OctoberFest brought to Malaysia

OctoberFest. One famous festival from Germany. It's all about food and beer. Now, it's partially celebrated in Malaysia since last year. The event will still be held in 1 Utama from 27th Oct - 29th Oct.

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What are Friends for?

Everyone has been saying, "When talk about money, it hurts friendship". I don't find it true, except for just 1 friend. The rest of my friends has never got any problem with me on money. We don't tend to calculate that much with each other.

What happen is, I kinda in a way or another pay some extra money on some certain things for this friend in advance. Even helping him sounds like I owe him that money. "If you don't pay for me, and I don't have money, then how?" That what he said. Alright, as a friend and thinking for his convenience, I paid in advance with his promise to return me in 1 week time.

Hence, he got his opportunity to give his own money a turn and I have got no luquidity to spin when I'm in tough time. It's all ok as long as he return me the money as he promised.

1 week later, asking for the money and he will give me the next day. The next thing I know, he called up and say he will give me a check and ask me to bank it in by myself. For some of you who might have known, my working hours simply does not allow me to have time to go to a bank and the only account I have is with my HSBC bank. Yes, I don't believe in local bank and don't believe in owning a lot of bank account.

Then I got scolded, "What? Why you don't have local bank account want? Takkan you want me to go bank in my own account then withdraw the money and give u in cash?"

Did you see a reverse in role here? Does it seems like I'm the person owing him money?

It's really sad. Even quite a few friends tried their best not to have anything to do with him in monetary term. He's a great friend. But when come to small small stuff, anything at all he can relate them to money and in any term at all charge you if he can. He take him as the only few of my best friends that will come to my aids when I needed friends.

What are friends for?

Being a Tourist in Hong Kong

This is my second been to Hong Kong. But it is the 1st as a tourist. Sweetie went to Hong Kong with me. She loves the place with the massive shopping arcades. Eventually she became my tour guide, since most of the time I have to go training and she will go loitering around places.

Look at the bottom video. It's the Musical Symphony of Buildings' Lightings. It's fantastic.

Singing party before I leave for Hong Kong

I'm leaving for Hong Kong tomorrow. But Adrian came to KL from BP, and out of the blue, Adree ajak go Karaoke. Then we ended up in Neways at Cheras at 11pm.

Here's a sample of Choo's singing. Hahahaha!!! Have some good laugh.

The Bandits of Pantai Klebang

DBKL Rubbish Truck aka Tai

SebadohPop aka Neoh and Graham CORKson aka Andrew

Great-Wife-To-Be aka AhGer

The Stoner aka WY and Pikachu aka Choo

The Banker aka Aaron

The Pornographer aka @ptimistic

Lawyer Buruk aka Lawyer Lim

1-2-5 Posing Competition

Group Category

Single Category

and...

THE CHAMPION

Food Photos from the Historical Land

Arrival Dinner - Rojak Style Lok Lok

Hot and Spicy Lok Lok

Look at the variation of Lok Lok and the longkang-look-alike rojak kuah

Boon Heng, Chiat Lin and Sweetie @ The infamous Hainanese Chicken Rice of Malacca

Yup, this is the Hainanese Chicken with its famous rice ball.

With such delicious food, we finish it in no time.

We call him DBKL aka Rubbish Collector

Now you see what I mean?

All full and ready to go.

This Explains...

...why I don't blow my top on people and able to maintain my anger most of the time.

"Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength."

-Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

Mooncake Festival

It's Mooncake Festival today. In mandarin, it's "Zhong Qiu". In cantonese, it's "Zhong Chau". It falls on the 15th day and 8th month in the lunar(chinese) calendar. On this day, the moon will be at it's fullest, and I think it's bigger as well... maybe due to some angle the earth are nearer to the moon or something.

By the way, tradisional chinese spend this day together with the family at night under the moon to share the joy of watching to the full moon. In mandarin, it's called "Shang Yue". It's boring, I agree, but during hundreds and thousands of years ago, there were no TVs and movies, watching moon is the best entertainment.

