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P90X - Day 60

2010-10-10T15:36:00.001-07:00

How do I look now???

Second month with focus in abs and shoulder.

I "P90X" you... are you ready for the challenge?

10.10.10

2010-10-10T15:26:00.000-07:00

I just want to write something today because of Oct 10 2010.

It is just like one of the regular days but with the one and only date 10 on the month of October of 2010, which makes the 101010. This only happens once every 100 years. If you miss this today, I probably will see you 100 years later ... in heaven :).

Nothing much but just want to write about it, happy 101010 :).

Happy 101010.

I "P90X" you!

2010-09-11T17:47:00.001-07:00

I always believe, we ourselves are the motive of doing something when we want to.

So I felt bored lately and found tht that my hobby of "doing nothing" has occupied quite a lot of my spare time. So, instead of "doing nothing" for the 30 min - 1 hour, why not do something for the time being?

Got this P90X program from friend. I thought I might as well try it and see how it works for me. So far with about 30+ days of doing so (or reach over 50% of its training guide), I think I see some result now... Let's see what will happen after 90 days.

Day1: no shape, typical uncle look. Skinny with tummy!

Day 30: Can see some results on the arms, shoulder, chest :).

Next is to work on the abs.

So, I P90X you! Are you ready for the challenge?

Making dinner rolls

2010-09-11T17:41:00.001-07:00

Not that many people know that I used to work in bakery during my college life. It was such a good memory in my mind and good experience I learned.

So, that one night I decided to make dinner and I did it.

When I smelled the dough, it just brought me back to the time again....

Summer time in US = BBQ life

2010-07-05T18:15:00.000-07:00

Summer time in US... what do people do most the time during summer time?

BBQ it is...

5/12/2010 14 years...

2010-05-12T03:40:00.000-07:00

14 years ago... came to the so-called land of dream... and still dreaming now :).

Photo taken: May 12 1996

Up in the air...

2010-05-04T04:59:00.001-07:00

Trip back home is always full of excitement and expectation.

The very dissapointed moment is when captain announced about delay. It happened this time when fligth was delayed an hour due to technical problem and could only fly to Korea for gas refilled. -_-

Regardless, I still managed to catch the connection flight in HK (HK flight waited 1+ hours for us surprisingly).

Landed the very HOT home country :).

Hard to focus at work...

2010-04-26T10:27:00.000-07:00

5 more days, I will be out of here...

So happy when I think of this.

Many reasons:
- Long vacation after 15 months.
- Not meeting sales target this month but don't care at all.
- Going to see many happy faces soon.
- Get away from work.
- See how people will work without me :P.
- Temporarily stay away from current lifestyle.

Need a break! Yay...

Saturday night...

2010-04-24T22:38:00.000-07:00

Went out dinner with friends today... came back home earlier and Skyped with family. So happy, talking about my homecoming trip next week.

Nothing much to do and don't feel like doing much now (even though many works still in mind for the coming week)... decided to put some alcohol into my system ... and so I did. Plus utilizing my skill to take some pics :P.

Thanks to P Daddy's comment - my #1 fans (yay)... I will make my life colorful. As I also say, we choose the life we want, at least we try.

空城记

2010-04-22T13:20:00.001-07:00

Date: 4/22/2010

Day: Thursday
Time: 12.08pm

Guess business is slow...

Inspiration to write...

2010-04-22T13:10:00.000-07:00

I think I run into the situation where I don't feel anything anymore. Senseless :).

Why? Maybe I am simply just bored with what I have now or stuck with the current situation too long. Feel like moving back home and be close with family.

A more doctorial/pyshological explanation is that I spend too much time for work and I got tired and lost interests in things. It has been many times I got asked for what I do for weekends and my replies are "nothing".

Friends suggested that I should change, like changing job, find a woman, establish a family, make babies... then I will have something else to busy about. I don't know, not sure if this is what I/one should go through in life.

Working for this company 7+ years, going for the 8th this year. Accumulated all the PTO and allowed me to take 1 month vacation once a year (that makes so many "wow's" from coworkers and friends). Behind the "wow's", no one really knows/cares about what you did (efforts, time, health, life...) to get what you have today ...

Isn't it right? when you work 8am - 8pm, what do you get? probably a pad on the shoulder from VP/boss for "good work". But when you are 10 min late to work or leave a bit earlier, you will get more responses than ever like emails from HR about working hours, company policy, coworkers' questions like "you went interview? how come late?" All sudden I thought of the 2000 movie, "Office Space".

I guess this is really what the world is about.

2010 New year resolution

2010-01-22T17:14:00.000-08:00

2010 New year resolution is to "eat snake" as much as you can... :)

2010 ...

2009-12-31T23:41:00.000-08:00

2009 will be history in 15 min. 2010 is coming.

Happy new year.

The moment...

2009-12-22T11:55:00.000-08:00

111,111 miles that you have gone with me.
Thank you for being there :).

What?! December already?

2009-12-05T19:28:00.000-08:00

What did I do since the last entry? 1 month went by...

Dec 2009 now, Christmas is coming... and less than 1 month's time and 2010 is coming.

Happy Birthday to myself :) 10/12

2009-10-11T22:55:00.000-07:00

Another year... :)

Thought: 活在当下, No complain...

Sleepless in Seattle

2009-10-10T15:44:00.000-07:00

Seattle is quite a good city to live in... I think it might be even better if you are single, if you like night life, if and if..., and most importantly if you have a decent job there. Living expenses there is not cheap. Few bucks here and there, add up becomes quite some amount. I guess there is always a price for something.

Inspired me to consider what I want to do for my life ... ?!?! Maybe this could be another city to consider...

Weeks with friends...

2009-09-23T13:42:00.000-07:00

Hmm... Guess I had quite some activities lately in the past few weeks:

Ironman P-Daddy's family visit during the labor day weekend ...

Lil El is big sister now...

And with #2 So Cal Baby - Lil En (hey, that's the shirt I bought :))...

Eat Drink men women...

Restless kids running around (with uncles and aunties :P)...

Coming soon with some thoughts about sleepless in Seattle.... :)

Lian mobile found

2009-09-17T12:30:00.001-07:00

Guess there is a Ah Lian in the area...

Maybe one day will find Ah Beng's or Ah Seng's car too :P...

Helping hand??

2009-09-11T15:29:00.000-07:00

Throughout the years we grew up, we were taught to “always share a helping hand”. As the world has changed so much plus too many people are abusing the real needs of “getting help”, I don’t really think not giving a helping hand is wrong anymore.

