! Hell! there isn't 1 but 2 person in the bathroom!
Fook Hee: War....So 'Hang Fok!'
Me: What 'Hang Fok' la! I just rushed both Mr boss n his GF! OMG! I'm gonna be killed!!
Fook Hee:.......
Randy & Sze Thing at that same moment: Krok.....fuu......krok....fuu......

= End Of Chapter 4 =

Well! This trip to Hakuba was short, really short. 3 days of non-stop playing really makes time fly! I really wanna go snowboarding again....it hurts, but with the adrenalin gushing into your body everytime you travel at speeds over 40km(I guess?) is WAYY too syok for words to discribe! I didn't drop that often during the second day, I'm just natural to it I guess?...hahaha. And this time, we took the lifts...no more climbing...however, Sze Thing had her worst fall on the second day cos we decided to board from a higher level but she couldn't take the steep slopes well...soo...there she goes....tumbling & complaining...pity her....
I had a very great time during those few days! & I wanna do it again! Yeah! Will miss you snowman/woman! I wonder how are you now? My 1st snowman/woman....

p.s. for those who doesn't know who Sze Thing is, she is from the same course as I am....and she is the least expected gal to join us for this trip....well, she had a great time too I think?

HAVE YOU.....

2006-01-10T21:16:00.000+09:00

BEEN TO A PLACE FAR~FAR AWAY TWICE! AND STILL KNOW NUTS ABOUT IT!!?
I have~! Tokyo is the name, 13 hours by train, a place with great bargains!
So, this is my 3rd time there & this time, I AIN'T GOING BACK TILL I'M SATISFIED!
Happy New Year Everyone! I've had a great time this winter doing things I have only dreamt of as a kid....

EVER STAYED IN A RM30 A DAY HOTEL?

Scary huh?! With about the same price with a bowl of noodles here in Jap, we actually get a place to crash on for the night(not to mention no check-in or check-out time!) No worries, this house isn't haunted nor is it a love hotel...clue...its where most M'sian students stay if u wanna save some bucks while travelling.....still no eye dear? Rumah M'sia la! What else? And for that few days.....

Its filled with 100% Chinese ppl sleeping in a same room playing 'mafia' (must thanx Sookie for teaching this game!), drinking beer(my influence...hehe), exchanging phone numbers & the most important thing! Taking pictures....everyone was a superstar that day! lol!

SEEN MAHATHIR LATELY?

Unsankarable!! He got a restaurant here in Jap! Too bad he isn't a good cook....well, according to my senior that is.

EVER LOOK FOR THAT POT OF GOLD AT THE END OF A RAINBOW?

This 'Rainbow Bridge' in Tokyo welcomes all....

EVER NOTICED THAT THE SKY IS NICER IN THE OPPOSITE SIDE?

It is! But its not real.....this is a shopping complex called the Venus Fort or Park?(forgot!) Nice place to do some sight-seing but no-no for those money conscious fellas out there....I had a nice time mingling around this place (maybe cos its a common knowledge that Tokyo gals are better than those in Osaka?) Really a must go!

The person who heard that this place is cool & did it right to show us here, my ex-roomie...or now my PIR, Partner In Crime....(unlike someone who, while we were in Kisarazu, only showed us...ehem...ehem! Not suitable to put it in this blog)

EVER BLOCK AN ENTIRE PASSAGEWAY IN A DEPARTMENTAL STORE?

This is how you do it, just ask someone to take a picture...Japs are sure to stop & wait till you have taken that beauty shot....no matter how many ppl are passing through, 100% guaranteed!....ok! Now say CHEEZEE!

BEEN TO PETALING STREET LATELY?

Harajuku's Takeshita Street! The Petaling Street of Japan! One of the only few places here in Jap where haggling is allowed! Tons of clothes for the 'Ah Bengs', girls wearing french maid or goth like cloths walking around....luckily there isn't any "Leng Chai, ham tai arr?" or any pirated DVDs for that matter. I imagine that you might think that this place is 'cheap' rite? Guess again!

Uniqueness is the theme! Nothing is dule or lame over here....I came here 3 times in just over a week, got my sling bag(not those in this pic plz!) and came back to Nara with a HUGE smile! Really a terrific place to shop! Very suitable for ppl who are not armed to the teeth with money, fashion conscious, young at heart & mad bout shopping.....Hail to the youth capital of Japan!

The best ever creep I have eaten in Japan.....cos its the 1st too! Chocolate cheese cake creep! Yummy! WARNING:Eating too much has dreaded consequenses, do not be fooled by the angel!....just 1 more plz! plz!

Ok! Lets block them traffic again!

BEEN TO THIS YEARS THAIPUSAM CELEBRATION?

Looks similiar huh? This lighting celebration will continue until 2005 only...cos they are gonna build something so it must be taken down by then...pity for those who will miss it!

Ya, this place is somewhere near Ginza....the place LV, Gucci, Prade blabla have their 'juicer' shops built!

WHO? You'll see more of her in my next blog....so, till then, HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL! For those having their finals soon, study hard k! N to my gang, c ya all in 2 more months! Penang, here I come!
=BACK FROM MY HOLIDAY=

Merry Christmas!

2005-12-22T15:08:00.000+09:00

I could type longer if not for the internet that is about to be cut because of the winter holidays, so I'll just leave you ppl with the pics and some really-really short descriptions!

How 'muah chee' is made in my place....traditional but damn delicious!

Yamato Koriyama, my city, has the most famous 'thing' in the whole Jap....

This temple is built because the monk likes to drink tea...I'm not joking ok!

The minum area....

The tea! Damn bitter la....but the smell is very good! Something like pandan smell!

My trip continues to a traditional Japanese house...owned by a couple aged 80++ but have no kids cos they decided that its too fussy...I'm not lying again!

You can't find these in Japan anymore!

'Sushi King' in my city....look how old-fashioned it is....but according to him, machines makes rice without the 'feel' to it! Compared to the warmth of his hand...It was nicer!

1st course, sashimi(just plain uncooked fished)...I even ate my friends portion cos he came from Mongolia, and anything that has more than 4 legs, or/and with fins is considered as a bug to him(and his fellow countrymens)....lucky me!

2nd course, the sushis! Clockwise from the top: Unagi(Eel), Sake(Salmon), I don't know what it is, Kani(crab). Guess who doesn't eat sushi too?

My New found friends who are aliens too!

From left:
Shia(American born Hispanic) hates the fact that she was born in America? Very short cos she is not really an 'ar mor'.
Howard Leong(ABC, Aussies born Chinese...he is a Taiwanese banana too!) We 'clicked' just after a few seconds of knowing each other!. Yeah! The next time I wanna go over to Sdyney, I can just give him a call n whola! a free place to stay!
Fillipa(Swedish) very friendly and has this habit of taking pctures whenever she can!(She doesn't own 1 though, so its always someone elses camera!) Kinda cute, no?

Well, I'll be out for my holidays and my internet will not be up from today(22nd Dec) till some time 2 weeks from now...for those who have anything you wanna update me, mail me, I might be free to check it once in a while..but till then! Adioz!
=OUT FOR A HOLIDAY=

Friends & Friendship

2005-12-18T01:20:00.000+09:00

I haven't been blogging much for the past few days even though my exams was like over almost a week ago....blame it on my laziness, but I din't go anywhere interesting for the past few weeks(exams la!) nor did I do anything stupid enough to blog it up....however after reading Jason & my ex-roomie's blog, I think I have something to write about afterall!

Well, I just wanna talk about friends....my gang, friends in PFS, friends in Penang, friends in PPKTJ, friends over here in Japan etc. I do notice that I don't really have many close friends after all! Friends yes, tons of them, but those who really knows how 'good' my driving skills are, who enjoys listening to my plane talks, stays up all night just for the sake of not sleeping(scout traits) are like what? 10 at most? Let me see....Christopher, Jason, Gary, Daniel, Julian, Sookie, Kak Chee....err, what lau! Not even 8!

Reading Jasons blog that day really pulled out all those long forgotten days of absolute ignorance towards exams and dogged perseverance for an 'outhing'! Well, Jason, the next major general assemble will not be held anytime soon I guess? With me & Ben unable to leave Japan & UK to celebrate Chrismas & New Year with u guys, Gary leaving M'sia 1 month before my scheduled arrival back home, Julian busying himself with studies & societies in NUS, Kak Chee & 'the boy who just refuse to grow' wanting to become doctors so badly, the are memorizing every single word in the medic books!....I don't think it'll be anywhere before 2007? Lets jut hope that our chain mail can go on...its still kinda fun to 'shoot' get 'shot' around once in a while...

Now its bout the old blogs I read from my ex-roomie.....friends here in Japan. I do have to agree with him that friends are hard to get here in Japan. It is the language barrier? The age gap? The difference in countries? Well, all of it is true! After 8 months here, I don't think I had talked to every single person in my class, not to mention no current 'targets' to go after yet! Half the class is kinda ok to me, 1/4 is very close, and the other 1/4 is under the 'Who are you?' category.

Don't get me wrong though, friends, though hard to come by, is not entire impossible!(for those of my juniors who might freak out bout all this!) Japs are not as warms as we M'sian are. Even a person like me who could go on non-stop bout planes & comps still get my tongue tied when talking! However, friends, like lottery tickets(for me la!) comes by chance. I have a bunch of good friends in Jap who I'm sorta close with, going out with me to catch some movies, chat about life & difference bout me as a M'sian, gals & their 'anatomies'(hey! They are still 17 only k!) and stuffs like that. If you wonder why I din go out shopping with them is cos they get only about RM80 a month(even less than me when I was in M'sia!).

The bunch of Japs I'm with now, if its not that I got a seat near them, this might not have happened. Same thing bout my current gang, if we went to different classes during form 4, do you think we still be as close as today? If I din go to PPKTJ, or left early on(did went through my mind once!), would I be even chatting with Randy, Boon, Chin Wooi, Chee Wei and all those close friends of mine for the past 2 years? Would I be even quarreling with one of my juniors for god knows what devilish things I have done? I still think that I'm lucky enough to have close friends now in Jap. My ex-roomate is having some bad experiences with friends maybe because he didn't hit any '4D numbers' till now....but it will change, trust me, as friends come & go in our life, renewed and fostered through time.....I know this blog is long, but my true friends will read till the end, and know what I'm crapping about!

Here You Are....

2005-12-03T01:39:00.000+09:00

OSAKA MOTOR SHOW!
Well, here it is guys! Another day where I look that I'm so god damn free and using the M'sian tax payers' money to enjoy my life here in Jap huh? Ok! Let me get this straight, my exams is just next week(better yet, 4 days away!) I'm kinda busy with my preparations now so this blog is typed in a haste, lack of concentration power(after a tiring revision day) & not so great mood (Exams doesn't make you feel good when you have to keep up the reputation of being a 'fully scholared' student from Mars!) & Sorry to those I see on the net but could say "Hi" like I usually do during my 'not so busy' times! Especially to Chee Mei...Sorry!

I don't wanna waste too much time for this so here it'll be mostly photos (suites you ppl who doesn't like reading)...ok, this is the 4th Osaka Motor Show, the only place outside Tokyo where you can find autonishing cars(not to mention models) assemble in a single not so small hall inside the Osaka World Trade Centre.

We were 1st greated by the motorbikes from Suzuki...

From Harley-Davidson type of 'mucho' superbikes....

To the not so 'mucho' type but will still kick any M'sian motorcyclist's ass...

& the 260km/h, 750cc medium(yes, its only considered medium!) class sports bike...

My choice, as this picture clearly dictates....a white Suzuki Hayabusha 1300 LARGE class superbike. Its like 1300cc so its exactly 2 times more powerfull than the Kancil!

Then we proceded to the automobiles sections, a Suzuki prototype family car with a lost model standing there while pointing to the ski instead to the car...why? Ask her!

A prototype of the Suzuki 'Kancil' car...talking bout which, we don't find any Suzuki cars in M'sia cos I think its not allowed cos it'll make Perodua go bunkers?

Nissan GTR....won't be long will I'll see this on the roads I guess? Hope it won't be too long before I can get 1 too!

To Daniel Goh: Yo! This is how a 'real' modified car should look like ok! 'Ah-bengness' 0%!

A futuristic car for those 'P' drivers who have problem doing reverse driving &/or parking...here is a car which body could rotate 360 degrees....just make sure your stick the 'P' sticker properly!]

A car from Lexus, I just so happen to like it. Looks tough!

Remember my Aichi trip from my previous blogs? IF you could remember it, well this 1 shows both of the vehicles transformation stage...The 1 behind is for parks, shopping malls, blabla...while the front sportier version is for the normal roads n stuffs....remember that its a same thing...it 'transforms'. I would say that it is a great invention except that it will make 99% of the world population turn obese since even the word "a stroll in the park" doesn't mean anything anymore...a no no to me!

Opps, I forgot the car's company...

For those who prefers a transparent body....

Heard before of the name "Hummer"? Well, its this car(more like a HUGE jeep) & its used by the U.S military and the military version is called HMMWV(pronounced hum-vee) and this Hummer was actually made thanx to Mr. Terminator(Arnold Schwarzenegger) who demanded that the U.S military release a civilian version of the 'hum-vee'....I bet no Japs are stupid enough to buy this petrol swallowing machines with all this high oil prices!

A Mitsuoka Orochi Nude-Top Roadster....I'm not playing around the name, its just it! If you ask why you haven't heard of the brand before, well, cos its a Japanese car company catering only to the filthy rich ppl here....now, no wonder we don't know bout it...we are 'clean' ppl!

Fastest production car in the world....the Mclaren Mercedes! Damn Gaya! Sis! I want 1 for my b'day present!

The Ferrari Spiders! Do you ppl know how hard had I squeeze to pass the thousands of ppl trying to catch a glimpse of this 'Rich & Famous' car?

To Jason: You heard before of the Evo 8, You heard before bout the Evo 9, but I bet you haven't seen an Evo 10 rite? Well, its still called Evo Concept X for now.

The back view..

MODELS!
From now on to the end, its all about models...just in case there are some who couldn't differentiate Motor Shows from Models...

Mazda

Opps! Mistake! It shouldn't be here...this thing is an inspirational thing if u want your 1~3 year old kid to drive like Micheal Schumacher, get these baby seat for them while stock last!

Mitsubishi

This model was lost....and don't ask me where was the no.1 or 2 winner?

Superbike section model

Honda Bikes

She stood in front of Fook Hee & me for the entire 20 minute presentation...well, our noise didn't bleed, comforming that we are not some 'maniac' of some sort!

Ok, thats all! I know some who had been to Tokyo Motor Show will like "Whatla! So little things only...not even close to Tokyo's!" Well, I've spent 18 years of my life in Penang & I do know how it feels to be in a state 2nd to everything....and know what, if I get to choose again...PENANG RULEZ!

23rd November

2005-11-23T20:08:00.000+09:00

Well, what so great bout this day you ask? It is one of those happy days in my life because a few small events added up to form an exellent 24 hours....1st of all, its my best friend, Chris' birthday(sorry for those Novemberians that I forgot to wish! very sorry!), 2ndly, today is a public holiday in Japan! Don't ask me what special holiday it is cos I don't really know (more like don't care!) As long as I do not have to wake up at 7.21am on that day, its considered a good day & worth celebrating. Finally! Today is the day BoA releases her latest Japanese single(I bought it dee!) entitled 抱きしめる...or 'Embrace' in English. Even though there are only 4 songs inside, for me, its still worth my every single sweat (cycling for 10 minutes to the supermarket that sells it) & money(1050yen)!

Okla, this blog is just a stupid blog to keep something new on it since I'm kinda bz during the last weekend(visited Kyoto for the autumn maple sighseing event) & will be too this coming weekend(hostel sports day & Osaka motorshow)...promise pictures in the next blog(btw, lets give it a vote, Osaka motorshow pics or Kyoto's scenaries? You ppl choose..) Chowz!

Reasons Why I have Been Refusing To Teach My Tutor English...

2005-11-16T19:07:00.000+09:00

Malaysian English (MyE) or formally known as Malaysian Standard English (MSE) is a form of English used in Malaysia and is the linqua franca in Malaysia. However, Malaysian English should never be confused with Malaysia Colloquial English which is famously known as Manglish or Street English.

Interestingly, many people here in Malaysia are fluent in two different forms of English – Malaysian Standard English (close to the English spoken by native speakers worldwide) and Malaysian Colloquial English or Manglish (not understood by foreigners) – and are able to switch between them depending on the social situation.

