Okay it's time to get tagging again! I'm going to work on the last one I got because it's so darn easy! Marzie tagged me on this Birthday meme, which serves to discover who was born on your birth day, what important events happened, or where in the world there's a holiday?
Instructions:
1. Go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday (month and day).
2. Write down three events, 2 births, 1 holiday and tag 5 friends.
3. There are five slots in the Birthday Meme. As you are tagged, you have to remove the name in the first slot and bump everyone up so that your name can be added to the bottom.
Here goes:
I am a Cancerian born on the 9th of July
3 events
1. 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
2. 1868 - The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
3. 1944 - World War II: Battle of Normandy - British and Canadian forces capture Caen, France.
2 Births
1. 1932 - Donald Rumsfeld, 13th & 21st United States Secretary of Defense
2. 1956 - Tom Hanks, American actor
1 Holiday
Roman festival - Caprotinia, or feasts of Juno Caprotina.
And the list: Teacher Julie Mommyness is Happiness This is a miracle Mariuca First Time Dad Adrian
I’m calling upon these 5 bloggers to do this meme: Eric, Ginger, Chin, Bokjae & Lisa. Cheers!
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
I'm back!
Wow it's been more that a week since I last posted something and it's good to be back! As most of you know I was in bangkok for a few days and then got a seriously bad cough/cold/fever/flu thingy! In fact I'm still at home now recuperating for the third straight work day. Haven't been this sick in ages and hope it doesn't happen again for a long long time! At least I'm feeling better enough to write a little although I'm not completely out of the woods yet!
Let me start by thanking all my blog buddies Santa, Ann, Barrett, Janice, Jean, Marzie and Nick for their concern during my illness....guys you made the dreary days at home seem so much brighter! Cheers! :)
I want to write a little about my trip to Bangkok because nothing else happened since then except for me lying in bed! I let on Tuesday and to start the flight was delayed...talk about getting off on the wrong foot. I've been to Bangkok many times and always enjoy the trips there. Usually I'll meet my friends there and we'd either go sightseeing or just plain old shopping but this trip was in the middle on the week and besides the family couldn't come so I didn't plan for anything! We landed at the new airport which seemed nice.
I stayed at the Conrad Hotel which gave us such excellent treatment that I just had to mention them. Firstly the buffet breakfast and lunch were marvellous. The in between our training there was a whole array of other goodies each day. Thank goodness I was dieting or I'd had really had a feast! During the break afternoon they'd serve wonderful mocktails along with more food and cookies and fruits and expresso and a variety of teas. I've been to many such training sessions in the past but this one really took the cake. And as if that was not enough the hotel even gave us each a complimentary head and shoulder massage after the session one day. It's so nice to be pampered.
After the training we were of course on our own. I did my usual walkabouts to places I usually frequent. Before you think ill of me because of Bangkok's notierity, it was to my regular tailor to have my suit altered. Yes, losing weight had had it's effects on my clothes. I also did a little window shopping and bought some stuff for the office. I was feeling good the first day.
On the second day I was tired (didn't realize that I was coming down with this) so I stayed in and enjoyed the long bath which is a must. On the third day I walked around with a friend and colleague from Indonesia. We took it easy and caught a Skytrain to MBK (Mah Boon Krong) which is a huge mall with countless outlets selling more or less the same thing. My friend want to buy some souveniors for his family and colleagues too. He managed to get some tshirts and I who really didn't want to shop this trip bought some lovely wooden carvings of Buddha (no I'm not buddhist but I liked the carvings). Also got some cute hair clips and girl stuff for the daughter. However, since we had eaten such fantastic meals for breakfast and lunch we skipped dinner each night. I had the fruits from the fruit basket which they filled daily in the room.
On the fourth day we went to Central a department store with some great food and stuff. They have this high-end food court, called food Loft that we tried the last time I was there. That time I had wifey and daughter with me too. They have food from all over the world and the prices are reasonable. Like I said earlier I couldn't eat anymore for dinner so we gave the Loft a pass this time (Man the things I have to sacrifice to lose weight besides by then I had no appetite and didn't realize that it was due to the illness). I scouted around for some toys for the little one. I wanted to get her a baby doll becase that's what she been doing lately...playing pretend at feeding her dolls but didn't find any I liked...most had small parts and were meant for older kids. Wifey had asked me to get the little one some wooden alphabet blocks so that she can start to form words. I found a nice one but was short a few Thai baht (those things were not cheap and cost around 850 baht/RM85/USD25 but they were really nice and I liked them) and just my luck the moneychanger there had just closed so I had to go back there the next day to get it. After that I was starting to feel tired but I had to go pick up my suit so one quick Skytrain ride later we were at the tailors. As usual they were not ready but said they'd send it to the hotel later. We took a slow walk back to the hotel after that. The suit came soon after.
On the last day (Saturday) I really had lost my appetite and was feeling the cough. My friends suggested we walk around again and for lack of anything better to do I agreed. Besides I needed to buy the little one her blocks. I had difficulty breathing and was thinking boy do I need to work on my stamina, DOH! Yeah I was worng and didn't realize it. So did a little more shopping for some t-shirts for my nephews from the street vendors before the department store opened and I got the blocks! I was rushing for time by now because my flight was at 2 and I needed to leave by 11.30. My friend wanted to buy a skateboard for his son too and by the time we had done all that it was time to go.
