heeeekkkkkk?!

boo!

2011-05-28T13:51:00.003+01:00

i am back!!!

this was the simple lunch I made during the royal wedding.
we had japanese curry, steamed salmon with sake, chicken katsu goma salad and okonomiyaki.

steamed salmon with broccoli and shittake with sake broth.

chicken katsu with goma sauce.

yum.

My new name...

2010-11-13T23:54:00.004Z

Last week, during a session with schizo patients, I was asked to introduce myself.

Nurse: So what's your name again? (I already told her it's Keng)
K : It's Keng.
Nurse: Oh ok. (Enter room). Ok people, is it ok if a medical student join us today. Great. Thanks. Come on in, Kenny.
K : ....ok.. thanks.
Nurse: Ok let's start by doing a short introduction...

Everyone else introduced themselves.
K : Hi, I am ... Ken.....g, a 4th yr medical student.
Everyone else: Hi Kenny!!!

*I give up*
I guess there is no point in correcting a roomful of schizo patients (including the nurse!!!)

This week I made sweet and sour pork, which I had a craving for weeeeekkkss now. I tried a new recipe online on how to make it crunchier and made the sauce from scratch. Tasted really nice. The sauce was good and the pork was crunchy even after stir frying the sauce with it. The secret is to double fry the pork (yes fattening...).

Simple miso spinach soup. I added mirin into the miso soup paste and some sesame along with the spinach. It tasted so much better =)

Cooking PaPa!

2010-11-10T00:40:00.006Z

After procrastinating for few hours, I decided to take up a cooking challenge. I shall do a new recipe every fortnight (was ambitious to say every week but lets make small steps 1st). Let it be a main course, appetizer, soup or dessert!!

ROOAARR!!

my current inspiration is from this blog http://rasamalaysia.com/

Seafood phad thai! my only mistake was... I mistook spring onion as chives... but overall it taste great!! =)

Want to buy a wife from Setiawan...

2010-10-03T18:01:00.008+01:00

Last month, Ada came over to Edinburgh to stay for one month elective.

It was fun to have a '3rd housemate'. It was something that I always wanted to experience that before I graduated.

She cooks (following my instructions), cleans and irons my clothes!!!!
What more can I ask for =)
Although she did used a lot of tissue papers... and her hair was everywhere.....
hahaha joking Ada...

The moments that I will miss is definitely the breakfast. The simple and short 15mins in the morning before I drove to Dumfernline (45mins away) was definitely a good way to start my day!
and also CALIIFOORRNNIIAAAA to Ada~

Well, Chui Munn's mystical dream dish was good too and yes, I think I do miss her constant
chanting of my full name in the house...

And I am eternally grateful for the crash course of Obs that Ada and Chui Munn bombarded me
the night before my mock osce. Definitely an ego and knowledge booster after that.

So Sam, please come prepared ok? I have my psychiatry exams 2 weeks after you arrived and I will demand either curry laksa or wantan mee and even a baby from you. =)

One of our simple dinner, chicken fillet+bacon+brie with BBQ sauce sandwich.

Our full course Japanese meal.

The world famous marmite chicken by Ang Chui Munn (she dreamed of this). Good taste actually.

Ang Chui Munn's famous borvil vegetable soup. Easy to make and no meat!

Ada's famous carbonara =) very nice.

Finally, Ada's family secret nasi lemak with sambal prawn. I shed a tear in my heart.
Reallllllly nice! Thanks Ada and Ang Chui Munn!!!

Gay-friendly restaurants?

2010-10-03T16:43:00.004+01:00

Gay-friendly restaurants.. I was just chatting with James on this issue.

What does it mean?
Is it gay-friendly because:-
a) opened by a gay man
b) hired a lot of cute/hot gay staffs
c) Cosmo is the only drink they serve
d) a place whereby gay people can just be themselves
and enjoy their meal without the fear of being spat on!
e) a venue for gay right activists.
f) all of the above

I guess it really is all of the above.
I miss hanging out with my gay friends back home. Somehow, I am more
comfortable with the gay scene back home. =(

Maybe that's why I decided to learn how to make Cosmo at home!! (1st step to opening my own gay-friendly restaurant!)

my 1st degree = no future?

2010-08-18T00:36:00.002+01:00

Someone told me that doing science has no future...
"As if you are using your degree now?"
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Sadhu x 3

Malpractice 101

2010-08-01T11:35:00.005+01:00

The recent few weeks, I have witnessed and learned quite a few things about medicine... that I should not learn from..

let's start with nurse in the GUM (genito-urinary medicine) clinic.

I was in the clinic, sitting in with the doctor and saw quite a few ladies with STDs.

The sight of a healthy Vjayjay was already disturbing and let alone one with warts or dark brown discharge. After a few patients, the clinical waste bin (this is where all the swabs, gloves & tissues with bodily fluid stains go) was full. The nurse went to change it.

On the top of the clinical bin, there is a label there saying 'don't touch with hand, please wear gloves'.
However, been in the business for so long, the nurse probably developed a strong immunity to bacteria vaginosis and friends. She did not wear any gloves and took out the bag with her bare hands. Then she reached over to open a new bag. After a few tries of opening the bag, she then licked her fingers to open the bag.

Once I saw that, my face was cringing in pain and I think I let out a soft 'URGH?!'

Moral of this story : Nurse is probably the dirtiest person in the hospital.

Cha siew ramen from Marutama, Singapore. This is probably the best ramen I tried outside of Japan to date. The tamago is exactly the same as the one you find in a ramen soup in Japan, hard exterior while it's soft and 'flowy' inside. Yum!

Singapore flooded.

2010-06-18T08:44:00.001+01:00

Two days ago, Singapore's Orchard Road was flooded badly.

And yes, it was bad.

I shed a tear for the Birkin.

RIP.

得閑飲茶 (duk han yumcha)

2010-06-18T07:47:00.003+01:00

I am sure that everyone has done this before.

Lets say you bump into some old friend and after some small talk, you end it with this polite phrase:
"得閑飲茶."
(Let's do drinks sometimes)
But how often do we end up drinking with that old friend?

Recently, I have been enjoying the comfort of this phrase since I came back to Malaysia for my summer break. Since high school, I have always been the one whom organized house party, group gathering etc. But lately, I am not so much in the mood to entertain.

Yes, there are important friends that I do want to meet and I make sure it's not a '得閑飲茶' session but more like a ‘喂，星期六飲茶咯’。

I used to be more of a control freak whereby I have to confirm drinks, lunch and dinner plans with friends like a million times.
Now if people don't contact me, I will just treat it as a 得閑飲茶..
No fuss, less trouble.

The Chicken Rendang from Madam Kwan (MK). Yes.. I know... why would anyone want to eat there..
Well 5 years ago, it would almost seems like a money sink to go into MK. But nowadays comparing with other eatery such as Delicious, Alexis etc, MK is not THAT expensive and it taste pretty good too.

But nowhere in Nirvana will I pay RM 20 for some 芙蓉蛋!

End of Year 3.

2010-06-16T09:31:00.006+01:00

The last time I said something like "wah...imu went by so fast.."
Sam gave me her face and say "where got fast.. U wanna do it again??"

But this time I really think that year 3 Edinburgh Uni was kinda fast and somehow it seems to me that it's not the £££!

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Hopefully in 4th yr I will get to do and see more stuff (except during O&G.. I wont mind see the bare minimum... vaginophobia)

Chicken rice in Edinburgh!! Yummmmmy. And the irony is that I don't like to eat 白雞 in KL...

The cha siew was made by Marc C. Much better than the 1st one because this time no one sabo him.

proverb of the day

2010-06-02T10:41:00.001+01:00

家家有本難唸的經。。。。

whats with the hazardous lights during rain??

2010-05-31T10:38:00.005+01:00

Can someone intelligent please tell me what's with the drivers turning on their hazardous lights when there is heavy rain??

Marc's secret birthday...

2010-05-10T23:34:00.004+01:00

Well since Chow wanted a secret birthday celebration, I can only post the pictures here.

Nick baked the cake and got the ice cream. I cooked dinner and got the diabetic wine (so sweet...).

Dinner was nothing special. Thus no picture on it....
and I burnt the original lamb stew... (so not my day la)

Marc was soooo afraid that we were going to "surprise" him, which we did not.
Except until we brought the cake... and Nick & I were reluctant to sing the song.. we went like

Nick & I : err... haaaaapppppyy..biirrth.
Marc: OK!OK! NO NEED LIAO!

I laughed non-stop. Marc's face was priceless.. lol.

Hope the surprise wasn't too much for you, Chow.

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oh btw happy birthday to you too (Dong Dong)

Reason not to use knife when you are unhappy....

2010-05-10T23:21:00.002+01:00

what I am feeling now..

2010-05-06T00:07:00.001+01:00

London 2010!

2010-04-21T16:51:00.011+01:00

During our 2 hr delay in Marco Polo Airport, Aly & I were discussing on what to eat in London.

And from that moment on, all I can think of is lobster yee mee..... yuuuummmmm...

Lobster Yee Mee

Spicy deep fried eel. Surprisingly, Miss Sim can handle the spiciness...
Well because of the extreme delay, Pei Hua did managed to have lobster yee mee with us and then took the earliest train back to Manchester the next day.

This time, I managed to do a lot of more of the 'touristy' stuff. And within a week, I am in love with London!!! There are so much to do here!

The first few days I stayed at Miss Sim's apartment and it was warm and cosy. She even switches on the heater in the toilet. No wonder my flat is an igloo to her la... =P

Hiro made a new friend, Lumpy!

In this London trip, I ate a lot of Japanese food!!
Ebi tempura don in Misato~ The food quality and price is fairly good. However, the floor was very slippery =(
Tori karage rice =) yuummmm

Ebi tempura teishoku えびてんぷら定食 from Sakura. They have very good lunch set. A bit pricy for dinner.

Roast duck from Four Season and I ate it all by myself. Oink oink. I didn't take rice!! It's part of the no-carb diet!!! I highly recommend the one in Bayswater. It's less busy and friendlier.

Hoo, Sim & I decided to try out Ed's Diner (at Soho). A word of caution, please sit-in and share the milk shake. Take-away milk shakes are reallllly small! The burger was not bad and we even wasted 20p for a song in the jukebox. I thought it is only fair to pick a song that everyone in the diner can relate to, YMCA by Village People! Unfortunately, Chica (gay latino boy) kept wiping our table (the angmou-version of throwing the bill onto the table). Thus we got the cue and left.

BLT Chicken burger.

And what's with leather jacket and Old Compton St??!!! hmmmm...

I watched two musical this time; Wicked and Les Miserable.

Hiro in the Wicked Theatre. Wicked was extremely funny and entertaining. And thanks to Aly, we got cheap tickets £22 for students and it was stall seats!! The untold story of the witches of Oz is brilliant and somehow I don't think believe in Dorothy anymore!! haha

Les Miserable was very classic and touching story. IMO, the vocals were better in Les Mis but the story is very serious plot. So I think both musicals were very good and I highly recommend it!

Note to self, don't watch musical if you are staying in the Malaysian Hall. I barely made in back due to the curfew time!

Besides eating (which was a big part of London), I shopped a storm too!
The 1st shop that I went into was Abercrombie & Fitch. Man, that shop is definitely the most himbotic place ever.. All the salesperson are hot and pretty. The muscular black dude at the entrance was soooo ripped that it looks like a rubber suit!!! And everything in there was soo expensive.
I bought a new pair of Tiger, lime green Crocs, yoga mat, leather jacket, a few clothings from UniQlo. And thanks to my shopping spree, I can only afford £2 coffee for the rest of the month for lunch. =(

I love my black Tiger~ so sexy!!