Words only used in British English
To a large extent, standard Malaysian English is descended from British English, largely due to the country's colonisation by Britain beginning from the 18th century. But because of influence from American mass media, particularly in the form of television programmes and movies, Malaysians are also usually familiar with many American English words. For instance, both lift/elevator and lorry/truck are understood, although the British form is preferred. Only in some very limited cases is the American English form more widespread, e.g. chips instead of crisps, fries instead of chips.

In Malaysian English, the last syllable of a word is sometimes not pronounced with the strength that it would be in British English. Also, p and f are sometimes pronounced somewhat similarly among speakers of Malay descent. For example, the two Malay names 'Fazlin' and 'Pazlin' may sound almost identical when spoken by Malays, whereas this confusion would not arise when spoken by a British Speaker.

Words or phrases only used in Malaysian English
Malaysian English is gradually forming its own vocabulary, these words come from a variety of influences. Typically, for words or phrases that are based on other English words, the Malaysian English speaker may be unaware that the word or phrase is not present in British or American English.

Malaysian British / American
Handphone (often abbreviated to HP) Mobile phone or Cell phone
KIV (keep in view) Kept on file, held for further consideration
Outstation Means both 'out of town' and/or 'overseas/abroad'
MC (medical certificate) Often used in this context, e.g. 'He is on MC today' Sick note
Can Yes/Alright
Photostat Photocopy, Xerox
Cannot No
One hundred over, one thousand over etc. Over one hundred, over one thousand etc
Malaysian Chinese / Malaysian Indian (despite (Chinese Malaysian /
being grammatically incorrect, these terms Indian Malaysian)
are considered correct in Malaysian English)

Meh/Ke
An optional suffix usually used to donate a question mark to yes, as in "yeah meh?" or "ye ke?" i.e. "Are you sure?", with the former being more commonly used amongst those of Chinese descent and the latter by Malays.

Mar
Mostly used as a suffix. Derived from Chinese languages, where "ma" is gramatically correct. For instance, (mandarin) "ni zhi dao ma?" would literally mean "Did you know?", except that there is an extra word behind: ma. Another example, a person would say "I didn't know mar"; which somewhat has the same meaning as "I didn't know la" but is softer than "la". When the person says "I didn't know mar", it indirectly states that the person is being apologetic about not knowing something.

Ar
An optional suffix usually used to donate a question mark, as in "Sure ar?" or "Are you sure ar?", i.e. "Are you sure?"
No equivalent.

Lah/La/Lor
A popular suffix to phrases and sentences. Originates from Chinese language (and its dialects) where its usage is grammatically correct, for instance, (cantonese) "M hou gam yeung la" would literally mean "Don't be like that", except that there is an extra word at the end, "la". Another example: "cannot, lah", i.e."Sorry that's not possible." and "Rest some more-lah.", i.e. "Please rest for a while longer,"; It is important to note that the tone of which the prefx s spoken greatly affects the context of the statement. Example, saying "Okay -lah" while squinting one eye and hesitating the -lah, would be to give a mediocre opinion about something (as in "The food was okay-lah"). Meanwhile, to say a short increasing pitched -lah as in "Okay -lah. We'll all go to Ipoh later", would be to agree about something. "Lah" is also generally used to soften an otherwise angry/stern tone, such as: "Stop it lah" as opposed to just an abrupt "Stop it!", or "Don't be like that la" as opposed to "Don't be like that". It is usually perceived as less insulting when a "lah" is added in sentences such as those, and typically means that the person uttering the sentence is not angry, unless of course, it is said in a harsh tone.

Gostan
To reverse, especially in the context of driving motor vehicles. A contraction of the term "go astern".

Much of Manglish grammatical structure is taken from Chinese dialects. Many also claim the structures have also been borrowed from the Malay Language, but the amount of borrowing from Malay dwarves in comparison to the borrowing from Chinese. For example, the phrase "Why you so like that one?" means "Why are you behaving in that way" in normal English. In Cantonese, a similar phrase would be rendered as "Dímgáai néih gám ge?" or literally "Why you like that?" The "one" in the sample phrase does not literally mean the numeral one, instead it is used more as a suffix device. It is also sometimes rendered as "wan."

Other common characteristics are anastrophe and omission of certain prepositions and articles. For example "I haven't seen you in a long time" becomes "Long time never seen you already." Or, in Singlish (used in Singapore), natives will usually say "Long time no see".

Source from Wikipedia.com(Just type the word Manglish)

高専際

2005-11-06T21:40:00.000+09:00

Busy! Busy! Busy! Yesterday & today was 高専際 day....its something like my PFS fun fair during my form 2(or 3? can't rememer dee) except that my college puts out more effort and money to make it a success. Pity those who are assigned to to train stations as early as 5.30am to pass pamphlets to passer-bys about this day. Well, this is how my college's main gate look today....simple huh? I don't think so k! My school ended early on Friday just to allow everyone to prepare for this 'once in a year event'...the biggest for my college!

Everything from the stage, deco, floor planning, music equipment, etc, was planned by students only! It seems that teachers didn't even 'touch' a single this in this event(except for health care) which, for me, was an excellent opportunity for us to assume responsibilities as adults..not to mention that we can avoid those 'disagreements' which usually accur when teachers & students does thing together!

It was raining today so the performers can't actually use the entire stage in order to protect the eq.... I was bz so I didn't actually have the 'privilege' to enjoy it..too bad! I heard that it was good! Ppl actually got drenched cos they stood under the rain just to watch it le.....really wasted for me(even though I might not understand all of it)

Well, there were 36 stalls selling a wide variety of Jap food(no sushi on naked girl, mind 'U'!) & some were games stalls. I don't know how I did it, but I think I tried about 70% of all those stalls...some bought by my own money, some I got for free, some I just shared with my friends.

Look at the drenched floor! This rain almost killed our business! Fortunately, it stoped kinda early so we don't have to suffer from any financial losses....those ttrees behind indicates that it is now autumn here in Japan & it is as cold as Genting everyday....but what shocked my the most was that there were girls who were able to wear 'minis' without actually freezing....whats their secret huh? Guys all wear long pants, jacket, while gals not feeling this chill at all....for the sake of beauty?

This place looked like a pasar malam(except that theres a sun still shining) for the past 2 days, with every stall placed beside the road, & there were even stores selling those 'cheap-cheap' looking clothes....I think those clothes sellers can't earn much kua? Given the fact that Japs are so fashion conscious & very pantang ppl wear the same thing or style 1.....ya, its like a pasar malam except 1 thing....its SUPA damn clean! Cos ppl here are just not M'sians. Its just as simple as that!

Another reason why it looked like a pasar malam? Well, tell me which pasar malam doesn't have at least 1 stall selling satays?

And how different is this picture from the 1 you normally find in typical pasar malam? Well, I can say that its damn clean la...those strict rules imposed....don't even try to think to break it! A check every 2 hours by our school nurse carrying the "NO LONGER SELLING" board waiting to catch those who even dare to think 'dirty'! Everything went well till the end for us & everyone else la...lucky!

Gloves, face mask, apron, head scarf....shit test....all this just to sell satay! Well, with a clean earning of RM1000 in 2 days, not bad huh? I don't wanna say this, but me & Shi Han actually did the most work to make this satay a success...try marinating 800 sticks of satay in 1 night with such stringent rules. If my gloves 'ter' touched the outer box of the satay, then its taking out the gloves, throw it away, spray alcohol on my hands, then wear it again...well, because of all this rules, we were quite stressed on the 1st day. However, the 2nd day was clearly 'fun n easy' through out the whole day, got time to take pic also....we actually had fun while breathing CO2 for 5 hours straight! Kena poisoning dee I guess?

Prove that business was not bad...not bad at all...most ppl got attracted to the shouting of "SATE! SATE!" Fook Hee & me actually shouted "PUKI! CIBAI!" a few times for the fun of it....cos we won't be beaten after that! Can't do it in M'sia....hahaha

My classmates sold waffles....I bought all 3 flavour just to show my 'patriotism'....I really kena gas poisoning dee!

MY SCHOOL NURSE! HOW?? Joking only....If she is my school nurse, I think I might fall sick more often...but nah! She just wore this clothes to attract more ppl to her stall selling cakes...we might think that its wierd, but it is something usual here, called cosplay...they use whatever 'uniform' they possess to attract customers. In this case, to pretend to be a nurse (I got a feeling that a 'snipe' by my chain mail pals is gonna come soon!) Hey! I'm just telling the truth! Check the pic b4 the satay's pic...notice a gal wearing a french maid dress standing near the clothes stall....what can I say?

Well, thats all....we had 3 minutes worth of fireworks display as a closing ceremony. Something like what we can see in M'sia(hey! my college isn't so rich ok!)....tired...damn tired now! Chowz!

In Memory Of BUTCH.....

2005-11-05T02:20:00.000+09:00

Well, I received the news sorta late, and as much as I wanna avoid it, I just can't! This dog above is not even mine, hell! It doesn't even recognize me after so many years I've been to his owners house...but now, his DEAD!? I mean, so fast? I haven't finish irritating it enough yet. Butch is the 1st and only dog(besides Fifi) that I really played with & which I dare touch.....cos he DOESN'T bite...even a single bit...he just barks non-stop. As sad as it is, I think that Butch misses Gary too much after he left for Assusie. Such that even have dire consequences on his health I guess? Well, as what Chris said, we should not mourn for his death, but celebrate his life....as a damn good companion...Gary, I hope you can get along with yours too...we all know how much you loved Butch....may he be in peace, and that we all misses him...ALOT....
Picture taken by me during the 2005 New Years Day in Gary's house. His mum told me to take Butch's pic cos he looked cute hiding behind the balcony door....well, his cuteness will always last...will really miss him when I'm back in Penang...

Its normal to you, but not to them!

2005-10-29T08:39:00.000+09:00

I was supposed to blog this last week, but my wireless server went 'kuku'.....and now it comes equipped with firewall, which not only slows my internet to just 1mps, I can no longer download anything using limewire anymore....haih...pity!

Anyway, back to my main topic, which is just another crap I noticed after all this while of observing Japs....and guess what, I found some 'stuffs' that would have been very normal in M'sia, but totally not over here! Its either very strange or unexceptable to them.

1. I noticed that when I count from 1~5, its closed palm1st, lift tumb, index finger, & so on, but here, its the opposite, hands opened, close tumb, close index finger, bla bla...I felt really wierd doing it their way!

2. Still about fingers, ppl here don't have our 'horn' shape fingers which represents the no. 6. I used it once b4 & the Japs in my class thought that I was making some sorta funny joke....then scold me for trying to lie to themwhen I explain to them later....They can't accept it kua? Here, to show numbers more than 5, they use an extra finger from the other hand to add to it...example, no, 7 means your 1 palm fully opened, plus 2 finger placed in the middle of that opened palm....wierd huh?

3.Attend sports! Japs in my college are divided into 2 groups, in sports not not in sports. Those involved in sports attends it EVERYDAY! That includes Saturday also k! Damn pia! Unlike in PFS(I don't know bout other schools), I only attend house parctise once everyweek, and 1 or 2 more days for sports...and thats all! Here, attending 4/6 days is considered BAD! So its either you come or you quit! I think I'm no longer in kendo club anymore kua? I ponteng like gila! Lost interest dee, now gym nicer to play! hahahah...soo sorry la captain!

4.Malaysian education system! Know what, of all my stories about M'sia, this is probably the hardest to explain to them dee...It might be normal for us, Chinese schools, English schools, Malay schools, Malay ONLY schools, pure boys/girls school, form 6, etc....but since there is only JAPS school here, its supa hard to explain to them about our school system la! When I say Chinese & English(so called only la) school, they think that it teaches things about China(and anti-Japansese sentiment with it) & US or UK. I have to tell them SOO many times that we study according to M'sian syllabus but using other language only. Then they all go "Har? How do you teach something about M'sia in other language other than Malay?"(They don't know that their English class is worst! English in Jap, tak masuk akal at all!)

They don't have pure guys/gals school here too, so its something new to them....Malays ONLY school is easier to explain la...just need to say racial discrimination, then special treatment to Malays, they understand dee...simple! Form 6 doesn't exist over here cos after form 5, its uni dee....no such thing as wasting 2 years & still risk not entering any uni!

5. ME! I myself is hard to explain also k! The best question was from this guy who asked me about my mother tongue....well, my mother tongue is Chinese, my national language is Malay, but I speak mainly in English....and that guy goes "Huh?! I don't understand?" I continued telling him that my I study in BM in school, talk to gang & my mother in English, some other friends & dad in Chinese. Should have seen his face that time, blankly staring at me for 5 secs, then said "I don't understand why you do such crazy things, but you are great! Can speak in so many languages." Then walked away shaking in disbelief that there is such a wierd 'alien' here in Jap...haih...

Unforgetable....

2005-10-15T01:04:00.000+09:00

There are just some things during my entire trip that I don't think I can forget that easily.....some awfully tired moments, pain in the ass momets, crazy moments, but most of it are just unforgetable...truly unforgetable....and here are the top 3:-

No 3. THE POLAR BEARS!

Don't let this pic decieve you that this huge cuddly lil' teddy bears are sleeping comfortably on the rocks with icy cool water beneah it....its 32C at that time! With no air conditioning, roof as shelter, its amazing these polar bears can even survive these harsh weather without going crazy.....even we humans at that time was like shouting "HOT! HOT!" If I'm not wrong, these bears can only be found, err....either north or south pole rite?(forgot where dee)...how can the Jap gov let them sun tan to death? Wheres the SPCA la?? Pity them oi!
Picture was taken at: Asahiyama Zoo
Reason for entering my top 3: Just pity them la...imagine I have to go throught their lives now....I sure go gila from the heat dee..

No 2. Chin Wooi's Dream

I did mentioned before about Chin Wooi's 'I won't leave Hokkaido without it' wish rite? Well, no suprises, it came true....well, it wasn't actually that hard, its just the money part that hurts! With about 2000yen, 2 hours of makan time, we didn't waste any of it at all (Yes, there is a time limit for ALL buffets in Jap!)....This was the 1st time that I actually ate non-stop for a buffet for the entire 2 hours, well, its not just me, even Fook Hee that usually eats the least didn't stop muching too! Boon also complained that he shouldn't have gone to the toilet cos it wasted him a few minutes of makan time.....really not enuf time la....agree Boon?

Why did we become some hungry ghost? Look at our table la....theres the(from the left) baby octopus, 'Hairy crab', salmon, HUGE scallop, more salmons, more 'Hairy crabs' , more HUGE scallops & sausages...that green thing u see on our plates, thats called melons, whats so great? It cost about RM7 a slice, I took 4...thats the reasons!

We actually ate like ghost, we finish the entire basket of crab(2nd lvl, 3rd from right) and also the salmons(1st lvl, 1st from right), 3/4 of scallops(not in pic though)....which scared the shop owner so much, she didn't even refill it after we wiped it all out! She even asked us to stop when the time was up....damn funny! You should haved seen her face! I think we are in her 'BAN' list now dee....haih...
Picture was taken at: Asahikawa City Centre
Reason for entering my top 3: Never ate so much for so long in my entire life...just unbelievable!

No. 1 GALS!

We were bathing when we 1st saw them(nono! we din went to the wrong section, just saw them outside)....thanx to Boon's special 'Kau Lui' techniques, we ended up chatting, eating & also exchanging stories till about 12 midnight at the bath house(I meant outside the bath house)...Don't talk bout looks la, it was good to know that they don't run when they see M'sians, and was friendlier than I thought! They are a bunch of Uni students from Kyoto who went there for a short holiday trip....but Japs still like to do something that never amuses us, that is to take pics of us non-stop, like we were from another planet or soon to be extinct...not a bad experience though, as they ranked like the 3rd Jap gal that I have talked to(sad to say this, but my current college is no different from PFS...). I would like to thank the owner of the place(he was the camera men) for sharing with us the famous 'Escargo' that I wanted to try for like ages dee...NICE!
Picture was taken at: Asahikawa City Centre
Reason for entering my top 3: Cos I met a bunch of friendly Jap ppl who are 'young' and the conversation isn't about school or books....but about FUN!

Been There, Done That!

I know I have described all my places dee, but I bet you ppl have no idea where have I actually been rite?! Where is, Nagoya? Kisarazu? Nagaoka? blabla...well, hope this map helped!

