Hari Raya Open House and Malaysian Cultural Night 2009

I attended the Hari Raya open house organised by various Malaysian clubs and societies.
It was fun because I get to meet friends that I have not seen for a while, and most importantly the food was great! they served satay, rendang, chicken curry and all sorts of desserts in authentic Malaysian style!
Also, there was a Malaysian cultural night plus mooncake festival organised by Toroa and I attended that one as well, it was great too, I get to eat lots of mooncakes and kuih batik. Yum yum...







too delicious..

even Americans love it...

phew...tasty, rendang, curry, and roti jala

Laksa

apparently, Fung was satisfied with the food and the atmosphere.

Wira looking younger and younger






the Sabahans...



the Sandakan boy who is studying health science...

Malaysians!

fan kuat a while...to Da Fu's China

Mid-Autumn Festival in NZ 2009

Tonight, I was invited to Fung's flat to celebrate the annual mid-Autumn festival. I was excited to go because I know there'll be mooncakes to eat, but there were actually more food being served! We had Malaysian-style chicken curry, Bah Kut Teh!!!, canned tropical fruits and of course mooncakes.
I was quite surprised that many of my American friends do not know what durian is, nor they know anything about rambutan, mangosteen, lychee, longan and so on! hahaha, but we, the Malaysians educated our American friend, Peter with all these nice food that we have.
It was quite a good night, and we were actually reviewing each mooncakes that we ate, sort of like food critics... haha.

expensive mooncake!

Fung's flat

the chef, Fung Yin Hsien

Doing what we would have done back in Sabah in this particular day.

Bah Kut Teh~~~

chicken curry

tortoise-like shaped mooncake?

tasty Bok Choy

Peter's loving the mooncake...ahaha

Peter: Rambutan? huh?

More natural disasters! Earthquake in Padang, Sumatra and Typhoon Ketsana heads west towards Vietnam

After typhoon Ketsana struck the Philipines, causing flooding and havoc, after the earthquake and tsunami that struck Samoa that cause lots of losses, As if everything is going to be back in normal....No! that's not it!

Typhoon Ketsana from the Philipines went west to Vietnam, causing flood and death in the interior region of that country. If Ketsana went South, that would have meant that Sabah is going to be facing some major catastrophe! Thank God it did not!

Also, Earthquake struck the city of Padang in Sumatra, Indonesia, officials estimate that the death toll is going to be at least a thousand!

Pray for peace and safety of these victims.

footage taken in the Philipines when typhoon Ketsana struck Manila,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWxyI-Hsyp8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdwoc7XCvsg

Typhoon Ketsana, Earthquake in Samoa, and tsunami approaching New Zealand.

Apparently, the capital city and the outlying areas of the Philipines has been hit hard by the typhoon Ketsana, flooding 80% of entire Manila city. The flood is quite unbelievable and I would not have got a clue what to do if that happens. Cars were floating around and people was on the roof of their house. I also heard that Sabah felt the effect of the typhoon. For instance, heavy rain and strong winds was felt during that time.

Luckily, my friends that just went to Manile went back 2 days before the typhoon struck. When I told one of the more ignorant one among my friends who went to Manila, how lucky he is to have come back earlier. His reply was, I was in KK now, that's not my business anymore. That shows how ignorant he is. haha.


Today, a major earthquake struck Samoa today and triggered waves of tsunami heading towards the direction of New Zealand. I was like oh dear, not another tsunami warning again.But then in the end, the warning was cancelled. Hopefully, New Zealand will never be hit by any disaster, the same goes to my beloved Sabah.

Tramping ( North Island Trip 2009)

I did a little bit of tramping with my friends during the trip and the places actually reminds me of The Lord of the Rings and Braveheart!

from the high grounds!

the Kingdom of Rohan!

Highlander!



Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas being crazy!

Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli!
Gimli :A dwarf cannot lose to an elf!



In this pic, my friend Sam actually looked like a giant looking at the other 3 little people.

Nature II (North Island Trip 2009)

they call that a lake, while it looks more like a sea

jump from this cliff then you're done

lake~ or sea?

fish!

Nature ( North Island Trip 2009)

I wonder why scenery in NZ is so nice?

crazy hair


Gandalf the Brown?


Ah!!!!

wuhoo~

Fung's meditating

Napier ( North Island Trip 2009)

During my trip, I went to Napier as well.
Napier is an interesting town because it's known for its Art Deco architecture.

mao shi zhuo..

NZ flag!

inside the hostel

Criterion Hostel, Art Deco style



quite empty on Sunday

this is for my friends that I went for a trip with approximately a year ago.

嘉毅

monkeys in NZ?

Hobbits?

chilling at the beach

Beehive and Te Papa Museum ( North Island Trip 2009)

Two of the most important buildings in Wellington are of course the Beehive and Te Papa Meseum.
Beehive is actually the parliament building of New Zealand. you'll know why it's called Beehive.
and Te Papa is the national museum of New Zealand, it's huge! never seen museum that huge before!


the Beehive





Maori carvings

Wong Ha Choo

Entrance to Te Papa

a very rare specimen of Colossal Squid! the largest invertebrate ever known!

seem rotten a bit...

badass Pete

Maori structure

entrance

balik South Island

Believe it or not, those 2 creautres as big as depicted once lived in NZ.

Kiwis~

oh~ that's how New Zealanders know when there's an earthquake

katak!

Malaysian Restaurants in Wellington! (North Island trip 2009)

out of topic~

oops, out of topic 2



There's nothing more entertaining than to look out for Malaysian restaurants around Wellington...LOL. jk jk.

Wellington Ze Capital of NZ! ( North Island trip 2009)

As usual, my blog does not normally filled with words and writings. I just want my pictures to do the talking, I just want to share what I've seen via my camera! Sometimes you see people blogging and they wrote a lot stuff and it's kinda funny at times.
Get to the Point! Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, is one of my favourite cities! It reminds me of Hong Kong in a smaller scale. For me, Wellington provides urban lifestyle with all the high-rise and skycrappers around but at the same time it's a small city. Love it.
Pictures tell the rest!

Wellington view from Victoria University of Wellington

I know wearing that sunglasses is not cool, but my eyes were swollen that caused by allergic reaction.

downtown Welly~

Night view of Wellington

symphony of traditional and modern

Wellington's tallest?

floating ball? defying logic and science?

float metal ball~

crewmen

chilling~

just got back from Mid-term Break trip, 2009

Just got back from the mid-term break trip to North Island.
I, Peter, Fung, Sean and Sam went for a trip to the East Coast part of the North Island.
It's kind of like a road trip and here's a clip of what we sort of did in the trip.

大马之夜

I just attended the annual Malaysian Night on 8th August 2009.
It was about the folktale of Si Tangang which I believe most of us have read about it during their secondary school time but honestly I did not read it at all when I was in school..LOL.
I think they did a great job in their preparation and performance by putting in the rich and diverse cultures of Malaysia into the show...various cultural dances and performances were being performed such as Malay dance, Indian dance, Chinese dance, Silat Martial Arts, Dikir Barat etc.
But it makes me think that there should be some performance that reflect the full extent of richness of Malaysia cultures by performing Sabah and Sarawak performances such as Sumazau/Sumayao, magunatip, and playing the Sape musical instrument etc. Maybe more Sabahans should come over and study in this university to make this possible! haha..
I did not any pictures because I did not bring my camera so I kind of 'described' about it already.

the poster

vouchers from the lucky draw, 2 vouchers each has the value of NZ$25 to the Rainforest Malaysian restaurant! never gotten so lucky before.

