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Bleh

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Yeah,I know,it's been gazillion years since I stepped into,and if dinosaurs were to lived in my blog, they probably may have gone extinct by now and bla bla bla. Truth is, I find updating a dying blog is like eating the same McDonald's meal in different places around the world-- Dull!

And yeah, probably you're wondering now why would I bother doing it now( See I caught you!). Lemme explain, as some of you may know, I'm now working for my intern in a company. And things here are basically like mother nature, a minute it's earthquake everywhere and next minute before you knew, it's calm like a dead sea. Now you know why? Good.

Now, where should I start....Oh ya!!! Current update of status!!!

I'm now currently sitting in front of a computer that is not mine, typing and backspacing at a constant rate vomiting stuff into this particular post you're viewing now to 'impress' you!

And oh, I realize now intern is quite useful for uni nerds to get all the knowledge you know before entering warzone, wait I mean workforce!

Norms, way of communications, passing the responsibilities around and etc is vital, I repeat, VITAL to survive in workforce today thus I would advice those that are reading this post be prepared, and learn something when you work, even it's for a short period of time.

Gosh, pardon me for my shody writing,I haven't been writing for millions of years!!

Guess I'll end this post and come back next time aye!!

Bali- ☑ Yes

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Mon, 10 May 2010 04:09:00 +0000

Well,I know again,the aftermath often comes up pretty late as if my life has skipped a beat and totally forgot about it,but NOPE,I'm still writing!

Here goes the whole journey of fun and fun and fun!!!

25th April!

LCCT,3 hours on plane,

a aussie kid that only speaks 'No,No,NO!!!',touching down humping ground and Denpasar!Spent 60 freaking thousands in 15 mins in taxi ride to hotel,checked in,dinner,Bir Bintang+snacks,AND sleeping on a slanted bed.

26th April!

Eyes wide open at 9am,breakie at hotel,and Southern Bali--Beaches Baby!

Lesson learned on touring-Never ever think that you could go like a gazillion places in a day,cause you'll end up stepping out and in the car in seconds,and you can't really do what you want such as swimming nakedly in the sea,watch the sunset while chilling out with a bottle of your choice of drink and yada yada yada!

Sunshine part?I watched the freaking sunset+wave riders riding waves+sipping a bottle of Coke that cost 10 freaking thousand!

The sunset.Not perfect but nonetheless it is!

Coke,The best friend when you're thristy!

Blue Point beach!

Us and new friends from Sulawesi.

Off we go,after southern,1.45hours of 50km/h fast leg(40km/h if talking to our Mr. Driver) to

Ubud,the land of Padi Fields!And got checked in a hotel that could cost a house over here at 450,000Rp!

Panorama Hotel.Nevertheless the night ended with me having one of the best pizza,watching the full moon(Goodbye Eclipse!),a sky full with shimmering stars gazing upon us,and some sesat-ed firefly(He's alone out there,no friends,just him alone,hence the fly instead the flies).And oh,talking.

Did I mentioned Bir Bintang before that?For not once but many times,My life rocks!

27th April!

Breakie,and another nice room at Ubud View Homestay,300,000,natural breeze(no freaking aircond) and a fan that speed the fastest at speed 1,instead of 5 over here.

Off we go!Tenggallang rice padi field and steps to the bottom of it,photos maniac,and got back up,

with legs blended with muds,and itchs.Priceless.

Climbed 1.3km vertically in our APV and stunning view,

a lake and a volcano!

Lunch,No-es to those that sells souvenirs at incredible price(REMEMBER,SAY NO NEXT TIME TOO,THEY'RE CON ARTIST)and off we go,a pura(hindu temple) and

rituals learned!And back we go,Ubud.Dinner at

Nuri's Warung!

90,000Rp,A freaking Spare Ribs and Bir Bintang!Back to hotel,out again on a free ride by nice Balinese(One which upset cause he fetched me,instead of 2 pretty girls)LOL!

Walk walk later,got involved in a pool action,hold 1 breath and swim to the other side(Yeah,it's small,but it's our pool!)Got drunk equally fast that night and...

Vroom vroom!!!

Here comes 28th April!

Woke up,

breakie outlooking at the uber evergreen padi fields,with duckling that bathed the whole day inside the mud pool!Hit the spa!

'bisa?bisa' 'dingin sih!' 'pak dari yakarta iya?'

Half naked,molested by male,skinny dipping in a pool that doesn't fit my freaking long body(Legs are in the air,instead of the pool) later,210,000 gone!Poof!!Lunch at Pizza's and off we go again,

Sukawati--A place where you redefine bargains.Here,you could forget the bargain at 80% of original price and learn how to bargain with the 20% new rule!Why?Cause it works!Souvenirs later(kinda regret didn't get as much as we could,It cost a BOMB at Kuta!)Shirts and whatever-you-like are the cheapest there,than everywhere else in Bali!

Rode down to Legian,got us checked in to a room and wander Kuta!Food!Questions of 'Pak mau Magic Mushroom?Ecstasy pills?', a walk at the club district at Bali,

Watching actions outside clubs and 1st Bombing site Memorial,back we go!A night with lots of sounds,but not many actions in us,we crawled in bed.

29th April!!

