Last night in Petaling Jaya

Yuppers, it's gonna be my last night in Petaling Jaya, and tomorrow I'll be on my way back to Singapore tomorrow by 3.30pm. Taking Transnasional coach back to JB and then I will take bus 170 from Larkin to the Custom and then change to bus 950 and then 901 back to my flat in Woodlands. Yeah, that's quite tiring, but most economical way though. And then again, Transnasional is my only choice of bus as it is the best so far and it has not disappointed me yet by its service. Reasons are the bus always leave on time, and then after the half-way half an hour meal & toilet break, the driver will always check on the number of passengers on the bus before leaving the area so as not to leave anyone behind. And then I feel more secure with the driver wearing his blue Transnasional uniform. Haha. On top of that, I can extend the date of the ticket if I wanna postpone my trip to later date with just merely RM1.20 at Transnasional office in Puduraya. All these factors suffice for me to pick Transnasional as my one and only choice. Haha, I don't get any money from them making such advertisement but I don't mind being the spokesperson if I am asked to be one. Haha.

Drove around in SS2(Chinatown in PJ) today and found out that there are a significant number of restaurants here having Hong Kong influence in terms of their interior design as well as the dishes available there. Another thing is that the names of the restaurants are mostly in Cantonese. Haha..I was quite suprised by it actually, anyway, I guess it's a good place to bring my overseas friends to go there and take a look and they would be suprised the same way too.

Oh ya, do vote for my friend Adeline Ong, F5 in the NUS Students' Arts and Social Sciences Club's Beach Fiesta 06 Polling. http://www.funkygrad.com/beachfiesta06/

A hug a day will keep the doctor away

Things change. Things are never the same again. It is part of parcel of life. Maybe I am not those lucky persons who have good friends all along. But perhaps I have but I happen to take them for granted. What kind of person I have become nowadays, it's frustrating to know that I have become so introverted. I wonder how my friends think of me actually, sometimes what they think in fact matters to me so that I can improve myself. This is a time where apparently all my flaws seem to be very obvious to me. Therefore,a sense of vulnerability creeps in. Insecurity is the word to describe the state now. Never have I had such feeling so intensely that I might want to surrender to the world. Really.....I think in my entire life, I have never ever sober up and think of what I actually want out of my life. This also triggers the feeling of loneliness in my heart, despite having my family and girlfriend's moral support. I know, deep inside me, I don't want to be a happy-go-lucky person. I yearn for some achievements now. I guess I may sound a bit too pathetic by now, but truly it's what I feel deep inside my heart right now, and I need a hug, will you spare me one now?

Bliss for her

Met her again when I was in Penang. Gave her 'bliss' in the form of a gift. I wish that she would have a smooth relationship this time round.

Winds of Change

Came back from KTV not long ago, and of course the KTV here in Malaysia is much better than those in Singapore, really really better. Haha, because over here the Cantonese songs are updated from time to time. Cool! Hope that Redbox will open its first branch in Singapore soon.

KTV in Klang Valley

I didn't know that singing ktv in Petaling Jaya(Sunway/The Curve) is more expensive than that in Kuala Lumpur generally. Seems like PJ has really developed a lot and I am really proud of my hometown. It's gonna attain city status soon this year, and Malaysia has ten cities so it's gonna make its residents special. Haha, anyway, I am gonna have gathering with some A Level ex classmates tonight at Redbox Low Yat Plaza. Haven't seen them for two years already. One of them is my ex-girlfriend too. Haha, oh well I guess it should be alright. Anyway, the KTV charges per head for Redbox in Low Yat(KL area) is RM35++ per head(exclusive of 10% government tax and 5% service charge) and the titbit charge of RM10 for two persons.
But it's cheaper than singing KTV in Neway in Berjaya Times Square(KL area) which is RM45++ per head and RM9 titbit charge for two persons, as well as Redbox in Sunway/The Curve which is RM44++ per head. Yeah, when I called them to make enquiries, the staff talked in Cantonese, so I had to talk to them in Cantonese to make my questions answered. Haha, for those who don't know, KL and PJ people in Malaysia are more likely able to converse in Cantonese, since many people migrated here in ancient times from Guangzhou and Hong Kong. But as for people in Penang, my friend said that people can speak Cantonese there, but I don't seem to hear it being widely spoken, because what I think is that Hokkien(Fujian dialect or Min3 Nan2 Yu3) is the main Chinese dialect used there. Since I can't speak Hokkien, then I had to use English and Mandarin to speak there to order food and get me around.