Sabah + Sarawak

Sabah + Sarawak + someone from Selangor 'kacau2'

The Sabah boys

Abang Wira with the Sabahans

Abang Wira!

Fung's Birthday(11th July 2009) and Political discussions

The university's second semester started 2 weeks ago but I find it much more difficult this semester to cope up because of the difficulty of the papers I'm taking this semester. Hopefully, I'm able to cope up. In this post, I'll just post some pictures taken at Fung's birthday as well as pictures taken from our friendly political discussion meeting that we called it the Forum of the Deep South. Fung's my pal from the same Malaysian state as me, which is the beautiful state of Sabah. The discussion meeting is a gathering of selected individuals interested in politics where political discussions are being... discussed.

Fung's bday

Happy Bday...

the happy birthday song player...

dinner before the discussion.



future Japanese Prime Minister..he looks like a younger version of Junichiro Koizumi.

crazy looking faces.

Potluck dinner at Kotahi

Recently, I was invited and joined a potluck dinner at Kotahi flat in Toroa International House. The residents in Kotahi is Hamwira, Henry, Sebastian, Sam, and Owen. As usual, I could not resist it when I saw so many variety of food being served, so I ate quite a lot.^^
Thanks to Kotahi residents for helding such a nice potluck event, so kind of you guys...organise more of these events ok? haha.

Sam said Sabahans don't know about Roti John, I seriously did not know it until I ate it during the International Food festival..LOL

Diversity! Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, USA, Indonesia, and India! but Sabah rocks harder!

Kai Yuan and Henry Auguestine...

They say we look alike...

Yuji Nakane, Hamwira, and Alvin the entertainer.



eat eat eat~

take more!




Potluck = everybody brings their own dish and we eat together.

experienced Earthquake in Dunedin, New Zealand

Unbelievable, for the first time in my life I felt an earthquake!
As usual, I was lying on my table using my laptop. suddenly, the table was kind of shaky then I thought it was my body somehow 'twitching'. then I get my body off the table then and still sat on the chair, but my body was still shaking which made me thought that my butt was actually 'twitching'. Then I heard some strange sounds, I looked around then see all my tables, cupboard, and clothes are actually shaking. Thus, I concluded that this was really an earthquake.
Although it's an earthquake, the intensity appears to be low and there will not be any damage to the buildings and structures around New Zealand. I was informed that the epicenter of the quake was at Fiordland and there's tsunami going on all over the West Coast of New Zealand. Fortunately, the West Coast is sparsely populated.
This is indeed one of a kind experience for me, because so far I believe Sabah is safe from any earthquake or major disasters. Let's hope Sabah remains safe!

Satisfied, second semester starting soon

I'm satisfied with my semester 1 results. Thank God. But I will have to maintain or improve my grades so that I can take on Honours programme. Hopefully, I will be given such option because an Honour degree will always look so much better than a mere degree. Also, it could actually shorten the period of study if one is taking Master degree or actually skip Master and go straight into P.H.D or Doctorate if you've done really really fine.
Still have a long way to go, have to be patient, have to be hardworking, have to be disciplined, have to manage time well.
Moreover, I'm going to start my next semester on 13th July 2009, I hope that this time I will put extra effort on study and get improvements on my grades! May God be with me!

How far is New Zealand?

Before arriving in NZ, I always thought that New Zealand is geographically quite close to Malaysia. In my memory, It would be Sabah, then below Sabah would be the Indonesian Isles, then below the Indonesia Isles would be Australia, then below Australia would be NZ! but I was wrong, It's further than expected. I've taken a snapshot from google earth to show u exactly how far NZ is from Sabah. It's not below us but lean further to the right, it took around 10 hours to fly there! Thus, I'm dunno how many thousand miles from home.

伟大的父亲

You raise me since I was born, you educate me, teach me and guide me, you taught me the love of God, you taught me morality and being a good person instead of a person who solely aim for greed, you are strict and tough for my own good, you are not materialistic nor arrogant,
you are humble and yet respected, you are gentle and kind-hearted to everyone, you sacrificed so much for me, there's nothing I can do to repay, you are my dad and I love you. Thank you for everything.
Happy Father's Day

Tea break during Exam preparation

it's nice to sit back and relax during stressful examination time, but not too long until it affects your grades. once in a while during the exam weeks, I would go to the coffee shop and order a cup of coffee or hot chocolate and some desserts. I'm quite impressed by the way they make their coffee and the taste is nice too. I heard New Zealand is the world's number one in coffee-making. In comparison to the 'kopi diam' we have in Malaysia, they just somehow put the powder and sugar and then stir it and ta dah! kopi o ping, milo ping done. New Zealand has complex methods of doing it with those sophisticated coffee and espresso machine at their disposal. But everyone should also note the starkly different price you have to pay when you order NZ coffee/hot chocolate and Msia's kopi ping/ milo panas.

hot chocolate with decorative patterns on top of it.

Fishing King

This friend of mine is very funny, The picture below was taken 2 years ago, he was caught 'fishing' while attending church, hahaha. There's one instance where I had my first accident, I hit a buffalo and when he heard about that, he was just laughing and mocking me. Plus, he was like a loudspeaker or broadcast, because of him the whole world knows that I hit a buffalo. Then next week, he had a major accident around Kingfisher residential area. LOL...so with pleasure, I returned the favour.
But this friend is cool and generous, always act like a boss or the guy in charge. hahaha..I hope he see this.

丁老板'钓鱼'。

Snowing in Dunedin! 2009

I woke up at 11am today, then I checked out the news, there's an article about snowing in Dunedin. At first I was suspicious, I thought only those hilly areas will snow most of the time, but then I looked outside my window, wala! snowing! but there was more snow early in the morning than at noon. aw...I miss the moment where I can make a snowman...haha.

Reminds me of Russia...but it's Dunedin, NZ duh..

Happy Kaamatan/ Harvest Festival

I would like to wish all Sabahans a very happy Kaamatan or simply known as the Harvest Festival of Sabah. Although I do not normally celebrate it but after living outside of Sabah makes me think of Sabah once in a while and this festival is only celebrated in Sabah. As far as I'm concerned, the harvest festival is normally celebrated by the KadazanDusun ethnic group, they will have festivals lasting days and drink and dance for days! They will also held the annual beauty pageant of Unduk Ngadau during this time.
For me, I would normally join some family camp around this time at some resorts and you can get to hear some traditional music being aired in the resorts(weird). Also, those Sumazau dances will be performed at resorts or possibly at the shopping centres.
So for those non-Sabahans, if interested in Sabah please pay a visit to Sabah and enjoy our hospitality and beauty of our state. LOL..sounds like promoting! but yeah,haha.
These pictures have little relation to the festival but these pictures have been taken in Sabah and would like to describe Sabah with these few pictures.

Sabah, a land of freedom( my house)

A land rich in cultures ( unicorn dance)

A land of uniqueness ( Tarap, bet all non-Sabahans never heard of it)

A land where modernity meets nature ( Kota Kinabalu, the state capital)

A land of struggle for political autonomy and better future ( poster from PKR, LOL!)