Fully geared-up!Sun screen and shades and beachwears!Hit Made's Warung(Recommended!)and the beach,got us a package of Surfing lesson!!!!!Rockshop@Bali and whines about the exclusivity price available and there goes,an afternoon at foot massage(Don't ever go to those small massage kiosk cause they don't even freaking know how to cut their nails before they massage or scratch you!).An evening in retails and watch the sun set by the Kuta beach and plane ferrying people in and out of this paradise.Everything felt silent,just you and the sand,and others that didn't bother to mind your business.Poof,for once I felt broke,in fact I was!!Got to the money changers,and what!!

Black magic sih!!!

Be alert when you are at places with the below descriptions.

1.The exchange rate are very high,which means they rugi,you untung!

2.They on those 'boom-your-heads-off' music.

3.The counter is at your chest level(It means you can't see what they're doing from your side,that's when they hit you!)

4.They only have 20,000 notes!!!

How it went?

They will let you count the money first. AFTER THAT,they'll take it back and count it for you for one last time(THIS IS WHEN THEY DO THE MAGIC TRIP,BY DROPPING A STACK OF MONEY BELOW THE COUNTER!)

And yeah,either you-eat-shit or they'll say'Too many zeros,confused'and refuse to deal with you upon you confronting them!

Phew,Got-Me?Nope,It almost!

Since it's the last night,2 Bintangs for each of us and we started mumbling before we doze off,to bed!

Last day,30th April!!!=(

Woke up late,hit the beach and rode the wave!!!(Tips:Eat full full lah,before you hit the beach,else you'll get tired pretty fast with those waves beating at you!)

Rode on it,me board and me!
Yeah!!!

I stood up,on my board!!!YAY-ness!!!

Battery low,Last meal at Bali and Arak Madu!(Authentic Balinese Vodka!)

'Dari Japang?' 'Tidak,Pak,Malisia' and 50,000 to the airport with a nice Bapak!

Checked in and

goodbye Bali!

It ended,at 1st May,3 of us,one helluva a trip with laughters,experiences and...!!!

Yeah!!!

Embedded!

The road!

The cute kid.Intended bokeh of this cutie seemed very unprofessional,because the kid ran away just as I press the shutter!!!

The common praying materials you can see everyday!

The Traffic Light!
The place where they make 'atap' to be exported!

More padi!!

How this picture speaks to you?

I want!!!

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:30:00 +0000

I want to go to Tioman to get my diving license.

I want to do bungee and surfing in Bali,IN.

I want to go Mulu National Park and explore Sarawak.

I want to climb the highest peak of Malaysia,Mt. Kinabalu,and conquer the underwater world of Sipadan.

I want to go to Universal Studio Singapore.

I want to go to Australia,to do the continent road trip over there.

I want to go to Europe,on a shoestring.

I want to live BIG!!!!!

To much wants and little effort to complete all those stuff,grrr!!!

Focus!!!Is what I need now,my heart's running wild.Keep intact!!!

Alright,enough of whining.

Peace out.

You're not alone.

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:52:00 +0000

In prayers,for Haiti.

A song produced by Linkin Park,Not Alone.

Let's hope the best for Haiti.

L & V.

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:45:00 +0000

Before I start,I'd wish everyone on earth Happy Lunar New Year,be it any race,we're 1 World!Oh,as well as Valentine's,single or not,Happy Valentine's.Guess I'll just update my doings in point mode,for easier trace back.

Starting from December,Julian

1.Joined PC Fair tour,from Seremban,to Melaka and ended in Johore Bahru.

2.Went to Singapore,for widening his Singapore-Seen view.

3.Shop a little,fell in love with all the stuff he bought.Backpack and clothes,Koss Earplug

4.Came back to Malaysia,caught up with friends from various part of the world.

Ya,that's about the whole December.

Now,Pictar time!

East Coast Park.Notice the ships behind?

Yah,see the ships?They call this ghost vassels.

Durian and the Coin.

Marina Bay.

Streets of Sg.
Christmas at Orchard.

My new Kossy.
Look at the surveillance cameras!!!

Imagine you riding your bike on this.OMG!!!
The wave bridge.
Where gamblers and thrill seekers call their new home.
Mega.

Merry Christmas.

Corona and Fishy Baguette.

The astonishing view.
KL city view from friend's apartment.
Me school,with wings!!!
Limau-Limau

Smile-Detection take#1
Smile-Detection take#2

Hot air baboon,oh no,it's hot air balloon.

Penang Trip Report.

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:54:00 +0000

Sorry,the first word I opened in this blog post is because there has been an immense delay in posting,although I'm not very sure anyone's waiting for this,or not.Alright,long words short I will start it in a blink of an eye and it'll be based on 2 parts,first is about Penang,second is about the Food in Penang.

Getting there.
Well,there're various ways to get there,driving through the Penang bridge,using the ferry service at Butterworth,and of course flying in.

Luckily,this time,I have the honour of using 2 ways of transport to get there,by the bridge and ferry.

For those that never drive in to Penang,the rate of the Toll at the Penang bridge is RM7 for going in and coming out,while Penang issued Touch N Go can be benefited with a discount of RM1.4,bringing it to just RM5.6.To those that wish to use the Penang Ferry service,the price is fixed at RM7,and the same,you'll just have to pay entering to Penang Island.

