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  • Friday, November 30, 2007

    hello



    some random photos for the past few days.
    (28th nov - wednesday)
    N.E (national education) seminar in nyp auditorium
    it's more of a so called NS talk that day la... quite interesting though when the special guests answered those student's questions..











    (30th nov - friday ..which is today )



    happy birthday to mengyeow and wenzi !
    & happy birthday to gengz ! (dec)





    nice? I drew the 2 pictures on their birthday cards during lecture. rofl~


    meng's !


    gengz!








    adria is so sweet to date me for lunch today :)))

    she ended her CIP, came down to my school... & had lunch with me after my school which ended ard 2pm.

    brought her to koufu. hope she likes it :P
    (next time bring you tour round my school.. haha!!)



    my pm partner ---> ๏̯͡๏) ROFL!


    take 1



    take 2


    (on our way home in train)






    that's about it.

    ciao

    at 1:36 AM

     

    Wednesday, November 28, 2007

    hello


    it's my update on the happenings on last sunday 25th nov.


    sorry peeps for the late update. due to the lack of time to upload photos + sch work. I'm so tired out.. well getting back to my entry for 25th nov.work morning shift that day, evening headed off to meet the rest at khatib station before we proceeded to rmaine's (aka shi qi) house.


    coincidentally, r'maine's condo is the same condo as my classmate, jiazhu's. haha~









    sy, yyann, adria and me went up to rmaine's house 1st to help out abit with the preparation.

    spotted this paint portrait in her living .. and I thought it was gorgeous :)





    a snapshot from her balcony .. drizzling weather








    our way down to the BBQ pit





    &here we are!

    ain't you tempted to have a dip in the pool ?




    preparation.

    ( see the girl in orangy top? tatz rmaine :))




    chicken wings massagers. LOL!
    ( kenneth, xh, yyann, kl )








    see xh ... 聚精会神切菜的样子 .. tsk tsk! :)




    our saviour for settingup the bbq pit charcoal fire...

    he is none other den brian !!


    (&who the heck does tat hand belongs to.. lol~! )







    grillin' juicy chickenwings and hotdogs!






    satays prawns and grill dory fish ! mai siao siao! :x








    me, adria and kelly.. preparing garlic bread.




    alot more to come!




    done grillin' with prawns!

    (i realised i didnt eat a single one at all. ahha! )

    mingest still hesitated whether to finish up the last piece of miserable pathetic prawny :P :p






    I know around what time was this photo taken.. It's 8pm... LOL

    sean was like: "来来.. 各位请坐下 .. 我有东西要宣布 .."

    ......

    .........

    ......

    and he continued .... "那就是..... 我要..... 结婚了"


    (haha~ just kiddin')





    adria and me.

    winners of 青苹果奖 .. LOL !




    r'maine: " who still wan 2nd dozen helpings of chicken wings ?!! yanyan can grill for yoooou "





    marcus 好卖力哦!

    I predict he can be Singapore's-Next-Top Satay Man.

    ROFL! :P





    full & satisfied




    yyann started playing "海帯..海帯" & GOT SO HIGH that she went merry-go-round with kelly and sy. hahaha~ (-_-)

    I was Already out during the 1st attempt of her trying to teach me play this.

    &they made me ate fishballs as forfeit instead. best~ HAH!





    sean & mingest got so "agitated" after watching the kids in the pool. haha~

    "Fatty bom! .. Fatty bom! .... Fatty bom bom!!"








    &camwhoring session!!

    me and adria





    sean & me

    you lalapo .. rofl~




    our pretty neat onscreen couple ... right sean? :P





    lele and me ! :))




    yyann and me.

    alright I like calling her yanyan. lol ~




    jocelyn. me. adria





    this two should be from Lalapo land I suppose

    such Rare extincted species..

    I shall dial up Singapore Zoological Garden now :P :p





    ken. mingest. xh, sy




    last but not least ...

    (from the top left clockwise)

    brian. xh. marcus. jocey. chris. adria. me. sy. kelly




    it was an enjoyable night
    nice food. fun quality time. fun wacky friends.
    thanks to everyone who made it possible! :D
    love you all! :))






    ciao

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    at 9:32 PM

     

    Monday, November 26, 2007

    life is short & so much unexpectancy of knowing what would happen tomorrow.



    I'm deeply saddened to learn of the passing of three Nanyang Polytechnic graduates seniors who were among the five deceased Singaporeans in the tragic dragon boat race accident on the Tonle Sap River in Cambodia.



    20-year-old Chee Wei Cheng.
    24-year-old Jeremy Goh Tze Xiong.
    31-year-old Stephen Loh Soon Ann.
    23-year-old Reuben Kee En Rui.
    27-year-old Poh Boon San.

    & The three ex-nyp seniors are:
    Poh Boon San (Dip in Multimedia & Infocomm Technology, 2002);
    Jeremy Goh Tze Xiong(Dip in Electronics, Computer & Communications Engineering, 2004);
    & Reuben Kee (Dip in Digital Media Design, 2005).

    My deepest condolence to them who had brought pride to NYP and to Singapore.
    you guys would always be remember in heart by everyone
    god bless them in heaven


    at 7:32 PM

     

    hello



    today I meetup with my dearest junior peiwen... but she so last min den call me when i was already in sch. shldnt brought my laptop if i noe she's really going to meet me. haha so heavy :(



    haha went off meeting her ard 4pm after my classes to Junction8 !

    junction 8 idea was very random. coz I couldn't thought off any other "interesting" shopping area. sg is so small. boring la~

    haven been to J8 for ages since after graduated from whitley .. so decided to go there chill out abit + accompanying tat queen to shop for her JC prom which was the next day. LOL !





    went bishan's library too .. my 1st time going tat library outlet.

    it's nice.. i shall go there more instead of AMK library.. ahha more varieties.. to me :P





    isolated







    she's "soooo engrossed reading some CHIManology book" :P :P :P


    meanwhile pw stretched out her looong and b.e.a.utiful leg showcasing to me.

    and she said: "I'm so gonna win the best leg award. and snatch the advertising chance of Osim I-squeeze 美腿魔師 from 林志玲" lol !