One of the weekends, somewhere in an Asian Mall around here. While I was getting into my car, this African woman approached me, “Excuse me sir, you have a minute? Can you do me a favor?”
When I heard such conversation, I don’t have good feeling about it already.
So I asked, “what favor?”
She said, “I am actually so embarrassed to ask about this. I am homeless and don’t have a job. My daughter and I have been staying in a car for the past few days. We are hungry.”
I asked, “What can I do to help?”
She said, “If you don’t mind, can you do me a favor to give me some money to buy food?”
I said, “that’s not a favor and that sounds like a threat when someone is asking $ from me.”
She said, “Can you help me?” (Basically she didn’t answer me and keep asking)
I suggested, “what about this? We are here with restaurants around, there are all kinds of food, you tell me what you like to eat, I buy for you.”
Guess what happened right after I offered that? She walked away without saying anything like I am invisible and asked another target who was nearby!!! So, I just stood there watching her to do her tricks again. Her new target was a man in his 40s and somehow I saw the uncle pulled out some $$ from the pocket for her!!! (I should have yelled to that guy not to do so...). After she got the $$, she went for another target ... one after another...

This reminds me of some other incidents I had before:
One young girl (in her 20s) approached me with her young kid in the stroller at a gas station while I was filling up gas to my car and asked if I could give her $ to buy food. I offered the same as above and she walked away. What the…

Some years ago, one young kid (like in his 18-20) came to me in a parking lot asked if I could give him $5 to buy gas for his car. When I asked him to show me the car, he walked away. What the……..

The conclusion is that:
- Yes, we can help, but we help in the right way.
- No, we are not bad/cruel/cold blooded people, but we will/can only do the right thing.
- True that if you happen to ask me, I will offer you food than $!!!!
- Continue to lie, one day God will "take care" of you.

So, for those people who make up fake stories to ask for $ (so that you can buy alcohol or cigarettes or some shit), you better don’t do that anymore. The world is getting sick partially because of you lack of hardwork!

Tour De Lake Quarry

2009-08-22T21:25:00.001-07:00

Today went biking around Lake Quarry with friends.

Trail level: light.

Safety first, helmets, check for loosen parts after some "stunts" :P...

With funny riders :)

BBQ Life

2009-08-15T23:25:00.000-07:00

I think once we got over the glorious 20s, our outside activities reduced. We choose to reduce those activites and started to be more family oriented.

The most common weekend activity for such group is BBQ; BBQ here, BBQ there, grill grill grill grill grill, eat eat eat eat eat, kids kids kids kids kids, talks talks talks talks talks ... I think this is the standard of living for now, just enjoy the moment :).

Grill grill grill...

Got Zhng?

2009-08-15T14:51:00.000-07:00

Got some cool gauges from Justin - ex-Subi Crew Kaki and made my hand itch to zhng car again.

Headache with the wiring!!! I should have gone for EE major or car school before.

Or Simply just zhng with the Ah Beng style, put up clocks to the gauge pod? Top, US time; Middle, Mas time; Bottom... UK time :)!!!

And it is...

2009-08-15T14:40:00.000-07:00

Yes... it is Gibson's younger brother version: Epiphone Les Paul.

Sexy red quilt top with the same tuning knobs as Gibson :), old school.

Hmm...

2009-07-23T09:25:00.000-07:00

Hmm...
???

Yes...

You ain't no Superman

2009-07-03T11:30:00.000-07:00

You think you are the athelitic person
You think you are in good shape
You think you are active in all types of activities
You think you are above average people in your age group
You think you are... (in your dream)

When you aged, you aged. You ain't no Superman.

-_-... I smell like Chinese medicine now...

Note: Sometimes I am quite amazed by what we can find in SF.

RIP Michael Jackson

2009-06-25T22:39:00.000-07:00

For those who grew up in the 70's - 80's, who doesn't know Michael Jackson?

My first English song encounter was his 1984 hit song "Beat It". Didn't actually know what he was singing about but pretty much remember the whole MTV. Famous red leather jacket, the shiny glove, the pants that is few inches shorter with white socks showing, not to mention: the Moonwalk. This is the image we have...

- Beelay Beelay... (this is how the Beat It sounds like :P)
- Showmou... (didn't actually it means "Come on" until I was in highschool..)
- I'm bad I'm bad ... (All the ah beng's favorite say...)
- Spread the legs (like za ma), grab the crotch and stand upward with one leg 90 degree kick and do the moonwalk.

I think these are the signature says/moves imprinted in the mind for years.

Even though in the last 10 years as he went downhills with all the scandals and rumors and haters, he still was once my musical idol.

RIP Michael Jackson.

Practising fatherhood

2009-06-11T23:21:00.000-07:00

Hanging out with #1 and #2 So-Cal babies is a very happy time that I enjoy.

Practising fatherhood... handful of girls !!!

Ode to my Marten

2009-06-11T22:55:00.000-07:00

Back in 1994 (15 years ago) when I bought the boots, I wondered "Show me how long lasting you can be.."

Time went by just like this, 15 years later(!!!), one day I figured that I still have the boots and I am still wearing it, "DM, you really did a great job!"

The uneven yellow stitches is the trademark. Seeing your once shiny face with cracks now... made me think of my face with wrinkles now...

Very first generation bottom design. Hardly find this nowaday...

Ode to my Marten.... you are really good!

So-Cal trip, favorite visit...

2009-06-05T22:34:00.001-07:00

During the So-Cal trip, visiting the favorite So-Cal baby is a must. Now we have #1 and #2 So-Cal babies :)

When Subie crew meet...

2009-05-27T23:12:00.000-07:00

When car crew meet, what do they normally do? Nothing much, "blow water" about the cars is the best activity :)

Papaya Walker vs. Chin Diesel.

Into the wilderness

2009-05-27T22:29:00.001-07:00

Spent a long weekend in Southern California. Went to Sequoia National Park with good friends to enjoy the beauty of the natural.

Thousands years old trees... It is not something that can happen in 1, 2 days. How amazing the world is about.

Deer - Where is my shoes??

Bear - up, close, and personal.

Moro Rock, somewhere we went.

Conquering the top of Moro Rock - walk with guts.

Job is...

2009-05-18T01:21:00.000-07:00

Tokie, "Job is part of life, but it is not our life...."

Layoff

2009-05-11T23:24:00.000-07:00

I started to learn about this term "layoff" in 2000 when dot com bubble burst. I began to know what the real meaning it is about. To say in better term, "reduction in force". To say in the direct way, "you are fired and I am not going to pay you anymore!"