A land of unity ( at Kundasang)

A land of beautiful marine ecology (ok, it's just a tank, but there are really lots of beutiful coral reefs out there for touritsts to visit)

A land of celebration ( I think we're celebrating Lee's birthday)

A land of peace and tranquility( my house)

A land of splendid scenery ( Mount Kinabalu)

A land of natural beauty

A land abundant in food ( Ah Moo and Siao Di)

A land rich in various kinds of cuisines( Ding Lao Ban enjoying his lunch)

A land of diversity in food ('GiLeen' Diam at Tuaran)

A land of long lasting friendship ( old classmates at TumBui's birthday)

A land of leisure and entertainment ( banana boat at Pulau Manukan)

A land of harmony ( form 6 )

A land of diversity in life ( a stick bug))

A land of surprises ( rare insect)

A land abundant in floral diversity ( the Rafflesia)

A land of hospitality (Traditional Murut Longhouse)

That's the Sabah I saw through my lens but of course it does not show everything(especially the Orang Utan and Pygmy elephants), but ....

Kotobian Tadau Tagazo Do Kaamatan! everybody!

Plus....I celebrated my Kaamatan outside Sabah in a Malaysian restaurant in NZ.

Ice skating: My first time 2008

These few weeks have been boring and nothing much to do except looking at books, do some exercise, sleep, and go to lectures. Maybe that's the reason I'm here for instead of playing around all the time. Nonetheless, it reminds me of my very first ice skating experience last year and I would like to share with you all.
As you know, Sabah doesn't have a real ice skating facility, so I got the chance to ice skate in NZ with the 'awesome foursome'(PeiJia, Vera, Felicia, Reseena) as they called themselves. The 'awesome foursome' is a very adventurous group and I had fun hanging out with them.
They went back to their own respective country already and I will never forget them for all the fun and entertainment they brought upon me. TQ o'some 4'some.


yay, first time!

Fizee with the move

the 'awesome foursome' and I.

Happy Mother's day

I would like to wish my mother and mothers around the world happy mother's day.
I know being a mother is not easy, being mother provides us with care, nurture, love, and teachings.
Being a mother have to face with their children's rebellious behavior and disobedience.
Although I would hardly express my gratitude to my mom, I would like to say thank you for everything.

bought this box of chocolate to show my gratitute to my mom. Unfortunately, I cannot bring it back until I finished this year's study. then, beh tahan will finish all the Hershey's chocs in it. have to replace it then.



Happy Mother's Day

In loving memory of our grandpa

My grandfather just passed away today(9/May/2009) at 7.30am Malaysian time.

He was already in the hospital for quite a few days and was in a very critical condition. my sister and cousins told me that he was suffering and could not talk even thought he knew what was happening and he wanted to say something. He murmured something like..I'm thirsty, 我很辛苦.

I was told that he was strong, few people could have lasted that long with such condition, he struggled to stay with us for a longer period of time, he has a strong will. I remember my dad told me that grandpa was diagnosed with some disease when he was 59, when I was 1 year old. doctor told him that he had half a year to live. surprisingly, He lived until today which is about 80 year old. God's blessings are abundant in him.

My grandpa was a loving person, always with a smile. When I was in my primary school, he was still strong, always plowing the soil, planting vegetables. conditions changed when I was in my form 6, I noticed my grandpa was not as tough looking as he was suppose to be. and today God has taken him from us. May God be with him always. We love you grandpa.

I'm so sorry that I was not able to make it to visit you in your deathbed.
I hope I could have say the last few words to you.
May you be at peace, God be with you grandpa.



They celebrated his 80th birthday on 30th April, then his medical condition got worse and he left us less than 10 days later. I did not manage to say a word before he left.


November 2008, along with my mom, grandma and my cousins, he was there in the airport to bring me home.

November 2008

February 2009, the last picture of my grandpa I've taken before I go back to Dunedin.

Kena Saman by New Zealand Police

Last friday, I was chilling out at my friends' flat after working so much on assignments, I almost fainted. It was at Toraa, along with Peter and Fung, we chit chat about politics, geography and the tv shows we were watching. we did that until 2am then I and Fung decided to go home.

My house is 15minutes away from Toroa if I walk, so usually I would bike over which save so much time. I bought this second hand bike for NZ120(rm250)and does not have any lights installed.

On the way home, I saw a car in front of me and he flashes the car lights at me, then I thought they must be some kind of drunks trying to disturb me, so I biked faster to avoid them. surprisingly, the car began to chase me, then come close to me. I was like, are you kidding me? go home drunks! then they began to shout at me, saying : " hey, PULLOVER!".then I look clearly inside the car, they were Policemen! Oh my Gawd...then I stopped immediately.

That really 'made' my day when she told me you have no lights installed, you know it's dangerous to do that? I was like, I don't have the slightest idea that you have to put lights on for a bike, Malaysia doesn't do that. she was like...you gotta be kidding me!
then she complained about my helmet being too small for my head, then I told her, I've searched for a bigger helmet in the entire Dunedin, but I could not find one because my head is just too big to fit into a helmet. then she was like ".....................".
so she said fined me NZ55(rm110)for that.

Everyone must have thought kena saman is just for cars, but in NZ, I kena saman because I bike and my bike does not have lights installed!!
Never have I been saman in Malaysia or anywhere, I thought my very first saman is gonna be given when I was driving, It was not, It was biking!!!

Thus, NZ$55 just fly away like that, plus I just bought 2 lights, one for the front, one for the rear. which cost me around NZ$70(rm140). oh my Lord.

The moral of this story is that, we have to be careful of the police that's gonna appear anytime to fine ya. It also shows that Malaysia and New Zealand is different in strictness and types of laws and rules applied. People also ask if you can 'discuss' or give some 'kopi O' to the police, I believed NZ being one of the cleanest country in the world in terms of transparency and corruption would not fell into that, I may masuk lokap if i try to bribe them. Also, by principle I would never bribe a police even in Malaysia.
Find it interesting to share with you guys, so yeah..hope you guys enjoy the story.

Trip to Southland of New Zealand IV

This will be my last post for my trip to Southland. first stop Invercargil, it's one of the southernmost towns in the world, nothing much to see and it's smaller than Dunedin. at night, there's not much you can do and it's not a good idea to go out because there would be lots of drunk people out there. After Invercargil, we went to Bluff, the place is sparsely populated but is renowned for their Bluff Oysters. Bluff Oysters are delicacy for the Kiwis and it taste good too...my friend Peter loves it so much that he wants to come back here for the festival in May. We also went to Te Anau, a tiny town to tramp and walk around, the lake over there is really nice and pretty. We lived in freestone backpackers, it's basically a hut without much stuff and I just experienced the life of the pioneers of American or NZ colonists.haha. too much to describe so I just stop here...and let the pictures do the talking.

incredibly beautiful lake in Te Anau.

Peter's collection

last supper for out trip

that's the hut

Hobbit's feet outside of out hut.

Deep fried Bluff Oysters, Peter's favourite

that's the car that we drove around in our trip,it costs them NZ1500(rm3000+) to buy this car. so cheap!

bedtime.

Bluff's market.

Takahe, Lazarus taxon...

The Lord of the Rings!

smoked salmon over there

Trip to Southland of New Zealand III

I also went to Milford Sound during the trip, Milford sound is simply one of the most beautiful places on Earth..at least for me. It has splendid scenery and nice flora. the place really look like a scene in the movie The Lord of the Rings, where the Gandalf, Frodo, and the Elves depart to the undying lands. LOL...TLOTR fan! Beautiful as it was, however, there're these sandflies that spoil the mood because these flying insects are more annoying the normal housefly..they fly around you and they bite! Despite that, it's still a fun trip where you can tramp, you can go sightseeing etc. Maybe, I'll come back to Milford Sound or the neighbouring Doubtful Sound someday for the cruise or kayak because we did not get to do because of the weather and we did not book in advance. enjoy the pics.

