• New Year in Melaka

Sorry I’ve been away as I am in the festive mood
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OK….The new year holidays has finally ended. What more didn’t get to climb Bukit Tabur as planned (Sobs, T_T ) . Well, due to other plans I forfeited this plan. Well, why climb when one can enjoy eating and eating at houses during these festive seasons. It’s one of those special food and eat eat days. Well yeah…

Anyway, so what did most families do on the eve of the Lunar New Year?? Most of them go back to their hometown to have their festive get together dinner. Well, to me though, it’s totally different, as my hometown people are disperse since the passing away of both my grandparents at my mom and dad’s side. But anyway, that’s beside the question. Just a brief introduction for people who doesn’t know the meaning of the eve of Chinese New Year.

Being the Year of the Pig (Boar), what more way to celebrate than to have eat. Ha Ha… Well, so on my way to Melaka or Malacca, the once famous city port during historical times. Well, my dad’s from Melaka if you’re wondering. So, all the way there, visiting relatives and friends.

Well, it was a long long journey as expected. Traffic jam resulted going out to Port Dickson toll. Arghhh… the agony of being stuck in a road of about only 200 meters in like 1 hour all because everyones cramping into one lane for the Touch N’ Go toll booth. OK, calm down, enough ranting..

Well, I went shooting (pics) and it was a frenzy. Being like in touch with my artistic side. (Well I used to not know about the wonders of photos). Talking about Melaka somehow reminded me of my first ever post on my blog. Well it was a talk on some serious matter. Can be viewed here.

But then why divert the attention. Chinese New Year spirit somehow seems much livelier when you’re back in your own hometown.

Well, with more lanterns, ang pow packets and the people here are more welcome to visitors than my place in KL. I wonder why? Must be the upbringing or the ever hectic life in Kuala Lumpur that people seems to ignore each another and hardly meet each another unless it’s for business. Well, for starters, make friends people. Make friends. That’s how the world should be actually.

Ha ha ha… suddenly the ang paos I received this year seems lesser than last time. Maybe coz I’ve grown up and people are aging…well you know. What more, the ever annoying thing comes every Chinese New Year once you’re over 20.

“Hey, danielctw…. where’s your girlfriend ar???”
or
“danielctw, you not young anymore, fast fast find girlfriend”

This is not like once or twice. It’s kinda frequent whenever it’s a Chinese New Year. Okay, maybe because I am kinda choosy and such, but then why the heck almost the same question every year???? Sometimes I give up but then knowingly, I grew accustom to it.

I’ll just say,

“Oh too many girlfriends, I don’t know which one to choose =P “. (ya…rite… - some of you might be thinking)

Well how else could I say it then. Well, shoot me for being not creative at all. Anyway what about this year. Year of The Pig means more food and more lazy (haha… just thought that up) so what about some “ba kua“. Well here’s a picture of it, if you don’t know what it is. Have a look up at wikipedia.

Delicious looking. But not for those people who are strictly on the halal side. Hehehe….
There are many more food I can describe like Pon Teh, Dodol, Wajid, Itik Tim which are all nyonya food that I ate in my trip to Melaka. Well, it’s a priviledge to come from a baba nyonya family. You get to enjoy these kind of food which one might never even heard of it especially town folks.. (Haha.. no offense)

The trip wasn’t as long as expected. But imagined visiting like 5 houses in a day. The life of a kampung with chickens, ducks, dog, geese… such life. So I reached back home like 2am in the morning and guessed what I was found. My burnt AMD Processor… haha…

What an amazing sight. Heh

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• CNY 2007 Plans

Happy Chinese New Year to all Readers and Bloggers
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Hi there…been busy lately with the coming CNY on the calendar…Hey wait…CNY (Chinese New Year) is today….

Gong Xi Gong Xi Fa Cai…
Wan Shi Ru Yi
Xin Nian Quai Le
Hung Pao Na Lai XD

Looks like the new year is here (Well Lunar New Year) and time to get more food to eat. The char siew, siew yoke, mandarin orange, ang pows, etc. Well minus the fact that there are many like up and coming young kids singing chinese year songs which sometimes kinda irritates me.