USA is a land of dreams. When one dream dies, another dream comes up. People easily tend to forget what happened and got lured by another dream. Just like the end of dot com era, we had the crazy housing overprie rat race. All kinds of positive information about house value appreciation, benefits of refinancing, people buy more and loan more. Now, we all died with the chain effect of stupid house loans with no market values. Too many houses bought by too many unqualified people. House value dropped. People got scared. All tried to sell out. House value dropped sharp. People lost the jobs, no incomes, can not pay for the houses, file bankruptcy, turning all houses back to banks, banks hold bunch of the houses with lowered values and try to sell out cheap.

When will this end? We don't know. Will we have another dream? Yes, we will but don't know when. A land of dreams. I think all we can do now is hope for another dream to come.

5/12/2009 - 13 years

2009-05-11T22:52:00.000-07:00

Can you believe it? When the clock ticks at 12 midnight today, it is 5/12/2009. 5/12 is the day I landed here in this country with 2 pieces of luggages and with a piece of mind today (still).

13 years went by just like that.

Tomorrow will be better. Just like the conclusion P-Daddy gave to me today: treat small hill like Himalaya, flat land like rollie hill, move on... be happy.

Thought of this song:
"...Shine on, just shine on. Close your eyes and they'll all be gone. They can scream and shout that they've been sold out. But it paid for the cloud that we're dancing on.

So shine on, just shine on. With your smile just as bright as the sun. 'Cause they're all just slaves to the gods they made. But you and I just shone, just shone..."

How does it feel?

2009-04-18T16:57:00.000-07:00

How does it feel when it is time for you to go?

Grandma left us 1 month already. Her sudden left leaves us wondering until today. We only know she had a good last life journey without suffering from sickness/pain.

Of course, this sudden incident kept parents and relatives busy with all the steps and process to go through. I finally got a chance to talk to mom about the details lately. Mom said that she was talking to grandma over the phone in that morning and she sounded fine but claimed that she felt tired that day. Grandma lived with uncle/auntie in Sungai Buloh. Throughout the day, mom just felt weird and called aunty to check on Grandma more. She was sleeping more than usual on that day and in the evening, she just felt more tired and weak around 7pm. That was the time when aunt checked with her again, she was into half sleep and half coma condition. That was also the time when all the relatives got notified and rushed to her place.

I wonder, how did Grandma feel that time? Was Grandpa talking to her that time? Did she get flashback of life? I do not know... I might know one day when it comes but I don't think I will get a chance to tell others how it feels.

RIP Grandma, 1 month already. We will move on and live our life. You have to take good care too.

One picture taken during CNY when I was home. Grandma specifically picked up our childhood photo and talked about it that night.

Would you like a glass of wine?

2009-04-09T00:27:00.001-07:00

Feel like drinking lately...

So I bought wine...

And I bought some....

And so I drink...

Would you like to join?

It's spring (part 2)...

2009-04-03T23:12:00.000-07:00

A week after, same spot, going to have flowers soon ...

Another week after, same sport, leaves are out...

It's Spring....

2009-04-01T09:30:00.000-07:00

Trees are with flowers now... we know that Spring is coming.

RIP Grandma

2009-03-14T14:48:00.000-07:00

RIP

192X - 2009

You were the happy and healthy Grandma that I have ever had. Thank you for all the words you said to me for years. Your sudden left, leaves me in the stage of wondering. How I wish I could hear another time from you over the phone. How I wish I could hold your hand and walk you around. How I wish I could...

Grandma, I wish you a happy journey along with Grandpa. You will always be missed...

HK... night is always young

2009-02-20T16:04:00.000-08:00

The must see skyline night view from HK side.

This is the metal bar/wall by the sea that we have seen a lot in all HK movies and series. I finally got to see it in real as close as next to me now.

Sek Ban Gai (石板街), the street which has been seen in many movies where things got rolled over the whole street when there's a chase going on.

HK Police station man... do I see Jackie Chan doing Police Story 10??

SZ... happening city :)

2009-02-13T23:55:00.000-08:00

Went to SZ for 3 nights, to mainly visit the real grandma for father. Seeing father and his mother together is the greatest picture we always hope for.

SZ in brief is still a happening city. My impression 8 years ago towards the city is still about the same :P. More and more buildings and more and more people in the streets. Watch your steps so that you don't step on people's spits.

Skyline GTR R35 spotted in SZ man!!!

Hey man, it's Hong Kong ...

2009-02-10T07:39:00.000-08:00

I have been to HKIA many times and don't really get to visit HK.

The very first visit to HK was at 2 years old where I had no idea at all. After that, it was HK transit all the time. The one time (before this time) when I stepped out of HKIA was when I got to shuttle bus to China factory in 2002. Other than that, my HK impression is pretty much about airport (airlines), flight attendants (pretty:)), duty free shops($$$) only.

This time, considered I am visiting HK as a tourist (actually will go to SZ tomorrow for few days). I somehow feel so relax (as I am still in the vacation mood and don't know when I can get back to the working mood).

Let's see what I will write about this...

See you KL, HK here I come...

2009-02-08T01:35:00.000-08:00

Going to leave KL soon, sad. My vacation is about to end soon... :(

While transit in HK, I will stay for few days to visit Grandma in SZ (who? grandma?! yes, you will know more in the near future).

Afterward, I will get back to SFO and start my 2009 finally (already March). This year, I think the wish we all look for are nothing more than prosperity and stability.

Prosperity, we need.

Job, we need.

Happy Cow Year.

7Big Annual Dinner, can not miss

2009-02-08T01:28:00.000-08:00

The once a year 7Big annual dinner is a major part of the CNY activities that can not be missed.

The best part for this year is that the 7 people all presented, no need to draw empty spot for the missing person in the pic (which includes all the busy bosses, the UK and the US guy)

Also with all the families and good friends...

Thank you for being my friends. See you again next year (hopefully).

华文教育斗士沈慕羽逝世 - very sad

2009-02-07T08:54:00.000-08:00

I believe most Chinese in Malaysia know of 华教斗士沈慕羽. The very powerful man who fight for the Chinese education in Malaysia. He passed away 2 days ago, very sad.

My dad also wrote about it at:

http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/9/2/6/n2420213.htm#relatedFocus

Quote from my dad "今天这位华教斗士走了，华社都会惦记着他，而他的精神仍会在华社人心中延续燃亮着".

Mr Shem, RIP. Your effort will never be forgotten.

Chinese New Year is all about ... (Friends version)

2009-02-05T04:37:00.000-08:00

During Chinese New Year, getting together with old friends is a must do.

Seeing good old friends and listening to their updates and talking about things are things we should not miss while we can.