    i love my junior! :D






    ** will meet u out nextweek again as promised :D :D **


    ciao


    at 1:05 AM

     

    Saturday, November 24, 2007

    hello



    congratz to Peggy & Lloyd from NTU winning Hey Gorgeous FINALs :)




    I think they both deserved it. humourous & 亲切十足 !

    especially Lloyd... He Q&A so funny can?
    When the judges asked him: "what's is the 1st thing you would wanna do If you were given a day to be a women?"
    I admired his courage of saying " I wanna try to experience the feeling of of pain when women has menses"

    everyone's shock with tat answer. see fel's eyes stared until soo big.. lol ..... way to go la! hahaha~ :D


    Bon Voyage to kenny who's leaving for beijing tmr.
    ya & bring back some peking duck ! :P






    omg don't you think that the weather is so freakin' hot now?! ... brrrr~ :((

    I'm shall turn in soon .. for tomorrow will be a Long Day ahead.
    plus BBQ tmr night ! yay yay~ breakfree
    I hope it'll turn out great and a very memorable one :D

    i shall nvr sing 'over the rainbow' again.
    I tot it was such a nitemare ... & I guess chinese songs suits me more
    hahaha! cant believe ming actually recognised me. boooo~~~ :P



    ciao

    This will be my Last post for this blog.
    thank you for the constant supporting :)

    at 12:43 AM

     

    Friday, November 23, 2007

    hello

    it shall be a very random Entry with random photos for today.



    days ago, pop got back these small beanie pancakes as gift from tourist which he droved.
    "Poeme" Made from OSAKA !! :D
    all the the packagings from japan are always so pleasant.
    see the pancake below? It look abit like a round soap being wrapped up. lol


    not only packaging is nice. the quality is good too !
    Japa products can nvr be failed to give you surprises.
    the beanie paste in the pancake is SOOO smooth and creamy.. that it seems like melting away in ur mouth. Tasted kinda like icecream too coz of it's cold texture. double Yum! :D


    all the photos below are randomly taken for the past 1 week.
    sun ray. the leading hope perhaps.

    hey hello! are you walking the right path missy??



    grass damaged .. tsk tsk =x





    rofl.. I took this today when I was in ICT lecture.
    so boring....
    sshh shh shhh ! tch tch tch ! :P :P :P




    me and erna !!
    ahem .. we took 5, 6 shots of the same .. boo~ most not perfect ! coz pingting kept disturb disturb beside me! .. 1st poke in 2 finger behind me.. later peep into the camera shot. wahaha! funny ah she :)



    alrite common tests are ard week9. which is about 3weeks away? omg.. :((

    I'm getting to like green color :) ... but never will I like orange or yellow pls! zzzz

    ciao


    at 1:05 AM

     

    Thursday, November 22, 2007

    hello

    today school sucks.
    school at 1pm to 3pm for MCN lab.

    Darn .. I thought I was gonna be late alrdy.. coz i reached ard 1.15pm. lol
    but when I arrived at lvl4 ... everyone of my classmates were all still outside the lab.
    LOL!?
    well actually our MCN teacher was on leave la.. so supposingly Mrs Elizabeth was coming to relief our lab today. but she came late.
    we couldnt go in and have a seat 1st coz the lab was locked. and when we look inside ... mrs elizabeth actually wrote on the whiteboard "I'm going to be Late, you all do Lab4 1st "
    didn't we Already finish doing tat lab? (-_-)
    End up after like 1/2hr of waiting ... whole class decided pon together. haha
    WASTE OF TIME coming school when there's NO teacher at all. ppfft~

    bahaha~
    so went off took Mrt with jiazhu and tzeann.
    boo~ it's only like reaching 2pm :(
    so went Causeway to shop 1st and disturb my excolleagues from HugoBoss and Gucci. haha



    meeting at 4pm.
    nice to meet Adria, Elizabeth and ... r'maine (the girl who lived in yishun. with same chinese name. same birthday month) how small the world can it be? nah~ I mean how small can singapore be. haha~ :)
    meeting was alright I guess...
    but kinda starting to feel the stress as there's alot to learn. hmm~
    everything's gonna progress smoothly. I hope
    *cross fingers*


    There's so Many concerts going on this few months !
    A mei, LuoZhiXiang, Jay ..etc
    If I've got the money.. I wanna go watch ALL! lol~
    and I Can't Believe neonboy is so LUCKY to win himself a ticket to LuoZhiXiang's concert!! tsk tsk! :P
    Talking about money ... I better start saving more .. for more important usage.
    who doesn't wish that there's a sum of 1 billion dropping down from the sky now?


    lastly
    I'm sorry to Mel & jos that I couldn't make it tmr night to watch their piano essemble performance.
    why does most of the school events always falls on friday nights! made me missed out alot of stuffs. zzzz
    well nevertheless,
    Wish Jos All the best in your piano performance !! jiayou~~
    &
    all the best to mel and lucius for putting up a good Emcee show ! :D


    ciao

    at 12:05 AM

     

    Tuesday, November 20, 2007

    Hello


    It's passed 12am le~~
    the 21st nov's babies .............


    Happy Happy Birthday to you .. lalapo ! :P
    &
    Happy Happy Birthday to kenneth !
    &
    Happy Happy Birthday Dings !

    best wishes,
    shi qi :D




    tmr's commskills lesson was cancelled coz Ms Leong supposing wanted let us to have the time this week to discuss over the InterviewQuestions with our teams for the coming 2 weeks of commskills interview.
    nevertheless .... there's NO school tmr for me!
    yay~ argh... but I'm still gonna be at home helping dad out with his workstuff + I am working in the evening. boo~




    anyway check out this link below.
    The 101 frightening Ice-Scream Flavours.
    some are Seriously..... I SCREAM ~ (-__-)

    http://www.who-sucks.com/food/101-frightening-ice-cream-flavors-from-around-the-world






    have you stepped the right path?
    now KEEP FIGHTING.
    延长比赛 :)

    ciao

    at 12:06 AM

     

