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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Learning ABC with my nephew Jun Jun

It' s been long time since I last met with my cute nephew Jun Jun. Hoping him to grow obediently, good mannered and brilliant.

Taken quite a long time ago with taking him for shopping @ 1 Utama Shopping Complex, may I present you a video of Jun Jun singing ABC in rhythm.

*clap hands*

These are two most recent pictures that my sister sent to me via phone. Missing you, naughty boy!

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Gathering @ Mid Valley

We had this short gathering once in a blue moon. Why it is short? Will be explained later. And why is it once in a blue moon? Well, basically it is because we don't really contact each other due to the generation gaps. HAHA. Some 'older' generations preferred to use SMS or call which are costly whereas most of the youths nowadays fully utilising the current social network such as MSN, FB etc. Oops, somebody is going to kill me.

It was unexpected to meet Stephen who has now become a TEACHER. He brought two kids along with him for a going out session. The 'kids' are from his church and it was a good deed of him to bring them out. What a caring care taker aka teacher...

Stephen and Naresh. For Naresh, he is still working out with his Masters. He is highly predicted to work in education profession.

10.1 inch Sony VAIO M Series VPCM126AG/L

Specifications for 10.1 inch Sony VAIO M Series VPCM126AG/L:

Intel® Atom™ Processor N470 1.83 GHz
Genuine Windows® 7 Starter 32-bit
10.1" wide (WSVGA: 1024 x 600) VAIO Display, LED backlight
HDD: 320 GB (Serial ATA, 5400rpm)
2 GB DDR2 SDRAM
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3150
High Speed USB 2.0 x 3
Integrated Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11b/g
Bluetooth standard Ver. 2.1+EDR
Camera Effective pixels: 640 x 480

This notebook comes with lithium-ion battery (VGP-BPS13B/Q or VGP-BPS21B) up to 3.5 hours of use

BBQ Night @ Suk Yen's House

High 5!! This was me setting the fire for the bbq. This was sort like class gathering en route to graduation very soon in July. Hand of applause pls....(xD)

I was in charged for setting up the fire while our dear Princess watching TV at the living room. Oh.. I was captured from the back without knowledge!

UTAR 10th Convocation @ Wisma MCA

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) had successfully held its 10th Convocation Ceremony on 13and 14March 2010 at Dewan San Choon, Wisma MCA, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. There were altogether 2,014 graduates from eight Master's and 35 Bachelor's Honours degree programmes.

Me and my friends had attended this convocation to celebrate the success of 3 of our friends, Chee Fei, Cheau Yin and Kar Wai.

Wisma MCA located at Jalan Ampang

Among the Guests of Honour (different sessions) were Datuk Seri Dr. Chua Soi Lek, Dato' Sri Ong Tee Keat, Tan Sri Dato' Dr. Sak Cheng Lum, (Member, Board of Trustees UTAR Education Foundation) and Mr. Cheng Hooi Paul Geh (Member, Board of Trustees UTAR Education Foundation).

Administrative Pharmacy Presentation & Hospice Briefing

Every subject without laboratory session will be replaced with assignment and a presentation. So, we had our Administrative Pharmacy presentation on the last day of schooling. Well, not the very last in fact as we had another class on Saturday. It was a hectic day as our schedule was packed from early morning till the late afternoon.

10.30- 1.30 pm: Administrative Pharmacy Presentation

Top: Kuan Poh, Lim, Dickson,Wei Kiat

Bottom: Jivan, KF, Kuan Poh, Mahmood

Let's look into the gesture of our friends in the class. Check out Kuan Poh who is the Sleeping King of our class and Mahmood who was biting his pen.

SPA Interview @ Jalan Cenderasari

Do you know that all government servants need to undergo interview before acceptance to the public services? You need to apply through online via SPA official website and a confirmation details on the interview will be sent to your mailing address. Upon reception of the interview confirmation mail, you need to prepare yourself for the interview as well as other important documents.

For those residing in KL, you will need to attend the interview session either at the main centre at Putrajaya or at their old branch at Jalan Cenderasari, KL (around the Tasik Perdana, Taman Rama-rama etc). Once you reach there, you will be asked to sit inside the waiting room located just exactly behind the flag. When the time reached about 7.30 to 7.45 am, then you will be asked to move up to the registration counter at 2nd floor.