Met up with a few friends at Pavilion today and got them a chance to chiak chuak during working days:

Chiak Chuak 吃蛇

Defination:

- Taking advantage from work.

- Curi makan.

- Hokkien Slang mainly used in Malaysia/Singapore.

Prosperity, we need...

2009-02-02T20:32:00.000-08:00

As we are going through recession and depression, we need to sit tight to go through this. Prosperity is what we need...

We also need to "Lou Sang" abdlou sampai kao kao...

Roti Canai (Prata)

2009-02-02T19:14:00.001-08:00

When you are in Malaysia/Singapore, you must eat Roti Canai (Prata) and laugh at those overseas people spending big $ for a slice(sorry, I laugh when I can :P).

Roti Kosong (per slice):

KL - RM0.80 (in the 90s, the price was about RM0.40 per slice) = USD0.23

Singapore - SGD1.00 = USD0.50

VS. USD2.75 + sales tax per slice.

So, for friends in overseas, I will eat more for you :).

Zhng Car - Singapore style

2009-02-02T18:43:00.001-08:00

Found some scenic views in Singapore ...

Zhng-ed Car in Singapore is about... STICKERS!!!!

Regardless you are Impreza RS (non turbo), got stickers, good enough :).
It is not about how geng(great performance wise) your car is, it is about stickers :)...

Chinese New Year is all about... (Continue)

2009-02-02T18:33:00.000-08:00

Of course, Chinese New Year is not only about eat, sleep, wonder...

The greatest part during CNY is about spending time with family and friends. This is the part where the people in overseas missed the most.

Seeing grandma and parents older days by days, makes me think of my future relocation too.

Got Zhng?!

2009-01-28T01:33:00.000-08:00

Everytime I come back to hometown, I will check out my neighbor's car and see any new zhng he did to the car. This year, to my surprised, he zhng-ed a lot!!! Wide body kit, VR rims, CF spoiler, and color totally changed! Hmm... maybe he changed another STI?

Chinese New Year is all about...

2009-01-28T01:06:00.000-08:00

This is the year of Cow. Happy 牛 Year.

Chinese New Year is the once a year big event for Chinese people all over the world. No matter where you are, as long as you are Chinese with the Chinese tradition in your head (or a tiny bit of it), you will celebrate this day.

To me, since I am single, I see Chinese New Year is all about:

Eating (until you feel like a pig)

Sleeping (until you wake up automatically)

Playing (all kinds)

Walking around (and wonders why)

And of course getting Ang Pows (for the unmarried ones)...

Creativity

2009-01-23T17:09:00.000-08:00

Many times when I visited friends' places with children, I can most the time see that they have too many toys. The friends most the time said "aiya, few bucks only ma..." and ended up buying too many and become waste.

Kids in the 80s were unlike kids nowadays where they (most of them) can get what they want from parents easily. I think because of this, they tend to forget what "hard earn" is about.

During the clean-up project, I found this old toy gun of mine. See how old it is already? I think over 20 years.

Broken? Not a problem, tape it back.

Missing strap? Not a problem, make my own strap.

Cracked cover? Not a problem, make the spark through the cover even cooler.

Softdrink rubber piece from caps: I don't know how we played the game already. I think it is something like flipping or pushing away others' pieces by slapping the surface with arching palms. See we even have "secret weapon" - self drawn pieces.

Back then, we didn't get a new toy easily unless there is a really good reason to get one (like when we made to #1 spot in school). I don't know if this is just my family or most of us came through this? Yet I know I came through this well and I like the idea (call me old school). My children (one day in the future) will probably have to fight through their childhood with this hard neck father.

Pre-Chinese New Year Preparation

2009-01-23T17:04:00.000-08:00

The year of Ox is around the corner. The last week before Chinese New Year, most people do the house chores for the last minute (cleaning up the house, replacing old stuff, ... ). We are not expectional.

During the process, I found a box of my old toys when I was a kid (like 20+ years ago). What a memory. Also, I found a box of my highschool stuff. This is even memorable. Reading the autograph, I just felt like "we thought who we are" during that time is actually small case in life.

Do students now still do autograph?

Are you ...

2009-01-20T00:40:00.000-08:00

Sorry, you are not my cup of tea... By the way, I prefer Teh!

Who is this?

2009-01-20T00:38:00.001-08:00

P-Daddy, you see who I met at SFO and HKIA?

Home

2009-01-20T00:29:00.000-08:00

It is always good to be home, no doubt.

When you feel the tropical heat 24/7; When you see the Malay words here and there; When you see some "ma chan": When you see some Chinese speaking loud with the Malaysia-style-Chinese; When you see the bad traffic most the time on streets; ... etc. you know, you are back :).

Selamat bagi terima kasih...

2008-11-26T22:33:00.000-08:00

Happy thanksgiving.

Once a year's long weekend is finally here. No, this year went by too fast. It feels more like "what?! thanksgiving already?" instead.

Nothing much to do on the days. I think when we aged, we simply just lose interest on things sometimes. Anyway, Happy thanksgiving (inspired by P-Daddy: selamat bagi terima kasih). Hmm the grammar might be wrong :P

Amazed by...

2008-11-26T22:15:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I amaze myself by doing something I don't think I can do. Sometimes I feel even more amazing when I don't think I am "capable" to do so.

I took this part out (a cracked exhaust manifold), and swapped another a good one back.

During the process, I ran into some frustration when some screws went bad and I needed to take a break to go to store to buy screws; when part won't mount it back where I needed to spend some time to loosen more area to fit/to bend some part to make it fit etc.

The accomplishment won't happen until everything is back in shape and fire the engine without problem.
Project accomplished, I feel happy.

Cost spent:

Exhaust manifold, $180

Screws and nuts, $5.00

Gaskets, $16

O2 Sensors x2, $170

Labor, free

vs shop quoted price:

Exhaust manifold, $500 (from dealer)

Gasket, $25

O2 sensors, $240

Labor, $85/hr x 3 hours = $255

Got Speed?

2008-11-08T23:32:00.000-08:00

Some days ago I was asking myself when I saw a cop pulled over a car on freeway, I thought “man, it has been a long while since I last got my speeding ticket.” Right after such thought, I was telling myself I could be either:
- I am lucky.
- Or I am getting older and driving slower now :P.

Shit happened last night when I was on the way home. I was speeding down the freeway when cutting off some cars. Just as I was telling myself how cool I felt with the turbo engine :), out from no where, the red/white/blue flashing lights were in my rear view mirror!!! So I got pulled over for speeding.

