2010 New Year Resolution

Alright, keep it simple; this is my new year resolution :

• Reach my savings up to RM xx (the figure is in my mind).
• Diversify my investment
• Polish my diving skill until I can dive confidently
• Do more exercise
• Go travel with Danny
• (this one cannot reveal now)

New Toys to Mark a New Year

I am surprised by myself when I realize I have been using the same handphone for 3 years. Actually I still don't feel like changing one until boh-bien my hp can't even serve its purpose of being a handphone - which is to receive and make call; thus I have no choice but with great sorrow to certify its' death.

So here's my choice after few sleepless night, seriously, I have been thinking soooooo long to decide which phone I wanna buy. Haha. I know, damn aunty la me..

So, as a result.... from this -->

to this --->

TA-DA !!!!!!

A juicy apple indeed

Hehe, so far I'm very happy with this my new toy. It's more than a phone and I can't take my eyes and hands off it since the day one I bought it until now; especially the instant uploading of photos to facebook as well as the gamesssssss!! Love it.

Besides a new hp, I also got a new netbook!! Hohoho, it's a HP mini! It's so cool and portable, best match with itune to download apps to my iphone, hahahaha; and the best thing of it? It's FREE! It's a complimentary gift from TM as I sign up the Streamyx 1MB for 2 years. Hohoho, I'm such a smart consumer isn't it? Hmmm, well, actually it's Danny because he is the one subsribe this package. :P

Things I Have Done in Year 2009

Year 2009 has been an eventful year to me, in a positive way compare to 2008.

Me and Danny become an item since the early of 2009. It's true that maintaning a relationship is not any easier than getting into it. We had a lot of conflict initially, then we quarrelled, we shouted, we wanted to split.. and eventually we make up again and again... Honestly I'm quite pessimistic when dealing with relationship mainly due to the past experience; I easily wanted to end it instead of mend it. But everytime we reconcile after the quarrel, I can feel that we have a stonger bonding and we actually understand each other more and more. It's been almost a year we are together, nobody can predict what will happen to us in future, but I just hope that no matter what happen, that we can walk through the roadblocks hand in hand together.

Danny and I brought Goppy home from a petshop in April. See the picture below how much he has grew from a petite puppy to a full-grown dog. He brighthen up my day when he welcome us home with his mad wagging tail, despite the mess he did in the house. Anyhow you just can't deny he is such a lovely cutie pie.

This year, I have travelled to a lot of places, be it domestic or oversea - Bali, Singapore, Sabah, Langkawi, Lang Tengah, Cameron Highland, Kuala Kubu Bahru.... The Bali trip was a great trip with great people; although we were a bit overwhelmed by all the temples visit, but the scenary is just so picturesque and I miss the seafood dinner on Jimbaran Bay so much! Moreover me and Danny tried surfing for the first time in our life, and no doubt it's such a BIG FUN!! Who cares the sunburnt. :D

Then I went to Singapore for the CATS musical play. Love it to bits and enjoyed myself very much in the shopping spree with my besties - Eunice and Lily. I also went to Kota Kinabalu for this really memorable trip to climb the Mount Kinabalu! It's a superb experience, nothing can beat this sense of achievement when I reach the peak after the 2 days hiking. I was almost killed by the exhausted journey but I kinda miss it now. Hahaha. Besides, I tried white water rafting for the first time too in Kuala Kubu Bahru and I have to say I had a lot of fun and love it.

I went to Lang Tengah with Danny in Octber to get our diving license; which is another highlight of year 2009. The diving seems like a piece of cake for Danny but not for me. I'm too nervous everytime I started to sink from the water surface and I just can't remember all the procedures I ought to do. Argh~~ I have to polish my diving skill before I can dive with confidence to Sipadan in August 2010. Already plan one to Lang Tengah again in the coming March with the peeps in my office. :D:D:D.

Imagine a family trip with over 40 people. We did tha for our Langkawi trip in July! Haha, isn't it kua jeong? Nearly can occupy the whole flight. We went island hopping, eagle feeding, shop for cheap choc and booze, took the cable car which gives us breathtaking view of the island. It was a great trip indeed especially I love seeing the kids having fun.