The Bridge.

The supporting.

The Entry to Ferry.

The linkage to the ferry.

Upstairs the ferry,it commutes.

Downstairs the ferry,it ferries.

The town.Basically,it's just an island.Left by the English,it consists of lots of British styled buildings.I think I'll just let the pictures do the talking.

The island.

Closer view.

Even closer view.

One of the longest bridge in the world,Penang Bridge.It measures 13.5km across the mainland to the island.

Another landmark of Penang,KOMTAR.

Streets of Penang.

Streets of Penang,night time.

Penang St.

A very famous clock tower,don't remember the name though.

Bangkok St.

Some of the old houses in Bangkok St.

Batu Feringgi Beach.

Sun Setting.

Dusk.

And a good place to chill out.

Hard Rock Hotel,and cafe of course.

Again.

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:02:00 +0000

Ya,again I come up here,for an excuse not updating my blog.It's been quite a while then,since I got time to online.Family get-arounds,Pc Fairs,Singapore,Cathing-up-with-friends,yup,they kind of filled up my holiday.

Will try my best to start of with my Penang first,as soon as I get my picture converter,as my skinny T only shoots 10mega pixel.Grr...

To a bit of tips,I'm now enjoying the last bit of my holiday in Singapore,whilst having the need to attend to counsin bro's wedding.

Cheers.

Aftermath case#2

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:12:00 +0000

Yup, that’s right. It’s the 2^nd encounter after my finals, right after I’m back from K.L, and straight the next day, some south travelling to do, over the little sea—Singapore. Yes I know, it’s not something special to brag about, but it was the event, the one lovely event that went on that makes it special. Nonetheless, it was incredibly fun to be there, get connected with the rest of the relatives, a.k.a my FAMILY!!! Mahjong games, chit-chats, Holy Matrimony, faces of long-time-forgotten-how-they-look cousins, driving almost 300 miles to send mum home and go back out to Singapore in a day, talking to some anonymous camera-crazy uncles in Singapore Botanic Garden, ‘P.I.E-C.T.E-S.L.E’s car rides and shopping later, I figured out having a week spent in Singapore was great, at least I’ve learned something new—lectures about live, life and many more. Gratitude. 1 word says it all, to all the elders that taught me something new.

Having all this said, I shall proceed now, to some thousand-words-worth photos I took with me.

Christmas 09 at Orchard.

Singapore Botanic Garden.

Uncles that I talked to,and got poison from.Both are professionals with >$5000 worth of camera rig.

Tada!!!This is what my T77 is capable of,only.

Always keep it as green as possible,roads in Singapore.

Sucks to be in Singapore,everything goes by the law,literally.Wheel cramp in Singapore is a new level,not just 1 pay release wheel.It's SGD$107 for every piece of paper they clip on your windscreen,do the math.

Changi Airport Terminal 3.Nice,but still KLIA pawns.XD

Guess how much is this nice plate of rice?

$5?

No.

$7?

Nope.

Yup.$8.2

That's about it for now,hold your breath for my #3-Penang reports.

Hold on tight guys,hold on tight!!!

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:10:00 +0000

Well,it's been a while since I got back to Melaka from Penang and Singapore yet I don't have time to write out my encounters due to the vacation in Melaka itself.Yeah you got me right,I'm going around places with nice food in the place I was born and lived for the pass 19 years.So just buckle up before I trash you some nice write-outs and photos I took.

Signing out from McD 0112hr 19th Nov.

Aftermath case#1

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:41:00 +0000

It's been a while,since I got over with finals.To even start off,one particular sports activity took place before my last subject--MTB jumboree.

Before I go deeper,I shall explain what's MTB jumboree.Here you go,It's a Mountain Bike event where winning is defined by completion of the track of the route,which in this case it is 45 km.Yeah,it's kinda long but heck I enjoyed every centimeters of it.

Make things great,the community that entered the jumboree are very kind and helpful.To mark my words,some of the guys actually stopped to check on some guys that have problem beside the road to see they're ok with their bike or themselves,even they don't know who's who,now that's what MTB spirit's about.

Riding along the course myself,I learned something,something that have to do with UpHills and DownHills,or what people often say Peaks and Valleys.Often I encounter,after some difficult UpHills,some relaxing nice DownHills will be next or vice versa.Somehow,this reflects on the path we all take in our lives,whenever we strive through the difficult UpHills,sure the sweet DownHills of our lives will give us that little extra reward.And going DownHills ourselves,we must always be prepared,to face the difficulties that often leads to the next Uphills.

Nevertheless,I myself managed to complete the track,45km of it,3.5 hours later with a pair of exhausted legs,a dirty bike and a medal in hand.Priceless!!!

The track!!!

The 2 trail-babies on the task.

The crowd,800+ dudes in it!!!

3.5 hours later,dirty Lil' Banana.

Dirty shoes,dirty bike.

What's it worth,a medal and a dirty bike.

Oh ya,to end up this post,I end up in the race in 327th place.XD

Drown.