The great thing about traveling alone with an iphone is GoogleMap.
I was never lost...unless of course when I am out of battery..

Antique shop in Portobello Market

Grass car?!

Samantha, you ARE famous! But you are probably not as famous as Hiro!!

Hiro at the Tower Bridge (Not LONDON Bridge....)

Hiro at the Monument (to commemorate the Great Fire of London). This was where 2 angmou girls came over and asked if they can take a picture with me and Hiro!!!

The Gherkin (the penis-looking building quote from Miss Hoo).
St Paul's Cathedral. £10 admission = siao.
Hiro and sakura tree in front of St Paul.
I love this shot!!

Pillow fight in front of St Paul. I could have joined in the fun but I didn't think Hiro would have enjoyed it.

Of all the galleries that I went to, I personally like Tate Britain the most and unfortunately, I spend the least time there.

The following are art pieces which I took in Tate Modern, that caught my attention.
Suggestive-nya~
I like this too!! Very industrial revolution!

1 week is definitely not enough. I will be back in July!!!
London~~

Special thanks to Hoo & Sim for accommodating me!! Already missing the late night-> early morning chats!! Come up to Kampung E often!!! I promise I will buy the portable heater!!

Venice trip

2010-04-06T13:53:00.010+01:00

After months of planning and anticipation, I arrived in Venice, the city famous for its canals, gondolas, masks, Venetian merchants and of course, the sex god Casanova. Well that’s basically all I knew about Venice and this is my 1^st Euro trip, unlike Pei Hua whom conquered most of Europe by now….

A few of my friends already forewarned that Venice is cutthroat in their prices and the food quality is not the best of Italy. I was giving Venice’s the benefit of the doubt so I went there with an open mind… until I ate my 1^st pasta, pizza n risotto there… well I guess not all Italians are culinary-gifted!

From my observation, I noticed that restaurants with the BIG signs, pictures of food and waiters of non-Italian heritage (NOT A RASCIST REMARK, it’s like I would never trust Caucasian cooking Chinese food…) are not safe to go in. And the Venetians adopt BM diet (burung merpati), which is very small portion and that's why there isn't much fat people around.

There were 2 restaurants that served fairly nice food.

Our 1^st dinner was hilarious as the master of the restaurant thought that we were Japanese! I am happy that he could recognized me but just a tad disappointed that he thought the Korean Shing was Japanese too!!! =( haha.

So I talked to him in Japanese more than English… very friendly but maybe a bit hamsap uncle feel =P but I guess that is the Italian trait… the tiramisu was very nice =)

The other good restaurant, which I would recommend to visitor of Venice, is Osteria Ae Sconte. It is a bit hidden in the alley but it has good food for the price. The squid ink pasta was very nice. =)

This is the squid ink pasta.

Gelati was our favourite pastime too… twice a day!! And man, how I miss the gelati in Casa De Gelato on Lygon St, Melbourne T______________T

One restaurant in Murano (glass making island) that everyone should avoid is Restaurant B (no joke man… its not an A restaurant…) Not only was the food terrible, their cover change was more expensive than a plate of main course for the 5 of us!!! Outrageous!! So people PLEASE don’t go here…

The bird eye view from St Mark's Cathedral's balcony.

St Mark's Square (Piazza S. Marco)

As for the sightseeing, I must say Venice has its charm as an historical city. Especially at St Mark’s square and overlooking to the SS Giovanni. Truly amazing view when the sun is up and shining down on to the blue water (n no the water is not CLEAN but not smelly)

Hercules's stone cold butt in Doge's Palace

The church interior is ..old.. but one can always appreciate that as part of the historical site and because its UNESCO World Heritage, it must look old!! And the Doge Palace is pretty cool too but without a proper guide, its difficult to appreciate its history. For example, I only realized that the Venetians were the 1^st to have a Republic state (thank you Wiki). So maybe it’s a good idea to read up on the history prior to the visit!!! And everywhere u go, u need to pay to go in.. like going up the church, 4 Euro… going to the back of the church, another 4 Euro. No wonder the Venetians are famous for their business making skills!!!!

The gondola ride was fun and one of my best 20 Euro I spent there. Igor (gondola driver) was funny and I find him cute with his goatee~~ And thanks Pei Hua for trying to set us up!!! /slapyouinpublic!

Other than that, Venice is pretty same old same old everywhere. Bridges everywhere, alley here and there and canals and more canals!

Hiro enjoying the sun on a table in St Mark's Square before we decided to leave the cafe as 1 latte was 18 Euros!!! Really tourist slaughter at St Mark's Sq.

Hiro in front of St Mary's Cathedral where there was a woman whom begs for money and kept tugging on to my arm. After I gaze her my SGL glare, I saw the notice "No entrance fees!" which was well hidden INSIDE the church.. good job Venetians...

But the best part of the trip is definitely the crowd I went with!! It was fun meeting up wit LeeLee Sim!! Well I see Nick on a daily basis, so not much love there for him anymore! =P

The funniest parts were me and Pei Hua of being Mario and Maria in preparing breakfast for 小姐,小爷和小奶 and watching WooHoo (Malaysian Movie) on the sofa bed!!!

The breakfast that we made that day.

Few things I learn from this trip are

a) Never go on trip with odd numbers... its inevitable that someone will be left out.

Thank goodness I had Hiro with me =)

b) Change your Euro anywhere but the airport and make sure u bring enough!!

c) Don’t travel with Easyjet.. bloody delays here and there!!! uurggggghhh

Lee Hoo Sim's trip to Edinburgh! Part 2

2010-03-22T20:33:00.010Z

So after a heavy meal last night, we decided to have a light breakky session in Kilimanjaro.

These 2 latte reminded me of the 2 green latte I had with Hoo in the Machacha cafe. And unlikely the last time I had it, the latte that day was quite good =)

The Kili big breakky

And my favourite, egg benedict!!! yyuuuuummmm!!

After our meal, we decided to conquer Arthur's Seat. It was fairly windy and it was snowing few days back. Thus, the ground was a bit slippery and snow was all around especially at the top of the hill.
That was when Chow became a giant kid and started throwing snowballs around.

Despite bad footwears for the few of us, we manage to reach the top without any casualties!!
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except for Alyssa & I where both of us ggdotcom ourselves at the grassy area........... T_T
and both of us fell at the same spot... 10 sec apart. Chow & Hoo spared no mercy in laughing at me. Such fantastic friends =)

We were all dead tired after the walk. So we decided to have a relax night in by eating at home.
I quickly made some seafood pesto + tomato meat sauce pasta with baked honey mustard salmon.

Then it was movie time!! We had one of the most hilarious movie session ever.
The screening movie was Assassins and Bodyguards. It is supposed to be a serious Hong Kong with references to Sun Yat Sen during the China Revolution era.
But that didn't stop Hoo from her 'Sunsilk', Chow's homoerotic commentS, Ooi's RVA and many more la...

It is a good movie. But our audience made it eveeeeeeen more enjoyable.
BUT!!! the funnnniest part of the whole evening is definitely the youtubing sessions!!
I laughed like a mad fool....

Lee Hoo Sim's visit to Edinburgh 2010! Part 1

2010-03-22T20:11:00.012Z

Due to the hectic schedules of CNY, exam and my antisocial behavior caused by FFXIII, I have been very slow in blogging.

So I am going to backtrack a blog a bit of what happen roughly 3 weeks ago!!

Lee Hoo Sim came up to Edinburgh during the last week of CNY and for some reason, Nick & I felt that the 1st CNY dinner party was not as well prepared as we hoped it to be. Hence we decided to up our game =)

Both of us decided to cook everything made it presentable and took good picture this time!!

And yes, I even made the origami crane...

Lap cheong omelette by Nick

Steamed chinese cabbage with lap cheong by Nick. The soup base was anchovy+ chicken breast.

Tom Yam Fish by Nick. I dun really like whole fish because of the bones but this seabass is an easy fish to eat and baked in the oven with tom yam is such a nice combination =)

ABC soup (carrots, tomato and onion) by Keng

Dark soy sauce prawn by Keng

My version of sweet 'n' sour pork by Keng. I wanted to finish up the mushroom hence its here =P.

Yee Sang made by Nick & I (mostly Nick.. haha!!)

And then its MAKAN time!!! It is so nice to have friends over for dinner and of course a group picture!!!!

Almost everyone wore red!!! Better luck next time Hoo and Chow!!

Special thanks to Sim and Lee for specially bringing their red clothes!!! =)

Yee Sang 魚生 101

2010-02-16T11:52:00.005Z

Then on 1st day of CNY, we had a bigger crowd and more food to make and the star dish was the 魚生!
After researching online, I found a few recipes and decided to take bits and pieces of it to make my own 魚生.

The ingredients were:

Radish
Carrots
Lettuce
Raw or smoked salmon (be generous!! oh and any fish is fine as long as it is not too pungent)
White sesame
Roasted and chopped peanuts
Plum sauce from Lee Kum Kei
Grapefruit
Longan (tin can)
Japanese rice crackers
Pringles Wasabi flavor!
Lemon
Chinese 5 spice powder 五香粉 (this was the missing ingredient as it was sold out in Sainsbury!)

As you can see, I made the recipe to suit my own taste bud. You can improvise the flavor to your own liking.
The main points are 'sweet and crunchy'!

So the radish, carrot and lettuce are shredded using the vegetable shredder. (depends on the crowd size)
Lightly pan fry the white sesame until its brown. (no oil needed)
Peel and drain the excessive juice from the grapefruit. If it's too watery, the 魚生 might be too wet and soggy. (we used this as there is no pomelo here)
Chopped the longan (this is optional)
Sliced the salmon finely (make sure that it is enough for everyone. Don't be kiamsap on the beginning of the year!)
The Japanese rice cracker and Pringles are crumbed into tiny pieces. (we used this for the crunchy factor. Substitute for prawn crackers)
Once all this is done, get a nice big, wide plate and arrange the radish, carrot and lettuce as the base.
Then put the grapefruit and longan around the vegetables. The salmon must be in the center. Squeeze the lemon on to the salmon.
Lastly, sprinkle the crumbed rice crackers and Pringles, give a pinch of Chinese 5 spice and pour the plum sauce all around the 魚生. While doing this, remember to say auspicious greetings!
It should be like this now.
Then, everyone with their chopsticks and "lou" it all the way!!!

Oh and the answer to the sculptor was Christmas pudding....

恭喜發財 2010！

2010-02-16T10:12:00.006Z

Happy Chinese New Year 2010!

恭喜發財。
新年快樂。
吉祥如意。
身體健康。
年年有餘。
馬到功成。
出入平安。
事事順利。
生意興隆。
龍馬精神。
步步高升。
心想事成。
學業進步。

It was a great celebration here in Edinburgh.
Amongst close friends.
Good food.
PS3. (the girls went wild on Street Fighter 4)
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For the CNY eve, we made a simple steamboat dinner with my housemates and Brown St peeps.

Sarah brought her Cranium and we had a go with it.
It is fun but somehow I feel too much thinking involved.
This reminded me of my 2009 CNY.
BBQ+IMU ppl (This time involving MARCUS CHOW!)+Pictionary.
That was crazy. haha.

This is the sculptor that Marc C made during one of the Cranium's task and I had to guess it.

Hint : things
I will reveal the answer on my next post. A word of advice, Marc C's artistic expression is alienistic.

My housemates and I..