    Monday, November 19, 2007

    Hello

    another random day.
    today mcn lecture cancelled also. wahaha~ but I still got back school a lil' while .. have lunch with erna, renick, daniel and jerlyn at koufu :)
    so tired. came home slept till 7+pm. lol

    guess what I am doing now?
    Lol.. besides trying to do my ICT proposal ... I am rewatching 宝贝妇女兵 (Like Father Like Daughter) on youtube. whaha
    damn it. this was one of the very few dramas I loved this year besides 百万宝.
    haha~ all either got joannepeh or 江承熹 in the show. haha.. ya and both shows got jun jie inside I realised (remember akira? haha talented acting la he.. so many facial expressions ... no wonder he used to be from threatre Arts. lol)



    so you thought you screwed up everything.
    so you decided not knowing the truth.
    so nothing special in every other thing.

    ciao

    at 10:07 AM

     

    Sunday, November 18, 2007

    Hello

    1stly..
    Happy Birthday to Wita !!!
    Selamat Hari Jadi !!!

    love,
    szekee :D



    this morning I manage to get to RP .
    haha~ this was the 1st time I went RP and good thing my sense of direction is always not so bad ..
    RP building structure was quite nice, mostly glass panels made. haha .. but I dun like their study structure though :P



    many thanx to kl and sy for their coaching today .. and also thanx to lalapo, ming , brian, cx, xm and ken.
    I've learnt alot from them :))

    (The mental barrier of shouting finally infront of so many pairs of eyes and I thought I nearly freaked out. Aggressive but though not tt explosive enough yet. I kept wanting to push ken or throw something at him during e 2nd last line .. but I seriously forgot. Hahaha~ maybe he would be more gratefully thinking: "wa heng ah! later kena whack by her .. I blueblack how?!" ... Lmao ~
    dreamingly dunno what I'm doing and my nervousness always got me no where)



    went Causewaypoint metro to buy my lunch, adidas fragrance for pop and also visiting my lovely ex colleagues! yay~
    germaine & xiao mei work today! jie miss u alot :))

    okie nth much to blog today actually. it's just some of my random thoughts.
    so if you dun really understand wat I'm blogging about. nevermind it .. haha~ :))

    till then
    ciao

    at 1:35 AM

     

    Friday, November 16, 2007

    hello


    I'm gonna share this with you guys.. which I saw it on forum with source taken from some blog.
    goodness gracious ...
    1st was the incident about 3 angmo's bullying the trishaw uncle which was featured on youtube and newpaper..
    now wat's this man? ....


    " AngMoh Beat Singaporean "


    First, we have 3 UK brits bullying our fellow Singaporean elderly, then now, some angmoh from unknown country starts bullying hitting students! What is this world coming to? We got hit cos we're students? Students aren’t nice to bully!

    So it all happened cos while i was walking, my schoolbag hit a woman accidentally. And i believe that the woman is none other than the angmoh's girlfriend!

    After bumping into her, she starts throwing vulgarities at me. At first I thought she's some crazy woman who goes around shouting at people, so I ignored her. Few minutes later, she attacked me from the back! She hit my back with her umbrella but thank god she missed! So instead of my back, she got my schoolbag! If not I’ll most probably be lying in the hospital right now.

    Then naturally I turned, and asked her what her problem was. She was shouting at her top of her voice telling the whole world that I bumped into her. That's when I finally understood why she was shouting at me. She tried to flee after everyone said that she's the one at fault by hitting my back. She then ran into the NTUC.

    She said:" Back off! I'm calling the 911!"
    Me: Hello, this is Singapore, you do not call 911 here, you call 999!
    She: Back off im calling 911 now.
    She: im gonna call the 911 now!
    Me: It's 999.
    She: fine I’ll call 911 now.
    Me: *sigh* go ahead. I'll wait for you, please go ahead and call the police.
    She: Why must i call the police? You call lah.
    Me: Cos i thot you said you wanna call 911?
    She: I don’t have a phone, you call. (Why she said she wanna call 911 when she dont have a phone? siao!)
    Me: This is Singapore, you do not go around hitting people with your umbrella then call 911, and im sure you can’t do the same even if you are in America.

    Then some security personnel came over to break the furious argument we had.
    Those personnel asked us to leave the supermarket.
    She refused and said:" No, im not leaving, i scare she'll beat me up."
    Like hello, she's the one who attacked me first.

    *few mins later*

    She dashed out of the supermarket, so my friend and i chased after her demanding for a reason for hitting my back.

    Just right about 10 steps after exiting from the supermarket, the angmoh boyfriend attacked us from the back! This time round, he grabbed both my friend's arms from the back, then lifted her up off the floor and throw her hard onto the floor! And that caused her arms to bleed! And before I could even react, I saw his fist flying towards my face! I moved back a little but I still got punched slightly in the nose and I managed to block the other 2 punches from him with both my arms. Next, he kicked my right leg, and he attempted to run. Just when he was about to run, my friend tripped him and he fell straight onto the floor.

    He quickly picked himself up, and he ran towards a watch shop where all the helpful passersby blocked him from escaping.

    A few uncles came to help us because they saw the whole incident.

    Then, the girlfriend appeared out of nowhere. She accused us of hitting her first. Trust me, we didn't even lay a finger on her! Needless to say, hit. She was cooking up crap trying to gain sympathy from the crowd. Fortunately none of them listened to her instead they scorned her off!

    It all happened in a flash, so i couldn't video the part whereby he attacked us. They are both in their late 30s or early 40s. And that angmoh was like 6 feet tall! Pick on someone his size!AND if they are not guilty, then why are they escaping?The woman is super aggressive and ill-bred! She's horrible!