Welcome to Milford Sound


No, Peter!

Milford Sound



rainforest around Fiordlands, remind me of Malaysia

nice stream

crystral clear water

drink it!

tramping time!

senka ppl behind me!

let's tramp!

Trip to Southland of New Zealand II

In this 5 days trip, I went for tramping, living in small huts or lodges, a feeling that you're a pioneer trying to survive in a new and splendid environment. Just wanna stress again that the scenery in New Zealand is just incredible and beautiful! The only thing that I regret is that the places are too rural and lack of communication system such as an effective internet connection, nice computers and a working phone! hahahha...but overally, It's a nice trip and what an experience to behold.

in the barnyard

sayanging doggie

walking along the road surrounded by sheep and deer.

take pic in the middle of the road

argh, cut wood for fire, pioneer!

doin push-up in the middle of the road

I'm outside of Minas Tirith!( a city in The Lord of the Rings)

feeling happy

yay/

Trip to Southland of New Zealand

耶和华看顾他的羊群。

I went for a 5 days trip to Southland of New Zealand which include Invercargil, Bluff, Te Anau, Milford etc. It was a nice trip because I get to see those breathtaking scenery that I can only see in The Lord of The Rings! some places are exactly like The Lord of the Rings! It's all about sceneries in this trip and places there are sparcely populated. Some pics for you guys to view..

Somewhere along the Southern Scenic Route.

beaches along Southern Scenic Route

Pretend to meditate

look at the scenery at my back!

nice sea!

nice sunshine, divine view

in Te Anau

Lake in Te Anau

ducks

quack quack quack, ap ap ap

Christchurch and Toroans

Last week was another usual week, except for some interesting time with Toroans and a trip to Christchurch. I invited a bunch of Toroans for lunch at Chopsticks101, a Malaysian restaurant which mostly turned out. They reminded me of being a Toroan once and I kinda miss being a Toroan..haha. On saturday, I went to Christchurch with Peter, Wira and Yanika because they wanted to look for secondhand car. I joined them for fun and check out their car as well. It was a 5 hours ride to Christchurch! they bought the car for NZ1500 which is around rm 3000++...quite cheap for a car eh? I makes me wanna buy one too, but nah, there's no place to go anywhere, most places in Dunedin are within walking distance. Moreover, I got a bike too! enjoy the pics!


Toroans, students from all over the world.

Malaysian food. I ordered Singapore noodles.

cheesecake, I think I'm gonna gain weight soon.

Cathedral Square in Christchurch

nice statue

Sushi, love it love it

It's eating time

hungry Peter

Christchurch

joyful Peter got his car for NZ500, sharing between 3 persons

Ke-rais-che-rch

some landmark in Christchurch

within Christchurch cathedral

the art

it's an Anglican cathedral

Christchurch Cathedral in Christchurch

playing chess, huge ones

Cathedral square

St.Clair Beach and third Otago Peninsula trip 2009 by cycling!

I went for a cycling trip with a bunch of friends from Toroa International House to the Otago Peninsula as well as St.Clair beach. This was the first time that I actually cycled to the Peninsula by bike! the 2 previous trips I joined were by cars. The trip was long because bikes will never be as fast as cars but still it's one of a kind experience. at the end of the trip, we did some barbeque and had some dinner at some playground. fun, pictures below and enjoy.

our cycling trip starts here at the 'tombstone' of Universitiy of Otago

New Zealand!

Peter and I

hey! that's me over there!

everyone with helmet on.

St.Clair Beach

chilling out at the beach

navigating the huge map we have here

Barbecue! Alvin's a great chef

yum yum

Lambchop

ah! trying to eat Peter's food.

the sun was tooooooo bright!

Peter, Alvin and I

An Introduction to my fellows: Moo! Foo! HaChoo!

Another Introduction to my friends eh? Yeap, Today, I would like to introduce 3 of my friends. They are Foo Tun Vui, Moo Herh Tien, and Wong Ha Choo. I've been with them my whole teenage life sharing many life experiences and interests.


2005

2005

2008

2008

Let's start by introducing this 'butthole'! hahaha, just kidding...This guy below here is called Moo Herh Tien. we called him ah Moo which is sort of like a cow or something... I first met him in cyber cafe! back then we're game freaks! but I'm not anymore, but still is! However, despite playing so much games, he's still able to cope with his homework and studies which I find impressive. and yes he's a smart student! got himself in to Matrix and local Uni which I will never have a chance to do so! sometimes funny, sometimes sarcastic, sometimes crazy...that's Ah Moo! keep up the good work Moo, God be with ya!

enjoying his coconut...so happy

handsome bah

Another 'butthole' would be Foo Tun Vui, we would normally call him TumBui or Tanpui if you know what I mean... Actually, I've known this guy since we're in kids because we went to church until now. He's super slothy, super relax, super slow, and sometimes I really get annoyed by his care-free behaviour as if he's not going to care if the sky falls down. can stay at toilet for 1 hour, always late for church and other activities, and very stubborn! But anyway he's still my good pal. Ladies and gentlemen, Foo Tun Vui aka TumBui.

He doesnt normally sing in Karaoke, as if he just pay to listen to us singing.

teaching his cousin bad gesture.

sleep sleep sleep

bad guy

Last 'butthole' would be Wong Ha Choo, what a funny English/Malay for him..Ha Choooo! sneezing! so I suggested to him that you should discuss with your parents to change your name..hahah..just kidding. I first met this guy at form 1 when I return to Tuaran for study.
He seems to know more about politics, history, and general knowledge compared to other ignorant Tuaran teens, but I'm better than him anyway! mauhahahaha... despite all these knowledge, he's also another snail-like person, slow, late and always sleep in class. so I love to disturb him in order to stimulate him to be a faster person. We went to National Service together as well and he's even slower than ever! so, I continue to disturbed! until one day, I gave him a scar on his arm that he will never forget( not my fault!). that's it for Mr.Wong.

werewolf!

mr.gay at the beach

what happens if the moon is full?

Note: guys there are lots of posts here, make sure you take a look on every single post available, would be nice! thanks!

North Borneo League!

Last year, I was wondering am I the only Sabahan in Dunedin? for I've never seen any other Sabahans around here. this question were always in my mind until I met Sharin, the first Sabahan I met here and she brought me to meet another couples of them! I was so excited that finally I'm able to see my brethrens from the Island of Borneo! or specifically North part of it. So, we went to Rainforest Malaysian Restaurant to have our dinner on Saturday. Then I realised that they were 3 Sabahans last year, and one left for Australia. the other two are Fung and Amir. then came along are Syaril and Mark both are health science students under government's scholarship! We chat and talked about Sabah and NZ, and we ate Malaysian cuisine that night. You would not believe the price, nasi lemak costs you rm30! roti canai costs you rm8! but yeap, it was fun and great to see my fellow Sabahans here in Dunedin! pictures below! tell it all!

Sabahans!

Syaril from Sandakan and Amir from Damai.

Fung(eating) from KK with Syaril.

Sharin from KK and I.

Mark from Papar with Fung.

cheers for Sabah!