Well, life is full with ups and downs. There are bad things happened, my grandmother passed away in December, guess she is relief from her sickness and at a better place now. Then I got the pay cut in year 2009 which bring a drastic impact to me. I was struggling so much to clear my debt which mostly contributed for my house renovation n furniture n electrical appliance. Luckily, I'm glad that I have settled most of the debts and looking forward for a better year with less financial burden. :D:D:D

Jean's first Ballet Performance on Stage

Jean started learning ballet since young, well, not to say she is old now, but she is going to sit for her Royal Academy of Ballet examination soon. I always wanted to see how's the dancing of my lovely niece, thus I tag along Danny to this ballet performance which was host by her ballet academy when my sister told me about it.

It's Jean's first time perform on stage but she did it so well without any sign of stage fright, I feel so proud of her. There are over 10 dances on that night and Jean was only to perform one of the dance, I didn't take the photo of the rest of the perfomance but it was a great show, the swan lake performed by the twins has touched my heart and I bet their parents must be proud of them.

童言

轩 ：妈咪，我不想长大。
轩妈咪 ：为什么？
轩 ：因为长大了会变老，然后会死。。然后死了会像婆太这样给很多沙盖着埋在地下。。我很怕。。

。。。。。

一段和五岁小孩的对话，却是那么的沉重。。虽说生老病死乃是人生必经之路，但是有多少人真的可以坦然面对之呢？

R.I.P Po Po

Finally, Po Po has passed away this morning. When I received the call from sister, I felt rather relieved for Po Po actually. It's a torture for her to suffer anymore pain at her age before she can leave us behind. I guess she is now having fun with her old buddies in the heaven with Gong Gong beside her. Perhaps my mum is there with her too.

R.I.P. Po Po.

Po Po

I was thinking to go back Seremban to visit popo on the coming Sunday; but I received a call from sis this morning while I was still sleeping, she told me to go back right away else it will be too late.

While on my way back to Seremban, I can't help but I recall the day my mum passed away. The same thing happened on that day - sis woke me up with a call in the morning then I rushed back home but it was too late and all I saw is my mum in the coffin..... I should have go back home more often while my parents still alive. I really should have.... Regret, but what's the point? why we human being will only aware the essential thing in our life until it reach the point of no return, and then regret it for life, regret, yeah, so?

Then I reached the hospital and saw popo lying on bed. She has to rely on the medical equipment for breathing. I know it must be not easy for her. I hate going to hospital, it makes me realize how fragile life is, and makes me feel helpless...

Popo still at the hospital. All my maternal relatives are rushing back to Seremban to visit her and, I hate to say so, but we are ready for the worst. There is nothing we can do now, all I wish is God please have mercy on her.

Things I WANTED to do in Year 2009

It has became a ritual for me to review my past year resolution when a new year is around the corner. Here is what I wanted to do in year 2009, let see how much have I achieved.

http://kaokei.blogspot.com/2009/01/2009-new-year-resolution.html

Be debt free. Spend wisely.

• Hmm, this is quite subjective. But I think I have changed quite a lot in my spending habit and I have settled my personal loan!! Seriously I am very happy with it and consider it my biggest achievement in year 2009!! Now I can have a clean start for 2010. Woohoo..
• Result = Pass

Read more non-fiction, motivation book for personal development.

• A BIG FAILED. The only non-fiction book I've read for the past year is Malcolm Gladwell's Blink; which took me months to finish and worse I still can't digest well what is this book trying to tell; at the end I still couldn't master the power of thinking without thinking! Hah! I think I better switch back to my fiction book reading.
• Result = Fail

Make exercise a habit.

• Yeah, I manage to make exercise a habit. Thanks to the gym room and swimming pool of my condo. However, I still gained weight due to .. what else?.. eating a lot... sigh~
• Result = 50%

Be more health conscious.

• Me and Danny cook quite often and I assume that is the biggest stake holder in one's healthy lifestyle. :).
• Result = Pass

Get rid of skin sensitivity.

• Phew~ Now when I'm reading my 2009 new year resolution I realize I used to have a terrible skin condition. Thanks God it has improved a lot, above all the rashes are gone. I'm glad that the big bucks I spent in my facial does not go to waste. Perhaps the healthy lifestyle helps too. ^_^
• Result = Pass

Be more detailed and organized in work.

• Hmmmm... still lot of room for improvement.
• Result = 50%

Sit for the exam of saxophone.