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:17:00 +0000

Escaping from drowning in the sea of words, I resorted to here, my little hide-out cave which serves the same basis, writing. Why am I so afraid of writing? Simple, Tutorials. As it turns out that I've 3 more left, but altogether 12, which means I've been writing 2 pages of it*7=14 pages full of words. Gosh, didn't know such a sub will be so fun yet torturing.

What I'm doing now, to a certain extent I believe you would probably know, laying the groundwork for my studies, which is resorting to a valuation--Finals. Yeah, what the heck, Just Do It and Do It Well.Bah~~~I shall swim back to the sea of words already. Before doing that, I shall shine what's on my study desk now.

Caption?

Top:As you can see,Organizational Behavior Reference books,2 of them.

Middle:Lonely Planet Malaysia,Singapore,Brunei.After finishing 2 of the bulky ones on top, this will be very helpful to me,to plan how my following weeks after final will be,Singapore and Penang,I'm coming!!!

Life Coaching For Dummies--This shall be completed before my new year come, to help reorganize myself for the new year ahead.

Bottom,My Mountain Biking UK magazines,the reason I kept below is to motivate me to finish the books on top FIRST, before reading them.

Yup,that's about it for now.So long~~

Random.

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:15:00 +0000

Since I still haven't really got time to figure out how's my life's like for the past 3 weeks,here are some photos I took not long ago,and it's my hometown--Melaka.

Ok.That's about it.More coming soon..

Joy.

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:17:00 +0000

Bleh,it marked another day when I decided to step foot into my current Uni for another day's lecture,thanks to the utterly brilliant arrangements and holiday scheme,I've got a day of class after 2 days of Raya holiday.Since I was unsure about what will be the mid-terms like,I decided it won't be wise to skip the class hence I appeared to be in the class,although I was late for like 45 minutes.(due to overslept until 7.30a.m)It was surprising as well,as the lecturer was away for a remote control hunt and I didn't get any attention when I joined the class.It was still the same 'interesting' lecture and 2 tutorials later,it came to an end!!Since OB's lecturer was on Raya break till the next week,it was just made compulsory for us to sign the attendance list and a tick later,I was out of there.Linger linger linger,found out that the school's really hard to go around as the >30° slope was really like hiking.

Nevertheless,soon enough I made an escape and begin the real deal,shop for cousin's bicycle helmet and also finding one of my dearest friend to mum mum+talk.Fun fact here,T.T.D.I. means Taman Tun Dr Ismail.Why the sudden addition of fun fact??I made a very funny detour to there,when I actually didn't know it meant that.Imagine this,Point A is just a right turn away and You spent a way round to enter from behind.Yeah,I was like why on earth this route seemed like the one I just went through.Haha...

Next,there I went to Cova,opposite to the famous SEGi to ferry my friend,and went to 1Utama for some window shopping.Windows later,I found myself deeply in love(Love at first sight to be exact)on a particular wallet.Yeah,God knows how long have I been searching for the right one.And voila,it just appeared in front of me and after bursting in tears of joy,I took the bait,burning my red-hot-just-withrawed-cash to get it.

Here's the thing.

Simple.

Inside of it.

Haha,to be honest,this is the 1st time my dad compliment about the stuff I bought,rather than the usual scolding type.He actually said this particular wallet is very unique and it's compartment are well designed.OMG,dad's changing already.

Well,back to what I was sharing,after getting the wallet,my friend suggested ice-skating.Since I was thrilled by acquiring what I've been wanting all the time,I nodded to my friend's suggestion and go for it.Yeah,although I haven't been skating for like a million years.

rm21(Entrance)+rm8(Glove)+rm2(Locker),all set!!!Getting ourselves done,we hit the ice!!!It felt weird at first,and yeah,the very friend of mine never skate before hence it was like 5 times of total to touch the ground,2 of which including pulling me together.(True friendship,I fall,you also fall)And in a blink,I figured out it's really nice skating in a rink as people tend to communicate although they don't know each other.Why??They'll shout at you to move away and if you fail to do so,be prepared to be human bowling cones--Strike!!!Besides,it was like everyone's helping the others to get up after falling down and I found that's relative nice of us.(I HELPED LOTS OF PEOPLE TO GET UP FROM FALLING)Oops,I accidentally bold the point.Oh yeah,it was really fun skating!!!

The Rink,Before.

The Rink,After.

The Gears.

Yeap..After a few donuts we bid farewell and I thundered back to Melaka and that's the end.=)

Life.

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:19:00 +0000

Some say life is about living the best out of you and let no regrets,some say life sucks.Here's one article about a guy that looked back.

Pak Rashid is still looking for an identity

2009/09/20

He now shares a small two-bedroom house with Wahab, and "Koriang" -- a mother cat -- with her three kittens called Tompok, Merah, and Chomot.

The kittens are surrogates to the children that Salleh will probably never have.

"Even though we made a hole in the wall for them to go out and answer the call of nature, the kittens aren't so toilet-trained at all.

"There are times when I come home and the living room is a real mess.

"If I'm really tired, I just go into my room, shut the door and leave them to do whatever they like," said Salleh.

The two brothers just live for the day, earning between RM20 and RM30 a day from repairing shoes which they use to buy food.

And, although Salleh is qualified for welfare assistance, he said he won't ask for it because he felt that he could still manage for now.