28-Dec-2008 Tanjung Badak trip

When I went back to Sabah, I suddenly realised that even though I'm a Sabahan, I have never been to any Tropical Islands in my own beloved state, I have never climbed the tallest mountain in our country, Mount Kinabalu. I have not done much in my beloved Sabah after living in it for 20 years! That's why I ask my friend Donald to organise a trip to Tanjung Badak near Rasa Ria Resort so that we can have fun together. I invited church friends, ex-classmates and my cousin along. and pictures will tell the rest of my story...

Jimmy

Kayaking!

the sun was shiny!

Banana boat again!

whoooo~

our pondok!

Donald and 'Daisy'

Volley ball...they are all girls!

Tumbui got style!

Vroom...!

ah Gang and Hen2

Chau Chun Kiang

Tun Tun Tui

it was not me, i juz wanna take a pic..haha

Wu sisters

being crazy

my 水上芭蕾 performance, everybody paid so much attention! haha

who's faster! splash!

shark and croc!

race ! race!

croc dived in to get that white buffalo!

girls! haha

These few weeks in Dunedin, New Zealand

I did not do much these few weeks, just going to lectures and tutorials, looking for friends out there in the weekned which take me about 15min of walking to reach them. Sometimes, I'll do some exercise but not often. Also, but not frequently, I will read, study and do my homework because I have to. Always eat outside nowadays, which is crazily expensive over here. One normal meal would normally cost you at least RM20! but I'm so lazy to cook and also thinking of eating less. So, just eat outside then. LOL! here are some pics of what's going on in these few weeks of my stay in Dunedin. cheers!

Yuji from Japan, my mentee...wants to come to NZ to improve his proficiency in English language.

that's me, my hair's getting longer! could not stand for long! and the wind is so strong in Dunedin!

Mr.Cem, fashion designer and teacher at Otago polytechnic, now went back to Germany because he does not like Dunedin! haha.he prefers New York.

my scarf from my sis.

nigiri salmon! favourite!

Japanese style fried noodles

the White mask! new vigilante in town!

new hero in town...members of Dunedin's watchmen

huh?

how's it going?

My new pal Peter...with his toys..lol

shopping in a furniture store

comfortable until we do it like yoyo~

roar!

St.Paul Cathedral and I going toward it.

Peter and I again.

huge cathedral.

Bryan and I.

Hijacking!

the Public call, new horror movie, coming soon

will scare the heck outta ya!

random buildings in Dunedin.

new shopping mall..Wall Street.

Wall Street

it's closed! at 5pm!

outside view from 3rd floor library.

An Introduction to my fellows: Ng Brothers

Havent posted anything for quite a while, then I decided to blog about my fellow friends, so let me start with these 3 brothers...the Ng brothers. First of all, this is Ng Yee Kiat, or Siao Di. a very funny and cunning guy which is among my best of friends. but he's a little bit ignorant like the rest of his brothers..hahah..like everything also dunno just know about games, and hav fun! He's a nice person, always joking around, bringing around anywhere, and we used to play games together all the time. Ironically, it is games(Dota) that separated us for almost 2 years! a 'Cold War' for two years until the last day I was in Sabah before I went to NZ for study, we rekindled at the airport..so dramatic eh? like a drama..hahaha..but it happened. But now, we're once again best friends and I will always teach him everything and he'll joke in return. haha...Unfortunate enough, I have to get back here in NZ and he has to stay ignorant for now..LOL..May God bless ya all the time Siao Di!







This guy is called Wong Vee Kiat, aka Ah Vee, ranked third among the brothers. Handsome and cute, that's what people called him, and we knew each others because of computer games and ps2 ! it was like 6 years ago or more! we're getting closer when he started to go to church youth...and always hang out with him when I was in Sabah. Today, he enjoys a lavish lifestyle going to Wagamama Japanese restaurant, Starbucks and Fish and Co all the time...Hope u're doing fine Vee!

2005

2004

2009

2009

This guy is called Ng Chun Kiat,aka Ah Boy, second eldest in the three brothers
and also my good friend. He has been living like a rich guy and talk like a rich guy since the first time i met him 6years ago but he doesn't know a lot of things..LOL! everything is about good shoes, good shirts and who's richer...who can use money to 'tat' who..haha...can always hear him say those. I used to play games with him as well...PS2 and Computer games. all the best and God bess ya boy!

eating chicken wing

yoyo..

long long time ago..

Otago Peninsula trip 2008

Last year around August, I joined Vera along with PeiJia, Reseena, Felicia and Winnie Ho to a trip to Otago Peninsula. It was a really nice trip where I really enjoyed my time with these awesome friends back then. They're really nice to me and I appreciate that, I wish I could have done more for them. Maybe when they come to Sabah, I'll really held a food fest for them! haha... Pictures say it all folks! enjoy!

无间道...

say cheese..

someone else' Golden Retriver and he's friendly...

talking with Winnie..

nice sight to be seen!

cattles below the hill!

Stand ground !



posting for the camera!

we're in kindergarten again...

wuhoo~

proposing? omg..

It was National Day for Singapore, these Singaporeans are quite patriotic!

lol

seeing the nice view before us

the end

Beauty of New Zealand's South Island

One of the reasons I have chosen to study at New Zealand instead of other countries like Australia and the UK is because of the natural beauty of New Zealand's landscape and scenery. Although New Zealand is slightly larger than Malaysia geographically, it has different kinds of types of forests compared to Malaysia, who has only tropical type of forests or JUNGLES overgrowned with plants. Also, the scenery is just too magnificent to be described..once again, only pictures can tell the story...haha...

beauty!

along the road to Queenstown, little town with a chapel over there!

nice~

a river in NZ

delta? looks pretty.

Lake 'dunno what already'..

former gold mine site

you still can find tiny pieces of gold here.

one of the awesome mountains in Queenstown, this is my desktop wallpaper!

Wanaka

Wanaka's town

beautiful isn't it?

splendid sight to behold.

Queenstown at night.

oops, irrelevent pic! This was a tree climbing experience in Wanaka.

green pasture in New Zealand, sheep roaming around.

taking pictures up the hill overlooking Wanaka.

just indescribable.

clean and transparent water of Lake Wanaka.

Caroling 2008

Carolling, a time where I can serve God along with other brothers and sisters in Christ with my voice and also bringing the good news of Jesus Christ to others. I really enjoyed participating in caroling with my church and I did it again in mid-December 2008. It was nice and unique in several ways because as usual, we're offered plenty of food to eat! but I did not each much in fear of becoming obese again! Also, we're like a travel team ready to get into tracks that normal automible are unable to enter! thus, we used four-wheeled pick-ups to get into some rural, inaccessible places! Moreover, We celebrated birthday for our respected teacher in church, Chun Hong. pictures will tell the stories folks!

That's the style he ate 'kayit'

at John2's house

Prepare to track!

muddy, unsealed roads! adventorous...after this, please complain to the govt about not doing their job!

slothy TumBui

eating time

at my home..

chit chatting at my home

Shimu's house

Uncle Kwan's house

taking pics with Uncle Kwan's pig-nose, smaller than mine!

wah, love it so much! salmon sushi!!!

oyster...

all the food prepared by uncle Wong Foo Wun and family

Chun Hong lao shi's birthday cake

Wong family with 2 'bodyguards'

singing happy birthday...

1)I was thinking that I should start eating so that others follow...

2) then I took one salmon sushi, which is my favourite!

3) As a result, everybody's jealous of me and started to shout at me.

4) Then I said, don't care you all! I'm gonna eat this!

5) then everyone started to kick my butt! haha, not really, they were also starting to grab some! eating frenzy ensued!