• Aiks, I've stopped my saxophone class since early of the year, let alone taking the exam. Stopped the class due to financial problem, undeniable the pay cut has brought some impact to my life which I have to sacrifice some of my spending and saxophone class is in the list.
• Result = Fail

To keep my house clean and tidy.

• I put in lots of effort to keep my house clean and tidy, but Goppy always mess it up with his toys and footprints seconds after I sweep and mop the floor. Anyway, I think I did it quite well, although the neat freak Danny might not agree with me , keke... well, will improve...
• Result = 50%

More charity work and donation to help people in need.

• Again, due to the paycut, I couldn't increase my monthly amount for the auto debit donation. :(
• Result = Fail

Improve my english.

• hmmmm... I don't even blog that often anymore; shall blame the facebook, don't you agree it's much more convenient to upload photo or status in the facebook rather than blog about it... reading? lesser too.. argh, what's wrong with me.
• Result = Fail

To be a more homey person.

• YES!! I officially declare myself a homey person now. :D
• Result = Pass

Climb the mount Kinabalu.

• The proof. *proud
• Result = Pass

Learn up a new talent.

• Erh, is puppysitting and diving a talent? And I won a runner up in a pool competition, does that count too? Hehe, I guess not...
• Result = Fail

A Zoo Day Out

It's a school holiday, and my siblings decided to bring their kids to the Zoo Melaka for a lawatan sambil belajar (omg, I can't believe I'm using such an old school term :p)!!

I can't recall when was my last time visiting a zoo, and I don't think I will purposely go to Melaka for it's zoo if not with my nephews and nieces :D. No doubt the kids love it to bits; in fact I love zoo too and it double the fun and excitement when I do it with the kids; despite the weather is damn hot and I nearly got a heat stroke. Argh, we didn't aware that the Zoo Melaka opens at night, else we should've come at night.

Can see the kids really enjoyed themselves very much. ^^

*roar

It's Melman

And hi there, Marty!

The iguana that freaks the kids out :D

After the zoo-ing, all of us adult beh tahan and went to Mahkota Parade solely for the purpose of its air-cond.. :D... There we spotted the large field in front of Dataran Melaka. The kids doesn't need a see-saw to turn a field into a playground, they had enough fun by just running around the empty field. Apprently they are easy to please. :)

I really love this pic; especially the facial expression. So joyful!

After laze away the day in the mall, it's dinner time and we went to the Melaka Raya to hunt for the famous Nyonya cuisine. Yummeh!!! I love Nyonya cuisine... After the dinner, then it's the adult's happy hour for the shopping spree at the Jonker street. But of course the kids gotta enjoy as well since their parents will never miss out buying them toys :). I got myself some magnets and a straw hat for only RM11!! wooohooo!! who cares when will I get the chance to wear it. Haha.. Then we call it a day after the Jonker shopping. As usual, family day out always have plenty of fun! ^^

What am I listening

This is nice!

And the album cover is so cute I want to post it here. Now I got this plus the previous post of Sesame Street, aw~~ my blog is just so cute and colourful now~~ I likey!

It's Sesame Street 40th Birthday ^_^

Aw~~ my blog is so cute today~~ I likey ..^_^

Do you feel great about yourself?

It might be a bad idea to reveal much about one's job in his or her own blog, but I can't comes out anything else to blog without flushing out this thought from my mind which I was lingering about since quite a while ago.

I'm dejected. Is that just me (probably not) or the morale is pretty low in the office. I guess it's not solely the paycut which contributes this, but also the "culture". I don't find myself learning nor motivated, the workload is surprisingly light and relax, you can easily spot it by seeing how active I am in facebook. ;)

However, thanks to the "Work Life Balance Policy", I am enjoying my life pretty much, I have plenty of time for myself, but why am I still feeling down? I feel like there is something missing in my life and I don't feel great about myself anymore.

One told me life is not all about work, yes, I am absolutely agree. But on the other hand, I think a life without a job which offer u the sense of achievement is just incomplete (perhaps it's different for someone with family).

Hibernate

My dear blog, sorry for abandone you for so long. Argh~~ I just dunno how to activate the blogging mode again. I should have blog about my first diving experience but the excitement has far gone and I just don't feel like blogging it anymore. I guess it's the year end and my mind has hibernated to prepare for the closure as well. :P

Tammy D' Diver

Muahahaha, I am back from Lang Tengah with my diving certification!!! I tell you, the underwater world is damn AWESOME!! But sorry no underwater photo this time since I was just learning and I didn't want to distract myself with my camera. I just can't wait for my next diving trip.