The cop made it short and clear. Here is the conversation:
Cop, “Good evening sir, you know the reason I pulled you over?”
T, “em… don’t know.”
Cop, “the reason I pulled you over is because you were speeding and cutting lanes in high speed.”
T, “em.. yea I was switching lanes.”
Cop, “yes, in high speed… I clocked you at 81mph. do you know that?”
T, “em.. no.”
Cop, “where are you heading to? What’s the hurry?”
T, “I am heading home.”
Cop, “ok sir, let me have your license, registration, and insurance.”
T, “ok…”
5 min later, he came back with a speeding ticket. He marked 75mph over 65mph speed limit and said it was to give me a break so that I can go traffic school to remove the deduction (Note: over 80mph, you will not be able to attend traffic school and your point will be deducted). Should I thank him? How come no rasuah??

Amazingly, I don’t feel any pissed off about this (and I should not). I think lesson learned by paying the fine and I somehow feel young hahahahah!!!!!!!

AM1430

2008-11-02T00:26:00.001-07:00

A good website with online radio AM1430. A local radio station in so-cal. Introduced by P-Daddy several times and finally I remember it now.

www.am1430.net

Especially for Asian in overseas/western countries, I think this online radio is quite a good site to pick up some Asian related musical information.

For those who likes those canton, mandarin songs in the 80s, 90s:
經典重溫
http://www.am1430.net/program/programdetail.aspx?id=42

Funny talk show from the 2 hosts: Ga Ga, Lau Chun Fung.
週末狂熱
http://www.am1430.net/program/programdetail.aspx?id=20

结他的季节

2008-11-02T00:16:00.000-07:00

结他的季节 - Alan Tam in 198X.

After Hwa's email about old song, I found from the same site for this song. Something I really like when I first started playing guitar. Funny lyrics but pretty much represents me with the rocker wannabe dream :)

http://www.haoting.com/htmusic/10073ht.htm

夏季笑声总教我忆起暑假中我跟你
缆上结他　抛去了书包天天夹Band太欢喜
练到手指起忱但我俩理也不理

为要夹钱添置扩音机减少约女仔睇戏
十次唱歌比赛我跟你都不胜出永包尾
但你我与结他　始终神气

用尽力量　我俩对唱 Summertime Rock and Roll
用尽力量　我俩对唱 summertime Rock and Roll 奔放地唱

毕业了互相不多遇上
陌路上　各急於找方向

踏进社会打转到今天心中有许多笔记
为了上班工作与生活霹雳结他已收起
但我与老结他　始终怀念你

夏季笑声总教我忆起暑假中我跟你
缆上结他　抛去了书包天天夹Band太欢喜
就算裤脚阔喇叭都很神气

Birthday gift for myself??

2008-11-01T23:56:00.000-07:00

Guitar with 4 strings? yea man... it's a bass :).

Found that bass is quite fun to play, especially keep the steady beats along with drummer plus jumping around with some notes.

I will like this :)...

10/12 My birthday ...

2008-10-12T00:03:00.000-07:00

Oct 12 again, it's my birthday :).

Happy birthday to myself... as usual, a day to 反省... may we have the prosperous coming years.

Funny...

2008-10-11T23:45:00.000-07:00

Koko always sleeps like this...

Kopi, feeling tulan...

2008-09-20T16:14:00.000-07:00

beo what beo?

Koko says...

2008-09-20T16:08:00.000-07:00

Wondering... what is the meaning of life?

More cakes...

2008-09-20T15:53:00.001-07:00

Feeling hungry now??

Got cake?

2008-09-20T15:49:00.000-07:00

Favorite cake found: Strawberry moose cake. Finally found a bakery that makes the cakes that fit my not-too-sweet-requirement taste. If interested: Mr Kao's bakery in Hayward.

2008 year end thoughts

2008-09-19T23:38:00.000-07:00

2 months went by again. What did I do? Since last entry, it is 2 months already. I think I just spaced out for a while. Enter Q4 now, last 3 months for the year, what can we do to boost the sales?

2008 is not a good year to start with when Jan 2008 NASQ started to drop big time. Then with the war thing, gas price climbed up with no looking back, the stupid sub prime problem leads to financial firms crisis and now with all the big banks closing down.... seems like this time US got a really big hit.

Sometimes people have short term memory towards history. Thing like this happened before, and happen again and again... and we repeatedly mess with it again.

Cat fight

2008-07-18T23:18:00.000-07:00

When dealing with animals, no matther how small or lovely they are, always remember that they have the basic instinct to defense themselves.

Incident happened when I walked the cat outside oneday (yes, walk-the-cat, sounds quite gay). One neighbor's small dog saw us and ran towards us, I held the cat up to make him look away but too late and he was struggling(instinct calls) to get away(from danger) and scratched me :(.

Ouch... hurt!

The 2 cats are lovely. I still like them :).

So days after when friends saw the scar and I told them I got it from the cat. They all asked "Cat = woman? or cat = real cat?" ...-_- what were they thinking? real cat man...

Lorex I like...

2008-07-13T22:48:00.000-07:00

These are the watches I would like to get oneday, but I am just not there yet.

Breitling, $6XXX
Cartier Pasha, $7XXX
Officine Panerai, $8XXX
IWC, $1XXXX
Rolex (silver), $5XXX
Rolex (gold), $1XXXX

Rolex wannabe, "Lorex" aka Invicta, and got it together with this cool guy/good friend of mine, priceless :)

Watches collector Hwa once told me, "You want to buy good watch, better save all the money and get the one for life but don't simply buy here and there." I know I know I agree and working towards this. This Lorex is for fun ... and not bad :).

Reckless drivers

2008-07-13T22:22:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since I last wrote about reckless/careless drives who don't care about other people's cars.

I have to write something today when I discovered a latest scratch on my car and I don't know/will never know who did this (again!). Even though my car is not new anymore but I still take good care of it. It really gets to me when I see reckless drivers who endanger other's life or create unnecessary worriness to others.

I just cannot take it easy. God dammit, mofo.... I curse you #$%^&* for scratching my car, KNNBCCB!!!!

Shit, not just minor scratch, paint also got off, can see the inside.

A very old album that we like... 赵传 - 约定

2008-07-10T23:21:00.000-07:00

The other day I thought of this singer's name 赵传 for no reason. After that I just went through the storage and digged out a very old album of his - 约定. This album released in 1993. Wow... 15 years ago man!

Listen to the songs for a week so far, and am still listening. I think we just like old songs sometimes, which link us back to that time moment.

赵传 is a rocker type of singer from Taiwan in the early 90s. His songs somehow sang out the dreams/secrets/regrets/etc inside us. Not so sure how many albums he released already (8 - 10 maybe??). Several songs pretty much burned into our minds and some are always lingering in our minds.