This is the Hokkaio part...our journey was until Asahikawa in Hokkaido before turning to 'R' Gear....Hokkaido is soo HUGE, we couldn't finish the entire area without another 1 week, which so happen that we don't have...pity...THATS ALL FOLKS!! 3 weeks of my hols!

p.s. Chris, I use paint only ok! Don't complain bout the pics not nice. I know nuts bout comp software and my Adobe Photoshop skills, I returned to teacher dee(If there was any...)
ALL PICTURES ARE RIGHT PROTECTED BY ©J.C. and if, for any reason, you wanna steal, copy, cut, scan, take picture, plz tell me 1st la...

Don't Worry.....be Happy!

2005-10-02T17:00:00.000+09:00

This is the 3rd blog in 2 days.....some ppl even said that I'm mad dee, not being myself, selfishly not thinking but other ppl's eyes n so on....blablabla....but WAIT! I din't force 1 ok! Anyway, I'll cut it short cos theres 'something'(those who knows knows & those who doesn't, sorry la!) coming up soon.....

This is Furano, Land of nothing but nature...according to the phamplet la...

Its soo kampung, that it makes S.P look like KL! No building here seems to be taller than 2 stories...

Even the horses here look so sleepy & restless....it doesn't even 'smile' for this photo a single bit even after we promised it an apple later...

FLOWERS~~AND ONLY THAT!

If you think why 4 guys would be interested in flowers....try asking yourself what u wanna get for your gf next time for valentine if its not something called 'flowers'....if u think its only roses, then, how 'out' u r dee la(according to a mag I have)...But this sunflower is DEFINATELY a no no!

The entire area is covered with Malaysian Flag colours...

And purplelish white flowers....

Rows and rows of unidentified flowers...

Lavenders(our main purpose to go to Furano
)

More sunflowers....

and another row of flowers....this pics are taken from all different places but not only you ppl, but I have a hard time differenciating which is the same and which is not...

CHEERS! I love this place da most, this is the wine factory up on a hill And with FREE wines, I took 2 cups of every flavour...damn! Was it good! And if u think we're those 'Kiasu' ppl who just drink and leave, guess again, I bought a total of 8 bottles of wine while Fook Hee got 7, Chin Wooi got 2 & Boon got 3....totalling more than 600 bucks! We all drunk dee I guess? Kena curse by the shop keeper....well, I don't plan to drink all la...need to mail some to my sis(another big wine lover!) too...

If you can't read this, this is a 'cheezee' factory situated far...far...from the wine factory, with bicycles that we rented, it took about 1 hour of cycling just to come here...and the cheese? Well, free of course, but I don't really like the taste(still prefer the cheap salty Cheesedale type)...this is where Chin Wooi did his best(I did mine at the wine fac)...muching down his so called 'teatime'...he seemed to like it alot....

Ok! see! Finish dee....damn tention rushing all this while watching my mage fight those goblins & while chatting....Ozzs!

Sapp what?

2005-10-02T15:32:00.000+09:00

1st of all, I would like to say thanx for still tuning in....I know
your eyes are hurt, but bare with me ok! If reading is bad, try typing
it! Ok, welcome to Sapporo City....the city of chess boards....with
HUGE pieces! This is the only city built to make life easier in the
entire Japan. Its just so simple, the whole city is rectangular in
shape, straight lines of roads and distance is measured in 'how many
blocks away'....The pieces, or buildings are unbelievably HUGE! If your
marvel at the size of Times Square in KL, then I bet your mouth won't
close while your in this place....its practically loaded with it! This
pic shown here is the train station itself....its even bigger than
Tokyo's main railway station! I think that its because theres no
earthquake around this place so their buildings could be made XXL in
size...

After 5 hours of bus ride from Hakodate, we reached Sapporo at about 5am...and its already as right as this! Due to the lack of sleep, we slept for another 2 hours on a bench(where else?) before heading of on our journey to 'nowhere' again....since its still so early, we went to the park nearby to scroll around the historical buildings nearby....and on our way, this few fellas came our way and passed us this 'novel'....being from M'sia(where they give u things 1st, but then ask you to pay for it after it entered your graps!), of course we rejected it....but after they insisted that its FREE! Take la! Know whats so nice about this 'novel'? Its about a teen who is kinda 'sexually active' but ended up having AIDS for his 'journey'(I read the sypnosis only, din actually have the will to read the book at all!) but thats not all, theres even a condom..yes, u heard me right, a 'balloon' fitted nicely in the back cover...well, curious Chin Wooi quickly went back to the guy & took 1(he was to malu to take at 1st), tear of the back page, throw the book away, and kept the 'balloon'!! He said he was just curious.....we just 'shot' him the whole day after that...

This made me think again, Jap doen't encourage ppl to stay of sex before marriage like in my country, but just be careful in 1. Its called concessual sex without the big AIDS or STD or DADDY word as an 'after effect'...no wonder when I said I'm Japan only, some friends was asking bout my 'sex' life here dee....U ALL GILA MER! RM200 for 30 minutes so expensive la! Joking...joking only....but the price is real la...

Enough of the 'sex' thing, this is the city's national art galerry....boring? Boon & Fook Hee didn't wanna leave this place at 1st ok! The art part was so-so la...but one of the 'artistess'(got such word arr?) was a big draw for 4 guys wandering aimlessly....2nd floor, 4th window from the right. was where it stood a very 'suave' artist whose painting didn't draw any crowrd except for the 4 of us....Chin Wooi(not Boon as meantioned earler...but i still suspect...) actually went inside the same room 3 TIMES! Man, I think that gal was freaked out with a stalker such as Boon lo! Boy, was he desperate! Besides that gal, we met with some 'ah ma' artist who said this when we 1st told about ourselves "WOW! You ppl are from M'sia!? Your Jap is really good lo!"....familiar? But we were so 'alien' to them as one of them quickly went down stairs, bought a camera just to take a few pics with us! Cos they have nvr seen such a species before and it a self satisfactoty thing i guess? They bought us drinks and sweet and candies and some souvenirs....my god! We freaked out again! Ran away ASAP from that place after that!

Since its summer now, theres this beer festival going on, but only at night....the entire garden was filled with tables and chairs of all the beer companies here in Japan trying to drunk as much ppl as possilbe! We wanted to enter this place too, but since it again clashes with our more 'sober' plans...forget bout it la!

BATH TIME!

Well, my tittle said it all...this is our public bathhouse all rite! The walls you asked? Sorry la, but got none!...its called 露天風呂 in Jap, which means 'all you can see' public bathhouse....keep in mind that the gals are nvr in the same place as us 1 la....pity...If you think that we are mad, which I think we were, this places isn't any cheaper compared to any 'walled' bath houses ok! It cost about 4 times more ok! About RM80 bucks per-person per-entry, this was our more 'sober' plan....Ya, there were 'birds', inscets, birds, 'bushes', trees and lots of mad naked ppl around in this place, but it was supa cool ler! I even sun tanned my self while resting on a rock while chatting bout our own single & miserable life in which we found that Chin Wooi is the happiest among us....

Nice view? Bathing at waters as hot as 50C with strong chilly winds blowing at our face is really some kind of new exp! Rest assured that even at that temp, it is still safe for our 'brothers' according to the Japs...Hey! With a population of 250million to prove it, unbelieable? U BETTER BELIEVE IT!

MAMAK!? Aiyo....boring la! Everytime supper also Roti Garlic Naan....'sien' dee la! Well, not since I'm in Japan that is. This ulu place has a mamak place in it! Really unexpected! With real Indians cooking it for u....the taste was 同じ with the Pelita Mamak near my house lo! Chris, Sookie, you should try their cheese naan! Damn good la! Better than my place 1 ok! Price wise not so good la...my tandori cheese naan set cost about RM34....didn't really hurt but I wouldn't wanna send so much for every lunch time...

As much as we wanted, that place doesn't offer any place for us to sleep, so we were forced to go back to Sapporo City to search for a hotel....so, how does our place look at? Its a 5 star hotel ok! Called GRAND HOTEL...........'s garden....try noticing that bench on the bottom left of this pic....yup! Thats our 'hotel' for another 2 nights....nice view ok! Facing a 5 star hotel!

Boon & Chin Wooi's room...I live with Fook Hee next door...I woke up at 5.30am cos its damn bright(being a light sleeper as I always were)....its soo cold at night that I'm fortunate to have borrowed a sleeping bag from my senior...Boon lost his somewhere in Hakodate, so
he went on to sleep with 3 shirts every night(remember that its the summer season now ok!)

My whole 'hotel' view again! That signboard says something about thisplace being a garden...thats all I know....My seniors toldus since M'sia started sending ppl to Jap, we are the 1st group of Chinese(I don't know bout the Malays la) to 野宿 in Japan...cool huh? They call us
mad, we call them 'scary cats'....Well, 2 down, 2 more to go....(it'll be shorter, I promise!)

Haih...so much more to go....

2005-10-01T00:16:00.000+09:00

Ok! Since I actually wanted to place all the photos & finish this entire holiday thing in 1 go, I have about 54 photos uploaded, & guess what, I can't post them all at once, so, with no other choice, there goes another 4 more blogs to go....BUT! before you ppl start reading, plz make sure that you have been to the toilet, taken your brunch, not played the comp for the past few hours before & most importantly, in good mental health.....I am not responsible for any mental illness caused from reading my looong-looong blog....so here it goes again....(eyes drops are encouraged too!)

WHAT LAU WEI! THIS IS HOKKAIDO MER!?

"My GOD! What kinda train is this? Even PUTRA line is much longer than this lo!" was what I thought when I first stepped into Hokkaido...scary ok! If this is the 1st thing that greeted me in Hokkaido to bring me to Hakodate City, then the city must be actually KAMPUNG!?! NO!! I was expecting a CITY!! CITY!! not a KAMPUNG!! Anyway, the entire trip to Hokkaido from Aomori was a little confusing to we ppl.....because of the ticketing system and the 'tricky' train changing system, we actually went to Hakodate 1st, then turn back to the 1st station on Hokkaido island, then head back to Hakodate again! & if that is not enough, we have to pay 1400 yen for that trip to 'nowhere'.....

It all started like this....we reached the 1st station(called Kikonai) and was supposed to align and take another train, but Fook Hee didn't manage to & was brought straight to Hakodate 1st(wierd as it is, but even if the train goes to Hakodate, we ARE not supposed to take that train) as we took the other slower(this train above) smaller train to the same place(thats why its so tricky!) Well, on the way, Boon decided that we should go visit Doraemon's official house situated inside the underwater tunnel between Aomori & Hokkaido. Well, since I used to be a Doraemon fan(with 50+ comic books), and this is a once in the lifetime chance, why not then? So, when we reached Hakodate, met up with Fook Hee, we took that 'forbidden' train back to where we came from(cos that small train only operates 3 times a day) & half way through, we got caught.....and even though we spoke in 'fluent' Jap about our situation & misunderstandings about this 'forbidden 1'(we were still confused on how it operates) However, with no avail, he butted us out at that Kikonai station even though we wanted to pay the fine....and if that is not all, WE EVEN HAVE TO PAY THE FINE AT THE STATION somemore! & since trains are rare in Hokkaido, we were told that since we aligned from that train(not even our own decision), there is no chance for us to go to the Doraemon thingy for they day(mind u that was just 11.30am in the morning then) Damn gila tention at that time! Have to pay but can't go anywhere except back to Hakodate....I still wanna complain more...but this blog is kinda limited so if u wanna hear me blable bout this stupid incident, wait till u meet me la!!

The truth...

Ok, bad things away, I still arrived in Hakodate in 1 piece and a little 'lighter'....but I can still survive....whats 1400 yen to me...ehem, ehem! Ok, enuf crap! This place behind me is Hakodate, I came here AGAIN at 2.00pm after my cruise to 'nowhere' tired n damn hungry(breakfast was at 6am ler)....so the 'me' in this pic is not actually very able to smile, but frowning at the confusion...well, this place isn't actually so bad at all....its so unlike any place in the entire Japan as it has this 'European' fell over here....well, the words are still in Japanese though, but it really has this slow, western type influence la....just can feel it when I first saw this city....

The 1st agenda of the afternoon was definately MAKAN dee....we came to Hokkaido with this very pure motif to eat something very special....something very unique to us M'sians who thinks that the largest edible animal is no larger than a cow or an elephant(for those mad ppl!) For those who could read Jap, there shouldn't be any suprise...BUT! I still bet no 1 of you have ever tasted of will be able to taste it unless you come to Hokkaido, n only Hokkaido. Well, if I say that this vege stuffed burger has a piece of meat patty made of the largest animal on the surface of the earth, how does that sound? Don't get me wrong that I'm encouraging whale killing, but hey! Since I'm already here, why not taste it? Just one whale burger per M'sian(we ordered the same thing) won't kill all the whales rite? What la those whale killer Japs! It tasted ok only la....the meat tasted like beef but the texture was like rubber(note that only the young toothful ppl are able to chew it) Anyway, 1 is enough for me....no more plz! Supa filling!

Now that we are full, we contacted our hotel for our 'driver' to pick us up & check us in at about 3pm....Well, there wasn't a 'pick up' service actually, but since we told the person in charged that we are from M'sia....this reply came "Oh my! You ppl are from M'sia? Wow! Your Japanese is extremely good! Why not I reduce the hotel rate from 3500 yen per person to 3000 yen PLUS I come and fetch you all wherever you ppl are right now...! Come! Plz stay with me...PLZ!!" Nope, I wasn't exagerating nor lying(I don't lie 1 ok!)....we were all actually kinda freaked up thinking that our hotel might actually be a haunted ghost mansion where the owner, Count Dracula wants to suck some M'sian blood cos he was bored of Jap blood dee....

Nope, that place was fine, very fine, nicely decorated, cozy, just kinda feel at home....and if u ppl wonder, ya, our 'hotel' wasn't actually any hotel, just a person who owns a HUGE(in Jap term) and wants to make some bucks out of it...no wonder it was cheap...but I'm not complaning though, there wasn't any problem at all(No, no 1 to suck our blood too!) However, sad to say this, this hotel is the FINAL hotel that we actually stayed in for this entire trip...the rest? Well, u guessed it right....

MARKET?

A market?! Wow! This is also something new! After checking in and rested for a while, we took of wondering around the area nearby looking for some 'unique' things here and we found this! A WET MARKET! I have stayed in Japan for 6 months now and I have not seen a wet market before except for this place...Japs don't actually buy stuffs in the morning like our mums do(or maids for 'some' lucky ppl!) but in the supermarkets ONLY! So, this sight was new and actually refreshing....a dirty place....FINALLY! But if your notice in this pic, there aren't any rubbish on the floor rite? But trust me if I say this is one of the dirtiest place in Japan dee....as in how clean the entire country is for me to say this place a dirty 1.... well, a wet market still sells what a wet market sells...raw stuffs of course! That was one of the unique things here too....We were all bz taking photos of all the stuffs sold here, some traders even wanted to 'shoo' us of too...but we are from S'pore right?(Only say we r M'sians if its something good) they don't dare to harm us KIASU ppl ones....

RANDY!!

Gosh! Hakodate is really popular with your 'ppl' over here Randy...I saw your cousin, cousin's cousin, Randy.Jr 300 all FOR SALE! And theres tons of ppl buying them up....As we were bz taking pics(as usual) Chin Wooi made this swear, this swear so great with emotion & enthusiam that it defies all other swears I have ever heard of made...that was to eat those 'hairy' crabs no matter the cost!(The most popular 'kiam siap' person on the entire planet just did a miracle!) And we as friends are always there to support him of course! Promising that we SHALL eat it or would never leave this piece of land...EVER!(we actually wanted to eat it ourselves too la!)

This crabs are HUGE! It doesn't really show in this pic, but if you were a M'sian crab, u would wanna call 10 more of your friends to fight of a bully of this size! Safe to say that we humans have tied their hands up to aviod such a thing from happening....and the price there...the 4 of us could eat buffets each n still have money left to buy a can of beer each for each of those oversized crabs.....no craps!