Stay tuned for more about my diving trip!

Bagan Lalang Beach @ Sepang Goldcoast

It was a long weekend due to the Hari Raya holiday. Danny and I decided to go to the Bagan Lalang beach to escape from the concrete jungle. It was less than an hour drive from Puchong and we reached our destination about 3pm. It was pouring in the morning, thus it's not too hot and just perfect for a kickabout on the beach.

Bagan Lalang beach is more known as Sepang Goldcoast to public which is the name of the development of the luxury villa that line the beach. The development is still under construction and that makes the beach YET TO BE commercialized and polluted. It is indeed a nice and clean beach.

That's the Sepang Goldcoast water chalet in sight

The beach was crowded on this day. It was during the ebb tide and most of the people were playing kites on the beach instead of swimming. Apart from that, some were having picnic and BBQ, and even parachute! After a long walk on the beach, me and Danny bought Ramli burgers and enjoy it under the colourful-kite-filled sky. It's just so relaxing, and nom nom nom nom....

Kites kites everywhere


and parachute a bigger kite :P

On cloud nine

"The sea was at low tide, just keep walking."

The white sandy beach

After that, we drove to another side of the beach which having some floating atap houses designated for the fishing-goers; and it was another distinguished scene; rather than merry and with loads of laughter, this side of the beach is tranquil and serene. We sat there and doing nothing except watching the tide rising. Aaahhh~~ I felt so great spending a quality time as such. bliss~~

peaceful~

sssshhhhh~~~

The tide was rising pretty fast

^^

There we laze away the days on the beach until our stomach call for the food. Since we have no idea where to go for dinner, we just follow the GPS to a seafood restaurant which is about 10+ km away and located in Lukut. Along the way, we saw a lot of dragon fruit orchards. The dragon fruit plant is so strange looking just like the fruit itself, we bought some and it's really sweet, even Goppy loves it. :)

The infant dragon fruit

After driving on some real narrow road lined by palm oil tree and nothing else, we finally reached that seafood restaurant which is out of no where, however, despites its remote location, there are lots of cars parking outside the restaurant, apparently it is quite a famous restaurant. Again, the GPS did a good deed for us.

What can I say more, the seafood dinner was superb, best served with chilled booze. I miss the bamboo clam which sized like a big fat finger, and the fried sotong which is so crispy and juicy, then the prawn so fresh and nicely cook, and the fried oyster too which we can't finish and gotta pack home for breakfast the next day. :D... We reached home about 9pm and Goppy welcome us with his mad tail wagging, that completes my day :D

Bye Bye 蠟筆小新

从Xavier那里得知蠟筆小新的作者臼井儀人日前墮崖身亡了，这简直是晴天霹雳。。 我还记得，中学时的我总喜欢买蠟筆小新的漫画来看，那时候的我，零用钱不多，买一本漫画对我而言简直是一种奢侈，所以我也不常买，同一本也会看上好几遍。。。那时的我很羡慕我表哥总是经常买上最新一期的蠟筆小新，因此凡是我到访他的家，我就会翻出他的收藏来看。。。后来出来社会工作了，反而没有了那股买一本蠟筆小新的童真。。

唉，臼井儀人去世了，从此也没有新的蠟筆小新出版了，感觉好像被剥夺了一颗赤子之心。。小叮当已离开我们甚久，现在蠟筆小新也已逝去，顿然倍感一股空虚。。

安息吧，臼井儀人。。 感谢你曾为我的童年带来欢乐。。

Taman Pertanian cycling trip ended up in Pulau Ketam with seafood

7 of us planned to go for cycling at Bukit Cahaya on Saturday morning. Ken has asked me many times before whether the Bukit Cahaya will open on Saturday since it is a Hari Raya eve, but I told him there is no celebration for Muslim on Hari Raya eve as we do. Anyway, I was wrong, it was closed. :p

So we went for Bak Kut Teh in Klang as an alternative plan. While having our breakfast, we came out the impromptu idea to go to Pulau Ketam since the jetty is just a stone's throw away. Here we go! The ferry took about one hour to reach Pulau Ketam. In fact, we were on the scam boat which took longer time to reach the destination due to the bad condition of the boat, there is another boat at the same price which is air conditioned and faster speed; worse thing is we bought the return ticket which cost at RM15. -__-, anyway we decided to get another ticket to come back with the other boat since we can't bear with the noisy engine and turtle speed of it.