Back then, we were still in high school. Listened to his song and tried to fit our moods into each songs (ha... act cool, who didn't?). I particularly like this 约定 album more than his other albums (those famous songs in other albums like: I am ugly but I am gentle, I am a small small bird :P).

In this album, I like song #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, and #9. Listening to this album also made me think of many things. Or say, years later, we finally can really understand what he sang about (than 15 years ago).

Few highlights:

Song#1, 爱要怎么说出口

"第一次握你的手指间传来你的温柔..."

- You damn right, you might have held many girls' hands but who could forget the first time when you held the girl's hand?

Song#2 唱不完的情唱不完的爱
"眼泪再次滑落到胸口我傻呼呼的看着自己脚下的影子难过..."

- Those who got dumped, who could forget singing this song X times in Karaoke and then got drunk?

Song#4, 那年的话

- Man, this song really hits me now. I want to put the whole lyric here.

走出家门的那个夏天早上倾盆的雨狠狠敲痛脸庞

我对自己说你要咬紧牙关成功才能回来

一事无成躲在公寓床上邻居老人谈起当年时光

他说孩子人生这么短暂抱紧你的梦想别跟我一样荒唐

趁着梦还在你的前方紧握住不要放你只有这一次选择

梦还在你的前方忍着痛向前闯别忘了你那年的话

理想现实交战的那个晚上口袋剩下没有几个铜板

男人的苦说来都是一样谁也不愿多讲都藏在你我的胸膛

趁着梦还在你的前方紧握住不要放你只有这一次选择

梦还在你的前方忍着痛向前闯别忘了你那年的话
- Struggling now... need to chase the dream and face the real life.

Song#5, 你我的约定

"... 经过多少年一切都已无法找回

你我却都背负着各自的疲惫

是否该丢掉心中的累赘

擦乾这些年来的眼泪

别忘了当年你我的约定

希望能总有一天再次相聚

共同分享彼此过去的经历

再从头展现当年的豪气 ..."

- Pretty sure this is the MUST-SING song for those in senior year back then.

Song#9, 让我再一次拥着你

"嘿，，，如果真的有另一个开始你是否会回来这里望一眼

嘿，，，如果真的有另一个从前我想找回故事开始的那一天..."

- I think this song whipped all the stupid guys who got dumped due to their stupidity towards girls. Regret? too late dude... :P Remember, don't do stupid things, got dumped, and then regret :).

Song #8 沉默的羔羊
"当别人误解我的时候我总是沈默沈默对我来说其实是一种反驳.."

- This song just made me think of my buddy - Hwa. Hwa liked to play innocent sometimes. Song #8 is his theme song back then. Part of the lyric: When people misunderstood me, I keep it silence. Silence to me is actually how I fight back.... (Hwa, still remember you theme song?)

Anyway, good album to talk about, you want?

Write something...

2008-07-08T22:17:00.001-07:00

Sometimes time really flies, totally feeling it. Time passes by day by day just like that especially you are busy. Busy for work, busy for life, busy for don't know what you are busy about.
Today, after talking to some friends, I die die want to write something here :).

What did I do lately? Not much really. Besides the busy work most the time, I started to make myself working out more, running, biking, lifting weight. Hopefully one day you can see my HOT body!!!

I gained weight, pants got tighter and tighter, arms and legs become like the piece of pork. Man, really need to do something about it. Deeply feel that when we grow older, we can really see our metalbolism gets slower.

Cheer to the 30s!!! working out is the #1 plan.

It is the matter of...

2008-06-08T01:28:00.000-07:00

One of the things I did during my CNY return was putting up a new color coating for the house.

Some people asked me why I did that and suffered myself to work under the sun. Many reasons: it is the house (or it should be called "home") we have lived(and are still living) for over 25 years and I want to do something good for it; Too late to look for workers a week before CNY; Too much free time (?!); Nothing to do during vacation... etc.

On top of the above reasons, the most important point is that it represents a family's bonding. Without parents' hard work and education to us, we won't be who we are today. It is the matter of doing the right thing.

After all the rain and sun for years, ...

New look with new color (yellow?! it was supposed to be "Creamy Cheese"). Anyway, we like what we have now.

Time to do something...

2008-06-01T12:44:00.000-07:00

After last month's busy month with family, relatives, cats' visits, it all came to the end now. Cousin graduated and found a good job. Relatives returned. Sister accepted a new job offer and was back to get ready. 2 cats still on vacation and waiting for relocation.

I on the other hand should learn from all this. Time to step out of the comfort zone.

What is worse than death?

2008-05-19T17:47:00.000-07:00

For once I had this topic discussion with some friends and I wrote death is nothing much to fear about. When it happens, it happens. You die and you die like that. Ended up, I was called as a shallow person. Until today, I still do not understand why I was called as a shallow person with my point of view about this. Anyway, this is not the issue anymore.

I think what is worse than death is the live people who are around you/who care about you/who love you. When you are dying or when you are dead, the suffer and the pain that the live people still carry on their shoulders will always around until they day they can let go (don't know when/maybe will not be away).

The lighter version that most people experienced is when their love ones dumped them. Being dumped might not be something bad, but most the time, the pain during the being dumped process is bad, as bad as seeing someone leaving you forever.

Green Card After thought

2008-05-12T02:02:00.000-07:00

So, I got GC now, finally.

It has been a question from many friends and family for many years. I think this came to the end now. Waited for this for too long until no feeling already. 5+ years, things changed, people changed. I got something and I lose something.

For more for less, if I say I have no excitement and happiness, I am lying. Regardless, I will take a day off to celebrate this by myself.

For those who are interested to know:
Ad: Oct 2002 - Apr 2003 (approved)
RIR LC: Apr 2003 - Nov 2005 (approved - slowest)
i-140: Nov 2005 - Apr 2006 (approved - fastest)
No i485 submission for EB3 until Apr 2007 (suckiest!)
i-485 : May 2007 - May 2008 (approved - shittiest)
FP: July 2007 - Aug 2007 (approved) - but no further action until April 2008.
Went to Infopass 2 times, called office several times (very stupid).

5/12/08 - 12 years

2008-05-12T01:40:00.000-07:00

It is 5/12/08 today. I didn't go to work. Took this day off just because I don't want to work and to celebrate my GC getaway and coincidentally, it is my 12 years here in the US.

Went golfing with a friend just now. The feeling of playing golf on Monday mid day is nice. I think all working level people like to getaway from daily routine and do something they like.