    Check out the videos below man! xiong~ (-_-'')


    part 1
    part 2





    okay back to my own entry.
    last sunday went Clark Quay with my parents for a walk after visiting aunt at her workplace.
    I went clark quay a couple of times.. but it was always in the noon .. and the whole area was very quiet
    wow.. this was the 1st time I went at night time. All the Restaurants, Cafe, Clubs and Pubs along the whole stretch of street is so ALIVE and KICKING! :D

    and it's only 10pm la.. and alrdy packing in with people who came to chill out after work or whatsoever. The later the time gets to midnight .. the livelier the place gets .. so called: 越夜越美丽
    explored the whole area .. and coincidently bumped into adriano outside MOS . hahaha~


    some random photos taken






    well there's lotsa pubs which was theme designed
    and this particular theme-designed pub is quite interesting.
    check out the photo below.. You saw the inside?
    it's like surgeory table lah alamak.. got the cupboard for "storing dead bodies" also seh. eerrie ahaha !
    those chairs for the customers.. they make it into lke Wheelchair somemore! except its wooden made. huahuahua~
    and you might be thinking what is the name of this pub?
    "CLINIC" ;)



    IndoChine !!! :)



    and da lovely singapore river




    Every since the new system implied ... I realised NYP's macdonald staffs are very generous now. Why ??
    I buy the MacChicken ah.. wa when I opened it.
    (See the below photo) HOW much Vegetable they gave in it ? like Alot can ?!
    Lastime when I eat MacChicken or whatever other burger ... their vegs inside are always so pathetically few strips becoz maybe alot of people doesn't like eating vege ??..... unless you requested "auntie Can I have more vegetable for my burger pls ?"
    and they will add in more veg for u.
    Now? So generous amount of veg in all burgers! Promoting Green I suppose. rofl~
    Well maybe this only happened in Nyp Mac... Or other public Mac as well? hhmm (-_-)


    maybe you'll find this disgusting. But it's nice okay!
    my way of eating macChicken lah .. lots and lots of Garlic Chili sauce + packet of Mayo. Whoo !
    I bet Lotsa girls will be screaming this now: "Eeeyeer! Fattening lah !!!" :P



    alrights.. these photos below was taken on wednesday's lunchie mini performance in atrium.
    F.Bs in action
    hmm ... I believe those F.Bs are from yr1 or 2?
    after watching their performance .. I kinda feel that Seniors rocked more !! Steeze babie!! :D





    days ago after school, Me, siti, erna and farain went to library to chill for awhile.
    and when I turn back from my sit ... I spotted this ( photo below )
    like wth ... A guy behind took up this particular whole table alone and SLEPT under the table with his book covering his face !!
    fara is so daring to stand in sucha obvious manner and took a snapshot of it. Omg lmao~
    Shafain.. u teach ur sister like tat issit? tsk tsk~ haha =x


    I was room cleaning my room days ago. and surprisingly, I digged out this !?
    my youngtime collection! (-_-) ... now thrown away ! hoho~
    "Sailormoon"



    random
    The lovely sunset taken from my house



    lastly ... This is my Latest Baby being put up ontop my Piano :))
    Gorgeously Handsome! :D
    Another week of school had passed. It's turning weekends again like finally
    yayness!
    alritex ... turning in.
    ciao

    at 1:10 AM

     

    Thursday, November 15, 2007

    hello

    msg for ding:
    Heal ur heart well soon. watever happens .. I am here for u girl !
    love ya n meetup soon :))


    (Probably I decided .. that My next hairstyle Maybe after the Next Few Years...
    I'm gonna cut it short till above shoulder like fel's short-straight-clean cut hairstyle for vitagen Ad..
    its back to my prisch/secsch days' hairstyle ... except I gonna wax it. Haha .. big challenge & I wonder if it looked weird infront of the camera not. maybe even uglier)


    "Alrights this is your problem now. Ain't bothering no more .... So long formal pal"

    ciao

    at 12:40 AM

     

    Wednesday, November 14, 2007

    hello

    ** Warning: Be Prepared for a Duper Long post ! **

    it's my update on:
    last saturday (november 3rd)



    2 Days 1 Nite
    FREE & EASY trip to Malacca !! :D


    Malacca's Map





    my parents and I reached Singapore- Johor Express terminal ard 7+pm, where the Bus gonna leave at 8am.




    our sitting was at the LAST row of the bus. LOL



    the bus trip was freaking lOoong .. 4+ hours ! zzz
    so we reached Mahkota hotel ard 2pm (-_-)




    let's take a peek of the the In-View
    The whole hotel was basically very similar to concept of a chalet.




    view taken from my unit's balcony





    tada~~

    very apartment/chalet-like right? haha~


    see? the bedroom is over there!! .. check out my matching curtains~! :P








    and the kitchen is over there !! LOL




    random




    Place of Interest:


    --Porta de Santiago --(A Famosa Fortress)


    The Porta de Santiago is one of the four main gates of the A Famosa fortress. It was built by the Portuguese in 1512 under the command of Alfonso de Albuquerque, the leader of the Portuguese army that seized Malacca in 1511.

    For almost 150 years, this magnificent fort had successfully protected the Portuguese position in Melaka, until it was overrun by the Dutch. It was damaged during the attack, but the Dutch later repaired and renamed it VOC with an embossed emblem. But unfortunately what is left until today is nothing more than a gateway called Porta de Santiago.




    spotted those trishaw in the photo below? haha.. so different compared to singapore's right ?!
    these are the Melaka Trishaws ... somehow are modernized decoration on old transportation. Hahaz~



    Trishaw, also known as tricycle rickshaw is undeniably one of the unique attractions in Melaka. From what I’ve been told, most of the tourists will be amazed on the efforts of decoration put on the trishaws in Melaka. They're all decorated with lotsa florals and bells and some other colorful decorations + blazing with LOUD music. lol





    Porta de Santiago









    During the age of Dutch occupation in Melaka, the Porta de Santiago was not only renamed to VOC, but reconstructed to bear the coat of arms of the Dutch East India Company as well. Until today, the company crest is still significantly seen on the gateway.
    So practically all the visitors coming to Melaka will have a visit to the Porta de Santiago. This gateway is such a significant symbol in Melaka that ur traveling trip to Melaka is never considered worthy without complemented with a visit to Porta de Santiago.


    After all, Porta de Santiago has accompanied the historic Melaka throughout its glorious days, to the time when the Sultanate cosmopolitan empire faded its status, following up by foreign colonization in Malaya, till today that Melaka has been part of the independent nation Malaysia for tens of years.