Ok! This is one of the reasons I told you that I don't feel as if I'm Japan as soon as I touched this island....even the bus here has these western feel in it...and that restaurant behind, well, that doesn't look like any typical Jap restaurant(which is usually small & cramped up)..Ya, another suprising thing about this place is that there are more churches than temples over here, anglo, russo, methodist..u name it, they have it! There is also an entrance fees for each church(MUST PAY 1 OK!) so its not advisible to join so many churches or go to youths so much cos i'll make u broke in no time(its not cheap ok! Some charge about RM8 per entry)

After getting bored of all those crabs and buildings....we took a turn downtown to explore Hakodate City...we walked around aimlessly(biasala) and actually wanted to take those trams for a ride around, but since it doesn't bring us to where we wanna go, we just took some photos, and look for more yummies on the way....there was a suprising number of 'Hokkaido Limited Edition' souvenirs around this area, but since there are a lot of days more to go, we dicided to skip buying it 1st except for some that are possible to chew on....we don't want any sweet sticky stuffs sticking on our bags while attracting ants don't we? That Honeydew flavoured Kit-kat was really good! Soo different from the typical types we could find in M'sia or even any other places in Japan....and speaking of limited edition, I really can't find those chocs over here at my place(& Osaka) and anywhere during my entire journey! Well, Japs are true to their words I guess? Furtunately, I got some before my trip ended(about 4 boxes) but now I'm left with only 1.....NO!

Did I mentioned downtown just now? Ya, its not called 'downtown' just because its the main town, but its really DOWN at the foot of the mountain. The climb up to the cable car station is one hell of a tiring experience, but if the view from this slope is really so beatiful, I can't imagine(at that time) how cool the view would be from up mount Hakodate(will be told later on..) Hakodate is a popular fishing port(the crabs?) so its no wonder that fishermans have this service to bringing ppl out to the ocean to catch some fishes themselves...but for a price of course! Well, we skipped that part without even thinking as the price KILLS ppl like us....

Guess what? On our trip up, we found this strangely huge hall and from far, we could see some ppl entering it in numbers being brought by the bus load...Being another curious 'S'porean'(if anything goes wrong), we wondered inside the hall on purpose & uninvited....the 1st thing we say? FOOD!? My gosh! Theres a buffet going on and there are some dancers in skimpy clothes walking around the hall(we would be informed that there will be a Thai themed buffet going on later...that explais that skimpy clothes..) AND our nightmares came! That guard took notice of us and decided to follow us quietly behind(it was obious la!).....Then, out of no where, we found this blocked staircase entrace. So, calmly but quickly, we got our asses pass the 'blockade', went up to the 2nd floor and WHOLA! A radio station! Since we are being 'persued', might as well find some shelter and hope that those kind radio station fellas would offer us a safe passage!

The result? Well, we 'M'sian' are actually more than welcomed inside the radio station....they actually weren't suprised see us visitors as they are having a 'open radio station'(something like open house in M'sia la!) but since its only until 6pm(we entered at about 6.15pm?), the stairway was blocked....and when heard that we were from M'sia, they quickly invited us in and said this "WoW! You ppl are from M'sia? Your Jap is good ler!"(I personally found out why Japs always say this to us. Its because that they know nuts bout M'sia & this is the only save topic to talk about) Well, they were also so kind as to bring us inside their recording studio where we toyed with some things around while doing what tourist would most likely do...take photos la! This radio station was the best radio station in the entire Japan for 2005, and they got a trophy to show off! Boon actuall took the trophy from the shelf and have his picture taken with it, I don't know if he noticed, but our guide was freaking a little as he took it....the thing was made og pure glass u c...

This pic up there is a quick snap shot with the DJ who went to commercial just a second ago...we rushed in after the door was unlucked, took a few shots, have a quick chat, then ran out again...in less than 1 minute, where she continued her live broadcast! Really admire her ability to talk non-stop la! From current news, weather, sports, 'kay-po' stuffs...all also she can ler! (Talk bout all rounders)

MR. HAKODATE

After that brief 'stopover' we headed back to our main destination, that is up mount Hakodate....If you wonder why I put Mr. Hakodate as the tittle above, notice that with Japs, they have this -san thing behind names, like Cheong-san in my case...and in Jap, 'san' means mountain too! So that makes me a mountain n Mount Hakodate as Mr. Hakodate...enuf crap, this place is has one of the best sceneries in THE WORLD(top 3 to be exact!) Thats why we wouldn't wanna miss this place for all heavens! Even if the price for going up is kinda hefty though.....The best time to go up this place is about 5pm where we could take pics before the sunsets, and wait for a few more hours so we could see the changes slowly. There was a free history lesson about this place in one of the video rooms, but its just another history, nothing much important....

COUNTDOWN!

Well! For anyone viewing this pic, I will charge a price of 100 yen each....I know who you ppl are so don't think of escaping! Ok, back to my story now, this view is the view with the top 3 ranking thing. As you can see, on the left u can see water and on the right, another patch of water...nothing special? This two oceans have different temperature all together and is totally different! On the right is the Pacific Sea while left is the Japan Sea...and they are just seperated by a few kilometres apart....which creates this 'waist' kinda shape. Pic take at 5.30pm...

This was just half of the real amount of ppl that crammed with me till the night....ALL of them have a camera....if Eric, Cheng Hock, Ramblas, Frex was here to 'Sut' it....they'll be rich dee!

7.00pm....the light are beginning to lit up

8.00pm....very dark & windy up here! Brr...

9.00pm...well, this is it, the 'most beautiful scenery' If you don't think so, then I pity you...cos if the pros who have thousands of photo hours gave this award, it couldn't be wrong....I seriously liked it up there then, except for the chills & the crowd, it could have been a perfect place dee....sorryla, as romantic as it is up here, I don't think any couples wanna be up here to date, unless you don't mind 200 other ppl staring at you la!

Well, we decided that we had enuf of Japan so we decided to head over to Holland right away after getting down from Mr Hakodate....the 12 hour flight was supa tiring dee, but since we heard from this tourist info guide that this place, at the ouskirts of Amsterdam was the most beautiful place at night, we dragged ourselves there praying that some of those shops there contain some eateries which would tame our 'wild' stomach growling fiercely inside...

This place was purely made of 2 things only, either red bricks or wood...nothing else! And its all decorated with lightings, it really felt like we came during the Chrismas season...fortunately, there was a few eateries over there, albiet VERY upscale type of eateries. Without caring for our wallets, our 'guide' took us inside on of the 'expensive' restaurants which actually rocked our wallets and Chin Wooi even went without eating anything inside. Fortunately for us, there was still something 'swallowable' inside the menu, so without further adue, we all ordered a few same stuffs(which so happenes to be the cheaper onces) with the waiter staring at us suprised as why this few 'poor' guys actually come to this place....well, dinner was nice, light on the stomach but heavy to our wallets....

And if u believe that I was in Amsterdamn(I think no one of you will), then those pics are really convincing enough.....well, I don't really remember the place's name, but I looks so like Holland(red bricked buildings), I really asthonished myself when I know that this piece of land is still inside Japan...

Oh ya, to intro a few 'guides' that took us around, the middle guy(sleveless 1) is called Kim Keat. He is my pal since our PPKTJ days. He don't really mix with the Chinese ppl too much & usually stick with the Malays, but since I'm a banana, hey! No problemo! He loves drinking as much as I do athough I don't spend even 1/10 as much as him when it comes to clubbin or drinking....and he doesn't know what and where about this place(even though his college is here) cos he says that his time is spent drinking and not 'jalaning' around...so I guess why he & his friends brought us to that upscale place! That guy on the right of the pic is one hell of a person....WHICH YOU MUST AVOID! His hp is full of porn pics n videos which he proudly shows everyone, and he talks soooo much bull shit, it makes the bulls feel bad to even shit! A word of advise, run when you see him!

Well, that concludes my Hakodate part....of your eyes are starting to bleed or swell and wanna try to file a lawsuit again me, plz contact my lawyer 1st, Mr Jason Lim....I will give you his hp no. when u sue me....thats all I have to say now
To Be Continued>>

BZ! Exams!

2005-09-17T02:08:00.000+09:00

This might be da last blog before my exams...I din't do as well as I expected the last time, so I hope(with some hardwork! Of course!) that I can score at least in the top 10s this time la....Well, my last blog bout Hokkaido(promise will be the longest, biggest, most photo,more nonsense blog) will be delayed for another time, but this shall be the last about that trip..I'm getting tired of having history lessons dee....

There wasn't any bumps for this entire week...my English teacher told me today that my English pronounciation was 'exellent'(compared to Japs of course la!) & I even managed to finish 1 of Tom Clancy's novel which is another proof how 'sadist' I can be..war...war....war...and thats all I like! Even when exams just a few days more...Don't know why, but I don't seems to have this 'exam tension' since after SPM. Nothing just scares be anymore....an exam shall only be an exam as long as my results don't kill me...glup!

Oh ya, my gang managed to start this chain letter thing using e-mails recently, and that was da BESTEST mail chaining I have ever did since.....since....hell! I haven't done it before...Imagine, in just a short 4 days, I have 30 mails with only 8 person chatting(cos I'm in Jap, Chris, Jason, Ben & 'Sis' in KL, Gary & Daniel in Aussie while the last remaining member of the [olo] clan, Tan Sookie is in Penang, too many time zones to have a real Msn chat!) Typing a reply was the easy part...reading it was damn time killing...but was supa funny la! It all started with Chris sending a mail to everyone bout a love problem(yup! my friend is a grown up man now) and I purposely sent my opinion to everyone(we are all a gang ma, no secrets lo!)....n the next day only, 5 replys...war! Read till gila(Pity my 'sis' for having to read 15 mails cos she din check her mail often)

And I give the most 'rubbish' reward to Gary for typing this down in one of his mails:-
"Wah everyone write until so berkaitan with the topic. Chris i tell u what
la. Since she such a nice person n also can talk to u so well. I think she
was brought/is brought up in the perfect family. SUPER PERFECT until kenot
perfect so more. Hm....something good there. U know what?? haha...i'll u what. I think her mum must be very pretty n cool too. Y not date the mother. Become the mother's (Yee Kong-Cantonese). Cool eh. No need to study so more. Everyday buy viagra good enuff. HAHA...N also sleep. WALAU i think my idea the most brilliant of all d. If u wana play so much
buy a barbie doll n play la.
WAh dota dota dota..!!!!!! I play till siau d(dota is a comp game). These days i play table tennis till siau d. Dota/tabletennis/cooking /sleep. ....Pro already... Not coming back this year. So dont have to miss me ya...
Dont worry i wont miss u all also.
Yes especially u chong meng!
Yes u too jason!
YEs u too Chee mei!
Oh course u too SOOKIE!
Last but not least i will miss someone special...hai...'BUTCH'..my dog
CHRIS dont just because ur name not mentioned u think u can be like my
dog..U hope la....U WANT ALSO I WONT...."
THIS MESSAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY GARY CHEAH tajaan DUNIA HIBURAN...

Well, that was my friend, Gary, who is currently in Aus studying Acturial Science but from that mail, I can see that he is mad, maybe insane dee....was damn sesat....but of course we all 'shot' him back la! Another 'crazy' thing done with the internet with my gang=FUN!

Anyway, autumn is now here...its getting cooler n leaves are starting to turn yellow...another reminder to me how life in Japan can be lonely n 'cold' without that special 'someone'...but the examination drums are beating....IN TO THE BATTLE I GO! Wish me luck!
p.s. hope this blog bores u ppl out so u won't visit so soon again...hahaha

Memories...

2005-09-09T23:01:00.000+09:00

This pic has nothing to do with my trip to Hokkaido, but just as a reminder to myself about how fun was life....with my gang...(sorry Jason & Julian, for not having you ppl in this pic...but trust me, you both are as close to me as any best friend there could be....) Of all my days in KL(when I'm been longing to get my ass back to Penang as many times a possible), this was probably the best of all..that, instead of me going back, they came...well, not actually to search for me, but that was as close as it gets....

I got this news from Gary & Chris that Daniel(which includes Sookie da Miang of course!) will be coming to KL to shop and play....and the both of them are tagging along also! Wow! I immediately asked my mum to pass Gary my S'pore Dollars for my next trip to the island down south and started planning on how to enjoy with them, here, in KL!

It seems that not everything went as planned though, as Daniel was actually planning to stay with his uncle in Sunway, and that sports car enthusiast didn't dare to drive in KL roads cos scared sesat! What la!!

Anyway, I decided that since 'fun' was coming to my place, then I shall go to 'fun'....so on the night before, I contacted them all an told them that I'm going to SUNWAY LAGOON on the next day(which so happens to be a Thursday and a schooling day)...which puts me in a dangerous position....for those who don't know, I was suspended from class for 2 weeks for not attending a camp by JPA because I wanted to go to my sister's graduation day(which for me, is 1000 times more important than another stupid JPA camp!) I don't know what was I thinking, but I can surely say this: FRIENDS & FAMILY are 2nd to nothing for me! So off I went to Sunway Lagoon, even after being cautioned by my roomate against doing so...

I did meet up with them, and that was one of the best days in my entire 2 years in KL! We started the day with long-long chats, went on with screams, then some sacarstic remarks about Daniel who vomited....then practilly laughing non-stop at my 'mistakes' with the floats.....the top gun ride that made our brains go 'Squash-squash', that stupid 'dry park' rides that actually made us wet, the water slide challenges which we cut queue cos too tak puas hati wanna race again....what an unforgetable day! Arr! Miss you ppl alot! Its been a long time since I had this much fun! Keep in contact ok!! Will visit u all as soon as I'm back in M'sia!! May this friendship last.....

2 More Places, More To Go!

2005-09-04T01:12:00.000+09:00

NAGAOKA....Peace & Tranquility....

Well, my holiday have only reached 1/3 and that took 3 blogs dee...I'm not sure i can keep up with it...VERY TIRING LA! Anyway, this place in the pic is Nagaoka, its sorta like a fairyland when I was in the train travelling there...at first, there was only buildings around us and after the train entered this looooooong tunnel(theres even a station inside it with ppl aligning, wierd, wonder where are they heading?), then after like 20 minutes of non-stop tunneling, WHOLA! Virgin forest and mountains greeted me...SPLENDID! It was like going to another world after that long tunnel...and ya, this part is only the outskirts of Nagaoka, the town is kinda huge also(but still uncomparable to Osaka or Nagoya la!)....for those who read newspaper, the last huge earthquake happened here...so it should be safe for me la... Most part of the journey was spent playing cards with Boon, Fook Hee & Chin Wooi...with me losing the most(luckily money was not at stake..fuh!)

And if u ask of my purpose to Nagaoka, ITS THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY of course! I don't know for true. but ppl said that the fireworks display in Nagaoka is one of the best in Japan...and its TRUE! By the time we reached there, it was already noon & the entire station was swarmed with ppl! Everyone seems to know about this event and ppl from as far as Tokyo came just to see it....It gave me a good sign that it won't turn up as the previous let down at the beach...Well, another good thing was that Fong Zyin and Li Jia was there to pick us up and shoved us out of that 'stompede'.....as god planned, Boon's long time roomate, Kit How was there too! The dammed thing was that he was not there to meet us, just so happen to pass by only...WHAT LA! We dicided to visit his college's new hostel(the last was under renovation because of the earthquake)....it was err....under furnished I guess? Nothing much at all...well, bad parts out, we had a 'Meet the seniors' session at a restaurant nearby, and I had this 'insult' from my senior saying: "Hey! You look like Randy la...You know Randy right? You talk like him also lo...". I was like: "HAR!?? Ya, Randy was my roomate & we are the only two proud bananas there was but, me?....him?.....NO WAY!"(Sorry Randy if u see this, I just wanna be myself, not trying to look or be like anyone else!) Thank god another senior changed topic...about my sandals pula...asking me where I got mine and how much mine look like hers pula(it turns out to be the same sandals, just different colour, check my last 2 blogs to see it)...Since when did I copy ppl so much?

Well, after that 'You copied who' session, we headed for the fireworks display ASAP, since we didn't book any place earlier,(Yes ppl, to watch fireworks, you even need to book places! Jap style) we could only get those 'unreserved' places, which, by the time we were there, jammed to da max! Ok, the place we stood on was the walkway and it not supposed to be stood at...but if the Japs did the same, why not us? Hey, we are just trying to adept rite? Can't blame us....A few guards came and wanted to shoo us of, but thanks to the power of English and "We are from S'pore!"(Don't wanna spoil M'sia's name)...no guards managed to 'move' us out from our nice spot (middle row)...so there we stood, for 1 1/2 hours, watching the best fireworks display in my entire life...it was very-very-very beautiful.....(I just don't understand why Chin Wooi could fall asleep halfway?) Different themes of fireworks are displayed, from faces, nature, science & tech...u name it! The finale was the best of all dee....with 5 places shooting up fireworks at the same sequence with HUGE effect and everyone was like, "WOW","WOOR!","CUTE"...and other stuffs in Jap...And after it all ended, this unknown Jap tradition was brought to my notice. Everyone took out their hp, activated their flashlights and started waving in the air....as if to say "Well, its all over now, but its still nice knowing everyone here...take care!" Aww.....