However, in modern chinese society, we don't really "Shang Yue" together with the family. But rather we gather as a family. Because the moon is rounded, and rounded in chinese believe is unity and reunion, all family members will try to at least have simple dinner together.

It's been more than 3 years I have not spend my Mooncake Festival at home. Partly it's due to my work nature that has no public holiday at all. But I can't put the blame on that, maybe I'm just not as much a family person. I can talk to my mum and my dad and my siblings all the time. But I can resist going home once in a quarter of a year.

Nonetheless, this Mooncake Festival is a little special. It suddenly hit me that my parents are growing old each day, I should see them more. But still, my highschool friends had planned a trip to Melaka about 2 months ago. And I didn't notice that it actually falls on a Mooncake Fest. So again I miss the chance to reunite with my family in Batu Pahat. Since yesterday I had been feeling the kind of loneliness during festive season. I long to go home. After so long, I have the feeling of homesick again. But I can't do that either next week, because I will have to go for my 10 days training in Hong Kong.

So, I'm going to promise to myself no matter what, I will go home for the weekend once I return from Hong Kong.

Butt Face To Be My Mentor

Damn, this must be my karma. I was juz writing about this butt face and today, he called and told me he's going to be my mentor/coach for now.

He was the one initially tried to stop me from entering this training. And now, he has to be my mentor/coach. It's the worst news that I can stand this week around. Bad news about stuff in my life has been coming one after another. So far, I've been able to handle them but this one, arghhh!!!

DAMN YOU BUTT FACE!!!!!! God bless me.

Random

It's been some time since my last blog. Everytime I log into blogger and I forgot or lose my momentum to write a blog while waiting for the stupid screen to load up.

A lot has been happening lately in the office. Let's summarise it so I don't have to write so much and you don't have to read too much either.

1. Boss' previous PA is leaving and replaced by a new one. Since she's new, she's green to a lot of stuff and we will have to help her do her work or teach her how to be a PA. I have to remind her again and again on booking my travel flights and other stuff. She lose focus at the speed of light.
2. My project: people don't show up at meeting. I have to rush up to the VP and make a fuss out of it (a bit embarassing). Now finally got some commitment from these people.
3. My project: am suppose to get a mentor/coach before I start this Six Sigma project, but I have almost finish my 1st Phase of the project and I still don't a Master Black Belt. Screw the Functional Head in Hyderabad, small butt face and long body. Looks just like the alien that kept got his head shot off by Will Smith in Men In Black.
4. My project: after doing a Voice of Customer (VOC) survey, a surprising results came out. Although this kind of stuff is expected, but I juz lose track on how to look at it.
5. Moving house again. It's been exactly 1 year since I move here and I'm moving again downstairs. I'm moving in with my sweetie. Felt a little scary, but in the other hand, looking forward to it.
6. Linked to No. 5, registered a telephone line (coz I need internet) and the bloody lame ass in telekom don't allow me to register for Streamyx until my line is fixed. WTF!!! For my current place, we registered it together. He must have been fasting until his brain got burnt.
7. Linked to No.6, need to think of which Broadband package should I go for. Should I get the modem that comes with it, or should I get a Modem+Router? Man, got so much of decision to make in the head. Hahaha... But luckily got sweetie to be around to do my packing. Muacksss... Love ya.

Good thing, I'm going on holiday this weekend. My friends who's in OCBC got us 2 free bungalow at Pantai Klebang in Melaka. It's going to be a crazy trip. The last time we went for an outing together after highschool was more than 2 years back in Genting. This time everybody took the effort to show up, so the attendance is 100% this year round. I'm so looking forward to it.

Attendees: Andrew, Woei Yang, Ong, Kai Vyn, Adrian, Ah Ge, Boon Heng, Chiat Lin, Gan, Ke Wei, Tai, Adree, Me and sweetie.

We are definitely going for our favourite ABC and Chendol with mouth-watering gula melaka at Jonker Street. :P~~~

The map to heaven. Muahahaha... Melaka here I come!!!