Family vacation@Bangkok 1

This was my first family trip to Bangkok. It has been very hard to get my dad to go oversea or even local trip. This time I bought the ticket first without telling him, which I think it is a good trick to force my dad to go for holiday.. hehehe..

We reach Bangkok in the afternoon, and everyone was so so hungry and we when to a near by mall for lunch. The tom yam kung is really very very nice. I'm so so hungry until forget to take the food pictures :)

Then, we when shopping and in the evening we when back to hotel for rest.. really so so tired lo :D

Next day we when for a half day tour to Chao Phraya river and boat tour which we can see Bangkok cityscape, temples and we stop at Wat Arun. Besides that, we when to Gems gallery and Four face buddha. Then, we when for shopping again and jalan jalan at night market as well.. hehe..

On third day, we when for one day tour to floating market, cobra show, elephant show, crocodiles show and Thai culturer show. Then, at night we when for Calypso Cabaret show at Asia Hotel. This show was recommended by the hotel staff, they told us this is one of the ‘Must Go’ place when you are in Bangkok. Even it is topless, the show was very professional and worth a visit. New experience ya.. hahahah...

Here are only the floating market pictures.. to lazy to load the others.. to be continue ya.. hehe...

CNY 2007

This year CNY holiday was really very good good good.. nice nice nice... great great great :D

On the new year eve my family and I have steamboat dinner.. Yum yum yum.. hehe... thanks to my mom great soup...





On first day of CNY we when to 'pai' my grandma and grandpa. After that we have nice nice nice lunch again. We stayed at home relax, watched tv, play with my naughty nephew.. eat CNY biscutt, snack, mandarin orange and a lot more..



On 3rd of CNY we when to my mom's relative kampung.. I have visited 4 aunties house.. Every house I sure will eat eat and eat.. really non-stop... hahaha.. the best food is the assam laksa with prawn really very nice.. really yum yum yum....

This eatting habit has continue for another few days... hahaha...

On the 8th day of CNY we when out and buy fruits and things for pai tian kong preparation... then we when for tea time.. first time my sis and I have white coffee with mom at english style cafe.. so so nice.. haha.. In the afternoon we help my mom to prepared some kuih..



Here come the midnight and we pai tian kong...



Time passes so fast and it is the last day of my leave. But really feel satisfied and happy for the long holiday and no office call... Relax and no work stress.. hehehe..

Gong Xi Fa Chai to all. Wish us great health, great wealth and great life in 2007 :)

My cute little nephew & niece ;)

Pangkor, Christmas 2006

I guess this few months really don't have the mood to write, so end up just upload photo to share with you. Here are some photo taken at Pangkor :)

2nd trip to Pune

Some photo taken from Sahyadri, Pune.

tuesdays with Morrie

Every time I'm in book shop for sure will end up with Malay books. First time, I walked in the book shop, I saw the book and I know this is the book I want to buy.

Someone who is still wise and full with philoshophies before his death.
His courage...
His patient...
His wisdom...
His sorrow...
His acceptance...
His living funeral...
His in-between...
His final lessons in how to live...

A pleasant book for free time reading :)

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- Copied from tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom published in 1997 -

"Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do. Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it. Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others. Don't assume that its to late to get involved."

"Life is a series of pulls back & forth. You want to do one thing but you are bound to do something else. Something hurt you, yet you know it shouldn't. You take certain thing for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted."

"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're are busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to the community around you, and to devote yourself to creating something that give you purpose and meaning."

"If you really listen to that bird on your shoulder, if you accept that you can die at any time - then you might not be as ambitious as you are."

"Love each other or perish."

Trip to Pune, India

I just came back from India. There were new experiences that I have faced, see and learn. Sometimes I think it’s good for us to go places that still not develop and poor. Sometimes we tend to forgot, demand and not appreciating what we have. After this trip I have learn to appreciate things I have, learn to move forward, learn to live happily, learn not to demand too much, learn to love people who care for me, learn to care for others, and ..............

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In Pune there is still a nice garden with nice flowers. I really like the flowers, it's very beautiful :)

LookOut Point

Yesterday we had a project closing dinner at Ulu Langat, Ampang. First time I have dinner with the client. They were very nice, the place were nice and the dinner also very nice :) At first, the arrangement was to see sunset at the restaurant, unfortunely we can't because the weather was very hazzy.

Here are some pictures taken at the restaurant.

Fifth day

As of today everything was OK. But I'm getting bored.. Everyday read documentation until I want to fall asleep. After long time of reading my eyes easily gets tired and itchy. I think needs to check my eyes :(

Today we have a meeting. My director will call for meeting on the last working day of each month. Actually I think it is a motivation talk. He is really good in words and understanding. He also gets us ice cream. First time I ate magnum in the meeting. Really nice :D

He made a statement "There is no prefect software in production. We need to get out using a business way". Somehow I do agree with him. I have been in the IT industry for the passed 6 years and I never seen a perfect software in production.

He also tells us about our company direction and business. He explained to us about current project phase and how my colleagues have been through the phase. He asked us to enjoy now before we start the next phase or start building the next tunnel.

I need to start enjoy my life now, before I get work stress again :D

Fourth day

Since I join the company I always have lunch in the company’s cafeteria. Today my colleague asked me ‘Are you still OK with the food?’ She gets bored with the food after one week of working. As for now I am still OK with the food. The cafeteria is considered good as compare to other cafeteria I visited before. Here got variety of food and it’s cheap. Got chicken rice, noodle, set lunch, chap fan, bread, snack, sweet, chocolate and etc….

Next is the working environment here. The office environment is OK. The pantry and ‘ladies’ is very clean and properly care. Its only 10 meters away from my place, so near.. I'm happy :D People here also very ‘pat’. Always can see people walking around and chit chat (hahaha…).

Mmmmm.. Few more.. but not so sure it is good or not and its never happen in my previous company. Flexible hours… Relax environment… Having 3:15 break at cafeteria… Watching astro (any channel) in the office and the TV was on during office hours.. Watching astro outside the office area because almost every area in the building is with plasma and astro channel (limited channel).

The good thing is... in this environment, my team are still able to concentrate on their works, hardworking and try to finish their work early. In my division, average going back home time is 7:30 pm. But today my team when back at 9:30 pm because there are errors on operational jobs. The team is cooperative, once got problem everyone will stay on until the problem is solved. A good sign of team work and responsible people… I like :D