So I rushed and got ready and it was a good thing I packed the night before because it saved me time. Got to the airport on time and found out that my flight had been delayed. Go figure! Well at the airport after checking in and going to the departure hall and surrendering my bottle of water there was none to be purchased. So there I was thirsty as hell, tired and sick waiting for the silly plane. It was an hour late. I only had loads of warm water on the flight back and couldn't eat a morsel. Well reached home safely around sevenish. Daughter loved the the blocks. (Wifey didn't want anything but I told wifey that she can get something she likes over the weekend)
On Sunday BOOM! I was out until noon and went to the doctor with a high fever. The doctor said it might be pneumonia or asthma and gave me a fright. Got a jab on my butt and had to use a nebulizer for the first time. Cough is still bad and I've been home the past few days recovering. Went to the doctor again yesterday and she said that was not pneumonia but a very very nasty cough. Gave me stronger cough medicine and stuff owsy. Good thing is my appetite is back...well at least little. The bad news is I think I passed the cough to the little one and she had to have the nebulizer yesterday too. Poor girl has been coughing so badly the past few nights. So I'm more concerned about her than myself.
To top things off my car battery died while I was away. What a week wouldn't you say!
Well at least I'm feeling better enough to write a little and I'm home relaxing! That's a plus!!
PS Barrett I will have some pictures from my previous trips up to complement this post later. Cheers!
PPS To everyone who tagged me...I'll start working on that as soon as I can! So sorry for the long delay!
Let me start by thanking all my blog buddies Santa, Ann, Barrett, Janice, Jean, Marzie and Nick for their concern during my illness....guys you made the dreary days at home seem so much brighter! Cheers! :)
I want to write a little about my trip to Bangkok because nothing else happened since then except for me lying in bed! I let on Tuesday and to start the flight was delayed...talk about getting off on the wrong foot. I've been to Bangkok many times and always enjoy the trips there. Usually I'll meet my friends there and we'd either go sightseeing or just plain old shopping but this trip was in the middle on the week and besides the family couldn't come so I didn't plan for anything! We landed at the new airport which seemed nice.
I stayed at the Conrad Hotel which gave us such excellent treatment that I just had to mention them. Firstly the buffet breakfast and lunch were marvellous. The in between our training there was a whole array of other goodies each day. Thank goodness I was dieting or I'd had really had a feast! During the break afternoon they'd serve wonderful mocktails along with more food and cookies and fruits and expresso and a variety of teas. I've been to many such training sessions in the past but this one really took the cake. And as if that was not enough the hotel even gave us each a complimentary head and shoulder massage after the session one day. It's so nice to be pampered.
After the training we were of course on our own. I did my usual walkabouts to places I usually frequent. Before you think ill of me because of Bangkok's notierity, it was to my regular tailor to have my suit altered. Yes, losing weight had had it's effects on my clothes. I also did a little window shopping and bought some stuff for the office. I was feeling good the first day.
On the second day I was tired (didn't realize that I was coming down with this) so I stayed in and enjoyed the long bath which is a must. On the third day I walked around with a friend and colleague from Indonesia. We took it easy and caught a Skytrain to MBK (Mah Boon Krong) which is a huge mall with countless outlets selling more or less the same thing. My friend want to buy some souveniors for his family and colleagues too. He managed to get some tshirts and I who really didn't want to shop this trip bought some lovely wooden carvings of Buddha (no I'm not buddhist but I liked the carvings). Also got some cute hair clips and girl stuff for the daughter. However, since we had eaten such fantastic meals for breakfast and lunch we skipped dinner each night. I had the fruits from the fruit basket which they filled daily in the room.
On the fourth day we went to Central a department store with some great food and stuff. They have this high-end food court, called food Loft that we tried the last time I was there. That time I had wifey and daughter with me too. They have food from all over the world and the prices are reasonable. Like I said earlier I couldn't eat anymore for dinner so we gave the Loft a pass this time (Man the things I have to sacrifice to lose weight besides by then I had no appetite and didn't realize that it was due to the illness). I scouted around for some toys for the little one. I wanted to get her a baby doll becase that's what she been doing lately...playing pretend at feeding her dolls but didn't find any I liked...most had small parts and were meant for older kids. Wifey had asked me to get the little one some wooden alphabet blocks so that she can start to form words. I found a nice one but was short a few Thai baht (those things were not cheap and cost around 850 baht/RM85/USD25 but they were really nice and I liked them) and just my luck the moneychanger there had just closed so I had to go back there the next day to get it. After that I was starting to feel tired but I had to go pick up my suit so one quick Skytrain ride later we were at the tailors. As usual they were not ready but said they'd send it to the hotel later. We took a slow walk back to the hotel after that. The suit came soon after.
On the last day (Saturday) I really had lost my appetite and was feeling the cough. My friends suggested we walk around again and for lack of anything better to do I agreed. Besides I needed to buy the little one her blocks. I had difficulty breathing and was thinking boy do I need to work on my stamina, DOH! Yeah I was worng and didn't realize it. So did a little more shopping for some t-shirts for my nephews from the street vendors before the department store opened and I got the blocks! I was rushing for time by now because my flight was at 2 and I needed to leave by 11.30. My friend wanted to buy a skateboard for his son too and by the time we had done all that it was time to go.