    Haha where's the location of The Porta de Santiago, you must be asking me..
    well, it's situated at the foot of St. Paul’s Hill of Bandar Hilir, and directly facing the Dataran Pahlawan Megamall :)





    okie dokie~ Let's climb up to the top to visit another attraction!


    -- St. Paul’s Church --




    At the Porta de Santiago of A Famosa Fortress, looking up to the summit of the hill, you could easily spot the sights of ruins surrounded by thick bricks. The ruins known as St. Paul’s Church situation at the summit of St. Paul’s Hill, which is another valuable heritage structure found in Melaka. The St. Paul’s Church is easily accessible via a stairway on the gentle slope of St. Paul’s Hill.







    The St. Paul’s Church of Melaka was originally a Portuguese chapel built by Duarte Coelho in 1521, in gratitude to Our Lady of Grace for a miraculous escape from an attack on his ship by a fleet in the South China Sea. This chapel was known as Chapel of the Mother of God or Our Lady of the Hill







    did you see the many tombstones in the photo below?

    why issit so?


    Well in 1641, the Dutch took over Melaka from the Portuguese, renamed the chapel to St. Paul’s Church, and used it as their praying place until they completed the construction of their own church - Christ Church.

    That's why when the Christ Church was established, St. Paul’s Church became a Dutch graveyard with monumental tombstones scattered around.








    I walk this empty street .. On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
    Where the city sleeps and I'm the only one and I walk alone ..




    Birdie's Eye Views When I was heading down the slope of stairways from St. Paul’s Church of Melaka






    see! I caught a shot of the trishaw again.
    haha.. cute ain't it?





    Next, Shopping Attraction:


    -- Dataran Pahlawan Megamall --


    Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall is a new retail, entertainment & gourmet centre located at the core of Melaka's heritage area - Bandar Hilir, directly opposite the famous Porta de Santiago fortress.

    It is built on the field called Padang Pahlawan, the place where Malaysia's Father of Independence, Tunku Abdul Rahman, made his official historic announcement about the success of gaining independence for Malaya from the British government.The Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall project is the largest shopping mall in the state.



    location?? : Opposite Mahkota Parade ( which is another shopping centre across Mahkota hotel which i stayed in. hahaz~)





    So far, there’s nothing much attractive for photoshooting at Dataran Pahlawan yet coz it was just NEWLY OPENED not long ago. hahaz


    The photo below was actually the re-furnished of Malaysia’s Vision 2020 Time Capsule. The main hibiscus-like Time Capsule remains its physical appearance as it was before. However, there’s an addition of fountain and wall sculptures now.
    and btw the wall sculpture is Sculpture of multiracial Malaysia and also Sculpture of Zheng He (Cheng Ho) , a famous Chinese mariner.





    yay~ I bought a chocolate chip Waffle IceCream at Dairy King.
    oiishi ! .. no.. i should say: ''Sedap!''

    huahuahua~ ;)






    Next attraction:


    -- Jonker Street (Jalan Hang Jebat) --

    Jonker Street, Jonker Walk or Jalan Hang Jebat .... these names are actually referring to the same narrow street located in Melaka Chinatown which is so called melaka's Pasar Malam opening from around 6.00pm to 12.00 midnight.
    Jonker Street, houses some of the Melaka’s oldest dwellings or houses dating back to the 17th century, is also informally known as the antique street. The antique shops here are featuring artifacts from different periods of colonial rule – Portuguese, Dutch, and British.




    Some of the local residents who own a house in Jonker Street, are also participating in this activity by converting the house into a premise, such as food stall, which allows visitors to enjoy the delicacies while gaining a chance to have a first hand experience on the unique architectural design.


    for dinner that day, we went to Nancy Kitchen along Jonker Walk :D
    singapore has one Nancy Kitchen too... if i didnt remember wrongly. hahaz~



    so Nancy Kitchen sells purely Nonya Food.. 80% all spicy.

    and usually for Nonya restaurants .. they are always the concept of a 'Home cooking style'.. a small restuarant room with not many sits and tables, walls hanging with Nonya Baba's photos and cultural decorations + everything are small plates, and very homey !


    (-_-) i don't really like spicy stuffs .. but i still enjoy all the damn spicy dishes la.. was quite nice :)
    Dishes We ordered:
    Balacan KangKong, Rendang Chicken, Prawn CurryStew with Pineapples, Fish Maw Meatball soup, OtahOtah, Chendol for dessert :D





    Besides, some of the Chinese clan and dialect associations are also organizing activities in their respective buildings during weekends for visitors. These activities include dancing classes, Chinese classical instrumental shows, and karaoke sessions. In order to encourage touristy activities being held at Jonker Street, a permanent stage is also built at the end of the street for performances.

    i squeezed through the crowd.. and saw folks dancing line dance. haha !



    The Jonker Street is not only known for its cultural attractions and unique building architectures, but delicious foods and local delicacies as well. Being day or night, Jonker Street or Jonker Walk, the street is full of a number of shops and cafes selling a wide variety of foods and beverages.


    before we turn left to the alley heading to 'Nancy Kitchen' ... you will see 'The Geographer Cafe' which was located at the middle of the street is especially known among the foreign visitors, for its happening live bands on Friday and weekend nights. Besides, there’s also a shop called Jonker Dessert located diagonally opposite the Geographer Cafe, which is known for its Baba Nyonya delicacies.



    okie this was one of the mobile stall which i spotted .. caught my attention along Jonker walk.
    Chye Tao Kueh ! aka Radish Cake aka Kuih Lobak.
    the queue of people buying it was DUPER long ! ... and you can simply just smelt the radish cake fragrant from a far distance!! soooo sedap ! :D

    and as i continue to walk along... there's some other fried radish cake stalls nearby too. no queue at all. LMAO!






    spotted a comedy wushu performance as we were walking outta Jonker walk.
    tat man or should I call 'master'.. performed to show how strong he is.
    but the main purpose of the performance lead to..... asking people to buy his medicated Oil.
    erm.. ahha as the performance ended.. the crowd.... all gone with the wind. haha.. ain't it like typical singaporeans? LOL !





    oh yes... there's some singing competition held for residents on the central stage of Jonker walk that time too. Interesting and fruitful!
    ahhaz~ i stood there watching the competition for quite a while... erm.. the female competitior at that moment sang RainieYang's "暧昧". totally offkey like anything.