He has two more younger brothers -- Ahmad and Zulkifli -- who live in Baling, Kedah, and a younger sister Fatimah, who lives in Muadzam, 4km from Changkat Jering. Between those three, Salleh is an uncle 13 times over.

"I haven't decided yet whether to spend Hari Raya Aidilfitri in Baling this year. Our motorcycle was stolen recently.

"Having been a robber myself, I'm not surprised. Thieving is a normal thing in this world, isn't it? God is probably paying me back for my sins," Salleh laughed.

In 1975, when he was just 26, Salleh and an accomplice decided to rob a Felda vehicle carrying a consignment of cash.

They were caught and because it was an armed robbery, they were sentenced to jail for the rest of their natural lives. A natural life sentence means the prisoner will never be released.

Unlike a life sentence where a prisoner gets a maximum 20 years, or 14 years with good behaviour, the only way a natural life convict can get out is through a royal pardon.

At the time he was released in 2006, at age 57, Salleh had spent almost five extra years in prison than he had lived as a free man.

He has to live up to the age of 62 before he evens out the time he spends in the outside with those he spent in the inside. He is now 60.

Salleh had no idea how the cost of living had increased in 31 years because he was in jail for so long.

"A cup of black coffee used to cost satu kupang (10 sen); but now it's lapan kupang (80 sen).

"It was such a big difference that I thought 'Is this real? Are the sellers trying to cheat me?'," Salleh said.

"It took him a while to get accustomed to living on the outside," said Wahab, who is 21 years Salleh's junior.

Wahab was only 5-years-old when his big brother was sent to jail.

"Before he went in, there were only one-lane roads. Now, there are multiple lanes and he doesn't know how to ride in the busy traffic.

"Sometimes he just stops in the middle of the road," said Wahab, who rode pillion with Salleh while he was learning how to ride a motorcycle.

"Prison is a part of his life that whenever we talked, it's common for him to start a sentence with 'In prison...'

"Even after three years, he still hasn't found his bearings. He's still out of time and feels misplaced," said Wahab.

"He's looking for an identity for himself; whether to continue living from his interrupted youth, or to be an old person; whether to be a good person, or the tearaway that he was when he was young.

"At the moment, he just layan hidup (takes each day as it comes)," said Wahab.

The brothers' lives revolve around waking up and going to the market. Their world is all within a one-kilometre radius of their home and they hardly wander out of it.

Therefore, Salleh's life outside isn't any more exciting than inside Taiping Prison.

But, he is a free man.

"While I was in prison, even though I watched television, I always imagined how life outside would be like in the '70s.

"But it's actually more challenging and difficult.

"I don't feel disappointed. I just have to learn to live in this era," said Salleh.

"My productive years were wasted in prison. If I hadn't done what I did, I wouldn't have spent almost 31 years in jail.

"Maybe I would have had children and become as successful as my friends.

"That is an alternate life I can never realise. And I just have to accept that," he said.

Morale of the story to me??We have to live our life,but in order to do so we will still need to have a list of Dos and Donts.

Sunday.

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:07:00 +0000

It all started when,DUH i opened my eyes,only to found that it's already 1p.m..Yeah,yesterday night's tea session marathon with cousin brought effect to this.To find myself in this situation,no time wastage could be compromised so there i rush,to the WC,to the basin and to the food on the table.Then,something in reality struck me--Mid-terms,and i proceed to the notes,Organizational Behaviour.Only to be found,it's significantly hard for me to understand its alien accent.Hence,I figured only way to sort things out are by releasing stress and so I resorted to the front of my lappie,and there I spent,from noon till now.Having the same routine checked,again I found my life full of plans,to list out a few.

1.Escape trip after mid-term--Probably somewhere near K.L. as it'll be done in one day,looking at Kuala Selangor to see the shining creature(insert the name).So,nominees needed,probably 3 others to join me in this nice yet environmental close-up trip.

2.A new gadget to behold--Speaking of which,it's been quite a while I have no new gadgets to add in to my current collection.As a result,I'm up now,hunting for a new one to my family.Choices??Either N97,Xpertia X1,Xpertia X2,iPhone 3gs 16 gigs,iPod Touch 64gigs,Dell 10v Netbook.Gosh~~Help!!

3.A MountainBike Competition--Held by Malaccans,so might as well support and have fun lo.

As till the end of October,here are the 3 most important plans I need to get it done.Wish me luck eh.

Recent Me.

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:58:00 +0000

Yeah,I know.I haven't been putting pieces of me to this little space of mine for ages hence here I am.Reasons for that is I haven't find myself a peace in my mind to do so as my activities are packed(Yes,it sounds like I'm so happening..xD)from mid August till now.Having this particular post posted,something has changed,all for good I hope as I've made some crazy decisions that some of you might not even believe what you're seeing,but heck,you see what you see.

Here's the recap of my 'DID' in the past month.

Zoo trip on 18th August with high school friends.

Hot,hot,hot and hot.Animals are lazy as well on this account--sleeping.We paid rm7 to see them sleep,nice!!Anyway,it was a good outing as I guess most of us haven't been visiting the Zoo for ages.

Birthday,Farewell.

Time zooms and there goes on some particular 24th day of August,few of friends decided to surprise a friend on her birthday,and she felt surprised,i guess!!!And she really bakes nice cakes.