6) The End, the story may not be entirely true but it's loosely based on a true story. cheers!

Otago Museum

These are the pictures taken inside the Otago Museum, when there's nothing to do in Dunedin, it's always a good idea to visit the museum because most of the venues are free of charge anyway.

Welcome signboard in various languages

boats and canoes of the Pacific Islanders

the guy over there look juz like me.haha

Exibition from Shanghai museum

Melanesian weapons.

croc on the loose in the museum!!

that smallest penguin over there is the comtemporary penguins today, that one was huge! but extinct!

penguins..

Blue penguins..cute

extinct bird in NZ

extinct owl in NZ

Kiwi birds

huge spider!

samurai armour

First year of University life 2008

Thinking back the time I've decided to study overseas, lots of obstacles and challenges, plenty of encouragements and discouragements. Nonetheless, I'm here in New Zealand, it's my move now to move the chess and I hope that I'll make the right move. I'll share my stories through the pictures...my first year of University life in New Zealand.

2 of my best friends came and say goodbye to me..
b4 that, I had a 'cold war' going on with my right hand side of my best friend(white) for 2 long years and all ended in the airport. Historic moment...

train trip with Kim Bum Soo(S.Korea), Indra(Indonesia), and Faizal(KL)

I saw a sea lion for the first time in my life, and they are not afraid of humans! they bite!

bagpiper, Scottish heritage of Dunedin!

yay

Daniel, my ex-flatmate from Germany. he cooks for me sometimes as well. haha.

Faizal, was a health science student and now a medical undergratuate! well done, future doc!

Nick, cool American guy, learned a lot of political stuff from him.

outside view of my former flat.

Cathedral.

Kevin, Felicia and Vera



let's go out and hav some burgers in McD!

Kim Bum Soo was so hungry~

he ate most of it!

want some coke?

yum yum yum...

a hedgehog!

cute!

taking pic with this little cutie...

yo man...
that's my pictorial stories of my first year Uni, it's not everything, but I'll share it sometime in the future!

'Decoration' of my wall

I 'decorated' my room! with study timetable and wallplanner...haiz, so the tougher University year begins...let's hope that I can cope with it! May God be with me! hope that I'll past it all! I'm taking 4 200-level papers this year which is far more difficult that 100-level papers that I took last year.

hoodie's on

yeah, decoration's done!

timetable, wallplanner, and a couple of pictures with me!

my desk

my timetable

the wallplanner for 2009

My University of Otago

I went to visit my friends in Toroa International House, the place where I
used to live. On my way back, I took a few pictures of my University so that I can share it to you my friend. It's not the whole campus though, but I took quite a few of the important sites and buildings.


University's symbol

one of the many lecture halls.

one of the campus buildings

plaza

St.David lecture theatre

The Clocktower, the structure that represent the University

the Clocktower again.

It's me with the Clocktower as the background.

looking at somewhere else.

once again.

the road was wet after the rain

food court in campus

Richardson buildings...with departments of Arts and Law in it

the famous library.

sneak a peak



library again

clubs and societies building

Dinner at Turkish restaurant

Yesterday, I went to a Turkish restaurant with a friend. I've never heard of Turkish cuisine in Malaysia before. Thus, I thought it would be a nice experience to try. Their common menu would be kebabs, and you would probably heard of turkish delight before. but I ordered something not so common, I ordered chicken doner( dunno wat is that at first) and a baklava. and you know what? I love it.

Chicken kebab with rice and salad

Baklava, Middle Eastern dessert! it's nice.

Chicken Doner kebab. delicious.

after this, I think I'll take care of my weight.


Turkish light?

cellings of the restaurant

the Turkish restaurant.

good food, thanks chef!

Midnight out in Dunedin

Went out at 1am because I could not sleep! haha... so I went to walk around the empty and quite town at night.

Chinese Garden

qiang~~~~ elegant gate

so dark

cross

bearded guy, dunno who

Settlers Museum

1870-1900+ fire truck!

old style

rarest locomotive remained in NZ

last steam locomotive in NZ

first day of return in Dunedin 2009 and my room!

I arrived in Dunedin on 20th Feb 2009, I was not going back to Toroa International House anymore because I have a new place to stay, introduced by Estelle, now I'm living in Anzac Avenue, Dunedin Central! a nice place! here are couples of pics....


yeah, my room, welcome...

just arrived, with luggages on my bed

queen or king sized bed? with only myself using it.

outside view, the train station

my laptop!

my desk

bed

flash mode!

my lovely N85, fish swims in it!

Proton Saga Kelabu in Dunedin!

This morning, woke up and went to the University to renew visa, but due to some technical problems, it seems that I'll have to do it next monday.....Aw, nothing is smooth lately, but I'll do my best. along the road back, I saw a PROTON SAGA right here in Dunedin! can you actually believe that? so far I think I saw 2 protons in Dunedin, I think those are the only 2 proton..which is 'Made in Msia' in Dunedin! Malaysia Boleh~ then suddenly thought of what Jodia sang in Karaoke, a Dusun song called Proton Saga Kalabu...LOL..funny.


Proton Saga

nice

belongs to a student I think





we called it bomba in Msia


station


fire trucks


cadbury chocolate factory


chocolate silo? just outside my room


nice sky



the train station in the morning

Hope you enjoy those pics

My surroundings in Dunedin, New Zealand

It's been 5 days since I returned to Dunedin. I was living in Toroa International House but now changed to Anzac Avenue. Let me show you how it is in Anzac Avenue. It's a nice place, with large room for me to live~ wuhoo~. Outside, there's a train station and a garden square, nice sights to behold! One night, I was boring and I did not have anything to do then I went out there and chill out, taking pictures of those nice places around me. enjoy the pics people...

train station as the background


Train station!


granduer


garden square just in front of the train station


elegant..


some shops over there


nice plants


train..choo choo


Shanghai?


No skating !


flash mode : Anzac Square


Anzac square signboard


this is what I see outside my room


my window


entrance, welcome!


restaurant outside of my room


kinda cool

University of Otago student once again

Here I come again for my third semester in University of Otago! I've been busy settling my things such as doing banking, doing course approval, and will settle down storage stuff and renting payments as well. Hope everything's fine and here you go another learning experience!

student card 2009


student card 2008

My pets

Ah, once again I'm leaving my pets behind going back to NZ. Let me show you my pets! My house has cats, dogs, fish, turtles, crayfish, and believe it or not. we once had crocodile, mousedeer, as well as python!




Puss in Yellow boots!


Bryan feelling happy


resting under the hibiscus tree


my dad fed my pig nose turtle into obesity while I'm away!


my dad's tilapia fish


now u see me, now u dont'!


we're guarding the house!


crayfish and Angelfish


freshwater crab!


fight! argh!


kacau kacau


curious little puppy


one family


lovely mother of 3


hiding



get outta here!

What I eat in NZ 08

Many people always ask me what did you eat back in NZ when I got back to Sabah. I can just say it's a long story, I eat Western as well as Eastern. And I was surrounded by good chefs, namely Vera, Reseena, Felicia, PeiJia, Estelle, etc. haha...what a lucky guy, guess what I only repay them by washing the dishes which I din do much also ...Nonetheless, let me show you what I eat in NZ 08


first ever pot-luck dinner with 'chefs' from all over the world.


Seafood fried rice from my workplace..so it's free~


vegetables...healthy


we ate tons of ice-cream over there, doesnt melt easily in NZ!


chocolate fondue! yeah!