2010-02-07T14:43:00.005Z

This is a typical conversation in the kitchen with my housemates.

Keng : Chow, go cut the lettuces. (in the politest tone ever~)
Marc : Sir Yes Sir. *chop chop chop*
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After a while,
Keng : Chow! Whats that?!
Marc : U asked me to cut it what?!
Nick : Err.. The lettuce is a bit..black hor...
Marc: SEEE!! I TOLD U, IT EXPIRED ON 29TH OF JAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (This happened yesterday) SEE ME NO UP LA! DONT TRUST ME NOW LAAAAA!!!!

Keng : Hmmm.. then how oh.. ok lets put some mixed veg
Nick : NOOOOOOOOO! I HATE mixed veg!!!!

Keng: Hmmm... ok.. lets put some green pea la.. Nick u got some right?
Nick : Yea
Marc : NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! DONT PUT GREEN PEA! DONT PUT GREEN PEA!!!
Keng : Y? U dont like , isit?
Marc: Yes... i hate green pea...

Nick : Then ok.. i will put in corn la...
Marc : NOOOOOOOOOOO!! I hate corn too...
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Marc's expression is the funniest thing ever la..

I pity my neighbours.

Yuummmmmm... Deep fried eel.. =)

Gaysian?!?!?!?!

2010-02-03T22:30:00.002Z

A friend just told me that he was nicknamed as Gaysian on the first day of class....

cool-nya

angmouHolic..

2010-01-28T23:13:00.006Z

Last week was Princess N's birthday and after dinner, we went to have some drinks in Hard Rock.
At 1st, HRH (Her Royal Highness) did not want to drink alcohol because it will irritate his throat and blah blah ... ~meow~
And then after a few of us drank a few shots, he joined in.

All I can say is... alcohol virgin is always most dangerous kind...

Well, it was around 12.15am. We wanted to order some more but Roxanne (the albino skin+blonde hair barmaid) told us that they are closed. In fact, they were not. She was still selling alcohol to this angmou couple whom just walked in 5 min after my order request.
I am not usually the sensitive kind that like to throw the racist card all the time but her actions gave me no other explanation.
For one, she was not the friendliest barmaid there and she only smiles to the angmous.

I know I should not take one bamboo, kill the whole boat of people (一竹篙打死一船人）but the incidents have been accumulating.

I was not angry or anything but it just strengthen my belief of going back to Asia. And for some reason, the only movie that came to my mind was the Bruce Lee during the scene where he smashed the signboard which said "No dogs and Chinese allowed".

Then I was talking to a few friends and saying why do angmou 'look down' upon Asians in their country but when angmou goes to Asia, they are being worshipped?

"The feeling of western supremacy"

"Asians have better customer service!"

"angmouholic?"

Duck confit burger from Hand burger in Singapore. It is very nice. But for the side dish, I advised to go for the fries and not the weird tomato with injected coleslaw in it!

Fresh as a daisy!

2010-01-28T22:59:00.004Z

After finishing my exam, I fell sick and caught a diarrhea bug.
But now I am all better!
I would like to thank all those nice and warm supports, especially to my good friends for diagnosing me with colorectal cancer... =)
and to those whom wished they had diarrhea.. (I dunno why) but be careful for what you wish for.
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oh and loperamide is a wonder drug. 2 pills = no more diarrhea for me.

The irony was that I just started my GI rotation..

I miss my 小龙包....

Exam hunger urge...

2010-01-21T17:04:00.001Z

I want...portobello mushroom burger.....

Taxidrivers. (Malaysian ones)

2010-01-14T10:08:00.004Z

I have a confession.

I hate taxi drivers. I hate them when I am driving because they drive like a mad fool and they stop whenever and wherever they like and always cause major congestion at Bangsar from MV direction.

I hate taxi drivers when they decide to cut my throat and charged me RM50 from Subang Jaya to Damansara Heights. Sadly for them, I would never pay that much. I haggled till RM35 (which is still expensive but no choice…urgh.)

I hate taxi drivers when they wind down their window and ask you:

“pergi mana?”

“Damansara Heights.”

“oh tak boleh. Tak boleh.”

*Drives off*

BUT today.. on my trip to MV from house, this chinese taxidriver (Fahrer) probably is my most interesting taxi trip ever.

Conversation after loading up my luggage into the taxi:

Fahrer: "eh.. such a big house.. why move to Garden Hotel?"

Me: "oh i m going there to meet friends and then to airport."

Fahrer: "oh where u going?"

Me: "going to uk"

Fahrer: "to work?"

Me: "study"

Fahrer :"ohhhh... I was in Germany for 10 yrs ...around 20 yrs ago.. (speaking to me in German..."Nein?")

*long intro of how he work there and was earning 3K USD a month*

oh.. u know the girls there very 'open' one... there is this beach.. thy all take off everything. If you dont take off, the guard will ask you to leave!!

Wahh those breast sooooo big... and their hai mo all sort of colors.. got golden color somemore... n their lin tou all red and pinkish... I was young then so cant control ... easily lan ngan.. so had to face down on the beach.."

[at this point, I can tell that Fahrer was happily reminiscing his younger and wilder days. The funny thing was he did not sound like some pervert uncle. He was just sharing to me his experience!! He even told me that the women there lou dou bei bei sang (non-stop flow) until he can take some back as souvenir.]

"I been around Europe too. OH Italy's prostitute.. those high 'Car' ones drive Ferrari and they charged 1K USD!!! I cant afford them so I see see only."

Then he started talking about his Thailand trip.

Me: "Oh it must be cheap shopping in Thailand"

Fahrer: "The only two things that are cheap in Thailand is women and beer!!" *another long story of women*

He was telling me that he wants to buy a farm to animals. He was searching for a good land for last 18 months.

In this short 20mins, I realized that Fahrer has been around the world: US, Aus, UK, Japan.. etc and surprisingly, he is just a taxi driver now.

I really salute him because how many people of his age (and I am assuming that he may not have much higher education back in the days) have been around the world, see foreign things and 'conquer' various women?

Veni vidi vici

He certainly enjoyed his life and lived it to the fullest. Quite an interesting character.

p/s - Yes, I had to give some 'straight' remarks about his rendezvous.

My favourite, inari kani mayo yaki (they have this in the menu now.. no more hard description) from Sushi Zanmai. yummmm...

But I find the Sushi Zen on LG of Garden has better À la carte than Zanmai. Maybe it has less crowd so more effort in preparing the meal.

Brisbane VS Melbourne

2010-01-10T22:26:00.002Z

After arriving here in Brisbane, I can’t help but wonder what will my life be if I handed in my UQ application back in IMU. I was told that if I did that, I was guaranteed a place here since I already have a prior degree from University of Melbourne.
So here I was at the Brisbane man-made beach, thinking if I would like it here. But the funny thing was that I was not comparing Edinburgh with Brisbane, but it was between Melbourne and Brisbane!?!

I was telling my younger sister that maybe its ‘bias’ but I prefer Melbourne waaaaayyyyy more than Brisbane. Although the hottie counts in Brisbane is definitely better than Melbourne (it’s most likely due to the hot weather, sleeveless or topless, tanned skin.. I am not complaining!).
I feel that Melbourne was a better city because of the tram systems and the better-situated Chinatown.

But the best part of this trip was not the Brisbane city. But it was at Sunshine Coast. My sister booked us the entire posh bed & breakfast house, which was catered by a Japanese couple from Sapporo. How irony is that… but I must say, the hospitality is definitely… Japanese…

Miyuki was such a gem. She is 61 but she does not looked like it. Very energetic and cheerful.
Aki is a French and Japanese chef back in his days. The dinner and breakfast he made for us were remarkable.

The view of the valley was breathtaking. I really enjoyed the two nights stay here. Quiet and blissful with a nice cup of tea while watching Akira Kurosawa (classic-nya)! The stars at night were crazy… reminded me of Phillip Island in Victoria. (don’t understand why Pokok is complaining)

The whale looking cloud!!!

And for the 1st time, I saw kookaburra right in front of me. Made a short kookaburra documentary too.
Simple starter.. so french...yummm.. eating this while looking at such a nice scenery~
Pan seared salmon.
This chicken is not a simple deep fried chicken. It has 3 taste: garlic, mushroom cream and cheese!

Ice-cream for dessert. My sister was disappointed to find out that it was not home made. tsk tsk.

Then at Coolum Beach, I was like a fat kid on free-for-all chocolate shop (Yes, I am referring to YOU!! You know who you are!). First thing I did was run to the beach and planted my towel and cooked myself under the skin-cancerous beam!

Then my brother and I walked along the beach and we noticed a lot of blue-colored blob thingy been washed up to the shore. I told him that I think it’s a jellyfish.

I found out later that it was bluebottle jellyfish and one of them stung my sole. It was just a brief sharp pain. Ouch..

Around 4pm, my sister was officially and legally married to Manu. She was so pretty. I got a bit emo and cried. Well, she started it.

Then at the wedding dinner, the ‘inevitable’ question sprung at me again! (happened 3 years ago)

“So, when is YOUR turn???”
"ha ha ha …"
“Well, make it legal! Damnit!”

Money money money~

2010-01-10T21:32:00.006Z

The 1st post of the year.

26…. It is only going to get bigger and bigger…
Still studying and has no working experience whatsoever.

I was talking with a friend few days back on how long this medical course is taking… can’t I just skipped all this.. and start giving morphine for pain and gentamycin for infections?! Well… obviously not!
Well I guess my favorite phrase of ‘It’s all part of the learning curve’ is chewing on my ass now..

For some reason, I had the urge of coming out to work and have the power of income earning. I remembered the day I graduated from Melbourne Uni, my mum told me this “don’t have to work yet, still young.. go study somemore 1st. Not as if the family needs u to feed”
I must admit that financial security has always been stable and kind to me. But the talk that I had with the bois in Kikuzakura got me thinking about a lot of socio-economic issues such as marriage, buying a house and career road maps.

It all started because D mentioned his plans of buying a house, settling down and his career road map. Then the rest of us just chipped in suggestions and point of views… some were good while some were “unrealistic”. Unrealistic in the way of each of us were coming from different work background and had very different views on life.

Businessman

Hermit + computer engineer

Clubbing mania + soft programmer (sorry might be wrong classification for u, Miyaki! lol)

Computer software… service provider?! (D, I really don’t know what you do..)

And then, there is me… the student4life club’s president.

But we all did come to a consensus that buying house (landed property or apartment) cannot happen concurrently with marriage, given our financial status (Not sure about the businessman, maybe he is being humble!! Kekeke)

This issue probably hit home more to me as both of my elder siblings are married/getting married and had plan of starting their own family. And even for them, the starting point was not easy. And to make matter worse, both of them and their spouses are doctors, worked at least 4 years before jumping into the marriage wagon!
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I stopped and pondered…pondered… & pondered.
What are my chances now … Great

For some reason, I used to say that I want to get marry when I am 28 and have my 1st born when 30. Like how my younger sis kept saying how I ‘hang gar’.
I guess for my case, it is kinda different… since not many places offer same sex marriage or civil partnership…
Oh well but that’s a different story all together now..

So the point is that before this, my perception of ‘getting married and buying a house’ was as easy as pie… but now.. reality kicks in…
My dream house and dream wedding will have to wait..
But the best thing is…

I don’t have to search him anymore =)

This is Moreton Bug with tiger prawn in a cafe in Brisbane. It has a different taste from prawn and lobster. The texture is tangy and succulent and it goes so well with garlic sauce. Yuuuummm!!

あけましておめでとうございます!

2009-12-31T04:03:00.007Z

Happy New Year!