So I rushed and got ready and it was a good thing I packed the night before because it saved me time. Got to the airport on time and found out that my flight had been delayed. Go figure! Well at the airport after checking in and going to the departure hall and surrendering my bottle of water there was none to be purchased. So there I was thirsty as hell, tired and sick waiting for the silly plane. It was an hour late. I only had loads of warm water on the flight back and couldn't eat a morsel. Well reached home safely around sevenish. Daughter loved the the blocks. (Wifey didn't want anything but I told wifey that she can get something she likes over the weekend)
On Sunday BOOM! I was out until noon and went to the doctor with a high fever. The doctor said it might be pneumonia or asthma and gave me a fright. Got a jab on my butt and had to use a nebulizer for the first time. Cough is still bad and I've been home the past few days recovering. Went to the doctor again yesterday and she said that was not pneumonia but a very very nasty cough. Gave me stronger cough medicine and stuff owsy. Good thing is my appetite is back...well at least little. The bad news is I think I passed the cough to the little one and she had to have the nebulizer yesterday too. Poor girl has been coughing so badly the past few nights. So I'm more concerned about her than myself.
To top things off my car battery died while I was away. What a week wouldn't you say!
Well at least I'm feeling better enough to write a little and I'm home relaxing! That's a plus!!
PS Barrett I will have some pictures from my previous trips up to complement this post later. Cheers!
PPS To everyone who tagged me...I'll start working on that as soon as I can! So sorry for the long delay!
Monday, August 20, 2007
Nice Matters Award!
As I was preparing to wrap it for the week (took that line from you Jean and it does apply to me...in fact her entire post sounds like what I'd like to say so because I'm on a real tight schedule today and and want to send this out asap so I'm gonna use your words for the whole post, if you don't mind). My friend Jean of A Great Pleasure gave me a nice surprise. She graciously awarded me with Nice Matters Award for being a kind blogger. It's an easy task for me to be kind to her because she's such a great friend. Congratulations to you Jean, you are a kind blogger! :) I am indeed honored to receive this award from you and I am happy to be listed among the other kind bloggers which you've choosen. They are all great bloggers with big hearts for their kindness. Here are my recipients of this award:
Congratulations, my kind friendly bloggers! :)
Pamper Yourself!
I'm going to be away for a few days in sunny Bangkok! But before I go, I thought I'd pass along these tips on how to massage yourself to relieve stress and pressure. Why? Because in Bangkok I will be getting my own Thai traditional massage and you can't! LOL
The Organs of your body have their sensory touches at the bottom of your foot, if you massage these points you will find relief from aches and pains as you can see the heart is on the left foot. Typically they are shown as points and arrows to show which organ it connects to. It is indeed correct since the nerves connected to these organs terminate here. This is covered in great details in Acupressure studies or textbooks. God created our body so well that he thought of even this. He made us walk so that we will always be pressing these pressure points and thus keeping these organs activated at all times. So, keep walking...
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
P P P P P P P
WVb A blog about everything and more created this meme called the 7 P's in an effort to learn more about the fellow bloggers they read on a regular basis, and it looks like they're going to succeed. My good friend Ann from A Nice Place In The Sun who is a great mother and author tagged me and I am about to tag five blogs that I read on a regular basis and then they are going to choose five more and ... you get the idea!
Passion: My family, reading, blogging (for now LOL)
Purpose: To make the world a happier place (seriously!)
Pursuit: Happiness! Friendship!
Position: Not Important because I'm not ambitious!
Pummeling: My weight! Need to shed those excess pounds!
Progress: Slow but sure (I hope)
Personality: Shy! Friendly!
That's it...simple ya!
Now the 5 blogs (only five ...I wish I could do more) that I read on a regular basis besides Ann's are:
Nick of Anything Goes!
Mariuca of Wishing on A Falling Star
Janice of This is a Miracle
Jean of A Great Pleasure
Barrett of HumaB~
Passion: My family, reading, blogging (for now LOL)
Purpose: To make the world a happier place (seriously!)
Pursuit: Happiness! Friendship!
Position: Not Important because I'm not ambitious!
Pummeling: My weight! Need to shed those excess pounds!
Progress: Slow but sure (I hope)
Personality: Shy! Friendly!
That's it...simple ya!
Now the 5 blogs (only five ...I wish I could do more) that I read on a regular basis besides Ann's are:
Nick of Anything Goes!
Mariuca of Wishing on A Falling Star
Janice of This is a Miracle
Jean of A Great Pleasure
Barrett of HumaB~
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
From Rags to Riches!
Marzie in her generosity has presented me with a cheque for $1,000,000.00! Woohoo! Now a million bucks is not that much in this day and age so what i'd do is probabaly spend the whole lot and this is how I'd do it:
1. Buy a huge house with a pool! Put in a huge game room with all the latest consoles and high end computers so that I can play with my pals when they visit.
2. Pay off my outstanding loans!
3. Share some of the wealth with my family and friends!
4. Throw a big party at a resort and invite everyone I know!
5. Give some to charity!
6. Go for a tour of Europe! Take daughter to Disneyland and the Disney Cruise! Take wife on a cruise to Alaska!
7. Go watch my favourite football (soccer) team Liverpool FC play a few matches and get season tickets!
8. Improve my Santa collection by getting figures from around the world (will have a room in my new house to display it!)
9. Go for a slimming program so that I don't have to go to the gym anymore! LOL
7. Go watch my favourite football (soccer) team Liverpool FC play a few matches and get season tickets!
8. Improve my Santa collection by getting figures from around the world (will have a room in my new house to display it!)
9. Go for a slimming program so that I don't have to go to the gym anymore! LOL
10. Throw another party for poor children and have horses and hot air baloons to ride and games and clowns and lots and lots of wonderful food!