Increased blog readership: Good or bad thing?

Well, I think it's a paradox to have an increased blog readership. The good thing is that for every happenning event, it can be shared among your family members and friends immediately after you update an entry on the event. But sometimes, after relating your friends to the blog you are writing on, there are certain issues that you don't want a certain individual or even a group of friends who know that individual closely to know about the things you are going to write in that particular entry which is of course has something to do with them.

Happy for her

Thinking of my ex classmate now, she had been working with a Singapore company in Singapore, and now there she is, in Yokohama, being posted there to work, very likely to leave her boyfriend behind in Singapore for more than half a year. Haha, oh well, I think it's gonna be indeed a groundbreaking exposure for her working there. Hope to get her phone number soon, so that I can start giving her basic Japanese language lessons via phone, haha. I wish her all the best. I wonder when I can make use of my language skills at work, put them in practice, since if it continues to be like that, it would seem to be a total waste of time for me learning them in the first place. Initially I always tell people that language learning is just one of my favourite hobbies, but after all, it's kinda expensive and time-consuming, eventually making me into thinking that it's an investment rather, a long term one that needs to have a promising return whether in monetary or spiritual or even gallant terms.

Penang trip photos are up in myspace

Yeah, I have uploaded some photos of my trip in Penang, you can check this link out http://spaces.msn.com/travelling1981/ . Haven't got time to do the same with the Langkawi photos yet, probably will do it over the weekend when I can get internet access using my lappie at home. The trip in Langkawi was superb! It was really nice lor....I took a boat trip from Penang to Langkawi and it took about 2 hours and a half to reach the jetty in Kuah. The daily boat trips from Penang to Langkawi are only at 8.30am and 8.45am. I took the 8.30am one. The single way is RM45 but I bought the return boat trip Penang-Langkawi-Penang for RM80. The ferry trip was pretty stable but it was just that it got me all wet and salty as I came out of the cabin seats to appreciate all the natural beauty along the way since the boat was not high after all. Met a Swiss lady and we went to travel around in Langkawi together. Haha, as I said, don't get the wrong idea, she is old enough to be my mother, 56 years of age la. We rented a Proton Iswara(RM50 per day, deposit of RM50) , and I was declared the chauffeur for next two days in our Langkawi trip. What I heard of was that two days were the minimum days you are allowed to rent the car, but it seems that when I was there to rent, they said it was up to me. Anyway, I rented it for two days. Drove half an hour from Kuah town(southern Langkawi) to the guesthouse I will be staying, which is in Pantai Cenang(Gecko Guesthouse). This guesthouse costs me RM25 per night with attached bathroom, it was pretty good also as it is very near to the beach. The guesthouse belongs to a Caucasian lady, with another Dutch guy and a Malay guy working there as assistants. The Swiss lady which I met also stayed in the same guesthouse since we shared the renting cost for the car and it would be quite inconvenient for her or me to stay elsewhere.

On vacation

Now I'm happily resting in Penang, and it's like a sabbatical leave to me, as I am backpacking alone to places which I've been to before, and then places that I have never been to before which is Langkawi. Yeah, I'll be taking ferry to Langkawi in two days' time and staying in a place where it's just so near the beach. Yeah yeah, I am not afraid of tsunami since life is all fated.

Reflections of the past

It is supposed to be a joyful kind of feeling that I should be having, at least it should be within my expectation since I'm getting a darn long break back at home in PJ. Feelings of joy apparently seem to have died down as segments of past memory appear to be unleashed, bringing forth a line of depressive thought in my mind.

Is it because that I have been apart from my girlfriend for a long time that I start to miss her so much? Or is it.....is it because of the girl who I used to admire secretly, feelings for her start to rekindle?Sometimes, the immaturity of my feelings rather embarasses myself. Am I putting this steady relationship into jeopardy? Questions of such kind are beginning to inundate my already puzzled mind. The big '4' is coming real soon. In less than two month's time. Perhaps I just go and get married soon to get over that feeling. Haha.