Farewell,this is the last one in the year,finally!!(Oops,I said it)Haha.Some 20+ homosapiens from SMAI 06-08 attended and it was nice,especially the Karaoke part of it,God knows why.

Church Camp.

Right,this is my 1st church camp,and I never regret joining it.Loads of things to share and learn about and I'm one step closer,hopefully!!Having it placed in a wonderful place,I've somehow managed to tan myself to a darker person!!

Kuala Lumpur 2D-1N Trip.

5 of us,Me,Jay,Pok,Sarah and Esther went for this adventure,and it was a great one!!

Sunway Lagoon--Wet and Dry Park.Loads of breakthrough happened there and it was actually fun paying money to scare ourselves.And again,I got myself tanned darker again and I'm looking like a darker race of peeps already.

SkyTrex--Best activities we did!!Never thought that climbing trees and handing over our life to a little harness could bring us so many fun!!Flying fox-es,Obstacles crossings.NICE!!Again,paying money to get us frightened was fun!!

The start--Climb 4 storey high of ladder.Outcome??TIRING!!

Ain't it nice??

5 of Us!!

Next up,

1st Orientation,1st College class,2nd College Class.

SEGi,inputs inputs inputs....

On the very first day,I felt disappointed,with the orientation they threw for us,the school's admin. systems and stuffs like the compound,the facilities of the school.Hopes for me to study there went berserk-ly low,as it was under my expectation by Malaysia to USA far!!Then,I figured things might change the next day and...Yeah,at least it changed a little bit.Lecturers are good but still I'd expect it to be better,but just that I don't have faith having myself going head first with the school.

Then,wild thought about the course hit me straight in my head that gave me a hint that maybe the course and school don't really suits me well.And,discussions later,dropping out of the school is a must,and course to attend was still unsure.From Music to Laws,MBA to Arts later,found myself one particular interest--Travelling around the world,working with other nations.That,*ehem*leads to Logistic Managements.Having known that 3 years of my future will be dumped into this particular studies,I freaked out--Asking pros. around this field,cousins,parents and so on.Outcome--This is a great field for me and it meets my criteria what I want to do above,that means that I'd be fine taking up this course and having myself surviving from starvation in the next 2 or maybe 30 years.

What the heck!!I decided to call the shots and there I went--UCSI University,having hopes that I could enroll immediately and start the course,and some time later,I actually did it!!

NOW,I'M OFFICIALLY A UCSI UNIVERSITY LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT COURSEDUDE!!

Yeah,that's all for my studies stuff.

K.L Life,5 days in total.

I must thank my all time buddy,HuanWei for his generosity to let me stay at his place for the 4 nights.Having that said,also I must add I somehow twisted his life in a sense that keeping him awake until 2a.m..Reasons?We have figured out that we haven't been speaking for quite a long time,that we can't find ourselves shut up,even it has wayyy passed bedtime.

"不可以了，不要讲了，明天还要早起!!"This,has been something that we've said for like a trillion times,and after each and everytime we said it,we never failed to continue our conversation.Haha,thank god I still have my best friend with me all time.

p.s:HuanWei,don't cry when you see this,I know you will..xD

Living in K.L is a pain in the arse as everytime you will need to face the traffic congestion no matter what time it is.Imagine this,a short stretch of Federal Highway about 5 km took you 1 hour to go through it.Yes,I'm afraid to think about peoples with the need to answer nature's call stucked in the jams.How is he going to 'release'?Haha.

Over the pass 5 days in K.L,I've been playing around,from 1Utama,Ikea,The Curve,Sunway to Pavilion.End product,Big holes in my pocket and big bloated stomach.Hags and Daz,TGIF,Fish n Co,I have it all!!NICE!!But hopefully this is it,no more playing,toying around after I settle down.

Jack Daniel Beef Bacon CheeseBurger@TGIF

Fondue@Hags n Daz

That's about it,my life over the past month.

862 Miles up North.

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:51:00 +0000

After 3 days of travelling,I'm back at home.This time,Kuala Perlis and Penang Island are the places I visited.

Kuala Perlis

While most of you guys don't know where's Kuala Perlis,I snapped it down and hope this will bring some light to you.

Yup yup,this is where we board on the ferry and leave for Pulau Langkawi.

Getting there spent 10 hours for us,as we're convoying on an average 100kph only.The road from Melaka to K.L. and the earlier Upper North-South highway is alright but when it hit Simpang Pulai,it's scenic!Imagine you're going over the mountains and there're lots of curves on it,I'd reckon it's the best highway route I ever drove by up to date.

Here're some pics to share.

The Rocky Mountain.

The scenery.

The tunnel near Jelapang,Kedah.Once the longest tunnel in Malaysia,measuring 800 metres.

0000hr,we reached!A piece of advice for hardcore drivers that wish to drive long journey-Prepare RedBull,Livita kind of energy drinks,Sticks of chewing gums and some mints to blow up your mouth like Fisherman's Friend.

It's a small town with a Jetty that commute tourists thru&fro Pulau Langkawi.Budget Inns and backpackers' lodges are also common here as tourist could have a good night rest before going to P. Langkawi.