食べる! EAT! 吃! MAKAN!

After enjoying the fireworks display, time for some REST(We really needed that)...Fortunately for us, Fong Zyin(1st from right in the pic on top) knows this gal from China, who was soo kind of her to let us stay in her apartment....actually not her's, but her sis's apartment. So off we go to 'dreamland' for that night, waking up at about 1pm the next day, practacally starving to death....so there it was, Jeremy Cheong to the rescue! If you haven't guessed by now, the food on top of the table was prepared by me with Fong Zyin's help...no one else did anything at all!! Its not much actually, just fried rice and soup made with the left over chicken bones and some melon in it....Taste? Ehem, to tell the truth, it was the best tasting fried rice here in Japan (My mum still makes the best!)...but the soup was a failure to me...but hey, they drank all of it! WOW! So not nice but can still clean the entire pot, we must be damn hungry dee...The rest of the day was just spent gambling and chatting, no mood or energy to go anywhere....

Before you continue reading this blog, try finding 2 of the 'new' China friends we made! The 1 on the right is the younger 1(23 dee actually) who is Fong Zyin's roomate in the hostel(now summer hols)...while the 1 on the left is the elder 1(age unknown) who works at an office nearby....they were just too good to all of us....not only did they allow us to stay with them, allow us(more of me actually) to use any 'materials' inside the fridge to cook, they even spent all their 'after work relax time' to go to the market and then cook for us! The meal was not something of a 'cincai' product, but a bowl of mixed 'God knows what great stuffs' inside! Its something like a steambot, but the soup was HEAVEN! Supa nice ler! Must learn how to cook dee...hahaha. THANX ALOT! Very greatful to know you ppl!

After a full stomach, we watched the life football tournament between China & Japan...which so happen that all of the guys are Jap fans, but kept quiet the whole night only...we even cheered when China scored, but swearing in our hearts...hahaha....what to do, we are endebted to the 2 Chinese Gals who made our holiday a great 1! I wasn't really ready for this pic as I was chatting to my mum who I so happened to forgot to call for 2 weeks dee...sorry Mum!

Aomori, Land Of Apples And Nothing But Apples....

So, half heartedly, we left Nagaoka to our next destination, Aomori....if u read my titles correctly and is looking at this pic, you would have guessed....this place is so popular with it, most apples sold in Japan are stated 'Grown in Aomori'. We learnt about this place in our text book while in PPKTJ so why miss it? Ok, we din saw any apple estates or plantations cos we were at the town area only(A car is needed to go such places) but Hey! Why do we need to go there when there is a stall just next to the train station? So, our tea break was a nutritional 1...finally....

There was not much expectation about this place besides apples until we saw this....guys & gals wearing some sort of 'clothing' walking all around? From my 4 months os experience in Japan, Japs don't wear such a thing unless....unless, THERES A FESTIVAL TONIGHT! I was true, there was a festival after all, and it so happen to be a popular 1 also...and is called? NEBUTA! (try to memorize it!)

Huge floats with a distinct display of 'Good versus Evil' was paraded around, with those Japs with the 'clothing' carrying and pushing it all around the streets, accompanied by waves and waves of children and old ppl singing and dancing...to please the god? I don't know, but it was a nice sight, unique with its own tradition and I dare to say that the 'clothing' was kinda nice too...The place was also crowded but a good thing is that Japs NEVER pushes! No matter how crowded or smal a place is....NEVER! Unlike M'sians...haih...

If you are trying to memorize the word Nebuta, here is a better way to help you...the word NE is a term that the meaning still eludes me, but the BUTA's meaning(in Jap) is written on this sign above...I wonder if the festival has anthing to do with it? It so happens that I saw this board at a row of shops near the festival and its a restaurant & pub kinda place...wierd!

After 1 hour, my legs gave up standing, I convinced the rest to head over to ASPAM(I don't know what it means till now and might never know!) which is actually a piramid building filled with gift shops on the bottom floor and an observation post on the top floor. It was kinda late ay that time, so most of the shops were closed, but fortunately, the observation area was still 'available'....well for 420yen, we got a good view from the tallest building in Aomori(I think?) and a can of whatever drink we chose...For those who think that standing up for 1 hour is an easy task, wait till u carry my 20kgs++ bag and try standing for 1 hour...gila heavy ler!

AFTER A TIRING DAY! Welcome to my hotel for that day....ya, it looks
pathetic, but a hotels in Jap are not cheap and whats the best way to
save some bucks when travelling? Sleep in the gardens! I don't know
bout you ppl, but I find sleeping by the roadside kinda fun(although
dangerous) and challenging....sleeping when ppl are staring at you,
mosquitos biting, robbers that might wanna steal my precious camera,
chilling temperature....maybe its the scouting I did that helped
alot...sleeping at all odds! Maybe I shouldn't have quitted because of
my 'ass-hole' patrol leader! Anyway, back to sleeping, we slept at
around 1am, and since we were also soo tired after an entire day, I
practially don't feel a thing until my hp woke me up at 5.30am sharp(we
are catching the earliest train to Hakodate, Hokkaido)...as of where
did I bathed, ya, there was a public bathing room about 1km away....it
was the 1st time that we have been seen by the opposite sex whose is
not blood related....if you are wondering, no, not any girl, nono, but
the 'AMA' who guards the middle section dividing guys from
gals....NO!!!!!!!!!!!

The 9 B's

2005-08-27T02:59:00.000+09:00

From A Humble Beginning

Well, after an entire tiring day spent at Aichi Expo, the next day was
spent travelling around Nagoya City and its not to miss 'Toyota
Museum'....you may think that it sounds boring, but trust me, unlike
museum in M'sia, this place is actually fun! 1st is maybe because of
the pretty ticket collector that gave everyone that very good 1st
impression? I don't wanna put her pics up here, but it is available at
request la....hahaha...okok...back to main topic, this museum shows how
Toyota managed to turn itself from a humble sewing machine maker in a
garage(why must it always be in a garage?? How bout ppl like me with no
garage at home? I can't do anything great dee huh?) and after 2
generations, it managed to be one of the top companies in the
world....its a long story, but for me a good 1 la...after the war stuff
and how the son risked his entire father's company to persuit his
dreams to design and produce cars for the Japs blablabla....and after
that, a part of the museum shows almost all the old models since Toyota
bacame a car producer. We can even activate some of the machines to
make some free souvenir such as key chains, plastic cars.....cool huh?

Bedtime

Well, this is where we bunk in on the 3rd night at Nagoya City...its
not actually a hotel, motel, capsule hotel, love hotel or what
ever...its actually a comic house!! Sounds wierd but this type of
'house' is actually open for 24 hours a day and even come equipped with
shower rooms and beds! Ya, there is about a few thousands of comics
inside, but since its in Jap...most of us spent time watching dvd(no
porn 1 ok!) or playing the PS2...or in my case, use the internet to da
max! Oh ya, another cool thing living in a comic house is that we are
provided with a drink bar where we can refil at our pleasure(there goes
we M'sians....rushing to get our moneys worth!)....I did actually acted
like it....drank so many cups of hot chocolate until, I felt so 'hot'
the next day!(cos Milo in Jap is really a rare stuff)...Another
suprising stuff was that I met with the Malays from my course too!! Out
of the entire Japan, without any arrangements, the Malays are actually
in a karaoke just beside our comic house's building! What a shock! So I
went to their place for a while, sing some songs and left at around
3am...or something like that...drank more Milo(until 5am that is), then
went to sleep...anticipating tiring day tomorrow...this pic up is my
room, with all the things I said earlier...the phone is used to order
food when we were hungry(got menu at every room), 24 hours service
somemore!

Beaches

Ok, this beach is NOT the beach I went to surf! This one is near Tokyo
so I just wanna take a photo to show how dirty water there can be...oh
ya, I stayed at my friends hostel with 4 more ppl at that time...cos
his place is near Tokyo and there is 'a way' to get there for almost
free(a trip from Nagoya City to his place is 6 hours and cost about
8000yen...I just paid 160 yen...not telling the 'way' here!)

Beaches Again...

Well, after a hasty plan, we all decided to spend our summer like all
Japs do! Go surfing! After getting some info from the tourist counter,
and another hour of train ride.....we found our beach....BLACK BEACH!
Notice that the sands are black in this pic...but it seems the Japs
here don't mind(maybe they got used to it dee?) But for the 5 of us? NO
WAY!! We spend money to find a beach with beautiful sand(i think ppl
also counted) not black ones! I know the only place we can find black
sand is in Langkawi's Pantai Pasir Hitam...but nono! No black sand now!
Notice that the waves are big in this part as we are facing the Pacific
Ocean...hear me? THE PACIFIC! not small South China Sea...but the
PACIFIC!!!!

Boom....Bang...!

We actually wanted lo leave that place but things started getting
strange....have you seen ppl in traditional dresses(yukata for the
Japs) around the beaches?(imagine ppl wearing Cheongsam to
beaches)....sure got something wrong 1 rite? Another thing was that, as
it was getting darker, there seem to be more and more ppl gathering
around the beach...which makes it obious to 1 thing...SOMETHING IS ON!
We decided to wait for a while longer, and there it is! An announcement
was made telling us(the only onces who don't know I guess?) about a
fireworks display at 7.30pm. So, without wasting time, we quickly
search for a nice spot, bought alot of junk food(it was dinner time
already!) and sat down at our 'VIP' spot for the next 1 1/2 hours
taking photographs non-stop while chewing on our 'junks'....it was
interesting at 1st, but 1 1/2 hours is just a tad to long..and we all
started complaining about how boring it is(this one is just a small
ceremony only, so nothing too special la!) Oh ya, most of you don't
know this, but during the summer holidays, fireworks are everywhere in
Jap! Cities, beaches, housing areas, gardens, parks,
stadiums...everywhere! Its a mandatory thing I guess?

Notice something wrong with this firework? well, nothing is wrong with
it, it was purpoesely shot towards the sea to generate a sunset(or
sunrise) feel...can find this in M'sia...duh!

This was one of those 'interesting' onces....it was a HUGE one, and
this pic was taken un zoomed at all....I don't know how to say it, but
it is HUGE!! The explosion was deafening! I can feel my eardrumbs beat
everytime one of these explodes!

After all this fireworks display, we dedided to move on to another
beach(a more beautiful one), even though it was already very late, and
the train we took was the last train(means no turning back)....it was a
risk we decided to take(imagine the horror if the next beach we went
was also BLACK!)...so, another 1 hour long train journey. Since we need
to change trains once, this pic was taken on the station where there is
no one else except the 5 of us....reason? Well, I hoped I can try to
get a ghost to be in this picture, so plz stare at this pic and try to
find 1 for me...Its supposed to work, I heard....now STARE......

Beds...

Now, did I mentioned anything about staying at hotels or motels or
anything comfy when we reached our 'new' beach? OK, here it was...my
hotel room! Its a little small and dirty, but hey! Its has natural
air-condtioning, a toilet just 2 minutes walk away and the best of all,
ITS FREE!! Well, I can't take the stares from passersby though..kinda
like kaypo-chi fella...so I woke up kinda early 5am(I slept at 3.30am
on that same day, after some venturing with my old Penang pal, Loke
Eng, hunting for supper) This picture was taken at 5.30am...notice how
bright it is already...and its soo cold!!! Brr!! William even used his
towel as a blanket...cold!

Baths!!

Guess what, we(not me only) did not bath for the past 2 1/2 days
already when this pic was taken....the was no water in my friend's
hostel so we didn't bath before we went to our beach hunting thing, so,
we were quite 'down' with our dirty bodies and corp's stench(just
exageratting a little, its not actully that smelly...yet!)....but after
asking around for public bathrooms, we actually found 1(after 1 hour of
walking, getting lost, because some Japs decided that a bankrupt public
bathroom was still worth reccomending)....we were damn relieved when we
found this place! Was like a dream come true! Ya, this pic might seem a
little bad(i took the pics! with the auto
setting) especially to my gal readers, but I did not place any faces or
reveal any really obscene areas(dream on!), means I won't put this as a
18-SX pic...

BOYS!!

Yup! After a nice bath, the 5 of us are fully energized and set to
enjoy the day! YEAH!!(the position of us now has nothing to do with the
position in the bathing pic)

BEACH!!

Yup, this was the nice beach we found...its called 'Kamogawa'. The sand
is a tad brown, but with the amount of ppl here! I think it was a
perfect place after all!! There was even a few life guards on duty(the
1 standing rightmost in this pic), taking care of everything....the
look really fit, I mean, all dark and the '6 packs' thing..And the
beach is really crowded! Its a holiday season, so what can I expect?
Everything there was damn expensive(the surf boards, parasoil, sun
block lotion...blabla...even the food was expensive!)

Everyone was just enjoying themselves, either sun tanning, surfing,
making sand castles, picniking...but the wierd thing was, I dont notice
any rubbish on the beach. I think that Japs are really law abiding
citizens to da max! How can they have picnic on the beach but leave
nothing behind at all? So unlike us M'sians where we tend to leave
almost everything behind...not on purpose, just that we 'forgot' to
bring it back...excuses...Back to my story, we get in our shorts only
ASAP and off we go! Playing with the water...swimming around....now
only do I understand why only during the hottest summer season can we
swim in the ocean, ITS FREEZING COLD!! The air temp was about 30++ but
the water I think was only 20++....brr! COLD! An hour later, after
getting used to the water, we rented surf boards, not real onces, but
just 3/4 of the real size, and started 'riding the waves' with it...its
such a cool experience! And I managed to master it half an hour later,
riding all those waves bring me back to the shore at high speeds...its
even better than car racing I did the last time! With so many ppl
around, its nerve-breaking just to control my board not to knock on
anyone(I did knocked on someone also, but it was her who knocked me,
travelling with her surfboard while clashing me by the side...thats WAS
FUN!! No more explanation about it) The 'surfing' thing lasted only for
an hour(we rented for only an hour since it was expensive)....damn I
wanna do it again!

BIKINIS!!!

Okok, before any bad impression starts to apear in your brains about me, let
me tell you that this photo was not taken by me but by a friend of
mine(I was still playing around the ocean at that time....I Swear!)
There is nothing suprising here too, as those who doesn't wear it that
get that 'are you lost' kinda stare...for most part of it, its just a
norm in Japan....another proof I'm not a maniac, when on water, I have
to take out my specs, which mean I don't concentrate on 'thing' like
this(unlike my lucky friends)....well, after playing until I got myself
darker and some burned skin, time to leave this place once and for
all(I don't know when I'll be back)..it was fun! Purely unforgetable
(the homeless nite, bathing thing, surfing...all of that was COOL!!).

AICHI EXPO!

2005-08-16T18:51:00.000+09:00

REUNION AT LAST!!
Well, since the next few blog will be about my entire 3 weeks of hols,
I think its best for me to put some pics up in order not to bore everyone of my readers....ENJOY!

After an entire 4 months, I finally got the chance to meet with most of
the Chinese guys & gals from my Jap course back in M'sia!
Most of us still stayed the same(we all agreed that Fong Zyin[standing
1st from left] changed the most since we left M'sia....she looks more
matured than the last time). There was about 14 more chinese ppl not in
this pic because they either had other plans already, or still having
fun 'schooling' at that moment!(Shi Han was the camera man) This pic
here is taken in front of Nagoya station after my 'just' 4 hours of
train journey(nothing compared to those to come) from my
place.....after reaching, it took more than an hour just to wait for
everyone to arrive....haih, talking bout we M'sians with M'sian
time...never on time 1!!

After all those busy moments of taking pictures and blocking ppls
way(we never fail to do so everytime), we were told that there is a
Pokemon park nearby in conjunction with the Aichi expo....so, without
delay, off we go!! Chatting all the way until we reach the entrance.
The entire team park is filled with exiting small kids running here and
there to all those rides....well, for the 11 of us 'grown ups', its
another happy moment snapping more pictures with all those cute &
adorable Pikachu rides, dolls and in the pic above, a customized
Pikachu car...I had to admit, being a past Pokemon fan, I actually had
the urged to buy some Pokemon souvenirs back....but not wanted to be
called 'childish', maybe next time.....when I have the chance and no 1
is looking....:P

HOMELESS!!
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After all those picture snapping, there was a sudden conflict on what
to do for the rest of the night till tomorrows Aichi....Some wanted to
stay in the youth hostel, some wanted to play the entire night &
another crazy 'some'(no prize for correct guesses) wanted to do neither
but just wanna try to stay homeless......however, since the youth
hostel was fully booked, there was only 2 more choices and no doubt the
playing group was the winner! But since me, Boon & Chin Wooi had
made up our mind, off we go to Aichi to overnight there! The troubles
that we face baceuse of our 'smart?' decision was frustrating I
guess(check my past blog for the events), but we did learn a few tips
on homeless survival for our Hokkaido stay and being the top 3 out of
1~2 million of ppl was REALLY a GREAT
feeling!(no joke ok!) The reason I look so happy in this pic is because
I just came out from my bath and the station I'm at at that time was
the nice & fuzzy(translate: SLEEP)....that 1 stupid guard have to
ruin everything!