Another year gone.. and I am 26 liao...
sighz... reaching the 'Uncle' age soon..

a quick recap of my 2009:

got another nephew, which I have not meet yet
elder sister getting married in Jan~
me ended up in Edinburgh... still studying..

Just bump into a Melb Uni friend here in Raffles City's Starbucks.. what are the odds..

お好み焼き (okonomiyaki or oko for short) is the new craze here in Sg?! I don't remember seeing this in August. But anyway, this moonlight okonomiyaki from Osaka Town is delicious. The fillings are prawns, squids and onion topped with sauce, bonito flakes and egg.

Omurice with cream and bacon! This is nice but still nothing can beat the one I had in La Yosh, Plaza Damas at the moment. Yummmmm...

My wishes for 2010 are

be more patient to my love ones
communicate more with my family since we are all around the world now
avoid 小人!!!
must maintain the 4 packs... 6 packs dream gone liao
And world peace =)

I got owned by Sg aunty...

2009-12-28T01:32:00.008Z

And there I thought that the Glaswegian's English was difficult to hear...

Today at the Sg National Library's Cafe, I was buying my usual (iced) cafe latte and the epic convo begin:

Aunty Cashier (AC): eatinginortakeaway? [all in a breath + odd accent]
Me: ??? [eyes went big and give her the 'je ne sais pas' look]

AC: eatinginortakeaway?
Me: pardon?

AC: EATINGINORTAKEAWAY??
Me: huh...OOOHHH eating IN or take AWAY? ... eating in...please..
AC: *grumbling in some Hokkien slang which probably implied "dumb effing moron"

She gave me a tulan face too...

hahaha.. thumbs up for great customer service...

花まき (hana maki). Yummmmmm...
鰻かばやき (unagi kabayaki)、eggplant and tofu with miso sauce... yummmm
ぎょざ (gyoza). This is definitely one of my favorite gyoza in Malaysia..
えびテンプラ (ebi tempura)。And lastly, my craving for ebi tempura is finally fulfilled!! I love Kikuzakura in MV. The 老伴娘 is so friendly~

The National Library here has a very nice view =)

SAMMI IS BACK!!!

2009-12-21T00:42:00.006Z

wowowow ... Sammi Cheng is back =)
Cant wait to go get her album '.
It is been a while since I last bought a hk singer cd, because the song quality has been rubbish since 2007..
I like her 罪與罰
The lyric is so meaningful.
提防小人
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This year my life is filled with 小人。

This is marinated pork steak burger from the Edinburgh German Market... extremely delicious..yum

This fried potato with bacon & onion is called bratkartoffeln. Surprisingly delicious... but expensive too...
German version of profiterole? I can't remember the name...sweet delight!

メリイ　クリスマス　２００９ !!!

2009-12-20T15:17:00.018Z

Last Friday, Nick & I organized a Christmas party at our apartment. The theme was red, green or gold! So the food must contains one of those colors!!

えびそば (Ebi Soba) as the appertizer. Simple dish. I used the classic taste in a modern attempt.
I had limited wine glasses, hence I have to redo this a few times.
Honey mustard baked salmon is a dish that I have mastered for a while now. =) Secret recipe.

Sesame honey chicken wings and mini drum made by Ben & Chee Mei. They put the gold and red bell pepper to fit into the color theme. =) Very nice especially with the sesame seeds.

Chicken rendang by Ken Lee. I must say, KL has leveled up a lot!!! Nicely done!

Roast turkey with bacon toppings!! Lester is very brave for bringing the bird as it was his 1st time cooking it and it tasted like a pro turkey chef!!! Very very nice!!

Roast pork by Kah Yee. Like what Nick loves to say 好鲜甜～ =) nicely made!
Baked cheese and potato by Prasad. A lot of carbs & cheese. But since it's Christmas, I made exception~

Tomato rice by Amrita and Maevis. It is an Indian recipe which its' distinct taste!! I couldn't get the picture of the cookies.. as it was gone like hotcakes!!!
Pasta salad with fruits and salmon by Deme. Zomgness... Deme is definitely on my potluck invitee list at all time now!! Just too bad that she can't join us in the sinful delight~

Baked spinach by Marc C. The golden brown crust with green parsley on top and a rich spinach inside. Well done, Marc C.

The table is filled with food. Well done peeps.

To end the meal, we had

Wild berry (strawberry, blueberry and raspberry) smoothie by Nicholas. I can only say two words : Restaurant Quality!!!!

Scrumptious meal and great crowd. Fab way to send off 2009~ Thanks peep.
メリイ　クリスマス！！

For my own good?!　私自身のため？

2009-12-13T23:59:00.007Z

"I am doing this for your own!!"
“我是为你好”
"これはあなた自身のためです"
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I remember asking a friend about this before.. and she gave me a quite obvious but yet profound answer
"Family always want the best for you, while friends always want you to be happy"

Hence, the best for me is sometimes not a happy one..

I used to think that it is much easier for the person saying it than the person hearing it.
But I realized that understanding it is the hardest part.

要说就说了，要做就做了。。。
我可以做得是等。

All that I can do now is pray that someone can understand this soon...

Zomgnessss... this is Giant Scallop fettuccine from La p'tite folie at Frederick St.
The taste is orgasmic. True to French cuisine.. as the portion is VERY small!
quote Nick: "Go back must cook indomee!!"

I also had seafood bisque as starter.. yummmmm

To end the meal, I had crème brûlée. mon Dieu...
This is one big heck of a crème brûlée....

MAN U 4EVA!!! =)

2009-12-12T21:30:00.009Z

Last week, we (Marc, Nick & I) went down to Manchester to visit 华姐!!
We stayed at her hotel apartment, which reminds me of my old apartment, Uropa in Melbourne (those were the days)

I was never a Man U fan before this... but after a visit to Old Trafford, my view on soccer has changed a lot. 真是另眼相看。
The stadium was very nice and grand. I can feel the grandeur of the game itself.
Hiro is a big fan now too!! =) (Special thanks to 华姐 this time!!)

And it's priceless to see how 'macho' Marcus become this little kid on a Christmas morning!!!

The food in Manchester is nice but kinda oily!
华姐 is like a Chinatown Big Sister.... she knows a lot of people... except that very rude SGL at the dim sum place...
The Christmas market was hhuuuuggggeeeeee... such a nice feel there. This market is wayyy bigger than the one here in Edinburgh =(
The lighting deco is soooo prettttyyy...
This is my birthday gift from Marc, Nick and 华姐! It is a very nice scarf! Thanks peeps!

曼徹斯特 is definitely worth going! Very different feel from London.

And finally I had my egg tarts! 并非浪得虚名！Very nice =)

Sunday Squash!!

2009-11-29T21:35:00.003Z

It's been 5 yrs since I last held a squash racket. Nearly broke my back into 2.... ouch..

But nevertheless, it was a nice game!!!

This is 金鱼饺 from London! I missed 點心 already. But no worries!! I am going to have more this weekend in 萬城！！！

Gift Shopping 101

2009-11-28T22:37:00.008Z

It's that time of the year again..

為了蘇格蘭經濟起飛的歲月盡過不少力,最投入的自然是推進經濟。盡全力地消費,也就是購物了！
煩惱又來了。。問題是要想買甚麼禮物 and try my very best to minimize my tight budget!!

But the thing with getting gift is that I tend to buy things that I like more than the receiver, which means there is a higher chance that I ended up buying it for myself!! And most of the time, I have absolutely no idea what to get!!!

"Oh, get him something that he likes the most!" [But wont that be like so predictable and boring? 一點新鮮感都沒有！］

"Why not just get her something that you like and hope for the best?" [Risky... unless the Jap have invented the one-fit-all-sizes dild_.]

"I am not sure about that color. Maybe it's too loud for him. Here, black is safe!" [true fact, whenever in doubt, get the black color!]

The above are common advices that we often hear/give when we go present hunting. But to me, it all comes down to age old questions:

Substances or Style?

In order to help my beloved friends, I made list of things to get for me and things not to get for me!!

To get for me list:

PS3
LCD monitor
FFXIII
Davidson's
For those really generous friends, casual bag

Not to get for me list:

Jigsaw puzzle of any kind!! Enough is enough!
Novel books...

This is the sweet and sour pork that I made. The batter didn't turn out as expected as I used the wrong one (tempura batter).. But the sauce was not too bad.

Discovering Edinburgh

2009-11-25T19:10:00.007Z

Yesterday, on my way back home, I realized that there is still a vast part of Edinburgh that I haven't ventured yet.

Hence the plan is to discover Edinburgh every week (or at least every 2 week!).

This is chicken chive with lime bagel from Elephants and Bagels. It was delicious!

Nice coffee mug too!!

p/s - i have craving for sweet n sour pork... i m going to attempt to make it this fri!!

Real Scottish!!

2009-11-24T21:36:00.009Z

SeeKi and ZhiVen came over all the way from Malaysia last week!
It was nice to see some familiar faces around.
And since they came alllll the way from Msia... we decided to make the best Scottish experiences for them!!!

We (Marc, Nick and I) persuaded ZV to eat haggis, tatties and nips, while the rest of us had burgers!!! [someone taught us that the best way to try haggis is to trick a friend to order it while you order something u like to eat and then 'try' it of the friend's plate!!!]
Hence, I told him the story that haggis is a four legged animal (2 short front legs and 2 long hind legs) that loves to jump around on the hill and only found in Scotland so he should try it since he came all the way here. But the truth is... haggis is more than just that!! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggis)

Haha.. His face was not very convinced and he asked us if it is supposed to taste like this!! We all tasted haggis in the end. And to be honest, I quite liked it =). The texture is kinda like minced pork but the taste is strong with herbs and smell of lamb!

This is the haggis, tatties (potato) and nips (turnip).

After that, we had deep fried Mars bar as dessert. It was ok.. nothing spectacular. It's just like melted chocolate inside the batter.

Doesn't this looks like urethritis?!

They were only here in Edinburgh for a short stay but it was fun having them around. Already missing the moments where ZV choke slam SK in public!

Although it was kinda embarrassing when Mr Fong Zhi Ven decided to 'pop' a wet towel in a seafood cafe. Literally everyone in the cafe turned and looked at us. The best part was Mr Fong saying "its been a long time since I popped something!!"
Ahh good times =)

Yao Mo Gao Chuo

2009-11-20T09:11:00.002Z

O.M.G.oddess.

I lost my folder and my stethoscope in it?!!?!?
What the heck is wrong with me....

L.O.N.D.O.N. 2009!

2009-11-18T23:46:00.007Z

Last weekend, right after my CVS mcq exam, Nick & I went down to London to meet up with Alyssa, Yuan Lih, Pei Hua (姐姐） and Amira.

I must say...I Love London (my 1st time there)... It's such a beautiful metropolitan.. The crowd so reminded me of my beloved Tokyo. People was still buzzing around Chinatown at 11pm!!

Nick & I had a nice warm welcome from London when we saw this...

And then in King Cross tube station, I ggdotcom Alyssa and Yuan Lih when I asked them shouldn't we take the Piccadilly line to Leicester Sq (Chinatown)?! Well in all honesty, it was my Iphone 3gS that ggdotcom them! =)

I soooo sooo sooo looovvee Chinatown...yuuuummmm.. although the service there is terrible but I can't complain when I am craving for 点心。。。

Shopping is so much fun in London. =) I miss my pisang (Banana Republic)..

This trip was very fun as Hiro came along too!!!