12 years ago, I arrived here with 2 luggages. 12 years later, I am here with a piece of mind. What else is better than this :)?

Green Card

2008-05-10T00:33:00.000-07:00

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GREEN CARD

ROOAARRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P-Daddy's birthday 4/26

2008-04-27T00:48:00.000-07:00

Almost every year when I remember/realize friends' birthday is the day when it is over. I think probably men sometimes are just not good to remember thing like this. Even some of the good friends' birthday, I can't remember unless I flip through the marked calender (if I have marked down their birthdays).

This year in particular, I remember P-Daddy's birthday because I read K-mama's diary (web diary, not peeking on people's ok) mentioned about this so I remember it clearly.

Still until now 4/27 midnight, I am sending my belated (few hours late) greeting to him :P

P-Daddy, happy birthday!

I am lost

2008-04-19T22:16:00.001-07:00

I have spent numerous weekends writing reports. Report, report, report, I "love" you... with you, I have my job secured. With the job secured, I have income. With the income, I can pay for my living. Apparently, this sounds right but there is something wrong. What do you want in your life?

Even though there are many speakers, book writers, speeches about "making your life wealthy", "building your wealth", "let your money works for you", "invest your time, make it more efficient" ... but how many really can do so? It somehow is just a marketing tool for them to make more money from the people who buy from them. If that really works, maybe but I don't know, then the world should not have poor people anymore.

My friend KB once sent me an article "define yourself". The article wrote about many people nowadays are defined by job/work. After a long while, they don't seem to know what they are doing and don't really know what they can do other than the assigned works.

I read through it again and again. After years, I am defined by job and I am lost....

Are you like this too?

2008-04-19T22:11:00.000-07:00

How do I spend most my time during weekdays?

I just realized that I have been facing monitor most the time when my eyes are open.
- Wake up 7.30am, turn on tv to listen to local news and traffic update while brushing teeth.
- Arrive office 9am, facing monitor most the time until 6-7pm. That includes writing/replying emails, working on excel files,using MS Word for formal writings, using webbase CRM program, chatting with friends, surfing net.
- After work, at home, turn on tv again and become a couch potato. Or go to sport bar, drink beer and watch sport channel that I have no idea about (why?!)
- Eat dinner while watching tv, or watching tv until falling asleep.
- Or playing guitar with chords from monitor! Can't I remember the chords?!?!
- At very late night, still like to see those rerun movies N times or find out what funny commercial on tv before closing the eyes.

Why am I doing this most the time???!!! Are you doing the same?

I think when I realized something I am doing repeatedly, I need to change. If not, this will not be good.

Writing report

2008-04-19T22:08:00.000-07:00

When I was just a little boy, doing homeworks is something I didn't really like. Doing homeworks requires time to look for answers or write in the proper way to get A's or Stars.

During the time, seeing neighbor in middle school was like seeing a big brother in higher class. Very soon, I am in the so-called "higher class" like him. Nothing special but more homeworks to do to squeeze myself into the front class.

During that time, seeing neighbor in high school with long pants was something like working people because wearing long pants man (we had been wearing shorts for 15 years!). Again, very soon, I was in high school with long pants. Nothing much special but it was the time we started to know "fashion". From carrot cut to straigh cut to boot cut (trend in the early 90s).

During high school time, we started to have a type of homework called "report". Teacher said that doing report is to do something in summary and with conclusion. This sounded just like working people. Of course, the same time, my neighbor was in college and hearing him talking about "writing reports" is something really cool. Very soon again, I went through the same stage after high school: college, university. Report became my "good friend".

After years... I think I really have spent so much time with doing report. hahahahha....

Back to doing report now.

壓歲錢

2008-04-06T22:23:00.001-07:00

Throughout my childhood, I(we children) will look for the red envelope under the pillow(s) in every first morning of Chinese New Year. The red envelope under the pillow is so called "壓歲錢". My parents put it there when we go on bed after new year eve.

What is 壓歲錢? Let's read about this old story below.

中國民間有很多過年的習俗，代代相傳，其中「壓歲錢」就是其中的一種。在大年初一時，孩子會給長輩拜年磕頭，這時長輩要將事先準備好的壓歲錢分給孩子；或者在除夕夜孩子睡著時，由長輩悄悄地放在孩子的枕頭底下。　　

壓歲錢古稱「厭勝錢」、「壓崇錢」、「押歲錢」等，被歸為花錢類，可以壓住邪祟，相傳古代時有一個「崇」的怪獸，每年除夕夜出來摸睡著的孩子的腦門，被它摸過的孩子就會變得瘋瘋癲癲。父母為了孩子的安全，整夜守護，叫「守崇」。　　

據說浙江嘉興府有一戶人家，夫妻兩個忠厚老實，老來得一子，愛如珍寶。在一年的除夕晚上，老兩口為了不讓孩子受到「崇」的侵擾，便陪著孩子用紅紙包錢玩耍，玩了大半夜，大人孩子都累得睡著了，用紅紙包好的銅錢落在孩子枕邊。　　

不久怪獸「崇」來了，便伸手去摸這個孩子的頭，老兩口給驚醒了，但想阻止也來不及了，這時，只見孩子枕邊的紅紙包中發出一道光芒，直射「崇」，怪獸慘叫著逃了。一時間，全村的人都知道了這件事，認為每年大年三十晚，紅紙包銅錢放在孩子枕邊就可以鎮住怪獸「崇」，大家紛紛效仿，人們給這種錢起了個名字「壓崇錢」，因為「歲」與「祟」是諧音，所以又叫做「壓歲錢」，孩子得到壓歲錢就可以平平安安度過一歲。　　

Even until today, I still receive the red envelope under the pillow for the first day of Chinese New Year. A few times now, I knew they put it at night but I pretended that I was sleeping :). This is a pic I snapped during my CNY return this time.

Experiencing Singapore local food

2008-03-06T17:42:00.000-08:00

Malaysian and Singaporean have different taste buds :P. Both critcize each other for the food standard (sometimes). To me, it's fine. Just enjoy the local food.

Brother took me for to a local food place to eat all the funny food:

- White color Hokkien noodles

- Wonton noodles with ketchup

- Sweet stir fry kui tiau

- Sweet chai tao kui

What is this??

2008-03-06T17:37:00.000-08:00

Saw this when I was in Singapore Business District... quite interesting. What is this actually?

It is actually a bird's butt hole :P.

CHHS 93 Kaki - 2008 CNY gathering

2008-02-16T08:21:00.000-08:00

It is our once a year CHHS Kaki CNY gathering again. Very good to see our good old friends and the conversation.