AICHI EXPO

Guess what, when the gates open at 9am sharp, everyone(including my
self) was running non-stop towards the many halls opened by all those
supa popular companies such as Toyota, Hitachi, Toshiba, Mitsubishi,
bla..bla...The scene that time was like the 'kali-toi' I used to play
when I was a kid. The guard personals there was like trying to stop us
from running with their hands spread wide out while we, the 'runners'
try to dodge them as we try go get to our goal asap! Its just like a
marathon race during the starting stages for those of you who don't
know what 'kali-toi' is..(where was your childhood?) What you see in
this pic is just 1/200 of the entire parks area(which is why visiting
the entire area in a day is something impossible and why some have been
to this place as many as 50 times!)....if you look closely, you could
notice a M'sian flag and the word MALAYSIA(its kinda small)..
thats the countries exhibition area, with hundreds of
countries having their respective halls showing of their most prized
commodities in their country....before you continue to scroll down
down, try to guess1 or 2 things you think the M'sian Hall would
display....

If you guessed something about M'sian food, congrats, there is a stall
selling roti canai(which I bought out of madness cos it cost a whopping
800 yen(RM30) for a plate like above)....taste incredibly good even
thought the curry is the Jap type and not hot at all!(after 4 months of
no M'sian food, anything is GOOD!)..and no hand is used....must use
chopstick, unless I want the entire expo'sppl to stare at
me...haih...Theres one more thing in display in the hall that I think
none of you ppl will seriously guess, maybe jokingly thinking, but I
bet none will believe it!

Nope!! Before I expose it, let me get back to my 'brief'(I'll try my
best) story ....This is the Toyota Hall(unless u ppl are blind and
cannot see) which is the 1st hall we went. This is supposed to be the
most popular hall for the entire Aichi Expo so as the 1st few who
entered 1st, we had the chance to actually enter the place and we were
like 'bangga' abit cos my senior didn't get to enter the last
time(sleeping at the front gate really paid off huh?) Toyota's main
theme was something about robots of the future....no, not war machines
of the Americans(and that of my liking) but robots that shall be our
children's 'slaves'.....okla, not that bad la...just robots that can
play music while standing on its two feet, a walking, rapping, dancing
DJ robot, and a display of future vehicles that not only could
transform from a buggy to a sports car, but also a walker(like in mech
warrior) walking with 2 legs while carrying 1 passanger....What can I
say, it was damn cool! Makes me feel that those sci-fi I watched on tv
is just something 'realistic'and no longer another 'its just another
Hollywood thing'....

This buggy could lower its structure and transform into a sports
car...wheels pulling to the front or back and the seat lowers to a
sleeping posture....the walker is not available for display outside the
hall(no pics allowed inside all the halls)...so, no pics on it....too
bad!

No, this building wasn't destroyed in an earthquake, its made like
that....that 'cut off' part is actually a waterfall flowing down from
the op of the building...This is the only exhibition hall that I failed
to enter in zone B(the Jap company zone)...according to William and
Michael, they were seated on a moving car(that look like a safari jeep)
while donning a 3-D googles....ok, this is how it works inside, during
the entire journey, they could see an artificial created 3-D view of
the Africa's Savana....there are many animals all around them and when
they extend their hands in front of their googles, they could see that
they were holding a fruit(it was random I guess?)...banana, or apple,
blabla.....and it attracts those 'animals' nearby to eat it(by throwing
or just holding it)....and if they attracted a huge animal(elephant,
rhino) it knocks their jeep and it actually shakes....the whole animal
attracting thing is done by us humans so its not just another boring
computer timed thing(which makes it so great!) This is the 2nd most
popular hall, so its kinda sad that I failed to enter!

Toshiba! Even if they say its the 3rd best, I think its the coolest of
all....why? Its just easy to explain, the exhibition is called future
casting system...where everyone gets to be on TVWell
The 1 1/2 hour line up was damn worth it for this hall! They 1st
scanned our faces using a huge machine....asking us not to laugh or
make funny faces or we won't see our faces on screen later! The
scanning part was the easy one..the hard 1 was to wait for the computer
to randomly put our faces on the characters....me, Boon & Chin Wooi
feared that we would be accidently placed on female characters!(Imagine
the horror when your friends see this!)...Luckily for the 3 of us, it
didn't happened....Oh ya, the story is about the future when the Earth
has been so polluted that its no longer habitable. Humans left that
place to another planet while leaving robots to patch up all the
things....the story is 1000 after that, where 21 brave crewman left on
a journey back to their long lost home called 'Earth'(in my case
Penang...hahha)....and so, I got one of the best character, the captain
of the ship's security force while Boon was the bridge's crew with the
captain(he actually got the more airtime compared to me) while Chin
Wooi was the science team...its was an anime, but seing my face in it really makes me feel
great....I remember that my character even shot the bad guy with the
best weapon I had at the invader because while asking everyone to
retreat to safety! A must watch! Too bad after screening it, all the
images were deleted! I would hve bought the show ok!!

This hall displays an array of light work, but i find it VERY boring so I
actually slept inside! True to its theme, it really made me
dream inside the hall! hahaha....

This is the JR(Japan Rail) hall featuring the world's fastest train, Maglev.
Travelling at 581 km/h using magnetic force, its about to enter service
in Japan soon....really want to try it la! If the price doesn't kill
la! This station master here is trying to act macho I guess? Cos we
complimented him that we need a 'macho' looking man in uniform to fit
with the pic of the train...I think he melebih-lebih abit....like what
we say back in Penang...'TRYING TO ACT CUTE!!' DUh!

The ferries wheel on right is nothing so special except for its shape
so I won't waste my time explaining on it..the grass infested building
on the left is by Mitsubishi showcasing what the world would look like
without the moon.....the mirror and lighting effects in this hall is
the best of all dee....an entire room full with mirrows while we sat in
the centre....the movie was projected all over the mirrors which makes
us fell that we were in the show also....and ya, for those of you who
don't know, if there was no moon, the wind on earth will be 200km/h and
the earth would be spinning more than 10 times faster than the speed
now....it said that the moon slowed the earth's axis rotation down.But
if the wind is so fast, maybe it could fly me wherever I wanna go rite?
Not bad! I can FLY!!!

SUPRISE! Tongkat Ali it is!! I give credit to the M'sian gov for knowing that the Jap
population is dropping at a drastic rate(only half of the population
left after another 50 years)....so what can we M'sian do as a good
friend of theirs? Help them with what we got!! Show them how the Malays
could have 10 children and after being over 50 years old, still have
another 3~4!! Long Live Ali's Stick!

S'pore Hall's display on the hand was food.....proudly showing of food
that doesn't taste a fraction better than Penang's food! Ipoh in the
case of the chicken rice above! Even though I was longing for some
Chinese food, I didn't even bother ordering any cos this Kiasu
S'poreans just don't know what to show of if its not the food which
they copied(and downgraded) from M'sia..and especially Penang! KIASU!!!KIASU!!!

After an entire day of walking, a little rest on this Pacific Island's
countrie's hall.....nice tropical feel huh? Well, this is almost all
that I have energy to type for the Aichi Expo thing....I walked
non-stop from 9am till 9.30pm visiting all the halls....there is about
another 150 photos that we all took....I missed a few more interesting
halls as some are simple on the outside but incredible inside(like Sony
with their 10m*50m worlds biggest TV), but since I'm a law abading
citizen(Am I?) and there are stict rules against taking pics inside the
hall....no pics of it to show of.....thats all for now...be prepared
for much more on the other places(this is only a fraction out of my
crazy 3 weeks holiday up north....my Chinese Seniors say that we are
mad!!)

Too Much Fun, Too Little Time!

2005-08-03T16:05:00.000+09:00

What can I say? Nothing `unfun` had happened till today after 1 week and 2 days into my trip...I have overnighted on the floor twice, didn`t bath for 2 1/2 days, use RM360 a day, went surfing in a beach full with bikini gals, watch a HUGE fireworks display twice(1 1/2 hours display), went in a public bathing room and saw naked man(including my friends) twice and many other stupid things....I can`t describe everything now, and I don`t think I can put any photos yet unless I`m back at my hostel(I`m onlining from a China`s friends house) Just wanna say that I`m having a good time now, even though I had used up 70,000yen till today...

Nagoya (Holiday Day-2)

2005-07-27T22:38:00.000+09:00

Guess what! You ppl would believe it if I tell u all that I`m overnighting here in a comic centre here in Japan...not me alone, but another 5 more of us....till tomorrow`s 6am before leaving to Kisarazu

Ok, let me start this blog from my 1st day onward....Well, I left my college hostel 2 days ago to another city called Nagoya. I managed to mee up with 1/2 of the total PPKTJ Chinese ppl there after an hour of waiting at the Nagoya station. Everyone seems be doing fine with their lives(I noticed Li jia got a little `plumier` compared to last time) and we did had a long talk about our college lifes and typical stuffs like missing home, wanting to eat M`sian food...blabla..

After chatting and walking around a Pokemon park near the station, Me, Boon & Chin Wooi dicided to split from the group because the 3 of us decided to sleep somewhere `free` while the rest wanted to play games in `round 1`(a game centre, U pay 1200 yen to play whatever games they have or sing karaoke)...so, we left to Aichi Banpaku(The biggest expo in Jap currently)....and there, frustrating & crazy things started to happen!

When we reached the nearest train station to Aichi EXPO, we decided to overnight there as it is a superbly beautiful place with shower rooms included in the toilet...I managed to get my shower after 12 hours without any....was feeling good after the entire day of sweat and rain water(its the rainining season) However, that feeling didn`t last long as we were approached by a guard...and told us to leave that station! He told us that we are not allowed to stay there as he wanted to prevent any `terror` attacks....I know he meant something good, but hell!! We are no terrorists! I know I love war stuffs.. but for Christ sake! I don`t wanna bomb a stupid train station la!! And there is no rules stating that we can`t overnight there...even some of the other security gurads didn`t say anything! That 1 STUPID guard!

So, at 12 midnight under the rain, the 3 of us walked towards Aichi EXPO....we were actually fetched there by a supa kind heartered lady guard when we were half way walking...she was already good enough to allow us to use the toilet inside the train station she was in charged of closing. Then, after that, she was even kiinder to offer to bring us to the main entrance of Aichi EXPO in her car! Imagine this, a 30 year old lady offers to bring 3 guys she barely knows at 12.30am in her car? How much kinder can she get? It was a short journey but we managed to thank her soooo many times(we were MAD at all the guards before and now a guard offered us a ride in her car....damn grateful)

And guess what, at that place, we became no.1....no.1 in terms of lining up, because, at 2am onwards, a few Japs actually came and joined us in that dreadful place(we were sleeping on the tar road)....we didn`t talk much, was too tired and depressed after getting myself wet and being forced to sleep on the tar road instead of a nice bench at that station...A middle aged man was annoyed the he didn`t get the `1st placing`( a kiasu jap) and decided to wake the 3 of us just to ask us at what time did we started waiting....I was sleeping ok when he woke me up and I can`t sleep for the entire day!! How am I going to survive Aichi with just 2 hours of sleep??!!

So, at 9am, I am the 1st person to enter the EXPO for that day out of another 1-2 million ppl...was kinda `bangga` also...1 out of 1 million...how I wished it was my studies! After my beg passed through the metal detector, it was pure running towards Toyota Hall(the most popular exhibition hall there....only about 10,000 ppl can enter in a day).

It was just an entire tiring day in Aichi cos we walked non-stop from 9am till 10pm...got myself a `nice` hotel afterwards(I will tell how nice is it later) and just slept till today, its already the 3rd day of my trip now when I typing this...it 4.20am now(everyones sleeping except for me only!) Damn sleeping but don`t wanna sleep yeet, plan to sleep on my way to Kisarazu! Can say till today, alot of miracles just happened(another just happened 2 hours ago!)....3 days only but it felt like 1 week dee....just damn syok till now la! Too long to type all the details here!

Summer Trip minus 1 day!

2005-07-24T14:12:00.000+09:00

YEAH!! Finally! The trip I've been waiting for such a long time(this trip was plan right after the GW holidays)and I'm finally getting that 'excitement' today....This is the 1st time I'm actully leaving the western regions of Japan and also 'should' be my only time going up north to Hokkaido because of the HUGE cost needed to plan such a tri!

I'm leaving to Aichi, Banpaku early tomorrow with every M'sian here in Nara including my special guess, Michael aka 'Lau Tar'....He will be at my place today(I'm typing this blog while waiting for his call) and will be overnighting at my room today(hope no molestation case tonight!) After that, I should be heading to Tokyo, then Nagano(to watch firecrackers...heard its a big 1 by Boon), Aomori and finally Hokkaido. Hope I managed to contact Kim Keat when we are there so at least we have a tour guide to show us around...

Don't know what to say dee...this might be my last blog for the next 2~3 weeks so, to those reading these...byebye...chat with you ppl some other week or so! Chowz!

A Long Day.....that means a long blog!

2005-07-22T03:02:00.000+09:00

Today, Loke Eng and Yen Ling came to Osaka for a short 3 day visit....I din really know when they are coming until I heard it from Shi Han the night before only!(Maybe I din care much?) So, as the only few who lives close to Osaka, we are given the honour to bring both of them go jalan around while introducing them to all those 'interesting' places(not to me anymore) that most newcomers wanna see...

Yen Ling was sick today so both of them couldn't leave the hotel and visit the worlds biggest fish tank(I just knew that its the biggest in the world from an add)....so me, Fook Hee & Shi Han spent our time walking around an entire department stall(its kinda big) while waiting for them.....and I didn't fail to waste more money....guess what, I got a sd-card reader for laptop and a brand new sandals(its for the upcoming trip...thats why its a NECESSITY!) and there goes 6000 yen...again..my habits killing me!

In the evening, we brought both of the new comers to Osaka's all time favourite castle(read my past blog to know about it..lazy wanna describe again!) and sat there doing nothing for the next 1 hour or so....we did managed to chat....exchanging our experiences in our college and hostels while asking that super famous 'kaisu' question...."What did you get in your past exams?" As usual, I selambaly said that I failed 2 subjects...then continued by changing the topic all together dee....(no offence, but PPKTJ ppl have this tendancy to see how badly others have done....its supa norm to me by now dee....U KIASU PPLS!!)

Then, after all those photo sessions, we went to Shinsaibashi(a famous entertainment area in Osaka) where we entered the shop where Randy wanted to enter the last time he was here during the GW.....a note for Randy: "We don't even have to line up for 1 second to enter that shop.....and the Okonomiyaki there is DEFINATELY NICER"(maybe you just don't have the luck anymore huh?) Yup, its just a normal small roadside stall selling Okonomiyaki(how should I say this? It looks like the Indian murtabak, but with 1000% less oil and instead of meat and onions, you get to choose a seafood or meat...no onions, but more eggs,and thus more pricier la! 20 times?)

The miracle thing today is that we met and talked to 3 foreign ppl during the entire day, 1st was a Taiwanese guy with his Jap gf who we meet in Osaka Castle, 2nd is a China's Chinese working inside the okonomiyaki stall that we went and finally a Korean on our way back to the hostel....most of them approached us because we spoke in Mandarin(they think we are all from their kampung I guess?)except that Korean lady who was lost and wanted to ask some favour from us until she was told that we don't know all of Osaka(its huge ok!) ourselves and we are no Japs! Then it was English all the way with the lady...

Another thing to add, the show I watched last night? Its still playing in my head till now.....can really feel the emotions of the show even after almost 24 hours already....but I guess its not me only huh? When we all reached back at our hostels, I turned on the movie's official song, Shi Han watched the movie again while Fook Hee(hmm....don't know what he did la!).....and both of them said that their mood was affected by that show so they were not in the mood to shop today(they plan to come again some other day, when the after effects of the movie is gone) Damn was that show nice! I'm planning to get the original DVD myself soon.....just love it! Makes me think alot lo! What should I do?? SO NICE!!!