It was very nice to meet up with the gals =) ..the original moral group member "Banana"!! And it was extremely fun re-enacting the dialogues from 宫心计 with 姐姐!
Took a lot of pictures too in London.

This is Piccadilly Circus at 5pm. SOOO pretty =)

This is Trafalgar Square right in front of the National Gallery! I will definitely going in the next time I am in London!

Finally met Hoo's new beau, Fab Ian!! (Deutschland~ Ja!! Gute Nackt meine liebe!) Very nice guy and blushes easily! Seeing the lovely-dovey couple makes me miss my baby more!!! T______T

I found my payunnggg!!

2009-11-18T19:07:00.002Z

I found my beloved £25 umbrella... It was in starbucks!! =)

I love people who do not reply sms.
note to self, don't waste my pence on them anymore.

I LOST MY PAYUNG!!

2009-11-18T00:13:00.004Z

omgness!! I lost my £25 umbrellaaaa?!!?!??!?!?!?!!! arrgghhhh... =(
life is cruel...

冻九死我啦。。。

2009-11-07T23:46:00.007Z

真还冻九死我啦
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今天的温度是零度
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十分冷
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那么冷，真的是找鬼来这里

最竟我觉得我自己好像没有那么容易生气。特别是对Nick。有可能（大可能）是因为他已经接受了结果。
我觉得他现在对我比较真和坦白。只希望他不会变心。

Last week was Halloween. My sushi outfit was a completely failure.. I guess I should not have been so ambitious. Well, the plan was to wear a 'sushi' on the center of my t-shirt but.. the イクラ寿司 looked a bunch of eggs.. =(

so i ended up as a classical mummy.. it was fun walking around Edinburgh in a t shirt and short with only toilet paper as my jacket (luckily it didn't rain that day).

Oh and i had Haggis pizza！！！ it was not as bad as everyone proclaims it to be. maybe because of the cheese..

Histrionic Personality Disorder

2009-10-18T17:52:00.005+01:00

Psychiatry 101

Today I would like to introduce this term 'histrionic personality disorder'.

People with histrionic personality disorder are constant attention seekers.

Causes: unknown but childhood traumatic experiences have been implicated.

Their symptoms consist of:
* Exhibitionist behavior.
* Constant seeking of reassurance or approval.
* Excessive dramatics with exaggerated displays of emotions.
* Excessive sensitivity to criticism or disapproval.
* Inappropriately seductive appearance or behavior.
* Excessive concern with physical appearance.
* A need to be the center of attention.
* Low tolerance for frustration or delayed gratification.
* Rapidly shifting emotional states that may appear superficial or exaggerated
* Tendency to believe that relationships are more intimate than they actually are.
* Making rash decisions. (Wikipedia)

Now doesn't these symptoms sound familiar?!

This is my home-made pesto spaghetti with grilled chicken. I so so so love the pesto sauce~~ yummmmmmm

altho.. can't compare with

yummmm.. some seared salmon pasta with mentaiko sauce in Coffee Connoisseur!

Ken Seng ....

2009-10-15T23:11:00.002+01:00

Nick just called me 'Ken Seng' ... my heart is bleeding..
That asexual plant!! ...

Dirty Sam always called me tat too...

Friends...kononlah...

Lub Dub~~

2009-10-15T21:05:00.003+01:00

Today was a glorious day. My 1st cardiac thoracic surgery observation. It was valve replacement for a severe infective endocarditis. The moment I saw the open chest with a large beating heart in front of me, I was so grateful that my heart is normal. As many would have known by now that surgery was never my thing. Last night, I even thought that I am going to dread the surgery session as I know peanuts about the case and procedures.

However, the moment I saw the beating heart stopped as it was being connect to the heart lung machine and from a still heart back to a beating heart, I realized how surreal the operation was. At the moment, I truly felt that surgeons are being God at that moment (no wonder they are paid so ungodly!). And the anesthesiologist is like the King of the floor. Every little thing goes through him. 'Fluid! Heparin! O2! Go get your coffee break now!' So peeps, don't piss your anesthesiologist!!!

This is my homemade tempura set. I had severe craving for Japanese tempura after 1 month being here. So I decided to made my own.. as I knew that the ones here are most likely to be expensive rubbish. It was aubergine, mushroom and prawn tempura. I had to use the Korean batter as they dont have the japanese one.... and...no tempura sauce too...so I used honey mustard sauce.
でもトテモうれしいです〜

EBI TEMPUURRAAA!!

2009-10-09T11:45:00.004+01:00

ARGGHHHH... a month has passed since I last had proper japanese food! I am dying for a ebi tempura now!! I am contemplating of getting a deep fryer..

Did ballroom 101 this week! It was amazingly fun!! Very crowded but I at least my posture was correct~ probably due to my years of yoga =)

but I still want my ebi tempura T____T

This is one of the best lamb I have ever eaten to date... It was from a place called Max's place.. very nice!! yummmmm

Gastro-orchestra

2009-09-23T23:32:00.005+01:00

I don't know if it's because of the cold weather here or the asian students are not eating enough but in today's lecture, I heard sooo many stomach growls before lunch and AFTER lunch. It's astonishing...

Later in the evening, I went to the Japanese Society at 8pm, which had its 'society gathering' in a local pub. I was crossing my fingers and thinking 'oh..this is probably a one off thing, whereby the "welcoming party" is in the pub'. Hence being a true Japanese, I was at the pub at 745pm... And not wanting to be a weirdo there, I went to a nearby cafe and had coffee instead (oh i just finished gym, didn't shower & haven't had dinner yet). Around 8.04 I walked over and found a group of Japanese in a corner of the pub, drinking Guinness....

Still refusing to be skeptical, I tried talking to the people there. A few Japs had very good English, the rest was too involved within their own convo. In the end, I talked most of my 1hr there to 2 angmou guys (which is very ironic! 0_o)!!!!

And I found that, they usually do 'this' every week and they sort of chill out, drink and mingle amongst themselves till 1am!!! Rather disappointing for a 'Japanese culture' society...

Although I really hate lame ass icebreaking games, but sitting quietly made me missed the good'ole shoukai (introduction). I won't mind even a goukon!! Even the president was reluctant to do an official welcome...

So after an hour, I left.. and I was thinking, was my Japanese so bad till I can't communicate with them or am I just introverted now?

This is because even in the medical school, I find it rather odd and difficult for me to strike a conversation with the other Malaysians. The strange thing is that I can start conversation easier with the angmous now. And in general, people here are kinda laid back and less interesting. Whoopie...

And the wind was freaking strong...

Me doing a jumping Buddha (special thanks to Ian for teaching me this pose!!)

Skype!!!

2009-09-21T01:47:00.006+01:00

Skype is like the world's most wonderful thing ever made for LDR!! So now people like me, dont have to sing tat stupid "Delilah" song!!

Its pretty late now, 2am..

I am going to sleep soon. Was watching a movie called "Permanent Resident" just now.
[http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/permanent_residence.html]

The main actor is cute but that's not the point here.
I had a lot of flashback of my personal experiences from that movie. Experiences that till this day, I never really got the truth from.

Then I began to wonder, why is that gay men are so eager to watch gay themed movies? Even knowing that most of these movies have melancholy plots and sad endings!!!
I cant remember how many gay themed movies I have watch till now.

But while I was at the gym this morning, I suddenly remembered my 1st gay themed movie... it was Bishonen (http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/bishonen.htm).. I remembered how my sister bought it last time when we were in HK and smuggled it back home.. hahaha that was funny. I guess for me, that movie gave a lot of insight on the complications of a gay man's life (and man, Daniel Wu is freaking hot!!). Every time I watched it, I always hoped that the ending would change...

I guess for me, I kept watching gay themed movies because I am not satisfied with the endings.... and I wont stop till I find one with the perfect ending. =)

So Directors, Bring It on!!!

p/s -ya was a bit emo at this post

Scottish 101

2009-09-16T22:10:00.003+01:00

Ok since I am going to be here for the next 3 years, I figured that it would be important to learn some Scottish slang. So here I go:

bairn[s] (barren[s]) = kid[s]
simmit (summit) = vest
loon = boy
mawkit = filthy
eejit = idiot
Eh I ken = Yes, I know

try to pronounce this sign... =)

they found the answer!!!

2009-09-16T18:03:00.001+01:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy-7AoxFEJA&feature=player_embedded#t=248

!! this cannot be?! they found the answer!

OMGawd I must have been very famous now~

2009-09-14T20:01:00.005+01:00

Yes... Omgawd indeed.

I must have been very famous now.

I think I got myself a stalker. Few days before I left for Edinburgh, I received 2 letters which was unsealed and in the front, 'Gay printed letter' was typed there.

And inside of these letters were a 'postcard' cut out of some magazine with very detail pictures of the male physique! At the back of the postcard 'Thank you for patrol our club. Be a happy gay' in bold.. there was no correspondent name or address.

Whoever this person is, he has very bad vocab and very dumb. With no name of the club correspondent and bad vocab, that made it into such an amateurish prank..

I was thinking there is no way I put my KL address online.. hence, either someone is playing a prank on me.. or I have some crazy stalker up my tuss... =(

So I called a hotline 101-i-got-a-stalker-too-but-i-am-not-paris-hilton and I am still on hold.

(True story)

edinburgh day 8!!!!

2009-09-14T19:04:00.003+01:00

Hello people!

Greetings from the Edinburrah~

De weatheRr iz fanzastik!!!

ok maybe not tat bad with the Edin accent but I really pity the people in Glasgow.
The Glaswegian speaks in a very different tongue!!

Anyway, suck to be offline for so long.. and my house still no internet yet because the working ethic of the Scots is 1 customer/day policy. So my internet MAY be ready by 12am later (quoted from the customer service guy)!

So here I am, being a library furniture..surfing the net and probably will read up on my CVS clinical skills later.

Today's weather is a bit chilly but 2 days ago it was brilliant!

And I just activated my iphone 3g s!!!! its beautiful... although i kinda screwed up the screen protectors... (2 already!!! its freaking hard to put them on!)

Things are freaking expensive here... And I think they just turn off the heater (bugger!)...

Let me update on the rest of IMU folks here:

Nick has been a gem since I got here which I am very grateful for~ And we dont have the robot vacuum anymore because the flat is not carpet.

Marcus just moved into his student hostel. Was a bit bumpy for him but I think the prozac is kicking in!!

Ziyan AKA Ziang, Aminah 's parents just left today. Haven cried.....yet..

Chris is still around. Got to know him a bit more. Kinda quiet.

Lester from M206 has been hanging out with us a lot because he was the onli M2 here and also the earliest!

Jane (quoted from unnamed birdies!) "OMG! Is that Sharon's SISTER?!!!!"

Ken just arrived last night and lost most of his luggage in Heathrow...

Lenster and Sanjeet are walking around town happily together!

We met up with IMU seniors few days back. They were all very nice and accommodating. Very nice experiences~ (unlike Manchester)

Rented a car for the weekend and drove to Glasgow and Livingston. (Omgosh... the library is freezing now....buggered..) but the view here is nice... very conducive to study...

Ok time to go home and cook dinner.. too cold here =(

chapter 3

2009-08-30T10:40:00.002+01:00

Unlike many, I was very fortunate to have 3 chapters of uni life.

Chapter 1 was in Melb Uni.
Chapter 2 was in IMU.

And Chapter 3 is going to be University of Edinburgh in a week time.

It has been 3 months since I finished my final exams in IMU and I have been procrastinating for long enough.

Perhaps part of me that doesn't want to leave Malaysia is the source of all that. And I know why...