After this activity, my 2008 homecoming vacation has reached the end. Several thoughts after this return. Many things to think about. Need to spend sometime to think about(or will write about it sometimes later).

Time to get back to the "beloved" country and start working :P.

May we have a great and prosperous new year.

CHHS Seremban

2008-02-13T21:51:00.000-08:00

CHHS Seremban = Chung Hwa High School Seremban.

The place I earned my high school diploma. The place I spent 6 years and learned what it is about.

The last time I stepped foot on the campus was 1996 I believe. It has been 12 years since I last visited. Buildings are still the same but things changed throughout the years for sure. Stepping on the campus again the other day, a lot of memory flashed back. Teachers' education, friends I made, activities I joined, funs I had, sadness I remember,... etc etc.

CHHS Seremban is still a very good environment for students. If I have children (oneday.. at least 13+ years later or I am in Malaysia), I will still consider to send the children to here.

When I see young students with their current hairsyles, they ways they wear, cool electronic gadgets they have... mostly I can not accept, then I know I am already a step ahead of them (in other words, I aged hehehe).

CNY Homecoming is all about...

2008-02-13T21:41:00.000-08:00

CNY Homecoming is all about seeing family and friends, eating delicious food, getting ang pao(red envelopes) from elders/married people...

Other than that, it is also a break for me to get away from work. Enjoying the tropical weather in the crowds. Seeing OL/OM in business attire in the city where I am wearing shorts and sandals among them is quite an experience.

7Big gathering, one of the must do CNY activity.

Seeing old friends is a must. Connection with people is an important ingredient in our circle. Good friends are hard to find and maintain, I really cherish this.

Note: This year, we are missing 2 guy: Hwa in UK, Foo got busy and couldn't make it.

Chinese New Year

2008-02-12T20:57:00.000-08:00

2008 Chinese New Year.... yeah!!!

Gong Xi Fa Cai... is the word that people say to each other when they meet. Wish you happy and wealthy....

This is also the main theme for my vacation here too. Eating, seeing family, relatives, and friends are the main activities during the Chinese New Year.

May we have a happy, healthy, and prosperous year.

When body heat attacks, what should you do?

2008-02-05T06:09:00.000-08:00

Body heat attacks, what should you do??

Most the time when I travelled, my body heat will go up... and then I will have canker sores(mouth ulcers). Very paintful and not able to enjoy eating thr tropical delicious food.

There are several suggestions and one good suggestion is:
Drink Guai Ling Gou plus a Wong Lou Kat

After taking both, I think I can not feel my legs hahahaha..... jk.

Note to Queenny: You are right, I lived in the past. The Guai Ling Gou costs $9 a bowl! (Small size, $7.80).

Favorite comics - Baby Blues

2008-02-05T05:59:00.000-08:00

Back to the time when I first encountered English, I always liked to flip through newspaper everyday to look for this comics - Baby Blues. This comic is about a married couple with newborn (that time). It has been in the newspaper comics section for over 15 years... it used to be the couple with a newborn baby - Zoe. Today, Zoe already have a brother(Hammie) and newborn brother (Wren)!!!

As a matter of fact, reading English comic is a good step to learn English, where you can start from learning the English and the humor.

Attached is one of the funny piece on Sunday newspaper.

Neighbor's new toy

2008-02-05T05:54:00.000-08:00

Seems like the young kid in my neighborhood grown up now with his new toy - WRX STI. Very beng version - soup up with the front/back bumpers, skirts, stickers, HKS CF exhaust, BOV, lowered suspension, 18" rims, tinted windows (looking at about RM20K upgrades).

The bad thing is that KL's traffic can't let you fly. So, sound only is the effect :P

I should swing by and say hello to make friend with him to become my bengWRX team (so far, the BengWRX team is one member - myself only) :P hahaha...

Mother's birthday

2008-01-30T18:20:00.000-08:00

We celebrated mother's birthday the other day.

Thinking of this, this is actually the time I can celebrate with her at the same place since 1996. Most the time I am not around. Mother is 60 yrs old this year. Sometimes when I flipped through photos, I can't really imagine the years that people been through.

When you get a chance to do something, do it.

Pagoh - visiting father's hometown

2008-01-30T17:46:00.000-08:00

We spent a half day to visit Pagoh the other day. Pagoh is father's hometown back in the late 1939. This small town (in Johor) is located about 30 min south of Muar. That was actually the first time I went there.

The town is small, maybe a few blocks of streets (downtown) and some houses around. Other than that, mostly are farms like rubber trees, palm trees, fruits farms...

Father's friend called up some other friends to make it as their elementary school friends' gathering, that made the trip colorful for father. Some friends, he didn't even meet since he left Pagoh (when he was about 10).

Seeing them talking about old time, like running through people's farms to steal fruits, swimming in the river, hidding in the farm from the Jap attack (WW2), .. etc is like listening to history.

This is a wonderful trip to me.

The empty land (house no longer there) used to be the house that father lived.

Old friends chit chat... :)

D13 Durian - Bam! Have not tried Durian for years!

Seeing all this, reminds me to cherish what I have now. Time flies, when it goes by, it won't come back.

No wonder they look so familiar...

2008-01-26T03:41:00.000-08:00

I am out for my annual vacation now... yeah. Best ever feeling once a year.

On the plane for over 13 hours and finally landed HK. Waited for 2 hours to transit to KL home town.

During the time at HK airport, I saw a few good looking women walked by me with eye contact. Somehow, I kept my cool and didn't act like "whoa.. pretty woman" like that. I think they probably think, "damn... you don't know who I am, why didn't you ask me for autograph?" They look familiar but I can't think of who they are. Flipped through newspaper when I got home, ooo... HK actors and actress to KL for some award ceremony thing.

Sher Shi Man and Guo Xian Ni were the two had eye contact with me but I didn't know who they were :P...

At baggage claim area, I did recognize one actress: Li Zhi. man.. she looks gorgeous. Too bad that my hands were occupied (by luggages) and not able to take some pictur

Kopi and Koko returned to Cincinnati

2008-01-21T17:22:00.000-08:00

Kopi and Koko stayed with me for 2 months so fast (due to sister's Asia trip). Now, sister is back, they returned too. Woke up 4am this morning to send them to SFO airport this morning. The ride with their sad meows, made me feel sad too.

Yea, I think I will miss them for a while. Most the time Kopi will sit on the second floor wall and look down with popping out his 2 ears and Koko will normally sit at the dining floor stair.

With their departure, I thought about this song from Jay Chou:

我会发着呆然后忘记你, 接着紧紧闭上眼

想着那一天会有人代替, 让我不再想念你