Since I'm in a generous mood I'm gonna give a million to the following people and see how they would spend it! Guys the check is in the mail LOL
you guys jot got tagged! Have fun folks and enjoy the dream while it lasts!
Instructions :**Start Copy**
Proposition: If you Have $1,000,000.00…………………………
Requirements: continue above sentences
Tag Mode: 5 bloggers
Link: Add your anchor and post link below.
What They Do With Their $1 Million
1. SYH will spend for Family
2. Miche will give to the needy
3. Montessorimum will keepsake
4. Lovely Mummy will spend & save
5. MummyInVain will fully utilise
6. Babyfiona will buy house and open business
7. MonkeyWong will go for a long vacation
8. Emila Yusof will realise her dream
9. Mariuca will open a Perfume Gallery
10.Janice Ng will upgrade house and go for long vacation
11.Hin will blog to donate for charity
12.Bobo will invest in property and let her parents go on a holiday.
Proposition: If you Have $1,000,000.00…………………………
Requirements: continue above sentences
Tag Mode: 5 bloggers
Link: Add your anchor and post link below.
What They Do With Their $1 Million
1. SYH will spend for Family
2. Miche will give to the needy
3. Montessorimum will keepsake
4. Lovely Mummy will spend & save
5. MummyInVain will fully utilise
6. Babyfiona will buy house and open business
7. MonkeyWong will go for a long vacation
8. Emila Yusof will realise her dream
9. Mariuca will open a Perfume Gallery
10.Janice Ng will upgrade house and go for long vacation
11.Hin will blog to donate for charity
12.Bobo will invest in property and let her parents go on a holiday.
13. Adrian will spend it all!
Friday, August 10, 2007
10 Questions For Me!
Barrett of HumaB tagged me to participate in this questionnaire. It's simple - Ten questions, five answers, and tag five people.
Instructions: Remove the blog from the top, move all blogs up one, and then add yourself to the bottom.
Homespun Honolulu, Who’s Yo Mama, Life in the Fast Lane, Life is Murphy’s Law, Huma B~ and First Time Dad
1. What were you doing ten years ago? I went to the USA for the first time! We practically went from coast to coast. Landed in Washington D.C. then stayed in Virginia with some friends, then went back to DC for some business, then went to Portland for a few days, went up to Mount Hood and it was saw snow for the first time! After that went to California. Stayed in Orange county with some friends and went to Disneyland and Universal studios! Took a tour to Tijuana and agfter that went to San Diego Sea World. Then went to the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas. Rememmber it like it was yesterday because it was our best holiday ever.
2. What were you doing 1 year ago? Arranging for my daughters first birthday party. The theme was Pooh Bear but unfortunately couldn't find a Pooh bear character to come over so we got the A&W bear instead LOL! Had a Pinata too the string pulling kind, not the kind you whack of course! Had games and gifts for adults and kids and tried to make everyone happy!
3. What are five snacks you enjoy? Peanuts, Potato Chips, Muruku (crispy crunchy lentil snack - err it tastes better than it sounds), Sour Kana (hmm...something like pickled fruit), Keropok (fish crakers)
4. What are five songs you know the lyrics to? Oh my goodness...I'm lousy with lyrics and can only remember certain lyrics! Besides all my CD's are Christmas CD's (about 50 of them - ask my buddy if you don't believe me) Apart from that only have a Bread CD and a Eagles CD.
5. Five Things You Would Do If You Were A Millionaire: A million is not much...probably buy a bigger house and then share some with my family and good friends! Take wife and daughter to Europe and then to Disneyland and take the Disney Cruise...hear it's fantastic! If got left over want to go to Alaska too! Won't save a cent!
6. Five Bad Habits: Lazy, interrupt when people talk, watch too much tv, eat too much, never keep in touch with old friends.
7. Five Things You Like To Do: Eat! Sleep! Cook! Dance but haven't in ages! Watch tv!
8. Five Things You Would Never Wear: My underwear over my pants! Ear/Nose/Lip/Tongue rings! Ladies shoes...how do they ever walk in those heels! A three piece suit! My wifes clothes!
9. Five Favorite Toys: My old toy soilders which somehow disappeared after marraige! My toy M1 Rifle which I had way back whe I was but a wee lad...it had a metal barrell and wooden stock! All my Santa's! My car! My Star Wars Chess set!
10. Five Things You Hate To Do: Work! Shave! Wash dishes! Hang clothes out to dry! Take out the trash!
That's my top ten! Now to tag five more bloggers to find out 10 questions about them! Drumroll please....
Ev Nucci of My Life is Murphy's Law
Erica of SugarPlum07
Ginger of MusicVHP - The Best & Hit MUSIC VIDEOS on the Planet!
Emila of Emila's Illustrated Blog
Mika of Text Unlimited
Instructions: Remove the blog from the top, move all blogs up one, and then add yourself to the bottom.
Homespun Honolulu, Who’s Yo Mama, Life in the Fast Lane, Life is Murphy’s Law, Huma B~ and First Time Dad
1. What were you doing ten years ago? I went to the USA for the first time! We practically went from coast to coast. Landed in Washington D.C. then stayed in Virginia with some friends, then went back to DC for some business, then went to Portland for a few days, went up to Mount Hood and it was saw snow for the first time! After that went to California. Stayed in Orange county with some friends and went to Disneyland and Universal studios! Took a tour to Tijuana and agfter that went to San Diego Sea World. Then went to the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas. Rememmber it like it was yesterday because it was our best holiday ever.