Actually there is nothing much in Pulau Ketam except it's tranquility and sefood perhaps, but the sefood is nothing special too, so just forget about it. However, I had lots of fun too, it's the company that matter the most and it's something really different to do on an ordinary weekend.

We were on board the scam boat

So many crabs, here comes the name of this island.

Aikido.. NOT

Danny always keen to continue his Aikido class since he has stopped the training for months, and he tag me along for the first trial class today.

Honestly, I'm impressed. It's amazing that a martial art can be so gentle yet powerful. Anyway, I reckon I'm not an Aikido person and I'm chickening out, hahahahaha, sorry la, I really scared la.. I was terrified when they twist, throw, push or whatever you want to call it; and it really makes me stoned and dunno what to do next to defend myself, all I want to do is scream or run away; this is probably the first time ever I realize myself can be feminine too.... Well, perhaps I just do my part to ADMIRE this martial art.. ganbate Danny!!

w00t

It's been a long while I didn't do any exercise since I come back from the Mount Kinabalu; except the weekly badminton session with my colleagues which is always a long queue to wait for my turn to play. I guess that's enough of "recovering" from my KK trip(I know, that's a lame excuse) and time to kick start my momentum again. Another reason being is I am so guilty with my diet lately; as instance, I had Korean BBQ, Pork Knuckles with bacon and ham (slurp~), then Kenny Rogers and Salted Herbal Chicken for my dinner 4 days in a row!!! I seriously gotta move my ass to shed away all those extra gained fat. So, to put my word into action, I tag along KTV and went to tennis and squash at my place today!! w00t !! Keep it up Tammy!

Now I got the claustrophobia

It was 1am and I'm home alone; chatting and watching TV with Goppy's companion. I heard the thunderstorm coming and the wind is getting so strong, thus I went into my laundry room to close the window.. who knows the wind were so strong that it bang the door of my laundry room and eventually I WAS BEING LOCKED IN THERE!!!!!!!! Gosh...

That laundry room is sort of a small balcony facing the corridor with lift but with 1 or 2 feet gap in between. There is no way I can get out from there unless I climb out of the window into the corridor, but I'm not a spiderman, definitely I won't risk my life for that. I was hoping for someone to pass by so that I can ask him/her to call Danny home, but heck, it was 1am++!! apparently it was a slim chance...

God know how long I stood there waiting for passerby, at the mean time I can hear Goppy was crying inside the house and stare at me behind the window which is next to the damn door who locked me outside. Goppy were trying to jump up the window too, although I don't know why he wanna do that, but he gave up after few failed attempts and he just sleep in front of the door.. Aww, I felt warm with his companion, at least it makes me feel less lonely.

It was cold and dark, and the strong wind was making the spooky sound; I felt nervous perhaps due to a little bit of claustrophobia? I don't know, but I used to scared of taking a lift alone when I was a kid, and I was scared of being alone in a room with the door closed; I felt really uneasy being locked in such a small space, it's suffocated. I tried to bang the door to make my alarm sound, but sooner I realize the alarm is not activated; and the last thing I will do is break the window next to the door, coz I will end up injure my hand and leave a hole in my wallet. Nah. Well, I opted for waiting Danny home. Thank god I'm not staying alone.

However I really find it hard to keep myself calm in such situation, I know I gotta get something to do to kill my time and distract myself; so I tidy up the room and used the water dispense from the washing machine to wash my face and wipe my body; at least I get rid of the stickiness which due to the sweat, and I felt more comfortable.. Luckily I still left my washed clothes hanging there, so I put the towel on the floor and turn my clothes into pillow, then I lie down and force myself to sleep. Suprisingly I am able dozed off and finally woke up by the sound when Danny came home. I saw Danny with the halo when he open the door for me.. It was 4am.

Photo Frame

After procrastinate for almost a year, I finally developed some precious photos of mine, and frame it in this photo frame which I bought since the day 1 I shifted in.

It's not an easy job to filter the photos out of my tonnes of photos collection. Apparently, this space isn't enough. I gotta go shop for more photo frames!!

Ahhh~~~ Love it~~