    I'm serious. Even I have the confidence saying this: " ALL the Solo competitors (including those who was already Out during the audition round for NYP's Orion or Voiceout.. Everyone can win her. hahaha)


    during the night.. my parents all slept in their room le.
    me? WAHAH.. standard. lie in living room watch Telly till late midnight. huahuahua~
    but malacca's telly channel not much to choose la .... yikes~ boring !
    no singapore channel ... 2 local malay channel, 1 ESPN, 1 China's 凤凰卫士中文台(most of the time all news reporting. boo), 1 Japan Channel ( renick sure will love it (-.-'') ), 1 Disney Channel

    so end up, unexpectedly.. I watched Disney Channel. LOL!
    not bad. haha..so many cartoons for 24hrs! I watched quite a number + cartoon Movie "The Bugs Life"..... hahaha~ good thing was that there's no Power Ranger .. if not i off tv. heh !


    Sunday (November 4th) Day2

    buffet in Mahkota Hotel's Cafe ! yayness~ ^^
    but compared to the breakfast buffet I had during HaiNan's trip.. Mahkota has lesser food varieties. I can't find my Salad Bar, my yoghurt, my dimsum station. haha~~
    well duh ! coz that time at HaiNan.. i was staying in Resort. Resort usually have vry nice services.. As if you're in Hawaii. marvelous man :D


    danish and pasteries for me ! :)




    my ultimate cornflakes !





    after our hearty breakfast, we headed off to jalanjalan ! (don't worry we didnt lost our way. hee)
    see! The building you see in the photo below was Dataran Pahlawan Megamall.





    my parents were way ahead of me as I was examining and taking this shot.
    Hmm I think this suppose to be a well or something.

    but i thought it was cool with that 'Church-Cross-alike' metal stuff.( or issit actually so?) ..


    ahha~ nevertheless... cool stuff.





    Place of Attraction:


    --Muzium UMNO Melaka--


    well we didnt really went into the musuem. hahaz only visited those artifacts displays along the whole place.


    I felt so tiny all of a sudden. lol
    I hope the plane model which I took photo with.. was A380 Air Bus. haha !




    why's the train blocking our way ! :(




    byebye peeps! I'm boarding this Train heading to Neverland :P




    If I lie here.. if I just lie here
    would you lie with me... and just forget the world?
    haha.. if you would. you're nuts ! for the next moment .. you'll be rundown by the train and dead like a wood log.




    I spotted Tourism Polices on duties.. riding on Horses instead of their police cars! ain't it cool? :D






    Place of Interest:


    -- Christ Church Melaka --


    The red-coloured Christ Church was built during the Dutch occupation, began construction in 1741 and completed in 1753. The Christ Church is recognized as the oldest functioning Protestant church in Malaysia. Yes, it is still being used today!
    During the age of British occupation, the Christ Church was once converted for Anglican use.






    Until today, the Christ Church is solidly maintained as undamaged, and the ceiling rafters are still remaining strong as when it was first built.
    Worth a note, that the brass Bible inscribed with the first verse of St. John in Dutch, old tombstones inscribed with Armenian script incorporated into the floor, and a picture of ‘Last Supper’ in glazed tiles are also found in the Christ Church! :D








    omg.. I realised one of Malacca's hip trend now is Spongesbob.. coz whereever I went... be it shopping malls or tourist attractions ... those TOONES of yellow spongies can be found everywhere! zzz



    I was looking at Patrick .. I thought of mossy suddenly :)




    you know why you see windmill in malacca?
    because Dutch took over here for a period of time in the past.. therefore this windmill represented dutchmen! :)

    mom and I


    I thought I was in dutch for a moment.
    B-E-A-U-TIFUL :D







    Place of Interest:


    -- St. Francis Xavier Church --


    The construction of Gothic-towered St. Francis Xavier’s Church was initiated by a French priest, Father Farve in 1849. This church, dominated the skyline of the old-town of Melaka, is dedicated to St. Francis Xavier (Apostle of the East), the pioneering Catholic missionary of Southeast Asia in the 16th century. For a very long time, it was the largest church built by the MEP (Paris Foreign Missionary) in the Malay Peninsula.


    Until today, it is still serving as a functioning Catholic church, holding regular mass services. However, as the church has been around for more than a century, it is leaning a bit towards the right.







    Place of Interest:


    -- Meleka River --


    Melaka will never be gifted with the glorious history in the past without the existence of Melaka River (Malacca River). It signifies the emergence of Malay Sultanate of Melaka, it marks the beginning and ending of each war, it was one of the main factors attracted foreign colonization, and it was the place where Melaka began. Through hundreds of years of fading memories, the history remaining a fact, while Melaka River was changing its role from a busy major port along the spice-route to tourism spot which tells the story. Interestingly, the Melaka River once was dubbed as “Venice of The East” by European seafarers who are out in search of new conquests in East of India.



    Meleka River




    mom and I


    shot taken along the road.





    this way to Muzium >>>>
    and... this way to the Stadhuys too! >>>>

    'The Stadhuys' is another place of interest too. It's also the RedHouse just next to Christ Church Melaka ( if you're not sure which one.. scroll back .. it's the building with the clock)

    Dutch Square, also known as The Stadthuys, was once a centre of the Dutch administration in Melaka and housed the quarters of its governors and officers. This red building was built between 1641 and 1660 on the ruins of a Portuguese fort, by using bricks imported from Zecland, and is believed to be the oldest Dutch building in the East.


    beetle Nut tree




    Cafes along the street




    view of Melaka River + St. Francis Xavier Church




    looks alil' like Chinatown isn't it?



    some ulu ulu buddhist Temple



    LOL! I walked pass this colorfully painted house.. and It caught my attention.
    on lefthand side of the house was painted "Give Piss a Chance"
    middle wall was painted "PEACE fool" with the picture of a finger bandaged.
    and right wall was painted "Tattoo.... and this person's contact number".. i tink it's trying to say.. those who wanna do tattoo can contact that particular person who left his/her number on the wall.haha




    saw the ship/yacht from far?
    that's the display for the Memory of 'Cheng Ho'



    clearer view of ChengHo's ship



    walking back from all the tourist attractions.
    the white building was Holiday Inn... just next to our Mahkota Hotel ^^

    The Holiday Inn



    Mahkota Hotel



    oh yes.. we Checkout at 12pm and headed off to Netwon Food Centre for Lunch before taking the CoachBus at 2pm back to Singapore



    See the Interior of the food centre... similar to Singapore's very own Newton Square right?
    (-_-)



    Our Roast Duck Rice for Lunchie!