2. What were you doing 1 year ago? Arranging for my daughters first birthday party. The theme was Pooh Bear but unfortunately couldn't find a Pooh bear character to come over so we got the A&W bear instead LOL! Had a Pinata too the string pulling kind, not the kind you whack of course! Had games and gifts for adults and kids and tried to make everyone happy!
3. What are five snacks you enjoy? Peanuts, Potato Chips, Muruku (crispy crunchy lentil snack - err it tastes better than it sounds), Sour Kana (hmm...something like pickled fruit), Keropok (fish crakers)
4. What are five songs you know the lyrics to? Oh my goodness...I'm lousy with lyrics and can only remember certain lyrics! Besides all my CD's are Christmas CD's (about 50 of them - ask my buddy if you don't believe me) Apart from that only have a Bread CD and a Eagles CD.
5. Five Things You Would Do If You Were A Millionaire: A million is not much...probably buy a bigger house and then share some with my family and good friends! Take wife and daughter to Europe and then to Disneyland and take the Disney Cruise...hear it's fantastic! If got left over want to go to Alaska too! Won't save a cent!
6. Five Bad Habits: Lazy, interrupt when people talk, watch too much tv, eat too much, never keep in touch with old friends.
7. Five Things You Like To Do: Eat! Sleep! Cook! Dance but haven't in ages! Watch tv!
8. Five Things You Would Never Wear: My underwear over my pants! Ear/Nose/Lip/Tongue rings! Ladies shoes...how do they ever walk in those heels! A three piece suit! My wifes clothes!
9. Five Favorite Toys: My old toy soilders which somehow disappeared after marraige! My toy M1 Rifle which I had way back whe I was but a wee lad...it had a metal barrell and wooden stock! All my Santa's! My car! My Star Wars Chess set!
10. Five Things You Hate To Do: Work! Shave! Wash dishes! Hang clothes out to dry! Take out the trash!
That's my top ten! Now to tag five more bloggers to find out 10 questions about them! Drumroll please....
Ev Nucci of My Life is Murphy's Law
Erica of SugarPlum07
Ginger of MusicVHP - The Best & Hit MUSIC VIDEOS on the Planet!
Emila of Emila's Illustrated Blog
Mika of Text Unlimited
Thursday, August 9, 2007
A walk down memory lane
Recently I was tagged to do the face behind the blog meme. After thinking long and hard about how to do it with a little twist and coming up blank for ideas, I finally decided to put up my own mug on display! Well that night my wife gave me an idea! She said why not put up old pics of my self and a certain good buddy of mine and let folks guess who we are! Darn, it was too late to do already. Or was it? hehehe 
You see a couple of days ago I went through some dusty old albums that were sitting in a cabinet untouched by human hands for god knows how long and found a lot of pictures going back all the way to my school days (phew that was a mouthful). My childhood photos are somewhere else (must make a note to look for those later)! But I did find what I was looking for - old Stamford college photos of some of my best friends at one point in time.
We were really close for the two years we studied together. We also got up to a whole bunch of mischief (in a good Robin Hood way) in school. It usually started in the morning when we'd all meet at the wall! That was our assembly point! Then we'd skip classes and go for breakfast at a nearby vendor, fondly referred to as a Mamak stall (Mamak means mix between Indian and Malay). They serve the best tea/coffee and roti canai and nasi Lemak! Malaysian breakfast favourites! Then we'd mosey along to class!
In class we'd make a lot of noise (that's actually and understatement...we made the most noise LOL)! And if we didn't get to have our breakfast for some reason during break we'd run off and not return until much later. Yeah we were naughty! We had one guy who'd somehow find a way eat in class too. Our favourite time was the break time. We'd each get our trusty hair brushes (yes we were very vain then) and head to our office. That was the name we bestowed on the men's room! Hey it was the only place with a mirror! LOL
If I start to tell you about half the trouble we used to get into I'd probably be able to write a short book! Unfortunately if I do tell you that would mean our long kept secrets would be out to that's a nono! LOL But this is the place where I met two of my best friends to this day!
The first guy was a young guy (we were all young then I suppose LOL) from Muar (a small town boy) and he walked into class the first day and came and sat with me! The first thing he asked me is I was Catholic. I was and still am but what a question. Then he asked me if he ws in the correct class. Hmmm....easy meat I thought! LOL Me being me put on a straight face and told him no you've got the wrong class and asked him to go to the board in the lobby to check! He came back much later and somehow we just hit it off! This was the begining of our friendship. We still laugh about it whenever the old stories crop up!
My other best friend you all know as Nick! Him I hated on sight. He was also a new boy into class but came in seveeral days/weeks later. The fella walks into class with his bird nest hairdo and slams his books on the table! (Later he explained that it slipped) By then we already have our click of six formed. He was the last pice but we had no idea then. We went to our office and ploted against him because we really wanted to teach the arrogant fellow a lesson! Okay we wanted to bash him up not that I was a violent fellow or anything, just the look on his face made a person want to do it. LOL Anyway after our rounds in the office and the school corridors (mainly to check out the girls in the other classes) we went for our usual tea break and here he comes. Anyway he came over for tea and one of our group asked him to have a seat at our table . Anway Nick said "I'll buy you a drink" to me! (I don't know why but I took F&N Orange!) Of course I was the biggest guy in our group! So basically he bought my friendship LOL Well at least that got him off the hook because I wasn't going to whack him then! Wonder what would have happened if he didn't buy me that drink? Hmmm I'm glad I didn't have to find out! (besides he just gave me an Inspirational Blogger Award too which is proudly displayed on my side bar so I guess I must have done something right LOL)
Our group practically ruled the place. We'd be doing everything but study (contrary to the pic above)! Think "Happy Days"! I was even President of the sixth form society. We used to collect funds for the class and somehow I'd get the treasurer to loan me the cash! Lets just say that I made a certain ex of mine very happy! Like I said Robin Hood type mischief that you get into when you are young and foolish! Of course no one would question the President! LOL
Okay I'll stop here for now. Here are some pictures of our glory days...some of you you already know what I look like but if you don't, just try to guess which one is Nick and which one is me! Nick good buddy...don't worry I won't tell everyone which one you are! You can do that yourself! LOL
PS Buddy! You owe me for the free plug!