Food here are cheap but not really up to standard.Among all,there's this shop that sells mix-vege rice that have 1 special species of fish in their menu--Sharks' curry.

Picture this,it cost just about rm2,to take away endanger species' life.How would you feel?*insert your answer here*.Right,actually hunting for sharks aren't actually what it seemed to be.Why?It's because the fisherman there uses a kind of net which has smaller gap in between to catch more sea creatures and for the fact that the size of sharks are bigger,they're easily trapped inside hence the availability of sharks cuisine.

Padi field.

After food and posing for cousin's grad. photos,we left,to the next stop.

Penang

The first thing that came to my mind is the food!As well as the status,Straits Settlement.From the two statements there,I set my goal--To have the greatest local cuisine and to tour the UNESCO certified city.

Getting from K.Perlis to Georgetown took us 2 hours,as the people carrier that ferries us isn't in a very good shape and is only capable of doing 120kph all the way.Nevertheless,we reached safely and went through the 'once upon the time longest bridge'-Penang Bridge and it cost us rm7 to use the bridge thru&fro.

Next stop,lodging.The place that hold us for the night.

Still,it's a crap hotel with lots and lots of dispute.

Having checked in into the hotel,we went checking out the places.

First stop-Bukit Bendera

It was built by the English on 1923 as they were seeking for a cool hideout place in a tropic and they found Bukit Bendera.Commuting to the hill top was made easy when they introduce the slanting cable car which uses man-power at first.

The roundabout.If you look closely,you could see the tracks on the rail in the middle of the hill.

ALERT!Train Ahead.

Who says only Subang got AC,Penang also got ma.

Next,Gurney Drive Hawker Center

Penang Fried Kuey Tiaw,Prawn Mee,Fried Oyster,Penang Rojak,Penang Laksa and etc.

Wondering what's the flag on top of the hawker's stall symbolize?

Ok,I don't know as well but my wild guess tells me that they're 'shield' by some of the gangs there.

Nightlife in Penang-Jalan Pinang,this is the place where lots of clubs and bars are located.On a typical Saturday night,people here are blasting their car stereos as well as going bonkers in clubs.

P/S:Clubs here are using per head basis as well,either you pay a cover charge of rm25(inclusive of one house pouring--drafts beer,vodka,gin and etc or soft drinks.)or hard liqour basis.

The Atmosphere.

The next morning.

Fort Cornwillis,the fort that Mr. Cornwillis built when he was at Penang.

Penang Cityhall.

Penang Townhall,just beside Cityhall.

Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion.

Typical Penang Beca.

Bla bla bla later,our energy level went low and we decided some local food could come into rescue,hence we move on to one of the must go kopitiam to have our simple yet delicious food.

The Location--Lebuh Keng Kwee.

The Shop--Just beside Jalan Pinang.

Penang Laksa.The soup's just fine,not too sour and the laksa's great.Certified good to eat by 'ho ciak' 8tv.

One of the best chendul of Penang.Just beside the foodstall.

Food later,for our home we left.Once again,I took up the challenge to be man behind the wheel.For driving just after lunch,Mr. Zhou tried his very best to get in touch with me,but I survived ignoring him.How??

iPod,Fisherman's Friend and Livita!!

The Scene.

Later that evening,having needs for our stomach,we stopped at Ipoh for the famous 'Nga Choi Gai'.

The crunchy bean sprout.

The Chicken.

The end came by,when after this particular meal,another 5 hours on the road.

Final Verdict--The upper North side of Malaysia is not really what I'd expected.Penang,has gone through some massive changes and the cost of living there isn't that high compared to Melaka itself and hands down it wins in terms of the preservations of their older aged buildings in comparison to Melaka.It's definately a place that worth your 2~3 days of stay.

Cost.

Car from Melaka to Penang and vice versa--RM100 for toll,RM250 for fuel.(Based on a 2 litre sedan)

Food and Lodging-A budget hotel could cost around rm100~200 and with capability to accomodate 2~3 person,however a lodging hotel could cost lesser.Street foods will cost around rm7 per meal with drinks and snacks.

Cheers.

Rising Tied.

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:57:00 +0000

H1N1 has became a serious disease.

Hence,I decided to stock up some daily usable 'weapon' to start war with it.

Tesco.

Masks,Oranges,Sanitizer.3 essential stuff to stay away from H1N1.xD

Out of nowhere,I found this.

Yeah,a directory.You must be thinking why the hell I post up this pic as it's quite normal.In photo,yes it's normal.It isn't,when you're really standing in front of it.Not to boast about I'm tall but it has made difficulties for me,or some average height human being looking at it when OUR eye-level is around the 5 white letters-TESCO.Are the management hinting us that Tesco's only for kids,or some people that are shorter than averaged height human?Why can't they build a directory where everyone can use,a slanted ones we see in malls instead of this only-for-kids-directory.Why??

Ok.Enough of ranting,I shall now retreat back to my cave,having worried I've upset some of the viewers here.~LaLaLa~

Take care guys.=)

Weekend.