Vera, PeiJia, Reseena, Felicia and I..we're food mates!


Baked chicken!


Ice-cream time!


fried rice


sushi!


Domino's pizza


Pizza~


Shepherd's pie by Reseena


Bee Hoon by PeiJia


dumplings


Chick Kut Teh... my friend said she doesnt know which part looks like it


veggies


YiHao came from Malacca to work here


PeiJia's cooking while Vera and Felicia helps


Salad by Vera


Drumsticks!


Nooodles


Kimchi!


Cheesecake


Steak


steamboat


fishballs in Dunedin is expensive


pork!


yes, they have luncheon over here!


Butter chicken


Smoked salmon


they got Popiah too!


fruits


Estelle, Reseena, Felicia, Vera and PeiJia


Potatoes with style?


instant noodles


chilling out


Western?


fruits


East blend with West


by Felicia


Salmon sushi..owww~~


dessert


yummy..


Apple Crumble! nice...they are all good at baking this


eat !


yummy


Felicia, Vera, PeiJia, Winnie Ho, Reseena and Estelle


cheers


cha ye dan?


Sotong!


PJ and Vera baking!


skilful


Felicia washing dishes


eating ice-cream


now that's what I eat in NZ. thanks to Vera, PeiJia, Felicia, Reseena and also Estelle for all the cooking experience.

一路向南之前

Many events and things happened before I left for NZ in 2009, these are those events and little happenings that I'm able to capture through my camera. Be nice to your friends no matter who he/she is. ^^





Audrey and I


Ei Ling and I


Angela and I


already hungry


seems happy


Girl?


Always see ah vee in starbucks and Jap restaurant!


sedap?


so laoz~ Ah Moo and Siao Di


so cool !


funny Audrey


Jun2 and Angela


Yung2 being serious


drinking also got style


Angela ate more than me


Audrey and Ei Ling


Ng Sian Hup's pet


Siao Di's on the Top of the 麻包!


Love it, tho it looks weird in pics


My favourite dish, by my parents before I depart.


Doner.


Retarded version of Lee


Ah Vee sings when he's sad. LOL


Siao Di!


Ah boy and Lee Cheng San


Siao Di was so happy


we're all from St.John Shaolin Temple!


yeah~


Waja, you have served me well, after this I think you need to go service.


Bryan: woo~ woo~ dun leave me~ (^^)


Kitty: Aw, why u hafta go?(LOL)


Kitty: Who's gonna tickle me when u're gone? (LOL)


Benjamin


Bah Liang aka TillerLeong

Trip to Queenstown and Wanaka Aug,2008

Time to share some one of a kind experience in this blog. In August 2008, I went for a trip with my best friends in NZ( PeiJia, Reseena, Felicia and Vera) to Queenstown and Wanaka. Queenstown is a beautiful tourist town with splendid mountains and natural environment. More importantly, I've done bungee jump because my friends insisted on doing it, then it would be so embarrasing if I'm the only one that is not gonna do it.^^
We also went to Wanaka for skiing! that means I've done 2 things first time in this trip! bungee jumping and skiing!

at Queenstown

tree climbing

our rented car

Beside Lake Wanaka

Crane!

Lake Wanaka

Reseena pointing at the sky

Vera on the top!

Lunchtime

the awesome foursome?!

PeiJia

Felicia

peace

Queenstown

Queesnstown





cold!







first timer

gadgets ready

Vera was good at it.

noob skier





Bungee

ah! help!

world's third highest

going there...to jump!

so that's how it works

Prepare to encounter problems.

All of a sudden, As it seems that problems were about to be solved before going back to study in NZ, it descended upon me like meteor shower from the sky. I'm not so good at sharing, so I would like to share it through my blog. Hoping that releasing it through this method would bring relief to me.



不择手段，恩将仇报, In order to achieve his goal, he can actually turn my friends and cousins against me. In order to achieve his goal, he can actually pretend to be so pathetic but actually many people was behind him. He could do anything, anything , even after my 'obvious boycott, and unhappiness' towards his actions.
I cannot imagine what would happen if he achieve his goal, the same fate that befall to everyone else. Stop pretending to be innocent and show yout true colours( that's not possible though). However, it was my stupidity who made all these possible, it was my blind kindness to let this took place. Hope no catastrophe happens.



To one of my (once )best friends,
I have much patience on you my friend, I kept endure and tolerate what you have done. you always accuse me of speding so less time with you but you never look at the mirror. you said that I spent too much time in front of the computer looking for information and news and spent too less time chatting together but you never look at the mirror as well. Still remember last year Chinese new year, when I put my hand on yout shoulder and you push it away and shouted at me for cheating on you, but in the end, I was not wrong...It was you who never see things carefully and already acted, but you already finished scolding and the pain in heart already felt.
and this time it was the same. in those sms, how many F words you have uttered, have you ever considered my feelings? have you seen me replied any F words to you? in those sms, have I ever used人生攻击 against you? you kept doing it. you're blinded by your perception, by the only things that appear in your eyes and you intepret it your own way, by the one who depicted himself as a pathetic, innocent guy that are persecuted by me. In those sms, you said I just lost 2 friends, have you ever thought that it was so painful to hear that a friend threaten to end a friendship just because of another person's business and you do not even know the truth yet?
We've been through so much, me and you in National service, I was just right beside you when whole gang of people descend upon you seeking fight. prepared to aid you. Would that person that you think was right and you want to bring justice for him do this? do your mind even move?
Most ridiculously, in the sms, you said I lost 2 friends because of 3 missed calls and 1 rejected call. my goodness, this has to be the biggest joke on Earth. you want to lose a friend just because of those missed calls? it's really saddening to hear but so be it if you want it. Do you even know that calls that I received from you recently were scoldings and mockings? sms you sent were provoking and annoying? Before the threatening of breaking our friendship, what did you sent? was not it annoying and angering?besides, I was driving, the safety of those in my car is prioritised. I was so tolerant, I was so accepting. but you just want to F it all up. the first F sms from you was like a knife pierced through my heart, ending friendship because of all these.
You even talked about my unhappy past regarding a conflict between me and another best friend.I know, the purpose of doing all these is to hurt me. well, great job.
I lost interests in talking or settling, who do you think you are to always scold and threaten to end friendship like this.
If you said I just lost 2 friends, another friend you're talking about is 不择手段，恩将仇报, I'm SO GLAD and OVERJOYED that it ends. if the other one is you, I'm prepared to suffer the consequences. because thanks to you, you brought the past up regarding my another best friend between me. I'm prepared to endure, as you know I endured so much of these, and YOU thrown me back there again. There are more I wanted to share but I'm afraid that your 人生攻击 against me will be overwhelming and i kept mine at minimal.




I hope you're happy, I'm leaving for NZ soon. farewell

Christmas 2008 (24th-25th Dec 2008)

There goes another highly anticipated Christmas, I remember Christmas was the time when everyone in church was busy for Chritmas preparation. However, preparation these few years were slow and casual, most people did not put much effort on it. This is saddening, but nevertheless, it was still one of the happiest events in the year 2008! Here are some pictures that I've taken during Christmas time.

Me, TunBui, Ding Yi Hao, Fenson

丁老板

family portrait

hosts

so youthful!

at Sutera Harbour

I grow moustache!

don't be shy En En, just say hi to the camera

Hen2: this pic was taken 7 years ago, when I was as fit as Bruce Lee and my sis is as slim as Avril

Birthdays

Ever since i went back from NZ, many birthdays of my friends and cousins were celebrated and I get to capture some of the events through my camera! There were, my birthday(21/11/08), Foo Tun Vui's birthday(12/12/08), Fung Fung's birthday(2/2/09) and Siao Dih's birthday(12/2/09).