    No idea what species are these.. but nevermind they're still gorgeous :)




    Yayness! .. back to Singapore ! (at 7pm) :D



    That's All for my Malacca Trip !

    ciao

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    Thursday, November 08, 2007

    hello

    muneruu valiba..muneru endru...to du wana kuva ! :P :P :P



    HAPPY HAPPY DEEPAVALI to all my indian friends!
    &
    Happy Happy Birthday to wilfred too!
    best wishes~~ :D






    (Today is P.H .. no sch yay yay! coz i hate thursday ) :P



    hokay~yesterday(wed) after my lunch..
    jerlyn, renick and I watched the lunch time mini performance at the atrium before I headed home.
    I was so tempted coz it's dance performance at that moment.
    HOHO ...ballroom and Jive ! :D :D


    checkout some of my snapshots ;)


    Le Ballroom !!






    When marimba rhythms start to play, Dance with me, make me sway..
    Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore,
    Hold me close, sway me more




    viola!





    It's Jive !
    let's party honey bum ~ :D




    I caught my cute S.A Danz Inc senior, rene !! :D
    (she's the one wearing green in the middle)




    next was Wushu, Martial Arts Performance.
    not bad :)
    let's see if we can spot the next vincent ng wannabe. lol~



    "看看我的真功夫 !!
    "




    HOoI ! .... "祥龙十八掌 !!! "
    Heh~ 够吊吧? ;)





    I was flippin' thru my yearbooks during yesterday evening. (coz i got nothing to do at home)
    whitley is quite a small sch compound. but homely :)
    good memories. bad memories. how time flies.
    I looked so spastic in all my school class or band photos. ahaha
    funniest part which my friends always say :
    " why u always so coincidence sitting either right or left hand beside the teacher !"
    hahaha~ I have no idea seriously ..
    It was just so coincidence when the photographer asked everyone to queue up from short to tall... den walk into position .. I'll always end up sitting there while everyone else always got new sitting arrangement.
    LOL! moreover I was the only prefect in my class ... so it looked kinda like some teacher's assistant or bodyguard sitting beside him *peng*

    I kinda missed whitley.
    Everyone. The Band- Mr Tay, Mr zulkiflee, ms juliana. etc.. and all my teachers ... and canteen! hahaa! :)
    the regular toastbread & choco tarts with my cliques everyafter sch.
    our regular noodle stall. chunking beansprout .. we end up having our bowl of noodle becoming like a mountain of beansprouts instead. LMAO!
    the rushing of our fav' basketball session during PE and sometimes even on saturday CCA lunch hours, playin' dem with some of our NCC friends.
    of coz the silly wacky 1e2,2e2,3e5,4e5
    (okay.. some teacher's and friends name I kinda forgot le.. opps ..must see yrbook den rmbr. lol)
    let's see my 4 yrs of form teachers:

    1- mdm sia
    2- mr howard tan
    3- mr kor (my fav! haha)
    4- 杨老师! LOL
    (not bad.. still can rmbr) :Pp


    dad said whitley moving back to bishan nxt yr liao.. coz the renovation abt to finish soon. yay~ i wan go back visit pls!


    oh yes I thank bro too :D
    taught & motivated me alot in dance & many thing else when he was in both whitley & nyp and gave me much encouragement and confidence when I'm down.
    hope u'r doing well in nafa now :)
    god bless!


    bro in action during his dance pract! :)
    with the stupid irritatin' britney song (-_-)
    "Gimme Gimme"
    "Miscommunication"
    timbaland feat keri hilson

    I missed nyp's blk A and E dance studio ... dingz I'm sure you too rite :)
    alrighty.. I'm turnin' in..
    ciao
    ( it's exactly 3 months to CNY. Awesome)

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    Sunday, November 04, 2007

    hello

    so I'm back from Malacca!
    The 2 day 1 night Free&Easy Malacca tour was alrite though we (me, myself & my parents) did alot of walking.
    Tired out legs but ain't my brain cells.Simply Not sleepy at all alrdy ... coz I've slept ENOUGH during the bus trip. huahuahua~
    taking bus from sg to Malacca was more than 4 hrs...
    juznw coming back from Malacca to sg..
    aboard bus at 2pm.. reach SG (lavender bus terminal) ard 7+pm sia! zzz...
    sit in bus till ass pain. knees numb.
    slept through whole journey.. so tatz why I've not even teeny weeny bit of tiredness (-_-)

    oh yea~ ate so much for that 2 days till feel like puking .. haha but good thing was I gain 2kgs~ YAY! :D


    went Khatib Blk 795's zhi cha stall for dinner juznw. watch abit of starsearch there. haha~
    anws, chen bang jun won grand champion! 3 cheers & Bravos~~ :))




    StarSearch 2007 Top3 Winners :)



    anws, For those who missed out HeyGorgeous for lastwk's episode!
    Check 'dem out ~


    Ep 10: HeyGorgeous! @ RP
    Guest Judges: SuperBand's MiLuBing (迷路兵)




    talkin' abt MiLuBing came to RP tat time
    ger told me about this weeks ago and I thought she was so cute .
    Sam said Hi to her, but she turn & look at him, and ' TSK! ' .. and turn back without replying. In the end, ger's friend said to her: "that's sam from MiLuBing leh"
    and ger was like: "har ?! I tot he was just one of our student in RP lo.. "
    haha... ya common looking boy-next-door. I bet I may just miss him out too if he was also standing in front of me.. LOL

    same cases,
    I bump into Ix Shen and his girl Alicia right in front of me lastime, but i didnt even take a notice till my friend was like whispering to me: " hey! u nvr see who stand in frnt of u ah juznw?"
    I was like : "har? who".. and I look at the couple for few mins from a distance.. b4 I came back to sense knowing who were those two. LOL~

    mariam told me bump into BlackEyePeas last week. Well, the Female singer actually bump right into her, brushed her arms against her and smiled as she was coming outta Merdian hotel. but cute mariam also nvr notice... worse still, mariam turn & 'tsk!' and walk off without noticing who was that. wols by few beats... hahahaha :P



    anws, back to Hey Gorgeous...
    Comin' up soon will be the Grand Finals!