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:39:00 +0000

Batu Pahat.A place I never sat foot on before,I did,last weekend.As a PC fair promoter/salesperson/whateveryouwanttocallit,I thought it'd be dull as time spent there will be going around asking people to sign up for stuff.In fact,Fun could actually be a word I would use when I'm asked about how was it.Reasons?Simple.It helped me in alot of ways.Making more friends,improving my sales techniques,boosting my self esteem and stuffs like that.It's very nice,when you got chance to try out your sales skill for soooo many times and having the guts to talk to everyone you don't know.Toying around with the dudes I worked with,peeping all the MeiMeis and laughing at every joke we cracked,it's just awesome.Less on talking and more on pics mode-ON!

Preparing.

This guy,in this case,my boss made the passer-by go：“这个人做莫，表演啊？”

The suspected H1N1 guy,Rishi..xD

Lunch.

The atmosphere.

The Team.

Alright,that's all about it now.

Blah.

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:33:00 +0000

29th July.

I'm officially the only youngster hanging around in my beloved home town,The Path of the Elephant or a.k.a Alor Gajah after my 10 over years friends left me,one on May and another on today.

Having all of them gone,I won't wake up like I do last few months,texting them for brunch together,I won't be going to uncle's place so often and find friends in his shop to talk,or maybe go Tampin together for a piece of cake and ice water.

I,adapt,get used to it.these are the words I need to make a sentence with and hopefully it'll work well,for a month at least,not for long.

Enough of how I feel,I figured I shall update this post with a picture.A picture that proves Proton car is very very widely available in Malaysia and I bring you our SMAi's Proton Wira Owners Club.

Me,Shien Chong,Boon Kent's Wiras.Somehow,there're more among us that drives a Wira.

Haha,that's the end of the post.

Signing Out.=)

As of this moment.

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:08:00 +0000

6.38 p.m.,I've been staring this empty page for 30 mins and yet I'm wordless.Rain has got its way back to Melaka,but somehow it doesn't bring the happiness back to me,neither facial or deep down inside me.I've been wondering why is it I'm having such a feeling--getting worried about everything that happens around me,my monies problem,my future,and some other particular thing.

Looking back,it's funny that how I wanted to get old enough and now after I'm old enough I hope that time can move back to the days that I was little.Always wanting something that you don't have--This explains pretty much of me,or perhaps the entire human race.

Having all said and done,this leads to the last route available,keep my fingers crossed and pray that everything will fall into place itself.Optimism,how I wish that you will just flow into me,like you always did back then.

Signing off,7.02p.m.

Visual.

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:19:00 +0000

Just to keep my blog fresh and updated,I've come out with some picture posting around me,inspired by my biggggg bulky HDD which I found all of my pics are there.

3,2,1...GO!!

Starting with cars..

The Event,BMW 5er Drive 07.

Spot me?

Whose poor little car was that??><

Familiar??xD

Next,My stuffs...

All black..

The first launching event I went for,12 hours of waiting.

Anticipating to get my hands on the new T77.

Final product.

Next,Christmas@Orchard,Singapore.

Spot the difference between this and 'conventional' christmas tree??

That's just some bit of things happened around me on 2008,more exciting updates will be coming soon,so keep your breath.

Another week.

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:08:00 +0000

Another week has fly by me,yet I'm still doing the same thing every day.Define same thing?Here's the daily time table for me.

12pm-A new day starts here,where usually someone will call me at this moment.Yeah,every day at this time,someone will sure ring me up for something.

1pm-After poopoo+reading newspapers,grooming myself for the day,I leave for my brunch.

2pm-Back at home,get in touch with the world of internet.

6pm-Finally stopped doing things in front of computer,head to my bed for a short nap.

8pm-Wake up,bathe and go for dinner.

10pm-Back at home,online again until i fall asleep.

So,that's how I do every day,pretty shitty eh?Even now,I've lost touch on how to blog about myself,thanks to the same routine every day.Anyone has got any suggestion on what to do every day EXCEPT finding a job??Yeah,I don't want to work,I just want to max out the usage of my time for something good.

Alright,signing off now.Cheers!

Boredom.

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:33:00 +0000

Life is about everything you do every day.When there's nothing for you to do,it'll just lead to one--Boredom,of which it's something embedded deep down to my heart.Believe me,when you got down to that road,you're doomed,for real!

Alright,since I've nothing much to share,the next video is for you to spend your remaining 4 minutes.And trust me,it's worth the time.

Decisions,decisions.

noreply@blogger.com (GeniusBanana) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:51:00 +0000

Finally,I've got down to the road where I find myself making decision for the last time about my future,of course just the place where I want to spend the next 9 months--University.SEGi,is what I've come up with after lots of calculations and consideration,0f which I could slash off Rm9k of the fees without giving much up to the things I'll be getting back from it.

Here's what I've done to myself on last Sunday.

Got myself a rebate sumed up at Rm1k,of which 500 of it is early bird and another 500 is review day reg.

Got a brief campus tour.And it came to me SEGi is something like middle of the desert,without green surrounding.Anyway,I couldn't say that the saving of the Rm9k is something equally fair as you won't expect the facilities of some other 'high-end' campus such as very well equiped gyms and millions of books avai. in the library.Hopefully the strive I'll be doing in the next 9 months will make me a UK 2nd year standard ready geek.

Nevertheless,I shall drool/disappoint you will a few images I found.

Click me