Garden seafood restaurant



21-11-08, My bday

alternate atmosphere?

Tumbui's bday 12-12-08







Fung's bday 2-2-09





Siao Di's bday 12-2-09

I hereby wish everyone who's going to celebrate their birthday sooner or later a very Happy Birthday!

Youth Camp 2008

Remember I thought that I might not be able to join another youth camp anymore. Nonetheless, I did, and I was a ‘助教’ instead of normal participating teenagers,for I'm no longer teenager! It's fun to see teenagers playing around and learning, remind me of how much time I have wasted in unnecessary things.
In this camp, there was a lot of new faces, which is awesome...everyone could get to know new friends!
Here are some of the pics in youth camp 08

Time to re-think mistakes that I have done

Havent written blogs for a while but I'm not good at it anway. but there's one thing that horribly troubles me that I wish I could unleash it in a healthy and 'poetic' way.

I've done countless mistakes throughout my lifetime.
But it was always myself who's going to suffer the consequences and fix the spilt myself.
During Chinese New Year I'm not sure why I was kind enough to help an ungrateful person that's in need of a thing so desperately for so long, which is bad for the thing he's seeking for.I know this person is sleek and crafty through years of experience. unfortunately, I helped(out of happiness and joy) >.<...(i allowed injustice to survive!)out of kindness and I helped him with all my heart.

But my kindness was repaid with betrayal, I have not felt betrayal for so long that I forgot what it was like.My silence was exploited, my help was exploited, my friendship was exploited! It was painful in the heart to see a thing falling prey into an ungrateful person's hand. It was painful to know that you cannot do anything, say anything to bring the thing out of the tricks for the ungrateful person had exploited every single bit of your kindness and repay you with disrespect and rudeness. And in this period, he even exploited all the little details for his advantages. Little did the ungrateful person realise that without my help, he would not have known the existence of the thing that he desperately seek for even before he sees the thing. The ungrateful person has forgotten that no one has ever helped him and he's only a laughing stock for everyone, I look upon him with sympathy and my kindness appeared, but once it does appeared, it was exploited to the core! to the deepest core that the Earth has ever seen.

I have not felt so sad and guilty before,for I have put one of my best friends into the mouth of a wolf, no one would understand, everyone might have thought that I was just a barbaric thug being unreasonable and trying to seek a confrontation with an innocent man(Not quite)! He's played the card well. It's even sadder to know that you could not do anything to change all these. and it's even sadder to think that I WAS THE ONE who put my best friend into the wolf's den. I don't really like to intervene in peoples' decision but I'm deeply concern on this one which deeply worries me.

I'm left with few days in the Land Below the Wind. it's painful to left behind something unfix but I believe there's nothing I could do but to wish for wisdom and practical thinking of the person that I put into the wolf's den. hoping that one of my best friends would be wise in dealing matters and would not be fallen into tricks and irresponsible behaviours.

Hope all is well, Shalom, my friend

University of Otago

If i think back when I was still in Sabah a year ago, I said to myself, what was I thinking of going to study overseas! It's not as easy as I imagine >.<>

Looking with hope. -_-

Uni tombstone!

studying at library!

chill out!

My Korean friend Daniel Kim Bum Soo

National Service( Khidmat Negara) 2005

Another interesting experience of my life is my participation of the Malaysian National Service. I was one of the 'lucky' ones that was drafted to join this programme and I actually went to a camp somewhere 20 minutes from my house, which is quite near. Moreover, I went there with a whole lot of known friends! classmates and schoolmates.
The purpose of this National Service is not about conscription, that they wanted to train you and prepare for war, but instead it's about how to live together harmoniously in a culturally, ethnically,and religiously diverse society( at least that's what they say, the politicians are hungry in my opinion).
Well, I enjoyed my time there, meeting new friends, always skip marching and training session, even the officer there allowed me to do so, not everyone has such privileges because the officer would normally scold and ask them out if someone skip!

We called ourselves 'the triad'. LOL.

Madam Ooi and Mr.Ong(teachers) visited us in camp.

Trainees.

Community service with friends.

'teethless' trainer.

'pirates'

gangs of trainess.

colourful portrait.

act fierce.

pirates again?

Christmas Carolling 2007

Christmas is a time~ Christmas is a time~ Christmas is a time to love~~~
Although Christmas is still months ahead, I would like to show you guys some pics of the carolling that I joined last year.


Christmas Tree.


that's my 3 8 friend Mr.Ding.


Before we depart.


somewhere in Telibong.


at Mr.Alex Lo's house.


at Ah Heen's house.


wah...look at TunVui's finger. need to be disciplined.


At my house.


Uncle Kwan's backyard. pretty.



elegance!

Aquarium and my fish

I like raising fish ever since I was a child. Looking at someone's fish tank with variety of fish swimming together was a very fulfilling experience. That's why I conducted a fish raising experiment(2006) to see if I would succeed in fish raising!
My mind told me that I should create a community tank where variety of peaceful fish like mollies, guppies, angelfish, and loaches swim together in a tank filled with aquatic plants. A complete ecosystem at work. Wow, That's how the challenge started and I embarked on a journey to see if I can do it or not! Well, I would show some of the pictures to you guys and enjoy...

Pig nose turtle! rare species of turtle only found in Australia and Papua New Guinea.

It has flippers unlike many other freshwater turtle and tortoise!

red little crayfish.

wuhoo...swim~~~~

freedom little turtle!

that's what I called community tank.

schools of different kinds of fish.

my aquatic plants

I got corydoras as well

Night view of my aquarium tank

view in the morning

Angelfish, mollies and lots of other fish

Mollies!

Feeding frenzy!

Eat Eat!

Thanks for watching!

Journey to Brunei Darussalam 2007

I'm not really a traveling person, but travel seems fun for me and I would really like to go everywhere around the world to see what's out there. One of the few countries that I've ever went was our little neighbour, the Sultanate of Brunei! I went there with my cousins and friend on a road trip!
Brunei was a sultanate state just south of the state of Sabah, It' a wealthy nation because of oil. Citizens have free healthcare, free gas, and once, there was a free theme park as well! but this theme park called Jerudong Park would eventually deteriorate and turned into a Ghostown-like situation due to the Sultan's brother's corruption scandal. Oh man, I'm beginning to sound like a politician or something...without delay! enjoy the pics!

6 stars hotel's internal structure.

it's huge and elegant I must say.

outside of the hotel.

with no one is inside the Theme park, we can actually climb out.

our room in 6 stars hotel.

the once free theme park of Jerudong park, now it's like a ghosttown, the roller coaster is broken, pirate ship sold, most of the attractions are not functioning..><
6 stars hotel's swimming pool..

Jerudong Park's only functioning attraction?

Road trip to Brunei, through ferry in Sarawak.

mountains in Sarawak, quite different from Sabah.

my sleepy counsin on the left, and my happy cousin on the right.

I must be watching TV in the so called 6 stars hotel.

fell in to the bathtub.

Home Sweet Home

Unlike many people around me or people that live in busy, urbanized regions of the world, I lived in a very peaceful and quiet place. except of the occasional dog howling and frog mating season. Noise of the busy traffic and industry is almost unheard of. Let me introduce you my Home in Tuaran!