Today, I had an epiphany when I was in the That CD Shop, while I was listening to Escala.I flashed back to the time I first reached Melbourne in 2001 and the sort of music that I listened to back then. It was mainly the 'la-la' genre.. like Kelly Chen's Flower Universe etc.. I was just 17 then.. and man, was I la-la... dye-hair...weird color pants...sling bag... the mere thought of that makes me shiver...lol..I always tell my friends now that if they had known me back then, I doubt they will befriend me.. I was so reckless, immature, bratty, absolutely unrefined. Back then it took me a while to do a lot of soul searching. Some of it was ''what do I want to do with my life?'' which is an irony as my younger brother is going through that too now. I was also searching for my real self back then too....

Then 1/2 way through my Melbourne life, my music genre transpired to a cuter genre...anime theme song... and one of the still all time favorite is.. Chobits 'let me be with you' haha... It was definitely a turning point in my life, as I realized that I actually want to do medicine and I am comfortable with myself. Well, getting a 2nd class upper wasnt really my plan as 1st class upper for honors was my goal for a transfer to medicine in Melb Uni. Hence, I packed my bags and returned home.

I took a year off and my music genre was more j-rock and j-pop. I used to hate Gackt as his make-up was creepy. But out of the blue, I heard his songs on youtube and I quickly became a fan. I also realized myself to change, both physical and mental wise. I lost 10++ kg and took better care of my face. After a while of holidaying, I told mum that I want to study again.. so i applied for a few uni, HK Uni for Medicine and Chinese Medicine and IMU (somehow I knew I was going to get this). HK Uni replied and asked me for an interview for CMed.. which I so totally lied on the application for being 'fluent in Putonghua' so to save myself from humiliation.. i rejected it and ended up in IMU, chapter 2.

In Chapter 2, I was more of a classical music person. That's when I went to MPO for the 1st time and Nodame rocked my world. IMU was definitely nerve wreaking on the 1st week. Being a mature student, I felt the generation gap and the immaturity of the so-called 'seniors' was appalling and thought of withdrawing was contemplated. But, I chose to stay on and won that IMCC thingy and became the president for the next orientation. In my mind then, I knew that to elicit change, I must be on the top of the food chain and so I did. I enjoyed my IMU days after I realized that absolute power was what I need?!!! Khahahhaa (ok...maybe not). I enjoyed my IMU days after I found my rocks, which I am so thankful of. =).

And now Chapter 3... what sort of music genre would I appreciate now? Edinburgh...Scotland... bagpipes?.. celtic music?! maybe...not sure...
but as I am writing this blog now, I am so happy to finally put the name to this music which I have been dying to find out.. Robert Miles - Children

So my point is that.. for me, music has always been there for me when I was struggling to accept my homosexuality... when I had my family problems...when I nearly failed my anatomy 101... and when I met James.. and u know how people say that a picture says a thousand words..

but for me, music shares a thousand memories

Sealnet PM09

2009-07-01T15:34:00.008+01:00

To be honest, I had no idea what i was getting myself into when Sam asked me to go to a leadership camp in Kuala Selangor.

All I remember was
"Please, please, please, please, please" X ∞
So what the heck... I joined Sealnet as the logistic team.. without even knowing what Sealnet is all about..

All I know is that Sam's friend joined last year and she found it very rewarding and all I need to do is to get food and supplies for people.. sounds simple enough.. and maybe even handle a few mentees..

my personal reasons to join were:

a) to learn leadership skills
b) to meet new people from around the world
c) to promote environmental awareness to local community
d) to teach the younger generation about leadership
e) ....i admit... maybe to meet some hot guy?! (clearly failed this part)

And so i thought...
but as it turns out... Sealnet was a definitely rewarding and new experiences.
I enjoyed myself especially with the mentees... seeing them improve in communication skills, self esteem and confidences is very rewarding..
besides that I got to know some very interesting people from America..
learned a lot of info from a Latin origin American, Diego. Very funny guy but he drives like a mad fool...
a few other crazy americans... like Kraig.. Kellie..Connie...funny bunch =) (love how I planted a bug bomb inside Kraig's dvd bag ..hahaha)

but the best laugh is when the Sealnet team pranked my car by wrapping it with gladwrap!!!
apparently its an american thing to do..

both Sam and I were laughing like mad..it was hilarious...

ooo and the seafood there on the final day was fantastic... had sooo much crabs and mantis prawns..yum

yuuummmmmmmmmmm... deep fried mantis prawn.. this is definitely worth it..
This is from the Restaurant Kuala Selangor. Cheap and delicious.

2.5 years already?

2009-05-27T07:01:00.006+01:00

2.5 yrs gone.. another 3 yrs to go...
frankly.. i m starting to feel VERY old in studying but thank goodness for Leslie!!!
anyway, i was thinking of writing this post for a very long time.. so i am going to write it
about how it was for me in IMU and the people that i met. Mainly on the ppl that i met.

on a general consensus, IMU is filled with weirdos...
since i went there, so i must be one of the top 5 weirdos in IMU.

so lets do a recap on all my weirdo friends in M107....

Sean Lee
1st person i knew in imu.. he was standing behind me..
my 1st impression : ok...very china looking guy..lets talk to him in english...
most memorable moment : i had to do a soft porn wit him and tjun hoe at the atrium because of some s2pid ass wanted to raise funds for their convo mag...i so hate tat woman..

Woon Yuan Liang
2nd person i met in imu... he was... standing around la.. cant remember...
my 1st impression : ok...another china looking guy... n he knows a lot of taylor ppl here...
most memorable moment : 'the time i email ryan.. why am i not suprised?!' (inside joke) ~sniff~ ...come back to kl la... dun rust in JB!!!! >___<

Wong Chee Keen
very tall dude...with long arms...
my 1st impression : nice guy...whom i tot he had the biggest thing for SK!!! (it was sooo obvious)
most memorable moment : not very close..sorry

Woon Ee Von
around the same time i knew the 1st few ppl in imu
my 1st impression : ....cant remember
most memorable moment : zomgawd.. tats the guy she is dating.... interesting

Yeo Siew Kim
at the OLD canteen drinking tea then..
my 1st impression : very interesting and strong opinion girl (whom i tot she had the biggest crush for someone else then tooo!!!)
most memorable moment : ahaha definitely the moment in orientation, kept bugging her on the video!! =)

Tan Qian Hui
in the pbl room waiting to be brief about orientation
my 1st impression : ooo not bad ah .. volunteered urself as leader! GUTS!!!
most memorable moment : in Treasure Hunt, when she pancit at the 1st few stations... very concerned for her..but now lookin back.. it was so funny ..haha

Denise Chew
pbl room
my 1st impression : zomg woman.. smile la.. u r not a warden of the prison!
most memorable moment(s) : keng, wats a g-string?? (and many more bimbotic moments!!!!)
hahaha it was definitely fun back then!! i knw she hates me at 1st cos i kept doing the cheer wrongly!!

Vernie Vaishnavi
pbl room
my 1st impression : whats her name again...verrr...berr....nie?!
most memorable moment : ''fish doesnt have brain!!!'' (during CYS's lecture on bp physiology) and the head jiggles~

Yap Yu Gin
pbl room
my 1st impression : ok tis guy is so blur...(mana cai funny as hell!)
most memorable moment : he and his 'pharmacy affair'~~ and hardo gay humor!

Andrew Yip Kei Por
pbl room
my 1st impression : zomg..tis guy reminds me of my younger bro...great...where is my club...
most memorable moment : me emoing on him during the muet form filling time "Andrew, can you keep ur mouth shut, u annoying little brat!" ( i dont think i use any profanity)

Dorothy Maria
pbl room
my 1st impression : looks like timid girl (clearly i was wrong..read the next line)
most memorable moment : she scolding either Andrew or Hsien Wei about something... thats when ok.. not timid at all...

Hazwan
pbl room
my 1st impression : cool dude whom got conned into being the IMCC at 1st!!haha
most memorable moment : when he caught the egg in treasure hunt.. i still remember the great teamwork we had then~

Hsien Wei
pbl room
my 1st impression : cina guy wit very flexible wrists
most memorable moment : definitely the time he pushed Denise aside in order to adjust my boobs for the IMCC performances.. what can i say.. tat guy is a genius!!!

Lilian Ngo
pbl room
my 1st impression : pretty girl and a bit snotty too
most memorable moment : when a particular senior wanted to court her DURING orientation....zomg.. control ur hormone dude!!!

Christine
pbl room
my 1st impression : very quiet at 1st...but after a while... very energetic~
most memorable moment : single handedly managed all the sound effects for my variety nite performances!! all the best in sg, dear!!!

Nana
pbl room
my 1st impression : soooo quiet at 1st... but when it comes to idea... she is a bomb!
most memorable moment : the farewell party i took a pic wit her n some ppl tot we were together...haha

Marcus Chow
my 1st pbl grp
my 1st impression : polite, well versed Singaporean (again...a sad mistake)
most memorable moment : in the MRT where he threathen me to tell him a gossip..if not i will hav to sleep at the lawn...
oh well.. it wont stop here..since i hav another 3 more yrs with him in Edinburgh...

Ong See Ki
my 1st pbl grp
my 1st impression : a lot of energy...loud..and the see ki head movement!
most memorable moment : our friendly discussion of the wonderful design of the fabulous support of her bra in SRC room!! it was a compliment!!!

Jacqueline
my 1st pbl grp
my 1st impression : typical nerd...
most memorable moment : got bombed by Vera during pbl ...i felt bad for her..but having her again in sem 5 as pbl mate... i dun think she learned her mistake! better luck next time!

Tan Ek Guan
my 1st pbl grp
my 1st impression : bubbly, mr know-it-all, chatty
most memorable moment : Eggy's resources of past papers and sample questions n mms pic are definitely the best of all.. i thanked u for tat..

Jolene
my 1st pbl grp
my 1st impression : oo..one of the twins (whom was later rumored as the evil twins..../scary)
most memorable moment : -n/a-

Johan Sng
cashier office
my 1st impression : ok..tis malay boy can speak cantonese.. no wait.. he is chinese!!! n nice ties!
most memorable moment : yuan lih and johan during the 1st aid training time!!! hahahaha

Eugene Too
always around Denise
my 1st impression : VI boy... /spit
most memorable moment : eugene, u drives like a grandma on a bicycle...

Wilkinson Tan
always around everywhere!!!
my 1st impression : oh my...look a koala sleeping in LT 2...
most memorable moment : willie made it onto Men's health as one of the most eligible bachelors!!!

Leslie Sillitoe
ok for les, i only spoke to him in sem 3 when i asked him if he can be a judge for variety nite
my 1st impression : oh cool..someone older than me!!!!
most memorable moment : during SRC when we need to clean up the murder scene = )

Praveena
ok...tis girl doesnt look like regular indian girl.. she looks...mixed...hmmm...but not chindian...
my 1st impression: wow... danish mixed?! cooooool
most memorable moment: haha was in that concert with her, denise and krystal... funny... i din even know who or wat band was tat... all i knw it was a lot of bouncing and screaming..
all the best in PMC, dear =)

Aveena
zomg tat puffy hair and those kahunas!!! how can i not be tempted?!
my 1st impression : oh wow... someone older than me here!!! n she is freaking tall too!!! this hot mama has a lot of charisma... especially during the batch rep election... somehow she just stood the most with her presences =)
most memorable moment: of course the hiking and the breakky in la bodega!!! all those funny latte moments.. and all those gay guys we saw at bangsar.. haha

Hoo Yuan Lih
i still remember the 1st day i got to know her was in the canteen (Vincents?), she was wearing a light blue sleeveless top and a dark color skirt... n i think there was a necklace which resembles pearls... not too sure with the pearls!
my 1st impression: ok... she is..scary...better not pissed her off man... (gulp) but as it turns out, she is not a man eater after all.... (at least not on tat day!!!)
most memorable moment: somehow i kept flashing back our gym days... those were skinnier days but fun for me!! ahhhhh.... the Michael scene...was priceless.. =)

Sangee
omgness... she is so tall.. n i feel like a dwarf beside her!!! >__< the 1st time i talked to her was when she was with Vernie.. i cant remember how i got into the convo but she was hysterically funny!! like really...hysterical...
my 1st impression: time to get high heels for myself....
most memorable moment: all the near death experiences that i had with her...in the bus...or the earthquake in IMU... i think the loudest time i heard her laugh was during our pbl when our faci, Miss Wong wasnt here. And i joked about how Sangee was Miss Wong with a mask on... hahaha the whole group nearly died of laughter!!!