You see a couple of days ago I went through some dusty old albums that were sitting in a cabinet untouched by human hands for god knows how long and found a lot of pictures going back all the way to my school days (phew that was a mouthful). My childhood photos are somewhere else (must make a note to look for those later)! But I did find what I was looking for - old Stamford college photos of some of my best friends at one point in time.We were really close for the two years we studied together. We also got up to a whole bunch of mischief (in a good Robin Hood way) in school. It usually started in the morning when we'd all meet at the wall! That was our assembly point! Then we'd skip classes and go for breakfast at a nearby vendor, fondly referred to as a Mamak stall (Mamak means mix between Indian and Malay). They serve the best tea/coffee and roti canai and nasi Lemak! Malaysian breakfast favourites! Then we'd mosey along to class!
In class we'd make a lot of noise (that's actually and understatement...we made the most noise LOL)! And if we didn't get to have our breakfast for some reason during break we'd run off and not return until much later. Yeah we were naughty! We had one guy who'd somehow find a way eat in class too. Our favourite time was the break time. We'd each get our trusty hair brushes (yes we were very vain then) and head to our office. That was the name we bestowed on the men's room! Hey it was the only place with a mirror! LOLIf I start to tell you about half the trouble we used to get into I'd probably be able to write a short book! Unfortunately if I do tell you that would mean our long kept secrets would be out to that's a nono! LOL But this is the place where I met two of my best friends to this day!
The first guy was a young guy (we were all young then I suppose LOL) from Muar (a small town boy) and he walked into class the first day and came and sat with me! The first thing he asked me is I was Catholic. I was and still am but what a question. Then he asked me if he ws in the correct class. Hmmm....easy meat I thought! LOL Me being me put on a straight face and told him no you've got the wrong class and asked him to go to the board in the lobby to check! He came back much later and somehow we just hit it off! This was the begining of our friendship. We still laugh about it whenever the old stories crop up!My other best friend you all know as Nick! Him I hated on sight. He was also a new boy into class but came in seveeral days/weeks later. The fella walks into class with his bird nest hairdo and slams his books on the table! (Later he explained that it slipped) By then we already have our click of six formed. He was the last pice but we had no idea then. We went to our office and ploted against him because we really wanted to teach the arrogant fellow a lesson! Okay we wanted to bash him up not that I was a violent fellow or anything, just the look on his face made a person want to do it. LOL Anyway after our rounds in the office and the school corridors (mainly to check out the girls in the other classes) we went for our usual tea break and here he comes. Anyway he came over for tea and one of our group asked him to have a seat at our table . Anway Nick said "I'll buy you a drink" to me! (I don't know why but I took F&N Orange!) Of course I was the biggest guy in our group! So basically he bought my friendship LOL Well at least that got him off the hook because I wasn't going to whack him then! Wonder what would have happened if he didn't buy me that drink? Hmmm I'm glad I didn't have to find out! (besides he just gave me an Inspirational Blogger Award too which is proudly displayed on my side bar so I guess I must have done something right LOL)
Our group practically ruled the place. We'd be doing everything but study (contrary to the pic above)! Think "Happy Days"! I was even President of the sixth form society. We used to collect funds for the class and somehow I'd get the treasurer to loan me the cash! Lets just say that I made a certain ex of mine very happy! Like I said Robin Hood type mischief that you get into when you are young and foolish! Of course no one would question the President! LOLOkay I'll stop here for now. Here are some pictures of our glory days...some of you you already know what I look like but if you don't, just try to guess which one is Nick and which one is me! Nick good buddy...don't worry I won't tell everyone which one you are! You can do that yourself! LOL
PS Buddy! You owe me for the free plug!
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Food! Glorious Food!
One of the things I love to do is eat! I like most types of food and with the exception of seafood (except prawns) and spare parts (innards) I eat just about anything. So doing this meme should be a snap for me right? Two things cropped up the first was now that I'm watching my diet I try to eat out less. The second was I was assumed that the pictures had to be taken of the places I frequent and I had to go there to do that! When I told Marzie that it'll take a while for me to get this post out I found out the truth! She copied her's off the net. The cheat LOL and on top of that she laughed her head off because I was actually going around getting my photos of my favs with a camera (phone cam not so clear). Thanks for telling me that after the fact okay!
I would like to thank two of my good friends, Marzie of Wishing on a Falling Star and Jean of A Great Pleasure for tagging me with this food meme!