    HeyGorgeous GrandFinals - Top 20s




    alritex, I'll upload some of the Malacca trip photos soon next few day. For now I shall take some rest. haha
    ciao


    555555555
    444444444
    333333333
    222222222
    let's not play pretend & make my day :))


    14 more days.
    &
    1 month 17 days more.
    She'll make both the stage hers.
    *cross fingers*

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    Friday, November 02, 2007

    hello
    Selamat Hari Jadi Fawze!! :))
    best wishes ~


    I've gotten my Letter from Trinity College of London days ago.
    God damn ... My grade8 Piano Examination Date was what I predicted.
    21st of December (Friday)
    worse of all... I am the 1st student of that day!! 9.40am report!! :((
    I hope i can make it ! :/



    today for the 1st time of the 1 whole year, I actually skipped lecture! haha
    usually i was those who always attended All the lectures, once in awhile skipping only bcoz alot of my classmates or friends aren't going.

    but this time round.. for the 1st time ..
    i decided to skip this ICT lecture (all of my willingness). ...
    due to : presenting ICT in front of whole lecture. ha~
    present in front of my own class can la.. whole lecture no thanx man :(
    i hope this'll be the 1st & last time im doing this. lol~


    so met up erna for lunch @ north ard 11am.
    den went library to watch VCD.
    wee~ we watched an old 2001 movie
    - A Steven Spielberg Film: Artificial Intelligence [A.I]

    this was my Second time watching it... (1st time watching was in genting. was watching it all alone during late midnite while my pop and mom were asleep)
    and I'm still LOVIN' IT all the same! haha <3
    well all Steven Spielberg's Films Rock big time! & That's how DreamWorks! :)


    this film's Scientific-Fiction.. maybe some of you may find it chim or boring or watever.
    But to me, I thought it was damn meaningful. Beneath this Scientific story tells us about Love & mankind.
    I dropped tears as I was watching it in my hotel room at genting.
    Serious. I was damn touched by the Boy.
    3 cheers to Haley Joel Osment :))

    David is 11 years old.
    He weighs 60 pounds.
    He is 4 feet, 6 inches tall.
    He has brown hair.
    His Love is Real.
    But he is Not.


    Artificial Intelligence




    Tmr I won't be in Singapore Anymore
    No I am not migrating la.
    No, I am not going Langkawi mr mel... lol
    how I wish I'm heading to Sentosa for the lovely sun with u all .. ahha

    well, for next 2 days I am heading off to malacca :D
    so I won't be back till sunday night I guess. nvm I am sure no one will miss me :)
    Actually suppose to go Malacca last weekends for celebrating my pop's birthday.
    It was My treat.. but there's no hotel room vacancy last week.. so had to delay it till this weekend instead. haha

    we're staying in one of the biggest hotel in malacca.
    Mahkota Hotel :)
    ( yay~ I can't wait to hit the mall and the gym and the pool !!)



    Malacca's Map






    I gonna gym-Intensive & out for some sun tanning when I come back ... Yayness~ (ding and erna must come with me) :P

    Be Back Soon. I better turn in now... gotta wakeup at 5am tmr. Boo~ :(

    ciao


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    Thursday, November 01, 2007

    hello


    (it was suppose to be yesterday actually)
    but nvrtheless,
    Happy Happy Birthday to tcp !! :))
    (1, 2 mths ago .. i secretly took this at work when tat tracy turned ard... lol)
    so, this pic is for the lalapos! happy birthday once again! :D



    let me update abit on 20th oct. which was last last saturday.
    ahha abit outdated i noe..
    but i was so lazy to upload my photos la.. hehhe
    Okie so I went to amk to do my hair tat late saturday morning. with ding
    (she cut hair only actually.. and waited for me to finish.. how nice :))

    walk pass Presbytherian High on our way.
    damn. This school is SO BIG!It's not even a combine primary and secondary sch lo...
    Just alone sec sch ..is alrdy so big..
    wa.. I think it can fight with CatholicHigh le... cat high combine pri and sec sch leh... hmm.. wonder got so big without the prisch section not.





    shutter.
    okie.. this is wat you do when you are bored while waiting for the hairdresser to attend to you. ha~


    and so while your hair is taking such friggin' long time to steam !
    shuck big time I tell u. ass pain. right dings? (-_-)
    ok I look like some YinDePuNaNa. HAHA !



    after doin' my hair.
    late lunch. and walk ard amk.
    wa.. I read about the AMK wet market on fire many days ago de which was featured on News and newspapers.
    this is the AfterMath.
    saddis.... Chao Da daoooooo




    Beautiful Church :)



    May God Be the Glory







    last week afternoon...
    was at south with mel , ley and jinyi
    hehehe~ played ard with the nikon Professional camera. It was damn awesome even though its only 6mp. lovin' it !
    thanx rain/bobby for sending those pics to me :))


    i shall not post all of them up
    coz some of my pics which mel took was quite unglam.
    ...... coz it was SO CLOSE UP la! ahha~ (-_-)
    bobby: '' wa~ clear & close up daoooooooo"
    lol !

    Shall Me & Ley Introduce to you......
    South Canteen's Nugget from Malay stall!
    (hello Campus Yummy.. fel and des come here film la! aha)
    See the Crispyness of this nugget.
    crisp on the outside, tender and juicy in the inside! :P
    (miss out taking a shot of the wedges. sedap! ahha)


    focus





    This is my Baby !!
    lovely ain't it ? :D




    alrite till then
    ciao

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