いま、会いにゆきます

2005-07-20T23:19:00.000+09:00

Sorry for those who can't read the topic above....but I have to type this in Jap!
Its actually a Jap movie title which is SUPA GOOD!!!! As in 10/10 type! Super touching until the 4 of us inside the tv room almost cried!! My god!!(as in 4 guys ok!) The story is about a story about a family who.....NO! I don't wanna spoilt everything by telling about this film here....for those who are still in M'sia and can understand Jap language...GET IT PLZ!!! GET IT!! If you feel that it is not nice, I will buy it from you!! This show is even batter than the 'Good Luck' drama I saw the last time!! For those already in Jap! Try renting this show! Its not as if I'm trying to say that this movies only suites some ppl or those with 'soft hearts' only, trust me! No regrets!! Its the same director from the drama 'Good Luck' & 'Beautiful Life'

How To Be A Bankrupt In A Day....

2005-07-18T17:25:00.000+09:00

Yesterday was my 10th anniversary going to Osaka...so guess what? Big spending and more money wasting....Ok, to tell the truth, I wasn't prepared to spend this much, but sometimes, lust just takes over...

It was supposed to be a day where Fook Hee(my another M'sian friend) gets his long awaited camera while I get my backpack for this coming trip up north. He was prepared to spend but I'm not very sure about the bag thing so I ACTUALLY thought I won't be spending any on nonsense....Well, I was wrong...damn wrong~~~!

U see, from no plans, I managed to get myself an external DVD burner, a spare battery and camera case for my Konica cam & a 45L backpack(the only original plan). Furthermore, thanx to Randy's advise about 'The War Of The Worlds', I ended up dragging Fook Hee to watch the show with me(And I finally found a 'huge dark room' with screen projectors worthy of the name 'CINEMA' in Osaka)...I still remember the part where the old man told Tom Cruise(inside an underground basement) that they should strike back because he heard that a few of the machines are being destroyed in OSAKA, JAPAN!(another reason why my college is SOO GOOD!!)there goes another 1200 yen!

So, by the end of the day, I lost 32,724 yen(do the calculations yourself)...I know some of you who read this will like "Ahh! I've spent more than that!"...but mine was 'unintentioned'....not even had it in my mind....just bought it out of the sudden....damn! I hope my habit doesn't kill me this coming holidays...I'll be broke even before my trip!!

Hating Someone?

2005-07-16T20:51:00.000+09:00

I think this blog has a little to do with the last blog about this neighbour of mine who had turned to Mr. SUPA SERIOUS....well, things are getting alot better now, there is no more 'Get Out Of My Life' sort of look when he sees me dee....these days we could just talk nonsense all day....things couldn't be any better than it is now I think?

One of the main reason is that now, both of us are in a 'state of war' with my the other Kenyan neighbour.....He is such a double sided person! A very irresponsible fella and selfish in front of us, but in front of the japs and teachers, my GOD! He is an angel!! When my senior(also a foreign student) asked him why was he late for an appointment, he said this "AR....We are foriegn students, the japs will understand if I'm late, so its alright". What la wei! What sort of answer is this?!

However, the main reason for me hating him till now is about 2 months ago during my trip to Wakayama College....there, he kept on telling every of the foreign students(including those from my uni in KL) that "Cheong HATES Me!". I mean, ya, I din talk to you for some time because I din't like your double sided character so I din wanna talk to you only....not that I hated U!!!

But after the trip, he actually got the guts to ask for money from me!! Not RM1, not RM10.....but RM360!! I didn't even lended so much money to my good friends b4 & u ask me for THAT MUCH after all that u had said?!! He even begged a little at that time(his phone bill cost RM1400 so he got no money to pay for the safety uniform for our technical labs, its very expensive) After that! I decided that enough was enuf and this 'Declaration Of War' is announced!(with the strong support of Shi Han) NO MORE MR.NICE GUY!! I told him that he won't be getting any money from me from that day on!

Now that its already 2 months, I don't seem to be able to keep up with this hatred...I mean, I can't keep the fire burning after 2 months! Its not easy for me la!...I actually broke the 'Declaration' by talking to him today about our 'physical examination results'(its a machine that can measure our muscles, fats, bone weight, reccomended weight, blabla..I'll tell more bout it in the next blog)....Shi Han was very displeased to see that cos its like I have broken the 'allience' with him or some sort la! So, plz! Can u ppl teach me how to hate someone for a longer time...I know I should be hating him(the kenyan), but I can't keep that up with it! HELP!!

MENN!! KOTEEE!! YAHH!!

2005-07-11T19:31:00.000+09:00

No! What I typed above was not somekind of Jap food or a M'sian bad word or an expression about me being happy....its the yelling that we have to do when hitting someone...the truth is...I just came back from Kendo practice(for those who don't knw thats that, serch in the dict!)....damn tiring!! I can feel that my arm is shaking abit and my head HURTS!!! SHITla that stupid senior!! Hit me so god damn hard....

Ok, now for a little 'jiman'(self expression in English? ahahha) about this Kendo club...nothing much though, the whole point is to beat up your oponent till he becomes stupid or breaking his wrist will do....why? u ask? well...it all about hitting the oponents head, wrist, stomach and neck...sounds dangerous? NAR...it doesn't kill,we have a full body armor...from head to 'brother'....just makes my feet bleed...Shi Han's toe nail to break during practice only la....and getting blue-blacks all around my wrist is just so-so only la....ouch!!

But I can say that training is tough! Practising getting hit sounds stupid(yes! its stupid) but I get to learn when to avoid some hits and when to take some....a sword and a madman charging towards me is not something I can experience everyday....now, I can actually deny my eyes from closing when I see danger coming just after 3 months of Kendo, meaning I can actually see it coming and think! WOW! I'm finally thinking!

Oh ya, the main point of me writting this blog is to complain about todays practice!! I have this 'super powerful head wacking senior' in the club...today when I was practising, I failed to avoid one of his charges, and he banged on me...and being the more 'stable' 1..he fell instead of me....and guess what, during the next few rounds when we had our rematch, DAMN did he wack me with full strengh....so hard I can fell my brains jerking around for a few seconds!! Its a turn based practise so I WASN'T supposed to avoid...so all the aims fell straight on my head!! AR!!! 'Sei guai lei ar...ngo ker thau ng hai thit zhou gar!'(canto)...CURSE HIM!!! DON'T CARE U ARE A SENIOR OR WHAT! WATCH OUT!! I'M GETTING MY PAYBACK!!!

And thats all the nice things I can say about kendo....must bath now...

STAR WARS? OR just the journey of Anakin ?

2005-07-09T21:21:00.000+09:00

Well, finally, I got to watch the final,last,the only one left, part of this show....The graphics was good, no mistake bout that...but the story is somewhat kinda too damn predictable. I mean, WHO on earth dont know who Anakin will turn out to be? Its kinda like a spoiler for a person who have watched those older but 'newer' episodes of star wars 4~6!

The wierd thing is that the other 3 Jap friends who went with me to watch the show actually wanted to watch the show AGAIN!!? I know they sacrifised themselves cos they watched the show in English with just Japanese subtitles...(and not Japanese with Jap subtitles like most normal Japs will do) cos of me...but watch AGAIN!? NO! NO WAY!! 1500yen? NEVER!

Anyhow they told me that the show was very nice except that the English conversation part was too fast for them to catch it...They only part they can catch was the part when Dark Sidious talks...cos he said every word very slowly....For me?...no difference...hahaha

After the movies, a little shopping around for some clothes and junk food for supper....thats how I actually spend my whole Saturday...wasted? I do feel a little. Staying in my hostel room, however isn't any better....not as if I'll do any hmwork...ok bath time...I just came back actually...

Summer holidays - 2 weeks

2005-07-08T17:28:00.000+09:00

Well, another 2 more weeks and my freedom from studies will temporary start....6 weeks of holiday....wonder what shall I do with all those time? 1st, I have my plans to head up to northern Japan, namely called Hokkaido and other popular areas on the way....(ex. Aomori-what Ipoh is to M'sia is what this place is to Japan...beautiful gals!!) Hope that this rumour is true though, been a pure disapointment since I reach the shores of Japan. The only 'commendable' gals only apears on TV, never in real life!

I'm really hoping to improve my sense of directions and 'tour guiding' skills during this coming trip...thanx to a few 'insults'...I don't know nuts bout this few places I'll going, but with another 3 more friends(might be 4) going together, won't feel so lonely even if we're lost in the woods huh? Never been to the woods before since my scouting days back at PFS. Chopping bamboos illegally with the entire patrol....maybe thats how I developed this negative attitude of liking to do things the 'other' way?

Sorry, I'm just crapping now cos its a Friday and I'm just damn bored inside my room...waiting for the rest to be back so can go dinner...haih...

Free Music Downloads!!(This is not a spam)

2005-07-02T00:08:00.000+09:00

Well, this thing all started when I noticed that I still have 50 more inviations for g-mail accounts an it stroke me....why not use 1 of them to upload a few of my favourite songs in one of them, and share it around? With 2GBs of space in a g-mail account, and an average of 5MB per song, 400++ songs could be upaloaded into it with ease....ok, heres the mail account and password:

id name: chongmeng85@gmail.com
pass: plzletmein

just enter and click on the few mails inside, and theres an option to download the songs....every1 who could read this blog have my permission to do whatever you think best to the songs and the mail....except for 2 conditions....
1.Plz don't delete ANY of the songs inside the mail....it makes my life hard ok!
2.Don't use it to suscribe anything....I trust you all with this...

and if you have any nice songs you wanna share, just mail it from another mail to the account above....well, lets hope my 1st 'illegal song sharing' goes well....

What is a Lainie?

2005-06-26T12:36:00.000+09:00

Congratulations Jeremy Cheong, you are...

Lainie Yeoh of tabulas.com/~lainie

You are funny, smart, experimental, sarcastic and artistic. You can be mean and obnoxious if you want to but most the time you're just a soft, romantic and sentimental person. Come to think of it, you are kinda like a durian - hard and thorny on the outside, but soft and sweet (not smelly) on the inside. You're always getting into trouble whether you like it or not. Your friends play a big part in your life and rightfully so because you'll never give up an opportunity to help them out if they ask. You are the life of the party.

Which Malaysian Blogger Are You?

Was just bored and took this reasonless questionare by this 'tak tau malu' creator....but hey! check it out! I din do badly in it......did I? And who the heck is LAINIE??

Amazon.co.jp (The Fun Way To Shop!)

2005-06-26T02:47:00.000+09:00

Can't live without it! Can't live with it! This is my new shopping habit since I reached the shores of Japan....why? Cos this is the only country that requires no credit card when purchasing from some internet sites(in my case Amazon).With just an extra charge of 260yen(RM8?), I get what I want in front of my doorstep in a weeks time from my order....Better than spending almost 2000yen just for the train to Osaka!

Its is my only primary access to English books here without going to big cities and its kinda nice by just clicking on a few buttons and I bought something....As till today, I have already spent about 10k yen worth of books, mostly on novel by Tom Clancy and I'm afriad it might still add up....thats why I can't live with it....scary to be in a situation when the packages arrives but I have no money to pay...don't know what will happen then?

2005-06-22T22:49:00.000+09:00

Me And My New 'BoA' Photo Album!! Bought It From Amazom.com for 3000yen....YEAH!!

Wakayama College.....Paradise In A Nutshell!

2005-06-21T19:54:00.000+09:00

Welcome To Wakayama College Of Technology!

Its Not That Far.....Just 2 Hours Of Bus Ride Away....Sleepy...

This College Has A Tropical Kind Of Landscape,

Lush Greens(Albeit Not Well Kept),

A Wide Variety Of Students....oops! I meant Wildlifes....

And Not Forgetting Their Huge Hostels & School Ground!

Wakayama College Is Situated Inside A 'Kampung'....

With The Front Facing The Mountains....

Back Facing 'Salt Water'....

And Last But Not Least.....A HUGE Nuclear Power Station Nearby!! ARR!!! SCARY!!

Golden Week! (Day 6)(Finale!)

2005-06-17T20:16:00.000+09:00

Well, finally, I have the time and energy left to continue my last and final piece of my past hols(about 1 1/2 months ago dee lo!)Well, crossing my fingers hoping to remember all the important points....so here it goes...

After the entire trip in that awesome aquariun, we decided to take the ferries wheel and also try out the I-Max theater(yes, its also called I-MAX in Japan)....but since the ferries wheel is so jam crowded(45 minutes of wait...wriiten on a board on the entrance) we just decided to head to the I-max instead....I did notice the face of my ex-roomate turn a little black at that time...but, face the fact, he would be going back quite soon(bought tickets dee) so....I-max WE GO!

The tittle we chose was called 'Haunted Castle' costing us 630yen each(RM21? cheap also huh?) When we were lining up, I think we just spoke too much 'non-japanese'...with Me and Randy in English and the rest Mandarin, the ticket collecter asked us if we wanted earphones for the English version, which in my opinion, is so 'Pai Seh' cos I think its sorta like and insult to us la! I mean come on la, if we din ask for it, DONT assume that we can't speak or listen any Japanese words la! Okok, I should thanx their sincerity but so sorry, not my type!

And since I haven't been to the I-max in Times Square(thanks to Daniel who doesn't dare to drive inside KL last the time!), can't really give any comments about it, just that its smaller than what I've imagined(Maybe my expectations are too high about Japan?) The show? Well, a little scary at 1st, but damn boring from the middle onwards...almost fell asleep!

After the 'not so scary' movie, it about time to send Randy of to where he belongs so we decided to have a quick dinner(dont want him to be a hungry ghost!)....no comments about the 'yakiniku'stall(roasted meat) except that the price is kinda expensive la...Then, its BYE! See you again sometime in the future but no so soon ok!(Have to stress again that I'm not gay!)...just joking!

Guess, what, the ferries wheel looks so attractive at night, LETS RIDE ON IT!! Its now a 1 hour wait but, why care? Theres not as if theres a school tomorrow right? The 1 hour wait and 700 yen paid for a 15 minutes ride on the world's biggest ferries wheel is well worth it if its not Fook Hee that is in the same car with me(Shi Han & Miss Ng is in another car)....I'm not saying I hated him or what, just that that type of romantic view should be spent with someone else......someone more special....U GET WHAT I MEAN RIGHT? I was damn embarrased when the person in charge asked us if we wanted to take a pic together(all ppl entering the ferries wheel are entittle to take a pic but you only decide to buy it later) OF course not!!!

That short 15 minutes ended with a 'sigh' "so fast". Entered an amusement park, spend an hour there playing resident evil(I don't think the version is available in M'sia yet)Time for good byes again...since 'U know who' & 'U know who's who' will be going back to their hotel, left me and Fook Hee going back lo...But the best thing happened next!

Fook Hee was hungry so we decided to stop at 1 of the train station to get a snack(In this case, Mcd) We actually saw a singer performing life in front of a bunch of ppl on the streets. I mean she isn't that popular yet, but hell ya! She can sing, while playing the piano and......which singer in Japan isn't either cute or pretty?(She falls in the pretty category!) Din imagine I can ever get to a singer this close(about 3 metres away?) I swore she have at least glanced by me at least once! A theory by Fook Hee at that time was to go and give her something(a flower?a present? anything!) so that she at least knows you before she starts walking the road of fame? Hmm...kinda true also, but sorry, I admit I don't have the guts doing such a thing....U know, I get very nervous when I see really pretty gals....what can I say?

Well, by the time I reached my hostel, its 12.30am dee, too tired to think, just drop down of tiredness. Don't dare to look at my wallet that night, dont know how much spent dee....(later I checked and it was 30,000++yen, WHAT LA WEI! No budget for my summer dee la if this goes on! 30,000++ in 4 days...in RM terms, its like RM800 in 4 days....COOL HUH?) Thats all dee la...promise no more old rotten history dee....can't wait for summer now!

MAYDAY! MAYDAY! Someone call the fire department!

2005-06-13T19:14:00.000+09:00

I interupt the story on my GW to bring you the latest shocking news live from Japan!
No! Its not about a fire, hell, its not even about have anything to do with you all out there....but its a HUGE news! There is something dark in the making! Some fire deep down which is about to erupt at any second....so, if anything bad happends and I can't online again, plz dont forget me ok!