Anyway, been busy playing with my camera shots and a tad bit of Adobe Photoshop CS. (Couldn’t get hold of CS2). Well, remember the shots of Bukit Tabur, so I took a few shots of how it would look like if taken from a lower land. Well, so here I am taking the shots.

The quartz hill Bukit Tabur

A picture of Bukit Tabur with partial trees

I then thought, how should I celebrate my new year after the visitations and stuff..Hmm.. how about another climb up Bukit Tabur. Not a bad idea though.

Then it wasn’t always easy to gather people for this kind of activities with most town people either not up to it cause they’re busy shopping or more into the city lifestyle of clubbing, and ‘wetting’ around. HAHAHA… Well, it’s really hard to find someone who can do with me all these activities. It’s hard I tell you…really really hard. But what can I do? I am not a superman.

So all boils back to going back to being the boring me, according to someone who said I was boring cause I dun go clubs, discos, I wonder….if I do dive and climb, am I considered boring???

OMGosh….kns….I dunno how to put it into words..
But then that’s just me. And people have their own opinions as to what is the in thing. Sorry not all things are everyone’s cup of tea. (I prefer my coffee though, black)

Ya… going back to Melaka tomorrow. So more pictures for me to capture with my crappy, lousy Casio Exilim camera Z750. Now somehow I wished I could have owned a DSLR camera. Prices drops too fast. But well, you paid for it, you get what you paid for.

Since I’ll be going off to Melaka (Malacca) for tomorrow, seriously people thought maybe for a few days I’ll be there. Well, not exactly, it’s more like a one day trip there. Well how could I leave my super extremely loyal dog at home, fending all by himself and waiting for their owners to come back to feed him. Poor Joji if really no one ever feed him for a day.

Just how can I abandon a dog with a heroic history. Love ya Joji…(Well this Joji isn’t another joji which someone knew). =P

Well, speaking of Joji, my half bred shih tzu, decided to get some photos for him for my pet collection photos. So why not? Just shoot away…hahaha…

Just look at the King Of the Pillar

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• CNY MTV Special

Chinese New Year is here
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Finally Chinese New Year spirit is here, so I decided to go through YouTube for some Chinese New Year mtv. Though browsing through, I found one which I prefer and funny. Haha…U got to see it for yourself though …

Chinese New Year Dance….. the spirit is there.

Have fun and try to do something similar to this HAHA

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• Sleepy Job

Zzzzzzzz….
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Woo…darn tired these few days. Been sleeping and eating and going out with spending very little. Darn still haven’t got my DDR Memory Module and my DVD-RW burner. Looks like all the stock is finished due to the coming Lunar New Year. Well, Low Yat Plaza seems to be out of stock during this time due to the importers on holiday. T_T

Another Monday in the office, after lunch was kinda tired. Then suddenly didn’t realised I was sleeping on my desk for nearly half an hour. Oh my….Well, tiredness took it’s toll on me. Was thinking of getting some pictures later, so might as well rant something here before I get myself sleepy again. Work for today have to be done too…..

So with all the eating & sleeping & ‘drinking’, I guessed I can start to put on weight again. HAHAHA… Ok , got to clear off my work issues first. Adious

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• Just Be Me

OMGROFLMAOWTFBBQ
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Seems like CNY is coming, moreover some people though look forward to Valentine’s Day. Well, another V-Day for me is just like any other day. I just don’t have that feel for Valentine’s Day, why do only people so cherish their loved one and flower them with many gifts during this so called special day? Hehehe…. it’s kinda weird actually.

But nevertheless, sometimes is good to remind couples that they have each other to look out for and what more but a special day for them to like pamper each another.

Somehow I don’t look at V-Day as somewhat special coz I’ve got no holiday on that day. Now Chinese / Lunar New Year. Now that is one day I’ll look forward to. It’s a week’s leave from work. So to all the readers who acknowledges this day, A Happy Chinese New Year to all of you. Gong Xi Fa Cai, Wan Shi Ru Yi. Xin Nian Quai Le

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