Chutney Mary's in Bangsar serves authentic Indian food. However for lunch they serve banana leaf meals. No you don't eat the leaf...it serves as a plate! DOH! Banana leaf meals is fast gaining popularity among all the races in Malaysia. Restaurants are mushrooming up all over the place. Even with all the competition they remain crowded throughout lunch and beyond! A meal consists of several types of vege dishes, chutney of the day, papadam (google it) and usually chicken/fish/dahl curry. Meat dishes are available and they a huge renage to choose from. Problem is can get very crowded and stuffy. This is where Chutney Mary's comes in! They get most of their business at night because of the Bangsar night activities. SoO during lunch they have special menus that have really reasonable prices for good quality food! It's cool and cozy and we can bring daughter without any problems. One time she even slept through the entire meal on the cushioned seats by the wall that quiet and cozy it is! My favourite Indian food place since I discovered it. Before that it was Sri Paandi's in Section 11 which serves the more tradional banan leaf meals but is just too crowded to enjoy the meal!
I would like to thank two of my good friends, Marzie of Wishing on a Falling Star and Jean of A Great Pleasure for tagging me with this food meme!
Soong Kee Beef Ball Noodles in Jalan Silang - This place has been around for ages. My Mum first took me there when I was seven. That's more than 30 years ago. I remember having my first coke there too. A typical order would be wanton noodles with minced meat sauce (where have I heard that term before) and vegetables. The beef soup would contain the succulent beef balls (we always order more balls)! And the chili sauce is simply the best. I usually finish half a pot, I'm not kidding! My friends will vouch for that! Each element of the meal is enjoyable on it's on and that's the beauty of this place! Only problem is the lack of parking. But there is always the LRT! This is my all time favourite place! 
Chutney Mary's in Bangsar serves authentic Indian food. However for lunch they serve banana leaf meals. No you don't eat the leaf...it serves as a plate! DOH! Banana leaf meals is fast gaining popularity among all the races in Malaysia. Restaurants are mushrooming up all over the place. Even with all the competition they remain crowded throughout lunch and beyond! A meal consists of several types of vege dishes, chutney of the day, papadam (google it) and usually chicken/fish/dahl curry. Meat dishes are available and they a huge renage to choose from. Problem is can get very crowded and stuffy. This is where Chutney Mary's comes in! They get most of their business at night because of the Bangsar night activities. SoO during lunch they have special menus that have really reasonable prices for good quality food! It's cool and cozy and we can bring daughter without any problems. One time she even slept through the entire meal on the cushioned seats by the wall that quiet and cozy it is! My favourite Indian food place since I discovered it. Before that it was Sri Paandi's in Section 11 which serves the more tradional banan leaf meals but is just too crowded to enjoy the meal!
Chilis - We used to love the steak and protebello fajitas until they took it off the menu recently. So we switched to Mushroom Jack with Steak Fajitas. Turned out pretty good so that is now our new favourite dish at Chilis. Then again because I was lugging a camer aroud they might have thought I was a food critic or something because the service that day was better than usual! Daughter likes the grilled chicken with veg nad kids eat for free too!
Old Town Char Kueh Teow - under the Yum Yum Tree - Actually I don't think this place has a name because he sublets from a larger restaurant. I discovered this guy about 25 years ago. He fries in the morning at one restaurant and in the evening at another. Both times there is usually a long queue and sometimes the wait can take up to half and hour or more. But people still come back because it's just plain good! Instead of reinventing the wheel I'm just gonna use Marzie's description because it's the csame everywhere. Hope you don't mind Marz! "Char kway teow is a popular noodle dish in Malaysia and Singapore. It is made from flat rice noodles, fried over very high heat with light and dark soy sauce, chili, prawns, cockles, egg, bean sprouts and Chinese chives. "
Tai Thong Dim Sum - This place has a chain of restaurants and serves some pretty good dim sum. The dim sum is very fresh and they have a lot of varieties to choose from. We usually go there for lunch. We're also planning on introducing this to the little one soon becaue she loves prawns! Since everyone knows about dimsum I won't elobrate anymore and let the picture do the talking.
I'd like to pass this food meme on to the following folks (If any of you guys have done this before jsut skip it or let me know and I'll pass it to someone else):
Previous contributors:
Nicole (Sydney, Australia)
Selba (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Olivia (London, England)
ML (Utah, USA)
Lotus (Toronto, Canada)
tanabata (Saitama, Japan)
Andi (Dallas[ish], Texas, United States)
Todd (Louisville, Kentucky, United States)
miss kendra (los angeles,california, u.s.a)
Jiggs Casey (Berkeley, CA, USA)
Tits McGee (New England, USA)
Joe (NE Tennessee, USA)
10K Monkeys (Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA)
Big Stupid Tommy (Athens, Tennessee, USA)
Newscoma (Weakley County, Tennessee, USA)
Russ McBee (Knoxville, Tennessee, USA)
Atomictumor Mrs Eaves (Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA)
Oh Really? LissaKay (Oak Ridge, TN, USA)
Mark Steel (Knoxville, TN, USA)
Fracas (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada)
Sugar Queen’s Dream( Palm Coast, Florida,USA)
Christy’s Coffee Break (Ontario, Canada)
Adrian (Malaysia)
Emila (Malaysia)
Janice (Singapore)
Jean (Malaysia)
Bobby (Mississippi)
Barrett (Somewheresville, USA)
Monday, August 6, 2007
What a Wonderful Weekend!
They say that good things always come in threes! Usually I don't subscribe to that theory but today I have proof that it does!
Then came Santa! Yes, the big guy just couldn't wait any longer to bring cheer to the world and had to give out something! I was a proud recipient of the Santa Certified Award! Ho Ho Ho This award also brings special meaning to me because I really do love Christmas and anything to do with it! Afterall, it is the undisputed best time of the year! Where giving is better than receiving! Thanks Big Red! I promise to be good!