Ok la, its a little exagerated, but these few days, my neighbour, Mr. Shi Han is having a harder and harder time controlling his 'I thought had gone' bad temper. It seems that he gets mad easily at the slightest things most ppl do(especially me) even thought it doesn't concern him or it just a small mistake which even Fook Hee and the others don't care about(so do I!)

He can sometimes not talk to me for a few days(I dont know about the rest of the ppl...) but then out of nowhere, come in my room and started talking to me like normal, just like the Shi Han we all come to knew when he got Miss Soo....then, after that, back to his 'Mr. Supa Serious' than we hoped had gone from him....

I'm guessing maybe the 'Soo Sing' miracle medicine's effectiveness is beginning to dwindle down so the serious part of him is starting emerging....I'm still waiting for a day when he will say "FUCK YOU" to someone like he used to say when he was at the PONR(called point of no return...not PORN!) at PPKTJ...

Ok, some examples of what I did that irritated him:
-I took 2 eggs from my senior from the fridge without asking the pemission of my senior(was cooking and was in need of eggs!) He was there, and gave me that, 'You are a disrespectful good for nothing person and I've regretted knowing you!' face....I admit I was wrong at that time, but I did bought back the eggs from the supermarket ASAP after my lunch on the next day and informed my senior about the 'incident' too...Hell! My senior just said "ooh, really? Never mind,its just eggs, you don't have to ask me" and even wanted me not to repay him which of course I did! And for that incident, 2 days of 'I don't know you' face...haih....

-I washed my shoes and left it to try. Water from my shoes flowed out without me noticing but Shi Han told me bout it....I heard wrongly and thought that the toilet was wet so I checked it up found a small patch of water and cleaned it up(its a toilet! of course theres water!)....later, after 10 minutes, a fierce stare on his face while saying "I never knew you are such a person!!" came....I said sorry soooo many times but he just ignored and took the mop from me to mop it(I wanted to clean it up la!) there goes 3 days.....

-My another neighbour from Kenya did some stupid joke(I think its stupid also)...and Mr Serious said something aggressive and just waliked away.....I can't really catch what he say though.....there goes that guy's friendship with Mr Serious for 2 days...

Now, where did that non-stop talking Shi Han went to? I'm still waiting to see how things will turn up now....he doesn't talk things out so its a HUGE '?' for me on how he thinks bout us ppl now....

But hey! Look at the bright side! It seems that there are actually some really cute gals in my college! Its just that they are 2nd year student so I din notice until last month...FINALLY! Some reason to go to school.....sorry, nothing to do with the main topic but who cares....its still good news right? Chowz!

My personality?

2005-06-09T14:27:00.000+09:00

Global Personality Test Results

Stability (72%) high which suggests you are very relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic..
Orderliness (63%) moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly organized, reliable, neat, and hard working at the expense of flexibility, efficiency, spontaneity, and fun.
Extraversion (49%) medium which suggests you average somewhere in between being assertive and social and being withdrawn and solitary.

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trait snapshot:
clean, organized, regular, self reliant, tough, positive, high self control, very good at saving money, dislikes chaos, resolute, realist, trusting, hard working, dislikes unpredictability, prefers a technical specialized career, not worrying, respects authority, enjoys leadership, finisher, normal, optimistic, controlling, prudent, modest, adventurous, does not like to be alone, intellectual, likes the unknown, very practical, high self esteem, assertive, perfectionist, busy, altruistic

2005-06-02T19:38:00.000+09:00

Something more....cos my camera ran out of battery halfway through...DAMN!

2005-06-02T19:34:00.000+09:00

Brr....COLD!!!

2005-06-02T17:53:00.000+09:00

The so called biggest ferries wheel in the world...pity 'those' who missed it!

2005-06-02T17:47:00.000+09:00

The biggest tank in the whole aquarium....take note of the whale shark in the background!

2005-06-02T17:46:00.000+09:00

The 'sardins' who were there at that time....colourful aren't they?

Golden Week! (Day 6)(1st half)

2005-05-30T15:44:00.000+09:00

Sorry, but this final part of my GW blog will be 'abit' long!

This was the best day of all the days in Osaka dee....not only did I get to FRESH new places in Osaka, Randy is, FINALLY going back to where he belongs....hahaha(just joking, dont take it so personally!) Well, today, Me, Randy, Fook Hee, Shi Han & Miss Soo was supposed to meet up with Ghai Leong and some of the other Malays ppl from PPKTJ but Ghai Leong already had another plan set up(which is to walk around Osaka town.....sorry, can't do it anymore....tooo tired of the place dee) so we all ended up going to our seperate places.

First thing, to the Food Exhibition we go....No wait! We dont have time because we wanted to go to the Osaka Aquarium also so we had to forgo that...haih....but look at the bright side, wont be complaning bout eating too much while I'm at Osaka(always does happen). When we reached the aquarium, the first fish I saw was no other than "sardin" fishes packed up in a single place. No I'm no refering to real fishes, its our own species, the human kind, packed in a place a size of 3/4 of a football field. With so many different ppl wanting to see those lucky fishes, It took aproxmianately 1 hour of quing before I could even enter the ticketing area. Fortunately, this aquarium is so huge(unlike the money wasting, boring, soo puny Langkawi's aquarium!) it could practically fill the millions eager to pay 2000yen for an entry ticket!

During the queue, we actually saw 3 Malay girls(I think they are Malays though) with 2 wearing headskarfs we typically see in M'sia. What a feeling! Were like, "War! Kawan....M'sians....Ohana(family in Hawaian)". Everyone was damn eager to talk to them but none seems to have the 'guts' to break the ice...yes! Evan Randy or me....maybe its because of the scorching sun burning any mood we have left to talk. So there goes Ohana.....sayonara

Back to my topic.....I was kinda heartached to pay 2000 yen just to watch fishes swim in the beginning. What happens if its the same shit like what I wasted in Langkawi? However, I think I can trust the millions who are eager(the look on their faces) to.... So I reluctlantly paid my share and in I go.....ok, we were greeted by the workers with their all so pretentious smile with a loud "Konichiwa" which I think they must have repeated for like millions of time until they could have a nightmare by just thinking about it. We then boarded an escalator which brought us to the 5th floor of the aquarium. The journey itself took like a minute but since we could see the sea from there, there goes us happy snapping pics as if we havent seen the sea before (Well, kinda true though, Nara has got no sea around it and I havent seen any since I left Penang!)

The 1st part was the Japanese forest, with a boast of flora and founa from Japan's forest. Nothing special though, but I like the concept of putting a forest inside a building and the trees are still triving! Then from the here till the end, it was fun! A whole network of aquariums joined together to form a really huge 1! There, it was displayed a whole variety of fishes and sea creatures from all over the ocean. From the common fishes in our M'sian markets till a Whale Shark! (For those who are intellectually not so informed, the whale shark is the largest FISH in the world, with the 1 displayed about 40 feet long) If u wonder how can such a huge fish survive inside a tank, wait till u see the tank! Its like a whole building by itself. How nice was it to see fishes that size swim around with peace and freedom unlike Langkawi!!!(Terrible! Just Terrible!) There were also those entertaining animals such as the dolphin and penguin. They grabbed the most attentions with their funny attics which the kids just can't stop yelling when they see 1. Oh ya, the tempereture and humidity differs from parts to parts of the aquarium so we visitors could feel the real thing too! Cool!(Thats why Fook Hee complained hot when we were at the Pacific Ocean and cold when we were at the Antarica....I think he din noticed it...)

I would like to further describe about this aquarium but 3 hours of new experience is hard for me to explain in a 'short' blog....wait till anyone of u readers are here in Osaka, check it out yourself!(call me too if u dont mind some noise!)

Golden Week! (Day 5)

2005-05-28T14:41:00.000+09:00

Well, no more temples for today! Went out to the northern part Osaka to show Randy around this so called American Village and also the all so famous ferries wheel situated on top of a shopping complex. The northern Osaka is packed with more high rise and high 'price' shops compared to the southern part which is (of course) more suitable for ppl like me but what the hell, just walking aound wont burn my pocket right(I'll regret it later!)

Since the JR incident also happened near this area, most of the trains now run at a slower pace which caused a slight commotion when our express train was 7 minutes late (which is too much for a Japanese) I can hear the train driver saying sorry non-stop with all those 'ultra' polite Japanese for the next few minutes while some passangers started looking worried as if something bad had just hapened.

Lucky, nothing happened so we just preceed to the shopping malls to check out some of the latest Japanese fashions . As we entered a 'cool' looking shop selling nice jeans and shirt to check it out, I noticed a nice pair of jeans but as a 'normal' college student, a pair of jeans costing RM700 is not a good bargain rite? We left that shop immediately while commenting that even thougt jeans sold in Tough(Times Square,KL) is only half that price, we already complained, but now this! Unexceptable! We then decided to just skip all the shops to head for the ferries wheel instead....

However, just like what written on a fortune paper(do u call it that?) I took from the Nara temple's saying that luck will be with me whenever I go out, It actually happened! I got 20 tokens from a amusement centre for free without even knowing the reason! Well, I divided it, and we played black jack(yes, its like a gambling centre but using tokens instead of cash). Luck struck me again as I actually won 5 more tokens from the machine while Randy is left with only 5.....but since we used up just too much time playing it, we decided to just find a machine that has the highest chances of losing and poured our entire 'fortune' back inside it.....well there goes my 15 tokes....When we left the amusement park, I noticed that its already 5.30pm(means we are inside there for 3 hours! My god!) wanted to ride the ferries wheel but I got a sudden phone call from Shi Han asking us to meet up with him at Osaka Temple because Soo Sing also wanted to meet us.

Without further delay, we decided to skip the ferries wheel ride and just head out to )the castle which Randy blamed me for not telling him about.(I find it boring the last time so....) By the time we got there, its already sunset but there are still a few 'lost' ppl who is just about to enter the place(which sad to say was 1 of us).....rushed inside, took some pictures, said some stupid things and got laughed the whole night.....Then back to Osaka city we go....

This time, its the southern region because Miss Soo wants to have a look around that area(which Fook Hee said a few days earlier that he will vomit if he goes there AGAIN!)....We walked around this place called Namba searching for the most popular food in Osaka, Okonomiyaki. Its a piece of fried meat/fish/noodles which is made like a shape of a square omellete. We were lost on which shop to choose so we decided to let the 'guess of honour' to dicide and guess what, he chose a stall so packed, there is like 15 ppl queing for it. After just 5 minutes, everyone's face turned black so I decided to search for another shop which has less ppl. My hard work paid out so I asked all of those 'charcoal' face ppl to follow me to that shop I just found.

Things brighten up alot when we ordered our food and started planning for the trip the next day. Food came kinda slow(but we din really notice though...was bz talking) but It was indeed unique. Servered on the frying pan fixed to our table, the okonomiyaki was szilling all the way till the last bite....3 of us said that it was nice but Randy said it doesn't suite his taste so there goes 1 unhappy 'guess of honuor'. We actually passed through the same stall which we waited for an hour ago and guess what! There is still like 10 ppl waiting for it! Then Randy was like,"See, I know this shop is nicer! there is so many ppl queing up for it!" I had nothing to say at that moment except that If we had qued for it....it will be 11pm before we can start eating!

After another entire day of going around places, back to the hostel we go again, I accidentally broke my bicycle's light when I went down a slope too fast and the light just flew off! DAMN! After that, the typical routine of climbing the fence, walking quickly towards my room and the whole nite chat which lasted much longer this time with Fook Hee eager to know what we have done...Shi Han didn't come back with us as he was bz doing God knows what in Osaka with Soo Sing.... =>

Golden Week! (Day 4)

2005-05-28T13:40:00.000+09:00

Holy! Holy! That was my theme for the second day of the golden week....I can't think of a better explantion on why I used an entire day visiting Nara Garden which I have just been 3 days earlier with my friends here. An entire day spent visiting temples after temples was just what I did not have in mind lo....but as a host, all the wishes of the guest must be obeyed I guess? The original plan was that we are only HOLY until around 4pm and then we 'would' head east to Osaka for a food exabition held over there, but what can I say? God wanted us to stay longer at their temples so I gladly obeyed!

Nara Garden is only 10 minutes train away from my place. Its an old place but well kept (from us M'sians) and is the safest place in the whole world I think. This place have tons of temples and more temples which comes in all sizes and shapes. The biggest Buddha statue in Japan is also situated here(why do I always stay in a place near huge Buddhist statues? Kek Lok Si's "Quan Yin" and now this?). Maybe I should start saying that I'm fortunate because I did actually witness alot of young tourist around this area so its a 'happening' place right? About the safest place in the world, I said this because there is a deer garden inside this area where all the deers and bunnies are free to roam around even though the main road is just next to the place. Ppl around here are so law abiding, they actually slow down when they past this area even though its a main road as not to hit those happy go luck deers who can cross the road as many times as they wish without getting killed. Where else can I find such a place?

Well, since I dont fancy temples that much, what can I say? Today was more like helping Randy record his 'nonsense' crap while once again proving to the Japanese that I am(at least still) religious? Arr.....I'm just bored!

Golden Week! (Day 3)

2005-05-24T19:33:00.000+09:00

Well, this Golden Week is actuaLly almost 3 weeks ago but since I'm just to lazy to type at that time, I'll just type it before I completely forget about it. Well, this blog should start like this:

LONG-LONG TIME AGO IN A PLACE FAR-FAR AWAY CALLED NARA, (plz play the Star Wars song!) THERE CAME THE MOST TREACHEROUS EVIL MONSTER THE WORLD HAVE YET TO DISCOVER. TORTURING HIS VICTIMS WITH HIS 'CRAPPING' SKILLS TILL THEY LAUGH TO DEATH, IT WAS BY FAR THE MOST FEARED CREATURE IN THIS GALAXY..........

"Har! You are coming to may place this GW (golden week)? dee arr? Why so fast 1? Bored of Tokyo dee mer?". "Don't tell me you miss me dee lor?!!! I'm not gay ok! I like girls only!"
That was the 1st reaction I had when I knew my former roomie, Ah Huat (its your name right Randy?) is coming all the way down south from his college in Kisarazu....I was kinda shocked! What is he thinking? Everyone here on the southern region, including my senpai and 'Lau Ta' is going up to tokyo to meet up with the rest of the ex-PPKTJ during the 1 weeks break while this fella wanna come down here pula? Mad arr u!

Well, after informing my seniors and the other 2 M'sian kawan about him staying in my room illegally for the next 3 days, I made some contacts with Ghai Leong and Naim to meet up during the same time Randy arrives but by God's willing, he would have us go on seperate ways on that day...(will explain below) Soo Sing will also be with us to travel around Osaka but since her college is too far to travel back everyday, Shi Han has reserved a hotel room for the two of them for 3 days consequtively.....what they wanna do has nothing to do with me though....

On the day my roomie arrives, Fook Hee and me were there to greet him from a station called 'Namba' while Shi Han was out to Suzuka looking for a date with u know who la....I was kinda shocked that Randy took a shinkansen(bullet train) to Osaka since it was so damn expansive, however, it seems that he is now a huge spender so he says he dont mind spending a 'little'(13000yen!) on a faster transportation. Well, since that day was raining, we couldn't go anywhere much so we just ate lunch at a fast japanese food restaurant and get my ipod photo fixed because of lousy speakers .....showed him around downtown Osaka which he claimed is boring because its the same with Tokyo. After that, I actually found the best 'Takoyaki'(fried octupus balls) which is so well hidden inside rows and rows of buildings. It was undeniable that its the best I've ever tried till today so I've wowed to go back there for more next time! However, this roomate of mine seems to still hate Jap food so after Fook & me finished our 'appetizer' we ended up in a restaurant no 1 on this world wouldn't know, MCDonalds! What else? Its actually my 1st time also so, okla....go and have a try la! MCD here is a little different from M'sia in choices in the menu. We can chose either salad, nuggets or fries in our MCvalue set instead of just fries ....which I think is a good news for those dieters out there!

Well, after eating, we just headed back to my hostel where we sneaked in from the side gate to avoid detection. Climed the fence as usual, and walked quickly towards my room to avoid being notice(theres actually not even a soul at that time but just wanna make sure!)....well, after getting to know my seniors, we just spent the rest of the night(or should I say morning?) chatting in front of the TV room trying to catch any lost or left out information since the morning we left Tokyo while eating ramen for supper, din last long though, were all soo tired that we just went back to our rooms an hour after that......ok, day 3 of my GW is done! (note that there is no day 1 and 2 as GW starts on friday and this blog is wriiten on that Sunday)