Vegetable farm @ Kampung Bukit Tinggi, Pahang

Hey peeps!Today, I want to bring you guys venture into my kampung or hometown located at Kampung Bukit Tinggi.Yea.. you got it right! It is the village located nearest to the Genting Highlands as well as the famous Colmar Tropicale (aka French Village) and Japanese Village situated at Bukit Tinggi. You guys know who is Dato Seri Liong Tiong Lai, the Minister of Health? He is the MP from Bentong at which Bukit Tinggi is located within.

By the way, this post is about real vegetable farm and not the Farm Ville in the FB! As I always tell my sis, do something realistic rather than planting fake vegetables daily. =P

Abandoned logs at the entrance.

The typical setting of a vegetable farm.

My auntie supplied these green vegetables to the market at Bentong town as well as those food restaurants at Gohtong Jaya.

Now let's learn about Chinese vegetables.

Any idea what this vegetables is called? Argg Chinese vegetables are hard to be identified.

Green onions

Yu choy or yau choy : green leaf with small yellow flowers.

Name please.. It is best eaten as sugar preserved prickles or blended into juices.

Chili plant

Name please.

Name please

Wonder why these vegetables got holes?

Tadaa.. the culprit! One of the major problem in the crops is the attack of the insects. Being attacked is normal, is it the matter of how much pesticide one should put to balance out the benefit over risk. If you see any vegetables completely perfect, that may indicate high level of pesticide used. However, too much attacks by pests will destroy the crops.

Me @ the vegetable farm and under the hot sun.

Papaya tree along the river side.Behind these papaya trees is a stream of river.

The trees are so high.. how to reach them?

Answer is find a shorter one. Haha. And start plucking!

After years of visiting, this is my first time taking pictures here. Bloggers crazy behaviours?

Crazy? :Lets see what I did under the super hot sun! Get scolded by my sis from doing this.

The plucked vegetables which then undergone cleaning, weighing and wrapping before they are sent to the respective destinations on the same day it is plucked to preserve the freshness of the vegetables.

Me and my cousin

That's all for now. Car got heavier due to these plucked items.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

CNY 2010 Day 9: Fireworks @ bai tian gong aka 拜天公

At Lunar New Year Day 9, the Hokkien will hold a Jade Emperor ritual (bai tian gong or 拜天公) which incenses are burnt and food offerings are made to the Jade Emperor and also to Zao Jun, the god of kitchen who reports to the Emperor on each family. It was the birthday of the Jade Emperor who is the Taoist ruler of Heaven based on folks culture. In actual Taoism, Jade Emperor governs all the mortal's realm and below. (Information from: Wikipedia) It is a common practice to hold the ritual prayer at late night passing 12 am on CNY Day 8. In Malaysia, prayers usually will light the fireworks during the prayer. The fireworks displayed is of much greater number and intensity compared to the one burnt during the CNY Day 1 prayers. Hence, it is a common perception that the Hokkien people are richer than the others. In my observation, it seem that the fireworks display this year was greater than previous year. The police patrol car already start patrolling my area at approximately 9.30 pm. You know what they were here for right?

The releasing of wishing lantern by my friend, Yen Moi's family

It is a norm for the prayers to release the wishing lantern aka 孔明灯 aka kong ming lantern up to the sky. Prayers will hand write their wishes on the wishing lantern before the candle inside the lantern is lighted.

May your wishes become true

After the candle is lighted, wait for a few minute then release it off. It will then 'fly' up freely to the sky. It is hope that the wishes will be fulfilled. This wishing lantern was invented by 诸葛孔明（即诸葛亮) aka zhu ge liang. Basically, there is a simple science theory on why this lantern can 'fly' up to the sky. When the candle is burnt, oxygen will be used up leading to vacuum conditions (if it is a closed container) and together with the heat produced causes the lowering of pressure inside the lantern. The differences in pressure will push the lantern upwards. Alright, that's all for the history and bai tian kong celebration of my friend, Yen Moi's family. Back to myself, I am not a 'hokkien lang' but a Cantonese Chinese. However, I do share the bizarre and bombastic night by capturing the fireworks display at my housing area. WARNING: The below pictures was captured by the person you known who are noob in photography.