Lastly Marzie bestowed upon me the Thoughtful Blogger Award! I am really happy to be chosen for this award too! Coming from one of the most thoughtful people I know, it is indeed an honor to receive it from her! I'll be chosing my recepients in the coming days and already have a few wonderful people in mind to pass it on too! Thanks Marzie for making it easy for me to be a thoughtful blogger!
It started with Jean...she gave me a very thoughtful reminder about what friendship is all about. In the short time that I've know her we've grown to be friends and I'm really happy to her friend! They say that freinds are hard to find and good friends are even harder but you've managed to make it look so easy! Thanks sweet kind Jean!
Then came Santa! Yes, the big guy just couldn't wait any longer to bring cheer to the world and had to give out something! I was a proud recipient of the Santa Certified Award! Ho Ho Ho This award also brings special meaning to me because I really do love Christmas and anything to do with it! Afterall, it is the undisputed best time of the year! Where giving is better than receiving! Thanks Big Red! I promise to be good!
Lastly Marzie bestowed upon me the Thoughtful Blogger Award! I am really happy to be chosen for this award too! Coming from one of the most thoughtful people I know, it is indeed an honor to receive it from her! I'll be chosing my recepients in the coming days and already have a few wonderful people in mind to pass it on too! Thanks Marzie for making it easy for me to be a thoughtful blogger!
WOMEN AS EXPLAINED BY ENGINEERS
As usual I begin Monday with something amusing for everyone! Ladies...no offence intended (besides I got it from a woman) ;p Enjoy!
PART I
PART II
PART III
PART IV
PART V
PART I
PART II
PART III
PART IV
PART V
Friday, August 3, 2007
Photos Phor Phriday!
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Face Off!
Nick of Anything Goes! was the @$#%!! % who tagged me to reveal the face behind my blog. Like as if he doesn't know what I look like! Thanks bud...with friends like you who needs enemies! LOL Besides the lowlife didn't even reveal his own face! Okay okay now that I'm stuck with this tag I shall be a nice guy and comply! So here I am...exposed at last!
Blog Title : First Time Dad!Description : Tall, Dark and Handsome...err seen my pic already huh...Okay just an ordinary looking chap... DOH! You mean my blog...it's about my experiences growing up with my little daughter and then some!
Why "First Time Dad!" : Doh! Because that's what I am now! I thought I'd be cool to post my thought about how I "grow" up as I learn about parenthood and being a Dad. I hope my daughter will be reading this one day and know the ups and downs we had while bringing her up!
Name : Adrian (named after a Pope, if you believe)
Country : Malaysia
Occupation : That's means work right! Blogger....Err...and sometimes a HR type person
Email : batchappie@yahoo.com
Birthday : July 9
Fav Color : Blue
Fav Drink : Iced White Coffee (no it is not a racist type drink) Yummy!
Fav Fruit : Pears
Fav Dessert : Anything chocolate....MMMmmm chocolate
Hobbies : Reading, Fishing (although I haven't gone in a while),
Some of the blogs that I know which put up picture(s) of me are : Playgirl (LOL) of course none!
Here are the next bunch of mystery men/women who have to unveil their faces:
Jim & Emma of GO! Smell the flowersJoe of all is one, one is all
Nick of Anything Goes...yes you buddy...you can run but you can't hide!
Be sure to follow these simple rules: Post a short article and include your photograph (or more if you want to). If you already have a pix online somewhere, the get creative with a new one :)Next include the link to the others who have displayed their pix, or even include their pix in your post, adding a reference to it. So far, these are the brave ones :)Gayla at Mom GadgetChar at Essential KeystrokesPaul at Reflections Rob at 2DolphinsZep at The In-Sect Ingo at StixsterStevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper BullLisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The WorldDawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at HomeDennis Bjorn Petersen at Petersen Inc. Randa Clay at Randa Clay DesignDrew McLellan at The Marketing MinuteBecky McCray at Small Biz Survival Phil Gerbyshak at Make it Great!Steve Woodruff at StickyFigure Dave Olson at Live the GREAT life that you desireGreg at Become a Remote Control SEOAriane Benefit at Neat Living Blog Genesis at the At Home Mom BlogArmen at iFFECT.NET Mihaela Lica at Online Public RelationsTara at Graphic Design BlogDoris Chua at Home Office Women Edward Mills at Evolving TimesTony D. Clark at Success from the Nest Jonathan-C Phillips at SmartWealthyRichKaren at A Deaf Mom Shares Her WorldLisa Gates at intrinsic life design Rammel Firdaus at rammelfirdaus.comCarol at Pentimento Adam Kayce at Monk at WorkThomas at Technical BloggerTammy Lenski at I Can?t Say That! Chris Brown at Branding & Marketing Rory Sullivan at HamelifeDerek Wong at Going The Wong WayEmbuck at embuck.comMs. Q at QMusings Shelly Tucker at This Eclectic Life Steve at Ramblings from the MarginalizedTroy Worman at on!blogLilith at Lilith’s Owl NestRevov at REVO-OVER Karin at Stop/Start Jamy at Seay's Kopitam this is a miracle Anything Goes!Adrian of First Time Dad Hui Sen of Brain Spillage Seiche Lis of About-every-little-thing Diamond of Nonsense, fun, tears, happiness and anger all roled into one
The last thing you need to do is after you do link back to me, please give me a ping and I'll try very hard to include links back to you. It's that easy! Now let's see those pictures!!
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