Bikash
ok...ur name was hard to remember...cos u speak with a different accent to me ..something singlish n something...indianish?! lol...
my 1st impression: oh wow... a vegetarian Nepalese.. how...refreshing =)
most memorable moment: i cant exactly remember wat convo it was..but it was some cock and bull story that i was concocting ..and he bought it!! hahaha very naive guy =)

Victor Wong Jing Guo
thin....tall.... and from epo!!! the 1st time i talked to him was in student lounge during the M207 orientation... which i later found out that he was sharing the IMCC video around!!
my 1st impression: kinda quiet guy... very reserved...till i get to know him more!! then there was no turning back!!!!!
most memorable moment: zomg... of course M108 orientation and KKB!!! all those panadols are life saver!!! i tot i was going to die then...

Ian Tey
the guy who sat in the front row all the time!!! the 1st time i talked to him was thru sms about asking to borrow his kendo bokken!!
my 1st impression: ian is always smiling.. he is very cheerful all the time... except during Martial Art week!!
most memorable moment: hmm somehow its the mamak stall after the orientation events!! damn fun... =)

IMU BALL 2009

2009-04-19T18:09:00.004+01:00

Well at first, I kept bitching about how far Putrajaya Mariotte was and very skeptical with the food quality.
But tonight, I was proven wrong. The chicken and lamb was suprisingly delicious. The starter salad was good too! However, the waiters were very insistent in removing the plates off the table. James nearly got into a brawl to save my pea soup while I went camwhoring.

Overall, nice venue, but the performances and deco were not too impressive.
I nearly choked on my saliva with the 'so-called' fashion show which was really bad and tarty!

Me and James posing next to the flimsy setup. I nearly pushed it down! haha

hypocrits?

2009-04-15T17:49:00.003+01:00

while having a chat wit my friends today, the topic of hypocrites arises.
The question was 'is it good to have a mask 24/7'?
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hmmm.. i guess tats depends on the situation
hence i replied that if its mainly on being courteous and friendly, then its ok.
but when it comes to life principles, then i feel that one must always stand strong at their principles regardless of others' opinion.
then i gave a few examples of my own experience with hypocrites.
sadly, to my greatest dismay, most of the hypocrites that i can think of have a few typical trends.
(this is all my personal experiences and nothing to do wit anyone else)

1st trend - a certain religious 'self-proclaimed followers'
2nd trend - they are either close friends or relatives (hypocrite magnet?! O_0)
3rd - they are mainly chinese and indians (this can be a demographic bias!!)
4th - they are young people
5th - they are well-educated and professionals in their own fields.

the last 2 trends were the ones that scared me.
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does this means that hypocrisy is a young and educated trend???

or perhaps, hypocrisy is somehow needed in the modern world to survive??

but whatever the reasons, do not take to heart with all these hypocrisy! (Aha!! i m being a hypocrite now!)

people that u don't like to see or talk with, just deleted them from your facebook, msn, handphone, friendster, life, blog ...etc
just dun waste any neurons on them

oh n yes, World peace. =)

This is the reunion dinner that i prepared this CNY eve in Melbourne~ took me 2 hrs. but it was fun and delicious! (at least i choose to believe that it is!!!)

Mad World?!

2009-04-15T09:41:00.003+01:00

Mad world?
or mad people?

Hot chocolate from KoKo Black in Melbourne. =) yummmmm

Birthday Scrooge?

2008-12-12T11:42:00.003Z

Hmm... the year is almost gone and the time to reflect on our annual deeds has cometh.
I realized something different of myself this year.
This year, I have a feeling that I have become a birthday scrooge.
Has 24 years of uneventful bday made me a skeptic?

Gone were the days where I love going to bday bash, getting the gift n cake and all.
Perhaps, I prefer simple and clean birthdays, where you do not need to surprise anyone, no dress code and definitely no cake smearing!!

I was just reminiscing the best bday years of my life was when I was in Melb. Simple dinner+Mango Gateau (Crown Cafe)+ 8 hrs of KTV!!!
We usually do not get presents.. as we treat the bday person the entire event.
But who or when or how we came up wit this regulation is completely unknown!!
Well, we all enjoyed it and that's the most important part.

So for next year, I will try my very best to be a better birthday goer..
oh and the thing with the surprise, I really dislike it... the only one which i will probably love is the day someone give me a million gold bar on my bday!!! *crossing fingers*

SSDD (same shit different day)

2008-11-03T12:12:00.005Z

i hate slow-ass drivers whom take forever to remove their car from a parking spot..
RAWR!!!
like seriously...i do not understand their thinking mechanic...they can so be the new etiological factor for myocardial infarct!!!
Breathe in and out ... ok vent finito~
= )

anyway... i m hungry... 8.30pm.. still no dinner... and to make things worse... i was browsing thru my jewish food days...

andThis was from a Jewish Restaurant in Melbourne 4 years back.
Really nice and it was affordable
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very very hungry now....

onaka ga suiiiitttaaaaa !!!!!!!

bloop bloop~

2008-10-08T16:14:00.005+01:00

i love jelly fish...
japanese jelly fish, chinese jelly fish, portugese jelly fish, n also taiping jelly fish
= )

my nephew's name is 谭伟豪（Tham Wei Hao)
very nice name = )

few days ago i took a pic of my dog...Sniper..
aunty told me tat sniper was shivering so she gave him clothing..
so i went outside n take a look.. he was sooo cute sitting like tat..
(he was biting the other cloth at tat time)

これはクリームチキンパンです～　（本の名前は忘れる）
Ok this is the very delicious.. cream chicken in bun ( i forgot the real name)
i had this in japan at area around shinjuku station..
the bun was crunchy... n the cream... is..nice n fattening...

IT IS A BOY!

2008-09-30T08:55:00.003+01:00

ok...so it has finally hatched out... another tham to the family.. more family dramas from now on

i am actually very happy as this will relinquish all responsibility of carrying the family name off my shoulder = )

he is premature.. quite gnomish now but healthy in general

to my young nephew~~ a healthy sandwich
これはサンドイッチです。 (This is a sandwich.)
(Dun ask me the name yet cos tat one is a different drama all together now)

MAMMAA MIIIIAAAAAAA

2008-09-25T17:40:00.003+01:00

i think i just found out the biggest gay gathering on a Thursday nite.. it was in the Mamma Mia movie... n i will realise that again tomoro nite!!
i find it very interesting and my whole childhood of lip syncing came flooding back to my memory.
and i must add this... i think the 'sky' guy is hot... Pierce n Colin r fine too... but...ahhh (no more spoiler~)

这是KK的生肉面。其实这个面很好吃！！我要谢谢Rachel应为是她带我去的~~
this is pork noodle in KK. its actually quite tantalizing = ) ty Rachel~~~

She knows... and she says I am her son no matter what = )

2008-09-24T19:46:00.006+01:00

been an eventful month... but so far turning to brighter one...
like how the title stated = ) she knows... finally she knows bout it.. ahhhh..the relief = ) its been a bumpy road... n it will still be a bumpy road... but i m sure that i m still goin to walk it no matter wat! = )
ty guys for the constant support..

lately i noticed that i m angrier than usual.. maybe its my hormonal flux.. but somehow.. its been affecting me.. so i m sorry to all those whom i hav burned along the way.. totally unintended..
i was talkin wit a fren few nites back regarding some issues.. n i realised how sometimes we take ppl/things for granted...

well according to another fren, the number one thing that all employees wants in their job is appreciation. lately i have been feeling a bit stress out wit the work i m doing, goin unappreciated. but after one or two comments from ppl whom i rarely talked to really changed my mood.

but how bout those who r close to me? whn r thy goin to 'give me a pad on the shoulder'? is it even appropriate to expect one? well i m not askin for an award.. but just a simple thanks for the work would suffice.

this is why i love the japanese culture.. at the end of their work thy will always say 'ご苦労さま' which means 'thank you very much for the hardwork'. hence, i m making it my point to say 'gokurousama' to ppl after a long day work from now on~

これはカレーライスとそばセットです。

This is the curry rice and soba set. I remembered having this as supper on the 1st day and then as lunch on the next day. I was such a glutton with the japanese curry... literally... addicted to it... hmmmmm i missed my japan = (

ああああああああ！！三鷹の森ジブリ美術館はすごいです！！！

このストロベリショートケーキはとてもおいし～～

Attention to those who know what is Ghibli Studio... please go google Mitaka Ghibli Museum if u r in Tokyo.

I highly recommended it. That place is truly well-worth it = ) I brought back a lot of stuff from there too~~

I TOLD U SOOOO TOO!!!

2008-08-02T15:47:00.003+01:00

aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....

(HAHAHAHA)

ok tis is an inside joke...

これはてんぷら定食です！！ (this is a tempura set)
The ebi tempura was sooo huuuggee. I cant remember where I had this but its a specialized tempura shop. Ahhhh~~ how i missed the crunchiness....

Bangcock 2008 Day1

2008-07-29T16:35:00.010+01:00

Ok i took up a few challenges during this trip...

One was the celibate challenge by Nicholas... No effing on 1st dates.. n must know 40 things bout the person 1st (but the thing was... = ) i am a loyal person).. however... Nicholas didnt stop there.. he added one more task... no self liberation till the 15th of July!!! = (

the other task was photo diary by Daniel... i was supposed to take pic along the way in bkk.. to record my journey.. hence, armed wit my Sony Ericson K810i... i took a loooot of pics = )

Ok these 2 are the toilet signs that took at my hotel... i find it very misleading.. as at tat point in time.. i wanted to number 2 ... = (

this was my 1st phad thai in bkk. There is this saying in thailand (which i read somewhere but i forgot where..) ''The phad thai tastes better which each time''
well, i agree with tat.. because i had this in the hotel... n it was 'ok-la' ..

これはパンサンチッキンです！（this was the pandan chicken!!)
yes i was being greedy... it was 2pm... n the display picture LOOKED tempting.. so ya.. it was 'ok-la'

after eating.. i took a 2 hr nap... then took the shuttle bus to Siam Discovery. Walked for a while.. saw a lot of sales...went into my fav AX... n yet again... no size = (

I missed this roasted coconut for 4 yrs.. since my last trip to bkk... it is soo refreshing after a long day of walking.. = )

now this phad thai is more like it... it tasted so much better = ) ... well it took me 2 hrs to decide where to eat for dinner... because... i dinno where to go.. i used miss hoo's guidebook... but it was a bit too adventurous for me..
i had this in the food loft inside MBK.. nice ambience n definitely tourist friendly
after dinner, i walked around to the cinema hoping to watch SATC...but it was already down = (

around 830pm, i felt adventurous... n i went to Silom (the red light district)
at this area, i din dare to take any pic.. as it was a seedy area.. n i dun wan any black voodoo on me.. so i walked happily OUTSIDE the area... hence no me-love-u-long-time = )
STD, i say NO!!!

outside of the strip bars, there is like a night bazaar with a lot of stuff.. MY ADVICE is.. dont buy anything here.. because Jatujak Market has all of them and its just a fraction of the price... = )

zomg... MIA desuka??

2008-07-27T09:47:00.002+01:00

=0 ...its been a while... not tat i was being all lazy or wat...but..my wonderful streamyx have been down for soo long... n still is..

its really good in their customer service management.. for 1 month... no internet... n yet thy can still tell me tat the technician has fixed the problem..BUT.. i still cant get connected...

hence im doin this at starbuck = ( ... (i will post the pic next time la)

a lot has happened since my last post..

lets summarize it la
1. Passed Exam (all those green tea lattes were worth it!)
2. Went to KK (nice beach + nice seafood + Rachel has a very nice island villa!!)
3. Went to Bangcock (no me-love-you-long-time session, i LOVE siam paragon)
4. Found an Ah Beng with many similar traits(like literally!!)
5. Went to Buddhist camp..(reconnected wit my inner zen... ~ahhhmmmmmmm~
6. SRC room is leaking n flooded ... n the brilliant admin told us to sulk it up for another few more months.. bcos thy cant off the main pipes as ppl on the 4th floor need to pee!

so what is different wit me now n me in my last post...

well i m happy now = )

bought this book called 'The Secret'.. reading it 1/2 way now...

its...interesting.. but still... quite a lot of mumbo jumbo i need to think about 1st before believing every single word...

i took a loooot of pic in BKK n i m planning to post thm on facebook n a few fav here... so please wait la...

here is the link to my photo album in bkk

http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=566533312

Ok as i promised.. i m back in business!!

これはトテモ美味しいのラメンです。

ok this is a very very nice ramen which i had it in shinjuku... u purchased the order outside of the shop.. n thn u get a ticket.. go into the shop n there is a card..where u can fill up on how thick u want the shop, how fatty the pork n texture of the ramen, etc etc...

the shop base... was amazing... its... nothing comparable... the egg...was... divine!!!

Aligatau (quote Hoo Yuan Lih, 2008)

2008-05-18T12:18:00.006+01:00

今までいろいろ　おせわに　なりました。
本当本当に感謝おします。
この感じは忘れないです。
どうぞ　お元気で。
また　あいましょう。

thank you for everything you have done for me.
i hav no regrets knowing u.
it was an experience that i will cherish for many years to come.
please take care.
see you again.

Wow... i hope my grammar is correct.

n special thanks to my left head; Hoo Yuan Lih, right head; Aveena Anatharajah and tiny tim; Roderick Kong Lik Cheung for accompanying me last nite to buffer my -ve chi
Kill Bill 1,2 marathon was good.. altho i ko after the Pai Mei scene...
haha
= ) ty guys
n ty too everyone whom hav been supportive n sending nice regards.

これは航空芸者です。
this is flying geisha!
zomgness... this sushi is really nice.. its from sushi groove in 1 U.
a bit pricy for the fusion sushi but its worth it = )
altho the cocktails i wont recommended it but the sushi is really nice.

A Sad Meal?

2008-05-17T13:28:00.005+01:00

本当に悲しいのミールです！！
very unhappy meal desu!!
ok today wasnt the best day of my life n i m pretty sure its not the saddest..but.. it is indeed eventful..
i promised myself i wont be toooooooo emo bout these kinda things so i m not = )

ok the unhappiness of this meal...were...

i ordered it in tomato sauce n whoopie, i got it in black pepper sauce (one of my least fav flavor)
the picture of the chicken was like 100000x bigger than the one thy served me
the sad-looking salad... its really sad looking... pathetic would be an understatement
it bloody cost me rm10++ for tat ... turd...
the carby fries!!! = 0
n yes... i was saying goodbye to someone

well we both decided to end it on good terms... so there is no regret on either sides but still sadness was there n hence... my advice to my frens is

pls do not order this 'grilled chicken' at this place called 'St _ t _ _ n
K _ p _t_ _ m'
(i would like to buy a vowel, Wanda)

introduction : Miss Petunia!!!

2008-05-05T16:11:00.005+01:00

introducing my new pet!!! Miss Petunia!!! ペツニアちゃん！！！
Aveena said that she will give M.Petunia hats and clothings.. lol
i got this beauty from IKEA during the weekend.
i intend to grow her big and fat n maybe one day... it will come in handy (^_^ rite Yuan Lih~~)

これは焼鳥です！本当に美味しいですよ！！！！ zomgness this is one very nice yakitori i had in one of the local bar in Hakone. it was quite funny as it was like 7pm, dark n cold near the Mt Fuji area n there was no pic on the menu. in fact the menu was just jap words pasted on the wall. so it was really a test for my broken Japanese... n luckily the locals were able to understand me!!! n thy praised my fluency!! kekekeke

ぐうぜんじゃない、必然です！

2008-05-04T11:04:00.006+01:00

guuzen janai, hitsuzen desu! i ninjaed this quote from an anime, xxxholic . it means 'its not coincidences but it is inevitable'.

i always believed that life is governed by the laws of karma, which had always been part of my guidelines in life. in the past few weeks, i had quite an eventful time in uni. one of them was the christian fellowship camp which i attended.

DISCLAIMER: I am not being emo or anything but I promised Edwina to write my personal experience about the camp so I figured I may as well post it here. So please do not read this if you are not into religious opinions. Once again, I will only say that this is all my opinion and not something I took out of the sutras.

I have always been a buddhist since I was born and very much into the religion in my younger days and I still practice buddhism. I studied in a catholic school (St John), where my father and brothers studied there too. So I have quite a good understanding on religious tolerances. So when Jimmy asked if I wanted to go for the imu cf camp, I replied 'sure y not' initially but then I realized that it collides wit the new balance run... so it was like ..camp or run...camp or run... so Finally I decided to go to cf camp. I never been to a cf camp before, although I have been to like 4 or 5 dharma camps in my school days.

I will be honest that I do feel that sometimes, some christian friends do have the tendency to do the 'lettrytoconvertuintoachristian' attitude. However, Jimmy ensured me that it is not a conversion camp, which is fine by me. Because I feel that I am strong with my belief and hence I will accept other religious teaching as other 'options' of opinions instead of just accepting my religious belief as the ultimate truth.

The camp was good in a way that I learned a lot more of christianity. I used to think that christianity is all about mindless, rigid belief to the one God. iIwas wrong and I realized it's more of a personal link between one individual to the all-knowing entity called God. In a way from the camp, I realized the core differences of Buddhism with Christianity and that strengthened my own personal belief to Buddhism.

I like the talk given by Annette and I personally loved the 'accept God for how He is and not make your own God in your own vision'. I mean to put it in a blunt way is 'stop whining n complaining when things go wrong n accept it as part of God's grand plan'. Like seriously, people often missed out on the larger picture. My opinion was that if someone is devoted to God and even though they suffered a lot but in the end of days, they will be awarded in paradise, no? So i personally gave Annette two thumbs up. = ) Really inspiring.

There was time during the camp that the emo level was just a bit too strong. It was during the 'my heart got ___' session. I know its a good way to deliver that message on how we are swayed by the worldly possession and that it act as a poison. But seriously, I felt I was like in a funeral with all gloominess. So I had to do it. I cried it out loud 'my heart is still beating!'. Haha, I was not being disrespectful but I wanted to change the wave of sadness to a sense of hope, which worked but not everyone realized the metaphoric meaning in my statement.

I realized that even though most of my friends know I am a Buddhist and I am participating this event on a personal issue but there were a few people whom questioned me 'why r you doing here?'. Initially, I explained on how I wanted to learn more on Christianity and how to connect with people more. But after a while, I sort of got 'fed up' with this question and I bluntly replied 'because i like la'. I mean like I mentioned earlier, some of my Christian friends do have the auto-tendency to question my faith. I was not entirely irritated by this matter but I think that it would be benefiting to a Christian too if they too learn from other religion. Like I know there is A LOT of Buddhists whom go to churches but personally I do not see many Christians going to temples. Not that I insist that they should go but why always just accepting non-Christians to the belief but not learning from others too?

This matter concerns me personally because of my sister-in-law whom is a Christian and from there, many family issues arise. I was very thrilled when Jimmy told me a part in the bible which stated if one is true to God, going to a temple of another religion will not brand you as a heretic (I may not be 100% accurate but that is what I understood from him). I am happy that I know this as a fact, not to spike it at my sister-in-law but to share it as a common understanding. As a Chinese, we have a lot of customs especially during the Chinese new year which we followed. And far too often I observed that many Christians (relatives) refused to do the rite by saying its a non Christian manner. Sigh. So I hope that people can be a bit more open minded in things and not be so rigid about it. I told my mum on the things I learned and I can tell that my mum thought I was converting.

In conclusion it is all good experience for me. Please keep up the good work.

Ok emo done = )

これはニッシンヌードルです。this is a Nissin noodle which i cooked back in my melb days. as u can see, the egg in the noodle was a double yolk!! = 0 .. n the 4 balls were cuttlefish ball 墨鱼圆。it was soooooo nice... cos the cuttlefish ball has a realllly nice texture ..yumm.. n the soup base was the kyushu ramen base. the nissin in malaysia sux big time. but the ones in melb r realllly good. = 0

yyyyuuuummmmmmmm!

new toy...

2008-05-01T18:36:00.006+01:00

これは私の新玩具です。(This is my new toy.)

ok..i m slowly getting there...

anyway i got this new airfarter which has a timer that u can set the fart from 9mins, 18mins and 36mins.

i used to have a diff one back in my melb days.. which made my apartment more breathable!

just tested tis out.. to my surprise, the orange scent is not tat terrible.. its not as citrus-like as i thought it would be..

i never really like the super strong scent ones ..especially in the gym... zomgness... its so strong tat.. i prefer's Aveena's squishy cushion anytime.. ^__^

speaking of gym + smell... some ppl ..actually some men.. should really learn how to use deodorant MODERATELY.. the amount tat they used is astonishingly bad.
i mean i understand thy r trying to hide their deep sea musk but .. i don't want to have nose carcinoma either...

これは黒タマゴです。 (this is black egg.)

i got it from Owakudani at Hakone (near Mt Fuji) last yr.
rumors has it tat one egg prolongs your life for 7 yrs.
n with 800 yen i got 36 extra yrs = ).
whoopie

woot 1st!!!!

2008-05-01T16:50:00.001+01:00

はじめまして!! 私はケイスケです。どうぞよろしく！

ok i give up... its very hard to write a complete sentence in Japanese let alone a blog.. however i vow that i will be able to write a complete entry in Jap by the end of the year. = )

anyway since this is my virgin entry, i may as well act as a virgin blogger. = 0

i choose to write my blog today... well its because its a good day to do so.

i was supposed to go out wit my high school buddies but in the end, i got FFK (hikouki o ririsu deshita). so i ended up swimming in my gym + studied in Starbucks+watched Kaidan+dinner wit Edmund and now writing this blog.

ok enough wit boring text.. lets hav some pics!!

this is one of my fav food, Japanese kare-raisu. but i wont be eating this anytime soon.. because.. i m on a low carb diet...
yes as shallow as the rest of the gay population... i m quite obsessed with the six pack, chiseled bod = 0

so sayonara my beloved kare-raisu... *sniff*